#by george perez. if anyone is wondering

[girletho]

cleaourrrgh

[keerysfreckles]

powerless — MV1

pairing: max verstappen x horner!fem!reader

summary: in which y/n horner gets into a terrible crash during the 2025 bahrain grand prix

warnings: use of y/n and she/her pronouns, cursing, kissing, not proofread, rushed writing

a/n: first f1 fic im scared 😖😖

masterlist !

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it was one thing to be an f1 driver for redbull racing. it was a completely other thing to be the daughter of the manager of said f1 team.

to say y/n horner was born into her current position is an understatement. her father, cristian horner, was more than determined to get his eldest daughter into f1 racing. he signed her up as soon as possible for karting when she just turned 8. she excelled through f3 and f2, and now rightfully had an f1 seat alongside max verstappen.

y/n and max got along probably the best out of the entire grid. their interviews together were full of non-stop laugher and red faces, and the duo worked well on the race track. when needed, one would let the other pass to help the team, and vice versa.

today was no different as y/n and max knew their plan for the upcoming race. it was the second to last race of the 2025 season, and redbull racing needed to get a 1-2 podium in order to safely secure the second position in the constructor's championship.

before every race, y/n rushes to give her father a hug. christian kisses the top of her head and wishes her luck moments before she gets into her car. the bright red number 97 was a high contrast against the navy blue paint.

every driver took their starting positon from their quali results. max had gotten pole positon, with lewis hamilton in second, y/n's redbull was in third.

"it's lights out and away we go! we are racing in bahrain," one of the commentators spoke into his headset, his voice blaring over all the speakers.

all 20 cars sped off towards the first corner, without anyone getting into any crashes.

the roaring of engines and both commentator's voices filled the bustling area. fans cheering, and managers and crew members celebrating, at any victories for one's team.

33 laps into the race, and only two drivers have gotten out. george russell after his tires locked up during lap 14, as well as sergio perez after he had an engine failure right after lap 28.

max, lewis and y/n were still the top three drivers of the race, with max leading, only thousands of seconds ahead of lewis.

the three were coming up to a tight turn, making all three cars go tire to tire. max was lucky to get away from the outside. y/n on the other hand wasn't as fortunate.

lewis tried turning his car, trying to make y/n go behind him once again, but he turned gis wheel too hard too fast, crashing his car into the the right side of y/n.

"what the hell is he doing?" cristian wonders out loud, watching one of the many screens in front of him.

y/n loses control of her car, immediately turning into the gravel. her car only spins more before colliding harshly with the wall. her front tires are barely hanging onto her car, the front wing is damaged and the sides of her car are severly smashed in.

"y/n are you okay?" her advisor spoke into his microphone, watching as no movement comes from y/n's car.

christian only worries more as he watches her advisor get no response once again.

"shit, is y/n alright?" max's voice us filled with concern, noticing y/n's car wasn't anywhere on the track behind him.

"safety car is coming around," max's fear only eased slightly at his advisors words.

a red flag is waved at the starting point of the race, causing all cars to slow down immediately. the safety car is quick to go towards y/n, with other crew members running over as well.

once all the drivers were off the track, none of them could tear their eyes away from the screens displaying y/n's car.

max chewed on the edges of his fingernails. he was insanely worried about his teammate and best friend, and he was now regretting never telling her any of his conflicting feelings, because it looks as if she might not make it out of this one.

he kept watching the men in bright orange vests try to get y/n out of the car. he couldn't see if y/n was moving at all, but he could only pray more once he noticed dark smoke coming out of the back of her car.

out of the corner of his eye he saw christian speaking rapidly to everyone around him, worrying for his daughter.

christian stops however, once realizing his other driver is walking – no, running – in the direction of the crash.

"max! what the fuck are you doing?" he yells towards the driver, but max just keeps running.

he doesn't stop, even though his knees are burning and his ankles could barely hold his body up once the smoke turned into fire.

he didn't care at the protests from the crew members, and now two or three firefighters. he was going to get y/n out of that car.

y/n on the other hand, was finally gaining consciousness. her head hit the wall extremely hard, and now she felt nothing but dizzyness, as her eyes blurred and limbs burned.

she turned her head side to side, seeing all the crew members surrounding her smoking car. she signals to them that she's okay, for the most part. she tries helping them, wanting to get out of the hot car as soon as possible.

"i can't get out!" her voice is mumbled in her helmet.

she lifts her arms, but her legs are stuck, crushed in the plastic, rubber and metal.

y/n starts to panic, everything suddenly becomes so loud, and too bright. but one thing catches her eye in the chaos. a dark blue suit.

"max!" she yells, not caring if he truly heard her or not. her breath starts catching in her throat as sudden tears flood her vision.

y/n stops trying to get out of the car as she sits back down in her seat, for three seconds as she takes her helmet off. she throws it somehwere in front of her, and takes off her neck support, and balaclava.

max skids to a stop beside her, and is more than determined to get her out of the car. thankfully the fire has stopped, and now the only problem was how stuck y/n really was.

"max," y/n cries again, her words getting stuck in her throat. she simply grabs onto his arms, silently begging for help.

max tries his hardest to pull y/n out of the car. she assist as best as she can while trying to push with her legs. she moves a little, making other crew members grab her arms, and grab underneath her shoulders.

it's as if a weight is taken off christian horner's shoulders as he watches y/n finally get out of the car. he lets out a breath he didn't know he was holding, still watching the screen.

max doesn't let y/n go even when both of her feet are on the ground. she can't let go of her teammate either, her nails digging into max's racing suit, but he couldn't care about that.

her legs felt as if they would fall off, and she can't help but fall into max. himself and another crew member lead y/n towards the safety car. the girl leans her head against max's shoulder, breathing in his familiar scent.

max starts to leave in the direction he came, wanting to give y/n some space once she was in the safety car. however his decision changed when he felt a hand grip his wrist.

"stay with me, please," y/n looks up at max, and he knows he can't say no to her, especially not when she was just getting out of a small panic attack.

max adjusts hinself so he's sat next to y/n, and his hand never leaves hers. she rests her head on his shoulder again, and closes her eyes, trying to forget about the immense pain in both of her legs.

once again, christian horner lets out a huge sigh of relief, seeing his daughter walk out of the safety car and slowly make her way towards him. christian holds y/n close to his chest, for as long as possible until two medic workers come by, asking to check on y/n's conditions.

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y/n sighs once she's layed down onto the small medical bed. she halfway pays attention while one of the workers checked how her legs were, as well as her head. luckily she didn't get a concussion. the only problem was the multiple large bruises already starting to form on her legs. the worker told her it may take a few days until she feels comfortable walking without any assistance.

just as y/n's eyes start to close, she hears the door open. she turns her head, and just becomes confused once she sees max step into the room.

"max?" she tries sitting up, but groans after realizing how much her legs really hurt.

max helps her sit up, and sits on the bed next to her. he laughs slightly as she immediately rests her head on his shoulder for the third time today.

"wait don't you have to be racing right now?" y/n sits up now, facing max with furrowed eyebrows.

"you'd seriously want me to race after seeing what you went through?" max chuckles.

y/n nods, "well, yes! you absolutely love racing. i don't want to be the reason you can't win today's race."

"i can't possibly race while you're in here hurting," max places his hand lightly over y/n's thigh and lightly runs his thumb up and down.

"yeah, but you never quit races," y/n tries again.

max shakes his head, "you're more important than a race y/n."

y/n can't help but feel her heart flutter at his words. she hates the flush feeling rising to her cheeks.

max leans forward and brings his hand to y/n's face, running his fingers lightly over her skin to brush away the few strands of hair that fell in front of her face.

"thank you," y/n's voice fills the silence, "thank you for getting me out of the car. i don't think i could thank you enough honestly."

max kisses y/n's forehead, "i would save you over and over again if it means i get to be next to you afterwards."

y/n smiles at his words, after grabbing his hand that's still on her thigh. she can't help the tears starting to blur her vision again, but max is quick to wipe them away with his thumb after they land on her red cheeks.

even after he wiped her tears, max kept his hand on her cheek. the air in the room suddenly shifted. y/n ran her fingers over max's, only stopping when max moved her face to face his.

before y/n can get any words out, max closes the gap between the two, pushing his lips against her own.

she was surprised at first, but kissed back. his lips felt soft against hers, and it started to deepend slightly before the girl pulled away.

y/n placed her hand against max's chest, "wait, you're not just kissing me because i'm all emotional, and i basically could've died today right?"

max chuckles at y/n's playful words, "no y/n, i'm not just kissing you because i'm youre savior."

"are you sure? bec–"

"stil liefde," shut up love max interrupts before kissing y/n again, and more passionate than before.

[boxboxblog]

A General History of F1: Where We Are Now

The 2024 season so far has been a season for dreamers. Some of the most poetic wins and losses have happened this year. There has been heartbreak, and heroics. Returns of a champion, and new winners. But that isn't exactly how the season started.

When Max Verstappen won the first few races, the racing world sighed and assumed it would be a 2023 repeat. While watching a driver dominate can be fun, most people were bored by how the season went. Where was the drama? Where was the spice? Where was the storytelling F1 is so famous for?

Now, I want you to imagine a voice, slowly getting louder, saying 'Incommmmmmming!'

The Australian GP was where Red Bulls luck seemed to end. Due to mechanical error, Verstappen retired on lap 4. Instead, the winner was Ferrari's Carlos Sainz, who had been the only non-Red Bull winner in 2023. Verstappen won many of the next races, however his victories were regularly interrupted by other driver wins, and their stories. I said it was a season for dreamers right? Let me tell you why.

The first dream that was achieved was by Mclaren's Lando Norris. A driver for the team since 2019, Norris won the Miami GP, his first ever. After 5 years in F1, this was a sweetly anticipated victory for Norris and Mclaren. He would go on to win in Zandervoort (Verstappen's home GP) and Singapore, making him the closest to Verstappen in the championship fight. A shock considering Mclaren's form in recent years, however they are seen as the best car this year.

We also saw George Russell and Lewis Hamilton get Mercedes' first wins in years. Russell won in Austria (his second win ever), and Hamilton won his home race in Silverstone. Many considered this win to be the return of a champion, as Hamilton had not won a race in some time by this point. It was a rather poetic win, considering it is his last year with Mercedes, the team who he won 6 championships with.

Oscar Piastri was another first time winner that left his mark, winning first in Hungary after controversial team orders, and then in Baku with a master class race. It is only his second year in F1 and he is quickly showing himself to be highly competitive.

Perhaps the biggest wins were for Ferrari's Charles Leclerc. Born and raised in Monaco, Leclerc was one of the few Monagasque drivers in F1 history. So when he won his home GP, the famous Monaco GP, there were tears in many eyes. He was the first hometown winner in Monaco in over 90 years. He then went on to win Ferrari's home race in Monza as well. A storybook year of home race wins for Leclerc.

All in all, it has been 7 races since Max Verstappen won, and his lead is slowly being chipped away at. Mclaren, in fact, has surpassed Red Bull in the WCC, often attributed to Sergio Perez's weak performance throughout the year. Many wonder how a titan like Verstappen could fall, but people always forget that every team has their moments where they fail and where they succeed.

Other than race wins, it has been an interesting year in terms of lineup. So far there has been two mid-season driver swaps (Williams' Logan Sargent replaced by Franco Colapinto and VCARB’s Daniel Riccardo replaced by Liam Lawson), news of driver changes for next year, (Hamilton to Ferrari, Sainz to Williams, Nico Hulkenberg to Sauber, Esteban Ocon to Haas), the knowledge that we will lose a few drivers next year (Haas' Kevin Magnussen, Sauber's Zhou Guanyu and Valterri Bottas, etc.), and announcements of multiple rookies joining the grid in 2025.

Thats everything so far. Very surprised I got through that all, but I did keep it pretty surface level. It anyone wants me to take a deeper dive into certain years please let me know, I would be very willing.

Cheers,

-B

[tripodgasly]

ABOUT THIS BLOG:

This blog is made for Formula One fans! It'll have my opinions on the drivers, races, even the FIA. Anything that is a talking point will be a talking point here. There are a few rules for people who would like to interact, but nothing too hard to follow. If you're interested, click the post to read more!

RESPECT OPINIONS: Obviously this comes into the category of no hate, but opinions should be respected, no matter how ridiculous. Which means NO TROLLS.

NO HATE ON ANYONE: Including any commenters, myself, or anyone who sends in an ask (anonymous or not). This is a place for maturity, not childishness, when it comes down to serious things. Banter is obviously allowed, just don't go too far.

And that's all! Just common decency and respect is needed here. Nothing is too ridiculous.

COLOUR CATEGORIES:

For a lack of a better title, what I mean by that is that my blogs will mostly be filled with the colours you can see just above where the rules are. Now of course, this isn't important, but I just wanted to add this in case anyone was wondering why I do this. It's mostly so you can see what I'm writing in each paragraph:

RED: Ferrari, Red Flag

ORANGE: McLaren, VSC, SC

GREEN: Kick Sauber, Aston Martin

BLUE: Red Bull, RB, Williams

PURPLE: Mercedes, Haas

PINK: Alpine

Since I want every team to stand out, I gave Mercedes and Haas purple since I didn't want too many repeated colours. And I've also added red flags, virtual safety car, and also the actual safety car.

All drivers in those teams will also get those colours as well. So here's what the teams with driver colours would look like (AS OF THE 2024 SEASON)

RED BULL: Max Verstappen and Sergio Perez

FERRARI: Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz

MERCEDES: Lewis Hamilton and George Russell

MCLAREN: Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri

ALPINE: Esteban Ocon and Pierre Gasly

RB: Yuki Tsunoda and Liam Lawson

ASTON MARTIN: Fernando Alonso and Lance Stroll

HAAS: Nico Hulkenburg and Kevin Magnussen

WILLIAMS: Alex Albon and Franco Colapinto

KICK SAUBER: Valtteri Bottas and Zhou Guanyu

GRAND PRIX WILL ALSO GET COLOURS, it just depends on what GP I'm posting about.

Anyways, that's about all you need to know. If I remember anything that I DO think you'll need to know, I'll edit this post. Anyways, hope to see you soon!

[chussyracing]

Hi, I was wondering, and honestly this is for any cholar (Charles scholar) that wants to take a spin at dissecting this, but why is the Monaco Grand Prix an emotional experience for everyone (chirlies). I get that it is Charles’ home race and with his string of bad luck, incompetent cars and strategies, it has taken longer than expected for him to win his home race. But the same could be said for Pierre, Yuki, Lando, Zhou, Esteban, and George. They haven’t won their home races but no one seems to wax poetry about it. The only suitable parallel that comes to mind is when Senna, if I’m not mistaken, won his home Grand Prix after five years of bad luck and he was so tired that he couldn’t lift the trophy. Did that create an allure around winning on home soil or is it something more. I’m still trying to learn my F1 history, so I might have missed important details, facts or people. I’m sorry for that🫶

Thank you

Nah, don't apologise. It never occured to me but now that you said it like that, it's a relevant question anyone could be asking.

In short: 1. he is special 2. monaco is special 3. he was freaking close many times before. All details below the cut to avoid cluttering people's dash!

So first of all, there's a reason they call him il predestinato. You probably heard the story that it was given to him by Carlo Vanzini after pr training session where his teenage self bravely claimed that he doesn't need to train some situations and phrases, because there's no way any teammate of his could be better in equal machinery. It only really stuck around his win in Monza (because of the legendary commentary of his race win), but everyone suspected he was destined for bigger things much earlier than this. He was dominant in every sense of the word in F2, then he literally destroyed Marcus in Sauber despite being a rookie and had arguably the best rookie season since the time Lewis debuted. It's not a coincidence that he got offered the Ferrari seat so early on, so young and for such a long time (and the speculations about him getting it were here much sooner than that too). He got a seat of last Ferrari champion who was outperforming his teammate at that time too and (people used to be so mad at Charles for this) technically although not literally pushed out both Kimi and Seb with his performance, because Ferrari count on him long term.

Monaco is special. (I'm incredibly biased and on the contrary to many Charles fans who hate the circuit and want to drop it from the calendar from the future, I love it.) Every driver wants to win there, maybe even more than a home race. Don't hold me accountable on this but I think there's a real quote from a former champion that literally goes like "one win at monaco is worth two or three somewhere else". It's not a coincidence that the greatest drivers of history were the best in Monaco (Senna, Schumi, out of the drivers on the grid of course Lewis). Due to it's difficulty, it's a part of so called triple crown: monaco win, indy 500 win and 24 hours of le mans win. Everything has to be precise, the drivers are literally kissing the walls and being a centimeter off the line can have the worst consequences. It also has many exceptions in terms of how long the circuit is, how many laps are raced, how much they pay in hosting fees. It's been there since the first ever season of f1 with only slight changes. And of course, what people are often most concerned about are the celebrities, the glamour... and the famous celebrations. Idk if you watched and followed last season but I suggest looking up "2022 monaco sergio perez orgy rumours" or "Seb Lewis Charlene Monaco threesome" for funsies

He was SO SO close many times before. In F2 in the main race he started on pole (as usual) fell down - due to some bad team decisions with crashes during the race and safety cars - to p2 and then dnfed cca in the middle of the race due to technical problems. In the sprint, he got to p16/17 before dnfing again due to more technical issues. In Sauber he qualified p14 and dnfed due to a brake failure (also took Torro Rosso driver with him and got 5s penalty for speeding in the pit lane, not a great race). In 2019 there were high hopes but Ferrari fucked up his quali when they decided not to send him out to save tyres and he was out in Q1 - kinda poetic that he ended up p16. In the race (that was really something) he got up to p12, then spun, touched someone else and got a puncture. The damage was so bad that he was lapped before he came out again. Then he pitted again and after a lap Ferrari decide to retire the car, because it was too damaged (I think he was ironically the only one to retire the race despite some others crashing/spinning). The next year it was cancelled, because of the Covid pandemic. In 2021 he put it on the pole again (despite crashing at the last few minutes and red flagging the session). Then famously, Ferrari declared the gearbox is okay and Charles will start on pole. But he didn't, because they discovered an issue before the race they wouldn't be able to fix before the start. To be fair the issue was on the other side than where he crashed, but even in that case, it was a huge let down. And then last year he put it on the pole AGAIN and according to what the data showed, he would put it on the pole even if Perez didn't crash and red flag the session. In the race... I can give you my full written recap if you are wondering but it was a strategy disasterclass and Charles was a sitting duck falling to p4 and not even getting to the podium after yet another home race pole. It's an impressive record, because Monaco especially in modern era is known for little to no overtakes. I think the numbers says something like 8/9 out of 10 last gps were won from pole. If you get the pole the victory should be basically guaranteed. Some people started calling it a Charles curse, a Monaco race curse, home race curse, whatever. To be fair, I hate the narrative, because all it does every single year is him getting mocked and ridiculed all of Monaco race week. People left and right are joking about him dnfing or crashing and what not.

It's sad i'm not the "what if" kind of person, because if I was I'd count how many wins and/or podiums he would have at home by now. Because it's not just a normal circuit like Silverstone is for Lewis or Australia is for Daniel - it's literally his home, because he walked those streets, got his driving licence there, drives around his friends' and family's homes and his own too. The stress is more on home and less on race in his case of "home race". That's why this would mean more than a home race victory and why everyone wants to see it so bad. If F1 was raced on how much people deserve it, nobody would deserve to win Monaco more than Charles.

Sorry this got so long, I hope it helped understand you a bit more about why it's different than a normal race. (If we were discussing a home race for Charles, we can just as well consider it Monza. Monaco is just something more than just that).

[wedding-shemp]

@monstrousgourmandizingcats tagged me to list the last, current, and next books on my reading list!

Last book I finished was House of the Spirits by Isabelle Allende. I haven't read it since high school, gosh it's good. There are passages I'm still thinking about weeks later.

Currently I'm reading Harrow the Ninth. I don't think I have to pitch these books to anyone who follows me, but. Go read The Locked Tomb. Just...just do it. Trust me

Next up I am probably reading A Game of Thrones. I've been pretty resistant to anything to do with this franchise after years of it getting overexposed in pop culture (plus a lot of bad-faith criticism from people who haven't actually read it), but more recently I've been like. You know what. I want to read that. I want to read what some weird guy from New Jersey thinks the War of the Roses would have been like if zombies were real. That sounds like a book I want to read.

BONUS ROUND: Comic books!

I'm currently reading Greg Rucka's post-Rebirth run on Wonder Woman. I'm also concurrently reading George Perez's post-Crisis run on Wonder Woman. I don't know why, it's an insane way of going about it. I'm having a blast though, I love being able to compare and contrast how both of these guys reinterpret the Wonder Woman mythology.

I'm also still working my way through Dorohedoro, although that's been on the back burner cause I have to put in an order for each volume at my local book store. I fucking love Dorohedoro, man.

I'm tagging @literary-potat0 @misterdoomsday @naturallyoccurringminotaur @quickscribe @comehomet0myheart and anyone else who wants a go at it

[lightningmickqueen]

f1 drivers as underrated and/or unreleased taylor swift songs that altered my brain chemistry

george russell: "i'd lie" because listen "he tells a joke, i fake a smile" he's the least funny person ever but i'd still laugh and also i definitely lie when people ask if i love him (i do but i refuse to admit it publicly if you tell anyone i said this i will lie!!!)

lando norris: "thug story" because of the second hand embarrassment but also i wouldn't be surprised if he knew every word

yuki tsunoda: "today was a fairytale" but unfortunately today was not a fairytale!!! maybe one day he will live to fairytale again but til then he's still feeling this magic in the air though i have faith and i believe

alex albon: "crazier" because listen this is like THE slow dance rom com song from the iconic masterpiece rom com the hannah montana movie and if that doesn't describe alex albon idk what does

nico hulkenberg: "lucky you" ok i love taylor and i know she was like 12 when she wrote this but this song is mid just like hulk <3 however unlike hulk , taylor is no longer mid !!!

lewis hamilton: "superman" i don't know if i need to explain this one i think it makes sense this is just him he'll save the world or go to work it's the same thing idk

pierre gasly: "we were happy" ah a song about young love. love when you're young. love when you were friends and you were young and in love . and then it stopped . no longer friends and young and in love. i wonder why that makes me think of pierre gasly.

esteban ocon: "i heart ?" because listen . "another mess i didn't plan, and i'll bet you thought you beat me" listen!!! not only is that esteban coded but also he's definitely blasting this in his driver room at alpine to piss off his childhood best friend turned rival turned roommate turned ???? aka a certain pierre gasly

logan sargeant: "who i've always been" listen u cannot deny that logan can drive and that's what he's here to do !! the easy ride was never his ambition

oscar piastri: "welcome distraction" SOLELY for the bit where she's like "gone and spilled my coffee trying to get the phone because i thought it might be you" because that is the most oscar piastri thing ever it's so adorably awkward

max verstappen: "beautiful eyes" listen his eyes are SO pretty they're actually illegal in 197 countries if you dont see the vision go to specsavers

charles leclerc: "sweeter than fiction" aka the reason i made this post. this song is SO charles coded and you know what ? ?? ? i will be there time and again and in that perfect weather it'll be like we don't remember the rain we thought would last forever and ever and there'll he'll stand ten feet tall i will say "I KNEW IT ALL ALONG"

lance stroll: "point of view" because from his point of view he's doing GREAT the grass is really green on his side of the street or maybe that's his car. who knows who's right but he thinks he's doing great so

carlos sainz: : "love they haven't thought of yet" it's very cute and honestly very 16 year old taylor but there is something just sooooo carlos about a song about not wanting what's normal but wanting the best and a fairytale even when it doesn't and can't exist <3

zhou guanyu: "superstar" he is literally too powerful for the f1 grid this man is the most well rounded well dressed mfer there and everyone else is no one special theyre invisible

sergio perez: "stupid boy" he is SO. literally any time you expect something decent or good he does the opposite. his most consistent trait. ugh

kevin magnussen: "R-E-V-E-N-G-E" it's on his list of things to do this week he's gonna make SOMEONE feel sorry. not sure who yet but it'll happen

valtteri bottas: "matches" but it's his attitude towards mercedes also "i gave you space you took my place and gave it to her" he may be besties with lewis but he will never like george <3 that's ok tho he looks great w a mullet and he's gonna burn it down

mick schumacher: i don't want to lose his face i don't want to wake up one day and not remember what time erased and i don't want to turn around because i'm not scared of what love gave me and took away and i don't want to lose his face

sebastian vettel: "just south of knowing why" listen it's about driving all night searching for something you'll never find he's definitely done that irl and also he doesn't have a plan he doesn't have a map he doesn't even know if he's ever going back

fernando alonso: "only the young" i know you're doubting me but this is about winning and overcoming the odds and also only the young can run (from him)

[wonderencyclopedia]

Name: Henry Cobb Armbuster First Appearance: Wonder Woman #15 (1988) Creators: George Perez and Len Wein Abilities: Vast wealth. Advanced cybernetic technologies. Loyal minions who would kill and die by his command.

Backstory: Multi millionaire industrialist and kingpin of the criminal underworld. Henry Cobb Armbuster was the owner of Armbuster Industries and numerous subsideries such as Toi-Choi Industries.

Using his wealth to push for a monopoly into technological sectors, Armbuster would finance research into highly advanced technologies to further his stranglehold on the industry. Arming his own private army with the armaments created by his own company to further grow his empire by carving out a niche in the criminal underworld through weapon sales and the drug trade.

Branching out into cybernetics to create powerful cyborgs. On top of state of the art geneticists who have cracked the secrets of the metahuman gene, with which he could unlock and manipulate the powers of anyone he wished.

Leaving the details to his lackey/steward/butler/millionaire minion Choi, Henry Armbuster looked only at the bigger picture. Wishing to amass wealth and power with no concern for anyones life but his own.

[giftsforus]

Dc Celebrates George Perez Birthday Hawaiian Shirt

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[slightlyloomingone]

23 Books for 2023

Oh, that's a lot of books. I have delayed posting after @herslowness tagged me because I wasn't sure I had 23 books in my list (and also because I have been very slow at making my way through my tbr list), but I will try to add some comic books/graphic novels and short stories, and hope for the best. Here we go. Striked = books I've finished (🥲)

1. A Sétima Onda - Juan Julian

2. A Psalm For The Wild-Built - Becky Chambers

3. A Comunidade Secreta - Phillip Pullman (I believe the original name is The Secret Commonwealth)

4. Entrelace: Antologia Semana da Visibilidade Assexual 2020 - Various Authors

5. Entre a Coroa e a Flecha - Arthur Cavalcante

6. Filhos de Sangue e Osso - Tomi Adeyemi (Children of Blood and Bone)

7. Far Sector - N.K. Jemisin

8. Hunger Pangs - Joy Demorra

9. Justiça Anciliar - Ann Leckle (Ancillary Justice)

10. Making Money - Terry Pratchett

11. Maremoto - Eduardo Leite

12. O Filho da Noite Estrelada - Juan Julian

13. O bebê de tarlatana rosa - João do Rio

14. Passos de Liberdade - Lívia Ferreira

15. Stone Butch Blues - Leslie Feinberg

16. Shadow of the Batgirl - Sarah Kuhn, Nicole Goux

17. The Empress of Salt and Fortune - Nghi Vo

18. Território Lovecraft - Matt Ruff (Lovecraft Country)

19. Um Conto de Natal - China Miéville (I think the title in English is 'Tis the Season)

20. Unseen Academicals - Terry Pratchett

21. Witchmark - C. L. Polk

22. Wonder Woman - George Perez (actually more than one book but yeah)

23. Wonder Woman Historia: The Amazons - Kelly Sue DeConnick

I'm not tagging anyone, but please consider yourself tagged if you feel like playing!

[meara-eldestofthemall]

George Perez creation of Tim as a tiny Boy Wonder was such a hit that a lot of fans have been in love with the character ever since.

Initially, Tim being smaller than Bruce, Dick or just about anyone else in the Bat's tightly woven world is a central part of the character.

Tim's role as the "relatable Robin" is enhanced when he's surrounded by massive muscle men like Bruce and Jason or physical prodigies such as Dick and Damian. Tim comes across more like the average reader. He has certain gifts that set him apart but they're more cerebral than physical. Tim being tiny has even carried over into Rebirth cannon.

Tim being small (and being seen as a child) even made it into Wayne Family Adventures.

I hope DC never lets Tim get too big. After all, good things come in small packages.

IMPORTANT

Tim Drake being Tiny in Group Shot Panels of the Batfamily is a Must. That’s one of his key things that makes him so charming and unique in his own way as a Robin

His small sized compared to the rest of the Bats and their allies helps make his feats and moments of Kickbutt in fighting criminals and bad guys all the more impressive.

Bonus Points if he’s also the short guy among his YJ Core Four buddies

A great example of what I am talking about can be found with this excellent panel by the late great George Perez

(Sure it’s slanted but hopefully it conveys the height difference)

TD;LR Tiny Tim is the Best Tim

[moonlightduelist]

me: i’m going to read comics again!!!

me: *reads comics from 1980’s or something*

[teentitansheadcanons]

I’m in love with your Blog!!! I got into Comic Books by watching the teen Titans animated series , I recently stated reading “The New Teen Titans” by Marv Wolfman & George Perez. Raven obviously is a very different character in the 1980s comics compared to the 2003 animated series. I was just wondering if you have a head canon on her voice in the comics? Her word/speed bubbles are different to the other characters, what do you think her voice would sound like?

This one’s a bit old, apologies for missing it until now. I’m so glad you’re enjoying the blog! And I hope you’re enjoying NTT too, because it IS very different, but also very good in its own, different ways!

Oh my gosh, I have thought about Raven’s voice in the comics extensively. (I don’t have a voiceclaim actor for her because I’ve never heard anyone that I think sounds Right for her, though.)

I imagine her voice is normally, well, as it’s narrated: “cold as an Arctic wind.” Distant, unemotional, sounding steady and unmoved. I imagine it’s a little bit deep, like an alto’s voice. She probably speaks slowly, at least at first, because she’s not used to speaking to people much when she first gets out of Azarath.

It’s very even-keel, kind of like her voice in the cartoon tone-wise, but in a less scathing/critical way and instead it’s a softer, more gentle way. Especially when she’s healing someone and reassuring them that she’ll save them, the kind of calm that a nurse with good bedside manner has. The kind of deep, steady calm that would be infectious even without her ability to take your fear away. I imagine she doesn’t sound super sappy and cooing, but her voice softens around the edges, gets a little bit quieter and just the SLIGHTEST bit softer and affected.

But I also headcanon that when she screams, like when she wakes up from the nightmare at the start of her origin issue, it’s LOUD and full and with her whole chest. It probably rasps, because her throat isn’t being used to make such loud sounds.

I imagine when she’s speaking with panic, she does sound moved, but only half of what you’d expect-- it’s still more even and controlled than it would be for someone who Doesn’t Have to Control Their Emotions. Almost would sound more like she’s being impatient than being scared, because she can’t LET herself get too scared.

And when she’s flustered, I imagine THAT’S when her voice changes the most! Especially when someone’s being kind to her and she doesn’t know how to react. Because she’s so incredibly shy and contained and restrained in the comics, she wouldn’t know how to react to it. It always comes across to me like she’d start speaking quickly, her voice losing its steady cadence and getting rockier, more jagged, as she gets nervous and uncomfortable and hurriedly makes her exit.

And when she’s crying? I break my own heart every time I read that sequence shortly before Terror of Trigon, where Joey comes to check on her, and at first she’s like “GO AWAY”-- I imagine at that moment her voice is sharp and flinty and louder than normal in her fear/desperation-- but then she realizes It’s Him, and you can see her dialogue change with her posture. I imagine then her voice gets a lot quieter, and even though she’s crying a few panels later, curled up against the door, I imagine she doesn’t sound as agonized as she is. She’s vulnerable and afraid, she even sounds resigned, but her voice is still calmer than it should be, calmer than Joey knows she’s feeling, because she’s still, you know... Raven.

(Wow, hey, that got Long, but 80′s Raven is probably my favorite version of her. And like I said... I’ve thought about it A Lot.)

~ mod Temples

[russilton]

hi hi, so i just discovered rb george au (& love it ofc!!), and i was wondering whether you've thought about who's in the williams instead of him, where perez goes for 2021, or who races for merc in sakhir 2020 when lewis is sick? i know these probs aren't significant to the fic at all but i'm just curious.. thank u :)

Hi! It probably won’t come up at all but I LOVE fleshing that world out so thank you for asking! I realised I’d mapped out my plans for how the red bull seats shuffle, but not the Merc seats.

For the sake of spoilers and not confusing anyone not familiar-

RedBull George Au Spoilers under the cut

For anyone who finds this a little hard to read, the major changes from the real life grid are

2019

- George takes Kyvat’s seat. When Pierre is removed mid season, he’s replaced with Albon, as he did IRL

- Rather than George joining Williams, they keep Sergei Sirotkin for another year

2020

- George stays another year at AT, keeping Danill’s seat

- Since there’s no George of course, Robert Kubica stays, and Sergei is replaced by Nicholas Latifi

- For Sakhir, when Lewis goes out sick he’s replaced by Stoffel Vandorne. For the simple reason that I love Stoff. He does well but not as well as our George did. I may actually have George win that Race in the AT for the sake of nailing down George’s seat in the Red bull coffin

- For races where Robert was used as a sub, other reserve drivers fill in.

2021

- George to Redbull! The Au story begins

- Albon has no seat and becomes Redbull Reserve

- Robert and Williams Stay as they did in 2020, same rule goes for where rob subbed

- Perez has no seat, he works in reserve for Aston.

2022

- the grid is back to the irl grid!

- red bull say fuck it to their junior mishaps, and hire Perez

- Merc take George for reasons shown in the story; but also because they don’t have anyone in their pipeline who fills the roll they want. Nyck and Stoff aren’t quite it, Robert becomes the Alfa reserve to work with Bottas

- both Pierre and Albon have seen how George has been treated after them and realise that the Red bull driver machine is never going to work and they shouldn’t stick around. It is through Georges influence Alex gets a seat at Williams, but it’s more light handed than IRL. George tells Toto about how redbull treated him, and suggests it’s likely albon got a lot of the same. Albon is talented, and Merc think it’s better to let Williams pull talent from away from RB when they can, so they don’t block his move.

Extra note:

- Yes I know I could have removed mazaspin but he is what we call a “free villain”. It’s a chance to use him to cause fuck ups when I need them because he’s a terrible human being

[jupitermelichios]

I'm supposed to be working but instead i'm going to tell you which early christian heresies different superheroes would be into

so early christian heresies come in 2 flavours - "absolutely buck-fucking wild" and "unless you have the special 3d glasses they give you when you finish a theology course you will not be able to spot the differences between these two pictures". obviously i'm only going for the fun ones.

Mysterio - he isn't a hero, but he is definitely into docetism, because docetism said that jesus was a hologram and thats his whole deal

Shazam - clearly adoptionism, the belief that jesus was just some rando who God picked to be the chosen one because he liked the cut of his gib. No word if JC could yell 'jesus fucking christ' into the sky to turn back into a normal carpenter, but i like the possibilities for shennanigans that offers so yes he could

The Leader - another bad guy, but i couldn't just leave out the main man of Apollinarism, which is the belief that jesus's body and soul were human but his mind was divine. jesus had a literal galaxy brain.

Elongated man - he's the original DC comics wifeguy, and that's why he's real into Collyridianism, the belief that the holy trinity consisted of god jesus and mary, and also god and mary were married

Constantine - the patripassians believed there was no jesus, it was straight up god who died on the cross and god is therefore capable of dying, and i can't think of anyone who wants to kill god more than Johnny boy

Spider-man - his defining characterist is that he's just some dude, and the psilanthropists believed JC was not even slightly divine, not even in his brain, and therefore that he was also.... just some dude

Reed Richards - i wasn't going to get into gnosticism but the sethians believed that the snake in the garden of eden was a good dude just doing humanity a solid by giving them knowledge, and reed richards would also think getting kicked out of his house and loosing his powers in exchange for learning one interesting fact was totally worth it

The entire serpent society - so the ophites were like the sethians except that they just straight up worshipped the snake and thought god was a dick, and nothing says defying god for your love of snakes like bushmaster getting his whole-ass torso just grafted onto a robot snake body

Iron Man - the antinomianists thought that since god would forgive you they were therefore bound by no moral code whatsoever and could just do whatever the fuck they wanted, much like billionnaires

the entire new teen titans rosta - the ballorats held all things in common including wives, by which i mean they were swingers, and probably also had amazing george perez hair

superman - christians see him as christian and jews see him as jewish and that's why he's out there repping for the ebionites

Dial H for Hero - yeah this one's a deep cut but trust me, the montanists believed any visions they had while high were more true and important than the actual bible, so you get a new flavour every day with these guys, just like with the H dial

Wonder Woman - she does not want or need help from any god and the pelagianists thought humans didn't need gods help to get into heaven we could do it just fine on our own thanks all the same

And finally, one medieval heresy just as a treat

Batman - is totally a triclavianist, who's only heresy was believing jesus was nailed to the cross using 4 nails instead of 3, because that's exactly the kind of petty bullshit bruce would care about

[rank-sentimentalist]

A "very special issue" revealing the tale of Lucy Spears, young friend of Vanessa Kapatelis that took her own life.

George Perez and Mindy Newell write out a story that deals with the issues of teen suicide.

A priest at a funeral speaks about Lucy Spears, young friend of Vanessa Kapatelis. Mr. and Mrs. Spears sob together, while Vanessa’s mother, Julia comforts her and Diana wipes her own tears away. It’s unfortunate that someone so young had wanted to take their life away. Lucy’s casket is later carried out and Vanessa says good bye to her friend. Julia watches and asks if Vanessa is too young for this. Diana replies with a question, asking if anyone is too old for this. Julia says that Vanessa had lost a brother when she was younger and never knew him. Julia scorns herself for her dig at Turkey. Diana says that she shouldn’t scorn herself over this. Perhaps it was herself that was selfish, making her own way over to Turkey. Julia says that she puts too much upon herself, and that she is glad that Diana came over to visit her. Julia remembers the day that she received the message about Vanessa. The team at Turkey had found a chalice and asked for Dr. Stavros Christadoulodou’s help because she had told Diana to rest after the evens of the Silver Swan. Then, she received the message.

Julia comes back to present time where she’s driving Diana, Vanessa and Eileen to the cemetery, following the hearse. Vanessa remembers when Lucy asked her what God looked like. Vanessa replies jokingly that he would look like Patrick Swayze and that she would look like Jennifer Grey, proving that God does like flat-chested women! Lucy told her to stop obsessing over breasts when Vanessa told her to stop obsessing over God and death. Vanessa had asked Lucy, “What is with you nowadays?” Now, Vanessa realises what was really with her. Vanessa then thinks about the day Lucy got caught raiding the boy’s bunks at camp. Vanessa was reassuring her that nothing too bad would happen. It would just be a small lecture and it would be over, but Vanessa had never realised what Lucy’s parents were really like. The group finally arrives at the cemetery where the priest begins to speak about Lucy. Vanessa looks over at Lucy’s other friends and remember the day when Vanessa asked about their plans after school. Lucy had bit back though, paying her out about playing with her Wonder Woman dolls. Lucy told her that they were too young to be playing dolls in junior high. Vanessa was hurt and ran off in the other direction. Lucy had told her new found friends that Vanessa liked to stuff tissue paper down her top, and upon hearing this, Eileen told Lucy that she had no right to hurt others just because she was hurt inside herself. Lucy’s new friends asked what that meant, but Lucy ignored it. Eileen went to console Vanessa, and told her that she shouldn’t be so upset. It’s just one quarrel, and there’s no doubt that the both of them will be friends again. Vanessa however, told Eileen to get away from her. Vanessa tells Eileen that she never realised all this. She never realised how lonely Lucy must have been. Eileen says that Vanessa is not to blame for this.

(continues on website)