#winning roots

[coachtfd]

Winning Roots: Do Like KMew

“Never give in.” - Sir Alex Ferguson

If you’re a fan of the NWSL, the USWNT, anything woso, or just have a not-so-secret crush on the Mewis sisters, you have to appreciate a player like Kristie Mewis over the last couple of weeks.

Strong Player, Weak Team

We’ve seen her score goals, create with assists, and facilitate play through the midfield for club and country for years now. She’s rarely had the fortune of playing for very successful clubs during her career, it’s true. Even after finally winning a league title with the Houston Dash it seems the Internet historians have no interest in even acknowledging the 2020 season existed. But she’s always been a solid player, some would say too solid to end up at a club like Gotham. They’ve only taken 12 points from 15 matches so far this season and to say they’re struggling right now is a massive understatement.

Kristie Brings It Anyway

Despite the club’s current struggles, Kristie got an 80th-minute assist to pull a goal back against the Dash on the 17th and scored in the 75th minute against the Pride three days later. After she scored I just thought to myself, “This woman has NO quit in her...” I have nothing but respect for players who know their team isn’t playing well, they’re losing again, but they refuse to stop playing. If you’re a United supporter, you’d love some of that never-say-die energy at your club right now; maybe you could use some of that energy in YOUR life. “Form is temporary” is a very true statement, and maybe you’re in a historically bad run of form in your life right now. But the good thing about bad form is that you CAN play your way out of it if you do like KMew and keep playing your heart out until you hear the final whistle. 😉⚽

(Renamed ”Coach’s Corner” to “Winning Roots” because that name’s just been done to death; wanted to do something original as I take this project into its next phase. 😎)

#tfd #winning roots #kristie mewis #kmew #gotham fc #gotham #nwsl #houston dash #orlando pride #uswnt #woso #women's soccer #soccer #footbal #women's football #fc kansas city #kansas city #boston breakers #seattle reign #seattle reign fc #canberra united fc #w league #australia #sam kerr #chicago red stars #washington spirit #bayern munich frauen #frauen bundesliga #germany #manchester united

[stil-lindigo]

a match made in hell

snow's story

ash's story

#love wins!! #they found their way back to each other in the end #two sapphics with a combined killcount in the hundreds #what will they do? #not much at the moment. they just got married! time for a honeymoon <3 #ash and snow #genuinely one of my favourite couples ive ever drawn #theyre just so lovey dovey #cant help but root for them #oc art #hearteaters #sapphic art #stillindigo art

[starlight-soup]

in light of Neil Banging Out The Tunes day...

#tumblr polls #neil gaiman #neil banging out the tunes #tumblr culture #personally i'm rooting for Lord Gaiman #but i'm fully expecting the xylophone rat to win

[carnivalcarriondiscarded]

how about that uhhhhh Fantasy Julie. she gets her sword <3 no one can take it from her <3

rambles:

SIKE you get an extra, lower quality doodle

SIKE AGAIN here's the rambles

yeah... i caved and gave her a tail... I'm Not Sorry! it's cute! i wanted to stick with her sorta flower motif - it's stronger in her princess look, since I imagine that when she was part of the royals she was very blatantly flower power based. it was her Thing!

but a Julie free of her noble shackles... she deserves her big sword. like yeah, she has flower magic, but who needs it when she has a Giant Blade??? on the royalty vein, and if we're classifying "rainbow monster" as a species, i feel like horn size/curve would be a status symbol of some kind. maybe Julie would have kept her horns filed short. but if she ran away from that life... longer horns! i like to imagine that they'll keep growing until she has a pair of Extra Weapons attached to her head! curved forward like mammoth tusks maybe!

i imagine that like Frank, she goes with minimal armor - range of movement over protection, yk? some scale mail over her front, a thick leather flower over her chest w/ scalloped leather pauldrons, wrist armor and metal knuckles! i'd think that the faux-suspenders include a back sheath for her sword... i wish i'd thought of that Before i finished the little ref! i don't feel like going back and editing!

i imagine that she was forced to cut her hair when it got caught in something (a gelatinous cube, mayhaps). it didn't look good! don't let anime and Mulan fool you! cutting your own hair with a blade will not look nice! but someone - Eddie, probably, he's good with scissors i'd assume - cleaned it up for her. and hey, it didn't look bad! plus, Julie probably liked being able to just tuck up her long strands into her hat when she's feeling a bit more like a Julius than a Julie!

it's been a fun challenge transforming their canon outfits into a similar variation with fantasy flavoring and twists! i want them to suit the setting but still maintain Themselves! Julie's was tough i gotta admit. i was messing around with the princess look and the fighter look side-by-side. it worked better when i sat back and thought "fighter Julie is Julie unrestrained. that version would be more aligned with her canon look"

i wanted her princess form to look Restrained! she has to be a ~delicate flower~, a noble woman, pristine and poised and very much a princess. soft colors, poofy clothing, bright white gloves that are not to be sullied. carefully bundled up hair! jewelry! that dress must be Heavy and hard to move in! her tail must be so cramped under there!

but Julie Unleashed? violent pinks! rose gold accents! short skirt so that she can sprint and Kick! fun boots that she can be active in and delight in watching them get dirty! her hair is free to whip in the wind and get caught in things! fun straps and Deadly Accessories! a sword that she stole from the royal armory on her way out the window! she has forearm wraps both to match Frank and to support her wrists!

#yessss this was mainly an excuse to draw jules with short hair and a tail. i do not apologize #i like to think that poppy has a bottomless bag that she's too scared to use herself #but everybody keeps things in there #julie keeps her hair-hiding-hat in there and some pants and a cape for that Julius Vibe #(yes i could have gone with julian. but julius makes me think of orange julius and. yum) #i've said in initial rambles that i think that julie has Mild plant magic #I TAKE THAT BACK SHE'S SO FUCKING POWERFUL #i think she could hold her own against wally here tbh! #she wouldn't win if home had the reins but yk! it would still be Close! #but why would she use boring magic when she can slash punch kick #she can definitely talk to all plants. like im carrying that over thats so cool #trees warning her of an ambush... trodden-on flowers pointing her in the direction of her quarry... #roots arching out of the ground to trip anyone about to beat her in a race #scribble salad #wh fantasy au #so in canon julie left The Cave #which. fuck is that supposed to be a reference to plato's cave? ok no now's not the time for speculation #so she left the cave to seek out a life of her own #so i imagine that she left the royal life for much the same reason! she didn't want to sit on a throne in a poofy dress and lead! #she wanted to Adventure! see the world! be unrestrained! #i imagine that her repeated sneaking out is how she met frank - then when she ran she went to him cause she knew he wanted to leave #and she went 'hey im ditching this joint wanna come' and Of Course the answer was yes! #adventuring duo that never regret it for a second! #also as im making refs im adding them to a Lineup. which i'll post when ive collected all the pokemon (neighbors). size refs!!!

[calciumyum]

Nosy Neighbors my beloved!!! Textless version under the cut!

#I was a Nosy Neighbor main #I was really rooting for Big B to win limlife :( #bigbst4tz2 #bigb #pearlescentmoon #nosy neighbors #trafficblr #limited life smp #limited life fanart #calciumcreates #calciumcalm

[nitw]

im gonna start gatekeeping mp100 from mainstream shounen fans because half the time i watch reaction videos its just some dudebro going "HOLY SHIIIIIIIT MOB IS SO ANGRY AND POWERFUL THIS IS FUCKING AWESOME" every time he hits 100% as if hes an edgelord about to murder someone in cold blood. like

#mobs explosion (usually) isnt a good thing!! its his bottled-up feelings overwhelming him due to stress!!!!!! #youre supposed to root for his success but that isnt just limited to winning a fight!!!!! #this is a show abt self-reflection and being kind to others unconditionally!!!!!!!!!! #rip to people who dont love the-power-of-friendship stories. im different though #leo.txt #mp100 #mob psycho 100

[fulgurbugs]

look who’s done!

#dux doll tag #one piece #monster high #ghost princess perona #perona one piece #draculaura #ok her rooting is. really bad because her head split again even tho i sewed it back together #but the actual volume of her pigtails is good so a win is a win

[lazycranberrydoodles]

HUA CHENG SWEEP🎉🎉 LOVE WINS

#HE CAME BACK. HE KEEPS DOING THIS #im so happy hes winning is this what loyalty to a sports team is like #we all know he wouldn't give a fuck but xie lian would put all his savings ($12.32) into voter fraud #(that is a tumblrTM joke by the way. i do actually root for sports teams at sports games) #(oakland As and the nationals :)) #tgcf #art #my art #lmao #tian guan ci fu #hob #heaven official’s blessing #hua cheng #xie lian #hualian

[annieqattheperipheral]

First time nhl callup tonight to Canucks!! Local BC boy. South Asian Canadian

LFG!!!

#canucks lb #arshdeep bains #vancouver canucks #abbotsford canucks #diversity win🥹 #mind you imma still need to be rooting for my avs tonight sry #robin bawa #manny malhotra #jujhar khaira

[brother-emperors]

CAESAR AUGUSTUS AND MARCUS LICINIUS CRASSUS

this is about the spolia opima that crassus was robbed of lmao. like, yeah okay octavian could've asked him not to claim it, but nevertheless. a kind of theft happened there.

Fact and Fiction: Crassus, Augustus, and the Spolia Opima, Catherine McPherson

#this is one from the vaults I started a few months ago and finally finished. it’s always the furniture details that put things on hold lmao #the former co consuls are fightinggggg (?) #rome is built on top of other people. this is about both the imperialism-slavery machine and the way that all these guys would #politically devour their own generation to sit on a throne. etc. anyway. octavian specifically sits on a throne of other people’s #accomplishments. that’s a specific kind of debt to carry around your neck. or theft depending on who is doing what #this was theft. anything involving Agrippa was a gift so there’s an obligation to succeed which is it’s own kind of currency so to speak #sugghrhfh. every crassus always has to be like this. in my heart i always root for whoever decides to go up against rome #and then i'm stuck with the guy who should've got a spolia opima like. congrats on your win. i guess. i think. RIP. #ACTUALLY YOU KNOW WHAT. while im talking about this crassus. domina fucking sucks. what an absolute clusterfuck of a show #anyway. if anyone ever does augustan age politics again. octavia would be a great character if you want to invent shit #but also more importantly octavian should seduce crassus for this. thank you. #octavian #marcus licinius crassus.....christ how do i write down that he's the grandson of my crassus. i'll figure it out later #roman empire tag #drawing tag

[eyk-hetaart]

can you even imagine the mental toll of being Austria and Prussia’s enemy at the same time

#they’re always fighting because together they’re too devastating for europe to handle #like mentally #hetalia #aph #hws #aph austria #hws austria #aph prussia #hws prussia #aph france #hws france #also why’d France win the biswag poll when he has no swag at all #we’ve forgotten our roots

[coachtfd]

When you wrote a goal down a couple of months ago, totally forgot about it, went back to review your goals tonight, and realized that you hit every aspect of that goal. WRITE THEM DOWN, IT’S POWERFUL. ☝🏾

#tfd #winning roots #coaching #teaching #soccer #football #success #winning #kobe bryant #rip kobe

[l-just-want-to-see]

“Scott got me again!” JOEL STOP USING THE CROSSBOWS THEY HAVE NEVER HELPED YOU RAHJJJHHHHH

#so hard to root for this man #me knowing he’s never gonna win bc he’ll never not shoot himself in the foot: 🫣 #smallishbeans #joel smallishbeans #traffic life series #trafficblr #secret life #secret life smp #traffic smp #slsmp

[sciderman]

VENOM IS SONY??? Well, that explains a lot then

disney would NEVER give us this

#sci speaks #mind you i am thinking about the sony clause where peter parker has to be heterosexual. #but it's oaky. venom can be gay. #and i do believe one day andrew garfield will win his battle for bisexual spider-man. i'm rooting for him. #he played peter so fruity in nwh?? you guys saw that right?? his fruitiness like. tripled in nwh. he was so fruity. #radiated bisexual energy in every frame of that movie. #sorry i'm so off topic here. #but like even the way he talked was. really fruity. like there was a subtle fruity lisp there. his attitude. it was immensely fruity. #sci talks movies

[nuzzle]

july 2023 monthly coord contest at baby yokohama "pink rose princess" mariko-sama's entry "she is wearing a princess sleeve dress with a sugar bouquet pattern. lovely bird cage umbrella, bonnet, and strawberry cake bag. she also did her nails in BABY style!" 2023年★7月グランプリ発表＆エントリー者様ご紹介【BABY】

#combing through the coord contest entries are so much fun highly recommend it #she didn't win but i was rooting for her.. the usakumya nails her hair and pink cake bag are all so so cute #saving for nail inspo later #baby yokohama #monthly coord contest #sugar bouquet #baby the stars shine bright #btssb #lolita coord #lolita fashion #egl #egl fashion #egl community #sweet lolita #usakumya #jfashion #j fashion #my uploads!

[clownjacket]

Okay my ‘why Kipperlily hates Riz’ theory: She handed out business cards first day, he handed out business cards first day, she’s tiny, he’s tiny, they’re both obviously overeager teacher’s pet type A rogues, they’re like male and female versions of each other and it’s obvious to everyone. What would most high schoolers do, in that situation, seeing another kid so similar to your friend on the first day that they somehow BOTH made business cards to hand out at school? AND they’re going to be taking classes together? You say “Omg, he’s literally the boy version of you, you’re SOULMATES, you’d be perfect together!” And what do you do when your type A tight-ass friend acts embarrassed by that? You tease her about it more obviously. You think it’s just good natured ribbing, and she KNOWS it’s just good natured ribbing, but for some reason she gets unreasonably angry any time she sees Riz after that. Maybe even uncomfortable? But she KNOWS she doesn’t have a crush on him, so why does it bother her so much?

#I need another Riz parallel #It would be so funny if she hated him because she DIDNT have a crush on him #but everyone thinks she does #but Riz gets it #yes I’m still on the ‘Kipperlily is repressed sapphic for Lucy and she’s the mc of a Shakespearean tragedy’ train #but ‘repressed gay’ and ‘repressed ace’ still result in similar feelings when friends make jokes about being into someone you’re NOT #also she can be demiromantic ace #but if she DOES hate Riz and want to kill him because she likes him that would still be a win for me #because that’s LITERALLY GRACE CHASITY’S MOTIVE in Nerdy Prudes Must Die #and WHO was the first one to point out the parallels between them? #on that’s right #me #but lesbian/ace Kipperlily would be a bigger win so I’m rooting for that #dimension 20 #dimension 20 spoilers #d20 fantasy high #fantasy high #fantasy high junior year #fhjy #fhjy spoilers #kipperlilly copperkettle #riz gukgak