I'm doing a series of "Best Character Named X" polls where all the characters have the same first name but are from completely different media, feel free to send in name/charcacter suggestions, I'm posting one poll a day, check my pinned post for active polls
i love cars so fucking much..... i love the way cars is about two desperately lonely racers softened by the generosity and love of other people... love that in cars 3 lightning was forced to interrogate his privilege while also maneuvering through grief and age and change... i love the music, the setting, the reverence for those who came before, i love the fiddle that plays when cruz performs the same move doc performed over sixty years ago... i'm emo
we as a society do not talk about this lesbian car from Cars 3 enough. Her reaction to Cruz winning the race at the end was the gayest fucking thing I’ve ever seen
So, I just found out that during Día de los Muertos at Disney California adventure they put out an Ofrenda for Doc at Ramone’s. I’m going to cry this is so sweet.
All of the little details make me so emotional like oh my god 😭
saw someone's headcannon post and I started thinking
blame @x0stormie0x for getting me into this mess
anyway
I love the idea of Doc being so fatherly towards Lightning. Like not even just being a part of the pit crew, all of RS became for Lightning, but literally being a father.
Someone mentioned Doc having to pull Lightning out of bed every morning, and HE WOULD! you're telling me this man is a morning person? never. he gets up at 3 pm SHARP.
I can see Doc waking Lightning up like in those cliche movies. He opens the blinds and yanks the covers off him. "Rise and shine, Mcqueen! we got training today!" All cheery and Lightning just groans and rolls over, trying to go back to sleep.
I can see during the off season Lightning and Doc just having this father-son relationship like no one else, and Doc even adopts Mater into the family dynamic at one point bc that's Lightning's beat friend and they already act like brothers anyway.
During off-season, while there is training, Doc isn't as harsh. Instead, he's sweeter and a little more gentle. It's only when racing season picks back up that he gets a bit harsher on our boy, and Lightning hates it, but he knows Doc does it out of love.
When they're not training, they're hanging out at Doc's place or maybe Flo's. Doc has to rally Lightning like he's a 3 year old because he gets so caught up in everything and starts getting so excited he can't contain himself.
They get on one another's nerves all the time, but that's because they love each other like their blood, and everyone knows it. They wouldn't have it any other way, especially when they keep each other busy and in check.