#Object Show Team Tournament

[oscteamstournament]

Top 2 teams will be competing

[lostyesterday]

Tournament Details:

Teams compete in multiple games against other teams and the team with the most overall wins is the tournament winner.

The game is played in a large outdoor area with plenty of cover (trees, hills, etc.) divided in half into “territories” belonging to the two different teams.

The objective of the game is to find and retrieve the other team’s flag (which they have hidden somewhere) and return it to your own team’s base before the other team finds your flag.

Teams can hide their flags anywhere on their territory provided that the flag is visible from at least one angle standing on the ground at average height.

While on the opposing team’s territory, a player can be tagged by an opposing team member, at which point they are then “taken prisoner” to the opposing team’s base and must remain there until a member of their own team comes to free them by tagging them.

Physical combat other than tagging isn’t allowed. Injuring another player is grounds for disqualification.

No phasers, tricorders, communicators, transporters, or any other technology are allowed (with an exception for technology integrated into particular characters such as Seven’s implants or technological disability accommodations like Geordi’s visor).

Cheating teams are disqualified from that game, which is equivalent to a loss (assuming they’re caught cheating, of course).

For the purposes of this tournament, it can be assumed that all characters have all of the knowledge and experience they gained over the course of their respective shows, are reasonably aware of all opposing team member’s abilities, and are all equally motivated to win the tournament.

[snovyda]

Watched a documentary about the (now legendary) football games between the national teams of russia and Ukraine in 1998 and 1999. The sheer levels of imperialistic fascism the russians were displaying leading up to those games is just typical. And yes, both those games took place before putin came to power, russians have just always been like that.

Patches and pins "russian invasion of Ukraine 1998" were popular among the russian fans leading up to the first game in Kyiv:

The rhetoric in the russian media about Ukraine not really being a separate country intensified.

For the record, russia lost that game 3:2.

But all of this is nothing compared to the second game, in Moscow in 1999. Russia needed only to win in order to move on in the tournament. Ukraine could settle with a draw. And that is when the true madness unfolded.

Probably the best known episode was this headline in one of the biggest sports newspapers in russia:

You see, they had a player with the last name "Khokhlov". So, on the surface level, the headline says, "Kick, Khokhlov, save Russia!" However, if you read out the headline, it also says "Kick [slur word for Ukrainians], save russia!". The slogan is a paraphrase of one of the main slogans of the russian Black Hundreds (ultra-reactionary, ultra-nationalist pogromist monarchist movement in the russian empire in early 20th century), only in the original versions there was the slur for Jews there instead. The russians were very proud of that pun. It was everywhere at the time.

Vladimir Putin, who was the russian prime minister at the time, was present at the game. The way the russian commentators already went out of their way to keep singing his praises for no reason is a good indicator how russians tend to make a cult of personality around everyone who happens to be a figure of authority.

And then the game finished with a draw 1:1 after an unbeliavable goal by Andriy Shevchenko (and due to a mistake from russia's goalkeeper):

Putin got really upset. He stopped showing up at such sporting events for years after this.

The bus with the Ukrainian national team got attacked on its way to the stadium before the game (according to Shevchenko, russians threw bottles at it) and especially after the game (with all sorts of objects being thrown at it, from beer bottles to rocks).

Absolutely typical. And one of the clearest views of ruscism.

[hyper-fixated-delusions]

All is fair in love and Mario Kart.

Wanda Maximoff x Avenger fem!reader.

A/N: I hope you enjoy and I apologize for any mistakes! Also comments, reblogs, shares and likes are super appreciated, thank you! :)

Translation: “Sestra.” Sister.

“Detka.” Baby.

“Amor.” Love.

Word count: 1,446.

Masterlist.

You should have known.

You should have known agreeing to a Mario Kart tournament with the Avengers was a bad idea.

But you were excited to try out one of the many new versions of the game.

Excited at the prospect of the nostalgia it would bring as it reminded you of simpler times.

Times where you weren't too worried about the next big bad. Times where aliens weren't invading and wreaking havoc on earth.

Honestly, this was all just supposed to be innocent fun. You relaxing while you played your favorite childhood game.

But when Tony caught you playing in the TV room of the compound and he made a bet that you just couldn't refuse, you found it hard to back down, and as many of your other teammates joined, your girlfriend included, it all got too out of hand.

On one team it was Pietro, Natasha, Steve, Bucky, Peter and you.

On the other team it was Vision, Thor, Bruce, Clint, Wanda and Tony.

Once the tournament began, you all played like your lives depended on it, pouring out all of your skills into each round. The competitiveness arising in all of you a tenfold at the stakes that were given.

There was coercion, and threats being thrown around, anything to ensure a win that didn’t include using your powers, it was there and having both teams at a tie as the final round was about to commence, you can feel the tension in the air as the last two players are randomly chosen and you gulp when you realize it’s you versus Wanda.

“Alright lovebirds, it all comes down to you two,” Tony begins as you shake your arms up and down, bouncing on your toes as if you're about to enter the boxing match of your life. “Whoever wins this round ensures the win of their team. Remember the winning team has no chores for 3 months, losers must take on those chores, got it?” He says, and both you and Wanda nod, “okay, go!”

Beginning the round against your girlfriend had you nervous to say the least, Wanda showing promising skills from her previous rounds as she quickly picked up ways to ensure her success. But as you finish the first lap of the race you quickly realize you're definitely going to beat your girlfriend, your skills slightly better than hers as you’ve played many times before and your loud thoughts cause Wanda to throw you a quick side glare.

“So smug detka, already thinking you’ve won when there's still 2 more laps to go,” she says, accent prominent in her competitiveness.

“Sorry amor, but what can I say? I'm just that good,” you say, shrugging with a smirk as Wanda gapes when you hit her with a series of objects, making her character move onto last place.

“Oh, you are so going down sestra,” Pietro exclaims happily, bouncing in his spot.

“Shut it Piet,” Wanda grumbles angrily. “Baby,” the witch begins with a sweet voice, causing you to tense, “if I lose, just know that no kisses will be given to you for the 3 months that it takes for me to complete my punishment,” your girlfriend says in a singsong tone and her threat makes you falter, making you immediately go from 1st to 5th place.

“Whoa, no, no wait. You can't do that! You can’t take kissing away from me,” you pout, “that's not fair!”

Wanda merely shrugs, a smug smirk on her face, knowing that you can't live without her kisses.

“Okay, hey! No!” Natasha exclaims suddenly, snapping her fingers beside you, “focus up Y/L/N, because if we lose this tournament, I will make sure you don't get to kiss Wanda for 3 months, you got that?” The redhead threatens back and you gulp using your objects to make it back to first place.

It's the final lap and Wanda's character is in 2nd place trailing right behind you, you could feel the tension in the air at this moment, everyone holding their breaths as they await a winner.

Quickly you cast your eyes to the bottom corner of the screen and see that Wanda has one final shell in her arsenal as you have a banana peel and by the looks of the approaching finish line, you know for certain your girlfriend is going to use it on you to help ensure her win.

So what you do before she has a chance to hit you is, you place yourself right in front of her character and deploy the banana peel causing Wanda's character to spin out of control just before she has a chance to hit you with her shell, making you win first place.

“Fuck yeah! Way to go Y/N,” someone from your team exclaims, as the rest of the group have their hands thrown in the air in celebration, rounding you immediately to hug you for ensuring their victory.

As you and your team celebrate your win Pietro suddenly jumps up onto the coffee table.

“Do you know how many basic bitches would kill to be like me,” he says as he fake sweeps his shoulders, “so many! I am a king, I am unstoppable, I rule the world!” He exclaims and the opposing team roll their eyes at the speedster’s antics.

“Oh please Piet, you didn't even win one of your Mario Kart rounds, get down,” Wanda says, pulling her brother off the table.

Smiling widely due to your victory and your girlfriend's actions you approach Wanda and pucker up your lips jokingly, “celebratory kiss?” You ask, as you get close to her face.

But before you can reach her lips, Wanda's hand comes in between your faces, “no, shut up, I'm mad at you for winning, so get away from me,” the redhead says, shoving your face softly causing you to let out a laugh.

“I'm sorry amor,” you begin, approaching your girlfriend slowly, “but I had to win, Nat is scary!" You say as you reach her, your arms go around Wanda's waist, “I definitely did not want to know what she was going to do to prevent me from kissing you for three months if I lost us the tournament,” you whisper, eyes quickly glancing towards the redhead assassin that's standing across the room and Wanda chuckles softly, arms going around your neck to play with the baby hairs at your nape.

“Oh, my poor big baby,” your girlfriend teases with a smirk and you roll your eyes.

“Yeah, that’s easy for you to say, she didn't threaten you! She may be small, but she's mighty,” you say, whispering softly in order to prevent your words from reaching the assassin's ears.

“Oh really, so I’m small? You want to start shit Y/L/N, is that it?” Natasha asks, as she suddenly stands behind you.

You turn around quickly, “no. No! I'm not starting anything! Also how the fuck are you already behind me?” You exclaim, eyes wide in shock and fear, “and hey, I said small, but mighty! So please don't hurt me,” you say, going behind Wanda for protection and the team laughs at your antics due to your fear of Natasha and the height difference between you and your girlfriend, your frame still in clear view behind Wanda.

“You won us the tournament, which means no chores for three months, so you're safe for now, but next time I won't be so kind,” Natasha says, a teasing glare on her face.

“Okay, okay. I'm sorry,” you say hands up in surrender, then you grab Wanda's hand and softly pull her towards you, “also, you know what? I'm just going to go to bed before I put my foot in my mouth again, so bye. Goodnight losers, enjoy your chores,” you say grinning smugly as you walk away from the group. Suddenly stopping when you feel Wanda stop from beside you, her hand being pulled out of your grasp and you turn to see a frown on your girlfriend’s face as a slight glare is directed at you, “oh shit, wait, no, not you baby, not you. They’re the losers,” you say, smiling sheepishly.

“Hey, so uh, where's that foot at Y/L/N?” Clint teases with a laugh.

“Hey, so uh, mind your business Clint,” you retort, blushing red as you turn to look at the witch, “baby, come on. I was talking about them being losers, not you,” you say as Wanda begins storming away from you, “Max, come on amor, I swear I wasn’t talking about you,” you exclaim as you jog to catch up to your girlfriend.

[theturncoattournament]

Who would make the best new main character? (Round 1)

Note: I recommend reading this blog's pinned post that explains what this tournament is about before voting

Note: I don't know Worm super well but if anyone knows if there's like, literally any official imagery at all I can use even if its like an extremely basic stock cover photo, I'm preferentially using things like that over fan art. But for now I've used the piece of fan art for Tattletale that's on the Worm Wiki, which they credit as coming from Sawitry

PROPAGANDA:

Adrien Agreste- He's the deuteragonist so he gets a decent amount of screentime and focus (in seasons 4 and 5 at least), but Marinette's the main character. Issue is, with how the main conflict of the show revolves around fighting Hawk Moth, who is secretly Adrien's dad, who's trying to revive his wife (who is Adrien's mom, to be clear), and with the reason she died/fell into a coma being that she became sick in the process of creating Adrien (turns out he was created via a magical object and can be mind-controlled or destroyed easily as a result), most of the plot threads of the show connect back to Adrien, rather than Marinette. Plus he's still trying to cope with his mom dying, and his dad being abusive, and then there's the issue of his dad mind-controlling him into obeying him and Adrien having no clue why he can't stand against his father, no matter what... he's got a lot going on.

Lisa Wilbourn- The entire serial is told from the perspective of a traumatized teenager named Taylor who is trying to understand what's going on, leading various teams, and trying to fix everything. What if we told it from the perspective of a DIFFERENT traumatized teen, one who knows almost everything about what's going on, and is more focused on specific problems?

[tohwitchesduels]

FIRST ROUND OF WITCHES DUELS - Battle 4: Boscha vs Gavin Deamonne

Disclaimer: This is not a popularity contest or which character do you prefer, in this tournament you decide who is stronger/better/smarter/etc. opponent.

Information for both opponents under the cut to those who don't know what they can do in their battle:

Gavin Deamonne:

Gavin Deamonne specializes mainly in abomination magic and it is not known whether or not he knows or practices spells of another kind.

Gavin is overall a pretty skilled witch from Glandus High and his debut episode proves he's not afraid to seek adventures and is capable of fighting off beasts or capturing his opponents.

Gavin does in fact possess a palisman as confirmed in Eda's Requiem, and is proven to be a skilled and fast flyer by winning Gland Prix. Now, it's hard to tell whether or not he and Luz were going head to head (granted she had a very huge headstart before King puked at her making Luz crash) however he still managed to win the race by his own skill even if Luz could potentially out fast him. It goes without saying that Gavin still has skills in being an aerial ace that can rival most of the competitors here. It's not however known whether or not can he use staff in combat.

Gavin does not know who Boscha is but is certainly determined to defeat anyone from Hexside, especially if he wants to bring Glandus and his dad any pride.

Gavin may or may not have galder stones with him to enhance his magic.

Abomination Slip - Gavin can create abominations beneath the feet of his opponents making them lose their balance. It can be especially effective if his opponents are directly charging at him.

Abomination Gripe - Gavin is capable of making abomination goo capture his opponents no matter where they are and restrain them or even move them across different locations.

Abomination Minion - Gavin is capable of creating quite a large abomination golem that can be used to attack Gavin's opponents for him and serve his commands. The golem was smart enough to not be captured by the vines that assisted in the capture of Gus and also the very one to catch Gus first.

Abomination Bomb - not a canon one to Gavin, it was used by another witch, but I thought it was a nice ability so I gave it to Gavin for him to have more firepower. Gavin can send a bullet of abomination that can explode releasing large amounts of goo that can restrain his opponents.

Link to more of Gavin's capabilities here

Boscha:

Boscha specializes in Potions magic, but she did showcase the capacity to cast the spells of beast-keeping and illusion tracks (granted very briefly)

Boscha is an absolutely ruthless warrior who will stop at nothing to win this competition. She does not show mercy towards her opponents. Boscha is also considered by Hexside to be the strongest as proven by her ending up being the leader of the survivors in For The Future. She's also the most popular girl in the school as the captain of the grudgby team, proving she has enough skill both physically and magic-wise, only to be rivaled by the Hexsquad. She did succeed in breaking Amity's leg though.

Now Boscha doesn't even know who Gavin is, but I assume she looks down on Glandus High by virtue of it being Hexside's main rival school.

Boscha does possess a Palisman. It's not however specified how good of a flyer she is, but she's capable of using Maya in combat as proven when she knocked disguised Amity with her staff capabilities.

One of the tools Boscha can use independently of whether or not the other character also possesses are flying boots. She can use them for transportation and aerial attacks even when she doesn't possess a palisman during the battle and she can use them to save herself from fall damage if she ever is knocked out midair.

Telekinesis - Boscha can move objects with ease using it, granted the objects usually were small and not the size and weight of the person so she can use them directly on her opponent, but she can pick up random stuff from the arena to use them as projectiles high speed. Boscha proved in WILW that she can throw multiple objects at once or just one object.

Fire Ball - her trademark ability. She will usually pull out a Grudgby ball and set it on fire only to throw it at her opponents. She can use telekinesis to direct the ball at her opponents and the force the ball can hit is strong enough to create holes in the trees. It's a very strong offensive move. She can also spread the fire further.

Fire Blast - an improved version of Fire Ball which does not require a grudgby ball to use. It was demonstrated briefly in Follies at the Coven Day Parade when she attacked Luz with it. The fire blast appears to be also bigger than the average fireball.

Multiple Fire Balls - Boscha can throw multiple fireballs at her opponents with this ability and control the trajectory of her throws using magic. Also improved the version of her trademark fireball.

Fire Claw - as demonstrated in UW, Boscha can transform her nails into fire claws. I'm weaponizing this ability so Boscha can scratch and claw her opponents while also burning them.

Rabid Claw - as demonstrated in UW, Boscha can transform her nails into rabid claws she could use to attack her opponents.

Tentacle Claw - as demonstrated in UW, Boscha is capable of transforming her nails into tentacles. I adapt this ability to let Boscha use those tentacles to grab objects and perhaps even people from long distances with them. Granted the tentacles are not particularly strong so there are limits to how much weight they can pull and how durable they are.

Acid Throw - in FTF Boscha demonstrated she's capable of brewing an acid potion that can melt through abomination goo and possibly not only that. She will usually throw one at a time though instead of rapid firing them.

Sleeping Potion - in FTF Boscha demonstrated knowledge in brewing sleeping potion with sleeping nettles. Boscha can pull out this potion during the battle, letting the smell spread all across the area, knocking down her opponents. Boscha is also immune to the defects of sleeping gas by having a facemask with her at all times.

Ratworm Companion - in Once Upon A Swap, Boscha demonstrated racing capabilities with ratworms. I'll allow her for the purposes of this tournament to be able to summon one to aid her in transport and possibly offenses. Boscha showed to be quite quick and skilled in riding her ratworm covered in scars.

Link to more of Boscha's capabilities here

Link to return to the Masterpost

[kadextra]

LETS GO rambling and analysis time now that I finished part one

MAJOR MAJOR spoilers under the cut

KAI

NOOOOO how is he gonna get out??? I will say him as the first to use rising dragon felt extremely deserved, I clapped and cheered during that fight scene. but now he’s stuck in the netherworld with the remaining forbidden five and that’s scary.

I teared up seeing Nya activate her rising dragon style in her grief for him. in the next part she’s gonna find out Jay forgot who she is too… so much heartache for Nya 😞

Really enjoyed Bonzle in these episodes as well, learning about her origin of being a spell, her journey of discovering herself as a person and finding a found family :’) at least she’s with Kai now….

and I’ve felt terrible for Lloyd every episode. him getting slammed by those visions constantly, unexpectedly, even in the middle of a fight which sends him spiraling, that’s so rough :((

It’s obvious they’re a representation of panic attacks/he has developed a canon panic disorder- like Lloyd literally says it at one point. they happen suddenly, give anxious fear about present and future events, he gets scared about having another one so he tries to cope by not sleeping (unhealthy coping method) and is taught later on to try accepting the feelings and ride it out which is a way irl therapists teach. good to see some more exploration of mental health in this show!! I’m glad the other characters are taking notice and trying to help too in the ways they can

…speaking of mental health, Arin has been interesting to watch. he’s reading to me more as an autistic-coded character lately (like that line about not understanding social cues???) and we’ve been seeing lots more negative self-esteem issues and insecurity from him in these episodes. him making mistakes during the training sessions, getting scolded, then closing himself off was hard to watch

How Sora decided to hide the truth about Arin’s “object spinjitzu” that saved the day at the very end so he would feel proud of himself for achieving something hurt my heart. she is such a sweet friend who wants her bestie to be happy and feel proud of himself but like- keeping secrets is gonna have consequences down the line. especially when we all know this is a touchy subject for Arin right now. it’s just painful to see how deeply Arin’s self-worth is tied to what he’s capable of doing, what he can and cannot do for the ninja team. he can’t use elemental power he can’t do spinjitzu properly, he’s already insecure so how would he feel to find out ppl are lying to his face so he can feel happier? he’s a string that’s gonna snap one day and judging from that beatdown moment with Lord Ras it’s not going to be pretty. I sense some sort of villain arc approaching for our son

(someone send these people to therapy they’re so traumatized)

In another news: Cole and Geo gay love! homosexuals! maybe a QPR! I don’t care whatever it is, it’s clear they love each other

And it certainly wouldn’t be a ninjago season without the destiny’s bounty crashing and burning <333 was also nice seeing Jay for 10 seconds again <3333

Now my current question is what’s the source dragon tournament thing Lord Ras’ master is talking about??? tournament?? 👀 it’s basically implied that master is a source dragon or a being that rivals their power

can’t wait for the next part to release agugugsjkhkdbqjdpgsiduggjneosgktnalfhdiqkwkfjfialwkg

[716chr]

“WE ARE M・T・T・B” - Chapter 6

📍 HAMA House - Practice Room

Chihiro: And a turn here!

Muneuji - Toi - Kiroku: Got it!

Ten: (Oh boy.)

Chihiro: ‘Kay, Munecchi, show us the full routine next~.

Muneuji: Understood.

Chihiro: ……。

Muneuji: Do a backstep…… Then take 3 steps up.

Chihiro: ……。

Muneuji: And then move into an attitude-like position…..

Chihiro: ……Hmm~. Your flow is perfect, and you’re hitting the right rhythm, but your movements still seem a bit stiff.

Chihiro: How about…… That’s right! Maybe you should try moving like a cat? Be all graceful and smooth!

Muneuji: Hm, understood. I’ll try that.

Chihiro: Alright, Tonya, you’re up next~!

Toi: Here goes….

Toi: Get in position…… and strike a cat pose…..!

Chihiro: Yass, that was totes cute, you’re killin’ it ♪ Your endurance’s definitely improved too. But Chii can feel that you’re still trying to be like Chii.

Toi: That’s right….! I had Chihiro-kun’s dances burned into the back of my eyelids….!

Chihiro: Much thankies ♪ But honestly, I wanna see more of your own unique flair, Tonya!

Chihiro: Your cat pose is, like, super adorbs, so how ‘bout throwin’ in some more cat-like moves that you can come up with, even during a dance routine?

Toi: G-Got it! I’ll give that a try….!

Chihiro: And lastly, Kirokkuma~!

Kiroku: Y-Yes.

Kiroku: ……。

Kiroku: Kick, turn….. Move into…..Charleston.

Chihiro: Kirokkuma, your moves are straight up vibes! You totally nailed the sharpness and the style ♪

Chihiro: But you still have the habit of hunching over, so try dancing with your chest out more!

Kiroku: Y-Yes…. sir.

Chihiro: Mmkay everyone, let’s go through with it one more time~.

Ten: ……。

Chihiro: Munecchi, you gotta be a cat! Be-a-cat! Let’s get you loosen up with 100 hula hoop spins.

Muneuji: Huff, huff…. This strain in my waist is very intense….! But I can feel myself getting more flexible.

Chihiro: Tonya, focus on yourself in the mirror! Let yourself become one with your movements and just be your true self ♪

Toi: O-Okay….!

Chihiro: Kirokkuma, this is for you ♪ It’s the Posture Purrfecter (*)….. aka a stick! Now strap it to your back like this~!

Kiroku: My spine…. is being…. rearran….ged.

Ten: (Oh wow~ This is turning out like some old sports anime training arc. Oh well, guess I'll just go with the flow…..)

Chihiro: (Hmm~…. They’re getting better overall, but something still feels off and I can’t put my finger on it.)

Chihiro: (It’s hard to explain…. It's like my gut feeling. Maybe if I take a step back and look at things more objectively, I might be able to figure out what’s wrong…..)

Chihiro: …..I wish we had some sort of footage of our dancing for times like this.

Chihiro: We had everything recorded for Ev3ns, but I totally forgor this time~…..

Kiroku: Ah…. Well, in that…. case…. here…

Ten: Hm? This is…?

Muneuji: Now that you mentioned it, Kinugawa have been recording our routines up until now, just in case they might be of use.

Kiroku: I…. borrowed the tripod… from Isotake….

Chihiro: Forreal!? Thanks a bunch, Kirokkuma ♪ Let’s watch it together right now.

Chihiro: ……。

Ten: ……。

Chihiro: (……Interesting. Each one of them dance with a different style, but they’re pretty solid on their own. Not exactly skilled by any means, but they have a certain rough charm to them….)

Chihiro: …..Maybe that weird feeling Chii had earlier was because of this~

Ten: Weird feeling?

Chihiro: Yeah. Since we decided to all wear masks, Chii thought it’d be best if we made our dance more in sync…… but guess that was a flop idea from the beginning.

Chihiro: Making it all uniformed just doesn’t seem right anymore.

Ten: .... Then why not just do the tournament as is?

Chihiro: Huh?

Ten: I mean, there's only a week left till the real deal, right? Why stress trying to get it perfect when we can just—

Chihiro: Ten-cham….., that’s a genius idea!!

Ten: ……Oho?

Chihiro: Our team is still fresh, so of course we can’t really beat the pros out there. But our individualities are absolutely unmatched.

Chihiro: So, instead of aiming for “Coordinated group dancing is beautiful and awesome”, wouldn’t it be better to put the spotlight onto our individual styles!?

Muneuji - Toi - Kiroku: ……。

Muneuji: I’m sorry, but I’m not sure I’m following…..

Chihiro: Oh, sowwy! In short, how ‘bout we cat-apult our theme into somethin’ mew? (*)

Kiroku: Huh….. R-Right…. now….?

Chihiro: No worries, we’ll only make changes that stay within our limits. So everyone, eyes on the whiteboard~.

Chihiro: Our new theme… will be this!

Toi: “Any-and-all formulas ditched”?

Muneuji: “Individuality embraced, carefree and easygoing…”?

Kiroku: “Cat….. Dance”…..?

Chihiro: …….So, what’d you think, meow?

Muneuji - Toi - Kiroku: We love it!

Chihiro: Ten-cham, what ‘bout you!?

Ten: Oh yeah, that's totally fine with me~. Cats are the kind of critters that like to do whatever they want, after all~.

Chihiro: You don’t sound too hyped but okie dokes, good enough~~~ ♪ Mmkay, let’s rework our structure and get right to practicing!

Muneuji - Toi - Kiroku: Yessir~!

Chihiro: (……I’m sure our performance will be amazing. And each member’s unique personality and charm will be able to shine beautifully on stage.)

Chihiro: (I’m sure of it….!)

TL Notes:

猫背矯正ギブス when translated literally would be “Cat Posture Correction Cast”. So to make it cat-themed, I decided to translate it as “Posture Purrfecter”

Chihiro started adding “nya” to the end of this sentence and the “what’d you think” sentence so, again, to make this flow in english, I just incorporated cat puns into this sentence. In case you’re wondering what the sentence is without the puns, it’s “how ‘bout we catapult our theme into something new?”

[antimony-medusa]

Technoblade Duo Bloodbath - Final Results

[ID: A 16-team seeded bracket, showing the final result is a win for Technoblade & Philza.]

Thank you to @@regicidal-optimism for the graphic design!

The final result of the poll is a win for Technoblade & Philza! Congrats to everyone who participated, and thank you all for your enthusiastic and generous participation in this event! This was a final win of 86% to 14%, or 1,983 votes to 320, meaning that Techno & Phil never fell below holding 85% of the vote in any showdown they were in. A sweep the whole way.

And now, some highlights from the notes.

[ID: tags reading "#no one can compare to the Antarctic Empire"]

[ID: tags reading: #And the emduo sweep is imminent .. as it should be <3]

[ID: tags reading: #oh this is not a fair matchup at ALL. I’m sorry ranboo]

[ID: tags reading: #NO DISCUSSION NECESSARY 🥹]

[ID: tags reading: #im voting techno and ranboo because i will always love them #but i will not be surprised or upset if emduo win]

[ID: tags reading: #ranboo you did good to make it to second #thats number one of all the actual possible challenges #since emduo wins]

[ID: tags reading: #there's only one choice here #for you phil the world #polls]

[ID: reblog reading: WHY WOULD YOU DO THIS TO ME]

[ID: tags reading: #E M E R A L D D U O S W E E P #there were never any other contenders]

[ID: tags reading: #polls#option 2#EMDUO SWEEEEEEP#tbh i would have thought they would have left emduo out of this race cause its so obvi that theyd win ya know?#idk emduo always first in my heart]

[ID: tags reading: #yeah this is fair. good finale! good ending to the tournament bracket!]

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Synopsis: The weeks have passed, now you're two days away from the preliminaries of the Interhigh when the brackets of the matches arrived, Nekoma is against the infamous Itachiyama High. Will they win and go to the Nationals?

Kenma x reader; Haikyuu x reader [platonic!]

Part 8 - Part 9 - Part 10

From the beginning

The guys are having a practice match between them while you watch them and take notes; while writing down some notes about Lev, Coach Nekomata sits beside you, giving you a piece of paper.

“We received the positions for the preliminaries, we have a tough match. Let's wait until the set is done to tell them” he tells you while you look at the paper

And indeed, it's going to be hard to go to the nationals this time. The first match is against a school that you have played against before, so it shouldn't be much of a problem; however the second one will be against the winner of the last tournament, Itachiyama High.

“Guys, we received the matches, Yn-chan can you tell them the order?”

“Sure. So the first match is against Shinjuku Yamabuki High, we already had a practice match against them and you won without much problem. However, the second match is most likely going to be against Itachiyama”

“Well fuc-frick” Kuroo corrects himself to not swear in front of the coach “Luck isn't on our side this time, huh?”

“Huh? Why? I'm sure we can win!” says Lev

“The odds are really small though” answers Kenma

“Are they that good?” the tall boy continues asking

“Yep, they won last year tournament, their libero won an award for the best libero, they have a top 3 Ace nation-wide, and on top of that, they have an extremely strong offense AND defense” you say

“Oh...” says Lev

“You do have possibilities of winning, no team it's guaranteed to win, but it's going to be hard”

“Of course it's going to be hard, they are a good school. Let's just do our best like we always do and see what happens” adds Kuroo with his captain mode on

“That's the spirit, don't let this discourage you, if anything it can be a good learning opportunity. Take a 10 minute break before going back to practice” the coach tells them

With that the guys disperse, some went to the bathroom, some were talking to each other. Kuroo and you sit on the floor while Kenma lays on your lap with his phone, you instinctively started to play with his hair

“Be honest with us chibi-chan... Do you think we can win?”

“You do have chances, but objectively, the better team is ltachiyama”

“They are definitely better than us, it will be a miracle if we win” Kenma accommodates himself on your legs

“Don't be so pessimistic Kenma” says Kuroo

“Saying the truth is not being pessimistic. Yn, Shoyo says hi” answers Kenma

“Tell him I say hi too” you say, suddenly remembering something “Tetsu?”

“Yes chibi?”

“If we lose against Itachiyama... are you guys leaving right after?” You lay your head on his arm worried, since most third years tend to leave their clubs around this time.

“I don't want to speak for Yaku and Kai, but I'm not planning on leaving the club when we have more chances” he pats your head “don't worry chibi-chan, you still will have to deal with us”

“Good, I don't want you to go so soon”

“Aww, you love us!”

“Did you really think she would deal with us if she didn't?” Kenma roll his eyes

Once practice was over, the three of you started walking towards your houses, luckily there was a place where you could buy all the ingredients that you needed close to your house

“Fair point, let's go back to practice” The guys go back to practice, now putting in a little more effort than before. In the meantime you decided to text Osamu, an idea popping up to try to cheer your team up.

“Guys, I need to buy some ingredients. You can go to your houses” you tell them

“Why?” asks Kenma

“My mom saw a cooking show and wanted to try to make the dish, but she doesn’t understand the recipe fully. I can’t go to your house today, Ken, sorry” you say to the blonde setter

“It’s…okay. We can play later”

“Kenma, go to your house, I’ll stay with chibi-chan and help her” Kuroo adds

“Why you?” Kenma says squinting his eyes

“Don’t get jealous, lover boy, I just want to talk to chibi-chan, I’m not stealing her from you”

“I-I’m n-not jealous” Kenma says, blushing looking to the other side “I’ll talk to you later Yn”

“Sure” you ignore your blush cheeks at Kuroo’s words. You two enter and start looking for the things that you needed to buy

“So chibi-chan, I’ve been wondering… where did you and Kenma go the other day?” He asks with a smirk

“To a cat café”

“How did you manage to make him go out?”

“I just asked him. At the beginning he didn’t want to, but then he agreed” you shrugged

“You didn’t even have to forced him out, but then again, if there’s someone who he will do anything for, it’s you”

“Eh?! Wh-what do you mean?” you got flustered one more time

“Kenma is a big softie for you, how did you manage to do that? It's so hard for him to warm up to people and then you appear. I've never seen Kenma being so open to anything, really”

“I…I don’t know how it happened either”

“Well, just know that Kenma definitely has a soft spot for you and you only, he will give you the moon if you ask him”

“Thanks, Tetsu, means a lot. We should go, I have everything”

Once you arrive at your house you take a quick shower before starting to follow the recipes that Osamu sent you. This was the first time you made them without him by your side, but thankfully he put some notes to make it easier.

The next day classes passed by like normal, and while you were a bit tired from yesterday, it felt nice doing something for the team. Right before entering the gym with Kenma, you noticed some of the first years going to the vending machines

“Guys! Come here please!” you say loud enough for them to hear you

“Yn-chan! Can we buy something first?” asks Lev coming to hug you

“You can do it later, I need the whole team in the gym first”

“Sure Yn-san” says Inuoka taking Lev with him. You can feel Kenma eyes looking at you confused, but you just take his arm and pull him towards the gym.

“What does our beautiful manager need us for” Kuroo asks while you put the bag in the bench

“Open it” you say starting to get shy. Kuroo goes and opens it, everyone having their eyes on it

“Chibi-chaan! You made onigiris for us?”

“Chibi-chaaan!!” you heard before being wrapped in a bunch of arms, lots of thank you’s around you

“Is this why you were tired?” Kenma says taking one from the bag, making you look at him confused after freeing yourself from all the arms “You were quieter than usual today”

“Yn-chan! These are sooo good!” Lev exclaims making everyone take one and start eating. Everyone was saying a bunch of compliments about how good they were.

“Yn these are amazing” Kenma says behind you, eyes wide open

“I’m glad you like them, Ken”

“I love them” he looks at you with a smile. You continue talking, almost forgetting everyone else was still around. Kenma’s eyes were looking at you with the softest look he has ever had; a small smile on his face; and the more you talk, the redder his cheeks became. You were so busy that you didn’t realize that everyone else could see the adoration in your eyes.

“I swear, if they’re not dating before we leave, I’ll take matters into my own hands” whispers Kuroo to Yaku and Kai, who silently agree.

To everyone dismay, the snack break comes to an end, the guys going back to practice

“Yn-chan! Can you cook for us again?” says Lev

“Maybe, maybe not. Who knows?”

“But it was soo good! Please!”

“If you don’t get better then I’m not cooking for you”

“Yaku-san, help me practice receives!!” screams at a very confused Yaku

“He’s so annoying” says Kenma

“Stop being so grumpy and go to practice, you have important matches tomorrow”

“I’m going, I’m going”

The practice continues until later than normal, some of them wanting to practice a little more than usual for tomorrow. It’s around 19:30 when you finally close the gym to go home, Kuroo and Kenma waiting for outside to start walking home

“Your Onigiris were seriously good Chibi, can you make our lunches for tomorrow?”

“I love you all, but I’m not waking up at 4 am to make you lunch. My love has limits”

“It was worth a try” Kuroo says while arriving to your houses “Tomorrow’s the big day, chibi-chan make sure Kenma doesn’t stay up until too late for me”

“Like I would let that happen” Before you could say bye to Kuroo, Kenma took your wrist and pulled you to his house, making Kuroo laugh before leaving. Kenma let go only when you arrived at his room.

“What was that for Ken?”

“If we’re sleeping early then there’s not much time to play” he grabs your bag, taking two onigiris out

“Are you not nervous?” you sit down next to him

“Not really, all of us are going to do our best, winning or losing doesn’t change that”

“Then I better see you doing your best tomorrow” you lay your head on his shoulder

“I will…” after a pause he adds “Thank you for doing so much for us. I don’t think we thank you a lot for all the things you do”

“Aww Kenma is feeling soft today?” you receive a glare from him “I’m kidding, I’m kidding, it makes me happy seeing you get better and knowing that I helped”

“You’re too nice sometimes”

“Or you’re just too grumpy”

“I’m not grumpy”

“That’s debatable, have you seen how you treat Lev?”

“But that’s different, he’s annoying”

“He’s just a happy boy”

“An annoying happy boy. Now let’s play a little, I need to see if you have any good offers in your island”

“I’ll let it go for now…but I still think you’re grumpy sometimes”

The hours pass quickly while playing. After playing Animal Crossing he said that there was a level that he wanted to pass in another game, so now you’re sitting together in silence while he plays. You look at your phone to see the time, only to find out it was 12:35 am, not particularly late but definitely a good time to sleep considering tomorrow’s schedule.

++

You arrived at the gym at 10:00 am, early enough for the guys to stretch, warm up and overall relax. The gym full of colors made you remember the first time you were in this situation, but this time you were wearing a bright red jacket instead of a contrasting black one.

“Yn-chan, don’t get away from us!” screams Yamamoto glaring at everyone who dared to look in your direction “nobody can talk to OUR manager”

“Don’ t tell me with who I can or cannot talk, I’m the one deciding that”

“Yn-chan, you don’t understand how beautiful you are, what if we leave you alone and someone makes you uncomfortable?” Yamamoto cries

“Tora, I’m sure Yn can defend herself if that happens, and if she can’t then she would tell us right away, right Yn-chan?” says Kai

“You also know that Yn can be scary if she wants to, stop bothering her” adds Kenma taking your pinky into his nonchalantly

“Exactly, thank you Kai-san, Ken. Look Tora, I appreciate you wanting to protect me, but I don’t need that now”

“Let’s agree on something. Tora, you stop glaring and trying to fight everyone here, you chibi-chan need to be in our field of view just in case you need us” says Kuroo. While not a perfect solution, it will do for now

“Fine. I’m going to refill your bottles, don’t stay too close, okay?” You go to refill them in a little fountain near the bathrooms, seeing that the boys settle down on the other end of the room. You receive a text right before opening the bottle

[Kenma😻] “They are being extremely overprotective” “It’s like they don’t know you can handle yourself”

[Me] “It’s fine, I can understand it” “Thank you for not treating me like that though”

You put the phone in your pocket and start taking the bottles out of the bag. While the reaction was quite annoying and exaggerated, you did get from where they were coming from, you were in a room full of teenagers and lived similar situations before

You were filling the bottles when you heard a loud “YAMAMOTO STOP! REMEMBER THE DEAL!” from Kuroo. You turn to look at them, only to find an annoyed Kuroo holding Yamamoto, who's glaring at someone. You follow where he’s looking, only to find someone in front of you.

“It is you! I knew that I had seen you before”

“Komori-kun hi! How are you? Sakusa-kun isn’t with you?” you went to give him a quick hug, recognizing the libero in front

“I’m fine, he went to the bathroom while I came here to refill our waters”

“You’re telling me that your school doesn’t have managers?”

“haha no, we do, these are our personal bottles. I didn’t want to bother them with these too. So Yn-chan, what are you-”

“Weren’t you in Inarizaki? What are you doing here?” you turn around only to find Sakusa looking down at where you were, confused. Before answering you quickly look at your team, seeing them with wide eyes and some with their mouths a little open.

“Hi Sakusa-kun, it’s nice to see you. I’m fine, thanks for asking, how are you?” you say sarcastically, hearing some chuckling from Komori while Sakusa close his eyes and sighs

“Hi Yn, I’m fine too. Weren’t you in Inarizaki?”

“Yeah I was, my father had to move to Tokyo so now I’m on Nekoma” he nods as an answer while I continue filling the bottles.

“You know, you’re probably the only person who has talked to Sakusa like that, everyone is either overly respectful or too afraid” says Komori

“Glad to be the first, I guess. Can I ask you something Sakusa-kun?” You ask him nod “Why do you always wear a mask? Isn’t it uncomfortable here?”

“I don’t want to get the germs of other people near my face”

“Sakusa is really clean and neat, he takes a lot of precautions, that’s why it surprise me that you had to use the bathroom” he looks at you to explain “he doesn’t use public bathrooms”

“They were disgustingly dirty”

“Do you want a wet wipe? I have some” Sakusa eyes get a little bigger, however he goes back to his normal self quickly

“If you could, then yes” he says. You open the front pocket of the bag to take one of the packages of wet wipes that you had. You hand it to him so he could take it out, which he does with a slight relief in his face “Thank you”

“I didn’t thought you had those with you, I’ve never seen someone with them” says Komori

“Well, I hate having my hands dirty, so this is helpful”

“You have good points. We have a match against you guys in the second round, I’m excited!”

“Yeah, our luck couldn't be worse” you take the towel out to dry them off.

“Why? You guys are good too” Sakusa asks

“Yeah, but you are objectively better. Your offense and defense are stronger, and I still don't understand what the hell you do to the ball” you look at Sakusa

“Hey, at least you notice something, that's good. I can always tell you”

“Komori, no matter how nice she is, you're not supposed to help our rival. Specially when I'm sure she can figure it out on her own” Sakusa says, a smile threatening to appear

“Oh, I will figure it out, I just need to see it from a good angle”

“I’m sure you will, after all you were basically another coach when you were in Inarizaki. See you” Sakusa leaves after giving you a nod

“Good luck on your matches, see you later, Yn-chan!” Komori leaves too. You take the bag and go back to the guys, who are looking at you confused.

“Chibi-chan…you know Sakusa? THE Sakusa?”

“Yeah, I met them last year. Bokuto-san presented us and then they helped me out with some dudes”

“Oh, so let him help you, but not us! Yn-chan I’m disappointed” says Yamamoto with a pout and cross arms

“I didn’t let him, he appeared before I could say anything back. Forget about Sakusa-kun and focus on the match you have soon”

“Yeah, we should go warm up, the match is in 20 minutes” Yaku helps you out, making the rest of the team move to do their warm ups

The match starts soon enough against Shinjuku Yamabuki High. The guys already knew how they played, and while they did got a bit better, it was still not enough to beat the boys, who won the 2 sets pretty quickly. You waited for them outside of the gym while they were putting the balls in the cart, always keeping an eye on them for good measure. Out of nowhere, you feel a pair of arms through your shoulders, making you stiff out of fear, before you heard a voice.

“Chibi-chan!! We finally see each other!!”

“Oh my god, Bokuto-san please say something before hugging me out of nowhere, you almost gave me a heart attack”

“I’m sorry Chibi-chan! I didn’t want to scare you!” says crushing you into his normal tight hug

“It’s fine, it’s fine. Let me say hi to Akaashi” you let go of him

“Hi Yn-chan, how did the match go?” Akaashi asks you

“Akaashi!” you give him a quick hug “This one went really good, what about you?”

“Of course we won, chibi-chan! Kuroo, Hi!!” says Bokuto before going to say hi to his friend, who was coming back with the rest of the team

“We won, Bokuto-san went into his emo mode though. Hello Kozume” Akaashi explains

“Akaashi-san” Kenma greets before laying his forehead on your shoulder, exhausted

“What happened to make him go like that?” you continue the conversation with Akaashi

“He failed some spikes, the usual; luckily, it was relatively easy to take him out of it”

“That’s always good, sometimes it can be really bad. What did you say?”

“I just said that you would probably want to cheer for him in Nationals, sorry for using your name so freely”

“It’s fine, I do want to. If we make it into Nationals, it will be so much easier for me to cheer for all of you” you say while moving to caress Kenma’s head

“Ah yeah, you guys go against Itachiyama now. Good luck”

“Chibi-chan! How come you never made ME onigiris? I have known you for longer than them!”

“I’ll make you something if you go to the Nationals Bokuto-san. So no more emo modes until then, okay?”

“Yay! Thank you Chibi-chan!” he rubs your head before leaving “I promise to be in my top form!”

“Yn-chan you really don’t have to” says Akaashi

“It’s alright, I’ll make something for my foxes too, I’ll just add Bokuto-san”

“Thank you, at least there will be no emo-modes for the rest of the preliminaries. We’ll go now, we have to eat lunch. Good luck Yn-chan, Kozume”

“Good luck to you too” you say before they leave, making you look at the rest of your cats, everyone except for Kenma who's still on your shoulder comfortably “You did amazing guys! Now let’s go to eat, you have another match in a few hours”

“You heard our manager. Let's go” Kuroo adds. You let them go in front while you go to the relaxation area, Kenma following you closely

“You making the guys food?” asks Kenma

“Yeah, it's my way to say thanks to Samu for teaching me how to cook these things and helping me out the other day. And I love the rest too much to not include them”

“You surely are close to them”

“Yes, specially Tsumu and Rin. I miss them” you say with a nostalgic look, so he takes your pinky hoping to help you out

“How many people are there?”

“Inarizaki has 16 members now, plus Bokuto-san, Akaashi, you and maybe Tetsu. So around 20 people... it's fine, it's gonna be fine, how hard can it be?” you say, mostly trying to convince yourself

“You don't sound sure about that” he chuckles while opening his Bento “see, you are too nice”

“Me being THIS nice almost never happens, might as well go all out. And you’re helping me”

“I don’t know how to cook”

“Then be my moral support, I’m going to need it. You just need to go and sit there on your game, since my company isn’t good enough for you” you joke

“You know I’ll be there anyways…You’re annoying you know?”

“But you love me” you joke, however Kenma doesn’t respond and just blush intensely, avoiding your eyes.

“Y-you should eat” he says. What you didn’t know was that Kenma, in his head, just realize that you were right. He was in love with you.

You finished eating, so now you are waiting for the match to start. To pass time you went to see Fukurodani match by the side of the court alongside Kenma and Kuroo

“Bokuto-san is killing it” says Kenma after an amazing cross shot of the owl

“He’s amazing to watch when he’s in the zone”

“They’re definitely taking one of the 2 spots for the Nationals, especially after our chibi-chan promise to cook something for Bokuto” adds Kuroo

“Don’t even remind me of that, where are the Nationals this time?”

“In Saitama, not too far away from here”

There were a few minutes before your own match starts, and you can see that the boys are a bit more nervous than normal, even Kenma is fidgeting a little with his fingers, so you gather all of them around before entering to the court

“Why are you guys so nervous? I know that Itachiyama is good, but you have play with good schools before, just do the same”

“We know, it’s just…well…I don’t know” says Yaku

“I guess, in a way, it's because of you chibi-chan” Kuroo adds; after seeing your confused face he proceeds to explain “it’s just…you have helped us so much these past months, and you were the manager of a team that already went into the Nationals and are probably going now too. I personally feel like we will disappoint you if we don’t win” he finishes, the rest of the team nodding silently.

“You guys need to stop thinking that I prefer my foxes over you” you cross your arms “I love both of you, whether you make it to the Nationals or not is not going to change that. I could have chosen Fukurodani or Itachiyama, but I didn’t and I don’t regret it one bit. The only way you could disappoint me is if you don’t give your all in the match, so stop thinking bullshit and get your asses into the court”

“Thank you, chibi-chan” Kuroo laughs “We seriously are lucky to have you”

“Yeah whatever, go to warm up” you push them lightly, making them chuckle even more.

The match starts after all the warm ups. Both teams had amazing defense, so the firsts points were really long rallies; it wasn’t until Nekoma hit 10 points though that Sakusa, who hasn’t really spiked the ball yet, started to spike. Yaku was right on the spot where the ball was going to hit, however despite being able to touch it, the ball went out of the court. He was definitely strong, there was no doubt about that, but there was something else. When Sakusa took another 2 consecutive points, you paid even more attention to how he hitted the ball, noticing that his wrists went lower than usual.

“Coach”

“Got it” says asking for a timeout. You look to where Komori is, who is already looking at you with a smile, so you point at your wrist while looking at Sakusa, you can see him laugh a little while nodding. After you pass them their bottles you go and tell them

“There’s something about that spin, is so hard to dig it” says Yaku

“It’s something about his wrist, they seem more…elastic? Flexible? Something like that” you say

“That’s the only way he could add the spin, balls with any spin are harder to dig” adds Kenma

“True, but with the amount of spin that he adds, it just makes it even harder. Plus, I’m sure he can change it, Komori-kun said that he takes a lot of precautions”

“Let’s continue like we’re doing for now, it has worked. I’m sure we can adapt to it, but he’s going to gain a lot of points by using it”

“We’re Nekoma, we can adapt to things, let’s not get demotivated and keep doing what we’re best at” says Kuroo

The match continues and just like you thought, Sakusa is able to change the amount of spin he puts into the ball, confusing Yaku in the process. Like Kenma said, they were starting to adapt to his spikes; however, while they were able to dig it, it usually ended up being shorter or longer than they needed, making it unstable to set. Sadly, by the end of the match Nekoma lost both sets, however they were able to bring a good fight, the scores being 23-25 and 26-28. When they were coming back to where you were waiting, you could see a small disappointment in their eyes.

“You did great guys! Well done!”

“Thank you chibi-chan”

“Let’s go to the coach, ok?” you say taking Kenma by the arm, who was exhausted after having to move to so many places

“Although we lost, I have to say you did really good guys, you gave a good fight to one of the top schools of the country. Well done” the coach says before leaving the court, followed by some of the guys. You pick up all the bottles and towels left to leave while Kenma and Kuroo were helping you.

“Yn-chan! Wait!” screams Komori before you leave the court, noticing some curious eyes looking in your direction when they notice the Ace of Itachiyama following slowly “Oh hi, that was a great match guys, well done!” says looking at Kuroo and Kenma smiling.

“Thank you, it was a great match indeed” Kuroo smiles politely

“By the way, you surprised me again Yn-chan, it only took you 3 spikes from Sakusa to notice his wrists. It normally takes longer” he tells you

“I mean, how else he could add so much spin to a ball? How do you do it?” you look at Sakusa with curious eyes

“I have flexible wrists, I learnt how to use it to my favor” he says while taking a mask out of his pocket “Can I have another wet wipe please?”

“So that's how you do it...makes sense now” you say passing him one when out of nowhere you feel a little tug on your jacket; assuming it was from Kenma, you try to wrap the conversation “Anyways, we need to go, the rest of the team is out already”

“Oh yeah, we also need to go. It was nice seeing you! Hope we get to see each other again!” Komori gives you a quick hug

“Be careful with the creepy guys. See you soon” Sakusa adds, giving a small nod before turning around. You leave the court after that, going to the bus after sharing some words with Bokuto and Akaashi. Once there, you sit down and take Kenma’s console so he can play, which he takes lazily before leaning on your shoulder.

“So tired”

“Of course you are, you had to move a lot. You did great today”

“Thanks” he starts playing a game silently, after a while he says in a really quiet voice “Sorry we couldn’t go to the Nationals”

“Ken, it’s fine. Seriously”

“But you wanted to see your friends”

“Yes, I did, and I’m still going to see them. You guys not going it’s not going to stop me”

“Sometimes I really don’t understand you” he chuckles lightly

“Is that bad?”

“Not really, I like it”

Once you arrive to the school, you go to the gym so the coach can do the final speech of the night. After he finishes, the guys go to clean themselves up, you are waiting for them outside to close the gym and walk home

“Yn-chaan! Kuroo-san said he’s buying us Chinese buns, join us!” Lev screams going out

“Well, the invitation was for Kenma and obviously chibi-chan, you just butt in” Kuroo says coming out of the gym

“We can stay over at Kenma-san house and play some games tog-”

“No”

“Kenma-san it will be fun! So we can be forget about today” adds Inuoka

“Well, guess we have a sleepover at Kenma’s today” Yaku shrugs

“I said no” Kenma squints

“I don’t think it was a question Kenma, plus you always have chibi-chan over, why can’t we?” Kuroo teases

“Because Yn is nice… Ughh fine, you can come over” says before taking your wrist and pulling you away from the rest

“And you dare to fight me when I say you’re grumpy”

“I’m not grumpy” he scoffs while ‘glaring’ at you

“Uh huh, sure”

“Hey lovebirds! Wait for us!” calls Kuroo, earning an actual glare from Kenma

Despite Kenma’s initial complaints, he actually wasn’t as annoyed as he claimed to be, he even had a tiny smile. The guys ended up in a competition of Mario kart while you were sitting in the couch eating some snacks, Kenma easily winning against every single one of them.

“Chibi-chan, it’s your turn” says Yaku

“About time, you guys get so goddamn loud playing” you sit on the floor next to Kenma, who hands you the control with a teasing smile

“Finally, an actual competition” he says receiving annoyed sounds from Lev, Kuroo and Yamamoto “I have seen all of you play, Yn it’s better than all of you combined”

“Rude”

“Don’t you dare to go easy like you did with the rest, I want to win with you actually trying”

“Wait, Kenma-san wasn’t even trying?!?” exclaims Lev

You started the first round with you having a loud cheer from the rest of the team, everything so Kenma doesn’t win. Both of you were so concentrated in the game that you couldn’t even hear Lev and Inuoka loud voices.

“Yes! Fucking finally! I finally won against you! It feels so good” you exclaim happily after finishing the last round that claim you as the final winner with Kenma being in a close second. You hear a mix of reactions, from surprise noises to happy cheers

“Don’t be so dramatic, it was just one” Kenma rolls his eyes with a little smile

“Shut up and let me have this”

“Fine, fine, you did good, you deserve it” After your victory everyone stopped playing since it was getting really late; the improvised hangout successfully making everyone happy. The guys wanted to talk, but soon enough everyone passed out in the couch except for you and Kenma.

“Ken stop playing, it’s late and I’m tired” you lay your head on his shoulder

“But…”

“Please” you mutter feeling your eyes close by the second. The last thing you felt before falling sleep was Kenma’s head on top of yours, whispering a small ‘good night’ to you.

[duhragonball]

Dragon Ball Super 070

Time for a baseball episode (derogatory).

Sigh... All right, let’s just get through this.  So Champa contacts Beerus and proposes a friendly game of baseball to build “good relations between Universe 6  and 7.”  I’m pretty sure the assemlbed teams represent the only people in either universe that are aware of the other universe.  

Some issues with this premise:

1) Champa is only doing this as a pretense to go to Earth and enjoy its delicious cuisine.   This seems pointless, as Universe 6′s own Earth was restored in Episode 41.   Beerus specifically wished for this so that Champa could enjoy Earth food whenever he liked.   Did he forget about this, or does U6′s Earth food just suck?   Or maybe the U6 Earthlings destroyed themselves all over again?  I mean, the Super Dragon Balls could bring them back to life, but that doesn’t resolve whatever they were fighting over when they died.

2) Champa can’t even field a whole team, so Vegeta and Goten switch sides to make it fair.  Maybe they should have organized a Pickleball tournament instead.

3) Only three characters in this cartoon know how to play baseball, and two of them are the umpires.  Everyone keeps fucking around and/or trying to hurt one another, because it’s a Dragon Ball cartoon and that’s how they all roll. 

Let me just focus on Yamcha here, because he’s the only character who manages to look cool in all of this.  Goku manages to strike out Champa, then Yamcha takes over pitching and strikes out two more batters.  Then he’s the first at bat, and Vegeta beans him because he thinks the object is to incapacitate the opposing team.   So Yamcha gets a free trip to first base. 

Then he steals second and third because Champa doesn’t understand the rules well enough to stop him.  At one point he throws the ball at Yamcha to cut him off, and apparently that’s illegal.   I thought you could do that, but now that I think about it, it doesn’t make a lot of sense.

Then Beerus and Champa start fighting above the field, and Whis and Vados have to stop them before it destroys the entire universe.  Destroyer Gods fighting is supposed to be a serious taboo, just like time travel.  Funny how Beerus destroyed Bulma’s lab, but he gets to keep his hands.

Anyway, Whis and Vados call off the rest of the game due to the Destroyers’ poor sportsmanship, so we didn’t even get a full inning into this nonsense.  Champa is horrified to learn that the game is a tie, but it’s not.  Universe 7 wins, because...

... While Beerus and Whis were fighting, and all the other players were cowering in terror, Yamcha managed to steal home plate.  So U7 wins, 1-0. 

This whole episode is played up like a backhanded compliment to Yamcha.  He perserveres through the whole episode to win the game, and everyone congratulates him for it, but there’s also a lot of dunking on Yamcha too.  Like “Way to go, Yamcha, I guess you’re not completely useless after all!” That sort of thing.

Also, this whole “Yamcha loves this because he used to be a major leaguer” thing kind of contradicts the very episode of DBZ that this is referring to.  Yeah, Yamcha was the star player for the Taitans in Age 761, but he also found the game boring as hell, and he only did it for the money. 

Sure, he’s had 18 years to change his mind about the game, and I suspect he’s mostly into this because it’s a chance to look cool in front of the others, but this episode is still kind of a let-down for me.  There was a baseball issue of the Tenchi Muyo! comic, there was a baseball episode of Deep Space Nine, there was a baseball episode of Transformers, etc. etc.  This is the literal definition of a trope shows use to blow off an episode.

[oscteamstournament]

Everyone gather up!

So, as you all know we have submissions for teams. However, I did explicitly state in the rules that it'll only be 2 teams per series, and since apparently a majority of them are BFDI/II teams, we'll be having 2 mini-polls to decide who will be the two teams competing in the tournament.

As for the other shows, don't worry. I had a backup plan, just in case this happened. I had some other object show teams in the trunk.

BUT THAT'S NOT IMPORTANT RIGHT NOW!

For now, I'll setup 2 polls

The BFDI Teams The II Teams

Top 2 teams will be competing in the tournament proper.

[fandomanimatic-tournament]

Fandom song animatic tournament: Side A Round 2

The other side - The Greatest Showman Musical

"Don't you wanna get away from the same old part you gotta play? 'Cause I got what you need, so come with me and take the ride It'll take you to the other side"

How bad can I be? - The Lorax (Movie)

"How ba-a-a-ad can I be? I'm just doing what comes naturally How ba-a-a-ad can I be? I'm just following my destiny How ba-a-a-ad can I be? I'm just doing what comes naturally How ba-a-a-ad can I be? How bad can I possibly be?"

Remember that we're voting on how Iconic they are for ANIMATICS, not for the song itself. In order to make things fair, the tone and mood of the song should not affect how iconic it is (for example, a serious song should not be considered more iconic than a joke song just because it's serious)

Propaganda and animatic links of the songs under the cut:

The other side - The Greatest Showman Musical

Propaganda:

uhhh i never watched the greatest showman but the song goes HARD and its cool as fuck to see how ppl portray these opposing tropes & characters in their animatics

Obnoxious as hell but without it weed be down so many homoerotically charged interactions. The enemies to lovers people would be quaking

it was so popular even i wanted to make an animatic of it 😭 (i never did cause i didn’t even have a stylus at the time but i think that was for the better)

Luz and Hunter. Grian and Mumbo / Etho and Bdubs. Hawks and Dabi. I'm sure I'm forgetting something

oh my god??? the homoerotism of trying to convince ur enemy to join ur side??? whats there not to love?

The only objectively good song in The Greatest Showman deserves some respect, god damn it. Also it's a very catchy way to show a character's betrayal/character changes in general.

The song just overall slaps and also it's great for showing characters having a conflict with one trying to convince the other to join the opposing side

its very character driven, so no wonder its very popular. almost every fandom ive been in has an animatic of this song.

Animatics with the song:

Creepypasta Marble Hornets

Karmaland

BNHA Villain Deku

The Owl House

The Promised Neverland

She-Ra

How bad can I be? - The Lorax (Movie)

Propaganda:

it’s an evil bop

I need everyone to go watch How Bad Can I Be? By Public Spam Account. The best animatic every, plus the song is perfect for any villain character and came from a movie deeply important to tumblr lore

...the only propaganda i have for this is the time two years ago when a zine team gave andrew francis like $50 to sing part of it in the voice of morro ninjago thanks to a joke about onceler morro. someone did animate it if that helps at all

Animatics with the song:

DSMP

Hermitcraft

Darkstalker Animatic

DeadCells The King Animatic

MBIT ENTJ Animatic

Please be cautious and read the title, description and warning cards on the animatic videos if you decide to watch them. If you've got specific triggers I'd recommend even more caution when watching animatics of fandoms you don't know, since sometimes canon-typical themes don't get warnings.

[tobiasdrake]

The Disappearance of Nagato Yuki-chan, Episode 8 - A Plot by Haruhi Suzumiya

Everything Haruhi does is a plot by Haruhi Suzumiya. Haruhi is an incorrigible plotter. Unless you mean the movie she filmed, which is a different kind of plot by Haruhi Suzumiya.

(Two parts.)

I guess Tsuruya's joining the list of characters volunteering to be Yuki's fallback love interest if Kyon ends up red-stringed. Pretty sure that is a red-crowned crane, specifically? That looks like the red crown on its head.

Nope. Sorry, Tsuruya, but despite being more tolerable in this series, you're still on the shit list.

The hell does that even mean?

Hot springs episode really is going to hot springs episode at maximum velocity, isn't it?

I know this is going to be an opportunity to play with the Yuki/Kyon vs. Haruhi/Kyon triangle but if we're spinning a roulette wheel of shipping nonsense then I want to see some random bullshit instead. Itsuki/Yuki! Mikuru/Ryoko! Kyon/Tsuruya! The Will They/Won't They shipping war can wait until we get home; For now, let's get crazy!

Incidentally, the answer is yes. This is the gratuitous fanservice episode that "The Hot Springs Episode" always implied, and it is played as hard as you would expect the show that gave us Mikuru Asahina to play it. In fact, it even takes time for some incredibly gross Mikuru shit while it's at it.

Admittedly still not as bad as that time they drugged her but still pretty bad. They don't even do the "Tsuruya protects Mikuru and fights off Haruhi" thing they've been doing; Tsuruya and Haruhi team up for maximum grossness. It's like they're trying to make up for lost time.

Apparently "Matchmaking Bath" means voluntary peephole.

Uh. Okay. This episode is weird.

Ha!

Nice time loop callout. Though there is no way they've actually fit that many competitions into the short time Haruhi's been with the Literature Club. Taken literally, she pulled that number straight out of her ass.

XD HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Now that we're out of the Den of Male Gaze, the comedy's back. Poor Kyon. We all know it's going to be him. It's always him. It doesn't even need to be rigged.

Absolutely furious that Ryoko and Tsuruya's match wasn't animated. I have so many questions about Tsuruya's Dance of the Crane technique.

Also, Kyon and Mikuru continue to be useless.

When the hell did he injure his wrist? Did he beat Kyon's ass so bad he hurt himself?

Absolutely furious that Tsuruya quit the tournament in its second round, allowing the competition to continue while forever shielding her crane technique from the prying eyes of the camera.

Also, Haruhi, don't think I didn't notice that this is your second bye. You didn't compete in the first round either. You're advancing straight to the finals without ever picking up a paddle. Kyon was right to object to rigged games.

(Is that how Itsuki injured his wrist? Did he fake injury so Haruhi could have a 1v1 with her romantic rival?)

I'm with Kyon. The first round seemed legitimate but that second round was totally rigged by the Kouyouen kids.

NO

NOT MOVING ON

I WANT TO SEE THE FIGHT

What the hell!? How dare you deprive us of the pivotal battle between Yuki and Haruhi!? I AM SO MAD RIGHT NOW AAAAAAAARGH.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

No, for real, the comedic timing of Yuki Show is so good. If they ever bring back Melancholy, whether as a continuation or reboot or whatever, I hope they learn from the successes in this spinoff and build on them.

That means she won, right? I think that means she won. I am choosing to believe that means she won. Yuki won. I will accept no argument.

[canonmisogynyvictimstournament]

PROPAGANDA

CHLOE BOURGEOIS (MIRACULOUS LADYBUG) (CW: Child Abuse)

1.) Girl was done so dirty… She was starting to develop and could’ve had a redemption arc and then they made her even more one-dimensional than she was at the start, dumbed her down, and the creator on twitter claimed she was never abused and that she never cared about her childhood friend, only his status. And in a scene that thankfully got cut by editors, her father was going to disown her, adopt her sister instead (who is like a “nicer” replacement for her) and pass Chloe onto her abusive mother.

And then a male character gets introduced who is also at first an antagonist with a backstory that gets revealed later, also a childhood friend of the same character, but it’s acknowledged that he got abused by his parent and he gets a redemption arc and a romantic subplot and a spot on the hero team (which Chloe was excluded from because she was irresponsible with her power and revealed her identity publicly… Except he also did that)

This show is about girl power btw.

2.) Chloe was done so fucking dirty. So basically, the creator of the show (Thomas Astruc) created the character in the first place as a stand-in for his childhood bully (red flag no.1) Because of this, any development that she as a character got from the other writers (and it was a lot) got retconned, just because he hated her. Other, objectively much more evil, (male) characters (the main villain!) were portrayed as more sympathetic than her, because god forbid a hurt, abused, emotionally immature, unloved little girl be portrayed as anything other than an unlovable, unforgiveable unchangeable demon. Also she’s obsessed with clothes, shoes and handbags, because she’s a mean girl, don’t you see, so obviously the nice girls (who don’t wear makeup while Chloe does) are better than her.

3.) Stuck up spoiled rich girl is treated as worse than the actual villains of the show. At some point we get a glimpse into her awful traumatizing home life and she starts to be redeemed, but the second something doesn’t go her way she backslides and is suddenly even more evil and dumb. Also her father is incredibly neglectful but it’s portrayed as her somehow abusing him into doing what she wants and he’s so sad about his awful evil daughter. He gets a redemption arc but never actually becomes a better father. She’s seen as unfixable.

CHI-CHI (DRAGON BALL)

1.) okay so to start at the beginning, she was introduced as a young kid but they put her in a super revealing bikini styled outfit. pretty sure it was supposed to be armor too, so besides just being a disgusting design choice even in-universe it’s impractical. but besides that she was pretty charming as a kid, she was cute and funny and pretty tough, and had a cool gimmick in her blade/ laser helmet. even when she reappeared in late Dragon Ball, she was a bit abrasive but was overall rational and kind. she was strong enough to make it into the World Martial Arts Tournament, one of only 16 to qualify.

but come Dragon Ball Z and on, she’s reduced to just a shrill, nagging, aggressive wife and mother. all she gets to do is cook, worry, and berate her husband and sons. her physical strength is only used so she can comically hit Goku. sure its played for laughs, but he’s shown to be afraid of her. I only recall her leaving her house once or twice in DBZ. just the worst mother character stereotype, with nothing left to make her likeable. she’s portrayed as irrational but despite her aggressiveness, half the time her wants are completely reasonable. can’t blame a woman for not wanting her husband to die every other day!! her writing us ass but I still love her and she deserves better!!!

2.) So in Dragon Ball she wasn’t the BEST character to start out with. Toriyama hasn’t ever been the best at writing women or not making stupid fucking sex jokes about them. So she had to deal with that. The outfit she wore as a kid was… NOT GREAT. Let’s say that! Then in late Dragon Ball her entire character revolves around Goku and trying to marry him, which she gets by tricking Goku and getting beaten by Goku in a tournament in one hit. Not off to a great start. Then Z started and Toriyama just… gave her an ENTIRELY NEW new personality, and that new personality was just a stereotype of a tiger mom. Regardless of how correct she might’ve been about letting Gohan fight (and she WAS completely correct, he was 5-6 for a HUGE chunk of Z) the narrative frames her as a hysterical and unreasonable woman nagging at the menfolk and not letting them do things. So naturally people hate her without even considering why she’s upset because the story itself frames her as in-the-wrong. The whole franchise also just forgets that she’s a martial artist and never has her DO ANYTHING.

This is only scratching the surface, there’s a LOT more because the franchise is like 40 years old and we’d be here all day.

3.) GODDDD okay so full disclosure i guess shonen is such an easy pick but like. out of every shonen wife she was and is THE most hated by the narrative and creator (maybe tied with sakura omfg). shes always made out to be a beast, got her fighting skills shafted after she got married, was always played like she was hysterical for worrying about her kid dying in battle, and not to mention the creator actively HATES her. like toriyama just straight up hates writing her. its bad. its really bad. shes just “bitch wife” but for no reason :(

[besttropeveershowdown]

I'm the person who submitted cop crushed on witness and I have some more propaganda. you don't have to add it this round, I know I'm late.

I'm from a country that loves its cop shows and they are a part of the culture and many people watch them traditionally. Sometimes I watch them too, and you just cannot escape that trope. Admittedly it's gotten much better with more recent episodes, but whenever I try to watch older episodes this trope is there. Like please I'm here for the crime and like, the team dynamics and the lore, but it's really hard to enjoy these when every other episode one of them starts flirting with the witness, and of course they are always into it too. This is not how women work. If the cop was flirting with me right after I finished telling him about the gruesome crime I just witnessed I would be creeped out. These women always have no personality apart from their crush on the cop too. Like hell yeah I love that women are portrayed like they are objects who are only there to show that the main characters are manly men who can of course get women if they so choose.

No problem! As I've stated multiple times, propaganda will be accepted in the ask box throughout the tournament-- that's why we have the #anti-tropeaganda tag separately from the main poll tag.