#team work

[blackswaneuroparedux]

Μικρού δ’ αγώνος ου μέγα έρχεται κλέος.

Sophocles

Little effort will not bring much glory.

#sophocles #greek #classical #quote #sports #effort #team work #beach volleyball #femme #beach #competitive #glory

[skeletonfumes]

Castlevania: Nocturne

#castlevania nocturne #castlevania #annette #tera #maria renard #mygifs #gifset #team work

[kropotkindersurprise]

September 21, 2022 - A plain-clothes religious “morality” cop slaps a woman in the street in Iran, but quickly finds out he can’t get away with that anymore. [video]

#iran #solidarity #acab #police #feminism #direct action #team work #resistance #gif #2022 #religious freedom #police brutality #jina mahsa amini #mahsa amini #plain clothes

[reviewinghiccup]

DEFENDERS OF BERK | HTTYD SERIES | BREAKING DOWN HICCUP

Blog Post Series: Breaking Down Hiccup

Title: Tunnel Vision

Ep/Season: Episode 4, Season 2 (Defenders of Berk)

Premise:

Somethings brewing underneath Berk and it is up to Hiccup and gang to find out exactly what that is.

THE VALUE OF TEAM WORK

From the very trivial pursuits like giving Gobber a bath to fighting off the Screaming Death, the team has to be in it together. As girlboss as Astrid is on her own, as intelligent and savvy Hiccup can be and as strong as Stoick is, IT TAKES A (literal) VILLAGE to well... run a village.

Though the episodes called Tunnel Vision, everything about it is peripheral. The gang straggles along for answers and solutions to their water problem and then to the rogue dragon issue and then back to Gobber's bath. It is just interesting to actually see an episode where the dragon dynamic also relies heavily on teamwork.

I didn't catch this at first, but the Screaming Death and his siblings, the Whispering Deaths, are one whole unit and function as a team too. As such, the strategy to beat them can't be one-to-one combat. To be fair, Hiccup and gang always function as a team but the movies don't highlight the importance of the other members of Hiccup's unit as they should. I understand why they built it that way, and I love the movies (no complaints), I am just thankful we get to explore it in the shows.

Defenders of Berk, unlike Riders of Berk, focuses more on the life there and what they do to defend it. It has a more nuanced approach to the other riders than just solely on Hiccup and Hiccup training them. Which is an interesting shift suited to the mood of the second season.

I say that this was a pretty feisty episode and I like that it stayed within the confines of the village, because I can't get enough of the day-to-day village-viking-dragon issues. It's theatrical in one word. And the way the Screaming Death was introduced is a great built up to becoming an actual threat to Berk.

SNOTLOUT THE BUSINESS MAN

Can we also like appreciate the fact that Snotlout's pretty industrious. I mean, he's a jerk by community-living standards, but if anyone is going to capitalise on anything, its going to be Snotlout. That drop Astrid laid when she discovered Snotlout charged the villagers for water was a hilarious exchange, because let's be honest, we've all purchased bottled water. We've all been taken advantage off. I mean, why isn't water free? Anyways...

I like how despite the episode harbouring on teamwork, the individual aspects of Snotlout, Astrid and Hiccup was highlighted in this exchange. Astrid explains that Hiccup didn't mean for the people to be charged for water and Snotlout's proud that the trade was his idea because he thinks profit and Hiccup thinks people. This is just a great marked difference between leadership qualities and a capitalist.

ENEMY DRAGONS

I do not emphasise enough on Hiccup's dragon nemesis. I really should've paid more attention, but after re-watching this episode, it just clicked. The Screaming Death is a terrifying monster of a villain. I mean, I suppose he's not a villain, he's just marking his territory where he was planted. The Outcasts are villains, but the Screaming Death is a worthy adversary. It's intelligent, strong, fast and responsible. I mean, all its trying to do is protect its own and find a home, just like anyone of us would.

And that's why, I never really viewed them as Hiccup's nemesis, because they're just doing their thing in line with nature. People like Viggo or Alvin the Treacherous or Dagur purposely upset the balance of the ecosystem to get ahead in life. So it's easier to pin them as threats or enemies. But, I like that in the second season, Hiccup doesn't just have to deal with difficult people, but very difficult forces of nature and survival.

The Screaming Death would go on to have another episode I really love in the franchise and I can't wait to get to it.

THE GREAT APOLOGY - I CAN EXPLAIN

I have been away for too long. Longer than I expected to. Numerous are the reasons but procrastinator, that I am. God, I am not sure if that previous sentence English-ed well. The truth is, I needed a break. I was super gung-ho about the last number of posts and made many in response and was super hyped by them, I literally lived to produce content for this page.

But then, I kind lost the luster for it after I finished my exams and resigned from my previous posting because I was just feeling really blah. I'm quite honest with my feelings on this page, and if you've been following, you'll know that my life is in a period of a pretty great transition and that hasn't really been... transitioning. So I got stuck. Then I got sick. And am still a little under the weather. And every time I wanted to post something, I felt like I took too long a break, no one's gonna read this stuff anymore, so I stopped writing.

But I never stopped consuming HTTYD content and I was in the Jay Baruchel rabbit hole for a very long time and frankly, I missed my Tumblr interactions. (Images above placed to illustrate me, being in a hole.)

I also felt like, I wanted to improve my writing and analysis, so I was reading a lot more. Then I got stage fright, or writer's fright, and got scared you guys might find me dull and cancel me. And lived in that period of insecurity for weeks.

Well, today I got out of my head and decided, look, I did this because I love HTTYD. I never expected to have a single following. I wrote because it gave me purpose, it realigns my life. It provides structure to my day-in-day-out and I miss you guys. So, I took out my laptop, re-watched this episode, cut my stills to post this.

I'm really sorry for disappearing, I guess I was just embarrassed, but the truth is, I'm trying and with each day, it is getting easier to keep at it again. I hope.

Love you guys!!! XOXO and thanks for sticking around.

#httyd #defenders of berk #dob #hiccup haddock #reviewing hiccup #breaking down hiccup #team work #this is berk #toothless

[theticklepitchannel]

Team works make the dreams works!!!

#tickle tickle #tickleme #tickle tools #tickle fantasy #tickle art #tickle fluff #tickle fanart #tickle fanfiction #tickle fic #team up #laugh #laughter #laughing #nonstop #cute trap #team work #armptis

[heavy-is-the-crown-if]

Sorry i should have mentioned it was on the new magic board route

When you meet the grandfather

We're almost there, my dear. Are you mute or deaf?

#heavy is the crown #bug report #team work

[beingliverpool]

Let's make the rest of the season a special one!!

#liverpool fc #being liverpool #ynwa #jürgen klopp #this is anfield #liverpool history #team work #virgil van dijk #epl manager #title race

[swsworlds-blog]

#memes #red delicious apples #adam and eve #humor #team work #private snap

[ashleybenlove]

Zedd is like, this conquest of Eltar would only be sweeter if Zordon was still alive to witness this.

#ashleybenlove posts #Power Rangers #Power Rangers Cosmic Fury #power rangers spoilers #season 30 #Team Work #i was going to make a joke about Andros but Andros saved the universe.

[blackswaneuroparedux]

We win and lose together.

- Lewis Hamilton

Seven-time World Champion Lewis Hamilton emphasises one of the basic principles of Formula One - Teamwork. As they say, teamwork makes the dream work.

#hamilton #lewis hamilton #quote #grand prix #pit stop #formuma one #driving #motorsports #motor racing #speed #adrenaline rush #team work #sports

[evilhorse]

I just kept icing those rocks until, under all that extreme cold, they became brittle as glass.

#justice league international #jli #ice maiden #ice #tora olafsdotter #blue beetle #ted kord #team work #keith giffen #jm dematteis #ty templeton #dc comics #comics

[kropotkindersurprise]

September 20, 2022 - People in Rasht, Iran, fight police during protests over the death of Jina Mahsa Amini. [video]

#jina mahsa amini #mahsa amini #feminism #iran #religious freedom #acab #police #riot #team work #gif #2022 #run away #retreat #flying kick #resistance #rasht

[petitpiedgalbe]

The Wood Guys story.

Some time ago I promised to tell You story about what happened THAT day. Let's start from the beginning. Since always I have to hear "how great teamwork is"... But I was never convinced of this theory, and the reality was always telling me something totally different. But...as You should already know, at the end of January, Albert joined me in my photography adventure. And from that moment I started to feel that something changed, that everything started to go better. Because of this, after some time and a long discussion with Albert, we decided to enlarge our team. By searching the web We found an interesting announcement which was telling that two retired art models are looking for a job. Among their advantages mentioned was the ability to stand still without any movement for many hours (quite interesting don't You think?). So we decided to give them a chance... To be honest they were kinda stiff on the first day, and definitely too stressed. Luckily they quite quickly understand that they shouldn't treat me as their lord and master (gosh, how bad had to be their previous boss?!). And that they should think about it more as a team that works like a pack of best friends than like a typical workplace. From THAT day everything started to change even more, and I also totally changed my mind about working in a team. Teamwork is so COOOOL! (of course only with a good team - like for example mine!) So now, when the Wood Guys story was told and You exactly know what happened THAT day, we want to wish You all a productive and creative week.

Petit, Albert and the Wood Guys (Bruce and Bruno)

#team work #dream team #mannequin #red nails #high heels #high heel sandals #high heels shoes #high heel shoes #strap heels #strappy sandals #foot model #photo set #awesome photo #stunning photos #painting nails #creative time #woman shoes #wood mannequin

[bonobochick]

Oren making a special beverage for Tasha as the crew works to figure out where are Jess & her dad. ☕️ 💖

National Treasure Edge of History, ep 1x09

#national treasure edge of history #nteoh #national treasure series #tasha rivers #oren bradley #ethan chow #liam sandusky #disney plus #adventure #team work #squad #tasha x oren #oren x tasha #cute #coffee #zuri reed #antonio cipriano

[pratchettquotes]

"I have defined your objectives," said Ridcully. "It is up to you to consider the options."

"In that case," said the Dean, "I move that we abandon ship."

"What for?" said the Chair of Indefinite Studies. "The sharks?"

"That is a secondary problem," said the Dean.

"That's right," said Ponder, "we can always vote to abandon shark."

Terry Pratchett, The Last Continent

#mustrum ridcully #ponder stibbons #the dean #chair of indefinite studies #the last continent #dicworld #terry pratchett #wizards #problem solving #objectives #team work #committees #options #triage #priorities #sinking ship #crisis #sharks #vote to abandon shark #consider your options

[girl4music]

Season 2 of ‘Station 19’ has been really good so far. A lot of character-centric stuff involving all the different kinds of relationships (not just romantic, thank god). Less crazy firefighter life-critical stuff. It’s showing you how well the team work together in and out of their uniform. How they have each other’s backs. And how hierarchies don’t mean anything if everybody’s doing their jobs right and well. I really like watching it and learning from it. Team work is a big deal to me.

You’ve got to know the entire team intimately to do jobs like these guys do because they’re not just jobs.

They’re the difference between life and death.

For anyone. For everyone. For each other.

I also really love how normally they treat gay or queer relationships to straight relationships by showing love/romance triangles between opposite sex and same-sex people. They keep to all the crazy and intense relationship drama all drama TV shows love to have but show no bias towards which deserves more screen-time than another. There is just as much gay/queer relationships focus as straight relationships. The gay/queer representation is very good in this way.

That’s how you do good gay/queer representation.

By keeping things equal and balanced. By not making it a big deal what one character’s sexuality is over another’s but at the same time not invalidating any character’s sexuality. They’re all treated with respect.

I have still yet to see significant WLW representation specifically. But I’m not worried. I know it’s coming. And I’m very excited for it if this is how well they can represent same-sex attraction/relationships already.

That’s all I ever want when I watch a show. Just an equal respectful treatment no matter the sexuality.

Or even gender identity if they happen to have gender identity representation too. They haven’t as of yet.

I’d be quite happy to see a trans/non-binary character.

Hell, I want all kinds of LGTBQ+POC representation in TV art/entertainment. All across the board. All of it.

#station 19 #season 2 #team work #characterization #character representation #character development #lgbtq representation #gay representation #queer representation #andy herrera #jaina lee ortiz #is #funny #smart #brave #strong #hot #I may or may not have a little bit of a crush on her #she’s gorgeous