Yeah I was a fan of the Hunger Games at the time and I thought the same thing you said. The world goes to shit because the Lemons won.
I actually had that idea for a fanfiction. Lightning was sent accidentally to an alternate timeline/dimension where he died because Sarge didn’t switch the fuel. When Our Lightning goes to back to Radiator Springs to get help (he thinks he’s still in his world at this point) he finds the town seemingly abandoned. He’s ambushed by the townies and captured, taken in by them to be interrogated. As they question Lightning and interrogate him he tries to tell the townie that he is Lightning McQueen, for reals. They don’t believe him because their Lightning is dead and that they think he’s one of Axlerod’s agents in disguise to mess with them or go undercover. Mater (who in this timeline never had a bomb on him and is leader of the Rebellion) and Sally come in to cross-examine Lightning with the two looking coldly at him. Mater, starts asking questions that only he and Lightning would know while Sally’s just circling around the two. Lightning passes the questions but they don’t trust him, they won’t kill him because there might be a reason as to how or why Lightning knew the things he did so they keep him around under heavy supervision. Any attempts at escape and the boy is shot dead in his tracks.
Meanwhile in addition to the members of Radiator Springs (including Mia and Tia, Otis, and The King) the World Grand Prix racers and Finn, Holley, and Siddley (they’re one of the few British spies who aren’t working for Axlerod) are are also working for the Rebellion in their respective countries. Often traveling to the main HQ of Radiator Springs to provide updates on the latest activity and plans of action. For a few years, the Lightning in that timeline had been dead, most tourists stopped coming to Radiator Springs because of that. Lightning’s death changed Mater as he went from being happy-go-lucky goofball to serious to the point of unfeeling and wanting nothing more than to set things right with the world. Holley had felt saddened by how the Mater she’d fallen in love with wasn’t the same. She loved Mater the idiotic, but good-hearted spy, not Mater the miserable and emotionless agent. Staying mostly in the UK division of the Rebellion with Finn, she feels afraid to look at Mater in the eye, but still makes in-person visits to Radiator Springs to pass down the latest intel along with updates on plans and rendezvous. Francesco, in the Italian division has in a way felt like this was his fault, even though it wasn’t and joined in order to make amend. Over the past couple years, he has developed feelings of love for Sally but understands that she might not feel the same way as she had lost someone she loved for years. Francesco knows that if they ever get through this underground war with the Lemons, than he’ll tell Sally.
Why are my idea so weird?
Why are my idea so weird?
Oh hai Candice.
I remember hating you ya little tool.
You are voiced by Tara Strong so that makes you 20% cooler.
Man Lightning is a magnet for them all and my harem anime me was correct! Sally, Mater, Doc, Francesco, Holley, Cruz, Jackson, Mia and Tia, Chick, Candice! You hit the jackpot yo!
She is not my Pink Diamond though.
A "small and modest" party by and for the racers during the World Grand Prix.
I like to imagine they all got along just fine despite being from different places. Of course, the next day, the others wouldn’t let them live down the scene they caused that night.
And all because Monty completely ignored his nonexistent alcohol tolerance.
I needed to give Francesco a phobia so he could relate with Lightning's coulrophobia in my fic.
I decided to give him anatidaephobia💀
I think the animators and directors have a thing for Lightning and Francesco with how many times they've been called sexy and other various words that I will not repeat.
Cars storyboard art is the greatest thing ever
And so, a ship was born.
Look at Lightning's face💀
His dumb fucing smile after Francesco basically calls him hot is way too funny
I don't know why, but one day I decided to memorise all the WGP racers names.
This was just something I made a goal.
I just remember this fact everytime I need all their names👇
There are 11 of them, even though there are 12 spots in the mf races in cars 2.
(I repeated each of their names twenty times every day💀)
Do Lightning and Francesco have high level spy clearance then?
I understand Lightning having it but Francesco???
Bonus:
Headcanon that Lightning is shit at being a spy
Don't ask questions
Edit: Alright then
Completely unrelated question that definitely has nothing to do with this poll😀
You guys ever seen The Hangover?
I vaguely remember a fanart where human Lightning is German suplexing human Francesco💀
I'll try to find it, but this was like a year or more ago.
Edit: I found it
This photo is the reason I know what a German suplex is
Currently making a fic where 90% of it is Francesco and Lightning calling eachother the worst insults ever
Give me some creative insults for them to use against eachother
I'm sorry Francesco
LMAO
I can't be the only one that thinks this...
There was this scene in my discontinued cars 2 rewrite fic where all the racers beat the shit out of one of the top lemons and his gang in a bar while Life could be dream plays in the background.
I may post the scene by itself.
I found my old box of Cars diecasts and other cars stuff
This is what little me thought resembled Francesco the most:
I'm sorry little me, but that is not Francesco 💀