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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!
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)
Format your comment in one of the following ways:
| If PROMPTING: | If FILLING: | If FILLING as a TEAM GRANDSTAND participant: |
PROMPT: TEAM [YOUR SHIP]
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FILL: TEAM [YOUR SHIP], [RATING]
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FILL: TEAM GRANDSTAND, [RATING]
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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!
PROMPT: Team Tachibana Makoto/Yamazaki Sousuke
"Oh love, don't let me go
Won't you take me where the street lights glow?
I can hear rain coming like a serenade of sound
Now my feet won't touch the ground
Gravity, release me
And don't ever hold me down
Now my feet won't touch the ground"
- "Life in Technicolor ii" by Coldplay
This song's instrumental first minute is utterly magical. I swear. Picture any destination, or travel/beauty of nature montage, it will FIT. (And Free! has really beautiful scenery + water animations). But yeah, this song is really beautiful and up-lifting since this was the feeling I got when Haru's vision "dimmed", and you could even see it in his eyes how it dulled, and then BOOM an explosion of colors and light when he found a dream worth striving for and found peace with it.
FILL: TEAM MATSUOKA RIN/NANASE HARUKA, G
I need to hurry my ass up on school stuff but it can't hurt to have a little warm-up in drawing. What a lovely song! I wish I had the time to really do justice to the prompt.
Re: FILL: TEAM MATSUOKA RIN/NANASE HARUKA, G
FILL: TEAM MATSUOKA RIN/NANASE HARUKA, T
Word count: 856
“So…how was it?”
Haru couldn’t stop a little smile from crossing over his face. Rin sounds so nervous. But Haru guessed he couldn’t blame him, since it was their first date, and Haru knew what a romantic, sappy perfectionist his friend (no, cross that. Boyfriend) was.
“It was fun. I really liked it.”
“That’s…that’s good,” Rin said, sighing with relief. “You know…the dolphins kind of reminded me of you.”
“How so?”
“Well…” Haru noticed Rin shifting closer to him. “The way they swim looks pretty similar to your swimming style.” He was even closer now, and Haru could tell from the tone of his voice that he was flustered. “And…they’re just really elegant, graceful animals in general.”
Haru felt Rin slowly, slowly taking his hand, entwining their hands one finger at a time. Even in the dimness of the evening, the park that they were walking through only illuminated by glowing orange streetlights, Haru could tell that Rin’s face was red. And he was completely averting his gaze.
“They’re beautiful, I guess,” Rin mumbled, his head still turned away from Haru.
Haru snorted, despite feeling color creeping up to his cheeks too. “Are you calling me beautiful, Rin? What a sap.”
“H-Hey!”
Haru smiled again (he was doing that a lot today) and gave Rin’s hand a tight squeeze. He felt Rin jolt for a second, before softly doing the same in return. And when Haru looked at him, he was looking downwards, a small smile on his lips and the softest look in his eyes.
Haru’s heart jumped a little at that sight.
They stayed like that for a while, walking through the near-empty park and holding hands, smiling to themselves and occasionally exchanging glances before blushing and looking away. The only sounds were those of the occasional passerby and the autumn leaves rustling and cracking beneath their feet.
After a few minutes, Haru heard Rin clear his throat.
“So, Haru-“
And then Haru felt something splatter against his cheek. He looked up.
A raindrop?
And then another. And another. And another. Soon enough, they were standing in the middle of a pretty generous downpour.
“Crap, crap,” Rin was muttering, wrapping one arm around Haru and using the other to shield his face from the rain. After a few seconds of slippery, near-blind running, they found themselves on a small bench, the only area having a shade covering it and therefore the only dry area.
“Wasn’t expecting that…” Rin chuckled weakly, sheepishly rubbing the back of his neck. “You okay, Haru?”
“Yeah,” Haru answered, rubbing his hands up and down his arms. “Okay, but cold.”
“Oh, uh…” After fumbling for a few seconds, Rin was pulling off his jacket and hurriedly placing it on Haru’s shoulders. “This okay?”
Haru felt the same color creeping into his cheeks as before. “…Yeah. Thanks.”
Rin smiled, and then took Haru’s hand in his own again. Somehow, he seemed a little more…calm now. Less blushy, more composed.
There were a few more minutes of silence, the two of them watching the rain and holding hands, one of their thumbs occasionally brushing against the others. Despite the unexpected downpour, Haru couldn’t have been more content. The whole scene was just so peaceful and…picturesque, somehow, with the vibrant, warm reds and oranges of the autumn leaves, the leaves thudding against the gravel, and Rin. Just Rin. Holding his hand, being enveloped in his scent, wearing his jacket… Just him being there, in this moment.
“Hey, Haru?” Rin said, giving his hand a soft, somewhat shy squeeze.
“Yeah?”
“I just…wanted to thank you. For today. And for saying yes to, um…this whole dating thing.”
And there he went again, blushing and rubbing the back of his neck and smiling that soft smile…
And as if by sudden impulse, Haru was leaning forward and wrapping his fingers at the back of Rin’s neck and pressing their lips together. It was soft, really, a gentle, warm pressure that only lasted a few seconds. When they pulled away, Rin was looking at him with wide eyes, his face completely and utterly red despite the cold. Haru smiled, comfortably placing his elbows in Rin’s shoulders and letting his hands slide down his back.
“I should be the one saying that." Haru's voice became quieter, softer, and he was surprised to say that he felt almost shy. "Thank you, Rin.”
And after a second of Rin’s stunned staring, the impulse seemed to have taken over him, too, as he cupped Haru’s face in his hands and started to kiss him back. It was more passionate this time, with them experimentally sucking each other’s lips and playing at each other’s tongues. Despite the autumn chill, Haru felt warm. Oh so very warm.
How long they stayed like that, kissing and in each other’s arms, Haru wasn’t sure. He just knew that he wanted to stay here, kissing Rin, being with Rin, and feel like this all the time. This warmth in his chest, creeping to his stomach and eventually warming his whole body, this sensation that gravity had released him, and he was floating, and he was free.
(Dear god, this is probably the laziest, most cliche thing I've ever written. From all of the things I could've written from your gorgeous prompt, I choose a first date/first kiss thing :'D)
Re: FILL: TEAM MATSUOKA RIN/NANASE HARUKA, T
"This warmth in his chest, creeping to his stomach and eventually warming his whole body, this sensation that gravity had released him, and he was floating, and he was free."
I really love that ending line, ;___; and how you incorporated that part of the song with it! This song is more atmospheric than context/lyrics heavy, so I loved the bit about the autumn scenery as well <3 I think your fill was quite lovely, thank you very much! :)
Re: FILL: TEAM MATSUOKA RIN/NANASE HARUKA, T