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Shortly after Cars 1, the press asks Lightning why his attitude suddenly changed after going missing for a whole week and he just says, “The Hudson Hornet threw me into a cactus patch” with no elaboration.

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couple things i forgot to post

+ then i drew fluff to atone for my sins

ft. @youhavehitawall <3

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the mentor and his student

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A normal morning with Lightning and Doc

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seeing yourself in someone else

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Humanized Lightning McQueen headcanons: angst edition

Going insane chat idk

Secretly still feels like an outsider in radiator springs

It took him MONTHS before he finally became comfortable

He’s really good at hiding his emotions

Especially since Harv had him put on a cocky persona for the camera

Doesn’t feel like he deserves the love from the town

Still doesn’t handle loss well

Everyone will reassure him that they’re not disappointed with him if he loses but he struggles to believe them

Parents are divorced (his mom left when he was really young and his dad was abusive)

Racing was his only escape

Harv hired him when he was only 17

Has panic attacks but never knew what they were until Doc found him one day and explained after talking him through it

Doc recommended medication

It helped Lightning but he is embarrassed to talk about it

When he became friends with Cal, he opened up after Cal casually mentioned he takes them too

He will downplay injuries so he can still race

During his first few months in Radiator Springs, he ended up twisting his ankle and hid it from Doc

His recovery time was longer, which led him to spiral when he should’ve been resting

He can’t stand missing out on practice

He’s been putting on a cocky persona for so long that sometimes his cocky attitude will slip out and he will have to apologize immediately

Everyone reassures him that they never take it to heart (sometimes they get a good laugh out of it) but Lightning can’t help but feel guilty

It’s 4am and I have cars brain rot again !!

Also, I do have an ao3 with a few stories about Lightning with these headcanons.

You can find them here

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Mini Cars 🚗🚘🚙

BONUS:

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so i figured out the funniest possible way to do the 'salqueen babies' trope

he then finds someplace better (cave)

cuddle pile time

she's framing that.

they are a crazy but happy family <3

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my cars art gallery part two :>

the order for both posts has been latest to oldest, hopefully you can see how much ive improved heheh 🫣 which one is your fave??

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Silly Lightning McQueen headcanons:

Hates being on camera

He LOVED it when he was a rookie but once he settled in Radiator Springs, he treasured his privacy

Occasionally he’ll have to film commercials

He refuses unless he can do it with Cal, Bobby, or Brick

Boy gets so much anxiety before interviews

Accidentally called Doc “dad” during an interview

Twitter did not shut up for WEEKS

he refused to let Doc watch the interview

Thank god Doc doesn’t use social media

Doc agreed to not watch it and acted clueless because he totally did watch it after Sheriff showed him

Doc didn’t mind and enjoyed watching Lightning panic a little

Because that’s literally his son???

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some lmq thoughts between the first and second movies! silly jokes i miss him

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This scene in 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐬 ♡

One of my favourite scenes, gets me to tears every single time♡... it tastes so much like childhood, you know what I mean? Its nostalgic in a beautiful way.

I forgot to say hi everyone, its been a whileee!!🥰

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More humanized Lightning McQueen headcanons

Man’s knees pop likes he’s an old man

I read somewhere one of the most common injuries are knee injuries and back pain

Like I think he probably has chronic knee pain

Constantly wraps and has to ice it after a race or practice

Doc makes sure he is taking care of his body because he knows that Lightning will neglect it out of pride

Once Harv kept scheduling him races back to back and Lightnings completely neglected his knee due to barely having any downtime to rest

His knees completely buckled after a race, causing him to fall to the ground and Doc nearly had a damn panic attack thinking the kid passed out

Doc refused to let Lightning race or practice for a week

He complained because he said he was “bored”

Secretly he loved the free time and being able to actually relax and let his body heal

Lightning takes cooking lessons from Flo because Doc could not stand Lightning being okay with eating cereal for dinner

Doc asked Flo to give Lightning lessons so he could cook for himself when he wasn’t home

Every week he will occasionally go out and play poker or cards with Sheriff

Lightning surprisingly picked up fast and cooked a meal for Sally

He got a recipe from Luigi and it was the best thing Sally ever ate

She won’t admit it tho

Lightning is great with kids

Sally has talked about having kids but obviously is the far FAR future

Lightning won’t admit it, but he’s afraid of being a dad

His real father was horrible to him

His mom left him when he was a toddler

He knows nothing about how to be a father, only what a father isn’t

But the more time he spends with Doc, the more he realizes what a father should be

Because obviously he sees Doc as a father figure

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Idk about you guys but I miss just the vibe that Cars 1 had

The desaturated color palette, the mid 2000s music, Lightning being such a young dumbass finding his way through life. Doc taking him in. Early salqueen navigating how they operate together. Mater teaching Lightning new shenanigans. The quiet of it all. It was soothing. Yet had just enough energy because Lightning had all the energy and it bled to the rest of the town.

Don't get me wrong I love older more mature legend Lightning who is kinda now what Doc was for the town. But I miss when the town was still new to him and he was learning.

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✨✨🌈✨🌸

I love them sm

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More brain rot lmq headcanons:

Lightning McQueen loves running as well

I think he would’ve been really good at it during track in high school or sm

He let that dream die once Harv signed him

He runs every morning when he isn’t practicing with Doc

Lightning is determined to get a fast mile time so Sheriff drives behind Lightning and goes on the intercoms saying “come on” “faster faster” “don’t let that race car be the only fast thing about ya”

Like just image Lightning bolting down the street while Sheriff is a few feet behind him with Doc in the passenger seat

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Cars 3 (2017), dir. Brian Fee