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

FILL: Team Grandstand, G

[rielity]

Ship: Oikawa Tooru & Iwaizumi Hajime & Hanamaki Takahiro & Matsukawa Issei (+ Seijou 3rd years)
Fandom: Haikyuu!!
Major Tags: Canon spoilers... I guess?
Other Tags: Angst, post-Season 2 Ep 24
Word Count: 539

Inspired by the Seijou extra chapter: The Battle Doesn't End. Set after this page in particular.

"have good boys having funpain together~" I took the liberty of amending this for you...

***

“So this is it, huh.”

Hanamaki’s voice is quiet, but in the silence engulfing the room his words hang loud, less a question and more a statement. Oikawa shuts his locker; there is a note of finality in the click it makes as he turns the lock and stares at the key clutched in his hand for a moment.

Hajime doesn’t miss the way his shoulders stiffen, like they always do when he’s about to say something serious, or bracing himself for a killer serve. “I –”

“If you’re going to say you’re sorry, spare it,” Hajime says, and Oikawa looks up, startled at his gruff tone. “You don’t owe any of us an apology.” And you don’t owe yourself one either, he decides against adding.

“Iwa-chan,” Oikawa protests, though his shoulders visibly relax. “I wasn’t about to apologise.”

Hajime raises an unimpressed eyebrow, not entirely persuaded, but refrains from saying anything else. Oikawa huffs, before turning to meet their eyes, his gaze flickering from Hanamaki leaning against a locker to Hajime and Matsukawa on the changing bench to Yuda and Sawauchi and Shido near the door.

“It’s been an honour being your captain,” he says, and everyone can hear the way his voice tightens at the end of his sentence, and there, laid bare before them in all its vulnerable glory for the second time in less than an hour is Oikawa’s honesty, stripped of any pretence of charming smiles and easy laughter. Hajime has not seen this look in Oikawa’s eyes for a very long time.

“You’re going to make us all cry again,” Matsukawa says wryly. “Crying is contagious, you know?”

That drags a watery laugh out of Oikawa. “Excuse me, I have an infectious personality.”

There’s an unrefined harrumph from Yuda that chokes off prematurely into a half-sob, and the sound seems to set off a flurry of movement in the room.

Hajime stands up, pulling Oikawa into a hug, letting Oikawa lean against his shoulders and feeling the way Oikawa’s tears burn through his shirt, just like they had when they were children and Oikawa had fallen down a slope while trying to get to the riverbanks and scraped his arms and knees; around them there is sudden warmth as a tangle of arms and bodies surround them – he can feel someone’s chest heaving with soundless cries, and Hajime feels himself give in to the frustration and disappointment that has been welling deep inside him all day.

That their best wasn’t enough, and that the team he’d fought so badly with to carve a path to victory should fall short of their goal when they were just within reach of it. That their time on the court had come to its end like this, even before they ever made it to the Tokyo gymnasium.

That this was life, and it sucked, and they damn well knew it, but it didn’t mean it hurt any less.

Then someone pulls away, and someone else is rubbing comforting circles on his back, and Matsukawa’s saying, “Now we all need to get pork buns to make ourselves happy again.”

“Our treat,” Hanamaki adds. “Because our captain and vice-captain deserve to be treated once in a while too.”

Re: FILL: Team Grandstand, G

[kuriicurry]

linn i.... i was gonna be like "i know what happens, i'm not gonna cry" bUT STILL I TEARED UP ANYWAY..... when oikawa says "it's been an honour being your captain"... once again... i felt my heart tighten and i just q_q
I KNOW IT'S MY PROMPT I DIDN'T EXPECT IT TO HURT BUT IT HURTS IN A... GOOD WAY ?? i'm glad that nevertheless, they're still the happy team they are, even matsukawa & hanamaki end up treating them ww i guess that's a win~
but really... aah.... thank you so much for this... this made me both sad and happy but in the best way :'D
thank you ♥

Re: FILL: Team Grandstand, G

[equinoxchick]

OOOH, this is lovely. I'm tearing up too. Will they buy me pork buns?

Lovely moment and well-captured.