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little vent abt medical shit
hhhhhhh i’m so sick of not knowing my diagnosis. like. is it something that can be fixed? or is it a chronic illness? should i get a cane so i can minimize the pain and fatigue and stabilize myself when i’m lightheaded and nauseous? and help me get to the bathroom when i’m near bedridden? or can i just like. take a pill and oop it’s gone forever you’re better now. this same shit happened last year with the chronic appendicitis. that i didn’t know was appendicitis for the first 2 months. that doctors came up with tons of tests and possible diagnoses that were all negative until i was finally hospitalized. that the surgeon told me was impossible to remove until i got a competent surgeon 3 months later who took it out easy. i wish doctors were better and actually listened and could order the right tests the first time and insurance companies stop canceling tests without telling you because they think it’s not essential and the people conducting the tests actually gave a shit about getting conclusive results. aghhhhhhh. anyway next appointment is in a week and i’m going to stop minimizing how much this is affecting me.
#yea i probablly have ME/chronic fatigue#but i have no ideas#i though the appendicitis was a million different things before finally figuring it out#although tbf no one could diagnose that until i got exploratory surgery#...hopefully it doesn't come to that#im sure it wont#anyway#ack#medical trauma#vent#ask to tag
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ITS HERE!!! Animation VS Scifi (AvSF) AU is ready!! I'm kinda bad with Scifi stuff so pls bear with me 😭🙏
Next part I will prolly be drawing out Alan, and the rest of the hollowdroids. Maybe even the mercenaries too! If I didn't get too distracted wkdnjs
#alan becker#animation vs animator#animation vs minecraft#ava#avm#Animation VS Scifi AU#Im always nervous when it comes to making AUs cause I always lose motivation so easily svdntn#hopefully it doesn't happened soon with this one#although. I do resonate with this AU a lot..
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so in the book of bill there's a part where he gets a bunch of old ladies to make like, precious moments-style figurines of him called The Tri Angels Collection by PudgyLilDarlins, and I was immediately super amused and charmed by this one --
which I was then Compelled to recreate, out of model magic
#CLAY IS NOT LIKE. A MEDIUM I'M EXCEPTIONAL AT??????? BUT IT WAS JUST SHAPES!!!!!!! I CAN'T BELIEVE HOW IT CAME TOGETHER. I CAN'T BELIEVE IT#HE'S SO FUCKING CUTE WHAT THE FUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!#gonna wait for him to dry and then paint him and hopefully he comes out okay!!#oh damn i meant to make his other arm doing something silly for the back but i forgot bc i put his front arm#and was IMMEDIATELY SO FUCKING THRILLED#the toothpick is so his legs dont stick to him. there's another propping him up in the back so he doesn't lean while drying#you know what i'm proud of him he's going in the tags. even unpainted#the book of bill#book of bill#gravity falls
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I've said this before but valjean's view of the bishop throughout the book gets me so bad because like. he knew him for what, a day maybe? and it absolutely had a vast & profound & positive impact on him. but then he goes on to spend the whole book comparing himself to his idealized vision of the bishop & finding himself wanting & feeling guilty and miserable about every petty or selfish thought that crosses his mind. but it's so fucked up because like we as the readers know the bishop better! we've read the whole first book and we know he came from a privileged & wealthy background, that he was a rake when he was young, it wasn't til he was in his 40s or 50s to have some sort of change of heart & become a priest (a similar age to valjean when he met him!), that he has moments that seriously shake him, that he has some dubious politics left over, that he still has moments of pettiness he has to work through on the page (his initial approach to the member of the convention, e.g.). and also he's just kind of a weird old guy (affectionate). and like this is not to criticize the bishop, I think he's a genuinely really good guy, just that while the bishop has a realistic view of himself & his past ("he described himself with a smile, an ex-sinner,"), valjean is not getting any of this except maybe like. what would be mentioned in the newspaper when the bishop died. so his whole view of him is of this one shining moment where he changed his life and he feels he doesn't live up to that. which is sad! because the bishop understood him more than he realized & wouldn't have wanted him to feel that way
#haven't edited this post so hopefully it makes sense#there is also something to be said for the other way that i think valjean comparing himself to the bishop unfavorably is unfair because#like the bishop is very much coming from a place of privilege & respect & authority not just in his background but in his current position#which is not to devalue any of his truly good work ofc!! but just that in many ways it's Easier to be good & charitable & humble & kind etc#if you're coming from a place of security y'know? <- and this is something the narrative of the book gets even if jvj doesn't#thoughts#les mis#anyways this is one of the reasons why the bishop sections are important & any abridgement would make the text poorer
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I don't generally hang out in the Dr. Ratio tags, so I'm not sure if this is common knowledge or not, but it tickles me every time I remember it;
did you guys know Dr. Ratio actually had an in-game cameo before his big debut in 1.6's The Crown of the Mundane and Divine? He was actually in the 1.5 update, The Crepuscule Zone aka Fyxestroll Garden Event!
So in 1.6, we get to actually meet Ratio face-to-face partway through. But even before that, we unknowingly talk to him through text messages in the researchers' group chat.
We know that this is Ratio's username, because we have his achievement:
And in 1.5, we have just one (1) single instance of this same username on the message boards...
Dude's been trolling since before he even showed his face BSKZJDMSKMSNDN
#honkai star rail#dr. ratio#veritas ratio#hsr#hsr dr ratio#hsr ratio#hsr veritas#I can't believe his first appearance ingame is him coming in to well actually a dude#this fuckin guy JFAKLJDKLASJFDLK#tbh I only caught this because I played the updates out of order. I did 1.6 before 1.5 so I already knew Ratio's screen name.#between this and him just going 'k' and leaving the group chat in 2.3 he's a lot funnier than he's given credit for fjajfjflkasj#the VERY IMPORTANT group chat that was established to LOOK FOR A DEADLY BOMB might I add#he doesn't even have a special icon in Fyxestroll like most of the other cameos dude really just did not want to bother jfldjsal#anyway hopefully this isn't SUPER common knowledge and I'm not just embarrassing myself online lol
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my favourite posts from 2023
#decided by what was most fun to work on#feeling a little bit miserable tonight but would it really be new year's if i wasn't dreading the year coming#happy new years anyways#it's only 11pm here so it's not quite the new year yet#lets hope 2024's a bit easier 🤞#i'm really happy with the renders i did this year#even though there was only like... 4 of them...#in 2024 i want to make more :)#my semester 2 timetable is sadly shitty so i won't have that much time until around may#i am quite buzzed rn i hope this doesn't look horrific#goodnigth#also i bought for rent :) hopefully i'll have gameplay coming soon if i can get my lazy ass to decorate the houses
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I guess the resistance to adopting labels is like . After being fucked up for 20 years I'm not going to feel welcomed/comfortable in any kind of fandom/subculture/whatever regardless so it doesn't really matter- since I don't stand to gain any type of community from adopting a label
#-just realized earlier like. hopefully the way i mentioned not caring about labels doesn't come off as like-#dissing people who *do* as childish or whatever- because I do understand why they're important to other people#just PERSONALLY . i don't care
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Just when I said I was disappointed there were no updates about Meet You At the Blossom, I see that they wrapped filming. The cast posted wrap videos and the production company posted this:
Oh my. 😳 This is super gay by mainland bl standards. Stay With Me pushed the boundaries with their dialogue and innuendo, but even they didn't go this far with physical contact. Will I have to eat my words about there being no kissing? I certainly hope so, but I'm still going to be pessimistic so I don't end up disappointed.
I'm not mad about the 2nd cp either. 🤭 Source: Big SuperStar's tw
#hoping this series can come out in a month or two#this series is short and doesn't have to pass review so hopefully post production takes at most two months#meet you at the blossom#cdrama#cbl
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'i'm going.' 'where?' 'to meet Zorawar, where else?' — ep 2 - the challenger returns | heeramandi, 2024, dir. sanjay leela bhansali.
#tv: heeramandi#heeramandi#richa chadha#richachadhaedit#bollywood#bollywood2#bollywoodedit#bollywoodgifs#asiancentral#asiansincinema#dailybollywoodqueens#southasiansource#smudgedhenna#iheartmastani#baawri#weheartbollywood#dailyworldcinema#hindi cinema#userdivides#dailyflicks#cinematicsource#cinematv#dailytvfilmgifs#tvandfilm#sanjay leela bhansali#local gay watches Bollywood.txt#local gay watches Heeramandi (and hopefully comes out intact).txt#first set down!!!!!!!! was actually going to work on the Fareedan bi set but uh. file got corrupted had to redownload took all day so.#if Tumblr eats the quality AND coloring for these i'll throw something. treat Richa with respect tyvm#also she should be dressing up to see me like that sorry. f*ck Zorawar he doesn't deserve her
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ok brain whipped up this concept & would NOT leave it alone today so here. have this. this is like ‘started making it. had a breakdown. bon appétit’ in a steddie post for me but alas <3 cw: talks of past sexual coercion
Eddie is mad at Steve.
Which, honestly, might be the worst thing in the entire damn world for all Steve cares. The whole world feels just a little bit off kilter when Eddie’s mad at Steve — because Eddie just loooves the silent treatment.
He’ll usually make a show of it. Pout and stick out his bottom lip, cross his arms, maybe even give a stamp on his big booted feet. Doesn’t say what’s wrong, just glares sulkily. It’s a bit childish, they both know, but Eddie likes to be doted and Steve loves to do the doting — and it hasn’t caused any proper fights yet.
This time, however, he can tell Eddie is more mad than usual, because this time he hadn’t thrown the usual fuss. Instead, he’d just gone quiet. All glowers and glares. Not even a pout, and certainly not a peep.
And it’s just the worst because the version of Eddie that Steve knows best is a chatterbox. Can’t shut up, won’t shut up. Steve normally loves it.
And alright— maybe Steve deserved it for not picking him up after one of Eddie’s gigs. Especially because Eddie had specifically asked him too as well, considering his own van was in the shop.
But it’s not like Steve could control when his parents decided to waltz back into Hawkins!
They always seemed to run on their own timetable, or on what seemed like an entirely different orbit. Yet, they had no trouble roping Steve back into their routine, stuffing him back into a place, without any regard to his opinion on the matter. Which was exactly what they had done that evening.
But that didn’t really matter, Steve thinks with a sigh, because he knows it’s not really just because he didn’t pick Eddie up. It was because of what Steve said.
Gareth’s mom had swung by and while Eddie had gotten an eyeful of that suspicious look that followed him everywhere since the events of the Upside Down, Eddie had gotten home safely. Majorly annoyed but safe which was what mattered most.
He had then released his said-annoyance onto Steve.
But see, Steve was already tired from the prodding and lecturing of his parents. They’d been awfully disappointed to find he had yet to move on from his job at Family Video and worse, had badmouthed his choice of friends. Had brought up Tommy and the likes, asked pointedly why Steve hadn’t been seen with them in a few months.
Steve had bit his tongue to not spew out the fact he hadn’t been seen with Tommy for years and that was unlikely to change any time soon.
So, yeah, he was wound up. And Eddie was too. A bit too impatient, a bit too cut that he’d been on the receiving end of yet another scathing interaction because Steve had been so careless to forget to pick him up.
He’d said as much, jabbing a finger and dramatically reenacting the tense conversation he’d had to have with Gareth’s mother.
It had led to a spat, which led to an argument. Steve sat on the bed in Eddie’s trailer and toyed with a loose thread as Eddie pacing before him.
“You should’ve been there.”
“I know.” Steve ground out the words, eyes on the floor, feeling too much like he was still back home, still being lectured by his father about his good-for-nothing son. The thread was coming looser in his fingers with all his fiddling.
“You know? Is that all you’re gonna say?” Eddie asked, exasperated, but the moment Steve’s lip part to respond, Eddie had steamrolled on. Gareth’s awkward smile and his mother’s tight bunched up shoulders were still fresh in his memory.
“Great! That’s just fantastic, Steve. You knew and you still didn’t show up!”
Steve’s head shot up, brow furrowed. “That’s not what I meant.”
Like a kettle coming to boil, Steve could feel some bitchy comment lurch up his throat with his growing frustration. It was easy to think of things to say to hurt Eddie, to lash out, to make it so Eddie was the one with his head bowed, voice quiet.
Steve had learned that the hard part in these moments, is biting his tongue. Swallowing back mean comments. He doesn’t want to be vicious. Loathes the idea of falling back on snarky comments to win a fight, least of all with his boyfriend.
But... old habits die hard.
So, when Eddie had got all up in his face, firing himself up, and said, “Oh, pray tell then Steve what was so important that made you fucking forget your boyfriend.”
Steve had snapped.
“Fuck, do you ever stop? You are so much sometimes!”
The words had flown out in a harsh sneer and they hit their mark exactly as intended.
Because Steve knew all about that strange bubble of fear that lives inside Eddie— the part that didn’t care at all what strangers thought of him, but cared so much about those he came to trust. The part that worried that being big and brash all the time would be too much for people. That the reason they originally liked Eddie, would become the same reason they’d eventually dislike him for.
Steve had once told him he couldn’t ever get enough of him— let alone too much. It’s why he’d known where to strike.
Eddie’s expression has flinched, his eyes going from simmering to hurt in a few seconds flat. His fists unclenched at his side and Steve had felt the regret curdling up in his gut, a terrible sour feeling that had him shooting to his feet in an instant.
“Eddie, wait, I—”
“Leave.” Eddie said, voice dangerously low. There wasn’t room to push it. Nothing left to argue.
But still, Steve had wavered, swaying as a tidal wave of shame burned hot up his neck. He wanted to fix it. He needed to fix this.
But Eddie couldn’t look at him, eyes fixed on the ground and despite how much it had pained Steve to go, he knew he couldn’t fix it, not then and there. The door had hit him on the way out.
That had been two whole days ago. The guilt of it makes it feel like it was hours ago, still fresh as ever.
Steve had been diligent in giving Eddie his space to cool off.
The call Steve made the morning after never got picked up, just rang endlessly until the voicemail kicked in. Even though Eddie was always home Wednesdays. It told Steve well enough that Eddie was still well and truly mad.
Which was fair enough. Steve had been an asshole. Let himself fall back on old habits and stab a weak spot he only knew because Eddie trusted him, then twisted the knife as well.
But it’s like he said — silent treatment from the guy who usually can’t keep quiet is discerning to say the least. It itches uncomfortably at Steve who finds himself unusually eager to apologise.
Because, damn, if Steve doesn’t hate apologising.
Apologising means pulling out the stops, means admitting shamefully everything you’d done wrong, means having to prove how sorry you were.
It had been like that living under his father. When he was seven, Tommy had accidentally pitched a baseball through one of the windows. It had smashed right through, completely shattered. Steve had taken the fall.
He’d said sorry, head bowed, even though it had been an accident. And after he’d made Steve repeat his apology til it was a rigid phrase in his mouth, Richard Harrington had said; ‘Well, why don’t you prove how sorry you are, Steven?’
He’d ended up being his father’s personal beer boy for that week. Fetching them ice-cold from the garage at his father’s every call, from the moment he was home from school, to prove the apology was legitimate.
It had worked— after a week of doting, extra effort into keeping his room clean and to keep his father happy, Richard had permitted his son a rare smile and ruffle of his hair. ‘See? I know you were sorry now.’
Steve had learnt quickly in his childhood to go to lengths to avoid trouble with his father. To avoid the tumultuous apologies he’d have to perform, jumping through hoop after hoop for forgiveness.
But even then, Steve couldn’t escape them with friends, and especially not with girlfriends.
Tilly had been like that too. She’d been Steve’s freshman girlfriend, eyeshadow baby blue and lips always glossy. When Steve did things she didn’t like —spent Saturdays with his other friends, was late to dates— she’d pout her glittery lips and bat her eyes. ‘Aren’t you gonna make it up to me?’
Steve had — had pulled out the stops, emptied his pocket change to buy her flowers, went to second base because she really wanted him to, all to prove his apology. Until Tilly was back to her sugary smiles and fluttering hazel eyes.
It had even been like that with Nancy, though not quite to that extent. Forking out his savings to buy the nicest bouquet he could find, prepared to make it up to her, even if he wasn’t quite sure if it was him who was supposed to be apologising. But she’d gone silent treatment on him, so…
So, Steve hates apologising— but even more than that, is how much he hates Eddie’s quiet. So, when his boyfriend calls the Family Video on Friday midday, when he knows Steve’s soloing, and invites him over, Steve prepares himself for the grovelling to come.
The mixtape he’d already made sits in the gearbox of his car, carried around with him since he finished it. Upon hanging up the phone, Steve’s eyes catch on the florist across the street. His mind spins with all his knowledge of Eddie’s favourites — should he get those sour candies Eddie loved so much as well?Would it be too much?
Steve scoffs at the irony of his worries, considering what he was apologising for. Besides, it was never too much. There were never enough things to show he was sorry.
And Eddie couldn’t exactly be bought — not that was what this was. But Steve knew his boyfriend preferred all things in the manner of touch. That Steve’s affection was a far higher currency than anything bought with money.
That’s fine. Steve can do that.
He’s got a whole speech planned, honest. The smudged bullet points scrawled on his palm are testament to that, there to keep him on track and Steve checks them over religiously as he drives over after his shift.
It all goes out the window when Eddie opens the door, because Steve’s heart hiccups, splutters, soars forward in his chest.
Eddie looks just the same, his usual ripped jeans and dark shirt with a band Steve doesn’t know and yet— yet.
Steve is overcome by how much he missed Eddie.
Overcome at how those two days felt like two weeks to him. His mouth opens and the words burst out, “I’m sorry.”
part two.
#normally i agonize over characterisation for a little while longer#but today NO SUCH THING#its this or nothing#there is INDEED an even ANGSTIER part two to come#the whole thing came about when i was like hmmmm.#steve apologising in s2 to nancy even tho he doesn't think he needs to#what if i#took that made it the angstiest backstory ever#its bout be whump in here BABEY#ruby writes steddie#steve x eddie#steddie#steddie fic#steddie ficlet#uhhhh yet again i am asking#gay ppl…..in my phone#u will find this#and if u like hurt/comfort like me for stevie#just u WAIT#hopefully the part bout apologising clues u guys into what might be coming
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disco ninja frog and bancho house wife
this was so cosmically funny in my head I had to manifest it into drawing form (30 minute speedrun)
#god hopefully no ones done this yet#I read a whole essay someone made about how Yu is no where near as homophobic as yoosk is but still likely is homophobic#and honestly? love that#every fic makes Yu out to be like. this super in touch with himself guy or atleast far more aware of his feelings compaired to Yosuke#im not really a shipping person (other then when its funny) but I love souyo on account of “closeted homophobic guy in 2008 realizes things#which I can relate to. not the 2008 part but the homophoic to homosexual pipeline#and whats better then a dense homophoic guy who doesn't come to terms with his big fat crush on his aibou in a game about#coming to terms with the parts of yourself you dont like or dont want others to see?#TWO dense as bricks homophobic guys! In the TV you two go to discover your feelings!#god its just such an interesting dynamic. even more so when you throw in Izanagi and Jiraiya#souyo
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Rewatching Gravity Falls for the who-knows-what thousandth time and I. I have. A thought.
The website that alluded to (not confirmed, as far as I know) of a season three. And this is a big deal.
Since it's pretty much a given that if this does end up happening, Bill WILL be a part of it and they'll need some way to stop him. So I figured, since Mabel destroyed the memory eraser and Bill would probably not have fallen for the same thing twice anyway, the obvious choice is the zodiac wheel again.
BUT.
What if instead of it all being the same person in the same spot as they were in the finale, why not have their positions switched around a bit. The obvious examples being Wendy as pine tree since she and Dipper swapped hats and Soos since he took over as owner of the Mystery Shack and also Stan's iconic hat. I *may* try to plot out who would go where and share the rest of that stuff on here, but I think this idea would work really well when you contextualize it with the concept that even though time has passed and people have grown and changed and are no longer the same as they once were, they're still just as strong and still care for each other and their bond will never be broken.
Much like the people who loved this show.
#gravity falls#season 3?#the book of bill#gravity falls zodiac#this concept drove me insane btw#gravity falls stanford#stanford pines#stanley pines#dipper pines#gravity falls dipper#dipper and mabel#mabel pines#wendy corduroy#soos ramirez#i got into the show relatively late back in like#2018 maybe???#and even though i was only the twin's age then i was still going through Some Shit™ and this was my comfort show for so long. still is.#so the fact i get to see it (hopefully) come back like this means so much to me.#even if it doesn't end up happening im still so glad to see the fandom thriving again like this. i love it. i live for it :)#i love you all sm mwa#wouldn't surprise me if that was already the plan tbh. it is an incredibly detail oriented show with a lot of emotional depth.#stay curious.
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THE MUSKETEERS 10TH ANNIVERSARY REWATCH / fave episodes [2/?] ↳ SEASON 1, EPISODE 4 / the good soldier
#themusketeersedit#the musketeers#perioddramaedit#perioddramasource#the musketeers bbc#aramis#tmrewatch*#edits#i'm having so much fun rediscovering my lost love for textures#this doesn't even make any sense it's all over the place#but it's bringing me such peace of mind that i'm going with the flow honestly#hopefully someone else will like it too ♥#i couldn't skip this one#the angst was too delicious! the acting too life changing!#marsac was a mess but his scene with aramis were really something else#and i also loveeeeeeeeee how we're starting to see all their little dynamics coming into play#d'artagnan being a little shit <3 porthos being protective of said little shit <3 athos being an absolute menace with just three words <3#and aramis being unhinged obviously#my fave
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What does robbie sound like? do you have a voiceclaim for him?
Tbh? I don't really have much of a voice claim for him-
Iv thought about it for a long while, and the closest iv fuggin got was "jacksepticeye" and fuggin Danny DeVito (specifically the one dialog of him saying "I'M THE TRASH MAN" and "Can I offer you an egg in this tryin' time?") LMAOOO I'm not very good at voice claims you see (Iv gotten an ask once saying Mob Rob looks like he'd sound like fuggin Corpse Husband- if I had a nickel for every time I had someone say one of my characters would sound like corpse I'd have two nickels- which isn't alot- but weird that it happened twice-)
Also speaking of Robbie, here's the bot iv been working on randomly whenever I felt like it LMAO
#Wasn't gunna post the link today but my power went out so I'm bored smhhh#I'm fine it will come back in like- two hours hopefully HDHDJDN#I just hope it doesn't get too hot in the house smhh#Robbie robs
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you can make the argument that not every single scene in a fictional work has to have a Point, and i would agree
however i can't think of many such scenes in aftg (maybe because it's in neil's pov)
and even then i just think that andrew choking kevin should be considered pretty significant
due to kevin's situation he was andrew's priority for most of the year
andrew patted him down to check for injuries
andrew punched matt for punching kevin, twice
andrew drugged neil because he didn't trust how neil looked at kevin
andrew did hurt kevin once previously, during trk when kevin shoved him into the lockers
the difference being:
this suggests kevin isn't worried that andrew will seriously hurt him (shoutout to matt for getting ready to interfere if a fight broke out :'D)
whereas post-choking we get this:
this suggests he thinks andrew would do it again or something in that vein
and yet apart from this it doesn't appear to change their relationship
do you see my problem
#my posts#my aftg posts#aftg#all for the game#kevin day#the foxhole court#the sunshine court#im not vaguing or anything i just wanted to say this bc i keep saying that i don't see the point of that scene#and i just can't come up with a good explanation as to why its like that#i mean you could say they maybe talked about it or smth but andrew doesn't seem particularly apologetic#like i said. he keeps putting neil over kevin post-baltimore and it just feels like pouring salt on the wound#but also matt was ready to intervene ON KEVIN'S BEHALF :'))))))#hopefully i won't make more posts about this
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on brocedes, rosquez, and a secret third thing (sebschumi)
I’ve heard many a comparison between rosquez and brocedes, which is fair given that they’re both divorces with butterfly effects in their respective motorsport category (they're always gonna haunt the narrative). It’s also fun that both sides of each divorce has a side in the other one that they’ve taken, pre-conflict (I’m taking pre-conflict to mean pre-that presscon and pre-2016, though of course the silver war started far earlier), so Marc Marquez and Nico Rosberg vs. Valentino Rossi and Lewis Hamilton.
I have a feeling the intense rivalry and atomic fallout is the only thing they have in common though, since the crux of brocedes is a brutus/judas type betrayal on both sides as far as they’re concerned, with brutus/judas being someone you’ve known for more than half your life, cosigned on your dreams with, and found solace in when the rest of the sport kept their distance.
On the other hand, Valentino is Marc’s hero and idol, and Marc is the upcoming hotshot that Vale takes an interest in because of his talent, and from there they get closer. From what I’ve seen, the rosquez fallout was a one sided thing from Vale, wherein he thought Marc was doing something dubious (he wasn’t), publicly discredited his ability as a rider and said he had no respect for him, in front of Marc and the world. To hear something like that from your idol is crushing, and I would never ever want to be Marc in that press conference.
Personally, I’ve always thought of rosquez as sebschumi gone horribly wrong. Both Marc and Sebastian Vettel have publicly expressed their admiration of Vale and Michael Schumacher respectively, and everyone knows that it’s mainly because of their idols that they race (love of racing and bikes/cars aside). Now, where rosquez ‘went wrong’ and sebschumi ‘went right’, in my opinion, is that Sebastian became Michael’s specialest little boy while also not fighting him for the championship.
While I don’t think that Michael would truly pull his punches, there’s certainly a difference in the way he treated his championship rivals. Seb was on the rise when he was arguably in his decline, and so Michael was able to maintain a friendly mentor relationship with him. If Seb had been older (and therefore entered F1 earlier), or if Michael was fighting for his eighth in 2010, which is a lot of ifs I’ll admit, I have a feeling their relationship wouldn’t really be the same, and may have faced the exact same trajectory as rosquez.
Speaking of the way Michael treats championship rivals though (I’m not an expert on his rivals so I’m missing out a huge chunk of his history as a pilot, but I suppose it also makes more sense to compare Kimi to his contemporaries), we all know how he fought with Fernando, and considering the first person you always have to beat is your teammate, we all know how he treated Nico. It’s funny how his battles with Kimi never seem to reach that level of intensity or dare I say, rancidity. I often think of Nico being Mika’s protégé, and the way that might have affected his relationship with Michael, but that never seemed to influence his treatment of Kimi. Not really relevant to my original point, but I thought it was interesting.
Anyways, given my lack of expert knowledge in the rosquez lore, vs. sebschumi brainrot, forgive me if I’m making assumptions, but I also think Seb meant more to Michael than Marc ever did to Vale. The phrase ‘everyone knows Michael would pick Sebastian’ rattles around my brain more often than I’d like to admit, and what Seb is to Mick is another thing entirely, but as far as I can tell, out of the whole grid, it wouldn’t be Marc that Vale went to first. To me, it’s because fighting him for that top spot at the same time, as well as, I’ve been led to believe, certain whispers in his ear, meant Valentino couldn’t ever really be comfortable being that close with someone he ultimately wanted to destroy, and it wouldn’t have taken much to tip him the other way (the other way being suspicion and hostility).
This may be where the connection between rosquez and brocedes comes into play again. Lewis and Nico’s friendship, while technically stronger than the other two pairings combined, was deeply affected by the experiences they’d had in F1 prior to being teammates. The suspicion, paranoia, and games they’d learnt over the years destroyed what could have been one of the strongest pairings formula one has had. It’s quite easy to argue that had they become teammates earlier, say in Mclaren or Williams, they may not have met the fate they did (not having a championship winning car tends to help, though god knows what’s going on in Alpine).
Of course, the shared nationality aspect helps sebschumi in a way that doesn’t exist for rosquez, and that tension may have played a hand in rosquez’s unbecoming. Although everyone knows that being german definitely didn’t help Nico any. If rosquez were teammates, I actually don’t think they would have been very different from Michael and Nico, except that perhaps they’d be worse.
The original intention of this is getting away from me, but essentially, while rosquez and brocedes is all well and good, rosquez and sebschumi are two different paths the idol/successful fan relationship can take, so I thought the comparison obvious, and that I'd give it some attention!
#brocedes#rosquez#sebschumi#lewis hamilton#nico rosberg#marc marquez#valentino rossi#sebastian vettel#michael schumacher#reading through this and I've come to the realisation that maybe the lack of attention is just because sebschumi isn't as recent#and relationships with conflict stick in people's heads easier than ones without#also probably means there's a sizable population who doesn't know what I'm referring to when i say sebschumi... hopefully it's obvious#my points still stand though#if anyone with more insight into rosquez wants to contribute their pov by all means!! as I said I don't have much knowledge#i've read a few fics and multiple tumblr posts but like. there are some real scholars on here#long post#mimi.txt
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