hs_olympics | BONUS ROUND 1

Bonus Round 1

Genre-Mixing

Hey, shippers! Welcome to your very first bonus round proper--we hope you have lots of fun with it! This time around we're going to be asking you to mix it up a little--each fanwork posted for this round will be a mish-mash of two different genres, blended together in a delightful incestuous slurry to create an UNSTOPPABLE CREATIVE CONCOCTION--er. Or. Something.

Yeah, we're genre-mixing. That's what we're doing this round.

Rules

Submit prompts! Prompts should consist of two different genres and one ship. This cannot be your team's ship! These are worth 5 points each, for a maximum of 100 points per team.

Look through the prompts and fill whichever you like!

You may not fill prompts for your ship, nor may you fill your own team's prompts.

Fills should be posted as replies to the prompts which they are for, following the format below. They may be any medium.

Title Format
If you are starting a new thread, please use this format in your title.

Replace [YOUR SHIP] with the name of the team YOU belong to; please use the characters and quadrant, not whatever portmanteau or nickname you've come up with.
If your team name is not in this format and in the title we cannot guarantee that it will be counted.

If you are filling a prompt, use this format in your title.

Replace [YOUR SHIP] with the name of the team YOU belong to; please use the characters and quadrant, not whatever portmanteau or nickname you've come up with.
If your team name is not in this format and in the title we cannot guarantee that it will be counted.

Posts not using this format in the title will be understood to be unofficial discussion posts, no matter what they contain. They, like all comments on the comm, are subject to the Wank Policy.

Scoring
For prompt posts: 5 points each (maximum of 100 per team)

For fills (as stated here):
First 5 entries in each post: 30 (per entry)
Entries 6-10 in each post: 20 (per entry)
Entries 11-15 in each post: 10 (per entry)
Entries 16+ in each post: 5 (per entry)

All scored content must be created/assembled new for this round.

If you have any questions, please ask them at the FAQ post here, or email them to us (homestuck.shipping at gmail). Otherwise, we cannot guarantee that we will see them in a timely fashion!

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(Did someone say SHAMELESS FLUFF? No? Oops.)

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It’ll Be An Adventure

Dirk can’t say no to that face. Dirk Strider, the one they call Broadsword, the name carried across the waves as the most fearful pirate this side of the Pacific, is constantly floored by the look on his first mate’s face.

“Jake, really?”

He’s put down his flagon of ale in disgust, staring across the table at Jake. Jake looks so earnest too, gripping his little scrap of paper. Pathetic.

“Jake,” Dirk says again, harsher this time, “you know that’s not a real map, don’t you?”

“Come on, old chap!” Jake says, laying out the map on the table for the fifth time. “Just take a gander at it! Surely you can see the worth in this?”

Dirk stares blankly at it. It is, quite literally, some scribbling on a worn out bit of parchment. “Jake. You can’t be serious.”

“Dead serious!”

My god, he is.

Dirk decides then and there that he’s not going to let himself fall victim to Jake’s good looks and easy charm, not this time.

“Look, Jake, we can’t afford to make a detour. You know we have to get the cargo to Crocker before sundown on Friday.”

Jake’s face falls, and it’s like a stab to the heart. Dirk allows the knife to twist within him – he deserves it for being such a bastard to Jake. But this time it’s business first. He stands up and grabs the map before Jake can protest. As he storms off to the sleeping quarters, Jake calls out after him.

“Dirk! It’ll be an adventure!”

Dirk ignores him and shuts the door to his cabin with a clash that echoes back down into the galley where Jake is still sitting, probably mourning the loss of his map.

He regrets it the moment the door is closed. He’s acting like the worst sort of adolescent – the kind his brother told him never to become. Dirk had kept up that visage of composure his whole life, and Jake was the only person who had ever managed to peel it back and make Dirk feel like an immature, spoiled brat. Lord Jake English, the unlikely recruit from the upper echelons of society with nerves of steel and a spirit of adventure like no other.

Dirk flops down on his bunk and throws the map down to the side. It floats benignly to the floor, swaying in time with the gentle bobbing of the boat. He’s getting a headache. He just wants to pretend that nothing is happening. That he has no duties and that the boat will steer itself.

There’s a knock on his door, which comes as something of a surprise. He didn’t expect Jake to be there so soon.

“Dirk Strider,” he says, “come out and talk to me this instant!”

“Fuck off and polish your sword,” Dirk snaps.

Jake bangs on the door. “Jesus christ on a sinking frigate, you are incorrigible! I just want to talk!”

“There's nothing to fucking talk about! I’m sick of you and your endless quest for excitement, Jake.”

“Oh you did not just say that!” Jake yelled. “I’ve had it with your nonsense, Strider! All I have ever done is make suggestions, most of which have turned out to be good ones. You owe me a lot!”

Dirk jumps up from his bunk and flings open the door, standing face to face with Jake, looking angrier than he’d ever seen him. “Not. Everything. Has. To. Be. An. ADVENTURE!”

Jake shoves him forward into his cabin and shuts the door behind them. He kisses Dirk.

Hard.

Dirk stumbles backwards and allows Jake to push him onto the bed. He was not expecting that.

Although perhaps after a five-year relationship, he should have been.

“You are without a single doubt, Strider, the worst captain I have ever had the misfortune to serve under.”

“And the only,” Dirk corrects him, running a hand through his lover's hair and kissing him lightly.

“So how about we pick that map up off the floor and take a bit of a different route than we had planned?”

And, god damn it, it’s that face again, and Dirk can’t say no.

The most fearsome pirate captain in the land, conquered once again.

SCREEEEEEEEEEECH

That was insanely precious and adorable!!!!!!!! <3 <3

Eeee, thank you! :D

*flails* *flails wildly like a beached whale with a penchant for DirkJake*

This is amazingly adorable. And I just love when people write Jake taking command and kissing Dirk silly. I think it is my weakness. This is even better than I could have imagined. Thank you so much for writing it. <3

It was my absolute pleasure! I'm glad you liked it <3

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