Gotta BOOP
Gotta make those BOOPS, make PAWS
Got a FURR coat so I make it PURR
Give me BOOPS when you see me BOOP
Gotta, gotta, gotta BOOP
To all my fellow atinys, I've officially lost my mind
Perfect fit
TW: Pedophilia
Teenagers are rarely taught the reason why they can't consent to sex with adults.
And that's because teaching them that would completely unravel our coercion-based society.
It can be difficult to explain in detail the exact reason and all the specifics in a way that they will understand. But the simplest way to phrase it is that in some cases, even when someone agrees to something and even when they appear enthusiastic about it, there's too much of a power imbalance that it's no different than forcing them. Also, having power and being abusive doesn't require a conscious expectation to be obeyed.
Imagine a world in which every teenager understood that and was easily able to call out anyone who tried to convince them otherwise.
They'd know that there's no such thing as an employee consenting to working for a poverty wage, working in unsafe conditions, working long hours, or working without taking breaks. They'd know that there's no such thing as consenting to paying a bank overdraft fee. They'd know that there's no such thing as consenting to student loan debt. They'd know that there's no such thing as consenting to medical bills. They'd know that there's no such thing as consenting to generating profit for banks or landlords in order to have a place to live and being evicted or foreclosed when you lose your source of income. They'd know that there's no such thing as consenting to a police search. They'd know that there's no such thing as a child who's okay with their parents spanking them. They'd know that being dependent on someone does not mean that you can never criticize them. They'd know that if it's considered abusive to simply play along when someone obeys, then it has to be much more abusive to actively expect to be obeyed, which many adults do to them.
And people who benefit from a society based on coercion masquerading as freedom wouldn't like that.
So instead, teenagers are taught something dismissive. They're taught that what they want doesn't matter. They're taught that they're too young to know what love is. They're taught "it's the law". They're taught things that are insulting to their intelligence, which they'll naturally rebel against.
At this point, might as well try some web magic
"Andreil should say I love you, that's how we have proof that they heal-"
Shut up! A fic once said Neil goes on a quiet search for the best Hot Cocoa brand, buying a different kind every time they run out, wordlessly cataloging Andrew's reactions to each new brand tested so he could find The One so that comfort hot cocoa on bad days can be a little more sweet!
Shut up! A fic once said Andrew dropped money on a house because the neighborhood was so quiet, so empty, full of old people and surrounded by woods that it turned Neil's brain off cus he felt safe enough for his hypersensitive threat perception to say 'yeah alright we're cool'!
Shut up! A fic once had Neil rail on the other Foxes for excluding Andrew from Secret Santa cus "they didn't think he cared" and Neil straight up told them that if it came down to them versus Andrew it wouldn't be them!
Shut up! A fic once had Andrew go on the hunt for clothes that wouldn't aggravate Neil's scars when they got extra sensitive on bad days, throwing out all his clothes with the Bad Texture and replacing them, honoring baggy size and boring colors and all!
Shut up shut up shut up!!!
I wonder if Mclaren have some kind of sports psychologist for Norris 😭 I don't know if you saw his interviews but basically the journalist was asking him what went wrong and he pointed at himself and just said he isn't good enough, he was also asked what he would do to reset for tomorrow and he said he'd go to sleep. At first last year it wasn't really anything, but this happens every time and it makes you wonder if his head is really in it. He and Charles have this common trait of self-deprecation in interviews when they make mistakes, but Charles just moves on from it and does better.
Honestly I really do think Norris fans have it worse than Leclerc fans. Even if our team has its struggles operationally as well as in the engineering department I look forward to race weekends just to see Charles perform, and see him perform well. It's exciting to see him extract 100% of the machinery and see the things he can do in a subpar car, so you're reassured that by the time comes when Ferrari give him the team and the car, he can do it. In the meantime you're reassured that the issue isn't lying in the cockpit.
But what do you do when the issue does lie in the cockpit...
Well, the key difference between Lando and Charles is that Charles has that inherent belief in himself, and Lando doesn't seem to.
So when Charles criticises himself, he does that in a way to learn, and to responsibility. He very rarely, if ever, makes the same mistake twice. His criticism tends to be a fairly objective and clinical analysis of what went wrong (even if he sometimes used to take responsibility for Ferrari's mistakes rather than his), and how to go forward from this.
Lando, however, doesn't seem to have the same kind of clinical analysis and perspective on himself and his driving. A lot of his comments seem to be made in order to gather sympathy from his fans ("he's just doing his best! he's trying so hard, leave him alone!"). And I do think he believes in a lot of them, too, and no, I don't think McLaren has ever addressed this issue properly. We should never forget that they're the real evil here.
The difference here, again, is that Charles and Max are obsessed with racing to a degree that Lando simply isn't. Look at Charles' early quotes, even. If someone is going to fight for the championship, it's not going to be his teammate. It's going to be him. As you say, with Charles you know he's always going to do his best, and get what he can out of the car.
girls when he rounds the parabolica then to start his final lap in this race and you can bet your bottom dollar that no one is gonna be sat down at all as they make their way around 3.6 more miles let's look at the list ascari phil hill surtees scarfiotti regazzoni scheckter berger schumacher barrichello alonso ferrari drivers that have won here at monza and this man charles leclerc is about to add his name to that list and that means something bottas has been given the power he's been given the tools to chase after charles leclerc but he is a bit too far back leclerc who won in spa of course last week and might join this list bruce mclaren nigel mansell damon hill mika hakkinen and lewis hamilton drivers in the world championship who've won their first two grand prix back to back have a listen to that they rise through the ascari chicane ascari the legend that of course won here for ferrari and they rise to charles leclerc he can see the celebrations starting he's got one more corner the famous parabolica to go mercedes threw everything at him today charles leclerc has coped brilliantly he won in spa he wins in monza charles leclerc is the winner of the 2019 italian grand prix how about that
whenever i read books i cannot actually imagine what the characters look like, they're all somewhat like this.
the foxes giving neil a bunch of key chains / trinkets to attach to his keys bcus they realize it means something to him and wanna support him -> nice, cute, probably occurs every christmas / bday bcus he's canonically hard to shop for
the foxes giving neil a bunch of key chains / trinkets to attach to his keys bcus he walks as silently as a fucking cat and they got tired of getting jump scared so now they hear him coming-> hilarious. my favorite version of this hc. neil josten jingling down the sidewalk like a dyke w/ a carabiner is everything to me
andrew wearing a necklace with a lock and giving neil a matching collar that he can attach the columbia house key to -> 😳😏
“I have a deeply hidden and inarticulate desire for something beyond the daily life.”
— Virginia Woolf