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

FILL: TEAM CHIHAYAFURU, G

[psiten]

religious imagery, also switches PoV style

470 words

The first time I saw you, I felt a cold wind blow through my bones. I wouldn't know until later that it was because I had a fever. (Talk about embarrassing!) But at the time, it felt like some kind of sign that I should remember your face. You walked, full of the same effortless pride that fills your game, down the pathway to the shrine -- past me on the steps -- and I wondered if the old Emperor who lives in the shrine was telling me to notice you. Old... Emperor What's His Name, who wrote The autumn paddy. Kana-chan would be so mad at me for not remembering!

Emperor Tenji, the patron god of Omi Jingu.

Right, that's the one.

~//~

"Oh, and there she is!" Tenji said, pointing the fan he'd been holding to his lips as he waited. "The young Queen has come to play her respects. Quite a charmer, o-Shinobu-hime. Don't you think, Takamatsu?"

Takamatsu-no-miya, as he used to be known (and still was, at the tournament they held in his honor each New Year) lounged in the seat of the Gods, looking out on the people who came forward to offer their prayers. He wouldn't frown at the girl, since he knew how serious a frown could be, but he wasn't that impressed either. "Her prayers never feel quite sincere. The one who just left was more interesting. O-Chihaya-hime, was it? Although if she'd asked for a miracle, I might have done something about that cold she's coming down with..."

"She doesn't even know she has it, how would she have known to ask? At any rate, why should o-Shinobu-hime have a sincere prayer? She's never wanted anything she'd need to ask us for, and yet she pays her respects nonetheless. She prays for good fortune when she plays without needing it, and has never once understood what "fortune" is. Of course she doesn't seem sincere. It makes her no less charming."

Shaking his head, Takamatsu-no-miya sighed his discontent. "I will never understand that preference, My Lord. But I will admit that you have it."

As the girls passed each other, both gods saw the new one stop to look at the Queen.

"Oh, now that's interesting. I do believe your O-Chihaya-hime felt the presence o-Shinobu-hime brings to bear on each match," Tenji laughed. "Do you think she's as good as she claims, then? Saying she and her team can handle winning for themselves?"

"Well, My Lord, what would you say to a friendly wager? That someday my O-Chihaya-hime unseats your Young Queen?"

"A decade of heavenly peaches."

"A century."

"Takamatsu, I believe we have a wager!"

~//~

Was that the first time we met? For the life of me, I can't remember it.

That's fine. We both remember everything else.