#i still like her as a gymnast

[my-random-fandoms]

She actually seems like she's over gymnastics as a whole. I get it she came back because she felt like she had something to prove. But she hasn't really seemed to me like she loves the sport since about 2018. She has all this pressure,internally and externally, to go out there and show off and "silence the haters."

Of course I'm impressed by her triple double and the YDP. Everyone should be, and if it makes her happy, I'm glad she stuck around to get those skills.

I also get the feeling that it's the Landis pushing difficulty over form. (based partially on Josc's devolving form since moving to WCC) I'm sure Aimee Boorman wasn't a perfect coach but i wonder how different Simone's career would have been if she had remained the elite coach at WCC. I wonder if Simone would have been a happier gymnast.

i don't wanna be rude and i don't wanna diminish her impressive and numerous accomplishments but it really does feel like simone rests on her laurels and it makes her gymnastics really not compelling for me to watch. she obviously doesn't really care about pointing her toes or bettering herself in that regard, all of her floor dance seems very apathetic and lazy (her last bit of choreo where she just waits on the floor until the "oh!" and she does her ending pose is sooooo lazy like at least do a little roll or something so you're not just sitting there and waiting for the music cue, is that not some sort of artistry deduction?), and it really doesn't look like she even tries on the landings of her tumbling passes because she knows no matter what she's going to win (lots of stupid foot shuffles and half steps that are unnecessary and preventable deductions.) i really don't want to be a hater and i want to reiterate that i am not contesting her unbelievable skill but her gymnastics has lost my interest simply because it doesn't really seem like she's trying anymore and it doesn't feel passionate to me at all

[jamietwat]

Jamie and Roy spending ridiculous amounts of time together and Phoebe knowing about it definitely means that Jamie’s around Phoebe a lot more in the off-season when she’s off school and Roy’s off work but still being Jamie’s personal trainer for free (and she definitely likes bossing Jamie around just as much as Roy does and finds the ridiculous shit Roy makes him do hilarious)

And you know that thing where kids love to randomly go watch this, I can do a somersault or want to see me do a cartwheel? and then you just have to awkwardly stand there and be like wow whether they actually can do them or not (and sometimes several times in a row have to try to think of something new to say the fifth time they do the exact same thing and then look to you for a reaction)

I’m just saying at some point they’re in some park and Phoebe definitely pulls a look how good I’m getting at cart wheels, Uncle Roy! around Jamie at some point and while Roy just stands there like 🧍‍♂️ and gives compliments that gradually get more and more deadpan and debates turning it into saying how much more impressive that is than anything Jamie’s done all morning but he doesn’t because he’s 90% sure that would just lead to Jamie getting all indignant and competitive and proving he can cartwheel too as if Roy isn’t already annoyingly aware of that from when he was dying trying to keep up with Jamie in Amsterdam while he was cartwheeling and practically skipping

But obviously Roy not saying anything doesn’t matter anyway and Jamie turns it into being like watch this to Phoebe and cartwheeling too and turning to Roy after like well go on, tell me how good I am at that too

Roy deadpans somehow it’s far less impressive watching a grown man cartwheel for attention. It’s just sad, really

But Jamie isn’t offended at all and just shoots Roy an obnoxious smirk and insists you’re just saying that because you know you couldn’t do one. Even trying would probably end with you needing a hip replacement or something

But before Roy can even properly argue or say something bitchy back, Jamie’s turning back to Phoebe with a how about this then? But even though it’s her he asks, it’s Roy he looks to the moment he finishes running a few steps and doing a one-handed cartwheel

And Jamie’s like well now are you impressed??? And god, Roy resents that he is and he could make a dig about how useless of a skill it was as an adult and how that wouldn’t accomplish anything on the pitch and he’d just look like one of the kids that picks flowers on the pitch instead of playing or even paying attention to where the ball is, but instead he rolls his eyes and says yeah okay

And Jamie beams but he doesn’t have time to properly gloat and give Roy shit because Phoebe’s already bossing him around telling him that he has to teach her how to do that too

[ruushes]

Lovers + the sun for the rook tarot game

The Lovers: Who is your Rook's most significant relationship within the Veilguard? How do they help Rook feel seen and understood?

hm well since it just says 'significant' and not necessarily romantic im going to cheat and give two, lucanis and harding bc it's not going to be hard enough to answer this concisely already

lucanis immediately shares an understanding with auri just by virtue of being a crow and knowing what that entails. he also acts as a mirror in the sense that it's easier to look at someone you care about and say 'what happened to you was fucked up and you didn't deserve it' than to realize it about yourself. in the beginning they were pursuing him as an inauthentic version of themself based on what they thought he'd want; by having it sort of break off, it then grew back more organically, and more undeniably about them as they are, instead of what they could give or potentially become

harding is auri's first close friend. they just hadn't ever had an opportunity to build a relationship on mutual respect and trust before. they don't feel they have to perform around her and can be honest with her about their feelings. i think a large part of it was that she was willing to extend this trust to them first, as it's probably not something they could've done on their own, but it had an incredible effect on them to be treated as an equal

The Sun: What is Rook passionate about? How do they fuel that passion?

before the events of datv they poured their energy into trying to 'improve' themself - training, learning, becoming a better assassin more worthy of advancement - but the crow background's inciting event kills any hope they had of that, and then the game throws their priorities into chaos. for most of it they sustain the self-improvement energy as 'gotta get better to kill god' but they're subconsciously really banking on not having to live past the end of their myth and figure out a new thing to care about lmao

[cherry-treelane]

everytime i feel bad and stressed about my life i remember that i might be in a troubling situation and having a bad time but im not season 4 fiona gallagher in the clink after leaving crack on the counter which my 3 year old baby brother happened to ingest resulting in a fatal near-death experience thats wracked me with never-ending guilt and forever altered my life

[chronal-anomaly]

if i told u that Lena's hand-to-hand combat is based loosely around black widow from marvel would u believe me

[idon-twannabeperceived]

Btw seeing gringos trying to dance tango or salsa is so 🫥🫥

Like I don't mind at all bro go off but like put some flavor in there I AM BEGGING i swear u won't die WHERE IS YOUR SOUL DO YOU NOT HAVE A HEART

[lingeringscars]

There is something really beautiful about Simone Biles being regarded as the best gymnast in history, and her still falling/making mistakes/not qualifying for bars final/not placing first always.

[lokittystuckinatree]

2 months later almost to the day and I’m still literally sobbing into my pillow about the Shakespearean tragedy that was Sylki

[jrueships]

Gamer pommel horse man

[jetcorax]

still thinking about TotE and how much i hate the way filoni plays it fast and loose with canon for no reason other than to forcefully carve out space for his ocs and/or his faves from canon and legends without any regard to their intended roles or their place on the canon timeline :P

[paintingformike]

breaking my silence for a bit...mike’s awareness about his feelings for will is something i can still debate on, but honestly if you think he's still somewhat “confused” between will and el you’re like 100 steps behind on the plot sorry

[caterpillarinacave]

"like track and field day from elementary school" I say, to form a connection with my peers, as if I ever participated in a single track and field day in my entire life

[mpgis-fangurl]

watching cheerleading videos to study how cheerleaders actually work their bodies when doing stunts (squad routines, elevator preps, flyer-base stunts) and my goodness..........

so like ik that cheerleading stuff isn't what mpgis actually focuses (they keep making fun of the fact that it's not a "real sport" and that they mostly just spell things with their hands and i mean, stop-motion animating barbies doing fucking backflips and cupies would be unbelievably hard to animate!!!!) but like now im really leaning into what their actual dynamic would be when they;re actually doing cheer practice

like obv mackenzie is the top of the pyramid so she'd be the flyer (she's the person who'd be in the air the most in a stunt) as she doesnt want to be anything less than the main attraction of the routine. her being dextrous and laser-focused on whatever she does (bitching people out or cheerleading) is already a given, but also she probs have the best balance out of all the girls and with a strong enough base, can do a successful cupie at her age. Her core strength would be INSANE and honestly, yeah she deserves to have abs

Brittnay is obvs strong asf, so i imagine she'd be a really strong base??? but also she's like flexible (she literally does splits on the ep she's introduced) and the fact she's in control of the microphone and the brawns of the squad, has the biggest stamina of them all. Acrobaddie who could do backbends for days but just doesnt wanna do it. i like to imagine that she's down to be base for mackenzie and can do partner stunts with her, but when the situation calls for it, she's an amazing flyer.

i also often hc Trisha being ditzy but actually one of the more graceful people of their teammates. ofc it's because i hc her as being tall and slim (second tallest to shay), and though not as powerful as brittnay or as focused as mack, i would imagine her to be the most dextrous of them when she's in practice. So altho at first you'd think she wouldn't be a good spotter, she'd have probably caught mackenzie from the air more than brittnay does. even if she can't swim, Trisha would have good body coordination and can do cartwheels from cheer practice.

Shay would obvs be a really good flyer, and altho she's tall, she'd probably be light enough to lift in the air like mackenzie (47KG!!???!!?!) and has learnt a lot from cameron's stunts (tho i dont think cameron was much of a healthy influence when it comes to cheerleading and body image sorry). but she probably hasnt practiced cheerleading as much as the cheer squad has when she joined, so she probably isn't as body-coordinated as the rest and 5 times out of 10 can't stick the landing from the air because of how vertically tall she is (possibly kicked the squad in the neck and face more times from practice than she admits due to how long her legs are). however, she's extremely observant and is equal to trisha when it comes to being an effective base. from s3 we can obviously infer that Shay has really good and sound judgment, and in contrast to mackenzie and brittnay's hotheadedness, her demeanor is cool and level-headed. so her delegations as cheersquad captain would be pretty reasonable (if her ego doesn't get in the way). so she would be a really good coordinator when coming up with routines i imagine, and secretly lets mack have top spot in the pyramid and be responsible for most of the air stunts since she internally knows she cant catch up with mackenzie's athleticness by this point

ANYWAYS that's what ive thought of so far, watch @/Its.ccaylee, @/danielbuyeskeon on youtube, and read a bunch of cheerleading information on google to see where tf the brainworms are coming from

people keep stereotyping cheerleading like theyre for meanly competitive people(and thats prolly true at some capacity idk im very not athletic so idk much dont take anything abt this seriously) but it really opened my eyes on how physically demanding it is and now i can fully appreciate what type of gymnastics actually goes into these stunts like WOW

[arolesbianism]

I may be failing my plan to not make any isat aus. So there's this guy her name is Euphrasie right. What if I took her and combined what could be 3 separate au concepts into one. And in the process forced myself to go back and reread a bunch of shit to make sure I know how to maximally fuck over this sad wet puppy of a woman

[freckliedan]

assumed u were an only child because you don't mention your siblings often (if ever?) + i'm an only child myself and tend to assume everyone else is until proven otherwise. the concept of having siblings is still genuinely wild to me so i basically never think people live that experience

hell yeah thank you for the info on that bc i never know how i come across to others! so real and relatable to have areas of just not conceptualizing a different experience of the world.

my sister and i aren't really close at all & haven't been since i was like 14—it's not like we actively don't get along, we call on the phone sometimes? we're just really different people. i definitely do not have the experience of being good friends with a sibling the way a lot of my friends with siblings do & have had multiple friends i made as an adult guess i was an only child too.

[monkee-mobile]

every weekday after work (except monday) I get to drive over to the thrift shop :)