#Sorry for the delay in today's posts!!!

[akutagawa-daily]

Akutagawa daily 1289/★

[carelessapples]

pride month art challenge day seven: the corinthian

[frosty-tian]

Progress shots.

[haveyouusedthispokemon]

I never particularly liked oranguru before as apes trigger some uncanny valley reflex in my brain in the same way that baby dolls and barbies do, but I was breeding some the day that the 3ds online services went down to give out on wonder trade and the very first egg was shiny, I didn’t even have the charm! So now I have a fondness for the mon aha

It was sweet of you to breed and trade a harder-to-get version exclusive! And then the luck of getting a shiny, that's amazing. Sounds like good karma if I ever heard of it ^^

[psychicthepsychic-daily]

Psychic: Fool me once, I’m gonna kill you.

Void: BWWAAAAAAAAAA! Oh, you hear that? That's the wrong opinion alarm. Psychic: That is not something you actually have installed. Void: Sorry, say again? I couldn't hear you over my alarm that YOU SET OFF with your WRONG-ASS OPINION.

BF: We need to distract these guys. Psychic: Leave it to me. Psychic: Centaurs have six limbs and are therefore insects. Discuss. GF & Pico: *immediately begin arguing*

Void: *gets a text* Oh, it’s Psychic. Hood, excitedly: Did he get me the stuff? Void: Yeah, he says he got you the clown costume, the power drill, and twelve gallons of blood. Hood: Wow! Where’d he find twelve gallons of fake blood? Void: You wanted fake blood? Hood: Hood: I’ll go call Psychic.

Psychic: How is spring not everyone’s favorite season? The trees are PINK, guys! Dearest: Allergies are also a problem, you know. Psychic: But pink. Mearest: And it's hot. Psychic: PINK!

Myth: Oooh, a train! Psychic: We’re in a train station, Myth.

Psychic: Do you ever get pre-annoyed? Like you already know someone is going to piss you off? Hood: What? No, I— BF: *enters room* Psychic: *fists clench*

[devilheartsblog]

Chapter 6 of DH will be delayed!

Really sorry, but hope you lovelies understand it’s because of school submissions and other fics in the work, as well as leaning the electric guitar (still need ti get distortion tho lol)

Good news is I’ll upload it when it’s ready so you don’t need to wait till next Friday!

[slythereen]

apologies if you’ve answered this before or if there’s not really a specific gathered resource, but you seem knowledgeable about such things!— i am interested in learning more about f1 racing, do you have any recommendation for where to find a beginners guide/‘f1 for dummies’/place to begin learning more?

hello!!! i am also rather new to the sport and had to consume massive amounts of content from all over the place and frankly am still learning a lot all the time, so i'm not exactly an expert. what i can share are resources i relied on in my own ✨ descent into madness ✨ though !

so, my incomplete and questionable guide to selling your soul to f1:

it's all about how you like to learn and consume media tbh. i tried to watch a race initially, was confused, regrouped and started exploring. personally i watched all of dts up to the current season and then watched the first few races that i had missed while obsessively trawling twitter to learn more and waiting for my first live race (aka australia this year — massive rip). but it's up to you how you dive in!!

drive to survive

don’t get me wrong, dts has its issues — they invent drama, have some misleading portrayals, like to splice together clips from different race weekends together. it’s definitely more of a creative project than a straight up documentary. 

that being said, it also explains a lot of the lore and history behind the sport, teams, and drivers in an entertaining fashion. it’s newcomer friendly so it explains the rules. yes, will buxton gets a lot of heat for stating the obvious, but some of those obvious explanations are helpful for the clueless. 

there are also a lot of very cool shots and some good exclusive interviews that they get. sure, you can probably find them clipped on youtube, but may as well just watch dts. the first season is a little slow if you’re like me and want to see charles immediately (worth noting not all teams had agreed to participate s1), but that’s just me. 

(plus: it’s entertaining. i live for drama. just take said drama with a grain of salt and assume it’s probably invented or blown out of proportion.) 

the tiktok girlies 

again: tiktok can be a bit hit or miss. you’ll see a lot of bad takes and pure cringe if you linger too long on f1 tiktok. but i started watching content from a few f1 girlies who seems reliable and had friendly introductory content. they’re generally very nice and happy to answer questions. 

after a while i stopped watching them just because i no longer needed the intro information or explanations, but they did help fill in gaps and point out some of the inaccuracies of dts. 

some who helped me learn more:

@/lissiemackintosh (okay she's an f1 presenter but she's cool as shit i love her queen of the paddock etc etc)

@casxf1 (intro content is sort of her Thing)

@formula_dev (she was my go-to girlie for learning)

@f1toni

f1tv content 

i am pretty sure f1tv isn’t available in all countries, but i have always watched races through f1tv. there are a lot of ways to watch races live illicitly if that’s what you prefer, and other countries have sky or other channels they can watch on (USA also has espn), but i prefer f1tv because i’m too lazy to find streams and don’t want to worry about stream issues mid race. 

plus: f1tv comes with a whole archive of past seasons and a host of other media content during race weekends (ie, the fia press conferences on thursday, post-quali and post-race). they have a tech talk series that explains some of the technical aspects, do weekend warm-ups each race weekend that gives an update/context, and have been adding more intro content on the platform. there’s an app, which is convenient. 

the f1tv stream also allows you to use the channel switcher to choose between your commentary options (f1tv or sky’s commentators), or to see the live timing data, or to see any of the driver onboards. it’s quick and you can switch back and forth easily. (if your computer can handle it — my mac often can’t — you can use multiviewer with your f1tv subscription to set up a bunch of different screens and panels to watch, for example, the main stream and a driver’s onboard. or multiple onboards. or whatever you want basically. personally i usually put the race on my ipad and the onboard on my phone, because that streams perfectly and multiviewer likes to kill my laptop.) 

the downfall of f1tv is that they don’t have a smart tv app yet. idk why. it’s very irritating. it also might be a bit expensive to some, but i think it’s worth it. 

f1 twitter (hell)

it’s a minefield out there. truly. BUT my next big question, after starting to get into watching races live and watching some old seasons and learning how it works, is how people seemed to always be in the know about paddock gossip. i wanted to know about it as it was happening and see the ~drama~ unfold live and feel like i was part of the season actually occurring. 

so: twitter. follow your teams, follow your drivers, the for you tab is actually your friend here because it’ll bring new journalists and f1 commentators into your orbit as you learn who is who. some of the big driver fan pages operate as sources of information and updates with relative stealth if not immediate updating. 

at this point i follow enough people (and have infected my algorithm enough) that i tend to see gossip and updates across most of the teams. big news tends to get shared by everyone anyway. 

if you prefer tumblr, you can still get A Lot of updates on drama and gossip pretty quickly. there is a bit of a delay between information hitting twitter and information hitting tumblr (partially because none of the official teams or drivers have accounts on tumblr; partially because of the amount of people on f1twt versus f1blr). BUT, a lot of us tumblr girlies liveblog during the races and sessions and bring any crucial content over from twitter to share here, so the info will probably be here eventually/soonish. (following the race tags each weekend will prob give you a lot of the quick updates live.) 

some great charles specific update accounts

@leclercsletters

@leclercdata

@/charlsleclerc

@cleclercfansuk

others i follow for the 🍵 (not necessarily CL fans/i follow some ppl i disagree with for the intel) 

@fiadocsbot (😭) / @f1 / other official accounts press etc. 

@_allthatglitz

@maranellosaint

@scuderiafemboy (actually also has tumblr)

@fm1_3316

@/lecstappens

@candeleclerc16

@/elpredestinato

@formuleo_

@pikaclerc

@leclerqz

@fottitiferrari

@/f1tami

@/htrs4piastri

@estestroll

@fanaticsferrari

there are certainly more i see on my timeline all the time !!! this is just skimming through my following on the train 😭

tbh if i started trying to list tumblrs with hot takes that i follow we might be here all day. note to self: make my following list public lmfao

introductory posts & masterlists & others

full disclosure: these are resources i went hunting for out of curiosity and never actually used myself, but they looked fun and funky so yaknow. if there are iconic masterlists that i am missing, rip, someone please feel free to add or correct me. some of these are definitely seasons of old (aka like last year) but you get the point.

f1chronicle has this guide!

f1 put out their own beginner's guide to f1 video but it's like......5 minutes (and here is their longer intro video for 2023)

this much longer intro to the rules video by school of sports looks promising

apparent f1 also has a whole category of articles in their beginner's guide series

@babssionate's ppt guide to f1 and drivers intro

@shuntedmate's (sister's) ppt beginner's guide to f1

pitwall's beginner guide to f1 ppt

@race-week's guide to getting into the technical side of f1 (and whole blog appears to be some cool info on drivers and histories etc)

here is @lestappenforever's glorious guide to charles' driving style that i re-found while trying to figure out if i have a reference list tag (i dont)

[chaosduckies]

AGHHHH

Of course something has to happen the day I was going to post the new chapter… WHY IS A BAKERY SO BUSY ON WEEKENDS??!! (I work at a bakery Btw)

I’m sorry for the delay, but I’m going to do some last minute edits and I WILL post it no matter what happens. Again, so sorry for the delay TwT

[nyerus]

Highlights from Tiān Guān Cì Fú/Heaven Official’s Blessing (天官赐福) - Chapter 91

Due to Tumblr's image compression: please view the images in full (click or tap to enlarge!) for best quality!

[kp-alice]

small update: i'm slightly behind on the next kinktober fic so instead of today it will have to come out tomorrow (its almost midnight where i am)

thank you for your patience and understanding and see you tomorrow!!!!

[tkodaily]

[akutagawa-daily]

Akutagawa daily 881/★

[dailypuyoque]

6☆ Drana

[mycatismyeditor]

Fanfic writer thought process when the next chapter isn't ready...

Fuck! What if I- Nope. Won't work it's missing the whole middle section. Shit. Fuck. Um, um, um... come on think. This is why we need to get better at time management! Lol, who am I kidding, that's never gonna happen. Okay time to check the drafted pile for apology one shots. Hmm... Which one to pick... ... Heh, forgot I had that. Oh you're- oh wait no not posting you. I have plans for you. Okay gotta find something. I'm sure there's something here with like an arc or something. I just gotta dig around a bit. *one hour later* Okay so I can go with short sex joke that only exists for the tags, or pure crack that's still missing the ending. But that should be fairly easy to write, like maybe an hour or two tops. Hmm tough call... On one hand the sex joke is done, but there's no clear ending. On the other I can make it two parts for extra time, but if I don't write the ending soon then I'll be behind on two things... Hmm... Fuck it, double or nothing!

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In case you haven't worked it out there will be a delay on the next chapter of Play Me Something Beautiful. I am very sorry y'all. But I will be offering some Supercorp crack as an apology.

Blame capitalism it got me working two jobs with commutes that are not laptop friendly.

[psychicthepsychic-daily]

BF: How stupid do you think I am?! Psychic: You really want an honest answer to that?

Psychic: Don't worry, I've got a few knives up my sleeve. Hex: I think you mean cards. Dearest: He did not. Psychic, pulling out knives: I did not.

Void: It kind of feels like you’re prioritizing work over our friendship. Psychic: Because I barely know you? Void: Fine, message received.

Psychic: I’m terrible at expressing myself. Kou: Don’t worry, actions speak louder than words! Psychic: Yes, but my actions are also bad.

Myth: You saved me! Why? Psychic: People would think I murdered you if I didn't.

BF: *in a jail cell* What about my Miranda rights!? You’re supposed to say I have ‘the right to remain silent’”! NOBODY SAID I HAD THE RIGHT TO REMAIN SILENT! Psychic: *in the cell next to him* You have the right to remain silent, what you lack is the capacity.

Void: You need a hobby. Psychic: I have a hobby! Void: Fawning over Dearest isn’t a hobby.

[thegrunkiest]

Hey hey so, just a friendly plea that when you're a guest at hotels/resorts - please give the workers providing you service due consideration, if nothing else.

Yes, we understand you pay a lot to stay at our resort for your vacation. Yes, we get paid to make your stay as comfortable as we can. But also understand that we're humans as well? We aren't the roombas in your house you can turn on at your command. You aren't the only guest we service; some days are busier than others and often times we're required to prioritize certain rooms over others.

It's frustrating for us too when we can't get to everything as fast as we like! - but we're required by brand standards to smile and be polite no matter how stressed or overwhelmed we are. We're trained on how important it is to conduct ourselves properly to appear friendly and accommodating. It'd be nice to receive the same decency in return sometime.

Also, I'm not sure if this is common across most hotels, but for the one I work at, if you call the front desk and request housekeeping service for your room, they will put a ticket in, and the housekeeper it's assigned to will make it their priority to complete at their earliest opportunity. If it was really that much of an issue that you get service, that you have to get entitled and passive-aggressive to the housekeeper - there were ways for you to communicate that to us beforehand! Hell, you could have even just approached me in the hall earlier and asked outright, instead of waiting to make an excuse to get pissed off! I had 15+ turnovers that take priority over the stayover I didn't know you so desperately fucking needed, thank you very much.