#adult miko and five

[itsangelic1411]

Christmas fiko from last year💕✨

I really don’t remember if I posted this already so~

[jyou-no-sonoko19]

Igu returned to Chelsea Hotel, Shibuya, for the first time in ages, for a taiban on August 30th. Chelsea Hotel was one of the first livehouses I visited in Japan, and I was struck by how teeny-tiny it was, even by Tokyo standards. I'm guessing they joined because Little Lilith was performing and they seem to be best friend bands right now (which I totally approve of, cos I could never afford LL gigs before Igu started doing taibans with them).

[macadam]

Fully of the belief that Miko is only seen as an annoying character because of the dynamic between her and Jack.

Miko in isolation isn’t an annoying character. She’s reckless, and unwise, and has to be bailed out of trouble every five seconds, but this isn’t really an issue for any of the bots because as far as they’re concerned, this is Normal Human Behaviour™. They are constantly having to work with and around humans or bail them out of trouble.

Bulkhead adores Miko. He is exasperated by her like a parent is of their toddler, sure, but I wouldn’t say he is annoyed by her in any way. Her interaction with wheeljack is another example. When she exists with the bots by herself, she doesn’t come across as burdensome. She’s just limited, as every human is, by the curse of being small.

It’s only through her interactions with Jack, and his continuous challenging and calling out on her behaviour, that Miko becomes an annoying character. Frankly, it’s the tension between them which annoys the audience. We can only watch the same cyclical bickering between children before it gets old.

I have noticed that there actually are a lot of people who do like Miko, and find Jack super annoying instead. It seems like people pick one or the other depending on how you interpret which one is causing the tension. When I watched tfp as a kid, I loved Miko and hated Jack. Like, hated hated him. Because I saw Miko as a fun punk rock kid and Jack as the one needlessly calling her out. Upon rewatching tfp as an adult (who works with kids a lot) I related far more to Jack, and so the situation flipped; I saw Miko’s actions as more frustrating to watch.

The writers did eventually try to fix this, with the one heart-to-heart scene between Miko and Jack. But it was kind of rushed, and didn’t leave any lasting change to their dynamic. They went right back to arguing.

Tldr: Miko and Jack are annoying together. Fans usually pick one of em as the cause to be annoyed at but honestly, they are both fine on their own. Children bickering is annoying even in a fictional cartoon lmao

[wolfiafuntime]

About The Cultists III

How some members of the Shrine of Inazuma joined the cult, what they do at the cult, and where they went after they were told to leave.

Ft. Ayaka, Ayato, Dainslief, Ei, Ei, Gorou, Heizou, Itto, Kabukimono, Kazuha, Kirara, Kokomi, Lumine, Miko, Sara, Sayu, Shinobu, Thoma, Yoimiya

Tw: Cults, Kids being in cults, Child abuse, Child neglect

Published: September 5, 2023

Words: 1,390

Pages: 4.1

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Ayaka Kamisato: Was introduced to the cult by her brother, and joined alongside him shortly after their parents died. Spends a lot of her time organizing or hosting events for the members living in the Shrine of Inazuma. When the adults were instructed to move out, she was permitted to stay due to her young age, but left anyway to be with her brother. Currently lives in a penthouse with him and Thoma in one of Teyvat City's tallest towers.

Ayato Kamisato: Was introduced to the cult by Ei Raiden herself when he was young, but didn't join until after his and Ayaka's parents died. Spends a lot of time managing the Shrine of Inazuma's funds, creates/updates/destroys rules within the Shrine of Inazuma, and makes appointments with the other factions of The Creator's Grace. When told to move out, he got a penthouse for him, Ayaka, and Thoma to live in. Currently works as a Yashiro Party Politian.

Balladeer Skirmisher: Was introduced to the cult by his mother, the original Ei Raiden, when he was just a kid. Was left neglected by his family after his mother was appointed as an Archon, which resulted in him being neglected by the rest of The Shrine of Inazuma. In anger, he ran away from the cult, and later managed to make himself a new life as a government agent. Was re-introduced to the cult when it came on his team's radar, and is now 'investigating' it. Currently lives a couple blocks from Zhongli's job.

Dainsleif Bough: Was introduced to the cult by Zhongli during his college years, and was one of the original members. Impulsively left after realizing it was a cult, and has since been trying to figure out a way to bring it down.

Ei Raiden: Was introduced to the cult, alongside her sister Makoto, by Zhongli himself. And joined after realizing she had fallen in love with him. Missed her opportunity to become Archon due to indoctrinating nine less people than her sister, much to her disappointment. But was elected as a new archon by Morax shortly after her sister mysteriously disappeared, presumably to meet Their Grace early. Shortly after, she started secluding herself so she could channel Their Grace and hopefully gain Morax's love.

Ei Raiden: Was introduced to the cult by her mother, the original Ei Raiden, when she was just a kid. After her mother was selected to be Inazuma's Archon, she decided to seclude herself to channel Their Grace. So, she was selected to act as her mother's face, and in doing so, earned herself the position of High Priestess. Still lives in the Shrine of Inazuma.

Gorou Watatsumi: Was introduced to the cult by Kokomi, and joined shortly after graduating from police academy. Spends his time teaching the teens and kids physical exercises. Now works as a Captain for Teyvat City's Fourteenth Precinct. Currently lives with Kokomi and some other Believers on the poorer side of Teyvat City.

Heizou Shikanoin: Was introduced to the cult by his boss, Sara Kujou, but didn't join until after he was betrayed by his childhood friend. Spends his time solving any questions his fellow Believers could be having. Currently works as a detective within the TCPD's Twelfth Precinct. Currently lives alone in an apartment a five-minute walk away from work.

Itto Arataki: Was saved by the cult back when he was a troubled teen, and joined shortly thereafter. And although that was years ago, he still stirs up a lot of trouble within the Shrine of Inazuma- mainly with a gang of Believers, who he works with at Arataki Security. A non-official company that will protect and/or get (reasonable) revenge for their clients. Refuses to move out of The Shrine of Inazuma.

Kazuha Kaedehara: Was introduced to the cult by his friend, Tomo, and joined for both new experiences and an easier life. Spends most of his time making poems about Their Grace, or taking the teens and kids on adventures. Typically goes from job to job, but has currently settled for being the First Mate on the SS Alcor. Now sleeps either on the ship, or at The Temple of Liyue.

Kirara: Was saved by the cult back when she was an orphan in the foster care system, and joined shortly thereafter. Like Aether, she spends her time delivering packages between the various compounds. But unlike Aether, she only makes deliveries from The Shrine of Inazuma, not to it. Due to her age, she doesn't have to move out of The Shrine of Inazuma.

Kokomi Sangonomiya: Was introduced to the cult by Ei when she was a child, and later joined with her parents. After joining, she worked her way up to the position of Priestess. Spends most of her time either coming up with schedules for her fellow Believers or figuring out what each kid within The Shrine of Inazuma needs to learn. Currently lives with Gorou and some other believers on the poorer side of Teyvat City.

Lumine Via: Was introduced to the cult by Amber when her brother, Aether, first ended up in his coma. And she joined a few months later; bringing her niece Payton Paimon along with her. Originally spent her time spreading the word of Their Grace, but has recently been told everything Morax has said is a lie. For her own protection, she had to go into hiding, and is currently planning on how to save her niece. Doesn't know that her brother has joined the cult.

Miko Yae: Was introduced to the cult by Ei and Makoto during her college years, and joined shortly after. There, she worked her way up to be the first Shrine Maiden. Spends her time giving advice to her fellow Believers, or playing small tricks on them. Is the founder and owner of the Yae Publishing House. As a worker for The Shrine of Inazuma, she didn't have to move out of The Shrine of Inazuma, and so she hasn't.

Sara Kujou: Was introduced to the cult by a Tenryou Party politician when she was a child and joined shortly after he adopted her. Spends her time trying to gain High Priestess Ei's attention, and doing everything she says. Currently works as the Captain of Teyvat City's Twelfth Precinct. Currently lives perfectly in between her job and The Shrine of Inazuma.

Sayu Shuumatsuban: Was introduced to the cult by Ayato back when she was a child, but didn't join until she ran away from her abusive family at age thirteen. Spends some of her time gathering information from other Believers. But spends most of her time sleeping, thinking it will help her grow, despite what several doctors within The Creator's Grace have told her. Due to still being a teenager, she's allowed to stay in The Shrine of Inazuma.

Shinobu Kuki: Was introduced to the cult by Sara, and later joined after having a falling out with her family. After joining, she dedicated herself to becoming a Shrine Maiden. And while she gained the rank, she eventually abandoned it so she could focus on keeping some new friends, Itto and his gang, out of trouble. In terms of living conditions, she is currently bouncing between sleeping in a homeless shelter and sleeping in The Shrine of Inazuma- despite not having permission to stay there.

Thoma Fix: Was introduced to the cult when The Shrine of Inazuma saved his life and joined shortly after. As thanks, he spends his time fixing various problems his fellow Believers might experience. Which in turn got him a job as a secretary for Ayato Kamisato, who doubles as a housekeeper for him and Ayaka. Both of whom he lives with in a penthouse Ayato bought.

Yoimiya Naganohara: Was introduced to the cult by Itto, but didn't join until she had a bad fallingout with her less-than-reliable father. Spends her time making toys for the teens and kids of The Shrine of Inazuma. Currently owns a business named Naganohara Family Fireworks, and provides all members of the cult an eighty percent discount; mainly because the cult rarely buys her fireworks in the first place. Currently refuses to move out of The Shrine of Inazuma.

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[its-rat-time-babey]

So ship question, apart from five/zahra do you have any other GT characters that hou ship?

To be honest, not much. Shipping just isn’t my thing. Five and Zahra are kind of an exception even with the other fandoms I’ve been a part of.

If I really think though.

Five and Zahra.

I ship Bergy and Blake (that girl from the spaghetti place).

I headcanon Miko as Aroace because I’m Aroace and I like Miko.

And then there’s Mitch.

I kind of jokingly and inconsistently ship Mitch with both Nameless and Nix to some extent. And by that I mean whenever it’s convenient or more importantly funny for him to either be Dating or have Dated one or both of them.

In general though apart from having a slight preference towards Five/Zahra because it’s the only explicitly canon one and the idea of Aroace Miko, I’m open to any ship that isn’t explicitly Minor/Adult or Incest or that sort of thing. Even what I said before about Five/Zahra and Aroace Miko aren’t set in stone and I’ll consume just about any content for just about any ship. Glitch Techs content is Glitch Techs content and I’m not complaining.

Five and Zahra? Sure.

Zahra and Miko? Ok.

Five and Miko? Why not?

Add Haneesh in there somewhere? Never actually seen it before but I’d check it out.

The only exception I can think of is Miko/Mitch, because:

My Aroace Miko Headcanon and the Canon? Pseudo-Canon? Widely Accepted Headcanon(?) that Mitch is gay outweighs my usually neutral attitude towards shipping.

Mitch’s age is kind of up in the air (I don’t think anything is explicitly confirmed in canon) but the general consensus (or at least my own personal view) is that he’s 18-19 so I try to avoid putting him with minors just in case. Again not sure if Mitch’s age is ever canonically revealed so I’m not judging anyone who does ship them, you do you and Mitch could very easily be the same age as everyone else, in fact that would make a lot of sense if he was, but it’s my own personal preference.

It’s a similar case for Five/Mitch, but at the same time i headcanon that Five has, or at least Had, an unrequited crush on Mitch combined with a whole bunch of hero worship before and partially after becoming a tech.

[lets-try-some-writing]

What about the TFP autobots coming back to Earth and they meet the kids who are now adults (referring to the ‘TFP Kids and Their Future’ post btw!) it would be very nice to see the bots interact with miko’s adopted kids if she has any💪

What a lovely idea! Gonna be some mixed angst and feels in this though so be warned. Can't have joy without a tig bit of sorrow!

After Twenty Long Years

Time works a bit differently for Cybertronians. Their indefinitely long lifespans ensure that they see the passage of time in a different light. A century for them is round about a year and change when using human measurements. As such when they finally returned to earth they were completely shocked. Twenty years wasn't all that long to them at all, it felt like an extended work trip more than anything else. So seeing the human children suddenly be no longer children and even have children of their own blew the bots away.

They knew human lifespans were short, but they didn't think they were that short.

Bumblebee was the first to return to Earth. He missed Rafael and the others and wanted to see the old base again. And so he sent a message to the American government in advance and requested a meeting with his human friends. His request was granted and soon after, he used the space bridge on Cybertron to get to earth. When he arrived he found himself before five humans who looked so similar to the ones he was familiar with, and yet incredibly different.

Rafael, now a full grown adult, was the first to step forward and greet Bumblebee as he stood staring with wide optics. Bumblebee was unable to believe what he was seeing and spent the next several minutes checking to be sure that, yes the human was indeed Rafael, and that no, he wasn't hallucinating. Then all the emotions Bumblebee had put away for later came bubbling up again.

Tearfully and with a wavering voice, Bumblebee refamiliarized himself with Rafael, then Miko, Jack, Agent Fowler, and even June. They were all much older, their organic frames more developed/deteriorated, and that startled Bumblebee. However he did his best to not show this as the children, now no longer children, began getting him up to date on everything that had gone on during his absence.

Bumblebee was sure there couldn't be any more surprises in store for him beyond the sudden (at least in his view) growth of the children into adults and the rapid aging of Fowler and June. But he found himself proven wrong when Rafael told him all about his efforts to reach Cybertron. He was only more shocked when he heard about Miko's adventures getting the organization in order all while handling being a parent. And of course, when Bumblebee felt about ready to faint from the sudden influx of data, June and Fowler let him know that they married and Jack told him all about his spouse was expecting.

With all the information and the sudden realization that humans age far quicker than he originally thought, Bumblebee sent out a notice to the rest of the team, requesting that they all join him on earth for a reunion. He did this partially out a fear that if he waited too long that the human children would up and die, but mostly out of a desire to have an excuse to get the team together again. His request was accepted by the team within a few days and soon after, they started to arrive.

Bulkhead and Wheeljack came next, and both were left flabbergasted at Miko's growth. She was still as energetic as ever and with enough will to fight a Con just like before, but the two wreckers still spent a hot minute trying to determine if Miko was actually Miko. After everything was confirmed they immediately tried to drag her into a game with them as their way of reminiscing. Rafael and Jack started to have flashbacks to times when Miko nearly got herself killed playing with the bots as she went about trying to play lob ball using a mech suit.

Ultra Magnus and Arcee came a day or so later, both swamped in work, but also eager to be back on earth. Ultra Magnus only because he wanted to ensure that none of the team did anything foolish, and Arcee because she had greatly missed her human ward throughout their time apart. While Arcee flung herself back into refamiliarizing herself with Jack who she had grown to consider a son of sorts, Ultra Magnus focused on stopping Miko and her wreckers from destroying things.

Smokescreen and Ratchet came last, each having been out beyond the borders of Cybertron doing work for the council before receiving the invitation to come to earth. Smokescreen was ecstatic and his first response was to look at the human children in awe, questioning them to see if they got reformatted before being told that, no, they just got older. Ratchet got to know the children again and congratulated Fowler and June before ultimately pulling away to watch from the sidelines. Earth had too many memories for him to be completely comfortable, especially without Optimus.

Once all the bots were settled, the now grown children brought out their families for the bots to meet.

Arcee nearly cried when she was introduced to Jack's wife and saw her very apparent pregnancy. It was incredibly hard for the two wheeler to keep her cool as Jack guided her servo toward his wife baby bump. She did end up shedding silent tears when the unborn babe kicked, allowing Arcee to feel the fledgling life growing within its mother's womb. Ratchet and the others found it incredibly interesting, but none had the same reactions as Arcee. In her mind she had only been gone the human equivalent of a few months only to return and find her human sparkling had gone off, grown up, and was about to have a child of his own. She was both pleased beyond measure at the development and sorrowful because it meant that her sparkling was all grown up and no longer needed her.

Jack, ever the kind soul, saw Arcee's emotional turmoil and asked her to be the godmother to his unborn child. The two wheeler very nearly broke down, but was able to keep her composure well enough to accept the offer with utmost respect. Such bonds, especially on Cybertron, were nothing to be taken lightly.

(Even far into the future when Jack and his children were long dead, Arcee remained and watched over his descendants loyally, totally devoted to her position as a godmother. To her it did not matter if the humans faded and died in a matter of months by Cybertronian standards. Jack and all his descendants were under her protection, she had promised him, and she intended to continue her watch, teaching and guiding his descendants centuries into the future for as long as his line remained.)

While Arcee had her moment with Jack and his wife, Ratchet and Bumblebee were introduced to the people Rafael saw as family. Rafael had not married or had any children of his own, being far too fixated on his work of reaching the stars to even begin considering such a thing. However he did take several bright and open minded apprentices who he saw as his children in a way. His apprentices were all relatively young, being in their late teens or early twenties, but in front of Bumblebee and Ratchet, they acted like children in a candy shop. Each of them asking questions at rapid fire pace, taking scans, making notes, or trying to climb up onto the medic and scout's armor.

Ratchet was scared more than anything else, not wanting to harm the little humans as they scurried about. He ended up sitting on the ground, perfectly still as Rafael's exuberant apprentices poked around and looked at him with what the medic could only describe as puppy dog eyes. For the first time in years, Ratchet smiled and allowed himself to relax, remembering times when Rafael acted the same way. As for Bumblebee? He teared up a little watching all of Rafael's apprentices scramble and look up at him with stars in their eyes. They might not have been born of Rafael, but Bumblebee could see Rafael's influence and felt more than a little excited as his big brother instincts kicked in. Rafael's little apprentices had so much to learn, so many questions, and endless curiosity. Bumblebee couldn't wait to watch them grow.

(Bumblebee ended up making earth his mostly permanent home, only ever returning to Cybertron for short periods of time or for important work. He took great joy in watching each generation of Rafael's space program work away happily, each being so curious and desperate to reach the stars. Eventually Bumblebee, in a far off future, would stand by the humans who had taken on Rafael's legacy as they stood before the council and joined the wider galaxy. Ratchet would become something of a legend for those in Rafael's program, turning up randomly and for a few months at a time before vanishing for decades. Ratchet couldn't stand getting attached after Rafael's death and so only returned to earth occasionally to check in on Rafael's legacy before leaving again. However when humanity finally did join the rest of the galaxy, he at last allowed himself to let go of his grief and connect with humans again.)

Meanwhile Ultra Magnus, Smokescreen, Bulkhead, and Wheeljack were introduced to Miko's rather large family. She had married, but she and her partner had not had children of their own, instead opting to adopt children from war torn countries. Miko's clan numbered around twelve strong including her and her spouse and not including her two dogs, both named after the wreckers she had grown up emulating. The wreckers and the rookie elite guardsman were left completely awestruck for the most part upon seeing Miko's rather ginormous family. They ended up spending the entire day playing with her horde of children, singing them songs, teaching them Cybertronian games, and wrecker standards. By the end of the day, each of Miko's children were thoroughly sold on the idea of becoming wreckers themselves.

Wheeljack, in his increadible wisdom, forged each of Miko's children little blades just for them, telling them to protect the innocent and fight for freedom like wreckers aught to. As her children were all between the ages of six and seventeen, the results of his gift giving were varied, but the end result led to Ultra Magnus giving the children lessons on proper blade usage and law. Bulkhead did his best to keep them from trying to stab each other, on purpose or by accident, all while Smokescreen made it more difficult by setting up targets and giving the children fake Decepticons to fight (he ended up pretending to be Megatron, much to the joy of the children as they defeated him in glorious combat).

(Miko's descendants would later go on to create a human division of the wreckers with Wheeljack and Bulkhead's help. Their unit was accepted by the Cybertronian council after more than a little haggling on Ultra Magnus's part. But in the end, humans and Cybertronians fought together side by side, as brothers and sisters in arms, bound together by their oaths as wreckers. Smokescreen was not involved much in this, but did train multiple humans in fighting against Cybertronian opponents.)

It was a good day for both humans and Cybertronians. At last, they were reunited... However not all news was pleasant.

When asked about Cybertron, the bots told them that it had been restored... at a cost. When questioned as to where Optimus was and what the cost happened to be, the saddened expression from the bots led the humans to piece the puzzle together rather quickly. To Rafael, Miko, and Jack, Optimus was not only their protector, but he was also a guide, teacher, and listening ear. They may not have been as close to the Prime as they were to the other bots, but he was still always there, always willing to march forward no matter the odds. As such hearing of his sacrifice to restore Cybertron was not surprising considering the Prime's personality, but it was saddening.

Optimus would never see the fruits of his labor, he would never know if earth was safe and if all went well. He would never know of Rafael's acheivements. He would never meet Miko's children. And he would never get to see Jack's unborn child.

They may not have known the Prime like Ratchet did, but they loved him nonetheless.

Optimus's Return

Ten years after the team returned to earth for the first time, Optimus returned to the living realm, and after completing his mission, made his own visit to the human children he had once guarded.

He was met with teary eyes and long awaited hugs. They were older, far older than he remembered them being, but the humans were still his little ones all the same. Optimus could not stop the small yet sad smile that formed on his face as he brought Jack, Miko, and Rafael up to his face. They hugged him softly and afterward, brought him to meet their families as they had done ten years prior with his team.

Rafael's apprentices were still as starry eyed as ever before, and Optimus patiently answered their questions when they were brought to him and promptly bombarded him with queries. Miko's children were an absolute joy for the Prime, even the grown ones were lovely. He spent hours telling her young ones stories and gently patting her first grandchild as the babe reached for his huge digit with a happy giggle. Jack's small family was just as wonderful for Optimus and he spent just as long lovingly playing with Jack's ten year old son and five year old daughter.

(Long into the future, Optimus still made journeys to earth just to meet the children born of Miko and Jack's lines. He became something of a mystical entity to their descendants, coming to earth once every handful of decades to bless the children and wish them well. Most would think it meant nothing, but later, after many generations had come and gone, each receiving Optimus's blessing, the children started to change. Almost as though an instinct had been implanted into them long ago, the children always came running when Optimus came, each reaching out to him and understanding his words despite nothing being spoke in English, or sometimes even aloud. In time, they would come to develop a unique bond with Cybertronians and an ability to understand them as no other humans had ever before. Weather it was the result of Optimus's blessings or the progression of humanity is debatable, but the results are undeniable.)

[harmonytre]

Fandoms

These are in order of how likely I am to draw something for requests! You can check HERE to see what's open!

You can of course ask about fandoms/AUs/Ships that aren’t on here, because it’s likely I’ve missed things or have them on my to-watch/read list!

[Ones I will likely never draw are: Cu1t of the Lamb, V1vzipop, S0uth Park, H0mestuck, and most adult animation] (censored so they don’t show up in search, this isn’t a DNI list, it’s just I personally wouldn’t be comfortable drawing them.)

*: Favorites

(acronym or notes) [fav characters] {ships I can draw}

My Own:

*Pulo (Original) [The Guardian, Banjo] {Sizzle/Kixz, Cypress/Ripple, Frost/Petra}

*Sweet Voice Cafe (HLVRAI AU) [Joshua, Benny] {Boomer}

AbsUrd (Among Us) [Velvet, Quinn] {Orchid/Ruby, Zander/Hazel, Dan/Jasper, Velvet/Colby}

Indulgence (Pokemon AU) [Phanthop] {Jessikyu/Jowlithe}

Flicker-of-a-Neon-Soul (Undertale AU) [Deja] {Deja/Flicker}

Prismtale (Undertale AU) [Sammy] 

Skeleflock (Undertale AU) [Casey]

Savepoint (Undertale AU) [Spark]

Outerpink (Undertale AU) [Messier]

Cozyrune (Deltarune AU) [Hershey]

Taffy and Steven Universe (Steven Universe AU) [Taffy]

Mistbreak (Steven Universe AU) [Pazelle]

(Pretty much just check my Toyhouse!)

Current Favorites:

Pokemon [James, Hop, Leon] {Rocketshipping, Neoshipping, Geekchicshipping}

Team Rocket

SWSH

Submas

Half-Life VR but the AI is Self-Aware (HLVRAI) [literally all of them but if I had to pick then Bubby] {favs are Boomer and Freelatta, but I’m okay with drawing nearly any pairing!}

Y2KVR and BMFBE by (year2000electronics) [still reading the other series, sorry!]

The One True Streamman by (HeelysonFeelys)

Stuck Together (Dimonds456)

Human Resources Violations (kogo-dogo)

Augmented Reality (egelskop)

HLVRAI-Villain-Swap

Ghost AU, Swap AU, Benrey Fam, CMY Siblings, Aubrey Calhoun, and Infection AU (pistachi0art)

Catmer (mr-web)

Metamorphosis AU (anons-has-hlvrai-aus)

HLVRBugAI

HLVREM (py6oto

Barnrey (alieryn-art)

Y2KIG-Experience

BPY2K

Simulation Reality (HLVR-SR)

Deep Sea AU (brainthreeze)

Hi-C (transforzen)

Toontown but the AI is Self-Aware (transforzen, green-2-blue)

My Little AI: Science is Magic (thomascoolatta)

(Un)Forgettable (dilfgmancoolatta)

*Mob Psycho 100 (MP100) [Mob, Reigen] {Ekurei, Takemob}

*Esper Kids (Mob, Saiki K, and Anya Forger as friends <3)

Infinity Train [Lake, Alan Dracula, Jesse]

Indigo Park [Rambley]

Multi-Media:

*Five Nights at Freddy's (FNAF) [Helpie, Roxie, Oz]

*How to Train Your Dragon (HTTYD) [Toothless] {Hiccstrid}

*Miraculous: The Tales of Ladybug and Cat Noir [Alya, Luka] {Love Square, DJWiFi, Myvan, Julerose}

*My Little Pony (MLP, mostly G4) [Fluttershy, Thorax, Discord] {Fluttercord, Cheesepie}

*Trolls [Branch] {Broppy}

Animorphs

Lilo and Stitch

Phineas and Ferb

Shows:

*Anything by Blackie Sootfur (but especially Demons, Uprooted, and Secret)

*Dino Squad [Buzz]

*Glitch Techs [Miko]

*Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts [Kipo, Wolf]

*Star vs. the Forces of Evil [Janet, Marco] {Jantom, Starco}

*Steven Universe [Peridot]

*Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (TMNT, specifically 2012 but any works) [Donatello, Mona Lisa] {Apritello}

*The Ghost and Molly McGee [Libby]

*Voltron: Legendary Defender [Pidge, Lance, Hunk] {Plance}

*Wild Kratts [Chris, Aviva]

Angel Hare (TheEastPatch)

Avatar: The Last Airbender (ATLA)

Centaurworld

Chickn Nuggit

Danny Phantom

Gravity Falls

Lackadaisy

Murder Drones

Mystery Skulls Animated (MSA)

Natural Habitat Shorts

Pound Puppies

ROT (TheEastPatch)

RWBY

She-ra and the Princesses of Power (SPoP)

The Amazing Digital Circus (TADC)

The Backrooms

The Dragon Prince

The Owl House (TOH)

Twelve (PetPyves)

Anime:

*Brand New Animal (BNA) [Mishiru Kagemori]

*Monthly Girls Nozaki-Kun [Chiyo Sakura, Hirotaka Wakamatsu]

A Silent Voice

Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day

Digimon

Fruits Basket

My Hero Academia (MHA)

Saiki K

Spy x Family

Your Name (Kimi no na Wa)

Movies:

*Astro Boy (2009) [Astro Boy]

*Big Hero 6 [Hiro]

*Bolt [Bolt]

*Epic [Nod]

*Inside Out [Anger, Joy, Anxiety]

*Megamind [Megamind]

*Nimona [Nimona]

*Rise of the Guardians [Tooth Fairy, Jack Frost]

*Wreck-it-Ralph [Fix-it Felix] {Hero’s Cuties}

*Zootopia [Nick Wilde]

Abominable

Brave

Brave

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (and 2)

Coco

Encanto

Frozen

Gnome Alone

Home (Dreamworks)

Horton Hears a Who

Hotel Transylvania

Klaus

Kung Fu Panda

Lady and the Tramp

Leap! (Ballerina)

Lego Movie (and 2nd)

Luca

Mars Needs Moms

Mr. Peabody and Sherman

Oliver and Company

Puss in Boots

Raya and the Last Dragon

Ready Player One

Rio

Sky High

Smurfs: The Lost Village

Spiderman: Into the Spiderverse

Spies in Disguise

Storks

Tangled

The Adventures of TinTin

The Boxtrolls

The Land Before Time

The Lorax

Tinker Bell movies (especially Legend of the Neverbeast)

Treasure Planet

Turning Red

Underdog

Wall-E

Wolfwalkers

Games:

*Among Us

Rodamrix

*Content Warning

*Half-Life (currently just HL1) [Snarks, Headcrabs, Barney Calhoun] {Freehoun}

*Lethal Company

*Undertale [Scarf Mouse, Nice Cream Guy, Papyrus] {Alphyne, Soriel, NicePants}

A Hat in Time

At Dead of Night

Chicory

Deltarune

Detroit: Become Human

Henry Stickmin

Kingdom Hearts

Kirby

Little Nightmares series

Lost Ember

Minecraft

No Straight Roads

Pico Park

Poppy Playtime

Rhythm Doctor

Riddle School

Roblox

Pressure

Kaiju Paradise

Rainbow Friends

Color or Die

Doors

Sonic

Super Smash Bros.

Team Fortress 2 (TF2)

The Bunny Graveyard

Omori (currently playing, NO SPOILERS) [Basil]

Untitled Goose Game

Webcomics:

*EL Comics

*Follychromatic [Fauna]

*Magical Boy (TheK40)

*Pipe Up (Salt & Pepper Bunny, Tinysweetbunny, TheTRUEegge)

*Sanity Circus [Attley Grimshaw, Fletch Gray]

*The Skybox (lynxgriffin)

*Urban Animal

Are you Afraid of Monsters (tratserenoyreve)

Artist Cat (sapphireluna)

Children of the Light (Salt & Pepper Bunny)

Daisy: Black Fire (wintertundra-art)

Death and the Maiden (ladybeug)

Fisheye Placebo (yuumei)

Gamer Cat

Golden Shrike (doeprince)

Kid the Adult

Knite (yuumei)

Liv in the Future

No North (Skailla)

Spliced @/cynthi-arts

The Things We Have (Salt & Pepper Bunny)

The Touch of Sunlight by Sandflake on Webtoons

To Catch a Star (SleepySundae)

Untitled by @/that-house

Vote Mr. Cat (sapphireluna)

Whisper Court (HershelChocolate)

White Tail (SleepySundae)

Fandom Webcomics:

*Jet’s Black Nuzlocke (Zerochan923600)

*Twin Runes (akanemnon)

AngelsGame-AU (Deltarune)

Bakery Enemies AU @/buggachat

Buggy Situation (Ipku)

Chiaki’s Nuzlocke Comic (Chiakiro)

Copper and Dart (absolutedream-art)

Delta-Experiment (Deltarune)

Finding Your Roots (Salt & Pepper Bunny)

Furry Situation (Ipku)

Little Lapses (Salt & Pepper Bunny)

Loving Reaper (Jenny Jinya)

Mew and Mewtwo (xxtc-96xx)

Moringmark comics

Pokemon 25 Years Later (maimai97)

Thrill of the Hunt (Ipku)

Undertale AUs:

*Alivetale @/tatatale

*Fallen Flowers @/Tarableart

*Littletale @/mudkipful

*Sans The Seraphim (The Thought)

AskErrorSans

AskFallenRoyalty

AskSunflower

Bonely Hearts Club

Chocoblook-comic

Chutsu AU @/Emositecc

Damagedtale (Rain) @/6nimus9

Dogs of Future Past @/lynxgriffin

Dragontale, Heartache, and more @/squarefriend

Endertale @/xxtc-96xx

Escort Mission (Yoki-Doki)

Faded Timeline (ClassyEyeballs)

Gaster Bros @/leafaske

Gaster’s Great Escape @/moldy-junk (Deltarune)

Ghost Switch (CleverCatchphrase)

Handplates @/zarla-s

Horrortale-comic

humancandy-comic

Impostertale

Ink Sans @/comyet

Insomnia @/wily-art

Kaleidoscopetale-AU

Mermaid Pirate AU by @/kiokodoodles

Outertale

Over the Void @/Undertale-over-the-void

Paper Crane @/little-noko

Paper Trail @/lynxgriffin

Pawtale

Pink Swapfell @/whyiswingdingsafont

Pink Underswap @/scarew0lves

Pinktale by @/save-star

Project: JUSTICE @/RoyalElemental

Sixbones @/zarla-s

Skelechara (insanelyadd)

Slumbertale @/rainingskeletons

SwapOut @/cats-artbag

The rest of the Pinkverse by various creators XD

Underdecay @/little-noko

Underfell @/underfell

Underswap @/underswapped3

Undertale Green (FlamingReaperComic)

Unexpected Guests @/undertalethingems

Various AUs by @/blaiddsumu

Various AUs by @/Satellite-Starss

Willow (cottagegore OC) @/smol-spoopy

Wings-dingus

Other media (short films/characters/books/creators/etc):

*Birds (Imagine Dragons Animation)

*Epic: The Musical [Polites]

Divergent

Eyewitness

Hank the Cowdog

Mystery Flesh Pit

Paperman

Table by @/focshi

The Hunger Games

Waggit

Creators:

*MandJTV (and all series)

*PM7

*shandzii

*Trevor Henderson

ArcaneYouth

BackseatStreams

CandyEvie

CG5

ChewieCatt

Chipflake

Crispyyflake

CrunchyCrowe

DanTDM

Dead Sound

Failboat

GTLive (MatPat)

Ice Cream Sandwich

JaidenAnimations

Neytirix

Nokimon

Onetopic

Patterz

Pixi-Gags

Radiotvsolutions (RTVS)

ShinyCatherine

Sxperpotion

TheOdd1sOuts

Trails Pokemon

Unus Annus

Live Action:

*Free Guy

*Ghosts (2021 series)

*Jurassic Park/World series

*Resident Alien

*The Librarians (tv series) [Ezekiel Jones]

*The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

A Series of Unfortunate Events

Airbud (and Air Buddies)

Alex Inc.

Atypical

Chuck

Doctor Who

Drop Dead Diva

Enchanted

G-Force

Locke and Key

Once Upon a Time

Psych

Scrubs

The Flash

The Goldbergs

The Good Doctor

The Greatest Showman

The Office

The Shaggy Dog

The Space Between Us

The Umbrella Academy

Timeless

Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist

Childhood Shows:

*Cyberchase

*Dinosaur Train

*Dog with a Blog

*Dragon Tales

*Martha Speaks

*Wonder Pets

3-2-1 Penguins

Adventures from the Book of Virtues

Animalia

Austin and Ally

Baby Mozart

Backyardigans

Barney

Bear in the Big Blue House

Between the Lions

Blue’s Clues

Clifford

Curious George

Dora the Explorer

Fetch! With Ruff Ruffman

Go Diego Go

Good Luck Charlie

Jane and the Dragon

Jessie

Kim Possible

Lazytown

Liberty Kids

Little Bear

Little Einsteins

Max and Ruby

Maya & Miguel

Mighty Med

Miss Spider’s Sunny Patch Friends

Mr. Roger’s Neighborhood

Oswald

Peep and the Big Wide World

Recess

Rollie Pollie Ollie

Rugrats

Sid the Science Kid

Super Why!

The Berenstain Bears

The Electric Company

The Magic School Bus

The Suite Life of Zack and Cody

The Wiggles

Wishbone

Word Girl

Word World

Zooboomafoo

[yaboirezzy]

Blairwoods Poly Squad (this is just a crack au/ship pls don't take it too seriously) (1/2)

(Aftermath Arc)

Miko, about Erma: I can help and fix her!

Connor: She has like five other people also trying to help and fix her. I’m one of them

Miko: What-

Connor: We’re starting to look like a construction crew at this point

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(Teen or Young Adult Years, from here and for the rest of these)

Amy, slightly concerned: Hey Erma, are you wearing your running shorts and your hoodie?

Terry, confused: Erma, are you going out for a run?

Sidney, concerned: If you are then please be careful and don't forget to-

Erma: *leaves*

Sidney: Oh, my god, what is wrong with Erma, guys?

Terry: Yeah, what happening? Is she okay?

Sylvia: She is going out for a run. If anything, we should be asking what is right with Erma

Miko: She only goes running if she's upset, and she's wearing her sad hoodie, and by the looks of it, it's been washed, which is bone-chilling

Amy, reassuring herself and everyone else: She's fine guys, I'm sure everything is okay

Connor: *barges into the room* Guys, I just passed Erma on the street running, on purpose! Oh, my God!

Amy: Maybe I was wrong

Connor: *yelling out the window* Erma Williams! Are you okay?! I see you! And I love you!

...

Terry: Okay in her defense, no one here emotes in a normal way

Amy: Y'know what...that's fair honestly

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Connor: Why are you guys following me?

Sidney, holding Erma's hand: Because we're dating now

Connor: Okay...but what about Amy, Terry, Sylvia, and Miko?

Terry: We're a family bundle

Miko, sounding like a commercial: Buy one packet of seven for the holiday sales!

————————————————

Miko, holding a large Pepsi bottle: Hey guys, me and Erma are back! Any of y'all want some Pespi?

Terry: *laughs* Some what?

Miko: Pespi

Sidney: It's PePsi not PeSpi, Miks

Miko: That's what I said, Pespi

Connor, waking up on the couch: Pespi?

Miko: *shrugging* It's normal it's because I'm ambidextrous

Sidney: You're ambidextrous?

Connor, half awake: Oh, she means Bisexual!

Terry, at the same time: She means bilingual!

Sylvia, exhausted: She means she has dyslexia!

Amy, who just walked into the room with a mug in hand: ... Sometimes I wonder why or how I'm still surprised by these conversations happening in our home...

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Sidney: I've come up with a fool-proof way of telling if someone's evil

Amy: Oh really? Let's hear it

Sidney: If dislike Connor for no good reasons, you're evil

Terry: You're right, that's good!

Erma: 😊👍

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Erma and Connor, on the piano: 🎶Tale as old as time~🎶

Terry and Miko, accompanying them with violins: 🎶Meme as old as Vine~🎶

Sidney and Sylvia, joining in as they all sing together: 🎶Beauty and the yeets~🎶

Felicia, who just walked in: What-

Amy, in the literal middle of their "performance": Don't. Asking just encourages them. They've been doing this for two hours

————————————————

Sylvia, in the group chat: HELP!!! My sister found the hole in the ceiling from when Miko and I were testing out some new techs!

Sylvia: Send backup!!!

Miko: -and chips!!

Amy: Wait, why chips??

Miko: I like chipsb dfikghlksb

Sylvia: FUCK

Sidney: Welp, we lost two good soldiers today-

Erma, Connor, and Terry, on their way to help/buy chips for them/buy chips for himself: Their sacrifice will not be in vain!

[agentsquirrelsgotrobots]

My beta reader told me to repost this from my ao3. My handle on there is agentsquirrel.

Road Bombs and Beer make the Burns Question Their Life Choices

Heatwave knew that their odds were doomed when Optimus brought the kids, and the engex.

Megatron had found Griffin Rock, and they had less than 48 hours to prepare. So, they were doing battle prep college all nighter style.

There were three kids, and a nurse, who immediately took a look at them and announced to the firehouse.

"Well, you won't kill them faster than their guardians, so I am going to take a nap."

She then curled up on the couch and fell asleep.

The youngest, a twelve year old boy dressed in orange, took out a laptop from a bag taken from Optimus's subspace marked "hide from Bryce".

Jack also took out parts of an alien looking shotgun from the bag too, putting it together and following Arcee to set up a shooting range.

"Chief, I want the townspeople evacuated. Fowler has already called in the coast guard to take them to the mainland." Optimus said, checking his hand blades for any last-minute rust spots. He didn't find any.

"Got it. Cody and I will go door to door. Be honest. We need everyone safe and contained in defensible positions."

They left in Chase. The coast guard, with help from the military, rounded up all of the townspeople and brought them to the mainland. They couldn't risk a single life on Optimus's mistake.

Ratchet took Raf into Heatwave's office, where he took over every screen. Heatwave was shocked to see Raf open up a diagram of human and Cybertron anatomy, a quick translation guide he made for both ancient and modern cybertronian, and four amateur road bomb designs for killing cons.

He printed out two of the designs, and downstairs, Miko took the blueprints off the printer and waved down Kade. She showed him the blueprints.

"Kade, in order for this to work, we need beer cans with alcohol residue in them, they make good shrapnel. Do any of you guys drink, or am I using your ID?"

"Uhhhh, let me flag down Bulkhead." Kade realized he didn't remember the last time he had alcohol. Whelp, time to commit a federal crime.

Optimus stopped him on the way out and gave him a credit card. "This little fiasco is on my dime. Go get fuel for everyone."

"Me, Wheeljack, and Bulkhead are going to make road bombs in the park. Don't worry, I have the apex armor. If something explodes, I will be fine." Miko said, running for Bulkhead.

Bulkhead picks up Miko and transforms around her. Kade climbed into him too. Wheeljack, who was definitely drunk off of Optimus's engex, followed them on foot.

The clerk was not paid enough for this.

There were two giant robots in the parking lot, sitting on the curb. One was obviously drunk, his buddy keeping an eye on him. The clerk assumed they were both men, by the sound of their booming voices.

The adult that came out of the robots was obviously buying two six packs of beer, the only size the store stocked, for the teenage girl, who was currently picking out every flavor of red bull and boxes of Kool-aid with red dye 40 in it, but again, the giant robots. She dumped them all on the tiny counter, then pulled out two packs of combos. The man sighed and took out his credit card. "Miko, really?"

"We have five nerds to feed to maximum efficiency. We will let them sleep when I get to have my fun. Besides, Ratchet gives Raf a combo for each word he translates correctly."

The man gave the clerk a look of pure pain. "Miko, get me another case of bud light and a five gallon bottle of water for the Kool-aid."

"On it!" She rolled the five gallon bottle, then stacked the case of beer on top.

The total came out to more than three hundred dollars.

The man paid with a military issued credit card, and it took several trips to load it all into the bigger robot's backseat, even with the drunken robot's "help".

Kade, Miko, Bulkhead and Wheeljack came back to Doc Greene, dropping off Frankie. He was going to weaponize some of his prototypes for the wreckers, so he wanted Frankie out of the lab. Unfortunately, the wreckers were going to be testing road bombs on the front lawn, so he might have been better served keeping Frankie home.

Dani showed Blades how to make Kool-aid in the water cabinet. He made the mistake of looking up red dye 40 in his visor after setting everything up.

"Dani, the ingredients of this drink scare me."

"Blades, it's a childhood classic. It's been around for several generations now. My dad grew up drinking this stuff, and so did me and my brothers."

"That explains so much about why you guys are like that."

"Like what?"

"Absolutely crazy. You drink things that turn your mouth unnatural colors."

Dani laughed. "You shouldn't look up what we use as natural red dyes in makeup then."

Blades looked it up and gasped. "Dead bugs? Dani, why?"

"I told you not to look it up. We use berries in more natural foods, by the way."

They heard an explosion outside, and Bulkhead ducked his head in. "Optimus, do you have the apex armor?"

Optimus pinched his nose. "Bulkhead, why didn't you ask that before breaking out the c4?" He took out the apex armor and handed it to him.

Bulkhead grabbed Miko by the back of her tank top and stuck the armor to her back. It formed around her, and she raced to join Wheeljack on the front lawn, a safe distance from the firehouse.

It took twenty minutes before Miko was launched into the firehouse by a poorly timed explosion.

Graham stole a beer from one of the open containers, along with taking the red bulls and combos upstairs to his desk in Heatwave's office.

Raf was, for the time being, perched on Ratchet's shoulder, being fed combos and Kool-aid from a water bottle.

He sent Graham an email with the textbook he and Ratchet wrote on translating cybertronian dialects into English.

Frankie came upstairs to ask Raf a question. "Hey Raf, why can't we go outside?"

"Miko, Wheeljack, and Bulkhead are messing around with c4 ratios while we get enough beer cans prepped."

"Why her?"

Raf popped another combo into his mouth and washed it down with Kool-aid. His hands were shaking almost as bad as Graham's. "Frankie, me, Miko, and Jack have been working for the war effort since I was ten. We know how to duck and cover. You do not."

"Frankie, bring these cans downstairs for my dad to prime." Graham said, handing her a few red bull cans. Frankie decided that questions were a bad idea. She took the cans and went back downstairs to hang out with Cody.

Meanwhile, at Arcee's makeshift shooting range, Arcee was teaching the Rescue Bots how to make a vehicon spin out using the foam cannons.

Jack was punctuating each of Arcee's points with his shotgun, shredding the totaled cars Salvage brought from the mainland to use for target practice with modified ammunition that had the effect of bird shot on a vehicon's plating, leaving dozens of holes in a single shot. A shot to the face was fatal, as they were made to destroy their visors and shred their processors. Jack explained all of this in a matter of fact way when Heatwave asked why Wheeljack made him a shotgun instead of a machine gun.

"Hey Jack!" Blurr yelled.

Jack put the gun down and took out his earplugs.

"What do you want, Blurr?" He said. He knew Blurr for all of twenty minutes but already had mentally given him the award for the most annoying bot he had ever met.

"What's your most badass moment fighting alongside Arcee?"

"Fine, I'll tell you something good. One time I got stranded from Arcee with a con on my tail during a battle. Optimus had knocked off one of Starscream's arms, so I used his missile launcher to shred the con to pieces. Happy?"

Blurr finally got it through his head that Jack and Arcee were not the kind of people to turn all their traumatic moments into fun stories.

Back at the firehouse, Chief primed Graham's empty red bull cans with a can of beer. He saw Cody and Frankie by the Kool-aid machine, and decided that it was time for a right of passage in the Burns family.

"Optimus, could you video the kids? Rite of passage, want to send to Doc later."

"Of course. What are you going to do?"

"Give them their first sip of alcohol. Not enough to have any sort of effect, just enough to make a point."

"And you do this?"

"Because it's hilarious to watch, and proves a point." Chief took out a pair of plastic shot glasses out of a cabinet in the garage. "Frankie, Cody, want to try a sip of beer?"

The faces they made when they tried the beer were priceless. Even Optimus chuckled at their sour faces.

"Point made?" Chief asked, taking a few soda cans out of the recycling.

"I am going to stick with Kool-aid." Frankie said.

"Kool-aid? Kool-aid is great. I'm not gonna try that again." Cody said.

At five, Dani went out with Bumblebee to get Burger King for everyone. Raf and Cody both decorated Optimus and Ratchet's head fins with Burger King crowns.

At around midnight, long after the bomb experiments had been perfected, June went upstairs and dragged Raf off the computer and into Cody's room for some sleep. He slept for all of four hours before Blades caught him sneaking back into Heatwave's office.

"Raf, it's bedtime." Blades said.

June sighed. "Blades, don't bother. Raf, it's 4 am. No more Kool-Aid, and if you fall asleep, you fall asleep."

Raf nodded and climbed the stairs up to join Graham in making timers for said road bombs.

Kade was sleeping on the couch, having a few beers to ignore the sheer amount of crazy going on. Between the dread of the coming invasion, the beer being available, a desire to get rid of said beer, he would rather not be entirely sober. Cody had drawn a mustache on him after he fell asleep at eight.

Cody and Frankie had crashed at eleven, the sheer amount of Kool-aid they drank catching up to them.

The cons came early.

The afternoon of the second day, Bumblebee killed and brought back two vehicon scouts.

"Whelp, that was nice while it lasted." Wheeljack said.

"Jack, Miko, be ready to roll in twenty." Arcee yelled.

Miko slipped on the apex armor, and Jack slung the shotgun over his shoulder.

The Nemesis dropped its soldiers, and the Rescue Bots watched first hand how a simple beer can road bomb can turn a vehicon into a tower of blue flames.

Jack rode Arcee and shot vehicons in the same way you would do archery on the back of a horse.

The battle went quickly, as that was not the point of the fic, and Optimus managed to stab Megatron in the gut before he sounded a retreat, so that was great.

The townspeople were returned to their homes. Luckily, the vehicons didn't burn the place, and everything was contained to the roads. The blaster stains on bricks might need some painting, though.

The Burns were left with their house absolutely littered with scrap metal and wrappers. The very hungover Kade sitting in the corner was a nice touch, and Heatwave will have to clear his browser history.

But hey, no one was dead except twenty five vehicons.

[system-sixteen]

my ideas for the miyadeguchi's relationship with the hakurei

unknown family (five generations) > miyadeguchi (two generations) > hakurei (final six gens to this day)

they, by a certain definition, have each served the hakurei shrine, with the next clan starting off as loyal students just before the previous folks are completely done

mizuchi did everything just plain perfectly and looked down upon the entire hakurei clan, back when she was alive and it used to be the "miyadeguchi shrine". allowed the power and lofty status to get to her head, you see. unfortunately, one day, mizuchi never came back, so the hakurei took it upon themselves to pick up the slack. fast forward to when reimu's in her early teens, learning the ropes on being a shrine maiden.

mizuchi intervenes while reimu's actual moms (one of whom remarried a long time after losing her husband/reimu's dad to a natural disease) hold a festival just to torture all the hakurei and reshape gensokyo into her own kingdom

it all descends into fucking CHAOS

amidst the now smog-covered skies, reimu fights like heck but mizuchi zaps the girl's worst fear into reality - not to toy with her or drive her mad, but to atomize her and then do the same to all the humans and youkai who've been friendly with each other

after mizuchi's intervention, reimu's left buried under rubble, comatose as her great-great-great grand aunt breaks her mommies down and sadistically one-shots them, before wiping out so many innocent youkai that they practically lose their minds. only an old turtle, amidst the destruction, comes along undetected and pulverizes some of the debris to snag the bloodied, beaten girl and drag her away from further harm. eventually mended by magic, the 13-or-14-year-old reimu snaps awake in a frenzy screaming for her parents.

genjii calms her down, then reimu explains all she remembers was going in for the kill against great-aunt mizuchi. genjii doesn't remember it that way: all he saw was mizuchi legitimately defeating the yakumos, kasen, and okina. all he could even do was dig reimu out of the rubble. he points out that her heart seemed to have stopped and he revived her several minutes before she bit the dust. reimu thinks it was her own fault and lets out a deafening...something constituting as a yell as she grieves.

the new hakurei miko, after three years of so-painful-it's-ridiculous training only interspersed by odd jobs to get supplies for her new "gramps", notices something is sus with the hakurei shrine. from there, soew plays out, except reimu mistakes mima for mizuchi at first. this doesn't earn her any favors with mima (whom i headcanon as being similar to the gashadokuro) or her most loyal student, marisa. however, by the end of pc-98, reimu gets to know both of them better now that she and marisa are young adults. and the rest is history.

[primevein]

The Prime of His Youth: Book I: Forging His Own Path: Ch42: Soil

The final ship landed on Cybertron. The five stepped off the ship, Sirenia pushing the hover cart. Bulkhead pulled up to them.

"Thanks for coming." Arcee said to them.

"Like I would leave you guys hanging." Bulkhead replied.

Miko opened the passenger door and stepped out, "Who's the new bot?"

"This is Arcelia." June stated.

"An archivist from Caminus." Jack added, and looked at Arcelia, "Here to study Earth?"

"Here to collect information to support or oppose colonization." Arcelia replied.

"Who's colonizing what?" Bulkhead asked.

"Humans on Caminus." Arcee said. "Maybe."

"Oh, can we come?!" Miko asked, and a pregnant silence followed, "Why not?"

"They might have problems with non-femme Cybertronians." Arcelia stated.

"Aww." Miko added.

"Knowing me, I'd probably just break something." Bulkhead stated.

"Yeah-yeah." Miko replied.

* * *

They walked through the Star Bridge into Alden Base. Arcelia's first action was to look around curiously.

"Something the matter?" Arcee asked her.

"I expected more plants?" Arcelia asked.

"Nevada is not the greenest place." June stated.

"Then why are Humans living here?" she asked.

"Humans live everywhere." June stated. "The only place that doesn't have Humans is Antarctica."

"And she doesn't mean new, either." Jack stated.

"Usually in thousands of years." June added.

Arcelia looked at Sirenia, "A year is two megacyles." Sirenia said to her.

"And how long do Humans normally live?" she asked.

"70-80 years." June stated. "A generation is 20 years."

"Humans develop that quickly?" Arcelia asked.

"They are considered an adult at 18." June stated.

"And how old is Jack?" she asked.

"18." Jack said.

Arcelia gave him a stunned look, "You became a Prime before you were an adult?"

"Yes?" Jack nervously asked.

"He always does that." Arcee said, "He never thinks he's worthy of it."

"This is absolutely astounding." Arcelia stated.

"You're telling me." Jack simply replied, and Arcelia didn't know what to make of it.

* * *

Fowler stepped out of the tent and looked up at Arcelia. "Well, hello. I'm Major Fowler. I.C. of this base."

"I am Arcelia, an archivist from Caminus."

"Caminus?" Fowler asked, and turned to look at the others, "That's where you went?" Jack and June nodded. Fowler look turned back to Arcelia. "And how can I help you?"

"I will be spending the next..." she said, and turned to look at the others.

"Year." Sirenia stated.

Arcelia turned back to Fowler, "Year or so on Terra doing research. I was wondering if you could provide me with accomodations?"

"Unfortunately, we've only got the two hangars. Ratchet is using one as a hospital. Renée is using the other to fit exosuits." Arcelia looked at him without recognition at this, "Humans need privacy when changing."

"Noted." Arcelia stated. "It applies whenever they disrobe, correct?" she asked.

"Yeah, that's right." Fowler replied.

"Well, thank you." she said, and turned back to the others, giving Arcee a questioning look.

"After Driver's Ed., Jack can bring you to the house. I guess tomorrow we can head down to Vegas and see if they can help you. You should talk to Ratchet to hook up your com. link for cellphones." She then turned to Jack, "I'd like to talk to Renée for minute. Sirenia, why don't you take June?"

"I would love to." Sirenia said, she then turned to Bulkhead, "I'll meet you at the house."

"Don't worry," Arcee stated, "I'll catch up to you."

"That sounds like a challenge." Miko stated.

"It does." Bulkhead replied. "We'll be going cross country. See who gets their first."

* * *

Arcee walked into the hangar.

"Hello?" Renée said to her.

"Want to have some fun?" Arcee asked.

"Yes?" Renée nervously asked.

"And would likely make us a lot of money." Arcee said with a bright smile.

"How can I help?" she asked.

* * *

Arcelia stepped out of the hospital hangar and Jack was waiting, looking up at her.

"We'll need to get you signal lights." Jack said to her. "Why don't we look around to see what you can find?"

* * *

Arcelia paused when she looked at something, "And what is this?"

"Reverse trike?" Jack asked.

Lights came from Arcelia's eyes, moving from the top to bottom to top again. She then transformed into the reverse trike that had her natural black with gold trim.

Arcee walked up, and kneeled down in front of Jack, "You're in for a treat." she said to him, before pulling him in for a passionate kiss. She stood up, and turned away, looking back at him, "See you at the house." She then transformed and rolled out.

Jack was stunned for a moment before turning back to Arcelia. "Ready for Driver's Ed.?" he asked.

* * *

Bulkhead was driving across country, "Scrap." he stated.

"What?" Miko asked.

"Look who's behind us." Bulkhead said to her.

Miko turned to look around, seeing Arcee catching up to them. "No way."

"This is Arcee we're talking about." Bulkhead stated. "I'm a two-ton, and she's a crotch rocket."

"Are you giving up?" Miko asked.

"It was never a race, Miko." Bulkhead stated.

"Then why are we out here?" Miko asked.

"Why wouldn't we?" Bulkhead asked.

Arcee pulled up beside them, keeping pace for a moment before speeding off.

"Did you see that?" Miko asked.

"See what?"

"She was taunting us." Miko stated.

"She's transformed." Bulkhead replied.

"She was so taunting us." Miko replied. "Are you going to let her?" asked.

"I kind of have to." Bulkhead replied, "If I wanted to be a hotrod, I could have been a hotrod."

"Why did you pick your form?" Miko asked. "Offroading?!" she excitedly asked.

"Someone has to carry the team." Bulkhead stated. Miko tried her best to not laugh at the lame joke, but found herself with no choice.

* * *

Jack and Arcelia pulled into the small parking lot outside the building. Bulkhead was sitting on his wheels, his passenger door opened with Miko leaning back into him. June, Arcee, and Sirenia standing around.

"How was Driver's Ed.?" Arcee asked, and Jack climbed off of Arcelia. She waited for him to step away before transforming.

"Pretty straight forward." Arcelia stated.

"And how was it with Jack on your back?" Arcee asked.

"Fantastic." she replied, and then was ashamed of what she had revealed.

"We can have a talk about that later." Arcee stated, and Jack glared at her. The two spoke volumes with their eyes until he was satisfied.

"So, you'll be staying with us?" June asked.

"We can head down to Las Vegas tomorrow." Arcee replied.

"You okay with that?" Bulkhead asked.

"I can assure you it is not a problem for me to stay with The Human Prime." Arcelia said with a smile. this caused Arcee to Tsk. "Everyone here already knows. I promise to not reveal it to anyone not already involved."

"That's good." Jack stated.

* * *

Jack, Arcee, Sirenia, and Arcelia sat in the back yard. Jack and Sirenia leaned against the building, while Arcee and Arcelia were transformed.

"Alright, here's the rules." Arcee stated, "If you want to do anything intimate with Jack, you have to promise to be with him for the rest of his life."

"Simple enough." Arcelia stated.

"I'm on top." Arcee added. "And I'm allowing you to do this."

"I will not fight for dominance in the harem." Arcelia stated.

"And Jack has to want you." Arcelia replied.

"Regardless, my next year will be spent in research. So, by your rules, it cannot happen, anyways."

"Just so we're all clear." Arcee said to her.

Sirenia looked down at Jack, "I'm surprised that Jack didn't object."

"She is sexy." Arcee stated.

"Yes." Jack replied.

"And she said Jack gets to choose." Arcelia added.

"That's why." Jack stated.

"And so, now you settle in for the night?" Arcelia asked.

"We had a long trip." Arcee stated, "Humans need to rest."

"And eat three times a day?" Arcelia asked.

"Yeah." Jack replied.

"And this shower thing?" Arcelia asked, and Jack's eyes grew wide.

"Humans consider showers to be intimate things." Sirenia stated, and Jack let out a sigh of relief.

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Arcelia: Indian Scout Reverse Trike GT/wide tire+trailer hitch.

[adventuresindolls]

Dolls for Sale

Hi y'all! I have come to the conclusion that I have been avoiding doll stuff because my collection has become overwhelming. So, I am selling a few of my dolls, with a handful of outfits each.

Disclaimer so you know what you're in for before scrolling this post: none of these dolls are AG-brand, but some of the clothes are. Many more of the clothes are beautifully made by various creators on etsy.

Disclaimer the second: If you are interested in only part of a collection I've put together, or if you want a doll but can't afford what I'm asking message me and we can talk. I would really, really like to sell these to someone on tumblr because I've loved them and I want to know someone else will, too.

Even if you have no interest, please reblog so others see this.

I've listed them by their names, but obviously you can rename them.

Miko - $35

Miko is a My Life As doll with an half-hard body that I bought in 2021. I didn't modify her at all and she's in excellent condition. Her hair could be brushed out a little, but it's not tangled or anything.

Miko comes with 5 outfits: the mushroom jumpsuit she's wearing (from etsy), a purple Frozen 2 dress with zipper (from etsy), a cat Halloween dress (I don't remember the exact brand, it's some cheap doll brand, but it is very cute), the green and black witch dress (from the AG Halloween costume of the last 2 years - note I'm keeping the gloves but if you really want the boots you can have them), and a blue and silver gymnastics leotard (AG brand, retired at some point in the past). She has two pairs of shoes: the red ones she came with and the cute blue and white buckle ones she's wearing (I got them secondhand and I'm unsure of brand).

Lexie - $35

Lexie is an Our Generation doll that I bought new in 2020. She was actually the first doll in my adult collection, and I really want her to have a good home. I gave her a new wig only a couple months ago, and she is in perfect condition except for this tiny mark on her cheek I didn't even notice until I took this picture.

Lexie comes with five outfits: the space dress she's wearing (Our Generation), a Halloween witch hat dress (from etsy), a yellow and black striped dress (from etsy), a bathing suit with a fabric flower (from etsy), and a purple and white gown with lavender 3D fabric flowers and a zipper (from etsy). She also has two pairs of shoes: the blue slip-ons she came with and the pink plaid lace-up hightops (Our Generation).

Olive - $25

Olive is another My Life As doll with half a hard body that I found last year at the thrift store. I cleaned them up and gave them a new wig. I did trim it a little so their eyes were still visible. They have a couple of small clear streaks on their face that might be glue but are basically invisible in pictures, and their curls could use some defrizzing. For someone who knows what they're doing, none of that should be difficult to fix--I personally have trouble getting all doll hair to cooperate.

Olive comes with six mix-and-match pieces: the Rainbow Dash t-shirt (from etsy) and shorts (also from etsy--it's not visible from this angle but they have the old girl-reading AG logo on them) they're wearing, a Superman t-shirt (from etsy), red corduroys (Our Generation), a green jacket (Our Generation), and a pair of black leggings (I'm unsure of brand, but they look fun under the shorts). They have a pair of blue slip-on shoes (Our Generation).

Sophie - $35

Sophie is an Our Generation Glitter Girls doll I bought in 2020 not long after Lexie. I changed her wig within the last four months and trimmed her bangs so you can see her eyes. She's in excellent condition with nothing wrong. She's the same size as the Wellie Wishers, and like them her entire body is hard plastic.

Sophie comes with five outfits: (1) the Ariel dress (from etsy) she's wearing and the pink glittery books she came with (though some of their glitter has worn off); (2) Wellie Wisher Starry Sky pajamas and hooded blanket; (3) a Wellie Wishers winter outfit with coat, leggings, hat, wrap, headband, and pink boots; (4) a pink and silver gown from etsy that closes with a zipper; (5) a 3-piece historical costume including a head kerchief.

Note: prices are negotiable but don't include shipping. I'm trying to save up to collect smaller dolls that are less overwhelming but expensive.

[darxk]

scouting for new books [open]

guidelines

status: open

i'm very new to this whole tumblr thing but please bear with me

maybe message me for now for requests until i get a hang of this platform???

if you want to know how your request is coming along, please check the writing room

please detail whether you would like your request to turn into headcannons (like dot points), a long(ish) story (i'm still struggling with writing those, sorry) or a short story. if not, my imagination will run wild i'll pick my preferred option which would probably be short story.

specificness is extremely needed for these requests. i have a creative limit so some ideas or visual imagery would be greatly appreciated to go along with your request

also reader personalities will vary from story to story and a majority will be f! reader, maybe a few gn! readers and i'll try to write m! reader.

things i will not write (examples)

nsfw - very uncomfortable with writing even make out scenes TvT

omegaverse - mpreg and "alpha/delta/omega" things makes me highly uncomfortable but also confuse me?? idk

anything inappropriate or problematic like pedophilia or anything racist, homophobic (unless it's like internalised angst to happy ending where reader is accepted), etc. the only times where it will be included in stories will to be applied to the antagonising characters that will receive a truck load of karma their way.

things i will write (examples)

fluff

angst

death fics

crossover

shipping fics

x readers (adult character = adult reader | child character = child reader | teen character = teen reader | etc.)

reader & character platonic/familial stories

(maybe) love tringle (depends on the request's specifics, i also am not sure if i can pull it off tbh)

chatfics (sometimes)

alternate universes - e.g highschool/college au, nobody dies au, everyone remembers au, celebrity/idol/musician au, specific profession au, etc.

things that will probably take time to convince me (examples)

yandere behaviour (fictionally, i don't hate it but i also want to stay away from romanticising)

possessiveness (if it's like over protective, maybe but like oppressive possessiveness is a little too much)

obsessiveness

making out/pda (idk not too comfortable)

character/ship list is below, i might take on requests for others but the character/ships listed will be the ones i'm most open to writing abou

these stories will be free but very slow to update as i too am human with a personal life outside of the screen/cyberworld like school, friends and family. if you try to harass me over the updates and etc. i will drop your request and block you.

- but also i just have no motivation :P

characters available for x reader

genshin impact -> xiao, kazuha, zhongli, yelan, scaramouche, albedo, ningguang, dehya^, kinich,

tears of themis -> vyn richter, marius von hagen, artem wing

sometimes/can be substituted with x rosa

honkai star rail -> sunday, robin, jingyuan, silverwolf, sparkle, ruan mei, jingliu, feixiao (pretty much anyone that isn’t on the ship list)

twisted wonderland -> any character tbh, but dorm leaders and vice dorm leaders will probably be better written

sometimes/can be substituted with x yuu

other -> kang sae-byeok (squid games), five hargreeves (umbrella academy), zoya (path to nowhere), angel (path to nowhere)

* = may be too ooc or shallow in writing due to a lack of understanding or analysis on the character

_ = limited to angst (can be negotiated)

^ = limited to fluff (can be negotiated)

ship fics available

genshin impact

beigguang (beidou x ningguang)

wriolette (wriothesley x neuvilette)

alkaveh (kaveh x alhaitham; my fav)

eimiko (yae miko x raiden ei)

clorivia (clorinde x navia)

bungou stray dogs

soukoku (dazai osamu x chuuya nakahara)

shin soukoku (akutagawa ryuunosuke x atsushi nakajima)

fyolai (fyodor dostoevsky x nikolai gogol)

ranpoe (ranpo edogawa x edgar allen poe)

odango (oda sakunoske x ango sakaguchi)

rimlaine (paul verlaine x arthur rimbaud)

kousano (yosano akiko x koyou ozaki)

twisted wonderland

adeuce (ace trapolla x deuce spade)

rookvil (rook hunt x vil schoenheit)

possibly vil x leona… maybe

jamil x kalim

riordanverse

solangelo (nico di angelo x will solace)

percabeth (percy jackson x annabeth chase)

chasefierro (magnus chase x alex fierro)

fruity sports anime

victuuri (victor nikiforov x yuuri katsuki)

renga (reki kyan x langa hasegawa)

matchablossom (cherry | kaoru sakurayashiki x joe | kojiro nanjo)

tian guan ci fu - heaven official’s blessing

hualian (hua cheng x xie lian)

beefleaf (shi qingxuan x he xuan)

fengqing (feng xin x mu qing)

peishui (pei ming x shi wudu)

honkai star rail

aventio (ratio x aventurine)

bronseele (bronya x seele)

kafhime (kafka x himeko)

acherswan (acheron x black swan)

argenthill (argenti x boothill)

renheng (blade x dan heng -> can also be yingxing x dan feng)

mozeqiu (moze x jiaoqiu)

other

wenclair (wednesday addams x enid sinclair; wednesday addams (netflix: 2022)

hiccstrid (hiccup x astrid; how to train your dragon)

joongdok (kim dokja x yoo joonghyuk; omniscient reader’s viewpoint)

sumizi (sua x mizi; alien stage)

ivantill (ivan x till; alien stage)

rodincent (rody x vincent; dead plate)

satosugu (satoru gojo x suguru geto)

itafushi (itadori yuji x fushiguro megumi; jujutsu kaisen)

ruikasa (rui kamishiro x tsukasa tenma)

sherliam (sherlock holmes x william moriarty; moriarty the patriot)

megthanzag (megaera x thanatos x zagreus; hades)

trephacard (trevor x sypha x alucard; castlevania cartoon)

[elendiliel]

On The Same Wavelength

Just a bit of semi-nonsense following on from my last fic, requested by a regular reader over on AO3. Other inspiration credits to the usual source.

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“So, this is where you all used to live?” Not for the first time, Ratchet looked around the aircraft hangar that had apparently been the base of operations for all the Earth-based Autobots in that reality. All nine of them (including Ratchet’s young apprentice Glitch, who had ended up there as the result of a space-bridge malfunction Bulkhead, Sari and Sumdac had only just managed to replicate). It wouldn’t have been his first choice – smaller than he liked and somewhat lacking in privacy – but he could imagine its former occupants, and the humans they had adopted, turning it into a home. Especially as, for the first time in months, it was full of ‘bots again.

Glitch had wanted to show her official team “Hangar E” (as it was known) before returning to their home universe with them, and Ratchet had to admit it hadn’t been a bad call. Seeing the other Cybertron all but deserted and severely war-damaged had been unsettling to say the least (and it had allegedly looked worse just a few orbital cycles before), but Earth was reassuringly familiar. Even the humans. “Team Prime” had five of them, three sparklings and two adults. The two male sparklings were playing a video game with Sari and Bumblebee, complete with Elita’s commentary, while the adults – one male, one female – had got chatting to Jazz and Arcee. Bulkhead had been instantly drawn to the hangar’s space-bridge, which apparently doubled as a shorter-range “ground bridge”; the young ‘bot’s passion for the technology more than made up for his reluctance to leave Cybertron and the new friends he had, of course, made. (Not least his alternate, though the kid had been bowled over when he realised that the veteran soldier and Wrecker not only had heard a lot about him but was impressed by what he had heard.)

Prime, meanwhile, had been cornered by the third sparkling, whom Ratchet was having trouble not thinking of as the other Sari (her name was actually Miko), and who was intent on forming an interdimensional band. Glitch’s valiant attempt to extricate him had merely resulted in her being dragged into the conversation, and if it carried on much longer Ratchet was minded to intervene himself. The young human’s enthusiasm seemed to be blinding her to the fact that all the ‘bots had come from a pitched battle, and while they’d had some time to rest and refuel on the other Cybertron, Glitch in particular was still mentally tired, stressed and dealing with a lot of emotions (particularly the ones connected to her engagement to Bumblebee), and by then wanted nothing more than to be alone somewhere quiet and safe for a while.

There were probably a few of those around, even in the now-nearly-uninhabited hangar. Ratchet was glad Sentinel had “remembered” some pressing business back on their Cybertron (maybe he actually had, maybe he just still hated organic planets), and taken the Jet twins with him. The Dinobots had decided to stay on the other Cybertron for a bit, away from “stupid nature”, “fossil feeders” and anything flammable (and with their new friend “Sword-‘Bot”, alias Wheeljack), and perhaps keep an optic on Mixmaster and Scrapper, who were giving other-Bulkhead the benefit of their programmed expertise with respect to the planet’s rebuilding. Omega, too, had elected to stay behind for a while; ever since Arcee, Sari and Ratchet had freed him from Megatron’s influence (filtered through Lugnut), he had taken to going for long solo flights, revelling not just in the peace and quiet of the upper atmosphere but in the ability to choose where to go and what to do. Nobody would ever dare take that from him again, not on Ratchet’s watch, at least.

The only other ‘bot in the room was the hangar’s only remaining resident. The other Ratchet. The field-tech still wasn’t quite sure what to think about his counterpart, a formerly upper-caste doctor who too clearly had rarely been out in the field in the last few aeons but fussed over his younger teammates like an anxious caregiver, and dived into long, dramatic explanations and stories at the slightest opportunity. He suspected that without their shared exposure to a certain unrepentant class traitor, he might have found the older medibot insufferable at first, or vice versa, or both. But Glitch seemed to have a gift for bridging gaps – between people, between factions, even between universes.

His padawan had also brought him up to speed on the key biological differences between Cybertronians of their respective realities, which removed one source of friction. The other Ratchet would have been a fool not to figure them out much earlier, and whatever else he might be, that mech was no fool – quite the reverse. Ratchet had seen that in the way he tended to his teammates after the battle, in the expertly repaired cuts on Glitch’s left arm, in the other Ultra Magnus’ prosthetic servo, even in the equipment still in the hangar. (For something put together mostly from twenty-first-century human technology, it was slagging good.) Like it or not, they were both professionals in the same field, as well as veterans of similar wars. There was a kind of kinship between them they’d have to be smegging idiots to ignore.

“Only since the Decepticons found our previous base,” the older Ratchet replied, “and we managed to regroup after its evacuation. We split up to maximise the team’s chances of survival – all except for Optimus, who remained behind to ensure that we were not followed.” That sounded about typical for either Optimus Prime. “For once, Smokescreen’s inability to obey orders was of some benefit. He retrieved both Optimus and the Forge of Solus Prime, which had the capacity to heal the injuries he received during the Decepticon attack.” Ratchet had met Smokescreen, an enthusiastic young ‘bot not unlike Bumblebee. (The two of them, Bumblebee’s alternate and an ex-‘Con medibot named Knock Out had taken about five cycles to organise a race; as nobot had thought to forbid the use of turbo-boosters, the outcome was a foregone conclusion. Glitch could be a bad influence on her partner at times.) It was hard to believe that he, like most of his teammates, had at any time lived in constant fear of discovery and destruction, venturing out of base only in vehicle mode or via groundbridge, always hunted by the Decepticons. Ratchet could hardly imagine such an existence. Things had seemed pretty bleak early in the Great War, but they’d never been that bad.

Hoping to distract himself, he asked a question that had been on his mind for megacycles. “So what’s the deal with you and your Optimus? Every time you look at ours, it’s like you’re not seeing him so much as remembering somebot else.”

“I suppose I am,” the older medibot admitted. He hesitated for a few nanokliks, then enquired, “Do you have the concept of Amicae Endurae in your universe?”

Everlasting friends. A relationship as strong and deep as that between conjunxes, though not romantic in nature. “It’s kind of old-fashioned, even by my standards, but yes. That’s what your Optimus was to you?” That made a lot of sense, given the little Ratchet already knew of their past.

“Indeed. My oldest, truest friend. Over the course of our war, I would say he saved my life almost as often as his courage and recklessness forced me to save his.” Some things never changed. “But when he needed my help the most… there was nothing I could do.” Ratchet had heard an abridged version of the story already. The fragging Allspark was trouble in every universe, it seemed.

“I know the feeling.” The field-tech thought of the terrible solar-cycle he had been forced to put Omega into indefinite stasis. Young Optimus fading to grey before his optics. Shockwave soaring away, Arcee’s inert form in one servo. Prowl’s lifeless shell cradled in Jazz’s arms. One way or another, all four had returned, but with the possible exception of Prime (who’d been dead less than a cycle) they would never be the same. Prowl was a ghost. Arcee had lost four million stellar-cycles of time (and, according to Sari, younger intel-‘bots had been known to joke about her “leave of absence” to her face). And Omega would carry the trauma of being used as a weapon, both by the ‘Cons and by his own side, until he went offline for good. That was the medic’s curse – to care so much about so many people, to see them hurt and killed, and to blame oneself, however illogical that might be. A situation that wasn’t helped by the kind of arrogance and self-sacrificing selflessness so many medics had. “Have you talked to anyone else on your team about it? I know you’ve got a job to do here,” the other medibot had become a consultant to Unit E, the military unit that, among other things, handled human-Cybertronian relations, “but you can always call them, right?”

“I don’t want to add to their burden.” Oh, stars. That argument. “Optimus was not only our leader. He was a friend to all of us, a brother to Ultra Magnus and myself and a caregiver to the younger ‘bots. They don’t need my problems on top of their own.”

“I believe humans say that a problem shared is a problem halved.” Ratchet smiled, though there was little humour in his optics. “As long as it’s shared for the right reasons. Prime used to pester me for old war stories like a sparkling, even after he’d actually fought Decepticons. I didn’t oblige until I was sure he was asking just to try to help us both. Until he really understood them.” Ratchet glanced at the war wound on his arm and wished it hadn’t taken an encounter with Lockdown for the kid to learn that lesson.

“You may have a point,” his alternate conceded. “I know Glitch has tried to help, in her way,” which, thanks to her cross-wired processor, wasn’t a usual way; she often struggled with communication, or, as she occasionally put it, “didn’t words good”, “but she will be leaving with you soon.” The older mech lapsed into contemplative silence, probably considering and accepting or rejecting other possibilities.

“If there’s a way for her to stay in touch with all of you, she’ll find it.” The young fembot barely knew the meaning of the word “can’t”. “She’ll want you there when she and Bumblebee get bonded, for one thing. And I don’t think Miko will let Prime get out of joining her band, either.” Ratchet watched as Jazz, in response to a desperate optic-message from Glitch, broke off his conversation with Arcee and the two humans – a nurse and a government agent who reminded Ratchet strangely of Captain Fanzone back in Detroit – and headed over to distract the sparkling, allowing the officer and the field-tech to escape, the former joining Elita over by the video game tournament, the latter vanishing into some hidey-hole further back in the hangar.

At least some things hadn’t changed, though others had. Glitch might have gained a few new skills and quite a bit of confidence over the previous orbital cycles, but she also had that wary look Ratchet had hoped never to see on any of the young ‘bots, especially that one – the constant watchfulness that marked her as a veteran. She’d had a bit of it before, life for ‘bots like her being another kind of battlefield, but it had become far more obvious now that she’d fought in a real war, and might never fade. There could well be other changes he hadn’t seen yet, but he’d be there for her as she readjusted to “civilian” life. And not just for her, perhaps. “But if you want to talk to someone who didn’t know your Optimus but knows what you’re going through anyway… you’ll know how to reach me, I hope.”

“Thank you.” It was all the other mech needed to say. As the Ratchets turned their attentions to the video game tournament (now a two-car race between the youngest human sparkling, Raf, and Bumblebee), they both knew that, whatever their differences, whether or not a way could be found to communicate between universes, they were, to a greater extent than they had realised at first, on the same wavelength.

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🕯️ adult, no pronouns never refer to me 🌸 it's yae miko's world and we're all just living in it ❄️ five star kaeya truther 🔪 be normal about kaeya or perish

[primeguarded]

// I thought I'd start posting the drabbles I've written with Kels in em, so have one where she bonds with Ratchet a lil //

Much Needed Company

Ratchet had been keeping his optics trained on the monitors all evening. Once in a while he stretched his legs, but for the most part, he stayed completely still, with his arms crossed behind his back. The rest of the autobots were on a tough mission to retrieve Energon, which would require a couple of days of them being gone. Luckily, the medic took watch on these monitors for extended periods of time. He was used to being awake for long hours. He needed to be there if something went wrong, if the team needed immediate evacuation via the ground bridge. Who knows how long he had been standing there for. But Optimus also told his old friend to watch the leader’s small charge, the human he held most dear.

Kelsey, from what Ratchet could gather, was sleeping in her small section of the base. She didn’t have to go home for curfew like Miko, Jack, and Raf, so the older but still tiny, human made herself a little space if she needed to stay there.

It was about one in the morning, so the medic was surprised to hear the sounds of a pair of bare feet slowly approach the deck where he stood. Turning, the autobot sighed deeply. Kelsey was awake. The girl didn’t look like she had rested however. She looked exhausted. In her arms she carried two blankets: a big one, and a small one, as well as a large plush pink elephant and a small pastel yellow bunny.

Ratchet looked down at the human who was groggily approaching him. As a medic, he would also be concerned with his patients getting enough rest. He definitely was concerned for this small one at the moment.

“Can’t sleep?” the towering figure asked, his attention removing itself from the screens for the first time in a while.

The blonde shook her head slowly in reply. She didn’t have her glasses on, and before she could walk face first into one of the poles that held up the staircase, the medic alerted with with “Ap bab bap-! Back up a bit. The last thing we need is you to have a concussion.”

“Sorry, Uncle Ratchet,” the five foot tall murmured tiredly, “…Don’t have my glasses.”

Another sigh escaped him before lightly pinching between his eyes, “I can see that….Come on, up you go. Just be careful not to trip on the stairs.”

With a nod, Kelsey gathered up her soft items in her arms and carefully ascended the stairs, her bare feet making the metal of each stair clang slightly.

Once she made it to the top, she walked over to the large robot, and stood by his leg, looking up at the monitors despite not being able to read any of the date air analytics shown.

“Have you been here all this time?” she asked quietly.

“Of course,” Ratchet replied insistently, “I need to be. If something happened to Optimus and the others…”

“I know,” the human trailed her eyes down to her blankets and stuffed animals tucked in her hold before, “I can’t sleep because they aren’t here.”

The bot looked down at the little human, seeing how worries her face was. He would’ve looked the same way, but Ratchet tended to keep his worries under wraps. That’s what he did as a medic, you set your emotions aside to help, until the job was done. Kelsey was the complete opposite. She was like Optimus in every way. She felt so much, maybe too much, wore her heart on her sleeve, and put others before herself. She was smart, but shy, passionate, but introverted. No wonder he decided to guard her. She didn’t even mess with Ratchet’s things like everyone in the base did.

She needed sleep. He knew she needed it.

“It isn’t a great feeling,” he agreed hesitantly, but confidence came back into his voice, “But, all we can do is have faith that they will return to base safely. You…don’t have to worry about looking at the monitors. You just…worry about getting enough rest. I can handle this.”

“I know you can,” she said before yawning, “It’s just…What if something happens?”

Ah yes…the young adult human was anxiety incarnate. How could Ratchet forget?

“Then we will help. But in the meantime, I don’t think Optimus would be very pleased to hear that his charge didn’t get any sleep. You can watch me for a little while, but then off with you to bed.”

Kelsey watched the medic observing for an hour. Nothing much happened. To get a better view, Ratchet even allowed the girl to sit in his hand. She weighed nothing to him. She had wrapped her heavy blanket around her small form, and held her stuffed friends and other blanket to her chest. Even though she couldn’t read anything, even if the text was large, she just wanted to have company. After that hour was up, Ratchet opened his mouth to say something like ‘Go on, off to bed with you’, but thankfully he stopped himself. That was because while he was observing, Kelsey laid down in his hand, bundled up in her blanket, with the large pink elephant being her pillow. The little bunny was hugged to her.

Another sigh escaped him. At least she was sleeping.

Carefully, he moved his arm close to his metal chest, his hand with Kelsey nestled on top. One of his fingers on his opposite hand traced down the little form’s back which was padded with blankets. 'Uncle Ratchet’ didn’t mind it. He needed the company as well. Monitoring the screens could get lonely.