Bonus Round 4: Quotes

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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

FILL: Team Kyoutani Kentarou/Yahaba Shigeru, G

[kiyala]

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word count: 503

Mayuzumi knows all about being self-aware. He has to pay attention to everything around him, if he wants to be a good shadow, and he needs to keep an eye on how he's being perceived by others. He knows his place in the world at all times, no matter how it spins, no matter what else is happening around him.

Nijimura makes him forget all of that.

It's jealousy, Mayuzumi thinks, looking into himself as he always does these days whenever he feels a particularly strong emotion, habitually trying to break it down and understand it in himself so that he can understand it in others.

Nijimura, a year younger than him, stands there at ease and Akashi treats him with more respect that he's ever treated anyone in the entire year that Mayuzumi has known him.

It's curiosity too, he realises, standing there and watching them interact, the way he's watched countless interactions between countless people. Cataloguing their mannerisms, the way they interact with the world around them, so he can slip between the cracks.

He isn't good enough at it to escape Nijimura's attention, though, but perhaps that's because Nijimura has played with Kuroko on his team. Mayuzumi can admit that Kuroko's skills as a shadow surpass his own. If Nijimura can see Kuroko, then Mayuzumi must stand out like a sore thumb.

Something passes over Nijimura's face, a mix of disbelief and exasperation, and he glances in Akashi's direction before walking over, holding his hand out with a friendly smile.

"You must be Mayuzumi. I'm—"

"Nijiumura," Mayuzumi finishes for him, because it would be impossible not to know his name. He wonders if anyone at Teiko ever learned how to use their manners, other than Kuroko.

"You're pretty interesting," Nijimura tells him, so direct that it makes Mayuzumi freeze up a little. He must notice and of all things, he smiles. "It must have been difficult, learning to be a shadow in a much shorter span of time than Kuroko had. You have to constantly be aware of yourself, right?"

"I don't know how to stop," Mayuzumi replies honestly, comfortable admitting it when Akashi is out of earshot. He can feel his palms sweating even now, the prickle of hair on the back of his neck. "I'm not entirely sure how to stop paying attention to other people, either. For what it's worth, I think you're fascinating, yourself."

Nijimura grins, looking over his shoulder to where Akashi is speaking with the rest of the team. "I don't think he'll mind if I borrow you for a bit."

"Teach me how to do that," Mayuzumi says, without thought. "How to make a decision and have Akashi agree to it, instead of making you feel like it was his suggestion all along."

Nijimura laughs. "Sure. Over coffee?"

There's no space for coffee in the meal plan that Akashi has written out for Mayuzumi, but he supposes that it doesn't matter any more, now that they've played their final game.

"Lead the way."