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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!
FILL: TEAM PRINCE OF TENNIS, C1 T
Fandom: Prince of Tennis
Major Tags: None
Other Tags: None
Square: i fall apart with all my heart
Word Count: 401 words
***
Once everyone except Sanada was gone, Yukimura breathed a deep sigh of relief and let his eyes close. The world had been starting to fade at the edges, to grow blurry and disfocused in the way that he knew signaled he needed sleep.
He’d used to sit up when they visited. Now he stayed lying down to conserve his energy. Sitting up alone was too exhausting to manage for more than a second. Lying down, he could talk to them for a good ten minutes, maybe even fifteen on a good day.
He breathed slowly, focusing on the give of the hospital mattress against him and the crisp sheet over him. The rapid pulse of his own heartbeat gradually slowed and he felt himself drifting into a half-doze.
No. Sanada was still there. He couldn’t sleep yet. There was something he had to say.
“Don’t let them – come again,” he muttered without opening his eyes.
“…Why not?” Sanada’s voice was gentle but held a note of confusion. Everyone was careful not to overtire Yukimura, taking turns to speak instead of overloading him by speaking all at once.
And they loved him.
(They’d lost at Nationals and failed him. They loved him all the more fiercely for that, knowing that they would have won if only he had been able to play.)
“Tiring.” The corners of Yukimura’s mouth twitched in something that could’ve been a smile. “They think – they’ll live – forever.”
They were overflowing with vitality, even if their spirits were dampened when they were in the hospital room. Their healthy young bodies, covered with lean muscles, seemed to positively glow in Yukimura’s eyes.
He’d looked like that once. He’d been one of them -once.
Sanada chuckled, dry and quiet. A moment later, Yukimura felt his cool hand being engulfed in Sanada’s warmer, calloused hands. Yukimura’s callouses had faded away, leaving his hands smooth and frail, fingers thin and frail as paper straws. Inside Sanada’s hands, they felt helpless.
“We once did too,” Sanada reminded Yukimura. They’d planned for college together, for pro careers representing Japan, and they’d never thought anything except lack of practice could stop them.
“Yes,” Yukimura agreed drowsily. Sanada’s presence was still there but far away. What came to claim Yukimura was closer to unconsciousness than true sleep. With the last of his waking strength, he murmured, “Now we know better.”
If Sanada replied, Yukimura didn’t hear it.