#I like me an underdog

[thrumbolt]

I can't be the only one

#what can I say #I like me an underdog #and characters dealing with trauma badly lol #....or villains #that stay villains! #acotar #tamlin #rhysand #it was weird drawing tamlin without antlers haha #also i spent way too much time on this considering it's just a shitpost

[kabukiaku]

swiss goin feral is cool, but what about DEW?!

#my art #the band ghost #copia #papa emeritus iv #dewdrop ghoul #fire ghoul #sodo ghoul #also umm.....where my dewcopia girlies at. why do i feel like this ship is an underdog #anyways more for me! #digital art #nameless ghouls #impera ghouls #impera #ghost #ghost band

[yuridovewing]

i really hate how the fandom’s excuse for jayfeather’s shitty behavior (and outright medical malpractice in certain cases. looking at the time he refused to help squilf in labour bc he couldnt be bothered and later blamed her for how bad it was) is “well the clan was ableist to him growing up, so fuck them!” ok how does that excuse him screaming at and berating the cats that didnt do any of that. or the babies.

#or ‘’well hes snarky and mean! we dont get snarky and mean characters!’’ what are you talking about everyone in this series is an asshole #im also a bit bitter bc you know if he were a she cat then he’d get tons of animations of ocs killing him #ppl (fanon and authors) really really want jay to be this underdog whos just grumpy at best #but in reality hes like. one of the head honchos in the clan. he holds a ton of power over people #sure sometimes the narrative doesnt WANT that to be the case but hes literally gods messenger boy #and is in charge of medical care #maybe im just very familiar with shitty doctors/nurses who abuse their patients and excuse it with ‘’but im stressed :(‘’ #but this character never was endearing to me even before the team switch #jayfeather is not your beaten down blorbo in a shitty retail job hes the nurse making a tiktok about how cringey pregnant patients are #also i just. really despise ‘’but theyre traumatized :(‘’ as an excuse for abusive behavior #did you ever think maybe some of his patients like twigkit were traumatized by his behavior?

[thekidsarentalright]

so fobcore to be up for two awards they deserve to win, lose both of them, not even show up to the awards show But dress up in silly outfits for their prerecorded performance. would expect nothing less from the band of all time tbh

#can i go on a more serious ramble in the tags #lets go for a more serious ramble in the tags #fob exist in such a weird space in the scene and pop culture like they are literally one of the most popular bands on earth #yet are constantly snubbed and not considered and not included and are always the underdogs in everything #they have influenced pop culture so much and yet are never recognized for it #and i think it’s a space theyre very comfortable being in like. they are loved and recognized by people who truly get them and mostly #ignored by those who dont and those who dont are. the majority of the music scene #but idk it’s just so interesting to me how they can be so popular and beloved and influential yet such underdogs all at once #and that is who they always have been and who they always will be but idk. sometimes i wish they got recognized a lot more #bc they deserve it. they might be happy occupying the space they do but. give them some fucking awards please JFKDNF #txt #p: 100

[presdestigatto]

i don’t understand the insistence media outlets have with assigning carlos the role of the underdog when the only reason he’s been second to charles has been his own performance. carlos is the one with the family wealth and the influential father in motorsport. he comes from a larger country than charles which means the pool of fans who would root for him is larger. everything is set up in his favour, there is barely a narrative to build here. “he came into charles’ team :((” yeah and he’s been consistently beaten in quali and race h2h of course ferrari are sticking with charles

charles is ferrari’s homegrown champion because he swept the junior series and he’s consistently showing great things. trying to usurp someone who has rightly earned their position is not justice, it’s schadenfreude

#tldr. the underdog you’re asking me to root for IS THE NEPO BABY?? #anti carlos sainz #was thinking like should i post this because i am Trying to not be a hater unless something has occured #and then i recall the f1tv waffle like yeah. yeah

[sebfreak]

N. McMillian

#black butler #black butler public school arc #kuroshitsuji #kuroshitsujiedit #kuroshitsuji: kishuku gakkou hen #n. mcmillian #shounenedit #fyanimegifs #animangaboys #anisource #dailyanime #animeedit #allanimanga #gifset #gifs #anime gif #anime #sebfreaks gif #me making a gifset for an underdog character and although i know he won´t get that much attention i just had to #i really like him and he is awesome #everytime i see him i have to smile <3

[bonefall]

wait, why can’t a decent amount of the members in proto-thunderclan not hunt?

A lot of them have serious physical disabilities! It's enough that it poses a logistical problem, which they are committed to overcoming together.

Thunder Storm's three legs makes him slower than his companions. He's ferociously powerful, but like a male lion, he has to rely on his "lionesses" to slow a large animal.

Bright Storm has asthma from her heroics trying to save SkyClan cats from a fire. She's taking that from Gray Wing, who is famously the first major death now. Like her son, she has a difficult time with chasing prey.

Bumble is dyspraxic. She's a terrible hunter and fighter and struggles with self-worth because OTHERS used it to dehumanize her, and continues to, even after an entire society forms out of love of her.

Sunlit Frost has permanent nerve damage in his arm from the fire, and ends up working so hard that it makes his disability worse. A bite on the good paw from Snake becomes infected after he refuses to sit out from digging graves after the First Battle; I am planning a chunky B-plot about Sunlit coming to terms with the fact he has to retire early.

That's FOUR major members of a small group with physical disabilities that make hunting hard or impossible. They have a lot of logistical problems that I will actually be exploring solutions to.

#One of the solutions will probably be a hog hunt which I'm excited for #As there's a bunch of things each person can do to help with that #It's really such a shame that canon is so hyperfixated on disabled cats feeling like they 'need to be useful' in a very well established-- #Society where they CAN just be comfortably cared for #It frustrates me that the series keeps portraying that as a Good Thing and not either a tragedy of self-worth OR an exploration of-- #SOCIAL ableism. #So for BB!DOTC I'm going to try and take aim at both #Ok then; let's TALK about a small underdog group who needs its members to contribute #And let's talk about how even THIS little group INNATELY values its members. How that is good and natural #And how there's NO excuse for the bigger group to be so cruel. It's not neccesity. It never was. It was spite. #Thunder Storm says 'The point of having a group at all is to care for each other. NOT to have it serve you.' #Man really comes out here like FROM EACH ACCORDING TO HIS ABILITY. TO EACH ACCORDING TO HIS NEED #And I am trying to think of how to stress how MUCH food SkyClan has. Like how I'll show that... #I'll definitely need to make sure to set up a lot during the time Thunder Storm is Clear Sky's acolyte. #Btw does that sound like a good word? Trying to figure out what Tribe cats call their apprentices #Because fuuuuck no I'm not calling them To-bes

[moeblob]

I have fallen down the anime sports hole and landed on Eyeshield 21 and I'm so sorry I'm adopting all these kids.

(I was actually going to like. Hold off posting my silly sports anime doodles until after commissions but no I wanna share them now. It's hard out here being me who thrives off interactions and this show is like "hey what if we gave you lots of interactions and also a secret identity for MORE interactions".)

#eyeshield 21 #seijuro shin #sena kobayakawa #haruto sakuraba #ichiro takami #you might look at this and go Salmon please explain why you're drawing fanart for a football anime #and i cannot actually explain #not pictured is my undying love and adoration for the Ha-Ha brothers because they're great #im only on ep28 but please i care for them so much #me watching one say that a girl is his type: OH NICE I LOVE THIS I WILL SUPPORT YOU #me watching one suffer a fear of airplanes while on an airplane: SON YOU ARE DYING PLEASE NO KEEP LIVING #i have typed so many essays on discord to two people about the emotions this anime has given me #and its such a silly anime with funky moves with funny animations for the moves #but i actually really like it ??? like yes its about hs people playing football #but the fact the main character is an underdog #joining a team of two people thus making the entire team of now three an underdog #who then continue to grow with MORE underdogs being recruited #its actually very impressive to watch the characters grow alongside sena #like they do actively show the kids interacting in various ways and its a delight #the anime is just a bunch of good boys playing a game and having a good time bettering themselves #and i say this like im an expert when im still just ep28

[skitskatdacat63]

2009 Brazilian Grand Prix - Jenson Button

#no matter how many times i have seen him kissing the camera i still combust and fall onto the floor every time i see it #JENSE SINGING WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS ON THE RADIO I FELT SO UNWELLLLLLLLLL JENSEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!! #AAAAHHHH HES SOOOOOOOOOO YKNOW???? HES SOOOOOOO!!!!!! #ANYWAYS I LOVE BRAWN!!! BEST TEAM!! BEST UNDERDOGS!!! #i fear that i am dreadfully painfully wholeheartedly in love with him.... #god ive not even delved into the pics from this race bcs i think i will melt into the floor and sob when i do #also i am not immune to a man loving and supporting his son sob sob sob ;;; jense and his dad always make me feel so warm #again ty to lemon for pointing me towards the one clip!! #usually these posts are just moments from the main race archive but these all came from 3 dif videos so that was v fun as you can imagine.. #im not quite finished the season yet but i can still commentate on this bcs now the wcc and wdc are tied up #but its wild bcs this season took me longer than the last one but since it had less races it still felt shorter/faster to me somehow #for the midseason i was practically lined up with the current season(i.e. watching Monaco 09 the same week as Monaco 23) #so it was pretty fun to experience both and see the differences(i think i like 2009 better hehehe) but now i have majorly overtook 2023 #jenson button #jb22 #brawn #brawn gp #2009 brazilian gp #f1 #formula 1 #formula one #we do a little bit of f1

[mindstriker]

on a random ass fallout kick, who wants to hear my far fetched wheedling about how funny it could be to rework deacon from fallout 4's backstory to make it plausible that he's actually arcade gannon from fo:nv after either the NCR ending where Arcade's past is revealed and he's headhunted out of the province by the NCR, Brotherhood, and random bounty hunters simultaneously and/or the one where he leaves purposefully after a Mr. House win

#please this is my new favourite thing #like i love deacon as is but just consider the pure unadulterated SNAZZ of a universe in which he's arcade gannon after 6 years on the run #chased out of the state. lost the one friend he had that he could trust with his past. slowly becoming a pathological liar and never- #trusting anyone enough to tell them what his life has actually been like for fear of it happening again #still an idealist halfway across the country he finds a new organization dedicated to helping the underdogs and runs with it #has a mild disdain for the minutemen because they remind him of the NCR in a way #obviously doesn't like the BoS #there are so many things you could use #if you shimmied things around a bit it could be perfect #this is me yelling #fallout #fallout 4 #fallout: new vegas #arcade gannon #deacon fo4

[shukakumoodboard]

I don't mean to offend, but Temari is the useless one of the sand sibs. She literally does nothing in Shippuden, whereas Kankuro is at least given some stuff to do in the arcs that matter (the one where Gaara was kidnapped and basically killed and the big war arc thing at the end).

whats shippuden

#this is the funniest message i've ever received thank u anon #now to rant in the tags #sure temari didn't do shit in shippuden but that's because uh no one did #except the insane sasuke naruto powerscaling and also like madara. because naruto is a show about underdog ninja kids #and shippuden is about moon wizards and magic #they're not the same show whatsoever like #my whole blog is characters that got stiffed in the show lets b real. team gai? shafted. sand sibs? shafted #also temari landed the first hit on madara? are u ok anon #in kishimotos dsasters of writing women i think temari is still an incredible character and she'd kick my ass any day <3 #thank you for making me laugh this morning kdhgkdfhg #anonymous #answered #temari #kankuro #gaara #sand siblings #nart #fictalk

[ironinkpen]

god i’m so obsessed w Delloso de la Rue and yeah, I’ll say it: they’re right about everything

I think discussions I’ve seen about Rue’s position of “privilege” often fail to contend with the fact that Rue experiences this world as a kidnapping victim. Rue is not an archfey. They were taken from the mortal world as a young child. From what we’ve seen about how Wanessa is treated like an oddity/fascination, we can guess that Rue was treated much the same. I don’t think it’s a coincidence that Rue became a party planner—when you are brought to a world as entertainment, I suspect you grow up terrified of what might happen if you stop being entertaining. 

Rue has existed on the outskirts of the Court of Wonder for years. Forced (whether literally or just by social pressure) to wear a glamor—scared of anyone even touching their HAND for fear of being found out. Do you think Rue has ever danced at the Blooms they’ve spent millennia planning, or was this year the first time?

Claiming Rue is oblivious to the plight of other, lesser fey ignores the fact that Rue is ultimately a worker—not a true aristocrat like the Lords of the Wing. They have a job—they plan the Bloom. Yes, they have political power, but not due to being high-born or playing the political game or all that; they have political power because they’re popular, because they dedicated themself to the happiness of others for millennia, connecting people of different courts together, bringing people love and joy. And I doubt they even realize just how powerful they are, because they spend most of their time away from their court, planning a fucking party.

Everyone calls them the “pride” of a court they barely see. They are assumed to speak for them, even when they are speaking their own mind. Of course they have no loyalty to the Court system. Of course they don’t see the point in anything except love—love they themself have been robbed of, were stolen away from. Rue’s bardic inspiration is a song they remember from the mortal plane. Isn’t it telling that even thousands of years later, their magic—magic, which Andhera and Binx both describe as stemming from love—comes from that faded memory of home?

Yes, it’s a bummer that Rue’s actions caused Hob’s victories to be undermined a bit, but honestly? Why should we really care about the political advancement of the Goblin Court’s aristocracy, who have shown they are exactly the same as the Court of Wonder in their treatment of their subordinates (Hob standing away from the campfire, just as Rue is kept in a tower for months out of the year)? Rue might have hurt Hob by hiding the truth, but that doesn’t mean they’re wrong when they urge him to take care of himself, to abandon his loyalty to a system that won’t reward him for it. That’s not Rue being naive or privileged—that’s Rue being exactly like Hob, a servant of their court who toiled tirelessly for years, sacrificing their own happiness, only to just now realize how pointless it all was.

And honestly, on the more political side, Rue probably saved everyone’s asses by breaking up the marriage between Grabalba and Apollo. Apollo would for sure have used the Goblins’ military might to accelerate his plans of stealing the magic. And then, once that was achieved, do you really think he would have honored his agreements with the Goblin Court? He’s the kind of dishonorable man who tried to murder Hob in secret. You’re telling me he wouldn’t have double crossed them once he got what he wanted? Why would he give a shit about a political marriage? 

Like, for real: why would Apollo want to marry Grabalba? We know the Goblin Court’s status would be MASSIVELY elevated by this union, but what advantage does the Court of Wonder gain from marrying into the Goblin Court? It was all military—another power grab by Wonder. Rue broke it up and probably saved the fey realm in the process. 

And now they could lose someone they really love over it. 

#acofaf #a court of fey and flowers #d20 acofaf #d20 #dimension 20 #d20 spoilers #delloso de la rue #I just! really love Rue! #And I'm very fascinated with the recent discourse saying they're selfish/naive/privileged for wanting to break up the courts #because like? since when are we on the side of preserving the aristocracy lol? #and also idk the second rue said they were a changeling that reframed their whole character for me #i can't NOT see rue as the underdog in this story now #they are literally the only non-fey at this damn party (besides Wanessa) and I wanna see them burn this system to the ground babey

[constantvariations]

Why did they create such a useless character to show Cinder's backstory when Salem is literally right there AND the real question the audience wants answered???

Imagine if it had been Salem who stayed at the hotel and saw something of herself in the scrappy servant girl. She saw how the Madame treated little Cinder and offered a way out only if Cinder has the power to be useful to her. Maybe she put Cinder to a test of how far she was willing to go for freedom, or maybe Salem wanted something from the Madame that she wouldn't give so it was up to Cinder to provide

Either way, Salem gets a young disciple that's ruthlessly ambitious and easy to manipulate and Cinder gains the illusion of freedom under a new master

#rwde #ofc salem wouldnt be grimmified in this version bc she'd stand out too much to do under the table shit #or she still could be but the world actually looks like an anime like it did in the beacon days #v4 on is far too grounded in reality design-wise #where the hell are the folks w wild ass hair colors and styles?? the most we get is joannas green but she says like 10 words so who cares #tis some bullshit and why i refuse to call v4+ rwby an anime #anyway this was somehow prompted by me comparing vergil to cinderella #as you can see i am Completely Normal tm #ngl tho vergil is a better cinderella if instead of riches-rags-riches its power-powerless-power #cinder starts at the bottom so her baseline mentality is way off if you want to do a cinderella remake #rags to riches is abt underdogs clawing up the social ladder against all odds #but riches rags riches is abt reclaiming what was yours #if we use cinders random disdain towards schnees in v8 as inspiration we could have a story of rival businesses #cinders father gets booted from power/high society thanks to Jacques's maybe legal maybe not methods and meddling #could go several ways from there: #her father could die and she'd be left homeless and alone in the cruel underbelly of the wealthy and powerful #she could find work w the Madame and try to endure the abuse so she and her father can pay the bills #her father could straight up sell her to the madame #itd be a horrific way to learn the significance of power and how easily it can be taken #i wanna like cinder so bad but v5 on fucked her irreparably. she doesnt even dress well anymore ffs

[every-kakashi]

#hatake kakashi #kakashi hatake #manga screencap #ch.008 #& sasuke #& naruto #& sakura #fascinating how in naruto world you can break the rules but not too much. stuck in this perpetual environment where #you gotta be a good soldier for the good state but also the cast is full of people Standing Up against vague Authority #but the state is still good #dont break the rules too much but also u gotta break them dont let people tell u waht to do. #more of a writing issue than any given character flaw imo but it is interesting to take in a like. character level i guess #esp bc as it goes on itjust draws more and more attention to itself #knowing that an underdog character is more likely to be likable vs doing anything with it. I guess. #anyway you arent here for Some Cunts serious opinions on naruto the most youre here for is me cooing over sasuke in the tags #that being said im sure its no surprise ihave the opinions i do. given that i see sasuke and go (points) beautiful baby boy baby

[carnivalcarriondiscarded]

I just want to tell ya a little story!

I worked at a vet as a caretaker for about a year, and we got a beagle come in named Barnaby.. and he was an amazing dog 10/10 dog...he was about 4 years old.and wore a little blue bowtie with his collar. So I can say beagles are interesting fluffy creatures! It was an amazing experience with the different dogs. It was a very fun job!!!

awwwww thats Cute! i guess there's something about beagles that makes people think Blue... maybe it's the b...

#sounds like a fun job! #i Have heard good things about beagles #i also watched underdog as a kid which made me a little biased but yk. shoeshine.... #rambles from the bog #bowties on collars is one of my favorite things #i wished my cats could Tolerate that! id slap one on letti so fast

[dollsuguru]

being a toji defender is in my blood you can state anything he did and i’ll find a convoluted way to excuse it

#i’m this way with only him 😭 #me pointing fingers at geto while holding toji protectively against my chest is not lost on me but hey #a dilf is a dilf. and i loooooooove me an underdog :3 #in theory i could defend sukuna too but i won’t/he wouldn’t want me to do that either #so yeah . sukie did that he did Unfortunately do all that and i do need to fight him for it like don’t be mean to your nephew omfg #i can excuse almost 95% else except for him being mean to yuji/overtaking megs/keeling gojo but that was just foreplay for sukugo #y’all wouldn’t hashtag Understand #personal