#Salvage

[simonwanders]

Fic Rec

If you’ve read the amazing Salvage by MuffinLance or the equally fabulous The Art of Burning by hella1975, PLEASE go read Ozymandias, King of Kings by Think_of_a_Wonderful_Thought.

Basically, it’s an incredible AU carefully built on a twist: instead of being sent to hunt down the Avatar after his Agni Kai, Zuko went in a prison camp to die digging for coal. Three years later, Zuko is still alive but traumatized and resigned to his fate; one day, however, the prison gets attacked.

There’s a million reasons I couldn’t recommend it more, but here’s a few of them:

This AU features an alternate version of canon!Zuko, with even more trauma and angst, but he’s exceptionally well portrayed. Honestly, I got as attached to this version of Zuko as I am with the show’s version. This Zuko is more wary, ready to do anything in order to survive, and I cannot describe how enjoyable it is to follow his character development.

The main pairing is Zukka, and once again, it is amazingly written. We get to see them act as teenagers and try to build an awkward, but incredibly sweet relationship, despite the context of the war and the misunderstandings between the two.

Unlike in the show, the matter of the war is treated with more crudeness and a realistic perspective. There is violence, there is moral conflict, there are well-loved characters who struggle to do the right thing (looking at you Hakoda) and it is an absolute delight to read.

The relationship between Hakoda and Zuko is a tortuous one, especially because of Hakoda’s behavior and Zuko being an unreliable narrator. I am a lover of the trope featuring Hakoda adopting Zuko (I found this fic while specifically searching for this trope) and, reading Ozymandias, I can say the experience is as fascinating as it is painful. I cannot wait to see how their relationship will evolve. It is my favorite part of the fic and the primary reason I would recommend it to all lovers of Dadkoda. The author chose a particular take on Hakoda’s character, but if you want to know more, you’ll have to go check this wonderful piece of writing!

Here is the link:

https://archiveofourown.org/works/15482547/chapters/35941371

Than you for reading this and I hope I managed to convince y’all. Ozymandias, King of Kings is still being published, and believe me, the updates are worth the wait.

[firelilysky]

@muffinlance ‘s Salvage was the first big ATLA fic I read, effectively launching me into this fandom head- first. It feels right to pick this series back up with a grumpy little Zuko fawning over the albatross-pigeons and pretending he’s not.

[muffinlance]

This bookmark on Salvage is just. You get me, What_the_cat_dragged_in.

Bookmarked by What_the_cat_dragged_in Bookmark Notes: Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww so good it has the sads but also the good dads. Find that family lil fire boi. And do all the chores lol.

[luna-blogpost]

Hermoso 🤩

[directdogman]

Beginning to think my surreal son knows something humorous that yet still eludes me.

[abandonedc]

Made a render of Springtrap and Salvage (cooler springtrap /j)

[chaoticbindery]

Salvage by MuffinLance

I completed this baby back in October early November it was painfully fun, lol. Shoutout to @no-name-publishing for sharing their typeset with me!

Below the line, there is more information and photos on this bind!

The foiling took about 8-9 hours or so. There was a lot of trial and error, and I ruined about 3 books worth of bookcloth. I ran through all my heat reactive silver foil (neverforget✊️)before I was able to compelte it. I used foil I got from a bindery that is closing down, I used my new cameo, and the memory keepers heat foil quills.

I was originally going to use The Great Wave off Kanagawa as my cover art, but my friends talked me out of it, and I'm glad since, had I not listened, it may have taken longer. The sound of the cameo working will haunt my nightmares. My spouse was dreading their life choices. "Why did I buy her the machine from hell?" Cause you love me, my sweet honeybooboo, that's why.

I used 28lb paper for this puppy, my printer was such a good boy and printed it out without a single issue (bless you babe I will thank you first when I get a trophy one of these days) but after I folded it it was like 3 inches wide and I got so scared for my life.

I used remie band and linen thread (only the best for you, my precious), I made headbands with the bookcloth and l2mm leather core, and I used glue and kozo paper to strengthen the rounded spine.

Rounding and backing almost made me cry, but I had DAS there with me. Also, shoutout to my friend's cousin for the backing and routing boards and Jim with ABE for the wonderful laying press.

The endpapers are from De Milo Design. They are handmade, and I got them at a local faire. They are beautiful!

The bookcloth is from BookcraftSupplyCo in CA!

If you would like to learn more about bookbinding, consider joining @renegadepublishing

[bocadelinfierno]

[para-imperium]

Scavenger Kickstarter Last Week!

Scavenger: Caches and Prizes is in the last week of its Kickstarter campaign and only halfway funded.  If you have any interest in old-school style tabletop roleplaying games with transgenic human-animal hybrids salvaging the wreckage of a repressive empire, please toss a few bucks my way at https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/joel-kreissman/scavenger-caches-and-prizes A couple of the illustrators have even agreed to draw cameos of your characters if you pledge at the $100 or higher level.

Posted using PostyBirb

[coolthingsguyslike]

[madge-nius]

little doodle for Salvage by @muffinlance

[hi-there-buddies]

OK I think I finally figured out how old the Transformers Prime bots are. And it’s all because of Transformers Rescue Bots.

So, in the first episode of Rescue Bots, Optimus Prime introduces himself to the Rescue Bots, and remarks about how he was not aware they were still active. The bots also talk about checking in with Cybertron HQ. This leads me to believe that not only did the Rescue Bots leave Cybertron before the war started, they also left before they knew Optimus became a Prime. This is paralleled with Smokescreen meeting Optimus and IMMEDIATELY knowing who he is. Also, I feel like they wouldn’t have left Cybertron while a war was raging, since Heatwave and Chase were more than happy to join the war. (this point could be refuted since they know about Bumblebee during the war, but that might also be because they had been talking to Optimus and researching the war)

Later, all the way in Season 3 Episode 20, when the Rescue Bots find Blurr and Salvage’s ship, the Rescue Bots remark that they’ve never seen a ship like theirs before, and that it was “Ancient” and “way before their time”. And then, HERE’S THE KICKER, later in the episode, Cody tells Blurr that he and Salvage had been on Earth for 10,000 years. This is a very big deal because the aligned continuity shows made it a point to stay away from exact dates, opting to use words like ‘millennia’ and stuff

So…that means, at the VERY OLDEST, the Rescue Bots and most of Team Prime (barring Optimus and Ratchet) are around 9000 years old. It also means that Orion Pax became Optimus Prime around anywhere from 1000 to 9000 years ago, and that the war had been raging for about that long.

That really is not a lot by Cybertronian standards, but I’m gonna be honest, I like it MUCH more than the “million year old robots” thing.

I’d assume Optimus is around 10-20 thousand, along with Ratchet

Bulkhead and Arcee are around 8000

Smokescreen and Bumblebee are around 5000

And they’ve been on earth since ~1980 (Arcee mentions Bulkhead hitting wires or something when they first got to Earth. The writers were probably lining it up with the 1980s cartoon timeline I’m guessing)

So, do with this information what you will lol

[monocle-teacup]

I just realized that Salvage from Rescue Bots would probably make some insane shit using discarded GHOST tech. He'd also be offended at the ES Autobots leaving the tech in a recycling center.

[muffinlance]

I'm currently in very pain and would like one (1) comfort thing please. Please.

Post-war, Salvage!Zuko converts an imperial class fire nation cutter into a floating platform to give Good Boi giant isodogs a place to sunbathe and get scritches. They quickly learn that if they curl up real tight and give The Biggest isopuppy eyes, the previously skeptical-of-this-posting crew will let them use the catapults for the BEST EVER game of long-distance fetch.

[luna-blogpost]

Bello!!!

[directdogman]

Some obligatory pictures of my weird boy and the new dialtown plush that looks eerily like him.