Bonus Round 2: Images

[referees]

Back by popular demand, this round uses official canon artwork as fodder for speculation and extrapolation.
Please read the rules carefully before posting!

This round is CLOSED as of 7PM on June 23 EDT. Late fills may be posted, but they will not receive points.

RULES

• Submit prompts in the form of a canon screencap from one of our nominated fandoms along with a ship. Screencaps can be from the anime or manga, as well as any other kind of offshoot media, e.g. official art, drama CD covers, light novel illustrations, magazine covers, photos from stage plays, and/or caps from games.
  • Doujinshi, fan-made games or any other fan-created work should not be prompted, even if you receive permission. Only prompt official, canon artwork.
  • Keep your prompt concise. Don't prompt a whole manga chapter, for example.
  • Your prompt MUST include some kind of relationship. Platonic relationships are indicated by an "&" between the names (e.g., Abe & Tajima). Non-platonic relationships use "/" (e.g., Abe/Tajima). Please don't say "Any pairing," either!
  • Upload the cap somewhere (imgur works well) and post here with the images themselves or a link to them. Including a text-only summary of the image is encouraged.
• Fill prompts by leaving a responding comment to the prompt with your newly-created work inspired by the cap.
  • Fills can be directly connected to the cap, e.g. panel redraws or writing fic that fleshes out the moment that was capped or that fleshes out what happened directly before/after, but fills can also be more indirectly linked. As long as the work is somehow inspired by the cap, it counts.
  • Fills that are too long to fit in a single comment should have the rest of the fill placed as replies to the original fill comment. The subjects of these extra comments should be something like "part 2 of X" or "continued."
• Remember to follow the general bonus round rules, outlined here.

FORMAT

Bonus round shenanigans all happen in the comments below. Brand-new works only, please.

Required Work Minimums:

• 400 words (prose)
• 400px by 400px (art)
• 14 lines (poetry)

There is no max work cap.

Format your comment in one of the following ways:

If PROMPTING:	If FILLING:	If FILLING as a TEAM GRANDSTAND participant:
PROMPT: TEAM [YOUR SHIP] Replace [YOUR SHIP] with the name of the team you belong to, including Grandstand or Sports Teams Write it exactly as it appears on the team roster or your team will not receive points Place the prompt's relationship in the first bolded line of the comment. Including the canon isn't required, but it's nice. Below that, place applicable major content tags (when applicable; otherwise write "no tags" or "none") Visual example	FILL: TEAM [YOUR SHIP], [RATING] Replace [YOUR SHIP] with the name of the team you belong to Write it exactly as it appears on the team roster or your team will not receive points Replace RATING with the rating of your fill (G - E) Place applicable major content tags and word count before your fill (when applicable) NSFW FILLS: Please cross-link these fills and use clear tags in your comment. Written/text fills should be hosted at AO3 ONLY as a new, unchaptered work. Art/visual fills can be hosted anywhere. You may include a small safe-for-work preview of the fill in your comment. To place an image in your comment, use this code: <img src="LINK TO YOUR IMAGE" alt="DESCRIPTION OF YOUR IMAGE"/> Visual example	FILL: TEAM GRANDSTAND, [RATING] Replace RATING with the rating of your fill, G - E, as explained in the rules Place applicable major content tags and word count before the fill, where applicable NSFW FILLS: Please cross-link these fills and use clear tags in your comment. Written/text fills should be hosted at AO3 ONLY as a new, unchaptered work. Art/visual fills can be hosted anywhere. You may include a small safe-for-work preview of your work in your comment. To place an image in your comment, use this code: <img src="LINK TO YOUR IMAGE" /> Visual example

Posts not using this format will be understood to be unofficial discussion posts, regardless of what they contain. They, like all comments in this community, are subject to the code of conduct.

SCORING

These numbers apply to your team as a whole, not each individual teammate. Make as many prompts/fills as you want!

For prompts: 5 points each (maximum of 50 prompt points per team per round)

For fills:

First 3 fills by any member of your team: 20 points each
Fills 4-10: 10 points each
Fills 11-20: 5 points each
Fills 21+: 2 points each

All scored content must be created new for this round.

Etc.

If you're hunting through the prompts looking for what to fill, a good trick is to view top-level comments only.

Have a question? Check The FAQ first. If you still need help, feel free to contact the mods. Happy fanworking!

Comments

PROMPT: TEAM MIYUKI KAZUYA/MIYUKI KAZUYA

[catlarks]

Kuramochi Youichi/Kominato Ryousuke (daiya no ace)

tags: none

FILL: Team MIYUKI KAZUYA/SAWAMURA EIJUN, G

[starrwinter]

No tags
Word count: 494


Before Seido all Youichi remembered was muted colors strewn apart by seas of grey concrete, the days blurred together between school classes and the baseball field. The world a dull mix of yellow, brown, grey and black.

He only saw the sky in a bright haze, the baseball diamond the one refuge where some tones of green would seep through. Red of the baseball field clay coming through with the rays of the sun and if he focused really hard he could sometimes see the slivers of sky blue peeking through the clouds.

All the colors shifted yet again after his junior high friends talked badly about Youichi behind his back. How his fighting and punk nature would never allow him to earn a place in a top high school, much less to find a baseball team that would accept him with his reputation.

All he saw at that moment were shades of red, maroon, and black as his hopes and dreams became trampled underfoot. Knowing it was mostly his own doing for sabotaging any chances he might have left, but the feelings of betrayal fresh coming from those he considered his closest friends.

The world turning to muted colors filled with the darkest shades and gloomiest greys, the bright white seemingly out of reach… until he heard about his chance with Seido.


***


Rei brought him into a new atmosphere and fields full of light, to give him the one chance he was never going to let go of without a fight.

There was the familiar muted greens of the field, red clay supporting him underfoot, and the brightness of the sun casting its white glow across Youichi’s vision. The same tones and shades from memory until he spotted a color he had never seen before.

A shocking mass of pink hair calling for his attention, the colors surrounding his team mate intensifying to battle for his attention until the grass was a little bit greener and the sky more blue as he gazed into the clouds in contrast.

Words Youichi would always remember from Ryousuke’s mouth of, “ You suck!” burning like a red hot brand into his skin, challenge sizzling in his tone for Youichi to only get better.

And as he improved, became more aware of his surroundings, team mates and plays on the field, Youichi noticed new colors he had never seen before; contrast constantly adjusting from one day until the next. Until Ryousuke’s hair was so blinding, Youichi had to look away from a sight so beautiful.

Realizing just how far he had come with Ryousuke’s, “Not bad,” muttered at his side one practice after an impressive double-play.

Youichi freezing at Ryousuke’s extended glove towards the sky, final shades of a palette he was missing fitting into place as a twin set of smiles curled around lips.

Youichi’s glove connecting with Ryousuke’s into the sky; bathed in sunlight sending the colors around him all aglow with the promise of hope.