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

[psiten]

Ship: Ukai Keishin/Takeda Ittetsu
Fandom: Haikyuu!!
Major Tags: None.
Other Tags: Alcohol.

Prompt: Takeda leaves the reception for his best friend's wedding (did he have a crush on his friend? Who knows! You pick!) alone and decides to stop at a bar to decompress.

And then he meets this guy. (Spoiler: it's Ukai.)

Re: PROMPT: TEAM GRANDSTAND

[mousapelli]

BLESS YOU, FRIEND.

Re: PROMPT: TEAM GRANDSTAND

[psiten]

LET THERE BE UKATAKE.

Re: PROMPT: TEAM GRANDSTAND

[mousapelli]

wow i read bukake. like seventeen times.

Re: PROMPT: TEAM GRANDSTAND

[psiten]

*whoops* Let me rephrase. FIAT TAKEDA MAKING OUT WITH UKAI.

Fill: team otabek altin/yuri plisetsky, T

[marks]

Major tags: None
Other tags: Drunkenness, Smoking
Word count: 618

and here's another member of team otayuri to fill ukai/takeda bait. our crops were dying, psi, so thank you.

how many things will i fill with smoking and people loitering near walls? so many.

***

Ukai leans against the wall outside of Takinoue's Bar and lights up. "Sweet nicotine," he mumbles under his breath. He puts the cigarette to his lips and inhales, watching the end glow orange in the night, ignoring the bar door swinging open and letting the noise from inside bleed out.

"I'm getting too old for this," the guy who just came outside says, bending over and putting his hands onto his knees.

"You okay?"

The guy waves one hand. "Fine, fine," he says, and straightens up again so Ukai can get a good look at him. He's about Ukai's age, plus or minus a couple of years, but he has that boyish befuddlement thing going that probably means people think he's way younger than he is. The giant glasses and messy hair don't help. The cute little drunk blush that spreads across his cheeks and nose probably doesn't help, either.

"You're a little dressed up for this place, aren't you?" Ukai says, gesturing with his cigarette.

Drunky looks down, like he forgot that he was wearing a tuxedo, and snorts. "My old college roommate got married today. Can you believe it?" He laughs, like people getting married is inherently ridiculous, which Ukai sort of agrees with.

"Is that a problem?" Ukai asks.

"He got married to a girl," the guy mumbles. Then he shakes his head. He gives Ukai a sheepish smile and shrugs. "Let's just say that I didn't see that one coming."

Ah, thinks Ukai as he takes another drag. It's one of those situations.

"I'm Takeda," drunk guy offers, reaching up to tug at the bowtie that's strangling his neck. He pulls until it hangs loose on either side of his shirt buttons and then undoes the top two of those, too. Ukai can see the collar of an undershirt peeking out from underneath, and he finds it ridiculously charming.

"Ukai," he says, even though he wants to ask Takeda if he always wears an undershirt like an old man or if it's just a formalwear thing. "So what brings you to Takinoue's? I know it's not the ambience, since it's a shithole. I'm just here because my friend owns the place, so I get free booze."

Takeda laughs again. "Well, shitholes are good places to get shitfaced, Ukai-kun."

"Excellent point," Ukai says, because it is. He stomps on his cigarette and walks over to Takeda, putting two fingers under his chin to lift it up. Takeda blinks at him with wide, dark eyes and that cute blush immediately deepens. Ukai smiles a little. "I have two ways to help you forget your troubles."

"Oh?" Takeda asks. He swallows and Ukai watches his throat bob up and down.

"One, we go back inside, and I get my good friend Takinoue to comp you until you're face down on the bar." Ukai leans in. "Or two, we get the hell out of here and go back to mine, so you can forget that college roommate of yours. It's not far."

"I don't –"

"Usually do that kind of thing?" Ukai interrupts. "Yeah, me either. No hard feelings if you say no." He shrugs like he doesn't care, even though he does.

Takeda glances at the door, then at Ukai. There's a flash of steely resolve in his eyes, and it surprises Ukai enough that a hot zip of anticipation races down his spine. The zip makes its way to all his extremities when Takeda goes up on his toes so he can press their mouths together, fast and promising.

"Let's go," Takeda says. He tugs at the lapels of his tuxedo jacket. "And let's make sure to mess this thing up. The groom paid for the rental."

Re: Fill: team otabek altin/yuri plisetsky, T

[psiten]

OMG, this is adorable! Team YuraBeka stepping up! I love how upfront Ukai is here. It really suits him <3 And poor Takeda, he's so good and I'm so glad he's into this.

Re: Fill: team otabek altin/yuri plisetsky, T

[marks]

THANK YOU! It does, right? He seems pretty casual and upfront, I have no problem thinking of him just going for it when the opportunity presents itself.