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arc-misadventures · 6 months ago

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Can I request for a sequel for A Proper Villain. Like Jaune's day to day and interactions with other heroes and villains.

The Blackcat, And The Stalker

In a dingy lit room, bound to a table, a figure clad in black sat bound to a chair with a hood on their head. Here, bound to the chair was, The Violet Shadow.

One of the few faunas hero's that fought to make the world a better place! Mostly for faunas mind you, but if helping the faunas helped the humans at the end of the day that was alright.

She had been captured after hitting one of the, Crowns, Dust silos that was being made from the labour of faunas slaves. Violet Shadow's goal was the destruction of the silos, while her compatriots freed the slaves. She had sacrificed herself to buy her teammates time to evacuate the slaves. This noble endeavor resulted in her capture, where she was eventually sold off to the worlds major villain, The Cabal to recuperate the Crowns loses.

Now she was here, in one of the, Cabals many interrogation rooms waiting for the fun to begin, and whatever they brought before her, she was ready for...?!

: Bahh! Let's leave them in a dingy lit room, that well be really menacing since they have a bag over their head, and can't see anything?!

: Where's the damn light switch?! We do not have time for this!

: Ahh, there it is... AH?! Since when did maintenance change the light bulbs? They're much brighter than the old ones...

: No! I have no time for this! We must finish this, soon!

Suddenly the bag over, Violet Shadow's face was removed, and she was left staring at the cerulean eyes of her old friend.

VioletShadow: Jaune Arc... It's a pleasure to see you again... traitor...

Jaune: T-Traitor? How precisely am I a traitor?

VioletShadow: After being kicked out of the hero academy, you turn to a life of crime! How could you, you had aspirations of becoming a hero, and when you failed you became a villain, no you couldn't even do that, you became a villains underling! How utterly pathetic...

Jaune: ...

Jaune: Rude. But, I can understand why you see me as a traitor. Going from hero academy to villain henchman, that makes sense. But, you know I didn't flunk out of, Beacon Hero Academy; I was framed, and kicked out because of, Cardin Winchester.

VioletShadow: But, even after you were cleared of wrong doings you refused to come back! Embracing the life of crime, you traitor!

Jaune: Well, that was mostly because of how they 'invited' me back. More, or less absolving themselves of any wrong doing, and made it all seem like an honest mistake on no ones fault that I was expelled. On top of that it took them half a year to prove my innocence when I had proof of my innocence! So yeah, I didn't want to deal with their BS, and quit frankly you don't deal with as much bull shit working with the villains.

Jaune: Also the hero leagues don't have nearly as many benefits as the, Goonuion does. So there's that...

Jaune: No wait! We don't have time for this! Okay, the Cabal paid five tons in raw Dust to get you from, the Crown. Now I need you to give me information that's worth at least five tons of raw Dust so we can let you go. What do you got for me?!

VioletShadow: Ha! I'm not going to tell you anything, traitor!

Jaune: Violet, we don't have time for this...!

VioletShadow: Then make time! Because it doesn't matter what you do to me I won't talk!

Jaune: You seriously don't understand how much of a time crunch we're on, I need information to trade you you're freedom. Right. Now!

VioletShadow: Ha! You won't get any information out of me! You can bind me, gage me, bend my body over the table, and stuff your hot rod in...?!

Jaune: BLAKE?!

Jaune bent down on the table as he spoke, Violet Shadow's true identity in a silent scream.

VioletSadow: H-Hey?! You know the rules: no revealing secret identities! I know it's an unspoken rule, but...?!

Jaune: The Bull is here!

Violet was silent as she registered the words that, Jaune had just spoken as dread filled her veins.

VioletShadow: A-Adam is here...?

Jaune: Yes! We are in the middle of a code: Bull Heart!

VioletShadow: B-Bull Heart?

Jaune: Yes, it's the codename we use when we have you here, and, Adam is here. The code is basically means, 'Get Violet Shadow out of here as fast as possible!'

VioletShadow: It does...?

Jaune: Yes! And, I know that being captured, and tied up is a wet dream for you...

VioletShadow: N-No it isn't...

Jaune: I know what kind of books you're into. Violet, so don't bull shit me!

VioletShadow: Ohh...

Jaune: So give me, something I can trade your freedom for. NOW!

VioletShadow: No.

Jaune: N-No...?

VioletShadow: No. I bet your lying... this is all a lie so you can extract important information from me! To get me to talk without resorting to torture of... any sorts... Hehehe~! Ahem! No! No, I will not talk, do your worst, Jaune because even knowing that, Adam could possibly be here, I will not...

Jaune: The Chameleon is also here...!

VioletShadow: T-The Cameleon is here... I-Ilia is here?

Jaune: Yep.

VioletShadow: ...

VioletShadow: Would the location of, Kings Vault be enough?

Jaune: No, only one villain cares about that.

VioletShadow: The location of, Atlas hidden weapons vaults?

Jaune: Which one?

VioletShadow: There's more than one?

Jaune: That's a no.

VioletShadow: Shit! Uhhh... I know about shipment of, Rainbow Dust being shipped by the, SDC; how about that?

Jaune: Rainbow Dust? That could work... How much, Dust are we working with here?

VioletShadow: I don't know the exact amount... But, the report said around 50 pounds worth of, Rainbow Dust was going to be transferred on, SDC train from the South Hill Dust Depot on the 18th.

Jaune: Hmmm... Even if it's not fifty pounds worth of, Rainbow Dust, if we hit that train we can also recoup the lost, Dust we used to buy you from, the Crown... Yes, this is a good deal. Congratulations, Violet Shadow, you just bought your freedom.

VioletShadow: That's great! Now what?

Jaune: Stage Two.

VioletShadow: Stage two; what's stage two?

Jaune swiftly opened the door, and ushered in several goons.

Jaune: Alright guys, we're moving on to, Stage Two! Let's get this going, now, now, now!

Several goons entered the room, two carrying a gurney, and what appeared to be a body bag on top, as well as several other goons with industrial cleaner levels of equipment.

VioletShadow: What's with the body bag?

Goon#1: We's smuggling you out 'ere in the body bag.

VioletShadow: Okay? And, the cleaner products?

Goon#2: Da freaking, Bull knows your scent!

VioletShadow: He knows my scent?!

Jaune: Yes, we have to sterilize the whole room to get ride of your smell! Now quit squawking, and get in the body bag!

VioletShadow: Okay, okay, I'm going!

Violet Shadow's bands were undone, and she swiftly got into the body bag,put on the gurney.

Jaune: Alright, get rid of the body! Go! Gogogogo!

Jaune ushered the pair pushing the gurney away as fast as possible, before he turned to the man holding the cords that were previously bound Violet Shadow to the chair.

Jaune: Burn those at once!

The henchmen nodded his head as he put the cords in a bag, and sprinted out of the room.

Jaune: Sterilize the chair first, she was sitting on it! And, clean the table, she had blood dripping down her chin, she may have spat blood on the table. Go!

Jaune watched as the cleaning crew swiftly got to work, they had shut the door, and made sure no one would come in, that was until the door was suddenly opened. They all turned around, as fear filled their veins, had they been caught.

: Ahh there you are, Jaune. I need... Is everything okay, Jaune?

Jaune: Ohh... thank gods it's you, Cinder... Get back to work!

Cinder Fall, the second highest ranked member of the, Cabal. Jaune. and the rest of the henchmen breathed a sigh of relief, before jumping back to work.

Cinder: Everything alright, Jaune?

Jaune: Violet Shadow was here.

Cinder: Ohh... Code: Bull Heart. Did you get rid of her?

Jaune: Yeah. Her traded her freedom for knowledge about a, Dust shipment from the SDC that contains fifty pounds of, Rainbow Dust.

Cinder: Fifty pounds? That's good, even if there isn't that much, Rainbow Dust on the train we can recoup our losses from the trade deal.

Jaune: My thoughts exactly as well. As much as I wanted a good deal, I wanted her out of here more so.

Cinder: Understandable. But, for what it was, it is a good enough deal.

Jaune: Hopefully the higherups are okay with it.

Cinder: I'll make sure they do.

Jaune: My thanks. Now then, did you need something, Cinder.

Cinder: Yes, the Boss wants to see you.

Jaune: Roman? Alright, I'll go, and see him when I'm done here.

Cinder: No, The Boss wants to see you.

Jaune: Oh... I best get going then.

Jaune: Alright guys, when you're done here, clean up the rest of the interrogation cells after, they'll get suspicious if we only clean one of them.

Goon#3: We're on it, Jaune!

Goon#4: We get a bonus for this right?

Goon#1: Hazard pay.

Goon#4: Hell yeah!

Jaune: Good luck boys. Alright then, time to go see, The Boss...

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Bahh! This has been stuck in my drafts as a title for months! Now, I am free of it!

FREE!

#rwby #jaune arc #blake belladonna #adam taurus #ilia amitola #cinder fall #roman torchwick

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that-loser-101 · 2 months ago

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My headcanons about the preps! (Besides derby) :

Bif Taylor:

1. Bif listens to punk rock/metal music, I'm talking misfits and metallica on full blast headphones anytime he's walking down the sidewalk.

2. Bif had a punk phase back when he was 16-17 (I headcanon him to be 18), but stopped because derby thought his choice of fashion was "odd" and made him look "poor". Now he just dresses like an office worker (dress shirt, basic suit & tie, ect...) .

3. Back when he got bullied, he got stabbed in the arm with a pencil once (he still has the scar of it on his arm. He also has multiple other scars that have healed mostly).

4. Even though bif makes himself seem like a snobby guy, he often offers to do his dad's paperwork for him because he feels guilty about asking his dad for things and wants to repay him in some way.

5. He gives derby silent treatment anytime derby insults him (like when derby called him a "filthy Democrat", he stopped talking to derby for a week straight before derby eventually apologized).

6. He takes anti-depressants everyday in the morning (it's stated by Dr bambillo that bif is or has been on medication).

7. He was a mama's boy, but his mom passed away when he was like, 12.

8. (This is if social media existed in the bully universe) bif would most likely have a private account where he posts things about his life, maybe even hate posts about the greasers.

Parker Ogilvie:

1. Parker is half scottish (since the last name "ogilvie" is of scottish, I've figured that he's scottish).

2. He actually has a half-decent family (unlike most of the preps) and has made an amazing bond with his little step-sister.

3. He's probably an art kid. Not only cuz he likes art, but also because he hopes that maybe if he makes a drawing "good enough" Ms. Philips would fall for him (it's stated in his wiki that he has a crush on Ms. Philips) .

4. He likes to carry around a study sketchbook with himself and often draws the other preps, gnomey, and Chester (Chad's pet pit bull).

5. He reads spiderman comics and often draws different spidersonas' in the sketchbook he has at home (he keeps this sketchbook to himself and doesn't show anyone, it's basically filled with stuff he wouldn't want the others to see).

6. His house is actually in a town next to bull worth town, but because he attends bull worth academy and his house is far away, he usually stays over at the other preps' houses and goes home on the weekends (he doesn't find this exhausting since he goes home via subway, and he really isn't that big of a target because his family isn't rich rich like Derby's).

7. He'd post his drawings from his study sketchbook and post about scottish culture on social media (his account wouldn't be private, so the greasers would just be posting hate comments under his posts).

8. He uses emojicons whenever he comments something, things like: :) , :( , :/ , >:( , ect....

9. He'd be best friends with tad and Justin.

10. He probably wears grunge or street style clothes anytime he's out of school, but had an emo phase back when he was 13 (he sometimes wears emo make-up like messy eyeliner and stuff inside his room anytime he's bored).

Chad Morris:

1. He has a normal family, just that his parents are strict.

2. He either has a buzz cut, a full on afro, or just dreads (I swear I need fan art of him with hair. He'd probably have the sickest hair ever).

3. He has his left ear pierced (like in his beta design).

4. He's part scottish (just like with the last name "Ogilvie", "Morris" is a name of scottish origin).

5. Often wears old money or minimalist clothes.

6. He is freakishly obsessed with his pet dog Chester (not in a creepy way, just like how someone gets cuteness aggression anytime they look at something "cute").

7. He'd probably post photos of Chester every second like Chester would disappear if he stopped.

8. He's usually flirty towards Bryce and talks with him the most out of all the other preps.

Bryce Montrose:

1. He often complains about everything "wrong" with bull worth town and its people to try and "relate" with the other preps.

2. He's part scottish like Chad (This is the same with Chad and Parker, idk why most of them have scottish last names, I'm making all of them scottish atp :'] ).

3. Due to his inbred-ness, he has Leucism (aka he's partially albino. I'm not saying that albinism automatically makes you inbred, it's just that it's a trait in SOME inbred people), specifically his hair. He has a lock of white hair and often uses boxed hair dye (cuz he can't afford to get it professionally dyed) to make it the same color as the rest of his hair because he fears people will make fun of him for it (not even Chad knows about it).

4. Anytime Chad tried to flirt with him, he reminds him that they're in public (or with the other preps) cuz he doesn't want to get "humiliated".

5. He doesn't really have that big of a fashion sense, so anytime he's going out, he just slaps a suit on and calls it a day.

6. He'd probably have the most blank social media profile ever.

Justin Vandervelde:

1. He reads an godly amount of Greek mythology books and has made it his whole personality (apart from his corny egg jokes and his love for sports and surfing).

2. He's part Dutch (because his last name is Dutch, I think you get the gist of it).

3. He loves to go surfing and swimming at the beach and even makes sand castles, the beach is basically where he lives atp.

4. He's good friends with Parker and tad.

5. Parker often jokes about him having a "crush" on Ted (the quarterback, not tad), and he always denies it (but he's honestly questioning himself on whether or not he likes Ted romantically).

6. He posts surfing videos on his social media profile (and gets insulted by the greasers in his comments like the other preps).

7. He wears indie and retro style clothes outside of school cuz he loves vivid and neon colors.

Gord Vandome:

1. He's part French.

2. He has his ears pierced for maximum customization. Sick B·)

3. He has an extremely high self-esteem and doesn't care that the rest of the preps dislike him (I don't even think he knows that they dislike him tbh).

4. He'd be caught dead wearing skinny jeans (to him, wearing skinny jeans is like betraying himself).

5. He likes to explore a lot of different fashion styles but usually wears elegant and old money style clothing.

6. He posts fashion tips and videos on his profile all while Johnny sends him death threats in his comment sections (he's also kinda popular and is basically bull worth town's version of wisdom Kaye).

Tad Spencer:

1. Tad is half British and is probably the only prep with a British accent (I know that his english accent is supposed to be "fake", but let me imagine it being an actual accent and leave me be pls).

2. Parker often comforts him about his father's abusive behavior anytime they're at school or out in town (he's also good friends with Justin, but Justin doesn't know much about Tad's family).

3. He, Justin, and Parker usually draw with chalk in the Harrington House's courtyard and often makes drawings about the greasers and how much they suck (the reason why I made this headcanon was because I saw chalk drawings of hopscotch and doodles on the floor of the Harrington House's courtyard and thought it'd be cool to add this).

4. Tad is kind of an age regressor, that's why he often draws things with Parker. Parker often praises him for his drawing skills and Tad just awkwardly thanks him cuz he has never been complimented about anything before (he looks up to Parker and Justin).

5. He often wears slightly oversized hoodies and sweaters cuz they're comfortable.

6. Even though he hates Gord, he often asks him for fashion advice and what to wear.

7. He'd post random memes he found on the internet without giving credit to the original creator of said meme because he thinks it's "unnecessary".

I'm planning on making a separate post for my headcanons about the clique leaders, so just wait y'all! Bye :D

#bully scholarship edition #bully canis canem edit #bully cce #bully game #bully #bif taylor #parker ogilvie #tad spencer #gord vendome #bryce montrose #chad morris #justin vandervelde

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chussyracing · 4 months ago

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What has been happening in the world of motorsports lately?

this is very long overdue (at least 2 months worth of news), because i simply didn't have time to put it together. i tried to split it into categories that make sense, so you can only focus on what you are interested in. all mistakes are my own and there has been so much happening i probably forgot something as well :))

Women in Motorsport and F1 Academy

Alisha Palmowski was the F1 Academy wildcard entry for Qatar GP (and did amazing)

for the last race weekend in Abu Dhabi, it is Logan Hannah in a special F1 Academy livery

A bizarre situation happened in F1 Academy: the second race was cancelled in Qatar because of track reparations after a Porsche Cup crash into the barriers, then in Abu Dhabi, they added a third race but instead of taking the positions for it from the last quali in Qatar, they took a third time in Adu Dhabi’s quali and awarded two more points for it – therefore they stripped Abbi off her title that weekend and she had to earn it again which she did of course, so technically she became a champion of the same series twice within the same season

Michele Mouton got Lifetime Achievement Award at FIA gala

as a champion, Abbi gets full funded 2025 GB3 championship seat

Luna Fluxa became karting champion in Senior category of the Champions of the Future Academy Programme

there is also 400% increase of female karters in BIKC finals this years with the help of Discover Your Drive F1A programme

again, this is very late but here is a list of all drivers that took part in the Women's test in FE in Madrid: Marti and Chambers for Andretti, Buhler for Mahindra, Chadwick and Wadoux for Jaguar, Edgar and Visser for DS Penske, de Silvestro for Kiro Race, Koyama for Lola Yamaha, Gabča Jílková <3 and Garcia for Porsche, Pulling and Flörsch for Nissan, Bustamante and Lloyd for McLaren, Calderon and Schreiner for Maserati and Palmowski and Powell for Envision

Hitech is also joining F1 Academy as 6th team from 2025 onwards

Michelle Gatting officially became Porsche factory driver as a part of Iron Dames/Porsche collab

oh and Iron Dames have a new face joining: Celia Martin

Karen Gaillard won the national junior shootout as the first woman ever and became a part of Porsche Junior Programme

Doriane Pin appeared as a guest on Jimmy Kimmel (idk how to explain in F1 terms how huge this is)

All confirmed 2025 F1 Academy drivers so far:

Lia Block for Williams

Doriane Pin with Prema and Mercedes (and she will also reace in Freca as part of Iron Dames)

Chloe Chambers for Red Bull Ford

Alisha Palmowski for Red Bull Racing

Nina Gademan for Alpine

Rafaela Ferreira for Racing Bulls

Ella Lloyd for McLaren

Alba Hurup Larsen for Tommy Hilfiger

Courtney Cobe for Haas

Emma Felbermayr for Sauber

Rules, FIA and its president

After Red Bull’s protest, FIA banned protective skid blocks on the plank of the car which affected 7 out of 10 teams

The controversial McLaren rear wing with “mini DRS” is now officially illegal and new tests will be added from next season onwards to prevent other teams using it (because it wasn’t open when the car was still, only when moving and particularly at straights)

Mohammed Ben Sulayem wants to change up the rules/governing in FIA which comes down to him having more direct power and preventing him from getting backlash from it (update since the last time I wrote this down: he passed it through the voting and FIA moves even more towards autocracy)

Liberty Media might be in trouble for the MotoGP take over (let's wait for European Union to give more details)

FIA showed the new 2026 car concept after some clarifications

Sulayem said if drivers want paid full time professional stewards, they should pay for them (as their predicted operating result is 2,2m which is a big jump after -24m in 2021... it is a non-profit organization btw)

Pirelli is (as per usual) from the post season tyre testing when they found out the C6 tyres are essentially useless because they do not even hold on for a full lap

F1 st up a diversity and inclusion charter to help marginalized group into F1

Juniors

F2 and F3 will race in Madrid from 2026 onwards

Kimi and Ollie were meant to take part in Super Formula Suzuka test but Kimi had to pull out last minute due to illness (which forced him to skip the last race as well), from other names you might know Correa or Frederick too

Carrie Schreiner, Zane Maloney and Theo Pourchaire leave Sauber junior academy (Carrie will be their ambassador for 2025, Theo is development driver for Peugeot in WEC and Zane is in FE)

Williams signed karter Will Green for their junior academy

F2 confirmed line up so far:

HITECH: Luke Browning, Dino Beganovic

INVICTA: Roman Staněk (round of applause for my boy please) and Leo Fornaroli

AIX: Joshua Durksen, Cian Shields

CAMPOS: Arvid Lindblad, Pepe Martí

PREMA: Seb Montoya, Gabriele Mini

TRIDENT: Sam Meguetounif, Max Esterson

RODIN: Christian Mansell

MP MOTORSPORT: Richard Verschoor, Oli Goethe

ART GP: Ritomo Miyata

DAMS: Jak Crawford, Kish Maini

F3 confirmed line up so far:

MP MOTOSPORT: Alessandro Giusti, Tim Tramnitz, Bruno del Pino

HITECH: Joshua Dufek, Martinus Stenshorne, Gerrard Xie

PREMA: Ugo Ugochukwu, Brando Badoer, Noel Leon

RODIN: Callum Voisin, Roman Bilinski, Louis Sharp

DAMS: Matias Zagazetta, Nicola Lacorte

TRIDENT: Rafa Camara, Noah Stromsted, Charlie Wurz

CAMPOS: Nikola Tsolov (rip), Tasanapol Inthraphuvasak, Mari Boya

ART: James Wharton, Laurens Van Hoepen, Tukka Taponen

VAR: Theophile Nael

Other racing series

Mick leaves the role of Merc reserve driver at the end of this year, but he got confirmed for Alpine’s WEC line up for 2025

Mitch Evans had technical issues in qualifying of the first race of the new season, so he was dead last on the starting grid and then he used up a bit of good luck and climbed up to P1 to win the race from the last place

Jamie Chadwick and Logan Sargeant will be driving LMP2 car number 18 in the 2025 European Le Mans Series with IDEC Sport

There is a rumour Toyota wants Ricciardo in Supercars or Nascar for next year

super old news i forgot to share: Ugo Ugochukwu won Macau GP (even with the 1000 red flags)

Jorge Martin won the Moto GP championship for the first time ever

Alpine will sponsor Pramac Yamaha in MotoGP from 2025 onwards

Andre Lotterer will continue with hypercar for Genesis

and Robert Kubica will continue with AF Corse

Iron Lynx switched from Lamborgini to Merc in LMGT3 WEC for 2025 onwards

Future of F1

Monza and Monaco both got extended till 2031 with Monaco moving places to let Canada come after Miami, also with some rumours about the hosting fee being significantly higher for Monaco after years of paying the least of all venues, Chinese GP got extended until 2030 and Zandvoort got one year extension till 2026 which will be the last edition of the GP for some time and as a “celebration” it will be a sprint weekend

General Motors’ application to join F1 from 2026 onwards came through and Cadillac/GM confirmed Mario Andretti as CEO? Whatever. And they also appointed Guanyu’s manager Graeme Lowdon as team principal

Cadillac will be using Ferrari engine for multiple years after they enter in 2026, they want to use their own engines by 2030 though

also Andretti Racing Limited changed its name to Cadillac Formula Racing Limited (objectively hilarious)

oh and Rob White will joing Andretti Global as chief of operations

With the FIA gala 2024 taking place there, Rwanda officially announced their bid to host an F1 race

Este will have the first female race engineer (or so everyone claims and i was too tired to check at this point but wasn't Ruth a race engineer at some point) in Haas next year with Laura Muller

Qiddiya circuit should host Saudi Arabian GP from 2027 onwards

James Vowles admitted that the crashes this year will probably negatively influence them in 2025 as well

Argentina wants to get a GP in their country but so far there is a lot of work and a lot of talks so it wouldn't be anytime near

Czech Republic would also like to host F1 gp after motogp is returning here, Masarykův circuit in Brno is in talks (but we are talking 5 years plan at least), there would be a lot of work done again BUT the owner (rights holder? idk the position) is good friends with Mohammed Ben Sulayem so there is that

this is also old but idk if i mentioned it in previous round ups: from 2025 the minimum driver weight is increased to 82 kgs to try to avoid drivers going throught extreme dieting as there is more talks about how big of a toll it takes on them

Andretti said that F1 is now open to 12th team as well

Teams and drivers

Jack lost the fight for race number 12 with Kimi for next year and will be racing under number 7 (but he raced under 61 during the last weekend)

Kimi also isn’t doing too well tho, he had to miss out both on the sprint race and the feature race this weekend as he has been diagnosed with food poisoning and the doctor advised him against racing)

Gabriel Bortoleto will be running under number 5 starting next year

Charles won the overtake of the month of November (and you can vote for his overtake in Abu Dhabi in the overtake of the month poll, which gives you opportunity to win 2025 Miami GP tickets)

Haas signed a new sponsorship deal with Chicago uni (wow)

Santander is leaving with Carlos meaning they signed a multiyear sponsorship deal with Williams from 2025 onwards

Yuki admitted he spent about 3 hours in interrogation room when he arrived to the usa (just days after fans got mad at Charles saying, “maybe try in Spanish” and calling it racist – you have to see the difference at this point and realize there are poc on the grid and Carlos is not one of them but alas)

George and Charles both confirmed none of the drivers were informed about the race director’s change before they saw it in the media

Checo apologized (or like. Tried to) for his father’s homophobic language towards Ralph Schumacher

Lewis will test F1-75 for the first time on 22nd January in Fiorano

Ferrari made a send off for Carlos by letting him and his father drive F1-75 together today (Charles came to watch over the cars)

Guanyu randomly participated in a gaming event (CS GO?)

Aston Martin signed Dani Juncadella as a simulator driver

this is pure gossip at this part of the season but Guanyu is in talks to be Ferrari reserve driver (which to be fair. there are many signs poiting to this and f1 is always about the subtle signs so)

McLaren is apparently "taking brave risks" with the 2025 car

Ferrari will unveil their car on 19th February (the day after the London show) in Maranello :))

Silly season

There are some rumours Briatore is interested in Franco, and this is Jack’s one chance to prove himself but you know it is Alpine so…

Este wasn’t allowed to finish the season with Alpine or visit the factory to say goodbye to the workers he worked alongside for 5 years – all in exchange for the post season test with Haas (he posted the special helmet he had ready for the last GP though and he came to the usual drivers’ dinner in Abu Dhabi)

Helmut Marko said that Checo doesn’t have his seat guaranteed and they will meet with the board after the season to discuss the second seat

today multiple even more credible sources are reporting he is officially out of the seat and being replaced by Liam Lawson (which would probably include Hadjar in the second Racing Bulls seat)

also Hadjar was kinda speaking about this back in Qatar saying that he knows he doesn't need to stress about F2 anymore and hinting at an F1 seat

OK UPDATE: i will not be rewriting everything but Checo is officially out of red bull racing seat for 2025, expect the second seat to go to Liam probably and the announcement coming this week, probably tomorrow

Valtteri lowkey spilled the tea about Sauber, he was promised that the team would be built around him in Audi, but then it quickly became apparent they have no real plans, and any aims and targets Fred had went into the bin as he left

he should probably head to Mercedes as a reserve driver as per multiple rumours

he also said he turned down an Indycar offer

Frederic let Carlos go one day earlier than planned so he could do Williams filming day on Monday instead of just testing for Williams on Tuesday

a lot of noise about what "could have been" with Toto claiming he would get Charles if he knew sooner that Lewis is leaving, Max claiming he got an offer from Ferrari, Briatore claiming Fernando got an offer from Williams before signing to Aston and Carlos claiming he was 90% (or was it 99%?) sure he would re-sign with Ferrari again

Kevin Magnussen got confirmed as WRT's driver in WEC hypercar for 2025

lots of people have been speaking about Max potentially retiring after winning another championship, announcing the pregnancy and organizing a part for all Red Bull staff in Abu Dhabi where he appeared as a speaker (but it is unfounded for now)

Ted Kravitz thinks that Alex Albon has a Red Bull exit clause in his Williams contract

Michael Manning (Max's trackside control engineer since 2016) is leaving F1

End of the season

Based on reports, Lewis organized the dinner again and Valtteri paid for everyone (and someone poisoned Charles there rip)

To add to Charles’ misfortunes, his battery cannot be saved anymore so he missed a part of the FP1 with his brother Arthur, then they announced they are taking a new battery so he will get 10 places grid penalty, then he had a slight PU issue at the start of fp2 (and then Jean Alesi broke out he has food poisoning and almost didn’t sleep) and then they had to change his plank because of extreme wear and give him a new one, then his time in Q2 (which put him to provisional p1) got deleted for track limits (while two other drivers with the same track limits violation in the same turn got their laps reinstalled)… fastforward a few hours and he made it to the podium from p19

It wasn’t enough to get McLaren tho, so McLaren grabbed their first World Constructor’s Championship win in 26 years

Abu Dhabi was an outing for many juniors (Arthur in Carlos’ car to make history as first time brothers drove for the same team in F1, Luke Browning in Williams, Isack Hadjar in Red Bull, Felipe Drugovich in Aston Martin, Ayumu Iwasa in VCARB, Ryo Hirakawa in McLaren and technically also Jack Doohan in Alpine)

also arthur was displayed as LEL to avoid confusion with LEC

Many drivers did after season young driver testing in Abu Dhabi although there was a change: Kimi Antonelli still wasn’t feeling well after he got food poisoning so after withdrawing from the last sprint race and feature race, he had to follow doctor’s orders and also withdraw from the testing (so Fred Vesti jumped in)

Max served his community service at the FIA Gala in Rwanda with young drivers

oh Max also randomly tested GTP and Yuki indycar while in the US

fun fact, remember the punctures in qatar? pirelli believes they had nothing to do with the debris on track which just raises more question marks imo

Alex and Guanyu swapped their helmets in Abu Dhabi (also idk if i mentioned but Goerge made a special helmet for lewis and Charles made one for Carlos)

Other news

Formula E donated 250k to More than Equal and Wings for Life charities as part of the bet that Max will win the championship

Alex Jacques is ending as F2 commentator

Ollie will now has his own merch line with his bear logo

[this is actually very sad, illness TW] Eddie Jorden admitted he was diagnosed with cancer and urged everyone to get their checkups

Oscar's trainer Kim Keedle is leaving F1

Tyler the Creator's Gold and Lewis' 44+ partnered for a capsule ahead of Las Vegas GP

Ollie was fangirling over Jannik Sinner at ATP finals

Franco and Guanyu both had their respective magazine photoshoots (GQ Spain Men of the Year and Man About Town) slayed them

Sophia Flörsch tried to cancel Lewis for not investing into diversity or whatever (completely missed the mark there tbh)

Christian Horner received a CBE for his services in motorsport????

there is a bit of mess behind the scenes about the F1 75 event in London because the tickets famously sold out it minutes and the official F1 rules state that the only valid tickets are from them and people who buy them from resellers won't be let in, that didn't go unnoticed by viagogo that posted about ticket resale being legal in the UK and banning their tickets would go against the anti-monopol rules :)

Older gossips I forgot to share months ago:

Oakes has primary buying rights if Alpine were to sell, it has been a part of the deal to make him the team principal of Alpine – he is Hitech CEO (or team principal? I always get all these positions twisted) and played a crucial role into signing Paul Aron as an Alpine reserve since he was Hitech driver as well

Binotto has been desperately trying to gain staff from Ferrari, but not many workers are interested in the project that doesn’t seem to have a strong position among the upcoming new regs so far

Pierre was looking for a place elsewhere before he found out that he doesn’t have a chance anywhere else – due to history like with VCARB or other candidates already being on the list in front of him like with HAAS – so he did the only possible thing and signed contract extension with Alpine

If Max were to follow Newey to Aston Martin in the future if they somehow manage to nail the new regulations for 2026 for example, Lance is said to be looking at WEC options

Domenicali wanted Zandvoort to include other “entertainment measures” besides racing (whatever that may be to him) and the investors weren’t willing to do that so there was a mutual agreement to end the partnership

Checo does have a contract with red bull but not neccesarily to race with the f1 red bull racing team so expect something like "ambassador" role or 3rd driver etc.

most of the george/max beef is made up, esp the quotes because a photograph was present when they had a conversation in front of the stewards room (max told george that he will get him back the next day into t1) and as for stewards everyone goes there individually (only with team representative/representatives)

Ferrari was the last constructor (so along with their customer teams, although Sauber already changed it) to use push rod front suspension and they will be changing to pull rod for 2025 onwards

allegedly FBI was at Las Vegas GP as part of investigation into Andretti (i call bullshit)

you know how F1 told no to Andretti? apparently there is personal beef between the CEO of Liberty Media Greg Maffei (yes the one who is leaving the moment GM are confirmed) and Andretti

Yuki moved to Milan, he lives SUPER close to Pierre and they had a party when he officially moved in as a part of "housewarming"???

Random “fun” facts I learned recently:

Fangio was once KIDNAPPED so he couldn’t drive in a GP in Cuba (it was someone from Fidel Castro’s party that kidnapped him)

In the upgrades, you only need to announce changes that are visible (aka once you change something “inside” it is not on the list of upgrades for each weekend)

Charles can never tank a random number of liters into his car, it always has to be some nice round up number and he has “a huge car that drinks a lot, so he can fit 150 liters into it)

Gio got married!!! (they grow up so fast)

Ollie will race with number 87 next year and his father David Bearman raced in GT racing under the same number

this one's really not fun and pretty old news, someone stole a steel statue of Gilles Villeneuve from Canada

Las Vegas had a huge problem last year with many areas of the track being easily accessible by random bystanders for viewing the race for free and for this year they stepped up with different barrieres and coverage at places that were "vulnerable" last year - YET there was a part with escalators that had view of the track so some people spent hours going up and down those to see the race

#gossip night #f1 #long post #e #2024 #winter break #uhh yeah sorry if i misspelled anything or forgot it is 2am

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ywpd-translations · 1 year ago

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Ride 768: Doubashi attack!!

Pag 1

1: Orange....

“Less of a hero”? Ah!?

2: Nonsense!!

You've never been a hero to begin with!!

Pag 2

1: Ha..... Hakogaku!!

Even Hakogaku caught up!!

2: Thick.... thick.....

3: A man like this holds the strongest of powers!!

6: I'm thin compared to him!!

That's not true, Oosumi-kun!!

7: Senpai, is he strong?

The Hakogaku member who last year defeated Sohoku's Kaburagi in the first day's sprint is

Pag 3

1: him, Doubashi Masakiyo!!

Buah!!

Pag 4

2: Buah...

So in the end you've decided to run?

3: “Chicken”

Pag 5

1: We're passing by the sign the signals 5km until the sprint line!!

2: Hakone Academy.....!!

3: Ace sprinter, Doubashi!!

Ugh.....

6: We're at “5km left” until the sprint

7: There's not much left

Pag 6

1: It won't take more than “10 minutes”!!

2: So you've come, Doubashi!!

It's “san”!!

San!!

How many times have I told you!!

3: Again!!

Pag 7

1: You want to get revenge against me!!

2: That's how someone who won last year would speak, but you lost against me!!

3: Hahaha, are you being a sore loser?

I'm telling you you're the one who lost!!

4: Whatever, come at me!!

It's not whatever, what are you even thinkin when saying that!!

Are you that self confident

Pag 8

1: We'll definitely win!!

2: Interesting, buah!! I came here to humble you!!

4: Ugh....

He's different.....!! He's much more dangerous now that he's running rather than when I met him this morning in the tent!!

Pag 9

1: Hakone Academy's Doubashi!! He's so overwhelmingly intimidating!!

It's like the pressure of a huge raging bull that has its eyes on you!!

2: Just by looking at me he makes me feel like my hands and feet are restrained

Issa fought against someone like him last year!?

4: No!!

5: Calm down

Steady your breathing

6: Swallow your nerves, Danchiku Ryuuhou!!

Pag 10

1: He moved on his own!!

Everyone is so overpowered by Hakogaku that they're not moving!!

For me, on the contrary

2: It's a chance!!

Nagoya's Komao used the curve and jumped ahead

He plans on going ahead alone!!

Pag 11

3: The sprint line is 5km from here!!

Horse acceleration!!

I think I can aim for a breakaway victory!!

4: That guy has a reputation for running solo!!

Gallop!!

This is bad!!

5: Doubashi has an incredible pressure!? But isn't this kind of things

6: just fears that we create ourselves!?

7: I can keep going like this!!

Doubashi isn't worth fearing!!

Pag 13

1: Where are you going?

3: Uaaaaaaagh

Pag 14

1: I thought I was 200m ahead of him, and yet

2: I could have let you go freely, but if you keep wandering around in front of my eyes like that

3: I can't win comfortably!!

Wa-

Pag 15

1: Hakogaku's Doubashi accelerated in an instant and passed Nagoya!!

Gallop!!

2: Together with Sohoku!!

3: Ah!? “Sohoku”!? Tch!! He reacted at the same time as me...?

4: You're the only one who can react at the same speed as me in this leading pack

Orange!!

Pag 16

2: Chicken!!

Pag 17

2: Orange is still behind!?

3: Did he give an order to this guy?

4: And he still managed to keep up with my speed of reaction!?

6: What, this guy's eyes, this running

Pag 18

1: What happened, your expression has changed!!

So this guy wasn't a chicken!!

2: Sorry, Doubashi-san

We'll take this sprint

3: The two of us!!

Pag 19

1: Garuaagh

2: After stopping Nagoya down, Sohoku number 5 jumped out from there

3: and attacked again!!

Tch

4: Hahaha

I told you!!

Pag 20

1: “We'll definitely win”!!

2: Orange!!

Hahaha, what we're aiming for is to be

3: “Japan's number one”!!

4: I'll make you Japan number two!!

#yowamushi pedal #yowamushi pedal translations #yowapeda #yowapeda manga #yowamushi pedal manga #yowamushi pedal spoilers #ride 768 #kaburagi keeps being the funniest person around i adore him asdhsdgfkd #how tf did he became 100 times more stupid since aoyagi left #did aoyagi take aways all of his braincells when he left????#was he actually kaburagi's brain????#anyway i adore him and i adora his relationship with doubashi ashdlsdfjhlds #their whole exchange in this chapter made me laugh so much i took longer than necessary to translate that part lmao #the best way to defeat your opponent is just to pretend youve won already against the #mental battle won: kabu 1 doubashi 0 #now leaving those two dumbasses aside for a moment #DANCHIKUUUUU YOU FUCKING GO BOYYYYY #its his time to shine you go boy show us (and doubashi) what youve got #i love this thing they have where kabu gives the order #bc one would think danchiku (being the one with a brain) would do that but nope! kabu does #and when it comes down to it he is pretty good at it #btw lets not forget that kiji is about to arrive too #and hes going to be the last - which means by kabu's logic that hes the hero #which means that hes gonna win????#idk i feel like thats whats gonna happen

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drearrryyy · 4 days ago

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Cow girl- but without the rope

𝙲𝚑𝚊𝚙𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝟸

The bus hissed to a stop just outside the towering gates of U.A. High School, the prestigious academy gleaming under the morning sun. Umeko stepped off with a long stretch, arms overhead, her duffel slung over one shoulder. Her fluffy brown hair caught the light, her highland cow ears twitching under the brim of her patched-up sun hat.

She let out a low whistle, staring up at the sheer size of the main building.

"Well," she said to no one in particular, "that cost me as much as three hens and two roosters just to get here. Better be worth it."

Clutching the crumpled ticket in her pocket, she wandered forward, boots clacking against the pavement. Her gaze drifted to a loud commotion up ahead.

A spiky-haired blond boy—face twisted in an impressive level of rage—was snarling at a quieter green-haired boy who seemed to shrink under the weight of the verbal barrage.

"Huh," Umeko muttered, chewing the inside of her cheek. "City folk are so...dramatic."

She watched curiously as the angry boy stormed off, leaving the green-haired one rattled and pale. He took a shaky step forward—and promptly tripped.

Before his face could meet concrete, a brown-haired girl nearby flicked her fingers, and his fall came to a soft halt, floating just inches above the ground.

He blinked in surprise, and she leaned forward with a laugh.

"Are you okay? I stopped you with my quirk. I'm sorry I didn't ask first but..."

Umeko smiled a little, watching the exchange, but her attention was already being pulled to the massive, modern building ahead. She wandered inside, her boots squeaking against polished floors as her eyes widened like saucers.

The testing room was enormous—more like an auditorium than a classroom. Rows and rows of seats stretched out before a raised stage. Her ears flicked back as she made her way down the stairs, muttering, "I could fit half the village in here... maybe even the cows too."

She found an open seat near the edge, wriggling into place and hugging her bag to her chest. Around her, chatter buzzed low and steady, a mixture of nerves and excitement. Her fluffy ears twitched, picking up pieces of conversation—battle strategies, quirks, theories. Most of it sounded like gibberish to her.

Then, suddenly, the lights dimmed.

A bright flare lit the front of the room, and a tall man with neon yellow hair and tinted shades sprang onto the stage like a lightning bolt.

"What's up, U.A. candidates? Thanks for tunin' in to me, your school DJ! Come on, let me hear ya!"

The room fell silent.

Umeko blinked and slowly raised one hand in the air. "Woooo!" she called out, voice loud and proud.

Her cheer echoed awkwardly off the walls.

Present Mic grinned wide and pointed. "There we go! Cow girl in the corner knows how to party!"

Several heads turned. Umeko just smiled sheepishly, shrugging with a "what can ya do?" expression.

Then the exam explanation began.

Projectors lit up, showcasing simulated battlefields and towering robots. Rules were rattled off at lightning speed, numbers and terms flying faster than Umeko could track. She leaned forward, squinting.

"Wait... wait, so... we fight the big ones? Or avoid 'em? What's a villain point again?"

She tilted her head, horns clinking lightly against her seat's backrest.

By the time the screen faded and instructions were done, she clapped along with everyone else, whispering to herself, "Okay, okay... not too bad. Just pretend they're bulls. Big, shiny, metal bulls."

And with that, Umeko stood, ready to prove that even a farm girl from the mountains could shake the ground at U.A.

The air buzzed with tension as the gates to the testing arena burst open.

Umeko charged in with the crowd of applicants, her ram-like horns catching the sunlight and her fluffy ears twitching with excitement. Her boots slammed against the pavement as her heart pounded, not with fear—but pure, unfiltered adrenaline.

"Let's gooo!" she whooped, grinning wildly.

Ahead, metal beasts loomed—robotic threats of all sizes stomping through the simulated city. As students scattered and unleashed flashy quirks, Umeko didn't hesitate. She darted forward, launching herself off a broken car hood, then springing from a wall to a second-story ledge with practiced ease.

Farm life had made her limbs strong, her body sturdy—and surprisingly nimble.

She zipped across rooftops and catwalks, barreling straight into a two-pointer with a devastating shoulder-check. It crumpled like scrap metal. Another tried to grab her with claw-like arms—she ducked, grabbed its wrist, and ripped it clean off, using it like a club.

Then came a three-pointer.

It dropped from above with a heavy thud, sensors whirring. Umeko squinted at it and smirked.

"Alright, big guy. You're my kinda problem."

She threw herself at it, locking arms around its midsection. They wrestled—metal groaning against bone and muscle as she heaved and grunted. Sparks flew as it tried to crush her in its grip, but she grit her teeth and dropped her weight, twisting like she was bringing down a rowdy bull.

With a yell, she planted her feet, arched her back—and launched the robot skyward.

It flew above the rooftops, a jagged blur against the blue.

"Yee-haw!" she laughed, wiping her brow. "One-way trip to the scrapyard."

It landed with a hard stomp in a debris-strewn alley and immediately locked onto her next targets. She ran through them like a battering ram, using her sheer weight and strength to barrel through lines of enemy bots. Mechanical limbs and gears scattered in her wake.

Off to the side, she spotted a familiar mess of green hair. The nervous boy from earlier was hesitating, eyes darting everywhere.

"Still starin'? Get a move on!" she called out, but he didn't hear her. With a shrug, she turned and punched another bot so hard its head sailed off into the distance. She casually counted in her head.

"Forty-seven... forty-eight... oh, hey—that makes forty-nine."

Just as she kicked a smoking torso out of the way, the ground rumbled.

Her ears perked.

The shadow that fell over the arena made her freeze, head slowly tilting upward. The zero-pointer towered above them all—massive, monstrous, unstoppable.

"Nope," she muttered, narrowing her eyes. "No way they want us to fight that.”

But when she turned her head, she saw it—someone pinned beneath rubble. A brown-haired girl—the one from earlier—was struggling, helpless.

Then, without warning, the green-haired boy sprinted past her.

Umeko's eyes widened.

"Wait... is he—?"

He launched himself into the air, screaming with all he had. His limbs stretched back, power surging, and then—

CRACK!

He slammed into the robot's face with a blow so powerful, it toppled. The zero-pointer collapsed in a deafening explosion of metal and dust.

Umeko stared, stunned. "Holy cow..."

But then she saw it—he was falling. Fast.

She bolted, racing the brown-haired girl to reach him. The girl reached him first, slapping his face mid-air.

"Huh... did she just slap him?" Umeko blinked.

Then the boy floated—limp, but no longer plummeting.

Umeko caught him, steadying him, and gently helped lower him the rest of the way. She crouched beside him, watching the flicker of his breath.

"Dang, he really went all-out," she murmured, brushing sweaty bangs from his forehead.

A choked sound came from behind her—she turned just in time to see the brown-haired girl bend over and throw up from exertion.

The buzzer rang. The test was over.

Umeko sat back with a long exhale, the dust slowly settling around her.

"Well," she muttered with a crooked smile, "what a test. No one does it like city folk, huh?"

She laughed quietly to herself and looked up at the blue sky, already wondering what came next.

Umeko stepped into the sleek halls of U.A. High, her brand-new shoes clicking against the pristine tile floor. She glanced down at them, her lips curling into a grin.

"Four thousand yen on sale," she murmured proudly. "City stores really don't know how to price things proper."

Her fluffy highland cow ears twitched as she looked around, scanning the hall for the elusive Class 1-A door. Everything about the school felt so polished, so... official. Back home, school was just one building. All the kids—no matter their age—shared the same creaky room. Sometimes you did math next to a six-year-old drawing clouds, and if someone was working on college essays, you just kept your voice down and hoped the goats didn't break in again.

"This place is like a whole other world," she muttered, gently rubbing her horns.

She passed a window and caught her reflection—tail flicking behind her, hair a bit wild despite her attempts to tame it. It still felt surreal.

The memory of the acceptance disk popped into her head—floating holograms, fancy projections, way too many buttons. "We're pleased to inform you..." and then a bunch of other stuff she had to ask her mom to help decode. All she'd really cared about was the number: 53 points.

Turned out, a few of those were "rescue points," for helping the green-haired boy and stopping rubble from falling on others. She hadn't even thought about it at the time—it just felt like the right thing to do. But now, standing in this hallway in this unbelievable building, she found herself wondering...

"Did that green-haired boy make it in too?"

She stopped in front of the big sliding door marked Class 1-A. With a deep breath, she pushed it open.

The classroom was bright, modern, and bigger than she expected. A few students were already inside, some sitting, some chatting, all looking like they walked out of a hero magazine.

Her eyes swept across the room.

One boy sat coolly at his desk with one leg propped up. He oozed confidence—or arrogance, she couldn't quite tell.

Then her gaze landed on a student with bright yellow hair and a jagged black lightning bolt streaking through it. He perked up a little when he saw her, flashing a friendly look.

Wonder what his quirk is, she thought with curiosity.

Before she could approach, a voice cut through the air.

"Greetings, fellow student! I am Tenya Iida from the Somei Private Academy!"

The speaker was a tall, blue-haired guy with glasses so sharp they could probably double as weapons. He offered a formal bow.

Umeko blinked, then laughed a little, offering her hand. "Umeko Yoshida, born and raised out in the sticks. My quirk's called cow—kinda makes me strong, heavy, and, uh, durable. Got these too," she added, pointing to her horns and tail. "The tail's mostly for balance, and the ears are a pretty bonus, but the horns are great for wrestlin' livestock."

She paused, then grinned. "Also, if you ever need help wrangling a loose chicken, I'm your girl."

She started rambling about her farm—mentioning cows, corn, and the time she fought off a wild boar with a bucket—when the classroom door slid open again.

In stepped the green-haired boy.

Her ears perked up.

"Huh. He did get in."

Before she could say anything, Iida stormed over to confront him. Something about secret objectives and improper behavior during the exam.

Umeko tilted her head, squinting. "Secret what-now?"

Shrugging, she trotted over once Iida finished his speech, giving the nervous boy a wide smile.

"Hey, you! City boy!" she greeted. "Your quirk was super cool in the test—real flashy stuff! That punch you threw? WHEW!" She mimed an explosion with her hands. "I figured if anyone was makin' it in here, it'd be you. Congrats!"

She gave him a friendly slap on the back that nearly knocked him forward.

"Name's Umeko, by the way. You're officially the most 'city folk' person I've ever met— and that's sayin' somethin'."

Umeko barely finished her playful jab when the green-haired boy turned toward her, eyes wide and a little overwhelmed by all the attention.

"O-oh! Uh—hi!" he said, fumbling for words. "I'm Izuku Midoriya. Nice to meet you!"

He gave a small bow, hands twitching nervously at his sides.

Umeko beamed. "Nice to meetcha too, Midoriya! You've got the vibe of a nervous goat but the strength of a mountain ox. Can't wait to see you in action again!"

Midoriya gave a shaky laugh, clearly unsure if that was a compliment, but nodded appreciatively nonetheless.

Before either of them could say more, the door slid open again and in walked a familiar face—short, brown-haired, and smiling as brightly as the sun.

"Plain guy!" she called as she jogged over. "You're here too! I'm so glad!"

Umeko recognized her instantly. The floating girl from the exam.

"Heya!" Umeko grinned, waving. "Nice catch back there, by the way. You're quick!"

"Oh! Thank you!" the girl replied, giving a little bow. "I'm Ochaco Uraraka—it's great to meet you both!"

"Uraraka, huh?" Umeko repeated, then gave her a thumbs-up. "Love your vibe. Very soft but also 'I could suplex you if I needed to.' That's a good mix."

Uraraka giggled. "That's... oddly specific, but thank you!"

The three of them chatted for a few more seconds before they heard a voice. The chatter died after a second as they turned toward the hall.

A yellow sleeping bag sat in the middle of the floor.

Umeko's ears twitched. "Wait... that's not a bag..."

The sack unzipped and a man practically slithered out of it, wrapped in a dark capture weapon scarf, hair a mess, face half-buried in exhaustion.

"I'm Shota Aizawa," he said with a yawn. "Your homeroom teacher. It took you all eight seconds to quiet down. Time's precious—try to be more efficient."

Umeko blinked, eyes wide.

Then her face lit up.

"Whoa..." she muttered. "He's awesome. Like... a shadowy bull. Calm, heavy, and looks like he'd stomp you into the dirt if you spooked him too loud."

Midoriya glanced at her, eyebrows raised.

"I mean that in the best way!" she added quickly, raising her hands. "City folk might not get it."

Uraraka stifled a giggle.

Aizawa continued, deadpan. "Put these on and head to the field."

He held up a gym uniform.

Umeko blinked again, her cheerful face slowly shifting to one of mild confusion.

"Wait... what's that for?"

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imdrivingsolo · 1 year ago

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what a shock that this came out during a gp weekend? and with f1 academy’s race being held? is red bull dominance really worth the life of a woman? would love to see anyone (meaning pundits/f1 big wigs) talk about that instead of how good the car is or if max is going to merc or whatever, it’s a bit sad that no one is properly addressing it publicly that i’ve seen (might be wrong)

horner continues to sit pretty while this goes on but go red bull i guess

#formula 1 #f1 #red bull racing #max verstappen #grand prix comments #daniel ricciardo

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agendabymooner · 2 years ago

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AGENDABYMOONER'S DIRECTORY: CHARACTERS

NOTE: THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR THE 400 FOLLOWERS! Oh my god. As I said, this was just some sort of self-indulgent blog but I am so glad to share my work with you. Thank you all so much for being there and to everyone who likes them so much they were more than willing to engage in my fangirl phase/behaviour/whatever. I am so glad I've entered the F1 realm all those months ago lol!

To remove all of the confusion to my work, here's a character directory 😭 I'm really sorry for that.

Letting you guys know that some of them may be in the same universe but they are not as heavily connected to each other (the only ones who are connected to each other more are The Alessandros and The Hearth Sisters - Trish is only connected in one thing and that's the Rush Wedding Special)

CHARACTER DIRECTORY

THE ALESSANDROS (rushverse)

LORELEI HESTER ALESSANDRO-RICCIARDO: Måneskin bassist. Also known as Lester Allie. Has her own set of fans in F1 as she’s an ambassador for Scuderia Ferrari. Is the middle child of the five kids. Daniel Ricciardo’s other half.

MC from Rush Series and its other extras (9 To 5, Wedding Special, Mrs. Ricciardo Special)

KARA ELEANORA ALESSANDRO: Second oldest sister of Lester. Also known as Nora. A businesswoman. She has a fashion brand. Has two children: Gabriele, 4 and Maris, 2 as of 2024. Divorced before Maris is born. Has been dating George Russell since February.

MC from His Family and Her Lover

JACQUELINA ALESSANDRO: Also divorced and has two sons: Franco, 8 and Andreas, 6. Also known as Lina. Is a model in Italy. She’s quite content being a mother.

NICOLA GRAZIA ALESSANDRO: born in 2000. Known as Cola or Grazie Nichols. An author who works for Tilly’s publishing company as an editor. Recently moved to London and is currently dating Lando Norris.

MC from London Boy and its other parts.

MATEO ALESSANDRO: The only boy and second to the youngest before Cola. He lives and breathes with his equally unhinged in-law, Daniel Ricciardo.

THE HEARTHS (rushverse)

TILLY MARIE FORD WOLFF: 39 Y/O as of 2024. The eldest Hearth sister. CEO of the Hearth Automotive Groups and the founder of The Wolff Publishing. She was previously a journalist and communications liaison but had abruptly made a change in her career path after purchasing half of the Red Bull Racing. She owns 20% of both Scuderia Ferrari and McLaren Racing, as well. She’s married to the owner and general manager of Mercedes team, Toto Wolff, and has three kids with him: Soren (age 8 as of 2024), Tia (age 5), and Adelmo (age 2). Her company does not fully associate with the FiA as to avoid rumours of bias and corruption within the Formula Racing community. Her net worth increased to 5.5 billion after her company sales skyrocketed.

Main character from Colour Me Your Colour series and its extra features.

STEVIE MARLENE FORD HAMILTON: 31 Y/O as of 2024. The second to the oldest Hearth sister. Head of Communications in Scuderia Ferrari and a supermodel with little to no time. Owns 10% of the said team with shares purchased under her investment company, The SMF Association. Married to Mercedes Driver Lewis Hamilton and has a daughter named Lottie. Has a net worth of $164.1 million as of 2024.

MC from Thick and Thin fic

SYLVIE EDSON FORD-VERSTAPPEN/HEARTH: 27 as of 2024. Executive Director of Red Bull Racing’s non-profitable kids/charity programs. Also known as the Wild Mustang or simply Blue for doing a donut in her mother's 1985 blue mustang convertible at the age of 10. Could have been F1’s first female driver since Maria Teresa de Filippis had it been for her expulsion in the academy. Known for her slight dislike for Christian Horner. Max Verstappen’s demise. Net worth is currently at $196.1 million.

MC from To Loathe and to Love series and its extra features.

AIMEE YAEL EDMUNSON: 25 as of 2024. Media Communications Officer of McLaren Racing. The half-sister of Tilly, Stevie and Sylvie. The only Hearth sister who doesn’t enjoy being in front of a camera. Works hard alongside Charlotte to keep Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris in line instead of wandering off. Had to leave from the 2024 season early due to her pregnancy. She’s currently dating Charles Leclerc and has two kids with him: a set of twins named Hervé and Jules Leclerc. Net worth is currently sitting at $91.2 million.

MC from Of Long Lines and Names

AMARA LOUISE EDMUNSON: Aimee’s mother. Businesswoman and owner of several businesses all across the globe - including luxury stores such as Harrods and Selfridges. She raised Aimee alongside Blanche and Aimee’s half-sisters. Much like a family, Amara would take the four as a whole when it comes to trips and thinks that Julius Hearth is a sad excuse of a father. Amara is Tilly, Stevie and Sylvie’s second mother.

BLANCHE CHRISTIE FORD (formerly Hearth): the youngest daughter of William Clay Ford Sr. and the mother of the first three sisters. Owns 30% of Ford Motor Company but doesn’t act as an executive chairman. She, much like Amara, is a grandmother to Soren, Tia, Adelmo, Lottie and the Leclerc twins and would rather be a stay at home Nan to them. Amara and Blanche co-parented for the four and spent nights drinking wine whenever the girls were out. Some had assumed that the two were “very good friends” but who were they to judge or assume?

TRISH ALONSO: Is a professional wrestler who was caught up in the F1 and WWE drama back in 2000s because of a certain Fernando Alonso. Now has kids with the said man.

MC from Heaven and its other parts.

NOTE that she is not as heavily connected to the Hearths and the Alessandros !!!

THE SAN PEDROS (rushverse) !

MAGDALENA SAINZ: Married to Carlos Sainz. A bit unhinged.

MC from Ride Home and its other parts.

PALOMA SAN PEDRO: Magda’s cousin who happens to be crushing on a certain Oscar Piastri (or the other way around?)

MC from Jollibee, Madrid and all the Romance Fiasco

NOTE: These lots are in the same universe as The Hearths and The Alessandros but they are NOT heavily connected to them.

VERA COPPOLA RAIKKONEN: Is married to the Iceman, Kimi Raikkonen, all while she had given birth to the loudest versions of him (and not drunk loud)

MC from Stop the World I Wanna Get Off With You

NOT heavily connected to the Hearths and Alessandros despite being in the same universe.

THE VETTEL SPECIAL

BELINDA HELENA ONG-VETTEL: 34 as of 2024. Also known as Bel Vettel. A billionaire who happened to be a celebrity, artist and a wife to a retired Formula One driver. She is considered a “Crazy Rich Asian” for growing up with money and her endless collection of Hermes bags that she seemed to treat as a fragile canvas. After years of trying and failing, she and Sebastian adopted a son named Kimuel, who was immediately addressed in the grid as Kimi Vettel. Some say that Kimi is a quieter version of Sebastian for his meekness and the sudden switch to cheekiness.

MC from Crazy Rich Wife and its other parts.

BARBARA ELISANDRA BLANCO: 25 as of 2024. Also known as Barbie. She happened to be 15 when Bel and Seb took her in as their foster child and continued to raise her as their own even after she turned 18. She moved to Switzerland with the Vettels after she was guaranteed a better life and opportunity to become a chef. She’s currently enrolled to study in Cesar Ritz College in Le Bouveret - which is a short drive every day so that she’ll have more chances to babysit Kimi, her two year old toddler adoptive sibling. Everyone thinks that she is dating Mick Schumacher, who would often make a visit to the Vettels home whenever he gets the chance. Mick obviously likes her, but does she?

MC from She’s Everything… And He’s Just Mick and its other parts.

ADA ABBOTT-BUTTON: Jenson Button’s wife who definitely made him work for two years straight for her attention. Is the founder of the organizations Arts for Youth and Arts for Kids

MC from the Mr. Darcy Type.

CARMELLA AYALA PEREZ: Miss Universe 2018 winner who happens to be married to a certain Sergio Perez and has two kids with him. Ambassador of Arts for Youth and Arts for Kids Mexico and Philippines.

MC from She’s Beauty, She’s Grace.

THE OTHERS (doesn't have any direct connection)

ALBERTINE PHILIPPA FRANCES SPENCER: Royally rebellious. She was born in 1996, months before her parents got divorced. She’s also married to a certain Mr. Esteban Ocon.

MC from the Royal Wildcard and its other parts

ENSLEY ZARA SOLEIL: Equally in love with Pierre Gasly despite having to make him work real hard for things.

MC from Newsflash and its other parts.

BORA McKINNON: Lance Stroll’s ex who happens to be a Kpop idol. Would probably get back together with Lance.

MC from Gotta Be You

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namranii · 8 months ago

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Girl I'm loving the blog revamp 😝 also now I have a BLUE goldfish called Frank Ocean 🤭 and my sister has a white one called Britney Spears

tysm!! btw idk what happened to ur gary smith request so i have to answer it on this one..

great fish names

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dating gary smith ⋆ ִֶָ ๋𓂃🎐 ⋆

﹒ ◠ headcanons start here ⊹ ﹒

˖⋆࿐໋warning: toxic/abusive relationship˖⋆࿐໋

has an odd fascination with war criminals and nazis (explains the nazi halloween costume doesn’t it?)

extremely emotional when he’s on his medication, it makes him cry like a baby and that’s why he hates taking them so much.

physical violence is something that he relies on, especially when “keeping you in line.” he wont go too far, just a slap or something.

occasionally, he will show love to you. and by love i mean he will be very clingy and possessive.

sometimes he will realize that what he’s doing is just a “tiny bit wrong” but thinks that its too late to apologize to you anyway.

its canon that either his father or grandfather got kicked out of bull worth academy, but for this sake let’s just say it was his father…

its also implied that his parents were/are abusive in some way, because in the start when he mentions that one of his problems were his parents. i feel like this would’ve affected a majority of his life, especially in relationships.

uses some sort of drugs but refuses to smoke cigars because he thinks its stupid.

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taub-truther · 3 months ago

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PJ Hunter: Video Deep Dive Part 1/?

Time to dig into the deep recesses of internet video footage... searching endless hours of mid television for crumbs of my favorite mid man. Here are some choice nuggets I've managed to pull up:

Dear Diary (1996, short film) Peter is in literally thirty seconds of this but it's worth the work of digging it up because he's CUTE and GAY and he gets FLOWERS from his TALL BOYFRIEND. (also.... his butt is very grabbable)

(interesting fact: this was a failed TV pilot which went on to win an Academy Award for short film??? wild)

Talk to Me (2000, E1) Sitcom starring Kyra Sedgwick as a talk radio host, with Peter as her station manager boss. He is kind of a knob, and easily manipulated i.e., when a rival host flirts with him to get what she wants. There are only like three episodes of this show in existence, and I'm kind of amazed I was even able to find one of them.

Bull (2000-2001, S1E2 and S1E3)

Peter plays an attorney who is also a weirdo! I find him charming actually.

NYPD Blue (1993, S1E02) Peter's earliest TV credit! He's literally Just Some Guy doing a background role for like ten seconds, but his voice (and general cuteness) are 100% unmistakable. Look at his hair 😭

(dear god he's a cherub i'm going to fucking scream)

More nuggets to follow in a future post!

#lmao what is wrong with meeee ;-;#deep dive #video collection #peter jacobson

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i-choose-you-cyndaquil · 2 years ago

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the teenage-drama series Nevermore Academy, starring:

yoko — a teenage mom trying to balance life, school, and taking care of her daughter. but with such supportive friends and family, it makes all the hardships worth it.

"you were never a mistake, enid. never." butting her forehead against the crying pup's, she continued with a sad smile. "if they can't see you for who you are, then who needs them?"

enid — yoko's equally teenage daughter who's trying to figure herself out, overcome her insecurities (wolfing out) and maybe find love along the way.

"i never know with you; sometimes you act as if i can't leave fast enough, but then you do something stupid and i'm the first one you call." blue eyes burning with frustrated tears, she clenched her fists, inadvertently piercing herself with her claws. "i'm getting tired of this hot and cold bullshit!"

divina — yoko's supportive girlfriend who didn't realize she was getting a 2-for-1 package. Awkward but loving, she attempts to learn more about enid while trying to overcome the wolf's jealousy. Though msterious in her own right, she might surprise you with how thoughtful she can be. But be warned, if you mess with her family (however unconventional they are) she will come after you.

"who did this to you?"

"look, it doesn't matter." enid promised, brushing off the other girl's helping hands. "we can just pretend this never happened."

"absolutely fucking not," the siren uttered strongly. "what the hell happened?"

"nothing-"

"don't give me that bull!" narrowing her eyes, divina continued speaking. "it was tyler wasn't it? god, when i get my hands on him i'm going to tear him apart!"

And lastly, wednesday — cold to all but very few, this girl does not like to be caught unaware. she's not afraid to say what she's thinking, however soul-crushing it can be, and even looks forward to the fallout the usually occurs afterwards. and though she ignores social niceties, she does try with those who manage to sneak their way past her fortified walls.

"here," wednesday said, abruptly thrusting the plushie onto the sleepy wolf's chest

"whoa!" startled into a scramble, enid unconsciously clutched the object to her chest. "what's this?"

"is this not the toy you were crying about earlier?" she questioned, watching as the other girl lit up when she realized what was in her hands.

"i mean, yeah," giving a brief hug to the dragon, the blonde gave her roommate a confused look. "but they were sold out? how did you get one?"

"five-finger discount," wednesday stated nonchalantly, uncaring of the girl's squawk of horror

#shitpost #wednesday netflix #yoko tanaka #enid sinclair #divina wednesday #wednesday addams #wenclair #i guess this drama centers around enid lol #whoops #maybe i'll add the other characters later #probably not though

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cherriebbyyyy · 5 months ago

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My dear Snoopy the only merch of him I got / other than the plush found 💀

Anyways below is my debrief of my LVGP experience 💖💖💖

Anyways this was my first LVGP and I know for a fact I will be returning to LVGP next year so worth it and hopping I can get more girlies to come and split it so hotel is a bit cheaper

First love how F1-ified everything is like I was in Vegas earlier this year and saw like a few things here and there I loved the Extra promo they had around.

Now to the weather idk if I’m like used to this specific kind of chill ? Or since we were legging it the entire day we just stayed warm but all the vids complaining about the cold had me a little peeved because I cancelled my pool club plans the day b4 when I actually probably would have enjoyed lounging and day drinking, (also to note I had a spirit personal item aka basically a jansport) so space was v limited and didn’t want to waste space in a swim suit + cover up)

Anyways went to the Free Fan Experience that I had gotten b4 I even got my GP ticket manifesting hard being in Vegas. And for a free event it was pretty cool based like the f1 academy was a cool demo, I did the pit stop challenge which was really fun and tiring, while it was just one lug nut I have a new found respect for it, but lowkey alpine should hire me I would have been ready for Estie and had a 6.27 time change.

Looped around the hub a few times and line was LONGGGGGGGG and had a feeling snoopy was also no longer in stock so we didn’t get in line and stopped for food at the restaurant that was basically at the end of the hub line, Had 3/5 chicken wings before I felt like I was getting sick was also drinking like blue lemonade daiquiri not sure what it was but I did vomit it up before even leaving the restaurant so …. Yeah and it was the only thing I had eaten since breakfast but I felt better after because I am queen of Rallying and at this point I am wearing kitten heals so feet are hurtinggggg but we continue and stop at Walgreens where I say Hi to the redbull boys as Max and Checo cutouts great us I buy the foot pain / freeze thing, a sugar free Red Bull, and a buzz ball as we head back to our hotel and I Take the L and buy $20 slides and the gift shop and finally also check in.

All this took btwn when we landed at 11am -4pm on foot and I wish I wore an Apple Watch to get my steps but I know I got a few miles in

Obvi freshen up take note that I have 2 blisters one on each foot and one was already popped !!! Yay.

Relax for a bit after showing put the foot stuff on and get the kitten heals back on because the show goes on. (I pregame my drinks the Red Bull is giving me wings)

We do a few loops and get extra steps in because we are just girls who can’t get instructions correctly 🤗😓 I can carry a pretty good speed walk tho and my friend wore docs she’s also slightly handicapped as we enter the Venetian once again and stop by the hub to see no line and it’s about 7:30 pm we go in and no snoops of course we we just buy malbon crew necks and grab our Amex radios as we get lost in the Venetian trying to go to the sphere zone 💀💀💀 and just barley as we scan out tickets in see the end of the drivers parade.

Food Review that was included w/ ticket

1. All food was Luke warm

2. Had a slice of the cheese pizza it was a 6/10 felt like a frozen pizza that was reheated

3. ‘Savory Pie’ it a chicken pot pie 7/10 this one actually had potential I think would have 10/10 if it was actually hot/warm

4. S’more brownie thing 8/10 very good and decadent

None of the food made me sick so that was a win!

Now drinks in my opinion the should have had a separate line for ppl who didn’t want alcohol anyways the cocktail bar area personally need to be ran better my bartender was like low on supplies and I orders a vodka Red Bull and he had to go look for one and then like told be if I wanted to try it w/ a splash of Jarrito which I said yes but then he also had to look for it so it was like ???? If it wasn’t ready why offer it to me like just taking too long to make a vodka redbull imo. Came back later during the race and wanted a cocktail but even tho the lines were shorter they were takinggggg forever so I just I just got a Heineken from their bar instead way faster.

Now since I got my ticket very last minute, I didn’t really see the vents they were going to be holding before the race so when Ludacris came on best believe I was having a good time! Like his set really hyped up the crowd! He was playing for the ladies which I always appreciate. When baby came on the three other girls in our section, also screamed and we all sang along. Low-key some people gave us a little looks when we sang/ vibing out the songs but also what else are we supposed to do be miserable waiting for the race to start no. Like Move Bitch GET OUT THE WAYYYY was playing during the warm-up laps like having Luda play in the background as the cars went was amazing!! Also I stayed in the same area the entire time next time if I go for all three days my Explorer better options in the zone to see because it was pretty full when the race started, but as it kept going, people dispersed, and some came back and some just left but it was good enough and so crazy to see the actual gaps btwn the cars like 3-5 seconds is actually really long when you watch them zoom also for me it helped knowing who had what color camera on there car like Carlos having the neon yellow and Charlie having black one so when I wasn’t paying attention to the commentary I knew who was passing in front of me. And then on that note the transmission on the radios was a few minutes behind the live race and the audio in the zone also I wish there was a screen so we could keep up with the race and not have to be constantly checking my phone / watching a live stream eating up my phone battery.

Loved the section of ppl we were with because Ferrari based but also pro spanish speaker like I think when Carlos overtook Charles I cheered when they passed us again and quite a few ppl joined in and I was like “Checo common bud we need to do better” and ppl started talking about yeah Checo let’s go! And the next few laps we all cheered for them and colapinto as well that someone else in the section was rallying for and it was just fun cheeeing as they passed like even though they can’t hear us just good vibes in the GA stands

My friend is a Lewis Hamilton stan so we were very happy with the finish and around the last 3 laps we were just singing Viva Las Vegas because Carlos was also on Podi and Max was wdc x4 and the end was great and for those moments my feet didn’t hurt but then we began the trek back and caught the fire work show outside of the Venetian which was also super cool

Skipped out on clubbing because we didn’t want to go in w/ our crew necks and even did have club clothes on the feet were starting to give but I have never been barefoot in Vegas and it was still a touch early for me to start. Got back to hotel about 12:30 ish and scrolled til like 2 and saw all the radio drama lmao and had kinda a bad sleep because I’m like princess and the pee when it comes to pillows and both the ones on my bed didn’t do it for me. Got back up at 5:30 am to get ready to checkout as we had a 7:30am flight, lemme just say Las Vegas at 6am is a very fun people watch experience as we saw other like us getting ready to leave, people bare foot coming back in, a lot of dude bros drunk still looking for the next thing, drunk ppl falling out of the uber as we got on out uber and saw the sunrise over the strip.

The flight back was nice because lots of familiar faces from the flight b4 and so manyyyy ppl in their merch, everyone in my row and I’m assuming most of the place was slumped! Like I had a moment where I woke back up and looks over to my right and the guy next to me asleep and the guy next to him not even on the tray table just fully folded over himself knocked out and closed my eyes and nodded off once again for a few before we landed and I got back home and layed down for the rest of the day as my body was so sore and I had to drain my blister yum yum.

#anyways had lots of fun #def going back and so excited for it !!!!!#las vegas gp live #also yeah the strip was stinky w/ weed scent #makes you miss the good ole days it stank of cigarettes

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I can imagine the absolute goldmine girl Daniel for or omg like they milk it to the extreme because she is the whole package, beautiful funny cool, but also the stuff they try strong arm her into, especially in the early days

it is so important to me that she’s very much Uncool in her junior team and reserve/test driver era. she thinks she’s silly looking, has a baby face and adult braces, is forced to record videos asking if she has any friends in front of tonio liuzzi who primarily speaks to her in italian

truly she’s utilized effectively to the same degree that actual daniel is, just that Red Bull tried putting her in more baby tees (unsuccessfully) and her teammates flirt with her as far as they can while maintaining plausible deniability. like Red Bull really found a pretty girl with a winning personality who was willing to do anything in terms of Silly Activities, and they let her get called ugly by strangers online with no moderation attempts. honestly nothing changes!

there’s definitely more talk of her being better suited as a Grid Girl than a driver, but also that her boobs are too small to really be worth anything in the costumes. the uzhe.

plus there’s the whole F1 Academy endorsement thing she does (but we’ll talk about that later)

you may or may not see what the tifosi think of her, too. (they love her. future queen of ferrari. should have been—would have been—racing royalty.)

#replies #anon #a star in the face of the sky

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RB thoughts! I don't deny that SP11 is doing well! It's just that if RB wants to win the WCC they can't expect for Max to carry the whole team on his shoulders! One off weekend and the gap went from 60ish points iirc to 24 points. 24 points is almost nothing to flip if we consider we're a third of the way through the season. On the topic of possible teammates for Max there are quite a few options, but few viable ones. SP11 staying is the most probable because he's a known quantity. NH27 would've been an option before he signed with Audi. Looking at who other could have been an option, they're not viable for a plethora of reasons: AA23 & PP10 were cut off from the team, DR3, LS2, VB77, ZG24 & KM20 are not actually better than SP11, EO31 & CS55 have historically clashed with Max and they won't absolutely tap in YT22 because he's a Honda academy graduate and Honda is moving to AM for 2026. Their reluctance to put LL in that AT seat for 2023 or 2024 will cost them dearly. I can't see any other candidates for that RB seat in the near future, so RB effectively screwed themselves over with the musical chairs they were doing up until 2020. I feel like this whole situation is a clash between managements of RB and AT, which has in turn led to a Gordian knot of a situation. (DR3 in that AT seat is the sticking point for me, because if they wanted him for PR, he was already theirs as the reserve driver and there was absolutely no need to put him in a F1 seat full time). I feel like H*rner and RB in general have been mismanaging drivers since the inception of the team, and I can't see it getting any better, sadly. For as much as Ferrari is known for not treating their drivers well, it's still better than how RB treats theirs, I feel.

I agree with you on Checo, he's a good driver, but his results are likely not going to be strong enough to secure the constructor's(we'll have to see that could change) And next year the constructor's is going to be more up in the air I think. So do they stay with the known quantity or take a risk on someone new? I seems they aren't taking that risk and it will likely be what costs them the WCC(not that someone new would come in and make that happen either but it might be worth trying)

This is actually a very good summary of things and the likely trajectory of the team in terms of talent recruitment. Very nicely put anon.

And yes, the reason the team has artificially looked stronger than they are is because of Max. I don't know how he's still standing from carrying that team both on and off the track. Max being good has made Horner look more competent at talent management than he is.

Like people look at VCARB and we don't really know what they are doing. They are there, racing, they are connected to Red Bull, but why? What is the goal? Apparently to develop young talent for other teams to eventually take. Whatever team gets Yuki is going to be very lucky.

And Ferrari gets a far worse reputation than they really have. Most drivers still say very good things about Ferrari in spite of the brutal environment. Then you have Alex who is out there openly saying how bad Red Bull was to him. And some of it comes down to the environment at the front of the field being brutal no matter which team you are in.

#luci answers

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chussyracing · 1 year ago

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what has been happening in the world of motorsports?

(2.0 electric boogaloo edition)

Mohammed Ben Sulayem is under internal investigation for pushing officials not to certify Las Vegas gp as safe for racing and also for trying to interfere over Fernando Alonso getting a penalty in Jeddah 2023 race (he got a 10 second post race penalty which promoted... George i think? but later the penalty was overturned and he reclaimed the p3 and got his trophy back the next gp), apparently he also asked Max Verstappen to publicly defend/support/back Christian Horner as a way to calm down the situation where everyone talked about nothing but his workplace bahaviour (I suppose Max refused so that's kudos to him for doing the correct thing)

Aston Martin Vantage Safety Car will debut in Saudi Arabia (and will be back in British green)

there are loads of rumours about Red Bull and Horner currently, some are about him attempting to buy the RBR team, some are about Jos Verstappen being intimate with the same woman that accused Horner of inappropriate workplace behaviour, so he is personally interested in the case, after pictures and videos of Jos Verstappen and Toto Wolff appeared online, new rumours about Max Verstappen potentially going to Mercedes in fear of Red Bull falling appart with Ford looking for a way out of 2026 deal appeared too and Marko and Newey hypothetically following him there, after his comments Jos Verstappen is told not to be attending Saudi Arabia gp which may also be a part of solution they tried to find yesterday in Dubai where Max Verstappen's representatives apparently met with Horner (side note: this is another plea not to share any details about the victim which goes both for her pictures and her name, please don't make it harder as it undeniably already is)

Heikki Kovalainen has been forbidden from rally driving by his doctor in fear of his medical condition getting worse with the sport

Alpine announced new workers (after they fired basically everyone and the rest left on their own): Joe Burnell as engineering technical director, David Wheater as technical director of aero, and Ciaron Pilbeam as performance technical director

Mohammed Ben Sulayem spent some time in Turkey this week to talk to the president about a potential return of Turkish gp (probably as a part of a new rotation programme I mentioned in previous round up)

Abbi Pulling will be racing in British F4 Championship besides F1 Academy this year

Gerhard Berger's long lost Ferrari car was returned to him after police located it late last year

last week's Bahrain GP was the first time in history where all 20 cars finished the opening race of the season (speaking of Bahrain, Charles, Lewis and George were losing around 5/6 tenths per lap due to their car issues, Carlos, Logan and Alex also experienced smaller gap in pace because of their issues)

Williams announced their fanzone locations for 2024 season (Australia, Japan, Miami, Canada, Spain, Great Britain, Singapore, Austin, Las Vegas)

Spanish king Juan Carlos was at Bahrain GP and before you ask yourself, yes he took a picture with Carlos Sainz sr and Carlos Sainz jr (also fun fact he was involved in money-laundering case with Saudi Arabia but Swiss prosecutor had to drop the case due to lack of evidence)

Saudi Arabia showed plans for Qiddiya track to host gp from 2027 onwards designed by Tilke which features a turn 20 stories above ground level which could replace Jeddah in the future (did they heard us complaining about jeddah being dangerous and decided to make it even more dangerous?)

Red Bull Racing scored a record breaking new multiple-year partnership deal with Castore worth about 200m dollars

Otmar Szafnauer teamed up with Soft Pauer to make an app which is meant to help F1 teams with travel plans and Hitech is already a client of his while he claims Alpine also downloaded it

Pato O'Ward agreen on multi-year IndyCar contract extension with McLaren

From fan's point of view:

please be prepared for pr wars this year at multiple places: between Yuki and Daniel (recently due to highly controversial team order call), Charles and Carlos (recently due to false media narrative about car issues), Lewis and George (recently about effectivity of different race set ups)

we have press conference for tomorrow made up by: Lance, Charles, Nico, George, Yuki and Val (we also have one for team principals made of Bruno Famin from Alpine, Mike Krack from Aston Martin, Christian Horner from Red Bull Racing and James Vowles from Williams)

C2 challenges are back for this year with first of their quickfire challenges being already posted

little rant about the "F1 pundits" not checking their sources, because you might have seen the discourse but not get the background: Lawrence Baretto posted his usual section "Losers and Winners" of Bahrain gp and posted Charles in the section category (which would be correct considering he lost out on P2 because of brake issues), but he clearly went off with what Carlos said in the media and claimed that both drivers had the same issues - a fact that Charles, Xavi, and Fred himself disputed

more drivers did photo dumps: Alex, Yuki, Carlos

some drivers were modelling, particularly Charles, Carlos and Daniel

Max Verstappen made some championship predictions (Verstappen, Hamilton, Leclerc) and there has been a lot of talk about him not mentioning Perez so just a PSA

reminder that this week the gp is on Saturday because of Ramadan and besides F1, you can also look forward to F2, F1 Academy and Indycar races

#i probably forgot some stuff but i am very very sleeby #e #f1 #gossip night

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