Bonus Round 1: Quotes

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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.

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Comments

FILL: TEAM AOYAGI HAJIME/IZUMIDA TOUICHIROU, G

[elucidatedlucy]

Major Tags: None
Additional tags: I'm so grateful for this prompt, to the ends of the earth
Word count: 1347

Going to sport games with Miyahara was an experience, to say the least.

Kanzaki tried to spend the night mulling to herself as to whether or not she should be honest with her girlfriend, but quickly found herself at a loss as to what she would even say.

"Um ... Mii-chan?"

She dragged her hair into pigtails at the sides of her head when she stood in front of her bathroom mirror, trying to emulate the way Miyahara's stern expression would hop and twitch at the slightest mention of that nickname. Though she managed to distract herself from her worries with swishing the hair tails around her like whips, Kanzaki had to admit the truth.

She had no way to tell Miyahara that it was obvious the girl knew absolutely nothing about sports.

The first game had been pleasant, even if somewhat off-putting. She hadn't expected the reserved representative to be interested in wrestling of all things, especially with the way she shied away from the way crowds would rumble and raise along with the tides of the match, but she herself had been just as strange all her life. And it had been fun to see the excitement of spectators in a sport she'd never familiarized herself with, finding herself at home with the way people would yell at the main ring, even if she found the activities there entirely uninspiring.

"Come on, go team, go!"

"K-Kanzaki ... they aren't on teams ..."

She had paused, at the time, confused if that was the truth, from the way people tagged in and out of the ring, but she was unable to ascertain from the crowds any particular names to begin with.

"Gracious!" She had done her best to roll with the punches. "Should I join in on the threats, then? I don't want to make you uncomfortable."

Miyahara withdrew a little more, as though she could somehow fold in on herself to not have to touch anything around her, not the people or her chair or the floor. "Um ..." And she still remembered her girlfriend's crooked smile, when she began to play with her hair. "Actually, I've heard that my favorite player really likes for people to ... stomp their feet?"

It was a little specific, but nothing particularly out of the ordinary. When she stood up to hammer her feet at the climax, pulled Miyahara into it until the two of them were alternately hopping to create the most sound possible, all that really mattered was that the two of them were there and having fun. It wasn't bikes - but Kanzaki was a talented spectator and would put her all into adding to the magic of any match she could see.

The problem came more as time went on, when Miyahara invited her to another game the following week.

"I hadn't thought you'd have ..." Kanzaki chewed on her lip, staring at the field ahead, trying to consider how to finish her thought without sounding disappointed. "Such a range! Of sport interests." When she met Miyahara, even at her most unwilling to be present at such a moment as a cycling race, she had thought she might be more interested in things like museums. She'd been more than prepared for any kind of date.

"Y-yes, actually. I love ... rugby!" Her laugh was cute, as nervous as it was.

Kanzaki stared for a moment, as the small crowd rose to cheer at the first touchdown of the match. "You do mean American football, don't you?"

Miyahara was up on her feet before she had a chance to finish the question, clapping her hands in a mismatch to the beat the audience around them stomped out. "Throw the ball! Go for it! ...Don't lose."

Her sudden enthusiasm, even as it died off, was strange, but Kanzaki decided to chalk it up to yet more anxiety. It wasn't every day that someone was able to bring herself to go out with another girl, especially to an event as male-dominated as most sports tended to be. She joined in, offered to try to come up with a cheer at the side, until the two of them were throwing their hands into the air in makeshift choreography that made spectators around them scoot away.

Flustered, excited, Miyahara looked genuinely happy. Kanzaki didn't care about this sport or the teams, but that alone was enough, when she could grin wide and receive one in return.

"I'm glad I'm here with you, Mii-chan."

Her date protested the nickname the rest of the evening, calling it absurd, too soon, but the way she clung to Kanzaki's hand said enough for how pleased she was about it. Maybe it was too soon - but she'd keep it for when the two of them had enough time.

Dates grew more frequent as they grew stranger, never going to the same arenas, or even the same sports. The following Saturday found her arriving at a roller rink, and standing along the boundary of a roller derby that made Miyahara jump every time one of the skaters crashed too closely. Another Wednesday, and they were at a lacrosse match, one of the only thirty people in the audience at the small game, played by middle schoolers who had only just begun the sport. Watching was fun, just because there was little as enjoyable as coming up with charming cheers for children, but the growing suspicion began to make it difficult to avoid questioning Miyahara's ideas.

They cycled through more and more sports, clapping politely at a bowling match, buying matching caps at a softball semi-final, a game of badminton, horse-back riding, even a dog show, as far away from human sport as that began to reach.

Miyahara became more outward with each passing game, until she was able to stand and pull Kanzaki into the excitement of the crowd herself. Though her confusion had become near tantamount, making it difficult to go on the dates without becoming enveloped in just how she might break the news, there was a kind of magic that came with seeing that change, that made her happy she could have been to see Miyahara so comfortable at her side.

"Um ... Mii-chan?"

"Go! Score, you can do it!"

"This isn't a scoring match."

Miyahara froze. "Oh? I just meant ... win! You know how it is ..."

It was gymnastics, this time.

"No, actually." The two of them fell into silence, no longer disturbing the crowd lost in quiet observation, until Kanzaki leaned closer. "When I was younger ... I pretended to like someone I didn't really care for, just because I wanted to get closer to cycling."

Hair tails slapped her in the face when Miyahara whipped her head around. "Do you think I don't like you?" Her hand landed over her own, shaky, sweating. "I-if it seems like I'm lying to you, I'll try to ..."

"No! No, of course not. I'm just ... thinking, just a little bit ..." Kanzaki tilted her head towards the mat at the center of the hall. "Maybe all these dates we've been going on ... might not be what you actually wanted?"

Color rose to Miyahara's face, as she stumbled over her words, trying to find some kind of way to explain, until Kanzaki hugged her and sent her into a starstruck silence.

"Why have you been asking me out to all these games if you don't like them?"

"...I didn't really think someone sporty like you ... would like what I enjoyed, and I ... wanted to impress you. Just a little bit. I've ... never really gone out on dates before, so I never imagined that you might have ... been interested enough to stay. It's nothing much, I mean!"

Enough dates for two months of sports Kanzaki had never before seen in her life said far more than Miyahara ever would, but she grinned. "Then let's just go somewhere I like next time. That'll give you the time to decide on a place you really enjoy, right?"