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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Disney's Mulan, Shang(/Mulan), he never thought to take a wife (like her)

Shang laughed as he rolled out of bed, hurrying after his wife; to think once he had looked ahead to his marriage and only ever pictured a cool, distant but caringly respectful arrangement, like his father's. He moved a bit faster, catching Mulan around the waist just as they reached the courtyard and lifting her off her- he landed on his back in the grass, his wife kneeling astride his waist and grinning smugly at him.

"I love you." he said warmly, reaching up to cup her face as she pinked.

Lovely! <3

Thank you! ^.^

^.^

Once, when he was still a boy, his father had told him about Shang one day having a wife and all the qualities that a good wife should have (calm, obedient, refined in taste) and perhaps it was that Shang had never quite found the appeal in women, but the idea had seemed... quite boring, if he had to be honest; while he had never doubted his father's wisdom (and he certainly didn't then), quietly, Shang wondered why couldn't he, instead of finding a good match, perhaps worry about finding someone he wanted to be with, someone he could talk to and practice and laugh, someone whom he shared more than duty with?

These days, Mulan wakes him up by jabbing her freezing toes under his calves until he can't ignore her and when he tries to catch she laughs and moves away from bed, far too cheerful for waking up so early, telling him that they absolutely need to leave the bed if they want to have some time to practice, ("seriously, Shang, I mean it!") and she laughs (snorts, actually: it's ridiculously, unbearably charming), loud and bright as a gong when he drags her back to bed.

(They end up being late not only to practice but to three meetings as well).

Edited 2018-12-23 11:01 (UTC)

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Aw this is delightful! <3

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