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favorite part of this moment is Lando staying on his knees with his eyes following Oscar the whole way so intently that he almost doesn’t realize Oscar is reaching out to him - they trust each other so much but never EVER demand or expect anything in these moments and I think that’s such a specific landoscar pairing distinction. that even tho they continue to prove their exceptional loyalty and appreciation for each other - and ability to see beyond the immediate emotions - but they will always leave each other room to react how they want. because it means so much that the one who is winning doesn’t start the reconciliation with the one who is suffering, so however that person chooses to react is on their terms. it’s only if they want to - and they both always want to. and !! it’s nothing to do with the rest of the team. they lock eyes and do their weird nonverbal communication and these handshakes and smiles are for each other alone. if it were for the public or the media or even Andrea, it would be bigger and louder displays. but it’s not for them. (and it’s why Lando laughed at the idea of them needing a big formal “sit down” about AD25 - they’d even said how they discussed what one of them would be feeling compared to the other, and early into the season. they didn’t have anything unsaid because they don’t ever leave the other hanging or doubting)

#landoscar #I won’t post or rb much else until this has all calmed down for everyone but I needed to say this #inchidentallyanessay

their respective interviews about their relationship and 2025 have me insaneeee over the lore they are cultivating as teammates and their pride in what they've made with the team and the quiet trust and bond they've carefully cultivated between their soft vulnerable kitten paws and I have so many things to sayyyy

I've loved the openness they've been able to have after 2025 about how the healthiness and strength of their relationship is not just something they acknowledge as crucial to their individual success and team's success, but also that it's the deliberate result of their shared effort !! and they take pride in them both being so dedicated to it !! and that it would be so easy to not have that relationship and simply stay focused on their own success while making out in PR that things are still fine (which is the default for most teammates competing at the front). I remember a lot of us theorizing about this in 2023 and part of 2024 that Oscar arrived wanting to focus on the teammate relationship with Lando over the buddy bromance thing (and with their mutual friends and similarities it would've been so easy) and it's been rly interesting to get confirmation that they grew closer as people off track very naturally over time BUT that their priority was every decision to make their relationship as teammates stronger. they locked into each other's success SO early on and formed that level of trust to the point where they both believe none of the championships would've been possible without it and ??? that is so ??? they truly look at each other and say you are why I have achieved what I have and vice versa oh my GODDDDD - and that trust has

carried them through Hungary 2024, and they BOTH say how milestone moments like that or the 2025 title fight could've completely destroyed everything and like ! I do not think they get nearly enough credit in fandom or even the media for the quietly totally unique and rare thing they've cultivated and maintained !!

and admittedly a big part of that is down to them not pushing their non-work relationship publicly and in 2024 asking to dial back on the bromance marketing content McLaren had done for years. you have to serrrrriously pay close attention to know that they do in fact socialize and that all of Lando's closest friends love Oscar and that the dads have been tight from day one etc etc etc. (most people kind of get it now just thru the twinning/mirroring and the warmth they show each other when they're relaxed on camera) and in both these interviews you can hear the way they always bristle when media starts trying to prod them about their relationship off track. and it's something we've heard before from both of them: Oscar never wanting to share much about his non work life and Lando saying the same thing after regretting sharing too much of his non work life. the fact that it's not just the teammate relationship they're protecting but the WHOLE of their relationship I think is one of those things they mention as already being in agreement about. it makes their lives and their jobs so much more comfortable and easy to keep the public and the media at a very stern distance and to simply laugh or easily undermine rumors the way they do.

they both bring up how game playing/hiding things/mind games is an easy default for most teammates in their situation and that it was something they both acknowledged as a pitfall AND consistently agreed never to do. that they choose to own up to anything that's directly their fault or to simply accept that mistakes happen in racing and not to get hung up on it. and the biggest instance of that was when the media speculated that their famous open door policy between garages would be shut for the final three races last year and it still never happened !!

the way they bring up the marketing stuff (and have both said they share a dislike of forced PR content) as a proof that their relationship hadn't degraded due to the title fight - bc otherwise those days would have either been absolutely awful or they'd have had to do things entirely separately. which means that the way they giggled and managed to enjoy them the way they did was absolutely authentic and not just them trying to cover for anything. it's also why I do laugh a bit when ppl think that any content in 2026 is yaoi to compensate for the car being bad bc not only is this a hilariously small amount of PR compared to other teams' marketing but it's also the exact same amount as last season!

I loved Lando saying that the idea of them having some kind of "man to man" locker room talk about AD25 would've had them laughing over how awkward and Not Them that would be - and Oscar saying how they both already knew what they'd be facing at the end of that season and simply didn't make a big deal out of it like… their sense of perspective and not wanting the mythos of Winning and Losing to bleed into their relationship - I truly think that is unique to them ?? they each came in with that ability to balance relationships with competitors as People as well as the childhood dream of wanting to win and be The Best and they simply… understood each other. in so many ways it's never as deep or dark with these two as the media or fans want to think.

I know that them being the absolute opposite of expectation for perfectly matched teammates who've competed for wins and championships at the same age would be more of a headline if they did more PR or if they developed an on camera 'yes and' image but also I feel like this fits in perfectly with what they both say is important to them and the fact that they're so completely aligned and quietly strong and powerful together. but also I love how they'd both find it corny and funny and weird to try and dramatize their relationship for the general public and that straight up never lose sight of the fact that they're doing a fantasy "job" and while yes it's necessary to be passionate and focus on winning on track it is not worth ruining a relationship or an entire team over. as someone who still fully expects there to be coldness or some open fuming at SOME point between them bc it's just human and normal, like in all fairness they still keep me waiting on that alsfgsajlfgas

and lastly the immense pride they have together in having made this era of McLaren what it is !! from Lando saying he felt so inferior to older experienced Carlos and wondering if he was truly meant for Formula 1 and Oscar knowing he had to win everything leading up to Formula 1 but still not knowing if the money would come through or if he'd even get a seat - both often having been the youngest and smallest in their series - and both having always been capable of staying friends with teammates/competitors even after tensions or battles (including some crucial moments requiring special grace) - and them finding each other as teammates with all those similarities and priorities - and then taking on the mutual burden of an entire team that was in the backmarkers and bringing them to back to back championships like holy shit. I love them SO. MUCH.

AND THEY WANT TO STAY. FOREVER IF THEY CAN. THIS IS THEIR HOME AND THEIR FAMILY.

OH AND the way both Tom and Jake kind of can't believe how solid their relationship is and Jake even gasps about it askfgsajgflas

#inchidentallyanessay #landoscar #coming back w a content vengeance askfgsaljfg #sorry #landoscar meta

like !!

Lando desciribing younger Lando as a homebody and being a shy little thing and not having a ton of friends - and when you realize Max F has always been the more confident one and that he still sees himself as taller and responsible for Lando even now they're grown and Lando saying how when he's with certain close friends he prefers to keep it lowkey and off social media and when he wants to go unseen he absolutely can

and even to this day Lando getting overwhelmed by crowds at times and McLaren junior career and even first year F1 Lando was adorable but also shy and awkward and stumbled over his words and Carlos and Daniel being the ones to warm him up to media and PR duties bc they took the bulk of the work/focus on themselves and they were already so skilled at it so Lando just had to react and giggle while big brothers made jokes and grabbed him in headlocks and led the charge with all the socmed content

and then Lando saying on stream how he hates streaming on his own and hates silence and likes having other people on to speak so he doesn't feel he always has to

and then Oscar - who said he learned how to engage with social media and fans based off of Lando's example !! - then had the backlash of alpinegate and shut down all of his fun/cute posting and withdrew from sharing himself too much with media in general

and McLaren slowly got rid of a lot of their media/marketing dept and stopped Unboxed mid 2023

and then start of 2024 Andrea says the boys came to the team and asked if their PR commitments could be reduced or rearranged so they'd have more downtime to rest and stay focused on race weekends

which was also around when all the usual games/challenges videos were reduced as well or weren't made as elaborate

and Lando saying how he and Oscar like the same things about their job but they also hate the same things about their job

and that's also when they asked for their privacy door in the team hub and bc they wanted their drivers rooms to be just for the two of them - not even their trainers - and their individual doors face each other now so they see each other the second they walk out and could feasibly leave the doors open and chat without anyone hearing (and this is with Lando having blasted his music through Oscar's wall since day one)

and then all of landoscar social time/downtime together has always been kept off social media and only mentioned in passing by them - to the point that many fans don't even think they've so much as played padel together let alone their little padel tournament) and it also happening to sometimes involve childhood friends Max F or Ed who frequently keep time with Lando offline at his request anyway (and P interjecting specifically to say what a good guy Oscar is and we had no clue she'd even met him)

and that when you look at how Oscar was with all the extroverts in Prema and realize that's the same as Lando with extroverts Carlos and Daniel so it's not that they're naturally that good at media, it's that they react to extroverts extremely well

and then people deep in the team say Lando and Oscar are more alike than anyone realizes and their mind reading thing becomes A Thing and they rush to their little private debriefs together apart from their teams and they insist on open communication between their garages even at the height of the title fight

and Oscar stepping up to be more gregarious at Silverstone bc Lando is basking in all of it and them both strategically doing things or saying things to help the other after races with very polarizing results (or even just watching each other closely)

and Lando saying Oscar's his strongest teammate ever and them both saying they're the strongest teammate pairing on the grid and that they're both glad to witness silly season from the position of security they have with each other - Lando saying particularly how security and reliability in this career is the most important thing

and them repeatedly committing to each other and McLaren and grow old together/be together when we're gray etc

and goddddd I think for all that landoscar are the one pairing we get the least PR and behind the scenes content of, they've got this gentle warm very private level of complete understanding and comfort together that possibly it's precisely how easy and safe and secure their relationship is that makes them shy away from sharing it with the masses and the media - they're too much their real, natural non public facing selves together to feel comfortable having it turned into social media content

there's just smth about them both loving extroverts and letting them talk and lead while they can just react and laugh. but also finding in each other such a similar person who fully gets introversion and who will join with each other and say actually yes we need more quiet time and we need to be offline sometimes and we find sanctuary in the other person who wants all the same things and no we don't like having that turned into fan/media content.

and I say a lot of this from a Lando POV bc we've seen him in his pro career with two other teammates and very different amounts of socmed and PR work. and so when Oscar showed up and decided to just be himself and not try to win anyone over (bc for a long time everyone including Australia was ok to hate him) and McLaren marketing realized they weren't going to get another Carlos/Daniel type of teammate eventually leading to Lando going oh wait! you can do that?? I want to do that! and immediately we see his driving and his career skyrocket and idk is it so crazy to think that Lando getting more rest and being teammates with someone who values offline quiet time together and let's him realize it's ok everyone will love you just the same even if you don't give them as much of yourself... that that would have as positive an impact on him professionally as well as personally ??

anyway they're just so dear 2 me !!!

#landoscar #inchidentallyanessay #<- it's been too long since I got to do that I miss it ;__;#landoscar meta

had to take a break, make a supercut and write out a whole Thing with gifs bc be who you aaaaaaare for your priiiide Barcelona press conference

#landoscar #mctwinks #twinklaren #inchidentallyanessay #barca25 #press conference #omega lando #alpha oscar #bc apparently that's the reality we live in now #mine #landoscar lore #deodorant #possessiveness

what alllllways gets me is how Oscar has resting blah face no matter what the vibes are around him and he's not at all unhappy !! he's just in slightly powered down introvert social battery saving mode ! and everyone who knows him is fine with that including Lily

but whenever he sees Lando laugh or smile his instinct is to be happy and smile as well as perfectly evidenced here and is also part of the landoscar slightly creepy mirroring they do and also the zendaya laughing bc any time Lando makes a joke Oscar will fold

and my theory is that years of consuming Lando content on his phone and computer where (as we all can appreciate) Lando is always either cute or silly or naughty or all three and it's impossible to watch him without smiling

so even when Oscar's trapped in the tedium of PR work he will always smile or laugh just bc Lando is smiling or laughing bc Lando content was his always one of his happy places

like here Lando is having to lean over just to hear Zak so Oscar truly has no idea what everyone's laughing about, he's just watching Lando laugh and smiling in response

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and it makes me insane how their relationship is found in all the little things and habits particular to them and how all good relationships say it's the small things that make it solid and not any kind of grand gestures and how Lando was so thrown at first by Oscar but we've watched him learn Oscar to the point where they have whole non-verbal debriefs where one of them still has their helmet on (as well as debriefs where they yap nonstop) and that their gentle embrace in parc farme after Lando's WDC win made Cisca weepy as she watched it bc Oscar pulled Lando close to look directly into his open visor to let him know he was proud of him and yes they were going to be okay <3

#inchidentallyanessay #landoscar #I got a whole day to myself ??? so ofc I need to overthink and post about it #if I was more organized I'd have included cisca grabbing lando's helmet to look into his visor

so deeply rpf but Oscar saying how there’s people who enjoy getting adrenaline rushes all the time and then people like him where driving f1 cars is enough of an adrenaline rush and he likes to be chill the rest of the time

and Lando who is a little adrenaline butterfly barely staying still to relax for more than a day or two at a time every four months and everyone close to him in his non f1 life is a steady calming presence

and then Oscar arrives into Lando’s f1 life and suddenly Lando realizes by his example that it’s ok to ask for fewer PR obligations and to arrange the schedule so he can do media filming more efficiently and Oscar who fights for naps and down time and who is known even in wider fandom to gentle parent Lando and accommodate everything from blaring music to their joint eating habits etc

and ofc that Oscar already had watching Lando flit around in his busy energetic colorful life as part of his own life before they even met so ofc he’s the perfect teammate - he slots right in with the quieter steadier reliable and loving people in Lando’s life <3

#inchidentallyanessay #landoscar #and Oscar not rly socializing with Lando with the other drivers #but instead with Max F and Ed #off track duties Oscar lingering in the garage watching Lando with Jon and Lando’s engineers is so !!

was writing a big response to asks who are worried about Oscar’s disappointment vs how okay he and Lando are and tbh these likes say everything - in addition to everything Oscar said on Sunday <3 remember that Oscar’s existence outside of PR and press moves in near silence with tiny glimpses and the way Lando’s non F1 real life friends have always been about Oscar is exactly the same.

they and he get nothing out of these things. there’s no grand advertising or marketable bromance with Lando to support. and since they’ve never involved Oscar in any PR therefore they don’t have to drop a like on his understandably serious and honest post for any kind of smoothing over with fans or media - bc there’s barely any awareness of a connection at all between them and Oscar. Oscar isn’t pretending he’s not torn between his own deep disappointment and pride and happiness for Lando, Lando isn’t hiding that he knows Oscar’s experiencing that, and Lando’s closest friends aren’t pretending either. bc as always with landoscar, real life keeps being more meaningful and sweet than rpf. it’s so honest and real and based on something solid.

#landoscar #I won’t tag them individually bc of the very reason why none of the exploit this relationship #good people are good people are good people #and they can feel different ways about a race day for different people all at once #piastrell #quadrant #inchidentallyanessay

between people looking for PR in the teammates who famously shun PR and people wanting them to fight all the time I feel like the strengths to landoscar’s relationship as teammates and friends - that they themselves talk about and take pride in - gets so lost a lot of the time. and this weekend is such a great example of how Lando’s the heart and the vulnerability that represents himself and Oscar and the team, and Oscar is the one who decides okay! time to shake it off and learn from it what we can

and that’s the perfect balance for each other where Oscar said when left alone after difficulties he can get too stuck in his own head and Lando famously had struggles with getting free of his own self criticism - both of which hugely improved for both of them and they both credit each other with what they’ve become as drivers and what they’ve created with the team. yes ofc they like each other as people and friends but that’s honestly not difficult - they’re both easy going, funny and playing padel or having lunch or sharing a plane ride is smth they do with lots of drivers. but what’s unique to them is that the career they’ve given their lives to and makes up 95% of their lives is something they’ve chosen to build and depend on each other. AND they’ve built into their trust in each other an understanding that they’re going to fight on track at times and the nature of their jobs is to try and win. they’re not in denial and they’ve proven how well prepared they are to deal with that.

but mainly to me is this perfect way their differences interlock and support each other and the team. Lando feels it for everyone including Oscar and Oscar can come alone and make a gentle joke and get him smiling. they’ve had the most dramatic flip from championship winners to now both cars not even making it into the formation lap and they’re managing to smile and stay focused and talk about what they can do next. they’re could very justifiably be angry, doom laden or monosyllabic and curt with the media - they could be openly angry at their team! plenty of drivers would be! - but rather than this whole papaya rules conspiracy it honestly is clear by how relaxed they are that they’re approaching this how they chose to do together. close ranks and deal with it themselves.

and what’s funny is the idea that the yaoi got upped in response to the cars but so far we’ve had the same pretty minimal PR content as the last two years and otherwise what we’re seeing is landoscar sticking even closer than usual and huddling together more bc that’s what they do. close ranks and communicate. close their privacy door on everyone and figure it out. it’s very cute yes and they’re so endlessly fond, but also it’s totally unperformative and disregarding of cameras because they’re not huddling together and talking constantly for anyone but their own benefit (and therefore the teams). they went from easy and chummy before Melbourne to barely being separated in China and barely being a few inches apart in the race buildup.

like yes landoscar obviously makes such good rpf but fr we’ve got to appreciate the reality of them as teammates and friends and just how much they do it entirely for themselves and the people around them and not for us or the media. there’s so much strength to a relationship where there’s that much mutual agreement and trust yk ?? and it just shouldn’t get ignored simply bc ppl either want them to be better at on camera work or assume they barely communicate or like each other. both those things aren’t gonna happen/aren’t true and even if someone is desperate to not believe in anything deeper or more personal for their own reasons (or because they keep expecting to be pandered to and assume an absence of that must mean nothing is there) then what they are as teammates is still HUGELY impressive and unique <3

#landoscar #inchidentallyanessay