#i still like her as a gymnast
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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
#simone biles#just rambling thoughts#i still like her as a gymnast#and i have a lot of sympathy for her as a person#and i do want her to win a lot to shut up the old neckbeards online
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performance of a lifetime
#the way gymnasts dismount and remember to do that pose is something that will always enamour me#tetro danganronpa pink#tamba ruiko#archive tags >#jubilee art#i forgo to draw her other Eye and its too late too now so SHSHSHHSHSHSHSHSHS#i tend to listen to like one song on repeat when Drawing and for some reason this one was time of our lives by pitbull and ne yo#and im ngl Him saying everyday above ground is a Great day and been there done that was an Unexpected benefit#okay thanks bye
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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
#I’ve been debating putting this in one of my fics for months and still may#Meanwhile if Keeley saw Jamie cartwheel for attention and praise she’d be like I never know what to do when a grown man does a cartwheel in#front of me…#Keeley would be underwhelmed watching Jamie do a cartwheel but also 100% would attempt one and join in if Phoebe asked her to#Phoebe definitely got into football because of Roy#But I could also see her getting into gymnastics too because of Jamie indulging her and being just as eager to do the same little kid tricks#And then she sees someone else on the team do a flip showing off and them all arguing over whether they could do a flip too if they tried#And attempting with various results and she’s like well I want to be able to do a flip too and talks her mom#into signing her up for gymnastics and then talks Jamie’s ear off about her gymnastics class and the little kid tea from it because he’s#sure to match her energy and buy into it like he always does#Roy Kent#Jamie Tartt#Phoebe O’Sullivan#Ted Lasso#RoyJamie#Mine#I don’t have the energy or brainpower to reread this as usual so enjoy the typos and whatever autocorrect changes things too 😂
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not that I'm gonna be writing percalypso fics any time soon but I do need you guys to remember that percy couldn't help but love calypso and he's going to think about her for the rest of his life and she will always be his biggest what-if. it's not an overinterpretation it's not being delusional it's exactly what he said. people either deny this because they forgot or they just don't like it so they pretend it isn't true but I cannot emphasize this enough: that's EXACTLY what he said

#he even still has her flower in his apartment in toa. like. come on guys#people get mad when you bring this up. like buddy if this is upsetting your enemy is rick not me#I think these lines say a lot about percy's character which is why I find this so interesting#this is the first time someone explicitly shows him romantic love AND it's the first time he explicitly expresses romantic love#internally or otherwise. and by explicitly I do mean explicitly. annabeth kissed him but she didn't tell him that she loved him#I'm not saying calypso is his first love per se but this is the first time hes capable of admitting to us the readers that he loves someone#but people are so monogamy-brained they don't understand that your heart can feel love in multiple directions at the same time#this is why I can't engage so much with the pércabeth side of the fandom because I LOVE pércabeth but if you so much as#insinuate that percy might have been genuinely attracted to someone else at any point in time then people will do all kinds#of gymnastics (including denying what is explicitly in the text) to tell you you're wrong#and like. I don't argue on the internet so I'm not gonna bother except to tell u guys to just reread the books. 🅱️lease#anyways. hashtag percyispoly#percalypso#baye.txt#pjo
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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
#i still haven't decided what their postgame looks like! perhaps i never will! when i try to think abt it i remember#that lucanis is first talon and harding is dead and these are both potentially insurmountable barriers to happiness for them#dav spoilers#datv spoilers#veilguard spoilers#entirely for that tag i just wrote before i forget#asks#talkin#auri de riva#lucanis dellamorte#lace harding#datv#my ocs#i (the player) have NOT coped w harding#im still doing mental gymnastics trying to figure out a narratively satisfying way for her to be okay 🥺
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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
#this storyline was stupid you expect me to believe two-apples-tall liam gallagher came close to the crack AND managed to ingest it?#the crack which is lined up on the kitchen counter?#Also i don't believe that fiona would be irresponsible enough for liam to have been able to be close to the crack#that was an ooc moment and not like “its ooc cause thats the point shes going thru a tough time”#morelike “so ooc that it seems like a discrepancy that was overlooked for the sake of drama and shock value#as an older sister i feel like being watchful of your younger sibling if crack is in their general vicinity is an unstoppable instinct#its just not a plausible situation sorry like this is coming from someone who wholeheartedly embraces the realistic idea#of fiona falling short sometimes and being very human by struggling to consistently maintain her doting attentiveness#but anyways it's complicated cause Fiona clearly put it somewhere he cant reach#so how did he get access to it????#its like getting mad at a parent for putting a glass of wine on the counter#not comparing that to literal cocaine obviously this whole situation was nonetheless messed up#but just for some perspective... the writers were clearly doing cocaine themselves if they thought that#liam was bungee-jumping onto the counter and showing off his skills as an apparent budding olympics gymnast#not justifying anything but. listen.#the fact that it was on the counter FOR A REASONNN shows that fiona was careful to keep it out of reach and NOT do something insane like#putting it on the table#liam somehow magically having access to it defeats the purpose of it being on the counter.#if they really wanted for it to be believable that liam managed to snort it they should've put it on the table#but we already know that situation wouldn't be believable in its entirety cause we know that fiona would literally never leave it there#WHICH IS MY POINT. LIKE THIS SITUATION IS JUST ANNOYINGLY UNBELIEVABLE. FIONA WOULD NOT DO THIS AND HOW DID LIAM EVEN GET TO IT??#theres like 39482939 overlooked discrepancies just for the sake of getting to the shock#just to circle back Fiona would literally never let liam go near crack no matter how far gone and fucked up she was#I KNOW THIS BECAUSE I AM AN OLDER SISTER.#its just so UGHHHHH anyways obviously i still think in canon yeah Fiona was at fault shouldve been more careful and watchful#no matter how you look at it its clear that a risk like this just cannot be taken and she had to be blamed to an extent#but me personally? i reject it because it didnt feel natural to me at all there were 394939 other ways to frame a Fiona downfall#And i loved all the other ways her spiral was shown like getting messed up and ending up in Sheboygan#all the shit she got into with robbie + the impulsive urge to ruin the good thing she had going with mike#so human and believable and deeply flawed unlike the liam situation which was horrifically OOC and unrealistic
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if i told u that Lena's hand-to-hand combat is based loosely around black widow from marvel would u believe me
#she's not very big so she uses a lot of the concept of like . judo and weight distribution#using your opponent's weight against themselves#another thing i don't reference as much as i should too is her history of gymnastics so she's very comfortable just absolutely backflipping#into someone#she uses hand-to-hand in extreme situations - it's easier to duck in and out with her pulse pistols but when push comes to shove#it's a loose comparison. and she still depends on the strength in her legs to get a good kick or two in there but it's usually more#unbalance someone . ( don't get me wrong she can kick someone's teeth out like the havana short ) but the fighting style is based more on#the weight distribution
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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
#tango specifically gives me so much cringe but bc they have such a weird and wrong idea of how tanho is really like#i do not enjoy seeing it butchered#but i do not mind that other people dance it per se i just wish they cared a bit more about how it's traditionally danced#i was thinking about this seeing a gymnast the other day that had i think salsa in her routine?#(idk bc the volume was so low i just had to go by a bit of what i heard and her movements)#SHE WAS STIFF#all her routine was so beautiful and elegant and then that part... it was definitely there#but then i saw a YouTube video nd it was one of those where they teach how to dance x latinamerican rhythm#but the teacher is always yanki and the steps are all numbered and there's squares on the floor telling u where to step#and LISTEN i know it's useful to have a visual representation or a guide at first to figure out the movement#but please that's just at first u can't just go through life overthinking merengue bc u're gonna look dumb#even the teachers look like they are trying to hold a penny between their ass cheeks without it falling while they dance#u have to let go and just feel it at some point#some of our dances are so much more about the feeling or connection with your partner than about the technique#technique is still important but like#i would enjoy much more watching someone who doesn't know every dance so just does a couple basic steps but FEELS the music#and is just enjoying themselves while dancing#than seeing someone who spent an entire year learning every step and turn but they look petrified and scared while dancing#nobody is out to get u sweetheart u can let go PLEASE u're scaring the kids
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Stop fat shaming eva challenge failed by bulgarian rg community🙄
#rhythmic gymnastics#eva brezalieva#tw: fatphobia#there used to be a couple of ppl here and there before#but now its just so toxic#i hope she never opens forums#bulfed shared her jwch 2019 debut video and#ppl were like 'look at how :insert slang word for thin: she was'#brother she was like 13???#yall expect a 20yo to still look like when she was 13??????#yall need jesus
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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.
#olympics spoilers#is this a thing i should be tagging idk odhgsodg#she's just universally recognized but she can still lose and lose with grace and i was never quite good at that as a gymnast IHDFOISG#rebeca andrade is amazing i am so happy for her#and simone has talked about how they push each other to be better but she is tired of competing with her etc#i may get really annoyed during olympic season bc everyone who knows me messaging me like ARE YOU WATCHING GYMNASTICS#as if i don't make it a huge part of my identity myself but i am obsessed w/ the olympics always have been and watch more than just that#but it happens every time and probs will forever#IDK tag rants no one cares about but it's just such an insane sport and i came first on beam in my last ever competition#i only had to beat like 3 people it was not intense at all difhosdg but it is so nice to see...that#olympics + humanity post here#anyway media leave simone alone give her peace let her be free#ooc.#tbd.
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2 months later almost to the day and I’m still literally sobbing into my pillow about the Shakespearean tragedy that was Sylki
#I’m a strange mix of pissed and heartbroken and frustrated and confused and bitter and bittersweet#it’s like my own breakup#Sylki#now I’m seeing people argue that Sylvie doesn’t love Loki back anymore or even in the first place???? really????#it’s in written and live interviews that she LOVES him like no one she’s ever known#by the end of season 2 she is emotionally glued to him the way she was in season one#is Lokis love of her more obsessive and codependent and unconditional to the point of being unhealthy?#yes.#does she still love him as deeply as someone with her level of attachment and trust issues and stunted emotions physically can?#yesssss#stop the mental gymnastics#they just have realistic attachment styles#and she needs to be warmed up to opening herself and her life and heart to people and coaxed into a relationship like a feral cat#while Loki glomps onto anyone that shows him affection like a touch starved baby monkey#I feel like the only one who freaking GETS them
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Gamer pommel horse man
#why r ppl surprised hes a gamer like he just has that Look to him#im talking abt the eyes bts#btw#u can just see in ppls eyes if they game and what kind of game#i love how the usa gymnasts mens n womens are all just loveable nerd dorks it“#s so cute#i love my tiny simone i want to put her in my pocket n protect her from the world#even tho she could kick my ass idc im still gonna try to keep u from getting bullied no matter what#freddy starts trying to play rocket league bcs he thinks that is the key to unlocking the pommel understanding#freddy making all these interactive how tos super polished creative tiktoks to be trendy#vs steve shirtless in a dark cave somewhere streaming rocket league
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Jason Aaron's Wolverine and the X-Men is all fine and good but then every so often you have to see Kitty Pryde flirting with Iceman and it just completely takes you out of it
#x-men#chatterboxhead#like literally why#i know he wasn't out gay at the time#but it STILL made absolutely no fucking sense#i guess x-men is a lot of left field pairings but why tf did this one have to go on so long!!!#in hindsight it's even funnier#just picturing bobby doing the mental gymnastics of#“well I think Kitty likes girls too so if I date her it's kind of like also being queer by association”#to be honest the theme of having x without truly committing to it is a major theme in this pairing.... am I actually on to something?#iceman#kitty pryde#wolverine and the x-men#bobby drake#jean grey school
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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
#HI IM RAMBLING BUT ITS INSANE HOW MUCH CHEERLEADING VIDEOS IM WATCHING THEYRE ACTUALLY SO AMAZING YOU GUYS WATCH ITTTTTTTT#oughhhhhh shrotening this so no one has to read this word vomit but keeping this because i need notes for#when i actually start drawing these fucks in real gymnastics poses#i am actually so ready to have shayckenzie do partner stunts l#but realized shay isnt actually that strong to probably do single-hand cupies with mack like shgjkshgkjashdgjksdhg#whatever im still drawing it#im mostly in it because mackenzie twirling in the air before being caught by her friends in a basket toss is so?????? augh#mpgis
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"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
#it was like pulling teeth to get me in gym track and field day was NOT happening#I'm not sure people even tried to make me do it lmao#ah gym class. a loathsome activity. track and field is that but worse.#I feel so bad for my 3rd/4th/5th grade gym teacher in retrospect she was actually so nice#I was so obviously and genuinely miserable in her class and there really wasn't anything she could do because I didnt have an autism-#diagnosis yet and everyone was still on the “shes just badly behaved” train#shout-out to her for grading the 2nd grade gymnastic requirements in like 3rd grade#I think legally speaking I was supposed to be able to do a shoulder roll to pass the class but she let me do a “pencil roll”#which was wise. because that shoulder roll wasn't happening.#also in retrospect she could totally see me hiding in the hallway when we were doing laps around the gym#I deeply appreciate that she pretended she didn't#autism
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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.
#it has been helping me a lot lately to learn how others view me so seriously ty for coming back#the only immediate family member i would choose to be friends with is my dad#jam replies#anon#i am an autistic transsexual fagdyke in a polycule and she is a cishet gymnast in a long term relationship with someone who probably votes#republican but i think i'd stop talking to her if i get confirmation on that so i haven't asked. she buys chik-fil-a products despite the#fact that our mom will be like 'do you hate your sibling? you want them dead? we BOYCOTT chik-fil-a' when she hears abt it#well. except my mom misgenders me#anyways but we do have the same sense of humor and we came from the same childhood. god help me i cannot figure out how she turned out like#that but she did. our parents are both very politically left and she's still left just more center than i am comfortable around#when it's anyone besides her
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