#which one is it Alex?

[breathing-and-writing]

Coming from Alex ‘I say the word horny in this song and I don’t like it’ Gaskarth, now in 2023: I wrote a new song where I say the word masturbating :)

[hyacinthsdiamonds]

A lot of you underestimate how prevalent British bias is not only in F1 but across sports generally, and even in other industries.

Max saying he has the wrong passport in the paddock is an accurate statement. Do you think he, Seb, or Michael would've been half as vilified by the British media if they had a British passport instead? Would Fernando? Do you think Yuki would get half as much shit about his radio "conduct" if he was British? Because it's the British commentators who consistently have issues with it, and say shit like it's "unbecoming" for a driver to speak that way, ignoring that 1 it's not his first language and 2 IT WAS ENGLISH PEOPLE HE LEARNT THAT LANGUAGE FROM. Sometimes people misspeak, but Yuki has always taken accountability and apologised if he has and if he caused harm. Martin Brundle did not get nearly as much backlash from the media when he misspoke and called an Asian driver a slur while commentating. He also never apologised for it.

Alex, one of the four Brits on the grid but who drives under the Thai flag, has said that the commentators only call him British born when he does well. He was completely excluded from the Silverstone publicity about the home crowd heroes, whereas George, Lewis & Lando were heralded, not only on race weekend, but for weeks leading up to it.

Alex's statement also reminded me of this Richard Harris quote, "When I'm in trouble, I'm an Irishman. When I turn in a good performance, I'm an Englishman." Genuinely, if I took a shot every time a British organisation/person claimed a talented Irish person was actually a Brit, I'd have died from alcohol poisoning years ago.

Hell, I see George wearing the poppy pin this weekend in the lead up to remembrance Sunday. Do you know the amount of shit James McClean gets every year because he refuses to wear one? And he has very valid reasons for choosing not to wear it, yet he's torn to shreds every year by not only random people on the Internet or on the streets but by commentators and the media too.

Because of how this sport became mainstream and because no one challenged Bernie Eccleston's monopoly on broadcasting rights back in the day (people were given the opportunity to buy a share of the broadcasting rights; the idiots said no), this sport has prioritised the British voice/perspective for decades. I know the other broadcasts are just as biased for their home team/drivers, but the British one is the biggest one, as it's the main broadcast for better and more often for the worst. It's the broadcast with the most reach and influence. Their bias has to be challenged eventually if this sport ever hopes to properly expand and grow. The British bias is so difficult to miss once you start noticing it.

[jonnywaistcoat]

Mr waistcoat did you do research of the Czech language and pronunciation? todays statement made me giggle with the pronunciation of "otevři své srdce" it sounded so russian

I did as much research as I could without actually knowing anyone who speaks Czech that I could consult with at short notice (I edited the episode ages beforehand, and only remembered it had the Czech phrases when I was already mid-recording), so mostly it was YouTube and referring to the International Phonetic Alphabet, then giving it my best shot. I'm under no impression I nailed it, but hey, you just do your best with this stuff. Doesn't surprise me it sounded Russian - I've a lot more experience trying to pronounce Russian words than Czech, so it makes sense my voice goes in that direction when trying to use similar phonemes.

[julykings]

25 today

[moeblob]

I enjoyed the Heroes request thank you anon o7

And also I have decided not only will Haley take pics of the cosplay, she makes it because if she doesn't, who will. Gotta be the change you wanna see in the world. (Alex just there for moral support)

[feketeribizli]

she cut her hair 😔

[willgrahamscock]

lmao dude tripling down on the marvel shit. just put on your blog that you're pro israel next time before you use a seemingly queer platform to promote genocide

What does my gay ass talking about my favorite gays have to do with Palestine? I know you see me reblogging resources for Palestine why don’t you focus on donating instead of harassing people enjoying fandom things.

Y’all make INSANE leaps like saying people support genocide because they’re sharing love for a fandom that’s been around for decades. Made by hundreds if not thousands of different groups of people.

Attacking random people online trying to just have fun is NOT the same thing as holding mega corporations accountable.

[sonadowkismesis]

sorry, no art this week. just edits of fem!ford of varying quality. her name's andromeda. grauntie andy. and i love her

[uhbasicallyjustmilex]

eternally thinking about alex giggling through his lyrics when miles tries to kiss him

[applysome]

Alex Turner on his knees for Miles Kane : a collection

Source: Pinterest

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[yrsonpurpose]

When you hold me, it holds me together.

[jenna-louise-jamie]

alex rider + text posts pt 3

[actual-changeling]

An angel and a demon walk into a bar.

It sounds like the beginning of a joke, one that would have annoyed Crowley greatly before- before. Maybe it would have been mildly amusing, were it not for the fact that it is a pub, not a bar (a mere technicality that somehow still mattered), and it is the first time in seven months that he is looking Aziraphale right in the face.

He chose the place, walked right out of the bookshop and across the street the second Aziraphale looked at him with his stupid purple eyes and opened his mouth. Same table, same drinks. New silence.

A demon leads an angel into a pub so he does not kiss him again.

Less of a joke, more like the beginning of a nightmare he has had every single time he tried to sleep, woken by whispered words either confirming his worst fears or greatest desires; both incite fear, one way or another.

The low table between them is enough of a barrier to prevent a repeat of their last interaction, it has to be, although this time Aziraphale is looking at him with violet-coloured longing and an apology on his lips, no longer pleading, no longer angry. He is asking for forgiveness, and if that isn't a deeply ironic twist of fate.

Before either of them says a single word, Crowley finishes his drink and raises his hand to order another one, clinging to the familiar sting of alcohol in his throat to burn away the questions lingering on his tongue.

An angel followed a demon into a pub because he loves him.

Aziraphale wishes he could tell himself Crowley looks like he did seven months ago, that he hasn't changed, but he is done lying to himself, to either of them. Behind his shades, dark, darker if that is even possible, he can feel his golden gaze heavy on his face, familiar and the answer to an empty longing in his chest.

His drink goes untouched as Crowley downs one, then another, and it is after the third that he finally begins to talk.

"What do you want?"

Bitter, sharp, spit at his feet with an anger he expected and yet doesn't know how to react to. Underneath it is pain—more pain than any being should ever have to experience—and instead of trying to carry some of it for him, he only added to it.

"I want to apologise."

"Fine." Crowley shoves his empty glass away and gets up. "I don't forgive you."

Reflexively, Aziraphale reaches out and curls his fingers around his wrist when Crowley tries to walk past him, blinking up at him with eyes the colour of dying Myosotis.

Forget-me-nots.

They both freeze, the point of contact a crack in the walls they have spent centuries building and seven months rebuilding, and he knows he has made a mistake immediately.

Crowley stares at him, still as stone, until he suddenly rips his arm out of his grasp, almost cradling it against his chest. With dawning horror, Aziraphale realises he is shaking, tremors running through him like waves breaking apart on a rocky shore.

"Don't you dare touch me." Panic, not anger. Pure, unfiltered panic blooming beside a mountain of fear that could outlast an eternity.

"I-" He doesn't know what he wants to say, what he is trying to say, what he needs to say to make him stay. Oh, the irony of it all.

Crowley leaves the pub, and the Supreme Archangel stays behind.

Not a demon anymore, not technically, he is done with sides, and deeds, and choices; he never makes the right ones anyway. His wrist hurts with the ghost of a kiss, and he cannot get the glint of purple where summer sky blue should be out of his head. 

The Bentley is waiting for him, providing an escape from the noise, the people, him.

Apologies instead of I'm coming back.

A sickening aura of holiness tinged with the burn of ozone instead of books and dust and soft, silly angel.

Seven months of waiting, of pleading with God, of cursing Her, cursing him, cursing the entire fucking world for taking and taking and taking from him without pause, without even a fragment of mercy.

For this.

An angel returns to heaven. Crowley curses the stars and cries.

[fcaruana]

after answering questions from users landolapinto and 43l4ndo: "if you want your question on the podcast you must have lando, franco or both... actually, ONLY both"

[laswells-ashtray]

Hiiiiiiii who out of the cod guys is most likely to tear up at a movie? And, to add to that, who is is embarrassed or entirely unashamed?

Soap will shed a few tears at Brokeback Mountain and he doesn't care, that movie is fucking heartbreaking.

Price would get choked up by Dead Poets Society when he was younger. He refuses to rewatch it now for fear it might be just as bad.

Gaz was back home for Christmas one year and the family decided to throw on the Jurassic World movies for the kids, he had gotten slightly tipsy with his siblings and when it got to the scene where they have to leave the brachiosaurus behind and it burns in the lava he leaves "to go smoke" and then stands outside and wipes the tears from his eyes because it was just so fucking sad and he's definitely drunk. Would never admit it to anyone.

Nikolai sheds a single tear at Mamma Mia during Slipping Through My Fingers, he feels no shame. It would get to the best of men. He was also high as shit on painkillers at the time.

I've said it before, I'll say it again. Shawshank Redemption gets Graves. He is ashamed of it but the bit with Brook just gets to him and crumbles every time.

No one knows and no one will ever know but the movie that truly does it for Ghost is All Dogs Go to Heaven. I don't feel the need to explain.

Big believer that Alex is the worst out of all of the cod men because if you get him drunk enough then he'll cry at damn near any movie, he's a big feelings type if drunk and it shows. Watched Philidelphia once while drunk and started bawling, to this day he doesn't remember it.

[maxbegone]

FIRSTPRINCE + QUOTES

Backwards by Warsan Shire

The Hug by Thom Gunn

The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller

Perfect Chemistry by Simone Elkeles

It was a quiet way by Emily Dickinson

The Need by Rod McKuen