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aerialworms · 1 year

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+ bonus Midam :)

(Shoutout to @bloodydeanwinchester for inspiring this, although I’m 75% sure this has been done before 😅 ID under the readmore!)

[Image ID: A series of screenshots of the Supernatural characters paired with the answers from a Buzzfeed quiz. The first image is the title of the quiz: “...would you fuck a clone of yourself?”

2. Sam Winchester, looking weirded out at his alternate self in 15.13 Destiny’s Child, answers “I don't want to fuck my clone because it would be gay sex and I'm not gay.”

3. Eileen Leahy, smirking at Sam in 15.07 Last Call, answers “I'm not gay, but I would actually totally fuck my clone.”

4. Jack Kline, looking baffled in 13.01 Lost and Found, answers “I'm gay, but I still don't want to fuck my clone, that's gross and weird.”

5. Castiel, looking scared as the Empty yells at him in 13.04 The Big Empty, answers “I don't want to fuck my clone because my self-loathing is THAT strong.”

6. Crowley, looking suggestively at Dean in a bar in 9.11 First Born, answers “I'd fuck my clone because who would know better how to fuck ME than ME?“

7. Dean, handcuffed on the floor in Endverse Dean’s cabin in 5.04 The End, tells his alternate self “I'd totally do all sorts of weird things to my clone I'd be embarrassed to ask someone else to do.”

8. Arthur Ketch in 13.07 War of the Worlds, pretending to be his twin, Alexander, answers “It's basically the same as masturbating, right? So no big deal.”

9. Mary Winchester yells at Ketch “It's not the same as masturbating; it'd be like having sex with your twin. Wrong and bad!”

10. Good!Charlie Bradbury from 10.11 There’s No Place Like Home says “I would not have sex with my clone because what if my clone is evil.” except the “what if” has been crossed out.

11. Mustachioed Gabriel from the Casa Erotica DVD in 5.19 Hammer of the Gods answers “Not only would I have sex with my clone, I'd probably make a bunch of clones and just get it on with all of them at once because that's how pro-clone fucking I am.”

12. Chuck, in 11.20 Don’t Call Me Shurley, shrugs and tells Metatron “I'd totally fuck my clone because I want to know if I'm good in bed.”

13. From the start of 9.18 Meta Fiction, Metatron tells the viewer “To be honest, fucking my clone has always been my fantasy.“

14. Michael and Adam on their dinner date in 15.08 Our Father, Who Aren’t In Heaven. Their answer is simply “Yes.”

All the images are watermarked with the creator’s url, “@aerialworms”. /End ID]

#whoo boy i spent way too long on this #worth it though #spn #memes #and now for the tagging jesus christ #sammy #eileen leahy #jack the baby god #castiel #deannnnnn #king of hell #ketch #mary winchester #charlie bradbury #gabe the babe #midam #i added the episodes in the id because i spent ages finding the perfect screenshots #from relevant scenes (or as relevant as i could make them)#especially dean's ketch's and cas'#and sam and charlie's #and of course the midam one because they're canon #the amount of doppelgangers on this show is insane #i also wanted to include that one shapeshifter that turned into mary while ketch was torturing him but alas mary's faces weren't any good #for the answer i wanted to pair her with #also SORRY if i left out anyone's faves i was going off vibes #metatron wants to fuck himself (affectionate) and the rest of us want him to fuck himself (derogatory)#and chuck's an insecure little bastard #also that's the scene where he was talking about how he'd slept with girls AND guys #eileen's 'i'm not gay' means 'i'm bi'#original poast

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bembwashere · 10 months

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AHIT DOODLE DUMP TIME!!

My arm has started hurting recently so I'm going to throw a couple things I've sketched out before and haven't really posted!

DOODLE DUMP UNDER CUT!

I was joking that if timepieces were shakeable and can work like glow sticks.

But also the fact that those things power HK's ship meaning they're technically batteries.

Also I thought it would be funny to put those two in the "If lost, return to [NAME]" and "I am [Name]" shirts.

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Been going through DW again and man, snatcher is a bastard.

Also why would he give HK the dress so willingly in DW? I like to think she just found it somewhere and it doesn't turn out so well.

My actual dad sometimes says this thing and it radiated snatcher energy

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SHAPESHIFTER! I love this little guy and drew that when I was about to go to bed fdasdfasd

Also drew SS's edgy human sona that he disguises himself as.

I'VE WANTED TO REDRAW THE MEME FOR SO LONG SO I DID IT. MJ is legally not allowed to swear tho so

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but wait. THERES MORE!

EXTRAS FOR PRIDE MONTH!

They get a little bit of pride swag,,, as a treat <3

Hope you guys enjoy these sketches! Idk when I'm going to do more art again, with my old dumb laptop and my dumb arm hurting, but I hope you have a nice rest of your day/night!

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bornetoblood · 2 months

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The Findings of Des Hallows- A Creature Journal.

Grim Flies: Grim Flies are by far the most common insect an explorer might encounter. They are generally harmless, if irritating. Their distictive elongaged front legs may look intimidating but they're predominantly for show. They produce a black honey to feed their spawn- both of which is kept within the Hives.

Grim Fly Hives: Despite its humanoid appearence, Grive Fly Hives (or, colloquially, Hearthomes) have no relation to us. They often stand facing corners or walls, cooing, (does it harbor affection for the insects?) until they are disturbed. When threatened it will bend backwards and attack any percived assailants. They appear to have evolved to support a symbiotic relationship with the Grim Fly- which nest in its chest. The chest in elder Grim Fly Hives is often convex due to an excess of honey. When the Grim Flies are removed from the Hive it looses all movement, going slack until they are returned.

Rusted Debutantes: These metal women are generally pleasant but one shouldn't let their guard down. I've seen her snap at the drop of a hat and tear strong men limb from limb. As lonely as this line of work can be, it is best to politly decline a liaison with her. All the Rusted Debutantes seem to be fasioned off the same woman, with slight differences in her outfits. There is a folktale of an Edwardian Steelworker, grief stricken over her beloved's marriage, turning to the construction of metal replicas that would outlive them both- but this is mear hearsay.

#WHOO BOY #long post #late night doodles with ratborne #The Findings of Des Hallows #horror #body horror #insects #trypophobia #death #gore #original art #i definatly wanna do more of this even if its just for me #writing

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seas-of-silver · 9 months

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Marinette wiped sweat off her sunburnt forehead and scratched at the mosquito bites dotting her arms before once again internally cursing herself for letting Chat drag her on this stupid camping trip. As much as she loved the wonders of nature, she was a city girl at heart! She would spend her hot evenings in her room with fans on, not hiking up a never-ending hill. She preferred doing her business in a toilet rather than a hole in the ground. She liked being in the safety and comfort of your home, and not in the wild with all these god. damn. mosquitos!

She slapped her arm. She missed.

'Come on, Marinette!' Chat chirped joyfully. 'We're almost there!'

She huffed, readjusting her backpack. He was much too excited for her right now.

It was his excitement in the first place that got her into this mess. She had just been watering her balcony garden one afternoon when she spotted Chat bounding across rooftops over to her like a puppy that hadn't seen its owner all day.

'Marinette!' he had cried out, eyes agleam and grin wide. 'I have the most awesome idea!'

He had bounced on the balls of his feet as he gushed all about his idea about going camping - he had heard tales from his friends and wanted desperately to experience the activity for himself, but didn't want to go alone. He had made it sound fun, she'd admit, and any hesitation she felt in that moment evaporated when she saw the look in his eyes. While they glittered with wonder and enthusiasm, his eyes pleaded with her, conveying a longing and vulnerability that had the words spill from her mouth before she realised she had made a decision.

'I'll go with you.'

Chat's mouth had softly dropped open in surprise before grinning impossibly wide and sweeping her up a hug, twirling her around as he thanked her a thousand times over.

'You won't regret this!' he had promised her, practically vibrating with glee.

She slapped her other arm as she trudged through the dirt behind him as they weaved between the trees. She missed again.

When he had talked of camping, she had imagined going to a camp-friendly park in Paris, setting up a tent and having a picnic - after all, that was the type of camping she and her family did when she was little, and nothing Chat said disagreed with that image. She should've questioned harder as Ladybug when he begged her for the Horse Miraculous for "a very important mission" he had to do. She saw right through his flimsy excuse, not that she let him know it, and gave him Kaalki's glasses with the provisos that he take very good care of the Miraculous and kwami, and that should there be an akuma in Paris that he return immediately - conditions he accepted easily.

She thought he was going to stay within the country - how was she supposed to know he'd take Marinette to Australia?! She wasn't prepared for Australia! There were crocodiles and snakes and spiders and-

Slap!

-mosquitoes in Australia! This was a country famous for its dangerous wildlife - just look at the dingos!

'Chat, when you say "a little longer"-' she began.

'We're just here!' he confirmed brightly as he turned to face her, before turning sheepish. 'Um, well, I had to make the booking under my name... so, uh...'

He looked behind him, and she followed his gaze to the kiosk at the front of what she supposed were the camping grounds. She looked at the sign, and couldn't decide if she found "Mystery Bay" a fun name for a bay or an ominous one. Suddenly, it made more sense as to why Chat suggested she pack swimmers, not that she could quite see the bay from where they stood... which reminded her of their current conundrum.

'Um, I'll put my sunglasses on and close my eyes,' she suggested. 'You detransform and guide me where we need to go. When you see an opportunity, transform back.'

'What about when I give my name to the counter?' he asked.

Marinette paused. 'I'll put my headphones on and play music, so I don't hear it, and after you've finished there, tap my shoulder and I'll take them out so I can hear you again.'

'Sounds good to me!' he agreed, and she got to work.

Soon, her headphones were in and playing a playlist of Nino's music, her sunglasses were on with her eyes screwed shut, and her hands were holding firmly onto his arm. Even so, she almost ruined the plan when she felt the magic wash over her as he detransformed, making her skin tingle. All at once, she was acutely aware of how vulnerable he was, and how much he trusted her. She held him a little closer.

The wait was agonising. The music did little to soothe her nerves... especially when she could continue to feel those pesky bugs making her skin itch. Eventually, he tapped her shoulder.

'Hey, Marinette,' he said as she removed her headphones, 'everything is sorted. Ready?'

'Su-' she cut herself off as she slapped her arm again, and tsked when she missed.

'Ah, you being bitten by the mozzies, eh?' the man behind the counter asked her in English. Assuming "mozzies" were mosquitoes, she nodded. 'Here - spray some Aeroguard on ya, but I recommend you get some for yourself the next time you go past Woolies.'

She cautiously opened her eyes, studiously ignoring Chat's form next to her as she looked at the object in the man's hand, some blue can... a bug spray? She cautiously sprayed it on her arm.

'Don't be shy,' the man encouraged kindly, 'just spray it on - you too, mate,' he added to Chat next to her.

She was relieved the man didn't use her companion's name. Wanting to avoid any more close calls, she sprayed herself all over before blindly handing the can to Chat, closing her eyes again as soon as she held his arm again, feeling the fabric of his shirt against her skin. Her heart was pounding...and they hadn't even started camping yet.

She heard the can stop spraying and the man wishing them a great stay, before Chat started leading her down a path.

'Did you...see me?' he asked quietly.

'No,' she confirmed, 'I'm just glad he didn't say your name after I took out my headphones.'

He gave a light chuckle and she felt him relax. 'Me too.'

After a moment of walking, they came to a stop.

'This looks like a good spot to set up,' he declared. 'There's a toilet over there behind us, so I'll go in there and transform, okay?'

'Okay.'

When she heard his footsteps fade away, she opened her eyes. The afternoon sun was filtering through the trees and ocean glistened with distant sounds of waves gently crashing against the shore. It was rustic and had an understated beauty.

'So!' Chat said as he jogged back to her, suited back up. 'What do you think?'

'It looks great, Kitty,' she told him, and his chest puffed up with praise. 'Ready to set up camp?'

'Ready!' he replied, tail swishing in delight.

They got camp set up... eventually. They had some missteps, and at one point Chat was completely entangled in the tent as they were setting it up, making them laugh at the ludicrous situation. Photos on baton and mobile alike captured silly moments, pretty landscapes and happy selfies. They got some funny looks from the other campers at Chat's attire, but Chat played it off as him losing a bet, and the weird looks turned into fond head shakes and warm smiles.

As the sun began set, Marinette opened the large insulated bag her parents helped her prep for the trip. After the kerfuffle that was Weredad, the superhero was a frequent visitor to the Dupain-Cheng household, even joining in on family game nights when he was able. Her parents treated him like any other friend of hers, and Chat, in turn, warmed up to them immensely. So, when they told her parents about the camping trip idea, her parents were all for it, and helped Chat organise and plan it, since he wanted to take the lead on it. It seemed that her parents knew them well enough to know neither of them would know how to start a fire to cook things, as the insulated bag was full of sandwich ingredients, an assortment of their favourite pastries and sweets, cutlery, water, and two thermoses with warm soup. They chatted as they ate, happily talking about everything and nothing as the sky burnt a brilliant orange.

Once their hunger was sated, they packed their belongings away into their tent and went to explore the nearby beach. Marinette slipped off her shoes and socks as she walked along the sand, with Chat commenting that he was glad his suit didn't let the sand wiggle in. Their lighthearted and jovial banter gradually transitioned into a gentle contentedness, conversations becoming more heartfelt, deep and meaningful.

Marinette wasn't quite sure when exactly it was when the sun set, only realising how dark it had become when Chat suggested they lay down to stargaze. She agreed to his suggestion, settling herself down on the sand as he did the same next to her. They would occasionally "stargaze" at home on her balcony, making up stories of what they might be able to see if it weren't for the light pollution hiding the stars from their view.

'Oh wow,' she gasped.

This was nothing like stargazing at home! There were stars! Real stars! Thousands and thousands and thousands of them twinkling brightly in the night sky like diamonds and glitter scattered beautifully on navy velvet. The sky was painted with deep blues and purples as the stars shined white and gold; colours she never associated with the sky after dark.

'Do you like it?'

Marinette turned her head to look at Chat, who was smiling warmly at her.

'Kitty, this- this is gorgeous!' she gushed, looking back up at the sparkling heavens. 'I... I have no words for how beautiful this is.'

'I'm glad you like it,' he said softly. 'I know that you came on this trip because I wanted you to, so I wanted to give you something, too. That's why I chose this place. Nat- uh, I heard from someone I know that she had gone camping here one time and was in awe of the view... well, that, and that apparently there's a cave somewhere here that if you throw rocks at it, the rocks will spark and it looks really cool?'

She couldn't help but laugh. Of course that would be a factor in Chat's decision-making.

'Well, I love it,' she told him, looking at him as she reached out and held his hand. 'Thank you.'

'You're welcome, Marinette.'

They lay there for a while; seconds, minutes, hours... she wasn't sure. Marinette was enraptured by the stunning view, discovering something new with every second that passed. She wanted to commit it all to memory - she was inspired and was being filled with so many ideas that she was desperate to retain until she could put them all on paper.

Eventually, she sat up and looked over at Chat, who gazed up at her with a languid smile.

'Wanna go throw rocks at that cave?'

He jumped up with a burst of energy. 'Totally!'

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raayllum · 9 months

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thinking many ezran&rayla S5 thoughts.

#me ranting in my head: YEAH. Y E A H #there's something Here conflict wise #'it's not fair you have to go through this alone' 'you will be his greatest defender advisor and partner' 'stronger together'#i've wanted ezran to be pissed at both of them for so long im Ready #arc 2 #s6 speculation #brotp: it's super annoying #brotp: we're in this together #i'll circle back to this man #cause whoo boi #tdp spoilers #s5 spoilers #tag ramble #analysis series #for later

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sighonaraa · 9 months

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please serenade me with your fix-it fic thoughts on the team and Zava, because that shit in canon was WHACK

THANK YOU FOR PROVIDING ME THIS OPPORTUNITY. buckle up lads i am about to take us all on a journey of rage.

so. i'm outlining this fix-it, right. i'm thinking to myself that i can do whatever i want, right. i'm realizing this means that i could literally cut zava out of the story entirely, right. but then. But Then. i have a moment where i just sit there and stare at my screen and have the staggering SECOND realization that zava's presence in season 3 actually could have saved it, if they had utilized him properly.

"but sid! you hate zava! what are you Talking About You Fool!" allow me to explain. below the cut bc. oops. this got VERY LONG.

by introducing zava into season 3, the show had the opportunity to use him as the catalyst for the team banding together as, y'know, A Team. as the catalyst for players like sam and dani and colin to step up and assert themselves as excellent footballers in their own right.

dani did not deserve to serve as a talking head for How Great Zava Is. dani deserved to be recognized as one of the aces of the team, the way they introduced him in season 1, and take his place beside jamie as one of the team's central cogs! in the fix-it, dani is going to function as the person who sees zava for precisely what he is but chooses to let it go because he thinks everyone else is super jazzed about zava and he doesn't want to be the Debbie Downer Of It All. until he begins to realize that everyone else is not, in fact, super jazzed about zava. in fact, zava is actively undermining the team and seeding a shitton of self-doubt -- specifically, with jamie. which. jamie's arc is a Whole Other Beast that i won't get into right now. but! dani will not stand for this. and now that he knows that he is not alone in his feelings re: zava, he decides to do something about it. what does he do?

he goes to sam. sam obisanya, my belovedest, who despises preferential treatment and would not allow such unfairness to stand. sorry but i'm right. he Wouldn't. and dani is like. yo. zava, amiright? and sam is like. yo. you are so right. and both of them have noticed how different jamie is acting (AGAIN. there is a Whole Situation happening with jamie in this fic that i WILL talk about but NOT NOW), how the whole team is acting, and they come to the conclusion that they must create a grassroots movement to oust zava and reclaim the team as a team again.

yadda yadda yadda........ this also ties directly into my dissection of colin and isaac's storylines. colin goes against the team on the Zava Front because actually. he doesn't mind not being in the spotlight in favor of this superstar. y'know. and Plot Happens and the coming out storyline happens but DIFFERENTLY and it all stems from zava. and how his presence almost destroys the team but they are A Team and they refuse to be torn apart by this. this absolute buffoon. and EVENTUALLY ted is able to come back to himself and recognize how shitty the zava situation has been for everyone and. and yeah. that's the bare bones of it.

tl;dr: the season 3 fix-it will actually have MORE zava in it. but for a purpose beyond setting up a zavacado joke in the finale. y'know.

#SORRY THIS GOT LONG #whoo boy. i have Thoughts. i have Feelings. i have Rage.#stay tuned for more zava-ranting as i work my way through this fic!!#ted lasso #dani rojas #sam obisanya #season 3 fix it #sid speaks

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endtimers · 3 months

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yknow upon just having seen my maternal grandmother for the first time in a number of years i've just. gotta give it to erika ishii for ava burrow's end. if that isn't my grandmother. shit.

#burrow's end #d20 #whoo boy. Whooooo boy.#one visit back home and the intergenerational trauma rears its ugly ugly head #she breaks my heart #shows me pictures from when she was a child and i told her her little haircut was cute and she just said they didn't let her keep it long.#the shit she was put through. for being a métis child in canada.#the impact that had on her kids. my mum.#it's funny. like not really. but my mom would complain to me about things her mom did to her that she now does to me #i don't know if she realizes or not.#the things we (or don't learn) from our moms i guess

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lewishamil10n · 6 months

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Hellooo, anon here again. Yes hehe id love a merc val summary in general! What interests me the most is how he felt being 2nd driver and being given race orders and how that affected his relationship with lewis. Ive only seen a few 2021 races (early in the season) but but from what i get valtteri always complies (even if its reluctantly). (With my very limited information) i find it very interesting how val had a very tough time there but still managed to mantain a very good relationship with lewis. In what terms did he leave mercedes?

hi anon!! ok ok before i begin, a disclaimer: i began watching in 2021, i wasn't actually following val's career before that (or anyone's lmao) so i might miss some stuff. counting on the dash to correct me if so!

ok so to summarize, val entered f1 in 2013, with williams. it was fine. he got a handful of podiums, and actually finished 4th in the wdc standings in 2014! above seb and alonso. his teammate was massa from 2014-2016 and all three yrs val finished higher than him in the wdc standings.

five days after abu dhabi 2016, nico rosberg unexpectedly announced his retirement from f1. valtteri called up toto, who was his manager, and said he wanted the seat. toto accepted. they terminated their existing business relationship and valtteri became the new mercedes driver.

before we go on, we need to talk about lewis, and we need to talk about mercedes.

most teams have a hierarchy. they have a number 1 driver, who's the priority, and a number 2 driver, who's the support. some teams are really obvious with this, like red bull. some, not so much.

mercedes's philosophy on this is "let them race" and then later on in the season, depending on who has a better shot at the championship, they decide who to prioritize with strategy etc. the fact that that usually turns out to be lewis is not surprising, considering it's lewis.

i'm not sure how familiar you are with the brocedes years, but it all imploded quite spectacularly in 2016. barcelona that year is infamous for it, when they both crashed each other out. abu dhabi that year was messy too, with lewis deliberately slowing down everyone just to try to prevent nico from winning the championship. their friendship had gone to hell, their mental health (esp nico's) had gone to hell, and it was just... all around awful. the team was split too. it was essentially two different teams in the same garage - there was barely any communication or friendliness between nico's side of the garage and lewis's.

(lewis and nico's friendship, as of 2023, has not recovered.)

this is the team valtteri bottas came to.

he did very well in his first year in merc, 2017. he finished third in the wdc standings. team orders were only used a few times that year. shanghai, if i remember correctly. also, famously, hungary. not because valtteri was told to let lewis past. but because when lewis couldn't catch the ferraris ahead, despite being faster he returned the place to valtteri. other than all this, valtteri finally scored his first pole, and his first race win. he had a total of three poles that season (bahrain, austria, abu dhabi) and three wins (russia, austria, abu dhabi).

despite this excellent season, where he helped get mercedes to p1 in wcc, where he supported lewis for his championship win once it became clear lewis was the clear contender for it, despite all this, his contract was only renewed for one more year.

now, you can theorize all day long why that is. maybe toto did not want a repeat of terrible team dynamics, like there had been with lewis and nico. maybe he thought if it went bad, and if valtteri had a multi year contract, they'd be trapped. maybe he thought that if valtteri was constantly trying to prove himself and keep his seat, he would not cause any trouble. whatever it was, it's what kept this going until 2021. one-year contracts, every year.

2018 wasn't great for valtteri, comparatively. winless season, he finished 5th in wdc standings. but 2019 was another good year. five pole positions, four wins. he finished 2nd in wdc, his highest career finish. the team decided to keep him for 2020 instead of promoting esteban ocon, their reserve. 2020 was a mixed bag for valtteri too, but he finished 2nd in the wdc again, with five poles and two wins.

2021. one victory. he finished 3rd in wdc. it was a very... complicated year, to say the least, and not just because of how it ended. that's the year that mercedes said they would be replacing valtteri with george russell. toto wolff had the decency to wait until valtteri had a confirmed seat for 2022 with alfa romeo before signing george, but that in my opinion is the least he could've done lol

so the situation with team orders is that, i find it's often very exaggerated because it became a meme. also, here's the thing. unfortunately, people will use anything and everything they can to make lewis look bad. valtteri got caught in the crossfire of that. people could claim that because he receives team orders all the time he can't challenge lewis and that's why lewis wins, which is simply not true. valtteri is a very good driver in his own right, but lewis is simply better. this is something valtteri has said himself. he has admitted it took him a while to accept it, but he did accept it, that lewis is just faster.

(also, every team uses team orders. it's only become a joke with valtteri, which in my opinion ties into the whole thing where people just want to discredit lewis's victories and they don't care how insulting it is to both drivers to pretend they only happened because valtteri "rolled over for him")

which brings us to his relationship with lewis.

the first time they met, lewis and valtteri had a candid conversation where they promised to be honest, to not play games with each other. this is significant considering it's right on the back of the disaster that was the brocedes era. and here's the thing - both of them took that promise very, very seriously. that's how we have incidents like hungary 2017 where lewis gave the place back, and valtteri thanked him for the trust. over 2017 you can see how they're getting closer, going from colleagues to friends. for lewis at that time, that was huge. for valtteri, he has spoken about how he was well aware of the situation at mercedes before him, which is why he wanted to be a good team player too.

regardless of what valtteri's situation with mercedes was, it somehow managed not to affect his relationship with lewis. they've always maintained open and honest communication and i think that's why their friendship survived those years. it may not have, if it was any other driver. toto kept valtteri's position too uncertain, and lewis as a driver is so fucking good that i imagine it must be difficult as fuck to be his teammate, to be constantly compared to him, to have to fight him on track. but still, they didn't just survive, they grew closer. valtteri has said on the record that he still believes lewis is the fastest driver on the grid, faster than mv or charles. he's said that when he can't win the championship, he wants lewis to win it. after ad21 he said he felt like he'd lost too (if i'm remembering that correctly). lewis still refers to valtteri as his favorite teammate. valtteri called lewis his best friend in the sport. whenever possible, they go find each other in the paddock or during drivers' parades. they travel together. there is a level of ease between them that neither of them have with any other driver.

(lewis also has a framed and signed nude of valtteri in his house or motorhome, i forget which. he's "jokingly" offered to make one for valtteri, too. valtteri has "jokingly" offered him a dick pic next time.)

valtteri seems to be on good enough terms with toto too, considering it's toto's private jet he and lewis travel together in. toto is on his management team once more, now that he's no longer in mercedes. so on the surface they seem fine, and i'm pretty sure there isn't the animosity between them that people would like to believe. remember, we as fans are outraged on valtteri's behalf, and that's valid, but also valtteri was well aware of what he signed up for with mercedes. he knew what he was walking into, and he stuck with it because in return he got to improve his career. he got poles, podiums, wins, fastest laps. he's got a q3 streak longer than red bull racing as a team's. his stats are impressive as fuck, honestly. he would not have achieved this in williams. he probably isn't going to, in alfa romeo.

(the discussion of what the one-yr contracts did to his mental health is another one, probably a part of a bigger discussion on f1, mental health, and the drivers' own attitudes towards it)

so yeah, that's the story of valtteri bottas in mercedes. sorry for the length lmao but i wanted to cover everything i could! if i've forgotten anything or made a mistake, as always, the dash is welcome to correct me!

additional reading:

'eventually you meet someone better' - bottas on hamilton

hamilton labels bottas a ‘great team mate’ as he reflects on 10 years at mercedes

valtteri bottas on mercedes + alfa romeo goals | beyond the grid

valtteri bottas: a new attitude at alfa romeo | beyond the grid

valtteri talking about the nelson piquet sr scandal + the nude of himself he gifted lewis

#asks #anonymous #valtteri bottas #f1 #whoo boy this got long im sorry omg #but i hope it answers your questions!!#also as always if anyone on the dash has anything to add or any corrections pls do add them!!

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theragamuffininitiative · 2 months

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#sometimes i forget what website i'm on when looking for something bc i searched 'acna church'#aka the church i am currently happily attending #and everything here is very antagonistic and anti #and to avoid putting it in the tags you can easily see why if you just google #why did the acna split from american episcopal church lol #meanwhile i'm the prude going to the acna church instead of the episcopal church for um #well precisely those reasons #but anyways i was raised baptist so there really isnt much solidarity to be found #with my current long list of questions 😅#this post brought to you by my dad visiting my church tomorrow for the first time #and i'm mostly ok with it but whoo boy it could be a doozy of a time #ragamusings in the tags

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roymaes · 2 years

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10 years of collecting Fullmetal Alchemist merch °˖✧◝(⁰▿⁰)◜✧˖°

#fullmetal alchemist #fma #fma merch #collection #hello hi it's me #i haven't posted merch pics here for a long time #10 years on tumbl too whoo boy #i'm old

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nncc77 · 10 months

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Okay, this is where things get complicated.

In my mind, the single defining moment of V's life is meeting Jackie Welles. Jackie's friendship lets V get a foothold in Night City, and ultimately leads to meeting Dexter Deshawn and the ill-fated Heist at Konpeki.

If Vincenzo, habitual runaway and former Bakker becomes 'the' V, that means his sisters never befriend Jackie. Perhaps they might have met, especially as Valerie ran with the Valentinos for a time as well, but they never became close enough friends to work together. If Valerie, habitual risk-taker and volcanic temper becomes 'the' V, that means Vincenzo never gets the job that leads him to Night City, and he spends what remains of his life an exiled nomad.

In either timeline, Violetta is Jenkins' underling in Arasaka Counter-Intelligence, embroiled in the midst of the Frankfurt Incident. Jenkins is still short-sighted and arrogant, and Violetta still receives her impossible task to kill their supervisor, Abernathy. But Jenkins' tracks are easily traced, and without Jackie on her side to intimidate the corpo-thugs who come to bring her in, Violetta is quickly brought before Abernathy for a 'vigorous debriefing.' Under duress, Violetta reveals everything, and Jenkins is dealt with as flippantly as the man was in life.

But Abernathy isn't a fool. She knows that Jenkins, the unsubtle boor, could never have reached his old level of success without he help of a talented, and surreptitious, underling. So she offers Violetta a choice: Accept her punishment, and burn with Jenkins on his funeral pyre; or accept an immediate promotion to Jenkins' old post, and the personal endorsement of Susan Abernathy herself.

Of course, the nature of this seemingly generous gift becomes clear over the course of her interrogation. During Violetta's complimentary stay in the Arasaka Corporate Internment Suites, there has been a great tragedy. Saburo Arasaka, the Emperor himself, has been murdered. And the prime suspect is none other than Violetta's own wayward sibling. None of them have been in contact with each other for two years, since the death of their father, but this is of little importance to Abernathy, or her subsequent interrogators. She is even visited by a stern man with impressive neck cyberware, but he says nothing to her as Abernathy repeats her questions.

Soon, she is released, with a new directive: She is to turn all of her inherited resources towards tracking, surveilling, and monitoring her past sibling. She directs her own division of Arasaka Counter-Intel, personally directing hundreds of ground agents and millions of eddies of company assets to keep tabs on the mercenary known as 'V'. There are many who joke in hushed breaths about a connection between the murderer 'V' and their boss, the villainous Violetta Villanueva, but only a privileged few at the upper echelon know the truth of this juvenile rumor.

This knowledge is Violetta's golden noose, her gilded sword of Damocles; for the connection to their Emperor's killer is what keeps Violetta in her position, and what could pull her from it in an instant. Her loyalty is therefore absolute, and her will is implacable. Her success means the death of her own blood, but her failure is her own utter erasure.

But all is not lost to despair. Her access to the higher reaches of Arasaka's corporate structure lead her to unexpected allies in the search for Saburo's true killer. And in time, with proven loyalty, these allies may become something more...

#cyberpunk 2077 #night city #cyberpunk 2077 photomode #my v #my oc #oc: violetta #corpo v #whoo boy #writing #lore #long ass lore post #*sweats profusely*#enjoy the corpo-AU!#three vs means three timelines plus good + bad ends #virtual photography

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shiroi---kumo · 8 months

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( @ghostboy-291 would like to befriend the cloud ) ->

There are many oddities in this place. This world. It's not any sort of afterlife (he would know if he was there again), and yet this "Wonderland" has more ghosts than any other place he has ever visited. The boy has to wonder why it's called such a strange thing, but beyond that... He has other things to worry about. The warnings, mostly - things said by the scared townsfolk telling him to stay away from the White Devil. No rumors like that usually exist in full truth, and whatever or whoever the White Devil is... he is probably much better company than these people who drove him away and hate him. The eleven-year-old continues his awkward, hunched shamble alongside his friend, the little Mimikyu seeming content enough to help him search for this white mist everyone seems so afraid of. This Devil wasn't hard to find at all, if his assumption is correct. Sitting up in some tree, moonlight reflecting off of several brilliant crystal horns. He is white in every other aspect from what Allister can tell looking up at him, with the sword mentioned in some of those poems close by to boost confidence in his guess. He kneels to pick up the Mimikyu, debating whether to get the swordsman's attention or to wait for him to come down. His friend chooses for him, letting out a little series of chirps and 'kyu's to explain that answers will come easier from someone like this than someone in town. "... Mhm," he agrees. "You're... you're probably right..." Now the hard part. With a deep breath, he makes sure his mask is still on, totally obscuring his face. "I... Excuse me," he starts. "But..." How should he do this? The same way he usually does when he speaks to supposed demons. They've always turned out to be friends and they're usually just as scared as he is. "But... I um... I like your horns... Purple is... such a nice color. Um... my favorite." It's probably obvious, with how he is clad in purple from head to knee. His shoes and mask are white, of course, but his entire outfit otherwise is black and violet. It's common ground to build conversation off of, at least, if they both like purple. Anyone who gets cast out like this can surely do with having something nice said about them, and it's probably better if it seems genuine. If there's any sort of ghost or demon, Allister will be the one to befriend them. They are not bad. At worst, misguided... but usually just deeply misunderstood. A lot like himself. The living people are usually the cruel ones.

⋆˖⁺‧₊☽◯☾₊‧⁺˖⋆ "I like your horns." Is not a sentence the Misterican hears often, moreover ever in a place like this. A compliment to the color and a head of snow and porcelain is turning to drop jade moons down on the source of the voice. A small child of dark hair and the oldest face - no if he had to wager a guess that was just a mask. Most likely for protection but a different kind than his own provided.

If he had to wager a guess, it was to scare away any who may attempt to harm the boy, all considering the look of it. Perhaps this boy thought him the otherworldly. The boy's small friend had referred to him as 'someone like this' so that meant he was separating from anyone else the boy could have met in the town just a ways down the road.

Perhaps he heard the rumors then? Perhaps the boy thought him a demon... If so then why would he approach. He couldn't say he wasn't curious.

So the swordsman is swinging his legs around so they can hang off the branch he's perched upon and his hands can come down to rest on it at his sides.

"That's quite kind of you, young one." He begins as jade continues peer down at the youth before him. "Do you require something? Are you lost? That's quite the mask you have. Marvelous construction. Do you wear it for a reason?"

Still the man of snow does not descend from his perch but instead remains merely looking down from his place within the branches and the moonlight casting from over his shoulders.

"Your small friend is right about what they said, young one. I am not like the others in town. Are you not afraid of me?"

#ask || inquires of the cloud #drifting clouds || queue #tw; long post #ghostboy291 #ghostboy-291 #// whoo boy it's been a long ass time since THAT face came out #// that icon has a name #// that icon is named 'ghost face' 😑

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burst-of-iridescent · 2 years

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why the crystal catacombs scene is a zutara moment

i think what makes the scene in the crystal catacombs feel so natural despite the fact that zuko and katara only interacted once beforehand in book 2 is because it feels so true to the characters and where they are at this point in their story.

zuko would not have opened up to katara had his arc in book 2 not significantly featured his mother and her influence on him, which naturally made him think of her and empathize with katara when she talked about kya’s death. katara would not have entertained the possibility of someone from the fire nation actually turning out to be good unless her development in the first two books had begun to change her childhood mindset of the fire nation being the sole evil, and everyone else being good. zuko wouldn’t have told katara about his conflict over his destiny, or even considered changing it, unless he had just had his spiritual awakening, and seen for himself that he had a chance at a normal life. katara would not have then offered him her spirit water unless she was the kind of person who was incredibly compassionate and empathetic, to an almost unbelievable extent.

not only does the scene the scene stay true to zuko and katara and who they are at this point in their arcs, it also could not have happened with anyone else other than zuko and katara, and who they are at this point in their arcs. katara is the only member of team avatar who had the ability and willingness to heal zuko, the shared trauma to connect with him, and a past that allowed him to see her as an equal, but not an enemy (as aang was). zuko is the only person katara would have yelled at, who would have allowed her to vent her feelings on him, and who would have been able to reach her in her moment of grief because he had felt the same grief.

neither kat.aang’s nor mai.ko’s romantic moments in the show are tailored to the characters who experience it in the same way. any two people could have kissed in the cave of two lovers, or danced together in a party, or cuddled before a sunset, but only zuko and katara’s unique personalities, experiences and similarities could’ve come together in just the right way to make the moment in the catacombs work.

and that is why so many people still consider it as one of the most romantic scenes of the show, and one of the best zutara scenes overall, to this day.

#zutara #zutara meta #whoo boy it's been a long time since i wrote meta #anyway the crystal catacombs scene is genuinely one of my favourites in the whole show #it's just so well done and makes so much sense for their characters #and it's one of the most beautiful and emotionally intimate scenes in atla #anyway it deserves more love #also the romantic coding plastered allll over it cough cough

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involuntaryspy · 7 months

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STARFIELD

Growing up in the United Colonies as a LIST family, James Buchannan "Bucky" Barnes had a fairly happy life. His mother passed when he and his sister were young, and his father struggled to raise them for years with Bucky's tendency for trouble making. Being a reserve Vanguard trainer, Bucky's father would frequently visit New Atlantis to assist in the training programs. It was on one such trip that Bucky's father died. The following years caused a lot of change for Bucky--his sister chose to stay with friends of the family, while Bucky himself chose to be a ward of the state, staying in New Atlantis with the other service members of the Vanguard. As he got older, Bucky had every intention of joining the Vanguard. He eventually got to join on his 16th birthday, and got partnered with Captain Rogers--and what a pair they were. They made names for themselves during the Colony Wars as champions for the UC.

It may have been war, but things were going well for Bucky and Steve up until their last mission. Sent to retrieve a stolen prototype ship, the pair were expecting some sort of Freestar Collective scheme at play. Instead, they ran into Eclipse. Tortured and held hostage, when Steve and Bucky finally managed to break free, the ship was rigged to grav jump right into the heart of the UC fleet and explode. While they managed to mess with the controls, there wasn't enough time for both to escape--Steve managed to get free, but Bucky stayed behind.

All the world thought Bucky Barnes died that day, the ship exploding in the vast expanse of space. The reality? Bucky managed to grav jump into an empty part of space, close off parts of the ship, and isolate the explosion. The good? He survived. The bad? He was dead in the water, with no way to get back home.

A MAST ship stumbled upon the wreckage, where, to their surprised, a barely living war hero was found. A barely living war hero with renowned skills that the universe already had presumed dead. One that, upon waking, had no memory of who he was or how he'd gotten where he'd gotten. A perfect specimen for their cybernetics research.

A long series of years passed--the Colony Wars ended, an uneasy peace was brokered, and a certain agent began to gain infamy. Dubbed The Winter Soldier, there was quite a bit of rumor about this agent--a slew of activity, then silence for years, all sorts of missions big or small. Pirates and gangs were just as afraid as those government personnel in the information business.

The truth? Bucky had become The Winter Soldier. And after years of missions, cryosleep, and brainwashing, he broke free. The fallout was... messy. And his recovery is a full journey. But the Winter Soldier these days has a rep for hunting criminals--and in some dark, desperate corners of the universe, helping people start a new life.

#[ verse ] starfield.#[ rp ] verse info.#[ whoo boy this is a long one ]#[ but i needed to put the deets somewhere ]#[ spoilers ] starfield.#[ no real spoilers here i think just a precautionary tag ]

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