#this is why marc’s fanfiction arc has to be about learning it’s okay not to be in pain. via getting his pussy absolutely worked tf out

[moonshynecybin]

thoughts?

>be me

>wake up

>check instagram

>oh hi marc

>it’s his motto video

>he’s gonna say something generic about no pain no gain isn’t he

>he says something deranged generic about no pain no gain

fr though it absolutely reminds me of those quotes floating around about his pre-injury years in the sport being like. a magical dream where he thought he couldn’t really be hurt and that everything would go his way. and it did! but then jerez 2020 happens and for a genuinely torturous few years absolutely NOTHING goes his way and he gets four surgeries on his arm and he was in pain all the time and crashing all the time and the bike sucked and it’s like okay. alright. mentally how do you climb out of that hole. how do you overcome a vibe shift that profound. and marc’s answer is leave HOME (honda) and simply fight for it harder than any reasonable person should. do something painful to win.

and he’s alwayyyys been the kind of guy who is like. okay pain is the tax i pay to win that’s not really new, to him that’s part of the bargain, part of the sport, part of his life, part of his body, and then all of that gets concentrated and REALLY internalized post injury because he isnt winning a whole lot AND he’s in a lot of pain. so it has to mean something. competitively. like the reason he GOT the arm surgery that helped alleviate the arm pain that would leave him crying after races was not. to improve his quality of life. but to win.

and then there’s him again in sachsenring

like i say it’s generic up above, but it’s also NOT just lip service, it’s his philosophical foundation for the sport that means more to him than pretty much anything in the world. no pain no gain. hurt is the price you pay to win. internalize that, use that, get results. and he does ! but GOD it’s a really messed up way to live andhdhsh