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SASO Referees ([personal profile] referees) wrote in [community profile] sportsanime2015-05-30 08:51 pm
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Bonus Round 1: Quotes

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
  • 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
  • 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!

FILL: Team Akaashi Keiji/Bokuto Koutarou/Kuroo Tetsurou, G

[personal profile] kastron 2015-05-31 07:03 pm (UTC)(link)
implied violence, 636 words

Kiyoko is steadfast, and she’s been called morose. It’s rare, these days, to see her smiling, and as she walks through castle corridors people whisper.

“Kiyoko’s strength is in her silence,” they say, and she ignores them, “Do not try to get her to talk to you.”

Some days it seems as though Kiyoko defends the walls by herself. All of their soldiers have left, their general hoping to cut of the head of the snake, but the siege continues, and they are poorly equipped. No one knows why Kiyoko stayed behind - except, perhaps, Sugawara, but when they ask, he tells them just to be thankful that she’s there.

When the army comes, Kiyoko leads them to safety. The castle falls, but they escape, and that is enough for them. They sing their thanks to Kiyoko, and she ignores them, much to their chagrin.

Sugawara smiles sadly at Kiyoko’s back, turned away from the survivors in the cave, and goes to rest a hand on her shoulder.

“You have waited too long,” he tells her, and she shrugs.

Kiyoko’s strength is in her silence. She won’t break it, even for a friend. Sugawara sits with her before going to distribute supplies, and Kiyoko keeps watch, one sword against an army, if they find them.

They don’t, and the people begin to function again. They live in the caves now, but it’s not so bad, and Kiyoko’s name has become revered, only uttered in whispers, never when she’s within earshot.

Stories grow in the caves like mould on the walls, and speculation continues. All that Sugawara would say was that she was waiting for someone, but he doesn’t refute any of the gossip that spreads. It’s good for morale, probably, and Kiyoko herself doesn’t care for it enough to be hurt by it.

“It’s the General,” they say, and Sugawara laughs. “She must be in love with him. That’s the only reason they’d make her stay behind.”

A hawk brings them news that the General was killed in battle, and Kiyoko is unmoved.

“She’s hiding a broken heart,” someone insteads, but they’re laughed off.

“You just don’t want to admit that you were wrong.”

Months pass, and the war comes to an end. They survive it, but only just. There is no more news from their soldiers, and the people watch Kiyoko grow restless, pacing at the mouth of the cave system they’ve come to call home.

She’s asleep, though, when it finally happens. Their troop has made it home - what’s left of them anyway, fifty ragtag warriors with no ranking system between them. Medics usher them in, but Kiyoko sleeps on, and it’s only when she hears a brash voice piercing through the crowd that she sits up with a gasp.

“Oi, you call this a welcome wagon? Where’s the wine? Where are the dancers?”

One soldier sits perched on a log, shrugging off the people trying to attend to her with casual ease. Her armour is wrecked, and her hair is cut roughly, a sign of too much time on the road. Kiyoko pushes her way through the crowd, and Saeko stops complaining the second they make eye contact, staring at her with wide eyes.
There’s a long silence. No one wants to speak in front of Kiyoko. Then, Saeko smirks.

“So, I’ve heard you’ve been up to big things while I’ve been gone. Nobody told me the glory came with staying at home.”

Kiyoko’s in Saeko’s arms in a second, punching her once, harshly on the shoulder before burying her face in her chest. Saeko laughs loudly, and the villagers look on, scandalised. Tilting her head upward, Kiyoko stands on tiptoes, pressing a soft kiss to chapped, dirty lips.

Kiyoko’s voice is a hoarse whisper, but everyone strains to hear it.

“You came at last.”
dynamite: (Default)

Re: FILL: Team Akaashi Keiji/Bokuto Koutarou/Kuroo Tetsurou, G

[personal profile] dynamite 2015-05-31 07:16 pm (UTC)(link)
I LOVE THIS, I LOVE THIS KIYOKO'S STRENGTH. That burst of colour that is Saeko coming home at last. There is so much going on here, all these little details that just pull you right into the story... this is such a great AU I want to know so much more about it ha ha.

Re: FILL: Team Akaashi Keiji/Bokuto Koutarou/Kuroo Tetsurou, G

[personal profile] kastron 2015-05-31 07:30 pm (UTC)(link)
wahhhh thank you!!! the quote really got me rolling,,, and I wanted to make references to the Silmarillion without making it too angsty, haha.
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Re: FILL: Team Akaashi Keiji/Bokuto Koutarou/Kuroo Tetsurou, G

[personal profile] dynamite 2015-05-31 07:47 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, my heart definitely did a thing when I started reading this, so I'm really happy for the nice ending (I love the Silmarillion, it's my favourite Tolkien book, so this really struck a particular chord with me ;A;)
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Re: FILL: Team Akaashi Keiji/Bokuto Koutarou/Kuroo Tetsurou, G

[personal profile] iwaizumemes 2015-05-31 09:23 pm (UTC)(link)
this is so good! The detached narrator, leaving things open for speculation, how Kiyoko is portrayed, and she's so strong and I love her and she really embodies the quote. And then Saeko, Saeko coming back to the ruins of her people after a long hard fought war and she's still smirking and she's still got her jokes and Kiyoko is happy for the first time in a long time and she doesn't care about the scandalized people. gosh I'm just so in love. thank you.