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seedlessmuffins · 8 months

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aren’t you a new football fan? celebrating like you’ve won the fucking world cup after one arsenal win lmfao. i’m not a city fan but don’t get used to assna wins when you lot lose the league to city again. embarrassing behaviour

hi anon! let's clear the air, yeah?

first of all, yes! i am a new football fan, i just started watching seriously after the world cup, and i am also a new arsenal fan. however, i still care very deeply about the sport and my team's successes in said sport! that is what being a fan is all about <3 just because i didn't grow up watching european football doesn't mean that i have less of a right to enjoy it then you do! also, it is the most popular sport in the world with billions and billions of fans globally, and out of the entire sport, the english premier league is the most viewed league in the world. of football, but also of any sport. so you can't really gatekeep it, sorry!

second of all, i'm aware that this was only a regular matchweek, not the world cup. but there are two important caveats to that those being:

who we were playing

and

the fashion in which we won

for who we were playing, it's not a secret that outside of the spurs and the north london derby, manchester united is one of arsenal's biggest rivals and has been since the start of the premier league when they were competing against each other for titles and trophies. i won't go into premier league history with you, i am just a new fan who knows nothing after all, but you should know that beating a rival is always exciting, especially when you are competing against them for points and jockeying for the title to compete with man city. every win is important, and winning is better when it is against a historical rival team.

for the fashion in which we won, it was a close game until the very end. rashford scoring in the 27th minute, and odegaard answering back 35 seconds later. the teams were trading chances and possession, there were good chances and var calls that went either way, it was a close game where the teams were fighting hard. and then, in the 95th minute, rice scores an absolute screamer and it was truly scenes at the emirates. gabi jesus caps it off with a 101st minute beaut, and arsenal win the game. winning in the last 3 minutes of regulation time, with a bonus goal over 100 minutes into the game is exciting! it was thrilling to watch, and seeing a team that i support win that emphatically in that dramatic of a manner was so much fun. its an exciting thing to watch and its ok to be excited when there's a win like that!

it also isn't just one win, this has just been our best win this season (imo)! we have only played four games, and we have won three and drawn one. so that is three wins actually, i am just celebrating this one the most, again, because of who we won against, how we won, and how we played to secure the win.

if the bit about "not getting used to arsenal wins" (i don't think you can call them assna when they came second in the premier league last season, and this season they haven't lost and they're in the champions league, right? but what do i know i'm just a new footy fan <3) is about the post where i said i forgot how good it feels to watch my team win, i don't think you understand what i have been through in the past 12 years as a sports fan. my hockey team has been on a losing streak almost this whole time, and we have been one of the flops of the league for awhile. just take a look at these gorgeous statistics from my favourite hockey team (that i have been a fan of since i was two, thank you very much)

do you want to talk losing? i know about losing. i know about losing for a long time, in an embarrassing manner. if you want more examples from football, from january to april 2023 i watched psg play every week. that was embarrassing losing in football for real. i might be new to football but i'm not new to sports, and i have to be perfectly honest: coming second is not losing. and what happened today wasn't a loss at all! in fact, it was the opposite! it was a win!

idk about losing the league to manchester city, it seems to me that arsenal has a good system with talented players that can ball out. we will see what comes, as the season is long and there are many other competitions for arsenal to compete in, but i have faith in the gunners and i believe that they can win! (and ill let you in on a little secret: that's what being a fan is all about <3)

i'm not sure if the embarrassing behaviour at the end is for my behaviour or arsenal's behaviour, however i am not being embarrassing, i am just being a fan, and arsenal certainly wasn't embarrassing with their performance today. idk what you're seeing, but bestie i think you might be blind <3

thanks for coming into my inbox anon, hope this cleared everything up for you! next time, let's let people enjoy things yeah? i try my best to be positive on here, i'm hardly ever a hater and i like to spread joy. why don't you take some of that energy alright? alright. hope you enjoyed your stay <3

ps: arsenal definitely are winning the world cup :)

#anon asks #well this wasn't what i was expecting but here we are #truly don't understand hate anons like let people enjoy things damn.#also idk why you're so defensive of it you're definitely a city fan lmao

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stocious · 10 months

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15 questions, 15 mutuals!

got tagged by @squidyyy23, @milkmaidovich, @shinygalaxyperson, @mikhailoisbaby, @creepkinginc, @harrowhark-a-vagrant, @surviving-maybe and @auds-and-evens, holy shit i love all of you thank you so much 🖤

Were you named after anyone? no i was gonna ba named anna, but when i came out "i just looked like a [redacted]" so here i am.

When was the last time you cried? you know what, i am way overdue for a good cry, aka i don't even remember.

Do you have kids? nay.

Do you use sarcasm a lot? nay.

Whats the first thing you notice about people? probably style/vibe.

What’s your eye color? blue.

Scary movies or happy endings? idunno, it depends on the mood i guess. but maybe more happy endings.

Any special talents? uhm... i don't even know. buying shoes i never wear 🤷‍♀️

Where were you born? sweden 🫡

What are your hobbies? reading, i try to write, i don't really do much.

Have any pets? no, my cat died and i'm talking myself outta getting another one every day.

What sports do you play/have you played? my dude i was a horse girl in my youth, there was no time for anything else. i think we had like 12 at one point between my and my mom. i had to beg for a day off from scooping shit and feedings. 🐎

How tall are you? 160 cm whatever that is in american.

Favorite subject in school? english and social studies.

Dream job? i wanted to be a vet, author, journalist, jockey (hah, horse girl), front and back end coder, all of the things but i'm pretty happy with my blue collar job. it fits me.

i'm late as usual so if you've already been tagged or don't feel like doing it, this is just me saying hi (hi! 🖤): @energievie @mmmichyyy @crossmydna @transmickey @ian-galagher @jademickian @juliakayyy @rereadanon @softmick @swiftfootedachilles @ardent-fox @callivich @jackdanielsxorangejuice @suzy-queued @chicanomick 🖤

#tag games

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sineala · 1 year

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Were you to do a Steve/Tony Sports AU, what sport would you pick? And would they be teammates, rival competitors, player & some kind of staff or media personal or something?

Or if not sports, do you have any favorite AU occupations for the, like chefs or teachers or something?

Thank you for giving me the excuse to post my amazing idea, "AvX But It's Baseball Instead Of Punching" which has been sitting in my random snippets doc for two years: AVX BUT IT'S BASEBALL INSTEAD OF PUNCHING: Tony: Wait, Colossus is pitching? How many people did you say we got to veto on the other team because of unfair powers? Scott: We used both of ours on Wanda and Strange. You get one more if you're still saying no to Emma. Steve: Okay. Still hanging onto that veto, then. Piotr: Da. I pitch. Logan: Fastball special, bub. Tony, spluttering: Whose team are you on, anyway? Tony, suspiciously: …whose team are you on, anyway? Tony: Oh, goddammit. Steve: Next? Scott: Nightcrawler. Steve: Hmm. You can keep him. Tony: Oh, come on. Steve. Steve. You want to win, right? The guy is basically a free base hit whenever he's up. Steve: Yeah, but he has to get a hit first. Tony: And who's our starting pitcher, then? Steve: Pietro. Scott: I'd like to take back that veto on Strange. Steve, cheerfully: No. So as far as I'm concerned, it absolutely has to be a baseball AU. Because Steve loves baseball. But I also feel like it would be much more interesting if they all still had their powers -- and we know in fact that there is canonically Avengers baseball, which is why I love Avengers Annual #15. (You will note that Steve is the pitcher for the East Coast team; Jan is catching him.)

I feel like baseball-with-powers fic would also be fun because you have to balance "characters whose powers would make them unfairly good at baseball" with "characters who have some idea how to play baseball" and as you can see from Avengers Annual #15 there, some of the characters who would be good at baseball also do not have much experience with the rules of baseball. Like, Steve is not The Strongest but he probably has a better chance at being a good pitcher than most of the Avengers who are stronger than him, since he has more baseball experience than most of them, daily experience throwing things, and also very good aim. I feel like he's probably actually a sidearm pitcher just from sheer muscle memory alone. I have probably thought too much about this.

Anyway, whether or not it's a full AU, given the affection that actual baseball fandom clearly has for batterymates (I feel like the fact that the term "batterymates" exists is a big tip-off), pitcher/catcher is the easy option because watching a really good battery is mesmerizing. (Last year's All-Star Game, where they routinely mic up some of the players, had Cortes and Trevino, who were on the AL team and are Yankees teammates the rest of the year so they already have experience together -- anyway, they were both on mic for an entire inning working together, which was really neat to watch.)

However, it almost seems too easy, so, you know. I would have to think about it. Pitcher/pitcher and catcher/catcher has potential -- and, say, outfielders would be an interesting pick just because it'd be different. I suppose "rivals" also has potential, provided they're divisional or historical rivals getting to play a lot and in that case they both gotta be infielders just so they can have emotional conversations when someone gets a base hit.

Oh! I also have a very meticulously planned (I mean, half-planned but it's the thought that counts) AU in which Steve and Tony are both involved in 1930s Thoroughbred racing. Because this is one of the few professions where pre-serum Steve's physique is (probably) an asset and also he would enjoy a job that is basically "go really fast and possibly die." Tony is an owner/trainer and Steve is one of his jockeys and together they're gonna win the Triple Crown. Steve will be riding Tony's horses (and also eventually Tony).

I must confess that I started planning it out solely because I had the idea that Tony could name his horses the same names as all the armors he designed in 616 and then it occurred to me that "War Machine" would 100% be an appropriate horse name in that era. Yes, I do think I'm hilarious.

#replies #visitant-dispatch

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lumiereandcogsworth · 25 days

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that baseball ask you sent (which I'm answering rn :3) made me wonder if Belle or Adam or any of their kiddos ever play sports? or enjoy any? 👁️

FUN QUESTION YAY!!! i am going to divide it between canon and modern au because i think about BOTH.

CANON:

adam: he… does not like exercise at all. he got teased a lot as young lad for preferring to sit in the shade (or inside) and read during recreational time, rather than joining the other boys in activities. now, i did a bit of digging, and actually at this point in time, france wasn’t a very sporty place. they were much more into the ✨intellectualism✨ of it all. and sports were rough and grimy. blegh! even still, the upper class (i.e. where Prince Adam would be hanging, if you can believe it) had lots of tennis, fencing, and equestrian things. i think adam liked Watching equestrian races/obstacle courses/polo matches, (and probably(definitely) developed crushes on some jockeys) but wasn’t super interested in Doing those things. he preferred to just ride horses freely, not so much for challenge’s sake. but he loves horses a lot so watching them was fun for him :3 anyway, he hated tennis because there’s way too much running and coordination involved and you’re usually just standing directly in the sun. disgusting. even if it was indoors it’s too SWEATYYY. BUT! i do think he enjoyed fencing a lot! he sees it as less exerting (though it is) and more of an art form to master. and he was pretty good at it! which was a nice confidence boost. i have a fic that’s a few years old but it’s when adam & belle are still courting and they FENCE!! it’s incredibly adorable. here it is

belle: ACTIVE ADVENTURE GIRL WHO RAN LIKE A MILE AFTER GASTON PROPOSED TO HER????? hell yeah she sports. like i said though, “sports” weren’t much of a thing. and especially since she didn’t have any friends to play with :( BUT i absolutely think that her and maurice would toss/kick a ball back and forth of SOME kind. you can’t convince me otherwise. she always wanted to be outside!! and maurice was with her much of the time!! so i think they played catch. i also hc that he taught her how to swim in the river that flows past the village, and i think she’d enjoy swimming A LOT. when she learns about mermaids she loses her freaking mind and wishes on stars to become one. but anyway, she was as sporty as a french 18th century village girl could be!! she climbed trees constantly (definitely has lots of little scars like giselle!!) and loved to RUN ! she just had (and still has) So Much Energy. she also just made up a lot of silly games that requires running between trees and making her own obstacle courses. and as an adult, as QUEEN! i think she enjoys tennis and plays with either her kiddos or her ladies in waiting. (or just anyone. i could see her being like “hello sir we need to figure out this business thing. shall we discuss over a game of tennis?” and he’s just like ??? okay ?? your majesty ???????)

renée: SPEAKING OF ENERGY! little renée is just like her mama. loves running and jumping and climbing!!!! but a major difference is they grew up in entirely different stations!! when renée grows older she gets REALLY into polo and maybe even equestrian obstacle courses - though idk the policies on women doing that stuff at that point >:/ but she’s the princess royal so fuck you. anyway she also enjoyed fencing and tennis when she went to university. (i don’t think she was super good at either of them but… she does her best) she’s just such a horse girl !! so that’s where she shined. (her & adam sometimes go to horse races/shows together,,, bonding time. i’m sure belle joins a lot too but she’s BUSY and adam is more willing to play hooky from work, lmao)

juliette: not really a sports girlie. she loves running around and playing with her siblings !! but she wasn’t as brave in terms of climbing trees, and she was afraid of horses until she was like, 8 (and even then, she’d only ride with adam or belle). i think her favorite way to be active is either going on walks or swimming :)

maurice: little reecy is much like his mama too, just chaos and running and climbing. he has fun swimming too. he also likes to WRESTLE even though he’s not all that muscular. he and his best friend xavier, since they were toddlers, simply attack each other for fun. (maurice also likes picking play fights with adam, and adam’s always like sON PLEASE— but maurice has already tackled him onto the bed or sofa adjskd) anyway i think it would be so funny if he just absolutely DOMINATED in tennis when he goes to university. like just an absolute legend. they put his name on the plaque in the trophy hall and everything. and what’s so annoying is he doesn’t even care about it that much. he’s just having fun and making friends. he’s one of those people that is naturally good at a lot of things… very annoying but he’s so charming and sweet that you don’t even care 😮‍💨

(oh and, obviously, all the kids are WELL verses in many many many different dances. just comes with the 18th century royal territory ✨ they all took classes and they all enjoyed it to varying degrees!)

okay, MODERN AU!

adam: once again, sports were not his vibe. PE class was a damn nightmare for every possible reason. later on when he’s with belle, she Tries to take him on runs or at least to do some yoga or something. and he just hates it man😭 “why must you TORTURE ME” but then it always bites him in the ass later because he’ll be groaning from aging and being randomly sore and belle’s like “if only you stretched!😌☕️” and he’s just like 😒

belle: sooo sporty as a kid, i can’t even decide if she had a favorite. soccer basketball softball volleyball track cross country tennis lacrosse swim team ?? i think she’d enjoy basketball and soccer most, just because they’re the most stimulating and active. but she really did enjoy trying all of them!!! i think cross country was also lovely for her bc she could just run and THINK! in college she probably took a lot of fitness classes (i took kickboxing and spin, which she Definitely would too) and just be at the rec center as much as she could (which unfortunately wouldn’t be much, since she was doing two majors and So Busy). and as an adult she probably is always doing some kind of fitness class, as well as going to gyms to swim! and going on runs when the weather is nice (the runs make adam uneasy because WHAT IF SOMEONE KIDNAPS YOU!!!! so she’s like 🙄 and turns on location on her phone so he can check if it’s been Too Long. also he makes her carry pepper spray. the man worries Okay) anyway she’s always doin somethin <3

renée: again, like belle, she tried lots of sports!! not as many as her mama, but lots. she also did dance/ballet for many years. like from toddler age to maybe 10 or 11 or so. and that took a lot of her time, but she still somehow found a way to try other sports too. i think of the ones she tried she probably liked volleyball the most. and it’s the only one she did in high school. (she focused more on academic stuff anyway, so one sport was satisfactory). she’s still a horsegirl in modern au though and, given their financial capabilities, she probably did horse stuff on the side like polo. i think she always wanted her own horse but it was never realistic, she focused more on other things and couldn’t devote her time to it. but she definitely complained about it A LOT when she was younger. looking back as an adult though she’s glad she didn’t Have A Horse to care for still. she had her favorites at the ranch she’d go to and that was good enough!

juliette: still not a sports girlie! lmao. PE was Also a damn nightmare 😭 but she did ballet with renée for a handful of years as well, and i think she liked taking swim classes, so adam & belle found some kind of swim team club thing for her to join that was less intense than school competitions. (which Really helped her get a tad better at socializing !! but still always a struggle for her 😞) anyway i think she still swims sometimes in college, but is much more focused on school and being in the orchestra (we got a violin prodigy over here!!!!) so it’s less and less. but as an adult she walks and such. whenever her & renée can meet and catch up, they go on long walks together :”3 and sometimes horseback riding !

maurice: okay reecy ALSO did ballet as a kid, just like his sisters, but he only did it a few years because he got Really Into Baseball !!!!! so he traded his dancing shoes for CLEATS! i think he did other sports too, soccer, track, maybe even tennis to be reminiscent of his 18th century counterpart, but baseball is his love. he may even play in college, perhaps! as an adult i can totally see him being the baseball couch for his nieces/nephews/kids later on. i think he’d enjoy that a lot :”3 AND he’d also be really into hiking. he’d wanna be all “into the wild” and go on a solo hike somewhere lesser known but adam 1000% forbid it. “that boy was an idiot. you’re not doing that.” and maurice says “DAD! don’t speak ill of the DEAD!” and adam goes “my point entirely😮‍💨” but anyway reece obeys and only goes on hikes with groups of friends and in Relatively Known Areas🙄. he even drags his family on a hike every now and then when they’re all adults! only belle and his partner eloise really enjoy it with him 💔 reecy & belle prob do (VERY CUTE) mother-son hikes sometimes though!!!!!🥹

#EEEEEEEEEEE :)))))#sorry i talked so much but AH!#i couldn’t Not include modern au. i think about that universe A Lot #anyway thank you🥰🥰🥰#alex tag #answered #batb 2017 #batb headcanons #adelle #modern au adelle #oc writing #adam #belle #renée #juliette #maurice

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flannelepicurean · 7 months

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over 9k boyfie getaway shenanigans

i like to think that once vegeta & goku make the whole "yeah, we bone now, get over it," into an extremely "these two extremely extra af idiots" boyfies situation, they stop just holding hands for instant transmission, and it becomes a combination olympic sport and vaudeville act.

it always involves leaping, that's just REQUIRED.

vegeta jumping into goku's arms like an indignant cat and flipping off their opponents (some karens and the manager at applebee's) with an imperious grin while his over 9k boyfie BLOOPs them outta there.

vegeta leaping onto goku's back like a chocobo jockey and goku takes a running start before disappearing in a flash, because it just works better when they do it that way, it's a fact, they've tested this.

vegeta struggling to read the paper because he really needs to upgrade his granny glasses but he's got too much saiyan pride to go do it himself and bulma's still mad about that thing at applebee's, and goku comes barreling through shouting, "BABE WE GOTTA CHEESE IT," so he just leaps up to get snagged under goku's arm as he runs past and they baseball slide around the nearest corner and BLOOP, gone.

they also have a gazillion variations on the "fastball special" combat maneuver that make them INSUFFERABLE opponents. the most powerful beings in several universes just...stop. they're like, "dude, i can't with this bullshit, if he swings that fucking gremlin at me one more time i'm gonna lose it, they won't stop giggling, and i think they've been on the internet, but neither one of them knows how to use any of those words right, i'd heard rumors about their power, and i thought, i just thought, but godDAMN, it's just not worth it, this place is fucking weird..."

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unholyhelbig · 2 years

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Ronancetober Day #9: Free Day

[A/N: This feels weird, posting in November, holy shit, how is it November? I'm determined to finish this eventually!]

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Summary: Robin is a late-night radio host and has continuous encounters with a mystery caller that seems to have an affinity for her.

“And that concludes my night with you,” Steve Harrington growled into the microphone, his lips barely touching the spongy cover that kept the background noise to a low. “Now, I know it’s tragic that I’m departing on this lovely January night, but this only means one thing. Miss Robin Buckley will be bringing you the best music from Midnight to four am, Eastern Standard time.”

She watched him from behind the studio's glass, and watched Dustin push the sliders every which way to make sure Steve’s voice sounded good to all the late-night travelers, the diners that were open twenty-four hours. Robin was on a different schedule than the rest of the world. She liked the quiet of being a disc jockey in the deep uncanny hours.

Steve had a strong voice, but Robin had a soothing one. While he was better for sports coverage and pop culture, she carried a show that put her psychology degree to use. She’d answer calls and solve problems in the middle of the night. She mainly spoke with travelers, or people working the graveyard shift along with her.

He pulled the headphones from his ears and let them fall to the desk before he ruffled his hair and gave Robin an excited wave. She waited until Dustin have her a thumbs-up before she opened the door to the studio. She’d get settled in, and brew a new pot of coffee. It was easy for her to work the controls on her own until her intern was there to take over an hour or so into the broadcast.

Steve quickly shoved his belongings into his backpack. “I have a fantasy football league to get to that is already peeved that I’ve taken so long to get there.”

“Go, go” She shooed him “get out of my sight.”

“Wait,”

Steve hugged his backpack to his chest, narrowing his eyes. Robin felt her heart against the inside of her ribcage. She thought she had gotten away with having the same conversation she had with Steve every single time they switched shifts. Dustin peered over the rims of his glasses, a dorky grin on his face.

She groaned before he got another word out and flopped down in the comfortable leather chair. It used to squeak before they had the budget to get a new one. The station had come a long way, yet she still had to search between songs for the right cassette tape to hook up. They had downloaded hundreds of singular songs and had a decimal system that Robin had conjured in order to run through the days unbothered.

“Caller number nine?”

“Are you telling me you don’t listen to my show, Steve?”

“I sleep through your show like half of Hawkins. Has she called?”

“No, she hasn’t. And I’d appreciate it if you’d stop meddling in my love life.”

“So, you admit you have a love life?”

She threw a rubber band ball at him. He dodged it expertly and grinned. Caller Number Nine had a beautiful voice that made Robin wish she worked at the same station she did. Instead, she had gathered that Caller Number Nine was an aspiring doctor. Caller Number Nine had clinical's at Hawkins Memorial and tuned into her show as she completed charts in the quieter part of the Hospital.

She’d first called in months ago. Her voice was raspy and alluring and she was answering a question that Robin proposed: What is the weirdest, most unbelievable thing that’s happened on the job?

Caller Number Nine was charismatic. She had explained that while she usually sticks with just listening to the show, she couldn’t hold her tongue this time. They came to the conclusion that people were weird. People stuck things where they weren’t intended to go and it was usually the clinical students that had to remove them.

Robin could talk to Caller Number Nine forever, she wanted to, but the callboard was lighting up and Max tapped on the glass with a stressed gesture. Robin had to move on. She couldn’t focus on the truck driver’s story about a deer with an extra set of ears, or the convenience store worker who claimed that some of the candy bars in the second aisle went missing due to ghostly forces.

Caller Number Nine had called back three times since then. There wasn’t a pattern, but Robin had been significantly wooed by this mysterious woman. It had been close to a month since their last encounter, and Steve had badgered her about it every day since.

“Come on, Robbie, this is exciting!” he waved his hands around erratically “use this to your advantage.”

“Out!”

She stood and shoved Steve from the studio and watched as he mouthed something through the window, making a phone with his hand and wiggling it. Dustin made sure she was set up and gave her a thumbs up before she gave a less aggressive goodbye to him.

Robin took a deep breath before the pre-set songs that Steve had scheduled faded to an end. She felt at home in the little studio, warm and comfortable as she moved close to the microphone.

“Alright, while Steve is one of my favorite sources of entertainment, it’s time to tone it down for the night. I’m Robin Buckley and I’ll be taking over your airwaves until the crack of dawn. As always, if you have anything you want to get off your chest, give us a call at 888-HAWKINS.”

Robin slipped Cemetery Gates by the Smiths onto the docket and let the beginning of the song fill her ears before she pulled the headphones around her neck and let out a smooth sigh. It was another three minutes before she got the mic again.

“It seems like a frigid one tonight, folks. Hopefully, everyone out there has someone to keep them warm on a cold night like this one. I, for one, have been frozen to the core. But that doesn’t mean I don’t have great romantic advice, remember, call 888-HAWKINS to get some free relationship therapy. Can I legally say that?”

The small red blinking light on the switchboard lit up a like a Christmas tree. It usually took a few more songs for the general public to gain enough confidence to pick up the phone. She smiled to herself, trying not to lean into the excitement for too long.

“Congratulations, you are the first caller of the night. What kind of romantic turmoil can I help you through tonight?”

There was a small laugh that made Robin’s palms moisten. “I don’t think there’s much help for me, honestly.”

“No? I think there’s redemption in every aspect of life.”

Welcome Back, Caller Number Nine.

“Not for me.” There was a sigh that moved through the receiver. “Promise not to tell a soul if I disclose this information?”

“Well…we are on air.”

“Right, right. I meant everyone not tuned in right now.”

Robin knew what she meant. Every time she got a call from Number Nine, she felt like they were the only two people in the world. She wanted nothing more than to stare into this girls eyes, to pull her close and sooth her worries. It was overwhelmingly clingy of her to have these feelings for a stranger with a raspy and tender voice.

“The floor is all yours.”

“There’s this guy, he works on my floor at the hospital. He’s a nice guy, really. But he’s not the one that I’m interested in. I’m not trying to lead him on but sometimes it’s inevitable.”

“Oh,” Robin drew in a breath, “Well, that one's easy. Just tell him you’re interested in someone else, and you’d prefer to be friends.”

“I thought of that. I’ve given it a shot, very directly, mind you. But now he wants to know who it is I’m interested in, and I can’t tell him that.”

Robin leaned forward and wrapped the headphone chord around her hand. “Is it his best friend? I have been there, trust me.”

“No, not his best friend. I just don’t know how to tell him that the person I really want to get to know is someone I’ve never seen before. Unless you count the billboard on I-80.”

Robin was quiet for a moment, letting her brain process the information. She had a billboard on I-80. One that she had hemmed and hauled about for a good three days before the studio head threatened her contract if she didn’t pose nicely next to Steve for promotional material.

“Did I lose you?” Caller Number Nine asked, timidly.

“No, I’m here.” Robin rushed “I just don’t know what to say.”

“Wow, I silenced the woman whose job it is to talk.”

“You certainly did.”

“You know where to find me.” She replied.

The line went dead, and it took Robin a few more moments to regain her composure. Part of her forgot that she was on air until Max stumbled into the production booth with wide eyes and mouthed apologies for being late. Traffic meant she had heard exactly what Robin had just said on air.

She cleared her throat. “Right, well, Caller Number Nine certainly had a lot to say tonight. We’re going to take a little break to hear some words from our sponsors. Hang tight, late-night listeners, I’ll be back to answer more questions and bring you 1986’s greatest’s hits.”

She muted herself, the start of an advertisement for a local feed store echoed in her headphones right before she removed them. She had three minutes to vomit, to cry, or to collect herself. Instead, she worked her hand through her hair and tried to calculate how long it would take her to get to Hawkins Memorial hospital after her shift.

#Ronancetober #Ronancetober Day 9 #Robin Buckley #Nancy Wheeler #Ronance #Stranger Things #Stranger things fanfiction

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pinesfamilyguidetotheweird · 1 month

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Fragmented AU -- Gravity Falls Secondary School

Yes. I know that Gravity Falls has shown to have a high school in DaMvtF, but it was only shown once and that was for this episode and was generally used as a plot device to shaken Mabel's view of the future. Soooo, creative liberties.

Plus, when considering that Gravity Falls doesn't have a big population (like, nowhere near 1000; I just picked 618...for reasons), towns with a small population tends to merge their middle and high schools, both being considered secondary schools.

At this school, the grades go from 7th to 12th. 7th to 9th graders are junior students while 10th to 12th graders are senior students.

While GFSS is located in/near Gravity Falls, it also provides schooling for nearby towns of Roadkill county, such as Aurora Valley (its based off Wartwood from Amphibia and it is canon that its population is at the tail end of 80).

It's current principal is Andrias Levi and its current vice principal is Olivia Dame. It's main coach is a woman named Yunan Longclaw, Olivia's wife.

Its not the only school in Roadkill county, but it is cheap compared to a school in Stella Heights.

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School Colors

Dark Pines Green

Midnight Ocean Blue

Dark Amaranth Purple

Rust

Enrollment

360 students

10 from Aurora Valley

26 from Bones Springs

72 from Stella Heights

152 from Gravity Falls

Sports

Rugby (since the Owl House had Grugby)

Golf

Track

Swim

Basketball

Mascot

The Jackalope Jockey.

I know that the high school had the Fighting Beaver as the mascot, but (reasons above).

I envisioned a large, horse-sized Jackalope being ridin' by some guy (perhaps Nathaniel Northwest before possibly changing to Quentin Trembly)

Other

I originally thought about incorporating uniforms, but then I'm like 'nah'. There is a merch store and the students do have gym uniforms.

#gravity falls #fragmented au

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artdecosupernova-writing · 1 year

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15 OC Questions

Thanks for the tag, @druidx! I, too, used a randomizer for this, and the wheel told me I should have Guetry answer...so here we are lmao

tagging @drippingmoon, @sleepy-night-child, @ashen-crest, @zmwrites, @oh-no-another-idea, and @pertinax--loculos to do this too! no pressure, obvs.

▽ Guetry Danon Sympa —

Are you named after anyone?

Nope. Well...actually, I think Danon comes from a great-great-great grandfather on my dad's side. Yeah. Danny Sympa—the founder of our vineyard, actually—was Danon, I believe. My mom came up with Guetry because she liked it.

When was the last time you cried?

I don't cry that often, believe it or not. But I think the last time I really let loose was after watching that stupid movie Alec made me watch about the twins that died on separate planets. Something about twins, man, I've got, like, a soft spot for them or something, I swear.

Do you have kids?

...I don't think I'm cut out to be a dad. A good dad, anyway. I've got too much baggage. What with everything I went through with my mom, and being an addict, and the fact that I could barely keep my poor sisters sane as they grew up, I dunno. I'm just not made of strong enough stuff.

Do you use sarcasm?

I think I'm allergic. [sniffs]

What's the first thing you notice about people?

The way they look at anything. People, things in front of them, me, anything. I can tell a lot by the way someone looks at, say, a sandwich. If you're looking at it like it's the best fucking part of your day, you're honestly so cool and maybe a little sexy.

What's your eye color?

Blue. I tried to have a color-changing procedure at the hospital after Scotty was put into my head, but the doc was not receptive to the idea. I said why the fuck not? All I can see half the time is purple anyway, why not portray that outwardly? They said no. And then they stuck me with a six-point-five-billion-credit bill and bullied me until I cried. Ah, that was the last time I cried. [laughs]

Scary movies or happy endings?

Hear me out...a scary movie with a happy ending. Turns out nobody actually dies and the blood-sucking murder clown was really the friends we made along the way.

Any special talents?

Yeah, but I can't talk about them in mixed company.

Where were you born?

Somewhere on the outskirts of The Void.

...Okay, Texas. I was born in Texas.

What are your hobbies?

Well, I've got a band to help maintain. That's Skywaste; I'm the guitarist/keyboardist/digital jockey and also a vocalist, and Alec is the other vocalist and the drummer. I don't really have any other hobbies as being a galactic superstar and an agent for the Consortium take up literally all of my time.

Have you any pets?

Nah. Unless you count the AI in my brain. [Guetry's tattoo and temple flash. He smiles.] Apparently he does not.

What sports do you play/have played?

I tried baseball for a second when I was in school, and that ended quite abruptly when I got pissed off at the pitcher and beaned the ball at his face.

How tall are you?

Six-foot-three, last time I checked. Though I have a pair of boots that get me closer to six-five, six-six. A friend made me try on her heels from her job once and I was near six-nine...the fact that I ate that look didn't scare me so much as just being so high up I had my own cloud system around my head.

Favorite subject in school?

Math. It's weird. Can't do math for shit, but I really enjoyed it.

Dream job?

I'd say I'm doing it now, but that's not entirely true. If I could retire from the 'Sort and just do music full-time, that would be the dream. As it stands now...I'll be lucky if I can squeeze out a week of retirement from their clutches before I ultimately kick the bucket at a hundred years old or something. [laughs]

#tag game #profile: Guetry #Darkspace Portent #WASTE

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Hey I saw your post about being plus size and solidarity with trans people, and I’ve had great luck bra-wise with the jockey brand. No underwire, structured more like a bralette, and cups that aren’t meant to fit over the whole breast so your boob size isn’t as important as your shirt size. Incredibly comfortable and affordable. I get mine at target

I actually tried out Jockey and they're really good! The only thing for me is that the band kept rolling up and making it way too tight around my chest :( I have had a lot of luck with Fruit of the Loom surprisingly! They have those sports bra/ bralette kind of bras with a band size of 44 and slots for inserts! Plus they're super comfy and come in packs of multiples. Tbh I'm considering investing in some inserts and might switch completely from overpriced torrid bras haha

https://www.fruit.com/fruit-of-the-loom/women/bras/sport/womens-tank-style-sports-bra-3-pack/9012.html

Their tank style sports bras (above) go up to band size 46 as well as their plus size specific bras! Looks like the lowest size they go for plus size underwire bras are c cups but tbh depending on the bra it can work for a lot of ppl!

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❝ Not a chance, ❞ Guts sharply affirmed. ❝ Like I said, it's probably just a prank. ❞ He tried to believe that it was a stupid joke but Envy's indefatigable gaze, the silence outside the bedroom door swiftly buried that thought. After all, pranks usually were followed by loud laughter or something stupidly ridiculous meant to go viral on the internet — none of it. The hallway was quiet outside, devoid of the anticipated howling of desperate swingers, raging hormones and drunken rejects bound to fail college.

A long, very long, and possibly overdue sigh slipped past his scowl. This was meant to be a memorable night for the two of them, an opportunity to possibly even lose his virginity. It couldn't be helped, so he guessed, ❝ Fine, stay here for a sec'. ❞ One very simple fact Guts knew ever since he'd joined the campus was the following: once Envy made up his stubborn mind, no one could change the trajectory of his actions.

Guts took a moment to slip away from Envy's cold grasp and ventured deeper into the room. Every sports fan kept something trendy, and for our jockey, it was an aluminum baseball bat stashed under the bed. Nothing fancy, but sturdy enough to knock some sense into someone's head if necessary. He swung it once, twice, feeling his fingers grip at it tightly, ready for whatever might come their way.

❝ I'm ready. ❞ With one final powerful swing, Guts effortlessly rested the bat on his broad shoulder, casually glancing over at Envy.

continued from here | @s-talking

#s-talking #& — 𝒊 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓 𝒊𝒕 #𝒈𝒓𝒐𝒘𝒊𝒏𝒈 #𝒑𝒖𝒍𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒃𝒆𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒔 ( v : obscure )#that's right #i came back to get this ball rolling because this is a roleplay i don't want to be missing #i missed your boi and his shenanigans

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if applicable, do they have a favorite sport? do they play any sports or prefer to watch?

Eld leaned on the fence as he watched the pack of horses fly by down the track, dirt and mud churning beneath hoof as the beasts flew forth. His hands rubbed together absently as he watched their jockeys kick heel and cry out for speed in the initial take off.

He'd never done it himself, but there was something to watching the combination of man and beast in the few moments of precision as they charged. War had been the only race he'd ever flown in on a horse, and that didn't come with any other prize than your life.

"Beautiful ain't they?" Grinned a thick Kul Tiran man as he held his tickets watching the horses round the bend. "Got a pretty purse on the line fer that Firecracker. Who yer money on, mate?"

Eld shook his head as he looked back to the race. "I'm just here for the air."

@phyghyver

#ask answered #eldridge candell #sports #horse racing #order of embers #witch hunter #world of warcraft #wyrmrest accord #moon guard #roleplay

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a-student-out-of-time · 1 year

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Any theories on what the main topic will be in the class trial this coming episode?

//I'm sure the top priority here is going to be figuring out whose secret is whose, which will inform everyone's actions

//As a reminder, here's the secrets:

//The information we do have:

CONFIRMED SECRETS:

J is Julia Rosales

Arei framed her sisters and got them sent to reform school

Charles' brother is dead and he doesn't remember him

Nico is nonbinary and was mocked for it

Rose buried her family under a mountain of debt by accident

Given that Xander and Min aren't part of the game anymore, and their secrets were included just as a precaution by MonoTV, theirs are probably just swapped, which fits with both their backstories

ADDITIONAL DETAILS

Arei's known from the start who among the group is a remorseless murderer, which will likely inform her actions in this chapter

Eden accidentally confirmed to Teruko that her secret-holder uses he/him pronouns, so there's only five people in the group it could be. She also met with Arei after the playground scene and clearly knows something's up

Hu's secret is something she wants to wait as long as possible to admit. That could mean something very bad, or it could be something she's just very embarrassed or ashamed of

David's secret- his "family history of depression"- was a lie, and he clearly doesn't want to talk to Teruko about anything

MOST LIKELY SECRET-HOLDERS (MY GUESSES):

Given that he spoke so highly of her, and that his hidden quote is about idolizing the dead, Whit's secret is likely that she's gone and he always omits the truth

Veronika, with her unorthodox talent and her admission that she does what she does because she gets bored very easily, seems like the most likely candidate for the self-harming

With the vindictive nature of the last one, it seems bound to be Teruko's

Since Levi admitted he came from a toxic family who disowned him, and since he and Eden had that scene together at the beginning, he might be the one with the dead younger sister

Ace dislikes food, refused to eat the cake in chapter 1, and jockeys have a higher-than-average diagnosis rate for eating disorders due to the nature of the sport. Thus, he's my best guess for the one with the eating disorder

MY GUESSES FOR THE REST:

It's speculative, but if Eden was the one who's attempted suicide three times, that puts far more weight and meaning on her words to Teruko about choosing to be kind no matter the circumstance

Hu might be the one who's hiding in the closet, afraid that admitting that she kissed another girl would ruin her friendships with the others. It would explain why she was so adamant about defending and supporting Nico

David and Arturo are my guesses for the murderer and manipulator, and I still feel it could go either way. That doesn't equate to one or the other being the killer, of course, and whoever is the murderer, Arei knew who it was the entire time

//And of course, they're going to have to figure out what happened between Ace and Nico, why Nico hasn't said anything and if it's at all related to what happened in the playground

//I am, of course, going to stick with my switch theory until we have enough evidence to suggest there are alternative possibilities

#mod talks #a student out of time #danganronpa despair time

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I mean… Chock/Bates won Worlds with a fall. It’s sad but totally unsurprising that mistakes mean nothing now. It was always a shady before, but I feel like last year’s Worlds was a turning point and judges are shameless about it to a bigger degree this season.

I’m a long time ice dance fan and tbh the only way to enjoy it is to accept that results are not at all correlated to talent, and you just gotta appreciate it when your favorite teams put out great programs. Once in a blue moon, a extraordinarily talented team like VM comes along right when their training camp is building political power. That was the case when they went to Marina and MF/P (same with Gabi and Gui), but it rarely syncs up so perfectly. Most of the time, you see things like what’s happening with LaLa - very talented, but IAM’s political sway is receding and they will not achieve what they should as a result.

i have lots of questions around this. considering CB fell at Worlds just 6 months ago, i don't understand how IAM's political sway is receding

if part of IAM's strength was that they have teams from so many countries, that hasn't changed, so what do you think their sway declining would be about?

i don't really understand how judges can be in the corner of one coach or fed or another and how they influence others to score for them, and i haven't heard anyone really explain it

overscoring and blatant favoritism isn't new - you've probably been watching it in real time for years -- that the British judge has been giving F/G scores up to 10-12 points above the rest of the panel at comps for years is a really straightforward example. i also wonder if Russia not being in the picture at the moment shifted the politics and there's more jockeying than previously to take advantage of that opening

i can see how the unfairness can be disillusioning. but even if my figure skating loving heart gradually gets ground into dust by this sport, i'm not there yet 😅 i might get irritated, but i refuse to be jaded on a day when i got to see that LaLa program, which is what i'm here for in the first place. sometimes art is undeniable

#i just watched it and cried again lol

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