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3 Sentence Ficathon

EDIT! THIS POST IS NOW CLOSED TO NEW PROMPTS, PLEASE POST NEW PROMPTS HERE!

CaramelSilver isn’t running the awesome 3 sentence ficathon this year, but she said I could do it in her place!! (Banner courtesy of CaramelSilver and thanks so much!)

What is the 3 Sentence Ficathon?
This is a challenge where you answer a prompt with a fic consisting of only three sentences. It's open to all fandoms and you can post and answer as many prompts as you like, as many times as you want.

What do I do?
You post prompts! When posting a prompt please format it this way:

fandom, character/pairing, prompt word/sentence.

Only one prompt per comment please.

What else?
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 allowed.

I'm not a member of Dreamwidth
No problem. You can comment anonymously or through open ID

Can anyone play?
Yes! Please pimp this to your flist, I'd like as many as possible to come and participate!

I'm cross-posting to LJ but we will keep all prompts and fills here, so they are in one awesome place (and with less spam).

Here's a link for spreading the word to all your friends and comms (thanks

snacky !)

How long can it go?
CaramelSilver kept the 2011 3 Sentence Ficathon up for a month. I'd suggest closing it on Sunday, April 7, 2013. How does that sound? (edit: If we reach 5,000 comments sooner, I'll start a new one).

Are there any rules about cross-posting?
Nope, you can post wherever you want, whenever you want. Last year, a lot of folks collected their responses together and posted them on AO3 under the 3 sentence fiction tag.

Gosh who are all these people writing such great prompts and fills?
Good question! Come to the friending meme and introduce yourself if you like.

lady_songsmith explains, for the 2011 3 Sentence Ficathon,

grim_lupine created a delicious account to archive the 3 Sentence Ficathon.

lady_songsmith has reactivated the archive on delicious for this challenge, so, here is the account ~~(nothing current added yet, though~~): https://previous.delicious.com/3sentence She asks that if anyone would be willing to help knock down the backlog of the prolific-ness thus far, let her know!! (She adds: I know folks are kinda down on delicious with the changes, but, hey, it's an archive already set up with useful tags!)

On the subject of archiving, I really encourage people to collect and post their fills elsewhere. That way, we can find your work more easily again, redundancy is always good and it's really useful for future remixes and other challenges and gift exchanges you might participate in. I'll start a linking post so that if you do collect all your fills and post them on your own blog or an archive like AO3, you can give give us the link in comments.

edited March 12, 2013
edited March 13, 2013 to fix box coding problem (thanks to those who helped!) and to add link to friending meme
edited March 15, 2013 to add information on archiving.
edited March 24, 2013 to close post to new prompts.

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Gentleman Bastard, Selendri, eye

My Little Pony/Harry Potter, Rainbow Dash is Harry

Orig Fic; you; a dusty box; a treasured book lost and found or rediscovered

Not quite on point but...

I'd hidden the Radio Dramas in my underwear drawer for years and whenever the real life of a grown up got to be too much, I'd rent the battered videos from Blockbuster, sometimes ESB, RoTJ less frequently, but usually Star Wars (never A New Hope). It's 1991, and, in the days before home computers and the Who Luke Should Marry forum on AOL, I think I'm the only adult female Star Wars fan in the entire world. On my lunch hour break from doing important adult things, I see a cheesy blue book in the B.Dalton with a big Star Wars logo on it, look around, to make sure I'm not being observed, and sneak it away from the front of the store (because Star Wars is for kids, right?), down to the basement level amid self-help books, fall into Heir To The Empire and don't come up for air for another 3 hours.

Might as well start with the books, you think, less likely to be a distraction if they’re packed up tight. Row after row is cleared, but it’s taking longer than expected; some of these you have not seen in years, others you completely forgot you had and each one is an old friend. There is a small pile growing next to the tower of boxes, these will stay and go to your brother 14 years your junior; after all, you think, he is just the right age.

Lion King (1994), Simba, reluctant hero

After the stampede -- after the seemingly endless expanse of the desert, after Timon and Pumbaa and hakuna matata -- Simba had never dared let himself think about coming back to Pride Rock, triumphantly or otherwise. Run away and never come back had whispered in his head every time his mind even strayed close to the idea, and after all these years he's used to shying away from the thought. So coming back isn't like something out of an idle daydream or a story: it just is.

Ooh, this is lovely, yet in a sad sort of way. Thank you, it's perfect! :D

Agreed on all points. Just lovely.

Yessss, I love it when you write Lion King!

Narnia, any, fainting goats

"Hello, Cousin; what can I help you with?" Edmund said as he smiled down at the animal waiting for an audience with the king.

"He spoke to me!" the Goat managed before falling to the ground and lying there, until a second later he got back up, ready to talk.

Edmund tried to cover his surprise and amusement at the animal's behaviour long enough to hear him out, but it was taking every shred of control he had not to burst into laughter when, every time the king would say something mildly startling, the Goat would keel over once more.

The Goat doesn't stop keeling over! ahahaha wonderful!

I'm glad you liked it! :D Thank you for the prompt!

Oh, this is an absolute hilarity!

Thank you, I'm glad you enjoyed it! :D

Too cute! It must have been a rather long audience if Edmund had to wait for the Goat to recover every time he keeled over.

Longer than Edmund was expecting, I'm sure. :D I'm glad you liked it!

Narnia, Pevensies, temporal detente/where clocks are barely breathing/yet no one cares to notice

Avengers, Bruce/Natasha, so what, you've had one too many/so what, I'm not that much fun to be with

(This is absolute crack, I hope someone writes this a real fill...)

"Yes," Bruce said, sighing into his drink, "this was a great idea, Clint, I appreciate it."

"She did say she wanted to let off some steam," Clint said, unconcerned; he ducked down a little as a body came sailing over him, just enough that they didn't collide, and nodded to himself in satisfaction, sipping his own drink.

"Yes, but somehow I thought there were other ways to handle that than start a bar brawl for her," Bruce said, then snorted when Clint looked far too interested, "although apparently this method is more appealing -- you know, you could at least go help her --" but he gave up when Clint just gave him an incredulous look.

Edited 2013-03-27 22:14 (UTC)

Lol! I love that Clint is way too curious, and that he clearly thinks Bruce is a fool for suggesting Nat might need any help. No doubt she'll be much more relaxed after that!

I'm glad you liked it! To be fair, it's not like Bruce really thinks she needs the help. It just seemed a bit inconsiderate...

Greek Mythology, Aeneas/Cassandra, you wake up in the bed you make/I think you made a big mistake

He considers, once, what it would mean to ask Priam for his daughter's hand (as a mere hypothetical exercise), outlines in his mind the endless negotiations of what Dardania might bring to the alliance and what Troy might grant in return, prepares his vows of eternal love for their princess. That would be the easy part, of course; far more difficult would be explaining his choice of bride to his father, declaring with an assurance he did not feel that her madness would not pass on to their children, praying as he presented his wife to his countrymen that one of her strange fits would not overtake her--far more difficult, and far more painful.

Later that night, he asks Cassandra for nothing more than her company at dinner.

...you're repaying me for that awful Richard/Anne fill again, aren't you? *sobs*

I love that he keeps reassuring himself it's all hypothetical, really. And while his decision is practical and reasonable, I still kind of hate him for being a coward. At least I can imagine they had a lovely meal together?

(Love that you're still indulging in this ship with me, btw! :D )

LotR, Gandalf, all in a day's work

anthropomorphic, purse, look what she's done now

Look what she's done now, the horror of it all! As if it were not bad enough that she should leave me sitting slumped and gaping open on the floor by her feet, displaying my treasures for all but herself to see, an appallingly bold invitation for her to forget me if some other does not steal me first, oh no, then she also had to go and pay absolutely no attention to either the placement of her freshly delivered mug upon the table or the movement of her own elbows. Pray that you learn from this great tragedy, please, because it is thus that I have failed in my vow to protect that poor, defenseless little smartphone with my life, and I will never be able to hide my shame, for it will now be proclaimed for all to know by the overpowering scent of cheap coffee, which shall linger in my lining forever more.

Oh, Brilliant!

This is funny. :D

Ugh, look what she's done now, taking me out in public while wearing that dress, and that hat, and that day-glo plastic costume jewelry, and worst of all those shoes, as if it weren't blindingly obvious that we all clash with each other! I refuse to admit that I know this woman. If the Fashion Police ask, I'm going to tell them that she stole me from someone with actual taste.

And hilarity abounds! Nice!

Mulberry, Mulberry, as much his mother's son as his father's

Mulberry, Mulberry/Pestilence's Daughter, not so bad

Crossover BBC Sherlock/Jekyll, Mycroft Holmes and Tom Jackman, familiar faces

Crossover BBC Sherlock/Jekyll, Katherine Reimer/John Watson, not impressed with your flatmate

Much Ado About Nothing, Claudio, wakes up one morning as a woman

First out the orchard gate that morning was a very strange young woman in a soldier's doublet and little else, fleeing from the direction of the guests' quarters and shrieking curses most unseemly.

Hot on her heels was none other than Signior Benedick, rubbing a purple stain from his eyes with his nightcap and shouting after the girl with improvised love-oaths and rhymes even more unseemly.

From their vantage behind a crabapple tree, the Lady Beatrice and her newfound friend shared a congratulatory fistbump, careful not to bruise either flower that the other held, the purple or the white.

Muahahaha is right! That's hi-larious! I can hear Benedick now...

So can everybody else in Leonato's house, I imagine. *puckish grin*

And Leonato is in bed with his pillow over his face going, "Damn it, why do I keep saying yes when these people ask if they can come visit for a few days?!?" :)

Hey, as long as his daughter and her cousin end up married to well-off dudes in the end, everything's peachy. (Is there such a thing as a Much Ado/Pride and Prejudice crossover out there, I wonder?)

Edited 2013-03-24 00:34 (UTC)

But what if this is happening after everyone had been married off?

That? Is not a thing I had yet considered. (Now I'm suddenly wondering where Hero is during all this. Hm.)

As breakfast drew towards its conclusion without the appearance of several key individuals who were not noted for routinely skipping meals (one of whom could be heard quite clearly, no matter how much effort one put into ignoring his caterwauling), Hero approached Beatrice, wringing her hands and saying, "Cousin, I know you do not regard my husband well enough to feel dismay at his disappearance this morn, quite the opposite in fact, but surely your own husband's public pursuit of this newly arrived jade must raise your ire no end, does it not?"

Much to young Hero's surprise, the good Lady Beatrice merely laughed and replied, "Nay, Cousin, it troubles me not at all, for your missing husband is the object of my husband's pursuit, and when they both return to their proper selves some hours hence, each shall have learned valuable lessons. If you care to follow me, I know the perfect location from whence to enjoy the entertainment they are certain to provide us for the rest of the day."

Question answered, and answered most excellently! (And I adore the idea of everybody sitting down to breakfast with all that zaniness going on within earshot and being all LALALA THIS IS NOT HAPPENING NOW PLEASE PASS THE BACON.)

LOL, surprise Midsummer crossover for the win! I can totally see Beatrice coming up with magical revenge plots good enough for Puck to want to get in on the action. :)

You're the anon that came up with the awesome prompt, right? Cause if so, half (or more) of the win belongs to you, and deservedly so.

I swear, if anybody told me when I woke up this morning I'd be writing this.... :>P

Yes, I'm the anon who left the prompt, but I'm pretty sure the win still belongs to you, because the fill is far more awesome than I could have come up with on my own. Besides, if credit needs to be shared with the source of inspiration, then most of it should go to Betony for leaving a prompt ( http://rthstewart.dreamwidth.org/87903.html?thread=1897567#cmt1897567 ) looking for a way to make Claudio less punch-worthy, which in turn made me think Claudio might get a little more understanding of what he had put Hero through if he had to walk a few miles in ladies' shoes himself.

*shrieks with glee*
OH MY GOD, you brilliant people. This is why I love this ficathon so. :D :D :D :D :D

I keep thinking how sad it will be when all the lovely prompts go away, but there's still so much unfilled! Plus I haven't checked out probably half of the fills already done yet. *needs to get on that*

Since I Left You music video, Arthur & the other miner, reunion

Crossover Tangled/The Road To El Dorado, Maximus + Altivo, too much alike to get along

Redwall, any of the wandering theater troupes, lost and found

Narnia, Aravis +/ Cor, adjusting to their new life

"Cor, do you have any idea why all the ladies at the party were trying not to laught at me?"

"No idea, but it's probably some Northern thing. Shasta, do you know?"

"Well, Aravis, there is the fact that you had your dress on backwards the whole time."

Aww, I wish someone had told her! Narnian hospitality should be better than that...shame on them... Thank you for the fill! :-)

I think it would be in Archenland, then.

Aravis: No one warned me that coming to the north would be accompanied by corsets!

I just realized that I said Shasta when I meant Corin. Must fix immediately.

EDIT: It's not letting me edit, so I can't fix it. *goes off and grumbles in a corner*

Edited 2013-03-24 01:02 (UTC)

Okay, that makes way more sense. :-) And I love your corsets comment! So true!

The Dark is Rising, the Dark, banished

They fall out of Time, a single moment of despairing fury stretched thin and taut across all eternity, for there is no longer any possibility of change, or regathering, or fruition: nothing but an endless, clawing void, the true vacuum never found in the natural world. The White Rider hears her brother scream, and scream, and scream, one breath caught forever in disharmony with her own, and she cannot grow accustomed to the sound, or tired of it, or even aware of how long they have been screaming.

John, you fool, I would have made you king, she thinks, and thinks, and thinks again, one final point of consciousness crystallized in pain and horror's amber as she falls; she has made him immortal after all, and amidst her breathless, endless scream she almost draws breath to laugh.

Wow. That was so powerful and perfect I can't even...

I especially liked the phrase "horror's amber". It's so fitting and makes such a vivid image.

Thanks so much!

Thank you! I may kind of have Feelings about the White Rider and John Rowlands, and also about what mystical punishments such as being thrown out of time might mean in practical terms; the combination perhaps explains why I leapt upon this prompt with wild abandon. *sheepish*

Hee hee! I shall have to put up some more TDiR prompts in the new post, then. I have certain love for the Sequence, and I adore good fic for it.

Tangled, Flynn/Rapunzel, birthdays

Tangled, Flynn, I wish I could remember

Tangled, Pascal, living in the tower

Much Ado About Nothing, Dogberry, the right word for every occasion

"Moreover and lastly, your worship, had we only been more rather than less exhibitionist in our earlier recriminations of the prince's henchmen...." Dogberry trails off, twisting his hat in his hands as if hoping to wring a suitable apology out of it, finally blurting out, "Know that it was never our pretension to exasperate the situation!"

"Exacer--" Antonio starts to say, but Leonato expeditiously and quite intentionally waves him quiet.

Well yes, I think the situation is now pretty thoroughly exasperated :D

All in a day's work for Messina's Finest. :>P

:) I have always enjoyed the way Dogberry tangles his words in knots.

Your worship speaks like a most thankful and reverend youth. (And I love the appropriateness of your icon :>)

A Midsummer Night's Dream/The Merry Wives of Windsor, Titania and Falstaff, this time the fairies aren't fake

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