Daily Entertainment.

[muji]

First, business:

I am starting a new job very soon, but that means I am leaving my current one (aka, the one that is weird enough that I've been pulling off Daily Entertainment posts for about the last five years or so). I'd like to ask someone to consider emailing me at milliways.mal at gmail in order to take them over. This is only vaguely srs bsns, as I'd like to make sure that they don't fall off the grid, so to speak, but if I don't get any responses I'll see how doing them before I leave to go warp young minds every day goes.

Second, topic:

What Olympic sport would your pup compete in, and would they win?

Comments

[a1enzo]

Judo and/or the long jump. And I think he'd be more likely to win four years hence, when both his training and his growth are complete.

[sky_child]

If my sleeping schedule weren't so wonky, I would take.

Anywho, Shortie Link at the Olympics:

Fencing - this one is obvious, and yyyeah he'd probably win.
Diving - he does this like all the time. Okay, it's skydiving, but when he gets the ability to swim he dives very gracefully (and jumps out of water just as gracefully)!

The biggest problem he would run in to with any sport, though, is that he has the world's worst endurance.

[kaabii]

Kirby can be the torch bearer!

[fireandashesagain]

Brenton can be the Olympic flame then.

[sdelmonte]

Kirk: Marathon. And when he was young, he would have been able to compete.

Cy: He used to do track, but his weight prevents him from running fast despite his bionics.

Charlie: Judo or some other martial arts. And he would be do really well. (Parenthetically, the classic miniseries Kingdom Come told us that in that alternate future, events like the Olympics died as it became clear the superheroes did everything too well. Though that would be the metahumans and not people like Charlie.)

My others aren't that athletically inclined.

[camwyn]

And here I was picturing an attempted match between Cy and Oscar Pistorius...

[1nv1nc1ble]

I would think that Kirk would be a shoe-in for the equestrian events. Or maybe that's just Shatner....

[sdelmonte]

I totally forgot about those events. Kirk is a rider, as I have established time and again in the Bar, but he's far more into speed than dressage.

[ceitfianna]

There are those events as well, the ones called cross-country, jumping and eventing are all about getting over things quickly.

[camwyn]

Ray: Fencing. Sabre, specifically. He's spent a very long time practicing with actual swords as well as the light sabre, so he'd probably do pretty well.

Thalestris: Equestrian vaulting, which was an Olympic sport in 1920 so it TOTALLY COUNTS DAMMIT.

Adrian: Pistol, rapid fire pistol, rifle prone, and rifle three positions. Although he'd probably be disqualified after they saw his prosthetic, given how much trouble Pistorius had getting in with his prosthetics and those weren't magically responsive.

Gordon: Trap and double trap shooting. Man loves his shotgun. He'd do pretty well but I don't know that he'd win.

Varric: Crossbow isn't an Olympic sport; that's the only thing he'd compete in, if it were.

Arcade: Is actually surprisingly good with a pistol, but it's an energy pistol, so he'd have to compete in the Olympics some time after around 2040 or so.

Ellen: .... I'm kinda tired of saying my pups would be in the shooting events. 3000 meter steeplechase. The Capital Wasteland landscape makes jumping over obstacles practically mandatory and she does it for hours on end while carrying heavy loads. I'd put her in cross country instead if that were an Olympic event but it hasn't been since the 20s.

Belar and Mordin aren't competing on the grounds that they're not human. Medic isn't competing, he's over with the coaches working on means of concealing blood doping.

[mjolnir_retriever]

Hammer throw.

:D

[saphyria]

I just have the mental image of Thor being disqualified because the hammer never lands.

Thor: *throws hammer over three miles*
Hammer: *returns to Thor's hand*
Announcer: Thor of Asgard's total... zero feet.
Thor: D:

[1nv1nc1ble]

"And in the news today, the judges stand at the decathalon field was destroyed in a freak lightning storm...."

[saphyria]

[1nv1nc1ble]

Clearly, this is relevant to Loki Laufeyson's interests.

[kd7sov]

You know, it's odd. Four years ago, I participated in an Olympics-themed art competition over at the OOTS fora, in which I took bronze in the "group" category. For this competition, I depicted Felix's fellow party members in various Olympic events, although I never managed to finish cyclist!Sheba. But I never even started anything with Felix in it, for that. I may have had plans for him, I don't recall.

But anyway.

Felix would... I'm not actually sure. It's my headcanon that he's pretty much no good at water or guns... as far as I know he's never so much as touched a bow... he's used to swords that are rather heavier than epees or foils... I suppose he might try one of the longer-distance runs, though I don't imagine he'd do very well at that.

Kain takes high jump. No question.

Fluttershy requires a major revision of the rules, to account for pegasus abilities. But after that... I could see her trying for one of the gymnastic events. Possibly with a blindfold.

Cranky... Cranky can be a commentator for the opening and closing ceremonies.

[genarti]

Okay, for my others:

River: is good at the core skill set of a lot of these, but is very bad at keeping herself within strict arbitrary rules, which would completely handicap her in things like gymnastics and fencing. I guess one of the shooting events. She'd be good at any of them -- and competitive at this level, because gunslinger.

Regan: Used to love playing darts, and be very good at it; she's got good eye-hand coordination, although she has no practice and negative interest in aiming at anything but targets. So I guess she too could work herself up to decent levels at a shooting event, although not really Olympic competitive levels. She'd lose.

Trowa: Oh lordy. Well, one of the military pistol or military rifle events, maybe, but I'll say high jump instead, based on all the gravity-defying flips he does -- oh, wait, no. Totally diving.

Uzura: Uh. No. She will be in the stands with popcorn and a noisemaker.

Clare: Is disqualified on account of being part-demon with superhuman powers! Otherwise, she'd clean up in basically anything requiring strength and speed -- weight-lifting, anything in track and field, etc etc. Not so good at the ones requiring artistry, though.

[withherhands]

Shooting.

(I mean REALLY.)

[saphyria]

Zelgadiss: Fencing. Also weight-lifting. He'd most definitely win the latter.

Yrael: Freestyle napping.

Sunshine: Iron Chef

[misslucyjane]

Bilbo: Discus. Hobbits are skilled at throwing rocks, after all. Otherwise, he'd be cooking in the Olympic Village.
Merlin: Disqualified due to being magic. He'd help out in the medical area, though.
John: Also in the medical area, though he could probably do some track events.
Jack: Disqualified due to being a god.
Stuart: I see him as a swimmer or diver. He'd love the response he got wearing those tiny suits.
Steve: Uh. All of them?
Peter: Shooting is the obvious answer, though I can also see him being surprisingly good at table tennis.

[bjornwilde]

Ben: Powerlifting and he would take the gold as Hulk always throws a tantrum, Thor isn't a citizen, Herc flirts with the female judges and Colossus can never decide which team to compete for; USA or Russia and Utopia hasn't been recognized by the Olympic committee yet.

[genarti]

Ha! So true, all of this.

[bjornwilde]

Piotr was the tricky one. = ]

[gavin62truck]

If we're sticking to the summer Olympics, probably field hockey. And no, he wouldn't win, as he'd be disqualified for fighting.

[bjornwilde]

There's always Hurling which might be harder for him to get disqualified for.

[gavin62truck]

I just watched a video here and I was like holy crap, this is awesome! I don't think it's an official Olympic sport as of yet, though.

[bjornwilde]

Actually it is which, as a Celtiphile, is totally awesome.

[minkhollow]

Sam: Javelin. He would proceed to win ALL THE THINGS, since ll he has to do is aim far and he's set. XD

Imp: If the old-school art competitions were still going, he'd be best suited to those, though I don't know if music was ever a thing...

Red: Possibly the marathon. Just don't hold it over a full moon.

Claudia's doing tech support for the judges, Apollo's a special judge for the archery events, Regulus declines (even in the hypothetical Olympic quidditch that exists in my headcanon, since in my headcanon not everyone bought into secrecy), and Cata is probably helping Medic conceal doping. XD

[1nv1nc1ble]

Mark is a natural-born American citizen and Viltrumites are indistinguishable from humans down to parts of the DNA. He is, however, not as strong as Ben Grimm, so he would only take the silver in powerlifting. Assuming the arena is still standing after the Hulk threw his aforementioned tantrum.

[1nv1nc1ble]

And for you Marvel heroes out there, behold: Hercules, on the Olympics.

Ah, Herc... never change.

[bjornwilde]

I miss the Herc we used to have in Bar. = D

[mm_mythos]

Matrix would love shooting, weightlifting and combat sports—and might actually medal in all of them.

Xamot and Tomax would be too busy bribing the judges and officials to actually compete.

I would've thought Rabastan couldn't compete at all, being magic, but I think he'd do well in equestrian—as the horse [provided the rules allowed for riderless].

[mnt_mike]

NO MUJI! DON'T LEAVE ME!
WHO WILL KEEP ME ENTERTAINED?!?!

I would offer to take DE, but...we all know how good I am at putting the Happy Hour thread up on Mondays. *cough*

Mike would excel at running and gymnastics. Particularly the pommel horse...possibly the rings. At fighting weight he can run a 4 minute mile. Okay, maybe table tennis, but only if he could compete like this.

Raph...baseball, hockey, probably the rings. I'd like to see him wrestle, because I think he'd be good at that...though, he'd also be likely to cheat.

Splinter could do Judo...I think? Maybe?

Aang would rock the track, but...only if he was allowed to airbend. I don't think he'd find any of the gymnastics stuff all that challenging given what he can do as a 40 year old.

Bumi would kick your ass at the kayak, and possibly Judo. I would say fencing, but that's an entirely different style of sword play than he's used to.

Ida wins at chess. She just does. Which is why they don't let her compete.

As for the Loompas, they'll be providing the opening and closing ceremony entertainment.

[aberration]

Elle could probably only manage shooting, given that anything else would require adherence to rules and she just... wouldn't do that.

It's not a summer sport, but I imagine Leslie at least at some point had a dream of being an Olympic figure skater. When it comes to what she can actually manage, however, she is an excellent hunter, and so would probably actually manage pretty well with an air rifle (though not like, Olympic-competitive level - but then again, "fishing" with Ron Swanson is nothing to sneeze at). I think she's also probably had a decent amount of experience with horseback-riding, so... equestrian events? Um.

Manny's Great Moments of Physical Prowess involve a lot of him falling off cliffs and getting beat up, soooo... he'll just watch on TV.

Asami would actually have the discipline for judo. But it's too bad for her that race car driving isn't an Olympic sport, because she'd own that.

[the_lioness]

Alanna would be great at archery and equestrian events. She does not have the patience for dressage, however, so I doubt she'd get the scores to win.

And FENCING. How could I forget fencing?

Thayet would probably be busy beating Alanna at archery.

Grace? Shooting, definitely. Maybe track and field. She's not disciplined enough for gymnastics.

Jim is a born equestrian.

Lizzie would like sailing.

Doctor Evil. Hmmm. Well, he did take all those luge lessons...

[msofarc]

Joan would play basketball and I don't know if they'd win. Kind of depends on the team.

[the_gene_genie]

Gene: shooting
Ramon: shooting
Harry: Hmm. What's like flying? Pole vault? I could see him as a cyclist.
Bruce: any of the martial arts. And/or gymnastics.

[death_gone_mad]

There are many events Amascut could compete in, but she is a generalist and pays no attention to things such as style and finesse, so it is unlikely she would win any medals. Also, she is strictly a summer gal.

I have some idea about how she would do in certain events, mainly martial arts
• Boxing - Disqualified for cheating
• Fencing - Disqualified for cheating
• Judo - Disqualified for cheating
• Taekwondo - Disqualified for cheating
• Wrestling - Disqualified for cheating
• Walking - Disqualified for cheating
• Discus, javelin - She might actually excel at these, though she would probably aim for the judges down field.
• Archery, other shooting events - probably mediocre at this
• Gymnastics - also mediocre
• Handball - Red card in the first five minutes
• Weightlifting - Cheating for the gold, won't get caught :P

[mighty_avenger]

Carol could compete and win in weightlifting, but she'd probably consider having super strength cheating. She's a bit of a thrill seeker, though, so I can see her entering in the whitewater kayaking or BMX biking competitions. Win or lose, it'd be fun and exciting.

Lady Mary would compete in equestrian and win because she is better than you. (Haha, take that Alanna.) Also because she has lots of money and no responsibilities to speak of that would prevent her from training all the time. Plus, canonically, riding if one of the few things she actually likes.

[inlovewithwords]

Lois is actually a fair shot, and in S4 is still young enough to be in practice at that third-degree black belt she has (don't know in what, though). I doubt she'd win, though. She might be killer at table-tennis--which might get her disqualified. Of course, as an adult, she wouldn't be there to compete--except with every other journalist for the best stories. And THAT she would win, or someone would get hurt.

Tavi would probably mostly do fencing. He could probably get a medal. He's used to a different kind of sword, though, but maybe epee or saber would do. Chess he'd probably win.

[ceitfianna]

Late because my hotel net wouldn't let me see or comment on Dreamwidth last night and it was annoying.

Will: Archery or wrestling, though rules might be tricky. He's a really good fighter.

Charles: While I think he knows how to do many sports and is competent at many of them, his focus is intellectual. He can referee things.

William: Shooting or various equestrian sports, Dan made sure his boys know how to shoot.

Sameth: Fencing or equestrian or rugby which will be a sport next Olympics.

Moist: *snorts* Running or equestrian.

Jane: None, though she'd watch eagerly.

Demeter: She'll help the winners celebrate and insure good weather.

Tumnus: Not human, so wouldn't work.

The Pirate King: Sailing or fencing.

[hey35andholding]

Clementine: Competitive shopping!

Dixie: All-around flirting

Juliet: Sharpshooting!

Pinkie: wins every bake-off ever!