#presentations are the thing i most look forward to in team competitions

[motivated-girl-t]

team presentations in Zakopane, 14.01.2023

[leah-lover]

Good chaos. Mary earps x pundit reader.

Mary spoils her relationship with reader on air.

Ever since you were a kid you loved talking. You started doing it from a very young age. 

you found your comfort in having conversations. Whether it was about the weather, a movie, gossip, or deep concepts you thrived. When you got older you discovered theater, and fell in love with the stage. Cameras and audiences never frightened you. 

Heading into college you chose media as a degree and you were expelled at it which landed you a job in the best company in British television, the BBC. of course your beauty helped in the process but they assured that they cared more about your thoughts and talent of capturing attention and holding meaningful conversation. You started your career by doing interviews on red carpets, and hosting a few talk shows. Your audience grew quickly and you found yourself a household name for half a year, which was unheard of. 

After a few years you grew tired of the facknes od the Hollywood scene but you still loved your job so you decided to change the scenery and go to sports. The change was radical and brought about many questions from your fans. But they stuck by you. You brought a new following to the sport you chose which was women’s football.

Women’s football was on the rise and you saw an opportunity to change the field. 

The WSL felt like the home you needed. The fans of the sport, the atmosphere and the message it transpired was very much up your alley. The thing that helped you feel more at home was the queerness of the game, and the acceptance of the people,  something you have been longing for.

It has now been 8 years since you joined BBC sports. Like many predicted you had a huge following across all the platfomùs, you have won awards and presented many to other people. 

Everybody loved to be interviewed by you. 

Tonight was a special night, it was the last leg of the Olympic qualifying. You as usual were a part of the team that covered the Lionesses games. 

The game was nothing short of exhilarating, after a tough 120 minutes the Egland girls made it to the olympics. Screams and cheers erupted as wembley. The most notable person people were cheering for was Mary Earps , the exceptional goalkeepers or as you have her in your contacts by, lovely girlfriend. 

Mary was protective, she wanted to keep your relationship a secret to protect your career and you as a person. 

You were beyond proud of her, and she was proud of herself too which you described in the sideline interview you did with her.

“ So Mary, that was a stunning performance by you , player of the match, tell me what you think.?” i asked 

“ I think the girls did a wonderful job, cheering the midfield for distributing good balls, the forwards did a fantastic job finishing, and obviously my defender who battled with me today. '' she replied shouting.

“ Well I am most excited for this years’ Olympic games. The competition is very heated. What are your thoughts about that?” 

“ i am looking forward to playing in the olympics, aiming for gold, and having you there as my good luck omen.” 

“ wheel I will make sure to be there all the way.” 

Before leaving she gave you a kiss on the cheek and her hand lingered a little too long on your ass. 

While Mary left to do press conference duties and leave for your home in Manchester, you stayed in London doing some post production work and you undecided to go party with your team after. 

The night was fun, you took a 4 Am flight after and opened your front door around  9 am. It was Mary and your off day so she decided to sleep in. 

“ Good morning my love.” you said kissing her temple, and passing your fingers along her face softly. Without hesitation she picked you up and threw you in the bed next to her. Giggling you kisses her softly again, and again, and again. 

“ So proud of you baby. I love you so much.” 

“ I missed you. I wanted to celebrate with you yesterday. I miss your beautiful body so much.”

“ and my ass.Speaking of my ass, I need to check mùy phone.” 

You moved from Mary’s group which earned you a groan. you then put your phone in the charger and set it on. 

Your phone almost exploded when you opened it. Your notifications were crazy. You Clicked on the first one which was tweet

“ holy shit Mary is for the girls, holy shit she is an ass girl.” under the tweet was snap pon the moment mary kissed you with her hand on your ass. 

“ holy fuck Mary, i think we have been exposed.” you say to here. 

You both looked at the tweets for a little bit. All of the ones you saw were positive and surprising. 

“ Well you have a very good ass baby.” she said. You smack her hand as a response. 

“It was time for people to know that you and your ass are mine now get back into bed so that you can reward me for yesterday.” she added.

“ I have to tweet This first.” you said

“ proud of my goalkeeper. Proud of my girlfriend.” you wrote. 

“ Now let the chaos begin while I create chaos between your legs,” you say to Mary. 

[rosexxi]

Quidditch Bruises 🍂

Theo and Y/N are quidditch rivals on field, off field maybe not

fluff // t.n // x quidditch rival! reader

You loved quidditch. There was something about the wind flying past your face that made you feel alive. You wouldn't say it was the best thing in your life, but it was definitely the one thing that you looked forward to the most. You made the Ravenclaw team in your third team as a beater. Even though you were never super strong, or largely built like others, you being hot headed and extremy competitive made being a beater second nature.

You were currently on your way to your potions class but all that was on your mind was the big game on Saturday. Against Slytherin. Now you didn't mind most Slytherins, you actually got along with quite a lot of them. But the Slytherin Quidditch team seemed to be made of people you couldn't stand. But one of them stood out amongst the rest. Theodore Nott. He seemed to be the male version of you. Sarcastic, often kept to himself, clever. A seemingly angry young man who just so happened to be incredibly attractive. There was just something about his dark, sharp features that lingered in your mind. Maybe thats why you both seemed to fight a lot, wether it be in class or on the field.

"Ready for the game?" asked Cho.

Cho had been your best friend since you were children, you did everything together and told each other everything.

You nodded in response as you took your place beside her.

"You know you looked kind of distracted in practise yesterday." she mentioned as you took your books out of your bag.

"What? I wasn't." You disappeared under the table to reach for the pen you had dropped upon hearing her thoughts.

"Are you sure it wasn't because the Slytherins were watching."

"Nosy bastards. Why would I care?" you muttered. As you were about to get up, she kicked you in the shins, as though trying to tell you something without words.

"Why'd you do that for? I can't get injured because you're kicking me." you groaned.

As you got up from behind the table you were met with the eyes of Theodore and Draco. Theodore had an eyebrow raised, his tired eyes looking rather amused.

So that's what she was trying to say, you thought, mentally rolling your eyes at her childish actions.

"Nosy bastards are we?" Draco asked. The two boys took their places at your table.

"Yeah you are." you said quietly, not wanting to engage in an argument at 8 in the morning.

"Don't kick her too hard Cho, we all know how hard she bruises. Bit ironic for a beater dont you think." Theodore asked, referring to first year flying lessons when you fell off your broom and spent the next two weeks with a bruise the size of England. Though everyone else seemed to forget, he never did and he'd make sure you knew it.

You sent him a fake smile, along with your middle finger, and opened your book, getting on with the lesson Slughorn had prepared. It was a rather boring lesson, you made Amortentia, and though you'd never admit it, you smelt grass, a woody musk and peppermint. You smelt Theodore.

You didn't speak much with Theodore and Draco during the lesson. You tried to block out them entirely as they teased you on their win last year. They eventually gave up and began talking in hushed whispers amongst themselves. Occasionally they'd glance over in your direction, but you just got on with your work, or gossip with Cho.

.

.

"He's in love with you y/n." Cho stated at dinner.

"Cho, were you present at class. He's just annoyingly arrogant and he's like that with everyone."

"He's not like that with me."

"Well yeah but you don't argue back. I do so he probably finds it amusing or something I don't know."

"I do. I've said it since fourth year and I'll continue to say it. He always seems to be exactly where we are, he teases you, pays attention to you and I swore today I overheard him tell Draco he smelt Lavender and wood. That's literally your favourite perfume scent!!"

"He did?" you asked, slightly taken aback by what she had said. Cho had always told you how Theo must have been madly in love with you, and though you wanted to believe it, you never really did.

You quickly changed the subject, but couldn't help but smile to yourself at the thought of Theodore smelling Lavender. It was your favourite.

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The weekend had approached quickly meaning it was the first game of the year.

"Try not to fall off your broom this time y/n." Theo called out before the two teams disappeared into their changing rooms.

"Try not to get hit by my bat." you waved with a sweet smile.

You turned to see Cho face you with an accusing look but you just shrugged it off as you listened to your captain.

You eventually made your way out onto the field and lined opposite the Slytherins. Theodore blew a kiss at you and you rolled your eyes as you brought your hair into a bun.

"And the first game of the season has started." you heard Luna comment.

It was a good start to the game, Ravenclaw were ahead and you had managed to get a good few hits in with your bat, a few maybe directed to Theo.

You were enjoying the game until everything suddenly felt very heavy, you felt as though everything was spinning. Until it wasnt.

"Y/n!"

You slowly began to open your eyes to see Cho, your captain and Madame Hooch all staring right back at you.

"What happened?" you groaned, suddenly feeling hurt everywhere. You felt as though someone had poured water all over you, or maybe it was blood?

"You collided into Theo."

"Is he ok?" you asked, feeling very embarrassed.

"He's fine you're not. They're taking you the hospital wing ok." Cho smiled at you, as you dozed off again.

The next time you opened your eyes was at night. The hurt had began to go, but you were still lying in the hospital wing. Your eyes adjusted to the dark and you noticed a figure asleep in the chair beside your bed.

"Theo?" you whispered, squinting your eyes for a better look.

He must have been a light sleeper as he awoke as soon as you called him, "What? Are you ok?"

"I think so what happened?"

He stretched over to out on the lamp and inspected your face before replying, "We banged into each other and fell. You blind idiot."

"I'm so sorry. Are you ok." you asked. He looked fine but you couldn't help feel guilt, you looked down at your hands as you began to tear up. Upon seeing this, Theodore shook his hands, "I'm only joking, I'm fine." he said alarmed, not wanting to hurt your feelings, "I'm a lot bigger then you, besides you kind of broke my fall." he tried to joke.

You stared in response before nodding.

"Why are you here?" you said quietly. So quietly he had to lean in to hear better.

"Its kind of my fault isn't it. I kind of felt bad but shut up this doesnt mean anything." he warned.

Again, you nodded in response, fiddling with your hands.

"Look I'm sorry." he eventually said as he gave you a tissue to wipe your tears. You took it from him and the both of you sat in silence.

"Its ok." you sniffled later, "It's late Theodore you can go back to your dorm."

He shook his head, "No it's fine, I feel bad."

"Are you just going to sit there?" You asked, "And don't feel bad, it's nothing. Besides you were clearly right about me not being able to fly straight."

"That was stupid of me, I was only teasing you. You're a really good player y/n. And unless you mind, it's ok I'll stay." he smiled at you.

"I don't mind Theodore." you smiled. And for the first time in your six years of knowing Theodore, it wasn't a fake smile, but a real one.

Once the awkwardness disappeared, you both began talking even more. About quidditch and other things you had in common. He was funny, he made you laugh, and to your surprise, he must have thought you were funny too, as he laughed at your jokes.

He had a nice laugh, it made you smile.

Before you knew it two hours had passed, and the two of you were dozing off. But again you couldn't help but feel bad at Theodore's seemingly uncomfortable position.

"Theo." you whispered once again. He nodded his head in response, his eyes still closed.

"You can sleep with me if you want, you look really uncomfortable and I feel bad."

He opened his eyes, to see you with the duvet opened, making space for him. He looked at you shocked at your confidence and got up silently. He nodded as he took his position next to you.

"You know I really wasn't planning on you making the first move. I've got to admit I'm kind of embarrassed." he sighed, as he got comfy.

"What do you mean?"

"I like you y/n. I like it when you argue with me, I like it when you smile at me even if its fake, I like everything about you. Have done for a while now." he said nonchalantly.

"Really? I liked you to." you said softly in disbelief.

"I hoped you did. I smelt your perfume in the Amortentia the other day and I knew I had to say something soon."

You turned in your bed to face him, as did he.

"My Amortentia smelt like you too. Theodore Nott likes me." you smiled at him.

"Who else would I like? You like me too?"

You nodded in response. Though he looked as though he was trying to hide his happiness, the bright smile on his face gave him away.

"Good good, so you'll be my girlfriend. Let me take you out on a date once you get better?"

You nodded in response, a large smile appearing on your face too, "I would love to."

He leaned in to kiss you gently on your forehead, "Sweet dreams then my love."

That night you slept better then you ever had done in the comfort of Theodore Nott, the annoying boy who you could now call your boyfriend.

[pedripics]

PEDRI VS INTERNET | Men's Health España - Translation

What is Pedri's name?

Well, my name is Pedro although many people don't know it and think that my name is Pedri. Everybody calls me Pedri but on my ID card it really says Pedro.

What was Pedri like as a child?

I guess you're looking for photos but if you find any videos, I was a very rowdy guy, very restless and very energetic. Yes, I always carried a ball. The normal thing in photos is that I have a ball in my hand or at my feet. I always went everywhere with a ball.

Where is Tegueste?

In Tenerife, in the north and it’s a very nice town, I recommend you to go visit it and if you are going to then you should pass by my parents' restaurant. For the upcoming Springfield collection, we will bring out a t-shirt that will have coordinates. Those are the coordinates of my town and well I hope that you look forward to it and that you like it.

Where did Pedri play when he was little?

When I was a little boy I played in Tegueste for the team in my town. From there I went to Laguna and then I went to Las Palmas and now I am at Barça.

Why does Pedri have the number 26?

Well, in the two competitions that I have played with the national team, both the Euros and the World Cup, I have always worn the number twenty-six. The first time was because I was one of the last and there were almost no numbers left and I liked it because my favourite number, as many people know, is eight and two plus six is eight. In the World Cup, I kept 26 because it brought me a bit of luck during the Euros.

Are Pedri and Gavi brothers?

We are not brothers; we are always together, and it seems like it. But no, he is Andalusian, and I am Canarian, and we speak very differently and well each one with a different accent. It is true that I have met people who have confused me with Gavi because of the simple fact of being with me but yeah it happens.

Does Pedri have siblings?

Yes, I do have one brother and he is one of the most important people in my life. He is always with me everywhere, either here in Barcelona or on vacation in Tenerife. I always have him present in my life, he helped me a lot. Recently they confused him with me, he had just left with my car and people asked him to stop and sign autographs and he said "Why, i am not Pedri."

How many Ballon d’Or’s does Pedri have?

I wish I had one but no, at the moment I don't have any. I was at the gala because they gave me the Kopa trophy and the following year I went to present that trophy to Gavi and well I have not been lucky enough to have any and it is very complicated.

How many goals has Pedri scored with Barca?

It's complicated because I don't count them. But I think it's three in my first season, then five or four and in the last one seven. I'm going to say fourteen or fifteen I think it should be that. I don't have the result, I don't think I am wrong. (You scored sixteen). Ah, I missed some. I did not remember.

How does Pedri celebrate goals?

Well, if you have looked up how I celebrate it, I celebrate it by making glasses, although when I went to Hormiguero they told me they were binoculars. I came up with it one day with my father at home because I wanted to dedicate it to him and since that day I liked it and I always dedicate it to him because he wears glasses.

What did Pedri buy with his first paycheck at Barça?

Well, with my first salary, I have already mentioned it, the first thing I did was to buy a car for my parents and well, it was something that I really liked because my father likes cars a lot and it was a gift that I really like to give to him.

What does Pedri's haircut look like?

I am not a hairdresser and I don't even know the name of the haircut I have, the truth is that I have a very good hairdresser, I send my regards to Saul. The truth is I always have a fresh and very comfortable haircut. He always does what I want and he’s always the one doing it.

The internet says its called “mid fade”

I didn't even know that’s what it’s called, I always tell him the usual and he just always cuts everything the same.

What does Pedri wear?

Well above all I dress very very comfortably, very casually. Comfort is what I want most when it comes to clothes and well I do not pay much attention, especially when I go to training since I am going to wear the training kit later.

What is the restaurant of Pedri's parents?

Well, it is in Tenerife, in Tegueste, in my town and is called La Tasca Fernando for my grandfather and now for my father. Yes, I highly recommend the restaurant because you eat very well there, I am not just saying so, just go to try it.

What car does Pedri have?

Well, I have changed it a lot. In the beginning, I used to drive the Cupra I got it from the club, and it is a very very comfortable car. Then I had the green mini, the famous green mini everyone liked and now thanks to Ok Mobility I have a Porsche Cayenne, that’s also very comfortable.

What does Pedri Potter mean?

Well, it’s a name that Luis Enrique once called me and now some of my teammates always tease me with that nickname. I guess it's because of the magic that Harry Potter had and they associate it a bit with my style.

[subtile-jagden]

Oswald Boelcke - Part 1

Oswald Boelcke – the father of German war aviation. Mentor to many successful fighter pilots, most notable Manfred von Richthofen. But who was Boelcke as a person? “Tenacious strength and firm will, cheerful mind and a sunny disposition” that´s how his brother described him. After researching a lot, going through many reports about Boelcke by different people who knew him, I can only agree.

This article gives an overview of his too-short life and tries to look beyond the war hero fighter pilot he is known for.

Childhood and school years until entering the army (1891 - 1911)

Oswald Boelcke was born on the 19th Mai 1891 in Halle, Saxony-Anhalt, German Empire as the forth child of the Boelcke family. He had four brothers and a sister. Shortly before he was born, his parents had returned from Argentina where his father had worked as a school principal. When Oswald was five years old the familiy moved to the citiy of Dessau, Saxony-Anhalt (nowadays famous for the Bauhaus). Dessau is considered Boelckes true home, where he spent most of his childhood and teenage years until he joined the army. He successfully finished school with the Abitur while not being a model student. He was primarily interested in science subjects and physical education. He was a member of the local swimming team and won several competitions. The Boelcke family were passionate alpinists; several times a year they did weeklong tours through the mountains. Especially Oswald loved climbing, always looking for a new challenge. In his sporting ambitions, he was somewhat restricted by mild asthma, which he had retained as a result of a severe whooping cough infection. But he didn't let that stop him neither on the ground nor later in the sky.

Because of his early-developed leadership skills and enthusiasm for sports, it was clear for him to join the army and become an officer. Still in school he got interested in military history and aviation, giving presentations about Graf Zeppelin and his airships. His ambition to join the military was so great he even wrote to the Kaiser himself, asking him for his support to join the cadet corps. And surprisingly, it worked: the commander of the cadet corps informed his parents that, on the Kaisers's recommendation, Oswald was allowed to send in the necessary paperwork for joining (Now, of course Kaiser Wilhelm II. probably never saw Boelckes letter, but some secretary forwarded it to the cadet commander).

In spring 1911 Boelcke graduated school and joined the Telegraphen-Bataillon Nr.3 as a Fahnenjunker (cadet) in Koblenz.

Military education (1911 – 1914)

Oswald Boelcke maintained a very close relationship with his parents, so that during his absence at home he kept them up to date with detailed letters. In the beginning of his military career, Boelcke, like everyone, started at the bottom. He and his new comrades were drilled from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m, doing a lot of cleaning and fetching things for those higher up in the hierachy. But he did not mind this: he loved the shooting, riding and gymnastics lessons and the technical instruction. He enjoyed his time in Western Germany, being invited to the families of fellow cadets and exploring the area in his limited spare time. For further military education he got send to the war school in Metz . It was in there where Boelcke deepened his interest in aviation. He spend a lot of time at a nearby field where daily the first models of aeroplanes flew their rounds. “I can't get enough of them and always look at them with longing. That must be a wonderful sport - even nicer than on horseback”.

In August 1912 he successfully graduated from war school and returned to Koblenz as an officer. Now he spent most of his time training new recruits.

In 1913 he was transferred to Darmstadt. In his private time he was very involved in several functions: he was part of different clubs, such as a reading club, a dance club and a hiking club. He socialized with other officers but also civilians including women. “So you see, I'm not afraid of either women or civilians”, he wrote humorously to his parents.

Boelcke was an animal lover and decided to get a dog while visiting his parents over Christmas 1913. He acquired an Airdale Terrier puppy who he named Ibi. “I ended up happily back home with my "son". He lay in the baggage net and felt very comfortable. I have a childlike delight in the animal”, he reported after returning to Darmstadt. Ibi stayed with his parents in Dessau when the war broke out. Fun fact: he was unfortunately killed later on by a bullet while hunting. He was taxidermied and "guarded" the parental front door.

During this time he had already made the decision to change his career path a little bit. He wanted to stay in the army but instead of the infantry he wanted to become a pilot. He applied to the flight training school in Halberstadt and got accepted. In June 1914 Oswald Boelckes destiny changed forever.

Boelcke – the pilot: Flight training and early war experiences (June  1914 – May 1915)

In Halberstadt Boelcke learned the basics of aviation from a technical perspective as well as in practice. One of his comrades in flight school was Rudolf Berthold who early on recognized Boelckes talent. He successfully completed the necessary exams to become a pilot. Just in time – one day after his second test, the mobilization was ordered. Boelcke was not part of the first wave who got sent to the front, althought he was eager to join: “The whole garrison is gone and I poor thing must stay here. Everyone I know here, especially the ladies, spoils me - but what's the use of that if the war is over before I get out!”. On the 30th August his waiting was done; he was ordered to report to Trier. There he quickly made sure to be moved to his brothers unit. Boelckes first flights over the front were together with his brother Wilhelm as observer. (The role of a pilot in the early stages of the war was nothing more than that of a better chauffeur. The important person was the observer, who was supposed to scout out enemy positions and troop movements. Air combat was still a long way off.) The front changes quickly with German troops advancing far into France. Boelckes unit was moved several times to stay close. Already in 1914 movement stilled in large sections of the front. The opposing troops began to dig in; the beginning of the trench warfare. For the rest of 1914 Boelcke stayed in north-eastern France in the area around Reims. Often the weather was too bad to fly. “If only the terrible boredom weren't there. I haven't been above the enemy for 10 days. The weather is very unfavorable and now that the war has frozen, there is hardly anything to explore”.

In November 1914 Lt. Parschau, an acquaintance from Darmstadt, visited Boelcke with his Fokker-Eindecker aeroplane. The Fokker was smaller, faster and climbed better. Boelcke decided he needed one of those for himself and soon got his wish fulfilled.

In early 1915 Boelcke got the Eiserne Kreuz First Class for his contribution on the reconnaissance flights. He also got a new dog: “Who is Wolf? I´ll tell you, but please don't tell Ibi so he doesn't get jealous. Wolf is a big beautiful German Shepherd. When I visited you on my last leave, I had every intention of taking Ibi with me; but when I saw how mother had grown fond of the dog, I couldn't bring myself to take him away from you.”

In April 1915 Boelcke was ordered back to Germany. He was to join the Flieger-Abteilung 62, that was being set-up in Döberitz.

[crystalelemental]

Pokemon Team Characterization - Carmine

Look, I knew I was going to do this the instant I saw she had a Vulpix. Also I think Carmine might have accidentally become my favorite ScarVi character. Oopsie doodles, I guess. It's been a while since I've done one of these, so for the unfamiliar, this is where I look at the trainer's team and talk about how their team composition and move selections inform their character. Carmine being a favorite, I of course hold many opinions.

I'm sticking with just her final team. Reason being, her team never changes. Interestingly she has Vulpix at the start, drops it in your second battle and all quest battles, but picks it back up for the finale. Morpeko and Sewaddle show up in the battle where Vulpix leaves instead. I don't have anything profound to talk about on that which can't be talked about in the larger analysis, so with that!

The Lead (Mightyena) Mightyena as a lead means Intimidate. This can be seen as mostly a competitive move; lead Intimidate is frequent in the series. But I think it says a little more regarding Carmine, and the specificity of "Why Mightyena?" It's not exactly super tough as a Pokemon.

Carmine, in her entirety, operates off the difference between how she presents, and how she actually is. The impression she projects is one of strength and severity, but the core of her person is...fairly soft. When she opens up to the player, she's able to act as her genuine self, which involves some pretty silly photos taken together while searching for the masks. A big fluffy hyena-dog that can snarl real nice and seem scary is the perfect entry to this idea. There's intimidation, but if you can get past that, the rest is pretty easy to handle. Not that she'll make it easy. Play Rough belies a tendency to be a bit critical and, dare I say, nasty at times? She does openly mock you if you use a not-very-effective attack. But she can come around. I think Howl emphasizes her straight-forward nature. It's one stat getting buffed, and it's attack. No frills, just straight to the point.

The major change of its set is going from Take Down to Sucker Punch. Take Down deals recoil, and implies a certain...self-sabotage. Meanwhile Sucker Punch is taking initiative, and getting ahead of things. Something between her first fight and last fight changed, and altered her mindset to go from a self-defeating one, to one of taking charge.

The Ace (Sinistcha) Sinistcha's defining feature is double status. Stun Spore with paralysis, Scald with a chance to burn. Both play into Hex, which doubles in power if the foe is afflicted, while Matcha Gotcha absorbs HP based on damage dealt. Operating together, I think this shows Carmine as someone who is most in control when others are put down. I don't mean that to imply she's nasty, more that she is someone who is avoidant toward the possibility of losing, or facing someone stronger. She won't fight as directly, especially if she can't win. She'd rather hinder what people can do to threaten her, than push herself. The Occa Berry is an interesting choice as well. There are other weaknesses Sinistcha has, but it's specifically Fire, the threat of being burned, that she worries about. She's guarded.

But at the same time...Hospitality. This is the last Pokemon on the team, and its ability emphasizes healing of a battle partner. In singles, this does nothing. But in doubles, it implies the sense that if she feels you have her back, she'll have yours. She'll take care of people she feels comfortable around.

Care and Control (Leavanny and Ninetales) Leavanny, and prior to this, Swadloon, are an interesting addition to the team. For those not familiar with the Pokelore, Leavanny knits leaf clothes for Sewaddle and Swadloon, with Swadloon being completely bundled up within them. The decision to have Swadloon at first is, I think, the sense of self-protection. Swadloon's set even focuses on speed control through Sticky Web and Trailblaze. Its appearance in her second fight is revealing. Sticky Web is playing to her team's general structure of disrupting the opponent, but Trailblaze is setting out to do something new and different, and its function is building herself up.

By the time it's Leavanny, she's now focused on attack, emphasizing that direct nature. But Fell Stinger is an interesting choice, given X-Scissor's presence. This move boosts attack by 3 if she lands a KO. I think this speaks, generally, to Carmine's confidence. Despite the outward appearance of someone so confident she seems arrogant, internally there's an anxiety around being shown she's not as strong as she thinks. When the player wins, she seems genuinely upset at the loss, but not in an outburst way like Ortega, or even a truly disappointed way like Hop. Like something's been revealed that she wish hadn't been. She doesn't like that she can't be as strong as she presents. Fell Stinger implies the sense that, when she meets with success, she responds well to it. There's an excitement to seeing something pay off, and it suggests she focuses on those shots of reinforcement. There's no reason to carry two Bug moves, but she wants to feel that sense of accomplishment.

By contrast, Ninetales is there at the start, leaves, and comes back. Its moveset does not change. It is the only Pokemon that does not change a single move, and includes Will-o-Wisp, and Disable. Moves for disruption. Specifically, cutting the damage she receives, and removing attacks she doesn't like. Flamethrower is the obvious offensive move, but Extrasensory is an unusual choice. By coverage, the best pick is Energy Ball; Grass hits all of Fire's weaknesses super-effectively. Extrasensory is interesting because it's a naturally learned move that has flinch. Again, disruption. But also, Ninetales only knows moves it can learn naturally. This also true of Leavanny and Mightyena. I think this focus on what's learned naturally is reflective of her attachment to her home. Carmine cares about Kitakami as it is, and concerns herself with allowing others to visit sacred areas, or the degradation of culture to tourism. Maintaining a sort of natural essence seems important to her.

Double Sided (Morpeko) But at the same time, Carmine operates on multitudes. On the one hand, she cares deeply about the preservation of Kitakami's culture. But on the other, by the end of it all, she's come around to having people visit. On the one hand, she's intense and critical, but at the same time genuinely does care. Morpeko's form shift shows both sides, with Focus Sash being the near guarantee. To really understand Carmine, you have to understand both sides, and its moveset further reflects this.

On the one hand, disruption through Thunder Wave. On the other, building herself up through Aura Wheel. Both sides coexist within Morpeko. It's interesting to note that, as one of two that have TMs, one of the moves she taught it? Lash Out. Dealing greater damage when stats are lowered. When shaken, when threatened, she'll react strongly. At her core, she's reactive, and responds to perceived slights or injustice with an intense retaliation.

Summation Carmine's team suggests someone who is, at once, presenting as entirely collected while avoiding her shortcomings being known. She operates on a reactive, defensive approach; disrupting opponents and preventing them from getting too close to the core of her personality. She thrives off of seeming superior, but genuinely does light up at her accomplishments, and lives for the satisfaction of success. While initially fully avoidant, by the end of the DLC, she's come around to trying to work on improving herself, but likely still has trouble letting go of frustrations with setbacks and fear of failure.

If you have a different read on the team, I'd love to hear it. As mentioned, she kinda accidentally became my current favorite of ScarVi, so I'm very up for discussing her character.

[dajaregambler]

HeliosR - Sing in the darkness - Chapter 2 - Part 17

Translation of Sing in the darkness from ‘Helios Rising Heroes’, a new side arc alongside the current main story arc Like the dawning light.

Bianchi: Perhaps Nico-chan’s more honest than you’d think?

Bianchi: I thought he was more cynical, purposefully keeping everyone at a distance…. 

Sage: Far from it when you talk with him. I suppose I misunderstood him without properly reaching out to him.

Bianchi: I see now

Sage: (Communication remains important after all.)

Sage: (Bianchi-san and Jude-kun want to know more about Nico-kun too, and I want to know more about everyone.)

Sage: Um… I actually kind of have a proposal, is that okay?

Bianchi: What is it, Sei-chan?

Sage: Yeah, so um… it’s almost time for Halloween soon, right?

Sage: We’ve only considered the upcoming LOM for now, but before that there’s Halloween League which is an event competition 

Sage: It’s essential for teams in training to participate, and I believe that all of us right now can work together and do our best… 

Jude: Halloween League, huh… There was something like that come to think of it. 

Jude: Event battles are different from LOMs and don’t have that image of brawling for victory, so what would we be doing our best for, exactly?

Sage: Um, first we decide on a theme… prepare the costumes and wear them, present the mock battles we practice… 

Sage: It’s true it’s not related to getting victories, but it will make the citizens happy and we can gather league points too. 

Sage: this will be the first event competition for us, and I’d like to discuss it and make arrangements with everyone… how about it? 

Bianchi: Event competition, you say… 

Jude: I believe we should leave that event for what it is, and set our sights on the next LOM.

Jude: The idea of presenting our mock battles in order to please a bunch of spectators…… Honestly that’s just some kind of phony performance? 

Jude: I couldn’t care less for these things, besides we need our time for training to be able to conquer the LOM. 

Sage: T-that’s… that’s true in a sense…. 

Bianchi: That might sound like it coming from him, but don’t take his words for granted. 

Bianchi: All he yearns for is going head to head with brute force, he has no interest in winning the LOM itself to begin with. 

Jude: Bianchi………

Bianchi: What?

Jude: You understand me so well…… 

Bianchi: Sei-chan, please continue? 

Sage: Uh, umm…

Bianchi: …I’ll be honest. I’m on the same page about not needing to go that far with putting effort into the event competition. 

Bianchi: Remember our unsightly loss against North at the LOM held the other day?

Bianchi: If we pour all of our efforts into the event when we’re in a situation with unfavorable results behind us, we’ll mess up on both sides in the end….. 

Bianchi: And that would be the most unbeautiful 

Sage: ……

Bianchi: Don’t give me that look now, Sei-chan. It’s Halloween’s fault for being around this time of the year. Once it’s done we can look forward to Christmas----

Sage: I…..

Sage: I want us to consider the Halloween League as important.

Bianchi: Eh……

Sage: More than it being the goal for us rookies in training, the most important thing at Helios is teamwork right now. 

Sage: The induction course on its own, which contains training and daily duties, and also how we’re spending everyday together, is put together around that concept. 

Sage: That makes experiencing the event an important component of it. Don’t you see it’s a chance precisely for cultivating teamwork? 

Bianchi: A chance….

Sage: Though….. to go on about this when I was the most unhelpful during the LOM, is making me feel a little ashamed…. 

Sage: Even then it's a valuable chance, I want to do something with everyone. I believe there’s more than enough meaning in giving our all for it!

Robin: …….

[chillincreative]

DELTARUNE, Fake Leaks, and the Reaction to Both

This post was initially created because I'd seen that somebody Quote Retweeted a cool fanmade Chapter 4 animation and said something along the lines of "at this rate, you guys are going to be disappointed by the REAL game." This is stupid for two reasons. One: because it's an idiotic way (and a very Twitter way) of responding to someone's artwork. It pits it against the piece its a fanwork of, and creates a sense of competition between which is better. Never do this. And two: because most Deltarune Chapter 3-7 fake leaks are not accurate.

The most interesting thing—to me—about fake Deltarune Chapter 3-7 screenshots is that they're all styled after Chapter 2 and that chapter's Cyber World, as if that was anything like Chapter 1 and its Card Kingdom. There's this need to apply Chapter 2's design sensibilities to every other chapter, instead of creating something new. For instance Queen and King are in no way similar in their presentation. King, who you don't meet until your final battle with him at the end of the chapter, and Queen, who taunts you the whole way through the chapter she's from, are very different. So, it's always very weird to me to see that people immediately jump to the notion of "oh, the Chapter 3 boss will be like Queen" as if the Chapter 2 boss was anything like King.

There's also this feel to look towards what else might be patterns, like how Noelle and Berdly join the fray in Chapter 2, so the guess is that all of the classmates will find themselves in each Dark World moving forward. (This theory is likely backed up by the fact that, in Queen's Mansion, several of Kris' classmates have their own rooms, but that clearly feels like just a computer joke about each of them having their own log-ins for the library computers, complete with search histories.) Like, I see a lot of people putting Jockington or Catti into Chapter 3, when, realistically, it would be Toriel, Officer Napstablook and/or Officer Undyne, like Chapter 2's cliffhanger suggests. They are honestly the most realistic to expect coming into Chapter 3, yet I've seen barely any of them mentioned in online discussion.

Okay, now let me backtrack. Do I think Deltarune fans should stop speculating? No! Do I think they should stop making fanworks about the unreleased chapters? Also no! But fan works are never going to be accurate. This post is directed entirely towards users like the ones Quote Retweeting Deltarune fan animations with competitive callouts. To any fan-artists reading this post—in whichever form you come—don't limit yourself. Make something awesome. Because your fanworks aren't going to be accurate to the actual game's future chapters, and that's more than okay. Enforcing accuracy in fanart was never the endpoint of this post. That'd be an idiotic and creatively limiting stance to take. This post was not created to shit on the brilliant work of the artists, composers, animators and writers in the Deltarune fandom. It's brilliant to see all of their work through social media. The endpoint of this post was reminding Deltarune fans that we'll still be surprised by what Toby and his team release. The endpoint of this post was simply to dissuade posts, reblogs, replies, and Quote Retweets like the one that sparked this entire post.

[altschmerzes]

Other people have mentioned this too, but something I really enjoy about your fics is how you write the different team dynamics, and the friendships Jamie has built with all of them. Your younger!Jamie AU is definitely going to be a really interesting take on all of this, and I was just wondering - what relationships/interactions between Jamie and the team are you most looking forward to writing?

thank youuuuuuuu wah i'm so glad you enjoy that aspect of it!! it's one of my absolute favourite things to write about, i love pulling the lesser focused-on players into it particularly. like i said the other day i'm really, REALLY looking forward to thierry and richard's upcoming scenes in 'the same story' especially.

YEAH THAT'S GONNA BE AN ADVENTURE FOR SUUUURE. obviously there's like. ted and roy and company, and Everyone's got stuff in here, but there's some particular stuff i'm looking forward to as well. i've always been extremely invested in jamie and dani's dynamic and this au is gonna be a very fun version of that - particularly the trickshot competition from 1x06, which i'm doing an au version of! there's some very interesting stuff going on with jamie and sam too. the bad ground their relationship starts off on courtesy of jamie is obviously very different here, given that jamie is like. y'know. fifteen and has zero power here this time, he's not on the team, he has no real 'status' to speak of and no sway on other people. but his like..... being a jerk to sam and the others (which he is! because if he wasn't a horrible little brat it would not be like. true to the character lskdjfs this is an au version of the narrative but he's still Who He Is.) is still impactful and a significant demoralizing factor when ted first arrives. it's more that it takes the shape this time of jamie sort of.... representing, in their eyes and particularly in sam's, the wider community and how they're feeling about the team. it feels like the community itself is sneering at them, which isn't. helpful.

(plus he's a sort of. element of the place that's indicative of how badly things were being run under the joint leadership of rupert and cartrick. there's a lot that goes into 'what had to go wrong here for a teenager who works part-time as basically a handyman is just allowed to Be Like This and nobody really bats an eye' and a lot of it is down to 'rupert didn't care and set a standard of not caring about Anything pretty much and cartrick thought it was funny in a pathetic circus clown sort of way')

SO yeah there's a different vibe but some very interesting ground there with his like. difficult relationships at first, particularly sam.

i'm also looking forward to writing julie and leslie higgins and how they're feeling about/interacting with the whole thing? also, and this might be a weird pull, but michelle has a fairly small but significant role in this au wrt jamie specifically and i'm actually really looking forward to that.

and finally there's a whole like..... this is a lesser element of the fic that sort of orbits the general plot and established characters but i sorta needed some peers for jamie to have, particularly given a lot of his worse behaviour in the front half of season 1 was directed at his teammates/peers. so that didn't quite fit when he's in such a different role, so there needed to be a context for that, and for his subsequent major apology/amends stuff (which is still gonna happen with the team, he's gonna apologize to them for how things went, but it's a smaller deal and an easier process given he's a kid and he couldn't really. do much to them in this situation.). that's where the park kids come in! i decided to build him a little group of teen friends that he has from school and that he hangs out with all the time in the park ted walks through every day to get to work. one of them is one we already know through a few encounters with ted, shannon, who gets built out a little more into a more Present character, and there's a couple other kids i just wholesale made up to flesh out his peer group more (for fun and profit, their names are dean, asher, and eleanor). shannon is the one we're gonna see the most of and they're not a major part of the plot by far - i know people get like..... twitchy with non-canon characters lmao - but i'm excited about the role they DO have and i think it's gonna be pretty fun.

[vibraqua]

[ Oh, what a shame. ]

These words and the like he heard the other night played through his head often, like a mystery being pondered. It was a trail left for the diligent to discover. He by no means was on a huge investigation. However, it felt more important to him than he could ever admit. So now, he slips through the doors a a marvelous art-noveau mansion, and would take a seat among the gallery of fellow observers.

"Your tea, sir." a maid would carefully and soundlessly place the teacup of fragrant beverage before the spectator.

His eyes were as sharp as they were the day following that party he hosted. Commemorating the hard work of those that worked at La Couronne, it was also a display of the cooks' skills. They all brought a dish or two of their own genius - with wine to go around as well as plenty of laughs and smiles. It carried to the following work day. Nothing was out of the ordinary. Except...

The next opponent approaches the stage. The bracket was particularly intense, with the two challengers capable of mega evolution. It was something Siebold was looking forward to : an unbeaten consecutive winner at the Battle Subway in the Unova Region, and a veteran of Johto's Battle Tower. For the duration of the match, Siebold's gaze was unbroken. He remembers, very fondly, the lie that was told to him. It was an obvious lie, one relayed so confidently to his face. A quick and unwitting lie. The night of the party, everyone partook in every food on that dining table, except for one. A burnt and absolutely under-standards yet adequately-presented smoked salami. Even decorated with shaved truffles. It would be an embarrassment, so why? Why did the pastry chef claim blame for it so quickly and confidently the next day? [ I wanted to test my frying skills. I don't think it tasted that bad at all! ] That is what she said. Suffice to say, it would be a feat of alchemical proportions to fry something and it magically becoming smoked dish. But Siebold believed he's figured it out. He tasted the dish himself. He ate it all. After everything was said and done, cleaning his table and floors. He partook in the meal alone in the grand dining room of his hôtel particulier. He was a particular case in that he could detail the quality of meat and exactly what spices had been used. Though the meat was not evenly cooked, it seemed to be the only thing off. He takes note of the sauce : a home-made Worcestershire sauce that was far too delectable for its own good. He takes note of the spices : the perfect ratio of the variety of pepper to mustard seeds. A finger to his lips, his gaze narrows as he is reminded of the taste.

That light kick, dancing around in his taste buds. Lingering in time for the soothing sauce with that sweet tinge. To feel that upon his taste buds upon witnessing the performance of one of those challengers : it was no coincidence. A mega beedrill much like her trainer - proud and cocky, an undeniable SPICE. Soothed down with the warm tea, Siebold was glued to his seat for as long as the side he was rooting for kept their streak. The one who was originally from Johto, a young man Siebold knew well. That man was from a family that ran an upscale ryokan chain in that region, seemingly squandered his opportunity for a secure place in life with the family by up and leaving to Kalos. A man like this was of course more than some innkeeper, but seemed to take the most pride in his skills as a pokemon trainer. Absolutely demolishing the team of pokemon that barely saw loss through another intensive battle facility was proof enough of his prowess. Even Siebold was unsure if he would be able to win in a battle against him. Time flies as the observer sits there engrossed as the Johtonian tears through the competition over & over. By the time the closest shave ended the streak, Siebold's legs had gone numb!

"I never seen you around here before, you on a trip or something?" It wasn't long until the object of his focus had approached his table. Surely he had seen Siebold sitting there at some point. "I remember hearing you mention once that you frequent this place, and I wanted to see your true potential in battle." "Hah! What's your real reason?" "Hm? I came specifically to see you." "... Suuure.." The Johtonian reclines in his seat, giving a mean side-eye Siebold's way in his suspicion. Siebold just returns a smile. "You battle beautifully. Why not take on the Lumiose Conference this year? What you create should be shared with a grand crowd, at least." A typical Siebold-style suggestion. But Siebold could see it in this man. With such attention to present a memorable battle - wouldn't it be better to share the experience with more who can appreciate it?

"Too many rules. Not too fond of the prize, I have no intention of taking on the Kalos Elite Four." He gives a smug smile, " No offense." Siebold chuckles. This man plays far too hard to get. "As always, the sting from Ume Tsuga is so harsh. Not even worthy as an opponent in battle. If it weren't me, I wouldn't find it charming." A faux expression of disappointment as he averts his gaze, swirling his spoon at the lip of his teacup.

The man before him's name was that of Ume Tsuga, and had been working at La Couronne for quite a while. He is the the master of spices and sauces, unmatched in his capabilities to formulate the most mouthwatering home-made sauces that bests even Siebold. Though, he was not the best when it actually comes to cooking anything. And of course, of all his co-workers, he's closest to Felicite Guilliermond. "How about you come back to my place? You've given me a bountiful amount of inspiration, so how about we celebrate such a breathtaking performance? Besides," his voice lowers as he leans forward and whispers across the table, "and perhaps a firsthand show on how you made that delectable sauce from the other day." "Huh?" Ume stares with a cold shiver, then becoming as still as a stone. He definitely wouldn't fold on a revelation to embarrassing, especially not in public. But it was at least worth letting Ume know that he knew. Siebold smiles at him once again. "Don't act oblivious now. Felicite tried to take blame for it, after all. Hm-hmm." Siebold stands from his seat, then holds out a hand to the culprit. "Now, shall we?"

[bomnun]

dumping a lot of annoying thoughts abt hui and ptg right now

it seems like the only thing i can predict correctly are music show wins, which, to be fair is just math and rigging patterns, but im going to do some serious handwaving and guesswork again becausei cant let things go so

according to shinwon, everyone’s decisions right now, “hoetaek hyung too and jinho hyung too” were made because they love pentagon so much. (from about 1:09 in this video translation by twitter user taeksite covers most of what this guess is based on. this is also related to the jinhui instagram thing btw). nothing about individual desires or wants for oneself (which would be fine, mind you), unlike yujin from clc who said gp999 was her last shot at performing on stage because clc had been formally dismissed, since people keep saying the situations are equivalent. not to mention the fact that hui spent his entire enlistment period accompanying pentagon to various schedules and practice, and constantly wrote about wanting to meet universe again. (and i really don’t believe this to just be “”fanservice””, or whatever, if outsiders want to interpret it as that. there was no need for him or pressure on him to accompany the members everywhere and write letters like that.)

hui’s competition profile states pentagon’s “just do it yo!!” is his favorite song; the song he and shinwon wrote together which is titled after shinwon’s/pentagon’s catchphrase, about their many struggles predebut and still then in 2018 when it was released (english translation). (as non-universe discovered two days ago, it was the first pentagon bside to be streamed to #1 on bugs for pentagon’s fifth anniversary celebration project). further implying that this is something done for the group. his purpose on the show being “rather than rank, it’s about proving” also implies that the main purpose of this might not be redebuting, but once again proving to cube (🙄) they’re worth giving the bare minimum support. that said, i definitely think supporting hui as much on the show as possible is the right idea, since we have no idea at what point they’ll have considered him to have “proven” himself. unless people are told to not vote for him, at this rate he could be #1 in the debut team...(and is that something we’re supposed to try to achieve or not?)

pentagon were initially supposed to have a comeback instead of this. in august, kino and jinho apparently stated that the comeback period had been decided. in september-october, there were many pictures and stories of members recording or being in the studio. there were even press articles (based on information given by companies) that pentagon would be coming back in the second half of 2022. i believe (once again just guessing) that changgu’s ‘pop rocks’ asmr video and kino’s appearance as ‘heavy metal’ on masked singer were both pre-comeback promotion and concept spoilers. (..two very different genres, but, in kpop theyd both just be considered ‘rock’ anyway). in october it went as far as another idol, kwon eunbi, wishing pentagon luck on their upcoming album. at the end of hui’s post-enlistment vlive, he tells us to look forward to pentagon’s comeback. (currenly unable to find a video or link of this as the keywords are so common)

i’ve previously stated that the timeline is very confusing. the boys planet 999 application period ended in august, and the final lineup was decided “mid-november”. hui’s military discharge was november 18th. it appears that he was specifically added without auditioning, within days after returning from the military, which, obviously, makes me wonder why. here’s where the serious guessing that could be very wrong comes in. i’ve already presented that his purpose is “rather than rank, it’s about proof”, and that when shinwon discussed the recent events, he did not once use phrases like “hui wanted” or “the members wanted” in relation to any of this. it’s about “choosing, for the sake of pentagon”; possibly that cube has specifically demanded this. cube has a track record of always doing mnet’s bidding, sending contestants to almost every season of their survival shows, and doing nothing about chowon getting rigged out of izone, for example. btob were invited to kingdom and seem to have not been 100% sure about participating (?).  monsta x declined their invitation to join, and after that, starship entertainment artists were no longer allowed to promote on mcountdown or similar mnet activities for a year, and it’s suspected these things are related. so, my guess is, mnet were aware gp999 underperformed and kepler aren’t getting the massive results produce groups got; the novelty of the revamped show and the lower public interest in boy groups won’t help them get numbers, and yujin’s arc last year did pull in a lot of viewers, so they tried to create a scenario that’s even more extreme. cube always does what they’re asked of mnet anyway, and it’s not like they put any effort into pentagon, as they’re always holding back their music and keeping their releases sparse when they have thousands of unreleased songs ready to go. (not an exaggerated figure. kino recently said he has 300 unreleased songs and he’s just one member.)

based on shinwon’s words (and how people describe hui’s audition videos. both fans and non-fans. i personally haven’t felt able to watch and analyze yet.) it does not seem like it’s something hui as an individual really wanted to do, and more like something he was talked into doing. he seems to have no interest in leaving the group currently, nor does it seem to be happening, as he’s still in their seasons greetings, performs with them on awards shows and festivals (during the boys planet 999 training camp...lol) and on the 28th he released a demo together with wooseok calling himself captain of five senses, captain being what pentagon members occasionally call him instead of leader and five senses beiong their second mini album. he appears in the new years’ greetings they just released, saying the time spent together with universe in 2022 was too short, and he hopes there will be more of it in 2023. i’m still wondering how hard cube pushed this and if mnet specifically asked for hui (why though) or any pentagon member would’ve done and hui said he’d do it. i’m also entertaining the possibility that he chose to be the one participating because, regardless of whether 100k+ sales per album, #1 on digital (gaon/circle/bugs/genie/itunes) and physical (gaon/circle/oricon), sold out concerts and merch, famous songs are considered “enough” in today’s kpop industry hui is the most famous and recognized out of them, and him in there makes it look completely absurd.

(absolutely just opinions in this paragraph)

i still think this treatment is absolutely disgusting. if cube is so done with them, why can’t they just let them sit out their contracts instead of humiliating them like this when they don’t appear to want it? but then, i guess idle would lose their mama privileges they don’t even want next year, so it’s not worth the risk to them xx or they want to keep hui longer while the rest make it out somehow... i assume theyve been told theyll be given a comeback if hui proves whatever cube wnats proof of.

there’s more to be said about all of this, and, as you may be able to tell, i’m spiralling a litle. it’s mostly speculation. feel free to tell me what you think is going on!

[drabbles-mc]

Down-Time

Trujillo & OC Diego Ramírez

For @narcosfandomdiscord's People of Color Day: create a fanwork about a canon character of color

Warnings: 18+, language, light angst

Word Count: 1.7k

A/N: I know in most of my Diegoverses, Trujillo treats Diego like Public Enemy Number One, in second place only to Escobar 😂 But, that being said, in my head at one point they were very much friends. Before Diego got blamed for the downfall of Trujillo's boss's longterm relationship but i digress sksksk. This was just such a fun little somethin' to write about the two of them!

Diegoverse Taglist: @garbinge @hausofmamadas @ashlingnarcos @narcolini @cositapreciosa @nessamc

It wasn’t often that they had the luxury to relax and be friends rather than just fellow officers, soldiers in the same war. It’d been so long that they had stopped thinking about it altogether until the opportunity presented itself once more. A brief moment of respite from what had felt like endless chaos as everyone was getting their things out of their tiny, government-issued lockers.

There was a split second after someone had suggested it when everyone hesitated, even the man who had made the suggestion. There was nothing wrong with the idea, nothing wrong with following through on it either, but it felt like there was. After the weeks of intermittent carnage and bloodshed, no one wanted to be the first to jump at the opportunity to take a seemingly quiet afternoon and just enjoy it. But they also knew that there was no guarantee of when they would get another moment to breathe and try to enjoy something.

Diego had been the first one to break the silence, to voice what everyone else wanted to say. With a shrug and a smile he said, “Fuck it, let’s do it.”

There was a collective sigh of relief over the room once someone agreed first. For the first time in a long time, there was actually laughter among the group of them as they all nodded and gave their own verbalizations of agreement. Within seconds they were all swapping out their boots for sneakers. Everyone was looking forward to using the training field at Carlos Holguín for something they’d enjoy for once.

Before they all felt like they were soldiers muddling their way through an active war zone every day, soccer was the preferred pastime of most the officers that ended up becoming a majority of Carrillo’s Search Bloc team. Maybe it was team building, maybe sometimes they all just needed an excuse to take a run at each other that didn’t have any consequences. Maybe they were only a step or two away from still being boys themselves despite the fact that they were doing men’s work now and this was how they dealt with it. Regardless of the reasoning behind it all, the second that Diego took the soccer ball from the empty locker below his, a wave of ease washed over their entire group.

More often than not, Trujillo and Diego played on opposite teams. At first it wasn’t even intentional, but once each of them figured out how strong of a player the other was, then it just became a competition. Friendly, of course, a little extra layer of motivation—after all, all anyone ever won in these games was bragging rights.

This time, though, as everyone was divvying themselves up, Diego let out a short, low whistle to grab Trujillo’s attention. He waved him over. “Conmigo.”

Trujillo laughed at first, thinking that Diego was being sarcastic. However, when Diego simply just motioned once more for him to come closer, Trujillo obliged. As he stepped over and landed himself beside Diego, he chuckled and said, “Me quieres porque no quieres perder?”

Diego laughed, pitching the soccer ball at Trujillo with both hands, sending it right into his friend’s chest. He was already stepping backwards farther onto the field as he grinned and told Trujillo, “Cállate y ayúdame, hm?”

It was what everyone had needed, even if none of them ever would’ve been so bold as to wish for it. It was just a couple hours on a random afternoon, but despite all of the running and yelling and laughing, it was the first time in a long time that they all felt like they could actually breathe with a little bit of ease. They were all dripping sweat from the tips of their noses, the ends of their hair; they had grass stains running all the way up to their knees on both legs, but not a single person was complaining of being tired or wanting to go home. They were all perfectly content. It was a rare feeling.

Diego and Trujillo were the last ones to leave the field. Even after the game was over they hadn’t quite been ready to pack it in. Being on the same team for once was fun and all, but their respective competitive streaks were still alive and well and they weren’t ready to call it quits quite yet. It was only after they spent a little while longer attempting to run circles around each other, neither of them really coming out on top over the other, that they finally headed back in so they could head off for the day.

Just as they were reaching the edge of the field, Diego used the toe of his sneaker to flick the soccer ball up into the air. He bounced it off the top of his knee with the intent of catching it in his hands, but before he could Trujillo reached over and snatched it out of the air.

“Who are you showing off for?” Trujillo asked with a laugh. He had the soccer ball in the palm of one hand as he gestured around them with the other. “They’re all gone.”

Without missing a beat Diego reached over and slapped the ball out of Trujillo’s hand, sending them both into quiet fits of laughter. The second the ball hit the ground he trapped it with the side of his foot and pulled it back to him. Leaning down, he swiped it off the ground before promptly tucking it between his arm and his side.

They were the only ones in the room as Diego casually pitched the soccer ball back into the locker he’d taken it out of a few hours before. He pushed the locker door shut with the toe of his sneaker, the metallic clanging sounding louder than usual when there was no buffer of background noise.

“Now what?” Trujillo asked as he opened his own locker.

“Hm?” Diego replied as he crouched down to start undoing the laces of his sneakers.

“Plans?”

He laughed, shrugging one he was upright again. “Sort of. Got dinner plans.”

Trujillo gave a baiting grin. “Right.”

Diego laughed and rolled his eyes. “Family dinner.”

Trujillo laughed, giving a slow, dramatic nod. “Por supuesto.”

“Come find out for yourself,” Diego joked. “My abuela doesn’t turn away strays.”

He swapped out and gathered up his things, his sarcasm undercut but the small smile on his face as he said, “Professional jugador de fútbol and a comedian.” He shook his head as he finally broke and chuckled. “Pendejo.”

Diego laughed. “You’d like my brother.” He peeled his shirt off over the top of his head, using it to wipe away the last of the sweat on his face before grabbing a clean one to put on. “Gives me about as much shit as you do about everything.”

Trujillo chuckled at that. “Oh yeah?”

“Yeah.” Diego snagged his bag and his keys from his locker before swinging the door shut. “It’s how I stay so humble.”

Trujillo shook his head. If there had been something small within arm’s reach he would’ve taken it and lofted it over at Diego just off the pure principal of it. Diego knew it too, which only served to amuse him all that much more.

“I mean it,” Diego nettled him a little more, all in good fun. “You can come hang out with my nieces.” He walked over so that he was standing right beside him. As he adjusted his bag on his shoulder he said, “Remember what it’s like to be taller than someone for once.”

Trujillo fully laughed at that, but it didn’t stop him from shoving Diego hard enough to make him stumble a step. Diego was mostly joking, of course. Trujillo knew that. Although something told him that one thing Diego wasn’t joking about was the fact that his abuela wasn’t the type to turn anyone away if they showed up on her doorstep in need of a meal.

He wasn’t considering it, per se, but the entire somewhat ridiculous prospect of crashing in on Diego’s family dinner reminded Trujillo of just how long it’d been since he’d had one with his own family. Or, rather, with what was currently left of his own family. That all felt so much more complicated now even when it should’ve. All that loss should’ve brought everyone closer together and yet…

Diego looked at Trujillo, who he could tell was miles away from where they were currently standing. “Trujillo?” He paused, waited a beat, and when he didn’t get any response, he spoke up again. “Alejandro?”

It got Trujillo to look at him, snap him out of his thoughts. He still didn’t say anything.

Diego raised his eyebrows just slightly. “You good?”

Trujillo cleared his throat as he nodded. “I’m good.”

He swiped his bag off the floor and started to leave, letting Diego match his pace. Even though Trujillo could only see him in his peripheral, he knew that Diego was still looking at him as they walked. He also knew he still had that look on his face.

To save himself a conversation that he didn’t want to get into, not at the end of what was a good day, Trujillo shifted tracks of conversation. “Next time you don’t get to put me on your team just to keep me from beating you,” he joked.

Diego took the bait, an act of mercy. He chuckled as he fidgeted with his car keys. “Was just saving you the embarrassment of losing to me again.”

The response got Trujillo to relax a little bit. Some of the balance had been restored, put the day back to its former glory. “Real nice of you.”

They each tossed their bags into their cars before saying brief goodbyes. They’d be rolling right back onto base before too long—the formality of saying “goodbye” and “see you tomorrow” always felt a bit redundant but they did it anyway. Creatures of habit. They both got into their cars, happy to be done and able to leave even if the day was a good one, a quiet one. When they reached the intersection of the base and the road, they each turned and went off in their own separate directions. They’d be back in the same spot again soon enough, waiting for another quiet day.

[huapaiqingyuan]

what does it mean when they say “as long as we have karuta, we’ll see each other again”? 

for something that was repeated since the very beginning, and used throughout the story through various’ characters’ growth, and demonstrated through secondary characters, there seems to be some confusion.

we have to realise that karuta, like any sport has an “expiration” age where players’ skills (hearing, sight, movements) decline as a natural consequence of ageing. but unlike most sports, karuta is not what we conventional know as one that is “professional”. this is addressed within the manga itself! there may be classes but these are based on skill. 

age is a factor, but it also isn’t.

and the beauty of this is that it allows such a rich variety of cast. it’s not just your average sports manga where your seniors leave the story the moment they head for college (hello sudo), but we see people from various backgrounds, dealing with various personal, career and familial problems and commitments all competing together.

chihayafuru has always shown us what it means for karuta to bring individuals together, even as other things in their lives have them drift apart.

the trio begin the story proper at the stage where they’ve already drifted apart. (i say proper here, because that is where the meat of the narrative is at. if anything, the elementary school arc serves as a prologue). 

they were never going to maintain their childhood dynamics. they were never going to have that same level of familiarity and closeness. this is part and parcel of growing up. this is something that was acknowledged. and it was this ackowledgement that sparked the fear that they will become strangers.

karuta is like a balm on this hurt, on this aspect of growth, that as long as we have karuta, we will see each other again. we won’t just be a figure immortalised in faded pages of a yearbook, but an encounter to look forward to again. 

chihayafuru is a story that shows how the trio find their way back to each other. and in the background, we are presented with parallels through various characters.

within mizusawa itself, we see an example with nishida; once on the opposite team as the trio played That One 3-on-3 match, he now plays alongside chihaya and taichi. another example, is shinobu and arata, with the former at one point claiming the latter as her only friend. both meeting through karuta, and reconnecting because of it. we also see this play out with sakurazawa and inokuma. both of them have absolutely nothing in common and their only shared hobby, as well as connection, is karuta. it was karuta that introduced them, by bringing both of them to match for the queen title for years on end. and then there’s this lull period. inokuma focused on her family, sakurazawa on her career. even if there was never an established friendship, they nonetheless, they drifted apart. it is karuta that finally brings them together, and they become close enough that inokuma names her daughter after her once rival and now confidant and friend. another example would be harada-sensei, kitano-sensei and makino midori (haha, both examples have a midori, nevermind that the kanji are different). whilst in this case, only harada-sensei is playing competitively, they all still are very much involved in the sport as a whole, with makino reading in the match harada-sensei plays against arata.

i specifically picked out examples of those more in the forefront, and from various distinctive age groups to drive my points, that as long as there is karuta, they will always meet again. this has no expiration date. secondly, all these relationships were always evolving, never staying stagnant. their dynamics naturally shifted as the individuals themselves grew.

[snappedsky]

Fanatics 99.20

Everyone leaves the planet Tourney and returns home.

There will be a short break before the next- and final- chapter as I am going away next weekend and won't be able to post.

*Links to previous and next chapters in reblog*

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The Greatest in the Galaxy Part 20

“What...a...show! I knew this would be the best competition we’ve ever seen, but I could never have predicted this! This will go down in history, folks, and I’m so happy to have presented the majority of it. Well, for all of us here at Tourney, and every competitor, thank you for watching The Greatest in the Galaxy! This is the AI announcer M1-C, signing off for the very last time.”

Across the galaxy, all televisions tuned into the competition channels lose signal. Viewers turn their screens off and return to their day-to-day lives.

On Tourney, the Resisty ship is parked in a giant parking lot, surrounded by other large ships. In its infirmary, the Battalion are seated on the beds, after having spent the night healing and recuperating. They also turn off the TV.

“That was a good show we put on,” Zim remarks.

“Too bad we couldn’t win though,” Gaz sighs.

“What do we mean?” Squee questions. “We did win. It was like a whole thing yesterday, remember?”

“No, I mean, the competition,” she replies, “we didn’t finish it so we couldn’t win it and get a trophy. We won’t get a trophy for winning a revolution.”

“No. We just helped free countless of beings from the Irkens’ tyranny,” Dib says, “but we won’t get a trophy.”

“I thought the whole point of this was we get a trophy,” Gaz grumbles.

“She’s got a point,” Tak agrees.

“I tell you what, we may not get a trophy, but those two over there can get an award for most injured,” Pepito grunts, pointing to Dib and Squee. Both of their torsos are wrapped up in bandages to cover their burns.

“Pepito, you really gotta let this go,” Dib groans.

“You’re just lucky with Shmoopy’s advanced alien healing you don’t need skin grafts,” he snaps, “I say we ban bombs from the team.”

“Whoa, whoa, whoa,” Squee says quickly, “this wasn’t because of my bombs. My bombs are fine.”

“You blew yourself up twice this week!”

“And that was not the cause of this injury.”

“Too bad those cam-bots are gone,” Tak grunts drily as the pair argue. “They’re missing some quality content.”

“I swear, if you two keep this up, you’ll be riding the ship home instead of using the teleporter,” Zim warns.

Squee and Pepito quiet down and grumble, their hands linked together.

The door suddenly opens to Kio, who’s smiling excitedly. “The Irkens are leaving. Do you guys wanna see them off?”

“Yeah,” Zim says and everyone quickly throws on some proper clothes, wincing from their still tender injuries, and hurry out of the ship.

The Massive is parked on the other side of the lot, taking up more space than anything else. Irken soldiers are filing inside, many of them cuffed. Civ and Viv fly around them, making sure everyone behaves themselves. At the back of the group are tallest- only in size now than in title- Red and Purple. Their hands are cuffed and their PAKs have plates drilled over them to keep them from opening. Rory and Zinather stand behind them, surveying everybody. Rory hurries over when he sees the Battalion.

“You got your work cut out for you, Tallest Rory,” Dib remarks.

“No doubt,” he replies, “but it’ll be worth it. It’s time for a major change on Irk.”

“There’s no one else I would trust with this project,” Zim says.

“I appreciate that,” Rory grins. “So when are you finally gonna rule your planet?”

“Eventually,” he replies, “why rush it? It’s not going anywhere, not as long as we’re around.”

“Well, I look forward to the day we become true planetary allies.” The new Irken leader steps back and bows regally. “Until then, my friends.”

The team smile and wave as he follows the rest of the Irkens onto the Massive. Zinather is the last to board. He looks back at Zim and nods. Zim nods back.

Everyone watches as the Massive lifts off, disappearing slowly into the atmosphere.

“Looks like everyone else is leaving too,” Squee says as he looks around. Around the parking lot, countless different species are boarding their various ships and leaving the planet. He spots the Swifs, particularly Nimbel. She meets his eye and he waves. She waves back.

“I guess it’s about time we leave too,” Kio says.

The team head back to the Resisty ship. Shmoopy is in the infirmary, putting together a kit.

“In here are all the salves you need for your injuries,” she explains, handing a duffle bag to Zim. “As well as instructions on how to use them. Follow it diligently, especially you two.” She points to Dib and Squee.

“Yeah, yeah,” Dib grunts.

Kio faces the team, smiling sadly. “I guess this will be the last time we all meet up like this, at least for a while. You’re all gonna be doing your own thing back on Earth.”

“That’s why we did this, right?” Squee asks. “One last hurrah.”

“And what a last hurrah it was,” Pepito adds.

“What about you?” Zim asks Kio. “What are you and the Resisty gonna do now that you won’t need to resist against the Irken Empire?”

“I’m not sure,” she replies, “we haven’t really had a chance to talk about it. I don’t think everyone here actually believes it’s happening. But I doubt we’ll split up. Many of the species on this ship don’t have a planet to return to. And even those of us who do might not consider it home anymore. I’ve been gone from Vort for so long, I don’t think I’ll recognize it.”

“You could always come to Earth,” Dib suggests.

Kio smiles. “I’ll consider that.”

An awkward silence fills the room as nobody knows how to proceed. Then Zim clears his throat.

“Well, Kio, Shmoopy, as always, it’s been an honour,” he says, bowing his head. They both smile softly at him.

“Why you being so respectful?” Tak asks suspiciously.

“It’s creepy,” Gaz comments.

“He’s just feeling uncomfortable,” Dib chuckles and the others laugh.

“Enough,” Zim snaps, “let’s go already. Ready the teleporter.”

“As you wish,” Kio nods and rests a circular device on the floor. It lights up and whirs with energy. “Battalion.” “Resisty,” Zim bows.

With a wave, one by one the Battalion steps onto the teleport pad and transport to its twin on Earth, in Tak’s house.

Johnny, Devi, Tenna, Colton, Carmen, Maddie, and Skoodge are there to meet them. Colton immediately hugs Squee, making him wince painfully.

“Owwwww I’m still so tender,” he whimpers.

“Sorry,” Colton says quickly, letting him go.

“So did we put on a good show?” Pepito asks cheekily.

“You guys were awesome!” Tenna cheers.

“It wasn’t the worst thing I’ve ever watching,” Johnny grunts, ruffling Squee’s hair.

“I cannot believe what you accomplished!” Skoodge exclaims, “you revolted against the Irken Empire! You ousted the Tallest! This is...inconceivable!”

“He’s right,” Devi agrees, “it was a helluva fucking show.

“Everything is going to change because of this,” Skoodge adds.

“Yeah, but not here,” Tak points out, “Earth will remain the same as it always has.”

“Maybe,” Gaz grunts, “but starting next week...we won’t.”

She looks up at Pepito and Squee, who glance at each other. A heaviness suddenly hangs over the air.

“Nah, we will,” Zim argues, “even with you three leaving, we’ll still be the same team.”

Just like that, the heaviness dissipates and everyone smiles because they realize he’s right. No matter what changes they go through, or where they go, they’ll still be a team.

[jordandhallu]

Who is to blame for the downfall in recent years at Tottenham Hotspur? And what’s next for Spurs?

It’s only been 4 years since Tottenham Hotspur competed in their first ever UEFA Champions League final and despite losing 2-0 to Liverpool, Spurs fans were excited to see what the future would bring.

With what seemed to be the perfect coach and a team full of potential, they looked ahead to more cup runs and potentially their first trophy since 2008.

Fast forward to the present day and Tottenham sit in 6th place, struggling to qualify for any European competition after sacking their manager and then also their interim manager.

With fans becoming more and more restless and with repeated calls for owner, ENIC group to sell the club, what has gone wrong?

Daniel Levy is the chairman of Tottenham Hotspur Football Club, and although Joe Louis’ ENIC group hold a majority stake in ownership, Levy also has shares meaning he essentially has the role of chairman and owner. He took over from entrepreneur Alan Sugar in 1991 and has since built a brand recognised around the world, a new stadium which is widely regarded as the best in Europe and facilities that seemingly every player would dream of training on. But things aren’t going as well as he and ENIC might have hoped. With only 1 trophy to their name – the Carling Cup (League Cup) – won in 2008, fans would have expected a better return and are now starting to point fingers.

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Lucas Moura scoring the winner for Spurs against Ajax in the UEFA Champions League semi-final.

Despite a 15-year drought in silverware, Spurs have still had some exciting times. The most recent being a spot in the UEFA Champions League final in 2019 against fellow English club, Liverpool. But with a hugely disappointing display and result, what followed was the sacking of one of the most popular managers among the fans in recent times, Mauricio Pochettino. Daniel Levy swiftly moved on with the appointment of serial winner, Jose Mourinho but without even completing his second season, he faced the same punishment as his predecessor. Next in the hotseat was a manager who had won titles at every club he’s been, similar to Jose Mourinho.  And after a very brief spell with Nuno Espirito Santo, Antonio Conte was the latest ex-Chelsea manager to join the Lilywhites but yet again, he was sacked before finishing his second season having not won a trophy. What Conte did do though, was take aim at the club in his last ever press conference in Spurs colours, speaking words that Tottenham fans found all too familiar and agreeing with majority of what he had to say. Now without a manager again, supporters are starting to feel that the blame should be shifted from the manager/players to those higher up.

I recently spoke to Spurs fan and host of the podcast, ‘The Fighting Cock’, Flav Bateman on what he felt was going wrong at the club and why his team are struggling so much.

“Daniel Levy’s the main problem.

“He’s made bad mistake after bad mistake. If Daniel Levy was an employee of Daniel Levy, would he have fired himself by now? And probably he would.”

He also spoke about how little pressure is on the Tottenham chairman on getting it right.

“There’s no consequence to Levy getting things wrong because he owns the football club”

Recently, Sky Sports cameras picked up banners and signs saying, ‘LEVY OUT’ and despite Flav claiming that Levy felt under no pressure when making mistakes, he insisted that these messages from the fans would still have a big impact on the Tottenham chairman.

“What the fans can do is make it difficult for him. And that’s what we saw with the banners against [Manchester] United.

“He’s noticing that. He wants that to go away. That isn’t a good look on TV when he’s trying to do business with brand deals”.

Steve Perry is also a Spurs fan and has been since 1965. He’s experienced “great memories and teams over the years”. But even he felt that the club are in need of a change.

“Unfortunately under ENIC, Spurs will never return to the glory days of winning trophies.

“Our only hope is we get a mega rich buyer with money to burn. It’s not the way it should be but the club with the largest wallet wins the most trophies”

He was of course making reference to Manchester City finding success after being bought by The Abu Dhabi United Group in 2008.

Despite making claims that mass amounts of money needed to be spent in order to get the club on the right track again, he also said how there was another big factor that Spurs had continuously gotten wrong.

“There is a lot of criticism of recruitment and this is another huge factor in our failure to achieve footballing success, we waste money recruiting badly.

“Players such as: Walker, Vertonghen, Dembele and Eriksen all left and were replaced by players of inferior quality”.

Tottenham have indeed spent “not insignificant sums of money” as described by Flav but as Steve mentioned, none of the players have made the impact that the manager and fans would have wanted, leading them to blame the man who was responsible of the transfers before getting suspended for ‘false accounting’, former Director of Football, Fabio Paratici. It was later found out that Daniel Levy appointed Paratici having already known that the Italian could face a two-and-a-half-year ban.

Steve Perry spoke about the importance of the Daniel Levy’s next step as Tottenham chairman as well as the consequences that his previous actions could have.

“Appointing a director of football already under suspicion together with a manager who has a reputation of staying at a club for two seasons with clearly no onward plan, the next appointment is crucial for Levy and the club.”

Whoever the next manager of this club will be is currently anyone’s guess. With fans throwing up names like Mauricio Pochettino & Julien Nagelsmann, no one is really sure what the direction of this club looks like. But one thing seems certain among the fanbase, Daniel Levy is not welcome to stay and find out.

Written by Jordan Dhallu

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More and more propaganda against Spurs owners, Daniel Levy & ENIC are being spotted around the stadium.

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