#also simi

[whowebber]

Sometimes you and your best friend need to let each other go to experience there's none like yours.

[backmarkerr]

here's the clip from the Seb and Kimi joint RTL interview filmed in China 2012 where, among other things, they showed Seb's impersonation of Kimi the year before to Kimi (and kept in the part where he almost slips up and says "I love-- I mean, Kimi's a very nice guy"), and show the music video that Kimi was in to Seb.

As you can see, Seb asks what the song means and sings "Kimi is a great guy~" before Kimi can explain (towards the end at 0.08)

edit:

@seb-boo your tags made me giggle and i will take it as an excuse to talk more, bc i realised he actually tripled down on it. after all that he went home and wrote this in his diary:

[...] For the RTL viewers, I teamed up with Kimi [Räikkönen] and had a few duels. However, that was quite harmless, with table football and puzzles. It might sound less exciting than driving, but it was a lot of fun. During the shooting we were already besieged by lots of Kimi fans - at least there were many Chinese ladies who were waiting impatiently for his autograph. So I'm not the only one who's happy that he's back and I'm looking forward to hanging out with him again between races. In Formula 1 you meet a lot of people and have a lot of experiences, so far it's only been good with Kimi. He often seems a bit taciturn, but that's absolutely nothing negative for me. It usually doesn't matter what you do, you always have a good time with Kimi. I like Kimi and especially value his honesty, which for me is one of the most important character traits.[...]

like he really didn't have to do all that, and yet...

[kaunismies]

simi: close, closer, closest

[hacash]

Honestly - and I freely admit I’m poking the bear here - the finale, and indeed Ted Lasso as a whole, feels like an aspec’s dream. So many shows prioritise romance over everything else, and I am fucking delighted that Ted Lasso never did that.

Rebecca and Ted not together? Keeley, Jamie and Roy love triangle/throuple not resolved? Was Trent ever into Ted? Loose ends are exasperating, sure, but romance was never the point of the show. The point is that the love is there regardless of what form it takes - between Keeley, Jamie and Roy, between Ted and Rebecca, between Nate and Ted, between Beard and Ted, between Trent and the Diamond Dogs, between Nate and the team, between the various Greyhounds, between all these other individuals who’ve been touched by the events at Richmond FC - and that’s always been the freaking point.

[logansargey]

F1 and F2 drivers + the unsent project

[thorsonoflesbians]

happy pride to iceman and his batshit crazy twink that produces undeniable results with extremely questionable methods and flirts with anything that moves while driving/flying something that goes vroom vroom

[racingghost]

Having seen this excellent post by @threecheers-forsweetrevenge, I got a bit fixated on the mention that Seb bought this one bike because Kimi advised him on it(x), and wanted to take a closer look.

So Seb got himself a custom Marcus Walz to celebrate his 2010 championship win.

(nice image description)

So Kimi had two different bike models custom made for him by the same designer: Iceman I, and later, Iceman II, which is the one in the photo.

Iceman II was custom made to celebrate his Ferrari champion title, which makes it all the more interesting that Seb chose to celebrate his first title with the same bike model 👀

Not only that, but take a look at the bikes side by side:

Blue and Red

Red Bull logo and Ferrari logo on the backs

The Bull and the Iceman on the side

And I don't know if this was custom written for Kimi or if it's a designer thing, but I thought it was funny that Seb had the 2010 GPs written around his seat, while the only similar text on Kimi's is "Built in Hell"

So I don't know where I'm going with this, but it's like...

Blue and red, bull and horse... Seb and Kimi.

Even their bikes look like they should be side by side.

[threecheers-forsweetrevenge]

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how Seb looks at him.. and Kimi being shy

[raikkonenvettels]

i was looking up seb interviews bc i wanted to rewatch the one he made in 2006 and suddenly i watch one from 2005 where he has a hoodie with a 75 on it????? 😀

seb was manifesting simi before he even knew the man. that’s true love right there

i know the quality sucks but look at the baby!!!!!

edit: vote for the manifestation in this poll!!! make the freaks win!!!

[bunnithechubs]

am i out of my mind? yes.

(looking for suggestions to add to this lot)

[backmarkerr]

feeling very blessed by 2024 simi rn 😌

[kaunismies]

heterosexually gazing into another man's eyes. it's not gay. shut up.

some funky, equally heterosexual wips:

[alexjcrowley]

Just realised Simi has the same vibes of DinLuke I'm distressed

Young blond twink who's an actual factual menace he's all smiles and sunshine until he gets down to business, he brought down legends, the moment he steps on the field people are TERRORISED by him but he's also just some cute guy from a small town and has the determination of 1000 suns and sass to spare

paired with

gruff old man who just want to Do His Thing (you could say he just wants you to "leave him alone, he knows what he's doing"), chillest guy in the universe he is content with his job he doesn't need anybody he doesn't talk to anybody to everyone he is a mystery, people trying to tell him he is this Big Fucking Deal for Ferrari Mandalore and he's just like no. Can't I just do my job. He sort of cares about two (2) people.

And then they somehow end up together raising a child a grid and unlikeky bestfriendism ensue.

I don't know how to explain I feel you need to be really deep in the Simi lore and in the DinLuke rabbithole but it's there. Sebastian has the talent, determination and attitude of a Luke Skywalker who has accessed his full potential and Kimi has the stoic attitude and that "I care about one person and one person only the rest of y'all I don't fuck with" mentality of Din Djarin. To me.

Something about Luke and Sebastian being living legends and being burdened to carry the future of Ferrari/The Jedis and falling (damn you, sequels trilogy!) and Kimi and Din stumbling through becoming idols of the masses (Kimi being the last Ferrari champion still and winning in his first year like no big deal/Din accidentally becoming the king of Mandalore)

[logansargey]

I find comfort in Simi and Maxiel fics and no one understands that 😔

[sennaverstappen]

💗🪽💗🪽💗🪽

[summerblueringo]

"Sebastian asked me to say hello to Kimi, to tell him that he is ready whenever it suits Kimi. Sebastian has improved a lot [at badminton] during these two years and he believes that whereas Kimi is a bit rusty, he himself is much better than before.  He boasts wondering if Kimi will even score one point anymore," Pärmäkoski said throwing more water on the challenge-sauna heater*. "However Kimi is damn good and talented in every way," Pärmäkoski admitted.

excerpt from a 2011 interview with Tommi Pärmäkoski, who used to be Seb's trainer. (additional translation of the whole article here)