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I know we all joke but genuinely McLaren do the least PR w landoscar they’ve ever done and also do way less than most other teams and they actually don’t do any damage control PR it’s only ever things they’ve filmed already and were scheduled to release anyway

like for me landoscar has always been the ways they don’t do any of the typical teammate behavior or relationship development or fan relations (and I love those too don’t get me wrong !!) it’s so unique that they learn all these little things about each other but won’t queerbait and they say how they want to grow old together but they don’t make it a meme and they treated the title fight with such honesty and fairness and consideration for each other but didn’t sell that hard to Netflix

all my rpf ships are normally the combination of real life friendship but also some pandering to fans and also convenience of work friendships and combining socmed duties with fun etc

but landoscar are their own entire separate thing where they’re wildly NOT bland work only relationship and lmao they sure as shit aren’t “PR” considering they openly hate playing up to the cameras and fans and they don’t let anyone in on when they play padel or cross socialize etc but also they don’t hide the intricate subtle shifts and developments in their relationship at all and don’t wear masks in public

it adamantly does not appeal at all to wider fandom or media and barely even to their joint sponsors (ily Hilton tho u get it) but also it has such a surprisingly huge fanbase that’s so prolific and active but also doesn’t have anyone trying to erase Lily or pretend that Oscar and Lando don’t have these often very distinct and opposite social lives and in fact we revel in it bc that’s part of their charm and it’s also part of why they slot together so well bc in so many ways they’re similar and even their friends are similar but then party boy Lando can fill the entire Silverstone weekend while Oscar quietly watches from the background smiling bc he’s known this Lando since before they were teammates and Oscar does the boring sponsor stuff with Zak and Lando does the fun sponsor stuff with Zak like

Nico being driven by other team mates vs. Gabi

1. favourite current driver?

2. favourite retired driver?

3. favourite classic f1 driver?

4. favourite team?

5. least favourite driver?

6. least favourite team?

7. how did you get into f1?

8. who do you think will win the wdc this year?

9. who do you think deserves to win the wdc this year?

10. favourite f1 academy driver?

11. favourite livery?

12. favourite race this year?

13. favourite team principle?

14. favourite race engineer?

15. favourite teammate pairing?

16. teammate pairing you need next year?

17. retired driver you wish would come back?

18. favourite ship?

19. favourite friendship?

20. team you would want to join as a driver?

21. driver you would want as your teammate?

22. what’s one thing about f1 you can’t stand?

23. favourite f1cs you’ve read recently?

24. do you watch any other sports?

25. how long would you last at alpine?

26. do you have any f1 ocs?

27. who do you think would win if f1 drivers raced on foot?

28. person from another sport you’d like to see in f1?

29. driver who would make the best race engineer?

30. your best ideas to improve f1?

31. which drivers/team would you want to see make a mclaren tooned style series?

32. if every f1 driver of all time raced in equal machinery who do you think would win?

33. f1 driver you think isn’t actually real?

34. what number would you choose if you were an f1 driver?

35. f1 lore you want everyone to know about?

36. f1 lore you wish you knew more about?

37. if you designed a circuit what would it look like?

38. favourite f1 driver pet?

39. which driver’s pet do you think could win a grand prix?

40. driver you think is animal coded?

41. driver you think would make the best music?

42. best f1 season you’ve watched?

43. best f1 race you’ve watched?

44. worst f1 season you’ve watched?

45. worst f1 race you’ve watched?

46. if there could be a grand prix anywhere in the world where would you want it?

47. random thing you associate with f1?

48. f1 merch you think needs to exist?

49. driver you think you’d crash with the most if you were in f1?

bonus under the cut of the annoying teammate in question being extremely pleased with himself:

It started with someone listing "places with uncanny energy," like gas stations on a road trip, empty movie theaters, etc.

Then someone reblogged it and said those are called "liminal spaces," defining liminal as in-between, neither one thing nor another.

Tomorrow (July 4th, 2026) is the 10 year anniversary of the-crepes-of-wrath's comment, which:

Predates the 2020 spike in interest by four years

Predates the original backrooms post, and the the creation of r/liminalspaces by three years

Predates the earliest mention that KnowYourMeme attributes to Twitter by two years

I'm pretty sure this is the moment the term "liminal spaces" was attached to this sort of imagery, and it's TEN YEARS OLD TOMORROW!

I then ask, "what would it be like if you could simply give us feedback, have us graciously receive it, reflect, and work to change the behavior?" Recently, a man of color sighed and said "it would be revolutionary."

I ask my fellow whites to consider the profundity of that response. It would be revolutionary if we could receive, reflect and work to change the behavior. On the one hand, the man's response points to how difficult and fragile we are. But on the other hand, it indicates how simple it can be to take responsibility for our racism."