#h2h facts

[soccer-tips1x2]

🔥 Monza vs Lecce – Both Teams To Score (BTTS) 🔥

🔥 Monza vs Lecce – Both Teams To Score (BTTS) 🔥

The Serie A clash between Monza and Lecce is set for February 16, 2025, at 15:00. With 4 of their last 5 meetings ending with both teams scoring, this match is a solid pick for BTTS bettors.

📊 Tip: Both Teams To Score (BTTS) ✔ 4 of their last 5 encounters have seen both teams find the net ✔ Monza has scored in 8 of their last 9 home matches ✔ Lecce has found the net in 9 of their last 10 away games

🔙 Recent Head-to-Head Results: ✅ 15-12-2024: Lecce vs Monza 2-1 (BTTS) ✅ 27-04-2024: Lecce vs Monza 1-1 (BTTS) ✅ 17-09-2023: Monza vs Lecce 1-1 (BTTS) ❌ 28-05-2023: Monza vs Lecce 0-1 ✅ 11-09-2022: Lecce vs Monza 1-1 (BTTS)

⚽ Expect a competitive battle with goals from both teams! ⚽

📊 For more match stats and analysis, visit 👉 www.h2hfacts.com

📢 What’s your score prediction? Drop it in the comments! 👇🔥

[fritzes]

flavio cobolli chooses ben shelton as his biggest rival of 2025. his reasoning is not anything related to tennis, it's their relationship

[wisteriagoesvroom]

maybe its part of mclaren's contract that oscar needs a ugly haircut every 3 months to keep him humble

they don’t need to do that when he’s effectively their second driver

sorry i’m starting discourse. spreading misinformation. live laugh lovingly

[animezinglife]

In honor of Iron Bull's comment, I'm bringing it to a poll.

[alacants]

juanki & ferru: the lore

(or, why i am so abnormal about them.)

they've known each other since they were kids in valencia - juanki played youth tennis with ferru's older brother (who was a junior champion) and later ferru spent a year at the academy

"Even when we were little we played together… we have been friends since we were small."

they're self-described best friends + were joined at the hip on the circuit

tennis club unveils a statue of juanki in his hometown? ferru is there. ferru's family throws him a surprise birthday party? juanki is there. holding clinics. going on retreats. traveling to and from tournaments together. coordinating which tournaments they enter so they can travel to and from tournaments together. ← YES, REALLY.

in ferru's own words, "it's always better with him." ok.

they didn't actually play each other that often - their h2h is 7-2 in ferru's favor. they did famously meet in back to back finals in 2010 - appropriately, juanki won one and ferru won the other. :)

in 2009 juanki was called up to the davis cup team for the first time in 4 years. first he was supposed to be a reserve, then he was supposed to play a dead rubber. then fernando verdasco melted down, the fifth rubber became very live, and he ended up single-handedly saving the day and sending them to the sfs.

so when in the final ferru came back from 1-6 2-6 down to beat radek stepanek he immediately raced over to throw himself in juanki's arms, rip alberto costa who got in the way. then of course he dedicated the win to juanki.

the davis cup is just… a whole thing with both of them. so it's appropriate that now etc.

speaking of tournaments that are a whole thing with both of them. after juanki bought the rights to the valencia open, he invited ferru to share them. true love is (checks notes) co-parenting an atp 500 tournament

so when juanki decided to retire he chose valencia as his last tournament 

he went out in the first round. ferru won the entire tournament in his honor. <- they said it, not me.

immediately after ferru's match winner he ran over to find juanki in the stands for a hug so long i had to split it into two gifs

then he dedicated the title to juanki. ("Este triunfo forma parte de ti, te lo dedico exclusivamente para ti.")

they also entered for doubles and made it all the way to the semifinals despite the fact that they had never played a doubles match together before

after their first doubles match (and surprise win) there was a big farewell ceremony during which ferru gave a speech about how juanki was destined by the stars to play tennis and visibly fought back tears as juanki stared soulfully into his eyes.

they got married three months apart, which could mean nothing

when ferru retired in 2019 juanki wrote him a lengthy open letter about his feelings

and threw him a personal tribute celebration. you know, in addition to his actual retirement ceremony.

specifically he held a day long festival of ferru at the jcf academy that included, in decreasing order of normality:

exhibition match feat. some 16 year old kid named carlos alcaraz

juanki/ferru match

unveiling of Pista David Ferrer, aka the new name of center court (and the start of an academy tradition…)

presentation of a PORTRAIT PAINTING juanki SPECIALLY COMMISSIONED of their valencia 2012 embrace

i can actually barely look at it without getting severe secondhand embarrassment but the academy uploaded like a hundred photos to facebook

to this day when they play each other in legends events ferru is out there saying things like I JUST HOPE I CAN PLAY AS WELL AS YOU <3 never mind the aforementioned 7-2 h2h. this man is down just as bad as carlitos and it's been TWENTY YEARS

meanwhile ferru is constantly dropping by the academy for funsies. and in carlos' box. and at his practice. and that's BEFORE you get to the davis cup. 

in summary: what if the royal spanish tennis federation paid you to co-parent a grand slam winner with your boyfriend <3 that's what we call a happy ending!

[lastoneout]

I'm gonna compile some info from trusted sources on the current H5N1(Bird Flu) situation(mostly as a means to calm myself down) but rn I am seeing a LOT of people who just tuned into this on other sites who are confused and outraged that the us government has basically been doing fuck-all to contain this properly, and I just wanna say if you're one of those people rightfully asking what the fuck is going on, now would be a great time to start contacting your representatives and the White House and idk the fucking CDC and demand they actually do what they can with the time they have to stop this from getting worse, because god knows the Trump Admin. is probably going to operate on a platform of "let it rip" which, if this virus is as bad as it has the potential to be, will be fucking catastrophic.

Dont panic yet, we aren't at the "Oh God Fucking Panic" stage right now(contrary to what the fearmongers on Twitter are saying we do not have any proof of H2H spread atm, in fact we have more proof showing it hasn't gone H2H than anything) but it's a good idea to speak out while you can. Demand action.

Also get your covid booster and flu shot ASAP and stock up on masks(K/N95s are the best but 2020 proved that any mask is better than none for the flu) and air filters if you can. Get used to wearing a mask again, stay home if you're sick if you can and if you can't at least mask and keep your distance from others. If you have important doctors appointments or medical procedures you've been putting off now is the time to do them. We're not at "panic" but we are very much at "prepare". Especially knowing who is about to be in charge of all this.

[slutforpringles]

Don't let the biased ass media narratives distract you from the fact that Daniel's Quali H2H is currently the equal closest on the grid, tied with the Alpine boys 👏🏻

[adimouze]

In your opinion is this it? It’s definitely over? I want to be positive because the complete silence around Checo doesn’t sit right with me, but seeing Daniel like that reminds me a little bit of 2022, even if I think he knows what his future will look like. Now we have Ted and The Race “backing up” Danny and I don’t know if it’s a good or a bad sign. Red Bull literally fucked everything up

I don't think Ted/The Race backing Daniel up means anything, they would happily shit on his corpse again if it means more engagement I just think they were either 1) told or 2) realized that Daniel's stats aren't shit, in fact he's almost equal to Yuki in race results, and that pushing forward with an "out by COTA" narrative would look bad if Daniel isn't actually out by COTA. So if they start putting out softer statements like this they can say "oh well WE never believed the rumours!"

And honestly nonny, I can't begin to predict what RBR is doing so if they go insane and get rid of him by COTA nothing i say now would matter. BUT I do work in corporate law and (while i did have a mental breakdown over the rumours an hour ago) I don't personally think they can easily get rid of Daniel like that. Mainly because --

Idk if VISA is daniel's personal sponsor per se but they seem to have adopted him as a brand ambassador for the VCARB project. They probably would have clauses that require Daniel's presence at sponsor events and marketing. These are all guesses and idk if it's true for Daniel but usually the contracts I work with have these expectations. They would have PAID either VCARB or Daniel himself for his presence at these events. COTA would be one major event they definitely planned other sponsorship events for. Cash App would get a boost and they would need Daniel's face for it. It would incur them losses to have to sacrifice a name like Daniel Ricciardo for the rookie.

I know F1 contracts are apparently the flimsiest in the world, but Bayer did mention Daniel does not have any KPIs or performance clauses. It did backfire on him at Mclaren but I would expect his team to at least have some experience in avoiding this fate? But like, he isn't even racking up costs like Logan and in a dire skewed H2H. Like @danthropologie said, they have upgrades coming up that would need people who have used the previous upgrades and know how they work to properly utilise feedback in.

Also lol. Don't think even RBR itself would allow a midseason dump to Daniel at this stage. Prodigal sons would not be allowed to suffer such an indignity, especially if they want his goodwill back at some point? Yeah they definitely threw him to the wolves this weekend but...I personally don't think they would pull the rug on Daniel like that halfway through a season. They would at least let him tell people first so he/his team/RBR can capitalise.

He's a very good distraction from the Checo of it all right now. Daniel effectively removed the fact that RBR is failing, losing the constructors, Max is at risk of leaving from the news cycle. 2025 is another matter.

So yeah. Based on that, I personally don't think Daniel will get replaced. However I'm only a liddol person and I am biased so a lot of what I just said may be based on how I feel personally it should work out.

I'm worried for Daniel in 2025. But COTA? Not necessarily. Again I don't know shit. But I think a lot of thoughts.

[jacksonseymour13]

Angry Part 2 Spoilers but the writers did my goat so dirty!

I hate the way the writers handled Kwon's character in Part 2 compared to Part 1. They did everything right setting him up,building up a proper teen antagonist we knew was going to interact and mesg with our Miyagi-Do mains.

We're thinking after Part 1 "Okay, they got a story brewing for this new Kwon guy. We're saving him for Part 2 and 3 to properly flesh him out and enhance his character's depth." The writers failed to do everything right with Kwon in Part 2, everything. Kwon was billed as the big bad, the big threat for the teens but he's just pushed to the side for the sake of Axel,Keenry drama and more Miyagi glaze. Like wtf were they thinking?

This guy should have been your #1 priority but you completely butcher his execution after that captain war, quite literally feeding him to this random guy that comes out of thin air to squash all of Kwon's potential. I'm not addressing him by his name or anything beyond that because I have no respect at all for his useless character(ESPECIALLY HIS HATRED FOR MIGUEL). They do right with the kicking competition, they do right with having him take out Demetri and Robby. They did right all of that in Part 2 increasing his legitimacy as a threat until they just flat out are done with him. He's fed to karate Frankenstein that was ridiculously unnecessary.

His one-sided beef with Robby doesn't do anything but make Kwon look desperate for a feud. Before Part 2, he was focused and confident now in Part 2 he's arrogant and cocky. Wtf? His goal is to take down Miyagi Do, it's not personal just a competition. i hate how all of his attention is on Robby like he's the only one that matters just for the simple fact he's the male captain. So what? The rivalry with Robby did more for Robby for the sake of deading his tension with Tory and rekindling their relationship.

Kwon and Tory honestly could've hooked up or had a off to the side fling because Tory and Robby were on break. THAT would have built proper tension between both guys instead of having Kwon poke Robby who could give 2 f**ks about him. Now onto my favorite part of the season, the tag match between Miyagi Do and Cobra Kai aka Kwon carrying his team and scoring on the top male and female fighters of the entire show sans him. I personally got Kwon as the best teen fighter but that's just me.

Why did the writers write this scene the way they did and absolutely demolish Kwon's experience,combat training and H2H coordination? Why is he treated as such fodder to Karate Frankenstein and Robby just to build them up in favor of putting him down and burying his character even further. I hate this, they completely punked Kwon and he never recovered from that point on.

"B-But he destroyed Diego" so what? Diego is nobody we know well enough, Sam kept up with him who Kwon scored on easily. It's just not that impressive or enough for me to...well take Kwon seriously. His team got lucky because Tiger Strike(my favorite Dojo in the entire show) got caught using steroids. They got a handout because plot demanded it, if that never happened well you know.

Let's move on the final part of this before yall get to the "I ain't reading allat" phase in your brains. I'll skip over to the nail in the coffin the writers gave us Kwon "glazers" and sealed his fate. The good ol rusty character goes berserk, picks up weapon and uses it attack but it ends up killing them trope. Yeah I would have 2 nickels that a similar dilemma has happened to a favorite. IT'S WEIRD IT'S ONLY HAPPENED TWICE! Kwon Jae Sung, my favorite this season. Had a look,presence,dialogue and voice all to surpass Miguel and Hawk as my #1 top tier favorite this season.

I don't get their logic for for putting all their eggs in a basket that they aren't sure can hold all of them when they have more usage with another basket that could hold plenty. Killing his character off the way they did was so dumb. Having Kreese bring a knife and plotting to kill a character in all 3-4? episodes was dumber. Having said character drop the knife without realizing before it's too late is even dumber but holy shit was it fanatical writing when they have Kwon kick with said weapon in air just to fall on it and die a very dumb death. Idc how shocking it was, suberting ones' expections is never always going to be a good thing. Killing Kwon wasn't needed, that brawl wasn't needed, Kreese being bloodthirsty wasn't needed, Terry Silver wasn't needed, karate frankenstein wasn't needed. So many damn dumb mistakes this season overall but Kwon dying is the biggest offender. I will never understand or forgive the writers for this atrocious writing decision in killing off somebody that generated a buzz, an interest and had massive potential. You kill him at his prime without fleshing out his backstory,his motivations. Was he abused? Why does he love karate? They gave us nothing

Where is the rest of his character?

Where is the PROPER conclusion to his arc?

[princess-of-the-corner]

Okay, but if Chloé fights with a style (savate) other than what the Miraculous autofills for those without their own H2H style, then she would wreck Su-Han, since his Mirakung-Fu only works specifically against Miraculous Holders' general style.

From a martial arts buff perspective, I have to disagree. Between his declaration and the fact it works by pressure point strikes, the Order's style is based on the Dim Mak principle, that is disrupting the target's qi paths with pressure points strikes, and simply works much better on Miraculous users because they have that much more qi from their Miraculous.

In short, going against Su Han is depressingly close to going after Kenshiro. And anyone who watched Fist of the North Star knows why his famous catchphrase is "You're already dead" (adding a clip from Dragon Ball Z Abridged to illustrate in the less cruent way possible).

https://youtu.be/ca3qvbdFSZk?si=7dt1PMELmSGQHrj7

I mean if we use the "she distracts him while Sabrina sneaks in with a baseball bat" tactic

[mecachrome]

I’m curious about your true thoughts on Lando and Oscar, and I hope you’ll answer this without considering RPF(I mean this because sometimes RPF negatively affects opinions about races, as some people go to great lengths to create non-existent situations related to the race or the behavior between drivers.)

How did you feel watching Hungary or the 2024 season in general? Personally, I’m a fan of Oscar, and Monza was my favorite moment where he showed that he’s a driver capable of winning. I can’t wait for 2025, where I hope he’ll perform like that in every race. I don’t mean to sound rude; I’m just curious about what you honestly think about the 2024 season And the situation between Oscar and Lando. And this season, what do you want to happen? If McLaren has a good car, maybe Oscar as WDC?

hey anon!!! totally fair question, i personally never take rpf into consideration when i'm evaluating a season. mostly i'd just say that mclaren were able to make some of the decisions they did in 2024 because landoscar have the dispositions as teammates to allow for it, instead of (for example) a teammate pairing rife with tension like pierre and esteban. but that's less an rpf take and more just a baseline assessment of their personalities and work ethics! they're not combative people by nature, have had less time to build up "bad history" with each other, aren't under constant pressure of contract insecurity like in some teams, etc... so it stands to reason that they wouldn't experience a huge amount of conflict. 

tbh this may sound boring but i'd consider myself something of a radical neutralist when it comes to f1 LOL... i'm not one for pessimistic fearmongering (which was kind of been the mclaren fan M.O for a long time) but i also very rarely entertain presumptuous illusions of victory, so i'm never going to be like "yeah i think oscar is destined to win a wdc" even though he's my favorite driver and i hold him in high esteem.

because of that, i personally enjoyed the 2024 season a lot... because 1) i didn't have high expectations, and 2) helloooo we won the mfing wcc!!!! and it's hard to be a pessimist now when you've seen mclaren through worse times and oscar still came out of it p4, with actual gp wins under his belt, a handful of podiums, etc. i used to write a lot more f1 diary entries but kind of stopped last szn so these are some of my thoughts from end of 2023 / very early 2024:

looking at these i think something people lose sight of is how QUICKLY mclaren fans have had to realign their expectations (in a good way). like we were still not really sure of our place with the frontrunners last year... and it's fair to criticize some of mclaren's failures this year—god knows they made poor calls in hungary—but i don't look back on it and think that it ruined or sullied oscar's first win, or even feel particularly bitter about the 1-2 that week (a 1-2 is a 1-2 man!). i think mclaren has its faults and that there is always room for improvement, but i'm also sympathetic to the massive overhaul the team has experienced in just 2 years.

for 2025... honestly anything can happen :') i do believe lando still has the edge over oscar, but i hate the idea of immediately prescribing oscar "1.5/2" driver status when that genuinely means nothing atm. imo people are quick to be like, well lando was already showing up his teammates when he was a rookie, and oscar isn't competitive enough against him considering he's already in his 2nd year, and it's like... well yes because every h2h has to be contextualized, and the idea is that lando is, objectively, a better/stronger driver than carlos + daniel, and if he's so capable of challenging max then i wouldn't expect oscar to best him in his 2nd year! i think another thing people lose sight of is the fact that lando himself is SO young, so of course he's not done growing as a driver! yes experience is also as crucial as age, so he's had a lot more experience than oscar is and is supposedly closer to his "ceiling," but i don't look at the h2h between lando and oscar as oscar vs. a fully-formed veteran driver; i see them as two guys who are still developing and growing and getting better by the day, which is why comparing their avg gaps between 1st and 2nd year isn't that effective. i also just think very highly of lando, so it's not a knock on oscar yet to be down on his times at the moment.

anyway, with all that being said... i kind of expect ferrari to be strong this year so i'm too scared to make any assumptions about our wcc/wdc chances at the moment LOL. but i definitely am looking forward to the season no matter what, and i think oscar can put up as good a fight as anyone 🤷‍♀️ whatever happens happens!

[fritzes]

hihi :3 can you tell me your favourite facts about jessmaria?

they've only played on a natural surface one time and it was there first ever match (eastbourne 2019, maria won 6-2 6-1). idk why I just find that fascinating

they had inverse wta finals results in 2022 and 2023. maria swept in 2022 and jess got swept, and then jess swept in 2023 and maria got swept. they played each other both years

kinda similar to the second point, they’re just so flip-floppy in their h2h. doha-dc-tokyo was a fun trio of 500 semis that flipped every time

[lightning-macrine]

lol seeing one of my TikTok’s posted on here and causing discourse is pretty funny and a bit of an out of body experience but for that one person on here I seem to have pissed off, yes hi yes that’s me, I’m the “fucking tiktokker” in the video nice to meet you.

You seem to have taken grievance with the fact I’ve apparently “twisted” Mike’s words, have I? I personally don’t think so, but you know who definitely has? F1 fans and ‘news outlets’ on social media. Because as Lance fans are aware, anything said by Lance or about Lance by others is immediately interpreted in the worst way possible and used as ammunition to further hate on him.

Fernando fans especially are taking Mike’s words to heart, and now I’ve had to sit through mutuals of mine who normally tolerate or even support Lance now turn on him because of Mike’s statement. And while I don’t like it, I can understand them somewhat, because from their point of view, it feels like he is minimising the work that Fernando has put into driving that green tractor into constant points and Q3 appearances this season.

The numbers themselves prove that this season and last season, there has been a large difference between Lance and Fernando. I’m not a bad Lance supporter for accepting that. So for Mike to say that he saw no difference or very little difference between them is at the very least, a strange statement to say.

And I’ve even praised Mike before for how he defends Lance, such as when he speaks about how much work he puts in behind the scenes or how the media and fans judge him too harshly based on what they don’t know. That’s brilliant and I think more TP’s should defend their drivers like that more. But in this case, I think he went about it in the wrong way and only opened up the doors for more hate and abuse. I’ve seen those stupid H2H graphics enough times to support that opinion.

I did want to say that I personally don’t agree with the idea that Mike was “paid” by Lawrence to say what he said, that’s a tad too far.

But of course, all this is just my opinion. The opinion of a “fucking tiktokker”, so no need for you to take it so seriously or to heart.

Anyways, have a good day xx

[alacants]

novandy headcanons?

what this ask is forcing me to do is confront how much of my conception of novandy is not my own thinking but was downloaded directly into my brain from anon bff who is the real expert here. like, i have a broad-strokes vision but i lack the minute knowledge of lore to have specific headcanons about specific events. (am i just a sentient sock puppet? maybe.)

ok my take more or less is:

for novak playing tennis against andy and then losing was frustrating in the moment but fun in the longterm. not saying that he enjoyed losing, lmao i think we're all on the same page there, but it didn't get in the way of the relationship.

for andy playing tennis against novak and then losing was very much NOT fun and very much DID get in the way of the relationship.

ever since it did novak has wanted and believed in the happy ending where they get past everything (expectations, disappointment, rivalry, interpersonal family drama, etc) and reconnect and have a special relationship again. just two old friends watching their kids play as the sun goes down.

the weight of expectation on andy—singlehandedly overcome the 77 year british men's tennis curse—was placed there by forces outside of his control.

the weight of expectation on novak—make my country proud, look after my family, make their sacrifices worth it, make my sacrifices worth it—was placed there by himself.

if as young players a magical wish-granting creature had presented novak with the chance to trade his future trophies for andy's health, there was 100% a point at which he would have made the deal, even if he later had cause to regret it. that moment passed. 

there was not a point at which andy would have made the same deal in reverse. and yet if you gave him the option of a do-over now, he wouldn't take it.

we talk a lot now about what roger's said about not wanting novak to crash the fedal lovefest. (even though—sidenote—if you ask me it took novak's ascendance to solidify the fedal lovefest, like once he was on the radar roger once and for all abandoned the dreams of glorious solitary splendor and fully embraced that rafa is GREAT rafa thinks i'm great rafa is my most special rivalfriendsituation. fuck this new kid.)

but at the time it wasn't just novak who seemed poised to do so. that is historical revisionism. in march 2009 the murray-federer h2h was 6-2. they were BOTH monster rookies and they were BOTH considered disrespectful kids with bad attitudes, and they were BOTH upsetting the established order of things, the established order where roger wins wimbledon and rafa wins roland garros and every so often they switch it up just for fun and they say all the right things about the sport and about each other and we all collectively achieve tennis nirvana.

(and at the same time they liked rafa and roger, to varying degrees, and it stung when they were written off.)

i'm just recapping bff's latest fic aren't i. well. they were right. flaps my sentient sock puppet mouth.

as far as novak is concerned, it was never supposed to be just him dethroning fedal, it was supposed to be him and andy, battling it out for all the big trophies and inheriting the mantle at the top and making the world acknowledge them. reality went differently and novak is still mad about it.

at some point, when you are mad enough that you can't have the thing you want, you might as well burn the rest of the world down instead. 

to this day novak really thinks of the two of them together on the same level! god this gets me so good every fucking time. #1 andy murray truther, i said before, and this is not a headcanon it's fact. "andy's the greatest returner i've ever played" is?? he???? and i'm saying that as a big 4 believer! (someday everyone who refers to the big 3 era is going to wake up locked in an interrogation room while novak explains his passions to them.)

i would love to know how much of current day novak believes that if he repeats this aloud often enough he will get that happy ending. 

PRIOR TO NOVEMBER 23 I WOULD HAVE SAID IT WASN'T GOING TO HAPPEN albeit mostly due to non-tennis reasons. i'm team kim.

but just when you think you've got it figured out, trust ultimate self-made cyborg-villain-hero-monster novak djokovic to knock over the table.

i genuinely have no fucking clue what's going to happen in australia.

[generalluxun]

Chloe Travels back in tie AU question, but what is her Akuma like?

I always feel Akuma re meant to reflect the person changed, with those who have notably strong but distinct drives, despairs or obsessions (Or just a lot of character growth) having more than one, while more stagnant people end to return to form so to speak.

Anyway, my mind, with a Chloe in this kind of head-sace would be Obsidia (She's dropped the Queen theme cos Audrey sucks too actually) Despite her new and well established standard of "Audrey sucks" the powers are annoyingly similar, but Chloe's are a vastly improved variant.

IE, her body is made of obsidian class, she is constantly cracking and reforming (A reflection of her disintegrating mental health She can swiftly alter the shape, form and density of the glass which is primarily used to make blades, claws and other cutting implements given Obsidians sharp nature.

So for example she could point her finger and then boom, its suddenly a super long blade piercing whatever is on the other side of a given room.

She can also turn herself into glass particles to fly and dodge, as well as grow her form by absorbing and converting the glass or even sand around her to increase her material mass or make herself giant, or otherwise shape shift, ETC.

This is also meant to reflect the fact Chloe is sharp, dangerous but frankly very fragile, IE, Obsidian is a supreme cutting implement but can shatter. Chloe's form is constantly shattering but she's reforming it just as fast, its sheer willpower and rage keeping her together at this point and that is all that keeps Obsidia from disintegrating.

Okay first off-this is a very cool akuma design! If you are writing you should definitely use it! I could see working it into a different fic, but it might be too much for this particular AU. The focus here is on emotional trauma not physical danger, and since it's a season 1 throwback I'd like to keep it less 'lethal' overall.

So perhaps... 'Miracle Queen' suits our usage with a face lift, minus the bee theme. It's less 'look at me' Queen and more 'I am better than you!' Queen. Her power is 'Queen's Battle'(with a nod back to the S2 name) which isolates her and one other person in their own little pocket-dual dimension. Since she thinks she can beat them H2H(like with Mayura) she's cutting them off from their friends, just like she is cut off and alone.

This also neatly explains why LB couldn't find her partner in time to intervene. And upon winning it finally sinks in that... She's not the hero right now, she's the badguy. Hence, breaking the akumatization and fleeing.

[overlyinvestedinlife]

Again no matter what happens in this finals Jannik has played so fucking amazing not just this week but these last couple of months.

The fact that he’s gotten to this point beating the people he did, coming through his group unbeaten despite his losing h2h against the other three members, beating Med for the third straight time.

His growth has been amazing and I just hope he play his best in this finals.