#bonus bits

A Voe in the Desert 🏜️

[A sketch of ity-bity chibi Ganondorf with two little sand seal pups begging for his attention.]

Bit Located!

At 1:03:46 of "A Stream Full of Bits" on Drawfee Extra

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Fun fact: they did this exact bit 3 years in a row, first in 2020 and then on Secret Sleepover Society in 2021 and 2022

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"I don't think I'm supposed to be standing this way," Izuku mused while staring at his wobbling feet. The skateboard underneath him wiggled by centimeters as he maintained his balance. Touya hummed in thought, scrolling back through the online video he'd pulled up just that morning.

In terms of specific tennis events I referenced (that I can remember lol, I cannot look at it again for spiritual reasons so this ois off the top of my head)

- The Senna Incident is inspired by the 1993 stabbing of Monica Seles on court in Hamburg, Germany. Fortunately, unlike Senna in the fic, Seles survived and eventually returned to playing and would win one more grand slam upon her return. Measures were put in place in an effort to make tennis safer and avoid future incidents like this, but Seles herself disputes the effectiveness of these measures and it has been seen plentifully, including at this year’s Wimbledon, that people can still get into court, although these are usually protestors, and getting weapons into tournaments, particularly bigger ones, is now much less likely

- Hamilton Hill is what is referred to irl as Henman Hill, named after former British no.1 Tim Henman. It was briefly referred to more commonly as Murray Mound due to Andy Murray’s success, although (unfortunately & I want to bring this the fuck back bc Andy deserves it) the name change didn’t really stick

- Wimbledon does genuinely have an 11pm curfew for play, enforced since the building of the roof for Centre Court due to noise concerns for local residents and public transport cutoff times. It is also true that outer courts must bend to the whims of the weather and rain delays often mean the middle Sunday which is not meant to see play does actually have play and there are often struggles to fit everything in in time

- Court 1 did not have a roof at the time this fic is based, but the completion of the roof was, as the fic says, done in time for the 2019 Championships as promised

- The 11+ hour game referenced is Isner v Mahut, a first round match at Wimbledon in 2010, the match took 11 hours and 5 minutes, the final set alone accounting for a little over 8 hours of that, it was genuinely played over the course of three days, the final result being an astonishing 6-4, 3-6, 6-7, 7-6, 70-68 in Isner’s favour, the match holds various records, including both players served over 100 aces over the course of the match and being the longest tennis match in history and the year after this fic is set, Wimbledon in years since the fic is set, rules have been altered to avoid another instances like this (and a few other matches not quite so bad but with a similar issue) in the future, meaning it will most likely remain that way permanently

- Classic F1 drivers being commentators is inspired by the various former tennis stars who commentate, but primarily John McEnroe bc the man’s fucking everywhere lol

- Alonso & Halle is inspired by Federer and Halle, despite being the ‘King of Grass’ one of the few big titles Federer has never won is Queens, instead he signed a lifetime agreement with Halle, and has won it religiously, there’s two very distinctive groups of players who go to Queens vs Halle in preparing for Wimbledon, the prize money however notably isn’t different between the two tournaments, however there’s more financial incentive offered by Halle for notably players to come and play there

- The reason Wimbledon is generally known as the biggest tournament in tennis/it’s ‘hallowed ground’ is due to its being the oldest of all the grand slams, it has been held almost every year (with brief interludes for world wars & the pandemic) since 1877

- Also just mini Wimbledon facts for anyone who doesn’t know but is interested, the Duke of Kent genuinely was President of the All England Club (Wimbledon) for over five decades, he stepped down in 2021, SW19 is the postcode for the club and is often used to refer to it + pretty much any other little detail I mentioned should be true, I promise I did my research to fact check myself lol

[Link, Zelda, and Ganondorf positioned around the Triforce, each obtaining something wonderful. In the bottom right, Link stands, holding a pouch above his head! “The Great Fairy has given you an old pouch. There’s some Crunchy Chickpeas inside! Use it to store Bait.” To his left, Zelda sits up in her sleeping bag, adoring her new sleeping companion. “You have been gifted Zamira, the legendary sand seal. It is said no Gerudo fell in battle with her at their side. Use this to combat nightmares when sleep becomes the enemy.” And finally, above them, Ganondorf scowls with his sword drawn. “You acquired Murderous Rage. But your inventory is full…”]

[The closeups of Link, Zelda, and Ganondorf from the previous image! (Without the Triforce behind them.) Please see previous description for more details~]

https://archiveofourown.org/works/61200367/chapters/164520478#workskin

The King of the Desert 👑

[A painting of King Ganondorf resting next to an exhausted Molduga named King Lucy. Above them, with a crown caught on one of his horns, is Snowflake the GOAT, reigning supreme. The sandy, domed cavern around them is lit by the glow of stones jutting from its walls.]

The two chapter addition to AVFtD and this panting are a thank you to everyone who’s interacted with our fic and the friends we’ve made along the way. Seriously, thank you 🤍✨ Thank you for every Kudo, Comment, Note, Reblog, EVERYTHING.

✨Close ups below the cut✨

I've had this bit stuck in my head for a while. It's likely from a video, definitely not from SSS. It's the group talking about the plural of the word "bingus" and one of them suggests "bingi", so another one starts singing "bingi, the bingus guy" to the tune of "Bill Nye, the science guy"

Thank you in advance

Bit Located!

At 18:43 of "Randomly Generated Caution Signs Drawing Challenge" on Drawfee Show

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It's worth noting that they made this exact same joke at 1:30:15 of "The Bingy Stream (With Terence Wiggins)" on Drawfee Extra

Since I mentioned that Prennant is based on Bodnant, I thought I'd post some of the pictures I took when I visited back in June 2016.

One of the first things you see: a long, long Laburnum arch.

Assorted tree pics. So. Many. Trees.

Lots of little streams and things. There really is a half-hidden path next to a mountain stream, and I think the second picture might be of part of that stream.

From near Bodnant Hall. Unfortunately, for whatever reason, I did not take any pictures of Bodnant Hall itself.