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I ship Danny with his own burrito’d corpse
#this is a JOKE do not tag it as y know what it rhymes with itch earl#also this is me announcing that ive started writing for ersatz again i doodled this while thinking of some fuuture stuff#ersatz au#danny phantom#yes at long last i have begun actually writing it not just pondering or making small notes ACTUAL WRITING i am so happy#dont hold ur breath tho pls i am waiting to actually upload chs when i have several actually done#it still makes me laugh when i think of how my AU is known as the 'danny has his corpse in his closet' au i wanna cry about it#also i havent drawn danny in a few yrs and i had no refs can u tell???#ok time to shut#im only rambling because im nervous
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so pick me from the dark and pull me from the grave
Summary: Sam watches her best friend die.
Warnings: Graphic depictions of corpses (it’s Danny, he gets better), depiction of a panic attack
AO3 Link: x
“You know what!” Danny looked up from the photo Sam had taken, handing her phone back to her, “You’re right!”
Sam laughed, “Of course I am! I’m brilliant!” she watched him duck into a side closet to grab his hazmat, “At the least, we can get some funky angles of the wires. Make for nice painting refs,”
Danny shrugged as he zipped the suit up to the neck, and Tucker cringed, “Hey, lab safety is important,”
“Just looks like you’re gonna strangle yourself to death in that thing,”
Danny laughed, grabbing the matching black gloves, “More likely to be bored to death whenever I put it on, honestly,”
“Hey, say what you will,” Tucker moved to examine one of the in progress ghost radars on one of the tables, “but your folks are damn good engineers,”
Danny started rummaging around in a box for goggles that sealed around his eyes, “Dad’s the engineer- mom just understands enough how ‘ghosts’-” he raised his hands in finger quotations as he said the last word, “- work, so she’s able to get the biology under control,”
“Still pretty damn impressive for folks who’s biggest piece of evidence is an EVP from 5 years ago,”
Danny groaned, as he stood up, shoving the goggles on, pulling the hood up over his hair and a ventilator over his mouth and nose, “That was my Uncle Mark in the bathroom,”
Sam snickered, “You sound like Terminatra with that thing on,”
Danny shoved her, “Shut up- just keep your distance, yeah? My parents had to get, like, 3 different permits to have the generator they have for this thing,”
Anxiety curled in Sam’s stomach, and Tucker said, “So why are you going near it?”
“Uh, because my parents built it, Tuck. It’s not going to work, let alone hurt me,”
Danny shooed them towards the stairs, and Sam shoved her hands in the pockets of her shorts, an old pair of Tucker’s he’d left with her months ago. She was thankful they were baggy enough that neither of the boys could see her fists clenched in there.
It was fine. It was just another one of Jack and Maddie’s duds, it would just be another thing to laugh about by the time the started school next month.
Danny stepped over the thick wires on the bottom of the portal, humming as he held a hand up to follow the wiring. He wasn’t touching it, just looking, “Good god,” he laughed, “You’d have a heart attack in here, Tuck- this wiring is such a fire trap, it’s probably a blessing it didn’t turn on,”
“Get out of there if it’s that bad, then!” Tucker was at least very open about showing his anxiety, and Danny turned towards them, raising his hands,
“Yeah, good poi- SHIT!” he stumbled as he turned, Sam and Tucker lunging forward to catch him.
But they never got the chance.
Danny caught himself on the wall and froze. He started violently shuddering, and Sam only caught the bright red burns making their way up onto his face from the suit before she started screaming, trying to run forward to pull him off, but Tucker was pulling her back faster. Then the portal burst to life in a horrible green-white flash, the electricity in the lab flickering as Danny’s agonizing shrieks echoed off the soundproof walls.
And then it was quiet enough to leave her ears ringing.
The portal was on, a soft whirring and a deathly cold the only sensations she felt. She couldn’t feel her hands, her heart was roaring in her ears and as soon as Tucker let go of her, she dropped to her knees.
“Is he..?” Tucker whispered, “Is he going to come out?”
“Of course...” Sam’s own voice sounded far away, choked and unfamiliar.
Almost on cue, a smoking form stumbled out of the portal. The two of them screamed their friend’s name and lunged for the form, but froze at the sight of what was in front of them.
It was a boy, presumably, about Danny’s height, with bright white hair that flickered like fire and eyes like toxic sludge in bad superhero movies. Sam didn’t even process what he was wearing before he collapsed in front of them.
“... Is that-” Tucker’s voice was so hard to hear over the rushing in Sam’s ears, “Is that a ghost?”
“I-” her voice was leaving her, but she didn’t need to speak, it turned out.
Rings of light slid around the ghost’s (????) form, leaving Danny sprawled on the lab floor, twitching, eyelids flickering.
In the 3rd grade, they’d attended an assembly on electrical safety. “Don’t stick knives in wall sockets, kids!” and the like. They’d electrocuted a pickle with enough voltage to kill someone, as an example of what could happen to the human body. The auditorium had stunk for 3 weeks, and Sam had thought it was the worst thing she could ever smell.
She was wrong.
Danny’s entire left side was burnt, horrible bright red lightning-shaped marks sprawled up his arm, presumably across his chest, stopping just below the eye. The hazmat had melted to his skin on the right side (or melted off, Sam couldn’t tell, it was all burns and bruises and colours that no human being should ever be), the glass of the goggles long gone, the rubber that made the seal around his eyes had certainly melted and burnt into his skin, and the ventilator had disappeared at some point.
A noise somewhat like a strangled cat came out of her mouth, and Sam had no idea what she would’ve done next, because Jack Fenton’s voice boomed through the house, “Kids, we’re back!”
“DR. FENTON!” came Tucker’s hysteric shriek beside her, and Sam was vaguely aware that he’d been gripping onto her, shaking like a wet dog.
Jack and Maddie came sprinting down into the lab, “Danny!” Maddie shrieked at the sight of her son. She slid to her knees beside him, picking up his still twitching hand, “Danny- Mommy’s here, honey! Mommy’s here!”
There was zero recognition from the corpse- it had to be. It had to be a corpse. He’d been a ghost. Sam had killed him. She’d killed her best friend- but Sam vaguely processed the sound of Jack Fenton calling an ambulance. Tucker’s arm looped around one of Sam’s, and he started pulling her towards the stairs.
“No!” she shrieked, pulling free from his grasp. But Jack was faster and stronger than Tucker, grabbing her by the arm and pulling her up the stairs, “Let me go! DANNY I’M SORRY! I’M SORRY! I NEVER SHOULD’VE- I-” she was hysteric as Jack got her up the stairs. She pulled out of his arms at the door to the kitchen, dropping down to the ground to scream, “I’M SORRY!”
“Sam!” Tucker was holding her shoulders, or at least he might’ve been. She wasn’t processing it, “Sam, this isn’t your fault! He’s gonna be okay, paramedics are on the way!”
She grabbed Tucker by the front of his shirt, sobbing into his shoulder, “I told him to go in! I killed him, Tucker!”
Tucker’s arms were around her. His voice tight with tears, he said, “No, you didn’t! He’s- it’s fine! He’s not- he’s-”
The paramedics were stomping past them, and Sam could hear Maddie shrieking, and then the paramedics were going the other way, out the door, and that horrible smell that was Danny was being rushed past them on a gurney.
“You go,” Jack was saying, “I’ll stay with Sam and Tucker,”
And the door was closing, and the smell was lingering, awful, burning. Sam was still choking out sobs by the time she blinked out of Tucker’s shoulder, but the smell was mostly gone. Someone had put a blanket on her shoulders, and Jack was just kind of sitting on the couch, staring at his hands.
“Dr. Fenton?” she choked out, “I-”
“He’ll be okay, Sam,” Jack said. His face was tear stained, “It’s not your fault, I promise. If anything, we should’ve kept that thing more secure the second it didn’t work,”
“It works now?” Tucker suggested, and Sam started punching him,
“WHO FUCKING CARES ABOUT THAT!?”
For the second time, Jack pulled Sam off of Tucker, setting her down an arm’s length from him, just as Jazz opened the door, frowning at her phone, “Uh- I got your text, Dad. Is everything okay?”
Sam started shaking again, and Jack shushed her, which was fucking rude. He didn’t mean it like her mom did, but in the moment all Sam could think was terror, “I killed him, Jazz!” she wailed, and Tucker grabbed her arm,
“No, you didn’t! He walked out! He’s fine!”
“HE WAS-”
“Killed who?” Jazz demanded, the blood rushing from her face, “Dad- Dad, what happened?”
#danny phantom#danny fenton#danny phantom fanfiction#my writing#mind the warnings#fr this is one of the more brutal things i've ever written#im actually quite proud#sam manson#tucker foley
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Second Chance At First Line
Stiles eats shit doing the bare minimum compilation
GREENBERG FIRST APPEARANCE
Derek standing and staring compilation continues
I always forget that Scott does try to eat Stiles like, one time
LMAO SKYPE
Derek is the funniest motherfucker on the planet they really tried to make this idiot the fakeout antagonist he’s literally just some guy
Is it a girl? No. Is it a guy? [no response]
God Allison’s shirt is so ugly here why did they make her look like such a straight person
AWWWW TELL STILES TO COME TOO ;__; I WISH ALLISON AND STILES HAD MORE FRIEND MOMENTS I never liked the “mc’s love interest doesn’t interact with mc’s best friend” thing
How is Derek that fast it drives me bonkers
Im just gonna say it very time Lydia and Jackson kiss a part of me dies
Crazy how they speedrun digging a massive hole
God Stiles’s stupid fucking blazer you’re so trans it hurts
THE WAY HE LAUNCHES HIS WHOLE BACKPACK INTO ORBIT FOR SCOTT IS SO FUNNY best friend shit
Lmaoooo “we luv u Jackson” Lydia it’s okay that you’re a lesbian you don’t have to do this
I love that Danny likes Scott :) he knows he’s closeted
THE FACT THAT STILES GOES FROM SUPER WORRIED ABOUT SCOTT POSSIBLY SHIFTING ON THE FIELD TO SCREAMING AND SHOUTING WHEN HE GETS A GOAL, BEST FRIEND SHIT!!!! And then him and coach both fighting with the ref in his defense 💕💕💕💕
Sorry y’all I’m not super interested in the season 1 romance. Good for him tho I love it when nice things happen to Scott
#hrwtw#teen wolf#teen wolf liveblog#second chance at first line#1x2#teen wolf season 1#cw long post#long post#text heavy
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LET’S GET READY TO RE-CAAAAAAAAP
“I have numerous science-based questions” I mean, same. It also sets up that Huey is gonna be out of his element this episode
SCROOGE HAS NO TIME FOR SCIENCE
“I AM THAT CHAMPION.” A bit full of yourself there. I couldn’t hear this line without saying “I’M. THAT. HERO.” Oh VeggieTales, you’ll always be with me
THEY ALL LOOK SO ADORABLE!!
I like that Louie does a finger gun when Scrooge gets to him
Like I said earlier, I DO NOT care Scrooge already putting pressure on these kids
Poor Dewey seems like he’s the unfavorite, which is probably how Donald felt as well
Huey makes a good point and I do NOT like how dismissive Scrooge is of the twins
That being said...they totally killed someone in battle
SOMEDAY WE’LL FIND IT, THE RAINBOW CONNECTION!
Why didn’t Launchpad crash? I know he can land w/o crashing but it’s usually when he lands in water. THIS FEELS IMPORTANT SOMEHOW though it probably isn’t
“THEY FOUND A WAY TO MAKE RAINBOWS BETTER!” God, I love Webby
“This is the best day.” WEBBY, YOU ARE REACHING CRITICAL LEVELS OF ADORABLE
Birds with beards look odd
“Yeah, sure. Of course.” Poor Huey, magic and mythology aren’t his strong point
I love that it says Odin’s Closet over the shirts. It’s the little details
“Guess Louie knows what Louie’s doing today.” And then he disappears into the shirts. I can appreciate someone who knows what they’re about
I want ALL the shirts from this episode!
“WHOA, IT’S WRESTLING!” He looks so dang happy, it’s ADORABLE
“THIS IS AWESOME!” Chanting is fun
“So these guys just copied professional wrestling?” Huey, you’re form of logic is not welcome here
Does that mean Scrooge told someone about his battles and inspired them to create pro wrestling? I’m gonna go with that
“And they will love me for it!” Dewey, sweetie, that’s only how it works half the time
I loved all the man-snake stuff. Made me giggle
Man snake be THICC. HOT DAMN
I love the little pig ref. HE’S SO CUTE
Jormungandr knows how to pump up a crowd
So, like, is everyone in the audience technically DEAD?! That makes this episode slightly darker. I dig it
I wonder if Jormungandr sees Earth’s destruction as a good thing for Earth. Like if he genuinely thinks they’d be better off in Valhalla. Or if he’s just a bastard who wants to watch the world burn
Scrooge is a bit too into playing the heel
The way Scrooge moves and the faces he makes as the Millionaire Miser remind me of Glomgold
“I watch a lot of wrestling while I fly.” “Wait, while?” This exchange always cracks me up
“Uncle Scrooge is the greatest hero of all time.” “Huh, I guess not everyone thinks so.” I feel like this is foreshadowing later events
RIP Announcer Puffin
“DIBS ON ANNOUNCING!” A dude just got KO’d bro! Have a bit of respect
And the return of the dynamic sports announcer duo. Glad Huey got his badge
I NEED MORE WRESTLING ANNOUNCER LP
Strongbeard is DOPE
“How did you know that?” “Just calling it like I see it. WRESTLING!” The real reason Launchpad knows is because he’s actually Thor but doesn’t remember. I WILL DIE ON THIS HILL
FEAR THE BEARD
“What matters is I’m doing the right thing.” I don’t know, you really seem to enjoy being a heel
This whole match is great
Dewey, there ARE NO RULES IN WRESTLING. Plus you aren’t the ref, so you can’t make that call
I have very inappropriate jokes go through my head when only one arm absorbs the beard energy
“I am so confused.” CONSTANT MOOD
DID SCROOGE NARUTO RUN AT STRONGBEARD?!
I like that Scrooge dives onto him the same way he dives into his bin
LP is so excited he pushes Huey out of the way for NO REASON
HOLY FUCK THAT DUDE THREW A CHAIR AT A CHILD!
All the bone cracking in this episode made me uncomfortable, as in my bones hurt during it
“He is such a good guy.” I’d say he’s a fair guy, not necessarily a good guy
“Which two of you will fight for me?” Webby has been waiting for this moment her WHOLE LIFE
Louie, always taking time to make that money
Who gave him a shirt cannon?!
I love that the dude comes up wearing the shirt
Dewey just slaps Scrooge in the face
Champ POPular! Too cute! I love his hair and outfit. Though I don’t think Champ POPular’s “too popular to hate.” If anything he might annoy people due to his popularity
I thought he was gonna pull out yo-yos as his “finishing touch” and I was sad when it was lollipops even though that makes more sense. BRING BACK THE YO-YOS!
“Do all the fighting and make sure he doesn’t die.” That is a valid concern
WE WILL WE WILL ROCK YOU! I’D KNOW IT ANYWHERE
Huey taking notes is adorable
“Just in time for the tag-team round.” “Wait, they’re playing tag now?! MAN!” I love how Danny says MAN
How does Huey not know what a tag-team is? It’s a pretty common term
I love Launchpad’s reading face
Dewey has red, blue, and green lollipops. Cute
“HE’S THROWING LOLLIPOPS BECAUSE HE THINKS WE’RE SUCKERS!” That took me off guard and I laughed so hard
“I’ve known you my whole life, I kinda knew how this would play out.” Louie is genre savvy. Perhaps too savvy. He’s gonna figure out he’s in a tv show
“More like Champ POP..ulation zero because he has no friends...in Friendtown.” I fail to see how that was any worse than LP’s “more like Champ UN-POPular.”
“WE HATE YOU NOW!” Tough crowd
Huey’s face after that. I just want to pinch his lil cheeks
WEBBY DON’T NEED NO WRESTLER NAME
It TOTALLY went over my head that they censored Hela with Hecka (at least they used her better than the MCU did. WE COULD HAVE HAD SO MUCH BETTER)
I would let her pin me to the mat and crush my skull in
“Oh, COME ON, THIS is what you like?! A creepy goth and her pet dog!” SHUT UP, DEWEY, THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT I WANT! I’m surprised Webby didn’t slap him for the “creepy goth” comment seeing as Lena is goth and misunderstood
“HECKA YEAH! HECKA YEAH!” SHE’S SO COOL AND SEXY AND SHE HAS A DOG
Poor Huey, he’s doing his best. Hope he takes a shower later because he got pretty sweaty
HECKA COULD STEP ON ME AND I’D SAY THANK YOU
Why did Huey have all those corn puns?
“YOU’RE THE WORST! YOU’RE THE WORST!” It’s just not Huey’s day
“You don’t have to try to make it sound great, it already is.” Did this remind anyone else of Dewey’s “don’t overthink it” advice to Launchpad from Double-O Duck? He’s doing his best to help Huey
I WANT HECKA TO DESTROY ME
“EMBRACE THE BOOZE BOOS.”
Poor Dewey
WEBBY IS A BEAST! SHE WAS BORN FOR THIS!
“EMBRACE YOUR INNER HEEL!” Cuz being a heel is fun!
DUDE, WEBBY TOOK DOWN THE GODDESS OF DEATH WITH NOTHING BUT HER LEGS AND THIGHS! WE STAN!
I like that Fenny has knee pads on
“AW, YOU’RE SO DANGEROUS AND CUTE! I JUST WANT TO PET YOUR LITTLE BELLY!” WEBBY IS ME
“A classic ‘who’s a good boy?’ gambit!” AND I’D FALL FOR IT TOO! SUCH A GOOD BOI
“Wait, am I the Launchpad here?” Bitch, you WISH
“YOU CAN’T GIVE CANDY TO A DOG!” This is why you don’t have a pet, Dewey
“WHOA, back from THE DEAD for the QUEEN of the DEAD!”
Kind of a dick move, Louie
AIR GUITAR!
Jormungandr looks like a Masters of the Universe knock-off toy
WHO’S A GOOD BOI? YOU ARE!
“With a toxic personality” I think you’re projecting a bit, Jormungandr
How does Huey not know what a battle royale is? That is a very common term! Hell, there is a well known book and movie with that title!
“I’m just a humble, noble snake man of the people.” Why does the term snake man make me laugh so much?
WOY REFERENCE FTW
Dewey needs a hug! And some therapy would probably be a good idea
Scrooge’s speech started on a good note then went downhill FAST
“And lastly, I’ll use the dust of your bones as sweetener in my tea.” DAMN
“TOO FAR!” I DON’T THINK IT’S FAR ENOUGH! TELL HIM HOW YOU WILL BATHE IN HIS BLOOD
FUCK YEAH BEAKLEY!
SHE GAVE HIM THE CHAIR! I think this CONFIRMS Beakley as a wrestling fan
“I know we’re supposed to take over for Scrooge one day, but do you ever wonder if maybe we’re not cut out for it?” YOU SHOULDN’T HAVE TO WONDER THOSE THINGS AT ALL!
Louie’s like WE DON’T HAVE TIME FOR THIS SHIT!
“Be LP” My new mantra
Aw, Louie sees Dewey as a hero. Like how LP saw Drake as a hero. I think @drakepad is onto something, this scene and the fight scene seem WAAAAY too much like Drake’s intro to be just a coincidence
I keep saying this, but Louie should consider a career in motivational speaking. He knows what people need to hear
“Let’s do this!” “I don’t know.” “Let’s Dewey this?” “I’m in.”
“I’LL SHED YOUR SKIN FOR YOU!” If he hadn’t of had an old man back moment that would have been a BRUTAL CUT
OMG WAS LAUNCHPAD WEARING THAT THE WHOLE TIME? You see his clothes fly off when he jumps in the ring
“Whoa. In a COMPLETELY UNEXPECTED TWIST, the announcer was Captain Crash THIS WHOLE TIME!” LP does underground wrestling matches in his spare time, TELL ME I’M WRONG
“YOUR CATCHPHRASES ARE FORCED!” I agree, Dewey could have done WAY BETTER
I like Louie just GLARING at the dude who insulted Dewey’s catchphrase
LP looks so proud of Huey
“I don’t care at all, why should I?” Methinks the snake man doth protest too much
I like how Jormungandr’s pupils are thinner during the climax. It shows off his true nature
Dewey should have been the one to do a spin attack, ya know, cuz he’s Sonic? I’ll go now
“The Pop never Stops.” That was better
WHERE ARE ALL THESE CHAIRS COMING FROM?!
I LEGIT thought Strongbeard was gonna throw Dewey his axe and I was like Dewey wouldn’t be able to lift that
SUPER SAIYAN DEWEY! Also was that a TIGER SNARL?
I like the ice pack on Launchpad’s head. Just because he can take a lot of damage doesn’t mean that LP is immune to pain
I like that the crowd CHANGED THEIR BANNERS! Nice
LOUIE AND WEBBY LOOKED SO CUTE!
LP tearing up
“A true people’s hero” I feel like that phrase will come back in relation to other characters (cough DW cough)
Scrooge is such a little shit, it’s kind of adorable
THAT END SHOT! THAT SONG!
This was a SUPER FUN EPISODE! I couldn’t really tell where they were going and I LOVED EVERY SECOND OF IT! I wish we had gotten Huey in some wrestling gear but maybe next time. I like the message that doing the right thing isn’t always popular but I kind of feel like Dewey getting the crowd on his side muddled the message somewhat. Poor Dewey needs therapy or something so he doesn’t feel like he needs CONSTANT approval. Again, he’s 11 YEARS OLD and shouldn’t be put into such a serious position. LP was VIP this episode. I’m bummed we’re on hiatus again, but WHAT an episode to end on!
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F1, sponsorship, homophobia, & why money talks
‘Formula 1 racing is full of macho imagery: throbbing engines, handsome devil-may-care racers and glamorous pretty girls. Novelists would have you believe that the glitzy world of Grand Prix racing is full of sexual adventures. But is it really? Are the drivers as hungry for sex as they are for success? And are they constantly pestered by drooling pitlane popsies begging for a sound seeing-to? Or have the F1 heroes of today discovered AIDS and monogamy?’
- The sex lives of Formula 1 drivers (Joe Saward, October 1994)
I want to preface this by saying that I still think Joe Saward’s comments about Danny Watts’ coming out, and his subsequent behaviour towards fans who challenged him on that, were completely out of order. He was rude, arrogant, petulant, and belittling and, while these are not new characteristics of his, it was still a low point and profoundly depressing to read.
However, I do think his initial comments did not come from a place of malice; rather from ignorance, lack of empathy, and a false conflation of F1 as the industry he works in and F1 as a business.
In 2015, F1 teams collectively spent approximately €2.6 billion to go racing
Female fans are already well aware that F1, as a business, is very often not marketed at them (although it has improved since I started watching). The target fanbase for the sport is heterosexual men (for the most part). The companies who sponsor teams and drivers are not doing so because they feel charitable; they’re doing it because they want to flog cars/watches/car insurance/mobile phones. That’s the reason they spend millions on sponsorship.
A lot of marketing is tits, basically (and bums; ref the juvenile zooms the TV cameramen do on the gridgirls’ backsides on the grid). There are entire marketing campaigns built around tits and fast cars. The secondhand embarrassment of watching middle-aged/elderly men letching and drooling over disinterested girls in lycra is meaningless in marketing terms, because those men are the target audience who might buy cars/watches/car insurance/mobile phones. Do women buy these things? Of course they do, but fewer women watch F1 than men and so the marketing - which often seems stuck in the 1970s - follows the money. Women are an afterthought - despite the increasing number of women working within the motorsport industry - and often still seen as ‘drooling pitlane popsies begging for a sound seeing-to‘.
And the drivers fit into this because we’re talking aspirational marketing. We’re talking heterosexual fast-driving macho males having sex with lots of beautiful women on yachts. A silly stereotype, maybe, but that’s the stereotype the sport is built around. That’s the stereotype the sponsors want to see (although we now also have the loving husband/devoted dad heterosexual macho male as a popular alternative). The sponsors want drivers who, crudely, heterosexual male fans want to be and female fans want to fuck. They want media personalities, drivers whose image fits the products the sponsors are selling.
Gay drivers don’t fit into that. Hell, look how much trouble female drivers in the lower formulae have getting sponsorship. The big money follows the drivers who fit the stereotype, so the corporate types can flog their products to the target fanbase. And a lot of the fanbase is homophobic as fuck.
Remember this? And the torrent of vile homophobic comments that it attracted? Those people are F1 fans too, and they couldn’t bear to see a photo of a rainbow flag. How do you think they’d react to an openly gay driver?
So, while I think that Joe Saward is coming from a place of sincerity when he says that F1, as an industry, is accepting (and I’m sure it is), I think he’s also being deliberately obtuse regarding the career prospects of an 17/18/19 year old openly gay GP2 driver (let’s be honest here; such a driver wouldn’t even get sponsorship for GP2, even from Joe’s magical ‘gay sponsors’). Lewis can wave a rainbow flag on Instagram because he’s a multiple world champion (and kudos to him for doing it) but in the real world the business of F1 is not gay-friendly and never has been.
And that’s why Danny Watts coming out is important and it is news. Talking about the insidious harm of being in the closet and having to live a lie for years for the sake of your career is news. It matters, not just for Danny but for every other driver in the same situation.
Trite comments like ‘it doesn’t matter whether someone is gay or straight’ and ‘I accept everyone’ are meaningless when set against the harsh choice faced by a young gay driver at the start of his career: to pretend to be straight or struggle along on little to no sponsorship and little prospect of progressing. Joe conflating his own views with those of major corporate sponsors is a silly line to take, and saying that you are accepting of gay drivers as long as they don’t speak about it in public is still homophobia.
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@hcllriot
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#ref: danny mccleary#ref: dannys closet#//not a tattoo or scar reference#//his burns start at his neck and are on his left side#//i would like to file a formal complaint because damn#//chain so on brand
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