#dependence upon God

[kdmiller55]

A God Who Can Be Trusted

1 The sons of Judah: Perez, Hezron, Carmi, Hur, and Shobal. 2 Reaiah the son of Shobal fathered Jahath, and Jahath fathered Ahumai and Lahad. These were the clans of the Zorathites. 3 These were the sons of Etam: Jezreel, Ishma, and Idbash; and the name of their sister was Hazzelelponi, 4 and Penuel fathered Gedor, and Ezer fathered Hushah. These were the sons of Hur, the firstborn of Ephrathah,…

[ricky-mortis]

Curtwen Week Day 6: Happy Ending

[aroaceleovaldez]

Not to get pedantic (oh who am i kidding that’s most of this blog) but I am genuinely fascinated by the potential applications of the established canon in HoO and TOA that the gods canonically have both historic and regional forms, and can appear as specific versions of those forms and have kids of those specific forms, which influence what powers the kid has/what pantheon they fall under/etc etc (and also the implication that demigods can be born under multiple forms of a singular deity). This is somewhat backed up even earlier in the first series when we’re told that Percy has earthquake powers because of his father being Poseidon “The Earthshaker” (which is Mycenaean Poseidon) - which could also tie into why Percy generally takes leadership roles, is hopping in and out of the Underworld a lot, and is apparently particularly powerful for even just a Big 3 kid, since all that would line up with Mycenaean Poseidon being generally put at the head of the pantheon and also being a chthonic deity.

Now this gets really interesting when we start looking at deities being combined and conflated, because a.) the Romans weren’t the only ones doing that and b.) the Romans had their own gods originally, they didn’t just take the Greek ones and slap a new name on them. They merged a lot with their own preexisting deities alongside adopting worship of deities from other cultures as the Romans spread (and the Greeks also did this), and c.) the ancient Greeks and Romans did exist at the same time.

Like, we know in terms of the Greeks and Romans that if their godly parents are “equivalent” then their demigod children are siblings, just like if Greek demigods have the “same” godly parent then they are also siblings. However, very few Greco-Roman gods are one-to-one, and a lot are like three gods in a trench coat, and then if you want to get into historical forms then you can start running into weird things like “Well, if you go back far enough, these two Greek gods may have originated from the same thing-” and also if we’re talking historical forms, again, the Greeks and Romans existed at the same time! Which means there would be historic forms of godly parents that are both Greek and Roman! So like, where do we go from there? Would Hazel be equally siblings to a child of Plutus as she is to Nico because both Hades and Plutus were conflated into Pluto? Orcus was also conflated with Pluto - does that mean when Nico killed Bryce Lawrence, he was killing his half-brother? (cause then that parallels just a couple chapters later when Will faces off against Octavian-) Are there demigods who, depending on their godly parents’ form(s), are technically both a Greek and Roman demigod? If Hermes and Pan possibly originated from the same god, does that mean all the satyrs are siblings with the Hermes kids? If we want to get into all the nonsense of Dionysus’ origins and Zagreus and Hades, does that mean Nico is technically siblings with Dionysus kids? Does Dionysus joke about this during their therapy sessions? Are some demigods in certain cabins siblings with kids in other cabins but each others’ siblings aren’t siblings depending on what form their godly parents were in?

I have a headache now.

[realbeefman]

i just think the idea of. house, who always takes, who can be so deeply selfish, literally giving his blood, giving himself to feed vampire!wilson and wilson, who is so repressed, who bends over backwards to accommodate everyone around him finally taking, indulging, savoring the flavor of love on his tongue. “blooddrinking is a doing verb” or whatever the quote is

[lets-try-some-writing]

I can't imagine the kids going along with being forced to be human. They're all troublemakers and they'd end up teaming together one way or another—through hell or high water. Rafael would hack into Miko's ankle monitor and get her to help him somehow turn back into a Cybertronian (whether that be enlisting Optimus's help or figuring it out themselves). They'd get Jack out of his house but I feel like he'd be slightly nervous and against it but ultimately he'd agree. They'd turn themselves into their Cybertronian counterparts and go help Optimus (if they didn't break him out first). Their trust would be broken and they'd only want to be around Optimus and gods, does that make him even more feral. Overall I can't see anyway that the kids wouldn't rebel and end up becoming who they feel comfortable as. Optimus would never let them go again and, in turn, the kids almost never leave his side. Megatron ends up battling his mortal enemy while swatting away three angry sparklings that started biting his ankles.

Sidenote, I really love your writing! I adore it ❤️. You've inspired me to get back into writing for the fandom (I write creatively but haven't done any transformers posts in a very, very long time). So, thank you! Please keep doing what you're doing and have fun!

Thank you so much for the request and your kind words! I can't believe that my writing has inspired you enough to get back into writing for the transformers fandom. I wish you all the best and I hope you like what I have come up with for you!

Enough is Enough

Surprisingly it would be Rafael to snap first. After weeks if not months of being so alone and scared, he would finally break under the pressure and throw away his reservations. After coming to terms with his decision, Rafael would pack up anything of importance that could help him achieve his goals and then leave a note for his family telling them of his intention to leave. It would hurt him to leave everything behind, but the pain would quickly be thrown aside at the thought of enduring the hell that has become his life for the remainder of his days.

He would leave under the cover of darkness and take up residence in an abandoned building while he worked on getting into contact with Miko. She would respond quickly and after a day or two of planning, Rafael would hack into her ankle monitor, turning it off and allowing her to move undetected. She would then take her few personal belongings, leaving a note for her foster and biological parents which would lead them to believe she had run away. She would then and join Rafael in hiding while they continued figuring out their plan of action.

By this point the Autobots would have begun to search for them at the behest of Agent Fowler. But they would ultimately be unable to locate Rafael and Miko without deploying Optimus, something they would refuse to do lest they stress him more. After a few days of searching, the Autobots would eventually return their attention to dealing with the Decepticons. The Autobots would also take great care to not let Optimus in on the absence of Rafael and Miko, even going so far as to have Jack, June, and Agent Fowler swear to secrecy on the matter to slow the effects of the Prime's rapidly deteriorating sanity.

Despite their best efforts, it would not take long for Optimus to catch on to the fact that something is amiss and start quietly trying to figure out the cause. The Prime would eventually drag the truth out of one or both of his younglings. He would in turn immediately want to go on a manhunt for his missing sparklings, something both his younglings would eagerly want to aid him with as neither are happy about their siblings being taken away and Optimus being kept in chains. This would lead to a quiet alliance forming between Optimus, Bumblebee, and Smokescreen. Without the rest of the team knowing, Bumblebee and Smokescreen would start letting Optimus out of his bonds and the base when the others are busy.

During this time Rafael and Miko would have begun to form the bare bones of their plan. Their plan would be to use the Decepticons as a distraction, a way to lure most of the Autobots out of base so that they could get access to the relic which originally turned them into sparklings. However before they could do that, they would need to somehow get Jack on their side.

The issue is not getting to his house, but instead somehow getting past Jack's mother. After some debate, Miko would slip Jack a phone either at school or through his window late at night. Jack would be suspicious as hell, but after locking himself in the bathroom and running the shower to make it seem like he is doing something else, he would turn on the phone. One contact would turn up, and out of pure curiosity and a desire to have something secret from his mother, Jack would call the contact.

Rafael and Miko would pick up and after calming Jack down from his initial panic due to their disappearances, let him in on their plans. Jack would be hesitant, but after June knocks on the door of the bathroom demanding he answer her and come out, he would mostly out of fear, agree to talk with them again later and discuss things in more detail. Upon returning home from both school and the Autobot base, Jack would wait until late at night and call Jack and Miko again. He would express his anger at their sudden disappearances and break down crying about how much it scared him, especially after having already lost Optimus. Miko and Rafael would be incredibly understanding, and after a few hours of intense argument back in forth, convince him to take the leap alongside them.

He would pack up that very night, and after looking at his mother one final time in mixed hatred and lingering love, he would leave the home he had grown up in to meet with his friends and siblings at their base of operations. Together the children would lay low for around a week to allow June to panic and the Autobots a moment to search and once again eventually redirect their efforts.

During this week long period, Optimus would slip out of his bonds with the aid of his younglings and sneak out to search for his sparklings. After listening the June's account and looking at all the evidence, Optimus would manage to put together the general location of the children and start searching more thoroughly. Perhaps due to the remnant bonds he had with the children, Optimus would find their hiding place and see his sparkling for the first time in months without bonds.

It would be an incredibly emotional moment between a Caretaker and his sparklings. They would spend several hours together, crying, hugging, and reaffirming their bonds. Of course Optimus would eventually be required to return to base in order to keep up appearances, but it would be extraordinarily difficult for him to leave them again. Optimus would only head back to base after being let in on the children's plan and being reminded that if all goes according to the plan, they will be together again soon.

The Grand Plan

The children would send out a false signal to the Decepticons, luring them away from their warship and leading the Autobots to head out to investigate as well. Optimus would assist in the plan by purposefully messing with orders, sending out every bot in base except him and his younglings to address the threat. He would also give an excuse to get Agent Fowler and June to get them to leave base. And with all the pieces in place, Optimus would ground bridge the children into base.

Smokescreen would be charged with stalling for time and keeping the team busy for as long as possible while Bumblebee would assist Optimus in setting up the necessary instruments to activate the relic once more. Their moment of opportunity would be small and so hesitation would not be an option. The children would be given only moments to finalize their decision to return to Cybertronian form before the process would commence. However they would have also prepared a recorded message before hand for Agent Fowler and June to keep the government from coming down on the Autobots helms.

And mere moment before both the team and the humans arrive, Optimus would activate the relic, returning his sparklings to their true forms.

The Aftermath

The team would be too shocked to do much, but honestly they wouldn't mind the children's choice or Optimus helping them return to being sparklings. In fact they would be overjoyed at Optimus's rapidly increasing mental stability after having his sparklings returned to him. The only reason they returned the children to human form in the first place being due to the threat of war from the humans. Agent Fowler would just be tired above all else, especially after receiving the children's recorded message and playing it. He would sigh, prepare his report, and begin to process of coming up with a false story to cover for the "deaths" and "disappearances" of three human children.

As for June... it wouldn't be pretty. She would go ballistic and she and Optimus would be at each other's throats for months after the matter. She would not do anything rash like reveal the Autobots to the public as that could harm her son as well. But she would certainly try everything in her power to get the military on her side. However she would be left without aid from the government as the message recorded by the children gave their consent to the use of the relic.

Eventually, she and Optimus would be forced to sit down together and would come to an agreement on the matter of the sparklings after one too many fights. Optimus would retain complete and total custody of his sparkling in accordance to Cybertronian laws, granting him the right to raise them and teach them as he sees fit. But in return, June would be allowed the rights of a secondary Caretaker. This would grant her the ability to visit with her son for a few hours every week and be allowed a say in any major decisions regarding Jack. Of course the final decision would still lay with Optimus, but June would have some degree of authority, and according to Cybertronian law, be capable of taking custody of the sparklings if she can prove Optimus incapable with evidence and eye witnesses.

As for Optimus and his sparklings? They wouldn't separate for weeks after the change. The wounds left by their separation still fresh and the fear of being forced apart again still very real. They would undergo basic therapy with Ratchet for separation anxiety. But in the meantime, Megatron would be forced to deal with three sparklings hurling rocks at him from a distance while Optimus bashes his face in.

[myfictionalfables]

Making my own TFP AU and making all the designs rather than the lore and rewriting bits of the story

[sarosenna]

Did Aryan Simhadri have a growth spurt between filming episodes 3 and 5 or is it just Grover's gradually emerging confidence?

[autism-corner]

Goddamn

[gorror-whorror]

(stares at wall) pearl. was a good film.

[ghwosty]

an older coworker (I think she's in her mid-late 50's) just gifted me some vintage from the 80's doc martens?? just bc she's been wanting to clean out her closet?

Hello??

[kdmiller55]

The Mighty Men of David

8 These are the names of the mighty men whom David had: Josheb-basshebeth a Tahchemonite; he was chief of the three. He wielded his spear against eight hundred whom he killed at one time. 9 And next to him among the three mighty men was Eleazar the son of Dodo, son of Ahohi. He was with David when they defied the Philistines who were gathered there for battle, and the men of Israel withdrew.…

[swimmingferret]

in regards to your poll, vermithor would also be a great choice and really thematically resonant as you pointed out, but the idea of rhaena - traditionally feminine, soft spoken compared to her twin, the sister that's more often overlooked - claiming the unhinged Fuck All of Ya'll dragon that eats other dragons for sport is really fucking funny and I'd love to see it

yea! like I was first thinking Vermithor since he's such an icon of the first solid step of the Targaryen rule and even in the current asoiaf books Jaehaerys is still regarded as the greatest Targaryen king, but Cannibal is just so unhinged and having him devour Sunfyre, who Aegon made his golden banner after, would be so fitting

Also toying with the idea Rhaena even offers Morning's egg to the Cannibal to distract him long enough for her to climb onto him, and then she just has to hang on as he goes postal when she jumps up onto his neck. (like you know Avatar where to be chosen and tame a Banshee it would attack them first? sorta like that)

Rhaena: *climbing up the Dragonmont* alright I must tame a dragon to help my family in this growing war, especially after Rook's Rest. Hopefully Vermithor is near, as he would be used to humans so he would be a safer option than the wild Sheepstealer or Grey Ghost. Or even Silverwing, as she had a female rider so she may be more partial to me.

Cannibal: *hanging off the side of the mountain and blending into the volcanic glass that she nearly runs into him*

Rhaena: ...fuck it, we ball

[caesarsaladinn]

you know I am beginning to suspect that I have Problems. like half a dozen various Problems Syndromes. mostly but not solely psychological. just a generally poor constitution. yes it’s very silly and humiliating and stupid. and et cetera and so forth. sorry man.

[tsubasaclones]

me but about tsubasa

[strangeandun-muse-ual]

what is your core theme?

the creator

your existence is to make. it fulfils you. there is joy in making, bringing something from nothing. you create to fill a void, you pull from thousands of inspirations encircling your mind to birth something all your own. it is yours. you care for it. you love it. you make it into the best it can be, you guide it into your image. you pray that it does not stray and you fear it falling into the wrong hands. but you cannot hover over your creations forever. they must become their own, too. a creation can only withstand so much control from its god, but you know a god's people cannot hear their god cry out in anguish when they stray from its image. have mercy on your subjects and they will repay you in kind. your painting is "return of the prodigal son" by rembrandt van rijn.

[riggedbones]

my most toxic of art opinions will always be related to my tendency to dislike wildly inaccurate or poorly researched animal traits or whatever. like esp when u give a humanoid character them. i love doing research and looking at references and i cannot imagine not doing any of that.