Three Sentence Ficathon

[rthstewart]

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!

Someone did this banner for me a couple of years ago.  It's great, isn't it?  If it was you, please step up and take a bow!
It was 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.

Comments

Re: Critical Role

[candlesinthewell]

I’m not familiar with Critical Role, but this is gorgeous and sad.

[rthstewart]

First, SO GLAD YOU ARE HERE. it's just not a 3SF without you. And this is brilliant. I think the prompt was brilliant to link Bilbo and Susan for they both have certain similarities -- competence, management, skill, goodness, and also a certain enjoyment for peace and beauty. And you, my friend, perfectly channeled those similarities.

[(Anonymous)]

It's no problem at all, don't worry :)

Re: Daughter of the Sea

[rthstewart]

So sad, so beautiful. What you evoke in three sentences is miraculous.

[rthstewart]

MOAR PLEASE. Oh gosh, I sort of think maybe I don't care so much anymore about Luke and Mara as an OTP because it all was handled so badly and ended so horribly. But this... thank you so much. They are rough and soft, and bruised, and better for it all, and better together.

Fill: Garak & Quark, Dangerous Bargains

[blackmare]

There were many things Quark thought he might do this morning, but standing here in a too-large suit in the Obsidian Order Tailoring Shop was absolutely not on that list. Garak makes him nervous on the best of days, and this? Is not the best of days. A Klingon crew has just docked and the bar is out of blood wine; half the dabo girls are in quarantine with a virus Bashir has never seen before; and now Garak.

Garak had slipped in before the place even opened, grabbed his sleeve while he was polishing the bar top, and: “I simply must know where you acquired this unusual brocade ensemble. It’s been years since I’ve seen this exquisite fabric. I’d bet you got quite the deal on this suit.”

“A good enough deal,” Quark said, leaning in, “that I chose not to ask where it came from.”

Garak ran his fingertip over the pattern, picking delicately at one of the silver threads that shot through the leafy motif. “A wise choice, most of the time. But I need you to come to the shop right now, and try on something new I just got in.” And Quark would have refused, if not for Garak giving him that look, the one that could freeze the lobes off a statue. “Before we go, pour me a plain soda water,” Garak said, “but ... very carefully, please.”

So now they’re here, in the back of the Murderous Spycraft Clothing Boutique, and Quark still has no idea what’s going on. “In just a moment, my dear fellow,” Garak soothes; Quark is distinctly un-soothed. The suit he’s in now, itches; his own beautiful new clothes are in a heap on the bare floor; and Garak has that glass of soda in his hand and a manic spark in his eye. “I’d advise you to stand clear,” he says, and moves away himself as he tosses the whole glass of soda water right onto Quark’s lovely new suit.

The massive burst of flames nearly knocks Quark on his ass.

In seconds, there’s nothing left. There’s not even much smoke; nothing but a pile of soot and a few scorched fragments of buttons and buckles.

“You see?” Garak says, turning to him with that creepy, knowing smile. “Somebody dressed you to kill.”

[(Anonymous)]

Yasss, this is grea!

[cornerofmadness]

Thanks, I'm glad you liked it and yes, that sums up Hellblazer well.

[cornerofmadness]

Thank you.

[cornerofmadness]

Thanks! Glad you liked it.

Re: Prompt: anthropomorphic GBBO tent

[rthstewart]

Hey anon, I keep this open and I don't log IP addresses so that all can play along but being impolite to your mod/admin on someone else's prompt isn't cool or polite. The prompt, by the way, specifically asked for "multitudes." So relax and if it pisses you off, go find another prompt and fill that makes you happy, or find something else altogether. Life's too short.

[syrena_of_the_lake]

Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries, Phryne Fisher/Jack Robinson, “just wing it”

[syrena_of_the_lake]

Star Wars, any character, “planning ahead isn’t your strong suit, is it?”

[edenfalling]

Ahahahaha!

[edenfalling]

Hee! :D

[edenfalling]

Pffft. :D

[edenfalling]

Oh, lovely!

Re: Fill: Garak & Quark, Dangerous Bargains

[tiggerann]

oh, oh wow.

[kalira]

Ooo, this is brilliant! Thank you~

[rudigersmooch]

This is both sad and wonderful. ;____;

Re: I Will Be Moon Moon

[kalira]

Thanks! I like writing the Marauders in their happier times. <3

Re: Children are Disasters (x3)

[kalira]

Thank you.

Re: Children are Disasters (x3)

[kalira]

Thanks! Evidently I have more feelings about Castlevania childhoods than I thought. >.>

Re: Home

[kalira]

Thanks~

Re: Remnants (Castlevania (Netflix))

[kalira]

Thank you!