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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.
hamimi_fk: Random girl (Default)

Re: 'There was only one bed'

[personal profile] hamimi_fk 2018-12-14 06:28 am (UTC)(link)
Hehe, I can so easily picture Hardison flabbergasted at the sight on just one bed. Parker curiously oblivious and Eliot rolling his eyes for Hardison to get the clue. lol
beer_good_foamy: (Buffy)

Re: Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Giles&Buffy

[personal profile] beer_good_foamy 2018-12-14 06:33 am (UTC)(link)
Brilliant.



*sniff*
Edited 2018-12-14 06:33 (UTC)
hamimi_fk: Mamimi from FLCL (Mamimi - taking a drag)

FILL

[personal profile] hamimi_fk 2018-12-14 06:36 am (UTC)(link)
It's snowing outside of your lodgings window, the lacre vaguely yellow and ammonia smelling as it slips through your outstretched hand. From a far place outside beyond your window, you hear the faint, distance tune of a song you're sure you only heard as a youth upon the Surface. Your eyes drift up, to the blackness, to another far place, wondering if you'll ever see it again.
Edited 2018-12-14 06:37 (UTC)
blackmare: (Tick)

[personal profile] blackmare 2018-12-14 06:37 am (UTC)(link)
OMG THANK YOU

I wanted to write this because I love them but I couldn’t think of a damn thing, and I’m so glad you did. :-D
hamimi_fk: Random girl (Default)

Re: Fallen London, Player Character/Quiet Deviless

[personal profile] hamimi_fk 2018-12-14 06:40 am (UTC)(link)
I like the imagery here but I definitely would be hesitant to remain around a deviless who's conversation has become abstract... o.o
hamimi_fk: Random girl (Default)

[personal profile] hamimi_fk 2018-12-14 06:41 am (UTC)(link)
Holy crap, that was creepy! Great job!

Re: FILL

[personal profile] candlesinthewell 2018-12-14 06:48 am (UTC)(link)
This is beautiful, and melancholy in the best way, and I love the image of the character staring up into blackness and remembering an old song.
rosage: (Default)

[personal profile] rosage 2018-12-14 06:50 am (UTC)(link)
Dragalia Lost, Cibella/Hildegarde, healing
rosage: (Default)

Dragalia Lost

[personal profile] rosage 2018-12-14 06:54 am (UTC)(link)
Lowen frowns at Garuda. Growing up suddenly doesn't seem so great if it means growing old.

"Then I'll ask everyone to be your friend, so you won't be lonely when I'm gone," he says, and she ruffles his hair with a breeze.
hamimi_fk: Random girl (Default)

Fallen London ((this is probably silly but I had to try))

[personal profile] hamimi_fk 2018-12-14 06:55 am (UTC)(link)
You stand before Mr. Pages and ask him how does one fit ten horses into nine stables, without dismantling the creatures in any way. For once, he seems at a loss for words, puzzling over the question.

"Quit stalling, and answer the question," you say after a moment, a small smile playing at the corner of your mouth as his eyes widen then narrow at you. He leaves without ever answering your riddle.
hamimi_fk: Edward from Cowboy Bebop, smiling (Edward - Big smile)

Deadpool - Nathan & Wade

[personal profile] hamimi_fk 2018-12-14 07:08 am (UTC)(link)
"Are you cheating?" Nathan growls, throwing his cards down after Wade's wager to go all in.

Wade is the perfect image of wide-eyed innocence as he holds up his hands and says, "I am hurt, deeply, by the very accusation - I thought we trusted each other like brothers, friends, amigos!"

"Wait, is that my time-traveling device on your wrist?"

Wade freezes, looks over at it and says, "It's not what you think--I mean, it might be what you think but it's totally not what you think..."
sholio: sun on winter trees (Default)

Re: Deadpool - Nathan & Wade

[personal profile] sholio 2018-12-14 07:10 am (UTC)(link)
OMIGOD, that's such perfect Wade, and such perfect them. XD I love it!!
senmut: Cutter cradling the injured Redlance to his chest (Elfquest: Cutter with Redlance)

[personal profile] senmut 2018-12-14 07:10 am (UTC)(link)
+beams+

Thank you. THis is the best kind of comment!
thenewbuzwuzz: converse on tree above ground (Default)

Re: Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Giles&Buffy

[personal profile] thenewbuzwuzz 2018-12-14 07:21 am (UTC)(link)
beer_good_foamy pimped it on his journal a few days ago. :) I saw four or five other links, but those were later.
thenewbuzwuzz: converse on tree above ground (Default)

Re: Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Giles&Buffy

[personal profile] thenewbuzwuzz 2018-12-14 07:25 am (UTC)(link)
Thank you very much! :))

[personal profile] reccyls 2018-12-14 07:27 am (UTC)(link)
Critical Role, Pike and Grog and Scanlan, my best friend
vialethe: (Lamia - Waterhouse)

Re: Make Our Own Way Through

[personal profile] vialethe 2018-12-14 07:28 am (UTC)(link)
Of course not! The more the merrier, always!

the clash

(Anonymous) 2018-12-14 07:58 am (UTC)(link)
"What NOW?!" Joyce exclaims over the beat of pulsating sound.

Will can't seem stop giggling as he lies splayed in a sea of Star Wars bedsheets and action figures; Jonathan, looking like a storm of Eggos hit him, just gapes up at his mother, rock music blasting from the radio in his lap; Eleven, however, looks sheepish as she sits on the solitary piece of furniture in Will's room that isn't upturned.

It's El who answers, tossing her curls back with a grin: "Turns out headbanging and my powers aren't a good mix after all."
sawthefaeriequeen: (Default)

Re: the clash

[personal profile] sawthefaeriequeen 2018-12-14 09:25 am (UTC)(link)
whoops, that was me!
morningcoffee: (Captain America)

[personal profile] morningcoffee 2018-12-14 10:04 am (UTC)(link)
MCU, Steve/Rumlow, regrets
Edited 2018-12-14 14:26 (UTC)
heliopausa: (Default)

[personal profile] heliopausa 2018-12-14 10:10 am (UTC)(link)
Wow. So real. :(
I really like the care with the scattering spirit, and the way the bank of the river is left without explanation.
heliopausa: (Default)

Re: Dragalia Lost

[personal profile] heliopausa 2018-12-14 10:13 am (UTC)(link)
I don't know the fandom, but that's a very poignant moment - lovely.
heliopausa: (Default)

Re: Swarm

[personal profile] heliopausa 2018-12-14 10:20 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, there's so much here! I love the notion that there's a real seriousness to be brought to any dealings with the Hive - how they are a different kind of life altogether, and the Narnians know that. (Probably the Hive knows it too.)
willibald: (Default)

[personal profile] willibald 2018-12-14 10:22 am (UTC)(link)
Rivers of London; Lady Ty, Molly; high tea at the Folly
sholio: Two and Three holding guns looking badass (DarkMatter-Two & Three)

[personal profile] sholio 2018-12-14 10:33 am (UTC)(link)
Dark Matter, Three & Five, memories