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Jane Seymour Vs. Gina Torres
Propaganda
Jane Seymour - (Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman) - I'd like to specifically draw attention to Jane Seymour in the Quinn years. In her forties, she was ethereally beautiful, and while the costuming and styling was less than historically accurate, at least it showed off her wonderful auburn hair. This was also the show where I first noticed her eyes' brown and green heterochromia, which, along with her delicate profile, gives her that extra touch of magic. With this show, she not only offered fun melodrama, she centered the Western genre on a woman and used its plots to argue for gun control, anti-racism, anti-censorship, anti-homophobia, and the social acceptance of those living with AIDS.
Gina Torres - (Firefly, One Life to Live) - God, just look at her! She's a stunning woman, she's a black belt in Taekwondo, and her voice is amazing!
Master Poll List of the Hot Vintage TV Ladies Bracket
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the (debatable) mota-lympics list
as the ultimate olympics head it’s my duty to make the mota x paris 2024 content i want to see in the world so here are my headcanons for the 100th bomb group as team usa olympians
bucky - high jump (alt: pole vault/triple jump)
buck - taekwondo
rosie - triathlon
curt - boxing
brady - swimming (100m & 200m butterfly + relays)
demarco - singles’ tennis (alt: skateboarding/surfing)
ev, dougie, kidd, crosby - quadruple sculls (alt: 4x100 swimming medley relay)
hambone - water polo
crank - fencing (sabre)
lemmons - sport climbing (speed)
helen - swimming (100m breast, 100m & 200m back + relays)
tatty - rugby 7’s
alex - artistic gymnastics (all-around and rings)
macon - men’s road race cycling (alt: 400m hurdles)
harding - ex-nfl quarterback HOFer turned commentator
bubbles - pole vault (alt: synchro 3m springboard diving w/ cros)
veal - rugby 7’s
quinn - artistic gymnastics (parallel bars)
this list is very debatable and i want to hear everyone’s thoughts because i love the olympics and there are so many delicious choices for these guys.
#masters of the air#mota#olympics posting#the list is actually different for when my OCs are included if anyone wants that 👀👀👀#but man i’ve been tweaking this list since the games started and i think i’m happy with it#a cari convo#also i didn’t want to figure out curt’s weight class sorry just assume he has one#olympics au#tidbit tag
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Hailey “Rose”Quinn
Now playing: Starlight by Phuture Noize, Frequenzerz
GENERAL
Name: Hailey Quinn (later named Hailey Riley)
Face Claim: Amanda Seyfried
Age: 23
Gender: Female
Nickname(s): Rosie (According to Ghost)
Small Child (According to Captain Price)
Alias(es): Rose, L.T, Rosie
Timeline: Modern Warfare/MW Reboot
Rank: Lieutenant
Regiment: SAS
Status: Alive
Birth Date: June 27, 1999
Zodiac: Cancer
Death Date: K.I.A IN OG MW TIMELINE
Occupation: SAS Operative
Affiliation(s): SAS, Taskforce 141, A90( Made Up)
Blood Type- O+
Fun fact: She can Tumble, do gymnastics, and can do martial arts
APPEARANCE
Skin Tone: White
Eye Color: Blue
Hair Color: Blond
Hair Length: Waist Length
Hairstyle: High Long Pigtails. Space Buns. Ponytail
Height: 5,0/152.40 cm
Weight: 90 lbs
Scars/Marks/Burns: she got a burns on her arm when she was young
Tattoos: none
Physical Enhancements: none
PERSONALITY
Personality Type: ENTP
She is bright, bubbly, and extremely friendly. Also very optimistic and looks like a cinnamon roll
But watch out, this energetic, bubbly, and sweet girl is also one of the deadliest agents on the team. she interprets things more positively than they are, the one exception being when people are explicitly arguing.
She expresses herself very well and not only that, she seems really self-aware regarding emotional stuff and how it affects her, and she is able to articulate those thoughts really well.
Fear(s): Losing her loved ones, and her Team
Likes: Nice People, Victory, Ghost hehe
Dislikes: Mean People, Enemies
Habit(s): Thinking
Flaw(s): Yes
Talent(s): Mf She can fight barehand and weapon wise
Reputation
Well when she joined they could already tell they were so annoyed with her personality and for her messing up. but as the time came they got used to her on the team
Relationship
Love Interest(s): Simon “Ghost” Riley, When they meet each other Simon thought who tf let this small child here but then just for like days Simon started to like her energy which made something about Hailey and Simon’s relationship closer and Simon realized he was in love with her
Friend(s):
Simon Ghost Riley
John Soap Mctavish
John Price
Gaz
Alejandro
Roach
Bell ( IN DEATHS MISSION COD AU STIRY)
Logan Walker (IN DEATHS MISSION)
Alex Keller (DEATHS MISSION)
Other Afflitations
Charlotte “Jade” Le Jardin aka @sleepyconfusedpotato
Alyssa M Aka @alypink
Samantha “Scarlet” Wright aka @welldonekhushi
Hannah “Sparrow” Clayton aka @revnah1406
Trudy "Jay" Saider @sgtbarnowl
Sky Arkes aka @skylovesducks
Eliza Waylon as @loneghostwolf
Enemy(ies):
Comatose: Her Current enemy, The one who is messing up the timeline, The one who also tortured her back when she was young
Shepherd: The one who tortured her and left her dead in the Mw timeline
Graves:He betrayed Soap, Ghost, Alejandro, And the Las Vaqueros
Markov:Yea
Relationship:Simon “Ghost” Riley
The Character’s Abilities
Fighting Style: Krav Maga, Ju Jitsu, Taekwondo, Hapkido
Weapons: Daggers,1911, Kar89K, Bo, M4, M4A1, Caliber 55.6, Knucklers, Combat Knuckle knife, Flashbombs.
Preferred Weapon(s): All her weapons,
Agility: 9/10
Hand-to-Hand Combat:10 /10
Long Range Accuracy: 8/10
Defense:9 /10
Offense: 9/10
People Skills:9 /10
BIRTHPLACE
Birthplace: New Hampshire, Canada
Family:
Father: Tarrick “Tulip” Quinn
Status: Deceased
Mother: Santaura Daisy Quinn
Status: Deceased
Love Interest: Simon”Ghost” Riley
Character Background
Trigger Warnings: Torture, Abuse,
Rose is the daughter of Tarrick “Tulip” Quinn, A member of the Military, and Santaura A stay-at-home mom, two people from the same place in Northern Mississippi. They got married and moved to Canada as Santura gave birth to a baby Hailey Quinn. When there was a war a janitor named Michael “Comatose” Bly Van der aided the couple by rescuing their baby out of the hospital before it exploded, leaving their parents dead. Since then, Bly Van Der adopted Tarrick and Santaura's daughter, just to torture and brainwash her, not using numbers like with mason or memories like bell, but colors to mess her up while getting burned by a curling iron.
The mysterious fate of her parents is already gone. Luckily someone saved her, which was a group of armed men who turned out they also torture her more brutally, and left her when she was 6 in the forest. when she was 8 She thought herself amartial arts from when some of Comotose soilders sparr and use a gun for self-defense and she taught herself gymnastics and tumbling so she FLEXIBLE QUEEN.
In Hailey's teen years, she joined A90 because she wanted to forget everything about what happened in her past A90 but when she entered, the training and missions were arduous, More than the M16. And that's where Hailey got her strength in becoming an assassin who relies on speed, stealth, and force to fight her enemies,
As Hailey got older, she started working for the SAS (Special Military Forces) After training to be an assassin in A90.
she accidentally met Captain Price who then let her join task force 141 she was confused and so annoyed, But then as the time came on they got used to her being around, which is a guy named Simon “Ghost” Riley and the ghost getting close.
Trivia
Because of sleepys OC Jade, I made my oc Hailey TADAAAAAA
I wanted to name her Hailey "XYLOPHONE" Quinn
Multiplayer She is in SpecGru Faction and gonna have concept art on her SpecGru outfit.
MWII When it came to the ghost team Hailey wore her black Assassin outfit from A90 just to look badass.
COD MW2 OG HER DEATH: After witnessing the death of ghost and roach she gets knocked out and tortured to death and left for dead.
CONCEPT
HER A90 OUTFIT yes that's picrew
HER SAS OPRATIVE OUFIT
#call of duty oc#charlotte jade le jardin#call of duty#Spotify#hailey rose quinn#ghost x rose#ghostrose
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#quinn is in taekwondo #tara is in showjumping #chaos is a air pistol shooter #i gave up on putting eliot on the pentathlon bc the horsemanship in that was horrendous and i refuse to allow him to be associated with it #i pulled the reverse jung on sophie #instead of dressage to event it's event to dressage #she's known as the star destroyer in equestrian circles bc you can't look away from her but be ready to compete for second place #the concept of 5 top athletes and their over enthusiastic friend plan a heist is so funny #if anyone has wants to write it please do i have no plans for this
The Olympics ended a while a go but I finally wrote this out!
Olympics!Leverage
Parker is a world famous artistic gymnast, an absolute monster on the balance beams and the definition dexterity on the floor. Became a meme because of her terrible track record in interviews, it’s not that she’s actively trying to be rude or awkward, she just doesn’t know how to hold back the adrenaline from performing the perfect floor routine.
Alec Hardison is a nerd through and through and has no shame in revealing in an interview that he only picked up the bow and arrow when he was 12 was because he thought (and still thinks) that Legolas is the coolest character ever. Nana enrolled him in a local archery class to help him with his ADHD, turns out internally roleplaying as Bard the Bowman was great therapy. He likes the recurve bow but his true love is the compound.
Sophie Devereaux is a dressage legend. Her first olympics was as a eventer but she decided her that true passion lies in dressage. She competed in 10 olympics total (7 of them in dressage, won gold in 5, silver in 2 and bronze in 1). Has ridden many horses in many games but her heart will always belong to Griff (short for Maximundo Grift Valegro LAM 15B9) a true white Lusitano Arab mix stallion, they won gold in 2 Olympics together (eventing and dressage). Sophie retired after the tragic death of her husband (and olympic gold medallist sailor) Nate Ford, decided to follow a career as an equestrian games commentator, trainer and social media sensation. Was invited by the BBC to be the main tv host of the Olympics coverage alongside the experts of their respective sports.
Eliot Spencer is a veteran that found himself in cooking and Taekwondo. He still feels like a newcomer, its hard not to when your peers became third-degree black belts at 15 and you discovered the sport at 23 and fresh off war. But goddamn Eliot tries his hardest. Now he is 31, it’s his second Olympics and he’s not going to settle for silver this time, his first and only goal is Gold (the second goal is having fun).
Breanna Casey is a skateboarding prodigy. She’s 16 and thrilled that skateboarding is finally being recognized as a legitimate sport and can finally rub on those mean boomer’s faces the she is an olympic athlete now (take that, you raisins!). She’s super nervous but she’s been on the international competition scene since she was 11, she got this… right? She’s a social media Menace with a capital M, 2 million followers on twitter and brand deals helped her so much with her sport expenses, Nana can only help so much with plane tickets and skateboard equipment. A shitpost master and posting in the middle of competitions is her Brand™ and the public loves it.
Harry Wilson feels like a deer in the headlights of a 12 wheeler truck and the only way out is to narrate what’s happening and he LOVES IT. He won a ticket to the golf preliminaries, got lost on the way back from the bathroom, met a lady he swears he saw on TV once and somehow he’s on national uk television commentating alongside an olympic legend and other experts now. He’s having the time of his life and if someone noticed the odd one out here they haven’t snitched yet.
The majority of the crew doesn’t have a criminal background (I’m looking at you Parker) but when they notice that judges are being very unfair and showing favoritism they couldn’t sit still. They bump into each other while snooping around.
Plot twist: turns out the judges are being paid off by a multibillion dollar company to tip the competition towards athletes sponsored by this corporation and that would bring them the most profit.
The payments are made in hard cash envelopes and hand delivered to avoid any paper trail.
The grand heist is to intercept the 8 suit cases full of cash being delivered in the next 7 days, expose the judges and donate the bribe money to the wronged athletes.
Everyone is trying to be very professional and careful. Harry’s still having a great time.
Keep reading
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2024 olympians representing non country of residence part 8
Puerto Rico: Jose Alvarado, basketball (Brooklyn, New York); Jacqueline Benítez, basketball (Coolbaugh Township, Pennsylvania); Gian Clavell, basketball (Miami, Florida); George Conditt IV, basketball (Chicago, Illinois); Darian Cruz, wrestling (Allentown, Pennsylvania); Aleem Ford, basketball (Lawrenceville, Georgia); Alli Gibson, basketball (Stockton, California); Arella Guirantes, basketball (Brookhaven, New York); Mya Hollingshed, basketball (Bellaire, Texas); Jordan Howard, basketball (Gilbert, Arizona); Brianna Jones, basketball (Babylon, New York); Tayra Meléndez, basketball (Boston, Massachusetts); Chris Ortiz, basketball (Brooklyn, New York); Ayden Owens-Delerme, athletics (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); India Pagán, basketball (New London, Connecticut); Mariah Pérez, basketball (Newark, New Jersey); Isaiah Piñeiro, basketball (Auburn, California); Steven Piñeiro, skateboarding (Orlando, Florida); Jasmine Quinn-Camacho, athletics (Orlando, Florida); Isalys Quiñones, basketball (Chula Vista, California); Ethan Ramos, wrestling (Hawthorne, New Jersey); Davon Reed, basketball (Ewing Township, New Jersey); Sofía Roma, basketball (Queens, New York); Kristen Romano, swimming (Lancaster, New York); Trinity San Antonio, basketball (Moreno Valley, California); Gabby Scott, athletics (San Diego, California); Jonovan Smith, wrestling (Los Angeles, California); Stevie Thompson; Jr., basketball (Torrance, California); Maycey Vieta, diving (Jefferson Township, Ohio) & Tremont Waters, basketball (New Haven, Connecticut) Refugee Team: Farida Abaroge, athletics (Strasbourg, France); Omid Ahmadisafa, boxing (Munich, Germany); Yahya Al-Ghotany, taekwondo (Azraq, Jordan); Mohammad Alsalami, athletics (Berlin, Germany); Amir Ansari, cycling (Stockholm, Sweden); Matin Balesini, swimming (Guildford, U.K.); Francisco Centeno, shooting (Ciudad Mexico, Mexico); Muna Dahouk, judo (Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands); Saeid Fazloula, canoeing (Karlsruhe, Germany); Tachlowini Gabriyesos, athletics (Tel Aviv, Israel); Yekta Galeh, weightlifting (Berlin, Germany); Eyeru Gebru, cycling (Nancy, France); Amir Hassanjani, canoeing (Augsburg, Germany); Fernando Jorge, canoeing (Cape Coral, Florida); Dorian Keletela, athletics (Lisbon, Portugal), Adnan Khankan, judo (Damascus, Syria); Dominic Lobalu, athletics (Ngong, Kenya); Perina Lokure-Nakang, athletics (Kakuma, Kenya); Iman Mahdavi, wrestling (Milan, Italy); Farzad Mansouri, taekwondo (Manchester, U.K.); Alaa Maso, swimming (Hanover, Germany); Kasra Mehdipournejad, taekwondo (Berlin, Germany); Jamal Mohammed, athletics (Tel Aviv, Israel); Ramiro Mora, weightlifting (Blackpool, U.K.); Cindy Ngamba, boxing (Bolton, U.K.); Dina Pouryounes-Langeroudi, taekwondo (The Hague, The Netherlands); Mohammad Rashnonezhad, judo (Amsterdam, The Netherlands); Nigara Shaheen, judo (Toronto, Ontario); Arab Sibghatullah, judo (Mönchengladbach, Germany); Saman Soltani, canoeing (Vienna, Austria); Luna Solomon, shooting (Lausanne, Switzerland); Musa Suliman, athletics (Bern, Switzerland); Manizha Talash, breakdancing (Madrid, Spain); Hadi Tiranvalipour, taekwondo (Rome, Italy); Jamal Valizadeh, wrestling (Le Mans, France); Dorsa Yavarivafa, badminton (London, U.K.) & Mahboubeh Zharfi, judo (Berlin, Germany) Republic Of Congo: Freddy Mayala, swimming (Kinshasa, Democratic Republic Of Congo) Romania: Szőcs Bernadette, table tennis (Bremen, Germany); Silvian Colodrovschi, water polo (Aix-En-Provence, France); Felix Duchampt, triathlon (Clermont-Ferrand, France); Andrei Mândrilă; rowing (Chișinău, Moldova); Rebecca-Aimee Papuc-Diaconescu, swimming (Las Vegas, Nevada) & Ilie Sprîncean, canoeing (Criuleni, Moldova) Rwanda: Diane Ingabire, cycling (Girona, Spain); Clementine Mukandanga, athletics (Siena, Italy) & Oscar Peyre-Mitilla, swimming (Marseille, France) St. Kitts & Nevis: Zahlia Allers-Liburd, athletics (Ft. Lauderdale, Florida) & Naquille Harris, athletics (Bronx, New York) St. Lucia: Jayhan Odlum-Smith, swimming (Antibes, France)
#Celebrities#Sports#National Teams#Puerto Rico#Basketball#New York#Pennsylvania#Florida#Illinois#Fights#Georgia#Texas#Arizona#Massachusetts#Races#Connecticut#New Jersey#Ohio#France#Germany#Boxing#Jordan#Sweden#U.K.#Mexico#The Netherlands#Boats#Israel#Portugal#Syria
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Another thing I really love about Birds of Prey is Dinah’s fighting style! I saw the movie with my friend from taekwondo and during her fight scenes we were just whispering like “back kick! axe kick! oooh nadaban nice!”
#birds of prey#dinah lance#black canary#harley quinn#jurnee smollett bell#margot robbie#wlw#taekwondo#martial arts
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Had a great day with our Unity Family.. we are in it for the long haul, long day, whatever comes our way, we got this! #teamunity #unityfamily #teamunity2020 #taekwondofamily #ohana #butlerstadium #aautaekwondo #qualifier #nationalsbound #longday #coaching #taekwondogirl #quinn #broadway #1stplace #olympicsparring #taekwondo #competitionteam #taekwondogirl #girlscankick #girlssparring #lovemyfamily #loveourfamily #saturday #pointsparring #boardbreaking #forms #patterns (at Butler Stadium) https://www.instagram.com/p/B9dPGPInUcI/?igshid=1wsmk9alnbiw5
#teamunity#unityfamily#teamunity2020#taekwondofamily#ohana#butlerstadium#aautaekwondo#qualifier#nationalsbound#longday#coaching#taekwondogirl#quinn#broadway#1stplace#olympicsparring#taekwondo#competitionteam#girlscankick#girlssparring#lovemyfamily#loveourfamily#saturday#pointsparring#boardbreaking#forms#patterns
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*tackles*
Which of your OCs have the best relationships??? (K-kamaria plz??? Lmao)
Which of your OCs has the best hair?
Which of your OCs is the smartest?
Which of your OCs is the best with animals?
*pats affectionately*
~Kamaria definitely has the best singular relationship, with Bruno, of course. Her other relationships are horrible or non-existent but that’s what makes Brumaria so perfect 💜 Other than her, the Querencia team has the best relationships, they’re just a happy dysfunctional family that Lili is slowly becoming a part of.
~Ohh, best hair. Hmm…Kamaria has nice hair. Very curly, takes pretty good care of it as much as a medieval-ish assassin can. Liliana had nice curly hair but not taking care of it well for a few years (and not at all for one) has changed that. Cadence’s isn’t the best condition because she bleaches and dyes it. Nari dyes hers so often it should be falling out but I’ve decided that she knows a Super that has color-changing power 😂 Siren doesn’t get to take care of hers, either, so it’s not in the greatest condition. Jamil has awesome curly hair, too. And Oliver has lovely locks as well 😌 But I’ll have to go with Kamaria overall. Again, lol. I’m not biased or anything. Jamil is probably second place.
~Mmm, that’s a tough one. Maybe Quinn and Nari? He’s a substitute science teacher and the leader of the team, so he’s well educated and has to make lots of decisions. She’s his second in command, has a business degree, teaches taekwondo, and is the most people-smart of the team. On the other hand, Siren is the most underrated smart OC. She’s actually super sharp, picks up on everything she’s taught really quickly, and is really good at reading people, but everyone thinks she’s stupid because she only has a partial elementary education and has forgotten most of that.
~Kamaria again 😁 She’s got that magical connection to nature and while it’s nothing like a fully Vaya could do, it makes her feel closer to animals and treat them with more respect than the average human. (But Lili would also be an amazing dog owner and we all agree she needs and deserves one)
#okay I rambled a lot#but it was fun!#thanks izzy!!#ask response#painful-pooch#kamaria the assassin#liliana the healer#siren the weapon#quinn the leader#nari the hero#jamil the hero
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under the cut are the basic info for my reincarnated muses !! i’ve separated them under ‘modern-day greek gods’ and ‘modern-day king arthur’s court’. feel free to give this post a LIKE if you’re interested in plotting with any of them !!
MODERN-DAY GREEK GODS
AIMEE KING / twenty one- twenty three / english literature and romantic languages major / pansexual / she/her / reincarnation of aphrodite / fc: danielle rose russell
BECKETT GARCIA / forty two- forty four / marine biologist / bicurious / he/him/his / reincarnation of poseidon / fc: oscar isaac
CYRUS WILKINSON / thirty seven- thirty nine / doctor / pansexual / he/him/his / reincarnation of apollo / fc: aaron tveit
DUNCAN FROST / thirty four- thirty six / owner of a boxing gym & leader of a support group for veterans / heterosexual / he/him/his / reincarnation of ares / fc: hunter parrish
HEATH JACKSON / twenty four- twenty six / environmental science major & florist / bicurious / he/him/his / reincarnation of persephone / fc: fionn whitehead
HUNTER BLAIR / twenty eight- thirty / thief / bisexual / he/him/his / reincarnation of hermes / fc: joseph quinn
LORELEI ‘RORY’ CARLSON / twenty three- twenty five / bartender & dj / bisexual / she/her / reincarnation of dionysus / fc: olivia scott welch
REINA HUDSON / twenty two- twenty four / history and philosophy major / bisexual / she/her / reincarnation of athena / fc: lily-rose depp
SERAPHINA PADILLA / nineteen- twenty one / criminology and public health major / bisexual / she/her / reincarnation of hestia / fc: julia rehwald
SKYE WILKINSON / twenty six- twenty eight / activist & employee at a woman’s shelter / demisexual / she/her / reincarnation of artemis / fc: madelaine petsch
MODERN-DAY KING ARTHUR’S COURT
AXEL FITZROY / thirty five- thirty seven / socialite & heir to fitzroy co. / pansexual / he/him/his / reincarnation of arthur pendragon / fc: daniel sharman
GARRETT COURTENAY / twenty nine- thirty one / paralegal / bisexual / he/him/his / reincarnation of guinevere / fc: mike faist
LARISSA XIONG VAUGHN / twenty six- twenty eight / socialite & taekwondo olympian / bisexual / she/her / reincarnation of lancelot du lac / fc: natasha liu bordizzo
MAVERICK COVINGTON / twenty three- twenty five / personal assistant to axel fitzroy / bisexual / she/her / reincarnation of merlin / fc: maya hawke
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AUDRINA CHOI from GLENDALE UNIVERSITY! the TWENTY FOUR year old JENNIE KIM lookalike is most known for being SELF ASSURED and GENEROUS. but they can also be ARROGANT and CALLOUS. the GENDERQUEER always reminds me of JUMPING FENCES TO GET AWAY, VODKA IN A WATERBOTTLE, AN OLD LEATHER JACKET TAKEN FROM YOUR MOM'S CLOSET. that’s probably why they currently have CANDY BY MGK on repeat. with THEM around, this school year is bound to be interesting.
♡ ─── basics
full name: audrina choi nicknake(s): audrey, rina age: twenty four birthday: january ninth sexual orientation: [redacted] relationship status: unknown, assumed single occupation: heiress, student, model
♡ ─── background
place of birth: seoul, south korea hometown: upper east side, manhattan, new york education: graduated from constance billard school for girls, currently attending glendale university
♡ ─── physical
faceclaim: jennie kim eye color: dark brown hair color: black height: 5′1
♡ ─── relatives
biological parents: choi myung-dae (father) & choi chi-yon (mother) adoptive guardians: viktor trimme & anika kuhn siblings: none, only child pets: casper, an orange cat & bandit, a german shepherd
♡ ─── biography / personality
when it comes to audrina’s adoption and their parents, there is no scandal- much to the disapintment of new york city. instead of being raised in south korea, audrina’s birth parents made the decision to give them up for adoption. it was an open adoption and audrina grew up with their birth parents as close family friends and their guardians, viktor and anika. viktor and anika were unable to have biological children of their own and after adopting audrina, they started a foundation meant to help in the adoption process for parents struggling.
it’s not as if audrina is hiding their sexuality. yhey just love having that part of their life hidden from the media and prying eyes. very careful not to be spotted, audrina has become the master at hiding their personal life from not only page 6 but gossip girl as well. it’s become a big speculation if they’re dating anyone at all and who is might be. anyone spotted with them is subject to the “are they dating” questions before it’s clear that whomever it is, is not audrina’s partner.
audrina is the person you want with you when things get complicated. they have a knack for either talking their way out of anything and when words don’t work, money sure does. most of the time the reason someone is in trouble is audrina’s fault but they don’t leave a friend behind. they do, however, leave pawns behind. “pawns are meant to be sacrificed for the queen to win.” high school it was clear they thought themself the queen bee of constance billard. it seems in college that mentality hasn’t died away but no longer are they making it known they want to be on top. not as obvious, at least.
audrina is a very “love them and leave them” type of person. commitment is a nasty word when it comes to relationships. rumor has it their best friend has a reward for the first person to get them to say ‘i love you’.
♡ ─── in character questionnaire
Parents names and occupations? Are they still together? Still alive?
“which set of parents are you talking about? myung-dae and chi-yon are owners of a ramyeon shop in korea. viktor is a criminal defense attorney and anika is a plastic surgeon. they’re all still alive.”
Where did you grow up?
“in the upper east side. manhattan. fifth avenue, to be specific.”
Relationship Status?
“wouldn’t you like to know? next question.”
What is your major?
“education. and no, i don’t want to be a teacher but i need a background in education so i can sit on school boards and reform the education system.”
Sexuality?
“you won’t get that answer from me. stop trying.”
Do you have a job?
“what? being a student isn’t good enough? i do some modelling as a hobby. i don’t need to work.”
Do you dorm at school? Have an apartment?
“i live in the same apartment i always have. i lived in the dorms for freshman year- it was required, and then moved out the second i could. community living isn’t for me.”
Hobbies?
“aside from modeling, i like reading. i’m into fashion- what upper east side kid isnt? oh- dancing and art too. recently took up taekwondo.”
If you had a warning label, what would yours say?
“tiny but mighty? no. uh- probably something to do with how i would kick your ass. i don’t know, i’m not that clever.”
What have you been up to over the summer?
“you know that better than i do. seem like a gossip girl reader. ask her, sure she knows.”
Last image taken on your cell phone?
Last text you received?
“next question.”
Where were you the night the fight broke out?
“korea, i was working.”
♡ ─── character inspirations
blair waldorf
jenny humphrey
narcissa malfoy
harley quinn
ingui "queen" yoon
klaus mikaelson
caroline forbes
rebekah mikaelson
♡ ─── wanted connections
sex money feelings dies ( open ) - think of exes but make it a one night stand but on top of that a frequent hook up. every time you say that won’t hook up with each other again. it’s not healthy, you both want past the relationship and let it go, but the moment y’all see each other from across the bar or at a party you just know you’ll end up in each other’s bed again
i saw you in a dream ( nadine alston ) - you guys were close. so close. thought there would never be a time you guys wouldn’t talk, but one thing lead to another and you’re left thinking about them when it’s just you and your thoughts. without them your life really hasn’t been the same, but is it worth getting past what happened to pick up the phone and call them?
painkiller ( juliana “jules” santos ) - best friends forever. literally. this person knows you inside out and you can’t see a day without them. they’re essentially your painkiller. you tell them everything and them back to you. they can tell if you’re feeling down just by the way you send your snapchat streaks that morning. you can’t see a day without them.
call your girlfriend ( open ) - this one is pretty messy. your muse is in a relationship, but there’s a huge flirtationship between these two. the flirtationship essentially becomes to both of these people attached to each other and maybe... even in love. but there’s still that relationship that’s in the way... YIKES
perfect places ( noah evans ) - party buddies but make it you guys just getting lost in the vibes because you don’t want to deal with life. it’s a good friendship. you guys get the thoughts in your head to go numb, but at a point it’s like what’s the point ?
femme fatale ( jared callahan ) - one muse is a huge fool for the other. they’re head over heels for them but they’re just playing around with the other’s feelings because hey ! it’s fun ! all of their friends tell them to ‘ just leave it you’re gonna get hurt ’, but they just continue to be boo boo the fool
ex affair ( open ) - basically your muse was the cheater and audrina the other woman but it ended for whatever reason.
family friends ( luca cartwright ) - friends who met through family, could either be close or it be an awkward situation because they don't really get along or know each other well.
squad goals ( tatiana “tati” reyes , juliana “jules” santos , open ) - just a close knit group of friends. the group chat is always going off with someone’s dramatics, one or more of the squad constantly featured together in social media and the press. one or more or all of them constantly sleeping over at audrina’s place. doesn’t matter the university, these friends have been ride or die since childhood at least.
♡ ─── wanted connections
these can be used in any direction the “you” does not mean your muse from the point of view from audrina, it can go either direction. i just like the #aesthetic of writing it this way.
001. open. you pulled away from me, so i pulled away from you. i pulled away when you hurt me. you pulled away when the world hurt you. and now we are both pulled away during a time when we are supposed to be pulled together. at some point i needed to put it all behind me. forget about you. forget about the way you made me wonder. and what we could have been. because it never happened, and it always got later, morning always turned into nights and the day was eventually over and nothing had changed. but it doesn’t mean that i don’t feel a damn thing, i do still feel a hole in my heart when they talk about you, i do still want to scream when i hear you have another life with someone else, i do still want to feel your kiss on my skin. and i do still love you.
002. open. we have no idea what personal boundaries are and yeah we’ve made out before a lot and yeah it was ok but we’re friends ok friends and why are you staring at me like that? why are you holding my hand always? why are you telling me how much you adore me? oh we’re not dating? oh you’ve been in love with me for years and i’m a doorknob and now things are awkward and i don’t know what to do to fix it.
003. open. i confessed i might be in love with and you said you weren’t interested in dating me because we’re just friends and i’m getting over that heartbreak but you show up on my doorstep and kiss me and we end up in bed and in the morning you tell me this was a mistake and before i can stop you, you leave. you show up again. lather rinse repeat. it’s not good for either of us but we keep doing it.
004. open. we tried the whole dating thing and it didn’t work out and we’ve moved beyond that. you’re my go-to friend on anything and everything and any problem you got i will fucking mow down hell to fix. wow your smile just lights up my world and please don’t be sad. who made you sad i will throw them in hell and mow them down and – oh wow. i never got over you. you’re my fucking world and i just want you to be happy but you can only see me as a friend because when you look at me you see our failed relationship but i’m not the same person i swear.
005. open. we’ve been best friends since we were kids, grew up next to each other and even though we aren’t from the same family we get confused for siblings a lot when we were younger. we’re older now and people keep thinking we’re dating but it’s not like that, we’re just extremely close. oh hey, you’re at my house more often than your own cause i don’t like to be alone at night and the neighbors think we’re together or having an affair and it’s funny to laugh about at dinners and we always get each other valentine’s presents since we were kids and you’re the first person i call when anything happens in my life. what? no, i’m not in love with them, they’re just my best friend.
006. open. “hey, open your front door. i’m here with chips, pizza, ice cream, and your favorite pastries. yes, i know it’s like 3am but i’m your best friend and i know you’re sad right now and i am here to comfort you.”
007. open. you’re not my ex anything. you were a passing moment, an almost a maybe one day we’ll be something but one day never came, you passed by and ‘almost’ didn’t happen. and yet it feels like something did because i know your favorite songs, what you think about late at night and how beautiful you thought i was. and i know you knew even more about me. our story was like an acute angle, a meeting point and then off in different directions. so close and then farther and farther away. we were an almost, maybe, someday.
008. open. tell me where we went wrong because it’s still not clear to me. there are still questions left unanswered and they’re killing me. tell me why we end up here, i thought we’d last a little bit longer. tell me what happened, why all of a sudden you decided to live without me. you just left. tell me how far should i walk away from you because i can’t turn away on my own. i’ve tried my best to let go but my life keeps coming back to you. i’ve tried to walk alone but i keep on looking back, hoping that every time that i turn, you’re there walking with me. tell me when to stop loving you because i don’t know how to stop this feeling.
009. open. if you’re alone, i’ll be your shadow. if you want to cry, i’ll be your shoulder. if you want a hug, i’ll be your pillow. if you need to be happy, i’ll be your smile… but anytime you need a friend, i’ll just be me.
010. open. things were great for a while before suddenly they weren’t. commitment doesn’t look good on you or me and now everything ends in a fight. you pushed me away so i pushed you away harder, the distance became catastrophic and the relationship imploded. hearts were shattered in the process and now you just bring back too many memories of what it felt like to be happy and to be in love so i just ignore you cause it feels easier than facing the truth that i miss you.
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Name: Sunny Wakana Quinn DoB: 12th of October, 1941. PoB: Tokyo, Capital of Japan Gender: Female Hair Color/Style: Ponytail, Black Eye Color: Blue Age: 26 (according to the game universe) and 30-31 (according to the Comic Universe) Height: 6’1” Weight: 158lbs Body Type: Musclar, thin Alias: Sun, Bes (Translation: Bae), Babe, toots. Scars or Birthmarks: None. Tattoos: None Personalities: Immature, Cheerful, kind, Cheeky, Sweet, well mannered, Lovely, sneaky, Seductive, Pervert, Positive, Capable of defending herself, Kind Disabilities: N/A Likes: her BF, being sneaky, Competition, Singing, focusing in her mission, dirty fun with her BF in their privacy (Insert Lenny face here), hanging out with her crush (which she does in her free-time.) Dislikes: Anyone stealing or flirting her BF, Spiders, Mafias. Fears: N/A Weapons: tranqulizer gun, Cloak and sharp dresser knife. RelationShips/Family Relationships: Sakura Wakana: Sunny is also professional at gardening according to her mum, she taught her. Taichi Haruki: Taichi teaches Sunny to fight, tells night stories with Sunny. Denji Haruto: Her best uncle, he often reads a books back when she was a child. Taken by Johnny National.
Headcanon Voice: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7mBqm8uO4Cg
Fighting Styles/Physical Strength: Kenpō, Taekwondo, Kickboxing, Being stealthy, avoiding any enemies or competitors, disguising any cloths or uniforms, whether from any enemies that she tranquilized which she pretends to be one of the civilians, enemies or competitors, pretty good at aiming with her tranquilizer gun and just shooting anyone it, knocking anyone unconscious or even killing them with sharp dresser knife anyway. Family: Sakura Wakana/Mum: She confirmed to be alive somewhere in Tokyo. Taichi Haruki/Dad: He confirmed to be alive in the capital of tokyo. Denji Haruto/Uncle: He confirmed alive, he moved to Okayama just to be famous. He had his own mansion And his famous Car, you could say his a billionaire. Job: She was employed by a organization somewhere in the badlands of new Mexico to secretly obtain information on an enemy or competitor in december. Bio: Born in Tokyo, capital of japan in the year 1941, Sunny is the assassin of Japan, normally he assassinates the leader of the Mafia group as she continues assassinates any mafias whatsoever, until years passed, Sunny recently hires at the organization location in badlands of New Mexico for a top secret missions (aka. Mann.Co headquarters), Sunny loves competitions, she gone pretty well going against them or whoever she encounters any enemies and just any competitors. She’ll eliminated them with strength and stealth or giving secret information with no problem. Which makes her the professional Spy in history. Other: Sunny could join the military but that didn’t sound any fun so she became a Agent instead. She often watches her BF fought and hanging out with him in her spare time. She and her BF are married in the future. In 1972.
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𝙢𝙚𝙚𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙢𝙪𝙣
— 𝙗𝙖𝙨𝙞𝙘𝙨
(𝙋𝙀𝙉)𝙉𝘼𝙈𝙀: quinn 𝙋𝙍𝙊𝙉𝙊𝙐𝙉𝙎: she/they 𝙕𝙊𝘿𝙄𝘼𝘾: aquarius 𝙎𝙄𝙉𝙂𝙇𝙀 / 𝙏𝘼𝙆𝙀𝙉: single
— 𝙩𝙝𝙧𝙚𝙚 𝙛𝙖𝙘𝙩𝙨
𝙞. i have an alright knowledge of german!! i’ve been studying it for a few years now, and i’m definitely not fluent and the grammar rules still trip me up sometimes, but i can hold conversations pretty decently!
𝙞𝙞. i take taekwondo classes twice a week - which, honestly, is very useful for writing fight scenes
𝙞𝙞𝙞. i’m the eldest of all the cousins in my family, which always made me automatic babysitter at family gatherings
— 𝙚𝙭𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚
i rped a bit on forums a few years ago, and i used to rp with a friend on discord for about a year or so, and now i’ve been doing rp on here for a little over a year!
— 𝙢𝙪𝙨𝙚 𝙥𝙧𝙚𝙛𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚
i tend to prefer writing ocs, because with canon characters unless their voice comes easily to me then i’m always paranoid about getting it wrong. but i especially tend to gravitate towards characters with some sort of complexity - a moral conundrum or some sort of darker aspect.
— 𝙨𝙪𝙗-𝙜𝙚𝙣𝙧𝙚𝙨
𝙛𝙡𝙪𝙛𝙛: i love writing fluff! even if it doesn’t further some bigger plot, i love just watching characters get closer and more comfortable with each other.
𝙨𝙢𝙪𝙩: i personally tend not to write smut, but i don’t have anything against it! i’m just not very confident in writing it.
𝙖𝙣𝙜𝙨𝙩: i love angst too! as much as i love and want the best for my characters, i also want to watch them break and study them like an evil scientist fhdskjhfksj
— 𝙥𝙡𝙤𝙩𝙨 𝙫𝙨. 𝙢𝙚𝙢𝙚𝙨
i’m fine with either! i tend to do more memes, because i’m very shy and not great at holding conversations at first, but i’m always open to plotting or just talking about headcanons or whatever!
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2024 olympians representing non-birth national by country part 7
Norway: Alexandre Christoffersen-Blonz, handball (France); Simen Guttormsen, athletics (U.S.A.); Sondre Guttormsen, athletics (U.S.A.);Jon-Hermann Hegg, shooting (Ireland); Amalie Iuel, athletics (Denmark); Grace Jacob-Bullen, wrestling (Eritrea); Solfrid Koanda, weightlifting (Finland); Zerei Mezngi, athletics (Eritrea); Marie-Therese Obst, athletics (Germany) & Kristoffer Ventura, golf (Mexico) Palestine: Yazon Al-Bawwab, swimming (Saudi Arabia); Layla Almastri, athletics (U.S.A.); Fares Badawi, judo (Syria); Omar Hantoli, taekwondo (U.A.E.); Jorge Sahle; Jr., shooting (Chile) & Valerie Tarazi, swimming (U.S.A.) Panama: Bernhard Christianson, swimming (U.S.A.) & Gianna Woodruff, athletics (U.S.A.) Papua New Guinea: Georgia-Leigh Rotuisolia, swimming (Australia) Peru: Inés Castillo, badminton (U.S.A.) & McKenna De Bever, swimming (U.S.A.) The Philippines: John Cabang, athletics (Spain); Aleah Finnegan, gymnastics (U.S.A.); Jarod Hatch, swimming (U.S.A.); Lauren Hoffman, athletics (U.S.A.); Emma Malabuyo, gymnastics (U.S.A.); Levi Ruivivar, gymnastics (U.S.A.) & Kayla Sanchez, swimming (Singapore) Poland: Maher Ben Hlima, athletics (Tunisia); Anastazja Kuś, athletics (Turkey); Wilfredo León, volleyball (Cuba); Anhelina Lysak, wrestling (Ukraine); Adrian Meronk, golf (Germany); Sandra Sysojeva, equestrian (Lithuania); Krystsina Tsimanouskaya, athletics (Belarus) & Mariya Zhodzik, athletics (Belarus) Portugal: Tsanko Arnaudov, athletics (Bulgaria); Thomas Augusto, skateboarding (U.S.A.); Eliana Bandeira, athletics (Brazil); Samuel Barata, athletics (Switzerland); Lorène Bazolo, athletics (Republic Of Congo); Jorge Da Fonseca, judo (São Tomé and Príncpe); Agate De Souza, athletics (São Tomé & Príncipe); Fatoumata Diallo, athletics (Guinea); Melanie Dos Santos, triathlon (Switzerland); Yu Fu, table tennis (China); Rochele Nunes, judo (Brazil); Pedro Pichardo, athletics (Cuba); Jieni Shao, table tennis (China) & Bárbara Timo, judo (Brazil) Puerto Rico: Jose Alvarado, basketball (U.S.A.); Jacqueline Benítez, basketball (U.S.A.); George Conditt IV, basketball (U.S.A.); Darian Cruz, wrestling (U.S.A.); Pedro Fernández, sailing (Cuba); Aleem Ford, basketball (U.S.A.); Alli Gibson, basketball (U.S.A.); Arella Guirantes, basketball (U.S.A.); Mya Hollingshed, basketball (U.S.A.); Jordan Howard, basketball (U.S.A.); Brianna Jones, basketball (U.S.A.); Chris Ortiz, basketball (U.S.A.); Ayden Owens-Delerme, athletics (U.S.A.); India Pagán, basketball (U.S.A.); Mariah Pérez, basketball (U.S.A.); Isaiah Piñeiro, basketball (U.S.A.); Steven Piñeiro, skateboarding (U.S.A.); Jasmine Quinn-Camacho, athletics (U.S.A.); Islays Quiñones, basketball (U.S.A.); Ethan Ramos, wrestling (U.S.A.); Davon Reed, basketball (U.S.A.); Sofía Roma, basketball (U.S.A.); Kristen Romano, swimming (U.S.A.); Ismael Romero, basketball (Cuba); Trinity San Antonio, basketball (U.S.A.); Gabby Scott, athletics (Germany); Jonovan Smith, wrestling (U.S.A.); Stevie Thompson; Jr., basketball (U.S.A.); Maycey Vieta, diving (U.S.A.) & Tremont Waters, basketball (U.S.A.) Qatar: Abubaker Abdalla, athletics (Sudan); Abderrahman Alsaleck, athletics (Saudi Arabia); Fares El-Bakh, weightlifting (Egypt); Bassem Hemeida, athletics (Egypt); Ahmed Tijan-Janko, volleyball (Gambia) & Cherif Younousse-Samba, volleyball (Senegal)
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── security alert , ( security alert ) !
alice kang is the youngest daughter of alisha bourne-kang and holland kang. she spent many years fantasizing about becoming an author, she didn’t expect to find her home in true crime. her main focus is uncovering the truth of fazbear entertainment following the disappearance of her sister in 2033.
birth name . alice kang
alias . roxie robin, ally quinn
gender . cis female ( she/her )
birthday . august 15th, 2020
place of birth . washington county, utah
zodiac signs . leo + rat
ethnicity . korean
nationality . american
languages . english, korean
── the show ( must ) go on !
occupation . freelance journalist / podcaster
skills . storytelling, hacking / coding, puzzle-solving
specialized training . gymnastics, taekwondo
schooling . high school graduate
socials . roxierobin (most social medias), [email protected] (professional email), roxierobinreveal.com (news site)
── when are ( you ) gonna ( decay ) ?
⌗ ⠀ 01. ⠀ she knows the mega pizzaplex like the back of her hand after hosting many of her birthday parties there
⌗ ⠀ 02. ⠀she has the high score on plushtrap chaser and monty’s mini-golf
⌗ ⠀ 03. ⠀roxanne wolf is her favorite animatronic. she also used to be a fan of bonnie, but he has been decommissioned
⌗ ⠀ 04. ⠀although her sister is her driving force to investigate the mega pizzaplex, she had already been hearing about disappearances since she could remember
⌗ ⠀ 05. ⠀though she denies it, alice is terrified to keep pursuing her leads. she doesn’t want something to happen to her and then no one be there to tell her story or release the information she found
#╰ * alice : profile .#fnaf oc#fnaf security breach#five nights at freddy's#security breach#security breach oc
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GREEN BELT • • • #greenbelt #belttest #unitymartialarts #taekwondo #taekwondogirl #broadway #quinn #harleybarley #girlscantoo https://www.instagram.com/p/B3QBinKH-oH/?igshid=1ssbdgrtemcs5
#greenbelt#belttest#unitymartialarts#taekwondo#taekwondogirl#broadway#quinn#harleybarley#girlscantoo
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Tom Daley’s gold and Kimia Alizadeh’s victories are milestones for the Olympic spirit
13 years after he first stepped on to the diving board at the 2008 Games in Beijing, 27-year old diver Tom Daley has made Olympic history by winning gold for Team GB in the synchronised 10 meter diving event, together with his teammate Matty Lee. By edging ahead of China’s Cao Yuan and Chen Aisen by just one point (471.81 versus 470.58), Daley underscored just how far the Olympic Games have come in terms of acceptance towards LGBT competitors; whereas just 11 openly gay athletes competed alongside Daley at his first Olympics in 2008, 56 took part in the 2016 Rio games and nearly 170 are now in Tokyo.The first few days of events at these Summer Olympics have produced several other dramatic milestones for marginalized communities. On Sunday, taekwondo competitor Kimia Alizadeh nearly won the Olympic Refugee Team’s first medal, losing a tough match to Turkey’s Hatice Kubra Ilgun in a bronze medal match in the -57 kg category.On her way to competing for a second Olympic medal, however, Iranian-born Alizadeh - who won bronze while competing for Iran at the Rio games in 2016 - defeated not only Team GB’s two-time gold medalist Jade Jones but also her friend and former teammate, Iran’s Nahid Kiyani. In doing so, Alizadeh delivered an emphatic message to Iran’s theocratic government, whose systemic discrimination against women drove her decision to defect from her home country last year.
A landmark Olympic Games for marginalised communities
Given these Summer Olympics have welcomed by far the largest number of queer athletes in the history of the Games, Tom Daley’s gold medal will not be the last historic moment for the LGBT community in Tokyo. Already, the 2020 Games have become a milestone for transgender and non-binary Olympians: while most media attention has centred on Laurel Hubbard, a transgender athlete who has travelled to Tokyo as part of New Zealand’s women’s weightlifting team, midfielder Quinn of the Canadian women’s football team officially became the first transgender person to compete in the Olympic Games last week.With public attitudes towards the queer community changing rapidly across much of the planet, Olympic milestones like Tom Daley’s gold medal feed into the Tokyo Olympics’ broader theme of inclusivity, gender equality, and “unity in diversity,” which was underscored by the joint male and female flagbearers who led each national team into the Olympic Stadium during last Friday’s opening ceremony, as well as the artists with disabilities who occupied a central role in the performances.As Daley said after winning his first gold medal ahead of pairs from China and Russia (both countries where same-sex marriage is not legal): “I came out in 2013 and when I was younger I always felt like the one that was alone and different and didn’t fit... I hope that any young LGBT person out there can see that no matter how alone you feel right now, you are not alone. You can achieve anything.”The achievements of Daley, Quinn, and other queer athletes at the Tokyo Games are rapidly replacing memories of the manifold controversies which faced organisers in the run up to the opening ceremony, including the removal of show director Kentaro Kobayashi after revelations of past comments about the Holocaust. They also offer new momentum to LGBT athletes and activists in Japan, who are using the Games as a platform to campaign for legal reforms around LGBT rights and who have worked closely with the national Olympic Committee to build upon the Olympic message of inclusion.
An Olympic-sized megaphone for refugees
Athletes outside of the queer community are also using the Tokyo Olympics as a platform to advocate for change, chief among them Kimia Alizadeh and her fellow members of the Olympic Refugee Team. The Games’ refugee contingent first competed at Rio in 2016, with International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach saying at the time that “we want to send a message of hope for all refugees in our world... having no national team to belong to, having no flag to march behind, having no national anthem to be played, these refugee athletes will be welcomed to the Olympic Games with the Olympic flag and with the Olympic Anthem.”As the media firestorm surrounding Alizadeh’s bout with her former teammate showed, however, the Germany-based taekwondo star still enjoys a considerable amount of support in her country of origin. When she defected from the Islamic Republic last year, Alizadeh called out a government which, in her words, “gave credit to compulsory hijab for my medals and praised their own management and wisdom.”Being the only Iranian woman to ever win an Olympic medal, Alizadeh’s defection and her impressive performance at the Tokyo Games have re-energized the debate over women’s participation in sports in Iran. As one of the top female athletes from a country where women have been barred from entering football stadiums since the 1979 Islamic Revolution and where the government’s handling of women’s sports has been an intensely contested topic between women’s rights campaigners on the one hand and conservative ruling elites on the other, Alizadeh’s efforts this past weekend represented nothing less than a victory over adversity.With a little under two weeks of events still to go, the Tokyo Olympics are sure to produce more stories like those of Tom Daley, Quinn, and Kimia Alizadeh, but for the young female, queer, and disabled athletes watching the competition and nursing their own Olympic dreams, the impact of these Games will be felt for years and decades to come. Edited by Shashank Singh Login to reply Read the full article
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