#james bowles

[stripedstarsblueflags]

Goodbye to a World

reading between the lines of the various goodbyes and dismissals to logan sargeant

Pt. 1: Williams App

full series

i don’t have to say a whole lot about the end of july. the wait is over! our second seat for 2025! carlos’s video which was professional and respectful and obligatory. williams garage’s video, which was appalling and shameful and disgraceful. we remember, we were there. something to recall, though– you guys remember how there was NO logan announcement? like NONE? we scoured social media like we were stalking our ex and there was nothing?

so we though– or at least, so i thought. i didn’t find the official logan departure announcement until weeks later, and i’m going to have to do this off the top of my head since in the past few days it’s been taken down, but i finally fucking found it– it’s in the williams app. hard to find because you have to scroll through five or six videos first, all under the category:

every time i genuinely think okay, this time it really can’t get worse, we smash through rock bottom like it’s a chassis in australia and hit another. even looking at this old screenshot makes my blood boil. i’m not going to be very coherent so let’s just break this down and phrase all the fuck-ups in a list:

- the only way to find the message is if you have the app. if you PARTICIPATE IN MORE TEAM MARKETING/PROMOTION PLATFORMS. you have to have an account, too. sainz gets eight posts on every single social the team can admin at once, including links, but logan’s post is essentially an easter egg.

- logan’s goodbye post isn’t its own post, it’s included in the sainz category. he doesn’t even get to be an individual figure leaving the team; he’s an event, he’s a side effect, just a domino tipped by another much more important decision. the end of his entire future is a footnote. it’s causation. it’s collateral.

- his cute lil article? it’s titled Thank you, Logan: His Williams Journey. it’s not even titled about logan. it’s williams saying “hey! look at us lovely guardian angels 😌 see how we took this poor little bird under our wings 😊 we’re so philanthropic and generous 😊 read along and find out all the amazing things we did for our little buddy!” it’s promo. it’s propaganda. in the midst of their announcement that he’s being kicked to the curb they take the opportunity to pat themselves on the back for everything they’ve done for him. it’s not enough to bury him alive, they had to dance on his grave too.

- i think there’s a good chance a robot wrote this. either that or they picked the most unoriginal journalist they could find.

that’s just humiliating. a thirteen year old on wattpad describing someone’s eyes as cerulean orbs makes a more captivating point than this.

- james consonants has one quote in the article. he’s the only one who’s quoted. the rest of it is about logan’s carer in junior series with williams driver academy. the last sentence is:

this is going to be more relevant in the posts ahead, when jv pops off once again. but can i also say how revolting it is that the message comes from james? when logan gets dropped early the wording gets a little different, but in the initial announcement (if you can even call it that) it’s all about james. what james has to say to logan specifically. williams’ whole thing is that they’re a family team, birds of a feather that stick together, they have each other’s backs and love and friendship and lalala all that bullshit. one would THINK it would be in their best interest to remember who they are. but nope. instead we get james making a point to single himself out so that he alone gets to show off how kind and forgiving and gracious he is to logan and the lack of a team statement gives the implication that the rest of the team didn’t even care. didn’t even notice. of course that isn’t what’s directly communicated but how sloppy and careless can you get with the wording that that message can even be interpreted IN THE FIRST PLACE?

all in all, williams is telling the world:

logan is not even worth effort. it’s not enough that they’re going to abandon his strategy, give him the shittier car, ice him out in his own team, not give his car any upgrades until over halfway through the season… they’re going to make sure we know that he isn’t even worth good writing. the lack of respect and decency and acknowledging someone as a human being with a sentient presence in the world is so severe that even on the fucking internet, where all they literally have to do so much pr and image management, they don’t have the words.

williams is making sure we all know: logan is so worthless he’s not worth taking the time to say that he’s worthless. they talk about underperformance, and this is the way they treat their team members. their fucking drivers. the faces of the brand.

it’s almost comical. it’s unbelievable. if someone was writing this in a story and i was proofreading, i’d tell them to tone it down, because at this point the antagonist is becoming too villainous to be believable; they’re a caricature, a parody.

but no. this is actually happening.

(to be continued)

[livefastdriveyoung]

No official confirmation yet, but it's looking like Carlos Sainz will be the Williams Second driver for 2025 and potentially beyond.

[bucky-obsessed]

I'm so excited!!!

[rubywingsracing]

I present to you my most ambitious project yet:

I love yall the mostest so you get it firstest 🥰

[caramelc0rgi]

whenever I see someone comment on tiktok that Charles looked better with hair, an angel loses its wings. I love my bald little man. I would put sunscreen on his beautiful round head every day and give his head a little rub whenever I see him

[manageablemischiefs-blog]

"like remus is a rugged, lean and tall guy [...] whilst he's all sharp lines, there's something scary about him that pulls people in." I... don't think we read the same books... or even watched the same fucking movies lol are we forgetting they called him looney loopy lupin?? that doesn't scream "scary that pulls people in" to me but rather school's weirdo. leave my poor lad alone.

[basiatlu]

Harry and Hedwig wip ♡

[halcy0ng1rl]

bloodstained blonde <3

[formulanni]

Cowabummer

Tag list: @st-leclerc @rubywingsracing @saviour-of-lord @three-days-time @the-wall-is-my-goal @albonoooo @ch3rubd0lls

[there-goes-my-sanity]

Saw The Monkey this afternoon.

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Absolute banger.

No notes.

Evil toy (don't call it a toy) kills a shit ton of people.

Theo James plays twins, both of which are very wet cat coded (one is a bit more feral than the other)

[smallcloisville]

THERE'S GONNA A NEW SUPERMAN PREVIEW!!!

It will be shown during the Puppy Bowl 2025

[ February 9, at 2 p.m. ET/11 a.m. PT. The event will be simulcast across Animal Planet, Discovery, TBS, truTV, Max, and Discovery+.]

[realtapiocafan]

looks like ja'marr was having fun with ps2, derwin james jr., and jerry jeudy!

(meanwhile it's too sunny for joe lmao)

[fruttymoment]

the bron jame™

[clairedaring]

GREAT MEN ACADEMY (2019)

Episode 6

[happyvocabulary]

Happy Super Bowl! 🏈 Football doodles

Regulus and Lily lmao

[marvelsgirl616]

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