#❖ ⌈ ooc ⌋ – ᴀ ᴘᴀɪɴᴛᴇʀ ᴏɴ ᴛʜᴇ sʜᴏʀᴇ ɪᴍᴀɢɪɴᴇᴅ ᴀʟʟ ᴛʜᴇ ᴡᴏʀʟᴅ．

[atlas-ordained]

// this feels like an appropriate time to share my headcanon that my Orion took inspiration from the Decepticon insignia resembling Soundwave, and based the Autobot one off of Ratchet as a deliberate parallel. because Ratchet represented the heart of the Autobot cause to him, saving every life that he could, no matter their status

[regalium-gravitas]

// i wrestled with the formatting on that last post for like 40 minutes before i could get all the lyrics small and italicized jesus christ

[reforged-lionheart]

{{ Sunday HC: Elita / Diode is dom-leaning but not afraid to take top or bottom equally. It isn't a matter of vulnerability for her, just flexibility - she feels equally in control regardless, still able to lead in most cases and knowing that anything someone does to her is only because she allows it

... and if someone is too pushy, especially when she's small, they get a good slap/kick

[atlas-ordained]

// incredibly sappy old men flirting on main wheezes

[atlas-ordained]

// debating following along with how everyone else is doing it and making op comment about people's attractiveness directly to them..... or letting him speak in third person, where he'll almost certainly have a lot more to say (and still be tactful because he doesn't speak badly about anyone behind their backs ajgfdghk)

// i'm overall feeling more inspired for the latter...

[atlas-ordained]

{{ so i’m working on updating my tags! 

   here are my new ship tags for blacklisting purposes, in case any of you hate op/ratch but still find me worth following fsdkjfhgsk

❖ ⌈ op/ratch ⌋ – ʏᴏᴜ'ʀᴇ ᴛʜᴇ ʜᴇᴀʀᴛ ᴏғ ᴍʏ ᴛᴇᴍᴘʟᴇ ᴏғ ᴛʜᴏᴜɢʜᴛ．

❖ ⌈ implied op/ratch ⌋ – ɪ ʜᴇᴀʀᴅ ʏᴏᴜ ᴄᴀʟʟɪɴɢ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ᴇᴀʀʟʏ ʜᴏᴜʀs．

❖ ⌈ op › ratch ⌋ – ᴇᴛᴇʀɴɪᴛɪᴇs sᴛɪʟʟ ᴜɴsᴀɪᴅ．

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{{ i'm,,

[atlas-ordained]

{{ So now Blue has me thinking about OP combinations/fusions.

Obviously Auriga (Optimus and Ratchet) is the most stable and comfortable. They will fuse sometimes simply to enjoy the togetherness, and on the rare occasions they go out into the field together, but for the most part their differing roles make it more practical to remain separate. Optimus's most frequent fusions would be with Bulkhead or Arcee.

Optimus and Bulkhead are incredibly large and strong, not quite round but very stocky. One arm turns into a big wide blade and the other into a mace. They are a menace on the battlefield, with the sheer power to overwhelm opponents and Optimus tempering Bulkhead's brute force style with some of his own grace and deliberation. Optimus takes the lead outside of combat, but when the action gets heavy they fight as one.

Optimus and Arcee are basically Optimus-sized but slightly taller, and with weight redistributed for balance. Terrifyingly agile despite their size. They have a pair of thinner secondary arms (like Arcee with Blue's Ratchet) which they utilize very effectively, especially in close quarters or when facing multiple opponents. They're stable unless Arcee's trauma is triggered, in which case her rage and aggression can cause them to break apart.

Optimus and Bumblebee fusion is... complicated. Bee is not a warrior... he is baby, which makes Optimus more reluctant to combine with him for combat. They can form a stable fusion with no extra features or appendages (and illegally large adorable beautiful optics), but it's based strongly around both of their trauma and carrying too much weight and responsibility—OP by sheer volume and Bee by being far too young for what he's had to deal with. Their fusing will often result in Optimus trying to take on his burdens and support/comfort him. Bee would try to support him in return but Optimus will not allow it. It's a very parent and child combination rather than equal partners.

Smokescreen would need to have matured a little before a fusion would be successful. I'm thinking like, by the episode where Megatron breaks the Star Saber and he waits for the right moment to save Optimus rather than just impulsively going at Mega, that little hint of maturity could provide a basis, and will grow from there. They still wouldn't be stable at that point, and could break apart easily. Later, when Smokescreen is mature enough to refuse to take the Matrix, they would be able to fuse much more stably. Two optics, four arms. Fusing would further help Smokescreen to grow as Optimus shares with him all the complexities of the world, and Smokescreen would bring a sense of optimism and hope that Optimus sometimes feels he's lost.

Optimus and Ultra Magnus would be very large, strong, and efficient. Four optics, two arms, basically a giant and more heavily armored version of their shared frame shape. They make a highly effective battle commander, combining OP's motivational abilities with Magnus's tactical skills. Optimus's softer outlook occasionally conflicts with Magnus's pragmatism, but they're both mature enough to be able to work it out.

Optimus and Wheeljack can combine only if they have a very specific mission (like saving Bulkhead from Dreadwing) and are not particularly stable. Four optics, four arms, can easily separate if something causes them to disagree.

.... Speaking of Dreadwing, he and Optimus would actually make a quite stable fusion. No extra features or appandages, just a very strong, intelligent, and honorable warrior. They would probably separate soon after the fusion ceased being necessary but it would be by choice (mostly from Dreadwing's end, which OP will respect).

... Orion and Megatronus would have two optics and four arms if they fused prewar, but Optimus and Megatron would have four optics and two arms. Originally they had a shared ideal but very different ways to go about it. Later their goals completely diverge... but if they need to face a common threat, such as Unicron, their actions are in sync. They're stable until the alliance ends, at which point their vastly conflicting morals will pit them against each other once more.

Edit:

Optimus and Elita One (my version of her) would be kind of.... mid level in stability. Optimus is cooperative by nature and Elita is willing to work with whomever she needs to in order to further a goal, but they don't see quite eye-to-eye—Elita is pragmatic and decisive, a bit like Ultra Magnus but more... independent. Their fusion has four optics and four arms, the latter of which are arranged diagonally to each other rather than vertically and can all become either blades or guns. Their cooperation in battle tends to take the form of one leading and then the other, while outside of combat their disagreements will eventually lead to them choosing to separate.

[atlas-ordained]

// copy pasting an unhinged ramble i wrote in a discord server ajgfdghk

I WAKE UP AND I IMMEDIATELY START YAPPING

and this extends into a relationship as like.... someone doing something just for him, putting in effort for him.... that's placing a burden onto them. especially since it's ratchet, who he's seen take on burden after burden after burden, always taking care of others. as friends during the war they both did their best to take care of each other (and by default this is a big deterrent from them confessing to each other, because they're each other's primary source of comfort and don't want to risk damaging that for the other), but the more intimate their relationship gets, if ratchet coaxes more vulnerability out of optimus (because he's the EXPERT at being a caretaker) but doesn't allow the same in reverse, it starts to feel more and more unfair and he'll try harder to wall off his needs to protect ratchet from feeling compelled to care for him

basically. optimus is very empathetic, he values life, and hates causing pain... and yet as a war leader he has to do that constantly, and can never be enough to save everyone. there are no perfect decisions, always sacrifices involved.... and multiple times we see him display some sometimes very stupid martyristic behavior. at one point ratchet only talks him out of it by calling him out on the fact that he needs to be alive for the sake of the greater good (stopping unicron). but optimus isn't stupid. he should have known this.

and this points to a deeper emotional motivation at work - he has so much guilt on him, feels responsible for so much suffering, and it hurts him so badly to see and cause others to suffer... that he desperately wishes for a third option. if he could just take all the pain onto himself, he wouldn't have to feel responsible for seeing it affect others. if he could just sacrifice himself to save himself the pain and guilt of seeing someone else die, he would, regardless of the long term consequences to those he leaves behind. in this way, his martyristic tendencies are deeply selfish. logic might tell him how important his own life is to everyone who depends on him, but letting someone else die when he might be able to save them hurts SO MUCH, he needs this.

... but also optimus is a hypocrite and if given the chance he would also just give and give without taking. it makes him feel a little better about himself, even though it's never enough to fix all the harm he feels he's caused (he blames himself for the war, which is a whole other can of worms, and saw the war affect ratchet VERY strongly... so he feels responsible for much of his pain) but at least he can provide some comfort and not make it any worse by Being another burden

OH AND. there's the part of him that's aware that if he sacrifices himself, if he dies, if he suffers, that others will hurt.... not just because the autobot cause needs him but because they care about him. because he's loved. being loved gives him the power to hurt others. it makes hurting others INEVITABLE.

so there's a part of him that wishes he WASN'T loved. that he didn't matter, that no one cared for him.... so he could keep all his pain to himself and not infect anyone else with it. he would choose to die alone and forgotten. or actually make himself an abstract concept... fucking madoka coded

if someone loves him, he's responsible for their happiness. and not just in the "I'm making them happy!" way. also in an "if i fail, it's my fault, and I feel doomed to fail" way.

[atlas-ordained]

ooc [ picrew | quiz ]

The Weird One

You're the weird one, the one that half of tumblr babygirls and all of twitter is slightly scared of. You're probably autism-coded, and you probably also know some vital information that you shouldn't, for some reason.

[atlas-ordained]

general tags

❖ ⌈ ic ⌋ – ᴍᴇʀᴄᴜʀʏ ᴅᴀɴᴄᴇs ɪɴ ɪᴛs sᴋʏsᴄʀᴀᴘᴇʀ ᴄᴇʟʟ．

❖ ⌈ queue ⌋ – ᴛᴏᴍᴏʀʀᴏᴡ ᴡɪʟʟ ʙᴇ ᴋɪɴᴅᴇʀ．

❖ ⌈ notes ⌋ – ᴀʟʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʟᴏɴᴇʟʏ ᴛʜɪɴɢs ᴍʏ ʜᴀɴᴅs ʜᴀᴠᴇ ᴅᴏɴᴇ．

❖ ⌈ drabble ⌋ – ɪ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ᴛʀɪᴇᴅ ɪɴ ᴍʏ ᴡᴀʏ ᴛᴏ ʙᴇ ғʀᴇᴇ．

❖ ⌈ answered ⌋ – ʟᴇᴛ ᴍᴇ ʙᴇ ᴡɪsᴇʀ ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴍʏ ᴇʏᴇs．

❖ ⌈ status ⌋ – ．

❖ ⌈ open ⌋ – ．

❖ ⌈ dash game ⌋ – ʟᴇsᴛ ᴡᴇ ғᴏʀɢᴇᴛ ʜᴏᴡ ғʀᴀɢɪʟᴇ ᴡᴇ ᴀʀᴇ．

❖ ⌈ ask game ⌋ – ᴡᴇ'ʟʟ ᴏɴʟʏ ᴋɴᴏᴡ ғᴏʀ ᴄᴇʀᴛᴀɪɴ ɪғ ᴡᴇ ᴛʀʏ．

❖ ⌈ dash commentary ⌋ – ᴋᴇᴇᴘ ᴀ ʜᴏʟᴅ ᴏғ ʏᴏᴜʀ ᴄᴏɴᴠɪᴄᴛɪᴏɴ．

❖ ⌈ shenanigans ⌋ – ᴡʜᴀᴛ ᴀ ʟᴏɴɢ sᴛʀᴀɴɢᴇ ᴛʀɪᴘ ɪᴛ's ʙᴇᴇɴ．

❖ ⌈ saved ⌋ – ᴛᴏɢᴇᴛʜᴇʀ ᴡᴇ'ʟʟ ғᴀᴄᴇ ᴛʜᴇ ᴛᴜʀɴɪɴɢ ᴛɪᴅᴇ．

❖ ⌈ keepsakes ⌋ – ᴛʜᴇ ʟɪɢʜᴛ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ʏᴏᴜ ɢᴀᴠᴇ ᴍᴇ ᴡɪʟʟ ᴇᴠᴇʀɢʟᴏᴡ．

❖ ⌈ storm's art ⌋ – ᴅʀᴇᴀᴍ ᴇᴍᴘᴏʀɪᴜᴍ．

❖ ⌈ promo ⌋ – ᴋᴇᴇᴘ ʏᴏᴜʀ ʜᴇᴀᴅ ᴜᴘ; ᴋᴇᴇᴘ ʏᴏᴜʀ ʜᴇᴀʀᴛ sᴛʀᴏɴɢ．

[atlas-ordained]

dash meme poll

Rules: Put 4 of your favorite characters from 4 pieces of media as options, then let tumblr decide which one most suits your vibe!

[regalium-gravitas]

reserved for basic tags

♔ 《 ic 》 . ʜᴇᴀᴠʏ ɪs ᴛʜᴇ ᴄʀᴏᴡɴ．

♔ 《 queue 》 . ɪ ᴡɪʟʟ ɴᴏᴛ ʙᴏᴡ; ɪ ᴡɪʟʟ ɴᴏᴛ ʙʀᴇᴀᴋ．

♔ 《 notes 》 . ᴛʜᴇ ʙʟᴏᴏᴅ ᴜᴘᴏɴ ʏᴏᴜʀ ʜᴀɴᴅs ᴀɴᴅ ᴛʜᴇ ᴡɪᴄᴋᴇᴅɴᴇss ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴍᴀᴅᴇ ɪᴛ．

♔ 《 drabble 》 . ɪ ᴡᴀs ʟᴏᴏᴋɪɴɢ ғᴏʀ ᴀ ʙʀᴇᴀᴛʜ ᴏғ ʟɪғᴇ．

♔ 《 answered 》 . ɴᴇᴠᴇʀ ʟᴇᴛ ᴛʜᴇᴍ ʙʟᴇᴇᴅ ʏᴏᴜ ᴏᴜᴛ．

♔ 《 status 》 . ᴛʜᴇ ᴡᴏʀʟᴅ ɪs ɪɴ ᴏᴜʀ ʜᴀɴᴅs．

♔ 《 open 》 . ʟɪɢʜᴛ ᴀ ᴄᴀɴᴅʟᴇ ғᴏʀ ᴛʜᴇ ᴄᴀᴜsᴇ．

♔ 《 dash game 》 . ᴡᴇ'ʟʟ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ᴛʜᴇ ᴅᴀʏs ᴡᴇ ʙʀᴇᴀᴋ ᴀɴᴅ ᴡᴇ'ʟʟ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ᴛʜᴇ sᴄᴀʀs ᴛᴏ ᴘʀᴏᴠᴇ ɪᴛ．

♔ 《 ask game 》 . ɪ'ᴠᴇ ɢᴏᴛ ᴀ ʟᴏɴɢ ᴡᴀʏ ᴛᴏ ɢᴏ ᴀɴᴅ ᴀ ʟᴏɴɢ ᴍᴇᴍᴏʀʏ．

♔ 《 dash commentary 》 . ғʀᴏᴍ ᴛʜᴇ ᴅᴀᴡɴ ᴏғ ᴛɪᴍᴇ ᴛᴏ ᴛʜᴇ ᴇɴᴅ ᴏғ ᴅᴀʏs．

♔ 《 shenanigans 》 . ᴛʀᴏᴜʙʟᴇ ᴀʜᴇᴀᴅ; ᴛʀᴏᴜʙʟᴇ ʙᴇʜɪɴᴅ．

♔ 《 ooc 》 . ᴀ ᴘᴀɪɴᴛᴇʀ ᴏɴ ᴛʜᴇ sʜᴏʀᴇ ɪᴍᴀɢɪɴᴇᴅ ᴀʟʟ ᴛʜᴇ ᴡᴏʀʟᴅ．

♔ 《 saved 》 . ．(TBA)

♔ 《 keepsakes 》 . ．(TBA)

♔ 《 storm's art 》 . ᴅʀᴇᴀᴍ ᴇᴍᴘᴏʀɪᴜᴍ．

♔ 《 promo 》 . ᴛᴏɢᴇᴛʜᴇʀ ᴡᴇ'ʟʟ ʀɪsᴇ; ᴛᴏɢᴇᴛʜᴇʀ ᴡᴇ'ʟʟ sᴛᴀɴᴅ．

♔ 《 self promo 》 . ．(TBA)

[atlas-ordained]

{{ we're just WHICH AU/POINT IN THE TIMELINE HAS THE MOST FLAVOR FOR THIS INTERACTION hgfsjhfd

[atlas-ordained]

{{ i've said it on discord and i'll say it here too: if i ever block you after answering an ask in a text post, it was an accident i promise.

[reforged-lionheart]

{{ random realization that Elita should actually have the Elite Guard insignia variation