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

Re: FILL: TEAM PRINCE OF TENNIS, T

[fickle]

FUN FACT. Before this event, I'd only ever seen the LL anime and YOI, then Lira suggested that I join SASO and all I'd have to do was watch one more sports anime.

...4 months later, I've made my way through all of:
Big Windup
Free
Haikyuu!
Hikaru no Go
Prince of Stride
Prince of Tennis
Yowamushi Pedal

+45 eps of Daiya no Ace

And now I'm watching KnB. Currently at Season 3, ep 10!

But yeah, I have way more of a background in comics/lit than in sports anime. XD

I REALLY LOVE JASON. I HAVE A LEGO FIGURE OF HIM. Jason was angry, sure, and may have pushed a rapist off a roof but ffs, it's not like he doesn't have a point. Someone that's dead is never going to rape anyone else again and Gotham does have a revolving door problem.

But god, wait, let me find my favorite Jay quotation:

Jason Todd: Why? I'm not talking about killing Penguin or Scarecrow or Dent. I'm talking about *him*, just him. And doing it because... because he took me away from you.

That bit about 'he took me away from you' killed me when I read it in the comics (I have the TBP) and when I saw it in the movie, it was just like. Oh. Oh. My heart.

Re: FILL: TEAM PRINCE OF TENNIS, T

[moetushie]

LOL, wow your sports anime journey is a lot like mine, although you went way harder than I did. YOI was my first anime in a long, long time, and after it was over, I jumped over to Free! And then got distracted by a lot of non-sports animes. (My fave of those being Kids on the Slope and No. 6. I'm really into listening to Hosoyan yelling at things!!)

I just finished KnB and I'm watching DAYS and hyperventilating over the purity of its protagonist. I thought Haikyuu!! was super cute, but I'm not too into volleyball. I'm thinking of trying The Prince of Tennis next.

But usually I'm into comics and old British lit and Tolkien. It's been a weird couple of months for me.

Yes, Jason! And the reason he (may have) pushed that rapist off the roof was because that guy was never going to face justice, right? I mean, c'mon, Batman.

I think my favorite Jason quote is: "Being Robin gives me magic!" Even if that was pre-crisis Jason, it's essentially still Jason tho.

Re: FILL: TEAM PRINCE OF TENNIS, T

[fickle]

I always go super, super hard. When I decided to do SASO, I crowdsourced which anime have the most prompts made and watched those specifically so I could do lots of BR fills.I haven't heard of Kids on the Slope or No. 6 but now I am curious about DAYS, whatever that might be!

Prince of Tennis is SO GOOD, it is legit my favorite of all the sports series. There is a huge variety of chars, some really funny dialogue and fantastic episodes, plenty of Ho-Yay and the main char is actually a snarky, amazing brat instead of a pure-hearted baby who is new to the sport.

...AWw yiss, I did so much Silmarillion RP and some really nice edits for Mairon/Melkor. Also if we're talking old British lit, I don't suppose you're a fan of Saki? :D Or are we thinking even older?

YEAH. IT MADE SENSE. BATMAN WAS TOTALLY IN THE WRONG THERE.

Awww. Yes. But ooh, I also like his Red Hood quote where he tosses down the duffel bag full of heads and is all I did that in a couple of hours. Imagine what I could do in a whole afternoon.

BADASS BOAST, OH YEAH.