#lahmly

<3! tysm!

a challenge!! i’m no good with either of them. so sorry if this is pewp.

know your name

Mario doesn’t see it as history repeating itself. His call-up is his own and he’s not that old.

He doesn’t pretend he has a similar role as Miro off the pitch, especially when Miro is still there. The young and not-so-young still vying for his attention and guidance, and Mario knows the best way he can help is by bringing his experience and his best ability to the team.

A striker knows his place. Mario knows his.

or in russia, we don’t talk about feelings. Mario striving to do his best without failng anyone and Miro wondering why Mario doesn’t seek him out all that often and when this wall of hesitance appeared between them. He shouldn’t let his eyes linger on Mario during drills. He’s a coach in all but name now, not a player.

possibly they had a thing before, and revisiting it is a whole different ballgame now.

FRAUKE PLS

1.  favorite fic you wrote this year

answeredddd! But just in terms of Fun Times Variation IX was incredible bc I got to be nerdy about WWII and in Boring Milner voice no less!! anyway I love spitfires

2. least favorite fic you wrote this year

mmmmmmmmmm quite a few but the setting sun is sweetest last because I wrote it while jumping around trains and I’m still Dissatisfied bc Gary deserves better 

3. favorite line/scene you wrote this year

in my incredibly niche ode to marcus yes, yes, we are magicians i agonised over writing the ending for the longest of times but i think it turned out p nice! but also this bit because i AM FOREVER EMO ABOUT THAT PICTURE HE POSTED

Manchester is Red. Rashford is Red. I ONLY HAVE ONE AIM IN LIFE, you'd written once in school when you were still young and big, capital letters were your way of telling people this was about your soul. AND THAT IS TO BE A PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALLER, AND HOPEFULLY AT MANCHESTER UNITED.

Well. Look around you, son. Look at the devil on your chest. What was that they said about dreams?

5. most popular fic this year

hockey fic l m a o

7. longest completed fic you wrote this year

an die nachgeborenen which is massive i don’t even know how it got that long

11. fandom you enjoyed writing for the most this year

answered! but shoutout to Teh Germs :v

13. favorite writing song/artist/album of this year

answered!

17. fics you’ll continue next year

answered! 

19. any new fics to start next year

g o d a lot....... im currently in the midst of planning but i rly wanna do carraville wwi au because that’s been sitting in my brain for the longest of times!! also i wanna try out some tropes i haven’t done yet like time loop/travel ... also this’ll probably have to wait till Someone’s Birthday but I’ve had this ‘ballalas robits au’ in my docs for the longest of times

23. fics you wanted to write but didn’t

answered! 

29. shortest fic you read this year

kevin trapp/jule draxler 👍😜

‘sexy’ is a nickname that a teammate made up for bürki back in his gc zürich times

🙃 Which is easier: faces facing left, right, or front view?

faces facing left, i think. that’s what i usually default to when i’m doing initial sketches or just doodling!

🌈 Do you use more warm or cold colors?

hmmm i wanna say more cold colors, especially for backgrounds. blues and greens are my favorite colors! i also usually do initial sketches in blue.

🙌 Draw a doodle with your non-dominant hand

Like you dont know!!!

Brutally honest, I think it’s an excellent pairing in the long line of tragic schalke captains and their vice captains. It’s especially gruesome with like….Leon /will/ leave and Ralle will probably spend nights looking through his stupid snapchat and not thinking about how much he misses him.

Also that birthday kinder chocolate bullshit!!! I will never be over it. It’s definitely weird for me as a whole since I never imagined actually shipping him with anybody but suddenly schalke gave Benni away (sobs) and Max is looking to leave and Leon is offered the responsibility and fuckk!!

Ralle to me is like the sorta dude you wish you could just hang onto because theyre the chillest person on the planet and you-the highstrung mess of a glory hunter-need that in your life desperately. But eventually you start second-guessing yourself like maybe you’re clinging too hard and maybe you need to give them space and maybe you’re deeply ass over head in love with this man and how exactly does one come out to the one person who can seemingly gently break you to figure out which pieces you should keep and helps you remold yourself?

Leon is fucked. Is what I’m saying.

The most delicious and tragique thing is the love story has a time limit. Why should a chance be taken if it ends too soon, is it worth it that way, is it even real? Flash in a pan passion that never has time to settle and simmer and taste like a victory.

And again, because you asked and I’m being honest. If Schalke win the cup, it’s the universe aligning for the kill, the exquisite pain of fucking achieving something, getting what you want too fucking late

So is it worth fucking around with your captain if the universe says here is your reward, a cold hunk of metal and sweat cooling on your skin. Is it worth the squeeze tight hold of your heart as you lose part of it to a man who has goodbye written all over his face, his eyes, his lips.

To be a cliche: you only live once. You only get this once so make it count, break your fucking heart for the fame and glory.