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 Is it from a speech or a historical document?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: aomine/himuro, aomine/kuroko, himuro/kagami, kuroo/daishou, ushijima/oikawa, kita/akashi, miyuki/mei
Fandom: kuroko no basuke, haikyuu, daiya
Major Tags: none
Additional Tags: none
Do Not Wants: nsfw, dubcon/noncon, excessive violence

Prompt:

"Now I live to hate. It sustains me. Sometimes I wonder if there's anything left. Lust, rage, ambition -- I've moved beyond them all. In fact, I look back over the last million years and recognize there have been only two constants: hate... and you."

- Megatron, More than Meets the Eye

Ship/Character: Akashi Seijuurou &/ Kita Shinsuke
Fandom: Kuroko no Basuke, Haikyuu!!
Major Tags: none
Other Tags: psycho pass au??
Word Count: 402
Remix Permission: please ask c:

vagues my psycho pass au bc WHY NOT

***

“Tell me, Shinsuke. What is there left for this world?” Akashi asks. They could be sitting down and having tea, looking at how relaxed Akashi’s body language is. He doesn’t look like he’s ready for a fight or has any intention of fighting, but Kita’s not taking his chances. Akashi just looks amused by this, arms tucked behind his back, not quite facing Kita.

“What do you mean by that, Akashi-san?” Kita asks. His grip on the Dominator is steady, useless as it is whenever he points it at Akashi. There’s a switchblade that Osamu had insisted he take, just in case. A reminder again, that Osamu had dived too deep into the abyss and found the abyss looking back at him.

“You of of people, should know what I mean.” Akashi’s gaze is sharp, unwavering as he watches Kita close the distance between them, Dominator still at the ready. “How many times have you seen the worst people have to offer, the kind of cruelty they are capable of? People cannot change. They are too complacent and indolent, especially in a society like this.” The distance between them can now be closed with a leap, and Kita’s watching Akashi as much as Akashi is watching him.

“I think they can change.” Kita answers. Akashi’s tilts his head a little, a gesture for Kita to continue. “I believe that little by little, we can change.” Akashi seems to be considering Kita’s words, though Kita cannot read his expression.

“You know, Shinsuke. Only two things have managed to interest me in the last few years.” His tone is conversational, as if they are only discussing the weather. Akashi’s lips are curved in a half smile, and Kita takes a wary step back. “The capacity for cruelty that people seem to possess, the depths and limits of it. If given the tools and the opportunity, the only limit seems to be their imagination.” He’s turned to face Kita fully now, hands loosely clasped in front of him.

“And the other thing?” Kita asks. Akashi’s smile turns sharp at the question. Akashi Seijuurou is a dangerous man, and Kita knows this. His entire being bleeds danger and sets Kita on edge, for all that he can seem unassuming. In the brief length of their acquaintanceship, Kita has seen Akashi unbothered by too many disturbing things to believe that unassuming veneer.

“Well, that would be you.”