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[decepti-thots]

It's really funny to me when people get so mad on Drift's behalf in MTMTE series one because they ignore Ratchet's actual motivation for needling him as hard as he does early on (that is, not the actual religion bit like people claim, the part where he thinks Drift is basically faking it to absolve his own guilt for his part in the war; see the Annual scene), but then hold up Rodimus as by contrast being kind to him and more worthy of his good graces as a result. Like... Rodimus. The guy who at the same time Ratchet was being a dick to Drift, was... responding to Drift not kissing his ass on demand 24/7 with apparently constant threats to throw him to the wolves as an ex-con everyone on the ship hated, but had to tolerate because of Rodimus' support, a fact which Rodimus apparently repeatedly held over Drift.

Like. Of the two, Ratchet being like 'I think your convenient religious epiphany is faked so you feel less guilty and face fewer consequences for your terrible behaviour' vs Rodimus going 'I can have you thrown in jail any time I like, you know' seems... uhhh. Well! It's a good thing both of these things are in fact not permanent features of Drift's relationship with either character and is in fact a setup for later character development, lmao. But personally, I think what Rodimus does is pretty clearly worse, season one wise. Ratchet's insulting about his thought-to-be-insincere esoteric spiritual beliefs; Rodimus makes him complicit in a crime via Overlord and insults him every time he doesn't answer a text in five seconds via implied threat, apparently!

To be clear. I love every permutation of these dynamics. I like Drift-Ratchet, Drift-Rodimus, and indeed Rodimus-Ratchet in basically all configurations; I find those relationships very compelling and interesting throughout the comic. I just find the insistence that 'Rodimus is better for Drift because Ratchet in s1 is sooo mean to him' sort of... hilarious, because if you've recently read s1 of MTMTE, uhhhh. WELL. If you want someone who's actually nice to Drift, the guy you're looking for is like... idk, Pipes seemed chill? Any way you slice it, though, it's. Not Roddy. Sorry.

[bunytime]

assorted 20-something-year olds for an AU I have w some pals 👐🏻

(sparing the self indulgent details here but it mostly involves bands, crushes, & drama)

[zetterbabe]

prep comes in many different forms 🐀

[fairytale-mystery]

why is your only personality trait being a LITTLE BITCH

not true. my girlfriends can confirm

[shorttfuse]

penelope n colin / polin au idea that i want but know i couldn’t write, free to a good home:

superhero-esque au. it still being regency is crucial in my opinion. penelope still has a secret identity as lady whistledown but lady whistledown is not a society writer, but rather a masked vigilante. One night she saves colin and he falls immediately in love. and simply Must track her down and declare his intention to marry her. i anticipate a lot of him commiserating to pen about his mystery woman while pen internally screams

[solidaritygaming-fanblog]

More fae Jimmy for you!

Jimmy: hey Lizzie watch this.

Lizzie: huh?

Jimmy: *points to Mythical Sausage* EXPLODE NOW.

PFT-

[nev4rlnd]

@fcrevermcre, 𝒑𝒆𝒕𝒆𝒓

her lab wad dimly lit as she hummed along to the pounding bass that filled the space, the rhythm vibrating through her bones as she danced between countertops, mixing chemicals with an effortless fluidity. the loud thrum of the music was her favorite companion — loud enough to drown out everything else, to block the world from intruding on her concentration. the lab door creaked open, but tinsley didn’t hear it. she was too lost in the rhythm, too immersed in her creation. her fingers flicked the switch, mixing the chemicals with the precision of someone who’d done it a thousand times before. a soft fizz rose from the bubbling flask, and she hummed along with the music, blissfully unaware that someone had just stepped into her sanctuary. it wasn't until she turned around to grab another beaker that she saw him: she immediately tensed, glancing at him before simply grabbing her beaker and returning to her invention. please, please - just turn around and leave, peter.

[ruru-me]

Me preparando para o aniversário da hertha...😈

GUYS GUYS A HERTHA TA SENDO MIMADA DEMAIS (EU ADORARIA VER ARTE DE ANIVERSARIO DELA PQ DO JEITO QUE A FACULDADE TA INDO NÃO VOU TER TEMPO 😭😭)

[general-kalani]

More UT verse Joseph thoughts: He has his own room near the arenas like it's fucking wwe shit

His symbol is either of Eden's Gate, New Eden, or smth more advanced but still in the same style.

He doesn't wear chest armour but he has shoulder plating on his left only, and his legs are lightly armoured. Only thing on his back is weapon storage for a rocket launcher he might use and the assault rifle as well as shield gun. Holster on his right hip for smth like a bio rifle. No I cannot draw this out to explain the vision. Still has his yellow sunglasses for style choices.

He does better on outdoor arenas than indoor, for the bigger mobility space.

Has the flak cannon locations memorised, everything else is a guess lmfao.

[decepti-thots]

i think it's really interesting how rung gets more flack in fandom as a character for stuff like the fact Roberts makes an off-colour joke about Whirl through him in the short story (which, yeah, it is a shitty thing to say, but it's clearly an issue of the comic/text itself at that point making such off-colour jokes and not specific to Rung's character, IMO, so I tend to treat that as more of an issue with the comic at that point personally) and not. well. the canonical fact that Rung was involved in signing off on state-ordered and presumably non-consensual lobotomies. i suppose it may be that a lot of people in fandom take the view that 'he would have just used the opportunity to refuse to ever sign off on them, of course!' but tbh, I do not find that enormously convincing given the framing we get! (and if you're someone who is interested in stated author intent, which admittedly i'm not overlmuch, roberts did discuss this in an interview and the intent seemingly was for rung to be willing to sometimes sign them off. so.)

like yeah, the joke about Rung being unconcerned about Whirl banging his head against a wall is unpleasant, in the same way the comic's snide approach to Red Alert in the earlier issues can be, and so on. but the later revelation that pre-war Rung was essentially performing a legitimized form of Shadowplay if he could be convinced there was a medical justification seems uhhhh. more relevant to any discussion of Rung as a character who has done bad things in his role! i wonder if it's because people implicitly feel like being a bad therapist in the sense of 'breaking the law/medical guidelines' is worse than in the sense of 'being legally required to do bad things as a licensed therapist', regardless of the relative morality of those actions in their own right.

[wingstobetorn]

Casey and S from Cabin Three offer bookmarks and homemade notebooks! @tmnt-fandom-family-reunion

"What? Yooo! These are so cool, thanks a lot, dude!" Species swap! April is pleased!

"... But what's with the whole alien thing? You from some kinda Venom universe or something?"

[02pencil]

act i, chapter i - introductions.

bruise - like tender. every razor - edged motion purposeful. calculated. but it wasn't. it never was. because rotting all starts to look the fucking same, michelle. so she begins to dissolve in the very presence of thin - veiled sheep. into an oppressive crawlspace. into a realm that isn't quite here nor there. won't exactly account for the ringed pattern of the floor. or the skewed layout she analyzed the night before. or the chipped paint on the honed - like walls. because she wasn't obtainable. because she didn't think she fucking ... cared. and so it commenced. child - like utterances, hands bound. a vacant stare. a slacked jaw. and not a goddamn thing in hand. she sits. in the back. always in the back. simply quiet. noting the in between's. the haunting  lull  between  the first  breath  and  the  last. the crucifying hum  of  cynicism. the apparition that simply won't find solace in death. and then nothingness.  again. nothingness. the thought, almost acidic. brims  off  the  tips  of  her  fingers sacrilegiously —  rots the  inside  of  her  ribcage.  her  mouth, teeth decaying. always decaying. decaying. decaying. enough. enough. enough.

[14dayswithyou]

We know Ren/[Redacted]’s nickname for MC is Angel but what is everyone else’s (or if they don’t have one what would it be)

✦゜ANSWERED: aaaa it's kinda hinted on the 14DWY discord (via the roles you can get), but the main cast have a few different nicknames depending on the situation or their mood!!

Ren: angel, baby (for when they're feeling 📯🦵) [REDACTED]: angel, love (for when they're feelin soft and tender) Moth: love-bug, bestie, gamer, comrade, degenerate in arms, etc. Violet: petal, rosebud (because sims + she's also a gamer) Conan: sweetheart (he is an Old Man), or just your actual name Leon: sunfish, darl/darlin' (with an aussie accent!!! this is important!!!) Teo: doll/dollface, starshine (Rosie has this man on a leash!!) Jae: seashell, sunshine (he honestly copied Leon and Teo)

[starstruckstufful]

favorite colors stimboard! 30 days of agere moodboards

day 4! purple and blue! pink is 3rd favorite 🐇

🎀 purple & blue stimboard 🧸 requests open ✔

x | x | x x | x | x x | x | x

[solidaritygaming-fanblog]

So, I just had a thought about the blonde British man on the Death Games. So, basically, in Mexican folklore, there are these silly things called 'alebrijes', hand crafted sculptures of animal fusions that are all very, very colorful (I suggest looking them up if you want better reference, they are pretty darn neat), and they are popularly thought to be guardian spirits that protect and help souls to their journey to the land of the dead.

Now picture this, Jimmy has a little alebrije sculpture he carries around everywhere, like a good luck charm, a canine with some bird traits and mostly blue and yellow colors. He claims that it protects him, which is pretty debatable. Anyway, once he's out of the game, his soul goes to inhabit the figurine, bringing it to life as an actual creature. His purpose being to guide dead players from spectator mode to the void where they will remain until the next season, this being a quite important job, because without someone to guide them, players are either stuck in spectator mode to watch chaos unfold and their allies getting killed, or they keep respawning. The alebrije can choose whether or not to be visible to living players, which usually leads to confusion and pranks and all kinds of magical shenanigans...

Although, in recent seasons, Jimmy has started to constantly lose his alebrije sculpture, sometimes it disappears and reappears later on other Lifer's inventory. Not that he is complaining, even Soul Shepherds need a break from guiding dead, grieving players to their temporary prison frozen in time.

And if he had a nickel for every time he has not been forced to be the alebrije, he would have two nickels, which isn't a lot but it's weird that it happened twice... Hmm...

(I'm so sorry if this does not make much sense lmao. The idea just popped into my head and had to write it out- anyway, hope you're having yourself a good time! :D)

OH WAIT THIS IS GENIUNELY SO COOL