Drabble fest!: Hokuto Cup
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hikarunogoIt's Friday! As promised, that means it's time for our biweekly team competition.
How It Works
- Leave prompts in the comments. You can request anonymously if you prefer.
- Reply to prompts with any fanwork of your choice. (Fic, art, icons, FSTs, vids, etc.--all are eligible.) You can also answer anonymously if you prefer.
- When you fill a prompt, please specify your chosen team somewhere in the comment. In this round, you can choose to play for Team Japan, Team China or Team Korea.
- Each time you fill a prompt, you win a point for your team.
- (optional, but highly encouraged) Go back to your journals and recruit friends for your teams! Cheer your team on, here and elsewhere! Leave feedback!
- The team that gets the most points wins the competition! Each member of the winning team will receive 20 Dreamwidth Points as a prize.
Rules
- Fics may be of any length. Although we anticipate most people will write drabbles or short fics, if you want to write an epic AU in the comments, feel free.
- Prompts can have multiple fills. Members of the same team can fill the same prompt, and any individual can fill a prompt more than once.
-This round will end on Friday, May 28, 6 PM PST. ETA: Deadline extended to Friday, June 4, 6 PM PST.
Fight-o, everyone!
How It Works
- Leave prompts in the comments. You can request anonymously if you prefer.
- Reply to prompts with any fanwork of your choice. (Fic, art, icons, FSTs, vids, etc.--all are eligible.) You can also answer anonymously if you prefer.
- When you fill a prompt, please specify your chosen team somewhere in the comment. In this round, you can choose to play for Team Japan, Team China or Team Korea.
- Each time you fill a prompt, you win a point for your team.
- (optional, but highly encouraged) Go back to your journals and recruit friends for your teams! Cheer your team on, here and elsewhere! Leave feedback!
- The team that gets the most points wins the competition! Each member of the winning team will receive 20 Dreamwidth Points as a prize.
Rules
- Fics may be of any length. Although we anticipate most people will write drabbles or short fics, if you want to write an epic AU in the comments, feel free.
- Prompts can have multiple fills. Members of the same team can fill the same prompt, and any individual can fill a prompt more than once.
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Fight-o, everyone!
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Date: 2010-05-21 06:12 pm (UTC)Team Japan!
Date: 2010-05-22 12:58 am (UTC)"Mum!~" Hikaru drawls out in that irritating manner that only teenagers can truly master. "I've told you, and I've told you again, you can't be afraid of invading my territory. Go's not a safe game, you have to be prepared to take some risks!"
Being told to take risks, is not something new - but actually taking those risks seems so frightening. You don't know where Hikaru gets it from. You've always taken the safe path, with the safe decisions, like completing school, working for just a little while, finding a nice dependable husband and raising a son to support you in your old age. Your husband too, takes the safe path and continues to do so, by working long and hard hours and staying in Japan.
But Hikaru always turns that all around, as he shows you in this game - by laying traps the assembled territory you've amounted is lost. He lives such an odd lifestyle - but he's making a solid living with teaching games, and tournament money.
You smile though as he rambles through different strategies and take comfort in the fact that he's still teaching you. He always brushes it off as "well if I can't teach my own mother what chance do I have with some of these punks", - steadfastly ignoring the fact that he would be classified by most as a punk.
But he still thinks your worth teaching - as opposed to your own father who refuses to deal with beginners.
You still worry for him - if there's a depression surely that will affect the people willing to spend money to learn how to play a frivolous game. If there's a better player, then the chances of him winning a tournament are in turn smaller as well. It's not a safe path that he's chosen - but he's happy and you guess that counts.
"Really mum, I don't know what your so worried about - it's not like this game will affect the next, other than with what you learn from it - so you should always try to make the most of the experience!" It contradicts his first point about Go not being a safe game, but you smile and nod and get ready to start anew.
Re: Team Japan!
Date: 2010-05-22 01:55 am (UTC)"well if I can't teach my own mother what chance do I have with some of these punks"
Hahaha, classic Shindou! XD
Re: Team Japan!
Date: 2010-05-22 02:27 am (UTC)It really is. XD
Re: Team Japan!
Date: 2010-05-22 10:16 am (UTC)Re: Team Japan!
Date: 2010-05-22 11:28 pm (UTC)Re: Team Japan!
Date: 2010-05-28 04:53 am (UTC)Re: Team Japan!
Date: 2010-05-28 02:21 pm (UTC)Team Japan!!!
Date: 2010-05-22 04:44 am (UTC)Re: Team Japan!!!
Date: 2010-05-22 02:40 pm (UTC)Re: Team Japan!!!
Date: 2010-05-23 06:41 pm (UTC)