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rthstewart ([personal profile] rthstewart) wrote2013-03-11 10:23 pm
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3 Sentence Ficathon


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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 [personal profile] 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.

As  [personal profile] lady_songsmith explains, for the 2011 3 Sentence Ficathon, [livejournal.com profile] grim_lupine created a delicious account to archive the 3 Sentence Ficathon.   [personal profile] 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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[personal profile] meridian_rose 2013-03-16 08:55 pm (UTC)(link)
He's not sure how it happened – some very odd freak accidents happened to a lot of Cardinals, then there was a last minute trip to Rome and then he was locked up in some old palace and missing his favourite TV shows, and people kept sneaking him money and telling him things in low voices and waggling their eyebrows, and some people died, and there was some sort of voting which was a bit like a reality show but there was less eating of disgusting things, and it was all terribly confusing.

Next thing Dougal knew he was dressed in white and riding around in something called the Popemobile, and it was a bit like that time he was Bo Peep on the annual spring float on Craggy Island and that sheep peed on his foot, except here there aren't any sheep and it's mad because people are screaming at him and cheering like he's some sort of football star!

At last he turns to the man who's been calling "Your Holiness" for several minutes and says, "Oh, right you are, you mean me," and grins, unable to understand why the poor man looks so pained.
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Re: Three Sentence Fic prompt

[identity profile] saoirse7.livejournal.com 2013-03-16 08:55 pm (UTC)(link)
The first time Elrond rolled out the map, Frodo's eyes widened in shock and delight. He had known the world was big from Bilbo's stories, but as he looked at the detailed drawings and exotic names, he was awed by the immensity of it all. With his fingers, he traced the route to Mordor, and realized with no small measure of excitement and, yes, terror: he was going on an adventure.
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Re: Three Sentence Fic prompt

[identity profile] ruanchunxian0.livejournal.com 2013-03-16 08:57 pm (UTC)(link)
"boys will be boys"
BEST. EXCUSE. EVER. for having a head in the fridge.
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[identity profile] saoirse7.livejournal.com 2013-03-16 08:57 pm (UTC)(link)
This was perfect. Thank you!
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Re: On the Sidelines, With My Hands Tied

[personal profile] vialethe 2013-03-16 08:58 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, she was Clytemnestra's daughter - I can't really understand the versions where she just takes it lying down, basically. How could being sacrificed so somebody else could go off to a war that had nothing to do with you not make someone angry?

Re: Kubler-Ross Model

[personal profile] buttonloops 2013-03-16 08:58 pm (UTC)(link)
I love this. All of it. It's perfect.

[personal profile] buttonloops 2013-03-16 08:58 pm (UTC)(link)
Thank you!

[personal profile] buttonloops 2013-03-16 09:00 pm (UTC)(link)
Tolkien/Arthurian Legend, Arthur, the heir of Isildur

(tbh, I'm thinking of Sword at Sunset and the dragon arm-ring.)
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[personal profile] mardypants 2013-03-16 09:00 pm (UTC)(link)
Greek mythology, Manto & Tiresias, are you my mother?
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Re: On the Sidelines, With My Hands Tied

[personal profile] cloudbusting 2013-03-16 09:01 pm (UTC)(link)
Yes yes yes! I can totally see that. I love Euripides' play/version of Iphigenia (there's something so haunting about going willingly to your death, eek), but I think you've got a really intriguing idea about her personality.

SO MANY IPHIGENIA FEELINGS.
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Assassin's Creed, Desmond Miles, Spoilers

[personal profile] hostilecrayon 2013-03-16 09:03 pm (UTC)(link)
There's no time for regrets or reasoning or anything else - the world is about to end and it's up to you to save it. They've been telling you that you're special for some time now, relying on you while ordering you around, but you don't want everyone to die, you don't want to be a prophet, you don't want to be the reason the vicious cycle begins anew; you are an assassin, and you have always known that you may have to give your life, and you do so without hesitation now.

There's no time for regrets, but you think you will regret this anyway as you place your hand on the pedestal, but as you fall to the ground, you regret nothing - you can't regret anything when you're dead.
hildigard_brown: F/S (Evening Sun)

[personal profile] hildigard_brown 2013-03-16 09:07 pm (UTC)(link)
LotR, Frodo/Sam, at journey's end
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[personal profile] mardypants 2013-03-16 09:12 pm (UTC)(link)
Dragonflight-era devious!Lessa is my favorite Lessa for exactly the reasons you just said -- thanks so much for the lovely comment!
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[identity profile] saoirse7.livejournal.com 2013-03-16 09:12 pm (UTC)(link)
Ooh, this is funny... :D
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[personal profile] mmmdraco 2013-03-16 09:17 pm (UTC)(link)
Hikaru no Go, Hikaru/Akira, the end
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[personal profile] djsoliloquy 2013-03-16 09:18 pm (UTC)(link)
When he finally sits down to a meeting with the Salvaras, Stephen Reynart finds he isn't especially surprised to feel the toe go sliding up his leg beneath the table.

It does give him pause when Doña Salvara smiles warmly and gives his arm a familiar touch as she excuses herself briefly from the table, and as she steps into the next room Don Salvara smiles at him too—and the toe continues its playful exploration right along Reynart’s calf.

Then Reynart smiles, relaxing as he lets his legs fall open to let Lorenzo move higher, and the two of them manage to feign a passing interest in cakes and conversation until Sofia returns; it isn't often things go better than Reynart expects, but he's more than happy to acquiesce when they do.
Edited 2013-03-17 19:01 (UTC)
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[personal profile] snacky 2013-03-16 09:21 pm (UTC)(link)
AH EDMUND! This is perfect, exactly him, so smart and considering all his options. I love it!
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[personal profile] hostilecrayon 2013-03-16 09:21 pm (UTC)(link)
Prince of Tennis, Sadaharu Inui, statistics
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[personal profile] mmmdraco 2013-03-16 09:22 pm (UTC)(link)
Kuroko no Basuke, Riko/Hyuuga/Kiyoshi, waiting
snacky: (narnia caspian peter)

Re: Throw Those Curtains Wide

[personal profile] snacky 2013-03-16 09:25 pm (UTC)(link)
OH YAY! This is what I was hoping for, and what I love in a Caspian/Peter relationship, those moments where they connect and are happy and enjoying each other. Thank you!
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[personal profile] mmmdraco 2013-03-16 09:26 pm (UTC)(link)
There is a quiet splendor in the intricacies of data. Frustration builds up inside of him when his calculations fail him and he is losing, lost, and left behind. But feelings are data, and he records them as well to track the patterns of his loss to find reasons for that, too.
hostilecrayon: I made it~ (Lish)

[personal profile] hostilecrayon 2013-03-16 09:26 pm (UTC)(link)
Hikaru no Go, Yashiro Kiyoharu, fight
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[personal profile] hostilecrayon 2013-03-16 09:28 pm (UTC)(link)
EEEEEE, Inui, how I love thee. <3333
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[personal profile] ilthit 2013-03-16 09:29 pm (UTC)(link)
I am SQUEALING :D :D :D