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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.
capribornio: (Default)

[personal profile] capribornio 2018-12-14 05:49 am (UTC)(link)
Ahhh, thank you!! I love writing about mythology, this was an excellent opportunity to actually publish something :P (And publishing in comments was 100% on purpose and not because my box crashes with long comments *COUGHS*)
hamimi_fk: (marshall-lee)

[personal profile] hamimi_fk 2018-12-14 05:52 am (UTC)(link)
It's better like this, Eddie thinks--if he doesn't open his eyes, he can pretend the hot breath and slick tongue tracing his groin could be anyone. And when a mouth carefully took him into their mouth, Eddie could easily pretend it's Anne there or even Dan.

Yes, the inky black tendrils pressing into him and the mouth belonged to Anne or Dan or... Eddie gasped.

Re: Venom: Eddie/Venom

[personal profile] candlesinthewell 2018-12-14 05:52 am (UTC)(link)
Hah! That is a terrifying mental image, and I love it. That’s one hell of a downside to coexisting with an alien symbiotic... or is it?
hamimi_fk: Roxy from Homestuck, looking down (Lalonde)

Re: Fire Emblem, Homestuck, Spidermom+Vriska

[personal profile] hamimi_fk 2018-12-14 05:54 am (UTC)(link)
Ow, my feels. T^T (Gr8 job!)
sholio: Steve and Dustin from Stranger Things (StrangerThings-SteveDustin)

Stranger Things, gen, bees

[personal profile] sholio 2018-12-14 05:55 am (UTC)(link)
"Mr. Clarke always says," Dustin pants, his chest heaving as he gasps for breath with his back against the door, "that bees are our little honey-making friends."

"That's great," Steve says, looking around the Hendersons' garage for anything that might be useful as a weapon against a swarm of bees. "Did he happen to mention how you take down giant killer versions of our little honey-making friends? I hate this town, by the way."
st_aurafina: The Winter Soldier wearing a mask and showing his metal arm (Marvel: Winter Soldier)

[personal profile] st_aurafina 2018-12-14 06:01 am (UTC)(link)
The chair is cold on his back when they fasten him down, but Rilian knows he does not suffer alone: there is another man strapped to a chair in some other world, and their shared madness forms a bridge connecting their minds.

The curse is upon him, and the knight with the dwarf-forged arm is there, holding him close, whispering in his ear to hold on to his memories, to wait because rescue is coming, that this ain't the end of the line, no way.

In the dream they couple, desperate and frantic for some small comfort, and each time, Rilian finds he has the strength for another day in the witch's care.
Edited (Rilian with one L omg) 2018-12-14 06:03 (UTC)
nurseshark: (Default)

Re: Dance

[personal profile] nurseshark 2018-12-14 06:03 am (UTC)(link)
This is really cute! ❤
ghostwings: A digitally-drawn picture of a gryphon with moth wings and antennae. (Default)

Origfic, "And here's why."

[personal profile] ghostwings 2018-12-14 06:08 am (UTC)(link)
"And now that untold arcane power is within my grasp, the world will crumble before me--but you won't be here to see it," said the Dark Sorceror Slythios, giving his newly-acquired Great Runic Staff of the Ancients a dramatic wave, thrilling both at the thought of destroying his nemesis and getting to turn into his very favorite animal for the first time!

And yet, for some reason, as the sorceror transformed, feeling his body lengthening, his fangs growing in sharp and lethal, his brilliant copper scales appearing upon his now-massive form, it seemed that the wretched hero Jorhan looked more perplexed than mortally terrified; taken somewhat aback, Slythios asked "Wait, why are you looking at me like that?"

"It's, uh," Jorhan said, glancing at the staff that now laid abandoned on the ground, "It's just that whenever I've seen you do magic, you do some sort of mystical hand motion," he said, gesturing vaguely, "or wave a wand, or, y'know, a staff... and I'm just wondering how that's going to work out for you now that you've, uh, disarmed yourself."
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[personal profile] tomakeanoffer 2018-12-14 06:10 am (UTC)(link)

Thank you! <3

hamimi_fk: (Bonnybleh)

Skyrim - Astrid, Arnbjorn, and Cicero

[personal profile] hamimi_fk 2018-12-14 06:11 am (UTC)(link)
Astrid could hear Cicero on a tirade long before he slammed open her door and could only sigh before asking what had happened.

"THAT MONGREL TIED ME UP AND GAGGED MY MOUTH THEN LEFT ME ON A MOUNTAINSIDE FAR AWAY FROM POOR, SWEET MOTHER!"

Astrid casted a questioning glance at her husband, Arnbjorn, who merely shrugged before replying, "Well, someone's got to do it, or I could've eaten him but you know how I feel about jokes, they upset my stomach."

Astrid struggled to keep a straight face as Cicero began a furious rant.
Edited 2018-12-14 06:24 (UTC)
st_aurafina: Rainbow DNA (Default)

[personal profile] st_aurafina 2018-12-14 06:11 am (UTC)(link)
*gasps* Wonderful! You crammed so much canon in so few words how???
st_aurafina: Rainbow DNA (Default)

[personal profile] st_aurafina 2018-12-14 06:12 am (UTC)(link)
*fistpump of vindication*

Re: Stranger Things, gen, bees

[personal profile] candlesinthewell 2018-12-14 06:12 am (UTC)(link)
Oh man, this is amazing – great scene-setting and fantastic dialogue.
tomakeanoffer: (Default)

Re: Fairy tales and myths // Vassilisa The Beautiful

[personal profile] tomakeanoffer 2018-12-14 06:12 am (UTC)(link)

Oh, thank you1 <3

st_aurafina: Rainbow DNA (Default)

[personal profile] st_aurafina 2018-12-14 06:12 am (UTC)(link)
Mrs P knows her daughters, all right. Wonderful!
hamimi_fk: Random girl (Default)

Re: AHS Apocalypse, Mallory

[personal profile] hamimi_fk 2018-12-14 06:13 am (UTC)(link)
Pretty much, lol. I can't help but ask myself if the plane was secretly flying by magic, now that I think about it.
st_aurafina: Spock and Bones with science faces (Star Trek: Team Science)

[personal profile] st_aurafina 2018-12-14 06:14 am (UTC)(link)
Omg, this is so unbelievably perfect...
hamimi_fk: Random girl (Default)

Re: FILL

[personal profile] hamimi_fk 2018-12-14 06:16 am (UTC)(link)
Exactly! Lol
st_aurafina: Rainbow DNA (Default)

Re: When Narnians take things literally...

[personal profile] st_aurafina 2018-12-14 06:17 am (UTC)(link)
omg, moles, whyyyyy
hamimi_fk: Edward from Cowboy Bebop, smiling (Edward - Big smile)

Re: FILL

[personal profile] hamimi_fk 2018-12-14 06:17 am (UTC)(link)
Haha, thank you!

[personal profile] candlesinthewell 2018-12-14 06:19 am (UTC)(link)
Time is a fluid thing, to one as old and still as you – like river-water, passing through claws to slow to catch it. One blink, it seems, and the small creature is there, the new one, watching you with a wonder too complete for fear; you close your eyes, open them, and what had been a child of his kind is older, different in ways you cannot name – and when you look again, your friend is grey and thin as the air in winter, and you can tell he tires of swimming. He sits to rest against your flank, closes his eyes in dreaming, and does not wake; time is a current, swift, but you close your claws around his scattering spirit – careful, careful – and help him out of the river and onto the bank.

Re: Origfic, "And here's why."

[personal profile] candlesinthewell 2018-12-14 06:20 am (UTC)(link)
LOL, perfect.
hamimi_fk: Random girl (Default)

Re: Venom: Eddie & Venom

[personal profile] hamimi_fk 2018-12-14 06:20 am (UTC)(link)
^-^ I totally agree! My favorite part of the movie is when Venom tells Eddie it's because of him that he changed his mind about Earth and it was really awesome how he tried to protect Earth against Riot. But when the rocket blew up, I felt so bad for Venom since he definitely wouldn't be able to go back home now. But yes, at least he has Eddie to help him through!
hamimi_fk: Edward from Cowboy Bebop, smiling (Edward - Big smile)

Re: Venom: Eddie/Venom

[personal profile] hamimi_fk 2018-12-14 06:23 am (UTC)(link)
I suspect Eddie will need a bit of adjusting before he starts to enjoy the possibilities available to him with Venom. lol
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[personal profile] snickfic 2018-12-14 06:27 am (UTC)(link)
Oh NO. This is GREAT and TERRIBLE omg. D: