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

[snickfic]

MCU, Heimdall, the thing from Asgard he misses most.

[snickfic]

Hockey RPF, Bryan Rust/any Pens player, they're both filthy the first time they kiss.

[snickfic]

MCU, anyone on the Asgardian refugee ship, A SPACE WHALE.

[snickfic]

Hockey RPF, Matt Murray/any Pens player, it's not gay if it's for a ritual.

Re: Fill: Amelia Peabody

[zdenka]

I love it. :D Poor Abdullah.

[snickfic]

Buffyverse, Dawn/Illyria, the joining of dimensions

[beer_good_foamy]

It's not that she doesn't trust Root (which is annoying in and of itself) when she says she had the Machine come up with a sweater pattern that makes the wearer invisible to surveillance systems; she just doesn't understand why that means it has to be red and green and feature very odd-looking reindeer.

"...And remember, it's the only one in the world and every stitch is a complicated code, so try not to get blood on it and bring it back here afterwards and I'll help you out of it, OK sweetie?"

Shaw tries to ignore that smug grin and focuses on how she'll get to shoot people tonight.

[yalumesse]

lol this is exactly what I was hoping for :)

[snickfic]

Haunting of Hill House (TV), Theo/Nell, experimentation.

[snickfic]

Fallen London, any, a dessert with unexpected side effects

[beer_good_foamy]

Wynonna Earp, Nicole & Doc, Earp girls aren't easy

[beer_good_foamy]

Black Mirror: San Junipero, Kelly/Yorkie, Terms Of Service change: A better, more positive San Junipero

[beer_good_foamy]

The Americans, Philip/Elizabeth, When the wall came down

Re: Fill: Thor & Loki, bodyswap

[yalumesse]

LOL Loki is having so much fun

[sholio]

Some days it just didn't pay to get out of bed; it especially didn't pay to get out of bed sober.

"Going somewhere, are you?" Loki asked lightly as the Valkyrie lurched past him with her arms full of bottles she'd obtained from the ship's makeshift distillery. She'd had to trade two weeks of hydroponics-cleaning duty, but it was worth it.

"My room," she snapped. "If I am going to be eaten by a space whale, ship and all, I at least intend to be drunk first."

"You don't want to stick around and watch my brother try to lasso it?"

The Valkyrie stopped.

"Thor is doing what now."

Loki snapped his fingers. "Come now, I know there's one of our last bottles of mead in your pocket. Come up to the forward lounge with me, and we can place bets on how thoroughly he'll get his ass handed to him, and in what ways."

"In which you will cheat."

"So will you."

He wasn't wrong. She sighed and shoved her armload at him. "Fine, but you're carrying these. And I'm keeping the mead."

[yalumesse]

oh boys :D

[sholio]

Agent Carter, any, dive

[sholio]

Punisher, David/Sarah (or any Liebermans), Hanukkah

[sholio]

Netflix Defenders, Danny & Luke, a stray kitten

[sholio]

Any fandom, any characters, library

[sholio]

This is the most brilliant reason for an ugly sweater ever. OMG. :D

[kayim]

[My absolute first time writing anything Voltron related, although I mainlined every episode a couple of months ago! I hope this is okay!]

He doesn't exactly love the desert, but he can appreciate the silence that fills it; so different to the constant noise surrounding him in the Castle of Lions. In the desert, he can be alone, but not lonely; even if the others are around, their voices are lifted high above the dunes.

After a short while, the silence becomes deafening, the privacy turns to abandonment, and he becomes desperate for his home - and his friends - once more.

[kayim]

[Apologies for the chronic abuse of punctuation!]

There is a library in the TARDIS, of course (there are actually four different ones, depending on the time of day, the colour of the sky and the Doctor's whim), and Yaz is the one who finds it first, while puzzling over how she can make a birthday cake for Graham; there seems to be a full wall of cookery books, but somehow the perfect one literally falls into her hands as she walks past it.

But it's Ryan who spends most of his time there; the boy who had once hated school is now found with his nose buried in a book about whatever topic has taken his fancy that day - engineering, modern art, British Sign Language (he wonders if that will somehow be translated by the TARDIS too, and can't wait to find out), and, of course, history.

Graham finds him there one afternoon and silently thanks the TARDIS - and the Doctor; Grace would have been so proud.

[katharhino]

Yesssss

Re: Fill: Thor & Loki, bodyswap

[schneefink]

Ah, siblings :D