#day 1: drive

[montic0]

if you don't want it stolen then stop parking it in Crime Alley, Batman

[hayden-christensen]

HAPPY 44TH BIRTHDAY HAYDEN CHRISTENSEN April 19, 1981 | Vancouver, Canada

+ BONUS

[xxplastic-cubexx]

cherik fall collection i guess !!!!!!!!

[09wdc]

CHARLES LECLERC Drive To Survive | 7.05 — Le Curse of Leclerc

[formulanni]

Dear lord please double Logan Sargeant’s misfortune and give it to the British this weekend 🧎‍♀️

Tag list: @st-leclerc @rubywingsracing @saviour-of-lord @three-days-time

[notyourmusebby]

and I could write a whole thesis:

- carlos seeing two chairs and not wanting to be apart of charles: “charles, sit, sit”

- charles confirming they traveled together: “sorry WE were late with the flight”

- interviewer ready to do one on one interviews not counting on them not being ready to be kept apart: “oh, there is two of you”

- charles' offended face at the end bc what do you mean they are not meant to sit together 😭

[leqclerc]

Charles and Sebastian + I Go Crazy ↳ Oh won’t somebody hold me and tell me it’ll all work out Say that there’s nothing to worry about now ‘Cause I’m so sick of the drama and I hate to shout But you drag it out of me * Three words, two hearts, one maybe Say something before I go crazy now My tears, your fears, amaze me But I’m still so devoted to you, it scares me

[tabiito]

thinking ab love hangover with rin... because contrary to popular opinion i think he'd be a GREAT ex (at least outwardly). breaks up pretty detached, behaves normal-ish (however normal rin is) with you on the street, lets u have all ur hangout spots, ur friends hate him, 10/10 ex behaviour. just when he thinks he's over u you come back to literally HAUNT him. clingy af making bad jokes intercepting him at training forcing him to have lunch with u his totally desperate ex that makes him realise he's not over you at all!!

[violentdelightshavevioletends]

Walking the parapet on Conscription Day is a certifiable risk.

credit: @pandyalsart

Walking the parapet in a dress uniform, barefoot, in the dark? Now this is madness.

I haven't run from a challenge since I crossed this parapet a year ago, and I'm not about to start now.

[clowndensation]

do you plan to go see sinners? have you gone to see sinners? when will you go see sinners? please see sinners. you guys could you please go see sinners. please.

[sonics-atelier]

Drive To Survive, they could never make me like you.

[rey-129-fan]

Well, it's been a while since I've posted any fanfic... Let's change that.

Good news! I'm not dead! My brain did try to get me to do things that could unalive myself for a bit, and then I lost nearly an entire side of my family over the span of 3 years, but I'm still here and still kicking! And I have two new puppies who are adorable and so loving.

Now for this story, this is inspired by a few posts I saw on @theglamorousferal, mostly the one about Amity Parkers going to college in Gotham and buying a hotel (I'm making it a co-op student house, but I've never lived in one, so if something's unacceptably wrong, tell me, if not, artistic license), but also the one where our main Trio buy a building to set up shop there, and wind up adopted my Jason (I swear, I saw that post after I wrote the first chapter, but it just fit so well).

***

Honestly, Amity Park was weird long before the Fentons moved there- the original settlers named the nearby lake Eerie, and it wasn’t after the Great Lake.  It’s just that before the Fentons’ machine punched a hole through reality and created a permanent doorway to the land of spirits and ghosts, the weirdness was not as blatant.

Prior to that, Amity Parkers were some of the few that could move to Gotham without suffering a breakdown that was common for new arrivals.  Now there was a slight dip in newcomers for about a decade or two after the Bat made his debut and then the crazies that followed him, but then Amity Parkers got used to the spirits of the dead wandering around following the aforementioned punching through reality.

All this to say that Gotham Universities were a rather common destination for young Amity Park adults seeking higher education.

Now because of this, there were always apartments advertising themselves for people from the small town.  They, after all, tended to not have a breakdown after their fifth rogue attack and just pack up and leave halfway through their lease.  But it got very annoying having to sift through all the advertisements when looking for a place to stay- something Danny Fenton saw his older sister go through when she got in to Gotham City University.  The boy then shared what he was witnessing with his two best friends- Tucker Foley and Sam Manson.  Tucker offered to help filter out the spam, which Danny’s sister Jazz thanked him for but turned down.  Sam… Sam instead got thinking.

Sam had been to Gotham a few times in her life.  She had an idea of the areas closest to the schools and how much those should cost.  And looking at the letters Jazz was getting, the offers were a little too high for a regular college student to afford.  Sam was also familiar with how many hotels were not being used in Gotham- people building them in hopes tourists would come to stay while visiting the East Coast, tourists that could not be convinced to visit due to the high crime rate and the lack of activities or places of interest in the city itself.

She quickly went to work, looking in to these empty hotels.  She was rather upset by their numbers and put together a spreadsheet of them, with details like number of rooms, any amenities they may have, and nearby landmarks.  She then grabbed her two dorks and marched to Casper High’s Community Outreach director.

Now Sam’s presentation raised a few eyebrows, mostly because it was in a completely different state, but Sam shot back that because of the efforts to incorporate the town’s new ghostly residents and provide them with helpful ways to feed their obsessions- efforts led by the Fenton family- Amity Park had very few homeless, and those that were had a huge community safety net to help them get back on their feet.  Additionally, with how many people moved between the city and the town, helping the city could be argued to also be helping the town.

The Outreach Director just sighed and gave Same the green light to at least draft and send out a proposal to the powers that be in Gotham, saying that there wasn’t much that could be done before they got backing and approval.  Sam thanked them before leaving, Danny and Tucker trailing behind.

She was back the next day with a draft of her proposal and a list of who to send it to.

***

Since returning from the dead in the eyes of the public, Jason Todd was often contacted by groups trying to use the Wayne fortune to fund their own personal projects.  They thought Jason would be the easiest to con- sorry, persuade- since he was a former street kid unlike the rest of his family.  Thus surely he would know just how much this new building with low income housing would help the people of Gotham- it even came with a pool and gym!

Yeah, he did know how much the people of Gotham needed housing, but $2K a month was not affordable when you’re barely making $30K a year!  Oh and the pool and gym were only available for those who could shell out an additional $2K a month.  Jason knows, he read the whole document carefully.

God, sometimes it was hard to tell who was worse, the psychos in Blackgate or real estate investors.  And sadly, he couldn’t just pop a bullet in their heads and be done with it because 1) it would raise too many questions and 2) it would make Bruce get all sad and mopey- again.  Jason just did not have the mental energy to put up with that on top of the rest of his life as a crimelord/vigilante/long-lost adoptive second son of a billionaire.

All this to say, he was not impressed when he first glanced over a proposal to convert the unused hotels around the city into housing units- especially since it was from someone that did not live in Gotham.

Manson?  Wasn’t there a family with that name that would attend some of Brucie’s galas?  Oh yeah, their family made its fortune off patenting the machine that wrapped toothpicks in plastic, as well as a couple others.  And they had a daughter around Repla- Tim’s age.  Hopefully this wasn’t her trying to be a kiss-ass like her parents.

Jason finished reading and sat back.  The proposal wasn’t too bad.  Converting hotels into apartment buildings would be easier than office buildings, and the suggestion to use ex-convicts that wanted to turn over a new leaf as building managers certainly wasn’t the worst.  Also creating a fund for those that couldn’t afford rent, as well as community kitchens and gardens were certain plusses, though would need to have the right people in charge to make sure they actually worked as planned, and to keep the Court of Owls from messing with it.

Overall, it was something Jason would consider, after some research and maybe talking with the rest of the Bats and Birds.  And if this was from the Manson kid, maybe get Dickie or one of the others to talk to her next time there was a gala in town.  Or talk to her himself, if the Pit wasn’t too loud.

…Dick was probably the better option to talk with her if it came down to it.

***

There's the first chapter. I'm going to go write the next one. When I have a good log of them, I'll then go and edit them and put them on AO3.

This has no title yet because I suck at naming. Feel free to comment with suggestions for a name, both for the fic/au and for the eventual hotel/co op. As well as any shinanegans and majors/colleges/universities for our liminal young adults.

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[redfacedpalindrome]

drive to survive you will forever be my number one opp. throughout 'le curse of leclerc', your fuck ass editing and your fuck ass sound made oscar piastri give me the ick?????? the love of my (formula one) life oscar piastri???? @ drive to survive editing team you're on THIN fucking ice. y'all also made charles look straight up manic anytime he was on screen but i'm starting to worry that that required little to no editing.

anyone who thinks max is the only driver who beats himself up for getting anything less than first place has not been paying attention, charles looked damn near suicidal for qualifying P9 in singapore. your favorite driver ain't doing it like my favorite driver is (and by it I mean he's physically sick with the need to win)

[karda]

driving an hour away tomorrow in my car that breaks down on my 15min drive to work everyday i need everyone thinking positive thoughts for me ok???? ok??? everyone fingers crossed for me ok?????? ok????

[mikolovesracing]

logan sargeant should race indycar.

now let me explain my reasoning

1. he would get to move home and honestly? its one of the top reasons on this list. i am SO GLAD to see an american on the f1 grid, do not get me twisted mate but fuck! this kid can race! and he’s good at it too!

2. if he moved straight from f1 to ntt series, andretti (or meyer shank because they are on the RISE with malukas and rosenqvist) should pick him up, put him in a good car and get him to a series which is still incredibly competitive, maybe not near as much as infamous and like elite(?) as formula 1 but still competitive and see how well he does.

3. he's a fucking winner for christ sake! look at this man’s history

4. although id like to see him on msr or andretti, its most likely going to be prema and i think their two driver two car line up is going to be (purely speculation folks) alexander rossi as the experienced indycar driver (he still hasn’t announced where he’s going next year) and logan sargeant as the indycar rookie

5. i dont think there will be any announcements about either logan sargeant going indycar or if he does get picked up by another team well until yesterday the end of the season but if james vowles so help me god does some fucked shit like replacing logan mid season then idk we might, but my heart hurts for him rn

6. and yk who else id like to see race indycar? unpopular opinion but valterri bottas, i think he would kick some ass (and hopefully give penske a run for their god damn money bc fuck em) put him on JUNCOS HOLLINGER for gods sake

7. even if he went to INDY NXT which isnt likely but also not unlikely (idk how to word that) he would kick ass so put him with HMD if that happens

ok thanks for coming to my ted talk<3

james vowles is full of shit and treats logan like he doesnt matter i hate it and im sick of it

[madrabit]

Gotta thank those mutuals who constantly put f1 drivers on my dash for making me realise that Bojan Cvjetićanin is literally just a mini version of Lance Stroll.

You don't believe me? Well....

And I could go on... but once you look at them straight ahead, they honestly don't look alike very much. In that angle tho? They look the same... both very pretty!

(If you're from the f1 fandom and don't know who Joker Out is, feel free to check them out on Spotify! They're a Slovenian indie Band making genuinely good music. Although I know most of you seeing this already know these lil idiots)

Also I daw ppl tag posts of Lance as pink princess, and the fact that Bojan also is a pink princess makes this even better (or worse)...