Team 29 Balls to the Face: paper tigers

[joshllyman]

TEAM: 29 Balls to the Face
MEMBERS: deducingontheroof (writing, coding), hazazel_27 (writing), transcrows (writing), joshllyman (writing)
RATING: T

TITLE: paper tigers
SERIES: Haikyuu!!
MAIN SHIP: Akaashi Keiji/Bokuto Koutarou, Daishou Suguru/Kuroo Tetsurou, Azumane Asahi/Sugawara Koushi, Nishinoya Yuu/Tanaka Ryuunosuke
SIDE PAIRINGS: none
CHARACTERS: Akaashi Keiji, Bokuto Koutarou, Daishou Suguru, Kuroo Tetsurou, Azumane Asahi, Sugawara Koushi, Nishinoya Yuu, Tanaka Ryuunosuke, Washio Tatsuki, Konoha Akinori, Shirofuku Yukie
MAJOR TAGS: None
ADDITIONAL TAGS: Alternate Universe - Shapeshifters, Anxiety, Panic Attacks, Mild Language

SUMMARY:
There’s a feeling that takes over your body just before you shift. Some call it fire in your veins. Some call it ice in your blood. Some say we’ve always been this way, and some say we’re cursed by the gods. No matter what you believe, the feeling will always be a combination of thrilling and terrifying as your body changes to a different form.
What will you become?

A series of pieces examining how shapeshifting affects the lives of different characters.


WORK LENGTH: 7,663 words across four stories, plus a website
SCRIPT: None
NOTES: Please enjoy!



The website for paper tigers
The ao3 collection for paper tigers

Comments

Comment: Team Home Run

[onceakoala]

ahh, what a great entry!! i loved all the different shifters and getting a look into their lives. i really enjoyed Bokuto and Akaashi's in particular, the idea of having support shifters as a career is so interesting and Bokuto really is a golden retriever, haha. the role fits him perfectly c: i also really enjoyed the little hints at the connected setting and characters who crossed over between the stories, it made the world you'd built feel bigger and more complex!

Re: Comment: Team Home Run

[joshllyman]

Thank you so much!!
(The story behind Tanaka appearing in every story was we sat down to compare and realized 3/4 of us had mentioned him, independently, so we said lol we're going with it and wove them together that way).

COMMENT : TEAM STARMATES

[hibari1_chan]

I really loved the website with the option to click on the images !! Also the images themselves were really good in mu opinion at advertising the story. The stories were fun and entertaining I felt for Akaashi tho and his anxiety issues :// I love the fact that Bokuto is a dog (I actually cried at little but well) and when they both played together in their animal form I was like :sob:

Thank you so much for a great entry I know it was hard on all of us for MR2

COMMENT: Team Seijoh Third Years

[tsukisyama]

Loved the website for this! I found the black background with all of the brightly-colored silhouettes to be absolutely stunning. I loved each written section, but I think Kuroo's was my favorite!! THe dialogue felt really in character.

Comment: Team Seijoh Third Years

[kuramochis]

Awesome job, y'all!! I looooved Asahi's part - I thought you did a really good job of capturing his dynamic with Noya! I giggled at every part that Noya did, too... Great job all around as well! The website was super easy to navigate and I found myself clicking through each page multiple times, mesmerized... lol. Thank you sm for posting!!! <3

comment: team seijoh third years

[haijikiyose]

I loved this entry a lot!! Each written piece was so good, I felt like I got a great sense of their personalities from each one within the first couple of lines? The Bokuaka one in particular has my heart... you did a great job of capturing their emotions!! Thank you sooo much for your efforts <3

COMMENT: TEAM SEIJOH THIRD YEARS

[blackjackals]

A shapeshifter AU was a really great idea. I really enjoyed seeing each set of characters going through their stories. The website was designed exceptionally well. I loved how you portrayed Noya and Tanaka especially. Thank you very much for posting!

Comment: Team Setter Squad

[lilija_yuuzel]

I loved everything about this!
The website with the silhouettes was really fun and cute.
Tanaka and Noya living in a cave is already amazing, and dragon Tanaka just makes it even better. I find it really adorable how Tanaka thought they had been dating this whole time because it means that whenever Noya did some dudebro stuff he must have been like "ah yes this is the height of romance."
Possum Suga was a menace and I felt so sorry for poor Asahi! They just wanted to eat their mealworms in peace. It was adorable!
My favorite part about the Bokuaka one was imagining an elegant cheetah and a golden retriever just, running around in a park and being cute.
I laughed a lot at Tanaka lying to Kuroo in order to force a temporary roommate on him. He really thought forcing his friend to pretend to be a snake was an amazing idea.
Everything about this entry was super fun!! Thank you so much for sharing!

Comment: Team Home Run

[anguishofmylove]

This was such a fun read! The tananoya, asasuga, and kuroshou were hilarious stories and the bokuaka was really sweet. Are shifters not common knowledge in Sendai? It does seem like Noya wasn't aware of their existence. It makes sense that it's more widely known and accepted in Tokyo though!

They were all great stories but I have to say that my favorite line from them all is "whoa, he has a flat ass." That was hecking hilarious and totally caught me off guard!