#made in valencia

[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!

[arrestedexgirlfriendafterhigh]

Valencia’s pic is so •—• in this.

[musical-chick-13]

[thecryptidart1st]

Elaborating on the previous ask and the 2 Mean Girls related posts that came before it of how much I love Mean Girls (2004) that it fueled a whole story about a bunch of 8th grader OCs fighting each other for control of their high schoool:

[piecesofchess]

The main role of clockworks had obviously been for them to fight in the wars for Valencia, but their secondary purpose was to entertain Valencians and act as their servants. They were seen as objects and treated as nothing more.

So when Gazpaccio built Kane and regarded him as family, as his own son, it was seen as strange and impractical. He was using Kane to assist him with toy-making and gain vengeance on others - there really was no need to see and treat him as something more, but Gazpaccio still welcomed and cared for him as his own flesh-and-blood regardless.

One of the influences he (unintentionally) left on Kane was this concept of relationships - as Kane viewed his own creations as his family, just like his father did with him.

[kingofthering]

VALENCIA 2023 | Fermin Aldeguer in his box before P2.

[suhmayzooka]

she is so perfect to me

[unikornu]

Spare free furnitures went into another residence - Valencia

[EU] Unikornu

[skitskatdacat63]

2009 European Grand Prix - Rubens Barrichello(ft. Lewis Hamilton & Kimi Räikönnen)

[blakelysco-pilot]

Just came from Winnie's page and I am so frickin' excited to see Val too! My favorite girls are back, I am so happy!

omg hi chickie! 🥹

I’m so excited that you’re so excited! Thank you so much for loving our girls as much as we do💗

[alacants]

sometimes a family is you, your coach, and your coach's twenty-year situationship

[minimooberry]

my friend asked me to do a dnd campaign with them and then they mentioned elves and we got on the topic of cruel prince (sorry to all the cruel prince fans out there i got through like 4 chapters) and i was like, hey what if I rip off jude's mom's backstory but change literally everything else and this is how we ended up with my pookie Allura Gray.*

[partypanic]

They make me go feral like a dog at a park in a very autistic way

[sorbetkisses]

"i   got   engaged   !   are   you   happy   for   me   ?" displays ring adorning slender digit .  "i   never   thought   this   would   happen   ."

[thecryptidart1st]

Have you ever portrayed any of your ocs on any other show or movie besides from Mean girls(2024)?

A lot from Mean Girls (2004) lol

(This is a very rough animatic of my OCs from The Orange Grove story in the iconic girl confessional scene from Mean Girls 2004)

In seriousness, I based a lot of my original characters on a large amount characters from shows I liked growing up and evolved their design and characters from there, but very rarely do my original characters get implemented into shows/movies/other media I do like. But with the recent need to recreate *beautiful art direction* lately and the positive response from it, maybe I should do a lot more :)

[getting-messi]

i dont mean to be rude (because we've been playing like shit) but all of the Ecuador strikers are so heavy-footed