#so much for supporting all teams

[like-the-cut-of-your-jib]

There’s a word for this kind of incest-like business behaviour…

… Monopoly? Recreation of the modern feudal fiefdom? Corporate welfare? We will find it.

#competitive sailing #oracle #larry ellison #oracle netsuite consulting #investigative journalism #investigative journalists take note #the business of sailing #sail gp season 3 #sail gp #no such thing as business charity #antiprocurement #non compete #so much for supporting all teams #long term goals #corporate capitalism at its finest #it is how the league was funded #deal with the devil #corporate welfare #maritime business #sailing business

[cozybells]

what if they were meaner and also were in love

#my art #I think they had soooo much potential for angst #the way partner doubted hero OOOOUGH I really wish that lasted longer #hero is pretty insecure and they're so sure they ARE the human from the legend #and partner keeps denying that possibility. they support hero but like... only under the condition of them being innocent #OOOUHGGRRRR I have so many thoughts about these two but I have no time I have to go take this goodbye #also I pictured hero as kind of a bitch from the beginning but they really aren't at all. bonnie is tho #pmd rescue team #pmd rt #pmd

[skittishlikefromthewar]

I think about these two moments a lot

of people hanging in each other's arms, being held up when they're overwhelmed (be it in a time of heartbreak or even in a time of joy and relief). And about how so much of Jamie's journey was about him growing strong enough and supported and stable enough to be able to pay that grace forward and hand it out to others.

#he goes from being the team diva and the team baby to being one of the *leaders* #one of the pillars that holds them all up and i get so emotional about it 😭 #i mean i used those scenes bc i just love hugs A Lot but there are tons of times in s3 where he's supporting theothers and encouraging them #(still a diva tho 😊. obviously) #jamie tartt #ted lasso #not tagging c*lin much as i love him bc the people searching his tag are probably looking for more him-centric posts #same with r*y probably? idk #however #royjamie #and #roy x jamie #are totally fair game tho 😉

[cheebuss]

Low quality compile of all my designs for the Support Classes of my silly TF2/Warrior Cats crossover hehe (i fucked up with RED Sniper because I did him first and didn't think i'd do everyone else so him and BLU Sniper are facing away on the line up lol)

#my art #fanart #fandom character #crack #my design #catified #warrior cats #team fortress 2 #tf2 #tf2 medic #tf2 sniper #tf2 spy #// my silly billies!! #// spy and medic were my first requests so ironically i just now have all the support dudes #// did Koalasight tonight! thank you so much @alternianpersonaficaition for helping inspire his name :] #team fourtrees 2

[s0fter-sin]

vampire bats share mouthfuls of blood to other bats they’re close to if they weren’t able to feed and now i need old vampire!ghost sharing a bloody kiss with fledgling!soap, giving him mouthfuls of blood bc his fresh fangs are too sensitive to bite with

it’s been so long since he was turned that ghost’s forgotten the deep ache that comes with growing fangs and he almost worries when johnny goes to bite into the meal he’s brought him only to whimper and pull back; only the slightest pinpricks of a bite left in the man’s neck, barely enough to bring blood to the surface

it’s only when johnny whines and massages at his gums that ghost realises his oversight; crooning at his sweet mate in reassurance. he’s not upset that he couldn’t feed, at the unintentional rejection of his offering. he’ll make the pain stop

ghost pulls the man to his mouth and sinks in his fangs, sucking in a heavy mouthful and drops the now paralysed prey back to his feet; his throat steadily gushing with blood and spilling over his body

he cups johnny’s face, looking into his eyes, teary with pain and hunger, and purses his lips to carefully drip the blood into his mouth. the pain immediately vanishes from his eyes, replaced with pure bliss as he opens his mouth wide; curling his tongue to catch every drop. ghost presses his mouth to his in a hungry, blood-filled kiss; tongues twining together as they share the taste

johnny sucks the last of it from his lips and ghost guides him down to lap at the prey’s neck; licking up the blood he was too weak to draw himself. he’s ravenous with it, his whole face covered in red as he licks up the spill and suckles at ghost’s bite

ghost’s filled with an overwhelming pride at having provided for his mate in an even deeper way than just hunting for him. he spilled the blood johnny’s drinking; fed him in the most intimate way their kind knows and he’ll do it a hundred times over for his love

#pet peeve time i hate the vampire ‘licks a bite to stop it bleeding’ trope bc it biologically doesn’t make sense #if anything a vampire’s saliva would have an anticoagulant effect to /stop/ a bit from clotting so they can drink more #anyway back to bloody kisses lmao #thinking about the actual biological difference between humans and vampires and how much it would /hurt/ to grow a pair of fangs #like the human mouth isnt meant to have teeth that big or muscles strong enough to to support them #or the increased bite force they need #so not only are they growing new teeth theyre also growing bigger muscles and their mouths are having to adapt to them #that would cause so much pain #you ever grown in a wisdom tooth? it sucks and that nowhere near this level #on top of all that youre also starving and have an unquenchable need to feed #the intimacy of a sire feeding their fledgling from their own mouths #weaning them off their blood but still so dependent on them #and even after johnny can bite and feed on his own he still craves the closeness of being fed from ghosts mouth #and ghost never denies him #coming out of my cage and ive been doing just fine.txt #we’re a team- ghost team #soapghost #ghostsoap #ghoap #simon ghost riley #ghost cod #john soap mactavish #soap cod

[daily-hanamura]

#persona 4 #p4 #persona 4 arena ultimax #p4au #hanamura yosuke #yosuke hanamura #satonaka chie #amagi yukiko #hello i have spoken recently about how yosuke functions as the team's morale backbone #even when hes not around chie and yukiko think of him when they're frustrated or worried #consciously or otherwise they know they can turn to yosuke to cheer them up or at least alleviate some of their anxieties #chie calls yosuke because she needs to rant - even though she complains about how unserious he is she knows he can be relied on to listen #yukiko calls yosuke because she thinks he'll know whats going on with their friend - she sees HIM as the connected person in the group #i think its part yukiko seeing yosuke as yu's substitute and also part just... a general recognition that he's the most on the ball #and even when he doesnt know the answer #yukiko still finds comfort in hearing him talk #however yosuke sees himself i think its nonetheless true that his friends love him and depend on him!!! #and i love that so much guys #yosuke team wrangler but also team emotional support and just all around good friend confirmed!!!! #he's good with his queue

[daylighteclipsed]

DDD is the best. Sora and Riku get soul married and become dads to a bunch of funny lisa frank animals.

#fambly #soriku #in all seriousness #it never hit me before how significant it is that they can share each other’s dream eaters like that #they are literally sharing each other’s dreams #it’s so cute how they take turns supporting each other #leaving each other bonuses but also treats and toys for their dream eaters #their family of spirit pets #i love how much this game showcases how nonexistent the boys’ rivalry is now #the vibes between this game and kh1 could not be more different #it’s all about mutual support and trust #they’re a team #what’s yours is mine #sharing dream pets just makes it extra sweet

[ifindus]

Cross-country season has started! Fifa!talia is out, FIS!talia is in!

Most of the athletes on the GBR team are Scottish and they all live in Norway most of the year. Norwegians have such a love for them and some of them even speak Norwegian fluently. Two years ago, they lost funding from the UK government and it looked like they would have to quit skiing all-together. Then, rich Norwegians began sponsoring them and now they are training with a private Norwegian team and funded by Norwegians 💖

#hetalia #aph norway #aph scotland #hws norway #hw scotland #scotnor #🥺🥺🥺 I love them so much #FIS!talia #can't wait for the World Championship in Trondheim 2025!!! #I'm going to volunteer for it and am putting “nation host” as my first choice #I am such a fan of cross-country it's my everything #I love sports ok? #but especially cross-country #there's def some AU potential there as well #a swedish athlete got frostbite on his private parts racing in Finland this weekend #just thought you all should know #also I think it's amazing that norwegian people are so passionate about the GBR team #they even had a fund-raiser to raise money for them when they were cut off by their own country #and private Norwegian people just sponsoring them full-time??? What a support!! #They even got a documentary mini-series on NRK

[bloodhoundini]

Made these bc I can't stop with Monkey Wrench I love it sm I love Shrike I love Beebs I love Scratch I love the animation I love the designs I love the backgrounds I love the voice acting I LOVE EVERYTHING ABOUT IT AAAAAAAAAA

#monkey wrench #monkey wrench zeurel #monkey wrench shrike #shrike sanchez #shrike monkey wrench #GO SUPPORT ON PATREON IF YOU HAVENT YET OR SUPPORT BY JUST GIVING THIS AMAZING SHOW ALL THE LOVE AND ATTENTION IT DESERVES #I LOVE INDIE ANIMATION SO FREAKING MUCH AAAAAAAAAAA #The Monkey Wrench team is absolutely amazing give them all the love

[azaracyy]

✦ gods of mischief ✦ digimon survive week 2024 day 3: other digi- er, kemonogami

#digimon #digimon survive #biyomon #piyomon #patamon #palmon #survive week #survive week 2024 #finally for day 3 im using my sketch for once (yet still finish late night as usual) o(-( #3 characters for day 3! #not much to say except these folks made me scream whenever they appeared #they're so pesky and persistent lmao. team rocket equivalent of survive fr #tbh this was gonna go to day 4 but i don't see them as 'supporting' characters more than the subject of my og day 3 work. so i swapped them #thank you for your kind words for my survive week entries! i do read tags hehe :') #eventually i'd like to read all the fics.. but it will be a slow progress since i just recently recovered from reading block after years #apparently i can't read fics especially super chunky ones without dissociating nowadays haha ;; but i'm working on it and starting small #png

[like-the-cut-of-your-jib]

Fucking hell!

Poor Nathan and crew. Incredible sad that they couldn’t secure enough sponsorship $$$.

What’s going on there Japan? (Oh we know…)

#competitive sailing #nathan outerridge #team japan #sail gp 2022 2023 #so much for supporting all teams

[thefirstknife]

Getting real sick of a certain subset of Destiny players complaining that it’s a baby game and crying to Bungie to nerf exotics and abilities when their ENTIRE POINT IS TO BE STRONG in specific ways as if they are being locked into using them.

IF YOU WANT AN EXTRA CHALLENGE STOP BEING SUCH A DPS GOBLIN AND JUST EQUIP SOMETHING THATS NOT TOP TIER META AND STOP COMPLAINING JESUS FUCKING CHRIST

MOOD. Go off.

It's incredibly annoying to me. They always use the argument of "the game should FORCE me to do things, I should not SELF-IMPOSE challenges." And like. ? I'm sorry but what? It's a video game for a big audience, it's here to be playable and accessible to the widest possible playerbase. There are plenty of ways to make the game difficult for yourself, so knock yourself out if that's your thing, but don't force others into it.

Like, I enjoy hard content, I regularly at least attempt day 1 raids, I do master raids, GMs, solo and solo flawless content and all that. But only when I want to. Sometimes I don't and I don't want to suffer in a patrol zone or struggle in a seasonal activity I'm doing for the story. The majority of the players don't want that. Designing games for the professional gamers only has NEVER been a good idea and never will be. Fifty streamers can't sustain a video game. It needs casual players who will want to come back to the game instead of feeling defeated.

One of the reasons I really enjoy helping others is because I know that casual players tend to struggle in stuff that's basic activity for me. I've seen people unable to get through a strike. I've sat for 10 minutes rezing someone who couldn't do the jump in a seasonal activity. I want those people to be able to play basic content without feeling frustrated and I want them to know that there are people out there who will help them out.

And this doesn't apply just to basic content, although it should start with that. I think all dungeons and raids and everything should be things that all players can complete. Fine, doing a master raid with all challenges should be tough, but it should be achievable with time and practice, not impossible. What a lot of these "pros" want is just completely divorced from reality.

It takes days and days of practice every time a new master raid is out for me and my team (all with thousands of hours of playtime) to get comfortable to finally finish it. We're far from casual players and it still takes a lot of time to be able to finish hard content. Making it even harder is insane to me. Like, if something is so hard that my team full of people, each with 5000+ hours of playtime and a coordinated team that's been raiding together for years now can't finish it, that means it's absolutely impossible for probably 90% of the playerbase. That's wild to me. Raids and GMs should have more people playing them. If master raids are too easy for you, Mr. I-Play-Destiny-For-A-Living, that's on you buddy. Unequip the super god tier god roll meta guns and loadouts or play something else.

And ofc, another excuse they make is "if I don't use meta, I am not going to win a raid race!" Then don't. Idk. Let me play you the tiniest violin. This affects literally nobody except a grand total of 50 people. Run your meta in day 1, and play with random shit otherwise. Play raids with all white weapons. Play without mods. Play without a HUD. Do things solo only. I don't know, make up a way to spice things up for yourself. I'm not interested in that and neither are 99% of the players out there. The game is genuinely hard enough for the majority of the players. On top of that, I am here to feel like a powerful space fantasy superhero. I am NOT here to die to dregs in patrol zones. If there's ONE thing that I know for a fact that put people off from Lightfall (as in this year of Destiny), it's the difficulty changes. They're annoying, frustrating and for some a barrier to entry more than anything else.

#destiny 2 #gameplay #ask #long post #i really do love helping but i can't not feel bad because once the people i helped are out of my fireteam... #...there's no telling what other experiences they'll have #there's so many speedrunners and people who don't care and people who just aren't helping and are instead mocking others #you can only do so much for a few people you see in activities #this season's activities are super tough. every time so far I've played everyone in the team was struggling #i'm gonna have to start going into altars of summoning with my full support build warlock just to sit in there and help people #istg the 'pros' have to get their loadouts restricted. go play with non-god tier armour sets and guns #equip the same loadout that some casual player has available and let me see you then #this idea that everyone has minmaxed best equipment available at all times is bizarre. please get your head out of your ass #'i have perfectly rolled all artifice armour with perfect stat exotics for every loadout because i have infinite time to grind' okay dude #most of us aren't being paid to play destiny. lmao #'the game used to be hard' no. you got better. you mastered it #why is this so difficult to understand. everything is hard when you first start. 5000 hours later it no longer is #the game is fine. the 'health of the game' is fine. you mastered it and outgrew it #either impose challenges on yourself or find something else #like. when i first started GMs they were almost impossible for me #now i play them for fun. they're still challenging but they're not the same level of hard and I'm fine with that #i enjoy them as content and they're still entertaining #and when a new GM comes out it's a new challenge to master so it'll be hard at the start #as everything ever in the world #if that's no longer enough for you then you just outgrew the game and should probably move on #the only reason why some things used to be hard was poor quality of life that got improved over time #not being able to mantle in d1 is not difficulty. it's just not good design. it was fixed and improved #the bitching about light 3.0 as well. man. just don't use the 'OP' fragments. it's so easy to unequip them #i personally love the variety and all the options i have now as opposed to before #okay tag essay done. fhkajhakfhksjf

[federthenotsogreat]

I might've had another idea-

#Weeee another one of these let's go!! #Thank you all SOOO much for the support on the last one that literally meant and still means so much to me!!! #I hope y'all like this one just as much! #Editing these is really fun as it doesn't take a lot of time but thinking about where on the chart the characters would be #That's just such a delite #Also yes I'm tagging everyone haha #mario and luigi #mario and luigi superstar saga #mario and luigi partners in time #mario and luigi bowser's inside story #mario and luigi dream team #fawful #cackletta #antasma #midbus #prince peasley #bowser #starlow #prince dreambert #princess shroob #bedsmith #princess peach #peach #luigi #toadsworth #broque monsieur #nintendo #super mario #nintendo memes #feder's meme pile

[sandraharissa]

I’ve seen somebody call the dynamic between Cait, Vi and Jinx a love triangle and they praised arcane for utilizing it in a unique way that doesn’t solely involve romantic love. And I completely agree, but the thing is is that arcane did it so much that those love triangles are all over the place. It really is such a unique concept to apply this kind of dynamic to platonic relationships cos typically ppl don’t think of platonic bonds as exclusive, so how would the conflict of two relationships that are inherently in opposition to each other even work in that case? and yet, when arcane figured out how to do it they went all in.

Firstly and most speculatively we have Silco, Vander and Benzo. Vander and Benzo seem like best friends and Silco and Vander were ‘brothers’ but I get the vibe that Silco and Benzo never got along and there was no love lost there. They just purely dislike each other from what we’ve seen and it seems like the only reason they’d hang out is cos of both of their connections to Vander. If there was a deeper character choice there for Vander to make when choosing between the two that is not explored in arcane.

Then there’s Sevika, Silco and Jinx, and again, Sevika and Jinx are the two closest ppl to Silco and the only ones he seems to have any sentimental feelings towards, and yet Sevika and Jinx can’t stand each other, likely only hang out in each other’s vicinity bcos of Silco and would murder each other if they could. Again, there’s no love there and it’s almost like a competition for Silco’s favor. Sevika also represents his devotion to his dream and Jinx his devotion to her, his family.

And then there’s Silco, Jinx and Vi. With the two characters being the two closest bonds Jinx ever had and both being her care-takers. The two are in competition with each other over Jinx and are actively trying to kill each other. They represent the mutually exclusive options of morality/sanity and immorality/madness.

Then there’s the aforementioned Jinx, Vi and Cait. With yet again, the two being the absolute closest ppl to Vi in the world and yet themselves being mortal enemies to each other who’d kill each other if they were left together in a room. If I were to give these characters their thing then I think it’d be Cait representing morality, a future that Vi could have, hope and a healthy relationship where Jinx represents immorality, the past, guilt and a toxic relationship. Altho the finale and Jinx leaving wasn’t really a choice Vi was making between the two. And notice how so far it’s the first example of a romantic relationship being a part of these love triangles.

And lastly a shout-out to our Piltover characters with Mel, Jayce and Viktor being portrayed as tho the romance gets in the way of Jayce and Viktor’s friendship and vice versa. Altho so far it’s subtle cos shit hasn’t hit the fan yet.

I could be missing one but just the examples I already listed are so many, and they cover most main characters and all the most crucial players. Thinking about it, if they hadn’t cut out the Ekko flashback I’d probs be able to add Ekko, Jinx and Silco to the list. (Maybe even Mylo, Vi and Powder count, if Vi agrees with Mylo then Powder’s a jinx, if she protects Powder then Mylo gets his face bashed in and she just gets a pass. Also what about Vi, Cait and Cassandra? could they count? it's kinda underdeveloped but they kinda fit)

But anyway, great majority of the bonds involved in all these triangles are platonic and there’s always intricate character reasons why certain bonds, platonic vs platonic or platonic vs romantic, are actually mutually exclusive. But even stuff as simple as ‘they don’t vibe with each other’ is good enough to justify a completely platonic love triangle where a person has to choose between relationships that on the surface level don’t seem incompatible, like two friends or family members. Most of the competing relationships also typically represent two drastically different choices/life paths a person could choose, where the choice of one inherently excludes the other person from being a part of the character’s life, like a ‘going down a path I can’t follow’ situation. If Silco picks Jinx then Sevika wouldn’t be able to follow him anymore. If Jinx picks madness then Vi can’t follow her anymore. Etc. etc.

#plus this made me notice how there’s more screentime and complexity dedicated to characters who are a part of multiple triangles #like how I consider jinx to be the main and best arcane character #and she’s the center of 2 of the mentioned triangles and a part of 5 in total #vi’s a part of 4 and a center of 2 #and silco’s a part of 4 and the center of 1 #how characters like sevika and ekko who are clearly supporting characters are each only a part of 1 triangle #and how the zaun storyline which always seemed so much better to me is the one with all the triangles #while piltover only has one not fully realised triangle #arcane #jinx #vi #silco #caitlyn kiramman #sevika #vander #mel medarda #jayce #viktor #my:arcane #team jinx #team vi #team silco #arcane family

[andanewday]

KELLI WILLIAMS as MARGARET REED in FOUND S01E05 Missing While Undocumented

#kelli williams #found #found nbc #foundedit #margaret reed #mine #when kelli cries we all cry #i love how the team supports each other #margaret and dhan's friendship will always be the cutest #lacey's excitement for her #and gabi's reassurance #i love them so much

[starbuck]

the first night of my Murder Mystery play went SO well… the very best i could have imagined and, aside from my usual public speaking jitters (which go away as soon as i’m actually Up There), i felt GREAT and not anxious at all because i have such a great TEAM working with me and making the production as awesome as it possibly could be!

#I am SO relieved - it’s unreal #like. was it perfect? by no means #but was it a MASSIVE improvement upon last year’s show (which i did NOT write and sucked ASS)???? ABSOLUTELY!!!!! #not to mention that there were a lot less supportive people on the team at the time - which was the main problem #now we all really love each other and work together and it SHOWS #and we’re gonna put on a GREAT show tomorrow night as well! #and then it’s OVER!!!!! i’m FREEEEEEEEEE #(not really bc i still have these stupid classes) #(but like… SOOOOO much pressure off - it’s gonna be GREAT!!!!!!!!) #GOODNIGHT BELOVEDS