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 Sawamura Daichi/Sugawara Koushi, G

[pugglemuggle]

Major Tags: None.
Other Tags: non-consensual thought reading?
Word Count: 684

I love these dumb boys so much? I wish I could have written more of this prompt, it's such a cute concept!! But alas.... time....

***

“Hey, Kageyama?” Hinata says, walking his bike alongside them. It’s mid-afternoon after a long practice, and Kageyama can feel the burn of hard work in his legs as they walk. “Can I ask you a question?”

Kageyama groans, because he knows what kind of question is coming. It’s been a week since he accidentally told Hinata about the whole mind-reading thing and it’s all Hinata can talk about when they’re alone. “What?” he asks anyway.

“When you read people’s minds, do you see, like, all their thoughts? Or just what they’re thinking at the moment?”

“Why do you want to know?”

“I’m curious!”

“Fine,” Kageyama says. “Just current thoughts. That’s all I can hear.”

“Oh, cool!” says Hinata. “If you, you know, ‘listen’ really hard, can you hear more? Or is it always just that?”

“It’s not about listening. I already told you—I hear people’s thoughts whether I want to or not. It’s… annoying.”

Hinata waves his arms. “I know, I know! But if you concentrated, would you be able to hear more?”

“...Why would I want to hear more?”

“I dunno! What if we were playing a really good volleyball team, and you wanted to know their hand signals or something, but they weren’t thinking about them at that second?”

Hm. Hinata actually has a point. “I’m… not sure,” he says. “I’ve never tried it.”

“You’ve never tried it?” Hinata asks. He pulls an expression that Kageyama can’t quite interpret, and Kageyama scowls.

“What are you thinking?” Kageyama asks.

“Hm?”

“I asked what you’re thinking.”

“Oh, right!” Hinata says, then grins. “You can’t read my mind!”

Kageyama isn’t sure how to respond. He thinks Hinata might be teasing him, but he’s not certain enough to accuse him of it. “Just… answer the question.”

“Okay, okay! I was thinking—wow! If I could hear people’s brains, I’d want to try everything, you know?”

“Oh,” Kageyama says. That wasn’t the answer he was expecting. Hinata’s looking at him again now, smiling with stars in his eyes, and it makes Kageyama swallow involuntarily. “And what are you thinking now?”

“Just that you’re really cool,” he says.

“Don’t… don’t say stuff like that,” Kageyama says. He isn’t blushing. He’s definitely not blushing.

“Why not? You asked!” Hinata protests. “You asked what I was thinking, so I told you!”

“Just… ask me something else,” Kageyama says. He rubs the back of his head. Sure, hanging out with Hinata doesn’t give him a headache for once, but he’s not sure this weird embarrassment he keeps feeling is much better.

“Okay, okay. Fine,” says Hinata. He’s quiet for a moment, and then he points to an older woman sitting at a bus stop a little ways across the street. “What’s she thinking about?”

“Um,” Kageyama pauses. The distance makes her mind-noise a little faint, but he can definitely make out what sounds like a shopping list echoing from her direction. “I think she’s figuring out what she’s going to buy from the store.”

“Really?” Hinata says. His shoulders slump a little. “That’s all?”

“...Yes?”

Hinata huffs. “That’s boring.”

“Sorry….” Kageyama says. He suddenly feels put on the spot, like it’s his job to keep Hinata interested. Which is stupid, because why should he care if Hinata’s interested? Why should that matter to him? “Uh… You know… Tsukishima thought you had a good serve today. But he didn’t say so because he didn’t want you to know he was impressed.”

Hinata whips his head around. He looks a little bit like a kid who’s birthday just came early. “Really?” he says, his eyes shining. “Wahh!!! Tsukishima thought that? I must really be getting better! Maybe I’ll be doing jump serves like you soon, Kageyama!”

Kageyama should say something to that, should say something like, “yeah right”, or “you wish”, but instead he just feels… warm. It’s a lot, being the recipient of a smile as bright as Hinata’s. It’s infectious. Before he can fully realize what he’s doing, he’s smiling back.

“Yeah,” he says. “Maybe you will.”

And he doesn’t need to read minds to tell how pleased Hinata is after that.