#“i just wanna give him a hug :((”

[mirykka]

the mad sorcerer

[kendyroy]

sad meow

[definitelynotdomanique]

He’s so husband coded🥹

[kitts-mechanix]

I just had a huge realisation yesterday and I wanted to share this after going through some pretty horrible stuff over the weekend: Something I've always asked myself ever since getting into G1 Transformers was "why do you like Starscream so much even though he's a narcissistic bully? Why are you, someone who is a victim of narcissistic abuse, taking comfort in a narcissistic character?" Well, I think I finally figured it out. Because Starscream is also a victim of that very same abuse. I mean, he's beaten, called names, bullied, unappreciated, abused, and put through the wringer…and he internalised all that abuse because he knew no other way. He had no one to turn to, and the few bots who did support him, he treated like dirt. Once he had that freedom and power, he abused it and became the very thing that abused him. I have no doubt he was always self-centred, selfish, had a huge ego, etc. before all that but honestly? I think Megatron's abuse caused him to turn out the way he did. I could have turned out that way and it's a little scary, some of the parallels I'm drawing with him.

@ichbinmeltdown wrote a great analysis on Starscream that I want to share here:

"Megatron was abusive as hell to Starscream. He treated him horribly, and I legitimately almost cried a few times watching it. There's an episode called Starscream's Brigade that introduces the Combaticons, and I think that perfectly demonstrates the cycle of abuse. The entire world is against Starscream at pretty much every turn throughout the series, but none more so than Megatron. Every word out of his speech synthesizer to Starscream is to berate him, and he's constantly throwing him around, beating him, even ripping out his speech synthesizer in a scene from a previous episode (Hoist Goes Hollywood, IIRC). His own teammates don't like him, and even his brothers- Skywarp and Thundercracker, going off of the idea they're brothers- just... allow Megatron to abuse him. (Not to get into headcanons here, but I personally believe that Megatron's abuse fractured the Elite Trine's family dynamic. They are still brothers and love each other, but they're all too afraid of Megatron to really... stand up for each other as they did in the past.) And Starscream seemed to just snap in this episode. He treated the Combaticons poorly, and even when teaming up with Shockwave, he subjected him to a lot of the same ridicule and torment that Megatron put him through. He failed to realize Shockwave was the one of the only bots who would give him a chance- and unfortunately lashed out at him, which ruined his chances of Shockwave ever being a true friend and ally to him. Once Starscream had finally gotten a taste of power and not being under another bot's boot, he too became the very thing that he lived in fear of. And that really is how the cycle goes- when you're finally free from abuse, it can be tempting to overcompensate and take back all the power you were robbed of, at any cost whatsoever. Starscream, like D16 in Transformers One, snapped up this opportunity."

And the sad thing is, I've seen this in real life and I've internalised some of the abuse I've dealt with too. I'm not proud of it. Like the Seeker Trine, my own family dynamic has been fractured by similar abuse. I know there's traces of narcissism in my behaviour too, and I'm NOT proud of it. Maybe this is why I can forgive Starscream for being a narc, because I can see a little bit of my own personality/attitude/behaviour in him. Maybe it's because I know where it came from, I get why he acts that way and it's not just random and out of the blue. Maybe it's because--and I know this is a bold statement--I don't think he would do some of the stuff my own family did to me (blah blah blah he's a fictional character).

I didn't mean for this to turn into a long rant, so

TLDR: I finally figured out that part of the reason I love and relate to Starscream so much despite him internalising some of the abuse I went through, is because he was the victim of that same abuse.

[skullzy20]

I'm so happy they decided to add this much depth to Amir instead of making him purely one-sided like people might expect him to be at first

it really makes you want to learn more about each of the characters and GOD is it worth it

[mid-knight-black]

Eddie’s face in this scene always breaks my heart 🥺

[ @911gif tysm for making this gif set 🥹]

[smokbeast]

I like to think dragonite has some cute otter salamander mix vibes

[chenslucy]

this is the definition of "🥺"

[ninoucheuuuh]

Blitzø - IT WAS NOT A BREAKUP ! You need a relationship for one of those and we never had that.

Blitzø - And we never will...

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Millie - The bird got to you that bad, uh ?

Blitzø - I guess...

If I were alone right now I would scream and cry and dance and fucking fangirl at the same time

[jarondont]

odysseus appreciation post

thank you for your time

[allergictosoup]

oh i’m sick.

[transkingcobra]

Halsin, my beloved, why do you always look so sad when I take screenshots of you being serious

[doortotomorrow]

cooper howard - the trap

[afterthelambs]

BSD Wan is crazy because it's all fun and games and then out of nowhere they hit you with this

The fireworks festival happened at night. And the ED takes place during sunrise (or sunset) until evening, which means it's the next day. This implies that atsushi was sitting there for an entire day. Atsushi is incredibly saddened by losing people he cares about, and he knows that Dazai's suicidal tendencies is not something he can protect him from, unlike other threats. And no one knows how he feels because he probably doesn't want to burden them with it so he keeps his distance until he can compose himself enough to keep going.

[eru-vande]

He's forever my pookie

[mid-knight-black]

these spot the difference games are getting harder and harder!!! 😫😫😫