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rthstewart ([personal profile] rthstewart) wrote2022-01-15 12:00 pm

Three Sentence Ficathon 2022

This post is NOW CLOSED TO NEW PROMPTS!  PLEASE POST YOUR NEW PROMPTS HERE, IN POST 2!  Do continue to fill prompts here but please put all new prompts in Post 2.






 
Welcome to the Three Sentence Ficathon!

Here's a Friending meme!

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 at bit after about 2 weeks and especially once we open a new post because this one is approaching 4,500 comments.
  • 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.

Here's my attempt at a text box that might go horribly awry.






How long will it go?

The 3SF closes to new prompts on February 13, 2022. The entry stays open permanently and people post fills all year long.  (There were a bunch of new posts to the 2021 3SF this week!)

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 (and much more). 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, protect yourself, 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 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.

 

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



      


















whynot: etc: oh deer (Default)

[personal profile] whynot 2022-01-16 03:39 am (UTC)(link)
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, Stephen Black, what he saw there
whynot: etc: oh deer (Default)

[personal profile] whynot 2022-01-16 03:40 am (UTC)(link)
Narnia, any, the lands locked out of Aslan's Country
edenfalling: stylized black-and-white line art of a sunset over water (Default)

Roxy Lalonde's No-Frills, No-Fee Cat Café (Homestuck)

[personal profile] edenfalling 2022-01-16 03:40 am (UTC)(link)
Listen, you have had a Very Difficult Year, and if defeating (or helping defeat) A) the alien fishqueen who destroyed your planet, B) an unbeatable universe-killing monster, and C) your own alcohol addiction, not to mention creating a whole new universe and recycling your poor battered homeworld doesn't entitle a lady to some choice rewards, you don't know what would.

And by rewards, you mean kittens.

Possibly slightly unwise numbers of kittens, but you are going to be a responsible cat owner this time around and get them all (well, mostly all) spayed and neutered at the appropriate ages, and make sure they have lots of space and enrichment and microchips to find them if they sneak out and get lost, and look -- you just want to make your home a comfy, welcoming place where all your friends can drop by whenever they want (or need) and there will always be fresh food, soft pillows, cool video games, and a purring cat for their laps.
sixbeforelunch: black and white image of clara bow in a suit and tie, no text (Default)

[personal profile] sixbeforelunch 2022-01-16 03:40 am (UTC)(link)
Star Trek (any or expanded universe), Any, war drums
edenfalling: stylized black-and-white line art of a sunset over water (Default)

Re: Transformers (G1, between S2 and the Movie), Optimus Prime and Daniel

[personal profile] edenfalling 2022-01-16 03:42 am (UTC)(link)
Aww ♥
ernest: (lemony snicket)

Re: Narnia, Susan

[personal profile] ernest 2022-01-16 03:42 am (UTC)(link)
oh susan, darling! i love how she's still hopeful and fond even as she tells herself it's silly, and i hope it helps her heal a little bit.
autumnia: Kings and Queen, 1942 (Pevensies (England))

Re: Dark Wings, Dark Words (Narnia RthVerse, Ed & Susan)

[personal profile] autumnia 2022-01-16 03:42 am (UTC)(link)
Love it!!
animus_wyrmis: (Default)

[personal profile] animus_wyrmis 2022-01-16 03:43 am (UTC)(link)
The question of an heir had been danced around for two years, so Edmund wasn't surprised when the oak god brought it up. "Sire," he said slowly, "how will we decide which is yours, now that there are so many humans?"

"I'm sorry?" Edmund said.

"Can humans track their pollen? I might have a hundred saplings, or none; how could I ever know where an oak with my pollen might grow?"
ruanchunxian: (Default)

Re: Rthverse-Narnia, the Evil Banker Morgan

[personal profile] ruanchunxian 2022-01-16 03:43 am (UTC)(link)
OMG YES
sixbeforelunch: black and white image of clara bow in a suit and tie, no text (Default)

[personal profile] sixbeforelunch 2022-01-16 03:43 am (UTC)(link)
Sector General/Star Trek:TNG, Prilicla & Troi, empathy
harmony_lover: (Default)

Chronicles of Narnia/MCU

[personal profile] harmony_lover 2022-01-16 03:43 am (UTC)(link)
Steve covertly watched the dark-haired young man across the table as he explained their plan of attack. Edmund appeared to be calm and collected, taking in the map and Steve’s explanation with a coolness that was almost unnerving in someone so young. Steve had no idea where Peggy had found him - she had brought him and his sister in from the field one day, giving Steve a rapid and confusing explanation about finding them also pilfering intel from the Hydra outpost she had broken into. Peggy had kept Susan for herself, giving Edmund to Steve and telling him to make use of him.

“Just remember, if the plan goes sideways, get yourselves to our rendezvous point and do your best to not get killed,” Steve finished firmly, shooting an admonishing look around the table at the other Commandos. For the most part he got nods in return, but Edmund surprised him by giving him a knowing smirk.

“No plan survives contact with the enemy,” he said. “And if it did, what would be the fun in that?”
autumnia: The apple orchard in Cair Paravel (Pevensies (at the Cair))

[personal profile] autumnia 2022-01-16 03:43 am (UTC)(link)
Ooh! I'd love to hear more about this meeting between these two spymasters!
whynot: etc: oh deer (Default)

[personal profile] whynot 2022-01-16 03:43 am (UTC)(link)
Daevabad trilogy, Zaynab/Aqisa, this map is wrong
animus_wyrmis: (Default)

Re: *gasp* My ship!

[personal profile] animus_wyrmis 2022-01-16 03:44 am (UTC)(link)
Yessss I love this. My favorite Narnia ship.
syrena_of_the_lake: (Default)

Maybe not what you had in mind

[personal profile] syrena_of_the_lake 2022-01-16 03:44 am (UTC)(link)
“Nice legs, Captain,” commented Uhuru — possibly the only person on the bridge who could get away with doing so, except for Spock.

Kirk tugged uncomfortably at the short, tight tunic, muttering for Uhuru’s ears only: “I don’t know how you sit in these things, don’t your legs stick to the seat?”

“That’s what nylons are for, Captain,” she murmured back, “well, that and the chafing — but I think you’ll find the new dress uniforms were supposed to come with leggings.”
animus_wyrmis: (Default)

[personal profile] animus_wyrmis 2022-01-16 03:44 am (UTC)(link)
Hahaha, yes. I'll be curious if anyone picks it up. (Also, hello!)
edenfalling: stylized black-and-white line art of a sunset over water (Default)

[personal profile] edenfalling 2022-01-16 03:45 am (UTC)(link)
Go Lucy! (Also the teapot and the textbook are wonderful weight comparisons.)
whynot: etc: oh deer (Default)

[personal profile] whynot 2022-01-16 03:45 am (UTC)(link)
Haunting of Hill House, Theo/Trish, the ghosts' favorite
animus_wyrmis: (Default)

Re: Many happy returns

[personal profile] animus_wyrmis 2022-01-16 03:46 am (UTC)(link)
THE PLUMBER GAVE IT TO THEM I'M DYING.

Please tell me more about this amazing boarding house which I assume Polly ran for the adventure of it.
ladyjax: (Default)

[personal profile] ladyjax 2022-01-16 03:46 am (UTC)(link)
9-1-1/Global Frequency, Athena Grant/Bobby Nash, Miranda Zero, "Is that why you have a second phone?"
animus_wyrmis: (Default)

Re: Working off an old fanon idea that I've seen in multiple fics

[personal profile] animus_wyrmis 2022-01-16 03:47 am (UTC)(link)
I really like this idea, that rather than being an English painting of an inexplicably Narnian ship, it was a Narnian ship inexplicably in England...

(You have now posted my two favorite Narnia pairings, so thank you)
ernest: (don't panic)

Hamlet, Hamlet/Ophelia

[personal profile] ernest 2022-01-16 03:48 am (UTC)(link)
“Where little doubts are great, great love is there.” When the imaginary queen says this, Hamlet’s eyes slide over to meet Ophelia, but she won’t turn his way to see how this play may be a trap but it is also an apology for his destructive doubt. But why should she forgive his love when the only thing he fears as much as his uncle’s treachery is that the same monster crouches in his chest waiting to strike at everything he cares about?
syrena_of_the_lake: (Default)

[personal profile] syrena_of_the_lake 2022-01-16 03:48 am (UTC)(link)
Narnia/Aboriginal Australian mythology (aka Kangarooverse), Rainbow Serpent and Aslan, “I have swallowed up girls and boys, women and men, kings and emperors, cities and realms.”
silveradept: A kodama with a trombone. The trombone is playing music, even though it is held in a rest position (Default)

Eliot, Hardison, and Parker, "Copyright Infringement"

[personal profile] silveradept 2022-01-16 03:49 am (UTC)(link)
"Now, you see, Parker, the Berne Convention extends copyright for the life of the author plus—"

"How about you skip to the part where you're going to be gleeful about how many violations of DMCA 1201 we're going to rack up before we're done, Hardison?" Eliot snarled.

"You-you," Hardison said, giving Eliot a glare, "you are an uncultured Philistine…and fourteen, for the record."
edenfalling: stylized black-and-white line art of a sunset over water (Default)

Re: Charnia, always summer and never festival time

[personal profile] edenfalling 2022-01-16 03:49 am (UTC)(link)
YES GOOD EXCELLENT!!!