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beetlecakes · 3 months
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Lightning McQueen hits the curb every time he pulls into Flo’s and every resident in Radiator Springs can and will make fun of him every chance they get
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roe-and-memory · 9 months
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HI (*^▽^*)┛I saw u mention in your pinned that ur ok with asks but im hoping this isnt too much trouble!!
I saw in ur headcanons post that u said Doc has a ring and i was wondering if Lightning had any little trinkets or things with backstory like Doc does??
HIYA yes actually we do! there are two specifically that come to mind (and we’ll probably come up with more later i just think these ones are silly af)
first i think he has a lanyard. its not anything pretty, its an old lanyard he got from rusteze when he was fifteen, when he was first taken in by mack (that is a whole other headcanon post for soon..). now, at the time of cars 1, its fairly worn. the rusteze logo has been essentially rubbed right off of it and now its just red with splotches of light pink/orange wherever the logo had been (he did this partially on purpose because he didnt like the logo being on it but also mack got it for free for him so he didnt want to be mean about it).
over the years its collected little gift shop keychains from all across america and canada, because when the person you live with is a truck driver thats taken a role as your older brother and the place you live is the cab of a truck, you do get to see places.. so he has keychains from different states and provinces/territories hanging off of it, and originally it only had one key. it had the spare key to the cab of macks truck. and he wasnt angry about it because at the time its not like there were any other vehicles for him to drive (and also he couldnt drive, this was just in case mack was unloading a delivery and he didnt wanna stand outside or he wanted to lay down on his bunk if mack was in s truck stop or a meeting or something) ((also have i mentioned before that mack 100% let him decorate his bunk walls with stickers and posters because thats his little brother and he deserves to have a decorated space!!!) i think he also has a laser pointer/flashlight on it because hes blind af he cant see a thing (headcanon from the other post)
when radiator springs comes along he gains more keys, specifically from sally and doc. he has the extra key to sallys car and a key to her office and her house, for obvious reasons (theyre the only couple ever tbh), and then he has docs extra key to the hornet and a key to docs house because he lives there. he doesnt use the front door often anyways, hes too busy climbing out his bedroom window thinking hes sneaky but no doc can hear him from across the hall and is very well aware of his supposed sneaking out. he does not care.
AND SECOND he has a lighter. its one of those lighters you buy at the cash register at a dollar store or a gas station and its red but clear, and he never uses it to light things on fire (sometimes), rather he just flicks it on and off. bro is stimming.
he cant help it, its either the lighter or tearing off the fake leather on docs couch and really doc would much rather he just lights the couch on fire than make it look Awful by peeling the leather off. i dont have much to say about this one but i think its silly and its so him (shaking him around)
WAA thank you for the ask though omg im so sorry i had way too much to say i hope this was what you were looking for
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disneyprincessabby · 2 years
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So I've always headcanoned* (is that even a word? idfk) that after his wreck in Cars 3, Lightning has some pretty gnarly scars all over his body (but the worst ones are on his back) which make him super self-conscious.
But just now I was thinking, what if at some point, he asks Ramone to come up with a really cool tattoo design for his back to cover up the scars?
HOWEVER! here's the kicker: McQueen is known to hate needles and will do whatever he can to avoid them, so that makes Ramone a little hesitant cause he's thinking "ain't no way this kid is going to sit through multiple 4-5 hour sessions of getting stabbed in the back by a bunch of needles" but then come to find out McQueen actually sits super well for tattoos???
I'd also like to think that while this may be the biggest piece of ink he's got, it's not his first tattoo (He's got a Lightning bolt tattooed on his forearm or shoulder haven't really decided)
(My logic here is that medical needles and tattoo needles are two completely different beasts: as someone who gets blood work done regularly, and who has several tattoos I can tell you now I'd rather sit for a 10-hour tattoo session that go for blood work or a flu shot.)
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funsized-panda · 2 months
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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.
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argumentativeaxolotl · 9 months
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Random Human AU Cars headcanons that probably don’t make any sense before I go to bed bc I can.
Lightning McQueen:
- Has accidentally called Doc “dad” before
- Has accidentally called Strip “dad” as well
- Bro can literally not stop moving- like he will not sit still and he tries so hard
- He has the shortest attention span ever if it doesn’t have to do with his friends or racing
- He actually really enjoys American Football and plays a modified version with Mater sometimes
- He was an orphan growing up
- Bro would 100% go apeshit feral if he lost a game of Uno
- Loves carnivals
- Dog person
- Forgets he’s rich sometimes and he can make his own decisions about money
- His love language is hugs and gifts
- He bought the Hot Wheels of his car and continues to buy every variation
Chick Hicks:
- Bit other kids as a child
- Filled water guns with lemonade and shot at people’s eyes
- Daddy issues(actually this is canon isn’t it?)
- Cat person
- Frighteningly good at card games like Casino “house always wins” levels of good. Like bro will somehow know what your cards are without even looking at them
- He put rocks in snowballs
- Alcoholic
- Loves anything horror, gorey, and True Crime
- He’s notoriously bad at getting people gifts, like seriously bro is not allowed to buy anything for anyone for Christmas or their birthdays that’s how bad it is(someone usually gets it for him)
- He probably has a huge gambling problem
- His love language is giving gifts
- He gives gifts as a form of apology because he’s shit at words
- Literally the best mustache in all of cars- like he keeps that thing at top condition 101% of the time
- He never actually finished school because his dad forced him into racing as soon as he could
- Probably had rabies at one point and somehow survived
- If you somehow manage to become a good friend of his, he’ll actually be super chill w/ you
- Rich as FUCK
Strip Weathers:
- Legally adopted Cal after his parents passed away(or sumn idk)
- Has several scars on his arm from the crash during the tie-breaker race
- He, Tex, Lynda, and Cal were practically inseparable after the crash
- He and Tex are literally the bestest of buds like they are homies to the MAX
- He doesn’t hold any ill-will against Chick even if he should and is allowed to
- The “Boy Scout” of racing(think Superman or Captain America)
- He listens to “Old Town Road” by Lil Nas X while working with his horses. Cal cringes every time.
- He never swears unless he’s serious about something or is extremely upset or concerned
- He almost fainted when he met Doc for the first time, almost immediately asking for an autograph
- He has a ranch full of horses and enjoys horse racing as well as car racing
- Received an apology gift of both cologne and a miniature trophy from Chick
- He let Chick sign his cast after the crash
- He’s tried to teach Lightning and Bobby how to ride horses with Cal’s help. It did not go well
- He wanted to be a doctor for a little while before switching career paths
- Racing is literally in his blood(he comes from a very VERY long line of racers)
- Weirdly good at writing. Like for no reason.
- He heavily fanboyed over Doc when he was younger
Doc Hudson:
- He loves Lightning as his son
- He thinks of Sally as a surrogate daughter
- Unironically says “back in my day” whenever he’s telling a story
- He owns a shotgun and it’s hidden away in his house, far away from Lightning(who keeps trying to find it with no luck)
- He knows the most shit out of everyone and all their backstories. Bro hears the gossip and goes “nice”
- He loves watching fruit dissection videos on YouTube for some reason
- Bro is great at knitting. Like seriously. Give him ten seconds and you’ll have a whole ass sweater with a theme and everything
- He is an alcoholic(especially after his crash)
- Never got married or had children… until Lightning and Sally lmaooo
- He nearly started crying tears of joy when Lightning called him dad the first time
- He has several large burns and scars on his legs and lower back from the crash(like shit is really bad dude)
- His favorite movie is the original ghost busters
- He is a cat person
- He is a neat freak at heart yet gave up trying to clean out his garage because of all the bad memories
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sillygoose53 · 3 months
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lance has the same initials as lightning mcqueen and it’s something i think about wayyy too often
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galacticspaceguy · 2 months
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Post Cars 3 human!lightning headcanons:
(Also leans into a bit of AU territory but the AU starts after cars 3 so it’s ok)
-mid 30s
-doesn’t race with the rookies officially anymore. He holds dirt track races for him and all the older racers. People are allowed to come and watch. These races get real popular, but they quieted down after a while.
-he didn’t get a new car cause he’s to attached to his old one, and he refuses to alter it either.
-uses Docs old car a lot. He fixed it up because being a mechanic became a new hobby of his
-had a couple a scars due to the assassination attempt and the crash. he also takes a bunch of meds cause the crash messed him up real bad. A lot of people consider Lightnings crash one of the worst.
-has ADHD. It was really bad when he was younger (cars 1) but it’s calmed down now
-people talk about Cruz getting in a potential car crash due to it being almost a curse. Doc, Strip, McQueen, so people think Cruz is next. It doesn’t help that this is one of McQueens biggest fears.
-races Cruz as a part of her training
-hates it when people call him old. Everyone calls him old.
-usually wears sweatpants, a white shirt, a jacket that’s both his old logo and Dinoco themed, and his own merch (a hat and lightning glasses) as a crew chief uniform
-he let Cruz use his old racing suit (he also let her alter it a bit by adding some of her signature yellow to his red)
-lost a bit of his professionalism but not a bit of his charm
-gets a lot of appreciation from the rookies on the track (cause he’s practically a dad to everyone on the track now)
-Lightning is to Cruz like Doc is to Lightning but way more chaotic
-part time teacher at Rusteze racing center. It was a horrible idea to hire him, but the rookies love him
-Harv made him keep his hair cut short and clean, but now he lets it grow out.
-He also has a heavier accent now due to all the time he spends in radiator springs.
-Married Sally. Fans started calling her Mrs. McKing. Though there’s already a Mrs. The King. They are best friends and have their own fan base.
-Always carries a cup with him to all of Cruz’s races. None knows what’s in it, and when anyone asks, he always gives a very vague answer, so none knows. It’s become very popular online for people to guess what Cruz Ramirez’s crew chief is drinking.
-convinced all his old racing friends to help out in the pits or become crew chiefs of their own rookies
-doesn’t usually let Cruz race internationally. He knows it’s unfair, but he’s still a little wary after the whole assassination attempt. A few of the racers from the world grand pix actually reached out to him to tell him he should be less paranoid in the nicest way possible- but then again, people strapped a bomb to his best friend in a attempt to murder him
-tried to teach Sally to race. He always lets her win even if he knows he can beat her easily.
-either really rough with Cruz or really soft with her; but over all incredibly over protective of her
-casually mentions/references things that happened in movie 1/2 and the majority of the time, no one but the Radiator Spring residents what he’s talking about
-hasn’t let Cruz get an proper agent yet. He knows he should, but he and Dinoco are enough right now.
-can throw Cal over his shoulders and drag him around (no matter how much Cal screams at him to put him down)
-broke off his contract with Harv and put Harv on a no contact list. I don’t personally think Harv was physically or extremely abusive- I thinks he’s more exploit-y and mostly cares about fame and money. He was really distant with McQueen but he did have a good hold over the kid, I mean we all know how excited Lightning gets when he gets to talk to or even see Harv. The entire court case was about Harv taking more of Lightnings winnings than what’s legally allowed, and it really changed Harvs attitude towards Lighting, which led to a restraining order and a no contact order.
-I have another headcanon that Harv became Jackson Storms agent, which led to a whole other court case
-Sally was the lawyer for both those cases
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nurfhurdur · 3 months
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Lightning: So life in the '50s wasn't like the movie Grease?
Doc:
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marvuk · 3 months
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In the cars fandom, I heard the opinion that many people paint McQueen as young as Storm. I agree with this and I think the fact is that it really hurts us to see our idols grow old 😭
But over the weekend, I had fun painting and thinking about what lightning from Car 3 might look like in human Form. I am convinced that he would still be brutal And beautiful, but my skills do not give me the opportunity to draw it yet... So the chibi version!!!
AND I'm sorry but I have hadcanon that the rookie McQueen used lip gloss. DID YOU SEE HOW HIS LIPS SPARKLE IN THE FIRST MOVIE-
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also really like to think about the concept of "will you still love me when I'm no longer young and beautiful?" so...
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champmorado · 2 months
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does anyone else hc sally and mcqueen as child-free by choice?
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beetlecakes · 1 month
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More humanized Lightning McQueen headcanons
Man’s knees pop likes he’s an old man
I read somewhere one of the most common injuries are knee injuries and back pain
Like I think he probably has chronic knee pain
Constantly wraps and has to ice it after a race or practice
Doc makes sure he is taking care of his body because he knows that Lightning will neglect it out of pride
Once Harv kept scheduling him races back to back and Lightnings completely neglected his knee due to barely having any downtime to rest
His knees completely buckled after a race, causing him to fall to the ground and Doc nearly had a damn panic attack thinking the kid passed out
Doc refused to let Lightning race or practice for a week
He complained because he said he was “bored”
Secretly he loved the free time and being able to actually relax and let his body heal
Lightning takes cooking lessons from Flo because Doc could not stand Lightning being okay with eating cereal for dinner
Doc asked Flo to give Lightning lessons so he could cook for himself when he wasn’t home
Every week he will occasionally go out and play poker or cards with Sheriff
Lightning surprisingly picked up fast and cooked a meal for Sally
He got a recipe from Luigi and it was the best thing Sally ever ate
She won’t admit it tho
Lightning is great with kids
Sally has talked about having kids but obviously is the far FAR future
Lightning won’t admit it, but he’s afraid of being a dad
His real father was horrible to him
His mom left him when he was a toddler
He knows nothing about how to be a father, only what a father isn’t
But the more time he spends with Doc, the more he realizes what a father should be
Because obviously he sees Doc as a father figure
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roe-and-memory · 2 months
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this is essentially lightnings rusteze commercial in cars 1
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pinkpinkstarlet · 2 months
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guys hear me out
what if Lightning’s family consisted of a (deceased) dad, a stepmom, and his half sister
LEMME COOK HERE IM COOKING SO HARD
@crab-boi-blog @champmorado @x0stormie0x
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thatonelightyear · 7 months
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Piston Cup Racers Hcs (i lost track which part alr... Travel edition!)
Ill just do the cars 1 trio first because i am sleepy and this is too long but i havent done hcs in so long and id rather do this than any work so.
Strip Weathers
Honestly? Wants to take Lynda out to a fancy restaurant and just spend time with her, or even go admire the scenery together.
Very chill. Does not over or under pack at all, somehow.
Will, however, end up talking for a couple of hours to some random strangers about racing, somewhere.
This normally happens when Lynda is shopping- but only on occasion
Sticks to his wife like his life depends on it (because it does. he sucks at navigating)
Tries to experience as much of the culture as possible!
So. damn. polite. No one can get angry at him for trying wrong.
Can probably master an accent within a week with some unseen talent
Likes the freedom that comes with not being recognised a lot (im going off this that like outside of usa ppl don't know much about nascar and so this applies in carsverse to the piston cup like everyone knows its there but like. not intimately familiar)
Makes the most of it, but hates the plane rides
Chick Hicks
Shopping. Bro can never get enough of shopping and it is an issue (for his finances? yes. for his ego? nah.)
Will probably get drunk at least 3 times while sampling the local alcohol (not so much of 'sampling' more of taking shots :skull:)
Preens at every opportunity he gets recognised, probably- (yes.)
lowkey brings the 'other countries are cool but my own country is better' vibes. but only because he hates being left out of conversations and god damn it is annoying when he can't understand jack shit of what everyone else is saying
therefore he tries to go to english-speaking countries as much as possible
would taste-test the cuisine and make a rating for every. single. meal.
gets lost in the airport, nearly misses his return flight. barely makes it though
business-class traveller. will probably start talking to the person next to him VERY loudly and with no regard
Lightning
I mean come on we've all watched cars 2
As polite as can be (i have to be a good representative of USA racers-)
Still manages to get at least 2 speeding tickets every time he travels
Packs too much, paranoid something will happen he's not prepared for like you never know
souvenirs!! and definitely buys doc a fridge magnet from every trip. doc keeps them all on the fridge, but never talks about it unless forced to
'oh sally would like this'
if he buys anything, it'll probably be some nice clothes for himself - man's got a decent fashion sense
makes a joke and realises everyone else probably don't understand. whoops.
visits archeological sites if there are any! (a huge history nerd. especially for his dinosaurs hehe)
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argumentativeaxolotl · 4 months
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Hii, can you do random headcanons human au about lightning and doc? Like a father/son relationship?
Yes! I can do that for you! Thanks for asking ^^
LIGHTNING & DOC FATHER/SON HEADCANONS(HUMANIZED)?!? REAL?!:
Im so sorry there aren’t too many 😭 for some reason I’ve been struggling with concepts so if I think of any good ones later, I’ll add them back here! I hope you like these my friend!
- In my AU at least, Lightning never had a stable home-life, constantly jumping from foster home to foster home and sometimes said foster homes wouldn’t be the best. I’d assume thanks to his unfortunate circumstances, he never really had anybody take care of him until Mack and Doc arrived- even then there was only so much Mack could do or say in fear of getting fired or something.
- Doc loves Lightning(this is obvious), but the kid cannot cook for the life of him so whenever Lightning does something nice for Doc and makes food for him, and it ends up genuinely being shit or inedible, Doc will still eat it anyways because of how happy Lightning looks when he does.
- Lightning’s love language is gifts and making things for other people(even if he thinks he’s good at it, but really isn’t). I’d imagine Doc has a lot of random nicknacks and bracelets from Lightning lmao.
- I think that the first time Lightning accidentally called Doc Dad he got so scared and embarrassed that he fucking bolted out the door, ran to his 95, and raced outta town like a bat out of hell. He’s like “fuck I can’t go back and show my face! Doc’s gonna think I’m weird or something!!!!” But then doc’s like,”You think of me as a dad?! 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰” and immediately goes out after Lightning and brings him home- possibly having a heart to heart or something.
- Doc will do very small things that mean the world to Lightning, such as taking him to the store with him, going on small trips with him, just generally making Lightning feel wanted and just spending time with him.
- This one’s not necessarily Lightning and Doc only and is sorta canon, but Doc is everyone’s father 💀💀💀. Doesn’t matter who you are, as soon as you step foot in Radiator Springs once and you plan to stay for more than half an hour, then you are his kid. You have been adopted.
- Doc gave Lightning a bedtime. And Lightning was not happy abt it 😭. Lightning, despite being a mostly functioning adult, was still taking horrible care of himself(likely due to Harv’s harmful teaching and shitty “philosophies”. Fuck that guy) and would go to bed at seriously ungodly hours, even during race weekends which was a no no for obvious reasons. There was also the fact that Lightning got snippy and short whenever he didn’t sleep and everyone on the team was simply too nice to say anything until Doc did. I’d imagine it was because Lightning decided it would be a good idea to mouth off to the man after a race that went awry and he said stuff he didn’t mean. Doc would likely then realize the kid needed to have a nap before he collapsed or whatever then magically after said nap he was a bit better. Doc then decided that the kid’s bedtime would be 10:30 on the dot. Lightning, deciding he was an adult, complained to the man to which Doc replied with how shitty the kid had been acting which led to Lightning having a realization and leading to him apologizing his team who were more than forgiving and understood.
- Lightning’s a fuckingn iPad kid and Doc knows it and uses it to his advantage 💀💀. Whenever Doc just needs a second to himself or wants to disappear without worrying Lightning(a note or two would be written and left on the counter as well) he’ll leave a documentary- likely about prehistoric animals or modern animals- playing on the TV that will invest Lightning until Doc gets back.
- While having a stable father figure is new to Lightning, having a son-figure is for Doc as well. After Lightning called him dad, Doc has been reading every parenting guide book and news article and children’s mental health guide he could get his hands on. He didn’t want to mess up with the kid and he was still young(Doc knew Lightning didn’t have an all-too stable home-life, why else would he never talk to his parents or family members if he even had any?) and decently impressionable- plus there was all that deep-rooted shit Harv fucked Lightning up with. Doc did not want to hurt the kid and so he did his best with what he could, but it was hard since Lightning wasn’t exactly a child. Doc does his best anyways.
- Doc always gives 101% of his attention to Lightning, even when he’s physically doing something else such as making coffee. Doc loves listening to Lightning’s sometimes nonsensical rambles and rants about dinosaurs(Lightning is 100% a Dinosaur kid I know one when I see one for I am also one) and will listen when he starts nervously rambling about them during a race as well. He’ll always listen to his rants and stories, doing his best to keep up with the youngster. He’s glad Lightning loves sharing his interests with him and everyone in Radiator Springs. Lightning himself loves that he’s allowed to just keep talking all he wants and so he does, but he doesn’t have to “make sure” they’re still listening like he’d have to with Harv or shitty old friends of his because they’d all be paying attention anyways, even while busy. It made him feel all warm and fuzzy inside.
- Doc teaches Lightning how to do DIY shit or how to fix things(aside from cars. I’d imagine they bond on that. Maybe this one can be changed to Doc taught Lightning about the insides of a car? Like “if you wanna race, you can’t just know the pedals and wheel. You gotta know everything about your car” or something. Little lesson yk?) like doorframes or putting together IKEA furniture(screaming and crying). I’d imagine he loves teaching Lightning how to do woodshop and Lightning loves making little sculptures.
- For his first Father’s Day in Radiator Springs, Lightning decided to get the entire town involved since he wasn’t entirely sure what Doc liked and didn’t like that he could get the man. With his little dilemma, he went to everyone in the town getting input from everybody- some ranging from getting Doc an entire new tool kit or some sort of organizer thing to a nice set of overalls Doc could wear when fixing up the Hornet or working on projects. I like to think that maybe the entire town also get him things and nicknacks since everybody realized how much of a father Doc was. I think Lightning would be like,”fuck what do I get him 😰😰” Sally would be like,”BRO JUST GET HIM SOMETHING. HE’LL LOVE IT EITHER WAY ESPECIALLY IF IT COMES FROM YOU!” And then he decides to get Doc everything the others said anyways to which Doc is surprised and proves Sally right by saying something like,”Kid, you’re the only gift I need.” Or something corny. Maybe even like,”Kid, these are all wonderful, but you didn’t have to get all of these just for me.” Or sumn. Doc 101% uses all of the items everyday tho.
I’m sorry if these are a little short I’ll add some more later if k come up with good ones lol
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Have some HeadCanons of my own of certain characters.
No offense I just can’t see Nigel with a boy so yeah. It just doesn’t seem right. So he’s Straight Ally and Demiromantic. 🫤
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