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Bonus Round 1: AUs
SASO 2017 is over, but this round is perpetually open to new fills (no new prompts).
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)
Format your comment in one of the following ways:
| If PROMPTING: | If FILLING: | If FILLING as a TEAM GRANDSTAND participant: |
PROMPT: TEAM [YOUR SHIP]
| FILL: TEAM [YOUR SHIP], [RATING]
| FILL: TEAM GRANDSTAND, [RATING]
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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
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Etc.
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FILL: TEAM GRANDSTAND, T
Other Tags: vague dystopia, aftermath of torture, what is this
Word Count: 1133
I don't even know if this works at all, but let's try now.
Also, as it turns out, I don't know the seven deadly sins as well as I thought I did. Sloth and Gluttony is kind of redundant (so I've combined them here) and what do u mean Vanity isn't a deadly sin. Have skeevy Renaissance paintings of naked women enjoying themselves lied to me?? How dare.
Also, here is everyone, scroll down to skip spoilers:
Kagami - Wrath
Akashi - Pride
Kise - Vanity
Murisakibara - Sloth (Gluttony was just too on the nose.)
Aomine - Lust
Midorima - Avarice
Kuroko - Envy
Read on AO3
***
Wrath woke up from a nightmare, a forbidden name on his lips. Pride was looking down at him, his red eyes incongruously cool. “So, you’ve pull through, then,” Pride said, stepping back a little as Wrath rose from his bed -- though it felt more like a slab, the Company spared little expense for its androids’ comfort though they felt everything a human might -- and looked around. He couldn’t see him.
“You won’t be able to see anyone until your diagnostics are finished,” Pride said reprovingly. “You know this.”
“I want to see him,” Wrath said belligerently. “I’ll start breaking equipment until I do.”
Pride smiled slightly. “Why? You wouldn’t know if he was standing right next to you. Why don’t you just relax, Wrath? You’re still not healed. Lie down again. Don’t make me bring Sloth in to subdue you.”
He hated Pride.
It wasn’t even that Pride tried to kill him the first time they’d met -- that had been understandable. It was because of things like this. Pride was one of them, but he always -- always tried to pretend otherwise. Like he was human. Like he was likd one the scientists that who created them.
“They’ll never accept you, you know,” Wrath said, jeeringly. “You’re just trash to them, like the rest of us.”
But Pride only smiled and Wrath sank to his knees.
As easy as that.
*
The next time Wrath awoke, Vanity was staring down at him worriedly. Vanity was the only one of them who could pass as fully human -- as long as you didn’t stare too long at his gold-colored eyes, which were designed to mesmerize -- and he was the only other one who --
“Where is he? I need to see him. Please, I need to --”
Vanity put a cool hand on Wrath’s burning forehead. “When you’re rested.”
*
Wrath felt so much hunger that he thought he could tear into his own flesh and start there. But he didn’t need to -- his food portion fell through the grate of his cell, the same as always. He heard Sloth shuffling on the other side of the wall. Wrath tore into his meal and spluttered in indignation. It was already half-eaten.
“I need more food!” he shouted at Sloth, but Sloth didn’t reply. He never did.
*
He broke, like they knew he would. Thus humbled, they brought him back to his regular quarters, which he found completely stripped of all his personal belongings, as could be expected. He made his way to Avarice’s rooms and knocked on the door. Avarice didn’t open it.
Wrath waited, and kept knocking.
Finally, after what felt like hours but was probably a few minutes, Avarice threw open his door. “What do you want?” Avarice pushed his glasses up and glared at him.
“Give me back my stuff.”
“I don’t have your stuff. They cleared out everything when the news broke.”
“I know you have it,” Wrath said flatly.
Avarice glared at him for a moment before he looked down and muttered. “Fine.”
He dropped a chain with a ring on it into Wrath’s open hand. “It’s not lucky, anyway.”
“I don’t wear it for luck,” Wrath said, as if he still remembered why he did wear it for. He it over his head and letting it settle against the hollows of his throat. It was such a familiar, beloved weight. He ached for something, but he no longer remembered what.
*
Soon he was healed up enough to go on missions. And going on missions meant that he would see Lust. Like Vanity, Lust had been designed to be pleasing to the eye. But Wrath thought they’d gone too far with him. Lust might be beautiful, but he was beautiful like a forest fire was beautiful -- complete destruction was only a matter of time.
When they were working, he and Wrath were unbeatable, unstoppable. They could clear an entire city of all signs of life in a matter of hours.
But afterwards, during their downtime, Lust would look Wrath up and down and dismiss him with a sneer. But still Wrath knew that out of everyone, only Lust would know where he was, if he wasn’t already hiding him. He just needed to know.
“Stop thinking so hard,” Lust drawled, his hooded eyes doing a quick once-over Wrath’s face and body. “You’ll sprain something.”
Wrath deliberately put his hand just inches away from Lust’s cheek -- his face was the only part of him that was regularly exposed, because of his powers. “Do you want to?”
Lust made a disgusted face. “Only because I haven’t jerked off today. You might as well --” He pushed his face into Wrath’s hand and sighed.
The rest of the evening passed away in a sex-fuelled fog.
Lust did that.
But as soon as Wrath stirred from bed, intent to leave, Lust rolled over and whispered into his ear, the thing Wrath had most wanted to hear.
*
He was hiding where no one else would think to look for him. That was Envy’s talent, to hide and be ignored, but always present. Wrath had no such talent for that, so he knew that as he went, he was giving up Envy’s hiding spot to the rest of them.
But still he went. At the end of the long hallway, sitting in the shadow, sat Envy. He looked up when Wrath approached him and smiled. Then he said Wrath’s forbidden name, the name of the long-dead teenager whose body and mind Wrath shared.
Touching Envy wasn’t dangerous, not like with Lust. But he felt cool and his face was thin enough that Wrath worried.
“I’m sorry I tried to --” he began to say. “I shouldn’t have left you behind.”
“They would’ve have killed the both of us,” Envy said, “the only reason they didn’t with you is because you’re valuable and strong. I’m not.”
Envy gave him a small lopsided smile. “When it comes to you, I really do live up to my name.”
“Kuroko,” Wrath said -- and Envy shuddered a little, a the sound of his old name. “Come with me, next time.”
“And the rest of them?”
“They can come too, if they want.” Not all of them would -- he thought of Pride, of Sloth, and maybe Avarice. But Vanity and Lust -- well, they might.
“What would we do, on the outside?” Envy asked, his lips twitching a little. Either with a smile or a frown, Wrath couldn’t tell.
“Anything we want,” Wrath said. He remembered how it was like to escape. To see that patch of blue sky before they’d taken him again. He would do anything to see that sky again. To show Envy that sky.
“Then I agree,” Envy said, placing his hand on top of Wrath’s. “Show me what I want to see, Kagami.”
Re: FILL: TEAM GRANDSTAND, T
Ohhh my heart. You're wrecking me with these gorgeous fills.
One of the most interesting parts of this prompt for me was seeing what sins people would choose for which chars! I didn’t even KNOW that vanity was sometimes considered a deadly sin (in my head, they were wrath, pride, avarice, gluttony, sloth, envy, lust) but vanity totally makes sense! Ftr, I would’ve gone
Kagami - Wrath Akashi - Pride Kise - Lust (because of the fangirls and the lust he inspires) Murisakibara – Gluttony (like you said, on the nose!) Aomine - Sloth (because he’s too lazy to practice without good reason) Midorima - Avarice Kuroko - Envy
But the reason I didn’t list that is because I wanted to see what other people would pick and I am SO HAPPY with your interpretation and the inclusion of Vanity for Kise!
You had me at the android line. I was expecting actual deadly sins demons and when it turns into dystopic androids and ownership and identity issues, I just threw my hands up and screamed because SO GOOD, SO MANY THINGS THAT I LOVE SO MUCH MORE THAN ACTUAL DEMONS HOLY SHIT WHAT HAVE I DONE TO DESERVE THIS I must’ve been a saint in my past life!
I really like how insistent Wrath is on seeing Kuroko/Envy – his name never gets mentioned but everyone knows who it is – and I laughed at the bit about Pride trying to kill Wrath being UNDERSTANDABLE. Because of course. Of course that fucking carries over.
And the ‘as easy as that’ line made me just sigh because it’s so compact and so perfect with all those menacing, resigned overtones and the implications thereof. Not even a mention of Pride’s eyes being what does the trick. Just a smile. So creepy, so perfect.
I love love love the one snippet per sin line, I was really hoping for an ensemble piece in that style. And Vanity being WORRIED about him. So sweet.
Sloth half-eating the rations is hilarious. I grinned at that and then winced immediately after at the ‘he broke, like they knew he would’. The scarcity of your diction is so lovely. Everything is in what’s unsaid, what’s understood to be so normal that it isn’t even worth elaborating on and the horror of it having be so normal.
…also yes of course Avarice hoards everything. THE RING. The bit about Wrath no longer remembering what it signified! FLAILING HAND GESTURES That was just a punch straight to the heart. Ow. OW.
Lust, though. ♥ helllllllo handsome. Beauty is best when it’s destructive so your description of Lust just made me sigh so happily. And the acknowledgement that Kuroko would definitely have to be hidden by Aomine! I have to admit, I snickered at Lust being all ‘only because I haven’t jerked off today’. What a nice way to reduce someone to being worth nothing more than a handjob. But it’s also a little creepy because Lust only tells him afterwards and Wrath hits on Lust, knowing Lust knows where Envy is. There are these slightly disturbing undertones of did-he-want-it or payment-in-advance that go just perfectly with this fill and its interaction.
Wrath had no such talent for that, so he knew that as he went, he was giving up Envy’s hiding spot to the rest of them.
But still he went.
That bit. Ow. Your demon lover comes, bearing your destruction as a gift. I love the idea of Kagami knowing he’ll expose Kuroko but unable to stay away. Just that selfishness, that draw, the fact he’s spent everything looking for Kuroko – AND THEN IT TURNS OUT HE TRIED TO RUN AND LEFT KUROKO BEHIND? WHAT THE FUCK?
Also the emphasis on names and old names and why they’re forbidden and the boys they once were. It almost read like a Ballad of Reading Gaol reference in the penultimate paragraph.
This is just such a great fill! So nuanced and complex and understated with excellent tight characterization and character dynamics. I absolutely LOVE it. Thank you tons!
Re: FILL: TEAM GRANDSTAND, T
I think it the idea of Aomine being Lust got fixed into my head because of all those gravure magazines, lol. He's easier to capture than a sparrow! (Why is Momoi capturing sparrows is the great unanswered questions of KnB.) I can definitely see Kise being an object of lust, but see Aomine more of a victim of it. And it think it works better if these sins actually hurt the characters a bit.
.. If he can get off his ass long enough, anyway. So yeah, he's also perfect as Sloth.
Kise though! I love Kise, and I had to make him Vanity
even though someone on the AO3 side has already called out my ass on Vanity being part of Pride.All of Kagami/Wrath's expressions and feelings are muted because he can't survive otherwise (ironic, that) and it he's actually the most visibly upset when Sloth eats his food.
Of course, it's not the same ring, hoho. I think he just picked up somewhere because it triggered some deep memory, even if he couldn't figure out why. Haha, is that sadder??
I think Wrath and Lust definitely used each other here. Lust doesn't do anything for free, even if others don't always hold up their ends of the bargain. (i.e. Aomine giving Kagami his basketball shoes even though Kagami fails to beat him one-on-one.)
KUROKO. Ahhaha, I had some thoughts about Kagami's earlier escape. I think it was a spur of the moment impulse, and when he saw his opportunity, I'm not even sure he thought about Kuroko/Envy. It's only later he realizes how horrible it must've been for Envy to be left behind. A lot of his insistence on seeing Envy is out of guilt.
Thank YOU for the great prompts.
Re: FILL: TEAM GRANDSTAND, T
Also ftr our interactions inspired the Oikawa-Miyuki bit of this fill.
Oooh. Aomine as Lust makes it perfect sense when you explain it like that! I was just thinking of it as him definitely being hot enough to INSPIRE Lust but your way adds so much more depth.
...Momoi in a Game of Thrones AU a la Arya where instead of chasing cats, she captures sparrows to practice her agility/stalking.
THAT EXPLANATION OF TE RING IS EVEN SADDER WHAT THE FUCK. HOW IS THAT POSSIBLE.
Yesss good. i like that. Whore yourself out for information, Kagami!
I feel so bad for Kuroko here. SO BAD. You did a great job manipulating my emotions. :D Thanks for the suffering!