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Justice League Keeps Building the Wider DC Universe

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Justice League has embraced the sheer lunacy of the DC Universe in ways fans never could have expected.

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If you've been following Justice League over the last year or so, you'll know that this isn't a book that does small stories. If you're going to roll out the heaviest hitters in the DC Universe, then the threats and situations you put them in have to get even bigger and wilder to compensate. For some, the ultimate apogee of "big Justice League ideas" came during Grant Morrison's tenure as writer of JLA in the late '90s. But it's been 20 years since then, the DCU itself has become even bigger and weirder in that time with the return of its storied multiverse, and many creative teams are no longer aiming for blockbuster movies on the page, and instead are embracing all of the storytelling possibilities that only comics can offer.

And the writers of Justice League, Scott Snyder and James Tynion IV, are certainly in the latter category. After rising to fame as the writers of Batman and Detective Comics respectively (and Tynion will return to Gotham City to take over writing duties on the main Batman title in 2020), the pair have gone from outsized detective stories starring the Dark Knight, to tales that play with the very foundations of the entire DC Universe, from the Source Wall itself to the source of heroes powers, to nothing less than the very nature of humanity and where heroes and villains fit into it all. Justice League is sometimes a dense read, even for DC continuity scholars, but nobody would ever accuse this book of being unambitious or resting on its laurels.

It's a story that has been building across the entire DC line for quite some time. The pieces were set in motion in Dark Nights: Metal in 2018, have continued through Justice League all the way through "Justice-Doom War," into the pages of Superman/Batman with the machinations of the Batman Who Laughs, the line-wide Year of the Villain event, and will ultimately lead to Hell Arisen. "It's one huge story, and we want fans to feel rewarded," Snyder says. "If I had one thing I could say to fans, it's that everything matters."

It's all building to a still-unspecified event in DC's future (one we're willing to bet features the word "Crisis" in its title), and a brand new timeline of DC Universe continuity.

“The reason that we're doing the time-spanning, geographical scope of the story where it goes everywhere and everywhen in the DCU and incorporates all these different characters is because it is meant to show that the stakes of this story are the highest they can be,” Snyder says. “It's going to roll into the very thing that begins setting up the reestablishment of that kind of a timeline. The idea is to show you all these characters in one universe.”

A key point of this "one universe" philosophy came in a recent Justice League issue. You would think a story that is responsible for finally returning the Justice Society of America to DC Universe continuity for the first time in nearly a decade would have enough heavy lifting to do. But a key detail about this "first" meeting between Barry Allen and Jay Garrick reveals much about how DC continuity is being constructed, and the teamwork it takes to make it happen behind the scenes. While it has long been teased in The Flash that Barry has merely forgotten his past interactions with Jay (as he had with Wally West before Rebirth), this was the first time it was explicitly discussed. Specifically, the more time Barry spends with Jay, the stronger the feeling he has that they already know each other. Jay, on the other hand, has no idea who Barry is. Why? Because the Jay of 1940 hasn’t met Barry Allen yet, that event is still in his future, while it’s in Barry’s past. Snyder and Tynion say they often consult with Joshua Williamson (writer of The Flash and Batman/Superman) and other writers to keep little details straight.

“We trade scripts and all of that stuff,” Tynion says. “Sometimes, and this is, I think, true of our entire Justice League run, there's an element of lunacy to all of this, and sometimes you've just got to point at it. Because if you don't point at it and you pretend it's not there, fans are just like, ‘Wait, they don't realize that this is nonsense?’ The Flash, especially, is a character who's time-traveled, he's experienced so much in his life, so of course, he is the perfect voice to be like, ‘Oh, yeah, this is all just fricking nuts.’”

Justice League is often gleeful in the way it plays with the weightiest concepts in the DCU, none moreso than with the recent introduction of the Ultra-Monitor, which is what happens when Crisis on Infinite Earths baddie the Anti-Monitor, the Monitor, and the recently introduced World-Forger, join together like Voltron to become an even more powerful cosmic being. It's the kind of reveal that could have been set up with an entire issue of exposition, and instead it's presented in an almost matter-of-fact way, the universe-shattering madness of it all just one more big idea in a book that's been full of them from the start.

“We had talked about that idea so many times, that the brothers form together one singular monolithic Guardian Monitor, that it didn't even occur to me that we hadn't really shown it before,” Snyder says. “Some of this stuff we've talked about so long that it's almost like I don't even remember we made it up and that it's not old DC mythos. ‘Oh, right when Jim Starlin was writing about Perpetua…’ You know what I mean? 'Oh wait, we made that up.' It's tremendous fun dealing with these huge cosmic figures and getting to revisit some of the real touchstones of the DC Universe in terms of its mythology and its legends and its own origin story.”

But despite all this cosmic weirdness, there's an almost primal question driving Justice League, and that's the matter of whether or not human beings are inherently good, like the heroes we admire in superhero tales, or willing to give in to our baser instincts, like the villains they fight.

“I feel like it's a story that's really personal and urgent and resonant for us, because it's about Lex Luthor believing that we're essentially designed to be selfish and cruel and that that's our final form,” Snyder says. “The Justice League is fighting against that belief, and it's a leap of faith in either Justice or Doom, what they meant in their original forms. But like James was saying, the best thing is to be able to have Jarro or whatever be like, ‘It's time for us to cosmically link all of the multiverse threads, stop the meteor of Vandal Savage's moonbeams,’ like that. It's such a fun combination of absolute bombastic ridiculousness and also deep, emotional, truthful storytelling from the two of us. It's just a pleasure. I love working on this book. I really do.”

Snyder isn't alone in his enthusiasm. "The stories that we're telling are some of the most exciting work that I've done since joining DC Comics eight years ago," Tynion says. "It's freaking amazing working with Scott and bringing it all to life.”

Don't believe us about how big this book is? Check out a preview of Justice League #35, which hits stores on Nov. 6. Here's the official synopsis...

It’s called the “Year of the Villain” for a reason— in this issue, Lex Luthor wins! Everything Lex has been working for over the past year and a half comes to fruition as he finally possesses the fully powered Totality and plans to bend Hypertime to his will. The Legion of Doom's leader will defeat the Justice League once and for all and make his final pitch to serve at Perpetua's side-and the Multiverse will never be the same! Francis Manapul returns to Justice League for a key issue on the path to Year of the Villain: Hell Arisen—and beyond!

Justice League #35

Written by Scott Snyder & James Tynion IV

Art by Francis Manapul

Color by Manapul & Hi-Fi

Cover by Rafael Albuquerque

Variant Cover by Tyler Kirkham & Sabine Rich

In Shops: Nov 06, 2019

SRP: $3.99

And check out these killer Francis Manapul preview pages! Even without words, everyone's body language sure says a lot about what went down at the end of the previous issue, doesn't it?

Mike Cecchini is the Editor in Chief of Den of Geek. You can read more of his work here. Follow him on Twitter @wayoutstuff.

Read and download the Den of Geek NYCC 2019 Special Edition Magazine right here!

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Oct 17, 2019

DC Entertainment

Justice League

Scott Snyder

James Tynion IV

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ronan-dreaming · 5 years

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Time for some new session notes, including Falón’s reaction to becoming a vampire.

Falón awakes to the sun burning him. He scrambles out of the light with a yelp of pain and wakes Bree, who stares at him in relief. Bree states that he’s alive, and Falón is very confused, insisting that it’s ridiculous that he would’ve been dead at any point.

Once the others are awake (and Finryn is hugging Falón very very tightly), Bree asks him why he screamed, and Falón says he felt like he was on fire. Finryn checks him for a fever and comments on how cold he feels. Chrys asks if Falón feels thirsty, and he replies that he feels a little thirsty... but not a normal thirst, it feels almost like he wants soup.

Chrys comments on how his eyes look different, and when Bree takes a closer look they tell him that now they’re gold. Falón is confused and goes to look in a mirror, only to NOT be able to see himself! He’s understandably startled and asks if there’s something wrong with the mirror, and Bree goes to look as well-- their reflection can be seen, but not Falón’s. Bree asks Chrys about his earlier, thirst-related question, and at his awkwardness and hesitation they whip around and push Falón’s lips up to look at his teeth. Indeed, they get a glimpse of two very sharp looking fangs before he pulls back.

Bluntly, Chrys tells him that he’s a vampire. Falón insists that that’s impossible, and, in a usual stroke of their lack of brilliance, Bree pricks their thumb with a dagger.

Immediately Falón hones in on it and lunges at Bree to suck their blood. Chrys attempts to tackle him to tear him off Bree and succeeds in distracting him, only for Falón to turn his attention to Chrys and chomp him instead.

Bree yells for Finryn’s help and together the two of them restrain Falón against the floor as Chrys faints. Slowly, no longer distracted by the scent or appearance of blood, Falón comes back to himself. Bree confirms he’s okay and they release him before going to wake up Chrys. Falón apologizes and offers to heal Chrys, who hesitantly allows him to.

Interestingly, Falón’s own blood trickles out and glows as if imbued with healing energy, which is not something that’s ever happened before. Chrys is healed but is also successfully creeped out. Abashed, Bree apologized for being so impulsive, and then Falón excuses himself to get washed up so he wouldn’t be covered in blood anymore.

In his distress, he ends up curled up on the washroom floor and cries tears of blood.

After several minutes, Bree goes to check up on him. The two have a conversation about whether or not Falón is a monster. Bree says no, because he didn’t do any of that intentionally and it’s not like he sought out being a vampire. Falón says it might be best and safer for everyone to travel without him, but Bree manages to convince Falón to stick with their group and eventually they head back to the others.

Chrys suggests that Ezra may be able to help because of the whole undead thing being his specialty. We also discuss renting a wagon so we can travel easier (instead of being restricted to night travel and protecting Falón from the sun), and Falón mentions that he wants to visit Mera after the sun sets.

Chrys, Bree, and Zoved head out to find a wagon and an ox. We rent one for about two weeks before heading back to Falón, who stayed in the manor with Finryn. Bree asks if Falón has tried praying, since the Raven King seems to have an eye on him, and Falón replies that he’d rather try at the temple. We’re a little concerned at the thought of him trying to enter sacred ground, but we agree to accompany him.

While we wait for sunset, we rummage through the manor! Yay looting! (this was actually added in later since we’re an awful DnD party and completely forgot to do this, but we have an excellent DM who let us backtrack lmao)

After the sun sets, we head to the Raven King temple. Falón goes to the center again, joined this time by both Bree and Finryn, and begins to pray for guidance. He slumps over, immediately falling asleep, and Bree manages to catch him and supports him while he communes with the god.

Falón is indeed visited by the Raven King, who says now Falón is lost to him and thrust into the shadows of death. He confirms that there’s nothing he can do, but encourages Falón to go forth in his name and follow his guidance, and in the very least the Raven King can grant him the gift of sunlight again. Falón thanks him and again says he’ll do whatever he asks. The Raven King smiles and says it won’t be easy, but he believes in him more than he’s believed in any other mortal.

Falón wakes up then and relays the vision before we head to Mera’s. She’s surprised to see us, but extremely relieved when we tell her the murderer was taken care of. She questions him on exactly who it was, and Falón tells her about Aimo and the bodies in the basement. Then he asks her about her son, and she says it’s so peculiar but just yesterday Galel returned safely. After bidding her goodbye, we load up our wagon and hit the road to Zaramuth.

For safety, Falón wraps himself in Bree’s cloak of the manta ray. The weather continues to turn as we head further north into the mountains.

At some point during our week and a half or so of travel, Bree asks Chrys what exactly the adrafalune is. Chrys tells them that it’s a necklace forged by fire of obsidian, and Bree is surprised that it’s not a weapon of some kind. Chrys explains that when you put it on, you can channel the power towards the idea of killing a god, and that’s how it works.

We follow Zoved’s lead and, although she does get us turned around a few times, eventually she leads us to an obsidian staircase where we proceed on foot downwards between two mountains.

The ground grows more moist as we descend, but thanks to some nice rolls neither Bree nor Falón fall... but Chrys and Finryn do trip and fall onto a landing. Falón is also starting to feel very hungry.

Pale blue lights begin to glimmer and light our way further into the earth and slowly the city comes into view. Chrome buldings hang from the ceiling, and there’s a large gate of magic energy book-ended by raven statues right in front of us. Bree tosses a rock at it and immediately the rock gets launched 100 ft backwards, so Chrys steps forward and shouts that he’s friends with Dagra Bloodhammer.

A smiling dwarven man pops out from behind a statue and asks for our business. Bree says we’re here to visit Dagra and we introduce ourselves.

The guard says we must have the blessing of the Raven Queen since we found the path to the city well enough, then dismisses the barrier and allows us to enter. We discuss how to find Dagra, and Falón (as he’s the only one who speaks Dwarvish), asks a random woman where to find her.

The woman says we should look in the forgers’ sector, and she gestures to a large and loud, even from where we are, ziggurat structure. Falón explains where we should go and we begin to head that way... until someone tugs on Falón’s cloak.

From behind, we hear, “Well, if it isn’t Rafael. What are you doing in my city, you rat bastard?” and we end.

Falón just keeps getting mistaken for his dad! It’ll be interesting to see how this person ties into our story...

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#spy x family #yor forger #loid forger #anya forger #lucius forger #rafael forger #wu xing #elements #oc #au #alternate universe #original character #spy x family au #loiyor lovechild

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#so art forgery in its essence is what 19th century academics would have wanted can u expand on this and art forgery in general? i'd love to learn more!

I meant it as in: the concept of formalism - that art is born out of art itself - was at its peak. Fun story: Wincklemann the dude who created the concept meant that art as history were cyclical, meaning that if it happened once it was gonna happen again. Only you had to recreate the social conditions (and for some reason, the weather) for that to happen. Only for him the perfect world of beauty had already happened in Pericles’ era, and so all we had to do was copy it. Of course he was unaware of how gay and mysoginists the greeks were back in the good old days and was romanticizing the whole thing, but still. He also had no idea he was looking at roman copies of greek statues and he actually believed the statues he was looking at were greek lmao

So that meant you had to copy the art of this great century to become a true master. That was ingrained in the idea that drawing was in itself a act of rationality, because to draw required a set of skills only the Intellectuals ™ could put forward. So in a way, there was something of a forgery in the way academics did their paintings (which is why none of them survived in the general public’s memory, instead we point out the one who pushed art forward by breaking these rules - the Monets, the Rousseaus, the Delacroix, etc). Academics weren’t really interested in the idea of originality, rather in maintaining centuries old of tradition (the academy as we know it dates back to the 18th century) and originality as concept begins to be deepened with 19th century art philosophy, particularly when we see concepts such as the sublime or the pictoresque (although I am honestly tempted to say as a concept it wasn’t really thoughtout until the 20th century but I’m not 100% positive about this).

Like I said, when the bank of England was built (today the only thibg that survives is the façade) by John Soane, people criticized it because they thought that if it was destroyed and found under the rubble in 100 years, people would think it was a classical bulding and not Neo-classical. Ingres himself intended on that anacronic feeling - he wanted to be Rafael’s buggest lesson.

A lot of these people tried recreating the context. John Soane was part of an enthusiastic group of archeologists and architects who travelled to Rome and Greece to draw the classical buoldings before hand, and this is the century when historians jerk off to romantic notions of medieval and antiquity (and gave us all the misconceptions we know today), so there was a social context for this to happen. Like, if Souto Moura were to make a manuelino monument today, we’d collectively tell “what the fuck, dude” becausd it doesnt make sense in our time.

But that was not the case back then. These doofus really wanted all in in the glorious romans.

So its funny af for me to see art forgers going through such lengths to recreate a bit of history that never existed because thats exactly what a lot of them did to fool academics. Because everyone hates academics, there’s no going around that.

These guys copy not just the technique, but they imitate their style to the littlest detail. I dont remember if its mentioned in the post but there was a dude who said he found a compeltely new Frans Hals. It was sold on Sotheby’s and held proudly in exhibitions. Ten years later, turns out it was a forgery lmaoooo art historians were shocked because they believed it was a unique painting and they came forward with admiration saying “listen, I don’t know who the fuck did this, but they know their art history way too well to have fooled us all” (they only found out it was a fake bc they analyzed the paint – which they should have made it in the first place lmao)

Tl; dr: art forgerers know a shit ton of art history and of painting and they are only doing what was preached by academics for centuries until it was not lmao

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La valeur de l'effort | Toni Nadal J'ai été l’entraîneur de Rafael Nadal pendant de nombreuses années À Monte Carlo, nous devions jouer la finale contre un Suisse pas très bon, cela faisait longtemps que mon neveu jouait. Bon, nous devions jouer contre lui et Rafael m'a demandé : « Comment vois-tu le match ? » Et je lui ai dit: « Comment je le vois ? Eh bien, assez compliqué. Federer a un meilleur coup droit que toi, le revers est aussi meilleur que le tien, la volée est bien meilleure que la tienne... » Et au moment de lui dire : « Et au service, il n'y a pas photo », il a dit : « Pfff, arrête, arrête. Tu ne me donnes pas envie d'aller sur le court. » Je lui ai dit : « Si tu veux, je pourrais te mentir mais tout à l'heure, Federer ne se donnera pas la même peine, il vaut mieux que tu saches ce que tu dois affronter ; à partir de là, nous chercherons des solutions. » C'est ma façon de voir, une partie de ma façon de voir l'entraînement. Accepter la réalité, une chose assez difficile de nos jours. De nos jours, il semble que nous devons toujours donner des messages positifs à nos semblables. Nous devons leur dire constamment qu'ils sont presque les meilleurs, qu'ils sont très bons. Je crois que ce n'est pas un bon principe, je préfère l'autre principe. Le fait de savoir que je ne suis pas assez bon. Je crois que quand quelqu'un sait qu'il n'est pas assez bon et connaît la réalité, c'est le premier pas, le point de départ, pour atteindre les objectifs. Je l'ai toujours vu ainsi. J'ai toujours évité la surévaluation des garçons que j'ai entraînés, surtout de Rafael. Parce que, bien sûr, c'était mon neveu et je pouvais le faire. Je me souviens avoir ajouté, après lui avoir dit tout cela : « Si tu es capable de jouer chaque point comme si c'était le dernier, si tu es capable de jouer ce match comme si ta vie en dépendait, si tu y mets plus d'envie que lui, et que tu es disposé à courir plus que lui, je crois que tu auras beaucoup de chances de victoire. » J'ai toujours cru en ses chances de victoire Cette recherche de l'objectivité et l'évitement du mensonge, comme je l'ai dit, ne m'ont jamais empêché d'avoir une confiance maximale en notre capacité à atteindre nos objectifs. Toujours. J'ai toujours eu une confiance maximale en Rafael pour atteindre ses objectifs avec du travail, bien entendu Je me souviens il y a longtemps, j'étais chez Carlos Moyá. Carlos Moyá m'a demandé - Rafael avait une quinzaine d'années - il m'a demandé : « Signerais-tu pour un futur dans lequel Rafael devient un Albert Costa ? » Albert Costa venait de gagner Roland Garros, il était le septième joueur mondial. Et je lui ai dit : « Je ne signe pas. Je pense que Rafael sera meilleur ; j'ose penser que Rafael sera meilleur. » Carlos Moyá a été surpris par une telle affirmation. Parce que Rafael était juste une promesse et aspirer à être aussi champion de Roland Garros n'était pas si facile. Et ensuite il m'a demandé : « Signerais-tu pour un futur dans lequel Rafael devient un Carlos Moyá ? » Je lui ai dit... Carlos Moyá a aussi gagné un Roland Garros, il a été numéro un mondial, cinq ans l'un des huit meilleurs. Je lui ai dit : « Oui, je signe pour qu'il devienne un Carlos Moyá. » Nous dînions, il nous avait invités. Nous prenions congé, mais juste après avoir fermé la porte, quand Rafael et moi partions, je lui ai dit : « En vrai, je ne signe même pas en blague. » (Rires) Chez lui, évidemment, il ne pouvait pas perdre la face. Il ne restait plus qu'à bien forger le caractère. J'ai été un entraîneur qui s'inquiète presque plus de forger le caractère de Rafael, lui forger un caractère fort, que de bien le former techniquement. Je suis réputé pour être un entraîneur exigeant, je l'ai été en grande partie, j'ai été un entraîneur dur. Je ne crois pas à la dureté comme une fin mais comme un moyen. J'ai été un entraîneur exigeant parce que j'avais une grande estime, une grande estime pour mon neveu. Je n'aurais jamais été exigeant avec quelqu'un ne supportant pas la dureté ou ne supportant pas une telle exigence. Mais je ne serai jamais exigeant avec quelqu'un que je n'apprécie pas beaucoup, pour qui je n'ai pas une grande estime. Comme je voulais le bien de mon neveu, j'ai été très exigeant. Je crois que cela est quelque chose d'essentiel. Et pour être exigeant, eh bien, j'ai toujours essayé que cette exigence devienne une auto-exigence. On ne peut pas toujours être en train de tirer son joueur, dans mon cas, ou à qui que ce soit que tu entraînes, peu importe l'activité. Ainsi, j'ai toujours fait en sorte que Rafael se sente lui-même responsable. Je crois qu'il l'a assumé Je crois qu'il est nécessaire d’avoir un sens de l'autocritique, il est difficile d'avancer, d'améliorer, sans un bon sens de l'autocritique. J'ai essayé de faire en sorte qu'il en ait toujours. J'ai fait en sorte qu'il ne me donne jamais de justifications, ni dans les défaites, ni dans ce qui lui arrivait. C'est trop facile de se justifier, se justifier en permanence. À l'académie, ils m'ont demandé de donner quelques phrases pour motiver les gars. Je ne sais pas si je les ai motivés ou démotivés. Mais je me souviens qu'une des phrases était : « Une excuse ne nous a jamais permis de gagner un match. » Et c'est la réalité. Il y a quelques années, nous étions à l'US Open et cette fois-là, Rafael n'attrapait pas bien les balles. Nous jouions et c'était un désastre. Chaque jour d'entraînement : « Ces balles ne me vont pas, elles n'ont pas d'effet. » « Bizarre » lui disais-je. Bon. Le lendemain, même chose ; les excuses me dérangent beaucoup. Il a gagné son premier match, le deuxième, le troisième ; mais fatigué de l'écouter, je lui ai dit : « Écoute, il faut que tu perdes, perds et à Majorque, les balles auront de l'effet. » Il m'a écouté : il a perdu. (Rires) Il a perdu, il n'est pas allé à Majorque, mais à Pékin, moi, je suis allé à Majorque, puis nous nous sommes retrouvés à Naples. Bizarrement, à Pékin, il a gagné le tournoi. Il a gagné tous ses matchs, contre le numéro trois mondial, le numéro cinq. Il a joué un grand tournoi, je le regardais à la télévision. Je savais avec quelles balles il jouait, c'était les mêmes qu'à l'US Open. Merde ! Quand je l'ai retrouvé, je lui ai dit : « Dis-moi, à Pékin, tu as joué avec quelles balles ? » Et lui à moitié honteux m'a dit : « Avec les Wilson. » Ah ! À Pékin, elles ont de l'effet, à New York, non, mais à Pékin, elles ont de l'effet. Donc c'est toujours pareil. Puis il est allé en Australie et quand il a joué son quatrième match, et il ne jouait pas très bien, je lui dis : bof ! Il m'a appelé après et je lui ai dit : « Tu n'as pas très bien joué. » Et la première chose qu'il m'a dite a été : « C'est qu'il faisait très chaud. » Il ne faisait chaud que d'un côté, parce que de l'autre... l'autre jouait très bien. Comme j'ai dit, j'ai essayé de renforcer le caractère de Rafael, et je l'ai fait en essayant d'encourager sa capacité d’endurance parce que je crois que c'est déterminant dans la vie. La capacité d'endurance. Il y a quelques années, j'étais dans un collège, et j'écoutais le professeur qui nous disait : « Dans la vie, il faut savoir conjuguer le verbe "se contrôler" ». Lui l'a conjugué d'une autre façon. Il nous disait : « Je me contrôle, tu te contrôles, il se contrôle. » « Nous nous contrôlons » disait le professeur. J'ai appris à Rafael à conjuguer : « Je me contrôle, je te contrôle. » J’étais difficile à contrôler. Pendant des années, je l'ai entraîné avec des balles en mauvais état, sur des courts de mauvaise qualité. Je lui disais : « Aujourd’hui, on va s'entraîner une heure et demi », puis je rallongeais l'entraînement indéfiniment parce que ce qui m'intéressait était qu'il prenne de l'endurance. Je souhaitais qu'il apprenne à fortifier surtout son caractère. Je crois que c'est ce qui est déterminant, c'est ce qui a été déterminant dans la vie. Je crois que le caractère se forge dans la difficulté et je crois que c'est la grande erreur de nos jours. Il en résulte aujourd'hui que les garçons, ayant beaucoup de choses, ayant toute une technologie derrière, il en résulte qu'ayant des nutritionnistes, ayant des études biomécaniques, des études audiovisuelles, ils analysent les coups, les statistiques qui te disent ce que tu dois faire ; il en résulte qu'il leur coûte beaucoup plus de s'améliorer. Voici un exemple très clair. Quand nous sommes arrivés sur le circuit professionnel, les premiers du circuit professionnel étaient : Hewitt, 21 ans. Roddick, 20 ans. Ce Suisse y était déjà, 21 ans, Federer. Coria, 21. Nalbaldian, 21. Ferrero, 23. Safin, 24. Je crois que Moyá et Agassi étaient un peu plus âgés. De nos jours, il se trouve que les premiers du circuit sont : Federer, 36 ans. Rafael, bientôt 32. Murray et Djokovic, 31. Wawrinka, 33. Del Potro, bientôt 30. Čilić, 30. Berdych, 33. Que s'est-il passé ? Pourquoi coûte-t-il plus aux gens d'aujourd'hui de détrôner ceux d'avant ? Je crois que c'est simplement parce qu'ils n'ont pas compris ce qui est essentiel. L'essentiel... Évidemment, je ne suis pas contre la technologie. Le monde avance et la technologie va nous aider, mais je crois qu'il y a des choses qui, surtout dans les étapes de formation, n'aident pas. Rendre la vie si facile aux jeunes je crois que ça n'aide en rien. Je crois qu'il est mieux parfois de maîtriser un peu les progrès et de revenir à l'essentiel. Pour nous, l'essentiel a toujours été : la persévérance, le respect de l’adversaire, l'effort, le sacrifice, la discipline. Les technologies n'ont jamais été l’essentiel. Je crois que c'est ce que tous les jeunes devraient comprendre. C'est ce que je comprends qui a été fondamental chez Rafael : comprendre que tout ce qui lui arrivait était de sa responsabilité, être prêt à lutter jusqu’à la fin. Rafael avait beaucoup de problèmes : physiques, des blessures... Je n'aime pas les lamentations, et quand il m'a dit avoir un tas de problèmes, je lui ai dit : « Regarde, voilà ce qu'il y a, nous devons lutter avec ça. » Je comprends que ceci est ce qu'il y a de fondamental, pas seulement pour Rafael, mais pour n'importe qui aspirant à atteindre des objectifs élevés. J'ai constaté des années plus tard que je pensais que Borg, McEnroe, Lendl, étaient des gens exceptionnels, je croyais que leurs entraîneurs étaient aussi de très bons entraîneurs. Je croyais qu'ils les avaient dotés d'un don spécial. J'ai constaté comment un garçon de Manacor, un garçon normal, bon, je ne sais pas s'il a atteint le niveau de McEnroe ou Lendl, mais qu'avec des efforts et des sacrifices, il a réussi à atteindre beaucoup des objectifs qu'il s'était fixés plus jeune. C'est pour ça que je comprends que s'il a réussi, évidemment beaucoup de gens, beaucoup parmi nous, peuvent y arriver. Et je ne sais pas si tout le monde peut réussir à devenir numéro un, aujourd'hui numéro deux à partir de lundi, je ne sais pas s'ils peuvent réussir cela mais ce dont je suis sûr c'est que tous, tous ou presque, nous pouvons réussir à avancer et nous améliorer. Toni Nadal https://ift.tt/2MZwtHE

#jesse metcalfe

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pastelskyesblog · 2 years

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First Post HAH

Originally I came from insta- simsta, to be more specific. Heh. Before coral island came out I played a lot of sdv, and yes, that's sim Haley on my dp HAHAH

Lately I've been playing a lot of Coral Islant (ever since it came out) and I just have SO MUCH inspiration regarding it.

Also, I just want to talk about Coral Island all day and I guess tumblr is a good place to do that in HAHA

My farmer's name is Briar Forger (yes, that's a spyxfamily ref right there, the farm name is also called The Forgers' HAHAHA)

He's so cute, I can't wait to marry him <3

I also can't wait to finish my fanfic so I can share it here and hopefully fangirl with fellow rafael stans alskdjflksdjf HELP

I also have a thing for Chaem, and Wakuu, and Lily, and Theo, and Nina, and Eva, and Surya dfkajskdlfj pretty much EVERYONE

Edit: I forgot to introduce myself. Hi, my name is Skylar- Skye for short

#coral island #coral island rafael #rafael sanches #simblr #stardew valley #stardew valley haley

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incorvivadae-archives · 6 years

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tragedy boy

faceclaim: oh sehun

band: exo

age: 23

race: human

nationality: french

current residence: south korea

job: watcher; capable document forger; mediocre hacker

name: oh gabriel rafael

Gabriel believes it all went to shit starting with the choosing of his name, roughly around the time the ink dried on his birth certificate; no man with a name so pompous and pretentuious ever ends up swell.

He also finds it highly ironic considering his mother tried her hardest to pick the most exhausted names she could find in the Angelic encyclopedia.

Gabriel Rafael Oh.

Oh, Gabriel Rafael — wasted talent, community disappointment, religious disgrace, oh, that fucking bastard.

His names gives him enough opportunities to fuck with people, of which he takes great advantage of, refusing to respond to his name on certain days and on others, just to his last one.

+ but his second name is protected, hidden and a secret, an insurance policy that at least a portion of his soul is for safe keeping.

Empathy has never been his strongest suit, one more sin on the list just under sloth. Maybe he was born with it, maybe it started manifested after spitting in the preachers face and hightailing it out of that fucked sect he was born into and his mother was glad to sacrifice herself and the extension of her soul and flesh to.

The details are a bit blurry and unsure, but the end result is mostly the same so he has forgone seeking a pseudoshrink to walk him through his childhood trauma and lack of genuine maternal care.

Besides, his shitfest of a childhood is but a creepy and twisted nusery rhyme compared to the trippy destiny he more or less fell into the moment he ventured into the strangest little town he could hardly pronounce the name of in the South of France and managed to get himself entangled with a centuries old and dying society that left him with the unwanted duty of watching and doing the binding of a mystical creature.

Left with no choice as his soul was captured and tied to the lake in which the Beast resides, he accepted it as well as he could and move on.

But the plot thickened and his duties extended across the continent back to his parents’ natal country with his soul in the claws of the Mystic and the Mystic with him always.

#° bio #;oh the boy

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tapping-away · 6 years

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Supernatural Bounty Hunter AU

Basic Premise:

Sam and Dean were raised by their dad after their mom was supposedly killed in a house fire set by an unknown person. Their dad had a primary job as a mechanic, but in actuality was a very well-known bounty hunter. After leaving his family for college, Sam went to school to become a lawyer and met his future fiance, Jess. Dean took over his dad’s car shop and old jobs he had had in progress, becoming a bounty hunter himself. When their dad goes missing, Dean finds Sam and not long after, Jess ends up dead similar to how their mom died. Sam goes with Dean to help run the mechanic’s place (helping with the business side of things) and also joining Dean in being a bounty hunter. The story diverges from the show in the events after all of this. Rather than traveling around, they both have moved to the city their dad’s shop was originally in and reopened it. Sam is still finishing up law school- having transferred schools- and is also doing online classes for a business minor. Dean went to college for engineering, for about four years. While they work there, they sometimes get offers for jobs or find some for themselves. There are a number of other characters that they’ve come to know and make friends with over the years.

Characters:

Sam and Dean are friends with many of the characters that have appeared in the show, having met them by chance or through work or some other venue. Overall, the characters are probably quite different from how you’d originally know them. But the main characters that Sam and Dean interact with are:

Bobby- he took them under his wing after they had moved back to the city and decided to take up both of their old man’s jobs. Being a bounty hunter himself, he also worked as a cop for a while and now does some part time PI work (he’s not a people person, but he loves catching the bad guys and serving vengeance); he’s also got a sort-of-thing with Ellen and often can be found hanging around at the Roadhouse if not at his own place

Ellen- she owns a restaurant known as the Roadhouse that she runs with help from her kids, Jo and Ash. Sam and Dean know her as a friend of their dad and Bobby, and while she’s hesitant about letting them in, she eventually becomes as much like a mother to them as Bobby is like a dad. Her restaurant also is a place for bounty hunters to pick up jobs, often frequented by both those of the underworld and those from the justice system that are a bit more dark than light. Sam and Dean often are found at her restaurant if not at the shop or school.

Jo- had an on and off thing with Dean for awhile, but it is currently ‘off’ and will likely stay that way now that Castiel is around. She doesn’t really mind, since she’s got her own share of people she likes. She’s trained with most weapons and in a few fighting styles, is a complete badass all around. She sometimes helps Sam and Dean on jobs, but usually is working at her mom’s restaurant. She just finished college herself, having majored in criminal psychology. She doesn’t plan on being a therapist or anything, but the human mind fascinates her and it helps in the hunting business to understand your marks. She also plans to become a police officer. She’s around the same age as Sam.

Ash- works with his mom and little sister as the main cook. Also has a side business selling weapons and ammunition to hunters and is the one who finds jobs to offer people. He didn’t go to college, though his mom is trying to get him to along with Jo. He’s a certified genius and gets bored of school courses and would rather spend his time building and creating weapons or devices for people to use. He gets along well with Kevin and Charlie, who are also hackers, and thinks of them as pupils in the art of computers.

Kevin- a young hacker that Sam and Dean found while working a job. He got himself into some trouble with a criminal while doing a hack job, that ended with him and his mom having to move around a lot. Sam and Dean helped him out and he started working with Dean at the mechanics shop to return the favor, while also going to school. He wants to get out of the hacking business and only does it if Sam and Dean or one of his other friends needs his help. He is learning a lot about computers and engineering from Ash, who will help with his homework sometimes. Charlie admires him for being able to get himself out of the life of crime he was in.

Charlie- a girl that met Ash through the world of hacking. She met Sam and Dean when they were following a lead on a job, and only after she became friends with them did she and Ash meet in person. Ash was a bit smitten with her, but she is a hard core lesbian and he backed off. She thinks of Ash and Kevin as her ‘computer bros’ and will often hang out around them. She is still in the hacking bizz for the sake of her mother, and has yet to tell the others why she does what she does. She hopes to someday get out of the crime life and go to school for game design and programming, and admires the fact Kevin managed to turn his life around. Eventually she lets go of her mother and with help from the others manages to start going to school- online.

Donna- a cop who will sometimes give Sam and Dean help with a job. She is dating Jody and they both have two kids they’ve adopted, Claire and Alex. She gets along well with Dean and is often his drinking/eating buddy at the Roadhouse.

Jody- a sheriff who works in the city. She helps Sam and Dean out at times, or will give them jobs or finish them up for them. She likes to mother them both, gets along better with Sam. She is dating Donna and they have two kids. She also gets along well with Ellen.

Billie- a hitman that comes to the city for a job where her mark is also Sam and Dean’s mark. They get into a bit of a rivalry with each other, mostly her and Dean. She becomes good friends with Jo, Charlie, and Anna after awhile. Later she reveals she was actually asked by Chuck- an old friend of hers from his old life- to keep an eye on everyone for him while he’s gone. She does and that’s why she originally started her rivalry with Sam and Dean. She doesn’t really become part of the group until after Chuck comes back and she reveals her connection to him. She finds Charlie adorable and likes to annoy Meg by treating her like a petulant little sister.

Crowley- a lawyer at the law firm that Sam is currently interning at. He has had ‘interactions’ with Bobby before and the two have a very terse ‘friendship’ of sorts. He works in the shadier parts of the law and isn’t afraid of using underhanded tactics to win a case. He has trouble admitting when he’s wrong, but knows how to help when he needs to. Albeit, begrudgingly. He mostly pisses everyone off. Has a strong hatred for Rowena (who is his cousin in this) May or may not have a thing for/with Bobby. Has a very shady past that may involve crime.

Rowena- Crowley’s cousin (to help with the age gap being a bit small for mother and son) who is from Scotland. She is a black market dealer who was once a very successful forger and art thief. She often taunts and mocks her cousin for being a lawyer who’s basically a criminal himself, and flirts with a lot of the guys and anyone with a high paying job. She is a proud gold digger and makes full use of her abilities in an attempt to be as rich as possible.

Meg- comes and goes as she pleases. She met Sam at his new school during a project and came to be ‘friends’ with him and Dean (that is she enjoys bullying them and pissing them off) She is a lot nicer and more vulnerable than she lets on, though Castiel somehow manages to be the only one that sees that side of her along with Billie, later on. She is also majoring in law and interning under Crowley.

Situation with the Angels/God:

The ‘angels’ in this AU would be the equivalent of a Mafia or Mob. In this story they are the Novak family Mob, to be specific. The previous boss died and his twin children were left to be the next heads of the family, more specifically his son, Deus, who was older while his daughter, Amara, would be second in command. However, his daughter is actually found to be the one that killed him through poisoning because she had a hatred for the evil of their ‘family’. Her brother was aware of this and let it happen, his sister believing him to be on board with her plans to disband the ‘family’ and stop being criminals. However, he had his own plans to make the family into something capable of creating legitimate change in the world through both good and bad means. So, he allowed his sister to be caught and thrown in prison along with another member of the family, Lucifer, who was their younger half-brother and their father’s favorite child. Lucifer and Amara were both put in prison with Lucifer eventually escaping and Amara being released five years after Lucifer’s escape. The head of the family, Deus, eventually disappears leaving Michael in charge and Rafael as second in command. For awhile he sends instructions through Metatron (a nickname; in this instance his name is actually also Michael) who then relays them to Michael and/or Rafael. But after a few years these stop and Metatron continues to make them up, before Michael finds out and Metatron flees. Currently Michael is in charge and is attempting to follow through with his older cousin’s plans, but is too ruthless and meticulous to really grasp the idea of good through any means that Deus was hoping for. He and Rafael are both looking for Deus, but have not found him. The ranking system for the family was based on age and lineage. Those most closely related- i.e. direct descendants- of the original head of the family are the first in line to be head, and for multiple children it then goes by age. In this time, the former head was the oldest of three. He has three children, twins and an illegitimate child. His younger sibling- the middle child- had three children as well, though the youngest two were with someone not part of the ‘family’ and are considered unable to be heads (Lucifer got a pass for two reasons, his mother was still in the ‘family’ and being the child of the current head) To clarify, ‘family’ means the people that are in the mob, not actual blood relatives. Some are, obviously, and it’s those ones that have claim to the title of ‘boss’. The youngest sibling had two children, though one was adopted after his parents -other ‘family’ members- were killed.

Luce/Lucifer- the youngest, bastard son of the head of the Novak family. He looked up to his half-brother and -sister a lot and revered their father for taking him in. He wanted to be the next head of the family, but understood and loved his brother enough to not be too angry over not being chosen, despite being the favorite and (in his mind) the best fit to keep the reputation of the family in tact. He found out about Amara killing their father and confronted her on his own, wanting the recognition and hoping to overthrow their brother’s current position. He was set up along with her and both were put in prison. Lucifer escapes and starts up an empire of his own and attempts to track down both the Novak family’s new headquarters and his older brother. He wishes to take over the Novak family, even if it means getting rid of his cousins and siblings on the way. He sets his sights on Sam and Dean after they continually catch people that work for him while he’s still in prison and eventually makes enemies of them after his escape. His presence is what leads Castiel to revealing to Sam and Dean all there is about the Novak Family.

Michael- cousin to Deus, Amara, Lucifer, and Gabriel- who are all older than him and therefore the next ones in line to be head of the family if they were actually around. He is the current head of the Novak family since Deus disappeared. His adopted brother, Raphael, is his second in command and they both are attempting to push the family into the idea that Deus had for it, though they are neither very fit to be leaders. Michael is attempting to track down Lucifer and get him put back in prison or kill him for good. Michael is indifferent towards the others in his family, such as Anna, Castiel, Gabriel, and Amara. Though he does still look up to and idolize Deus.

Raphael- second in command to Michael, he was taken in by Michael’s parents when he was a baby. He is the last in line to be head of the family out of all the cousins, not counting Castiel and Anna who are not included in the lineup. He’s more of a behind the scenes type of person and is better at strategy than confrontation, the opposite of Michael. He has no real desire to be the ‘boss’. He is the one who made the final decision to allow Castiel to leave the family to find his siblings and make his own life, so long as he agreed to help the family when necessary.

Amara- the second in line to be boss and the only female (since Anna ran away when she was 9 and her father was not a member of the mob, she was not counted in the lineup) She plotted to kill her abusive and manipulative father along with her twin brother, and wished to disband the mob entirely. After being betrayed by her twin, she spent her years in prison working on ways to reduce her sentence and plotting revenge. After finding and exacting her revenge, she reveals she had seen the good Deus was trying to get the family to do and had come to understand his view. With help from Dean, she and her brother made up. They leave shortly to arrange things with the family before coming back. She is bisexual and eventually becomes a good friend to Sam, Dean, and the others after she and her brother make up. Charlie has a huge crush on her.

Metatron- his real name is Michael, but he got ‘Metatron’ as a street name and went by it both because he liked it and as a way of differentiating between him and Michael Novak. A member of the mob, though not related to any of the other mentioned members. He is an advisor and was entrusted with receiving and giving orders made by Deus. He was given the orders through mail or by email or text and did not actively know anything about the boss’ whereabouts until years later. When Deus stops sending orders, Metatron started to make them up without telling anyone. When Michael found out, Metatron was given the choice to leave and never come back or be killed. Eventually he makes up with Deus- who had been keeping an eye on him the whole time- though he is not allowed back into the family.

Anna- Gabe and Castiel’s younger sister. She and her two brothers move to the city for the sake of work, her going to school for journalism and wanting to live in the city for the job opportunities. She and her brothers all come from a shady family life, though Anna had been adopted by a different family at a young age after running away from home as a 9 year old. Castiel found her and together they found Gabriel.

Gabriel- Castiel and Anna’s older brother. He ran off not long after Anna did, leaving his family behind for personal reasons. He entered life as a conman and made a reputation for himself in the world of crime. Eventually, he meets Sam and Dean and Castiel, with his younger brother recognizing him. Castiel manages to convince him to return to life with him and Anna, and they currently live in a house together in the city. Gabriel is still a conman, though does less so for the sake of his siblings. He refuses to contact their family, along with Anna, despite Castiel’s hope for them to be able to help them once more. He comes and goes as he pleases. He enjoys making fun of Dean and picking on Sam (who he may have a crush on) Gets along fairly well with Chuck after awhile.

Castiel- Younger brother to Gabriel and older brother to Anna; eventual boyfriend to Dean. He is a doctor in the same city Sam and Dean are in and meets them while Dean is badly hurt and separated from Sam when on a job. He takes care of Dean, literally saving his life, and doesn’t turn him in to the police, which starts their friendship. He left the Novak family to find his siblings and to become a doctor, both in hopes of helping the family. He eventually cuts ties to them not long after meeting Sam and Dean and reuniting with his siblings. He finds his brother and sister both with help from Dean and his friends. They tracked down Anna for him and helped him prove his identity to her. (She remembered him the whole time, they were all close as siblings; with Gabe basically being like a dad and Castiel being a mother hen, her brothers were more like her parents) He finds Gabriel half on accident, when his brother targets Sam and Dean to con. He finds out from them about Gabe and recognizes him. He is eventually able to convince his brother to move in with him and Anna. He does not recognize Chuck for who he is, as he hadn’t really known Deus before Deus left and did not remember what he looked like well enough to know. He did eventually get a feeling that Chuck was more than he let on, and was the one to finally confirm his identity for Sam and Dean after Chuck tells them about himself. He is demisexual and Dean is the first person he’s ever with. He also gets along surprisingly well with Meg. He told Sam and Dean about his family not long after meeting them because of Lucifer escaping and starting to target them.

Chuck/Deus- Chuck meets Dean in college and the two become friends. Chuck is a few years older than Dean, but claims he started college later in life due to problems with his family. Chuck majored in English and aspires to be an author, creating a semi popular series of books loosely based on his friends’ jobs as bounty hunters, but with a ‘supernatural’ twist. He is very jumpy and nervous as well as a heavy drinker. He is prone to severe migraines. He becomes roommates with Dean at some point. Not long after meeting everyone, including Sam, he becomes part of the group. He gets along well with Charlie, Kevin, Sam, Dean, and Rowena, but seems to annoy Jo. Eventually, not long after meeting Castiel and hearing Lucifer escaped prison, Chuck leaves to travel, not saying why other than he wants to explore and figure his life out. In actuality he was trying to separate himself from Lucifer’s new targets so that he would not be found. Eventually he comes back after learning Amara has somehow gotten into contact with Dean. He saves the brothers and Castiel from some henchmen of Amara’s that were trying to kill them and reveals his real identity. He works with Sam and Dean to try and put Amara back in prison, though he ends up being poisoned by her (poison is her specialty) and with her as the only one with the antidote. He eventually makes up with her and she saves his life. The two leave to figure things out with the family and come back after about a year of no contact. After revealing himself, he is much more confident, though he is still just as prone to outbursts and anxiety as ever. He and Gabriel end up becoming good friends, with Gabriel having recognized him right away but agreeing to keep his identity a secret, so long as Chuck didn’t get Castiel or Anna killed or tried to involve Gabe with the family. Chuck is bisexual, like his sister, and has a crazy ex-girlfriend named Becky that stalks both him and Sam- him because of their relationship and Sam because she’s obsessed with Sam. He helps Kevin settle any debts he had with criminals after Kevin took on a job for money for school and got into trouble again. Deus is skilled in martial arts and with using weapons of all kinds. He is more of a thinker than a fighter, however, and is very skilled at reading people. Even before he revealed his identity he had a way of making people, like Sam or Dean, very wary of him at times because he could become freakishly calm (for Chuck) and seemed to be able to read their minds. When Sam gets hooked on drugs (a little while before Chuck moves in with Dean), Chuck figures it out right away and knows immediately why Sam takes them, despite having barely interacted with each other. He is a slob and can be very selfish, but overall he is aiming to do good in the world through the wide influence of the Novak mob.

Also the main pairings in this would be: Dean/Cas, Sam/Gabe, Chuck/Jo (a weird one but I love it) Donna/Jody, Ellen/Bobby (with a bit of Crowley in there at times, a poly sort of thing) Charlie/Amara, Charlie/Billie (Charlie has a huge crush on Amara, but she also would probably end up with Billie)

#supernatural #alternate universe #bounty hunter #there's a big focus on Chuck because he's my favorite #the angels are a russian born mafia family too #and Chuck/Jo is a very rare pair but I really enjoy the idea of it #also ages and relations have been changed due to the actors ages IRL #feel free to add to this #or find it on ao3 and add to it there #or write for it #if you want #since i probably won't

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