#based on an ig reel i saw recently

[tazzertopia]

why are people so abnormal about female body hair…. i’m aware body hair isn’t the most pressing feminist issue at the moment but the amount of times i will see a video of a women online and go to the comments, just to see everyone telling her she’s gross or to shave? most of the time i don’t even notice she has body hair and 99% of the time it’s completely irrelevant to the topic of the video 🙄 only wanting a woman who is completely hairless is weirdo behaviour idc

[onboardsorasora]

https://www.tumblr.com/overtake/746762194848563200/your-post-about-max-liking-daniels-ig-just-opened could u write something based on this?

I have had this ask for so long, sorry bestie- my brain was doing a thing at the time lol. lol thank you @secretdonderwolk for the unintentional prompt

His phone vibrated in his pocket, three times for three messages. He had an idea about who this was, he hoped it was his sister complaining about something. Or even Seb– even though he sat across from him at lunch. Seb could be annoying like that, but that was also because Daniel had been annoying like that first. 

Putting his phone on the table, he saw the screen light up with notification banners from Instagram. There was the broad one about how many thousand likes his post workout selfie had gotten. But then there was the secondary banners about replies and DMs. A familiar user name peaked up at him; 3_MaxV_3. 

Daniel rolled his eyes then flipped his phone on its screen. That kid, because he was a kid, with his scrawny body posing with a sideways cap in one picture, in a couch with dogs in another. But mostly in a race suit at a karting track. That kid had been messaging him for weeks now. He did the same thing repeatedly; Daniel posted a thirst trap photo (he looks damn good and it shows he’s working out) and then Max would be in the replies sending one thing the 💯emoji– three times of course. 

Daniel never responded to him after the first time, which was an accident, but the kid seemed to have taken that interaction as an open door to send Daniel reels of memes he already saw when he scrolled mindlessly through tiktok. He was surprised that a seventeen year old wasn’t on tiktok and was instead using instagram, but that also didn’t matter to Daniel. One less platform for this kid to find him on.

“Your new boyfriend again?” Seb teased with a snort.

“First of all, ew. He’s like still in diapers, mate.”

“I dunno why you let him annoy you so much. He’s harmless, still like in junior formula or whatever.”

“Don’t they call it like formula 3 now or something?”

“Who the fuck knows anymore. They change the names of this shit every year. Come I’m not allowing you make me be late for engineering.” Seb stood from his seat while Daniel cackled.

“I was one time!”

“One time is more than enough I think.”

— - —

Daniel pressed post on the thumbs up selfie. He’d gotten a podium today and wanted to commemorate after a long day. The first notification came quickly after. 💯💯💯 Daniel had become used to the routine by now, he already assumed that the kid had his post notifications on. It was weird but Daniel didn’t think too closely of it.

He did notice a difference this time. His username was different; maxverstappen_33. Daniel clicked into his profile, not something he did but there was a change in the routine and he was curious about why.

Lots of karting pictures met his eyes, pictures on podiums and in the garage. There were a lot more sponsor logos than before and Daniel couldn’t say he wasn’t impressed. He himself knew how difficult it was to even get sponsors to talk to you in karting, much less to invest. 

While he was scrolling through the rest of the profile, careful not to double tap anything of course, another notification banner from maxverstappen_33 popped up. “You are so beautiful Daniel.”

And well… that was new. Normally he’d get a lion or capybara video by now. MaxV had taken to sending him videos of quokkas recently too. Daniel had never given him the impression that these videos were appreciated or cared for– though he had watched a couple of them– so he didn’t understand this step up to shooting his shot.

Daniel closed out of the profile and then the app. He needed to get some sleep.

— - —

They’d told him to record a video for some kid getting his super license soon. That was new, but maybe Seb had been the one welcome in the new drivers in the program. It was quick with well wishes for some kid named Max. 

Daniel had wondered initially if it was MaxV, or rather Max Verstappen. But Vicky had told him nothing more and MaxV was supposed to be going to formula 2 now anyways. No way Red Bull would be making such a stir over a kid.

When he got out of the sim he had a bitchload of notifications. Red Bull had tagged him in something and people were congratulating him. Ace. He went to his DMs to see a new message from Maxverstappen_33;

‘Thank you for the video. It was lovely Daniel.’

Well, shit.

— - —

It happened slower than he thought it would have. But quickly in the grand scheme of things. Daniel stepped out of his motorhome, zipping up his race suit and thanking the handler to his left for his hat. It was shoot day today with the whole team, including the boys from Torro Rosso.

Daniil slotted in beside him and Daniel dapped him up. This would be their second year as teammates and Daniel was excited for the year to come. 2016 felt like the year maybe, to take the championship fight to Mercedes. The car was quick in the sim and Adrian said the wind tunnel tests have been phenomenal. Daniel was ready.

What he wasn’t ready for, was the guy who stepped right in front of him. Blonde hair, electric blue eyes. Familiar as fuck face pulled into a smile. 

“Daniel! It is great to finally meet you after all this time.”

Daniel hadn’t ever considered meeting MaxV in person, the kid that’s been sending him 💯 emoji what felt like weekly for the last maybe two years. If you scrolled through their DM it was very one sided. But here he was, very caught out at the very real and very eager kid waiting for his reply. This would probably be the first time he ever did reply.

“Enchante, Max.” Daniel grinned and glanced over a Daniil when Max’s face flushed with a blush.

He didn’t think about it the rest of the day. Not when Max kept telling jokes and whipping his head around to see his reaction. Not when Max would hold Carlos’ hand and pulling him into close hugs only to turn and look to Daniel’s reaction.

Daniil was having a field day and he knew Seb was going to learn about this somehow.

He didn’t think about it. Because Max was a kid or whatever and it was weird.

Max sought him out fairly regularly after that, bolstered by being in the same company and paddock. Invigorated at the fact that Daniel responded to him every time.

— - —

Daniel heard the news but he hadn’t quite believed it. He knew RedBull did driver swaps, apparently ‘all the time’ but he didn’t think he ever saw it happen mid season like this. 

He walked into the garage to see the host of cameras and mics. The identical RB12 no longer sported Daniil’s number but now had a large 33 plastered over it. The garage was also sporting the new 3|33 decals. Daniel knew that marketing was having a field day.

He stepped off to the meeting rooms to wait for the crowd to clear, fiddling on his phone. He’d never admit it, not even under the pain of a slow as fuck pitstop, that he was interested to see what the hubbub was about. What could possibly be so good about Max that they would do such a public shaming of Daniil.

He didn’t know how much time passed, but he tweeted a bit and posted a new picture to instagram during the time. The notification banner popped up; maxverstappen_33☑️ 💯💯💯

Daniel grinned to himself, still surprised that Max had kept this up. Still apparently had his post notifications on. The door opened. 

“Daniel that picture was lovely.” Max sat in the seat across from him in the conference room. His RedBull polo was a little askew, and he was smiling widely.

Well, shit.

[taekooktimeline]

August 21, 2023 -

Tae goes live shortly after midnight in Korea. Around the :28-:29 mark, you can hear him making a “shhh” sound. We can’t see anything as the screen is black. Then at :35, we can hear someone clearing their throat. Personally, it doesn’t sound like Tae to me, and of course this is speculative of me to assume it’s Jk, but I honestly am starting to think they’re doing these things on purpose😅the reason I think it could be Jk is because he has been sick recently and we’ve heard both of them in the background of the other’s past lives over the years. As always, decide as you like since this is speculative.

Timestamp :28-:29 for shhhing, :35 for throat clearing, or see these links:

https://x.com/taegukmania/status/1693294861074751527?s=46&t=StSwHjW0_Domk_lHUFMaCg

https://x.com/davywer/status/1693292460145815721?s=46&t=StSwHjW0_Domk_lHUFMaCg

https://x.com/koosyoyo/status/1693345812800290943?s=46&t=StSwHjW0_Domk_lHUFMaCg

Also something I want to archive is Tae successively holding up two bottles of wine to the camera.

Timestamp 4:56

It turns out, these bottles were gifted by the actor Lee Byung Hun at the premier of “Concrete Utopia” on August 8, 2023, which Tae attended. (Tae’s Wooga friend, Park Seojoon, featured in the movie). The wine was made for the exclusive event and isn’t for sale.

More info:

https://x.com/sweetpurpletk/status/1693317978018976136?s=46&t=StSwHjW0_Domk_lHUFMaCg

https://x.com/startksupporter/status/1693333125030387998?s=46&t=StSwHjW0_Domk_lHUFMaCg

Naturally, people have wondered why Tae was gifted two bottles if he attended the premier alone. While Tae fan bases and Jk fan bases were in attendance, only Tae was seen. Dispatch had also broadcasted a live stream for the two, then had said Jk would be late.

Dispatch - https://twitter.com/davywer/status/1688875333519327234?s=46&t=StSwHjW0_Domk_lHUFMaCg

Tae’s and Jk’s names were also both in the lineup of confirmed guests.

https://twitter.com/taegerbun/status/1688897245595459584?s=46&t=StSwHjW0_Domk_lHUFMaCg

We never saw Jk, and we could speculate and theorize as to why that is, but for the indefinite time being we simply don’t know. But it is interesting Tae was gifted two bottles of wine, so consider that as you will!

The final moment I wanted to point out from this live is when Tae was asked if he’s been working out, he rolls up a sleeve to show us his bicep. He then glances off camera, pouts and looks down. There were times he glanced around, but that’s a natural reflexive trait of humans. However, this specific time point had me wondering if he was reacting to someone off camera.

Timestamp at 5:55

Unfortunately I lost the TW links I had of the above moment, but see these at IG:

https://www.instagram.com/p/CwL0ZoCvtly/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

https://www.instagram.com/reel/CwMatAKt7BV/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

[setokaibassoulmate]

Bit of an odd question but I recently saw something similar happened to you. How do you deal with people stealing and copying your content?

It’s been a some time since I got this ask, so I‘m not exactly sure what you are referring to anon, but I‘m assuming you mean when someone on twitter recently reposted one of my IG reels without my permission? (context yugioh7 has been reposting over 20 of my merchandise posts and reels since october without my permission)

I don’t know if I ever said it on here but I do not allow reposts of my content under any conditions and I‘ll do pretty much everything to get the stolen post taken down.

It has happened to me so many times that people steal my merchandise posts or commissions and use them as their own. Multiple times people stole and even edited my images with Kaiba and me and tried to claim them as their OC. The first thing I always do is message the person and tell them to delete their post. This rarely works and mostly ends up with me getting blocked lol The only thing that you can do that works most of the time is to file an intellectual property infringement. I am the copyright owner of my merchandise pictures, since i took and edited them. Same goes for my commissions since it’s a.) my OC and b.) I paid for them. Filing these reports is always a hassle but in 90% of the cases the stole posts got taken down through that.

Art theft is sadly not something you can completely avoid. Of course you can slap a huge watermark on your content, but that’s something I personally really dislike. Also based on past experiences it doesn’t really help anyways. I‘ve had people stealing my images even back when I still put a watermark on it.

[sab-teraa]

Did you see that Burcu and Ilhan did an IG live? The translation is on YouTube. It seemed like damage control. Like they really needed to assure the viewers to keep watching, especially with the mention of how they want the show to keep going forever. Obviously trying to copy the success of HanKers IG lives but it seemed forced. It is so unnecessary that they feel that they need to do this. Why can't viewers just stand being uncomfortable for a bit? It will all be alright in the end, it's romcom

Good morning! <3 Firstly, oooooh, I was not planning on watching the live + I'm not on Instagram, but since you mentioned that it seems a bit forced .. I had to :) thank you for telling me about the translation <3

I defo agree that it was damage control! In fact, their PR the entire Thursday + Friday was damage control! I knew something was up when they released behind the scenes + I saw videos of the cast hanging out together.

Tbh, I don't think it comes across forced or that they are trying to copy the success of Hande + Kerem's live ☺️! Maybe it's bc I watched the behind the scenes first + videos on Twitter of the numerous IG stories/reels that the cast post? So in my mind, this is how they naturally behave? Idk .... it's so hard to decipher someone's personality + interactions based on social media lol.

I agree. It's a shame that they felt the need to do this! But, I think it was important that they did :) it seems like the show is going down a more unconventional + taboo path ... so, given the possible culture shock (if the writers decide to go down this path) - its v important to reassure the audience that not everything is as black and white as it seems + they have a plan. Plus, given that most dizi's seem to lose their spark as time goes on ... their statements/behaviour basically indicated to the audience that that spark isn't going away anytime soon :)

Also, I think it was vital for Ilhan to share his take on Ozan and the fact that the story is not linear. I'm not sure if you're on Twitter but, Ozan receives a lot of backlash and there's a lack of understanding as to why he acts the way he does. This backlash simmered down A LOT after Ilhan's recent interview with a magazine, where he dived into Ozan's psyche and kinda rationalized Ozan's behaviour. Ilhan basically gave Ozan a voice, a voice that we (the audience) are still waiting to hear. 

So, the live kinda had the same effect ... tho, there's still a lot of anti-Ozan sentiments LOL ... but people are more empathetic to Ozan now... with some users being understanding towards his reaction towards the big secret ... if it weren't for the live, I doubt people would have understood/be open to understanding why he showed such a reserved reaction. But yup I agree. Genre-wise it's classified as a rom-com (however, in my eyes it's more of a dramadey bc they have zero peace LOL) - so yup, they are endgame and everything is going to work out! We just have to be patient.