Hey friend! I hope that you’re doing good and that you’re safe! Here’s the ask I hope cheers you up: After Lighting permanently established himself in Radiator Springs, how do you think he felt having real friends/family, who loved him for who he is after having been alone for so long? And how do you think each RS resident felt having him there again, knowing that he decided to stay for them?
Hey lovely! You're so sweet! I'm doing well and I surely hope all the good things are happening to you as well. :-)
I think Lightning really found himself when he was torn away from RS by the media during the Life Could Be Dream scene and the town definitely felt the weight of his loss. He helped them find joy in doing business again, and on top of that, restored some life to their dreary town. How could they not be overjoyed when he returned for good?
Lightning, himself was glad of the decision as well, having found that life in the fast lane could use some slow-down once in a while, just as Sally taught him. He realized how lonely a life without friends or family was, even if he had all the fame and fortune one could have thrown at them. When the band got together at the tiebreaker race, Lightning knew just how much he needed these cars in his life. So, he did just that.
With the offseason going on, LMQ had plenty of time to establish his headquarters and a home in RS. The townsfolk helped him, naturally, and when he wasn't busy moving stuff around, Lightning would train with Doc for the upcoming season, tractor-tip with Mater, and pursue a further relationship with Sally beyond the surface one they began that first week he was there. Of course, he spent time getting to know the other townies as well, and they were all equally as grateful for his presence in their town.
Plus, getting Route 66 and RS as a whole back on the map was a nice bonus as well. How could they be disappointed?
Probably his colours and the type of car he is. Scheme is based on an Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat and the colours are based on an car i have in Forza. A little bit of mixmatching and *BOOM* Scheme :3
2. Does your oc have any phobias
Thanatophobia, the fear of death or losing someone. Scheme has a pretty rough childhood and the only friends he has rn are a few silly cars he met at an street race or car meeting. So he fears to lose those friends.
Tbh i hated the movie at first. This is bc i have an weird thing with movies where i get so attached to characters i HATE seeing them grow up and become older.
But i rewatched the movie a few times and came to the realisation that i actually love the movie alot. And it actually has become one of my favorite movies now.
every time someone says cars 3 is the worst cars movie another angel punches me in the stomach and pulls my hair.
this is probably just my intense special interest in the origins of nascar, but that movie feels like such a nice send-off for the main “trilogy”, and yes people can have their own opinions but i NEED to talk about how much this movie means to me
first of all, a major misconception is that lightning quit racing - he DIDNT! this is proven by both the end of the movie (where he says hes obviously going to keep racing) and cars on the road where, in the final episode, cruz and lightning wish each other “goodbye” and say they’ll see each other on the racetrack. he was only cruz’s crew chief for that one season, presumably healing from the trauma of the crash (because lets be real his ass did not mentally recover from that in FOUR MONTHS) and also waiting for a permanent crew chief to take his place.
second.. the sheer amount of detail put into that movie is INSANE. the racing center being shaped like grandstands at a track? fireball beach being both a direct reference to the daytona beach race course and also “fireball roberts”, a 1950s racer (he was actually the reason that firesuits were mandated in the sport), we meet a bunch of 1950s racers as well and just augh.. so good. also, the detail of thomasville being in north carolina is brilliant - N.C is the “racing state”, and thomasville speedway is based off of north wilkesboro, a track that was opened in 1949, and last used in 1996 (aside from the series of races in 2010), and it fell into disrepair. (fun fact, north wilkesboro is reopening in 2024 for the nascar all star race!! they fixed my bbg)
third. cars three brings so much more lore than the first movie did. yes, we knew doc raced in the 50s when the sport was getting its start, but in cars 3? they brought in characters based off of real 1950s racers (doc is based off of herb thomas, smokey is smokey yunick, lou is louise smith, junior is junior johnson, river is wendell scott, and leroy hemming is tim flock) (another reference in the movie is “jocko flockos party supplies” as macks disguise - jocko flocko was tim flocks pet monkey that was the FIRST and only co-driver in the history of the sport. he won a race with his monkey in the car with him :) )
as i was saying, the lore we learn is insane. we learn that lou and river had to fight for their place in the sport, which is similar to what both louise smith and wendell scott experienced in the 50s, they show us accurately how racing worked back then too - they didnt have fancy pits, they had a fence and a pit member with a sign that would tell them to come in the next lap for service. all of these cars are gen 1 nascar, which means that they were strictly stock - they had much more intense pit sessions than any of the other “built for racing” generations have ever needed. i recall watching a race wherein smokey yunick had to change the radiator of one of his racers vehicles mid-race due to a crash.
this isnt everything, but seriously for an animated movie about talking cars, they discuss grief and hardships and handle them so well its insane. i know cruz isnt everyones cup of tea, but (in reference to the flip scene at the end of the movie) watching cruz get shoved into the sport must’ve been insane for lou to watch. she saw herself in that girl. it wasnt some movie about lightning giving up, it was him sharing the torch with another kid who lost their way just like he had.
also i dont cry at movies but i literally bawl my fucking eyes out at the letters scene every time. its PATHETIC (its not im literally tearing up just thinking about it)