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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!





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
[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.
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[personal profile] syrena_of_the_lake 2018-12-13 11:39 pm (UTC)(link)
Jaran (Kate Elliott), Tess and Yuri, dearest brother
sholio: sun on winter trees (Default)

[personal profile] sholio 2018-12-13 11:41 pm (UTC)(link)
Stranger Things, any, ice storm
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[personal profile] sholio 2018-12-13 11:42 pm (UTC)(link)
Netflix Defenders, any, hot cocoa
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[personal profile] sholio 2018-12-13 11:44 pm (UTC)(link)
White Collar, any, rooftop garden
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[personal profile] capribornio 2018-12-13 11:45 pm (UTC)(link)
I feel really bad for Dirk but also my first response was laughter. So, exactly like Homestuck. Fantastic.
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[personal profile] primeideal 2018-12-13 11:45 pm (UTC)(link)
Lake Shore Drive is closed; Kali and her friends are the only ones walking near the frozen lake. For once they have nowhere to go and no one to avoid, but for the others it feels powerful, knowing that the storm cannot keep them trapped inside any more than human rules have tried to.

Kali watches the thundersnow drift, not quite sure what to do with herself in a world where her strength is not the most impressive force to be reckoned with.
sholio: sun on winter trees (Default)

[personal profile] sholio 2018-12-13 11:47 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, this is beautiful! It gives me such gorgeous, serene mental images. Perfect Kali POV.
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[personal profile] sholio 2018-12-13 11:47 pm (UTC)(link)
Any fandom, any, poker game
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Re: Skin Hunger

[personal profile] capribornio 2018-12-13 11:47 pm (UTC)(link)
The last sentence killed me. He truly only had Cal as his only physical company for so long.

Re: Fallen London, Player Character/Quiet Deviless

[personal profile] candlesinthewell 2018-12-13 11:48 pm (UTC)(link)
Yesss, this is excellent – fantastic writing, and I love the almost cozy sense of warmth paired with the hint of irony.

but surely another hour in her charming company will profit you more

Somehow I really doubt that. Especially if her conversation has gone a bit abstract.
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[personal profile] sholio 2018-12-13 11:48 pm (UTC)(link)
MCU, any, betting on inappropriate topics
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Re: Magic (Harry Potter)

[personal profile] kalira 2018-12-13 11:51 pm (UTC)(link)
Thank you~ I love languages and snakes and consequently should be no surprise I love the idea of Parseltongue, and I enjoy playing with it in stories sometimes. Harry is a very 'just go with it' sort of guy for as curious as he can be but Hermione is very not. XD
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[personal profile] sholio 2018-12-13 11:55 pm (UTC)(link)
Any fandom, any, putting up Christmas lights
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[personal profile] capribornio 2018-12-13 11:56 pm (UTC)(link)
(MSPA Reader; Friendsim)

They're so tired.
Again, and again, and again. More potential friends. More mistakes. More deaths. And again.
When will this stop? Who is behind this? They don't know. They can't stop it.

There's a new troll to befriend.
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Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Giles&Buffy

[personal profile] thenewbuzwuzz 2018-12-13 11:56 pm (UTC)(link)
He had known his Slayer would die in the fight against Glorificus, with the same inescapable certainty he'd known years ago that she would die when she faced the Master.

But, along the way, she had taught him to expect the unexpected, with her insistence on doing everything a Slayer doesn't and her improbable outfits, and her impossible grammar, her puns as devastating as her punches, and so he had let himself be swept away in the miracle of planning to defeat a god.

Now, in the cold light of dawn, the god has turned into a corpse under his hands, and there are no more miracles left.
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Re: Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Giles&Buffy

[personal profile] thenewbuzwuzz 2018-12-13 11:58 pm (UTC)(link)
(I'm sorry)
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[personal profile] glorious_spoon 2018-12-14 12:05 am (UTC)(link)
<3<3<3 this is so lovely, THANK YOU

Re: Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Giles&Buffy

[personal profile] candlesinthewell 2018-12-14 12:09 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, dude, this is amazing. When I made this prompt, I wasn’t expecting something that would hit me right in the heart. Well done.
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Re: Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Giles&Buffy

[personal profile] thenewbuzwuzz 2018-12-14 12:10 am (UTC)(link)
Thank you! <33
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[personal profile] moetushie 2018-12-14 12:23 am (UTC)(link)
Bucky squinted up to the hot Wakandan sun. "Wanna put some money on which one of us is going to eat it this time?"

Steve shot him a look. "No bet."
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Re: Don’t Need Anyone to Blame

[personal profile] syrena_of_the_lake 2018-12-14 12:25 am (UTC)(link)
Ooh, I love the extended flying metaphor too — applied to all the Pevensies, and especially Susan, bright and buffeted by a large world— beautifully done!
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[personal profile] dariaw 2018-12-14 12:25 am (UTC)(link)
This is EXACTLY the kind of dark side I was hoping for <3 <3

THank you so much for this loveliness - it's so fun and hot and basically exactly how I think they would be together :) Love it!
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Hard Work (Castlevania (Netflix))

[personal profile] kalira 2018-12-14 12:28 am (UTC)(link)
Lisa groans, followed by the sound of cushions compressing a moment before Vlad makes it around the doorframe to join her in the small study.

"Dearest? Are you well?" Vlad asks, dropping to one knee at her side, reaching up to cup her cheek.

"Quite well, darling," Lisa assures him with a smile, one hand resting on her belly - over their son - and the other rising to cover his on her face, "however, being pregnant is hard work."