The fact that Fred talks enough about Tubbo that not only do the other workers tease them about it, but other workers actively expect Tubbo to be as kind and good as they make him out to be like oh my god. He does it sososo much that it's the same way the islanders knew about Tubbo's crush on Fred. But it took them too long to figure out that they genuinely liked each other and now it might be too late
"Yeehaw! At least, the second place. At least, the fucking second place. Agh! I wanted that win so bad. Fuck! But what a race, honestly...there's nothing left. Oh my god." "That was a race, though. I enjoyed it so much. As much as- fuck. Ah, the win. Anyway..."
So basically Sainz' wins were gifted according to the TP of Scuderia Ferrari.
Fred Vasseur said he asked Leclerc to start on softs, “sacrificing himself” in Singapore, but Leclerc said HE was the one who came up with it on the day. Somebody is cooking with the stove off here.
Listening to the BBC radio adaptation of Pratchett’s Night Watch (which is great, incidentally, and I will link to below) and fully realising that not only is Vimes an influence on Endeavour’s Fred Thursday (that goes without saying and has been confirmed by Russell Lewis as well as being just obvious once you know both characters pretty well :) ), but a couple of Igor’s lines (ones definitely lifted from the book) are suspiciously close to the sorts of things Max says. I mean “I find that when I’ve got someone on the slab and had, you know, a rummage around...”... (We are talking about the young Igor working for the Watch, after all, and he’s pretty much a pathologist...)
Russell Lewis, you are a beautiful Pratchett-obsessed weirdo. ;-)
Here’s that link. Not all the episodes are up yet, but the first three are. The first episode’s only up until 16th May 2023 so be warned... https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/series/b010ns42
(Night Watch is fantastic. It also comes with some content warnings especially for things concerning childbirth and political oppression. Also also it itself is partly an AU of Les Miserables which means that Thursday is based on a (heroic but very cynical) character who is both Javert and Valjean at different points in this story which is PERFECT because of course Roger Allam has played both, one in the musical and the other in the radio adaptation :D ).
Something about Fred being so high up in the Federation and having a lot to lose. Something about Tubbo being one of the Federation's biggest annoyances. Something about Fred sticking his neck out for Tubbo, even when things are rocky between them. When Fred sent all those flowers promising loyalty, he truly meant it, despite the danger it could bring.
-> flour battle. fred eating more than he's baking. cinnamon rolls and cookies. steeling his sweater. fred rolling up the sleeves to your elbows while you cook. strawberry jam. his arms around your waist. trying to be as quiet as possible at 3am in the burrow's kitchen. fred kissing your nose with a silly smile on his face. christmas spice smell.