#2025 szn

[writethatdown]

refresh. restart. reflect. unfollow. write down goals. coffee. journal. visualise. nature walk. long shower. vision board. new plans. new routines. elevating. growing. glowing.

[rooooooossssssse]

valentino’s lil pre-race ritual stresses me out every fuckin time like girl the race is STARTING please stop FINGERING YOURSELF 😭

[lunasilvis]

I am such a perfectionist and shouldn't ever be trusted with building up a portfolio for an entire new career again.... if I want to keep the peace with myself 👆

[kinichval]

what we thinking about the return of proval!kinich 😔😔😔

[cupidhoons]

liz >< congratulations for 700 milestones omg you deserve it <3333 also I loved the paparazzi trailer / the first post :3

THANK U CUTIE ILY 🥹💞

[mannyblacque]

SHOTS FIRED! 🔥

This interaction really shows you what the world thinks of the usa these days.

Source video from Victor Szn

[boqvistsbabe]

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[haobinful]

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[disneyprincemuke]

meet me in the afterglow * fem!driver

does sorry even work after you hurt the people you love?

pairings: oscar piastri x fem!driver, logan sargeant x fem!driver, sebastian vettel x fem!driver

notes: once upon a time, this 2025 szn only had like... 3/4 parts? and because i have 0 self control, it's now split into 9 parts... i promise the next part is actually the last part and there's no more surprise angst so here's the kind of comfort fic...? lolsie

(series masterlist) | (📂 2025: fall from grace)

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she stares into the restaurant where the group of blondes sit, trying to count in her head if she should finally announce her presence.

she’d been lurking in the group chat watching them make plans. plans that included her by default yet she still hesitated to bring herself out to meet them.

perhaps it’s too soon to be here? unless oscar wasn’t lying when he said that her other friends miss her too despite isolating herself for more than half the year.

���what are you doing lingering out here in the cold?” a familiar voice fills her ears with a soft chuckle. “come on in and join us for lunch, silly.”

“oscar,” she laughs sheepishly, scratching the back of her head. “i’m afraid it’s too soon for me to be here. i’ll just head back home.”

oscar tilts his head and furrows his eyebrows. he watches her turn on her heel and starts walking in the direction of her apartment. “what?” he grabs her wrist and yanks her towards the entrance of the restaurant. “no, you told me you’d join us today. you got ready and everything — even did your makeup! you look great, mate.”

she tries to pull herself back. “i don’t even know if they want me here.”

“remember what i told you yesterday,” oscar stops in his tracks and turns around to face her, “sometimes it’s all in your head. this time, trust me when i say it is. liam and mick missed you just as much as we did.”

she hesitates for a moment but eventually nods. oscar cheers and pumps his fist in the air. “great! then let’s go.”

oscar guides her into the restaurant and slowly approaches the table where their friends sit.

liam scowls at logan, “i’m seriously curious about whatever the hell goes in your head.”

“what do you mean?” logan asks, slightly hurt, “it’s a legit question. they’re just infected — sick, perhaps — so technically they’re still human.”

“point taken, but like… i wouldn’t consider them human still,” mick mumbles hesitantly, seemingly in deep thought over logan’s question. “but that’s just a very… peculiar question.”

“if rocky was here, she’d entertain me unlike you losers,” logan scoffs, folding his arms over his chest. “your answers are basic. i want an actual nurturing conversation about zombies and their human rights.”

“you guys got an extra seat for me? i have opinions about zombies and human rights,” she says softly with a smile. “i know i haven’t joined you in a while and i’m sorry. but if you let me—”

“oh, you’re here!” mick jumps up from his seat. he rounds the table and shoves oscar away from her then throws his arms around the small girl. “there’s always a seat for you! what do you mean?”

“welcome back,” liam beams with a nod. “mick here has a list of gossip he wants to talk to you about.”

logan scowls, “gossip that he refused to tell us unless you’re around.”

“well, why would i tell you boring idiots are gossip i worked so hard to get?” mick scowls, rolling his eyes. he starts to guide her towards his seat and pulls out a chair for her to sit next to him. “for a bunch of uninterested answers and sighs?”

“i could be—”

“whatever!” mick says exasperatedly, rolling his eyes. he sits her down in the seat and takes his own, pulling his phone out from his pocket. “so i have a list. let’s start with whatever the hell is going on with red bull and max.”

liam watches the girl walk out of the restaurant first, with the ruse that it’s too warm inside the restaurant. he excuses himself from mick, waving him off nonchalantly as he tries to settle the bill.

“i’m glad you’re back,” liam hums with a smile, approaching her with his head dropped and kicking rocks on the ground. “missed you, mate.”

“thanks,” she laughs, looking up from her phone. “i’m sorry i clocked out for a while there. i didn’t know how to cope with the year we were having.”

“it would’ve been nice to have you around,” he admits softly, finally stopping by her side. “this season has been so cruel to us. wish we had each other a little bit more, you know? we could’ve just gone through it together.”

she throws her head back. at some point in the year, she did consider that. but she’d tried getting herself to reach out to liam, but by that time, it felt like a case of too little too late.

“i know,” she sighs with a small smile. “i’m sorry. i thought you were doing perfectly fine without me.”

“the world’s always been a little harder on you, let’s admit that,” liam rests his arm on her shoulder, “we’re just glad that you’re back. you look like you’ve gotten back the colour in your face.”

“yeah, it’s about time,” she nods. “so, about your offers from other teams. anything that stood out to you yet?”

liam grins. “i’ve been meaning to talk to you about that after summer break. i didn’t think i’d see you til then,” he laughs. “they’re gonna announce it on the first race weekend from summer break.”

“you made a decision!” she shrieks. though, she feels her chest slightly tighten. liam avoiding a direct answer can truly only mean one thing and it’s that she’ll have to cozy up with some new driver that isn’t one of her closest friends. “that’s amazing, i’m so happy for you!”

“i’ve re-signed with andretti, mate. a year extension and if it goes well next year, i’m definitely staying a little longer,” liam jumps up and grabs her shoulders, “we’re going to be teammates forever!”

“what?” she almost drops her phone from the bombshell he’s dropped on her. “you’re not leaving?”

“don’t tell the guys yet, it’s a secret til then!” liam immediately recomposes himself when the doors open and their friends walk out.

“what are you girls giggling about?” oscar snorts, shaking his head. “keeping secrets from us?”

“it’s a teammate thing.”

“what are you doing still in the car?” logan hums, hunching to look into the car. the girl continues to sit in the passenger seat and looks ahead blankly. “oscar’s already at the door, dude. let’s go.”

“what if they hate me forever?” she frowns, turning to logan with slight tears in her eyes. “i sucked. not very family-friendly of me to act the way i did. and missing the anniversary party? not very cool either.”

“just get out of the car,” logan snorts, finally opening the door for her. he points towards the house and looks back at her. “come on. your dad told us he made your favourite cookies if it will help get you inside.”

she rolls her eyes. “you told papa i was coming?”

“just him, i promise.”

“boo. you suck.”

but she follows logan out of the car anyway. she watches as logan drags both of their bags towards the door and gives her another smile. then he walks down the pathway through the front yard to make his way to the front door.

she watches from the car as the front door opens, revealing her mother with a wide grin as she greets logan and oscar with open arms, yanking them in for a tight hug and kisses on cheeks. she only gets noticed when oscar steps aside to point at the car.

“you’re here!” her mother shrieks, hands on her cheeks as she pushes past the 2 boys in front of her. “my love, i missed you so much! i’m so glad you’re here!”

she remains in her position, hands fisted by her side as she watches her mother thread the stone pathway to walk over to her. “you look amazing. i’m so happy that you’re here.”

arms are thrown around her tightly, catching her off-guard. she’s barely even got the chance to get her carefully constructed apology out. for how she’s acted, for how she treated everyone in that house for the couple of days she spent in it.

“i’m seriously so glad you’re here. good thing i made your favourite,” her mother shrieks, starting to yank her towards the house. “and papa made cookies! then blythe stocked up on the ice cream you like hoping you were coming by with oscar and logan.

“dalton’s going to be so glad that you’re here.”

“dalton?” she asks in surprise, lifting an eyebrow as she follows her mother into the house. “isn’t he mad at me?”

her mother grins and stops right before they enter the kitchen. her cheek is cupped by her mother tenderly and the other hand brushes through her hair. “blythe sat both ciara and dalton down and told them off. i’m sorry i didn’t see you were struggling — i thought i was helping. i didn’t know.”

“you know?” she tilts her head with furrowed eyebrows. tears fill her eyes as she slumps her shoulder. “i didn’t mean to take it out on you. you know i love you, mama.”

“it’s okay. you’re still just my baby,” her mother sighs, pulling her head in to rest on her shoulder. “i should have known you were just overwhelmed. i’m sorry i didn’t notice and drove you even further.”

“oh, cool! you’re here!” dalton’s voice echoes in the house, making her jump off her mother. “i made you cookies!”

“did not,” ciara scoffs, rolling her eyes, following dalton down the stairs. “we had to buy a new batch of ingredients cause he put the egg whites in with the batter.”

dalton shakes his head disapprovingly as he passes the mother and daughter. “they told me too late. they’re not the best at instructions and that’s why you can tell ciara works all by herself in a measly little studio — can’t lead for shit.”

ciara smacks the back of his head. “fuck you.” the younger girl turns to her oldest sister with a smile. “welcome home. we set up just dance so we can watch logan trip over his feet all evening.”

“hey!”

apologising should come easy, she’s already done it attempting to make amends for the past 2 weeks with everyone. though she can’t ignore the churning in her stomach as she walks down a familiar hallway.

drafting the apology speech in her hotel room came naturally to her. with logan and oscar’s nod of approvals, suddenly she was ready to head out.

but there’s still the worry that it could be rejected.

who would want to take her back, anyway? it’s a miracle that everyone else in her life has received her with open arms after the way she acted.

she stares at the plain door for a moment and takes a deep breath. she just has to say she’s sorry, that’s all. just like how she told her friends she would.

she bites down on her lip as she finally musters the courage to land a knock on the door.

“give me a second!”

“okay, no rush.”

footsteps from inside the apartment halt for a moment. she hears heavy footsteps approaching the door and something dropping on the floor, then stumbling, making her smile to herself. then she hears the locks click hurriedly before it’s yanked open.

matt sighs in relief and throws his head back. “thank god it’s actually you. i thought i was going crazy hearing your voice.”

“over exaggeration,” she points out with a small smile. she sucks in a deep breath and exhales shakily. “hi.”

“hi,” he slouches slightly and leans on the door frame. “why didn’t you tell me you were coming? i could’ve picked you up from the airport.”

she waves his concerns away with a soft laugh. “it wouldn’t be a surprise if i asked you to pick me up, would it?” she looks down and extends her hands, a bouquet of flowers pushed into his chest. “these are for you.”

“what?” surprised, yet he still takes it into his hands. “what are these for?”

“i’m sorry,” she says softly, pursing her lips with a soft shrug. “i didn’t wanna do it over the phone or make you fly to london just so i can do it there… i blew things out of proportion and i pushed you away when all you wanted to do was help. i’m the one who burned us down.”

“they’re apology flowers?” he points out, slightly amused, scanning the bouquet with a smile. “you came all this way to say that to me?”

“i didn’t know how else to show you how sorry i really am.” she shifts uncomfortably and tucks her hair behind her ears. “i’ll spend forever making it up to you, i promise. i should have coped better and—”

“i missed you,” he says in a sigh. he puts the bouquet down on the top of his shoe back and lunges forward to throw his arms around her. he squeezes her tightly and buries his face into her hair. “you seriously should have told me you were coming.”

“matt—”

“i’m so excited that you’re finally here! i was taking kota out on a walk the other day and i walked past this new ice cream shop. i think you might really like it there,” matt starts to ramble, pulling away. “just give me 20 minutes and let’s head out for a date? how does that sound?”

she blinks, slightly taken aback by how he’s reacted. “what?”

“i haven’t been away that long, have i?” he stares at her curiously, furrowing his eyebrows. “you still love ice cream, don’t you?”

“yeah, but… you know… i was so mean to you for so long. shouldn’t you be a little angrier at me for what i did? i was such a bitch.”

“you were having a hard time,” he says immediately as she tries to berate herself. “i don’t blame you for that. it’s okay; we’re okay.” he pulls her into his apartment. “i’m just glad you’re back — my girlfriend’s back!”

“hi,” she greets with a smile, catching the older man off-guard as he approaches her. “fun summer break?”

sebastian flinches slightly and looks around him. there is nobody else here that she could be speaking to but him. “hi?” he smiles hesitantly. “it was. how was yours?”

“it was alright,” she shrugs, pressing her lips together into a thin line. she moves towards her bags to leave an empty space open for sebastian. “i got you something over the break. i went to los angeles for a couple of days.”

he tilts his head and jab his finger into his chest. “you got me something? on your trip?”

“yeah,” she grins. she turns away momentarily to grab something out of her bag and turns to present a pair of mugs to him. “i’m sorry i broke our matching mugs that one night in the paddocks. and i’m sorry i was a total bitch the entire season and that i was a big fat meanie, as dalton put it.”

he laughs, throwing his head back. if you’d asked him, he would have been more worried if they started the second half of the season with her still in the trenches.

it’s relieving to see that she’s gotten colour back into her face, making conversation and looking well put together. if her behaviour continued any longer, he’s afraid it would have become permanent at some point.

“you’re okay now?” sebastian grins, patting her on the head. she beams and nods. “okay enough to eat some ice cream?”

“yes,” she sighs exasperatedly with the roll of her eyes. “i can’t believe i haven’t eaten ice cream for 2 months. can you believe i stayed away that long?”

“honestly, i thought all this stemmed from the lack of ice cream,” sebastian jokes, poking her shoulder. “welcome back, kid. let’s make the best out of the rest of our season, okay? no more cowering into the corner — we face it head on.”

she nods firmly. “okay.”

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[jamminvroomvroom]

the 2025 grid, according to silly szn (subject to change)

redbull: lando norris, max verstappen, charles leclerc, carola perez

mercedes: lando norris, charles leclerc

ferrari: lando norris, alex albon, the red telly tubby

aston martin: charles leclerc, queen elizabeth II

mclaren: my nan, lando norris

alpine: president macron, barbie

williams: jack wolff, roscoe

alpha tauri: the entire chinese f4 grid (jk, as if, L bozo)

haas: gene haas, gunther steiner

alfa romeo: the ghost of christmas past, edward cullen

[siderealmaven]

SIDEREAL CAPRICORN SZN is THE SZN for:

🤎 Taking pleasure in the simple things ���️ Slow, steady progression towards goals 🤎 Making plans for your future 🏔️ Mastering your craft & skill improvement 🤎 Honoring and enforcing your boundaries 🏔️ Recognizing reality for what it really is 🤎 Spending time with your elders

The sun will be in sidereal Capricorn from January 13 - February 12, 2025

[mecachrome]

I’m curious about your true thoughts on Lando and Oscar, and I hope you’ll answer this without considering RPF(I mean this because sometimes RPF negatively affects opinions about races, as some people go to great lengths to create non-existent situations related to the race or the behavior between drivers.)

How did you feel watching Hungary or the 2024 season in general? Personally, I’m a fan of Oscar, and Monza was my favorite moment where he showed that he’s a driver capable of winning. I can’t wait for 2025, where I hope he’ll perform like that in every race. I don’t mean to sound rude; I’m just curious about what you honestly think about the 2024 season And the situation between Oscar and Lando. And this season, what do you want to happen? If McLaren has a good car, maybe Oscar as WDC?

hey anon!!! totally fair question, i personally never take rpf into consideration when i'm evaluating a season. mostly i'd just say that mclaren were able to make some of the decisions they did in 2024 because landoscar have the dispositions as teammates to allow for it, instead of (for example) a teammate pairing rife with tension like pierre and esteban. but that's less an rpf take and more just a baseline assessment of their personalities and work ethics! they're not combative people by nature, have had less time to build up "bad history" with each other, aren't under constant pressure of contract insecurity like in some teams, etc... so it stands to reason that they wouldn't experience a huge amount of conflict. 

tbh this may sound boring but i'd consider myself something of a radical neutralist when it comes to f1 LOL... i'm not one for pessimistic fearmongering (which was kind of been the mclaren fan M.O for a long time) but i also very rarely entertain presumptuous illusions of victory, so i'm never going to be like "yeah i think oscar is destined to win a wdc" even though he's my favorite driver and i hold him in high esteem.

because of that, i personally enjoyed the 2024 season a lot... because 1) i didn't have high expectations, and 2) helloooo we won the mfing wcc!!!! and it's hard to be a pessimist now when you've seen mclaren through worse times and oscar still came out of it p4, with actual gp wins under his belt, a handful of podiums, etc. i used to write a lot more f1 diary entries but kind of stopped last szn so these are some of my thoughts from end of 2023 / very early 2024:

looking at these i think something people lose sight of is how QUICKLY mclaren fans have had to realign their expectations (in a good way). like we were still not really sure of our place with the frontrunners last year... and it's fair to criticize some of mclaren's failures this year—god knows they made poor calls in hungary—but i don't look back on it and think that it ruined or sullied oscar's first win, or even feel particularly bitter about the 1-2 that week (a 1-2 is a 1-2 man!). i think mclaren has its faults and that there is always room for improvement, but i'm also sympathetic to the massive overhaul the team has experienced in just 2 years.

for 2025... honestly anything can happen :') i do believe lando still has the edge over oscar, but i hate the idea of immediately prescribing oscar "1.5/2" driver status when that genuinely means nothing atm. imo people are quick to be like, well lando was already showing up his teammates when he was a rookie, and oscar isn't competitive enough against him considering he's already in his 2nd year, and it's like... well yes because every h2h has to be contextualized, and the idea is that lando is, objectively, a better/stronger driver than carlos + daniel, and if he's so capable of challenging max then i wouldn't expect oscar to best him in his 2nd year! i think another thing people lose sight of is the fact that lando himself is SO young, so of course he's not done growing as a driver! yes experience is also as crucial as age, so he's had a lot more experience than oscar is and is supposedly closer to his "ceiling," but i don't look at the h2h between lando and oscar as oscar vs. a fully-formed veteran driver; i see them as two guys who are still developing and growing and getting better by the day, which is why comparing their avg gaps between 1st and 2nd year isn't that effective. i also just think very highly of lando, so it's not a knock on oscar yet to be down on his times at the moment.

anyway, with all that being said... i kind of expect ferrari to be strong this year so i'm too scared to make any assumptions about our wcc/wdc chances at the moment LOL. but i definitely am looking forward to the season no matter what, and i think oscar can put up as good a fight as anyone 🤷‍♀️ whatever happens happens!

[mariailoveyou-guerin]

forgot how much this show and this plot pisses me off more like wdym slit the money for the gold and cross that’s literally his why would he split it and those yt people showed their yt a88 bc the fact they think they could even say it the audacity! pope family gold if this

plot ain’t fixed in s4 part2 (or s5 the pates will never escape me)where pope gets it all back and not a single one of them getting a dime from any of it bc it’s all pope and if they even ask or demand literally six feet under I’m so serious like I’ll never ask JJ to give his

Family🏝️ if he sold it to share with them like he would bc that’s jj but not fam heirloom or any of the treasure except for pope bc he found it for him but everything belongs to JJ just like pope gold/cross is his! the only thing pogues can share is the dorado gold which is fair

forgot how little Cleo is in s2 like why haven’t I seen her it’s been 3 episodes where my girl at why was I so sure she was in every episode her pope really stole that bc I was convinced they known each from ep2 of s2 I’m ep7 🔜and aint seen her in long while same bs in s3😔!

yeah need this show gone in 2025 bc the amount of crazy psycho cracker*s obsessed with pope is insane why are all these grown men this obsessed with a child? Rafe Barry (topper same age) this one,free my son from that he11 hole! why would u see him around

is this the girl they expect us to believe is in love with JJ in s3-4 sure 😂 she belittles undermines and calls him dvmb for 2 szns but all of sudden she’s in love with him sure that make sense? Not shockingly not me 😂 no one thought you could come up with it such plan kie miss screams 25/8 murderer blames others JJ only

[izzy-b-hands]

3,8,19,22 ?

3. Favorite musical artist / group you started listening to this year?

Ooh I can't choose just one so I'm limiting myself to a Top 10 BC that's genuinely as few as I think I can choose between aksnfkfgn:

1. JPEGMAFIA

2. detahjae

3. jev

4. Fox Szn (I know technically it's. ya know. Danny Gonzalez in character but the songs are such fucking earworms I replayed so much that I can't not include him here.)

5. Isaiah Rashad

6. Sabrina Carpenter (not normally a pop girlie here but she grew on me and her songs are so much fun!! Aside from that One Song from her latest album with the one lyric I absolutely detest lmao)

7. Lola Young (shout to Fiancé for the recommendation! Big Brown Eyes became an Instant edizzy song for me, but her latest album overall was a good listen!)

8. MAVI

9. Alkaline (his stuff can be hard to find, but it's worth the search! Other artists that use Alkaline in their names tend to come up first in results, but searching him with one of my fave songs, With The Thing, in the search usually brings up whichever songs are currently available on various sites/streaming services!)

10. Tommy Richman

8. Game of the year?

Admittedly I really only played games I've owned for ages throughout 2024, so it's not anything new or exciting unfortunately. But I really enjoyed letting myself relax with GTA Online, Diner Bros, and I started The Pale Beyond! If I had to choose for a newer one, then The Pale Beyond would be my GOTY.

19. What’re you excited about for next year?

Getting married in March is the big one!! Right up by that would be finally getting my last ever name change done (first middle and last so the whole thing is fixed lol) and updating all the things/documents/etc!!

I'm also excited for going to more theatre shows (whenever we can afford and can get seats we like lol), more beach trips, and possibly a trip out to Maine or Rhode Island (never been to either so there's gonna be So Much to see!!)

Aside from that, I'm excited to keep working on my writing, fic and original. It's been a bit of a rough patch with my writing the last couple of years, but I'm hopeful I can get a bit more done and posted re: fic, and that I can get back into writing more original things and maybe post some of the original short stories I've been sitting on for the last few months.

22. If you could send a message to yourself back on the first day of the year, what would it be?

I honestly don't really know, bc knowing me at the start of last year I was too scared, irritated, and frustrated with the state of the world and other things to want any advice from anyone, let alone myself. I think I'd just not bother myself back at the start of 2024 for my own sake lol. He's doing his best to get by and that's enough.

Granted, I'm absolutely terrified for the rest of 2025 re: state of the world and my country, but there's enough excitement/good upcoming things that I'm feeling slightly more positive/receptive to the idea of the rest of this year happening lmaooo

Thank you for asking, Anon! I hope you have a good new year!!