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

[sholio]

Stranger Things, Steve/Nancy/Jonathan, night life

[glorious_spoon]

"You know," Steve said, yanking his nail bat out of the monster's skull in a spray of gore, "when I said we should check out the night life around here, this wasn't really what I had in mind."

Jonathan laughed softly from where he was seated under a bar stool, a shower of broken mirrored glass scattered around him, and Steve breathed out a sigh of relief at the sound. There were flecks of abrasion scattered across Jonathan's face and arms, but if he was laughing it couldn't be that bad. "Well, we are in a bar. And nobody got eaten. That's sort of a win, right?"

"Only because they all ran screaming," Nancy interjected, kicking the last of the monsters over with her toe and holstering her gun. After a moment of consideration, she leaned over the bar and came back up with three longnecks hooked between her fingers. "At any rate, I think we've all earned a beer, don't you?"

[sholio]

Hahaha, wonderful!! I definitely think they've earned a beer. XD I love seeing weirdness still follow them around even after they manage to get out of Hawkins.

[tardis_stowaway]

Excellent! I really like that they seem to be monster-hunting in the wider world and it's under control enough that they quip about it.

[scarletcorvid]

Poor guys! They need a date night that doesn't involve monsters or nail bats! XD

[scarletcorvid]

They passed the bottle of wine back and forth, staring up at the stars above them. It had been Jonathan’s idea for a midnight picnic, and it had been a rousing success; they’d eaten too much and now they were working on drinking too much. And later, they’d really enjoy the nightlife, right there under the oak tree.