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 GRANDSTAND, G

[hibari1_chan]

Major Tags: None
Other Tags: None (Maybe Riku being bitter ?)
Word Count: 827 words

(You wanted Tomoe and I'm weak against my favorite u.u So I delivered ! I didn't fully understand what you meant by "names with power" but I hope you'll still enjoy what I did with that. And I didn't want to ask you because I didn't want to get your hopes up lol)

***

Riku knew that his brother had a gift. He was painfully well aware of that fact. He lived with the guy for Christ sake. He could see with his own two eyes the wonders he could do, be it making objects levitate or starting up a fire with just literally a snap of his fingers.
And even he didn’t, their parents would make sure he remembered that fact. It was always “Tomoe this” and “Tomoe that” and frankly, as the less talented of the two, Riku was starting to feel incredibly… angry at his brother. And he didn’t even understand why. It was a bit irrational after all. Tomoe had been nothing but caring and supportive but as time went by, the sense of inferiority whenever he was reminded of how less he was compared to his oh-so-wonderful brother, Riku’s admiration slowly turned to jealousy, and in the end, in hate. He was getting sick of hearing people praising his brother right and left because to him it always sounded like they didn’t understand why Riku couldn’t do the same things.

And honestly, he was starting to wonder as well.

After all, Tomoe was four when his magic started manifesting itself. The average was seven. Riku himself had manifested at six. By that time, his brother had already mastered all of the basic spells. At ten, he had won his first magic tournament. He was so talented, it was like magic came as naturally to him as breathing. He had even been scouted by a prestigious magic school in America. Their parents were ecstatic. Countless leaflets could be spotted around the house be it about the school itself or the area it was in thought a school representative had already come by to explain everything there was to know and answer all of their questions. Their parents were about to send one of their son at the other end of the globe. Riku envied him a lot. He knew he was doing better than the others who were his age but he wasn’t Tomoe-talented. He claimed that it was just because he had manifested earlier and that he spent a lot of time studying and trying out spells but there came a point beyond which no cramming could take you. And he had gotten there when he had started using spells without needing to utter them aloud. It was still a very rare occurrence, even in this magic world. The worst was that the first time it had happened had been on accident. And in front of his entire school. It was supposed to be part of the school play. It was supposed to be pure pretend. The public was supposed to be laughing at the character’s futile and ridiculous attempt at turning off the lights with just a snap of his fingers. Instead of that, darkness effectively dawned on the room. After a few minutes of pure confusion and reproaches yelled, it had seemed obvious that the culprit had indeed been Tomoe.

Riku had had to leave the school altogether, not being able to support all of the praises Tomoe was being showered with. This night, he has been scrolling on the Internet, feeling miserable, when he had seen an article around a theory that had been getting popular among the scientists who did research in the magical field.

Names.

Apparently, according to their names, people had affinities with different magic fields. Riku thought about it. The character for his brother name did refer to a perfectly symmetrical round of symbol which were, as the article said, the most powerful kind. And he even got a bonus because it wasn’t of current use anymore in Japanese. Riku’s on the contrary, wasn’t common per say but it was still of use. However, the fact that the pronunciation was unusual certainly meant that he would still get an advantage on others. And his affinity lied with the land.

Well, if he believed in that kind of things that is.

But, just in case, he was willing to try it.

In less than ten minutes, he had sneaked out of the house and was in their backyard.

Land, they had said. That means earth is fine, right ?

Riku crouched down and pressed his right hand flat against the grass. Closing his eyes, he thought hard about the most basic and easiest spell involving earth he could think of. And there, he could feel it : raw energy coming from the earth under his palm. In the instant he took to marvel at the feeling, it was gone. He frowned and tried focusing again but it seemed like he had already been drained from all of his energy.

Too young, he instantly thought.

At just age twelve, his powers hadn’t fully developed yet. He would have to wait. To practice.

And someday... one day....

Riku smiled.

He would be able to go against Tomoe in a battle of magic.