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Your writing of Volo is definitely fun to read, and your post about Volo having good intentions and deranged messages is so right. In my own fic verse (not the gratuitous Self Insert one) I feel like he's the type that seems So Normal next to his boyfriend because His boyfriend is a little Odd. But it's when his boy ISNT AROUND that he takes the kid gloves off.
Like I have plans and while he never technically relapses into being "the villain" he is not afraid to manipulate others and make questionable and non heroic choices if he thinks it'll make Haru's life easier. There's a fic far in the future that will be written where Haru trying to do what's right finally catches up to him and he pays the price so severely and Volo ends up back in the present alone and goes through his villain arc because he will do whatever he has to, to get his (by then) husband back including manipulating and "helping" the actual villain.
And in the end it'll be "Volo no don't break the seal on the insane overpowered legendary it'll kill us all." And Volo is just like "That sounds like a you problem I'm getting my husband back."
HA yeah that’s great! i think writing volo is funny for me bc i simultaneously see a lot of myself in him, but i’m also putting him in scenes with my player character. so like, we know volo is fucked up, we’re in his POV the entire time minus one chapter. but the outsider is uhhhhh not normal either, especially having been isekai’d without her consent, and that becomes more and more clear to volo/the reader as the main arc evolves. it’s like having a tiger in an enclosure and throwing in another tiger dressed like a golden retriever. the semi-defective emotional support animal vibes are matched, in that they both are very well-intending and compassionate people, but not good at being in a normal relationship or fitting in with the rest of the world. she’s called the outsider for a reason, after all ;)
i think that’s kind of the indulgent power fantasy of it, for me—the idea that an analog for myself (the outsider primarily, but also volo) could function in a healthy relationship and place where she fundamentally does not belong despite absurdly bad odds. even moreso that an analog for several people i’ve been in relationships/friendships with, someone who manipulates people they care about and has pretty severe mental issues they’re not dealing with and a strong attachment to their self-defeating religious views, could ultimately overcome those things and choose what i/the world have to offer. that’s basically the peak of self-indulgence for me, and i never half-ass anything in my writing (or anything i’m passionate about). i relate to volo in that way too :P
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daniel.... phantom ?!?!!!!?!!!!
#do not vape that was a joke stolen from my friend#i care about my art enjoyers lung health#danny phantom#danny phantom is loved by the masses#danny fenton#dp art#danny phantom art#dp fanart#danny phantom fanart#just a doodle while i lock in animating comission stuff#i fell down the danny pahntom rabbit hole :(#bye chat
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what do you think about the ship between that LITTLE GAY medic and that LITTLE TEN TIMES GAYER scout
I like quick fix when it's
Overall, if showed to me correctly, I can love them in any way!! Sure!!!!!
#as much as i love tragic yaoi and toxic yaoi my heart still longs for some cute fluffy stuff like mediscout chatting about absolute nonsense#they are both lalalalalala#team fortress 2#team fortress 2 fanart#tf2 fanart#tf2#tf2 scout#tf2 medic#mediscout#blunt trauma#quick fix
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honestamente, no sé
to prevent confusions i'm giving credits of every fankid in order (starting with the tall one)
layden (fresh x ink fankid) by @/sugary-alienn dot (cross x ink fankid) by @/yo-honne abstract (reaper x ink fankid) by CATA-824 on wattpad gradient (error x ink fankid) by @/askcomboclub paper jam (error x ink fankid) by @/7goodangel palette (dream x ink fankid) by @/angeutblogo blueprint (swap x ink fankid) by @/pepper-mint aiden (zack x ink fankid) by ariscastleart
#y'know what ink said is a very popular audio in the spanish speaking community#quite similar to what i've seen about “gen alpha covers” or so#mostly bc it has some terms that are used there#you see. between you and i#i do think ink would be cringy as hell (in some way)#and i love him for that#i remember seeing a post on here of ink randomly saying “chat how do we feel about this”#i absolutely adored it#ik it makes no sense for ink to say that kind of stuff just let me be happy(?#same thing with pj cus he doesn't know spanish but blehhh#zack sans is from an au called underfloor by makicute btw n n#i just love aiden's design so much to not including him here#even tho his creator deactivated her acc#and one last thing. i find it curious how i chose 5 out of 8 sillies who speak spanish unconsciously#(with this hc of characters speaking their creators' main language ofc)#like lmao i didn't even know most of these had spanish speaking owners like !!!#so cool#undertale#undertale au#utmv#ink sans#fresh x ink#crink#reaper x ink#errorink#drink ship#swap x ink#zack x ink#fluffy doodles#fluffy ink
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"Tell you you're the greatest"
"But once you turn they hate us"
#chat am i losing it#BECAUSE BECAUSE LIKE#maddie told vi all this incredible stuff caitlyn said about her to get her to join the enforcers#and then when vi turns from what they believe means being an enforcer (she stops them from potentially killing a child) caitlyn leaves her#guys i love caitlyn i really do but im losing it#her character is going places and im excited#lol arcane#arcane s2#arcane caitlyn#caitlyn kiramman#arcane league of legends#arcane maddie#arcane enforcers#arcane vi#vi arcane#enemy imagine dragons#arcane#cativi#its its like this idea of the enforcer and vi stopping caitlyn from fulfulling what she thinks is her duty
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Kristen Applebees is a mess of a character in the most realistic way.
The thing is that I understand why people got to a point where they got tired of her chaotic and careless behaviour but that's the point isn't it?
I laughed at the bits and chaos of JY so much but I understand that things can be nuanced. I can laugh at the bits while also thinking about the implications of her actions in the story.
Kristen is a mess, she is spiralling, because she is a teenager who was faced with either choosing herself and being kicked out by her family and community or forever living a comfortable lie that would have inevitably made her lose herself.
She brought back a Goddess and she found her truth in Cassandra's domain, but she is also a teenager who just went through her first breakup with the first girl she ever loved and whom she experienced the highest of high and the lowest of lows. She has a right to mess up and fail and hit dead ends. Yeah Cassandra depends on her and Kristen needs to step up and take her role seriously but at the same time, it's so fucking unfair that the weight of a divine being's entire existence falls on the shoulders of a teen girl still in high school who is trying to find herself and learning how to handle life while also still recovering from a lifetime of trauma.
Whenever I think about that scene where Kristen says that her brain feels kind of liquid and she keeps failing to hold on to stuff I feel so incredibly connected to that feeling. I struggle so much with doing things that require a prolonged effort for a long term goal. My brain fails to hold onto stuff so I genuinely don't perceive how much time has passed, time feels so blurry and I inevitably end up failing at things I should be focusing on because my mind latches onto other things.
I relate a lot to Kristen on her struggles with commitment when it comes to important things and her latching onto fun and excitement that inevitably causes her to lose track of what matters.
The thing is that Kristen relied a lot on Tracker and how stable her presence was in her life. Tracker kept her anchored while also giving her a way to channel her energy and attention so I am not surprised that when they broke up Kristen lost most of her drive towards establishing her religion. It's not Tracker's fault of course and it is something that Kristen had to learn so JY Kristen was an inevitability
#yapping time#i am not sure i am making sense i love yapping abt stuff but i lose the plot of what i am saying agaha#anyway if you want to yap about d20 i am HERE pls messages are open to chat always i am simply bad at starting the convo#kristen applebees#this is half character talk half personal view of stuff bc i relate to this lesbian disaster#fantasy high#d20#dimension 20#fantasy high junior year#d20 fhjy
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'the hissing wastes suck' wow what a way to admit you've never experienced the joy of listening to iron bull wax archaeologic about ancient dwarven building techniques
#'siege mentality!' he says with an audibly huge grin on his face#such a character note honestly. for a moment he forgets to hide how much of a nerd he is and adoribull suddenly makes so much sense lol#dragon age#dragon age inquisition#iron bull#my dirty secret is that I love the hissing wastes. it appeals to the broken part of my brain that revels in open world games#it's just big and you get to run around and the companions are chatting and sometimes there's cool stuff :) I'm very easy to please#blackwall all casual with his harrowing 'no shit there I was' desert survival horror stories#cole revealing shit about astronomy that no one else gets#varric having a wholeass uncomfortable face-to-face with his feelings about dwarven culture. it's all extremely good#(my 4ever hate zone is the hidden oasis btw I can't with all the changing elevation and figuring out how to get to places)
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The Spine looks at Rabbit and Zer0 when they sing, "I sight the small things that make this world for me"
He does it both times they sing this verse!
#steam powered giraffe#spg#the spine spg#rabbit spg#zer0 spg#my stuff#video#steamworld heist 2#I love them chat#though this song is kinda depressing#gimme a second. I'm working on annotating it right now#right now. I'm speculating it's a song about losing hope
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Trent going from “Is this a fucking joke?” to “And though I believe that Ted Lasso will fail here…” to excitedly running up to Ted saying “It’s going to work!”
#ted lasso spoilers#ted lasso#trent crimm#tedependent#add also the I love our chats but this was more his thoughts about Ted as a coach#and how much he cares#and how he’s just addressing Ted#like sure he’s the head coach and beard mentions that it’s Ted’s idea and everything#but he knows that it’s really beard and roy who works with tactics#but that’s not what Trent has picked up on#as he says ted has built a place of trust and support#and he’s so damn excited about it#it’s not just about football it’s about Ted changing the attitude in the locker room#nicole watches stuff
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ngl I slayed this
#he's SO cute#i love jake :3#adventure time#i feel weird about putting this in my art tag but in the art tag it goes#jitterbugbear art#sorry i haven't been drawing or posting much - i've been focusing on making xmas gifts and crafting and stuff#I was sewing a bag today and slaughtered the lining twice and then ran out of the lining fabric and then almost had a mental breakdown#im ok now tho#i'll try again tomorrow#chat tag
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Tommy: Did you know that you have rights? Constitution says you do. I believe that every man, woman, and child is INNOCENT!
Niki: Yo Chat! CHAT! WE HAVE RIGHTS!!! WE MADE IT! We made - we f**king made it. Women’s Rights, let’s f**king go, lets f**king go! We made it. We made it! That’s amazing, thank you so much Tommy Innit. [...]
I was the only woman in this recording. And all they did was talk about their fore.skin *tries not to laugh*. I just wanna let that sink in for a second. This is why I am the w- the victim. This is why I am the victim. This right here. [...]
*reading chat* “Guess you didn’t get women’s rights after all�� *laughs then puts her face in her hands* Oh my god Chat. *laughs*
#Nihachu#Niki#Tommy#TommyInnit#IRL#Context: Niki was reacting to Tommy's ''Minecraft's funniest cooking show'' video#A) Can't believe she saw my joke#B) Very pleased that it made her laugh this much#Hello yes it is I; the pinnacle of good Twitch Chat humor#/j#but also /srs I make myself laugh with my jokes and I love it when they makes other people laugh too#Man Tommy in this thumbnail makes this look like a Rickroll video but I swear it frickin isn't a Rickroll#Necessary period in that word because I don't wanna get frickin shadowbanned by tumblr#I actually forgot to add that before posting frick. ruh roh.#Tumblr's so weird about stuff nowadays idk what even triggers their shadow ban hammer anymore#Subtitles#Edited#subtitles#Portfolio
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Sketchy sketch of an Angler design I had in mind, i saw ppl making their own humanized designs for the Pressure entities so i'm giving it a shot too
*The Sailor Song by Toy Box starts playing*
#He's a sailor/captain because.. the gods told me yeah#hate em Anglers but love me a man with long hair#I'm thinking about adding suspenders to his design bc the shirt/chest area still looks a bit empty on the sides... chat what do we think#originally I had added an anglerfish lure to his design. then i remembered that only female anglerfish have them 😭#and i kept thinking “it's an anglerfish why doesn't it have a lure like Sebastian” gee i wonder why smartass#though Sebastian's came from a mutated anglerfish (yes i know it used to say in his file that it was a female anglerfish but stuff changed)#i could just slap it back on him and say he's mutated bc he DEFINITELY is in canon#or transgender#accidental transgenderism strikes again#mmmm i'll think about it#pressure fandom#pressure fanart#roblox pressure#pressure roblox#pressure angler
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Day 2: Hyacinthus
Interpretation notes and trivia below the cut!
Designing Hyacinthus as well as deciding on a personality for him was one of the first big problem I had to solve when the topic of a retelling came up. In most texts, he exists to be loved and then to die and even then, the focus of his death is not his own but rather on Apollo, the one who loses him. General modernised interpretations of him likewise tend to make him agreeable and inoffensive, the sort of character who is likeable and upright but never challenging or ornery. I didn't like any of those options, so I instead decided to build my Hyacinthus from the ground up - for better or for worse. His red hair is his most striking feature, it is his mother's divine hair colour and he is the only one of her children to have inherited it. Similarly, Hyacinthus is the only one of his mother's children to inherit her magic. While some of his siblings were born with a few passive gifts from their mother (Argalus' 'perfect' memory and Polyboea's affinity for mental calculations and projections, for example) Hyacinthus was born with a talent for sealing and warding magic and thusly, much of his life has been shaped by the pursuit of knowledge and his wish to use his talents to better his kingdom. Much of his good-nature and zeal for life and learning is destroyed by the circumstances of his death and entombment. When he is revived, he is angry, lost, devoid of most of his memories and desperate to fill the missing gaps of his soul. He's selfish and snappish, hurt and desperate to hurt others but, most importantly, he is searching. When he is revived, all the world has heard his story but he is not apart of it. They do not remember Hyacinthus, the mage-prince of Amyclae or Hyacinthus, the teacher of men. They do not speak of Hyacinthus, who charmed the gods for their knowledge or Hyacinthus whose beauty was bested only by his wit - they speak of Apollo and his lost love, Apollo and his grief, Hyacinthus, the lover of the Radiant. One can only hope that he will find whatever it is he is looking for on this journey.
Some fun trivia:
Youngest son in a family of seven, his magic was the catalyst for Clio revealing her true identity as a Muse to her children.
Actually prefers to be called 'Hyacinth' but has made peace with people ignoring his wishes and just calling him Hyacinthus out of habit or formality.
Has an intense resting bitch face and struggles with visibly expressing happiness or sadness. This is also a trait he shares with his mother, though his older sister Hegesandre also shares this feature. Cynortas was technically a part of the resting bitch face club but he practiced smiling and looking cheery so much as a child that now has the opposite problem where he can smile through anything, even pain or anger.
Left home when he was 10 to study at the Parnassus Institute for Gifted Children. The Institute specialises in training the children of the Muses, but occasionally it will take in normal people who show great promise. Hector, who becomes quite close to Hyacinth during their tenure together, was one of those people.
Was recognised by Apollo himself at his graduation and was gifted a laurel wreath. Apollo declared him the Shepherd Laureate which made Hyacinth the third Laureate alive at that time - a status shared only by Orpheus, the Poet Laureate and Asclepius, the Doctor Laureate.
Despite his title, is atrocious with animals and genuinely despises both sheep and goats. Has a mild phobia of goats in particular due to a traumatic incident when he was first climbing the mountain where a particular wild goat absolutely terrorised him. Along with following him for days, it would eat anything he left unattended and even bit and headbutted him numerous times when he would try to wrestle his food back from it. He was so bothered by the title in fact, that he asked Apollo if the designation was a joke at his expense. Apollo never denied that it was a joke but he never confirmed it either.
Exceptional hunter but prefers trapping to hunting by dog or arrow. Has never been one for weapons and much rather prefers to fight bare handed if the occasion arises.
Despite his laurel wreath being such a precious object, Hyacinth has never properly worn it. He wore them around his left bicep after obtaining them and when Polyboea contracted phthisis and needed comforting, he gave them to her as an object that would give her strength. Polyboea was buried with his laurels so he never got the chance to wear the wreath on his head.
His favourite colour is a dark oak brown and his favourite hobby is reading. His favourite food is fish roasted by a river and shared with people he loves. He died at 28 on the first day of Karneios.
#ginger draws#pursuing daybreak posting#ugh I love him I love him SO much#I'm very deliberately making it a point to not talk about his life post resurrection because that's#actual spoiler stuff but there's so many things to chat about in his life before his death lmao#Hyacinth prior to his death and after his revival are very different but if I had to describe his character overall in one word#it would be passionate. He's very driven and very focused on pursuing what he thinks is right or good even if it means death#He fell in love with Apollo because he recognised a kindred spirit in him even if he was disguised when they first met#I really hope he finds what he's looking for and that it makes him happy#hyacinthus#greek mythology#october art challenge
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something something Phantom Blood ending where all is good and well afterwards 🌈️✨️
#i genuinely feel like george would have approved of jonathan's and speebs' relationship#especially post PB and after all the stuff p much everyone went through + his near death experience#(since in this AU george would have survived the incident with the stone mask)#plus consider this my monthly? yearly? reminder that george and speedwagon got to meet each other in canon#half a day to maybe a day or so goes by between the moment Jona and Speeb (+ Wang Chen) arrive at the mansion and the moment Dio gets back#so there is a slim chance that they actually got to chat a bit (considering George's weakened state and so on as well)#i like to think that George was happy to see Jona finally having someone like Spw by his side supporting him and making him feel loved#i don't think Jona nor Speebs disclosed Speebs' criminal background to George at that time though so theres that too lol#ahhhh#so many thots about all this#jjba#jonathan joestar#speedwagon#robert eo speedwagon#jonawagon#jonaspeed#speedjona#speedstar#speedguapo#jojo#jojo no kimyou na bouken#jojo's bizarre adventure#phantom blood#basurito
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there is that adorable pic of a 13 year old pecco and marc, hugging him by the shoulders. pecco hadn’t become a rossi protege yet, marc recently won his title in 125, they are both so so young. like, of course pecco is going to think a senior (albeit as famous as marc was at the time) is cool and worthy of “celebrity” picture! of course marc is going to take photos with kids that ask him to!
and then they meet at the rossi ranch years later, pecco after an abysmal rookie moto3 season, but part of vr46 academy, marc as a multiple world champion in different categories. like, i’m sure they’ve crossed paths in the paddock, but it looks like the ranch was their first outside of work get-together?
i do wonder at what point did pecco stop seeing marc as this admirable motogp giant? they are co-workers/competitors now, supposedly equals. does the childish wonderment and idealization ever go away, when you are put head-to-head? yes, pecco has said that he doesn’t consider himself on marc’s level, but it does really answer the question, when marc achieves something awesome, like a fucking pole on a honda, does it fill pecco only with the sense of falling short, jealousy, frustration, or is there that tiny 13 year old pecco somewhere inside going “wow, this guy is awesome”
anon... first of all this ask is right up my street. second of all, yeah no the thirteen year old never entirely went away
to some extent obviously all riders kinda do this when they end up competing with the guys they grew up admiring. (or well in modern motogp, that's how it worked out - the competitive windows do have to be big enough, yeah? I'm not sure about the nineties premier class riders, but starting from valentino who had the biaggi poster, was a capirossi fan, an norick fan... but then also didn't get to compete directly with doohan for instance and was instead just mentored by him. valentino sticking around for so long basically Breaks this.) like I was talking in this ask about the dani/marc relationship and how when we talk about dani being marc's 'reference', it does mean something slightly different than the valentino hero idealisation. basically, it's the question of whether you think you're gonna fight that guy one day, if all goes well... because if you're little pecco, right, you're looking up to marc and want to be him, but you also want to beat him (if little pecco is feeling very brave). so marc fills the role of 'reference', the bloke who is basically always a few steps ahead of pecco - exaggerated by how precocious marc was. the role of 'hero' is of course again filled by valentino, though in this case pecco didn't actually have to meaningfully compete against his idol. the separation is a bit cleaner
and look, I doubt this ever really went as far as marc's admiration for dani. but yeah as you say: at the end of the day it's this cool superstar who is tearing up the lower categories and then is tearing up the premier class... like that's this prodigy... and then you get to be part of your actual hero's academy AND you're there when the prodigy gets invited to your hero's home!! not only is marc cool, not only is he winning everything, but also valentino clearly thinks he's fantastic... you kinda want valentino to think you are fantastic in the same way he talks about marc and looks at him... and pecco is like. seventeen at this point. great age. super impressionable. he's having a marginally better season than his absolute flop moto3 campaign but it's still!! rough! you know, so far away from this world that valentino and marc inhabit. obviously young athletes dream, obviously they have to be a bit delusional, obviously they have to believe they'll make it, but those are the kinds of harrowing years that really dent your actual belief. like god, the world of valentino and marc must have felt kinda unattainable back then...
anyway, obviously a year later marc became public enemy number one. personally, if I had to guess, I don't really think valentino has ever spoken much to his proteges about the details of the marc feud. it's the kind of thing where you maybe occasionally badmouth a guy you all hate when the kids are in the room, some dismissive comment or some slightly ugly sideswipe... but valentino did probably prefer to keep his mentees out of the whole thing and isn't giving them particularly detailed hot takes on sepang 2015. I mean, look at what luca said last year
hey, he could be lying, but is he really the type? "I'm sure he's still angry" - even that doesn't sound like he knows anything particularly specific about where his brother's at these days. if valentino hasn't spoken much about sepang 2015 with his own flesh and blood, then is he really giving long debriefs to marco bezzecchi? are you sure? of course, unlike luca, pecco does have the dubious distinction of actually being at sepang 2015, so there's always the chance he was in the room when some nasty things were being said about marc... but my sense is that all the academy riders have kind of been left to their own devices when making up their minds about the marc/valentino relationship. just probably a bit of a no-go topic on most days. and while pecco may have initially been completely on board with the marc hate, over the years his stance has mellowed to the brave and bold position of 'actually, I have other stuff to worry about'. like, this is why you don't get this weird bez-style all-over-the-place behaviour from pecco - fundamentally, he is far too sensible and far too interested in his own career to be going around seeking revenge on the behalf of his mentor. it's not like valentino really seems to expect him to either. sometimes the best thing you can do is simply try not to care that much
soooooo fundamentally you get to this place where for quite a few years, pecco really isn't thinking about marc too often I reckon... it's very much background noise - even when he's gotten to motogp, he's obviously not exactly fighting with marc from the word go. he has other stuff to worry about! then marc is gone for a bit! 2021 is kinda weird because pecco never really felt in that championship fight (I mean, maybe he thought he was idk) because he only really got going late in the season, and marc definitely wasn't in that title fight... BUT pecco got his first ever motogp win as a result of a proper great defensive ride against marc at aragon! seven overtakes and re-overtakes in the last few laps! truly some proper smart riding, anticipating where marc was going to attack and figuring out how to get him back every time. and of course, that's like... got to be one of the coolest ways possible you can get your first win? beating one of the all time greats (even if a physically impaired one) in a direct extensive duel? genuinely looking at the current grid, I'd struggle to come up with a cooler maiden win... oh I suppose zarco last year would actually be a decent shout. one of those two imo! anyway what an ego boost that must be
typed out the response to this ask on wednesday and let it *vaguely gestures* simmer a bit, but actually thursday they had pecco on that motogp podcast thingy and talked him through basically his whole career. which is one of those cases of 'not necessarily anything new, but always interesting to hear how the bloke himself puts it', and anyway it does also cover a lot of the stuff referenced in this post, would recommend. I did want to quickly bring it up because pecco does talk about aragon 2021 in that (at around 23 mins in):
Q: And the amount of pressure, for everyone who doesn't remember - it was Aragon '21, vs Marc Marquez, anti-clockwise track, everyone's expecting a certain person to win. [...] Seven times, he passes you in the last three laps, and every time you have to find something, for your first win - A: Not bad, yeah? Q: How was that feeling crossing the line, because it's your first win but it's also the last three laps of craziness that you've come through? A: Yeah, I remember that... we were prepared to fight for this victory because we work at it a lot and we were finally prepared and as soon as started the weekend I was feeling great. Marc was very strong, Fabio was very strong also... We started to race and I did the pole position and then we started to race and Marc was like always super super fast in Aragon because it's a left hander track, he's very strong in Aragon, it's his home grand prix, so... I was trying the maximum and I was there fighting with him and for me was fantastic because I was very strong in a very complicated track for me. The first - was not the first possibility to win but was one of the first and we were fighting with the maximum with the top [player?] so defeating him in Aragon was fantastic and I never could have asked more for my first victory for sure. Because some win their first victory with gap or with some luck, we fight. [...] Yeah, was fantastic.
like I said. it's a really cool win! pecco knows it's a cool win! he knows it's a cool win because it's marc! even two premier class title pecco still feels deeply aware of how special that was
*reaches up to scratch at ear in slightly self-conscious manner when saying "not bad" about beating the eight times world champion*
because it does mean something extra to beat marc, right? and that's also what this represents to pecco, as an opportunity... obviously on balance he'd very much want marc to not be in his team, because he's not an idiot and he's aware it's going to be a bit of a nightmare. that being said! of course, would there be anything cooler than for him than actually beating marc in the same team... I don't want to sound like a broken record on this topic but just to reiterate, none of the titles won post-2019 are in any way diminished by marc's absence - and fundamentally pecco must know he's a deserving champion, even if he still considers himself on a different level from valentino and marc. but of course it would mean something special to beat him! it's already meant something special to beat him in individual races! it'd mean something special if he beats him this year, older bike be damned! and it'd mean something special next year. pecco is deeply wary of marc, and rightly so, but don't take that to mean he isn't up for the fight. he always has been
weirdly enough, I do actually think being valentino's protege might help him be sensible about marc. because the thing is pecco has clearly put some thought into all of this at some point and had to decide for himself... or well, to make peace with the fact that he is not going to be the next valentino rossi - and that he doesn't really want to be. it's kinda the casey versus jorge distinction: you can be a valentino fan and admire everything he's done on-track but still very much know that valentino the persona isn't something you really want to attempt to emulate because it just isn't you, or you can hunger after attaining that kind of 'character' and popularity for yourself and find yourself disillusioned when things turn out differently. pecco's in the casey camp, minus the desire to shove valentino off the nearest cliff edge. like he says:
man wants a quiet life when he's not doing the death sport. and, y'know, marc might not have quite those stratospheric levels of popularity as valentino does... but it's fairly obvious pecco links them in his mind, which is not just about talent. they're both Characters, they're both figureheads in the sport, they're both larger than life. and maybe sometimes, deep down, someone like pecco might wish that kind of thing did come naturally to him... but if he has felt that way, then he's already kinda had to work through all that. he's valentino's successor! he's the next big italian motogp star! but he's never going to be valentino. and he wouldn't want that life, it wouldn't make him happy - and probably he looks at marc with all his drama and controversy and thinks he wouldn't really want all that either. pecco's given all of this a lot of thought, and he's still probably a bit too self-conscious and a bit too aware of all of this stuff for his own good, but that does also mean he knows his own head and where he's at when it comes to his own status in the sport. both when it comes to the character and when it comes to the talent. sure, having marc's fuck you talent would be nice, everyone would want that... but also if you're a two time premier champion, at a certain point you need a certain cockiness about your own abilities. he's spoken about how he needs a more well-settled bike than casey or marc, how he can't out-perform the bike like they can - there clearly is a lot of admiration there, still the sense of respect and awe you probably can't ever quite shake. pecco won't ever be one of those aliens. but he's had enough time to establish himself in the sport before he's had to deal with the marc threat in a more active way, has had the chance to find his place without worrying too much about marc - has been able to build up his own confidence. at the same time, pecco is still very obviously aware of just who marc is and the weight of that legacy and it shapes how he approaches fighting marc. it's pecco's admiration vying with his arrogance - and he has to hope the latter wins out. you can't be fearful of the legacy of those you're trying to beat. you have to kill your heroes, even if it's a strange flavour of hero
anyhow - one big way in which valentino does loom large here is that everyone else is aware of his rivalry with marc and how it is crucial Historical Context for the pecco/marc stuff. because pecco does have that dog in him, he's fundamentally disinterested in fighting his idol's battles and is mainly just looking out for himself. a big part of the general wariness towards marc isn't even valentino-related antipathy or just respect for his abilities, but also this kind of sense of... god, this marc thing is always going to have extra implications, will there be discourse, can there please not be discourse... he doesn't want to get into this stuff, he doesn't want to be part of the sepang 2015 reenactment society. he's pretty determined to stay clear of marc-related controversy at every turn, and generally does do a good job of not letting the undoubtedly extremely annoying marc annoy him... the only time pecco had proper marc-induced head loss was mugello last year - y'know, that whole thing when he felt impeded by marc and then slowed down long enough to give marc the chance to warm up his tyres and catch a pecco tow to the front row. like that was just head gone, the kind of thing that happens when you already find someone deeply annoying and then you kinda choose the wrong moment to get mad at them. with a bit of distance pecco may well have regretted reacting that way, like you don't really want to give marc that kind of opening. he's been way more disciplined since then, but it still opened the door
fundamentally, the less time pecco spends obsessing over marc, the better for him. pecco obviously has to be very aware of marc and wary of him, but he also can't spent too much energy on admiring him or being irritated by him or anything else. (given that valentino's descriptions of the marc/pecco rivalry do seem to frame marc as a competitor who sounds an awful lot like valentino himself, ironically valentino is quite well-placed to offer the 'try to avoid letting the guy who gets off on annoying his rivals annoy you' advice.) it's always going to be tough, isn't it, competing against your heroes, figuring out how to disentangle those past emotions from how you actually approach fighting them, how to feel comfortable enough in your own skin to not be cowed by that status... you can't get to a place where you're so admiring or respectful or intimidated that you're already beaten before the competition even starts - and to his credit pecco has shown he is both willing to stand up to the famous marc marquez as well as capable of doing so. my guess is that for him, the childhood idolisation isn't primarily expressed in a 'wow he dragged the honda to pole!!' (not least when he was using pecco's teammate to directly deny pecco). sure, perhaps you do get those knee jerk reactions of admiring the sheer craft of your rival's riding, just have to do your best not to let it affect you. but for the most part it's... really wanting to beat marc. and sometimes feeling a teensy bit insecure about just how good marc is. and really wanting to beat him. he kinda has to be sensible and talk down in his brain how special this one guy is so he doesn't do anything silly, tell himself it's just any other guy... but it's still always going to be there, hovering in the background. and god does pecco really want to beat him
#pecco very much 'girl who is “going to be okay”'-ing his way into the marc teammate relationship#y'know pecco said somewhere that one of his hobbies is reading sports autobiographies#and I would love comparing notes with him on casey's. like surely it's fairly likely he's read it right?#the pecco/casey axiom is great. he does sometimes come out with stuff where I'm like. wow that's so casey-coded#when he said at assen that he really liked how the crowd was less partisan than at montmelo and mugello?? casey's daughter right there#inherited casey's surliness and valentino's inability to be fast on a friday. truly their best traits#in some ways this is the closest we'll ever get to seeing casey/marc at honda but they'd shoot u in the streets if u said that out loud#//#brr brr#batsplat responds#actually i've had the casey autobiography thought a lot but come to think of it i'd also love to chat to him about valentino's#maybe he's read agassi's!! that's got to be one of the most famous ones surely#pecco buddy would you be interested in a book club#current tag
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Ok but that ask about Reader and Foul Legacy watching the stars gave me an idea:
Sparkly moth deserves an astronomer/astrologist Reader, who's completely in awe with the stars that cover the abyss and it's denizens, and loves the patterns they form, like constellations they don't know but want to comprehend. Imagine them mentioning that if they discover a new constellation or star, they'd name it after Foul Legacy.
Also, this quote is really sappy but "my fate written in the stars" sounds like a super endearing way they'd describe Foul Legacy at some point
listen listen LISTEN, you're part of the Rtawahist Darshan at the Akademiya, too
the Sages certainly don't agree with your study of the Abyss- too dangerous, they say. it's against everything the Archon of Dendro stands for! and yet, they can't exactly stop you. it's an area of knowledge that needs expanding on, now perhaps more than ever, and technically you are still studying the stars. even more irritating is just how wonderfully all of your papers are written, so they reluctantly oblige and allow you to continue your investigations. of course, you're not telling them everything. while some of your fellow scholars might scold you for it, you know it's best to keep a few things secret- such as the lovely creature you found while exploring, this curious Foul Legacy who seems so monstrous yet acts so sweet. no no, you couldn't possibly inform the Sages and send him off to be tormented and experimented on, and Legacy seems to think the same
so for now, he's your special secret
you spend a lot of nights awake together, trying to scale the grand tree that holds up the Akademiya. you can see the stars best from that position, of course, all the way at the top, perched upon the highest branch. if you're too tired that day, Legacy scoops you into his arms and flies, delicate wings glimmering just like the stars as he gently sets you down on the branch. here, you can point out everything you know, then ask him if the Abyss has them, too. some stay constant, others are mirrored, and more still are completely new. you promise to chart them all with him, making the first ever rough map of the Abyss based on the patterns he tells you, the speckles of light flecked across his wings
sometimes, if you tilt your head enough and think sideways, you can almost see your fate written out across them
#genshin impact#childe#tartaglia#foul legacy#foul legacy childe#genshin tartagalia#genshin childe#genshin tartaglia#i got allll the work i wanted to get done today done#happy about that#although i was randomly very dizzy for a period#maybe i need to smush my face into Foul Legacy's fur#short scenario#other's stuff#good evening#chit chat#anon#FAVE#don't worry anon i love sappy things eheh
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