odds and ends

[meretricula]

I did make a post about Barça Femenino over at _fcbarcelona_, if anyone would like to check it out! I want to get some more stuff translated and find more pictures before I post to my journal, though.

I don't think I ever mentioned that I was reccing Barça fic for crack_van last month, did I? well, anyway, those recs are up too under the rpf: professional athlete tag if you want to take a look. I don't think there's anything in there that I haven't recced in some capacity before, but still. (just, um, ignore any recs in that tag that aren't by me. or don't, feel free to check them out! but they're not my endorsements, so I take zero responsibility for them.)

still thinking about creating a vids section to the football rec post. I don't know. there's not that many half-decent vids out there, and I have most of them saved to my computer, so it wouldn't be hard, it's just that I can't be objective and I'm not sure if that matters. I'll read fic about people I don't know; I'll read fic about people I hate. I really can't watch vids of them. (and I will watch really terrible vids of people I love. case in point: you have no idea how many times I have watched that.)

speaking of things I hate: look, as a general rule I don't hate teams. for the most part I try not to care about teams other than my own one way or the other. I'll root for the underdog against Bayern Munich or Manchester United (and when they drop points my teams are safer, so there's that too), but I don't hate them. there are players that I like on both teams. and yes, I sure as hell hate Madrid, but not because they're Barcelona's rival and cules are supposed to blindly despise them; I hate them because they stepped on Leo and shoved Puyi in the face and tried to break Cesc's leg and point-blank accused Pep of cheating to win the Champions League and have never been the least bit sorry for any of it. (and their president is an idiot, but you can't really hold that against anyone.) but it really has reached the point where I hate Liverpool. I hate them, I hope they lose every game they play, and unless they ship Luis Suarez out to Russia I will never respect them again. I would rather they lose to Manchester United than win.

I know some of you guys are Liverpool fans, and I do get that. if you can look past the bad stuff and still love the good stuff, that's your prerogative; everybody does that to some extent or another with their team. yes, Lucas Leiva is adorable. the academy kids are cute. Steven Gerrard's life is a beautiful tragedy. but none of that will ever make up for the utter bullshit that has come out of that club this season to me, so I'm sorry, but I hope they never win again.

Comments

[dorkorific.livejournal.com]

yo dawg, i really don't wanna ~beef here, and i understand the difficulty of the situation when the team you love does some problematic shit (mou saying "maricon" much?). and anyway, we all know I am a pain in the ass madridista! but i have a lot of feelings wrapped up here, so i can't not say this: there WAS real evidence. and Guardiola and the barca administration stood behind busquets regardless of the state of the evidence. remember the "mistake" comment? like, let's be real here.

for what it's worth, i am essentially finding it impossible to be an LFC fan bc of suarez's behavior and the club's response to it. but let's not play like busquets's offense was somehow lesser, or that it was "doubtful" that he'd done or said it, or that his comment was somehow not intended to be offensive, or whatever. face your shit.



large red text aside, there is no plausible alternate explanation for that. come on, bro. come on.

[the-beanster.livejournal.com]

(Sorry to butt in.)

I've only started watching footie recently and only started reading/watching news a few months back, so altho I think I was around for the whole Busquets thing (was it during the last CL?), I didn't go out of my way to read about it in the news or find out what's going on - I didn't even know this happened for the longest time! I only watched for the pretty goals lol. So, could you explain what happened if it's not a bother? Was it Marcelo that he "allegedly" called mono? And yeah...not a lip reader but that doesn't look too good :( Why Busquets, why?

(Ooh, didn't know I could edit this now!)
You can PM if it's easier.

[meretricula.livejournal.com]

as a thin-skinned cule who is still not over the busquets incident: if you do have this conversation, please do it by PM and not in my journal where I get to see all the comment notifications. it was gross, I still don't know who to believe, I don't think a gif subtitled by a biased media outlet is sufficient evidence to hang a man's reputation but I will never trust him again and it was really traumatic for me so seriously: not in my journal. I realize this is a public post but it's still my space and I'd really like to not have to relive one of the worst fannish experiences of my life.

[the-beanster.livejournal.com]

Oh, no, I totally get it, which is why I edited my comment to add that if dorkorific wants to fill me in, a PM to me would be fine bc I didn't wanna clutter your inbox with this. I mean, unbiased links would be great, but I don't think that'll happen and I'll take any opinions with a grain of salt, so don't worry. *all the hugs in the world*

[meretricula.livejournal.com]

no beef! this is a beef-free, semi-vegetarian zone! XD

like, I understand where you are coming from. I just don't think a subtitled gif that came from a biased source (insert that gif of Harry Potter screaming BUTTSEX or whatever) is sufficient evidence to prove beyond a shadow of a doubt, and that is all the evidence that was ever presented, unless Marcelo gave more in the closed hearing. I COMPLETELY RESPECT HIS RIGHT TO PRIVACY and I understand why he wouldn't want to talk to the press, but in the absence of his testimony, all I have is a gif. and I'm not willing to hang a dude on the basis of a gif. he broke my heart and I'm going to doubt him forever, but I'm not going to say that I know he did it when I don't know it, I just think it. but I'm also obviously inclined to give the benefit of a doubt and you're not and they sure as hell didn't prove he DIDN'T say it when they acquitted him. so. that's where I'm coming from. I understand where you're coming from. I wanted to reply because you absolutely deserve that courtesy, but I really don't want to have this debate again when it's already been hashed out by a zillion other people who are less emotional about it than I am. can we leave it at that?

anyway. to return to the point of the post: I'm not trying to prescribe anyone's feelings about Liverpool, which I think is how I came off? I feel a certain way. I don't expect anyone else to feel that way, especially not when my circumstances are different to theirs. I just wanted to talk through how I felt about the Carling Cup and "hating" clubs with myself. in retrospect, shouldn't have posted it. not least because it appears to be detracting from why I really made the post, which is HEY WE HAVE LADIES AND THEY'RE AWESOME AND PEOPLE SHOULD READ ALL THE TRANSLATIONS I DID ABOUT THEM.