Bonus Round 2: Quotes

Sometimes you just have to keep with tradition! Keeping with the SASO roots that SportsFest was born from, Bonus Round 2 is all about quotes.

This bonus round will close on July 13th, 2018 11:59PM PT. [COUNTDOWN]

This Round is CLOSED, but is perpetually open for new FILLS.

Rules

The Rule of Thumb for this round is prominence - did a published author or poet write this line you’d like to quote? Great. Is it from a speech or a historical document? Cool. Did your friend say something funny on twitter the other day? Not so much.

Please DO NOT prompt screenshots of private conversations, Discord convos, or conversations between you and your friends. This can easily and unintentionally bring the prompts into inside joke territory, and can create an exclusionary environment.

Quotes from other SportsFest participants (or yourself) are NOT allowed in this round (for similar reasons to above, and the fact that you could just make anything a quote).

Please give credit to the original speaker of your quote whenever possible.

If prompting with a screenshot, it is polite to post a transcription of the text below the image for accessibility.

Please use your best judgement, and if you’re unsure if something qualifies - ask! The mods are here to help.

And to reiterate, Your prompt MUST include one or more specific nominated fandoms. Please do not prompt "Fandom: Any".

A Few Examples:

“Today is far from Childhood -
But up and down the hills
I held her hand the tighter -
Which shortened all the miles-
- Emily Dickinson, ‘One Sister Have I In Our House’

“Til this moment I never knew myself”
- Elizabeth Bennett, Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice

“SHE DOESN’T EVEN GO HERE!
- Damian, Mean Girls

“It's a quarter past midnight

As we cut through the city”
- Quarter Past Midnight, Bastille

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. Nickname or Official Name are both acceptable

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

(Please delete all text in parentheses as you go. LEAVE THE HTML ALONE or the bonus round scoring program can't parse your comment. Don't forget a comment subject!) Ship/Character: (The relationship or character your prompt is focused on."&" indicates a platonic relationship, "/" is non-platonic.) Fandom: (what fandom the character or ship is from) Major Tags: (https://sportsfest.dreamwidth.org/3623.html, when applicable; these apply to content *only in the prompt itself* and is NOT an implication of what you're looking for in a fill. If No tags are required, enter ‘None’.) Additional Tags: (Anything you feel requires tagging or mention. Not required, but it is highly encouraged to check the additional tags on the tags page as they are things your fellow participants have asked to be tagged for! May also be humorous, tumblr-style tags.) Do Not Wants: (N/A or what you absolutely do not want to see in a fill - whether its a trigger, squick, or something you’re simply not interested in seeing. ) Prompt: (The actual prompt. Make sure you adhere to round theme. Specific requests/details are permitted as an additional line in this field)

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)
14 lines (poetry)

There is no max work cap.

Format

FILL: [Your Team], [Rating]

Replace [Your Team] with the name of the team you belong to. Nickname or Official Name 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.

(Please delete all text in parentheses as you go. LEAVE THE HEADER HTML ALONE or the bonus round scoring program can't parse your comment. Don't forget a comment subject!) Ship/Character: (The relationship or character your prompt is focused on."&" indicates a platonic relationship, "/" is non-platonic.) Fandom: (what fandom the character or ship is from) Major Tags: (https://sportsfest.dreamwidth.org/3623.html, when applicable; otherwise write "None".) Other Tags: (anything else that you feel requires tagging; Not required, but it is highly encouraged to check the additional tags on the tags page as they are things your fellow participants have asked to be tagged for! May also be humorous tumblr style tags.) Word Count: (if applicable; otherwise write "None") Remix Permission: (This line is optional. Please list specifications or caveats, if any.) (Place any author/artist's notes BEFORE the asterisks. Leave the asterisks alone or you may not get points!) *** (Place your fill here. You can use HTML after the asterisks.)

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.

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). We’ll also have a prompt/fill database up and running soon that will help you filter through BR posts.

If you’d like more information, you can look at the [BR GUIDELINES]

You can also post your Fills to the Official AO3 Collection.

A Tip: We all want SportsFest to be a fun and safe environment. If you notice someone has made a mistake in their required tagging, or any other html or rules related aspect of their comment, do let them know, message them privately rather than replying - if you reply, they can’t edit the comment! If you aren’t comfortable letting the commenter know directly, contact a mod and we will make sure they update the required tags.

If you have any other concerns about Bonus Round Prompts/Fills, you can use this anonymous form to bring them to the mod team. You can submit Bonus Round concerns using this Google Form.

If you have any questions, feel free to ask a mod.

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

Ship/Character: kuroko tetsuya &/ miragen (doesn't have to be all of them at once lmao)
Fandom: kuroko's basketball
Major Tags: none
Additional Tags: none
Do Not Wants: none

Prompt:

"You can hate a place with all your heart and soul and still be homesick for it." - Joseph Mitchell

Ship/Character: Kuroko & Miragen
Fandom:Knb
Major Tags:None
Other Tags: nightmares, Sad Kuroko, Give him a hug
Word Count: 871
Remix Permission: go for it

***

Kuroko’s last year at Teikou was a nightmare pure and simple. The graduation of Nijimura-senpai and coach Shirogane getting sick and retiring happening so close shook all of their worlds and caused something that was already slowly cracking to break entirely.

Team became just a word that everyone else called them, they were nothing more than a group of individuals and that was all. Every match Kuroko spent more and more time on the bench sometimes not even leaving the bench the entire game. Not leaving the bench, however, would’ve been preferable than facing the ‘Genius Twins’ and getting knocked out.

He still had dreams, has constant thoughts of ‘What if’ when it came to that match. What if he were a little more observant? What if he noticed the elbow coming to his face and dodged? Would they have tried again? Would they have given up trying to target him? There was no way that Teikou would’ve lost that match either way.

The dreams only got worse when it comes to the Meiko match. This time it’s not even what ifs, it’s like he’s running on autopilot. Sometimes he’s on the bench and no matter how much he yells no one seems to hear him and he gets a first-hand seat to seeing his friends dreams crushed. Other times he’s subbed in and he can’t control his body, just watching himself as he contributes to destroying his friends will.

He’d wake up in a cold sweat breathing heavy and looking over to his dresser, holding the picture of Seiren close, reminding himself that he’s not there anymore. Teiko didn’t have it’s cold claws in him anymore, it was replaced by the warmth of a team that saw him and loved him how he was. Once he’s calmed down and placed the photo on his desk without fail his eyes would go to the picture form Teikou’s second championship his desk.

Nights like this always sent a pang of longing in his chest when he looked at that picture. Teikou broke him, broke all of them but it was also the reason why they met. The two years he spent with the miracles were the warmest he felt since Ogiwara, maybe even more so. Their nightly walks to the convenience store were his favorite, which all of them could play and joke around like the kids that they were. Times like that they weren’t ‘Teikou’s Miracle team’ or basketball geniuses, they were just six kids (occasionally seven when they could grab Akaashi from vice-captain duties) enjoying snacks with each other.

Kuroko’s specialty involved watching people closely, noticing their habits and their tics, so while no one ever voiced it he knew that their trips meant just as much to all the others as well. An heir getting to relax, a model free from cameras, two boys confused by social norms aren’t bothered, a girl hanging around her crush and a talented boy growing too fast. He suspected the others knew how important these trips were to each other even if no one ever mentioned it but everyone tried their hardest to make sure they didn’t miss it.

The warmth surrounding him in those moments made him realize they were more than friends, they were like the family that he never knew he needed. Maybe that’s why he tried so hard to reach them when they started to break, to have them like they were before. No matter how much you dislike your family at times if the love is still there you want to rekindle with each other. Nostalgia filled him and while it may have been four in the morning there was something he needed.

From: GhostBusters
To: BasketBoobs, FateSays, and KiraKira
GB: Would you all like to go for ice cream today?

Most people would be asleep at this time of morning so he doesn’t expect to get responses so quickly.

KK: of course!! I don’t have a shoot today so I can go after practice!!
FS: Please save your messaging to normal hours. I may humor your request.
BB:2 earlybut k

The warm feeling returns once more like an old friend returning home. Maybe next time Akashi and Murasakibara were in town maybe they could all go to the convenience store and get snacks.