#Source Material

[mochifiction]

I’m totally not back for some Late Night Transformers One discourse…who said that…I wanna address something I’ve seen in some of the feedback for the film that, I don’t know, irks me…? One of these things is the fact that “Orion is an asshole” or “immature and stupid” and therefore people don’t like him. I don’t know how to say this, but…he’s like that in a lot of continuities. Orion, in most variants, is a smartass. He has a mouth which gets him both a platform and also in trouble. He also has a habit of seeing short-term solutions to long-term issues. These are things that have existed for a long time, and I think those who have been calling him unlikeable or an ass haven’t seen his variants in the source material. People who also expected him to be a data clerk and throwing a fit about the fact that he’s not also need to realize that it’s a COMIC FRANCHISE. You won’t get the same story every time, and to expect a new continuity to fall back on the sole continuity YOU want is honestly insane. If we regurgitate the same narrative over and over again, the franchise loses originality. Audiences for other franchises have also voiced disdain when their favorite pieces of media get repetitive. This is also a reminder to people that Orion Pax and Optimus do not have the same exact personalities. That’s the whole point and why some people grieve Orion’s absence. To expect him to be the likable gentle giant we know as Optimus Prime right away is an impossible demand to be met. Not only that, but this isn’t even the film relying on one version of Orion, but a mosaic of them all.

I also saw people saying D-16 switched on Orion way too quickly. I’d also argue here that other continuities did similar behavioral changes. In Aligned, Megatronus literally turns his back on him and abandons him at the Council meeting. The behavior is shockingly abrupt, which hurts Orion because he didn’t understand what he could have possibly done wrong. I’d also argue that, in this film, you see multiple times where D-16 is irritated with Orion’s sense of almost immature and irresponsible justice. It’s subtle but then leads to a quick snap. The behavioral change is supposed to be jarring. You’re supposed to feel like it comes out of nowhere.

I am half asleep writing this so I can make another in-depth post when I’m more alive, but I just wanted to remind people they only had an hour and forty minutes to display how a civil war occurs. That’s very hard to do as someone who studies and writes about revolutions and anti-colonial resistance. With the time they had, it was a good job. I only pray people read the source material before giving CinemaSins-esque critiques as well. No Transformers film is perfect. This one definitely wasn’t trying to be.

[wanderingcritter]

nobody talks about the struggle of having a kintype from a source that's actually just horribly cringy

it's like

"hey this piece of media is a really integral part of my identity as an individual and has had a big influence on my life, it means a lot to me and is one of my favorites :)"

"oh cool we should watch it then!"

"... no"

[radiantrookie]

Trailer vs Games

[violetmuses]

Hot Take??? 👀 🔥

Am I the only one who doesn't really like writing Canon anymore? 🖊

If you really think of Armando's MAIN storyline, there's only two ways to write his character or create something:

Following that BB3 plot with Armando leading the cartel with his mother Isabel.

Following the BB4 plot regarding that entire movie.

I've written so much work recently that everything feels overdone. 🥺

Or maybe my writing just isn't that creative. 📖

Any suggestions? 💭

- V. 💜

[blacksunrequiem]

Imagine Feyd with that typical fashionable jewellery-adorned headdress in the Dune universe. I'M FROTHING~

Source: V Man Austin Butler F/W 22 Digital Cover Credits for this picture: Austin Butler (Model), Collier Schorr (Photographer), Stephen Gan (Editor), Gro Curtis (Fashion Editor/Stylist), Johnnie Sapong (Hair Stylist), Holly Silius (Makeup Artist), Greg Krelenstein (Casting Director) Brands in this picture: Ludovic de Saint Sernin

[breethenecromancer]

GOD I LOVE WHEN PEOPLE DRAW CHARACTERS ACCURATELY TO THE SOURCE MATERIAL!!!

I LOVE WHEN PEOPLE DRAW CHARACTERS WITH A CANE OR A CRUTCH LIKE IN THE SOURCE MATERIAL!!

I LOVE WHEN PEOPLE DRAW BONE STRUCTURE OF THE CHARACTERS FACE AND BODY AS CLOSE AS THEY CAN TO THE SOURCE MATERIAL!!!

I love when PEOPLE STOP DRAWING WOMEN CHARACTERS WITH HUGE TITS FOR NO REASON

[ssunflowerghosts]

I find that almost every character I read about sort of blends into the same sort of person and many of them are canonically very different

This could be chalked up to me having a type but I also think that some people write a stereotype and not a character themselves

Give me my awkward and bad with women men, why are all of them players and they are crazy possessive and dominant

[miaeons]

srry for bein annoyin i just luv to create content n not just curate it lmao n reblog idk.... its fun for me 🤩🤷🏻‍♀️ (it is totally optional to care, im gunna do it anyways)

[spearmaster-is-gay]

it should be said my opinion on Suns oscillates between 'If you gave me a mouth I'd spit on your face' and 'You hurt me but I still love you. I forgive you, but not completely, never completely' and that's a significant part of my fictionkin identity

[spaceintruderdetector]

I Corsari Di Alcibiade (Vol. 1..5, Denise-Filippi-Liberge, Lanciostory 2010-2011) : AA.VV. : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

[gretasworld]

❤ MariaCard

[aspparticune]

Anyone else ever have that moment where you’re watching something for the first time and you’re just vibing but then suddenly one line stands out to you and you know you’ve never heard it before but you’ve definitely encountered it before because those exact words in that exact order are just so familiar and then the epiphany hits you and you’re like “Oh my god.”

“That’s the source material of the incorrect quote.”

[radiantrookie]

Who is the GUN Commander

[violetmuses]

To everyone writing Logan,

Thank you. 🖤

[blacksunrequiem]

The OG ice-fire eyes that @vulpine-spectacle has cleverly described and given to her version Feyd-Rautha in "Echoes in Our Blood".

"Feyd-Rautha’s eyes are a pale shade of gray-blue akin to a sheet of ice, yet inflamed by rays of sunlight peering through it. Around each iris is a mosaic of cerulean and crackles of ember. It is a dance of fire against ice, crackling together and forming something dangerous. Eurydice has never seen such eyes before." — Chapter 17, “Echoes in Our Blood” by Vulpine_Spectacle on AO3

Austin Butler for the Los Angeles Times in November 2022 Photographer: Brandon M Young Photo editor: Brandon Choe Photo assistant: Brendan McLean Grooming: Jamie Taylor Styling: Sandra Amador

[pinklemonslices]

sometimes returning to the source material can just be so beautiful