#him playing his little sport

[flaticeball]

hey! as the first season of connor bedard gets underway i, your local indigenous hockey fan, have a request of you: please don't let this kid's sure to be marvellous and jaw-dropping rookie season make you complacent with the racism of the blackhawks as an organization. it is beyond heinous that they were able to secure the first overall pick this year for a number of reasons i'm sure we're all familiar with, but i am pleading with the hockey community not to let the racism of this org fall through the cracks.

they drafted connor bedard and handed him a jersey with a giant racist caricature on the front. their mascot is named tommy hawk. they continuously fail to curtail their fans' egregious displays of anti-indigenous racism at games.

i'm not going to ask anyone not to post about bedard. i know he's huge news and i'm bummed as all hell that i won't be able to enjoy the beginning of what is sure to be an incredible career myself. but i am asking, given that his presence on the team is likely to increase the prevalence of people making and reblogging posts about the blackhawks, that you please care, loudly and actively, about the racism of this organization and how much it hurts indigenous fans to see that go unquestioned so often.

consider mentioning it in posts. consider amplifying the voices of indigenous fans and community members about the issues of these types of sports organizations. consider reading up on the history of the person they claim to 'honour' with their hideous effigy of a logo. consider censoring the logo in your posts if you are able to (please do this if you are able to). consider tagging posts so that indigenous fans are at the very least able to blacklist that team and not have to see it.

above all, please just. don't forget about it. don't forget about us. we belong here too.

#gav gab #connor bedard #chicago blackhawks #i jsut. it makes me feel sick every time i see that thing. #this racist caricature of a native man's head on their jerseys on their ice in their locker room #a native man who had his body mutilated in death including having his head removed #it's fucking grotesque and it makes me literally sick #i was really looking forward to see what that little wizard boy could do! #and now it is wholly ruined for me #and i keep seeing people just. posting about it like this team is normal. like it's any other team #no ethical consumption under sports is true but some things ARE worse than others #and there is no justification or excuse for being a blackhawks fan in the year 2023. there just isn't. #and like..... it bums me the fuck out for bedard himself too #like he didn't choose this #he just got like. put into this situation #it sucks #he's a teenager and now he's in the middle of this whole mess he didn't create and isn't responsible for #and i can't expect him to do anything about it #but boy was i excited to see him play #and now it just..... yeah #well.

[mitskijamie]

Jamiegender scholars should we discuss the recurrant emasculation by older men

#oc #also very interesting how much of this comes from Roy if you read Roy as a closeted gay or bi man #I actually read a really interesting article about the sharp left turn in attitudes towards homosexuality in men's sports #and how in the 90's (which wouldve been the height of Roy's career) <10% of male athletes surveyed described themselves as 'pro gay' #compared to 93% in 2022 #and how it's common for male athletes to kiss each other/share beds/outwardly express love for each other which didnt used to be the case #Roy was loved and valued his entire career for being angry and aggressive and soldiering through pain without help #('Your anger makes you the player that you are' Roy Kent will never leave on a stretcher' 'I played hurt all the time') #and Jamie (who he sees so much of his younger self in) is living in a much better world where that expection isnt nearly as heavy and I can #see the resentment there #I'm fine with him playing hurt I played hurt all the time. I had to suffer so should he. it's not fair it's not fair it's not fair #this makes NO sense im literally like a little girl playing insane dramas with barbies #jamiegender

[djosephqueery]

We talk a lot about Steve getting into Eddie's interests- playing D&D, listening to metal, having Eddie read LotR to him- and some people have written about Eddie getting into Steve's interests, but there's still quite an imbalance. So here are my thoughts on what aspects of Steve's life Eddie gets excited about.

Eddie really enjoys listening to music with Steve. While he may be a metalhead, that doesn't mean that's the only genre he listens to, and to limit him to that would be an injustice to his character. First and foremost Eddie likes music. He likes music that pushes boundaries and experiments with sound and makes people think. What a hypocrite he'd be if he refused to listen to anything outside his preferred genre.

One of his favorite things to do with Steve is swap music. They'll sit and alternate playing Slayer and Electric Light Orchestra, Dio and Billy Joel. They'll pick up new tapes from artists neither have heard of and talk about what they do and don't like about them. They like discovering tapes they have in common in their collections- Fleetwood Mac, Queen, and Led Zeppelin, to name a few.

They go to concerts together regularly as dates. Mostly local groups neither has heard of before, but always enjoyable.

Eddie figures out early on in their relationship that Steve likes to sing. That he's good at it. That he thought about a musical theatre career but decided he didn't want to deal with all the rejection that comes with auditioning. Eddie decides to learn all of Steve's favorite songs- pop and otherwise- on guitar so Steve can sing along when he plays. So that when Eddie is mindlessly strumming while trying to get out restless energy, Steve will know some of the songs. He even gets Steve onstage a couple times for some slower songs after they've been together a while.

Eddie listens to Top 40 hits with Steve (though he'd never admit that to the kids. Not because he's ashamed, but because they would never stop teasing him about how gone he is for Steve if they knew), and learns Steve's favorite tracks so he can play them for him.

It took a very long time, but after seeing how legitimately excited Steve gets over sports, Eddie decided to give that a try too. He watches games with Steve, tapes them for him when Steve has a long shift and can't watch it live. He still doesn't quite understand the rules and mixes up terms, but he can admit that it's fun to try and follow along and predict strategies and bemoan bad ref calls.

Steve has even gotten Eddie to go to a few games in person with him. It didn't take much convincing, Eddie talks a big talk, but he's a sucker for spending time with Steve and seeing him happy. He's come to the conclusion that being in a crowd at a sports game isn't all that different from being in a crowd at a concert (as far as people gathering to watch a common interest goes), and energy is infectious. He ends up liking the first game he attends much more than he anticipated.

It helps that he likes trying to get the Kiss Cam to show him and Steve.

#this is obviously in an 80s without homophobia with the kiss cam thing #Eddie still refuses to actually play sports #but he loves watching Steve play with the kids #the music thing is more of a mutual interest than Eddie getting into one of Steve's #but I'm counting it because it's something they both get excited about #and Eddie gets really into Steve's tastes #as well as introducing his own #I want to write more about Steve's interests but we get so little about him in canon other than Jock TM #so to me he's a singer #is this projection again? #I'll never tell #it may also be a little influenced by the fact that Joe Keery can in fact sing #steddie #steve harrington #eddie munson #stranger things 4 #stranger things

[hamletthedane]

Iliad AU where the interfering Greek gods are all just overly-competitive little league parents taking this soccer/football game way too seriously while screaming at the (kinda biased) ref (Zeus)

#Iliad #Thetis is like ‘my son is the specialist little boy and shouldn’t have to play if he can’t be the star player 😡’ #Aphrodite & Ares are forcing Hector to maintain his sports scholarship so that his brother Paris can also continue going to the school #Athena is just a former D1 athlete who takes all of this WAY too seriously #Hera definitely sleeps with the ref to get him to swing the game #i could go on #also only kind of related but the Iliad is the most sports anime to ever not be a sports anime #gods damned greeks

[starweed]

heyyy, guess who’s back with more thoughts about itoshi rin????

so, we’ve already established that rin is a very extrinsically motivated person, at least when it comes to football. he doesn’t play football for himself, and he never has. and in a setting like blue lock i just don’t think that’s a sustainably way to play football. blue lock is a place that wants people have a real love for the sport, and would play it every single day of their lives if they could. ego wants people who want to win and want to be the best striker in the world.

rin,, doesn’t really want that. sure, he wants to beat isagi and prove his brother wrong, but that’s not really a longterm, sustainable goal. what happens when he succeeds? does he just stop and say, “okay, that’s good enough”? what happens if he never succeeds? if isagi just continually gets better and better and rin never beats him in a way that makes sae acknowledge him?

having extrinsic motivations is good and normal, but you also eventually have to do things that you want to do for you or you’re going to get burnt out. and i feel like that’s the path that rin’s headed towards if we’re being realistic about this. he just goes and goes and goes in a really unsustainable way, and eventually it’s going to catch up to him.

he’s a really interesting foil to isagi, who’s motivations are almost entirely intrinsic. part of why isagi’s mindset feels more sustainable to me is because he really only plays football for himself. he plays because he really loves the sport. and we don’t ever really see that in rin, so i feel like it’s eventually going to kind of blow up in his face as we’ve seen in previous rounds of blue lock.

or i’m entirely wrong about this. idk, i’m not kaneshiro. i’m just saying that i don’t think that rin’s got anything sustainable going on in how he plays football ¯\_ (��)_/¯

#original post #blue lock #itoshi rin #rin’s really good at football #that’s why he’s survived in blue lock for so long #i just don’t think that being really good at football is all that ego’s looking for in a striker #also #jsyk #i love rin so so so much #he’s my special little boy #i just also think that maybe just maybe he should find a reason to play football for himself before he burns out and decides to never play #again #he doesn’t seem like he really enjoys the sport anymore #and that makes me sad #because he deserves to have fun with the thing that he’s apparently going to spend the rest of his life doing #he’s only sixteen #he deserves to enjoy the life that he’s living #isagi yoichi #ig #he was mentioned #i feel like i talk a lot #get him on a volleyball court with hinata and kageyama #they’ll force him to find some enjoyment with what he’s doing #okay i’m done #does this count as meta? #meta post #blue lock meta #okay for real this time #bye

[askthekoopsandjr]

Roy, Morton, what's your favorite sport?

#koopalings #super mario #ask blog #nintendo #super mario bros #nintendo fanart #ask box open #larry koopa #roy koopa #morton koopa jr #aww larry is so happy morton will play his fave sport with him #roy probably enjoys knocking the little guys off the course

[bumblingbabooshka]

Tuvok is a friend. Yeah, I know he’s been a good friend of mine...

#and shes watching him with those eyes...and shes lovin him with that body I just know it... #and hes holding her in his arms late late at night... #oh I wish that I had TUVOK'S GIRL!!!!!!! #Anyway. Janeway play flirting + finding T'Pel cute is funny to me #bc T'Pel either doesn't notice or doesn't care enough to address it #Janeway/T'Pel #star trek lesbians #st voyager art #st voyager #Janeway pulls out T'Pel's chair for her and Mark is like 'and what am I chopped liver???' #Tuvok: You seem cold. / T'Pel: A bit. / Janeway: -drapes her coat over her shoulders- ~ #T'Pel: (unphased) thank you. / Janeway: Think nothing of it <3 / Tuvok: =_= ............... #Janeway seems like she'd say old man things like 'that's a fine woman you've got there' idk how to describe it #Janeway would say that things benefit from 'a woman's touch' but never about herself. She is never the woman in such a scenario. #people are going to hunt T'Pel down for sport #Janeway is a guy who comments just a LITTLE too often about your poor wife #she's not gonna do anything but like............. #bea art tag #doodle page #Janeway art #Janeway #T'Pel #T'Pel art #sometimes a ship is about something that's maybe not even a real crush and definitely not reciprocated

[heavencasteel420]

In my hypothetical no-UD AU, Joyce and Bob are seriously dating but Hopper is friends with both of them and there are kind of flirtatious vibes all around. But Will and Jonathan are both just like “whatever, let’s not look at that too closely.”

#bob and Joyce have been dating for about two years #so Jonathan’s basically past the ‘is Bob secretly an awful person beneath his teddy bear facade’ phase #and most of the way through the ‘will Bob devastate Mom and Will by bailing if things get too real?’ phase #and about to enter the ‘why come to me when I am this’ phase #and the ‘I’m going to move to forks because Mom married a baseball player and doesn’t need me anymore’ phase #will is genuinely glad to have an adult man in his life who likes him in a benevolent and genuine and effortless way #but this is the story where lonnie dies and will doesn’t feel much about it #so he feels guilty about the gulf between his affection for bob and the nothing he feels for lonnie #even though it comes from a natural preference for people who are nice and care about him #Bob is well-meaning but he does not understand the depth of dysfunction going on #and he’s like well obviously lonnie wasn’t a good guy but he was their father and i should respect that #and will and jonathan are both like no thank you! we do not want that! #meanwhile Joyce is frustrated because she has actually achieved some stability for the family #and made it so Jonathan and Will can do have a more normal adolescence #but there’s never an actual conversation about this #and it’s really too little too late for Jonathan #so he totally misunderstands what she’s trying to do #and thinks she’s just sweeping his parentification under the rug because she’s embarrassed by it #meanwhile will is like I will be the most normal teen ever #(as long as he doesn’t have to play sports except track ig. he has limits) #this is supposed to be a fairly lighthearted story btw

[enbysiriusblack]

made a sorta 1970's hogwarts school timetable in word. please tell me if you have any clubs or such you think they'd have

#the tutoring is just like. booked rooms in the library for school assigned tutoring. so like tutors will have their tutees at that time. #james' club is literally just him going for runs in the mornings and trying to drag his friends along #disco club was only a club during the 70s and a little into the 80s. mary macdonald started it. #<- it's literally just a school approved way to party. they get the great hall. play disco music and dance. #the dynamis club is one of those weird prestigious clubs (like slug club by run by students) #<- it's basically just a gathering of the rich purebloods. started by the black family a long time ago. sirius was invited but refused #the mods club and rockers club are just mods and rockers. they have the same time to annoy each other #muggle sports club is like. where they do a different muggle sport every week. lily and james are both in it and bond a lot because of it. #marauders era #marauders #hogwarts

[giftedpoison]

Incorrect Quote of Neil Joston

Neil: what do you mean I'm self destructive and reckless? I weighed the costs and benefits and decided I could live with the potential consequences

#aftg series #aftg #incorrect quote #literally him like strategically me hitch hiking from columbia made sense #wymack about to lose his mind NO #or you know deciding to play exy on a class 1 team cause ✨sports✨ #or the time he went to Evermore to save Andrew despite the fact “they arent friends” #Bee gentlely trying to figure out why he grabbed the raquet - neils reply that he didnt have a gun #i might be projecting a little #neil josten

[and-stir-the-stars]

kinda vibing with Mike as a base ball player for his school

#Now the question is whether he's a bad average or good player #But base ball player mike works for two different aus #Paradoxical reaper (via Dire): has a bat with which to bash in reaper mike's face #And an abundance of base balls to throw at him #And saffron: there's already a scene in my head where mike is trying to get evan to play #And Evan's like ''you're really gonna look me in my face and tell me we're the kind of brothers to play #Base ball in the yard now?'' #Also some of his William Trauma is being terrified of anything he's not immediately good at #And no matter what universe we're talking about evan is NOT a sports person #Mike lived with william too tho so he gets it #And tries to encourage evan not to let the little william voice in his head get him down #He doesn't have to play uf he doesn't want to #But he's not allowed to quit because he's 'not good enough'

[bisexual-steveharrington]

soft tummy Steve means everything to me

#steve harrington #stranger things #he leaves high school and his body changes because that’s what they do #he doesn’t play as many sports and his lil soft belly comes in and he hates it #but Eddie gives him little tummy kisses because he’s beautiful no matter shape or size

[tired-biscuit]

I don’t know if you’re still in a fluffy moods butttttt kibas reaction to y/n naming their soon to be born son after him (kiba jr!!) there’s absolutely no way he’d be able to hide his emotions. He’d feel all the feels. He may even shed a tear or two 🥹

omg yes, him trying to blink away the tears, like looking up towards the ceiling and sniffling a little cos he's trying so hard not to show what a softie he is when it comes to family. his heart is so much bigger than he tends to show and he just gets so emotional over things concerning his wife and kids :(

imagine as the years go by and the kid grows a bit older, you call out their name and they both do the same little head tilt as they look at you hdhshdhshsgs IT'D BE SO CUTE!!

also, imo if he had a son, the lil' guy would be his perfect copy by the time he grows older. right down to the way he walks and smiles, the temper and all sorts of little mannerisms would be stolen like that, so the name wouldn't be the only thing they'd have in common. he'd look up to his dad so much!!

i also think the kid would even be really happy when his friends would start using the same nickname that his dad has. like his best friend starts calling him 'ki 2.0' or something like that at some point, and it's just pure joy and kiba notices it and is over the moon too hahahshhags <3

#i always imagined him as a girl dad but he'd be so good with a son too #def plays sports with him from the moment the kid can walk #and he's like 'LET'S GO FISHING' cos he thinks it's proper bonding exercise or sumn hsjdhahdhs #they'd probs never catch anything #except for sunburns LMAOOOO #he also takes him camping!!!! #and like when the kid is still little every single picture of them together keeb has him on his shoulders lol <3 #also gets him a dog of his own the moment the kid expresses the wish #but he actually teaches him how to properly take care of animals cos no way is he letting neglect happen to puppies #also calls him stupid nicknames like buddy #champ #buster #LMAOOOOO

[electric-rabbits]

Just used a compilation of clips of ofmd Stede being incredibly gay to show a friend my dnd character's vibe. Life is good.

#he's the character I have the most fun playing by far lmao #just love playing as a little middle aged gay bitch with the levels of anxiety of someone being hunted for sport #my gnome truly is just a Stede who accidentally sold his soul and became a warlock. He has a pet demon. He's scared shitless of him.

[t-u-i-t-c]

Illusionary Guidance, Dream Afterwards

#kr revice lb #kr lb #umbrella.thoughts #umbrella.posts #not all the pictures without ikki... #what if i completely lacked composure? #also why have i seen so many shows where one guy severely injures his best friend and they can't play the sport anymore #and just off the top of my head school 2013 and kamen rider wizard both had this as part of characters with soccer #but i know i've seen others for different sports... #it's always something that is so dramatic and no one will communicate about it rationally #though it was a huge plot point in school 2013 in kamen rider wizard it kinda pops up out of nowhere #like suddenly haruto was a soccer star who almost went pro #in revice it's very obvious from the start that ikki played soccer as we're first introduced to him through his soccer memorabilia though #i wish he talked about it a little bit more or they showed him watching soccer while he cleans just for that extra push

[erstwhles]

open to anyone, mutuals and nonmutuals, (w / nb) premise: i never saw myself as a dad because my own dad was no good, but you’re pregnant and i’m terrified, but i love you so much that there’s no way we aren’t getting through this together, but raising a kid and being a professional athlete at the same time is hard

“No. No, it isn’t that.” Leaning his head against the back of the couch, Raleigh traces invisible circles on the back of their hand. “I am excited. Really,” he says, painting a smile on his lips. “I’m just... thinking. That’s all. It’s going to be different, and I know I have to be ready, but I can’t even... imagine that right now.” Making their relationship work amidst their busy lives has been challenging as it is, but knowing that they have limited time left to prepare for welcoming this new life is intimidating.

#pregnancy tw #feel free to set at any point in the pregnancy #indie rp #open rp #sports rp #∘ ˙ . ✧ ʿ open ∕ raleigh. #a little background: he lost his mom when he was young #and his dad lost himself in his grief and raleigh hasn't seen him since he left to play professionally #maybe they know about his dad. maybe they don't?