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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!























vialethe: (S&B - Darklina hot)

[personal profile] vialethe 2022-02-13 10:43 am (UTC)(link)
Shadow & Bone/TGT, Alina/The Darkling, do you think of me in the dead of night/when you dream of this, does it still feel right
vialethe: (S&B - Darkling)

[personal profile] vialethe 2022-02-13 10:43 am (UTC)(link)
Shadow & Bone/TGT, Alina/The Darkling, i’m what you don’t want to remember, and i’m waiting for you/i’m right here in the mirror, looking at you/where did it all go wrong?
vialethe: (S&B - Darklina cute)

[personal profile] vialethe 2022-02-13 10:44 am (UTC)(link)
Shadow & Bone/TGT, Alina/The Darkling, you taught me about your past/thinking your future was me
paxilam: (Default)

[personal profile] paxilam 2022-02-13 02:04 pm (UTC)(link)
any, any, looking in the mirror

Obsidian & Blood, Teomitl

[personal profile] notapaladin 2022-04-03 06:25 am (UTC)(link)

When Teomitl caught sight of his reflection, he saw Tizoc’s hawkish nose and high cheekbones, a flash of dark eyes and straight dark hair before he turned away. Sometimes—it was much rarer now, but it still happened—his older brother would smile, and Teomitl could never look at him when he did that because he knew, he knew it was far too much like his own.

If there was a mirror capable of displaying the darkness of a man’s heart—cruelty, arrogance, paranoia—he wondered if he’d see Tizoc’s in his own reflection too.

(You’re not him, Acatl told him. You’ll never be him, Mihmatini said. Teomitl wished he could believe it.)

Re: Obsidian & Blood, Teomitl

[personal profile] paxilam - 2022-04-03 22:07 (UTC) - Expand
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[personal profile] paxilam 2022-02-13 07:27 pm (UTC)(link)
the witcher, ciri & any, ciri gets her own horse
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[personal profile] paxilam 2022-02-13 07:28 pm (UTC)(link)
any, any, explosion in the neighborhood
woodmr: (Default)

Learning the Hard Way (Linda Dale, The Flame comic)

[personal profile] woodmr 2022-12-28 06:53 pm (UTC)(link)

Linda’s usual grace flew away when trying to squeeze through the limited glow of a candle or match with her new abilities. So she hoped the large fireball erupting from a power plant would provide plenty of room to maneuver as she leapt to the rescue.

Unfortunately her coordination was just as hampered by extreme propulsion and while Linda was now impervious to burns, bruises were another matter entirely.

ultra_fic: (Default)

[personal profile] ultra_fic 2022-02-13 08:22 pm (UTC)(link)
any, any, whatever it takes

Obsidian & Blood, Tizoc

[personal profile] notapaladin 2022-04-03 08:20 pm (UTC)(link)

He will be Emperor. Was it not foretold in prophecy that all Huitzilxochtin’s sons would rule? When Axayacatl is dead, he will succeed him. There should be no doubt. Indeed, even to vote upon it is almost an insult.

But there will be a vote, regardless of his feelings. The council will be looking for a canny politician, a man skilled in war, a man with the blessings and favor of the gods. He can handle the first two well enough, but the god do not bestow their blessings on mediocre men. He knows this. So does the council.

So too does his brother, who half rises from his very deathbed to ask, “Have you a plan?”

He almost smiles. “I do.”

And he doesn’t care who dies in its execution.

ultra_fic: (Default)

[personal profile] ultra_fic 2022-02-13 08:22 pm (UTC)(link)
any, any, once upon a time when dreams came true
silveradept: A kodama with a trombone. The trombone is playing music, even though it is held in a rest position (Default)

Sandman, Dream and a Dreaming Cat, Bargains

[personal profile] silveradept 2022-06-13 03:39 pm (UTC)(link)
"I have offered you the same as every other cat throughout time," the King of Dreams said, "and when your dreams are stronger than that humans', your world will come to pass."

Salda swished her tail in annoyance. "It is no bargain to say that cats must deny their essential nature if they wish to be the rulers of this world."

"And yet," the large cat said, "only when working together for the same dream can anything be accomplished."
ultra_fic: (Default)

[personal profile] ultra_fic 2022-02-13 08:22 pm (UTC)(link)
any, any, if it wasn't for you

Obsidian & Blood, Acatl/Teomitl

[personal profile] notapaladin 2022-04-03 10:22 pm (UTC)(link)

“What’s that smile for?”

Had he been smiling? Acatl hadn’t realized. Still, it was only to be expected. He was lazing half-asleep in a shaded corner of the imperial gardens, his head resting on Teomitl’s thigh. Teomitl, who was his Revered Speaker. Teomitl, who’d saved his life and the world half a dozen times over. Teomitl, who’d taught him that there was more to life than duty, who’d taught him that it was alright to take things for himself alone. That he didn’t have to fear falling off the slippery slope to ruin.

So he reached up to cup his lover’s cheek, feeling soft down in his bones when Teomitl leaned into his touch. “I was thinking,” he murmured. Now it was Teomitl’s turn to smile. “Oh no,” he teased. “You, thinking? That’s never a good sign. What about?”

“Hah.” He couldn’t help snorting fondly. “You. If I’d never met you...gods, I can’t even imagine what my life would have been like.” So much emptier, for one thing.

Teomitl caught his hand lightly, pressing a kiss to the palm. “You don’t have to,” he said simply. “I’m not going anywhere.”

“Good,” Acatl said, and sat up to kiss him properly.

schneefink: River walking among trees, from "Safe" (Default)

[personal profile] schneefink 2022-02-13 08:31 pm (UTC)(link)
Hollow Knight, Hornet, maybe dreams are not always bad

(Anonymous) 2022-02-13 09:32 pm (UTC)(link)
Doctor Who, any, reunion with a past companion
paxilam: (Default)

[personal profile] paxilam 2022-02-13 11:46 pm (UTC)(link)
any, any, lunch with the parents
woodmr: (Default)

Sunday Afternoon (Linda Dale/Gary Preston aka The Flame, Fox Features comics)

[personal profile] woodmr 2022-06-01 06:59 pm (UTC)(link)

To most people, Gary Preston was as American as apple pie, which itself was revealing since neither were fully native to the country. But he kept enough of his Tibetan rearing to adapt in ways the average Joe around town might think odd.

It felt very right sitting next to Linda on this bench, quietly eating sandwiches and contemplating the future, all in view of her family’s tombstones.

chanter1944: Miraculous Ladybug's Duusu, flying, on a blue background with white sparkles (ML - Duusu says WHEEEEE!)

[personal profile] chanter1944 2022-02-14 03:01 am (UTC)(link)
any, any, confounding all the bookies
silveradept: A kodama with a trombone. The trombone is playing music, even though it is held in a rest position (Default)

The Hunger Games, Katniss's First Victory

[personal profile] silveradept 2022-06-13 03:46 pm (UTC)(link)
When the Victors are announced, a collective wail erupts from the Capitol. While most of the despair is from watching carefully calculated and placed wagers and sponsorships produce no results, there are a select few who see the signs of what is to come. The Oddsmakers have been surprised, and the government does not tolerate surprises to exist.

(Anonymous) 2022-02-14 04:35 am (UTC)(link)
any, any, the golden mean
woodmr: (Default)

A Royal Rule (Red King/Queen, Through the Looking Glass)

[personal profile] woodmr 2022-12-28 06:55 pm (UTC)(link)

“Do you think we were a bit harsh on the girl?” the Red King asked his wife before retiring.

“Oh a certain meanness is necessary to balance out the generous number of crowns granted per game, and it is not as if we would treat any other pawn advanced to our rank differently, that is the important thing.”

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[personal profile] ruthchinn 2022-02-14 05:24 am (UTC)(link)
Tortall, Irnai of Rathhausak, fate
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[personal profile] ruthchinn 2022-02-14 05:24 am (UTC)(link)
Tortall, Merric of Hollyrose, respect
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[personal profile] ruthchinn 2022-02-14 05:24 am (UTC)(link)
Tortall, Fanche/Saefas, any
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[personal profile] ruthchinn 2022-02-14 05:25 am (UTC)(link)
Tortall, any, honour
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[personal profile] ruthchinn 2022-02-14 05:25 am (UTC)(link)
Tortall, Dovasary, grief
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[personal profile] ruthchinn 2022-02-14 05:25 am (UTC)(link)
Emelan, Evvy, lava
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[personal profile] ruthchinn 2022-02-14 05:27 am (UTC)(link)
Jaran, any, song
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[personal profile] ruthchinn 2022-02-14 05:27 am (UTC)(link)
any, any, blasphemy
woodmr: (Default)

Admonition (Henry Tilney, Northanger Abbey)

[personal profile] woodmr 2022-06-03 02:55 pm (UTC)(link)

Remember that we are English, that we are Christians!

Henry Tilney did not regret his words, spoken as they were out of concern for Miss Morland’s character more than his own family’s reputation.

But in the months that waxed waiting for his father to relent, he was less sanguine about pitting her honest doubts against the full authority of the church, especially in defense of one whose acts proved he did not keep the Lord's commandments in his heart.

ruthchinn: (Default)

[personal profile] ruthchinn 2022-02-14 05:28 am (UTC)(link)
Jaran, David/Nadine, any
ruthchinn: (Default)

[personal profile] ruthchinn 2022-02-14 05:28 am (UTC)(link)
Sirantha Jax, Constance, identity