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n64retro · 7 months
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Nº 0001 Bulbasaur 3D model from Pokémon Stadium (Nintendo EAD, 2000) for Nintendo 64.
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itsapokemonworld · 10 months
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I tried to play the original Pokémon Stadium with a few Original Series Pokémon games to see what would happen.
Even though the copy of Yellow I have is an English one, the bootleg Green Version is also detected but still doesn’t retain its saved data. My guess is that since this bootleg copy uses a custom set of English characters, it would have a hard time having its data read by Stadium.
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Today’s character of the day is: Gengar aka Gangar from Pokemon
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comfortfoodcontent · 1 year
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2000 Pokemon Franchise Magazine Ad
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flowerbarrel-art · 2 years
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Brain: SLEEP
Me: Draw more Bi flag Eevee?
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Ok, ok. I sleep now.
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docmenlonhead · 1 year
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You went to Cerulean Cave, and encounter this:
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Based off of a promotional render for Pokemon Stadium (Pocket Monsters Stadium 2)
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Not sure I'll write even the whole first chapter, but tinkering with the Sabine!LAdybug & Chat!Chloe fic with some Origins material.
Specifically, this is post Stoneheart running wild & al the students being evacuated to that big arena to wait out the problem.
Sabine Cheng = Madame Vermilion Chloe Bourgeois = Catastrophe
The names don't come up but I wanted to share them, now behold my 1 am musings! XD
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Adrien found himself leaning against the wall of the grand stadium, Nino & Marinette to one side, Sabrina, and Chloe to the other. No one was really talking even as teachers and other students stretched and theorized or tried to create distractions.
Marinette was dialling her mother over and over again but receiving no response; Nino had a hand on her shoulder even as he occasionally glanced at his own phone.
‘Should I call father?’ Adrien shook his head, ‘No, that would just be… That would just lead to a lecture and him calling me home.’ The last thing he wanted to do right now was make this mess about himself.
He glanced to his side where Chloe was leaning against the wall and scowling out like the entire world was heckling her. It was the sort of aggressive prickliness she usually reserved for well, people she or Adrien didn’t like.
‘I guess the monster attack is getting to her,’ he mused. Or maybe it was that the mayor had delayed an emergency broadcast, not to check if Chloe was OK, but to run his speech by her, because: “I can’t trust the staffs opinion!”
Adrien pressed his tongue to the roof of his mouth; fingers gripping the inside of his pockets as he desperately resisted the urge to try and do something… Anything…
Then Sabrina let out a whimper, “My dad won’t pick up.”
“He’s probably been called to daddy’s side; you know how he liked to keep Roger close at hand.” Chloe said with a disinterested air that she… Probably meant to come off as reassuring.
After all, if she wasn’t worried you shouldn’t be either.
Sabrina nodded slowly, “You’re, you’re probably right Chloe- Dad!”
All four of them turned to Sabrina as she dropped down into a squat, eyes wide as she stared at her phone, a grainy recording showed a red headed officer being held up by his peers as he was pulled off the street shouting in agony at his twisted-up leg.
Adrien shot Chloe a glance and he did see the blonde unfold her arms and start making a move before freezing up. Face contorting between a myriad of hard to read expressions as she remained frozen in place unable to act before growling, “Daddy will have him turned into rubble before this is done.”
Adrien could practically feel the glares Nino & Marinette were sending Chloe, at her failure to be there for her friend who was now quietly crying over her phone. Chloe couldn’t look at her, nails digging into her palms she sent Adrien a wide-eyed almost panicked glance before turning her head away.
‘I can’t blame you; I know this is beyond you.'
Adrien dropped down and gently placed a hand on Sabrina’s back, “He’s alive, just focus on that for now,” Adrien said softly, slowly slinking his arm around Sabrina’s shoulder and letting the girl fall against him.
“Yeah, your dads tough right?” Nino said awkwardly, but still putting some heart into it.
Marinette dropped down at his side and took Sabrina’s loose hand in her own, the redhead squeezed back and nodded weakly. Even still her gaze drifted to Chloe who finally bristled and barked, “I’ll be back in a moment!”
She practically launched herself off the wall and didn’t so much as tear through the crowd as she did project so much presence everyone got out of the way with the understanding that if they didn’t, she’d walk over them.
“I can’t believe she just left,” Nino whispered, too quietly to be heard by anyone but Adrien and even then, only barely.
Adrien didn’t say anything, but he didn’t agree at all regardless.
He knew Chloe, knew how she struggled to understand or be understood by other people; how much of a strain her clumsy attempts at comforting him had been on her.
No, he didn’t blame Chloe for knowing what she simply lacked the capacity to do, anymore than she blamed him for never really standing up to his father.
They were a package deal, so he’d comfort Sabrina and she’d go and do all she could to force the world to be what they needed it to be.
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Chloe slammed the bathroom door behind her and locked it tight.
A quick scan showed she was alone, and so Chloe kicked an erstwhile bin and sent it shattering against the bathroom wall before stalking up to the nearest mirror. Seething, she scowled at her reflections.
Hair subtly askew, a sheen of sweat, breaths too heavy, she was a wreck!
‘Pathetic, weak, unexceptional! You are a joke!’
Nothing was going right, she couldn’t even think to put her hands around Sabrina like Adrien had, her promises of retribution apparently meant nothing and now Marinette was closing in on her friends and monsters and-
Chloe slammed a flat palm against the mirror, a shot of pain ran through her arm as the glass cracked ever so slightly. The burning ache running through her fingers forced things back into sharp clarity, at least for a moment as she pressed a hand against her chest and made herself breathe deeply.
‘I am a good friend!’ At least...
Insomuch as she knew how to be things like good or friend.
Fighting back a snarl, Chloe tore open her purse and began tossing anything and everything from its confines into the sink. Intent on finding her phone to demand her father bring in tanks and bombers to finally end this insanity. Then she could fix her hair.
OOF GIRL
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velvetcloxds · 2 years
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RAINBOWS AND ROCKSTARS | S.B.
pairing: rockstar!sirius x kindergarten teacher!reader
word count: 0.9k
warning: fem reader, kids
summary: sirius has played in some amazing stadiums filled with thousands of adoring fans, but none of them could compare to your rainbow classroom and no one adores him more than you and your little munchkins
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Sirius had already gotten an earful that morning from his band members, was already equipped with about a hundred reasons why this little favour would be extremely damaging for his reputation if it were to get out and he was very much aware, but hell, he couldn’t care less even if he tried. He could already hear your voice as he made his way down the school hallway, little giggles following your instructions as he had to suppress the need to clutch his heart at the sweet sound.
Music time was your favourite part of the week, you loved making it a fun experience for the little humans to appreciate and look forward to as well, so when you rather bashfully told Sirius that you wanted to play them one of his songs and couldn’t pick one- he had no real choice other than to offer to come to play one for them in person. He had done it before, of course, in fact when he was still playing in empty bars and washed-up restaurants, his favourite place to play was right there on the alphabet carpet- that never changed, never would really if only he had the chance and the time, which was why he was all but ecstatic to be doing it again.
You were perched up on one of the little wooden chairs, one foot keeping you steady while the other rested against the top of the bookshelf as you hung the rainbow paintings your kids had done this week onto the wall, still completely engaged in their conversation and excited musings. Sirius was in awe, always was when he saw you like this, in your natural habitat, he’d say- you were most at home in these four walls surrounded by your little monsters, and he loved having the opportunity to see it.
“Teachi,” one of the little voices noted tugging lightly on your skirt, being quietly scolded by her friends for messing with your balance. “Mister Teacher is here,” she explained with a little roll of her eyes, waving at the man in question with a sweet smile.
At the mention of his name, you were quick to turn around, slightly stumbling out of position as a smile not very different from hers fell onto your lips, not quite being able to contain your excitement as he stood leaning against the doorframe, one hand holding his guitar in place while the other was tucked loosely into his pants’ pocket.
“Did someone order a rockstar?” he smirked innocently, stepping into the room when you were guided down by the munchkins below you, little demands to be careful and declarations of assistance surrounding you.
“A rockstar?” you played along, a sort of skip to your step as you sauntered towards him. “Whatever would my parents say,” you giggled, allowing him a quick kiss to your forehead before stealing the hand from his pocket to guide him to his place.
“The boys send their love,” he noted, eyes lovingly drifting over your figure as you shook your head, scoffing lightly as you habitually accepted a bunch of hugs on the way to your desk, shooing the kids to the carpet before picking up a pile of pages, one of which had his name written in bright pink attempted letters. “What are those?”
“Love letters,” you shrugged, a hand falling down by demand when the shyest of your class leaned against your leg with a soft groan. “Fan mail,” you corrected, and he smiled, looking back to where everyone was eagerly waiting for him. “They’ve been asking for you all day, could barely keep them busy,” you informed him with a playful look of exasperation, though truly the idea made your heart happy, because how could it not, this big shot rockstar of yours being here in a little public school kindergarten classroom all because he loved you- it was insanity, utterly, drive you mad, lovesick behaviour and boy were you suffering from it too.
“Only them?”
“Not at all,” your cheeks warmed up at that, that same bashful look he’d become rather accustomed to flashing through your eyes, making his heart ache at the idea that he couldn’t do much more than smile back at you at that second, he would be sure to kiss you silly the first chance he got.
“Well, I shouldn’t leave them waiting any longer, should I?” he suggested and you squealed softly, excitedly leading the girl at your side to join the group, sitting in the middle as they piled around you, eyes full of wonder purely looking at you and Sirius wasn’t quite sure they had any care for his goofy big figure standing in front of them despite what you told him, attention solely on you as you explained what they should do while he sang- he couldn’t blame them, if he was given the choice, he’d never take his eyes off you either.
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n64retro · 3 months
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Nº 0134 Vaporeon in Pokémon Stadium 2 (Nintendo EAD, 2001) for Nintendo 64.
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spiteless-xo · 8 months
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╰┈➤ family - tbaw. ⋙ an alternate version of eren's backstory
why was it deleted. it didn't fit in with the existing chapter 28 reveal of eren's backstory and it's too short to be a standalone chapter. this is eren's true backstory, but reader only knows what she was told in his version from their date. what changed. nothing. ft. eren, zeke, jean, armin, floch, fem!reader. cw. explicit language, mention of canonical character death, coping with loss and grief, toxic masculinity, disparaging comments about women, angst. 3,916 words.
Please consider this supplemental information to complement Eren's retelling of his life to Reader in Chapter 28. This is not necessary to read to understand the story but might add some additional detail and context to what was revealed.
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context. None needed.
Eren’s mom passed away when he was seventeen.
It was supposed to be a routine surgery. She was getting a lump checked out in her stomach — just a routine biopsy procedure. But due to complications, she didn’t make it through the night.
Eren was distraught — how could this happen? His father was a doctor, he should’ve been able to save her. But instead, he wasn’t even in the city when the procedure was happening. He was away for work at the Marley General Hospital instead of in Paradis with his wife.
He didn’t come home for another week after the death of Carla Jaeger. Eren was left to make arrangements for his mother’s funeral service with the help of Armin’s grandfather. By the time Grisha Jaeger returned to Paradis, Carla was already in the ground.
Eren didn’t understand why Grisha didn’t care — why he wasn’t around for the woman he supposedly loved, but it quickly became clear when Grisha began to pack up their home.
“We’re moving to Marley,” he had explained, like it was obvious. “There’s nothing here for us.”
“What about school? My friends?” Eren asked, throat raw from screaming. “Where were you?”
“I was with my family,” he said, not even looking away from the clothes he was stuffing into boxes. “You’re coming with me, Eren.”
Eren refused. Instead, bouncing between Armin and Jean’s homes for the rest of high school and then moving into the dorms at Paradis University after graduation. His best friends kept him breathing — reminded him to eat and sleep and bathe after losing both of his parents.
But they just didn’t understand him.
Eren met Zeke for the first time just outside of the stadium on his way out after a game. Zeke was cloaked in shadows, smoking outside of the rink as he called Eren to come close.
“Uh… hi?” Eren said, stepping into the darkness. His hands felt clammy in his pockets and he started feeling nervous about venturing away from his friends like this, but there was just something about Zeke that drew him in.
“Eren,” he said, speaking around the cigarette in his mouth. “Do you know who I am?”
Eren shook his head in response and sucked his cheek into his mouth, chewing on it in thought.
“I’m Zeke.” Eren felt his blood run cold. “Zeke Jaeger.”
“Oh,” Eren said, and he looked down at his feet to kick at the pavement with the toe of his shoe. “Ok.”
“You don’t seem shocked. Have you heard of me?”
“Kind of.”
Zeke took a long drag from his cigarette, breathing the smoke out into the air between them before speaking again. “I’d like to get to know you better, Eren.”
“Why’s that?”
“I think we have a lot in common.”
Eren snorted. “Well, I guess we both came from the same ballsack.”
Zeke didn’t seem amused.
After a long period of silence, Eren spoke again. “What do you want?”
“We were both victims of your father.”
Eren shrugged, still looking away from Zeke’s intense gaze. He felt small and weak, like a child, despite them being the same height. There was just something about Zeke that felt large and imposing — almost threatening.
“It isn’t your fault that we were born to that disgusting monster of a man. We are but pitiful victims,” Zeke explained, taking another long drag, “You need someone to rescue you, Eren.”
Eren felt his heart twisting in his chest and he looked up at Zeke through his hair.
“I will not abandon you like he did,” Zeke continued. “Let me show you what I’ve learned.”
Zeke reached out to touch him and Eren felt a surge of electricity shooting from Zeke’s fingertips into Eren’s skin. “I’m the only person that can understand you, Eren.”
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Zeke’s advice was toxic — Eren knew that. But Eren was lonely and it felt good to connect with someone who understood him in a way that none of his other friends did. His other friends didn’t understand what it felt like to feel like this — so hollow and empty — all the time.
Armin was the only other person that Eren could relate to, but Eren’s wounds were fresh and Armin’s were long scabbed over. Eren felt guilty making Armin relive the trauma of his parents’ death just to make him feel better.
So, he spent a lot of time talking to Zeke. Learning his ideologies and his perspectives on life. Eren didn’t necessarily believe in all of them, but it was easier to let Zeke take him under his wing than to resist and be alone, again.
Zeke’s advice to fill the gaping hole in Eren’s chest was to fill it with women. To use their bodies for sexual gratification and validation. Eren was always popular with girls at school, but after becoming close with Zeke, he became a terror.
Eren’s gaze changed when he entered a party. Instead of being bright and excited, it was now dark and stormy — like a predator hunting its prety. Eren would duck away from all of his friends during the night, find some cute girl with a short skirt and a low-cut top, and then take her with him into a bedroom until he had his fill.
The first few times, it felt good.
Eren felt wanted. He felt appreciated. And most importantly — he didn’t feel lonely.
But the more women he slept with and the closer he became with Zeke, it became harder and harder to chase that high. It wasn’t working anymore.
He couldn’t even return to the warmth of friendship with his group from high school anymore, things just felt too different. Armin was busy all of the time with school, so he rarely got to see him, and Jean had become closer to Connie and Sasha. Eren didn’t just feel lonely anymore, he felt abandoned.
So, he spent more time with people who thought the way he did — the way Zeke did. He found himself growing closer to some of the other guys on the Scouts, the Devils, they called themselves. Eren didn’t feel as lonely when he was with them. There was a sense of camaraderie he felt that he didn’t have with his other friends, but it still all revolved around women.
How many women they could sleep with. How many nudes they had on their phone. How many matches they had on Tinder.
Eren was attractive and popular, so it was easy to get attention. And the more attention he got from girls, the more that the Devils wanted to be with him. It made him feel valued — it made him feel wanted.
Jean was the first to notice his change in the behaviour.
Jean didn’t think anything of it at first. There was nothing wrong with wanting to hook up with a cute girl at a party, Jean was guilty of doing that himself sometimes — but Eren was starting to do it at every single party.
Even during the weekdays when they were studying together at the library, Jean would look over at Eren’s phone and see some dating app open. It was unusual, but Jean didn’t think it was a problem until it was too late.
He caught Eren and Floch talking quietly together in the locker room after practice one night, and he couldn’t help but step in when he saw Floch pulling out his phone.
“What are you guys doing?” Jean asked and the two boys froze like deer caught in the headlights, but Eren relaxed quickly, realizing it was only Jean.
“It’s cool, man, come over here.”
Wary, Jean approached cautiously, standing next to Floch so him and Eren could peer down at Floch’s phone.
“Look at the messages this chick is sending me,” Floch said and he scrolled through his text conversation with a girl. Jean recognized her name — she was in one of his classes — she was sweet and nice, but the things she was saying were absolutely filthy.
“Jesus, Floch,” Jean groaned, taking a step away. “That’s private, you shouldn’t be showing us.”
“Oh, come on,” Eren goaded, clicking his tongue. “She wouldn’t be saying this shit if she didn’t want the whole team to know.”
Eren grabbed Floch’s phone out of his hand and cleared his throat dramatically before reading out one of the messages in a comically high voice. “Ohhh, Floch! I'm soooo wet! I can't stop thinking about your big, fat cock!”
Eren and Floch erupted into laughter as Jean looked over at them in disgust. “What the fuck? Guys. She’s a nice girl, she wouldn’t be happy if she found out you were sharing her messages.”
“There’s no such thing as a nice girl, Jean,” Eren scoffed. “All of them just wanna suck and fuck — I guarantee it.”
The vulgarity of Eren’s words had Jean recoiling in shock. “What?”
“It’s human biology,” Eren explained as Floch nodded along emphatically. “Girls wanna get fucked and guys wanna do the fucking — you can’t fight it.” He gestured toward Floch’s phone as Jean looked over at them in horror. “Once Floch’s done with her, you can have a turn, too.”
“She’s a solid eight in bed,” Floch added.
“What is wrong with you?” Jean asked, shaking his head. He couldn’t believe what he was hearing, this was all so out of character from the Eren he knew growing up. “Why are you saying stuff like that?”
“It’s the truth,” Floch said and Jean blinked at him in confusion.
Eren nudged Floch in the side, drawing his attention before loudly whispering, “Jean hasn’t met Zeke, yet.”
“Who’s Zeke?”
Eren approached Jean, palms up in a non-threatening manner. “Do you ever notice how women are attracted to wealth and power? You probably saw that a lot growing up, with your dad.”
Jean bristled, clenching his jaw tightly as he watched Eren take another step closer.
“Women don’t care what you look like or how nice you are or how smart you are,” Eren explained. “They only care about how you can provide for them.”
“And what exactly are you providing for them, Eren?” Jean spat, eyes narrowing.
“I’m on the hockey team,” Eren said. “Just like you and just like Floch — we can offer these girls access to the coolest parties. It’s a jump in social status to be seen with guys like us.”
Jean opened his mouth to argue, but Eren cut him off by continuing. “You must’ve noticed it by now, right? The girls that throw themselves at us, who write our jersey number on their tits — they want us, Jean.”
“I don’t really pay attention,” Jean admitted, feeling uncomfortable as Eren drew closer. “You know I don’t like that shit — I don’t like hooking up.”
“Right. You want a girlfriend,” Eren scoffed and Floch laughed from somewhere behind him. “If you really want a girlfriend, you better hope you find a virgin, because women can’t pair bond after having sex with multiple men.”
“I don’t think that’s true,” Jean countered, taking another step back. “Who told you this shit?”
“She’s not your girl, Jean. It’s just your turn,” Eren said finally with a shrug, as if that was sufficient to convince Jean.
Instead, Jean snapped back. “What the fuck is wrong with you? Do you even hear what you’re saying right now?”
“You should talk to Zeke,” Floch chimed in. “He explains it really well.”
“Who’s Zeke?” Jean repeated, brows furrowing.
“Jean wouldn’t understand,” Eren said over his shoulder to Floch. “He’s not like us.”
“What’s wrong with you?” Jean hissed. “Stop acting like this — this isn’t you.”
“Don’t act like you understand me, Jean,” Eren snapped, frowning. “You don’t get it. You never will.”
“Help me, then,” Jean pleaded, voice dropping to a whisper as he stepped in toward Eren. “Help me understand what’s going on, Eren.”
But Eren rolled his eyes and walked back to Floch.
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Zeke treated women like they were his little playthings. He was smart enough to target innocent girls, barely legal girls, virgin girls — because they were so susceptible to his manipulation. All Zeke had to do was tell them how they were so mature for their age — how they weren’t like their peers — how he’s never felt this way about anyone else… and they were putty in his hands.
Eren was no better, sleeping with women he met at parties — charming them into falling in love with him just enough that they would let him into their bedrooms. He was guilty of going after pretty little virgins too, sometimes — but they were often too much work and Eren usually found himself bored with the chase.
Where Eren left a trail of broken hearts, Zeke left a wasteland of broken people — people who were so dependent on him, caught up in his snare of abuse and degradation, thinly veiled behind sickly sweet words.
The first time Eren met one of Zeke’s victims, he was horrified. She was a first-year at the university that Zeke taught at — she was one of his students.
Eren was staying at Zeke’s apartment for the weekend so the two brothers could prowl for girls together at the bar and she had stopped by in the middle of the night, moments after Eren had sent his girl home in an Uber.
He answered the door to find an impossibly tall girl, hunched over and sobbing, begging to see Zeke. Alarmed, Eren rushed to go find his brother to go comfort her, but he told Eren to turn her away.
“Can’t you see I’m busy?” Zeke hissed, speaking around the small blonde bouncing on his lap. Eren kept his eyes on the ceiling to avoid looking at the two.
“Dude, she’s crying. Just come out and talk to her.”
Zeke huffed, tossing the girl onto the bed before pulling on a pair of sweatpants from the ground. He walked past Eren to the doorway of the apartment as Eren quietly followed behind him.
“Yes?” Zeke asked, clearly annoyed.
“Zeke — you haven’t answered any of my calls… any of my messages. I just want to make sure you aren’t mad at me.”
“Oh, I am,” he spat, and even Eren flinched. “What do you think you’re doing, showing up at my place in the middle of the night?”
“I was worried, Zeke, I —”
“Can’t you see I’m a grown man? I don’t need you to worry about me. If I wanted to reach out to you, I would have.”
“Did I do something wrong? I just —”
“Yes, you did a lot of things wrong, in fact,” he hissed. “Calling me when I told you not to. Showing up here. Talking to me during class when I explicitly told you that we aren’t to be seen together in public.”
“I’m sorry, I just —”
“Don’t apologize. I’m tired of constantly having to babysit you. You need to leave.”
“Zeke, I —”
He slammed the door shut in her face with a huff, turning to look at Eren with a shake of his head. “I need a cigarette,” he laughed, reaching for the box in his pocket before pulling out one. “Join me?”
Eren trailed after Zeke to the balcony, watching as Zeke lit up the smoke and took a long drag. 
“What was wrong with that girl?” Eren asked quietly and Zeke shrugged.
“I was bored of her.”
“Did you need to be so mean?”
Zeke glanced at Eren from the corner of his eye, elbows resting on the ledge of the balcony before taking another long drag. “Did seeing that upset you?” he asked condescendingly.
Eren shook his head, but he knew Zeke could see right through him.
“You’re upset because she was crying? Is that it?” Zeke probed, breathing smoke out of his nostrils. “Haven’t you seen a girl cry before?”
“Not like that,” Eren said quietly. 
“You think the women that you kick out of your bedroom in the middle of the night aren’t crying in the backseat of their Ubers?” Zeke challenged, quirking up a brow. “That the women whose virginities you take don’t cry when you ignore their messages the next day?”
Eren frowned, looking away from Zeke and toward the city.
“Nothing to say to that?” Zeke chuckled, and Eren remained quiet. “Don’t act like what I’m doing is wrong when you’re guilty of the same, Eren.”
Eren looked down at his hands, interlaced together as he rested his forearms on the ledge of the balcony. He chewed on his cheek for a moment, considering Zeke’s words and what he saw earlier this evening, and he nodded.
“You’re right.”
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Armin didn’t ask questions when Eren showed up at his dorm in the early hours of the morning. He just stepped aside and let Eren into his room, watching him shrug off his jacket before crawling under the blankets of Armin’s bed.
Armin crawled in behind him, laying next to Eren as the two boys looked up at the ceiling. They stayed quiet for a long time together before Eren finally spoke.
“Zeke’s an asshole.”
Armin snorted.
“I don’t want to be like them,” Eren whispered. “Like Zeke and Dad…”
“You don’t have to be,” Armin says quietly into the darkness. “Not anymore.”
Eren sighed, pressing the heels of his palms into his eyes. “Everything fucking sucks, Armin.”
“Do you want to talk about it?”
“Not really,” Eren said. “I just want to forget.”
“No, you don’t.”
Eren frowned, pulling his hands away from his face to look over at Armin beside him. 
“I know it hurts a lot, right now,” Armin said, “but trust me — you don’t want to forget about her. Not the sound of her voice, the smell of her perfume… all of her little quirks, and all the memories you have of her… hold on to them.
“You’re going to grieve for the rest of your life,” Armin continued. “There’s no such thing as getting over it. Some days are going to be worse than others: Mother’s Day, Christmas, birthdays… but you’ll learn to live with it. You’ll heal and keep living… Carla wouldn’t want anything less from you,” Armin said.
“Yeah,” Eren croaked, his voice strained. “Do you think she knew?”
“About what?”
“About Dad’s other family,” Eren said with a shaky breath. “I hope she didn’t… it would’ve broken her heart.”
Armin said nothing, just reaching a hand out to interlace his fingers with Eren’s. 
Eren gave Armin a small squeeze but turned his head to look back at the ceiling. In the dull light from the rising sun outside, Armin could see streaks of tears running from the corner of Eren’s eye to his ear and the way Eren kept chewing his lip — but he said nothing.
It had been almost four years since Carla Jaeger passed away, three years since Eren first met Zeke, and almost a year since Eren was last in Armin’s dorm.
Eren had never spoken to Armin about how the death of his mom affected him. Even when Eren was staying with Armin and his grandpa, he wouldn’t say anything about it — just plaster a fake smile on his face during school before curling into himself under the blankets back at home.
Jean mentioned to Armin that Eren would do the same thing when he stayed at the Kirstein’s.
After meeting Zeke, Eren didn’t hide away in his bed anymore — atleast, not alone. His smile still seemed fake and forced, but he kept pushing his friends away to the point where it felt futile to try to crack his shell.
Armin tried to be there for Eren, tried to make sure that Eren still knew he could rely on him, but it was challenging when every interaction between Eren and Jean turned into an argument. Armin was growing tired of playing referee and Jean refused to listen to reason.
“Eren is disgusting,” Jean would say. “Why are you wasting your time trying to help him?”
“He’s our friend,” Armin pleaded, “he needs our help.”
“He doesn’t want our help.”
Eren was trying to force his friends away, couldn’t Jean see that? Armin begged Jean to be patient with him, to be understanding, but even he struggled to speak to Eren sometimes once he started reciting Zeke’s misogynistic talking points.
After Eren and Jean’s big fight, Eren distanced himself completely from everyone who wasn’t a part of Zeke’s group chat: The Devils of Paradis.
Armin watched from the sidelines as Eren kept forcing a smile on his face and tried to fill the ache in his chest with a different woman every weekend. Armin worried that he lost his best friend forever.
But now, having Eren lay beside him in bed like they used to do as kids — Armin felt like there was a light at the end of the tunnel.
“She would’ve hated Zeke,” Eren laughed, but his body shook like he was sobbing. “She’d be really disappointed in me.”
“She would’ve forgiven you,” Armin said. He could feel the strain in his chest and the tears burning behind his eyes and he squeezed Eren’s hand a little tighter. “Everyone deserves forgiveness.”
“Even me?”
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“I’ll see you tomorrow at work, cutie,” Eren teased, pulling up in front of your home and rolling his vehicle to a stop.
You frowned at him, unbuckling your seatbelt before sticking your tongue out at him playfully. “Yeah, yeah, I’ll see you tomorrow.”
Eren leaned forward, cupping your face in his hand before you could run away, and gently brushed your cheek with his thumb. You still had tearstains on your cheeks from earlier when you were crying and his heart twisted at the sight.
“Don’t let this job get to you,” he said quietly.
He thought about kissing you. He thought about asking if he could come inside and spend the night with you. He wanted to wrap you in his arms and cradle you tight against his chest until you stopped looking so hurt and crushed.
It was a strange and unfamiliar feeling, and Eren found himself frowning and pulling his hand back and away from your face.
“Thanks, Eren,” you said, before slinking out of the car and running back into your home.
Eren watched you duck inside, sitting idle in his car until he saw the door close behind you and the front porch light turn off. He dug into the pocket of his sweats and pulled out his phone, flipping open an unread text message from Floch from earlier that evening.
Floch you goin to see jean’s roommate again? lmk if she’s gotten any better in bed looool
His thumbs hovered over the keyboard for a moment as he looked down at the screen. He had been sending Floch ratings of your performance during sex for the past while since the two of you started hooking up — even after cutting things off with Zeke, some habits stuck.
It was just for fun. It was just words — nobody was getting hurt. At least, that’s how Eren rationalized it.
Eren’s phone vibrated in his hand as another message appeared.
Floch and when u sending those nudes? i wanna see her tits
Eren frowned down at his phone, feeling heat rush through his body from Floch’s words and he quickly typed up a response.
Eren fuck off dude
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Shuryu Sentai Strikeranger series (Episode 1-6)
Striker 1: Rise of Strikeranger
In the Kyoryuto stadium (京竜都スタジアム). Isagi, Chigiri, and Bachira were practicing soccer to play in a match against their opponent. Inamori Mamoru, the coach of Kyoryuto FC told them about how his soccer team won many years ago.
Inamori: "Listen up my teammates"
Isagi: (looking at Inamori when he heard) "Yes, what are you calling to me?"
Isagi, Bachira, and Chigiri came to the front of Inamori nearly.
Inamori: "I have to tell a story about how my soccer team won the match for many years. Do you want?"
Chigiri: "I think we should listen to his story"
Bachira: "Yes, I agree with you"
Isagi: "Can you tell us the story about?"
Inamori accepted Isagi's conservation about the story of Inamori.
(Starting Story)
Many years ago, his soccer team won the final championship. It became the best soccer team ever. Suddenly, the meteor was shot toward the soccer field. He realized that he saw the mysterious bracelets that could transform into Striker as the superhero.
(Ending story)
Inamori: "That's how the story is told about the birth of strikers" (Holding some bracelets) "Here, take those"
Isagi, Bachira, and Chigiri wore their bracelets and they transformed into super strikers.
Isagi: "This is a new bracelets. You discovered them, right"
Bachira: (exciting) "Wow, this bracelet is incredible"
Chigiri: "Yes, I haven't seen before how these bracelets work"
(in Fifth sector Headquarters)
Meanwhile, in the fifth sector headquarters building, Ishido decided to take over the world by creating a monster called a destroyer. He told the general as the monster creator, Joseph to create a monster with dynamite.
(In Kyoryuto Stadium)
Isagi, Bachira, and Chigiri were still practicing soccer after they were told about a story. When someone was screaming, they heard that someone was destroying the building.
(In the City)
Isagi and his teammates went for someone's screaming. The monster who threatened the world is Dyna Destroyer. Dyna Destroyer had to destroy those soccer players. It summoned the troops called footballisters who were troops of the fifth sector. Isagi and his teammates tried to fight against it, but they didn't know how their bracelets worked.
Inamori: "Isagi, use the press button to transform into a superhero"
Isagi: (keep brave and strategy) "You got that, coach. I don't want to give up, but I must protect with soccer. Shuryu Change" (Activated the bracelet, and Transformed into Striker red) "Wow"
Inamori: (happy at Isagi) "Now, I can call you the Strikeranger"
Isagi (striker Red): "So that's why coach gave us the bracelets, right?"
Bachira: "Yes, it looks like we have a huge surprise"
Bachira and Chigiri transformed into Striker Blue and Striker Yellow. Strikerangers prepared to roll call
Striker Red: "The Leader of the Striker, Striker Red"
Striker Blue: "The Technology of the Striker, Striker Blue"
Striker Yellow: "The Exceptional of the Striker, Striker Yellow"
Striker Red: "We are the Strikers who protect the world from the evil forces"
Strikerangers: "Shuryu Sentai... Strikeranger"
Dyna Destroyer: "What, strikerangers. Curse you, I'm gonna destroy you with more dynamites"
Strikerangers fought against the enemies, and they bet them with their power of soccer. Dyna Destroyer were confused and terrible because they used soccer skills to attack enemies.
Striker Red: "Now, let's take down those stupid monsters"
Dyna Destroyer: "What did you just say?"
Strikerangers prepared to use the power of the striker, they used soccer balls like glowing to destroy the monster.
Striker Red: "Finisher strike, Strike attack"
Once Dyna Destroyer had been defeated, strikerangers had won against Monster. However, it enlarged and destroyed the city immediately.
Inamori: "Strikerangers, call your mechas right now"
Striker Red: "How?"
Inamori: "Do you have the cards"
Striker Red: "The cards" (Took the card out from his pocket) "like this"
Inamori: "Yes, just insert to this bracelet"
Striker Red: "I understand"
Strikerangers inserted the cards to summon the mechas. Striker Tyranno (Striker Red's mecha), Striker Tricera (Striker Blue's mecha), and Striker Ptera (Striker Yellow's mecha) appeared to fight the giant monster. Strikerangers entered their mechas at the same time
Strikerangers: "Shuryu gattai"
Mechas were combined into one, and they were called Strikerkaizer
Strikerangers: "kanzen, Strikerkaizer"
Strikerkaizer fought the Giant Dyna Destroyer to stop destroying the city. However, Dyna Destroyer used dynamites to blow up Strikeranger's Gattai.
Striker Yellow: "It looks like we have a big problem"
Striker Red: "That won't happen"
Strikerkaizer summoned the striker sword to defeat Dyna Destroyer.
Strikerangers: "Hissatsu, Penalty slash"
Once strikerangers used a penalty slash to defeat Dyna Destroyer quickly.
Dyna Destroyer: "Curse you strikerangers" (Defeated and exploded)
Isagi: "I'm glad that we defeated the monster after all"
Inamori: "Looks like you've defeated the monster"
Isagi: "Thank you for helping me with how we use bracelets and transform"
Chigiri: "What do you mean?"
Bachira: "Come on, it's just the tutorial"
Inamori: "I'm very happy that you protect the world. I have a price for you"
Isagi, Chigiri, and Bachira: "What is it?"
Inamori: "Practicing soccer until it's 11 PM"
Bachira and Chigiri: "What! Not 11 PM"
Isagi: "No problem, we can still practice soccer until 11 PM"
Bachira and Chigiri: "Are you kidding me?"
Eventually, strikerangers won because they managed to protect themselves from the evil forces of the fifth sector. Isagi accepted Inamori's suggestion to practice soccer until 11 PM, but his teammates didn't want to do that.
Striker 2: Enter to power of goal
Isagi, Bachira, and Chigiri were practice soccer last night. Since Inamori gave them practice soccer until 11 PM.
Bachira: "I'm getting tired" (Yawn) "Why did Inamori give us practice soccer until 11 PM instead"
Chigiri: "Come on, it's just a reward once" (Yawn) "However, why did Isagi sleep after practice at 11 PM"
Bachira: "I don't know, but we need to take a rest"
Isagi, Bachira, and Chigiri were taking a rest after practice. Inamori looked at them and was happy.
Inamori: "I hope these boys will be safe from threats"
(At Fifth Sector Headquarters)
Ishido was thinking about how the monster was defeated by Strikerangers.
Ishido: "General"
Joseph: "Yes, my Lord"
Ishido: "I need to take something that it was more powerful than Dyna Destroyer"
Joseph: "What's that?"
Ishido brought some cables that came from the trash and electronic shop, so Joseph created a monster that was based on a computer.
(At Kyoryuto stadium)
Inamori told Isagi, Bachira, Chigiri, and the rest of the game when the new players joined the game.
Inamori: "Teammates, we have a new players"
Keno: "Hi, My name is Keno Hashiro, I want to join it because I like soccer" (Pointed at Isagi, bachira, and Chigiri) "And also you guys fought monster yesterday, didn't you?"
Chigiri: "How did he know that?"
Nagi: "Hi, I'm Nagi Nagataro. I'm here to know that some players fought a monster, and that is awesome. Inamori, are there any bracelets"
Isagi: "Why do two new players know us?"
Bachira silently replied to Isagi that he saw a video on Instagram about Strikerangers fighting a monster.
Nagi: (took a bracelet "Thank you, Coach, now, who did anyone know about us?"
Keno: "Now, tell the truth"
Bachira: (raised his right hand) "It was me, I saw a video on Instagram. Isagi, I'm sorry"
Isagi: "Don't worry, they are just friends"
(At city)
Suddenly, Energy Destroyer appeared in the city and tried to strike anything that was considered electronics with his electric power.
(At Kyoryuto stadium)
Isagi: "Do you heard that?"
Bachira: "I think there is another monster"
Chigiri: "Let's go"
Isagi, Bachira, and Chigiri tried to stop a monster. Keno and Nagi also followed them, but Nagi asked Inamori how the bracelets that were given to them worked
Nagi: "Coach, how does that work"
Inamori: "What do you mean?"
Nagi: "Those bracelets"
Inamori: "Well, you can press the button to transform into Strikeranger"
Nagi: "What is it?"
Inamori: "I'll show you how Strikerangers are. Manager, keep watching those players"
Inamori's manager: "You got that"
(At city)
People were in chaos because Energy Destroyer had struck with lightning to take down. Isagi, Bachira, and Chigiri were going to fight Energy Destroyer.
Isagi, Bachira, and Chigiri: "Shuryu change!"
Isagi, Bachira, and Chigiri transformed into strikerangers.
Striker Red: "Let's go"
Striker Red, Striker Blue, and Striker Yellow were fighting against Energy Destroyer. However, it used lightning strikes as his Body shield.
Striker Yellow: "How is this monster too strong"
Energy Destroyer: (evil laughing) "I can defend myself to prevent injury, so I can fight you easily"
Nagi and Keno had seen how Isagi and his teammates transformed into strikerangers.
Nagi: "So those are strikerangers, right"
Inamori: "Yes, do you see how they transformed"
Keno: "Yes, I have seen those. Nagi, let's go"
Nagi and Keno: "Shuryu change!"
Nagi and Keno transformed into Striker black and Striker Green, and they fought against Energy Destroyer as soon as possible.
Energy Destroyer: "This is the end of your life, Strikerangers" (Got hit in one shot) "What was that"
Striker Black: "We are here"
Striker Red: "Nagi, Keno. What are you guys doing?"
Striker Black: "I won't let you give up, Isagi. Keno, let's fight"
Striker Red: "The Leader of the Striker, Striker Red"
Striker Blue: "The Technology of the Striker, Striker Blue"
Striker Yellow: "The Exceptional of the Striker, Striker Yellow"
Striker Green: "The Accelerating of the Striker, Striker Green"
Striker Black: "The Great of the Striker, Striker Black"
Striker Red: "We are the Strikers who protect the world from the evil forces"
Strikerangers: "Shuryu Sentai... Strikeranger"
Striker Red: "Let's... Go"
Strikerangers fought Energy Destroyer individually and in teamwork. They conjured their weapon
Striker Red: "Strike Saber"
Striker Blue: "Scoreboard Blaster"
Striker Yellow: "Cleats Claw"
Striker Green: "Central Spear"
Striker Black: "Goal Hammer"
Strikerangers fought against Energy Destroyer one by one until it was weakened
Energy Destroyer: "How did you defeat me?"
Strikerangers combined their weapons into one, and that was called Striker Cannon.
Strikerangers: "Striker Cannon"
Striker Blue: "Hissatsu"
Striker Red: "Penalty attack!"
With the Penalty attack, Energy Destroyer was defeated. Strikerangers were victorious once again, but it enlarged into a giant. Strikerangers summoned their mechas.
Striker Black: "How did you get cards?"
Striker Red: "In my Pocket"
Striker Black: (took out a card from his pocket) "Thank you, now I can summon mechas"
Striker Blue and Striker Green summoned Striker Brontosaurus (Striker Black's mecha) and Striker Raptor (Striker Green's mecha) to fight against the giant Energy Destroyer.
Striker Red, Striker Green, Striker Black: "Shuryu Gattai!"
If three mechas were combined into one, they could fight against Energy Destroyer
Striker Red, Striker Green, Striker Black: "Kanzen! Strikerkaizer Bronto-Raptor"
Striker Red: "This is the end of your harmful world, Energy Destroyer"
Energy Destroyer: "What do you mean?"
Energy Destroyer was wrapped by cables, and Strikerkaizer tried to strike it by drowning cables in a lake.
Striker Black: "Goodbye, idiot"
Energy Destroyer was struck and electrocuted, and it said the last word before was exploded
Energy Destroyer: "Curse you, Strikerangers"
After Energy Destroyer, the strikerangers had victory once again.
(At Kyoryuto stadium)
Isagi and his teammates went to the soccer field to practice soccer, but
Inamori: "You guys are back. Now, it's time to go home. You can practice soccer before Nighttime, or you will sleep in this stadium"
Isagi and his teammates: "What?"
Eventually, Isagi and his teammates practice soccer before it's nighttime. However, if they were still practicing soccer, they would end up sleeping on a bench in a soccer field.
Striker 3: Out of limit, full of power
[At Fifth sector headquarters]
Ishido told Joseph to not have enough power for the monster. However, Joseph had a plan to get power to it rather than before.
Joseph: "I have something even better, my master" (Brought chainsaw)
Ishido: "A chainsaw, great. Now, you create a monster with this, I'll wait until it's finished"
Joseph: "Yes, master"
[At Kyoryuto stadium]
Isagi and his teammates took a break after practicing soccer. Keno Hashiro told Isagi how they met for the first time. On the other hand, Chigiri heard about Keno's story, and Bachira realized that Isagi was a soccer nerd, but he only thought that he was. However, People scream outside.
[At city]
Blade Destroyer: "Slice, Slice, Slice... I must Slice everywhere"
Strikerangers appeared in the city, and they fought against Blade Destroyer.
Striker Red (Isagi): "Stop right there, monster. We can stop you"
Blade Destroyer: "Sike. You are too weak, and I'll destroy you guys with my single slice" *Slice*
Strikerangers dodged from the slice, and they saw the building that was sliced and cracked
Striker Yellow (Chigiri): "Wow, that's too powerful"
Striker Blue (Bachira): "Yeah, too powerful"
Striker Red: "Ok, let's get...." (Saw a monster that was escaping) "Wait, where did the monster go?"
Striker Yellow: "I think that it finally escaped from us. What gonna we do now?"
[At Kyoryuto stadium]
Isagi and his teammates back to the stadium. Nagi Nagataro told Isagi what the monster looked like. Isagi said that it had a chainsaw on its head, and blades on entire its body.
Inamori back to his job after going to the shop, and he asked his teammates for a surprising
Inamori: "I went to the shop to make lunch for you guys. Now, what happened to you?"
Nagi: "I had fought the monster with blade themed, but it's too strong enough"
Isagi said that he wanted to do something, so he and his teammates could defeat a monster.
Inamori: "Oh, do you know how knife cutting before was sharpened?"
Bachira had an idea about cutting with a knife before it's sharpened. Isagi said that Bachira had a better idea.
[At the city when Blade Destroyer destroyed it]
Blade Destroyer was threatening the town and sliced the buildings into pieces. Strikerangers appeared and brought the stones for doing something.
Blade Destroyer: "What are you bringing these things"
Striker Red (Isagi): "We show you what you've deserved"
Striker Yellow and Striker Red lift the box filled with the stones and throw them up. Then, Bachira kicked them while spinning. Blade Destroyer was stoned, and its sharpened blades were broken by them.
Blade Destroyer: "You've broken my knives. Now you're gonna pay"
Striker Red: "The Leader of the Striker, Striker Red"
Striker Blue: "The Technology of the Striker, Striker Blue"
Striker Yellow: "The Exceptional of the Striker, Striker Yellow"
Striker Green: "The Accelerating of the Striker, Striker Green"
Striker Black: "The Great of the Striker, Striker Black"
Striker Red: "We are the Strikers who protect the world from the evil forces"
Strikerangers: "Shuryu Sentai... Strikeranger"
Blade Destroyer: "Are you kidding me? This won't be forgiven. Footballisters" (Summoned Footballisters)
Strikerangers fought against Blade Destroyer and all its troops, and they used their weapons to take their enemies down.
Striker Red: "Strike Saber"
Striker Blue: "Scoreboard Blaster"
Striker Yellow: "Cleats Claw"
Striker Green: "Central Spear"
Striker Black: "Goal Hammer"
With their weapons, the enemies were attacked easily until they were finished. As the troops were finished, Strikerangers combined their weapons into one, and that was called Striker Cannon.
Strikerangers: "Striker Cannon"
Striker Blue: "Hissatsu"
Striker Red: "Penalty attack!"
Blade Destroyer was destroyed by a Penalty attack once again. However, Blade Destroyer enlarged. Strikerangers summoned their mechas. Striker Tyrannosaurus, Striker Triceratops, and Striker Pteranodon were combined into Strikerkaizer.
Blade Destroyer: "You can't defeat me with my blade even better than before"
Strikerkaizer dodged Blade Destroyer's blades and conjured a strike sword. Then, it attacked the monster by hitting it.
Striker Red: "Hissatsu"
Strikerangers: "Penalty finish"
Strikerkaizer took Blade Destroyer down by cutting it.
Blade Destroyer: "I won't be back"
[At Kyoryuto stadium]
Isagi and his teammates were back at the stadium. Inamori called them for dinner
Inamori: "Teammates, your meal is ready"
Isagi: "Yes, It's lunchtime"
Nagi: (puts his hand on Bachira's shoulder) "Hey, do you know why you know about Blade Destroyer's weakness"
Bachira: "Come on, because the knife sliced off with a rock and can't be able to cut anything. However, it can be sharpened and back to normal"
Nagi: "Do you want something?"
Bachira: "What is it?"
Nagi: "Nothing, it's just a joke" (Laughing)
Bachira: "If you lie to me, you won't eat lunch with us"
Nagi: "Bachira, why are you so mean?"
Strikerangers were going to eat lunch after meals were cooked. They could continue to practice soccer after eating the meal.
Striker 4: "Bachira's secret"
[at Kyoryuto stadium]
Isagi went to the home along with his friends individually. However, Bachira wanted Isagi to go home by taxi.
Bachira: "Isagi"
Isagi: "Yes. What's wrong"
Bachira: "Do you want to go home with me"
Isagi: "What do you mean?"
Bachira: "Come on, I just want to tell you about..." (Whispered) "My secret"
Isagi: "Secret! What's that?"
Bachira: "I'll show you, but first, I'm going to pick you up at my home. What do you think?"
Isagi: "That sounds suspicious but familiar. I haven't seen your house before"
Bachira: "Then, let's go to my home. I have a lot of food"
Isagi and Bachira were going to Bachira's house.
[Bachira's house]
Bachira arrived at his house along with Isagi who wanted to see what Bachira said.
Isagi: (went inside Bachira's house) "Wow, your house is similar to the mansion"
Bachira: "Totally worth it. Do you want to see your bedroom"
Isagi: "Bedroom? Sure"
When Bachira and Isagi entered Bachira's room. Isagi saw Bachira's room with video utilities.
Isagi: "Hey, Bachira. What is this" (Pointed at camera that's by a computer)
Bachira: "That's the camera for streaming. I have something special for you"
Isagi: "What's that?"
Bachira: (his phone was taken from his pocket, and he opened YouTube) "My creator, My YouTube"
Isagi: "Oh. I haven't seen it before"
Bachira: "Come on, why don't you subscribe"
Isagi: "Relax. Listen, I don't have a phone"
Bachira: (Laughing) "You don't have a phone, do you?"
Isagi: "I don't have anything, including my phone"
Bachira: (Saw at a clock) "Oh, it's 8 AM. Isagi, do you want to eat dinner"
Isagi: "Really, I'm going to eat dinner"
Bachira: "After that, I'll pick you up at your home. We will meet again tomorrow"
[At Fifth Sector Headquarters]
Ishido: "Joseph. Where is he?"
Joseph: "I'm here, my highness. What do you want?"
Ishido: "Do you think this thing is gonna work?"
Joseph: "What thing?"
Ishido: "A vacuum cleaner. What's the vacuum cleaner for? Are you stupid"
Joseph: "Please, calm down. That's just a perfect idea. I thought you said that I made a monster with the inspiration of a black hole"
Ishido: "A black hole. Wait, a black hole can suck the entire planet. On the other hand, a vacuum cleaner can only suck dirty things. You're a genius"
Ishido accepted Joseph for creating a new monster with the inspiration of a black hole.
[In the morning in Kyoryuto stadium]
Isagi and his friends arrived at the Kyoryuto stadium. They were going to play in the match against their opponent, the Seiun Cosmic. When anyone was in danger, Bachira told Inamori Shinnomaru, to fight when someone's in danger.
[The city]
Bachira saw a monster that could suck anything while it saw people in fear. Bachira wanted to stop it from threatening, and he transformed into Striker Blue.
Striker Blue: "Hey you, Stop destroying it. Who are you"
Soujiki Destroyer: "Me? I don't care if you have a stupid idea. My name is Soujiki Destroyer. I'm gonna suck everyone"
Striker Blue: "Do you want to suck me out? That's unforgivable"
[At Kyoryuto stadium during a soccer match]
Isagi and his teammates were still playing in the match against Seiun Cosmic. Chigiri was on the bench, but she wanted to leave because there was an emergency when someone was in danger.
Chigiri: "Isagi. Inform me if you win" (Ran from the stadium)
Isagi: "What is Chigiri doing? I'm gonna win this match quickly"
[At City]
Striker Blue was fighting against Soujiki Destroyer for threatening everyone. Striker Yellow tried to stop it and help Bachira in the fight. However, Soujiki Destroyer was too strong, and he used a vacuum to blow out the objects from it. Although, Striker Blue and Striker Yellow dodged them.
Striker Yellow: "Bachira, What are you doing?"
Striker Blue: "I don't know, Chigiri. But, this monster is really strong"
Striker Yellow: "What should we do?"
Striker Blue: "I have an idea. What if that monster's capacity is full instead"
Striker Yellow: "What gonna we do now?"
Striker Blue: "I'll show you. Hey, Monster, catch me if you can"
Striker Blue and Strikee Yellow tried to go to the garbage field when Striker Blue had an idea.
[At Garbage field]
Striker Blue and Striker Yellow reached the garbage field, and Soujiki Destroyer tried to suck them.
Striker Blue: "Hey, suck me if you can"
Soujiki Destroyer: "Do you think this is stupid? I'm gonna suck you out"
Striker Blue ran away from being sucked by Soujiki Destroyer. Strikee Yellow also ran away. Later, the Soujiki Destroyer got stuck in objects after its capacity was full.
Soujiki Destroyer: "What!!! How did you troll me if my capacity is full"
Striker Blue: "This is not only my trap, but also have a perfect idea"
Soujiki Destroyer: "Ahhh... Your idea can screw me"
Striker Red (Isagi) arrived after the soccer match was over.
Striker Yellow: "Isagi. I thought you were still playing on soccer match"
Striker Red: "Still playing? What playing? The match is over. Now we can fight against this monster as soon as possible"
Striker Yellow: "Keno, Nagi"
Striker Green (Keno): "Hey, we are back, Chigiri"
Striker Black (Nagi): "So that's why this monster is going to suck anything until it stuck anything"
Striker Red: "Come on. Let's finish this"
Striker Red: "The Leader of the Striker, Striker Red"
Striker Blue: "The Technology of the Striker, Striker Blue"
Striker Yellow: "The Exceptional of the Striker, Striker Yellow"
Striker Green: "The Accelerating of the Striker, Striker Green"
Striker Black: "The Great of the Striker, Striker Black"
Striker Red: "We are the Strikers who protect the world from the evil forces"
Strikerangers: "Shuryu Sentai... Strikeranger"
Soujiki Destroyer: "HOW DARE YOU!!!!...."
Strikerangers combined their weapons into one, and that was called Striker Cannon.
Strikerangers: "Striker Cannon"
Soujiki Destroyer: "No... No... That can be"
Striker Blue: "Hissatsu"
Striker Red: "Penalty attack!"
Soujiki Destroyer had been defeated by Strikerangers. However, it enlarged. Strikerangers called mechas and combined them into Strikerkaizer
Soujiki Destroyer: "You can't defeat me. I'm going to use"
Striker Blue: "That's not use"
Strikerkaizer seized Soujiki Destroyer's vacuum
Soujiki Destroyer: "Damn... You're gonna pay for that
Striker Red: "Hissatsu"
Strikerangers: "Penalty finish"
Strikerkaizer took Soujiki Destroyer down by cutting it.
Soujiki Destroyer: "I must clean everywhere when there are dirty things" (And being exploded)
[At Kyoryuto stadium]
Isagi and his teammates went back to the stadium, and Isagi told Bachira about how Bachira could trap the monster.
Isagi: "Bachira, how did you defeat the monster? You're so smart"
Bachira: "Thanks. That was a little bit of a struggle, but the full capacity of the vacuum cleaner caused couldn't be able to clean"
Nagi: "Your idea is awesome, but how did you do that?"
Bachira: "Well, that's my secret about it, so don't tell me about that"
Eventually, Strikerangers were back to action, but Bachira still had a secret about his technique.
Striker 5: "Blocking away, strikers"
[At Kyoryuto stadium]
Isagi and his teammates were taking a break after practicing soccer. Inamori asked them if there was something new for Strikerangers.
Inamori: "Everyone, we found a new partner"
Isagi: "A new partner? What's that?"
Inamori: "Oh, Nothing. It's just a joke"
Everyone yelled, "What!!!" when Inamori didn't know about that
Inamori: (Giggled) "I joked to you. Well, I found a new partner called Striker Ankylosaurus. It has a shield on its behind representing defensive and goalkeeper"
Bachira: "Defensive and goalkeeper. That sounds awesome, but how does it work?"
Inamori: "Nothing, but let us show how this mecha works. What do you think?"
Isagi: "Cool"
Nagi: "That's impressive, but we don't know how it works. If we wanted, we could go and find it well"
Inamori: "That's a good idea, Nagi. We only find it is to go to the mountain. However, it is impossible to find a new mecha rather than I found. Now, the next match will be against Tidal Attacker. Let's go to the mountain"
Teammates: "Yes!"
[At Fifth Sector Headquarters]
Ishido: "You don't know why the monster that you created became useless, huh?"
Joseph: "Sir, there is a change about... "
Ishido: "No one talking. Now, create a new monster based on a gun. Quick, or else"
Joseph: "ye.. Ye.. Ye... Yes, your highness"
Joseph created a monster that is based on guns and bullets called Target Destroyer.
[At soccer field by nearby mountain]
Inamori: "This mountain was a volcano millions of years ago. Now, it has become a normal mountain, but there is no lava in it."
Bachira: "Based on geography, this mountain surely has a super material rather than gold"
Inamori: "You're right. It has diamonds on the inside of this mountain called Takahishi Mountain (高菱山), Taka means high and Hishi means diamond."
Villager of Takahishi: "Good evening, welcome to the Takahishi town (高菱都). I am from Takahishi and I show you about this mountain. Please, wear safety gear, so we can be saved from injuries if you don't want to fall."
Keno: "Safety gears. Why did this lady ask us to wear them?"
Inamori: "The reason for that is because there is no path in this mountain, so we wear them and go to the Inside of it" (Thumbs up at them)
Villager of Takahishi: "Exactly, this mountain has the way without going with following paths instead"
When everyone screamed in danger, Isagi and his teammates heard there was a monster in the city.
Isagi: "Sorry lady, but I must go to save everyone from being threatened. Bachira, Chigiri, let's go"
Isagi, Bachira, and Chigiri were going to save the Villagers. Suddenly, there was a monster who stole the diamonds.
Target Destroyer: "Strikerangers"
Isagi: "Destroyers, why did you steal the diamonds? You made villagers poor instead of rich"
Target Destroyer: "Rich. What are you talking about? I'm going to attack you"
Target Destroyer shot toward them, but they dodged it from being shot.
Isagi, Bachira, Chigiri: "Shuryu Change"
As they transformed into Strikerangers, they fought against it.
Striker Red: "The Leader of the Striker, Striker Red"
Striker Blue: "The Technology of the Striker, Striker Blue"
Striker Yellow: "The Exceptional of the Striker, Striker Yellow"
Striker Red: "We are the Strikers who protect the world from the evil forces"
Strikerangers: "Shuryu Sentai... Strikeranger"
[At Takahishi mountain]
Nagi and Keno were finding a new mecha inside of a mountain.
Nagi: "Keno, how long do we take a new mecha what our coach asked?"
Keno: "There is a change if there is a trap, so we must carefully"
[At city]
Strikerangers still fought against Target Destroyer. They tricked it if it tried to target them. As they went to the garage, Striker Red tried to trick Destroyer when it tried to shoot. When Strikerangers ran from being shot. After the poles were cracked up, Strikerangers pushed them with their legs until Target Destroyer was knocked out when the objects fell. Their finisher, Striker Fang Strike attacked Target Destroyer until it exploded on the ground. Unfortunately, it enlarged into a giant monster. Strikerangers summoned their mechas to combine into Strikerkaizer.
Target Destroyer: "You can't defeat me while I shoot you guys out like a flipping firecracker toast"
Strikerkaizer dodged Target Destroyer's bullets, but it was attacked by it.
Striker Yellow: "Gosh, we are under attack"
Striker Ankylosaurus appeared and was activated by Striker Green and Striker Black.
Striker Red: "Nagi, Keno. Did you bring new mechas"
Striker Green: "Isagi, we found Striker Ankylosaurus"
Striker Black: "An orange color, huh? How does it work?"
Striker Red: "Don't worry guys. Let's switch some parts"
Strikerangers: "Shuryu Gattai"
Strikerkaizer switched Striker Pteranodon with Striker Ankylosaurus.
Strikerangers: "Kanzen, Strikerkaizer Ankylo"
Target Destroyer: "What! How did you get this new weapon?"
Striker Red: "It's secret, idiot"
Target Destroyer: "How dare you call me an idiot, huh? I'll show you how my weapon is"
Target Destroyer tried to shoot toward Strikerkaizer, but Strikerkaizer had protected itself with its shield that was from Striker Ankylosaurus.
Strikerangers: "Shuryu Finisher, Ankylo strike attack" (Smashing Target Destroyer with Ankylosaurus's tail)
Target Destroyer: "You are too strong" (Exploded)
[At Takahishi town]
One day later after the match, Isagi and his teammates went back to their stadium.
Village of Takahishi: "Thank you for traveling with us, Mr. Inamori, we hope that you will come again"
Inamori: "That's not the problem. I can't believe that Nagi and Keno found a new mecha"
Nagi: "Speaking of orange, I heard that Isagi had used Striker Ankylosaurus to protect our mecha from being shot"
Keno: "Yes, Isagi is so genius"
Isagi and his teammates went to their stadium, and they finally found Striker Ankylosaurus inside Takahishi Mountain.
Striker 6: "Waiting and Wasting"
[At Kyoryuto stadium]
In Kyoryuto stadium, Isagi and his teammates were practicing soccer, but Nagi was tired after practicing soccer the previous day.
Isagi: "Nagi, What don't you practice?"
Nagi: "I've been tired since I was practicing soccer last night because I need to get power... "
Bachira: "Don't be so dumb if you don't know when you practiced"
Nagi: "I know, but this is the truth about when I practiced soccer"
Bachira: "I know you were practicing, but we don't know what you were doing"
Chigiri: "Are those boys fighting each other or what?"
Isagi: "Nevermind, let's practice soccer well"
[At Fifth sector headquarters]
Joseph entered the Ishido's place when he brought an old clock.
Ishido: "A clock. Are you sure going to make it?"
Joseph: "Yes, this is an old clock, but it looked old and useless being"
Ishido: "An old and useless thing. This clock had been stopped. Do you want to make a monster with this"
Joseph: "Majesty, are you sure about that?"
Ishido: "Well, you must do what you brought"
[At Kyoryuto stadium]
Isagi and his teammates were still practicing, but they tried to make a solution to Nagi's practice.
Chigiri: "What do you know when you practiced soccer, Nagi?"
Nagi: "Practice what? I told you I practiced soccer last night"
Bachira: "Something wrong with him"
Isagi: "I think that Nagi was practicing soccer last night, so that means he doesn't lie to us"
When someone screamed like thunder, Isagi heard when anyone was in danger.
[At city]
When Isagi and his teammates went to the city for an emergency, they saw another monster that said to stop anyone from moving.
Isagi: "Who are you?"
Toki Destroyer: "Toki Toki Toki" (Seeing at strikerangers) "Freeze"
Toki Destroyer tried to slice up with his blades when anyone was moving. However, the teammates dodged it and transformed into strikerangers. Striker Blue had an idea to trick Toki Destroyer.
Striker Blue: "Hey, come over here", come over here"
Striker Black: "Really?"
Toki Destroyer: "I'm gonna stop you now"
Until they reached the space by the mountains where sentais fought monsters since
Toki Destroyer: "Where am I?"
Striker Red: "Surprise, you clock monster"
Toki Destroyer: "What the? Who are you?"
Striker Red: "The Leader of the Striker, Striker Red"
Striker Blue: "The Technology of the Striker, Striker Blue"
Striker Yellow: "The Exceptional of the Striker, Striker Yellow"
Striker Green: "The Accelerating of the Striker, Striker Green"
Striker Black: "The Great of the Striker, Striker Black"
Striker Red: "We are the Strikers who protect the world from the evil forces"
Strikerangers: "Shuryu Sentai... Strikeranger"
Striker Red: "Don't skip the soccer match, or you will regret it."
Toki Destroyer: "Curse you. Footballisters attack!"
Strikerangers fought Toki Destroyer individually and in teamwork. They conjured their weapon
Striker Red: "Strike Saber"
Striker Blue: "Scoreboard Blaster"
Striker Yellow: "Cleats Claw"
Striker Green: "Central Spear"
Striker Black: "Goal Hammer"
During fighting against Toki Destroyer, Strikerangers finished defeating the Footballisters. Then, they defeat Toki Destroyer immediately
Striker Red: "Finishing"
Strikerangers: "Strike penalty attack"
With a Strike penalty attack, Toki Destroyer was defeated, but it enlarged. Strikerangers summoned their mechas to combine into Strikerkaizer. When Toki Destroyer had power, it used "Clockwizer" to attack Strikerkaizer. However, Strikerkaizer set his arms (Striker Brontosaurus and Striker Ankylosaurus) and used "Timewiser" to attack Toki Destroyer. Then, it was exploded.
[At Kyoryuto stadium]
Isagi: "I'm glad that we have defeated a monster, right?"
Bachira: "Yes, with those mechas, we can easily fight the monster who enlarged"
Nagi: "I know that you guys played soccer well, but I shall practice soccer at night"
Bachira: "So you are who practices soccer at night"
Nagi: "Alright, you got me. I shall not practice soccer at night again"
So, Strikerangers continued to practice soccer well and never practiced soccer at night. Wondering if there was a new enemy of Fifth Sector.
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Most Pokemon models in the Pokemon Stadium series are reused from previous generations, typically with little to no changes. Here is a rare(ish) example of a model that changed between games.
Wigglytuff on the far left is from the Japanese exclusive Pokemon Stadium 1 (some fans call it Pocket Monsters Stadium)
The one in the middle is from Pokemon Stadium 2, and the far right one is from Pokemon Colosseum
There are differences in body shape, eye distance, eye stylization, and how far the belly white extends. Which one is your favorite?
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Today’s character of the day is: Gym Leader Lt. Surge aka Matis from Pokemon
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Wonderful Things That May or May Not Be Wonderful!!! A big part of Pokémon is the concept of “evolution”. In this franchise’s case, that means that by meeting certain requirements, one Pokémon's shape and form will transform into another stronger and better one. Some have no evolutions, most have one, some even have two potential evolutions branching from one form. Fittingly, the pocket monster known as Eevee has eight. That’s right, eight different transformations for your precious little fox dog cat creature to turn into each with different stats, types and specialties. It is the closest this series has had to a customizable companion and while they aren’t all amazing, each are wonderful in their own wonderful way…and now, every Eevee-lution in seven words or less! Eevee = Stadium’s animations are amazing! Vaporeon = He’s my wettest friend. Jolteon = GOTTA GO FAST!!! Flareon = Gen 1 physical fire type. Why? Espeon = Glass cannon breaks your mind Umbreon = An absolutely adorable unite Leafeon = Needs more leaf Glaceon = An ice doggo! HAR HAR! Sylveon = Trying too hard.
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We Made It to the Final! Match Reactions with Alexandra Popp & Lena Oberdorf
-Horst called me right after the match-
-I remember exactly what happened!-Me too! You were like “I’m being blocked! I’m being blocked!” And I was like “What?”-
-I thought the ball would go out of bounds-
-that sums up the team perfectly-
-dude, I’m exhausted, I'm done-
[0:18]
DFB: It’s currently matchday plus one, just after lunchtime. First question: How was your night?
Lena: Very short. I just couldn’t get to sleep, I think you are the same. So yeah, we have some sleep to catch up on.
Alex: We are thriving over here.
DFB: It's fine, you were thriving yesterday. As always, we are curious about the key moments before the game. As you get on the bus, how do you feel, how do you get into the zone, what goes on in the dressing room?
Alex: We were in a good mood, we felt optimistic and confident. I think every single player knew we would be able to win this game. We had sat amongst ourselves and thought about something nice we could do for the team. Sara Doorsoun and Feli came up with the idea that we would write little notes to everyone, just a sentence or a few words–in my case it was a lot of Kopfballungeheuer [header beast]–so that we could point out the strengths of our teammates, help them believe in themselves and take that onto the pitch. I thought the idea was amazing, just right for the moment, and you could feel the impact on the pitch. It’s so cool that such small things can make such a big difference.
DFB: Obi, what kind of notes did you get? “No yellow cards please”?
Alex: Bodyguard?
Lena: That is one I got a lot, that and Zweikampfmonster [duel/tackling monster]. I think that one was on every one of my notes.
DFB: You needed that strength last night.
Lena: Yeah.
DFB: Let’s have a look, maybe we can catch some of these moments.
Lena: Awesome, all those flags.
Alex: She [Martina Voss-Tecklenburg] looks a little tense.
[2:22]
Lena: What is our wall doing? Wait.
Alex: I swear I did not realize that this was happening at all when I took my shot. They ducked.
Lena: I thought I would clear the path towards your favourite corner.
Alex: That's hilarious! Sara asked me what they should do and she said “We are going to form a second wall,” and I was like “Yeah okay, go ahead.” That’s rad.
Lena: We did that for the first time ever. At least that’s what it looks like.
Alex: All three of them ducked! Looks like it’s on purpose.
Lena: Marina! She’s all the way down!
Alex: Sveni, the one with the shortest distance to the floor, is the one who's taking the longest.
DFB: Shame that the keeper did well.
Alex: Yeah.
Lena: If it had been a little higher you would have scored.
DFB: That was the first time when everyone in the stadium was like "Whoah! We can do this." Suddenly everyone was awake.
Lena: It only happened in the 20th minute!
Alex: It’s funny, Horst [Hrubesch] called me right after the game and he said “Poppi, I’m a little mad and disappointed in you,” and I thought “What did I do now?” and he said “Your free kick, if you swing your leg all the way and come at it a little further from the right, the shot would have been higher and longer and it would have hit the back of the net.”
Lena: Keep that one in your back pocket for the final.
Alex: That’s what I told him.
[4:10]
Alex: Jule had a great game.
Lena: Bam. I was wondering where you came from when you scored that. Every time you’re in the box, you just walk around, you have a look, you get in behind, and when the cross comes in you’re in exactly the right spot. See, she isn’t expecting you at all, and suddenly–
Alex: First thing I did is I wandered around some more.
Lena: You started celebrating as you took the shot, that’s awesome.
DFB: It’s all pre-planned.
Lena: Awesome. You finish, get on your knees, get up and bam! Awesome.
DFB: Spoiler alert: The second goal was the same. She can’t even see anything, and she goes wandering around. I think wandering around just before she strikes, that’s her signature move.
Lena: But you have to give credit for how well Poppi moves in the defender’s blind spot. She can’t even see you at first. Then she looks, and suddenly–but frankly, the cross was strong too.
Alex: It was perfect.
DFB: Not everyone can score like that, Poppi.
Lena: Did you hit it with your shin?
Alex: No, I hit it with my foot. Otherwise the shot wouldn’t have been as hard.
Lena: From the back it looked like it may have bounced off your shin.
Alex: Nah. It was well played by Sveni, she turns at just the right moment, the cross comes in and it goes exactly where it needed to go. It passed both of the centre backs, Lina is taking care of Mbock in the box. And I knew that Lina wouldn’t get to the ball (laughs).
DFB: You could tell.
Alex: Not because she’s too short, the ball just came in at a certain angle.
Lena: Her bun almost got to it.
[6:05]
Alex: Oh, that’s the equalizer. So unlucky.
Lena: Especially since it wasn’t even a clear-cut chance, just a long ball, and we are there–
Alex: The finish was amazing.
Lena: You have to admit that it was.
Alex: She did well. Two contacts, bam. Still, it was unlucky. I read that it counts as Merle’s own goal, so we haven’t conceded a goal yet.
DFB: Right on!
[6:45]
Lena: I would have been so happy for Sveni if she had scored.
Alex: Absolutely. She always works very hard.
Lena: And that Marina gets to it somehow, in that position, and then she takes one touch–it was a good finish.
Alex: Slipped off her foot a little bit.
[7:12]
Alex: Jesus! I remember this moment, crystal clear.
Lena: Me too. You were like “I’m getting blocked! I’m getting blocked!”, and I was like “What?!”, and that’s when the ball came in.
Alex: They were all looking at me being like “I’m getting blocked,” the ball came, and done. That’s what happens when Wendie Renard gets to the ball.
Lena: Merle did a good job with the save. Merle needs something to do from time to time.
DFB: The French had a lot of free kicks in the final third, and all of us know they’re always looking to find Renard. And she still gets to almost every ball, because she is just that great in the air.
Alex: It’s so hard to stop her. I know what she’s like, I’ve played against her a lot, you can only try to find the best way to stop her. When we play against Lyon, they always block me and we need to come up with a different strategy. Here, they didn’t block me for the first couple of times, so it was easier for me to intercept her runs. Something I always say is that it’s kind of an honour if someone tries that hard to defend against you. I can’t even track the movement of the ball anymore, I have no idea where it’s gone, I’m stuck standing with Wendie like “You’re staying in my arms!”. When they started blocking me, I couldn’t get to her anymore, and then it became super tough. She’s so tall, even if I jump, she jumps and she still reaches higher. It’s tricky. Nothing happened though, thank God.
Lena: There was one situation where you were clinging to her side, and she tried to reach over you, but then the ball just went out of bounds. Well done, Poppi.
DFB: We could relax again.
[9:17]
Alex: Obi, that was the one!
Lena: At first I thought she would pass it back. I’m running, then I pause, that was because I though she was passing it.
She stepped on my foot there. My ankle is still swollen. She landed on my ankle when she took the shot.
DFB: That tackle deserves some applause. Everyone, clap for Obi.
[Everyone applauds]
Lena: It's just my job.
Alex: Another incredible match from Obi. As we said earlier, she’s like a bodyguard. She takes care of so much before it even gets to the back four.
Lena: Tell me more, tell me more!
Alex: I’d rather not, you have to stay grounded. No, actually, she’s a beast. Especially considering how young she still is. She is vital for the team, everyone says so. Lina, Sara, the ones who play in the centre with her, they all say she is the one who allows them the freedom to go on the offense more. She makes everyone around her feel more secure.
[10:40]
Alex: Whoa, that was something else.
Lena: I was watching that from the back like “Dude, just get the ball in the back of the net!” And you’re like “This is over.”
Alex: I thought the ball would go out! Oh my God.
Lena: Then came Sveni with the back heel.
Alex: It’s about to happen.
Lena: Aaaaand bam!
Jule just stays on the ground! She was trying to get the penalty. I talked to her afterwards and she said “I thought I had been pushed, so I decided to stay down so they would check it.” She didn’t realize that it was Poppi who pushed her! Poppi pushed her out of the way so she could get her header in!
Alex: I jumped right into her.
Lena: And Jule stays down, and I come up to her like “Jule, awesome block!” and she hadn’t even realized that we scored. So she gets up, runs off, and leaves me standing in front of the goal all by myself. I was like “Thanks a lot, Jule.”
Alex: She really did well. Jule is covering Wendie, she stops her from taking that one step back–
Lena: She didn’t have time to jump.
Alex: Jule took the shot, the ball gets blocked, it goes flying over my head, I thought “Alright, that one’s out.” I have my back turned to the ball and Sveni, thinking “This can’t be real,” I turn around and I see “Oh, we’re still going!”. Then I saw the ball circling in, and I knew “That one’s mine.” And I had the space to run at it full speed.
DFB: Must have been almost impossible for the keeper, such a powerful shot coming right at her.
Lena: She was moving in the opposite direction, she would have had to turn around again. It’s like you always tell me, you simply just have to run into the ball. Simply.
DFB: Simply.
Alex: Simple as that. And keep your eyes open.
Lena: Keep your eyes open during headers, yeah. Since you told me I've been doing them like O.O
Alex: Jule was already on the ground here.
Lena: There! She just stays down.
Alex: What was I even doing here?
[13:20]
Alex: Another good finish.
Lena: She is so good at those.
That was in that short phase where we lost control of the game.
Alex: Merle would have saved it.
Was this offside?
Lena: No. I don’t think so, I have looked into it. It was deflected though!
Alex: Obviously! But the ref said it was a goal kick.
Lena: That’s what we got. But it wasn’t offside at all. She does well with the dribble.
Alex: She does well. I thought “How could it have been more obvious that it was a deflection?” The keeper is blocking the other side. It would have gone in. I was over there, see, and I knew it would have gone in. But then she said goal kick.
DFB: We were irritated as well.
Alex: I though it couldn’t be true. As she put down the ball she lifted her arm up, so I thought it must have been called offside.
Lena: I looked at it again. It wasn’t offside.
DFB: That's not a situation where Linda misses. We thought it was odd that she would have had such a weak finish. That’s not what she normally does.
Alex: Not normally, no. Hit it over the goal, maybe. Not like this though.
[14:55]
Alex: I was dead on my feet.
Lena: Breathe through your stomach.
Alex: I tried but it didn’t work. Even though I’m on my back.
Lena: I was down there at the bottom of that. Linda was lying next to me. I swear, as everyone jumped on us, I looked at Linda and Linda was like “Oh, fuck,” and I was like “Yeah.”
Alex: This sums up the team perfectly.
Lena: True.
Alex: Everyone is happy for everyone else.
Lena: How quickly the bench players got to us!
Alex: I think the first person that came up to me was Lea.
DFB: They were waiting on the sidelines the entire time.
Lena: The energy they give us, it's amazing. You look at them after a tackle–I don’t score many goals here–and the whole bench is out there cheering for you. It’s a special feeling.
DFB: What were your first thoughts after the final whistle?
Alex: "Dude, I’m exhausted, I'm so done."
Lena: Yes.
I think we all fell to the ground. I lay there on my stomach and thought “What just happened here?”
Alex: First I was like “Damn. I’m so glad this is over.” But at the same time it was like “We did it.”
DFB: Do you understand what you’ve achieved yet? Or are you just focused on recovery for now?
Lena: Right now I feel exhausted, I’m in recovery mode. Tomorrow it might start to sink in, when you get back on the pitch and it’s onto the next one. Today is to enjoy and to regain our strength.
Alex: You can tell that the whole team is exhausted. Emotionally, mentally, but that’s normal too. Whether you play or not, you’re exposed to all these emotional moments. That’s why it’s so hard to get to sleep after games. Today is to sort ourselves out. You get a lot of messages and attention on social media, it’s great. We get so many messages like “You don’t even know what you have started over here.” But you cannot conceptualize it.
Lena: They’re organizing public viewing parties everywhere.
Alex: In Gevelsberg too, by the way.
Lena: Awesome.
Alex: It’s so nice to hear that we have accomplished that much. It’s so important for women’s football.
Lena: We deserve it, because of the way we showed up here. From the first group stage match up until now, every game has gotten more and more exciting. We have earned the attention. I hope it stays that way once the tournament is over.
Alex: It has to be sustainable. That's our biggest hope.
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