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rthstewart ([personal profile] rthstewart) wrote2018-12-09 03:03 pm
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Three Sentence Ficathon

UPDATE! EDIT!
 We're running into the Dreamwidth comment limits so all new prompts should be posted here Keep responding to and filling already posted prompts here, but all new ones should go to the new thread!





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[personal profile] st_aurafina!   Thank you again!


caramelsilver ran one last year on Livejournal and I did two over here a few years ago. We'll keep it open until January 31, 2019 which should give everyone time to play a little. This is a delightful part of the online fandom community.


What is the 3 Sentence Ficathon?
This is a challenge where you answer a prompt with a fic consisting of only three sentences. It's open to all fandoms and you can post and answer as many prompts as you like, as many times as you want.

What do I do first?
You post prompts! When posting a prompt please format it this way:

fandom, character(s), prompt word/sentence.

Only one prompt per comment please.  So, for example,

Star Wars, Obi-Wan Kenobi, I don't like sand."


What else?

You answer other posters' prompts in three sentences (or more if you can't stop yourself) and fill as many prompts as you want, as many times as you wish. If you see that a prompt you loved has already been filled, go ahead and fill it again! Multiple fills of the same prompt are allowed and even encouraged!  (We get really fun stories going this way).

Can I still post if I need more than 3 sentences?  Or should I just abuse grammar in ways the English language never contemplated?
Yes.  Yes.


But I'm not a member of Dreamwidth
No problem. You can comment anonymously or through open ID

Can anyone play?
Yes! Please signal boost this to your flist, followers, and any other places you frequent. Come one, come all!
The more people who come and play, the better!

Can I spread the word? 
Yes, please.  I'd love to create a nifty banner with an embed code but I fail at it.  So if you create one, I'll post it and everyone can use it.

How long will it go?
Tentatively, we'll close it on January 31, 2019. 

Are there any rules about cross-posting?

Nope, you can post wherever you want, whenever you want. A lot of folks collected their responses together and posted them on AO3 under the 3 sentence fiction tag. 3SFs are a terrific prompt for remixes and could be helpful for Yuletide bears, too.

What about spoilers, content warnings, triggers, pairings, ratings, tags, and squick?
I thought about this.  It wasn't an issue the last 2 times I ran this but times change.  In my experience, this typically gets too big, moves too fast, and the stories are too short for content warnings and ratings. You should assume spoilers are fair game and that the initial poster and responder have opted to use no content warnings or tags. I've found personally that I can skim by stuff that, from the prompt, I can tell isn't my favorite flavor of delicious cake. Use your best judgment and be prepared to skip over things that aren't your thing.


And here, have some icons!










I'll start things off...

Edit to add on 12/18/2018 Please check out this update here. And this friending meme if you're so inclined here.

(Anonymous) 2018-12-13 05:02 am (UTC)(link)
[Chronicles of Narnia]

The library at Cair Paravel is in ruins.

Susan shouldn't be surprised - it's been hundreds of years, and Fauns are generally too energetic to sit still and enjoy books properly, and Talking Animals tend to poke holes in all the pages by accident, and Dwarves just don't like the smell of the pages - and let's not get started on what a bad idea Dryads and Naiads are in a library - and sure, the Giants are actually huge book-lovers but they're also quite, well, obvious.

"Well, it's alright," she tells a disappointed Caspian, standing in the entry amidst moldy parchment and ruined leather, "I'm sure you can get new books from Archenland, they were a huge help to us at the end of the Winter, and Narnia's always had a robust oral tradition..."
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[personal profile] rosage 2018-12-13 05:03 am (UTC)(link)
"Let me get this straight, you managed to convince them to give up the treasure, and then you dropped it?"

Nott nods miserably. She can't explain what divine intervention could possibly cause that sequence from her.
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[personal profile] rosage 2018-12-13 05:07 am (UTC)(link)
Yasha/Jester, Critical Role, electric
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[personal profile] rosage 2018-12-13 05:08 am (UTC)(link)
Beau/Keg, Critical Role, gamble
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Don’t Need Anyone to Blame

[personal profile] vialethe 2018-12-13 05:10 am (UTC)(link)
Lucy delights in it, Susan thinks, in riding the waves of fortune, always trusting in Aslan to keep her flying.

Peter and Ed are different; Peter always beating a path straight forward and Edmund gliding and soaring, seeking out currents to carry him onwards.

But not Susan; some days she feels like a hummingbird in a hurricane, a bright and fragile thing tossed in the swirl of a storm, tiny wings and frantic heart beating helpless against a world that’s too big, too wild, too much altogether for a girl who’s meant to hover.

(Anonymous) 2018-12-13 05:12 am (UTC)(link)
[Rise of the Guardians]

So it turns out Guardians aren't tied to Earth, they're tied to humanity, and there's a big freaking difference between the two once the Space Age truly gets underway. It's probably a good thing, in retrospect, considering two of the original Big Four are aliens to begin with, but Jack's not - Jack's originally a weather spirit - and yet, here he is, on a colony ship, protecting the oblivious folks inside.

He punts a Dream Pirate off the hull, grumbling under his breath - he misses Earth, he misses air and water and the sheer amount of space available when you can roam an entire planet - but it's going to be years until he can return, until another Guardian can take his place out here in the stars, and until then - well, there's a lot more creepy nasties out here than just Pitch and his Fearlings and Nightmares, and say what you will about all the things Jack left behind, he certainly won't be bored any time soon.
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[personal profile] litlover12 2018-12-13 05:12 am (UTC)(link)
You're welcome! So glad you liked it!
vialethe: (Narnia)

[personal profile] vialethe 2018-12-13 05:14 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, poor Eustace! This is so sweet and just right - and I love the little touches of sympathy, just right from each character.
vialethe: (Narnia)

[personal profile] vialethe 2018-12-13 05:17 am (UTC)(link)
Ha! Lucy and those sea girls, isn't that always the way. Love it.
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[personal profile] litlover12 2018-12-13 05:19 am (UTC)(link)
La La Land, Seb/Mia, Christmas
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[personal profile] teaforlupin 2018-12-13 05:20 am (UTC)(link)
The Dragon Prince, King Harrow/Viren, on your knees
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[personal profile] teaforlupin 2018-12-13 05:23 am (UTC)(link)
The Invisible Library, Irene/Kai/Vale, holiday
vialethe: (Georgia)

A Clean Getaway

[personal profile] vialethe 2018-12-13 05:27 am (UTC)(link)
“What happens if you touch me?” Nell asks, her big eyes bright and warm and everything that Theo isn’t.

“I never touch anybody,” Theo says, and turns away, fists balled up so tight she can feel her nails scoring her skin even through the fabric.

The last time I touched you, I lost you, she thinks, but will never say; I lost you and I can’t let it happen again.
vialethe: (Georgia)

Re: Barter System

[personal profile] vialethe 2018-12-13 05:29 am (UTC)(link)
This is super cute and I can definitely imagine Jessica taking that deal in spite of herself!
vialethe: (Narnia)

Re: When Narnians take things literally...

[personal profile] vialethe 2018-12-13 05:32 am (UTC)(link)
I can't even bear how cute they are! What sweet little moles.

Delicious Neath colors count as desserts, right?

[personal profile] candlesinthewell 2018-12-13 05:37 am (UTC)(link)
Irrigo tastes of loss and frost, and other delicacies not easily distilled, while violant burns the tongue as it burns the mind, and only the bravest have a taste for it; apocyan, they say, is light but lingering, and differs from peligin only in how deep a draught you dare to drink, and how much it weighs on you when the cup is empty.

Cosmogone is sweet until it grows bitter, and connoisseurs of nostalgia have traded emperors’ fortunes for even a diluted drop; Viric is sweeter still, piquant as the fruit of dreams, and it will leave you ravenous.

Gant tastes of nothing at all, and you will never forget it – no matter how long you live, no matter how desperately you try.

[personal profile] candlesinthewell 2018-12-13 05:39 am (UTC)(link)
Oooh, this is fantastic, and I love that dangerous little twist at the end.

[personal profile] candlesinthewell 2018-12-13 05:39 am (UTC)(link)
This is glorious.

[personal profile] candlesinthewell 2018-12-13 05:40 am (UTC)(link)
Fallen London, any, Neathmas carols
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[personal profile] wrecksahlia 2018-12-13 05:40 am (UTC)(link)
she-ra and the princesses of power, catra/adora, you're already the voice inside my head

[personal profile] candlesinthewell 2018-12-13 05:41 am (UTC)(link)
Fallen London/Discworld, any, The Unseen University and London’s University are linked via L-Space

[personal profile] candlesinthewell 2018-12-13 05:42 am (UTC)(link)
Fallen London, any, rat’s eye view

[personal profile] candlesinthewell 2018-12-13 05:44 am (UTC)(link)
Any fandom, any, And I’ll be with you through the dark/So that you do not go through the dark alone (Gaslight Anthem)

(Anonymous) 2018-12-13 05:44 am (UTC)(link)
Inception, Arthur/Eames, disturbing dream sex

[personal profile] candlesinthewell 2018-12-13 05:45 am (UTC)(link)
Any fandom, any, dangerous bargains