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: team daiya no ace, T

[kuramochi]

some pyrotechnics but no injuries
454 words
the relationships here are a bit ambiguous, so sorry about that. i really can't resist a dapper kinj is the real moral of this story.

it's like someone waving from a great distance, a plume of smoke on the horizon, hearing a voice from deep underwater. it feels like a nightmare but he can't wake up, the sun heavy on his eyes and heat pressing down like a blanket of lead. these are the last three people onoda would have expected to appear, to be responsible for this, but here they are, blink after blink, no matter how the slamming of his heart tries to reject it.

the verdant shade of makishima's hair shimmers in the desert heat like he's a mirage, like he might disappear, the familiar crook of his mouth no longer benign. he's saying something, one hand tucked into the back pocket of tadokoro's trousers, and tadokoro is laughing, an edge to the sound onoda's never heard before. tadokoro is always larger than life, the easy swagger of his gait and blatant disregard for the forces arrayed against them saying clearly: you can't touch me. the drape of his arm around makishima's shoulders is careless and affectionate, habitual. beneath his other arm, kinjou is silent.

makishima and tadokoro stride forward as if they do not see the constabulary or onoda; kinjou looks at nothing else. he is a slim, dark figure against the sun-blasted sand and the pitiless blue of the sky, shoulders straight and firm. there's a neatness to his suit that suggests a certain flair, the rich darkness of the fabric versus makishima and tadokoro's lighter, more practical clothing, the stalwart angle of his bowler hat. his glasses are the same, rose-colored and round, but the eyes behind them are flat and dark, reptilian. onoda has never thought him harmless, but nothing could have prepared him for the viper revealed.

kinjou stops and the other two stop with him, no signal or command that onoda can see, just a perfectly timed cessation of motion. this curious synchronicity is not new but context gives it new shading. the hairs on the back of onoda's neck rise.

"gentlemen," kinjou says, voice smooth and low, carrying across the sand. "it certainly is a nice day, isn't it?"

"you're under arrest," the constable says, and kinjou tilts his head as if to say, oh?

"i'm afraid not," he says, and before onoda can speak there's an explosion behind him, a wave of heat and pressure throwing him down on his face.

the three of them are gone by the time he struggles back to his feet, ears ringing and sand in his teeth, the image of kinjou's hand raised in farewell burning on the backs of his eyelids. that was for him, onoda knows, lungs heaving, skin aching, entire world turned over. what he doesn't know is why.

Re: FILL: team daiya no ace, T

[dynamite]

Ahh, I love the visuals in this!! And you say ambiguous, but the casualness of their touches really appeals to me; the subtlety of their relationships works well, here. And dapper villain Kinjou.... thank you. THANK YOU.

Re: FILL: team daiya no ace, T

[kuramochi]

thank you so much for the comment!! i'm still a little shaky on writing for ywpd bc i've done it like twice ever hahah so i'm really glad you think it works. i've got a mega kinj problem and for some reason this prompt just gave me such a strong image of three of them dressed incongruously nicely somewhere heat-blasted and sere and i just rolled with it.

[catlarks]

Oh my gosh, this is COOL AS HECK. It's exactly what I wanted out of a prompt like this -- your visuals are amazing, I love the way you've described Makishima, and Tadokoro, and Kinjou especially, my poor heart. Your prose is really distinct stylistically and I love that, and I also really dig your choice to use Onoda as your narrator?

I too can always be swayed by a dapper Kinjou and equally much by a villain Kinjou so this delights me, thank you so much!

[kuramochi]

thank you, i'm so glad you like it!! i was thinking about villain senpais and who would be the most upset about it, so of course it had to be sunshine baby onoda.

kinjou is a complete menace, tbh.