2023 Three Sentence Ficathon - Post #1

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Welcome to the 2023 Three Sentence Ficathon!
As of 16 Jan 2023 this post is NOW CLOSED TO NEW PROMPTS! PLEASE POST YOUR NEW PROMPTS HERE, IN POST 2! Do continue to fill prompts here but please put all new prompts in Post 2.



This post will remain open for new prompts until we hit 4000 comments, at which point we'll open a new one to avoid captcha as long as possible. New fills and comments on fills will always be welcome.


How to Prompt

Prompts should be one prompt per comment, formatted in this way: fandom, character(s), prompt word/sentence

Example: Star Wars, Obi-Wan Kenobi, I don't like sand

Prompts may also be open ended, unspecific, or anthropomorphic, such as:

any, any, I don't like sand
or
Earth geography, sand, I don't like humans very much, either

Prompts for relationships are welcome; a / is used for romantic/sexual relationships and an & for platonic. A prompt that uses both means the relationship can be written as either romantic or platonic, such as:

Star Wars, Anakin/&Obi-Wan, I don't like sand

Prompts may be repeated if they are unfilled; there is no obligation to read through every prompt to make sure yours isn't a repeat. This year's 3SF will stay open for new prompts through Sunday, February 12th.

How to Fill

Respond to your chosen prompt with a short fic of three sentences containing the fandom & characters requested!

Prompts can be filled more than once, as many times as someone has a new idea for them.

Notes & Rules

No, fills do not need to be exactly three sentences! It's more of a guideline. Please abuse grammar and punctuation as much as desired.

3SF is a Choose Not to Warn space. Spoiler and content warnings are not required, though writers are free to add them if they please. If you see something you don't like, just scroll until you do!

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Cross-posting is encouraged; there is a 3SF Collection on AO3 if you'd like to post fills there as well.

Note that the comm is searchable! Tick the 'include comments' button when searching to easily find prompts for your chosen fandom/characters.

And most importantly, have fun! If you have questions, check the Sticky Info post and if they're not answered there, head to the Contact the Mods post.

Comments

[alienacat]

Carmilla the series/First Kill, any, vampires don't work like that!

[vialethe]

That darned elephant again!! I was hoping you'd fill this one. I get the feeling Ridcully has a new pet...at least it's clean?

[(Anonymous)]

Shaman King, Sati Saigan, a house like a lotus

mcu (kind of multiverse of madness), wanda/pietro or wanda & pietro

[peaked]

She gently untangled the sticky web of the Multiverse with her pincers, removing unnecessary strands and leading her down tangents to other universes where she couldn’t find her prey. The Scarlet Witch searched for the warmth of his smile, the richness of his laugh, and the electrifying heat of his speed. And when she found him, she grasped him gently, cocooning him in her web of magic as she pulled Pietro free from where he was trapped and finally returned him to who he belonged to.

[(Anonymous)]

Any, any, stop forcing romantic advances on a woman when she's says you'll only ever be friends, it's disgusting

Re: The Voices Died With Me

[vialethe]

Thank you! He is the original poor little meow meow, really. Never did a thing wrong in his life, except all of the everything. I adore him.

Re: The Voices Died With Me

[vialethe]

Thank you! I do love a good non-linear timeline, I admit.

Re: Preserve me from a winter wonderland (Homestuck)

[wintersday]

!!! This is so good – there’s so much warmth and coziness, and wonderful character voice, plus Jade makes a really good point.

Re: The Voices Died With Me

[vialethe]

Thanks! I liked the way that phrasing fit with Feanor being a crafter, and used to making beautiful things - but now all he's creating is loss and death.

[wintersday]

Lovely and poignant.

[wintersday]

Aw, I love this!

Breath of the Wild, Zelda

[raisedbymoogles]

(follows from this fill from last year)

The last princess of Hyrule walks into what's left of Castle Town with a calm she does not feel. The sky is a roiling sea of magenta, the ground crawls with corrupted Guardians. A few of them notice her, gather to paint their targeting lasers on her glowing form - she blinks, and a pulse of golden light ripples outward from her like water in a (sacred fountain) pond.

(The sacred fountains. The statues had only ever been empty stone to her. Now she supposes she knows why.)

Ganon knew the instant she came within sight of the castle, of course, but he waits until now to rear his ugly and unformed head from the castle's spire. Piggish gold eyes peer out at her from an indistinct face, now a man's, now a beast's; she lifts her head up and meets him gaze for gaze, as calm as he is maddened with hate. Her six wings are outstretched, shimmering gold and humming with divine power, but there is no wind to catch them up. It doesn't matter. She hasn't flown with them yet, but she knows that a single thought can send her soaring like a condor over castle, Ganon and all.

(She hates them. She would tear them from her shoulders in an instant if it would bring her friends back.)

The Calamity tires of staring her down; it dives on her, roaring like a tornado, to swallow her whole - but she is not there. The Goddess's wings bear her aloft, over the beast's head, and she extends her hands and light shapes itself into an ornate bow, the weapon she will use to bind the Calamity for the next one hundred years.

She pulls the string to her ear, her fingers clutching a slender arrow of light. The top of the creature's head splits open, revealing a baleful yellow eye that squints at her with millenia worth of malice. "Come on then, you monster!" she screams at it, all Hylian, no Goddess in her voice, and looses an arrow as the Calamity lunges for her.

Re: FF7, Barret & Marlene

[wintersday]

This went from ‘awwww, cute’ to unexpected kick in the heart in .5 seconds. Beautifully done.

Miraculous Ladybug, the collège students, Shared Experiences

[silveradept]

It's one of the unspoken rules among the group that after the experience, what's asked is given without hesitation or questioning. They've all learned that the fastest way to healing from being used was a weapon of terror is an obvious outpouring of forgiveness and affection for someone who was not in their right mind. They've hugged and kissed, cuddled in pairs or in piles, and given and received so many trinkets between themselves as mementos and promises that they really only differentiate between primary relationships and the feelings they have for everyone else who has gone through the same thing they have.

When you don't know if Tylenol and Mucinex are contraindicated

[rthstewart]

Grogu was sucking on a blue popsicle and, for the moment, quiet, though Din could hear his wheezing, labored breathing and knew an explosion of alarmingly purple nasal gunk would erupt very soon if they didn’t find something for the rich, bubbling viral respiratory infection.

The Ithorian pharmacy tech continued swiping through her considerable database of Known Species, Their Ailments, and Their Remedies before finally shaking her hammerhead in defeat, “I’m sorry gentle sir but I know of no treatment that is certainly safe for his species, save one,” and she held out an apparatus cheerfully labeled, “Mucus Suction Pump.”

Din stared at the torture device, imaging what would happen if he tried inserting the long tube up the nose of a Force-using child, shook his head, and replied, “I’ll just take twelve more blue popsicles, thanks.”

[wintersday]

Oh, excellent. I have to admit, I winced at the mention of the golden crown.

Re: Leia, reflecting on Luke

[wintersday]

Aw, Leia. Not so bad at all. <3

[wintersday]

Ow, right in the emotions. ;_;

Re: On Names, and Legacies

[wintersday]

Oh, Leia… this is such a great picture of a painful legacy.

Re: FF7 Remake, Cloud & Tifa

[wintersday]

Awwww, delightful! :D

Fill (double fill) Harry Sullivan/Sarah Jane Smith

[helsinkibaby]

When she opens the front door, Sarah sways on her feet, hangs onto the door frame as she finds herself staring at a ghost. Her rational mind kicks in almost straight away, because this would be far from the first time that she's encountered an alien that can duplicate someone's appearance; it's not even the first time that she's met one that has duplicated Harry.

Either way, she thinks her question of, "Is it really you?" is quite reasonable under the circumstances.

Harry's smile, like the man himself, is older than she remembers it, but no less warm for that. "It's me, old thing," he says and that's all she needs to hear, that silly nickname she hated so much, the one he kept on using because he liked to see her dander up when he did so.

She pulls him into a hug and while he's clearly surprised, he doesn't waste any time in returning it; after all, they both know they've lost more than enough.

The Lost World, Marguerite Krux/John Roxton

[kaminagi]

She tries to tease him, accuse him of fickleness, but Marguerite can see his eyes have stopped wandering, he's fixed his sights on her alone.

"I still have plenty of deadly secrets," she tells him, Roxton is too honourable to forgive everything, she's certain of it, it will deter him sooner or later.

"And so you do, I'll survive them," he says, and his sincerity catches her off guard long enough for him to kiss her, "we'll survive them."

Re: Fill: The Expanse, Chrisjen Avasarala, quiet moment

[vialethe]

That's such a good description of her life, a puzzle with no border! I love it.

Re: Hornet - Waiting

[vialethe]

That last line, though!! Sharp as Hornet's needle, damn.

I still have faith, Team Cherry!

Re: Elsewhere University: Mirror Magic

[wintersday]

Deliciously creepy. :D