#sometimes this is a sports blog

[hamletthedane]

Being at the stadium to watch your team hit a GRAND SLAM that pulls them ahead from their 5-2 trail - clinching a spot at the NCAA WORLD SERIES (!!!!) - is something that can be a religious experience, actually

[the-plantman-is-queer]

I’m going insane rn

Doing one of my never-ending rereads and... even when Neil hated Andrew and fully believed all the worst rumors, he still expected someone to be in Andrew’s corner... and then in book three we see him decide to be that person:

something about the way Neil, a perfect stranger to the concepts of friendship and teamwork, still expected better from Andrew’s team and family... I know that’s the entire core of their relationship but it still knocks a hole in my chest to see it laid out so baldly

[starshipoftheseus]

DOCTOR WHO (1996) dir. Geoffrey Sax

[athina-blaine]

kb/ms is truly transcendental yaoi, spectacular, amazing, 10/10, no notes ... from the perspective of a mithrun enjoyer

as a kabru enjoyer, however...

I'll start off by saying that of course Kabru doesn't want or need a romantic relationship to be fulfilled, especially not with a white man, none of them do, it's all non-canon, Dungeon Meshi isn't about romance or shipping, yes yes yes, but none of us are here for that right now!! We're here to fruitlessly argue why my blorbos kissing makes more sense than your blorbos kissing!! You know it, I know it, none of us are free of cringe!! Clown on clown violence!!

That being said ... 🤡

I just don't see what Kabru gets out of kb/ms. With Mithrun, it makes sense; Kabru has a huge impact on him and ultimately helps him reaffirm his will to live. That's very exquisite drama and excellent character writing. But with Kabru, I just don't feel that Mithrun's character interacts with his personal flaws and would instigate his growth anywhere close to the same degree. I have to imagine most fics involving them focus more on Mithrun's baggage and how Kabru helps him heal from that ... because that's mostly all that happens between them in the main story, lol!

And like, that makes sense, because ultimately chapters 61-62 aren't about Kabru and Mithrun; they're about Kabru working through his conflicted feelings in helping Laios conquer the dungeon. I think it's ironic seeing people complain about kb/ms having Kabru be Mithrun's accessory when, if anything, Mithrun's main narrative purpose, outside of illustrating the danger of the Winged Lion, is to serve as Kabru's obstacle. I'd even argue Mithrun represents Kabru's personal bad ending; Mithrun wants him to kill Laios and surrender the dungeon to the canaries, preventing the short-lived races from ever understanding how dungeons function and returning to the status quo that had gotten Utaya destroyed. It's only when Laios practically forces Kabru, straight up puts his thumbs to the screws, to work past his reticence and be emotionally vulnerable that Kabru finally puts himself on the right path to achieve his goals (it's, uh, still a bit of a bumpy ride, but they get there in the end, lol!). If he'd been this way with Laios from the beginning, he might have understood Laios' intentions from the start and saved himself a lot of pain, but it's only because of Laios' influence that Kabru is able to grow as a character and get his happy ending.

(And even if one were a Mithrun enjoyer, ultimately the main source of Mithrun's life affirmation comes from the canaries. In that final scene, Kabru gets the ball rolling because he's outside of the canary hierarchy, but the scene ends with Mithrun being embraced by the canaries and as far as I'm aware the two don't interact with or reference each other post canon at all. Hell, it's Senshi who really drives the point home. Not that it matters when we're all wearing shipping goggles here, but it felt remiss not to mention it.)

At most, I can see how taking care of Mithrun would force Kabru to reexamine how poorly he takes care of his own body and that could make for some good drama. But even then, that change is ultimately instigated by Laios' influence on him, an extension of how Kabru wants to understand how Laios can see the value in monsters in an attempt to better understand his own trauma. If a person were to get into Dungeon Meshi specifically for Kabru and wanted to ship him with someone in a way that's most interesting for him, I'd be hard-pressed to argue there's a better choice than Laios (although who'd be cringe enough to do something like that haha right guys ... [sweating])

(Side note, though, I really don't vibe with the argument that kb/ms "reduces Kabru to a caretaker role" and that's why it's bad. There's plenty of instances where Kabru shoulders his friends' burdens (helps Kuro learn common tongue, listens to Daya's fiance about his relationship troubles, etc) and, more importantly, is seemingly happy to do so. I think Kabru genuinely enjoys looking after his friends and in the story seems to find plenty of personal satisfaction getting Mithrun to eat. I understand it has the potential to be more troubling considering Kabru is a brown man and Mithrun is a white man, but idk, it just feels on the same level as people trying to discount labru by saying Laios wouldn't take enough of an interest in people to want to start a romantic relationship, when his whole thing is that he does want to connect with people and just feels like he can't. It's not a bone I feel like picking, haha)

I honesty don't mind characters being "mischaracterized" in fandom or fic even to a large degree, I know it bugs a lot of people but I respect that ultimately fandom is little more than picking up the vague outline of a doll and playing with it and mashing their faces together. Besides, if I'm really worked up about it I can just write a fic and set the record straight myself, haha. This post is merely inspired by the supremely annoying subsection of twitter that acts like labru is the ship where it's just two dudes sitting in a room together. I'm just saying, Kabru ends the series whispering into the ear of another man as his day job and it's not Mithrun lmao

[lesbiandarvey]

i wanna meet his mom and tell her her son sucks!

[t00thpasteface]

there are like a few dozen sym fans on this webbed site and i will find each of them individually and kiss them square on the lips. hi

[paddockpatrol]

Dutch national anthem nr.1 this weekend. What an unbelievable display of dominance by Femke Bol.

[figueroths]

hello i’m becoming evil via ref stanning it’s so funny when a player tries it and the ref is like no ur fine get up

[the-physicality]

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[hamletthedane]

I love baseball that grand slam sounds incredible!!! my college team didn’t make super regionals unforch but it’s okay also go stros

Anon come off anon and marry me /j

Ngl I thought the stadium was going to collapse with the energy of the crowd. Our neighbors have gone to nearly every Aggie game since the ‘80s and said this was the most electric they’ve ever seen Blue Bell Park. They hit that grand slam and it like a bomb exploded - hats and gloves and popcorn buckets all thrown up in the air at once and raining back down on us as we hugged and cried. Honestly, I’m amazed the students didn’t rush the field…

I’m so sorry your college team didn’t make the super regionals :( I love college ball so much and always feel bad for the teams that don’t make it to the final rounds of postseason - they all work so hard 😭 they should all win 😭😭

ALSO GO STROS FOREVER!!!!!!

[neverforgetonlytimewilltell]

Sometimes I just hate F1 and think it's just unfair how certain drivers get years and others get no real chance at a sh*t team with a sh*t teammate (yes, this is about Ha*s, Ferrari, Mick and Callum)

Others get no real chance at all and end up without a full season of F1...

And then you have other drivers who crash all the time or are just mid and still get to keep their seat.

I know life's not fair but I still hate this a lot sometimes.

I just want to see Mick, Liam and Callum in F1 😭

[menstitsillness]

ik i've gone on abt this A Lot recently but it genuinely is so exhausting to exist as a queer woman in sports fanbases but especially in football recently because i love the highs and lows of emotions i experience when watching my favourite teams and players but seeing ppl you look up to and admire for their work casually embrace generally shitty people but specifically shitty towards women hurts man, and that's not even to Begin taking about the casual sexism and general queerphobia so many fans display

[rafasbiscuits]

Some of us blacklist Novak so I'd like all posts with him in it to be tagged correctly. That goes for other players as well.

hmm, I don't understand what was said here but yeah, honestly, tags are important. I mean based on what I understand from this statement.

If what has been said isn't a good thing about the player, then please don't tag it by the player's name. Just. Post it, but dont tag it w their names,, it's a free world and we are all free to make our own statements, no one's stopping anyone here, but players have their own fans and not-fans.

The Novak fandom community in tumblr is alr a v small little bubble and is a minority compared to other players. So, don't tag it by the name if there's nothing good to be said (this goes not just for Novak fans babes, this goes for the players that doesnt have a lot of support compared to others).

I'm sure the Novak fans, (ofc I'm not representing cause I'm not one) is alr handling a lot today because of the loss.. im pretty sure they need a healthy, loving tagging system right now instead of scrolling through a tag of their fav thats just filled with hatred <3

And also, tennis is slowly growing as a sport, I'm sure more new fans will appear and every player's fans wants to scroll through their favs tag and see some cool, sweet, posts about their faves that they love so much, not slander-

Goes for all of the players btw, and not just for sports. We're all part of a community here.

Giving all the Novak fans a hug btw🫂

[hi-im-greenjunipertree]

idk why but Jocinda Smith reminds me of Papyrus from Undertale a little bit, personality wise.

That's probably why she's one of my favorite Backyard Sports characters.

[davidbyrneslesbiandaughter]

growing up is realizing that nothing can match the level of annoyance one experiences from having a hobby-less friend

[swirlingyouintomypoems]

Tumblr is truly off on my ads bc tell me why I’m getting ads for the fucking raiders