#more chatty thoughts

[racingliners]

Livery Watch 2024

Well I am typing this out way earlier than I expected (thanks McLaren), but I legit had so much fun rating and yelling about all the different team liveries last year that I'm going to do it again this year.

This was going to be my wishlist/prediction post for each team but lo and behold McLaren revealed their 2024 livery today, so I'll be talking about the remaining 9 teams instead, and I'll go a little bit more in-depth in the reblog below about McLaren's 2024 livery.

Red Bull: As much as I desperately yearn for a return to the glossy dark metallic blue livery of the early-mid 2010s, I am 90% sure we're going to see the same livery on their car they've used since 2016, but with the usual annual sponsor logo adjustments

Mercedes: Given how positively their return to an all black livery was perceived, I think we'll see the same thing on the car this year with very subtle silver and Petronas teal accents. (However a piece of my heart would certainly be very happy with chrome silver as an alternative!)

Ferrari: Also asking Ferrari to ditch the matte paint but I know it won't happen. I honestly loved last year's livery, especially with the text logo on the rear wing, but if they go for a more burgundy leaning red like their 1000th race livery then I will have never said anything bad about Ferrari ever actually.

Aston Martin: Zero notes. Though if I see any exposed carbon I will be suing Lawrence Stroll for emotional damages.

Alpine: I am actually a blue and pink livery apologist (the all over pink is still extremely beloved though!!) so hopefully we'll have more of the same this year.

Williams: I've really loved the geometric blue tile livery they're ran for the past couple of years, my only tweak would be to use slightly lighter shades of blue since overall last year's grid did look quite dark last year with all the exposed carbon. I'm also echoing what I said last year in that a total switch up to the white to blue ombre livery the team ran during their RoKit sponsorship years would be really nice to see.

Sauber: No I'm not calling them Stake F1 Team Sauber, I have better things to do with my time. It's just Sauber. Anyway, I'm expecting the livery to be quite a drastic change as part of the rebrand from Alfa Romeo to Stake, and if we're taking hints from their big social media overhaul I think there's going to be a lot of black and neon green (I do think that they're going to be treading a fine line between looking really nice or the W15 ordered off Wish)

Alpha Tauri/Racing Bulls: I honestly loved the navy and white Alpha Tauri liveries, imho they were really stylish and made them look like less of a Red Bull junior team. I don't really know what their rebrand is going to look like, so in the mean time I am going to yearn for a return to the iconic Toro Rosso drinks can livery from 2017 and 2018.

Haas: Unless Moneygram join the exodus of departures from Haas, I think we're going to see some kind of black and white livery with red accents. Personally I'd like there to be more red and a glossy black (matte pain continues to be my behated) but like with Red Bull if it ends up being a nearly identical livery to last year then I won't be surprised.

#Formula 1 #Livery Watch #Livery Watch 2024 #this one was much more chatty than last year; it's either the cold medicine or my need to yell dfvuhfduvsh #anyway McLaren thoughts coming imminently!

[deadwooddross]

Oh yes also, feel free to ask me things, my precious characters of course are always top of the list for things I may answer

But if I don’t answer I may also just chew on it forever…like that one question about coffee, now I know Ish is a Butter coffee girl, but when am I ever gonna mention that

#I was very chatty back in the day but not so much now #ALAS #I MISS IT SOMETIMES #not art #I’ve thought about making a more ramble/doodle friendly blog but it’s so hard for me to keep up with more than like. two #and I already have my reblog blog to keep track of

[killadelphias]

Please get more mean about fanon :) we wanna see it

prefacing this to say that one day i’m gonna post fics and make posts with bad takes & people are gonna be like uhhhh look here dude, turns out you also suck. sure! cool! we’re all multifaceted people, in theory, and sometimes you hit and sometimes you miss. I think there are a lot of really talented and interesting people in this fandom. it's all interpretations and headcanons and personal opinions. however. this is what misses for me:

fashion! It shouldn't really matter but ughh 😒 I'm really into fashion and costume design and expanding the imagination to a broader wardrobe (i have secret pinterest boards of ST character fashion aesthetics actually ssssh it's fine). but, Michael "He-Wouldn't-Wear-That" Wheeler. why is mike so often made out to be this hybrid of 2007-esque emo kid and glam rocker? He’s just a dude. That’s why i like him. His 80s teenage rebellion is to stop dressing like a baby accountant/mini-ted exclusively donning the latest Gap window display. He's breaking free from the Sears catalogue but he's not about to go join van halen. Maybe some ripped jeans. Band tees. That leather jacket. exploring creativity in denim. Subtlety mimicking eddie m but not really ever going full metal-head. he might go a liiiiiittle new wave, but not too far. It’s the falsity of insisting on the nail polish and the fucking non-existent rhinestone belt and leather pants and makeup for me as a prerequisite for an accurate mike portrayal. and to me that’s… not mike. It’s maybe the inability to remove the actor’s extra curricular modeling career from the fictional character on tv. Mike is just some dude!! And that’s ok!! folks are not gonna like that one, but that's what they call an informed opinion!! 😎 personal preference, some may scream, but whatever. the planet keeps spinning.

the reddie-fication of byler. I love IT and reddie. Will is not eddie kaspbrak. Mike is not richie tozier. Yeah man, i get it. 80s and gay repression and insecurity and secretly being in love with your best friend. But that’s where it stops. I personally don’t see many similarities between any of these characters. Will is not a jock!! He would never join a sports team!! He is not joining track or working out a ton! That makes sense in the context of the eddie k character (i’m not saying that eddie is a jock lmaoooo god no, i’m just saying that track and running are a believable eddie fanon thing and there’s already a bunch of eddie k stuff i see projected onto will so nahhh). & eddie and richie are at each other’s throats and making bitchy little comments and riling each other up but mike and will do not have that sort of relationship. Yeah, they’re gonna argue and snip at each other but it’s a different flavor, it’s a different cuisine entirely. AND ANOTHER THING, why do people put the milkdud dynamic on will/mike. They are not constantly rolling their eyes, exasperated and dismissive with each other either, for the record. They’re genuinely best friends. Where’s the best friendship-ism of it all?!! That’s what makes mike and will such a good pair! The codependency, the longing, the complimentary dynamic, conversationally being on the same page. Ughhhh. 

I feel like so many folks just want sanded down versions of these characters. Where Will is stoic and colder and loses his quick jump into extreme emotions. have him weep, have him be annoyed and jealous, have him tear up. let him be anything but this personality-lacking shell. He is not a quippy badass. He is a mess, sometimes pathetic, he is the personification of ‘do it scared, do it sobbing, do it anyway.’ and mike. Hmm. mike is abrasive, he can be an asshole. Mike cares a lot. Mike’s friends actually like him and value him. He can be all of these things simultaneously. Why is he portrayed in story after story as being this mopey burden, this person they regrettably keep around only to insult and discredit? It’s weird. Why is everyone always threatening him when it comes to his relationship with will? No one is doing that. Kill the shovel talk. Take your fucking shovel and dig a grave and bury it and walk away. Corny ass trope. Why is the fanon portrayal of the party this bunch of meddling kids, overly invested in their two friend’s love lives, placing bets and feeling no shock in 1980-whatever when mike and will get together, exchanging money and being smug? What is that? Corny ass trope. 

Speaking of sanding them down……… to be quite honest, there is so much realistic stuff already out there. wHoLsEoMe. i love sappy stuff, i love slice of life and all that but there comes a point when it feels like the meat of the actual show is something people wished wasn't an aspect?? i get that you can just write whatever you want and have whatever takes you want and that’s cool i guess, but then so much of the personalities of these characters (not just will/mike, the whole damn show cast) has been shaped by the supernatural/horror elements liiiike. It’s there for a reason. That’s the show. So many character traits and motivations and whatnot are because of the setting. I can’t personally separate the canon story from the canon characters. if byler wasn't a factor in ST i would still really really love ST soooo. Idk this is such a vague point but it is what it is, it’s been talked to death and i’m beating the dying horse like a pinata but the prize unfortunately is people accusing you of saying that one heartstopping teen show shouldn’t exist. Ok???? 🤔

The fucking wheeler family. Aren’t they interesting enough without making them the byers 2.0? This point has also been done to death but can’t we just watch the show and see literally what is being portrayed on screen? Middle america flavored conformity in the face of rampant political conservatism in rural indiana in the 1980s and how mike wheeler is fucked up from that environment, creating what he’s got going on internally? That’s not enough of a bold fucking characterization and motivation for you? You gotta make shit up? Idk man. Ted wheeler is not Doing All That. i see so much that just bewilders me. like cool original idea you came up with, cool random post you made. What does it have to do with the ST we are actively watching? The wheelers are kind of what we see is what we get. Idk does my staunchness on this make me boring? I just don’t think it’s necessary to invent shit when we already have so many different family dynamics available to analyze in the actual show. 

I feel like some people saw what mike and will were like in s2 and just. Stopped. Caring? or are interested in character growth whether “positive” or “negative” only in the way that only fits their mental aesthetic? Like it or not (i personally love s3 and i know this is an unpopular view on tumblr.com. it’s not without major flaws, but i still like it a ton) but s3 happened and these are the characters who we have decided to allow total brain infiltration. Characters grow and develop their personalities in this fictional world and where we are as of s4 is worlds away from s2. It’s ok to not think of them as innocent twelve year olds forever…

Fanon’s favorite cliche: “Will fell first but mike fell harder” lol fuck off. I hate this phrase in regards to ships in general but this???? Oh boy. Oh boy i laugh. Will “i’m not gonna fall in love/tears in my eyes you’re the heart/ you make me feel like i’m not a mistake/ down bad 24-7 mike wheeler is the light of my life my literal knight in shining armor” Byers …… hmm. 🤣🤣🤣

#idk i am just some dude w thoughts on this damn show #this is pretty long but i am CHATTY as fuck and i don't usually say much but maybe i should stop holding back and just SPEAK #i honestly have sooo much more to say about everything else i kind of got caught up on byler stuff but this novel needed to end lol #nothing matters honestly it's just a television show we're all gonna be ok 😎 #asks #st

[calangkoh]

ill say it again im a firm believer that ed’s (all versions of him) default state is relaxed, happy, and friendly (as opposed to grumpy, off-putting, jerky, etc). we just see him at his worst/reacting to worst case scenarios. but even 03 ed, who is Depressed Supreme, in his day to day life where we don’t see him as viewers, i firmly believe embodies that kid with a gigantic grin we see in so much official art and occasionally onscreen. and its not just a smile through the pain kind of grin. for a kid who suffers so much, i think it’s nice to headcanon him as a generally happy and optimistic person. he just gets in his moods sometimes that are the result of trauma and being a rebellious snot nosed teenager that give him Bad Mental Health Days. And of course, his hair trigger temper. But default state=happy and energetic and nice to people and quick to bounce back from bad things that happen to him because that’s just life and he likes living it

#also its easier to be a grump around ppl youre closest to so hes more inclined to let himself be in a bad mood around al or winry #sometimes ed has bad mental health days and thats not unusual to al or winry but its not his whole life #that should be obvious i feel but i wanted to state it outright because yeah lets mention that just because #03 ed has the shittiest most traumatic life hes not just miserable all the time because thats not how life is or how people are #and ed of all people knows how to bounce back from a bad mental health day with a good attitude #how else would he be able to keep going #ed is n extravert so of course the times where hes being intriverted is when hes being depressed and grumpy but thats not really him #thats the depression talking #hes an extravert! hes excitable and friendly and chatty on the average day #we just always catch him in a bad mood fkejjcje and i think thats actually a funny thought #like the other soldiers know when to stay away but then like hughes or mustang just approach him anywah #and everyone else is like ‘wow hes approaching fullmetal when hes in one of his MOODS? ok its theyre funeral. teenagers are scary’’

[stabbyfoxandrew]

okay alright so.

i have the next three chapters of cosmic lost and found basically done sooo like when i get four done maybe i'll start posting them? like one chapter on sundays? and i think that might give me time to write the next four?

#i don't know man i want to Read this more than i want to Write it lmao #also ignore my press conferences about this fic if you want i just need to talk :')) #also these next three chapters are rather on the short side (two of them are neil pov!) so it shouldn't be too hard to edit them? #the 4th however is andrew pov and well... he's chatty : ) #and insane and i love him also (spoiler) but it's him picking up neil his soulmate from the airport and all that entails lmao #i'm excited but at the same time since it's a canon rewrite i don't want to copy directly from canon but i want it to feel the same? but #from andrew's pov? idk idk it's Stressful to me :') #also idk if i told you guys but there's gonna be like 50 more chapters (if i counted right?) and god jesus that is an intimidating number. #most of them won't be too long though? probably? maybe? #also i'm just rambling now anyhowwwww #just thought i'd be insane and puke words all over your dash you're welcome <3<3 #diaerie

[crabbng]

Yahuul is the women of all time i love her and she speaks sign language? Love her even more, SHES A BADDIE SHE DOES NOT CARE

just for clarification, yahuul is nonbinary and does use they/them pronouns BUT i don't think there's any way you would know that from the comic only so do not feel bad.

THAT BEING SAID, you are so right. an absolute baddie. an icon.

#one thing i want to do in their next appearance bc i realized later that it's kind of............ probably not super cool #is they mostly use one word phrases #because it's easy to look up one word at a time lol #but i'd like to have them use more phrases #idk. just more variation #but that's not relevant to this ask lol #just my thoughts #asks #noeggets #because its like. a language. #you can use it for complex thoughts and sentences #so i feel like i should at least sometimes you know? #like yahuul isn't a hugely chatty #but still #WHATEVER its just something i've been thinking about so thank u for giving me a chance to rant about it lol

[pen-papers]

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#sorry for the delay in things folks #it's just....a lots been happeining in my family life and its taken more of strain than i thought it would #i just havent been in the right headspace and have been sleeping in most days / dont want to be too chatty about it #have some peices to do and wrap up-its just....getting there #sorry again and im just hoping you are all well

[puppyclutz]

i think ppl forget that ellie is very like. passively sui*idal and has this immense weight and guilt on her shoulders for being immune and needing to be the 'savior'. i understand why ppl dislike joel but like. i saw a few ppl say he saved her on the chance that she *didnt* actually want to die, even if that chance was very slim. people dont put themselves in joels shoes on the idea that if it were someone you loved, you would do the same in a heartbeat. he was only being a father in my eyes. he didnt take away her choice, to be quite honest she didnt really have one in the first place if you think about it. dying was always kind of her cruel destiny, whether she wanted it or not.

#chatty cat #tlou #the last of us #tlou hbo #tlou spoilers #the last of us hbo #this wont get a lot of attention but like #idk. i used to see joel as a morally grey character until i thought more about it #and hes really not the bad guy

[allylikethecat]

I'm 1,000 words into the next chapter of the A&E fic and they haven't even made it to A&E yet 🤦🏻‍♀️

#allylikethecat #ally's thoughts #ally's creative process #rid me of the blues #the infection fic #the infection fic verse #infection fic verse #infection verse #the infection verse #sorry im feeling really chatty tonight #and forcing my thoughts upon yall #i promise i'll have the chapter ready for tuesday #this week was just a lot more crazy busy than anticipated #a&e fic #the a&e fic

[milfygerard]

this is something ive seen a few times on my dash and i dont think ppl know this so i just wanna say that while its fun to joke about or even just discuss frank songs being about gerard a lot of the ones i see brought up frank has said are about like. his struggles with addiction (medicine square garden, veins veins veins) or complicated family situations (veins again, fantastic bastards tho not confirmed to be abt frank at all) idk i just want ppl who maybe didnt known to like know that

#barry.txt #this post is worded so strangely sorry #also FB isnt confirmed to be abt franks life it could be fictional or about d*wees. i know it has the ft willz quote but i think #they just lifted that bc its a great line and makes for a great chorus #veins veins veins and medicine square esp bother me bc i feel like franks struggles w addiction get sort of ignored or pushed to the side #despite being a very very present theme in his work #it kinda goes w his chronic illness and non gerard relationships as things that go kinda ignored when analyzing/discussing his songs #also i did just take ritalin. and its making me very chatty and ive wanted to talk abt this for awhile #i also do think it creates a very....idk what to say except fanficcy idea of what frank and gerards connection and friendship actually Were #this all kinda goes for the ft willz poetry as well tbh. i love thinking abt it and also love living in these #bitches discogd rent free jokes but its clearly aslo discussing franks chronic illness and struggles w touring and his relationship w his #wife #sorry oh my god. i wrote so much. its not that big a deal ive just thought abt this and havent said anything in so long #that i ended up having way more to say than needed #also im not mad at anyone for posting abt this we do not know these guys and these guys probably barely care #just. my brain. thats it lol

[isabellthebitchyghost]

i just found out my new next door neighbor is the dad of my few doors down neighbor, i think that's insane

#i had an inkling cuz they do have a resemblance and they hang allllll the time #but honestly my first neughbor is just a hella chatty and nice dude so i just thought they became fast friends #and that first neighbor likes to be helpful so it made sense #but now it makes way more sense #both of them are super sweethearts tbh the dad offered to wash my car like 2 weeks ago cuz he was washing his

[bmpmp3]

although i guess a point to me being genuinely kind of offline is i once had a job interview and they asked me what i would make as reels for their corporate instagram and i had to ask them what reels were

#i applied to that job by accident and i didnt realize it was a social media manager position until like i was already in the zoom call #(this was like in 2020 or something) (in my defense the job posting was vague) #i didnt know what reels were!! i didnt know. i hadnt used instagram for more than like 20 minutes before orz #that job interview in general was a little painful i felt so so bad for the interviewers #i knew theres no way i could get the job nor did i want the job once i realized what it was #so i was just like okay sure heres a quick little practice interview then so i didnt mind #but i imagine those poor interviewers. imagine u get a candidate for like. a chef position. and they dont know what a knife is #they asked me if i used twitter much and i was honest and said not since a little bit in 2014 for a class project #they asked if i used instagram and i said once or twice. also for school #facebook? anything? not really. technically tumblr and dA and such but i wasnt gonna tell them that part LOL #also sorry im suddenly really chatty at midnight. i had a bunch of homework to do and i just finished #so now ur getting all the thoughts i wanted to blog about while writing some discussion posts about class topics hjkfdsjgdklfsgsfa

[amarrymeinbostonwriter]

#I might have imagined this flirting thing we had closer to your last birthday??? #I realized that I'm an idiot because I didn't realize that we were flirting (if we were?)- I'm very chatty naturally #I didn't forget our back and forths but I thought you deserved better than me #I am still looking for work and trying to learn how to drive- I'm pretty sure you're past that so I didn't want to hold you back #but I know you like Michelle Branch and you deserve some recognition and I hope you are doing well! :) #seriously hope you're doing well b/c I haven't heard from you in a while #very tempted to post more 2000s music- like a whole playlist of stuff but I don't want to be annoying #michelle branch #2000s nostalgia #breathe #music #music video #Youtube

[tejoxys]

I think I might be working too much when I start having thoughts like, "I think someone bullied my wife (the airfuge); she's just not herself today"

#STEM hell #the airfuge is my wife because everyone hates that thing #on account of it is older than jesus and finicky and makes terrifying noises and most people can't use it right #so I did what I do which is identify the tasks everyone hates & make a point to get good at them #this is an altruism thing & a pride thing & a make them never want to let me go thing #anyway this evening the airfuge fought me more than usual & seemed to have acquired new dents? #and I had this thought. verbatim #for characterization purposes? #I may regret being so chatty tonight

[abiiors]

https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMj8x4v1d/

🫰🏻💖

GIVE HIM TO MEEEEE

all these edits chip away at my sanity every single day i swear

#STOP IT (send me more) #asks #chatty asks #ross macdonald #THE ONE IN THE JEANS IS SO INSANELY HOT LIKE I HAVE VERY VERY INSANE AND NASTY THOUGHTS

[catfuyus]

we know how vampires are basically impossible to injure or hurt if you’re a human right? well what about vampires that weaken the more they love you. like nothing outside a wooden steak to the heart can wound them, but a little slap from their human lover has their cheek reddened for hours

#I am watching vampire diaries is that obvious lol #they’re all so strong and fast and practically indestructible #but a light slap or pinch from their human lover #who is so so much weaker and more fragile than they are #leaves a mark #I am thinking about when elena slapped damon & how it looked like his cheek was red #I mean technically it should’ve broken her hand #but I like the thought of the magic that makes them so strong and haunted also renders them weak to their loved ones 🥺 #anyways #vampire thoughts #I also like the thought of that instantly making it visible to others who their heart belongs to #love and violence my beloveds <3 #❚❙❘❙❚❘❘❙❘ chatty catfuyus #enemies to lovers maybe