#wiz.recs

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a moodboard for @adaine's 814 star wars AU -- had been looking for an excuse to make a SW-inspired f1 moodboard. voila, a perfect reason!

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He really shouldn’t. The Force isn’t meant to be used so frivolously. The relationship is much more harmonious than that: Oscar listens to what it asks of him and in return, he has the privilege to tap into it when he needs to. That’s the way his Master taught him to harness it. But at the same time, isn’t being friendly with Lando vital to his mission? If they’re going to be together pretty much constantly until they resolve whatever his situation is on the Core, then it’s pretty important that they get on. He really shouldn’t, sure, but what would be the harm in just lifting Lando’s blanket above him or something to let him know that he’s in good hands with somebody who’s willing to do things for him. Lando must see it in his eyes, though, because he says, “Oh, you’re not supposed to do that either, are you?” “It’s an as needed type of thing,” he explains.

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📚 10 f1 fics i've loved lately 🏎️

been thinking a lot about how to organise fic recs into some sort of sensible post, 'cus there are so many (great!) pairings and (delicious!) driver combinations, not to mention so many varying styles of fic and SUPER TALENTED WRITERS!!111!!

just gonna list a bunch in no particular order, with accompanying pics, so you can get a sense of the vibes.

'cus what is f1 rpf but all about the ✨ vibes?! 🏁

p.s. people are in this community making amazing stuff for freeee!! if you liked these please leave a kudos or a comment, it makes a writer's day 🫡 

let's gooooo--

objects in the mirror by linearity (@drivestraight) charles/max. 87k words (series), rated t then e

listen. LISTEN! charles to rbr is one of the best premises ever and i will read it in like a thousand iterations. but this fic. this fic series in particular cleared my skin, made me want to cut my hair into a bob out of sheer emotion. i would be remiss not to start with this one because its impact on my f1 rpf trajectory should be studied by science. you know when a story just jumps off the page and it's so real that it becomes your canon. a kind of meteoric inevitability. plus, i almost never cry at fics. but by the time the third act of this one hit, i just went -- damn, am i rly about to tear up at a f1 rpf fanfiction rn? (yes.)

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sawtooth by nottonyharrison (@nottonyharrison) charles/max. 40k words, rated e

max as a f1 engineer? for CARLOS at FERRARI? sign me the fuckkk up. first off, awesome premise. there's always going to be something so heartwrenching about "what ifs", especially in any universe where max isn't a racer. despite the change of circumstances, just... the sheer poetry of two characters who just inexplicably find their way to each other in any universe... 🤧 also this story nails racing scenes in a way that's so visceral, i feel like a fly on the damn halo with them. and, aside from the gourmet lestappen, carlos's whole thing in this fic is joyous! spicy! he's so unapologetic and vaguely annoying! hilarious! + the swimming pool scene lives rent-free in my head.

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salt skin by peachbellini (@strawberry-daiquiris) oscar/lando. 12k words, rated e

this fic is magic. literally and figuratively. (MERMAID LANDO???? MERMAID LANDO.) the kind of story that makes you gasp and melt a little bit. and made me want to throw my phone at the writer, 'cause it's really that good. the yearning, the metaphor for all that's monstrous, a boy who is lost (and the boy who he finds, is equally so). this is just beautifully written and a little quirky and so well executed. i think i put it in my bookmarks as "what if lando was a mermaid and it was filmed by a24" or something. pearl of a story.

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hockey!! shrimp colors :) by leafmeal0ne (@ocontraire) oscar/lando. 13k words, rated t

leaf meal one. i have only known you a week but if anything were to happen to you i would wreck everyone in the room including myself. in all seriousness, anything that leaf writes is brilliant. they're one of these writers who could do a throwaway line on the label of a ketchup bottle and i will probably scream about it. the precision, the way they switch up sentence structures, the freaking darcy-level regency yearning transposed onto a contemporary sports setting. i'd rec all of leaf's sports AUs and i'll probably talk about more in a future fic rec post. BUT. the hockeyyy one my GOD. the barely restrained violence, their mutual desire, the theme of finding your place... *wails uncontrollably*

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you almost unearthly thing by anonymous max/daniel, 3.7k words, rated g

max is a governess(govern..lad?) and daniel is the mystery man at the manor. this was a response to a request i made in the kinkmeme! (if you haven't read those fics go check 'em out, there are so many great ones, and not necessarily all rated e). this is a criminally underrated little story that has my favourite repressed feelings + people dancing around each other + gothic vibes + "what the hell is wrong with y'all in this tale" combo that i really adore. it's really well written and captures the atmosphere so well.

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the so-called narrative by antimonyandthyme (@antimonyandthyme) oscar/carlos, 10k words, rated e

i'm once again asking why there are only 7 carlos/oscar works in the tag. I'M ONCE AGAIN ASKING-- *is sedated*. *jolts awake* okay but for real this is a great story. hot, fake-friendship-to-situationship which so happens is one of my favourite places to be. also hello miscommunication/they're so weird about it/they both want each other but can't express themselves for shit/insane racer boys energy.

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and silver, and samarium by pink_mink (@on-softs) george/toto, 5.2k words, rated e

i profess i am not usually the biggest fan of A/B/O (altho!! this fandom has made me go BUT ACTUALLY HM at least a few times). and this fic freaking nails it, along with the twisted power dynamics between TPs and drivers, as seen through the lens of omegaverse. this story rattles around my head like a stubborn ghoul just from the style and prose and sheer audacity alone. george kneeling at toto's knees while he's working..... ohhhhhhhhh i was this close to calling my lawyers.

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algorithm by anney (@badboy-george) charles/max, 16k words, rated e

i LOVE, LOOOOVE a sci fi concept alright. love that shit, will inhale it like moon dust with zero regrets. and what a fantastic one this one is!! the premise is that the FIA can now statistically show the compatibility of drivers on the grid and it's very pacific rim-y drift compatible, mixed with the surreal vibes of eternal sunshine or HER or some such. it should be outrageous, but it really works. that's the beauty of a great fic right there.

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trajectory of trojan asteroids by redpaint (@redpaint) nico/lewis, 3.3k words, rated g

also one of the fics i first read when i hopped on board the f1 rpf train. the pain and poignancy just gets worse the more i learn about brocedes. you know when you're like "there's no way this was reallll" and then you're like "fuck, it was so real". then you get a fic like this that just encapsulates all that rage and loss and grief and upset, set against the starry vista of endless space. *clutches tablecloth* god.

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p.s please bear in mind that these recs are entirely subjective! i enjoy loads of f1 stories but these are the ones that have especially stuck with me for some inexplicable reason.

p.p.s if your fic is on here and you want it taken off for whatever reason, i'm happy to, no questions asked 💛

BYE for now / until part 2. (i also love talking to ppl about fics so pls feel free to send an ask or hit me up in DMs or whatever.)

xoxo, -- wizz

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distracted myself from the horrors and instead made a moodboard for @serve-cunt's landoscar tennis AU, which i recommend-o

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Oscar wondered whether anybody was predicting him to move through to the final. He wondered whether anybody was predicting he’d move through to the semi-finals. Maybe a few. He had a couple fans here and there. More in Australia, for sure, although he thought there was a smidgen of obligatory nationalism at work there.   “Thanks,” Oscar said, remembering where he was. He eyed Lando, who was only half dressed in his Adidas kit. “You’re playing George Russell tonight, right?”  Lando smiled wider. “Yup,” he said. “Got an eye on the draw?”  “Course,” Oscar said. He had the draw projected on the inside of his eyelids any time he tried to sleep. He always knew who he was going to play the next day, who he was likely to play after that, and what the other half of the bracket looked like at the end of any given session. He raised an eyebrow. “Don’t you?”

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ao3 writers who drop like 50k of landoscar story at once and then disappear off the face of the planet........ who are you? do you know the splendor and generosity of what you've just done??

anyway, reading this, really good so far--

you be time, i'll be space

pairing: landoscar by littleplumtree 50k words (!!!!!!!!) landoscar. IN SPACE!!!!! rated m

moodboard for the vibes--

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Have u read the carcar carlos tennis player au where he plays doubles w other carlos I feel like that would cater to ur interests

is it this one? if so YES it’s so good rahhhhhh @wormeo-and-juliette cooked so hard with this … https://archiveofourown.org/series/4462474 maybe it’s time to reread !!

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Macchie here!!

🔴 ➡️ 🟠

Forza papaya!!

The suffering has begun…the oasis I have is just landoscar in top 10, and how supportive they are of each other. Also some really really close overall lap times 🥹

If you have any good landoscar fluff fics that would be appreciated (I mean….ive gone through ur ao3 ficgaphy already…)

HI @monacodarling sorry this took me yonks to reply! ok!!

landoscar fluff or adjacent fic recs

walk with me here...

they're not on f1blr but littleplumtree's journalist AU, these words on the page, is so, so intelligent and wholesome and brilliant. one of my alltime favourite landoscar stories. the whole gang in the printing room cracks me up all the time.

@monacotrophywife has some very funny ones (the car phone wanking one, call me beep me, is hysterical 2 me)

if you get lost (by venerat, who orphaned the work, sadly). text fic that traipses that lovely and finely balanced line between witty and extremely sweet.

mountain knows, the one where they go hiking and oscar grumbles about it the whole time, by @momimf1ne in the recent playlist exchange

all these little games by @theommin, super cute coffee shop au. something about oscar in coffee shop settings man.

all of @ocontraire's sport ones count to me. but one that comes to mind rn is negative splits, the runners' AU

@nyoomfruits just wrote a stardew valley-esque AU, where i am going, which is super cute

and, shamelessly gonna plug the one i posted a few days ago, the sun (in your eyes). a florist au, which is like the most toothaching thing i've maybe ever written, but i had a good time doing so!! turns out angstmeisters have multitudes too!!

those are the ones off the top of my head atm. there's so, so many great writers in the tag, i hope u have fun finding one u love too <333

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quick moodboard for @cx-boxbox's landoscar mr and mr smith au, "lies, but mostly harmless ones", which you should read btw

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“Sure,” he replies vaguely, making a flippant gesture in the air. “I work, y’know, everywhere.” “Mm, figured.” When their drinks arrive, Lando lifts his glass of juice. “To dodging bullets.” Oscar smiles and clinks their glasses together. “To dodging bullets.” And Lando was right. Oscar does like beer. He tastes like it when Lando kisses him that night.

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it's summer!!! perfect time to reread *checks notes* @ocontraire's ice hockey landoscar au for. reasons. (the reason is because leaf's writing is stunning and incredible)

and icymi, fic rec post from aaaages ago

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what fic have you really enjoyed recently?

@milflewis’s epistolary / multimedia AU “all your ugliness” was the perfect short bite of carcar deliciousness that did a super impressive amount of world building in such a short time!! carlos is still with ferrari and oscar is his engineer and it works shockingly well.

here’s some gorgeous web weaving and the link to the fic. genuinely so impressive how much they did in such few words and i laughed out loud so many times.

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@jusst-you-race writing ch3… this is canon actually

moodboard for @jusst-you-race's chatfic because it is hYSTERICAL and you should all read it

the condominium community - 2:36pm

Oscar and Logan have been added to the chat

George Hello, welcome to a group chat we have for the Formula apartment building! There are only 18 (20 now) of us so we like to keep in contact about the building maintenance and other neighbourly orders of business. I’m George, and I liaise with the building manager on behalf of all of us when there is a building specific issue rather than an apartment issue. Welcome to the building!

Lando do u copy and paste that from ur notes every time

Alex I bet he has it memorised

read on ao3

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ANON, @lovelylotusf1 RIGHTLY POINTED OUT THAT U PROBABLY MEANT “SHARE THIS FIC [REC]” NOT “SHARE THIS FIC [WIP]”, SO:

these words on the page, i’d like you to say them by littleplumtree

landoscar newsroom AU, 20k words, rated m

i’ll do a proper fic post about it at some point but just *inhales deeply* it’s crazy that this beautiful story doesn’t even have 2500 hits. not that that shit matters. but it’s like, excruciatingly well-paced and so smartly written, the details of this world are phenomenal, and the ensemble is so so funny together. i laughed out loud so many times. please go read it

I READ A REALLY GOOD FIC BUT NOW THE FIC IS ENDED AND MAYBE SO WILL I

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halfway through and my hyperbole is not unwarranted cus this is one of the best things i've ever read in or out of fandom probably

(it is also by the same writer who did the fantastic journalist au that's been knocking around in my head. the way i went OMG when i joined the dots!!!)

ao3 writers who drop like 50k of landoscar story at once and then disappear off the face of the planet........ who are you? do you know the splendor and generosity of what you've just done??

anyway, reading this, really good so far--

you be time, i'll be space

pairing: landoscar by littleplumtree 50k words (!!!!!!!!) landoscar. IN SPACE!!!!! rated m

moodboard for the vibes--