The mysteries of Tumblr is people liking or reblogging content from 3-5 years ago and you have no idea how they found it as you were only reminded of its existence because of them finding it lol
I don't post on here so much anymore but I still watch the races.
I still frankly have no idea how Alfa went from having one of the worst, if not the worst quali car on the grid... To randomly getting their best quali since 2012 lol
Man I hate how double tapping now likes a post instead of zooming in. It's muscle memory and the amount of times I've accidentally done it now is embarrassing 🙈
Do you ever think about how Valtteri and Lewis are polar opposites from each other, yet still like each other so much. Do you ever think about how they complement each other. Do you ever think about how they're literally like fire and ice and somehow still make it work.
Do you ever think about how Lewis can be challenge and excitement and glamor and goofiness for Valtteri and Valtteri can be honesty and rest and calmness and trust for Lewis.
Do you ever think about how not being teammates anymore has made them appreciate each other's presence even more and how they are actively seeking each other out, finding comfort and smiles in each other, without any expectations or conditions, how it's just easy and familar and good between them...
Just Valewis thoughts. 🥺❤️
anon sorry im late answering this it was lost in my inbox somewhere but. i showed this to @milflewis and @effervescentdragon and they immediately said SUN AND MOON PAIRING and. im about to go insane sorry not sorry.
u know after the entire shitshow that was the Nico Years TM and especially 2016, it was so obvious how tired lewis was. like not of racing, but of this entire teammate situation. gods sake his first ever teammate in the sport was fernando alonso there was no way that was ever going to go well. he got along well enough with heikki and jenson, but then he moved to mercedes, where his teammate was nico. and. well. the less said about that the better.
so by the time valtteri joined, i think lewis was sort of really wary about the whole thing. like if his childhood friend could do that to him over a championship, then how could he expect any better from anyone else? and it was probably smarter, in his head, to just not even try, really, to be anything other than professional. and then. and then there's valtteri, who'd gotten a couple of podiums with williams but nothing more, who's so desperate to prove himself and win. it would've been easy, i think, for him if he'd chosen to do what everyone else did. if he'd chosen to play games and be ruthless and do whatever it took. but he's not like that, he's not like that at all. he worked hard and he did his best and whatever he had to prove, he did on track.
u know that video in 2017 (i think?) when someone asked lewis if jenson was a better teammate or valtteri and he just said "i don't care" in this tired tone. and then that video at the end of 2017 when it's lewis n valtteri on that rooftop in abu dhabi talking. and lewis asks "were you ever really angry with me?" and valtteri says "yeah. when you beat me" and there's this moment. lewis just kind of goes still. and you can tell that he's instantly on edge because. this is exactly the sort of thing that ruined his relationships with prev teammates. they couldn't stand that he was better, than he won. and there was this moment, like. is valtteri going to be like that too? is this just another reiteration of that same old dynamic? and then valtteri clarifies "at video games" and lewis just kind of. relaxes. laughs it off. but that moment is THERE. and it just sort of goes to show where lewis's head was at in 2017 re: teammates.
and then they just sort of grew on each other? somehow? because valtteri never tried to play any games. when he saw lewis winning, when he wanted to compete, he didn't want to do it by dirty tricks or psychological warfare. he wanted to do it by being a better driver. and he did beat lewis a few times! but it never went sour between them. i know everyone likes to call valtteri a pushover (and other much more unkind terms) but i really don't think he is. if you listen to his episode on the beyond the grid podcast it really gives you some insight into his mentality, into how he approaches racing and who he is as a person. and it really struck me how unique his mindset is. he comes across as one of the only people on the grid who is content with who he is and where he's at. yes of course they're all competitive. every person on that grid is there to try to win. but val is one of the few that puts the team first. he's said as much in the podcast. he knew what the environment at merc was like when he joined. he knew that the last thing they needed was another such rivalry, another person causing problems. and yes, toto had his ways of ensuring valtteri would not try to challenge lewis too much (the one year contracts, for instance). and valtteri is well within his rights to be bitter about it. god we're all well aware of the "valtteri it's james" jokes. his anger and frustration over that is absolutely justifiable and no one would blame him if he hated merc/toto/lewis. but he genuinely does not seem like he does. he's still on such good terms with lewis (and even toto). they still travel together and hang out. because for him, it was about the team, and that never affected his relationship with lewis, even after he left.
sorry that sort of became a love letter to valtteri MOVING ON TO YOUR ASK
i fucking love their dynamic. like i FUCKING. LOVE IT. on the surface they seem like they have barely anything in common. lewis is this bright, bold guy, all sunshine and smiles, and val is so much more introverted, kinda lowkey. their personalities are so different, their approach to racing is so different. but somehow it WORKS. have you seen how fucking FOND valtteri looks when he's looking at lewis or talking to him. like come on. literally the fucking heart eyes emoji. like come on WHAT IS THAT. and lewis is just as bad!!! god how does one even survive having lewis hamilton smile at them like that! and! the look on valtteri's face when he hears lewis singing! please!!! i'm going to scream.
[insert montage of them being... Like That]
(via merc insta, they look like literal personification of the sun n moon here)
(via @wejustvibing (first pic) and @vro0m (second pic))
(from this photoset by @electric-arc)
(can't remember the source of this pic sorry it's from my camera roll)
(this entire photoset by @effervescentdragon)
(via @l8tof1)
(via @gianniisantetokounmpo)
and like. the way valtteri can make lewis laugh. the way he's automatically smiling and laughing too, when he's with lewis. the banter. the way lewis is so comfortable with valtteri in his personal space. the way he squeezes into valtteri's. the casual touching! god there's like five years of just watching them get closer and closer, until "i don't care" becomes "he's the best teammate in the sport" and "you're greater than you know" and "for the first time i had a teammate with whom i really communicated ... without hiding anything from each other" and just. i'm going a little insane okay. do you know how BIG that is. lewis finally having a teammate he could trust NOT to stab him in the back. "he wants to win on his own merit, not by playing games, not by winning the team over" and this is 2017! right after nico! who famously played mind games and was manipulative and who divided the team. who did anything and everything he could to win, and didn't care that that meant actively screwing his childhood best friend over. and then there's valtteri! who's not just lewis's favorite teammate but "the best teammate in the sport" like ever! EVER! 70 yrs of rivalries and teammates and as far as lewis is concerned, there's no one better than valtteri viktor bottas. that's a whole ass fucking love letter in this sport!!!!!
its the love. the fucking acceptance. valtteri telling lewis he's the better driver. admitting it was hard for him to accept. lewis telling valtteri "you're greater than you know" ON MAIN. do you know how insane that quote makes me. do you!!! valtteri saying "when i can't win the title, i want lewis to win it" and "it felt like i was the one who lost" after ad21. checking in with lewis after it all. the way they ran to each other when they saw each other in the beginning of this season. so many people tried to get valtteri to slander lewis and merc and valtteri didn't give them a single fucking crumb. nothing but repetition of how much he respects lewis and how fucking good lewis is. the way they still seek each other out! the silly little insta exchanges! "valtteri didn't look too worried" "i just knew you'd be okay" and "never stop dancing mate" and god. the whole thing in monaco. what the FUCK. lewis called val's nude "the best picture i've seen" and val just. straight up gave him a print. framed. IN FRONT OF THE WORLD. "not that i don't have enough things to remember you by" LEWIS. also. don't think i don't remember how when the interviewer asked lewis if he'd seen the naked pic of val, lewis went "oh is that the one with me in it?" um. excuse me? EXCUUUUUUUUUUSE ME?
(i could write essays abt monaco 22 but i'll try to keep it short this is already becoming quite long.)
(OH also the sequel to monaco 22, aka singapore 22. only good thing abt this weekend was lewis saying he's got val's nude in his home, guanyu saying he wouldn't do that he'd put it somewhere private, and val being like "next time i could do a flipped one" like ok. ok val. offer him dick pics on main. Normal. i cannot believe these are real events that really occurred in real life.)
look. at the end of the day it's about the mutual love and respect. it's about a professional relationship becoming "best duo in the sport." it's about THAT progressing into close friendship. nico can go on and on as much as he likes about how he still Knows and Understands lewis but valtteri is the one that actually does. he doesn't need to keep harping on about lewis to prove he knows him; he just does. he knows how to make lewis laugh and how to approach him when he's angry or tired or upset. he knows without having to ask what lewis is thinking, what he's feeling. they may not be teammates anymore but they're "still mates." they look for each other and are always so fucking happy to be with each other, and they travel together whenever they can. pls every other team on the grid WISHES they had what lewis and valtteri do. dream team for sure. god i could go on and on about them i love them and their relationship SO. FUCKING. MUCH!!!
ok im done now. until someone else comes along and sets me off.
what are your fave vb blogs? i like reading nice vb posts too!
hello, petal!! (´▽`ʃ♡ƪ) so happy to have a pal in the "reading nice posts about vb gives me juice" boat.
i really do not follow a lot of f1 blogs relatively speaking, but here are the few recs i can make!
vb-centric:
@eleyhsa @valtteri-77 @needmorecoffee77 and, though currently inactive, @electric-arc is worth following for the incredible archive of valtteri photos and edits.
romaincrisis
kaledo-art
annaxmalina
germansingergirl
