#rene of guise

[girl4music]

Now this is a very interesting piece of commentary from Lucy and Renee. Even though they knew their characters were in love with each other, through the whole show - until these last episodes - they did not ever play their characters as romantically attracted to one another but just always kept it about the unconditional love in their friendship - which I appreciated, of course. But Lucy says here that suddenly their characters in the script are written as explicitly out of the closet. Which they are. But then Renee says that she was still playing her character as straight because she just wanted to focus on the pain Xena was in rather than focus on any jealous feeling she had towards Akemi. So Renee wasn't playing Gabrielle in those moments as if she was jealous because she thought Gabrielle wouldn't put that over her love for Xena. Which we knew she wouldn’t anyway because all that’s happened in the past. There’d be no reason to be jealous now.

But then why the bloody hell was her reaction in 'The Debt'/'Forget Me Not' one so full of pettiness and vinctinctivness? Is she saying that Gabrielle learned from that experience so much that no matter what information was revealed about the past female lovers in Xena's life, she wouldn't make it about jealousy anymore because she knew what it would lead to would be something that she'd never ever want? It's just such an interesting conversation about their characters and the nature of their relationship going on here in regards to who Akemi was to Xena and that Gabrielle never made it about jealousy so Renee never played it as if Gabrielle was jealous but instead sharing Xena's pain at the loss of someone who she finds out was more than just a friend.

It's just so funny to me that as the episodes go on, Lucy and Renee become a little more aware that there's more that's going on there but everybody else - clearly the writers and directors - already play it like that because, yes, Season 6 especially is written as maintext but it's not necessarily portrayed as maintext. Well, now it makes sense why it isn’t. It's because Lucy and Renee chose not to play it like that. They just let their natural chemistry do its thing and translate to the screen as romance instead. I've always personally interpreted that in their portrayal of the characters but I NEVER knew that it was intentional. That's really interesting to me because regardless what you see on the screen here, if you read the script for that specific episode - it’s intentionally written as romantic. It's written as a queer love story.

That's honestly thrown me for a loop that Lucy and Renee did that because I never knew that at all. In all my years of being a fan I never knew that Lucy and Renee intentionally played straight characters even when the script was written as queer or "gay" as Lucy puts it. I knew that they didn't want to make a joke out of the relationship so never went too far with the lesbian subtext. I knew that they refused to water it down as some pandering kind of thing. But I never knew at all that even when they were aware that their characters were queer or "gay" that they played them as straight instead.

I'm not too sure how I feel about learning this new information. 🫤 I mean why would they ever need to play their characters as straight when they’re written as not? Especially in these last two episodes. And under the guise of a water transfer or not - these character kiss romantically. How can that be played as straight? I feel like I’m really misinterpreting this. What they’re saying here. What exactly do they mean?

Weigh in anyone - please. This will drive me insane.

[zenobianeil]

Celebrating Pride month with the Greek gods.

My favorite Olympian goddess to write about, She of the Silver Bow, Mistress of Wild Things, Artemis (or Diana as the Romans called her).

An eternal maiden (which does not mean not sexually active,) Artemis made her father Zeus swear that she would never have to marry. She preferred nature to Olympus and was happiest hunting and spending time with her nymphs/maidens/huntress friends.

One of my favorite stories about Artemis is her relationship with Callisto. Like many myths, everything was fine until Zeus saw Callisto and wanted her for himself. He transformed to look like Artemis and had sex with Calisto.

When Artemis found out Callisto was pregnant, she transformed her into a bear. Later, Callisto's grown son Arcas saw his mother/bear and not knowing who she was, he was about to shoot her. Zeus transformed mother and son into constellations of the big and little bear.

Paintings: Diana and Callisto, by Titian

Diane et Callisto, Nicholas-Rene Jollanin

The Nymph Callisto Seduced by Jupiter in the Guise of Diana, by François Boucher

[coldresolve]

fun facts about the torture in moneymakers while were at it. spoilers if you're not caught up

the torture is not done in any attempt to gather reliable intel, induce compliance or as a punishment to deter unwanted behavior, none of which are things that torture can do. instead it is perpetrated for the sadistic gratification of the torturer, and for a profit incentive

except for that one time in pt34 when it was done to induce fear and make conrad's escape physically impossible, under the guise of teaching him a lesson. davin knew what he was doing

conrad complying with demands is always, always under duress. i wouldn't call that obedience, personally

you'll notice that conrad's fear of renee has turned into contempt and disgust, a subtle nod to the fact that torture victims dont typically build a whole lot of positive associations with their torturers

conrad gets more resistant over time, not less. but im sure thats just because he hasn't been beaten into submission yet

davin talks pretty openly about exploiting the media as a way to get attention in that one scene. not only a comment about the media's sensationalism of torture/violence, but also a hint to the fact that it can be exploited lol

theres not a whole lot of talk about sophisticated torture, in fact i think i even wrote a thing where renee admits that it doesnt require a whole lot of finesse to hit people. or maybe im just misremembering. its supposed to be in there tho

speaking of renee, i dont know if you noticed, but he isnt doing so well. could this have something to do with his actions? the world may never know

that part where renee thinks about the way we culturally view perpetrators... he comes to the wrong conclusion and you as a reader are not only expected to realize that on your own, but also think about what thought processes led him to be wrong. but also ive been throwing around ideas as to how i might add another perspective about it in the future so theres that

i have a whole tirade about the concept of being 'broken' coming up. spoilers ig

davin is doing just fine. davin is a machiavellian. davin, get this, also acts as an argument to the fact that the insidious parts of torture aren't in the people who act it out, but in the people who facilitate it. the people who act it out just tend to be useful idiots. sorry for the diss renee ily

anyway yeah so. that whole thing about davin building a strenuous trust with conrad in the beginning by seeming like the lesser of two evils was intentional

something about that darn profit incentive might be meaningful to the theme here but alas this falls beyond the comprehension of my feeble mind (aka spoilers lmao)

[scotianostra]

22nd February 1540 saw Marie de Guise crowned Queen Consort of Scotland at Holyrood Abbey in Edinburgh.

James V’s first French bride, Madeleine of Valois, died in the summer of 1537. James had travelled to France to meet his first bride Madeleine but also had the opportunity to meet Mary of Guise. It was reported that Mary of Guise was second in his affections.

Mary avoided the marriage to James’s maternal uncle Henry VIII and went on in May 1538 to marry James by proxy in Paris, and later married him in person after her arrival in Scotland. Mary brought with her a dowry given by Francis I of France, father of James V’s first bride, and it was large enough to be of the same value as a French princess.

Of Mary of Guise, Margaret Tudor, the King’s mother, wrote to her brother Henry VIII, “I trust she will prove a wise Princess. I have been much in her company, and she bears herself very honourably to me, with very good entertaining.” Mary lefte behind her three-year-old son, who was now the Duke of Longueville, the half brother of the future Mary Queen of Scots, in the care of her mother, Antoinette de Bourbon

Mary’s coronation happened on this day 1540. She was pregnant at the time with her first son by King James.

A new crown was made for the occasion, which was set to take place in Holyrood Abbey. Ladies were summoned from all over Scotland to attend. The abbey was hung with tapestries, and items moved for the occasion from the Holyrood Palace chapel to Holyrood Abbey. A thirty-gun salute marked the occasion, and fireworks were lit at the other end of the Royal Mile up the hill at Edinburgh Castle. Mary used a gilded sceptre for the coronation, too.

Mary had a second son in 1541 with James V, and tragically, both of her sons died on the 21st April 1541, the elder boy being not quite a year and the younger being only a few days old.

Mary of Guise was Queen Consort of Scotland for less than five years before her husband died after the Battle of Solway Moss. This famously left the couple’s six-day-old daughter, Mary, as Queen of Scots. Mary of Guise had the Queen of Scots smuggled out of Scotland and to France when the child was about five years old.

Mary of Guise served as regent for her daughter from 1554 until 1560, while the Queen of Scots was being raised at the French court,

She passed away in 1560 and her body was returned to France and given to her sister Renee, abbess of the the church of Saint-Pierre-les-Dames, Reims, where she was interred in July 1561. A marble tomb was erected with a bronze statue of Mary, in royal robes, holding a sceptre and the rod of justice in one hand.

The tomb was destroyed during the French revolution.

[kaylarenee98]

Toxic by Kayla Renee

I've sipped slowly from the poisoned chalice

Such sweetness hides the bitter truth

I have been blind to all his malice

He's robbed me of my youth

So dangerous are the men of night

The hunt is but a game

In your fear they find delight

and then they light the flame

Caught in the webs of sweet deceit

Love's embrace- a trap

far too tempting to defeat

Prepare for his attack

A guise of charm concealing danger

The woods seduce the innocent

The wolf will carefully mask his anger

but the feast he'll have will be imminent

[lillaurenp96]

Yeah I'm done, I am leaving the CxH fandom cause I can't bear to see ya'll be mean to these girls. They really just be living their life's. Call me sensitive, oh well lol. We get it y'all hate Chloe and Halle. Y'all really act like these girls killed your loved ones because of them not living their lives or making music the way YOU want them to. Even though y'all never messed with them before UH. Constantly made fun of them before that era for their music being to complex or too "white". Even though if Billie made those songs you would eat it up. The people who claim they want the duo back together because they miss UH, an album that came out 4 years ago and isn't even gold still, were the same ones who said they need to go solo. Now the people who genuinely want the duo back but are doing everything to try to humble Chloe whenever she gets praised for anything are the worst of the worst. They constantly have to remind her that she is never good enough while @ her name. I admit that Halle being with DVD doesn't help with the Internet being the Internet. But I do think that it is pretty funny that it didn't take y'all long to shit on her as soon as you got the chance too. Y'all enjoy using these girls as punching bags under the guise of saying "still love you tho." Bitch please, y'all just enjoy being nasty and the fact that all of this comes from black women is sickening. I just need y'all to admit that you never messed with Chloe or Halle just liked them because of whatever pedestal you put them on of how these two black girls should act. Chloe and Halle weren't EVER mainstream artists and they were okay with that they had their fanbase who showed out and support them during tours. They just love putting out their art. It's okay if you never liked their music, so stop making all these thinkpieces on why they aren't bigger or talking about their sales or how they should be lucky their label doesn't drop them. Cause y'all don't have this energy for Tinashe, Tori Kelly, Renee Rapp, Willow Smith. But only those two girls, right? Part of me thinks that ya'll, especially Stan's of other artists, are afraid that if they blow up the world will see what exceptional talents they are and it will make them question your favorite artists talent. I'm sorry Chloe and Halle.

[p21-adrift]

Assign a choreographer to each of these dancers they havent had a solo with:

Gracyn

Kendyl

Isabella

Diana

Regan

Avery Reyes

Nyla

Sara

Rylee

ooooh this is so fun!

gracyn: ashley gonzales

kendyl: talia favia

isabella: easton payne

diana: kelley guise

regan: erica grabowski

avery: molly long

nyla: mollee gray

sara: black mcgrath

rylee: renee baldwin

[zip-toonz]

Didn't get to answer this last night before heading to bed so I'm answering it now ( @agentchimendez )

I kind of do, In the sense that I have some plans. I think I've covered most of what I have on Renee. But I can talk more about how she does end up getting better. Having the worlds slowest redemption arc. Not because she's still convinced she was in the right after team plasma is dissolved. Because once she's left to reflect she realizes how naïve she was to ignore all the red flags. But rather because Trevor is so livid and upset with her, He refuses to take her apology the first dozen times until she's given him enough reason to believe her.

I like and enjoy exploring complex characters and character dynamics. Renee is not at her core an evil and irredeemable person, rather she was manipulated and exploited under the guise of bettering the lives of Pokémon and ended up being too caught up in what she grew accustom with to care when the plans turned to world domination. Which is to say she had gotten comfortable and it became harder and harder as time went on to snap out of trance the praise she received for her work in team plasma got her. Being feed "you're important to the cause" and "we cant do it without you" after coming from a field where she was regularly undermined was captivating and felt nice. Renee was never stupid just vulnerable. She was a newbie in her field as a researcher. Sycamore being the one person to give her a genuine shot to show what she was capable. And that's what team plasma targeted.

While eventually Trevor does forgive her. I don't want his forgiveness to come easy. She abandoned him for what he considers a cult and she didn't seem too bothered with that the first time they met after years of not knowing her were abouts. All because she was so desensitized to the harm the group was doing. She had brushed off his feelings as irrational because after years of doing 'the right thing' even if it meant stealing, lying, or harming innocent people she lost her ability to empathize with him in the moment. In that moment he was just another detractor trying to stop them because they simply don't understand the good they're doing. Despite the fact the goal was now just to take over Unova. And that's exactly how they wanted it to be. Slowly building her tolerance to commit crimes and enact violence until it was just the norm for her even if it meant hurting her own child.

He is justified for being reluctant to trust someone who chose a busted cause over him and his sister. But he has the hind sight of knowing team plasma is/was a villain organization. Renee on the other hand did not. When they approached her all those years ago they made it out as a newly formed Research organization intent on studying the effect captivity has on Pokémon to draw her in. Then slowly disabling her alarm bells until she no longer had any to go off. She was smart and better yet she wasn't from the Region so who was going to come looking for her once they pulled her in. Trevor is still however fully justified in not accepting her apologies. Words don't mean a whole lot when they come from the woman who sent his whole friend group into a fit in seconds.

But she does want to try. She knows the damage she caused will always be there. She hurt her kids seeking validation from a group who only cared about exploiting her. She knows she'll never get to experience a lot of firsts with her kids. Especially Trevor as the younger sibling. But even then its still not about what she missed out on but rather what her leaving caused her children to miss. Trevor had to take his older sister to school events as a stand in for her. Endure being picked on for not having parents that were around. Dodge questions from adults because talking about it was uncomfortable. She did that to him.

You asked about the dad so lets talk about Jules, their father. He went with her to Unova because he was born there and knew his way around. The trip was meant to be short with Sycamore volunteering to watch the kids in their absence. He never expected they wouldn't come back.

He and his family moved to Kalos when he was about the age of most protagonists are (10-13 ish) and met Renee in school. They hit it off right away with Renee being (like Trevor is now) a straight A student with a passion for Pokémon and a dream to become a proper professor one day. While he wanted to follow in his mothers footsteps and become a renown trainer. They were friends for a long time before they ended up dating. As he got older he found himself more passionate about protecting Pokémon and became a Ranger.

When Renee got into the research field and started working with Sycamore the fairly new professor who was in walking distance from their home he was elated for her. He came to really trust Sycamore considering him a family friend and even pitching in with his work since he was around Pokémon all day anyway. So when sycamore asked her to go to Unova for a bit to do some field research Jules went with her after being assured Augustine didn't mind keeping an eye on their kids. He trusted him and wanted to help Renee find her way around. What he didn't expect was not being able to trust Renee.

When Renee started pushing back the trip home he excused it for the first week or two. She had made some research buddies in the region and he understood that she was excited. But as a few weeks turned into months he grew ever more suspicious of her as she kept making excuses as to why she needed to stay longer. Eventually he started to assume there was something up with her friends and red flags were raised. About a year into this trip he started to confront her and later them. He didn't want to doubt her judgement but it was getting to the point where they hadn't seen their kids in over a year. Her friends were shady. She was doing things behind his back. And kept pushing to stay longer.

He brought up multiple times that he thought something was wrong with them. "I think they're using you", "I think you're being manipulated", "Renee there's something wrong about this". With Renee brushing him off as being either Jealous or him trying to make it out like she was stupid. He didn't want to leave without her and yet he couldn't get through to her because her researcher friends had planted these ideas into her head whenever she lamented about his concerns or started to question them herself. He was growing ever paranoid that something bad was going to happen to him or worse Renee. And they wanted him gone before he broke through to her.

As it stands its undecided how they tried to get rid of him. But it is decided he's alive/Survived whatever they attempted. (I won't kill Trevor's dad). Everyones welcome to pitch ideas. Its also undecided who makes it back to Kalos first.

[solreznik]

Starter for: @reneebrxndxnndxn Location: Clinic

The festivities hadn't officially started, but Redwood was well on its way to buzzing. He was done packing--had powered through it under the guise of giving himself the night off. But the truth was that Ginny had her shit together and Sol felt the need to keep up.

She'd also sent him on a last-minute task: acquire a first-aid kit from the clinic.

He wasn't entirely convinced that the clinic actually had first aid kits prepped and ready to take. Redwood was communal, sure, but the folks who spent a lot of time outside the walls--raiders and hunters and the like--sorted their own triage supplies.

But he decided not to put up a fuss. Ginny had more important things to do, had someone she needed to spend as much time with as possible before taking off. He could run the errand.

He was lucky enough that he'd never had much cause to spend time in the clinic. There was the quick medical eval for newcomers to check for any non-zombie-related issues. And he'd swung by once when a bee sting swelled up half his face so bad he thought he was gonna need one of them epi-pens. (False alarm, really potent bee.) Otherwise, he'd patched up his own self when needed.

He sat on the stretcher that doubled for an exam bed while he waited for Renee to piece together something that might fit Ginny's request. To distract himself from the restless feeling coiling up over sitting still, he called out.

"Hey doc, while I'm here, you mind taking a look at something for me?"

[cityofdreamsrp]

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hi guises it’s me again ! i’m coming back again after a bit of time away from rp and honestly ????? i fuckin’ missed all of you amazing people. i’m so sorry i let things slip and that i left last time. i’m defo gonna try to make it stick this time. my new job might leave me tired most days but at least it allows for a little bit more flexibility ;-;

[thosemintcookies]

I'm sorry I did see a post that was like why do bisexies wanna claim Rene from disco elysium he's a fascist. Like bro this is the cop media the main guys are cops the guys everyone loves are literally cops do you think the cops are good queer representation too. The point is no one has clean hands and even the kids are headed towards being fucked up this isn't a game about representation it's a game about failure and tragedy and hope and flawed ideology in the guise of progress. Let the old guy be repressed queer and let him be in love with his equally old friend he plays balls with

[girl4music]

Lucy, Renee and Rob talking about the kiss that was scripted in 'When Fates Collide' that was never filmed because Rob never wanted it. I know that's weird. I mean Rob, as we know, is the NO.1 X&G shipper. But it's because he wanted to save it for the finale. He wanted to write that. He wanted to film that. You can't blame him.

I'd be the same if I was a creator on Xena too. I'd be like "I want this so badly but I want to be the one to make it happen. I don't want anyone else to take the credit for something I've wanted for so long."

So that's why it never happened although it was written in the script.

I think some fans would rather have preferred a kiss to happen in this episode because, to those fans, this is their finale. Not Rob's finale. Which is extremely valid. Plus it would be a kiss to be an actual kiss. Whereas the 'AFIN' kiss was under the guise of a water transfer and reviving Xena just enough so that she can take down the Big Bad - which for me is a lot more romantically charged than a kiss for no reason so I agree with Rob that there was no necessity for it here and, as he said, the point was made that they had fell in love once again.

[allthingsdarkanddirty]

My bear is wild. Totally uncivilized. Savage.

Alpha’s Claim, an all-new tantalizing, fated mates, shifter romance from USA Today bestselling authors Renee Rose and Lee Savino is now available!

I’m not the nice bear. That’s my twin, Teddy.

I keep my bear caged.

Until I meet Paloma and my bear goes wild.

She’s beautiful and talented, but something’s rotten in this mansion in the Hamptons.

Her foster father keeps her locked in a tower, surrounded by guards.

There are whispers of an auction–a virgin auction.

My bear’s about to break free and go on a rampage.

But I can’t let him out.

Even if I can save Paloma, I can never claim her.

Not even when she smells like wild orchids,

Not even when she feels like freedom,

Not when she is my future, and my fated mate.

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MY REVIEW:

The first book in the Bad Boy Bears series, although the story of the bear twins, Teddy and Darius, has already been told, you don't have to have read this to enjoy this fantastic shifter read - where a billionaire bear shifter, away from his home, finds his mate, a human female who seems to be a captive in her own home by her guardian - Darius needs to find out just what is going on!

Darius left his home under the guise of making something of himself to save his land, keeping his bear locked down after a violent childhood trauma left him afraid of letting his bear loose. He gets invited by Thom, who is the wealthiest hedge fund billionaire in the hopes of making some new deals.

Paloma has been held captive by Thom since her parents died, her younger sister, Wren, being held at a strict boarding school to enforce her compliance, as Paloma has a unique psychic ability to be able to play the stock markets, knowing which companies will either win or fall. Thom has made his billions off Paloma and her abilities, but can see even more potential in breeding her out and loaning her for a short amount of time, of course to the highest bidder!

When Darius seems Paloma for the first time he is immediately drawn to her, his bear fighting for control to be near her, with Darius struggling to keep himself together. Paloma was instantly attracted to the Viking like huge man, but thought he was just another one of Thom's acquaintances there to bid on her. Little does she know she's about to be rescued by a bear of a man!

Loved the story line with these two, and then when they get back to bear land and meet all his family, that was just awesome! Hot and steamy bear passion, with some Viking fantasies thrown in there for good measure! A fabulous start to this series, can't wait to read more about these bears and their family.

[ifshewantsme]

do you ever think about elope with me miss private and we’ll sail around the world i will be your ferdinand and you my wayward girl how many nights of talking in hotel rooms can you take how many nights of limping round on pagan holidays oh elope with me in private and we’ll set something ablaze a trail for the devil to erase san francisco’s calling us the giants and mets will play piazza new york catcher are you straight or are you gay we hung about the stadium we’ve got no place to stay we hung about the tenderloin and tenderly you tell him about the saddest book you’ve ever read it always makes you cry the statue’s crying too and will he may i love you i’ve a drowning grip on your adoring face i love you my responsibility has found a place beside you in strong warnings in the guise of gentle words come wave upon me from the family wider net absurd you’ll take care of her i know if you will do a better job maybe but not what she deserves elope with me miss private and we’ll drink ourselves awake we’ll taste the coffee houses and award certificates a privy seal to keep the feel of nineteen sixties style we’ll comment on the decor and we’ll help the passerby and at dusk when work is over we’ll continue the debate in a borrowed bedroom virginal and spare the catcher hits for three eighteen and catches everyday the pitcher puts religion first and rests on holidays he goes in to cathedrals and lies prostrate on the floor he knows a drink affects his speed he’s praying for a doorway back into the life he wants the confession of the bench life outside the diamond is a wrench i wish that you were here with me to pass the dull weekend i know it wouldn’t come to love my heroine pretend a lady stepping from the song we love until this day you settle for an epitaph like walk away renee the sun upon the roof in winter will draw you out like a flower meet you at the statue in an hour? because i do every day

[f1]

McLaren complete Formula E line-up by pairing rookie Hughes with Rast | Formula E

McLaren have completed their Formula E line-up for next season, signing rookie Jake Hughes to partner Rene Rast. Like many of the personnel working on McLaren’s new FE entry, Hughes was part of the Mercedes team, which McLaren took over for 2023. He was development driver for the team, and reserve driver for its powertrain customer Venturi, and had been working hard on being promoted to a race seat despite Mercedes’ departure from the championship. His signing means the grid for 2023, the first season of FE’s ‘Gen3′ era, is now complete. It leaves series stalwart Oliver Turvey without a race seat as he had been the main contender for the McLaren vacancy after losing his long-held spot at NIO. “First and foremost, I’m very proud and feel very privileged to become part of the McLaren Racing family, being given the chance to represent such a prestigious brand,” said Hughes. “Growing up, McLaren was one of the teams that inspired me to start racing. To now go full circle, representing the team myself in FE feels incredible. I’ve been with the FE team in a different guise before and we have already achieved great results. It’s good to have that relationship and I know what’s expected of me. “Coming in at a time where a new generation car is introduced in the series excites me. It feels like a good opportunity and chance, especially being a rookie in season nine. It’s set to be a great year and I can’t wait to kick off the journey ahead.” Hughes’ junior single-seater career began with victory in the BRDC British Formula 4 championship in 2013. He then spent two years in Formula Renault 2.0 in Europe, before five years at the Formula 3 level during which time he won races in three different championships and also went on an unbeaten run in the inaugural Formula Regional Asian Championship season. Advert | Become a RaceFans supporter and go ad-free He won four races from two years spent in Formula Renault 2.0, then moved up to the tertiary tier of single-seaters in 2016 by competing in GP3 and Formula 3. His performances earned him several Formula 2 race opportunities before Van Amersfoort Racing signed him to front their entry into the championship this year. They quickly picked up a podium together, although it was later lost to a technical infringement, and Hughes then left during the second half of the season so he could focus on landing an FE seat. “Jake is an exciting talent, who we have worked with before as our reserve and development driver,” said McLaren’s FE team principal Ian James. “Over the years, the team and Jake have built a relationship, and that, combined with his sheer talent, will be what can give us an edge going into this season. “We’ve given Jake a chance to prove himself on the big stage in season nine, and his story is a perfect example of the talent development that we believe in as a team.” The official pre-season test for the upcoming season is at Valencia’s permanent Ricardo Tormo track on 13th-16th December, and the opening race of the season is in Mexico City on 14th January, 2023. Advert | Become a RaceFans supporter and go ad-free 2023 Formula E driver line-up Advert | Become a RaceFans supporter and go ad-free Formula E Browse all Formula E articles via RaceFans - Independent Motorsport Coverage https://www.racefans.net/