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Bonus Round 1: Quotes

SASO 2015 is over, but this round is perpetually open to new fills (no new prompts).

PLAY BALL! For this round, we'd like you to take inspiration from songs, sayings, poems, and other kinds of famous words.

Because this is our first full round, please read this post carefully before proceeding!

This round ends at 7PM on June 13 EDT. Countdown Timer.

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: "Hi-ho, Kermit the Frog here!" -Kermit the Frog
- The quote can come from anywhere. Famous people, poetry, songs, books, movies, your neighbor, etc.
- 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., Yachi & Kiyoko). Non-platonic relationships use "/" (e.g., Yachi/Kiyoko). 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.
You cannot fill your team's prompts or your own prompts.

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, including Grandstand or Sports Teams Write it exactly as it appears on the team roster or your team will not receive points Place the prompt's relationship in the first bolded line of the comment. Including the canon isn't required, but it's nice. Visual example	FILL: TEAM [YOUR SHIP], [RATING] Replace [YOUR SHIP] with the name of the team you belong to Write it exactly as it appears on the team roster or your team will not receive points Replace RATING with the rating of your fill (G - E) Place applicable major content tags and word count before your fill (when applicable) NSFW FILLS: Post written/text fills directly to the round with clear tags. Please link to art/visual fills. You can include a small safe-for-work preview if you'd like. To place an image in your comment, use this code: <img src="LINK TO YOUR IMAGE" /> Visual example	FILL: TEAM GRANDSTAND, [RATING] Replace RATING with the rating of your fill, G - E, as explained in the rules Place applicable major content tags and word count before the fill, where applicable NSFW FILLS: Post written/text fills directly to the round with clear tags. Please link to art/visual fills. You can include a small safe-for-work preview if you'd like. To place an image in your comment, use this code: <img src="LINK TO YOUR IMAGE" /> Visual example

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.

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 3 fills by any member of your team: 20 points each
Fills 4-10: 10 points each
Fills 11-20: 5 points each
Fills 21+: 2 points 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.

Have a question? Check The FAQ first. If you still need help, feel free to contact the mods. Happy fanworking!

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Asahi Azumane/Nishinoya Yuu // (AsaNoya), Haikyuu!!

"It is during our failures that we discover our desire for success." --- Unknown

o v o //screams softly

Edited 2015-06-04 03:00 (UTC)

IS THERE NONE/LITTLE? THIS NEEDS TO BE REMEDIED. ASAP.

bokuto koutarou/kuroo tetsurou, haikyuu!!

Mal: We're not gonna die. We can't die, Bendis. You know why? Because we are so very pretty. We are just too pretty for God to let us die. - Firefly

I HAVEN'T SEEN ANY? AND IT REALLY DOES

this is so cute ///o\\\\ i loved their banter :>

no spoilers/major warnings | 750 words
oh man this prompt made me so sad akjhakjwhe ;; t-thank you...!(??) ;U; ahaha

*

the thing was, kunimi knew and had always known that kindaichi was kind of stupid. an intense kind of guy. passionate. dedicated. the type to try and try and try (and usually win, but definitely keep trying even if he didn't). stupid.

the thing was, as they stood there eye to (almost) eye in the emptied clubroom, toe to scuffed rubber toe, kunimi couldn't be sure when exactly he'd started finding that stupidity idiotic as opposed to endearing. when had his mind come to decide that kindaichi's intensity was an irritant, that his passion was suffocation, that his dedication was an utter waste of time?

at which point over the years had kunimi become sick of hearing kindaichi call out to him? at which point had he started to sigh inwardly and think, what now, instead of hello i like you.

he had no idea.

"kunimi," kindaichi said. his hands held kunimi's wrists, gentle (restricting) and placating (patronizing). the calluses on those palms of his, those fingers, each their own mark of hard work and a tribute to victory, grated against kunimi's skin.

"kunimi... are you alright?"

am i. kunimi wondered. have i ever been.

what kind of person (lazy, self-centred) let himself get with a guy like kindaichi (proud, aware, social, grounded) out of mere convenience, just because he had been there and been asked? who accepted a confession (earnest, nervous, honest to a fault) just because he liked the guy well enough and a rejection would just cause tension?

kunimi, apparently.

kindaichi's brilliant smile had been a bonus back then. now it just felt like pressure, pressure, pressure.

but wasn't kindaichi the bigger fool for asking for it?

they've known each other for years. kindaichi knows what kunimi is like just as well as kunimi knows what kunimi is like. (he knows kindaichi too.) and yet all kunimi can see when kindaichi looks at him are eyes that say bring it on. i'll take it.

kunimi had actually tried, for a while, in that utmost least effort way in which he always did anything. tried to shy away, no drama; to make kindaichi like him a little less.

he definitely, at some point, started to selectively reply to whatever kindaichi messaged him. if it wasn't important, it was ignored. if it was important, kunimi's reply would be more monosyllabic than usual.

kindaichi had probably noticed (in all honesty he was stupid but not especially dense); however, if kunimi had ever seemed in a mood, kindaichi's eyes had only ever remained sympathetic (stubborn) and sure.

"are you okay?"

kunimi's book of deliberate distancing didn't cover the asinine dedication of idiots. he didn't know how else to shake kindaichi's dauntless confidence, how else to unravel the baselessly strong belief that kunimi still liked him back beneath it all, and would forever.

forever was such a very long time, and kunimi could barely remember what he'd had for breakfast any given day much less the method with which he'd accidentally somehow made kindaichi fall in(to some semblance of) love so that he could undo its effects.

it was impossible.

more than the impossibility of it was the bother. kunimi was, frankly, allergic to bother. but the path of least resistance was the path he was already on: they were together at school and together for club, together on the way home, together when they studied for tests and together for spiking practice.

more than the inconvenience of mere bother, kunimi couldn't stand the thought of friction.

and so it didn't take much to not pull his hand away from kindaichi's familiar grip; to murmur an mmn nothing against his mouth when their studies were done for the night and kindaichi asked what was on kunimi's mind. it was so much easier to not avoid kindaichi in the locker rooms after court cleanup and just walk the same path home together the way they always had since becoming acquainted halfway through some unremarkable year at kitagawa daiichi.

kunimi wasn't even sure what he disliked anymore. it seemed to be this idea of a guy that kindaichi wasn't, because kindaichi was everything a friend and partner could ask for. and yet, here kunimi was. resenting him.

maybe he was messed up after all. maybe he wasn't okay. maybe he'd snap out of it one day and smile at kindaichi like he wanted to—like kindaichi deserved to see. but that day was not today.

kunimi closed his eyes and rested his head on kindaichi's shoulder. "it's nothing," he mumbled, hollow and tired and unsure if he meant it. "i'm fine."

Kisumi Shigino & Hayato Shigino OR Akiteru Tsukishima & Kei Tsukishima, Free! and Haikyuu!!

"Sometimes being a big brother is even better than being a superhero." --- Unknown

Because Kisumi and Akiteru are the big brother types who will be cheering the loudest for their younger brothers in the stand.

Edited 2015-06-04 03:11 (UTC)

I'm going to cry these absurd kids. They're such nerds and they're so in love and they're gonna be SO hungover

AHHHHHH THIS PROMPT IS SO CUTE

Izuki Shun/Moriyama Yoshitaka (Kuroko no Basuke)

"Damn Claire. Warn a guy before you do a face-plant on the floor next time. I could have looked all heroic and caught you or something."
― Rachel Caine, Glass Houses

Edited 2015-06-04 03:16 (UTC)

Kagami Taiga/Kuroko Tetsuya // (KagaKuro), KnB

"Start unknown. Finish unforgettable." --- Nike

omg in hindsight i posted this so rough LMFAO I'M SORRY.. it needs.... editing...

aaah~ it makes me super happy that you liked it though, thank you in return!! ;U; ♥

no major content warnings, 700 wc.
why did i do this honestly what is the purpose of my life

“Midorimacchi,” Kise says quietly, looking positively heartbroken as he looks Midorima up and down.

“What?” Midorima asks stiffly.

“That…” Kise trails off, covering his mouth in what Midorima thinks might be horror. “That outfit is terrible! Who told you it would be okay to come out into public like that?”

On the contrary, Midorima would like to point out that his outfit is rather put-together if he must say so himself. Which, evidently, he must, because Kise looks absolutely pained for some reason beyond normal human comprehension.

“This is hurting me,” Kise says, voice cracking slightly as he clutches at his chest (dramatics have always been his forte) with his hand. “You look like an unsliced fruit,” he adds, expression extremely pitying—which Midorima thinks he is probably, definitively offended by because he really does not think his outfit is that bad.

“You are wearing capris the color of sea foam,” Midorima says instead of calling Kise a hopeless fool to his face, perhaps out of courtesy, perhaps because Kise already knows. Midorima has always been courteous, regardless. “You are also wearing an ascot.”

“Sea foam is in, Midorimacchi! Ascots are very spring!”

It doesn’t occur to Midorima until this very moment just how expressive Kise can get. In the span of a couple of minutes, he goes from heartbroken, horrified, pained, pitying, to absolutely offended. It would be impressive if the topic of their conversation did not directly involve Midorima's personal life choices. Midorima pushes his glasses up the bridge of his nose and crosses his arms.

“I hardly think you are in any capacity to criticize my attire,” he says simply.

“I cannot go to this party with you looking like a kiwi!” Kise all but wails.

Now would likely be a good time to reenter his home to lock Kise out of his life for good, probably. He’s considering it, if he’s honest. His lucky item of the day is a straw fedora and he’s of the opinion that he’s incorporated it nicely into his outfit (which, unsurprisingly, had not been inspired by sliced kiwis). He is but two steps away from turning his back on Kise when he feels hands wrap around his forearm to drag him out and into the open.

“What are you doing?” he asks briskly.

Kise sulks, opting out of answering promptly to instead cling to Midorima’s arm, pressing the side of his face to Midorima’s shoulder as he guides them down the street. “Midorimacchi is so mean,” he says mildly, more to himself than directly to Midorima. “How am I supposed to show you off if you look like that? My co-workers will laugh at me! They’ll think I can’t dress you!”

“There is nothing wrong with my attire,” Midorima says sternly, though he’s feeling more and more inclined to believe that there really is something incredibly out of line about wearing the same color scheme as a fruit. “And there is no need to show me off.”

Kise frees Midorima from his grasp then, resorting to just bumping their shoulders.

There’s really no explanation for why Kise is so intent on “showing Midorima off” to his friends and co-workers. They’re—maybe something—nothing more than that Thing happened that One Time after okonomiyaki and we’re really just not going to discuss it, are we. But he figures it’s nothing to stress about. Kise is as flippant as ever, always jumping from one topic to the next, one person to the other and Midorima is hardly the type to fixate himself on… whatever this is.

He does not try to linger on the way Kise sulks quietly, petulant as ever as he bumps his arm against Midorima’s every two-and-a-half steps. Even as they’re descending the steps to the subway station, garnering more than a couple of glances from passersby (hopefully not because of their outfits), Kise is quiet.

There’s still a considerable amount of time before it’s time to go to Kise’s work party so Midorima figures, just this one, he could spoil Kise.

“Kise,” Midorima says, avoiding all possible eye contact because he is that mature.

“Whaat?” Kise replies, looking up just as Midorima takes a step into the subway car in front of them.

“Get in, Kise,” Midorima says, “we are… going shopping.”

hmm but what other ships do people ship gou with? I know of only Sei, Momo, and Chigusa. (but I don't know much about Chigusa's character to be confident filling something like that so idk if anyone would want to either OTL)

IM SCREAMING

ennoshita chikara & tanaka ryuunosuke & nishinoya yuu, haikyuu!!

“Something hits the Mayor on the shoulder. It hurts like hell! There on the floor – a jar of mayonnaise, an eight-ounce jar of Hellman’s mayonnaise. Half full! Half consumed! Somebody has thrown a half-eaten jar of Hellman’s mayonnaise at him! In that instant the most insignificant thing takes over his mind. Who in the name of God would bring a half-eaten eight-ounce jar of Hellman’s mayonnaise to a public meeting?” - Tom Wolfe, The Right Stuff

i personally ship sousuke/gou really hard... but i also like her with almost everyone...

!!!!! ~~why would you do this why ughhhhhhhhh~~

I was not ready for this angst. But this was beautifully written.

mihashi ren/kanou shuugo, oofuri

“Don't waste your time with explanations: people only hear what they want to hear.” - Paulo Coelho

Yamazaki Sousuke/Matsuoka Gou (Free!)

"I thought I saw you out there crying
I thought I heard you call my name"

― "Lost Stars" by Adam Levine

ty xy for finding this prompt for me

Edited 2015-06-04 03:29 (UTC)

THIS IS SO PERFECT oh my god akjhakwhe ♥

Ennoshita Chikara/Futakuchi Kenji (Haikyuu!!)

“You should always be taking pictures, if not with a camera then with your mind. Memories you capture on purpose are always more vivid than the ones you pick up by accident.” ― Isaac Marion, Warm Bodies

I AM SO SAD....... WHY ARE U DOING THIS...... WHY ARE U HURTING THE GOOD PEOPLE OF SASO COMMUNITY...... I'M STILL
OH YG OD BECAUSE U WROTE!! NIJIAKA!!! RREE!!!!!!! FRICK!!!! THIS IS SO BEAUTIFUL IDEK WHAT TO SAY PLEASE THROW ME OFF A CLIFF

WHEN NIJIMURA FINALLY DECIDES TO STOP BEING SELFLESS AND SELFISH ALL AT ONCE AND WHAT THE HELLLLLL MY WEAKNESS :'( :'( :'( :'( I CAN'T CRY ENOUGH

YOU REMEMBeRED ME AS WE MET
honestly pleas e wrte a book or i'll print a book with everything you have written

Kagami & Izuki (Kuroko no Basuke)

"Hey I know, I'll use my trusty frying pan as a drying pan." --Brock

No warnings apply.

"Wahahaha! My fan club is larger than yours, Tooru-chan! Don't feel bad that I'm stealing your fans!"

"Tee hee, is that so? But my Instagram has more followers, Jinpachi-chan~"

*offended Toudou noises*

"Also I've been tagging your photos as #forestninjachan so-"

"WE NEED TO BREAK UP"

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Bonus Round 1: Quotes

Bonus Round 1: Quotes

PROMPT: Team Tachibana Makoto/Yamazaki Sousuke

Re: PROMPT: Team Tachibana Makoto/Yamazaki Sousuke

PROMPT: TEAM ABE TAKAYA/MIHASHI REN

Re: PROMPT: Team Tachibana Makoto/Yamazaki Sousuke

Re: FILL: TEAM AOYAGI HAJIME/TESHIMA JUNTA, G

FILL: TEAM YOWAMUSHI PEDAL, G

PROMPT: Team Tachibana Makoto/Yamazaki Sousuke

Re: FILL: Team Hazuki Nagisa/Ryuugazaki Rei, T

Re: PROMPT: Team Tachibana Makoto/Yamazaki Sousuke

PROMPT: TEAM GRANDSTAND

PROMPT: Team Tachibana Makoto/Yamazaki Sousuke

Re: FILL: TEAM YOWAMUSHI PEDAL, G

FILL: TEAM IWAIZUMI HAJIME/OIKAWA TOORU, G

Re: PROMPT: Team Tachibana Makoto/Yamazaki Sousuke

Re: PROMPT: TEAM GRANDSTAND

PROMPT: TEAM ABE TAKAYA/MIHASHI REN

Re: PROMPT: Team Tachibana Makoto/Yamazaki Sousuke

Re: FILL: TEAM IWAIZUMI HAJIME/OIKAWA TOORU, T

PROMPT: TEAM ABE TAKAYA/MIHASHI REN

PROMPT: TEAM GRANDSTAND

Re: PROMPT: TEAM KAGEYAMA TOBIO/OIKAWA TOORU

PROMPT: TEAM GRANDSTAND

Re: FILL: TEAM IWAIZUMI HAJIME/OIKAWA TOORU, T

PROMPT: Team Akashi Seijuurou/Nijimura Shuuzou

FILL: TEAM AOYAGI HAJIME/TESHIMA JUNTA, G