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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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series master post
#transformers prime#maccadam#tfp#tfp optimus prime#tfp orion pax#tfp character analysis#tfp meta#aligned continuity#tf aligned novels#tf exiles#tf retribution#the covenant of primus#the one and only op ❤️💙#who is TFP Optimus? series#long post#nova’s nerding out again#it’s been almost 4 months since I wrote anything for this series#but I’m hoping to finish it this week
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Lil Emmy prepping for another work week.
#dragon age#dragon age the veilguard#DAtV#Emmrich volkarin#my art#tiny lil Professor getting a restful weekend before a work week of teaching and watched duties#keep him in your pocket as yall go about your week too#have a good and safe one#just a small chibi today cos I’m having a dissociative spell#and I can’t quite function as much as I want to with the right head on#he’s still on my mind just rotating in there hehe#gonna be finishing a number of comms this week#hope I can be as productive as the professor
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🎉Popularity Contest 🎉 yipppeeeee




All vash is good vash. But which ones your favourite?
#Trigun#trigun manga#trigun maximum#trigun stampede#trigun 98#trigun badlands rumble#vash the stampede#vash the humanoid typhoon#vash the babygirl#trigun vash#monka mumbles#im genuinely curious#I’d pick manga just cuz I really like the vibes and the outfits and also cuz the outfit#but I also really like vash at the end of stampede. specifically when the hair goes up#I hope his hair stays spiked for the rest of the series. I just really like the spikes#there’s no way this hasent been done before but I’m still gonna make a poll cuz I#well. I just finished the manga last week and I’m still not okay that’s why#I also really like stampedes arm design! it’s very fun
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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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They’re out of time (cancelled)
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#rottmnt#out of touch turts day#leonardo hamato#donatello hamato#raphael hamato#michaelangelo hamato#april o'neil#casey jones#cassandra jones#hamato yoshi#master splinter#Lou jitsu#oh no the anime process! no body stopped it they’re evolved even more into anime creachers#PLEASE SOMEONE HELP THEM BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE#I started this back when I was doing the 2007 one and I’m so glad I got up to the line art finished because I had no time for art this week#but my friend said this has been the one she was most looking forward too and she deserves a win this week so I got up early HERE THEY BE#she hasn’t seen the movie yet and asked who was infront of Leo and I said a surprise xxx#we’re halfway through season 2 we’ll finish rise soon im sure cx#I didn’t study the style for colouring as much on this so I hope it is okay#BUT I have learnt that less shading with angular lines can be fun and just as effective#ralh isn’t as tall and I remembered him being but I’m pretty sure I got the proportions right? hmm#…..just got deja vu when uploading this….
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they’re watching the meteor shower
#and then a red shard event happens and plummets into them-#i’m slash jaying#anyways i was gonna post the theater husbands but i realized i won’t have time ti finish it today#i’ll finish it and hopefully post it by the end of the week tho#anyways happy valentine’s and galentine’s and palentine’s day!!!#hopeful steward#sky moth#sky cotl moth#sky children of the light#sky cotl#sky children of the light fanart#sky cotl fanart
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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
#ruby’s yaps#may or may not have described me lmao#i’ve just finished writing the dialogues. so only left the storyline descriptions and details and etc to be written#icl i teared up writing the dialogue for this specific scene bc damn it hit me right in the gut#i hope yall will like it🙏🏻#you will absolutely love jay in this🙏🏻#A WHOLE GREEN FOREST#i’m hoping to post next week#also it has 14 scenes in total and i hope they can all fit into one fic😭
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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! 💛
Close ups!


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.
#I absolutely LOVE how this piece came out#sadly I didn’t have the motivation to finish the final two prompts again this year#I’m kinda experiencing burnout#however I really do hope y’all liked all the ppkm art I contributed this year!#thank y’all for the likes and comments on them 💛#Butterfly Soup#Butterfly Soup 2#Butterfly Soup Akarsha#Butterfly Soup Noelle#Butterfly Soup Fanart#PpkmWeek2024#Ppkm Week 2024#Ppkm#my artwork#queenyv
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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.
#the pastel gang vs. the glitter gang ✨#who’d win in a throw down?#i have actually just finished prepping all the party scenes and i’m so excited!!#hope you guys like them 🙈#i think they’re fun!#i’m probably gonna post twice a week but we’ll see#sims 4#ts4#mslashw#luna villareal#malcolm landgraab#greta laurent#rohan elderberry#savannah price#sidney price
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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
#My art#my charms#my wips#wip#Grian#grian fanart#grian hermitcraft#not tagging more than that I’m too lazy and it’s a wip anyways#But my point!! Is that the hermitcraft and life series grian designs are in the works and i hope to finish them in the next few days; if-#-not then some time next week#Then that’ll be the first 10 complete! I was planning to order the first batch of stock then#I still probably will but I also haven’t entirely figured out what to do in regards to international shipping; haven’t had a chance to go-#-to the post office and ask and the USPS website is IMPOSSIBLE to fucking navigate or find answers on and there’s no fucking email where-#-you can ask questions it drives me NUTS#But anyways. After the grians are done it’s a BIG MILESTONE!!! And I’m excited!!#Afterwords I’m gonna do Mary Ann Scuttle and then Pearl (and the other Joels); I’m gonna keep following ‘most requested’ for MCYTs but-#-after Mary Ann I’m gonna finish out the Bad Kids set before moving on to other NPCs#Just because i want to put them under the same listing so i can sell the whole set discounted :]#EVENTUALLY the lifers and hermits will probably end up in two big groups like that too so i can offer other discount sets for them#I’d love to have Imp and Skizz as a set discounted; I’ll prolly do some others too#But yeah :} I’m excited!! The ball is rolling again!!
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YESSSS I FINISHED MY FIC 🥳🥳🥳
Going to let it marinate and then edit…later.
#hanas thoughts#I’m so happy I finally finished it#been working on this fic the last few months on and off and been fighting with the last 10 percent a couple weeks now#but it’s done!!#it’s finally done#theres stuff that doesn’t meet my standards but my standards are high and they’ll never be met anyways#so this is good enough!!#ahhhh I’m so happy#I really hope you guys enjoy it 💞💞
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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!!

Tysm my dear ❤︎₊⊹I very much appreciate it ~ Voltron has been on my watch list for ages !! I hope I did him justice !
#ask#doodle requests#Voltron#lance mcclain#artists on tumblr#kaz draws#kaz!300 milestone#also pawsomecreature is so right!! SUPPORT YOUR ARTISTS WRITERS AND CREATORS !!!#if you sent me an doodle req I’m still working on it - I promise- I did these bc I had the time#and then of course life said jk nvm lol- hoping to finish up the rest this week/next !!#thank you again !!!!#pawsomecreature#<3
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What do you mean bakery au is a year old already…
#minecraft story mode#mcsm jesse#mcsm lukas#bakery au#going by the date I created the google doc for my notes and the date I finished my first comic for it#I didn’t post it until the week after though because I wanted to solidify more thoughts on it#but uh. yeah. a year.#thank you so so much to everyone supporting me#I know I say it all the time but I really love and appreciate you all#this story is very dear to my heart and I’m glad so many people are enjoying it just as much as I am#I wanted to have the next chapter out today but that didn’t work out 😔#that’s okay though it’ll be worth the wait (I hope)#my art
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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
#one piece#vinsmoke ichiji#portgas d ace#aceichiji#ichiji x ace#Ichiji#Ace#vinshippingweek2024#vinsmoke shipping week#my art#fan animation#Yes I know this absolutely rough and scruffy but hey I did all of this animation all in one day I’m insane.#By no attention that I forgot some of Ace accessories. OvO’) Also yes I know I can’t draw Ace for dirt let me live.#Although I do like some of panel shots mainly the beginning ones. But overall I did the best I could with the time that I gave myself.#Even though I’m not really a bit Aceichiji shipper myself I know a certain someone will enjoy it. Hint hint. ;3#Hooray I had manage to finish all of my pieces for Vinship week before the end of May. :D#He he of course I made two ships pieces for Ichiji he’s is my favourite after all. >v<‘)#Also to everyone who participated in Vinshippingweek great job and I hope you all had fun doing this event. ^v^)
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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 😔✌️.
#i suppose this could also be interpreted as Lupcretia#Bc the ghostly figure is intentionally vague and distorted. So it’s up to your interpretation!#This... feels too angsty for Sapphic week. I’m sorry yall. Next days will be very cute dont worry#but then again the bingo does include Betrayal and Haunted. which are ripe for angst#taz sapphic week#taz#the adventure zone#tazb#taz balance#lucretia#maureen miller#anw. I had fun doing this. now back into my internship report woo (crying)#hopefully i will have time before i go to sleep to finish more for day 6 & 7#also I hope the ID is okay - I’m not sure how I would best describe whatever this is#is Impressionistic even the right Art Movement. Its been three years since I touched that stuff.
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Doodles I did instead of homework
#i am procrastinating so badly on this assignment that’s like a week late#and another one that’s 3 weeks behind#one of them is actually South Park related that I’m hoping to finish over the weekend#gonna post a wip of it sooooonish maybe#anyways do I tag them all#sure why not#butters stotch#kyle broflovski#kenny mccormick#stan marsh#craig tucker#leslie meyers#wendy testaburger#ike broflovski#south park#shroomer's sketches !#shroomer's archives: south park#shroomer's art !
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