#especially on this issue

[charles-leclerc-official]

Hi Luci! What are your thoughts on opinions that Ferrari should be more aggressive with their development? (see: https://x.com/brakeboosted/status/1800189877675241860?t=dB1v-0fWyQZHGRgin0-4-w&s=19)

And I was also curious if Canada was just an outlier for us, if it's easy to recover from and there's nothing to really worry about fundamentally. I wasn't able to watch the race but I heard Charles' pace was good before the engine issue. I also heard Ferrari still can't warm their tyres in cooler conditions? The guy from the tweet speculated that they might not have been able to solve it yet because "the car is not allowing them to explore certain setup changes, or it doesn't really give the desired outcome."

I am going to disagree on a few fronts with Mr Brakeboosted.

First Ferrari need to be methodical about development this year. People don't like waiting, but this is the base going into 2025 and will heavily inform 2026 development. I am okay with the team taking their time.

Also Ferrari have accelerated the upgrade timeline.

I also disagree with his assessment of the warming issue. It's not as severe as it was and I think we have a good chance of seeing it vanish more with upgrades in Silverstone, the areas those are targeting are likely going to take it out on the tyres. And we have seen a step up in performance in that area.

I also will explain that there was a lot more that went into the tyre warming than the issue we saw earlier in the season this race.

I think that this had similarities to China in the sense that both tracks had just been resurfaced and that was really more of the issue rather than the more fundamental warming problem we saw earlier in the season. It may be the SF-24 is not as good on track surfaces like this, and that would explain why we saw Mclaren and Red Bull stronger and even Merc, because we saw that in China as well. I think it was a track condition thing more than anything else Because we have seen that the warming problem has been improved. For example in Monaco there was no problem at all, which means that there are ways to set up the car to get around it. And additionally removing downforce and certain other aero upgrades that will be harder on the tyres will likely change this as well.

It is my feeling that this was a one off. I don't think this race exposed anything deeply fundamental to worry about. The mixed conditions and a lot of other factors were at play with regards to the tyre issue. And Ferrari are about to become a lot more aggressive I think with the upgrade path. We have only done one set of upgrades and I do think the upgrade path has been pushed forward. And I think we will continue to see that throughout the season. It's way too early to claim they aren't being aggressive. They were certainly conservative in their approach to be the last to bring upgrades, but I think that was for the best considering we got the best understanding of the base we could.

We need to remember this is a car development season, we are doing well and ranking high in both championships but there is a lot of work to be done and a lot to be learned. Rushing will likely lead to bigger missteps than waiting. And this is a season where the stakes are crucially about the next two years as well as this year.

I expect that Ferrari will be bringing rear and front wing upgrades to help improve straight line speed to Silverstone(if I had to guess) as well as other components.

But yes, Canada was an outlier pretty much on all fronts as far as I can tell.

[marrowridden]

You have a complex relationship with your body and need to keep some/all of your clothes on during sex?

That's okay, what you're wearing looks good on you.

You need to take a lot of breaks doing anything intimate because you're easily overwhelmed?

I understand, I'm just happy to be here with you.

You're on medication that impacts your libido/makes reaching orgasm really difficult?

No pressure, tell me what feels good for you, and if you get frustrated we can do something else together.

Sex isn't going to look the same for everybody and that's fine, that's normal.

Sometimes you don't orgasm, sometimes you need to stop because your mood changes out of nowhere, sometimes you get really self conscious and need accommodations to take your mind off of it.

People are too complex for everybody to go about it the same, just keep doing what feels best for you, regardless of how different it may seem from other people's experiences.

[disgracefulthings]

Shen Qingqiu, handing Yue Qingyuan a baby: Hold this

Yue Qingyuan: Of course, Xiao-Jiu. Who is this?

Shen Qingqiu: This is Shen Yuan, our child. I gave birth to him. You will take responsibility

Yue Qingyuan: Of course. I will make preparations for our wedding ASAP

Shen Qingqiu: Good.

Qi Qingqi: I don't remember Shen Qingqiu being pregnant?

Mu Qingfang: I believe that our shixiong just grabbed some random orphan to baby trap Yue Qingyuan with

[chloesimaginationthings]

Abby could befriend any animatronic from FNAF..

[iliothermia]

Drawing my insecurities on beautiful men I want to be more like / representation I needed as a feminine but not twinkish man over the years has helped me feel much happier and more secure with myself, wanted to share. Highly recommend that process of self love, or at least self-appreciation ?

[cosmicredcadet]

I wholeheartedly believe that the last thing that should be said in response to aspecs hating their identity is "don't worry! Aspecs can still do X, Y, and Z" and I'm so fucking serious about this.

The least helpful thing you can do to someone who have not accepted their aspec identity yet is give them ways to compensate for it. If an aspec person is upset over not being able to enter a romantic relationship, the last thing that should be done is to tell them they can still enter one or instead enter a QPR - not because that's not true but because that is quite literally going to stunt their ability to accept their aspec identity. Telling them they can instead enter a QPR when they're upset over the lack of romantic relationships is at MOST a bandaid for the main issue. Instead of them coming to accept their identity and accept who they are you have instead handed them an amatonormative alternative on a silver platter that allows them to pretend they still fit into amatonormativity without every deconstructing it. This is how we get QPRs getting shoved into an amatonormative framework - these people NEVER got over the "I'm sad that I'm aspec" phase because they were handed alternatives instead of given actual support in deconstructing their internalized aphobia, self hatred, and amatonormative biases.

[cybershock24601]

Thinking a lot about post canon rookanis and one thought I keep coming back to is the power plays that would be going on between Caterina and Rook. Caterina is the First Talon, she's been the head of the household for forever and even though Lucanis is an adult, he still yields to her. At least until Rook came into the picture.

Rook's just trying to be supportive of Lucanis and get him to do the things he wants to do rather than the things he feels he has to do and now suddenly Lucanis is telling Caterina things like No (Spite is also trying to do this but is less successful in actually communicating his intent). I feel like one of the first instances of that would be Caterina telling Lucanis he should clean himself up and trim his hair and get rid of the beard and Lucanis decides that actually he's going to keep the beard because Rook likes it. It is in this moment that Caterina realizes what a threat Rook is. Sure, Lucanis didn't outright tell her no in this instance but the fact that he still he has his beard and his only explanation when Caterina questioned him about it was to mention Rook's preference was enough of a red flag for her.

Anyways, I think while Caterina respects Rook for what they've been able to accomplish, like killing two gods and getting together multiple different disparate political factions to do so, and also for standing up to Caterina herself in a twisted sort of way, but Caterina can't stand Rook for how they have disrupted the iron control Caterina has held in her household. Rook went toe to toe with the Dread Wolf and as scary as Caterina is, Rook's not going to back down if Caterina tries to interfere in their relationship with Lucanis or try to dictate what Rook should do as a proper partner of the First Talon (I just know Caterina was a nightmare mother in law and that did not change with her becoming a grandmother in law).

So I think this sort of culminates in a lot of passive aggressive power plays between Rook and Caterina with Lucanis and Illario looking on in awe as Rook politely - or perhaps not so politely - tells Caterina to shove it because you can do that???? It also probably leads to Lucanis getting stuck in the middle of the two of them which Rook is not happy about because Rook would rather engage Caterina directly but she keeps using Lucanis as a bit of a pawn in her bids to retain her ironfisted control over House Dellamorte even if Lucanis is supposedly supposed to be the new head of the house. Rook is all the more determined to get Lucanis the hell out of the Crows and away from his family at least for a while because it is lowkey destroying him. Luckily Rook has Spite to help and the force of personality to bully Illario into assisting as well because Rook is not going to be letting him off easy for the shit he pulled.

[k3n-dyll]

"No, I don't have a type"

[achillean-knight]

HOPE THIS LOOKS ALRIGHT! Papyrus Knight for @itsmebeff! Genuinely thought it'd take me a millennia to get around to drawing him, but the design was just too cool and gave me sm motivation that I HAD to give it a go! >:3!

[my-autism-adhd-blog]

The Scary Thing About Being Autistic

Neurodivergent Lou

[rookflower]

starting a petition to end this dichotomy in warrior cats designs forever

[egg2bones]

fantasy au. witch uraraka x changeling toga ITS SO OVER

toga sees ochako looking for ingredients in the town nearby her forest and approaches her as a human. they become friends :) and then

[dailymanners]

When entering any place of business, such as a store or restaurant, if a staff member greets you, then acknowledge them and greet them back.

Although for many jobs it's a required part of their job to greet you, especially retail workers, receptionists, and restaurant workers to name a few, that doesn't make it feel any less dehumanizing to say "Hello!" to another human being only for them to ignore you. Acknowledging staff members and greeting them back is important for acknowledging their humanity, they are, after all, a human being, and not an automated machine.

This is also important when going to check out at a store. If you approach the cash register, and the cashier greets you, you should acknowledge them and greet them back. Cashiers already have to deal with being dehumanized enough. The least you can do is help humanize them by acknowledging them when they greet you and speak to you.

[bu99erfly]

YEOJIN CONFESSIONS, 2024

[bbygirl-aemond]

"in the name of power, it's the weak and the women who must endure" i really hope they're setting up alys maneuvering daemon and aemond against each other specifically to take them both out <3

[liketolaugh-writes]

The other thing about Sam being such a teenager - a headcanon that is nonetheless supported by many canon elements - is that her being a baby activist is... not necessarily a good thing.

It's very promising in the long run! It shows that she cares about other people, she cares about ethics, and she is trying very hard to think about her impact on the world, and those are all good things.

But she's also extremely bossy, extremely self-righteous, and when you're a fourteen year old with two best friends that just... aren't very good at asserting themselves, it makes it really, really easy to hurt people by accident. I think, given what we see about Sam and how she interacts with them, it would be easy for her to dismiss them as Boys™️ and therefore The Oppressor Class.

Because Sam... kind of reads like a terminally online Tumblr kid. And that wasn't an archetype that existed in the 2000's, obviously, but Sam fits it to a T. She seems like someone that would know all the terminology, who would know who all the 'oppressor' classes and all the 'victims' were, who would be really into identity politics in the way where she weaponizes them, because she's fourteen and nuance is still hard for her.

She seems, in other words, like someone who would chew Danny out for using the word 'dysphoria' if he wasn't trans (but was maybe trying to find a word for why his body post-portal felt so bad sometimes.) Like she would demand room to express her emotions without remembering to give Tucker and Danny room for theirs, because they're Boys (even though Tucker is black and Danny is abused and getting space for their emotions is just as hard for them.) Like she would have a list of Social Justice Facts that she applies uncritically, and won't realize what she's doing for years.

And to be honest, I think this would be a really fun character arc for Sam! The sort of thing I would have loved to see in canon. Where she realizes, suddenly, how much she talks over people, how much she talks over her friends, and that maybe sometimes she's... not right, even though she knows All The Right Words.

(But until she realizes that, I also think that Sam could do a lot of damage to Danny and his guilt complex in particular.)