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lulublack90 · 3 months

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Prompt 29 - Fancy

@jegulus-microfic January 29 Word count 1000

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Six months later

He’d met Lily through Remus. Apparently, she’d offered him a piece of chocolate on her first day at work, and now she was his best friend.

Sirius and Remus had decided to play matchmakers and set them up.

He liked her a lot. She was intelligent, feisty, funny, and she didn’t take anyone’s shit. He’d made it abundantly clear that he didn’t want anything serious. So they’d agreed to keep it casual, even though Lily slept over. A lot.

Another new addition to James’s life was an adorable black cat named Leo. Sirius had gone with him to the rescue centre, and James had known the second he saw the runty little kitten that he was the one.

Leo had settled in quickly, taking over the house. And for such a little guy, he didn’t half grow. Sirius’s puppy, Procyon. Named because she always rose before Sirius. — Lovingly nicknamed Cece,— let Leo walk all over her. She’d been bigger than him, but now he towered over her. Remus had only agreed to get a dog if it was a small one after he’d caught Sirius looking at pictures of Burmese Mountain Dogs and St.Bernards. So Cece the Yorkshire terrier became part of the family.

Lily came clattering down the stairs as James was booting his computer up.

“Hey, you coming over tonight?” He asked her as she was shoving her feet into her shoes.

“Yeah, I think so. Nothing else planned.” She told him absentmindedly as she looked for her keys.

“Gee, thanks,” She rolled her eyes at him and slapped a kiss on his face.

“See ya later, sexy.” She called behind her as she raced from the house.

He liked her a lot, but she wasn’t him.

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Regulus was doing surprisingly well at his new job. His boss, while a bit insane, was nice enough. He’d made sure Regulus had everything he needed and checked in weekly.

“Hey,’ Barty poked his head around Regulus’s office door.

“Hi,” Regulus replied, finishing typing before looking up from his computer.

“You got a minute?” Barty looked nervous. Regulus didn’t think he’d ever seen him like that. Not even when they’d messed up a deadline, and the head boss had come down for a ‘discussion’.

“Yeah, sure. What’s going on?” Barty had Regulus’s full attention now.

“You can absolutely say no, and I’m aware that this is not the time or place to be doing this. Please don’t report me to HR. But would you like to go on a date with me this evening? I’m paying.” He added. His cocky smile seemed a bit forced, and Regulus could see a few beads of sweat gathering on his forehead.

Regulus was shocked. He hadn’t seen this coming at all. But he couldn’t deny that Barty was an extremely handsome man.

“Yeah, okay. You can pick me up at 7. My address is in my personnel file. I’m sure after this, you’ll have no problem looking through it.” He quirked his eyebrow in a way he hadn’t done in months as a smirk played at the corners of his mouth.

“Ooooo, I like it when they’re demanding. See you at 7,” He raked his eyes over Regulus. “Wear something sexy.” He winked before he disappeared back onto the office floor. He was back before Regulus could start typing again.

“Erm—Seriously though, please don’t tell Glenda in HR. I already have two strikes, and she’s got it in for me.”

“You got it,” Regulus had to chew his cheeks so he didn’t laugh.

“Good. Now get back to work.” Barty’s boss voice was back in place. He winked again before leaving.

“Yes, boss.” Regulus snorted.

He focused on finishing the report he’d been working on before he let his thoughts turn to James.

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His phone buzzed, ‘Unknown Number’ flashed on the screen. It was 3:30 am. He answered it anyway.

“Hello?” He listened for a reply, but there was just static and maybe breathing. He wasn’t sure. “For fucks sake.” He groaned into the phone. “Why do these stupid automated calls have to do it so early in the—”

“James,” He felt his heart stutter. He knew that voice.

“Reg?”

“Hi,” Another stutter.

“Hi’” A pause.

“I went on a date tonight with my boss,” Regulus’s confession came out in a blur.

“Oh,” James felt the hope in his chest drain. Why, after all this time, was Regulus calling him? And to add insult to injury, calling him to tell him he’d been on a date!

“James?”

“Yeah, Reg?” He pinched the bridge of his nose, uncertain if he wanted to hear what came next.

“I miss you.” James froze. It took him a second to reply.

“I miss you too.” His voice came thick with emotion.

James turned to look guiltily at the sleeping redhead in his bed. He quietly got up and went downstairs to his office.

“James, you still there?” Regulus’s voice whispered down the phone.

“Yeah, I’m here. Sorry, I had to go downstairs.” He wasn’t sure how much Regulus knew of his life, and he couldn’t bring himself to tell him.

“Oh, crap, is Lily there? I’m so sorry, James. I shouldn’t have rung. I’ll- I’ll leave you alone.” Apparently, he knew a lot bloody Sirius and his big mouth.

“Reg! Reg, wait! Reg, you still there?” He gasped into the phone, panicked.

“Yeah. Yeah, I’m still here.” Came the reply. James let out a sigh of relief. Leo wandered into the office and brushed against James’s legs before jumping into his lap. James’s hand automatically raised to stroke him.

“Did he take you anywhere nice?” He wanted to get off the subject of Lily and panicked.

“Yeah, it was really fancy. Like what my parents used to drag me and Sirius to.”

“What did you have?” It was easier than he’d thought it would be talking for the first time since their break up.

“James?”

“Yeah, Reg.”

“I want to come home.”

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#January 29 #jegulus #jegulus microfic #james potter #regulus black #james fleamont potter #regulus arcturus black #sirius black #remus lupin #lily evans #barty crouch jr #james x regulus #regulus and james #regulus x james #fancy

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resident-gay-bitch · 3 months

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My Barty Crouch Jr headcannons:

He’s a kleptomaniac - at least to some degree. I think he can’t help but steal things from the people he loves, like he’s just always taking their shit and he has little collections of his favorite people’s things hidden away in his room

He actually has a massive fucking heart and feels so deeply but he doesn’t let anyone know that because his father kept telling him it wasn’t manly to have emotions so he shuts them all up

Death eater or not - wizards or not - stuck in a war or not - no matter fucking what circumstance Barty would actually kill for those he loves. If someone he cares about comes crying about being hurt he would lash out and hurt them back and he would not hesitate to kill them if granted permission

He’s not the healthiest. He smokes compulsively, if he was alive now he’d also vape like it was his last resort.

His diet is basically energy drinks, chips, and plain pieces of bread. He really doesn’t eat much at all so he’s really skinny to the point where it’s concerning and borderline an eating disorder.

He’s never or will never love anyone to the extent that he loves Pandora. He looked at her one day and just decided she was his entire fucking world. She’s the only one he really opens up too, the only one who sees him cry (before his lover), the first person besides his mum who’s ever hugged him and held him and told him he’s worthy of being loved. He would go to the ends of the earth for her, and he really wishes he could just put her in his pocket and protect her from everything. They are the ultimate besties.

Barty falls for every single one of his friends. Some deeper than others. But he gets crushes on anyone that makes the time for him, listens to what he has to say, and genuinely enjoys his presence. There aren’t many that do, so he genuinely fucking clings.

That man would have the most random fucking tattoos ever. They’re mostly cool as shit. Like he’ll have big scary boy tattoos but then smushed in between scorpions and snakes and like demons with blood he’d just have a little ghost with love heart eyes or something. Most of the random ones are because they’re funny or because Pandora said she liked something so he just got a tattoo of it. He also has her name tattood on his chest.

He has had them most retched mullets in his days. He only gets rid of them when Pandora finally breaks and asks him to grow it out. He somehow still gets bitches with those atrocities though.

If he was alive now, he would definitely own a maid costume and would pull it out at the most random times. Regulus / Evan would fucking thirst over it so much.

Acts like a dom outside the bedroom, the most bottom man ever in the bedroom - but he’s cheeky about it

He just wants to be loved at the end of the day

Would 1000% have a dick piercing. Probably even more than one. He would also have a dick tattoo because he’s stupid

His favorite colours are pale forest greens and sky blues

Socks on at all times when he’s around other people or in active mode. The only time they come off is in the shower or bed, and only if he’s in bed alone. Man’s will be butt ass naked without a care but he will still be wearing his socks. He also only owns dumb socks

PLEASE FEEL FREE TO SHARE SOME OF YOURS! come put them all in my ask box <3

I do have more but this is what I’m sharing for now :)))

#Barty crouch jr #jay talks #headcannons #Barty headcannon #Barty & Pandora #slytherin skittles #bartylus #rosekiller #marauders

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xslytherclawx-writes · 7 months

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hi hi for the director's commentary thing, i know it's from a few years ago but i really love enough contrition to spare so if you have anything you'd like to share about that fic i'd love to know!!

oooh yes!!! i absolutely ADORE that one! one of my favorites!!!

this got really long, so. cut.

so I wrote it for Heart Attack Exchange, which is 10k minimum in 2 weeks, and I think I wrote it in like four days? in a fugue state. that means much of the creative process has been completely lost to that fugue state lol

because it was for an exchange, it was written for a recipient - kirby is a LOVELY recipient to write for, and they have so many ideas I always love (I wrote for them for Heart Attack this year, too). I definitely tailored it to their likes (and the kitten at the end was 1000% a surprise for them bc they love cats).

but exchanges are not 1:1 "write me exactly this scenario" (that's a good way to get a gentle email from the mods), so I took their request (canon divergence, Harry raised by others, focus on a minor character) and ran with it.

Astronomy goes wayyyyyyyy back to when I'd RP Regulus in high school lol - I'd put astronomy as his favorite subject because I was so tired of everyone assuming Slytherin = Potions. Besides, it makes sense, right? (I don't think that comes up in any of my other Regulus fics haha - maybe the one I wrote for Tavina for Battleship). Astronomy also gave me the chance to have him do things during the day to push the plot (and emotional beats).

Evan is generally my choice for pairing Regulus in non-Ravenclaw AUs when I want the relationship to be (approaching) healthy, or equitable, or when I want Regulus to be the one with more power in the relationship. (fwiw I mean, I don't think Regulus would have been hurt in a relationship with Evan in Ravenclaw AU - Evan is a different matter entirely tho of course). This [also] goes wayyyyyy back to like 2008?ish? when a fanartist I really liked paired them together - and specifically the brand of Evan being dedicated to Regulus, regardless of Regulus's degree of investment.

(Barty (the "hurt Regulus" choice) would've been a very bad match for this specific fic, particularly as Regulus sells him out, and I didn't want that much angst - besides, Kirby didn't particularly want unhealthy relationships.)

Evan is also someone who doesn't quite become disenchanted with ~The Cause~, so that gave me a source of tension between them: Regulus has spent the past two years learning that Muggleborns are human beings and that the war is an absolute waste run by a madman who wants to install himself at the top of a totalitarian regime (the latter he woke up to in 1979, but like, it's really driven home by horcrux hunting). Evan's line about being at each other's throats is Evan making it clear that he knows where Regulus stands and doesn't agree.

As for the brothers - well, I just modded a fest for them lol (or am in the middle of? last fic has been revealed but we're still anonymous), so naturally I wanted there to be some focus on their relationship. Regulus enlisting his family to get Sirius a trial is an idea I really love, mostly because Sirius would really fucking hate it - but would it work? Regulus is more pragmatic than Sirius, who has Morals.

But you can't fix estrangement in a matter of days - Regulus makes his effort (as prickly as he may be during it), and Sirius doesn't know what to do with this new, reformed version of his little brother. In the end, Sirius trusts him to take care of a vulnerable creature just as Sirius is taking care of a vulnerable person (baby Harry).

Also, if you squint, there's a Max cameo at the Ministry scene. I couldn't help myself lol (and Regulus turning Barty & Bella & the Lestranges in saves Frank and Alice! butterfly effect!)

Narcissa serves explicitly as a surrogate maternal figure for Regulus, despite their closeness in age. She genuinely loves him and wants the best for him (misguided though she may sometimes be), fusses over his marriage prospects, and will probably one day accept his change of allegiance - and forgive him for turning in Bellatrix. One day. Probably.

Regulus hasn't quite disentangled himself from his old life (and isn't sure whether he wants to, especially regarding Narcissa), so he goes to Christmas at her home to be surrounded by love and affection.

I'm not sure if / when Regulus finally moves on from Evan in this universe, because the firewhisky obviously signals that Evan is still thinking about him – still loves him, despite everything.

Also, again: cats. Can't go wrong with cats.

#ask box #ask meme

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sunshinemoonlightandstarbright · 1 year

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Gryffindor Party

focus on James + Pandora + Sirius

approx. 1000 words

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Pandora plonks down on the cushion next to him and smiles brightly. “Gosh, isn’t this fun?” she takes a swig of her drink, which clearly isn’t her first judging by the flushed cheeks and stars dancing in her eyes,

“You should see the Gryffindor quidditch parties, they’re wild” James replies easily, shifting in his seat to face her.

“Yeah, I bet.”

They sit in comfortable silence for a few seconds, observing their friends. Marlene and Dorcas are bickering about whether the Jamaican national quidditch team would beat the Chudley Cannons but it seems neither of them are taking it as seriously as they’re asserting. Barty is chatting up a group of Gryffindor 5th year girls, with Evan seeming to melt into his side out of embarrassment. Peter, Lily, Mary, Sirius, and Remus are in a group by the staircase. Peter and the girls watch Remus and Sirius intently, like it's a quidditch match. Sirius rolls his eyes and flicks his hair off his shoulder. He crosses his arms defensively and in response, Remus tilts his head and pouts mockingly. James watches blush creep up Sirius’ neck as he struggles to keep his frown. Pandora sees him watching and giggles.

“They’ve been dating for a good four years and yet neither of them seem to be aware of that fact.” James whips his head around to face her and his eyes go wide. Panicking, he shakes his head and stutters, “What? Sirius and Remus? They’re not dating, they don’t even like each other! What made you think that?”

She just smiles knowingly and resumes her people watching.

James groans, “I’m just going to get a drink, I’ll be back”. Pandora nods and raises her bottle in mock salute.

James lumbers through the common room to the drinks table. A chorus of “Hi James!”, “look who it is!”, “Potter, our King!” ring in his ears and he turns to grin at the people who greeted him. He bows and waves to them exaggeratedly then continues on his way. Frank is pouring himself a beverage and James claps him on the back. “Evening captain! We’ve got a game in the morning, what are you doing!?” James asks incredulously. “Here let me take care of it for you.”

He reaches out to take Frank’s drink and Frank snatches his glass away from James’ prying hands. “Oi, get your own,” he says frowning. James just pokes his tongue out and snags a bottle from the cooler. “Yeah, real mature Potter” Frank quips.

“You love it,” James returns with a smirk and begins to make his way back to the couch. When he flops down next to Pandora again, she seems to have sobered up completely and her expression turns serious. James opens his mouth to ask if she’s okay when she flicks her eyes towards his and holds them there.

“Who are you when no one else is around, James? When there’s no one to perform for?” Her stare is piercing and James feels naked pinned beneath it. He freezes, stunned by her question.

Pandora’s tears her gaze away from James when something, someone else catches her attention, the question already forgotten and left unanswered. Regulus had arrived and was adjusting the cuff of his sleeve in the doorway when Pandora suddenly launches herself off the couch and flings herself onto him. James straightens in his seat.

“Lucy! You’re here!” She wraps him up in her arms and squeezes, almost lifting him off the ground. Bewildered, Regulus’ arms slowly lower down onto her, returning the embrace. He rests his chin on her shoulder and his face softens.

James watches as Regulus scans the room, his eyes landing on him. Regulus holds his stare as James gives him a small smile, hoping to appear welcoming. Regulus looks away, uninterested but James can’t stop his eyes from running over every inch of his face. His grey eyes cold and calculating, a storm swirling inside, only momentarily calmed by Pandora. James’ fingers itch to reach out and twist one of Regulus’ dark curls in his fingers. James, very confused by this mental intrusion, shakes his head to himself and glances around.

He feels a hand on his shoulder and looks up to see Sirius grinning down at him. “Moony doesn’t believe I can stand up whilst flying, so naturally I have to prove to him that I can. I’m about to be a very rich man Jamie-boy. The poor fool has all of his Hogsmeade money riding on the bet."

"Aren't you already like the 11th wealthiest wizard in Britain?" James questions.

Sirius tuts and says, "Hmm yes, I was quite wealthy before I was disowned wasn't I? I can't say that I miss it. But back to the bet. Naturally, once our Remus has his mind set, nothing can convince him otherwise and likewise, nothing can stop him from trying to convince everyone else of his position.” Sirius paused and took a breath. “There’s 73 galleon on the line.”

“What!?” James cries, “Remus has 73 galleon to spend at Hogsmeade?? Mum won’t give me more than 15. Something about sugar rotting your teeth and all that health garbage”.

“Prongs, it isn’t all Remus’. I mean even if it was it wouldn’t be for long" He says with a confident chuckle, "but anyhow, Moony managed to convince Lily, Pete, and Mary to bet against me as well. It’s a heinous betrayal, especially from Wormy. Should’ve seen it coming. But they’ll be sorry. All of them. Wanna come see me crush their hopes of winning a bet against I, Sirius Orion Black, king of the wager?”

“Oh absolutely. Let’s go mate” James stands and after saying a quick goodbye to Pandora they then hurry out of the common room, gesturing for everyone to follow.

#in love with pandora #her looking directly into james soul and then throwing herself at another man two seconds later #sirius being an arrogant prick in a loveable way #background dorlene and wolfstar #evan using barty as a protective pillow #frank being pissy because james tried to take his drink #james potter #pandora lovegood #sirius black #marauders fandom #marauders #oneshot #sfw #no smut

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sophsicle · 2 years

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Hello lovely<3 I’m about 90% done chapter 55 but stopped around the Mckinnon Massacre bc ima need to follow up what I know comes next with that epilogue fluffff. Anyways…I love this story so fucking much and just want to simply say thank you for creating something that means so much to me.

One thing that kinda stuck out to me this chap and was wondering if you could elaborate on was when James told Mary that she’s the strongest person he knows. Firstly, I want to say that I absolutely adore Mary and she is one of my favorite (and imo, most important) characters in this story. I also want to say that as someone who has experienced SA, I am in no means trying to diminish what Mary went through or ignore the nuances to her storyline. However, I just don’t know if I imagine James seeing Mary as the strongest person in his life given his relationships with Sirius, Regulus, and Remus. I want to emphasize that I am in no means trying to compare the experiences/traumas of these characters. It just kinda surprised me to learn that he views her as the strongest person he knows and was wondering if you could maybe elaborate?

No pressure as it is 1000% your story and characters. I just thought a little more insight into James’s psyche would be interesting!

(Sorry that was hella long! Sending love from Ottawa xx)

Hello lovely! This is a great question! For me, it comes from the fact that the Marauders are all very codependent. I think that's the most obvious in Sirius's character, but especially in chapter 55 you see it in James and Remus too - and it's been a theme throughout the post-Hogwarts years generally - that these three boys really need one another. When something happens in their lives they are able to get through it because they have each other eg. Sirius running away, Remus's mum dying, James's parents dying, and even the death of Regulus. Like James isn't able to bear that pain on his own. He is STRUGGLING until he has his boys around him. All of which is to say that Mary is the polar opposite of this. She is almost radically independent. She has no problem separating herself from the group and tends to handle situations on her own. She doesn't join the Order, she finds a way to deal with her attack by herself. There's even a scene in chapter 39 where James tries to fight Barty on her behalf and Mary tells him to fuck off. That she fights her own battles so whatever the hell he thinks he's doing it's not defending her. And that kind of independence is almost unthinkable for someone like James. He's in aw of it. Like yes he thinks Sirius and Remus are strong, but he doesn't know anyone else quite like Mary, who is able to stand so firmly and completely on her own when she needs to. Which to some extent is an ability she has developed out of necessity, which she alludes to when she says: "I'm just as the world made me". Unlike James Potter, Mary Macdonald does not have the privilege of depending on other people. Everyone is automatically on James's side, but Mary has to work to convince people to be on her side - to understand her, both in the Wizarding world and the Muggle world - so Mary and James operate and move through life very differently. And while James only really understands half of that, he knows that Mary has a strength that he, Sirius and Remus certainly don't posses (at least not to the same extent).

#choices #soph rambles

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astrid-delacour · 1 year

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Weird things my friends have said as marauders quotes, part 8

Sirius: *pats Regulus* your hair fucks up

Sirius: I need to have an existential crisis on your couch asap

Remus: does your spine ever feel loose?

James: my tupperwares a secretive little bitch

Regulus: this is definitely not an oval

Barty: well not with that attitude

Remus: I do not have a mummified Dick in my cane

Remus: suck what

James: your butt

Remus: my butt???

James: I was gonna say duck but butt sounded more …. Sophisticale

Evan: I can’t grip your knee your leg is too wide

Regulus: did you just accidentally call me daddy

Barty: no that was intentional

Barty: Christians are the kinkiest motherfuckers

Sirius: see that would be smart but I am not a smart man

Barty: I’m not joining the cult, I have too many cults

Sirius: that fits the sweet home Alabama vibe of our friend group

Sirius: I can have a little cannibalism as a treat

Evan: his music just gives customer service

Regulus: we’ll count pennies until our problems go away

Dorcas: that’s sounds a little autistic of you

Dorcas: songwriting; it’s 90% fiction, 10% real resentment

Regulus: ah yes, head rush, the one true cure all

Regulus: okay gonna go eat, drowning can be postponed

Sirius: Im not "trying" to date your dad, I just am

Peter: I’m being racist towards lollipops now

Evan: I’m might’ve not died but part of my humanity did

Evan: I don’t know what that was but that sure as hell wasn’t 3. You’re dead bro

Evan: if your legs are doing the splits you better close ‘em bro

Regulus: no one wants to smoke your body cigars Barty

Barty: you could also just take a big swig of water and *chewing motions*

Sirius: I want to eat water in the shape of a penis

Barty: I would 1000% peg someone with my leg dick

Evan: we’re not making a thirst trap for ninjas Barty

Evan: only nerds get shadow fandub vocal stims

#marauders #sirius black #james potter #remus lupin #peter pettigrew #all the young dudes #regulus black #barty crouch ir #evan rosier #dorcas meadowes #marlene mckinnon #lily evans #pandora lovegood #mary macdonald

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rafaelnadalfans · 4 years

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ARTICLES:

How Rafael Nadal, World No. 1, Keeps Getting Better | ATP Tour

Nadal has served 3,449 aces in his career, with 271 (12.7%) coming this season. He served only 122 aces last season. A snapshot of where those aces were directed in 2019 can be seen from the 105 aces he served this year at ATP Masters 1000 events and the Nitto ATP Finals.

Nadal refutes “unjustified” criticism of Mallorca tennis academy | tennis.com

“I can assure you that this academy project could have been located in several placed in the world where we were offered important benefits and a lot of facilities,” Nadal said. “But though it was a higher economic cost, I wanted to do it in my home, in Manacor, where this project could be positive for my region and the Balearic Islands.”

He explained why he wanted to address the issues. “I don’t like to enter into these types of controversies,” said Nadal. “I just wanted to express my feelings of pain and disappointment [and] I think you should, also, have my point of view about things that people are saying.”

Rafael Nadal eyes firmly on surpassing Roger Federer’s Grand Slam record – David Ferrer | express.co.uk

Ferrer told Express Sport: “I think his goal is to win as many Grand Slams as possible. It is a target for him. He wants to do something like Roger. It is a very good target for him to still keep going. It is more difficult but in this moment he is the No 1 in the world. So he is in a good place. Tsitsipas, Thiem, Medvedev are very good players but Rafa for me is the favourite to finish next year as world No 1. He can do it.”

“He’s a superhero. He’s unbelievable. Every year Rafa surprises me,” he said.

Rafael Nadal, Bianca Andreescu and the best tennis in 2019 | espn.com

Rafael Nadal: Year-end ranking, No. 1

2019 record: 57-7 with four titles, including two Grand Slams

The player of the year can be the individual who was most successful or the one who had a significant impact on the game in general. Our choice this year qualifies on both counts.

Top Five ATP Match Comebacks Of 2019 | ATP Tour

The Russian raised his level in the final set and sprinted to a 4-0 lead. With Nadal serving at 1-5, 30/40, it appeared that Medvedev would pick up his first win at the season finale and 60th tour-level victory of the year. But, as Nadal has demonstrated countless times, he can’t be counted out.

Nadal, Barty, Djokovic and Gauff: Tennis’ 2019 wrap | CNN

Not for the first time — or second, or third — Nadal entered a season under an injury cloud. This time it came courtesy of yet more knee issues and an abdominal complaint. He has often lamented how much time he has missed over the years but always seems to rally, and impressively. Indeed, “I’ll be back” seems like a line tailor made for Nadal, not just for Arnold Schwarzenegger in the “Terminator.”

Tennis player Rafael Nadal sends video of support to 10-year-old Belgian girl with rare brain tumor | brusselstimes.com

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Rafa Roundup: “He’s unbelievable. Every year Rafa surprises me” ARTICLES: How Rafael Nadal, World No. 1, Keeps Getting Better | ATP Tour Nadal has served 3,449 aces in his career, with 271 (12.7%) coming this season.

#David Ferrer #Rafael Nadal #tennis

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manynarrators · 5 years

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SHIPPING INFO // Answer the following for your muse(s) so people know how shipping works on your blog.

REPOST. Don’t reblog.

What’s your OTP for your Muse(s)?

The nice part about having a multimuse is that there are so many to choose from! Albus is Gellert (predictable). Icarus and Phaethon, with some fun, if angst ridden, Apollo/Hermes/Helios. Before anyone yells at me for being a terrible person, yes I know the next one has more issues than the Rolling Stones, but Tim and Ra’s. Cassandra and Tom. And while not canon, but I love, Michael and @strategiic‘s Tim.

What are you willing to RP when it comes to shipping?

Honestly, pretty much anything and everything. Cute fluffy things are a win, but ships with literally all angst and problem are my kryptonite. Skin-crawling romances are a jolly good time.

How large does the age gap have to be to make it uncomfortable?

So, there isn’t really a good way to answer this? It’s super specific per scenario. I think it’s more of the dynamic than anything. Tim/Bruce, say, is a no-go, but Tim/Ra’s is fine. Student/teacher dynamics squick me out, as do parental figure/child.

Are you selective when shipping?

I can’t really say. I’ve only ever had a few. I wouldn’t say I’m selective though, no.

How far do steamy moments have to go before they’re considered NSFW?

So I am both underage, and a bordering on, sex-repulsed ace person. Anything more than like, heavy making out and I’m nope-ing out.

Who are other muses you ship your muse with?

Right! There’s no shortage of them. Albus and Tom/Elphias is one I like. Due to another person I used to write with, Barty and Quirrel. Icarus and @lazarusburns is wild, and the potential for Michael and @gothamoutllaw is one I love. Aside from that, there’s a few that I like, but don’t know if I ship for my version of the muse in particular, just because I haven’t written it, like Janet and Selina.

Does one have to ask to ship with you?

You can, and it’s preferred, but you can toss a ship at me, and we can always see if it sticks. The other thing that I am down for is accidental ships, where they just kind of... develop? If you haven’t noticed, I’m really not overwhelmingly picky.

How often do you like to ship?

Okay, so I am both complete trash for new ships and their potential, but also am terrified of approaching anyone with a ship, so I would shipmore, but friends and platonic builds are also an A+ thing. I’ve written a few things with some of the best friend dynamics, and I’ve loved them.

Are you multiship?

Me? No, of course not. Not at all. 1000% single shipping, no multiships here. *Trips, falls, and drowns in various ships*.

Are you ship obsessed or ship more-or-less?

Ship more-or-less, I think? If I understand what the question’s asking. I am down for a ship, but I’m more than happy to never ship. It’s a fun dynamic, but so are pretty much every other dynamic.

What is your favorite ship in your current fandom?

An impossible problem. I don’t OTP, I ∞TP. I have like 1+ for every character, with multiple variants of each, so like, *shrugs*, Grindeldore?

Finally, how does one ship with you?

Come talk at me, or you can toss a shippy meme at me, even if it doesn’t work as a ship, it could be fun for a one-off.

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Top 5 Breakdowns over David Tennant- any fandom/show/ play you've seen? I really liked the dw one you did, just hoping you could expand over/ include other things he's been in.

Oh anon you are QUITE the enabler thank you.

So this is like half actual breakdown list and half just like David Tennant recommendations in general because I love that funky little scot.

+1. This isn’t going on the official list because I already did the previous list you mentioned (i’m glad you liked it, btw!!!) but yeah. Doctor Who. He plays the doctor in a very fuckin uhh mercutial way (he plays a lot of characters that way and I am 100% enamored by it every fuckin time he just does it SO WELL AUGH) and like highs were so high and the lows were so low and he was so FURIOUS AND CRUEL but also so GENTLE AND KIND and like oof!! The multifacetedness bitch!!!! That’s what it’s all about babey!!!

5. Good omens. I mean, duh. There was no fucking way I was gonna survive good omens. Like, honestly, even without miss tennant I wouldn’t have survived it because HA HA HA HA H O L Y SHIT MY FAVORITE BOOK FOR THE LAST DECADE WAS GETTING AN ACTUAL SCREEN ADAPTATION I GENUINELY DID NOT THINK WE WOULD EVER BE HERE THIS SHIT IS LIT. but then but THEN it was like. The way that he portrayed crowley definitely fit into a particular niche that david tennant KILLS. Like god okay I could spend an whole fucking essay on this point so I’m gonna distill this down to just. THE moment that I was like “okay okay okay okay fuck I’m GOING THROUGH IT” was when his voice cracks as he tells aziraphale that he lost his best friend because like in context OOF and out of context I have been Pavlovian trained for the past decade to Utterly Lose My Shit when David Tennant is like this close to crying and he expresses that with his whole body THE ASSHOLE! LET ME REST. I THOUGHT I WAS OVER THIS MISTER!!

4. The Escape Artist. Lesser known (I think?), but a VERY GOOD miniseries! The tone is much darker, and he’s a much more serious character. Similar vibes, role wise, to broadchurch. I’m not sure how much rewatch value it has but watching it for the first time had me like MISSION STATUS: SICK!!!! It’s like a cat and mouse mystery and like. I’m not gonna go to in depth into the story because I think it’s more enjoyable to go into it not knowing much and too me it was one of those things that took like 3 hours to watch all of and a full week or two to like. Process. Also I’m not usually one for drama and I was ABOUT it so I would recommend!!!

3. JESSICA JONES (season 1). Holy FUCK dude. Definitely his darkest and most evil role, and the subject matter is VERY heavy and I definitely would NOT recommend it for everyone because it could be, how you say, triggering as fuck or even just because it is incredibly dark and that might not be your thing. Funnily enough, it’s DEFINITELY not my thing, personally, I tend to avoid narratives about sexual assault because so many of them are, uh, ya know, bad, but Jessica Jones season 1 really is done FANTASTICALLY! The David Tennant breakdown was just a level of cognitive dissonance because I had never seen him play like a VILLAIN villain. I mean, yeah, he was Barty Crouch Jr., but that was for like 30 seconds and while the dude was creepy there was a layer of campy over the topness that is present in most fun fantasy franchises. I remember when he was cast as the purple man me and my parents were like. Yeah he’ll obviously crush the role because he’s talented but in the back of our minds we’ll probably still be thinking of like the doctor and I wonder if we can fully accept him playing the role. Yeah there was fucking NONE OF THAT. When he played Purple Man I never ONCE thought of his other roles and I didn’t even, like, think of David Tennant, ya know. I was just like oh shit this man is evil and terrifying and I want him dead! Please die!!! And yes, I know that that’s how acting works or whatever but also ACTING ya know!!! Of any of the roles on this list this one definitely made me be the most like SHE HAS THE RANGE because I really think it highlights how INCREDIBLY GOOD at his job he is!!! I have not ever rewatched Jessica Jones season 1 though because while it is honestly like a triumph of television it is also A Lot to deal with and I am very rarely in the kind of mindset where I’m able to watch it. But yeah. David Tennant knows what the fuck he’s doing and it is very good.

2. MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING BABEY. Literally I knew nothing about the play or why I should care but the promo material was like. Catherine Tate and David Tennant are costars again and I was like OKAY SIGN ME THE FUCK UP HELL YEAH HELL YEAH HELL YEAH. For real I think on screen chemistry Catherine Tate and David Tennant are one of if not just straight up my favorite duo of all time. They are just so DELIGHTFUL and ENCHANTING and BEWITCHING and basically I want them to costar in everything ever. @azirafeathers was like “sherlock holmes adaptation where she’s sherlock and he’s watson” and I haven’t stopped thinking about that since!!! I would give my left thumb or at least like a solid $60 to see that. Like PLEASE it would be PERFECT. I LOVE THEM. And god this production of much ado is definitely like. “Here’s Benedick and Beatrice. They’re two chaotic dumbass bisexuals that are like fives on the kinsey scale and they fall in love much to their surprise” and it’s TERRIFIC. That’s exactly what I like to see. Like it’s set in the 80s and the set design? The visual gags? The costumes? The soundtrack? THE PHYSICAL COMEDY? It all SLAPS. David Tennant really balances “fun and funky slut” and “utterly PINING idiot” so fucking well. I have said it before and I will say it again David Tennant peaks when Catherine Tate is being mean to him. Also really iconic to give him the role that is like the only man in the play that is (after a bit) CHUGGING his respect women juice. I mean LOOK at this utter buffoon.

I’m in love. This play made me a proud morosexual. Plus it’s all FREE ON YOUTUBE THE NEXT TIME YOU HAVE THREE HOURS AND WANT TO HAVE A GOOD FUCKIN TIME GO WATCH MUCH ADO!!

1. H A M L E T. So imagine that you’re 14 and it’s 3 am and you’re casually watching David Tennant’s hamlet on youtube or at least the parts they put up and you’re painting stars on your ceiling with glow in the dark paint and it makes you realize that you have an excess of black bile and a melancholic temperment and you’ll understand why, while this might not be my all time favorite david tennant role (though it definitely is high up on the list) , this is absolutely my number one David Tennant Related Breakdown. Hoo boy. This probably doesn’t come as a shock to literally anybody that knows me irl bc I Will Not shut up about Hamlet and it is this productions fault. Different people will respond differently too it, and I’m definitely 1000% biased because a: I love him and b: it was the first production I ever watched and it’s what got me On My Bullshit, but this production honestly makes me like. Get Hamlet. Or not get hamlet, personally, as a character, we’re never meant to fully understand him honestly, but it made me understand the ALLURE of the play. I watched it and I was like oh. Yeah. Okay. I can see why people have been obsessed with this for 400 years. I know why it’s considered one of the greatest roles and one of the greatest plays of all time. And I went absolutely feral for it. It solidified Horatio permanently as one of my all time favorite characters in anything ever. David Tennant has this tendency to put manic and desperate energy into the characters that he plays, and that of course works extremely well for hamlet. Plus, like, he plays characters that are drowning, that need the assistance and kindness of love to try and float, and even with that might not be able to keep their heads above water, and the characters that are opposite him are basically always wonderful. Because I am deeply deeply predictable, the core dynamic of Hamlet and Horatio’s relationship is probably like THE most appealing and interesting and important aspect of the play to me, and Peter de Jersey (who is absolutely INCREDIBLE in this production) and David Tennant pull it of breathtakingly beautifully. Every time I watch this I have to lie down for a while. Every time I THINK about this I have to lie down for awhile. So, yeah, number one David Tennant based breakdown is over his hamlet.

Honorable mentions

this gifset-I have not seen what this is actually from but it made me have a conniption. I’m in love with her. She’s my idealized self. I don’t know what to do with myself. I spent 5 hours looking at this now. What the fuck.

The Decoy Bride- I didn’t have a breakdown over it BUT it is a recommendation. Very silly rom com, very much a comfort movie like music and lyrics or singing in the rain for me. Great for sleep overs or rainy sunday afternoons.

Richard II- I haven’t seen it but based on one (1) clip and some stills I would be lost in the sauce for a week after a viewing.

Nativity 2: Danger in the Manger- watch nativity 2 danger in the manger.

Fright Night- jesus fucking CHRIST mister tennant went full slut

Casanova- Mister Tennant Goes Full Slut part 2- has blue colored contacts and it’s weird

#anon #replies #sorry this took a hot minute but i wrote uhh #squints at the screen #1700 words on david tennant making me lose it jesus christ #Anonymous

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Prompt 26 - Transfiguration

@jegulus-microfic March 26 Word count 1000

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“Sirius, I told you not to try and put your own eyeliner on without me,” Remus told him between fits of laughter.

“You look like a sad panda!” Regulus was almost useless at this point. His laughter shook his entire frame, and he was struggling to breathe.

“Oi, sod off then!” Sirius sulked.

“Sirius, wait!” Regulus called, getting his laughter under control. “Is James there?”

“Yeah. Hang on a sec, and I’ll get him. JAMES!!!” He bellowed, not even bothering to move away from the mirror.

“What’s up, Padfoot? You alright?” Huge guffaws burst from James’s mouth once he caught sight of Sirius’s botched makeup attempt.

“Oh, bugger off, Prongs!” Sirius stormed off. He dropped the mirror on the bed so Regulus and Remus got a lovely view of the ceiling. James grabbed it up, and his face filled the glass.

“Hi, love, you alright? Hi Remus.” He waved.

“Hi,” Remus waved back. Regulus nodded.

“Is Sirius coming back?” He asked.

“Sirius, you coming back or not?” James called just as loudly as Sirius had. They could hear Sirius shuffling back into the room, and he appeared next to James, now free from his makeup.

“I found it,” Regulus smirked. “Took it right out from under Lucius’s nose.” The three of them gawped at him in disbelief.

“Where was it?” Sirius asked.

“In his library on the centre bookcase.”

“Are you kidding?! Godric, he’s an idiot.” Sirius snorted.

“Will he notice it’s gone?” Remus asked seriously.

“I don’t think so. He caught me near it, but I pretended to be really drunk, and he got me out of there, probably scared of his first editions. I used a transfiguration spell of a—on something else there and imbued it with a small amount of dark magic at the same time. I doubt Lucius will be able to tell the difference.”

“Are we meeting at Rosier House tonight, then?” James wanted to know.

“No. Both of my parents are here, and it’s late. If we go out now, it will be suspicious. Mother has meetings or something most of the day tomorrow. So we’ll meet, say, around 9? As long as the coast is clear.”

They made their goodnights, and all went to bed.

Walburga left early the next morning, and so did the boys.

They were surprised to see James, Sirius and Lily already there, waiting for them in the house.

“You’re here early,” Regulus said as he accepted a kiss from James. James shrugged.

“Sirius and I are. That one stayed the night,” He jabbed his thumb at Lily and was hit with a tickling hex. “Worth it,” He gasped.

“Come on then. Spill the beans. Why have you gathered the Thestrals at this ungodly hour?” Evan questioned, stopping Lily and James from going any further. Regulus pulled the diary from his pocket and held it up.

“I found it.” He told them. And when he explained where he found it, Barty chirped in.

“What is with these guys and being such—” Pandora waltzed over and stuffed a cauldron cake in Barty’s mouth as they all knew what had been about to come out of his mouth. He stuck his fingers up but mostly quietly ate his treat.

“So now all we need to do is destroy them?” Lily asked Regulus. He nodded. “Great, I’ll go get the venom.”

“Wait,” He stopped her. “I think we need to take them somewhere to do it. In case something happens when we try and destroy them.”

They sat for a while, thinking of places to go.

“Random field?” Evan suggested.

“If we could properly ward it. But then, if the field is destroyed, how would we cover it up?” Regulus rebutted. They kept coming up against the same problem. If the Horcruxes destroyed the area, how would they hide it?

“What about the forbidden forest?” Remus wondered aloud. “As long as we stay clear of the centaur heard and the acromantula. We should be left alone, and if we destroy a bit of the forest, it’s huge and will regrow itself over what was lost.” Sirius and James both nodded, thinking it was a great idea.

“What do you mean acromantula? Are there actually acromantula in the forest?” Barty and the others had gone slightly paler than usual at the thought of the murderous arachnids.

“We know where they are. As long as we don’t go near the nest, we’ll be fine.” Sirius waved off their fears. “We’ve been in there loads of times and never had a problem.”

“Right, it’s settled then. We meet tomorrow in the forbidden forest.” He looked to James. “Where should we actually meet?”

“Wait in the trees behind Hagrid’s cabin. That’s probably going to be the easiest place to gather, especially if we arrive at different times.” He looked around the room at the seven other people. “I can do this on my own, you know. You can all stay here, and I’ll go on my own.”

“What, and let you take all the glory, fuck off,” Barty smirked.

“Can’t do tomorrow, Reggie,” Sirius spoke up.

“Why not?” Sirius had nothing else to do. He’d been complaining for days that Moody wouldn’t give him an assignment.

“It’s Jamie’s birthday, and we have a date with Monty and Effie.” Regulus spun to look at James, horrified.

“I forgot your birthday.”

“Don’t worry about it. You’ve had a lot on your mind.” James consoled him.

“You guys free in the evening?” Evan asked.

“Yeah. Should be. We’re just having lunch with my parents.” James answered.

“Good. That means you can come to you’re birthday party here.” Pandora beamed at him. She grabbed Lily’s hand. “Come on, dear, let’s go catch some fairies for the lights.” And she skipped out of the room, towing Lily behind her.

“That okay, delaying a day?” James asked Regulus.

“Of course, we’ll go to the forest after.” James beamed at him and scooped him up to plant a kiss on his lips.

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What happens when Harry becomes the dark one

Lands with Cedric in front of the maze tells Cedric to take the (now non cursed) cup and his pretty face and get back to Amos, Mrs Diggory and Cho.

Immobilises Barty junior and tells everyone that Crouch is the one that planned the whole “14 year old having to compete” thing

Asks the twins to come down so he can give them the 1000 galleons.

Walks up to Malfoy and punches him in the throat.

When Ron Hermione Ginny and Neville along with the rest of the Weasley’s catch up to him and want to know what happened he gives them the straight up truth. Harry Potter is the dark one and he is now in charge

Malfoy of course isn’t having any of it. He demands to know how ”that” is the dark one. (There’s never been a gryffindor dark one. Slytherin Hufflepuff and Ravenclaw yes. But not Gryffindor). So Harry shows him.

He tears out the bully’s aorta. Sets it on fire and shoves it back to where it came. He then uses telekinesis to fling Malfoy (who’s still screaming in pain) into the middle of the maze. He sends s spell (incendio maxima) into the maze which quickly turns into an conflagration burning Malfoy alive.

Harry then asks Hermione to release Rita Skeeter. It takes a while for her to take notice because she’s watching the maze burn with a sadistic little smile on her face. It’s not until Ron taps her shoulder that she pays attention. Once Rita is human again Harry gives her what she’s been wanting all year. An exclusive interview with the boy who lived

Except he doesn’t. He tells her she’s a leech ruining people’s lives just for the sake of drama. He tells her that he has no interest whatsoever in Hermione. He extolls the virtues of the hero that is Ronald Bilius Weasley. And he tells her that unless she wants to join Malfoy inside the maze she will cease with her bile and live out the rest of her days cloistered away on some remote island with out her quill or anything that gives her life meaning. Then he thinks better of it and slashes her throat with the dark one dagger.

He calls Snape down so he can have some fun with his most hated teacher. He uses the knife to touch the dark mark on Snapes arm. Then he start to burn the mark off. While this is happening Igor Karkaroff is in intense pain that’s only getting worse the more Harry tortures the potions master. It soon gets to the point where Igor begs Harry to stop. Harry puts the Durmstrang headmasterout of his misery and aims a “bombarda” at his head killing him instantly. He tells Argus Filch to clean up the mess while he goes to speak to his friends (Snape is still alive. He’s just suffering in silence).

He asks if they would like to join him. Letting them know that he understands if they want nothing to do with him. It’s at this point that Cedric and Cho come down the steps and ask to join. Cedric feels that he owes Harry a life debt and there’s no way in hell that Cho is getting separated from Cedric again. Harry accepts their offer

He sends the student body back to their common rooms but has the teachers stay behind. He notices Colin Creevey stayed behind. Harry calls him over and asks if the third year would like to join them. Next thing Harry knows is he’s being squeezed to (by now unattainable) death by his number one fan.

He sorts his friends into how he met them. Ron, Ginny, Neville, Hermione, Colin, Cedric and Cho. And he gives them all new robes based on their favourite colours. Professor Mcgonagall at that points demands he stop playing around and tell her what is going one. Harry very politely and very nicely says that he’s the new dark one and that Voldemort is dead and so is peter pettigrew. He also says that now he is in charge Remus John Lupin can be reinstated as Defence Against the Dark Arts professor permanently.

He sends hundreds of his patronus’ across the world to tell the entire international wizarding community that “the dark one is dead. Long live the boy who lived”. Then he rounds on the teachers.

He asks them just what exactly the hell were they thinking when they let him participate in the tournament

#harry potter #harry james potter #cedric diggory #cho chang #ron weasley #hermione granger #ginny weasley #neville longbottom #dark one #colin creevey

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Western and Southern Open Aug 21-22, 2021

Tempted by the prospect of marquee weekend matchups (the first time all 4 top seeds made the semi-final in a Masters 1000 event in nearly a decade) I decided to add another streaming platform to my repertoire. This time, it was ATP Tennis TV, a service which only carries the men’s matches, something I foolishly realized immediately after purchasing a monthly subscription. However, it was the men’s matches that I was most interested in this weekend and the service did live up to most of my expectations. Reasonably priced ($15.00 a month), consistent in quality (despite a broken Apple TV App), and mercifully without commercial breaks, this is undoubtedly one of the best options for watching live tennis at non-major tournaments.

And watch live tennis I did. Beginning with Medvedev vs Rublev, an unpredictable match that saw Medvedev’s incredible start wiped away by physical and mental issues and ended with Rublev’s first career victory over his countryman (he had never previously won a set). Highlights included a bizarre episode where Medvedev smashed his hand into a television camera placed at the back of the court. In typical Medvedev fashion he made broad threats about a lawsuit and even impishly kicked the camera directly in the lens. A visit from the trainer to look at his left hand was followed by 2 additional visits, one for his right forearm and another for his leg, signs of Medvedev’s physical limitations which recurred in the hot and humid Cincinnati weather only weeks after similar, albeit more pronounced, struggles at the Olympics. Rublev, it must be said, found a balance between offense and defense that he has struggled to achieve in previous matches against Daniil, winning the longer rallies with patience and persistence. Adjustments to his serve in the 2nd and 3rd set (he stopped serving out wide which was helping Medvedev create angles early in rallies with excellent returns) allowed Rublev to lock down his service game and put the pressure on Medvedev, who eventually crumbled.

If the first match was exciting and unpredictable, the 2nd match upped the ante in practically every way. Tsitsipas vs Zverev was itself a topsy-turvy affair with a brilliant start by Zverev, whose serve was at times untouchable, an excellent comeback from Tsitsipas which coincided with Zverev becoming physically ill off the court, and a shocking comeback from Zverev from down a double break at 4-1 in the 3rd set. Tsitsipas made effective use of his slice backhand, especially in the 2nd and early 3rd set, keeping the ball out of Zverev’s strike zone, drawing him into the court, and forcing errors at the net. Similarly the chip return helped Tsitsipas find a foothold in Zverev’s service games and allowed him to break 3 times (Zverev had only been broken twice prior to this point in the tournament). However, after Zverev was able to get treatment for his nausea midway through the 3rd set the tide shifted. He gutted out some long points and Tsitsipas made too many errors down the stretch, culminating in an abysmal service game at 5-4 with an opportunity to serve out the match. Still, things were tied 3-3 in the 3rd set tiebreaker and it really could have gone either way until Zverev seized control to grab a 7-4 tiebreak victory.

Sunday was far more one-sided. Rublev was entirely outmatched by Zverev in the final, barely able to win points unless they were on his first serve (Rublev actually served about as well as I’ve ever seen him do, 1st serve % in the 70s and winning just as high a percentage of these points on his 1st server as Zverev was on his). Zverev just did not make unforced errors. He had more on double faults (4, including 2 in a nervy attempt to serve out the match at 5-2) than he had from the baseline (only 2). He looked totally dominant despite the epic events of less the 24-hours prior and enters the 2021 US Open as the player in top form, especially after his recent ousting of Djokovic on route to an Olympic gold medal.

The US Open starts in a week and I will be in attendance for both days of the 3rd round. Despite the absences of key stars on both the men’s and women’s sides (Nadal, Federer, Thiem (the defending champion) and possibly Serena), it’s still the tournament that will feature Djokovic’s attempt to secure the grand slam and Naomi Osaka’s return to a major tournament after a strange and memorable season filled with ups and downs. Barty comes in as the main contender, especially after her victory at Cincinnati. I’m predicting that Djokovic will win, although I’d love to be proven wrong (Zverev and Medvedev appear poised to serve as the obvious challengers, although I don’t think either of them are mentally capable of pulling it off), and that we see another unexpected female champion. Sakkari, Rybakina, and Coco Gauff would be players that I would look at here, although I would also put some of the top “best to never win” contenders into consideration here based on their excellent recent form, particularly Sabalenka, Svitolina, and Olympic Gold Medalist Belinda Bencic. Pliskova also belongs in this later category, but while I don’t deny the high likelihood of a run for her to the quarters or the semis, I have no faith in her to actually win the tournament. With that said, I’m not discounting Barty. She’s definitely the player that makes me the most nervous right now, a far cry from how I perceived her only a few short months ago. Osaka, on the other hand, doesn’t strike me as being in the right place mentally to play her best tennis, and despite my fervent desire for Simona Halep to put together a deep run at the US Open (she’s only been to the quarters or beyond twice; she’s done it at least 4 times at all the other majors), it’s probably too soon after her recent calf tear. Things with Simona are very uncertain these days, especially because she’s only actually played in 1 of the last 4 majors held, although that was a relatively good showing at the 2021 Australian Open that ended with a QF loss to an on-form Serena Williams.

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Novak Djokovic did not like the allegations about the physical problems accused at the Australian Open. Who still managed to win for the umpteenth time by crashing Daniil Medveded in the final. "There will always be someone ready to doubt everything I say and do - underlined the Serbian champion -: I just have to accept the fact that I can't please everyone. Of course this can't make me happy, but I also know that everyone has the right to express their opinion. I suffered a tear in the oblique abdominal: I cannot change people's thinking but I can say that some things sadden me." Novak Djokovic’s father Srdjan Djokovic recently took a swipe at Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal while speaking in glowing terms about his son’s nature.

Novak Djokovic’s father on Federer and Nadal

Speaking to Kurir, Novak Djokovic’s father pointed out that his son always provides a helping hand to his colleagues, even though Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal seldom throw their weight behind him. "Novak always helps them (his peers), and without the support from the (rest of the) Big 3," Srdjan said. "Between the three Big 3 players, it's him against the other two." According to the 60-year-old, Novak Djokovic never champions causes that would benefit himself but instead strives to ensure that the less-privileged players get a share of the pie. "It is a hand-to-hand fight between himself and everyone else on the other side," Novak Djokovic’s father continued. "And he is not fighting for himself and his interests, but for tennis players who can barely make ends meet." World No. 1 Novak Djokovic will be part of the Miami Open 2021. Along with the recently crowned Australian Open champion, superstars such as Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal will feature at this event. Since organizers have postponed the Indian Wells, the Miami Open will be the first Masters 1000 tournament of the new season. In the previous season, the ‘sunshine double’ (Indian Wells and Miami Open) was canceled in wake of the COVID-19 global pandemic. Prior to that, the event was held successfully in 2019, where Roger Federer was crowned champion in the men’s category and the World No.1 Ashleigh Barty had won the women’s event. Another noteworthy statistic of this tournament is that Djokovic was the youngest player to win this event as a 19-year-old teenager in 2007. On the other hand, Federer is the oldest player to win this event as a 37-year-old in 2019.

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Carols Book Babbles HP: A Flaming Cup of Pisssssss

Ok real talk. This one. This one right here is my favorite so far! This is the book where everything changes and I'm not even ready for it. YES this review is going to be much longer, but you know what, SHUT IT! JK Rowling kept making hers longer and longer and I don't hear anyone complaining about that? I can't even describe how much aggressive eating I did in this one until i was aggressively nopeNopeNOpeNOPE! Am I in need of medication? probably. Lets DO this THING!!!

1. If football was as exiting as quittage I’d be downstairs yelling at the tv with my boorish brother

2. The formation of spew is my favorite. (I’m-still-waiting-for-anti-discrimination activist-on-the-part-of-werewolves-though.)

3. Poor poor Winky (Last Chapter Addendum: WTF WINKY!!!!!)

4. I want to make a game where you stand next to a door and try to go through it without anyone noticing it. The next great meme challenge, call it platform 9 3/4

5. Haha boober tubers solve acne I get it! Ah puberty. So glad it never happened to me xD #worstyearsofmylife

6. I would love to know what moody taught his first years. I mean I respect him for not lying to the kids and treating them with respect but damn! He’s cold as ice and oh my god NEVIL! Come here baby, There’s coco in the kettle and kittens on the floor. you be alright buddy (Harry-could-use-some-selfcare-as-well) (Last Chapter Addendum: YOU SADISTIC BASTARD!)

7. Good things, bad things and everything’s come in threes, which is a brilliant set up for having a fourth champion (worst-things-come-in-7s-though)

8. You know, all the writers we’ve met so far in this world have been horrible lying people. I think it’s worth noting that not all writers are like that, and that if I were a witch that would probably be one of the jobs I would consider. I mean enchanted quils would make dealing with my dyslexia WAY easier and think of all the interesting stuff I could write about! Dream job if I do say so myself. (I’d probably make a magical baking book on how to make changing cupcakes and glitter exposing pies)

9. Ah time to bring it back, sing it with me kids “The Harry Potter didn’t ask to be famous and is getting real sick of this shit”

10. Note: if you write in a universe where there are dragons, you must have them appear in your series at least 3 times. (I-don’t-make-the-rules)

11. “‘No I’m fine!’ said Harry wondering why he kept telling people this and wondering whether he had ever been less fine” #mylife #relatable

12. Boys! Get in a fight, Don’t talk to each other for weeks and soon as they’ve made up it’s like it never even happened. ^is it weird i imagine this sentence in Hermione's voice

13. Despite my best attempts, I’ve become fascinated with blast ended skrewts

14. DOBYS BACK!!!

15. Christmas at Hogwarts sounds like the best Christmas! Baring the unfortunate name jokes that come with the season (I shit you not every year) I think I would really enjoy it. It also really warms my heart to imagine harry opening his presents every year. 4 for you Harry Potter

16. The Yule ball story line is a favorite of mine. The anguish and awkwardness of asking someone, rumors and hormones flowing, people suddenly getting improvements to their physical appearance. It all reminds me of something...

...Dances. It reminds me of high school and middle school dances. And while they were torture at the time, looking back at them with the benefit of hindsight and just how fruitful it all was gives me a sense of... I don’t know peace? Nostalgia? Some feeling of yes I was hopeless but so was everyone else, look at us all, little idiots we were! And we turned out just fine.

17. AAAAAWWW DOBY!!! (I’ll try not to repeat this as often as I want to)

18. I CANT BELIEVE DUMBLEDORE MENTIONED THE ROOM OF REQUIREMENT AT THE YULE FEAST JESUS THERE ARE NO ACCIDENTS ARE THERE!?!?!?

19. The ball itself is magical. (I aint even srry get@me)

20. Don’t get me wrong I love Ron, but he can be a bit of a misogynistic dick. I’m sure he will grow out of that though.

21. I love Hagrid! I love Hagrid with the recluse abandon of a thousand hugs and kisses! He’s just the best of humanity half giant or not!

22. The underwater challenge made me really aware of my breathing for a while. There are worse things (it’s not like I’ve been imagining a loved one drowning the past half a year lol hahaha kill me)

23. “You can measure a man by the way he treats his inferiors, not his equals.” Thank You Sensei Serious

24. Using the death eaters as an allegory for nazi soldiers after wwII is really powerful. A+. I feel like I should talk about this more but I honestly have nothing to add, well done.

25. NIFFLERS!!!

26. Barty crouch is the definition of father issues as far as I’m concerned.

27. And POOR NEVILLE! I will say this as often as I like because I don’t think it gets mentioned enough. Neville Longbottom went through just as much as Harry did and I am all for giving him his own series! #WBmakeithappen

28. Cedric is such a pure soul, just wants everything to be fair and working so hard like a good hufflepuff! Just a really good kid who’s going to grow into a wonderful wizard! I’m not prepared for what’s about to happen. Nope I am not ready. Oh I know it has to, I know there is a death of a pure character in every canon to represent the loss of innocence or some shit. But NO. Not this time. no...

...You bastard.

29. Im not going to comment on what happened in the graveyard. Perfect writing, heart wrenching, blah blah blah you get it. K? K. (holds back tears)

30. Yes this exactly. Yes Great! Treat it like a real traumatizing experience! Show it as something real and scaring and lasting that happened! Perfect. Absolutely perfect. I can't tell you how much it fucking annoys me when writers don't take this shit seriously, just wave it off without a care like “My characters to strong to experience real lose in a human way!” NO.

31. There are failures in political office... and then there’s Cornelius Fudge.

Sorry about the late upload, life been very busy lately with the sis getting married. To be perfectly honest this book is just as good as I remembered. Ive always regarded it as my favorite though that might change around Half-blood Prince (I read that one A LOT cus I had the CDs of that one.) As for right now I think I need a little break from Harry. Its not him its me, not ready to get my soul crushed. Lets see how this format works on a brand spankin new book from one of my favorite Internet personalities John Green. Ill come back to HP after that so see you next time for...

Now With %1000 More Turtles!

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HP: Committee for the prevention of stupid

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‘I am not dedicated’: Nick Kyrgios wonders commitment after first-round US Open exit

Australian tennis star themes his own commitment to sport as shoulder hurt emerges during first-round loss

Nick Kyrgios has said he has no devotion to tennis and probably never would after completing a “diabolical” grand slam season with a drama-charged first-round defeat in the US Open.

Kyrgios complained of a “dead” shoulder during his 6-3, 1-6, 6-4, 6-1 loss to fellow Australian John Millman before discovering far deeper concerns during an exceptional post-match media conference.

Shattered by his latest bust, he admitted his coach deserved better when asked if he would continue working with Frenchman Sebastien Grosjean beyond the Open.” I don’t know, frankly. I’m not good enough for him ,” Kyrgios said.

” He’s very dedicated. He’s an unbelievable tutor. He probably deserves a participate that is probably more dedicated to the game than I am. He deserves a better jock than me.

” I’m not dedicated to the game at all.

” He’s facilitated me a lot, particularly with the training, in training sessions, “but theres” actors out there that are more dedicated, that wishes to get better, that strive to get better every day,[ do the] the one-percenters. I’m not that guy .”

After prevailing an extraordinary 20 from 20 pairs against lower-ranked or unseeded competitives at grand slams, Kyrgios has since lost upset damages at five straight majors.

His tribulations have coincided with the surfacing of a hip injury at last year’s US Open when he withdrew mid-match in the third largest round before the same issue forced him to abandon his Wimbledon campaign.

Kyrgios said his latest shoulder difficulty, which emerged early in the third largest targeted against Millman, came out of the blue.” I have had a ghoulish year at these slams. It doesn’t surprise me ,” he said.

” It’s just the story of my job, certainly. I will have good weeks; I’ll have bad weeks. It’s just a roller-coaster .”

The world No1 7 enjoyed one of his best weeks a fortnight ago when he contacted his first Master 1000 final in Cincinnati.

Now he experiences infuriated.” In Cincinnati, I was not doing anything different. I was possibly less dedicated than I was this week ,” Kyrgios said.

” I was playing basketball at Lifetime Fitness every day for two hours. Like I played an hour of basketball before I played David Ferrer in the semi-final.

” I was going to ice cream, like this Graeter’s place get a milkshake every day. I was less dedicated. And this week I was dedicated, and my shoulder starts hurting. I don’t know .”

Kyrgios’s premature exit follows a first-round loss at Wimbledon and second-round overcomes in Paris and Melbourne.” I don’t know. I don’t know. I hinder telling beings down ,” he said.

Despite his abject regret, Kyrgios said he is my intention to moving forward with plans to lead Australia into battle against Belgium in the Davis Cup semi-finals this month in Brussels.

Meanwhile, Australia’s women continued to fly the flag at Flushing Meadows. A sounding win on Thursday for in-form Daria Gavrilova demonstrated Australia’s women’s their best start to the US Open in more than 30 years.

Gavrilova extended her hardcourt acquiring blotch to six accords with a 6-2, 6-1 rout of Allie Kiick to join Ashleigh Barty, Arina Rodionova and Ajla Tomljanovic as first-round winners.

It’s the first time four Australian girls have changed to the second round at Flushing Meadows since 1986.

Barty afterwards prolonged her breakthrough season with another milestone prevail to dominance into the third round. The resurgent former junior prodigy read off Belarusian Aliaksandra Sasnovich 6-1, 7-6( 9-7) to progress to the final 32 for the first time.

Barty will next play either Slovakian macrocosm No10 Dominika Cibulkova or American Sloane Stephens and is already guaranteed a career-high higher-ranking well inside the world’s top 40.

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