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darkeralmond · 22 days ago

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yeees i would definitely enjoy a celebrini fic <3

EYES LIKE SIRENS

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Pairing: Macklin Celebrini x Emilia Richardson

Summary: While Emilia’s is on another date in an effort to get over Macklin, she reminisces on her past HOCO proposal which made her realizes how much she likes Macklin

Warnings: Implications of sex, but no smut

Apricot Speaks: hi guys!! i missed u all sm!! i have been working hard on these and ive also been wondering if i should post these on wattpad too. lmk and pls support my writing!!

“Emilia, this is really starting to become a problem,” Clara called out from her bed. I rolled my eyes at her comment, but due to how small our room was, she saw my reflection causing her to add,“Don’t roll your eyes at me. It is a problem and you know it. This is the 3rd guy in the span of 2 weeks.”

Finally looking back at her, I replied, “Shouldn’t you be proud of the fact I’m not home moping around like I was before?” When I look back, I intensely stare at myself as I focus on acquiring the perfect cat liner.

Behind me, I heard her sigh as she jumped off her bed and making her way into the bathroom. She stopped next to me and though I wasn’t looking, I could the disapproval as she stared into the side of my head. “Maybe if you stare long enough, you can burn a hole into the side of my head and I can cancel this date.”

“Ha,” She answered dryly. I finally looked over at her when I finished the second eye with a smug smirk on my face. “Why do you even wanna go on this date?”

“Because I need to distract myself from brooding in bed all day.” I played with my hair, perfecting a natural messy but sexy look.

She huffed again signaling her distaste in it all, but it wasn’t her concern what I was doing with my free time. Even if it was in an attempt to get over M- someone. “Is your location shared at least?” She asked, raising her brows as she did so. There are so many things she does which resembles my mom which annoys me, but it at least makes me feel somewhat comforted in a way.

I smiled slightly as I answered, “Yes, Clara. I’ll text you where I’m at at times, and I’ll send the safe word if things go south.” Even with my best attempts at reassuring her that not everything will end bad, she still has the same disapproving look on her face. “Clar, I’ll be fine, you don’t have to worry.” I took her hands into mine in my final attempt to assure her I’m grown and can make my own decisions.

I understand Clara’s concern, but what she doesn’t realize is that I know my date’s intentions. I knew this was only going to be a free meal followed by a one night stand, it’s basically what I signed up for when I hopped on these dating apps. All the dates she’s referring to could be considered more as hook ups and actual romantic dates. It’s what I need right after Macklin. Dammit, there goes my 10 minute streak of not thinking of him.

Sometimes I think she has mind reading super powers the way she’s able to redirect the conversation without me saying anything. “So, who’s the lucky bachelor tonight?” She asked as she holstered herself onto the sink counter.

“Jason Redding. He goes to NYU for business.” She bumped her shoulder against mine playfully, causing a small laugh to bubble out of me. “He also plays hockey, which is weird ‘cus I didn’t know they had it there.” Normally I steered clear of hockey players, but somehow Jason landed right into my DMs and it was a love story from there. And by love story, I mean his opening line being ‘This is why I prefer blondes.’

And they say chivalry is dead.

He didn’t make any effort in hiding his true intentions, which I appreciated since other ones did. He suggested taking me to dinner at a very fancy Italian restaurant before taking me to his dad’s hotel located nearby to stay for the night. Now why he was in Boston, I didn’t know.

Well that was until Clara said, “Oh! They play the boys on Tuesday. That’ll be interesting.” I forgot that Macklin had said something about playing NYU in their opening game. If I had known that I definitely would’ve cancelled on him, or never answer him at all.

“You can say that again,” I mumble. I heard my phone ding with a notification, prompting me to look down and see a message from Jason. “He’s here. I’ll text you when I leave the restaurant, alright?” I grabbed my coat off the bed and shimmied into it before tossing my purse over my shoulder.

“Please be safe!” She called out as I left our dorm. I heard the door shut behind me as I made my way towards the elevator.

When the elevator doors shut, I let out a long exhale. Not a nervous exhale, just one final sigh before I put on a fake facade for this guy for the night. Why be myself when he won’t stick along long enough for him to cherish it. I used to not be this way.

I used to be jittery going down this elevator to go out on dates. Now I felt numb and ready to get the night over with. I knew there were no feelings attached to any of these hookups that spawn in my lap, so why worry over something that’s not gonna progress. Let alone affect my future.

I thought my feelings would change eventually. That I’d meet the right guy and feel all the waves of emotions I used to feel in the past, but I haven't. It was my fault I wouldn’t either, so I knew not to feel sorry for myself.

As soon as I stepped out of the building, I wished I would’ve picked a warmer outfit. The weather in early January Boston was hellishly cold and my tights did nothing to prevent the wind from freezing my legs. At least I looked good in my skin tight leather dress.

I wasn’t suprised when I approached Jason and caught him eye fucking me. “Well, hello to you.” When I was in close enough proximity, he wrapped his arm around me and kissed my forehead. I didn’t expect this type of contact so soon, but I didn’t tense up either. I had more in store for me later anyways. “You look even better than you do in pictures.”

My fake laughs had become more convincing the more of these “dates” I go on, but at least this one was giving me stuff to work with. “You’re not too bad yourself,” I said, and I wasn’t lying either. He was super attractive. Brown eyes, blonde hair, a chiseled chin with peach fuzz. He just wasn’t my type.

He opened the car door for me, so I crawled in. The car felt so warm, causing me to melt into the seat. Before shutting the car door, Jason said, “Yeah, don’t fill up too much. I’ll have desert waiting for you in the room.” I was waiting for him to say something along those lines and it didn’t even take 5 minutes. I closed my eyes momentarily as I let the heat thaw me out.

On the way to the restaurant, it was silent minus the sound of traffic around us. With nothing else to entertain me, my mind had resorted to reminiscing on the past.

It gave me a healthy reminder on when I was young and naive, I used to fantasize about my soulmate sweeping me off my feet in a grand romantic gesture in front of a crowd of people. Guys, like Jason, have lowered my expectations of having an Uber paid for me when I used to appreciate aftercare.

…

Junior Year

I would like to believe that since my break up I was doing an incredible job on focusing strictly on myself and school. That, however, went out the window when I came to the realization that it was going to be my first homecoming dance without Westyn.

I stared at my ceiling above, taking in all the teenage version of One Direction staring back down at me. If only one of them could come to life and save me from this catastrophe, preferably Zayn. “I don’t know, maybe I should text him and ask. It will be my final time ever interacting with him.”

“Please don’t make me drive over there and snatch your phone away from you so you don’t do anything stupid,” Macklin replied on the other end of the phone.

I laughed as I rolled onto my stomach before responding, “Then you’d be late for your game.”

Without missing a beat he said, “Then, I’d risk being late for my game then.”

“Aww, you do really care about me. I thought you were heartless,” I teased him.

He scoffed, “It’d be for my own sake so I don’t have to hear you complain about him ever again.” I rolled my eyes and laughed again. He got serious again when he said, “Look, I’m sure someone will ask you soon. It’s still a month away.”

I dramatically groaned before flopping back on the mattress. “But I need to get my dress now!” I took the phone off speaker as I brought it up to my ear. . “I’ve already decided pink is my color this year and I wanna be able to find something glittery and unique.”

The sound of him driving was replaced with his laugh which caused a smile to appear on my face as my face grew warmer. “Alright, I’m pulling into the rink now. My parents will be there to get you in an hour so please be ready. Oh, and, Emilia?”

“Yeah?”

“It’ll happen,” He said in a low, almost secretive, tone which made my stomach flip for some odd reason. “Alright, see you later.”

I say bye and hang up, looking at the time on my phone. I should start getting ready now since the Celebrinis will be here in the next hour, but for now I stay laid down in my same position. . I continue to stare at my One Direction poster as I let my mind race with a million thoughts at once.

Ever since the night of Westyn and I’s break up when I came crying to Macklin, something changed within me. That night I saw some sort of spark in his eye which made me reconsider everything. His eyes drew me in like a siren, but I was able to break away and leave before anything could progress.

It had to have been my imagination, because the next day things were normal between us. Maybe it didn’t happen or maybe it’s the way Macklin naturally looks. Whatever it was, that look was dangerous.

I heard my phone ding, causing me to pick it up. Macklin had shot me a text which read:

I know ur still laying down, get up.

…

I didn’t feel crazy anymore for the way I was feeling in bed, because waiting for Macklin to come out after tonight’s win felt different. His parents didn’t help soothing my nerves any, as they were also acting weird. Like they were anticipating something.

I continued chucking it up to my own paranoia until Macklin came out of the locker room and I noticed his mom now held up her camera. “Hey, you!” He greeted me with a cheesy grin as he came out, holding his arms out for a hug. With my brows furrowed, I still accepted the hug because I wasn’t going to leave him hanging just because of my own derailing thoughts.

Without skipping a beat, Macklin’s mom announced, “Let me take a picture.” Macklin spun me quickly to face her, and part of this felt rehearsed. His grip on my waist as we posed for the picture felt tight that if I tried to squirm out of it, I would fail miserably. As my head rested against his chest, I could hear his heart racing. Maybe it was just due to post game adrenaline rush, but he also seemed nervous. I watched as Macklin’s parents, specifically his mom’s, faces lit up as they looked past us which made me think something was occurring behind us.

As if Macklin noticed it too, he glanced back as his grip loosened. I also turned my head, but in an effort to do so, I noticed a bundle of bright flowers against the black sweatshirt Macklin was wearing. I gawked at the arrangement of different pink flowers which were wrapped with a pretty pink bow. My jaw nearly dropped to the floor as he held them out for me to take.

Accepting his flowers, Macklin gently held onto my waist as he diverted my attention to the scene behind us. I was greeted by five of his teammates holding up poster paper spelling out ‘HOCO?’ with joyous grins on their faces.

I could feel my jaw beginning to cramp, indicating how long it had been open due to the amount of surprises thrown my way in the span of a minute. I thought Macklin had been acting weird about Westyn because he liked me, but it was really because he wanted to make sure I wasn’t going with Westyn.

Even though I felt relieved that my initial guess was wrong, for some odd reason my heart felt a sudden pain at the thought of Macklin not liking me. That’s a good thing though… right?

“Emilia?” Macklin spoke up, grounding me back to reality. I looked over at him and noticed the panicked features embedded on his face.

I laughed as a reaction to everything before answering, “Yes, duh!” I threw my arms around him as I grinned from ear to ear. People around gave subtle applause while his teammates cheered loudly.

When we pulled away, I captured the same look that I saw the night I came to him crying. That same longing look. My heart dropped as I swiftly shifted my eyes to look elsewhere, breaking eye contact that made me want to risk everything.

“Now, you have to find a different way to ask me to prom,” I joked as an attempt to distract myself from what could’ve happened.

He laughed before responding with, “I’m sure you’ll have a new date by then.” With that, he put an end to the delusion I’ve had for the past month. I simply nodded my head, looking back down at the flowers.

…

Now

Jason’s hand found its place on my leg, bringing me back to the present as I looked in his direction., “Are you ready to head inside, gorgeous?”

For the first time tonight I felt something that wasn’t numbness, disappointment. Disappointed that I wasn’t looking at Macklin’s smiling face. Disappointed that I let things slip through my fingers because I couldn’t balance my chaotic life.

Swallowing that feeling down, I nodded my head and answered, “Yes.”

As I was escorted inside, my head kept reeling back to what Macklin could be doing right now. What if he was seeing someone as well? What if he’s actually moved on?

No matter what I keep telling myself, thinking about Macklin is inevitable. How am I capable of moving on whenever he breaches my mind every minute of every single day. There was no possible date that could solve this yearning.

#macklin celebrini #macklin celebrini imagine #hockey fanfiction #macklin celebrini x fem!reader #apricot’s fanfics #macklin celebrini x reader #macklin celebrini x oc

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potential-fate · 2 years ago

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I sorta loathe the ts2 fat morph....

which has apparently become a project of it's own.

so I mentioned this vaguely somewhere, but thought I should make a generalize post about it. Mainly cause it'll probably affect any cc I make in the future so... there's that.

Anyway.... because I've spent the last few months sorta adding fat morphs to some of my really old clothing, I quickly realized that I didn't have to deal with EA's "fat" morph. There is literally nothing stopping me from just... making it look better/how I want it to.

Anyways, long story short, I'm picky. There are a decent amount of nice bodyshapes out there, and while I like them, I don't like having multiples of the same outfit (it's the same reason I ended up going with Sunshine hair.) I like sticking to the game's original setup, which in the case of fit states, is unfortunately limited.

I also spend most of my time posing and doing story posts, so I'm not a fan of the much larger bodyshapes, even though I love them in theory.... because they clip a ton, and make more work for me later. So I wanted something that I liked 🤔 but also didn't fuck with the in-game animations too much.

Also, I just sorta like the pear-shaped chunky body type (it's not at all cause it resembles mine lmao nope.... not at all.)

anyways, idk if anyone is even still reading this, but uh... yeah.

I guess this is me, introducing the "sorta chunky, sorta pear-shaped, 'still not really a fat morph' in my opinion because game limitations" bodyshape/fatmorph? (Or, in short cause filename size 'pfate pearshape'.)

At least as an idea. idk if anyone is at all interested in this. but if they are, I can share whatever people want about it/resources for it? idk it's not like I have WSOs cause I honestly don't know how to use them let alone make them. I tend to just make my morphs by hand.

But on a technical note, I think I have most of the Digi Marvine feet naked meshes defaults changed to this, and some other stuff too. mainly Club Crimson stuff, because frankly, I'm still using the files I had from 2012 so none of them had morphs at all (though I'm sure someone somewhere HAS added morphs to them.)

[[ TL;DR is this: I felt like I needed to make a post about it, cause some of the stuff I'm gonna be sharing coming up has fat-morphs based on this. things like defaults that either didn't have morphs so I added them, or they had morphs but I edited them anyways because I was defaulting them with specific sims in mind (like Jorah, Alex or Ginevra) and I wanted a post that I could link back to for reference on those posts. ]]

in any case, if I make a default and change the morphs from ones that already exist, and you WANT the defaults with the original morphs, that's very easy to switch out and I will gladly do it if you ask lol. otherwise I'll probably edit things as I see fit since uhm. well I make cc 99.9% for myself 😂😅

Other age turnarounds under the cut, cause this is too long already.

EU Bodies (Left: Maxis Standard/thin, right: Pfate-Pearmorphs)

TU Bodies (Left: Maxis Standard/Thin, right: Pfate-Pearmorphs)

CU Body (Left: Maxis Standard/Thin, right: Pfate-Pearmorphs)

CU body changed the least from the original fat-morph, then the elder femme frame, I would say? cause the elder frame already had a sort of pear shape (that sorta inspired the other femme ages.) the others are varying degrees of change, with AM being the strongest change by far.

#sims 2 cc #sims2cc #sims 2 download #ts2 #ts2cc #pfate #my posts #idk if I really should have tagged those #since it's not technically a download but.... it is definitely related?#no one get mad at me I'm sorry for 'crosstagging' if this counts as that 😭#pfate.txt #pfate pearmorph #fat morph #pinned

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lunanoc · 1 year ago

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For the ship thing, Liu Sang/Wang Can our of curiosity

anon i think you want to watch the world burn

disclaimer heads up once again that these are all 100% my personal feelings and not moral accusations of any kind, so if you happen to like this ship that’s your business and my opinion means nothing. that being said, fair warning, this isn’t going to be positive

so yeah i uh. intensely dislike this i’m not sure anyone’s surprised and there’s vaguely lore as to why that i’m not going to get into excessively, but the tldr of it is basically in two (ish) parts.

the first is that strictly coming at it from canon, independently of what your canon of choice is, this ship is wonky at best. and yes, i know, not everyone cares about that, and i’m not saying it’s completely impossible because AUs/canon divergences exist for a reason, but that’s point number one. i’m not even going to get into the fact that wang can, who’s very much a blip both in sha hai the book and sha hai the drama, di es in both which makes things even more impossible unless you redact that. then there’s simply the circumstances factor. the only way in which i could see this potentially being remotely possible in a canon setting is if you infer that liu sang’s association with tudian means that if tudian had extensive contact with the wangs, they might have crossed paths at some point. but given how little we know about tudian and his everything, it’s speculation, but it’s not impossible so there’s a window there i guess. and you’d also have to assume liu sang, who re: restart the book was born in the 90s, was born in the earlier half of the decade because otherwise he’d have been a bit young: not so much in general, because though that’s a topic for another discussion people do ship wu xie and li cu, more in relation to the popular fanon surrounding the liu sang/wang can ship which i’ll get to in a bit. as for how they’d work even if you filled in all those conditions? to be honest i’ve never thought about it extensively, but i don’t that we really get enough of wang can as a character to be able to pin him as more than a highly driven wang operative, and as for liu sang, given his general approach to most people and things, i can only really picture this in a ‘what if liu sang had been endoctrinated into the wangs’ AU because the way i see it, liu sang is someone who tends to be driven by the same sorts of intense/bordering on fanatical feelings in interpersonal relationships (re: how he is about xiaoge), so he and wang can would have to bond over their mutual devotion to the cause. again, not impossible, but you do need to get creative

this does bring me to the second part of the ‘why i want to burn this with fire’ lore, which is the fanon behind this ship even existing, and even that’s twofold. again, this is purely my personal feelings, but the biggest no-no for me from the get-go is this ship contains liu sang, and i do not like liu sang as a character. and yes it is practically entirely because of his fans but that’s also a topic for another time. unfortunately for similar reasons that also extends to most if not all characters who have been played by the same actor. so this ship is pretty much a double no-no for me for solely those reasons. then there’s the other aspect of the apparent appeal of it that specifically hinges on the fact both characters were played by the same actor, and so that i’ve seen, it’s a fairly popular take to make them both fanon long-lost twins. which then turns it into fanon incst and that’s just. really not my cup of tea. it’s just one of those things i let be but want to stay far away from, which makes it doubly unfortunate it’s another one of those ships i’ve had pushed at me directly or not before i distanced myself from most popular dmbj fandom spaces to avoid them

i wish i had more constructive things to say about this but unfortunately i don’t

#ask meme #dmbj #liu sang #wang can #wang can/liu sang #negative #once again tagging so people can easily avoid it #but if you couldn’t tell it’s a no from me #why are these one always longer it feels like i’m justifying myself

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theafictionado · 5 days ago

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What’s it about?

Beginning as a good old fashioned coffee shop AU, this fic has spun out into multiple complete but continuous storylines, each focusing on different characters and relationships within a modern, non-magical setting:

Act 1-3 follows Saber and Diarmuid as they fall for each other and navigate a new relationship as two people very much running away from or otherwise dealing poorly with past ones

Act 4 is a prequel following a young, grieving, very depressed Kiritsugu as he meets Maiya and Iri for the first time

Wedding Cheers is a wedding episode/movie special… except that it focuses on Maiya, always the bridesmaid never the bride, as she reckons with her past trauma, her unrequited feelings for Kiritsugu, and the immortal question “hey, Cu’s kind of hot, right?”

Pumpkin Spice Latte, a Halloween special which is the origin of a certain meme and contains some important emotional set-up for…

Act 5, which is “coffeefic does Heaven’s Feel”, following the now-grown-up F/SN kids over one very stressful Christmas week.

There are also “coffee sips” which are short stories set at various points in the timeline and jumping between various characters who don’t get “main” plotlines devoted to them… though by this point the stories aren’t short and I’m basically using these as a format to flesh out and give closure to all the side characters who haven’t had their own arc yet (plus extra, post-Act 5 closure for some who have).

Why wasn’t it online before?

Honestly, I was mostly just shy – this was initially meant to be for me and like 3 friends, and more generally, I was worried about having my messy creative practice Perceived and Known in a public space. There’s definitely some writing from this era that I’m glad exists only on my hard drive and a couple of people’s inboxes, but it seems a shame to sequester all of it away. Enshrining this fic is as much a tribute to my younger self as anything else,

Plus, at the time the general logic was “no one will take you seriously as a writer if you’ve got fanfic out there!” (if that was ever 100% true, the landscape has shifted since then) and someone had once told me very adamantly that I should never publish anything online because people would steal my ideas (I don’t remember who that was, but clearly they made an impression). Basically I had a lingering sense that I would Get In Trouble or cause Something Bad to Happen, which… well, it would be wrong to say my anxieties are gone, but they take a slightly different shape now, and I figure it’s worth moving past them to share something that can potentially bring some joy in this ridiculous and demoralising world.

Why is it online now?

I’ve been meaning to do this for a while, but have ultimately always chickened out!! So cheers to the person who messaged me asking where they could read it – you finally lit the fire under my butt to engineer a better way of doing this. The AO3 format may also be a much more sensible distribution system for the later, bigger Coffee Sips, but let’s cross that bridge when we come to it.

Will it be any different?

I’m making some tiiiiiiny stylistic tweaks as I go, because I can’t help myself, but otherwise the text will be the same as in the big “collected edition” PDFs with all the chapters together. Even if it’s cringe or I would do it differently now!! This is an archival effort, after all.

What if I want the PDFs?

Knock yourself out! I love those big ol’ formatted PDFs! Send me a message and I’ll email ‘em to you!

Coffeefic, now on AO3!

Surprise!! Originally begun in 2013 and sent out via email to a few friends and then an increasingly large mailing list, I've now decided to archive my long-running, multi-arc coffee shop AU Fate/Coffee online to make it more accessible. While there are some things I'd definitely do differently now, there's some writing in here that I'm quite proud of, and this piece of work is such a huge part of my creative development that I want to celebrate it. You'll be able to find it all here!

I'm in the slow process of getting everything uploaded, starting from the beginning (going back to zero, you could say...)! At time of posting, the first 6 chapters are up. I've set the (hopefully doable?!) deadline of Christmas 2025, since that's when Act 5 takes place. Can you believe that real life has now caught up to the big timeskip? :,)

So whether you're a new or returning guest to The Crossroads, enjoy!

#coffeefic

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novafire-is-thinking · 1 year ago

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This post is long, so I’m putting everything below a cut:

The Soundwave I intend to write is based on the Aligned Books Soundwave, not the games and tbh not Prime Soundwave either. I got really interested in his own character based off what I've picked up from Tumblr over a year now and I wanna do him justice in a way cus other than obvious characters Megatron and Optimus, he was another character in TF aligned lore that wanted a better future for Cybertron.

Unfortunately, Megatron and Soundwave aren’t who you think they are, even in the novels.

The fandom has taken a lot out of context and painted Megatron as a hero of the lower castes, and while he did do a lot of good for the oppressed, the fact is he didn’t actually care about lifting up the lower castes. He merely saw them as a tool to help him get his way.

As for Soundwave, his motives appear to be inconsistent throughout the novels. In The Covenant of Primus, part of his passionate declaration of resignation makes it sound like he cares about the lower castes a little, but in the second novel, it’s clear that his motives have nothing to do with helping the oppressed.

I’d love to show you the exact passages as proof. However, this post is already long, and for a while now, I’ve been meaning to write posts that dive into the true motives of Megatron and Soundwave, and reveal the true nature of the Decepticon Cause in the Aligned Continuity. If you can’t wait for me to write those posts, I’ll gladly discuss this with you over DMs after my next writing deadline (Jan. 20th).

Of course I have to find documents of the books and read to know his personality more which isn't feasible until post May this year. He may be based off of other iterations of canon Sounders, but I kinda wanna do my own spin inspired by the books

I can help with that. I have digital copies of all 4 Aligned novels:

The Covenant of Primus by Justina Robson

Transformers: Exodus by Alexander C. Irvine

Transformers: Exiles by Alexander C. Irvine

Transformers: Retribution by David J. Williams and Mark S. Williams

Soundwave shows up in all of them, except for Exiles.

For better or for worse, I’ve read all of his appearances in the books multiple times like the crazy Soundwave stan I am. Every author has a different take on his character, so he’s not written consistently at all. However, I’ve found a way to merge all of them for my AU. It wasn’t easy, and it doesn’t take into account every little detail, but because I’ve pulled something from every interpretation, I’ve achieved a holistic take on Soundwave’s character that’s lacking in this fandom.

Anyway, back to the books: Justina Robson’s Soundwave is the interpretation you’ve seen praised by the fandom; it’s the version you can most easily twist to fit your goals for your story.

Meanwhile, the worst version—in my opinion—is the one in Retribution. In there, Soundwave is nothing but a mindlessly loyal sadist with no personality.

If reading all 4 novels to get a feel for Soundwave’s character seems too overwhelming right now, my offer to discuss his character in-depth over DMs still stands. However, like I mentioned, it’ll have to wait until after the 20th.

My version is like, what if Vehicon's have a hub database to store their bredren when they die in battle so that they can still learn and experience beyond the war? This needs a post on its own so imma just leave it for now

OH. I love this concept!

Actually consuming dark energon when you're alive makes you unable to join the allspark (canon from the TFP movie) so I just tell myself only Megatron and other unsavable mecha like Scourge have tried it @_@ AND STARSCREAM DID IT TOO 👁️👄👁️

True. Personally, I like to think that’s only the case when Unicron is alive/outside of the container. Or also, who’s to say Unicron wasn’t lying to Megatron just to discourage him from trying to escape?

Ye Ratchet was more like, "we have no idea what's going on among our troops, so let's find a 3rd party source for answers" of course he doesnt know much of human politics he's there to teach them about Optimus Prime and the old ways that led to the ruin if their world (I HC no one was really able to get into human culture besides KOBD and maybe Bumblebee? He seems much more diligent and focused than them though)

Yeah, Ratchet’s smart enough to put the pieces together and figure out which human political theories align best with the ones from Cybertron’s history.

now that I think about it I wonder: would it make sense for Soundwave and Ratchet to meet up (in a debriefing/planning session) and the two start arguing over Cybertronian history? Not saying Ratchet knows everything, but I wonder if he was well aware of the corruption in the lower caste

Lol, there would be arguing alright. Ratchet has one view of Cybertron’s history and socioeconomic decline, and Soundwave has another. Soundwave’s view is likely to be more balanced because he spent time amongst the high castes and the lower castes. Meanwhile, Ratchet only knew a life of privilege once he made it to Iacon to study medicine.

Ratchet is only gone for a few days, a week at best! It only takes hours for Soundwave to realise he's on the ship so he quickly informs Optimus properly of his whereabouts cus the solar flare may have made contact difficult with Team Prime

Oh, ok. I misunderstood this part: “but it turns into Ratchet adopting Knockout as his new student after so many years.”

I realize now that you meant this happens a few years after Ratchet’s abduction—sometime after he’s back with the Autobots.

It takes like, a day for the Vehicons to unionise so it happens fairly quickly while Soundwave is half aware (how likely is it that the Nemesis can be affected by solar flares? Cus Wheeljack's ship got affected by a solar flare in the movie)

It was a plasma storm, which I’m assuming is basically an extra powerful solar flare, but we don’t get solar storms as destructive as that in our region of space, as far as I know. Even so, the communication capabilities of a Cybertronian ship are bound to be more powerful than those of Earth tech. Judging from the fact that Wheeljack was still able to communicate with Optimus while the latter was close to the plasma storm, Cybertronian comms remain online for a lot longer than human comm systems do during a solar flare. (Unless the system is hit directly, like Wheeljack’s in the movie)

Soundwave isn't with Team Prime, just an associate! I wanna take Dreadwing's approach here, where he offered the forge of Solus but didn't take Optimus' offer to join the team even when he knew the truth.

Gotcha.

I truly want this Soundwave to be like, it's not about the side, but the intention they have behind their actions. Cus people can do good, but it may have alterier motives. Not to say this Soundwave will be paranoid, but he seeks the end of an old era to build a proper new one

The moral philosophy nerd in me is tempted to dive deeper into Motive vs. Outcome as it relates to morality and ethics, but this isn’t the time or place to do so. I will say that novel Soundwave cares more about the results of actions than motives.

Okay here I ask: what do I do with Megatron? I honestly don't know if like, he should die, he should be left to do his shit, he should be given therapy, I really don't know ;_; any and all ideas will help <~>

If Megatron sees no quick way of keeping himself in power, he’s going to sulk. I don’t know for how long, but that’s going to be his first response. As for what happens during that period, I have some ideas:

Option 1: Megatron’s sulking allows him to introspect, and he comes around.

Outcome 1: Megatron is repentant and ready to work toward a better future for all Cybertronians. Optimus, Soundwave, and everyone else forgive him enough to accept his help, and he goes through the hard work of proving himself trustworthy.

Pros: This one provides plenty of potential for conflict and the exploration of redemption. // Cons: It’s hard to believe Megatron would turn around so quickly and say yes to sharing power so soon after his defeat, and the population is even less likely to forgive him for his crimes.

Outcome 2: Megatron is still repentant, but Optimus, Soundwave, and everyone else agree to banish Megatron from Cybertron forever. He wanders the stars as Megatronus did before him, seeking to redeem himself by using his might to help those he encounters.

Pros: This one provides an excellent way to explore Megatron’s character in-depth and redeem him in a more realistic way. // Cons: It’s more challenging because it requires a lot more worldbuilding to fill in the gaps, and it’s likely to distract you from your main story.

Option 2: Megatron’s sulking allows the rage to build up, and he causes problems for everyone.

Outcome 1: An angry Megatron travels to the surviving Cybertronian colonies to rile up the populations—returning years later to a repopulated Cybertron with an army ready to get back at Cybertron for abandoning them during the Rust Plague. The army returns under the guise of justice, and to “take back their home,” but they find out the truth and realize Optimus and the others aren’t so bad. Megatron’s new army turns on him, and he’s killed.

Pros: This one eliminates the need to deepen Megatron’s character and enables you to bring some of the lost colony populations home. // Cons: Just like with the previous option, this may require extra worldbuilding and plotting that distracts you from your main story.

Outcome 2: An angry Megatron travels to the surviving Cybertronian colonies to rile up the populations, but someone more powerful confronts him. This individual never forgot Megatron’s atrocities on their world during the war, and they and their people do not hesitate to kill Megatron.

Pros: This one eliminates the need to dive into Megatron’s character and provides an easy way to get rid of him without a ton of worldbuilding. // Cons: This has absolutely nothing to do with your main story. Its only purpose is to explain why Megatron doesn’t come back.

Okay I had to properly draft everything

Everything was made on the spot and tbh I completed it with the motivation to share with you when I sent that first ask I hadn't even gotten past the Soundwave depresso™ phase

Okay so this was actually a mashing of my other unspoken concepts just so I can lead up to write Moto Moto Soundwave and Moto Moto Shockwave scenes

The plot: Soundwave grieves the dead and listens to Optimus confessing his woes to the stars, and he gets inspired to defeat Megatron with community, not tyranny

He does this by making a Vehicon Tumblr account and teaches socialism to the masses for 3 weeks

But then Megatron is about to leave the planet for dark energon and he knows "Shit that's good but that's also bad" because dark energon does exist and who knows how much more insane he'll be when he gets back with an actual chunk of it?

When Vehicons become a bit more daring and gossipy Megatron begins to presume there's a dissenter amongst them. So Soundwave covers his tracks by hacking a Sims 4 account and dumping his Tumblr ID upon it, which leads to the whole Sims 4 database hacking his own gamer set up (not connected to the ship) and taking over his account, making it a public forum for Vehicons to post anonymous questions and answer with their own accounts through his account while discussing more politics

(remember how RID15 has a Vehicon that's independent? I can't fucking find his name on the wiki so forgive me) He's the leader of all this, with his right servo advisors Steve and (insert robot name joke here)(Axel maybe?) Axel is in the Sims 4 database while Steve is servo on deck with the leader

Soundwave tries to stop Megatron from leaving by reminding him of the dangers of alien god meth, meanwhile Ratchet is kidnapped by Vehicon leader and Steve (I wanted it to be Soundwave but unfortunately it would be character assassination :< ) they question him about human politics and ask if Optimus will really light their darkest hour. Ratchet is confused and pissed but answers honestly and devises a plan with theme which /is not/ part of the script but any genuine aid to end the war, especially after what Soundwave's been doing, is accepted and necessary

So the two 'abduct' Ratchet and he tries to send a message to Optimus but it's static due to interference by a solar storm so Optimus worries. Meanwhile Megatron has to stay back due to the solar storm so Soundwave has some more time, but then he panics when he sees footage of Ratchet in an unused lab on the Nemesis. He lets him stay to teach the Vehicons more socialism, but it turns into Ratchet adopting Knockout as his new student after so many years

This leads to the Vehicon uprising now that Ratchet has made everyone sobber from the numbness with his life story, and Vehicon leader dude (Imma call him Hookshaw), Knockout and Breakdown are taking directly after him. Soundwave has no grasp on anything anymore other than Megatron asking him /what the fuck, why don't they fear me?/ While Starscream is screeching, trying to take control now that Megatron is no longer recognised as the leader

Hookshaw comes up to a confused Megatron, Soundwave and Starscream and reveals everyone is done with their bullshit and they want their homeplanet back. Soundwave gets doxxed and Megatron feels the second betrayal by his closest friend. The third betrayal is immediate as Optimus wlaks through the Vehicons and comes to stand beside Hookshaw, with Ratchet at his side. Soundwave is confused but walks up to them at Optimus' call and Megatron is dead inside but the gravity of the situation weighs heavy on him and he's filled with rage but Optimus stops him from committing a massacre.

Starscream tries to make himself leader but Soundwave slaps him into a wall

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Okay that's the plot of the first sedtion

Just to justify and build up to the Wave Husbands gay panic scene I really really really wanna write

Just five months left and I'm free of the horrors 😃💧👄💧😃

Everything was made on the spot and tbh I completed it with the motivation to share with you when I sent that first ask I hadn't even gotten past the Soundwave depresso™ phase

Two things:

When is it my turn to find someone whose presence motivates me to draft an entire fic in one sitting? 🥺

“Soundwave depresso(TM) phase” made me laugh. I see I’m not the only one who headcanons that Soundwave is prone to depressive episodes. (note: the depression isn’t funny—just the fact that Soundwave depresso™️ phase is definitely a thing to me too).

Moto Moto Soundwave and Moto Moto Shockwave scenes

If this is referring to what I think it’s referring to, I’m dead 💀 That scene is partially to thank for my disgust for romantic displays of the…dancing kind.

Anyway, moving on…

One thing before I comment on the plot:

You didn’t specifically state what you were looking for by sharing this idea with me, so I’m gonna slip into my default and share thoughts, personal headcanons, and light constructive criticism on a few things. I don’t mean to be hyper-critical; I’m just here to point out what could be changed to make things more coherent. Soundwave is my blorbo of blorbos, so I have strong opinions about him.

Soundwave grieves the dead and listens to Optimus confessing his woes to the stars, and he gets inspired to defeat Megatron with community, not tyranny

He does this by making a Vehicon Tumblr account and teaches socialism to the masses for 3 weeks

I’m going to assume right here that you’re not looking to write Soundwave in character, since Aligned Soundwave definitely doesn’t have socialist values. OOC Soundwave is cool; I’m just making sure we’re on the same page so that I don’t point out OOC things needlessly.

One of my pet headcanons for Soundwave is that he was one of the few who never got addicted to dark energon, even back on Cybertron before the war. A taste here or there, maybe, but nothing more.

I only share since it may useful or interesting for your story.

Soundwave covers his tracks by hacking a Sims 4 account and dumping his Tumblr ID upon it, which leads to the whole Sims 4 database hacking his own gamer set up (not connected to the ship) and taking over his account, making it a public forum for Vehicons to post anonymous questions and answer with their own accounts through his account while discussing more politics

I’ve never played any of the Sims games, so I can only imagine how one might set up a network on the game. I’ll take your word for it. lol

I totally forgot about that Vehicon. It’s been so long since I watched RiD15, and there were way too many throwaway antagonists for me to keep track of.

Ratchet is kidnapped by Vehicon leader and Steve (I wanted it to be Soundwave but unfortunately it would be character assassination :< ) they question him about human politics and ask if Optimus will really light their darkest hour. Ratchet is confused and pissed but answers honestly and devises a plan with theme which /is not/ part of the script but any genuine aid to end the war, especially after what Soundwave's been doing, is accepted and necessary

About Cybertronians learning from human politics:

I can see it happening, but I’m pretty sure Ratchet’s Cybertronian pride and lack of interest in human affairs would mean he’d reference Cybertronian politics first. I’m sure Cybertronians had something similar to socialism.

I love the thought of Ratchet taking Knockout under his wing, but if Ratchet is with the 'Cons for several years, who takes care of the Autobots during that time? Or do they just miraculously get by without him?

Soundwave has no grasp on anything anymore other than Megatron asking him /what the fuck, why don't they fear me?/

I find it hard to believe that Soundwave would have 0 awareness or control over anything that’s happening at this point. He’s kept the Decepticons under his careful watch for eons, so unless he’s totally mentally checked out, he knows what’s been happening and has been guiding events as opportunities arise.

Hookshaw comes up to a confused Megatron, Soundwave and Starscream and reveals everyone is done with their bullshit and they want their homeplanet back. Soundwave gets doxxed and Megatron feels the second betrayal by his closest friend. The third betrayal is immediate as Optimus walks through the Vehicons and comes to stand beside Hookshaw, with Ratchet at his side. Soundwave is confused but walks up to them at Optimus' call and Megatron is dead inside but the gravity of the situation weighs heavy on him and he's filled with rage but Optimus stops him from committing a massacre.

The King of Blackmail getting doxxed is a total uno-reverse move. ahsjdjfk

Starscream tries to make himself leader but Soundwave slaps him into a wall

This got a genuine laugh out of me because just the other day, I told a friend that I’d have given a lot to see Soundwave make Starscream bleed at least once during the show.

Final thoughts:

I’m gonna be upfront with you: I have very particular tastes in Soundwave portrayals, and your idea is outside of my narrow tastes. This isn’t at all to say it’s a bad idea since everyone has their own tastes and takes on favorite characters; I’m just sharing my opinion to curb any future expectations. Also, just because it’s not my thing doesn’t mean I’m not still very curious.

Soundwave waking up and ditching Megatron is one of my favorite ideas to explore. However, it’s incredibly hard to pull off well unless the author dismisses parts of canon (which is always a valid option). I’m curious about where you see Soundwave ending up, now that he’s with Team Prime and the ex-Nemesis crew.

Finally, I’ll take WaveWave (romantic or platonic) over Megawave any day, so if that’s what’s fueling your fire, you have my thanks for choosing the Soundwave ship I can get behind 🔥

#✏️ the sounding board

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