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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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Re: Second Time Around

[personal profile] rosaxx50 2018-12-14 10:58 pm (UTC)(link)
<333333
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Missing Queen (Chronicles of Narnia)

[personal profile] kalira 2018-12-14 11:01 pm (UTC)(link)
"Have you found anything yet?" Peter asked, taking a knee to get closer to the Dogs that had been roving all about their small company to sniff out any sign of their missing Queen - their missing sister.

A chorus of sorrowful denials answered him, and Peter winced, though he assured them it was all right even as he immediately sent them back out to the search.

"You know Sue can look after herself," Edmund pointed out, shading his eyes and giving Rupert a pat, "she'll probably only be angry with us for interrupting her plan if we find her too soon. Ah!" he gasped, ignoring his brother's irritated growl and throwing a hand up for one of his Crows as she dove.
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Re: Please note that knock knock rhymes with mynock

[personal profile] metonomia 2018-12-14 11:03 pm (UTC)(link)
So cute, so sweet, I love this! That opening dialogue with the almost messed up joke is so sharp and excellent.
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Re: Prompt: anthropomorphic GBBO tent

[personal profile] metonomia 2018-12-14 11:05 pm (UTC)(link)
Love this!
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Decorating (Mary Stayed Out All Night)

[personal profile] kalira 2018-12-14 11:09 pm (UTC)(link)
"Director! You're back!" Mary cried happily, seizing Jung In's arm as soon as it was free of his jacket and all but dragging him across the room.

He met Mu Gyul's eyes curiously, but Mu Gyul only shrugged, drawing attention to the thick spools of . . . Christmas lights hanging off both shoulders and trailing through his hands.

"You're not too tired to help us decorate, are you?" Mary asked, tipping her head, and Jung In couldn't help but smile at her . . . happily reaching out to accept one of the sets of lights from Mu Gyul.
d_generate_girl: Wrestling - Kevin Owens holding back a displeased Sami Zayn (deep sea divers on another man's planet)

Wrestling, Sami Zayn/El Generico

[personal profile] d_generate_girl 2018-12-14 11:11 pm (UTC)(link)
In the beginning, the armories and bingo halls in Canada, it was a tool in his arsenal; deliberate as the slap-run-bounce-leaptwistarch-land of a springboard tornado DDT, a way to cue the crowd (cheer for me sing for me I'm the hero of this story I'm the good guy).

Reseda, January 2013, it's a farewell from the only place that's ever felt like home, a please-don't-go, a stab to his heart that widens into a wound as Kevin rolls back into the ring and hugs him so tight he can't breathe (wherever you go, whatever you do).

He stands tall in a WWE ring, under a name and identity that is more him than Generico ever was; fourteen years and still they sing for him: Ole-ole-ole-ole-ole-ole.
d_generate_girl: Wrestling - NXT's Four Horsewomen, changing the face of the biz (nxt ladies curtain call)

Re: FILL: Finn/Bayley ‘Too Sweet’

[personal profile] d_generate_girl 2018-12-14 11:16 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh NO, that's entirely too adorable. <3
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Fill: Naruto, Haruno Sakura

[personal profile] runespoor 2018-12-14 11:27 pm (UTC)(link)
"Again," Tsunade says, when Sakura throws a punch that doesn't break the log.

Again, Sakura thinks, when Sasuke disappears, leaving Naruto a sobbing wreck and herself a frozen shell - dumbstruck, again - is she never going to be able to reach out to him?

"Don't you dare, stupid, don't you dare," Sakura hisses between gritted teeth, as her chakra feels for their hearts - both Naruto and Sasuke, her boys are such morons - she almost misses the faintest echo of a heartbeat, almost, and then she's zeroing on the source of the ripple, all of her focus on restarting what should never have stopped, willing them to wait for her to save them, and finally, when she's drained - she can hear them breathing, again.
Edited 2018-12-14 23:28 (UTC)
d_generate_girl: Wrestling - NXT's Four Horsewomen, changing the face of the biz (nxt ladies curtain call)

[personal profile] d_generate_girl 2018-12-14 11:28 pm (UTC)(link)
WWE, Becky Lynch, talk shit get hit.
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Leader

[personal profile] kalira 2018-12-14 11:29 pm (UTC)(link)
". . .ah, not to protest, Princess, but . . . weren't we supposed to be making a diplomatic overture?"

Allura whirled, teeth half-bared in an expression more snarl than smile. "We were, until that chi'vanq dared to instruct me that the meeting would go more smoothly if I brought my nanny along!" she almost bellowed, and Shiro backed off a step, raising his hands in surrender.


(I truly wish to see a crossover someday that shows VLD Allura's reaction to the fact that '80s Voltron Allura has a nanny . . . who has literally spanked her and tied her up to 'keep her out of trouble'.)
d_generate_girl: New Who - the TARDIS (though the road is long we journey on)

[personal profile] d_generate_girl 2018-12-14 11:29 pm (UTC)(link)
Any fandom, any character, whatever it takes.
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Re: Second Time Around

[personal profile] runespoor 2018-12-14 11:30 pm (UTC)(link)
♥ ♥ ♥

Perfect. The rhythm of it kills me, there's not one word wasted, not one beat missed. It's just great.
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Non, je ne regrette rien (Darkangel Trilogy)

[personal profile] edenfalling 2018-12-14 11:30 pm (UTC)(link)
"The deepest cuts are not to the body, nor even to the heart," Aeriel tells Erin as Oceanus glimmers blue and green over the crystal carapace of the Ancients' cloud-weaving machine they have come to fix, tiny drops of water splintering the watery light to impossible shards of violet, gold, and red. "They are the ones that sever futures, that turn a person's feet irrevocably down one path and not another. And yet, for all the pain of the wounds that led us here, I cannot find it in my heart to wish the gap stitched shut and time unspooled."
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Re: Doctor Who - Thirteen & Graham

[personal profile] giddyant 2018-12-14 11:32 pm (UTC)(link)
Thank you!
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[personal profile] liquidtears 2018-12-14 11:34 pm (UTC)(link)
Thank you so much for filling this!!

Absolutely loved it!
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Re: Good Advice (Naruto)

[personal profile] runespoor 2018-12-14 11:34 pm (UTC)(link)
PRAISE this ficlet. It's nice to see Yamato shine, of course, and the mix of humor and action is solid. I love the contrast between Yamato's quips and the fact that he's pretty damn worried actually, which, you know, makes total sense.
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[personal profile] liquidtears 2018-12-14 11:35 pm (UTC)(link)
ohhh I LOVE this prompt! Can't wait to see what they come up with!

Re: Leader

[personal profile] runespoor 2018-12-14 11:38 pm (UTC)(link)
whelp yeah that would do it!!

Shiro's cautiousness made me giggle. And yeah, that's Allura to a T. That would noooot go over well, and girl's got a temper. 'An expression more snarl than smile' is a good phrase for her, really.

I did not know that about 80s Voltron, having never watched 80s Voltron, but it definitely sounds like something! thanks for explaining the ref!
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Re: Fill: Naruto, Haruno Sakura

[personal profile] edenfalling 2018-12-14 11:39 pm (UTC)(link)
!!! ♥

Sakura/Determination OTP, yes or yes?
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[personal profile] liquidtears 2018-12-14 11:40 pm (UTC)(link)
Axel and Roxas have spent the night together in bed after a heavy Organization filled duty in Agrabah: it hadn't just been scout the area but also find clues and some weird looking objects to find as well.

Roxas snuggles closer to Axel, the warmth of his boyfriend's body warming his in the process…

Until there's a small powered lightning bolt by Larxene who shouts at them to finally get up because The Boss Xemnas wants a full debrief on yesterday's mission.
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[personal profile] rosaxx50 2018-12-14 11:42 pm (UTC)(link)
cw: non-consensual mind-reading

Deeply, blindingly pointed title: Inside


The first first time, they were friends, and Ben gave a jerky, but certain nod, before Poe kissed him.

The second first time, they were more, and Ben hissed around moans that Poe needed to shut the fuck up and fuck him, before he decided to leave.

The third first time, it was a they were something else entirely, and Kylo Ren drew out Poe gibberish mental projections; it wasn't pleasant.

(The fourth time, though they don't know it yet, Poe plunges into deep, dark waters that aren't waters, and there's a war to win, an opponent to be brought down, and the sensation of Rey's shield around his mind is barely tolerable, but--on the bank Kylo stares down at the mask on his fingers, face bare.

"Kylo Ren," he says, in an echoing darkness, then, "Ben," and he isn't sure which one does it, but Kylo Ren looks up.)
Edited (..) 2018-12-15 02:33 (UTC)
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[personal profile] tomakeanoffer 2018-12-14 11:42 pm (UTC)(link)

Thank you!

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[personal profile] tomakeanoffer 2018-12-14 11:46 pm (UTC)(link)

Hee, thank you sooo very much! <3

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Re: DCU, Dick Grayson

[personal profile] liquidtears 2018-12-14 11:52 pm (UTC)(link)
very nicely done!
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Re: Second Time Around

[personal profile] kalira 2018-12-14 11:53 pm (UTC)(link)
This is great, I love the smooth but very clear shift - and both bb!Sakura's heartbreak and grown!Sakura's strength and determination. 🖤