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rthstewart ([personal profile] rthstewart) wrote2021-01-30 02:31 pm

Three Sentence Ficathon 2021

We have now opened a new post, for new prompts! Please leave all new prompts there. You may continue to fill existing prompts here. If you didn't get a prompt filled here, feel free to post it on the new post!





Welcome to the Three Sentence Ficathon!
2 Feb. 2021 See important edit below regarding where to find unfilled prompts.


What is the 3 Sentence Ficathon?
This is an open exchange where you answer a prompt with a fic consisting of only three sentences. It's open to all fandoms and you can post and fill 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 happens after that?
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

I'm really overwhelmed by all the prompts and how much there is and how fast it goes. I can't read 1,000 prompts and fills. It's too much. 
I hear this a lot and it keeps a lot of people from participating.  The 3SF is big and it moves fast, especially at first. 
I get overwhelmed, too, and I'm hosting the thing. With 2020 and 2021 sucking so badly you don't want something that's supposed to be fun cause you anxiety.  I have a couple of suggestions for managing the 3SF volume. 
  • First, really, you don't have to read every prompt and fill on every page.  You can start at the last page of this and just go forward, or back a page or two.  It's fine.
  • You can come and go as time and energy allow, you don't have to participate the whole time, and it drops off quite a bit by mid-February.
  • Even after the 3SF and new prompting end, people fill prompts all year long.
  • You can fill an already filled prompt and you can can leave a prompt that's already been prompted before.  People do it all the time. 
Always make sure you're looking at top-level comments only, not threaded. That helps a lot. Your screen should look like this.




But shouldn't I read everything to see if someone already prompted the same prompt I want to leave if someone already filled it? 

No.  Prompt as many times as you want, as much as you want.  It doesn't matter if someone prompted the exact same prompt.  Go ahead and prompt again!

I left a prompt and no one filled it.  Can I prompt it again?
Absolutely!

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 be able to post and share it.  Feel free to cross-post this entry. If you create your own banners or icons, let me know and I'll share!
Please share the 3SF with your followers, friends, and any channels and comms you are active on.  I'll post on fandom calendar, Tumblr, and Twitter, but I don't have many connections in other spaces such as Discord.


How long will it go?

The 3SF closes to new prompts on February 28, 2021. The entry stays open permanently and people post fills all year long.

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 boils down to reader beware.  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.
Some posters do include warnings and spoiler tags in subject lines or include spoiler space, but they don't have to do so.

Why is 3SF split among several posts?  That seems confusing.
It is confusing and we always lose momentum once we have to move to a second post. The reason is because at 5,000 comments to a single post, DW installs a human test CAPTCHA, which is a pain for users.  So, once this entry gets to the upper 4,000 comments, I open a new post.  If you've been waiting until things slow down to participate, when we open a second post is often a good place to join.

If I have questions, what do I do?

I'm rthstewart everywhere, here, Twitter, Tumblr, gmail and AO3.

A special thank you to [personal profile] conuly  .
Last year, Conuly started logging all unfilled prompts.
This year's (2021) unfilled prompts are here.
Last year's (2020) unfilled prompts are here.
Conuly asks that you not reply, as they want to be able to edit and add more prompts to the list.
Conuly does this just because they are an awesome person but should you want to write them fic in thanks, you can find a birthday wish list here.

Here is the 3SF 2021 Friending Meme to show of your new DW account.

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

 






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liquidtears: (Default)

Riverdale, Cheryl Blossom/Toni Topaz, awkward dinner party

[personal profile] liquidtears 2021-02-01 05:31 pm (UTC)(link)
"Oh-Em-Gee, ma chèrie, you'll never guess what happened!" Cheryl said to her girlfriend Toni as she got ready that night for their nightly dinner party, or as she liked to call it, their din-din.

"Well, my Nana still hasn't allowed me to date you so we'll keep being secretive at it until she will finally see what a great match we are and that you are not like your family but do tell, honey," Toni told her girlfriend.

"I now fully own the Blossom Maple Farms!" Cheryl gleefully exclaimed as she wrapped her arms around her girlfriend and passionately kissed her, not caring that her girlfriend was looking at her awkwardly which was sure making this din-din into an awkward dinner party.
ladyjax: (Default)

[personal profile] ladyjax 2021-02-01 05:41 pm (UTC)(link)
Heh! Kitty, indeed.
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Riverdale, Jughead Jones, (I assume you mean For every mystery, there is someone, somewhere, right?)

[personal profile] liquidtears 2021-02-01 05:48 pm (UTC)(link)
"For every mystery, there is someone, somewhere, who knows the truth. Perhaps that someone is watching. Perhaps... it's you" Jughead read aloud behind his laptop and was about to continue his novel when he got interrupted.

"That's all you came up with, brother? Do I need to come up with another mystery like I did seven years ago?" Jellybean, now also aged as much as Jughead has, asked her brother as she stood in the doorway.

Jughead's head swiveled from the screen to his now aged sister, not meaning to look at her in an ogling way but if this is the very first brother and sister are reunited, then that's the way it has to be, his hands up in front of him. "No way, sis, thanks for the idea, but that was just me starting it that way, trust me, I got it covered," Jughead said as he got up and wrapped his arms around his sister who he hadn't seen in so long.

"Since when do you do hugs, Juggy?" his sister asked him as she tried to entangle herself from his hug.

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[personal profile] ladyjax 2021-02-01 05:53 pm (UTC)(link)
Yay!
snickfic: Buffy looking over her shoulder (Default)

Re: Give Me One More Second (Lady Danbury/Queen Charlotte)

[personal profile] snickfic 2021-02-01 05:53 pm (UTC)(link)
Yessss, thank you for this. That bit of dialogue is just exquisite and I love the dynamic here.
mad_madam_m: Mad Madam Mim as a dragon (Default)

Re: Tropospheric Chill (Tiger & Bunny; Keith/Agnes)

[personal profile] mad_madam_m 2021-02-01 05:59 pm (UTC)(link)
SURELY.
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Terezi & various trolls

[personal profile] wintersday 2021-02-01 06:01 pm (UTC)(link)
(One for sorrow, two for mirth)

There is a universe, Terezi knows, where a gaunt painted boy with stardust in his hair and a nubby-horned cherry menace sit together on the shore of a world they crafted, where laughter is unchained from violence and blood is only blood –

(Three for a death, four for a birth)

Where two seadwellers and a boy with lightning in his eyes all watch as a spiny orb held in glowing hands twitches, cracks, and splits open to reveal the life within –

(Five for silver, six for gold)

And she knows there’s one, because there must be one, where the noose slips free and the price of forgiveness is nothing more a pirate’s bounty shared, but which path it is that leads there –
frausorge: my arm in a black opera glove (Default)

[personal profile] frausorge 2021-02-01 06:02 pm (UTC)(link)
This is so painful and so insightful.
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[personal profile] scytale 2021-02-01 06:05 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh my goodness! These three sentences open up a world (or two). :D

(Anonymous) 2021-02-01 06:11 pm (UTC)(link)
One moment Ginny is fighting for her life, dodging out of the way of a sickly green curse and right into the path of a different, silvery white one- the next she lying on her back, cold and wet, looking up at a ceiling she hoped to never see again.

She stands up, catching the little black book before it falls to the ground and turns to look at the face that still haunts her dreams.

His eyes widen, shock making him look younger than she has ever seen him look before, and it takes nothing, nothing at all, to speak the cursed words she never wanted to learn and watch Tom Riddle burst into flames.
mad_madam_m: Mad Madam Mim as a dragon (Default)

Re: Gargoyles, Elisa & Fox & Angela, Bonding

[personal profile] mad_madam_m 2021-02-01 06:11 pm (UTC)(link)
They're...at a mall? XD (I have been to NYC once and that was more than 20 years ago and I spent most of my time in Carnegie Hall. Although I mean...they have Fox with them and she has a helicopter; travel options really are limitless.)
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Re: Super Mario series, Mario(/ or &)Peach

[personal profile] liquidtears 2021-02-01 06:16 pm (UTC)(link)
Absolutely AWESOME!!!
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Re: Breath of the Wild - Cake

[personal profile] liquidtears 2021-02-01 06:18 pm (UTC)(link)
OMG I ABSOLUTELY LOVE THIS!!!

And HAPPY BIRTHDAY conuly!

(Anonymous) 2021-02-01 06:22 pm (UTC)(link)
harry potter, ginny weasley, size is no guarantee of power
ceruleantactician: Yellow roses against a blue sky. (roses)

Shore Leave (cw: violence)

[personal profile] ceruleantactician 2021-02-01 06:22 pm (UTC)(link)
It's not the first time he's had this thought, but looking at Padmé, laughing on the balcony of her apartment, Nubian silk dress gleaming in the Coruscant moonlight, Anakin finds himself thinking she deserves better than me.

He feels dizzy as he remembers Tatooine, remembers fear choking back his words while one of Gardulla's men twisted his wrist, remembers the smell of burnt flesh in the air as he left the Tusken village with a heavy weight in his arms.

But when she frowns, puts down her glass and asks him what's wrong, all he says is "I'm so lucky to have you"—and her gentle smile lights up the night.
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[personal profile] last_haven 2021-02-01 06:26 pm (UTC)(link)
What I would give to have been a fly on the wall in the Pevensie house after Susan admitted to rejecting Narnia. The sheer drama of it all, I tell you!

(Anonymous) 2021-02-01 06:27 pm (UTC)(link)
The witcher, yennefer, time travel/inter-dimensional travel
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[personal profile] siver 2021-02-01 06:27 pm (UTC)(link)
Maybe the commonality should have been expected, but it was still a surprise to learn they all had connections to the Fisherman's Guild and the Imperial Fishing Club. Obviously there was only one thing to do and so Lloyd, Rean and Estelle found themselves along the river's shoreline. Estelle's triumphant cry cut through the peaceful air and Lloyd and Rean exchanged a look: they both knew she was winning and they both knew neither would surrender so easily; this was on.
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Re: Super Mario series, Mario(/ or &)Peach

[personal profile] raisedbymoogles 2021-02-01 06:27 pm (UTC)(link)
thank you! :D
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Re: Super Mario series, Mario(/ or &)Peach

[personal profile] raisedbymoogles 2021-02-01 06:28 pm (UTC)(link)
thanks for the prompt!
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Harry Potter, Penny Haywood, cheese-based potions

[personal profile] liquidtears 2021-02-01 06:29 pm (UTC)(link)
(LOVE that game!)

"I cannot believe it, Snape just liked my newly-created potion! Oh My God, this is the happiest day of my life!" Penny Haywood exclaimed as the Order of Khanna were all standing there in the Courtyard.

"What did you do," Merula asked as she rolled her eyes because she was as bored out of her mind today, "did you use Charm Your Own Cheese?"

"Nope, that would have been hilarious, Merula, but I created a new cheese-based potion called the Quatro Formaggio Potion, four different flavors in one!"
Edited 2021-02-01 18:30 (UTC)
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Re: Tsukino Usagi & Michelangelo, Sailor Moon & TMNT

[personal profile] raisedbymoogles 2021-02-01 06:30 pm (UTC)(link)
again, thank you for the prompt XD

(Anonymous) 2021-02-01 06:30 pm (UTC)(link)
any/crossover, any, women being awesome
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Re: Tsukino Usagi & Michelangelo, Sailor Moon & TMNT

[personal profile] raisedbymoogles 2021-02-01 06:30 pm (UTC)(link)
yeah, guess who else can relate *cough*
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[personal profile] rosage 2021-02-01 06:37 pm (UTC)(link)
Fire Emblem: Three Houses, Hapi/Constance, picnic