#it's just sentimental to meeee idk

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my most boomer trait is discovering my Roku has a live TV app this week and getting excited because that means I can watch the local daily morning news broadcast

[mecachrome]

Hi k! I love reading your ojp scholarship, as he has crept up on me and taken over my brain. Weird question but why do you think he picked Lando as his guy to be a bit weird about?

hi anon 🥺 first off thank u for indulging me & also that is not a weird question at all!!!

ok obviously this is just me saying Anything so i apologize in advance T__T but tbh i think a lot of it ultimately goes back to the idea of lando's ~Proximity~ and how a very specific mélange of career circumstance laid out a foundation for oscar's interest extremely early on... which. let me explain!!! more behind the cut:

not to go on too much of a tangent but if you look at the current drivers in f1 who are roughly within a few years of oscar's age and could have feasibly been someone he'd looked up to coming up the ranks, i'd say the cutoff is like, 2018? so the group is basically charles/george/alex/lando, of whom the first 3 were alr in intrepid together (albeit in diff categories) when oscar had barely started karting at all. also alex moved up to single-seaters very early and his career/road to f1 is obviously a lot more complex than the others, so in reality the only ones oscar would have properly "followed" are lando and george, and then having gone through rfm & british f4 himself it makes sense that he'd lean more toward lando.

...idk how to put this succinctly but basically it's Like: so you're a kid in australia who believes in yourself so much you're willing to move halfway across the globe and attend boarding school by yourself while all your friends and family and the World As You've Always Known It grows and changes without you, and the team you're determined to prove yourself at has semi-recently achieved victory with a guy named lando norris, who is now british f4 champion and runs three separate series the same year you move to europe and goes on to win them all, who is extremely accessible on social media and is kind of awkward but charming and uses dumb unfunny gifs that match your level of online humor exactly, and all the while you're learning to navigate a new country, learning what it really means to prioritize the endless grind of motorsport, and you wouldn't dare look too far ahead into the future but sometimes you see him and think if he can keep winning everything then why not you?

So. also i think what always krills meeee about young_814 lore is that you have to really envision what they looked like circa 2016 like they were undersized dweebs for a majority of their lives!!! anyway. but also nasdlfnagk every time oscar is like i thought you were 30 with your goatee going on haha xD it's like U knowww he's flashing back to that image of little baby lando in his mind..... ok i need to relax.

there are of course other people oscar could have been weird about but in the end it's kind of just a Skill Issue thing / matter of attrition. like from the rfm pack max and logan and guanyu never progressed the same way lando did, and you also have to remember that by the time lando was a mclaren junior he was genuinely their Golden BoyTM, and i know we often talk about lando's competency kink but oscar is also similar to that but in like a ........ he needs to respect you on some fundamental level to be obsessed with you. so the fact that he genuinely rates lando contributes (imo) massively to the fundamentals of their dynamic!!!

also tbh to me one of oscar's biggest mental strengths is specifically that he isn't a very sentimental person, as in if he left to another team i don't think he'd be torn up or anything about not having lando as a teammate lol. but i DO believe he's someone who adapts very well to unfamiliar environments and is always willing to match someone's energy/meet them where they're at (again - especially when he respects them), so he's basically the perfect person to vibe with lando's idiosyncrasies and engage in all the lighthearted push/pulling they have going on. because like he genuinely thinks lando is funny and is more than happy to follow along his meandering bantz and the weirder lando is the weirder oscar is in response and that's just how they Work ?__? so At the end of the day it's: oscar was once a teenage boy who followed (still does) at ladbible instagram and watched the same gaming streamers lando likes or whatever and has seen lando grow into the man he is today (way more confident and "visible" and successful, very much a menace, brutally honest as ever) from this Very Specific vantage point of basically the only other junior after lando to have followed the same path to f1 and been Equally as good / achieved the same stock.

*__* does any of that make sense. 

do u ever think about how lando (extensively nurtured by the team as their only junior) and oscar (basically crashlanded belatedly into his seat) are the only driver pairing in team history to have both debuted with mclaren........ do you ever think about how in a way lando's karting success indirectly influenced oscar's move to europe. do you ever think about how if alpine weren't an abject mess we would have never gotten 814 as teammates and lando would have just been Another Guy On The Grid to him........ 😮‍💨

[thegeminisage]

started up zelda to dick around for like an hour & was SHOCKED to find myself on this dragon island. its been so long i literally forgot where i was lol

its difficult to get around here! rain means climbing is hard and i cant make upward gusts from campfires easily :( maybe i need my bike...

man it reminds me so much of the great sky islands...i feel like this must be the second largest collection of islands, actually. but it's been so long since the tutorial and the music is Like That it feels like a ruin of a ruin.......

ugh i ran into the bottom of an island and lost my bike >:(

oh i see! you're not supposed to use a bike but ascend. neat!!

my other issue is. i dont have a single nonmetallic weapon OR bow. so. my twink ass is gonna get fried

and the islands are small so i keep getting ALMOST KNOCKED OFF!!! EXCUSE ME....

snagged a sword! not a very good one though

oh and a BOW thank god

like i have the lightning proof armor i do but it is not at all upgraded so id be taking my life into my hands. no win scenario

well. it's upgraded to like level 2. which is still basically nothing at this point

:D i can see farosh from here!! HEY GIRLLL

i have to put it on to ride this track though lol. the thing im riding is metal!!

wait a sec. i can just wear this lightning proof armor, put on something metal, and STAND NEXT TO the bad guys. this is awesome! zapped his ass!!!!!!!!!!!!!

oh shit this is an eventide shrine lol. fuck my life

they should have shrines with weather i just decided. i wanna zap their asses

NOOOOOOO a shooting star :( i dont WANT to leave but i really can't afford to pass it up :( at least i got a fast travel point i suppose...

ok got it. ugh i have to pick my way back over to where i was now...

oh my god i dove into the eye and CLEARED THE STORM...? THE MUSIC CHANGED........aaaaa ok im taking a break but SO COOL

ok im BACK. this is cool as hell but tbh i miss the storm a little!!

oh!!!!! a door that requires hearts.....

wait this is too serious im going back to get ths shrine real quick

ok got it. im prepared now.

YOOOOOOOOO dude now IM being spoken to by the sage??? SICK!!!!

yet another crystal follows the beam quest lol

i. accidentally. put the fans. on this wing. backwards. and fell. straight down to. the lynels territory

IN THE SPIRIT OF FUN. I DID NOT MAKE MY BIKE. WELL GUESS WHAT I'M DOING NOW. i need. such a speedy exit oh god oh god hes gonna seeee meeee

OKAY i made it out of sight but. this thing im supposed to carry is WAY heavier than a crystal. i carry those all the time and they do make the bike wonky, even more wonky than koroks do, but i can barely get it up off the ground. i even tried the "old" bike build that im more comfortable with and no dice. i fall out of the sky as soon as i get in it. insane.

ok. i made it. jesus fuck. i remember looking for a chasm here marked on my map...i guess im about to find it. AUGH

"we must meet as soon as possible" girl have you not had to wait 10,000 years?

OH WAIT I WAS HERE...THE DUNGEON I COULDN'T FIGURE OUT...THESE LIGHTROOTS HAVE BEEN LIT........thats fuckin crazy

IM GONNA BUILD MINERU A ROBOT BODY...wow just like leverage, i knew it was coming but it's still cool

SAGE OF SPIRIT....................................WAH

wait wait. i thought they took it out of this game bc it wasnt in gerudo desert. WAAAHHHH. it's so dumb and lore breaking but im sentimental

i havent been to the depths in a long time. i forgot that it's like - you see one thing out in the dark. in this instance, poes. and when you get there you see another thing - in this instance, monsters, and behind them, a lightroot. i could make my own little trail forever this way but it would lead me away from the temple and idk if i wanna explore or do the dungeon :/ i hate to leave poes uncollected and lightroots unlit but i also hate to stray so far from ym objective and have to walk ALLLLLL the way back

whatever, dungeon it is

left leg down!!

aaand right arm! building that cart sucked but riding it was awesome

oooh the music's changing...getting a bit creepy.............

NO!!!!!!!!!!!!! GLOOM TREES......................

oh god i should check for hands down here right now immediately b4 i take another step

ok im clean. thank fuck

man not for nothing but this robot factory stuff reminds me a little of skyward sword...if only this could make sense and not just in my mind palace lol

its like an escort mission for legs lo. the puzzles in whatever quadrant im in rn are MURDERING me. im just brute forcing my way thru them

WHEEEEEEEE oh my god i get to ride a raft. oh my god worth it

left arm DOWN!!!

oh the music just got a LOT creepier. just for like one section

i remember walking up this big spine last time i was here just for fun. i didn't know if i'd feel like doing it/get the chance later. but now here i am doing it again

last depot...i don't think if there's a boss i want to fight it tonight. i'm bushed lol i have work in the morning

ok. actually. i cant figure the last puzzle out and its making me mad bc im 2sleepy. so im quitting here for the night. something to look forward to.......

[imbellarosa]

Tag game!

Thanks @chaotic-bells for tagging meeee i love ya lots my friendddddd!! sorry it took me so long to do, life's been sort of mad!

Rule: tag 9 people you want to know better

Favorite time of the year: Spring or Fall (hell yeah Bellsssss)!! However, last year my favorite time of year was July. Like the month of July still just feels unreal to me.

Comfort food: sushi! (SAME BELLS!) This started bc the first time i was out of my home (when i was 19!) I started buying myself grocery store sushi and a diet coke when the day was particularly bad, and i still do that to this day!

Do you collect something: memory boxes! Rn I have two of them that are old cigar boxes that were a gift from an ex partner last July (see what I mean about July?) and I put tickets and beer bottle caps (another thing i collect) and shells and things that have sentimental ties to them! I'm also making a scrap book so there is that!

Favorite drink: alcoholic? either a margarita, a pint of Kronemburg, or a double rum and coke. Non alcoholic? Diet coke and sweet milky coffee!

Favorite song: this one is toooo hard i think, but Maisie Peters is an aritst I have on repeat rn! Or you know which one? Fool's Gold (original demo) by Caroline Kole, or System or Sapling by Foy Vance or Devastating by Johnnyswim, and Matilda by Harry Styles, but i can't listen to it wo crying yet OH! and SEBASTIAN YATRA MAN!!! Erase Una Vez (Pero Ya No) and Tacones Rojos are FUCKING BANGERS, and also Don't Let Me by Jake Scott

Current favorite album: hmmmmmm idk man. Johnnyswim's is really goooodddd but I can't wait for Ashes' next one or Maisie Peters. and Harry's House is a lovely vibeeeee, and i like it a lot. Idk this one is a hard one for meeee

Favorite fanfic: Hmmmm idk??? I'm not reading anything longer than one shots these days???? I'm looking for RECS is what i'm saying!!! Or, actually, my fav fic of all time might be Crossroads State by Mercy, bc it feels very relevant to my life right now.

Tagging: @laurelier @twopoppies @holyshit @thewestishharpooners and also anyone else who wants to playyyyyyy!!!

[grasslandgirl]

10,15+24!!!

rachel ilysm??? 

im assuming this is for the music asks i posted so here we GO

10: three favourite Halloween/spooky songs

ohhh gosh 

1) obviously the spooky scary skeletons song who do you think i AM

2) this is halloween from the nightmare before christmas

3) idk if this counts but my mom is a preschool teacher and she has this cute little song called ‘old mrs witch’ that ends with her going ‘boo!’ and it was like one of my favorite things when i was little and i used to try and scare Her with it and its just sweet and sentimental so that too i guess gjnvkdrgfn

15: three songs you want to dance with your love to

1) i wanna dance with somebody by whitney houston; holy SHIT i love this song and like its so boppy and lighthearted and joyful

2) mine by taylor swift; gosh old taylor is just like Really Good sometimes you know? and this song is so sweet and hopeful and young and just a lovely love song and it makes me sad and sappy and sentimental

3) All of me by John legend; good GOD i LOVE this song and i just............yeah. yeah.. ALLLLL OF MEEEE LOVES ALLLLL YOUUUUU (love your curves and all your edges, all your perfect imperfections)

24: three favourite old songs

see tbh idk what you define as “old” bc most of the music i listened to when i was growing up was my parents’ music from the 70s/80s so like. yeah but also im 19 and music from the nineties feels old to me? so idk 

1) don’t stop believin’ by journey; this is one of the songs that’s just Our Song with my best friend and like ill never not love it so so much and it will always make me think of her

2) little miss magic by jimmy buffett; this song was one of the songs that was always Mine when i was growing up, jimmy buffet is singing about His daughter in this song, who is also named Savannah (she’s a good 20 years older than me though) and like. this was just My Song (and there aren’t that many Savannah Songs out there, folks)

3) simple man by lynard skynard; i just love this song and though i think its one of their lesser known songs ive always felt it was beautiful and poignant and important and have loved it for years

thank you so much for the ask rachel ilysm

if you want to know more about my frankly varied and eclectic music tastes, send me some more music asks here!