rthstewart | 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

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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Sabine wrinkles her nose at the smell coming from the galley, just foul enough that she knows she should investigate, in case it's a toxic leak or something corrosive.

Turns out, it is both toxic and corrosive; Zeb is sitting on the counter using a trowel to dig into the enormous tub of greenish fermented, curdled thala-siren frozen milk (and it's the disgusting imitation "lite" variety, not even the real thing -- Kanan bought it on sale and it's been in the freezer ever since).

"I'm taking one for the team," Zeb says with a grimace as the frozen slime drips from the trowel.

BWAHAHAHA

LITE, even! Omg, everything about this is glorious.

Hera didn’t start to doubt her plan until it was too late: Chopper caught her in the act, and his electronic gloating drew the rest of the crew like mynocks to a power coupling.
“You’re eating someone else’s personal stores—” began Sabine, her voice an odd mixture of awe and outrage.
“Yeah, my dip-a-chips!” interrupted Ezra.
“and you’re double-dipping!” Zeb finished, and there was no mistaking the glee in his voice.
“In my blomfruit salsa.” Kanan delivered the final blow, and Hera’s resistance crumpled.
“Fine,” she relented, “I’ll relax the rules a bit.”
Kanan crossed his arms. “I don’t know... Chop, what’s the penalty for store-stealing?”
Chopper grunted something insufferably smug.
“You’ve already had a tune-up,” Hera muttered back.
“And for double-dipping?” Kanan asked.
Chopper whistled low and long.
“Traitor.” Hera glared at the droid.
“Hey, you made the rules!” Kanan winked at her. That was the last straw.
The list came down, of course, and a new box of dip-a-chips and a new jar of blomfruit salsa appeared in the ship’s stores, and Chopper got his tune-up. Hera let everything settle back to normal before locking Kanan out of their shared quarters while he was in the shower. Without his clothes. Or a towel.
Chopper warbled a question.
“Just long enough to get the point,” answered Hera as she tightened the last bolt on the last bolthole where Kanan could possibly hide. “And until Asohka gets here. And no, I don’t think Jedi can make themselves invisible.”
She straightened in satisfaction. Kanan had neglected to factor in the most important unwritten rule of all: the Captain of the ship always gets the last word.

Oh, perfect!

oh gawd. I adore Chopper's voice. And Hera always wins. Always.

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