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rthstewart ([personal profile] rthstewart) wrote2020-02-01 12:08 pm

Three Sentence Ficathon

THIS POST IS NOW CLOSED TO NEW PROMPTS. PLEASE POST NEW PROMPTS HERE.

You can go ahead and continue to respond to prompts and comment on them here but please don't post any new prompts .


Welcome to the Three Sentence Ficathon!

UPDATE 1 HERE- 2 Feb


UPDATE 2 HERE 6 Feb



What is the 3 Sentence Ficathon?
T
his 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 can start 3SF by posting 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."

Open ended and anthropomorphic fills are popular too, such as:

Any, Any, "I don't like sand."

or

Earth geography, sand, "I don't like humans very much, either."

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 generally fail at creating banners and embed codes but if you create one and make it really idiot-proof, I might manage it. Or we can just cross-post. If you create one, I'll try to post it and everyone can use it.

How long will it go?

Until February 29, 2020. But the entry stays open permanently.

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 and archive warnings, triggers, pairings, ratings, tags, and squick?
I thought a lot about this. It wasn't an issue the last 3 times I ran this. In my experience, this typically gets too big, moves too fast, and the stories are too short for content warnings and ratings to even apply. It is too big for me to moderate in this way. You should assume spoilers are fair game and that the initial poster and the responder have opted to use no content warnings or tags. This means AO3 content warnings for dubcon, violence, canon character death, underage, etc. COULD be present.  I've found personally that I can skim and scroll 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. In this format, the obligation is on you, the reader, to protect yourself from triggering content.


Here, have some icons and banners and let me know if you've created your own!





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the incomparable [personal profile] alexseanchai  made these gorgeous banners

syrena_of_the_lake: (Default)

[personal profile] syrena_of_the_lake 2020-02-07 11:48 pm (UTC)(link)
Firefly, any, not everything should be improvised
syrena_of_the_lake: (Default)

[personal profile] syrena_of_the_lake 2020-02-07 11:49 pm (UTC)(link)
Narnia, Lucy, raised by wolves

(Anonymous) 2020-02-08 12:22 am (UTC)(link)
any, any, what happens in Tunguska stays in Tunguska
guinevak: "Carry her to the junk room!" silent film intertitle (peggy)

[personal profile] guinevak 2020-02-08 12:29 am (UTC)(link)
MCU/Code Name Verity, Peggy & Julie, sapphic spygirls
glorious_spoon: (Default)

[personal profile] glorious_spoon 2020-02-08 02:20 am (UTC)(link)
Leverage/Any, Alec Hardison, "Come with me if you want to live."
syrena_of_the_lake: (Default)

[personal profile] syrena_of_the_lake 2020-02-08 02:58 am (UTC)(link)
Castle, Rick Castle/Kate Beckett, it’s like being nibbled to death by ducks
syrena_of_the_lake: (Default)

[personal profile] syrena_of_the_lake 2020-02-08 02:59 am (UTC)(link)
Mentalist, Patrick Jane/Teresa Lisbon, not just a one-trick pony
conuly: (Default)

This comment is mostly for my own record-keeping

[personal profile] conuly 2020-02-08 04:40 am (UTC)(link)
My list of unfilled prompts is complete as of now. All prompts added since my last updated have been added, and all prompts filled since then have been removed.

Plus, I fixed some alphabetizing errors, so go me!

If you see anything that's been filled, or notice I'm missing a prompt, or see any sorting errors or URLs that lead to the wrong prompt, please let me know.
Edited 2020-02-08 05:06 (UTC)
ernest: (don't panic)

[personal profile] ernest 2020-02-08 05:39 am (UTC)(link)
Pathologic, Daniil/Block,
And like a holy relic
Or a mystery novel
I thumbed them in the dim light
Searching for a clue
ernest: (What disadvantage?)

[personal profile] ernest 2020-02-08 05:41 am (UTC)(link)
Pathologic, Daniil/Block, "I'm happy to serve under you"

(Anonymous) 2020-02-08 05:42 am (UTC)(link)
Harry Potter, Dudley, wizard!Dudley

(Anonymous) 2020-02-08 05:43 am (UTC)(link)
Harry Potter, any, the magical world is the one everybody knows about and the muggle world is secret

(Anonymous) 2020-02-08 05:44 am (UTC)(link)
Harry Potter, the sorting hat, the sorting hat makes some big decisions about the future of sorting (if any)
ernest: (Default)

[personal profile] ernest 2020-02-08 05:50 am (UTC)(link)
Pathologic, any, "and the evening and the mourning were the thirteenth day"

(Anonymous) 2020-02-08 05:58 am (UTC)(link)
any, any, just so long as it's in a poem instead of prose
sholio: sun on winter trees (Default)

[personal profile] sholio 2020-02-08 06:03 am (UTC)(link)
any, any, coffee shop on a space station AU

(Anonymous) 2020-02-08 06:16 am (UTC)(link)
Gargoyles, Derek, turns out that the winged cat look is tres chic / "when did so many people sign up to become mutants?"

(Crossover with or references to Catwings optional.)

(Full disclosure: I'd sign up just to get the better night vision. Seriously, why don't humans have a tapetum lucidum? Also, yes, I would like my pupils to dilate more, thank you.)

(Anonymous) 2020-02-08 06:49 am (UTC)(link)
Five Children and It, any, after the war
ernest: (Default)

[personal profile] ernest 2020-02-08 06:52 am (UTC)(link)
Pathologic/Penny Dreadful, Daniil & or / Hyde, baser instincts

(Anonymous) 2020-02-08 06:58 am (UTC)(link)
Any, any, multiple time travel fix-it shenanigans collide; hijinks ensue

(Anonymous) 2020-02-08 07:13 am (UTC)(link)
Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4WgT9gy4zQA), a wide variety of characters that are not male, seriously why are they all dudes?
sawthefaeriequeen: (Default)

[personal profile] sawthefaeriequeen 2020-02-08 10:41 am (UTC)(link)
Star Wars EU/Legends, the Falcon, she misses Chewbacca too

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