#(he'll throw fisticuffs)

[spiinsparks]

       you did what

      bitch i still lived didn’t i

[dgrailwar]

Round 11, Day 2 - Team Foreigner

In asking for space facts, you received space facts. Funny how these things work. He seemed excited to tell them, fumbling over his words a little.

"Did you… um, did you know… that, that um, Mercury is actually shrinking--"

Before he could elaborate on that little tidbit, he was knocked out of the air.

A writing mass of artificial flesh, tendrils shooting outwards, struck at the Foreigner. Voyager spiraled a bit, eventually steadying himself.

The Voyager leapt from one asteroid to another, dodging the tendrils as they lashed towards him. He caught the edge of a small meteoroid, using the momentum to roll himself on the other side and kick it downwards, watching as it slammed into the entity.

"Okay… space facts later, then…"

He seemed a bit disappointed.

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Voyager rolled a 'Standard Monster Encounter'!

One choice will result in no damage being taken, another will result in a small penalty being inflicted, and another will result in Voyager taking a wound! Of course, you'll have to guess which one is which!

Voyager's advantage in Monster Encounters is that they operate similarly to Clue Encounters! If the 'no damage' choice wins out, he'll receive further information as if he was investigating!

[simiansmoke]

@braveplumber

Strength may be one of Donkey Kong's more admirable attributes (if the ape didn't flaunt it) but Mario has him beat where speed is concerned. The first fight banked on that, letting the big lug throw a punch and dodging at the last second, sending him to the ground with kick in the hind-quarters. This little competition quickly turned into the usual back and forth, throwing insults and laughing at the other's expense.

If anything, Mario is glad they do this frequently. Plumbing wasn't the most difficult job physically, but in the Mushroom Kingdom, he felt the need to keep training to stay in tip-top shape if anything were to happen. That, and it felt nice to blow off some steam, and Donkey Kong was a great target for any frustration. For pride's sake, he wasn't about to let that slip, though.

And, he's getting better. He'd lost miserably their first fight without aid. And now, without Power-ups, he had a decent shot of landing hits (and fighting dirty when his opponent wants to bite.) He'll get him back for that, mark his words.

"Ha, is that the best you can do? You ought to be more concerned about your potassium intake, big guy." It's a petty insult, and Mario knows it. He straightens out at the Kong's non-verbal acceptance, and then lowers into a fighting stance, with his hands up in fists.

"I didn't think you'd walk away with a one-to-one score. You afraid you're going to lose?"

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In a Kong eat Kong world, biting was far less of a dirty tactic considering a plethora of the 'smash monkeys' went about their days pantless. Not to mention the occasional bringing a go-kart to a fist fight...tooootally never happened (DIXIE).

Even though he hadn't imagined his surprise assault would earn him a follow-up appointment, hence the Kong's momentary pause, DK didn't have it in him to turn down a challenge, especially when faced with a rival's fisticuffs (thankfully minus the claws).

"Oh, you know me. Always out for an ass to kick. I'll get the one in potassium eventually." Rocking his shoulders back to pop his neck, DK dropped to his knuckles and shot Mario a grin that the spark in his eyes betrayed as giddy. The wiggling of his shoulders like a cat ready to pounce doesn't help either.

"Yeah - as if I'd lose to you, Mushroom-Breath!" Having already taken off with perhaps not the speed of but definitely the momentum of a freight train, DK cuts short his charge halfway by rising on his legs. This makes it easier to slam the ground hard enough to launch himself into the air and aim both fists balled together in a downward slam over his red target. "Eat this!"

[aesterblaster]

yknow what.. also @kryptic-krab who talks with me about which characters we could beat up lmao and @honeybachira

How The Blue Lock Boys Fight HCs

[most characters]

Rin

He honestly knows nothing about fighting

Throws his fists super ineffectually but with enough sheer rage that it lands

Just flailing around but somehow all the punches still do damage

Will literally try to overwhelm you with a flurry of blows

Doesn't even untuck his thumb or anything

He constantly brags about how he can beat people's asses but hasn't been in a fight fight since 5th grade

Don't let that trick you bc he will not hesitate to initiate something if he sees the chance

The type of guy to be talking shit even when he's losing

Isagi

He took karate for a while in 5th grade and he's not afraid to use it

The type to watch self defense vids and then forget every tip like 30 minutes later

Throws a pretty good right hook though

He prefers not to fight and pretty much has never been in a fight

No one has any real reason to fight him anyway

Once when he was smaller he kicked someone for insulting his mom

I think that's about it

Bachira

Has been in the most fights out of the whole fuckin cast [except shidou who is an outlier.]

Not by choice he just had to shut up his bullies ok <3

Uses flying kicks a lot

Also knows how to use nun chucks because he went though a TMNT phase

Has amazing reflexes when it comes to fights, cordination 100

He prefers to not get in as many fights now especially since he has a bit more inner peace now

Type of person to say some weird catchphrase beforehand

Just saying if you talk shit about him/his friends you will end up getting hit

Gagumaru

Will just fucking grab your face to stop you from getting close to him

Considers fighting a waste of time and trying to fight him will not get you anywhere

Doesn't even get angry when you insult him he's just like "..ok"

Has fought wild animals before though so maybe it's for the best that he's so passive towards people

Why would you even try to fight him honestly

He does know some taekwondo though from his childhood before he hit his growth spurt

Hiori

He has never fought in his life

0 skills even though he likes to think he could hold his own in a fight

If he HAD to fight he would try to go for pressure points or something strategic like that

What can I say he's a gamer

He has had people get into drama with him online and it always stays online and he prefers it that way

Would rather verbally talk it out than actually get into fisticuffs

His dad is obsessed with martial arts movies though so he has picked up a thing or two

Niko

Yes somehow he can see through his bangs

Has fought people before suprisingly and he's always won

Is very secretive about his fighting ability and no one's ever seen him fight because to him it doesn't have to be a public thing

But he's done judo/is good at flips

You try to come at him? Boom you're gonna get flipped over his shoulder

In the winter he does in fact train at a gym

Got into it because one of his friends was into it and ended up being better at it than him lmao

Also is good at predicting his opponet's moves for obvious reasons

Kunigami

Since he looks like a walking "don't fuck with me" sign he hasn't been in many fights

Once he has stopped a lady from getting robbed so that was something

Kinda just slapped the knife out of the criminal's hand then punched him

His strategy is 100% act first think later

His uppercut is in fact lethal

He has been beaten before though

One of his younger sister's absolutely whopped him because he lost her dog and didn't look for him that well

Yeah his only big weakness is that he won't fight women or people much younger than him

Nagi

Is the first to walk away

Never runs away from a fight but has walked away from several

He does insult people a lot, luckily it never comes back to bite him

His baggy clothes do hide the fact that he's a trained athlete so most people fighting him think he'll be weak

He does have a suprise advantage because usually he's so chill

The few fights he does get in usually end in him just tripping them/embarassing them

Calls fights annoying and then talks shit about people constantly

Raichi

Eats and breaths fighting montages for breakfast

He has bitten someone and he will do it again

Fights with him are like a fight with a wild animal, he starts out fucking headbutting people

Is always fired up so it's not hard to persuade him into trying to knock you out

At his school the file on him probably deserves it's own drawer

Posts videos of him flexing on tiktok with captions like "hey [insert random name here] wanna rematch 😂😂😂😂

Plan? Where? Just goes out doing every move in the book and probably all at the same time

Sae

Knows how to fight really well

Will go for a knock out straight away

Defends karate on insta and hates people who do other martial arts lmao

Has been in a decent amount of fights

But honestly he wins it from sheer power not his beloved karate

Will harp on how cool karate is and how he's a black belt but get in an actual fight with him and he will just start punching/pummeling you

He avoids lawsuits som e h o w but has done serious damage to people

Nanase

Can and has picked people up like they're a lamb

Although he's very passive and kind if you get in a fight with him you will get handled like a farm animal

Has only been in two or so fights and he won both of them

Afterwards he brought the kids to the nurse and everything TT

Says sorry the whole time

Talks to his parents about it and they're like "violence isn't the way" or whatever

It takes a LOT to get him riled up, he's more often breaking up fights than actually in them

Oliver

He had a bunch of siblings so of course he had to get good at fighting

Usually he does n o t play around when it comes to that

But sometimes he does playfight with his friends

Often wins those too

You wouldn't know it from how his exes slap him though lmao

Is more the type to finish fights but not start them

And he doesn't like getting into really serious fights, doesn't want to risk his health or anything

Reo

Kind of overreacts

It's either nothing or everything with him in fights

Look he tries to aim but he always misses/is pretty predictable

Has been in a good amount of fights (mostly because of above thing about going from 0 to 100)

Usually he loses though

The nurse knows him better than the principal even though its a pretty elite school

However he can copy moves so watch out for that

Also Nagi usually comes in at the end and saves his ass

Barou

Look, he came out of the womb kicking and screaming and that's pretty much how he fights

Very loud about it/will be screaming the e n t i r e time

His favorite thing to do is use his knee especially kneeing people in the stomach

Has only gotten into one fight at his school because everyone heard and saw him just fucking screaming like he'd been waiting for this day while tearing the poor kid apart

Yeah no one's started anything with him since

Also will go out of his way to make whoever he fight's life a living hell after the fight

Is pretty damn intense about fighting if you couldn't tell

Otoya

Well first you have to catch him

He's really good at getting out of slippery situations and pretends to despise fighting especially to girls

Has never gotten into a fight but will hang around and record fights he sees at school/on the street day to day

Runs a drama channel tracking fights and disputes happening throughout the city

And honestly if he were ever in a fight he'd just automatically go for the eyes and groin

Talks about how skilled he is at fighting but will never prove it lmao

Aoshi

He has been in a fight and honestly he just took blows until the other person tired and moved on

His entire strategy is to just be a living shield

Luckily no one knows about his main weakness which is his lower back lsmeniudrbfyui

If he weren't so muscular he'd get absolutely demolished by bullies

He's the type to be like "One of these days I'll learn to fight back!" then never does

Just tries to keep to himself and not start anything honestly

Kenyu

Yeah he's a pacifist but he also knows like 5 martial arts "just in case"

But also is so good at dissing people

If he did get in a fight it would probably stem from him back talking people because he knows that he's good if something actually starts

"What are you gonna do, dirt breath? Hit me?"

Honestly this side of him only comes out if you're an asshole first/known for being rude

He treats most people with respect but has threatened to beat up a couple of people

Chigiri

Fought much much more when he was a kid than now

Now sure he gets bitey but never actually throws hands bc of his knee

Thinks it isn't worth it

But his record was pretty win lose and usually just scrabbling and pulling hair with no real consequence

His sisters would give him tips on self defense like "if someone's trying to kidnap you do this!!"

Low key adults were afraid to approach him before or after school bc he'd go karate kid on them and be like "GET AWAY"

Never learned martial arts but just copied moves he saw on tv with varying sucess TT

Igaguri

Acts all big and bad

Gets himself into sooo many fights and loses all of them badly

Comes home with a bruise or something and his family goes on a whole rant about how he's a training monk

He legit gets himself yanked out of school and has to be at the monestary full time

He'll vauge post on social media about being taken out of school bc he was a huge bully and someone (otoya) responds with a video of him running home while some kids way younger than him chase him on a bike and he deletes the post TT

Tabito

Refuses to fight with people that are "mediocre"

But when he does fight he goes for the weak spots and pressure points

Usually wins

Has only been in like 3 or 4 fights and all of them were over something said about his appearance

He's sensitive deep down ok

Also makes sure he won't get in trouble for fights/tries to not get it on any record or anything

Shidou

His high kicks are painful as hell

Likes just kicking and rarely uses his hands

Side kicks, roundhouse, flying, straight out you name it he's used it

Is constantly learning new moves for fun

Has started fights with complete strangers on the street bc he was bored

He's just a fucking fighting fiend ok

Can and will fight a kid for something arbitrary

and finally.. the cursed extra

Ego Jinpachi

If he were to get in a fight he'd use his surroundings as a weapon

Would smash a coffee cup over someone's head

When he's bored in meetings he doodles drawings of him beating up the executives for not letting him go through with his plans

Is rather physically weak but you best believe he'd still win

As a kid he pummeled people for looking at him the wrong way lmao

[ritchieblackless]

Blackmore and Powell's friendship pt III {The last lap}

Well, first of all, thanks to everyone for supporting this mini series (just three post omg) of Cozy and Ritchie's friendship. They were so cute and I think they didn't realize how goals they were....

Also, this part will be more long than the others because it's the last one and because there's a lot to cover in this last lap.

Making 'Down To Earth'

Making that album was important for those two because they were in their own. The band, in a certain way, was no longer Ritchie's band.. Although Ritchie will never admit it, without Cozy's help Down To Earth and his successful career after Cozy left, would have been a little more difficult. Without mentioning that Cozy discovered Joe Lynn Turner.

As Cozy quoted in his 1982 interview.

"He [Ritchie] seems to have more success with Rainbow since I left. I'm really glad for him. -Cozy (Kerrang! 1982)

But returning to the point... As the two dorks were men in charge, due to pulling the new Rainbow out, they had to be closer to each other more than they used to and spending more time together under a lot of stress. Perhaps that was the reason why their friendship quickly wore off.

Anyway... time for quotes! I'll put first the 'Making Down To Earth' quotes and then the 'Woring off friendship' quotes.

"After a while we were going crazy, we couldn't find anybody at all. Then Roger Glover said, 'Well, what about me?' Ritchie asked me what I thought as I'd have to work with the guy and I said, 'Fair enough, I'll give it. try, once I start playing I can never hear anybody else anyway.' So Roger became the bass player." -Cozy. (1979)

(Ritchie knew Roger for years and still he asked to Cozy what he thought about Rog...it shows you that Cozy's opinion was important to Ritchie)

"All the members we've got are very competent at what they do. Don's been playing keyboards for years, Roger's an accomplished bass player, Graham's a great singer... all I've got to do is teach Ritchie a few new chords and we'll be alright." -Cozy (Sounds 1979)

(A little of English humor for y'all. I'll skip the quote where Ritchie says that he would loved having that laugh with Cozy because you already know that one. Where Ritchie tacitly said that he miss Cozy)

Now, the quotes about their, as Cozy called it, battle of wits.

"Cozy and I, we're always trying to outsmart each other. He's a very fast person, him with his cars. Me, with my medieval music, he hasn't got a clue where I'm coming from. So we have our differences, but when we're on stage we click because he wants to be the best drummer and I want to be the best guitarist." -Ritchie (Melody Maker or Sounds 1979)

The next two quotes are from the same paragraph but I divided them because... yes.

"Ritchie and I have argued about their [Graham, Don and Roger] inclusion, well, we have a lot of arguments anyway as you can well imagine. When we don't agree over certain things, he usually wins because it's his band, he started it all in the first place, so I'm not going to knock that. But I will make my opinions heard." -Cozy (Pelo 1979)

Cozy was very strong-willed, also a little stubborn but he'll never lose the respect for Ritchie and his baby as you can well read.

"I'll say what I think to Ritchie and he respects me for it. I think the only reason that I'm still a member of Rainbow is that Ritchie knows that I'll beat him up if he fires me. So we have differences of opinion - in fact it nearly came to fisticuffs at one point in Geneva - but at the end of the day it's usually OK, we have a few drinks and make it up. But it's good all the same, it's healthy. We're men enough to know that united we stand, divided we don't necessarily fall but it's not going to be so easy. So if we stick together we could end up conquering the world. Which'd be nice, wouldn't it?" -Cozy (Pelo 1979)

Awwwww, Cozy... you two already did. He softie.

"We disagree about a lot of things, although we tend to agree upon the end result. I do feel uncomfortable with him in some situations, but we do treat each other with a great deal of respect." -Ritchie (Sounds 1979)

You... you toxic dorks. I'd love to know what that 'Uncomfortable' means.

"I've had thoughts about leaving Rainbow every other month. It's easier to quit, but harder to keep going - and I don't believe in giving up. Ritchie must have been thinking 'I wonder how much longer he's going to take this?' while I was thinking 'how much more can he put up with me?' - it was a battle of wits. This is reflected in the way we play, very aggressive; but in the end we've got great respect for each other." -Cozy (Sounds or Melody Maker 1980) (they in the two interviews say the same so sometimes i get confused but trust me hasha)

I think they were just tired of each other but not tired of being friends but being band mates and driving force.

BUT, although their fights and arguments and all. Ritchie still cared about Cozy. (I'll put a sweet quote just for change the bad taste in mouth of the other quotes)

"I'm speaking for myself and that night I was very sensitive, as in fact I always am, but on that night I felt I could not come across to the audience and I was disgusted with what I was doing. So I came off and I said to Cozy: "Shall we do an encore?" He was very mentally brought down, he'd just done his solo, and so I decided not to do an encore. The whole thing about doing an encore is that it should come from your inner self." -Ritchie. (Sounds 1979)

Is not the first time though. He, in Rainbow, usually wanted to do an encore but then he'd see Cozy, as he said, mentally brought down and as much as Ritchie wanted, he'd not do an encore... just for Cozy.

'After-Rainbow' relationship.

As I showed you in the first part, they ended in very good terms and still being friends and they were still good friends until, of course, Cozy's death.

"Ritchie and I are still really good friends. He came to see us [MSG] while ago. I left the band very amicably way and there's no hard feelings. I just think five years was quite long enough. We'd both seen enough of each other. It's a long time to work with any relationship, especially in an artistic way, it was better to part as friends rather than as enemies." -Cozy. (1982) (it was a cut off article I found in pinterest long ago so i don't know the very source)

Cozy was still supporting Rainbow after he left and he liked "I surrender" and all. And he discovered Joe Lynn so when Graham left... Cozy told Ritchie about Joe.

And for the last quote... I will leave this funny but sad but nice (????? ... you will understand what i mean)

"Last time we saw Cozy was in Denmark. He was doing an interview beneath my window in the garden of the hotel. I couldn't resist but to throw water out of the window and onto him. We always played practical jokes on each other. Cozy went too soon, but that's the way he'd have wanted to go, in his car. -Ritchie (Blackmore's Night Q&A online)

"We always played practical jokes on each other". Ritchie you're such a liar and you're talking advantage of Cozy's death because if he were still alive he would tell you that you were afraid of his practical jokes.

But he is deep about Cozy's cause of death, and he's right about it so that, again, shows you that Ritchie knew him very well.

-

So we reached the end, a fair-sad but happy ending for their friendship. Is sad because Cozy's death but is happy because they were still the goal friends that they always were. And i have no doubts that he still misses him, because Carry On Jon is very similar to The Loner and i don't think it's a coincidence.

Anyway, Long Live Rock 'N' Roll and I want their friendship.

[artswaps]

And @rigb0ner I read your other replies to this and ajskssj okay I have thoughts

Tbh I don't actually see Keith as being a violent kid at all; if someone pushes him then he'll push back, but I don't think he'd really be the kind to throw the first punch. Personally I get the impression that young Keith was a lot like Keith is now, aka he's not *subdued* per-se, but he is pretty quiet and totally cool w doing his own thing unless he's around people he's comfortable with.

Lance on the other hand draws a lot of attention to himself. He has no shame and he likes attention and like I said, has absolutely no boundaries lmao. I reckon when he was younger he didn't really get embarrassed about expressing himself the way current Lance sometimes does- he was a lot more upfront and earnest about how he felt with p much everything.

So like??? I actually reckon that if we're talking childhood friends!au then it'd actually be Keith holding Lance back from throwing punches eheheheh

For some reason, sometimes other kids are scared of Keith?? Maybe it's cos he's quiet? But not necessarily in a shy way, and he's always been pretty naturally independent to a certain degree- when he's not with Lance (or Hunk cos like you said they DO make a great trio aaw) and he's just doing his own thing, he almost comes across as a lil sullen or severe?? (His neutral face looks angry even at age 12. Truly he lives a cursed life.)

So bullies are?? Kinda scared of confronting him directly?? Maybe he gets kids talking about him behind his back but none of them really say anything to his face. Lance has no idea how anyone could be scared of Keith cos his friend is literally one of the sweetest people he knows, and he still remembers when they were in kindergarten and their teacher read them The Velveteen Rabbit and it made Keith cry his eyes out.

Lance though, Lance is very loud and excitable and has big, ambitious dreams and a very trusting nature. Unfortunately, that sometimes makes him an easy target, and he's had more than one bad run-in with bullies. And unlike Keith, Lance is totally ready to punch the lights out of someone who's openly making fun of him. (He's also ready to engage in fisticuffs with anyone he catches spreading rumours about or laughing at Keith, because Lance has always been very protective of his friends, and before he grows up and mellows out a lot, that protectiveness often manifests as impulsive anger)

Lucky for Lance, Keith has learnt already that people can be mean and bullies are cowards, and he's fully aware that other kids don't always like approaching him because of the impression he gives off. He has learnt to wield his power for good >:)

Please imagine 12 year old Lance and Keith as best friends facing off against a gang of kids who are making fun of Lance, laughing at him because 'there's no way he'll ever make it into the Garrison; they only let geniuses go there!'- Keith has one hand on the hood of Lance's jacket holding him back from starting a brawl with this gaggle of fellow preteens, and all he has to do is shoot his nastiest, firecest glare at these kids without Lance even noticing; that's all it takes to have them all nervously glancing at each other before scattering.

Lance just starts hollering after them like 'YEAH THAT'S RIGHT! NO ONE MESSES WITH ME OR MY FRIENDS!' thinking he's scared them all off, and Keith just smiles and lets Lance drag him away to get celebratory icecreams or something.

Anyway they're best friends and they'd do anything to keep each other safe ajsjdjkd

childhood friends Keith & lance: one day they’re fighting and Keith suddenly starts sniffling, so lance whimpers and grabs Keith’s cheeks like “NO DON’T CWY” and he’s getting worried so he just hugs him. And Keith doesn’t get hugged much by other kids but he just hugs lance back with a big pout on his face and the teacher in the class is about to cry bc it’s the sweetest image. Also them growing up together and lance still points out Keith’s dumb habits like pouring milk in before he cereal...

Tag yourself I’m the teacher

Maybe I’ll have more thoughts on a childhood friends au later but rn it’s 2am and i can’t sleep lmaoJust know that this is very sweet and also I’d put my money on Keith being a pretty quiet/reserved but really emotional kid, whereas Lance has 0 boundaries and is LOUD and tactile and rambunctious Anyway Lance walks up to Keith in the sandbox one day and boldly states “HEY, we’re gonna be friends now and go on adventures!” and Keith is just like “sure, why not?” cos his sandcastle wasn’t really going places anyway. And from that moment forward they’d both Kill A Man for each other.

[spiinsparks]

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