#sorry for this response haha

[thepavementsings]

pierresteban reminds me of that quote about childhood friends being the benchmark of our lives because they have always around each other and competing together

“Childhood friends are the benchmark of our lives, no matter where we go, what we do. They will always come by and take you to the place where you belong.” — Burhan Din Wani

sorry for what is under the cut lol

I just googled this quote anon and I think you're so right! In a way that is more extreme for them because they've always been measuring themselves against each other - they had to. There's one winner. One scholarship. etc etc.

There's a quote from Pierre when he's asked about Esteban not possibly losing his seat in 2019 (I have so much to say about them and 2019 but it is like, unhinged so we won't do that now) where he responds:

"Since i'm 7 years old, I've always fought with him and I'm sure I'm gonna keep fighting with him in the next few years so. I think for sure F1 is pretty tough.... he's doing his job and things [that] are out of his control are not really going his way. So I'm pretty sure he'll keep pushing and we'll see him back on the grid pretty soon. I'm sure we'll keep having some pretty good fights."

and I think that encapsulates it so well. The way they've always been in the periphery. Everything changes yet so much stays the same!! And I think that will be so exciting to see this season. Because I have always been a firm believer that there was no one right or wrong in the breakdown of their relationship. So much of it was circumstance and the environment they were in where it felt like only one could come out of it, and for both of them for so many reasons outside themselves it was a "it can't be both of us, and it has to be me" scenario.

Which is why BOTH of them being in the paddock, BOTH of them being grand prix winners is so bittersweet. Because it could be both of them!! But at that point in their relationship when it fell apart it couldn't be. And what does that mean now!! As teammates. Because they've spent so much time building themselves into who they are away from each other. And now they're at a place - once again, because of circumstance - where it can't be both of them, not really! So what do they do? How do they make it work? How do they give each other the space to each do what they need to do? Because like it or not they're a TEAM now. And they will both be under heavy scrutiny to make the partnership work. It can't be both of us, but it has to be. On the real life basis it will be fascinating.

On the more RPF-y side, what does it mean to be given another chance with someone you once loved!! Because in some type of way, maybe in all types of ways, they did love each other once. Do they even want to take the chance to do it all differently this time? Is it worth it to open all of that back up? I don't know if they both have the same feeling on that to be honest.

Anyways their narrative truly is so rich because it's SO complex. I can talk about it for hours haha.

[iknowicanbutwhy]

@chipper-smol I couldn't get the thought out of my head of dragon loop flying on unfamiliar wings away from their problems because obviously that's why they have them haha ha ha

[blamebonk]

Wait, so, we've seen drunk Lucifer if he was(by my guess) black out drunk, what would the others look like...?

These are my thots I am open to criticism haha

[samglyph]

I truly believe Will Wood is an incredible musician and songwriter and is one of the top lyricists in the last decade both in and outside of the genres that he chooses to play in with absolutely zero irony. I also believe that you can only fully understand that if you’ve either had a pet die before listening to his music or you have a history of drug abuse and mental health crises. Or you’re trans.

[nibeul]

wish people would acknowledge mic's rage more often.

[basketobread]

i hope i am not just some random bg3 artist to u all... but a friend <3 (and your strongest warrior pls pls pls with a cherry on top)

[loafbud]

Do you have any tips for salmon run?

i have a few that i can offer thats helped me out, even while playing on freelance !!

> "boss luring" is prolly one of the most important tip! any bosses that follow players (e.g., steelhead, scrapper, etc) can be lured closer to the egg basket for easier egg depositing— that's why sometimes when a wave starts - for example - a scrapper appears, players would stay near the basket

> flyfish fumble! if everyone's too preoccupied to completely knockout a flyfish, take out only ONE of it's containers (preferably the right container, as it targets the closest player) — this "fumbles" the flyfish so that its missiles are random

> prioritize destroying lesser salmonids!!!! (IMPORTANT‼️) - if forgotten, the lessers can - depending on your job title - swarm around you FAST and stand in your way; especially the smallfry (i have the most issues w/ those coz i underestimate 'em LOL!!)

> related to 🔝 but imo the order of priority feels like this: splat lessers > splat bosses > gather eggs

> (mudmouth mode) mudmouths can be quickly destroyed using: explosher, grizzco slosher, crab tank bombs, killer wail 5.1, booyah bomb, triple inkstrike or inkjet!

> snatchers can be your friends! 😎 if there's lots of eggs far away on the shore, the snatchers may sometimes grab those eggs fly right over near the basket w/ them, which is a perfect time to splat them there!

> if ur playing freelance, a casual player, or w/ someone who isnt familiar w/ any sr tips like luring or weapon advantages (e.g., rushing to splat lurable bosses at the shore, not using their explosher on mudmouths, etc)... match their playstyle! — going "this way!" at them or waiting around in hopes they'd eventually get it would only lose time, so it's best to just play along haha

and those are some of the salmon run tips that helped me out! 🫡 i hope any of these are of some use haha

[averlym]

,,, sun-dappled sheets...

[ihateornithologists]

cold hands (maybe i'll finish this later maybe not)

meme addition

[tubbytarchia]

Points at my pinned message. There's a message there in bold. I'm sorry I don't clarify that I'm talking about CHARACTERS ONLY in posts that I don't maintag. I presume if you're on my blog to see these posts at all, you would already know as much. CHARACTERS please... just characters.... I've acknowledged that CC Jimmy is not bothered by the bullying many times. I'm very aware... I'm talking about characters......................

[rayix]

HAPPY (not belated wtf do you mean?!?!?) BIRTHDAY‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️

(I whipped this up quickly so its kinda shitty srry 😭)

Anyways ima say some nice stuff now cuz ngl your like KINDA maybe a WEEE little bit of a cool awesome person ‼️‼️‼️‼️

Your arts so crunchy rararararar I could go on and on how I love how you draw and like just wanting to know how you draw in general RAHADHSDHDAK. I FUCKING LOVEEEE YOUR CLOWN AESTHETIC OMG IMA GO TO THE MALL THIS WEEKEND AND SPEND ALL MY MONEY ON FUCKING CLOWN SHIT CUZ OF YOU /hj /pos you have this very nice welcoming vibeee your very chill and cool like if I knew you in irl I would be to scared to talk to you, I’d just stare at you from across the room trying to work up the courage to talk to you (spoiler I don’t /silly) /pos EVERYTHING IN YOUR ART STYLE COMES OUT SO CUTE AND VIBRANT AUGHGHFHUSFDHWFDJVWDHVDEJVEDH I mean I could go on but I’m not rlly used to complements soooo I’ll start writing shit down (I already have like 672346243762347 things to say I just…. Don’t know how to say them /silly /hj) anywayssss ily you pookie… but….. but your old….. YOUR AND OLD MANNNNNN EWWW ima have to send you to an old persons home soon 😔😔 /silly

I READ THIS OVER AND OVER AND I GEUWIRKWWKSLW

I AMSTIMMINGSOHARD

THISIS SO SWEET OHMYGOSHHHH

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS OMG-

AAAAH IDK WHAT TO SAY I AM BLOWTF AWAY 😭🧡

[fourx]

who said that 6 and 9 is canon? and when? im kinda confused with the current situation

it was more so implied than stated or announced by anyone. the most latest short was written by florence chapell, who is known for liking and interacting with ship artwork or posts of sixnine. mind you this was BEFORE this short released. she most likely wrote the characters interactions with romantic intentions in mind. so no, no one ever stated it was officially canon, but reading their scenes with this context its very clear there are romantic implications

[lieutenantism]

for once i'm not posting abt jean but every time i see this exchange with the half light dialogue i laugh my ass off like this is incredibly unnecessary

like why r we beefing with trant now what he do.........

i'm cryinggggggg bro

[weaselishmcdiesel]

Thoughts on Mumbo Jumbo

he's fine

[ghostforwhat]

when you’re off of work would you please elaborate on your hannibal service top agenda,,, please my family is starving

i don’t want anyone to starve so obviously I will extrapolate on the service top aspect of Hannibal Lecter o7!! I am going to get so carried away and I apologize in advance.

Alright going to start this off by saying I do think they’re vers but only in regards to each other, I think for canon relationships, Will has a tendency to allow himself to be directed while Hannibal loves to orchestrate. With each other, though, it grows increasingly and alluringly complicated. Arguments could be made and subsequently thrown out depending on what part of the show you’re watching and post fall is an entire free-for-all because you can’t tell me two grown men survive murder-suicide via cliff and then settle into the puritanical rigidity of who tops and who bottoms.

Okay that being said, honestly i could make the case that both of them lean more toward making sure whoever they’re with is getting the most out of the encounter (maybe for different reasons; the popular trope of Will’s empathy causing a sort of blissful feedback loop and in Hannibal’s case, it stands to reason the politeness overlaps with a challenging sort of hedonism, he’s in control and playful about it) but I think that specifically for Hannibal, Will’s reactions are what he’s constantly seeking and then hoarding. Like. Will responding to stimuli that Hannibal presents is basically the premise of the show and Hannibal very clearly gets off on that, maybe not anywhere explicitly but we see shots of his pupils dilating, his gaze always caught on Will, licking his lips, all in response to Will reacting to him. It’s very rare he’s outright hungry at the beginning of a conversation or interaction, he seems to maintain a sense of aloofness until Will snarks or baits or replies or even defers and then, it’s as though he’s desperate to see more. I'm not getting into the whole them eating meals together because I'll devolve very quickly but like. just keep in mind the way Hannibal watches Will eat, as though he savors Will instead of the meal he cooked. Right. Okay. He gets caught up in Will’s responses very quickly, enraptured and almost stupid about it and trying to immediately trigger more which!! Goes hand and hand with him doing very uh lets say unique acts of service (the malewife jokes are only half jokes); the breakfasts & dinners, the driving, the caretaking. Yes all that’s manipulative but to Hannibal, that doesn’t negate that it’s still getting him the responses he wants and that’s also maybe why he’s so quick to say they’re friends because he’s viewing it as a form of relationship building and quite frankly, that is the only way that man knows how to build relationships; he sets himself up as a crutch and then breaks your leg and unfortunately at that point, for Will, for Jack, for Abigail, for Bedelia, for Chiyoh, you are too grateful to be standing that you forget he’s the reason you can’t do it on your own. The others I mentioned learn either very quickly or very (in painful irony) rudely that he is only a crutch as long as he enjoys it, as long as he can benefit from holding you aloft.

However. In Will’s case, he tries to remove himself and finds that it’s him who can’t stand and he’s immediately resentful and desperate to take back that ability, leaving another gift, another act of service, for Will to prove that he can still provide it and detrimentally putting himself on the map for Jack and Mason in the process. He’s so eager to have Will’s response, he waits at his own fucking crime scene. Will gives him what he wants and he’s too overwhelmed to respond with any sort of power or immediate selfishness, he runs again. And then. Muskrat Farms and his surrender. I feel like I don’t even need to explain why that backs up my case here, that man is so so ready to rescue and then surrender all because Will’s involved; two things he’s never done in his entire life, they essentially reduce him to this almost pathetic thing and it doesn’t give him pause at all because again, they’re acts of service whether Will wants them at that point or not. Like Bedelia said it best, he’s obsessed, he wants every reaction, every word, every sigh and curse, he’s very single-minded about getting them and he doesn’t care who he has to hurt, himself or others, to get them. Now, combine all that and the cliff scene and tell me that man doesn’t spend every second they’re in a bed together completely and utterly focused on Will and Will alone.

[drones-of-innocence]

With the Mario movie still on my brain and that reunion scene melting my heart that I now have fallen down the rabbit hole. Do you think you could you do some headcanons with Mario and Luigi with each? Their relationship is just so pure 😭😭

Sure!! I adored the bros' relationship in the movie, and I love writing about them too 🥺 Here are a few of my headcanons about them, some are well established in my writing and others I've never really mentioned. Some will be in my upcoming WIP 👀

I like to have Mario and Luigi lean into the Italian part of their Italian-American identity, so in my head they speak with more of an Italian accent than a Brooklyn accent like they do in the movie.

That being said, Mario speaks slower than Luigi and has a little more trouble with correct grammar in English, which he's a bit insecure about. Contractions in particular are hard. But in Italian, he's a much more rapid and animated speaker. Luigi is pretty clear in both languages and is very comfortable with both.

I adore Mario calling Luigi "Lu" in the film! His nickname for Luigi in my stories is "Coniglio," which means rabbit. Italians use "rabbit" the same way that English speakers use "chicken," so it's affectionately teasing Luigi for his skittish demeanor. It's a childhood nickname that just stuck.

In the same vein, Luigi's nickname for Mario is "Capo," which means boss. It reflects how Mario is the one "in charge" between them, but also it's sort of teasing because often when Mario makes decisions on their behalf, he almost always heavily considers and goes with Luigi's preference/advice, so it's like Luigi is making the decisions anyway.

They both have high anxiety, but for different reasons. Luigi is a people pleaser by nature and will do anything to mediate and keep the peace, even if it means sacrificing his agency or energy. Mario is a giver and provider by nature, and often frets about not doing enough, so he overworks himself in trying to protect/feed/care for others and doesn't really know how to stop and let himself be taken care of.

Coming to the Mushroom Kingdom had the effect of easing Luigi's anxiety; it's a less chaotic world and a (mostly) peaceful place to call home. There are rarely emotional conflicts that he feels responsible for regulating, and it's overall better for his health. His stress went down significantly despite the occasional heightened dangers. Coming to the MK unfortunately only escalates Mario's anxiety, though; now he is thrust into this protector role with an entire Kingdom relying on him for its security.

Luigi (being the more emotionally intelligent one between the two of them) clocked the exact moment that Mario fell in love with Princess Peach. He knew it before Mario did. And though he was hesitant to fully trust her at first (being that she's a gorgeous woman in a position of great power and he doesn't want his brother to get hurt), he eventually learns her nature is truly kind and gentle, which he comes to admire her dearly for. And he figures out that Peach reciprocates Mario's feelings pretty quickly, too. He leaves it unspoken, but he teases each of them with nudges and meaningful looks when the other isn't paying attention.

Mario had no idea that Luigi was in love with Princess Daisy for a while until Luigi started showing more obvious signs of a crush, but the thought occurred to him after meeting her for the first time that she would be a wonderful partner to his brother. He came to this epiphany when Daisy was able to beat him in a competition, and he was so amazed and impressed that his immediate thought was that a tough lady like her is exactly what Luigi needs. He considered her to be like a little sister even before it was ever a possibility that she might actually become his sister-in-law. It was a conversation with him that sparked Daisy's romantic affection for Luigi, listening to Mario speak so tenderly about him.

The brothers have a very playful relationship. There's banter, teasing, and sometimes even a little roughhousing. They have inside jokes within inside jokes that no one else could possibly understand. Even times when they were very deeply hurt in the past, the other brother finds a way to reframe it so they're both able to look back and laugh at the things that hurt them. It's easier now that they're in the MK; Mario was beginning to lose some of his spark in Brooklyn.

The movie never specifies that the brothers are twins I don't think, though that's usually a pretty common understanding. I personally HC them as two years apart just so I can bring out that older/younger sibling dynamic a little bit more.

They are inseparable 🥺 Both of them will do anything to make sure the other is content. But both of them also can never shake the feeling that they can't possibly give the other everything he wants and deserves. Nothing Luigi does will ever be good enough for Mario in his own view, and Mario can never do enough to assure Luigi's peace and security in his view. They might never admit it, but on some level they know and try to compensate anyway.

Their tempers are scary. Both of them are extraordinarily patient and understanding even to the most frustrating people and situations, but there are limits. Mario's end point is more easily reached. Where his anger is often fiery and passionate like in the heat of a fight, his unhindered rage is sharp and cold. He speaks quietly, never raising his voice except to be heard. It's scariest when he's moved beyond words into dead silence. It is Luigi's pure rage that is loud and aggressive, but it is much harder and rarer for him to reach his boiling point.

Firebrand and Thunderhand!! Their powers manifest in many ways that they've adapted to their practical lives. It wasn't easy learning how to control them, but once mastered, they almost couldn't imagine their lives without them. Mario's Firebrand makes him a very comforting presence (exuding warmth 😌) and able to traverse many different climates without problem due to his ability to control his body's preservation or release of heat. Luigi's Thunderhand regularly halves the time spent on his various engineering projects, as well as being potentially medically useful.

Luigi doesn't quite have Mario's strength or control, but he is much more meticulous and observant. He's more likely to come across the secret passages or hidden objects that can be helpful on the journey. Mario's more likely to fixate on the objective (e.g. Rescue the Princess! Save the world!) and do whatever it takes to accomplish it as efficiently as possible due to his imperative to serve, even if it sometimes means missing some details.

The movie characterizes Mario as a kind of misunderstood visionary, and he's a bit like that in my stories as well. He has some big ideas, but his motivations are purely based in the comfort and safety of others. He just wants to help people. Luigi is the one who can really assist and realize Mario's ideas, and he often has several projects going on because of how fast Mario can jump from plan to plan.