#tf is this official ship name

[zillychu]

someone asked my opinion on venluc and I was like yeah sure but only in this specific way where humans can't really comprehend a god's love and it just feels creepily paternal on top of him being lowkey terrifying and fucking braindead

[onomajopoeia]

I support gay wrongs !!

[piefullofspiders]

THESE DAMN GAY ORANGES

VERY rare enki art post what! the noise posted art oh my gyatt gang! lets wait anotha 69 years for anotha piece of her art >:)

[herejusttosufferalong]

Poll Results:

Do you believe N is dating (hard eyeroll) JD?

Winner: Good fckn God No 89.6%

My Answer: Good fckn God No

Who TF is he talking about here? (Regarding taking home wardrobe from set)

Winner: Nic and I think we know about what 😘 54.1%

My Answer: Nic and I think we know about what 😘

How many of your followers are Nic fans only, Luke fans or fans of both?

Winner: You love them both equally and are a true Lukola supporter 💜🥃 63.7%

My Answer: You love them both equally and are a true Lukola supporter 💜🥃

Papgate. What the hell happened? reduced with no nuance.

Winner: A set it up 63.7% (damn y'all, po girl)

My Answer: A set it up

Do you think we will get a Polin pic from the first day of filming S4?

Winner: No, the fandom fucked it up 54.2%

My Answer: No, the fandom fucked it up

When will Luke announce he has landed a new project?

Winner: September, before they officially return to S4 filming 36.8%

My Answer: December, possibly around another announcement 💜

Did EF and Nic date?

Winner: Yes, but they broke up some time ago 51.3%

My Answer: Yes, but they broke up some time ago

What will baby Lord Featherington's name be?

Winner: Elliot 58.3%

My Answer: Elliot

When will a certain relationship cease?

Winner: Oct '24 57.4%

My Answer: Oct '24

Did Nic and Luke really not hear the director say cut or was this a PR lie?

Winner: Ofc they didn't hear, they got caught up 🥃 67.7%

My Answer: Def a Pr story, look at the carriage (don't shoot me)

How do you think S4 will fare in views?

Winner: It will perform well but not record breaking 66.7%

My Answer: It will flop compared to previous seasons

*Reason for my answer:

Viewership numbers for each season were already trending down. The fact that S3 did as well as it did is directly tied to L/N ship, "their" SM presence and the press tour. We will not have that same energy with Luke T and his respective co-star. And with them following behind the success of L/N I feel it will seem a lil deflating for a large portion of the GA.

Favorite Project with Nic?

Winner: Bridgerton 61.9%

My Answer: Derry Girls

Favorite project with Luke?

Winner: Bridgerton 96.4%

My Answer: The Shape of Things

[yogorlhilanne]

So like, what tf is their ship name? Is it even official yet? Like idk it could be a combination of their names or idk something with creativity I just need answers.

[rainderthesomeone]

ka...BOOOOOOOM! here is the official cover for friend ship achieved! the second entry in the series! Tf tales is now the official name of this series.

(and yes BLU Soldier got a redesign wasn't a fan of the war veteran look, wanted to give this guy a more captain commando feel, since he is the leader of BLU team.)

[danwhobrowses]

One Piece Chapter 1119 - Initial Thoughts

And we are back

And there are now two! Two I say! What that means we can only find out, but the attempt to escape continues.

Spoilers for the Chapter, Support the Official Release too!

Yamato's false start cover story has again hit a stop, as he's hit by a stone by kids from an Okobore town, believing he has allegiance to Kaido

We start at the Labophase, as the recently released Kaku tells Stussy to leave

He rejects her notions of friendship, stating he respected her, but knows that Lucci will not forgive

Tearful, Stussy tries to apologize, but is again told to leave

Kaku's face tells a different story than his words though, looking conflicted

Back to where we left off, the two Nikas are here

The Navy are confused, but notice the same expression from Luffy's bounty, the Giants are happy at the emergence of Nika

Marcus Mars however doesn't seem to be fazed, knowing that Bonney's Nika is a facsimile

He preps another flame attack, but Luffy notes to the others that the Gorosei don't get hurt, but he has a plan

Tanking the fire attack with a Balloon, he insists that the others hit him at Mars

As if Franky and Sanji need an excuse to hit their captain XD Bonney though is concerned

Dorry meanwhile rallied the Giants to stop dancing and put out the fires - but is called out for having done the same

Scorched but not out, Luffy grabs onto Mars by the wings, giving his crew and Bonney the signal

Sanji uses Ifrit Jambe for the first time since Wano, Franky produces an Impactful Strong Right, and Bonney is gonna use a Elephant Gun-esque giant fist

The impact does hurt Luffy, which startles Bonney, who forgets that she's still using Haki against a Zoan

He does say 'you guys are using Haki', so either he means Sanji and Bonney only or Franky has confirmed Haki?

Bonney is kinda startled by the two's enthusiasm to hit their captain as hard as they can

The force however is being built up, and similar to how he did with Cracker, Luffy cannonballs Mars well away from endangering his crew and allies

The ship is ready to leave, but Luffy asks about the crew on the Sunny, Sanji notes they were meant to meet them down here but doesn't know where they are

Atlas - with the giant death flag overhead - volunteers to check on them

She seems to have clocked on though that York is monitoring them, so perhaps her plan is to lead the enemy away?

The Iron Giant rights itself, and the transmission comes back on

Whole Cake Island are our latest cameo, with Katakuri watching

Ah shit and he explained the Will of D an' all!

The world reacts to the return of the message, with York telling the Gorosei they need to destroy the snail rather than knock the Iron Giant into the water

Gaimon and Sauerkraut cameo too! (yes her name is Sauerkraut) nope it's Sarfunkel, can't be right all the time

back at Egghead, Luffy and co (including the navy) are shocked by the sight of it raining CP agents and Seraphim

The navy catch the men before gravity kills them, as Luffy notices that this is the work of Ju Peter's wormy spitting them out

With its belly cleared, Ju Peter attempts the big suck, the Giants cleverly note to unfurl the sails and use the oars to try and combat this

Luffy smacks Ju Peter with a big fist, like the rest of his arm is still a noodle but the fist itself is big

Doll notes the absurdity of the place, pointing out that even dreams aren't this wild - likely hinting her awareness that the Gorosei are not a part of Egghead

As Luffy attacks Ju Peter, Warcury charges past him, aimed at the ship

Luffy notes that his skin is durable, telling the Giants to run away

There's no time though, as Warcury breaches the coast, charging tusk-first into the ship

Bonney's down, unable to keep up the Nika future for long

But from the deep, Luffy hears Joy Boy be called

And the Iron Giant comes back with a mecha left hook

'Listen up, Emeth! The time is at hand!'

That explains the chapter title...kinda...tf is an Emeth?

Unless Emeth is a homonym for MF because that'd be funny - albeit extremely unlikely - if the Iron Giant just called Warcury a motherfucker XD

Luffy's robot weakness activates, as he calls for Robonosuke!

Goddammit and now it's a break!

Seriously what is Emeth? Was that Joy Boy's name? Is it what the Gorosei are? More questions arise

I wonder if all the haters who were bitching about Bonney getting a Nika form feel dumb now, there was always gonna be limitations, she literally only got one hit in and it was on Luffy XD

Still it was a clever way to neutralize Mars, doubt the same will work on the others (unless maybe Kuma gets back in the game) but with the Iron Giant strong enough to hit Warcury undamaged (or maybe it just doesn't have pain receptors?) there's a bit more balance in the fight. Still though, it's looking to be 2 v 4 if V. Nusjuro makes it down. Speaking of, we do need a status on the Sunny, and it's possible that the Seraphim can be brought back into play again. Big death flags still hover over Atlas and Lilith but with Atlas wise to York's tracking maybe she can do something about it?

Idk I am keen to see what the crew in the Sunny do, wanna see Zoro and Jinbe kick ass but also see Usopp, Brook, Nami, Chopper and Robin contribute a bit more to the escape. Use Zeus, Mil Fleur Wings, some plant-based propellers? A lot can still be done.

But still, Vegapunk's transmission continues, having omitted the juiciest part. There's still left for a big reveal and a twist in that tale, still waiting to see why Vegapunk waited for people to set up a video screen.

As for CP0, Kaku makes sure to keep Stussy alive by keeping her away from Lucci, but it does seem to come at the expense of his own freedom. Maybe there's still hope for the group to leave the WG but Lucci's bloodlust will be a problem wherever they go, still it goes a long way to show Kaku conflicted.

Many moving pieces still to deal with, we're definitely not wrapping it up in short time yet.

[yesloulou]

oh god i wish official accounts would stop the "lestappen" usage...like nothing gives me the ick faster :( (to be clear posting the content is encouraged but the ship name...pls no)

i know. and it’s weird bc im more than fine with them using "maxiel" probably bc they’re constantly one look away from have sex live on national television but lestappen is like. it’s new it’s delicate it’s PRECIOUS EVERYBODY STAY TF BACK LET THEM FUCKING COOK

[karanseraph]

Not including the broader businesses which may be restaurants, there are 22 establishments categorized as "bars" in the Transformers Wiki, including among them human and alien locations as well as oil houses.

Earth: 4

Specifically upon the Lost Light: 2

Elsewhere in space: 3

In or near Iacon: 7

Elsewhere on Cybertron*: 5

In Legend's World, which is its own confusing thing: 1

*some of those "on cybertron" could possibly also be in Iacon, as they don't indicate specifically where on Cybertron.

I feel like we need to do better as a fandom and chastise the official media a bit for this. Like, one specific ship has 2 of the known bars!? Iacon has nearly a third of all known bars across known Transformers continuities!?

Like, obviously there's some bias here. There's the possibility that there are more and TF wiki hasn't documented and/or categorized them. There's also the possibility that because more stories in general are set in Iacon more bars have been written as being there.

But still, I think the Jump Joint is the only one specifically said to be in Kaon, and The Proton Blaster is in Damaxus, and leaving 3-ish others for all the rest of Cybertron.

And I know that many many fic writers must have had to do worldbuilding work to place new bars or to establish some of the "on Cybertron" ones as being in a specific city-state.

I had to go and put Luggies in Helex and O'Malleys (AKA ROM Alley Spacebar) in Hydrax plus make up some fictional ones (The Speak Easy in Tarn, The Dive* and Bird Cage* in Vos, NoiseMaze* and The Rainbow* in parts of Unitrex. *arguably some were more broadly nightclubs or cabaret's, but they had bars. And this seems fair, because even Maccadam's is sometimes portrayed as having music and/or dancing.) because when I go to write where the characters decide to refuel there's this dearth of canonical establishments outside of Iacon.

And I suppose some of that is because the war that lasts hundreds or millions of years or stellar cycles (depending on continuity) destroys what economy there once was.

But I feel like we must have had so many writers not speaking to each other and all putting some new cleverly named pub in Iacon instead of spreading things out or using the ones already known.

Like, also, this does not include businesses not categorized as 'bars', like Swindle's, which arguably is a casino...in Iacon?

Are we supposed to think this is intentional worldbuilding and all the 'mudflaps' working on energon farms out in Polyhex Province can't even have their own local bar because they have to ship that much energon to "The Capital"?

[moonstoneistired]

About me

Hello I’m moonstone!! I’m 17 and I use they/them.

DNI: kinda basic criteria, bigots (of any kind) aren’t welcome near me, this includes Israel supporters. Proshippers also dni. Idc what you do to cope but keep it tf away from me. I have a vendetta against akuhigu, odazai, dazaku, etc. idc if you think they’re legal but I very much hate on those as much as proships.

PLEASE interact: Lucy fans!!! Lucy fans where are you!! Also anyone who likes the same hcs/ships as me, likes to theorize or analyze bsd, and anyone in general who isn’t a toxic bsd fan.

I don’t really have a tagging system besides fandom character name etc but “#my art” is where all my art is

I really like bsd (shocker, I know) and my favorite characters are Lucy, Sigma, Kunikida, Higuchi, and Atsushi. Dazai is unofficially on that list too but I slander her too much to make it official. I also like 35mm: a musical exhibition, the legend of sleepy hollow (especially tarrytown), sort of a little bit like tangled the series (it comes and goes), the hunger games, 36 questions, and in general whatever awful(/j) musical I’m obsessed with at the moment.

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Everything else is private or I just lurk. Moots can ask for discord.

I make a lot of bullshit theories and analyses, if I ever get anything wrong don’t call me out I’ll cry. I’m also chronically ill and will eat up any disability hc/au/fic/drawing whatever. On the topic of hcs, I LOVE any trans hcs also. I have a select few that I’m not a fan of but that doesn’t mean you can’t love them in my presence. And I mean ANY, even ones that go against canon.

Okay that’s like. A lot. Idk what else random people need to know so bye!!

[weaving-knightmares]

  Now that it's officially over-- hilarious that they advertize ending as a new #1 btw --and it was just more of the same on the page and in the fan rxns lawl. Seeing the mains ones that hyped up/liked L&K's run be the stickees latching onto it is eye opening tbh.  Like, they do nawt gaf abt Bucky it's so blatant.

  The run kinda baited and switched making it looks like Bucko he was gonna be a main player in it, and turned out he's barely in the run at all even it should've been his story. And the few times he did show up he was horribly written likeeee..

  But the stickees don't care at all bc the few times he did show up it was some shp bait w sum mischaracterized cardboard cutout of sum random Yt drawn short + w long hair + hugging Steve.   As long as Bucky's few appearances can be clipped out of context for shpping then they did not give an iota of fucks abt his horrible writing or him as a character getting further enshittified.

  Them liking that rlly says a lot abt that crowd LAWL

  But anywaze, now I'm wondering what tf is"the hivemind" even gonna do now cuz they put a lot of effort to avoid actually having Bucky show up in comics that he should've been relevant in, and they wrote him terribly the 4 or so times he did actually show up. Now those same guys are in charge of a Thunderbolts comic that's starring (or so they say, could be bait and switch again) Bucky? Do they even have a clue what to do there cuz they avoided actually writing him and squished him down into a little joke the past year so now what LMAO

  Those writer men need to be laughed at bc now nearly erased everything abt his character and now are in charge of his closest thing to an ongoing kind of

anyone who likes the way "the hivemind" handled bucky don't know anything about the character & just want to ship steve with a man or something...

I am kind of curious about that myself, because bucky is supposed to be the main character in their thunderbolts run & I feel like they've backed themselves into a corner because without all the other things they did in their cap run (nothing good but I know people ate up the domestic staron scenes & ian & stuff like that) and their extremely poor understanding of bucky, the flaws in their writing will be even more blatant & I think it's going to be a disaster 😭

did you hear about their outsiders (dc superhero team) run? they're doing the same thing they're doing with thunderbolts where none of the core team members are in it & it's just a random bunch of people using the team name.....I feel like maybe they'll reuse some of their thunderbolts ideas in their outsiders run or vice versa.

[whydidoth]

Wait could you imagine a time travel au where stede goes back and just immediately goes all in on seducing Ed. I'm talking romantic dinners, brushing his hair, holding his waist. Just pulling all the stops. Ed has no idea what's going on but is enamored. Izzy is screaming. Lucius has only known stede for like a day at this point but goddamn if he isn't insanely invested in this relationship

[seraphiteshaven]

I like this so I'm going to write headcanons for it. Obviously. Jmart is this stupid little locally owned store in the Scottish Highlands sorry I don't make the rules. They get a fair few customers to keep afloat, which is nice, and the shop is friendly with warm lighting that's easy on the eyes!! The two of them take turns doing jobs like baking bread and ordering new products but most of the time it's Jonny stocking shelves and Martin at the register. Not like they both couldn't do the other's work, but Jon is just trash at not being really rude to customers. He's the type to ask stupid questions while a customer is buying alcohol and baby formula like "Odd choice. Tell me, what struck you that the idea of drinking while parenting an infant was a splendid idea?" or something else along those (British) lines that tells everyone he thinks the customer is a piece of shit. Headcanon Martin keeps the shop cool. Really cool. So cool in fact that on super hot summer days when the door opens you'll see little bits of steam and condensation.- Not so much that its uncomfortable, but more that you should definitely wear a sweater. Jon freezes his ass off and ends up smuggling in like ten jumpers. Jon is absolutely amazing at catching shoplifters. I think Jmart probably has like two cameras but they're both really grainy and old so Jonny just has to do it himself. He catches some kid stealing a sandwich and before he can look her in the eyes and tell her exactly how many years she could go to prison Martin pulls up, pays for the sandwich, and.. whoops... they've adopted some scrangly girl named Melanie.. Melanie helps keep people from shoplifting by looking super threatening she's so silly. Sasha and Tim are long time friends of Martin and Jon and while their work mainly consists of sitting around and drinking the horrible coffee Jon brews(and then the tea Martin makes) they pull their weight. I imagine there's probably no official attire or uniform, but Tim and Sasha make it a point to wear matching cheesy Hawai'ian shirts. Basira comes around to eat donuts but later investigates Jon under the suspicion that he murdered some old man out in the woods. Jon has absolutely no idea who tf Leitner is. !!!CONTENT WARNING, ELIAS!! EW YUCK!!!!! Elias would probably be the town mayor, and he wants to build up more residential districts. Leitner and Gertrude ran against him for election and he kill them both and then vaguely pointed in the shop's direction like 'uh the gays did it!!' Peter Lukas is a ship captain Elias secretly has a relationship w. Nothing else needed I hate these old men. Content warning over Elias is gone I prommie

I imagine Georgie would come in and do college prep at one of the tables by the window and bring the Admiral, which would then devolve into Admiral running around the shop and being dubbed 'Avid mice catch(and releaser)' because he's bad at pest control.

Georgie and rat Melanie immediately fall in love and kiss kiss! Diversity win!! Jmart totally has different pastries at the counter like how supermarkets have candy at the checkout and ngl that shit smell delicious. Sasha is the best baker don't even lie to yourself Martin and Georgie could help but they have nothing on her. Daisy comes in one day, looks at all the queers and just demands a job. Like shes at the counter hounding Sasha for a job and Tim is just standing there like 'mhm oh wow rlly ykw YOURE HIRED!!" and before Sasha can ask about telling Martin or Jon Tim just hushes her and suddenly Daisy is on payroll and she's really good at gardening (ok that's a lie just digging) so she makes the flower beds outside look pretty

Micheal is this stupid little loser with semi long blonde hair who comes in to buy the cinnamon rolls and Micheal distortion is a fuckwad who makes fun of Jon for having acne scars and recommends a dermatologist. ok that's it bye!!

I was talking to my roommate about the Magnus Archives and accidentally came up with a kinda hilarious au idea.

So JonMartin is often shortened to Jmart which I thought kinda sounded like a shop they would own together or something.

So, hear me out, JonMartin au where they own a store called Jmart and all the avatars are just these really weird and awful customers that the store just seems to mysteriously attract. Tim and Sasha would be employees obviously lol.

[spaceymcspaceship]

[6ebe]

I pray for god’s strength to not read the comments under the inside seventeen episode abt the cosmopolitan photoshoot i believe in gods wisdom to not read the comments under the episode i look to my own strength and judgement to not read the comments under the video-

[rambleonwaywardson]

Dear lord here we go. Thanks @avonne-writes for the inspiration of how they meet!

First of all, I’ve decided Gale rides this beautiful 17 hand chestnut Hanoverian mare. Her name might be Hundred Proof, and he’d just call her Whiskey or something, but I’m officially taking suggestions on that.

Gale and John meet on the plane. The horses are shipped on special planes with a massive support team and an excessive amount of equipment, but for some reason Gale wasn’t able to be on that flight. Just his luck, he ended up on the flight with most of the rowdy US gymnastics team, sat next to the most beautiful man he’s ever seen.

They both compete for the United States. Gale has vaguely heard of John before (despite knowing next to nothing about gymnastics) because how can you not when the news talks about him all during championships and trials and John is their key to hopefully a men’s gymnastics gold medal this year.

So he knows who he’s sitting next to but he was not prepared for how stunning John would be or how contagious his smile and laugh are and goddamn it he can’t stop blushing and he’s barely even mumbled an awkward “hi” as he shoved past John’s hulking form to get to his window seat.

John has never heard of Gale Cleven. He’s been in the news here and there heading into Olympic season but John barely has the bandwidth to pay attention to things like that. He looks sorta familiar and he’s wearing a team USA jacket and he’s the most adorable, sexiest little ray of sunshine John’s ever seen. He goes to ask his name and what sport he does but Gale has already shoved headphones into his ear and is staring out the window. He catches a glimpse of the name Cleven on the ticket he’s shoved into the back of the seat in front of him (who tf still uses physical tickets?) and does a quick Google, finds out he’s an equestrian and oh god he knows nothing about that at all.

It bugs John that Gale won’t even look at him during the flight. Didn’t really even say hi. Seriously how rude? He gets that some people just want to be left in peace on the plane but they’re both obviously representing the US so couldn’t they at least introduce themselves? Christ, John wants this man to pay attention to him so bad.

Gale isn’t trying to be rude, but he’s been told that his general quiet, aloof manner gives people that impression sometimes. Which makes it worse because then he overthinks everything about how he behaves with new people. Plus he’s thinking nonstop about how his horse is doing in Paris without him and getting to the Olympics has been a nightmare already and he just wants some peace and quiet but he can’t even look at John Egan without his brain short-circuiting. He desperately does not want to do anything to embarrass himself in front of this man.

John drops something near Gale on purpose just so he can have an excuse to interact. Gale, a gentleman, picks it up and hands it back but isn’t going to engage otherwise. Until he sees John’s phone screen, pulled up to an article about the US equestrian team. He asks John about it and John honest to god blushes and says he was trying to learn about what Gale does. They talk endlessly the rest of the flight.

John is disappointed to lose track of Gale once they go through customs. He can’t stop thinking about the pretty blonde horseback rider and is devising ways to track him down, but then they literally just bump into each other in the main dining hall in Olympic Village the next morning. They sit together. They talk, mostly about how Gale’s horse is doing and what do their schedules look like and wait John really has moves named after him in the gymnastics code book??? Holy shit. John is trying to play this cool, but suddenly Gale just kinda blurts out “I have some free time this afternoon. Do you wanna check out the village or something?”

So they meet up after Gale finishes at the stables for the day (he promises he’ll let John meet the horse another time). They walk along the River Seine at the edge of Olympic Village and even end up wandering further into Paris. They stay out into the evening, they get some drinks (responsibly of course, they are Olympians). They’re both just this side of tipsy by the time they wander back to their rooms but Curt, who is John’s roommate and gymnastics teammate, has gone god knows where and told John not to expect him back until late so John brings Gale in. And wow ok Gale is really letting himself do this, get fucking propositioned by a man he just met AT THE PARIS OLYMPICS.

So they fool around a bit, kissing and touching and scrambling to get their shirts off. The “no-sex” beds seriously underestimate the willingness of people to use walls or hell, even floors, and it’s the best almost-sex either of them has ever had. They don’t go too far because Gale laughs and pushes John away and says “hey now, buy a guy dinner first” and the way Gale’s eyes sparkle at him like that and the way his soft hair is already a mess just from John running his hands through it and the way he makes John’s heart beat too fast all the time…

John says “tomorrow, I’ll take you for dinner tomorrow.” And Gale nods and kisses him again and it’s rough and beautiful and John’s already falling for him. Has been since the plane.

It’s going to be a Hell of an Olympics that’s for sure

Okay, idk guys, I might actually do something about this. At least write this part out properly or something and/or write some little one-shots about it if not an honest fic. I’ve still got the astronaut AU to think about but I’m newly obsessed with this 🥺

Clegan Olympics Headcanons

Some headcanons I have about Buck and Bucky as Olympic athletes, initially inspired by this post by @brotherwtf and my replies to it with @impalachick. I just felt like fleshing these ideas out a bit more. Anyone feel free to add to it!

John as a gymnast and Gale as a horseback rider:

First of all, Bucky is a gymnast. it's easy to imagine him as a rower because of Boys in the Boat, but hear me out... LOOK at those thighs, those shoulders. He's a bit tall but shhhh it's fine, he'd excel at men's gymnastics. Especially rings and floor.

He's been doing gymnastics since he was little -- just imagine a tiny sassy Bucky tumbling around and doing handstands. He's always been good, but when he hit puberty and put on all that muscle, wow.

He definitely has strengths in certain events, but he's an all-around gymnast with a tendency for pushing boundaries. He's known for the raw power and strength he shows in his events. I don't think this is his first Olympics either, since gymnasts tend to be on the younger side. He's been on the map probably since he started college.

He's just getting better with age, though. People don't pay as much attention to men's gymnastics as they do women's, but man they talk about John Egan (it helps that everyone is a little in love with him).

I've decided to indulge myself and imagine Gale as an equestrian. He does eventing (jumping, dressage, and cross-country)

He didn't grow up with any fancy horses or trainers or tack. He wore hand-me-downs for years and trained green horses from the ground up and worked tirelessly on farms in exchange for ride time. He worked for every inch of what he's accomplished, always for the love of the animal and of the sport.

The equestrian athletes tend to be older, so this might be Gale's first Olympics. He's the new young hotty on the equestrian team that everyone wants to watch. Maybe in this way John kind of helps him navigate being an Olympian.

I don't know how or when they first meet, but one of the first things John notices about Gale (other than how beautiful he is and that voice and those eyes) is how deeply he cares for and loves his horse, who is his partner in this crazy sport. I imagine Gale as an animal-lover, and he values his horse more than anything else in this world (except, eventually, maybe John)

John has next to no experience with horses. He's not scared of them, but appropriately wary perhaps. And Gale's horse is tall, which doesn't help. He's nervous the first time Gale takes him into the stables but tries to act like he's not. He wants so badly for Gale's horse to like him (she does).

Also I feel like Gale rides a mare -- they're sassy and opinionated and so so loyal for the right person (vague parallel to John??? lol)

They start learning about each others' sports and try to watch every event the other is in, becoming each others' biggest fans even if they only half know what's going on. John is always a little terrified watching Gale ride, especially during cross-country. Gale thinks he's crazy for this because he can barely watch sometimes when John is flipping through the air so high off the ground like that.

Them exploring Paris together when they're not competing!!! Imagine the general shenanigans and romance and cuteness of them galivanting around the city together.

They definitely get some attention as a sort of "it" couple during the games and pictures start circulating of them together. An unlikely pairing across sports, especially because Gale and John have such different personalities and reputations. The attention makes Gale a little uncomfortable, so John starts making a point to obnoxiously block any photos reporters try to take of them together. This ends up just making Gale laugh and he tells John to stop.

When they're home, they try to teach each other basics of their sports. Gale gives John a pony ride on his Olympic sport horse who is worth thousands and thousands of dollars and tries to teach him how to ride by himself. John is clumsy about it but only falls maybe once, and he's determined to please Gale so he keeps trying. John tries to teach Gale how to do some basic tumbling but Gale, while strong in his own right, just does not have that type of strength, coordination, or flexibility and repeatedly falls on his ass before adamantly refusing to ever do it again (I love those videos of olympic athletes trying each others' sports)

Totally did not mean to build on this so much and don't intend to do anything with it but I'm gonna be thinking about this a lot I think.