#id love to hear your thoughts!

[starlightiing]

Hi! If it’s not too much of a bother, could you say what made you like Esteban? He’s one of the few guys on the grid that I think I only “dislike” because the majority does. I feel like it’d help to “get to know” him a little from other perspectives.

Heyya anon! I appreciate you reaching out to ask me about this and to learn a bit about Esteban in general, instead of just continuing to blindly follow the crowd.

There are many things I love about Esteban. First and foremost, he is incredibly sweet and very, very humble. He did not come from a rich family like majority of the other drivers. When he was a child, his parents sold their family home and got a caravan to fund Esteban and also follow him around from race to race when he was Karting. He remembers that wholeheartedly and talks about it often in interviews. He is grateful and gracious and has a very strong relationship with his parents. He used to help his dad (who owned a garage and worked on cars) when he was young as well.

Because of this, his spirit to fight and do well is very strong. His parents made so many sacrifices for him and for them, he puts his all, every bit of his heart into what he does. It's part of the reason why he competes as hard as he does. He has ALWAYS had to fight for everything, where most others got seats because they bought them or brought in huge sponsors, ect. Fighting is all he knows.

He has also since paid his parents back the money they put into him. His parents are so dear to his heart 🩷

His kindness astounds me. He is the sweetest to his fans. I'll place some links here at the bottom for your viewing pleasure. One of them, a fan gives him a friendship bracelet and he's so grateful for it and immediately puts it on. He smiles so brightly at her as he thanks her and it's very warm. There's another where a young boy launches at him, and security tries to pry him off but Esteban tells them it's okay, and the boy is clung to him, crying, kissing his hand and Esteban is saying "I'm here, I'm here. What's wrong? I'm here." To him the whole time, patiently taking photos and signing his hat and hugging him. Every fan encounter for Esteban has always been a soft and gentle recount of events, no one has ever said he was off color to them. He apparently speaks to track workers frequently as well and makes time for anyone that wants to talk to him. I will also link some interviews that really showcase his heart and he talks about his family, his racing, and even one where he mentions a moment that hurt him when he had an encounter with a "fan" that only took a photo with him bc he was famous and then said "I didn't like you at first but after talking to you, I do." He's not afraid to say when things hurt him. He's not afraid of much of anything, really.

As a driver, he is fierce. He can come off very intimidating on the track. He can come off as scary and dangerous. He isn't. He is a strong, fierce competitor and he doesn't settle for less. He was THROWING UP in his helmet at a race once and kept driving. He's stated that he will never retire his car for himself having physical issues. He will always push. He will always fight. This is it for him. Formula one is it. Nothing will ever be enough for him. This spirit, coming from a tough childhood where he was forced to grow up too quickly, with the strain and stress of the world on his shoulders to perform at his best because any less was unacceptable, knowing his parents gave up everything for him, it's so vibrant and strong. Does this mean he makes stupid mistakes sometimes? Of course. They all do. But it just shows the passion that's there and the spirit to push and fight and do the best he absolutely can do. He doesn't settle for less from anyone else and most certainly not less from himself.

I personally love the way he drives. There are times he makes me nervous and gets my heart rate up when he does some crazy maneuvers and sometimes I'm yelling WHAT ARE YOU DOING but otherwise, I love the fight. You can see his heart when he races and I think that's really amazing.

I leave you now with some links. I've of course not been able to touch on everything, but this should be enough information for you to form your own opinion on him I think! But feel free to reach out for more content if you'd like some! I will always wax poetic about this man 💕 He is a treasure.

Links!

Very excited fan: https://x.com/stxphology/status/1797649796788031703

Friendship bracelet: https://www.tumblr.com/starlightiing/749111919198240768?source=share

Deep dive interview: https://youtu.be/Y_riefCAJJ8?si=VXpbSe4Zrbu_go03

Reddit asks him questions: https://youtu.be/6khoBjn50VI?si=ewZh11sy27pan6-S

Thank you anon, for looking to form your own opinion (even if you end up still not liking him) instead of following the crowd!

[judgedarts]

i've been in the process of making these yugi and yami yugi coin pouches for the past couple months! they have a little keychain for you to take them on the go too 🥺❤️ they're not finalized yet, but i just wanted to share! i'd like to make the other characters and finalize the pricing before opening preorders, so please look forward to seeing them soon! also here's another idea.. a larger plush ita bag!

[fizzbot]

APOLOGY TOUR SPOILERS / HELLUVA BOSS CRITICAL POST

(please just dont read if youre a fan/are gonna be annoying in my tags/replies)

i LOVE verosika. i was super excited to see an episode all about her. she has EVERY right to be mad at blitz, and i do enjoy seeing things from the perspective of his victims. BUT.....i was really disappointed in her portrayal in apology tour. MOSTLY just because i was dissapointed in stolas portrayal in apology tour, and think this ep wouldve been better if it was more about BLITZ instead. rant under the cut

im not gonna give the whole rant about how annoying it is that stolas is constantly woobified, because 100 critical blogs have done it much more gracefully than i ever could. but it is just SO dissapointing to watch a man that couldve been SUCH a compelling villain be the ONLY one who is EVER sympathized with in the show. we are supposed to feel bad for him and believe that both sides are wrong in the stolitz situation, when stolas' crimes are SO MUCH WORSE than all of blitzs bad deeds combined. he co-erced blitz into a sex contract as the only means of doing his job, and then made HIM feel guilty for not falling n love with him during it. the 'both sides are in the wrong' comment gets particularly frustrating when the show has, tme and time again, only let stolas be the one with support. blitz is made to look unreasonable, no matter how right he is. and, in this instance, stolas is the one getting invited to this party to celebrate being ""wronged"" by blitz.

back to verosika. especially now that the episode is out, i am even more firmly on her side. the fact that blitz broke up with HER because things were getting too serious is interesting (albiet not as interesting as i think it couldve been but thats a rant for another post). im not saying she should forgive blitz, but i do struggle to fully agree with her because of how she treated stolas in the episode. she is the first to comfort him, the first to try and encourage him to shit-talk blitz, etc etc and i just dont understand.....why?

ive already had problems with her character since the sexual assault ""joke"" from spring broken, but this also really left a bad taste in my mouth. i totally understand her desire to party and sympathize with other people who were harmed by blitz, but its frustrating that stolas was invited to be among them. stolas, the man who is very much NOT THE VICTIM in his relationship with blitz. this is more the fault of the writers than verosika herself, but it is SO FRUSTRATING that she gave him the spotlight and is trying to help him heal from a situation that is ENTIRELY HIS FAULT. stolas didnt just hurt blitzs feelings, he sexually coerced and abused him. of all people, shouldnt verosika understand how terrible that can be? the kind of hurt that can do to a person? im not saying that this terrible relationship FORGIVES blitz's wrongdoings, but you shouldnt be giving his fucking abuser a stage and a microphone to talk shit about his victim. this becomes so much more insidious to me with the conversation she has with blitz on the balcony, later. this was actually a pretty good scene imo but it could certainly be better.

this is much more opinionated and i wouldnt be surprised if even the critical community isnt with me on this one, but i long for an alternate verson of this episode thats focused on verosika being on blitz's side, instead. its been over 5 years since they dated, and even though she is still allowed to be mad, it would be nice to see that shes moved on. maybe give her a new partner like barbie wire and let her throw these parties just so she can look back and laugh and help blitz's other victims heal in the same way that she has. not to bring up an also not-great show, but in rick and morty, we see a relationship between rick and one of his ex-partners named unity. they were really terrible for each other, enabling bad/unhealthy behaviors, generally being awful. their break-up was messy, but in recent seasons, we see unity coming back, upon hearing that rick was doing something self-destructive. they worried about him, because a part of them still cared, as much as they were hurt by his actions. i would have LOVED to see a similar thing with blitz and verosika, where verosika finds out about the relationship blitz is trapped in/just got out of. i think it would be SO MUCH MORE naratively interesting, for her to be supportive of his little apology tour, and maybe even inviting HIM to the "blitzo sucks" party. not everyone (or anyone) needs to forgive him; in fact, i think coming to this party would give him perspective. his relationship with stolas has hurt him so badly, he can finally step back and understand the harm that he did to all these people. the apologies that he gave, as he admits in the episode, were shallow. but i think framing stolas as the toxic one would be better in helping him realize that he has done wrong more than what the show is currently doing. and maybe some people at the party WILL forgive him. maybe he can apologize on the stage, and some people will empathize with his situation and believe that the apology is genuine, because hes finally had to be on the other end of his own hurt. and maybe THAT would be the first step in helping blitz realize that maybe he isnt completely unlovable, because there are people who cared about him enough to be THIS DEVASTATED upon getting their heart broken by him. a conversation with verosika about what he did to her would hit so much harder after this, imo

anyway. im sorry if this is completely incoherent/a bad point. i was just thinking about it and i am so sick of everyone being a stolas apologist </3

[saltyfryz]

I made a DCA sona!

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I could help myself, in making him :3

IDK what else ta put so here's some more doodles and info

[honk-illumimimimimimimi]

i firmly believe that illumi is not deserving of a redemption: not only because what hes done thus far is beyond redemption, but i also believe it would not make sense for his character.

i also feel as though it wouldnt make sense for killuas character either. killuas whole journey throughout the story is centered around self worth, and to have him outright forgive illumi, one of if not the biggest motivator as to why said worth was absent to begin with, would flush all of killuas personal growth down the drain.

yes illumi was most likely abused himself if not more than his siblings, but abuse is abuse. he had the choice of breaking the cycle but chose not to. killua did. i feel that redeeming illumi would be a huge punch in the face to actual abuse victims, and i dont think a message like that would be good to portray.

just like how i think silva and kikyo shouldnt be redeemed either, considering that theyre most likely the main driving forces as to why the family dynamics are so fucked up. and even if in his eyes, why illumi does the things he does isnt classified as abuse but more so benefiting the family and kil, its still abuse at the end of the day, and this only further proves how warped his perspective and perception of how and why he does what he does and has done is. the dude’s too far gone.

instead i think they should expand more into not only his backstory but his emotions and outlook on the world, such as his relationships with his family, most predominantly killua, and even with hisoka. for example, (minor bojack horseman spoiler up ahead) the way bjhm treated beatrice and her backstory: they portrayed it in such a way where they werent excusing her actions, but as a way of explaining why she was the way she was and how she became the person that she was, while also sharing a tender moment between her and bojack before she passed (which is in reference to the nursing home btw not the icu LOL).

i feel like if we were to get an illumi arc (togashi i am on my knees) they should go down that route instead of a full blown redemption. because not only does illumi not deserve that, killua doesnt either. he does not need someone like that in his life whether illu has changed or not. because the damage has already been done.

[ya-boi-haru]

Ok so, so far we have:

• Icarus & Ven

• Icarus, Ven, Ulysses

• Ven & Ulysses

• Icarus & Ulysses

• Ari & Momboo

• Quixis & Malitae

• Caspian & Will

I've been so invested in everyone's non-cannon ships, if im missing one from this list, please share...

Or even share your thoughts about ones *on* the list, we don't ship-shame here...

[kimeoshi]

hey guys might i introduce you to rattore (wip)

[satellite-starss]

Been thinking about making a return to tumblr hehe so have my current blorbos,,,

[stillnotyourmusebitch]

I'm sorry, not sorry how much the Moulin Rouge Huskerdust au has taken over my thoughts.

If I had the skills to write a full series fic about it you know I would be I'll probably just drop my random au thoughts.

I'm so outta practice but yes I will be talking more about the au that I can't stop thinking about.

But for now I can't unhear Husker saying this to Angel

[puppyeared]

who up seeing their disorder in a fictional character but feel like its not their place to put a name on it

[phantompages]

I really really enjoy ageswap AUs and would love to take a crack at one myself honestly. It's fun seeing different ideas and takes on things, and I like seeing kid Reigen being a little shit. So I keep thinking about how Serizawa in canon is essentially what Shigeo would be like had he not had Reigen to help him out as a kid, and so in an ageswap au I can see Shigeo ending up a hikikomori, never leaving his room/apartment for anything other than perhaps the barest necessities.

Perhaps one time on a short, midnight run to the local 24/7 convenience store to stock up on food for the next few weeks, Shigeo sees something, just close enough to notice the movement out of the corner of his eye. Some kid with a mop of blond hair turned a dull silver in the pale moonlight and luminescent street lamps lurking around alleyways armed with a bag of salt, saying something about melting evil spirits.

It's an odd sight, but it's none of his business. He wasn't expecting anyone out at this hour, which is why he went out for food at this time, so he moves to leave, just go back home and not go out for the next long, long while.

And then an actual evil spirit shows up, making Shigeo's hair stand on end from the sudden burst of spiritual energy, and the kid makes a startled noise that catches his attention. There's not a lick of psychic energy in that kid, and there's a rather nasty spirit looming over him. It's not like Shigeo can just leave him be, the table salt the kid is violently throwing isn't even doing anything. He could get hurt.

The spirit ends up exorcized, perhaps a bit more explosively than Shigeo would have liked but it's been a long time since he used his powers. Of course this catches the kid's attention, and when said kid turns around to notice this haggard looking man in pajamas at 1 AM with convenience store bags and standing near the entrance to a sketchy alleyway the kid decides that clearly the best course of action is to run directly up to him and start chattering about "Did you do that?! Are you a psychic?!" Shigeo tries making a run for it but this is a man who barely leaves his apartment and hasn't exercised since he was like 13 or 14 for PE classes so the kid catches up embarrassingly quickly.

The kid enthusiastically introduces himself as Reigen Arataka; Rising Star of the Psychic World and soon to be Greatest Psychic of the 21st Century. The kid, Reigen, goes on and on about how he was looking around for an evil spirit he's heard about from classmates at Salt Middle and from gossiping housewives he's passed by, and obviously since spirits are more active at night it's a great idea to go looking then.

And since Shigeo's a psychic, that means he has to teach this kid how to use psychic powers. Obviously.

Shigeo is not thrilled at the idea. Using his powers right then was a one time deal and he's not going to use them ever again because he'll explode and hurt everyone and-

But Reigen's not going to take no for an answer, he gives Shigeo a card for a sketchy looking business called Spirits & Such, run by one Kurata Tome. Reigen says that's where he's working after school and on weekends, and that he'll be taking Shigeo there the next day. Somehow, Reigen manages to get Shigeo's name and address from him before prancing off into the night like it's a totally normal thing for a what, 13?? year old to be doing. Shigeo goes home for the night, that was way too much interaction for him for the next decade. And it's not like that kid will actually remember this and show up at his apartment, right?

Shigeo wakes up to insistent rings of the doorbell some time in the afternoon, and he's content to just not answer but damn that is loud and persistent and just wont stop ringing so he begrudgingly cracks the door open to find Reigen in all his like 5'1" glory ready to drag Shigeo out of his apartment and to Spirits & Such, calling him Shishou all the while.

So it turns out this Kurata person recognizes his name as that kid who refused to join her Telepathy Club in Middle School, which is awkward. Shigeo's not quite sure how he got here, getting a job and a makeover even (Kurata insisted she cut his hair rather than let Reigen handle the scissors) but Reigen's persistent enough that he finds himself falling more into a routine working at S&S, and it's... it's nice, actually. He's finding his anxieties quelling and himself relaxing more, and talking with Kurata and Reigen isn't all that bad. He's getting himself back on his feet. Reigen is impressive with how he speaks with customers and a part of Shigeo wishes he could do that, wishes he could speak so clearly and understand people so easily. He's working on it, bit by bit.

And then he finds himself questioning his life choices because of a spirit haunting an all-girl's high school, shutting down a cult and gaining a sentient fart cloud as a companion, running into a TV celebrity who happens to also be an esper, and a whole lot of other things go down that leaves Shigeo's head spinning.

[ficauthor]

Mabel really was just fighting a god in the body of her brother and ended the fight by reminding bill that human bodies are not eternal huh. Genuinely histerical that she nerfed him with tickles and dippers preexisting conditions of dumbassery

[marithefriendlyghost]

i think as a whole, we should be able to ask our friends (or not friends) about their interests here and have them yap in a response

[lijau]

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lots of thoughts regarding my sexuality these past couple days. I don't really talk about it to anyone except one friend who's a-spec like me. When we talked, I admitted that I could never see myself with a man. I've had that thought in passing but saying it out loud (especially in front of someone who's been there for me while I was understanding my gender/sexuality) was such a relief. Living with my homophobic/transphobic parents also takes such a huge toll on my mental health, but talking with my friend always feels like a warm hug. I'm so incredibly grateful for them.

But I think the hopeless romantic in me would like to be in a romantic relationship/partnership. I feel like it would have to be with someone I've been friends with for a while and is also a-spec. So there's still a lack of romantic/sexual attraction but I think I could really only ever be with someone who's nb and/or a woman. Obviously that can change and I'm also 100% okay with never being in a relationship ever.

It's kinda just hard to grasp the concept of romantic/sexual relationships bc of where I am in life and that I'm still figuring things out. I don't feel rushed to be in a relationship of sorts but these thoughts just have been in passing over the past couple months.

[falst]

started reading tiger, tiger today because of you :D

FUCK YEAH