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

Title: kuramiyu inception au
URL: http://sportsanime.dreamwidth.org/13854.html?thread=5546014#cmt5546014
Creator(s):

sotongsotong
Rating: G
Major Tags: Inception AU, suicide imagery for the kicks out of dreams, mentions of sleeping drugs and needles
Why is this work awesome?: kuramiyu inception au is like… a dream come true (pun intended)! Serena did such an amazing job with this too. I loved the buildup of everything and their relationship from the beginning to the end. My favorite bit is definitely when Kuramochi goes into Miyuki’s dream. The incorporation of the moment from canon that was the prompt “well, I’ll take him now” (see: me still Yelling about this) was so well done and fit so perfectly. All of the bits about Miyuki’s mom were really great too. And the ending of the fic had such a nice wrap up—good banter, you’re able to feel how they’ve grown closer as time as passed, krmy setting off to get into more trouble together. But I really loved that while it had a concrete and satisfying ending, it left room for more and imagining what could happen next. What are they going to do? Where will they go from here? Really just. In general this was such an amazing fill and krmy and inception au are two very great things, so thank you Serena for gifting the world with this!!

--

Title: kuramiyu inception au 2
URL: http://sportsanime.dreamwidth.org/14215.html?thread=6056071#cmt6056071
Creator(s):

sotongsotong
Rating: G
Major Tags: slight violence, estranged bonds
Why is this work awesome?: The atmosphere of this was So Much. The entire thing hurts but it hurts so good. The tone and pacing really contributed to the atmosphere too. As I was reading I just really wanted to know what would happen next and what had happened in the past between them that led to this. Everything came off as so bittersweet and my heart hurt.

"It’s too bad we have to pop this bubble so soon, he muses, just the slightest bit bittersweet, when I’ve finally managed to dream of you." This line completely and entirely ruined me. When I got to this point I could feel the bittersweetness of it, and the way Kuramochi approached the entire thing was so well done. In general, I think Kuramochi’s voice here was so good and well-written.

And then, “I probably miss you too” and everything leading up to the end. (“Only in your dreams, Kura.”) made my heart ache so much gosh. I love dying. This killed me. It captured everything I was looking for with the prompt and more because I will always, always be here for kuramiyu inception aus!

--

Title: Pied Pauper (kuramiyu poem)
URL: http://sportsanime.dreamwidth.org/15224.html?thread=7289720#cmt7289720
Creator(s):

sotongsotong
Rating: G
Major Tags: none
Why is this work awesome?: The imagery in this is so lovely. It’s so achingly beautiful and I love that it kind of builds with each stanza i.e. struggling to come to accept this between them in the first, then in the second falling into it and accepting it. There were so many lines in this that I really loved and really got me, but I especially loved the entire first half of the second stanza. I could feel the emotion behind it. I could imagine it. I think the quiet resignation/acceptance was laced in there so well. Kind of like, I like you so this is how we’ll be. I like you, so let’s keep up what we usually do. I just. Really, really enjoyed this poem and loved the way it was written!

Bonus Round 7: Recs

FILL: TEAM KURAMOCHI YOUICHI/MIYUKI KAZUYA