Bonus Round 3: FSTs

[referees]

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

Profess your love for your favorite ships with the power of song! In this round, we ask you to create fan soundtracks and use them as inspiration for new fanwork.

Please read this whole post before commenting to ensure that your team gets the most points possible.

RULES

• Submit prompts in the form of a short playlist (1-6 songs) and a ship from any of our nominated fandoms. Submit only the track listing and a link to where they can be listened to; the idea is for others to interpret what you present. You may also link to lyrics if you would like.
• Your prompt MUST include some kind of relationship. Platonic relationships are indicated by an "&" between the names (e.g., Lilia & Sara). Non-platonic relationships use "/" (e.g., Lilia/Sara). Please don't say "Any pairing," either.
• Create content based on the playlists of others! Fill prompts by leaving a responding comment to the prompt with your newly-created work.
• Fills may be in any form you choose (except for another FST of course) as long as they are inspired by/fit the mood of the soundtrack they are filling for.
• Remember to 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)
• 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. (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> <a href="">song title here</a>	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>Ship:</strong> <strong>Fandom:</strong> <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"/>. Thumbnails only, please; more info @ 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>Ship:</strong> <strong>Fandom:</strong> <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"/>. Thumbnails only, please; more info @ 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 PRINCE OF TENNIS, T

[fickle]

Ship: Oikawa/Ushijima
Fandom: Haikyuu
Major Tags: None
Other Tags: None
Word Count: 480 words

The ‘If the stars were mine’ song caught me hard. So, yeah, divinity/incarnation AU.

***

“Here,” Oikawa says and holds out his latest gift to Ushijima. It’s a rectangle of gold, draped with ribbons, showing a city set against mountains. Pale white spires rise high into the sky, gleaming against the green of the mountains, and the sky is a blue so deep and soft that it looks like cloth. Orange oceans lap against golden beaches and Ushijima can hear the faintest snatch of birdsong warbling out.

Ushijima reaches out and pinches the air just above the painting. The paint comes free, leaving behind a blank canvas, and he drapes the painting around his shoulders like a cloak. He can feel the scurrying of small lifeforms in the cloth, the warmth of a sun over his shoulders and the coolness of twilight at his spine. Below, at his feet, the painting spills over into inky blackness dotted with the swirling, colored orbs of other planets and sparkling stars like the tiniest of sequins.

“Thank you,” he says because he has learnt that if he does not thank Oikawa for his gifts, no matter how useless, Oikawa will sulk for eons as universes die and are born. Oikawa’s ability to sulk is one of the most reliable forces in the multiverse.

“...It wasn’t for wearing,” Oikawa says, but Ushijima’s thanks seems to have mollified him.

“Then what was it for?” Ushijima asks.

“For growing. For evolving. For--” And there is a touch of color now on Oikawa’s cheeks. “--Living in.”

“Ah.” Ushijima thinks he understands. “You wish to incarnate ourselves.”

“It has been a long while since we’ve done so.” Oikawa reached out and brushed his fingertips over a field in the painting. Flowers blossomed, turning green spread to yellow instead. “And this world would be perfect for us.”

“I’ll see you in our mortal life,” Ushijima says and sweeps the painting off his shoulders. He throws it over both of their heads and stars rain down over them. Caught in Oikawa’s eyelashes, they sparkle at at him like a promise, like Oikawa’s smile.

He’s born smiling, born knowing that somewhere out there is his own heart’s love and they will meet again.

*

“Here,” Oikawa says and sets a jar of water and glitter onto the bedside table. “Captured stars, just for you.”

“Cheesy,” Ushijima says because he’s only nineteen and it takes eons to learn how to handle Oikawa, eons that neither of them know yet that they’ll have.

Oikawa feigns a pout, then opens the jar. Too quickly for Ushijima to reach, Oikawa dips his hand inside, then smears his glittering fingertips over Ushijima’s face. Ushjima’s hand closes around Oikawa’s wrist to stop him but by then it’s too late.

They freeze like that, glitter dripping down Ushijima’s face in watery trails, and Oikawa smiles suddenly.

“Somehow,” he muses, kissing Ushijima’s wet lips for just a second, “It suits you to wear the stars.”

Re: FILL: TEAM PRINCE OF TENNIS, T

[foxrocksthesesocksss]

excuse you damien exCUSE YOU HOW DARE YOU IM- IM-

NOpe i just can't, this IMAGERY, this CHARACTERISATION, WEARING THE STARS i feel personally attacked i hate you so much

Re: FILL: TEAM PRINCE OF TENNIS, T

[fickle]

I don't even know you well enough to personally attack you! But I'm glad that it hit you right. XDDD I had fun writing it and just the mental image of them with glitter/stars raining down over them was so so pretty to me. XD

Thanks for a fun prompt!

Re: FILL: TEAM PRINCE OF TENNIS, T

[foxrocksthesesocksss]

Haha, it wasn't my prompt, I just saw it as I was scrolling and got sucked in.

You wrote it so beautifully, I'm still angry about it tbh

Re: FILL: TEAM PRINCE OF TENNIS, T

[notallbees]

oh man this is just gorgeous. this was so unexpected and I absolutely love where you took this prompt.