Bonus Round 4: Quotes

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

An oldie but a goodie—in this round, we draw inspiration from famous words said by other people.

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

RULES

• Submit prompts by commenting to this post with a quote attributed to a specific person or character, along with any ship/ot3/etc. from one of our nominated fandoms.
  • Example: "That which does not kill us makes us stronger." -Friedrich Nietzsche
  • The quote can come from almost anything—famous people, poetry, songs, books, movies, etc.— but please don't quote personal conversations you've had or overheard.
  • Your prompt MUST include some kind of relationship. Platonic relationships are indicated by an "&" between the names (e.g., Natsuo & Yuzuko). Non-platonic relationships use "/" (e.g., Natsuo/Yuzuko). Please don't say "Any pairing," either!
• Fill prompts by replying to the prompt with your quote-inspired fanwork.
• 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>	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.

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 IMAIZUMI SHUNSUKE/KINJOU SHINGO

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Ship: Inui Sadaharu & Kinjou Shingo
Fandom: Prince of Tennis & Yowamushi Pedal
Major Tags: None
Other Tags: None

Prompt: "I'm not following you into robotics," he said.
"You will," his dad said, "It's in your blood."
He disagreed until the nanites activated. — @ASmallFiction

FILL: Team Prince of Tennis, T

[blueminuet]

Ship: Inui Sadaharu & Kinjou Shingo
Fandom: Prince of Tennis & Yowamushi Pedal
Major Tags: Graphic depictions of violence/gore (robogore, puncturing of “skin”)
Other Tags: Panic attack, Robots, Snamily
Word Count: 472

(Place any author/artist's notes BEFORE the asterisks. Leave the asterisks alone or you may not get points!)

***

Kinjou stared dumbly at his fingers, flexing them each slowly. There was nothing different about the sensation, his digits obeying the commands of his brain exactly as they always had. The only difference is that there was a panel open on his forearm that his Dad was currently poking at, revealing all of the metal struts and wires that apparently interlaced underneath his skin.

Somewhere in his mind, he dimly recognized that he was in shock. That led to a spiral wondering how his programming could approximate shock. Were robots supposed to feel shock? Was it really shock? What if his shock was nothing like what humans felt when they felt shock? Was there anyway to know?

He had never been human, after all.

Inui hummed, clicking the panel back into place. “Luckily the nanites were able to fix most of the pressing matters, as they usually do,” he said. He let Kinjou’s arm drop, and moved on to examining his leg. “The accident just caused too much damage at once. The nanites were unable to compensate in a more natural way, as they usually do.”

Kinjou slipped his now free hand over his side. It had been all cracked apart, after…

Inui was looking at his knee. “Hmm, the join slipped off track. I might have to replace it.”

“Dad…”

Inui held his leg on either side of the knee, flexing it slightly, seeming to listen to the sound of it moving.

“Dad, are we going to talk about this?”

Inui looked up at him, an eyebrow arching over the lens of his glasses. “What would you like to talk about?”

Kinjou blinked at him. A thousand words jumped to mind at once, some angry, some scared, some broken beyond identification. Kinjou swallowed and tried to school them all together into something manageable. “When were you going to tell me that I’m a robot?”

Inui slowly adjusted his glasses. “An android, technically speaking.”

“Dad…”

“What time do you think would have been ideal for that conversation?”

Kinjou’s words were knocked out of him, like air from his lungs.

Inui stood, not quite looking at him. “Honestly, I had hoped you would start to wonder, eventually. You’ve always been so curious, so intelligent. I had hoped someday, you’d figure it out.”

Kinjou trembled slightly. “Dad… how… How could you have thought I’d know?”

“Did you ever wonder how you could be such a perfect combination of you father and I?” Inui asked with a shrug. “I have only one way of creating life, Shingo…” He gestured over his shoulder at the spare parts. Other robots, other creations… His siblings, Kinjou supposed.

Inui spun the tool in his hand, offering the handle of it to Kinjou. “Would you like to gain a better understanding of your internal systems, then?”