And then the other set! Both of these were nightmares to typeset in their own way, but my memory did not prepare me for the sheer onslaught of diacritics in Lord of the Rings. My first reality check in this project, but not my last! The first time I zoomed in on my high res edoras reference (after finishing my pencil sketch) was another notable Oh No moment 😂 And then satisfying my own standards for a fabric that matched the deep blue leather and endpapers but still had the right vibes was unexpectedly difficult (until I tripped across northcott's 'art of marbling' fabric line), but I think it was so worth it for the end result!
I wasn't a Lewis Hamilton fan before Max Verstappen became a title threat around 2020.
I liked Lewis, I respected him, but I liked Sebastian Vettel more.
Verstappen fans constantly accuse Hamilton fans of "playing the racism card." But here's the thing:
1. Max Verstappen's dad has made close to borderline racist remarks about Lewis Hamilton. He's also a known abuser who assaulted his wife.
2. Max Verstappen's mentor, Helmut Marko, has made racist remarks against Lewis and Checo, and is the son of a Nazi.
3. Max Verstappen's father-in-law, Nelson Piquet, has made racist remarks against Lewis Hamilton and made homophobic remarks to Ayrton Senna back in the day. Senna also happens to be Lewis' idol. He was also a loud supporter of the far right, homophobic, misogynist, former Brazilian President, Jair Bolsonaro, who appears to have picked up all his presidential traits from Donald Trump, who he's a close friend of.
4. Max Verstappen's wife, Kelly Piquet is also a vocal supporter of Jair Bolsonaro.
5. Max Verstappen himself used ableist and racist slurs on the radio during F1 races.
6. Also, Max Verstappen fans are automatically Fernando Alonso fans, who turned up to the Spanish grand prix in 2008 in black face with posters of monkeys with the caption, "Hamilton's family".
And Max Verstappen fans are known to constantly make racist remarks about Lewis Hamilton. Ask the reddit mods of any F1 community about it.
And yet he keeps getting away with it. Red Bull fans would talk about MaFIA and Hamilton whining, but if you've followed F1 over the decades, you'll remember all the incidents when Hamilton was penalized by the stewards for the smallest infractions and usually given the harshest penalty for it.
The 2021 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix also showed that the FIA is far from supportive towards Lewis and in fact it's the other way around.
I'm not saying that all Max Verstappen fans are racists or white supremacists or Nazis.
I'm saying that all racists or white supremacists or Nazis who follow F1 are Max Verstappen fans.
That's why I support Lewis Hamilton now.
Edit: Apologies for the error, Kelly Piquet is his girlfriend, not his wife. I thought they were married.
Edit 2: Some more thoughts for the half dozen Max fans who got really annoyed by this.
I'm not saying he's a bad driver. He is perhaps the most talented Formula One driver in history. On the same day and in the same car, Max would beat Lewis more often than not.
But the guy is surrounded by racists and bigots and every bigoted F1 follower I've encountered is a Max fan, and these two facts make me look at him with suspicion.
Lewis fans are loud, theatrical, hysterical people who find conspiracies everywhere but I also see why they've become like that. Having to constantly fight back against racist dogwhistling can take a toll on your mental health.
Daniel Riccardo probably has the most fun fanbase in F1.
Chapters: 3/?
Fandom: Digimon Survive (Video Game)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Shinonome Kaito & Shinonome Miu, Dracmon (Survive) & Shinonome Kaito, Momozuka Takuma/Shinonome Kaito
Characters: Shinonome Kaito, Shinonome Miu, Momozuka Takuma, Dracumon | Dracmon (Digimon Survive), Hinata Minoru
Additional Tags: Fluff and Humor, siblings being siblings, you know how it is, Dialogue Heavy, Oblivious Takuma, like painfully so, mark my words there WILL be more dracmon chapters
Summary:
I was told that instead of keeping them locked up where only I could see them, I should post all my little Kaito stories as a drabble compilation.
I'll mark each chapter as Gen or M/M depending on if it's shippy or not in the title, so if you hate ship content and wanna read around it, you can, and if you only came here for ship content and you wanna read around the rest, you can.
Appreciation post for everyone explaining a joke in comments and posts when someone doesn't get it, for people willing to explain pop culture references that fly over someone's head, for people answering genuine questions about some issue someone has trouble understanding, for people who take enquiries about "common sensical" stuff in good faith, I love you <3
Thank you all for raising more than $2000 to the PCRF! Now that I've jumped into the river myself, I challenge @dungeonmastersconsortium, @pissvortex, @ayeforscotland, and @/Jacob Geller to Jump Into The River. Do the jump, keep the challenge going, and keep the conversation alive. From the river to the sea
was being haunted so I drew a fucked up looking catra to get it out
then I drew an even more fucked up melog and stared at it until I realized I tried to draw a pony by default, then I leaned into it and made a monstrosity
people are acting like we’re saying creators shouldn’t be paid for their work; they absolutely should. and watcher already is. they have a patreon, they get sponsors, their videos regularly get millions of views which gives them ad revenue, they sell merch; they are getting paid. feeling indignant and disappointed that they’re asking us to pay for content we were already getting for free isn’t entitlement, it’s expected. they wanted to make bigger produced shows and now their budget can’t sustain it, that’s not on the viewer to make up for