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[charles-leclerc-official]

hi! I have a question about flags during active race, that maybe you (as my chosen f1 trusted, very knowledgeable tumblr to turn to). it’s ofc connected to the lando penalty, since that’s what’s stirred the discussion. but I’ve seen a lot of ppl talk about the green led-board at the end of the straight which is very visible to lando, no chance to miss it. ppl are saying “it’s clearly green why would he assume it would be yellow?” but I was under the impression that the green flag is only flown (during active race like this) to signal the *end* of danger zone, and in the from this point forward it’s green. a bit like speed signs in normal traffic, the new limit is from the signs and not from the moment you can see them.

f1 themselves say “[…] immediately after an incident that necessitated the use of one or more yellow flags.” on their website, but I’ve not seen a single person mention this anywhere, so maybe I’m the one misinterpreting this?

(also on a slightly unrelated note, it annoys me how the english-speaking commentators I’ve heard are questioning whether everyone really lifted while also saying that it’s one of the first thing they learn, like pick a side. the swedish ones were better, saying that explains why the gap shrunk so much and when the penalty was given it was very much “nothing to complain about, they’re hard when it’s yellow flags”)

thank you for your amazing blog! it teaches me so much coming here reading!!

Yes so you are correct. The issue here is that only a small section of the track was yellow flagged. So they used the green flag to indicate when the yellow zone is ended. It's on the driver to pay attention and see that they are in a yellow zone, and also to notice when it's ended.

The confusion I think came from the fact it was a very small section that was yellow. Which again, you gotta pay attention.

However I would say that it does kind of get at the bigger issue that just yellow flagging a small section like that for debris that clearly needed to be cleared was the original problem that obviously needed to be addressed sooner.

But yeah it was clearly yellow in the section when Lando was not lifting. That's what matters. The rest of the track was green and the flag was meant to indicate that.

It's funny to me that people think this penalty was harsh and out of the blue, no it's just been a while since a driver violated a yellow flag like that. Which this is an issue as it's not the first time Lando specifically has violated race signals this year. I have to wonder if he's ever paying attention. These things matter and both were safety concerns. Mclaren are whining about it being too harsh, no your driver just cannot pay attention and committed an infraction we haven't seen in years. Because a stop go penalty for ignoring a yellow like that is pretty standard.

[juniperhillpatient]

In theory I get where they were coming from in terms of Kataang. On paper it sounds like a good idea - traumatized and parentified indigenous girl falls in love with the goofy symbol of peace who helps her be a child, both of them genocide survivors tasked with upholding their culture and becoming masters in their own right, the girl being the boy’s teacher. But in execution their romance was terrible and completely ignored Katara’s wants and needs. If it was well written it would’ve been a healthy ship especially for WOC. That’s why I’m hoping the live action (which I don’t think will be scrapping this romance unfortunately) does a much better job at improving their romantic relationship. Imo the best way to do that is to have less moments like the Fortuneteller and those non-con kisses obviously.

^^^ yep! I have nothing to add (except that you might be more optimistic & hopeful about the live action than me)

[crookedtines]

I finally took the time to photograph my vintage dip pen nib collection, and I need to share with you all how wonderful and diverse their designs are.

These two are my favorite. Just look at them! One of them is named Gorille and the other Mephisto, but to me they're little pumpkins.

And of course you gotta love the Pinocchio nib. You get to write with the nose of a tiny guy! Just not something you get to do anymore.

[zytes]

this manatee looks like it’s in a skyrim loading screen

[humming-fly]

was anyone gonna tell me shadow saved rouge's life in sa2 or was I just supposed to find that out playing the game myself

(this worked out as a rather fitting closer for the Final Day in Year of Shadow haha, hope ya'll have a fun new year! 🎉🎉🎉)

[cheerfulmelancholies]

I only ever read The Great Gatsby from this list, but I never once got the message that "stalking was ok if you have money, or at all." I, too, distinctly recall thinking that being found dead if a pool was fitting for a rich buffoon who needed to get over himself and move on. Critical thinking, and all that.

[egophiliac]

still ruminating over Lost In the Book With Spooky Skeletons Part 1, so here's a selection of some of my favorite little bits! (...some more loosely paraphrased than others) (I just feel like Idia has no room to criticize in general, okay)

anyway, I'm sure we're just going to have a fun time celebrating Halloween and nothing bad is going to happen whatsoever! :)

[inkskinned]

probably time for this story i guess but when i was a kid there was a summer that my brother was really into making smoothies and milkshakes. part of this was that we didn't have AC and couldn't afford to run fans all day so it was kind of important to get good at making Cool Down Concoctions.

we also had a patch of mint, and he had two impressionable little sisters who had the attitude of "fuck it, might as well."

at one point, for fun, this 16 year old boy with a dream in his eye and scientific fervor in heart just wanted to see how far one could push the idea of "vanilla mint smoothie". how much vanilla extract and how much mint can go into a blender before it truly is inedible.

the answer is 3 cups of vanilla extract, 1/2 cup milk alternative, and about 50 sprigs (not leaves, whole spring) of mint. add ice and the courage of a child. idk, it was summer and we were bored.

the word i would use to describe the feeling of drinking it would maybe be "violent" or perhaps, like. "triangular." my nose felt pristine. inhaling following the first sip was like trying to sculpt a new face. i was ensconced in a mesh of horror. it was something beyond taste. for years after, i assumed those commercials that said "this is how it feels to chew five gum" were referencing the exact experience of this singular viscous smoothie.

what's worse is that we knew our mother would hate that we wasted so much vanilla extract. so we had to make it worth it. we had to actually finish the drink. it wasn't "wasting" it if we actually drank it, right? we huddled around outside in the blistering sun, gagging and passing around a single green potion, shivering with disgust. each sip was transcendent, but in a sort of non-euclidean way. i think this is where i lost my binary gender. it eroded certain parts of me in an acidic gut ecology collapse.

here's the thing about love and trust: the next day my brother made a different shake, and i drank it without complaint. it's been like 15 years. he's now a genuinely skilled cook. sometimes one of the three of us will fuck up in the kitchen or find something horrible or make a terrible smoothie mistake and then we pass it to each other, single potion bottle, and we say try it it's delicious. it always smells disgusting. and then, cerimonious, we drink it together. because that's what family does.

[iamanartichoke]

I don't know who needs to hear this, but as a creator -

I am fine with "the audience" -

downloading my fics

printing my fics

copy/pasting or screenshotting my fics

sharing your saved copy of my fics with anyone else who might want them in the unlikely but never impossible case that my fics are no longer available on ao3

making a book of my fic(s) and running your fingers across the pages while lovingly whispering my precioussss

doing these things with anything I create for fandom, such as meta, headcanons, au nonsense like 'texts from the brodinsons,' etc

I am not fine with "the audience"

doing any of the above with the purpose/intent of plagiarizing my work or passing it off as their own in any capacity

feeding my work into ai for any reason whatsoever

Save the fandom things. Preserve the fandom things. Respect the fandom things.

Enjoy the fandom things.

[shadow-wasser]

Walrus

[xxplastic-cubexx]

something about first impressions idk

bonus:

[andstuffsketches]

vanity

[hinamie]

spiraling

[xmascritter]

Probably one of the best things for me in that episode was the final card pull. Cause anyone who knows anything about tarot probably knows the death card does not actually represent death literally. It represents something coming to the end, yes, but it also represents new beginnings and moving forward. It is overall a positive card to draw upright, representing growth, transformation, and change, rather than stagnation.

And so, they don't show us Lilia's death.

Instead, we see how Lilia changes, realizing how much she cares about the coven and how much she loves being a witch, realising that these powers are a gift no matter how unruly. We see her finally accepting her fate. And they show us the new beginning, back in that garden it all started in, as she sits down with her teacher at that table, and she says

"Let's begin again."

[rosieofcorona]

if i'm not DISGUSTINGLY in love with at least one (1) of the characters in any given piece of media it is not for me. if i have no one to crawl and weep for? can't get into it. if there is not one single character that makes me want to bash my head through a wall and then write ten thousand (fictional or academic) words about them then what is the point. respectfully

[courfee]

17 December 1975 / 15 May 1976