Bonus Round 4: Quotes

[referees]

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 GRANDSTAND

[gionkenji]

Ship: oikawa tooru/ushijima wakatoshi OR kuroo tetsurou/tsukishima kei OR sawamura daichi/sugawara koushi
Fandom: haikyuu!!
Major Tags: none
Other Tags: none

Prompt:
"you know how you have a terrible personality?"
"how am i supposed to take that?"
"it's a compliment."

— oumae kumiko & kousaka reina, hibike! euphonium

FILL: TEAM OIKAWA TOORU/USHIJIMA WAKATOSHI, G

[avioletqueen]

Ship: oikawa/ushijima
Fandom: haikyuu
Major Tags: none
Other Tags: fluff, oikawa's self-deprecation vs. ushi's obliviousness, who will win
Word Count: 676

thank you for this prompt!

***

It starts like this: hearts pounding, sneakers squeaking against the floor, point after point taken by the other team, and a stoic face that betrays no joy at the win, no condescension towards the losing team.

Somehow, that just makes it worse.

Or maybe it starts like this: a college party, a heated debate, a drink thrown in that stoic face and regret clawing at his insides despite plastering a triumphant grin onto his face for the benefit of the onlookers.

He doesn’t know how to be someone that isn’t who people already expect.

Wakatoshi would probably say it starts like this: a pencil willingly given in a class shared, notes pored over together in the midst of finals season, a tentative allyship forged in the face of certain academic doom.

If grabbing a pen out of Wakkun’s fingers counts as holding hands, Tooru might concede that he has a point.

But for Tooru, their real start is unarguable.

It is: a late summer evening and the hum of cicadas in the distance. It is: Tooru nursing a desperate crush for the better part of a year, too pessimistic to act on it, too optimistic to let it go. It is: a softness to Wakatoshi’s features that is both strange and familiar in the worst of ways.

“You deserve better,” Tooru says, apropos of nothing, except if Wakatoshi could read his mind, he’d understand that Tooru can’t see him smile without thinking of what could make him smile, thinking of how he falls short of so many of those requirements.

“I’m happy with what I have,” Wakatoshi says, and the words could say volumes if Tooru could let himself read into them.

He struggles for a moment, then says, “I’m not good.” Not like you. The three words remain unspoken but hang in the air between them anyway. It’s been years. Wakatoshi can understand his silences as well as his words at this point.

Wakatoshi closes his book, sliding in a bookmark to mark the page. He doesn’t like folding the pages over. The books in the household with creases are the product of Tooru’s petty fingers, on the days he looks to irritate Wakatoshi, the days he chooses to say, “I know you and I am not afraid to use that knowledge against you.”

God, he’s no good.

“I would not describe you as good,” Wakatoshi says, as if he’s read Tooru’s mind. Tooru jumps between shock, resentment, anger, disappointment, acceptance.

As always, he defaults to charming, unaffected. “Ushiwaka-chan! How rude!” He grins easily, because a fake smile is second nature to him. “How am I supposed to take that?”

“I wouldn’t describe you as good,” he repeats, and the second time hurts almost as much as the first. “But I do not think I’m good either. We all have our own unique traits. Each human being is a mix of good and bad.” He takes a sip of his tea as Tooru’s heart calms down, chiding him for being so quick to assume that Wakatoshi was really making any sort of judgment about his character. He almost misses the next words Wakatoshi says: “You are a good person to know, though. I’m grateful that you’re in my life.”

“I- what?” Tooru’s eyebrows jump up into his hairline. “What did you say?”

Wakatoshi frowns. “Was I unclear in my phrasing? I didn’t mean to be vague. All I meant to say is that I love you as you are.”

Tooru chokes on his spit, and Wakatoshi has to thump him on the back a couple of times before he can speak. “You- love me?” he pants out when he can manage taking a gulp of air, his voice a couple octaves higher than he’d like it to be.

“Yes.” Wakatoshi’s frown just gets deeper. “Wasn’t it obvious?”

“Oh.” Oh. “Oh.”

It starts like this: helpless laughter met with a confused look, fingers clinging in old faded t-shirts, kisses shared as the sun sets on one day and rises on the next.

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

[wino]

IM SCREAMING

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

[miaoujones]

this is unbelievably adorable. and so on point!