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poomphuripan · 4 months

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Professional Body Double // My Stand In - a Masterpost

Series Title: My Stand-In (ตัวนาย ตัวแทน)

Director(s): Khom Kongkiat Khomsiri, Pepzi Banchorn Vorasataree (KinnPorsche The Series)

Executive Producer: Yuan Wan Thabkrajang (I Feel You Linger In The Air)

Episodes: 12

Aired: Apr 26, 2024 - Jul 12, 2024. Every Friday 8.00 PM.

Original Network: iQIYI

Original Novel Title: Professional Body Double (职业替身)

Author: Shui Qian Cheng (水千丞)

Genres: Adult, Drama, Mature, Romance, Supernatural, Tragedy, Showbiz, Angst

Content warnings: Abusive lover, noncon, house arrest

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Official Synopsis

Joe, the stunt man of famous actor Tong, happened to meet Ming. Having developed a deep relationship, Joe didn’t realise that Ming had always seen him as Tong’s replacement. When the truth is revealed, Joe has to take work on a foreign set where an accident takes his life. When he wakes, Joe’s in the body of a young man named Joe who’d met with an accident on the same day. With help, he’s soon living the same life as he was before—with the same people—and he meets Ming once more. In this life, Ming wants Joe back at his side as before and Joe doesn’t know why. Ming, who’s kept all memories of the old Joe, tries to find the truth about Joe’s continued life in order to return Joe to his side and give him the explanation he never had the chance to.

Main characters

Joe (Zhou Xiang/周翔)

Height: 181 cm

Birthday: October 20

Age: 29

Zodiac: Libra

Occupation: Actor, Stuntman, Martial Arts Body Double, Martial Arts Instructor

Personality: Gentle and generous, optimistic and open-hearted, mature and considerate. Independent. Easy going, not very ambitious, caring towards people around him. His parents and sibling passed away when he was 8 years old.

Ming (Yan MingXiu/晏明修)

Height: 188 cm

Birthday: September 6

Age: 24

Zodiac: Virgo

Occupation: Actor, President of a Mechanized Heavy Industry Company

Personality: Haughty, selfish, lacking in patience, stubborn and persistent towards things he has decided upon. Extremely attractive, cold, indifferent. Youngest of the three Yan siblings. Comes from a wealthy, prestigious family with millitary background.

Supporting characters

Sol (Lan Xi Rong): Young attractive popular actor who was once close to Joe. Sol likes Joe. Played by Porsche Tanathorn.

Tong (Wang Yu Dong): A popular action movie star. Tong is Ming’s crush. Tong is dating Ming's sister, May. Tong eventually marries May and becomes Ming's brother-in-law. Played by Mek Jirakit.

Cai Wei Zhou (actor undisclosed): Joe's brother-like close friend, who's also his boss.

Jim (Jiang Yuan): Ming's personal secretary and right hand man. Played by Billy Possathorn.

Mike (Yan Mingsu): Ming’s older brother. Played by Inntouch Naphat.

May (Yan Ming Mei): Ming’s older sister. May eventually becomes Tong's wife later on. Played by Shu Nunnicha.

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Where to read the novel

Chinese raw

English translation

Indonesian translation

Vietnamese translation

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Where to listen to the audio drama adaptation

Season 1

Season 2

Season 1 & 2 on YT with Vietnamese subtitles (Note: OP gonna private this video once the series has finished filming, so if anyone wishes to grab a copy/listen to it, now's the time 🤗)

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Production

Director Pepzi and Executive Producer Yuan first posted a photo captioned "Our new series project" hashtagging the Chinese novel title on 16 February 2023 so pre-production starts around February 2023. Yuan tweeted that My Stand In is the series that took longest to cast (8 months). 6 October 2023 was the fitting for My Stand In. Production begins filming on 16 October 2023.

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For latest updates on My Stand In series, you can follow YYDS Entertainment on Youtube, Twitter, Facebook, IG, Tiktok.

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radiant-reid · 2 years

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Beyond Breaking Masterlist

A story about a married couple, boarding on divorce and trying to figure out whether to part ways or make it work, filled with heartbreak, dad!spencer, awkward silences, friendship, lies, passion, miscommunications, questionable decision-making, and love.

Pairing: Spencer Reid x Fem!Reader Genre: all over the map with heavy angst, hurt/comfort, fluff and smut Content Warning: mentions of Spencer's drug addiction, BAU-related cases, reader's kidnapping, divorce

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Chapter 1: everything we didn't want All painful heartbreak has to reach a turning point and when emotions are involved, impulsive words are spoken and hasty decisions are made

Chapter 2: Aftermath The consequences of both Reids' actions are felt in the household and the ripples are felt by the wider BAU family

Chapter 3: WASH MY MOUTH OUT WITH SOAP A lot of things get said, some painful truths spill out and some helpful ones stay hidden

Chapter 4: False Flags It all feels like a fever dream, but the feelings are very real

Chapter 5: Judge, Jury, and Executioners All friends have opinions, and it's time to face the music

Chapter 6: Calm Spencer has an increasingly rare moment of peacefulness and the answer to the decision he's trying to make becomes clear

Chapter 7: Chaos Spencer wakes up in the hospital with a plan that doesn’t go accordingly

Chapter 8: DAMAGE Things get messy when some new information is revealed about Spencer, even messier when a reaction comes

Chapter 9: Damage Control Spencer is finally ready to get it together... with the help of a friend, a gift, and some honesty

Chapter 10: the way forward

FAQs

because I'm the type of person that loves to know things. feel free to send me questions about whatever you want to know

When did Reader join the team? Directly following JJ getting taken off the team in season 6

When did they start dating? After Emily's death in season 6

Where's the Maeve plotline? Switched out for a plot where Reader was abducted by Diane Turner who was jealous of the fact she was married to Spencer

When was each of the children born? Maddie was born eight months after Diane Turner abducted Reader in early season 8, so sometime around mid/late season 8. Bennett was born in early season 10 so he's a little bit older than Michael LaMontagne. Florence, early season 12 after Hotch leaves

What about the prison plotline? It still happens and there are lots of mentions of how important it is to this series. Although it's mentioned in the very first chapter, Maddie was 6, Bennett was 4 and Florence was 18 months when it happened.

How old are they in the current timeframe? Maddie is 7 and a half, Bennett is a few weeks off his 6th birthday and Florence is 3. The CM timeline by itself in the final seasons is very messy since in 15x08 Spencer mentions the season 14 finale takes place two weeks before the episode yet Kristy announced her pregnancy and by the end of the episode, she'd had her baby? However, here we're considering the season 14 finale/confession which is rather essential to the plot to have taken place 2 months before the first chapter. Other episodes that take place during this series are 15x09 which is a few weeks into the series and 15x10 which is, canonically and in this series, one month after the previous episode

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blackbird-brewster · 11 days

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#Criminal Minds #Emily Prentiss #spencer reid #derek morgan #aaron hotchner #Jennifer Jareau #Tara Lewis #penelope garcia #Luke alvez #David Rossi #elle greenaway #Alex blake #Cm polls #Cm weekly poll #My poll #Criminal Minds evolution #cm evolution

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justdonotaskmewhy · 4 months

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The Crown fact-checked. Part 1/60

Before we begin I have to say a few words:

I understand that The Crown is a work of fiction and my goal is not to say "It's all lies!", we know it is full of stuff that has never happened, I just want to "do my own research" and see which facts were changed

I will try to be as unbiased as I possibly can. I can't promise you will like my stuff or agree with me, but my thoughts are just my thoughts, you can always decide for yourself

This being said, let's start our journey

Season 1. Episode 1. Wolferton Splash

King George's VI illness

The Crown's opening scene is that of the king spitting blood and coughing heavily. This theme of illness is recurring for the rest of the episode.

King George VI was a heavy smoker. The cigarettes were rather cheap after war and it is no wonder he developed such an unhealthy habit. Note: i phrased it badly but he started smoking much earlier than after the war ended, the cigarettes were just cheaper so it was even easier for him to get access to smoking.

Due to his smoking he had a lung cancer and coronary artery disease. Both of his illnesses appeared in the series.

2. Prince Philip renounces his royal titles

The series is true to the reality here. On the eve of his wedding to princess Elizabeth Prince Philip renounced his "foreign titles" of Greece and Denmark and was styled as "His Royal Highness, Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, Earl of Merioneth, and Baron Greenwich of Greenwich in the County of London"

3. King stutters

It is no surprise to anyone who has ever watched "The King's Speech". King George stuttered ever since he was a child and attended speech therapy to get rid of it. He almost get rid of it and it is hard to notice it in his public speeches. You can listen to this if you're interested, the real speech King George VI delivered on September 3rd, 1939 addressing Britain's involvement in World War II.

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4. Prince Philip gave up smoking because princess Elizabeth couldn't stand it

As any loving daughter would be, princess Elizabeth was preoccupied by her father's health. Seeing that smoking did not do him any good, she insisted prince Philip should give up the habit. He did and some sources state he didn't smoke once after his wedding day.

5. Limericks

As fun as it may sound the king was fond of dirty limericks. However The Crown faced a controversy as the king says the word "cunt" in the opening episode.

The full limerick is as follows:

There was an old Countess of Bray,

And you might think it odd when I say,

That despite her high station, rank and education.

She always spelled "Cunt" with a K!

6. Princess Margaret at princess Elizabeth's wedding

Princess Margaret was one of princess Elizabeth's bridesmaids. However she was shorter than her sister (Elizabeth was 163 cm tall, Princess Margaret was 155 cm).

7. Winston Churchill at princess Elizabeth's wedding. I Vow To Thee My Country

He and his wife attended the wedding and, in fact, caused a "false alarm" of applause by their arrival as everyone thought it was the princess who was cheered with such an enthusiasm.

However I Vow To Thee My Country apparently never played upon his arrival. But This song is indeed regarded as synonymous with Churchill, and it played at his funeral.

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8. Hatred towards Mountbattens

Lord Louis Mountbatten was the last Viceroy of British India. In 1947 the partition of Pakistan was inevitable but it resulted in a blood bath. Million was killed, 15 millions were displaced.

Churchill was unsatisfied with Mountbatten's hurry to operate the situation and called it "a shameful flight" which was shown in The Crown.

9. Peter Townsend

Group Captain Peter Townsend was an equerry to King George VI. He indeed had an affair with Princess Margaret, the king's youngest daughter.

A gross fact but may I remind you: he was 33 and she was 17 in 1947 when their romance presumably began. We will discuss it further in later posts.

10. Nazis and the British Royal family

The British Royal family is notorious for its connections to nazis. We are not going to talk about Edward and Wallace (because we will talk about them later), but Prince Philip had four sisters, all of whom married members of the German aristocracy—three of those men became Nazis. One sister, Princess Theodora married Berthold, Margrave of Baden; they tried to keep their distance from Nazism.

His eldest sister, Princess Margarita, married Gottfried, the 8th Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg—a German aristocrat who joined the Nazi party and served in World War II. He was involved in Operation Valkyrie, the plot to assassinate Hitler in 1944.

Princess Cecilie, another sister, married German aristocrat Georg Donatus, Hereditary Grand Duke of Hesse. They joined the Nazis in May 1937, but died in a plane crash months later. At her funeral, Prince Philip marched with their relatives who wore Nazi uniforms.

His youngest sister, Princess Sophie, married Prince Christoph of Hesse, an Oberführer in the Nazi Party and a director in the Third Reich's Ministry of Air Forces. Sophie said in her memoir of Hitler, "I have to say here, that, although Chri [Prince Chrisoph] and I changed our political view fundamentally some years later, we were impressed by this charming and seemingly modest man, and by his plans to change and improve the situation in Germany."

It is worth mentioning that Philip served Britain during World War II and did not himself support the nazi regime.

11. The royal family was against princess Elizabeth's marriage to Philip

It indeed happened but for an unexpected reason. Royal courtiers said that prince Philip "was too funny and had too many gaffes".

12. Lilibet

Lilibet was a nickname for princess Elizabeth. It is said that it was given by Princess Margaret who couldn't pronounce "Elizabeth" at a young age. Now it is prince Harry's daughter name, what a sweet continuity.

i stand corrected: according to this source its origin can be different. Elizabeth used to call herself Lilibet when she was a toddler.

13. Waving

Royalty way much slower than everyone else. This waving is easy to recognise, you've seen it multiple times. It is supposed that this particular style is safer for articulations, and this can be one of the reasons they wave like they do.

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14. Princess Elizabeth's passion for filming

Though it is not clear whether she liked filming herself, she was clearly fond of watching clips filmed by her family members as it was shown in "Queen at 90"

15. Princess Margaret smoking habits

Princess Margaret had a reputation of a heavy smoker. Rightfully so, as she could smoke up to 60 cigarettes a day. Allegedly she started smoking in 1952 after the death of her father (she was 21 at the time). Smoking excessively could be a sign of untreated depression and mental health troubles which we will discuss in later posts.

Side note: Margaret's smoking was first noticed in her late teens when she became famous on the party circuit for her turtle shell cigarette holder.

16. King's operation

The operation to remove the lung indeed took place at the Buckingham Palace.

When the King's chest was suspected as the cause of his ill health, Sir John called in Geoffrey Marshall, 64, an expert on lung diseases, and Sir Robert Arthur Young, 80, grand old man of British chest experts. X rays by Radiologist Peter James Kerley and others showed what seemed to be a growth in the left lung. Australian-born Brigadier Sir Thomas Peel Dunhill, 75, who enjoys the title of Sergeant Surgeon to the King, agreed that an operation was necessary. The doctors decided that another Welshman, Chest Surgeon Clement Price Thomas, was the man to do the surgery.

17. Princess Elizabeth's curtsy to her mother and grandmother

A sweet gesture and a nice tradition to show respect which lasts up until this day.

Here is a clip of prince Harry bowing to his grandmother followed by kissing her on both cheeks.

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18. Churchill elected the second time

Churchill became PM for a second time on October 26th, 1951. Fun fact: it happened month away from his 77th birthday.

19. Princess Elizabeth's Commonwealth tour

As the following episode will show the prince and the princess were on Commonwealth tour in 1952 when they received the news of king George's VI sudden death. They were in Kenya when it happened.

20. Carolers at Sandringham

Even though I can't find any reliable source about this scene, it is a decent metaphor. The king who learnt he is dying welcomes villagers who offer him a crown.

They sing "In a Bleak Midwinter" which I highly recommend to listen to closely.

The poem was written by an English poet Christina Rosetti.

What can I give Him, Poor as I am? — If I were a Shepherd I would bring a lamb; If I were a Wise Man I would do my part, — Yet what I can I give Him, — Give my heart.

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21. Prince Philip and Navy

Prince Philip's naval career began when he was 17. The Duke of Edinburgh’s active naval career ended as a commander in January 1953, after almost 14 years.

Despite his retirement from active service, Prince Philp remained both interested and involved in the Naval Service through official visits, patronage of, and association with, naval charities and clubs.

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#british royal family #british royal fandom #brf #british empire #the crown #netflix #fact check #princess margaret #prince philip #lord mountbatten #winston churchill #king george vi #peter townsend #Youtube #queen elizabeth ii

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masterwords · 7 months

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as a hotchgan truther who’s only on like s6 of cm, when do you think I should stop watching? or like at what point does savannah come into the picture and all of that bc i don’t know if my heart can take watching my boys be torn apart in life. god especially when hotch leaves I just don’t wanna see it happen.

Hello fellow truther! I will preface this by saying that I am just delusional enough to watch it all and ignore everything I don't like for the sake of my brainrot, so I've gone the distance. (Well. Hotch's distance anyway.)

For anyone not wanting post Season 6 spoilers (or legit hotchgan brain soup), do not read under the cut. <3

Savannah appears first in 9x08. I actually like her, if I'm being honest. Out of all the significant others I find her to be the best all around. She brings out some really cute moments in Derek.

Hotch gets himself a girlfriend around mid-season 7 (7x10) and she hangs around (in theory) until early Season 10 though you don't see her again after the end of Season 8. (The actress got a starring role on a different show.) I am not a Beth fan, I dislike the actress quite a bit however she does make Hotch smile a lot and for that I am thankful. You can't go wrong with smiling Hotch.

Derek's last episode is 11x18 and it's hard to watch after that, even for Hotch. Hotch's last episode is 12x02.

Now, with that all out of the way...I rarely watch past Season 10 before cycling back around to the beginning. The writing really took a nosedive, my favorites left, it's just not worth it when I've seen them all so many times. I'd rather spend my time in Seasons 3/4/5 where the good stuff lives. You know? But there are some really excellent hotchgan moments in Season 7 that I highly recommend, and a few in Season 8, and then again in 9 & 10 in spite of the girlfriend situations. I don't think any of those storylines are too hard to ignore to get to the good stuff. Feel free to send another ask or DM if you want specific episodes for those moments, if you plan not to watch the whole seasons or whatever. I got you.

I watched the whole series twice through (many years ago) without having a ship so I didn't have the same heartache you're experiencing. Nowadays, my brainrot kicks in and says that hotchgan endgame is the real deal. They retire in Chicago and raise their little family in peace and quiet forever and ever amen. And as long as I have words in my brain I'll indulge myself by writing out their forever.

#hotchgan

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bp-best-froggo · 2 years

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Soo, uhh, the Arknights anime...

(fyi, this might be obvious, but I’m gonna spoil the first episode now. If you haven’t seen it, go watch it. Then come back. Or don’t. I’m not your mom. I’m going to dump my thoughts here. This isn’t going to be very structured, very sorry if it’s incomprehensible rambling. It’s a long one. I’m not even kidding.)

First of all: What is this show supposed to be?

This might be an obvious one. An adaption of Arknights main story, in particular its first couple of chapters. The show is called “Prelude to Dawn” which does imply, also based on the material they have shown so far, that they will adapt Chapters 0 - 3 (as these chapters are also displayed together in the game’s story hub). Currently the show is listed with 8 episodes, which is shorter than most other shows.

With that out of the way, what kind of adaption is Arknights: Prelude to Dawn? Is it attempting to simply transfer its story to a different medium? Market the game to a new audience? Or is it trying to improve on a story, which was flawed on release, due to a lack of experience?

Or to frame the question differently: Why adapt Arknights into an anime show at all?

There are a couple of reasons for that. First of all: Expectations. If you’re releasing an anime-style game (or a manga or probably also a light novel), and it gains decent popularity, it’s a given that your fanbase will expect to see an anime adaption. Most fans are dreaming of that perfect adaption, that captures everything they love about a piece of media and looks stellar. Which I think is understandable, but also, when it comes to video games, near impossible to do right. Games are interactive art - you can only transfer a fraction of that experience into a visual/auditive medium.

Basically, you can tell me the story, but you can never capture the frustration of trying to clear NL-S-3 CM. Don’t get me wrong, I love the story, but I also love the gameplay. You can’t capture the gameplay, because I’m not the one doing it. In an anime, I watch someone else doing it. This makes it, by default, impossible to deliver on the expectations set by the community.

If you’re making it so hard on yourself to deliver a satisfying product then, why bother? Reason #2: You can make money off of it. If you have a bunch of people, who are by default willing to spend money on your product, because there’s a familiar name on the tin.

I cut this one short: I don’t know how profitable making this show is. You can watch it on Crunchyroll and I don’t know how much HG is making by selling the liscense. But then they’re also sharing it on YouTube which... I mean, it’s nice, don’t get me wrong, but like... for free? I mean they are getting ad revenue too, but... is that enough to make up for the production cost or even turn a profit? I guess you could also sell physical copies, the fans are gonna love those. But is that enough? I have honestly no idea.

Reason #3: You can market your game. A lot of manga and light novels used to do this and probably still do (don’t know for sure, I don’t watch as many animes anymore), where they get adapet for a single 12-ep season, only to push sales on the original work. No Game No Life, Btooom!, Baccano! come to mind for me. Decent shows, but will probably never have another season aired, even though the show is far from concluded.

If you wanted to make an Arknights show, to have more people pick up your game, selling them a story is one way to do it. But frankly, is that going to work? Remember you’re selling a gacha game. Peeps like me are here for the story, sure - but also for the characters. And if you want to haul in new customers, you might want to sell me your characters.

I know this is going to sound cynical, but if you’re not showing me at least 6* waifus only obtainable by gacha in the first 2 minutes, what’s the point? EP1 features exactly one character who is (not even exclusively) obtainable by gacha: Dobermann, a 4*. So honestly, either HG has no idea how to market their game (which looking at some of their ads might be a somewhat valid take) or that’s not what they were going for. Or they have a lot of faith that the story ends on strong enough of a cliffhanger to pull in the players then. (Which I don’t think either? Like, there’s a Limited Banner coming up both on CN and Global. Why wouldn’t you want to pull in players now?)

Which leaves me only with Reason #4: You create it because you can.

You can also call this one wishful thinking. I certainly think it is. Nowadays it’s hard for me not to look at PieceOfMedia(tm) and immediately think about what it’s trying to sell me. Even Arknights to an extend, isn’t only trying to tell me story. Every event comes with a new banner, so I can waste money on the newest 6* Blorbo. But I wouldn’t like Arknights if I didn’t see an earnest attempt between all the gacha banners and marketable characters to create something meaningful.

Earlier this week I got Glaucus’ module. I don’t think she’s a super popular character, so her module text will probably go unnoticed by most players. It made me tear up, because whoever wrote these few sentences wanted to express a kind of joy and happiness that not everyone can or will experience. This is why I play Arknights.

It’s these kind of things that make wonder, if this anime really only does exist, because there are a couple of people who care so much about something they have created, they want even more people to experience it. Even if gacha or tower defense isn’t their cup of tea. Even if it doesn’t turn a profit. Even if it goes largely unnoticed or unappreciated.

The truth is, probably, somewhere in between these four reasons. That’s why this adaption exists.

And it’s actually pretty good. Admittedly, it has been a while since I’ve read Arknights first chapters, but I still remember that at the time I skipped through most of them. They weren’t the reason I stuck with the game. The reason came way later. If anything, Arknights was a welcome distraction from the absolute hellhole that ‘Rona was at the time.

There’s a strange sense of comfort in a story about a world ravaged by an illness, too poorly understood to be cured, and people yet fighting to help those who suffer from it. Because at the time, when I looked at the outside world, all I could see was selfishness and fear. It was probably, curiously, the best possible time when the game had come out. At least for me.

I think what sums up this episode is that it was simply: Solid. Unspectular, but solid. The animation was good. It looked well-made and it was clear to see, that the animators put a lot of care into every scene. The dark scenes hit pretty hard. The voice acting was really good and I especially adore the Doctor’s voice. There was only one fight scene, but it was well done. I liked how they portraied the Doctor’s tactical thinking, using the drones and all that stuff.

But overall, the pacing was pretty slow and the exposition felt a little... clumsy. The Doctor’s amnesia and weak physical state is a good explanation to have all the characters explain a lot of stuff to them. But it slows the story down in a situation where it would otherwise be adviceable to... hurry up and get the fuck out of there? We know from the beginning that Amiya and her companions are in enemy territory, so having them stop every other minute to tell the Doctor all the stuff they have forgotten takes out the urgency from the story. Not completely, most of the time they are still hiding somewhere. But apparently it’s not urgent enough to not save Ursus mom and her daughter from Reunion.

A faster pacing definitely would have helped deliver the story. I’m not sure how much of the exposition was actually necessary, a lot of it felt like it was mentioned twice, but that might also be just me. I’m already familiar with the setting afterall. I’m still curious how good the setting was actually explained though. I will try to convince a friend, who has no idea what Arknights is about, to watch the first episode. Just morbid curiosity.

A lot of this might read like I have mixed feelings about the show, but that’s not exactly true. In fact, I love it and enjoyed the first episode so much, I will probably rewatch it at least once or twice over the next week. Most of my thoughts are just... uncertainty. This is afterall HG’s first attempt at an adaption. So far, it’s really good. It has honestly surpassed all my expectations and I was expecting something less polished than that. But I want to be careful about setting my expectations too high.

On the other hand I can’t help but wonder if this show is what will inevitably make Arknights pop culture - if such a thing can even be called inevitable. Maybe Arknights isn’t meant to appeal to everyone. A part of me would much prefer that over a slow decline into mediocrity that usually comes with increased marketability.

I have long since made peace with the fact that even Arknights might only be a phase for me. Right now, I still love the game and I play it every day and talk to people about it all the time. I know this can’t last forever, and I can’t help but wonder, whether my love for Arknights has already peaked or if it’s still going to last for a long time. Times feel uncertain to me so I find it though to believe in an eternity.

Regardless, I don’t think there’s anything wrong with wanting for this to last just a little longer.

Frankly, I don’t think this show was made to market the game. I feel like it was made for me, and people like me. I’m probably wrong about this, but this is what I choose to believe right now.

To the two people who chose to read all of this: .... thanks for reading, but also, why?

#arknights #prelude to dawn #long post #arknights spoilers #i guess not really i rambled about everything but the show I feel like -#zeta.txt

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egashira · 8 months

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my personal prediction for cherry magic anime: assuming it will be only 12, at most 13, episodes as all (normal) romance anime are nowadays i think each episode can cover around half a volume so the finale could be about adachi losing his magic (volume 6)

because cm is a short form manga, especially the earlier chapters are all over the place so it's hard to tell how the pacing will be?

for example, the first chapter is just 18 pages long but it could stand as an entire episode. though when the chapters are this short episodes tend to cover 2-3 chapters.

but then there's also the .1/.2/etc. chapters that are usually switching povs or flashbacks which i am curious to see how they'll be incorporated into the anime

and there's also the tsugemina scenes which 9 times out of 10 are shoved last minute in the end of the volume so they'll also need to somehow fit those in

i dont know if they'll go the drama route with some loose scene changes (again, short form manga doesn't adapt as smoothly as let's say a 40 page shoujo)

also episode 11 ALWAYS has to have some kind of conflict which depending on the pacing would either be adachi confessing about his magic or the news of adachi's tranfer to nagasaki . or if they start the drama from episode 10 it can be the nagasaki transfer and ep11 can end with kurosawa in the rain- im getting ahead of myself

my ideal pace would be

episode 1: prologue + staying over

episode 2: dining out + tsuge intro + king's game

episode 3: king's game (cont) + onsen trip

episode 4: kurosawa sister + sickfic

episode 5: takoparty + confession

episode 6: confession reply

episode 7: failed first date + first date redemption

episode 8: company event

episode 9: magic confession, kiss

episode 10: nagasaki transfer, fight

episode 11: nagasaki visit, adachi letter, episode ending with kurosawa going to nagasaki

episode 12: magic begone, some anime original ending maybe if theyre sure theres no s2 they could timeskip. but honestly they already know cm fans eat up anything so they should definitely do a second season. or at least another movie. i would take an ova even.

#cherry magic

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pink-car · 4 months

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tagged by @suzufield thank youuu

15 people 15 questions (except i dont tag nearly 15 people because thats scary)

1. are you named after anyone? legal/birth name? no, not that i know of. daniel? not intentionally but i imagine most people who follow me can think of at least one daniel lmao

2. when was the last time you cried? uhhh couple days ago? rewatched the last of us episode with bill and frank with my mother. i dont think i actually shed a tear because i dont like crying in front of her but they were certainly in my eyes

3. do you have kids? nope

4. what sports have you played/do you play? very very very young age? like a season of soccer. older but also for a very breif amount of time, cross country running. i am not a particularly athletic person

5. do you use sarcasm? yes

6. what's the first thing you notice about people? usually clothes, sometimes height, but mostly clothes. not really an eye contact pro so facial features tend to not get noticed lmao

7. what's your eye colour? blue

8. scary movies or happy endings? i do lile horror but i would have to pick happy endings

9. any talents? uhh i can draw a bit, i do well with remembering information or memorizing stuff.

10. where were you born? neeeew jersey

11. what are your hobbies? uh watching sports which I Am Very Intense About, drawing, reading, singing along to songs, crocheting, knitting, and doing nothing

12. do you have any pets? two dogs and occassionally my sister's two cats stay with my family

13. how tall are you? itty bitty (5'4, 163 cm)

14. favourite subject in school? history, english, or math. or italian. really anything but sciences. i dont dislike sciences (LOVED forensic science and bio), but i am just not one for hands on experiments.

15. dream job? anythings that i dont find upsetting that i can comfortably support myself on lmao. but ive always liked the idea of working in a museum for a while (i am not even remotely pursuing a career path doing so)

tagging @osaka-lilac @ellearts @love4lando @i-am-church-the-cat if yall wanna do this, and whoever else wants to do it

#tagged

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I just got to season 8 of cm and I already miss emily so much! It was terrible to end season 6, how am I going to go through 4 SEASONS without her??? (except for like 2 episodes...)

i literally don’t watch the episodes she isn’t in 😭

i couldn’t tell u a single thing about the seasons she’s not in lmao

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omg cate you should rank all the seasons of cm from your personal least favorite to favorite *cough* season 7 *cough* it would be so fun!!!! 💓

yes !! i love judging stuff lmao

season 7 the whole original fam is together, everyone's in their hot era, nothing too traumatic happens, and there are lots of family moments

season 11 tara !! the queen arrives, entropy episode <333, the last episode as well as Morgan's episodes are sad, but i love the suspense of the whole season

season 9 mommy alex blake. sort of like season 8 but with less trauma, and i love the two-parter

season 1 everyone is so baby and the episodes are amazing

season 10 i love kate and there's some adorable cm family scenes

season 4 love the family being together, little bit traumatic, also has my favorite episode minimal loss

season 14 love 300 with all my heart and omg does this season have drama or what. there's Luke's episode, 300, truth or dare, chameleon

season 15 it's got date night and other people might hate it, but i don't

season 8 trauma for poor Spencer, but there are some good episodes

season 12 drama !! i live for drama and this season bring it

season 13 never really stuck out to me, except for the last episode

season 3 sad because Gideon leaves and traumatized spencer, but i love rossi and the team is solid

season 2 aw poor spencer, it just makes me so sad and elle leaving as well :((

season 6 sadness. JJ goes then Emily dies, Spencer has random headaches. and i hate Seaver so much omg

season 5 i'm sorry it is just too sad that it has to rank last. haley's death is the saddest thing that happens in the whole show

#criminal minds

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CM Fanfiction on AO3

I'm a bit of a stats nerd, and I've been wanting to put this together for ages. The following are some statistics regarding Criminal Minds fanfiction of AO3. Do with this what you will, but if ever someone tries to tell me this fandom isn't misogynistic -- I will just point to this post.

I spent an abhorrent amount of time putting this together, hope it's interesting to other people. Please don't send me hate mail for my opinions.

Base Statistics

Total Fics Tagged Criminal Minds: 34,561

These stats were compiled by me on 20/06/23 via AO3's filtering system.

Note: These were taken at face value, meaning these numbers may not be exact. In order to get exact statistics, I'd have to stringently filter out things like mislabelled fics, spam, fics with multiple categories (to find pure slash, femslash fics), etc.

Tumblr will destroy the resolution of the graphs, just click to see full res :)

Fanfic statistics gathered from AO3, episode totals gathered from IMDB.

CM Fanfiction by Category

Most Popular Tag: Fluff (21.7%)

Fics Counted in This Statistic: *indeterminate due to crossover (multiple tags per each fic)

I honestly expected angst/whump/hurt/comfort to be first on this. I guess if you add up all the variations of those type of fics, they'd be top tag.

Obviously this one isn't ever going to be perfect, because tons of people either don't tag their fics, or they don't use the prescribed tags above. Still, I thought this was worth adding to the post.

#criminal minds #spencer reid #aaron hotchner #derek morgan #emily prenitss #jennifer jareau #penelope garcia #luke alvez #tara lewis #criminal minds fandom #criminal minds fanfiction #cm fanfiction #cm reference #master post #ao3 stats #cm commentary #cm meta

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Sea Princesses: Into the Liamverse Part 15: Wendy Naral

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The next few instalments of Into the Liamverse are going to be a little bit different as they aren't about any princes or princesses; in fact, they are about the Salacian Combo Rangers, or rather the child actors and actresses who played them.

The Salacian version of Combo Rangers was created by Ryujitaro Saitan. A total of eight seasons were broadcast between 1979 and 1987; three for the original series, two for Combo Rangers Zero, one for Combo Rangers Revolution and two for Combo Rangers Go Go Go, which adapted Himitsu Sentai Goranger.

In the Sea Princesses animated series, the Combo Rangers made cameos as Drylander children in The Pirates. They also made appearances as random Drylander adults in episodes such as The Head Top and The Big Mess. Compilations of the Rangers' cameos and their original designs are included at the end of each instalment.

Name: Wendy Chammel Naral

Occupation: Actress (former), dancer (occasionally), performer (current), Swordfish Queen (future)

Race: Salacian

Residence: Marina Central District, Atenesia City, World of Salacia (this is not the main metropolis)

Kingdom: Swordfish (also her favourite sea creature)

Gender: Female

Date of birth: 11 July 1971 (age 36, Cancer ♋)

Hair colour: Medium brown with dark brown tones (young)/Orange with blonde touches (adult)

Eye colour: Emerald blue

Skin colour: Peach

Ethnicity: Caucasian

Height: 90 cm → 152 cm

Relationships:

Mrs Naral (mother)

Mr Naral (father) ✝️

Amanda (daughter)

Freddy J. Fox (ex-co-star)

Kenjy Shi-Label (ex-co-star)

Federico do Roseiras (ex-co-star)

Teresa Cherrouse (ex-co-star)

H.J.R Misser (ex-co-star)

Ryujitaro Saitan (creator of Combo Rangers)

Swordfish Queen Pietra (girlfriend, future wife)

Marli (friend, future stepdaughter)

Flikin (future stepgrandson)

Sailfish King Ferrel (brother-in-law)

Sailfish Queen Maggie (sister-in-law)

Miss Marla (friend)

Enemies:

Marshall Hellander (former boss, stalker, abuser and biological father of her daughter)

Teresa Cherrouse (enemy)

Marcos (for hurting Marli and Pietra)

Gusman Pigbad (for hurting and overexploiting Marlo)

Mr Bernardo (for working with Marcos)

Television executives (for her poor treatment)

Status: Alive

Sexuality: Lesbian

First appearance: Comic – The Breakup of King Marcos and Queen Pietra (6 August 2022, old)/Drawing (19 November 2023, young)

Skills: Dancing, flexibility, acrobatics, acting

Weaknesses: She does not know how to defend herself and so can be easily intimidated by her attackers.

Likes: Swordfish, children, spending time with her friends, dancing at carnivals, performing at birthday parties, Marli, Pietra, Flikin, reading, spending time with her mother, the Combo Rangers (formerly)

Dislikes: Being treated badly, being intimidated, being bothered, having anyone touch her without her permission, having her work taken away, being judged for her physique or sexual orientation, the Combo Rangers, being typecast, King Marcos

Body type: Curvaceous

Wendy Chammel Naral is a woman who lives in the city of Atenesia. She was a child actress in her youth and is currently a dancer and performer. She is the mother to daughter Amanda, love interest and later wife to Pietra, stepmother to Marli, stepgrandmother to Flikin and the future Swordfish Queen.

History

Wendy was born in the city of Atenesia in 1971. Since she was little, Wendy was a very shy and adorable girl who liked to read, play and look at swordfish. From a very young age, Wendy showed interest in acting, which led her to make her debut in 1979 at the age of 8, initially appearing in commercials before getting her breakout role in the Salacian adaption of Combo Rangers, helmed by series creator Ryujitaro Saitan, as Lisa Lima, the Yellow Combo Ranger.

Wendy loved being on Combo Rangers even though wasn’t very amicable with the rest of the cast; Kenjy Shi-Label (Kenji/Blue Combo Ranger) didn’t talk with anyone much as he was very reserved; Freddy J. Fox (Fox/Red Combo Ranger) and Federico do Roseiras (Kiko/Green Combo Ranger) treated her like a nerd; and Teresa Cherrouse (Tati/Pink Combo Ranger) was always rude to her and made her feel insecure.

It was also around this time that Wendy began going through puberty, earlier than any average Salacian female. As her voice and appearance changed, the production team realised that Wendy no longer reflected her initial appearance. For the fourth season, Combo Rangers Zero, Lisa became the team’s tech support and her place as the Yellow Combo Ranger was given to the character of Maya Cooper. However, later on, as others noticed Wendy’s attraction to other girls, the crew harassed her to the point that she decided to leave the series. Unfortunately, Wendy found herself being typecast as she was unable to take off her career as an actress.

Over the years, Wendy’s body began to mature, giving her a beautiful figure and slender appearance. Eventually, in 1993 at the age of 22, she managed to get her own children’s program for which she made her own swordfish costume. The program was produced by legendary child actor Marshall Hellander, who told Wendy that she would play a tender and adorable girl, but her appearance and skimpy outfit brought complaints from parents. On top of that, Marshall stalked and sexually harassed Wendy, threatening to fire her and cancel her show if she sued him. Wendy went so far as to sleep with Marshall to keep her show on the air, but when she fell pregnant and refused to get an abortion, Marshall fired her and cancelled her show. Luckily, Wendy had enough money to get her through her pregnancy.

After the birth of her daughter, Amanda, Wendy went back to being an entertainer, performing in carnivals and parties. One day, she received a call from Swordfish Queen Pietra, recognising her as the actress who played her daughter’s favourite character and wanting to hire her for her 8th birthday party. Wendy accepted and went to the Swordfish Palace with her team, but Pietra was shocked by her appearance and tried to ask her to leave. Marli liked her, however, so Pietra relented and let Wendy perform.

A year later, Wendy met Marli again, this time accompanied by a little baby she had never seen before. Marli recognised her too and they became close friends. Marli also introduced Wendy to Miss Marla so she could have another royal friend. After Marcos’ crimes and mistreatment against Marli and Pietra were discovered (leading him to be exiled from the Swordfish Kingdom as a result), Wendy felt sympathy for Marli and visited her more often.

Gradually, Pietra began feeling attracted to Wendy, admiring how beautiful she was and realising that she was hiding her feelings for her for some time. One day, they managed to be alone in the Swordfish Palace when Marli had to go out just as Wendy came to visit. As they interacted, Pietra and Wendy realised that they had a lot in common and they confessed to each other. The two later came out to the other kings and queens and Wendy would become the Swordfish Queen (alongside Pietra) and live in the Swordfish Palace with Amanda, finally getting the happiness she always wanted.

Personality

Wendy is a nice, optimistic and happy woman with a good heart who is almost never seen upset, at least on the outside. She may seem fun and exotic, but while her shy and quiet self shines through sometimes, she is eventually able to open up her true feelings. Many consider Wendy an extremely attractive woman and although she is aware of this, she is quite modest with her figure and doesn’t boast about it to others.

After giving birth to Amanda, Wendy began to doubt that she was capable of continuing as a children’s entertainer, though she regained her confidence after some time as a carnival dancer. Being a mother, she knows how to deal with children and entertain them, becoming a maternal figure to many boys and girls. She also likes company, which is ironic since throughout her life, she did not have many real friends who weren’t coworkers.

Appearance

Age 9-11: Wendy was a thin looking girl of short stature. Like most children, her head was large and round and her brown hair reached below her shoulders in curls with darker brown touches. She also had a small nose, emerald blue eyes and wears round glasses. Her most iconic piece of clothing that she wore as a child was a short sleeveless yellow shirt that showed her midriff, an explorer’s vest, brown shorts, a black belt and brown shoes with white socks. As she went through puberty, her body became more curvaceous which made her clothes become tighter and revealed too much of her body.

Age 12-19: During her adolescence, her body continued to change as she grew up. Her legs accumulated fat even though she was very athletic and her hair gradually became orange over time which she tied into a ponytail.

Age 20-36: Her body became completely developed in her 20s, becoming a voluptuous woman with a thick waist and legs along with a thin stomach and torso. Her hair is light orange with blonde touches and a lock of grey hair. She wears a beige sleeveless blouse that leaves her stomach exposed, tight shorts in a light brown colour, green and pink bracelets on her arms and brown sandals.

When she was the presenter of her children’s program, she wore a self-made costume with a green, yellow and light brown bikini, gold bracelets, a gold necklace with three blue jewels, golden heart-shaped earrings, dark green sandals with ribbons on her legs and a swordfish ornament as a festive crown. She would continue wearing this costume when she worked as an entertainer.

Relationships

With the cast of Combo Rangers: Much of her relationship with the cast of the show has already been detailed in her history. She never had any contact with the cast after leaving the series, though she looks back on her time as the Yellow Combo Ranger fondly. In 2010, she enjoyed watching the 30th anniversary special, Once & Always: Combo Rangers Forever, even though it was widely panned by fans and critics.

Pietra: Wendy and Pietra met by accident when the latter hired the former to perform at Marli’s 8th birthday. Later on, they would get to know each other and eventually become a couple.

Marli: Wendy gets along quite well with Marli, sympathising with her situation after Marcos’ exile.

Curiosities

- Her design is influenced from certain dancers and presenters on children’s shows in Brazil and Latin America (most notably Xuxa) who unconsciously look attractive as they tend to wear revealing clothing.

- If Wendy lived on Dryland, she would be a woman of Brazilian ethnicity.

- Her child design uses that of “Combo Ranger Lisa” from The Pirates. This episode would not be canon in the Liamverse and those children would be the child actors on the Salacian Combo Rangers adaptation.

- Wendy’s experiences on set were based on those of David Yost, who played Billy, the original Blue Power Ranger. David Yost revealed years after leaving Power Rangers that he left due to harassment from the crew over his sexuality.

#combo rangers #sea princesses into the liamverse

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Player ratings as Miazga & Klimala score in stalemate

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Player ratings as Miazga & Klimala score in stalemate

The New York Red Bulls battled from a goal down to draw 1-1 at home to FC Cincinnati on Saturday.

Former RBNY center-back Matt Miazga opened his FC Cincinnati account after just 13 minutes, heading home Alvaro Barreal’s free-kick to give the visitors the lead against the run of play.

Yael Averbuch West hosted none other than Christian Fuchs for the latest episode of Football Americana. The Charlotte FC captain provided insight into the creation of Major League Soccer’s newest expansion team, and bringing European culture into the American side.

However, RBNY quickly re-established their dominance and, just 10 minutes later, they were level with Patryk Klimala scoring a penalty won by Andreas Reyes, who was brought down by Junior Moreno.

Both sides pushed hard for another breakthrough but Roman Celentano was in-form behind a solid Cincinnati defense, while the Red Bulls’ center-backs did a great job on in-form strikers Brenner and Brandon Vazquez.

The Red Bulls remain in a strong position, sitting fourth in the Eastern Conference with a place in the MLS Cup Playoffs now looking all but certain. FC Cincinnati, meanwhile, remain in the thick of the race for the final few post-season spots and will be happy with a road point, despite giving up a lead.

Here are the full player ratings from the clash at Red Bull Arena:

After video review led to a #RBNY penalty, Patryk Klimala makes no mistake.

1-1 at RBA. pic.twitter.com/EfuLPVjG8L

— Major League Soccer (@MLS) August 20, 2022

GK: Carlos Coronel – 5/10 – Couldn’t stop Miazga’s header. Was rarely called into action otherwise.

RB: Kyle Duncan – 6/10 – Got into some great positions but missed his mark time and again when crossing.

CB: Sean Nealis – 7/10 – Made a couple of vital defensive interventions to keep Cincy at arm’s length.

CB: Andres Reyes – 8/10 – Made a huge one-on-one challenge to stop a Brandon Vazquez breakaway and won the penalty for Klimala to equalize.

LB: John Tolkin – 9/10 – A tackling machine, and yet still had time to create a few chances at the other end.

CM: Daniel Edelman – 8/10 – Another excellent performance from the teenager, who was composed on the ball and robust without it. The only downside was the chance he blazed over the bar in the second half.

CM: Dru Yearwood – 7/10 – Very clean on the ball and worked hard for the team.

RW: Cameron Harper – 7/10 – Lively and dangerous, just missing a bit of composure with the final ball.

CAM: Cristian Cassares Jr – 7/10 – Continues to look comfortable as a No.10, getting into some great shooting positions and pressing effectively.

LW: Caden Clark – 3/10 – Touched the ball just 24 times and only completed six of his 12 attempted passes. A passenger.

ST: Patryk Klimala – 8/10 – Scored his first MLS goals since May 18 from the spot and battled hard against FC Cincinnati’s giant center-backs all evening.

SUB: Lewis Morgan (58′, for Clark) – 5/10 – Rested following a livewire performance against Atlanta United. A couple of bright moments but unable to have an impact from the bench.

SUB: Aaron Long (58′, for Reyes) – 7/10 – Continued where Reyes left off. Solid.

SUB: Luquinhas (58′, for Harper) – 7/10 – Upped the tempo and looked to get RBNY on the front foot.

SUB: Steven Serrwadda (75′, for Yearwood) – 6/10 – No fireworks, but looked composed on the ball.

SUB: Tom Barlow (83′, for Klimala) – N/A – Didn’t get into the game.

Back at Red Bull Arena? It had to be Matt Miazga.

The former RBNY man opens the scoring for @fccincinnati! pic.twitter.com/8bPiBtwww7

— Major League Soccer (@MLS) August 20, 2022

GK: Roman Celentano – 6/10 – Only conceded via a penalty. Made a couple of decent saves.

CB: Nick Hagglund – 7/10 – Totally dominant in the air and kept things as simple and effective as he always does.

CB: Geoff Cameron – 8/10 – Nothing got past Cameron here. Guided the Cincinnati backline excellently.

CB: Matt Miazga – 8/10 – Scored his first FC Cincinnati goal against his old club to open the evening. Largely dominant defensively both in the air and on the floor.

RWB: Alvas Powell – 6/10 – Was solid defensively but didn’t offer much going forward.

CM: Obinna Nwobodo – 7/10 – Saw a lot of the ball, always looked to push Cincinnati forward.

CM: Junior Moreno – 5/10 – Worked hard and broke up play, but was unfortunate to give away a penalty.

LWB: Alvaro Barreal – 8/10 – Provided a perfect cross for Miazga’s goal. Put in a strong defensive performance.

CAM: Luciano Acosta – 6/10 – Not Lucho’s most productive night, but still showed flashes of brilliance.

ST: Brenner – 5/10 – Only managed one shot. Well marshaled by the RBNY defense.

ST: Brandon Vazquez – 3/10 – After four straight MLS games with a goal, Vazquez was surprisingly poor. Only completed five passes all night and failed to attempt a shot.

SUB: Ian Murphy (62′, for Miazga) – 7/10 – Filled in well for Miazga from the bench.

SUB: Raymon Gaddis (77′, for Powell) – 5/10 – Barely touched the ball.

SUB: Yuya Kubo (78′, for Moreno) – 6/10 – Looked bright and positive despite limited minutes.

SUB: John Nelson (78′, for Barreal) – 5/10 – Made a couple of clearances but not much else.

SUB: Arquimides Ordonez (90′, for Vazquez) – N/A – No time to get into the game.

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