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.


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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

[syrena_of_the_lake]

Harry Potter, Professor Kettleburn, safety regulations are a foreign concept in the wizarding world

Barehanded

[kalira]

"Good morning Professor Kettleburn! Professor- Ah! What are you doing?"

Silvanus turned to look at the student in his doorway without putting down the ashwinder in his hands, giving her a curious look. Williams was one of his best pupils, but as with so many of her fellows . . . well, the muggleborns in his classes always seemed so alarmed around his creatures, even the upper years - he knew muggles had zoos and the like, were they not properly filled somehow?

Re: Barehanded

[syrena_of_the_lake]

“You mean you aren’t allowed to touch any of the creatures in the zoo — even the herbivores?” Silvanus stared at her, aghast, and all three Runespoor heads hissed in displeasure (he had set the Ashwinder down on account of the burns, but the little Runespoor didn’t do much more than tickle his callouses).

“Well, there are petting zoos for children,” offered Williams tentatively, “but they only have safe, fluffy, tame little animals — they’re just for little children, you know.”

“So... no fire crabs?”

Re: Barehanded

[kalira]

Williams buried her face in her hands. "No," she said to yet another creature, and Silvanus shook his head in disbelief, "and before you ask, no billywigs either. Or streelers."

"What do muggles even put in these 'petting zoos' then?" Silvanus asked with a frown, confused - and disappointed, he could admit; he'd been curious about muggle zoos for years, though he'd never been to one.

Re: Barehanded

[syrena_of_the_lake]

“Ponies, llamas, rabbits,” Williams recited to Silvanus’s growing dismay, “maybe pigs and chickens — oh, and goats.”

“Goats,” repeated Silvanus, “like Aberforth keeps at the Hog’s Head?”

“Er,” said Williams eloquently, because of course she wasn’t old enough to patronize the Hog’s Head, so of course she and her friends had already been there on a dare, and she knew firsthand that those goats were hard-headed, mean-tempered bullies that absolutely would not be allowed in a petting zoo.