#maxiel who? I only know sewis

[usersewis]

EXACTLY!! I MEAN LOOK AT THEM

Canada 2016 tops any maxiel moment. argue with a wall

[antimonyandthyme]

Tagged by the lovely @badboy-george and @rosyjuly for the 20 questions for fic writers game, thank you! <33

1. How many works do you have on AO3?

62!

2. What’s your total AO3 word count?

196,925

3. What fandoms do you write for?

Currently it's only F1, but I've written for a bunch of anime fandoms like Haikyuu! and Daiya no Ace (even in anime I can't escape sports) and Naruto of course. And some movie ones like Tenet. And some random others. Like the Epic 7 and Fire Emblem game.

4. What are your top 5 fics by kudos?

The Cloud That Settles (sewis), then If You Don't Play, You'll Never Win (lestappen), then Treading Softly in My Head (martian), then All the Miles We Have to Shed (martian), then Shutter Speed (martian). Special mention to the sixth in line But I Exist to Serve the Master, which I think was the first fic up on ao3 for The Gentlemen (2019) fandom kekekeke.

5. Do you respond to comments? Why or why not?

Yes, absolutely. I have a backlog at the moment which I feel a little guilty about because I want anyone who's commented to know their words and thoughts are so beloved to me, and sometimes when someone leaves a wonderfully thoughtful comment it takes me ages to respond because I want to respond in kind.

6. What is the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending?

Spring Cleaning (maxiel) or this prosenna tumblr ficlet

7. What’s the fic you wrote with the happiest ending?

Hmm. Looking through my fics I realize they often end on a very happy, resolved, or hopeful note. It'd be tough for me to choose the happiest. Maybe Down in the Depths We Make Our Home (sebchal pacific rim au), just for how complete it felt at the end.

8. Do you get hate on fics?

Not in the traditional sense, like I hate your writing! kind of thing. I've had some odd comments that I genuinely think weren't meant to be mean but have made me question some aspects of my writing, and I've learned to take those in stride. I'm also very very lucky to be surrounded by beloved people who have everlasting patience for my huehuehues.

9. Do you write smut? If so, what kind?

Kekekeke. Y E S. I love doing so. I'm not sure I can describe what kind, I'm into so many flavours. The really, really horny kind? *me scrolling through my ao3* Oh wow yes the really, really, really horny kind.

10. Do you write crossovers? What’s the craziest one you’ve written?

I have not! Only AUs at the moment. The craziest AU I've ever thought of was probably an F1 Chainsaw Man AU.

11. Have you ever had a fic stolen?

I don't believe so!

12. Have you ever had a fic translated?

Yes! I've had If You Don't Play, You'll Never Win and Melt Your Aches and Call This Home (a baseball anime fic) translated into Chinese. Reading them has been a delight and a lesson all in one!

13. Have you ever co-written a fic before?

No, but I am in talks with... some beloved people...

14. What’s your all time favourite ship?

All time! Hmm. Hmm! Naruto/Sasuke my og pairing probably. But Martian and Sebmick are right up there too.

15. What’s a WIP you want to finish but doubt you ever will?

Huehuehue. I have a bunch languishing in my drafts at the moment. Rosquez, seb4seb, sebastidan wips are most in danger because my interest in them crests super hard one day and wanes the next. *sees a gif* *is inspired* *sees a gif of something else* *forgets*

16. What are your writing strengths?

Narrative voicing I think? A very clear, defining character arc. I've been told the porn's pretty good too, while being very emotional.

17. What are your writing weaknesses?

Long fic. Ah, geez. There are so many stories in my head that could only be done justice if I had the patience to take my time with it, put in the hours, put in the words, put in the work. But I'm very easily distracted by shiny things unfortunately. I also worry I write the characters the same across fics. Like my Sebs, I worry that he's getting a little too consistent and predictable even in vastly different works.

18. Thoughts on writing dialogue in another language in fic?

I probably wouldn't, I would worry too much about whether I got the nuances and grammar and structure and voicing right.

19. First fandom you wrote for?

Probably Naruto?

20. Favourite fic you’ve written?

This changes depends on the day you ask. At the moment it's actually my prosenna tumblr fics, which upon every reread I find myself liking more. (The real fave fave fic is something I chatficced with @rosyjuly that I hope will one day see the light of day)

No pressure tagging if you'd like to play! @sebrrari @effervescentdragon @ayceeofspades @loveisworry @wewentcarracing

[wolfiemcwolferson]

I loved your fantasy piarles and it’s probably my favorite fantasy au ever! The whole universe and magic was so cool and such big brained energy! I have to ask is there any more background or snippets you could give of the other characters? I’m so intrigued about Maxiel (Max was probably my favorite side character and loved the way you described him) and Carlando (Did they end up together forever and what is their life like?!?). LEWIS I have so many questions about and Seb and his sad farm!!!!!! (Is there Sewis?!). Now that I’m thinking about it Kimi and his pack!!! GEORGE AND ALEX (rich billionaire immortal boys just trying to live normal everyday lives) Ahhhhhhh I’ve read it three times already and I just keep thinking about it over and over.

Anon!!!

Let me tell you some things about this world because I built such a little world in my head as I was writing this fic.

Max was the first character that I conceptualized for this fic. I was writing this fic at the same time I was writing the Carlando piece of Blue Neighbourhood and I didn't know if I was going to write this as a Piarles story or a Carlando story. (It was meant to be a Piarles story though.) I knew who Max was going to be.

Obviously in this world, all immortal creatures are born and Max's father (who is powerful, but not as powerful as he'd like to be) had children with a very powerful witch essentially to...get the strongest children. Evil, vile man. Much like Jos IRL. Anyway, Max is raised in isolation with his father chasing some kind of something, he's never really sure, but he knows it's like A Big Deal.

He meets Charles at one of the only summits he's allowed to go to and they become friends and it's the first peak at a real life and then he somehow convinces his father to let him go away to study and that's how he meets Daniel. Charles absolutely encourages that and they fall in love.

Jos finds out about it and freaks out and starts to hunt them with some of his shady people and they bond with the help of Max's mom (who he hasn't seen in a long time).

When Jos discovers them, he is beside himself and that's when he goes after Max's sister, but the bonding really took it out of Daniel and Max so they can't go after him, so Charles does. And that's where the life debt comes from with Max.

Daniel really just spends the next hundred years showing Max the world before they buy a place in New York.

Now, Carlando.

They do end up together. Something that I didn't mention in the epilogue that is just pure HC is that Charles and Pierre and Co. work out the ritual to not just make vampires, but also werewolves. (And they make it happen without nearly ending in death all around.) ((And this is also what Jos was chasing - The Big Thing.))

I mentioned Carlos was studying native animals when he met Lando and Carlos would really rather be a werewolf. He's 35 when Lando turns him and then Lando takes him to see every single mountain range in the world and listens to his endless lectures.

Lando and Carlos eventually settle down outside of Serra de Tramuntana in Spain because the entire island is actually wolves - which they discover while they're visiting.

It turns into kind of a preternatural getaway resort type of town within the century and Lando finds the family he's been looking since his birth packs death.

Lewis and Seb and Kimi:

"They're the old generation". In that, they're all much older than the others and they were the ones who "broke tradition" and kind of paved the way for the younger crowd to have the lives they do.

In my brain: Seb and Lewis come and go out of each others lives because Lewis likes to travel in his plane and rubs elbows and do what he wants and Seb is happy to have his farm and give a place to preternatural creatures who need a place to recover. They're happy. It works for them.

Kimi continues to run Seattle with his rogue pack and he loves being out of the preternatural world - but he's always begging the kids to stop dragging trouble into his land.

George and Alex:

They really just want to live their lives. George is a doctor and he loves being a doctor and Alex runs through all kinds of occupations - he owns a diner, he's a teacher for a little while - at a human school.

But then you know, Charles and Pierre take in the witchling child (but then there's a werewolf cub and they even foster a selkie for a little bit while Seb finds a family of selkies to take them in, but they end up with two witchlings, a werewolf, and a vampire for keeps) and when it's time to send her off to do some formal education, they're shocked to find that...the school that Max and Charles attended together has...It's not good.

Charles calls Alex and is all, "We can't send her there, think of all the children that are being deprived of vital schooling, it's so sad Alex, won't you think of the children. Anyway, Lewis already bought us some land in the wilderness of Canada and we have all of the permits and approval from the council already, so..."

And thats how George and Alex end up as Headmaster's of The Hamilton School for Preternatural Creatures. (There might be half a fic floating around in my brain about that, but don't push it. Ok. I can't take that on right now. *crosses fingers behind my back*)

[formulacherry]

Fancy a fun question chain to pass around f1blr?? Over to you, lovely!

Name (or what you want to be called on tumblr)

Where are you from?

Where do you live?

Any pets?

Favorite driver(s) currently on the grid, and why?

Favorite driver(s) not currently on the grid and why?

Favorite romantic driver pairing(s) (e.g. Maxiel, Carlando)

Driver you’re most attracted to physically

Driver whose personality you like best

Favorite driver friendship(s)

Favorite team principal

Favorite team

Least favorite team, if any

Driver(s) you dislike, if any

If you’re a fic writer: if you could only write about one f1 pairing for the rest of your life who are you choosing?

Please send this to 10 (or more!) other F1 tumblr users that you love and want to get to know better 🫶💜

gotten this a couple of times so let’s do it!

• Name (or what you want to be called on tumblr)

cherry 🍒

• Where are you from?

australia 🦘

• Where do you live?

australia 🐨

• Any pets?

two cats 🐱🐱 and two dogs 🐶🐶

• Favorite driver(s) currently on the grid, and why?

Daniel 🍯🦡 he’s the reason I became an F1 fan

Carlos 🇪🇸🌶️ fell in love with him the second I saw him

• Favorite driver(s) not currently on the grid and why?

Seb 🐝 because he’s changing the world

• Favorite romantic driver pairing(s)

Carlando and Maxiel ❤️

• Driver you’re most attracted to physically

Carlos 🥵

• Driver whose personality you like best

Daniel 💛

• Favorite driver friendship(s)

Carlando and Maxiel 🫂 (Sewis, Galex and Piarles too)

• Favorite team principal

Toto Wolff 🐺

• Favorite team

Ferrari 🏎️

• Least favorite team

Haas 🫢

• Driver(s) you dislike

Honestly I don’t actively dislike any. There’s some that annoy me but that’s it really 🤷🏽‍♀️

• If you could only write about one f1 pairing for the rest of your life who are you choosing?

Carlando ❤️🧡

[formula1squids]

By the logic of the tags in your last rb, does that mean Piarles is the least OTP'd of the big pairings but by ease of their history is the most common? 🧐 Might explain why there's a lot of Piarles tagged as background ship, and why Pierre's other ships are gaining more prominence without as much push back.

i think piarles makes an extremely easy background ship, especially if you're the kind of writer who likes every driver on the grid present AND you want them all paired up AND you already have the usual players like maxiel and carlando and sewis. you don't even have to rationalise it. everyone knows they're good friends. best friends, even.

the thing with piarles is their lore and fun bits are all hidden in tiny little nooks that only the biggest charles or pierre fans would bother to figure out. some of that will trickle down, sure, but it's tough when what u have on the surface is mostly either 1) rare or 2) in french LMAO. it's easier to go for yukierre when they play twister and sing karaoke together or the clear enemies to awkward teammates slash friendship thing pierresteban have going on

[rizzstappen]

1-10! Go ham!

Oh em geee thank you 🫶🏼

1) Would you say f1 is your favorite sport?

Maybe? It’s definitely the sport I follow most consistently like every week checking for results. I grew up on nascar but I don’t watch is as much now since my dads guy retired. I also watch futbol pretty regularly but I’m not into it enough to know all the clubs and stuff! I do have my fave players from the Mexican National team lol

2) Lestappen or maxiel ?

Maxiel 1000%. They are so compelling to me because of their story. How Daniel helped Max when he first got into F1 and then left. The whole “I wish he never left” element of it all. The way they defend each other. When everyone was blaming Daniel for his McLaren stint Max (along with others) only had good things to say about Daniel and how he was still talented. Like you don’t stick your neck out for someone like that if they don’t matter to you.

3) Dando or carlando ?

Probably Dando. Although I don’t like them as much as Maxiel I can appreciate the brother dynamic they have.

4) Norstappen or carlando ?

Carlando for sure. Again something about the brother dynamic between Lando and his teammates that makes me soft for him a bit.

5) Charlos or piarles ?

🗣️ Charlos. Who doesn’t love two hot men on the same team. The way they race each other and talk to each other is so compelling. Especially after all the drama that happened this past weekend. I love a bitch fight lol.

6) Piarles or yukierre ?

Yukierre. The chef date!!!! That was it for me honestly. The way Yuki looks at Pierre 😭

7) Brocedes or sewis ?

Brocedes. The lore!!! Like imagine growing up and karting and becoming best friends with this guy then both of you make it to F1 and then eventually on the same team. Now you have to fight said best friend and destroy your friendship with him to win your ultimate goal. Who does lore like this!?!? No one else.

8) Britcedes or valewis ?

As much as I’d love to say valewis the way merc treated him makes me sad so for that I’ll say Britcedes!

9) Sewis or sebchal ?

Sewis. The championship winner dynamic between them two. The fact that Seb was the only one who hugged him at his last race. Yeah. Def sewis.

10) Favorite driver who retired in the last 10 years ?

Does Fernando count if he returned? Probably not lol. Seb for sure! Again I am a Daniel girlie and I love all his friendships and the one with Seb is so sweet. The way he hugged him after his first win. But also the way Seb was so cunty during his championship winning streak. Ugh truly wish I had been watching at the time!!! But for sure Seb. He’s just a little guy saving the bees now 🥹