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#ALSO gets in my head when i watch croatia
whoevengaf · 8 months
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Ergo (the tags) this is not my fault at all but dalićs.... letting pricks and antivaxxers play... oh and guess what NATIONALISTS... letting these stellar players carry him through 10 matches of extra time.... who the FUCK wants to watch that??? Who wants to PLAY that game??? THIS IS WHY I NEED HIM TO BE FIRED
#Theres genuienly no joy in watching the croatian nt and idk if its because the absolute soullessness of dalićball or my personal identity#i literally never supported germany so i understand why i dont feel for it (i wasnt german in 2014#i literally do not remember winning the wc at all... and then in 2018 they were so shit i didnt feel any pride) but whyyy croatia???#The first football match i remember was the wc 2014 brasil match where we got fucked over by the ref#my family does not support any club (my dad supports hajduk split but its more his identity than love for the team)#BUT the nt so how is it that the imposter effect i usually have supporting clubs i in theory have no relation to#ALSO gets in my head when i watch croatia#the one single team my heart should feel for makes me feel SOULLESS#every second i watch croatia i feel like a faker im watching it to PROVE myself.....#theres no team (except maybe Germany nt) where i feel OBLIGED to watch .... idk how to explain it#Forever and always ill feel like an ant among termites... supporting Bayern (welllll....) and Spurs and Liverpool...#eating and gnawing away at the wood even though I'm not supposed to eat it....#yet the one Croatian fig I'm offered is rotten and moulded... and the wood it hurts and I cannot digest it#i don't even know how to bite through it ...#favourite#AM i favouriting my own vent post because of those last few lines? yuuuuup im afraid i ate!#anyways im scared and i just want to be SOMEBODY#sham!s rambles
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gabigabigabby · 11 months
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headcanons | brazil national team
seleção brasileira x fem!reader
headcanons of other countries; portugal / england / argentina
a/n: i've always imagined how it'd be like to be friends with these guys. their group must be so much fun to be with. comfort national team ): lmk if you want a part two with the rest of the brazil guys! hope u enjoy ⭐️
synopsis: headcanons of the seleção brasileira during the world cup 🏆
neymar
u and ney met for the first time at the brazil world cup
u had been a fan of his since his glory days in santos and his starting years in barcelona
through ney, u got to know the brazil legends
say ricardo kaká, say phil coutinho, say roberto firmino; say literally any brazil player, u have met them before
no one would dare to touch u because ur ney's friend
that's how powerful he is
he always offers to take u out with brazil during the international break
after training, ney insists u and the guys play a friendly game
u could pick out ur team and all, it's very cute (in my head)
he makes sure u get the best seats to watch the game
he invites u to squad dinner after every game brazil had under their campaign
overall, he's just a really amazing dude
it's a blast to get to hang out w him
richarlison
besides u and neymar, richarlison is the other dude ur attached at the hip w
u think he's the funniest guy you've ever met
and he thinks ur the prettiest girl he's ever known
u helped him dye his hair platinum blonde for the world cup
yep it was u
he gave u the shirt he wore on the very first match of brazil's campaign
and u wore that shirt every time brazil had to square up until their loss against croatia
i feel like richy is the kind to invite u to his hotel room so he could get a shit ton of room service
kinda weird. but it's actually kinda cute
he would make jokes solely bc he wants to hear ur laugh
if u don't laugh at his jokes, he literally dies inside
he's pretty overprotective
more overprotective than neymar, i'd say
he'd always have his arm around u
his height also intimidates a lot of people so it helps
he just overall cares so damn much about u
amazing guy
vinicius jr
vini's the kind to tolerate everyone's bs
he kinda just laughs at the squad's antics
trust me, the guys are all weird in their own ways
vini's the neutral guy
he's weird
but then again, he isn't
tbh w u, he's only weird when rodrygo's around
every time u would come visit him and rodrygo and eder, he brings along his nephew to the bernabéu
his nephew loooooves u
bc of vini, u have every real madrid kit u could think of
u have his, rodrygo's, eder's, even benzema's
awesome dude, he cares a lot about his friends
ur lucky to be friends w vini
lucas paquetá
okay i lied
u think lucas is the funniest guy in the seleção
don't tell richy
only u would tolerate his antics
every time one of the guys get paired up with lucas on the plane, they'd ask if they could switch w u
bc only u could match w his shenanigans
his wife n kids LOVE u
i cannot stress that enough
they see u as family
tia y/n
u love benício and filippo the same
but pippinho's ur favorite, ur not fooling anybody
richy joins u guys sometimes
he's the same amount of crazy, not to worry
u and lucas would brainstorm different dance celebrations
u were the mastermind behind his celebration after his goal against south korea
u and lucas would send each other tiktoks every day
whether it be dance related or just mad dumb shit
u appreciate having lucas in ur life
u have always wanted a best friend like him
and now that u do, u never want to let him go
antony
u and antony are very parent-like to one another
u both are around the same age
antony being a few months older than u
he wouldn't live it down
"eu sou mais velho que você, respeite os mais velhos, y/n" [i'm older than you, respect your elder, y/n]
"então você admite que tá velho" [so you admit you're old]
u would joke w him ALL. THE. TIME.
"eu apoio todos os clubes, exceto o manchester united. porque você tá nele" [i support all clubs except manchester united. bc you're in it]
"okay, agora isso é apenas maldade, y/n" [okay, now that's just mean, y/n]
all jokes aside, he'd go livid if anybody ever hurts you
physically, mentally, all that shit
he cares so much
his heart is so huge
he wears it on his sleeve
and he's proud of it
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findingnemosworld · 8 months
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𝐢 𝐚𝐦 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬 - 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐢𝐨 𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐨𝐬
• 𝐫𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲: 𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐧𝐲𝐦𝐨𝐮𝐬 ( 𝐇𝐞𝐲, 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐝𝐨 𝐚 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐢𝐨 𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐨𝐬 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐨𝐟𝐭 𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐱𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐢𝐨? 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐚 𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐢𝐨 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐬 𝐝𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐠𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐞𝐥𝐬𝐞. 𝐇𝐞 𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐛𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐢𝐭 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐟𝐮𝐜𝐤 𝐢𝐭. 𝐇𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐲. )
𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐠𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠: 𝐧𝐨𝐧𝐞, 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐟𝐚𝐯𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐮𝐟𝐜 𝐟𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐨𝐟𝐭.
[ 𝐡𝐨𝐩𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐢𝐭 ]
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Sergio Ramos
A force to be reckoned with, both for Real Madrid and his national team, he's aggressive, and has garnered a reputation for being a hot head on the pitch -- yet those closest to him knew that it was mainly due to the fact that football is what he loves, and what he hopes to do until his last breath, so naturally people expected him with some one that can match his personality, and to everyone's surprise despite his attempts to maintain that his private life stays as far away from the media as possible, unfortunately they discovered that Sergio had been in a four year relationship with rising singer Y/N L/N.
Y/N was a former actress turned singer, she'd grown up under the public eye and was beloved by Spain for her approachable, kind and soft spoken persona, dubbed Princesa by the general public -- it was quite the shock for them to see her happily tied down to someone that's naturally known to be aggressive and a bit of a wild card.
Yet Y/N knew that it was all a façade, that the Sergio people saw on the football pitch differed from the Sergio she was blessed to see off the pitch.
Sergio's kind, compassionate and an empath; whenever Y/N was sad, she could always count on him to be there and comfort her, when her muse for writing songs seems down, she'd take one single glance at him and spends hours writing poems upon poems to express just how much she adores him, her family loved him the same way his loved hers; and while there were talks about getting married, neither she nor Sergio touched on the subject, saving it for a fitting time.
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" Amor, are you sure you won't be able to make it? "
Y/N had been traveling across the world to promote her newest album, cartas a mi amado and while she was doing so -- Sergio was occupied by the international break, hoping to lead Spain into winning the Euro competition in the final against Croatia.
" Lo siento, I really want to but I'm not finished with my tour yet " Y/N chews on her bottom lip, she hated lying to Sergio but if she wanted this surprise to work out, she had to resort to lying.
" Ok but you'll be watching right "
If anyone were to hear him in that moment, they'd definitely be astonished as to how this is the same man that viciously takes down attackers. Y/N giggles, " of course I'll be watching, mi rayo de sol. I have to see if you'll score a goal for me "
Sergio chuckles, " Obviously I will, I have to impress my girl "
" And bring that trophy home " Y/N adds with an eye roll, " Listen, Sese ... I have to go and train, but I promise as soon as I finish this leg of the tour, I'm coming straight home to you "
" You better, I want to kiss you senseless and I also want to spend the two weeks vacation fucking you every way imaginable "
The soft undertone laced with his low voice sent a shiver down her spine, " Ok, I'm leaving now " she laughs, " Buena suerte bebé "
" Gracias amor, I'll see you soon "
" See you soon " Y/N said, before ending the call to finish booking the flight details to Portugal where the final will be held, she knew it was both exciting and heavy on Sergio as he will be going up against his teammate and close friend Luka Modric, but she knew that no matter what, Sergio would do his best to make his country proud.
You see, Y/N was asked by the RFEF to come and perform the national anthem, and while at first they were set to announce her as a performer, she intervened; insisting on making it a surprise to every one in attendance, and so far Sergio had no idea, believing that she was still on tour which made it easy for her to go about with her plan.
Her flight lands in Lisbon, and she immediately dived into closed rehearsals until she was sure that everything was set for the final; a day before the final she called Sergio to wish him a good luck.
" It really sucks that you're not here "
Y/N had to hold back her tears after hearing how soft his tone was, it definitely tugged on her heartstrings. " I know mi vida, but I'm going to be watching you, and annoying everyone by shouting that's my baby each time you come into screen "
Sergio laughs then said, " listen, when I get back ... I'm taking you on a lovely getaway "
" Oooh where to? " Y/N asks him, both curious and excited by the prospect of a nice vacation.
" It'll be a surprise " Sergio said, " You, me and the sun "
Y/N smiles to herself, looking over at the dress that she'll be wearing tomorrow. " I love the sound of that baby "
" Listen, Carva, Nacho and I will be heading out for a bit so I might not answer but I will text you later if you're awake ok! "
" Alright mi amor, take care and don't get drunk " Y/N warns him.
" Relax amor, I'm responsible enough " Sergio laughs. " te quiero hasta la luna y más allá "
" Yo también te quiero, hasta la luna y de regreso " Y/N said. " Bye baby "
" Bye " Sergio blew a kiss, causing her to giggle. " Ah, my favorite sound "
" Go " Y/N laughs then ends the call, she inhales a deep breath and mentally prepares herself for tomorrow, hopeful that she'll be able to witness Sergio make yet another incredible mark in his career.
The stadium was full of passionate fans that travelled to see their nation come out on top, Y/N had arrived early spending the majority of the time rehearsing in a closed and hidden away from the teams to ensure that it'll be a surprise; When the teams finished warming up and were set to step out -- she is on standby, she was set to step out just after the Croatian national team were singing their anthem and once they were finished, she grabs the microphone and steps out just as she hears.
" Please rise for the national anthem of Spain, performed by the special guest; Miss Y/N L/N "
A chorus of cheers can be heard as she stepped out, waving to the fans in the stadium, and had to physically stifle back a giggle at her boyfriend's surprised expression, she stands at the assigned position and begins to sing the anthem, with everyone in attendance as well as the players standing behind her singing along till the very end --- she bows her head then says with a loud tone, " VAMOS ESPĀNA "
Y/N was then lead to the box where most of the WAG's were seated, she sits next to Dani's wife Daphne to watch the final.
To say that it was intense would be an understatement, Sergio was at the peak of his performance defending his side from any potential goals -- and right at the end of the first half, at the 44th minute, a stunning header was made by Sergio to help Spain lead the scoresheet, she watches with tearful eyes as Sergio runs towards the direction of the box she was sitting in and point at her.
Daphne nudges her with a teasing smile as the camera captured her shy expression. During halftime, Daphne said. " I saw his expression when you came out, it was so cute "
" I figured I had to surprise him " Y/N smiles before shaking her head, " The tabloids will have a field day for sure "
" Oh don't mind them " Daphne waves her off, " Just enjoy yourself with him, you two surely deserve it "
The second half was definitely stressful for Spain, the Croatian side was attempting to break their defense a few times however thankfully Sergio helped keep the back line intact, so much so that at the 79th minute, he assisted Alvaro Morata in scoring the second goal. Y/N squeals, clapping her hands and shouting, " That's my baby right there "
The match continues with a few changes within the lineup, and just as it entered extra time - Sergio was able to score a second goal, once again sending the fans into a chorus of cheers as he points at Y/N yet again causing a smile to adorn her lips, the smile widening as the whistle blows signaling that Spain were crowned the 2024 Euro Cup winners.
The celebrations on the pitch were in full swings, and when the WAG's were allowed to enter the pitch; Y/N immediately runs to Sergio's open arms as he hoists her up and spins her around causing her to giggle, " You did it! " she pressed a sloppy kiss to his mouth.
" I'm so happy right now " Sergio states, " I didn't think you would actually come " he places her down.
" Did you think I was going to miss one of the most important finals you've had? " Y/N smiles, " you never fail to make me proud of you baby, and I'm so glad that I got to see you shine "
" I couldn't have done that without your support " Sergio grabs her face to plant a soft kiss to her lips.
A chorus of teasing voice caused the pair to look to the left and see Dani, Luka, Lucas and Nacho wearing teasing smiles. " Now we know why our Serge has been growing soft " Nacho grins.
" Can you blame him? " Lucas chimes in with a teasing tone. " He has quite possibly the softest and sweetest person by his side, I think there's a big chance, we're losing the monster "
" Guys cut it out " Luka interjects, " He's still the same person "
" Gracias Luka " Sergio sighs, shooting his teammates death glares while Y/N stood there with a shy expression.
" We just have to get used to him, speaking softly every time he calls her " Luka laughs, causing the other three laugh as well.
" Hey! " Y/N said, " Don't you dare tease him "
Sergio smirks, wrapping a protective arm around her as he said. " That's my girl " he then looks at them, " and for the record, I have changed but for the better, this one right here is my motivator "
Y/N beams, " always and forever amor, I am yours "
And while the world may always question how Sergio Ramos was able to capture the heart of Y/N L/N, there's one thing that she is sure of, nothing will tear them apart.
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faggotflint · 2 months
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Help decide the fate of Night City
(A Cyberpunk RED TTRPG poll for my partner and I's home game, propaganda below the cut, and please reblog for a larger sample size)
Help decide the fate of Night City by voting for the new mayor of Night City. You can choose to read the propaganda or cast your vote randomly, but only you can decide the fate of my dear friends
Night City hasn't had a mayor in 19 years, instead, it has been run by a Council of Representatives of each of the major brands that own a share of the city, but recently there's been a call for an election for a singular body to be at the head of the city, as the people of Night City have come to believe the council to be corrupt (and yeah, they think electing one of those said corrupt fucks into office will fix things, but are you really one to judge right now?)
So, let's meet the contenders shall we
First up we have Phillip Roland, Phillip, care to say a few words?
"A Vote for Roland is a Vote for family values. Night City has become an unsafe place to raise our children. Philip Roland understands that if you want to do something the right way, you should do it the old-fashioned way. I promise to establish a foundation for public safety and truly earn the NC's title of 'The City of Dreams'"
Right, and your official corporate sponsor is?
"Petro-Chem"
Alright, thank you, Mr. Roland, next up we have Gerald Albertsun, Mr. Albertsun, a few words?
"A+ for Albertsun, give it already! When the people watch me stream on the Net, they don't think; "Oh, he's gonna fund another war with Croatia" no, they see a guy who screams in his underwear, who also got his start by making Company Garrison 2 tutorial videos, betcha didn't know that!
Uh-huh, right, and uh, your corporate sponsor?
"Danger Gal"
Wonderful, next up we have the Representative of the Hot Zone Hadel Greene
"Let me ask you something, when you look up at the sunset, what do you think of? I think that it's a red sky we all live under, rich or poor. That's why if I'm voted in, I can assure the people that union houses will be built, they will be full, and ready to meet the demands of the-" *mic cuts out*
Wow, that is wonderful, thank you for that Mr. Greene, and, your sponsor is?
*A dubbed voice over an image of Hadel Greene says* "Rocklin Augmentics"
Thanks again Mr. Greene, Now let's move on to Vogel Grill, care to say a few words Mr. Grill?
"Let's get real, the shareholders of Night City know what's best for the people! You don't think the drug addicts on the streets know what to do if you gave them a house, a car, or even a job right? That's why if I'm voted in, I'll ensure the equity of Night City commerce to exceed expectations!"
Wonderful, thank you Mr. Grill, and your sponsor is?
"SovOil"
Right, now, next up is Turanga Ogawa, the Official Arasaka sponsee in this race *interviewer winks at the camera knowingly*
"Arasaka has been the moral compass to which I've lived my life by, they have never steered me wrong. They were so gracious to give people employment, including my fellow candidate Hadel, after the terrible attack in 2023. That is why, when I am sworn in, I shall uphold the same values as I was raised with."
Alright, now, lets take a look at the other side of the gender line here, starting with the fiercest feminist you know, Mrs. Karen Horvolt
"When I'm in charge of Night City, I'm going to ensure it's by women for women, too many men have and abuse too many positions of power, that's why we need to have a feminine perspective. A reset if you will, why don't we make them stay at home and cook and clean for us? Honestly what else are they good for?"
Wonderful, and who is your sponsor in this race?
"See, this is what I mean by men being useless, my sponsor is Continental Brands"
And last, but Certainly not Least, we have Ms. Esperalda Rodrigues
"All this talk of protecting Night City, and no one here has been deployed save for me. Too many unruly characters are let through customs both on to the East and West, why do you think we have such a high rate of violence? You need someone with Military expertise to put people in their place whether they like it or not, that's what I'll do for you Night City."
I see, well, thank you Ms. Rodriguez, and your Sponsor Ma'am
"Militech"
Alright, well, I hope this has helped you to learn a little bit more about each of the candidates and what they can offer Night City, please don't forget to cast your vote this September 11th at your local Night City Polling Station
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jlawbenn · 25 days
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50 things about me / intro challenge that I’m currently making up as I go along anyway welcome to my blog! Now how do I pin this post
1. My name is Jordanah, preferred pronunciation is Ordanah and my most common nicknames are Danah and Jordan
2. My pronouns are she/her/hers, the gender I was assigned with at birth.
3. I’m in my mid twenties and have an insane amount of kids a number so peculiar it always blows people’s minds!!!
4. I was born in Texas US but my mother was Croatian Yugoslavian born and raised and I spent most of my childhood living between Croatia, Scotland and Germany. My father was a Slovene-Jew, and my mother’s side somehow also have Lebanese roots.
4. My mother had her first child at age 14 and I had mine at 15!
5. I’ve been married and divorced more than once 😬
6. This list started off exciting and now I’m depressed
7. @fazcinatingblog is my bestttt friend and it’s only through Alex Fasolo and Jordan Roughead that we met!!!
8. I am a massive Carlton fan with a 6 or 7 year membership and have attempted to raise my children Carlton (and failed.) Any family members of mine that came over from Europe (my brother’s family namely) are Bulldog supporters. However I also hold a Collingwood membership, Geelong membership and Essendon membership for my children.
9. Teams my crazy kids’ support are Geelong, Collingwood, Carlton, St Kilda/Hawthorn (he’s v confused), Melbourne/Norf Melbourne (guess his fav city), and Essendon.
10. I am always carrying some sort of injury and it’s always usually done in the most stupid of ways. My most recent injuries are; broken ribs at Collingwood premiership, broken rib, finger and concussion at opening round in Sydney, sore shoulder from tripping down a step and banging into the ladder.
11. I have a diploma in hairdressing, a certificate in business, a certificate in youth work (with a v keen interest towards social/case work), enrolled in a diploma of education and am really interested in becoming a teacher one day when my kids are a bit older!
12. I have tattoos
13. I have piercings but I never wear them anymore so do I really have piercings?
14. I was loving this list but now I’m over it
15. I go for the Proteas / South Africa in test cricket and Melbourne Renegades in BBL.
16. My NBA team is probably the Dallas Mavericks
17. I love Taylor Swift, The Beatles, 5sos, Doja Cat and Little Mix just to name a few
18. I’m hungry
19. I have this condition where I can make any bone in my body loudly crack and I’m double jointed, I freak a lot of people out. I can be sitting and put my foot over my head behind my neck! Yeah I probably have that Ehlers Danlos Syndrome
20. I hate airports, like passionately, and I will become an absolute ratbag in them
21. I have really severe ADHD combined and I cannot. Sit. Still. And I’m super impatient and just don’t have the ability to wait.
22. I have a severe math’s disability called dyscalculia. I can hardly do basic addition and the rest may as well be in Irish
23. My favourite AFL players are Charlie Curnow, Jack Carroll, Jordan Boyd, Tom De Koning, but right now I’m in a bit of a personal depression slump so that’s it, I just don’t feel much enjoyment around the footy lately.
24. I will jump on my best friend when my team wins if I’m at the game
25. I’m perfectly fine with Irish people, but I feel like none of them like me? There’s been several instances. I’ll name two. I was at the pub with my best friend watching the footy last year and the Irish group at the table just started attacking me for sitting there and even blocked off my seat, but they were fine to my friend? And neither of us had said anything to them? And on the other occasion I was dropping my daughter off at school and an Irish teacher yelled at me because she thought I was a high school student and wanted me to get to campus. I mean. Honestly.
26. I have an older brother who is 1. an idiot and 2. Has worked at many different AFL clubs in Victoria doing physiological stuff and worked at the HFC shop (and hated it)
27. I am really partial with the weather - if it’s freezing I absolutely love it but if its anything over 17 degrees I hate it and will complain non stop
28. I have had my gallbladder and spleen removed, and now my abdomen is not only covered in a horrid cesarean scar but surgery scars.
29. I had a massive Linkin Park obsession and dyed my naturally blonde hair black and in contrast to my blonde eyebrows I looked like I had none.
30. I’ve had cancer and so have my daughters.
31. My kids’ favourite footballers are Sam De Koning, Darcy Moore, Charlie Curnow, Jordan De Goey (we’ll sort her out), Jack Ginnivan, Luke Uniake Davies I think, Josh Dunkley
32. I have a G Flip song stuck in my head and it’s not even my favourite one
33. I’ve met G Flip!!! Laura and I sat in a corporate suite with her last year for Hawthorn V Collingwood and bloody hawthorn won
34. I attended the 2023 grand final at 9 months pregnant (technically overdue, I’m nuts honestly) and nearly killed myself
35. I have video footage of me nearly falling to my death at said game
36. I’m absolutely terrified of feathers, birds, metal spoons, lightning, dogs (including the western kind), adelaide football club and anything bigger than me that can crush me to death. And escalators
37. I’ve done my ACL before and it was really stupid
38. I wish the new season of Stranger Things would hurry TF up because it’s my fav show
39. I absolutely cannot stand Dale Thomas and accidentally started an online war once because I voiced my opinion
40. Not trying to compare anyone here but my favourite AFL wags are Natalie Docherty, Annalise Dalins, Chloe Geraerts, Bella Rendell and Demi Duncan.
41. My brother’s best mate is someone on the Collingwood AFLM’s team. We see them very often.
42. I love writing, I write really long, tedious, painful shit fanfics on Wattpad just for the fun of it and Laura always tells me off for putting the characters in death defying situations. My fanfics all base mainly around a main character and not so much the sportsmen. My username is the same as it is on here!
43. I think I’m a really terrible artist and that my 9 year old is the best but everyone says I can draw Darcy Moore really well.
44. I could not speak one word of English until the age of 9 and even then it was very broken
45. In school I passed Italian with A+’s and several high distinctions. I failed English with F’s and D’s constantly.
46. I hated high school and once, the sickbay nurse screwed up my file with another student’s and I had a massive allergic reaction to the pill they’d given me (I told them I didn’t take pills) lol that’s how they found out I had anaphylaxis
47. I went to primary school with a former Hawthorn player and he’s an asshole lol, he’s at another team now and my daughter isn’t happy about it
48. My favourite food is margerita pizza with no basil. My favourite drink is Shiraz.
49. I’m happy because there’s only one more thing!
50. Free Palestine 🇵🇸
51. Bonus fact, I love the F1 and Max Verstappen is my favourite driver, then George Russel. Don’t even get me started on Ferrari because I cannot stand them.
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Healing* fem!reader x ln4
pairing: fem!aussie!model!reader x ex!tom blyth + fem!aussie!model!reader x lando norris
fic type: smau
summary: fans watch as their fav heals after a bad breakup
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user1 literally obsessed with you both
user2 idk who i would rather be, him or her
user3 SCREAMING
tomblyth 🩷
> yourinstagram thank you for bringing me with you my love ❤️
user4 no cuz why does tom look over y/n in the second pic? and the pink heart?? im fearing the worst
> user5 i hate to agree but i see it
> user6 lets not speculate anything based on one picture
user7 girl crush girl crush girl crush
yourbff YOURE SO STUNNING
yourbff HOW ARE YOU REAL
> yourinstagram ily
> user4 see this is how her mans should be hyping her up
user8 why are the f1 drivers lurking in the likes?
> user9 her grandfather is a 5 time world champion, and current sponser for mclaren. also i believe her older brother is a mclaren mechanic. she grew up at the races
> user8 Y/N PRESCOTT IS JOHN PRESCOTT’S GRANDDAUGHTER?? WHY DID I NOT KNOW THAT
> user9 idk its pretty common knowledge 😭
user10 she just looks classy
user11 THE 1975 LYRIC
march 22, 2022
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user1 THE FIT
user2 THE BAG
user3 HER
danielricciardo why no pics of me? you embarrassed or something?
> yourinstagram “if you dare post anything of me i will get you banned from my side of the garage”
> user5 help not daniel threatening to get her kicked out of the mclaren garage
user4 adding onto my theory, tom didnt like or comment on this post…
> user5 STOP
landonorris not pictured: y/n flipping me off first
> yourinstagram lies! i would never
user6 i want to be her
charles_leclerc why are you squishing my head?
> yourinstagram because you are just so babygirl
> charles_leclerc i am so concerned for you
> user7 SHE GETS IT
april 4, 2022
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user1 HEALING? NO WAY USER4 WAS ACTUALLY RIGHT THAT THEY BROKE UP/ WERE BREAKING UP
> user2 omg what if he took her to paris to break up with her
> user3 NO DONT PUT THAT IMAGE IN MY HEAD
yourmother i love you so much sweetheart, you are a beautiful soul
> yourinstagram i love you mum
yourbff i love you so much
> yourinstagram ily so much more
user4 what did i do?
user5 NO MY PARENTS
user6 WHAT AM I GONNA DO WITHOUT Y/NTOM
user7 i feel heartbroken for her
user8 somehow she still looks so gorgeous while going through a breakup
> user9 right! when me and my ex broke up i was a mess for MONTHS
user10 i feel so bad for her
alex_albon he fumbled
> yourinstagram lily got you to say that?
> alwx_albon lily got me to say that.
may 24, 2022
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user1 i love my aussie girl
yourmother i missed you so much sweetheart
> yourinstagram missed you too mum
oldschoolfriend was nice catching up with you!
user2 shes glowing
yourbff we need to go on a trip together
> yourinstagram frfr
user3 im in love with you
user4 cant even see her face yet i know she just looks so beautiful
> user5 i will never forget what you did
danielricciardo come to perth
> yourinstagram im there rn
user6 she always is so happy when shes back in aus
user7 shes thriving
yourbrother stay away 🤺🤺
july 27, 2022
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lewishamilton ❤️
> yourbff hey lewis hamilton
user1 SHES GORGEOUS
user2 where is she
> user3 i believe shes in croatia
user4 YOURE GLOWING Y/N
yourbff finally got that girls trip
> yourinstagram finally
user5 looking (respectfully)
user6 THE THIRD PICTURE
user7 i love y/n and yourbff together
yourbrother never come back
> yourinstagram happily
user8 THE POST BREAKUP GLOW
oct 13, 2022
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user1 I LOVE HER SO MUCH
user2 the whole grid love her aw
carlossainz55 was a lot of fun
yourbff I LOVE YOU
> yourinstagram I LOVE YOU TOO
user3 girl got the whole grid
landonorris whyd you post that pic of me?
> yourinstagram i can take it off
> landonorris no!
user4 SHE WENT GOLFING WITH LANDO HELLO??
> user5 while i would love to feed into your delusions (also mine) but im pretty sure a bunch of them were there
charles_leclerc you throw the best parties, even though there were not many of us
> yourinstagram lots of practice i have
user6 shes who i aspire to be
dec 28, 2022
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user1 i love how she christmas both in london and australia
user2 why is there a weird looking christmas tree on the beach? isnt it winter
> yourusername that is a traditional xmas tree, and its on the beach because in aus, we sometimes celebrate on the beach because it is a HOT SUMMERS day
user3 merry christmas!
landonorris merry christmas! i got you something :)
> yourinstagram merry christmas, i also got you something :)
lewishamilton merry christmas y/n
> yourinstagram merry christmas lewis
user4 merry christmas
> user5 merry christmas… we never forget
> user4 LET MY FAMILY GO
yourbrother why’d i get no tag? im literally in the fifth picture
> yourinstagram do you really think you are worthy of a tag?
> yourbrother yes
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user1 i want to party with her
user2 THAT LOOKED SO FUN
landonorris what a great night
> yourinstagram aint that right
user3 is that lando and max in the third pic??
> user4 looks like it
> user3 NO I DONT TRUST YOU
> user4 CMON ITS BEEN ALMOST A YEAR
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user1 MISS DIOR OMG
user2 shes hanging out with max and lando omg
user3 PERFECT
user4 is it just me or is the third pic a soft launch?
> user5 surely not, but knowing you, it could be
> user4 GIVE IT UP!
landonorris those might be two of the worst pics of me
> yourinstagram no i think they might be two of the BEST pics of you
maxfewtrell i dont even remember what was going on in the last slide
> yourinstagram i just remember walking in the room to you two snogging
> maxfewtrell clearly this did not happen
> yourinstagram clearly it did
user6 shes so gorgeous
user7 tom must be punching the air rn
yourbff MISS DIOR YOU ARE INCREDIBLE
> yourinstagram NO YOURE INCREDIBLE
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part 2 coming soon ❤️
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Finland is number one in Poland's Viral 50 💚. Slovenia is second by the way. And also Croatia, Austria, Switzerland, Cyprus, Armenia, Moldova, France and Czechia are all trending above Sweden and fit in top15. Which I think kind of shows how middle of the road their song is (I'm not going to say it's bad, because Loreen is a good singer, but it really kind of goes is one ear and out the other without leaving a trace), and that people want something more memorable and crazy from Eurovision.
It is kind of interesting that after watching both semis and the grand finale, I was able to kind of accurately predict who would be a qualifier, but the finale voting was one big mystery to me 😅. Why didn't Slovenia, Austria and Czechia get more points? Why was Germany lower than Poland? What is even happening in the heads of the juries?
But Finland is definitely going to be remembered. And I think Swedish commentators know that, and it really bothers them it's your country that captivated people hearts, and they turn offensive out of some wounded pride.
This new made me really happy ❤ Not only that Cha Cha Cha is number one, but in general that Eurovision is so relevant nowadays that it is able to make the competing songs (other than the winner and the country’s own entry) go viral. Tattoo was ofc viral in many, many countries even before the contest which is really not surprising seeing how it embraces the pop hit pattern and is ridiculously catchy, but seeing non-English songs even higher really warms my heart.
There are always going to be surprising results, but the running order and competition in the same genre do have an effect. Obviously I do not have the answers, and this is speculation only.
Slovenia qualified and 78 points is not a bad result at all, considering they also got points from 14 different countries. The withdrawing of North Macedonia and Montenegro likely had an impact on their total score. Before the grand final Slovenia was 23rd in the odds which is in line with their result of 21st place. In my view Slovenia was since the beginning always more of a fan favourite than a real contender. I once read a take saying that only diaspora and fans vote in Eurovision, which is supported by the fact that Joker Out got their highest points in the final from Croatia, Serbia and Finland (got to support Käärijä’s boyfriend 🥰)
Austria was hurt by the running order in the grand final perhaps more than anyone. It has been shown that the running order doesn’t affect the juries as much as the televoters, perhaps because the juries are required to watch the whole show from the beginning to the end while the regular viewers might miss the first few songs. Juries did raise Austria to the 8th place which is once again a great result in my opinion, for a country that usually doesn’t enjoy that much of neighbour support. In general despite the country it is really hard to place higher than around 15th place when opening the grand final – Belgium came 10th in 2016 but was only 16th in the televote. Other reasons for Austria's low televote score might have been the quality difference between first and second semi final, and the voters all gathering to support Finland when it became clear they were the only ones who could challenge Sweden.
Czechia got their second ever top 10 result, second best result ever and best result since Mikolas Josef’s 6th place in 2018, so I wouldn’t be disappointed at all. Perhaps they suffered having to perform between Finland and Australia, which is something I expected could happen.
Germany is one of the Central European countries that cannot trust their neighbours to support them, as we have unfortunately seen many times. In general, succeeding with a rock/metal entry in Eurovision is very difficult and rare, although there are a couple of exception which I probably don’t even have to mention. In March I got this ask and made a prediction based on how well rock/heavy entries similar to Blood and Glitter usually have succeeded in Eurovision (21st-24th place), so I’m not that shocked by their result. Sad of course, but not surprised. (I expected UK be last, but I guess they got some support points for being the host). My guess is Germany also once again suffered from being a direct qualifier (not having the same bond with viewers as semi-finalists do) and competing against Australia and especially Finland, who have similar-ish target audience.
As for Poland I need to remind that they have a huge diaspora – their highest points came from Ukraine, Ireland, Lithuania and United Kingdom. Most people who knew and cared about the infamous NF result were Polish viewers themselves and Eurovision fans, and neither of those groups can give negative votes. To Blanka’s credit we must admit that the performance improved massively since the NF and Solo as a light and campy female pop didn’t really have any genre competition, and it isn’t as divisive as metal or heavy rock is.
Juries are asked to focus their vote on 4 main sets of criteria: Vocal capacity of the artist(s) Performance on stage Composition and originality of the song Overall impression of the act
Regardless of how angry I am of the ridiculously high jury points to Sweden this year – and almost every year, really – I think they were pretty consistent with their ranking this year. We can argue about Cha Cha Cha being more original than Tattoo, but we can’t argue about Käärijä being weaker singer than Loreen or Marco. Juries always put more emphasis on the vocal capacity and singing skills than televote does. That is also why what the fans call “boring ballads” tend to be higher than campy uptempos and ethnic bops, because the latter rarely require expectional vocal techniques. My hot take is that juries are necessary to evaluate objectively the actual technical skills of the performers and prevent us from having to sit through another year like 2008 with Leto Svet, Baila El Chiki Chiki, Dustin the Turkey and Wolves of the Sea kind of atrocities.
I love the last chapter 🥺 Käärijä is the people’s princess 💗 I think @suspiciouslandlady put it best in this post. Sweden cannot take that all the attention and love is not directed at them. They cannot take that we are celebrated instead of them. They cannot take that their "former Eastern part of the kingdom" is acknowledged at its own right and not just as the lesser neighbour country. We are so used to being forgotten between Sweden and Russia, the weird Nordic that has their own strange language none of the others understand, always the oppressed, the underdog in contests and sports. We might have lost once again, but this time the world is on our side and the spotlight is on Finland. And that is hard for our neighbours to swallow.
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do you have any online resources for Balkan books? i'm learning croatian so it would be cool to practice reading actual books instead of just balkan twitter
balkandownload.org , knjige.club and iirc libgen has some croatian and serbian things
go crazy :) if u want croatian book reccs too, from our authors id reccommend anything by ivica ivanišević (my fav is "primavera", esp since its very classic dalmatian setting) and renato baretić. baretić's "osmi povjerenik" is a cult book, but since it uses a lot of dialect, and a made up dialect too, it might be too advanced. "hotel grand" is also a fantastic book of his, that one might be easier to get through.
if you want classics, one of my favorite book series is "grička vještica" by marija jurić zagorka (the first croatian female journalist). its 7 books, with plot taking place during maria theresa's rule of hungary, but the speed and the twists are like a modern netflix show. she did the "enemies to lovers" trope back in like the 1910. and she and jane austen are the only people ive ever liked it from. ive read all the books like 5 times, and insisted my sister is named Nera after the main character. if netflix producers read this, they would sign the production papers within 10 seconds of finishing the books. unlike krleža, she wrote in a quite simple style and language (tho there is nothing simple about croatian anywhere i guess).
if you want to read some poetry i recc dobriša cesarić - he is one of the most famous croatian poets, and his poems are simple but with incredible flow. you can also find the texts online without downloading. just google dobriša cesarić pjesme. :) "balada iz predgrađa" is one of his best ones. "voćka poslije kiše" is something every single croat can quote.
grigor vitez was also a wonderful poet but he wrote for children - idk what level youre at, but that might be a good start too! his poems are beautiful. "kad bi drveće hodalo", for example.
on topic of poetry, since this is a communist and antifascist blog, i recc you the main poem of yugoslavia: desanka maksimović's "krvava bajka" about genocide in kragujevac. its short and you can find it on wikipedia.
from recent books which were translated to croatian i rly enjoyed nita prose's "maid" and from this french author "fresh water for flowers" (too tired to remember her name rn). anthony doerrs "the light we cannot see" is a bit reactionary but still a great read. "the cathedral" (cant remember the author rn) also won me over.
if you want to watch a good movie i recc "svećenikova djeca", if you can find the torrent. idt i was able to last time when i wanted to watch it. :/
from bands, if you want to hear some dalmatian music and accents, i reccommend daleka obala, tutti frutti band, dino dvornik ("afrika" and "manijak" are bangers), oliver dragojević (listen to "nadalina" its super cool!), TBF ("genije" plays in my head always) and if u wanna see the traditional split dance just search "splitsko kolo" on youtube :)
i can also just send you my own book if u wanna read that lol (im a published author in croatia, and a class traitor for advocating book piracy here on tumblr i guess) . it does use some dalmatian slang tho.
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Mama ŠČ!: whatever could it mean?
i'm not really your eurovision girlie BUT! this year few songs captured my attention. to nobody's surprise, one of them is mama ŠČ! by let 3. this beautiful performance is so packed that at first watch it just looks like a nonsensical chaos so it's time for some good ol' analysis!
!DISCLAIMER! I AM NOT CROATIAN AND I DIDN'T TALK TO THE BAND. EVERYTHING HERE ARE JUST MY THOUGHTS
1. The band
what even is let 3? well, the word 'let' translates to 'flight' and i didn't dig deeper. sorry. the band itself is more interesting anyway.
they are a croatian rock band formed in 1987 in then-yugoslavia. since then they released ten albums and have become quite popular in croatia and other countries on balkan. they are mostly known for their controversial, avantgarde, vulgar and obscene performances. the eurovision one is tame for them. seriously, read their wiki, it's great.
2. The title
on to the song itself now! let's begin with the name. 'mama šč'. what? right of the bat we are intrigued. what the hell is 'šč'? one meaning could be щ. this is a letter of cyrillic script, which is used in russia, ukraine, bulgaria and some other countries. 'šč' is this letter written in latin script according to the ukrainian pronunciation, which is a nice little tidbit i learned from wikipedia. i also learned that the band itself provided non-sensical answers when asked about the meaning, but as they say, it may not be that deep, but the ground is soft and i'm ready to start digging. also also, the phrase 'šč!' is kind of a post-pandemic catchphrase for the band, with its origin being a video of the band's bassist balancing a shoe on his head.
now, 'mama'. the word itself is not difficult to understand, but it also has a symbolic meaning. you see, the title of 'mother' is often assigned to russia. this started in the medieval times, but was popularized and extensively used during the soviet era by the bolsheviks. this imagery, along with the theory of panslavism, was and sometimes still is used to support russia's role as the superior slavic country, which should take other slavs 'under it's wings'. it's also a term of endearment, which has become quite bitter
with this knowledge i think we can confidently say that the name of the song could refer to russia, with its imperial tendencies, and ukraine. i know, how shocking, i bet you wouldn't guess that.
3. The lyrics
we're finally really getting into it! the first three verses go like this:
Mama kupila traktora ŠČ! Mama kupila traktora ŠČ! Mama kupila traktora Trajna-nina Armagedon nona ŠČ!
'mama kupila traktora' translates to 'mommy's bought herself a tractor'. we already established the relationship between russia and the word, so let's assume that by 'mama' the song means the country.
so she's bought herself a tractor. good for her! except the tractor could be a metaphor, too. you see, one of the most popular brands of tractors in croatia is belarus produced in, you guessed it, belarus. so when the band sings 'mama's bought herself a tractor', they are also singing 'russia's bought itself belarus'. the words are somewhat ironic, since belarus' prezident has in october given russia's prezident a fucking tractor for his birthday, so he didn't even have to pay for it. also also, just a cherry on top, remember what ukrainian farmers used to tow russian armed vehicles? tractors.
if we take a more literal look at these lyrics, we get a picture of 'mama' buying a tool to help her and her family with farming. by the way, do you know who is one of the biggest producers of wheat inthe world? russia.
the next line is a little bit more complicated for non-croatians, but i have something. according to a comment under this video, 'trajna nina nena' is a popular croatian lullaby. so they swapped the 'nena' with 'armagedonona', which turned the meaning to an 'armageddon lullaby'. also, 'nena' means 'grandma' in croatian and i have seen people translate this line as 'armageddon grandma', which could allude to the soviet union, if we take russia today as the 'mother'. granny end-of-the-world kinda thing.
on to the next verse!
Mama ljubila morona ŠČ! Mama ljubila morona ŠČ! Mama ljubila morona Trajna-nina Armagedon nona
it's pretty similar to the first two, but the key line is different. 'mama ljubila morona' translates to 'mama kissed the moron'. who could it be, i wonder. combined with the previous verses, we get the picture of 'mama' buying 'tractor' for her 'moron' whom she loves. by the way this scenario is presented it's clear that the band doesn't agree with 'mama' or the 'moron', but it also could be read as russia and its people being in a sort of abusive or toxic relationship with the 'moron', as he is the one who's being referred to with unflattering term.
both verses are broken up with the 'šč' sounds. Here i will take the liberty to paste the lead singer's answer regarding this letter:
“5000 years older than the first alphabet found, it is the oldest letter. Now we will send our alphabet from Dora into orbit by spaceship. When Armageddon on Earth subsides, the rocket will return and bring the first alphabet again.”
Take from that what you will.
next we have something i would dare to call the bridge:
A b c č ć d dž đ e f g h i j k l lj m n nj o p r s š t u v z ž Mama, mama, mama, ja se idem igrat’ Mama, idem u rat
first, let's look at the alphabet. here i will again draw from the comment section of the previously aforementioned video. according to one comment, the nonsensical spelling is supposed to symbolize the creation of a 'new soviet union', represented by the 'šč'. they also mention that the 'šč' could be a parody of the letter z, which you can see on russian tanks deployed in ukraine. but i also saw a comment under a reddit post saying that it's just a croatian alphabet.
here i think is a good place to point out the origins of this song. you see, mama ŠČ! wasn't written for eurovision. it's actually part of a bigger project, an anti-war rock opera, and was inspired by another croatian artist, who wrote songs for croatian production of the play 'mother courage and her children', specifically by the lyrics 'buy me, mama, one little war'.
'ja se idem igrať' translates to 'i'm goin to play' and 'idem u rat' to 'i'm going to war'. this sounds like it is sung by a child, as well as all of the song up to this point, with the use of nursery rhyme and the childish word 'mama'. but here, the atmosphere of the song changes, it becomes more chaotic and aggressive. the child is excited to go play, to go to war. if we look at dictators, majority of them were recruiting children through insane amounts of propaganda. many of those kids actually were excited to go kill. or it's possible, that the child in the song is not a child at all, but rather a childish dictator, who sees war as play. this would be inline with the band's statement, in which they addressed the song to 'all those, who think that planet is their toy'.
whoosh, that's a lot! but we're almost there:
Onaj mali psihopat Mali podli psihopat Krokodilski psihopat Mama, idem u rat
'that little psychopat, little evil psychopat, crocodile-like psychopat, mama, i'm going to war'.
well who could they possibly mean by that. fun fact, that gentleman-sitting-over-there (as our geography teacher refers to him, while pointing at moscow) is noticeably short.
the 'crocodile-like' part could refer to few things. firstly, boris johnson said that talking to russia's prezident about peace is like 'talking to a crocodile while it has your leg in its jaws'. another one is 'crocodile tears', which could be connected to the image of eager children going to war in the bridge and how the dictator cries crocodile tears over them when they die. and lastly, 'krokodil' is a street name of the drug desomorphine, also called 'russian magic' or 'poor man's heroin'. this drug is quite popular in russia and it's, well, not good. so yeah, they could be calling the dictator a psycho on drugs.
one thing to note, however, is that this chorus is really angry and is sung by a dude dressed like stalin. one way that leaders justify their occupation efforts is by questioning the competency of the other nation's leaders. we see it in ukraine, how russia claims to be 'liberating it' from a 'fascist regime'. if we go with the interpretation that the song is sung by a dictator, then we get a picture of him singing those words about the leader of the country that he's trying to conquer, while to us viewers it seems that he's singing defacto about himself. it's a double edged sword.
so if we put it all together, it's a song inspired by nursery rhymes and the play 'mother courage', through another artist, about a child, or a childish dictator going to war. numerous lyrics point at russia, but some things are still vague enough that it could be applied to any bloodthirsty, war-hungry dictator. but this piece is not only a song, it's a performance.
4. The visuals
first, the costumes!
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beautiful, isn't it? these costumes symbolize the four riders of apocalypse ('glad' - hunger, 'rat' - war, 'smrt' - death and 'kuga' - the plague), however, they added a fifth one, HDZ, which is a croatian political party, who is supposedly 'corrupt as hell'. the prime minister from this party was arrested for corruption, so i'm inclined to believe it.
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when i was showing the clip to my mom, she stopped it here, looked at me and said 'that's stalin'. it's actually kind of scary, how much it looks like those stalin-cult-propaganda posters.
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few things about this.
the performer in the background is croatian drag queen jovanka broz tituka. her name is a pun on jovanka broz, probably the most famous yugoslavia's first lady, and the word for prostitute. she is featured even more in the videoklip, it's great.
the composition of the projection is very similar to the typical composition for soviet propaganda posters. they use this format in the videoklip, too
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and the moves of the dancer are literally military march. so they took the things that soviet union is recognized for (propaganda and military power) and made them into a perfect parody performed by a drag queen. it's mocking in the best way possible, because queer people are heavily persecuted in russia, so here their symbols of power are made into a laughing stock by a member of the very group they hate. it feels like a resistance, like a reclamation.
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it wouldn't be let 3 if they didn't perform in drag. the mocking-military theme continues, since they are wearing uniforms painted and tailored to look like dresses.
but who's that guy in black? he's actually not a member of the band. he's another croatian artist, žanil tataj žak. this is not his first time doing a collaboration with the band. he looks like some kind of evil wizard, with how he creeps in from behind with missiles and then stands behind the band
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just look at that dude. the word on his forehead is 'njinle'. it's written in šatrovački, which is an argot developed by some subcultures in yugoslavia and was used as a device of secret communication. when you switch the letters, you get 'lenjin'. so yeah, a crazy evil wizard.
the missiles are quite self-explenatory, we all know what that gentleman has in his military arsenal. here, however, i don't feel like they are portrayed like a thread, but rather like another mockery. i think this screenshot summarizes my thoughts on them pretty well
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also this is possibly my favorite thing ever: five dudes marching in a drag costumes of military uniforms, singing the 'psychopat' chorus. it's a mockery, beautiful and gorgeous mockery of military might and war.
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and the whole performance is finished by the band striping down to their undies while in the back a giant projection of jovanka dances among their flying heads. what a ride. i've read somewhere that the faces on their undershirts are young them, but it could be wrong. and of course the saluting. the final nail in the coffin of dictatorship's dignity.
i love this piece of art. it's ridiculous, because that's what it's meant to be, because it wants you to look at this caricature of power and military might and realize how stupid and pointless it is. it made people angry, but it was supposed to do that, because it's a satire and good satire always angers those who feel threatened by it.
10/10
(here and here are the videos, here's some article)
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My opinion in all Eurovision 2023 entries, but it's all positive (1st part)
I'm obsessed with many things, and one of them is Eurovision. That means I'm currently enjoying my favorite time of the year. Today, I want to do something specific - express my personal opinions on all the entries for Eurovision 2023. However, I'll only be highlighting what I like from each song, and I hope to spread some positivity.
Don't get me wrong - I don't like all the songs. I have my own top 37, but for the purposes of this exercise, I'll be listing them alphabetically. There are many of them so let's go with the first half of them! Would you be able to say any positive thing about the song that you dislike the most this year? Tell me!
------------------ ・Albania (Albina & Familja Kelmendi - "Duje") Deliciously dramatic. Albina's parents seem so nice I wanna have lunch with them! ・ Australia (Voyager - "Promise") Powerful! Have you watched them in Madrid's PreParty?? Looking forward to their performance in Liverpool! It's gonna be alright, I promise! ・Armenia (Brunette - "Future lover") Full of emotion. This is one of the 2 songs of this year that have made my tear up. I don't have to say anything else. If my future lover sings to me this song, I'll fall in love. ・Austria (Teya & Salena - "Who The Hell Is Edgar?") Genius. Catchy. Absolute perfection. Inteligent lyrics with a message. Catchy and well produced music. A fun female duo. A dance not so complicated so I can reproduce it... I can not ask for anything more! This is one of my absolute favorites of this year :D ・Azerbaijan (TuralTuranX - "Tell Me More") Ya'll, I genuinely enjoy the song! I think it's bold. There's an evolution throughout the song that makes it interesting. I like the rap part. ・Belgium (Gustaph - "Because of You") This song makes me happy and I love music that makes me happy. Gustaph has a lot of charisma and a really great voice! I also enjoy the 90's sound of the song! ・Croatia (Let 3 - "Mama ŠČ!") Okay. I FUKIN LOVE THIS, I GENUINELY LOVE IT!!!! This is bold, punk, genius, irreverent in a good way, original, out of the box, smart, fun, chaotic... I only can say good things about it. "Joke" entries always have a soft spot in my hear, and I don't even think this is a joke entry. This is high quality music, guys! This is what I love about Eurovision! I just need to stop screaming Mama kupila traktora 24/7 to stop annoying my neighbours lol ・Cyprus (Andrew Lambrou - "Break a Broken Heart") Very well produced song! And Andrew seems a really talented singer. I love the UUUUUUUHHHHUUHHUUUUUUUUUHHHUHHHHHHHH part. ・Czechia (Vesna - "My Sister's Crown") I love to hear so many different languages in one song. The chorus? OMG, the chorus is absolutely powerful. I always get goosebumps when I listen to the song. Love it! This is an anthem. ・Denmark (Reiley - "Breaking My Heart") Tbh, I like the voice effect in the studio version lol The song is stuck in my head and it's well done. ・Estonia (Alika - "Bridges") What a beautiful melody and what a powerful and talented voice for such a young artist! ・Finland (Käärijä - "Cha Cha Cha") I don't know if I'll be able to put into words what I feel about this song... I fall short if I say that I love the song with all my soul from the first second I hear it. Talented, brilliant, incredible, amazing, show stopping, spectacular, never the same, totally unique, completely not ever been done before, unafraid to reference or not reference, put it in a blender, shit on it, vomit on it, eat it, give birth to it... ・France (La Zarra - ""Évidemment") I love the mix of musical genres. This son is so elegant and exquisite... I love what France is bringing to the table this year! (Not gonna lie, I usually love France entries every year!) ------ And that's all for now! What is your less favorite song of Eurovision 2023 and what do you like the most about it??
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The Real Deal
Part 10 - His Girl
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Characters: AU Single Bill Skarsgård. A version of Bill where he becomes single 2017 and with a different timeline. AU Skarsgårds and others. The rest is my own original characters.
Setting: The story will jump from 2001 until present day. This chapter jump between 2018 and 2021.
Warnings: 18+, alcohol, smut, sex work, slut shaming, sexual themes and kinks.
Bill's hair was pushed forward by the hood of his gray hoodie so greasy strands of hair hung down his forehead. Cassie couldn't see much of his hotel room, just the green wall and the blue headboard. She sat on the floor in their new, but quite empty living room framing a picture of them as awkward teens. Bill did a peace sign with pouty lips while she had her arms around him, kissing his porcelain cheek. She had the computer next to her so he could watch her work. He mostly looked at her naked legs and how his sweater exposed her shoulder and collarbone. 
He could see a bit of their apartment in the background. Bill had almost forgotten how it looked because just a few days after they had moved in he had traveled to Croatia to film. He did remember it having three bedrooms and was fresh but with a vintage style. They had wood burning heaters in classic Scandinavian white tiles in almost all of the rooms and chrome handles and other interesting details. 
"So have you talked with your mom again,” Bill asked and looked at Cassie's toes. She wiggled them while she worked and it made him smile. 
"No," Cassie said shortly and continued with her work. Bill was quiet, the subject of her mom was always tricky and he didn't want to say something stupid. Cassie had already spoken with her mom about the two of them being a couple and her mother had just laughed and more or less called her a golddigger. Bill knew her mother had always poked a bit of fun at her daughter being friends with an actor who also had money. It fit her view of her daughter; that she was thinking a little bit too highly of herself. Still Cassie had kept in contact with her mother all the time even if she gave little support and made fun of her way of living. 
"But I talked with my aunt," said Cassie finally and turned over the frame in front her. When she realized the picture was crooked she turned it over again. 
"Oh, you did?" Asked Bill and sat up in the bed. 
"Yeah. They thought it was fun. But she has always been skeptical of you," Cassie joked and looked at Bill's little face on the computer. 
"I felt how she looked at me. Like I would do terrible things with you." 
"She was right, you do terrible things with me." 
Bill smiled big and dragged the hood back and forth over his head. His hair itched because of all the products the hair stylist had put in it. 
"Mom said the same thing to her when she got together with Patrik. She said she just wanted money and expensive clothes. I guess it's her way of being worried, or something." 
Bill sighed and looked at his girlfriend closely. Her hair was up in a clip and her face was fresh from makeup. 
"Do you feel lonely? Without me? I mean I just moved you to another continent and then I went away to work." 
Cassie looked up at him from her craft and saw his worried face. She was happy that he cared but he worried about such things he felt were hard, not thinking about what she felt about it.
"It has just been a week, Bill. And I'm used to being alone. I'm most often alone. I'm probably more Swedish than you when it comes to that," she joked. Bill smiled a little but still looked worried. 
"I know, I know… But you don't have so many friends in Stockholm." 
She hadn't had many friends in New York either, just her clients which she called dates to Bill. 
"I'm okay, baby. Don't worry. Hopefully I’ll get a job soon and can do something with myself." 
He licked his lips and thought of how he should formulate his next sentence. 
"Or we could… I mean… You maybe don't need to worry about that if we tried to make a baby…" He tried to look calm but she knew him too well to not see his nerves. 
"Bill…" she sighed and leaned her head back. 
"What? We’re 31 this year, you are 31 already." 
"It's not about age Bill. Who cares how old we are? We have been together six months and I don't even know if I want kids. I don't even know if I like kids." 
"When will you know that then?" He said it a bit annoyed, like he had waited for her for a long time. 
"I don't know but come on, your sperm will be fine anyway. Stop stressing." 
Bill was quiet and played with the drawstrings of his hoodie. He didn't want to stress but he felt it was idiotic that she would stress about work when they could solve it so easily. 
"And if I do have kids I want to be married first," Cassie said and looked at the finished framed picture. Bill looked up at the screen and furrowed his brows. 
"Married? Why?" 
"Because if you want to mess up my body I want to be totally sure you can't get rid of it so easily!" She said matter of factly. Bill laughed and shook his head. 
"Sure, if that's what you want, my love." 
She nodded and made a thinking face. 
"And you must be home for six months like other Swedish daddies are." 
Bill sighed with a smile and pulled down the hood. 
"Yeah, yeah, I get it. You will not be one of those easy girls that will just be happy with a baby." 
"I am happy with one baby, you. My 6 '4 baby that likes belly rubs and sucking my tits." 
Bill bit his lip and moved the computer so it stood next to him in bed. 
"I think I need a titi right now. You do know you have messed me up? I am horny all the time." 
Cassie put away the picture and sat down in front of the computer fully. 
"Aww my little baby, all alone and horny… But isn't that because of the character? You haven't done any method acting so you can become just as horny as him?" 
Bill laughed and took a hold of his hoodie in the back and dragged it off together with his white t-shirt. 
"No, I'm not horny over the girls here, at all, I promise you that. I just want you." 
Cassie smiled a little and took off the sweater so that she was just in a pair of black panties. 
"And now you want me to be your cam girl again?" 
"Yes but no… Like yes now I want you to be that but I also want you to take the next flight here." 
Cassie smiled like it was a joke and took her hair down from the clip. 
"I'm serious. Sexy lady, come here. Let me fuck you in Croatia." 
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2018
Once again she had gone away with Bill on a short notice, no wonder she couldn’t evolve in her career. Many probably thought she just took her chance to get vacations and luxury and of course it was nice but first and foremost she did it because Bill was the most important person in her life. He had taken her to Cancun and she knew it was for a reason. She quickly noticed when they met at the hotel that he had once again got stuck in his head. Thinking about something over and over so much he was distracted and forgot the most basic things, like taking the key cards to the room, taking his luggage with him and letting Cassie walk into the elevator. 
"I'm sorry I just… Have a lot to think about." 
Cassie just nodded a little and let him lay down on the bed while she hung up all her sundresses. 
"Should I hang up any of your clothes?" She said carefully and laid a soft hand on his chest. 
"You can hang up the shirts, thanks," he said tiredly and hugged her hand in his. When she was done she redressed from her jeans to one of the thin dresses. Bill watched her back. She was just in panties. He didn't see her breasts but he knew her naked front was there. He sighed a little. 
"Can you just lay on top of me for a while?" He said with a low voice and put his hand out to her. She smiled sympathetically and straddled him before laying down on his chest. He caressed her back while breathing steadily. He breathed in Cassie's perfume and she let him play with the thin strap of her dress, dragging them down over her arms as low as he could. Cassie almost wondered if her breasts would spill from the neckline but it got stuck between the two of them. 
"What is it Billy? She said and took one of his hands in hers. 
"Can we wait to talk about it for a while?" 
Cassie just nodded while Bill continued to play with the straps. 
They had been there for two days when Bill finally told her. He had calmed down, been himself and enjoyed Cancun. They sat together in a little restaurant that was so homey it looked like someone lived there and maybe even someone did. After three glasses of wine, Bill took a deep breath. 
"I slept with my ex," he said and played with his glass. He didn't look at Cassie, she could feel how his anxiety started again. 
Cassie chewed the food in her mouth and waited on him to continue. Her heart beated heavily in her chest. 
"And she thinks we will be together again." 
Cassie made an uncomfortable sound and smiled strained. 
"Oh." 
Bill looked at her but then looked down, wiping away some invisible dust on the table. 
"Is that what you want,” Cassie asked, trying to sound neutral. 
"No. No…" he sighed and dragged his hands over his face. "I feel like we didn't really match and… I can find someone better." 
Cassie nodded and smiled a little. 
"Totally. Totally!" 
Bill nodded but then sighed. 
"She messaged me. A lot." He played with a button on his patterned shirt. 
"You must tell her." 
Bill sat quietly so Cassie did the same. Drinking her wine and looking around in the restaurant. Bill looked up at her. She had recently cut her hair and the shorter length looked really good on her. It made her neck and collar bones more prominent. Her make up was natural and her lips were a bit wine stained. She just got more beautiful every year and Bill shook his head to stop his thoughts. 
"What?" Cassie asked when she saw him shake his head. Bill licked his lips and gave her chest a fast look. He could see a hint of her nipples under the thin white cotton. 
"No, no. I just don't know how to tell her. Can't I just… wait it out?" 
"You mean just stop answering? Bill, you're not that kind of asshole." He took a big gulp of his wine and lifted the bottle. It was empty so in his old clumsy school Spanish, some English and some sort of sign language he ordered a new one. 
"So how should I do it then? Get together with her and then let her break up with me?" Cassie rolled her eyes. She knew Bill didn't like conflicts with girls but his comment was just too silly. 
"She will never break up with you. But either way is the stupidest thing I've heard. Are you afraid of her or something? Just tell her." 
"Of course I am afraid! I'm afraid of all girls, especially you. All of you are a bit crazy." He said with humor but Cassie knew it was true. 
"You're such a dude, Bill! I thought you were better!" She continued his humoristic way of talking but she also told the truth. Bill smirked and when the new bottle of wine came to the table he poured two big glasses. He took a look at Cassie's nipples again and thought about her comments about him being such a dude. If she knew that he thought the filthiest things about her she would really understand how much of a dude he was. 
"Call her up tomorrow and tell her. Don't drag it out. Tell her you don't want to be with her." 
He slid down in his chair and looked at Cassie with a pensive look. 
Because I want you.
He wiped away that intrusive thought and sat up again. He tried to think about what he would say to his ex the next day, the anxiety he had felt for it all but instead he couldn't stop thinking about kissing Cassie's wine stained lips and dragging the straps of her dress down, all the way this time. 
He called his ex the next morning while watching Cassie sleep next to him, with her smooth leg over his hips. When he hung up he crawled closer to her, enjoying her soft curves against him. His ex had gotten sad, even angry but he forgot about that quickly because of Cassie's closeness. 
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She was straddling his lap in the armchair and kissing his plump lips while playing with the fake sideburns. She rubbed herself against him and he felt himself getting harder and harder every second. They were on set of the series he was filming in Croatia, Cassie had been there a week now but he was still as horny as ever and took every chance to be close to her. She was so sexy and knew just what to do to make him wild but he wasn't used to having a girlfriend that made other guys wild too. Cassie was a beautiful girl but it was her sexiness and flirty way that got them going. Bill didn't blame her because she couldn't even eat a cup of noodles without some of the set workers watching her hollow cheeks slurping the long noodles. Bill had seen her too and wondered how he had been able to be just friends with her for such a long time. 
Her hands moved up under the black turtle neck he was wearing while his hand went down in the back of her jeans. As a teen in the beginning of 2000s he had a fascination for thongs and liked when they were visible over the hem of her pants. He played with the thin strap and twisted it around his finger and smirked when Cassie made a sound because the panties had been pulled up in her pussy. She rubbed herself even harder against Bill's crotch and he thought about pulling his cock out but just then the door of his trailer flew open and the director peaked in. 
"Oh, sorry, sorry. Don't let me interrupt," he said but still went in and sat down in front of them. Bill released Cassie's panties and sighed loudly but she continued to rub herself against his erection with a teasing smirk even if the director watched them. 
"Okay, okay… Enough with that," said Bill and moved her so she sat on one of his thighs, covering his erection. The director smiled. 
"You look good together," He didn't sound gross, just like he really thought they were a beautiful couple. Bill laughed a little embarrassed, even more when Cassie just sat pretty in his lap, looking at the director like what they were doing before hadn't happened. He looked at her profile and almost got a little bit provoked that she didn't seem to be as embarrassed as he was. 
"There was some national newspaper here a few days ago and took some pictures," said the director. He acted like it wasn't such a big deal. 
"Okay?" Bill said, just as indifferent but confused why they even discussed it. 
"I don't know if you care but they took a picture of you two… cozying up." 
Bill and Cassie looked at each other fast but then at the director again. Cassie could feel her heart starting to beat harder and harder in her chest. 
"Can we see it?" She asked. Bill leaned back in the chair and looked at her. He didn't care really, it would happen sooner or later and the only ones that would see those photos were his really engaged fans, others wouldn't be interested. 
The director took up his phone and gave it to Cassie who scrolled through the images. Mostly it was just pictures of Bill and Adam in their white short shorts but then there were finally two pictures at the end of the article that stood out. If she knew Croatian she would have understood that the last paragraph was about Bill and his mystery woman. She stood next to Bill in the first pictures, speaking with Adam. She held Bill's hand and looked at his bearded face. In the next picture Adam had moved away and she leaned up to kiss Bill. His hand laid on her cheek while her hand was under the striped shirt he was wearing. She looked at the picture. Her short skirt and high heels. God, must she be such a slut? 
"Oh my god, this is… Bill," she whined and gave him the phone so he could see the pictures. He didn't see the same thing at all. He first looked at how funny he looked in those short shorts and then at Cassie. She looked like such a knockout. It looked more like she was the celebrity and he felt proud looking at the pictures, that she was his girlfriend. 
"What?" He just said and looked between the pictures and Cassie. 
"They will hate me." She laid her head down on Bill's shoulder and Bill gave the director the phone who looked curious at Cassie. 
"Who?" Bill said, lifting her legs up over his other thigh. 
"Your fans. Everyone. God, I look like a slut." 
In her head she had started to spiral and just thought everyone would be able to see what she really did for a living. 
"What? No, no, no. You just look hot. Maybe they will hate you for that but you don't look like a slut at all," Bill said and hugged her. 
"You are really…" the director searched for a word that Bill would accept. "Pretty in the pictures." 
Cassie looked between Bill and the director and played with the rings on her fingers. 
"Yeah?" She said worried. 
"Of course, babe. You're so beautiful and that's the only thing they can hate. But who cares anyway? This is just about you and me." Bill assured before kissing her. Cassie kissed back even if the director watched them and she tried to cool down but she was still worried. 
When Bill went away to fix his make up again she chose to stay in his trailer. She said it was to rest but she began to look through Instagram immediately. She searched "Billskarsgård" and the most recent photos and there they were. The accounts had all chosen to put the picture of her and Bill first on their posts. On one account the speculations were everywhere about who she was and some even said it was his ex, she almost took that as an insult. But then there was one comment, just a couple hours old with two likes, "she is a whore. The real kind." Cassie looked at it with a hammering heart. Did they know or did they just call her a whore for being with Bill? She didn't know. But she knew she must cover her tracks. She took out her laptop from her bag and tried to start it as fast as possible. It felt like it took ages and when she finally was in she heard Bill outside of the door. She heard him talking loudly in Swedish but then it disappeared. Her heart beated so hard it felt like it would soon give up. She searched for the sugarbabe site and then stared at the front page for a few seconds. The purple and pink background was the same but the pictures were new and there she was. Lying on the bed, sucking her finger with her tank top exposing her stomach. They had put her on the front page?
Horny girls searching for daddies.
It stood right under her picture. She felt that she was almost close to crying when she logged in on the page. She tried to persuade herself that the picture would disappear if she just deleted her account. She searched for a long time after how to delete the account but when she finally found the button the site closed off. 
The page cannot be displayed. 
It felt like she would throw up and she had started to cry now. What was this? Who tried to destroy everything for her? 
She tried again and again to delete the account but it didn't work and over and over she was forced to look at her own picture sucking her finger with the words "horny" and "daddies" just below. Bill would never ever want to have a sugarbabe as a girlfriend. He would never ever want a prostitute caring his child. Why couldn't she just delete the account? The panic took over and she was afraid that Bill would come back soon and wondered why she laid on the couch, crying her eyes out. She needed to fix this in some way. She needed to get in contact with the creators of the site. When she looked around on the page she realized that wasn't the most simple thing to do. The support was a phone number that didn't work and that was the only contact she could find. 
Cassie sat leaned forward, looking at her own picture on the front page and thought about what to do while trying to breathe slowly. 
"I know one of the guys creating the site actually. He earned a heck of a lot of money just creating all kinds of forums." 
She heard Georg Visser's voice in her head. They had laid in his bed while he dragged his fingers over her bum in different shapes. He probably wanted to brag but she knew he didn't lie, he never did. He didn't need to. She grabbed a mirror from her bag, fixing her make up and then looked at herself. 
Just one final meeting. 
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They had messaged for a long time before they met. She wasn't used to that but she guessed it was because this guy actually had a lot of money and also thought about his reputation. He was almost twenty five years older than her but in the pictures he had sent he actually was really handsome. He looked like the type you could call daddy. 
When she came back from the Cancun trip with Bill, she and Georg decided on a date to see each other. He wanted their first meeting to be private and intimate so he had rented a suite with a menu from the restaurant. When she asked him if he wasn't afriad that they would believe she was a prostitute he had written to her to not call herself that but also that no one would dare to accuse him for such a thing. He gave her the room number even if it was just one of two suites on the top floor. 
She wore an extremely tight Stella McCartney dress with high heels and crotchless panties underneath, like Georg had wished. Cassie took a deep breath outside of the door, knowing this could be the client changing everything for her. She knocked and was prepared to wait a while but the door opened at once. Georg was as handsome as the pictures, tall and lean like she liked her men. He looked her up and down and smiled warmly. 
"The most beautiful girl in the world, I see," he said smoothly and moved away so she could walk in. She giggled a little and stepped in, walking close to him so he could smell her perfume but also look at her closely. 
The suite was comically big and luxurious and Cassie fought hard to not get excited by the luxury. She looked at Georg and smiled mischievously and he answered by moving closer. 
"You look like the kind of girl I want to spoil. Be my little princess," he said and took her hand and kissed it. Everything he said could be cliche but it came out so smoothly from his mouth you could believe he was the first ever to say it. 
"Yes daddy," said Cassie and let herself drown in his arms. 
"Baby girl… So good…" he whispered and dragged his hands over her back. 
They ate a fantastic dinner while he asked her things like if she liked diamonds, what she became happy of and what she would like to do with him. She thought he mean sexually but he asked then if she wanted to go ice skating in central park with him. She couldn't stop giggling and she felt more like Pretty Woman than a simple sugarbabe. She thought to herself that this guy, this guy was the ultimate daddy and he would make her happy. 
He took her to the bedroom after dinner. Let her give him a show and then fucked her slowly while calling her "daddy's little girl". All of it was arousing and the sex was really good. They laid together closely the next day, kissing softly while she played with his dick teasingly. 
"Have you ever been in love?" He said lowly. "This is a safe place so be honest with me. I'm your daddy, not your boyfriend." 
Cassie thought a little about her answer and climbed on top of Georg. 
"Yes. Have you?" 
"A few times." He said and watched Cassie's naked body drown in the morning sun. "You're still in love." 
Cassie didn't really want to talk about it and didn't know the answer either so she was quiet and played with Georg's chest hair. 
"How is he?" He continued. When she didn't answer he slapped her ass. "Tell daddy." 
Cassie made a little sound and laid down on his chest. 
"He's tall…" 
Georg waited for more. 
"I know tall guys can get away with a lot just by being tall but he must have some other good qualities. Have you slept with him?" 
"No…" Cassie sighed a little and continued to play with his chest hair. "He's my best friend and he… He's too good for me." 
"Aww baby…" said Georg and kissed her lips. "Let daddy take care of you then? I can give you everything you want." He kissed her again and a thick finger penetrated her from behind. "You can be my slut, princess." 
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She sat on a high chair by the bar, looking at the people around her. She had gotten used to Swedes avoiding eye contact but here, in New York she met manys eyes and even got a smile. Most were from men, looking at her like they thought they had a chance. She just looked away and looked at her phone. Seeing a new snap from Bill. He knew she was in New York but not why she was there. She had just said to him that she needed to take care of some things there and he said he was sorry he had forgotten that. He hadn't forgotten anything because Cassie hadn't mentioned anything before, this was an impulsive trip with just one mission. 
Cassie had thought a lot about what she would wear. She didn't want to be too sexy because she had a boyfriend now and wasn't a call girl anymore. She wanted to show that she had grown up. But she still wanted to look good, not like Bill had destroyed her. She had a pair of white flare pants with a black crop top with a sweetheart neckline. In her hair she had a thick alice band. She felt chic, something she hoped she could continue to feel. 
Out of nowhere she felt a hand on her back and looked up to meet Georg's ice blue eyes. She smiled warmly because in some way she had missed him. He smiled back with his hand still on her lower back. 
"Should we sit down a little more comfortably?" He said and nodded to a couch close by. 
"Sure." Cassie hopped down from the chair while Georg took her hand to help her down. He was always a gentleman. Or around people at least. 
"A whiskey on ice and a gimlet for the lady," he said to the bartender before they sat down next to each other on the couch. They sat quietly, looking at each other curiously until the drinks came. She admired his discrete gray plaid suit with the light pink button up under. He looked so elegant, rich and powerful. 
"You look so good, princess. Red lips really suit you." He said it softly like he tried to seduce her and she knew he in one way tried to do that. 
"You too," she said and smiled and looked down at her nails. 
"I guess you wanted to see me for a reason. How can I help you, baby girl?" He took a sip of his drink and sat back on the couch. 
Cassie laughed a bit uncomfortably and looked around the room before she was able to talk. 
"You know one of the guys behind the site we met on, right?" 
Georg made a face because he had obviously not expected to hear that. 
"Yes I do. Why?" 
"As you know, I have… stopped seeing men and I actually have a boyfriend…" 
"Oh really?" He said it with genuine curiosity and dragged his thumb over his lower lip. 
"Mm, I live in Sweden now, with him." 
Georg laughed a little and nodded to himself. 
"No wonder I haven't seen you for a while." 
Cassie took a sip of her drink to calm her nerves. 
"Yeah and… I really don't want him to know about… My side gig. But the site doesn't work, so I can't delete my account." 
Georg nodded a little and sat up. 
"It's because you're not meant to." 
"What do you mean?" 
"You were quite popular on that site, right?" 
Cassie played with the rings on her fingers and avoided the question. She got quite a lot of messages but she didn't know if it was more so than others. 
"You should actually read everything in the conditions so you know what you’re signing up for. They have the right to all your pictures as soon as you load them up." 
Cassie could feel her heart start to beat in her chest. It started to feel like this was impossible to solve. 
"So when a popular girl tries to delete her account it will not work. You see, they want to make it look like they have all these beautiful girls for the men, because if they do, the men will pay for a membership." 
Cassie swallowed. 
"They have put my picture on the front page…" 
"And they own them so they can do whatever they want." 
When Georg saw how much anxiety he created in Cassie he sighed for himself. 
"Don't you think this boyfriend would be able to accept your history? I would, I wouldn't care at all. I would just be glad to have a woman like you." 
Cassie smiled through her anxiety. His words were sweet but it wasn't him she wanted. 
"It's a little more complicated… He's an actor." 
Georg gave her a confused face. 
"He's quite famous," she continued and took a sip of her drink and kept it between her fingers. Georg nodded a little. 
"How famous? Do I know who he is?" 
Cassie dragged a finger under her lip to fix her lipstick. Georg looked at the motion closely. 
"Who is he?" Georg said, moving closer to Cassie. She hesitated and played with a curl on her neck. 
"You can trust me, this is a safe space. Tell daddy," he said with a low voice. He thought about putting his hand on her knee but Cassie moved it away as soon as she saw what his next move would be. 
"Bill Skarsgård is his name…" she said just as low as Georg talked. He searched after the name in his head. 
"Stellan Skarsgård?" He finally said. 
"That's his father." 
"Oh! Oh… That really muscular guy?" He said like the air left his lungs. 
"That's his brother, no Bill is a younger son. We're the same age. We have known each other for a really long time." 
Georg took up his phone and she could see him google "Bill Skarsgaard", she didn't point out the spelling because she knew google would correct it. Georg read the facts that came up and then scrolled through the pictures. He sighed heavily and massaged his forehead with his thumb and forefinger. 
"I guess I don't have a chance against him…" Once again Cassie was quiet because it would sound wrong, whatever she said. She looked at Georg's hurt face and started to understand that Georg had actually had real feelings for her or he might still even have them. 
"This is the guy you've always talked about, right? The one you went away to Thailand with?"
Cassie looked down and nodded. She started to wonder if Georg's hurt feelings would cause him say no in helping her. 
"And the one you were in love with when we started to see each other?" 
"Yeah… Like I said, we have known each other a long time." 
"And now has he finally understood what a catch you are?" 
Georg sighed again and unbuttoned a button on his shirt. He looked at Cassie up and down and bit his lip. She wondered what he was thinking and just hoped he wanted to help. 
"Daddy's little girl…" he said quietly and sighed again. "I will help you. I will contact the creators and try to make them delete everything. But Cassie? Babe?" He said and now laid his hand on her thigh. She let him because he would help her and with that took a load of her shoulders. She looked up at him and he dragged a thumb over her lipstick so it smeared. 
"If he doesn't understand what a good girl you are, I will be here. I will give you everything you ever wanted."
× 
Wood burning heaters - called "kakelugn" in Swedish, meaning tiled stoves. Common in older houses and apartments in Sweden.
Parental leave - in Sweden must all parents be home with their baby 90 days to get parental benefits. To be able to be home as much as possible must they take it out separately. This to encourage dads to be home more with their kids and women will be able to work more. Now many dads are home more than the three months they must be home. 
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You really don't get how eurovision works for someone who watches it every year
I know how it works
Jury: Political aka Sweden got the majority of the vote. A country that has won it seven times that is also a neutral country Also next year is the 50 year anniversary of Abba winning so. Her song was ok but the fact she already won 11 years prior which her song Euphoria is Eurovision Royalty..
Which why people was shock that Israel was 3 because of political standing Isreal is in but the fact is she had a dance break in her song...
Thus why Germany got barely no points.
UK is just there to be there because no one really likes them but loves Graham commentary.
Televote/Public Vote: Fan fave which was Finland which should have won. Cha Cha Cha is a fun song and the fan fave. I agree that it should have won for real.
Croatia was a fave too.
Hell Norway and Czechia was my faves. But I knew Norway wasn't going to get it because of the airplay she has gotten because of tiktok Which funny enough the song Arcade , fave tiktok song, was a winner of Eurovision for the Dutch.
Sometimes not for actual song but the actual performance .
Aka Fire Pianos, Vampires singing opera, Metallic Grandmas, throw in a couple chain saws etc.
It supposed to be fun but these European countries take this shit seriously when comes to this. Which is still fun watching.
Which I'm glad America is not and never will be in it. We be in enough shit anyway.
Jury and Televote always butt heads.
Oh yeah Alcohol is always free.
I hope you raise like a Phoenix too.
And I didn't watch it last year because I was working.
And really didn't watch this year because couldn't find a free live stream
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Lloyd Hansen x Black/WOC Reader
reader worlds collide and soon maybe her past will catch up to her
warnings: angst, cursing, violence, Lloyd 🥹
sidenote: honestly not so sure about this but I couldn’t get it out my head. I wrote it and then it deleted on my phone so I had to rewrite it the best I could, which was upsetting to say the least. Still on the fence about it. Anywho there may be a part 2 which I’m also on the fence about lol
I don’t give permission for my work to be use anywhere in any form.
hope y’all enjoy! If you fucks with it like it, love it, reblog it, comment all that good shit 😊
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YN stirred, her body stretched and arched, she  felt heavy, the kind of heavy similar to waking up after a surgery. When you have to fight just to open your eyes. It felt like a ton of bricks laid on top of her.  Her one hand rubbed at her eyes as the other danced around trying to figure out what she was on. Her mind automatically registering she was on a soft surface.
Within moments her heart started to race as her memory came back to her. 
Hours before 
“Lloyd please tell me what’s going on” she begged into the phone she had been handed by the tall man in front of her. 
It was only moments before when she walked into her loft apartment in Amsterdam’s canal district from her weekly visit to the Van Gogh museum that she found her place flooded with heavily armed men.
She went for her gun in the desk near the front door managing to shoot one of the men in the chest and leg before a man she recognized as Lloyd’s  “acquaintance”, the closest thing he had a friend she ever meet, stepped into her line of sight. Hands up in mock surrender. 
He told her he was going to hand her a phone that had Lloyd on the other end, while the wounded man complained about his leg. His vest saving him from a fatal shot.
“Sweetheart I need you to go with them” he told her calmly once it reached her ear. 
He was watching from Croatia, he had to admit to himself he was proud she managed to almost kill one of them, they were some of Lloyd’s best men.
“No, not until I know what’s going on Lloyd!” She yelled into the phone. She was scared, she had no clue what was happening and she needed to make other calls before she just disappeared to wherever Lloyd was taking her. People who would worry about her.
He surely hadn’t disclosed all the information about what he did for a living to her. 
She looked down at the gun in her hands as she realized she hadn’t been entirely truthfully to Lloyd either but she had her reasons. The rules she lived by that kept her safe.
“I’m sorry sunshine” He said bringing her back to the present moment.
Her eyebrows furrowed at his comment, before she felt the needle prick her neck and arms grab her body as her knees gave out while everything turned black. 
Lloyd watched from his seat in his room countries away as her eyes fluttered close and her body went limp, falling into Rick’s arms. 
“I’ll say this one more time because I enjoy saying it, anyone other then Rick touches her outside of saving her life, I’ll fucking send your hands home to your mother” Lloyd said smiling at the camera’s as he watched his men  file out of her apartment.
Present
Her eyes snapped open as she took in the room she was in. It was stunning as the late afternoon sun or maybe morning? She wasn’t sure anymore, filtered through the curtains of the large windows. Definitely old, more then a century or two but we’ll taken care of with lots of modern updates. To her right was a set of computers and multi screens with a chair. Everything was black. There was a door open that looked like a bathroom and another open door that looked like a closet with clothes. At the foot of the bed was some clothes and towels. A cart with her favorite fruits and pastries stood not to far from the edge. 
Lloyd she gritted out as she swung her legs over the edge of the bed to stand. She had to grab the bed post when her knees slightly bucked. She took a deep breathe as she took her time slowly waking her body up. 
She made it to the stand alone tray when she looked down and noticed a note, a simple piece of paper folded and sitting on the plate. Her fingers ran over the smooth paper as she read the handwriting.
“I’ll be back in a few, stay put sunshine”
Her eyes were rolling before she could stop herself as she tossed the note down. 
She didn’t bother changing her clothes as she headed to the door of the large bedroom she was in. Pulling the knobs the door sprung up. 
There stood 2 men, one on each side of the door, both heavily armed. 
One looked down at her before moving his hand to his walkie. 
“Don’t you dare!” She said as threatening as she could. She didn’t want Lloyd getting a heads up that she was awake, she knew he’d come right away. She didn’t know where he was or what was going on but she needed a few minutes to try and process this. 
Both men shared a look, clearly unsure about what to do now that she was awake. 
“Take me to him”
When neither man started to move she scoffed  and turned on her heel heading toward the middle of the long corridor that lead to another. 
“Ma’am-“
“If you won’t take me to him, I’ll find him myself!” She yelled over her shoulder. 
She had passed countless heavily armed men and women. With each step down the endless hallways her stomach dropped. This place was more fortified then Fort Knox. Everywhere she looked there was people armed, even out the window, helicopters and trucks and stations all armed. People roaming the grounds.
What the fuck was going on? Did the fucking world end and she didn’t know? Was there a zombies apocalypse? She shuttered at the thought, zombie apocalypse was her worse fear.
She needed to find Lloyd so she could find what what was going on. Some of the men and women gave her curious glances and some didn’t seem surprised by her at all. 
She couldn’t miss the occasional glare of jealousy from both sex’s,she couldn’t blame them Lloyd was extremely attractive even with his porn stash. Her pussy clenched at the thoughts that ran through her head about how much he lived up to that stash. The man should’ve been a pornstar.
Focus YN! She scolded herself, she couldn’t let her mind wonder when the feeling something really bad had happened spun around her stomach like a roller coaster.
She came to a slow stop in front of a door More men were guarding, one of the men was Rick. She glared at him, still not ok with what took place before. 
“Is he in there?”
He nodded yes, his left hand covering her path to the door and his right reaching for his ear piece. She had planned to wait while he contacted whoever, but when she heard yelling that sounded familiar she took her chance and ducked under Rick’s arm and pushed the door open as fast as she could. 
She could hear Rick curse under his breathe as he came in after her. 
She made it a few feet into the room and out of Rick’s grip when she noticed Lloyd’s familiar frame. The black sweater stretching over his broad back. 
“What the fuck is it now” Lloyd yelled before he turned slightly on his heel to see who intruded in on his interrogation. 
“Shit” He said under his breathe, he wasn’t used to the feeling that stirred in his stomach, she wasn’t supposed to be here, in this room, right at this moment. 
If Lloyd was being completely honest with himself this wasn’t how he planned for this to go, for her to find out this way but there was no undoing what she walked in on. 
Her eyes left Lloyd’s, dare she say surprised one’s, to see the man and young girl sitting on the bed. The young girl clutching onto him. It took her a moment to register what she was seeing.
Her sister Claire and Uncle Donald. 
Her stomach dropped, what the fuck was going on?! Her uncles hands that were clutching the younger niece were bloody. Bruises littered his face.
It can’t be. 
Lloyd wouldn’t. 
Why?!
This doesn’t make sense.
“Now sunshine-“ Lloyd spoke as he slowly neared her, she looked spooked like a skittish horse that would run any second. 
And she did, right past him, pushing past his out reaching arm. She basically threw herself into her families arms as they held onto her. Her sister clutched to her as she cried. 
Lloyd bite his lip at the sting of her pushing past him. 
“Oh honey I’m so sorry they go you too” her uncle whispered in her hair. 
“Wha-what?” She asked confused with teary eyes. Who got her? He couldn’t be talking about Lloyd. What was Lloyd? 
“Honey-“
“Alright that’s enough!” Lloyd yelled stomping towards them.
“Leave her alone!” Her sister yelled, holding her older sister tighter. 
“Please tell me what’s going on-“
“He’s-“
“Let’s go sunshine” Lloyd said cutting her uncle off, while grabbing her arm. 
Her uncle tried to push Lloyd away only to feel the end of Lloyd gun smashed into his skull. He felt the slight trickled of blood as the impact made him fall back into the bed.
“Lloyd!” YN yelled pushing his arm away from her as she went to aid her uncle.
Another sting Lloyd thought. 
“He’s working for the government honey, he was going to kill-” 
YN watched in horror as Lloyd’s fist came down on her uncles mouth, instantly blood started to pool in his mouth as he coughed and held his jaw.
“Lloyd!” YN screamed as her sister started to scream and cry.
“Let me go!! Let me go you fucking asshole!” YN yelled as she pushed at his arms. 
“Can’t do that sweetheart, now let’s go” Lloyd said hosting her up into his arm. His arm had her hooked by her under arms pulling her backwards. 
She kicked and screamed trying to get away from him. 
“Calm down!” Lloyd yelled at her as he turned her towards him, holding her by her shoulders.
“No!” She yelled as her hand came across Lloyd’s face, the loud sound of skin on skin contact made the room go still. Everyone held their breathe as they watched for Lloyd’s reaction.
Lloyd could feel the heat rise up his neck, his breathe labored.
Lloyd’s rough hand shot out to grab her jaw, his hand squeezing her face as he pulled her closer to his own face. 
Lloyd’s eyes roamed her face as he watched her struggle to pull away from him, her eyes finally reached his, full of tears as she stared at him. 
Lloyd’s stomach turned, she looked scared of him and not in the way that turned him on. 
If those fuckers would have done their job right this wouldn’t even be happening right now. Lloyd didn’t know if he had the self restraint to not kill his own men who royalty fucked this up for him. 
“Fuck this” Lloyd gritted as he threw her over his shoulder. 
“Put me down! Stop this right now Lloyd!” YN screamed as the tears fell. She still didn’t really know what was going on, what she did know is Lloyd had her sister and uncle held hostage and now everything about her and Lloyd’s almost 1 years relationship was put into question.
“Don’t touch her you crazy son of a bitch!” Her uncle yelled from the other side of the room. 
Lloyd was getting tired of the old man. He could only hold his tongue for so long. A few minutes seemed to be the max.
He turned slight over the shoulder YN wasn’t on and smirked at the older man.
“Oh your a little late Unc, I’ve done nothing but touch her” Lloyd said matter a factly before smacking YN’s ass and jiggling it in his large hand. 
“Lloyd!” She yelled as she squirmed in his arms while hitting his back.
“What baby? That was pretty PG for the little sis” Lloyd.
Lloyd winked at her uncle before turning and heading out the door while YN kept screaming “No” and “Put me down”. 
“No one fucking does anything to them until I fucking say so, got it?” Lloyd asked Rick as he watched the women struggling on Lloyd’s shoulder. 
He just nodding before Lloyd headed down the hallway back the way the young woman had came only minutes ago, so unaware of what was waiting for her. 
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the-ic-corner · 2 years
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A guide to Dinamo Zagreb
An introduction for my Milan mutuals, by your local hrvatskaboo who occasionally watches Dinamo.  
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Dominik Livaković (or Livi) is the first goalie and vice captain of the team. He’s been with them for god knows how long because he refuses to sign for some shitty english club. He often has a worried expression on his face, but he has seen horrors beyond your comprehension as the goalie for Dinamo and the Croatian national team. Looks like a tall worried frog when he’s wearing green. Don’t underestimate him though. He’s saved our asses so many times.
On the bench: Daniel Zagorac, Ivan Nevistić
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Dino Perić is the tallest guy on the pitch at roughly 1,98 m. This absolute unit of a man is one of my personal faves. But don’t be scared, he’s a gentle soul. He will cry if he’s injured or gets a red card. Literally, there’s multiple sad photo’s of this. He’s an avid reader and very smart, but dumb enough to fall for crypto currency. We’ve nicknamed him Finance boy. 
Stefan Ristovski might be a familiar name for some of you. He captained North-Macedonia when they beat Italy in the World Cup qualification. Please don’t hate him! He kinda looks like Ante if you squint (and you’re missing Ante really badly) so I’ve nicknamed him Makedante. 
Rasmus Lauritsen is a surprise name. Somehow a Danish guy got lost in Croatia and signed for this club. He seems to like it a lot, but the hot weather sometimes gets too much for him and then he decided to shave his entire head. Hence his nickname Baldritsen.
The others (I don’t have much to say about them): Sadegh Moharrami, Daniel Štefulj, Kevin Théophile-Catherine, Josip Šutalo, Emir Dilaver.
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Robert Ljubičić is the one with that big head of curls. You can’t miss him, unless he decided to wear a bun, which is a crime. He’s a young talent and really surprised us this year!
Luka Ivanušec has made a couple of appearances for the national team and is definitely one to watch. How do you find him? Well, he appears to have a big d*ck as it’s basically always on display, bulging out of his shorts. Yeah I’m serious.
Martin Baturina looks baby, is baby. He’s 19 but you better watch out. Consider yourselves warned about this massive talent.
Arijan Ademi captains the team and you may also know him from that lovely North-Macedonian squad. You laugh at his underbite while he fouls the shit out of you. 
Petar Bočkaj was deemed too fat by Dinamo officials at the beginning of the season, but in this house we don’t judge. It’s called thicc and he proved he can definitely score goals with that plump body.
Also there: Antonio Marin, Josip Mišić, Marko Bulat.
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Mislav Oršić is a name you should know. He has scored hat-tricks in both the Champion’s League and the Europa League before. Famous for kicking out Spurs last year, for that he earned the nickname Daddy. Last week he scored the goal against Chelsea. He seems to hate English clubs in particular but who knows what he’ll do against Milan...
Bruno Petković is that handsome man up front who will bodyslam his way to goal and then try to do a bicycle kick. He can be really good, but sometimes his goal-drought is worrying. Together with Ivanušec he makes Team Big D*ck and not just in energy.
Also watch out for: Mahir Emreli, Josip Drmić, Gabriel Rukavina, Luka Menalo, Dario Špikić.
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The situation with Gavi and Spain fans has really rattled me and got me thinking. It is shameful that they are treating this 18 year old boy who is the same age as me the way they are. He deserves respect for the way he gives his all for his club and his country and to see his efforts be rewarded in such ways is just sad. For me, those “fans” who are treating him the way they are aren’t really fans at all and I have no respect for them. This situation also got me thinking about what football, both club and country, mean to me because I simply cannot comprehend hating on your own player who won a trophy for you so enjoy this brain vomit of mine.
How do I perceive football and what does it mean to me?
Football is the whole country holding its breath during the penalty shootout. It’s the sweet taste of victory and the disappointment of defeat. It’s celebrating every medal like it’s gold because our players have given their all and deserve to feel how proud they made us. It’s watching football in school because of the winter World Cup. It’s driving towards my grandparents house during Brazil-Croatia game and not being able to sit still while listening to live commentary. It’s my mum agreeing to let me put on a football match(even though she would like to watch something else)because she knows how much I want to watch it. It’s Croatian football songs playing at 9am the day of the match. It’s believing we play better in white and red checkered kits. It’s Luka Modrić 10 and Leo Messi 10 at the same time. It’s me(who is a Barca fan through and through) and my friend(who bleeds Madrid white) sitting side by side on the bus while coming home from swim competition and watching El Classico at one shared phone. It’s the bragging rights each of us gets for a day when our team wins. It’s me losing my mind at stunts Gavi pulls and her laughing her head off at my reaction. It’s her congratulating me on Barca winning La Liga and me congratulating her on Madrid’s UCL run this year. It’s her hoping we sign Messi(when it still seemed like it would happen) and me hoping that Madrid manage to sign Bellingham (because she was really excited about the idea of it even before it was a reality ). It’s me and my other friend (who is City fan) shit talking one another’s club just to rile each other up but agreeing that Pep is the best. It her already planning to visit me in London so we can watch some City away game even tho I still have to get the grades for my offer to even be sure I’m going to be studying there next year. It’s me rattling out stats for any player my guy friend ask me about and getting their respect. It’s me checking the scores of the games while preparing for my exams and having a silly victory dance when we score. It’s the beginning in love with Barca’s defense and midfield and attack and defending them even when they suck. It’s the pain of saying goodbye to Camp Nou and the happiness of having had the chance to see it as it was. It’s the brightness of the future that lies ahead of this Barca team and the happiness that I will be there to witness it. Its every Visca Barca and Visca Catalunya. It’s the pride and the joy and the love. It’s the beautiful game. 
Sorry for sending in such a long ask which isn't even an ask but I wanted to share my thoughts with someone and you have such a beautiful paragraphs about Messi and Barca that I thought you might appreciate it🥲
I've kept that ask a few days in my inbox just to re-read it; it makes me proud and joyful to have created such space were you feel you can write this. Thank you for sharing this beautiful bits of your life, these bridges thrown, connections created, memories formed at such odd little corner stones of our lives that make futbol, ultimately, more than just shouting at some 22 players on a field. Also serves to remind us, although the institution is ugly to look at, although these players often disappoint us, that ultimately it's not about them, but above the sport itself. 💕
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So... First semifinal thoughts
The countdown was the most stressful moment of my life. Good job
Laura Pausini in a fluorescent pink gown really caught me off guard bestie,, like, do I care about her? No. Do I care about the fact that she was dressed like that? Of course. Don't know what it's giving but it's giving
The opening number? Chef's kiss. Amazing. Showstopping.
The italian commentary sucked. It's a song contest. Let me hear the songs. Non me ne può fregare un emerito cazzo delle vostre opinioni e di quanta gente conoscete in quei paesi. Porco due.
Albania my beloved. Stunning performance. I was fully expecting Ronela's head to start flying way like a helicopter. Also I am not immune to bi lighting.
So. LATVIA. YOU HAVE NO IDEA THE EXPERIENCE OF HEARING A WHOLE CROWD OF PEOPLE SCREAM "PUSSY" ON LIVE TELEVISION. Honey they did you so dirty you are literally the most beautiful country. Love you. You are my light in the dark, my heat when I shiver in cold, all that. Icons.
Monika was nice but damn this is eurovision not your chill concert. Put some pizzazz, some swagger in there
Same thing for Switzerland but DAMN I am now no longer caring whatever people say. Was it boring? Probably. Do I give a shit? No. It has my heart.
LPS are goddamn nice pls let me just take the adoption papers.
So. Ukraine. Their song was SO GOOD DAMN FUCK. Killed me. Anime nosebleed style. I swear the vibes were immaculate. I'm not saying my money's on them but it also kinda is.
Bulgaria's song was very funky
S10 is so good it's unfair
Moldova's performance. Now. That was the greatest most fun power move ever. Congratulations. Damn.
AH GOD I SWEAR PORTUGAL HAS WON THE LIFE LOTTERY OR SOMETHING SAUDADE SAUDADE IS LITERALLY THAT SONG THAT EVERYONE USES IN SAD BITTERSWEET EDITS AND THAT EVERYONE PUTS ON DURING THEIR DEPRESSIVE EPISODES IT'S MAGNIFICENT.
Croatia has the straightest performance and yet. Fun.
I mean Denmark was nice but it didn't give me much so it's probably gonna be that kind of song that you get into like 2 months later
Now. Austria's was a bop I swear. Nothing captures the feeling more than this:
Italians: have been massacred and ruled over and tortured by the Austrian empire for centuries
Me, an italian: LET ME BE YOUR HALO
Ehm. Now onto ICELAND. They were so poggers. Immaculate vibes. Love them. Also they waved this huge ass trans flag on live television and that should make them win automatically. Also the song was so very good.
Greece was nice, liked more the performance than the song but isn't that the point of esc really?
Norway had me on the floor. Furry daft punk was the best thing since eat your salad tbh. Also I now need to know if wolf actually eat fruit.
Armenia's fun cos the whole song's eh but the chorus have me screaming with her I swear.
If I remember correctly during the performance at the end L'amour toujours was in there and I think people thought they were allo stadio a guardare la partita di calcio (se vede che non l'ho mai vista una partita di calcio eh?)
The whole thing was so very gender
Also Laura said porca vacca on live television. Stupenda. Mi mancava.
Overall spectacular night. Loved it.
Extremely disappointing that none of my friends have had the time to watch it, but I mean I only had the time cos I didn't study bECAUSE THE NATION AND THE CONTINENT COME BEFORE ANYTHING ELSE.
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