#(but again. mostly bc it was funny for me personally.)

[bangcakes]

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#personal #i guess for those following this uh... Situation NDNDNDMMDMX #today was the last day LOL. he was gonna sit beside me during the exam #... but the teacher moved him NDNJDMDMDMDMDMDMDMMD #then.... he finished before me.... i was like oh fuck. but i was like oh what if hes waiting for me.... #but i was also like GET IT TOGETHER GURL. UR AT AN EXAM #so i GOT IT TOGETHER (mostly) #and when i finished he was gone 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 #HOWEVER.... me n one of my other friends had to work on a group project so we stayed back then went out n ate #she knows i like him. n at some point i was like man... if only he had waited. he could have come with us #n she was like...... !!!!!! he did wait !!!!!!!!! #and i was like WHAAAAAAAAAAAA #so it turns OUT..... that this other guy i was friends with (no longer bc 1. he was using me for my hw and 2. he was mean to the guy i like #DEMANDED to know why the guy i had a crush on didnt answer in the big group chat about dinner n he was like..... uh i have an exam the #day after ??? (and ok insider info here.... he told me he never wanted to see any of them ever again LMAO. so i wasnt surprised at all. #thought it was so fucjin funny bc man he really kept to his word by not answering JDJDJDJJDJDJDl) #but ya he left after that !!!!!!!! so !!!!!! wa !!!!!!!! im just 🥺🥺🥺 !!!!! like he WAS waiting for me but GOD that asshole im just...... #>:[[[[[[[[ #bc u know !!!! thats not the first time he's (for lack of a better word) cockblocked us !!!!!!!! #but it somewho ends up bringing us closer in a way. idk NDJXJXJJZJZJZJZJZ #im just.... ya i messaged him n we talked for a bit.... he still has an exam left so im gonna leave him alone til hes done #really hope he lets me know how it goes AH #but ya............ idk man idk. im gonna have to grow some huge balls n ask him to meet up. bc if i dont....... lol my only other chance is #graduation in february............. #n e way NDNNDNDNDNDNNDND

[crimeboys]

i’ve had people debate my gender before but not two adults so loudly and literally right in front of me as i count their change. they were like trying to make fucking points like “well his voice is deep” “yeah, but she has long pretty hair” and neither asked even once.

#text post #mine #i find it mostly funny though also like. if you’re going to debate why not just ask #if it’s a kid though i always find it delightful idk why i just think it’s really funny #also the lady wa slike ‘’why didnMt you correct me?’’ like ma’am the amount i get misgendered every day is Quite A Bit #i dont feel like correct every single person i will probably mever see again 😭😭 #i also don’t really gaf about getting misgendered unless im hbaing like A Bad Day #bc i know people arenmt doing it purposely so like swagever ykno

[jewishsuperfam]

also i met drawfee!

#i did take this pic when they were posing for the person in line before me #bc i didnt want to make them pose again when the line was so long #which is why they’re not looking at me #but i still like it. mostly bc looking at karina in this pic makes me laugh every time #she was so funny when we were standing on line

[kohakhearts]

all i want for christmas is hd japanese raws of every episode of jn. amen <3

#taylor.txt #if youve been following my torrenting adventure at all (mostly posted on priv twt but ive Mentioned things here i think??) #then you will be ELATED to learn that only sm and xy remain and they both are well over 50% finished #im gonna have to go through eventually to re-download the eps that corrupted (FINAL EP OF DP IM LOOKING AT YOU) #but like. ok actually sorry this is kind of funny but my brother in law this morning said something about me watching pokemon at 3am #which is true that was happening and i was like no wait. i needed to do something #and he was like. ARE YOU MAKING AMVS AGAIN?? idk how he pegged me as That Person but well. NO. BUT LIKE. I COULD. I NEVER FINISHED ONE THO #anyway taylor pokemon amv arc 2024. look out (jk im gonna be making gifs. but like. i rly wanna get back to studying jp so maybe some tl) #the last amv i made was for m/ika/yuu when i was like 15. to the scientist by coldplay. and it is lost forever bc i never finished it #and that comp is dead now. plus tfw no more pirated vegas pro #but like. id relearn. i would. jghjfdk

[kummatty]

back home . this weekend was driving 12 hrs to redacted, getting ready in a rush in full langa voni (half sari) jewelry bangles etc in the hotel (probably took us 2 hrs bc hello), attending my cousins engagement party from 6-11, getting back changing repacking going to bed at 1am, waking up at 7 getting ready and driving 12 hrs back

#😷😮‍💨😮‍💨😮‍💨😮‍💨 #we couldve flown thats for sure but idk if it wouldve been any less hassle #the actual event itself didnt have as much drama as i thought it might #theres a lot of history w this uncle (father of my engaged cousin) #cant get into it now but i hate that man #funny thing is the ppl (my family) are saying hes regretting stuff hes done in the past as hes getting older #namely how he treated my mom and aunt (his sisters) #im not qualified to say whether its real or not bc i dont know him in any real way nor do i want to lmao #anywayy i was kinda surprised my cousin has as much sentiment for me as she does #i mean we are 8 days apart in age and spent a lot of time together as kids when my mom and i first moved to the us #cuz my uncle helped us out a lot (also exploited my mom a lot so) #but then he cut contact for 10 yrs so i didnt see my cousin again til i was in hs and we worked at the same place #i literally walked in one day and i was like is that ?? #wild #and now again we havent seen each other since hs until yesterday like. #anyway its cute and im gonna get coffee/drinks w her when im in nyc #mostly cuz im curious to see who shes become as a person :) #i suppose i did get into it lol

[charrfie]

Thinking about the spamton sweepstakes again and it makes me genuinely so upset that so many people voted for the silence option

#then again this is coming from the person whos cried over spamton plushie destruction so im a lil sensitive with these things #BUT ACTUALLY IDC IF IM SENSITIVE FUCK YOU 🖕🖕🖕 PLUSHIE DESTRUCTION OF ANY KIND IS SO FUCKED AND NOT FUNNY AT ALL #THAT IS YOUR FRIEND AND YOU ARE HURTING THEM #and in the case of limited run plushies youre needlessly destroyint what someone else mightve loved #it makes me so mad #ANYWAYS THIS POST ISNT ABOUT PLUSHIE DESTRUCTION #im just sittin here. thinking. i know its a funny fictional thing and not everyone even cares about spamton so yeah cool i guess BUT #its so weird to me when people wish for bad things to happen to a character that isnt worth hating? #or even a character they dont hate at all? #more specifically wishing bad things happen to a character thats already faced lifelong tragedy thats (at least mostly) undeserved #admittedly i know this is a little silly bc its made up and inconsequential but its still odd to me #right???? am i alone in thinking that #just a weird stream of consciousness talk post carry on 👍 #laika originals

[lilgynt]

anyway yesterday i had this huge break down like sobbing screaming throwing my self on the floor the whole 9 yards and it sounds like outtakes from the midsummer scene and any guess what started it. my dad asked me to buy rotisserie chicken

#personal #obviously lots of context but super funny #especially bc when i was throwing myself around i got a HUGE fucking bruise on my thigh #anyway my weekend was not good. personally #on thursday i went to like 4 stores and was looking for coffee (dad didn’t remember the name) and rotisserie chicken for my dad and his #dog. which i know bad but you have not tried having and elderly blind somewhat lost his mind or mostly it man as ur father for most ur life #you learn to just go with it #and during all of this i’m getting nothing but assholes on the road #like in the morning when i got breakfast for dad and i some lady cussed me out when i wouldn’t reverse into a drive through #and then after the first store some guy nearly hit me backing out of a parking space bc he was going super fast and turned around JUST to #flip me off. and i’m already annoyed bc i didn’t even want to run this errand for a fucking dog but it’s my dad so i keep going #so hit 3 more stores ask my dad if he remembers the coffee name (he requested i call him at the store) he did but it’s too expensive #(i offer to get it firmly but he’s freaking out) i leave and then my mom calls me and gets annoyed at me for not buying it anyway #go to the next store. the shit my dad just told me is to expensive is like 6 bucks more here and it’s too busy to go back to the other some #and i’m so upset but it’s only sale so small win. didn’t find the chicken anywhere #dad and mom start fighting when i get back and it’s so fucking frustrating #anyway that took over 2 hours and was very upsetting then the next day my dad is like #can you go back again 🥺 and i do but not before that huge break down #which during i was like did not know it upset me that much. but anyway ends with me getting locked in my room bc my dad #is coming over to give me batteries not even checking on or hearing the yelling and im naked and im so fucking upset that i don’t even have #a door anymore and it’s middle/high school again and i’m makes and crying and i don’t have a door and everyone’s allowed to come in whenever #naked and crying #bc it doesn’t matter wrre family and im so angry and i lock myself in start slamming on the door and my dads like what can i do and he can’t #see then i just rip the broken door knob from the door in sheer anger and then i spend the next two hours sobbing while looking for chicken #for my dad. did not find it btw. like some time looking for chicken some getting gas then food #so funny i texted my mom during it and she thought i was going to our usual store and texted me things she needed #and i only realized while inside the store i was actually in and started silently sobbing and hyperventilating bc my mom wanted me to go to #another store and she just promised this wouldn’t happen again and there’s no fucking chicken here #anyway i’ve been camping my room bc i don’t want to talk to my dad im not mad at him or anything but i just can’t do the last couple days #and my mom was really nice yesterday about it after hearing me sob and didn’t even give me shit when i said im staying hometoday l8r maybe?

[caruliaa]

zukka is kinda wild to me a little bit just bc like. atla has been ever for so *so* much longer than cs and yet a ship for it w minimal amnts of actual canon subtext outside one episode regularly takes up an insane amnt of my dashboard meanwhile carulia has like. the level of overt romantic subtext as a if a hypothetical different show had a relationship intended to be made officially romantic in the last season of a show only for that season to get botched somewhat due to quarantine and yet im the only one making content for it even semi regularly

#TO CLARIFY. I TIHNK ZUKKA IS GOOD AND CUTE AND FINE AND IK THIS IS IN PART BC THE ATLA FANDOM IS BIGGER #im jsut using zukka as an example yk #esp bc i remeber ppl arguing over shit like 'the red roses isnt romantic >:(( its just carmens colour !!' #and its jsut insane to me bc like. iv seen ppl be anti zukka somewhat but never anyone argue its bc of a lack of subtext #and its jsut inanse bc i see huge long posts on the dynamic of zukka and im like. babygirl where are u getting that from other than boiling #rock #meaningwhile iv seen like 3 semi long posts on the carulia dynamic evne when ppl see that theyre gay they dont wanna put in the work #to see shit thats write in front of them in regards to theure dynamic or at least talk abt it #AGAIN THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO W ZUKKA PERSONALLY IM V GLAD FOR EVERYONE MAKING POSTS LIKE THAT GO ZUKKA SHIPPER GO !!!!!!!!!! #im just using it as an example #actually i feel like i get this from luce saying to me 'like i thought carulia wld be like zukka like its the popular gay ship #but it doesnt have a lot in canon subtext but it isnt its actually like. insanly obvious' #(<- IM PARAPHRASING IF UR A MAD ZUKKA SHIPPER PLS DIRECT UR HATE TOWARDS ME NOT THEM PLEASEEE TY) #but also a lot of it is more just like. how fandoms treat mlm ships vs wlw ships.but idk maybe im justt being dumb #(ALSO THE LAYWERS OF @CARULIAA.ORG WOULD LIKE TO CALRIFY THAT THEY DO INFACT BELEIVE THAT ZUKKA HAS SOME CANON ROMANTIC SUBTEXT #MOSTLY WITHIN THE EPISODE 'THE BOILLING ROCK' BUT THAT THEY ARE HAPPY AND GLAD FOR ANYONE WHO FINDS ANY BOTH WITHIN AND OUTSIDE THAT EPISOD #AND THAT ONCE AGAIN THEY ARE SIMPLY USING ZUKKA MORE AS AN EXAMPLE) #(thats a joke i dont have laywers. obvs. but its kinda funny) #but also what do i know iv never even read the the prince and the fool thingy FGHDFHDFHDF #anyway. i just realised idk if tumblr still puts post in a tag if u mention them within ur tags. if so im like DEAD #oh well #tbh i more want my zukka mutuals to know i love their zukka posting !!! keep at it im just using u as an example while studying fandom stuf #also ik the lack of carulia content thing is kinda my fault but also at least im trying to make more !!! no one else is is the tihng #but i Am i have an amv in the works rn !!!!! and a fic in my brain #also the big group animatic kinda uh. forgot abt that ig other ppl are also working on carulia stuff. sorry #<//3 #anyway it soo late. been listieng to our love is god on loop did u kno tht jd just killed kurt and ram omg dont do that !!!!!! #flappy rambles

[opens-up-4-nobody]

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#its so funny to me everytime i get commissioned bc i feel the urge to b #professional like the person commissioning me cant scroll down 2 posts #and see me screaming in despair at the state of my life #me having a breakdown: 😫 *person commissions me* me suddnely professional: hello! what can i do for u? #also i feel like i draw a lot faster than ppl expect #like everyones like: take ur time #and im like nah i literally cant stop thinking abt it until its done #the annoying part is just redrawing bc traditional media *shakes fist* #but alas. im a fast drawer. its mostly the coloring that takes forever #sigh... we're waiting to get picked up for our site today and the longer we wait the hotter it gets #and we might have to go back and resampling for mosses at our 1st site #and like fuuuuuck that it took us a full 8hrs yesterday to do 1 site. it would be at least another hr to set up and sample site 1 again #at least. at the very fucking least #hhhhh i wish i could time travel into next week when this is over #unrelated

[starsandthorn]

listening to the cn version of the new teaser and augh. sandrone and columbina sound so familiar. like. vill-v and aponia familiar

#personal stuff #delete later #girl help?? #oh my god arlecchino in the jp dub.... wife #like literally she is so <33 in every dub #going bonkers why does pantalone look so much like baizhu #and they changed dottore's mask??? why </3 he looks less unhinged i don't like this. ppl are weird enough abt him already #OH they mention smth about segments so maybe the manga version of him is a different ''segment'' #and this is just the one he uses for meetings? hm #but capitano looks cool!! idk whats going on w pulcinella but like. sure #okay watching again and sandrone with the img symbol/hod symbol?? hello?? #also so funny to me that i saw someone theorize abt sandrone!kathyrine like a couple days ago. only for this to happen #JUST REALIZED WHO ARLECCHINO REMINDS ME OF. onyx simurgh hua #i've been seeing ppl say seele!columbina and i just.....do not see it sorry lol <3 #partially bc i am willfully waiting for the possibility of seele!skirk. but also bc i just do not see it #also cannot wait to find out which of these bastards [mostly affectionate] almost killed diluc

[pizzapizzadickz]

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#diary #personal #god. i just woke up and i feel like shit. i can tell its mostly bc of like hormones probably. bc i probably shouldnt feel this bad #but it sucks. bc my god i just want to read right now so badly. but like. i have to drag my ass to work n do crap #haaah... its not even really funny but it almost makes me wanna quit my job. haha. haah... #ik there something wrong with me. cuz normal ppl arent like this right? right??? #idk. im just. trying to keep going on like this but its really hard tbh. #like. i can tell that im simply just oh so burnt out. and more and more im just withdrawing from everything and every one. #you dont know just how fucking much i hate life rn. but its hilarious bc i still love reading so im just willing to torture myself still. #....im so fucking tired. i just want a break. i really really just want a break. and more and more i feel like a simple break wont help #haaaah. i had to take a year or so off before bc i burnt out so fucking badly. #you dont know how much im desprately trying to not have that happen again. #but it sucks. because i keep on getting pushed down further and further and further. #ik my body is just gonna break on me one day. and ill probably be sobbing about how much i dont wanna work. #haha... i remember doing this one day anyways... #...its really not good you know? im really just hoping i can make it through this 3 day straight okay. #....please let me just be okay. ik im obsessed with reading rn. but please. just. let me be okay

[oshaviolater]

i feel like i need to set boundaries. for my own sake.

#ive been dealing with some reaaallyyyy cruel thoughts towards this specific person im close to lately ;-; #i mean obviously ive tried my best not to translate those thoughts into action so its mostly fine so far #we are also miles apart rn so i cant do physical harm to our relationship by any action yet #but like damn. my brain u r a ppl killer #its just that some1 im close to is like. idk i always feel like they steal people from me. #it's extremely annoying nd kinda hurts bc like i like to keep people at bay. too close makes me itchy #but then my friend comes and completely pushes themselves into my relationship nd sort of....steals that person to themselves #and its so annoying. nd makes me have such cruel thoughts against them like um ew #nd then there are some specific people ive pushed away and those people are. so close to them rn #just bc whomever i push away they keep contact with them #and its just. sort of. really. weird. and annoying. #and the weirdest of it all probably is the fact that i kinda disclosed to my friend that im infatuated with this one person. but like #very mild infatuation and its like normal we never broached the subject again #and its just. so weird bc like #not to sound like a creep but i......went thu their convos on insta (which um. i asked for the credentials okay #i had consent whatever they dont mind if they did they wouldnt give me the credentials. i asked them in the moment ok) #but yeah anyway my friend is just. using words like. literally like. jaani. baby. heart symbols blah blah #and omg. its sort of cringe i dont rly mind bc its funny they kinda have the habit of affectionately saying that stuff so its fine but like #it's also sort of weird bc i did admit mild infatuation to my friend #also the fact that my friend mentioned how some of my friends cares for me differently (im guessing my friend meant 'care more' idk) #but like. it's sus. bc its the first time my friend ventured this time into my relationship with other people #enough to comment on the nature of depth of care? nd like. idk it makes me feel really weird #my friend is an extremely people person #i dont care abt people enough to venture words their relationship with their friends so i just chill back nd relax #but they have this. extreme need to venture into every relationship ive with people i know #and it just. gets on my nerves so bad now #ik blah blah blah that im pretty sure its all my insecurities bc this is the first time im dealing with the concept of friends #blah blah blah #but like nonetheless i dislike this feeling i wanna revert back to when i did not have people in my life #that was like. the most free moment ever. nd nowww all this shit is just ehhh ugh annoying.

[avatar-aaang]

oh okay yea im going insane actually

#personal #youll never guess but. im thinking about phil of the future again #mostly bc i ashamedly sought out fanfic and its...... really bad lmfao #also most of it is well over 10 years old so like. some of it just old and kind of crazy #found this one author tho that would write these absolutely insane opening sentences #they would grip you and punch you in the gut bc they were so goddamn good #and then the rest was utter baffonery #one was really bad content wise but the style it was written in was so funny i just had to keep reading to see what new sentences came next #one person seemed to have deleted all their fics rip that just super sucks #one person had a kink that i cannot condone and was not tagged so imagine my surprise upon reading it #and then like maybe 2 whole fics have been really good #but people are still very much getting characteri #*characterization wrong lol #anyway. i dont think ill write any #anyway i think the issue mostly was it was written by kids or teens so. #not technically bad but ya know #kinda unreadable lol #also idk if its just me but stuff posted on fanfic dot net is borderline unreadable anyway #mostly bc of the format and the browsing abilities or rather inabilities lol #i very much prefer ao3 if we compare these sites #its weird tho bc the stuff on ao3 is from within the past decade instead of being from before my sibling was born lmfao #anyway. ill go be mentally ill in the real world now goodnight everybody

[mossfrg]

Jersey Gotham

Okay as someone born and raised in Jersey, I feel like we as a fandom are missing out on truly Jersey-ified Gotham. Like, c’mon, Jersey Girl Brucie Wayne??? So here I am to present a list of things I need more of because god damn it make Batfam— mostly Bruce, Jason, Tim, Steph, and Duke— Jersey (all based on my own personal experiences/real things that have happened to me):

Bruce cannot pump his own gas. He just. Doesn’t know how to. It’s not like a rich person thing, he just never learned cause he’s from fucking Jersey and never leaves Gotham. Jason didn’t know how and Talía lost her shit “How??? You are child superhero??? Who died and spontaneously came back??? But you can’t pump gas??” Tim kinda knows cause of Titans but again, he never really had to. (There’s a Twitter threaded dedicated to the Wayne family titled “is this rich or Jersey”). Steph and Duke can but they both pretend not too.

There have been fist fights over whether it’s pork roll or taylor ham. Jason and Bruce are very adamantly pork roll like the good Southern Jersey boys they are— it’s the one thing they can agree in most days— but Tim is taylor ham. Steph and Duke, despite being South Jersey, like to cause chaos and flip sides constantly. Dick, Damian, and Cass couldn’t care less.

The Absolute Hatred of New York/NYC. Doesn’t matter which kid it is, Bruce (and Alfred) got them all on board with this. Don’t even get them started on the Statue of Liberty; it’s a Wayne family tradition to try and buy it from NY because technically it’s more in NJ than NY and it’s closer too. They’ve yet to be successful but Bruce has hope for when it’s Damian’s turn.

And bc of this hatred of NYC comes the support of Philly!! None of them are super big sport fans, but they do cheer for Eagles, 76ers, and Union. Bruce, thanks to Alfred, is a big fan of soccer (“it’s football, master Bruce, I didn’t raise you in a barn”), and is a member of the Sons of Ben. He can be found in the River End of the stadium with Jason cheering for Union at pretty much every home game. There are multiple videos of Brucie Wayne and Jason Wayne screaming at refs, launching fireworks off the roof, and cursing out opposing teams’ players. Duke and Tim can be found 76ers games, while Steph frequents Eagles games.

Accents. Pls for the love of god give those boys (and Steph) accents. They are from New Fucking Jersey. They say “cawfee” and “tawlk.” They pronounce 0% of their t’s in the middle of words— kitten is ki’en, Trenton is tren’in. Jason and Steph drop letters when they gets pissed, Bruce slurs words, Duke and Tim drop passive-aggressive “y’all’s” to piss people off.

Driving. Now it’s not that they’re shit drivers, it’s that everyone else is a shit driver, and it’s not helped that majority of them learned to drive in the Batmobile. Steph has a loudspeaker on her car and frequently yells “fucking Pennsylvania turn your goddamn blinker on!” while driving. Bruce has a room in the manor dedicated to his speeding tickets. Tim as gotten into multiple fists fights at lights because people were driving slow in the fast lane. Jason is infamous for doing the Jersey Slide.

Jason, Tim, and Steph have gotten mugged before. They talked their way out of it and gave tips to the mugger. Bruce has kicked a rabid raccoon while walking home before because what else was he supposed to do? Duke has ordered a “pork roll egg and cheese on an everything” before in Not-Jersey and cried because they don’t have it. Several foreign benefactors of WE have asked for translators at meetings with Brucie cause Brucie’s accent is so thick and exaggerated. IN CONCLUSION: making Batfam (and gotham) Jersey is funny as hell and presents so many good opportunities. Make Batfam Jersey! (again these are all just my personal experiences, big state yada yada, different experiences, blah blah idgaf I jsut need batfam fist fighting over pork roll)

#batfam #richard grayson #bruce wayne #brucie wayne #jason todd #tim drake #stephanie brown #duke thomas #cassandra cain #alfred pennyworth #gotham #Please make them Jersey #Gotham is literally in Jersey #Make batfam jersey #Yes I did kick a raccoon once worth it

[thearchercore]

how rbr socials are trying to control the public narrative around charles (a short essay)

as you may have noticed, rbr socials started posting charles in an oddly increasing pace recently. and there may be more behind it!

you could notice the first big feature of charles in singapore, when they included a video of max and charles with a lestappen sound on an ig reel (carlos was also in that video but not mentioned in the post). then, a few weeks later during the triple header we got max doing the inchident challenge on tiktok. max is known for not enjoying tiktok trends so his input on their tiktok is mostly trivia and challenges because they keep him entertained enough to do it. that post, however, caused a certain inchident renaissance. the old moment between them was already explained in their early f1 years and wasn't really full on brought up after that. HOWEVER, red bull has decided to bring this moment to light with that tiktok.

ferarri, being the reactive masterclass (sarcasm) managed to respond to red bull a day later with another inchident meme (joking about the front row in brazil). over that time, both ferrari and red bull were interacting with each other (for example the old sticker war between the two) and ferrari engaged with charles' paddock endeavours that included max.

the last social post that seemed to include max on the ferrari socials was the infamous "charlie i have some space for you" ig story (which is really funny in handsight). after that, ferrari stopped posting any content with max and charles and has not interracted with red bull in any way. red bull has tagged them in all posts that included charles, but no response from ferarri. which we could see as the first switch.

then, back at it with rbr. charles and max are basically glued to each other in las vegas, they reposted the joint sky interview they did, and kept posting charles throughout the week as if he was their third driver. during that time, charles and max are asked not once, but TWICE about their karting days, and get pretty personal with their answers. during those, inchident is referenced once again.

it seems like red bull wants to highlight max and charles as a pair, not exactly as rivals as they were always painted to be. they may be rivals on track, but they seem more than friendly as of late, so there's no point in saying they're not getting along -- what if rb put this old moment from their karting days in the spotlight bc it highlights their entire childhood dynamic. it seems to me like they want to create a public narrative of max and charles being friends with long history instead of the classic rivarly, and ferrari clocked it before vegas and banned anything from their own socials because of it. it may also reflect the stage of negotiations between charles and his possible contract renewal with ferrari / possible pre-contract with rbr. because this is the exact process of how to soft launch a press announcement: organically drop hints -> create speculation for engagement -> ignore the speculation but continue pursuing the hints to spread the speculation narrative further -> proceed with the process and let the speculation die down right before the announcement -> drop the announcement

i'm not saying that they're cooking something major, they could be, but it's definitely interesting how they're trying to twist the general public's opinion on max and charles as a duo, a pair. and ferrari's sudden silence on their interactions with red bull/features of max on their instagram makes it even more suspicious.

#lestappen gate 2023 #charles leclerc #lestappen #max verstappen #formula 1 #f1

[astronicht]

Since finishing Fellowship I keep seeing references to LOTR as a sweeping heroic tale etc and this is now confusing to me, both in terms of story structure (hero tale or Romance; immram or exile tale) and the level of fantasy. The thing I’m learning about the art of writing swords and sorcery is that — to me, personally! And I get that this sounds bonkers! — Tolkien mostly feels like low fantasy. He just made the magic that was already there real. To the point where it takes a long time to even notice when people are doing magic, and whether it’s magic is sometimes debatable. Sam even complains about this briefly in Lorien (that the Elf magic isn’t dramatic) which is funny bc he’s utterly surrounded by small magics the whole time. Hell, in a story that stresses the power of words, quite literally to protect, I think that in of the fellowship plus Bilbo, only Aragorn, Bilbo, Legolas [edited to add Legolas sorry for forgetting u my guy], and Sam have actually composed their own poems and songs. And most of Aragorn and all of Legolas’s was Boromir’s funeral song.

I’m mostly asleep and have effectively only read Fellowship so far but idk! My point is that it doesn’t feel like it’s so influenced by the structure of later high medieval and onwards hero stories all that much. WAS Tolkien influenced by French Romances and Shakespeare and modern novels like oh absolutely! But lotr isn’t the Green Night or even Melusine, and it is only Macbeth for special occasions.

I know it’s considered a model hero’s journey or whatever but in-universe (and again, maybe just to me!) it’s not? it’s an exile story. Like The Wanderer or Erik the Red or Deor. Frodo et al say it at the beginning a bunch of times: the hobbits have exiled themselves. Gollum we’re told was exiled by his matriarch long ago and has lived as an exile ever since. Where I am at the beginning of Two Towers, Aragorn just saw the mountains that hide Gondor to the south and sang to them because he cannot yet go home. And there are a lot of those exile stories to draw on, in the time period and languages from which Tolkien was drinking deepest. Exile was a legal state and also a favourite story-frame.

#I may read more sagas and eat my words on this but! #mostly I need to go to sleep #Astro lotr