Okay, I think it's time for me to ask about this, but can I ask about your headcanons for the WGP racers? 🤔
Alright I'm gonna have myself a second go-round on this one - the original one got deleted by accident because yours truly frequently forgets to save things to drafts before closing the app. Smh my headddd
We shall start with the gayest ones,
Shu and Miguel are a couple. I think that's mostly the fault of my long-time friend and partner in smutfics, @ask-shu-todoroki for making all the ships between those two, like, ever. But ALSO lemme add that mine are kinda like the perfect example of Autism cat boyfriend and ADHD dog boyfriend. I'll let you guess which is which lol
Next gayest is gonna be Jeff and Lewis, very clearly. I like to imagine they're like the Umamusume Daiwa Scarlet and Vodka - two fiercely competitive rivals with a strong conviction for beating the other at everything and some form of romantic tension bubbling underneath. Will they ever confess those feelings? Honestly, probably not. They're too busy trying to leave one another in the dust first so they can gloat about it. But we all know they're a thing.
Rip and Carla are besties. Like for LIFE. Carla expresses her friendship by dragging Rip along to every social event that exists, and Rip expresses her friendship by letting them.
I've also made a fic of this before, but you might have just noticed I referred to Rip as 'her'. That isn't by mistake. I don't know what compelled this headcanon, but my Rip Clutchgoneski is a trans woman - she's just not all that out to anyone but Carla. Hence the pushing to go do fun social things out together, because Carla now has another racer girlbestfriend she can go partying with.
Raoul...he is a prankster. Of another caliber entirely, some might say. Now he isn't a mean prankster or an insensitive one – in fact, that's the thing that MAKES him such a good prankster. He knows his audience and his people, and he learns what everybody's limits are on that front. And then he goes out and leaves spring-snakes under bin covers and food dye in oil cans that turns the drinkers tongue a fun color. He's a silly one.
I haven't got many headcanons for Nigel other than he is a boyfailure, and that he should start hanging out with Cal so they can become boyfailures together, and LESS around the next guy--
Because Max is just a straight-up NERD and attempts to get anyone that'll listen to him to play Magic: The Gathering. He collects cards, he trades, and he has a whole Instagram account for opening packs and talking about nerd things that have nothing to do with racing at all. Because he's a nerd.
Francesco, lastly, is...very particular about his appearance. He spends a great deal of time each morning preening and shining, with small intervals throughout the day to repolish. He doesn't mind getting dirty on the track itself - he's meant to, of course. And the ladies love it right after he's finished a race. But afterwards, he makes sure to get back into peak freshness for fan things and events.
Special bonus headcanon for humanized variant: Francesco has very long, THICK ass curly hair, and spends upwards of an hour getting it cleaned and detangled every morning. Thank you, roommate, for inspiring me for this HC based on your OWN exact same hair that takes a lot of work to maintain (it's totally worth it though).
Lemme know if I missed anybody! It's been a hot minute since I've done anything with the ol' WGP boys. And if you got any more questions about headcanons, original characters, fics, stories, or even just random shit you got for me, my ask box is always open 🫡 fare thee well, homosapiens! Mind your head and until the morrow!