#Bee/Boop

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Neopronouns, Emoji Pronouns, Xenopronouns

Xe/Xem, Kie/Kir(link), It/Its

Ix/Ixs, Pronouns Collector, Bee/Boop(link)

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@kiruliom (late sorry about that)

[puppycat02]

me rn

[beebundt]

MY FELLOW BOOPERS! FEAR NOT. REMAIN CALM. WE WILL PERSEVERE, WE WILL BOOP! TOGETHER! NOTHING CAN STOP US IF WE UNITE TOGETHER. WE WILL BOOP! WE. WILL. BOOP! RAISE UR PAWS EVERYNYAN ✊

[lulla-bee]

*boops your attorney*

[potatoesenpaii]

"Do you think we'll still be friends after you graduate?"

Art by @kasphacked 💛

[entityfangs]

me n the mutuals :3

[everchased]

seeing mutuals in my notifs like

[ingravinoveritas]

Thank you all so much for the boops! I had somehow missed/didn't understand the boop thing back when there was one in April, so I am glad to be a part of it now and overwhelmed with the volume of boops that have been coming in, to where I can't keep up with them all. I appreciate every single one, however, and please know that I am reciprocrating from the deepest place in my boop...er, heart...

[witchofthesouls]

Besides American pop culture such as metal, is Miko a fan of the more traditional aspects of Japanese culture at all?

Hmm, this is a tricky question for me because I'm a born and raised American hapa. My half-Asian is Viet.

A lot of my thoughts for Miko were formed by conversations with a few Japanese exchange students, YouTube, Japanese language classes, online information, and what I would have liked to see from the show.

I'm going to be missing a lot of cultural context from a native perspective.

(That or I'm reading way too deep into this ask lol)

I really wish that we had more instances of culture clash or misunderstandings because it could have provided more depth to everyone by opening new dialogue and provided more context of the lore and character backgrounds.

As a character, Miko Nakadai comes off more like an American-born or as someone who's very comfortable in the U.S. from long-term exposure. Perhaps she has relatives in a different state? But then that opens more questions than answers. (It doesn't matter obsessed you're into a country or culture, the first hand experience is a shock.)

And it doesn't help she feels slap-dash in a way. She's vague in the sense that she has a lot of disconnected traits that don't really match up what we were given as viewers. It really isn't a surprise that she's a polarizing character.

Concept wise, the creators pulled a lot of inspiration from Harajuku fashion, so the colorful punk aesthetic does make sense in hindsight with the elements of Visual Kei and Kawaii. But that particular tidbit was released in the Transformers: Art of Prime book.

(As of now, it's nearly $5,000 on Amazon, but we have lovely people who may or may not share some pages online.)

It would have been so great if the show committed to the Japanese exchange student bit by giving more information about Miko's background besides her parents living in Tokyo. I know I made a comment about her parents are like Tatsu and Miku from Way of the Househusband, but that would have provided so much context on Miko's wildness and complete recklessness because the Vegas Effect can only explain so much. (It would make so much sense on how she went for the damn axe to wield against Soundwave! No hesitation from that girl!)

Shoot, even her favorite band, Slash Monkeys, is a Bulgarian rock band! There is nothing wrong with that, but give me/us a bone! Something minor, like a throwaway line about Japanese rock bands that did popular anime openings. (Y'all remember the grip the Big 3 had on our collective throats? Plus, the granddaddy of them all: Dragonball.) That could have built rapport, delved into cultural differences, and been a feel-good moment as the kids showed the 'bots different anime via movie night.

Bottom line, she confuses me on the same level as Orion Pax conundrum, so I just like doing things to make things make sense.

[sinigangrobot]

[chiamew]

good morning my little skibidi sigmas its almost midnight i haven't eaten in two days i have twelve missing assignments and I can feel that my awakening as the next archangel is just around the corner

[esperparty]

I'm gonna boop ur snoots

[dont-offend-the-bees]

Was getting tired hands from all the booping so I've enlisted the help of an expert

[thebusylilbee]

me seeing mutuals on my dash who haven't activated their boop-o-meter yet : are you okay ? do you need to talk ? do you need help ? is there anything I can do for you ? like... perhaps... a friendly boop ?

[everfascinated]

Boo-p!

[sacredwhores]

Dave Fleischer - Betty Boop's Bizzy Bee (1932)