sportsanime | Bonus Round 7: Recs

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. Title: URL: Creator(s): Rating: Major Tags: Why is this work awesome?: -- Title: URL: Creator(s): Rating: Major Tags: Why is this work awesome?: -- Title: URL: Creator(s): Rating: Major Tags: Why is this work awesome?: [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.

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

I LOVE THIS ENTIRE SERIES SO MUCH

Title: "breathing out the ease", ushijima/tendou
URL: link here
Creator(s):

princesssid
Rating: T
Major Tags: death
Why is this work awesome?: This builds such an intriguing world in so little time, and I am SO INVESTED IN NECROMANCY IN THE ANTARCTIC!! But what is truly delightful is the contrast of the bleak, harsh landscape and Ushijima's struggle, set against this author's Tendou voice. I love Tendou's focus on small, human, mundane things, Tendou's mental gymnastics against the reality of his death, Tendou being a bit of a jackass. And I love Ushijima not even letting death stop him.

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Title: "a bad moon rising from the south", hinata/kageyama(/tsukishima/yamaguchi)
URL: link here
Creator(s):

princesssid
Rating: T
Major Tags: mention of off-screen necromancy
Why is this work awesome?: What is such a wonderful, warm, small series of moments between all these four is set against something that seems so much bigger, and so much more terrible, it makes all the little details shared between that much more precious. The easy way they bicker and fall asleep together is really lovely, and I especially love these lines for how vivid they are:

Splashes of bright orange and electric blue play across Tsukishima’s hair, light up Yamaguchi’s freckles, fall across Hinata’s lap. When he carefully turns his head, he can see the colours on Kageyama’s face too.

Hinata’s suddenly overcome with quiet awe.

It's such!! A great visual!!! and really puts you right in that moment with them, and gives you that feeling of the calm before the storm. Please stay safe out there, kids. ;v;

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Title: "katabatics", ushijima/tendou
URL: link here
Creator(s):

princesssid
Rating: T
Major Tags: death (but the character comes back to life)
Why is this work awesome?: I LOVE THIS INHOSPITABLE NECROMANCY-LACED LANDSCAPE THAT WARPS ONE'S SENSE OF TIME AND SELF AND HOW IT BASICALLY TURNS INTO AN AWKWARD ROMCOM MOMENT. Who would have thought that a weird not-death and terrible death magic could lead to such an adorable moment as Ushijima's "I appreciate you"? Actually, given that this is Ushijima and Tendou, super very likely, but that doesn't stop it from being wonderful anyway. Come for Ushijima's strength in the face of everything and him being terrified of what he's doing here, stay for the awkwardly romantic caress.

Edited 2016-08-05 17:34 (UTC)

SCREAMS ABOUT THE USHITEN FICS I read the first one and absolutely loved it but I had no idea there were more - thank you so much for reccing these!

omg I'm so glad... I loved this setting so much I just want everybody to read it too haha

whispers, oh my god, thank you for all the recs. this weird little au has really dug deep into me so it's really nice to see all this, i'm kind of overcome //o\\

thank you again! i wish i had something more thoughtful to share but i don't know what else to say! just know that this comment is very special to me!

Bonus Round 7: Recs

FILL: TEAM IMAIZUMI SHUNSUKE/NARUKO SHOUKICHI

Re: FILL: TEAM IMAIZUMI SHUNSUKE/NARUKO SHOUKICHI

Re: FILL: TEAM IMAIZUMI SHUNSUKE/NARUKO SHOUKICHI

Re: FILL: TEAM IMAIZUMI SHUNSUKE/NARUKO SHOUKICHI