welcome to the master plan

OMG, thank you LJ Spotlight for leading me to ontd_tennis! This is AMAZING and gives me much hope for the future of my one lonely little sports fandom!

1. WoW.

2. New SPN being funny and adorable and fantastic.

3. Semi-confirmed season six!

4. The fact that I totally just typed "season sex." Yes please?

5. Roger and Rafa still both in the Australian Open. Keep it up, boys!

6. Making a fucking boatload of money in my new position at work.

And, in conclusion:

7. WoW.

Tennis and True Blood today.

Tennis was good and bad - Roger won, Rafa lost. Roger/Del Potro in the finals tomorrow. Poor Rafa - I feel like if he can just get to the end of a season without being injured or broken down, he can absolutely win the Open and get that career slam. Whether that will ever happen or not...who's to say? Roger looked absolutely AMAZING, though, outside of his serve. That man is blessed by the tennis gods, I swear. He'd better take home his sixth Open title in a row tomorrow - revenge for Del Potro beating Rafa and cheating us all out of a Fedal final! Sadly, this is the end of tennis until January. Good thing I have SPN and all my other fall shows to keep me amused!

True Blood finale was pretty awesome - WAY better than last season's, anyway. I really have no complaints, aside from a depressing lack of Eric. The Sookie/Bill stuff at the end made me squee like a little girl! My favorite part, though: "Worship him, bitches!" Fabulous. I want season three NOW!

Also, did anyone else get distinct Bill/Sam vibes from that episode? I kind of totally want fic now.

What can I say about the AO final? It was an absolutely incredible match, nearly on par with last year's Wimbledon for most of it. But what really got to me was the aftermath, Roger bursting into tears at the trophy presentation and Rafa going over to console him. I mean, my god. Forget the shipping for a moment. That's amazing drama all by itself. I almost cried. Just absolutely jaw-droppingly good stuff, and I was going in with sky-high expectations.

And now, I'm going to go collapse into bed, because I've been watching tennis since 3:30 this morning. Totally worth it.

Title: What You Need
Author: Sulwen
Pairing: Roger/Rafa
Rating: PG (I promise I'm going to porn them eventually! It's just been all about the emotion lately...)
Wordcount: 1343
Disclaimer: I own nothing but the order of the words.
Summary: Rafa's having a rough night. Roger helps.

This fic can be considered a sequel to this: http://community.livejournal.com/fedal_slash/43836.html

...but you don't need to have read that to enjoy this one.

( What You Need )

And Rafa is golden!!!

You know, I would have loved to see the boys play each other in the singles final, but this is definitely the next best thing.

I need an icon celebrating their matching gold medals now! *grins sleepily, but happily*

I needed to write fic to help me deal with the loss. This is it.

Title: The Right Words
Author: Sulwen
Pairing: Roger/Rafa
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 1038
Disclaimer: I own nothing but the order of the words.
Summary: Roger loses. Rafa tries to make it better.

( The Right Words )

NADAL WINS!!!

Dear LORD, that was the best match I've EVER seen.

So we're edging ever closer to a Roger/Rafa final at Wimbledon, as they both have made it to the semis! I know everyone said it was almost inevitable, but I had my hopes totally crushed at the Australian Open and even now, when it's almost said and done, I still fear to get my hopes too high.

That said...ROGER/RAFA FINAL! I love Roger, but I really think this could be Rafa's year. All I really want, though, is an awesome, exciting, roller-coaster of a match - just like last year's. And net-hugging. Gotta have that. *grin*

*new icon love!*