missing the game again tn i gotta work :(

I have to way I'm a bit surprised by all the hate charles gets and all the support carlos gets

I used to think charles was more popular

I guess when it comes to Fandom he does have a bigger one, but I think general audiences seems to support carlos more

Maybe it's underdog narrative idk. Like charles is constantly called spoiled, brat, whiny etc whenever he says ANYTHING that isn't super nice, while carlos can bitch as much as he want and barely gets called out

Fandom is always a bubble. I'd say the top two drivers in fandom are probably Charles, Max, and Lando because they're the ones that are popular with younger audiences. It's certainly not true outside. Sure, there's an RPF to fandom, but I think it's also worth noting as well if you're in F1 fandom, you're probably a more avid viewer of the sport than most casual fans, so things like Max's current domination are made more interesting by knowing the ins and outs of his journey, and it's easier to reject anti-Charles viewpoints because when you watch a drive like Suzuka in real time and look at the data afterwards, you understand why the past four WDCs think him generational, and why Carlos is a GOOD driver, indisputably, but has a deficit of skill in comparison to Charles which is masked with luck.

Also ultimately, it's a difference in what type of PR sells to different generations as well. Charles has carefully cultivated quite a strong parasocial relationship with a very loyal fanbase mainly comprising of the countries of Italy and Monaco and younger fans–he does this through playing into inside jokes online with his fans, making us feel like we have a 'special' understanding with him by liking certain tweets, or using certain emojis, or using pictures for his instagram that sneakily reflect a piece of online discourse that happened on a race weekend. Carlos has gone for the more traditional media approach of an underdog narrative to gain sympathy, but he doesn't have the same legion of loyal fans as Charles and makes no effort to build the same fan backchannels that Charles does, which is why I think that Charles, ultimately, will win the PR game. The support of traditional media is fickle, but the lecfosi would follow Charles into hell if asked. It's why Charles knows ventures like LEC or his music will succeed, wheras can the same be said for Carlos outside of Spain?

okay i don't know if the hyperfixation will hold long enough for me to actually write this but au where everything is the same but the waylon house is just a bit more structurally sound. max doesn't die and is like 'thanks for this guys, is that the whole party or?' and everyone just sort of looks at each other like. well we don't want to anger him so what can we say but yes. and so the nerds and max end up hanging out for a night in the waylon house and the worst thing that happens is grace chastity is tempted to have a beer for the first time (she doesn't though. but with max offering it's very hard for her to refuse. or focus lol) max keeps giving them weird backhanded compliments like 'wow you guys are way cooler than you look, how'd that happen' which is not the best but it's way better than being beat up for daring to be in his line of sight, so they'll take it.

so they all hang out for the night, max is like weirdly chill and friendly, eventually he leaves and they're left standing outside the waylon house like. ?? what the fuck??? did we just befriend max jagerman???? the nerds are still apprehensive considering pete still has a black eye, grace is still boiling with religious zeal and repressed lust, and steph still doesn't really like him, but they can't help but remember how he said that trying to prank him was the nicest thing someone's ever done for him. and that just can't be true, considering he's literally the star quarterback and the main character of hatchetfield high, but.... the fact that he felt like it enough says a lot, doesn't it?

so they decide to leave the prank footage to gather dust and figure this was probably the best outcome they could have hoped for. who knows what they'll walk into at school tomorrow? maybe max will become a friend.

I need more steddie fics from eddie’s pov of him marveling at steve being domestic. truly just ‘oh wow... he’s so different than how I remember him in high school’ type of fics. watching steve interact with the kids and take care of them even as he complains, listening as dustin talks him up so much and even mike reluctantly agrees that yeah steve is pretty cool. eddie noticing how steve is constantly dropping off and picking up robin from school, how he’ll go out of his way to lovingly embarrass her. just. eddie realizing steve complains about always being the babysitter but steve actually doesn’t mind all that much.

who will win: a journalist with years of experience as well as a degree or max verstappen's compulsive need to answer all non-racing related questions with "it depends i guess"

“The first thing Elenor Guthrie asked for the moment those gates closed behind her was Max. That’s how valuable she could be to us. And you want to trade that away for twenty men?”

“Those twenty men are your brothers.”

max is my ride or die i got into f1 a carlos girlie but i’m a max girlie for now and forever. he’s just so!!! i saw a picture of him out in public a couple weeks ago (never in my life have i seen an advertisement for f1 or like, brand sponsorships with drivers in my country) and i giggled so much i had to be dragged away im so unnormal about him (kinda weird now that i think about it but oh well im just a girl).

you know how there’s the whole scenarios of “fucking the english out of someone”. that but max fucking the dutch into his girl where he’ll only let her come if she’s spoken to him in dutch yeah i need him so bad

- 🌙

no its ok i buy redbull bc of him so i can get the cans w him on it 🤭 im only a girl. its good for the economy.

crying that’s a max thing to do and he would tauntingly say whatever he wanted her to repeat back to him until she did, every time she begs, he repeats the same dutch phrase back to her or says he can’t understand her until she finally says it and she can’t stop saying it

ELIAS IN 🔞 and ❌ PLEASE. 🥹🥹🥹

ELIAS TAKING OVER YOUR WHOLE DASH👹👹 (sorry formatting issues)

🔞 something sexy > he goes to work (camarilla hitman) dressed like that. The flipflops are because i forgored to draw him shoes and then i thought it was funny

❌️ something he'd never wear > i can see him in anything but NEVER in formal wear. Free him...

ask game

I’ve been joking about making this video forever so here’s my tribute to Max and her lesbian-centric semi-nonsexual throuple (ft. MARINA)

"I can see will appreciating all types of music genres" well I cannot. peace and love<3

presenting max’s cult doppelganger, mac! he has multiple arrest warrants for being too silly (aggravated assault)

You’re gonna die if you keep that up (Patreon)

max no last name and louis de pointe du lac and their white blond bombshell exes ... that had a heavy hand in "creating" them ... that they can't seem to get out of their system ... that they are still so deeply in love with despite the pain and betrayal

Not sure if you're still doing these but uh, may I get a doodle of Busted Sewer Pipe from Objects At Sea? It's totally fine if you don't want to doodle him, I can deal with it.

"I can't undo it. But I can finish it."

"Finish it?"

"Yeah. Here, can I show you?"

El hesitates just long enough that Max appreciates the trust when she does offer her arm. She's never liked anyone touching her tattoo.

Max bites the tip of her tongue in concentration, bringing the marker to El's skin and drawing a few careful lines. "There."

El takes her arm back and stares at it in silence for so long that Max starts to worry maybe the gesture has backfired and upset her instead.

"Um. Anyway, the cool thing about a marker tattoo is if you don't like it, it'll wash off..."

Finally El does look up, with wet eyes and a soft dorky smile spreading on her face.

"I won't wash it, ever."

He’s so little time for Teds bullshit😭😭