#nigelio my beloved

[didierpironi]

“ we were almost a story”

[eliotheeangelis]

lotus teammates elio de angelis & nigel mansell | 1984 austrian grand prix

[mani4milfs]

You win. You win

[1337wtfomgbbq]

*Elio's ship gets sunk by Ayrton while playing battleships*

Nigel gravely: This ship is no longer a ship of love, it's a ship of vengeance, a gavel of justice against all that is wrong in the world, showing no mercy, as no mercy was shown to us.

Nigel: The spark of love will now fuel the fires of destructive glory as I wage my war across the world with righteous fury.

Ayrton: Legend has it, Elio still haunts this fucking board, stealing my fucking drinks.

Elio: Of course I do. *steals Ayrton's drink*

[effervescentdragon]

britcedes and nigelio (of course) for ship bingo uwu

I am fascinated by britcedea. There is potential there, ngl :)

And for Nigelio, my ABSOLUTE BELOVEDS:

imma say one thing and then imma go cry about it - imagine. nigelio ferrari teammates. 🥺💛💛💛

[1337wtfomgbbq]

Nigel, refering to Elio’s sweater: Elio, get that hidious thing out of the living room, would you?

Elio: *turns to Ayrton*

Elio: Sorry Ayrton, Nigel wants you to get out of the house.

Nigel: Elio 🤦‍♀️

[eliotheeangelis]

1, 5 and 23! 👾

Thank you darling and sorry for the delay!

1. Tell us about your current project(s) – what’s it about, how’s progress, what do you love most about it?

Currently I am working on my genderswapped f1 au and my god do I love it so much! It came from humble origins (making stupid faceswaps of 80s drivers in FaceApp) but then I couldn't get those babes out of my head. The premise is that several of our favourite f1 drivers from the history of the sport (clark lauda cevert villeneuve mansell de angelis senna) are female, and all the baggage that comes with that (sexism and misogyny and big 80s hair i guess). It's nigelio focused of course, but in a 'harold they're lesbians' way. Progress-wise, I have a whopping 25 chapters planned out, and chapter 6 (drivers' strike!!) was published just before Christmas.

It started out really as a vehicle for fem!nigelio but I actually love exploring the sexism aspects of that era - eg one character hates the suggestion that she only has her drive because she's a woman and it's just because of sponsorship, whereas other girls on the grid embrace it and accept that's how f1 works. It's also really nice to talk about women winning races and wdcs in the 60s, 70s etc and it being accepted as normal in that universe (although sexism taints everything of course - eg niki is a woman, she wins her titles only for the media to wish it could have been a prettier woman...)

I'm working on chapter 7 at the moment, watch this space...

5. What character that you’re writing do you most identify with?

It is definitely a trend for me that I always find it easier to relate to one person in my ships more than the other. For nigelio, cringe it may be but I will admit I relate to nigel quite a lot (midlands babes stick together mwah), his voice always comes to me really easily. Read into that what you want (but I don't think I'm as dramatic as him thankfully). With prosenna I definitely can get into Alain's character a lot more easily than Ayrton. I don't know why, but maybe it's because despite them being very different personalities, both nigel and alain aren't the most beloved drivers in fandom and I always relate to an oddball underdog much more than 'popular' drivers.

23. What’s the story idea you’ve had in your head for the longest?

Speaking generally in my fic career, this would actually be a very old Star Wars au about Boba Fett that I originally came up with when I was 14! Every so often I go back to it and keep chipping away new chapters, but with the new Star Wars movies, Mandalorian and now Book of Boba Fett it's too different from canon and I don't think I'm motivated any more to keep writing it. Hopefully I will get back to it at some point.

In terms of F1, it would definitely be my drivers' strike story, which is currently on hiatus. I have quite a lot written and planned for it but the motivation is just not there at the moment. I will definitely get back to it eventually because it's a fun premise.

Thank you for the ask again and sorry for the wall of text...

Writing Ask Game if you want your very own wall of text!

[eliotheeangelis]

2 & 12!

2. Talk about a favourite comment you received.

Ahh well to be perfectly honest every comment I receive is my favourite! (Seriously there is nothing comparable to getting that ao3 new comment email, hard drugs could not give me a bigger high ahah). However I have had a few comments over the years that stand out, some from other writers I really love and a whole series from a beloved mutual on here on my genderswap fic (i won't name names to protect their identity but they know who they are ;) <33). I literally woke up to loads of notifications and a comment on each chapter as they had read it overnight, and it felt like being a kid Christmas morning or something to go through them :D. it's probably my favourite comment moment in my writing career (chapter 7 is in progress I swear)

12. What is your favourite theme/subject matter/trope/ship to write about? Why?

I don't think there are specific tropes/themes I set out to write, but loss, doomed relationships, breakups and grief seem to feature a lot in my work (don't psychoanalyze me...). In terms of favourite subject matter/ships, it just whatever I happen to be hyperfixated on at the time. at the moment it's classic f1 and nigelio but I have written for a few different fandoms in the past, I would never limit myself to just one!