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

[be_themoon]

accurate tbh

[be_themoon]

oh, this is absolutely lovely.

[sholio]

Oh, this is so good.

[rthstewart]

THANK YOU! IT was so nice of alexsenchai to do the prompt and so nice of you to capture the insanity of my inbox. I try to be a good mod/admin and at least skim but.... It didn't happen this fast last time. You have captured my relationship with my 3SF folder perfectly! It GROWS even when I'm staring at it. It's practically sentient. So today, yes, I did leave it alone this evening to work on cookies. I feel terribly that I'm not doing more filling!! Thank you both!!

[be_themoon]

oh, this is beautifully done

Re: FILL: Poirot, Hastings

[rthstewart]

Perfect. He would be so offended by it all.

[be_themoon]

oh shit, I love this!!

[be_themoon]

Ooooh, I like this.

Re: FILL: Bayley/Finn Balor

[1joifulchick]

This is amazing! So sad, so sweet, so full of spirit.

Love!!

Thank you!

[syrena_of_the_lake]

Star Wars, General Grievous, general grievances

Re: Doctor Who - Thirteen & Graham

[rthstewart]

This is just terrific. I laughed very hard. A fork! Dental floss! Snake? Whut? Just wonderful voices for both Graham and 13.

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

[sholio]

Hahahaha! Good plan, Slythios. XD

[alexseanchai]

The Nutcracker and the Four Realms, Clara/Phillip, consent issues

Fill: Fallen London

[candlesinthewell]

The first thing that strikes you about the Forgotten Quarter is how quiet it is; in the city proper, noise is inescapable – rattling carts and foot traffic, urchin song, costermongers hawking their wares – but here, silence settles on your shoulders like fog. But what you realize, as you make your way through courtyards long fallen empty, is that it isn’t silent at all; in the absence of city sounds, you can hear for the first time the slow drip of water and the scuttling of small things that live in darkness, a soft susurrus that isn’t the wind – and quieter still, half-heard, the sweet and distant lilt of flute and string. You’ve heard that music before, you think, in the borderlands of dream or on the edge of memory – the ghost of a song, maybe, like this is the ghost of a place, some old, stubborn remnant of a time when those windows were lit and the trees bright with blossoms; whatever it is, it calls you onward, and you lift your lantern higher and follow it into the dark.

[alexseanchai]

:D :D :D

(puns!)

Re: Doctor Who: Eleven and the Ponds

[rthstewart]

Not lethal trees but lethal wires! That's just 11 and the Ponds completely! Wonderful!!

[candlesinthewell]

Thank you, and I’m really happy you liked this.

Re: Fill: Harry Potter - Dolores Umbridge

[alexseanchai]

three cheers for Minerva McGonagall!

[be_themoon]

"Please," Luke says urgently, his eyes wide as the sea itself as he grips Serene's sleeve. "I love him more than anything, but if I hear one more word about mermaids I will have to throw myself into the ocean and he would probably follow me because the damn mermaids are in there."

Serene pats his hand awkwardly, a very solemn look on her face as she sighs and offers her profound wisdom. "I know it can be tiresome, Luke, but you know it is vital to the sensitive nature of our paramours that we listen to them even about subjects we don't have much interest in ourselves."

[be_themoon]

awwww, yes good.

Re: Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Giles&Buffy

[learnedfoot]

MY heart. This is so good!

[be_themoon]

oh Susan

[be_themoon]

yes excellent

[Miraculous Ladybug] in which sunshine child needs to learn to put himself first

[alexseanchai]

"Adrien," says Nino earnestly, "dude, just say the word and we'll have you out of there like that—" and he snaps his fingers, adding "and you're welcome to crash on my couch anytime, though if you'd rather pay your way there's always Chloé's place—y'know, if she'd let you pay."

"He's my father," Adrien says, helpless. "He's already lost enough."

[be_themoon]

YIKES, this is very good and deeply alarming!!