Ferrari PU problems? Of course this is going to warrant a post. Let me just feed into my delusions a bit and talk about the “Lestappen” name drop and why I think we are focusing on the wrong thing regarding this whole phenomenon.
Am I surprised the name’s gotten imprinted into the mainstream platforms? Yes. But this is still not the most astounding occourance, simply because using ship names on main is NOT unprecedented, in fact, it is getting more and more normalised. Piarles? Carlando? They’ve been circling around for quite a while now, it was only a matter of time before Lestappen also gained traction.
I think the most surprising about it isn’t the fact that it actually happened, but WHEN it happened.
Singapore, 2023. Both Red Bulls are out in Q2, whereas both Ferraris make it into the top 3. A rarity this season – in context it seems more unprecedented than the actual name drop itself, if I may –, the Ferraris tackling qualifying (and the actual GP) better than Red Bull. Red Bull likes to play the friendly card and acknowledge other drivers’ and teams’ performances when they accidentally put on a better performance than them. Singapore, come race day. Red Bull drops the infamous “Lecstappen Alert” post, with an intriguing caption that indicates Charles is part of Max’s pre-race routine. In a way it can be read as RB acknowledging a competition, right? But why not post about Carlos? He was the polesitter that day. This “Lecstappen Alert” post seemed way too random, especially considering the video wasn’t about Maxplaining and Leclerifying, it was just a quick video about Max and Charles walking towards their cars to get ready for the drivers parade. A random moment, but from then onwards, Lestappen truly started thriving.
The next time someone posted about them, they got the shipname right, and started expanding on the Lestappen posting, adding the Maxplaining and Leclerifying terms to the mix, and then rejuvenating the Inchident meme.
The most interesting facts? Ferrari so far looks more reactive rather than pushing the agenda themselves (except for yesterday’s Inchident post). And if I remember correctly, they haven’t used the shipname yet. RB on the other hand? And even the official F1 accounts have joined in on the Lestappen fun, using their shipname boldly.
It really does make me wonder, why now? Okay, Charles has been pretty consistent lately so there are plenty of Lestappen content, but before the “Lecstappen Alert” post dropped, there had been very few interactions. The ship had been dormant. Last year on the other hand delivered boldly, no season delivered as much Lestappen content as 2022. The ship was already popular back then, I can’t believe the admins didn’t know about their ship, especially after Austria™️. So why Singapore 2023? Something must’ve warranted it, but what? It looks like the post has lowkey started a series of events. Suddenly Lestappen is mainstream and it’s everywhere. Sus, if you ask me.
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Hmm i think im going to retire a bunch of sticker designs and redraw the breeds. Maybe i will make 5$ mystery bags for the excess i have printed?
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i can’t stop thinking abt deanna campbell as the akrida queen theory from that poll. Literally the reveal being her as the queen’s vessel and so Mary obvs is like “we can’t kill her that’s my mom !!!!!” and it ends on a cliffhanger maybe with dean finally showing up in the last few mins
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hmm ive been thinking abt this but im getting real tired of managing multiple blogs im thinking of discontinuing most of them n just using my @sunsetshimmerz blog for everything but im not sure how comfortable other self shippers would be if i reblog their stuff on a blog that wasnt solely dedicated to self shipping (if we're mutuals and you're cool with this/not cool with this let me know please!)
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.... alright we're in a desert and invisible. what now?
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Small fic idea where Garak and Julian become Common Law husbands in space for something and stuff and they realize they’re super in love and stay so until after the war or whatever and get officially married…..I think there was a thing on AO3 this could fill
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