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xycolia · 6 months ago

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Every time “Lolita” by Vladimir Nabokov is sexualised an angel loses its wings

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electricmaimer · 1 year ago

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"i dont care if people who havent read the books get spoiled for the show" <- words of a person i now want to bite and yell at

#BE FUCKING NICE #A LOT OF THEM ARE CHILDREN??? THEY EITHER HAVENT GOTTEN AROUND TO READING THE BOOKS BECAUSE THEY DIDNT HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO YET #OR #ADDITIONALLY IT IS 2023. THE WORLD IS DIFFERENT AND MEDIA IS BEING ADAPTED FOR NEW GENERATIONS #TRY HOLDING SOME WONDER AND JOY IN YOUR HEART AND THINK ABOUT HOWW FUN IT IS TO EXPERIENCE A STORY FOR THE FIRST TIME #STOP SPOILING SHIT ON PURPOSE IT MAKES ME WANT TO COMMIT CRIMES❤️#literally dont be a spiteful dick and stop ruining things for fun or because you want to gatekeep and have a superiority complex #fuck uou i would personally give ANYTHING to get to experience this story for the first time again #and watching people ruin in in real time for people experiencing it for the firdt time. i hate you #ypure all extremely selfish and shortsighted for doing this whole 'yeah but the books have been out for forever.. :/' bs #absolutely giving yourself away as a fucking clown with no ability to gain anything positive from shared joy. get well soon #percy jackon and the olympians #percy jackson #pjo show #percy jackson show #pjo tv show #eeanpost #ALSO THE FUCKING AUDACITY FOR THE FANBASE OF A BOOK SERIES ABOUT KIDS STRUGGLING WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES TO YELL AT PEOPLE FOR NOTREADING #DO YOU FUCKING HEAR YPURSELVES ???? WHAT THE FUCK??? THE STORY IS MORE ACCESSIBLE NOW. THAT IS A GOOD THING. HTJSJJTJFJG

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batfamfixation · 9 months ago

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Actually? Fuck all of the people trying to gatekeep comic book characters that exist in other media. Acting like people can only form opinions about characters based on the comics is bullshit. If someone likes the Teen Titans because of the TV show instead of taking the time to read the thousands of comics "required" to be a "real fan" of those characters, good for them. If someone likes the Young Justice or Justice League cartoons and wants to talk about their love of those characters, they should. If Batman from Batman the Animated Series is a person's favorite version of Batman and their comfort character, GOOD FOR THEM.

This need to gatekeep comic book characters that appear in other media is fucking gross. If someone loves Batman and says he's a great guy because of how he's depicted outside of modern comics, then they're not a "fake" Batman fan, they just love a version of Batman that you don't care about. The same goes for all of the other DC shows and movies. People are allowed to love versions of characters that exist outside of comics and call themselves a fan of that character.

Stop. Gatekeeping. Fictional. Characters

#Are there any fandoms that aren't toxic? Please?#Growing up I experienced misogyny for liking media that fanboys considered to be theirs #(looking at you ⭐ Wars fandom)#I didn't experience misogyny in the Harry Potter fandom before the series ended but then JK R0wling ruined that herself #fucking with the spelling of fandoms so they don't show up in those tags #I felt fetishized and objectified in anime fan spaces (am lesbian)#Comic book fandoms used to be dominated by misogynistic white guys who didn't believe women who said they liked comics #Remember when we used to criticize guys who wanted women to prove they were “real” fans????#Why are women now doing that?#So many women fought to be a part of fandom spaces just to turn around and join in on the gatekeeping #Setting rules on who can call themselves a fan #Stop #Please #I'm so tired of going to character and comic books tags just to see people gatekeeping what iterations and ships are acceptable #This fandom is full of so much hate that I'm losing my love of comic books #I planned on binging Roy's comics #but the die-hard Arrowf@m fans “us vs the Batfam” mentality is ruining the character for me #and from what I've seen of Roy's Titan run I relate to him a lot and absolutely planned on making him my next comfort character #and I really need fucking comfort right now

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batemanofficial · 1 year ago

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hello upper middle class northern usamerican tumblr user. i want to play a game. you will notice that you are in a super america convenience store in rural kentucky - you have three minutes to purchase a snack and drink of your choice and make normal small talk with the cashier. however, if you use the word "cryptid" or generally make reference to appalachia and its inhabitants as "wild", uncivilized, or lacking restraint around alcoholic beverages during your time here, i will personally tie you to the chassis of a four wheeler and tip it into the river. live or die. make your choice

#speak friend and enter #i can appreciate mothman as much as the next guy but can we stop treating appalachia like it's the subject of a richard attenborough doc #i come from a long line of hillbillies and i like to think i've got a good sense of humor about it but sometimes i am tested #like. this is not a lawless land with a moonshine still in every holler and nameless voices in the woods!! this is a normal town!!#idk maybe i'm reading too much into it but i'm just tired of the cultural fetishization of appalachia by people who aren't from here #and who don't know anything about it. like yeah you know mothman and what hooch is and that's all well and good #but do you know what the opioid epidemic really is. do you know about the structural injustices that keep people like mcconnell in power #i'm not saying you have to apply dialectical political analysis to every issue that occurs in the region to be able to have an opinion #but also like. i'm tired of people looking at places like where i grew up and making them into things they aren't #like. on the one hand we have ''ooh spooky hills!! run if you hear the trees whisper your name''#and on the other we've got ''isn't appalachia so depressing...so hashtag ethel cain core...shame it's got no value beyond aesthetics''#and on yet another hand we have ''i - a person with no ties to the region - am going to take up the cause of every social issue #occurring across the entire appalachian region so the world will see just how bad these poor hill people have it. i am very smart''#and like. it's frustrating #i'm not saying you should never speak about appalachia if something we have is interesting to you #nor am i implying that i want to gatekeep discussion of the region's issues to the community bc that won't accomplish anything #i'm just saying that like any place it's complex. it's got its good things and it's got its bad things.#and you shouldn't isolate the good from the bad or vice versa - especially if you don't know the context in which those things happen.#and for the love of god dont let your own ignorance cause you to boil down those issues into a reductive and inaccurate set of stereotypes #learn about us from us. not from tiktok not from movies and for christ's sake not from hillbilly elegy. i hate that fucking book #anyway that got weirdly serious but i mean it. putting appalachia as a talking point up on the shelf until y'all can speak intelligently #ok to rb

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beatheprincess · 11 months ago

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No one should have to feel like they're rejecting their own race bcus they have a preference and prefer to date outside of it, I'm not sure why the ppl I have gone to school w/kno have so much hate towards white people 😭😭 I dont hate anyone for the color or wtf - omg it rlly makes me think will I be judged for dating a white guy?? I want to be surrounded by ppl who are gna support my happiness not shatter it.

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jackstheprinceofhearts · 2 years ago

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edit: i would also like to note that i found caraval because of booktok so it can be good sometimes :) (i also do not have tiktok myself because who needs the toxicity but i see a lot of tiktok on pinterest)

alright this is random but PSA about all books:

i know i make theories about acftl often and reply to them in asks but i would like everyone to remember:

at the end of the day it is, in fact, a silly little book and is not that deep and making theories is fun but there is no need for people to argue a ton about it imo because the reason you make theories is for FUN correcting people is fine but idk weirds me out when people will get so mad about book theories like YOU'RE MEANT TO BE HAVING FUN if it's not fun for you and you're taking it way too serious and going around being rude to people then are you actually having fun??? it's also ok to not agree with a theory or like a theory too :) the entire point of reading (especially the YA genre) is for fun.

another thing: STOP BEING SO CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT PEOPLE ARE DOING ON BOOKTOK. i have seen way too many things of people getting mad because they see teenagers with aesthetic book shelves or people who spend a lot of money on books and it's so weird to me because their only argument is "they're making it about the aesthetic"AND ITS THE SAME WITH DARK ACADEMIA i saw a post of somebody gatekeeping dark academia and saying you can't like it if you don't read poetry or classics 😐 LIKE ITS AN AESTHETIC NOT A CULTURE??? HELLO???? it's literally just liking dark academia stuff and how it looks and the style. i have never read a poetry book yet i still love the dark academia aesthetic so why are we gatekeeping 🤨 if it gets people excited about books that's a good thing.

i don't care if this is controversial or makes people mad because it's my opinion and i think people need to stop gatekeeping books or saying shit like "you're not a real reader if you haven't read ____!!!" i don't like booktok or tiktok at all and i think tiktok can ruin things sometimes sure but like why are you hating on people for liking the aesthetic of books 😐 reading is a personal thing to the individual imo. some people like classics, some people like YA, some people like adult fantasy, some people like non-fiction, some people go to the library a lot, some people just buy books, some people listen to audio books, some don't. it's all a personal thing and it's meant to just be entertaining and interesting.

thank you for coming to my tedtalk.

(also i would like to mention that i got inspired to make this post by this video and it's super interesting please check it out if you haven't:) )

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bitstitchbitch · 4 months ago

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I am currently getting my master’s degree in electrical engineering and work in software development.

I read feminist and political theories and try to educate myself about racial injustices and environmentalism.

my fun books mostly center around feminist, anti-colonial, or philosophical themes and frequently center lgbtq+ and/or PoC characters. I make an effort to read own-voices authors.

I donate to abortion funds and other political causes and I try to make my lifestyle a sustainable one.

I also read kids books and obsess over Taylor Swift. Not everything has to be deep and meaningful. Sometimes it’s enough to be a good story, even if doesn’t delve into social issues, even if it isn’t “intellectual”. Sometimes you need a break from the world. Sometimes you need to just enjoy things today so that you can get back to improving the world tomorrow.

#Taylor swift #books #reading #music #Stop assuming Taylor swift fans are stupid or politically unaware please #There’s this cool thing called critical thinking where you can hold two contradictions in your mind at once #I recognize Taylor’s flaws and still love her #Yeah Taylor’s a feminist in the same way the Barbie movie is feminist #It may be very basic entry level feminism but it still counts #not everything has to be deep intellectual theory #that’s called gatekeeping #Feminism

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yourtwistedlies · 2 years ago

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NEW CITY SPIES BOOK COMING OUT FEBRUARY 6TH 2024 AHHH ITS CALLED MISSION MANHATTAN I LITERALLY CANNOT WAIT.

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pizzaboat · 1 year ago

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God the people getting shitty over new Percy Jackson fans are literally toddlers

That's right, they haven't read the books. Why? They haven't heard of it or just haven't had the time. You're not special for reading the books. You're not an extra special fan. You just like the books.

Grow up.

#gatekeeping doesn't make you special #stop making being a percy jackson book fan your whole personality #percy jackson #percy jackson and the olympians

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thisisaname-whatahappyname · 8 months ago

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no one knew other than penelope no one was talking elloise doesnt want to risk her fanily penelope just took away a elloises first love all for pen's own selfish gain what the fuck.

#bridgerton s2 #20 something minutes into ep 8 s2 and istg if penelope rujns another thing like this i will riot #jesus christ pen #now i normally Love a manipulative girlboss but the thing with pen is that she acts like shes some sort of Victim #yeye she has her speal about like ruining peoples lives or whatever but like #shes just shitting and cryjng in the corner about this one second #then manipulating elloise into making her think she has to end things with theo because people are talking about them the next #when they Weren't #like girl!!! if youre gonna ruin people lives either own up to being the gaslight gatekeep girlboss you are or!!!!#if you actually feel bad about doing it!!!! how about you stop being a manipulative ass huh!!!!!#like oh no im ruining people lives watch me bathe in self pity about it [does it again]#EITHER BE THE REGINA GEORGE BURN BOOK LOOKING ASS YOU WERE ALWAYS MEANT TO BE OR SHUT UP FR FR

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leyyvi · 9 months ago

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sorry but the entitlement for people expecting jp fans to leak the pages when theyre talking about the book is absolutely insane. it's one thing to want leaks it's another to be getting angry at fans who don't want to leak what they paid for bruh like...

#like hello we're gonna get the leaks eventually #it's barely been a day #also jp fans are much less likely to leak paid content than western based fans #like noah fence to us but jp fans hold a lot more respect to publisher's content and not just posting everything willy nilly lol #weird behavior to get mad at fans tweeting about the book but not wanting to post all the pictures...#'theyre gatekeeping' they don't owe us anything they're the ones who paid for the books like come on #i would rather see fans talking about the book than nothing at all #stop harrassing jp fans holy fuck dfsjhsdgjh

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drachen-katze · 2 years ago

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Just returned to tumblr after hiding after mcu namor drop and 1. love that exactly what i said would happen, did in fact happen. MCU Namor fans are looking at the comics for Namor content and getting upset when he’s not at all the same as the MCU version but still continuing to take over all tags and resources related to the character. 2. apparently namor and shuri is the big MCU ship and ??? hey what the fuck?

you fucking weirdos.

#that's it i'm gatekeeping #what is it with the mcu fans and finding the weirdest creepiest shit to make their main ship fodder #i'm staring directly at thor/loki and steve/bucky #like STRAIGHT at them.#also stop being mad when the century old comic book character isn't the same as the modernized version hollywood gave you to get your money.#i would use the mcu namor tag but lets be real #it wont change anything mcu namor is in the 616 tag because mcu just decided it was also 616 verse. because fuck us i guess

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supposethismatters · 2 years ago

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I think it’s important to note that he has accurately described a certain type of person, but his interpretation of these people being boring or annoying is subjective. Some people get along with certain kinds of people and others don’t. Also, all of these traits can be endearing on a person who is excited to share and welcome to new ideas but abhorrent on someone smugly superior and eager to gatekeep.

Roger Ebert just destroying some specific kind of nerd(s).

#I’ve been info dumped on with hearts in my eyes #and I’ve been harassed by jerks for not liking things the way a real fan should #you hand full of fucks who made me stop aiming for the comic book industry know who you are #fanfiction #fandom #gatekeeping

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thecomfywriter · 2 months ago

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hi hello. i was planning to do this in the new years but yolo i'll just do it now:

not gatekeeping my book anymore. why? because i find more fulfillment in the idea of people actually having access to read it than putting it behind a paywall.

it goes without saying that you're always welcome to use this link to buy a physical copy if you wish to support me. but here's to the community that supported me through it all. cheers!

(p.s. it is copyrighted lol so don't go plagiarizing)

(p.p.s i have a community where people post reactions, memes, or annotations for the book if you so wish to join. it is public. here is the link)

Happy Writing/Reading!

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pa-pa-plasma · 2 months ago

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thinking about Iron Widow again & how it, to me, is the poster child of this weird new refusal by authors to edit their shit. "why is my writing so bad T-T" because you didn't edit it. this problem is entirely self-inflicted & preventable. next question

#& readers' refusal to actually neutrally criticize things just makes it all the worse #they either have to completely tear it to shreds or act like it's The Bible & cannot have flaws at all ever #yeah i'm calling this book bad btw. because it is. like. fundamentally #& i just found out they apparently barely edited it. maybe just a couple copy-edits or something. which is BAD. to be clear #sometimes i think. maybe i'm too harsh. maybe i'm gatekeeping writing #& then i think about how actually what i'm doing is just called ''having standards'' & that's okay #i'm not telling anyone to STOP writing. i'm just saying start EDITING too #if you cannot bring yourself to look at your writing then idk man. go to therapy. that's not normal #the only way to get past that anxiety is by doing the thing that's giving you anxiety

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astonmartinii · 10 months ago

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it must be a sign | oscar piastri social media au

pairing: oscar piastri x fem deaf! red bull engineer!reader

when the two most unbothered people in the paddock combine their joint powers to be the it couple

request sent by the lovely @bibissparkles xx

author's note: heyyy so many of you won't know but i am actually deaf - i am 50% deaf in both ears and wear hearing aids so i love requests like this! (all i do most of this stuff as a deaf person, turning off your hearing aids >)

MASTERLIST | TIP JAR

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yourusername: you can't complain about the dutch national anthem when you can just turn your hearing aids off

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user1: the way max's engineer is as sick of that damn song as us

user2: turning off her hearing aids makes how bored she looks during podiums make sense

yourusername: it was a banger during the mercedes dominance but would it kill someone to play the australian anthem

danielricciardo: i knew you missed me

yourusername: sure, jan.

user3: her and max signing slay to each other will always be so personal to me

maxverstappen1: gonna pretend you didn't just say that

yourusername: boo hoo babe, you gotta lose something sometimes

user4: babe? are the flowers from max?

maxverstappen1: would rather choke on my own spit and fall into a pit of snakes, hope this helps ❤️

yourusername: rude! i wouldn't want flowers from you either :(

user5: i swear we get into this argument every weekend, i think people will still assume they're together until their married to other people

liamlawson30: stop using me as a messenger pigeon please and thank you

yourusername: but i thought red bull gave you wings?

liamlawson30: do not use a pr answer against me 🤨

yourusername: no comment

liamlawson30: choke.

yourusername: idk what's going on in the red bull junior academy but spit in helmut's coffee not mine

user6: y/n consistently giving all the red bull guys shit is my favourite thing ever

user7: the amount of times the sky broadcast has caught her waving them off or taking her hearing aids out lol

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user11: you can't distract us with your slutty bike pics WHO THE FUCK IS THAT

landonorris: A WOMAN? A WOMAN? IS THAT A WOMAN OSCAR JACK PIASTRI?

oscarpiastri: yeah i'm pretty sure

landonorris: don't play smart with me buster - why was i not informed?

oscarpiastri: i don't ask to be informed of every time you get rejected in the instagram dms

landonorris: FAKE NEWS

oscarpiastri: okay buddy

user12: i be seeing the sign language book, oscar you are so real for that

user13: that's my king, i need a oscar and y/n link up in the paddock - my unbothered queens

user14: she's in the likes !!!!!!

logansargent: oh we've entered the soft launch phase i see

oscarpiastri: and what?

logansargent: someone is feeling defensive this morning, dude i won't tell i've already kept it a secret for so long

landonorris: HE KNOWS? DOES BEING YOUR TEAMMATE MEAN NOTHING?

oscarpiastri: he's my childhood best friend?

logansargent: there's levels to this game norris

landonorris: @oscarpiastri consider yourself UNDER SURVEILLANCE

oscarpiastri: okay girly

user15: oscar has the patience of a saint, the mystery gal may want to rethink it before having to deal with them all

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yourusername: unrelaxed, unbothered, moisturised ✨

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user18: queen SHIT THAT AIN'T SHIT

user19: but this mystery man IS

maxverstappen1: yeah sorry about that... but at least boyfy has made his instagram debut?

yourusername: about time, he's too sexy to gatekeep

maxverstappen1: well i'm not going to agree out of respect for you

yourusername: so you don't think he's sexy? i might not be able to hear but HE CAN MAX BE NICE

maxverstappen1: first of all it's a text, second of all i've been way too nice to him

yourusername: he beat you in padel fair and square you're just SHIT AT IT ❤️

maxverstappen1: you know that's a sore subject WHY WOULD YOU BRING IT UP

user20: my queen was really like you wanna tell me to fuck off? oh here's my sexy boyfriend

user21: jos verstappen really didn't know who he was tangling with that gal may be chill but she doesn't take shit

user22: she's like a female version of oscar lol

user23: i knew there was a reason i liked her

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danielricciardo: why am i left out of everything these days?

yourusername: snooze you lose

danielricciardo: I AM AWAKE REPLY TO MY TEXTS

danielricciardo: I JUST SAW YOU PUT YOUR PHONE ON DO NOT DISTURB

yourusername: protecting my peace

danielricciardo: i'm on to you buster

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oscarpiastri: overjoyed to get my first (proper) win in formula one and even more overjoyed to have my amazing girlfriend (and even better engineer) up on the podium with me

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user27: so this was the special occasion?

user28: so this is why she said she wanted the australian national anthem over the dutch one?

user29: this is now my roman empire

yourusername: babe is so fucking good and i'm so fucking proud

oscarpiastri: i'm so glad to have been able to share this moment with you

yourusername: you deserve this and more, i love you

oscarpiastri: i love you too xx

user30: wait so oscar knows so much more sign language than i thought

user31: he looked so excited and even mark knows some

logansargent: he forced (we were happy to do so) me, mark and his family to learn as soon as he secured the date lol

oscarpiastri: and now we're all so cool because of it

logansargent: cool and able to chat shit without people knowing what we're saying

yourusername: best bit about it tbf (everyone please learn, it's a beautiful language)

landonorris: I KNEW IT

oscarpiastri: no you didn't

landonorris: no i didn't :( i'm hurt

oscarpiastri: if it's any consolation, we didn't tell many people, max and logan are exceptions

landonorris: WHY WAS I NOT AN EXCEPTION???

yourusername: boo hoo

landonorris: i'm not gonna say anything back to that you kinda scare me

yourusername: good ❤️

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yourusername: me and a racewinner (and our world champion third wheel)

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user32: fave trio in the paddock no competition

logansargent: logan erasure

yourusername: we love you logan, sunday roast at mine this weekend ❤️

logansargent: SCORE

user33: every time you post there's a new plushie

yourusername: we usually get one to commemorate a big weekend and we both got one for osc's first win

user34: that's so FUCKING CUTE

oscarpiastri: it's all fun and games until you don't fit in the bed because y/n feels too bad to put any of them on the floor

yourusername: they have FEELINGS OSCAR

oscarpiastri: she cried one time when max set off the smoke alarm cooking breakfast and the bed alarm shook so bad that all of them were thrown to the floor

yourusername: it was HARROWING but it also did wake me up so at least we know it works

maxverstappen1: actually my favourite couple to third wheel, but enjoy it while it's here osc, i won't lose again

yourusername: yeah sorry osc it's actually my job to help max win so you're gonna have to wait for him to retire if i have anything to do with it

oscarpiastri: not even for me :(

yourusername: sorry not sorry (i'm really sorry, i love you so much)

oscarpiastri: i love you too even if you won't sabotage max for my race :(

maxverstappen1: okay i know i said you guys are cute but that's enough for today

yourusername: we ARE cute thank you

oscarpiastri: the CUTEST

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note: heheheheh i hope you enjoyed this, i love requests like this xx also on the comment about the bed alarm i had one in uni halls and when the alarm went off that baby SHOOK it was kinda scary

#f1 imagine #f1 x reader #f1 instagram au #f1 x you #f1 #f1 social media au #oscar piastri instagram au #oscar piastri fanfic #oscar piastri x you #oscar piastri imagine #oscar piastri #oscar piastri x reader

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