#well i can believe that for F1 lestappen is for PR

[paint-it-red-and-black]

WHAT THE FUCK WHAT THE FUCK TWAT THE FUKL

WDYM “Max praises Leclerc”

WDYM “Lestappen bromance”

[lestappenforever]

it’s funny to me how people project their hatred for lestappen both as a romantic pairing and as individuals onto their relationship. yes, people ship them, just like any other celebrity has been shipped with their co-star, band mate etc long before the internet existed. they are aware of this, it comes with the territory and so long as no one disrespects them or takes the ships to their face it’s okay (y’all know rps rules and this is not to talk about that)

what this is about is how people who hate them or hate seeing them together will say how charles hates max and just tolerates max because you know max is so annoying and the dev while charles is an angel princess who will just talk to him so as not to be rude and for pr purposes.

which this logic doesn’t even make sense because outside of the two of them, there are 18 other drivers on the grid. the funniest thing is that this evil max they claim charles hates and just tolerates is beloved and is friends with at least half and is cordial and well like by most. the same applies to charles. majority of the grid seems to get along (i recall half the grid went to horner’s cook out some time this year)

suffice to say, charles always seems intrigued by max and seeks him out after and sometimes before a race. they talk and you can tell they genuinely care about one another. yes, no one said they are best friends, or maybe they are not. they talk about each other in such a beautiful that i rarely hear them talk about any other driver. they do care, they probably even love each other now.

oops this got long. my point essentially was, people who make them seem like they are just doing things to appease fans or for or make them look bad. because i genuinely believe those two guys choose who they want to talk to or not talk to because they are mature adults. charles made it very clear in austria 2019 that if he was mad at max he wasn’t going to stand around and pretend to be happy when he isn’t. max has on several occasions made it clear when he’s pissed at other drivers, he is brutally honest about it. yet, he’s so soft about charles. it’s because they care about each other and have come so far. their relationship has evolved they are actually friends now (maybe even more not that we know) people should just stop projecting their insecurities and biases on those two and give them credit that they actually know what they are doing and genuinely respect each other. they are not some pretentious pricks who just want to appease fans. to what end? they are not even teammates.

This, this, this, a million times this.

Honestly, anon, anti-shippers are just so sad. In most cases, shipping is just a fun little thing people engage in because it brings us joy and makes up happy, and those anti-shippers that take it so damn personally have some deep-rooted issues they should probably explore in other ways instead of projecting their very intense feelings onto something that's just supposed to be fun.

I'm not implying you should be a fan of or enjoy every ship out there. Hell, there are plenty of ships out there I personally cannot stand. But, do I spend my time trashing them and trying to make those people who do ship them feel like shit? No. Do I go out of my way to try and prove how ridiculous their ship is? No. Why? Because shipping is supposed to be fun, and I don't take other people's ships personally.

If you have an issue with a ship, ignore it. Block their tags. Choose not to engage with or look at content of the ship you don't like. It's that simple.

The fact that Charles and Max actually do respect each other and do enjoy each other's company is clear as day. And those who try to insist that it's "all for show"? Please. F1 is one of the pettiest sports on the planet. If those two fully grown men didn't actually like each other, they would avoid each other like the fucking plague, they wouldn't bother pretending to appease anyone.