SF2020 - Bonus Round 1: Three Words

[sportsfest_mods]

Three words can mean the world! Whether it is a sentence or disconnected terms, what will you choose to convey with limited words?
This bonus round will be open until Saturday, June 27th at 11:59pm (midnight) EDT. (Countdown)

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This round is now closed!

The screening period is over! You're still able to post prompts and fills for this round but they won't count for points!
If you posted or edited a fill while comments were being screened, please use the comment unscreening form to let us know so we can unscreen it!

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Rules

• Submit prompts by commenting any three words of your choosing! This can be a phrase or a list of words. Example:
  • I love you
    
  • Home, keys, together
    
  • Let them go
• Fill prompts by creating fanworks inspired by all three words, or only one or two! The choice is yours.
  
• Prompts can be in any language as long as you provide an English translation!
  
• You cannot earn points by filling your teammate's prompts or your own! (That said, we won't stop you from doing so for fun!)
  
• You must use the prompt/fill headers below, and you cannot leave any line blank nor delete a line! If this is your first time participation please read over our Bonus Round Guidelines.

Format

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)
  
• Fake Social Media - 4 images min
  
• 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 your comment in one of the following ways:

If Prompting

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Please use the following subject line for your comment:

PROMPT: [Your Team]


• Replace [Your Team] with the name of your team (Grandstand included!). Please use your Official Team Name!
  
• You must include at least one specific character/ship and fandom in your prompt. You may add "any" after listing a few characters/ships/fandoms!
  
• That said, remember that "any" really means any. If there are characters/ships you don't want to see, feel free to list them under "Do Not Wants" or put "ask for other ships".
  

Copy/Paste the following into the body of your comment. Delete all instructional text in parentheses.

<strong>Ship/Character:</strong> (The relationship or character your prompt is focused on."&" indicates a platonic relationship, "/" is non-platonic. You must include at least one specific ship/character.) <strong>Fandom:</strong> (what fandom the character or ship is from. DO NOT write “Any”) <strong>Major Tags:</strong> (Major Character Death, Rape/Non-Con, Graphic Depictions of Violence, Underage, or Chose Not to Use Tags, when applicable; Otherwise, write "None".) <strong>Additional Tags:</strong> (Anything you feel requires tagging or mention. Not required, but it is highly encouraged to check the additional tags on the tags page (https://sportsfest.dreamwidth.org/3623.html) as they are things your fellow participants have asked to be tagged for! May also be humorous, tumblr-style tags.) <strong>Do Not Wants:</strong> (Anything you do not want to see in your fills including triggers, squicks, and even minor things like ships you do not like. Please use this space responsibly and not, say, to create crazy limitations for your fillers.) <strong>Prompt:</strong>

Future bonus rounds will have a much more simplified header to copy-paste!

NSFW prompts
All explicitly NSFW prompts must be posted in sf_afterhours in the corresponding Bonus Round post.
You can find the After Hours BR1 post here.

If Filling

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Please use the following subject line for your comment:

FILL: [Your Team], [Rating]


• Reply as a comment to the prompt you are filling.
  
• Replace [Your Team] with the name of your team (Grandstand included!). Please use your Official Team Name!
  
• 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.

<strong>Title:</strong> (Optional. Titling your work makes it easier to rec during the Rec Round, however, this is not necessary.) <strong>Ship/Character:</strong> (The relationship or character your prompt is focused on."&" indicates a platonic relationship, "/" is non-platonic. You must include at least one specific ship/character.) <strong>Additional Characters:</strong> (Optional. Any additional characters who are significantly present.) <strong>Fandom:</strong> (what fandom the character or ship is from) <strong>Major Tags:</strong> (Major Character Death, Rape/Non-Con, Graphic Depictions of Violence, Underage, or Chose Not to Use Tags, when applicable; otherwise write "None".) <strong>Other Tags:</strong> (anything else that you feel requires tagging; Not required, but it is highly encouraged to check the additional tags (https://sportsfest.dreamwidth.org/3623.html) on the tags page as they are things your fellow participants have asked to be tagged for! May also be humorous tumblr style tags.) <strong>Word Count:</strong> (if applicable; otherwise write "None") <strong>Remix Permission:</strong> <a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Y1iX56fSJhK0Dqy4suBFAXgpCW01w3StSe-UeJO4iag/edit?usp=sharing">See Permissions Sheet</a> (Place any author/artist's notes BEFORE the asterisks.) *** (Place your fill here. You can use HTML after the asterisks.)

Future bonus rounds will have a much more simplified header to copy-paste!

NSFW Fills
NSFW Fills must be posted in sf_afterhours in the corresponding Bonus Round post.
You can find the After Hours post for BR1 here.

Scoring

These numbers apply to your team as a whole, not each individual member! It means, for instance: "The first 10 prompts by any team members grant 5 points each".

Prompts

• Prompts 1-10: 5 points each
  
• Prompts 10+: No points !

Fills

• Fills 1-10: 15 points each
  
• Fills 11-20: 5 points each
  
• Fills 21+: 2 points each

Additional Information

• Code for inserting links: <a href="LINK">your text</a>
  
• Code for inserting images: <img src="LINK" width="600px">
  
• The Bonus Round Guidelines further explain how bonus rounds function along with examples.
  
• We also have an official Ao3 Collection for you to post your fills to!
  
• If you see any prompts/fills improperly tagged, in the wrong community, or otherwise in need of mod attention, please use our mod contact form to let us know! In fact, this form can be used to report many things, anonymously or not!

If you have any further question or concerns, please contact us!

Comments

Prompt: Team Grandstand

[stariceling]

Ship/Character: Yui&/Akira, Iwashimizu&/Miyuki, Sakuraba&/Takami, Midorima&/Takao, Eiji&/Oishi, Teshima&/Aoyagi, any Haikyuu setter/spiker pair, any Hoshiai no Sora doubles pair, any Prince of Stride, any captain/vice captain pair from listed fandoms
Fandom: 15: Meisetsu Kougyou Koukou Rugby-bu, All Out!!, Eyeshield 21, Haikyuu!!, Hoshiai no Sora, Kuroko no Basuke, Prince of Stride, Prince of Tennis, Yowamushi Pedal
Major Tags: none
Additional Tags: partners, hurt or comfort?
Do Not Wants: character death

Prompt: Don't fall apart

FILL: Team Seijoh Third Years, T

[tsukisyama]

Title: don't fall apart
Ship/Character: Akaashi Keiji & Bokuto Kotarou
Fandom: Haikyuu!!
Major Tags: none
Other Tags: spoilers for last match of Nationals, angsty
Word Count: 444
Remix Permission: See Permissions Sheet


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Akaashi is used to keeping Bokuto from falling apart on the court. In fact, that’s one of his biggest roles as vice-captain. The other players, while immature at times, are able to manage themselves on their own in most cases. And it’s not like Bokuto isn’t independent or reliable - their entire team is built around him, after all, and he’s more than proven himself to be the cornerstone of their entire team. It’s only when small, insignificant things start to go south when they all go wrong, and suddenly Fukurodani is short a spiker that’s also their ace, and oh shit, Akaashi’s got to figure out how to best do damage control before it’s too late for them to make a recovery.

Of course, there are a variety of tactics Akaashi employs to make sure they’re still a functional team, while Bokuto’s having one of his moments. The path he opts for most often is the let Bokuto relax for a little while before giving him an easy shot to win back his confidence. Akaashi is particularly fond of that one, even if it can get a tad risky for the higher-intensity matches.

He’s not as fond of the get a substitute for Bokuto until the end of the set if they’re not in a dire situation, because that usually never works out. They can replace Bokuto with another wing spiker, sure, but Bokuto’s as good as out for the remainder of the game. If he’s not in the middle of the action, he’s bound to lose his confidence entirely, and that’s even worse than trying to start back at square one. It’s as if they’re playing the board game that is Bokuto’s mind, they’d be starting at space negative twelve, at the very greatest.

There’s also the let Bokuto play through his mental blocks option, but that might be Akaashi’s least favorite of all. Seeing Bokuto under extreme duress isn’t exactly something Akaashi wants to bring onto the court, much less have to witness for an extended period of time.

Akaashi’s never been that scared of losing, though, even when Bokuto’s having a moment. And he certainly wouldn’t have expected to lose in a game he was sure they could win, where Bokuto was playing at his 200 percent.

“You can’t fall apart,” Bokuto had whispered to him, once they’d gotten on the bus back to Fukurodani, “next year, when I’m gone. Promise me you’ll be every bit as good to them as you were to me?”

Akaashi wishes he could make that promise.

Re: FILL: Team Seijoh Third Years, T

[stariceling]

Oh WOW This is gorgeous and it hurts and I love every single word. Akaashi's voice is spot on and it just shows how he knows how to support and manage Bokuto's confidence. I'm blown away by the dynamic between them. And then that last line killed me with feels. ;_;