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novafire-is-thinking · 2 years ago
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Idealistic and Stubborn
In TFP, one of the defining aspects of Optimus’ characterization is his stubborn belief that Megatron is not lost—that he can overcome his lust for power.
By the end of Predacons Rising, he was proven correct, but there was very little beforehand that gave any indication that Megatron would change.
In spite of this, Optimus refused to believe Megatron had fallen beyond redemption.
Potential, Potential, Potential
“Everything always fools you,” Makeshift said. “Megatron was right about a lot of things, but he especially knew you. Naive, he said. Vulnerable because you keep on insisting that the best in bots might show through even when all the evidence is to the contrary. (Exiles)
Optimus views the world and other people in terms of their greatest potential for good. He can’t help but look beyond the present reality and see a perfect ideal. He then finds it nearly impossible to let go of this perfect ideal, no matter what reality looks like.
But I Can Change Him!
Peace with the ones with whom war had been waged for eons. . .The Autobots might have believed it to be impossible, but Optimus was willing to give it a try because whatever anyone else might say, he knew that Megatron wasn’t entirely evil. (Retribution)
There was absolutely nothing anyone could have said that would have convinced Optimus that Megatron was evil to his core. This strength of conviction made Optimus a force to be reckoned with. I can only assume that after a while, those under his leadership gave up trying to change his mind. They recognized his incredible strength of will as an asset to the Autobot cause, even if they didn’t agree with him when it came to Megatron.
“Idiotic” Instincts
What happened next was pure instinct. Optimus reached out and grabbed Megatron with one arm, then used his legs and other arm to climb, pulling them both out of the rising white water. A dazed Megatron looked around.
“What are you doing?” he yelled.
“Saving your life,” Optimus told him.
“You’re an idiot, librarian.”
“Thanks for your opinion,” Optimus said. (Retribution)
This was only one of several times Optimus could have ended Megatron’s life.
However, the belief that Megatron could and would change was so deeply embedded in Optimus’ psyche that even though he may have reasoned Megatron’s death was best, his instincts overrode everything.
At that point, Optimus was operating on the old assumption that there was still a part of Megatron left untainted by the lust for power. I believe some part of Optimus hoped that the act of saving Megatron’s life would make the warlord reevaluate things. Optimus was blind to the reality that Megatron’s purely opportunistic mindset would just see it as an opportunity to continue working toward his twisted personal vision.
More than once in TFP, we saw Optimus hesitate to kill Megatron when he could have done so and ended Megatron’s reign of chaos and destruction.
Optimus did eventually snap and confront Megatron as Unicron was awakening, but by then, it was too late. Megatron had grown too powerful from giving himself fully to the influence of Dark Energon and Unicron himself.
Responsibility vs. Hope
Megatron’s obsession with Unicron disturbs me. I see that he is convinced that awakening the monster would grant him the power he’s always desired. Only I know the absolute naivete of that assumption. Still, nothing I can say alters his course. You can tow a bot to knowledge, but you cannot make it think. He has had a taste for Dark Energon for a while now, and constant exposure to it only accelerates his departure into delusions. Must I wait for one of his aides to start an insurrection, as his madness increases? What is the likelihood? Starscream is too fearful, Shockwave is served well by Megatron no matter how insane, Airachnid has failed and must be considered out of play. Soundwave—well, who knows what goes through his mind since the war? The rest are too small-minded to organize a rebellion in a tack factory. No, it will not be any of them who topple him from his throne. Rightfully the deed is mine, though I did not make him into what he is; he was my friend, and once my brother. I would not see him fall farther, but at the same time, I find no way to hold him back other than by recruiting the humans to the Autobot cause, if not for our survival, then certainly for theirs. (CoP)
Megatron refused to allow anyone but himself be the one to kill Optimus. Similarly, Optimus believed the responsibility to stop Megatron fell on him alone.
For Optimus, there was a constant inner war between his sense of responsibility telling him he was the “right” one to stop Megatron, and his instincts rooted in idealism telling him that Megatron still had the potential for change.
When Strength Becomes Weakness
Optimus’ refusal to believe Megatron had fallen beyond redemption was closely tied to his difficulty unseeing potential and seeing things as they were. This stubborn idealism was one of Optimus’ greatest strengths and one of his worst weaknesses. It enabled him to survive the most brutal of circumstances, but it also enabled him to allow Megatron’s reign of terror to last much longer than it would have otherwise.
“Megatron has fallen, Optimus.”
“I cannot bring myself to believe that.”
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timethehobo · 5 months ago
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Lil Emmy prepping for another work week.
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monkawonka · 2 months ago
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🎉Popularity Contest 🎉 yipppeeeee
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All vash is good vash. But which ones your favourite?
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theythemmer · 2 months ago
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Parted from me and never parted. Never and always touching and touched.
#rant incoming#this is the longest i have spent on a piece in . i have genuinely no idea#this started out w me just doing a rough painting of the ta’al and then i was like . well damn now i wanna draw jim#and then when i was almost finished jim i was like . ever since i first saw this movie almost 12 years ago i have wanted to do a rendition-#- of this scene . but have never had the artistic skill to execute it how i wanted#so was like fuck it. guess we doing spock now#and then i agonised over logging and details and skin tones and fkn Fingerprints for days if not weeks#anyway all that to say#i put a lot of time and effort into this bc this movie is so dear to me#as are those two#and i am really proud of myself for finally doing this. i’ve wanted to for over a decade now . rlly nice personal win 4 me :))#anyway on another note heaven iowa by fob is jim’s song and you can argue with the wall!#ok yapping done time for a stupid amount of tags apologies in advance#star trek aos#aos spirk#aos kirk#aos spock#spirk#star trek#jim kirk#spock#how many tags does jim even have oh god#captain kirk#james t kirk#stid#star trek into darkness#star trek fanart#is there an official trekkie art tag or no i stay relatively out of the community bc i have imposter syndrome#god this is too much text it’s too late for this shit if i’m forgetting something im sorry ok gn hope this doesn’t completely flop lol#edit: JUST FOUND OUT VULCANS CANONICALLY HAVE TWO EYELIDS BRO I JUST ADDED THEM BC I THOUGHT IT MADE SENSE FOR THE DESERT KITTY PLSSSSSS
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seagull-scribbles · 2 years ago
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They’re out of time (cancelled)
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empiireans · 1 year ago
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they’re watching the meteor shower
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dollyyun · 3 months ago
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the sugar daddy!jay fic is for the daughters who were forced to be independent at a young age, the daughters who refuse help from anyone because they’re used to solving things on their own, the daughters who are completely burned out after years of being academic overachievers and have no idea how to deal with failure, the daughters who face existential crises after graduating from college, the independent daughters who actually yearn to be taken care of and to depend on someone else for once, and the daughters who really just want someone to tell them that they’re good enough and that they’re doing a great job, even if it’s the bare minimum <3
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queeny-v · 6 months ago
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Day 5 of Ppkm Week 2024 - Winter
I had so much fun participating in this week! This is my last post for it so I hope y’all like it! 💛
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Close ups!
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I like to imagine they’re on a school trip to Big Bear Lake that’s in California, it’s the only place I know of over there that snows every year lmao.
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simmersofia · 6 months ago
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Autumn Windenburg, an uncomfortable topic
Luna: Rohan, it’s so nice to see you again! Savannah, Sidney, hi!
Malcolm: Hi!
Rohan: Lu-Lu! And the gang! Malcolm, hi, man. What’s up?
M: Oh you know, the same old same.
Ro: Come on man, you always have the coolest stories. Tell us about your summer trip to Tartosa.
M: Oh, yeah. It was great. Lot’s of… sun.
Savannah: Holding out on us are you? Something crazy went down you don’t want to tell us about? Ohhh, a summer fling, perhaps? Come on, let’s hear it!
Lu: Guys, he was there with his family. I’m sure he was well-behaved. Right, Malcolm?
M: Yeah sure… ehum, Luna? You want a drink or something? I’m heading over to the bar.
Lu: Yeah, I’d love that. Surprise me, why don’t you?
M: Huh? Okay, sure. Be right back.
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fantasykiri5 · 3 months ago
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Update; I got back into working on charms today!
I had a busy last week or two and hadn’t really had a chance or the energy to start drawing this once since i finished Ayda, for reasons that frankly are a bit boring to go into detail about here, but I’m excited to get back into the swing of things now!
I’m really quite happy with his wings so far, i think i figured out a good method for drawing them >:3
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hanafubukki · 6 months ago
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YESSSS I FINISHED MY FIC 🥳🥳🥳
Going to let it marinate and then edit…later.
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akamikazae · 3 months ago
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Hey there!! I love your artstyle, can I request a lance McClain drawing? He's from Voltron! It's ok if not for any reason
And yeah! Thanks for taking requests and, well, creating art in general. It's very discouraging to artists to see how much society doesn't appreciate the work that goes into it (ai is a recent example...). And idk, seeing actual art is very nice/inspiring.
Have a great day/night!!
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Tysm my dear ❤︎₊⊹I very much appreciate it ~ Voltron has been on my watch list for ages !! I hope I did him justice !
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froggychair05 · 4 months ago
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What do you mean bakery au is a year old already…
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loopyarts · 1 year ago
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Day 7 free day Aceichiji
For my free day slot, I went insane and made a short scruffy kiss animation for them. :3c
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orykorioart · 2 years ago
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TAZ Sapphic Week Day 5: Haunted
Couldn’t finish what I originally scheduled for day 5 (so itll have to be pushed back), but I still wanted to have something. So let’s have a quick experimental Lureen (if that is the ship name?) angst! Because that little scene in the GN really got me 😔✌️.
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shroomerr · 6 months ago
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Doodles I did instead of homework
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