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leqclerc · 3 years

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I like how sebchal helped bring seb and charles fans together on here?? Personally I'm a fan of both of them (even tho nowadays I lean more towards charles simply because seb is already accomplished) and didn't mind the "rivalry " in 2019. But I have an irl friend who is a seb fan and refuse to show charles any support to the point of starting to support carlos (she wasn't a fan of him before, I swear) 😭

True! However, I’m afraid it wasn’t always like this. Granted, I only really re-joined the fandom midway through 2020 so I don’t have a first-person account of the true extent of it, but some of my friends who were around through 2019 brought me up to speed and...Yikes. There were definitely rifts between the more staunch supporters of the two, especially in 2019. 2020 was...well. They didn’t have a competitive car, which I guess helped temporarily alleviate the tension. Seb also knew he was out of his Ferrari drive and this - on top of them not being remotely competitive - allowed them to have an openly warmer, friendlier relationship with more teasing, banter and mutual comfort. But arguments between fans still flared up after tense on-track moments (Styria, Bahrain.) Generally though I think it has gotten a bit better...I have a lot of more Seb-leaning mutuals and I’ve never personally had any unpleasant experiences. Like you, I support both of them (though, also like you, I’m probably leaning more towards Charles. Which means I’m sadly stuck in clown hell for the foreseeable future) and always try to be fair and objective in my judgement.

Oh no! That sucks :( Yeah some people are just...like that, I guess. 🙄 They latch onto hating something or someone so much that literally any alternative is better for them because they’re acting purely out of spite. I hope you have other irl friends who are into F1 though? 🥺 That’s the thing, like...for me it’s kind of an lonely experience? My friends...are aware of the sport and know that I’m a fan but they themselves aren’t into it/don’t follow it closely so...not much of a conversation there. I mostly end up watching the races with my dad although he’s, yeah, more of a casual fan than anything and I would definitely be too embarrassed to reveal the full extent of my hyperfixation, not to mention the fact that I...dedicate so much of my time to come on here and yell about these dumb men in cars, lmao. But the community’s been so lovely and welcoming and I’ve made a lot of good friends, so it’s not all bad. And I’m glad you (seem to have) had a positive experience too 🥺💕

#replies #anonymous #sebchal anon #sebchal asks #you're always welcome here nonny 🥺💕#long post

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