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lgbtq people are like "look at my babygirl!!!" and the babygirl is a middle-aged man who has gone through the horrors of life

Samirah al-Abbas, daughter of Loki, but better than Loki!

MCGA, The Ship of the Dead, Rick Riordan

I really need to rant about this because it has been on my mind these past few days. I’ve been a charlos fan since the beginning of last year when I first got into f1 (and no, it’s not because of dts but because of a couple of friends who made me watch the race). I loved their dynamic on and off the track even if some people say that it’s a pr friendship. However, the spanish gp made me look at the them, their team, and especially their respective fans, differently.

First of all, I want to talk about the team and their response to the “pr disaster” of a thumbnail on their latest video.

It’s pretty disappointing to think that they first posted this without including Carlos in it despite it being his home race. There was definitely a lot of backlash that happened in the comment section before their pr team decided to change it last minute. However, it’s really sad that some of Charles’ fans are calling out those people who complained saying that they were, “crybabies.” They also mentioned how Charles wasn’t even there in the thumbnail during the 2022 monaco gp. I honestly think that this discourse makes no sense whatsoever because there is a clear distinction between the two instances. I love both, but let’s face it, one driver is the team favorite while the other is not. The thumbnail just adds even more fuel to the fire tbh which I honestly wish the pr team took into account before posting. imo, the complaints of cs fans are completely justified. Second, I want to talk about the post-race interviews where Charles and Carlos aired their thoughts about the race. I think it's understandable and warranted that Charles would get annoyed with what happened, especially since there was damage on his left front wing because of the move made by Carlos. I also get why Carlos was so disappointed because it was his home race and honestly, who wouldn't want to win during their home race? I just do not get why the fans are taking what they say in the heat of the moment to heart. Obviously, they could've worded it better but they were literally interviewed right after the race so tensions are expectedly high. Agree with one side or not, just don't take it personally. It is what is. Third, I want to talk about the fan discourse on social media. Those “extremist” fans on BOTH sides can honestly be so toxic. And I guess this may be normal for any team sport but there should be a limit to what people can say. I have seen a lot of terrible takes online, such as some cs fans wanting cl to dnf which is bad in itself.

BUT, it’s not even as bad as those fake fans that were sending d e a t h t h r e a t s and wanting the driver to be ✨ unalived ✨ just because of a petty fan war.

Like y’all (and I mean both extreme cs and cl fans) got to stop because these are REAL people, you know? They aren’t just fictional people who come back to life after the story ends smh. I honestly doubt that Charles and Carlos themselves would condone these kinds of behavior.

There were even comments such as the one below which is absolutely disgusting and frankly quite misogynistic. We all know that there are a lot of women in motorsports and there are many issues that they have faced which are frequently brought up. “Fans” like these should not be using these kinds of “jokes” to further their agenda.

Lastly, I know for a fact that team/driver wars will never end since it’s literally built into the sport. I just hope we post things with more tact next time, constructively criticize the actions of the people involved, and remember that these are real people, with real experiences, and real emotions. I also hope that charlos themselves will be able to work better together in their last year of being teammates. ♡

I know sometimes my memes are annoying and weird but you should see the ones I don't post lol.

Marcy is one of those characters who can steal the show from the main characters in less than a instant.

i am so overcome by the way knives is in love with an idea of his brother. an image. he is so infatuated with the idea of having a twin that he will literally destroy everything that makes vash vash, hollow him out until he's empty, just so he can have him by his side. just so they can be together. how devastating to love someone so much that you don't love them at all. how hideous it is to be loved that way, to be loved as an idol, and not a being.

not “oh my god it’s just a tv show” as in you are not allowed to find genuine joy and form a true connection to fiction, but “oh my god it’s just a tv show” as in, if it legitimately stresses you out and impacts your mood when things don’t happen exactly the way you want them to, and it causes you to lash out at other - real - people, maybe you need to take a massive step back.

“Bring back cunty F1”

Y’all can’t even handle Max Verstappen

"are you team green or team black on house of the drago-" i'm on the girls team. all the women on the show deserve to be picked up and transported to a place far far away from the pathetic little men on this show. all of the girls are valid and right. i will defend all of them to the death

I know everyone sees Itto as Genshin's comedic relief, but I'm telling you all, Alhaitham is actually the funniest character in Genshin Impact.

According to the fandom, he's hot, he's famous, he's the one in charge of the house...

But according to the people of Sumeru? Dude became grand sage and not a single NPC around the city had a thing to say about that. Sachin's son got his ass beat and he didn't even know who Alhaitham was; it was just "some guy in green." People on the streets are said to not even notice Alhaitham, let alone be able to identify him by appearance. The only time we ever hear NPCs directly commenting on Alhaitham, it's Siraj's collective who hate Alhaitham's guts. Dori refuses to work with him. Random Eremites call him a lunatic within two minutes of meeting him.

Alhaitham's reputation in Sumeru is "Who? Ah, that guy? I heard he's weird," and then everyone moves on.

Meanwhile, Kaveh is literally famous enough to have an epithet ("the Light of Kshahrewar"), is the lead architect on entire city redesigns, and was trusted before Alhaitham's take over to do work on the Akademiya itself. He built the most famous landmark in the rainforest outside of the Divine Tree. He's well-known enough that people bank on his reputation to start scams; people send their children to take courses with him in the belief that it will bless them with successful future careers. He's known for philanthropic endeavors to help the poor and disadvantaged. He won the Interdarshan Championship. This is the Sumeru equivalent of winning an Olympic gold medal!!

Kaveh is the Taylor Swift to Alhaitham's Travis Kelce. They might have independent success, but in every measurement of public sentiment, Kaveh vastly outshines Alhaitham, and the fandom should really take a step back and think about how hilarious this makes everything about their situation in canon.

For the few in Sumeru who are actually paying attention, sure, Alhaitham is the (former) acting grand sage who makes a pretty penny and owns the house Kaveh lives in. For the average majority of Sumeru's citizens who are way more likely to know Kaveh? Alhaitham is literally just "that guy who is shacked up with the Light of Kshahrewar."

Kaveh's efforts to keep where he lives a secret just makes him come across like one of those reclusive types of artists who value their privacy. Half the public in Sumeru probably think he just prefers to keep himself and his lover out of the limelight. Kaveh was so busy pretending not to be poor, he forgot that every ounce of pretending he does just helps him keep his own celebrity status. The harder he attempts to act secretive about where he lives and with whom, the more it comes across as "Please respect this famous person's privacy and stop asking about the details of his relationship."

And Alhaitham, for whom being "that guy who is shacked up with the Light of Kshahrewar" is THE life goal? Everything is going according to keikaku. Kaveh has convinced the entirety of Sumeru that he and Alhaitham are in a relationship, all without Alhaitham having to lift a finger. The more determined Alhaitham gets to fly under the radar, the more it looks like he's Kaveh's kept man. If you aren't living with him because you're broke, then why are you living with him, Kaveh? There's simply no way for Alhaitham to lose.

It's just... so funny.

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