Bonus Round 7: Recs

[referees]

You've created so much during this event, so here's a round to celebrate each other's achievements!

This round is CLOSED as of 7PM on August 24 EDT. Late fills may be posted, but they will not receive points.

RULES

• Recommend at least three fanworks from main or bonus rounds. Your recommendations don’t have to be connected in any way, and you do not need permission to recommend a work.
• Don't rec your own work. You can recommend things created by your own team, but please spread the love to other teams too.
• Each recommendation must include at least two sentences explaining why that fanwork is awesome. Please use the format specified below.
• You may recommend as many works as you like, as long as they are posted separately in groups of at least three.
• There will be no prompts for this round. Simply post each fill/recommendation list 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.

Format your comment in the following way:

If FILLING (all teams):

FILL: TEAM [YOUR SHIP] 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 Copy and paste the following form into a comment and fill it out. Delete things in brackets, and leave the HTML alone. <b>Title:</b> <b>URL:</b> <b>Creator(s):</b> <b>Rating:</b> <b>Major Tags:</b> <b>Why is this work awesome?:</b> -- <b>Title:</b> <b>URL:</b> <b>Creator(s):</b> <b>Rating:</b> <b>Major Tags:</b> <b>Why is this work awesome?:</b> -- <b>Title:</b> <b>URL:</b> <b>Creator(s):</b> <b>Rating:</b> <b>Major Tags:</b> <b>Why is this work awesome?:</b> [you can copy-and-paste this format to include more recs in your comment if you'd like.]

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.

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Comments

FILL: TEAM MIYUKI KAZUYA/MIYUKI KAZUYA

[catlarks]

Theme: Yowapeda Art Fills

Title: T2 Pokemon AU
Creator(s): krankran
Rating: G
Major Tags: none
Why is this work awesome?: One of the best things about pokemon AUs is seeing the pokemon choices themselves. Teshima with a magnezone just feels good, and I love the framing of the picture — Teshima flying on his pokemon in the foreground, Aoyagi swimming on his down below. And then there's Raz's lineless style, which is really cute!

Title: Imaizumi Licks Up Spilled Tea
Creator(s): yusukesjeans
Rating: T
Major Tags: none
Why is this work awesome?: I love the body language in this. Teshima forcing Imaizumi to clean up the tea he's spilled with his mouth is something very rooted in power dynamics, and the way Teshima is leaning avidly over Imaizumi really conveys that. Plus there's the way Imaizumi's eyes are darting to the side — even around what he's doing, he's paying a significant amount of attention to Teshima.

Title: Toudou and the Wolf
Creator(s): garciraki
Rating: G
Major Tags: none
Why is this work awesome?: I love the framing of this one! It feels really dramatic, with Toudou in the foreground and the wolf that is Arakita looming behind Toudou. Plus the desaturated colors used in painting help to additionally capture that same dramatic, intense mood.

FILL: TEAM MIYUKI KAZUYA/MIYUKI KAZUYA

[catlarks]

Theme: Yowapeda Art Fills

Title: Arakita Meets a Maiden
Creator(s): gabbiness
Rating: G
Major Tags: none
Why is this work awesome?: I love the body language in this, first and foremost. Arakita's posture, arms crossed over his chest, hips tilted like he's leaning away from Toudou, really convey his combative attitude, whereas Toudou's pose with arms-clutched-to-chest shows how Toudou is a little in awe of the wolf. Plus the grayscale works really well with it — it gives the picture a really stark feel, reminiscent of being alone in the woods, as Toudou doubtlessly was before Arakita showed up.

Title: Kinjou and Makishima Gossip
Creator(s): katsukat
Rating: G
Major Tags: cisswap
Why is this work awesome?: This piece has so much personality! I love both Kinjou and Makishima's body language, Makishima with her arms crossed, Kinjou with her hand pulled up to hide her whispering; it's at once really familiar with each other and designed to keep other people at arm's length. And the expressions! I love Kinjou's knowing look, and the little roll of Makishima's eyes.

Title: Makishima and Toudou Practice For A Play
Creator(s): katsukat
Rating: G
Major Tags: none
Why is this work awesome?: This piece is super cute! I love the contrast between Toudou's imagining of their stage kiss, and the way Toudou and Makishima are depicted in reality. And the imagined kiss — there's a real sense of anticipation of this thing about to happen which I love. Plus Toudou's happy, blushing face is really precious, all of the details in this are what really make it.

FILL: TEAM IWAIZUMI HAJIME/OIKAWA TOORU, G

[sotongsotong]

The Kii to my heart edition (aka Kii appreciation post!)

Title: Yahaba is a coward
URL: https://sportsanime.dreamwidth.org/13489.html?thread=4628913#cmt4628913
Creator(s): kiyala
Rating: G
Major Tags: none
Why is this work awesome?: Kyoutani breaks things off with Yahaba and is unable to face what he really feels inside-- but here's the thing: it isn't as straightforward as that. There's something about how Kyoutani is the one who steps off first but still yearns, he still keeps hoping that Yahaba will be the one to seal things together again. It's all tentative and sort of I-want-to-hope-but-do-I-actually-deserve-to and when you contrast it with Yahaba's own resolve to not right Kyoutani's wrong and wants him to own up to it himself, the pain of it all bruises my heart T__T It's very true to life in the worst/best sort of way because haven't we all had those moments where we wished we were a little braver but never followed through?

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Title: god!Akaashi, Phoenix!Oikawa
URL: https://sportsanime.dreamwidth.org/13489.html?thread=4432561#cmt4432561
Creator(s): kiyala
Rating: G
Major Tags: none
Why is this work awesome?: SCREAMS TO HELL N BACK FOR THIS. I'm a weak sucker for fire imagery and Kii's sense of description has always been amazing. I love how Akaashi is a god of the skies and Oikawa, a phoenix, is supposed to rank under him, but even he notes how Oikawa isn't the type to be a tamed bird and he accepts it. AND OIKAWA,, SIGHS LOVINGLY...HE IS BEAUTIFUL, HE IS FIRE, AND I AM SO IN LOVE WITH HOW HE IS NOT FAZED WITH AKAASHI'S POWER, HOW HE STEPS INTO AKAASHI'S ARMS ON HIS OWN VOLITION. I especially love this part:

"Tooru, for all of his grandeur, for the love that he garners no matter where he turns, still knows to concede when concessions are due. His wings are not feather but flame, but it's still Keiji that he defers to, it's still Keiji that he must respect.

"You aren't very good at playing the part of a tamed bird," Keiji murmurs, his words almost carried away by the wind. "But then again, I suppose that it's not what you are."

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Title: Hanaoi, Hanamaki has recurring dreams of Oikawa
URL: https://sportsanime.dreamwidth.org/13489.html?thread=4726449#cmt4726449
Creator(s): kiyala
Rating: G
Major Tags: none
Why is this work awesome?: Carves my heart out of its rib cage and puts it on a platter for this. Sometimes I really want to (lovingly) strangle Kii because their way with words is as ethereal as this piece. I love how hazy, cloudy everything feels; I love how impossible situations for Hanamaki to be in are made possible because it's his dreams, and I love Oikawa is a constant in every single one of them. Reading this makes me feel like those moments where I drift off but then jerk awake because of those random freefall sensations we get just as we're about to hit REM. And that twist at the end *cracks my fingers* who needs Inception when Kii makes dreams like this.

FILL: TEAM MIYUKI KAZUYA/MIYUKI KAZUYA

[catlarks]

Theme: Yowapeda Art Fills

Title: Miki Fixes Miyahara's Bike
Creator(s): peterpandemic
Rating: G
Major Tags: none
Why is this work awesome?: I love how dynamic this art is. I love the body language, in how Miyahara is shrunk in on herself, arms close to her body, hand fiddling with her glasses, clearly uncertain. And then on the other hand there's Miki, legs spread, dirty apron on, actively swinging through the movement with the tire. I love the motion with her hair! It's just a really cute piece with great personality and really delightful, subtle characterization.

Title: Kuroda and Arakita Celebrate Manami's Birthday
Creator(s): kusoelite
Rating: G
Major Tags: none
Why is this work awesome?: I love the perspective on this one a lot! The way the characters are posed, especially with Manami's little feet kicking up in the air, is really great. Plus I love Arakita's almost smug smile, Kuroda's fond look, and Manami's joyful little grin; expressions are always one of my favorite things.

Title: Teshima Implodes Over Aoyagi
Creator(s): allassankari
Rating: G
Major Tags: none
Why is this work awesome?: Expressions are always one of my favorite things in art, and these really deliver. The subtle shift in Aoyagi's expression from one panel to the next is really great, and I love the panel of Teshima at the end, with the huge blush and the comical bursts of steam spewing from his head. Plus the art style itself is really cute! I love the single-color soft shading on everything, it really lends to the gentle mood of the piece.

FILL: TEAM MIYUKI KAZUYA/MIYUKI KAZUYA

[catlarks]

Theme: Yowapeda Art Fills

Title: Aoyagi and Teshima Play Hockey
Creator(s): nathengyn
Rating: G
Major Tags: none
Why is this work awesome?: This piece is really intense! But more than that, I really admire the contrast between the artist's two styles. There are the really lovingly painted, realistic closeups on Teshima and Aoyagi's faces behind their masks in the first two panels, and then the much more cartoon-y, brightly colored image of them on the ice beneath that. I especially love the close-ups, all the detail in the faces is lovely!

Title: Kinjou Leaves Decisions to Demon Maki
Creator(s): mother_herbivore
Rating: T
Major Tags: supernatural elements (demonic possession)
Why is this work awesome?: I love how creepy this fill is! The star of the show is definitely Makishima, with his glowing eye and the slant of shadow across his face. The reflection of the tendrils curling around his body in the way tendrils of hair curl around his face is also really delightfully spooky. Then there's Kinjou! I love that his framing is also slightly unnerving, with that single eye staring straight into the camera.

Title: Onoda and Naruko Cuddles
Creator(s): katsukat
Rating: G
Major Tags: none
Why is this work awesome?: What's more precious than Onoda and Naruko cuddling in a pile of pillows? This artist's work is really expressive — I love Naruko's huge grin and Onoda's wobbly little smile, and the loose, natural way their arms loop around each other. The one-color palette is really nice, and so are all the little details: the hearts and stars on the pillows, Naruko's little fangs, the shapes of their little blushes!

FILL: TEAM MIYUKI KAZUYA/MIYUKI KAZUYA

[catlarks]

Theme: Yowapeda Art Fills (Fucking Legs Edition)

Title: Manami Sends Teshima A Leg
Creator(s): luckycricket33
Rating: T
Major Tags: gore, dismemberment
Why is this work awesome?: This is such a weird fill which makes the most sense when you know a few fandom inside jokes, but that's what's delightful about it. I love how intent Teshima's face is and how he's in this sort of defensive, ready-to-attack crouch, as if the dismembered leg he's holding is a weapon. I'm also really fond of the color scheme with all the purple, it's just unexpectedly soothing to look at.

Title: Manami's Enviable Leg Collection
Creator(s): elucidatedlucy
Rating: T
Major Tags: (implied) amputation
Why is this work awesome?: (FYI, the image links in the original comment are broken now but if you click them, lead to the actual images, here is the main one, with a link that should work.) Weird premise of Teshima being in a den full of legs mounted like taxidermy aside (and I do love that as well because I love WEIRD), what I love best about this is the colors. Chess always makes such vibrant, unexpected color choices and this piece is a great example of that; I love hte light on the mounted legs and on Teshima's own, still attached legs the most.

Title: Manami Amputates His Leg
Creator(s): luckycricket33
Rating: T
Major Tags: imminent dismemberment/self-harm
Why is this work awesome?: I love the immediacy of this, the visceral sense of it being this moment before Teshima does somethng drastic. I love the soft, stark coloring, the palette that's all grays and blues, and I love the saw being held in Teshima's teeth as he yanks the belt tight with his hands; it really drives hom exactly what he plans to do (amputate his damn leg, that is.)

FILL: TEAM MIYUKI KAZUYA/MIYUKI KAZUYA

[catlarks]

Theme: Yowapeda Art Fills

Title: Onoda and Naruko do Fireworks
Creator(s): luckycricket33
Rating: G
Major Tags: none
Why is this work awesome?: I love the premise of this, and the fact that the sidewise-firework-smiley-face picture is one Sarah took herself. Onoda's wide-eyed, open-mouthed face is so endearing in Sarah's style; just looking at this makes me smile.

Title: Toudou Literally Talked Makishima's Ear Off, Huh?
Creator(s): luckycricket33
Rating: T
Major Tags: blood, dismemberment
Why is this work awesome?: I love that for a gory piece, this genuinely made me laugh. Toudou's expression of such surprise as he opens the bag containing the gift of Makishima's ear is a weird delight, and just the thought that Toudou finally has talked Makishima's ear off, literally, is a really good one.

Title: Aya WILL Teach Miki Tennis
Creator(s): luckycricket33
Rating: G
Major Tags: none
Why is this work awesome?: The best thing about this sketch is definitely the expressions. Sarah's art is always so expressive and it comes through in the simple things, the lines of shadow down the top of Aya's face, the wide-eyed look on Miki's. It makes me smile because Miki is canonically nuts about biking, and I'm really delighted by the idea of Aya getting to introduce her to the sport Aya is excited about.

FILL: TEAM MIYUKI KAZUYA/MIYUKI KAZUYA

[catlarks]

Theme: Yowapeda Art Fills

Title: Fukutomi Pierces Arakita's Eyebrow
Creator(s): yusukesjeans
Rating: T
Major Tags: needles
Why is this work awesome?: I love all the little details in this! Fukutomi's piercings, the texture and wrinkle of his gloves, the needle as it's entering Arakita's eyebrow, the nervous, kind of alarmed expression on Arakita's face! It's an almost intimate moment and I love how the perspective compliments that, with the over-the-shoulder view from just behind Fukutomi and very close in on both of their faces.

Title: Fukutomi Comes To See Toudou Race for Ridley
Creator(s): mother_herbivore
Rating: G
Major Tags: none
Why is this work awesome?: I love that this exists because I love Fukutomi and Toudou as captain and vice captain, and I love the thought that even after Toudou goes on to pro cycling, Fukutomi would continue to support him. I love that Fukutomi calls Toudou beautiful! And I especially love the last image of them in bed together, I love the nervous low-lidded look on Fukutomi's face and the fact that Toudou is sprawled out, perfectly comfortable, a mess in sleep as he is unwilling to let himself be when he's awake.

Title: Imaizumi Gifts Sugimoto The Regular's Jacket
Creator(s): yusukesjeans
Rating: G
Major Tags: none
Why is this work awesome?: I love the colors in this so much! The contrast between the blue and pinks in the background and the vivid yellow of the Sohoku jersey is so good, and I really love how the folds of the fabric are shadowed as it's lifted in Sugimoto's hands. His crying face as he hugs Imaizumi is such a mess but it's good, messy crying is the best crying.

FILL: TEAM MIYUKI KAZUYA/MIYUKI KAZUYA

[catlarks]

Theme: Yowapeda Art Fills

Title: Toudou Gifts Makishima Some Hairclips
Creator(s): putsch
Rating: G
Major Tags: none
Why is this work awesome?: I love this for the Toudou-vision, for the shy, demure Makishima who exists in Toudou's head but not at all in the series canon. Toudou's blushing, excited face picturing Makishima with his gift is so cute, and I especially love that the hair clips are spider-shaped, it's such a nice detail! (Plus, Makishima's little underlashes, they're so cute!)

Title: KinMaki in SPACE!!!
Creator(s): mother_herbivore
Rating: G
Major Tags: none
Why is this work awesome?: I love the concept of this so much, Lucky's design for alien Makishima, with the green skin and glowing scales and bones underneath it is so good. I love the contrast between the glow on Makishima's skin and both their space suits and the rest of the piece, how everything seems slightly shadowed and therefore intimate. I'm just really fond of sci-fi and aliens so this is For Me.

Title: Aoyagi With A Mullet (Thanks Junta)
Creator(s): garciraki
Rating: G
Major Tags: none
Why is this work awesome?: This is such a cute Aoyagi, considering that it's him with a mullet. I lov ethe soft shading on his hair and the serious cast to his expression, as well as the dramatic action lines, like he's presenting himself to Teshima for appraisal.

FILL: TEAM MIYUKI KAZUYA/MIYUKI KAZUYA

[catlarks]

Theme: Yowapeda Art Fills

Title: Toudou Sends Teshima A Headband
Creator(s): krankran
Rating: G
Major Tags: none
Why is this work awesome?: I adore this comic so much both conceptually and for the execution. I love little details like the tan lines from Teshima's gloves and the sparkles and lens flare when he poses, but what I love best of all is the pose itself, Teshima doing Toudou's trademark pose while wearing the headband Toudou sent him is such a delight. Aoyagi catching him at the end is just icing on the cake.

Title: Tadokoro Sends Fukutomi A Cockroach
Creator(s): luckycricket33
Rating: G
Major Tags: insects (cockroach)
Why is this work awesome?: I love the way Sarah depicted this, with Tadokoro looming over Fukutomi from the background of the piece, face in shadow and eyes little points of light. By contrast the nervous Fukutomi opening the box with the cockroach is so meek-looking, it's kind of cute. (I can't help but imagine Tadokoro making Fukutomi eat the cockroach next.... I'm sorry, for being me.)

Title: Teshima Gets Sent The Teshima Keychain
Creator(s): krankran
Rating: G
Major Tags: none
Why is this work awesome?: The premise for this comic is so cute: Onoda finds an idol keychain he thinks looks like Teshima, and gives it to him as a gift. Teshima thinks they look nothing alike; Aoyagi and Koga disagree. I love that the keychain is an actual character from an idol game (who does look very much like Teshima!) but what I love best of all is the pin-up idol Teshima that Koga and Aoyagi imagine in the final panel, it's super cute.

FILL: TEAM IWAIZUMI HAJIME/OIKAWA TOORU, G

[sotongsotong]

Kii-ping the Appreciation Going I'm sorry that was terrible


Title: BokuAkaa existentialism
URL: http://sportsanime.dreamwidth.org/14215.html?thread=6363271#cmt6363271
Creator(s): kiyala
Rating: G
Major Tags: none
Why is this work awesome?: Bokuto shapeshifts between owl and human here and in this piece, his sense of self got a bit muddled. Akaashi helps ground him again with the simplest but most honest of words and it resounded a lot in my heart how he'll be there for Bokuto no matter what form he takes, and how Bokuto, in turn, takes heart in the fact that though his self-permanence may be everywhere, he finds his place to belong beside Akaashi.

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Title: Hanaoi bucket list
URL: http://sportsanime.dreamwidth.org/14215.html?thread=6359175#cmt6359175
Creator(s): kiyala
Rating: G
Major Tags: none
Why is this work awesome?: Oikawa has a bucket list and Hanamaki is with him to help tick things off. It starts with Hanamaki discovering that he's in love with Oikawa and tentatively wants to convey this; they go through rollercoasters, bungee jumps, walks, talks, and in the end he realises he doesn't need to say anything. Their feelings are mutual. This piece is so quietly sweet, I feel like I'm burying my face into cotton candy as the story progresses and the ending, oh, the ending:

"I didn't put this on my list," Tooru murmurs, his arms winding around Takahiro's shoulders, his smile wide and infectious. "But I wanted it more than anything."

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Title: Iwaoi, Oikawa has insomnia
URL: http://sportsanime.dreamwidth.org/14215.html?thread=6252935#cmt6252935
Creator(s): kiyala
Rating: G
Major Tags: none
Why is this work awesome?:

"The world always seems a little dreamlike, between the hours of three and four. Tooru is always awake to meet it, when the edges of reality blur a little and he knows that it's probably just his exhaustion speaking, that it's his foggy mind creating the atmosphere. He likes it anyway."

How does one not immediately fall in love when a piece has an opener like that because it's so true. Those particular hours always feel like a fever dream and this certainly feels like one that burns quietly to the back of your mind. Oikawa has Thoughts; they swamp him like a blanket but he rests upon them anyway, reveals a piece of himself to Iwaizumi when he sends some of them in a text to him despite the hour. And Iwaizumi is Iwaizumi; he accepts this in his own way and quietly cares without being condescending. I love how hushed this whole piece is, like its really that particular time of the night.

FILL: TEAM MIYUKI KAZUYA/MIYUKI KAZUYA

[catlarks]

Theme: Yowapeda Art Fills

Title: Toudou's New Styles
Creator(s): yusukesjeans
Rating: G
Major Tags: none
Why is this work awesome?: I love all of Toudou's expressions in this so much, and the different hairstyles Toudou tries out with the head scaft! I also really love the coloring on Toudou's skin and hair; the purple and blue highlights in the forelock of the middle-right Toudou are just so pretty, and create a really nice contrast.

Title: Makishima Sends Kinjou Some Fashion
Creator(s): mother_herbivore
Rating: G
Major Tags: none
Why is this work awesome?: I love this fill for successfully concocting some truly atrocious fashion for Kinjou to wear. I love that it's kinmaki but with a side of Kinjou and Arakita in college, so that Kinjou has an audience to show off his boyfriend's dubious fashion to. The dialogue is the clincher though: Kinjou assuring Arakita that oh yes, Makishima was very clear all items were to be worn together, just makes me pity him so much, and smile real hard.

Title: Teshima and Aoyagi Play SBURB
Creator(s): krankran
Rating: G
Major Tags: none, gif warning
Why is this work awesome?: I love this conceptually because I will never not love homestuck AUs, but I also love all the little details and all the thought and effort Raz put into it. I love the pesterchum interface, and Teshima and Aoyagi's usernames, and the cute gif of Imaizumi and Teshima slapping at each other especially! Plus the soft-faced Aoyagi imagining it is really nice. (Too bad playing SBURB will probably end badly for all involved...)

FILL: TEAM MIYUKI KAZUYA/MIYUKI KAZUYA

[catlarks]

Theme: Yowapeda Art Fills

Title: Mei, Kise, and Toudou Receive the Apple
Creator(s): winterstuck
Rating: G
Major Tags: none
Why is this work awesome?: I loooove this conceptually, a golden apple given to the fairest of sports protagonists and Mei, Kise, and Toudou left to fight over who that refers to. I also love it in execution; the apple in the foreground is undeniably the focal point, rendered as shiny, glowing, and then there are the characters looming over it, each serious-faced and backlit. It's such a nice composition.

Title: T2 Serve Some Tea
Creator(s): littlemissvi
Rating: G
Major Tags: none
Why is this work awesome?: I love how soft this artist's style is, and I love how that translates into the expressions here with both Aoyagi and Teshima's blushing faces, and Teshima's little wink. I also really love the speech-bubble-heart from Teshima versus the thought-bubble-heart from Aoyagi, it's very them.

Title: T2 Starring Aoyagi as Kotori in Love Hime!!
Creator(s): krankran
Rating: G
Major Tags: none
Why is this work awesome?: I love the concept of this, and I love how unimpressed Aoyagi appears with his new role starring in Love Hime. The fact that Teshima-sheep is so much more excited makes me grin, and I love little details like Aoyagi's tan lines and the little heart on the end of the staff, plus the bright colors are just a lot of fun.

FILL: TEAM MIYUKI KAZUYA/MIYUKI KAZUYA

[catlarks]

Theme: Yowapeda Art Fills (Love Hime Cosplay Edition)

Title: ImaTe Fundraise in Love Hime Cosplay
Creator(s): krankran
Rating: G
Major Tags: none
Why is this work awesome?: I adore this for how completely fed up Imaizumi appears with the situation he's found himself in. Onoda picking what kind of cultural fair activity the bike club does is a fun vehicle for putting Imaizumi and Teshima in cosplay, and I love that Teshima gets to be the butler in a suit; Imaizumi is tan-lines-everywhere hanging out in a skirt. (And the Onoda in the background in the penguin is super cute!)

Title: Imaizumi Dreams of Being Kotori, with Teshima
Creator(s): shamelesscooper
Rating: G
Major Tags: none
Why is this work awesome?: I love all the little details in this fill so much, Aoyagi and Onoda's faces on the teacup and pot Teshima is carrying, the soft blush on Imaizumi's face, the little heart in his name in the dialgue bubble... The shoujo-sparkles when they almost-kiss are a nice touch, and the shocked Imaizumi waking up at the bottom of the panel is a delight. What a dream for him to have had.

Title: ImaTe Star In Love Hime (Teshima is Beautiful)
Creator(s): kusoelite
Rating: G
Major Tags: none
Why is this work awesome?: Honestly, what I love about this version of Love Hime cosplay is that Teshima is Kotori this round, and Imaizumi is the butler. I love seeing Imaizumi in hte servile role toward Teshima and I love all of the detail Nana has put into every aspect of this image. Teshima's pigtails! Imaizumi's little glasses! The ruffles on both of their clothes, and the detailing on Imaizumi's gloves! Their outfits are so intricate and their body language is so good, I love it.

FILL: TEAM MIYUKI KAZUYA/MIYUKI KAZUYA

[catlarks]

Theme: Yowapeda Art Fills

Title: Kinjou and Makishima Unwind
Creator(s): mother_herbivore
Rating: M
Major Tags: sexual content, nudity, trans character in a sexual situation
Why is this work awesome?: I love this for the comfortable understanding between Makishima and Kinjou. It's Makishima having a rough day and Kinjou helping him unwind, in a way that includes sex, yes, but which is just... about what they'll both be comfortable with. All of the body language is really nice, and I appreciate that Makishima being trans is just a thing that is, not a focal point more than necessary or something to be avoided.

Title: Onoda and Sugimoto as Cyber Idols
Creator(s): krankran
Rating: G
Major Tags: none
Why is this work awesome?: These are some of my favorite N cards in the love live game and this fill is therefore For Me. I love the way Raz chose to frame it, with the videogame background and their little HP bars visible on the screen. The poses are really cute and I love their expressions, Sugimoto is having such a good time and Onoda's scared little face is so cute.

Title: T2 as Cheer Idols
Creator(s): krankran
Rating: G
Major Tags: none
Why is this work awesome?: I say this a lot so let me just put it out there: I love the biking tan lines, I love that Raz always gives characters tan lines from biking in her art (because those lines are So Real). The cheer poses here are super cute and I love that Teshima and Aoyagi both look like they're having a good time, plus the bright, contrasting colors make the art pop! (Also, the slight contrast between Teshima's skin tone and Aoyagi's is a nice extra little detail.)

FILL: TEAM MIYUKI KAZUYA/MIYUKI KAZUYA

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Theme: Yowapeda Art Fills

Title: Monk Teshima and Amputee Angel Manami
Creator(s): mother_herbivore
Rating: M
Major Tags: blood, amputation, leg trauma, nudity
Why is this work awesome?: Definitely mind the tags on this one, because they're not joking. This image is so gruesome but so fascinating, between the blood on Teshima's robes and streaked across Manami from his cuts, to the cut-off wings on his back, to the fractured bones where his legs have been amputated. Teshima's expression looks so kind as he holds Manami's hand, but also sinister in context. I like it because I can't stop thinking about the situation and its framing, which is added to by the dark cast of the overall image, albeit with hints of light coming down from above.

Title: Midousuji is Toudou's Biggest Fan
Creator(s): mother_herbivore
Rating: G
Major Tags: none
Why is this work awesome?: This is such an absurd concept from the stage play and it's delightful to see it expanded upon, I love that this image is framed as Toudou taking a selfie with Midousuji, little peace sign by his face and everything. I also love their matching headbands, and the little stage Toudou on Midousuji's shirt.

Title: Kinjou and Makishima Bathe Together
Creator(s): mother_herbivore
Rating: T
Major Tags: nudity
Why is this work awesome?: I adore this piece for the understated intimacy of it. The freckles all down Makishima's back are super cute and make his skin look really touchable, and the way Lucky has shaded and detailed his hair makes it look so soft. Plus Kinjou's face looks so serene and content; I feel calm and pleased just looking at this.

FILL: TEAM MIYUKI KAZUYA/MIYUKI KAZUYA

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Theme: Yowapeda Art Fills

Title: Manami and Onoda Work at Lawson's
Creator(s): littlemissvi
Rating: G
Major Tags: none
Why is this work awesome?: The expressions on both Onoda and Manami's faces are too cute! I love that Manami is grinning and joking around, whereas Onoda appears more serious, pulling away from Manami and opening his mouth as if to protest whatever bright idea Manami is in the process of coming up with. They'd be quite the pair, working at the same convenience mart.

Title: KinAra Bathe at the Hot Springs
Creator(s): nathengyn
Rating: G
Major Tags: none
Why is this work awesome?: I'm really fond of the choice to paint this all in grayscale, save for the blush across both Kinjou and Arakita's faces. It gives it this very precise, private, warm mood, and I love that Arakita is sunk down in the bath as if he's embarrassed. It's a really good, quiet moment between them.

Title: Naruko and Sugimoto Selfies
Creator(s): luckycricket33
Rating: G
Major Tags: none
Why is this work awesome?: I love how dynamic the expressions are in all of these photos! I love Sarah's choice to set up this picture as multiple photos, all featuring Naruko fooling around and bonus Sugimoto. Plus the color choices really pop: Naruko's vibrant red hair against the more pastel single-colored backgrounds is really eye-catching.

FILL: TEAM MIYUKI KAZUYA/MIYUKI KAZUYA

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Theme: Yowapeda Art Fills

Title: KinMaki as Nekomimi
Creator(s): luckycricket33
Rating: G
Major Tags: none
Why is this work awesome?: I look at this and my very first thought is just "Like, nya" and I'm honestly surprised Sarah didn't make it the caption, because that's the pose Kinjou is doing. I love his expression and I laugh that as is often the case with nekomimi, he's got human ears as well as the cat ones.

Title: Manami and Miyahara Fall Through the Sky
Creator(s): luckycricket33
Rating: G
Major Tags: none
Why is this work awesome?: I love the soft, picture-book quality to this piece. The blues of the sky are so vibrant and Miyahara and Manami stand out starkly against them; I particularly love the way both their legs and the twin tails of Miyahara's hair curve out from their bodies. I also am really fond of Manami's little wings for their transparency, and of Miyahara's tiny glasses.

Title: AyaMiki And Aya's Racket Is Her Blade
Creator(s): luckycricket33
Rating: G
Major Tags: none
Why is this work awesome?: I adore this fill for the way Sarah uses lighting to convey mood. I love the reds and oranges of the background and the way the light being cast from the left falls only onto Miki, not quite onto Aya. Their expressions are both really lovely, Miki's soft and content, Aya's with a bit more sharpness to it, and the way their bodies kind of lean into each other is likewise really great.

FILL: TEAM MIYUKI KAZUYA/MIYUKI KAZUYA

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Theme: Yowapeda Art Fills

Title: ImaNaru Crab Pinching
Creator(s): luckycricket33
Rating: G
Major Tags: none
Why is this work awesome?: I love that this fill is a take on that one piece of official yowapeda art. The cute, cartoony style Sarah used here really fits the concept of a day at the beach, and Naruko's shocked face as Imaizumi lets the crab pinch him is truly a delight.

Title: Naruko and Midousuji Injuries
Creator(s): luckycricket33
Rating: T
Major Tags: implied injury (bandages)
Why is this work awesome?: This piece has such a sinister mood, and I really enjoy that. Both Midousuji and Naruko look like they could fuck you up, their bodies cast in shadow and their bandages depicted more like light than as cloth, something I think is a really nice touch.

Title: Toudou's Cowbell
Creator(s): luckycricket33
Rating: G
Major Tags: none
Why is this work awesome?: This is such a weird concept but how sincerely delighted Toudou appears to be in his little cow suit really sells it. I love his joyous expression, and the way he's posed with arms spread like he's begging an audience to look at him, or presenting himself to a crowd. The limited palette also works very well for the simple presentation of it.

FILL: TEAM MIYUKI KAZUYA/MIYUKI KAZUYA

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Theme: Yowapeda Art Fills

Title: FukuTou Sleeping Beauty
Creator(s): luckycricket33
Rating: G
Major Tags: food
Why is this work awesome?: I love this take on Snow White. Toudou makes a lovely princess and of course Fukutomi would try to eat the apple; it's a very "Sarah" fill for the humor inherent to the idea. I'm really fond of the little details, like the cracked edge of the bier Toudou is lying on, and the little crown falling by Fukutomi's head, and the fact that there's already a bite taken from the apple.

Title: AshiKuro Kiki's Delivery Service AU
Creator(s): luckycricket33
Rating: G
Major Tags: none
Why is this work awesome?: I love the style Sarah used for this! The shading on Ashikiba's skirt and legs in particular is really nice and lends to the motion of flying. Plus there's Ashikiba's delighted expression, and how irritated Kuroda looks, which are also really great details; Sarah's art always has so much personality.

Title: ManaTe Grendel AU
Creator(s): luckycricket33
Rating: T
Major Tags: drowning
Why is this work awesome?: The color scheme of this, all cool grays and blues, really contributes to the tense mood established by the framing. I love the perspective, with Teshima stabbing his sword toward the viewer and his face very close in the frame. I also love the way Sarah depicted the bubbles and the light coming down from the "surface" to get across the feeling of being underwater.

FILL: TEAM MIYUKI KAZUYA/MIYUKI KAZUYA

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Theme: Yowapeda Art Fills

Title: Vampire Makishima, Werewolf Tadokoro
Creator(s): luckycricket33
Rating: G
Major Tags: supernatural elements
Why is this work awesome?: The best thing about this piece is definitely how delighted both Tadokoro and Makishima appear. I love that as a vampire Makishima wears fishnet sleeves, because he would, and I love the ragged edge on Tadokoro's sleeve, the contrast in their style of dress. (Mostly I love that they're dancing, because I have a weakness to dancing.)

Title: Teshima & Koga & Taniguchi Homestuck AU
Creator(s): krankran
Rating: G
Major Tags: dismemberment, death (and dead kisses, of the homestuck variety)
Why is this work awesome?: I'm a joke and I will never not love homestuck AUs, or the detail in homestuck where characters could be revived with dead smooches. I love how unwilling Teshima is to do this but how he nerves up anyway, and how Koga's response when he sees it is to be appropriately grossed out; the way Raz works with the homestuck style is also really great. I love that she set up each page like a panel from the MSPA comic.

Title: Miki and Komari Witch AU
Creator(s): krankran
Rating: G
Major Tags: none
Why is this work awesome?: I love the concept of both Miki and Komari as witches where they're in a position that would allow either of them to take over, but where neither will back down. The posing and framing is really dramatic and fun, with both Miki and Komari's face obscured, as if their identities really aren't all that important in the end.

FILL: TEAM MIYUKI KAZUYA/MIYUKI KAZUYA

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Theme: Yowapeda Art Fills

Title: Teshima & Aoyagi & Grief Seeds
Creator(s): krankran
Rating: T
Major Tags: character death, body horror
Why is this work awesome?: I love madoka, and I love that Raz emulated the superflat style from the witch labyrinths in doing the art for this fill. The blacks and purples and blues give the art a very specific atmosphere, and I love that Aoyagi is this burst of gold and white against that, and that Aoyagi is rendered in Raz's usual more cartoony style, against the superflat environment that serves as a backdrop.

Title: Manami and Lampent, Pokemon AU
Creator(s): krankran
Rating: G
Major Tags: implied death
Why is this work awesome?: I love how unsettling some pokedex entries are, and I love those things being used as lore to tell a story. The framing of this piece is really nice, with the hospital paraphernalia in the foreground and Manami closer to the viewer, but with the lampent in the window undeniably the focus. I love the prevalence of blue and gray in the color sceheme, and the way Raz depicted the transparent body of the pokemon and the flame inside its head.

Title: Tadokoro and Phantump and Drifloon, Pokemon AU
Creator(s): krankran
Rating: G
Major Tags: implied death, implied abduction
Why is this work awesome?: This is another really fun pokedex entry inspired fill, and I once again really love the composition. I love the balance between drifloon in the foreground-left and phantump in opposition to it on the right; it positions Tadokoro so he's visually caught in the middle, which reflects the situation of being caught between the drifloon who wants to spirit him away, and the phantump who was born from the spirit of a dead child and who would therefore like to protect Tadokoro from a similar fate.

FILL: TEAM MIYUKI KAZUYA/MIYUKI KAZUYA

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Theme: Yowapeda Art Fills

Title: Teshima and Aoyagi Have an Aquarium Date
Creator(s): krankran
Rating: G
Major Tags: none
Why is this work awesome?: I love that for this piece, Raz used more of an animal crossing style. The chibi Teshima and Aoyagi below the aquarium tanks are super cute, and I love how the jellyfish in the aquarium swirl up above them, glowing and catching the viewer's eye much as they're catching Aoyagi's (although Teshima doesn't appear nearly as impressed, hah).

Title: Goddess Miki Appears Before Aya
Creator(s): krankran
Rating: G
Major Tags: none
Why is this work awesome?: Miki in this is absolutely gorgeous; I find her as breathtaking as Aya does, and her little "oh shit" at the bottom of the panel feels very appropriate. I love the galaxy texture on Miki's dress, and the way she's depicted with arms stretched open, as if to encompass the universe, or maybe to welcome Aya.

Title: Manami and Teshima Go To Prom
Creator(s): krankran
Rating: G
Major Tags: none
Why is this work awesome?: This is such a cute, cheeky fill, between the dialogue and little details like the "YEAM PROM" banner. I love that Manami makes fun of Teshima for showing up alone to prom, when Teshima is Manami's boyfriend, and I especially love how done Teshima's expression is. If he's dating Manami, he must deal with tjat a lot, but he doesn't have to be thrilled about it.

FILL: TEAM MIYUKI KAZUYA/MIYUKI KAZUYA

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Theme: Yowapeda Fic Fills

Title: Knight Tadokoro Swears Fealty to Kinjou
Creator(s): miyukitty
Rating: G
Major Tags: brief mentions of blood, body image issues, and animal abuse
Why is this work awesome?: I adore all the thought that has gone into the world for this fic in which Tadokoro, baker's son and royal cook, embarks on the difficult path toward becoming a knight just because prince Kinjou indicated he'd like Tadokoro at his right hand. The progression of the story is steady and rewarding as Tadokoro meets new people, learns new things, and comes to his point of personal challenge. And the characterization of everyone — especially the minor characters, and I do love the choice in minor characters like Miki, Tooji, and Makishima! — is definitely a delight.

Title: T2 Pokemon AU
Creator(s): kiyala
Rating: G
Major Tags: none
Why is this work awesome?: Kii fits so much history into such a small space, detailing Teshima and Aoyagi's journey to become a double battling team of two in the pokemon universe. As someone who really loves pokemon, all the details about their teams and training and techniques for battle are really delightful, especially in how they reflect quite excellent characterization of both characters. The development of their relationship is a quiet undercurrent beneath the development of their partnership and I love that, too, it feels incredibly natural and earned.

Title: Tadokoro & Shinkai at a Food Festival
Creator(s): luckycricket33
Rating: G
Major Tags: none
Why is this work awesome?: The best thing about this fic is definitely the depiction of Smorgasburg. In a fic where Tadokoro and Shinkai have each been drawn to a legendary food festival to sample all of its strange and fantastic edible wares, the descriptions of the food really make it. Likewise, the way Tadokoro is depicted — enthusiastic and gung-ho but still a bit of a novice and regretting some of his choices — is a lot of fun, as is how quickly he hits it off with Shinkai. (Not to mention the callback to best boy Onoda at best buy is a delight of an Easter egg.)

FILL: TEAM MIYUKI KAZUYA/MIYUKI KAZUYA

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Theme: Yowapeda Fic Fills

Title: Shinkai & Imaizumi as Time Agents
Creator(s): princesssid
Rating: T
Major Tags: swearing, threats of violence
Why is this work awesome?: I absolutely love the premise of this fic, because I adore any fiction that plays with timelines and time travel and the idea of Imaizumi and Shinkai as operatives who rely on time travel to complete missions for their respective organizations is really great. I love their characterization and how they obviously have history with each other, but how the nature of that history is something slowly revealed to the reader as the story unfolds. I also really love that even in a wildly non-canon AU, bikes still show up — I love Shinkai's "time bike" he claims at the start of the story, and the way it's brought back in later on.

Title: Tadomaki Superhero and Costume Designer
Creator(s): babster
Rating: T
Major Tags: food mention
Why is this work awesome?: This is such a cute execution of a really cute premise where Tadokoro is a superhero known as "The Bear" and Makishima is the wealthy inventor who provides not just all of his gadgets, but his costumes as well. All the little details about Tadokoro's tools and his costumes and their history together are really great, adding up to a scene that's remarkably domestic (in a good way!) for a superhero AU. How much Tadokoro and Makishima care for each other is very evident, and I adore that.

Title: Miyahara Makes A Deal With Witch Miki
Creator(s): kiyala
Rating: G
Major Tags: none
Why is this work awesome?: This fic is delightful for its quiet, careful narration, perfectly evocative of a fairytale. The descriptions of the forest and the magic within it are really nice, and I love that Miki is gentler than Miyahara may have thought to expect but that even this feels entirely natural. This is a story that reads like being read to, a tale in which the bargains are fair and characters get what they have earned, which is just a pleasant read all around.