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[thefemvoid]

Robert C. O'Brien; The Silver Crown Rambles :3

Hot! so many adult characters in my mind(literally two of them) would be so damn fine!!!

We have The White haired king, the owner of the black crown, and Arthur Gates, like I know Mr.Gates and The King are Eugh~<3

Arthur Gates doesn't even have that much of a character description, unlike the King who does. But I absolutely KNOW, deep in my SOUL that these two are attractive!!! :(

Has anybody else read this book??

[mobius-m-mobius]

#ep 2 but upgrade every parallel 😳

[casdeans-pie]

I will never get tired of fics where Cas goes into Dean's dreams for whatever reason and Dean is having either just the filthiest most explicit sex dream about them both. or he's having a dream where they're like, holding hands and smiling at each other while they're grocery shopping

[shimmershy]

That new Undertale newsletter has me feeling very normal today.

[skitskatdacat63]

Fernando Alonso & His Relationship With Cards

I'm sure we're all familar with the cards on the back of Fernando's Vegas GP helmet by now, but did you know his relationship with cards goes a lot deeper?

I. Magic Tricks

You've probably seen or heard someone at least mention Fernando's propensity for card tricks. As far as I can tell he was doing them(publically) as far back as 2003 all the way to as recently as 2018. Even once performing a card trick, with a condom and a teddy bear(!??!?!??!!), in front of Valentino Rossi who said "How was that possible?"(x)

But how did this start? According to James Allen, "Fernando admits to having been heavily influenced by his grandfather, a mercurial figure, who taught him magic and card tricks, still one of his passions away from the race track."(x) And I'm not sure the validity of this one, because I couldn't find an actual source, but apparently he once said: "My parents are responsible for the two things I like doing most - driving and magic tricks. They bought me my first go-kart and a magician's kit."

In several interviews he described it as his hobby off track, and that he loved learning new tricks and surprising others in the garage with them! So clearly cards are pretty important to him both as a hobby but also to who he is as a person since they've been with him just as long as racing has.

II. Card Symbolism in His Helmets

This is the reason I originally made this post, but I thought I should also explain the origins of his card fascination first. As I said, we probably all remember the cards on the back of his helmet in Vegas, but did you know that wasn't the first time he had cards on the back of his helmet?

From 2008-2013, he used to have a pair of cards on the back of his helmets. The symbolisms of the cards themselves as well as the evolution of their design is really fascinating to me! Even more so with the recent development of the card choice in 2023.

Fernando said he wanted to reference his two titles in some way on the back of his helmet and after his friend sent him several ideas, he decided on having two cards(an ace of clubs and an ace of hearts, sometimes pictured with 05 and 06 on them as well), saying: "I picked the cloverleaf [the ace of clubs - Ed] to give me luck, but the only pity is that it doesn't have four leaves!"(X)

2008.

Here's the very first appearance of the cards! They're displayed flat, with the 05 and 06 clearly visible

2009.

Very similar to 2008, but with a slightly different design, and they're maybe a bit more straight with less shadow?

2010.

This is the first major change! I was sad they didn't have the years on them anymore, but then I realized they're sparkly to match with his signature lightning bolts on the top of the helmet!!

2011.

Honestly I'm still somewhat unsure if this is the actual 2011 helmet? It's pretty difficult to find clear photos of the back of helmets from older seasons. It's easiest to find them on replica sites or auction sites so I'm not 100%? But anyways, I like that this has the championship years on the underside of the cards

2012.

This is when I started getting weirdly emotional about the helmets. Do you see how they've progressed from being a centerpoint to being curled up and sad at the bottom of the helmet? Not listing the year anymore??

2013.

Same thoughts as 2012. And after this season, they cease to exist (just like his ferrari chair in the garage, WOAH CALLBACK), until cards make a reeappearance in his Vegas helmet, albeit in a different form

2013 Monaco(Honorable Mention):

For some reason 2013 helmets were easier to find proper pictures of, so I happened to witness this absolute beauty. The creativity of this helmet genuinely blows me away??? Wanting to keep the card motif, but making sure to incorporate it into the rest of the puzzle piece design?? Mwah! There was another special 2013 helmet but they didn't change the cards at all so I really applaud this one

2023 Las Vegas(The Return of The King):

The magnificent return! But look! The cards are different cards! Instead of being two aces, it's now an ace of hearts, a four of hearts(his driver number of course!) and, the, now iconic, representation of himself as a Joker. I literally could not believe my eyes when this helmet was released and I saw the Joker card, what a fucking silly old man....I really wonder if he felt nostalgic having cards on his helmet again or if he didn't think about it all and was just like, "ah cards because Vegas!!!"

III. Why Does This Matter?

*The rest of the post was factual, this is moreso my personal thoughts on the symbolism of the cards/designs

This post spawned from me recently watching the 2010 Bahrain gp and noticing "hey wait a minute...are those CARDS ON THE BACK OF HIS HELMET!?" It's a really tiny detail that's unfortunately covered up by the HANS device pretty much whenever he's wearing the helmet, so it's really difficult to spot! But I became fascinated with the fact that he had cards on his helmet before that recent helmet, and now here we are!

There's something to me about how the design of the cards evolves over the course of six seasons from the cards being front and center to being smaller, more folded up and closer to the bottom of the helmet. As I said, the 2012-2013 ones genuinely made me depressed because it feels, symbolically, like his hopes for getting another Ace are becoming more and more unlikely and falling away until they eventually fall falt and fade away entirely after 2013 and disappear for basically a decade.

But when they return? They're not the same cards! Instead of representing Fernando's championships, they now represent him as a person, displaying his driver number and his persona of being a Joker!! Though I do think it's interesting he happened to keep the Ace of Hearts, even though he talked more about the Ace of Clubs before. I'm not sure it's actually this deep in reality, but I like to think that it's him not letting his championships(and the lack thereof) define him, but rather letting who he is as a person shine and be the centerpoint instead! But on a sadder note, as @suzuki-ecstar said to me, maybe the Aces aren't there anymore because he's lost all hope for a chance at a third Ace entirely :(

[stari-hun]

The funniest part about Kakania is that Isolde’s involvement in Book 6 would’ve been solved if she was actually certified

[a-drama-addict]

some mutual ocs because. the guys from the brains of people i know!

(left to right, Vir belongs to @spicyraeman, Liam belongs to @layalu and Heron belongs to @cacturne)

[beanghostprincess]

Crocodad but Crocodile shuts down any attempt at being called mom and encourages Luffy to call Dragon mom instead. Only person not vibing with this is Garp, Dragon enjoys both pissing his dad off (teenage rebellion never left him) and subverting gender roles (Ivankov's impact). Luffy is just confused on why Crocodile dated Dragon in the first place.

This is the funniest thing-

Love Dragon for this, by the way, an icon. The moment. Love him- Let's go, queen. He's genderqueer for me too, by the way. Something in between gay drag queen and 'unknown'. He just follows where the wind goes, honestly, fuck gender norms. He can't be friends with Ivankov, the head of a revolution, and not be extremely LGBT+. All the letters. Slay. Etc.

Luffy doesn't really get why it bothers Crocodile so much to be called mom (it's dysphoria, by the way) because he's too young, but he knows it upsets him, so he stops doing it right away. When Crocodile makes a comment about "not your mom. Your father. Try calling your dad mom or something" Luffy actually starts doing it and Dragon finds it so hilariously sweet that yeah, okay, he'll be the mom. Whatever. Luffy calls Dragon either mom or dad depending on the day. Breaking stereotypes and normative family roles! Yay!

[qpjianghu]

“It had flaws, but what does that matter when it comes to matters of the heart? We love what we love. Reason does not enter into it. In many ways, unwise love is the truest love. Anyone can love a thing because. That's as easy as putting a penny in your pocket. But to love something despite. To know the flaws and love them, too. That is rare and pure and perfect.” ― Patrick Rothfuss, The Wise Man's Fear // Mysterious Lotus Casebook

[blighted-lights]

i cannot think about what ravage does with the few moments of autonomy we see him have rn. i cannot think about how ravage chosing to remain on the lost light with megatron was one of the biggest choices we see him make as a character in idw post him gaining a cassette frame. i cannot think about how after he makes that choice he once again fades back into the background and largely is only present to fill some sort of role for megatron- friend, confidant, thief, ect. i cannot think about ravage choosing to fight the djd even when megatron refuses to even though it means certain death. i cannot think about his last words were to and about megatron. i cannot think about how ravage's character in mtmte, from him chosing to stay on the lost light and him dying, begins and ends with megatron. i can't.

[heliomanteia]

Something that is so unbelievably tragic about Calypso, to me, is that due to the hidden nature of her island, and the fact that it's not seen on maps ("stays unknown"), it does kind of imply that no one can purposefully seek Calypso out.

Odysseus happens upon her, so would anyone else who happened to be shipwrecked after him, if ever. Gods can choose to visit her, supposedly upon Zeus' approval as we don't see it happen otherwise. She's not just alone, she's narratively predisposed to be viewed as something unwanted because you cannot choose to go to Calypso.

[acapelladitty]

Imagine complaining about fic when you're popular

Imagine sending me this when I've worked my actual hole off to consistently post fic since around 2016. You stupid fuck.

Imagine sending me this when my posted fics get on average less than 100 notes despite all of that effort. You stupid fuck.

Imagine sending me this when comments I've made on fic are based on the true reality of the current situation. You stupid fuck.

Imagine sending me this ask thinking that you've made a valid and well thought out "haha gotcha" point. You actual stupid fuck.

[beesmygod]

im reading that old comics journal review of cerebus as a whole after thinking abt how much dave sim sucks and its genuinely hard to impart, unless youre looking at it and trying to parse it, how actually insane the man is. like this isnt a transcription of the character deliberately babbling nonsense. its the author lecturing the audience about the truth of the world as he's come to understand it.

[rooniper]

Finally finished The Week Before today and I’m actively vibrating, like I honestly might post an entire essay about it sometime if I get to it because I already have two pages worth of notes and so many thoughts, there’s just so much to talk about

It’s just?? So good?? Like it has so much heart and soul put into it?? You can really tell the writers tried to flesh Phone Guy out, he’s such a fun point of view character (to be fair, I was already attached to him, but I bet if I knew nothing about him I’d feel very similarly about it). Coppelia is also just a really good addition, their interactions are so sweet and also surprisingly funny at times (no spoilers but there’s a specific high-tension scene at the very end of one of the routes in which the dialogue between them actually made me laugh out loud). It’s honestly just also funny in general, it’s got that FNAF absurdity humor down so perfectly, but also the more dramatic and/or sad scenes are also executed so well?? And and and

I’m just

[altocat]

Every time I see a Nibelheim argument that boils down to "Sephiroth did the thing because his ego/pride was shattered" I want to rip my hair out.

[notholaenas]

muse / colours / icarus