#bot rambles

[nonbinarynerdbot]

Okay, but I just read the novel (written by the same guy that wrote the movie) and when he’s in the Pit of Despair (called the Zoo of Death in the book), he’s being routinely tortured, every day after he’s healed from his wounds. The torture is insanely vicious because Rugen is a sociopathic bastard, and the literal only thing that keeps him sane is focusing on Buttercup and how much he loves her.

Rugen notices this — the dissociation that Westley is using to survive the torture — and the Machine is a hundred times more cruel and involved in the book. It makes it impossible for him to remove himself from the moment, impossible to focus on his true love, and it leads to the only moment in the book (and in his life, according to Buttercup) that he cries. He is broken by finally being unable to remember Buttercup and her beauty, her love.

The exact backstory of what happens to him on the ship is still delivered in a lighthearted matter, but the details of the training he puts himself through for years on the farm, and then years on his journey are much more detailed, and it’s clear that his devotion to Buttercup runs so deep that it saves him, and also kills him.

Buttercup’s life is also much more detailed, and the movie really glazes over just how screwed up Humperdinck and Buttercup’s relationship is. She’s forced into an engagement that she gets no choice in, forced to go through years of training that she doesn’t want to go through, while still holding onto her independence as much as possible. Humperdinck doesn’t care for her, he uses her as a pawn throughout the entire book/film.

Buttercup is described as being the most beautiful woman in the world, and Humperdinck uses her as a pawn. He’s actually HAPPY that she survives the kidnapping because it makes it so much more impactful when he sees just how much his subjects care for Buttercup and her kindness. She’s a Princess by training and technicality, but she insists on walking with the people of Florin because she knows exactly what they go through, and she sees no reason to stay separate on the castle balcony. Her death — if it had happened the way it was planned to — would have lead not only to Humperdinck pressing for war, but the people of Florin as well.

Westley is valid in his anger, his feelings of betrayal, and his belief that Buttercup had not only moved on from his death, but went on to get engaged to someone who was richer than he could have been had his plans worked out. His reactions to Buttercup (especially in the book) are over the top. He’s angry, he’s spent the last five years being a pirate, violence becoming the default reaction. He shouldn’t have taken it out on Buttercup the way he did, and he should have communicated before she tried to (rightfully) kill him by pushing him into the ravine.

However. Buttercup makes it VERY clear in their conversation that she isn’t happy about the marriage, that she doesn’t love him, that they agreed that there is no love in their marriage, it’s a marriage of convenience. She snaps at him, yells at him, gets upset and violent herself in anger at his dismissal of her feelings. *That* is the reason he cries out to her, the reason he reveals who he is to her. The feelings of anger and betrayal dissipate almost immediately at her display of dedication, of her own defense of her love for (what she thinks is) a dead man.

Should they have *EXTENSIVE* conversations about what happened? Oh hell yeah. Absolutely. The feelings they both had should be discussed and laid out, understanding each other’s lives for the five years they were separated. We don’t get that scene, but their love for each other implies (at least to me) that their actions can/will be talked through. That after Westley gets Inigo established as Dread Pirate Roberts and the two find a place to settle, they will live their happily ever after with a deeper understanding of each other and the sacrifices they’re willing to make for each other in the face of death, of adversity.

In "The Princess Bride", Westley is (forgive this phrasing, I mean it relatively fondly) "a petty bitch of a man", but I can kind of see where he's coming from giving Buttercup a hard time at the beginning. It's a very human thing to have a temper.

He went off to seek his fortune and was attacked by pirates, which I assume was a bloody and unpleasant experience. He had to beg for his life and spent a long time as their captive, threatened with death every single day, even if it later turned into a less serious morbid joke. Life on the crew of the most famous pirate in the world was presumably pretty harsh at times and he worked his ass off training himself up to be worth feeding and keeping alive, then to be able to hold his own in this new life. Piracy is hardly a very safe profession.

For all we know, Westley did attempt to send letters home, but he probably had to work hard to scrounge up the money for it and find someone semi-legitimate willing to carry it, and this is hardly an era of reliable mail. He probably had to just hope that Buttercup 1) wouldn't hear the news of his first ship's destruction and/or 2) would trust in his love for her enough to know that he was alive and fighting to come back.

When Westley finally becomes the Dread Pirate Roberts, he's still stuck with the former Dread Pirate Roberts for a little while, and then he has a pirate crew who have expectations of him. He cannot sail the damn ship himself. It probably took a lot of work, threats and persuasion and the slow building of trust, in order to get a ship full of men to eventually take him back to Florin. Like, would he even have told them about Buttercup? (It would be funny if there's a crew of pirates out there cheering Westley on in True Love.) Would he have had to promise them some reward?

He also went out in the world to make his fortune and he already knows that he's dreadfully late, so maybe his position is, "Okay, I will build up trust with my crew by building up our fortunes, WHILE slowly but surely moving back across the world in the direction of Florin so that I can see the love of my life again. This hellish experience traveling all over the damn world will all have been worth it for her."

It's possible that Westley was mostly having silly pirate adventures worthy of a comedic operetta, but based on the tragedies of Inigo and Fezzik's own backstories, this world is not actually that nice. Westley is being flippant and lighthearted when he later summarizes things for Buttercup, but he does seem to be one to make light of / ignore his personal suffering. I do think that he did probably make some friendships through this hardship and had some good experiences along the way, especially near the end, but I also think that the beginning of his journey must have been really shit.

So, Westley fights hard to get back home, then lands somewhere in Florin and is on his way back to the farm, but then finds out from some random villagers (or Buttercup's parents) that his shitty former prince is marrying an incomparably beautiful milkmaid named Buttercup. Like...? The love of his life didn't wait for him (she thought he was dead and is also being forced into this, so that Humperdink can murder her to start a war, Buttercup did nothing wrong) and traded up for some SHITHEAD PRINCE??? That has to HURT. (And Westley does not like admitting to feeling pain!)

Even if he loves mischief and drama, Westley is being an unnecessarily huge jerk when he kidnaps Buttercup away from her kidnapping, but also yeah, I see how his temper might be running hot. He's struggling with the fact that his True Love might have moved on after he's probably been using her memory as a thin rope of sanity for years.

[nonbinarynerdbot]

So I did a thing and wrote a Penumbra fic. Basically I’ve had season 2 brain rot and couldn’t stop thinking about how the THEIAs work and how they would leave an effect even after they were gone. I’m working on one for the psychological effects but I cranked out a chronic illness hurt/comfort fic for the physical effects.

I wasn’t gonna make a post about it but @seth-silver-ink beta’d for me and asked me to so 🤪🤪🤪

[doomdoomofdoom]

Kamala Harris does want "transgender surgery on illegal aliens that are in prison", btw.

So since Trumpists are getting mad enough about the jokes to actually cite their sources, I thought I'd put the source out into my left extremist commie faggot echo chamber, too.

The claim originates from an ACLU questionnaire she filled out for her 2020 presidential candidacy, specifically this section:

She wasn't given a new questionnaire for 2024, and has stated that while her policy on some things may have changed, her values had not. (This most likely means she moved more to the center to appease larger demographics and cut corners to reach compromises. The basic politician stuff.)

It boils down to this: If you're in prison, whether for "illegal" immigration or other crimes, you rely on the state to provide you with necessary amenities, like food and health care. Her argument isn't "hell yeah everyone in prison should get sex changes for free". It's "gender affirming surgery is a necessary medical procedure. If you are in the states care while this becomes necessary, the state should provide it." If you're outraged by your tax money being used on this, consider the massive amount of people being incarcerated in for-profit prisons, on your dime. Then ask yourself if maybe a prison reform might be in order.

Worth noting: In 2015, while Attorney General, Kamala Harris actually argued against providing gender-affirming surgery to an incarcerated trans woman, claiming that HRT and psychotherapy were sufficiently covering her medical needs. She has since obviously changed her stance and assumed responsibility. (I would like to take this moment to remind my fellow left extremist commie faggots that "willingness to learn and rethink your views" is infinitely more valuable than "perfect from the start and unwilling to listen to anyone")

Also found in the source: This image of Kamala Harris participating in the 2019 San Francisco Pride Parade, wearing what I believe to be a sequin rainbow embroidered denim jacket.

I encourage you to read the provided CNN article and the answers to the ACLU questionnaire, as they give great insight into her values.

TLDR: Based.

[nonbinarynerdbot]

Rock man. Geo = geology = rock = pyura chilensis = rock soup

assign the poor innocent fool you reblogged this from a fursona

if they already have a fursona you gotta give them a new one

[mysticfoxdesigns]

The sailors say when the storms roll in, a mysterious giant robot appears. Guiding lost ships back to shore, and then disappearing once more into the mist.

Everyone thinks that it is just a sea tale, a message of hope for when sailors are stuck in storms. Come on, a giant robot that takes ships back to shore? That's science fiction.

But what if it wasn't a story.

[tfp-is-my-lifeblood-lol]

Can we talk about this Rescue Bots episode (Spellbound) because I need to appreciate how TERRIFYING it is??? Especially considering it's cannon in the Aligned Universe. This is some A+ horror.

Like damn, some of Griffin Rock's technology is more powerful than even the Decepticon's tech.

Can you IMAGINE if those creepy mind-control cell phones were used in TFP?

Legit mind control that effects humans AND Cybertronians?

And it's SO UNSETTLINGLY subtle, too. The victim's voices sound like their normal selves but just SLIGHTLY off. *shutter* The voice actors did such a good job.

Just IMAGINE that in Prime.

I feel like Optimus would probably be immune (because the Matrix of Leadership is goated) but can you imagine the Jasper Trio getting mind-controlled, and all their guardians + Ratchet know SOMETHING is off, but not what? Then, slowly, the mind control spreads to the Bots? Or vice versa, the Bots go first, and the humans are like: "Something's up with my guardian."

Kinda wild that Invasion of the Body Snatchers shit 100% exists in TFP's world. Felt like I needed to acknowledge that.

Is this gonna be my next TFP headcanons post? Feeling inspired.🤔

[scarapanna]

I liked your art, you won🎉🎉🎉

WE WON NO REDEMPTION WAHOOOOO/silly

I'm still terrified of the redemption route for this clown though hdhghfg, I want his silly self to stay evil and wimsy and goofy and with redemption uhhh

We're like

I dunno I'm sooo scared devsis is gonna take away that aspect which is what makes him just so funnn. Please pretty please let him be god awful and rotten and rude and goofy if you take that route Devisis I want him to keep his funny wimsy qualities. Please please pleaseeee write him well y'all are doing sooo good with him don't fumble by taking the redemption route (And if they do it better be good and he better stay chaotic and goofy and sassy and condescending and all his "rotten rabid thing" qualities)

If they do him (And his fun aspects justice in this dreaded hypotetical) then I may be cool with it. Though the mean ass possum has grown on me so much I'd 100% miss that evil and unhinged part of him TONS, devsis have mercy pretty please/silly

[Longer more insane ramblings are in the tags hsfhfhhv]

[llumimoon]

THEY WERE NOT KIDDING ABT THE BOT NAMES LEVELING UP R YOU KIDDING

PLUMP UROLOGIST????????????

[cutieacefuck]

I hate that I have to report this scantily clad postman, even if he is appreciable

[cynthiadasorceress]

Imagine if Cody was in TFP

I can vividly imagine this scene

Cody, walking into the base: Hey guys, come meet my new friend!

Megatron: Greetings.

[nonbinarynerdbot]

rules — shuffle your “on repeat playlist” and list the first ten songs, then tag ten people

@seth-silver-ink is responsible lol

1.) Milk Milk Lemonade - The Stupendium

2.) Parachute - Liel Bar-Z

3.) Cannibal - Naethan Apollo

4.) Shade Me - Rockit Music

5.) Dance Like the Devil - Rockit Music, Vinny Noose

6.) Revenge Party - Mean Girls the Musical

7.) I’ll Sleep When I’m Dead - Set It Off

8.) Cecily Smith - Will Connolly

9.) In My Apartment - Phillip Labes

10.) Good For You - Dear Evan Hansen

This was actually fun, I need to check my notifications more often lol

(Seth already tagged the people I would have lol)

[primamchorus]

jfc, they're actually waiting out making accounts now. FUCK OFF.

[vic-does-battlecats]

Ik that the Erins will not handle her well at all but I’m so interested in Moonpaw’s sister as a character actually (Maybe more so than actual Moonpaw tbh…).

The writing of the book and even the warriors website treats her as if she’s Completely Evil (going so far as to literally name a character trait of hers as ‘malevolent’ on the website) but like… This isn’t just an evil spooky spirit cat being evil just Because. This is the ghost of a kid who never got to grow up properly, never was properly parented, who had to live vicariously through watching and interacting with Moonpaw when she was a kitten. She had nobody else who could hear her, no other contact with anyone else. And Thunderclan refused to even acknowledge she EXISTED whatsoever, even hiding it from Moonpaw herself. So when Moonpaw suddenly needs to focus without someone chatting to her all the time, and begins to treat her sister like a nuisance and literally begins ignoring her… it would make sense that said sister, who basically has the mindset of a jealous, hurt, abandoned kid, would be mad about it. This is her ONE CONNECTION WITH ANYONE. So her being all ‘if I can’t be with you in your world, you’ll be with me in mine’ makes sense. Moonpaw is all she has. I’m on your side voicepaw….

[ajtheram]

And now I'm attacking Cody with these-

Also another headcannon that I've mentioned previously on this account: Cody doesn't get much sleep due to rescues, school, and stress. And he will never tell his family. Ever. It gets out some other way in the far future

[transformers-spike]

I feel like this is how Cybertronians handle humans - we are ugly/cute to them and they would absolutely die for us despite our short lifespan

[findafight]