#the band not the sport

[gauzeforconcern]

im at the 100 gecs tree, im at the american football house, im at the combination 100 gecs tree american football house

[ryeliner]

american football fans when they have to be normal

[stevebabey]

personally love the interaction in the start of s4 where steve goes “ugh, you know i don’t do double vhs.” when robin suggests doctor zhivago. like ugh robin!!!! we’ve talked about this before!!! steve has a limited attention span and if robin puts on something too long, he will start shooting her with rubber bands

[zivazivc]

so many brainworms about life in the troll tree and jd's adventurous side...

[jooyeonjooyeoff]

Xdinary Heroes at ISAC in a nutshell

Please they were so bored

[delulluart]

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[batgirlcopia]

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[heartsandstarsnation]

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[cock-guillotine]

i take solace in the fact that no matter how insane i get about speirs, lipton will always be worse

[stobinesque]

Ok, ok, I know "Steve deserves a friend who shares his interest in sports" is a popular fandom take, and, like, that's not wrong, but: Guys. It's Robin. Like. Did you all see the way she's cheering during the basketball game?? (Also Vickie. Steve and Vickie would totally bond over sports.) As a former band kid I can assert that being in pep/marching band does not automatically imply an interest in (or understanding of) sports, but Robin is actively cheering without first needing someone to explain what happened to her, and with actual, genuine enthusiasm! Maybe sports aren't her favorite thing, and maybe part of her excitement is for Lucas, but I 100% believe that she and Steve have watched basketball games together.

ETA: I originally wrote this post while rewatching ep 1 of season 4 and forgot at the time that in season 3 Robin talks about playing soccer. Jock!Robin is real and canon!

[slow-media]

"marching band isn't a sport"

SHUT THE FUCK UP!!!

yes, we aren't running across the field all the time

no, that doesn't make us less important than other teams in our school

if it wasn't a sport, why else would we have an entire league (DCI) on the national level?

why else would we bother going to competitions every week?

why else would we spend 15 hours in the sun near 100 degrees for weeks?

why else would we have to build up our endurance and train for the season?

why else would we have uniforms?

why else would there be different categories for different size and skilled bands?

why else would we travel across state lines just to play some silly little tunes?

and why do we get the lower funding just because it is also part of the Arts?

yes, we don't have our names on our uniforms or anything like that. but it truly is a team sport, where no player is less important than the other.

yes, we aren't running all the time like you see in most sports. but there are still moves where we have to go fast while maintaining proper posture, breath control, and so many other things which tires you out quickly. we still need endurance training and sprint, do push ups, all other things that typical teams have to do as punishments if a rep or run through isn't good enough.

no, it is not more forgiving than other sports on your body. I am saying this as someone who has trained in martial arts and the "typical" school sports. your back, wrists, arms, neck, legs, feet, everything is sore and in pain at the end of the day. and if you roll step wrong or are not marching your dot, someone else is going to get severely hurt. in my opinion, it is easier to knock someone's teeth out in marching band than it is in any other sport I've played.

before you say shit about an activity you don't even participate in, do your research.

[toomanyfandomsstuff]

Dude I found this video that was making a joke about band directors not letting kids get water after doing a full run of the show etc etc and SO MANY people just wanna feel the need to tell you that baseball and football and basketball and every other sport is harder. A) it’s not a competition B) not saying band (colorguard) is harder but band lot heat is a different kind of heat. When it’s a hundred degrees outside and you are standing on a concrete slab that does nothing but absorb heat all day for hours and every time you make a mistake you have to do push ups on the ground that’s too hot to touch and you have to sprint to your water breaks and resets (and the guard has to sprint to like eight different spots to reset flags). I’m not saying we work harder, but I am saying that it DOES take a physical toll and to think twice before calling it easy. I wanna see you walk to a coordinate that isn’t marked on the ground based on a tiny piece of paper and memorize like a hundred of them, March specific steps in time with 200 other people while playing an instrument/throwing things in the air in a lot that feels like 115 degrees for three hours at a time

Marching band IS a real sport

[owl-bones]

dream with trust issues.............

[take-me-back-to-eden]

Sleep Token // Blood Sport

[picksey]

Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson playing baseball ⚾

[huntersghouls]

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