sportsanime | Bonus Round 5: Myth & Lore

Summer's a time for swapping stories around the campfire. With that in mind, this round draws inspiration from the stories humanity have told each other over the centuries.

This round is CLOSED as of 7PM on August 4 EDT. Late fills may be posted, but they will not receive points.

RULES

This round does not have prompts. Instead, we ask you to draw inspiration from the wide pool of mythology, fantasy, folklore, and fable. An urban fantasy or supernatural AU? A re-imagining of your favorite folk tale? Characters swapping ghost stories or playing D&D? As long as your fill in some way incorporates the fantastical and/or supernatural, it's welcome here.
Your fill still has to be about a ship from one of our nominated fandoms. What ships you create work for is up to you, though.
To submit your fill, simply leave it as a comment as a reply to this post.
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.

Remember, this is a NO-PROMPT round. Format your fill comment in one of the following ways:

If FILLING:

If FILLING as a TEAM GRANDSTAND participant:

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 (without brackets) or your team will not receive points
Replace RATING with the rating of your fill (G - E)
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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
If no major content tags are applicable, make sure to state this-- even if including other additional tags
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.
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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 fills as you want!

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.

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Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

internalized homophobia, iwaoi
449 words

Sparks fly and stars dance the first time they meet. Quite literally, in fact-- Oikawa Tooru has been hit by a series of quick spells, including one that has caused him to recoil backwards in pain, stumbling closer to the outside of the arena. Iwaizumi stares his opponent down, calmly observing the Slytherin boy with a reputation for big talk. Electricity dances at the tip of his wand as he mutters another spell underneath his breath, sending a jolt of white light crashing towards Oikawa with a flourish.

Iwaizumi’s heard the rumors, and hears the murmurs in the crowd. Oikawa Tooru is the first Mudblood in Slytherin for years, Oikawa Tooru hasn’t quite figured out how to channel magic yet, Oikawa Tooru might just be a Muggle who somehow managed to sneak past the wards. Iwaizumi thinks it’s all silly. Of course Oikawa isn’t sure what to do, when he’s a first-year in an environment who doesn’t watch out for those who haven’t learned this all their lives. Besides, he’s quick on his feet, Iwaizumi thinks as Oikawa dodges a Jelly-Legs Hex. There is something special about this boy, much as he is loath to admit it.

Shaking, Oikawa raises his wand. White, blinding light bursts out of it in a single go, illuminating the entire room with the fires of his resistance.

Iwaizumi lifts a hand to his eyes to shield his vision. Before he knows it, another curse is sent flying towards him, crashing into his stomach and causing him to drop to the ground. A yell of “Expelliarmus” in the distance later and his wand is sucked out from his hand, hurtling in Oikawa’s direction. His opponent grins as the referee declares this his victory. Iwaizumi narrows his eyes.

He can’t shake the feeling that there’s something different about Oikawa: some sort of thread that ties them together, a strange bond.

Iwaizumi spends years wondering why he’s so drawn to Oikawa. They butt heads constantly, banter with each other in class, and sometimes Oikawa teases him so much that he feels his cheeks flush bright red. Yet there are the soft, tender moments that Iwaizumi cannot quite explain—how Oikawa brushes his hand against his while they study in the library, or how Oikawa pokes his nose when he tries to explain Muggle jokes. The one time they locked lips in the Forbidden Forest, a Gryffindor and Slytherin engaged in an act wrong on so many levels. But he never knows why Oikawa’s special, what makes him so drawn to him, until he finds himself standing next to Oikawa as his best man on his wedding day.

Realization is like Godric Gryffindor’s sword through his chest.

YYESSSS?!??!?!

Mudblood Oikawa GEESUS FKASLFKSDF

WHAT'S WITH ALL THIS UNREQUITED LOVE SHIT, BULL SHIT (I love it)

POINTS A FINGER AT YOU!! YOU STARTED IT!!

Im an angel

Ouch. Those last two lines hit like a sword through my heart. This was really good!

Bonus Round 5: Myth & Lore

FILL: Team Kozume Kenma/Kuroo Tetsurou, G

Re: FILL: Team Kozume Kenma/Kuroo Tetsurou, G

Re: FILL: Team Kozume Kenma/Kuroo Tetsurou, G

Re: FILL: Team Kozume Kenma/Kuroo Tetsurou, G

Re: FILL: Team Kozume Kenma/Kuroo Tetsurou, G