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

[violsva]

Marvel (any); Clint Barton; ice

[yeomanrand]

Clint Barton doesn't have the same relentless mixture of fear and hatred toward ice that a couple of his teammates do, but all the same: he hates the cold, and he hates ice because it screws with his footing. Even with the cleats Tony'd added to the bottoms of his boots he still has to worry about falling, probably to his death at this point.

He huddles down into his parka, looking at the battlefield below and trying not to let Tony's arc reactor remind him of the coldness that had washed over him with the touch of a golden staff, what seems a lifetime ago.

[violsva]

This is great, thanks!

[yeomanrand]

You're welcome!

[scarletcorvid]

Bravo! :)

[yeomanrand]

:bows:

Winter Missions

[kalira]

I hate ice, I hate snow, Clint sang under his breath as he climbed the icy tumble of fallen concrete, contemplating whether the next line - bitching about SHIELD - should rhyme or not

Clint smothered a laugh, glancing sideways at his partner as Natasha fixed a look at least as icy as their surroundings on the poor agent who had just unwisely objected to her bitching.

She leaned in very close and the man quailed back. "I am Russian; you do not know what it is to hate ice until you live in Russia." Natasha said dryly, then lifted her head and reached up to take Clint's waiting hand, using him as a handhold to spring up more than accepting a pull upwards.

Re: Winter Missions

[edenfalling]

I love those two; they make the best partners. :D

Re: Winter Missions

[kalira]

I really do too, they're so fun to have together. :)

Re: Winter Missions

[violsva]

Clint and Natasha on missions is my favourite thing, thank you!

Re: Winter Missions

[kalira]

I love them! You're welcome~

Re: Winter Missions

[scarletcorvid]

*snickers* I happen to love singing that song myself...

Re: Winter Missions

[kalira]

I don't do it too often myself but sometimes it's just . . . required. XP

[scarletcorvid]

It wasn’t about the Ice Bucket Challenge, Clint loved the idea of it, it was about not being given a choice if he was going to participate before having a bucket of ice dumped over his head. There was such a thing as boundaries, even in Avengers Tower. As Tony was about to learn when a five-pound bag of ice dropped from the air vent over his bed and landed on his bare back in the middle of the night.

[violsva]

Poor Clint! I hope he filmed the retribution.