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10 to Midnight

Summary: Ever since they met at a New Year’s Eve party, TK and Carlos made it a tradition to wave each coming year goodbye and to welcome the new one by cleaning up messes. Year after year, lots of things will change; anything but how irrevocably in love Carlos is with his best friend. Thank you @herefortarlos and @lightningboltreader for beta'ing. And thanks @strandnreyes for this year's Tswift brainstorm session haha. This will update daily. And I dedicate it to this fandom for making this year so much better. <3 My resolution for next year to continue to create with and for y'all. ->

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[realcube]

secretly dating the haikyuu!! boys 🤫

summary: you’ve been dating your partner in secret up until now, when their team finds out 

characters: hinata, oikawa & bokuto 

thanks to anon for the request 💗

tw// fem! reader, sexual references, swearing

Shōyō Hinata 

he kept the relationship a secret bc of noya IEFBEVAGLEB

ok ok lemme explain

you said jokingly once that you were into shorter guys in response to hinata asking something lovey-dovey along the lines of ‘what did i do to deserve you? 😍’

and hinata has been on edge ever since pfft

i mean, he just thins noya is such a cool guy and an awesome upperclassmen- why wouldn’t you want him?

but he couldn’t afford losing you to this teammate so he did everything in his power to make sure that you never crossed paths with nishinoya- which included not telling his team about you 

it was so hard for him as well bc he wanted to show you off to his teammates so bad especially stinkyshima 🥺

but he couldn’t :((

you never really inquired about it though, even when he’d get all weird when you’d come pick him up from practise

then the faithful day arrived, when kageyama watched you stroll into the class, hand hinata something, place a kind kiss on his cheek before taking your leave

he didn’t question it though- he couldn’t be bothered lol

the only time he ever brought it up was 2 weeks later in the changing room when tsukishima was making fun of him for being unable to ask out a girl for an upcoming dance

so kageyama retorted with ‘it’s not like you get any girls either, shittyshima! even hinata gets more action than you!’

hinata’s blood ran cold and he froze

tsukishima hummed in response, prodding kageyama to elaborate, ‘i saw him kissing a girl in class the other day-- have you ever kissed someone before?’

although that last part was meant to be a dig, it sounded more like a genuine question

yamaguchi peered over his shoulder to join the conversation, ‘is that true, hinata?’

hinata stood frozen for a little while longer before releasing a heavy sigh, ‘yes. but please don’t tell anyone else.’

‘why not?’ tsukishima pried.

‘none of your business, stinkyshima!’

that nickname was what prompted tsukishima to stroll out of the changing the room and disguise ‘hinata has a girlfriend’ behind a cough in front of the whole team

‘you said you weren’t going to tell anyone!’ hinata yelled, slightly red from the fact everyone was now staring at him - including coach ukai, takeda, kiyoko & yachi

‘what? it was just a cough.’ tsukishima snickered but promptly received an elbow to the stomach from yamaguchi

daichi rubbed hinata’s back while reassuring him that he didn’t have to tell them anything he didn’t want to but meanwhile, hinata’s eyes were fixated on nishinoya 

‘i- i do have a girlfriend.’ he stuttered, figuring that he wasn’t going to be able to hide it forever  — plus, he felt foolish for not trusting you to begin with. ‘her name is (l/n).’

yachi choked on her water, ‘she sits next to me in class!’

ngl yachi probably had a lil’ crush on you at some point but these are just headcanons, not a full blown fic so i cba to write a love triangle

‘cool’ hinata murmured in response before continuing, ‘she said that she will come see me after practise today so i guess you’ll see her then.’

by now, most people were shooting hinata comforting smiles and muttering their congratulations but those were all drowned out by nishinoya and tanaka’s loud offers

‘wow, hinata. you really got a chick before your senpais. i’m not sure whether to be proud or jealous!’ tanaka said, wiping an invisible tear from his eye

‘proud, ryū! we clearly did a good job in teaching him how to make advances on the ladies.’ nishinoya cheered before turning to grab hinata’s shoulders and pull him close, ‘now, hinata, if you ever need advice remember that you can come to us! we’re kinda professionals when it comes to relationships and stuff!’

hinata nodded rapidly, his lips slowly curling into a smile as he wondered; what was i so worried about? of course (y/n) would never cheat on me and noya would never make moves on my girlfriend

when you arrived, you were rather confused when hinata greeted you with his usual vigour rather than his hasty, rushed greetings for when you met him after practise

also, you were perplexed as to why many peeping eyes were staring at the pair of you from the gym door as he peppered your face with kisses - and why was one of them Yachi?

‘uuh, shō, are those your teammates?’ you inquired, gesturing to the peepers behind y’all

hinata peered over his shoulder and chuckled at how ‘discreet’ they were being,’uh- yeah.’

suddenly, yachi and sugawara popped out from behind the walls, ‘hello, (l/n)!’ they both yelled in unison

you smiled, looking at them and realising this was probably the first time you’ve ever been acknowledged by his teammates

‘hi, yachi and--’

hinata hastily whispered in your ear, ‘sugawara.’

‘sugawara!’

hinata finally got to introduce you to all his teammates and he was so hyped 

he had a foolishly wide grin on his face the whole time 

he’s just so happy that the person he loves can finally meet the people who help him do what he loves 

Tōru Oikawa

y’all kept the relationship secret bc you didn’t want to get nasty glares from oikawa’s fangirls and he didn’t want to get teased by iwa so it was a win/win

although you had to be cautious when showing PDA, it didn’t mean y’all didn’t do it at all

there was just something about knowing that what you were doing was risky, which made you want to do it even more

so sometimes y’all would do that thing where you arrange certain times to ask for the bathroom during class so you could see each other in the corridor

and since it was during class, there was virtually nobody else in the hallway 

so y’all would literally just go for it

kissing as if you had never experienced human affection before

but since you both were so into it, you’d never notice kyōtani walk by, on his way back from the principal’s office

he’d even let out a low scoff every time

but you were both just so in the moment that you’d never even notice 

word spreads fast in the seijoh boys’ volleyball club, though

but slightly slower when it starts with kyōtani

like what reason does he have to tell anybody about what he saw? he doesn’t want to relive those events

but during a bitching session with yahaba, he spilled about oikawa and you since the captain had been working them extra hard lately, as if he was the coach tsk

so ofc the gossip spread across multiple bitching session from yahaba, to kunimi, to kindaichi, to watari, to hanamaki then finally to matsukawa

(iwaizumi didn’t get to know bc firstly he didn’t join in with bitching sessions and secondly, everyone knew that iwa would just immediately tell oikawa and that would ruin all the fun)

it got to the point where almost everyone on the team knew about you and oikawa so whenever he would walk into practise, a chorus of low giggles and whispers would spread across the gym

this had been going on for about a month now and at first, oikawa was too self-indulged to notice

but after a bit longer, he kinda noticed and brought it up to iwaizumi

‘hey, why does everyone start acting weird whenever i walk into the room?’

iwaizumi rolled his eyes, shoving a ball against oikawa’s chest, ‘what? no, they don’t; stop being so paranoid. now, throw me some sets.’

that was enough reassurance for oikawa to ignore it for a while but then hanamaki accidentally made one of the jokes a bit too loud

oikawa fell face first into the gym floor after tripping over his lace and the whole gym seemed to erupt into laughter

‘hah!’ matsukawa wheezed, ‘stop kissin’ the ground, tōru!’ 

‘mwah, mwah!’ yahaba teased

hanamaki suddenly chimed in, ‘yeah, save that shit for (y/n)!--’

silence spread like a plague across the whole gym room

it was only broken when iwaizumi let out a clueless, ‘huh?’

oikawa quickly scurried onto his feet, ‘how do you know about (y/n)?’

hanamaki chuckled awkwardly as he looked left to right for help but was just met by blank stares, ‘uh- she’s- erm, in my homeroom class.’

obviously, oikawa didn’t buy it

‘who told you about me and (y/n)?’ he inquired in a sinister tone of voice, his glare seeming anything but kind 

‘watari!’ he yelled accusingly, pointing his index finger at the poor libero 

after all eyes shifted onto him, watari wasted no time in redirecting everyone’s attention onto kindaichi, ‘it was turnip-head who told me!’

‘well, it was kunimi that told me!’ kindaichi shouted with no hesitation

kumini crossed his arms over his chest, ‘yahaba told me.’

yahaba’s eyes widened at the sudden accusation before turning to oikawa and defending himself, ‘mad dog was the one that saw you and (y/n) kissing in the hallway!’

mad dog glared at the pinch server, then turned to oikawa and shrugged 

oikawa was livid DIUVBEVILS

‘YOU ALL KNEW ABOUT ME AND (Y/N) BUT DIDN’T TELL ME?! HOW LONG HAVE YOU GUYS BEEN GOSSIPING ABOUT US FOR?!’

yahaba took it upon himself to reply, ‘mad dog only told me about a month ago-’

‘THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR A WHOLE MONTH?!’

faint hums of ‘yeah’ and ‘uhuh’ were heard across the gym hall

‘wait-’ iwaizumi cocked his head to the side, ‘are you dating (y/n)?’

this inquiry was only met by blank stares as oikawa pinched his temple, wondering what he should do now

‘why did you try to hide your relationship for so long?’ kindaichi asked before kunimi added, ‘yeah, can we finally meet her?’ 

matsukawa rolled his eyes, ‘she literally goes to our school; meet her in the hallway or something.’

oikawa shook his head, quickly shutting down matsukawa’s idea, ‘i’ll ask her to come over after practise today but be on your best behaviour.’ he sung, quickly grabbing a ball and going back to practising receives

everyone was rather shocked at how fast the captains’ demeanour changed

while you were at your own club, you got a message from oikawa asking if you wanted to meet his team

you had already met most of them outside of volleyball but you figured now was perhaps a good time to introduce yourself as oikawa’s gf to rub it in /j

before you arrived, oikawa made it explicitly clear that they weren’t to tell anybody about the relationship or else oikawa’s fangirls would come for you

they all agreed and patiently waited for you to arrive

honestly, iwaizumi was probably the only one with pure intentions when it came to finally meeting you — as he simply wanted to see the girl who has oikawa’s heart

the rest of them of the other hand 🙄

matsukawa and hanamaki planned to have a competition to see who could seduce you first 

watari, kindaichi and kunimi wanted to just tease oikawa in front you 

and yahaba was going to try get you to tell him all the gossip about oikawa 😈

(kyōtani left early)

so needless to say you were hardly charmed when you formally met the bunch of boys oikawa spends his time with 

‘so are you free tonight orrr?’ hanamaki questioned, promptly getting a slap to the back of the head from both oikawa and matsukawa

‘makki, a lady like her shouldn’t be spoken to like that,’  matsukawa pushed his friend aside, ‘watch this: hey, sweetie. what is a gal--’

matsukawa got the same treatment as makki except this time it was kindaichi pushing him away, ‘so how much is oikawa paying you to play his girlfriend?’

you couldn’t help but giggle, especially as you could see oikawa from over his shoulder, shooting him the deadliest glare

kunimi poked his head around kindaichi arm to look at you, ‘i’m guessing ¥3000 an hour.’

‘(y/n) is worth way more than ¥3000 an hour!’ oikawa yelled from behind the crowd of boys surrounding you 

yahaba hurried forward, slipped his arm around your waist and escorting you a few paces away from the others to whisper in your ear, ‘does oikawa have any embarrassing childhood pictures?’

you snickered, leaning in and whispering back, ‘yeah, i’ll send them to you on instagram.’

ok. although they weren’t the most charming- they were definitely a fun bunch lol

Kōtarō Bokuto

a secret relationship w/ bokuto has hardly a secret lol

plus, the ‘secret’ part is only gonna last MAX a month ✋

he tries to ‘act natural’ around his teammates but it’s a bit- too natural 

he’ll come back from a make-out session with you, lipstick smeared across his face and just be like ‘hey y’all! ✌ good vibes today’

or when he’d take off his shirt to reveal the scratch marks on his back, that he wasn’t even aware of 

or the hickeys that he wouldn’t even bother try to hide 

so the whole team were aware that bokuto had a partner- they just weren’t sure who it was

but they didn’t really mention anything to bokuto bc they srsly didn’t care which left bokuto under the impression that he was sneaky as hell

akaashi was kinda upset that bokuto didn’t tell him about you tho but he kept that to himself

everyone was silently curious as to who bokuto was dating but none of them actually spoke up about it

until one day, konoha was chatting to komi, thinking they weren’t being listened to since bokuto seemed preoccupied with practising spikes, ‘psst, komi. i saw bokuto walk home with (y/n) the other day, i think she might be the one he’s da--’

but bokuto develops super-hearing when you’re involved

he was now looming over komi and konoha in what felt like a blink of an eye, ‘what did you say about (y/n)?’ he asked in a rather gruff voice

both boys were taken back by their captain’s sudden change in mood but komi managaed to stutter out, ‘oh- konoha just saw you walking home with her the other day; you both make a very cute couple.’

all sense of menace or threat was washed out of bokuto’s tone as his lips formed a bright smile, ‘awww, thanks! we do-- wait!’ 

bokuto cut himself off and the boys started snickering, ‘so it’s (y/n) that you’re dating.’ komi stated the obvious, this time loud enough for the whole gym to hear.

bokuto couldn’t help but face-palm, his sweaty hands making a loud, wet slapping noise against his skin. ‘ugh! i wasn’t supposed to tell you that.’ he grumbled, eyeing everyone in the gym that was sending him astonished looks

after a while of sulking in his emo-mode..with help from akaashi, bokuto finally tried to see the positives in the situation

‘well, maybe today she can finally meet you all.’ bokuto murmured, eyes full of hope which could hardly be seen passed the strands of his deflated hair that hung in front of his face

‘sure.’ akaashi shrugged, seeing nothing wrong with this idea 

there was a lot of things wrong, though

firstly, you were at your own club which finished ten minutes after practise ended, which means bokuto had to use his puppy-eyes on everyone on the team to convince them into staying for ten minutes extra

secondly, bokuto was so hyped that you were finally meeting his teammates, an introduction for each person took like 5 minutes 

bokuto inhaled sharply to catch his breath from the last introduction he just did, ‘ok next, this is washio, he’s one of our middle blockers bc he is so damn tall - say hi, washio. his eyebrows might make you think that he is a meanie or something  — that’s what i thought at first — but he’s really not. he offered me some of his lunch after i forgot to bring money that day so he’s definitely a good egg. he’s also a really good blocker and he has similar hair to me so i think that’s why he’s so good. also, he’s really good at making tea.’

ok now imagine that but for every. single. member.

he also gives you an extra ass intro too lol

‘(y/n), this is onaga. onaga this is my beautiful, stunning, flawless girlfriend (y/n)  — she’s the sweetest person ever and she give the sweetest kisses on the face of this earth.’

please don’t be embarrassed he just loves you so much 

[isnt-that-something]

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My Prism collection is hereee!~

@comyet

💚💜❤AHHHHH!!!!💙🧡💛

~💙🧡💛I LOVE IT!!!💚💜❤~

I adore all the little loving details you put into the packaging and the little bonuses you put in!

I love the little "To Remember" note on Inks palette on his keychain!!! So cute! I can't wait to decide where to put the stickers. Thank you so much and I'm so happy I splurged and bought this for myself for my birthday!

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No no. Thank you!

PS Love the custom stamps!!!

I can't get over the little note!~

Duality~ PS I was Pacafrisk alllll the way

STICKERSSSS~~~ I'm so excited about these!!! Yellow, Pink or Green one is going on my keyboard space as well as halo ink. Maybe the color wheel too. XD

The whole collection. My heart!~ The details on everything is just so awesome!!! Imma be finding hidden things on the top post for a while.

In short I LOVE IT!!!

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Daaaw! Thank you!

1. Creating and seeing art 2. My friends and family IRL 3. Anime 4. RPing 5. Music

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So I was very inspired by @lover-of-skellies post of a Beauty and the Beast Nightmare Crossover . I took some of my interpretations with @novetteus on it. Instead of a golden rose I decided to stick with a golden apple slowly getting consumed by the same goop that cursed the princes form. I have another digital piece that I'm posting separately. :3

You can see it here.

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HOLY. SHITTAKE. MUSHROOMS! 

I AM ABOUT TO GO FERAL OVER THIS!!!

Legit holy crap this is AMAZEBALLS! I’ve been watching all kinds of Youtubers get together to play Among Us, including the people in this video. 

The music? MWAH~*

The art? MWAH~*

The fact I can recognize points in said Youtubers gameplays?

F-ING MWAH~*

Chef’s kisses all the way around, 100 outta 10 way to go you funky little animator you!  JaidenAnimation, Pewdiepie, Jacksepticeye, CorpseHusband, Markiplier, Toast, Valkyrae, Pokimane, Crankgameplays, Sykkuno

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Get your Tumblr 2021 Year in Review →

Take two for posting this. XD

Boy it's been a heck of a year. I'm not surprised some of my top posts are chains but I'm super excited and happy to see one of my own art posts there! Goal for next year is to have at least 3!!!

Thanks to everyone for sticking around with my silliness.

Let's hope 2022 is a good year for everyone.

[michelemoutons]

and at last, the post that maybe three people maximum have been waiting for...

em's comfort retro rally videos: a masterlist!

in a much-needed return to this blog's roots, and as an antidote to all motorsport- and life-related chaos, i now present to you: the first edition of em's favorite retro rally videos!

general disclaimer/info: these videos mainly come from the group B era of the world rally championship (wrc), which generally speaking was in the '80s. i am only human, so expect a lot of bias toward my personal favorites...which will become very apparent as you read this list hehe. also i'm not even gonna pretend to be an expert on this or anything. a lot of these are literally just based on Vibes

table of contents

i. my top 5 rally coverage videos

mainly coverage for television, recorded on VHS and uploaded to YouTube by some truly incredible people

ii. honorable mentions

not rally coverage, but retro rally videos nevertheless

often documentaries, mini-doc features, interviews

for all videos, i have indicated the language (most are in english fyi); if any links fail or videos disappear, send me an ask or DM and i'll remove the culprit/find an alternative link.

and now, onward!

(TW for occasional flash photography in many of the night sequences of the videos, as well as a gif included in this post)

i. my top 5 rally coverage videos

in which my bias toward audi sport, mouton/pons, mikkola, toivonen, and vatanen are put on blast for all to see 🥴 i am not an expert in anything i am just very good at research and a whore for aud—[SNIPED]. for the sake of brevity, i narrowed my favorites down to 5. maybe another time i will share all the rest!

also, a general note about the commentary: sometimes, the commentary around michèle and fabrizia can get... weird. keep in mind, they were the most prominent female team partnership around that time, and the first to nearly clinch a wrc wdc, and to modern ears, the commentators really didn't know how to act around them. personally, it wasn't horrible for me, i just ignored the weirder bits, but i understand if others might find it off-putting. also for the sake of your sanity don't read the comments.

5. Rally of the 1000 Lakes, 1984 | finland

link: overall coverage (eng)

podium: vatanen/alén/toivonen (full final results)

comments: this was definitely a rally for most of audi sport's drivers to forget: bar stig blomqvist, who came quite close to the podium finishers with a 4:14:01 to henri toivonen's 4:12:57! both hannu mikkola and michèle mouton had to retire from the race, which may lead you to wonder: why does this rank among my favorites? well, it's always fun to watch group b rally cars sailing through the air against picturesque scenery, and this video also contains an intriguing (at least for me!) look at the scrutineering process, with drivers at their most casual.

owie :( they were fine though!

4. Lombard RAC Rally, 1981 | britain

link: overall coverage (eng)

podium: mikkola/vatanen/blomqvist (full final results)

comments: hannu winning by 11 whole minutes even after rolling his car in the middle of the forest is actual legend behavior! anyway this was michèle's first wrc outing in britain, and even though she and fabrizia had to retire, they still did quite well, consistently running high in the leaderboards after the first few stages. and that's considering the fact that michèle had a bad cold for much of the rally and had to ask fabrizia to drive the car to service park for her at one point bc she was so tired. which fabrizia did... with a pencil in her mouth. lot of big names in one video—also, jean todt makes an appearance as a co-driver!

shamelessly poached off of one of my text post edits

3. Marlboro Safari Rally, 1983 | kenya

link: overall coverage (eng)

podium: vatanen/mikkola/mouton (full final results)

comments: ok can i just say how stunning the video presentation is?? the opening sequence is just!!! the shots of the wildlife! the sprinting giraffes! wow! anyway the visual of drivers in deck chairs just tickles me for no reason, and michèle please tell me what you ask for at the hairdresser's and also where you got that orange blouse (this is obviously not just specific to this rally, she always eats and leaves no crumbs). this was michèle's first entry and only finish in kenya (and of course it was a podium mwah). it was also her last wrc entry in the A1 quattro, as she switched to the A2 for the rest of her program in the '83 season. also this is one of my favorite podium pictures ever.

lksdjffnnkd there's almost too much to unpack... fabrizia somehow surviving in high waist jeans in a hot car... michèle's do-it-yourself shorts... this podium picture was the subject of a very frantic video chat conversation between myself and a friend at 2am a few months ago

2. Rallye de Portugal, 1982 | portugal

links: short recap (eng) | overall coverage 1, stuck in the middle of two other rallies. timestamps in descrip. (eng) | overall coverage 2, very vibey with cool music (ita... also peep walter röhrl speaking italian)

podium: mouton/eklund/wittmann (full final results)

comments: GOD I LOVE THIS ONE SO MUCH AAAA! michèle's first podium of '82 being a win? this rally being the one where there's footage of her going shopping with fabrizia afterward? (more on that later) them winning by 13 whole minutes? and that's not even considering THEE most poetic victory ceremony of all time! in fact let me talk about that bc the racing and the win aside, that's why it's so high up on my list! literally poetic cinema! it's night, they're standing on top of the car and floodlit and surrounded by cheering crowds but they may as well be the only ones there in their own little world, laughing at each other and barely even having to look to each other when they're raising their hands—like god! shut up! we get it you're besties 😭

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and now... last but certainly never least...

1. Lombard RAC Rally, 1982 | britain

link: overall coverage (eng)

podium: mikkola/mouton/toivonen (full final results)

comments: firstly, if you were to ask me about my dream podium, this would be it. hands down, across all series of motorsport, my comfort podium would be hannu, michèle, and henri in any order. (there's such a cute picture of them from this rally on pinterest, standing in order on a staircase. henri is not looking at the camera because he is laughing at something michèle is saying and it's such a Vibe but i cannot find it wah). the battle for second between michèle and henri ran down to literally the last stage, and their times are separated by seconds, which is just wild to me. the context of this rally deserves another post, which i honestly don’t have the energy to make rn, but just take my word for it that it threatens to destroy me if i think about it too hard! anyway this is just such an awesome rally and i’ve watched this video so many times haha

i love this rally so much that i actually had a character in a story i was writing attend the ceremony captured in this picture as a small child and made it a formative moment in her life. no, there is nothing wrong with me.

ii. honorable mentions

(is it obvious who my faves are? yikes)

'Group B - Avec Michele Mouton' (eng) - taken from a longer feature presentation about group b, a segment specifically about michèle. a friend once described its vibes as ‘a synth wave edit of an 80s anime set in a cyberpunk world about racing’

'1983 Audi Sport National Rally with Michele Mouton' (eng) - in which michèle takes journalist sue baker as a co-driver for a spin in an A1 and a rally win. fun behind-the-scenes video

'Intervista a Fabrizia Pons, la Regina delle Note' 1, 2, 3 (ita) - very thorough interview which is mostly fabrizia telling all sorts of stories, including the very entertaining story of how she found out she was going to be michèle’s co-driver. also what a badass title

'2008 Otago International Classic Rally' (eng) - THE BESTIES REUNITE THE BESTIES REUNITE!!! michèle and fabrizia reunite for a rally that fabrizia convinced michèle to join, they suffer some problems but there are plenty of wholesome bestie moments to be had

'Michele Mouton hurls Group B Audi Quattro up Goodwood hill' (eng) - i mean, self explanatory. the sound of the chirping tires? asmr could never. very short watch if you want a quick pick-me-up

'1990 Louise Aitken-Walker feature' (eng) - a video featuring a female rally driver from scotland and her point-scoring run at the rallye monte -carlo. i am convinced that louise was john finnemore’s inspiration or at least an influence for the character of linda fairbairn. no my hat is not made of tin foil what are you talking about

hannu rocketing around michigan back in 2017 (eng)

hannu flying around goodwood in 2015 (eng)

sometimes i listen to fabrizia's recent onboards (yes, she's still at it!) and this one is one of my favorites, from 2016 (ita)

[derekmorganscrocs]

NED “NICK” NICKERSON APPRECIATION!

Mild Spoilers!

So I know we love Ace and I’ve posted a lot of Ace content, but let’s not throw Nick aside here. I mean, look at him:

my man is ADORABLE, but also HOT. And he’s got morals for days, he’s sweet and he CARES SO GENUINELY.

and he speaks French?! wowza <3

Mans couldn’t hurt a fly intentionally. He’s level headed most of the time, and he’s really frickin smart. He built a ghost scanner, like uh hello? Okay mr. engineer, that’s so cool. Protective bestie/boyfriend? I stan.

AND as @hoennislands just reminded me, he’s a bookworm too! And thanks to Tiffany Hudson, he’s a classic lover. As he should. Smart boy things!!

Also he wears wallet chains which I love. AND HES A MECHANIC, y’all sleeping on that. LIKE COME ON- ex-football star, mechanic, inventor apparently, smart, good-hearted, courageous dude. GUYS, LOOK AT HIM. ACKNOWLEDGE MY BABE-

Peep this post and the comment pls:

Caught this man in 4K- jokes of course but I found the comment amusing and thought I’d share.

His background: to be honest, I hope we get more backstory. Back in the pilot we hear him talk a little about an injury ruining his football career, and we know about why he was in jail, but we don’t know that much. I just want more. Clearly he left Florida because of his reputation, but why come to Horseshoe Bay? What happened to make him choose here of all places? And what was his life like before the accident?

Now we get into Nick and George, Fanson? Fanerson? First names don’t work for a ship, trust me on that. They’re adorable. I’ll admit it took me a second, but I love them together now. You can see how much they care for each other and it’s amazing. They both deserve a win. George got burned by guys in her past, and Nick is helping her open that part of herself up again. And Nick clearly struggled with not being enough in his romantic past, but George genuinely wants him, not to hookup with, but she loves him.

This one on the left here? Moment almost killed me. The way George jumped in to save her man, yes girl, get it. They’re the sweetest and I love. NO FANSON SLANDER ALLOWED!

I relate enough to George that I can put myself in her head. The Claw is her place. It’s the one place she feels safe and like she has purpose. It’s hers. And that’s getting taken away. So for Nick to jump in and save it? Hell, I would propose to that man right there. Marry me pls.

He’s a boyfriend and a half. Perfect. Mwah. RESPECTFUL KING. He didn’t get upset when George didn’t say ‘I love you’ back, and he was more than okay with stopping when she was uncomfortable. Bare minimum, but I appreciate it babe.

UGH AND IN 2x7 we find out he’s been having nightmares about George dying, like not to... uh I can’t think of a better way than saying “belittle” so: not to belittle his traumatization but that’s so sweet to me. It shows how much he truly cares. Despite the short time they’ve been together, he so very truly cares and I love him.

And in 2x8 the way he just knows something isn’t right with George, I ship them so much. They really both deserve a win, and I’m glad they seem to be getting one.

Anyway, I love Nick and I think a lot of people are hyper-focusing on other things. I’m not entirely an exception, I haven’t posted any Nick content, but I do love him!! I just wanna see more Nick appreciation pleaseeeee. And if you have any Nick fics anywhere tag me!

I haven’t watched 2x9 yet, but I will add more here once I do. I hope Nick and George pull through because as much as I love them, I’m worried with how quickly their relationship is progressing. And I definitely missed a few aspects of Nick, but he’s so awesome.

But please give Nick some love!!

I have now watched 2x9!! NICK IS SO SWEET, SO PROTECTIVE, AMAZING BOYFRIEND. Are you kidding? As much as I laughed, mr. detective finding the banana cream pie in Gil’s place and saying he’d do whatever it takes to save George? I love him. And when he talked Odette down off the cliff, “I love her.” I CRIED. He threatens to follow her off the cliff to eternally haunt her, and honestly, I love that. I think that him and George (Fanson for life I say) are an amazing ship, and I’ll be so upset if they break up.

Nick is awesome and under appreciated, please please please, let’s appreciate him more! We love Nick here.

[alongingwithin]

[ I'm *still* not dead LMAO There's just so much stuff to take care of in the new home and I haven't got a computer either, so I gotta get used to using a laptop... scary, man, scary! *pityful laugh* also, for those I had exchanged handles with: I deleted my Discord app. First, it caused my old ass phone to constantly crash and second, it's too much a distraction. Among other things. Love and miss you all, peeps. Keep being awesome. I'll be here to write soon. Mwah! ]

[affaridicuore]

[ I'm *still* not dead LMAO There's just so much stuff to take care of in the new home and I haven't got a computer either, so I gotta get used to using a laptop... scary, man, scary! *pityful laugh* also, for those I had exchanged handles with: I deleted my Discord app. First, it caused my old ass phone to constantly crash and second, it's too much a distraction. Among other things. Love and miss you all, peeps. Keep being awesome. I'll be here to write soon. Mwah! ]

[plussizeadventure]

I was tagged by @musclesandmascara84 for 10 selfies from 2017. This year has been one of the lowest lows and the highest highs for me. Overall, I’m really ready for it to be over and done with! 

In 2017 I...:

Traveled to Hawaii, interviewed for 6 badass jobs, started to really see 5 years of hard work and networking really come to fruition (GOOD)

Got very close to my dream job and was second choice, to be quickly followed up by being thrown under the bus by my own advisor on another search committee. Graduation got delayed, I was lied to about funding, everything exploded at work. (BAD)

Finally moved from a hell hole of an apartment that is now being sued by the state for fraud. (GOOD we finally got out)

Picked up two new jobs (Editing a book and working at the Research Office) while trying to finish my dissertation (UGH BAD SO MUCH WORK)

The husband lost his job suddenly at the end of August, which then led to a lot of uncertainty about money and if we could pay bills (BAD)

I meet with a fellow scholar who signs on to do a HUGE collaborative language documentation project, and my work takes a huge leap forward (AWESOME)

I find out I’m a total badass at one conference with lots of people trying to find money to give me a job, and then the next week I successfully defend my dissertation. I AM THE DOCTOR NOW! (SO MUCH GOOD)

Four days later, we’re in the ER. The husband has testicular cancer and is uninsured. We start the process of surgeries, medical bills, and everything that was stable comes crashing down. (SO MUCH BAD)

I manage to pick up a third job with two teaching gigs for the winter and spring to make up some of the money we don’t have. Now the husband cannot work. I’m also working on revisions and will officially graduate in February. (I’m going to call this GOOD though STRESSFUL)

The stress of this year (and really of the past 5 years) on my marriage is very real and very difficult. There’s a lot of hurt feelings, problems, shelved emotions, and things we need to deal with. And we don’t get to really do that because this is the most aggressive kind of testicular cancer, and we’re settling in for oncologists and rounds of chemo with the year new (BAD. DEAR GOD WHY BAD)

OH... and THE CHEETO IN CHIEF HAS BEEN PRESIDENT ALL YEAR (I can’t even begin to document the bad or the amount of stress that fact put on my life.)

And in the midst of all of this, I find some amazing wonderful friends who have become very close and very special to me. It is very disconcerting to be at one moment fundamentally unhappy and also the most content I’ve ever been. 

So I wanted to specifically shout out to a few specific tumblr peeps who have changed my life for the better this year: @nyx-jennafer, @chocolate-and-peanutbutter, @grandenoirceur, @mystoryfortheaudienceoftheworld, and @nikkisquest. And in fact... if you want, you should consider yourself tagged for the 10 selfies of 2017. MWAH!

[roxy-davenport]

Small PSA

1. New Crowley stories coming soonish guys. :D Yay. Working on more now.

2.  My Crowley Spin-off idea was well received and I’m so excited about this. I need a final headcount for peeps that want to write, peeps that want to brainstorm with us, peeps that want to be help us and peeps that want to make promo videos, artwork, ect. Writers and brainstormers I will be messaging you sometime today to set up a skype meeting soon. (Messaging some of you guys already. Working through the list.)

3. If you’re boycotting season 13 please sign my petition my darlings.

4. In honor of Mark’s birthday I will opening up drabble/fic requests again. Crowley Weekend prompts are back again. I sent Mark a happy birthday on Twitter. He has hardly any birthday wishes directed to him on Twitter so I urge his loyalists to wish him well. Let's make him feel supported and loved for the fantastic actor that he is. Anon with the awesome idea to base a fic off that scene in “Ugly Truth.” I got you girl. That’ll be Chapter 4 of the “Hot Times In Hell Series”. Looking forward to writing it. Mwah. 😘

That’s all folks, back to your regularly scheduled program. 

[the-dreadful-canine]

EHMEGERD TAG GAME TAG GAME TAG GA-

ABOUT ME (TAG GAME)

Tagged by the amazing and awesome @little-lightning-lavellan <3

1: Why did you choose your url?

Mainly two reasons:

- It's my artist handle! You can probably find my art scattered all over the place if you type The Dreadful Canine in the search bar :v

- I clearly didn't get over some specific rotten magic egg. So I a his rip-off brand of his title, because I'm coping very well why do you ask?

2: Any side blogs? if you have them, name them and why you have them.

I don't have any, yet. But I'm thinking about doing one for my OCs shenanigans sometime!

3: How long have you been on tumblr?

I've been here since we drank water directly from the hose Jumping from account to account, leaving and coming back, I've been around Tumblr for 10 years, give or take 👵🏾

4: Do you have a queue tag?

Do I have a queue?

6: Why did you choose your icon/pfp?

It's my Adaar 💕 I love the bastard 💕

7: Why did you choose your header?

It's a header I had made for the past incarnation of my current DAI fic! I'm still very attached to it so I turned it into my header~ This, and I also like showing my art ;u;

8: What’s your post with the most notes?

It's the Inky Lavellan art I've never finished lmao. It got a spike in activity two days ago for reasons unknown, but thank you for the love, peeps!

9: How many mutuals do you have?

How does one even check it? :'D

10: How many followers do you have?

10, and I love every single one of you 💕 *puts a daisy flower crown on your heads*

11: How many people do you follow?

45!

12: Have you ever made a shitpost?

Ma'am, it me. 🌟 I'm the shitpost 🌟

13: How often do you use tumblr each day?

Do I ever log off Tumblr? Only to log into my other fandom accounts. I'm here 24/7.

14: Did you ever have a fight/argument with another blog once? who won?

Nope, I'm a pacifist :v

15: How do you feel about “you need to reblog this” posts?

As soon as I read these words in the post, most often than not I skip over them. It's a reflex from the years of avoiding chain posts, I guess? So yeah, I don't read them.

16: Do you like tag games?

You mean if I squeal like a happy gremlin when I get tagged in one? Absolutely

17: Do you like ask games?

I love and treasure anyone who tags me in them. I do love it.

18.Do you have a crush on a mutual?

Look, if you follow me, we are platonically married. I don't make the rules. Love ya'll mwah mwah.

[jaynielea]

[It’s a GREAT DAY for some GLAMOROUS comfort food – Beef Stroganoff with Zoodles] Many years ago, my mom started a recipe book for me. Every few months I would give her the book and she would add some new recipes of hers into it... one of my best was her stroganoff... Stroganoff is a remarkably easy dish to make, and it definitely falls into the "comfort food" category if you ask me. Ok, so you can actually buy what is actually termed "stroganoff beef" but I generally just buy the stir fry beef as it is cheaper, and there is so little difference, other than possibly the tenderness of the cut - however, having said that... stroganoff is something that can be slow cooked, and once beef is slow cooked, its all tender anyway, so it makes no difference in my opinion.   These are the goodies you will need: One or two packs of stir fry beef, or stroganoff strips, A pack of button mushrooms, 2 onions, two heaped teaspoons of spicy french mustard (which just never seems to be in stock when I need it, so I used Cape Mustard.), 250ml fresh cream, Micro herbs, Two tablespoons of all purpose flour, baby marrow spaghetti or “zoodles” if you prefer, brown onion gravy powder. Sautee the onions, add the beef, then the mustard, mushrooms, salt and pepper. Once that’s been cooking for a while – add your thickening sauce. I just make it with flour and milk shaken together. Once thickened, pop the lid on, lower the heat and let it slow cook. The longer the better! Just before serving, you can prepare your baby marrow spaghetti, which literally takes 3 minutes in the microwave. I served this with a simple microherb salad,as the stroganoff flavour is quite unique and is great when allowed to shine all on its own.   Hope you enjoy it peeps! Happy Friday – Hope you all have an awesome weekend! Don’t forget to be FABULOUS! Mwah! #steemitbloggers #share2steem #food #photography #adsactly #cooking #glamorous #comfortfood #steemit #friday #weekend #homecooking #momskitchen #bloglife #momchef #goodfood #eat #stroganoff #yummy #capetown #recipe #ilovemylife #blog #fabulous (at Cape Town, Western Cape) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bqh5x3dnY0f/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1t98r6iy3w413

[humblydefiant]

Awww! I got me some love recently. And I love love. Thanks peeps for being so sweet. It’s made a rough week so much brighter!

@vorchagirl wrote:

You deserve all the hugs - you're pretty amazing! ♡

Now this... this is just... well, I don’t have words. But here...

(Sorry, this gif makes me laugh. I promise I won’t be wearing a spandex diaper when I hug you. tee hee) You are wonderful as well!!! 

@bagog wrote:

Humbles, it is so nice to talk to have effervescent chats with you at the most awkward moment of my day!

Effervescent? That’s the nicest thing anyone has ever said to me. ;) hehe Hopefully I don’t tickle your nose too much. Or give you the burps. But in seriousness, tho, you have been a world of inspiration to me and I enjoy our talks as well. I hate that I always catch you right at your “in between” times but you are always very gracious about it.

@sanguinespire wrote:

I hope your day tomorrow is better! *big hugs* Keep fighting the good fight! And I'm here if you need to talk or rant.

I almost didn’t include this because you technically sent it to me privately. But it was so sweet I couldn’t keep it to myself. Everyone should see how awesome a thing it was to say. I hope it doesn’t make you feel like...

Actually, I hope it does make you feel like that. Mwah!