Bonus Round 1: AUs

[referees]

SASO 2017 is over, but this round is perpetually open to new fills (no new prompts).


This popular round is back once again! To begin this year's SASO, we encourage you to let your mind run wild with alternate ideas and settings.


Please read this whole post before commenting to ensure that your team gets the most points possible. (There are changes from last year!)

RULES

• Submit prompts by commenting to this post with an alternate universe idea, along with a ship from one of our nominated fandoms. There's a comment template below for your convenience.
  • Your prompt MUST include some kind of relationship. (This is not the sports anime gen olympics.) Platonic relationships are indicated by an "&" between the names (e.g., Izumi & Sakaeguchi). Non-platonic relationships use "/" (e.g., Izumi/Sakaeguchi). Please don't say "Any pairing," either!
• An AU can be a canon divergence, e.g. "what if [character] was the Team Captain instead of the canon captain character?", or a completely different setting altogether, e.g., pop idol AU, coffee shop AU, superheroes AU, etc.
• Fill prompts by leaving a responding comment to the prompt with your newly-created work.
• 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.

Format your comment in one of the following ways:

If PROMPTING:	If FILLING:	If FILLING as a TEAM GRANDSTAND participant:
PROMPT: TEAM [YOUR SHIP] Replace [YOUR SHIP] with the name of the team you belong to. Any way you format it is fine. Copy/paste/fill out the following form into your comment box. Delete the guidance text that's in parentheses. Make sure you use tags. Here is a BR Template Creator for your convenience if the textarea is confusing. (Please delete all text in parentheses as you go. LEAVE THE HTML ALONE or the bonus round scoring program can't parse your comment. Don't forget a comment subject!) <strong>Ship:</strong> (the ship your prompt is focused on. "&" indicates a platonic relationship, "/" is non-platonic. Format the ship name any way you want, but clarity is more likely to get you fills.) <strong>Fandom:</strong> (what fandom the ship is from) <strong>Major Tags:</strong> (https://sportsanime.dreamwidth.org/1609.html, when applicable; these apply to content *in the prompt itself* and is NOT an implication of what you're looking for in a fill. If your prompt doesn't require tags, write "None" here.) <strong>Other Tags:</strong> (anything else that you feel requires tagging; can include jokey tumblr-style tags here; may also pull from the "Additional Tags" list from the URL above, if applicable; otherwise, write "None" here.) <strong>Prompt:</strong>	FILL: TEAM [YOUR SHIP], [RATING] Replace [YOUR SHIP] with the name of the team you belong to. Any way you format it is fine. Replace RATING with the rating of your fill (G - E) Copy/paste/fill out the following form into your comment box. Delete the guidance text that's in parentheses. Make sure you use tags. Here is a BR Template Creator for your convenience if the textarea is confusing. (Please delete all text in parentheses as you go. LEAVE THE HEADER HTML ALONE or the bonus round scoring program can't parse your comment. Don't forget a comment subject!) <strong>Major Tags:</strong> (https://sportsanime.dreamwidth.org/1609.html, when applicable; otherwise write "None".) <strong>Other Tags:</strong> (anything else that you feel requires tagging; can include jokey tumblr-style tags here; may also pull from the "Additional Tags" list from the URL above, if applicable; otherwise, write "None" here.) <strong>Word Count:</strong> (if applicable; otherwise write "None") (Place any author/artist's notes BEFORE the asterisks. Leave the asterisks alone or you may not get points!) *** (Place your fill here. You can use HTML after the asterisks. FOR NSFW FILLS, please cross-link these fills and use clear tags. Refer to the body of the post above for more information. To place an image in your comment, use this code: <img src="LINK TO YOUR IMAGE" alt="DESCRIPTION OF YOUR IMAGE"/>. Consider posting only a thumbnail if the image is large. For more info, visit http://referees.dreamwidth.org/5647.html#images ) NSFW FILLS: Please cross-link these fills and tag them clearly. saso_afterhours is open to all NSFW fills. Written/text fills can be hosted on AO3 or saso_afterhours ONLY. Art/visual fills can be hosted anywhere; you may include a small safe-for-work thumbnail of the fill in your comment.	FILL: TEAM GRANDSTAND, [RATING] Replace RATING with the rating of your fill (G - E) Copy/paste/fill out the following form into your comment box. Delete the guidance text that's in parentheses. Make sure you use tags. Here is a BR Template Creator for your convenience if the textarea is confusing. (Please delete all text in parentheses as you go. LEAVE THE HEADER HTML ALONE or the bonus round scoring program can't parse your comment. Don't forget a comment subject!) <strong>Major Tags:</strong> (https://sportsanime.dreamwidth.org/1609.html, when applicable; otherwise write "None".) <strong>Other Tags:</strong> (anything else that you feel requires tagging; can include jokey tumblr-style tags here; may also pull from the "Additional Tags" list from the URL above, if applicable; otherwise, write "None" here.) <strong>Word Count:</strong> (if applicable; otherwise write "None") (Place any author/artist's notes BEFORE the asterisks. Leave the asterisks alone or you may not get points!) *** (Place your fill here. You can use HTML. FOR NSFW FILLS, please cross-link these fills and use clear tags. Refer to the body of the post above for more information. To place an image in your comment, use this code: <img src="LINK TO YOUR IMAGE" alt="DESCRIPTION OF YOUR IMAGE"/>. Consider posting only a thumbnail if the image is large. For more info, visit http://referees.dreamwidth.org/5647.html#images ) NSFW FILLS: Please cross-link these fills and tag them clearly. saso_afterhours is open to all NSFW fills. Written/text fills can be hosted on AO3 or saso_afterhours ONLY. Art/visual fills can be hosted anywhere; you may include a small safe-for-work thumbnail of the fill in your comment.

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.

If you see anyone breaking the code of conduct (e.g., causing drama, being rude) anywhere (not just DW), please contact the mods immediately.

SCORING

These numbers apply to your team as a whole, not each individual teammate. Make as many prompts/fills as you want!

For prompts: 5 points each (maximum of 50 prompt points per team per round)

For fills:
First 4 fills by any member of your team: 20 points each
Fills 5-10: 15 points each
Fills 11-20: 5 points each
Fills 21-50: 2 points each
Fills 51+: 1 point 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 (see the line of links below this post).

Have a question? Check The FAQ first. If you still need help, feel free to contact the mods. Happy fanworking!

Comments

PROMPT: Team Grandstand

[fabflyingfox]

Ship: Matsukawa Issei/Hanamaki Takahiro OR Bokuto Koutarou/Kuroo Testsuou OR Futakuchi Kenji/Ennoshita Chikara OR Nishinoya Yuu/Tanaka Ryuunosuke
Fandom: Haikyuu!!
Major Tags: Sexual Content (honestly tagging to be safe...I've forgotten what's in all the music at this point)
Other Tags: Some gross noises occasionally, memes

Prompt: AU where one of the pair communicates solely through Mouth Moods lyrics and the other one compeltely understands every time even if no one else does.

PROMPT: Team Grandstand

[songofsunset]

Ship: Shindou Hikaru/Touya Akira
Fandom: Hikaru no Go
Major Tags:None
Other Tags: None

Prompt: Pacific Rim AU. No one expected them to be drift compatible, AND YET.

I'm not sure if I love 'what do you mean those two idiots yelling at each other in the dining hall are our best pilot duo' or 'I lowkey hate him but also dang we could punch some kaiju together SO WELL' better, so like, go wild haha

PROMPT: team bokuto koutarou/kuroo tetsurou

[helwolves]

Ship: Ushijima Wakatoshi /& Shirabu Kenjirou /& Goshiki Tsutomu
Fandom: Haikyuu!!
Major Tags: none
Other Tags: none

Prompt: Shirabu is some kind of celebrity, Ushijima is his longtime bodyguard about to retire, and they're training his replacement, Goshiki.

PROMPT: TEAM GRANDSTAND

[mondegreened]

Ship: Kasamatsu Yukio/Kise Ryouta
Fandom: Kuroko no Basuke
Major Tags: None.
Other Tags: IMEEJI

Prompt: Cardfight!! Vanguard lore AU; Aqua Force Kasamatsu.

PROMPT: Team Kanzaki Miki/Miyahara

[elucidatedlucy]

Ship: Doubashi Masakiyo / or & Manami Sangaku
Fandom: Yowamushi Pedal
Major Tags: None
Other Tags: None

Prompt: No one knows the next two leaders of the great Hakone clan were once nothing more than a young criminal and a sickly street rat, without a hint of relation to its past. Strength and poison borne of struggle are just what Izumida and Kuroda intend. (Arranged marriage AU).

PROMPT: Team Kanzaki Miki/Miyahara

[elucidatedlucy]

Ship: Hiyama Chinatsu/Koumoto Akira
Fandom: Ballroom e Youkoso
Major Tags: None
Other Tags: None

Prompt: "Life is pain, highness. Anyone who says differently is selling something."
Princess Bride AU

PROMPT: TEAM GRANDSTAND

[antler_action]

Ship: Someoka Ryuugo/Fubuki Shirou (& Fubuki Atsuya)
Fandom: Inazuma Eleven
Major Tags: Anime spoilers (original timeline), mentioned canonical character death
Other Tags: Medical issues (coma); mental health issues

Prompt: Atsuya is left in a coma after the avalanche instead of dying, but his lonely brother really does draw his spirit into his body. The coma won't end until Shirou can let go.

(more of a SomeShirou prompt than SomeAtsu, but the line gets pretty blurred in canon; up to you whether the coma ends with Atsuya waking up or with his soul moving on)

PROMPT: TEAM GRANDSTAND

[mondegreened]

Ship: Kuroko Tetsuya/Kagami Taiga and/or Murasakibara Atsushi/Himuro Tatsuya
Fandom: Kuroko no Basuke
Major Tags: none
Other Tags: magical hair growth, bushiroad's mistakes

Prompt: Future Card Buddyfight AU. Fighters Kagami and Himuro and buddy monsters Kuroko and Murasakibara, THE ZONE IS THE FUTURE FORCE I GUESS

PROMPT: Team Kanzaki Miki/Miyahara

[elucidatedlucy]

Ship: Kanzaki Miki/Miyahara
Fandom: Yowamushi Pedal
Major Tags: None
Other Tags: None

Prompt: Miyahara's never understood why her next door neighbor could love bikes so much and never ride them. However, she is also the type to interfere when she finds something wrong.

AU wherein Miki and Miyahara were childhood best friends and neighbors.

PROMPT: team bokuto koutarou/kuroo tetsurou

[helwolves]

Ship: Oikawa Tooru/Kageyama Tobio
Fandom: Haikyuu!!
Major Tags: none
Other Tags: none

Prompt: Oikawa and Kageyama are space explorers on the same mission. Cue "oh no we crashed on this uncharted planet and no one else is here and our comms are down and it's going to be nighttime soon and what the fuck was that noise," etc.

PROMPT: team kageyama tobio/oikawa tooru

[intricacies]

Ship: kuroo/daichi
Fandom: haikyuu!!
Major Tags: none
Other Tags: innuendos (possibly), stressed out nonprofit employee, sexual tension, daichi doesn't want this grief in his life

Prompt: daichi is a non-profit employee in charge of inviting elected representatives to his organization's fundraisers and usually the job is just fine aside from the usual cut-off calls and constant holds, but there is just one scheduler, kuroo tetsurou, that gets on his nerves no matter what. and no, daichi doesn't think about him a lot. not at all.

PROMPT: Team Grandstand

[fabflyingfox]

Ship: Tadokoro Jin/Kinjou Shingo
Fandom: Yowamushi Pedal
Major Tags: Injuries
Other Tags: S T R O N G M A N, Fire, goofy stuff

Prompt: AU in which Tadokoro can do chair splits and lifts Kinjou over his head while in splits regularly. Please watch this for inspiration.

PROMPT: Team Kanzaki Miki/Miyahara

[elucidatedlucy]

Ship: Manami Sangaku/Teshima Junta
Fandom: Yowamushi Pedal
Major Tags: Death
Other Tags: None

Prompt: Time isn't a big deal when everyone's falling in and out of it. Even if you can't seem to stop running into the person you killed a dozen jumps back.

Everyone can time travel AU (though not necessarily willingly)

PROMPT: Team Grandstand

[saccharinescorpion]

Ship: Ringi Cordeiro / or & Natsuo Ishidou
Fandom: Teppuu
Major Tags: none
Other Tags: none
Prompt: Revolutionary Girl Utena AU. Ringi challenges Natsuo for the hand of the mysterious Rose Bride, Yuzuko Mawatari.

PROMPT: TEAM USHIJIMA WAKATOSHI/OIKAWA TOORU

[candyharlot]

Ship: Ushijima Wakatoshi/Shirabu Kenjirou
Fandom: Haikyuu!!
Major Tags: none
Other Tags: none
Prompt: Age swap AU. Shirabu, a second year at Shiratorizawa, thinks he's got his shit together. He's the captain of a team who's gone to nationals two years in a row, one of the best setters in the prefecture, and already knows where he wants to go to university.

Enter first year prodigy Ushijima Wakatoshi, who changes his mind about how he wants to play the game.

PROMPT: team kageyama tobio/oikawa tooru

[intricacies]

Ship: tanba &/ manaka
Fandom: daiya no ace
Major Tags: none
Other Tags: feelings

Prompt: au where tanba isn't taken out of the game.

PROMPT: TEAM HIMURO TATSUYA/NIJIMURA SHUUZOU

[wino]

Ship: murahimu
Fandom: kuroko no basuke
Major Tags: none
Other Tags: none

Prompt: knight!himuro and the court magician he's assigned to guard are sent on a Quest of dangerous proportions. insp from this

PROMPT: TEAM GRANDSTAND

[whimse]

Ship: Rin Hoshizora/Hanayo Koizumi
Fandom: Love Live!
Major Tags: None
Other Tags: None

Prompt: Square Dancing AU. Rin and Hanayo are dance partners, of course.

PROMPT: team bokuto koutarou/kuroo tetsurou

[helwolves]

Ship: Oikawa Tooru/Iwaizumi Hajime
Fandom: Haikyuu!!
Major Tags: none
Other Tags: supernatural creatures, body horror if you squint

Prompt: Oikawa goes on an ill-fated deep-sea exploration mission (maybe even in another planet's sea?) and encounters a very pointy but very curious mer-Iwa. (Imaginary bonus points/my eternal gratitude for weird mer-anatomy, sharp teeth, bioluminescence, etc.)

PROMPT: Team Otabek Altin/Yuri Plisetsky

[mousapelli]

Ship: Victor/Yuuri or Yuri/Otabek or anything else hilarious
Fandom: Yuri on Ice!
Major Tags: none
Other Tags: fighting evil by moonlight

Prompt: Sailor Moon AU with Victor as Sailor Moon who has no idea that shy, hapless Yuuri is the dashing Tuxedo Mask by night!!
Feel free to make any other skaters into any of the Scouts, there's no way to do this wrong.

Prompt: Team Kanzaki Miki/Miyahara

[doxian]

Ship: Ebumi Masaru/Oharano Etsugo
Fandom: All Out!!
Major tags: none
Other tags: slavery kind of

Prompt: Oharano summons a demon who’s not as willing to do his bidding as he’d hoped.

PROMPT: TEAM GRANDSTAND

[mondegreened]

Ship: Ayase Eli/Toujou Nozomi
Fandom: Love Live!
Major Tags: none.
Other Tags: suspension of disbelief

Prompt: Romcom AU - witchy Nozomi runs a new age crystal shop, Eli is a serious and professional businesswoman, somehow... they fall In Love!!

Prompt: Team Kanzaki Miki/Miyahara

[doxian]

Ship: Goshiki Tsutomu/Tendou Satori
Fandom: Haikyuu!!
Major tags: none
Other tags: none

Prompt: rookie mage Goshiki summons a weird lizard creature. (whether on purpose or by accident is up to u)

PROMPT: TEAM GRANDSTAND

[gionkenji]

Ship: Kashima Sonora/Haruna Rin
Fandom: Stella Women’s Academy, High School Division Class C³
Major Tags: none
Other Tags: lesbians in space

Prompt: Mouretsu Pirates AU

PROMPT: team kageyama tobio/oikawa tooru

[intricacies]

Ship: souma &/ takumi
Fandom: shokugeki no soma
Major Tags: none
Other Tags: food mentions, slight youtube drama

Prompt: souma runs a recently created cooking youtube channel that's been gaining a lot of traction lately. takumi is another chef youtuber whose audience is slowly going over to souma save for the fangirls. curious and admittedly irritated, takumi goes to watch this souma person's videos. and as they say, the rest is history.