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motorsportbarbie13 · 6 months ago

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What's A Soulmate? Part 3

In which your best friend comes back to you. But is it too late?

Warnings: oof the angst. swearing. that's it. Pairing: Lando Norris X SainzSister!Reader Word Count: 2.5k words

(a/n: this is how i cope after that hot mess of a race today. i hate everything and everyone except for my pookie bear lando norris)

- What's A Soulmate? - Part 1 - What's A Soulmate? - Part 2 - What's A Soulmate? - Part 2.5 - Master List

2021 You keep your promises.

2022 And then he started dating her.

2023 Silence.

March, 2024Australia

“We are so excited to have you join the team.” Your new boss beams back at you as you follow her through the corridor. “Thank you for making the flight at such short notice. Had we known Summer was going to quit so abruptly, we would have had you come out with the team earlier in the week.”

You nod, adjusting the collar of your new papaya and black polo. “Of course, I’m just happy it all worked out.”

The heat of the Australian sun beats down outside the McLaren hospitality building, but inside the air is cool and dry. You’d landed in the country last night after what felt like the longest flight you’ve ever taken from New York into Melbourne but were so happy to be back in the paddock after what felt like ages.

“Like we discussed earlier in the month, you’ll be working with Oscar as his primary press officer. I’m sure you know what that entails and everything, not much has changed since Carlos was with the team, but if you have any questions you have my number.” Brenda smiles down at you as she hands you your new McLaren issued iPhone.

Three weeks ago, you had graduated from NYU with a double degree in public relations and business management. One week later, you had accepted a job offer from McLaren to join the communications team working with Oscar. Between your dual degree and experience working in the paddock with your brother, the job had been a slam dunk for you.

“The boys are just finishing up some filming up stairs. Let’s go up and introduce you to Oscar. You already know Lando.” She says, with a bit of a smile. Your friendship with the Brit was well known back during the years you were still working with Carlos. No one knew how much it had changed since though.

Nerves fluttered around in your stomach as you follow Brenda up to the second floor where you could hear Oscar and Lando loudly laughing at something. As far as you knew, Lando was unaware that you had taken a job with McLaren. You had asked Carlos and Charles to keep your new job quiet around the paddock, not wanting to create drama before it was necessary. This was certainly going to be a shock, you knew that.

The last time you saw him flashes through your memory, quick and painful, as Brenda approaches where Oscar and Lando stand each holding dry erase boards.

Early 2022

“What do you mean she doesn’t want me around?” You nearly laugh, the absurdity of what your best friend is telling you not fully computing.

Lando grips the back of his neck, eyes looking everywhere but at you. “Our friendship makes her uncomfortable.”

Now you really do laugh. “What friendship, Lan? I’ve barely seen you this year!”

It was the truth. Ever since you had started classes in New York last year, your time to see your best friend had dwindled down into nearly nothing. You went to as many races as you could but going from spending nearly 24/7 with your brother and Lando to barely seeing them once every few months was more painful than you had anticipated. It hurt so much to watch him continue on, seemingly so unbothered by losing you, but this? This was the last straw.

He had been dating the Portuguese model for a bit now and you had to admit, she was pretty and wonderfully nice. You truly had no issue with her, having met her once at a Grand Prix you had attended before classes had started this year. She was quiet, sweet, and obviously adored Lando so her being with him was fine with you. You wanted to see your best friend happy. But now? Now she was threatened by someone who wasn’t even a second thought in Lando’s head?

You had spent the last few months desperately trying to believe that Lando wasn’t pulling away, that he wasn’t purposefully putting distance between you and him. Texts would go unanswered, calls went unreturned. You had chalked it up to him being busy and adjusting to having a new teammate but now you guess you had the truth: he was avoiding you.

“If that’s what you want, I’ll respect your wishes.” You murmur, taking a step away, suddenly wanting nothing more than to retreat back into the Ferrari motorhome where you could nurse your embarrassment in peace.

“It’s not…” Lando fumbles, but you know what he’s about to say isn’t true. This is exactly what he wants.

“No, I get it Lan. She’s threatened by me. I respect that and I’ll make myself scarce this weekend. You and her won’t have to worry about me anymore.”

The pain of your words slices through Lando. He hadn’t wanted to do this, far from it. But the fight that she had started last night when she had seen you in the pit lane laughing with Carlos and Charles had put him in a tight spot. You were his best friend, but she was his girlfriend. He owed her the respect, right? Even if he knew that nothing was going on, nothing could happen. It wasn’t in the cards for the two of you.

“I’m sorry.” He says.

“Me too, Lan.

You blink rapidly, erasing the painful memory from your brain as your boss steps towards Oscar and Lando, who are watching you approach. The look on Lando’s face sends your pulse skyrocketing. It’s a look that’s somewhere between surprise, confusion, and maybe even a bit of betrayal and you hate every bit of it.

“Oscar, I wanted to introduce you to your new press officer. She just landed last night so I’m sure she’s a bit jet lagged but she insisted on getting to work straight away. She’ll be taking you around for media duties after FP2 today so be nice, okay?”

“I’m always nice.” The Aussie says, soft smile on his lips. “It’s nice to meet you. Lando talks about you all the time.”

Your eyes dart towards Lando, who is still somewhat glaring at you like he can’t believe you’re in front of him. He talks about you? Still? Your stomach does an involuntary somersault at this bit of information, blush creeping its way high up on your cheek bones.

The phone in your hand chimes with a reminder. Oscar is due to an Australian media outlet in ten minutes for an interview. “Well, that’s my cue.” You turn to the girl that had been filming the segment with a friendly smile. “Is he good to go?”

“He’s all yours!”

With permission to leave, you turn on your heel and walk towards the staircase, Oscar in tow. Lando watches after you, still struggling to process what just happened. You worked for McLaren now? As Oscar’s press officer? He had just played padel with Carlos this fucking morning and he hadn’t said a single word about this. Surly Carlos had known about your taking the job so why hadn’t he told him? Did you not want him to know? Did you hate him so much that you didn’t even care if he knew or not? How had the most important person in his life become someone he just used to know once?

That last fight before he…said some of the the most shameful thing he’s ever said flashes through his mind as he wanders down to his drivers room, suddenly needing a break.

“You literally never shut up about her. ‘She does this.’ And ‘she does that’. Jesus Christ, Lando you could not be more obvious about it.” The anger in her voice had set his teeth on edge. “And now I have to sit and watch the, what did they call you guys? The Chaos Gremlins? Now I have to sit and watch The Chaos Gremlins be reunited for the entire fucking weekend and just sit back and take it?”

“There is nothing going on between us.” Lando insists, running his hands through his curls. “I haven’t seen her in months. Months!”

“But there would be if she was here, right?”

He had no answer for her. Because she was probably right in her assumption. If you had stayed, Lando had no idea what would’ve happened.

“It’s her or me, Lando.”

The rest of the day passes in what feels like the blink of an eye. By the time Oscar is done with all of his interviews at the end of the evening, you feel dead on your feet. You’ve lost all sense of time, feeling like you’ve been hit with a truck and you want nothing more than to get back to your hotel room and sleep for the next 5 to 10 business days. Or the last free practice tomorrow afternoon.

The Uber to the hotel takes far too long but just as your eyes are about to shutter closed in the back seat, you arrive and drag your near lifeless body up to your room. A quick shower is all you have the energy for, desperately needing to get the germs of the day off and then, you’re in bed, blissfully tucked between soft white cotton sheets watching some weird Australian soap opera.

Your eyes are heavy when the alert dings and you nearly ignore it, assuming it’s Carlos checking in. He could wait until you saw him tomorrow. But a quick glance shows you it isn’t Carlos.

You don’t fully understand why you gave him your room number. Not when the only thing on your mind is going to sleep. This is probably a really bad time to have such an important conversation too but a part of you, that part of you that never stopped hoping that maybe one day your best friend would come back to you, that part of you wanted to get this out of the way so you could move on, with or without him.

Ten minutes later, there’s a soft knock on the door and you haul yourself out of bed, still bone numbingly tired but also strangely keyed up with nervous energy. This would be the first time you had really spoken to Lando since that night two years ago. Sure, you two had exchanged pleasantries when you found yourself in the paddock for a race weekend but most of the time you kept to yourself in the Ferrari garage and motorhome, making sure your presence wasn’t noticed by anyone outside of your brother and Charles.

Tugging on your favorite NYU crewneck, you pad towards the door while willing your racing heart beat to slow. This is fine. This is going to be okay. You two needed to talk if you were going to be working closely this year so this had to happen sooner or later.

The door swings open and Lando stands in front of you looking just as exhausted and devastated as you feel.

“Hi.” He breathes, hands wringing together.

“Hi Lan.” You sigh.

His smile widens at the nickname and you open the door a bit wider to allow him in. You cross the room, settling on the king size bed before staring up at him. “You wanted to talk?”

The pain in his eyes cuts such a deep slice through you, it’s a wonder you don’t start bleeding out on the bedspread.

“Why didn’t you tell me you were coming back?” He crosses the room towards you, setting every nerve ending in your body firing. He’s too close and you can’t control yourself when he’s like this.

You shrug, wondering how you’re still able to hold yourself together at this point. “I didn’t think you’d care.”

Lando drops his gaze away from you then, shame and anger surging across his handsome features. “Of course I’d care.”

“You didn’t when you chose her over me.”

He drags a hand over his face, the look of misery that sits on his face is reminiscent of the night you told him you were moving to New York City all those years ago. The memory brings a surge of white hot pain that cuts you so deeply it steals the breath from your lungs. If you had known that this was where you’d end up, you didn’t know if you would have made the same decision.

“And listen, that was fine, I guess. You had to respect your relationship with her but the most confusing thing was afterwards. Why the radio silence after?” You fold your hands into your lap, unable to meet the gaze that you feel so heavy on your skin. He’s practically begging you to look at him but you simply can’t.

“I was ashamed.” He admits and you feel the tears prick at the back of your eyes, a hot and painful sting that reminds you of how much you’ve lost. “I was ashamed at how I treated you and couldn’t face it.”

“Rightfully so.” You mutter, rolling your eyes.

“I’m sorry.” He murmurs while reaching for your hand. “I’m so sorry for how I treated you. I should have told her to fuck off for making me choose between her and you. I should have chosen my best friend and I’ve regretted that decision every day of my life since.”

The fact that you’re finally hearing the words you’ve been dreaming of hearing for nearly two years hits you like a ton of bricks. Here he was, your best friend, finally apologizing and owning up to his mistakes and for some reason, it felt like it was all just too little too late. How many nights had you stayed up, sobbing on your living room couch with your roommates over the stupid boy who was mean to you? Wondering what you had done to make him treat you like this? Hadn’t your friendship meant more than what it had ended up being?

And now, here you were, back in his orbit again and it just…didn’t matter. You had spent so many nights wishing this would come and now that he was finally taking responsibility and owning up to his actions, it just didn’t feel like it was enough.

“I think you should go.”

“What?” He stutters, fingers gripping yours almost desperately.

“I am exhausted and need some time to process this Lando. And you have quali tomorrow, you need to be focusing on racing, not on our issues.”

“I don’t give a fuck about racing.” He bites out, blue eyes turning stormy gray with anger. “I want to fix this.”

“This isn’t something that can be fixed with a single conversation.”

You didn’t even know if it could be fixed at all, if you were being honest with yourself.

“Then I’ll keep going until it is fixed, I promise.”

“Don’t make promises you don’t intend to keep, Lando.” You warn, rising from the bed. “I need to get some sleep, okay? I’ll see you tomorrow.”

Lando feels like his heart is being ripped from his chest. He had never intended for your friendship to end up like this. It just…slipped away from him and he was so swept away by his lifestyle the last year that he convinced himself you were both better off where you were instead of together like the universe intended. He had been so scared to admit how wrong he had been, choosing her over you that night that he had allowed it to spiral so out of control it might never come back to him. You might never come back to him.

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rjzimmerman · 7 months ago

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I'm going to invite these scientists to our house and yard. We have dozens and dozens of grackles at our feeders, making their grackle noises and bullying away our other "resident" birds. But in case they're right, here's an excerpt from an Audubon story:

As people have remade the American landscape, they’ve also shaped the fortunes of Common Grackles. The iridescent blackbirds flourished in the grain fields and pastures that European settlers cultivated after cutting down forests in the 18th and 19th centuries. By the 1970s, an estimated 150 million grackles inhabited a vast stretch from the East Coast to the Rocky Mountains, and today they are regulars across much of the continent. But the birds are disappearing—and no one knows why. A new tracking project aims to reveal what’s driving the mysterious decline.

Birders were among the first to gather evidence of the species’ troubling trajectory. In winter, grackles join Red-winged Blackbirds, European Starlings, and other birds in giant swirling congregations. Audubon’s annual Christmas Bird Count (CBC) long tallied roosts of up to tens of millions of birds. But in the past couple of decades, participants have rarely found flocks of more than a few million, says former CBC director Geoff LeBaron. Other blackbirds are in decline, too, but grackles have become noticeably absent from winter roosts.

According to CBC data, Common Grackles have been dropping at a rate of 3 percent per year, which amounts to a roughly 78 percent decline since 1970, says Tim Meehan, a quantitative scientist at Audubon. Meanwhile, federal Breeding Bird Surveys, which take place each summer, have found at least a 50 percent decline over the past half century. These data clearly indicate that there are fewer grackles across the board, Meehan says: “It’s a slam dunk.”

Michael Ward, a University of Illinois biologist, is one of the lead scientists delving into the conundrum. In 2021 he and his colleagues ruled out a hunch that grackles were failing to produce young: 60 percent of chicks in nearly 200 nests that he monitored fledged successfully, a higher rate than most songbirds achieve. Whatever is harming grackles is likely affecting adults, Ward says.

It’s possible the resourceful foragers, which eat everything from grubs to grains to garbage, are exposed to something dangerous in their diet. The researchers suspect insects and corn could be hazardous meals: Both may contain high levels of neonicotinoids—insecticides commonly applied to grains that have been linked to a decline in avian biodiversity in North America and beyond. Ward’s group plans to study what grackles eat on their breeding grounds to help determine how great a risk their food poses.

Meanwhile, the scientists want to better understand the challenges grackles face after leaving their breeding grounds. In addition to stringing up mist nets to snag birds in residential neighborhoods and at roost sites, Ward and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service biologist Kelly VanBeek set live traps baited with seed and mealworms at Southern Wisconsin Bird Alliance’s Goose Pond Sanctuary. They outfitted 14 Common Grackles with satellite tags throughout the summer and early fall of 2023 as the birds prepared to depart for their wintering grounds in the Southeast and southern Midwest.

On those journeys, VanBeek says, there are plenty of opportunities for the migrants to encounter other possible chemical culprits like fungicides, which may disrupt birds’ hormones and metabolism and are typically applied in the fall when grackles are on the move. Blackbirds’ penchant for foraging on farmland in large flocks makes them a target for culling as well. Between 1974 and 1992, the federal government killed up to 18 million Common Grackles in Kentucky, Tennessee, and Alabama to reduce damage to agricultural crops. The pace has slowed, but the practice continues: Wildlife Services, a USDA division, killed more than 630,000 Common Grackles over the past decade. That’s on top of birds taken by farmers under FWS permits.

#grackles

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dizzyduck44 · 10 months ago

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Oh Wow. I’m a McLaren fan but the groups HOLY SHIT!

Listen I get it. I do.

When he was driving into people ending his own race every other weekend, we heard Max was young and he will just grow out of it.

In 2020 and 2021 we heard that it was because he was under such pressure to be a world champion for the first time.

At 25 and three championships later, no one is accepting this behaviour.

From a cool calm perspective (which is so hard for a Lewis and Lando fan in this situation) it’s easy to see Max was rattled by a slow pitstop. He then found Lando was quicker. Sadly Max retaliated. And it has come as a shock to everyone who thought Max had matured past this.

Andrea Stella is taking no prisoners and is actually calling out the fact that the stewards did not deal with this years ago and now Max feels he can race like this. However at the end of the day one person has been punished for wrong doing and the other hasn’t.

At the end of the day, he ended another driver’s race and lost points for himself and his team. He has also set himself a precedent, that if he tries that again, he’s got a history of it he’s probably getting a penalty.

I’m glad out of the car Max has calmed a little and is beginning to question if he was actually right. Ant Davidson has shown the onboards the stewards have seen and it’s a slam dunk penalty, Lando was side by side and there was over a car’s width, then Max drove across him and I’m hoping Max sees that.

However in the meantime no one, or as Stella said, “everyone in the world bar one small group” is giving him the benefit of the doubt. In one race we have gone from talking about how well Max drives to him being branded a cheat and a dirty driver again.

Silverstone is going to be tough weekend for him.

#austrian gp 2024 #max verstappen #lando norris #mclaren f1 #andrea stella

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ralfmaximus · 1 year ago

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Tesla vehicles using Autopilot have been subject to numerous recalls and involved in hundreds of crashes over the years, dozens of which have been fatal. The most recent recall, which applied to every single Tesla sold to date, has now come under a new investigation for its failure to prevent driver misuse and correct the flaws identified in the first recall. Wire fraud involves deceiving customers in interstate communications, whereas securities fraud relates to misleading investors. The Securities and Exchange Commission is also looking into whether Tesla lied in its communications about self-driving vehicles, Reuters says.

Welcome news, but a few things bother me:

Investigation ongoing since 2021, into what should be an obvious slam dunk case, and here it is -- three years later -- and it's still "an investigation" and not "Elon Musk on trial for many criminal acts"?

Killing people with a terrible product is a bit sketchy but WHOA BUDDY YOU DEFRAUDED INVESTORS?!! is where they draw the line apparently. Huh.

He's been promising Full Self Driving™ autonomy level 4 since fucking 2008 and here it is -- sixteen years later -- and FSD costs $12,000 and is still only marginally better than the adaptive cruise control we've had on other cars for a decade.

When it's not actively killing people, of course. THIS is what I mean by "slam dunk". Why isn't he in jail??

#tesla #elon musk #murdery techbro with delusions of grandeur

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7grandmel · 1 year ago

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Todays rip: 09/05/2024

edge of a balcony

Season 8 Featured on: The Joke-Explainer 7000��'s Highest Quality Rips: Sunrise

Ripped by Emm Bee Sea

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Requested by Fezaki! (Request Form)

Tentative rip name: A Balcony atop the Labyrinth of Lights

Remember back on guess what????????, when I talked about a "secret" recurring gag on the SiIvaGunner channel that I'd been completely oblivious to for the longest time? We're talking about another one of those today - only now, its one that I actually have noticed and been decently familiar with. On almost every April 4th since 2021, a certain Mori Calliope's birthday has been celebrated with a small bevvy of rips made in her honor. Funny enough, I've known of this joke since it started despite having no real attachment to Calliope or her music - but the rips themselves have been consistently good enough for me to always remember to check in on the channel on April 4th every year. It would seem as if my efforts paid off in spades this year: edge of a balcony, more than celebrating Calliope, doubles as a surprise celebration of SiIvaGunner itself, making it an incredibly rewarding and heartwarming listen to long-time fans like myself.

Which is oddly fitting, when you think about it: I learned in reading up for this post that Mori has been an open fan of the SiIvaGunner channel since a long time ago, and has referenced it openly from time to time. 2022's event for her was notable enough to get a page on the Wiki, and through this she eventually learned of the event's existence in 2023 and was overjoyed seeing all the rips made for it. I've made it clear before that I don't really follow the VTuber scene at all in posts like Shiny Smily TALE, but that mutual love between channels is just so fun to see from a distance - especially given that Morio's original music just so happens to work really well within rips. Given that distance from her channel, end of a life wasn't a tune I'd really heard before tuning in to edge of a balcony in particular, but it struck a chord with me that I genuinely wasn't expecting it to. I hate to say it - but it was like a repeat of the exact same feelings I had upon discovering Logan Paul's Shop - only now even moreso, given that it was from an artist I already knew had some genuine merit.

Because yeah, end of a life is a fantastic tune. It's a rather melancholy, reflective piece, where Mori reflects on how many things she's been through in life, her friendships, her opportunities, what she's grateful for, all that which led her to where she is now. That's befitting enough to be used for Balcony - a theme I've already spilled far too much love over back on Balcon Fusion Collab, but one that to summarize also hits those very same thematic beats within Cave Story itself. So that's a slam dunk of a rip concept right out the gate! But if there's anyone who I know knows her SiIvaGunner lore, it would be Emm Bee Sea, someone I've been seeing in the comment sections to just about half of the channel's uploads since way back in Season 2 - and one who's not shy to express her affection for what she loves through rips like Staff Roll (SM64) Fusion. And indeed, through that knowledge, through that love for the channel's life, Emm Bee Sea was able to turn edge of a balcony into a celebration of Balcony not just as a theme, but of its eight years worth of rips throughout SiIvaGunner's life.

It might not shock you to learn that Balcony Cruise was not the first rip of the song to be featured on the channel. Cave Story as a game is immensely popular for its music, how much it resonates with the exact kind of person who would also grow attached to SiIvaGunner - hell, Quote as a character in the King for Another Day Tournament was added specifically due to winning the MAGFest 2019 character ballot in vote popularity. And as the chorus begins in edge of a balcony, as Mori's vocals continue leading the melody of end of a life forward, keen-eared viewers will identify the melodies being played by Balcony's original lead instrument in the background - The Flintstones theme from Balcony - Cave Story, music by clipping. from balcony., Subwoofer Lullaby from Moog Island...its all remarkably understated, never taking attention away from the central focus of the rip, never turning it into another Fusion Collab. Yet I find that it plays to the theming of end of a life, and to the theming of small-scale celebration of the day as a whole, so beautifully. Not everyone who follows SiIvaGunner cares all that much about this VTuber girl - I myself am far out of my depth there - yet, for those who care to listen in, there's an unmistakable beating heart to edge of a balcony that makes listening an absolutely magical experience.

On a personal note...It's easy for me to worry sometimes, having ran this blog for so long, with so many words spilled on the most minute details, that I'm more invested in this whole thing than I should be. I still regularly meet people confused over how this channel could even HAVE "seasons", befuddled as to what there is to be taken seriously in its storytelling let alone that it has theming, and most importantly, unable to see the channel's beating heart of creativity as anything more than a tired running joke. I'm not going to act all superior over other people not "getting it", I know full well that SiIvaGunner is not a channel for everyone. But that's part of what makes getting rips like edge of a balcony feel so unbelievably reassuring - to see such unfiltered and pure expressions of love toward not just the entire SiIvaGunner channel, but toward a creator with just as loyal and undying of a fanbase, toward yet another part of the internet many simply "don't get". That the kind of love that I needlessly worry about being too open about is not just allowed to exist, but allowed to flourish, blossom, into something this beautiful. It's the kind of reminder I keep getting from the SiIvaGunner channel at a regular basis, and the kind that'll keep me coming back to this blog through thick and thin.

♫ We were singing at the top of our lungs to the numbness ♫ ♫ This city never died... ♫

#todays siivagunner #season 8 #siivagunner #siiva #Emm Bee Sea #Youtube #cave story #mori calliope #vtuber #indie games #cave story quote #curly brace #mimiga #end of a life #mori calliope music #vtuber music #Bandcamp

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adayinthelifeofyn · 2 months ago

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SERIES LIST

REQUEST PAGE

New series will be in bold for the month.

There are some Fandom/Media that will pop up randomly that may or may not be on the list but I will talk about and do things such as writing.

Anime:

Akudama Drive

Akame ga kill

Assassination Classroom

Ahiru No Sora

Angels of Death

Attack on Titan

Bungou Stray Dogs

Black Lagoon

Demon Slayer

Death Parade

Free!

Hetalia

Hellsing

Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure: Part 1

Kakegurui

Kuroko’s basketball

K Project

Pokemon Sun & Moon

Pokemon XY

Run with the wind

Sk8 the infinity

Slam Dunk

The God of High School

YuYu Hakusho

Manga:

Alice in the country of hearts

Black Butler

Black Clover

Blue Exorcist

Can’t Stop Cursing You

Cells At Work

Dr. stone

Fire Force

Fruits Basket

Gangsta

Gangsta: Cursed

Golden Kamuy

Haikyuu

Heaven’s design team

My Hero Academia

Mashle: Magic and Muscles

Moriarty the Patriot

Ouran highschool host club

One punch man

Record of Ragnarok

Servamp

Spy X Family

Sakamoto Days

The Promised Neverland

The Way Of The House Husband

Tokyo Revengers

Animated Series:

6Teen

Avatar the last airbender

Adventure Time

Danny Phantom

Ever After High

Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends

Futurama

Gravity Falls

Hero:108

Invader Zim

Kim Possible

MotorCity

RWBY

Regular Show

Sym Bionic Titan

Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated

SpongeBob SquarePants

Superjail!

Star vs. the Forces of Evil

Total Drama

The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy

Wander Over Yonder

We Bare Bears

Series:

Ash vs Evil Dead

The Imperfects

Wizards of Waverly Place

Animated Movies:

Atlantis: The Lost Empire

Big Hero 6

Brave (2012)

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs

Corpse Bride

Encanto

Firebreather

Hercules (Disney)

Home (2015)

How to Train Your Dragon (1, 2 & 3)

Megamind

Monster High (Movies +Show)

Lilo & Stitch

Osmosis Jones

Onward

Rise Of The Guardians

Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas

The Princess and the Frog

The Book of Life

Turning Red

Thumbelina

The LEGO Ninjago Movie

The Great Mouse Detective

The LEGO Batman Movie

The Nightmare Before Christmas

Who Framed Roger Rabbit

Wreck-It Ralph (1 & 2)

Movies:

Avatar (1 & 2)

Alien

Beetlejuice (1 &2)

Black Christmas

Candyman

Cabin In The Woods

Friday the 13th

Hocus Pocus (1 & 2)

Halloween

Hatchet

IT (Original & Remake)

Killer Klowns from Outer Space

My Bloody Valentine

Predator

Psycho

Renfield

Sweeney Todd: the demon barber of fleet street

Spawn

Scream

The Nutcracker And The Four Realms

The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)

The Boy

The Collector

The Black Phone

Marvel (what I am familiar with):

Avengers Assemble

Black Panther (1)

Captain America (1)

Iron Man (1)

Marvel Zombies

Thor (1)

Ultimate Spider-Man

What If…?

DC (what I am familiar with):

Birds of Prey (2020)

Batman: The Brave and the Bold

Justice League/Unlimited (2003/2004)

Suicide Squad (movies 2016 & 2021)

Teen Titans (2003)

Zack Snyder’s Justice League

Games:

At the dead of night

Bendy and the Ink Machine

Danganronpa 1

Danganronpa 2

Danganronpa 3

Dachabo

Dead Island 2

Dream Daddy

Dead by Daylight

Error143

Frost Bite

Hiveswap Friendsim

Hello Puppets!

Killer Frequency

KinitoPET

John Doe game

Mad Father

Pokémon Legends: Arceus

Poppy Playtime

Resident Evil Village

Resident Evil 3 (REMAKE)

Something’s Wrong With Sunny Day Jack

Sally Face

The Groom of Gallagher Mansion

Until Dawn

Web Comics/Web series:

Creepypasta

Homestuck

The Mandela Catalogue

Welcome Home

#masterlist #series list #relationship headcanons #reader x character #yn x canon #x yn

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marzipanandminutiae · 2 years ago

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Are there any movies similar to Crimson Peak you might recommend? I want to get into horror/thriller entertainment, but the grimy atmosphere of most horror movies makes me feel like I need to take a shower. Are there any more glamorous scary films you know of without lots of gore and the uncanny valley?

Oh, that's rather a hard ask, I'm afraid.

Maybe try some vintage horror/thriller? It tends to be less gory, in my experience. The Innocents, Dragonwyck, and Gaslight come to mind. The Haunting of Hill House (1963) is a particular favorite of mine. I also love House of Wax (1953) but that leans HEAVILY on the uncanny valley effect.

Modern movies don't tend to go in for that sort of thing, unfortunately. Crimson Peak is kind of an outlier.

Interview With The Vampire (1990s version- haven't seen the show, so I can't speak to it on any of those fronts) has some gore and grime, but not much.

Bram Stoker's Dracula fits the bill nicely...but at the cost of a frankly cheesy movie with a tired interpretation of the text

Nightmare Alley (2021) is another Del Toro slam dunk, in my opinion, with the most stunning Art Deco interiors I've ever seen on film. However, it IS gorier than CPeak (mostly near the end)

any version of Picnic at Hanging Rock is usually a safe bet; I didn't LIKE the more recent miniseries adaptation due to some corset weirdness and lack of historical nuance, bit it is visually stunning

I've only heard about the TV show Dark Shadows, but this kiiiiind of seems like a brief it matches? maybe?

anyone else care to suggest something?

#ask #anon #gothic fiction #horror #thriller

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yuurei20 · 1 year ago

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Hi!! I hope you had a good start to the year!! 😁 I had a question, is there a Popularity Poll for the characters? Or hasn't one been done yet?

Thank you so much for this question!!

For those who may not know: I put together JP-server Twst Character Rankings for 2021 and 2022 based on the combination of seven different popularity surveys by major local outlets like nijimen, ITmedia and more.

Ranking of JP-Server Character Popularity in 2021 (Top 5: Floyd, Riddle, Leona, Jade, Azul)

Ranking of JP-Server Character Popularity in 2022 (Top 5: Floyd, Leona, Riddle/Idia, Jade, Azul)

I checked in periodically throughout 2023 but I was only able to find three! With less than half of the usual sample size I thought that it might be a less accurate representation than we've had in the past and presenting it in the same way might be misleading, so I opted not to make one for 2023 :<

Most Twst-related articles in 2023 have been about what cards are the strongest, Twst-character family members, etc, but the characters do turn up in other surveys! For example!

Twisted Wonderland Characters with the Most Tags on Pixiv (#10 Kalim, #9 Jamil, #8 Ace, #7 Leona, #6 Ruggie, #5 Idia, #4 Azul, #3 Riddle, #2 Jade, #1 Floyd)

Twisted Wonderland Dorm Popularity Ranking! Which dorm is the most popular in Twisted Wonderland? (#7 Ignihyde, #6 Savanaclaw, #5 Pomefiore, #4 Scarabia, #3 Diasomnia, #2 Heartslabyul, #1 Octavinelle)

When you think of "dragon" characters, who comes to mind? #3 is Dragon Ball's Shenron #2 is Twisted Wonderland's Malleus #1 is… <2023 Edition> (#1 is Veldora Tempest from "That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime")

Top 10 Ranking of Pompous Characters! Featuring Characters from "The Prince of Tennis" and "Promise of Wizard." (#3 is Leona)

Vote for your favorite character voiced by Ito Kent! Doppo? Or maybe Yasu? (#3 is Crewel)

Celebrating Midorikawa Hikaru-san's birthday! Who is his favorite character? #3 is Slam Dunk's Kaede Rukawa #2 is Twisted Wonderland's Lilia #1 is... <2023 Edition> (#1 is Detective Conan's Morofushi Hiromitsu) (not a survey but cute)

Will also be checking in throughout 2024, and there is always a chance of belated articles representing 2023 coming out in January! :> We shall see! Thank you again!

#twstask #twisted wonderland #twst character ranking

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lyongitodo · 3 months ago

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𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐲 - 𝐞𝐦𝐦𝐚 𝐤𝐢𝐦

03 . carrera

NOMBRE STAGE ―― Emma

AGENCIA ―― SM Entertainment

ENTRENAMIENTO ―― 2014 - 2021

DEBUT(SOLO )―― 2021

DEBUT (ACTRIZ) ―― 2016

DRAMAS ―― Love in the moonlight, Sky Castle, Love Alarm, Hotel de Luna, Dr. Romantic 3, True Beauty, Navillera,Nevertheless , Our beloved summer, Loved all play, The forbidden marriage, My demon.

WEB DRAMAS ―― Sweet Revenge, The way i hate you

MV ―― Gone (Jin), The Light (The Ark),Lotto (EXO), Without you (NCT U), Paper Umbrella (Yesung), Tell me what to do (Shinee), first love (Epitone Project), Don't (eAeon), 이렇게 좋아해 본 적이 (Cheeze), Let's go see the stars (Park Bogum), I will give you all (Lee Seung Chul), Dark Blood (Enhypen).

PELICULAS ―― The Witch pt.2, Seo Bok, 20th century girl

REALITY SHOWS ―― The Mickey House Club,Sister's Slam Dunk 2, Lipstick Prince (Guest), Food Diary, Youth MT, Inkigayo.

SOCIALS ――

―insta: em___ma

―twitter: official.emma

― youtube: Emma

― weibo: Emma Kim

#nct dream fanfic #smau #kpop #au #nct dream #lee jeno #idol au #jaemin #marklee #aespa #sm #idol

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russilton · 4 months ago

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Sorry if i am irritating you or being so annoying just ignore friend

So is this disqualified reason mechanical issue ? Or them running more than half of the race with same tyre and no change has something to do with it

It’s maybe something long time ago but I literally joined before season End by 4 races

And now i am trying to understand this world more and watching the season backwards, though some sad moments i will ignoring intentionally

No worries at all! I’m happy to help, and welcome! You sure picked a time to join us haha

So what George received was a technical DSQ, and those come around when something to do with the car doesn’t meet the incredibly strict scrutineering standard set by the FIA. Every car must meet these minimums and will be immediately disqualified if they don’t. There are very, very, very few chances for a technical infringement to be argued against. It can happen but in 9/10 cases, it’s a slam dunk dsq, even if like with George in spa or Lewis in Brazil 2021, they later find that the disqualifying factor caused no aid real to the car. The point isn’t the benefits, but that you didn’t meet the standard.

George came in as underweight- I don’t have the time at this second to give you the exact numbers but I believe it was something like 1.5kg underweight with a 500g margin of error. If you’ve ever picked up a kilogram, it’s not a lot. Mercedes never found one clear smoking gun that caused this problem, but concluded it was a mix of plank wear (the car rubbing against the ground and wearing away parts), driver weight (George said he was slightly under weight for the day), tire wear (from him running so much longer than expected on one set of tires) and the specific way the final lap for spa works, where George had less time than normal to pick up tire marbles (little flecks of rubber all over the road worn off by the cars during the race) and add weight back to the car like they normally do.

F1 teams run cars as close to the minimum as they can possibly get away with. Mercedes should have accounted for all these things with additional driver ballast in the car to make up for the loss, but they failed to account for it in spa, and that’s what lead to George’s DSQ

Hope that helps!

#asks #anonymous #mark’s driver meta

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I'm completely with you. Taking into account his on track behavior, him stirring the pot in the media, his family spouting pure nonsense whenever they can, the absolute bullshit that comes from the spanish media, having him on the team has more cons than pros. Added to that Ferrari having to sacrifice their other driver to keep him/his family/his country happy on numerous occasions (both on track and in the media), it really begs the question "what does carlos sainz even do".

Anyway, I have come to the conclusion that unfortunately we'll still get a renewal for him, but it will work out worse for everyone involved. I don't think Ferrari will be able to justify dropping him, especially since he's their last race winner and will probably finish in front of charles in the championship again this year (knowing Charles luck, I can see another 2021 situation happening). If the car next year is better and a repeat of early 2022 happens (🤞) then maybe they can justify it, but if discussions happen before that, which they probably will, I really don't see them dropping him (if they do, I'm sure carlos/carlos snr will be spreading all Ferrari's dirty laundry plus some more in the media). I think Ferrari will be scared to drop him because they'll probably face a lot of criticism. So I think that they'll give him a contract, but not as good a deal as charles will get. And he'll be mad about it, and this behavior will only worsen. And he'll try even harder to be "number 1" and we'll have to put up with everything tenfold. I really see this happening, and it makes me scared.

The only hope I have is if audi or someone else offers him something better.

It's the impeding in quali, the borderline moves while defending that should've been a penalty especially in Monza where had they not been teammates it would've been a slam dunk penalty. But Ferrari isn't going to complain about that.

I also don't like that the spanish media and his dad are stirring the pot sometimes saying it out loud sometimes just implying that Carlos is treated worse and then he goes and gives interviews blaming the fans for that. It's weird.

Idk if he is getting a new contract. Charles has already signed one, and Carlos has been acting especially weird when he is asked about his contract lately. He clearly wants the same contract as Charles which is why his family friend was pushing for that in the media and claiming that Ferrari fans will not take it if they get different contracts. And lately his behaviour as gotten a bit worse so I am genuinely starting to think that it's not going well for him.

at max he'll get a short term extension and rumours say that Ferrari are for example somewhat talking to Alex (and probably others too).

I think his behaviour rn and how much his dad was talking about Audi really hurt his leverage for an extension. They were trying to shop him around to other teams back in Canada already.

Either he is out or he is getting a worse contract than Charles which will be fun.

#asks asks asks

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magicwithclass · 10 months ago

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Energy bolt is a card I actually have in two of my commander decks. I use one in my firesong and sunspeaker deck and I think it is a slam dunk there. Every firesong and subspeaker deck should consider this card because it is so synergistic. It is a boros card that can deal damage or gain you life and that is exactly what the commander wants to do. That deck really wants multicolor cards and while there are boros cards with a similar effect, commander decks need consistency and options are always appreciated. I also run this card in my Aurelia deck. My Aurelia deck is all about manipulating damage. It has ways to deal damage, gain life, halve damage, double damage, prevent damage, and redirect damage. I probably should not be playing energy bolt in my Aurelia deck but I have had the deck so long that I left in some suboptimal choices. I have also seen a few General ferrous decks playing this but every year they print more and more multicolor boros cards so I do not think it is a staple in that deck at all. In fact, I really couldn't fault you for not playing this card in any deck. This card has just been outclassed. There are actually cards that deal damage and gain you life so you don't have to choose. This card also might see play in a new commander from modern horizons 3. Phlage, a new titan from theros, also wants to deal damage and gain life. Is this better than deflecting palm or even lightning helix? Of course not, but there's something to be said about using a reserved list bulk card in your deck. It is certainly a flex. This card spiked hard in 2021 as did most card on the reserved list but this is not the first or only time there has been market speculation on this card. In 2018 some cards on the reserved list spiked. This did not include every reserved list cards and some spiked more than other. However, if a card spiked in 2018 that is an indicator that there is some interest in this cars outside of a buyout. Somone thought this card was one of the more playable cards on the reserved list and moved in on this card before the great reserved list buyout of 2021. In 2021 this card reached about ten dollars and there was even a rebound as late as summer 2022. I would see that this card is one to keep a close eye. I could easily see it spiking if an x spell commander is released that really wants you to use multicolor cards. I am looking at this card because recently mark rosewater said that they are not doing many damage redirection cards anymore and thus card is kind of in the realm of cards you might play in such a deck. I personally like building decks based on manipulating damage so I hope we get a few redirection effects.

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