– a healthy friendship between men? men supporting each other in times of distress??
– also, two men who openly express their emotions and are goofballs
– “we should do some spring cleaning together” “yeah, we could facetime” “this saturday?” “yeah sure”
– the main host is a proud asian-latino man (sorry if that’s not the right term)
– supporting badass women?
– not batting an eye at queer relationships and talking about them openly
– talking about the distress that comes with being outed by someone else and how bad that is
– “i was doing some heteronormative bullshit!” “you were, unbelievable” “i apologize.”
– its?? Fucking hilarious??? Holy shit!!!
– “do my farts scare you??”
– two men sleeping in a bed together and not making it awkward or “no homo”
– Its really well done?? Like, the research and the narration are super good
– Guys taking comfort from each other’s presence
– “I feel safe when the big guy’s around”
– The hosts’ outfits are??!!!!! Amazing
– a conversation about furries
– “slap the cuffs on those hooves”
– The height difference. The glorious, glorious height difference.
– The ongoing Bears vs Sharks feud
– The Hot Daga. Watch it.
– No seriously it’s silly but it’s actually really well written and fun
– There are lesbians
– Fuck, Marry, Kill with cryptids
– so much laughter, it’s so pure
– an episode where both hosts get drunk and hunt ghosts
– “are ghosts real?” “*head shake*”
– “respect the diabolical. c:”
– “I DISRESPECT YOUR BRIDGE, GOATMAN!”
– the hosts have outright said that they love ghost hunting because they get to spend time adventuring together
– the jacuzzi tub…..
– just…….good
Hey, I’m honestly trying to comprehend the US Open final, so can someone please explain to me why we’re defending Serena? Because:
1) Her coach admitted he was coaching her. That’s a valid violation.
2) She broke her racket in anger. “Racket abuse” is a valid violation.
3) The only violation I’m not sure of is verbal abuse, but she was calling him a liar and a theif, even though all he did was call her on the above two violations, which were valid. Like, you can’t deny she did both.
I don’t get how racism plays in because Osaka is also not white or how misogyny plays in because we weren’t comparing Serena to a man, we were comparing her to Osaka, who’s a woman.
If anyone could explain these points, I’d appreciate it! Not trying to start a fight, I’d just like some insight.
Because, 1) Almost all coaches do that while their players are on the court and no one really considers it sending signals or cheating. Serena’s coach admits to coaching her but he also said that NEVER in his life has he received a code violation for doing exactly what he did today and that he does this for ALL of his players. None of which received violations.
2)The umpire accused her of cheating, bringing into question her character when she’s at where she is due to her own hard work and skill, so he was pretty much discrediting her reputation and talent, to believe that she’d be willing to cheat just to win. She was extremely offended by this because she’s SERENA WILLIAMS, a legend who’s worked incredibly hard this past year after nearly D Y I N G in childbirth to be at the top of her game. Serena said, “I don’t cheat to win, I’d rather lose.”
3) Almost all tennis players at some point break their rackets in anger or frustration, some do not get penalized for racket abuse, some do. What Serena did was pretty minor in comparison to other racket abuse examples, some players break multiple rackets in one match. Dominic Thiem, an Austrian player, was applauded for breaking his racket then giving it to a young fan as a souvenir a week ago….at the US open.
4)The above racket abuse violation resulted in a POINT penalty. Taking a point away from Serena and giving it to Naomi. He didn’t have to give her a point penalty but his reasoning was that the earlier “warning” and now the racket abuse should result in taking a point from her. In some tennis matches they do not take a point a way for such a violation.
5) Since he called her a cheater earlier in the match she said she could call him a thief for taking that point away from her. He counted this as verbal abuse of an official and gave her a GAME penalty. Changing the second set score to 4-3 to 5-3, in Naomi’s favor. Naomi won the last game and then the match.
People are talking about race and misogyny probably because a lot of other white male players will do exactly what Serena and her coach did today and get zero to little violations for them, even though in some cases they act more extremely than she did today. Some men have said wayyyyy worse to umpires and don’t receive that heavy of a penalty. Serena said, “To lose a game for saying that, it’s not fair, I mean it’s really not,” Williams said. “There’s a lot of men out here who’ve said a lot of things, and because they are men, it doesn’t happen to them. Because I’m a woman, you’re going to take [a game] away from me? I know you can’t change it but it’s not right.”
Also, there was some shady stuff that happened at the US open with Serena a couple of years ago so there’s some history there.
Overall, Naomi Osaka played amazing today and didn’t deserve her first Glam Slam to be marred with such hate. The crowd was very pro Serena so there was a lot of booing at the umpire, which may have been deserved, but downplayed Naomi’s win. Serena several times tried to gesture to the crowd to quit booing and in her speech after the match told everyone to stop booing and consoled and congratulated a crying Naomi on her win.
Neither of them deserved such an awful US Open final but Naomi Osaka is definitely a legend in the making and should be celebrated for her amazing playing today and making history as the first US Open winner from Japan. She had said before this match that it was her dream to play against her idol Serena in a grand slam.
And Serena Williams is without a doubt the best athlete of our time and it’s despicable that this Grand Slam season has seemed to have it out for her, with the recent “catsuit ban” at the Roland-Garros. There’s been no one like her in sports history and she’ll continue to make history without a doubt.
Serena Williams has been battling misogyny, racism and so much hatred for her entire career. She handles it with grace and dignity.
Today, she got emotional because the very nature of her character was called into question by someone who should have been completely neutral. He is considered one of the best umpires of the sport and generally does men’s matches.
To address the Thiem comment, he was warned in his match for smashing his racket, the media are the ones applauding it. The umpire was consistent with the rules there.
This is a sport that still celebrates the antics of John McEnroe while criticizing a woman for doing something so much more controlled than that…
Serena Williams has one more Grand Slam titles than anyone in the Open Era of Tennis (that began in 1968). Roger Federer has been called the Greatest Of All Time for winning 20 Grand Slam titles, more than any man in the Open Era. Serena has won 23.
I have always admired Serena as an athlete, a woman,a feminist and recently as a mother. I wish her all the best, I hope this is something she can overcome and I honestly believe the US Open needs to sort out its umpires. You can’t have one umpire coach a player mid match. You can’t have one rule applies to one, and another rule for another player. Novak Djokovic had an entire conversation with his box... and a hand gesture that Serena couldn’t possibly have seen all of it, is unacceptable and penalised? Consistency is the key for an official in any sport.
It’s a shame the final is being remembered for such negativity. Naomi Osaka has had the joy of her victory taken away from her. Serena Williams had her character attacked and a celebration of her achievement taken away. Carlos Ramos has created a dark day for Serena, Naomi, the fans and tennis itself.
Carlos Ramos should publicly APOLOGIZE to Serena and promptly announced his retirement.
I’m trying to get through my prompts! Sorry for the late fill! This one was fun…Not sure how Batfam it is, but it’s got Jason, Tim, and Steph. Enjoy!
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Fighting back hoards of people wasn’t exactly an everyday thing for Jason, but it had happened before. Fighting back a hoard of actual, for real, zombies was definitely a first.
“Where is my goddamned flamethrower when I need it?” he muttered, waving around a flashlight and trying to find something flammable. He needed a big boom. Or a big whoosh. There had to be a lawnmower in here. Cemeteries always needed lawnmowers. Lawnmowers meant gas.
And gas was flammable.
Pressed up against the door of the toolshed, Blondie peered out. “Ooh, now there’s an idea.”
“No shit, Sherlock.”
The blonde Batgirl stuck her tongue out at him. “Hey, Oracle,” she said into her comm. “Hood and I stuck in a shed at Potter’s Field and we’re trapped by zombies. Think we could get some backup that has some firepower?”
Jason was hacked into the frequency for a change and he scowled as Barbara laughed.
“Zombies? Are you for real?”
“Yes, there’s motherfucking zombies after us and they’re not anywhere near as handsome as me,” he retorted.
“Most are of the crumbling and falling apart variety,” Stephanie chimed in. “So, about that firepower?”
“I’m on my way,” came Drake’s rather put upon voice. “ETA is five.”
“Best ex-boyfriend ever.” Blondie grinned brightly. “I owe you a latte.”
“You owe me a dozen lattes and I’ve yet to see a single one.”
Jason frowned even more. Why was Babs sending his replacement here? They needed actual firepower, okay, fire, to get rid of these guys. Whatever wannabe necromancer had fucked up their ritual was no joke. He had the distinct feeling he was missing something here and it pissed him off.
The door started rattling as something heavy landed against it. Stephanie rose to her feet and braced herself. The lock was crap and they both knew it. “Wanna switch places, Hood? You’re bigger.”
He laughed bitterly but did as she asked. “What you meant to say was that I’m already a zombie.”
“You are not,” Blondie protested as she resumed his hunt for gasoline. “If you were actually a zombie, you’d need blood to sustain you, plus I don’t see you rushing out for brains.”
“How do you know I don’t eat them scrambled up in my eggs with some hot sauce every morning?” Jason felt more than heard something pushing against the door and he leaned back into it.
“Eww.”
“Breakfast of champions, right there.”
“You’re such an asshole.”
The thump from outside grew louder. Stephanie stopped searching to stand up on a workbench to peek out one of the windows placed just under the roofline. “Shit. Jason, there’s about forty of them out there.”
Forty zombies. What the ever loving fuck was he doing here?
“I’m almost there,” Drake said over the comm. “And I hate to break it to you, but that’s only a small group of them.”
“What the shit?” Jason barely had time to say before he heard a loud whoosh from outside and felt the unmistakable heat from a fire. The inside of the shed lit up and the scent of burning flesh permeated the air.
“Woo-hoo!” Steph cheered, waving her arms wildly in excitement. “Go get ‘em, Timmers!”
There was another loud whoosh and this time, Jason shoved his way up onto the workbench to see what the hell was going on.
The Pretender stood outside breathing actual fucking fire as he mowed down the zombie hoard.
“Holy shit.” Since when was this a thing that Tim Drake did? “How the hell did I not know that guy could breathe fire?”
Blondie laughed at him. “It’s not like he tries to hide it.”
“I tried to kill him twice and he never did that to me.” If he’d done it the first time, Jason was fairly certain he wouldn’t have tried to stab him in the chest the second time.
Drake spun around, and a jet of flame erupted from his mouth, incinerating more zombies that hadn’t quite managed to shuffle away from the new threat. Okay, from the actual threat because Jason was man enough to admit he and Stephanie wouldn’t have done dick unless they’d found something to light up.
“Well, there’s a reason for that,” Stephanie said as she hopped back down to the floor.
“Yeah? What’s that?” Jason asked as he followed after her.
Blondie’s grin grew absolutely devilish as she opened the door to the shed. “Well, you see…”
“Finish that sentence and I will light your hair on fire.”
Jason jerked his head up to see Drake standing in the doorway. He charged up to his replacement. Face to face confrontations were much more his style. “What the hell? Since fucking when do you breathe fire?”
Even under his mask, Jason could tell his replacement was rolling his eyes at him. “I turn into a lizard every full moon, no joke,” Drake stated in a dry voice.
What? Jason took a step back, his gaze raking up and down Drake’s uniformed body. “You’re a werelizard?”
Behind them, Blondie giggled while Drake smirked. “Seriously, Jason? A lizard?”
It dawned on him what they were laughing about. The Pretender’s last name should have been his first clue. “You’re a weredragon.”
The smirk morphed into a rather toothy grin and Jason took note of how much longer Drake’s fangs were from normal people. “Now you’re getting it.”
Okay, well, Jason could accept being a bit slow on the uptake. It wasn’t every day he found out that the one person he no longer actively despised in his family was a goddamned dragon. “That still doesn’t answer my question about why you didn’t try to roast me when I tried to kill you.”
Drake leaned forward and blew a puff of smoke in Jason’s face. “You’re smart. I’m sure you’ll figure it out eventually.”
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