2023 Three Sentence Ficathon - Post #1
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threesentenceficathonWelcome 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!
A Dreamwidth account is not needed to participate. Anonymous prompts/fills are welcome, or you can use Open ID.
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.
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.
Prompts should be one prompt per comment, formatted in this way: fandom, character(s), prompt word/sentence
Prompts may also be open ended, unspecific, or anthropomorphic, such as:
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:
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.
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.
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!
A Dreamwidth account is not needed to participate. Anonymous prompts/fills are welcome, or you can use Open ID.
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.
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Date: 2023-01-14 07:17 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2023-01-17 07:44 am (UTC)"But that's easy to avoid!" her father, the king laughed. "We shall simply not name her Swanwhite. Problem solved."
There was a good bit of laughs and no one spoke much of it. Three months later, the queen gave birth to child almost as dark as she, but she did not live long enough to name her firstborn. The king, weeping, gave her a normal enough name for the time and promptly forgot the prophecy as he was certain it was averted.
But while the prophecy couldn't be fulfilled, the king was not at ease, for his daughter never quite recovered from the illness that had taken her mother and brought on her early birth. She was frail and tiny, growing worse every year. Her father refused to lose her like he had his queen, and so focused on saving her. He went to every doctor and healer in Narnia, spoke to every scholar, medicine man, and priest, tried every potion prescribed and potion made. When human medicine and faith failed him, he turned to the centaurs and dryads, the dwarves and talking animals.
It was a pegasus who reminded him of the tale of the creation of Narnia, as all flying horses liked that story and liked reminding people of their glorious ancestor. She reminded him that at the end of the world was a secret orchard, whose fruit could heal the infirm and revive those near death.
Desperate, the king took his army and marched north until he could reach the end of the world. But, traveling far and wide, he could not find the sacred grove. They fought off vicious giants, they climbed very mountain, but still there was no sight of the garden.
At last, the king laid upon the ground and wept and wept until at last he fell asleep. In his dreams, Aslan came to him, eyes stern as he reminded the king that he had a kingdom to run and his people needed him. But how, the king cried, could he return without a way to save his daughter?
"Your people are also your children. Will you abandon them for the sake of a single child?"
Still the king cried that he could not lose her. In his dream, Aslan shook his head, but the great lion was not so hateful that he would allow the child to die. Instead, he told the king to return home and to go to the Tree of Protection; if he picked a single fruit from its branches, his daughter would live. If he plucked two to feed her, she would grow strong enough to live for forty years. If he plucked three, she would thrive and live forever.
At once, the king woke and hurried his forces back home; he went to the Tree of Protection which still grew beautiful and strong. Climbing up, he picked the first apple and the birds stopped singing. Reaching again, the birds flew to him, begging him to stop, but still he picked another silver apple. At last, he reached out one more time. The birds pulled at his clothes and batted at his hands, but still he picked an apple.
The great tree groaned as if it was it was struck by an ax. Frightened by the noise, the king climbed down and hurried to his home with his prizes.
He cut up the apples into small pieces and held each one to his daughter's lips, begging her to eat. At first, she begged that she was not hungry, but after his piteous cries, she relented and ate. At the first bite, she felt suddenly awake; she ate another and felt as though she could sit up in bed. She ate piece after piece until she tossed off her bed covers and began to dance.
Oh, how the king cried with joy to see his daughter healthy and whole, but his joy turned to shock as her dark coloring began to change before his eyes, her hair going white, her eyes to pink, and her skin hardly look like blood flowed through it at all.
"Why," a young nursemaid, very newly arrived to the palace from the countryside and ignorant of the prophecy, "our princess is as white as a swan! Swanwhite!"
The king paled at the woman's words, and suddenly, he understood what he'd done.
And far to the north, Jadis smiled as she felt the tree weaken and knew her trick had worked. As she ordered her forces come to her, she sent a great storm down from the north, to knock the Tree of Protection down before her arrival.
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Date: 2023-01-17 05:40 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2023-01-17 06:20 pm (UTC)