#i opened the doc file

[stickybowl]

audi tp carlos/driver oscar wip

Oscar wins the championship. It's fireworks shooting into the sky. It’s loud cheers in his ear both from his radio and from the grandstands. It’s the champagne sneaking into his fireproof. It's a heavy weight being lifted from his shoulders. The air knocked out from his chest. Oscar feels everything all at once.

'This is only the beginning, Oscar.', Mark whispers in his ear and he believes it.

Except he's not sure anymore. Oscar Piastri won the championship two years ago but has not even been close to a win ever since. Lando left McLaren a year after Oscar won his championship.

At the time, everyone thought it's because Lando knew he would never win a championship with Oscar as his teammate. But now as he looks at Lando at the podium wearing dark blue, he thinks maybe that was not entirely the reason why he left. Possibly, not a reason at all.

But who would have predicted that McLaren would go backwards after such excellent years?

"Oscar."

He turns and sees brown eyes still as intense as they were when they first met his. He breathes deeply and accepts the handshake offered to him.

"Great race." Carlos says and clasps his other hand on his shoulder. Oscar winces a bit, feeling his fingers dig into his skin. He's not sure if he's just imagining it.

Carlos Sainz retired from driving a long time ago. Didn't even wait for Oscar to win the championship so he can rub it in his face. Shame. He still sees Carlos in the paddock from time to time. Still glued to Lando's side after all these years. Maybe even more so now that he's not competing with Lando anymore.

Oscar scoffs with humour, "Yeah. Great race." If you can call a p5 which he barely held onto anything, it surely wouldn’t be the word great.

Carlos raises one eyebrow at him. "Not happy, huh?"

The hand on his shoulder has found its way back on Carlos’s jeans pocket and he suddenly wishes it was still on his shoulder, pressure firm. Just to ground him.

He hasn't been happy with the team, with the car for some time now. But this is his team. The one he made his debut with. The one he won races with. The one he won a championship with. But it's not enough. Oscar wants more. He always wants more. But he can't say that. He hasn't said it to anyone else but Mark who was probably the first one to frown at McLaren's faults even before Oscar noticed it.

He sure as hell would not share it to Carlos. He’s not a threat. He's nothing in the paddock anymore. He just comes here to entertain himself. Still, Oscar won't put it past Carlos to run his big mouth around the paddock.

"I'm as happy as I can be." He shrugs.

Carlos laughs, disbelief dancing in his eyes. Oscar wants to claw at Carlos' skin and scream. What do you know? You don't know me. You don't even know the team you used to work for anymore.

Oscar nods his goodbye and leaves. No point in souring his mood even more than it is by standing next to Carlos who still thinks he knows better than Oscar.

You've never won a championship, Carlos. What could you possibly know that I don't?

"Oscar."

Oscar stops at his tracks but doesn't turn. He rolls his eyes thinking god, does he ever stop talking?

"You know you could have more than this. You deserve more."

Oscar shakes his head and continues walking. He's not gonna stand there and let Carlos tell him what he already knows. Oscar has been in formula one for years. He's already made his mark in the sport. He's adored. He's looked up to. But speaking with Carlos still makes him feel like the rookie he was once. Enthusiastic and eager. Maybe a little foolish. He's not listening to carlos.

"Jesus christ."

Oscar sits in his living room, his phone on hand lit up with an image Mark just sent him.

'You want me to talk to him?' Mark sends.

Carlos Sainz new Audi F1 Team principal.

Oscar runs a hand down his face. As it turns out, Carlos still does know some things Oscar doesn't.

'Yes, please.' he replies.

Damn it.

[hsslilly-blog]

i always forget what my (personal) google account looks like so whenever i have to open it near someone i get startled. yesterday i was helping my friend with some paperwork and i had the biggest thomas hunt jumpscare ever.

[tidalblazex]

I HAVE FOUR TABS OF VISUAL STUDIO CODE OPEN AT THE SAME TIME RN HELP I ALSO HAVE 7 GOOGLE TABS OPEN 5 OF WHICH ARE LITERALLY JUST BREADCRUMBS BC I NEED THESE REFERENCES HEEEEEEEELP. HEEEELPPPPP MEEEEEEEEEEEE

[snowflakeb0ttles]

wuagh i mentioned like. months ago that i was makin an archivey type blog for neopets ps2 stuff and i STILL AM!!! it is a huge wip though because i decided to replay it a bunch and write down all the possible dialogue/items/quests/chests/glitches/etc because i Gotta be thorough....might end up making an in depth guide or something with it all when im finished. or a video or something. or both. i shrimply like this game a bunch. it is kind of uniquely fucked up. heart emoji

anyway the empty blog is here but for future reference

@neopets-ps2

[mommalosthermind]

—come up with nifty scene that will go well with in-progress fic

—write scene

—that does not at all go well with current fic

—that is the premise for a whole-ass other fic

—stare into space

—open new file

—repeat forever

[0dotexe]

I have once again reached the point in writing where I am basically saying to myself once I'm done with the first draft I'm changing all the names of the characters and making it my own thing lol.

Why do I do this every fuckin' time?

Btw this is the notepad file so far. I can't wait to edit this lol

[thebomb-thebird-andtheburntbitch]

@birinboom tagged me in this game chart and made me remember old fixations (yes i know this makes my media intake look super limited, i just didn't realize that some attachments weren't as severe as others and made some cuts)

i also made two additional rows bc i couldn't help myself

i love my wife <3

blank sheet for anyone interested enough to do this also lolol

[thedeadthree]

hi hi moots a wee inquiry how do i stop or at least make the crashes less frequent for d*ao? for the 4gb patch it worked for the main game and up until the c*adash t*haig in witch hunt it was working fine but like……. i can’t get into combat w/o it crashing 🥀😵‍💫🥴 any aid of pearls of wisdom once again ill owe yall my life 🥀💌🫡<33

[bright-and-burning]

i swear i was trying to write a bottom lando fic prior to last night . i SWEAR. but the visions have taken me places…

[aria0fgold]

Maybe I should just accept the fact that I'm bound to have writing WIPs and inch my way to completion with this thing by adding onto it day by day instead of fully completing the thing in a single day like I usually do.

[shirogane-oushirou]

with everything going on w tumblr, just in case anyone's putting off backing up their blogs: i just used that doc to FINALLY install tumblr utils after putting it off for months... and despite never using python before, it took less than an hour to set up and like. 10mins to back this blog up + 10 more mins to back up my other, smaller sideblogs! and with the settings i used, it should only take a couple of minutes to periodically update the backups.

super easy and super fast, it explains Every Single Step you need to take, and even gives you tips on how to make repeated backups super simple. 🙏🏻

[plexippusangel]

I am so hungry but I can't leave my room until my ankle wounds dry out bc the pets get the carpet so dirty and I don't have bandaids in here I am wailing and lamenting

[theokusgallery]

With the amount of Basil drawings I make every week I could have one of those "[character] every day" twitter accounts

[idreamofneonsheep]

Me: I have so many ideas for this project! It's probably going to be the only thing I post about for months!

My brain: so about that [kicks every project I have under the fridge where I can't get to them]

[scorchedhearth]

📓?? 👀

i've had this cowboy andy idea for about 2 years now, a piece that would focus on what cowboys actually did as well as andy's grief

it would be set in late 1800s, after achilles' death, andy leaves australia and goes to north america to join the rest of the group and they find work in a small town for a while to settle down, andy being employed as a ranch hand. the point of the fic is to explore andy's path to grieving achilles, i want to show that each time they love it means something and dealing with the pain doesn't get easier, i want to show andy struggling with the loss of both a life, the man she loved, and the life they shared, peaceful days in their home they rarely got in their long long life. it's cut in two chapters, the first one is andy working at the ranch on their own as the 3 others have work in the nearest town, andy tending to the animals, the cows and the stables, creating friendships with the other people working there, kids of the family owning the ranch, distilling their wisdom in random burst here and there and showing slivers of their uncanny nature every now and then, numbing thought and pain with steady work and slowly processing the loss. the second chapter would focus on a cattle drive to the north with booker on their side, joe and nicky having convinced them that they could bond over their grief, and i want to use that opportunity to explore andy's grief over achilles and booker's over his wife and kids. they spend long stretches of days in the plain with no one but other cowboys and the cows around them as they travel north, giving them ample time to think and talk, i'd like to think that this experience is what made them so close in the current timeline. i just keep picturing a scene where they're laying down on their back in the plains, staring at the stars in the sky and quietly sharing their pain and finding solace in not being alone

get me to talk about fic ideas

[theflyingfeeling]

Happy Ystävänpäivä (= Valentine's Day in Finnish, where they are not only celebrating lovers but friendships as well).😊

Cutie. That is the first word that comes to my mind when I think of you🥰. I love the positive, happy and relaxed vibes your blog gives and how kind you are to everyone🤗. I love the stories you write and looking forward to reading your Valentine's Prompts later 💘(but please don’t stress yourself with posting the rest! We just declare the whole of February or if needed the whole year 2023 as one big Valentin’s Day!)

Oh my god Gemma!?! 🥺😭💖 You are SO SWEET I have tears in my eyes!! 🥹 As always when someone says something nice to me I'm at a loss for words (as I am not so used to it), so all I can really say is thank you 💓 You spreading love around this fandom has not gone unnoticed and I'm bouncing it right back to you like a boomerang, because you deserve it!! 🪃💞

Hyvää ystävänpäivää!! <3