#also hope that this makes sense

[signorin-anarchia]

What do you think the age difference between Martin, Sergio and Rafael?

Premise: since the show never gave us any real clue about the characters' ages, except confused and contradictory hints, this is both based on speculations and my own headcanon.

It took me a while to figure everything out, but I hope this is an accurate enough prospect.

So, let's start with Andrés.

I clearly remember his age in the show being addressed when the police showed his files & his mugshot.

I did a quick online research and it turned out that, according to them, he was born on 7/04/1975, which would make him only 41 during the Mint heist.

I'm almost sure that at some point Piña just decided to ignore his own canon and pretend that Andrés was more around Pedro's age (who's born in 1975).

This for several reasons, mostly concerning coherency and his significant others: Rafael's own existence, his long-standing friendship for Martin, and last but not least, the spinoff, where after all they can't make Pedro look like a teen.

Even like that, continuity issues are not fully solved - but we'll discuss about them in a while.

Now, Sergio.

Searching online, there are no evidences about his real age. This is partly justified in the show, stating that "he has stopped renewing is ID at the age of 19", so it's pretty normal not to have this kind of information about him.

The only guessing we can make is based on his father's death: according to Money Heist Wiki, Jesus Marquina was shot on 5/02/1987.

Sergio was arguably 9 or 10 back then (even though the kid actor who plays him physically looks around 12 - he's tall for his age and even has a hint of beard).

That would mean that he and Andres only have 2 years apart, which honestly doesn't make sense at all to me.

They've always acted around eachother like they had a huge age gap, maybe even a decade, which is also my own headcanon when writing fics. I've always liked the idea of Andrés taking care of Sergio when he was a kid, it gives us a hint of humanity among all the character's shades, and above all, it's also what they seem implying in the show most of the time.

Why call "little brother" a sibling who's around your age? Why mention that Andrés raised him after their parents death? And how will they justify Sergio's absence in the spinoff if he's already an adult?

So, even though the timeline looks quite messy here, I like to think that Sergio & Andrés have a certain age difference. Once again, if you think of it, everything can be cleared up assuming that when he dies, Andrés is in fact in his late 40s.

Third, Martín.

We know nothing about him, nor his age, nor his birthday date, nor anything about his past. The guy's literally a ghost before we got to know him in S3, and in a couple of scenes/lines we even hear the police wondering who he is, which proves that he's probably a clean record.

For some reason, the Wiki claims he's in his late 30s, but that's probably speculation since I can't remember a single statement about his age in the show.

We could assume that he's maybe around Rodrigo age (born in 1976), so 42 during the Bank heist.

Ultimately, my own headcanon is that he's almost certainly younger than Andrés, but maybe a little older than Sergio.

Of course this doesn't make much sense if we keep taking for granted that Sergio is only 2 years younger that Andrés, but like I said, I'm more and more convinced that this was a continuity error and Andrés is older than what previously stated.

And now, the sore spot: Rafaél.

We're forced, here, to rely on the hints featured in the promo pre-s5, where it's clearly stated that the guy is 33.

I like to think - just because that works better narratively speaking - that he's 33 only during the Bank heist, which makes him 28-29 around the Copenhagen heist.

The real matter here is his age gap with Andrés: once again, if we keep assuming that he was 41 when he died, that would mean that he became a father at the age of 11.

Like... No. Just no.

And even assuming that the character is Pedro's age, so 4 years older, makes no sense at all: 15 still looks like a very young age to get "married" - like he implied he was - and I'm almost sure that a minor would face several major issues trying to get married underage.

Andrés also mentions an affair with his french teacher when he was 18, so he definitely finished the school and wasn't married at the time.

He must've been at least 19 to meet and get pregnant Rafael's mother, which means that they're almost two decades apart.

In conclusion, if we think it over, the only way all of this vaguely makes sense is assuming that when he died, Andrés was at least 50 (Pedro's age when they were filming).

That would make Sergio 40 and Martin maybe 43-44 - the timeline is plausible to me.

Final Warning: this whole over-analysis could be affected by the fact that I'm a sucker for fics where kid!Sergio is raised by youngadult!Andrés.

What can I do? Give me my wrecked siblings and no one'll get hurt.

[verflares]

(draconifies your zelink) oh whoops lol

+ an extra pic of em hanging out together :]

btw, you can find these guys on inprnt! both as a pair, or apart :] You Choose.

[its-tortle]

— taylor swift albums as months of the year —

[skyberia]

on the agency of puppets

[sam-violet]

chillin in the hot springs 🌱

+ a closeup

[teddylou]

so. roommate’s cat likes being on top of the fridge. and usually he goes floor>counter>fridge, but sometimes he will attempt the floor>fridge shortcut. but he misses and this happens

there’s a cork board that somehow supports his weight until one of us scoops him (or he falls)

[thetisming]

amatonormativity: a romantic partner should be the most important person in EVERYONE'S life

NOT amatonormativity: MY romantic partner is the most important person in MY life, but i understand this is not the same for other people

allosexnormativity: EVERYONE should have sex and sex is something EVERYONE needs/wants/should want

NOT allosexnormativity: I PERSONALLY enjoy sex and love having sex because it makes ME feel good, but other people dont feel the same and that's okay

platonormativity: having friends is important for EVERYONE and EVERYONE needs/has/should have friends

NOT platonormativity: having friends is important to ME and I PERSONALLY love having friends, but there are people who dont and theres nothing wrong with that

faminormativity (is that the word?): family is important for EVERYONE and EVERYONE needs to have their family

NOT faminormativity: family is important to ME and I PERSONALLY need my family with me, but other people dont feel the same and i understand that

lovenormativity (again, not sure if this is a word): EVERYBODY feels love and there's something wrong wiith you if you dont

NOT lovenormativity: I PERSONALLY feel love and love people, but not everyone does and that's completely okay!

NOT amatonormativity: i dont have friends/have any desire to have friends, i am happy with other relationships/no relationships at all

NOT platonormativity: i dont have any desire to be in a romantic relationships, and i am happy with my platonic relationships

NOT allosexnormativity: i like hooking up with people and having one night stands or friends with benefits

NOT faminormativity: i care about my family deeply and am close with family members

NOT lovenormativity: i feel love for people i care about

it's not normative to personally enjoy something, so long as you respect that other people simply arent like you and aren't going to like the same things as you. taking down normativity is a two way street, allos and aspecs need to do it. support your local aros, aces, apls, afams and other aspecs today! remember to challange all normativities, and to not enforce other normativity by saying how bullshit other normativities are!

nothing is universal. romance is not universal. sex is not universal. friendship is not universal. family is not universal. love is not universal. nothing is universal.

[milkywayes]

GARRUS VAKARIAN: DATABASE IMAGE ACCESS. > PT. 1 : 2160, 2166, 2170. > all files backdated according to user preferences: (terran_coordinated.calendar).

[pucksandpower]

Waking up to see Damon Hill criticizing Charles Leclerc for being too “emotional” and “depressed” because his teammate beat him in Suzuka of all places really just rubs me the wrong way.

This is the same driver who went out and won the F2 feature race in Baku barely four days after his father died.

This is the same driver who went out and won his first F1 race in Spa barely a day after his close friend was killed.

How dare anyone question his mental health, especially so callously.

Charles’ grief is not a tool for pundits to exploit. Charles’ performance in free practice and qualifying has nothing to do with his emotions and everything to do with motricity issues with the car as well as track evolution.

I will try to give Hill the benefit of the doubt about not realizing the implications of his words but the way he has repeatedly and hypocritically held Charles to ridiculous double standards needs to stop.

We were told that Charles needs to “assert himself more” but when he did so over the radio towards the end of FP3, he is “emotional,” “agitated,” and he “vents.”

What do you want from him then?

Sky Sports F1 is a huge media platform and words have far-reaching consequences.

Commentators are literally paid to think before they speak … let’s see that in action for once.

[twinstxrs]

idk if this is accurate but i’ve felt like in previous seasons riz & gorgug have been one of the inter-bad kids dynamics we’ve seen the least of & this season has been so great in that aspect. gorgug having helped make some of riz’s magic gear. riz helping gorgug with his studies. the shared birthday party. gorgug’s gift to riz being something he himself made to protect riz. riz’s gift to gorgug being something he illegally grabbed to protect gorgug. gorgug who utilizes rage to put his body on the line for his friends & riz who will take deep levels of mental stress for his friends. even though it was within the context of a joke, riz calling gorgug an “absolute sweetie.” like yea they might not be in a band together or both part of a presidential campaign team or owlbears teammates, but they’d go to war for each other, because they’re best friends.

[strangertheories]

I really despise the Marvelification of Stranger Things, because all the interviews nowadays are constantly referencing how fast paced and epic and big the finale will be but the reason people fell in love with the show wasn't special effects or long episodes; it was the plot, it was the characters, it was the mystery. Stranger Things 1 may have been a story about a government conspiracy and a monster, but that's not why we stuck around. The show can throw amazing CGI, Russians, a battle within the American army and an apocalypse at the audience with the biggest budget known to man but if they forget to ground it and keep it central, it'll just get lost amongst a plethora of other "epic" blockbusters. We want Steven King, not Avengers.

[wacuoms]

[cosmosnout]

Girliesss

[shopwitchvamp]

I mean this gently but I have to say somethin' here- I've been getting so much "make your skirts cheaper" "I love this but why are they soooo expensive" etc lately and like look, I know a lot of this is because times are hard.. (otherwise why would I be hearing this more & more this year when prices haven't changed compared to last year) but I just wanna say that one of the only ways I could lower prices (if I was ruthless and didn't care) would be to cut sizing options. Like idk how to word what I'm trying to say, but just know when you shout stuff like this at other brands & they decide they need to find a way to cut costs to lower prices, being size inclusive is gonna be one of the first things to go. I have no plans to do this myself, but for example, a D Size Skater costs me almost twice as much (talking about only the direct from the manu cost, there are other factors too such as that they weigh more so that adds more shipping costs as well) as an A Size Skater. Say I cut D Size altogether.. and many companies would have by now while also not even lowering the price.. I could increase my profit margins significantly right away. Now lets say I cut both C and D and become a shop that only offers the standard range of SM-XL. Wow! Suddenly profits are up so much!! Or maybe going not full corporate greed, I could handle lowering skater prices by like $10 (random number not based on real math idk what things would actually work out to because I'm not gonna do it). But now no one over a size XL can order from me. I fear none of what I'm trying to get across is getting across but I just mean to say, in order to offer what I offer, the prices need to be what they are. They aren't set arbitrarily high & lowering them would mean needing to make choices that I will not make (becoming less size inclusive or making my business unsustainable in the sense that it would not survive long).

[jakeperalta]

(The Signal™ as an act of love/understanding)

[abstractfrog]

THE GLORIA SCOTT - part 2, and a follow up to my comic for the first half of this scene! thanks sm to @crashingmeteorz for allowing me to source validation for my whimsical cosmic approach to this moment <3