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Well this explains why Jason was so keen on being involved in the Live Ocean ETF series in 2022!

Link to the Sail World article below

Jason Saunders, double NZ olympian, has been named to Orient Express, the French America’s Cup team.

He is married to a French resident and lives in La Rochelle, a major sailing centre on the west coast.

Saunders qualifies to sail for France on the basis that he has lived in France for more than the required period and dates, specified in the Protocol governing the 37th America's Cup. He is currently sailing with the Swiss SailGP team, along with triple America's Cup winner, Glenn Ashby. The other four sailing members of the French America's Cup team are all part of the SailGP France team - operated by the same organisation as the America's Cup team.

He sailed for New Zealand, as crew for Paul Snow-Hansen, in the 470 class at the 2012 Olympic Regatta, finishing 5th overall. At the 2016 Olympic Regatta in Rio de Janeiro he crewed with Gemma Jones (recently announced a a trialist for the NZ Womens America's Cup team) in the Mixed Multihull event, finishing 4th overall and winning the Medal Race.

Since then he has sailed with the Swiss SailGP team, and also for early regattas last year with the Live Ocean ETF26 team.

With the unveiling of the sailing squad, Orient Express Racing Team — the French Challenger for the 37th America's Cup — has reached another significant milestone en route to next year's showdown in Barcelona

The announcement precedes the imminent arrival of the team's AC40 foiling monohull at the Spanish venue, a vital component in their training trajectory ahead of the delivery of the AC75 America's Cup race boat next year

Quentin Delapierre and Kevin Peponnet will be the helmsmen for both the AC40 Orient Express and AC75, with François Morvan, Matthieu Vandame and Jason Saunders the trimmers. Between them the quintet bring vast experience at an Olympic and international level, with their skills forged more recently in the intense heat of the SailGP racing circuit.

At the same time the squad of 'cyclors' — the literal powerhouse who provide the energy needed to operate the AC75's controls — were named as Germain Chardin, Maxime Guyon, Olivier Herlédant, Tim Lapauw, Antoine Nougarede, and brothers Rémi and Thibaut Verhoeven. The group comes from backgrounds in sailing, rowing, cycling and crossfit, all also with international and Olympic credentials.

"There is no doubt that importing the mutual experience and teamwork honed on the SailGP circuit of Quentin, François, Matthieu and myself to the Orient Express Racing Team is a logical move," said Peponnet.

"Add to that the experienced technical and shore teams, and the depth of talent we have to call on throughout the build-up to the America's Cup, and we are quietly confident that we will be in a position to climb the mountain ahead of us and be fully in contention in September next year.

"We have had great and ongoing high value training on the simulator thanks to the excellent work by our chief designer Benjamin Muyl and his team, and now we are eager to add real time experience on the AC40 on the Barcelona race course from mid-August."

The new developments follow-on from the May announcement of the Women and Youth squads following a selection process entrusted to Team France Association in collaboration with the French Sailing Federation, with the third Official Challenger element now taking its place in what Orient Express regards as a single team.

Stephan Kandler, co-director of Orient Express Racing Team alongside Bruno Dubois, said: "The collaboration we have evolved already with French service providers, who bring world class levels of skill and know-how to the project, has been great. The technological challenge at the heart of the America's Cup will enhance knowledge and generate economic spin-offs for the French maritime industry, and that is very important to us."

The America's Cup has always been at the cutting edge of technological development, and never more so than in the current campaign. The imperative to create a seamless integration between the state-of-the-art technology and the crew has led to the involvement of the highly experienced Franck Cammas as Head of Performance within the team.

"My role with Orient Express Racing Team is to act as a link between the sailors and the design and technical teams, in the interests of performance," said Cammas.

"To be competitive, you need a well-designed boat and a crew who know how to use it and understand how it works. To achieve this, there needs to be good communication between the departments, so that we can refine and adjust the way we use the boat, going beyond the models and taking into account how the sailors feel about it."

With so much achieved in the short time since the Orient Express Racing Team announced its Cup challenge back in February, the project has also received the support of Amélie Oudéa-Castéra, France's Minister of Sport and the Olympic and Paralympic Games.

"We are proud to have come so far in such a short space of time," said Bruno Dubois.

"We started with a group of sailors who already knew each other from the top level of international competition, like team coach Thierry Douillard, sports coach Killian Philippe, and performance coach Thomas Sammut, and the whole team has grown together.

"There is still a long way to go to the America's Cup and we are not closing any doors on the possibility of adding other talented sailors to the group."

The Orient Express Racing Team will be in Barcelona in August when the team settles into V1 of their base in the Catalan capital, and they start sailing aboard the AC40 Orient Express.

#competitive sailing #2023Jul06 #sail world article #jason saunders #Orient Express French Amercia’s Cup sailing team #ac37 prep #quentin de lapierre #franck camas #kevin peppernet

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doudouneverte · 1 year

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Back to Home | Chapter Three: Impossible

*GIF not mine*

Summary: While on Earth 717, they start to plan an operation to get you back; on Earth 616, everyone want to know who you are but, you just want to go home and for this, you'll have to ask the help of one of the last person you want to see right now.

Pairing in this chapter: Natasha Romanoff x Teen!Reader; Avenger x Teen!Reader; Doctor Strange x Teen!Reader; America Chavez x Teen!Reader; Peter Parker x Teen!Reader; (variant)WandaNat & family

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Okay it was the only thing you did want to deal with. You just looked at them for a moment, you needed to think about a name right now. "Uh...Scarlet." you replied more like a question. They clearly doubted that but it's not like you could tell them who you were. Right now you just needed to not bring more questions and quickly came back in the future.

At your reply, Natasha scoffed and you looked at her with a sad look. The last argument you had with your moms was still recent in your mind but she didn't have to know that, at least not yet.

"Scarlet hum? Like the Scarlet Wi-" Sam tried to ask but you cut him off.

"No, definitely no. It's Scarlet like Scarlet Widow." you said proudly and everyone looked at you confused.

"Widow? Like the Black Widow?" Bucky asked and you sighed.

"No. Like the Scarlet Widow." you reply harshly.

"Okay, okay. Miss, Scarlet what do you want?" Strange asked, visibly annoyed by your interaction with the two men.

"I want to go back home." you replied.

"And where are you from?" he asked.

"Really far from here." Nobody seemed convinced.

"And where did you find this?" Natasha spoke for the first time and showed you your widow's bites.

"Oh thank God, you found them. Morgan would kill me if I lost them." you replied and the two teens chuckled at your attitude.

"You know it's not something a kid should have." Tony said and you rolled your eyes.

"I'm 18, so, technically I'm not a kid anymore and I have used this for nearly three years now so yeah how dangerous they could be." you said looking at the red headed when you finished your sentence.

"But they didn't work." Natasha said

"Yeah I know that's why I'm here. I need to repair them even if I don't really know how. I need to send a signal to the....to my team and to let them know I'm alright." you said and tried to be the most convincing possible.

"But we have some questions before." Steve said and you rolled your eyes.

"Birthday?" the Russian asked but you didn't reply. You can't tell them you were technically born aly six years ago. "Okay you don't want to reply." she sighed. "Parent's name?" she asked. You just stare at her but you didn't said anything. "Okay, another question. Why do you have the same power as Wanda Maximoff?" she asked.

You played with your fingers and when they think you'll finally reply you wiped their hope. "Can I talk to my lawyer?" you asked and they all exchanged a look.

Tony grabbed a phone and looked at you "Who are they?" he asked and you bit your cheek.

"Clint Barton." you replied and they were all confused. "You know Hawkeye, the Avengers" you added and that didn't make disappear their surprise.

Okay even in your univers Clint didn't really learnt anything about laws but if there is one person you wanted to confess anything it was him. Morgan is only 6 years old in 2024; your aunts are very good friends but you knew they couldn't really keep this to themself and for your uncle it's sure he could talk with your mom so he was the safe option.

Natasha just glared at you, it was clear that she couldn't trust you; she didn't say anything and just left quickly followed by the winter soldier. "Did I say something wrong?" you asked Peter.

"Honestly I don't know. She seems a little upset but I think she will call him." he replied.

"Oh okay, but why did the Snowman soldier follow her?" you asked and Amercia chuckled at the shity nickname.

"I'm not sure but everyone says there is something between them." Peter whispered and you frowned your eyebrows. Yeah of course your mom is good friends with Bucky but she's married to a certain Sokovian witch, right? The boy noticed your face and added in a whisper "You know they are a thing. Like they date each other."

"What??!" you yelled and the adults stopped their conversation to look at you. "No it's impossible. Are you sure about that?" you asked a little quietly.

"Yeah it's like everywhere on the internet." he replied casually.

"But it's impossible I need to...I mean I ship her with Wanda." you corrected yourself and ignored America who raised her eyebrows to you.

"Sorry not sorry. I think you missed a lot of things because right now I don't think it could have anything between her and Wanda." he said and when you wanted to ask why Natasha came back.

Everyone looked at her but she focused her gaze on you and it remembered you all the time she was about to ground you. "He will be here tomorrow." she informed you and you nodded. "We will let see you tomorrow. Steve will bring you your lunch later." she said and left.

“So I think we can go back from where we came too.” Strange added.

“No!” you stopped him. “Actually I’ll need your help to go back to my home.” you informed him.

“And what makes you think I will want to help a perfect stranger who I don’t know her name?” he asked you.

“Because…you’re an avenger and the Avengers help the ones who need it.” you said. “And also because you’re one of the most powerful users of magic here, and I’m pretty sure my problem needs magic.” you added.

“I’m the supreme sorcerer, I’m not ‘one of the most powerful magic users here’. I’m the most powerful.” he explained and you rolled your eyes.

“Okay if you want but I think you forgot Wanda. She can alternate reality and she’s like the most powerful witch in this world, even if I’m the second one.” you said and America flinched a little. The action was unnoticed by everyone in the room except you but you didn’t find the need to ask her about that.

“Yeah, but I don’t think she would be able to help you for a moment.” the sorcerer said before leaving with the two teens before you could reply.

In the afternoon Steve came back to the kitchen with an empty plate. "She didn't say anything, I think she doesn't want to talk to anyone except Clint." he said and Natasha just nodded.

"Do you think it's a good idea to let her speak with Clint? She didn't look like someone we can trust." Sam asked.

"I don't trust her." the Russian said and Bucky looked at her confused. "I don't know why she wants to talk to Clint but she's silly if she thinks he will not tell me what she wants to keep hidden from us." she explained.

Tony came just after and throw your widow's bite on the redhead's laps she looked confused. "Look at them" she looked at them and then at the billionaire again. "More carefully." he said and she inspected them. She was about to give up until she found it, a little 'Stark Industrie' logo.

"But how?" she asked and Tony took back the weapons.

"I don't know but I think it's not the last secret this little thing hides." he said and went back to his lab.

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[Earth 717 - the Tower]

Tony was zoning out in the kitchen with a coffee cup in his hand, neither him or his daughter had a proper night. He was too far in his mind to hear the footsteps, he came back to reality when he felt a hand on his shoulder. "Hey Tony, are you alright?" Steve asked.

The billionaire placed the cup on the kitchen counter, "Honestly no" he admitted "I don't know what to do. We try anything Steve, we search in the multiverse. We used the power of America to help us but nothing worked." he said.

"I think you should try to sleep, after a good nap you will try again and we will help you." the super soldier saif and gave him a reassuring smile and led him in a bedroom.

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In your tower’s bedroom Morgan was here with Ava, your other best friend, she told her everything.

"Wait hold on, you are telling me that the most reckless person we know is lost somewhere in the multiverse?" Ava asked and Morgan nodded, "wow, it's the most Y/n-ish thing she ever did" she joked and the little Stark laughed. "But how are you? You don't look good so I think you stayed up all night with your dad to find a soluce."

"Yeah but it's more complicated than we thought."

"I don't even want to try to imagine all you did."

"We did a lot of things but it doesn't really matter we didn't find her."

"Hey don't say that you'll find her, like you always did. And she can't miss the gender reveal party, I'm sure she'll come back soon."

"Talking about that, how is my little buddy?"

"They are pretty good but I think I'm not ready for the next few months."

"Don't worry we will be here, like always."

'Ava was in front of your door, she was nervous but after five more minutes she knocked on the door. She didn't have to wait too long before Wanda opened the door.

"Hey Ava how are you?" she asked and your best friend almost cried at the question.

"Very good and you aunty Wanda?" she replied and even if your mom sensed it was a lie she didn't push her.

"Very well thank you. Y/n and Morgan are in her bedroom." she said and took a step aside to let the teenager in. Ava thanks her and after quickly greeting Natasha she rushed to your bedroom; she didn't knock and just enter and close the door quickly behind her.

You were playing Mario Kart with Morgan, you sprained your ankle at your last mission so you can't really go out. Your other best friend sat on the bed and you paused the game to look at her; she texted you two hours earlier to let you know she had to talk to you and Morgan and that's why everyone was there.

"Girls I fucked up" she started and the two of you exchange a concern look.

"Did you crash your mom's car? Don't worry my dad can get you a new." Morgan said but the other girl shook her head.

"Did you burn your house? It's okay, I'm sure my mama can reverse the thing." you said but she shook her head again.

"Okay now you start to worry us. What's happen?" Morgan asked. Ava took a deep breath and tears almost fell on her cheeks.

"Guys, I'm pregnant." she announced and she would look at your two faces if she was not too anxious about the news.

"You're WHAT?" you both yelled, in the living room Natasha looked at Wanda a little confused, her wife sensed you were shocked, happy and worried at the same time but she didn't know why. "From who? Since when? And most importantly does your mom know?" you asked her together.

"From Marcus of course, you know I'd never cheat on him. I've known about it since yesterday. And yes my mom knows, she's actually the one who encouraged me to tell you." she replied and you smiled.

"It's awesome Ava you always wanted to be a mom." you said and you hugged her tightly but you pulled back she was crying.

"Hey baby girl, what's wrong?" Morgan asked her.

"My mom was happy, she said she will help me. But him..." she couldn't finish her answer before she cried again.

"What did he say?" Morgan asked.

"He said he doesn't want to have a kid now and he broke up with me." she said.

"Honestly I understand him." You said "It's not easy to raise a child even more when we are only 18 but don't worry we will be here with you and I'm sure my moms would be more than happy to help you." you explained and she finally smiled.

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You came back from Ava's first echography. The three of you were excited when you opened the door of your home. You quickly went to the kitchen with your friend where your moms were.

"Hi moms" you said and they looked at you.

"Hi girls, you seemed excited" Wanda said and Ava nodded.

"Mama, do you still have the book on pregnancy?" you asked and Natasha choked on her coffee. "That's not for me." you reassured them.

The Russian scanned your friend and lent her gaze on Ava who just waved shyly. "Wait no. Not you." Natasha said and Wanda looked at your friend confused.

"Yes it's me. I'm pregnant" she said and your moms started to cry and gave her a group hug.

"But how? I remember the first time Y/n brought you here after school. You were so tiny, you were a baby and now…" Wanda said and Morgan and you laughed at her attitude. Your moms cried, they saw Ava like her daughter too like Morgan or your cousin Luna.

"Time flies aunty Wanda" she replied and everybody laughed.'

Morgan yawned and Ava brought back to reality, "You need to sleep, I'll be here with you don't worry." she said and the young Stark nodded before she laid on your bed and started to sleep.

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[Earth 616 - Tower, the next day]

"Miss Scarlet, Mr, Barton is here." Friday said. You were watching a series after you convinced Tony to let you have a Netflix account. When you turned your head you saw Clint and Natasha, they both had a silent discussion before the man looked at you. He didn't make you wait and open the door to enter, the redhead was just behind him.

He sat in front of you and you just looked at Nat to wait until she left but she didn't. Fortunately for you the archer seemed to understand. "I think I heard Tiny said he would need your help with something" he said to his best friend and she finally seemed to notice and leave. "So, hi, I'm CLint but it seems you already know that." he said and you nodded. "So who are you?"

You took a deep breath and looked at him. "Okay, I know what I'm about to say would be weird but I need you to trust me." you said and he frowned his eyebrows. "You're the only one who can help me and keep my secret safe until I'm back home."

"And what tell you I would not tell you anything?" he asked.

"Because you're Clint Barton, I know exactly what you're capable of and I know you'll never tell what I'll tell you." you replied.

"You seem to trust me a lot but I don't know you."

"That's because my moms do."

"Your moms?"

"Yeah, you're the first who trusted them and allowed them to try to have a better life and change who they were." you declared but he didn't reply. "Okay, I'm Y/n Maximoff-Romanoff, and my moms are Natasha Romanoff and Wanda Maximoff." you said and his jaw dropped.

"But how can you? Natasha..."

"Can't have babies, I know. It's Wanda who carried me." you explained.

"But why do you tell me this? Why not Natasha or Wanda?" he asked.

"Oh I don't know because it seems a little weird to appear from nowhere and suddenly say 'Hey, I'm your daughter from the future. I don't know why I'm here but I can't go back home. Oh and I love your hair cut by the way.' See, it seems weird." you explained.

"Wait, you're from the future?" he asked.

"Yes, how do you think I could be so old when my mom only met 12 years ago?" you replied.

"You really talk like a Romanoff." he said and you smiled.

"Thanks, I think it's one of the best things someone said to me." you replied honestly.

"But now I start to think, how could I help you?"

"I just need you to fix my widow's bite and send a signal to Morgan." you replied.

"I stop you kid, I'm not the best with technology. And wait Nat let you use widow's bite?" he asked, visibly shocked.

"Technically, she didn't let me but I'm the scarlet widow and a widow without a widow's bite it's weird." you replied.

"Scarlet Widow?" he raised his eyebrow.

"Yeah because of my magic" you replied.

"Not because of something else?"

"Why do everyone think I chose this because of my mom?"

“Because you have the same habit of playing with your hands when you’re nervous,” he pointed at your hands. Honestly you didn’t realize you were nervous until her said it. “But what tell you Natasha didn’t put a mic on me?” he asked.

“Would you let her if she asked you?” he seemed to think about it before he shook his head. “See? Now I need your help, I’ll explain what to do.” you started but he cut you off.

“Sorry but you know that they can record us with Friday?” he asked but you smirked

“I’m the best friend of the little genius Morgan Stark, I know how to hack Friday easily.” you said proudly.

“Okay you’re really Nat’s daughter.” he said and you laughed. After twenty big minutes he finally accepted to keep your secret and help but with the condition to tell him all you know about the future partners of Lila, just to be prepared.

But when he made his way to the lab he was greeted by the last person who could possibly be there. “Oh Wanda, it’s a surprise to see you here.” he said. The Sokovian turned around at his voice, she seemed very tired and sad but she was like that since the incident with America.

“Hi Clint, uh- yeah, Fury sent me someone to tell me that the Avenger wanted to talk with me.” she said but didn’t make eye contact with the archer.

“It’s…nice to see you again…I suppose.” he said, clearly unsure if that was a good or a bad news.

“Oh you don’t have to act like this, I’ll just talk with them and go away as soon as possible.”

“Uh, I think you should be stay a little I mean you should have a lot to say with anyone…I really want to stay but I have something to do so, see you later.” he said and run in the lab before she could reply

In the Lab Clint saw Natasha and Tony, they were talking about something and he wasn’t focus on the conversation when he saw this. Your widow’s bites were on the table in front of the duo and according to the billionaire's face, it was something that even him couldn’t understand.

“Does anyone know why Wanda is here?” Barton said and gained the attention of his two teammates.

“Steve wants to recruit her back and according to Fury, I’m not qualified enough to oppose. And that even if that means to let a woman who attempted to kill a little girl in my tower.” he explained and the Russian sighed.

“Don’t listen to him; she’s here because we need her for any potential new menace.” she replied.

“You act like that because you don’t have children, Romanoff, but I’m pretty excited to know how you’ll act when she would harm your little copycat. Talking about her, what did she tell you?”

“She just said she needs our help to go back to her home. I think we can try to help her, she didn’t look like a threat or anything.” Clint explained and Natasha looked at him suspiciously. “And what is it?” he asked, pointing the device on the table.

“A little from our little guest.” Tony said, and Nat rolled her eyes. “I don’t know who did this but it’s a genius. There are a lot of gadgets in only one.” he added.

“Can I see it?” the archer said and took them before they could reply. He examined the thing while remembering what you said about how to send a signal discreetly. “And what is this button?” he asked, pushing it.

“I don’t know but it seems that nothing works.” Natasha said and her best friend hummed before he put your weapons down and took a step away.

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[Earth 717]

Wanda was sitting on the couch in the living room, she stared at the window. The sun started to set again and you were not here. She came out for her trance when she heard footsteps behind her, she turned round to meet the green eyes she loved so much. Natasha didn’t say anything, she just sat beside her wife and took her in her arms. It was always like this, when the Sokovian felt sad, empty or both; her wife would just hold her tight to remind her that she was not alone. They never end this habit even after your birth and when you were the reason she felt like this.

There was a comfy silence until Morgan entered the room visibly in a rush. “We have a signal.” she said and your moms didn’t wait before following her in her lab. “It’s not a big one so we think she sent it in a while now.” the young Stark explained when they were in the Lab with everyone.

“Like we excepted the signal don’t come from anywhere in our universe, but I traced it and I found the location.” Tony said while the screen showed a lot of earth planets until it stopped on one of them, he zoomed and a signal appeared on the screen. “Universe 616, I’ll do some research to know where exactly it’s from.”

The room was drowned in the silence and noise of the keyboard until they stopped. “Got this.” he said and everyone looked at the screen. “New York, from what seems to be the rest of an Avengers’ tower.” he explained.

“I can go now.” America said.

“No, we come with you.” Wanda said.

“Wanda, you retired from a while now you should let them go.” Tony said but the Sokovian didn’t change her mind.

“It’s my baby so, of course we come. I don’t want to hear anything, I should be there to protect her the first time.” she said and nobody wanted to argue. After she materialized her and Nat's suit, America opened a portal and they crossed it.

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[Earth 616, 2036]

On the other side of the portal, the three were ready to fight anyone who would face them but fortunately or unfortunately, there was nobody.

“Are you sure we’re in the right place Amrica, because it doesn’t seem to have a soul?” Natasha said while looking everywhere for a sign of you.

“Yeah, I came here a while ago but it was a decade prior.” she said and the woman nodded.

“I think we should split up to find her.” the red head proposed but she was quickly stopped by her wife.

“No, it’s not right.” Wanda said and the two other women looked at her.

“What’s happening Wanda?” the younger asked.

“She’s not here.” your mama whispered. “I can’t feel her, she’s not here.” she repeated louder.

“Hey honey, it’s okay, maybe it’s just because we’re in another universe so your powers don’t work.” Natasha tried to reassure her wife (or herself). “Let’s try to search a little.” she proposed and even if Wanda didn’t think it was a good idea she couldn't say ‘no’ when her wife looked so desperate.

Unfortunately for them after three hours of research and a world tour for Wanda in this universers they couldn’t find you. “I think we should go back now. We will tell Morgan to affinate her research the next time.” America proposed and even if they didn’t want to, your moms just nodded and after crossing another portal they were back home.

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[Earth 717]

When they came back everyone was expecting to see you but when they saw their faces, they knew.

“It’s impossible.” Morgan said before felling apart. You were not back, not yet.

#natasha romanoff #natasha romonova #natasha romanoff x teen!reader #natasha romanoff x daughter!reader #mama!nat #mama nat #wanda maximoff #wanda maximoff x daughter reader #wanda maximoff x teen!reader #mama wanda #mama!wanda #wandanat #wandanat x daughter!reader #wandanat x teen!reader #america chavez #america chavez x reader #avengers x platonic reader #avenger x reader

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lady-lazagna · 8 months

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i hope u dont mind me throwing in three little guys for thr oc ask

ashton vita and acec >:3

I mind very much how DARE you >:0 /j

I’ll start with our resident Filipino legend Acec since he’s in the same timeline as my gang. Xe’s a very OuO guy, so I think at first Ash and Kylie would be a bit put off, maybe try but struggle to hold conversations with him. They may eventually they warm up to him when they realise xe is just A Guy and not a changling of some kind. But fellow autism Madina knows there’s no need for flowing conversations when you have funny little pictures to share. They’d hit it off best with their simultaneous lack of seriousness and genuine sincerity. They snoop around team Dungeon collecting The Goss. They sit quietly and watch mcyt videos for hours on end, eyes dead and legs bouncing. Madina would pick him up and swing him around like Mario swinging Gay Bowser. Also they both like beautiful men. Maybe they can double date and re-introduce Tsubasa and Bao to each other, since they definitely do not remember each other at all. God bless amercia o7

Trucker Dave is the person who’s most likely to know Vita and the crew since he's Coach Steel’s husband. Idk if Steel’s still the main coach in the Zero Era but ain’t no way he’s out of there completely, so Dave still passes through from time to time. And if he notices a kid having a rough time, he'll try to offer a bit of Queer Trucker Wisdom. With Vita being the leader of her team and also queer, it's likely Dave could notice her going through some Stuff and give some good ol' advice, maybe let her pet his dog while she vents a bit. They both seem to have very calming and trusting presences so I think they'd get on quite well.

Now, ASHANTI. Ash would LOVE Vita. In her time, she was the only female team leader in the championships, so seeing an up-and-coming female team leader would be absolutely delightful. At that point she's also a beyblading coach, so maybe she could reach out and give some advice? Offer some training or even a mentorship if she can stand being in the US for that long? They're both sort of "older sister" figures, so she could also help Vita navigate the feelings that come with that (also them combined with Aria and Kylie?? Slay).

The Birrung girls would see Ashton Angsto and think "man aren't we glad we had no dudes on our team" or maybe "wow the kids these days have problems. we had problems once." But they don't see him as a threat to anyone as much as just a dickhead who'll hopefully learn about the magic of friendship, as all other minor dickheads in the championships tend to do. So long as he stays in his lane and doesn't join any evil corporations, they won't sick any wild hounds on him (although if Ash is also Vita's mentor... then that might change. Go full Madina mode if you know what I mean (I really don't care that you're a baby, I'll snap your neck like a twig)).

#autism gang autism gang #eeheehee wise mentors go brrrrrr #mfb oc #mfb original character #oc ashanti savage #oc kylie cook #oc madina ndukwe #oc trucker dave #lazagna ocs #oc ask game

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I have them listed on ebay if you’d perfer to go that route. I have a 100% rating. Look for mike_of_merr eBay.

Marvel Event Lot - $30 (shipping $10) Marvel Super Hero Team Up TPB Civil War TPB Fear Itself TPB Infinity Gauntlet TPB Silver Surfer Rebirth of Thanos TPB

Avengers Lot ONE - $60 (shipping $10) Iron Man - The Many Armors or Iron Man TPB Iron Man - Extremis TPB Avengers - Mythos TPB Avengers - World Trust TPB Young Avengers Vol. 1 - Sidekicks TPB Young Avengers Vol. 2 - Family Matters TPB

Heroes Reborn Lot - $30 Captain Amercia TPB Fantastic Four TPB The Avengers TPB Iron Man TPB

Avengers Lot TWO - $40 Avengers Defenders War HC Avengers - First to Last HC The Death of Captain America HC

New Avengers Vol 1 HC - $15

Avengers Earth's Mightiest Heroes HC Joe Casey Scott Kolins - $40

Thor Visionaries Walter Simonson set vol 1-5 - $100

Iron Man Epic Collection vol 16 War Games - $60

Sentry Age of the Sentry tpb lot - $65

Avengers vs Thanos tpb - $40

#books for sale #graphic novels #comics for sale #comic books #graphic novels for sale #thanos #avengers #thor #infinity gauntlet #civil war #fear itself #heroes reborn #iron man #sentry

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mainsfeeds · 2 years

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Gift card shark

International visitors from places like China, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, Japan, USA, Canada, EU, NZ, Europe, Africa, South Amercias come to Australia to see the real North West of Australia.Įxmouth and Ningaloo Reef in Australia are popular with tourists and the known safe environments. Off the coast the fringe reef Ningaloo Reef is in Western Australia and it is one of the most unique places to visit in Australia.Įach year many tourists from come from around the world visit Ningaloo Reef in Australia to swim and snorkel with whale sharks and see the amazing variety our West Australian marine life.Īll People who are in Australia can easily visit Ningaloo Reef to swim with whale sharks. In Australia, particularly in Western Australia whalesharks are found on Ningaloo Reef WA each year between March and mid-August - September. When snorkelling alongside a whale shark it is easy to see the whale-shark because they swim just below the surface. All of our tour participants can test out their snorkelling gear while snorkelling on the reef. Ningaloo Whale Shark n Dive always start the whale shark your adventure with a guided morning snorkelling tour on Ningaloo Reef. along with turtles and sometimes if your luck the odd manta ray or dolphin will greet you There are many different varieties of fish and corals to see while snorkelling. While snorkelling on Ningaloo Reef extremely colourful tropical fish can be seen swimming amongst the corals. It is a great idea to have some snorkelling experience prior but if guests cannot snorkel our team can give snorkelling instructions, Snorkelling is super easy and very relaxing, just breathe through the snorkel while you float and swim through the water surface. Īustralian government has protection practices in place for the marine life so while snorkelling with a whale shark during the tour guests can swim 3 metres from the side of the whale shark and 4 metres from the tail.Īll snorkelling gear needed is supplied on the whale shark tour. It is one of the most unique snorkelling experiences one can do in the ocean and a whale shark snorkelling tour on Ningaloo Reef with Ningaloo Whale Shark n Dive.įor some tour participants snorkelling alongside a whale shark is a life changing and a totally surreal experience. Imagine living your bucket list dream and snorkelling with a whale sharks on the Ningaloo Reef that is truly a majestic experience. The developers have made a very fun experience that builds on itself fluidly in a way that many other games don’t seem to get right.Experience the Best Whale-Shark Tour you dream of… This is the game for those who don’t like card games. One of the year’s best orchestrations of gameplay and presentation in unison, Card Shark is a smart, but above all, brilliantly-crafted journey of cunning and deception.Ĭard Shark is a truly unique experience that shouldn’t be slept on. Experience 18th century France like never before seen, explore small towns, and luxurious lounges brought to life by the hard-working team at Nerial, game creator Arnaud De Bock (Pikuniku), illustrated by Nicolai Troshinsky, accompanied by an original score by Andrea Boccadoro as interpreted by an orchestra.As you slowly climb from local-card parlors to the king’s table himself, be careful not to get caught your fellow gamblers don’t take kindly to lowly cheats.Master the art of deception by using age-old techniques of card cheating like marking, false shuffles, deck switching, false deals, and many more! And use your ill-gotten wealth to buy your way into higher stakes tables.Stick to the strategies you learned and this score will be a walkover, or will it? Welcome to 18th-century France a world of unfettered greed and gluttony, tonight you attempt to rob blind a group of unscrupulous scoundrels and rouges, rumored to possess an unlimited amount of money between them. Card Shark is a narrative-focused adventure game themed around intrigue, gambling, and delectable deceit developed by Nerial studios.

#Gift card shark

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katiedaven · 3 years

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Soooo I got this awhile back and didn't show it off

#me #girl #picture #tattoos #team iron man #captain amercia #iron man #infinity stones #marvel endgame #marvel #tattoed girls #avengers endgame #the avengers

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skatinginpr0gress · 6 years

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It's team Cap bc they all wear caps

#team cap #captain amercia #civil war #the winter soldier #bucky barnes

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wagonlitcommunitytheatregroup · 3 years

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Simone Biles is doing moves where if she lands wrong or loses track of herself like she did it will very likely end her career or her life. If she is feeling like she has the "twisties" that she and other professional gynmasts have described then it is clear she is making the logical and safe decision.

If you drive Indycars and in practice your car keeps jerking in wild directions or not responding when you break and accelerate, are you going to go into the race and go all out at 240 MPH? No way in hell.

If you guys cannot accept the mental health angle look at it from physical health and team health. If she competes at best she scores low and loses us a medal. At worst she breaks her neck and watch Amercia's G.O.A.T. die on TV because she opted to "tough it out"

Romanticize "perserverence" and "grit" all you want but literally it's her neck on the line.

Tl;dr: She made the logical choice.

#simone biles #olympics #olympic gymnastics

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bathroom-sand · 5 years

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BBSIM: the season bb21 wishes it was | Week Two

@artsy-man-today, @chaengscutie, @cirie-sandra-michaela, @diana-san, @festivestef, @flopbb21, @ika-wong, @jackieibara, @kemi-x-faknule, @marcdjr00, @modernjackoverland, @nija-orita20, @rennyforpresident, @shaolinbynature, @whats-bb21

week two and everybody in the house is indifferent and you know what, if this persists then next time i’m randomizing it. like is nobody talking to each other? no friendships or open enemies? miss me with that.

PART ONE OF THE HOH:

i guess we splitting up people by gender now. looks like the he/hims are going first. and if i messed up, know that the bbsim set up is hard and i’m sorry. but the real question remains: who is fit?

if want an insight into the physical prowess of the tag look no further than our first HOH @rennyforpresident!!! renny is terrible at physical and endurance comps, decent overall. and yet, somehow, being decent is all it takes to win in the tag and I oop-

congratulations rennyforpresident! you’re truly the best of the best.

it’s anyone’s game now as the second batch of houseguest fight for HOH, but with a background in sports my bets are on @ika-wong, who is, from my memory, one of the few people who can perform well in physical competitions!

i’m not surprised to say that comp beast @ika-wong has secured HOH and avoided initial nominations! she won in a landslide, i’m sure.

it looks as though @cirie-sandra-michaela has impressed the right people this week and is now apart of team america! will this affect his game? probably not. but it’s worth a shot!

@modernjackoverland is still not forgiven for making me redo the stats on everybody, shame shame. and @festivestef is nominated for no discernible reason, but given that amercia isn’t a fan it shouldn’t a surprise that ika-wong doesn’t either.

anywayssss i’m really not bitter. totally not bitter. poor @kemi-x-faknule was nominated for eviction. probably due to being one of the few comp threats in the game. and i was nominated probably for winning last week as well. my guess? @rennyforpresident realized he’s the strongest of the weakest and is doing a smart move trying to get rid of any threats.

it appears as though putting two people good at comps on the block during a battle of said block didn’t boad to well for renny. and uh, can i just say this is a horrible idea? because how can you get out physically strong people if they’re just gonna win?

it looks as though rennyforpresident has now been dethroned and can now, apparently, be nominated for eviction. best of luck in further comps but, as someone who nominated me, i can’t say i’m sad you’ve been dethroned.

it appears as though despite not being liked much preseason @shaolinbynature, as truly riven up through the ranks! she is now the third and final member of team america!

some people in this house just never catch a break from comps... @cirie-sandra-michaela and @kemi-x-faknule. lets see if comps beast @ika-wong or @kemi-x-faknule will win. or perhaps, more surprisingly, it’ll be a mental comp and everyone might actually have a decent shot!

nope! turns out it was @kemi-x-faknule afterall! i think this suddenly ensures he’s a comp beast. that’s two wins in a week?

ouch. sorry @cirie-sandra-michaela, you may have survived week one but it looks like the house isn’t ready to give you a break just yet. on the real plus side, this is the second week in a row that the veto was used. and since we do not have any alliances i can safely say ya’ll just like the drama of a veto ceremony

@cirie-sandra-michaela mentions his good times with @modernjackoverland and how he hates being put up next to her since they won the battle of the block last week together. he says he loves the house and respects the game. @modernjackoverland tries to switch it up by saying she deserves to stay more and that @cirie-sandra-michaela it too much of a threat so you should get him out now.

let’s see how the houseguests vote.

the votes are 2-2, right now it is anyone's game and the competition is looking pretty tight.

the votes are now 3-5. @modernjackoverland can still pull this out, but with only a few votes left will it be enough.

it’s official, with eight votes @modernjackoverland will be evicted. :( let’s take a moment to inform the houseguests.

@modernjackoverland, take a moment to say your goodbyes and collect your stuff. better luck next sim.

#bb21 #bbsims

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goldenhour-goldenboy · 5 years

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What do you think Will and Ben did after the events of Triple Frontier? Redfly said the team couldn't go home after the heist.

Honestly? I’ve been thinking about this a lot. In my head they still go home and continue to live their life, Ben’s still in MMA and Will continues to give speeches and nothing really changed expect they’ve lost a friend and everything turned out to be way shittier than they’ve expected. I know that Redfly said they can’t go back but ... I never saw the reason in the first place and the only way for me to make sense is because of the money and getting tied in with the events that happened in South Amercia ... but since the money never happened I really don’t see a reason why they can’t go back?? Also it doesn’t seem like any of them were truly ready to leave their old lives behind bc neither of them took precautions before they’ve flown out and they only decided to take on the mission themselves once they were there?? Like Fish’s expecting a CHILD, HELLO? Idk I truly didn’t get the whole “you can’t go back to your life” after this thing and if anyone would like to explain it to me you’re more than welcome! :D

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freespeechdrunkchk-blog · 5 years

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Antifa etc

"We have a very clear trend in this country. We try one person as president, and the next person has to be completely opposite. ‘Cause no one can do the job correctly. We go right, left, dumb, smart. We give everybody a chance. We go Clinton, Bush. Then we go Bush, Obama. Obama, Trump.....

We just got out of a long-term relationship with a very boring but sensible person, and now we’re dating a whore"-Joe rogan

I can understand people who hate Trump. I get it....he's arrogant, he's offensive, rude, sleeps with porn stars and then calls them Horse face on twitter....he's a dick....it's totally understandable. Even though I see a total inability to think critically sometimes by both conservatives who think he's the second coming and liberals who have convinced themselves he's Adolf hiter, I can see why people are so angry and emotional.

The problem, in my opinion, is that when you hold these extreme points of view, it's very easy to stop seeing things clearly. Blind admiration for the man will make you dimiss or justify anything negative you hear about him and on the flip side, bitter hatred will make you unable to see anything positive. In the past I never really cared too much about people's political bias, rhetoric, and unwillingness to see other points of view. That was just politics to me.....annoyingly similar to having a favorite football team. You want your team to win and fuck the losers on the other team lol but god damn people.....shit is out of control.

I occasionally post things on facebook that piss people off...it's pretty easy to do. But the other day I posted about ANTIFA and it felt like all hell broke loose....I was actually pretty stunned by some of my more peacful/hippyish friends defending them lol Everything I've ever read about ANTIFA , seen on tv, watched on YOUTUBE, read on their facebook pages have just been so fucked up. The name sounds good lol anti facsist? I'm an anti facsist! punch a nazi? fuck nazis. They chant things like sexist/racist/anti gay go away.....ok....sounds reasonable to me lol But......as much as I totally believe that they THINK they are doing whats right, the evidence suggests otherwise.

I didn't hear about ANTIFA until last year when those fuckin loser white nationalists marched in the street and apparently ended up killing a young female who was there to protest. I didn't see any videos of the "event" and I didn't understand why Trump had to say that both sides were responsible for what happened. To me it sounded like evil white racists were the only ones to blame. I mean clearly a group fighting against racism and facsism couldn't be to blame as well. They are trying to make the world a better place .....

But then I started seeing videos of ANTIFA throwing urine on people, hitting people over the head with bats, setting shit on fire, bringing guns and knifes and throwing Molitov cocktails at peaceful protests, injuring old people.....damaging property.....?? I started researching ANTIFA more and more and it became quite obvious that they were more of a terrorist group than anything. Terrorists who apparently have broadened the definition of racism and fascism to include pretty much anyone who's not them.

They spend much of their time trying to silence speakers like Tucker Carlson, Ben Shapiro, Candace Owens, Charlie kirk, Jordan Peterson, and even Dave Rubin of all people. ANTIFA considers them fascist nazis and they are willing to shut them down ...(.and this is a direct quote from them) "by any means necessary". While like most political speakers, the people I mentioned certainly have at least 1 or 2 opinions that can be seen as controversial especially if you are far to the left. That being said, they certainly are not facsists or racists or sexists or white supremicists or any of the other names being hurled in their direction. Dave Rubin is a gay liberal, Candace owens is a black female conservative, Ben Shapiro is very conservative Jewish man who proudly wears a Yamaka wherever he goes......so I have a hard time wrapping my head around calling them nazis or racists lol

I can see not liking them, not liking their ideas......I disagree with these people on some very important issues and have even been offended quite a few times listening to Ben Shapiro. But me being offended doesn't make him a Fascist...and I have yet to hear anyone make a decent argument to back up this claim.

This is the problem though....if blind hatred can convince you that Trump is comparable to Adolf Hitler (someone who had millions of people murdered in the most disgusting ways possible.) then you can easily justify ANTIFA's violence and you can demonize perfectly decent people simply because you do not agree with them politically.

ANTIFA thinks we are surrounded by NAZIS and so violence in their minds is justified. Showing up at someone's house, breaking their door, and scaring their family is justified. Trying to deny someone's free speech is justified. I'm sure there are real nazis still living in Amercia...violent white supremacists who deserve to get their ass beat. I wont bat a fucking eye or lose a wink of sleep if you harrass those guys.....but ANTIFA has no empathy for people who do not think just like they do and infact they see them as evil and when you see people as evil you are capable of some really horrible shit. Surely they must see the irony in all of this.......shutting down free speech, vandalizing peoples homes, chanting outside, trying to break into peoples homes, injuring, tossing urine, posting addresses online so that more people can come harrass people you don't agree with.......thats Fascism

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