that's rough, buddy

katie. she/her. multifandom mess. (currently: heated rivalry, f1, hrpf.) a long-suffering academic who will appear and disappear any way the wind blows.

[singsweetmelodies]

tumblr intro post, take 26 🎬

hi, i'm katie 👋 british south african. tired postdoc. multifandom mess. shameless RPFer.

i am on AO3 as ohmygasly (for f1rpf) and ginger-ale (for heated rivalry & hrpf).

i am primarily a f1 blog. a hater on race day, a lover of rpf off-track. piarles forever 🦑🏎️

my 2026 driver ranking:

recently i've also found myself in the hockey rpf trenches - but i am (mostly) only here for the fic and not the sport. unfortunately my brain only has space for one sport hyperfixation, and that space has already been filled by f1. with that said i do actually now understand a LOT more about ice hockey than i ever thought i would, and i did find the off-season drama very interesting, but i doubt you'll ever find me watching an actual game.

for what it's worth, i cheer for the san jose sharks. RPF-wise, i'm here for willmack, mcdrai and whatever the fuck the edmonton polycule has got going on.

my askbox & DMs are always open, and i love to chat! please feel free to reach out 🫶

[finny-red]

Snowy evening ❄️🌃

[hooved]

lemon is so so so fucking good in sweet food and savory food and spicy food and salty food and drinks. she has it all

[constance-mcentee-deactivated20]

Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at work.

"I can note your interest in that feature for future development."

[hadjar6]

ferrari has posted more about leo leclerc than they ever did about maya weug and i think that speaks volumes about how women are treated in motorsports

[swagsmeister]

a very happy hr season 2 filming day to all who celebrate

[thegenderal]

[depsidase]

[depsidase]

[triassictriserratops]

i put this as a comment in @shanehollandertwentyfour's excellent post, but i think it also deserves its own post because i'm seeing some people's reactions and i need us all to have a little bit of discernment and nuance here.

writers describing characters as "stocky", "thick", or "soft" has ALWAYS been code for "fat" in writing. a lot of writers (and people in general) are scared of the word "fat" and will avoid it as a descriptor at all costs.

(to be very clear, "fat" is a morally neutral word unless the person saying it intends for it not to be. I am a fat person - this is the simplest and easiest descriptor to explain my body and i will continue to use this word to explain my body in a morally neutral way.) But, to return to the point, this is an existing issue in the literary world - just like there are many writers that use words like "tanned" or "olive toned" when they're scared to clarify the character isn't white. Both situations are problems in literary spaces that we've had for ages.

Soft language is used as a descriptor whenever a character isn't thin, fit, or white. So, no, we're not stupid for "imagining" Harris as chubby or fat that being said, i am looking forward to Justice Smith's portrayal of Harris Drover. and NO, him being black is NOT an issue and if that is YOUR issue - we are not the fucking same. "Erasing a character's white identity" is in no fucking way the same as removing the precious little fat representation in romance media we already get.

Especially because media is not created in a vacuum and it IS worth mentioning that we're currently in a heightened state of fatphobia and body harming via fashion drugs like Ozempic - removing the fatness from a main romance lead IS a statement that we all get to feel something about.

I'll even go a step further and say that it will be an incredible addition to Harris' character to be a black man who has lived his life as openly gay while being loved and supported by his family. That in itself is so rare in media and I can't wait to see the Drover family absolutely adore their gay son. (and his new boyfriend!)

tl;dr - let people be upset about losing a character that made them feel "normal" in their bodies. and don't be fucking weird about Harris being a black man.

[cowboyhamilton]

Lewis only knows 2 red bull drivers. Sebastian Vettel and Isack Hadjar. And i think that's beautiful

[soppingwetratboy]

Being told what to do is great because then you know what to do

[rozanovshane]

[inkyself]

“people on twitter are saying-“ i dont care. I dont care I dont care. that’s why i am on tumblr and not in that joyless blackhole

[sobadbad]

YOUNG ROYALS 3.01 • HEATED RIVALRY 1.06

[willglazing]

sidnate: hey mack halifax is this week, u coming?

mack: ...

sharks beats: macklin let's talk abt ur massive contract extension, when can we expect ur media availability

mack: ...

will, with the intention of putting mack in slutty little shorts of his choosing: hey wanna go to my sister's friend's dog's birthday party in nantucket?

mack: more than anything

[skoavsbaby]

the inherent romanticism of having the biggest hard launch of all time <3

[hello-eeveev]

a crude summary of one of my favorite musicals