#ref: jules' musings

[whispercddesires]

[rain-filled-garden]

quick mention post to some minor blog updating that i've just done~, some muses now have "face claim basis is [insert chara]" noted on their about pages instead of just "face claim is [insert chara]" like the others-- which i mainly felt like adding because, while many of my muses differ in appearance from their FCs in some degree here or there-- at a base level, i feel these muses especially stand out, even if i have yet to make proper writing of that on said pages

[screwzara]

OC Masterpost

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All my OCs:

=============|Cryptid OCs|============

Sizzle

=============|Normal OCs|============

Muse

==========|Epiphany's Bind OCs|=========

Main~ 🤭

Lin | Actual Ref | [GL2 Ref Here] | Human!Lin |

Kren

Polle

Screw [Main OC no.5]

Morka-Reimos Family

Zara Reimos | Razz | Evra | Creature!Zara |

Rei Morka

K. Heikha Reimos [Drawn Ref Here]

Miora Morka

Friends

Judice P. Thabal | Pommi | Pike |

Harp Merryblossom | Lute | Hymn |

Ciera Mias | Ciel | Ire |

Burnadette A. Topaz

Teachers/Superiors/Mentors

Aidel Chrome

Porcelain 'Mage'

Mellow Fawn

Scabi Fawn

Void Dwellers

Ruwarka

Eldritch Graveyard... 'Residents'

Batch 1 [Concept]

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Zara

#1

Harp

#1

===========|Rampant Inc. OCs|==========

Main 👁️👁️

Myst [Main OC no.2]

Mentors/Teachers/Superiors

Farris Mourn(wholesome old man)

Lillian Jules(hehe mystery powers)

==========|Bleeding Hearts OCs|=========

Main Again? 👁️👁️✨

Marrow [Main OC no.3]

Crux [Main OC no.4]

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Overhaul In Progress

OC Fun Fact!

[A list of all my OC Fun Facts, made to be listed in a pattern]

======|Epiphany's Bind OC Fun Facts|======

Lin Fun Facts:

Fun Fact #?

Fun Fact #??

Minor Fun Facts:

Fun Fact #?

Zara Fun Facts:

Fun Fact #1

Fun Fact #2

Fun Fact #3

Fun Fact #4

Fun Fact #15

Minor Fun Facts:

Minor Fun Fact(?) #1

Minor Fun Fact #2

Minor Fun Fact #3

Minor Fun Fact #4 [Ft. Evra]

Rei Fun Facts:

Fun Fact #5

Fun Fact #6

Fun Fact #7

Fun Fact #8

Aidel Fun Facts:

Fun Fact #9

Fun Fact #10

Fun Fact #11

Fun Fact #12

Judice/Pomar Fun Facts:

Fun Fact #13

Fun Fact #14

Harp Fun Facts:

Fun Fact #16

========|Rampant Inc. Fun Facts|=========

Myst Fun Facts:

Fun Fact...

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Marrow Fun Facts:

...

Crux Fun Facts:

Hmmm

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Other persons OCs I have recreated:

==========|OCs I made for Fun|==========

Flamy-t's Main OC [Remake In Order]

Tsutsujinothere's Main OC [Remake In Order]

Lunarthefrieschild's Main OC [Remake In Order]

Boiling-Potato's Main OC [GL2 Remake Here]

Leaf-and-Judith's Main OCs [Remake In Order]

Clover-bean's Main OC

Urlocalgworllol and Emuiy's Main OCs

Gachaclubideas' Main OC

Rookie-choco's Main OC

Nyxxcore's Main(?) OC

Thebruhb0i's Main OC

In0ts0phia's Main(?) OC

Spooky-chee's Main(?) OC

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Afikaandthefandoms09's OC

Gachaclubideas' OC

Th4t-w13rd0-b1sh's OC

Spooky-chee's OC

Spooky-chee's OC(again)

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And some scenarios I made up with their OCs and mine:

======|My OC Interactions/Scenarios|======

Scenarios with Updates Designs

[Pending]

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Outdated Designs Included

A sleepy friend(Zara & Myst)

Something Broke(Zara & Myst)

Shippy Time~(Zara & Ciera)

Prequel to 'Prom/Dance Dresses'(Zara, Razz, Ciera & Ci)

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Scenarios with Updated Designs

[Pending]

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Outdated Designs Included

Hang Out???(Flamy-t, Tsutsuji & Lunar's OCs +mine)

Continuation to 'Hang Out???'(Flamy-t & my OC, brief mention of Emiuy & Lunar)

Sleepover Shenanigans(Flamy-t, Tsutsuji and My OC; Scenario by Tsutsujinothere)

Visit Gone Wrong(Flamy-t, Tsutsuji, Lunar, Boiling Potato and My OC)

Kitchen 'Noises'(--)

Invite(--)

Prom/Dance Dresses(Zara, Flamy and Tsutsuji +Ciera)

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Temporary OC Oneshot List:

A Promise To Forever Keep

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Note: This post is subject to change

[marurisen]

↪ NEW MUSE: JORDAN DE LA ROSA

writing up bio's is hard. bullet points are easy. i will update this as i remember things. but i love him so much.

jordan's world takes place in a futurist dystopian setting

he is 20 years old

he is 5′5″

he is not much of a fighter, rather preferring to stick back and read rather than learn to fight

he is SELECTIVELY MUTE. he only really talks with people he is incredibly comfortable with and even then it depends on the situation. he communicates mostly through ASL, which will be bolded in threads if he is using it. however, when he IS comfortable talking with people, he is a chatterbox and doesn't know how to shut up.

he speaks softly and doesn't like to raise his voice.

he can sing !! he won't sing for just anyone, even people he's close to ( ref 1, ref 2 ).

he is often accompanied by his best friend, ALLISON, who interprets for him.

his eyes are a soft shade of red-violet ( #a55977 ; ref 1, ref 2 ) due to his mother taking synthetic drugs while pregnant. because of of his eyes, he was given up at birth and was raised in a shelter.

people with unnaturally colored eyes are regarded as useless and worthless because of the drugs their parents took ; synthetic drugs were a craze because of how inexpensive they were and because the high was better -- though it didn't last nearly as long. when word of the negative side effects of the drugs started spreading, it was already too late for a portion of the population to get off of them, and they were tossed to the side and refused help. their children suffered the same fate.

he has ASTHMA as another result of the synthetic drugs his mother took while she was pregnant with him as and carries his inhaler with him at all times.

jordan carries a backpack with him at all times and his most prized possessions are old SHAZAM comic books. they were the only gifts ever given to him when he was younger and he cherishes them so much. he reads them EVERY NIGHT, and his dream is to be a hero like shazam and save people.

he and his friends ( allison + 3 others ) broke into a laboratory in an attempt to grab data that could help them make money to start a better life --- what they find instead is GABRIEL, who is hooked up to machines through wires all over his body. he isn't human, but that doesn't mean he doesn't have a soul--- and they take SAVE him. ( more info on gabriel will be shared later via jules but for now think of him like an even more advanced AI? shhhh just roll with it )

it takes some time but eventually the group of friends adopt gabriel into their little group and jordan takes a liking to gabriel because he is different, like he is. over time, they become close friends and eventually develop feelings for each other.

there is NOTHING jordan wouldn't do for gabriel. gabriel is THE most important person to jordan.

the scientist they stole gabriel from are after them to get him back. because they created him, they are able to disable his body, but the group of friends are able to grab gabriel's soul and run, putting it into a necklace that jordan keeps around his neck at all times.

the group's goal is to get gabriel a new body, one that is his and his alone without anyone having control over him. 

[quoteoftheweekblog]

QUOTATIONS - ORHAN PAMUK’S ‘THE RED-HAIRED WOMAN (FIRST PUBLISHED 2016)

First sentence:

‘I had wanted to be a writer.’ (Pamuk, 2017, p.3).

On thinking:

‘But what is this thing we call thinking, anyway?

By then I’d already learned that thoughts sometimes come to us in words, and sometimes in images.’ (Pamuk, 2017, p.5).

On reading:

‘I read a lot that summer: children’s books, Jules Verne’s “Journey to the Center of the Earth”, Edgar Allan Poe’s stories, poetry books, historical novels about the adventures of Ottoman warriors, and a book about dreams.’ (Pamuk, 2017, p.6).

On knowledge:

‘I marvelled at how a man who seemed like a bona fide engineer when it came to pouring cement, wiring a television to a car battery, and drawing the plans for a windlass could also speak of myths and fairy tales as if they’d really happened.’ (Pamuk, 2017, p.33).

‘What we learned from these painstakingly detailed miniatures was how ephemeral all those ancient lives had been, how quickly they’d all been forgotten, and how vain we were to think that we could grasp the meaning of life and history by learning a handful of facts.’ (Pamuk, 2017, p.155).

On life:

‘ ... the greatest happiness in life was to marry the girl you’d spent your youth reading books with in the passionate pursuit of a shared ideal.’ (Pamuk, 2017, p.34-5).

‘If you act as if nothing has happened, and if nothing more comes of it, you will indeed find that nothing has happened after all.’ (Pamuk, 2017, p.113).

‘Readers shouldn’t imagine us a couple of effete intellectuals who did nothing but watch art films ... ‘ (Pamuk, 2017, p.159).

On red-haired women:

‘A note to inquisitive souls reading this story in the future: unfortunately, in those days, when an attractive, red-haired woman ... told a man, “Let’s go for a walk” at ten-thirty at night, most men could infer only one thing.’ (Pamuk, 2017, p.87).

‘ ... the West portrayed red-haired women as fiery, assertive shrews … in our country, a redhead was a woman of easy virtue.’ (Pamuk, 2017, p.237).

‘I have never regretted any of my decisions after the day I dyed my hair red.’ (Pamuk, 2017, p.242).

On writing:

‘ “I’ve been thinking of writing plays,” I said, with the self-important air of a pretentious schoolboy. “But first I should read some. I’ll start with the classics: “Oedipus the King.” ‘ (Pamuk, 2017, p.88).

‘Perhaps I could even write a novel about the Red-Haired Woman.’ (Pamuk, 2017, p.92).

On East/West:

‘I mused that Iranians were not like us Turks who had become so Westernized that we’d forgotten our old poets and myths.’ (Pamuk, 2017, p.134-5).

On folklore and mythology:

‘But I also believed that if I kept exploring this boundless sea of stories, I might eventually solve the riddle of my own life and finally land on peaceful shores.’ (Pamuk, 2017, p.139).

‘We were watching another film one day, and though it was set entirely in the present, we could still detect each and every plot point borrowed from “Farhad and Shirin.” I always say that even if these books are forgotten, their stories are retold so often that they live on somehow.’ (Pamuk, 2017, p.151).

‘The things you hear in old myths and folktales always end up happening in real life.’ (Pamuk, 2017, p.235).

REFERENCE

Pamuk, O. (2017 [2016] ) 'The red-haired woman'. Translated by Ekin Oklap. Amazon.com [E-book]. Available at: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Red-Haired-Woman-Orhan-Pamuk-ebook/dp/B071GPP512/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=the+red+haired+woman&qid=1634549446&qsid=262-0278765-5636138&s=books&sr=1-1&sres=B0755PJ86Q%2C0233987398%2CB00QAU107Q%2CB08LGMQPP4%2CB08LG7YQYH%2C8439732562%2CB004CYF91K%2CB08KWQWK12%2CB09BLRTYM1%2CB09BGPDYG2%2CB09BGKKJTC%2CB09BGKKJT5%2CB096D1C4TY%2CB096D17THH%2CB096CYQJJV%2CB096CTX65J (Accessed 18 October 2021).

[gadgetsrevv]

Arsenal and Emery’s plan badly backfires at Liverpool. PLUS — Griezmann steps up for Barcelona

Gab Marcotti is here to recap a busy, dramatic weekend in soccer. Welcome to Monday Musings.

Jump to: Arsenal’s errors at Liverpool | Real still a mess | Spurs’ Eriksen problem | Refs wreck Fiorentina vs. Napoli? | PSG need Neymar | More Man United woe | Mihajlovic is inspiring | Lewandowski carries Bayern | Griezmann the hero for Barca | Business as usual for Juve | Milan’s epic fail

What Arsenal got wrong vs. Liverpool

Unai Emery’s resume is what will likely get him a pass for what Arsenal fans saw on Saturday. A decade at the highest level with Valencia, Seville and Paris Saint-Germain, often succeeding because of his tactical nous and his ability to read opponents and exploit their weaknesses, means that you want to give the benefit of the doubt. But having watched the approach to Liverpool away at Anfield, it’s a tough thing to do.

It’s not just the midfield diamond that ceded the flanks to Jurgen Klopp’s crew (who, for those not paying attention, have two pretty darn good providers in Andy Robertson and Trent Alexander-Arnold). Nor was it the decision to try to keep possession without Lucas Torreira, your second-best passer. Nor was it the insistence on playing out from the back against arguably the best high-press team in the Premier League, just a week after another high-press team, Burnley, had given them fits. And, for that matter, neither was it the reluctance to occasionally mix in the long ball (the two times they did it, it worked well) when you have speedy forwards like Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Nicolas Pepe.

It’s that it’s really difficult to figure out what pathway Emery sees towards success at Arsenal.

Emery’s career has earned him some time, but there’s little sense in how he set Arsenal up in Saturday’s defeat at Liverpool.

There’s nothing wrong with adding Dani Ceballos for a season in midfield, but if you’re trying to build something, do you really want everything to hinge so heavily around a guy who’s there on loan? And given that it’s hard to find a natural home for Mesut Ozil and Henrikh Mkhitaryan in the setups he has used this season, is it really wise to write them off at this stage?

Arsenal finished two points away from third place last season in Emery’s first Premier League campaign. They may well hit the target this season, or come close to it, but that has more to do with issues elsewhere. The real goal has to be reducing the 27 points that separated them from Liverpool in second. It’s not clear at all that Saturday did that.

– Weekend Review: Are Tottenham getting stale? – O’Hanlon: Should we be worried about “superteam” Man City? – Jones: Sheffield United prove heart can beat talent

As for the European champions, they played with big-game vitality and intensity as Klopp opted to turn in one of his extreme high-press performances. I’m not sure how often we’ll see that from him this season. It’s extremely taxing on the front men and the midfielders, which is why, incidentally, you should expect more rotation in the middle of the park this year. Not to mention the fact that you’re always vulnerable to the ball over the top or teams with enough quality to break the press wide open.

All that said, in one-offs and for shorter spurts during games, it remains a devastating weapon.

Real Madrid still a mess

Against Valladolid, Real Madrid managed to field not just an entire XI without newcomers, but also one where every outfield player was on the club’s books since at least 2014. Sure, Eden Hazard is injured (and you assume they’ll make room for him when fit) but apart from two Luka Jovic substitute appearances, we haven’t seen any of the four new signings. Instead, we’re seeing plenty of James Rodriguez and Gareth Bale, two guys with giant “For Sale” tags around their necks for most of the summer.

Zinedine Zidane is doing things his way, and to be fair, the Pep Guardiola-style 4-1-4-1 we saw in the first half Saturday is worth revisiting. Less impressive was the late collapse that left two points on the table. And the fact that Valladolid’s equaliser was scored by a guy named Guardiola (Sergi, no relation, although he was once on Barca’s books), makes it hurt a little bit more.

I made this point before but it’s worth making again: no clean sheets and two points dropped after two games does not mean Real Madrid absolutely need to sign Neymar. Their four new signings have played a total of 34 minutes, and they’re already stacked in Neymar’s position. (What’s more, Zidane is getting those guys on the pitch.)

There may be a price/package at which Neymar makes sense, but most likely, there isn’t.

Tottenham’s Eriksen problem

Tottenham knew what they were getting when Newcastle United rolled into town. They were taking on an embattled veteran manager who had lost his first two games and was getting criticised locally. No prizes for guessing what Steve Bruce was going to do: sit deep with a virtual 7-2-1 formation and pray for the best.

So why take the pitch without Giovani Lo Celso and Christian Eriksen, arguably Spurs’ two best creative passers? Beats me.

Mauricio Pochettino’s negativity over Eriksen and his contractual situation — he recently called it “difficult” and said he “didn’t know” if the Dane had played his last game for the club — is understandable to some degree and you can find some sympathy too. But equally, that’s not a reason to bench him or, for that matter, Jan Vertonghen, the guy who was (and maybe still is?) Tottenham’s vice-captain until last season.

You can blame the media for many things but there are legitimate questions to answer about the club’s strategy and the degree of freedom which Pochettino has… or maybe doesn’t have as manager.

Refs ruin Fiorentina vs. Napoli?

After the wild Magic Mountain ride that was Napoli’s 4-3 win away to Fiorentina in Serie A’s curtain-raiser, the last thing you want to do is talk referees. But that crew, particularly with the penalty Dries Mertens “won,” leaves little choice.

You can understand the mistake in awarding it — referees are human and Davide Massa isn’t just human, he’s not particularly good either — it’s harder to accept why VAR didn’t ask him to take another look. The whole crew is likely to sit out the next round (and Mertens, reportedly, could face retrospective punishment), which is encouraging.

On the pitch, Fiorentina’s young ones (who later made way for the golden oldies, Franck Ribery and Kevin-Prince Boateng) were fun to watch and played without fear. It will be a transition season but the future is bright. As for Napoli, the Smurf Squad did its thing and with Arkadiusz Milik and Hirving “Chucky” Lozano added to the mix, this is a side that can beat you many different ways.

PSG might need Neymar after all

Last season it was the teeny, tiny senior squad: a direct result of Financial Fair Play. This year, Paris Saint-Germain have more bodies but they’re dealing with injuries. Against Toulouse they lost Edinson Cavani, Abdou Diallo and Kylian Mbappe in one fell swoop, which rather muted celebrations for their 4-0 win.

None of the injuries looked season-ending, God forbid, and we’ll get an update soon, but with Neymar out of the squad pending the final days of the transfer window, it’s looking like an uphill ride for Thomas Tuchel. What does appear clear (despite the naysayers) is that if the transfer deadline comes and goes and Neymar is still there, he’ll be a professional and quickly slip back into the lineup. For Tuchel, that won’t come soon enough.

What does Solskjaer want Man United to be?

Aside for a few episodes — think the Marcus Rashford missed spot-kick, some strong penalty appeals — Manchester United could easily have beaten Crystal Palace. And while they weren’t stellar, they didn’t play particularly badly either. But they remain a frustratingly one-dimensional team: fine on the counterattack and toothless with the ball, unless Paul Pogba invents something or Rashford picks out that little pass for Anthony Martial that seemingly nobody can cope with.

That’s what is disconcerting here. We know Ole Gunnar Solskjaer can do that reasonably well, but what else can he do? Is there an alternative way of playing — one that actually works — that he can turn to? That bit isn’t clear at all.

It’s not just about personnel (though it’s pretty clear he would have liked a couple more signings) which, to some degree, is out of his control. It’s about what he can affect: the way United play and right now, it seems to be in transition only. That has to change if they’re going to finish top four.

Mihajlovic is inspiring

Six weeks after telling the world he was battling a severe form of leukemia, Bologna coach Sinisa Mihajlovic slipped out of the hospital and took his place on the sideline for his team’s opening fixture, a 1-1 draw at Verona. Doctors had initially advised against it but relented when they saw his mind was made up. And anyone who has followed his career as a manager and a player will tell you that once he’s determined to do something, there’s no stopping him.

The players themselves only found out a few hours before kickoff. He wore a baseball cap and a large bandage on his neck. He was gaunt and had clearly lost a lot of weight. It obviously was a struggle but in case you hadn’t noticed, whatever else Mihajlovic is, this man is a warrior. He’ll fight cancer the way he lived his life: no retreat and no surrender.

Lewandowski keeps carrying Bayern

Robert Lewandowski‘s hat-trick overshadowed Philippe Coutinho‘s debut (he came on as a substitute) on Saturday in Bayern’s 3-0 win over Schalke and it’s as good a time as any to remind ourselves of his everyday brilliance. He has scored every single Bayern goal this season. He has 197 in 246 appearances in all competitions and since 2010, he has missed just 16 league games for Bayern and Borussia Dortmund.

Appearing on the Gab + Jules podcast last week, Jan Aage Fjortoft said “they must go to church every day in Munich praying he doesn’t get injured.” He’s right. He carries the can on his own up front and, for most of his tenure, he’s had no credible back up.

It’s not surprising, then, that Bayern are about to extend his contract by another two seasons, taking him up to 2023. When you’ve been that consistent for that long, doing otherwise would be madness.

Griezmann proves himself for Barca

With Lionel Messi, Ousmane Dembele and Luis Suarez unavailable, Ernesto Valverde conjured up a new front three for the visit of Real Betis Sunday night. Alongside Antoine Griezmann were Rafinha (who had played once since November 2018) and Carles Perez, who had played 35 minutes of top-flight football in his entire career. (He was later replaced by Ansu Fati, who is only the second youngest debutant in the club’s history.)

Having gone a goal down, they stormed back to win 5-2 and a lot of the credit has to go to Griezmann. It wasn’t just his two goals: it was the leadership, drive and personality he gave the side (evidently qualities seared into his DNA after years with Diego Simeone), which, at times, had you forgetting that you-know-who wasn’t there. Critics will fault Rubi’s top-heavy Betis side for failing to manage the lead but the way Barca’s second half unfolded, there was no containing them.

As with Real Madrid, they’ll want to think long and hard about whether they really need/want Neymar…

Business as usual for Juventus

There wasn’t much new or interesting in Juve’s seasonal debut, a 1-0 win over Parma. None of the new signings started and, in fact, the new manager Maurizio Sarri, battling pneumonia, wasn’t there either. Leading the line was Gonzalo Higuain, who resurrected his old Real Madrid partnership with Cristiano Ronaldo.

Might he end up doing so all season long for Juve? It’s increasingly looking that way, if only by default. Of the club’s three potential centerforwards, he’s the least likely to leave and he’s the one who knows Sarri best.

Milan get a little too creative

Milan boss Marco Giampaolo said that his formation didn’t work in the opening day 1-0 defeat to Udinese. Kudos for honesty, even though he did sound like Captain Obvious following a game that saw his team fail to record a shot on target and his centerforward, Krzysztof Piatek, get just 18 touches.

Giampaolo is an “outside-the-box” type of guy who likes to get creative, so he’s entitled to be unconventional. But playing a midfield three of Fabio Borini, Hakan Calhanoglou and Lucas Paqueta plus Suso in the hole behind the Piatek-Samu Castillejo partnership is waaaaayyyy outside the box.

It’s simply lining up without recognised central midfielders. To paraphrase Billy Joel, do that and you walk away a fool or a king. He was no king on Sunday.

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[fairymint-archive]

📂 Felix 📂Your choice

Send “📂“ for a random yet completely useless headcanon I have

Something I probably need to be the forefront of his next ref I draw;Despite Felix preferring a Zen/Japanese decorative style and living space, His clothing has a particular aesthetic. His faceclaims wear kind of preppy stuff but.

something close to hip-hop, like Streetwear with the occasional splash of color here and there, for example a black baseball tee with a bow or something.Felix has always had One Good Blue Hoodie, with a new one only to replace if the other gets lost. This predates Sans’s creation by many, many years coincidentally, with the first one hiding his figure as a kid while the 2nd one is a lot thinner. He’d look like he was at home in Lethal League or a Skate Park, and out of all of my muses would probably blend in the best (not even mentioning the villager verse’s outfit changing capacity)While he’s short af and it’s cute to imagine him decked out in pastels and super feminine, he would, but not when traveling solo. So only if he’s with a group or his s/o. (or maybe it’s all under the hoodie as it zips off AFAIK)

💎 Jules and his siblings kind of have a care difficulty stereotypical of their birth order. It’s not on purpose, but he’s the oldest and easiest. It’s his agreeability that makes him take after his fathers the most, while Saige needs supervision because of her independence and willfulness, while Cheddar has separation anxiety and gets into everything as well as chasing everything.

He admires his parents a lot and tries to emulate them, rather than having a more unique or difficult personality like his blond siblings.

[suedestars-blog]

Quick Ref Sheet || Mun and Muse Edition!

tagged by: @awonderment​ tagging: @fcrinas​ @cjjae​ @includingfire​ @flawedhumaniity​ @hcjima​ @rennisaint​ @kissedbystars​ @cosmileu @paperjoon @sxgacxxkie

Muse:

Name: julia Nickname: jules, lia, j Zodiac Sign: scorpio. Gender: female. Favourite Colour: maroon. Average Hours of Sleep: five-seven hours Last Thing They Googled: german chocolate cake. Height: 5′10″

Mun:

Name: alexandra Nickname: alex. noodle head.  Zodiac Sign: crybaby cancer ( i cry like once every 6 months but ya ) Gender: female. Favorite Colour: coral. Average Hours of Sleep: i mean i guess im sleepin good again, 7-8hrs instead of the usual 4 lol Height: 5′9-5′10″ idk

[battleust]

REPOST, DO NOT REBLOG. QUICK REF SHEET   ||   MUN & MUSE EDITION!

TAGGED BY :   @sunbruise  ty wonderful !  RULES:  tag 10 of your followers that you want to know better!

muse:

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Arsenal and Emery’s plan badly backfires at Liverpool. PLUS: Griezmann steps up for Barcelona

Gab Marcotti is here to recap a busy, dramatic weekend in soccer. Welcome to Monday Musings.

Jump to: Arsenal’s errors at Liverpool | Real still a mess | Spurs’ Eriksen problem | Refs wreck Fiorentina vs. Napoli? | PSG need Neymar | More Man United woe | Mihajlovic is inspiring | Lewandowski carries Bayern | Griezmann the hero for Barca | Business as usual for Juve | Milan’s epic fail

What Arsenal got wrong vs. Liverpool

Unai Emery’s resume is what will likely get him a pass for what Arsenal fans saw on Saturday. A decade at the highest level with Valencia, Seville and Paris Saint-Germain, often succeeding because of his tactical nous and his ability to read opponents and exploit their weaknesses, means that you want to give the benefit of the doubt. But having watched the approach to Liverpool away at Anfield, it’s a tough thing to do.

It’s not just the midfield diamond that ceded the flanks to Jurgen Klopp’s crew (who, for those not paying attention, have two pretty darn good providers in Andy Robertson and Trent Alexander-Arnold). Nor was it the decision to try to keep possession without Lucas Torreira, your second-best passer. Nor was it the insistence on playing out from the back against arguably the best high-press team in the Premier League, just a week after another high-press team, Burnley, had given them fits. And, for that matter, neither was it the reluctance to occasionally mix in the long ball (the two times they did it, it worked well) when you have speedy forwards like Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Nicolas Pepe.

It’s that it’s really difficult to figure out what pathway Emery sees towards success at Arsenal.

Emery’s career has earned him some time but there’s little sense in how he set Arsenal up in Saturday’s defeat at Liverpool.

There’s nothing wrong with adding Dani Ceballos for a season in midfield, but if you’re trying to build something, do you really want everything to hinge so heavily around a guy who’s there on loan? And given that it’s hard to find a natural home for Mesut Ozil and Henrikh Mkhitaryan in the set-ups he has used this season, is it really wise to write them off at this stage?

Arsenal finished two points away from third place last season, in Emery’s first Premier League campaign. They may well hit the target this season, or come close to it but that has more to do with issues elsewhere. The real goal has to be reducing the 27 points that separated them from Liverpool in second. It’s not clear at all that Saturday did that.

– Weekend Review: Are Tottenham getting stale? – O’Hanlon: Should we be worried about “superteam” Man City? – Jones: Sheffield United prove heart can beat talent

As for the European champions, they played with big-game vitality and intensity as Klopp opted to turn in one of his extreme high-press performances. I’m not sure how often we’ll see that from him this season. It’s extremely taxing on the front men and the midfielders, which is why, incidentally, you should expect more rotation in the middle of the park this year. Not to mention the fact that you’re always vulnerable to the ball over the top or teams with enough quality to break the press wide open.

All that said, in one-offs and for shorter spurts during games, it remains a devastating weapon.

Real Madrid still a mess

Against Valladolid, Real Madrid managed to field not just an entire XI without newcomers, but also one where every outfield player was on the club’s books since at least 2014. Sure, Eden Hazard is injured (and you assume they’ll make room for him when fit) but apart from two Luka Jovic substitute appearances, we haven’t seen any of the four new signings. Instead, we’re seeing plenty of James Rodriguez and Gareth Bale, two guys with giant “For Sale” tags around their necks for most of the summer.

Zinedine Zidane is doing things his way and, to be fair, the Pep Guardiola-style 4-1-4-1 we saw in the first half Saturday is worth revisiting. Less impressive was the late collapse that left two points on the table. And the fact that Valladolid’s equaliser was scored by a guy named Guardiola (Sergi, no relation, though he was once on Barca’s books), makes it hurt a little bit more.

I made this point before but it’s worth making again: no clean sheets and two points dropped after two games does not mean Real Madrid absolutely need to sign Neymar. Their four new signings have played a total of 34 minutes and they’re already stacked in Neymar’s position. (What’s more, Zidane is getting those guys on the pitch.)

There may be a price/package at which Neymar makes sense but most likely, there isn’t.

Tottenham’s Eriksen problem

Tottenham knew what they were getting when Newcastle United rolled into town. They were taking on an embattled veteran manager who had lost his first two games and was getting criticised locally. No prizes for guessing what Steve Bruce was going to do: sit deep with a virtual 7-2-1 formation and pray for the best.

So why take the pitch without Giovani Lo Celso and Christian Eriksen, arguably Spurs’ two best creative passers? Beats me.

Mauricio Pochettino’s negativity over Eriksen and his contractual situation — he recently called it “difficult” and said he “didn’t know” if the Dane had played his last game for the club — is understandable to some degree and you can find some sympathy too. But equally, that’s not a reason to bench him or, for that matter, Jan Vertonghen, the guy who was (and maybe still is?) Tottenham’s vice-captain until last season.

You can blame the media for many things but there are legitimate questions to answer about the club’s strategy and the degree of freedom which Pochettino has… or maybe doesn’t have as manager.

Refs ruin Fiorentina vs. Napoli?

After the wild Magic Mountain ride that was Napoli’s 4-3 win away to Fiorentina in Serie A’s curtain-raiser, the last thing you want to do is talk referees. But that crew, particularly with the penalty Dries Mertens “won,” leaves little choice.

You can understand the mistake in awarding it — referees are human and Davide Massa isn’t just human, he’s not particularly good either — it’s harder to accept why VAR didn’t ask him to take another look. The whole crew is likely to sit out the next round (and Mertens, reportedly, could face retrospective punishment), which is encouraging.

On the pitch, Fiorentina’s young ones (who later made way for the golden oldies, Franck Ribery and Kevin-Prince Boateng) were fun to watch and played without fear. It will be a transition season but the future is bright. As for Napoli, the Smurf Squad did its thing and with Arkadiusz Milik and Hirving “Chucky” Lozano added to the mix, this is a side that can beat you many different ways.

PSG might need Neymar after all

Last season it was the teeny, tiny senior squad: a direct result of Financial Fair Play. This year, Paris Saint-Germain have more bodies but they’re dealing with injuries. Against Toulouse they lost Edinson Cavani, Abdou Diallo and Kylian Mbappe in one fell swoop, which rather muted celebrations for their 4-0 win.

None of the injuries looked season-ending, God forbid, and we’ll get an update soon, but with Neymar out of the squad pending the final days of the transfer window, it’s looking like an uphill ride for Thomas Tuchel. What does appear clear (despite the naysayers) is that if the transfer deadline comes and goes and Neymar is still there, he’ll be a professional and quickly slip back into the lineup. For Tuchel, that won’t come soon enough.

What does Solskjaer want Man United to be?

Aside for a few episodes — think the Marcus Rashford missed spot-kick, some strong penalty appeals — Manchester United could easily have beaten Crystal Palace. And while they weren’t stellar, they didn’t play particularly badly either. But they remain a frustratingly one-dimensional team: fine on the counterattack and toothless with the ball, unless Paul Pogba invents something or Rashford picks out that little pass for Anthony Martial that seemingly nobody can cope with.

That’s what is disconcerting here. We know Ole Gunnar Solskjaer can do that reasonably well, but what else can he do? Is there an alternative way of playing — one that actually works — that he can turn to? That bit isn’t clear at all.

It’s not just about personnel (though it’s pretty clear he would have liked a couple more signings) which, to some degree, is out of his control. It’s about what he can affect: the way United play and right now, it seems to be in transition only. That has to change if they’re going to finish top four.

Mihajlovic is inspiring

Six weeks after telling the world he was battling a severe form of leukemia, Bologna coach Sinisa Mihajlovic slipped out of the hospital and took his place on the sideline for his team’s opening fixture, a 1-1 draw at Verona. Doctors had initially advised against it but relented when they saw his mind was made up. And anyone who has followed his career as a manager and a player will tell you that once he’s determined to do something, there’s no stopping him.

The players themselves only found out a few hours before kickoff. He wore a baseball cap and a large bandage on his neck. He was gaunt and had clearly lost a lot of weight. It obviously was a struggle but in case you hadn’t noticed, whatever else Mihajlovic is, this man is a warrior. He’ll fight cancer the way he lived his life: no retreat and no surrender.

Lewandowski keeps carrying Bayern

Robert Lewandowski‘s hat-trick overshadowed Philippe Coutinho‘s debut (he came on as a substitute) on Saturday in Bayern’s 3-0 win over Schalke and it’s as good a time as any to remind ourselves of his everyday brilliance. He has scored every single Bayern goal this season. He has 197 in 246 appearances in all competitions and since 2010, he has missed just 16 league games for Bayern and Borussia Dortmund.

Appearing on the Gab + Jules podcast last week, Jan Aage Fjortoft said “they must go to church every day in Munich praying he doesn’t get injured.” He’s right. He carries the can on his own up front and, for most of his tenure, he’s had no credible back up.

It’s not surprising, then, that Bayern are about to extend his contract by another two seasons, taking him up to 2023. When you’ve been that consistent for that long, doing otherwise would be madness.

Griezmann proves himself for Barca

With Lionel Messi, Ousmane Dembele and Luis Suarez unavailable, Ernesto Valverde conjured up a new front three for the visit of Real Betis Sunday night. Alongside Antoine Griezmann were Rafinha (who had played once since November 2018) and Carles Perez, who had played 35 minutes of top-flight football in his entire career. (He was later replaced by Ansu Fati, who is only the second youngest debutant in the club’s history.)

Having gone a goal down, they stormed back to win 5-2 and a lot of the credit has to go to Griezmann. It wasn’t just his two goals: it was the leadership, drive and personality he gave the side (evidently qualities seared into his DNA after years with Diego Simeone), which, at times, had you forgetting that you-know-who wasn’t there. Critics will fault Rubi’s top-heavy Betis side for failing to manage the lead but the way Barca’s second half unfolded, there was no containing them.

As with Real Madrid, they’ll want to think long and hard about whether they really need/want Neymar…

Business as usual for Juventus

There wasn’t much new or interesting in Juve’s seasonal debut, a 1-0 win over Parma. None of the new signings started and, in fact, the new manager Maurizio Sarri, battling pneumonia, wasn’t there either. Leading the line was Gonzalo Higuain, who resurrected his old Real Madrid partnership with Cristiano Ronaldo.

Might he end up doing so all season long for Juve? It’s increasingly looking that way, if only by default. Of the club’s three potential centerforwards, he’s the least likely to leave and he’s the one who knows Sarri best.

Milan get a little too creative

Milan boss Marco Giampaolo said that his formation didn’t work in the opening day 1-0 defeat to Udinese. Kudos for honesty, even though he did sound like Captain Obvious following a game that saw his team fail to record a shot on target and his centerforward, Krzysztof Piatek, get just 18 touches.

Giampaolo is an “outside-the-box” type of guy who likes to get creative, so he’s entitled to be unconventional. But playing a midfield three of Fabio Borini, Hakan Calhanoglou and Lucas Paqueta plus Suso in the hole behind the Piatek-Samu Castillejo partnership is waaaaayyyy outside the box.

It’s simply lining up without recognised central midfielders. To paraphrase Billy Joel, do that and you walk away a fool or a king. He was no king on Sunday.

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