#WE COULDVE ALL WON

[idle-compy]

a bun. a bun solves all long hair issues

[ratatatastic]

this just in the two sags (lombo, maffhew) agree winning in 7 over a sweep is soooooo much more compelling and better for the narrative actually

[fogwitchoftheevermore]

i’m losing my mind how have skizz AND jimmy gotten votes on that poll before scar. guys i love skizz too but are we going insane he is NOT going to win next season.

[57sfinest]

WHY did we let electrochem lose. do you know how funny it would've been to have the poll come to electrochem vs volition

[yumenosakiacademy]

tht latest drag race ep.... this season is favoring alyssa n the other english queens i can feel it.

[lixbf]

...... how did all of this start with me just wanting to quickly write down how old a few thg characters were during the last ten games. why did my brain decide i need to figure out for myself how old various other tributes and victors were when they died/won. why am i now here multiple hours later looking at an ugly monster of an excel sheet with 50ish characters sorted by birthday with their ages/ages at death as they correspond to each year's hunger games, another sheet of all 75 hunger games with known victors and their lifespans inserted into it because i wanted to see just the victors but also how much time is between some of the named victors, yet another sheet where i wanted to see how the victors' ages at winning compare to see how common i made each winning age but then i also used that sheet to figure out how many victors made it to different ages (which like btw is kinda depressing bc so many of them didnt even make it past 40), and then fucking finally an excel sheet of what i originally wanted to look at aka the ages of a few characters in the last few games except i included way more characters than i originally wanted to and also started at the 60th games instead of the 65th like i wanted to

[loycos]

this season we got to see a whole new side to caitlyn's fighting: close counters. something that she used to be so, SO terrible at.

This season, not only did we see her physically fighting twice, but she also went against the 2 most badass fucking terrifying butches on the show: Sevika and Ambessa. and in both times, she WON.

how does that make any sense? is she now an amazing crazy brawler who can kick anyone's ass??? hardly. of course there are factors at play that helped her achieve this other than raw strength (the hextech malfunction and mel's magic, respectively). but just how the hell did she even hold on her own in physical fights with these beasts of women without them literally flattening her in less that 5 seconds?

that's where a whole side of Caitlyn that i don't see discussed often comes in: respect. or at least, lack thereof. Caitlyn is one of the least respected characters in the show, by other characters. i've addressed it in a post before with Jinx, who doesn't want to acknowledge Caitlyn as a human, for many reasons, but it can definitely come across as disrespect. we saw it with Salo on 2 different occasions. Singed did not give a fuck about Caitlyn's threats and basically called her an impatient baby. she is referred to as a "child" or a "girl" more than fucking Isha. if we go back to season 1, seems like her own parents struggled seeing her as an adult that can make her own choices. her coworkers make fun of her dedication. Marcus thought she was an entitled brat. when they first met, VI didn't respect Caitlyn at ALL.

the 3 characters who know Caitlyn and respect her are: Vi, Jayce, and Mel. that's so fucking sad. Caitlyn wants to be acknowledged for who she is and her capabilities, yet she has to fight harder for it than anyone else around, despite her privilege. or maybe because of it. notice how it's something Maddie preys on: "Piltover looks up to you. i look up to you". she knows Caitlyn desperately wants be taken seriously.

back to fighting: if you notice, Sevika and Ambessa are doing the exact same thing here.

during their fight, Sevika looked like she was mostly just pushing Caitlyn around, trying to hold her off, while Cailtyn was fighting for her life.

we know how ruthless Sevika can be when she actually puts effort into fighting, but in this case it looks like she was playing with her food for just a little too long, and then the hextech weapons started freaking out. and that cost her the fight.

with Ambessa it's even clearer. yes, in a way she sees Caitlyn almost like a surrogate daughter, but does she? notice how she calls Mel by her name. she addresses Caitlyn as "child", and she's not even HER child. it's belittling. Ambessa mostly tries to mold her, and she clearly did not expect Caitlyn to be intelligent enough to pick up on it.

the whole fight in episode 9. Ambessa letting the mole she planted in Caitlyn's bed to execute her? not even doing it herself? disrespect. mocking her for being desperate? disrespect.

when they actually fight, Ambessa shows the exact same symptoms Sevika did. maybe its a Noxian ritual or something, to torture your victim before u publicly execute them, but in certain points in the fight she couldve had Caitlyn killed and just chose not to. it's especially noticeable after she gauges Caitlyn's eye, and Caitlyn rests defenseless on the floor, bleeding on 2 fronts. what does Ambessa say? "you fought well, child." if that's not the disrespect of the century i don't know what is. and AGAIN, this cost Ambessa the fight. and her life, in this case.

the saddest part of it all is that Caitlyn is the character that shows respect the most, to almost everyone she meets. regardless of how they treat her.

[blkwag]

hiii

[moroslavklose]

shouldve been 2-0 fuck that penalty decision

someone needs to do the ted lasso excorcism with these players bc theres a curse at this point why the FUCK can they not score

[maxverstappendefender]

baked goods // cl16 smau

description: baker!reader x cl16 (charles falls in love with a baker in italy)

tw: google translated french

face claim: madeline argy + random pictures from pinterest

a/n: this isn’t really winter themed but oh well. can’t believe this is my first time writing for charles! i don't own any photos used. part of my december fic series called winter in the fast lane

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winter in the fast lane masterlist

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yourbakery: whipping up some new things that i'm definitely excited to share with you all!

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clfan: SPOTTED - charles leclerc seen in italy signing some things and leaving a local bakery!

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user5: he looks so good

user6: the black jacket is superior

user7: a bakery?! what is this man doing at a bakery

↳ user8: who cares what he's doing at a bakery. look at the smile on his face!!!

↳ user9: who's got him smiling like that smh

user10: he better not be getting anything sweet at that bakery, we need all the help we can get this weekend at monza

↳ user11: FORZA FERRARIIIII

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youruser: WHAT DO YOU MEAN I JUST MET THAT MAN.

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user13: WHAT MAN?!?!

user14: casual y/n freakout

↳ user15: calmest crash out ever

↳ user16: prettiest crash out ever

user17: WHO ARE WE TALKING ABOUT

user18: i fear y/n is me

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youruser: swam with man.

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user20: now tell me you see who's in the likes too

user21: WHAT MAN LADY

user22: who are we talking about.

user23: never been so confused

user24: TELL ME WHAT MAN

user25: charles what are you doing here

↳ charles_leclerc: just scoping it out

↳ user26: what is happening

↳ user27: what in the crossover episode

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charles_leclerc: went to a bakery and won a race - coincidence? i think not.

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yourbakery: definitely not a coincidence

↳ user28: i feel like i'm intruding

user29: now i don't want to sound crazy, but who took the picture on the last slide

↳ user30: literally what i'm saying

↳ user31: probably joris or andrea

↳ user32: or y/n. she went swimming with a man according to her instagram

↳ user33: OH MY GODDDD

carlossainz55: i don't think it was the stuff you bought at the bakery that was your good luck charm

↳ user34: what does this sneaky man know

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youruser: went to a grand prix ✅ went on a scavenger hunt ✅ had help baking some delicious cookies ✅

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user35: she knows about the speculation with charles lmao

↳ user36: she's just trolling at this point

↳ user37: unless she's not

user38: soft launching is so lame, just hard launch!

↳ youruser: where's the fun in that?

↳ user39: her hard launch is the first photo.

scuderiaferrari: forza ferarri

↳ youruser: sempre!!

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charles_leclerc: heard soft launching was lame

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youruser: CHARLES

↳ user40: someone's sleeping on the couch lmaooo

user41: WHAT.

user42: well, couldve seen that coming

youruser: was it necessary to tag me omfggg

↳ charles_leclerc: of course, mon porte-bonheur (my good luck charm)

↳ user43: HE CALLS HER HIS GOOD LUCK CHARM

↳ user44: probably due to him winning monza when she was there

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youruser: guess we're hard launching?

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user45: they're so cute together

charles_leclerc: glad i went into that bakery a few months ago

↳ youruser: i appreciate your business.

↳ user46: she's so unserious

carlossainz55: girl, we have the same boyfriend.

↳ maxverstappen: hey girly! i know you don't know me but... i think he's cheating on you

↳ pierregasly: ladies, ladies! enough fighting! he's mine, try harder next time 💋

↳ landonorris: well, this is awkward since he's actually married to me with 3 kids 😊

↳ youruser: i knew i was the side ho smh

↳ charles_leclerc: what did i just witness

↳ user47: poor charles

↳ user48: more like poor y/n

[wishbonedean]

Thank you, and to add some tinfoil-hat theory, anyone that feels cheated by the ending they got? It's because of the explicit bi erasure. You're mad? This is just another Wednesday for me. This is why i dont hate the ending - they made people *mad* the bi characters died, rather than casually accept that their deaths were inevitable as so many shows, including this one (as a *commentary* - more on that later), have done.

Season 15 (and most seasons, I would argue) is a meta-mirror of the real world, the writers explicitly likened Chuck to a network executive for a reason, and they wrote the Destiel arc to be so central to the plot, that the only way to end it was to fulfill the romantic arc and canonize the bisexual love in the room, or kill them, and the network had to choose - the writers didn't kill Dean and Cas, they gave the network a choice, and based on *market research* (see: the American public), most people would rather see a dead bisexual than a happy one, and that's how the writers attempted to make up for all the queerbaiting and homophobic nonsense we had to endure for 15 seasons - showing everyone their own ass, i mean, isnt this what they asked for?

We can joke about how it's a show that doesn't take itself seriously, but plenty of these writers had been working on this show for years, they loved these characters - if we watch their last season, deadly seriously, they have given us a pretty damning social commentary on the state of corporate/network censorship seizing control of our own narratives from us.

Edit: grammar, punctuation, wording

ok but where are my fellow bisexual castiel truthers huh where are my bi4bi deancas siblings in arms huh where are my cas-is-gay-but-as-in-the-umbrella-term people HUH WHERE ARE Y'ALL WHERE

[shazzbaa]

FELLAS IS IT GAY TO,

hilariously I actually initially won against Feducci, and went back to find out what happens when you lose. IT TOOK SIX TRIES (apparently sam REALLY didn't want to permadie for some reason, idk) which I am headcanoning as Samuel just going back over and over again because WHY DIDNT KILLING HIM WORK???? But this means that the big shock for me on actually finally losing was that Feducci makes 0 effort to justify the fact that he didn't permakill you. He lances you and you're immediately dead and he absolutely COULDVE just hacked u to pieces and he just???? didn't I guess????? Feducci what r u DOING

Anyway we all had a great time thinking about how very gay it is to impale a guy with an entire lance and pin him to a tree and then decide not to permanently murder him.

I had been planning to do more of the Persuasive route next; I'm sure Sam will be So Normal in high society after this.

(I'm having fun discovering Fallen London myself with friends, no info/explanations/future knowledge in reblogs, please! AND OMG THANK U TO EVERYONE WHO LEFT SO MUCH LOVE ON MY LAST SKETCH... YOU ARE ALL A DELIGHT, i had no idea there were so many feducci-likers LMAO)

[redwinedulac]

some jonny “fans” on twitter are so fucking weird like first you set him up to get his looks attacked by antis with viral tweets saying his makeup and hair was shite as fiyero and how the hair & makeup team who worked HARD deserve to lose at the oscars bcos of it and now you’re saying he doesn’t deserve his SUPPORTING ACTOR NOM bcos he was only in it for 10 mins??? (hello wtf do you think supporting means?????)

you’re also ignoring the fact dtl was literally dangerous as hell and couldve chopped his head off like am i in a black mirror episode?? wtf is going on? how can you not recognize how big it is that an open gay actor is receiving recognition from his peers on this level?

i understand we shouldn’t be served scraps as queer people but this industry is reliant on reputation and jonny is building a rep so good not even the gatekeepers can ignore him. him being snubbed last year for ft has nothing to do with this bcos ofc he was snubbed. ft was a love letter to the queer community the straights weren’t going to care about it and he didn’t go into it wanting awards he was just so happy it existed and so fucking grateful he was even nominated at all and fucking WON the cca like please get perspective. so many of you move with ungratefulness when you shouldn’t be sweating the small things but manifesting for better. if he wins the sag that means he has a good chance for an oscar nom which is HUGE considering how “new” he is to hollywood.

[notahorseindisguise]

look its fucking Crazy tht there was literally zero sabrina and zero bruno mars . endlessly funny to me that taylor swift made such a forgrttable album that the only thing she made onto the hot 100 with was a feature LOL. endlessly happy that chappel won, really really really happy that not like us came 8th, wouldve preferred that higher just because of the fucking spit in the face it would be to drake but this still works. also so happy that we had some tyler on there, especially darling i . having a polyamory song in the hottest 100 feels really good. oh my god and im happy euphoria placed too thats so funny drake must wanna die so bad he didnt place at all, watch him cancel his fucking oz shows LOL . it was a good hottest 100 overall!! couldve been worse. lot of brat and billie which is fair tbh

[fuck-i-like-too-much-stuff]

15 Day BL Challenge- Day 4

Fave Ship Dynamic- "We Looked The Universe In Its Eyes And Decided It Was Time We Rewrote Our Fates." AKA Starcrossed Lovers

[Original Challenge Here]

These two mfs had every odd against them, telling them to stop, to look away, to hate each other for the rest of their lives, and in the most innocent and tame ways of familial rivalry. They turned it into a sport, a race against their fate, and the best part is that they won.

These two didn't have just one but actually two universes against them. They kept each other- in their universe, in their friend groups, in search for their portkeys, in pink, in waves, in glasshouses. Fought to keep each other, time and time again, not a sign of giving up- just pure wait.

Ending up together in the oddest of oddities, him pretending to be his twin and him falling for the guy he actively and seriously hates the guts of without knowing it. They could've, at any moment, lost sight of all meaning their bond had or couldve had. Sean could've never found the truth, and White could've never found his family. They could've given up on each other the second they knew it was all coming crashing. They searched, though, and find they did.

These two don't even need a paragraph to explain the fault in their stars. They fit each others sharp edges, breaking a few corners and hurting a few ridges- but they fit. They make it work. They make each other work. They make each other breathe.

[feketeribizli]

okay gax divorce is extremely intriguing to me i have to admit, but for the life of me i can't figure out what it's about. what happened man 😭😭

might be exposing myself here as ive been only focusing on the results and not how we got here lmao but basically the jist of it from how ive been perceiving this is:

during qualifying max impended george which IS dangerous and normally gets penalized but from what i know they were both on outlaps so it doesnt fucking matter. to me at least. max gets pole george is p2 with a 0.055 difference (which is hot and means a lot to me because i thought merc would be flopping hard. cause thats what we do now)

come race day and max gets a one-grid penalty, george inheriting pole which again. is not a big deal to me (i cheered i wont lie) cause youre still front row and you literally said youll get the lead back in turn one. which you did and you won and hes humbled and humiliated in p4 (my man got fucked with the tyre strategy i just want to point that out. i loved the double overtake hazing ritual he got tho)

max radio after the race shading george and talking about karma (it was funny. bit cringe if you ask me. and why did horner yabba dabba doo on saturday)

and we couldve moved on soooooo fast but comes the post-race press and obviously they have to bring the debacle up and max starts airing shit out (screw someone... like... sexc 🥹). according to him george pulled some next level snake shit with the stewards to get him penalized (everyone wouldve done that) and he basically called george a two-faced skanky ass hoe (drivers act different behind the cameras? should we be surprised? should we call mohammed ben suleyman?)

allegedly max said some other, worse shit that i wish we had on camera but we only got ted kravitz paraphrasing it as "you and your fia mates" which is becoming a point of contention here (as george is the head of the drivers association that has been trying to stand up against the fia for better and more clear rules and regulations, right now mainly in support of max against the stupid punishments he got) (max, whos running to the head of fia on his own. tho im not too clear on this but if we wanna get serious about this it needs to be said) (this situation is also like a free blocklist cause some of yall have real braindead takes on it)

tldr; guy who maximalizes 100% of the track vs guy who maximalizes 100% of the book of regulations. these two have a history of clashes so something like this was bound to happen again 😁

it just really gets me because as a regular guy all of this seems so small and inconsequental to me and these two (well. max mostly) managed to blew it up so much