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[saapphicx]

hello! 14 and 89 for the wrapped game?

Hello!

14. Little Lion Man - Mumford & Sons (a classic that went back into my rotation because I was reminded of its existence by @yesloulou when she was talking about it in relation to Max/Daniel I think in one of her posts ^_^)

89. Stay Close - SYML (okay this is funny because I have no recollection of this song at all. Like literally none. I had to immediately add it to my queue to listen to so I could remember it lol oops. Sorry SYML I did you dirty there. Although if I can be a bit critical this song sounds a bit generic so that might be why I forgot it.)

[saapphicx]

👖 Are you a planner, plantser, or pantser? Is it consistent?

Hello yes thank you for the question and saving me from (atm) going to sleep lol

taken from here

short answer: I'm a pantser who is determined to reform herself into a plantser

longer answer: it is horribly unsustainable for me to continue to only be a pantser when I write lol

the thing about pantsing is it's great in theory, but in reality, it's probably a good idea to have, at the very least, a sense of direction. Especially if I'm writing a fic that deals with the actual F1 world (keeping track of races and dates of when things happened is really important.) Also I'm a bit like a magpie, I see something shiny and I go after it. If I have a little outline, I can steer myself back on track.

That being said, I'm still going to be a pantser at heart, so I need to keep the outline broad enough that I can really find my own groove and discover as I go the flesh and meat of everything. When I set down to write a scene, for example, I might have the plan that "Daniel and Max meet up before COTA-Max wants to tell Daniel about his feelings for him." but other than that, I'll be able to sit down and figure out as I write what that looks like. And often if I bounce around a bit in scenes that can also help make my outline more clear. So it's a bit of a give and take with plantsing.

As for consistency, I'm working on it! The reason I have to reform myself is sometimes I fall back into just full on pantsing which is normally how my wips end up not getting done or why I end up writing super slowly (pantsing can be used by me for procrastination often because I avoid really thinking about the fic in the way I need to lol) so that in itself is a work in progress!

[vroombeams]

hey, number 17 for the game, what is something you recently felt proud of in your writing? 😘

fic asks 🌟

17. what is something you recently felt proud of in your writing? oh a hard one since it feels like i haven't been writing at all recently!!! i think the moment-of-pride i most recently had was going over the timeloop wip again for the first time in a couple months and finding that i like... really like it? which is rare for me!! like the second and third chapters are probably some of the best work i've ever done which again is like, a weird thing to be able to say. so i guess that!! proud that i've made something that i am proud of, if that makes sense :')

[saapphicx]

Number 8 and 16 for the ask game queen? 💛

Questions taken from here! Thank you for the questions! (and for calling me queen, omg I feel honoured hehe) 8. Do you collect anything? If so, what? Hmm, I do like to collect mugs for my tea! Currently in a bit of a barren era with it but I always love a good mug.

I do also have a small collection of perfume, and I suppose one could say I also collect lip balms because I'm always buying all sorts to try and putting them in different places for me to never remember where they are. Also books. Books always count correct? I actually have started to rebuild my physical book collection again (I was only reading e-books but I missed my physical books no matter how impractical) so it really is like I'm collecting them fully again! 16. Describe your favourite hoodie. How long have you had it? What makes it unique?

So I don't actually own any hoodies! I do however own a cardigan so trade off and I'll describe that instead? It's a knit, cream colour that falls just to my hips. It has three to four buttons on it but the buttons sit low so the chest mainly is open. It also has two pockets but one of them needs a bit of mending.

What makes it unique is that it was gifted to me by my mum, because it used to be hers, and it was hand knit by her best friend at the time. So it's a very sentimental cardigan.

[saapphicx]

heyyyy 🥐 and 🦋 for the ask game if you still need a distraction - hope you feel better soon!

I can always use more distractions (and I'm addicted to ask games, I will not lie.) Thank you for the well wishes! I'm not really in pain today, just tired so we're doing all right all things considered <3

Qs taken from this ask game

🥐 name one internet reference that will always make you laugh

If you quote a vine at me, I'm literally always going to laugh-does that count as an Internet reference? Specifically though, the "Chris is that a weed? I'm calling the police!" will never not be hilarious to me especially because years later, committed to the bit, they did a sequel. Brilliant actually.

🦋 share something that has been on your heart and mind lately

my discord bio literally says I'm a professional overthinker so I've had much on my mind and heart lately, haha. Hmm. Since I can't share like some of that because it's a bit too personal, I'll share this: sometimes, especially when I'm tired, I'm like "do people actually like me on here?" lol. It just pops into my head, sometimes, where I'm like "do people want to talk to me? am I being annoying?" or sometimes I'll be like "I'd love to talk more with this person but how do I do that without being a pest?" because I think they're so cool and so lovely. And I've been trying to work on that: because surely if someone didn't ,you know, enjoy me, they'd just not follow, but then sometimes I'm like "what if it's because it'd be awkward to unfollow me because we're moots or something"

To be fair, this entire feedback loop of static insecurity doesn't happen often-but it's been happening a little bit more recently so I think it can apply for on the heart and mind.

[saapphicx]

G for the fandom asks!

ty for the question!

questions take from here

g. do you remember your first OTP, if so who was in it?

Okay, I thought long and hard about this because I couldn't decide which came first in my shipping days, but I think my very first OTP might have been Xena and Ares from Xena: Warrior Princess.

(please note I did not ship Xena and Gabrielle at the time because small!saapphicx did not realise that lesbians existed. Oh, how the turn tables as they say.)

Anyway, Xena and Ares were both hot (pretty to baby!saapphicx), and they had electric chemistry and they pretended they didn't care about each other but they actually did? At least that's how I remember it lol

(also they were a bit fucked up, which you know...kind of tracks?)

So yes, my first OTP was them hehe

[saapphicx]

✈️ and 💊 for the ask game??

Thank you for the questions <3

(from this ask game) ✈️ if you could go to a race, which one?

I answered this question here! 💊 what’s one narrative/take about your favourite driver that annoys you?

Oooh, this is a good one. My favourite driver is Daniel (RIP me tbh) so, now I'm trying to think of a take/narrative that annoys me because I know I've seen some but without them in front of me, it's like my brain is blanking. Hmm. Okay, here's one: I think with what ultimately happened to Daniel in Singapore, there was so much hindsight from people saying "well he shouldn't have gone back to Red Bull" or "he shouldn't have done x, y, z" thing in his career or even "he should have done this." I've seen it often, and the thing is, it's that old cliche saying of: hindsight is 20/20. Maybe Daniel should have seen some things coming yeah, and he definitely should have a better team around him (hire some women Daniel, I beg), but ultimately he made the choices he did because for him it was right at the time. I just get annoyed by Daniel "should've known better" take because none of us know Daniel personally (at least I don't think so, ha) and none of know everything that has gone on. There's plenty we don't know, and plenty of nuance I'm sure.

[saapphicx]

Funniest thing that happened this year and a rule you'd make for next year for the ask game?? 👀

Yay, thank you!

Taken from this ask game :)

Funniest thing that happened this year?

Honestly there were many but it has to be Max holding his own press conference after getting reprimanded, etc, etc for swearing. That was utterly hilarious to me. So A+ of Max to do it.

There are some other hilarious moments but I fear they're the kind of funny that comes with hate watching certain things so I'll refrain from that lmao

A rule you'd make for next year?

There are so many rules I'd make honestly. Like is there a rule to cut out the BS and corruption of F1? That's the primary one lmao.

So originally I was thinking of a rule to help protect drivers against just being dropped despite contracts, etc, etc but actually I think the number one rule I'd bring in next year? Benefits and better pay for the mechanics, engineers, etc, etc on teams. Rotating schedule if we're going to have double and triple headers. The teams must provide proper compensation and these team members must no longer be overworked and underpaid because god knows F1 wouldn't run without them. So yes.