“never give power to the big man”

Rise!TMNT + their Taylor Swift songs

oh man. you're so right about mikey. i think i'll do this for every iteration i've seen and feel confident about... some answers would probably be similar but there's so many little differences and nuances with every version that would be good to make sense of. and when tortured poets drops i'll update the list if any apply! i have a feeling the black dog will sneak in somewhere...

let's start with rise! my choices are based off of a combination of lyrics, production, and just overall vibes and i put an unnecessary amount of time and effort into this by considering songs, albums, and defining lyrics so i won't be accepting any disagreements

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Leonardo

anti-hero

dear reader

nothing new

castles crumbling

mirrorball

album/s: midnights + speak now

lyric/s: it’s me, hi, i’m the problem, it’s me

Donatello

you’re on your own, kid

cowboy like me

mastermind

karma

...ready for it?

album/s: evermore + midnights

lyric/s: i’m only cryptic and machiavellian ‘cause i care

Michelangelo

new romantics

tied together with a smile

paper rings

bejeweled

untouchable

album/s: lover + fearless

lyric/s: but you’re untouchable, burning brighter than the sun

Raphael

long live

never grow up

seven

electric touch

fearless

album/s: speak now + fearless

oh that’s a good question. and i knew my answer immediately…

i’m very adamant that every version of leo is a communist or at the very least a staunch socialist and he only veers further left as he gets older. i feel like as a vigilante and a hero who sees a lot of the nastier side of the world, you kind of have to be pretty socially and morally conscious, and most versions of leo have spent a lot of time meditating over the poverty and pain he’s seen.

ooooh this is a good one. and surprisingly difficult. and i'm trying not to repeat songs which is hard when all of these people are so desperately mentally ill...

Peaky Blinders Characters + their Taylor Swift songs

warnings: needlessly long

Tommy Shelby

mr perfectly fine - does this need explaining? he is mr casually cruel, mr everything revolves around you

so dignified in your well-pressed suit / so strategised, all the eyes on you / sashay your way to your seat / it's the best seat, in the best room / oh, he's so smug, mr always wins / so far above me in every sense / so far above feeling anything

dear reader - burn all the files, desert all your past lives

Alfie Solomons

london boy - i laughed with this but i will stand by it for obvious reasons

getaway car - i will take no comments on this

i knew you were trouble - he is trouble

beautiful ghosts - it mentions london and that’s good enough for me

i know this life isn’t safe / but it’s wild and it’s free

style - we never go out of style (alfie to tommy probably)

look what you made me do - honey, i rose up from the dead, i do it all the time

Arthur Shelby

this is me trying - i’m not sure i can find a song more fitting

they told me all of my cages were mental / so i got wasted like all my potential

renegade - is it insensitive for me to say “get your shit together so i can love you”?

you fire off missiles ‘cause you hate yourself / but do you know you’re demolishing me?

forever winter - he’s up, 5am, wasted / long gone, not even listening

in short, poor arthur

Polly Gray

sad beautiful tragic - it just feels right

mad woman - i’m struggling to explain these choices but they’re correct

castles crumbling - yes

my tears ricochet - also yes

Ada Shelby

dorothea - i thought hard about this one so you better agree

you got shiny friends since you left town

it’s never too late to come back to my side

fearless - she is

a place in this world - i'm just a girl / trying to find a place in this world

ours - communism

John Shelby

i forgot that you existed - i am sorry john

the way i loved you - he and esme are crazy

but i miss screaming and fighting and kissing in the rain / it’s 2am and i’m cursing your name

can you tell i struggled

girl at home - you’re married john

Michael Gray

foolish one - he’s dumb as hell

never grow up - just is, could be him or polly

the lucky one - you wonder if you’ll make it out alive

bad blood - well

Grace Burgess

when emma falls in love - when emma falls in love, she paces the floor / closes the blinds and locks the door

she won’t walk away, unless she knows she absolutely has to leave

and all the bad boys would be good boys / if they only had a chance to love her

Lizzie Stark

don’t you - this fits her so well and i will not entertain any arguments about it

i heard she’s nothing like me / i’m sure she’ll make you happy

sometimes, i really wish that i could hate you / i’ve tried, but that’s just something i can’t do

you’re losing me - we thought a cure would come through in time, now i fear it won’t

now i just sit in the dark and wonder if it’s time / do i throw out everything we built or keep it

May Carleton

august - you weren’t mine to lose

Finn Shelby

exile - i’m hilarious

you’re on your own, kid - see above

Esme Lee

Safe | Rhaenyra x Harwin

warnings: none? maybe mentions of death and violence, anxiety, fluff? shit title again? idk

summary: rhaenyra can’t stop thinking of what cristan cole has done and her anxiety keeps her up. luckily she has a strong man to keep her safe from her fears and her own thoughts

word count: 860 (ish) short i know

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Despite the late hour, Rhaenyra stared as sputtering flames danced over the remnants of molten wax. The Red Keep was silent save for the decaying whispers and crackles of candlelight and the Princess found herself smothered by the eerie quiet.

She did not know where her new husband was, the other side of the bed left cold and untouched. Perhaps it was for the best, Laenor was clearly distraught and Rhaenyra was not in the mood to give comfort. Would her father have Cole’s head for his violence? Lord Corlys and Princess Rhaenys would push for it no doubt, as would House Lonmouth.

He would deserve it, she admitted to herself. Of all the people to do something so reckless and vicious, Ser Criston Cole would have been Rhaenyra’s last guess. Although, she supposed, suggesting she run away from her duties - her birthright, her throne - had been rather reckless and perhaps she should have seen something like this coming.

As if she would ever leave her life, her family or Syrax just to become the wife of a lowly sellsword. She was Rhaenyra Targaryen, she was the blood of the dragon and Ser Criston Cole was a knight from Dorne with far too high an opinion of himself. He would choose to besmirch her honour, her family’s honour, in order to somehow repair his own which he had willingly forsaken.

Rhaenyra scoffed to herself. Just who did he think he was? Her hands betrayed her and shook as she clenched them into fists. They hadn’t stopped shaking the second she set foot into her chambers. Who in the Seven Hells did Cole think he was? How dare he do this to her? He’d been her confidant, her lover-

She shut her eyes tightly. After countless hunts and tourneys and senseless jousts she barely blinked at violence, so why could she not stop the shot of fear stinging her thumping heart? Surely he’d be punished, she reasoned. He had not only murdered the Knight of Kisses and ruined her wedding, he’d struck Lord Laenor and surely her father wasn’t stupid enough to risk the wrath of his cousin and her husband again.

Logically, her father’s decision was simple; execute Ser Criston and appoint a new Kingsguard. Perhaps it would reflect badly on Rhaenyra’s decision making - having chosen him herself and keeping him so close to her - but that was an easy price to pay for his disposal. But the Princess knew her father was weak-willed. Everything he did proved it - marrying Alicent in the first place proved it - and she couldn’t trust him to do his duty. He had to be forced to do it before, had to have his arm twisted beyond the break, to see Otto Hightower for the manipulative climber he was.

As the candle’s embers finally flickered out, Rhaenyra couldn’t stop terror from gripping her heart in its palm. Her chambers were dark and empty, and she glanced in the direction of her door, unable to make it out in the black. Perhaps she did wish for Laenor to be here, even the sounds of his crying would assuage her fears right now.

How could she have been so stupid? How could she have trusted so implicitly someone so unworthy of it? If it didn’t terrify her so much, she would have felt suffocated by her embarrassment.

Hesitantly, the Princess placed her bare feet on the cool floor of her chambers. Her movements were almost silent, the ruffling of her sheets sounding painfully loud in the quiet of the night. She breathed deeply as she stood, and steeled her resolve even as her hands refused to quit their trembling.

It took far too long for her to stumble through the dark and reach her door. She felt like she was a little girl again, afraid of stories told by wicked septas to misbehaving children. Her hand reached out slowly. Who would be outside? It wouldn’t be Ser Criston anymore, it couldn’t be. It would be insanity if he was allowed anywhere near her again. Logic and reason didn’t stem her anxiety, but she finally met the door and pushed.

“Princess?”

Rhaenyra could have sobbed at the deep voice that met her. “Ser Harwin,” she breathed.

The eldest son of the Hand of the King could barely make out the Targaryen heir in the dim light. “Are you well, Princess?”

She almost giggled. Gods what had she been thinking to make her act like this? The whole thing was absurd, of course she was safe, of course Criston was no where near her chambers. “Yes, thank you, Ser. I was just…” Rhaenyra couldn’t think of a reasonable excuse that didn’t make her sound mad or pathetic but she didn’t need to.

“I understand, Princess.” She couldn’t see his face but Rhaenyra could feel his soft smile and hear the gentle warmth in his voice. “You’ll be safe tonight.”

Her eyes pricked with tears and a lump caught in her throat. “I know.” She closed her door behind her before he could reply and slid to the floor as fear released its grasp on her now steady heart.

started: 26/09/2022

updated: 27/09/2022

House of the Dragon

Blurbs

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Smut

harwin strong

princess

Series

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Game of Thrones

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Peaky Blinders

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Princess | Harwin Strong

i had no idea what you wanted other than *harwin* so i hope you like this!! (tho the title sucks so bad but i’m too lazy to think of a better one)

warnings: smut, 18+, mentions of loss of virginity?, bits of fluff ig, fem!reader (?) x harwin but other than that there’s no specifications!

idk how to do this warning shit ngl. also my first time writing smut and you didn’t really specify so… also it’s not proof read at all so read at your own risk

summary: the morning after ser harwin breakbones carries his princess to safety and has his way with her

word count: 1.2k (ish)

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Whispers of dawn kissed her cheeks, bursts of gold rallying against the dark of her closed eyes, and the Princess smiled against the softness of her pillow as she registered the warm weight slung over her bare hips.

Harwin’s calloused hand was splayed against her stomach, holding her close throughout the night and break of day. Her smile grew wider as he grumbled unintelligibly and his grip tightened. She could only spare half a thought for her dear sister - poor Rhaenyra stuck with a heartbroken Laenor on her wedding night - as she felt her new found lover stir.

“Good morning, Princess.”

His voice, deep and still cloaked in sleep, was laced with a sense of smug satisfaction she would have found insufferable on anyone else. Luckily for Ser Harwin Strong, she found him far too endearing for her own good. “Good morning, Ser.”

She could feel his lazy grin against her shoulder as he peppered gentle kisses along her smooth skin. “So proper,” he teased as his kisses reached the slope of her neck.

“I’m a Princess,” she sniffed, tilting her head.

He smirked and bit her neck lightly, “A dirty Princess, what would your father think?”

Holding in her whimper, the Princess arched a brow despite knowing he couldn’t possibly see it. “I’d rather not think of my father at all, thank you.”

Harwin hummed as he nuzzled her jawline. His heated breath made her shiver and his grin widened. Last night felt like a dream - one he’d had many, many times over the past few moons. A dream that was often accompanied by his hand in his trousers after. King Viserys would have his head on a spike if he ever found out just what the knight had done to his precious daughter, but Harwin couldn’t find it in him to care much. He had the most beautiful woman in Westeros in his arms and he wasn’t about to let any man - King or not - stop him from relishing this moment.

She turned to face him and his heart stuttered at the softness in her eyes as she smiled. No one had looked at him like that before, certainly not a Princess.

“What?”

His own smile turned just as soft. “You’re beautiful.”

She snorted lightly and he had to stop himself from looking like a complete idiot and confessing his love and adoration at the sound. “Rhaenyra is the Realm’s Delight.”

He couldn’t help himself; he pressed a tender kiss to her forehead and grasped her chin delicately in his large hand. Gods when had he last been this gentle with anyone? She seemed so small compared to him - although most people were small to him - and his chest felt tight in the best possible way as he looked at her. “You are the most breathtaking woman I have ever seen.”

A blush crept up her neck and Harwin smiled smugly at the sight. She had been so confident the night prior, seeing her uncharacteristic shyness before him now made his cock stiffen and, judging by her deepening flush, she could feel it too. “You’re the first man I’ve lain with,” she admitted.

He didn’t tell her that he hoped he’d be the only man she’d ever lie with. Instead he opted for the safer choice, “Well one union had to be consummated, Gods know your sister’s wasn’t.”

She gasped indignantly and slapped his chest. “Ser Harwin!”

Clasping her hand to his chest, he leaned over. “Yes, Princess?” He was lying fully on top of her now and he felt his pride swell as her eyes flickered to his lips.

“You’re incorrigible.”

“I figured that having fucked the King’s daughter, a few jests on his heir’s behalf couldn’t make things much worse.” He grinned as she gaped up at him and took the opportunity to finally kiss her lips again.

She moaned quietly as she parted her lips for his tongue. Harwin made her feel a thousand things at once. She couldn’t tell if she was excited or scared or shy or offended anymore, all she knew for certain was the very obvious effect he had on her body.

The Princess had resigned herself to admiring the knight from afar until he had carried her to her rooms during the commotion at Rhaenyra’s wedding. Having him in her rooms after saving her like that… how was she meant to resist him?

She was no damsel in need of saving like in one of the stories her mother had told her as a child, but being tossed over his strong shoulder after he had immediately stepped into the fray to save her set off the butterflies in her stomach.

It was wrong. Her father would lose his mind if he found out, especially after the recent rumours of her sister’s indiscretions. But she couldn’t ignore the thought that he might consent to a match between them and her groan as Harwin slipped his hand between her thighs was far louder than she had expected.

“You’re so wet for me, Princess.”

She groaned again and shut her eyes, unable to stop herself from grinding against the palm of his hand as he fucked her with his fingers. Harwin didn’t bother to disguise his own groan as he watched his fingers disappear into her over and over.

“Look at me.”

It took an embarrassing amount of effort for her eyes to open and find his. His intense stare alone almost pushed her over the edge.

“You’re going to look at me while you come undone on my fingers, Princess.”

She couldn’t hold back her whimper. “Yes,” she breathed.

Harwin grinned at her. “Good girl.” He added a third finger and watched as she struggled to keep her orgasm at bay. Gods she was stunning: legs spread wide just for him, hair wild against her pillow and her chest flushed.

“Harwin.”

“Princess?”

She could barely form a sentence. “Please.”

“Use your words.”

A brilliant shade of pink covered her cheeks. She’d never felt so submissive in her life. She was a Princess, she wasn’t meant to take orders from those beneath her, and yet here she was acting like a whore - on the verge of begging - for a mere knight. Gods she loved it. “I can feel it, please.”

“Such a good Princess,” Harwin murmured as his fingers found her clitoris. Her moans were so loud he almost feared the entirety of the Red Keep would hear but he didn’t stop and he didn’t dare tell her to be quiet. “Let go for me.”

He felt her shutter around his digits and he stared, transfixed, at the way her thighs shook and her bosom heaved. Her moans gradually turned to soft whimpers and Harwin made sure she watched as he licked his fingers clean. She tasted even better than she had last night.

It took a few minutes for his Princess to catch her shaky breath and Harwin swallowed roughly as he studied the glisten of sweat on her brow. “I suppose I ought to do the honourable thing now.”

The Princess looked at him in confusion, mind still clouded with pleasure. “Honourable thing?”

i’m just gonna use this to practice my writing so if anyone wants to request anything related to hotd/got/asoiaf (especially harwin), pretty much any classic, peaky blinders (especially alfie, i might have a type) etc. go ahead because i need to practice as much as possible

if you’re unsure if i’d write about a certain show/book/movie just ask and i’ll let you know. i like a lot of different things and consume a lot of media so there’s no way i can name them all but my only solid rule is that i won’t write about real people

i’m just gonna use this to practice my writing so if anyone wants to request anything related to hotd/got/asoiaf (especially harwin), pretty much any classic, peaky blinders (especially alfie, i might have a type) etc. go ahead because i need to practice as much as possible

if you’re unsure if i’d write about a certain show/book/movie just ask and i’ll let you know. i like a lot of different things snd consume a lot of media so there’s no way i can name them all but my only solid rule is that i won’t write about real people

According to Fire & Blood, every single member of the court is intensely horny for Harwin Strong. Regardless of sexuality, relationship status, or political faction, any person to go within a hundred yards of the Red Keep or otherwise encounter Harwin Strong’s beautiful, beautiful eyes is described as invariably head-over-heels in love with Ser Harwin. Here’s a couple of quotes from the text and surrounding sources:

“Like, I’m straight,” the King is reported to have said, “but I get it, dude. I definitely get it… I wish he carried me like that.”

- King Viserys I Targaryen, after the wedding of Laenor and Rhaenyra, as described by Septon Eustace, Fire & Blood Chapter XIIS: The Heirs of the Dragon Addendum - On How Hot Harwin Strong Was

“We actually had the budget for twelve episodes, but we just kept shooting shots of Ryan [Corr] over and over again. Altogether, spent ten million dollars on that. Directors, crew, writers, even - just letting the camera shoot, wasting film, standing around just staring - all of that. Three separate people proposed to Ryan on set. I’m still hoping he reconsiders and accepts mine.”

- Clare Kilner, director, House of the Dragon (2022) episodes 4 and 5

“I think it’s known that the first scene I ever wrote or imagined for A Song of Ice and Fire was when the Starks find the direwolves in book one, but what people don’t know is that the first character I ever conceived was Harwin Strong - well, back then he was Hot Harwin Strong, but eventually realized that the attractiveness was already implied enough in the name. When I first gave my publishers the book, in fact, they told me they couldn’t publish it - it was four hundred pages of an intricate, dark fantasy story and another thirteen hundred pages describing how hot Harwin Strong was and how everyone was attracted to him. So I had to cut out the parts about Harwin and that’s how we got A Game of Thrones. Luckily, however, that got popular enough that I can finally publish Harwin Strong: Hottest Knight in Westeros on its own. Winds may get delayed, but I think that’s a price we can all accept.”

And if you say ‘it’s not that deep I just like his bastard attitude/he’s just joking’ then you are still supporting him and enabling this kind of behaviour. Because he thinks “I have fans who like what I do, who don’t care about this either” and he’ll continue to do that. Will continue that in a sport that is already incredibly toxic. Will continue with sexist jokes that feed directly into the world view of so many men who think it’s funny to harass women.

It’s fine if you don’t care what he does. But then don’t claim to support Feminism, BLM, the LGBTQ+ community etc while at the same time support a man who gives a shit about all of that. We don’t need your “support” then.

And for me personally, you supporting him is a clear indicator of your character.

Lemme break something down to you

Lewis had to learn martial arts from the age of six because he was racially abused and wanted a way to defend himself.

Still a child, (8 I think?) he picked up karting and as soon as he appeared on track, a group of adults was saying from the start that he's not going to achieve anything, that he should give up and stop showing there. Lewis was still a very young boy when for the first time he heard from his father the words "Be careful what you're doing, they're watching your every step" (paraphrasing)

So after winning his karting championship, he felt like he wasn't allowed to celebrate on track. He sang "We are the champions" in the car with his dad. From the youngest age he knew that expressing any kind of emotion can be turned against him.

2007 was the first year a black man raced in Formula 1. F1 races are being hosted from 1950.

In 2007, Lewis' first year in Formula 1, he was racially abused at Chinese Grand Prix, by Spanish fans (and that's sadly the only information I've got, I couldn't find any details)

In 2008, at the Circuit de Catalunya, several fans wore blackface.

In 2008 as well, a page named "burst Hamilton's tyre" was created, encouraging fans to "leave nails on the track for Hamilton to run over".

Those were his first two years in Formula 1. Extremely warm welcome, don't you think? Surprisingly enough, Lewis was the only one receiving awful treatment and insults. I wonder why?

Lewis was always open about the racial abuse he experienced from the youngest age, and spoke up about it way before the 'We race as one' campaign and BLM.

In 2020, when he finally gathered the courage to loudly speak up about his rights and the rights of other people and actively support BLM and campaign against racism, he was called a clown who brings unnecessary politics to the sport (let me pass over calling human rights politics). Jackie Steward felt the need to loudly criticize Lewis, saying that there is no racism in Formula 1 and if you're good enough, you will be accepted. The same Jackie Stewart was called the most racist and hostile driver Willy T Ribbs has ever dealt with. Mario Andretti sided with Stewart as well, saying that Lewis created a problem that doesn't exist. Obviously, they are both white.

In Formula 1, there are two big allies to LGBTQ+ community that loudly speak up about the topic - Sebastian Vettel and Lewis Hamilton. Only one of them is widely criticized for it and accused of doing it for 'woke points' and - once again - bringing politics into the sport. I will let you guess by yourself.

After Silverstone 2021 crash, Lewis was denied the right to celebrate his victory. He received racial abuse so severe, Instagram and Facebook needed to step in. Additionally, (if I remember the numbers correctly) 20 000 posts on Reddit had to be taken down and 6 000 got banned. Several teams aired pointless statements that they do not condone racism and racial abuse. There shouldn't be the need to release those statements, as it should be something normal and obvious.

In 2021, Lewis is the only driver being booed on every track, during every session and regardless of his result. At Spa and Zandvoort the booing got so bad he couldn't hear the questions the interviewer asked him.

He's always the one being blamed for every incident that happens, no matter what statement the FIA releases.

Recently, Bernie Ecclestone said that Lewis should retire in honour of Michael Schumacher and prevent himself from beating his record "out of respect".

Now I want you to take a look back and think of any driver who received similar treatment.

I want you to take a look back and think of anyone in F1 being criticized and insulted for every move he makes.

I want you to take a look back and think of any driver who needed fourteen years in the sport to develop enough courage to express how they really feel and what they stand for.

wasn't expecting this at All but don't fucking mind if I do lol

The cards have been stacked so consistently against Lewis Hamilton this season. From the get go this season of racing was treated like the first 'anti-mercedes' season, as F1 introduced numerous new rules and regulations that played directly against Mercedes. This was due to Formula 1 as a sport making a huge effort over the last few years to balance out the playing field (rightly so, in my opinion), as viewership had been consistently dropping due to the fact that Mercedes were so ridiculously dominant. Races were becoming predictable and honestly... Boring.

So they needed to do something about this. Specifically, take that Mercedes dominance out of the equation, or at least tone it down. This I have no issue with. The sport has to evolve, and a fairer sport is a better sport.

During the rollercoaster of a season, there are numerous occasions where, of course, Hamilton and Verstappen end up battling wheel-to-wheel. A large proportion of these occurrences ends in contact, or Hamilton either yielding, or being forced off the track. This is due to what Red Bull like to call Verstappen's "hard racing". (Yeah, they don't like being called aggressive, they specifically ask it to be called 'hard' rather than 'aggressive'). Which wouldn't normally be an issue if the FIA were consistent in appointing penalties. There is a rulebook, and if rules are broken penalties will be assigned. But due to the political nature of the sport, it's never as cut and dry as to whether or not a rule has been broken. There's a lot of bias in F1 because there's a lot of money, power and respect innately entwined in F1.

So, as the season progresses Hamilton gets some penalties, Verstappen gets some of his own, as you could expect from a title fight. But it is Verstappen and Red Bull's attitude towards the season that I cannot empathize with. To Red Bull, Verstappen can do no wrong. This comes through in Verstappen's attitude towards Hamilton. He has said he does not respect Hamilton, called him a criminal, and refused to celebrate on the podium alongside him. Despite all this, Verstappen wins today and Hamilton shakes his hand and congratulates him. I could never.

Not only has Verstappen had the bias and support of the sport's governing body, but he also had multiple physical advantages this year such as two races being held at the red bull ring, Red Bull being ASKED WHICH PENALTY THEY'D PREFER (could talk about that for a week) and Hamilton not entering a race due to covid. He also has been given Far more leeway in his 'hard' racing this year than Hamilton ever had.

Hamilton's racing is and always has been highly scrutinized. This is partly due to Hamilton being so dominant in the sport for so long, and partly (in My Opinion) for being an outspoken black man in a historically white sport. He has been extremely vocal in affecting change in the sport he loves. Man's out here doing the Most in his power in a sport that is notorious for not listening.

Anyway, so you have multiple instances this year where Verstappen has been let off the hook for bending (and sometime shattering) the rules. But the second Hamilton refuses to yield to Verstappen (as we saw in the British GP), he is at fault, dangerous and a criminal. Shits insane to me. And this behaviour repeats.

So, now you have steeply climbing viewership throughout the season, and you are expected to deliver on a climax to one of the sport's most thrilling seasons - arguably in its history. The last time two drivers were tied for points going into the final race was in 1974.

Hamilton has this win in the bag from the first corner. He's a tenth of a second faster in his reaction time than Verstappen, and he's gone. Until the last few laps when the safety car is deployed. I'm sure I don't need to tell you what happens as you've watched the race, but I'm saying it. Rigged.

We hear over the radio that the cars separating Hamilton and Verstappen will not be allowed to get out of the way. If things stay where they are, Hamilton wins the race, probably under a safety car. That is NOT the ending to such a high-octane season that the fans want. The rules state that you can remove the lapped cars during a safety car, as long as you remove ALL of the lapped cars. This does not happen. Only the cars between Hamilton and Verstappen are removed. This is against the rules. On some of the occasions during this season there is some grey area about what constitutes a violation of the rules but to me, this couldn't have been clearer. Red Bull needed to win this race. In this moment, Michael Masi, race director, would decide who won the F1 world championship. And he chose to crown Max. He changed the fate of an entire season because he needed this fairytale ending for Red Bull. And they got it.

To me, this is not sport. I do still think Verstappen is a talented racer, and deserved to win a championship one day. But not like this. And he knows, he's well aware that this was provided for him. As are all the other drivers on the grid. And despite it ALL, not once has Hamilton spoken negatively about Verstappen or disrespected him as a person or a driver.

TL;DR: Hamilton is such a fucking GOAT that even with all the advantages Red Bull have had this year, Verstappen still needed to be handed the trophy.