sportsanime | Bonus Round 4: Quotes

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!

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

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word count: 464

When Oikawa announces that he's passing on the captaincy to Yahaba, absolutely nobody in the team is surprised. Least of all Yahaba, when they have been spending all of their time together recently. Oikawa started out quizzing him on strategies after matches, asking him for what he would improve, and what he would keep the same. He's been teaching Yahaba to be mindful of each individual player's strengths and weaknesses, and has helped him build a mental catalogue of the teams that they're most likely going to be coming up against in the future, with their overall strengths and weaknesses as well, along with key players to look out for in each of them.

Oikawa has invested a lot of time and effort into making sure that Yahaba is ready, that he'll be able to meet the expectations that will be placed on his shoulders. Yahaba knows, somewhere beneath his own insecurities, that their team is more than just their seniors. Losing them is going to change things, of course, but it's not going to mean the end for the rest of the team. Yahaba will be there to push them along, to make sure that they keep improving.

Yahaba's ready. Or so he thinks.

He isn't ready for the way, at the end of the same practice where he's appointed as the new captain, Oikawa takes him by the arm and holds him back, while the rest of the team walks ahead to the club room, to get changed and go home.

Even Iwaizumi keeps walking without glancing backwards, which tells Yahaba that he's probably been expecting this. He stays where he is, letting Oikawa's fingers dig into his arm.

"Oikawa-san," he says eventually, because they're just standing there in the dark, between the closed gym and the club room.

Tugging gently on Yahaba's arm, Oikawa leads him around to the side of the gym, out of sight from the others even though they've already too far ahead to see.

"Oikawa-san—" he begins again, and falls silent when he feels Oikawa gripping his shoulders.

"You have to win," Oikawa says, and Yahaba is alarmed to realise that his voice is shaking. "You have to, Yahaba. Succeed where I—where we didn't. Can you do that?"

"I—" Yahaba begins, and lifts his chin, meeting Oikawa's eyes. "I'll do my best."

Oikawa nods, satisfied. "Crush them, Yahaba."

"I will," Yahaba says, even though he isn't entirely sure he can. He'll do his best anyway.

When Oikawa leans closer, kissing him softly, Yahaba takes that into stride along with his captaincy. He rests his hands on Oikawa's arms, and kisses back.

"We'll win," he whispers as they pull apart, more confident this time, just to feel the way Oikawa's lips curve into a smile against his own.

Bonus Round 4: Quotes

FILL: Team Kyoutani Kentarou/Yahaba Shigeru, G