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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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

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Comments

PROMPT: Team Grandstand

[novocaine_sea]

Ship/Character: Sanada Genichirou/Yukimura Seiichi, Konoha Akinori/Semi Eita, Konoha Akinori/Washio Tatsuki, Sakusa Kiyoomi/Miya Atsumu, Kominato Haruichi/Satoru Furuya, Akutsu Jin/Dan Taichi, Kominato Ryousuke/Kuramochi Youichi, any
Fandom: Prince of Tennis, Haikyuu, Daiya no Ace
Major Tags: None
Additional Tags: feel free to do any ships not mentioned!
Do Not Wants: a/b/o, heavy angst, incest, sakusa/hinata

Prompt: rainstorms, tea, blankets

FILL : Team Grandstand, G

[pocket_panda]

Title: Things unsaid.
Ship/Character: Sanada Genichirou&/Yukimura Seiichi
Additional Characters: an OC nurse?
Fandom: Prince of Tennis
Major Tags: None
Other Tags: rain, hospitals, canon vague anime sickness,
Word Count: 769
Remix Permission: See Permissions Sheet

I tried. All characterization is taken from Toshi and Shogo’s versions (aka tenimyu), so uh. Y’know. Hope you like ;w;

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Sanada carefully props his umbrella up against the corner as he shuts the door behind himself, readjusting the cap on his head before slowly shrugging out of his coat. He hangs it on one of the hooks by the door before slowly making his way into the room, looking at the figure on the bed, staring out the window and seemingly not having noticed his arrival.

Sanada knows better though, and settles himself in the extra chair that the nurses brought into the room a week ago, the day after Sanada had stayed standing for a full two hours because the only chair had been occupied.

Sanada knows the nurses aren’t the ones who volunteered to bring the chair in.

Everything between them has always been like this, unsaid and silent, communicating in veiled words and emotions. But it’s what works for them, so he sees no issue with things staying this way.

And apparently, neither does Yukimura.

“I brought that tea you like,” Sanada says at last, “I gave it to the nurses already. They said they’d bring some in in a minute,”

Finally, Yukimura turns to him, and Sanada is more aware than ever of how tired his captain looks. He doesn’t think anyone should look that tired, let alone someone their age. He doesn’t say anything though, and simply sits in his usual stiff manner.

Silence surrounds them then, the only sounds those of the downpour outside, near torrential rain hitting the window and drowning out the rest of the hospital noises.

It’s almost as if they can pretend. Pretend Yukimura had never fallen ill, and they’re simply sat in either of their bedrooms, going over the team roster, or an opposing team, or even simply watching a tennis match.

Only a nurse knocking and entering breaks the spell that’s fallen, forcefully lifting the veil of make-believe as he puts a tray with two cups and a tea pot down on the table next to Yukimura, and Sanada’s usual frown deepens momentarily.

The nurse gives the both of them curious glances, and Sanada guesses the man must be confused over their silence, but that’s just how outsiders see them, isn’t it? They see two silent middle-schoolers and wonder why they’re in each other’s company.

Quite frankly, Sanada couldn’t care less about what others think of the two of them. All that matters to either of them is tennis, and that’s been ripped out of Yukimura’s control. Sanada hates it, so he brings tea, because it’s all he can do as they wait as patiently as they can for Yukimura to be able to leave this godforsaken place and return to his rightful throne on the tennis court.

The child of god has no place being in that hospital bed, pale and exhausted, dwarfed by a mere blanket.

“It’s raining.”

Yukimura’s words break the silence at last as he smooths his hands over the blanket covering his legs, and Sanada tenses.

He lets a beat pass before standing and pouring the tea, carefully wheeling the table closer so Yukimura can easily reach his cup before Sanada takes the second one and sits back in the chair, back stiff, hearing everything Yukimura just implied; you don’t have to come when it’s raining, you don’t have to come every day like this, you don’t need to care for my weak self.

“I know,” He answers, sipping his tea, admitting to himself that Yukimura has good taste.

I want to. I don’t care if it’s raining, the world could end tomorrow and I’d still come here one last time, weak or not.

Silence takes over once again, the storm raging outside a stark contrast to the peace in the hospital room.

Yukimura reaches for his tea when Sanada is already halfway done with his, the liquid considerably cooler, and the vice-captain takes in the way the pale hand trembles, and feels his heart squeeze in his chest. He lets his gaze follow that hand all the way to his captain’s mouth as he takes a sip, and watches as lips quirk into a gentle smile,

“Thank you.”

The words are quiet, and even though it’s so silent in the room, the rain is hammering against the window, and Sanada would have likely missed them had he not been watching. Waiting.

There’s nothing more to the words, one of the rare times where Yukimura speaks exactly what he’s thinking, and with a forward tilt of his head, Sanada lets his cap cover his eyes, feeling his own lips pull into the smallest of smiles,

“Of course.”

Anything for you.

Re: FILL : Team Grandstand, G

[novocaine_sea]

i cant even form a coherent sentence im standing in a whole ass whirlpool of my own TEARS