#Chris Riggins

[volfoss]

the nature of volfoss is they will make translating proper nouns actually the most hellish thing int eh world.

[georgiapeach30513]

Why not about Chris’ Riggin. They could break up and he still helps the agency with a new female spy. I mean come on we would all like to see that right.

I think he needs a change of scenery. Him and Sadie had awful chemistry. Cole Palmer Turner is actually a lie. He was in fact a spy in disguise. Enter, Cole Riggan, the real man. The man that was weaseling Sadie. Needed her good and comfortable so he could get the information on a spy that he was really looking for. His….wife! She’s been on the run. But because Sadie was after her. And her and Cole like this little cat and mouse game. Everyone thought Cole was the mouse, but no. He’s got her scent. And she’s laughing until he catches her.

[lovecharged]

new test muses, because i have brain rot and no chill.

antonio hussain | taylor zakhar perez fc. thirty one. cis man. he / him. bisexual. comedian.

drake khalil-ortiz | taylor zakhar perez fc. thirty one. cis man. he / him. bisexual. gang member / assassin.

benjamin 'benji' young | nicholas galitzine fc. twenty eight. cis man. he / him. bisexual (closeted). seminarian.

wren o'childs | nicholas galitzine fc. twenty eight. cis man. he / him. bisexual. personal trainer at archie's gym.

jamie delacour | nicholas galitzine fc. twenty eight. cis man. he / him. bisexual. socialite / reality star / events planner.

elvis hazelton | nicholas galitzine fc. twenty eight. cis man. he / him. bisexual. musician. stevie, dolly and elton's older brother.

fernando aguilar | danny ramirez fc. thirty. cis man. he / him. bisexual. drug dealer.

dario delgado | sebastian chacon fc. thirty. cis man. he / him. bisexual. artist. zayn's younger half brother.

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jesper 'jessie' holm | mads mikkelsen fc. fifty seven. cis man. he / him. bisexual. tbt.

dawson 'doors' o'neill | connor jessup fc. twenty nine. cis man. he / him. bisexual. air steward.

arthur riggin | robert downey jr fc. fifty eight. cis man. he / him. bisexual. unemployed. damian and lip's older brother. denise, dennis, devon, darren's father. chelsea, ezra and billy's uncle.

travis rhodes | chris messina fc. forty nine. cis man. he / him. bisexual. club owner.

[zalrb]

OTH 2x15 Rewatch

1. IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII DON’T WANNA BE ANYTHING OTHER THAN WHAT I’VE BEEN TRYNA BE LATELYYYYYYYYYYYYY

2.

3. And it’s not that I don’t understand what Nathan’s mindset is and it’s not that I’m unsympathetic it’s that James’ acting isn’t good so rarely does it seem like he’s going through something, it just seems like general teenage angst and in the back of my head I’m screaming, enough already. Which is my issue with a lot of the acting and/or writing on this show, it lacks nuance and makes a lot of the characters insufferable a lot of the time.

4. “In 1955, students at Tree Hill High School created a time capsule which was to be opened in 50 years. They were simply asked to talk about their lives. Isn’t it interesting how things haven’t changed much?” Yes, except, you know, civil rights. But, details. Amirite?

5. Imagine giving THIS up

for LEYTON.

6. HA.

7. Keith buying Jules a house, men stay buying houses for their love interests in shows.

8. Jules, WHAT is your endgame here? Like how did you see this life going?

9. She didn’t even know your middle name, Lucas.

10. This makes me laugh

You couldn’t just take the picture down, Nathan? BUT IT WOULDN’T BE A STATEMENT.

11. Karen is annoying, but I just don’t like Moira Kelly as an actress, I was happy when they got rid of her on The West Wing.

12. Tim!

13. “Don’t be a dick and drive drunk!” “I’m not even buzzed!” “IT’S STILL AN OPEN CONTAINER!” I think the message here, kids, is that it’s wrong to drive drunk.

14. Jake saying he had to call in a few favours for the breeze and the stars to be perfect for Peyton would be insufferably corny if Bryan and Hilarie didn’t have chemistry and if Bryan’s delivery didn’t hit the right note of banter and casualness, so instead it’s just charming.

15. LMAO you couldn’t even move to the side! EVERYONE WALK AROUND THE TWO TEENAGERS MAKING OUT

16. If this was a basketball town, they would not be arrested. In FNL, Tim goes to a beer store and his fake ID straight up says Sgt. Tim Riggins and the owner is like “Have a nice night, Mr. Riggins” knowing FULL WELL who he is.

17. “Wow, your own mom can’t stand you.” Lol, Nathan.

18. LMAO it took me a minute to get this when I was younger

19. OTH’s favourite word is threatened. “Were you with Chris?” “Why are you threatened by him?” “You’ve been spending time with Taylor.” “Why, are you threatened by her?” “You’re chasing after a father who doesn’t even want you and I’m pathetic?” “Would you just let it go? Why are you so threatened by that?”

20. It bothered me so much that they changed Brooke’s confessional to her showing her boobs.

21. But iiiiiiiiiiiiiiii’m flying so hiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiigh

22. Hilarie’s face is priceless

23. I also like this scene because in the commentary Bryan was talking about how Mark wrote this really poetic, long speech for Jake to say about how they should wait and Bryan was like that’s not really who Jake is, why doesn’t he just say “let’s go slow” and Mark doesn’t change the script for anyone but he changed it this time because Bryan was right.

24. I also like this scene because Bryan was like you have this whole “let’s go slow” thing and we’re going at it like rabbits in the next episode!

25. I’M NOT ONE OF THOSE GIRLS. WHO DO YOU THINK I AM? BROOKE???

26. I like how Jake having a daughter means that he’s “way more experienced”, you only have to have sex once to make a baby, guys.

27. BUT THEY’RE SO CUTE

28.

I might lose cool points for listening to your concerns and making you feel safe and comfortable and not pressuring you at all. This is how you know a man wrote this episode, jesus christ.

29. Where is Hilarie Burton from? I always thought I heard an accent in this scene.

30. Ah, Virginia.

31. They’re super lusty though

32. I just wanted Relationship Brucas and Relationship Jeyton AT THE SAME TIME.

33. So, what happened Jules? You were like, Dan, meet me at church? OK.

34. I mean, it’s not like a service is happening and it’s not like anyone else is here, Jules. It’s a conveniently empty church for you two to have this conversation and for the imagery, calm down.

35. “I just ended up here, back in the closet.” WORDPLAY.

36.

I swear, Lucas is the only one who appreciates how funny Brooke actually is 

37. Maybe Julian does, idk.

38. Nathan, these are all your family members, it’s your dad, your uncle, and your mother.

39. I think what it is, is Nathan should be like Connor when Wes died in HTGAWM, like Connor was an asshole during that period and he said some pretty unforgivable things but Jack’s acting made it so clear that Connor was drowning, he was lost, he was sad, guilty

and i’m just getting

40. This is my favourite Nathan/Lucas moment (and when they play basketball later) though because Lucas actually says something REAL as Peyton would say

41. OTH also does something that works with Brooke/Lucas/Felix. When Brooke runs her campaign, Felix tells her to go negative

while Lucas tells her to be honest,

she goes Lucas’ route and it works for her.

He also helps her with her speech by showing her a book with a speech and telling her to just be who she is

At the beginning of this episode, Lucas gives Brooke a book of quotations that has the same speech in there,

while Felix decides to throw her a party.

Brooke gets to the party and realizes that at this moment she’s outgrown that aspect of her life

and when Felix visits her in her room, she’s reading the book that Lucas got her,

which furthers her individual development while also linking it with Lucas. She even starts quoting obnoxiously like he does

This is much stronger writing than Criminal Minds-esque webcam stalking. But Lucas didn’t say ‘your art matters’ so idk.

42. Legit, the only time I feel like they’re brothers.

43. The ending reveal with Whitey would mean something to me if I liked his character.

[mystlnewsonline]

Arkansas Governor Sanders Announces Appointments

Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders Announces Appointments to Boards and Commissions. LITTLE ROCK, AR (STL.News) Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders has announced the following appointments to boards and commissions: Arkansas Apprenticeship Coordination Steering Committee: - Cathy Riggins, Vilonia, to the Arkansas Apprenticeship Coordination Steering Committee.  Term expires on December 1, 2026.  Replaces Kathy Fulks. - Aaron Chastain, Paris, to the Arkansas Apprenticeship Coordination Steering Committee.  Term expires on December 1, 2026.  Replaces Karen Breashears. Arkansas Orthotics, Prosthetics, and Pedorthics Advisory Board: - Steve Tricarico, Jonesboro, to the Arkansas Orthotics, Prosthetics, and Pedorthics Advisory Board.  Term expires on September 1, 2024.  Replaces Gary Horton. Arkansas State Board of Nursing: - Allie Barker, Little Rock, to the Arkansas State Board of Nursing.  Term expires on October 1, 2024.   Replaces Janice Ivers. - Phillip Petty, Hot Springs, to the Arkansas State Board of Nursing.  Term expires on October 1, 2025.  Replaces Michael Burdine. - Cassie Gonzales, Okolona, to the Arkansas State Board of Nursing.  Term expires on October 1, 2027.  Replaces Debra Schulte. - Jamie Sims, McGehee, to the Arkansas State Board of Nursing.  Term expires on October 1, 2027.  Replaces Amy Fecher. - Lynne Ritchie, Little Rock, to the Arkansas State Board of Nursing.  Term expires on October 1, 2027.  Reappointment. - Barbara Weddle Hillman, Little Rock, to the Arkansas State Board of Nursing.  Term expires on October 1, 2024.  Replaces Stacie Hipp. - Lakisha Young, Little Rock, to the Arkansas State Board of Nursing.  Term expires on October 1, 2024.  Replaces Melanie Garner. Arkansas State Board of Physical Therapy: - Bo Renshaw, North Little Rock, to the Arkansas State Board of Physical Therapy.  Term expires on June 30, 2026.  Replaces Robert Tillman. Board of Directors of the Division of Science and Technology of the Arkansas Economic Development Commission: - Dr. Blake Johnson, Hot Springs, to the Board of Directors of the Division of Science and Technology of the Arkansas Economic Development Commission.  Term to expire January 14, 2027.  Replaces David Kelley. - Mark Martin, Prairie Grove, to the Board of Directors of the Division of Science and Technology of the Arkansas Economic Development Commission.  Term to expire January 14, 2026.  Replaces Chris Jones. - Pranit Hamal, Lowell, to the Board of Directors of the Division of Science and Technology of the Arkansas Economic Development Commission.  Term to expire January 14, 2027. Replaces John Nabholz. - Kim Tran, Little Rock, to the Board of Directors of the Division of Science and Technology of the Arkansas Economic Development Commission.  Term to expire January 14, 2027.  Reappointment. - Jackie Lackie, Little Rock, to the Board of Directors of the Division of Science and Technology of the Arkansas Economic Development Commission.  Term to expire January 14, 2027.  Replaces George Matthews. Judicial Discipline and Disability Commission: - Thomas Kennedy, Conway, to the Judicial Discipline and Disability Commission.  Term to expire June 30, 2029.  Replaces Philip Blankenship. - Lynda Johnson, Little Rock, to the Judicial Discipline and Disability Commission.  Term to expire June 30, 2029.  Replaces Kevin White. - Jody Cummins, Little Rock, to the Judicial Discipline and Disability Commission.  Term to expire June 30, 2029.  Replaces Angela Hopkins. State Board of Appraisers, Abstracters, and Home Inspectors: - Julie Matthews, Jonesboro, to the Arkansas State Board of Appraisers, Abstracters, and Home Inspectors.  Term expires on April 15, 2025.  New position. SOURCE: Arkansas Governor Read the full article

[sociologyontherock]

This issue

Adrian Tanner:  Remembering Social Anthropologist Robert Paine.

Stephen Harold Riggins: Which Memorial University Sociologist will be read in a Hundred Years?

Chris William Martin: Fatherhood is an Act of Letting Go.

Shayan Morshedi: Why do some Violent Events stick in our Collective Memory while others Fade Away?

[sociologyontherocknewsletter]

Adrian Tanner:  Remembering Social Anthropologist Robert Paine, pp. 2 – 6

Stephen Harold Riggins: Which Memorial University Sociologist will be read in a Hundred Years?, pp. 6 - 10

Chris William Martin: Fatherhood is an Act of Letting Go, pp. 10 - 12

Shayan Morshedi: Why do some Violent Events stick in our Collective Memory while others Fade Away?, pp. 12 - 14

[alltribessf]

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[chaliphotojones]

A Wayward Cloud.

Oakland, CA. 2021.

[courtingcomedy]

You know a neighborhood is gentrified when it has an art gallery of paintings of the people who used to live there.

Chris Riggins @ Gentrification Comedy/50 Avenue Gallery [Paraphrase]

[musingsoflulu]

A lovely Saturday. Here’s the good goods:

✨Birthday run with my Sag sister, Alli, this morning. Also accompanied by Riggins and Fernie. Pine cones were thrown! Miles were run! Birthday cookies were eaten!

✨Finished up a cold and windy run and changed into dry layers for a birthday brunch with Bloody Mary’s and coffee because we love eroding our esophaguses!

✨Reading “A Court of Thorns and Roses” out loud to Logan. The book was gifted to me by Dani and I am addicted already.

✨Dinner with our newly engaged friends, Chris and Melissa 💍

✨I have nearly remembered every word of “All Too Well (10 Minute Version).” Many more listens before we reach perfection but impressive nonetheless. It should be noted I would not consider myself a Swiftie but I do love this song.

[saltisnacks]

Buddie prompt - heavy angst concerning Chris and Eddie in places, arguing, anger, emotional breaks, hurt Buck and Ravi, near death, possible major character death (mcd) if you want to take it that way, etc. This is long and gets, for lack of a better descriptive, dark, so I'm putting it under a cut.

Maybe this could be read as an incomplete story? There's enough to get a gist, I guess. But if someone has the writing chops to work the rest out, have at it.

If you do decide to add to this, please claim it in the comments to avoid any plagiarism finger pointing messes. If it helps, please refer to this prompt to show where you're getting it from and to show I'm giving free reign to whomever takes it.

Read with caution because it's not exactly nice to Chris and Eddie has to walk away from him several times, once by choice. This wouldn't leave my mind.

If you don't want to read the mcd, stop reading after the word Or... But it does have a little redemption for Eddie's father in it.

There's a bit of repetition in places, but Eddie isn't really in the right mind at the times to realize it. It's done on purpose. When my husband had his heart attack, I repeated myself, unknowingly, several times until someone told me later. I took my headspace at that time and made it Eddie's, kind of.

---

Eddie starts working at dispatch. With Maddie still away, Josh and Sue train him. After a few days, Josh asks why he switched while they're on a lunch break. As "outsiders" they start working Eddie through his issues and encourage him to try therapy again with one of Josh's ex-boyfriends.

He finally starts to work through everything. From Afghanistan to the hostage situation. The therapist is kind of floored at everything. Eddie can only shrug and snort a laugh at his initial response during their first session. He decides then and there he's going to like this guy and try to work with him.

"Professional opinion incoming, but unprofessional opinion is... Well, you are all sorts of fucked up, I see."

Josh notices how much Eddie talks about Buck and gently starts a discussion about sexuality. He brings that up in therapy and they work through that and his parental issues. He finally admits out loud,

"I think... I might be... probably in love with Buck."

"Think? Probably? Want to try again?"

"I know I'm definitely in love with Buck."

"There we go. And why bring up your parents before this?"

"I'm already a disappointment."

"Okay. No. Back up and let's focus on this for a second. Why would you think this?"

---

"Here's a good website about sexuality. It breaks it down into smaller easier to digest sections. I have an inkling about which one will stand out to you from our previous discussions, but let's see if you agree. This is your homework for next session. If you have any questions, we can talk then."

---

The therapist politely rips Eddie a new one about Chris after another bad argument, and getting him into therapy because his reaction isn't healthy. He points out Shannon and the possibility of Abuela passing as examples. The pandemic. He was a firefighter, so he should know death comes at any time.

"Should we all stop driving cars? Reinstitute prohibition? Outlaw knives so there are no accidents like that man tripping over his cat last week on the news? Destroy staircases to prevent broken necks? Forbid swimming in all water deeper than half an inch? All foods processed into smoothies to prevent choking? Fancy a chicken milkshake, Eddie?"

"No thank you, but I see your point."

"Your son needs professional help. Like today if possible. Wait. Here it is. This number is for Chad Riggins. He's the best child therapists I know in the city. We're calling him now."

---

It all snowballs after Eddie basically "blows up" during one of Chris's sessions. "I'm not happy, Chris!" The argument is so bad the therapist has to separate them.

Pepa picks up Chris and Eddie flees to Buck where he completely breaks down. They have a much needed talk. Eddie learns Taylor and him barely made it passed New Year before breaking up. Maybe she got a job offer in Chicago or New York , so they amicably split. Or, maybe they argued over Eddie and Chris and not so amicably split.

Eddie stays with Buck for a few days while Chris stays with Abuela.

"Who or what are you going to blame when I die, Chris? Hmm? My doctor? Tía Pepa? You can't keep your father straightjacketed in a locked cage."

His therapist recommends some further in-patient therapy so they can get a handle on why Chris is behaving like this.

Eddie kicks himself. Everyone did everything wrong thinking they were doing right by Chris. Buck tries to take blame for not pointing out Chris's "Everyone leaves." Eddie won't let him and blows up again at himself for holding everything in and it ended up hurting his son. Buck sits in on an emergency session with Eddie.

Through all of this, Eddie and Buck finally come together at some point.

Chris's therapy is brutal (yelling, throwing things) and Eddie tries to stop it several times, but they explain that Chris might only get worse and they start talking about possible medication. It breaks his heart to have to walk away every time from Chris screaming for him.

---

A few days later, a bad call comes in and Josh waves over at Sue with a stricken face before pointing at Eddie. She distracts Eddie so he doesn't realize something is wrong.

They sit him down and explain that Buck had been trapped during a call to construction site where an inexperienced crane operator had caused a collapse. The person he was trying to help freaked out and knocked against an unfinished support wall, bringing more of the building down.

"The foreman... had a broken hip and heavy bleeding from a compound fractured tibia. Buck was trying to carry him by himself because... He was heavy, Eddie. With his flailing, Ravi couldn't hold on. They were trying to get to them with a stretcher, but there was too much debris to get it through to them."

Buck's being rushed into surgery with a large piece of broken wood in his abdomen being the largest worry. Ravi is also heading into surgery with internal injuries, broken ribs and a collapsed lung, severe concussion, and lacerations everywhere. The foreman is doa from blunt force trauma to the torso.

Eddie rushes to the hospital. Everyone is grim and crying. No one will look at or talk to him, and he believes they're silently blaming him (not really, they just don't know what to say). He collapses into a chair and goes catatonic, losing several hours, despite Hen and Bobby trying to get his attention.

Maddie shows up (She's been in a facility outside of L.A. the entire time) after the employees told her about Buck's accident from the news. She slaps Eddie (She apologizes later) demanding to know where he was. He fumbles while trying to explain.

"You left because Chris said you could die!? Everyone dies, Eddie, and now it may be my baby brother! I already lost one, dammit! Now I may lose both! You weren't there because your son cried wolf!"

"I know I punched him. I was wrong in doing so and I might not get to apologize! I might have been mad and flipping out over Maddie, but I still had in the back of my mind that you would be there for him. Of all people, I didn't expect you to walk away!"

Eddie flees to the chapel where Bobby finds him and sits with him as he falls to pieces.

"Chris. Fuck! How do I tell him? How did Buck do this? I wasn't there, Bobby. He's already scared of death and people dying. I just got Buck back. I left... because of Chris. Because of Chris..."

"Eddie, stop. You shouldn't go. You might say something you'll regret."

"I'm going to swing by Buck's room first."

"Eddie."

"I already have regrets, Bobby. Chris needs to know."

---

"I would have been there! He died twice on the operating table! I would have been able to help carry that man. But I wasn't. I left because of you. I made a promise to have his back and I broke it. He told me he promised not to leave you, but he could die. Right this second as I'm talking he could die. I wasn't there when he needed me!

I watched him flatline. He died again while I was begging him to stay. I'm going to hear those alarms in my nightmares for years! The future together we talked about crumbled to dust before my eyes until they got him back!"

"Death comes for everyone, Chris. No matter what we do! We are not immortal. I love you so much Chris, but right now... I need to walk away. I don't want to blame you for this, Chris, but... I wasn't there for Buck. I made my decision because of what you said before I thought everything through. It was my issues, but you pulled the trigger. I would have been there! My head and heart are battling right now. I need to leave. I think it's best if you stay here and talk it out with Mr. Riggins. I'm going back to the hospital where my therapist is going to meet me."

"I want to come home! I want to see Buck! Daddy!"

"That house hasn't been a home since I let Buck walk out the door when he tried to talk to me after the party. You need help, Chris. Help I can't give you. I need it, too. But, right now we don't know how to support each other. I made a rash decision instead of getting us the help we needed. I can't... Chris... Please. Mr. Riggins will talk you through the possibility of Buck... dy-dying. I can't right now. I need to go seek my own support."

---

"Eddie! Josh called me in a frenzy telling me to get my ass to you. And then you called me, too, barely understandable. Eddie, look at me. Whoa!"

"Got him."

"I... I... Oh my god. Help me. I hate my son right now. I can't... Please. I'm blaming my son, damn it! I would have been there if he hadn't... Fuck!"

"Wow wow. Okay. I'm glad he called me. As far as we know, Buck's alive. Remember that. Right now, he's alive. Deep breaths, Eddie. Let's go find a quiet room for us to talk in. Come on."

"Bobby."

"I'm right here, Eddie. Do you want me in there with you?"

"Please."

"Okay."

---

"Thank you. For coming as fast as you could."

"I'm not charging him for this. Holy shit, this is all messed up. I'm not leaving. If ... He needs me here. And you, sir."

"Call me Bobby. Wild horses couldn't drag me out of this hospital right now."

---

Happy physical healing at Eddie's after Buck's discharge and Chris finally emotionally healing.

I've had a really bad day, so the angst ran strong and didn't let me add more to the good ending here.

Or...

If you decide on the mcd route, Eddie and Chris are going to have a tough time coming back together from it. Eddie possibly going back to El Paso after the funeral with video conferences with his therapist while Chris lives with Pepa/Abuela.

---

They heard Maddie's scream before they opened the door. Bobby could only watch in horror as Eddie slowly crumpled to his knees, and continued to pitch until his face was buried in his hands against the floor. His therapist beside him rapid-firing hushed words in his ear. The bellow of anguish had the entire room quieting, even Maddie freezing solid. Two. A third before Eddie's back arched with a fourth before blindly punching at the floor.

"I should have been there! I should have been there! Fuck! Fuck! Buck, come back. Buck, no. Nonononono. Don't leave me. Please. This can't be happening. I just got you back! I finally told you I love you! I was supposed to be there! Buck!"

---

"Have you read it yet?"

"No. I haven't been able to. I love... loved him, mom. So much."

"I know, Eddie. At least he knew. You were able to tell him before..."

"I left him. I was supposed to be his partner. I walked away thinking it was best. We were talking about the possibility of me going back to the 118 after Chris and I both got better. Now I feel like I've lost it all. I can't look in a mirror without flinching, and Chris... I couldn't even talk to him the other day. He kept saying I'm sorry over and over. But, it's that foreman's fault. If he hadn't freaked about bleeding out because Buck wasn't, and I quote, "moving your ass fast enough." he'd still be alive. He would be, too, the fool."

"Buck was there for us. Every. Time. After Shannon. After the tsunami. After the well. The sniper. When he wasn't at work, he was at my house taking care of us. Then... fucking Mitchell happened. It all started to fall apart. I wasn't there for him when he needed me. I kept it all in and sucked it up like papi always told me to."

"Eddie."

"No! He gets his tiny share of blame in this. What he taught me is toxic and I swore I wouldn't raise my kid the same way. Well, joke's on me, he learned it from watching me anyway! Buck tried, mom, to get me to talk. Several times and I kept pushing him away. I pushed him away and then I thought... I thought I had him ba-ck."

"Eddie."

"Papi, sorry. I didn't know you were standing there."

"No, Eddie, I'm the one who's sorry. I'm so sorry. The men in our family never learn. We're stubborn to a fault that we're always right. When your uncle Raul lost his wife, he became this... emotionless shell. We knew it wasn't healthy, but we did nothing because that was the way we were taught. Men don't cry. Men need to be strong."

"When your abuelo died, I never let you see my grief because that is what he taught me, too. I should have. I never thought something like this would happen. And, now I have to see the results in a brokenhearted son and distressed grandson. A personal nightmare of my own creation."

"You don't need my permission, Lord knows you don't, but don't hold it in any more. You think I don't see it. When you came back from Afghanistan, we saw it, how broken you were, but turned a blind eye. With Shannon we saw it. No more. We're here. Dammit, we should have been there for you sooner, but we are now. So grieve, son. Let it out. For Buck. For Chris. For Shannon. For yourself. Read it, Eddie. Whatever you need, son. We're here."

Edmundo,

Kidding. Hopefully I made you quickly smile or make one of your cute scowls. Yes, they're adorable. Don't try to argue with anyone. Now to the hard part...

Eddie,

If you're reading this, Eddie, I'm no longer here. I'm sorry. I would never leave you or Chris by choice. Never.

Whatever the reason, I tried to fight to come home to you both. I would never give up if there was a chance. I guess if you're reading this, there wasn't one. Again, I'm sorry.

I love you so much. Hopefully, by the time you read this, I'll have grown some nerve and told you this. But, it's more than that. If I haven't, I'm sorry you're learning about it here and now.

I don't just love you as a best friend. I don't just love you as the best father to one of the best kids I'll ever know. The second being Jee. I don't just love you as a partner where I had your back while you had mine.

I mean I'm in love with you. Marry you kind of love. Kiss you breathless kind of love. Hold you in my arms as you fall asleep kind of love. And if I didn't tell you, don't be angry. Please.

If I did, hopefully it was soon enough to love you for as long and as hard as I could. That's if you love me back, or there's a possibility that you might be able to. That's something we, as so now, haven't talked about. Surprise! I'm bisexual if you didn't know.

Sometimes this love feels so massive, I feel like I'm stuck to the ground, while at others like I could float through the sky.

Right now you're with Ana, so I'll keep all of this to myself. If you marry her, I'll take this love with me to the grave it seems I'm now in. Again, I'm sorry, and if I could I would have never left.

If I'm also married, know that I probably never stopped loving you, too. It may have dulled, but I know for certain it will never fade completely. But, as long as I was able to be at your side somehow, I was happy.

You gave me a home. My safe space to go to when I needed to warm my soul. You smile and sass. Chris's laugh and search for knowledge.

Wherever I am now, hopefully it is somewhere where I can watch over you. Maybe I'm shooting the shit with Shannon right now waiting on you and anyone else that comes along to join us in the hopefully distant future.

If there's another life after this instead, hopefully we meet again. And again after that one. And again until the end of time itself.

Please watch over Maddie for me. This is going to be hard for her. She will have lost both her siblings. Don't let her sink. Lean on each other with Chim's support of you both. The support of the 118.

If I'm married, to whomever that may be (hopefully this is a pointless request because it's you I'm married to), please keep an eye on my spouse, too. I know I'm asking a lot of you here, but I trust you to watch my back even when I'm gone by watching over those I love. Including yourself.

Hug Chris (and Jee) every day you can for me and remind him I love him always even from beyond the grave. Even if he has kids of his own, remind him for me. I asked Maddie to remind him, too, so on some days he may get two hugs. Would you remind Jee for me so she also gets two? I asked Chim to give all of his spare hugs to Maddie, but he may give a few extra to Jee and Chris occasionally as well.

Because I do love Chris. He may not be my blood, but he is the kid I'd move a mountain for with my bare hands, fistful by fistful, if he asks.

If I (we?) have more kids, I plan on rewriting all of these in the future to include them. If I haven't, let them know I love them. I love them so much. They get reminder hugs, too, by the way.

I know. I know you. Grieve, please. Let your love for me, however deep it is, shine through your tears. Drop by drop. Afterwards, keep smiling because wherever I am you're keeping me warm through each one while I wait for you. Be it in an afterlife or for our next one.

If we are together (and married?), please move on. Love. Live. Be happy again. I want you to. Don't become one of those cranky old codgers that yell at kids to stay off their lawn.

If you're young enough to swing it, find another partner to share the rest of your life with like Bobby and Athena did. If your older, still find someone to share the rest of it with, like my grandma did when she found grandpa Earl in the nursing home.

I love you. I love you. More than I can put in words here, but hopefully in life I was able to show you by actions as well as words.

Until I see you again. I love you.

Evan "Buck" Buckley (Diaz? Buckley-Diaz? Hopefully.)

"Drop. Drop by drop by dr-op."

"Eddie!"

"He wanted to ma-rry me and have more kids."

"Oh, Eddie, my baby, come here."

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"Until we meet again, Evan, for whatever comes next."

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it's true enough that he doesn't particularly dress for his body, but that's because he doesn't see the point. gravely and frustratingly unaware of what he looks like, of how attractive he actually is. so he dresses down, tries to disguise himself, instead. that's why fausto's words are so surprising. they're the last thing he expects to hear, least of all from a man who's as pretty as the other man happens to be. there's a chance that those thoughts are written all over his face, teeth gnawing at his bottom lip. "any guy?" he double checks, not that he'd even know how to test that theory. not that he's sure he even wants to. "what if like…chris hemsworth knocked on that door right now," he points towards their front door, as if to divert the attention away from him and from his own, flushed expression. "you'd still pick me?" it's playful, and funny and a perfect snapshot of all that billy riggin is. what makes him such a catch.

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MBTI Typing Index: Fictional Characters — ISTP ESTP ISFP ESFP

Fictional characters: NF, NT, SJ, SP. Real people: index.

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ISTP

Better Call Saul: Mike Ehrmantraut, Nacho/Ignacio Varga

Breaking Bad: Mike Ehrmantraut

Brokeback Mountain: Ennis Del Mar

Drive: Driver

ER: Abby Lockhart

Friday Night Lights: Tim Riggins

Game Of Thrones: Sandor Clegane, Osha

(The) Girl with the Dragon Tattoo: Lisbeth Salander

(The) Good Wife: Kalinda Sharma

(The) Hunger Games: Katniss Everdeen

Jessica Jones: Jessica Jones

(The) Last Kingdom: Brida

Malcolm in the Middle: Reese

Mindhunter: Debbie Mitford

Money Heist (La Casa de Papel): Marseille, Bogota

Nana: Nana Osaki

(The) OC: Ryan Atwood

Ozark: Ruth Langmore

Skam: Isak

Skyfall: James Bond

Taxi Driver: Travis Bickle

(The) Tunnel: Elise Wasserman

(The) Wire: Kima Greggs, Michael Lee

X-Men: Wolverine

Y: The Last Man: Agent 355

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ESTP

(The) Bear: Richie Jerimovich, Michael Berzatto

Better Call Saul: Jimmy McGill

Black Swan: Thomas Leroy

Breaking Bad: Saul Goodman

(The) Crown: Philip

Dallas Buyers Club: Ron Woodroof

Downton Abbey: Jimmy Kent

ER: Gregory Pratt

Fight Club: Tyler Durden

For All Mankind: Molly Cobb, Tracy Stevens

Friday Night Lights: Smash

Game Of Thrones: Bronn, Yara Greyjoy

Gilmore Girls: Logan Huntzberger

Gone with the Wind: Rhett Butler

(The) Good Wife: Will Gardner

Industry: Harper Stern

(The) Last Kingdom: Uhtred, Finan, Leofric

Malcolm in the Middle: Francis

Marvel Universe: Star Lord

Men In Black: Jay

(Les) Misérables: Thénardier

Money Heist (La Casa de Papel): Berlin

(The) Mummy: Rick O’Connell

(The) OA: Steve Winchell

One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest: McMurphy

Queer As Folk: Stuart Jones

Rome: Mark Antony

Rush: James Hunt

Scarface: Tony Montana

Sister Act: Deloris Van Cartier

Sex and the City: Samantha Jones

Skam: Chris

Skins: Cook, Liv

(The) Sopranos: Tony Soprano

Sound of Metal: Ruben

Star Wars: Han Solo, Poe Dameron

(The) Wire: Jimmy McNulty, Avon Barksdale

(The) Wolf Of Wall Street: Jordan Belfort

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ISFP

(The) Bear: Carmy Berzatto

Blue Is The Warmest Color: Adèle

Boyhood: Mason

(The) Bridge (Bron/Broen): Henrik Sabroe

(The) Crown: Diana Spencer

(The) Curious Case of Benjamin Button: Benjamin Button

Downton Abbey: Daisy Mason

ER: Luka Kovač

Friday Night Lights: Matt Saracen

Game Of Thrones: Jon Snow, Gilly

Harry Potter: Harry Potter

Jessica Jones: Malcolm Ducasse

Money Heist (La Casa de Papel): Helsinki, Moscow

(The) Last Kingdom: Osferth

(The) OC: Marissa Cooper

Skam: Yousef

Skins: Freddie

Star Wars: Anakin Skywalker

(The) Wire: D’Angelo Barksdale

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ESFP

Bloodline: Danny Rayburn

Breaking Bad: Jesse Pinkman

(The) Bridge (Bron/Broen): Martin Rohde

Bridget Jones’s Diary: Bridget Jones

(The) Crown: Margaret

(The) Curious Case of Benjamin Button: Daisy

Downton Abbey: Mrs. Patmore, Rose MacClare

Dragon Ball: Goku

For All Mankind: Gordo Stevens

Friday Night Lights: Tyra Collette

Friends: Joey Tribbiani

Game of Thrones: Arya Stark, Ygritte

(The) Good Wife: Veronica Loy

Harry Potter: Ron Weasley

Hope Gap: Grace

(The) Hour: Verda Rowley

Malcolm in the Middle: Hal

Masters of Sex: Betty

Money Heist (La Casa de Papel): Tokyo, Denver

My Mad Fat Diary: Rae

Ozark: Ben Davis

Parenthood: Crosby Braverman

Rome: Titus Pullo

(The) Secret History: Bunny Corcoran

Se7en: Mills

Skam: Eva, Eskild

(The) Sopranos: A.J. Soprano

Squid Game (Ojing-eo Geim): Seong Gi-hun

Titanic: Molly Brown

(La) Vie En Rose: Edith Piaf

Winning Time: Earvin “Magic” Johnson

(The) Wire: Namond Brice

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Fictional characters: NF, NT, SJ, SP. Real people: index.

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Friday Night Lights: A Non-American’s Guide to American Football

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Friday Night Lights is now back on Netflix and you have to watch it. 

Just to be clear, that isn’t a request – it’s an order. The NBC football drama is simply one of the most affecting, thrilling American TV shows of all time. Though premiering in 2006, the show can mark its lineage all the way back to a true story from the late ‘80s. In 1990, sports journalist H.G. “Buzz” Bissinger published the non-fiction book Friday Night Lights: A Town, a Team, and a Dream. The book follows the story of the 1988 Permian Panthers high school football team in Odessa, Texas as they make a run for a Texas state championship.

The book was adapted into a Peter Berg film of the same name in 2004, starring Billy Bob Thornton. The story of the Permian Panthers was dramatically rich enough to conquer two mediums already, but when a third was announced in the form of a TV series for NBC it seemed like overkill. Did the world really need more high school football drama after a successful book and movie? It turns out that the world really did.

Friday Night Lights, the TV show, further fictionalized Bissinger’s story. Odessa, Texas becomes the fictional Dillon, Texas (though the Permian Panthers logo remains a big yellow “P”). Kyle Chandler steps into the role of a new coach, the magnanimous Eric Taylor. Shot in a cinema verite-style where blocking is optional, Friday Night Lights makes the viewer feel like they are just another Dillon citizen, desperately dreaming for a state championship. Above all else, this empathetic show never speaks down to its small town characters. 

As previously stated, Friday Night Lights is a must-watch. But if you’re one of our many non-American readers (Hello, everyone! I see you out there, writing “s” in words that need “z”), the football angle may seem like a real roadblock. So let’s tear down that roadblock. American football is the most popular sport in the United States but also perhaps its most impenetrable. The rulebook is thick and its connection to American culture deep. What follows is an attempt to explain American football for non-American viewers who are hesitant to tackle the show. Hopefully this will also prove useful to existing Friday Night Lights fans who have some questions about the game. 

To simplify matters, we’ve broken our football school down into three parts: The Different Levels of American Football, which explains the sport’s place in American culture and why high school football is a big deal; The Rules of American Football, which is as succinct a distillation of how the game is played as possible; and The Strategy of American Football, which examines whether Eric Taylor is even a good coach anyway. 

The Different Levels of American Football

Football is a pervasive force in American society. The highest level of play in the country (and the world) is the National Football League in which 32 teams of well-paid professionals compete against one another. The NFL is the richest sports league in the world by revenue and its championship, the Super Bowl, is usually watched by roughly 100 million people per year. Football’s influence doesn’t begin and end with the NFL though. The NFL doesn’t have a minor league or development system, so those interested in watching younger athletes are able to do so by following the sport on the collegiate or high school level.

College football is a huge deal. Some major universities’ football stadiums can house upwards of 100,000 fans. Four-year universities and colleges across the country field their own football teams that compete against one another in 12-game seasons (before a postseason consisting of “Bowl Games” but that’s too complicated to get into right now). Football at the collegiate level contains hundreds of teams split up into different leagues based on size and different conferences based on geography (for the most part). There isn’t any promotion and relegation like in European football leagues but if an institution grows big enough they can secure an invite to a higher level.

Though the decision-makers of the sport like to pretend it’s an amateur exercise and the players are not paid, college football is really a multi-billion dollar business. In fact, college football’s governing body, the NCAA, was just spooked enough by a U.S. Supreme Court decision that it allowed its athletes to finally pursue “Name, Image, Likeness (NIL)” deals in which they are allowed to make money from personal sponsorships. 

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Then we come to the high school level of football. Longtime viewers of American teenage dramas may have a pretty good idea of what a U.S. high school is now but here’s a primer for those who don’t. High school is the highest level of free public education in the U.S. before the more academically (and financially) strenuous college system. High school follows eighth grade (which together with seventh grade usually comprises of “middle school”) and consists of freshmen (ninth graders or 14-15-year-olds), sophomores (tenth graders or 15-16-year-olds), juniors (11th graders or 16-17-year-olds), and seniors (12 graders of 17-18-year-olds).

In some areas of the country, high school football is a bigger deal than college football or even the NFL. Though this level of the sport is played by essentially children, a high school football team may be the only competitive sports enterprise within hundreds of miles for some communities. This is particularly true in the massive U.S. state of Texas. Every region of the U.S. loves football, but passion for the sport is particularly acute in the Southeast, Midwest, and Texas. West Texas, where Friday Night Lights is set, is really high school football mad. The region is distinctly rural and far removed from the state’s three big cities – Houston, Austin, and Dallas. As such, high school football is the singular cultural force that many oil-drilling West Texas communities rally around.

High school football leagues across the country differ considerably, but like in college football, schools are generally grouped together by size and funding. Public and private high schools are able to compete in the same sports conferences as long as they have similar enrollments and budgets. Typically a high school football season consists of only 10 games (football is a physically brutal sport and as such plays far fewer games per year than other sports like baseball, basketball, or soccer). The regular season is usually followed by a bracket-style playoffs culminating in a state championship. There is no country-wide tournament, which is why “winning state” is the ultimate goal in Friday Night Lights. 

The Rules of American Football

I won’t lie to you: this is going to be difficult. Explaining any sport from scratch is a tall task, let alone a sport as complicated as football. Let me attempt to do so from the ground up and please be patient. There will be some visual aids as well.

First, it’s probably helpful to know about the field that football is played on. There’s a reason why in some European markets that the sport is known as “Gridiron Football” and that’s because the field resembles a cooking utensil known as a gridiron.

Every American football field consists of 100 yards (split into two sides of 1-50 yards). At the end of each side of the field is an “endzone.” A player entering into the endzone with the football is called a “touchdown” and nets a team six points. At the back of each endzone are the goalposts – yellow tuning fork-like structures that the ball is occasionally kicked through for more points. These are akin to rugby’s goalposts but slightly differently shaped. Let’s table the whole kicking thing for now and focus strictly on the action on the field.

The goal of football is to enter into the endzone with the ball to score points and have more points at the end of the game than the other team. A football game is 60 minutes, split into four 15-minute quarters (with a lengthy halftime break after the second quarter). Eleven players take the field for each team, one side on “offense” and one side on “defense.” A coin is flipped at the beginning of each game to decide who gets to start as offense and who gets to start as defense. The team who began the game on defense will get to be the offense at the start of the second half.

The offense is charged with advancing the ball 100 yards down the field into the end zone, while the defense is tasked with stopping them by tackling the person with the football to the ground. The offense is granted four tries or “plays” to try to score. The action isn’t continuous in American football like it is in European football. After a team runs a play to attempt to advance the ball, they get a 40-second break to plot their next play. A play simply refers to the action on the field that the offense takes to get down the field. It begins with the “center” “snapping” the ball to the “quarterback” behind him and ends when the offense either scores (rare) or is foiled in some way – whether that means being tackled in bounds, stepping out of bounds, or throwing the ball out of bounds. Here is a chart of the typical football positions.

The offense’s two most reliable ways of advancing the ball downfield are either throwing it or running it. On a running play, the quarterback (Jason Street or Matt Saracen in Friday Night Lights) will receive the snap and hand it off to a running back (Smash Williams or Tim Riggins) who tries to run the ball upfield while his teammates block for him. Alternatively, the quarterback can throw the ball to an open wide receiver as long as the throw originates from behind the line of scrimmage (the area on the field where the play originated). 

Four tries to reach the end zone are rarely enough opportunities for the offense. Thankfully, that’s where “first downs” come in. If the offense advances 10 yards, their “downs” or attempts to score reset back to the full four. That’s where terms like “1st and 10” or “2nd and 7” or “4th and 1” come from. The first number refers to which “down” or attempt the offense is on (1, 2, 3, or 4) while the second number refers to how many yards they need to reach to achieve another first down. Due to penalties or a player being tackled well behind the line of scrimmage (called a “sack” or a “tackle for loss”), the number of yards needed to reach a first down can exceed 10. One time in 2012, the Washington Football Team even had a “3rd and 50”, meaning they needed to move 50 yards for a first down. 

If the offense fails to score or get a first down while on fourth down, possession of the ball is granted to the other team on the same spot that the offense failed. This is called a “turnover on downs.” The team that was previously on offense will bring their defensive unit into the game while the other team will bring their offensive unit. At the collegiate and professional level, players usually only play on one “side” of the ball – offense or defense. In high school, where the level of talent is more inconsistent, it’s not uncommon for several players to be on both the offensive and defensive units. This doesn’t come up much on Friday Night Lights though – for the most part the offensive players stay on offense and the defensive players stay on defense.

It is possible for the defense to force a turnover in other ways beyond just a turnover on downs. If the offense drops or “fumbles”’ the ball and the defense recovers it, it belongs to them. If the defense catches a ball thrown by the offense it is an “interception” and the offense suddenly becomes the defense and the defense suddenly becomes the offense. This situation factors prominently in Friday Night Light’s first episode. 

Turnovers are awful, so the offense has a couple of tools to combat them. At any point during their drive down the field, the offense can choose to “punt” the ball. This means that if they’ve reached 4th down and are unlikely to convert a first down (if it is 4th and 10 from their own 30 yardline for instance), they can choose to have a kicking specialist called a “punter” enter the field. The punter receives the snap, tosses the ball up in the air, and punts the ball far down the field to the other team to catch and try to advance. This is a surrender from the offense but at least they’re making things a bit more difficult for the other offense by pushing the new offense further down the field. Punts rarely factor into Friday Night Lights as they aren’t particularly interesting. 

Alternatively, if the offense is close to the end zone but not close enough that they’re confident they can reach it, they can attempt to kick the ball through the aforementioned goalposts for three points. A “kicker” is brought onto the field and attempts to kick the ball through the goalposts from the ground. A “holder” is allowed to hold the ball upright for the kicker but the ball must be touching the ground for the attempt to count.

Let’s delve a little further into the scoring system. We’ve mentioned that kicking the ball through the uprights is a field goal and nets three points while carrying the ball into the endzone is a touchdown and nets six points. But there are a couple other ways to score in football as well. After a touchdown is achieved, the offense is immediately granted the opportunity to score again. They must choose whether they want to kick the ball through the uprights from extremely close range (which nets one extra point) or to try to reach the end zone again from extremely close range (which nets two extra points). Additionally, if the offense is tackled in their own end zone, it nets two points for the opposing team and they receive the ball back via punt. This is called a “safety.”

To recap: 

Safety: 2 points

Field Goal: 3 points

Touchdown: 6 points (+1 for a field goal attempt, +2 for a scoring attempt).

This means that football scores can generate pretty much any result other than 1-0 or 1-1. Typically a “normal” scoring game will be somewhere between the 20-40 range in divisions of 7 or 3. A score of 35-28 is a pretty usual final football score.

Still confused? That’s understandable. Football is a fairly confusing sport at times. But hopefully you are a little better equipped to understand the action on the field in Friday Night Lights. The show certainly isn’t trying to present a complicated depiction of football. Armed with the basics, you should have a rough idea of what’s happening during all the football action. 

If you feel like you’ve mastered the basics, feel free to move on to the final section of this piece.

The Strategy of American Football

The only constant in football is change. The rules of the sport are tweaked every single year and sometimes the sport undergoes truly massive alterations. In fact, the forward pass itself (now a staple of the game) wasn’t even legal for the first few decades of football’s existence. As such, the offensive and defensive strategies of football are in a constant state of flux. 

What’s interesting to note about Friday Night Lights is how old-fashioned its depiction of football appears to be at the series’ beginning. Keep in mind that this story began with the 1988 Permian Panthers. So despite premiering and taking place in 2006, the Dillon Panthers offense looks quite antiquated at first. 

The Dillon Panthers open the series as a run-first offense in a “Wing-T” formation. Running back Brian “Smash” Williams is the cornerstone of the Panthers’ strategy because back in the ‘80s and ‘90s, athletically superior running backs were usually the most dominant force in any high school offense. The Panthers plan of attack is to have a fast tailback (colloquially called a “running back” because they begin the play in the backfield and then…run)  and a strong fullback in the backfield alongside the quarterback. The Panthers’ plan is to snap the ball, give it to the fast guy, have him follow the big blockers, then rinse and repeat.

Interestingly enough, the show uses the primitiveness of the Panthers’ offense to its advantage in later seasons. When some parents and Panthers boosters (literally just rich people that support a high school or college team) want to oust Coach Eric Taylor, they point to his inability to change with the times and create a sophisticated passing attack as one reason. Coach Taylor does eventually attempt to implement a “spread” offense. 

Spread offenses were all the rage at the high school and collegiate level in the early aughts. The “spread” strategy refers to “spreading” three to five wide receivers on the line of scrimmage to force the defense to cover them man-to-man. Defenses are always strategizing just like offenses, and by forcing the defense to spread out and guard many receivers, it takes away a lot of their more sophisticated coverage options (like double-teaming or divvying up the field into “zones” of coverage). 

In later seasons, when Coach Taylor gains access to a fast, dynamic quarterback, he incorporates a bit of the “option” into his spread offense. This is where the QB uses the spacing from the spread to scan the field, analyze certain players’ positioning on the defense, and decide to pass the ball, hand off the ball, or run the ball himself.

Based on all this, it sounds like Eric Taylor is a pretty brilliant coach, right? Well, not exactly. The internet is littered with breakdowns of Taylor’s strategy from smart football minds. Most of said articles criticize him on two big fronts. The first is his tardiness in adapting to a pass-heavy offense. The second is his absolutely abominable clock management. Since the clock counts down in American football and there is no stoppage time, managing time is a huge part of a coach’s responsibility. 

Since the show naturally wants to inject some drama into its football scenes, the Dillon Panthers as coached by Eric Taylor often have next to 0 clock awareness. This breakdown even notes than in the pilot episode, the Panthers somehow only move the ball 30 yards in five minutes of gametime. That is…pretty curious. 

Also, while it’s not uncommon for a head coach to specialize in either the defensive or offensive side of the ball, Eric Taylor’s is particularly offensive-focused. Defensive plays aren’t as exciting to depict on television, so Coach Taylor is rarely shown coaching up the defensive half of his team. That’s a pretty big blindspot when it comes to head coaching. 

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Now that you’ve read through this full breakdown of American football, give Friday Night Lights a watch or a rewatch. Who knows – you may even be a sharper football mind than Coach Taylor at this point.

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A STAR IS BORN #60A5b2 expressive / moody / romantic / highly strung

smiling through tears, unsent love letters, a heartfelt ballad, oversized sweaters, late night phone calls, a face that gives everything away, the patter of raindrops on glass windows, passionate kisses lingering on your neck, diary entries tucked away, picking at scars until they bleed again, acoustic guitar melodies, stargazing with a lover, checking horoscopes everyday PARALLELS: stefan salvatore, lara jean covey, lucas scott, buffy summers, randall pearson, adena el-amin, paula proctor, magnus bane, romeo montague, norma bates, david rose

BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY'S #D48FB1 aloof / magnetic / charming / flirtatious

cat-eyed sunglasses, all black outfits, tinder on tap, dancing all night, coffee on fire escapes, never settling and always moving, months old clothes with the tag still on, a startling smile, smooth pick-up lines, bare feet in the morning, red lipstick smudged on a takeaway coffee cup, unfinished books, the touch of crushed velvet, soft pillows, late night gossip sessions PARALLELS: serena van der woodsen, ambrose spellman, veronica lodge, dionne davenport, peter kavinsky, joey tribbiani, jordan baker, rafael solano, nick young, maggie vera, cher horowitz

REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE #C33F4A defiant / passionate / loyal / careless

leather jackets and doc martens, messy hair, the smell of a bonfire, protesting until your voice is hoarse, drunken tattoos, sharp red nails and a sharper tongue, neon signs lighting up the night, the sound of the ocean during a storm, empty beer bottles, old record players, everything is a competition, easy laughter amongst friends, emotions control everything PARALLELS: eleanor shellstrop, han solo, nakia, steven hyde, katniss everdeen, archie andrews, tim riggins, kat edison, diego hargreeves, maia roberts

ROMAN HOLIDAY #79AF79 adventurous / optimistic / generous / overly sensitive

an overflowing passport, reading a worn out classic on the train, untouched made beds, salty hair and sun-soaked skin, vespa rides down the coast, giving away your last penny to charity, running at dawn, always believing the best will happen, late night drives, the echo of a contagious giggle, the smell of freshly cut grass, the mom friend, summer days at the beach PARALLELS: piper halliwell, scott mccall, bilbo baggins, theo putnam, caroline forbes, jake peralta, chris traegar, joyce byers, moira strand, phil dunphy

THE GODFATHER #925192 mysterious / explosive / clever / unpredictable

impeccable suits, the smoke from a cigarette, frown creases, holes in walls, perfectly thought out plans, dingy dive bars, silent glares, stacks of books hidden away, street smarts, a cross necklace hanging between their collarbones, clenched fists, pretending to be fine, street smarts, dark academia, boiling hot summer days in the city, an energy that you can't pin down, always seeking revenge PARALLELS: ryan atwood, faith lehane, damon salvatore, erik killmonger, henry winter, jen harding, daenerys targaryen, annalise keating, katherine pierce, rosa diaz

SUNSET BOULEVARD #D18556 dramatic / deceptive / resourceful / egocentric

smashed crystal vases, faux fur coats, a perfectly organized home, silk pyjamas, lying with ease, overflowing champagne, a dream always in sight, spa appointments, afternoon migraines, expensive cologne and perfume, bubble baths, fingers dipped in gold, knowing what you want and getting there, rose gold everything, perfectly styled hair, every entrance is a performance PARALLELS: blair waldorf, jackie burkhart, isabelle lightwood, regina george, harry bingham, littlefinger, beth boland, titus andromedon, apollo, sophia burset, moira rose

WIZARD OF OZ #D4C153 imaginative / eccentric / naive / brave

flower crowns and daisy chains, fairy lights strewn across a room, creating a whole world in your head, believing the wildest of stories, cheeks flushed pink, kill them with kindness, freshly baked muffins, the easy splatter of paint on a canvas, bursts of unexpected intelligence, bubbly laughs and bright smiles, bright colors painted on walls, surprising moments of bravery, living a simple life PARALLELS: luna lovegood, kira yikimura, simon lewis, phoebe buffay, elle woods, judy hale, kimmy schmidt, jane villanueva, willow rosenberg, klaus hargreeves, lando calrissian, dustin henderson

WEST SIDE STORY #547294 intelligent / caring / disciplined / leader-like

matching tattoos with friends, organised chaos, a band of misfits, a commanding and loud voice, chatter at a dinner party, knowledge held between shaking fingers, white flags, deep meaningful conversations, an overcrowded house, quiet moments tucked away, seasons changing, light academia, standing up for everyone but yourself, competitive PARALLELS: remus lupin, spencer hastings, t'challa, raymond holt, jon snow, annabeth chase, allison argent, alex romero, luke garroway, athena grant, bonnie bennett, spencer james