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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. 


[personal profile] buttonloops 2013-03-14 02:38 pm (UTC)(link)
It's SAM. I could HEAR SAM TALKING. Loveliness.
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[personal profile] passionfruit_kisses 2013-03-14 02:38 pm (UTC)(link)
Unfamiliar with the fandom, but OMG SO SWEET!!
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[personal profile] betony 2013-03-14 02:38 pm (UTC)(link)
Greek Mythology, Andromache + Chryseis, they knew each other in Thebe
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[personal profile] betony 2013-03-14 02:40 pm (UTC)(link)
Greek Mythology, Hector/Andromache, even Hector Tamer of Horses can make a joke once in a while, you know
Edited 2013-03-14 14:42 (UTC)
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[personal profile] betony 2013-03-14 02:42 pm (UTC)(link)
Enchanted Forest Chronicles, Daystar + Mendanbar, uncertainty
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[personal profile] betony 2013-03-14 02:45 pm (UTC)(link)
Sorcery and Cecelia, Kate/Thomas, strategic clumsiness
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[identity profile] with-rainfall.livejournal.com 2013-03-14 02:45 pm (UTC)(link)
He tells himself it's the spark of their connection at first, but he knows magic alone doesn't feel like that; it feels like cool air and water in his mind.

But when he's around Tris his breath begins to hitch and his heart to race; it's only his glib tongue that keeps her from noticing he's turning into one of those witless bleaters who actually fall in love - Sandry'd like that, he guesses, but it's not for him.

Thank Mila he's no weather mage, or he'd be sparking, he thinks as he watches her tilt her head back and peer at a cluster of stars.
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[personal profile] betony 2013-03-14 02:45 pm (UTC)(link)
Sorcery and Cecelia, Kate and Cecy, grief
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[personal profile] betony 2013-03-14 02:46 pm (UTC)(link)
Sorcery and Cecelia, Kate & Cecy & Georgy, Squire Bryant's goat.
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[identity profile] with-rainfall.livejournal.com 2013-03-14 02:48 pm (UTC)(link)
Eeee, thank you so much! ♥
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[personal profile] betony 2013-03-14 02:57 pm (UTC)(link)
Star Wars, Leia & Luke & Han, Leia shoots first at the Mos Eisley cantina
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[personal profile] betony 2013-03-14 03:01 pm (UTC)(link)
Fairy Tales, East of the Sun and West of the Moon (or Cupid and Psyche), you always remember the lamp but never the knife
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[personal profile] betony 2013-03-14 03:03 pm (UTC)(link)
Fairy Tales, Twelve Dancing Princesses, the one where they outwit their dance partners and the soldier both
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[personal profile] lbilover 2013-03-14 03:12 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, this ficlet is very, very beautiful. It actually made me tear up. (I liked the other version, too, with the additional paragraph- I just want you to know that!)

You weren't made for this world, Master Frodo, you were made for all that beauty beyond the Havens and the limits of our Shire
This is so true, especially after all he went through. And Sam will get there eventually, because he is made for that beauty as well.

♥♥♥♥♥
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[personal profile] betony 2013-03-14 03:16 pm (UTC)(link)
Fairy Tales, Queen Anait, the language of the loom
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[identity profile] with-rainfall.livejournal.com 2013-03-14 03:19 pm (UTC)(link)
Gaaah, thank you! I'm glad you liked it. *blushes*
That snippet made it too long, unfortunately.
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[personal profile] betony 2013-03-14 03:29 pm (UTC)(link)
Fairy Tales/Folklore, any version of the Princess and the Cowherd/Tanabata legend, meteors are messengers
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[personal profile] passionfruit_kisses 2013-03-14 03:31 pm (UTC)(link)
Lovely reflective moment :) Growing up can be worth it, if you let it.
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[personal profile] betony 2013-03-14 03:33 pm (UTC)(link)
Fairy Tales/Folklore, the Butterfly Lovers (Chinese mythology), homecoming
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[personal profile] redsixwing 2013-03-14 03:35 pm (UTC)(link)
He tested her (of course he tested her, it was his intent all along, wasn't it?) but she'd also tested him. In his beggar's guise, he had seen her eyes pass across his face like a slap, and thought she had forgotten him.

As it turned out, she'd passed his test, but he'd failed hers.
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[personal profile] passionfruit_kisses 2013-03-14 03:36 pm (UTC)(link)
Delicious :)
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[personal profile] redsixwing 2013-03-14 03:36 pm (UTC)(link)
They fled on bare feet, with only a muffled giggle to give away their position. Behind them, the sounds of frenzied dancing continued unabated.

"But, sister mine, however did you get six pairs onto one man?"
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[personal profile] passionfruit_kisses 2013-03-14 03:37 pm (UTC)(link)
This makes sense. He likes to be taken seriously, does Watson.
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[personal profile] passionfruit_kisses 2013-03-14 03:37 pm (UTC)(link)
Ee, gorgeous!
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[personal profile] betony 2013-03-14 03:38 pm (UTC)(link)
Fairy Tales/Folklore, Ballad of Mulan, memories she can't forget