#Stat Q Force

[toydrill]

i miss you i miss you so much everyday every night i wander my heart and body’s dancing on the floor my heart and body’s dancing on the floor

[shippyboi]

Got this commissioned from @itsdivineart and i fucking love it.

[catboy-showdown]

Bracket E Round 1 Matchup 2

Propaganda is allowed and highly encouraged

May the best catboy win!

[demonic-charcuterie]

Stat from Q force x fem! Reader

Summary: you meet stat at Europe vision.

Warnings: sexual tension? (Bad writing) oc

Stat sat at the bar trying to find a way to get back on the internet. “This party blows. Need a little help?” A voice say as it approached Stat from the side. “You can use this.” She said handed her a small tablet. “I bring that just for this place. Damn Christmas internet. That’s why I hate it here but my friends drag me here every year.”

“Thanks, I guess.” Stat says as she opens the table. A small smile popped up on her face as she scrolled. “Hey who are you?”

“Griffin Miles. You?”

“I’m stat. You seem…semi non annoying.”

“If that’s you inviting me to sit I’ll gladly take you up on that.”

Stat patted the sit as she typed away on your tablet. She looked up at the woman beside who had her nose in a book. A book. How the fuck was she reading in this loud as place and who the food reads real paper books? “What is that?” She asked before taking a bite of shrimp.

“A…” she sighed “romance novel”

Stat burst out laughing. “And here I though you were some bad bitch!”

Griffin blushed and slid the book in her purse. “Oh shush. Now are you gonna buy me a drink or what?”

Stat spend most of the day with her. She didn’t even notice they were holding hands with her until to saw Deb and Mary and they pointed it out.

“I- oh I’d hadn’t noticed.” She said rubbing her neck.

Griffins phone vibrated and a frown formed on her face. “Hey stat I gotta go.” Griffin giggled when she felt stat gripping her hand harder when the word go left her mouth. She pressed a kiss to star’s cheek and waved. “Later babes, Text me” she said before wink and walking away.

Stat stood there with Marry and Deb for about two minutes twitching and bouncing on her feet. “Stat the fuck is wrong with you?” Deb asked.

“What? nothing! What’s wrong with you wonder bread!”

“Stat. The missions over. I wanna see you happy. Or as happy as you can be when you’re..we’ll you. Go!”

Stat was already running toward the exit while texting she was on her way out.

[reverendclown]

Rewatched that qforce series, Stat’s still my favorite lol

[newwwwusername]

Q-Force - Stat & Twink - Tourette's Syndrome Awareness Month Prompt 3 : Triggers

Prompt : Write a fic about a character's triggers for their tics Headcanons : Nonbinary!Stat, Tourettic!Stat

Stat knew all the things that generally served as triggers to make their tics worse- Caffeine, lack of sleep, stress- Basically all constants for them.

You'd think that, considering these things all made their tics worse and they knew this, they'd cut back on the caffeine, try to sleep more, and change their situation to lessen stress. And that's what they would do if they were about 20% more careful with their own wellbeing, but this was Stat. Self care wasn't exactly their strong suit.

This all culminated in a very active tic day that left them thoroughly exhausted by the end. The rest of the Q-Force didn't comment on it. They'd all been around the hacker for years- They were used to the highs and lows of their Tourette's (even Buck). However, by the end, Twink was worried enough to speak up.

"Active tic day" he started with an awkward smile as he flopped down on the couch next to them. They just stared at him miserably. "Any reason?"

"Coffee, lack of- Haha! Wow! WOW! Wow!- Lack of sleep, and- Mph!- Stress" they listed off, just as they'd done plenty of times over the years. Their neck jerked painfully and their arm shot up, which made them groan in annoyance.

"You should rest"

"Gee, thanks Captain- Loser!- Obvious" they spat. "Really wish I- Haha! Crazy! That's crazy!- Thought of that one"

"Don't be a cunt"

"Sorry" Stat sighed. Twink shrugged. He didn't mind their rudeness. Lord knows he could get crabby when he didn't eat breakfast or missed an hour of rest. He couldn't imagine dealing with the constant shouts and movements all day, hopeless to stop any of it.

"Would melatonin help?" he offered. "I know it can be harder to sleep when they're so persistent"

Stat smiled weakly and nodded.

Do not repost on other sites! If you want to participate in this month's challenge, there are 15 Tourette's-centered prompts that you can find here

[felassan]

Dragon Age: "ICYMI: From characters to combat, our Dragon Age devs covered a lot in our last Q&A! Check out a few more snippets below, and read the whole transcript at [link]" [source]

(BW's transcript of this Q&A session is a bit different in places to the word-for-word transcript. a word for word version can be read here).

Text in images reads:

"Q. I would love to know more about Davrin. What is his personality like? What kind of hobbies or things does he like? What is his relationship with Assan! A. (John Epler) Davrin’s thoughtful and considerate, but also stern. It takes him a while to trust others, and he can be a little standoffish, but eventually he warms up to anyone who shows they have his back. He’s a monster hunter – so a lot of his hobbies revolve around that. And with Assan? His relationship evolves over time. I don’t want to go any deeper because that starts to get into spoiler territory. Q. Can you clarify if spellblade will be forced to use a dagger, or can we still use a staff as a melee combat weapon? A. (Corinne Busche) So this is the cool thing about the two weapon sets that each class has… at any point, like even between swings, you can swap to your class alternate weapon set by hitting the down button on the D-pad. So you’re not locked into one weapon set or the other, in any of the classes or specializations. The Spellblade has a lot of extra functionality and depth when using the elemental orb and dagger, but it’s not uncommon that I’ll quickly swap to the staff to unleash a heavy blast attack, or to use whatever elemental typing the staff has if the enemy is weak to it. Q. Can I set the gear to look however I want without losing stats? A. (Corinne Busche) "Yeah, we do have a full transmog system, so you can choose the look of your equipment, while maintaining whatever stats you prefer… Any gear you find as you adventure will unlock that appearance for future use. Also, you’ll sometimes find appearance-only cosmetics that are specifically used just for transmog. You’ll get these as treasures, and more frequently from vendors. You can transmog any of your gear slots, your weapons, and companions’ gear. You can even transmog your casual-wear. So the Blood Dragon Armor cosmetic items give you access to those looks, and you can use them anytime you like without compromising your stats."

[source]

[ghostingkai]

[On Iori and Shirayuki]

Finding out just how physically weak and slow Iori is — especially compared to the rest of his family — is interesting for me.

Shirayuki’s full profile paints a more complete picture of who she is. She was the president of C3’s Tokyo branch, enjoys watching professional wrestling as a hobby, dreams of getting another chance to battle Gear (lol), practices radio workouts daily, and values being seen as “strong.” Her weakest subject in school was home economics. She has a clear affinity for fighting (further proven by Miyako’s quote in the final chapter, referring to Shirayuki as the Tokyo branch’s number one battle-crazed Mom.)

When we first learned that Shirayuki was responsible for trying to keep Iori away from the combat team, it wasn’t exactly a strange concept. She’s his mother, and regardless of his talents with barrier magic, it makes sense that she would be concerned about him getting hurt. She’s also well acquainted with that world, and likely understands first-hand how easy it is to be killed in that job.

But after seeing the Tsukimitsu family’s profiles in the guidebook, I can’t help but wonder if Shirayuki’s concern for Iori wasn’t so much about “a mother’s love for her son,” but rather, being specifically concerned that Iori wasn’t built for fighting.

(Which is not to say she doesn’t love Iori. She does! She even has a high-scoring “family love” parameter on her chart!)

For a clearer picture, here are some stat scores listed on their profiles:

(Physical strength/speed/mental)

Iori: 3/4/7

Miyako: 8/8/8

Yumi: 5/7/6

Shirayuki: 5/3/9

(Iori’s lack of physical strength is double confirmed on one of the alignment graphs included in the Q&A section, where he’s a lot closer to the “physically weak” side of the chart.

Also, to help put things into perspective a bit more — Mikado is noted to be physically ungifted, and his physical strength score is a 2. Iori is almost as physically untalented as Mikado lol.)

Iori is slightly faster than his mother, and has slightly better mental prowess than his younger brother — but that’s pretty much it. His listed top skills involve him being good at cooperative efforts/listening to others’ opinions and taking them into consideration. And, of course, his barrier magic.

When it comes to the other two -- Yumikage is on the combat team, but Shirayuki doesn’t give him a hard time about it (at least, not that we’ve been shown.) Same goes for Miyako. She was in the kendo club in school, has a very high score for physical strength, and has shown her skills in the actual story, like in the battle against Tsubaki by the hospital. In general, it feels like Shirayuki isn’t nearly as strict with them about avoiding combat. (Still strict, for sure — just not as much as with Iori.)

Shirayuki clearly still worries about her younger kids, but if their trait scores are anything to go by, it would stand within reason to consider — maybe she trusts Miyako and Yumikage can defend themselves in battle, but she has doubts about whether Iori can do the same.

The guidebook had a Q&A that explained how even though Iori is powerful, his magic is geared more towards defense, and he needs to be paired with a strong partner in order to be a real threat. When it comes to Iori’s choice in friends/partners, I imagine Shirayuki wasn’t too keen on the idea of his safety being in Touma’s hands, and expecting Tooru to protect Iori by himself would be unreasonable.

The fact that Iori joined the combat team at 17, and then was forced into the president’s role less than a year later, really speaks volumes about how desperate Shirayuki was to keep Iori away from fighting.

I also can’t help feeling Iori’s obsession with joining the combat team was less about the fighting, and more about knowing both Touma and Tooru were going to be on the combat team. He didn’t want to get left behind by his friends…

(FWIW: This analysis is based on the assumption Iori’s skill chart pertains to his pre-injury stats. If the stats listed on his profile are only relevant after he ended up gravely injured… well, then none of this is relevant! Lol)

[religion-is-a-mental-illness]

Hitchens: People want to pray, you can’t stop them. But we cannot have state subsidized prayer. We cannot have state subsidized preachers or chaplains.

Give it up, or give it to your deadliest enemy and pay for the rope that will choke you.

This is very urgent business, ladies and gentlemen, I beseech you: resist it while you still can and before the right to complain is taken away from you, which will be the next thing.

You will be told, you can’t complain – because you’re Islamophobic. The term is already being introduced into the culture, as if it’s an accusation of race hatred or bigotry, whereas it’s only the objection to the preachings of a very extreme and absolutist religion.

Watch out for these symptoms. They are not just symptoms of surrender, very often ecumenically offered to you by men of God in other robes, Christian and Jewish and smarmy ecumenical. These are the ones who hold open the gates for the barbarians. The barbarians never take a city until someone holds the gates open to them. And it’s your own preachers who will do it for you, and your own multicultural authorities who will do it for you.

Resist it while you can. And if you wonder what will happen if you don't, look and see how a cricket team in Middlesex in England had to change its name by force last week because it was called, and had been for years, the Middlesex Crusaders. Look and how stories about little pigs can’t be taught to children in English schools anymore, lest offense be taken by the religions of peace.

Resist it while you can.

-

Starmer: One of the things that's coming up over and over again is Islamophobia and well, you can see by the stats, you can see the numbers rising, particularly since October the 7th, although we shouldn't fall into the trap of thinking that before October the 7th, this was all heading in the right direction. It's been far too high for far too long. Clearly, we need to just say over and over again, Islamophobia is intolerable. It can never, ever be justified and we have to continue with a zero-tolerance approach, and I think there's more we can do in government. There's certainly stuff online, which I think needs tackling much more robustly than it is at the moment.

Q: What I'm hoping, Keir, is your experience as a prosecutor means you'll be thinking about the strategy we can use to make sure we take action against those who break the law.

==

The UK is in very big trouble. There are weekly antisemitic parades through London calling for the eradication of Israel and the Jews, but Starmer's big concern is the imaginary dragon of "Islamophobia." That you are not allowed to oppose or even question Islam or its tenets or its unending and ever escalating demands. That disagreeing with and opposing Islam is itself - or should be - a criminal offence.

Reminder: opposing the imposition of Islamic demand and concessions to fragile Islamic sensibilities is not "bigotry." It's completely reasonable, sensible and necessary.

[beetlescrub]

hey veriades here seething and raging about stat from q force actually. every letter of the acronym in that show gets flattened and sold to one specific person the writers met in california, all the lesbians in the show love barbeque, bees and sports for example. its a happy, comfortable stereotype. designed to make a specific lesbian relate, remind them of the community they have. when i saw stat was a transgender woman who was an introverted computer hacker geek who chugs energy drinks, expresses a fed-up attitude with society and feels distanced from the queer community, my initial reaction was "ok the show thats selling itself as relatable to queers is making me relate ill bite, what does this show have to say about people like me" and the answer isnt nothing, but it is silence. all the lesbians in the show may be reduced to one person, but at least lesbianism exists in q-force. deb has a wife and kisses her wife. even stat has a girlfriend an artificial computer replica of a woman named Jaqueline. the show might not have the guts to say it but Jaqueline is her own transgender stereotype, that stretch alone gives us two trans characters. yeah, every gay man might love sex in the city homogenously in this universe but at least steve has boyfriends and twink has hookups. stat is never given more than her surface level stereotype, her transfemininity is never highlighted or made visible by the show.

does anyone else see the tradgedy of stat? is the fact that stat is the only transgender woman in the whole friend group part of her stereotype? is loneliness and anger what she gets instead of barbeques and bees? we get a whole episode that gives an empathetic explanation as to why a heterosexual homophobic Ricky acts terse and rude and emotionally blocked off, but not stat. "oh twink made a freakum dress, just like the gay men i know!" "oh stats emotional turmoil and misanthropy is never examined or taken seriously by her cis friends, just like the trans women i know!" they didnt say nothing, but they were completely silent.

her girlfriend commits suicide.

its what she gets instead of a barbeque with her wife and friends. the contrast between cis lesbianism and trans lesbianism made so stark, and i KNOW its not intentional because apparently this show is meant to make us laugh. i wanna cry.

[pinkgrapefloyd]

fic author q&a

tagged by @zannolin <3 tysm!

why do you write fanfic?

i love everything about it. i love how immediate it is. i can just click post and people can see it. i love when people tell me their favorite part in the comments. i love having 100% creative control. i love having no deadlines. i love shouting something i'm proud of into the void and then getting a reply from somewhere halfway across the world in a mutual second language. i love building community with strangers over things we both love. it's the best.

which of your posted stories do you think of the most even though the story is "finished"?

probably there's daggers in men's smiles because that one has the biggest piece of my soul in it. i also think of anti-hero a lot but i'm still working on the sequel so I don't count it as "finished".

if you could give yourself fic advice from when you first started writing fic, what would that advice be?

if it's a multi-chapter, get to the 90-95% mark before you start posting. not only does this increase the likelihood of you actually finishing it and ending up with a completed story you're proud of, you'll also end up with a better final product because you can go back and edit earlier chapters once the later chapters are taking form and make the themes more cohesive.

what's your relationship to fic stats?

i like em. i used to track them obsessively when I was younger but honestly i have neither the time nor the motivation for that anymore. but it's nice to see a number and picture actual people. 25 kudos is abstract to me, i don't care about that. but realizing that 25 people looked at a project and went "nice. thanks for letting me read it" is wild to me. makes me really happy.

is there a pairing or scenario or friendship that you miss writing? if so, why? if not, why not?

yes and no. i used to read so much fanfic and write almost none, and now it's pretty much the opposite. so there isn't really a lot of content i'm "no longer writing" because there wasn't much for me to abandon in the first place. steve/bucky was my bread and butter ten years ago (how is the winter soldier ten years old already? wtf?) and i don't really see myself returning there, but i keep finding similar vibes in my newer projects and i'm really happy about that.

what motivates you to write?

i don't know how to stop. it's how i deal with being a person. wish i had a smart inspirational answer but that's what it is. it just happens. if i'm bored or sad or happy or tired or nervous, i write.

why do you write for the fandom(s) you write for?

i haven't fully understood why i write for some of my fandoms but not others. there's a lot of media that i adore and have never written a single word for (hannibal, the x files, ofmd, discworld...). often it's specifically the idea of "this character trait / this dynamic feels underutilized, I want to explore it further". cobra kai is a yarn drawer of messy but compelling character arcs that often go nowhere, and i like untangling the potential of them. star trek is comforting and it's good soil for planting angst, hope and humor plus an ensemble cast.

if you're stuck writing a WIP, what do you do?

work on a different one. i have so many and i'm always obsessed with at least one of them. sooner or later i'll have an idea for one of the older ones and then that's back on the menu again. i never force myself to work on something specific.

what do you wish people knew about comments?

a long unhinged comment is the key to my heart (as @zannolin who tagged me in this knows all too well), but i love each and every one so much. i love comments that are just a chain of emojis, comments that say nothing except 'how dare you', comments that dive into themes and metaphors. i love comments that tell me my fic made them laugh out loud, made them stay up too late, made them tell a non-fandom friend about it. there are so many different types of comments that make up the tapestry of a fun community, so please don't assume that there's a right way to leave a comment and the author will be disappointed or upset if you do it "wrong". i'm always worried my comments are not as funny / intelligent / memorable / observant as other people's comments and i hope i can take that fear away from other readers!

(also i try my best to reply fast but sometimes it takes a bit and i'm sorry! it doesn't mean i don't love your comment!)

maybe there's a question you wish had been on here. what's that question (and answer)? -> what are some writing challenges you're personally looking forward to?

writing more funny miscommunication and seeing how far I can push it. scenes that are set in darkness so I don't rely too much on describing visuals. maybe a mystery one day when i feel up for doing something plot-heavy.

tagging @vimesbootstheory @dykesynthezoid @russolaw @ficusin and @blinkasaurus and anyone else who wants to participate <3

thank you @zannolin for tagging me! love that i can always count on you to be just as unhinged about tdims as i am

[doveswriting]

I don't understand the hate against Q-Force. Especially by the LGBTQIA+ community

Q-Force is a funny series revolving around queer people made by queer people. It's not 'stereotypical' because we're literally shown that there are different types of queer people in the world. The cast is voiced by queer men, a black lesbian and a trans woman. Plus has a whole litany of queer side characters.

"They even have a character named Twink." Twink's NICKNAME is a play on the type of guy he is. He's SUPPOSED to be the cunty one. As shown in episode 2, we're literally given his real name. His father called him Bastien which I can only assume could be short for Sebastien. People hate that Twink is written the way he is because "not all gays are like this" but he is the rep for the ones that are. Again, we're literally shown different types of gay men throughout the show. Reminder, he's also a FEMME TOP.

"Stat's trans rep is non existent." Stat is a trans character voiced by a trans woman. The reason why it's never mentioned in the show is because SHES PASSING. Stat can live her life as a trans woman peacefully because SHES PASSING. As someone who falls under the trans umbrella, that is literally MY DREAM. It's the goal. "But Twink is so obviously a drag queen" because he's the master of DESGUISES. Of course it was going to be much more obvious for him. Do you expect being trans affects her job as a hacker in a group filled of queer spies? Her friends accept her for who she is. Stat is also not the type to talk about these things so often, she's not going to walk around blurting out she's trans as soon as she meets someone. There are different types of queer people everywhere, including trans people. Ever consider some trans people just want to live their life like she does?

"It's all about being gay" Of course it is, it's targeted audience IS the queer community. But it's also about homophobia in the workplace. If you want straight representation as well, there are straight characters. Dirk, the Princess, V, maybe Buck. There are a lot of different types of straight people as well. This show is inclusive as shit. It even cracks jokes about straight people targeted for queer people to laugh at AND jokes about queer people for straight people to laugh at. Equality my dudes. "There's too much male nudity" It's called being a feminist. Women are constantly sexualized. NEEDING to have a naked woman on your screen literally says a lot about you. And this is coming from someone with a preference for girls.

"All the gay men are stereotypical" We've got 2 gay men as our main cast who are VERY different. If Twink is the 'stereotype' you've been complaining about, you're not actually taking into consideration Mary, Benji, Ennis, Chaston, Antoni, etc. The actual types of gay men are shown throughout the show.

[shippyboi]

Did general faves and my TD faves

[nyansequitur]

Finished crafting my long-term build plan, besides skill books. Honestly don't know where to go from here. Probably giving each operator a module? In any case, more detailed info about what exactly I farmed below the cut. CN spoilers, photos, and a lot of talking below.

I suppose let's start with the goal.

Module 1/2/3: J/essicat Alter, L/iskarm

E1/E2/SL7: C/ivlight Eterna, A/sh, E/la

S1M1/M2/M3: P/allas, V/igil, M/izuki, C/ement

S2M1/M2/M3: S/hining, I/nsider, C/ivlight Eterna, A/miya (Medic), A/sh, H/oshiguma, S/hamare, F/iametta, I/frit, C/eobe, S/ilence Alter, S/wire Alter, A/miya (Guard), C/eylon, P/roviso, I/nes, S/iege, S/kadi, B/laze, B/lemishine, M/udrock

S3M1/M2/M3 T/horns, S/hu, S/hining, F/artooth, E/xecutor Alter, M/agallan, C/arnelian, D/egenbrecher, L/ee, S/uzuran, N/earlter, M/lynar, V/iviana, L/essing, V/irtuosa, H/oederer, E/la, B/agpipe, P/ozemka, R/osa, E/yja, P/assenger, H/o'olheyak, L/in, K/al'tsit, N/ightingale, L/umen, S/tainless, A/ak, G/ladiia, D/orothy, A/miya (Caster), S/aga, F/lametail, M/uelsyse, S/urtr, Q/iubai, C/hongyue, H/orn, E/unectes, E/xusiai, C/h'en

broke up names so I (hopefully) don't appear when searching for any operator ever lol

Before I start mastering skills, this is the stage of my depot.

Which should hopefully put into context why I have no base morale at the moment

Why didn't I start crafting earlier? Because I didn't know when I was going to be hitting the finishing point and didn't want to overcraft expensive materials that I would be getting as gameplay rewards. (Pick your poison really, if you start crafting early you can make good use of byproducts but poor use of event mats, and vice versa.)

The krooster planner I used looks like this

If I reset the stock to zero, penguin stats estimates it @ 277.5k sanity, although it doesn't account for event rewards or farming rate ups, so the real number is significantly less. It also doesn't calculate chips/skill books however, so forces going both ways on the estimate.

Upper number is how many I need, lower number is how many I have. Ignore the green book count, that's how many green books I would need if I got no more blue ones.

Blue books are what I'm farming at the moment, and the chips will be farmed once the CN operators are closer to release. I think (I hope) natural sanity and events will be enough given my backlog, but only time will tell. I don't want to do more sanity math please.

This took me, uh. About since my last build plan was completed at the end of February, so. Just over five months-ish? Unfortunately there is no satisfying payoff like the last build plan

due to masteries taking forever to complete. Near all earned OP since then was converted into sanity refreshes minus some skins. Don't have a good estimate on how much OP I bought for sanity at the moment, but it did definitely happen.

Why did I do this? A desire for maximum sanity efficiency, at first, although mostly it was a goal I set for myself about not leaving built ops or 6*s behind. (This can also be observed in how I level my operators, besides the CC12 crew, fwiplord exam crew, and some early game ops/favorites, most of my e2s are between levels 35 and 45 because I level the weakest e2 first.)

Anyways, I like having a goal to work towards in regards to building ops that can remain constant for months. Watching as the Penguin Stats sanity estimate slowly crept down (or went up when I pulled a new 6*.)

I might do a smaller build queue of 4-5* operators actually. If you made it this far, send me unbuilt ops you consider 'bad' or never see usage of (or just like) I guess.

[orange-lover]

im a cowboy im a chainsmokimg russian prostitute im a grizzled detective who just needs to crack one last case im stat from q force im a dog im a chibi anime girl im a deer im a wet cardboard box im a divorced middle aged woman sipping wine in her kitchen im a french mime in cried-in makeup im a quiet coffee shop worker who will listen to your blues and whisper a short word of solace im a twelve year old girl im a dog again. i contain multitudes

[the-physicality]

here in the phoenix mercury if there's one thing we don't do it's stat pad

remember when we blew seattle out by 20 all game [when we beat them last] and their starters were playing until the end? [and then someone got a tech? bc they were upset in another game that the opponent didn't pull their starters?]

nate...... these rotations....does he know we don't play until Friday?

i didn't realize until now how much i hated this announcer

what is the point of pulling someone who is banking 3s bc of foul trouble if you aren't going to play them the rest of the game?

i guess we decided not to try and draw fouls in the second half?

i've said it before and i will say it again, you need to start celeste

i understand that we're trying to make a playoff push and solidify this team as a unit but not everybody is a celeste taylor

maybe the game wasn't "winnable" but it didn't need to be a 24 point deficit

if the zone isn't working you have to take them out of the zone....

celeste had a stunning assist [highlight reel dt type assist] at either the end of the first or the start of the second [she had 2 in this time frame and nothing on the wnba website will load so i don't know which one it is *upside down smiley face*

the first game celeste played i said "oh she cannot leave the floor" that still holds true

i don't know what's going on but it seems like many people not longer know how to make the right basketball plays? like so many times they would be inside and want to kick it out instead of forcing the foul? and that caused so many turnovers [which we actually had fewer of this game]

and like sophie was getting forced out on a drive to the net which caused an out of bounds turn over when she could have just done the dt and bounced it off a storm body

and then there was another time it was in the 3rd i think after that very fast paced portion when no one was moving off ball. and there was a look that was like "fucking move!?" cause you can't play static basketball. and it's stuff like that that make me think they have lost their offensive identity. and i don't want them to wait for bec to get it back

can they all go see the sports psych pls? i feel like there is so much happening mentally rn that needs to be cleared away

so time to dissect here: if you look at the 1st quarter, it was fine that we weren't defending well because we were returning each shot with another shot [and drawing fouls]

in the second: we were 3/13 plus 2 trips to the line and 1 technical shot [6/7]. storm were 12/24 plus one trip to the line [0/1]. that's what we call not taking care of the ball

3rd q: we're 8/17.. in our little 9 point [it wasn't even a run] back to back to back successful possessions, DT was involved in all 3 plays- either scoring or assisting

[i'm bored with this now... my point i think is that i need dt and celeste on the floor together and i don't understand why you would give up halfway through the 3rd @ nate