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All I have to say about this is that it came to me on the train.

For [livejournal.com profile] emerwena, my favorite F.Torres fan, WITH LOVE. And with apologies to Judith Viorst, author of the brilliant original. All the credit goes to her and the blame to me.

liverpool fans please don't crucify me


787 words, gen, implied pairings, complete silliness.


Fernando Torres and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Season



I ended last season with a really bad injury and now everyone's calling me chubby and the haircut that was supposed to make me look older made me look like a kid and by mistake I didn't score at all in the World Cup and I could tell it was going to be a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad season.

This season, at Arsenal they still have Arsene Wenger and at Manchester United they still have Sir Alex Ferguson, but at Liverpool all we have is Roy Hodgson.

I think I'll transfer to Barcelona.

In the first game against Arsenal Roy let Joe Cole have a place in the starting lineup. David Ngog and Milan Jovanovic got places in the starting lineup too. I said I was feeling better. I said I was feeling fine. I said, If I don't get to start playing how will I ever get back to match fitness. No one even answered.

I could tell it was going to be a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad season.

At national call-ups Coach del Bosque liked David Villa's scoring record better than my scoring record.

During warm ups he said I ran too slow. During five-on-five he said I forgot to pass to David. Who needs to pass to David?

I could tell it was going to be a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad season.

I could tell because Sergio said I wasn't his best friend anymore. He said that Iker Casillas was his best friend and that Jesus Navas was his next best friend and that I was only his third best friend.

I hope you catch an STD, I said to Sergio. I hope the next time you get to the Champions' League final all your midfielders catch the flu and you lose eight to nothing to Barcelona.

At the World Cup Iker Casillas won the Golden Glove award and Jesus got everyone to like him cause he has pretty eyes and Sergio was highest ranked player in the Castrol Index. Guess who didn't even start regularly?

It was a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad season.

That's what it was, because back in Liverpool Stevie took us all to see the medical staff and the club doctor found another hamstring strain just in me. Take next week's match off and it'll heal, said the club doctor.

Next week, I said, I'm transferring to Barcelona.

When Liverpool finally got sold we lost the derby to Everton and while we were waiting for NESV to hire a new manager we lost again to Spurs and then when I was depressed because we kept losing the Guardian wrote an article saying Pepe and I were going to leave and while I was saying that all I wanted was a good manager Stevie called and scolded me for wanting to leave like Xabi Alonso.

I am having a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad season, I told everybody. No one even answered.

So then we went to Nike to shoot a commercial for our new boots. Ryan chose red one with black stripes. Pepe chose red ones with white stripes. I chose white ones with red stripes but then the Nike man said, We can't make those. They made me take Cristiano Ronaldo leopard spotted pink ones, but they can't make me wear them.

When I phoned Olalla from Newcastle she said I had promised not to call her while I was grumpy, but I forgot. She also said not to talk about how hard the match was to someone who's just gone through labor for the second time and I was careful as could be except for the part about everything Roy did wrong. She also said don't talk about transferring but I think I mentioned Barcelona. Olalla said please don't call her after a match again until the children are grown up.

It was a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad season.

There was Manchester United at the top of the table and I hate Manchester United.

There was Real Madrid on TV and I hate Real Madrid.

We almost got knocked out of the Europa League, we lost at home to Wolves, two of our matches were canceled because of snow, and I had to wear my yellow training jersey. I hate my yellow training jersey.

When I went back to Spain to visit all anyone wanted to talk about was Fernando Llorente and Atleti lost the Madrid derby three to nothing and I pulled my hamstring again.

Sergio wants to sleep with Jesus Navas, not me.

It has been a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad season.

Stevie says some seasons are like that.

Even at Barcelona.

Date: 2011-01-08 02:19 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] nahco3.livejournal.com
OH MY GOD.

this is how Fernando Torres is, in my head. this is brilliant. this is genius. this is magical.

Date: 2011-01-08 02:22 am (UTC)
ext_20958: (footie // chibi villa will still cut you)
From: [identity profile] acchikocchi.livejournal.com
sjdkasd I just suddenly thought of that book and his grouchy face and it was like a match made in heaven. THANK YOU I'M SO GLAD YOU THINK SO. *beams*

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Date: 2011-01-08 12:18 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] jana-nox.livejournal.com
That was funny as hell, thanks.xDD

Date: 2011-01-08 04:31 pm (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] acchikocchi.livejournal.com
Hee hee thank you!

Date: 2011-01-08 12:38 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ashirbaad.livejournal.com
LOL WHAT. This is amazing. SequelsequelsequelaboutRoy'ssack.

Date: 2011-01-08 12:38 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ashirbaad.livejournal.com
And by that I mean Roy's exit from the club and not his---uhm. Never mind. *zip lips*

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Date: 2011-01-08 02:13 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] labelledcaustic.livejournal.com
This makes me so happy. I want to find the original in my boxes of books. Brilliant. Olalla is brilliant-est, in this, also.

Date: 2011-01-08 04:52 pm (UTC)
ext_20958: (hayato is hurt. in his kokoro.)
From: [identity profile] acchikocchi.livejournal.com
:D Thank you! Poor long-suffering Olalla. Maybe they'll start winning and she can catch a break.

Oh man, my original is also somewhere in a box, hundreds of miles away. Fortunately I found that YT link of someone reading it alone with close-ups on all the pages. The internet is amazing.

Date: 2011-01-08 05:45 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] aboutademongirl.livejournal.com
THIS. OH MY GOD. THIS IS AMAZING. <3.

Date: 2011-01-08 06:53 pm (UTC)
ext_20958: (stock // be still my heart)
From: [identity profile] acchikocchi.livejournal.com
*glee* Thank you! :D

Date: 2011-01-08 06:35 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ashirbaad.livejournal.com
You know, now that I went ahead and listened to the reading you linked to, I think there should also be a version with Jose Mourinho, and his terrible, horrible, no good, very bad season.

Date: 2011-01-08 06:39 pm (UTC)
ext_20958: (footie // mou can kill you with his mind)
From: [identity profile] acchikocchi.livejournal.com
....................OMG

YES

THERE SHOULD

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Date: 2011-01-08 06:42 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] theosakansun.livejournal.com
HAHAHAHA OH MY GOD CRYING

I really do love Fernando and all, but THIS IS EXACTLY HOW I PICTURE HIM IN MY HEAD. LIKE A REALLY ANNOYING PERSON STRANGELY RESEMBLING A PRETEEN GIRL HAHAHAHAHA

Date: 2011-01-08 06:53 pm (UTC)
ext_20958: (sm // all ears)
From: [identity profile] acchikocchi.livejournal.com
I KNOW. This was definitely written with affection but askjdl;sd it's just too easy.

Thank you! :D

Date: 2011-01-08 07:51 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] emerwena.livejournal.com
THIS IS PERFECT AND HILARIOUS AND WONDERFUL AND IT'S FOR ME!! ALL MINE!! HAHAHA YAAAYYYY!! XD I LOVE YOU!!!!

Date: 2011-01-08 07:54 pm (UTC)
ext_20958: (stock // hearts)
From: [identity profile] acchikocchi.livejournal.com
hee hee hee YOU'RE VERY WELCOME. ilu too. ♥

Date: 2011-01-08 08:15 pm (UTC)
ext_475658: (freckles)
From: [identity profile] distira.livejournal.com
this is perfection. it is a work of genius. i was cackling the whole way through this. thank you SO MUCH for writing it. amazing. amaysing.

Date: 2011-01-08 08:22 pm (UTC)
ext_20958: (sm // all ears)
From: [identity profile] acchikocchi.livejournal.com
*grins* it was far too much fun to write. thank you. :D

Date: 2011-01-08 09:39 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] dorkorific.livejournal.com
sorry reading this four times and laughing FOREVER. oh my god, Fernandoooo.

Who needs to pass to David?

I hope you catch an STD, I said to Sergio. I hope the next time you get to the Champions' League final all your midfielders catch the flu and you lose eight to nothing to Barcelona. BEST

She also said not to talk about how hard the match was to someone who's just gone through labor for the second time and I was careful as could be except for the part about everything Roy did wrong. <--actual creepy snorts of laughter here

Basically I just love this, whatever.

Date: 2011-01-08 10:35 pm (UTC)
ext_20958: (merlin // THUMBS UP)
From: [identity profile] acchikocchi.livejournal.com
I did enjoy Fernando's thoughts on the ideal CL final. Hee. And poor Olalla, she puts up with a lot. Anyway, THANK YOU, so glad you liked. :D

(by the way I keep seeing your political AU posts and I'm totally salivating over the thought of reading it once RL cuts me a break. especially now that I actually live in DC and all, ha.)

Date: 2011-01-08 10:32 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] agarina-bloom.livejournal.com
LMAO, this is hilarious:DD Poor Nando :DD

Date: 2011-01-08 10:36 pm (UTC)
ext_20958: (Default)
From: [identity profile] acchikocchi.livejournal.com
Thank you! :D Maybe things'll look up for him now that he's got a new manager.

Date: 2011-01-09 02:39 am (UTC)
ext_20958: (Default)
From: [identity profile] acchikocchi.livejournal.com
That was the goal! :D

Date: 2011-01-09 02:35 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ettezag.livejournal.com
I don't even know and it's so hilarious I died. :D

Date: 2011-01-09 02:39 am (UTC)
ext_20958: (jin's smile)
From: [identity profile] acchikocchi.livejournal.com
I seriously love getting these comments from you. :D :D :D

Date: 2011-01-09 05:55 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] angualupin.livejournal.com
SO BRILLIANT. SO BRILLIANT.

"I think I'll transfer to Barcelona." Christiano Ronaldo leopard spotted pink Nike boots. Olalla telling him not to call until the children are grown up. SO BRILLIANT.

Date: 2011-01-09 06:02 am (UTC)
ext_20958: (jin's smile)
From: [identity profile] acchikocchi.livejournal.com
*giggling* Thank you! I was hoping someone would like the boots. Bwahaha.

Date: 2011-01-09 10:48 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] maria-rossa.livejournal.com
I don't even like Fernando Torres, but this is absolutely wonderful!

Date: 2011-01-09 09:50 pm (UTC)
ext_20958: (footie // number thirteen)
From: [identity profile] acchikocchi.livejournal.com
Now that is a compliment. *grins* Thank you!

(edit: Though I see from your profile you have excellent taste in the teams and players you do like. :D)
Edited Date: 2011-01-09 09:51 pm (UTC)

Date: 2011-01-10 01:04 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] eleventy9.livejournal.com
HAHAHAHA! THIS IS SO GREAT.

Oh, Fernando and your poor long-suffering wife.

this is how i'm going to imagine him forever now because it's perfect and hilarious and therefore must be true /flawless logic

thanks for sharing! :)

Date: 2011-01-10 01:47 am (UTC)
ext_20958: (stock // be still my heart)
From: [identity profile] acchikocchi.livejournal.com
Olalla totally deserves a medal. ;) Thank you for the nice comment! ♥

Date: 2011-01-10 03:42 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] abitof-m0nkeys.livejournal.com
bahahahahahahahah. love love love. I had to wear my yellow training jersey. I hate my yellow training jersey. the stupidest bit. this image is really coinciding with my views of fer right about now. A+++

Date: 2011-01-10 05:25 pm (UTC)
ext_20958: (Default)
From: [identity profile] acchikocchi.livejournal.com
unfortunately Liverpool doesn't have any really eye-burning gear this season so those banana yellow Europa League training shirts were the best I could do. XDD thank you! :D

Date: 2011-01-12 11:02 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] drbillbongo.livejournal.com
I would love to write a witty, coherent comment to this but my brain is too busy dying and I'm too busy laughing my ass off because of the utter hilarity and ingenuity of this story. AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.

May I archive this here (http://www.notjustagame.net)? *puppy dog eyes*

Date: 2011-01-13 03:27 am (UTC)
ext_20958: (reading)
From: [identity profile] acchikocchi.livejournal.com
*grins* Then my mission has been accomplished! Thank you so much!

And as long as there's a link back to my LJ somewhere, go right ahead - that's totally flattering. :D (It's my only home online, so I like to tie all creative endeavors back to it when I can.)

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Date: 2011-01-31 12:38 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] elisa88.livejournal.com
^_^ loved it!

Date: 2011-01-31 06:27 am (UTC)
ext_20958: (Default)
From: [identity profile] acchikocchi.livejournal.com
:D Thank you!

Date: 2011-02-04 01:02 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] minhha-lg91.livejournal.com
Ahhh, the first time I read a fic about football players but it's interesting unless onething that Torres has already left Liverpool to move to Chelsea (T^T)

Anw, I like your fic ^^

Date: 2011-02-04 03:08 pm (UTC)
ext_20958: (Default)
From: [identity profile] acchikocchi.livejournal.com
Aw, thank you, I'm glad you liked it! There's lots of really great footballer fic out there, particularly if you like Torres. :) And yeah, I wrote this one a few weeks before the transfer - I definitely wasn't expecting it to happen when it did.

Date: 2011-02-23 11:57 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] hey-larry.livejournal.com
Very believable. LOL!

Date: 2011-02-23 09:23 pm (UTC)
ext_20958: (footie // cesc!)
From: [identity profile] acchikocchi.livejournal.com
Haha, thanks! :D

Date: 2011-03-29 12:03 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] notoriousjk.livejournal.com
FINALLY read this.

OMG this is just brilliant although I still feel slightly bad for him
Edited Date: 2011-03-29 12:03 am (UTC)

Date: 2011-03-29 02:53 pm (UTC)
ext_20958: (footie // cesc!)
From: [identity profile] acchikocchi.livejournal.com
Hee, thank you! And I understand, I feel slightly bad for him myself... Let's just say that when I wrote this I had no idea what would happen over the next couple months. o_o

Date: 2011-10-14 10:45 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] liberta.livejournal.com
AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.

Fernando Torres in a nutshell.

Date: 2012-05-26 05:07 am (UTC)
From: [personal profile] ex_sparksfly744


I THINK MY RIBS ARE HURTING FROM HOW HARD I LAUGHED. IF ONE OF THEM CRACKS, I'M SENDING YOU THE BILL.

They made me take Cristiano Ronaldo leopard spotted pink ones, but they can't make me wear them. GIVE THEM TO ME, NANDO. I'll stuff some newspaper into them and wear them proudly wherever I go :D:D

I actually watched the YouTube vid to look at the lines before I read Fernando's corresponding lines and - oh. my. god. you're a genius. you are. I'm making this fic into a storybook and reading it to my children in the waaaaaay future :D

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