Three Sentence Ficathon

[rthstewart]

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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?
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 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.

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

Any, Any, the fancy hats are a vital part of the plan

Fill: Narnia/Pirates of the Caribbean crossover

[syrena_of_the_lake]

“You still don’t look like a pirate, Susan — you’re not mussed enough,” Lucy critiqued.

“I can help with that, love,” offered Jack Sparrow, and Susan took a firm step out of reach.

“We haven’t time for that now,” she rebuked, “so that fancy hat of yours will have to do.”

“Of mine?!” squawked Sparrow, even as Susan whisked it off his head just before the first wild-eyed man crashed through the cabin window. Susan neatly sidestepped a cutlass thrust, tossed a curtain around the intruder’s head, and booted him back out the window. Lucy gave a yell of delight and jumped out the window into the fray.

“This is all a plot to get my hat, isn’t it?” Sparrow murmured in Susan’s ear.

“Don’t worry your pretty little head about it,” she said sweetly. “When we’ve won the battle, I expect my own hat.”

(A/N: I lost the three-sentence battle before this ficlet even began lol)

Re: Fill: Narnia/Pirates of the Caribbean crossover

[last_haven]

For a moment, I read too fast and thought Jack was the one trying to stab Susan after she took his hat and I thought "well, it does fit". I love Lucy's energy and joy, and Susan's smooth handling. Love this.

Re: Fill: Narnia/Pirates of the Caribbean crossover

[syrena_of_the_lake]

Oh good point, I’ll have to clarify that when I repost to AO3 (it won’t let me edit anymore). Glad you liked it!

Re: Fill: Narnia/Pirates of the Caribbean crossover

[wingedflight]

Fancy hats for everyone!!

Re: Fill: Narnia/Pirates of the Caribbean crossover

[vialethe]

YES MORE GOOD.

I think Lucy yelling with delight at the fight getting started is my favorite part.

Re: Fill: Narnia/Pirates of the Caribbean crossover

[notoriousreign]

Good lord I'm living for this.

The Hats are the Point (Girl Genius; Agatha/Gil/Tarvek)

[kalira]

"Do I have to wear this ridiculous- Why it doesn't even make sense-"

"It's a jaeger plan, of course there are hats involved." Tarvek says, and he looks bored under his plum-and-gold monstrosity, but Gil knows he's laughing on the inside, the treacherous weasel - or is he a snake? - and scowls at him.

"Everyone ready?" Agatha asks, grinning brightly as she tugs down a bright green hat with wide wings from some kind of actual waterfowl attached; she looks so fierce and adorable Gil almost warms up to the plan even with the weight of his own hat pressing at his ears.

Re: The Hats are the Point (Girl Genius; Agatha/Gil/Tarvek)

[slowmercury]

This is exactly a Jaeger plan! HATS FOR EVERYONE!

Thanks for this bit of fun. :)

Re: The Hats are the Point (Girl Genius; Agatha/Gil/Tarvek)

[kalira]

Definitely! The jaegers know what's up!

Glad you enjoyed, thanks~

Doctor Who, Graham is fed up with people thinking he's the Doc

[ruanchunxian0.livejournal.com]

“If we’re visiting your past and meeting people who know you, Doc, then let me just fetch something before we leave,” Graham said before disappearing in the direction of the bedrooms. When he emerged again, he was wearing a red baseball cap that at first glance made both Ryan and Yaz want to barf, until they realised that the inscription on it was much longer than a four-letter acronym. As Graham went to stand next to the Doctor, Ryan and Yaz saw that the cap read, I’m not the Doctor, she is --> and the arrow was indeed, pointed at the owner of that name.

Fill: Guardians of the Galaxy, Gamora & Nebula

[sholio]

"This is the worst plan you've ever come up with," Gamora mutters, attempting to adjust the frilly hat sitting uncomfortable and unfamiliar on top of her head. "The literal, actual worst."

"Be silent; it is a very fetching look," Nebula snaps back, adjusting her own hat, which to Gamora's eyes looks like ten standard weight units of flowers and veils that is particularly out of place when contrasted against Nebula's working leathers.

"This is not a good disguise. I think you just wanted to wear the hat."

"Be silent!"

Re: Fill: Guardians of the Galaxy, Gamora & Nebula

[kingstoken]

I laughed!

Re: Fill: Guardians of the Galaxy, Gamora & Nebula

[edenfalling]

Ahaha, beautiful!

Re: Fill: Guardians of the Galaxy, Gamora & Nebula

[chomiji]

XD

Re: Fill: Guardians of the Galaxy, Gamora & Nebula

[(Anonymous)]

amazing!!XD

Fill: "the hat I wear is fit to the occasion", Chuubo's Marvellous Wish-Granting Engine

[eagleoftheninth]

She doesn't want to go back to the Bleak Academy, she never wants to see the place again, but Chuubo and Seizhi have got themselves captured by the Headmaster and Leonardo went to fetch them back and didn't return-which leaves her to make sure the second rescue mission doesn't crash and burn too. She's the only one out of all of the remaining group who's been there before, let alone lived and studied there. She knows how bad it is. The others don't, and without that knowledge they won't be able to hold out.

Even if she didn't care for them, she couldn't allow them to be taken. They are too powerful, and too necessary.

There's something quixotic about being a Strategist. About fighting despite impossible odds. About knowing you are doomed, but not giving up.

Melanie Malakh died in despair, drowning in learned helplessness at the moment that should have been her greatest triumph, and never understood that.

Miramie Mesmer intends never to forget it.

There's still a little over an hour to go before she's to meet with the others at the docks, before they steer the airship Jasper captured from the Moon Prince into the deepest Outside. She has completed most of her preparations already-closed up the cafe, said goodbyes to the other children of the Archives, left a note for Professor Hayashi.

Now she dresses for the occasion, before her mirror in the Hidden Room, in clothes that have been stored away here since her former self was destroyed. Finery in the old Excrucian style, not mourning black or ghostly grey but crushed velvet in the deep dark red of pigeon-blood rubies. Silver epaulettes at her shoulders, silver trim at her hems and moon-bright buckles on her boots.

For the finishing touch, she fixes the matching hat to her hair with pins of wrought silver and Hayashi-made glass. Then she blinks away the changeling's illusion on her eyes, leaving them full of void and falling stars.

Despite everything, she is still a Strategist. A deathwright. Learning to love parts of Creation does not reduce that; she is still royalty of the Not.

Let the Headmaster know who it is that stands valiant against him.

Fill: Honey Heist

[aroberuka]

Step one: acquire fancy hats.

Step three: abscond with stolen honey.

Once the hats were brought in, no-one seemed to remember step two.

Fascination (The Magnus Archives)

[edenfalling]

"Listen, I understand that it's important to do on-scene follow up for the incident, but why not wait another week so we don't have to bother with fancy dress and dodging crowds and cameras at every corner?" Jon hissed into Sasha's ear as she examined yet another improbable fascinator hat, this one shaped like several slices of watermelon with little embroidered bees and butterflies caught above in a net of teal gauze.

"Because of the crowds and cameras at every corner," Sasha said, regretfully setting the fascinator down; it was too cute and quirky and would attract attention they couldn't afford. "Nobody will notice another posh couple bumbling around Ascot in the confusion, whereas they most certainly would notice a pair of academics poking our noses where we shouldn't on a week when they don't have thousands of people and Royal security to deal with."

"I hate that that makes sense," Jon said in a pained tone -- Sasha glanced over her shoulder and yes, he was pinching the bridge of his nose, the ridiculous man -- "and also that by your logic, I'll have to acquire a top hat."

Sasha punched him gently in the shoulder and said, "Oh, quit whingeing; there's no way we'd get into the Royal Enclosure, nor any need most likely -- it'll be the Grandstand for us, so just a suit and tie, no need for full morning dress."

"The things we do for research," Jon grumbled, then perked up and pointed across the shop toward a snappy confection of navy lace and silver beads worked into tiny starbursts; "Try that one; it should match your dress."

Re: Fascination (The Magnus Archives)

[wintersday]

Ooh, this is wonderful. I love the dialogue, and the hat with little bees and butterflies (not gonna lie, I want one), and the two of them working together for research.... And now I miss Sasha again. ;_;

Re: Fascination (The Magnus Archives)

[edenfalling]

Thank you! (The watermelon-and-insects hat is loosely based on an actual fascinator image I found via Google, FYI. People do some amazingly creative things with headgear.)