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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“Just one more thing.”

Loki looked at the small, slightly cross-eyed man standing in front of him with his finger just touching his lower lip, the sleeve of his ratty trenchcoat (okay, to be fair, it was a perfectly serviceable London Fog in decent repair but Loki wasn't feeling fair at the moment) slipping toward his elbow to show the cheap watch and suit beneath.

"Yes?" Loki said, far more calmly than he felt; were Thor not standing directly next to him he might have simply turned this annoying 'private detective' into a mouse and had done with him, but his brother was watching him in the alert way that meant Loki wouldn't get a snake past him, much less a spell.

"This Hela you were talking about; she's your daughter."

i'm yelling

this is great!!!!!

Yay! I'm so glad you liked it. :)

Oh, this is delightful! :-D

I'm glad you liked it!

Perfect!

Thanks!

This is an amazing crossover

“Sir! Wait just a minute, sir, if you would —“ he called out, rushing across the asphalt to the rather incongruous phone booth, hoping to catch his suspect before he made whatever call he planned to make.

He grabbed the edge of the booth’s wooden door just before it could snap shut, pushed it open again, and stumbled forward, opening his mouth to say, I’m so sorry, Doctor, but I just need to know one more thing.

The door clicked shut behind him, a room opened up around him, and if he asked his question, it was lost in the strange, whooshing roaring sound that echoed in his ears.

Edited 2018-12-13 04:15 (UTC)

Hahahaha. You've learned to count, then?

https://archiveofourown.org/works/8074405

FAR more than 3 sentences and also not mine but I thought you'd get a kick out of it

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