Bonus Round 3: FSTs

[referees]

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

Profess your love for your favorite ships with the power of song! In this round, we ask you to create fan soundtracks and use them as inspiration for new fanwork.

Please read this whole post before commenting to ensure that your team gets the most points possible.

RULES

• Submit prompts in the form of a short playlist (1-6 songs) and a ship from any of our nominated fandoms. Submit only the track listing and a link to where they can be listened to; the idea is for others to interpret what you present. You may also link to lyrics if you would like.
• Your prompt MUST include some kind of relationship. Platonic relationships are indicated by an "&" between the names (e.g., Lilia & Sara). Non-platonic relationships use "/" (e.g., Lilia/Sara). Please don't say "Any pairing," either.
• Create content based on the playlists of others! Fill prompts by leaving a responding comment to the prompt with your newly-created work.
• Fills may be in any form you choose (except for another FST of course) as long as they are inspired by/fit the mood of the soundtrack they are filling for.
• Remember to follow the general bonus round rules, outlined here.
• Here is a prompt/fill index for your convenience.

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. (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> <a href="">song title here</a>	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>Ship:</strong> <strong>Fandom:</strong> <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"/>. Thumbnails only, please; more info @ 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>Ship:</strong> <strong>Fandom:</strong> <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"/>. Thumbnails only, please; more info @ 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.

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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

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).

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Comments

PROMPT: TEAM KANZAKI MIKI/MIYAHARA

[qingtian]

Ship: Hiyama Chinatsu /& Koumoto Akira || Hiyama Chinatsu /& Hongou Chidzuru || Kanzaki Miki /& Tachibana Aya
Fandom: Ballroom e Youkoso || Yowamushi Pedal
Major Tags: None
Other Tags: Angst, pining, "why don't you want me like the other boys do?//they stare at me while i stare at you", "all that time wasted//i wish i was a little more delicate"

Prompt:

1. Flight Facilities - Crave You
2. Sarah Jeffe - Clementine

Fill: Team Grandstand, G

[babster]

Ship: Hiyama Chinatsu/Koumoto Akira
Fandom: Ballroom e Youkoso
Major Tags: bullying (referenced)
Other Tags: pining, some body-image discussion
Word Count: 422

Listening to these songs gave me about 80,000 Chinatsu/Akira ideas and I tried to put them all together in a coherent way. Hopefully I succeeded.

***

Akira has the kind of figure that makes the boys who used to tease her for being fat stare and stumble over their words. She’s proud of how she looks, most of the time, and dancing keeps her fit and strong.

If only Chinatsu seemed to notice. If only she looked at Akira even once like those boys did, full of want. If only her hands strayed or lingered or pressed closer than necessary when they danced, instead of remaining proper and impersonal.

Akira tried, once, to press herself close to Chinatsu—faked a stumble and fallen against Chinatsu’s strong, upright body. All she’d earned was a derisive glare and a comment about how her chest seemed to be throwing off her balance. Akira blushed, ashamed and angry at Chinatsu and herself, and kept her distance the rest of the day.

She misses their old, easy friendship, when every other sentence wasn’t an insult. They can’t go back, though, no matter how much she might want. Chinatsu hurt her, and it was easier for Akira to hurt her back than explain how she felt, and now here they are, locked in a cycle of spiteful remarks. At least this way Chinatsu can’t ignore her. At least this way Akira still has a part of Chinatsu that’s only for her.

It’s stupid, she knows that, to want Chinatsu like this. She goes to bed and tells herself that, when she wakes up, she won’t love her anymore. And then she gets to school and sees Chinatsu’s tall, slim body, broad shoulders and that red, red hair, and her heart catches fire all over again. She can’t help but sidle up to Chinatsu, talk to her, look at her, and hope.

Chinatsu loved her, once, Akira knows. Maybe it wasn’t the way Akira loved her (loves her, will always love her, it seems), but maybe it was, or could have been. Maybe they still have a chance to be…something, something better than the mess they are now. It’s one of the reasons she keeps her hair short—a reminder to Chinatsu of how they first became friends.

Chinatsu grows her hair out. She’s always been selfish, thinking only of herself. Akira wishes she could hate her for it (she does, a little, but even that feeling is bound up with love).

The boys don’t tease Akira about her weight anymore. Instead, they stare with hot eyes while she smiles and wishes they wouldn’t. And she, in turn, stares after Chinatsu, and wants, and hopes.

Re: Fill: Team Grandstand, G

[saccharinescorpion]

aaaah this was so good ;_; this is the kind of fic that makes me hope that the characters are eventually able to mend their relationship in canon. nicely done

Re: Fill: Team Grandstand, G

[babster]

i'm glad you liked it! i really want chinatsu and akira to fix their relationship, or at least take deliberate steps towards doing so. i think it would be good for them both!