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stardew style aziraphale and crowley
For some reason my brain is thinking Chick Hicks singing this:
And he’s telling Cruz to go screw herself.
…
Hmm…
Might be a good time to AMV something… or not. Not promises.
Okay Lindsey Collins is going way too hard for Mia because it sounds less like she’s fangirling and more like she’s getting off.
Tia ends up sounding like a normal type of fangirling.
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Shipping Cruz with Lightning feels very weird and gross to me.
1. There is a big enough age gap between them that she remembers watching his races when she was kid. She is at most in her early-twenties and Lightning had been racing for ten years by Cars 3 and is considered “old” by a bunch of twenty-something racers in 2017. While an age gap like that isn’t wrong per se, there is that power imbalance in terms of life experience that a romance wouldn’t work. While I image Sally is the older one between her and Lightning, they don’t seem that far apart in age where one of them is +10 years older.
2. Speaking of power imbalances, Lightning was also technically her employer. Technically it’s more of Sterling, but Lightning has some authority and influence over her job so long as he’s working for Rusteze. Yeah Cruz quits at the end, but they were still working together. In that way, him helping out Cruz getting a shot at racing feels like a sort of like a “casting couch” situation.
3. I never saw where people think Lightning or Cruz had or could have romantic feelings. I got always got the impression Lightning was acting more like a father to her. Luckily that seems to be the majority of Cars fans, but somehow tvtropes begs to differ.
So yeah, I’m not a fan of daddy issues in that regard. Yet somehow my mother thought that Lightning and Cruz were a couple and wondered if Sally would get jealous. Honestly, I rather Cruz just be Lightning’s sort of daughter figure and Sally his girlfriend.
Marriage is overrated and ten years on Sally and Lightning are a healthy, functional couple. Sally has little interaction with Cruz but she seems to like her fine. She was mad at Jackson talking to Cruz and making her uncomfortable (I would too, especially if Armie Hammer was talking to me) and was very complimentary of her Dinoco paint job at the end. Sally has no issue with Lightning spending time with a younger woman because she trusts him and their relationship. Healthy relationships.
However, that doesn’t stop me from shipping Cruz/Natalie Certain and Sally/Holley. I’m more of a yuri fan than yaoi, but it’s understandable why yaoi is more prominent in this fandom.
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❤️ I think Cars 2 was real start of the 2010s Disney Twist Villain craze…
Previous Twist Villains existed before the 2010s, but I think the reason why it became more frustrating for Pixar and Disney movies in that time was because of one person: John Lasseter. Lasseter had been executive producer on all the Pixar and Disney films with the twist villain: Cars 2, Wreck It Ralph, Frozen, Big Hero 6, Zootopia, Moana, Coco, and Incredibles 2.
While Lasseter was the executive producer on previous Disney and Pixar films with a twist villain (Toy Story 2, Monsters Inc. Incredibles, Meet the Robinsons, and Toy Story 3) he also had a lot more oversight as well. He wasn’t the most powerful man in animation at the time.
I think Lasseter really liked the twist villain and production-timeline wise, he probably suggested twist villains while making Cars 2.
With that being said… I think Miles Axlerod is the smartest in the sense that he never brags about his crimes to his victims. He only reveals himself as the villain when there’s a bomb inches from him and seconds away from blowing him up. Axlerod was smart enough to be cautious, not going to his meetings in-person, using a disguise voice and I think changed his color(?)…
As for the amount of money he probably spent setting up the World Grand Prix as a sham… Well if the 2020s have taught us anything is that being a billionaire doesn’t necessarily mean you’re a genius.
I’m not saying Miles Axlerod my favorite, but I kind like him in the historical sense of animation production and writing, what he’s meant to represent in the movie itself, and for shallow reason of silly/scary fanfics about him. Like in the same way people use Prince Hans (no super powers or soft/sad boy-ism, but manipulation, charm, wealth, and privilege).
💚 I liked crashing into Mia and Tia on the Cars video game because it kind of gave me a glimpse of their personalities. Surprisingly they are different. Mia is more aggressive with her yelling and whining and has more lines than Tia (in the video game). Mia also has a slightly deeper voice than Tia. Tia is more likely to compliment herself (self confidence queen) and whine.
I don’t get why people assume they’re teenagers. Not only is that gross for Lightning… but Mater too since they’re in his tall tales as girls to impress.
Sarge is the underrated hero. Despite calling Fillmore a tree hugger, he clearly distrusts Axlerod’s history of being an oil tycoon enough to switch Allinol with Fillmore’s fuel at the last minute. He may call not trust Fillmore’s organic fuel, but he cares about McQueen’s safety than his bias. There’s also this line Mater said in Cars 3 that while Luigi and Guido were Lightning, they put Sarge and Fillmore in charge of the tire shop. Fillmore gave all the tires away and Sarge was hunting them back down because… you don’t just do that with someone else’s merchandise.
But at the same time, casually brings a cannon to a party when Fillmore asked:
This was a photo of the comic I took and posted on my deviantart.
I think these comics made Chick weirdly interesting. One of the comics involved Chick admitting he respects Doc as a racer, has a “win at all cost” mentality because of his father, and that he learns to not make fun of disabled children.
This comic has him randomly show and save Red unintentionally. Long story short, Sarge had a really bad camera and thought Red stole something from him. Doc is in charge of the trial, Sally tries to defend Red and butt heads with Sarge about his sucky evidence. Sally monologues to herself about Sarge’s sucky evidence, Chick randomly shows up and flirts with her. Sally leaves and follows her to the courthouse. It’s then Chick shows he’s an AV nerd and messes with Sarge’s video evidence that showed color, cleared the image, and reveal Red didn’t steal his stuff.
So yeah…
Hello! I hardly even know the blog but just stopping by to drop off some Chick and Sally interactions I thought you'd might like lol
LETS GO, THEY HAD OFFICIAL INTERACTIONS!!!!
god chick is such an asshole 😭😭 and sally continues to be the realest character ever
also i love how this addresses their dynamic where chick sorta represents the worst of the life that sally left behind 🤔 salchick is so deep and multilayered
also also, reoccurring chick detail i noticed: whenever chick makes a "witty" joke or one-liner and no one reacts, he immediately tries to awkwardly explain it
Anyways,
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!
TORTURE AND SALLY AND CRUZ! WHY ARE YOU MAKING HIM WATCH!
I know I should’ve seen it coming but it still made me scared!
IT’S HELL IT’S HELL IT’S HELL IT’S HELL IT’S HELL IT’S HELL IT’S HELL!!!!!
OH THANKS FOR THE ENDING! I GUESS I’LL JUST ASSUME THE WORST OF HAPPENED TO THE THREE!
Okay...
Mater, call the spies and get a Maui hook and go save your friends,
Holley, get out the taser and shock the minions and help Mater get them out.
Finn, put eighteen holes inside of Axlerod.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MRn2jDfsOsQ
Another video I made. This time about Finn doing something stupid that even Mater’s pissed off.
It’s kind interesting to note how Mater rarely gets angry so I chose the one where he’d be at the most angry. Lightning has a lot of angry expression and Holley, I love her reactions. Especially after Finn gives his reason for why he’s got them killed!
My OT3:
Lightning/Sally/Cruz- Cool One/Clever One/Cute One
Jackson/Cruz/Natalie- Cool One/Cute One/Clever One
Eugene/Rapunzel/Cassandra- Cool One/Cute One/Clever One
Imagine your OT3 arguing about who is “the clever one”, who is “the cool one”, and who is “the cute one”.
Ooooo! Sounds like perfect for a reverse harem type story!
Oh and Natalie Certain can be like this Academic Alpha girl who has this ego of intelligence and feeling like she’s never wrong until someone (like Cruz) proves her wrong.
Here’s what the theme song would be:
A bi-harem with Cruz as the main lead, the boys and Natalie being her love interests, Lightning and Sally, while not her parents are more of her care takers/unofficial adopted parents. While Lightning’s cool with other boys, it’s Jackson and Natalie’s attitude that he has a problem with their sort of Holier Than Thou mentality.
Sorry… I’ve had my mind on a Cars harem story idea ever since I did a meme.
Hello! Just wanna say I lovee your writing and fics <333 and also quick question, what were the next-gen racers like in high school?
Awww, I’m flattered! ^-^ <3
Jackson - kinda quiet, gym class showoff, former middle school emo kid
Tim - friend to all, honor roll cinnamon roll, theater kid
Chase - jock, dated a cheerleader, somehow avoided most high school drama because he’s actually a decent person
Danny - hopeless romantic, always chasing someone he can’t have, but is surprisingly never bitter about it
Cruz - hella determined, liked by all, always super bubbly (except for when she wasn’t, and then everyone noticed and would try to help)
Name the fandom & I'll answer
The first character I first fell in love with The character I never expected to love as much as I do now The character everyone else loves that I don’t The character I love that everyone else hates The character I used to love but don’t any longer The character I would totally smooch The character I’d want to be like The character I’d slap A pairing that I love A pairing that I despise
Writing practice you know?
Writing Game: Song-Drabbles
Here are the steps:
1. Followers send numbers to your ask (For Example, “ 6 “)
2. You shuffle your music 6 times (The number that was sent to you)
3. You tell your followers what song you landed on (Do this by answering the Ask)
4. Followers send you a line from that song (First line submitted shall be used)
5. You write a drabble using the line from that song as your prompt
6. Repeat and Enjoy!
Visit @prompt-bank for more prompts!
Part self promotion of my blog, @crystalgemcars and part really-wanting-to-show-this-because-I-love-both-Cars-and-Steven-Universe.
I just really like this piece of music from the episode Rose’s Scabbard and I wanted the instrumental part where Pearl remembers when Rose’s offers her the choice of staying or going for her safety and luckily I found someone’s piano cover of that scene.
Honestly I thought this would work well for the Doc/Lightning and Cruz/Lightning relationship (platonic!).
I feel like this is what I hear when I think bittersweet.
Pretend Lightning used male pronouns with Doc.
I’m going to eventually make a Cars Music Video with the song Here Comes A Thought and one with a piano cover of the final music for Legend of Korra.
Another wonderful drawing by my girl @lunan95. I love it and I thank you for it girl!
I can see the Lightning half feeling taller (Fusion heights vary but still)! I’m thinking taller than Garnet, but shorter than Sardonyx and Sugilite.
I can see them using Lightning’s shield like a frisbee at enemy to cut through them or friends in their off time.
Behold! Green Banded Agate!
This is the fusion between Lightning (Carnelian) and Sky (Larimar)! Oh, I’m so proud of this piece, I have worked 3 hours and 30 minutes with this! All this while listening to Steven Universe soundtrack
(”Enticement” score, I had to confess…)
I don’t know if this is a male or female, to be honest…maybe just genderless. Anyways, Green-Banded is a cutie with a mix of both the ever so cheeky and cute Sky and the fierce and confident Lightning!
@pixarjem I hope you’re proud of me! :D
Just a random thing I did.
YOU DO NOT HURT THE BABY!
Lightning McQueen: Moronic Feminist!
(At the Demolition Derby with Luigi, Guido, and Mack watch from the side in concern. They see Cruz stuck in the mud and Lightning nearby.)
Luigi: Oh shit! Lightning go get-a her out of the mud!
Lightning: I’m not doin’ it. That would be sexist
Luigi, Guido, and Mack: What!?
Lightning: This right here, this situation, this is the damsel in distress trope. And I am not about to contribute to it.
Mack: While I can agree that trope is horrible in this particular situation we need you to do this. She’s in danger.
Lightning: No. It'd be against my moral compass.
Luigi: Your fucking moral compass is a roulette wheel!
Cruz: (increasingly scared for her life) Lightning I know what you mean but this isn’t the time for that.
Lightning: I’m sorry Cruz I can’t do it.
Luigi: Look, she’s already in the situation. You just need to pull her out of it.
Mack: What if we pretend she’s just a crippled car.
Lightning: That’d be denying her sexual identity. Cruz, you do identify as female, right?
Cruz:(annoyed but getting worried over not being able to get out of the mud) Yeah and I understand. Sometimes in our culture things are ridiculous, but face it, situation is situation.
Lightning: I’m sorry. I can’t do it.
Guido: OOOOHHHHHH GOOODD!
Lightning: Think about it from my perspective! What do you see over there?
Luigi: YOUR TRAINER! AND SHE’S IN TROUBLE!
Lightning: Well I see a highly capable girl. Sure life’s beaten her down a little but that’s not gonna stop her. Nothing’s gonna stop her. She can become president of the world one day!
Luigi: NOT IF SHE’S SAWED IN HALF BY MISS FRITTER!
(20 minutes later Luigi, Guido, and Mack leave the two at the derby and back to the trailer)
Luigi: Okay, so we all agree. We’ll hide her body on the beach, if Lightning’s still alive we train somewhere else and never come back here again. We’ll-a tell Sterling we lost Cruz somehow. Good?
Guido: (Nods)
Mack: I like it!
SALLY FROM CARS SINGS!
WHY IS IT ONLY NOW DO I FIND THIS OUT!
And I just had a slight mini freak out of happiness and excited all because of my weird curiosity.
SHHIIIIIPPPPPING! AWWWWWAAAAYYYYY!
Absolutely WONDERFUL drawing/fan art/Gem-ification by @lunan95 for our group/ possible story of Cars!Gems.
Wonderful dress for Sky/Larimar.
Larimar is the Gem and her name before joining where she gives herself a new name.
Will you join the Rebellion? @crystalgemcars
Ideas are welcome.
Okay, now I have done a couple of more gemsonas!
First one out is Sky, who belongs to me. :3 Sky is a Larimar, a rare gem and she belonged originally to Blue Diamond’s court. A misunderstanding occurs during the rebellion and Sky got separated from the Homeworld Gems, causing her gem to crack and she were left alone at Earth where she wanders around lost, helpless and without access to her gem abilities.
Second one is no one else than Chick Hicks! He’s is a Moss Agate, a Quartz soldier like Lightning/Carnelian, only he’s one of the ultimate Quartz soldiers which means his creation is perfected and he belongs to Yellow Diamond. I have ways pictured Chick being a lot like Jasper from the actual show and my friend/co-writer @pixarjem agreed withy opinion.
WHAT?! (Cars 3 spoilers)
@imcarstrash My God! Did you not realize what you just said? Or the implications of it!
“Oh yeah he hit her but at least he didn’t attempt to straight murder her.”
I don’t think you intended it that way but it looks like you’re condoning possible abuse.
Even then, Jackson got angry and desperate and decided to crash her into the wall.
l’ll admit I kind of ship Cruzon but I don’t condone what Jackson did. If I were to write a fanfic of these two being a couple than Jackson would be the one who’d need to admit he’s at fault, that he realized he went too far, maybe try to make it up to Cruz. Though not in the way of “I’ve changed!”, “It’ll be better this time”, or Cruz doing the whole “I can change him” schtick seen in almost EVERY YA novel nowadays.
Sorry it’s just your comment struck out at me as being ignorant of what you’re saying. I don’t want to attack you, but inform you. I apologize if it seemed like I was attacking you.
Mommy Sal and Padre McQueen with their baby.
Man I wished Cruz had called Sally Mrs. McQueen so I could know if they are MARRIED OR NOT! Or Hell Mater calling her Mrs. Sally when he passed by.
Hmm… I’m starting to get into Chick and Natalie, but I’m kind of leaning towards Cruz and Natalie now since Jackson hit Cruz and Natalie did a rather gay look upon admiring Cruz.
Mommy Sal and Padre McQueen do not approve of Jackson, not after hitting their girl.
Here are some good Cars 3 (het…ish) pairings
Welp. Goodbye Cruzon and Critter, I found a new ship for Cruz and I finally get my Cars lesbian pairing.
Make way for Cruzalie!
One is all about the numbers and how they’re never wrong while the other beat the odds.
Since y'all forgot:
Natalie’s GAY moment is when she repeats something the commentators say, like “quite the win” but Nat puts extra emphasis into it and leans in and stares at Cruz unblinkingly from afar and does something with her lip and it was massively gay
YES! I KNEW THIS WOULD HAPPENS!
BOTH OF THEM HATE JACKSON FOR TALKING TO THEIR BABY CRUZ!
I FEEL VERY SMUG ABOUT ANYONE WHO SAID SALLY WAS GOING TO BE JEALOUS OF CRUZ!
IT’S THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY PEOPLE WE SHOULDN’T WORRY OR FEEL COMPETITIVE ABOUT OTHER FEMALES TALKING TO GUYS WHETHER THEY’RE A BOYFRIEND OR EVEN JUST A FRIEND!
DID I MENTION CRUZ IS ABSOLUTELY ADORABLE! AND SHE LOOKS INTIMIDATED BY JACKSON! NOT MY BABY!
LIGHTNING, SALLY, GO KICK JACKSON’S ASS AND PROTECT YOUR DAUGHTER!
…Well there goes my Cruzon ship.
…Fritter/Cruz go!
Why do I keep shipping Cruz with characters who absolute dicks to her at best and at worst ones who try to murder her?
when some fuckboy tries to flirt with ur daughter
Lightning you are going to be a good friend whether you like it or not.
Spoilers! The start of the demolition derby has leaked! Here’s a clip
Everytime Cruz FAILS at her ONE JOB! She has ONE JOB and she screws it up!
She’s wonderful and I love her, but she really SUCKS as a trainer.
Lightning is not your babysitter Cruz, he can barely babysit Mater and had like four other dudes to helped with that!
I like it.
What is with that random kid? I’m calling it, he’s played by one of Owen Wilson’s sons, probably Robert Ford since he can most likely talk.
If I’m right about the kid’s voice being Owen’s son than... Aww.... adorable! Best daddy! Then again, his little sons will also be watching their dad get hurt very, very brutally and being very sad throughout their movie.
Jackson has such a smug, but chill look on his face that I kind of like. He is just flipping chill.
Oh and the masochistic demolition derby cars and Miss Fritter are there too. Gale is staring at her bumper.
Let’s see Smokey, Louise Nash, Mack, Luigi Guido, Mater, Red and my girl Sally. Yeah that’s everyone.
And it's called Freeway of Love... is Fritter trying to serenade Cruz?
Crackship GO! If Cruzon doesn't work than.... Dammit I can't think of the ship name for Cruz and Fritter!
Lemonade and the Magic School Bus from Hell
Can anyone think of anything better? I want my lesbian cars!
Guys…. lea delaria did a song for Cars 3……. miss fritter jazz music…….. guys…
Oooo... this can help with my Cars couple anthology series. To the thinking of pairings, titles, and then sending it to a113Cowgirl!
The Fic I won’t write game
Send me a ship and a fic title, and I’ll post a summary of the fic with that title I won’t write.
(Original game started by the puckurt comm mods here)
I wonder what their jobs on Homeworld are like.
This is also kind of dated since we recently met an Aquamarine and she is a little brat that Gem!Sally would not take kindly. Oh well, there’s alway Zircon.
You’re designs are wonderful by the way dear.
Also, Aquamarines and Emeralds are both Beryl gems... Oi... Chick and Sally are...
Cars gem AU! Up above is the first initial lineup, a chick/lightning fusion and a chick/lightning/king fusion! Last is a short mini comic thing about a time where a series of event made it look like chick poofed mcqueen, chick took off with mcqueens gem and was hiding out in a cave waiting for him to reform.
Sporking Projects List
Sporking is looking at bad fanfics and making fun of them and critiquing them.
IT IS NOT TO MAKE FUN OF THE AUTHOR!
Request a bad fanfic if you want me to spork it.
Fics I’ll Be Sporking:
Cars: Two friends, one cup (Fandom: Cars)
TM4TR (Fandom: Cars)
Tow Mater (Fandom: Cars)
The Disney Seven (Fandom: Disney)
(Possibly) Curse of the Demon Pony (Fandom: My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic)
Fandoms I’m A Part Of:
Cars movies (sans Planes 1 and 2)
Pixar
Disney
Steven Universe
Gravity Falls
Avatar: The Last Airbender/Legend of Korra
Star vs. The Forces of Evil
Dreamworks
Phineas and Ferb
Samurai Jack
Classic Nickelodeon
Classic Cartoon Network
Kim Possible
How I Met Your Mother
Code Geass
Ouran Highschool Host Club
Your Name
Studio Ghibli
Okay fine. I’ll give in. Probably won’t be responded do to me being so new on the Tumblr.