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 #47

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They lose their quarterfinal match at the nationals and Bokuto spirals into a bad mood that doesn't wear off no matter how long they give him to stew in it.

The entire team is disappointed, of course, but none of them are hit by it as hard as Bokuto. Akaashi watches him with concern, watches as he listlessly spikes the tosses sent to him in practice, slamming each one down with increasing force, even though he doesn't look even the slightest bit satisfied by any of them.

The rest of their teammates have come to learn that Akaashi is the best at dealing with Bokuto, for better or worse. They leave him to Akaashi to deal with, wishing him luck with it. He doesn't know whether or not to thank them; it's not as if they're wrong about it. Even now, Bokuto is more likely to respond to Akaashi's voice than anyone else, even if he just goes through the motions mechanically, without any enthusiasm.

Akaashi gives it a week, before he holds Bokuto back after practice to talk to him. It's their date night anyway, it's not like he's cutting into time that Bokuto is going to be spending doing anything else.

"Bokuto-san." He looks around, making sure that the club room is empty, that the rest of their team have already left. He waits a little longer just to be sure, and lowers his voice. "Koutarou. Talk to me."

"What do you want me to say?" Bokuto asks, with a smile that doesn't reach his eyes. "I'm sorry. I've said that so many times, but I don't think it's ever going to be enough. I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm—"

"Koutarou," Akaashi says firmly, taking hold of his arms, tightening his grip until Bokuto falls silent. "When has anyone on the team said that it's your fault that we lost?"

"Me," Bokuto replies. "Lots of times. Weren't you listening?"

"You're wrong," Akaashi tells him. "It's not your fault. The fault never lies on just the one person, okay? You need to remember that. We lost to a better team. Because the six people standing on the other side of the net combined were better than the six of us combined. It just means that we need to practice more. It means that we need to be a better team. We're all good players. You're our ace. You're the best of us."

"And I still couldn't spike hard enough." Bokuto laughs quietly and it's a sad sound, as he hangs his head. "I couldn't stop them from blocking me. I just wanted us to get to the finals together, Keiji. I wanted us to win."

"I know that," Akaashi says softly. "We all did."

"It was going to be perfect," Bokuto sighs. "I was going to be perfect. For you. The perfect spiker. The perfect ace."

"Koutarou," Akaashi's hands hold the sides of his face. He rests their foreheads together and sighs deeply. "You don't have to be perfect for me. For anyone. I like you as you are. I like you for who you're going to be, for how you're going to grow. I want to see that. I want to go to Nationals with you again next year and I want us to be better than we were. I want to win with you next year."

That, at least, makes Bokuto crack a genuine smile. "Yeah. That sounds like something we can do."

"I like you regardless of whether we win or we lose," Akaashi tells him. "I like you because of who you are. That's not going to change."

Smiling, Bokuto pulls Akaashi into a kiss. "Promise?"

Kissing back firmly, Akaashi pulls back with a smile. "I promise."