quinoa, 24, she/her - forza ferrari, forza charles
i love asks, i love dms, i love yapping! if you send me something, i promise i will respond ( ꈍᴗꈍ) and if you've ever reached out, know that i love you ♡ #asks
writing prompts welcomed & encouraged! my ask box says anything goes, babes- and i absolutely mean it
outside of charles, i'm very fond of sv5, lh44, mv3, op81, fc43, ob87, al41 & dr3
i do not actively hate on other drivers! that being said, this blog is not a guaranteed safe place for anyone besides charles- even those listed above are liable to catch strays if they do him wrong
current grid ranking can be found here
you can catch me live blogging during the races. this is when i am at my meanest.
random ramblings unrelated to f1: #quinoa 2 quinoa communications
this blog is 18+ & contains nsfw posts and writing
i am staunchly anti-ai in all manners, no exceptions.
ao3:
All I Ever Wanted (Nothing I Ever Gave) - Charles is in love with Max. Max is in love with Charles. It really is that complicated, and then it gets worse. Meanwhile, Lando just wants Oscar to kiss him, and he's not quite sure how to make that happen. (in progress)
#all i ever wanted (nothing i ever gave)
Shattered Glass Across The Tracks [series]
1. Red Noose of Fate - The only thing that could save him is an act of God, and He is busy racing across the finish line.
2. Rhodium & Rubies - Max thinks that diamonds no longer fit, and entertains himself with learning geology to find the perfect red stone that matches his childhood rival. Eventually he learns the rich history of blood diamonds, sparkling white but torn from the earth at the cost of human life. By that point, he no longer wants to know.
3. Weapons of Mass Destruction - It’s a true criticality accident on the track. Shimmering air, burning chemicals, toxic wind- all of it spills from a distorted monument to humanity’s hubris. As he stares down the scraps of scarlet, Max realizes that there’s no real difference between a reactor and a racecar.
#shattered glass across the tracks
Ginger Wine Ninebark - toxic lestappen relationship ft. grid relations, beating people with hammers, and platonic piarles to your heart's content (coming soon!)
#ginger wine ninebark
Bottoms Up, Babe - It's not that Charles can't top- he totally can. He just doesn't see why he should be the one to put all the effort in when he's the catch. Why is Max looking at him like Charles is the crazy one for saying that? (coming soon!)
#bottoms up babe
updates are sporadic & based entirely around how well i can wrangle my brain into behaving. i love sharing my thoughts! snippets*, details, plans, anything- ask & ye shall recieve (人 •͈ᴗ•͈)
*note that any snippets i post prior to putting up a chapter on ao3 are still potential victims to editing
a little more about me:
i have a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering, and double minored in materials & nanoengineering
editing is my favorite part of the writing process!
my 9 year old hermit crab, rangoon, roots for george russell [unfortunate]
outside of f1 & writing, my favorite hobbies include reading, nail art, & hiking
quinoa is not my real name
#fun facts about quinoa
tumblr & ao3 are places to indulge. i will never apologize for having fun, and frankly? none of you should either (✷‿✷)
the worst writing crime you can ever commit in my opinion is watering down the dirty talk because you’re self-conscious that it sounds like it’s from a bad porno…..i cannot stress this enough……leave it alone. the moment you tell yourself he would not fucking say that you’re doomed. people will say almost anything if their dick is hard enough
i really don't need to rant on this further but it is so disingenuous to see these incredibly stupid takes coming from the same people that supposedly follow charles with undivided loyalty
because if you did, you would understand these people you curse day and night actually raised him, and no not in the metaphorical sense, i mean that in the literal sense
he got to the ferrari academy when he was 15 years old and they helped him through the ranks and when he says they're his "family" he's not sprinkling that shit for a wholesome look, some of these people that you and i don't know by name, have been there for him in times we were never privy to
so when you sit down and furiously rant about why he's doing this, take a moment to yourself and use your little brain neurons to understand his relationship with this team goes beyond any other relationship that a driver has with their team. he's clearly not only in ferrari for sporting reasons alone and you need to accept that and move on
he's made his choice long ago and i have made peace with it. it's either a championship with ferrari or nothing now let's wrap it up
All the time I think about the picture of the sea of red hands reaching out to Charles, everyone just wanting to 𝘵𝘰𝘶𝘤𝘩 and that Leah Horlick quote "You'll never recover from that kind of devotion" and "If ferrari is a cage then I would want to be kept in the cage for all my life"
The tifosi moves different for Charles and Charles would stand forever still for the tifosi
Anon, it's like you're in my head. We are vibrating on exactly the same frequency. At ALL times I am thinking about that biblical image of Charles AND that insane cage quote! And here's the thing with both of those--in the photo he's reaching back, arms outstretched towards the faithful; the second part of that quote is "Driving for Ferrari is an honour, even in difficult times.”
The thing is, as you point out, it's mutual. The tifosi love Charles and he loves them too, but more than that, he loves Ferrari. They bleed for the same thing, their devotion all flows back to the same place. When he wins, it feels like he wins for them, and when he suffers defeat, it feels like he's suffering for them. Because he is a self-proclaimed tifoso, too. Dreaming of the red car since childhood, coming up in the Ferrari academy, winning Monza in his first season. He's the closest thing to a pure Ferrari driver, who has been committed to one team his whole career. His whole life, really. Next season Charles will be tied for second longest tenured Ferrari driver ever (second only to Michael). He has carried the team through some very bad years, always wanting to win the championship only in rosso corsa. Believing he will. So of course, the tifosi move differently for him. In a sport where most contracts are short, loyalties change, drivers follow money and opportunities, what is Charles' dedication to Ferrari if not devotion made real?
Anyway, here are some of what I consider to be sanctified Charles pics:
if you think charles is ruining his career with this choice you should've quit in 2022 when they took away the only competitive car they have produced in the last 30 years to give equal chance to his bum stinky teammate
my point here is that charles has a rare trait in a formula 1 driver and that is something called perseverance. he has taken and he has witnessed horrors another driver would never even dream of and yet he wakes up every day and thinks it's a new chance to achieve a dream and he's not doing this as a fake little joke
he genuinely and deeply believes that ferrari one day will give him the car and he has clearly seen something in the past year to convince him that it's coming soon and if you're not on board for that you can fuck off idk
Every single fic update there is an author trying frantically to find the right balance between a nonchalant aside of "leave a comment if you enjoyed =)" and clinging desperately to the coat tails of a random stranger, dragging along behind them on the street wailing "Please, please! I have to know what you thought! I'm desperate to talk to people about this! Ask me about the alliterative repetition! Ask me about the symbolism!"
