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rthstewart) wrote2018-12-09 03:03 pm
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!
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?
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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"For Merlin's sake!" she cried out, turning away from the stove and pointing her wand at Percy and the twins as they continued arguing once again in the sitting room, "just choose one!"
In the end, Arthur solved the dilemma with an old Muggle ha'penny he found in the alley behind The Leaky Cauldron: heads for "Squeakers" and tail for "Scabbers".
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Percy sighed as he climbed the stairs to his room, the newly christened Scabbers perched on his shoulder swinging his tail to and fro. Before turning the corner on the landing, the rat turned its head and his gleaming eyes seem to bore their gaze at the two innocent looking boys that remained in the sitting room.
"It's like he knows," George muttered to his twin, waiting for Fred to distract their father before swapping the trick coin for the real ha'penny hidden in his pocket.
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Peter couldn’t help but see the Weasley twins as some sort of divine punishment for his sins — or a cosmic joke, if James was more forgiving than Peter had any right to expect. Every prank the twin terrors played on their siblings, parents and neighbors brought a fresh wave of memories, guilt and regret... and an uncomfortable feeling of something like protectiveness.
Peter never vowed to himself that he would watch over the boys (and, later, the girl, whose fire was so much like Lily’s that it left him quivering), and he never dared to scheme to help them survive, whole, what had destroyed the Marauders... and yet one night at Hogwarts, during one of the twins’ many detentions, he found himself rummaging in Filch’s drawers (he could almost hear Sirius sniggering) for an old map, deliberately not thinking about the consequences — or the possibilities.
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“Scabbers!” Ron broke out giggling. “The scabby rat!”
Somehow, the name stuck, but not for Charlie’s lack of trying to get his brothers to agree to anything else.