Bonus Round 6: Remixes

[referees]

The event's almost over, and you've made it this far, congrats! This round encourages you to look back at everything the SASO has made and use it as inspiration.

This round is CLOSED as of 7PM on August 18 EDT. Late fills may be posted, but they will not receive points.

RULES

• Choose a fanwork created by other participants in a previous main or bonus round of SASO and create a new piece based on it. You could create a fanart of another work, an FST inspired by a piece’s style, retell another person’s fanfic from another point of view, create a new fanfic inspired by a great piece of art... go wild!
• You cannot remix your teammates' works.
• You must have permission from the original creator. There's a blanket permissions post here (feel free to add yourself to it!), or you can leave a comment on their original post asking for permission.
• You must include the dreamwidth link to the original work in your post.
• Since all fills are based on previous works, there will be no prompts for this round. Simply post your fill as a comment in response 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 comment in one of the following ways:

If FILLING:

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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) Place applicable major content tags and word count before your fill (when 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 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

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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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Comments

FILL: Team Kyoutani Kentarou/Yahaba Shigeru, G

[kiyala]

Hanamaki Takahiro/Matsukawa Issei; Haikyuu!!
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word count: 662

remix of saffroncity's frog prince au

This is the worst day ever, and Issei just wants to go home.

It's been a long night. It's been a long day and honestly, Issei doesn't know why he ever thought that being cursed by a witch would be amusing, or anything more than a pain in the ass. He's never going to open his mouth around a stranger again without first being sure that they're not a witch, and that they're not going to take offence at his sense of humour and turn him into a frog for it.

Being a frog really sucks and Issei can't even sigh in frustration as he's carried from bar number eight to bar number nine, because frogs don't even sigh. He lets out a low croak instead, and Takahiro murmurs something indistinct but low and comforting all the same. Or it's meant to be, anyway. It isn't comforting at all.

Takahiro has somehow latched onto the kiss part of true love's kiss breaking the curse. He's spent all night trying to find someone who will kiss Issei. He's mostly been picking people that he thinks are Issei's type and it's like the universe is playing some sort of cruel joke on him, because he has to spend the entire time watching Takahiro guess his type and consistently get it wrong. If Issei could, he'd tell Takahiro that his type is simple enough: over six feet tall, with short, light hair, and fucking oblivious.

Except, he can't. Being a frog, and all.

If this whole curse-breaking business relies on him being kissed by someone who is truly in love with him, who he loves back, then Issei supposes that he might as well get used to being a frog for a while. He could just cut his losses and learn how to catch flies with his tongue.

Except the universe clearly isn't done laughing at him just yet. Shame on him for daring to assume otherwise.

Takahiro gives up when he's been banned from far too many bars. Issei could really use a drink right now, but that's probably not a good idea while he's a frog. Besides, as they've both discovered, apparently being a frog sitting on the counter of a bar is enough to make people freak out.

Issei really, really wants a drink.

At least, when he's back in Takahiro's room with him, he doesn't have to worry about any immediate threats. Instead, he just wishes frogs could roll their eyes because that's exactly what he wants to be doing at Takahiro right now.

When Takahiro kisses him, brief and unthinking, it catches Issei by surprise. He's left sitting on the bedside table as Takahiro turns the lights off, trying not to feel a little heartbroken at the fact that he's still a frog.

Except then, as Takahiro's breathing evens out as he falls asleep, Issei feels magic stirring in the air around him. He grows, until he leaps off the bedside table, afraid he'll end up breaking it. He lands in a crouch, back in his own body, and he stays where he is for a moment, staring down at his own hands as his stomach does flips.

Oh holy fucking shit he kissed me and it worked, he actually kissed me and I changed back and—holy shit, holy SHIT.

He takes a deep breath, and hides his face in his hands as he grins to himself.

It feels so good to be human again. He has hair. His skin isn't covered in slime. His tongue is back to its normal length. He loves it.

He loves Takahiro.

And apparently, judging by the state of the curse (thoroughly broken), Takahiro loves him too.

The rush of relief comes with a wave of tiredness that leaves him blinking heavy eyelids. It's been a long day, after all, and Takahiro's bed is right there. With Takahiro in it.

Takahiro, who he loves. Who loves him back.

This is the best day ever.