Something I’ve been thinking about lately is that small moment in “Air Turtle” where immediately after the Daves lose yet another game, Leo says how sorry he is and how he’s doing his best as the mascot. This moment is so short but it’s honestly jam-packed with a whole heap of characterization.
His need to apologize for things clearly not his fault - especially when it feels like he messes up the job he was given despite doing the best he can (the phrase “it’s not about you” takes a new meaning when this is one of the lessons to be learned from that - that he is not always solely responsible for things going wrong), his need to save face and make a connection with an older adult man in his life (something he consistently does throughout the series - he’s got a few daddy issues, always collecting potential father figures, it’s no wonder he jumps at the bit to keep rapport), and the way he sounds and looks and the words he chooses really pushes how he is just a kid (“Mr. the Dunk, I’m so sorry”).
Like I know it’s a one off moment that doesn’t truly mean much, but when put against the rest of the series it works really well with the rest of Leo’s established character and helps in solidifying later concepts as well.
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whats the backstory around those Dani gifs about the cable
so! the 2013 season was, essentially, a three horse race for a very big part of the year. marc, jorge and dani were all riding incredibly well, the trio often standing on the podium together, and the title was within reach for all three of them
that is, until the aragon round.
going into aragon marc was leading the championship with 253 points, and behind him jorge and dani were tied on 219 points (this gap would likely have been even smaller had dani and jorge not missed a race and been riding injured in the middle of the season, but i digress), so really everything was to play for still with five remaining races where anything could happen
in aragon, however, dani basically lost his shot at the title as marc on lap six lightly collided with his rear tire (it was barely a touch!), and in doing so accidentally severing a cable important for traction control. dani then high sided when getting out on the straight, crushing his hopes of being world champion in the process…..
now, this was a total freak accident!! like. a one in a thousand chance, if even that….. it’s not something a rider can consciously do, cutting off another riders cable like that, and it’s an incident of just complete disastrous luck on both marc’s and dani’s part. coupled with all the injury issues dani had already been having for years, always seeming to break something or get hurt in the most terrible of times, it’s heartbreaking !!! the guy who is trying desperately not to get hurt, not this time, not again, is always somehow the one ending up in the gravel. in the hospital.
jorge in the end only finished 4 points behind marc in 2013, so who knows how dani would’ve done had he been able to finish the aragon race on the podium, or maybe even atop it. we could’ve been talking about a completely different season, i think.
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Damirae Movie/Book AUs but they get more and more unhinged
The Little Mermaid: Raven's lived in the demon world her own life, desperately wants to escape her father and become human. To do so, she makes a deal with a notorious human wizard who spends a large portion of his time in the demon realm (John Constantine). He's genuinely trying to help her, but reminds her that with magic there is always a price to be paid. While her body will be able to venture into the human world, her voice will have to stay trapped there. She gets on land, she meets up with the asshole of a prince (Damian Wayne) that she once saved the life of. He doesn't trust her at first, but grows to love her. Featuring Bruce Wayne as a "skeptical but ultimately wants the best for his son" King, Dick Grayson as the "trying to get these two lovebirds hitched" Adopted Prince, Kory as the "I am from a different world too. You do not need to say anything, but know you have a friend in my" princess by marriage, John Constantine as "Magic has its price, but I will try to help you in whatever way I can" and Trigon trying to destroy the world as the third act conflict!
The Holidate: Damian is tired of having to find some girl to hold on his arm for every single Wayne Gala and family function. Raven, is sick of Kory droning on and on about how it is totally fine that she is single for the holidays. At Kory and Dick's holiday party, Raven and Damian meet for the first time and strike up a deal to simply be each other's date to every holiday function and Wayne gala. But uh oh they're gonna fall in love. Featuring: paparazzi losing their minds at Damian Wayne's new girl, angry confessions, Kory and Dick rooting for the crazy kids, and two people who don't believe in love starting to change their ways.
We're the Millers: Down on his luck, John Constantine made a deal with some bad people and now he has to smuggle some very illegal magical artifacts across the border. Problem is, doing it on his own would look incredibly suspicious. So, he enlists the help of the beautiful small time magician Zatanna and the street rat Raven to pretend to be his family. Things do not go well, but get even worse when they run into an old friend of Zatanna's and have to genuinely pretend to be a family. But despite their wealth, the Waynes don't really seem that perceptive, so how bad could it be? Featuring: Dick Grayson forcing the Wayne family to go on a bonding trip, Damian hating the trip until he meets Raven, Batman showing up???, Zatanna trying to set up Damian and Raven and John actively trying to sabotage it.
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