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squirting w/ patrick??
I'm so unwell about this.
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When you mentioned that you'd never experienced anything like squirting before, Patrick took it as a personal challenge, a kind of sacred duty. And he was really obsessed with this idea, so the man spent a lot of time exploring your body, catching every little reaction you made whenever he twisted, curled or scissored his fingers deep inside you. Sometimes you could get really overstimulated after the long fingering sessions Patrick gave you, but still something was missing, something that could finally turn you into a gushing, lightheaded mess.
And Bateman was more than determined to find that lost little piece of the puzzle.
One day, after the perfect dinner you had in Arcadia, he invited you to his place. Everything was pretty casual, on a high level, as Patrick always preferred, but the moment you stepped into his lavish apartment, you had the feeling that something was odd—the way he looked at you all evening with that crazy sparkle in his hazel eyes, his little sly smirks, his spontaneous touches here and there that were a little too possessive to display in public.
But the main course was waiting for you in his bedroom.
With your eyes closed by his large palms, Patrick led you into his sanctuary, the soft, slightly chilly breeze fanning over your body as he closed the door behind the two of you, and when he finally regained your ability to see, the first thing you spotted was a lonely standing chair in the middle of the room. The same high-backed chair that had been in his living room the last time you were here.
Bateman's grin grew wider the more confused you looked, but he didn't say anything, leaving you completely bewildered and lost. The soft thud of his perfectly polished leather shoes was the only sound that filled the room.
Click, click, click.
Paralyzed, you couldn't move or think rationally as his hot breath wafted around your exposed neck—you felt like a puppet and Patrick was the one pulling the strings. Pressing a light kiss along your jawline, the man walked past you to the chair and placed a hand on its back, hiding one of his hands in his pants pockets.
"Please, take a seat," he grinned with his classic charming smile that radiated nothing but sweetness—the kind that humans use to lure prey into a trap. "Don't stand there like you're not welcome."
It was a dangerous game you were playing, but you obeyed. However, it was not as if you had any other options.
As soon as your shoulder blades touched the cool wooden back of the chair, you gasped and Patrick found it no less than hot and alluring as he stood behind you and gently stroked your head in an strangely soothing way. Panting, you could practically feel how cold your limbs were getting, even though the adrenaline rush was boiling your blood, but everything was working in such a fucked up way.
Literally everything—including you.
"Do you remember telling me that you consider yourself more adventurous than not?" His sudden question took you by surprise. "Uh, I don't even know why I suddenly remembered that?"
Liar.
With a soft chuckle, he strolled over the chair to the other side of his bedroom, where a huge mirror gave a perfect view of the white walls, making everything around look like an operating room where you were a patient and he was your doctor.
Thrilled, you took a moment to clear your throat, clutching the firm edge of the chair with both hands. "Why are you bringing it up now?"
The man hummed, dragging a large technical device into the middle of the room to place it almost directly in front of you, so you could realize it was a fucking camera. "Answering a question with a question, really? Not a very polite thing to do." Patrick scoffed, adjusting the camera on its tripod before looking into it to focus on your humiliated form. "But that's okay. Tonight we'll see how adventurous you really are."
Huffing, you watched him pick up something that reminded you of duct tape—the man was absolutely cold-blooded in his movements, as if he did this every day, but maybe he really did?
"Tell me," he murmured in your ear once he was behind your back again. "Are you my good girl?"
As he bent down to your neckline, Patrick seized the moment to draw a wet line all the way down your throat with his tongue, stopping only at your cheek. The aura this man radiated was so dark but so intoxicating that you didn't even make a sound when he possessively snaked his hand into your dress to grab your breast and tease your nipple, and of course he knew it would be so hard as your arousal could be smelled in the air.
"Yes," you looked back at him, your body shaking against the chair, he could feel it, savoring it like the most delicious meal, like the thrill of the kill. "I am."
And at that moment you knew it was over.
The sticky duct tape cuffed your hands behind the back of the chair, the hem of your dress pulled up with no underwear underneath, the red light on the camera blinking agonizingly. The fucking camera recorded it all—how Patrick abused your sopping cunt with his fingers, the cold metal of his Rolex brushing against your tender skin only adding to the wicked sensations rippling through every little fiber of you—and it was only the beginning.
"'C'mon, babydoll," Bateman drew near your face to hold it in one place and make sure you were looking directly at the camera. "If you could say that when we were alone, you could say it on camera."
Squirming in the seat, you were on the brink of bursting into fucking tears as he used his fingers with phenomenal accuracy, brushing them perfectly against your G-spot and the rhythm, goddamn it! Even the tempo he maintained was as if he was right inside your mind, knowing when to speed up and when to slow down a bit, to edge you a little, to delay the inevitable.
"Pat-Patrick!" You barely managed to say anything coherent, and Bateman seemed to enjoy doing everything he could to make it even more challenging. "Mhmh…fuck…please…t-that's too much!"
Patrick could only chuckle at your pitiful attempt to soften him up, the wide wolfish smile never leaving his face—it only grew wider the second he slapped your heavy breasts with his large palm, eliciting a loud whimper to escape your swollen lips.
"I didn't ask you to beg," the man replied, his gruff voice drawing out all the sounds around you, including the obscene squelching sound your pussy made every time he slid his fingers in and out. "I only asked you to tell the truth."
Increasing the pressure on the sensitive spot inside you, Bateman caught one of your taut nipples between his thumb and forefinger, twisting and pinching it until it was painful, the fingers of his other hand moving like clockwork at high speed, curled and buried deep. The friction against your soft inner walls was so intense that at one point you felt a strange, rising tension in your lower body—something familiar, but always frightening.
"Oh, God, Patrick!" You literally blurted out, squirming in the chair, your feet scattering mercilessly across the floor. "Fine...fine! I will...tell...I will fucking tell!" You tried to move your head, but Bateman grabbed your neck and forced you to stay still. What a fucking bastard. "I'm...I'm a dirty slut..."
Suddenly Patrick yanked your head back and sucked on your throbbing artery. "A dirty slut who...? Keep going, brat."
With that, he pressed his wet thumb against your red-hot clit, rubbing it with reckless abandon, you were ready to explode at any second, but Bateman still craved to complete his crude ritual of degrading you.
"...I'm a dirty slut who...likes her pussy to be ruined," you hiccupped at the last words. "A-ahhh...I love it...s-so much!"
Patrick let out a low groan and slid one of his fingers into your mouth to touch your wet tongue. "Ruined by who?" He asked, withdrawing his finger to suck it.
Balancing on the last semblance of a clear mind, you locked your dizzy eyes with his, feeling the wet pool forming under your ass on the chair. "By you."
Honestly, you could expect anything from this man, but not that when he finally allowed you to reach your peak, making you gush like a fucking waterfall, he would bring you closer to kiss you wildly on the lips, drinking in all your moans and never stopping to push his fingers inside you, even when the sleeve of his designer suit was soaked wet with your cum.
He just didn't fucking care.
Bateman's mind was so far away already, imagining the nights he would watch this tape, which would surely be his favorite, and oh, he would definitely make you watch it with him, and who knew, maybe this would not be the only time he would film you in such an extravagant way.
After all, Patrick truly believed that his technique of bringing you to orgasm was nothing less than a work of art that deserved to be filmed.
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dumb tactics — jing yuan x reader
sypnosis. [ 0.3k words. fluff. established relationship ] — a game, a whistle, a kiss.
usagi's note: i haven't written in a while bcs i was caught up in academics, but i swear ive been cooking, like i have a rlly good upcoming plot so im very excited!! see more of my rambles after the fic, enjoy!!
“Your turn, A-Yuan,” you say as you drop your piece on the board.
It had been another one of those restful afternoons where the two of you simply basked in each other's presence. Today included a game of starchess.
Your lover looked seconds away from falling asleep so you called his name once again.
��Mhm,” he simply hummed, yawned, then moved his piece, “My love, do you know how to whistle?”
You raise an eyebrow, “Whistle…?” you echoed as you moved another piece.
“Yes,” he moves and takes one of your pieces. “I heard from Qingzu that whistling makes birds feel safe enough to rest next to humans,” he says, then stops to listen to the flock of birds you keep in the garden.
“Well yes, I do know how to,” you say as you take a piece of his.
Jing Yuan turns to look at you expectantly, using his signature pleading look.
You roll your eyes as you breathe out a laugh, “Alright, fine,”
You whistle a tune you know and wait for the birds… but nothing… happened?
You turn to look up and find the little creatures, but they just stayed in the trees.
“Yuan, I don't think it's working, maybe I'm doing it wrong, hold on let me try again,” you say as you turn back to him and whistle a different tune when-
He kisses you.
A quick peck and he pulls back with a :3.
Wait-
“Was the whole thing a ruse so you could kiss me?” You ask while just staring at him.
“Forgive me, Lady Bailu had told me something of a similar story earlier this week, I just… simply wanted to try it out,” he says still smiling.
You sigh in exasperation at his antics.
“You do know if you wanted a kiss, you could've just asked me, right?”
“Mm, but where's the fun in that, dear?”
You smiled amusedly, “You should be glad I put up with you,” you tease, “But do spit out my chess pieces, A-Yuan, you're not getting off the hook this time,”
The General turns his face away with a sly look.
“Jing Yuan!”
usagi's note: SO ANYWAY. one of the reasons why ive been so happy this week is bcs i hit my first 200+ cdmg in genshin like im so proud (i have shit builds okay) but like the cr is 37 ish so i think i should get that up to probably 50 or 60%? but im worried the cdmg will drop to the 100s again.
another one is bcs i learned smth rlly cool during my science class, thats is soooo gonna be the theme of the next fic i write, oh and its gonna be w scara btw cuz he's the one i hit the 200+ cdmg with hehe. but im kinda worried i won't be able to finish the outline within this week bcs ive been made head of a few projects especially with our entrepreneurship class so idk we'll see... ANW I HOPE U ENJOYED PLS SEND ASKS ILY ALL BYE THX FOR 150 I CRIED (REAL) !!!
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come find me ⛐ 𝐂𝐒𝟓𝟓
♫ forgive me, peter carlos, please know that i tried to hold on to the days when you were mine.
ꔮ starring: carlos sainz x childhood best friend!reader. ꔮ word count: 4.4k ꔮ includes: romance, friendship, angst with a happy ending, hurt/comfort. mentions of food. childhood best friends, right person/wrong time, canon compliant -ish, minor spanish. heavily inspired by taylor swift's peter. ꔮ commentary box: ho is u okay,, @binisainz planted this idea in my head and i had to go full throttle with it. one day we will write happy things (today will not be that day). 𝐦𝐲 𝐦𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭
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▸ THE GODDESS OF TIMING ONCE FOUND US BEGUILING. SHE SAID SHE WAS TRYING; CARLOS, WAS SHE LYING? MY RIBS GET THE FEELING SHE DID.
The cake is lopsided.
It doesn’t matter, though. Carlos grins like it’s the best thing he’s ever seen. His mother places it on the kitchen counter with a laugh, brushing flour off her apron. The candles wobble precariously as she adjusts them, and you and Carlos press your palms to the table, watching like the fate of the world hinges on whether or not they’ll topple over.
They don’t.
Carlos cheers as if it’s a victory in its own right. He tugs at your wrist until you’re at his side. The kitchen smells of sugar and vanilla, and the late afternoon sun spills through the window, turning the terracotta tiles into a checkerboard of red and black.
His father ruffles his hair, chuckling under his breath. “Blow out the candles, campeón.”
Carlos turns to you, eyes sparkling with that mischievous glint that always means trouble.
“You do it with me,” he insists.
“It’s your birthday,” you argue, but he’s already inching closer, shoulder bumping against yours.
“Please?” he says, and you know then— even at this age— that you’ll never be able to say no to him.
So you do it together, squeezing your eyes shut as you make your wishes. When you open them, the candles are snuffed out, a faint curl of smoke rising toward the ceiling.
His mother claps, and his father nods. They share a knowing look. The kind of knowledge adults carry like a secret; the certainty that some people are just meant to orbit each other.
The goddess of timing must be watching, amused and benevolent, because even the universe can’t help but indulge in this small, perfect moment.
There are murmurs about your friendship. Of course there are. Sainz Jr. had a friend, a next-door neighbor who indulged his every whimsy.
And you had Carlos.
Carlos, who chases your bullies away with sticks from his backyard. Carlos, who hurtles down the street on his bicycle so he can get the two of you the freshest bocadillos. Carlos, who will halve the chances of his birthday wish being fulfilled if it means you get to have a quarter of a wish, too.
Later, after too much cake and games in the garden, you sit beneath the lemon tree. Dirt streaks your legs; frosting sticks to Carlos’ fingers. Your best friend leans his head against your shoulder.
His hair is damp with sweat, chest rising and falling in the slow rhythm of someone perfectly content. He’s only 10— que horror, the dreaded double digit!— but he acts like he already has all the answers in the world.
“I’m going to be a race car driver,” he tells you. As if it’s a prophecy. His God-given right.
You hum, picking at the grass beside you. “I know.”
“You’ll come to all my races?”
“Of course.”
Carlos sighs with satisfaction. “We’ll always be friends,” he promises, prophesies.
You’re too young to know that people change, that you can’t possibly predict the years to come. Right now, with the sun dipping below the rooftops and the sky blushing pink, it feels like forever could be this simple.
After a beat, Carlos pipes up, “What did you wish for?”
“I can’t tell you,” you snort, “or else it won’t come true.”
“Not fair!” he whines. “It’s my birthday!”
You bicker and roughhouse until Carlos’ mother has to intervene. The question is forgotten when you two are called in for dinner of polbo a feira and tapas.
It’s one of those memories you wish you could keep in a snow globe, forever immortalized. The dining table, the conversation, the company.
The wish you made, buried in your mind like the spare house key under a mat.
I hope Carlos gets everything he wants.
▸ AND SOMETIMES IT GETS ME, WHEN CROSSING YOUR JET STREAM— WE BOTH DID THE BEST WE COULD DO UNDERNEATH THE SAME MOON.
The trophy is heavier than Carlos expected.
His hands ache from gripping the wheel, knuckles still buzzing from the adrenaline of the last lap. All the same, he refuses to put the prize down. He clutches it like proof that the last three years weren’t just a dream; inwardly, he’s scared that letting go might somehow undo the third place finish.
The victory party spills across the hotel’s rooftop, lanterns swaying in the humid breeze. His father shakes hands with team managers. His mother beams at anyone who glances her way.
And Carlos— Carlos searches for you.
You find him first, dodging through the crowd with practiced ease. There’s a scrape on your knee from tripping over a curb in your rush to get to the podium, and your hair is a mess from running down the track, but Carlos doesn’t care.
You look at him like he’s conquered the world, and he feels like maybe he has.
He casts aside the trophy. Suddenly, it’s not as important as what he’s about to hold.
“You did it,” you’re breathing, and he’s reaching out to pull you into a hug. “Cariño, you did it.”
“We did it,” he amends. You laugh like it’s a joke, like Carlos isn’t being a hundred percent sincere.
Nobody bats an eye at the show of affection. You’ve been around since Torneo Industrie. You were there for the podium finishes and the falls from grace.
Carlos Sainz’s best friend. The one who was keeping a promise. The one he sought out after every race, win or lose.
Not just any girl in the crowd, but the girl.
Carlos sways the two of you back and forth, feet shuffling in a clumsy imitation of a slow dance. There’s a live band playing the ballads his parents like, so his effort to keep you close is rather awkward and off-putting.
He’s not about to be called out on it, though. Not when this is his moment, and he’s keen on sharing it with you.
“I couldn’t have done it without you,” he mumbles into the crown of your head.
“You could have,” you respond firmly, the words spoken into his clothed shoulder. “You would have.”
I don’t want to, he almost says, but he bites the words back. Carlos doesn’t want to need you too much. Doesn’t want to put his career in the palm of your hands.
He pulls back, still gripping your arms like he needs the anchor. The party swirls around you both. A snow globe celebrating him while he reveres you.
“We’ll do this forever,” he says. A shadow of that childhood promise. “You’ll come to all my races.”
You’re older, now. A little wiser. Not so immune to the whispers.
Carlos, who is built for bigger things. And you— the amalgamation, the imposition. El destino.
His destiny, if he were to want it badly enough.
You smile, though it doesn’t quite reach your eyes. The moon hangs low in the sky, watching over you both like it knows something you don’t.
“Of course,” you say, pretending it’s still that simple.
▸ YOU SAID YOU WERE GONNA GROW UP, THEN YOU WERE GONNA COME FIND ME... YOU SAID YOU'D COME AND GET ME, BUT YOU WERE TWENTY-FIVE.
You remember what it looked like— the night Carlos made his choice.
The car, idling by the curb, its headlights spilling across the pavement. Carlos, leaning against the gate of your house. His fingers tapped restless patterns on the metal; his sneakers scuffed against the ground.
He looked young. He was young.
Stripped of the helmet and the race suit, he was just a 16-year-old boy with too much of the world ahead of him and not enough words to say what he meant.
“I’ll call you,” he assured, voice breaking the silence. The third time he had said it that night.
You nodded and crossed your arms over your chest like you could hold yourself together that way. “I know.”
Carlos let out a breath, rubbing at the back of his neck. His hair was longer, curls falling over his forehead. It didn’t hide the way his eyes flickered with uncertainty.
He was always so sure of himself on the track— confident in every turn, every overtake— but he looked lost now, standing in front of you like he couldn’t figure out how to leave.
“You can still watch the races,” he had tried, the joke falling flat between you. “On TV. It’s almost the same.”
“It’s not the same,” you said, and you inhaled sharply when it came out sounding sharp. You shook your head and tried again. “It’s fine, Carlos. You should go.”
Instead of taking your advice, Carlos had taken a step closer.
His hand twitched like he wanted to reach for you, but he shoved it into his pocket instead. “I don’t want you to think I’m leaving because I want to,” he said, words tumbling out too fast. “I have to do this. I just... I need to try. But I’ll come back.”
“You don’t know that.”
“I do.” He swayed on his feet, desperate to make you believe him. “I’ll get it out of my system, and then I’ll come back.”
The way he said it— like racing was a fever that needed to break, like the only cure was time and distance— made your chest ache. You’d never seen him without racing, couldn’t imagine a version of Carlos that wasn’t chasing speed like he was scared of what might catch him if he slowed down.
“How long?” you whispered.
Carlos opened his mouth. Closed it again.
The truth is, he didn’t know. It could be years. It could be forever.
But he had looked at you like he wanted it to be tomorrow.
“Just wait for me,” he begged, voice barely above a whisper, “please.”
As a teenager, you had not thought it to be cruel. It was simply a parting remark, a best friend’s desperate plea. When you nodded and let Carlos plant a kiss to your forehead— as if sealing the deal— you didn’t expect it to feel a lot like a death sentence.
It’s been nine years since.
Carlos slips in and out of your life like Spanish summers. He’ll spend a week or two of off-season in Madrid, soaking up as much of you as he can. Every year, there is something new to report.
A co-driver he dislikes. A team trying to poach him. An entire life where you are a footnote— a ‘best friend’ back home.
This time around, he is 25 and gearing up to join McLaren. He had texted you about it when he first got the news.
The papaya team, you said good-naturedly, and he responded with a selfie with his curly-haired co-driver.
I told him all about you, Carlos said. You were not sure whether to feel grateful or heartbroken.
Tonight, the dinner plates have been pushed to the side, remnants of your meal forgotten in favor of stretching the night out just a little longer. Your best friend sits across from you, elbow on the table, chin propped in his hand.
The kitchen of his family home is quiet, save for the faint hum of the fridge and the ticking of the wall clock. His parents have given you some privacy. Even now, they are still rooting for what they think is the soft epilogue you both deserve.
Carlos’ eyes soften as you top his glass. The same warm brown as when he was fourteen and winning his first championship, as when he was sixteen and making promises he couldn’t follow up on.
You tilt your glass of wine, watching the way the liquid catches the light. “So,” you start, voice steady, “have you gotten it out of your system yet?”
You can see the guilt settle over him, the way his shoulders tense and his gaze drops to the table. He scratches at the wood grain with his thumb, jaw tight.
“I’m close,” he says, and you hate how desperate he sounds to convince you. “Just a few more years.”
“A few more years,” you repeat, like you can make the words sound like less than what they are. You nod, pretending not to notice the tremor in his voice.
You lift your gaze, studying him. The sharper angles of his face, the subtle lines that years of racing and travel have carved into his skin.
The way he looks at you— that hasn’t changed.
“I will come back,” he promises, leaning in, eyes wide and earnest. “I swear, I just—”
“Carlos.” You reach across the table, fingers curling around his hand.
You squeeze his hand, trying to memorize the shape of him, the feel of his skin against yours. And then, slowly, you stand, tugging him to his feet with you as you move around the table.
He follows you instinctively, like he always has.
You’re the one who finally, finally does it. In the dim light of this kitchen that has witnessed everything, you kiss him.
It’s soft and lingering, a slow unraveling of years of almosts and maybes. Carlos doesn’t hesitate; he melts into it, hands coming up to cradle your face.
He kisses you like he’s trying to make up for every goodbye, every missed birthday, every time he said he’d come back and didn’t.
He tastes like the wine you’d been drinking, like everything you want but can’t have.
You pull away and briefly rest your forehead against his, fingers brushing through his hair. Carlos chases your lips, but you step back.
“You don’t have to come back for me,” you exhale, voice breaking on the words. “Just come back when you’re ready.”
Carlos stares at you, eyes glassy, chest rising and falling like he’s about to argue.
He doesn’t. He’s never raised his voice at you. He was not about to start tonight.
You slip away, the same way that summer might end on an unassuming September afternoon.
And so this must be what winter feels like, Carlos thinks as he watches you go.
▸ ARE YOU STILL A MIND-READER, A NATURAL SCENE STEALER? I'VE HEARD GREAT THINGS, CARLOS, BUT LIFE WAS ALWAYS EASIER ON YOU THAN IT WAS ON ME.
You find out the way everyone else does.
The announcement is plastered across every sports site you frequent, and someone in the office even mentions it in passing like it's a casual thing. For them, it is.
For you, it's something else entirely.
Carlos Sainz signs with Ferrari, replacing Sebastian Vettel.
The sting isn't sharp, but it lingers. A dull ache of realization.
You used to be the first to know these things. You used to get the late-night texts, the excited voice messages, the hastily snapped photos of team gear before anything was official. Now, you're like everybody else, learning about Carlos’ life through headlines and curated press releases.
You wonder, briefly, if it's the kiss that ruined things. You haven’t exactly stopped talking, but the texts are infrequent now. The check-ins, more obligatory than organic.
Still, you swallow the feeling and shoot him a message. Not because you have to, but because there isn’t a world where you wouldn’t give Carlos Sainz the flowers he deserves.
Congratulations, mi campeón, you text him. Ferrari red suits you.
Your phone rings in the next five minutes, your screen lighting up with a childhood photo of you and Carlos.
“I was waiting for you to text,” he says, voice laced with relief. “I wanted to tell you myself, I swear. I just... Things happened so fast.”
You close your eyes, resting your forehead against your hand. You realize that you don’t know where he is. Maranello? Monaco?
In the house right next doors to yours— back home, where you once thought he belonged?
You want to let him explain, want to listen to every single word, but your boss shouts your name from across the room. You’re reminded of your place. These white walls and linoleum floors; cubicles and desk set-ups that Carlos never would have settled for.
“Lo siento, cariño,” you say hurriedly. “I’m at work. I have to go, but— I mean it. Congratulations. I am happy for you.”
It’s small, almost negligible. The emphasis you choose to put on the word ‘am’. I am happy for you, you’re saying, as if you’re still trying to convince yourself of the fact.
Carlos, on the other end of the line, exhales heavily.
He doesn’t say he will call later tonight when you’re free. The two of you are no longer in the business of getting each other’s hopes up.
“Thank you,” he says, the platitude sounding heavier than it should.
You end the call and shove the phone into your desk drawer, hopeful that it will keep you from doing something stupid like reading up on Ferrari or texting Carlos a dozen apologies.
The ache lingers.
It always does.
▸ I WON'T CONFESS THAT I WAITED, BUT I LET THE LAMP BURN. AS THE MEN MASQUERADED, I HOPED YOU'D RETURN.
Carlos shows up at your doorstep like he doesn’t know where else to go.
You don’t have to check your phone to know why he’s here. You step aside wordlessly, letting him into the familiar warmth of your home. He exhales, as if stepping over the threshold takes something out of him.
Maybe it does. Maybe this is the last place he can let himself be like this— untethered from the world that has just tossed him aside.
For a long time, neither of you speak. He lingers in your living room, shoulders hunched as he stares at the floor. Carlos doesn’t have to know, but the laptop in your bedroom bears dozens of articles, like you were a crime scene detective trying to make sense of all the details.
Lewis Hamilton to replace Carlos Sainz at Ferrari for the 2025 season.
It had felt like a punch to the gut just reading it. You can’t even imagine what it must’ve felt like to be him.
“Carlos,” you begin, but he’s already shaking his head, a wry smile playing at his lips.
All these years between the two of you— despite most of it being spent apart— makes you a language that Carlos is fluent in. He knows. Knows that you were about to offer some comfort, some reassurance, some platitude.
He shifts on your couch. Your knees bump against each other.
“Maybe this is it,” he murmurs. “Maybe this is the end of the road for me.”
Then, softer, like he’s telling himself as much as he’s telling you, “Maybe after this season, I’ll finally fulfill what I’ve always promised you.”
You hate that your heart leaps. Hate that for a second— one fragile, selfish second— you wonder if this is the universe finally setting things right.
This is the universe course-correcting, is it not? The years, and the distance, and the missed calls were all just detours leading him back here.
But that’s not how it works.
Not for him. Not for you.
This is not fate. It’s heartbreak.
And you would never let Carlos Sainz’s heart break, if you could do anything about it.
“Carlos,” you say again, firmer this time.
He looks up at you. You recognize the glint in his eyes. The part of him that’s already bracing for the fight. Ready to convince you, to convince himself, that this— this is the checkered flag, the final lap.
You don’t let him.
“This— racing— it’s who you are. You can’t give that up,” you say earnestly, the words for me hanging in the air between you.
Carlos laughs. It sounds more like a sob. “I’ve already given up so much for it,” he says wretchedly. “And still, it’s never enough.”
You swallow the lump in your throat and shift closer, reaching out to rest your hand over his. He doesn’t pull away.
“If this is the end of the road,” you say softly, “then walk it all the way to the finish. Don’t let them decide when it’s over.”
Carlos fixes you with his gaze, his eyes dark and unreadable. After all this time, he still looks to you like you have all the answers.
Like you are the answer.
After an eternity, he sighs and nods once.
For the rest of the night, you don’t talk about racing. You let him linger in the safety of your home, the two of you orbiting around each other like you always have. Two people bound by a history neither of you can seem to let go of.
You exchange stories. You watch reruns of some old telenovela.
You keep your hands off each other, because you don’t want this moment to be a Band-Aid on a bullet wound. You respect each other too much to settle for that.
When Carlos falls asleep on your couch, you quietly drape a blanket over him and let the lamp burn through the night.
Just in case he wakes up and needs to find his way back to you.
▸ WITH YOUR FEET ON THE GROUND, TELL ME ALL THAT YOU'D LEARNED 'CAUSE LOVE'S NEVER LOST WHEN PERSPECTIVE IS EARNED.
Carlos turns thirty with a new team, a new beginning, and a birthday party that feels like it was always meant to end here.
The Sainz family home buzzes with celebration— laughter spilling through the rooms, wine glasses clinking, plates scraping against each other as people help themselves to seconds. The scent of his mother’s cooking lingers, grounding everything in a familiarity Carlos hadn’t realized he missed this much.
And then there’s you.
Carlos stands by the cake, the glow of the candles flickering across his face, and he’s not looking at anyone else.
“Come blow the candle with me,” he says, holding out his hand.
You blink, caught off guard. A couple of snickers ripple through the room. Not everybody is privy to the lore, but they don’t really have to be. They all know how much you mean to Carlos.
“It’s your birthday,” you say. The same thing you’d said two decades ago.
His grin is boyish, teasing. “I’m thirty. I need the help.”
His mother hides her smile behind her mug. His father shakes his head, mumbles something like estos dos as déjà vu hits like a truck.
The room is full of people certain the two of you belonged to each other long before you ever understood what that meant.
You step beside him. Carlos counts down under his breath, his hand resting over the small of your back.
The flame is extinguished. Another bottle of champagne is popped. You have some vague memory of the wish you made the first time this happened, but you can’t say for sure if it has come true.
The party stretches into the night, but Carlos stays close, his shoulder brushing against yours every time he moves. He doesn’t say much— doesn’t have to. It’s enough to just be here for once.
When the crowd thins out, he grabs his jacket without question, ready to walk you home like he always used to.
The streets of Madrid are quieter than they should be, as if the city is holding space for the two of you. The stars are bright, scattered across the sky like promises.
Carlos shoves his hands into his coat pockets, scuffing his shoe against the pavement. “What did you wish for?”
You exhale a soft laugh. “You can’t ask that.”
“I can.” He glances at you, half a smile tugging at his mouth. “I’m thirty now. I’ve earned the right to know.”
You don’t answer immediately. You watch him instead— the way he looks at peace, even with the weight of starting over. His new Williams contract is a fresh start, a lease on life he almost lost.
He’s not done racing. Not yet. But he’s here, he’s here, and you want so badly for that be enough.
You stop walking. Carlos notices a beat later, turning to face you. His eyes are careful, searching.
“Racing is never going to be out of your system,” you say, as if it’s a fact of life. The sky is blue, the sun is warm, and Carlos Sainz will chase the thrill of a podium until his final breath.
Carlos winces, looking almost guilty as he responds, “I didn’t mean to—”
“I know.” You cut him off gently. You’re both now, and you understand that it is not simple. It never was. But that does not mean it is worth anything less.
“I’m glad you didn’t quit,” you add, just to make things clear.
Carlos steps closer. “I would’ve come back for you,” he says, voice rough with sincerity. “I think— I think I will always come back to you.”
You smile up at him. It’s bittersweet and small, but it’s all his. All for him.
He lifts a hand to cup your cheek, his thumb brushing your skin. “You never told me what you wished for,” he whispers, his forehead resting against yours.
“I’ll tell you mine,” you say as you lean into him, chest aching with something that feels like forgiveness— for him, for yourself, for all the years you lost trying to outrun what was always inevitable, “if you tell me yours.”
Carlos doesn’t answer with words. Instead, he leans in to kiss you like he’s been holding the promise of it for years. A quiet, patient kind of love finally breaking the surface.
It tastes like every birthday cake you ever shared, every race you ever watched, every almost that never quite unraveled into more.
This, he saying as he kisses away all the versions of love that didn’t quite fit before, is what I wished for.
Somewhere in the universe, the goddess of timing breathes a sigh of relief. She had never lied.
Te tomó bastante tiempo, she whispers through the breeze in your hair, through the constellation in the sky, through the flower that takes root over the spot you shared a kiss.
It took you long enough. ⛐
#carlos sainz x reader#carlos sainz fic#carlos sainz imagines#carlos sainz drabble#carlos sainz x you#f1 x reader#f1 fic#f1 drabble#f1 x you#carlos sainz angst#f1 angst#f1 imagines#⛐ kae prix#⛐ cs55#this got so long that i ended up having to make a proper graphic for it#but i got too attached to the original collage so it's at the very end LOL#OH THIS WAS SOOOO FUN !!#carlos my shayla...
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TROLLHUNTERS OPTIONAL RP SERVER!!
My friends and I run this super awesome TOA AU server.......you should like totally join. RPing is optional, so also join if you just wanna hang out!! If you are interested in RPing, below is the little blurb from Disboard and some concept art made by our Co-Owner!! Owner - @g3ah Co-Owner - @herberwest Admin - @yoshis-island420 Admin - @olizempic on Discord
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In ancient times, dragons ruled the Earth, their paradise of Old Valyria crafted by the Draconic Goddess Tiamat. But Valyria's volcanic foundations doomed it, leaving only a few dragons to escape its fiery destruction. Thousands of years later, in 2021, dragons are rare and hidden, remnants of their once-mighty kingdoms. Trollhunter James Lake Jr. faces a dire threat as primordial wizards Bellroc and Skrael seek to end him and unleash a Divine Reckoning. Despite Nari's hiding, the Order grows impatient and recruits fearsome allies, including the ancient dragon queen, Vhagar. Yet, hope remains as some dragons, like Caraxes and Meleys, join the Trollhunters to fight for the greater good. A war looms that will shake the Earth and skies, as dragons once again take flight in a battle for the ages.
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Hello! This is Trollhunters: The Dance of Dragons, a Tales of Arcadia AU roleplay server! Above was a summary of our lore. It's just TOA with dragons, specifically dragons from the Game of Thrones prequel, House of the Dragon. Now, you may be thinking, "I love Trollhunters, but I don't know a thing about House of the Dragon!" That's ok! YOU DON'T HAVE TO! The lore and plot of HOTD are completely irrelevant to this server. Just think of it as TOA, now with dragons (that talk)!
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In this server, we pride ourselves in…
Being welcoming and inclusive of all members
Being an amazing space for artists to share their work
Having extensive RP channels and being welcoming of OCs
Having cool events!!
Being flexible! You DO NOT have to RP by the lore at all
Being a cool server to just chat in -- you do not have to be a roleplayer to be here!!
We hope you join this server. It was a project that was thought up by our wonderful co-owner, and one that the staff is very proud of. We want to see this fandom active again, we miss it!
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We've already got a few canon character slots claimed, as well as some dragons and OCs! Below is who we have available.......
#tales of arcadia#trollhunters#the arcane order#bellroc#nari#skrael#james lake jr#jim lake jr#toa trollhunters#toa wizards#3below#douxie casperan#house of the dragon#hotd#dragons#au#roleplay#oc roleplay#fandom roleplay#rp#oc rp#oc#my ocs#original character#ocs#crossover#crossover au#crossover fanart#alternate universe
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One detail I loved about isat was that once you progressed through enough of the game, the number of loops would start to skip over each other. At one point I skipped from Loop 77 to 82, and I was staring at the screen in shock because. Five whole loops??? The implications of never quite knowing or remembering what happens in those missing loops are terrifying. It's a small detail but it adds so much to the player's immersion. We're six feet deep into Siffrin's mindset, and they've BEEN forgetting things. With the loops skipping over one another in random increments and having that split-second disorientation (did the loops just skip or are you misremembering?).... truly the Siffrin Experience.
#every time the loops would skip i would start losing it alongside siffrin#though i missed it the first couple times until my sister pointed them out...#its such a cool thing to include in the game#especially because you never know how many loops you would skip. 2? 3? 5?#what is the maximum number of loops that skip?#isat#in stars and time#isat siffrin#isat spoilers
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My poor sweet put-upon partner & their union job's requirements of health and happiness.
#Textual.#MACK TAG#Poor thing worked very hard on a long project nearly alone + the team worked on on some other stuff.#Basically it all shook out that its boss is cool & believes in making his employees feel appreciated. Includes D&B's during paid hours.#Paid fat bucks to cheat a ring toss game. We love it here.#This is deeply funny & satirical to me. This post is pro-union & so am I.
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one more thing thats been rotating around my head:
my school anime club hosts an anime con in the spring and i am genuinely so excited bc club members are staff amnd we are hsoting it! and i can host a panel!!!
#itd be my first anime con]#and also why part of the reason im trying to homemake a cosplay so i can have a cool one to wear#so many panel ideas are running around my head#i wanna make it bsd themed but im unsure how popular that would be#so i was thinking since im planning to go in dead apple fyodor cosplay#fyodor has that one line i really love “welcome to happy group counseling hour!! Im your host-- Fyodor Dostoyevsky”#and it sounds like hes introducing a game show (im not gonna force the panel goers into a counseling hour sobs dwdw)#SO my idea was anime themed game show w/ good prizes corresponding to the animes i picked the questions from#like itd INCLUDE bsd but it wouldnt be only about bsd is what im saying#therefor making it more appealing to the general con goers!!!#god its in may and im beginning to prepare for it now help me#of course i have a fuck ton of time to prepare but ive always liked to have my details in check long before the actual thing happens#i feel sorry for you and am deeply thankful if you read through my mess of thoughts#ily! /p :D#actually goodnight now its like 1:30am and id prefer to sleep earlier than i did last night <3#sodaramblestoomuch
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(Out of nowhere, you are approached by a familiar lightbulb-headed Cog.)
Ah, it's you, cat. Thinking you're oh-so-slick. Muttering and whispering under those raggedy whiskers of yours... Thinking I am unable to hear it all...
Well, you've simply underestimated my fantastic hearing. You probably want to know the reason why I'm here, taking a 'break' from my incredibly important scientific breakthroughs? It's quite simple, really!
(She gets close, and squints her eyes.)
I know what you are.
Farewell, now!
(She then leaves the way she came from.)
(Spam giggles immensely, covering her face... it always seems like she's giggling, isn't she? This lasts... at least thirty seconds. Longer than usual.)
And I know what I am too, Sparky! You broke through something, that's for sure. Really, broke through...
(She looks down, continuing to laugh nervously.)
You know, I find it odd you Havent tried to bulb blast me into the stratosphere by now. I mean knowing how you acted with Frostbite. Is there something peculiar about me that you perhaps can't quite track? Something about me that you... don't know what I am?
I know, I know, I'm talking to nobody again. But you were there when I had a moment today with the one the only Frostbite The Bravecog. You may be remaining. Lurking in the shadows. Knowing about these thoughts that I'm thinking.
(The giggling resumes, lasting far shorter this time.)
Your brother's a piece of fucking barp, by the way
(She braces for impact for a few seconds, wincing while smiling, before comically looking around to realize nobody's there. She sighs.)
Wow, okay maybe toony superhero show logic doesn't apply in this situation. Cool.
WAIT I JUST FUCKING REALIZED WHAT SHE MEANT but like. Dude if she meant that then what's the point I mean the whole ahh sellbot department barping knows unless you're Really low on the ladder. Heheh... maybe she did mean what I thought she meant.
Oh i'm so fucking screwed. What kind of bitch gets filament fever
#bright spark#<- for finding this again later. haha i called her sparky#the way she talks fucking tickles my brain so much im so . ohguohguohoghog SHE#SORRY THAT THIS TOOK SO LONG you see i was in the mindset that i would do this one little thing and then i would do my work which uh.#that leads to so so SO much procrastination. including on fun things! oh so fun things.#today was an event.#i also spent quite a bit of time ruminating i “would she really say that” is worse when shes literally you#to clarify. she is spam's aunt by like. building standards. not really in her found family. so its fucked up but as i said in discord this#is like. a “your mom's kinda hot” level crush. you know. also sorry i really wanted to say filament fever its been eating at me okay#nothing SERIOUS the way my f/os (and spam's f/os (plural now?? i guess?? if today was a canon event)) are#honestly mark still feels like the only real one with her to me but damn it. if spam's reflecting My Changes then she's Reflecting My Chang#spam in toontown unlike my other sonas is the most “its just you again” out of all of them and thats partially because her main#cog connection... is frostbite. they bounce off each other like we literally bounce off each other and damn it shes been so stagnant on her#own because of it. mark happened and she mirrored that because i kept fucking talking about him while we were in character and ideally#i should TRY to fix her. but also man because i'm not doing Serious lore stuff with her i dont. even know if i want to.#i kinda brushed it over the rug by saying that she relies on her constant entertainment so readily because she herself still doesnt feel#like she has a place outside of cogs only. sure she's in high roller backstage sure she's in allan's family now but shes not Doing anything#with herself the way that her friends are. mole's a ranger. frostbite cohosts. wishes... has chip. and something she doesn't have--#living and fully growing as a toon. rather than being haphazardly slapped into a world. and in some respects she's envious of frostbite#finding themselves so quickly because she distracts herself because she's still kinda struggling with it. despite everything. yes she lives#happy and carefree a lot of the time but she keeps buying those dumb phones because when she's truly alone... her mind starts to wander.#that's what mark is for. so that spam can dream of a world where she has a purpose. even if its fake and fragile and just nothing compared#to the great friends that she already has. where she feels like its worth it doing something when she doesn't have anyone. and in that#respect. with the goons ma allan parallels in sonboy the spam cathal parallels shine. seeking tv (and to a lesser extent games) as a#method of escapism. even when one's life is already pretty good. because there's nothing else worth doing without friends or family.#the internet isn't just cool. it gives her something to be when it seems like everyone is something but her. and maybe thats a lazy#excuse for why it seems like she doesnt HAVE anything to call her own but that but damn it i'm trying my best to twist it around.#spam has such a HISTORY yknow? even if it feels like i havent established her much.#spam is the hearts to frostbite's spades not just because they're the duo of all time but because spam's fake stupid love keeps her going#sorry i just started rambling in the tags of this post about spam it. happens. she loves her friends so much i need to reiterate that okay
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Pokemon AlteRed With Gun is um. Really good so far?
The last time i tried AlteRed was a couple years back and the sprites were...pretty bad. Evidently the team refined a lot of their ideas and made some genuinely excellent pokemon in the end.
Here. Just one example.
This is Zigzagrub. It's a bug/electric retype of Zigzagoon. It has some fun ideas, and the core color palette is pretty good, but the shading is off and the freehand spritework is less than stellar. It's pretty average as far as rom hack spriting goes. This is from the original AlteRed, it's what I encountered in version 10.2.
THIS is the modern Zigzagrub.
Holy SHIT what a pokemon! FosterZ and Chairry did this according to the doc and just look at that little guy! It's still recognizably a Zigzagoon retype, but it's also a firefly and those BLUES. I saw that and said "I NEED IT." This sprite is in AlteRed With Gun and i believe is also in the current version of the original AlteRed.
It shows an incredible improvement in the art department, and it gets me excited to find out what else they've done to the pokemon i know and love. AlteRed With Gun is sort of a difficulty hack, a companion to AlteRed they apparently released for April Fool's. As old school binary hacks they have their bugs, but come on. Go back and look at the Zigzagrub. That's a friend.
For me a rom hack lives and dies by the quality of its sprites and AlteRed is thriving. I'm personally extremely pleased with how it's developing, and I'm having enough fun with it in a casual playthrough i might even do a challenge run or two.
#idk i felt compelled to review this rom hack i started playing yesterday#its just fun and it has so many cool sprites#apparently one of the bugs is that all the in-game trade pokemon are in this weird state of like#both shiny and normal. they appear shiny and their battle intro includes the sparkles but their summary page is that of a normal pokemon#same sprite but no star no blue panel nothing. its super weird lmao#the one bug im actually a little miffed by is this one that affects Substitute.#not the move the pokemon. Substitute exists to give you exp but its also catchable albeit with a comically low catch rate.#i had an easier time catching byoxys#once you catch substitute though you will discover that it doesnt do anything you want it to#it acts as though you dont have enough gym badges for its level even when its level 4 and you are the ot#anyway i have three of them and two are shiny and i want to use them very badly so i hope this is a fixable issue and not like#a load bearing coconut where if you get rid of it the whole thing breaks
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If you could make one AU canon, what would it be?
oh SO many. so many. but i think AU where clear sky was never redeemed and is the main bad guy of the series. which is impossible bc he is introduced in arc 5 but i really really want it and it makes so much sense.
they could tie it into skyclan’s exile! he could be overseeing all the dark forest stuff! if we want to lean hard into my version of the AU, eldritch clear sky who created/caused the creation of the dark forest!! it would also be thematically appropriate then for him to face off with the other founders in the great battle, a reenactment of the first battle way back in dotc. and it could be interesting with the whole “embrace what you find in the shadows, for only they can clear the sky” thing and skyclan’s return in general—their founder was EVIL, how can we just let them come back?
plus i just love dotc and i want it to have more relevance. i know why it doesn’t, but i still want.
#a little birdie asked me#warrior cats#ask game#knowyouronion#ty for the ask <3#runners up include deputy longtail and ex-loner!aroace!nightcloud#the nightcloud one changes nothing plot-wise but makes her motivation for the crowfeather thing (needs her own statement of loyalty#doesnt care much about being mates with anyone else so why not)#and i think its fun#longtail deputy actually would be such a nice conclusion to his character arc and fic some of the ableism but WHATEVER#most of my other aus that come to mind rn are either extremely universe-breaking#like ‘most of the cats die after oots’ or ‘tnp actually has lasting consequences on clan relationships’#OR they’re only cool as aus and wouldnt work as canon#like swiftpaw lives aus are only so much fun bc he died the way he did in the first place#i think#idk its after midnight and now i’m second guessing myself so i will stop talking in the tags GOODBYE
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Good morning, today im going to pirate 5-7 videogames made by small indie game devs who are heavily dependent on sales 😚✌️
in WHAT world is the sims 4 or fucking crusader kings 3 an INDIE GAME
#either you are bitching at me for pirating paradox's mainline games which have around $800-1000 dollars worth of dlc#or think pirating indie games is a good thing to do#i already BOUGHT AND OWN all of stellaris and over half its dlc and all paradoxes published indie games (surviving the apocalypse/empire of#sin when it came out etc) when humblebundle/epic games/another service i cant remember the name of right now#had them on sale/they were free on epic#paradox interactive published games yes#but they have 9 development studios under their belt (including paradox development)#which make their core games (europa/crusader kings/hearts of iron/victoria) which are fully fledged triple a games that sell for like $80#on release and $40-$50 off#they have hundreds of dollars of dlc which makes experiencing the full game literally impossible for anyone who isnt#a youtuber or incredibly wealthy. like its not happening.#anyway literally my ethos is pirate from ea and pirate from paradox dev studio but dont pirate indie games#i didnt realize surviving the apocalypse was an indie dev i thought it was coreline and when i did i got it#on sale through the site i mentioned. its not a game launcher i cant remember it but i got jalopy from it a few years back#also sidenote i completely forgot i own empire of sin. like that game has not been in my mind since i watched a youtube video#of it back in 2020 when it dropped and thought it was cool and bought it#i also own cities and stellaris and an egregious amount of dlc for it please dont look at my steam account i spent money very wildly#as a teenager when they came out#i havent played skyline in a while and none of the stellaris dlc has been worth buying for a few years now unfortunately#i do plan on buying pillars of eternity when i can and the new vampire masquerade game when it comes out cos i fucking love isometric games#and vtm both video game and rpg#anyway this is now me rambling about video games my core ethos stands#buy from indie devs but pirate from EA and Paradox Dev#because they practise some of the most disgusting marketing practises in the video game industry and i despise#that its becoming the norm. a game should be able to be fully experienced for less than $100. to paywall it so severely with dlc#is money hungry bullfuckery
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Attention, (older) Bros (CoughStridersCough) of Tumblr who also use Reddit:


#ive found my people#also feeling kinda called out bc this was my whole middle school vibe and i had trouble reconciling it with being a girl at the time#the guys in school would always be surprised that i was one of them irt to like music and edgy shit#i really wish i realized i trans earlier lmao wouldve made me a lot less awkward feeling like an imposter girl 24/7#also lmao @ being an older half brother. my younger bro was not playing around when we did 'bloody knuckles' (but neither was i)#but yeah lmao called the fuck out. i did a school assignment on lyrics analysis on 'freak on a leash' in like 7th or 8th grade#i had the coolest DC shoes i had to wear in a bigger size bc the store didnt have my size but i wore them tf out#(mostly etnies tho) and i still buy skate shoes bc theyre comfortable lmao i cant skate for shit we dont have paved areas here#(i mean the street but its too busy and full of gravel)#also tbh my friends that were girls were also into all of this too. the 'im not like most girls' crew lol#things i didnt see included: electric guitar (think of like trent in daria) or other instruments. leather cuff bracelets...#...video game leaderboard initials (idk how that would be depicted tho lol). snapback/baseball hats.#oh wait i see a guitar head in the bg on one pic but yeah. the jackass crew. heartagrams. all of that lol#and lmao ' 'cody' ' ppl have misheard my name as cody before and i was like 'oh. damn it i shouldve picked that instead of cori' lol#anyway#older brother core#had no idea that was a thing until just now#Cori.exe#Post.exe#Image.exe#(i dont really like reddit tbh but its cool to scroll thru when i need something mindless to look at once in a while)
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i played control recently & its one of those things where its hard to know where to start when talking about why i liked it because there's so much. i love when the building is alive i love puppets i love fmv i love mysteries i love the characters i love the colors i love the details i love to take pictures i love to chuck large objects at people i love the ash tray maze i love the oceanview motel etc.
i did have some issues with the combat but thats what the accessibility settings are for i think. and basically they made a video game that's good & its called control (2019)
#i read all the documents and watched all the videos and listened to all the audio tapes#lots of charming and eccentric individuals (including the pyramid) & i like them a lot#& the cool thing abt me being ~5yrs behind current tech is the level of detail & realism of the graphics is novel and groundbreaking to me#type of game that makes me want to get into background art. its so hard but i can do it i believe in myself#txt
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Girl help I really need to do the test tasks for a new job or else my life is gonna get very bad real soon, but all I want to do is draw ttrpg characters.
#majek says shit#ok so Im jobless since august but I had a safe amount saved to live a little too comfortably until about now#and now I have money left to live relatively normally until January and after that uhhhhh bad 0 money left#I got caught in a trap of “animators are always wanted in gamedev you'll find a job in 2 weeks” thing everyone seems to genuinely believe#turns out every studio on earth is looking for Seniors and Leads or 3D animators that turn out to be 3D generalists able to do everything#from concept to every kind of model optimised for games and texturing and rigging and mocap and keyframe stuff and vfx is also nice#and I'm like “hello am animator know how to make character move. i can give them skeleton but not necessarily if in 2D”#“have a few years of experience in gamedev but got fired just before the premiere of my one title that will list me as animator”#got fired along with many others because the publisher backed out and there was no money to keep most of the artists this close to launch#so far only two studios followed through with the recruitment. one makes casino games and asked me 3 questions through mail#they wanted to know why im looking for a job. have I heard about them before and how much I wanna earn. also added that my personality#should shine through my answers. sure xd. the other is a mocap studio and they want me to do a test. in software I last used 5 years ago#and its mocap which I dont like and know almost nothing about how to do it#and I WANNA DRAW. I made a disaster of a cleric to replace Cayden in the old party and Im itching to draw him properly#also there is secret satan and a whole queue of scenes from recent sessions#including the lase one when Cayden was possessed by an ancient wizard (?) for a few seconds and now has mild ptsd#there were such cool visuals there because he was connected to a tentacle that pierced the back of his neck and his eyes went black#and I had to fight the party from that moment. hit them once with a big fire damage spell and then passed a save. and then failed again#fortunately the party destroyed the artifact that did the posessing and it ended. but my boy simultaneously experienced some cosmic horror#beyond his comprehension. and kinda saw his own hands casting fire at his friends. all while he was fighting in his head with some tentacles#and being watched by first disembodied black eyes and then by a shadowy figure#now he has weird nightmares of more cosmic horror and gets uneasy if he looks at the night sky for too long ;o;#I also have a drawing of the party celebrating their promotion to captains and like 3-4 sketches and one other big scene#in which Cayden has a romantic tension moment with another character while casting prot from evil on them to save them from mind control#also I have a commission to finish that a friend paid for LAST NOVEMBER#but that mocap studio is waiting for this test for so long now I have to do it if its the last thing I do in my life
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Rundown of the more interesting parts from the Necrits live stream with Christian Linke (Creative Director and Co-Creator of Arcane) :
There was a longer version of the Caitvi sex scene but they got bonked by the ratings people, and because it would have raised Leagues rating to mature, it got brought down to what we got.
The entire Caitvi sex scene was directed and animated by Fortiche with zero input by Riot. Christian says, "That was French people being French."
Riot making Arcane canon didn't change where they were taking characters or the story, it just made them more aware of how it would affect other Riot projects.
Christian refused to confirm exactly when the events of Arcane take place in the existing timeline.
The Arcane doesn't originate from Hextech. It is just one - in universe - interpretation of magic.
Christian doesn't view Viktor and Jayce's love as romantic, and that romance wasn't the intention when writing their relationship. However, by the way he talks, it doesn't seem he's against people shipping them romantically - just as a creative team, they were more interested in exploring a close, complex male friendship / brotherhood.
The 250-million dollar show budget number is not accurate as marketing is included in that fund. Fortiche's goal from the beginning was to bring the level of animation found in feature animated films to serialised content. While the show was very expensive for an animated series, it was way cheaper than an animated feature film because they try and work efficiently. As an example, Christian says how often in Hollywood, it's not uncommon for sometimes 40-50% of what is animated to end up on the cutting room floor while with Fortiche they try and keep it around 5%
Ekko's hair was changed from a mohawk to dreads because the artist who worked on him told them that black hair doesn't work like that (in reference to the mohwak), and here's how it would actually work.
Legends of Runterra affected Arcane in terms of giving the team inspiration for how the everyday street life is for people in the regions.
Caitlyn's LOR Tactical design (2021) and Warwicks VGU Voicelines (2017) were made to reflect what was going to happen in Arcane - production of Arcane just took a long amount of time.
They've said from the beginning that the only person who could ever defeat Viktor at the height of his power was Viktor himself. His story is about the glorious evolution, the pursuit of that, and what it actually means to remove these human elements until there is nothing left.
All projects Riot is working on - whether the MMO, Games, Written or Animated projects - are in talks with one another at all times.
Christian comments on how very few games have remain in service as long as League has, and because of its ever growing and evolving story, it's hard to bring everything together cohesively since everything was made at different times, in different era's, by a multitude of different people. So, while many things may be very cool creatively, it makes it impossible to successfully bring it all together more often than not. So for new projects, they are more focused on making something good and successful with the team and talent they have, even if it retcons or replaces content made in the past.
Christian pitched singing Heimerdinger.
Arcane's scripts for S2 were locked in before S1 was released, so they were not impacted by fandoms or online reactions. Christian thinks maybe some animation choices were influenced by things the animators saw online, but not the story.
When watching the premier of the final arcane episodes in LA - the entire 4000 seat theatre cheered when Maddie died.
The butterfly motif shared between Jayce and Viktor specifically was used to represent transformation.
Christian talked about how they don't think about really whether people will like something or not, but whether it's the right consequence for the story (this is in discussion to Caitlyn losing an eye). What makes a character likeable to an audience in his eyes is their decisions in the story; the choices that they make.
Continuing on from this, he comments on how the choices Caitlyn makes now are so different now compared to the beginning of the show. She is now willing to take risks and sacrifice parts of herself for people, for Piltover and for what is right.
When asked about Caitlyn's signature hat, Christian says that the team saw it as somthing that didn't really fit this version of Caitlyn they were writing and the person she becomes and that's why it was never incorporated into her designs.
Back in the beginning, when they were first working on Arcane, Christian would constantly going back to Jinx and Vi's original design artists & Riot August who was their champion designer to make sure they weren't messing anything up with these characters.
Christian goes on to tell an anecdote of when Paul 'Zeronis' Kwon was drawing the first concepts for Vi. This was back when Christian was in music. She didn't have a name at the time, but when Christian looked over Paul's shoulder at the art, he comments "she kinda looks like a Violet to me." They never spoke about it, but months later, when she became a serious character concept internally, she was gifted the name Vi. To this day, Christian doesn't know if his comment resulted in her name or if it was just a coincidence, but Violet became stuck in Christian's brain as Vi's true name. Riot August (who was in chat) then confirms that her name came from her tattoo, which came from one of her key design elements, being that she had the number 6 on her face. So, just a happy coincidence.
Talking about the tattoo. The tattoo was shrunken in size so, from a distance, it would look more like a beauty mark and the brain can more easily disregard it. One of the many things that they had to think about when translating the designs over as, is animation, you would be looking at a characters face a lot more than you do in league where the camera is situated top down.
As they were wrapping up the stream, Christian talks about how there always needs to be a bit of space between what content creators / content consumers do (pointing at Necrit) and what Riot does. He thinks it's good that there is space for criticism and a critical view of the things Riot does. In order to succeed, he believes they need to listen to their audience but also that they need to have their own vision, take risks, and be bold. It's a delicate balance in his eyes, and projects tend to fail when these two sides are too in cahoots.
He iterates that they are not trying to shove anything down anyone's throats. They are just trying to find what makes these characters cool, tell their stories, and be true to the regions they come from. With taking the characters from League to Arcane, it was important that they translate these stories and characters so they can hold up with the best storytelling in the world.
This circles back to the earlier point about retconning things and replacing past stories and content. He comments on how some characters are very outdated or too archetypal, but they still have an essence that people love about them.
Arcane was something Christian worked on for 9 years, and he was getting clearly emotional near the end. He also adds they're just getting started and he wants to make sure they do a good job with this IP and the characters we really love.
To those who are not happy with certain decisions, he's sorry they didn't hit what you personally wanted, but there is simply no way they can please everybody. While they are trying to make as many of the Riot / Arcane audience happy, they as the creators and artists need to follow their own compass, be the shepherds of this IP; that being creative is hard. They will keep doing that even if they sometimes have to ruffle some feathers.
He closes the stream by confirming that they are investing quite a bit in Noxas, Ionia, and Demacia for the next regions they explore.
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How will your future spouse pursue you ?
Ok you guys the series is finally here
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This person is gonna be competitive for your attention , they dont fall in love easily and when they do its ride or die , they are your typical bad boy stereotype that you see in the movies , they are someone who knows they are the best in the room this person's self esteem & self concept is amazing, their confidence speak for itself, they are someone who has seen a lot of things in life and their way of getting to you is very simple and straightforward, maybe in the past people weren't as actively pursuing you as you would love them too but this person is not like this , they are on your face they know they want you and they're gonna be sincere & upfront about it , this person is generally very quiet and people have a lot of ridiculous assumptions about them like they're a player etc etc but best believe me they're really not what others think of him , this person is hot asf , you could be a very stubborn person who takes decision carefully about their life and this will stress them out n,ot in a way to deceit anyone but they know they have to prove everyone wrong so that you see them truly for who they are awww:(
Anyways this person is very masculine in nature , they are gonna act as a mentor and a caregiver, you want this ? I got it , you need this ? Its on me ....and you're like wtf i can do that myself but its just their way to make you feel special , this person does not do that for everyone if they are doing 50% for you then they are gonna do 20% for their friends its like they value your connection a lot and they don't want you to feel like you're just like everyone else in their life , this person is gonna defend you in every situation be it with their family or friends they dont give a shit , this person is also very keen on you they notice everything about you , how you care for people what you like to wear so their another hobby will be gift giving they are very thoughtful and they'd love to make you smile . The four of wands with the five of cups rx is very much i don't want to see them sad , i don't want them to doubt our connection, i want to put efforts for them , i want to do SO much that this person never feel less about themselves, i feel like being with this person , one of the best things about them ...that you're gonna like is they are deadly whatever they do its 100% efforts they dont like to tease their partner even in a slightest way because they know words can stick with a person forever so they're very mindful ,people can envy this the most about you guys its like no one can say anything bad abt my partner if you're gonna be passive then i might play this game as well , they could have a scorpio mercury or virgo so whatever they say is gonna hurt the other person because scorpions and virgos are known for their details , they study people very deeply , whatever they say hold meaning.
This person is definately that cold hearted girl/ guy or you are because i'm picking up on this black cat energy from you and cats do not chose their owners instantly neither do they love everyone. I Also picked up on a very rockstar appearance like long hairs , leather jacket, ripped jeans , its so cool , they remind me of early 2000's era
How will they pursue you : competitively , your friends post you every week ?? ...i'm gonna post you everyday its that kind of person lol , the back of the deck I usually take that as an overall energy is ace of pentacle which is a very stable and set energy in its own so whatever they do , they do it to achieve victory , to be recognised, to show you that they are the shit (;
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| 10 of cups , strength, four of swords |
Ok so this is our cool guy /girl lmao
Even though they will be putting in efforts to pursue you , you shouldn't know that they are doing that , i feel like they will be pursuing you from the get go like this person on a random monday evening will just accept i have feelings for this person and i want them , now this person will try to make it seem like its all a coincidence, this could be a leo mercury or gemini they try to entertain people with their words but their words hold honesty which people cant always catch so they will try to make you feel comfortable like you should feel happy in their presence and it will satisfy them and they will replay this in their mind at night like oh this person laughed at my joke they touched me i made them happy and it brings a smile on their face , they might say or do things which will make you laugh take a scenario like OH ...and you're like what happened and this person is like deja vu darling i think we belong together the universe knows and its so cheesy but its also so cute , they like to break this barrier between you guys , this person will be friendly towards you , they will flirt with you , they're also very spontaneous and a little bit tricky they love to play with you , lets say you guys have a dinner plan and you're excited you're dressed up you have already reached the venue but they will purposefully show up late and when you text them they're like WHAT...? We had plans ? but they are just joking they are alrdy at the venue waiting for you to see them , they might even joke with you like oh i have 5 kids to feed ofcourse i'm late & its a very playfully banter , you play along like YOU match their freak ... its ridiculous you wanna be mad at them but you can't but i understand your feelings pile 2 and i validate 🙂↔️✋🏽
I really think this person is gonna steal your parents love like 😭✋🏽they are the favourite child now , this person has a tendency to play cool like they dont wanna give in first..... they want you to give in first its kind of a cute ego idk , let's take a scenario they say "love you " and you're like where's my " I LOVE YOU " and they're like yes "I LOVE YOU TOO" so petty 😭 they have this natural ability to piss you off , this is the type of person when someone would ask you guys ..."so who confessed first ??...they're gonna jump in like ofcourse it was them , they were crazy about me like you dont know i had to give in but its not true its the opposite. So as you can already guess their ass ? Dramatic ...but you cant say they are dramatic because they are gonna be MORE dramatic about it .
How will they pursue you ? With fear because i feel like they will mask their desire to make you theirs with humour you could start off as friends or colleagues so they cant be very open about their feelings because they feel like you are not focused on love and you might reject them so it's their little cute tactics to get to your heart yeah but they are gonna be very anxious about it they could even suffer from inferiority complex.
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• 3ofcoins, wheel of fortune rx , seven of swords rx •
This person will absolutely be focused on providing comfort to you whether it be emotional or sexual , they love to do things with you they love to hang out with you , they creatively express themselves, they are someone who's gonna listen to your rants they are gonna embrace every flaw & every good thing about you , you are gonna feel exposed in their presence there's something about this person knowing you more than you know them , they really love to spend time with you , i'm seeing this person pushing you towards better goals like your life is gonna improve being with them ,this person will be very happy for your success, they are gonna put you on pedestal they think you are more lovable than them and you deserve more than them and i can confidently say they'll always love you more than you love them its very sweet but also sad , they have insecurities yet they are here trying to soothe your heart, they are gonna apologise first its like they dont wanna lose you they know how to keep a connection you wouldn't need to worry this is a connection where you can let yourself just be you aint gonna walk on eggshells, they are mature , i feel like this person cannot express themselves through words so they prefer to write to you , take you to places with them , praise you infornt of others , make you something, i feel like this persons love is comforting and sweet , you are their equal and they want you to feel like that.
This person will definately engage more in your life , they are gonna be supportive towards you like a best friend, they will overgive to you , they can even say stuff like ...." as long as i'm here i'm gonna be there for you ".....they will hold your hand while you walk they will listen to your problems, they will embrace your silly nature , take you out , spend time with you " i'm getting this line you came and the other one is like you called " it went viral on tiktok i think its from a movie but yeah the energy is very much sweet
Oh you guys this is so sweet , you guys dont speak the same language? They're gonna learn for you we have that kind of person here , you know when they are in love they get hearty eyes it shows on their face and in their behaviour, those sneaky eye contacts , those blush when you are mentioned, the sincerity in their words ,its all there .
How they're gonna pursue you ? Its very passionate and being Passionate does not mean always having hots for each other and that is exactly how they will make you feel , you feel this wholeness i'm having a hard time describing it...its so divine...you know just so grateful and lucky to have a connection like this in this day n age , Yeah 😭this is sooooooo damnnn cuteee i'm scared of this person's energy its very intense , i mean your partner is into worshipping & if you like this then this is definitely your pile (:
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