#honesty week

[zerofcksgvn]

FMK- mertle, barrett, mavis?

HONESTY WEEK

"Oh boy that's a rough one... umm I guess 'fuck' Mertle. But that's kind of a derogtary term-- can I just change it to 'sleep with'? I would marry Mavis, of course. It seems like a lot of fun. I guess then I have to kill Barrett. Maybe I could kill him with kindess aha!"

@volcanicmertle @barreloflaughs @mavisolas

[chussyracing]

give the opinions please I'm bored at work

getting myself cancelled? why not. i'm on mobile (and it's too late to make coherent sentences) but i'll try to put it all under the cut

in the order anon sent them:

Sebchal - one of the less bad ones but honestly? so much about it was idolised and cliche-ed out of proportions over the years. Seb was going through a lot at the time, as much everyone knew. As a 4 times champion coming to the most prestigious team, the pressure must have been enormous and he was failing the mission he set for himself. I think all of us dumb red horse team fans wanted him to win a championship with said team but it didn't look good and turned basically impossible the day Charles stepped a foot in the team. He probably had a bit of an boy crush on Seb who was still the mighty 4 times wdc and number 1 driver in his dream team. At least for some time it turned pretty sour especially on the track and ultimately every piece of content from that time (minus the infamous helmet message) falls a bit one sided and always has. Not to speak about how fan space is made up by fans first and content second and a lot of fans of sebchal just try to push the "he's like father to him" narrative that I can't help to find mildly disrespectful. I get and appreciate the fandom jokes about grid dads and grid kids and don't get me wrong, sometimes they are funny, but in this particular case it always felt like some people take it too far.

Chewie - one of the best ones honestly. I think they are friendly towards each other, Lewis hypes him like he always does with young drivers and Charles has a lot of admiration for him (and let's be real probably some jealousy too, because Lewis is the greatest driver there has ever been). So far so good but when people in the fandom get involved in shipping them I can easily imagine it as mildly problematic in the classical produced content (like fics fanart and stuff) - with age gap or stereotypes or whatever.

Piarles - I love that Charles has a bestie in the paddock that he grew up with and that he knows better than any other driver and hangs out with outside of racing too. But that's it. It was a lot sweeter back in the day and came out as more genuine. Maybe I just never paid that much attention or their different career moves changed them (and that's valid and definitely not something I should judge) but... if you follow the subtle patterns lately one side comes out as exploiting the opportunities that come out with hanging out of the other more. If you asked me years ago this might be my first go to though so to some extend I understand why people like it. What I don't understand are those who see besties hanging out together and start yelling about them being on a date or being in love or whatever. They got used to it no doubt, because one they're properly famous (which naturally comes with lots of people being weird about you) and two they're both fairly present on social media so I bet they saw things. That's on people who ship them and not on any of them personally tho. As someone who was on the receiving end of those "ur dating haha ur so in love" talks with multiple of my friends in the past, I can tell u that there's just a few things that made me so uncomfortable.

Chalex - this might honestly take the crown for the best current Charles ship? Alex knows him for a long time as well and also knows what it is like to be his team mate during the worst times (puberty lol). I can openly admit I wasn't always very fond of Alex because.... you guessed it, Red Bull. He just came out as quite arrongant (and I guess because for one you need to always be confident about yourself in this sport to continue doing it on such a high level and the moment you stop, you're out, and two of course your self esteem increases if you get a seat in a top team). I properly enjoyed him during the twitch sessions though, he always seemed (and seems currently) as the sweet happy-go-lucky person who knows how to live life fully. He's also a little tease and paired with Charles it just works somehow. Again, I just don't really enjoy when people take it too far and start speculating if it's real and what not. Alex is happily in a relationship and they're good friends who often joke with each other during driver parades.

Charge - this might be short, because there's not much to say. It's cute and I love the vibes. They give off the energy of George calling him snickerdoodle or gigglebunny or fuzzybear while Charles grows more confused and concerned each time and asks what if means to which George just thinks "goodness gracious...." and tries to patiently explain the british gibberish. Sweet, fun and niche but I don't think there's much to work with nowadays so twitch days were definitely more fruitful time for Charge shippers.

In short: I don't have any big problem with Chewie, Chalex or Charge (and if so, they're minor) but Sebchal and Piarles are not as ideal as people make them seem. But then again I don't consider myself a shipper at all, so as long as people use correct tags and don't flood charles' main tag with shipping posts I don't mind them.

[southernisled]

do you gotta keep an eye out for selener?

HONESTY WEEK

"Always. If you see her let her know Hans Westergaard is single and can treat her better than whoever that dude is."

[dragon-ball-meta]

Ok! You got a weirdo so here's a wholesome one: what's your favorite parent moment in all of dragon ball?

Mostly these.

[0i0am0a0prnciple0centered0person]

My Values

I have identified 8 values that are truly me. That is I full relate to them. I am concentrating living my life with these values.

I learned while listening to an audio recording that Benjamin Franklin Identified his values, and chose to concentrate living one of his values each week. He identified 12 values (virtues as he called them) and concentrated on one of them each week on a 12 week cycle.

I chose to do the same and have marked my “values week” in my outlook calendar. My 8 values are as follows

Honesty

Continual improvement

Treating people fairly

Being organised

Being clean and tidy

Dressing nicely

Thinking solutions for making my life better

Being self-reliant and financially independent

I am starting my 8 week cycle with Honesty week

[fledglingthieves]

rumor has it, your niece is a mutant. what would you do if she was captured by the doves?

“Luckily for me, I know quite a few people that aren’t afraid to get their hands dirty. I’d cash in a favor or two, or pull out some savings, and get people to get her back. Then, I’d make sure the people who took her from the first place spend the rest of their life completely miserable. Simple.”

[nodofneverland-blog]

Why do you care so much for Alana?

Why do the stars shine at night? Why do the waves crash upon the shore? They just do. I just do.

How do I put it into words?

She's my friend. She listens to me, even when I was a kid. She never made me feel stupid for being confused or having questions. Even in the beginning when we would just splash around, she would take me on her back and swim me around the lagoon.

With Alana I've never had to be one of the Lost Boy twins (or triplets with Crow) or The First Mate. I never had to put on airs to impress her or keep up appearances. With Alana I got to just be Nod, just me with no other expectations.

In the days after Fog's death I didn't know how to BE anymore. Everything got all thrown around. My identity as a Lost Boy and a Twin/triplet was all I had, and then before I could think it was gone. Not to mention that I had taken part in the demolition of the fairies homes and the Extinction of the Many-eyed. Sometimes in my dreams I can still hear their screams as they burned to death. Or as they picked between drowning and burning alive. I didn't know what to do, and even just being around Alana reminded me that I had been able to separate myself from those identities when I was with her before the identities were gone. Just being near her helped me realize that I could be somebody without those identities.

Even if we didn't talk much in the beginning, or even if we don't talk about feelings or important things, Alana is always there to ground me. She's always there to bring me back to reality when it all threatens to crack and tumble down around me.

[dragon-ball-meta]

Honesty week question: Do you think Dragonball would have the same impact if the series came out now as opposed to the 1980’s?

I do.You gotta keep in mind, the Shonen landscape was a very different place when DB came out, and think about all the series since that have taken cues from it. Without DB, there’s no One Piece. There’s no Naruto. A lot of different series that have become popular and even shaped the landscape themselves simply would not have existed, certainly not as we know them now.But even today, the impact can still be felt. Even today, people young and old still flock to it. When Super was airing, the numbers were rivaling and beating One Piece. The fact that DB can still have the legs it does in this day and age, despite being as old as it is, says a lot, imo.