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d999666 · 4 months

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I got tagged by @cerisia76 on this:

Tag 9 people you want to know better

But I don't have anyone to tag! Now that I've been tagged, I'll write it down. (My native language is not English. Grammar or words may be awkward. Please understand.)

3 ships :

Hiccup x Astrid(How to Train Your Dragon/HTTYD)

You don't know how much I love this couple. I was always happy to see this couple from HTTYD 1 to 3, and in the TV show series. In HTTYD 3, they are married and have children. They look great together. I want to draw their fan art someday. (I'm practicing.)

2. D'jok & Tia(Galactik football)

Yes, I know. Tia's love is Rocket.

I like D'jok and Tia's brother-sister relationship. These two people depend on each other. Obviously, these are my favorite characters in Galactik football. The chemistry between these two is crazy.

3. Zuko & Katara(Avatar: The Last Airbender, ATLA)

I'm careful about this couple, because Katara eventually married 'Aang' in the formula. And Zuko married mai. But the tense relationship between the two in the show was interesting.

( I'm supporting any coupling.) It's interesting how Katara forgives zuko, and how zuko makes mistakes and repents. Eventually, get to the fire episode. Katara and zuko became colleagues. At the end, the scene where zuko threw himself for katara to prevent danger is one of the best scenes.

Last song:

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Zac Efron, Zendaya - Rewrite The Stars

It's a song I've been listening to over and over again every day these days. I haven't watched this movie, but I liked the OST, so I put it on my playlist.

Last Movie:

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3

I didn't watch a movie this year. The last movie I saw in the movie theater last year was Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3. It was my favorite series in the Marvel series, and I don't want to think it's over. The members had great chemistry. I know that even if they went different paths, they would get together whenever there was a space crisis.

Currently reading:

Kurusiya no Hitorigoto(The Apothecary Diaries)

Recently, I am reading a novel called The Apothecary Diaries. I liked this book even before it became famous for its animation. Recently, 13 books came out and I am reading it. (The animation is on Netflix exclusively.)

Currently watching:

Delicious in Dungeon

Frieren: Beyond Journey's End

Both animations are on Netflix. I was happy that my favorite works would be animated in 2023 and 2024.

Currently drinking:

I drink americano at work to get rid of my drowsiness. Even if it's cold in the winter, I always drink iced coffee. Coldness and caffeine are the best for driving away sleepiness.

Currently craving:

When I was in college, I couldn't afford to buy animation Merchandise because I was busy working part-time. But now that I start making money, I have some leeway in my life.

I know that I enjoy minor genres (minor fandom).

There are only a few Merchandise that are officially sold.

So I thought, 'If you don't have any, let me make one.' I made a necklace with the names of my favorite characters engraved on it.

I put commission to get the illustration I wanted. (I didn't upload.)

Of course, I draw fan art, but I'm not good at drawing.

Recently, I've been looking for photo cards and doll making.

I want more Merchandise.

#HTTYD #ATLA #galactik football #Guardians of the Galaxy #Kurusiya no Hitorigoto #Delicious in Dungeon #Frieren: Beyond Journey's End #Answers to tags #Youtube

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star-quill · 10 months

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okok hear me out, peter is an international sports star and you’re his wag 🥲

MMMMPH OK OKAY!!!!!!

i feel like he'd def be part of the nhl. his family definitely grew up watching a lot of sports but he was very into watching hockey the most. he was a scrawny kid so his grandpa was always worried about him getting slammed into the wall or falling on the ice when he was practicing but as he got older, he buffed up, got stronger and it hurt less when he fell over or got hit.

now he's famous, and with that came a reputation. he's a flirt, and you were currently on the receiving end of it. it was the end of season, his team just missed out on winning the championship, but they're still throwing a party. the team, their partners, the manager and the rest of the staff were invited. you were a friend to one of the players' partners and she dragged you along. and luckily for peter, you were single.

it didn't take long, or much flirting from his end, for you to give in. you'd been single for a while and to be honest, you were desperate, and peter was hot as fuck. you weren't about to turn him down. he dragged you out the ballroom of the hotel, up to his room and within a minute, you were on his bed, dress discarded on the floor and his large body was now over you, his thighs bent up slightly behind your thighs, his hands beside your head as he kissed your neck.

that night with him turned into more nights, which turned into weeks and eventually turned into him finally asking you out. you knew what would happen if you said yes, all the implications that come with being in a relationship with a sports star, scaring you slightly. but peter was so reassuring.

so you said yes, and now you're at every game, cheering him on and hanging out with all the other wags of the players. you only missed a few games of the season, either due to work or illness. and as the end of season approached, peter's team was on course to win this time—and he's fully convinced it's because of you. every game you missed, the team lost, and every time they won, you were in the stands watching. he kept telling you this, that you were like his lucky charm, or rather, the whole teams lucky charm.

so you promised him from then on out, you'd be at every game so they'd win every game. he just smiled and laughed slightly.

"yeah? every game?"

"mmhm.. every single one.. even if i'm sick.."

peter just smiled, kissed you on the forehead as he grabbed his gear and headed out the changing room, your hand in his as he walked you outside. you both got in his truck once you were in the parking lot and he kept stealing glances whenever he had to stop at a red light. he was so lovesick, it made you blush. and to think, for a second when you met him, you weren't going to give in to his charm. but you wouldn't change it for the world.

#it took me a while to decide on a sport and then yknow #picked the one i know nothing about💀#but soccer/football didn't work for me idk #i know how that one works but idk peter fits nhl the modt #peter quill #peter quill x reader #peter quill drabble #peter quill smut #peter quill fluff #guardians of the galaxy #gotg #✎ peter quill #answered #anon

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magical-boy-bracket · 11 months

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#losers bracket #Poll #Galactic football #Sinedd #rise of the guardians #Jack Frost

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wimbledon2008 · 1 month

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"There will be no double-treble now after Madrid’s victory on penalties. But City still played like champions of Europe for long periods. They took Madrid into a horrible place. These are not footballers accustomed chasing and covering, waiting for the blow to fall. At times it felt as though Real spent the last hour of this game desperately trying to take it to a replay back at their tiny ground with a corrugated roof."

okay. and what if i ripped your head off like a praying mantis? :)

#"[a football match] that Manchester City really didn’t deserve to lose''#okay. but they did :)#TINY GROUND WITH A CORRUGATED ROOF BITCH I'LL KILL YOU #this is what i get for reading the guardian #barney ronay your days are numbered #real madrid #ucl 23/24

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transmechanicus · 3 months

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I think if you used telepathy on a Hive Worm this is all they got goin on up there

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#my stuff #destiny #destiny 2 #i think guardians can take baby hive worms to concerts and hold them in the air like football #it’s so good for them they love it #Youtube

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a-tortured-poet · 5 months

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everyone wants him, that was my crime (he’s a professional athlete who might get traded)

#mlb baseball #baseball #cleveland guardians #sports #football #hockey #soccer #basketball

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hspn · 1 year

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Whether or not he is picked for anything

Guardian reports that Mauricio Pochettino has agreed terms with Chelsea, 5/13:

Me: This photo: I'M HIM.

Brother: That’s a great photo for whether or not he’s picked for anything.

#Mauricio Pochettino #Chelsea FC #Guardian #hair sports #HSPN #soccer #football #sports

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sportsunfolded · 9 months

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#sports #youtube #sportsunfolded #podcast #nba basketball #mlb baseball #nfl football #nhl hockey #nhl #nba #nfl #mlb #nick bosa #matt corral #anthony edwards #cincinnati reds #cleveland guardians #tight ends

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piotr-zielinski · 11 months

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#Atleti admin giving us what we want 🥰#I'm just massively relieved he's back #our guardian Jangel #Jan Oblak #Atleti #Atletico Madrid #football

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i-put-the-ass-into-sass · 1 year

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I think all opponents should kiss after a match

#lesbian #bisexual #football #lgbtq #the guardian

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calciopics · 2 years

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When Megan Rapinoe met Ada Hegerberg: ‘Euro 2022? Everyone was late to the party’

The Ballon d’Or winners come together to discuss England’s Euros triumph, next year’s World Cup and their teams’ sorority

It’s been three years since Olympique Lyonnais acquired a majority stake in Seattle-based NWSL club Reign FC, forging an international sisterhood between women’s clubs unlike any model in professional sports.

The partnership has brought some of the world’s best known players into the same organizational stable, including Lyon’s Ada Hegerberg (who won the Ballon d’Or in 2018) and OL Reign’s Megan Rapinoe (who claimed the trophy in 2019). Ahead of their clubs’ joint US tour, Rapinoe and Hegerberg sat down for an exclusive conversation with the Guardian to discuss their teams’ unique sorority, their impressions of England’s epochal Euro 2022 triumph and their hopes for next year’s World Cup in Australia and New Zealand.

What were your thoughts on Euro 2022 and how it seemed to penetrate English culture, not unlike the 1999 World Cup in the United States?

Megan Rapinoe: My overarching feeling was like, everyone’s late to the party. This is not surprising to me at all. I feel like I’ve known that the level of play was going to be that [high]. I knew that the European teams, especially in the last five years with the rise of the club game, have been sensational. Of course this was going to be how it was going to go. We literally grow gardens out of cement every single time. Tell me one women’s tournament in the last 15 years that hasn’t exceeded expectations. Part of it is like: “Welcome, everybody, to the party. You’re extremely fucking late, but fine.” And I feel proud about that. Ada should feel the same and all the women’s players should feel the same because we did this. We did this. We put this into motion through literally sheer will, while also being the best players in the world.

The way that the English players held themselves in this tournament, they just embraced the moment fully and didn’t fall into the narrative or didn’t allow themselves to be stressed out about it. You could just tell they stepped into themselves. And it’s yet another data point, justification, reason, a clear picture of why investing in women’s football is good business, first and foremost. It’s a proper money-making opportunity.

So I feel so many different emotions. Just being as old as I am, it’s hard not to be jaded by some of this stuff, but progress moves at the speed that it does and I think being able to build on this is huge. And I’m just hoping that all of the main stakeholders can really take a look in the mirror and understand that it’s been them that’s been holding the game back, it’s not been us. I feel incredibly proud. I think all of the supporters should feel incredibly proud. I think this is a total watershed moment, this whole year, going from Champions League to what Barcelona did [setting multiple world attendance records].

While the US women’s national team routinely draws large crowds, the NWSL has failed to capture the same audience. What is the next step for growing the club game in the United States to what we’ve been seeing lately in Europe?

Rapinoe: It has to come from a place of investment. It can’t just be a charity thing. That’s sort of willfully naive at this point. I think we’ve proven time and time again – whether it’s in the club game, in the international game, in friendlies and Euros and Champions League, whatever – it’s good business to invest in women’s football. And it’s also the right thing to do, but I think before it’s the right thing to do, it’s good business. We shouldn’t be trying to copy every single thing that men’s sports has, and I think that’s obviously a really easy trap to fall into. But I think when you actually invest in women’s sports: the energy is there, the culture around it is there, the fandom is there, but if I can’t figure out how to find the [video] stream … nobody is going to watch the game.

So it’s investing around the streaming services, investing around the front offices, investing around the facilities for the players, the stadiums for the players, ticketing, marketing, all of that. That’s the only thing that’s missing. The players and the product on the field have never been missing. It’s just that we’ve been neglected and under-financed and under-invested in forever. Lyon’s a perfect example. Champions of Europe a million times, champions of France a million times. You have that success and now coupling that with maybe a sea change in the culture, especially after the World Cup in France, you’re seeing obviously massive returns. The Euros were just sensational, Champions League this year was absolutely sensational and you’re seeing bigger attendances around the world.

There is this unmistakable sense of momentum coming out of the Euros straight into a World Cup year. Aside from lifting the trophy, what would you most like to see out of next year’s tournament?

Ada Hegerberg: I keep on scratching my head after every big tournament. You have the World Cup, you have the Euros and then we get back to club and then it’s like the whole momentum just fades away. And I think that’s a huge problem. Like I’m a player in Europe, obviously, and I’ve seen what’s been happening here and – it’s like Megan mentioned earlier – every tournament has been a success in terms of interest from your home country, on a world basis, the coverage. You have this insane momentum and then you have all these best players going back to their clubs and it’s like you kind of lose this momentum. And I think it’s a shame.

Dazn did an incredible job with the Champions League this year. You had some pretty powerful coverage. People actually got a good platform to see all of the best games. But the problem is our home leagues, basically. I feel like England, they’re very good at selling their league. They’re very good at marketing their league, but the other leagues, we’ve got to step up. The federations are in control of these leagues and they have a huge job to do in order to lift the whole product, with the clubs obviously, and kind of shake it up a little bit and start selling the leagues, start selling good football matches where you actually have the best players playing every weekend. And that’s the next step, especially in Europe. You have to get the momentum up the whole year round.

Rapinoe: The only thing I would say about the World Cup next year, I would love to see the ball not be dropped. It’s absurd if it’s dropped again. That’s from the major stakeholders. That’s Uefa, that’s the federations, that’s Fifa, that’s Gianni [Infantino], specifically. It’s the Australian federation, everything. We know now that if you invest in this World Cup, it’s going to work. It’s just not even a fucking question. I would love to see people stop saying: Wow, I think we have something here! This is insane if you don’t invest in it. Whether that’s people are producing content or streaming services or sponsors or whatever it is.

It’s like a literal gold mine and I just don’t understand. I mean, I do understand: it’s sexism and patriarchy. The major stakeholders, most all of them are men and white men. Them being able to stand up and say: “You know what, like we got it wrong. We’ve been getting it wrong. We’ve been sexist.” Because that’s really what it is. We haven’t invested despite all of the key metrics pointing that this would be an incredible [return on investment].

You need to invest in the infrastructure around women’s sports, whether that’s streaming, branding, marketing, journalism, all of the things that help prop it up. I mean the men’s game, everybody talks about it all the time. I don’t want to know as much about LeBron James as I do, but I can’t not, because it’s in my face all the time. I’m sure in European football, with Canal+ and BBC Sport and all that, you probably don’t want to know as much about Jack Grealish as you do, but you’re going to anyway, because you can’t get him out of your mind. Stuff like that is really important.

Hegerberg: This kind of coverage will help change the mentalities, will help raise a completely different generation into training different, training smarter, to put the same demands to six-year-old girls that you do with six-year-old boys, for example. I wish that we were taken as seriously as boys when we started playing. And I think that has a huge impact on the level and long term as well, because I think that the game only can get better. The way the girls read the game, technically, we’ve seen that it’s been a huge change in the tempo and physically. Changing mentalities with having better coverage and investment, it will also have a huge impact on the next generation and how they play in 15 years, and I think that’s very important because we’re here to also raise the level year in and year out.

You mention the quality of European sides, Megan. How is the US women’s system planning on keeping up with Europe when they’re so clearly on America’s heels?

Rapinoe: The game is growing exponentially every year. It’s a huge challenge for us. I think the football being played at the Euros was the best football in the world that we’ve seen ever. I don’t think that’s even a question. It’s a huge challenge for us. We do know how to win. We do have a winning culture here. We know what we’re up against. So I think, for me, honestly, it’s exciting. It’s exciting that so many teams are so much better. It’s exciting that the level of competition is what it is. I think that brings out the best in everyone. But yeah, we’ve got a tall order to keep not only obviously our No 1 standing but to keep ourselves world champions. I’m excited for it. I think if you’re not pushed and you’re not challenged and you’re not shitting yourself a little bit, like what’s the point?

(Bryan Armen Graham by The Guardian)

#women's football #Megan Anna Rapinoe #Megan Rapinoe #Ada Hegerberg #The Guardian #Bryan Armen Graham #football #fussball #fußball #foot #fodbod #futbol #futebol #soccer #calcio

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