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

[rovio]

Iverson drags his trembling hand across his face and breathes in the cold night air, looking up at the goddamn infinite stars twinkling at him like there's nothing wrong, like they aren't on the brink of extinction as a species at the hands of an alien madman.

Sometimes he wonders if this is all there is out there, countless lethal alien species circling this stupid little planet like sharks in the water, smelling every weakness like a drop of blood in the ocean, and it makes him furious because there's nothing but weaknesses here, the whole planet like a wounded whale with its belly up and waiting to get devoured.

And then Iverson thinks, there was that blue lion, the giant robot that didn't attack them, the one that appeared out of nowhere and fled away just as fast, and wasn't it just the most amazing coincidence that five people disappeared along with it, those three hapless children and that boy from the desert and the Garrison's very own golden boy, all without a trace, and fuck it, maybe the stars have a reason to look so happy tonight, maybe they all do, if not today then maybe tomorrow.

[sawthefaeriequeen]

Holy crap. You have excellent Iverson-voice! Love how coarsely poetic it is. I mean "goddamn infinite stars", who, "fuck it, have a reason to look happy" = I can so see that reeling through his head!

I love how you drew his awareness at Earth's smallness and weakness - it was exactly why I liked the last stand episodes so much (because they were all about defying the odds despite all that), and why Iverson himself was such a champ during those years. And how he connected it to Blue and our paladins and how he's still throwing hope at the stars, despite it all? So good!

Thank you for this!