Bonus Round 4: Quotes

[referees]

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

An oldie but a goodie—in this round, we draw inspiration from famous words said by other people.

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

RULES

• Submit prompts by commenting to this post with a quote attributed to a specific person or character, along with any ship/ot3/etc. from one of our nominated fandoms.
  • Example: "That which does not kill us makes us stronger." -Friedrich Nietzsche
  • The quote can come from almost anything—famous people, poetry, songs, books, movies, etc.— but please don't quote personal conversations you've had or overheard.
  • Your prompt MUST include some kind of relationship. Platonic relationships are indicated by an "&" between the names (e.g., Natsuo & Yuzuko). Non-platonic relationships use "/" (e.g., Natsuo/Yuzuko). Please don't say "Any pairing," either!
• Fill prompts by replying to the prompt with your quote-inspired fanwork.
• 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>	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 Grandstand, G

[rielity]

Ship: Miya Atsumu & Miya Osamu
Fandom: Haikyuu!!
Major Tags: Manga spoilers
Other Tags: NONE
Word Count: 670

I WANTED TO MAKE THIS ANGSTY but it's 7-11 so I couldn't bring myself to... not for this one, at least.

***

When Atsumu receives the invitation to the youth training camp, the first thing Osamu thinks of is the blessed peace he’ll be granted for a few days, but the thought is immediately driven out of his mind when Atsumu turns to him, bright-eyed and beaming, and says, louder than necessary considering how close they’re standing, “Yah, ‘Samu, do you think I’ll meet Oikawa’s successor there?”

“Probably,” Osamu says. “His team did beat Shiratorizawa after all.”

Then Atsumu launches into another rant about how close that match had been, even though they’d played five sets (at this point, Osamu knows pretty much everything he has to say about Miyagi’s qualifier match), and Do you think we’ll get to play them at Nationals? and What should we get for dinner?

Osamu’s only half-tuned in; it’s a skill he’s perfected over his seventeen years of life. After all, if he were to listen to Atsumu with 100% focus all the time, he’d probably be deaf by now.

Of course, Osamu’s exaggerating. It’s just that when Atsumu really gets into a chatty mood, like now - and 80% of his waking hours - he can talk enough for the whole twenty minutes it takes for them to walk home from school and make an impromptu stop at the convenience store for a pork bun. Sometimes he wonders if it’s physically possible for ears to be talked off.

So when he waves goodbye to Atsumu at the train station two weeks later, he’s almost looking forward to the promise of silence that the training camp will bring. Truth be told, he’s not used to being separated from Atsumu; as far as he can recall, they’ve never been parted for more than a few hours. Nonetheless, a week without having to wake up to a missing jacket or a stolen pair of socks, or underwear, or anything, would be a welcome break.

He feels the difference almost immediately, as he gets into the car with his parents. Only one back door slams shut, only one seat belt in the backseat clicks into place, and the leather is unusually spacious without another body to jostle for space with.

On the way home, his parents talk about taxes and bills and groceries to get, but he’s barely listening, the car feeling strangely silent in the absence of Atsumu’s voice, even as they pull up onto rough gravel in the driveway.

For the most part, Osamu appreciates his newfound peace. When he wakes up in the morning, his clothes are where he left them before going to bed, safe from his brother’s grabby hands, as are his stationery and his laptop cable, but it is on the second night when he’s lying in bed that he realises how quiet life actually is without Atsumu.

It’s not so much because of the silence as it is the lack of sound. Osamu has grown used to falling asleep to Atsumu’s snores, the rustle of blankets as he tosses and turns in bed minutes before slipping into slumber, and occasionally, when he shifts too much, he hits his head against the headboard with a muted grunt.

And on more than one occasion as he walks home from school, Osamu catches himself half-expecting a heavy arm drape itself around his shoulders, and Atsumu to make a snarky comment from somewhere behind him, only to be surprised when there is only silence, before memory catches up and he remembers that for now, he is alone.

On the third day of training camp Atsumu calls home, grinning and loud and racuous, and Osamu doesn’t say anything, but he hears the way Atsumu’s voice lilts and dips as he tells him everything that’s happened, about Oikawa’s disciple Tobio-kun and as the words wash over him, he sinks back into their warmth, and some tiny, fond part of him thinks that maybe Atsumu’s loudness isn’t all that bad after all.

Still, he’s only half-listening to Atsumu. Can’t have him talking off his ear when he comes home, can he?

Re: FILL: Team Grandstand, G

[kuriicurry]

Oh my god this... is so good... i don't know, it felt realistic ?? Probably bc i relate to Osamu with the whole half-listening to sibling hAHA but also it does hit home like, when i had to leave my sister for dorm school for the first time and i was like "what the fuck i'm alone in the bed" ahaha... So i found it interesting to read, especially sicne we don't know Osamu's point of view for this event ! So that was a great read, thank you for not making it angsty for 7-11 day~ ♥

Re: FILL: Team Grandstand, G

[gogoshiki]

ohhh my god I love this and ty for being kind enough to NOT angst on 7-11 cuz I wasn't LOOOL

the atmosphere in this whole thing feels so pleasant and hopeful bc you know atsumu is gonna be coming back but also aughhh miyas..... miya bros.

Re: FILL: Team Grandstand, G

[nautilics]

LINNNN wahhh reading over this again is so, so lovely. i adore the little details of their lives and of atsumu in osamu's life you've included, the things like the missing items (many, many missing items,,,atsumu please,), atsumu's sleeping habits ("when he shifts too much, he hits his head against the headboard with a muted grunt" i'm laughing ATSUMU PLEASE), and of the difference when atsumu is gone. you hit that balance between exasperation and fondness for siblings v well <3 thank you for this lovely fill!