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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.

Re: New Eyes (Kagen no Tsuki)

[personal profile] candlesinthewell 2018-12-16 02:09 am (UTC)(link)
This is so bittersweet and lovely. <3

Re: Greek mythology, a life for a life

[personal profile] candlesinthewell 2018-12-16 02:13 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, whoa, this is great -- a fantastic combination of the original Iliad's sense of inevitability and new possibility (though there's no guarantee that things won't just be tragic in a different way), and I just love the idea of Andromache being the one to change things.

Re: Fill: Fallen London, The Jovial Contrarian

[personal profile] candlesinthewell 2018-12-16 02:13 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, thank you! So glad you liked it! <3

Re: No fandom

[personal profile] candlesinthewell 2018-12-16 02:15 am (UTC)(link)
This is incredibly vivid and intriguing.

Re: Oh look, my favorite mantic mythologic creatures! have a double fill.

[personal profile] candlesinthewell 2018-12-16 02:17 am (UTC)(link)
Oooh, this is awesome and way too real.

Re: Everything I Can’t Afford

[personal profile] candlesinthewell 2018-12-16 02:18 am (UTC)(link)
This is beautiful.
vialethe: (Lamia - Waterhouse)

Never Meant for this to Mean a Thing

[personal profile] vialethe 2018-12-16 02:18 am (UTC)(link)
Her heart has ever been mercurial, soft and hardened by turns, but she truly feels for this little princess, Priam’s pretty daughter, and all the misfortunes the gods have heaped upon her.

“Surely there is one you hold beloved,” she whispers, “for all deserve a little pleasure; but speak his name, and he shall be yours.”

“I will bring pleasure to none,” Cassandra says, her eyes on the distant figure of the goddess’s child, and Aphrodite feels chill, even in the midst of Apollo’s blazing sun.

Re: I never lied.

[personal profile] candlesinthewell 2018-12-16 02:19 am (UTC)(link)
I love this.
vialethe: (Lamia - Waterhouse)

[personal profile] vialethe 2018-12-16 02:20 am (UTC)(link)
Greek Mythology, Aeneas/Cassandra, I miss the way you wanted me/when I was staying just out of your reach

[personal profile] candlesinthewell 2018-12-16 02:23 am (UTC)(link)
Inception, Ariadne/Mal, labyrinths

[personal profile] candlesinthewell 2018-12-16 02:24 am (UTC)(link)
Any fandom, any, vagabonds
vialethe: (Georgia)

[personal profile] vialethe 2018-12-16 02:25 am (UTC)(link)
Anthropomorfic, Lady Justice, women raged as old men fumbled and cried/we're sorry, we thought you didn't care

[personal profile] candlesinthewell 2018-12-16 02:26 am (UTC)(link)
Any fandom, any, The water is wide

Re: Theogony

[personal profile] candlesinthewell 2018-12-16 02:27 am (UTC)(link)
This is beautifully written, and every bit as apocalyptic as those two would be, set against each other as gods.

Re: Singing Heart (Labyrinth)

[personal profile] candlesinthewell 2018-12-16 02:28 am (UTC)(link)
or was it the other way around, that it was where it belonged, and she had never quite returned?

Ooh, excellent.
vialethe: (Narnia)

[personal profile] vialethe 2018-12-16 02:28 am (UTC)(link)
Narnia, Susan/Edmund, we were family pulled from the flood/you tore the floorboards up/and let the river rush in

Re: Greek mythology, the descent of dionysus

[personal profile] candlesinthewell 2018-12-16 02:30 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, wow, this is fantastic, especially the last line. <3
vialethe: (Lamia - Waterhouse)

[personal profile] vialethe 2018-12-16 02:34 am (UTC)(link)
Greek Mythology, Hades/Persephone, and everything i ever did/was just another way to scream your name
betony: (Default)

Re: Greek mythology, the descent of dionysus

[personal profile] betony 2018-12-16 02:35 am (UTC)(link)
Thank you! Dionysus is just tricksy--and mad--enough that the prompt just fit!

Re: Fire Emblem: Awakening

[personal profile] candlesinthewell 2018-12-16 02:35 am (UTC)(link)
This is lovely.
betony: (Default)

Re: TaT spoilers?

[personal profile] betony 2018-12-16 02:36 am (UTC)(link)
The snippets we get in later books of Gen/Irene pre-QoA are a gift, I swear, and it might be one of my favorite canon eras to write them in! (Thank you! ♥)
betony: (Default)

Re: Greek mythology, a life for a life

[personal profile] betony 2018-12-16 02:37 am (UTC)(link)
The thought of things being tragic in a different way is maybe the most likely outcome, but I'd still take it over Andromache's misery (and it makes me wonder about Hektor flying into a towering rage avenging her!)
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Re: All a Game

[personal profile] betony 2018-12-16 02:39 am (UTC)(link)
Of course you are the only person who could make me genuinely like Paris :D! But Cassandra's love for him is so palpable here, and of course she would want him to have some joy before everything falls apart....
runespoor: close-ups of naruto and sakura's face as sakura looks up and breathes sasuke-kun's name; the word bubble is empty. (sasuke-kun || narusaku is all about)

Re: Theogony

[personal profile] runespoor 2018-12-16 02:40 am (UTC)(link)
Oh noooooooo

I love the mythological way you wrote this. <3 Worldbuilding/outsider PoV/Fictional historical fiction??? not sure how to call this, but yeah. This.

And I love how suddenly this turns from a tale you tell to something that people endure, at the end. The personalization of the situation works great. And "this universe's end has me curious, on the re-read, whether it's a phrase or they know more about the way their world was made.
betony: (Default)

Re: Never Meant for this to Mean a Thing

[personal profile] betony 2018-12-16 02:40 am (UTC)(link)
Oh! (And Cassandra, after everything that's happened to her, refusing to demand Aeneas against will despite almost certainly knowing it's the only way they could be together breaks my heart!)