I know the intrepid heroes were largely joking about it, but the idea of kipperlily having a huge awful crush on riz is sooooo funny to me. Girl with longstanding anger issues and the capacity to orchestrate the death of a supposedly close ally in service of her goals with a crush on world’s most aroace boy. I fear the consequences will be nuclear
lando's answer to the question "what advice would you give to someone just starting out" is fascinating to me: "just keep grinding, i wouldn't say keep believing, because i think that's nonsense. i didn't believe i was going to be in f1, and i'm here, so i don't think you need to believe in yourself, to be honest. i think it helps, it's a good thing, but i don't think you need it. as long as you are working hard in the meantime, i think that's the most important thing."
it's just that lando's glass half empty attitude has been a constant talking point since he entered f1. he's made so many comments over the years that people noted as self-critical and pessimistic, and they assume that his attitude was what was blocking him from winning. but it seems that lando probably doesn't really agree with that, in that he thinks that what matters is doing the work, not giving up, no matter what you believe—not believing and doing the work anyway.
it can be frustrating as his fan who does believe so much in his potential. it's easy to want him to be more optimistic, to believe loudly in himself and correctly perform a "champion's mentality" as it is commonly understood. but it's part of what makes him my favorite driver that he has that relentless determination to try even when there are negative voices in his head. it's got a big "do it anyway, do it scared, do it without expectation of success" energy that i really like.
makes me absolutely insane that fans lack media literacy about usopp’s character during water 7 when i feel like it’s spelled out so clearly why he got upset about merry and decided to leave the crew. it’s always been about usopp’s self esteem and feeling useless. he clearly projected on merry thinking that if merry stopped being useful because she was broken, then usopp (in his mind) was up next on the chopping block, not because he liked a girl more than his own crew