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

[be_themoon]

She remembers (the mines, the cat, her parents, their joy when she was accepted, the plants in the windows to help with the fumes from the mines, the warmth of her mother's hug in the morning while making pancakes).

She remembers (vats, orders, not caring or knowing how to, understanding what she was about to do but oh, how she hadn't ever really known, how she hadn't understood).

She remembers being alive, for a moment, and then the being who was almost a person named Sharon Valerii is gone.

Re: Set my teeth in the silver of the moon

[edenfalling]

In that case, you should still be careful because there's no erosion on the moon so moon dust is very sharp. But maybe somebody can make a perfume or a candle scent? :D

Re: Naruto, Hikaku/Tobirama, "You found it on the ground, okay? You found it on the ground."

[livewareissue]

Thank you!

Re: Merlin, Merlin & Arthur Pendragon

[scytale]

Ohh, the language and the situation are fascinating, and I love the way you worked in the prompt! :D

[(Anonymous)]

My Eights! This hurts. :/ They never got to be as individual as the Sixes, though a few of them tried (well, two managed it).

[tiki]

His life as a knight shattered too when he discovered Glen's mangled body, and out of the wreckage came a dark avenger, a madman, a beast who forswore rest and food and indeed all humanity until he found the dastard responsible and broke their bones as surely as they had his brother's.

"What will you do now?" the princess asks as they stare together at Valter's corpse, Cormag waiting, wondering when it will be that the spark of life will restart in his heart now that he's done the deed and slain Glen's murderer.

"Now I rebuild," he says, but even then the words ring hollow against the howling cry for death! death! death!

--

[a 2nd one because I have a soft spot for Glen Lives!AU's, and this one came up as I was writing the first]

"Come, Glen, try again," Cormag says patiently, folding his arms as his brother sighs and strives once more to lever himself from the wheeled chair and stand on his own two feet, leaning heavily on two crutches.

Glen makes it two steps forward on shaky legs, then crashes to the ground in a flurry of curses, his face darkening in either frustration or embarrassment—more likely a mixture of both, even though all who see him continually reassure him that his very life is miracle enough, given the fall he took when Valter threw him from the sky.

"That was one more than the last," Cormag says as he reaches down and hoists Glen up, and it's more than enough, he wants to say, to counter his brother's groundless shame; it's something to build upon.

[tiki]

[I am determined to fill as many Fire Emblem prompts as I possibly can...!]

She finds Mist sobbing in one of the back rooms, clutching one of the commander's shirts to her chest.

"I washed it for him yesterday, and he said he'd wear it today," Mist cries as Titania gently scoops her up and folds her arms around her.

"For Ike, you must be strong," Titania whispers in Mist's ear, and the words are as much for her as it is for Greil's daughter.

Re: Narnia, Susan Pevensie

[arveldis]

Thank you so much!

Re: The Silmarillion, Fëanor

[arveldis]

YES HE DID.

Thank you! I couldn't resist the foreshadowing. :')

Re: The Silmarillion, Fëanor

[arveldis]

Good candidates for having some sense forcibly knocked into them (preferably by an exasperated and infuriated Nerdanel): Feanor.

The majority of the songs are probably diss tracks written by everyone who ever suffered because of his bad decisions lol.

Re: Sam & Thranduil

[arveldis]

Sam's the sweetest! Thank you! <3

Re: FF7, SOLDIER OCs

[(Anonymous)]

...nope I'm rereading this agai and MOOGLE

Re: Paradise LostFanfic/Awkward Line Breaks OTP

[eiriee]

Thank you!! :D

[last_haven]

If the thought of a Sea Girl fic where she wants to run away and goes to England to be with Lucy intrigues you, might I suggest looking at this much longer fic I made for the Narnia Fic Exchange, I know we'll meet again some sunny day? It's not exactly this idea, but it might scratch the itch for now!

[rustedeaglewings]

It isn’t! 😈

[tiki]

Sometimes, Cabanela seems to know:

"Jowd, baby, ever thought about what it's like to die?" he asks one day as they're cruising in a patrol car down the city streets, looking straight at Jowd from the passenger seat with a sly smile plastered across his face.

Jowd forces his hands to remain calm on the wheel and tries not to think about the searing heat of the exploding chair, nor the staccato of machine gun fire, nor even the swirling, ghastly red-black realm of ghosts and Manipulators; instead, he glances at Cabanela and laughs and says, "No, and I never want to."

[siver]

Ohhhhh yes and thank you! Jooowd let him through ;_;. Real battle of stubbornness

[tiki]

He will take that to his real grave, no doubt...! And you're welcome!

Re: you asked for it

[adaeze]

Or proper scales. Eustace could cope with scales.

Re: The Mandalorian, Din Djarin & Grogu

[ceruleantactician]

He'll start figuring it out eventually. :) Thank you!

Bat Family (Batman), Batfam, growing the family

[rustedeaglewings]

When Bruce brought Dick in, Alfred was wary; with Jason, he was cautiously hopeful Bruce was beginning to heal. With Tim and Cass, the emotions changed quickly to alarm then resignation. By the time there was Damian and Duke - not to mention Babs, Steph, Harper and Cullen, Alfred realized he should have seen the signs that this wasn’t necessarily Bruce healing but another coping measure, one he couldn’t mind because it banished the terrible quiet of the mansion.

Narnia, Cor/Aravis

[arveldis]

“You’re gripping the hilt wrong,” Aravis said, lowering her swords and studying Cor as he stumbled away from her attack and wiped at the sweat trickling down his forehead, and she added, “Don’t hold the hilt so tightly; keep your thumbs on the top of the hilt and keep your arms loose and flexible—here, like this.”

She moved to stand next to him, her shoulder brushing against his as she demonstrated with one of her own swords how he should hold his, and he watched her carefully and corrected his grip; then they resumed their stances opposite each other, Aravis circling him slowly until she struck in a sudden flash of arcing steel and disarmed him with a scissoring twist of her blades, and his sword clattered to the ground as he fell to his knees before her, her swords crossed at his bare throat.

He looked up at her with naked awe, and something tugged in her stomach in response; in an instant, her eyes wide in realization and dread filling the pit of her stomach, Aravis smothered the feeling and quickly stepped back, her voice brusque as she said, “Try again,” gesturing for him to pick up his forgotten sword—but as they continued to practice, try as she might to forget the moment, her mind was fixed on his arrested expression and her parries were distracted, until Cor at last knocked one of her swords from her hand with a shout of exultant surprise, and Aravis grit her teeth and groaned inwardly; Cor would be insufferable for at least the next three days now, and the only thing she could blame for it were her meddlesome feelings.

Re: you asked for it

[edenfalling]

Ha! Yes, he knows how to deal with scales. :D

She-Ra and the Princesses of Power, Adora and Scorpia, Assist

[silveradept]

"Why are you giving me this information?" Adora asked Scorpia.

"Oh, honey," she replied, "when you two are together, you'll know why, but for now, let's say this particular bit of Hordak's plans fell off the back of a glider, okay?" Blowing Adora a kiss, Scorpia remounted her glider and made a big show of "accidentally" knocking a container off the back of it to be sure Adora got the hint and could bring proof of the information to Glimmer and the other princesses.

The Princess Bride, Inigo, Prepared To Die

[silveradept]

It is not a question of if he will get revenge for his father on the six-fingered man at this point, for he has fought the Dread Pirate Roberts and lived. The scars are no longer a reminder of shame, but a warning that he has once again become a man on a quest. The man in black bested him because of the power of his quest, and therefore any lesser man is destined to fall before Inigo's blade because his own quest is similarly noble.