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

FILL: TEAM OIKAWA TOORU/USHIJIMA WAKATOSHI, G

[avioletqueen]

Major Tags: None.
Other Tags: None.
Word Count: 492

i love these two so much... so here's the most awkward meet-cute <3

***

“You aren’t making any sense. Slow down and explain again.”

“What’s there to not understand, Mattsun? I’m in crisis mode, here,” Tooru whispers urgently into the phone, resisting the urge to peek over his shoulder. “I’m hiding behind the barbell rack at the gym because I saw the most handsome man in the world. And no, before you ask, I wasn’t looking in the mirror because while I’m incredibly handsome, I know exactly what to expect of myself so I wouldn’t be shocked and hiding, obviously.”

“Hmm.” Mattsun takes his sweet time answering, so he must be totally oblivious to the way Tooru’s heart is beating double time. “Can you just remind me - why, exactly, are you hiding?”

“I don’t know what to say!” Tooru whines, curling up his legs and resting his chin on his knees. "You can't just- walk up to someone in the gym and be like, 'you have great arms and you're perfect'. It just isn't done!"

"Who's stopping you?" There's a moment of silence, and then Mattsun breaks out laughing as Tooru lets out a long exhale.

"You're an awful friend. I'm in a horrific situation, the least you could do is help."

"Do you need help?"

Tooru almost drops his phone, craning his neck around to see the man from before looking over the barbell rack at him. "Uh, I'll call you back!" he says hurriedly before hanging up on Mattsun. If the man was attractive before, he's stupid attractive now, all sweaty with his spiked up hair falling a bit limp, golden eyes wide with concern. "I'm... fine. I'm fine!"

"... if you say so!" Despite him not falling for Tooru's weak defense, he holds out a hand to him, giving him a broad grin. "I'm Bokuto Koutarou. Who are you?"

"Oikawa Tooru." He straightens, giving him the best approximation of his normal cheery smile as he can, as his mind rushes to find something to say to continue the conversation.

Before he can say anything, Bokuto adds on, "if you need to talk to someone, we can talk while I finish my workout! Just saying."

Tooru opens and closes his mouth helplessly. How do I tell him that I was freaking out about him? "That's okay! There's nothing for you to worry about."

"Oh. Okay." He looks almost disappointed now, like he actually feels bad, and Tooru reaches out to grab him by the elbow before he can think too much about it.

"But! But. I'd definitely love to talk to you after you finish working out. Want to grab a coffee or something?"

The smile that stretches across his face is impossibly wide. "Sounds great! I just have ten minutes left."

Great, Tooru thinks as Bokuto returns to his machine. That's ten more minutes for him to think up some convincing crisis that'll give him the excuse to talk to Bokuto for even longer.

Re: FILL: TEAM OIKAWA TOORU/USHIJIMA WAKATOSHI, G

[babster]

yesss thank you! i live for awkward meet-cutes so this was Ideal. i love oikawa hiding behind the barbells

[avioletqueen]

thank you!!! i can't imagine oikawa as anything other than smitten with bokuto and Those Muscles :')