#upsetting to the max

[dear-ao3]

tomorrow is my last day interning in nyc and i am incredibly sad about this but this does mean tomorrow night i get to photo dump on here cause i don’t have to worry about revealing my location anymore

[hyacinthsdiamonds]

Fuck anyone who makes jokes about a crash that literally sent a driver to hospital.

Max's crash at Silverstone is the third most severe crash we've had in F1 in the past five years (most severe being Grosjean's in Bahrain 2020, followed by Zhou's in Silverstone 2022).

Additionally, the fact he was sent to the hospital at all is significant as Silverstone has its own medical facility on the grounds. It says everything that even as a precautionary measure, Max (+ Alex & Zhou the following year) was sent to the nearest hospital instead.

Do not for a single second take a driver walking away from a severe crash for granted. Sometimes, the miracles don't happen. Sometimes, a driver doesn't walk away unscathed. You do not want to be watching when the worst-case scenario becomes a real possibility, or worse; a reality.

If the like from Lando's dad is real... I have nothing else to say, from the bottom of my heart; FUCK YOU!

[siderains]

“your home? when you abandoned us for your shi’ar bird queen? you bequeathed it to me.”

oh someone is jealouuuus

[kaiminluu]

incriminating evidence

NEW CHAPTER OF CLOSE TO ME ON @wayward-sherlock 's AO3 OUT NOW (this chapter we get silly)

[the-knife-consumer]

Alt season three stuffs..

[notsotactical]

I think it was extremely evil of them to show us these shots and NOT make them kiss, like, at all

[overtake]

silverstone quali 2024

[fosliie]

It’s just the two of us, or that’s what we swore

Wanted to make a lil comic for @lizardtheartist ‘s lovely Ghost Max Au! Just really gets to me the idea of your partner moving on while you’re left stagnant and stuck, a shell of who you used to be.

[ghostellie]

F1 fans when a driver has human emotions

[zoomimal]

As a Max fan who is also a George Enjoyer (tm) - this IS what gax is about. They have a temporary détente where they respect each other and even get along, then George commits egregious, cunty crimes and refuses to own up to them and Max gets pissed at him again XD

[reigningm4x]

The boyfriendism of it all… 😵‍💫🥹😵‍💫🥹😵‍💫🥹😵‍💫🥹

[33max]

Max is upset because this year it’s very much felt like the entire sport is against him. And just when he thinks the drivers are on the same page with the inconsistency in stewarding the GPDA president has worked overtime to screw him too.

[stop-breaking-my-heart-dragonage]

Every time I see someone earnestly say that Carver hates Hawke, I have to exercise such restraint to not scream.

Every day I get closer to writing a deep dive about him because that's my guy. He's so interesting. He feels so much. He tries so hard when talking to the other companions and some of the dynamics he has with them are so good. He can be so fucking funny and sweet and awkward. He so badly wants to be wanted and appreciated and to protect everyone he loves.

Carver Hawke, they could never make me hate you.

[parentsday]

that post abt the arm grab thing being a subconscious gesture of wanting more physical touch whatever man who even cares

[the-knife-consumer]

Good ol cartoon logic

Plus new suit for beezlebub because I reallllyyy like that ep. a lot

[wrentholomew]

Something Important I Think People Are Overlooking About Max and Chloe (MASSIVE SPOILER WARNING FOR DOUBLE EXPOSURE)

Just to clarify, I haven't really been paying attention to the reaction to this on tumblr. This is just refencing what I've seen on the other social media websites I use. Sorry if this isn't reflective of the expirence on tumblr, but I think this is something I wanted to share here.

There is one big detail about Max and Chloe and their breakup I haven't seen people talking about.

I've seen a lot of comments and posts talking about how the outrage about Max and Chloe's breakup is just angry shippers, upset about the fact their OTP isn't endgame. But it does go a lot deeper than that.

We live in 2024, and in the last decade, queer rep has gotten a lot better. There are a lot more games that have really good queer protagonists and stories, and a lot of these games are made and published by big studios, and get a lot of attention. But, that wasn't really the case in 2015.

Queer representation definitely existed in video games before 2015, and we should all really appricate all the strives made by indie developers. But, one of the first queer games to reach a mass market was Life is Strange. For a lot of people, Chloe and Max's relationship was the first time they've ever seen themselves in a video game. The first time they've ever felt seen and heard. A lot of people learned who they are because of Life is Strange, a lot of people gained the courage to come out because of Life is Strange.

Chloe and Max aren't just characters and their relationship isn't just a ship. They represent a whole lot more.

So to throw that all away, especially how horribly it was done in Double Exposure, feels really shitty. They took a relationship that a lot of queer people hold dear and that is important to queer gaming history, and had them break up off screen.

That's why a lot of people are very much upset about this.