"Should I get the wingleader?"

24 ✨️ Student ✨️ Book Lover

[starriestarlight]

01.03.24

Starting the year off by studying at the library. As much as I want to write for fun, I still have to prioritize studying. Maybe I'll end up turning this blog into a study blog this year.

[eightyonefour]

how it started how it's going

[starriestarlight]

I don't think I'll ever be ready for the day one leaves the team 🥺

[l1li4n]

no end of the season race has hit me as hard as this one. I'm sobbing profusely rn. I'm gonna miss this season so much. I'm gonna miss valterri and zhou (especially them together), i'm gonna miss kevin magnussen and his never-ending chaos, i'm gonna miss franco and his lack of media training, i'm gonna miss carlos and charles and their silly giggles (i'm not even prepared to process this one), i'm gonna miss lewis and bono, lewis and toto, lewis and george, i'm gonna miss seeing my french war couple (pierre and esteban), i'm gonna miss alex and fanco, and also alex and logan, i'm gonna miss daniel, i'm gonna miss and miss and miss and miss.......

[starriestarlight]

The 2024 season was my first full F1 season, and it was definitely a season to remember.

[muxas-world]

What surviving the horros of brasil gp can do to a motherfuker

[starriestarlight]

Netflix is gonna eat this up for DTS.

[noukeeeh]

you know the post that's like: one day I'll be 45 at a party and ill hear a one direction song and ill be dancing my heart out because I never learned to love anything as much as I love one direction?......... yeah.......thinking of that right now

[starriestarlight]

It's crazy how 1D was a big part of my middle school life, and now one of them is actually gone.

[starriestarlight]

I want to write for Fourth Wing and ACOTAR so bad but school has been so stressful and time consuming 😭

[livefastdriveyoung]

Let's talk about Logan.

It's most definitely not his fault. He wasn't ready. He isn't ready. Maybe if he had had another year, we would be looking at the future of F1, but a combination of James and Williams American Sponsors left Logan with one opportunity that he was never going to get ever again.

It's devastating, and it's tragic, and it is reality.

Logan Sargeant deserved a real, fair chance in F1. Williams wasn't that. Not with the TP crooning about the first driver constantly, about how the first driver is going to be the one the team focuses on.

But he gives Logan a second chance.

Or, rather, based on what has been coming out of late, the American Sponsors give him another chance. And in retaliation, the TP spends the entirety of the rest of the season essentially making it clear to everyone that while Logan has the second seat, he was never James's first choice.

So be it.

But what the Williams team weren't prepared for is the fact that the American Sponsors weren't wrong for keeping Logan in the seat for another year. Just on here and even on Instagram (screw X, the demon child), the support, if anything, grew.

Because you talk about dignity and then you take away his car.

You talk about skill and then the driver you replace him with doesn't score points.

You talk about talent, but the driver you're replacing him with has been in Red Bulls and Ferraris. One would hope that he is skilled.

You don't talk about the fact that the whole world is watching you publicly embarrass someone whom you yourself say you have a "duty of care" for.

You don't talk about the fact that maybe Logan would have stood a chance if the Feedback actually came from you instead of the pretty little sentence on the radio at the end.

So unfortunately, but realistically, Logan Sargeant is out of F1.

But his legacy will live on. He is the first American to score points in 30 years. He is the reason people on this website and across the media were able to clock that Mr. Nice Guy is just a very good act.

He's the reason so many Americans did start tuning in.

He's one of the reasons that the conversation about the way drivers are treated in this sport is a conversation that isn't going away.

It's not the legacy he had in mind, but it is an important one.

So thank you, Logan, for paving the way. You're in the record books, and we appreciate what it took for you to get there.

[shitapril]

logan was always, and will always be my favourite underdog. I hope that wherever he goes, he gets a fair chance, is loved, and most importantly, enjoys it. I for one will be tuning in, if it is a different circuit altogether, so be it.

[archiverstappen]

im… actually crying

[pucksandpower]

The demons have been exorcised! The Monaco curse has been broken! Charles Leclerc wins the Monaco Grand Prix.

[starriestarlight]

So freaking happy for him, hopefully we get pics of Leo and the trophy.

[pucksandpower]

There’s no way 😭

[starriestarlight]

Best moments of this F1 season...

1. Lando's Miami win

2. Oscar's adoption

[starriestarlight]

LET'S FREAKING GOOOOO LANDO FREAKING WON!!!!

I'm at work and we're all huddled by my coworkers phone watching and screaming.

[starriestarlight]

Liam Mairi Headcanon

After a really really long time of debating on what to write for my blog. I'm finally putting out this short Liam Mairi HC. This is the first time I'm putting something out there, so I'm a little nervous even though it's just a small HC. I have a few actual pieces in the works, but for now hopeful you guys on the Fourth Wing side of this site enjoy this.

Disclaimer: This was thrown together super fast. I just wanted to put something out there to get past the hump of being scared to publish something. I apologize for any mistakes in lore and any grammatical errors.

xo starrie

Liam and you had met on Conscription Day, a similar meeting to Violet and Rhiannon’s. Like Violet, you had been forced by your parents to enter the Riders Quadrant to continue the family’s long line of riders. To say you were scared shitless was an understatement.

He had been behind you in line and had noticed your shaking hands as the two of you neared the Parapet. Being that golden retriever boy, he reached out and comforted you, and the rest was history.

Liam was grateful when you had been placed under Xaden and Garrick’s leadership. The two of you were inseparable, but due to the difference in sections he had asked his friends to keep an eye over you when he couldn’t be there.

And keep an eye over you they did. Xaden was the first to notice the way your cheeks rivaled the red scales of Deigh. Bodhi and Garrick loved to ruffle Liam’s feathers by placing their arms around your shoulders. Even Imogen had grown fond of you and took you under her wing during training. Liam was their family, and it was clear to them that Liam saw you more than just a friend.

The Marked Ones weren’t the only ones to notice either; your squad mates were just as bad with the teasing. Ridoc and Sawyer loved to tease Liam about you during lectures. Their favorite way of making him jealous, was squeezing to sit between the two of you during lectures or taking the extra time to train with you during sparring lessons.

For some reason everyone found it extremely amusing when Liam’s puppy like expressions turned murderous due to the jealously that formed when it came to you.

Violet and Rhiannon often shared knowing looks whenever a carved wooden figurine appeared on your pillow. Liam gifted everyone wooden trinkets, but everyone knew that you received the most. The carvings ranged from your childhood pet to your dragon.

While your bunk had become a menagerie of wooden figures, Liam’s had turned into a mini garden. Basgiath didn’t have gardens, but you had spotted a few patches of wildflowers during flight training. For every figurine that Liam had carved, you had picked a small bunch of flowers to happily reciprocate the gift.

The teasing you got from your dragon was the worst. Ever since Threshing, she had picked up on the forming bond between you and Liam. Her comments ranged from innocent observations to absolute filth that made your whole body blush. Oh look Liam left you another gift. Your Liam is staring at you again. Stop staring at him and kiss him already. For fucks sake human shove him in a room and fuck him already.

You weren’t sure if Deigh had been teasing Liam like your dragon had been teasing you, but after an intense sparring session which felt like some sort of foreplay you actually listened and grabbed his shirt and kissed him. Right on the sparring mats, with everyone in the Fourth Wing grinning like fools.

Before you started dating the two of you were inseparable, but now the two of you were basically melded at the hip. If your bunk was empty during the night, everyone knew to check Liam’s to find you, vice versa. The sight of you and Liam holding hands and making out had become a regular thing to see in the Riders Quadrant.

No one even questioned it when the two of you came out from behind an empty classroom door or closet with tousled hair and flushed expressions.

At least you didn’t wake everyone up with thunderstorms in the middle of the night.

[nuttersinc]

Why is Merlin trending?

Are we doing the collective thinking about our favourite wizard again?

How do we do that? It's been almost twelve years since this show ended.... 😂

[starriestarlight]

I love that Merlin trends randomly a few times a year...it's always so random but always welcomed 😂

[ruhua-langblr]

Duolingo Sucks, Now What?: A Guide

Now that the quality of Duolingo has fallen (even more) due to AI and people are more willing to make the jump here are just some alternative apps and what languages they have:

"I just want an identical experience to DL"

Busuu (Languages: Spanish, Japanese, French, English, German, Dutch, Italian, Portuguese, Chinese, Polish, Turkish, Russian, Arabic, Korean)

"I want a good audio-based app"

Language Transfer (Languages: French, Swahili, Italian, Greek, German, Turkish, Arabic, Spanish, English for Spanish Speakers)

"I want a good audio-based app and money's no object"

Pimsleur (Literally so many languages)

Glossika (Also a lot of languages, but minority languages are free)

*anecdote: I borrowed my brother's Japanese Pimsleur CD as a kid and I still remember how to say the weather is nice over a decade later. You can find the CDs at libraries and "other" places I'm sure.

"I have a pretty neat library card"

Mango (Languages: So many and the endangered/Indigenous courses are free even if you don't have a library that has a partnership with Mango)

"I want SRS flashcards and have an android"

AnkiDroid: (Theoretically all languages, pre-made decks can be found easily)

"I want SRS flashcards and I have an iphone"

AnkiApp: It's almost as good as AnkiDroid and free compared to the official Anki app for iphone

"I don't mind ads and just want to learn Korean"

lingory

"I want an app made for Mandarin that's BETTER than DL and has multiple languages to learn Mandarin in"

ChineseSkill (You can use their older version of the course for free)

"I don't like any of these apps you mentioned already, give me one more"

Bunpo: (Languages: Japanese, Spanish, French, German, Korean, and Mandarin)

[starriestarlight]

Saving this, cause I want to learn a new language this year.

[the-type-a]

Holy fucking shit. 🥵

C: artworks_by_rokii on IG

[starriestarlight]

Why pick one, when you can kneel for all three?

[harshstudymotiv]

the only motivation you should need is knowing that failing sucks way more than studying does. do you REALLY wanna retake that class? didn’t think so. so go study. go do your homework.

[starriestarlight]

Gonna need this reminder when school starts at the end of the month.

[persefoneofsaturn]

conversation between batboys when they were just little Illyrians

Azriel: What's an orgasm? Rhys: It's when you fold paper to look like birds and shit. Cassian: That's oregano, bitch

[starriestarlight]

Cauldron above, these boys are something special.