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Bonus Round 3: Superlatives
Bonus Round 3: Superlatives
For this round, get ready to dive back into those high school yearbooks. Who’s the cutest couple? Who has the prettiest smile? Who’s most likely to go pro? Be creative and have fun!
This bonus round will close on August 3rd, 2018 11:59PM PT (23:59 PT). [COUNTDOWN]
This Round is CLOSED. It is perpetually open for new fills.
Rules
In the context of this round, superlatives are “titles” or “awards” a character/s might win based on their personality, appearance, future, etc. Superlatives are common in American high school yearbooks.
Please use one of the following formats for your prompt:
[SUPERLATIVE]: [Winner (Character/s, Object, Places, etc.)]
or
[SUPERLATIVE]: Filler’s Pick
Including the character who earns the superlative is optional. You can pick it yourself or allow the filler to choose. That said, remember that your header must ALWAYS include AT LEAST one fandom in the “fandom” section. Prompts that write “any” in the fandom section will not be counted for points.
Please be sure to fill out all lines of the header (even with “None” or “N/A,” so we can count your prompts/fill for points.) If you leave a line blank we don’t know if it was intentional or a mistake, and cannot count it for points.
All prompts must come from a nominated fandom.
You’re welcome to be as classic or creative as you like with your superlatives. Both typical and atypical superlatives are great for this round!
Superlatives don’t need to just apply to people! We encourage you to be as creative as you want to be!
Still confused about what a superlative is? Hopefully these examples will help!
A Few Examples:
MOST LIKELY TO SURVIVE A ZOMBIE APOCALYPSE: Abe Takaya
BEST PRANKSTER/S: Bokuto Koutarou
WORST COUPLE TO THIRD WHEEL WITH: Viktor / Yuuri
MOST VALUABLE PLAYER (CHESS CLUB): Filler’s Pick
BEST SIDEKICK: Pocari Sweat
ULTIMATE ANIMAL COMPANION: Filler’s Pick
TOP 5 CELEBRITY SECRETS: Filler’s Pick
If Prompting
Please use the following subject line for prompt:
Prompt: [Your Team]
Replace [Your Team] with the name of the team you belong to. Nicknames or Official Names are both acceptable
Copy/Paste the following into the body of your comment. Delete all instructional text in parentheses.
NSFW Prompts
EXPLICITLY NSFW PROMPTS must be posted to the after-hours comm. “Explicitly NSFW” means that the prompt includes outright sexual content (whether in a photograph, drawing, or in words), and prompts that in the additional requests are asking for explicit fills. Prompts are posted with the same HTML format, in the same manner as a SFW prompt, just under the designated post for that Bonus Round in the after-hours comm. See ‘Filling’ for the procedures for NSFW Fills.
Once you have joined the Afterhours community, you can find the corresponding post HERE.
If Filling
Minimums
Required Work Minimums:
400 words (prose)
400px by 400px (art)
Traditional art is also allowed with a good quality photo/scan
14 lines (poetry)
Playlists - 5 song minimum with artists. Link to either a video playlist, or each song separately. Be sure to warn for content in the music videos, and you may find linking to lyrics helpful. You may also write an explanation of why you chose each song.
Moodboards - 9 photo min, source all photos, and no fanart allowed (unless it's your own)
If you’d like to use a different medium, please contact the mods if you have any questions about minimum requirements.
There is no max work cap.
Format
FILL: [Your Team], [Rating]
Replace [Your Team] with the name of the team you belong to. Nicknames and Official Names are both acceptable
Replace [Rating] with the rating of your fill (G-E).
Copy/Paste the following into the body of your comment. Delete all instructional text in parentheses.
NSFW Fills
All NSFW fills must be posted in the corresponding Bonus Round post in the After Hours community. If filling a prompt that has been posted on the after-hours comm, simply reply to that prompt. If filling a SFW prompt, let the prompter know by replying to the original prompt on the main comm with a link to your fill on the corresponding after-hours Bonus Round Post. Please do not use the Fill subject line or Fill header when cross-linking. This will cause the BR scorer to count your fill twice.
Once you have joined the Afterhours community, you can find the corresponding post HERE.
Scoring
The scoring for bonus rounds depends on the number of people (n) on your team. You’re welcome to make as many prompts and fills as you like!
For prompts: 5 points per prompt, limited to 5 times the number of team members (5n)
For fills, where (n) = number of members on you team:
First 5n fills: 20 points each
Fills 5n to 10n: 10 points each
Fills 10n to 15n: 5 points each
All fills after 15n: 2 points each
Confused? Don’t worry; math is hard. Check out the Bonus Round Point Widget to help you figure out the point scale for your team.
We’ve changed the expected workload for Bonus Round Fills! The new recommended workload is 12 fills per member for Gold, 8 fills per member for Silver, and 4 fills per member for Bronze. The scoring post has been updated to reflect this (and other changes made to scoring! We’ll be releasing a Halftime update post in the near future with all the changes made thanks to your feedback!)
All scored content must be created new for this round.
Additional Information
If you're hunting through the prompts looking for what to fill, a good trick is to view top-level comments only (see the line of links below this post).
Icie’s fantastic SportsFest Prompt/Fill database can also help you sort through prompts (and fills!)
If you’d like more information, you can look at the BR GUIDELINES.
You can also post your Fills to the Official AO3 Collection.
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FILL: Team Grandstand
Fandom: Haikyuu
Major Tags: none
Other Tags: second POV, coming home
Word Count: 608
Remix Permission: sure o/
***
You tell yourself that the past six months have been easy, that this time away from Osamu has been good for you both, that you didn’t spend every day being reminded by little things that he wasn’t there, that you didn’t constantly research flights to and from and wish you had more leave from work.
You’re a liar.
You tell yourself that when you finally see Osamu at the airport, you’ll be cool about it all. You’ll stride casually over to him with a smile, hug him, and ask him how his flight was. You’ll both snark about something and tease each other, and then you’ll suggest that you both grab something to eat on the way home, and things will be back to normal. He won’t know that you have been lying to yourself for the past six months.
But you are a liar, and not a very good one, at that. Osamu knows you better than anyone, so you’d have to be an incredible actor to fool him.
Unfortunately, you are not an incredible actor. You are hardly even a good actor.
You look up and see him exiting the gates, suitcase in tow and large duffel bag on his shoulder, and he looks around for you. You take a deep breath and stand up so he can see you better. There’s a wild swooping in your stomach, but you can fight that back, you can be cool about all this, you can—
Osamu sees you, and a familiar smile breaks across his face and he starts making his way to you. Your resolve crumbles and you half-walk and half-run to him. You reach each other quickly, Osamu drops his bag to the floor, and you put your arms around him and hug him close and bury your face against his shoulder. He laughs a little and hugs you back, and says a soft, “Hey.”
The past six months have not been easy, and you think he can feel that by the way you’re holding onto him like you’ll never let go.
But he pulls away first, and reluctantly, you raise your head. You force a half-smile, half-smirk—you have maybe three seconds before he reads you like an open book.
“How was your flight?” you say, breaking eye contact. You reach for his suitcase, fumbling for the handle lock for an unnecessary length of time. You can feel him watching you, wordless and searching, and you think that even if you were the finest actor in the country, you still couldn’t fool him. “Did you have something to eat? No, scratch that—did you clear the plane of all their snacks, because I’ll be disappointed if you didn’t get your money’s worth, you know. But if you’re still hungry, we can grab a burger on the way back to—”
You feel him step closer to you, feel his hands brush your face, then reach behind your neck, and pull you towards him. He presses his forehead to yours and you—you feel like you’re the one coming home after a long time away, instead. Your hands clutch at his arms, and you close your eyes.
“I’m home,” Osamu says after a moment, and you breathe.
“Welcome home,” you say, quiet, almost lost in the bustle of the airport, but he hears you, and you open your eyes again to a fondness in his smile only ever reserved for you.
You are not a good liar, but maybe this is okay.
You take his suitcase, and Osamu shoulders his duffel bag again. Together, after six long months, you leave the airport.
Re: FILL: Team Grandstand