also those gay rumors were quite sinister in nature…. basically two things happened at the same time: 1. pep (bc he was THE barça player) held a lot of sway with the fans/with regard as to how the club is supposed to be (and was his uncompromising self on that), and 2. he was often out of the team with a recurring injury that he went to doctors all over Europe to help him treat. the exact injury was undisclosed, contrary to what the Spanish clubs usually do, so rumors started to appear that it wasn’t an injury but an STI. for context: this is still the 90s; the AIDS pandemic in Spain is at its peak; pep is already too soft/cultured/feminine (he likes poetry! the horror!) for some. so those rumors, like the injury, persisted, and were repeated by the media close to the club (the entorno), and it all ended in 2001 with pep leaving in tears and refusing to have a dedication match etc.
😭 christ alive (my reaction to that information). well i don't really know how to process all of that but thank u for the detailed history tbh i don't think it's a secret that i don't know much about club history stuff like this so
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Thinking about possible Vox and Angel's interactions and how they'd go down. Theres such a unique mix of hatred to each other and common ground with their different experiences with Valentino, has me thinking.
Also just want to clarify I love Vox's character a LOT but ofc obv don't sympathise with him or think he is any way shape or form a decent individual, cant with stupid toxic dumbass x
AND IF YOU SEE ANY MISTAKES OR TYPOS NO YOU DONT- (i was so tired when drawing it forgive me TwT)
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"It creates a distinct visual motif not found in other romances that captures the connection between the two characters while feeling distinctly not of this world."
"We wanted this to feel like Gale and their partner were really merging into one, new, perfectly harmonious being."
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i know nothing like jon snow :D one of the commentators was like "maybe our team doesn't want to win cause they don't want to play canada" but idk
oh yeah hm so if you lose you get germany in the QFs and if you win you get canada
but like canada has been all over the place this year like last night they lost to denmark and denmark isn’t like. traditionally a good hockey country lmao
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Actually going insane over the implications of Jason asking Dick to be the Robin to his Batman in Battle for the Cowl.
Like I initially took it at the purely surface-level of Jason wanting a partner in the general sense. Which made sense, it's a huge responsibility and a lonely one so an assistant/sidekick/partner seems a no-brainer if you can get one.
But then I really thought about it, because Jason is not asking Dick to be his partner in the general sense; he's not even asking Dick to be his Nightwing. He's asking Dick to be his Robin.
And they both know exactly what Jason means: "Be the light to my darkness. Be the smile to my scowl. Be the hope to my fear. "
He's saying "Be 'Robin'; be the embodiment of Love and Justice and Goodness. Be the exceptional person that you have always been. Be the slightly-less exceptional person that I was when I wore your colors. Be the person that I was in the process of becoming and might have been (or might still be), if only Joker hadn't clipped my wings."
He's saying "I am prepared to become vengeance, become the Night. And I will go further than Bruce ever dared to, because it is what is needed. I will be the necessary evil. But you don't have to be. If Batman is Gotham's curse, Robin has always been its blessing. I will be the brutal punishment to our world, and I am asking you to be its incandescent gift."
He's saying, "Be for me, what we were for Him. Be my anchor, my comfort, my hope. Remind me what it's all for, why it's all worth it. And remind yourself as well."
He's saying "Be 'Robin' again--for both of our sakes."
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I love three houses discourse because I'm pretty sure everyone just picks their route based on which house leader they're the most gay for and then tries to defend their pick by pointing out the other sides's war crimes via twitter memes. Reader, all four of them do substantial quantities of war crimes. So many. We're just here because the woman with Issues and a big fuck-off axe said so, and then we gotta justify everything she did in the name of dismantling the class system. I mean, I'm here for that, but you could also try justifying Charm Man uses poison and perfidy to try to stop racism, A Sad Little Meow Meow gives no quarter instead of doing therapy, or the Thicc Pope tries to bring back her mom via human experimentation, depending on your tastes
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