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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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Spoilers for Season 8
[BIG BIG SPOILERS for season 8]
[really really big spoilers for season 8]
"You aren't taking too many unnecessary risks, are you?"
It's a joke, when Shiro asks; his grey eyes are full of mirth and his hand squeezes Keith's shoulder, as if it hasn't been years since Keith has been in the same room.
Keith smiles back, in a house that Shiro shares with his husband, thinks of all the times he tried to ask Shiro if he remembered how much Keith loves him, and says the only thing he can in order to be truthful: "Not nearly as many as I should."
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Thank you, this is great. (and kind of just what I needed, apparently?) Just as bittersweet as it deserves.
as if it hasn't been years since Keith has been in the same room.
guh.
OUCH!
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i love this. it hurts but i love it
Risk, Reward, Restraint
"I'm not sure you should really be so worked up on this topic, darling," Shiro says, actually having the gall to look surprised at Keith's outburst even as he comes close and raises his hands to rest on Keith's shoulders, "you dive into risky situations all the time."
"Necessary risks. Calculated risks." Keith shouts, getting a little louder despite himself, tense and angry as he can never help getting when he's worried, and Shiro is all too good at inspiring that worry, too quick to disregard himself and forge ahead without thought. "Risks that are entirely worth it when I weigh the possible price against your life. Or their lives."
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Their argument is so vivid, I can picture it exactly. Love this!
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I hadn't thought about it that way, but I've actually written something similar to that conversation they need to have after this snippet, from another angle, in a short story before, haha. I guess it's a topic I can really see for them. For some reason. *coughs*
Thanks, I'm glad it works so well!
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"That wasn't unnecessary, you'd have never talked to me again if I hadn't."
"You know that's not true--we'd find each other anywhere, no matter what."
La la la s8 doesn't exist
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I love the contrast between Keith's "whatever it takes" attitude and Shiro's gentle certainty. Very IC!
what a shame the show never got a last season right
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right?? god we've been waiting so long
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I can fix that
"Keith," Shiro protests, "You were the one who said you didn't want to be in some 'stupid-ass soap opera'. You were the one who said I should just get James or Curtis or…or Kosmo to play 'Keith' instead. You said you didn’t care if-"
Keith makes a hissing noise as Shiro run a soothing arm down his back. He rolls over to face his husband's side of the bed. "I'm not the one who thought it would be 'cool' to play myself in a stupid. ass. soap. opera in the first place," he says witheringly, and Shiro takes in the full wounded kitten look on his face and sighs.
Keith isn't done. "Besides, you were the one who made out with him!"
"For the camera, love. Only for the camera." Shiro pulls him closer and presses tender kisses to Keith's forehead, his nose, his scar, whispering apologies, and Keith finds himself deflating all over. God. How does he do that?
"Listen," Shiro's prosthetic moves over Keith's thighs in a way that makes Keith's own voice go completely unreliable. "I'm more sorry than I can say about agreeing to that, ah, stupid ass cameo. I will do any…thing," — Keith moans, slinking into his touch— "you want. In here. And anything you want," –Shiro's voice goes low—"even out there. Bridge, corridors, meeting room. Anywhere. Deal?"
"Shiro I…ah…h-hell—deal."
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(also I snorted at the "stupid. ass. soap. opera" of Keith's fury.)
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He'd absolutely say it like that! In my head, it's called Dobashes Of Our Lives. :D
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It takes Keith a solid thirty seconds before he can breathe enough to answer. "You showed me how to jump my hoverbike off a cliff when I was fifteen."
"I...that wasn't...you didn't jump off the cliff then!" Shiro argues, and Keith just starts laughing all over again.
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"you didn't jump off the cliff then!"
best possible come-back or best possible way to prove the point??
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Thank you so much!
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