Bonus Round 1: AUs

[referees]

SASO 2017 is over, but this round is perpetually open to new fills (no new prompts).


This popular round is back once again! To begin this year's SASO, we encourage you to let your mind run wild with alternate ideas and settings.


Please read this whole post before commenting to ensure that your team gets the most points possible. (There are changes from last year!)

RULES

• Submit prompts by commenting to this post with an alternate universe idea, along with a ship from one of our nominated fandoms. There's a comment template below for your convenience.
  • Your prompt MUST include some kind of relationship. (This is not the sports anime gen olympics.) Platonic relationships are indicated by an "&" between the names (e.g., Izumi & Sakaeguchi). Non-platonic relationships use "/" (e.g., Izumi/Sakaeguchi). Please don't say "Any pairing," either!
• An AU can be a canon divergence, e.g. "what if [character] was the Team Captain instead of the canon captain character?", or a completely different setting altogether, e.g., pop idol AU, coffee shop AU, superheroes AU, etc.
• Fill prompts by leaving a responding comment to the prompt with your newly-created work.
• 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. Any way you format it is fine. Copy/paste/fill out the following form into your comment box. Delete the guidance text that's in parentheses. Make sure you use tags. Here is a BR Template Creator for your convenience if the textarea is confusing. (Please delete all text in parentheses as you go. LEAVE THE HTML ALONE or the bonus round scoring program can't parse your comment. Don't forget a comment subject!) <strong>Ship:</strong> (the ship your prompt is focused on. "&" indicates a platonic relationship, "/" is non-platonic. Format the ship name any way you want, but clarity is more likely to get you fills.) <strong>Fandom:</strong> (what fandom the ship is from) <strong>Major Tags:</strong> (https://sportsanime.dreamwidth.org/1609.html, when applicable; these apply to content *in the prompt itself* and is NOT an implication of what you're looking for in a fill. If your prompt doesn't require tags, write "None" here.) <strong>Other Tags:</strong> (anything else that you feel requires tagging; can include jokey tumblr-style tags here; may also pull from the "Additional Tags" list from the URL above, if applicable; otherwise, write "None" here.) <strong>Prompt:</strong>	FILL: TEAM [YOUR SHIP], [RATING] Replace [YOUR SHIP] with the name of the team you belong to. Any way you format it is fine. Replace RATING with the rating of your fill (G - E) Copy/paste/fill out the following form into your comment box. Delete the guidance text that's in parentheses. Make sure you use tags. Here is a BR Template Creator for your convenience if the textarea is confusing. (Please delete all text in parentheses as you go. LEAVE THE HEADER HTML ALONE or the bonus round scoring program can't parse your comment. Don't forget a comment subject!) <strong>Major Tags:</strong> (https://sportsanime.dreamwidth.org/1609.html, when applicable; otherwise write "None".) <strong>Other Tags:</strong> (anything else that you feel requires tagging; can include jokey tumblr-style tags here; may also pull from the "Additional Tags" list from the URL above, if applicable; otherwise, write "None" here.) <strong>Word Count:</strong> (if applicable; otherwise write "None") (Place any author/artist's notes BEFORE the asterisks. Leave the asterisks alone or you may not get points!) *** (Place your fill here. You can use HTML after the asterisks. FOR NSFW FILLS, please cross-link these fills and use clear tags. Refer to the body of the post above for more information. To place an image in your comment, use this code: <img src="LINK TO YOUR IMAGE" alt="DESCRIPTION OF YOUR IMAGE"/>. Consider posting only a thumbnail if the image is large. For more info, visit http://referees.dreamwidth.org/5647.html#images ) NSFW FILLS: Please cross-link these fills and tag them clearly. saso_afterhours is open to all NSFW fills. Written/text fills can be hosted on AO3 or saso_afterhours ONLY. Art/visual fills can be hosted anywhere; you may include a small safe-for-work thumbnail of the fill in your comment.	FILL: TEAM GRANDSTAND, [RATING] Replace RATING with the rating of your fill (G - E) Copy/paste/fill out the following form into your comment box. Delete the guidance text that's in parentheses. Make sure you use tags. Here is a BR Template Creator for your convenience if the textarea is confusing. (Please delete all text in parentheses as you go. LEAVE THE HEADER HTML ALONE or the bonus round scoring program can't parse your comment. Don't forget a comment subject!) <strong>Major Tags:</strong> (https://sportsanime.dreamwidth.org/1609.html, when applicable; otherwise write "None".) <strong>Other Tags:</strong> (anything else that you feel requires tagging; can include jokey tumblr-style tags here; may also pull from the "Additional Tags" list from the URL above, if applicable; otherwise, write "None" here.) <strong>Word Count:</strong> (if applicable; otherwise write "None") (Place any author/artist's notes BEFORE the asterisks. Leave the asterisks alone or you may not get points!) *** (Place your fill here. You can use HTML. FOR NSFW FILLS, please cross-link these fills and use clear tags. Refer to the body of the post above for more information. To place an image in your comment, use this code: <img src="LINK TO YOUR IMAGE" alt="DESCRIPTION OF YOUR IMAGE"/>. Consider posting only a thumbnail if the image is large. For more info, visit http://referees.dreamwidth.org/5647.html#images ) NSFW FILLS: Please cross-link these fills and tag them clearly. saso_afterhours is open to all NSFW fills. Written/text fills can be hosted on AO3 or saso_afterhours ONLY. Art/visual fills can be hosted anywhere; you may include a small safe-for-work thumbnail of the fill in your comment.

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.

If you see anyone breaking the code of conduct (e.g., causing drama, being rude) anywhere (not just DW), please contact the mods immediately.

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 4 fills by any member of your team: 20 points each
Fills 5-10: 15 points each
Fills 11-20: 5 points each
Fills 21-50: 2 points each
Fills 51+: 1 point 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 (see the line of links below this post).

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

Comments

FILL: Team Otabek Altin/Yuri Plisetsky, G

[marks]

Major Tags: None
Other Tags: None
Word Count: 536 words

grumpiest dorothy ever. but he likes yamaguchi okay.

***

Going deeper into the forest is, intellectually-speaking, a very bad idea. Tsukishima knows this because he's not an idiot, unlike these two tagalongs who won't stop following him.

"The wizard's going to haaaaate you," Hinata sing-songs, thumping on Kageyama's chest. "You're so mean and grumpy all the time and you're always yelling! It's gotta be because you don't have a heart."

"Like you're any better off, dumbass. You don't have a brain!" Kageyama shoots back, shoving Hinata and making the scarecrow stumble until he's slamming into Tsukishima's side. Tsukishima reaches under his glasses and rubs at his eyes.

"Neither of you has a brain," Tsukishima says. He grits his teeth and flexes his toes inside the ruby volleyball shoes that won't come off no matter how much he tries. He's so tired and just wants to go home, and Sugawara, the Good Witch of the North, had been so cryptic, only saying the stupid shoes were the key to getting home. All Tsukishima did was land one house on one witch, for god's sake.

"Grr?" Someone jumps out onto the yellow brick road in front of them, a guy who Tsukishima would maybe consider halfway cute if he didn't look like he was about to piss himself in his ratty lion costume. That's another thing Tsukishima doesn't get about Oz: all the terrible cosplay. "Grr!" the sort-of-cute guy says again, his knees knocking together. "Get—get out of – of – um, my—"

Tsukishima sighs, irritated. "Spit it out!"

"Sorry!" The guy sighs back. "I'm terrible at this." He crouches down right in the middle of the road and covers his face with his hands. Hinata and Kageyama exchange unsure looks.

Tsukishima knows he should just sidestep around this coward and get the hell on their way, but he feels his knees give way and soon he's kneeling next to lion guy and glaring at him until he lifts his head to meet Tsukishima's eyes.

"Pathetic," Tsukishima says, but it comes out sounding halfway nice, to his bafflement. "What's your name?" he asks. "Just say it, never mind the stuttering."

The lion guy laughs then; it sounds rusty, like he hasn't had much opportunity to make use of it lately, and that makes Tsukishima's stupid heart clench. "Yamaguchi Tadashi," he says. "The Cowardly Lion of the Forest, if we're being formal about it."

Tsukishima nods. "I'm Tsukishima Kei, and these idiots aren't worth an introduction."

"Hey," Kageyama says.

"Stupidshima!" Hinata shouts.

"We're going to see the Wizard to play in his volleyball championship. If we win, he's supposed to give the morons a heart and a brain, and get me home. Want to come along?"

Behind him, Hinata and Kageyama gasp. "What!" Hinata shouts more. He's always very loud. "Why did we have to stalk you until you said we could come along?"

"He looks like he could use something," Tsukishima says, still looking at the guy – Yamaguchi. There's just something about him, something familiar maybe, something that reminds him of home, and the thought of leaving Yamaguchi behind annoys him. "So are you coming or what?"

Yamaguchi stares at all of them, Tsukishima the longest. "Yeah. Yeah! I'd like that," he finally says. "Thanks, Tsukki!"

Tsukki?

Re: FILL: Team Otabek Altin/Yuri Plisetsky, G

[foxrocksthesesocksss]

I THOUGHT I REPLIED TO THIS sorry marks ugh can i just say i LOVE THIS SO MUCH i am. i am just. i love your tsukki so much. and yamaguchi is adorable. and hinata and kageyama i just. i cannot. TSUKKI <3

Re: FILL: Team Otabek Altin/Yuri Plisetsky, G

[marks]

lol idc. we're all overwhelmed this summer. i'm glad you liked it!!

tsukki is The Best but now i'm wondering if i can prompt 'uh au where someone keeps writing this prompt i wrote, only focusing on kagehina instead.' because shipping the scarecrow and tin man is totally normal.

Re: FILL: Team Otabek Altin/Yuri Plisetsky, G

[prillalar]

Adorable, Marks. Purely adorable!

Re: FILL: Team Otabek Altin/Yuri Plisetsky, G

[marks]

aww thanks, hal! ♥

i just want you to know that i usually use random icon and click a bit until i like what it gives me, but this is the second time it's given me the icon of your art in reply to you on the first try.