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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.


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[personal profile] last_haven 2020-02-01 05:03 pm (UTC)(link)
One moment Kylo Ren looms over Rey, lightsaber at the ready to strike her down, the next the wannabe ruler of the cosmos is lying on the ground, out cold, and his doppleganger stands behind him, a metal pipe in his hands.

"I'm sorry," he says as Finn (but she Knows that its not Her Finn, whatever that means) grabs this Ben and starts hauling him to a bizarre tear in the very reality before them,"but he sounded like such an asshole, I couldn't stand by any longer."

As the tear closes behind them, Rey sits up, looks at the space where they were, then down at the unconscious genocidal nightmare, and gets up, looking for someway to bind Kylo Ren while muttering that it would have been nice if those two had at least offered to take her with them to whatever happier world they were from.
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[personal profile] syrena_of_the_lake 2020-02-01 07:37 pm (UTC)(link)
Eeee, I love it! Mirror!Finn hauling Ben back, Ben not being able to stand by, Rey wanting to go with them (or at least wanting the offer!) — I love it all and want more.
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[personal profile] last_haven 2020-02-01 09:12 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, I guess someone's just going to half to ask for more requests and we'll see what we can get!
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[personal profile] wingedflight 2020-02-01 07:52 pm (UTC)(link)
"he sounded like such an asshole" ahahahahahaha
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[personal profile] last_haven 2020-02-01 09:13 pm (UTC)(link)
Nothing like seeing Kylo Ren getting dunked on twice in under a minute, right?
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[personal profile] petra 2020-02-01 10:57 pm (UTC)(link)
I can feel the entire galaxy spinning a little differently because of this. A+.
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[personal profile] last_haven 2020-02-01 11:20 pm (UTC)(link)
In that case, it hopefully spun into a happier ending for everyone.
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[personal profile] last_haven 2020-02-01 11:23 pm (UTC)(link)
Mirror!Ben's only regret's going to be that he didn't hit him harder after he learns more about Kylo Ren.
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[personal profile] lucymonster 2020-02-02 10:47 pm (UTC)(link)
Somehow I never realised just how badly I needed a mirrorverse!Ben AU. What a fool I've been. This is fucking amazing.
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[personal profile] last_haven 2020-02-03 06:11 am (UTC)(link)
I didn't know I needed it either! If you're a fool, then so am I, so I say onward, to enlightenment and more fics!
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I Can’t Help Where I Was Born

[personal profile] vialethe 2020-02-01 11:08 pm (UTC)(link)
“Wait, wait, wait,” Ben says to the frantic little round orange BB unit in front of him, “I’m not gonna hurt-ow, what was that for?”

The droid, far from seeming sorry it had just zapped him, beeps and chatters almost too rapidly for him to follow, even if he hadn’t been busy attempting to shake some feeling back into his electrocuted hand.

“I did what - oh come on, Chewie would never shoot me - I’m sorry, I killed how many people?” Ben says, knowing he’s chattering almost as unintelligibly as the droid but unable to stop, with the tale of the horrible crimes he’s apparently managed to commit pouring out of it (no wonder everyone he meets in this blasted galaxy seems to want to kill him), before it pauses for a moment and finishes with one last, shrill accusation, leaving him more confused than ever - “High-waisted pants?”
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Re: I Can’t Help Where I Was Born

[personal profile] last_haven 2020-02-01 11:23 pm (UTC)(link)
The idea that it's the pants's fault for everyone hating him is *chef's kiss*. Beautiful.
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Re: I Can’t Help Where I Was Born

[personal profile] vialethe 2020-02-01 11:32 pm (UTC)(link)
I mean, those pants were PRETTY BAD. Thanks!!
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Re: I Can’t Help Where I Was Born

[personal profile] last_haven 2020-02-01 11:25 pm (UTC)(link)
I can't help but imagine that Ben's trying to shove BB away using only his foot while shouting "Uncle Chewie would never!" It's a lovely image.
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Re: I Can’t Help Where I Was Born

[personal profile] vialethe 2020-02-02 01:56 am (UTC)(link)
All while BB8 tries to stab him and light him on fire, probably! It is amusing.
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Re: I Can’t Help Where I Was Born

[personal profile] petra 2020-02-02 01:30 am (UTC)(link)
This had me giggling well before I got to the pants but that was a beautiful punchline.
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Re: I Can’t Help Where I Was Born

[personal profile] vialethe 2020-02-02 01:57 am (UTC)(link)
They were truly terrible pants and deserve all the ridicule we can throw at them. Thanks!
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Re: I Can’t Help Where I Was Born

[personal profile] syrena_of_the_lake 2020-02-02 08:42 pm (UTC)(link)
I love ALL OF THIS, especially BB-8’s digression into crimes against fashion XD
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Re: I Can’t Help Where I Was Born

[personal profile] vialethe 2020-02-03 12:19 am (UTC)(link)
BB8 seems like the kind of droid who would notice these things, you know? Thanks!