#like they knew.. they knew im insane

[roe-and-memory]

i really love thinking about the potential of lightnings childhood. we have no idea what happened, but its up for interpretation, and i think thats great.

neglect - a common headcanon - seems to make so much sense for him. he hates help, he hates being told what to do, but also hes so lonely and in such desperate need of approval and validation that he’ll take the harshest words as long as theyre coming from someone who, at the end of the day, will give him at least one pat on the back for doing something right.

i think this, as we all know, is a major part of his character, but the idea of doc, taking this kid thats been so awfully treated his entire life - who isnt used to affection or any kind of positive attention, who hates being bossed around because he thinks he knows better and can be trusted more than other people would - and essentially finding a midway point so he can be lightnings crew chief in a way that both introduces the idea of gentle help (telling him when to pit, etc etc) and doesnt infringe on lightnings fear? hatred? of being told what to do and how to do it? its perfect. it introduces to this kid with severe abandonment issues the idea of sometimes needing or even just wanting help, and helps him change for the better without forcing him to immediately conform to the idea that oh, he HAS to need help.

lightnings previous crew chiefs are so much different than doc, because while doc takes the time to get to know lightning, to discuss ways they can work together to get around these issues he has while also being able to enforce proper rules within the sport, his crew chiefs before never did this. they didnt get to know him personally, they didnt care. they just knew he didnt listen and had a flaring temper, and it was never really that fair to lightning that they didnt give him a chance. obviously, not all blame is on them, because as much as they didnt put the effort in to find a groove that worked for their driver, he also didnt try to put this effort in (although, really, as an 18 year old with issues surrounding this job that are KNOWN it was never really his job to be the one to initiate finding a solution - hell, he probably didnt even know what the issue was.), he was ALSO the one to fire these people, so they’re both at fault for this in a way.

but, again, i love thinking about this whole childhood thing because not only is doc opening up the help that lightning was always consistently refused to the point he believed he just didnt need it - that all those times he wanted help when he was young was really just him being dramatic - but hes also opening up the option for Family that lightning never had either. doc takes all the awful morals that lightning taught himself (or that harv taught him) because he had no one to teach him the true ones, and flips them around. he becomes the father lightning never had and the guidance that no one had ever given him. god i love found family guys theyre literally father and son

also nobody imagine how silly the first time doc ever ruffles his silly ass sons hair is. lightning freezing because oh, no ones ever done that before, and doc being like ? how badly do i need to kick the shit out of your parents? that is like the most average father appreciation Ever wdym ur dad didnt do that to you at least Once.

[hinamie]

spiraling

[bunnieswithknives]

Thanks.

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[chickenchirps27]

hello denizens of tumblr i come with humble offerings

they wish to romance you

[linipik]

More Fem Klance <3

[eightspringdays]

The Boys

[scoupsahoy]

thinking about how tres horny boys, at the beginning of the crystal kingdom when asked to pick colors for their null suits, all picked shades of red. burgundy, burnt umber, cinnamon

merle (well, clint) asked for burnt umber to be funny without even realizing what color it was

it's hardly a joke, it's hardly touched on, though i'm sure it's more obvious in the graphic novel. but to me it was more shocking than their jokes about living for hundreds of years, of always having their memories, of never forgetting barry bluejeans

they were red because they were always going to be red. because they were red for a hundred years.

[kaogens]

have u guys seen that one movie…… i think it was called vash’s moving castle or something

bonus too bc i thought sophie would rock meryls outfit so well And i was right .

[dizzybizz]

captain jasmine "jazz" drake broke into my brain and is now living there rent free help

[akicklineisinevitable]

WAIT WAIT WAIT. THE FUCKING "THIS IS THE BRIDGE WHERE WE GLOBALISE EVERYTHING" LINE FROM TGWDLM. PAUL'S WITNESS PROTECTION NAME IS BEN BRIDGES. ITS BEEN FIVE YEARS HOW DID I ONLY JUST NOTICE THAT

[skitskatdacat63]

Vettonso complaining about each other not respecting schrondinger's track limits on the radio compilation + Seb's commentary that made me a bit feral

Must include these sexy ass pics okay, it makes me feral how hard they race each other.

Also SO upset that we got this vid and there's also pictures(and presumably a vid out there somewhere) of Fernando, back then, ALSO debriefing this race. And yet we never got them together?????? Evil. Fucked up.

Imagine seeing them complaining about each other but also having to (begrudgingly if you're Fernando) compliment each other IN FRONT of each other. Maybe its a good thing it doesn't exist, bcs then I'd have a heart attack.

[shizunitis]

Luo Binghe cares about how other people see him too. He’s Shizunbrained but he is still like. A person. Please.

[beatcroc]

new icon bc i am beyond salvation ^_^

[knockknockitsnickels]

I love posts about "overhated female cartoon characters" bc inevitably my girls PB, Rose Quartz, & Mabel will be there so you've got 2 pink-haired quasi-immortal war-crime-committing morally-grey queens and a 12 year old who likes boy bands and knitting sweaters.

[eluminium]

SKIZZ KNEW.

HOLY SHIT I WATCHED THE LIFE SERIES IMP AND SKIZZ PODCAST EPISODE AND. AND HOLY SHIT. SKIZZ KNEW. IMPULSE TOLD SKIZZ THAT HE WAS GONNA BETRAY DOGWARTS BEFOREHAND. SKIZZ WAS PLAYING DUMB THAT ENTIRE TIME. SKIZZ WAS LETTING IMPULSE HAVE THAT CONTENT- AND IMPULSE DID IT BECAUSE HE KNEW SKIZZ WAS GONNA CALL HIM OUT ON BEING A TRAITOR, HE KNEW SKIZZ WAS GONNA SNIFF HIM OUT NO MATTER HOW SNEAKY HE WAS. AND SKIZZ AGREEING WITH IT!!! SKIZZ SAYING THAT AS SOON AS IMPULSE TYPED OUT THE “wait for me!” MESSAGE IN CHAT, THE SIGNAL WORD TO THE CRASTLE, HE WOULD HAVE KNOWN. HE WOULD HAVE SAID: "I've known him for 20 years. He just turned on us. Kill him now". THATS SO FUCKING INSANE, HOLY MOLYYY-

[kouraissant]

In the examination of a (love poem) name

On a name that was a love poem, On Yudrein Aile, On Eternity (Above) The Vine, Tennessee Williams / Chapter 445, Turning, 쿠유 / Dear [ ], Nick Lantz (2018) / Soft Human, Emery Allen / Handle with Care, Jodi Picoult / Headless John the Baptist Hitchhiking, C. T. Salazar / Maria, West Side Story (Below) Letters to Milena, Franz Kafka