#Beau yaps!!1!

[ttheatre-trashh]

I am literally just a man. A space age man. That is ALL. That i am. And I want to hold your hands. All. Of. Your. Hands.

[ttheatre-trashh]

my father is really into gothic decorations and the second that spirit Halloween opens we rush to it and spend ages looking at everything and picking out cool stuff. He has displays of realistic skulls and skull plant pots and other things my mother will not let him display.

although, he despises Halloween alley. I’ve been taught from a young age “Fuck Halloween alley”.

are you telling me americans have stores that open up SPECIFICALLY for halloween and just. dont exist any other time of the year. you people are insane

[fruity-legos]

Ok so little yapping session

I just finished the "night hunter rant" shorts (that were released during season 1) and two clips struck my attention

So let's be real- HE'S DEFINITELY REFERRING TO HANNAH IN THOSE CLIPS- which (maybe?) Gave me more answer about their lore

So second clip- he's saying it's impossible to keep those you love SAFE and by your side FOREVER

So for the safe part- beau is really protective of hannah as you can see in those ss of their ep

And just before that he's saying that the nightmare king's sword was the only thing that could have saved her

Sword which later gets destroyed, and he's kinda sad about that

So yeah now to the "forever" part

At the end of the episode he's looking at the gnorf's watch

And he ends up stealing it and saying "we have plenty of time" so did he steal the watch to stay with her FOREVER??? That's the only reasonable explanation

And now let's get back to the first clip of the vid from the start

So he's saying that the ones you love are the first to let you down- so he used to be part of the night bureau- which he now really hates so- I think hes mad that when Hannah died they didn't do anything about it- or they didn't save her so "let her down"..or oz didn't help him save Hannah when she died

And then he goes on to say that the ones you love can be used against you- so did nightmare king use Hannah against him. SOMEONE USED HANNAH/HANNAH'S DEATH AGAINST HIM THAT'S FOR SURE

and also in season 1 nightmare king says that beau joined him for more power- which I half-believe

So my FINAL THEORIES AS TO WHY BEAU BECAME EVIL

-Hannah died and he went to the nnightmare king for more power to bring her back

-nightmare king used Hannah against him

-the night bureau/oz couldn't save her which made him hate them so he joined the nightmare king

-he became evil to save her but she died before he could do anything

But one thing I'm sure of is that she died in the dream world. I refuse to believe she passed cause of some sickness

ALSO in the new episodes night hunter says "I failed her, I've had to live with my mistakes" SO HER DEATH HAS TO BE RELATED TO HIM BECOMING EVIL AND NOT BEING ABLE TO SAVE HER FROM WHO KNOWS WHAT

Im not okay😃

[artyarchivehoard]

MASTER POST!!

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UNDERTALE AU INFO DUMP!!

Fineline is an undertale au that has been living in me and Bea's (writer for fineline and other stuff who is my irl bestie but doesnt have tumblr cuz shes a nerd) brain for the past 4 years and now it’s finally getting life.

Basically found family bad sanses with a lot of self inserts, random ocs I make them interact with, and a healthy dose of shipping.

Their physical designs aren’t too far from accepted fanon but I think their personalities are quite different.

Nightmare is a bit more chill and has massive gossipy wine aunt vibes.

Dust is just a tad stupid and the most extroverted of the group.

Horror is the resident chef and is a big softie with a scary face and no concept of societal norms.

Killer is the most different because he’s the calm, dead-inside always bored one, trying and failing to get the others to chill out.

It would be amazing to have asks for them to answer and be able to share their shenanigans with other people so I hope you guys like their silliness!

List of characters...?:

Fineline!Nightmare

Fineline!Dust

Fineline!Horror

Fineline!Killer

Jas

Bea

Emily

Red

Alex

Siren

Leo

Krea

Beau

Xavier

Josiah

Alicia

Marcus

Amson

Nebula

21

Strato

Lucid

And more! (Yes... there r probably more....)

I'll have to make refs for all these characters and link them... oh the joys of character design

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[ellohallohiya]

Kald-dal’s QQ1 OCs Name Yap >:) P.1 / A gift for my fav writer/artist because I can't make fanart

I picked out names for the characters you said didn’t have last names since you allowed random entries (if that’s ok). Also if some of the name definitions weren’t on purpose, maybe this will make you happy to read for extra meanings :D

(Sorry this sucks butt this is my first time researching name/word names pretty deeply, well relatively for me)

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Beau - Handsome in French, fine and beautiful, and in Latin it means pretty. It also is an old fashioned way of saying boyfriend, partner, or lover

Dent - A blow of impact from a weapon or implement in combat. Also means mark or a form of damage

So this just means Beau is a beautiful man, and he makes a significant mark, and this leads into the fact that he is career material and well enough trained. And he might be in a relationship/is a player

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Shimmer - A soft slightly wavering light

Aleela- Meaning, she cries

This just means light, of course, I think this is just a name given to the character instead of having meaning, but once I find out her last name I can add more meaning. Also the word ‘wavering’ being in the first definition I see of Shimmer is a bit funny. And I choose the name Aleela, because ‘she cries’ is a really vague statement over what she cries about. So I think it fits my first interpretation of her character

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Garde - Guardianship, safeguarding, covering, authority. Defending aggressions and attacks. Responsibility and protection

Riggs - Meaning, of the ridge or one of the ridge. There isn’t many other definitions of it. But it can also be correlated with the fact that he is ‘rigging’ the game against Claudia (like the ass he is)

He’s definitely not protecting Claudia loyally. Anyways I assume this just means he has great defense and can cover attacks easy, because he’s a vicious little backstabbing viper he doesn’t get the title of a guard though

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Claudia - In both Latin and Spanish it means lame, but also in Latin it means enclosure. And in Hebrew it means limp- to be shut in or be shut in. Never truly in and never truly out. Not too popular yet not too unusual. Though in a baby name website, girls named Claudia have compassionate and empathic nature, and good leadership skills

Benetiz - This name has several different cultures around it. In Spanish it means ‘Son of Benito’. In Latin it means blessed

So Claudia has never felt truly belonging in any group. Even in the career pack she’s not as good as Garde, Sheelin, and Polina. But she isn’t at the level of Beau and Taurus. And in her childhood she often felt outcasted due to her family history

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Alex - To ward off, keep away. The defender of men. A protector. And for a person explaining why they thought ‘Alex’ would be a great name for a thg oc from district 3 is because it goes after ‘Alexa’

Bentley - Coarse grass meadow. Cleverness, luxury, and is apparently in kudos (affiliation) with the number eleven. Also ‘get bent’ is a phrase that can derive from this

Yeah no, the name definition doesn’t fit his character, but it is a catchy name for a d3 character. Wished he got more scenes though

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Peg - A small cylindrical object that is tampered at one end, it is usually to help hold things together. It is also a point of limit of a scale. And to fix something

Debois - In French the word means, wooden table. But it also means a topographic name for someone who works with wood

Again name definition doesn’t match much, but hey, it doesn’t matter as long as nobody searches it up as deeply as me :)

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Polina - In Latin/Greek origins, the name means small and humble, a bundle of joy. In Russian it means, little stone/pebble

Carrol - This means champion or victor in the baby website section. It also means free man in German. And dancing and singing in a circle in old english

So her last name matches her more because I don’t think she’s humble at all. And for the baby website section, it was the American meaning. But this just means she’s victor/champion material

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Sheelin - Ancient Irish translation to, Fairy Pool *insert sparkles*. It is also a lake in central Ireland

Montgomery - Meaning mountain belonging to the ruler. In both old French and British it means belonging to nobility/royalty. This also means manpower in some viking language

So I assume that Sheelin is definitely carefree to a degree due to ‘Fairy Pool’ being his name’s only meaning and definition I could find. And him belonging to a ruler makes sense with his and Polina’s dynamic. And manpower makes sense as well

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Muriel - The star of the sea. Sparkling or shinning sea. And also the fragrance of God. And in a definition of the name I saw it said exactly ‘an educated, willing worker who sees what is really happening during the Russian revolution but is afraid to speak out against it’

Callahan - Bright headed, strife, and contention. Bright headed usually means of light or of knowledge. Strife means negative disagreement over fundamental issues. Contention means heated disagreement, or assertion of any sort

I think it’s funny her name is correlated a lot to the sea. But let’s see if her name has anything to do with stars. Also I can see her as an educated worker, and since she’s rich she probably knows more than the average districts citizen, but does not speak up about it. And with her last name, it has a lot to do with arguments and knowledge. (Honestly the person who picked the name out gave her a badass last name though)

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Isak - Means laughter from Icelandic/Hebrew origins. Also from the bible, Isaac was the baby of two people who laughed when God told him they would have a baby. Issac is also the gift from God. And with the spelling Isaaq, the name means honest and trustworthy

Truitt - Honest little one, dry old wood, small and quick, extremely loyal, river bend, and is associated with the number five. All of these definitions are from several cultures/languages

So Isak is trustworthy, by that I think it means he sucks at lying. And it’s funny his last name has so many definitions, especially the fact that a few languages agreed the meaning would be ‘little man’ and ‘trustworthy one’. And with his first name, I think about how Isaac’s parents laughed at God’s face and got punished (without being hurt), then proven wrong with their child being Isaac

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Lexie - Lexie is actually a greek girl name, meaning the defender of men. It also means luxury and elegance. It also means to finish whatever you start in another culture. And it’s a more feminine version of ‘Luxus’ which is a car brand, which also means luxury and excess in Latin

Cohen - Means ‘priest’ in several languages. But it means wild goose in Irish, and it is a ‘royal’ name in Jewish

So Lexie’s name could mean to finish what you started, which is kinda badass. And her last name is a wild goose (chase) plus it means royalty in Jewish, which adds on to her family status. It would be funny to see her give an alliance a wild goose chase though

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Asshole - Jerk or idiot. Not only just stupid or annoying, but also very mean

Greason - Was apparently a war cry or slogan originally. And it also means a quest for higher truth and spiritual victory. When you are also doing reasonably well in an industry. And it also means a yeti-like creature- a tundra dweller. There are several more definitions (surprisingly)

Sawney - Naively or sentimentally foolish. And another defender of mankind. It is also a derogatory word for Scotsman. It's usually associated with the word ‘jock’ and is informal in most of its definitions

So Greason is a yelling loud person, he has many faces/personalities. He is a truth seeker (I can maybe see that in his character). And he can be associated with a yeti. Also he is a foolish jock

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There will be a part 2 sorry for being so lazy- anyways ye, hope this makes @kald-dal-write happy to read :)

[ttheatre-trashh]

and this my friends concludes todays segment, “stop twinkifying characters”

ohhh boy i love fanart!!

[youtubeyouniversitytherapy]

Therapy Exercise 1: Check In! || Ryan & Dean Beau

Ryan sat in the waiting room area with his back slumped against his seat. He had seen the therapist a few times now and had honestly wondered why they even bothered at this point. 

They already knew he was going to be difficult to work with and already had been in their last attempt at trying to speak with him. After all, this shit was harder to do without a few bumps in you. He half considered going to the session high, but knew he wouldn’t be able to keep a straight face long enough. Or maybe he would end up yapping their ear off. Who was to say?

Regardless, before he could really think any longer about it than he already had, out walked Dean Beau from their office.

“Ryan, good to see you here. How are you doing this week?” They greeted, a clipboard close to their chest as they looked down at him. He wanted to barf right there, or pretend he had the shits just to be able to get out of whatever condescending methods were about to be pulled on him.

His brows knitted together as he looked up at them, gently sighing as he stood up slowly.

It’s a good thing Dean Beau was patient and used to whatever stunts the guy usually pulled, just watching him and already starting to write something down on the clipboard as they started to lead into their office.

He took a seat on the couch, lounging back again with his legs spread open and back against the cushion. He had been in here plenty of times before already to not get himself acquainted, but that didn’t mean he was comfortable being here.

They also took a seat at their desk, setting down their clipboard and adjusting comfortably in their chair. “Looking at your report, your grades seem to be shaky, but your House assessment shows you’ve been adjusting well socially..”

Ryan was more aware than ever trying to keep his face as neutral as possible, even staring off looking around at the ground.

Dean Beau took a beat, letting the silence linger a moment before continuing.

“With that being said, it’s refreshing to hear you’ve at least built some rapport with your peers a little outside of what you’re normally comfortable with…”

Ryan dared not to look at them now, sensing what they were trying to hint at but not bothering to give them the reaction they were looking for.

Of course it was about Matt. It was always a topic they tried to push him into engaging with, and despite their best efforts, he never would.

“Well, with the few faces in your house you know already, it’s easier to step out of your comfort zone with those you feel comfortable with.. and I want you to keep making those steps..”

If only they knew what steps he was taking to get there.

The Dean’s forehead creased, looking down and beginning to write more with giving a small quiet pop to their mouth. “I’m aware that there are get-togethers that happen on Greek Row, and I’m not going to discourage it. It’s important to build comradery and establish relationships…”

His eyes flickered for a moment, almost reaching the desk, but looking back down at the carpet. When you looked close enough, you could see this weird pink fish thing with legs swimming under a lilypad in the pattern.

“However, it’s important to be aware of the obvious stressors that occur at these parties… especially when on a path such as sobriety..”

His expression shifted for a moment, only a second really, but it was honestly too undiscernible enough to not know what he was feeling. Whatever it was, it made his chest feel like it was in knots and his lungs closing in. This entire session, he felt like his throat was locked up, chains pressed around his vocal cords with the key lost in his muddled mind. He was lagging but on edge, craving a bump so that he could get through the rest of this session with zero regard.

Dean Beau was watching him now, it being clear in his composure that he was struggling and resisting frowning for his benefit.

“We… people care about you and want the best for your wellbeing. Despite progress or ‘getting better’, though that’s something to strive for, ultimately that all stems from their concern. Your progress is for you, but the actions you take affect others… Especially your loved ones…”

Ryan felt like he had lockjaw, mouth clasped shut tight. If there was any chance of him talking to them now, it blew right out the door that also seemed to have that pinky leggy fish on it. Now that he was looking, that fucking fish was everywhere in this room. He was surrounded! Almost choking up this pink legged freak at this point with how much was around him that he was noticing now. 

He wanted out of this room!

Dean Beau took another deep breath in, writing down one finally note before moving the clipboard aside. “I think that’s all that was necessary for today… I’m glad we could have this discussion together…”

Finally!! Quicker than he came into the room, he went right for the door.

“Ryan!”

But he was already out, quickly making his way back to the Gamma house while his fingers clawed at his shirt collar.

A sigh finally released deep within the Dean’s chest, sitting back in their chair delated.

“Nevermind, we’ll talk next week..”

[ttheatre-trashh]

”she’s a freaky monster” she is literally just a girl leave her alone

[daisy-room]

hello! I’m making a little to-do list <3

hopefully doing this weekend (since I got the weekend off 🥰🥰🥰)

Finish first aid certification

finish project for criminology

Maybe (very possibly) write ch. 1 for the immortal Akaashi series 🙂‍↕️🙂‍↕️🙂‍↕️

moving out of this weekend and into the next two - three ish weeks 1. finish essay for English (this is also going to put a dampen on my joy </333)

2. Write ch. 1 of Osamu fic :p

3. Write two drabbles for my event 🧍🏻‍♀️

4. Write prologue for Suna fic 🫣

5. catch up on series </3 (I fr have had no time I’m dying over here. Top priority -> maneater, try again, inked, my bisque beau, mirage, hey Cupid, the ravens eye, scenic soulmates) this will take more than the week I fear </3

6. work on another certification

7. Write either ch. 1 of the Suna fic or ch. 2 of one of the other two! <3333

8. Write Sakusa Royalty AU (you can thank @hiraethwa for reminding me about this)

9. Continue Ghost Kuroo fic

10. Quit my job

ongoing every day-ish tasks:

Yap with my moots and flood their inboxes <3

we’ll see how well this goes.

[ttheatre-trashh]

Oh my god you GUYS

she’s ME. THATS ME. I am CASSIE.

Do you know a classic beanie baby for July 12th?

You share a birthday with Cassie the Collie!

[ladydaybreaker]

Cross the Jaded Stars Info Dump!

So I yap on and on and on about Ad Astra, I'm gonna talk about one of my other projects. My swap AU specifically.

Title: Cross the Jaded Stars

Fun fact! The name itself is full of references! "Cross" saying "Hey, this is a swap where things are switched up or 'crossed'.". "Jaded" has two parts to it, one: It's a more grim and 'jaded' world than canon and two, our MC is the swapped J! "Stars" also has two bits but one of them connects with the previous word, it's a reference to Ad Astra which is what I started with for MD fandom and J(ae) and S (for Jaded Stars) are the two leads for this story.

There are some spoilers below, you don't have to read them of course!

Characters and their swaps in canon:

Uzi=J (Jaelyn Doorman)

N= Sam (Serial Designation: S)

V= Emily (Serial Designation: E)

J= Rebecca (Serial Designation: R)

Thad= V (Victoria "Vicky" Hart)

Lizzy= Cyn (Cyn Beaufae)

Doll= N and Beau (Emmett "N" Sterling and Beau Sterling)

Cyn=Uzi (Serial Designation: Uzi)

Yeva=Alice (Alice Sterling)

Alexei (Doll's dad)= Luke (Luke Sterling)

Nori, Khan and Tessa do not have swaps. Lizzy, Thad, Doll, Alexei and Yeva all are in the story. Lizzy is Victoria's sister. Thad, Doll, Alexei and Yeva have not appeared in the story as of yet. They will. But I can't say where.

Solver Strains: There are four strains of Solver Drone in Jaded Stars rather than Ad Astra's two. Two of these are the Ad Astra Strains (winged murder demon and teleporter...aka Uzi and Doll) and the other two belong to the amazing @mephiles97 (you guys should check them and their stories out. They're incredible). C and D strains are a marksman and illusionist strain.

There are Hybrid strains too! If a Solver couple has a kid, their kid will get aspects of both their parent's strains. They will have one strain that is dominant compared to the others. If a child has two parents that are the same Strain, that Strain is amplified (ex: a Strain AA will have absolutely MASSIVE wings and a much bigger tail). Diluted Strains are also a thing. They will have lesser versions of the Pure strains (ex: a Strain a will have either tail or wings but not both. Whereas as Strain A will have both.)

Jaded Stars Strains: Jaelyn: AA Nori: A Khan: a Luke: c Alice: d Beau: Dc Emmett: Cd Unknown 1: Ba Unknown 2: Bd Unknown 3: b

Disassembly Drones:

The Disassemblers all have special 'gifts' that were given to them to protect them.

R: Siren Song- able to 'charm' her victims with her voice. Think like a Trojan virus.

E: Shifting Camouflage-able to shapeshift into Workers whose cores she has eaten. She then takes on some of their traits. (Ex: Taking the form of Luke will give her a strength boost, while taking the form of Alice will increase her speed). The effect looks like Mystique from X-Men.

S: Magnetic Discharge- Able to cause any and all electronics within a radius around him to shut down, a Worker in this radius will begin to slowly lose control of their limbs and become lethargic, eventually passing out on the ground and 'sleep' in drugged stupor.

Will probably do another ramble later. But if you have any questions, please feel free to ask! Ask box is always open (I think).

[someratidk]

AND THATS THAT FOR THIS YEAR LETS FUCKING GOOOO >> probably gonna like solely focus on my own ocs from now on, or for the near or distant future for whenever i post art. Got a lot of Ostea shit in the works I need finished but i cant like pull myself up by my bootstraps just yet (im lazy.) >> Fanart is definitely gonna take a massive back seat, im prioritizing my own ocs from now on so womp womp have yourself a bit of a cry. Might feed you once in a while idk (All my ocs and their world nonsense will be on my stupid little toyhouse too so if youre interested in seeing what im yapping abt then WAAH) ARTFIGHT days 16-31 (i DIDN'T MAKE IT TO MY ATTACK GOAL, BUT I GOT BETTER AT PAINTING??? AND AT THE STUPID SCENE/BACKGROUND WORK?? HEELLOO???? TURNS OUT PRACTICE ACTUALLY DOES SOMETHING???)

FROM FIRST/TOP TO BOTTOM, i GUESS?? 1-4) (Misc) Twitter: Tenk_oo 5) 'Valdis Artreberry', Artfight: 9692 // Toyhouse: dogpoo 6) 'Noah', Tumblr: @snailmanisreal 7) 'Decius', IG: Miminsart 8) 'Mystique', IG/Twitter/Toyhouse: MylesOfAsgard // Tumblr: @Prismuffin 9) 'Crescent', Tumblr: @topaztimes // Twitter: topicaltopaz // Toyhouse: DragoMel 10) 'Daisy', IG: fishy_flopps 11) 'Hina', Toyhouse/IG/Cara: kelzynx 12) 'Leif', Tumblr: @locurset 13) 'Cain Beau', Twitter: starIucky // Tumblr: @pato-ki // IG: pato_ki // Toyhouse: Patoki 14) 'Callen', Twitter: rinto190 15) 'Giancarlo', Twitter: vasabishii 16) 'Tharellus 'Hare' Decurrent', Toyhouse: CannedPeaches // Tumblr: @mapleglazedpeaches 17) 'Lena', IG: lcdtwn // Twitter: mrtoothyman 18) 'Lucia', IG iced_vaneella 19) 'Salem', Tumblr: @randomarty 20) 'Ardian Fischer', IG: faernily // Tumblr: @faernily

[ttheatre-trashh]

i saw this on Instagram yesterday and screamed at Evie to go see it. It’s canon. Guys this happened

the Constance and Ricky ever

BIG DAY FOR ALEX WYSE AND HIS RICKY'S FANS ❕❕❕

via: @alexjwyse on his instagram story :)

[dribolopdapipol]

Rain or Shine drags Magnolia to Game 7 for last PBA finals ticket

James Yap with another reliable performance for Rain or Shine. PBA IMAGES ANTIPOLO — Just as their foes were reaching for the dagger in the very arena where they have emerged unscathed and crowned as champions, the Rain or Shine Elasto Painters looked calm and collected, giving themselves a fightback of their own in Game 6 of the PBA Philippine Cup semifinals. The Elasto Painters leaned on the marksmanship of Rey Nambatac and yet another steady performance by James Yap to fend off Magnolia, 91-81, and forge a decider for the last remaining Finals berth, Friday night at Ynares Center here. “I just told the players to enjoy this game, to keep it simple and it worked,” said coach Caloy Garcia, whose squad managed to extend the series after falling in three consecutive meetings. “I told them to not think about whatever happens and asked each one of them to play their game and stay relaxed,” he added. And it showed. Yap led all of Rain or Shine’s scorers with 16 while Nambatac and Beau Belga tossed in 15 apiece. Jewel Ponferrada added 11 more to preserve their promising start to their semifinal series. Magnolia managed to knot the affair at 62 by the end of the third quarter, all thanks to Ian Sangalang’s showing. But they had no answer for Nambatac, who started to catch fire from deep at the start of the final frame. From thereon, Nambatac and Yap took turns on scoring, snuffing out every ounce of counterattack the Hotshots mounted. “Coming into Game 7, we just have to do the same,” Garcia said of their sudden-death match scheduled this Sunday at MOA Arena in Pasay. “But Magnolia, coming into such situation, have much more experience. We just have to trust each other,” he added. The victory snapped Magnolia’s eight-game streak at Ynares Center, where the Hotshots crowned Governor’s Cup champions last December. Their last loss came in Sept. 17, 2017, in the hands of TNT. Rain or Shine could also deny Magnolia a chance to get back at its tormentors in last year’s all-Filipino finals. The scores: RAIN OR SHINE 91 – Nambatac 16, Yap 16, Belga 15, Ponferada 11, Torres 8, Norwood 8, Rosales 7, Ahanmisi 5, Daquioag 2, Mocon 2, Borboran 1. MAGNOLIA 81 – Sangalang 19, Lee 18, Jalalon 14, Herndon 9, Brondial 6, Melton 5, Reavis 4, Barroca 3, Ramos 3, Dela Rosa 0, Pascual 0, Abundo 0. Quarters: 21-17, 41-35, 62-62, 91-81. Written by: Denison Rey A. Dalupang https://bit.ly/3GEXxGa

[dpinoycosmonaut]

A PODIUM FINISH FOR GILAS WOULD BE PHENOMENAL

by Bert A. Ramirez / August 17, 2018

               For all intents and purposes, Gilas Pilipinas, the glamor team of the Philippine delegation to the 18th Asian Games in Jakarta, Indonesia, has advanced to the quarterfinals of the men’s basketball competitions.  After the Filipinos’ surprisingly easy 96-59 blowout victory over Kazakhstan last Thursday, it would take an upset of catastrophic proportions by the Kazakhs of powerhouse China for the Philippines to fail to make it among eight teams to qualify for the quarterfinal phase of the event.

               As we were writing this, defending champion South Korea and Thailand are leading Group A with unbeaten slates of 2-0 and 1-0, respectively, 2014 runner-up Iran and Syria have advanced to the quarterfinals from Group B regardless of the result of their head-to-head matchup on August 25 after the United Arab Emirates, the only other team in their group, withdrew, while Chinese-Taipei (1-0), Japan (1-1) and Qatar (1-1) are engaged in a three-way battle for the two slots in Group C.  The Philippines and the Chinese, fifth-placers in 2014, are now expected to make it from Group D regardless of the outcome of their game on Tuesday, August 21, as Kazakhstan is given no ghost of a chance to upset the Chinese, who are parading two NBA players – 7-foot-2 Zhou Qi of Houston and 6-7 Din Yanyuhang of Dallas – plus 7-foot, 270-pound center Wang Zhelin, 6-8 ethnic minority Abudushalamu Abudurexiti, and 6-2 Sun Minghu.

               If the Filipinos, as the wise-money odds indicate, lose to the Chinese on Tuesday, they would be up against the topnotcher of Group A on August 27 in a knockout game to determine one of four semifinal slots. This will most likely be against South Korea, and the Filipinos’ chances to advance further would be effectively stymied if that happens as the Koreans, just like the Chinese, are a tough team to beat.

               If, however, Gilas upsets the Chinese, the Filipinos’ chances of making it to the semis would be geometrically enhanced as they would be up against just either Thailand or perhaps Indonesia if the host country upsets the Thais or Mongolia.  Either way, however, the Philippines would be a shoo-in for the semis as the three other Group A teams outside of South Korea are simply not in the class of the Filipinos.

               But what are the chances of Gilas scoring a huge upset against the Chinese?  Coach Yeng Guiao, on loan from NLEX to coach the core of the Rain or Shine team – his old team of six years no less – which was hastily called to represent the country when the core of the Gilas Pilipinas team was suspended after that FIBA World Cup Asia/Pacific qualifying game brawl against Australia early in July, said that the Filipinos are the definite underdogs against China, despite the last-minute clearance given by the NBA for Cleveland guard Jordan Clarkson to play for the country of his mother Annette Davis and grandmother Marcelina Tullao.  It was one of the last-minute hurdles the team had to overcome beyond the earlier withdrawal decided by the Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas after the PBA earlier stuck to the original agreement to send only one team to the Asiad, which meant the Elastopainters with no reinforcements despite a request by Guiao to be given a few.

               The public backlash, of course, was so fierce that the PBA, probably afraid of the effects of a league-induced Asiad absence to its already-dwindling drawing power, later relented, with five other players from other teams reinforcing the ROS core of Gabe Norwood, James Yap, Maverick Ahanmisi, Chris Tiu, Beau Belga and Raymond Almazan.  The league allowed San Miguel Beer’s Christian Standhardinger, Magnolia’s Paul Lee, North Port’s (formerly Globalport) Stanley Pringle, Blackwater’s JP Erram and NLEX’s Asi Taulava to reinforce the ROS core in an attempt to give the country a decent representation, and perhaps improve on the Filipinos’ seventh-place finish in the event four years ago.

               The question is, how good will this squad be with just two weeks to practice together and with Clarkson, the 6-4 Cavalier, coming in only as Gilas was pulverizing the Kazakhs last Thursday? Clarkson will finally be available against China, but chances are the Philippines will still play from behind against the Chinese, who are not only tall and big – two are seven-footers and three others are at least 6-8 – but are also young – their average age is 24.6 – and talented, with Zhou, Din, Wang, Abudushalamu and Sun representing a tremendous upgrade from that inexperienced squad that placed fifth in Incheon, South Korea four years ago.

               “Of course, we have to admit na talagang favorite sila,” the 59-year-old Guiao said.  “But we may have cut a little of the odds.  It’s still a powerhouse team.  We are just a team that kumbaga hastily set up.  Even if we have Jordan Clarkson, we are still going to be the underdogs.  As I said, if we (were a) 100 to 1 underdog before, baka 100 to 20 na, nadagdagan ‘yung odds sa atin.”

               But Guiao would be in there trying to upset the odds.  After all, there’s no use playing if one doesn’t believe he has at least a chance to win.

               “The more important thing is we feel that we have a chance to win.  Dati parang wala talagang chance.  (Now) we feel that we have a chance to win. The more important thing is to keep the game close, be aggressive for 40 minutes, and try to duplicate the defense that we played against Kazakhstan,” said the veteran mentor, who also coached the national team in the 2009 FIBA Asia Championship, three of whose players – Yap, Taulava and Norwood – are reunited with him in this year’s Asiad campaign.

               If the Filipinos do advance past the quarterfinals, they’d surely be improving on that prosaic seventh-place finish where Gilas coach Chot Reyes at one point ordered his players to shoot at their own basket in a futile attempt to get a more favorable quotient.  But dreaming of a medal finish – as Clarkson has expressed, perhaps so naively – is a different story altogether.  This is because the teams in the way – China and, after that, most likely South Korea if they fall to the Chinese – make the odds really daunting. It will take a lot of luck, and a perfect storm, for that podium finish to materialize and make this campaign really phenomenal and the stuff from which legends are born.

(Photo from Chris Tiu's INSTAGRAM account)  

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