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rthstewart ([personal profile] rthstewart) wrote2022-01-20 09:54 pm

Three Sentence Ficathon 2022 Part 2

UPDATE 14 FEBRUARY 2022 -- 3SF 2022 IS NOW CLOSED TO NEW PROMPTS!  Do continue to fill prompts already posted but the 3SF 2022 is now closed.  We'll be back next year in a new comm (If I can get my act together).  Thank you again!

THIS IS THE NEW POST FOR PART 2 OF THE 3 SENTENCE FICATHON -- ALL NEW PROMPTS SHOULD BE POSTED HERE
You may continue to fill prompts (but not leave new ones) at the original Post 1 here but please post new prompts here, not there.  And if you're asking, hey is just me, or did this get enormous really fast? Why yes, yes it did.  Last year, it took us ten days before I opened a new post.  This year, it took us about 5.5 days to get there.  So, by all means, go back and fill in Post 1 and post new prompts here!

Also woops, in an indication of how busy I've been with other things, I neglected to post that for a third year in a row the awesome [personal profile] conuly  started a master list of unclaimed prompts and has been updating it as time permits.  Obviously a huge task! Thank you!







 
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!























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[personal profile] animus_wyrmis 2022-01-28 02:54 am (UTC)(link)
Narnia, Tisroc and the King, any, "I am at peace, Ishamiel."

(Anonymous) 2022-01-28 02:59 am (UTC)(link)
any, any, If there's any possibility of sex, do not leave your music library on "shuffle all."
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[personal profile] smallhobbit 2022-01-28 11:49 am (UTC)(link)
It was amazing how much difference getting away for one night made - she didn't regret family life, but it did restrict the romance - the meal had been perfect and then they had danced together for hours. Now, back in the hotel room, he had her ipod playing softly, and was lying on the bed as she approached. Suddenly the unmistakable sound of 'Baby Shark' permeated the room.

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Re: Miraculous Ladybug, Nino and Adrien, Power Ballad

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vialethe: (S&B - Darklina power couple)

[personal profile] vialethe 2022-01-28 08:38 am (UTC)(link)
Shadow & Bone/TGT, Alina, and do i turn into light/if i burn alive
vialethe: (Oscar2)

[personal profile] vialethe 2022-01-28 08:39 am (UTC)(link)
Narnia (Tisroc & the King AU), Aravis/Khalid, oh fantasy, take me over and break me
vialethe: (Oscar)

[personal profile] vialethe 2022-01-28 08:40 am (UTC)(link)
Narnia (Tisroc & the King AU), Aravis/Khalid, hurt/comfort
vialethe: (S&B - Darklina cute)

[personal profile] vialethe 2022-01-28 08:41 am (UTC)(link)
Shadow & Bone/TGT, The Darkling/Alina, we could call it even/even though i’m leaving
vialethe: (S&B - Darklina kiss)

[personal profile] vialethe 2022-01-28 08:42 am (UTC)(link)
Shadow & Bone/TGT, The Darkling/Alina, i’m setting off, but not without my muse/no, not without you
vialethe: (Oscar2)

[personal profile] vialethe 2022-01-28 08:43 am (UTC)(link)
Narnia (The Tisroc & the King AU), Aravis/Khalid or Aravis/Ishamiel, i’m on a different kind of high/a rush of blood is not enough/i need my feelings set on fire

(Anonymous) 2022-01-28 12:17 pm (UTC)(link)
any, any, uninvited guest
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Star Trek: Discovery, Michael Burnham, Saru, Christopher Pike, Consider the Possibilities

[personal profile] ladyjax 2022-02-03 07:49 am (UTC)(link)
Michael and Saru beamed into Starfleet Headquarters, continuing the conversation they'd begun back on Discovery. "I'm not sure why they'd call us back," she said thoughtfully. "We were on schedule with our deliveries."

"No doubt Dr. Kovich had a very good reason to do so," Saru replied sagely. "Once we know what is needed then we can be back on our way."

The walk to Kovich's office didn't take that long. Once they arrived and were granted entry, Michael noticed someone else sitting in front of the good doctor's desk. Kovich rose to his feet in welcome. "Ah, Captain Burnham, welcome back," he said.

Michael and Saru looked at each other before she responded with, "We appreciate the welcome but I am unsure as to why we've been recalled."

"Perhaps, I can clear this up, doctor." The visitor said before he got up from his chair and turned so he could face Michael and Saru.

Saru's gasp matched Michael's. She took a halting step forward and stopped before choking out, "This is impossible." Her eyes darted over to Kovich who was watching them avidly.

"It would seem," Christopher Pike said, "that the impossible is relative."

(Anonymous) 2022-01-28 08:14 pm (UTC)(link)
Star Wars, BB-8, all my friends are strong enough to pick me up for hugs

(Anonymous) 2022-01-28 08:26 pm (UTC)(link)
Any, any, turquoise and periwinkle
chanter1944: an image of a green dragon (green dragon)

Dragonriders of Pern via SouCon MUSH's Xanadu Weyr

[personal profile] chanter1944 2022-02-06 04:25 pm (UTC)(link)
"Is that two pairs of hatchlings in a row who've arrived at just about exactly the--oooooh, Z'ran's right, this is definitely a night for lovely blues, look at that one!" Sherna's mid-sentence swerve is warranted; two blue dragonets have just hatched at the same instant, much like their autumn and spring-shaded green sisters - both of whom are now being led to food and oil by their lifemates and members of the weyrlingstaff - and while one is a charming cloudy turquoise in his own right, the other is in the uncommon, purple-tinted range that blues can sometimes occupy and is nothing short of stunning.

It's the cloudy turquoise hatchling who moves first, scampering toward the candidate line as though determined not to be outdone by his brother of the richly saturated coloration and skidding to a sand-spraying halt before a downright stringy apprentice Vintner lad from the southern crafthall, and while he's more cautious in his actions, the periwinkle blue also clearly has someone in mind - Xanadu Weyr loses its youngest assistant steward to the wings, as the short, skinny eighteen-Turn-old falls to his knees with a yelp of joyous surprise.

(Anonymous) 2022-01-28 08:28 pm (UTC)(link)
The Old Kingdom, Mogget (& any), any relationship can be improved with fish

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Any, any, jar of rainbows
woodmr: (Default)

Once in a Lullaby (Anne Elliot, Persuasion - 1940s AU)

[personal profile] woodmr 2022-09-04 12:10 am (UTC)(link)

Sometimes, when everyone gathered by the radio, Agnes dawdled at the lonely old Broadwood and plucked the keys for herself alone. Then, as the sun’s afternoon haze bent a prism across the ivories, she couldn’t stop herself from humming a tune forever tied to her fondest memories.

At least he was somewhere way up high: a happy pilot flying beyond the rainbow she could only glimpse in reflections of the past.

(Anonymous) 2022-01-28 08:29 pm (UTC)(link)
Any, any, silver ballet slippers

(Anonymous) 2022-01-28 08:53 pm (UTC)(link)
Final Fantasy VII, Aeris, The other side of the coin to healing is necromancy.

[personal profile] anonne 2022-01-29 07:49 am (UTC)(link)
"What …" – Cloud's face came into view, confused but less blank then usual – "what … are you doing?"

Aerith stood up, fingers tapping on her staff, and the mouse scampered away as if it hadn't been lying still and stiff two minutes previously. "Nothing you need to worry about," she assured him.

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(Anonymous) 2022-01-28 08:55 pm (UTC)(link)
Any, any, the party healer is also the party necromancer as per magic rules.

TF2 (This one's even (mostly) canonical)

[personal profile] word_devourer 2022-01-29 10:01 am (UTC)(link)
"Vhat a mess," he says, finishing off the last straggler with a swing of his bonesaw, and then, to Scout's currently disconnected head, "you see, zhis is vhy you vait until I am here... Still, I've been meaning to test vhat happens if you put flesh-eating bacteria next to flesh-generating bacteria, so, seeing as ve have a few minutes before it's too late to vake you up," he glances over at Scout for a reaction, and, seeing a rather uncharacteristic expression of slack-jawed amazement, finishes, "I thought zhis would be an excellent opportunity."
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A few days later, when Scout comes to complain about a wound that opened up in his side and doesn't want to close, Medic considers sagely, before adding flesh-eating-bacteria-eating bacteria, and, as an afterthought, flesh-eating-bateria-eating-bacteria-eating bacteria, and then opens up a new page of notes after he's gone.

originalfic

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[personal profile] priscipixie 2022-01-28 09:20 pm (UTC)(link)
The Expanse, any, Who lives, who dies, who tells your story
vialethe: (Stars & Space)

Dreamed of Glory (The Expanse, Marco Inaros, S6 finale spoilers)

[personal profile] vialethe 2022-01-29 10:02 am (UTC)(link)
“Marco Inaros was a fucking abomination,” Avasarala snaps, and does not add, and a goddamn inevitable consequence, because there is only so much atonement for an entire planet’s history that one woman in mourning can be expected to do, in her eyes.
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“He was a martyr for the Belt,” Filip says, a lone voice among bitter murmurs, “and look what he accomplished for us, yeah?” ignoring the twist in his gut that knows everything else his father was - obsessed, full of spite and rage, dangerous (loved).
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Marco, in the depths of mysteries humanity has not yet comprehended, says nothing, knows nothing, thinks nothing, is nothing at all - merely one man, alone, unmade.
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[personal profile] paxilam 2022-01-28 09:21 pm (UTC)(link)
any, any, going for a walk
theseatheseatheopensea: Illustration of the Sir Patrick Spens ballad, from A Book of Old English Ballads, by George Wharton Edwards. (Sir Patrick Spens.)

Going for a walk (The Terror, Peglar/Bridgens).

[personal profile] theseatheseatheopensea 2022-02-01 08:58 pm (UTC)(link)
Just like they did on the deck of the Beagle, then briefly around the streets of London, and then out on that god-forsaken ice, he and John walk together--on dry land again. They are older now--more frail, more tired--but they are still here. Here, like the trembling stars above--always bright, always lighting the way.

Re: Going for a walk (The Terror, Peglar/Bridgens).

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[personal profile] paxilam 2022-01-28 09:22 pm (UTC)(link)
any, any, an animal sneaked into the house

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Drumstick!! Drumstick!! Drumstick!!!

Merlin - Merlin and Arthur

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[personal profile] paxilam 2022-01-28 09:23 pm (UTC)(link)
any, any, old faded tattoo
ultra_fic: (Veronica Mars)

Permanent Reminder (Veronica Mars, Weevil)

[personal profile] ultra_fic 2022-01-29 08:00 pm (UTC)(link)
Eli 'Weevil' Navarro saw his own body as a canvas to cover with artwork dedicated to everything and everyone he loved, from the crown at his neck, to the tear on his cheek, and the heart on his shoulder bearing his darling Lily's name.

There was a tattoo for his dearly departed grandmother, Letitia, and another for Felix, his brother in every way but blood, plus a couple of dozen more that he would happily show and tell.

Yet there was one that no-one ever saw, that he never talked about, his own little secret; a faded decorative letter V right over his heart, dedicated to the one that got away.

time will have its little scar (kiss, paul and ace)

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[personal profile] priscipixie 2022-01-28 09:27 pm (UTC)(link)
Lymond Chronicles, Francis and Richard,
"We've taken different paths
And travelled different roads
I know we'll always end up on the same one when we're old..."
(or really, any other line you like from Kodaline's Brother)
Edited 2022-01-28 21:29 (UTC)

[personal profile] priscipixie 2022-01-28 09:48 pm (UTC)(link)
Any, any, "I suppose I love my scars because they have stayed with me longer than most people have"
ernest: (What disadvantage?)

Tangled the Series, Cassandra

[personal profile] ernest 2022-01-29 12:41 am (UTC)(link)
Cass doesn’t know how to exist in her body: it has always been a tool towards reaching her goals, and sometimes a barrier, but never a place to rest. She has never seemed to find the time to examine her skin and learn the history written in its scars and imperfections: the sparring matches, the scrapes made permanent, the lye burns from her hours in the laundry when she wanted to be on patrol.

And then, after the Tree, when her best friend causes her arm to wither and decay and blames her for the injury, she returns to live wholly in flesh and bone and pain, because she has learned for good that no one else will be there for her.

[personal profile] priscipixie 2022-01-28 09:51 pm (UTC)(link)
Lymond Chronicles, Francis and/or Khaireddin, "The scars you can't see are the hardest to heal"

[personal profile] priscipixie 2022-01-28 09:54 pm (UTC)(link)
Lymond Chronicles, Christian and Philippa, comparing notes

[personal profile] priscipixie 2022-01-28 10:06 pm (UTC)(link)
The Expanse, Marco Inaros, One man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter