#max‘s thoughts

[butteredfrogs]

my attempt at making a gith sim!

[thepersonnamedsam]

enjoy the butterflies - dr3

pairing: daniel ricciardo x genz!driver, max verstappen x genz!driver

summary: daniel explaining a young female driver that winning isn't always the most important thing

word count: 1.1k

warnings: crying and fluff

note: omg, i love the gen-z driver, i know that there are multiple stories already with that trope, but i hope it‘s okay for me to write some more gen-z driver stories

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Daniel Ricciardo, the reserve driver for RedBull Racing, has seen pretty much all about F1 in his time as a racing driver. But a female driver racing? This was news to him. He sees you struggling a lot of times, coming back up to your feet too, but struggling most of the time. He felt bad for you, having been in this exact situation at McLaren a year before.

He once again saw you storming away from your garage, tears stained your eyes. You were disappointed with your performance during FP1. The car was okay, you were in a mediocre car, which was okay, because it was running good. But your performance was not good, at least you thought that. Because when you entered the garage, your engineer was standing there, happy about your performance. It was just you who gave you a hard time. You were the first women in a long time racing in Formula 1, you had to show those misogynist assholes that you were capable of the same things as all the male driver on the grid.

Daniel felt sympathy for you, you were a rookie and female too. With Seb not in the grid anymore, he felt like he had to take over the role as grid dad. So, the next time he saw you, he jogged towards you and stopped you.

„Hey Danny, what’s up?“, you tried not to show him your disappointment in your voice. „Hi y/n, the sky, that’s what’s up“, he laughed his significant laugh and smiled at you. You only shook your head, already forgetting why you were angry. Daniel had a way of letting people forget all their negative emotions by just being him. „Jokes aside, do you think I could talk to you for a second?“ You nodded your head, agreeing to spend some time with the reserve driver.

He led you to the RedBull hospitality, you were unsure of being there, not racing for any RedBull team. Daniel noticed your uncertainty and insured that it was okay that you were there. He took you to Max‘s drivers room, never having been inside. The wall had a big flag of The Netherlands on it and pictures of him and Kelly, occasionally one of him and P. As you looked around, Daniel observed you. You were thin, thinner then usual, shoulders were up to your chin, indicating a tense posture. You were stressed and it showed. Even if you didn’t let anyone know how you felt, your body betrayed you.

„Listen“, Daniel sighed, unsure how to actually tell you what he had prepared in his mind. „With Seb gone I feel the responsibility of taking over the grid dad.“ You met Seb once or twice, he was there when you were still karting. But you were never on the same grid as him. Your admired Seb, posters graced your childhood bedroom with his face on them.

You only nodded, not sure what Daniel was trying to tell you. „What I’m saying is, look kid, you’re good or else you wouldn’t have made it to Formula 1. You’re not here because you sucked anyone off, despite what the Media always says. You’re here because you are good!“, his voice loud and decisive. You looked at him, eyes starting to water. You thought you hid your disappointment well, not really anyone noticing it and no one ever spoke to you about it, not even your engineer.

„I see you, always dissatisfied and angry with yourself, y/n you’re a brilliant driver, always in the points in your first season! How can you be disappointed in yourself?“

You started to cry, not believing a word Daniel has said to you. You were not great with compliments, not believing them and always reflecting them negatively on yourself.

„Enjoy the butterflies. Enjoy being naïve. Enjoy the nerves. The pressure. People not knowing your name. All that stuff. You don’t know when it’ll be the last time. Enjoy being a kid.“

He hugged you, seeing you so upset made him feel bad, he didn’t want you to cry, he wanted to take some of the pressure off. He wanted to help you, not make it worse. You hugged him back, tight. With travelling so much and your family not coming to all of the races, human touch was a rarity. You enjoyed being held in his arms, feeling the warmth of another body and not your heating pad for once.

„Thank you“, you whispered, barely noticeable. He only nodded. He held you for a bit longer, letting you break off the hug. When you did, he looked at your tear stained face, he wiped some of the falling ones away. You laughed, overwhelmed with the whole situation. If the media would walk in at this second, the next headline would probably be; ‚RedBulls reserve driver with Rookie?‘ But he was just like an older brother, or as he said; a grid dad. But more an older brother, because with his jokes and his lightnesses he would never be a dad.

You were thankful of him, you were thankful he told you that and you were thankful that he was there for you. And that’s what you told him. He was happy to hear that. Knowing what if felt like being alone on the grid. Your tears threatened to fall once again, when Daniel took of his ‚Let’s Fuck’ ring and gave it to you. „It’s a reminder to just let all the stupid things fuck themselves“, he looked at you and laughed when the first tear slipped from your eyes.

With a loud thump, the door to the drivers room opened and a visibly confused Max was standing in the doorway. „What did you do to the poor kid, look at her, she’s crying!“, Max exclaimed. His face twisted to a confused look. „Nothing, those are happy tears, right y/n“, Daniel asked you and looked at you with hopeful eyes, awaiting your backup. „Don’t worry Max, Danny couldn’t ever do anything to make anyone cry sad tears“, you insured Max. Him now letting out a breath of air, relieved his teammate didn’t make a teenager cry. „But thank you for your concern Max“, you hugged the older man. He didn’t like hugs in particular, but he knew you were a big hugger, that’s why he always let you.

You were grateful for all the people on the grid, from your engineer to every driver. They made you feel welcome and worthy of your seat. And in FP2 you placed your best placement ever. Without all the pressure coming from you, driving felt like your passion again and not just a proof of what you were capable of doing.

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taglist: @ironmaiden1313

[laura1633]

i love oblivious omega max soooo much

like he‘s not stupid at all, he‘s a smartie little nerd about literally everything but when it comes to stuff like that he‘s just…well, oblivious.

the image of charles trying really hard to get max to understand he wants pups….dead.😭😂 because he literally tries everything!!! (besides talking because maybe they‘re both dumb about this)

charles keeps collecting grid pups left and right and pops them into max‘s nest? okay, well, max simply cuddles and noses all of them as sweetly as always. sure they can nest with him. 🤷🏼‍♂️

charles keeps pointing at pup stuff in magazines or shows max cutesy videos on the internet of pups or picks up the tiniest cutest rompers in a store, rumbling all over the place and looking so giddy? max is like oh yeah that‘s cute. look that baby romper would actually fit vic‘s pup, thanks for pointing it out!😄

charles loses it over max holding a fan‘s/ or a friends pup in his arms and taking a picture? hm yeah the kid was really cute, so. 🤧

charles holds max by the waist and wraps his arm around Max‘s tummy a lot more than usual? ah yeah he‘s just being clingy, maybe his rut is coming up…for weeks…😋

charles whispers the filthiest but also sweetest things into max‘s ear during sex about wanting to breed max but also about loving his tummy and imagining how hot and cute max would look carrying his baby and he would be the best momma? well that‘s new but also hot. 🧐 but anyway. 🙆🏼‍♂️

and charles is like ????????? what more does he have to do???? (besides just simply talking about it)

Haha this is perfect!

Yeah Omega Max is super smart in so many ways but in other ways is still very naive and mostly oblivious!

I am imagining Charles bringing home tiny cute rompers and then finding them on Jimmy, Sassy and Leo the next day 😂

I love the idea of a broody alpha because I think a lot of the time its the broody omega. Max wants pups too but very early on in their relationship they decided to wait until they both retired so Max doesn't want to push it. He has won a few championships since then though so would happily start a family.

Charles didn't think he was being that subtle so he's not sure if Max isn't ready or just isn't understanding him. He thought whispering to his omega how much he wants to put a baby in him right now would be the biggest clue of all but Max just blushed and moaned lots.

[autumnapricot]

...I know you have a strict updating schedule 🥺👉👈 for snippet?

hello anon!💗

mhhhm…below the cut i can spare a little smth surely :)

👀

so did you want fluff or angst because *checks menu* uh angst is kind of the main course for the next chapters?

[snippet from chapter 10]

Charles cracks apart with it.

His face, contorting into a ugly grimace; the sob that tears itself past the knot in his throat; the feeling of his chest caving in and falling into an abyss like the groundwork of a house being flooded by water, being unleveled and then crumbling, ebbing away, tearing everything down.

He‘s barely able to lean down and brush a fleeting kiss to Max‘s forehead. It‘s a silent plea for forgiveness, before he lets go of him and turns around, away, shouldering past the people in the room that comes closing in on him and he needs to go, he needs to leave, he can’t be here. He can‘t watch what they‘ll do to him. He hurries past the people, thinks he can see Seb‘s unreadable expression, Kimi‘s unmoved one, but doesn‘t really care for either.

Someone catches him around his wrist just outside the room, bringing him to a stumbling halt.

„Hey.“ Webber holds him back, and maybe the only reason Charles actually stops is because he can count the amount of times Mark Webber has spoken to him on one hand. Charles didn’t even know that he is here. „You still did the right thing, kid.“

Charles is not a fucking kid.

He‘s a miserable man. A liar. A traitor.

He simply blinks and winds his wrist out of the older man‘s hand. „I don‘t know what right means anymore.“

Because everyone in Max‘s life has only ever used him one way or another, used him and then dropped him for nothing, and Charles—Charles did too. Use him; drop him.

He is just as horrible.

And that is right? That is right?

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[snippet from chapter 13]

„You should have told him.“ Lando says with a crease between his brows that seems to judge him, but gently, like he doesn’t dare to say it the playful way he usually would, and Charles only shakes his head in irritation.

„Told him what?“

Carlos nudges Lando in the side silently, but it‘s enough for them to communicate, always so in synch and smooth and understanding, and right now it only serves to irritate Charles further to see them so woven into each other. Lando doesn‘t say anything else but his silence is worse, all of their silences are worse. They will all go home with someone, to someone, they will go home to their nice, filled, loving places.

They all have someone.

Some place to belong.

Only Charles will go back to a house that is haunted by emptiness.

He feels swallowed up and ridiculed by it, that thought and their silence, and so he walks past them on his stupid crutch and he wonders if there‘s such a thing as a crutch for a thumping, hurting, oozing, stupid heart too.

[slythereen]

didn’t realize martin garrix was who he is until i looked at his discography just now 😭 i thought he was just max‘s cute little niche dj friend when this man is responsible for so many bangers

[bwoahtastic]

kay i‘ve been thinking cos i love the wolves au so some thoughts here (maybe some things have already been talked about sorry if so)

— fem pack alpha nico (i loooove!) either being a really big wolf with beautiful white fur? orrr she‘s this rather small wolf which makes people underestimate her sometimes which is a big mistake, she‘s terrifying when she wants to be!

— max sticking to nico in the nights🥹 which brought me to the thought, maybe the whole pack sleeps all cuddled up together? some in wolf form rolled up against each other, some in human form, whatever someone prefers. max is in awe, that never happened in his old pack. it‘s a sweet picture to see everyone huddled up with the pack and after he‘s become more comfortable he asks nico if they could also sleep with the pack instead of staying in max‘s room? everyone is giddy to see max come out and makes space for him and logan in the middle because the omegas and pups always are for protection. max loves being surrounded by pack!

— charles being a super gentle alpha who would never start any fight, he barely participates in playfights with other alphas (but loves to carefully playfight with the pups) and never challenges anyone least of all pack alpha. but then he growls at nico to everyone‘s surprise one day? he was sleeping with his head on max‘s tummy as usual and maybe nico spooked him accidentally, making charles think there‘s a threat and wanting to protect max and his pup. he instantly shrinks back when he realizes it‘s his pack alpha and how possessively he reacted, baring his throat and apologizing. max is worried when charles clearly keeps some distance afterwards although he and nico both reassured charles that it‘s fine. nico maybe just nibbles at charles’s‘ throat in a light warning but she knows the alpha didn‘t mean to. charles however feels so bad about it and he doesn‘t understand why he is reacting so strongly, he never loses control over his instincts like that. max eventually going over to where charles has been sleeping by himself and softly telling him that his pup misses someone to kick in the night 🤧

— also i love the idea of everyone faceplanting into nico‘s soft fur! everyone‘s trying to cuddle up the pack alpha!

Oh plss!

- for sure in human form she looks small and innocent already, and while she isn't tiny, some of the Alphas in her pack are bigger than her in wolf form which confuses outsiders. But no one ever dares to challenge her because she can be fucking scary

- Max being in awe seeing the mess of wolves and humans all curled up together, usually with Nico in the centre, and it changes who is snuggled against her but Dan and little Oscar are usually very close, or at least surrounded by the other Alphas too to protect them more! Max sleeps separately with little Logan at first but eventually asks to join the pack for the night and everyone is so excited! It's only natural for them to make space for them in the centre, between Dan and Nico and Logan is squeaking happily at all the good night nuzzles he gets!

- plss Charles always being so nice and quiet, never challenging Nico and being unsure about playfighting unless Nico lazily annoys him into it ksks. Charles dozing off eith his head on Max's tummy and Logan is tryingnto braid his hair with momma's help. Charles is so relaxed but Nico nearing spooks him and he growls, surprising everyone! Charles instantly cowering away and being so panicked, even when Nico shushes him. Nico lightly nibbling on Charles's neck to correct him but then hugging him close. Charles being a little wary after and staying away from Max until Max goes to him saying the unborn pup is restless without someone to kick, and Logan misses Charlie too!

- pls Nico going to the pack nest cos she wants to sleep and it's pack bedtime, and instsntly everyone is zooming over for the best spots skksks, or at least a snuggle before making space for others.

[fabbyf1]

Favourite warming verse moment…. Girl I thought about this way too long 😭 but I have to for WV3 when Charles is having a mental breakdown in front von Max‘s door and Max just opens the door and says “hi, baby” GOD I’M SO SOFT FOR THIS MOMENT IT MAKES ME WEAK EVERYTIME I READ IT 😭😭

AIOSJFIOASJFOIASFJ

GODDDDD THAT WAS SUCH A GOOD "HI BABY" TOO!!!!!!!!

Fuck, I think every single "hi baby" hits different, you know?

GOD. I'M WEAK JUST THINKING ABOUT IT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR TELLING ME 😭😭

[butteredfrogs]

someone please tell me why im just casually scrolling through tumblr and i see a🌽post tagged as 'ts4 cas' and bc i follow the tag tumblr decided to show it on my dash????? like genuinely wtf tumblr please fix this and ban these accounts.

[alexalblondo]

I‘ve consciously heard Esteban speak french for the first time today and it‘s been several hours and I still don’t know how to feel 😭

[thepersonnamedsam]

healing the inner child - mv1

pairing: max verstappen x fem!reader

summary: healing max‘s inner child was something you’d do again and again

word count: 1k

warnings: jos verstappen (because he deserves a warning on his own), a bit of angst maybe

note: it was inspired by a post i read earlier here on tumblr and it reminded me of something my therapist once told me; healing the inner child is the greatest way of healing trauma

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Max didn’t have a good childhood, Jos ruining the most of it. When you met Max he just won his first championship. You saw him in that nightclub, smiling from ear to ear and glowing like a light bulb. And then there was Jos. He was standing next to Christian Horner, having a heated discussion with him. Christian was seemingly uninterested, rather watching Max having the time of his life. You couldn’t hear what Jos was saying to him, but the fragments you did understand weren’t exactly nice things about his son. If you didn’t know that Jos was Max‘s father, you would think he was his biggest enemy. And that’s exactly what you thought.

You had no idea who Max was at first, you knew he was some big smoke show. But what he actually did, you couldn’t have guessed. You were visiting Abu Dhabi with some of your friends, only just agreeing to the night out, if you hadn’t, you wouldn’t have met Max. At first, he didn’t notice you, a timid shy young woman, standing at the bar and waiting for a bartender to give you your drink of choice. He walked up to the bar, wanting to order a new bottle of champagne. The bartender immediately noticed him and came to his service. You scoffed, how the hell have you been standing there for nearly 10 minutes and no one asked what you wanted, but he just walks up and everyone runs to serve him?

„Everything alright?“, he was asking you, already drunk and careless. Nobody could do him wrong that night, not even a visible angry and confused lady. „I was just standing there for 10 minutes, or more probably, and couldn’t order anything.“ You rolled your eyes. You were annoyed, annoyed with your friends for taking you to this place and annoyed with him and the busy bartenders.

„What would you like, I‘ll put it on my tab and you‘ll have it in a matter of seconds.“ He only meant it nice but to you it seemed cocky. „No thank you, I’d rather wait 10 minutes more, or better, I‘m just going to leave“, you muttered. „Hold up, I only meant it well. What’s going on?“ Max was visibly confused, blending out all of the other people around him, even the upcoming bartender with the new champagne bottle. „None of your business“, you told him, but Max didn’t let go.

You ended up leaving with him, nothing happened that night, just you two talking. He was sharing things with you he never shared with anybody. Things that included Jos. Feeling bad for Max you gave him the card of your therapist, but he just laughed at you and told you he didn’t need a therapist to help him. You once again rolled your eyes. You couldn’t believe what he just told you, everyone needs a therapist, but you couldn’t argue with him.

And one leads to another and you and Max got together. You tried to help Max as much as you could, but Jos didn’t agree with your relationship and always got in your way. It was hard, constantly hearing bad things about you, Max and your relationship with him from Jos. Max noticed your mood change every time Jos was around, so he changed the rules for him. He was only to come to races when you were not around. You didn’t want Max to change anything from you, but you were glad Jos was not attending a race. Not for you but for Max. Max deserved to be surrounded by people who loved and supported him.

You made it a habit to celebrate after every race, no matter what position he placed. You went out for ice cream, waffles, pasta or dumplings, everything he couldn’t have regularly during the season. One time you went out for dumplings, soup dumplings to be specific. Lance knew this great place for dumplings in Montréal. Celebrating his wins were always the best. You smiled and laughed a lot together and on nights like this, where everything was perfect, you didn’t want it to stop.

„Darling, you’re making a mess“, you laughed and looked at your boyfriend. He was trying to eat the dumpling in one go, but the dumpling exploded and the hot soup burnt his mouth, which led to him having soup dripping down his chin. He just smiled at you, ignoring the burning sensation on his face or all the looks he was receiving from the other guests. With you by his side, everything was okay.

„I don’t care, it’s delicious“, he smiled and looked at you. „Do you think we could go to the parc afterwards?“ He was looking at you with hopeful eyes. This was the other ritual you had; playgrounds were there to be played with and if Max felt like playing, you two played. And that’s what you did.

You two sat on the swings, giggling and laughing together. Max was feeling free, free from the pressure and free from anything negative. He was feeling just you and the wind in his face. Everything felt like it was perfect.

And when he won his second championship that year, you didn’t go out to party. Max took you by your hand and pulled you towards the nearest ice cream place, where he ordered himself the biggest sundae they had. You had laughed when he looked at you and asked what you wanted. You thought he was ordering for you two, but turns out, he wanted that ice cream all for himself. You simply took some ice cream in a cone and told Max, you’d eat the rest of his sundae. „I will finish this, believe me“, he told you. He infact did not finish it.

Max was your greatest gift that kept on giving. Healing his trauma was just one way of showing him how much you loved him. He appreciated it and after a while he felt like a little child who had the best childhood. You two had a relationship that wasn’t unusual, helping each other and being there was normal. And Max was definitely glad to have you by his side.

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taglist: @ironmaiden1313

[autumnapricot]

okay i need to write this here because you may think i’m crazy on ao3, but theory time because you said this is a scavenge hunt and i love fics that have me guessing a little and yours has me guessing alot!😶

okay. this is maybe delulu. but in the summary, it says charles is an officer gone off duty…so, police? then in chapter 3 it says that he has a file on max, so that „confirms“ my police officer theory. BUT. off duty?? means he is no longer an officer or? and why is he not? and then why does he have a file? and what does seb have to do with it? are they doing illegal stuff with files….and who is seb to charles like what does he do? is he a shady mafia boss!!?! and what secrets does max have!!! that charles and seb want to know about maybe/ probably? and also i can‘t shake the feeling that u‘re being mean to us and playing us in chapter 3 because of the „charles is kind“ thing from max. but then again he really is so sweet and careful with max😭 which i love so much! and i love the small things you described as max noticing but then againnnn maybe that is the deceiving part? and charles himself literally said that he doesnt think he‘s a kind person..is that supposed to be like..he‘s trying to be a good person but he knows he‘s not for whatever he‘s doing to max with seb

I HAVE QUESTIONS

hello dear anon🥰 (sorry for the belated response)

oh wow, you went digging digging! i love that!! :) there are quite some easter eggs hidden in there

i‘m never know what‘s a spoiler and what not so for anyone who may wants none at all, i‘ll put it under the cut

charles is indeed a police officer though yes, off duty.

why he is off duty and why he has max‘s file nevertheless will be explained in chapter 5/6. chapter 6 specifically is entirely charles centric so we will get to know all about it, also seb makes his appearance in chapter 5! aaalso seb works for the police too ;)

oh i love the way you interpreted that scene! that‘s fairly interesting!! 🤓 i think it will also be revealed why charles feels that way in chapter 6 :)

thank you for reading and your thoughts, i love all of them!

🩷🩵

[differentlyweird]

Max Mayfield & Disability

*SPOILERS FOR STRANGER THINGS 4 VOL 2*

I’ve seen a lot of people having discourse about max’s injuries and how she could very well end up permanently disabled next season. As a person with a physical disability I have some thoughts.

1. I am conflicted on a non-disabled person playing a disabled character and having the possibility of representation.

All right so I firmly believe that if you were going to write a disabled character or incorporate a disabled character into media. A disabled person should take that role, however in Max Mayfield‘s case she was not a disabled character she would become disabled. So in this case I don’t think that logic would apply, because as we know anyone can become disabled at any time. The only thing I would be afraid of is falling into the social model of disability. Which usually goes one of two ways: the I-hate-my life-I am worthless-and-a-burden-to-everyone-around-me OR the this-person-is-such-an-inspiration-for-dealing- with- a - world-that-wasn’t-made-to-include-them-but-I- don’t-care-to help-change-it. if they decide to make Max disabled(most likely some sort of blindness) then they need to make her real. Not someone that can be used as a token disabled person for inspiration or a self deprecating person that thinks being disabled is the worst thing in the world. they need to really do their research on this and do true justice to that storyline.

2.  I’m worried for the guaranteed ableism that will come with making her disabled.

I’ve seen a lot of people be very ableist on Twitter and TikTok. Saying that they should just put her out of her misery instead of making her disabled. As if that is the worst thing that could happen to her compared to all the trauma she just faced. The writers need to be prepared to handle that within Max‘s storyline. If they’re really gonna do it they need to be vigilant and aware. They need to make it known that just because you’re disabled does not mean that you would be better off dead. Although if I’m being completely honest the world is very ableist but especially the media so I doubt that this would happen but if it did it would help make max’s storyline more impactful and real. It would avoid stereotypes.

3. I’m not saying that Max is not going to struggle because she is,a lot.

It’s gonna be hard to adjust. Going from a fully able-bodied person to a disabled person on top of all the supernatural stuff going on is a lot. She’s not going to be completely content or happy but I don’t want her to be completely self deprecating either. Not only because it would fit into stereotypes but also because I feel it would do a disservice to her character. Since she first came on the show in season two she has been self-sufficient, confident, honest, caring, and brave. I feel as though Max would know even if she’s having a hard time adjusting deep down she would know that she’s still a bad ass. 

4. I really hope that they do not introduce any ableist slurs in the show because nobody needs those.

I have a sneaking suspicion that if they were to go the disabled route. Max would eventually have to deal with ableism in the form of slurs or may be being made fun of and I have to say we don’t need it. We don’t need to hear Max enduring slurs to get the point across. I know that this show is currently in the late 1980s and people said these horrible things and still continue to say them but don’t do it. I really hope that they don’t do it because it’s ugly and there’s a lot of other shit going on. There are other ways to portray that. Such as inaccessibility that people usually wouldn’t think of. architecture for example would be a great point or maybe how people infantilize disabled people. Literally anything except that. (Speaking of which they did not have to have Lucas and Erica being basically hate crimed this season that was unnecessary. Especially with the whole gun thing)

5. Although I have my reservations about how a disabled Max would be portrayed, having a positive romantic relationship for a person with a disability would be amazing.

Lumax is one of the best ships I have ever seen. Their dynamic and depth is something so special because they’re a lot more subtle. However that subtlety is very impactful. We see their connection and their friendship without ever having to explicitly say it. However I think it would need to be said or shown explicitly, because while I do love their subtlety they deserve to love more openly. Seeing it on screen would be wonderful.Lucas loves Max and vice versa. He would never leave her side, he would always support her, and I know for a fact he would love her no matter what. Seeing this type of positive relationship would do so much for representation (as well as the ship in general). Solidifying their relationship and literally having them stick together through anything. It would just be so nice to see and I think it would fit their characters and the characters relationship really well.

6. There shouldn’t be a miraculous cure when they defeat vecna and save the world.

I know a lot of people have been saying that if they go this route they would like for Max to be healed by Jane/El. I think that would be a disservice because many disabled people do not want to be cured myself included. Many of us have never felt like we needed to be different or “normal”. I do wanna stress however that if you are disabled it is completely fine to feel that way, but to assume that every disabled person feels that way is wrong. It would be going about the storyline wrong. They have an opportunity here to do something great for representation and take a positive realistic approach. If they’re going to do it they need to be all in completely. Because for them to have her magically undisabled would be feeding into stereotypes and would be ableist in itself.

These are just my immediate thoughts, since I’ve seen discourse about it and ableist discourse at that. you don’t have to agree with me and for my fellow disabled people feel free to chime in and let me know your thoughts. For my non-disabled people, especially those that think Max would be better off dead than disabled, this conversation isn’t for you and it would be best if you listen and learn. I hope that anyone that sees this maybe thinks a little longer about how/what max being disabled would look like and maybe that you assess your own unconscious ableism. Because at the end of the day the majority of ableism isn’t your fault. You’ve grown up in a world that has made these jokes, has made inaccessibility, etc. normal. It is your job however to recognize and correct it. I hope this helped.

I love Max and I think she has so much potential for this last season coming up. Her arc in season four was just amazing, and I can’t wait to see where they take her. I just wanted to make sure that people knew if they go this route they should do it the right way.



[yesloulou]

i need to leave an important thought sksk pls don‘t mind me i‘m in my lestappen feels

in this gifset of yours can we pls talk about charles‘s hand in the second gif? the way he initially lays his hand between max‘s shoulders but then goes lower?? like? boyfriends. i‘m not taking any critique on this ❤️

Huh. Sharl explain yourself 😉

ps this lil moment is literally my pfp bc look at him staring everyone down!!

[bwoahtastic]

a little bit of divorce au angsty feels with maxiel

like we established that max and dan continue to live together a while after the divorce for the kids sake right?

maybe at that point max doesn‘t know about lando yet because dan didn‘t tell him about the other little omega, not wanting to make max feel like he‘s not enough or being replaced by lando. i feel like dan fell for lando when he was still with max and that‘s what made him realize that he loves max, ofc he does, but he isn‘t in love with him.

and one day they believe max will be out till late evening and dan invites lando over to their apartment with the intention of sending lando home again before max comes back but alas (heh) max isn‘t out as long as they thought he would be.

poor maxy locking open the front door and instantly smelling lando and he finds dan and lando sitting in the living room laughing together and feeding each other snacks and giggling. and he isn‘t dumb, he knew before that that there‘s another omega for daniel, but still it hurts to see it with his own eyes and the fact that dan did it behind max‘s back is even worse.

pls max either really quietly leaves again without dan noticing and he runs off to charles‘s place with tears in his eyes to sleep there because he doesn‘t really have any other person to go to, and daniel worries when max doesn‘t come home later that night

orrr max hisses at them to have fun while he gets his stuff and tries to storm off and dan hurries after him to apologize (drumrolls for the dramatic staircase fight scene dundundun) but max is having none of it and still runs away to charles‘s

either way ANGST

pllss Daniel and Lando trying to bond a bit and its hard and Daniel feels very guilty and only wants to tell max when he is very very sure Lando is endgame for him.

max having been out at a work event but it was boring and he left early. But when he unlocks the door, desperate to go in and see his kiddies, he suddenly smells another Omega and gets so scared and confused. He knows there was another Omega and Dan mentioned Lando before, but it hurts so much to see it in real life. Lando getting very scared and just scooting to hide behind Daniel and Daniel tries to talk to him but Max just hisses loudly and leaves before even managing to go in and check on his babies!

Poor Max running all the way to Charles's house and Charles just catches him in his arms when Max stumvbles into them, crying his little hard out because it just feels to real!

Charles going with Max the next morning and Lando has left while Daniel looks sick with worry because he had no idea where Max was! and Max wont look at him and just hugs his kids and Charles is just an awkward stickman standing in the doorway kskfs

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How You Meet: Paul

Summary: You work at Max‘s World. Every evening, you almost always see the same, four boys come into the video store. They never buy anything, but Max doesn’t seem to like them. They have never spoken to you, until He sees you….

You sighed in boredom as you put video tapes back into their original spots on the shelves. You worked at Max’s World to make money for rent for the apartment you owned. After weeks of trying and failing at trying to get a job, Max was kind enough to offer you one, despite knowing what you were. While the job definitely payed the money for rent, it wasn’t the funnest of jobs. Almost every night and day it was either a customer buying a video tape or you restocking tapes. The bright side to working there is that you at least had money to pay so you wouldn’t end up on the streets. The sound of motorcycles caught your attention. The cat in you lifted its head up in curiosity. You put the last video tape on the correct shelf and went behind the counter to help the customer or customers out. You grabbed a pen that sat on the counter, ready to write down the exact video tape that the customer wanted. When you looked up, you saw the same four boys that almost always came into the store. They seemed to be part of the same gang. Long hair, leather jackets and one ear pierced. The one that always caught your eye was the blonde one. The one that wore a mesh shirt under the leather jacket. He always had this sort of fun and exciting energy about him. Max frowned as he looked up and saw the boys. 

“I thought I told you to never come in here again.” Max said. His voice was cold and unwelcoming, the complete opposite to how he normally greeted customers. The platinum blonde male chuckled. 

“Relax, Max,” He said. “We’re not here to cause any trouble.” He said. The frown never left Max’s face. His eyes lingered on the boys like a Hawk, watching their every move. You sighed and clicked the bottom on the pen on the counter in boredom. You still had an hour left before your shift was over.  Paul looked over at you and smirked.

A Werecat? Now this is something I never thought I’d see. Paul thought.

“Well, well, what do we have here?” A voice questioned. You looked up and saw the blonde male standing in front of you, leaning against the counter. The male smirked. “Well aren’t you a sight for sore eyes.” He said. He had a sort of California drawl to his voice. He must have been a native to Santa Carla. You raised you eyebrow at him, clearly not impressed. He smirked. “Did it hurt when you fell from Heaven?” He asked. You smirked and tisked, shaking your head. 

“Sorry, that isn’t going to work on me. It’s been said to me too many times for me to be affected by it.” You said. The male chuckled and looked down at the counter and then back up at you. 

“Okay, how about this one,” he cleared his throat. “Can I tie your shoelaces? Cause I don’t want you fallin’ for anyone else.” He said, smirking. You sighed in disappointment. 

“Again, heard it before.” You said. The male chuckled in disbelief. You looked down at a list of video tapes that you still had to put away. 

“Okay, okay,” you glanced up at the male, holding back a smile. “I’m sure you haven’t heard this one before,” he said. You looked at him expectantly. “You remind me of my pinky toe,” he said. You arched your eyebrow. 

“I…what?” You asked, baffled. The male waved his hands. 

“Wait, wait, I haven’t finished yet!” He said. “You remind me of my pinky toe. You’re cute and I wanna bang you on the coffee table.” He said. You were speechless. You chuckled and blushed, looking down. You nodded your head and looked up at him. 

“I...must admit. That was pretty good. I hadn’t heard that one before until today.” You said. The male cheered and fist pumped the air, making you laugh. You held out your hand.

“I’m [Y/N].” You introduced. The male took your hand and kissed the back of it, making you blush slightly. He was about to tell you his name when Max beat him to it, 

“Paul, don’t flirt with my employees. [Y/N], you still have work to do.” Max said sternly. Paul rolled his eyes. He then looked at you and smirked.

”I’ll see ya around, [Y/N].” He said. He then walked out with the other boys, the curly blonde haired boy clapped Paul on the shoulder, the two playing around for a bit before the climbed on their motorcycles and rode away. You looked down at the list. Your cheeks were bright red. You hoped that you would get to see Paul again sometime. He seemed really interesting. 

[whymasi]

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18 by greenpeas (AO3, restricted)

I have loved you since (I was) 18, long before we both thought the same thing. To be loved and to be in love. Or, Max‘s take on Daniel from age 17 onwards.

The thing with fics that progress chronologically over the course of a few years is that you get to see subtle shifts in the way characters (in this case our lovely Maxiel <3) interact, as well as their thoughts and emotions, only to realise at the end, wow it’s amazing what a huge change in the dynamics (for the better, of course) has happened.

I definitely also loved how those two skirted around their feelings for quite a while, and throw in some misunderstandings and “fights” along the way: voilà, angst (but with a happy ending, fret not).

This fic also has humour in it, as would be expected from the goofy Maxiel interactions we often see. Overall, what an emotional rollercoaster, and vivid description of the entire relationship by the author! :)))