rthstewart | 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

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

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!

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

“With Eleanor’s rise in consequence by marriage, my father’s idea of his own importance has only risen even further, and when I reiterated my intentions of keeping my words to you, he has declared I am as good as dead to him. To further punctuate his disapproval of our union, he has rescinded the living and properties at Woodston, perhaps in hopes it would sway me,” Henry said, as they walked along the back garden of her father’s house.

Catherine stopped abruptly and tried to swallow the dread in her throat. Removing her hand from his arm, she turned to face him, steeling her heart and hoping she looked only calm. “Mr Tilney, given the circumstances - “

“I am not here to do such unthinkinable thing as to rescind my word also, dearest Catherine,” he interrupted gently, knowing what she was about to say. “I am only here to tell you of my changed circumstances, which I feel may serve us even better still.”

“My parents had not really consented, our engagement has been tentative all this time, our correspondence hardly proper,” Catherine said in a small voice. “Surely that cannot be enough for you to give up your family, your fortune, your means of living.”

“Let us speak of the fortunes later,” Henry replied. “Regarding our engagement, no matter how tentative it has been, I consider myself bound to you, Catherine. By honour and affection both. If you would still have me.”

Catherine found herself silent. As much as she wanted to say yes, as much as her heart longed to say yes, spurred on by the knowledge that she might not even have to deal with either General or Captain Tilney if this was the case, there was still a part of her that wondered, without his Woodston living, how could they afford it?

“You are sensible to not make any reply just yet. Let me tell you first what you would be accepting,” Henry said, when she did not speak. “Upon hearing of my predicament, an old friend of mine, a Mr Darcy, who owns a substantial estate in Derbyshire, tells me that he is this very moment also looking for a new clergyman for the parish of Pemberley where he resides, and has offered me the living should I wish to take it. The living is an extremely generous one, and I have known Darcy since Eton – he is the best of men. The break with my father regretfully does not seem reparable – not in the foreseeable future in any case – and as painful as it is, I must now count myself an orphan. I hope this will be enough for your parents to waive the requirement of still obtaining General Tilney’s consent also. Given these circumstances, I intend to accept Darcy no matter what. I shall likely never inherit any token from General Tilney, but with Darcy’s offer, I should still have more than enough to support a wife and family in Derbyshire. Dearest Catherine, if you could bring yourself to be moved so far away from Fullerton, I should heartily like for you to accompany me as my wife. Would you?”

Derbyshire! So far away, farther than she had ever traveled, farther than she had ever imagined! Could she do it, remove herself so far from her family, from everything she had ever known?

But could she not, when he was standing here before her now, telling her he had given up everything for her?

If Henry said the living his friend offered was sufficient to live on, then she of course she believed him. She was a clergyman’s daughter – even without General Tilney’s fortune, she would make do.

Besides, he was not the only one bound, by honour, and by affection, both.

So Catherine found herself smiling, clasping his hands between her own, and said, “A man who knows his muslins, how could I not marry you?”

Three Sentence Ficathon 2022 Part 2

lol 3 sentences thoroughly failed