Bonus Round 2: Quotes

[sportsfest_mods]

 

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 Is it from a speech or a historical document?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!) <strong>Ship/Character:</strong> (The relationship or character your prompt is focused on."&" indicates a platonic relationship, "/" is non-platonic.) <strong>Fandom:</strong> (what fandom the character or ship is from) <strong>Major Tags:</strong> (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’.) <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 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> (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. ) <strong>Prompt:</strong> (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!) <strong>Ship/Character:</strong> (The relationship or character your prompt is focused on."&" indicates a platonic relationship, "/" is non-platonic.) <strong>Fandom:</strong> (what fandom the character or ship is from) <strong>Major Tags:</strong> (https://sportsfest.dreamwidth.org/3623.html, 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 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> (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.

Comments

PROMPT: Team Grandstand

[snowysatoru]

Ship/Character: Kuramochi Youichi/Miyuki Kazuya OR Kuroko Tetsuya/Kagami Taiga OR Kominato Ryousuke/Kuramochi Youichi OR Kanemaru Shinji/Toujou Hideaki
Fandom: Daiya no Ace, Kuroko no Basket
Major Tags: none
Additional Tags: come get your bait while it's nice and fresh!
Do Not Wants: major character death

Prompt:

"You want to fight? We'll fight. BOTH of us. And in case you hadn't noticed, I'm not taking no for an answer."

- inigo to owain, fire emblem awakening the future past 2

Re: PROMPT: Team Grandstand

[plume_sombre]

i can't not fill this

Re: PROMPT: Team Grandstand

[kazuyas]

me: tells you to post prompts
me 15 minutes later: LEAVE MY HOUSE HANNAH

Re: PROMPT: Team Grandstand

[snowysatoru]

HEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHE >:3C

FILL: Team Daiya, T

[kerrie13]

Ship/Character: Kuramochi Youichi/Miyuki Kazuya
Fandom: Daiya no Ace
Major Tags: None
Other Tags: AU, stubbornness, mentions of war and injury, swearing, smooching
Word Count: 566
Remix Permission: granted

This is an AU that I loosely based the setting on something I'm writing. It's not really important lol

***

“The hell I will,” Kuramochi shot back, storming the distance between them and yanking Miyuki around to face him.  “You were going to leave me, weren’t you?  You were going to rally your troops and march out before I could even get out of bed.  What the hell did you hope to accomplish?”

More than anything, he wanted to protect him.  Kuramochi had taken a blow to the side in the previous day’s fight, a blow that was meant for him.  He’d laughed it off, of course, saying, “Isn’t that what vassals are for?  You’re of a royal house, Kaz, you can’t go getting killed.”

Miyuki knew Kuramochi would demand to follow him, demand to have his back like he’d done since they were teenagers.  But he didn’t want to put him in that kind of danger – he couldn’t lose him.  Duty stated only he needed to be present, as the leader of the House of the Moon.  Kuramochi’s House fell under his command, the empress would not question one missing clan heir…

“I have no use for injured men,” Miyuki stated coldly, the lie burning his tongue. 

Kuramochi rolled his eyes.  “Don’t give me that shit,” he growled, reaching out and snagging Miyuki’s metal-gauntleted wrist.  “It’s barely a scratch, the healers said so.  You don’t need to protect me, Kaz, I’m supposed to protect you.”

Miyuki took a deep breath, trying to stop the panic from overwhelming him.  He turned into Kuramochi, stepping into his space and leaning until their foreheads rested against one another.  “What would the House of the Dog do without its heir?” He rasped, letting the other man see the fear and concern that churned within him.

“You mean what would you do without me?” Kuramochi replied, a grin playing at his lips.  “You’d be lost.  Mei’d probably impale you and then who would support the rightful heir to the throne?”

“I can’t risk it – you’ll be moving slower, and you know Mei and the Ravens and Lions will be shooting for us in particular,” Miyuki sighed, one hand coming up to cradle Kuramochi’s face.  “Would you risk it?”

Kuramochi shrugged.  “Probably not, but I’m not you, am I?”

Miyuki’s brow furrowed.  “Youichi-”

Kuramochi cut him off, tipping his head back and lifting himself onto his toes to fit his mouth to Miyuki’s.  The kiss he gave him was slow, not at all like his usual fervor and fire.  It spoke of every deep emotion between them, every fear, every hope, and every dream.  All things muddled in the midst of war. 

“In case you hadn’t noticed, I’m not taking no for an answer,” Kuramochi whispered, pulling back only enough to speak, each word brushing Miyuki’s lips. 

There was no winning.  Miyuki had known that the moment he’d been caught.  Giving up, Miyuki melted into Kuramochi, pulling him into his arms and taking over the kiss.  “Oh fine,” he murmured, nipping Kuramochi’s bottom lip.  “You’re so stubborn.”

“Yahaha, pot calling the kettle black!”