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Bonus Round 2: Tic-Tac-Toe
Please read this whole post before commenting to ensure that your team gets the most points possible. There's a lot of text here, but if you read carefully and follow the instructions step by step, you will be okay.
RULES
Please refer to the first comment thread of this post for an example of how this round works.PROMPTING
- Select a ship to create your prompt card about. Platonic relationships are indicated by an "&" between the names (e.g., Haruki & Kazuma). Non-platonic relationships use "/" (e.g., Haruki/Kazuma). Please don't say "Any pairing," either!
- Visit this card generator.
- Here is a visual guide to using it.
- The large text box is where you can list prompts if you have your own ideas. Please list at least 9 prompts; you can list more if you want. (The generator says you need at least 24, but it's lying.) Single words or short phrases are better than sentences.
- Otherwise, you can use the dropdown menu found right below it. Note: some of these prompts lists are NSFW. (NSFW prompts are a-ok as long as you tag for it.) If you don't like some of the options that appear in a prompt list, you can delete them.
- Text prompts only, please. Also, each card square must be unique—don't list the same prompt 9 times.
- In "Configuration Options," make sure you select 3x3 and (Normal prompt). This is the most important step!
- Leave the tic-tac-toe card with its default colors, so everyone can read it clearly.
- Click the "Create a bingo card" button.
- Scroll down to see the card that was created for you. If you don't like the prompts it picked, you can reroll by clicking "Create a bingo card" again.
- When you're satisfied, scroll further down the page until you see a textarea box full of HTML.
- Copy and paste the HTML from the box and into the body of your prompt comment, then post!
FILLING
Fill prompts by selecting an individual square to create fanwork for, then leaving a responding comment to the prompt with your newly-created work. (Optional:) If you can fill three squares from a prompt in a horizontal, vertical, or diagonal line, you get a tic-tac-toe (and an additional point bonus)! You can also just fill prompts as you please and get standard points.
- Prompt squares are labeled as follows:
A1 B1 C1 A2 B2 C2 A3 B3 C3 - If you're trying for tic-tac-toe, you cannot combine squares into one fill. If your fill can satisfy multiple squares, pick the most relevant square: e.g., one square is sailing and another is pirates and you make a fill about pirates sailing, it's mostly pirates so put down the pirates square.
- Each fill must stand alone as an individual piece, but all your fills can slot into a larger universe if you'd like.
- You cannot fill a prompt square more than once, but you can fill every square on a tic tac toe card if you want to.
- You cannot work with your teammates to get a tic-tac-toe. Only individually achieved tic-tac-toes get the bonus.
- Multiple people can fill the same prompt square. You cannot "block" others from getting tic-tac-toe.
- Remember to also follow the general bonus round rules, outlined here.
- Here is a prompt/fill index for your convenience.
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/images)
- 14 lines (poetry)
Format your comment in one of the following ways:
| If PROMPTING: | If FILLING: | If FILLING as a TEAM GRANDSTAND participant: |
PROMPT: TEAM [YOUR SHIP]
| FILL: TEAM [YOUR SHIP], [SQUARE], [RATING]
| FILL: TEAM GRANDSTAND, [SQUARE], [RATING]
|
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 for each tic-tac-toe card (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
Tic-tac-toe Bonus: 2 points each for the first 12 achieved by your team
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!
Prompt: Team Daiya no Ace
Fandom: Haikyuu!!
Major Tags: none
Other Tags: feels v2
Prompt:
FILL: TEAM OIKAWA TOORU/USHIJIMA WAKATOSHI, C1, T
Fandom: Haikyuu
Major Tags: None.
Other Tags: Implied sexual content.
Square: longing
Word Count: 590
***
Tetsurou thinks of himself as a simple guy, really.
At the very least, he makes things simple for himself. There’s no sense in overcomplicating the things that life might throw at you, after all. So he tries to go with the flow, forgoes worrying too much about situations and consequences in favor of living life in the moment.
This is one of the few times he’s felt he might have screwed up, just a little.
Living with Oikawa and Koutarou had made sense at the time. He was going to be visiting their city for an article he was writing, and they were already there for a training camp, so crashing at their place was the logical choice, rather than shelling out money for a hotel.
Tetsurou hadn’t thought his crush would’ve been that big of a deal.
He’d had a crush on Koutarou all throughout high school, which he would’ve realized at the time if he’d been in the habit of actually thinking about his feelings. As it was, he hadn’t realized it until his best friend had excitedly announced that he had a boyfriend.
Oikawa Tooru. Tetsurou was pretty sure that no human could avoid developing some kind of crush on him, no matter how small. He was annoyingly charming, charmingly annoying, and good-looking to boot. Plus, his vast knowledge of the most random trivia could rival Tetsurou’s.
If they weren’t bad enough on their own, together, they’d been a nightmare. Over the past week, Tetsurou had endured horrors ranging from their lack of belief in wearing shirts after they showered, to the unfortunate sounds he’d heard in bed at night, no matter how much the walls muffled them.
Tetsurou sighs, slumping even further into the couch cushions as Oikawa bustles around in the kitchen making tea. He’s beginning to regret the idea of staying here for another couple weeks. As much as he adores Koutarou, and as much as he loves getting to know Oikawa better, he’s not sure if his heart can take much more of this.
“I’m home, babe!” Koutarou announces loudly as he slams through the door, bags of groceries slung over his arms and a bright smile on his face.
“Welcome back,” Tetsurou says with a grin, at the exact time that Oikawa pops his head out of the kitchen and says the same thing.
There’s a moment of silence, an awkward beat when Koutarou looks between the two of them and Tetsurou can feel his neck and ears heating up, turning an alarming shade of red.
It wouldn’t have been awkward, if it was just Koutarou and him. It hadn’t been awkward for all of high school and college. But now, Kuroo’s pretty sure he wants the earth to swallow him whole, because babe isn’t solely his word anymore, and that hurts so much more than he would’ve ever expected.
Somehow, Oikawa saves them all, flitting over to wrap his arms around Koutarou’s neck and press a kiss to his lips. Tetsurou looks away.
“You’re just in time, Kou-kun. Wanna help me with the tea?” And just like that, the tension simmers low again as Oikawa pulls Koutarou into the kitchen behind him. In a minute or so, the kettle will go off and they’ll pour tea and bring it out, and Tetsurou will grin at them and they’ll watch shitty TV, or play a board game, or plan an outing for the night.
And until that moment when he has to pack all his emotions neatly away, Tetsurou lets himself pine.
FILL: TEAM OIKAWA TOORU/USHIJIMA WAKATOSHI, B1, T
Fandom: Haikyuu
Major Tags: None.
Other Tags: None.
Square: greed
Word Count: 654
***
Oikawa Tooru likes Kuroo Tetsurou.
It’s not much of a secret. Of course, not that many people know - just Koutarou and Hajime - but now that he’s admitted it to himself, it doesn’t feel like a secret at all. Tooru likes Kuroo, and the fact has only been confirmed with this visit. Tooru likes the way Kuroo stumbles into the kitchen in the morning, likes how competitive he gets when they’re watching game shows together, likes his bright smile and messy hair and stupid horse laugh.
Most of all, Tooru likes spending time with him, and there’d been no shortage of that lately. Tonight, they'd started the evening sitting up on the couch, a blanket spread over the three of them and a popcorn bowl sitting in Tooru's lap. But as the movie goes on and the bowl is emptied, Tooru finds himself leaning against Koutarou's shoulder drowsily, one hand sliding into Kuroo's hair as he sprawls across his side.
Some explosion happens on-screen out of nowhere, and Tooru can feel Koutarou tense by his side for a second. Kuroo shifts to look up at him with a wry smile, and Tooru's heart pounds as he smiles back. This, this, this is what he wants. This is what he doesn't want to let go of.
He doesn't quite know if he's allowed to have this, but the moment's too perfect to let something like that stop him. Tooru smoothes Kuroo's hair away from his forehead and leans in to kiss him, and for one beautiful moment, Kuroo kisses back.
Then Kuroo jerks away, falling off the couch and dragging the blanket with him in his haste to back off. The three of them stare at each other for a few seconds as the movie drones on in the background. Then, out of nowhere, Kuroo says, "sorry. I'm sorry. I didn't mean to do that."
"Why are you apologizing?" Tooru demands, reaching for the remote to turn off the TV.
“I-- you two are--” Kuroo gestures between the two of them, eyes wide, and Koutarou cuts in loudly.
“Not fair!” he whines, and Tooru doesn’t miss the way Kuroo physically flinches at that, ducking his head. His head jerks back up just as quickly when Koutarou continues, “I told you I wanted to kiss him first, Tooru.”
“Yeah, well, it just- felt right, Kou-kun," Tooru responds, though it definitely doesn't feel right now. Maybe this was an idiotic idea. Maybe he should've just let it go, despite talking it through with Koutarou. Maybe Kuroo didn't even like him back.
"You... you meant to?"
Kuroo's still on the floor, brows knit in confusion, and Tooru sighs, slipping off the couch to kneel in front of him.
"Yeah, I meant to," he says quietly, and instead of leaning in for a kiss or a hug, he just reaches for Kuroo's hand. It's easier to stare down at their intertwined fingers instead of looking him in the eyes when he speaks. "You're a nerd and you're hopelessly hot. Why wouldn't I be into you?"
When he chances a glance back up at Kuroo's face, he's shaken a little by the look of wonder he finds there. After a few moments, Kuroo looks to Koutarou. "And- you want to too?"
"Didn't you hear what Tooru said? Of course I do!" Koutarou reaches his arms out, and watching Kuroo lean in for a kiss is like seeing something years in the making finally come to its natural resolution.
He'd been worried about this part, when he'd talked it over with Koutarou before. But now, more than the slight twinge of jealousy he feels to see his boyfriend kiss someone else, he's overcome with overwhelming satisfaction, at having brought all of this together into being.
Yeah, Tooru likes Koutarou. And Tooru likes Kuroo. More than anything, Tooru feels incredibly lucky that he gets to have both of them like this.
FILL: TEAM OIKAWA TOORU/USHIJIMA WAKATOSHI, A1, G
Fandom: Haikyuu
Major Tags: None.
Other Tags: None.
Square: laziness
Word Count: 425
***
It’s almost two in the afternoon, and Koutarou is barely awake.
He’s definitely not asleep. But with the excitement of the last couple nights, plus the insane workout he’d done this morning with his boyfriends, he’s pretty worn out.
The thought sends a delighted squirm through his body. Boyfriends. Plural. It’s a nice thought. Nice to finally use the word that he’d been careful to keep away from ever since Tooru had brought up his feelings for Tetsurou and made Koutarou confront his own.
“Oho? Still in bed, I see.” Koutarou doesn’t have to look to know that it’s Tetsurou standing in the doorway. Which is good, because this pillow is frankly way too comfortable to raise his head.
“Yeah. Join me.” Koutarou spreads his arms wide against the bed. It takes a couple seconds, but then he hears the soft sound of Tetsurou coming closer. He’s not light when he falls onto the bed half on top of Koutarou, but that’s no bother. He just takes the opportunity to wrap one arm around him and bury his face in Tetsurou’s unruly hair.
“Mmm.” Tetsurou settles in his arms carefully. Too carefully. The way he shifts against Koutarou, it’s like he’s nervous just being here, despite all the years they’ve spent in close proximity like this. Koutarou’s mind is a little too fuzzy to think of the right thing to say, but luckily, Tetsurou speaks first. After swallowing, he says hesitantly, “I was… thinking. About us. And…”
“Nope!” Koutarou says loudly, and he can literally feel Tetsurou tense against them.
The room is silent except for the whir of the ceiling fan. Then Tetsurou speaks again. “Nope?”
“I don’t wanna talk about us right now. I want to be us. We can talk later.” Koutarou twists his neck a little to try to look down at Tetsurou. His movements must give him away, because Tetsurou looks up at him, scrubbing a hand through his hair so that he can properly make eye contact.
“What, you’re not going to let me overthink this and make things overly difficult for myself?” Tetsurou asks, smiling as he speaks, and Koutarou leans in to kiss that smile.
“No way,” he affirms with a grin before kissing him again. And again. And again.
It’s comfortable, being here with Tetsurou. Koutarou sees no point in moving in the slightest. That is, until Tooru comes home and he has to make room for a second pair of lips to kiss and a second warm body to snuggle up close to.