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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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[personal profile] eagleoftheninth 2021-02-04 04:40 am (UTC)(link)
omg omg i am on the edge of my seat <3
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[personal profile] eagleoftheninth 2021-02-04 04:42 am (UTC)(link)
btw I did an ff9/15 crossover fill here if you are interested! https://rthstewart.dreamwidth.org/166704.html?thread=8958000#cmt8958000
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not op

[personal profile] fallen_stage 2021-02-04 04:50 am (UTC)(link)
oh my God i could read five books on these two's friendship. It's so cute and fun! I love seeing eiko shine and be bossy, and noctis is a surprising but fitting foil for her. :3 I like the idea of the archeons being like eidolons, and just... not quite knowing how to deal with mortals, bc they got too big. eikos like, walk it back!!

i really love eikos reading noctis and comparing him to garnet, and her being dubious about whos really got magic potential or not. I mean, magic is learned from weapons and items in ff9 so its much more common and easier to learn than just getting it from One family.

also picturing eiko getting in ardyns face is Extremely funny. thank you for such a lovely piece!
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[personal profile] fallen_stage 2021-02-04 04:51 am (UTC)(link)
<3! i havent been motivated for so long! ive been writing a lot of drabbles for this.

omgggg wonderful! ff9 was my first so its my favorite, and this is a delight.

Re: Author Notes

(Anonymous) 2021-02-04 04:58 am (UTC)(link)
I remember those type of classes. This is an honest story.
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[identity profile] ruanchunxian0.livejournal.com 2021-02-04 04:59 am (UTC)(link)
Marina wasn't sure whether it was perverse pity or insanity born from loneliness that made Portia Featherington offer her a position as a widow's companion after all her daughters have married. She had become the scorn of polite society and the cautionary tale mothers tell their daughters after she refused the hand of Philip Crane, and chose to bear her child alone, received and cared for only by her old nursemaid after her own parents have refused to let her back into their house.

It was weeks after Marina arrived at Portia's dower house that Portia told her, "I was once so hard on you because I could not bear anything but the best for you, but now that that had not worked out, and we are both at the fringe of society, I cannot find a reason to conceal what I feel any longer."
Edited 2021-02-04 05:00 (UTC)
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[personal profile] fallen_stage 2021-02-04 05:03 am (UTC)(link)
i see those classes/etc talked about, but rarely the outcomes or like, where are they now. so thanks for commenting! sometimes, its my favorite character and i get to decide the neurotype; ill Make the signs if no one else can see any that exist.

i mean. i remmeber when i was stunned as a teen because you really can change how you act depending on who you're with, and oh, i can Lie then. its very deliberate vs intuitive.

(Anonymous) 2021-02-04 05:09 am (UTC)(link)
Your steps slow as you approach the gate, then stop as you study the long road leading away from the city. Then, determined, you turn back: perhaps this will be a useless attempt that ends in your death, but perhaps you'll succeed and then two will walk away from Omelas.

Just because the child doesn't understand kindness now doesn't mean they never will -- and even if they never do understand, it doesn't mean that they don't deserve kindness.
karel: (nino ► come what may)

[personal profile] karel 2021-02-04 05:15 am (UTC)(link)
oh, I love this ♥
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[personal profile] snickfic 2021-02-04 05:18 am (UTC)(link)
Oooh, what an intriguing scenario! Widow's companion is perfect for these two, and I love the bittersweet edge to this. Thank you for this!
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Not Dead (Naruto; Danzou, Kagami, Tobirama)

[personal profile] kalira 2021-02-04 05:27 am (UTC)(link)
"Do you really believe anything you are told?" Danzou asked, shaking his head, chiding, as Kagami yanked his head out of Danzou's grip - bound to the table, it was all he could do. "So easily? Such a fool, Kagami. . . I will be sorry to lose you, though, I must admit. I do have . . . regrets."

"Do you believe everything you are told so easily?" Tobirama asked, dropping down behind Danzou as he jumped, whirling to face Tobirama with a yelp and a wide-eyed gasp.
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[personal profile] sandinmyboots 2021-02-04 05:27 am (UTC)(link)
oh, this is very soft... it's all about the healing process, and the way that creation can also be a way to recreate yourself!!!
karel: (carlisle ► vampire baseball)

[personal profile] karel 2021-02-04 05:32 am (UTC)(link)
Rain is hypnotic in that way that watching Dragon was hypnotic, and Mrs. Frisby sits by the glass jar bottom that forms the window, staring out at it. Her hold on the worn book is tenuous; it starts to slip, and the paper's edge catches, seizing her grip once more. She jerks out of her torpor and stares down at the page, trying to find her place once more and when she does, when her eyes catch on the words, thinking of Jonathan's voice guiding her down the page.
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[personal profile] karel 2021-02-04 05:34 am (UTC)(link)
oh, this is deeply sexy. I love this
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Moreau Memories (Leverage; Eliot/Hardison/Parker)

[personal profile] kalira 2021-02-04 05:37 am (UTC)(link)
"I- I told you never to ask me that." Eliot said, his voice shaking and his eyes wide and glossy.

Parker twined both of her hands around one of his own as Hardison pressed close on his other side, one arm wrapping around him. "I know," she said, leaning bodily against him, offering the grounding comfort of that touch, "and I don't want to know," she admitted, squeezing his hand, ". . .but I think you need to tell us, for you."
Edited 2021-02-04 05:38 (UTC)
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Re: Just Cut It

[personal profile] kalira 2021-02-04 05:42 am (UTC)(link)
Aww, adorables! Of course they would~
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Re: not op

[personal profile] eagleoftheninth 2021-02-04 05:44 am (UTC)(link)
you know that whole 'eidolons are born from legends' thing? think about that, and then think about what eidolons would end up like with an entire planet viewing them with awe and terror, as beings so very high and wise and powerful that it's their right to just dictate humanity's fate.

Eiko and Noct are indeed surprisingly great to play off each other; Noct's more passive and laid back, where Eiko's at 110% All The Time. and he really does strike her as being a lot like Garnet. young heirs to the throne who are Stressed, Depressed, and Trying Their Best.

Eiko vs Ardyn is unstoppable force vs nearly immovable object. like, he's gonna lose that battle of wills, but he'll make her work for it and he'll NEVER stop snarking. they team up to pick on Ravus though.

(meanwhile Mikoto Tribal has been called on to invent a cure for Starscourge and is like Finally, A Worthy Challenge. doing the cottagecore thing in the black mage village has definitely done wonders for her emotional development but she's a tiny biology/white magic genius who was created to help resurrect an Entire Planet and she really misses Doing A Science.)
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Re: Fill: The Untamed, Jin Guangyao

[personal profile] sandinmyboots 2021-02-04 05:50 am (UTC)(link)
the FOOTNOTES!! i am HOWLING! I love the conceit of the Untamed as the story is known in a historical context in general, and JGY himself is the kind of person who really makes history - and this really sells it with the historian gossip!
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Princely Complaints (Scarlet Heart: Ryeo; Hae Soo & Wang Yo)

[personal profile] kalira 2021-02-04 05:50 am (UTC)(link)
"Of course, your highness," Hae Soo said in her brightest, most deferential tone, "I am very sorry to hear that you are so displeased with my work. My duties have been assigned by his majesty. . ."

Hae Soo suppressed a sigh as the third prince sneered at her, giving him a polite smile and waiting, bowed before him, as he scolded her. He wasn't even, she thought, remembering some of the ladies she had dealt with at work, the worst she had ever had to listen to, knowing she couldn't answer back.
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Re: not op

[personal profile] fallen_stage 2021-02-04 05:51 am (UTC)(link)
exactly! so eiko is like, screams, how did they get this far. this is why you dont have only one summoner for half a dozen+ eidolons!!

garnet and noctis should have bitch session, as a treat. they both could use more friends their age.

loooool i can picture it so easily. like she dealt with one nihilistic asshole trying to destroy the world and she'll do it again. ravus needs to be picked on, it never fails to make me laugh.

yessss i love mikoto, even with her brief appearance. i like to play up how kuja is also a huge nerd in my roleplay but mikoto being able to mad science a medical miracle is such a delightful idea. "a worth challenge" lmao, its so perfect. i love the idea of her delighting in an impossible goal like that.
karel: (nino ► come what may)

[personal profile] karel 2021-02-04 05:56 am (UTC)(link)
There was an old story of a noble who was protected by his common, yet devoted wife, and Bernadetta had been so shy to tell it, voice barely a whisper in the still of their room. Petra had blushed to hear it, and remarked in her stronger grasp of those words that still could trip her, from time to time, "But that is like how you are protecting me!" and Bernadetta shook her head, short tresses ruffling furiously. "No, no! We protect each other! I- I can't do it without you either!"

(Anonymous) 2021-02-04 05:58 am (UTC)(link)
Wei Wuxian walks away, says to leave it in the past, thinks he has all the pieces, and for the first time in decades, for the first time since those puppies he still loves in a cracked corner of his heart were taken away and replaced with a boy his father loved more, Jiang Cheng lets him do it without another word.

Because Wei Wuxian never doubted it for a second; never thought that Jiang Cheng was smarter than running blindly into the enemy, never thought for a second that Jiang Cheng could love him enough to sacrifice for him.

What's he been clinging to, what's he been fighting for all this time, when the proof is right here in front of his face - that it's all over, that it's been over, and that he was the only one who didn't already know.

[personal profile] word_devourer 2021-02-04 06:01 am (UTC)(link)
It was hard to tell which one to keep your eyes on; perhaps you watched the man they called Vetinari's Terrier, or, perhaps, on the last inheritor of the ancient house of Ramkin, or, then again, the man who had, through sheer force of grit and spite, gone from a drunk, gutter-lying failure of a policeman to the head of what was widely considered the Disc's most reliable force, or, perhaps, on the woman who bred dragons on such merits as the heat they could produce, or for minimal rate of explosivity (the very qualification of which suggested a great many things about the woman who would work with such creatures) or, then again, perhaps the wise choice was to watch the one who had delayed a war long enough to stop it from starting in the first place by holding both generals (including the one from his own city) at the tip of a crossbow, or, then again, on the woman who had, with a stirring vocal performance, brought an entire hall of aggravated Dwarves to a sobbing standstill, or perhaps it would be wise to be careful with a man seemed to make easy sport of the trainee assassins (for fully trained assassins had long since marked him as a target not worth the trouble) who were sent out as homework to take their shot at him.

Truly, the Ramkin manor held enough eyes worth of 'keep your eye on this one' in its residents to keep even one of the more distasteful eldritch creatures that cults are so fond of quite busy.

All the more impressive considering there were only two of them.
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Re: not op

[personal profile] eagleoftheninth 2021-02-04 06:05 am (UTC)(link)
Eiko here getting Madeen to suplex Eos!Bahamut and sit on him so she can use the squirt bottle. BAD EIDOLON. NO TOYING WITH THE DESTINIES OF NATIONS!

Garnet invites Noct to the theatre. Noct teaches Garnet how to play video games.

Ravus is truly the designated buttmonkey of all worlds. Pity Him.

all three of the Tribal siblings are nerds. Mikoto is a science nerd, Zidane is a theatre nerd, and Kuja is a super double combo science AND theatre nerd. it's wonderful.
karel: (carlisle ► vampire baseball)

Re: in which i choose to misinterpret for the sake of a good pun

[personal profile] karel 2021-02-04 06:08 am (UTC)(link)
oh I cackled, love this