#1 they were discussing it

[cesium-sheep]

honestly very rude of her to exploit my dogged desire to discover secrets to bring me back for a moment, intentional or not (I’m joking, although it is actually working)

#she only gave me three clues which is very rude!!! #1 they were discussing it #2 it has to do with the future #3 it is something worth informing me of as a unit (presumably because it is good news) #obviously nobody's engaged or pgrenant #given that you can only legally have one spouse and I'm the only one with a uterus #oh fuck I got sidetracked looking up pregananant and it turns out there's a longer version of previously on a drama #anyway that's such an unfairly small number of clues!!! #I can't think of anything that has to do with the future that would be news!!! #I know he wants to buy out his brother's share of the house and move us all in in theory!!! #and I know she wants to get into uw's psych program so we can go home!!! #what could it beeeeeeee #I suppose it could be that he trusts us enough to move with us next time even if we don't go home? #that would be very nice but it is important to temper my expectations cuz that's awful big #and it would probably take more discussion than that #what's a smaller hypothesis that's still reasonable then? #I don't think he'd actually miss christmas with all his family and friends to come visit us #especially since time is fake anyway and it still counts just as much if it's a couple weeks before or after #that's also not really very 'future' #can't be anything to do with work cuz I just talked to him about that a week ago #at least not directly #if it had anything to do with my care he would've just talked to me directly so it's not that he found a resource or something #it could be that his brother is willing to cut him a very friendly deal on the house? #that doesn't feel likely to be correct but it does feel like a more reasonable scale of hypothesis #cuz if you guess too big you make everyone sad. #maybe the neighbors agreed to the sheep fence? #but again why would he be discussing that with her? #it's being treated like an announcement more than a question #so it's presumably something I'm already implicitly on board with #oh shit maybe they're considering a vacation together? that still doesn't feel future enough but it's good scale.

[changewingwentz]

He’s just the vessel

venting out my weird mood swings 2 days ago, my city was raining hard and the storm soothed my mind a lil, when I first saw his mask the first impression were rotting flesh like, eating it away and it looks like a spider

went to a store I’ve never been to last night and it had a display of fluffy pens, “haha imagine vessel writing the most emotionally driven lyrics with those …..”

#hackus art #sleep token #vessel #sleep token vessel #vessel sleep token #sketch #also I need the fandom to discuss on how he uses a stereoscope I got some ideas #this is what I get for listening to my demons at 1 am #why were you thinking abt this you ask cuz I have a sliiighhttt interest to the Victorian times #and stereoscopes are an interesting concept to me #the brainrot grind is too strong #sleep token fanart #doodles

[skitskatdacat63]

Fernando Alonso & His Relationship With Cards

I'm sure we're all familar with the cards on the back of Fernando's Vegas GP helmet by now, but did you know his relationship with cards goes a lot deeper?

I. Magic Tricks

You've probably seen or heard someone at least mention Fernando's propensity for card tricks. As far as I can tell he was doing them(publically) as far back as 2003 all the way to as recently as 2018. Even once performing a card trick, with a condom and a teddy bear(!??!?!??!!), in front of Valentino Rossi who said "How was that possible?"(x)

But how did this start? According to James Allen, "Fernando admits to having been heavily influenced by his grandfather, a mercurial figure, who taught him magic and card tricks, still one of his passions away from the race track."(x) And I'm not sure the validity of this one, because I couldn't find an actual source, but apparently he once said: "My parents are responsible for the two things I like doing most - driving and magic tricks. They bought me my first go-kart and a magician's kit."

In several interviews he described it as his hobby off track, and that he loved learning new tricks and surprising others in the garage with them! So clearly cards are pretty important to him both as a hobby but also to who he is as a person since they've been with him just as long as racing has.

II. Card Symbolism in His Helmets

This is the reason I originally made this post, but I thought I should also explain the origins of his card fascination first. As I said, we probably all remember the cards on the back of his helmet in Vegas, but did you know that wasn't the first time he had cards on the back of his helmet?

From 2008-2013, he used to have a pair of cards on the back of his helmets. The symbolisms of the cards themselves as well as the evolution of their design is really fascinating to me! Even more so with the recent development of the card choice in 2023.

Fernando said he wanted to reference his two titles in some way on the back of his helmet and after his friend sent him several ideas, he decided on having two cards(an ace of clubs and an ace of hearts, sometimes pictured with 05 and 06 on them as well), saying: "I picked the cloverleaf [the ace of clubs - Ed] to give me luck, but the only pity is that it doesn't have four leaves!"(X)

2008.

Here's the very first appearance of the cards! They're displayed flat, with the 05 and 06 clearly visible

2009.

Very similar to 2008, but with a slightly different design, and they're maybe a bit more straight with less shadow?

2010.

This is the first major change! I was sad they didn't have the years on them anymore, but then I realized they're sparkly to match with his signature lightning bolts on the top of the helmet!!

2011.

Honestly I'm still somewhat unsure if this is the actual 2011 helmet? It's pretty difficult to find clear photos of the back of helmets from older seasons. It's easiest to find them on replica sites or auction sites so I'm not 100%? But anyways, I like that this has the championship years on the underside of the cards

2012.

This is when I started getting weirdly emotional about the helmets. Do you see how they've progressed from being a centerpoint to being curled up and sad at the bottom of the helmet? Not listing the year anymore??

2013.

Same thoughts as 2012. And after this season, they cease to exist (just like his ferrari chair in the garage, WOAH CALLBACK), until cards make a reeappearance in his Vegas helmet, albeit in a different form

2013 Monaco(Honorable Mention):

For some reason 2013 helmets were easier to find proper pictures of, so I happened to witness this absolute beauty. The creativity of this helmet genuinely blows me away??? Wanting to keep the card motif, but making sure to incorporate it into the rest of the puzzle piece design?? Mwah! There was another special 2013 helmet but they didn't change the cards at all so I really applaud this one

2023 Las Vegas(The Return of The King):

The magnificent return! But look! The cards are different cards! Instead of being two aces, it's now an ace of hearts, a four of hearts(his driver number of course!) and, the, now iconic, representation of himself as a Joker. I literally could not believe my eyes when this helmet was released and I saw the Joker card, what a fucking silly old man....I really wonder if he felt nostalgic having cards on his helmet again or if he didn't think about it all and was just like, "ah cards because Vegas!!!"

III. Why Does This Matter?

*The rest of the post was factual, this is moreso my personal thoughts on the symbolism of the cards/designs

This post spawned from me recently watching the 2010 Bahrain gp and noticing "hey wait a minute...are those CARDS ON THE BACK OF HIS HELMET!?" It's a really tiny detail that's unfortunately covered up by the HANS device pretty much whenever he's wearing the helmet, so it's really difficult to spot! But I became fascinated with the fact that he had cards on his helmet before that recent helmet, and now here we are!

There's something to me about how the design of the cards evolves over the course of six seasons from the cards being front and center to being smaller, more folded up and closer to the bottom of the helmet. As I said, the 2012-2013 ones genuinely made me depressed because it feels, symbolically, like his hopes for getting another Ace are becoming more and more unlikely and falling away until they eventually fall falt and fade away entirely after 2013 and disappear for basically a decade.

But when they return? They're not the same cards! Instead of representing Fernando's championships, they now represent him as a person, displaying his driver number and his persona of being a Joker!! Though I do think it's interesting he happened to keep the Ace of Hearts, even though he talked more about the Ace of Clubs before. I'm not sure it's actually this deep in reality, but I like to think that it's him not letting his championships(and the lack thereof) define him, but rather letting who he is as a person shine and be the centerpoint instead! But on a sadder note, as @suzuki-ecstar said to me, maybe the Aces aren't there anymore because he's lost all hope for a chance at a third Ace entirely :(

#yes its finals week and im up to my eyes in coursework but instead decided to spend like 5 hours researching and writing this post #nah bcs i actually genuinely put more work into this then I think I have all semester dsfjdskjg #that thing about him using a condom and teddy bear in a magic trick genuinely had me crying with laugher. actual tears rolling down my face #<- HOW!?!? WHAT WAS THE TRICK?? its literally inconceivable to me what he did. oh if only there were pics UGH #anyways!! this post was a lot of fun to make!! i really really love the symbolism and design of helmets so this was a rly fun project #and i also went down a lot of rabbitholes while make this and saw many very weird articles from yore #i feel like i make an equal amnt of deranged posts abt seb and nando but i dont know why nando is gifted w all my well researched projects #<- i.e. chair post. that was the same level of research as this one but at least this one i could find actual sources about.... #idk theres smth about the extremely long history of nando's history that evokes research posts like this KLAJSLSKDJ #theres just so much that i dont think I ever really see people discussing! so i must create. #haha what was that joke tag i wanted to make abt my researched posts? I think: #normal posts that catie normally makes in a normal fashion #<- one day ill go back and actually tag posts w that. bcs the amtn of research compared to my actual schoolwork is so unwell #fernando alonso #fa14 #f1 #formula 1 #catie.rambling.txt #we do a little bit of f1

[formulinos]

sam raimi's rules of horror: don't make a boring picture!

1. the innocent must suffer 2021 abu dhabi grand prix | 2008 brazilian grand prix | 1999 italian grand prix | 2019 canadian grand prix 2. the guilty must be punished renault and their crashgate | michael schumacher's 1997 disqualification of the championship | mclaren and their spygate 3. you must taste blood to become a man 2010 turkish grand prix | 1990 japanese grand prix | 2016 spanish grand prix | 1998 belgian grand prix

#formula 1 #sam raimi #lewis hamilton #sebastian vettel #felipe massa #mika hakkinen #michael schumacher #spygate #crashgate #david coulthard #mark webber #idek how to tag this so well #formulinosedits #could i have gone even further in time? yes #but why ykwim? #i have arguments for all the ones on item 4 #also sam raimi says in this video they were discussing if they should add rule 5 #which would be the dead must walk #you understand why i didn't add that one #(it's not official anyway) #at last i know some gifs look ugly there is no way to settle for what tumblr expects of me to be honest

[esteemed-excellency]

today's doodles, courtesy of @that-fella-snipsnop:

Snipsnop and Hiram drinking boba tea

one of the Deviless' bees eating a tapioca pearl

Hiram eating cheetos à la Oscar Isaac

#today's points of discussion included: #1) flondoners would have a blast with boba tea (we were discussing this drinking boba tea irl) #2) it would probably have rubbery lumps instead of tapioca #3) flondoners would immediately find a way to make boba tea super poisonous #4) hiram would 100% drink that #5) unrelated to the boba discussion but relevant to the food theme: if devils are made of bees and honeycombs are they edible? #6) the devils would love baklavas #snipsnop #hiram hargrave #for me <3

[musical-chick-13]

So I guess ultimately my question is why are we assuming that Nayuta specifically meant “Denji belongs to me definitively, and you are trying to take his attention away from me?”

Aside from the fact that narrative misdirection is a thing and that I think it would completely contradict all the themes of the story thus far to just have her be Makima 2.0 and inherently evil...

We don’t actually know if she and Yoru recognize each other or not? Even on a subconscious level. If she does recognize Yoru (and, reasonably, knows how her powers work) calling Yoru a thief could have meant that “You are trying to steal Denji’s spinal cord to make a weapon” or even “You have stolen this random girl’s body to use for yourself.” (Even if she doesn’t know specifically that Yoru is sharing Asa’s body, she might still be able to tell that something weird is going on?)

She’s still a child, she might have just impulsively said the smallest amount of words that would sort-of convey what she was feeling.

I’m not worried yet.

Yet.

#I know people are pointing to the 'don't kiss me in front of her' as evidence of her posessiveness over denji but. she's also a child? #lots of children just don't like seeing kissing in general. especially involving family members. it's also possible that...idk they were #watching a movie once with a kiss scene and she made a disgusted face or something and denji just interpreted that the wrong way #I mean. I know creators like to troll people especially ones who are essentially human cryptids like fujimoto but...he did say that part 2 #would be different from part 1. idk he's not a stupid writer I don't think he would go this hard on Themes™ of love and connection and how #they enrich our lives and then backtrack on that? I don't think he would highlight how Things Will Be Different if it didn't mean anything? #MANY THOUGHTS HEAD FULL #I'm still sad we didn't get a discussion between yoru and nayuta about eating crayons I'm thinking too much about that one comic #nayuta #yoru #chainsaw man #chainsaw man spoilers #chainsaw man manga spoilers #csm spoilers #csm manga spoilers #csm chapter 119 #(I think that's all of the tags people might have reasonably blocked if they don't want manga spoilers???)

[charlesemersonwinchesteriii]

Sorry if someone's already made this poll I am just DYING to know if anyone else finds it hard to believe, as the show seems to expect us to do, that he entirely failed to notice both these things.

Speaking for myself, I can accept the possibility that Julian was clever enough to hide his enhancements from even a trained spy, especially given his decades of practice at it. But personally I just cannot believe Garak didn't at least suspect something was off when Julian got replaced.

#Star Trek: Deep Space 9 #garashir #Elim Garak #Julian Bashir #SOOOOOOO MANY THOUGHTS ON THIS TOPIC ALL WHIRLING AROUND IN MY BRAIN I NEED MORE OUTSIDE INPUT I NEED TO KNOW IF I'M GOING CRAZY OR NOT #also look everyone I made my very first poll :3 please clap #Starky's Original Posts #this post sounds confrontational but it's supposed to sound EXCITED because it's an EXCITING topic to me!!! I just can't talk sowwy #the thing that gets me about the changeling is that they show us that scene in Inferno's Light of him discussing darts with Miles #specifically to show us that its impersonation is not flawless!! there were signs!! #unless that was just supposed to signify that it was getting sloppier as it grew closer to its goal or w/e #anyways as far as fic goes I also love stories where the changeling specifically deals with Garak by either #1) drawing away from Garak making him think Julian just doesn't like him anymore; deliberately playing on an insecurity it can sense in him #OR WORSE #2) having sex with him to distract him from any inconsistent behavior; deliberately playing on a separate but related vulnerability #SO many evil possibilities given to us.................

[alligatorangel]

this is about my dragonborn wereboar

#the curse affected her #strangely #my art #my ocs #rumours of a strange draconic boar appearing along the swords coast #have dragon scholars furiously theorizing #little do they know said strange boar is a nerd for draconic lore and would happily discuss with them #my friends were talking about how a boar is a strange animal to associate with a character #and it is #if he hadnt gotten wereboared number 1 animal association would be tiger

[teeveeyou]

1x05 Studs - Tarlos deleted scene. @911lonestarrewatch

#oh this week's rewatch means we get to be haunted all over again by this deleted scene 😭 lol #what did they discuss to end up embracing like this #tk in a nice-ish button down #the water this time and no alcohol! #the tamales! #the candles! #i think they were probably discussing paul and what happened with josie and tk feeling bad about it #to set up the club scene later on #911 lone star #tarlos #tk strand #carlos reyes #season 1 #ep: studs #911 lone star rewatch 2024

[hummerous]

finally, a recording of my singing voice that I like - only took............... nine years. okay. yeah. fuck me.

#my dad was on national television (not u.s.) for singing. as a kid. when the first TVs were being.. released in our country #mom won state competitions (our equivalent anyway) #they sent me in to this fuckin. juliard type place when i was ten. because someone up the ladder owed a friend of a friend a favor.. #and i literally. 1) didnt know how to sing. at all. no discussion happened previous. 2) didnt know the language they wrote everything in #it was fun. i sat in for a class - shattered my ego in ways I couldnt quite put into words #and then three years nothing #then. when my voice started to break. do that annoying teenage thing - they got me private tutor #i was incompetent and (unbeknownst to moi) had a massive crush on the tutor #so that was another. fun . part #so it's been interesting #getting here #one recording #lmao. #I'm happy #hmrsrmbl

[romansmartini]

sorry i just watched that one episode of its always sunny with brian cranston and aaron paul and i gotta ask… what the fuck do they have going on. whats happening there.

the thing about this episode is that. on the surface level it is ultimately just one big product placement exchange between two sets of Guys On TV Selling Their Own Alcohol Line. what’s made it truly great is that aaron paul and bryan cranston are of their own accord doing all their marketing in gay for pay style that makes you believe they’re an exciting upper class gay couple that works in entertainment in new york and has a summer home in maine and two identical purse dogs named ginger and judy. but they’re making an appearance on the toxic people show created by the rpf brothers. their willingness to adapt means that this gay for pay relationship persona transforms into toxic age gap relationship probably borne out of an unprofessional workplace environment who has crazy hate sex and who undoubtedly engages in some form of pet play. which is why it’s awesome

#asks #iasip #rpf #LOOOVE THIS EPISODE. standout of the season for me and i was surprised by that #some caveats: 1) i don’t know how gay for pay bc and ap were during brba. but i would love to #2) i made this post assuming you know the glob lore. if you don’t know the glob lore Come Back. we have more to discuss in rpf city

[rongzhi]

What are some censorship rules that you feel you could most comfortably poke fun at without feeling like you could get in some kind of trouble or ending up on some watchlist for doing?

I guess the FOSTA/SESTA censorship law is a pretty miserable piece of legislation that has had a net negative impact on society since day 1. If I could find something funny about it, I'd definitely go for that one.

Although, you can make fun of it directly without being put on some watchlist, though keep in mind this is the law that laid groundwork for online surveillance/suppression of sex workers, and is basically the blueprint for some anti-abortion legislation proposals that would make it illegal to discuss obtaining abortions online. so if some people have their way, someday you COULD get put on a list for giving tips and info online to those seeking abortions. but i digress.

#yes i know anon was prob asking about china but i don't have an answer to that as i'm not at risk of ending up on any chinese watchlists #and i don't have a direct line to the NRTA to find out what gets you on any watchlists anyway，surprise surprise #You probably wouldn't get put on a list anyway #you'd probably just get perma banned from whatever platform you were posting on if you kept breaking their rules about what you can mention #the most basic of censorship rules for most sites i don't think anyone would have a problem with anyway bc most ppl in china agree w them #[these rules usually include no nazi flags or imperial japanese (rising sun) flag depictions， adhering to 1 china policy in discussions #not spreading superstition #or promoting belief in the superstitious] #I see netizens openly complain about topics being suppressed from search trends all the time it's probably (i'm guessing) not as sensitive #as you think #like you'd have to really be causing a scene to get taken note of #anyway sometimes i get what are essentially like. idk. essay prompts. in my inbox #and i just need you all to know i'm dumb as bricks and i don't keep up with international politics in any significant way #answered ask #text #...I guess to actually answer the question I think you could probably make fun of censorship of ghosts and witches a lot #the film censor bureau really shoots itself in the foot with the censorship laws. the chinese film horror genre is a fucking joke #and i see chinese netizens complaining that the domestic movie censorship has gone too far all the time #It's really a shame bc it's stifling some great story telling and everyone knows it

[skitskatdacat63]

2010 Bahrain Grand Prix - Fernando Alonso

#aaaaaahhhh what a good podium!! he looks so good bark bark bark #i love how theres like 2 immensely iconic pictures from this gp #its still so cool that he won his first race with ferrari!! #tho its a shame bcs its mostly due to seb's technical issues :( #not saying i dont think fernando shouldve won but rather that i was excited for a potential vettonso podium sigh #i already made a post w my thoughts abt it ^ but man i rly loved how 3/4 of this race was vettonso playing cat and mouse #and all the discussion post finish were abt comparing thier performances #twas a very exciting moment for me as you prob know ;;;; so its a shame that after all that they didnt end up on the podium together #OH MY SPEAKING OF THAT. it was so hilarious bcs they cut from nando celebrating in the car to seb's car on the side of the road SOBBBBBB #ah at least we got a little webbonso moment. that moment in my race notes literally says 'webbonso???' cause mark came from nowhere #anyways that gif where hes spraying champagne(rose water ig) at the camera makes me FERALLLLL AAKUHDKJAK #ngl even tho its not champagne it sounded pretty tasty. sparkling water/rose water/pomegranate juice i think? #f1 #formula 1 #fernando alonso #we do a little bit of f1 #fa14 #2010 bahrain gp #<- feels rly cool to write 2010 finally

[raayllum]

haha noo don’t think you’re doing the Right Thing just because it aligns with your worldview and who you need to protect even though it can inevitably mean betraying someone you love and being much more complicated than that

#subset: choice #arc 1 #multi #tests of love #probably missed some with ez / s4 but i can't think of it off the top of my head? #so take this for now #obviously this discussion is ongoing in the series without using 'the right thing' as key words like #soo many scenes relate #but these were the specific ones #screencaps #tdp

[samglyph]

I think some of you are getting annoyed at booktok for the wrong reasons

#text #I don’t have a tiktok. however #say it with me: people sharing their cringe tastes is literally fine and good and a lot of ‘booktok’ books are genuinely good #they just get overwhelmed by the discussion about the cringe ones #WHAT IS BAD about booktok is that in this new world authors are being forced to advertise their own work and be their own marketing teams #something that they didn’t use to have to do and also ARENT PREPARED TO DO #this creates 1. a weird relationship between artist and consumer #and 2. way more labour for the author that they don’t have the time and energy to commit to #instead a being annoyed about their being a booktok table at you local store (which is actually a good thing cause often times those books #are from new up and coming authors and they would only be on the table if they were selling) #try talking about books that you like. support authors by looking at their other work outside of what is advertised #put pressure on publishing houses to support their writers #anyway

[fitzrove]

For the choose violence asks: 9, 16, 19?

9. worst part of canon

KKOG. Conspiracy. Elisabeth Schönbrunn 2022 as a whole (😂😭). Productions that remove Hass or end with a kiss-and-carry in DSF. Productions that remove the Mayerling kiss. Split young and older Elisabeth. Hungarian nationalism (sorry Hungarians I just think it's icky and sus considering the current political situation 😭), mostly when implying Rudolf was a Hungarian nationalist (it's more complicated than that). When actors who clearly don't understand the point of the role are cast as Rudolf...

For TdV: the cuts at the end of Vor dem Schloss. Just remove the best and most central part of the show will you ajjdkdkd... you come into my house and rob me...

16. you can't understand why so many people like this thing (characterization, trope, headcanon, etc)

Broadly in all fandoms - genderbends to make a ship straight (the fuck 😭 there are so many straight ships out there, why is this necessary).

Nurturing Todolf with no implicit ill intentions (I mean I guess I understand it, hurt/comfort is big in all fandoms, but for me it can easily be too much and I'll start getting bored and thinking about them scratching and gnawing at each other AJJDKDH).

Herbfr*d (I mean I think I understand it psychologically since I liked it as a teenager, it's mostly based on fanon anyway, but legit. Y'all need to go to church and start writing todolf fanfic AJDKKDKFKF, at least there they both like it. Though idk if it would be good considering common h*rbfred tropes and the reductiveness/OOCness of how Alfred is written in those fics 😭).

You thought I would mention el*satod and kr*lah here, didn't you 😂😂😂🤣😌 Well, I do understand them, I just don't myself tend to like them.

19. you're mad/ashamed/horrified you actually kind of like...

KKOG (melodically - levay how dare you). Nautilus das Abenteuermusical... there is no excuse...

#tysm for asking!!! was fun to answer #yeah i have such gripes with 1) genderbending i consider bad/OOC 2) genderbending to make a ship straight. i recently read a reddit #discussion where people were defending it and i was just so unconvinced 😭😭 like legit straight ships are the CANONICAL NORM in Big Media #why are you doing this just write a different ship 😭 #i mean i'm not the fandom police do whatever you want ig but i cringe when i see that stuff 😅 #asks