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.

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

Comments

FILL: SWAG 2016

[(Anonymous)]

SWAG2016 participant #11

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Daiki is changing and he can feel it in his bones as he goes to bed at night, when he wakes with the rising sun. He's being transformed, piece by piece, fracturing apart and healing so quickly that nobody else can see, but he can feel it, in the way that basketballs feel in his hands, the way his feet feel on the court.
Daiki
He's changing and it's all because of Tetsu, couldn't stop if he tried and knows that he doesn't want to anyway. He wants to ride it out, wants to see how he'll come out on the other side, when it's all over. He wonders if it will ever be over, if he'll ever stop changing now that he's started, unsure that he even wants to. He's stagnated for so long, he's been so bored, the colour slowly bleeding out of his experiences on court until they're nothing but a dull, washed out grey. Changing feels vibrant in comparison and it's heady, it's addictive, and Daiki desperately wants to see Tetsu again, wants to show him because most people might not be able to see it, but Tetsu would recognise it in a second, would know that it's his doing, would be so proud of himself, and Daiki wants to see that.

Satsuki knows, because she sees and understands everything, especially if it's Daiki. She doesn't say anything, doesn't once bring it up, because she knows him well enough to know that he might want to talk about it, but it's not her that he wants to talk about it to. Not yet. He wants Tetsu to be the first, wants to show Tetsu that everything he's trying is achieving something, because if he can drag Daiki out of limbo, maybe he can do anything. Maybe he's unstoppable, the way that Daiki feels right now, and it's a feeling that Tetsu deserves to feel, a fact of life that he needs to know.

Except Daiki can't reach out to Tetsu. Not just yet. It's not his move to make, not when all he's done is push, push and push, until Tetsu finally turned away. He'll wait for Tetsu to turn his way, will wait for a sign to say that maybe he wants Daiki to reach out again. The moment he does that, Daiki knows that he'll stretch his arm out as far as it will go, reach for Tetsu until Tetsu reaches right back.

He'll get that eventually and he knows it, just like he knows he'll have to wait for it, as much as he doesn't want to. He'll wait, he'll keep changing, he'll keep growing, and when Tetsu is finally looking again, Daiki will show him. Daiki will shine bright, like the light Tetsu has always treated him like, he'll shine brilliantly, so that Tetsu can bask in it, so Tetsu can know that this is all his doing.

He'll change until he's good, change until he's better. He'll change for himself, not for Tetsu, not for anyone else, and it's going to feel amazing.