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Steve Rogers. Quidditch. If I remember the positions correctly, I think he'd make a good Beater, and he'd play for the American team in the international league, of course.

Bilbo would be good at anything involving throwing, but where speed and strength were not a big factor.

I can see Merlin playing baseball. He'd be a good hitter but would be in one of the less important positions in the outfield due to his tendency to daydream.

...I really want to see Stuart playing Calvinball.

Yrael? Calvinball. He'd be incredibly effective as a Time-Fracture Wicket-keeper and guardian of the Boomerang Zone, and would be a more than decent back-up singer on the "Rumma-Tum-Tums."

It's a very Milliwaysian sport. ^_^

Sunshine isn't a very sporty person.

Zelgadiss would be good at just anything involving strength and speed. He'd like to try his hand at Brass Rackets one day (so long as he's not facing Lina), but that sport actually exists in his world.

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Clearly there needs to be a Milliways Calvinball game at some point.

If a game exists in video game form, Enzo will probably play it at some point if he hasn't already.

Shephard: Bo taoshi. The goal is for you and your team of 75 guys to pull down the other team's pole; they swap who's on attack and who's on defense and I think it's a best-of-three victory condition. There are individual positions within the teams but I'm having trouble finding an English translation of what they are. Yes, it's an Earth game, but I don't think it exists on his Earth any more.

Thalestris: buzkashi. Possibly the sort the Tajiks play, which is basically hyperviolent polo with animal carcass... and everybody is riding yaks.

Gordon: Urban Combat Championship League, from the Mass Effect universe. So far we only know of two teams in the League, namely the Edmonton Blood Dragons and the Rhode Island Knights. I like the Knights' armor better so he's gonna be playing for them.

Ray: Australian Rules Indoor Quidditch, which involves two teams, one with a ball that flashes red on impact, one with a ball that flashes yellow on impact. It's played in a darkened room. The original idea came from a Mac Hall comic strip and some years ago he tried to assemble a couple of teams for it in Bar, so of course he'd be good at it, he invented the rules.

Brain's moving a little slowly today so I'm having trouble thinking of sports for my other pups. On the other hand, the next time I get a slot open I'm going to app Zira the chimpanzee scientist from the Planet of the Apes novel, and I'm pretty sure that a chimpanzee (the ones in the novel looked just like Earth chimps, not like hairy humans with ape makeup on) would be absolutely terrifying at sepak takraw.

Ben would love Aargrooha or Troll Football from the Disc. He'd be confused at first since he'd think it was a completely different game, what with him being an American. Blitzball also sounds like a game for him though I have no idea as I don't play Final Fantasy and wikipedia does give much info about the sport.

Hank, I think, will excel at Pyramid. If he played in an official league, he'd likely cause new rules to be drawn up for use of feet.

Val would love Quidditch and would fly for the American team.

Kate and Jessica would kick ass and take gold in Ando-jitsu though they'd never be able to face each other as Jess would be in the meta-human league.

And that's it for now. Need more coffee.

Blitzball is a bit like soccer crossed with American tackle football, played in a giant, floating sphere of water. ^__^

Oh! Very much up Ben's alley than, much more than Troll Football. = ]

If you search youtube for "ffx opening scene" you'll see what a blitzball stadium and the game look like. Along with other things (*eyes Auron*). >_>

Thanks to AUHogwarts I know that Will is Keeper in Quidditch, he could have gone pro if he wanted to. He's also played as Beater.

Charles would adore wizard chess though I know its not really a sport but I'm having a hard time seeing him play team sports. Solitary ones are more likely, sculling or something like that. Though now I have a small plot bunny about him in Little League and how while he can play, it just doesn't work for him. He'd be a good coach as he'd figure out how everyone works best and keep drama from overwhelming the game. The reason for team sports is that he's so hooked into how groups work that he'd have a hard time just focusing on what he needed to do. Better a game where he's not listening to group dynamics and doing things on his own, that's why he likes chess.

Sameth is proving to be good at Pyramid.

I know its not from another world, but I'd love to see what happened if William played polo. He'd also be good at Quidditch as Chaser though judging by how he rides. I think he'd also be good at that version of squash that was played in DS9 by Bashir and O'Brien since he's quick and has a good aim. Raquetball according to wikipedia not squash.

Moist doesn't really do sports, but I could see him learning all the rules to cricket to get a job done. He would be decent as well.

I love the idea of Jane playing croquet in Wonderland, in canon she's good at cricket.

Demeter would provide the best food for watching team sports.

I've no idea about the Pirate King or Tumnus, need to think on them.

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Oop, thanks, Fi! Sariel's just told me she's alright at raquetball a la DS9, and I didn't know that before. It's never come up!

I love the episode where Bashir and O'Brien play as Quark bets on them, its one of my favorites of the Trek sports.

That is pretty brilliant, isn't it? And Quark being Quark tries to skew the outcome! The plot device in that episode made me boggle though, I admit.

I think Raph and Bumi are the only characters of mine who'd willingly participate in sports.

Raph loves LOVES Quidditch. LOVES IT. His team would totally be the Falmouth Falcons.
"Let us win, but if we cannot win, let us break a few heads."

Here's where I cackle that there's an officially created team out of the town next to my hometown: The Fitchburg Finches.

Give Raph a bat and get out of the way.

Bumi? I'm sure Bumi's played a version of hockey at some point in his life, so certainly that. Maybe lacross. Possibly rugby. Any game where he gets to run around a whole lot.

It seems like something that could be a sport in Avatarworld, but given that I have this art of Asami as a fencer handy, I think I have to go with that.

Leslie thinks she would be a good Quidditch Chaser, but I think she severely overestimates her ability to not be terrified when actually flying on a broomstick.

Elle could be a pro-bender? But I don't think you're allowed to use lightning for anything. And also this would be the worst idea ever.

And Manny's really not a jock, so unless there's a sport where he gets to sit around and make snarky comments...

Is that the electro-gauntlet she's wearing in that picture? Swords are conductive... ;-)

It is! I didn't notice it myself until someone pointed it out. Though that'd be a super quick (and you know, dangerous) way of telling if a touch has landed.

Yeeeah, I might save that for genuine combat if I was her.

Shawn is canonically more enthusiastic than talented when it comes to sports, but I like the Calvinball idea. Muahah.

Fry has very little in the way of athletic talent (and that's putting it kindly) but I think Brisco would make a decent Quidditch chaser. Assuming he could adapt to the whole "flying on broomsticks" part.

Well, if you can convince him they're the coming thing...

Heh, yeah, I think he'd be kind of impressed by the whole thing.

Considering Jack's tendency to bend rules, somehow I imagine him playing Calvinball would be the best or the worst idea ever.

Is bending the rules in Calvinball even technically possible?

I don't think so, but I imagine giving Jack a situation where he has to make them up might be an even more dangerous option. ;)

In another universe, Sariel could be a Quidditch chaser. I can definitely see it. I actually wrote AU fic on that subject once, among others...

From her own universe, she plays both three-dimensional and regular chess already, and she's just informed me that she's okay at raquetball a la what's seen in DS9. Parrises Squares... maybe, though I can't see her on a Starfleet Academy team, frankly. Maybe, though.

Oh, and she does know how to play both cricket and football, the latter as in the proper sort, not the American sort. Some things carry down the centuries.

Carol would have an unfair advantage at most sports, what with being better, faster, stronger, etc. Given her affinity for Star Wars, she'd probably love the opportunity to fence... with lightsabers. She'd also probably enjoy the madcap violence of Jasper Fforde's version of croquet.

For Lady Mary, canonically she's a good equestrian, but I'm not coming up with any fictional games involving horses. I think it's Quidditch for her, since if she can ride a horse, she can ride a broom, right? I think she'd be a chaser who likes to do some showy trick flying.

Off topic, or almost so: I flipping love Jasper Fforde's version of croquet! I wish we had a Thursday in the bar... or a Friday or a Landen for that matter, or a Melanie Bradshaw, or... I could go on.

I've actually thought about apping Thursday, cause dude is her world fun, and hanging out with fictional people is what she really does. But since she comes from a world where everyone fictional knows it, I'm not sure how to have her go about being herself without her inadvertently canon puncturing... everyone.

Anyway... there should totally be some croquet out at the lake.

Quidditch, and Beater.

Also, Brockian Ultra-Cricket. He'd probably find it poncey as no one's watching (and all that apologising!), but I happen to believe that everyone ever should play Brockian Ultra-Cricket, so there it is.

Juliet's the only pup I have who'd really be that athletic. Basketiceball, anyone?

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