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What makes this so heartbreaking is really because it wasn’t Sentinel who took everything from D, just most things. Sentinel did not put Orion between himself and D’s fusion cannon, Orion chose to do that all on his own. And Sentinel did not fire D’s cannon. D did. All on his own.

D-16 is solely responsible for taking away the last two things he had: Orion Pax, and himself.

okay okay okay so we've all seen that the TF One script is out and specifically this bit:

And it got me thinking when D-16 stands up to Sentinel he says, "I don't have anything left to loose, you took it all. " He still had Orion. His best friend was still there for him. (A little too much.) Because when Orion jumps in front of the gun, now for real this time Sentinel has taken everything from him!!!!!!!

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Ayo Starimus, what if Optimus Prime proposed to Elita-1 using/and then uses the exact words he spoke to her when he promoted her to his second-in-command at the end of TF1 AND LIKE THIS (or smth else more attuned to his character):

"I would not want to become Conjux Endura with any other bot, but the bot who is 'better than me in every way'."

That last line, that MUST be a running gag... and yet used for intimate moments like what I just introduced. WHAT ABOUT WEDDING VOWS?! Or even parties/gatherings, announcements, etc.?! Yeah with OP even having E1 come up and speak to the Cybertronians/Autobots with, "my better half"--if fitting their characters in that aspect but I think by itself it's cute <3, and should be aligned with them somehow!!

Though, this would be during peaceful and resolved times, can't have the enemies ruin it all. There would be intimate moments between them in the midst of war from time to time, but they would be... smart and not fully open to the public or blatantly in private either--if you get the gist of it. Somewhat like War for Cybertron, in a way. A natural yet mindful build-up, yeah.

Gosh, I wonder how those customs work too, and with Primus in the picture if relevant.

As much as I wanna go on, and feeling like rn I've got more to add that may be important/I may forget, the bottom line is, I rlly love Oplita man XDDD ^^^^^^

Gosh, I can just visualize it all (the line and whatnot) with some art suddenly EEEEE

I think about this every night as I fall asleep, you have NO IDEA.

I think it's super cute as a joke between them, and I will be keeping that as their flirty little inside joke, but part of Elita's arc in my bodyguard AU will be the continuation of her journey in learning that she isn't better than OP in every way, just as he isn't better than her in every way.

The main reason their relationship works as well as it does (in G1 and TFO specifically) is not because one is the other's "better half" (tho OP would call Elita that) but because their characters are complimentary. They bring out the best in each other, while still having their individual and joint flaws and struggles. They also just happen to look extremely cute together while doing it <3

So rather than "...better in me in every way..." the proposal and/or their vows will have a statement such as this:

"Not because one of us is better in every way, but because we are best together, as one."

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His aft is not there 😭💔

omg this is just…oh it’s so beautiful. I love it. I’m definitely going to figure out how to incorporate it into the plot. You did great on this! Tysm for sharing it 💜

okayyyyy here me out on this one….

fancy dinner party disaster for bodyguard oplita au!

(it’s been established they do exist)

except,,, this dinner party does not go as planned

elita senses a change in atmosphere

believing a drink offered to her prime, she suggests he does not take it, as she slips away from the party to meet the butler whom offered the beverage

unfortunately, oppy ends up taking the drink due to peer pressure from the other guests and he wants to be a good prime and not disappoint anyone

queue him being drugged/spiked, and him being attacked by old followers of sentinel prime (the guards from the beginning)

he could either be attacked or, if u want a lil angst, he gets that nemesis prime treatment and lashes out, forcing elita (and possibly other Autobots) to take on a prime

either way, elita manages to escort him to safety and takes him to a medical bay

she laments on how she could’ve easily lost him again and she wasnt by his side when he needed her most :(((

(unfortunately I couldn’t include all my doodles bc the ask option has a limit of photos but I have a scene in which Elita returns to Optimus when he’s in a hazed state, but he acts all romantical towards her in a garden, she realizing that she does have romantic feelings for him, but refuses to make any moves on him bc he’s not in the right state of mind. in which he practically begs for her yada yada how much he’s been in love w her for so long yada yap. But idk about this “missing scene”,,, thats just me talkin)

I’ve sat on this for a few days now because I simply couldn’t form my feral thoughts on this into words

YES.

This is just…omg so good. I am taking it. I am pulling it out of your gorgeous art and tucking it into the fic like a cozy blanket.

Perhaps Optimus will hold a celebration at the Well of AllSparks to celebrate the completion of its reconstruction, and all Iaconians are welcome to come and go as they please. Some troublesome functionists slip some form of drug into OP’s energon before it reaches him. Elita can sense that something’s not quite right about the bots offering the drink, and Optimus recognizes them as the two Archive guards and is coerced into accepting the energon under the guise of it being a peace offering for being so cruel to him when he was cogless Orion.

Elita takes the energon from them and goes to find where it came from, but one of the guards had a backup, which was assumed to be for that guard. They give that one to Optimus and he appreciatively drinks all of it. Once the drug starts affecting his systems, leaving him dazed and confused (and wondering where his beautiful bodyguard went), the two Archive guards call out a phrase in support of Sentinel (some version of “all hail Sentinel Prime” or something) and launch their assassination attempt on Optimus, who is very nearly overpowered *but* is not seriously injured bc he can still put up a fight, though he does sustain minor damages from the attack by the time Elita comes flying in to incapacitate the Archive guards.

Elita promptly takes Optimus back to Iacon Tower and into the medical bay with the help of a couple other bots. He’s put under for the minor repairs and to flush the drug out of his fuel lines, and Elita watches, brooding and holding back optic coolant the entire time.

The missing scene is absolutely being swept into a later chapter, too :)

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okayyyyy here me out on this one….

fancy dinner party disaster for bodyguard oplita au!

(it’s been established they do exist)

except,,, this dinner party does not go as planned

elita senses a change in atmosphere

believing a drink offered to her prime, she suggests he does not take it, as she slips away from the party to meet the butler whom offered the beverage

unfortunately, oppy ends up taking the drink due to peer pressure from the other guests and he wants to be a good prime and not disappoint anyone

queue him being drugged/spiked, and him being attacked by old followers of sentinel prime (the guards from the beginning)

he could either be attacked or, if u want a lil angst, he gets that nemesis prime treatment and lashes out, forcing elita (and possibly other Autobots) to take on a prime

either way, elita manages to escort him to safety and takes him to a medical bay

she laments on how she could’ve easily lost him again and she wasnt by his side when he needed her most :(((

(unfortunately I couldn’t include all my doodles bc the ask option has a limit of photos but I have a scene in which Elita returns to Optimus when he’s in a hazed state, but he acts all romantical towards her in a garden, she realizing that she does have romantic feelings for him, but refuses to make any moves on him bc he’s not in the right state of mind. in which he practically begs for her yada yada how much he’s been in love w her for so long yada yap. But idk about this “missing scene”,,, thats just me talkin)

I’ve sat on this for a few days now because I simply couldn’t form my feral thoughts on this into words

YES.

This is just…omg so good. I am taking it. I am pulling it out of your gorgeous art and tucking it into the fic like a cozy blanket.

Perhaps Optimus will hold a celebration at the Well of AllSparks to celebrate the completion of its reconstruction, and all Iaconians are welcome to come and go as they please. Some troublesome functionists slip some form of drug into OP’s energon before it reaches him. Elita can sense that something’s not quite right about the bots offering the drink, and Optimus recognizes them as the two Archive guards and is coerced into accepting the energon under the guise of it being a peace offering for being so cruel to him when he was cogless Orion.

Elita takes the energon from them and goes to find where it came from, but one of the guards had a backup, which was assumed to be for that guard. They give that one to Optimus and he appreciatively drinks all of it. Once the drug starts affecting his systems, leaving him dazed and confused (and wondering where his beautiful bodyguard went), the two Archive guards call out a phrase in support of Sentinel (some version of “all hail Sentinel Prime” or something) and launch their assassination attempt on Optimus, who is very nearly overpowered *but* is not seriously injured bc he can still put up a fight, though he does sustain minor damages from the attack by the time Elita comes flying in to incapacitate the Archive guards.

Elita promptly takes Optimus back to Iacon Tower and into the medical bay with the help of a couple other bots. He’s put under for the minor repairs and to flush the drug out of his fuel lines, and Elita watches, brooding and holding back optic coolant the entire time.

The missing scene is absolutely being swept into a later chapter, too :)

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3 trolls happened First, B came for the weekly report Second, Orion (and D) forgot about it Third, Elita didn't know that these two were friends with B

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Do you think Elita will have PTSD from the trauma of seeing Orion, destroyed by the D-16 shot, falling straight to the bottom of Cybertron without her having to do anything? I think Elita would be more overprotective of Optimus, to the point of bordering on self-sacrificial tendencies to ensure that Optimus doesn't sacrifice himself again

Oh, absolutely! This is actually a focal point of the Bodyguard AU I'm developing with @munejewels (who has drawn a BEAUTIFUL cover art for it that I can't wait to show everyone!) and it really plays a heavy role in the story and her interactions with and about Optimus. I want to say more, but I don't want to spoil anything and I'm still working out the finer details of the plot :D

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“How can you be thankful at a time like this?”

If I wake up in the morning, I am thankful.

If I breathe air into my lungs, I am thankful.

If I have a roof over my head, I am thankful.

If I have clean water, I am thankful.

If I have food on my table, I am thankful.

If I have clothes on my back, I am thankful.

If I have loving family, I am thankful.

If I have caring friends, I am thankful.

I am thankful in bad times just as much as I am thankful in good times.

“Why?”

Because I have a source of joy and contentment that is not dependent on the state of the world or even my own country.

I do not place my faith in people, and especially not in any government.

My faith belongs to God, the Creator of the universe, who became sin itself to die for us and pay our sin debt in full so that we may have eternal life, if only we confess to Him and repent (turn away from sin). He has defeated death, and when He adopts you as His child, He holds you tight and never lets go.

If such a God is for me, who can stand against me? No person or power on earth or in hell is greater than He.

I have the joy of knowing Him, and the peace of mind that comes with it. This world is temporary. The Kingdom of God, the inheritance of His children, is eternal. My heart is safe in Him, not in any man or woman or government.

So whether things look good or bad in my life, I consider what I have to be thankful for, not my worries. I remember what God has done, that transcends this lifetime and all before and after it. I remember that God is good and sovereign.

So if I have the free gift of eternal life, and the shield of a loving, just, and merciful God…

How could I not be thankful?

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Transformers One

Elita: I've got to say, Optimus, your new look is amazing. Why the battle mask, though? Optimus: Primus gave it to me. Elita: Optimus: Optimus: So you could stop punching me in the face. Elita: *punches his shoulder*

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My spoiler-free TFO review is up!

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This is how i see them honestly.

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Writing the first chapter is always a pain for me but here’s a sneak peek since you’ve all been so patient! Moments-before-disaster style

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I Have two Questions:

1-Do you think Elita's original name, Ariel, will appear in some kind of context in Transformers Sequence One?

2-How do you imagine the first "I love you" between Optimus Prime and Elita from Version One if there is a Sequel?,i think this could happen in a Dramatic and Very Emotional moment

Uuhhhhhh I don’t know! Since they started with Elita-1 in TFO, I’m not sure if they will, but it would be cool if they do and can give her a backstory that makes sense of her name change

Aaaagghhhhhh it could go so many ways 😖 I just want them to be happy together but I know that’s probably not gonna happen. I do hope that somewhere in TF: Two (I’m assuming that’s what it’ll be called) we get more of their relationship developed towards a romance, if not becoming a romance by the end of it. Perhaps that’s just a dream, but…Orion DID obviously flirt with Elita in TFO, so maybe that is the direction they want to take them in 👀 I think either a very quiet moment after a battle or a very tense moment where Optimus is about to go engage in typical Optimus “I must sacrifice myself at the earliest opportunity” Prime behavior would be good for a love confession from one or both of them!

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Red Queen

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This is perfect except for one note: Orion, B, and Elita never murdered anyone. Murder is killing without justification. These three only killed drones and fought other bots in self-defense, which is not murder.

D executing Sentinel is murder because Sentinel had already been defeated and was defenseless, genuinely begging for mercy. D wanted to put a stop to what Sentinel was doing, and he chose to do something just as bad as Sentinel, if not worse. This makes D-16 the real hypocrite here, not Orion.

It’s just getting so tiring seeing so many “omg Orion/Optimus is a hypocrite because he ‘murders’ bots” when it’s only ever bots who are already attacking him or someone else. Please, everyone, consider the difference between murder and defensive killing before you start going off about a character being a hypocrite.

My Thoughts on Orion trying to stop D-16 from the murdery stuff.

I think there’s been enough time to think over the writing choice of Orion trying to stop D-16 from killing Sentinel. Time to whack the hornet nest of internet opinions.

Now I think it’s fair to say that plenty of people have pointed out that the autobots do murder several other bots in the film and so Orion’s attempt to stop Dee from killing SP seems hypocritical. And I can certainly see why people are coming to that specific conclusion.

And plenty of us agree the death scene was cathartic.

HOWEVER.

Let’s look at Orion’s current perspective regarding Dee’s state of mind.

He has been watching his friend go down the path of unapologetic violence fast since they found out the truth. Like, alarmingly fast. And that path is quickly becoming more of a sheer drop off a cliff.

While OP, Elita and Bee were ecstatic about being able to transform, what do we see Dee laugh over?

Being able to inflict damage onto another bot.

And we can’t forget the oh-so-woobie-of-continuities Starscream, who Orion had to tell Dee not to kill when the murder canon was activated.

That isn’t the Dee Orion knew. Orion is watching Dee turn into something he doesn’t know anymore. He’s afraid of losing D-16 to whatever he’s becoming.

To Orion, keeping Dee from publicly executing Sentinel was an attempt to keep him from spiraling further.

Unfortunately, just having good intentions don’t always cut it. And he really could have said it in a better way.

But to be fair, it had been a long miserable trip for the both of them, so Orion probably wasn't able to think that out 100%.

Another point I want to make is the comparison to B-127/Bee, who had been cutting bots with his knifehands. Granted, I’m pretty sure they were just intended to be Drones/Enforcers, as they resemble Vehicons. Which, in beast wars, were intended as bots who were mass produced and mindless. Which I think Sentinel would have preferred to have as his followers. Literal mindless/sparkless soldiers to follow his every word would probably be easier to handle.

This is Steve Slander I’m so sorry.

Continuing on.

There are a few points I want to make on B-127’s treatment of the violence. First, to me, Orion didn’t seem too comfortable with how hyped Bee was getting with his new weapons, and did intervene to keep him from cutting down more Drones.

And more importantly, he stopped trashing the broadcast room when told that the bots there weren’t the enemy.

Bee managed to do some self-control. Which I think is important to keep in mind when comparing him to Dee/Megatron

One more thing to note.

Something that I have said before in an earlier post after my initial viewing of the movie.

It wasn’t the violence itself that was the ultimate act of betrayal in the end though.

It was picking violence over saving someone.

oh it hurts

Orion jumped in the cannon’s way. Probably thinking that seeing him would give Dee enough reason to stop. But there wasn’t any pause until after the trigger was pulled. @everestentertainments pointed this out in their own post

D-16 does catch the injured Orion. He could have tried to save him, even if it was futile.

But he decided to let him fall instead.

Thus finally transforming into Megatron.

Killing Sentinel wasn’t the final step to the transformation and his fall from grace. It was the first act as purely Megatron.

And don’t forget that after taking the cog, Meg’s next act is to burn everything down, taking no regard for anyone who might get caught in the crossfire. Which is a yikes.

They probably could have made those points more obvious or could have been handled better somehow, but those are my thoughts.

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Dan Gilvezan signed her 🥰

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