Bonus Round 4: Quotes

[referees]

A shipping olympics favorite, this round uses quotes of all sorts to fuel your creative endeavors.


This round is CLOSED as of 7PM on July 21 EDT. Late fills may be posted, but they will not receive points.

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: "You must be the change you wish to see in the world." - M. Gandhi
  • The quote can come from anywhere. Famous people, poetry, songs, books, movies, your neighbor, etc.
  • 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., Makoto & Rin). Non-platonic relationships use "/" (e.g., Makoto/Rin). 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.

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, including Grandstand or Sports Teams Write it exactly as it appears on the team roster or your team will not receive points Place the prompt's relationship in the first bolded line of the comment. Including the canon isn't required, but it's nice. Below that, place applicable major content tags (when applicable; otherwise write "no tags" or "none") Visual example	FILL: TEAM [YOUR SHIP], [RATING] Replace [YOUR SHIP] with the name of the team you belong to Write it exactly as it appears on the team roster or your team will not receive points Replace RATING with the rating of your fill (G - E) Place applicable major content tags and word count before your fill (when applicable) NSFW FILLS: Please cross-link these fills and use clear tags in your comment. Written/text fills should be hosted at AO3 ONLY as a new, unchaptered work. Art/visual fills can be hosted anywhere. You may include a small safe-for-work preview of the fill in your comment. To place an image in your comment, use this code: <img src="LINK TO YOUR IMAGE" alt="DESCRIPTION OF YOUR IMAGE"/> Visual example	FILL: TEAM GRANDSTAND, [RATING] Replace RATING with the rating of your fill, G - E, as explained in the rules Place applicable major content tags and word count before the fill, where applicable NSFW FILLS: Please cross-link these fills and use clear tags in your comment. Written/text fills should be hosted at AO3 ONLY as a new, unchaptered work. Art/visual fills can be hosted anywhere. You may include a small safe-for-work preview of your work in your comment. To place an image in your comment, use this code: <img src="LINK TO YOUR IMAGE" /> Visual example

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.

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 3 fills by any member of your team: 20 points each
Fills 4-10: 10 points each
Fills 11-20: 5 points each
Fills 21+: 2 points 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.

Have a question? Check The FAQ first. If you still need help, feel free to contact the mods. Happy fanworking!

Comments

PROMPT: Team Azumane Asahi/Sawamura Daichi/Sugawara Koushi

[putsch]

miyuki&/mei or haruna&/abe; daiya no ace / oofuri

CAUTION: Do not connect improperly. Battery may explode.
--alkaline battery safety warnings

Re: PROMPT: Team Azumane Asahi/Sawamura Daichi/Sugawara Koushi

[granada]

omg kat please

Re: PROMPT: Team Azumane Asahi/Sawamura Daichi/Sugawara Koushi

[putsch]

:)

Re: PROMPT: Team Azumane Asahi/Sawamura Daichi/Sugawara Koushi

[granada]

there's only one way this can end up tbh

[bandera]

i came out here to have a good time and i honestly feel so attacked right now

FILL: Team Kyoutani Kentarou/Yahaba Shigeru, G

[kiyala]

no tags
word count: 472

Abe and Haruna are explosive when they're put together.

No longer covered in bruises, having learned how to properly catch Haruna's pitches, Abe is beginning to realise that being explosive isn't always a good thing. Not when it doesn't show on the field, where Haruna refuses to exceed his pitching limit no matter what kind of situation he leaves them in, where he shakes off Abe's signs without a second thought as if he's the only one who knows what's best for the game.

The explosive side of their relationship shows when they've finished a game, when Abe is so frustrated that he's shaking with it. The team doesn't do as well as they could have—as well as they should have, with someone like Haruna as their pitcher—and Abe can't stand it.

He hates Haruna's personality, his sense of self-entitlement, and he's never thought that being part of a battery would be this difficult. When he began, he was naïve enough to believe that all it took was his ability to catch whatever kind of ball his pitcher threw at him. That in itself has been difficult enough when it comes to Haruna, and Abe thought that at least when he learned to do that, the worst was behind him and the rest would fall into place.

He knows better now, though. He knows that nothing he can do will change the way that Haruna approaches their games. No matter how many signs he sends, Haruna will only follow the ones that he wants to, and will shake off the rest. There's absolutely nothing in the world that will change what kind of person Haruna is, and if Abe wants to play as catcher for their team, he has no choice but to deal with it.

At the very least, their other pitchers are easier to get along with. They might have their own idiosyncrasies, but none of them are quite as particular as Haruna. Catching for them makes Abe feel like he's coming up for air, like he might not burst after all, but then he crouches in front of Haruna and he can feel it building up all over again.

All he needs to do is get through this year. Haruna will graduate, and then Abe won't have to deal with him any more. He'll make sure not to go to the same high school as him, and the only time that they'll cross paths is when their teams are facing each other.

He's still only in his second year of middle school, but Abe finds himself wondering about what kind of pitchers he'll be catching for in high school. Whoever they are, he'll make sure that they work with him better than Haruna does. He won't tolerate anything different.

Whoever they are, he's sure they'll be better than this.