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 Is it from a speech or a historical document?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.

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Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

Ship/Character: Koga Kimitaka/Aoyagi Hajime
Fandom: Yowamushi Pedal
Major Tags: None
Other Tags: Established relationship
Word Count: 669
Remix Permission: Blanket permission

***

“The problem is: I need my glasses to find my glasses.”

Aoyagi could understand that. Koga apparently needed his glasses to find anything. This included the correct book and homework for each subject, so Aoyagi found himself crossing the aisle to Koga’s desk each time he needed something out of his bag.

Each time he came over, Koga leaned so close their faces almost touched, squinting at Aoyagi’s face with the utmost concentration. Obviously he was just trying to see, but it looked like he was going around glaring at everything.

The expression was so different from usual, Aoyagi found it strangely endearing. It was kind of cute how grumpy he looked searching around for a dropped pencil. Many of their other classmates were giving Koga a wide berth today, especially if he looked their way, but Aoyagi didn’t really mind being looked at so intensely.

When they had to switch rooms for art, Aoyagi quickly took Koga’s hand to lead him down the hallway. Otherwise, he might miss the room and get turned around. Aoyagi didn’t want to lose track of him even for a moment.

Walking next to them, Teshima laughed into his hand, not being exactly subtle about it.

Aoyagi gave him a look. He shifted his grip on Koga’s hand, lacing their fingers together. He was Koga’s eyes today and no one had better have a problem with that.

“I know. You have dibs.” Teshima held up a hand in surrender. “You’re just making a cute face, that’s all.”

Aoyagi nodded, accepting Teshima’s surrender.

Koga startled him by stopping dead, taking him by the chin, and tilting his face up to look at him seriously once again. Before Aoyagi could figure out what that was about Koga had let go again.

(Art was interesting. Teshima made playful comments about Monet’s cataracts and how Koga should be improved now. Koga kept touching his knee under the table. Aoyagi got the feeling he didn’t have much interest in working on something he couldn’t see anyway and thus, for some reason, Aoyagi become the most interesting thing around.)

Over just a few hours Aoyagi felt he was learning very quickly how to look after Koga. He learned to keep an eye out for obstacles at Koga’s height, for example, after only one mishap. He led Koga out to their usual lunch spot without having him stumble over anything or knocking his head on even one branch.

When they were settled, Koga bent almost double trying to see what was in his bento. He was squinting so hard his brow furrowed in concentration.

Aoyagi put his own lunch aside for the moment and took the chopsticks out of Koga’s hand.

“You’re not offering to try and feed me.”

“I am.” Aoyagi moved closer, not thinking he needed any more answer than that.

Koga caught his chin again. He put his face so close Aoyagi half-closed his eyes on reflex, expecting a kiss.

“I hate that I can’t see your expressions.”

Aoyagi blinked his eyes open again in surprise. He knew he didn’t have a very expressive face. He didn’t think Koga was missing much.

“It’s fine.”

“It’s not fine. If I can’t read your face or your movements, I can barely guess what you’re feeling at all!”

Aoyagi was still for a moment, absorbing this. Koga didn’t look as cute now, with his honestly troubled frown.

“I like being your eyes,” he finally said. “I enjoyed being close to you all day.”

Koga relaxed slightly. “I’m glad.” He let go of Aoyagi’s chin and ran a hand affectionately through his hair instead.

“I keep thinking you’re going to kiss me when you do that,” Aoyagi added. Because maybe if Koga couldn’t see he didn’t realize, and he wouldn’t notice how Aoyagi felt about that.

“So then you’re saying I should follow through.”

Aoyagi nodded, feeling his jaw tighten just a bit in embarrassment.

Koga must have saw, because he took Aoyagi’s face in his hands again, and did just that.

aaaaaaaAAAAAAAAA

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

AAAAAAA!! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA, AAAAAAAAAAA!!

ITS..... SO CUTE AND SOFT..... AND THE PACE IS SO NICE..... the first sentence made me laugh so hard like gosh, what a way to open the fic!! and aaa the description of koga frowning throughout the day, and aoyagi finding it cute? meanwhile koga was worrying he couldnt read aoyagi properly?

that was so so so nice?

also lmao at teshima??? it sounded like he had fun with the whole glasses situation sdlkdjfkf anyway im rambling a bit i know it but I JUST REALLY REALLY LOVED IT THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS NICE FILL!!! thank you thank you thank you!!! ♡ ♡ ♡