#and finish that inbox call

[chronal-anomaly]

Looks at my hands. It is done

[secr3trings]

Inbox call ( bc starters never be working, I've realized bc my BRAIN NEVER HAS THE POWER FOR THEM - )

i’ll spin a wheel or you can specify ( much easier so I won't spin 10 million times for a good muse to send ) for something in your inbox ( if you have no meme tag or I can't find prompts I will use my own and or some I see around. )

[batsplat]

☕️ on marc/dani as teammates? bc so many ppl on here especially have such a simplified and maybe even rose-tinted view of their dynamic imo…..

hm yeah it's a tricky one because I do think there's a lot of genuine interpersonal fondness there that was forged in the aftermath of some equally genuine animosity. for me, it's that development that's particularly interesting... what I personally have always found the most appealing about this rivalry is just how ruthless marc as to someone he genuinely admired and considered one of his heroes or 'references'. like, I think it's a bit different from the dynamic with valentino because it's kind of... vale's the childhood hero vs dani as a rider who's ahead of you who you want to directly emulate in rising through the ranks. with valentino, marc didn't really think they'd ever be competing at the top of the sport because of how big the age gap was, but with dani? different story

which does affect the emotional approach, I reckon - you can admire them and still dream of beating them, you know? like, say you're fourteen years old in 2007 and are getting out your customised casey stoner voodoo doll while he's bitch slapping your two guys, what fantasies are you cooking up in your little brain about meeting your heroes? with valentino, it's probably him grinning at you while handing you your tenth consecutive motogp trophy and telling you how amazing you are... how you're his successor, the one carrying on his legacy... lots of daydreaming of him like, hyping you up after he's retired and calling you god's gift to motorcycle racing, etc etc. who knows, maybe marc was also fantasising about beating valentino in epic duels, but he wasn't really expecting to be fighting valentino, right? whereas with dani? oh yeah, marc might have thought he was great... but in an ideal world, he's ripping the crown off dani's head when dani's a three time defending motogp champion! so crucially marc wasn't blindsided by actually fighting him on-track, and was kinda more prepared for that to get ugly? dani acts as a 'direct' reference, where he's just a few years ahead and marc can see how it's done, basically. but what this still means... he'd admired this guy for years, he had posters of him and all that shit, but the moment they're direct competitors and teammates? all that is just... locked away. no interest no mercy, all he cares about is beating the guy. and marc did still talk about using dani as a reference point, about how much he'd learned from him... but of course that scary fast learning of his was all about beating dani

from dani's side... I'm glad he's gotten to a stage where he's at peace with his career, but. god, it must have been tough. at the end of 2012, he's the in-form rider - more so than jorge. he won six of the last eight races that year. incidentally, this is how jorge is talking before the 2013 season:

obviously, jorge is trying to fuck with dani here, but he's also not really wrong. all four of the aliens have got a lot going on early 2013, but if you had to point at the guy who is dealing with the most pressure? well, it's got to be dani, doesn't it. he was the one who still had something to prove in the premier class, who was now being thrown together with the super hyped rookie. this is how dani spoke about marc at the start of the year:

and here:

and then of course marc beat dani at qatar and then won at cota... granted, dani does a good job of keeping his head and regrouping for the next few races - but it was still an auspicious start, provoking a lot of discourse that wasn't particularly kind to dani. so in that first year, you've got all these different elements - you've got how marc is competing on-track, dani's injury, how marc is already attempting to assert himself within the team, how you've got the behind the scenes warfare between their two teams (again, see this article)... and then dani's issues with marc's actual riding (x, x). now, I think it's worth saying that aragon 2013 is not a case where marc has clearly fucked up. he makes a mistake, yes, but he couldn't have known the slight contact he made with dani would lead to that wire breaking and dani's highside. here's what dani said:

this is a case where different racing philosophies clash, right? what dani's saying is that what happened was a direct consequence of how marc approaches riding - that he's always flirting with contact and this time it finally went wrong. it's the kind of riding dani has consistently disliked, and it's something marc is the poster boy for. in this case, this crash essentially ends dani's title bid. he couldn't walk for three days afterwards. dani criticised race direction for choosing not to give marc a penalty (apart from the penalty points) - this was not something he just brushed off

and, look, you do have to bring it up... dani's experiences with sic will inevitably have influenced how he approached the marc rivalry. I mean, it kind of did for all of them - there's elements of that tragedy that will have bled into how valentino, jorge, dovi and dani reacted to marc. with casey, it's one of the reasons why marc never even had an on-track rivalry with him. now, obviously, dani had big, big issues with sic, a lot of tension including harsh comments in the press and refused handshakes and all of that, as a result of sic's very aggressive approaching to racing. dani was also the one who suffered the most as a direct result, in particular after the broken collarbone at le mans. he's spoken after sic's passing about his regret about how he handled that relationship... how it changed his approach to rivalries, that reminder that there might be things he'd never have the chance to fix

the other sic-related element is that of course, there were easy parallels to be drawn between him and marc, and his shadow did at times loom uncomfortably over debates over hard racing during that period. I think you can feel it most strongly in jorge's response to marc... the echoes of when jorge had gotten in a verbal clash with sic at one of the 2011 pressers and his frustration when his complaints were just laughed off by journalists:

this press conference was from the race before le mans, where sic was responsible for dani's broken collarbone. so if two years later, you've got marc publicly shrugging off jorge's complaints in an only slightly more respectful manner, how can you not be at least a little concerned? yes, marc did have a better feeling of where the limit was, he didn't really push things too far, but... this was still a very recent trauma for everyone and nobody knew how far marc would or wouldn't push it at the time. especially not after the kind of reputation he'd gotten himself in his 125cc/moto2 days. (though of course it's important to note that sic's death wasn't caused by his style of racing, and if anything he'd gotten more sensible in the latter stages of 2011). so the influence goes both ways, right? on the one hand, it all feels a bit too familiar, on the other... well, that's actually a reason why you probably don't want to be too harsh on this kid. because you never know

in the end, the tensest year of their teammate partnership was 2013 - because after that title was sealed marc had won. by the end of the year, it wasn't really dani's team any more. his internal position had already been de facto undermined by casey, but not to the same extent because casey wasn't really interested in playing these games - plus the end stretch of 2012 had definitely cemented dani's role in the team. I've already given most of my thoughts here about how marc takes control of that team, which inevitably touches on some of his nastier behaviour. lying about what parts suited him is the obvious example... he's a ruthless teammate, he openly admits to it. and obviously, dani wasn't always just fine with that. who would be? he's accepted that's part of who marc is as a competitor, and at the end of the day he also had to accept losing. sometimes you just gotta make your peace with a status quo, yeah? it's tricky to strike the balance between not losing the competitive edge and not letting losing to your young teammate year after year drive you insane... dani's always been quite good at focusing on himself, even if a lot of the time 'focusing on himself' involved 'recovering from some horrid injury'

so you know, it's nice that their relationship has gotten warmer since they've no longer been teammates, and for the most part they did keep things civil while they were directly working with each other. also, you do just get over things when you're no longer competing with someone... I've said this before, but there's really only a relatively small number of truly burnt bridges in the paddock ecosystem. thing is, it's quite impressive of dani to seemingly not hold any grudges over what marc did to him... but he easily could have, and it kinda would've been justifiable? it's also primarily down to dani that this teammate dynamic didn't get worse than it was... which, y'know, you can argue if that was the right or the wrong approach, but it also meant he increasingly had to accept a subordinate role within that team - become a non-problematic teammate that honda was happy to sign again. and then you've got marc, who spent years looking up to dani and then spent years being pretty vicious to him and never saw the slightest contradiction between those two things, because of course he didn't! and of course he still has some historical fondness for him as a result of once being his fan... which is an element that has gradually snuck to the foreground again after marc increasingly managed to dismiss dani as a competitive threat. overall, then, as teammates they had their early tensions, then they were 'reasonably friendly coworkers', now they get on quite well. over the course of his career, dani's hardly been immune to drama with other riders, but at the end of the day he's pretty feud-proof on the whole. what kind of a nutter would you have to be to start a feud with dani pedrosa, eh

[velvetwyrme]

If you’re up to sharing I would love to know more about this cowboy au fic!!!!

HIIIII JULY!! Thank you for asking!! I have. so many thoughts abt these dumbasses.

The fic itself, sitting sadly in my drafts is mostly some good ol smut in the desert in which the Sheriff has finally caught up to Papyrus, ties him up and is getting ready to bring him in when he convinces them of one last rodeo (smth smth, save a horse, ride a cowboy). The reader accepts and they fuck but get sorta angsty about it and reminisce a lot, because as it turns out, they have history ✨

Pap proceeds to untie himself while the reader is sufficiently uhhh distracted, and ties THEM up. This is when Sans shows up to "rescue" his brother, and they go riding off into the sunset while the reader curses them out LOLOL

Anyway, the Backstory is that once upon a time the reader and Papyrus were set to be married at one point- they never got to go through with the ceremony, and the reader left town for a few years to try their hand at making a fortune to support Paps, who had been training to become the deputy of their town.

In the time the reader was gone, the town got bought over, and became a company town which was then mostly abandoned. So when the reader finally returned with a modest fortune, the brothers had both disappeared and were presumed dead.

The reader then goes off and becomes a lawman, intending to find out what happened to their beloved, and in the process becomes pretty well known. Eventually, they come across a pair of trainrobbers that nobody's been able to catch before and well... that's where the reader finds out that Papyrus is alive and well, and has known that they're alive and well but hasn't contacted them.

Cue drama! Cue longwinded chases which culminate in the dramatic showdown mentioned at the beginning lmao. Also, in the background is Sans annoying a short, grumpy rancher.

If you want more, I have a couple of posts on my less sfw blog: Fic snippet and Sans and his beau ;))

[resolutepath]

Following on from this post, here's a small inbox call for Scaramouche. Capping at 10. You must specify your muse as this is a trial run and can you specify if you want Wanderer otherwise I will default to Scara!

[diabelskoga]

Since I'm out of the hospital ( finally ), consider this an inbox call? Because I wanna throw things at people and I wanna throw Sanji at people-- Mutuals only, of course!

[gravesung]

inbox call while i'm out on errands! (memes and/or unprompted/original stuffs) pls specify who from, i wanna know who u wanna write with so i can throw them at u more in the future <3

[fatesown]

i'm gonna head to bed, but like this for me to raid your meme tag and send stuff when i get up! specify fandom/muse or deal with whoever i feel like <3

[stardust-sunset]

i feel bad saying i’m an artist like i never post art

[sporefound]

like this & i'll drop a few memes in your inbox while i'm working on blog setup stuff

[elliscousland]

if you like this i will send you a few memes !!!

[playshrp]

inbox call! like this & i will send 2-3 memes!

[ionozoned]

( litle album cover i made for my iono playlist........... work goes faster when i listen to music so im workin on her playlist. im still addin stuff but i like it so far + rly like the lil cover i did rq )

[hotelbitches]

you know what. like for something spicy in your ask. probably from lilith. but definitely spicy.

[stillresolved]

permanent inbox call!!

I’m gonna try something new as an attempt to try and interact with my mutuals more. most memes i’m not really a fan of; usually I prefer getting and giving personalized asks. mutuals if you like this post, you’re giving me permission to jump in your inboxes for ic asks and for you to do the same for me whenever it tickles your fancy!!

this being said, here are my stipulations should you like this post:

I am more likely to send you ic asks if we have plotted / have dynamics in place. these will only be sent in when i have the inspo for them.

this means in most cases, newcomers, if we have not plotted yet and you like this post, please do not expect me to send you something right away.

you do not have to answer these if you don’t want to, but this also means if I see that you ignore what I send in more often than not, I reserve the right to refuse to write anymore for you. I’m not a writing machine; I give my writing to the ppl who will give in return.

if you follow me on my other blogs, I get to send you asks from those blogs too ☺️☺️☺️

[r-adio]

LIKE THIS POST for a ONE - LINER STARTER from ALASTOR, multi - muses please specify which muse that you would like it for !!