Crockpot Cinema

De lage landen. 29. Very multifandom but currently quite obsessed with MV3, Kpop Demon Hunters, Taylor Swift, Noah Kahan, learning languages, art & Sabrina Carpenter. Currently reading: Needle and Thread by Ann M. Martin

[crockpotcinema]

ABOUT ME:

Crockpot, 29, Dutch. Previously known as Puzzle/Leafletparade/a variety of names. In the unfortunate habit of switching Tumblrs every year, oops. Very multifandom but also very obsessed with Max Verstappen/Racing/Taylor Swift. I also love art. Trying to read more books again.

I speak Dutch, English, German and a decent amount of French and Yiddish. I also speak a little bit of Spanish and Portuguese but made the mistake of learning these languages at the same time so my brain can't differentiate between them properly, meaning I can read them better than I can speak them. Next up on the languages I want to learn are Ukrainian, Turkish, Arabic, and Biblical Hebrew.

My new AO3 is crockpotcinema. Currently nothing has been posted yet but I'm working on several F1 RPF fics. I have previous AO3 accounts too. Like Tumblrs I am in the unfortunate habit of switching these up too.

I have several volunteer jobs and tend to do random side quests. I also try to go to races.

MY TAGS:

#crockpot talks: for personal posts and general rambling

#crockpot talks religion: my musings about my religion (Christianity) and things related to that

#crockpot rambles about racing: posts about racing things that I don't want to end up in a main tag, everything else is tagged by racing, the driver name, and/or the race it's about.

[dradapaige]

mfw the chronic condition that flares up bc of stress flares up because of stress

[urgetocreate]

Nikolay Ninov (Bulgarian b.1973), The Sun in Your Eyes, 2024, Oil on canvas

[crockpotcinema]

Actually Lewis is having plenty of criticism regarding marketing and things that endanger the sport or the drivers too but some of these pretentious asshats ignore that which ooooofff

[crockpotcinema]

I am almost done with this fic but it hasn't quite gone in the direction I planned yet

[oilpalette]

The Blue City, 2023 by Jennifer Doehring (Native American & German); Watercolor on paper, 9 x 12 in

[crockpotcinema]

"well before they dinners with sponsors to get more money for the sport" yeah so that's actually the preferable option because it doesn't have random lego pieces fuck up someone's tyres in a race. Also they still have sponsor dinners and events. They just have to do extra stuff now that actually does negatively affect the races and the perception of the sport.

[crockpotcinema]

Omg how dare drivers have an opinion about their own job! And not be a fan that actually negatively affected the track and people's races last year that's now being repeated! But let's be a hater instead because of course proudly announcing you are a hater makes you sound super duper smart and not like a bitter cunt

[weepylucifer]

You know how we call things "pseudoscience"... the media analysis that's being done on twitter and tumblr should be pseudohumanities

[crockpotcinema]

"I didn't pay attention to any of this and I haven't really been watching but I am going to shout really loudly about this anyways......."

[crockpotcinema]

another snippet

Laurent decided to be observant and noticed the hickey. “Did you and Charles finally get together?” he asked. Okay, so maybe not that observant. 

Max made a pained noise but was saved from answering the question himself by Isack. “He ate pasta with Kimi and then it seems Kimi tried to eat him,” Isack grinned. 

“He was really sweet to me,” Max mumbled. His cheeks heated up. 

Laurent raised an eyebrow. “But you and Charles? You were making heart eyes at him even when I still worked for Ferrari. How did Kimi come in?” 

“Charles yelled at me, Kimi actually asked me out,” Max said. “I don’t know. Seems like a sign that I should finally move on. I don’t like being yelled at and I am tired of always second guessing myself everywhere. Kimi just likes me and he is really sweet and thoughtful. Seems like exactly what I need.” 

[crockpotcinema]

Why do people think Max didn't actually grow up with those video cameras. They are in fact from our time. My parents had one too when I was a kid.

[bbygirlverstappen]

at this point i have seen several people say that writers putting "english is not my native language, sorry for any mistakes!" is a sign of ai, especially if the fic that follows is grammatically flawless claude prose. well by itself this remark sure isn't an ai sign since people have been putting this phrase into their author's notes for decades. ai aside, this brought something to my mind so this is actually a rant about another thing. because i think apologizing for your potential errors is just needless (saying this also as a non native english speaker). your english is often better than you think. i know some native english speakers are snobs but most of them don't even realize it's your second or third language. and you don't have to disclose that.

nobody needs to apologize for typos and grammatical mistakes because everyone makes them. even the most careful people. my bold claim is we need to learn to stop being so afraid of grammatical errors. i see so many beginner writers agonize over their grammar and it's not worth it. you can always google stuff or find beta readers. and if you turn to ai because of your grammar, you will never learn. you will never learn to write, you will never learn the correct grammar, and you will never learn to appreciate fandom as a community. ai doing the job for you doesn't teach you anything. your existing language skills will stagnate and wither. your writing in english will not improve if you do not write in english.

and i know from firsthand experience how mortifying it is to spot errors in your published fic. but it is not the end of the world. nobody thinks you're dumb. you can edit those mistake easily out on ao3 after publishing, unlike with actually published books that have errors. and those have supposedly slipped past multiple editors and rounds of edits... (although the quality of editing in publishing has been declining for years now because money and publishers not giving a shit.)

honestly, most people don't notice typos and grammatical blunders, unless they appear in every other sentence. our brains are kinda wired to correct the mistakes automatically as we read. this is how these mistakes end up in the text in the first place or go unnoticed by editors.

[countingstars-17]

Charles and Max greeting each other, british gp 2026

[grogumaximus]

Kimi: I took a picture to take the piss out of Max. He's in the garage there

[angels-in-asylums]

Some people in asylums in the 50s were crazy. Some of them were psychotic, screaming at things nobody else could see. Some of them were aggressive, kicking and punching and biting without provocation. Some of them were a danger to themselves. Hell, some of them were a danger to others. And they were people. They were human beings. And all human beings deserve human rights, something those people, by law, didn't have.

Some people in mental hospitals now are crazy. Some of us are psychotic. Some of us are aggressive. Some of us are a danger to ourselves. Some of us are a danger to others. And we are still humans, who deserve human rights, which we legally do not have.

Some of us, a few of the crazy people you talk about, are exactly what you say we are. Psychotic, aggressive, a danger to ourselves and others. That doesnt change the fact that we are human. That doesnt change the fact that every individual human that exists, has ever existed, and will ever exist deserves human rights. That doesnt change the fact that we don't have those human rights in every situation. "Few of us are aggressive," while true as a statement, fails to acknowledge and insist that those of us who are still deserve to be treated with the same dignity and respect as any other person.

[lost-in-fandoms]

Max at Silverstone Circuit on July 03, 2026 via XPB