#esp teams that dont matter?

[3416]

the funniest thing about the leafs, when people try to diagnose problems with the way they play as if it’s some systemic thing, is like... if it came down to it.... wouldn’t you rather them play well against good teams and bad against bad teams than the alternative.............. like in the long run, isn’t that better??? in the whole championship goal and how most ppl frame it, isn’t that all you care about anyway (for the people who say only the playoffs matter)...... i get that it’s the frustration with the potential of them playing well against EVERY team bc they’re good enough (although.. no one in the league really does that except boston rn, BE REAL), but at this point you know what team this is (and i suspect if you were heavily invested in any other team, they also have their frustrating inconsistencies/lore/superstitions/whatever this is), but it’s like. this isn’t even a fair assessment of why they lose the playoff games you love to talk about because THEY DOn’T PLAY BAD TEAMS THEn. when are hockey fans going to admit just how much luck goes into the sequence of events that takes someone to the stanley cup like holy fuck. it’s like either people genuinely believe they’re cursed (as in experience extremely unlucky moments when it matters most) or you genuinely think the leafs suck even when they’re evenly matched all series and go toe to toe with former stanley cup champions.... WHICH IS IT

[feketeribizli]

ok you know i just hope daniel ricciardo knows his impact and how loved appreciated and respected he is... like my sister is the biggest lando girl in the world and after his win today we spent the whole afternoon texting about danny ric and how devastated we are about the whole situation no lando mentioned

[publicuniversalenemy]

you CUNT. what the fuck.

[shoforca]

The focus on diagnosis seeking among medically neglected chronically ill people really sucks bc it's like. You know having an official dx won't make doctors give you medical care right :(

[angstflavoured]

You have any fic recommendations? Any fandom really lol. You have good takes and interpretation so I feel like you’d have some fire recs

AWH WELL THANK YOU !! I dont actually know how great the ones I read are gonna be since usually the fandoms Im in are scarce on content 💀 but ill go ahead and list a bunch of the ones I really like. I definitely spend way too much of my time reading one shots. REALLY wanna get back into longer fics, but its hard to find ones I care enough to sit down and dedicate time to these days 💔

Smiling Friends

bittersuite, charlie/pim: AND THERE WAS ONLY ONE BED !!!!! THIS FIC CHANGED MY LIFE FOREVER !!!!! It is hurt/no comfort, but its soooo good it hurts so good and also there is supposed to be more eventually so i'd get on this one first bc when the second one drops its gonna be a day in history

Dimples, charlie/pim: I just read this last night and was so pleasantly surprised ☹️ Its so damn cute and I love how it delves more into both of their characters.

Portal 2

interface, chell/wheatley: HANDS down, best portal 2 one shot out there. the way the characterize chell is fucking insane, altered my brain chemistry forever. also wheatley is so hehehheheheh

You Do It, adventure/fact: I have a very love/hate relationship with this author..... Im not the BIGGEST fan of how they characterize them, esp Fact, but its definitely the most decent factventure content out there. I so like this one quite a bit, though their ideas are definitely better in theory than completely in practice. That's how I feel abt a lot of their works, but this person unironically holds the title for like 90% of the factventure content. If you just want some quick cute smut of them, i'd say you should check out their acc, cus I get the factventure fandom is starving LMAOO

I've got the fuse if you've got the light, adventure core/reader: ....erm, very self indulgent for me hehe!!! i was so fucking excited when this dropped

Half-Life/HLVRAI

Autonomous Sweet Mesa Response, benrey/gordon: THIS FIC IS SOOO FUCKING FIREEEEE !!! OH MY GOD, I can't even count the times I've read this one. their dialogue is as good as it comes next to canon. If you like this one, this is the first in a huge series and litearlly all of them are just as good as the first. such a good sit down and binge author. They also have a shit ton of other good hlvrai stuff on their page and they make fire art

If You Asked Me To, benrey/gordon: the way they wrote the sex scene in this changed my brain forever, it was so fucking awesome.... frenrey dynamic makes me WILD

Whispers and Moans, barney/gordon: this whole author has a lot of super cute freehoun :'[ this one deals with them before the resonance cascade AND after and shows how things changed between them and its so precious grrraah

Promise, barney/gordon: again, deals with the timeskip stuff which just always makes my heart hurt... also shower sex smiles

It’s Only Natural, barney/gordon: I DIDNT REALIZE THIS FIC JUST GOT FINISHED THIS YEAR OH MY GODDDD I WAS OBSESSED WITH THIS need to reread this immediately

Team Fortress 2

He's a Rebel, sniper/spy: SUPER fucking cheesy and corny but oh my god its like one of my fav fics ever..... it's just so much fun, like stereotypical fanfic and that's always a good time to me. biker gang member/school teacher au are you fucking kidding me i'll vomit

It IS the Size That Matters, sniper/spy: erm.... BLOWJOBS!! always find myself coming back to this one sorry i really like it hehe

Secure, demo/solider: Not a lot of fics of these guys, which really sucks!! super underrated ship. I liked this one a lot tho, its pretty cute and a little emotional

Something to Rely On, sniper/spy: casual sex but really sniper is in love will forever be my favourite thing ever, it never gets old istg

The Silent Game, sniper/spy: can you tell I really like sniperspy, MORE BLOWJOBS!!!

Disco Elysium

The Collision in Cardiozone HQ, harry/kim: holy. fucking. shit. actually life changing i am not joking. so fucking heartbreaking, it left me hollowed out for like a WEEK after the ending. A longer one for sure, but SO worth it like oh my god

The Catacomb Killer, harry/kim: I don't think I ever fully finished this one, but I remember REALLY liking the whole case the fic was set around. there was so much thought put into it, it was genuinely interesting like a murder mystery show

Retour à nouveau, harry/kim: I did really like the whole plot and buildup in this one, but from what I remember, them getting together was super anticlimatic :P i recall being disappointed, but the whole actual case and their interactions during the fic are super cute

Mortal Kombat 1

the game of idiocy, johnny/kenshi: BY THE SAME AUTHOR AS BITTERSUITE!! this one is sooo fucking cute, the way they write them interacting is so much fun. a little troupey and on the cheesier side, but cmon who doesn't love that

Undertale

Flowey is Not a Good Life Coach: no ships but delves a lot into flowey and papyrus relationship and there's so much good sans development too. SUPER GENERIC, it IS one of the most liked fics, but I remember reading it back when I was a teenager and it blew my fucking mind. ghhghggh i love the way they write the brothers interacting so much

The Party Incident and Other Embarrassing Anecdotes, sans/reader: uhmm.... soo sorry, this fic will forever hold a special little place in my heart. I'm sure if I read it now it would be SO corny cus oh my god it was fucking 2016 like are you kidding, but I'm just a fucking sucker for fake dating. there like 5000000 troupes in this one and theyre all so cute and its just a fun and silly time. it subconsciously inspires so much of my writing in fics. will probably forever be unfinished before they get together though HAHAH so definitely do not read if you're looking for a solid ending. its just about the journey i swear

[n7punk]

Lava_Beee (pretty well-known artist who draw she-ra fanart from time to time) is asking on twitter what would Adora and Catra main pokemon be. You're pretty knowledgeable when it comes to pokemon i believe, so what's your take?

hi i love lava_bee's art but here's the thing. i can't fucking answer this question. i can't. there are too many pokemon. and i don't mean this in a "i dont have every single pokemon + most of their shinies and types memorized" kind of way, because I do, i mean it is impossible for me to pick my favorite pokemon, which makes it very hard to have a "main", and even harder to ascribe a main to a character and feel.... idk, confident about it. i could give you 30 different answers and none of them would feel more correct. i've never seen a fan-team for them and went "oh yes this is the Correct answer" it's just an answer. its a little easier if you give me a specific gen and i can either 1) only use pokemon from that gen (so for gen 2 it had to be pokemon 152-251) or 2) only use pokemon from that game's regional pokedex (which includes all pokemon added to that gen and some from previous) as if we're saying okay if adora and catra were kalos trainers what would their team be, but even then, i think i would have a pool of like 20 pokemon i could call their team.

context also matters. are they casual trainers? are they gym leaders and confined by type? are they part of the evil team? are they really competitive and trying to get all the badges, and thus have balanced teams in mind? oh god are stats real in-universe? actually i refuse to acknowledge stats that makes this question a billion times harder, but typing is relevant.

anyway i think if adora was a dedicated trainer she'd care a lot about team balance but get too attached to some favorites and use them more than is logical, and if she isn't a competitive trainer than she's literally out here using her starter, the first three pokemon she befriended, and a fifth+sixth pokemon she saved spots for because she always found them really cool and had to work really hard to get

if catra is a dedicated trainer she'd be ruthless in cultivating a "perfect" team but she would end up falling for her in-universe melog equivalent and become a total softie for it even though it doesnt fit with the team so she only battles with them casually and drills her competitive team but then adora manages to talk her into a change of heart ("its not all about winning, its about the battle and the bond with your team too!") and she ends up putting melog on her final team against the champion/elite four/adora. if she's not a dedicated trainer she would outwardly refuse to learn about "good" pokemon and just pick based purely on vibes and completely ignore adora whining at her about type balance. and then she would be really good at playing around type, revealing she actually knows a lot more than she's pretending to care

and here's a small list of only some of my favorite pokemon to demonstrate what i mean: (Hisuian) Zorua (and Hisuian Zoroark but not regular) (Shiny form also) Slither Wing Torracat (Litten okay, NOT Incineroar at all) Sprigatito Chien-pao Alolan Ninetails Hisui Growlithe/Arcanine Cosmog, Cosmoem, Lunala (Solgaleo) Serperior Vivillion (Ocean, Savanna, Garden, Meadow, Marine, Sun, Elegant, Modern, Continental, Polar, Tundra) Applin (evols are good) Pumpkaboo Wooloo (not the evol) Rowlett (lowkey Dartix and Decidueye) Sinistea (not evol) & Poltchagheist (not the evol) Alcremie (varying by form but theres like 60 im not listeing them) Xerneas Marshadow Leavanny Xurkitree (shiny) Ponyta/Rapidash (kanto) and both galarian Lopunny Eevee(s) (Leafeon, Sylveon, Vaporeon, Jolteon, Espeon) Hisuian Typholosion Meowstic shiny Maerenie (and Toxapex) Dwebble Joltik Doublade Minior Mimikyu Galarian Zapdos Yveltal Lunala (esp shiny) shiny Zacian & Zamazenta Jangmo-o (and Kommo-o but not the middle) Tapu Lele Spectrier Galarian Articuno Spinda (for the mechanic) Walking Wake

NOW IMAGINE DOING THIS FOR SOMEONE WHO ISN'T EVEN YOU

[crguang]

ahajsksbywpqp sat guess who has 2 tests in the same week in the same class next week. Not very fun for me. anyway I was think abt Kafka (honestly when am I not is the real question). See if it wasn’t Kafka in ur au and I was r I would definitely turn her in for the money, but I unfortunately think I might like Kafka just like a little bit ig so I don’t think k would be able to do that .

Reread part 3 today is her fingers twitching bc she wants to shoot something or is it just bc Kafka and her fingers. Ok thats not what I meant but also…what I meant was that she works with her fingers a lot I wish she used them on me instrument, guns, etc. we still haven’t gotten an in game Kafka appearance w an actual violin, it probably won’t happen but I’m still holding out. And she’s the highest threat level possible for a criminal but she STILL commits petty theft. She is so I saw someone say that the stellaron hunters were all siblings, Kafka and blade are like the older siblings that have to drive/pay for everything, silver wolf is the gamer (so original) and firefly is the youngest. Wish they had more in game interactions, or like they had synergy, meta wise, since canonically they’re one of the most tight knit groups.

oh also your inbox must be full as fuck so it’s fine if you don’t reply to everything, esp bc you answer a lot of stuff, and even tho someone already said this ur rlly great to talk to ur thoughts are always more coherent than mine. And we all get to simp over hot fictional women together.

ngl I might start playing ptn, like I’ve been seeing screenshots and…wow, I don’t think I have enough storage tho. I think the two types of characters I usually like are tiny mentally ill ones and hot evil women, so…

im so sorry my messages are always so long btw, I keep rambling 😭

-🌠

aaaa study well and good luck for your tests!!! hope you get a good grade and if u dint i will hack i to your prof’s computer and change it for you

im with you entirely, if it was anyone else in that story i wouldve already called the cops LMFAOOO kafka gets privileges because shes hot and my fav unfortunately… for the finger thing, i think its just one of her quirks! in her idle she mimics playing the violin and like you said she has very dexterous hands (even mentions it in a voice line) so i think she’d absentmindedly move them around when her mind is elsewhere. this is the kind of overthinking i was talking about, when i map out a character in my head i think about the most irrelevant stuff that dont matter😭 but imo they add to her charm a little and make her a rounder character, idk. AND YES i love that her crimes go from suicide inducement to petty theft shes so ridiculous hfjfhdhfj that time in her character story where she just walked in a store and took clothes off the rack then left in front of everyone… shes funny as hell😭

i see the SH as family too! silver wolf and firefly are sisters to me, and both of them are def kafka’s little sisters. i think silver wolf is the youngest though, she even gives off sassy youngest child vibes. i wish they could work together too, having them all in one team would be so nice. but it’s also cool that each of them has a speciality, it makes sense for the work they do

my inbox is full i think i have around 70 asks rn…😭 but to be fair a lot of them are veryyy old i just havent gotten around to cleaning up my blog yet, i’ll do it at the same time i change my masterlist and actually make it pretty to look at. i usually try to click on notifs as soon as i see them but like i said, i just forget to type my answers </3

and omg. anon. if your type is mentally ill and hot evil women ptn is literally the game for you. there is an abundance of mentally ill women in there, trust me… like there’s every kind of character you could want in that game— you could give me a specific type and i could find you a character that matches it, you should definitely play. and if you do, do it before the second anniversary ends (starts around mid/late-october) bc trust me you are gonna be upset if you miss shalom :/

dont worry abt ramblingggg i love talking to u and answering every point it’s really nice!!

[diodellet]

So many good options for the art appreciation asks but let's go with 3, 4, 13, 14 and 27.

hi hi ner! thanks forda qs!! these are all prettie incharestinge!! (<-girlie who didn't know she'd be Yapping-Yapping)

3. and 4.) Go to [fandom] tag and reblog some art you like that has under 100 notes ++ Go to the art tag (or similar) and reblog some art you like that has under 100 notes

noted, i will undertake this mission with great care 🫡🫡

13. What are your go-to Ao3 filters?

ok i have a confession, i used to be a sort by word count++completed works only++exclude crossovers-kinda person 🤧🤧ANYWAY that was changed, now i only really exclude chat fics (ahaha,,,,theyre not really my go-to genre, like sure they're amusing but i read a really good one once* and it ruined every other chatfic for me)

*this one's for u haikyuu-natics, esp team captain stannies

hm.... i'm not super-duper picky so most of the time i can just scroll through each work's summary and tags.

but if a fandom is popular (or if i dont have the spoons for sifting through works), i stick to just reader inserts HAHAHA, maybe oc x canon if there haven't been any new x reader fics and if there's rlly nothing oough ig i have to write her myself 😭😭 sometimes doe, the curiosity strikes and i'll try looking if there are any fanfics in filipino... i really find it interesting to see how a chara's dialogue reads if theyre speaking in tagalog (tbh i think one would have more luck finding filo socmed aus on twt? but i only know about haikyuu socmed aus)

14. Best fanfic tropes ever?

oH...there are too many... u can't make me choose the best out of all my faves that's unfair 🥺jk lol

i read* this jamikali fic (i like my ships with a bit [read: a LOT] of tragedy/disaster-ness to them. it's so so so compelling to read!) and i just love the "Dubiously Unrequited Love" tag. bcs yes, the feelings are technically mutual, but there is a whole slew of other factors keeping the relationship from being a thing, which it could be a thing, but there's also that awareness that it won't last, sometimes a couple doesn't have to be endgame for the love to mean something, ykw?

this entire oneshot series....has me in a chokehold... my introduction to "Non-Sexual Intimacy" (and "Non-Sexual Nudity" i guess?) like??? holy shit??? the tension?? the way op just encapsulates the poignancy of being in such a vulnerable position without teetering too much into the cliche of roëmænce it has me On My Knees!! (like i love my smut and romance cliches, but some days i jus want a liiiitle bit more spice and variety)

Shoutout to the "Unreliable Narrator"++"Ambiguous Ending" combi that reaaaaally makes you work for understanding the plot, idk how to word it but being able to leave Just Enough Breadcrumbs and having enough trust in your readers to Get what ur implying, also forcing me to reread the fic immediately is so foul (in a good way). like there's an enjoyment in a good satisfying read, and then there's the Itch of never being sure in your interpretation, the feeling that u just need to go over it another time, spot another detail u missed, get wrecked all over again, rinse and repeat. idk i love fic.

27. If someone wanted to make you a creative gift, what's the thing that would make you the happiest?

oh anything featuring my fave charas is sure to make me happy! i mean i'm just not super picky abt gifts. well, maybe a creative gift has to be smth that can last a long while? (a strong hoard-ability kaya idk im senti??)

as long as the thought and intent was there, i'm already happy enough🥰💕💕 but i guess in the context of getting fic gifted to you, probably what matters most to me is that the writer enjoyed the process of making it as well. (i'm kinda drawing off of my experience writing this fic for one of m'oomfies and the vdays drabbles*** so i could be just rambling who knows?**)

(art appreciation ask questions, please bug me to rb some underrated art and fic)

[sommerregenjuniluft]

everytime i remember both barty & james are setters in ur haikyuu au i go a little insane...... what r they like when they're playing each other?? constantly taunting the other, doing setter dumps back and forth, telling each other the exact play they're about to do, etc....

cass my light my love i'm so glad you asked i only just thought about them yesterday

so back in january i've been watching a lot of international volleyball games on youtube and like taking notes and through that found out how i want james and barty to play. i bet you remember this post. both james and barty do this but in different ways. iranian national team setter saeid marouf does this thing where no matter how good or bad the receive is he always manages to keep his players in a tight rhythm. they're on a time limit so to say and he passes the ball accordingly fast after taking it on, urging his hitters to sped up their last two steps before the jump, which increases their hight and power. it's so mercyless and trusting and how talented you have to fucking be to keep that up let alone invent that so that's our james right there. for barty he is less of an obvious genius (i'm not 100 sure yet if i'll leave it like that or might add something but for now) he always sets percisely in the hitting window to let them also make decisions of their own because they're all so cunning and observant he knows they'll decide on the right thing. slytherin has a wild variety of plays that all are very confusing to their opponent (lots of players attacking at the same time and curved sprints, switching places and everything) even after a bad receive they manage to pull a complex play (they're much like seijoh in that aspect). barty signalizes them the play he wants to do and waits until the last second with deciding who he wants to set to, he's a calculating monster. always having the opponents players in view, how his own hitters are doing, how the receive was, everything. his unpredictability makes him dangerous.

now when they're playing against each other is mostly a disaster waiting to happen. barty is a first year and he's constantly getting admonished by his upperclassmen and the second evan only so much as suspects barty's concentration is slipping because he's too focused on beating James instead of gyffindor he sends him the biggest death glare to reign him back in. and while james is also only a second year, he is captain. sirius has to do so much damage control as vice whenever his temper gets the better of him and it's, if understandably when against barty, a lot.

slytherin is a downright mean team. they block the view to the person serving. they aim where it hurts. yknow how the teams assemble after each point for morality/celebration to like pat each others back? whenever gryffindor makes a mistake and esp when they fumble a serve, slytherin cheers just a tad too loudly. like it's bordering on disrespectful/bad sportmanship. also (and while they def dont need to resort to such measures) they love questioning the referees. they insist there was a block touch or they insist that the served ball was outside of the line etcetc. ofc james is the first to also stand by the refs, shaking his head and desperately trying to remain calm because he does not appreciate getting cheated.

barty being our deceptive king probably would do something like revealing his plays when he hears some of the opponents talk about it, but he'd have to do it under his breath and in secret because the thrid years dont appreciate him being that cocky (because they dont know yet that he can pull it off). also one time after a bad receive he yells Quick! but instead of a middle blocker quick he sets to an outside hitter and everyone is like ?!!?!? but yeah 100% setter dumps back and forth i can easily see james doing one at the very beginning of a set or match even. constantly taunting each other. like in my mind i think it would take quite a lot to get james to lose his uplifting/confident demeanor (as in sad/resigned to a loss) but he does get annoyed/infuriated from time to time, esp about someone outsmarting him (cough atsumu core). and barty is just overall pissed at james keeping his form and not fucking up and petty asf and he 100% trash talks near the net. maybe even about sirius and regulus

[terraliensvent]

im NOT defending either of the old owners but smth an anon said really rubbed me the wrong way. $300 adopts will not go as far as ppl act. It wont pay rent, and may only cover groceries for a short time. In america at least, the cost of healthcare is awful, and pair that with all other living expenses u have and its near impossible to make a living off adopts. saying “i wish u were poor so u understood hardship” is really fucked up cuz u dont know their situation or what theyve been thru. they built their own followings over the years so acting like their buyers were handed to them is also rlly weird. getting another job also aint easy in this market esp if u have a legit disability. mod pls try to atleast see where im coming from w this cuz im legit uncomfortable w how this is being talked abt. u dont have to like them to agree this is fucked up to say

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these are fair assessments to make (also light reminder that the opinions of anons posted here may not directly align with mine)

however, my main point of contention especially regarding civ is not “wow they must be rolling in cash from all this furry money” because obviously i know art is an unstable career (off topic fun fact thats why i had to quit my dream of becoming a storyboarder and got a more stable career)

my point regarding civ is that: many people in their comments of the bulletin are acting like civ is the ONLY person struggling. for example theres a comment calling terra mods “ableist” for even daring to restrict the amount of adopts civ makes (because again, they had to restrict the amount of adopts STAFF makes. is it fair for civ and coy to get a disproportionate amount of opportunities to profit off of terraliens, when they have both left staff and do no work on maintenance, moderating, upkeep, and progression?), the “ableist” comment acts under the assumption that civ is the only disabled, struggling artist connected to terras. it doesnt take into account that many of the staff team are also autistic/disabled, cal in particular even said how much stress he is under at the moment because of irl and species responsibilities.

and then we add on to this the fact that, from a “struggling toyhouse artist” standpoint, civ is incredibly privileged, at least probably more privileged than some/most of the staff team. civ can usually if not always rely on the fact that their adopts or commissions will sell. they can rely on the fact that they have a large fanbase, and that their friends have large fanbases. they can rely on the fact that theyre viewed favorably in other cs spaces like chams and isopups. this isnt a matter of “theyre rolling in it,” its a matter of “hey why are we acting like civ isnt still at an advantage when it comes to selling art, why are we acting like terra mods are just punching down on them when many are in the same, if not worse circumstances?” civ has the ability to sell oneoffs very reliably, and no shade to the mods or anything, but there are members of staff who were pretty unknown before terras, do you think they could leave and still be able to rely on selling one-off adopts?

THAT is what i really mean in regards to this argument, sorry i should have elaborated more before but i had a pretty heavy influx of asks coming in

[3416]

you get me! like every time i see a post that’s like “the fans hate being in this position every year!” like do y’all think the leafs want to be there…actually losing??? disappointing themselves??? like do y’all think they don’t feel devastated every time it happens??? like pull it together y’all they’re human people with emotions too.

literally.... idk what the priorities are for those people beyond just wanting to say they root for a winning team and that's it. like you can go bandwagon all the winners then? bc you clearly don't care about the players or ppl involved with the team ?? like being disappointed with a team after a loss is normal but not the way leafs fans are, lollll. acting like they're owed shit just bc they willingly have spent money/time on this like. you can stop doing that at any time and no one will miss your negativity, i promise.

[narwhalandchill]

(just my 2.3 pull / general hsr rambles/rant but i get negative abt fireflys characterization again so thought id hide it for all the fans sake. good for yall & good luck pulling her i just cant get into her)

welp got my e1 gallagher (+ e2 mika) in 30 pulls on firefly so thats it from me, ill get e2 from the character selector so at least thats sth!!! i have been playing him a bit even at e0 and i do overall like how he feels so getting him to that e2 breakpoint where he rly starts to thrive as a sustain pick is v nice

anyway no early firefly which is whatever i consider her in game writing an absolute failure anyway and havent cared enough to watch Any of the trailer stuff either bc like . they lost me in 2.0 im sorry girl no matter how hypothetically good those trailers could be the writing team lost me forever at the ayaka-teppei forced date arc and thats it lmao . she couldve been an actual character but oh well what matters is shoving how cute and perfect and sad and in love with TB she is down ur throat at every fucking moment . her idle animation is so fucking bad too it made me laugh irl at how awful and cheap the fanservice is w her like yeah alright navia idle (which is already the worst idle in genshin i hate it) 💀💀💀 how do you do a characters potential this fucking dirty holy shit . we havent shilled firefly self insert ship to players enough so lets upskirt her too uwu!!!!!

But uhhh yeah thats a me being a hater thing ultimately i just physically cannot stand characters like this and first impressions do matter . Dont let me ruin her for u. nothing but props to her VA too like as much as her general characterizations appeal has been unsuccessful on me still shes been giving it the Absolute most to try to make her feel real and sympathetic and i respect that a lot

Still tho only thing that rly sucks w not just getting firefly at 4 pity or whatever and being done w it is just the. Welp Guess ill proceed to be unable to full clear any of the next 7 AS or MoC updates bc i pulled the wrong characters instead of Good Meta Dev Faves acheron and firefly like havent rly been a fan of the way the shilling has been going recently . like i just have rly shit matchups into the weaknesses of most stages these days and idk i havent even felt like Bothering to do PF 4 bc i just. DoT PF is always the fucking worst and i genuinely dont know what the hell to try to slap at it for a clear. guess my bad for not pulling swan either like truly my mistake . whatever its just a game .

Actually am i getting like burnt out ? well tracks for a honkai game i suppose. ig it also has to do w just the absolutely abysmal luck ive had now like. ive lost LC 75-25 of the 3 times i went for it TWICE . ive lost 50-50 like 5 times in a row now lmao and fully expect to lose on jade too at this point 🙃 might not even manage to get her at all . Sigh guess thats gacha at its worst for u

Sorry this got way more negative than i thought HSJSKSKSKSKSKD i hope the 2.3 story ends up being good at least so theres Sth good about it . and its not like i will die not clearing endgame content w full stars or sth it just sucks bc the way its happening just feels bad

edit: yeah im @ coffee break at work and it took me this fucking long to realize i just casually typed mika instead of misha JSJSTUHTS8J5Z9 💀💀💀💀 im so sorry misha youre way better than that nerd 😭😭😭😭😭 esp at c2 w the def shred i might even build him who knows . So sorry for this

[httpiastri]

some quick notes from your previous reply (i’m sorry i took so long ive been so busy recently but i finally have time now so):

firstly, i hope i never meet a handball player irl, ever. the fact that you just casually know people above 200cm?? i’m sorry but i’d actually feel like a pest around everyone 😓😓 (plus id get really jealous of heights) and id also be terrified to even stand near anyone close to 200 pls

and omg the fact that the guy who got you into coaching recently passed? i hope you’re doing okay 😓🙏 but if it helps— he may not have known how much he changed your life, but through coaching, you’re basically keeping his legacy alive, yeah? i think it matters, personally, that people are remembered and honoured and you’re kinda doing that through coaching, because you’re kinda solidifying (if that’s the right word for it) the fact that he existed, and he did enough good to change the lives of people for the better, and that his time here on earth wasn’t all in vain because he did good and he brought joy to people like you by leading you to being a coach and that his impact lives on even when he’s gone yk? it’s a form of closure, i think— to know that even if someone is gone now, there are pieces of them scattered behind in little things (in your case, in your daily life as a coach), and that not all is lost, just a little harder to find

also oops the fact that i called them girls even though they’re only a barely a few years younger than me 😭😭

and omg pepe would 100% make me feel comfortable meeting him at a race even if he might be stressed and no way you got to go to races at 8?? you had a chance to be one of those cute kids probably decked out in merch (if no merch was involved you probably got to scream happily at everything and good for you😭😭 because thats exactly how races should be experienced)

finding sponsors can’t be that hard… we could infiltrate the space in various ways im sure (my friend’s mum knows someone who works for Marlboro that gets invited to races bc the company was an EX-sponsor so anything’s possible)

on a rather unrelated note— pepe’s been acting very much like a muse for me recently… whatever that might mean… (might even be nothing honestly sometimes i don’t know what i mean either)

anyway! as always, i hope you have a lovely lovely friday, and weekend, and june (pepe’s month!), and that people are kind to you and that the sky looks beautiful and gorgeous all the time ❤️❤️

- 🪷💗

gosh dont apologize :( esp since you know im bad at answering….. its alright 🥺 just glad to hear from you 🥺🥺

shdjdhd it do be scary to meet really tall people!! when im around the men's team i work with sometimes, i almost get neck pains bcs staring up at them is so hard 😵‍💫 and i have this other job where i have to like sit by the court and do things for the match, and when players come over to talk to me and they literally tower over me???? insane 😶 but yes i too get jealous of heights, esp since in handball it's good for girls to be tall too so everyone around me is always tall asf? ive always been considered to be a tall person in school but at 175cm i am nowadays considered short in the team i currently play in 😐😐😐 so yes i feel u aaa (also several of the girls i coach are my height already and just. pls stop growing, you're scaring me. 🥲)

ALSO OMFG i almost forgot to answer this but i had a thought yesterday.... about my favorite volleyball player being 188cm and i thought "hm that's not very far off from pepe" so of course i have now started thinking about volleyball player!pepe 😶 idk if you enjoy volleyball aaaaaaa but i just thought about his height and his big ass hands that would make hitting the ball easier and just..........

thank you, im doing okay but it's still weird to imagine? because i haven't really had anyone close to me (or even semi-close) pass away so it's a very new experience, being in his neighborhood (very close to where i live) and thinking "oh what if i see him in the shop like that day-" before realizing... but god you put it in such a sweet way, im lowkey teary eyed :( i will continue to do my best to keep his legacy alive and honor him through my coaching!!! he created this thing that became so important to me and for that i will be forever thankful. but yes i agree, it means that he brought more meaning to my life and therefor also the girls i coach, and that's such a beautiful thing. it's life, i guess 😭 so hard but also so sweet...

skdjfhdjjf dont worry, i call them "children" to their faces very often even though some are even 16 😁 but to be fair ive known a lot of them since they were nine so to me they're still babies :(( also you being that young and still so smart is so cool and cute aaa

no because i have imagined meeting pepe MANY times and i really really think he would be so sweet about it. very happy that i recognize him and like "aw hey it's okay! no tears please" when i cry 😭 and i think he also would agree to do a silly pose with me for a photo aksjdhfjkdf 😭 i sadly didn't buy a lot of merch BUT (did i mention this already?? then i will be so insanely embarrassed....) we did get me a kimi lotus cap for obvious reasons 🥺 that i still have to this day actually !!! and ofc we took a pic of me next to the lotus truck 🤭 (also realizing now that i wasn't 8, i was 9 or 10 🤣 well well)

oh! then i think we can pretend to be your friend's mum's friend's kids? so we should also be invited?? or maybe we just need to get a job somewhere that has connections and can invite us..... to be fair my dad wrote to dino beganovic's manager or something about sponsoring him just for funsies (idk how u mean to sponsor someone just for fun tho 😶 he was like "what if i get my company's logo on his car and in return we get to come into the paddock once?..."), but then the manager responded with a full deal and stuff and my dad just got scared 😭 but we should keep looking, i'm sure we can find a good sponsor for us 🥰

aaaaa that's so sweet 🥺 i love that 🥺🥺🥺 if you feel like talking further about it, im all ears 🥰

aw dalring i hope you have an even lovelier lovely friday and week and month and year !!! and yes yes pepe's month, i think it will be very good to us all (esp him!!!!!!!) 🥰 i think that maybe the world listened to your ask because the sunset was so gorgeous tonight 🥺 so thank you for that <3<3

[gorgugplushie]

(paceplace) / honestly ttcc writing is very messy i agree. i love the game to bits and dissecting it but the flaws in it are as enriching to pick apart as it is frustrating to discover. it really, truly does break my heart that toons aren't as appreciated as the cogs and i wish there were toon characters you could focus on in the same way the mgrs are. the NPCs you meet along the taskline are charming and i adore every single one of them but as much as i personally like them i don't think its enough to capture people's attention in the broad sense.

irt my qualms w/ how ttcc handles its game i think one of the many main issues boils down to the fact that they're disorganized. their issue w/ how lore has been distributed has been addressed twice by the team itself iirc (once in th same tweet where they confirmed fire\\setter as canon and once in their writers backstage post from around a yr ago). their writers backstage post helped give a little more perspective on why the lore was scattered around Like That.

as all over the place as the lore is, i do feel it's important to mention that they said in their backstage writers post they plan on eventually migrating all of their social media comics to the website so things like the rain\\diver comic is very likely to still be canon they just haven't added it in yet. idk why they don't add it around the same time its posted on social media my guess is maybe they're still trying to organize all the lore or redo some of it since its so all over the place (a couple of the comics we have rn on their website that are considered canon has info that was technically retconned) but yeah. i have hope that the way they handle their lore and (hopefully!) their taskline when they get around to rewriting it will improve in the later updates. i try very hard to stay on top w/ clash's lore esp since i have ppl come to me w/ questions regarding clash's story, characters, etc. but sometimes it is Very headache-inducing so i sympathize w/ how confusing/frustrating it is to a casual player. or just any lore-enjoyer tbf. i swear on my life i almost went crazy trying to make a timeline with btl

anyways you don't have to answer this if you don't want (i gen. apologize for the wall of text i really tried to get straight to the point w/ what i'm saying. and even then there's still a lot i wanted to say) but i'm really glad to see discussions on it. oftentimes criticism gets mistaken for hate and it shuts the entire convo which Peeves me. even if w/e's being criticized turns out to fall flat its better to address or talk about it than it is to not, imo.

Yes, exactly! I agree with all the points you've made here.

It's so strange to me that ttcc doesn't really lean into more how the cogs affect the toons, or toon society for all that matter, its a wonder people are so baised with cogs because we really dont get anything about toons. Their less part of the game and more set peices for this war, which sucks!

Theres obviously alot more room to write about toon lore and it would be easier to implement it in game, yet it gets brushed aside to further characterize the cogs and thats sad bc alot of the toons are cute and unique! Ttcc has great toon designs!

I also have to agree with the way the lore is handled, id even go as far to say big updates themsleves are handled in a frankly. Unprofessional manner. I mean, compare the update live streams done in jokey powerpoint slides to ttrs panles where they talk about progress on the updates. We really get little to no inside information until it's already ready to drop. Sure the game updates more regularly but all these updates are starting to feel like filler and padding. I at least can hope that hammerspace and mix and match at least come with some toon lore?

Its a shame that alot of what drew me into this game ends up weighing it down : (

Also yeah lol i didnt main tag this for a reason i do want to keep the discussion open! But all great points!

[okkottsus]

Heyo, it is I!!! You're the only one ik who's both active on Tumblr n obsessed w those two idiots (affectionate) so I hope I'm not intruding ;;

So so so!! What's your opinion on reonagi breaking up again in the near future? Personally I was all for it bc them staying together has been tragically shown to stall both of their growths but ONLY if it's reo who recognizes that n acts accordingly + doesn't completely sever their relationship like it did before bc they're so happy now ;;;; smth like "it's still fun w you but now I can see we do better training apart so instead of a treasure (a priceless object I found, an idolization that made me feel worthless) could you be my friend? (my partner, my equal)"

(can you tell I've been *clenching fist* at all the bachisagi enjoyers getting their cute heartwarming healthyass relationship built up and continuously improved on both relationship-wise and as individuals who inspire each other while we got 100k words of misunderstandings angst hurt no comfort slowburn friends to strangers to best friends)

AAAAAA I TOTALLY GET U ABT THE COMPARISON TO BACHISAGI AKSKD i love them sm too, but my brain saw the angst and said u're gonna obsess over the idiots who cant communicate instead....and ofc u're not intruding, i love screaming abt them any chance i get so thank u for giving me one 😭 

personally i dont have a strong preference, meaning i wouldnt mind either way; them being on the same team or on different ones. i believe their separation was extremely needed and that they gained a lot from it, so as long as they dont fall back into old habbits and stop themselves from evolving, i think they could take what they learnt while apart and implement it while on the same team too!!

reo thought to himself that he wants to be nagi’s equal and to nagi, it has always been certain that they would be the best together at the end of the line, no matter the detours. Thats why it should be ok now, as long as they dont lose sight of the goal (no pun intended ajsjk). Not to mention its blue lock we are talking abt, things probs will change again sooner or later, so i need them both to be able to play at their best even when they arent working together (esp since they are aiming to be professionals?? like u cant expect to be able to play at peak condition only when u’re teammates with ur bae ajskjd)

but yeah for sure, i dont want the progress that has been made thru all this heartache to be in vain, i want them to inspire and support each other as equals as u said!! and the ideal would be if they got to talk abt their perspectives now with their newfound confidence and without tension getting in the way. but idk, maybe thats asking too much of them, they have a long way to go in order to catch up to bachisagi in the talking abt feelings department 💀

[addictedtostorytelling]

if catherine had somehow found out about gil and sara pre-dead/living doll, how do you think she would have reacted? mainly; do you think she would have encouraged (or given an ultimatum) of telling ecklie.

on one hand, if she'd found out earlier this could have been on the back of the team being split and being more consistantly in hot water against ecklie. being a boss/subordinate relationship, she could have wanted to avoid any more nonsense from ecklie/the lab and encouraged gil to tell the higher ups.

or...... she could be like YES gil get it.

seriously though, she could have just been happy for gil and left it at that, secret kept. i dont necessarily think cath is a rat or would tattle to ecklie, i think she's very much one to encourage it and say go for it (esp since its gil, as i think shes been encouraging of him to 'get laid' [at least lol] or find someone in earlier seasons) and less one to lut work reputation over her friend being happy, but at the same time i just feel like she would be wary of the trouble sneaking around could bring, with sara and gils specific positions. (again, if this was within a year or two the split, since i agree with your prediction of post 5x21ish for gsr getting together, it could carry extra weight)

i was wondering about your thoughts on the matter?

hi, anon!

catherine is an interesting case when we consider her potential reaction to learning grissom and sara are a couple because she wears so many hats.

not only is she grissom's oldest friend, but she is also the assistant supervisor on his team (which technically makes sara her subordinate, as well), both his and sara's coworker, and is herself someone with ambitions toward advancement in the department—roles which could very much be at odds with each other in this particular scenario.

toss in the fact that while grissom is her best friend, her relationship with sara (and her estimation of sara's motives) has traditionally been much more complicated, and what we've got is a recipe for messiness.

maybe, upon learning grissom and sara were together, catherine whose best friend is grissom might be happy her lifelong bachelor pal has finally found himself a woman, but catherine who has always thought of sara as a spoiled brat is doubtful sara is the right woman for him in the long run, and catherine the graveyard assistant supervisor is worried about possible repercussions for the team should the administration catch wind of this rules infraction, and catherine the teammate dreads what might happen if grissom and sara break up and turn the lab into a battleground between them, and catherine the player in department politics is considering how this whole situation will reflect on her once everything sees the light of day, whether she discloses what she knows to her superiors or not.

so, honestly, for as enmeshed as she is in the thick of things, with all of her potentially warring impulses and disparate loyalties, i think her reaction to gsr would very much depend on the variables of when she found out, how she found out, and what she found out.

more discussion after the "keep reading," if you're interested.

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first, i'll direct you to this post and this post, which discuss how i think catherine views grissom and sara's relationship prior to finding out they are together.

the tl;dr version is i believe when sara first moves to vegas, catherine assumes grissom and sara are sleeping together (a point she may or may not be right about, depending on how one interprets the gsr dynamic at that time).

she then further assumes they break up sometime mid-s1, circa the time grissom starts to pursue teri miller (a point she is wrong about, as, regardless of what is going on between grissom and sara at the time of sara's move—whether or not they are actually sleeping together—they never officially break up; hence all of the ambiguity between them during the show's early seasons).

in light of this latter assumption, catherine views the tension between grissom and sara during s1-s4 as part and parcel of them being exes with baggage who nevertheless have to work together.

perhaps ironically, once things start to even out between them during s5, she assumes they have finally, after so many years, gotten over each other and can be collegial, despite their history. (and, of course, she is very wrong about this point, as the true reason why the tension resolves is not because they've moved on from each other but in fact the opposite thing: i.e., because they've at last gotten together.) due to this misconception on her part, she is then taken totally by surprise on the tail end of s7 when she learns grissom and sara are a couple.

now.

it's worth noting that in addition to making some incorrect assumptions regarding the timeline of grissom and sara's romantic relationship, catherine also makes some incorrect assumptions regarding the nature of the relationship itself.

as i talk about in this post, she assumes both due to their age gap and her own biases regarding sex/love/relationships that what's between grissom and sara prior to the start of s1 is more of a sexual connection or infatuation and less a full-blown relationship or love match; an older professor having a midlife crisis, pursuing some young coquette student when he really ought to know better. she also assumes sara essentially uses grissom to score a primo job at the best crime lab in the country and then dumps him in mid-s1 once she has what she wants (hence, at least in part, why catherine has such a poor opinion of sara to start off with).

so.

all of the above said, i think catherine's reaction to finding out grissom and sara were a couple during s5/s6—and here i should probably clarify: i've revised my stance on the "when do you think they get together question?" over the years; at present, i actually place their consummation moment sometime before the events of episode 05x21 "committed," between episodes 05x19 "4 x 4" and 05x20 "hollywood brass"—would very much depend not only on timing and circumstance but also on how much what she witnessed between them either cohered to or diverged from her preconceived notions of their bond prior to the point of revelation.

in regards to the chronology: if catherine somehow stumbled upon grissom and sara's relationship before the team was reunited at the end of s5, i think she'd be more likely to take a hands-off approach. technically, the rules infraction would be a team graveyard issue, which she, as the swing shift supervisor, didn't really have a part in. though she might have advice for grissom as his friend, she would, at the end of the day, know whatever potential blowback there might be wouldn't actually touch her. so, convinced of her own safety, she could be more objective in her response.

conversely, if she were to find out they were together after the team's reunification sometime between the end of s5 and the end of s7, then she would probably feel more compelled (at least in most scenarios) to somehow involve herself, as the potential consequences of what they were doing might affect both her individually and the team at large. she'd have to consider not only the personal side of the equation (i.e., what she thought of the relationship as grissom's friend) but also the professional one (i.e., what she thought of the relationship as his assistant supervisor, sara's superior, and a coworker to both of them), looking out not only for herself but for team graveyard as a unit. in such a timeline, she would, in my view, be much more likely to directly intervene—though how she might do so would depend on the other factors of her discovery, as well.

for one thing, a lot would hinge on how she found out.

would it be the kind of situation where she encountered direct evidence grissom and sara were sleeping together—for example, glimpsed them out in public on a date, trading kisses over a candlelit dinner, or showed up to grissom's condo unannounced only to have sara open the door to her in a bathrobe—or would it be more of a deal where she happens on circumstantial evidence and slowly puts things together?

in the former case, she might feel much more urgency regarding the situation, because if she could stumble upon direct evidence by accident then so could someone else—like ecklie. in the latter case, she might have a more measured response, particularly if the clues she unearthed gave her some insight into the true nature of grissom and sara's bond.

because that's the other thing—

perhaps the major deciding factor in terms of her response would be what she made of the relationship itself.

simply put, if what she saw/heard/learned about grissom and sara as a couple gave her the impression they were just having an ill-advised fling based in lust rather than love (picking up where she assumed they left off back in 2000), she might be very against it.

after all, as a rule, catherine disapproves of romantic relationships between coworkers (a point she reiterates many a time over the course of the series, such as in episodes 04x12 "butterflied" and 06x03 "bite me"), not because she's against consenting adults having fun together or she's a stickler for the rules but because, on a practical level, she knows when those kinds of relationships run their courses, their dissolutions can have very real negative effects on office morale.

she has already—in her view—had to deal with the deleterious fallout of one gsr breakup (see episodes 02x15 "burden of proof," 04x07 "invisible evidence," 04x12 "butterflied," etc.), and she has no interest in being party to another.

—and in this scenario, where she misconstrues their connection as being largely superficial, she's gotta assume they would, inevitably, break up.

from her perspective, at some point, push would come to shove, and then she and the rest of team graveyard would be stuck dealing with a grissom and sara who were—once again, as she sees things—on the out and outs; doubtlessly filled with bad feelings for each other.

one of them might quit or else, even if they both were to stick it out, they might act so petulant and passive-aggressive and weird around each other in the aftermath that having them both on one team would be just patently miserable for everyone involved.

imagine if every day were like the one in episode 02x15 "burden of proof" but worse.

and that's just on the personal side of things.

professionally, if someone were to find out they'd been carrying on a relationship either while said relationship was in progress or after it was over, one or both of them might get fired or else one of them might have to switch teams.

and for as much as catherine and sara do often come to loggerheads over cases, catherine does ultimately respect sara as a criminalist and wants her to remain on the graveyard shift.

there might also be judicial consequences, in terms of their cases. any good defense lawyer worth their salt could get evidence tossed out on the grounds it was collected by a criminalist who had been sleeping with her boss (see episode 03x02 "the accused is entitled").

the team itself might be broken up (and catherine, as "an accessory to the crime," might be demoted or worse).

particularly in the wake of the team already having been broken up once (during s5), this time around, a more permanent dissolution might be affected.

so while i doubt catherine would rush to turn grissom and sara in in such a scenario—as she wouldn't want to endanger their jobs or their past convictions or the integrity of the team—she might still try her level best to discourage grissom from going forward with the relationship; tell him, in no uncertain terms, he should date a woman more his own age who was not also his employee, whether that were heather kessler (who, remember, catherine likes and thinks is a good match for him) or someone else.

grissom's reaction to this attempted intervention on her part would probably then determine her course of action going forward.

maybe he would open up to catherine, speaking candidly with her about his feelings for sara, explaining their relationship is not just some fleeting dalliance and sara is, in point of fact, the love of his life.

if so, then maybe catherine might give him the benefit of the doubt, willingly keeping his and sara's secret in deference to the obvious depth of their feelings for each other. she might also, as you suggest, encourage him to disclose the relationship to the administration, offering her support when he did so.

however, grissom being grissom, he typically plays his feelings very close to the chest. so if he were to, rather than unveil his love for sara to catherine, simply tell her, in so many words, to butt out, then she might not be as understanding/supportive.

again, i don't think she'd want to turn grissom and sara in because she wouldn't want them—and especially not grissom—to get fired. however, she is also much more politically savvy than grissom and aware of how "bad for business" it might be were grissom and sara's liaison to be discovered without them having come forward with it of their own volition. that so, she might end up telling him something along the lines of, "i'm not going to report you, but i'm also not going to lie for you, and if this blows up in your face, it's on you."

she might also insist on laying down some ground rules, such as that grissom and sara aren't to work cases together anymore unless she's there to supervise. and if they tried to argue with her about it, she would probably use some of grissom's own past words against him, reminding him that personal entanglements can reflect badly on the lab and end up costing them convictions.

i think, especially to start out, regardless of what grissom had or hadn't told her about his feelings for sara, she might still be wary with regards to sara's feelings for him, mistrusting her intentions and commitment, worrying she might end up hurting grissom in the end.

after all, in her view, gsr 1.0 ended with sara dumping grissom like a hot rock (“are you in denial? no, that's—no, no—way too analytical. wow, you got burned bad, huh? welcome to the club. i got third-degree burns from my marriage. happens to everybody. everybody just moves on”), so she might be concerned about the same thing happening again with this redux, particularly if she estimated grissom's level of devotion outweighed sara's.

as a protective friend, she might feel compelled to "keep an eye on sara" (and could potentially end up being a little passive-aggressive with her in the interim).

of course, in an ideal scenario, with further observation, she might become fully convinced grissom and sara were both in love and in love equally and not just fooling around on company time. if so, she would likely become more personally supportive of the relationship (particularly if she could see evidence of how happy it was making grissom).

however, given how secretive grissom and sara are, it's also possible she might not glean much insight into their feelings for each other even after some time and so continue to feel on-edge about them, waiting for the proverbial other shoe to drop.

it's worth noting: catherine is, just generally speaking, cynical about love and relationships.

the really interesting question would be what she might do if she realized other people in the department either already had or were on the verge of finding out.

three people can keep a secret if two of them are dead, but multiply that by four or five or six, and suddenly the body count is getting pretty high.

if grissom and sara didn't come forward on their own, she might eventually feel compelled to issue an ultimatum—for the good of the team, for the good of the lab; for the sake of everyone's sanities—and particularly if she felt the team and/or its investigative integrity were in danger.

conversely.

in a scenario where she were to realize grissom and sara were in love with each other (and not just fucking around) pretty much from the get-go, her reaction might be different from the start.

maybe in this situation, she might be openly supportive right away, either promising to help keep their secret or encouraging them to self-report to hr; perhaps she might help them brainstorm ideas as to how they could have their cake and eat it too (i.e., how they could both remain on the same forensics team while also maintaining an open romantic relationship), for example, offering, as per ecklie's canonical suggestion in episode 08x02 "a la cart," to directly supervise sara herself or to split more of the overall supervisory duties between herself and grissom.

she might still, of course, insist on taking precautions in the meanwhile, forbidding them from working the same investigations without supervision and documenting their professional interactions—for example, being present when grissom delivers sara's evaluations—so once everything were to finally become public, they could all be on the up and ups.

of course, even in a situation where she were convinced grissom and sara were in love with and committed to each other from the start, she still, for all her pessimism about love and poor opinions of sara's maturity level, might harbor some secret doubts regarding the long-term viability of the relationship, though she'd probably be unlikely to voice them.

as for the personal element of it all, again, i think her reaction would depend on how she perceived the relationship itself.

if she thought what was going on between grissom and sara was just a glorified booty call, i think she'd mostly be annoyed and impatient with it.

for all the years she spent telling grissom he needed to get laid, she never imagined he would finally heed her advice with his fifteen-years-younger subordinate.

she'd wonder: couldn't he have picked someone he didn't work with—and especially someone who wasn't his employee? someone who wasn't sara?

while grissom and sara do have history together and catherine knows they do, the very fact of that history would convince her they shouldn't try things again. in her view, if their relationship didn't work out the first time around, then there is no use in getting back on the ride. she broke up and got back together with eddie enough times before they finally divorced once and for all to know as much.

in such a scenario, she'd definitely try to talk grissom out of making what she viewed as a big mistake and would take some serious convincing to be brought around not only to the notion that the relationship was legitimate but also that it was a good idea.

even if grissom flat-out told catherine he was in love with sara and she believed him, she might still have so qualms about the sara of it all. again, as stated above, she has reason to believe that sara has in the past "chewed grissom up and spit him out," which might make her feel defensive of him and hostile toward her. she also, just generally, thinks of sara as immature, so even if she weren't doubtful of sara's feelings for grissom in themselves, she might still feel the relationship was ill-fated because sara was a bad match for grissom. again, it might take a lot to bring her around to thinking, "you know what? they really are actually good together. sara is worthy of him."

but more happily, if it were a scenario where she was convinced grissom and sara's love was genuine on both sides and where she had come around to the idea of sara's devotion—imo, she would be more likely to approve of sara later on, in late s6 or early s7, than she would earlier in the game, like in late s5—then maybe she might find herself pleasantly surprised.

particularly if she got to see them together and get a feel for their dynamic, she might come to understand they are actually the best things for each other.

she might always be a little surprised by the mechanics of how they work—who would've thought sara would ever be such a levelheaded and calming influence on grissom or that grissom could be so openly affectionate and emotional about sara?—but surprised in a good way; sort of infinitely curious about them. like, "huh. who knew?"

anyway, in any scenario, i agree catherine would probably be unlikely to rat grissom and sara out, as she'd know doing so could have some very serious ramifications for them as individuals/a couple and for the team overall. more probably, she would confront either grissom individually or grissom and sara as a couple and either urge them to reconsider the relationship or to report it, depending on the circs. though she might still engage in some ass-covering (such as by implementing some of the work policies described above), i think she'd ultimately prefer to handle the matter in-house if possible.

while she probably would have some anxiety about the situation for as long as grissom and sara's relationship remained hidden from the administration and she was their secret-keeper, i think once they came out, if everything went well, she'd roll with it and might actually end up being very happy for them—particularly if she could see they were both happy.

if she were able to see evidence of sara being a good partner for grissom and (in general) comporting herself as a responsible adult, then her personal opinion of her would likely more quickly improve than in canon it does. they might get to the same place in s5 that in canon they only reach by s7 (or, really, s10).

though catherine herself is not wired for domesticity in the way grissom and sara are, i think she'd eventually be able to see what they have works well for them and come to respect it.

thanks for the question! please feel welcome to send another any time.