#especially when he was like ‘and if people don’t like us? so what?’ GODDDDDDD I [REDACTED] HIM

[acebytaemin]

hanji saying he’s got so much anger in himself and toned down bounce back as much as he could… RELEASE ITTTTT (the anger) I BEG

[taegularities]

let me start by saying I apologize for the novel I’m about to write.

RIDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD

OH MY FUCKING GODDDDDDD

this was. hands down. the best chapter so far. and I am NOT just saying that bc IT finally happened, ok?

like… everything about it was so beautiful and I usually hate pregnancy scares/arcs but it didn’t feel out of place or forced at all and oh my GOD jungkook !!! like I cried literally the whole way through from when she went missing until the end of the chapter. I didn’t think it was possible to physically feel how much two fictional characters loves another but you did it, Rid. you have breathed so much life into them that I felt like it was playing out right in front of me.

and even before the angst when it’s just them appreciating being together after the move, it was so wonderful to read. sometimes stories get boring when the drama ebbs but it isn’t like that with them bc their emotions are just beautiful to see play out.

and then… you sly cutie… he finally fucking SAID it. and it was so worth the wait of course, and it just made me cry so hard bc I think we all need to hear that right? that even if we stay broken forever someone will still love us? and more importantly SHE needed to hear that. and she better say it back after that stunt she pulled 👊🏼

also usually I don’t really think of the real life counterpart when reading fanfics, at least not unless it’s meant to be set in our world. but this chapter was so jungkook, wasn’t it?

like… in the bathroom scene, when he’s asking to be let in and telling her he’s gonna stay I started thinking about how that’s what his lives are for us, ya know? at least I know for me when i’m at my lowest and metaphorically locked in a bathroom I get that notification and it’s exactly like him knocking on my door. and even the ily confession just reminded me so much of things he’s actually said about him wanting us to be happy and that he loves us unconditionally. maybe I just miss the real jungkook too much… either way. you’re characterization is magical and I will probably never move on from him.

I feel like I actually have so much more to say but my brain isn’t spitting it out… i’m sure i’ll be back.

also, not to brag(?) but these last few chapters of them being official have really reminded me of my boyfriend and I and I think that’s why i’ve loved them even more than the past chapters. it just makes my heart really warm.

anyway…. you’re a goddamn genius and I love you (that’s a reference now 😂)

the best chapter so far?? ALYSSA 😭 also not using the ily as a reference im gonna sue you fkjshjkfaasf

ahhh i know, a lot of people do not dig pregnancy scares and i totally understand, but i'm still so happy you guys gave it a chance and enjoyed it. honestly, kook's reaction to it was my main concern and point, and i was low(highkey lol) excited to finally get to it bc he's just so… ugh. a dream. i cried a lot, as well </3 i'm so emotional bc everyone's been saying they could feel the love through that scene alone and it makes me sooooo ahhhh 😭

and the fluff 🥺🦋 ngl, i was extremely scared that cmi might get boring or less interesting now that the angst is over, but… it's really so encouraging to know that you still love it so much. and also to know that the wait for THAT THING was worth it!! i agonised over that scene bc i needed that big moment to be super special eeee 😭 he'll be here, no matter how broken she is, and… vice versa :( she better say it back fr lmaooo!!

that chapter was so jungkook? this is the biggest fucking compliment ever 😭 i always try sooo hard to capture their personalities well (especially with cmi11.5!!), so this makes my heart flutter :( <3 reassuring her and loving her is definitely a jk thing to do. he has so much affection in his heart for the people around him sigh.

omg you already said so much, but if you wanna come back for more,,, gladly hehe 🥺 you and your boyfriend sound so so sweet together!! happy you could see glimpses of yourselves in this one. here's to so much more.. thank you again, love <3333

[incorrect-ikevamp-quotes]

How about B, I, L, U, V for our big boi Theo? :3c

Sure thing, bub!! Theo hcs coming right up! 💙💙💙💙

I really hope you like them!!!! :3c

Fluff ABCs Template here for requests

Body -- What is his favorite part of her body?

Do y’all have any idea how hard it is for me to answer this letter without making this horny hours.

ANYWAY losing my mind because my instinct was to respond with “her tears.” And then my brain was like. Minnie that’s not a part of the body…that’s not how any of this works…But let’s pretend for a moment like I am valid, shall we?

No cap, I die on this hill. And my answer comes in two parts. The first reason tears destroy him like nothing else is because of how much she feels for the van Gogh brothers tbh. I think Theodorus is very accustomed to their situation being seen through a lens of indifference, a kind of “oh well, what can be done ¯\_(ツ)_/¯” especially. While he may argue that he’s used to it, he’s full of shit. It hurts every time–even more so because people are being dismissive about the person he loves most in the world (other than her, of course.) He’ll be silent for the most part, usually pretty stoic if those things come up, but the way her eyes glisten with tears just undoes him. He feels stupid to be so affected, but it’s something else entirely when somebody actually gives a damn. Somehow it's harder to keep his composure under that gaze...

The second reason is more about teasing. He can’t resist getting a reaction out of her sometimes, or seeing her brought to frustrated tears. That lovely blush overtaking the tips of her ears and face, to say nothing if it happens during nsfw hours. They make her face shine, a visible manifestation of all the emotion he tries so hard to deny–to run from–that it just moves him like nothing else. Where he can't find words or proper expression, she always does. Leonardo said once that a single glance at that man and you can tell he’s in love with art. And he was right, save that that kind of passion can be found in him again in moments like this. Alone, driving her to madness and pleasure.

It’s the part of him that belongs to her, and her alone.

Injury -- How would he act if she got hurt?

Lmao call Vincent instead of Theo if you actually want anything productive to be done about it.

I’m KIDDING mostly but to be honest I think he has a hard time hiding his distress when MC is hurt. If it’s something small he’ll try to play it off as mild irritation, muttering about oblivious hondjes and how she needs to be more careful. If it’s something like a bruise or a bandaged cut–maybe she bumped into something–he’ll just clumsily try to pat the pain away. Don’t try to hide it from him either because he has eyes like a hawk and will expose you. He’ll be a dumdum but it’s really sweet because he’ll be so gentle over such a tiny wound (it always amuses Dazai so much) that all the men will have to kind of hold back laughter. They don’t mean to mock the guy but he takes it so seriously it’s a little bit funny. Vincent is so unironically proud of him for being sensitive though and it’s enough to make a girl cry TwT

If it’s a very serious injury I am sorry but you are getting nothing but probably a panic attack from him. He doesn’t really do well with even the slightest suggestion of losing a loved one, so if she breaks a bone or experiences excessive bleeding–whatever the risk may be to her life–he is fighting to stay in control of his body’s response. He’s trying so hard to be strong for her, but he can hardly breathe and his vision is a little fuzzy and did they say she would be unconscious for a few days? Needless to say he’s a bit of a mess. Ideally, Vincent would do his best to help the guy stabilize while he waits for things to improve, but it’s touch and go for a bit there.

When she wakes up, he needs as much gentleness as she does in many respects. The stress attacks and constant distress have just resulted in so much tension and exhaustion, he doesn’t even have the energy for any verbal swipes at anyone. (I was going to say “he’s just a big puppy” but the irony hit me so hard I literally couldn’t finish typing the sentence). He just really needs lots of kisses and hand holds and promises she isn’t going anywhere, completely unprompted. Not to be emo (WAKE ME UP) but he really needs to be brought back to life slowly, in a way. He’ll get better with some time and assurance that she’s going to make it, but oTL hondje please, he can only take so many heart attacks in one lifetime.

Love -- How does he show her he loves her?

He does not.

I’m KIDDING but I stand by the fact that he’s more of a show than tell type of guy. He has a really, really hard time verbalizing everything that he feels, so I think the person he loves would ideally have to keep that in mind. He’s lowkey but very classy, imo. Gets surprise flowers every once in a while, buys groceries after work all the time if she needs things at home, always reliable with taking care of their finances (and in general). I feel like the thing about Theodorus is that he’s the quiet romantic; he won’t smooth talk or endlessly go on about love, but when she needs him? He’s there. Come hell or high water. When things are hard, when things feel impossible, when life just feels like one slap in the face after another–he’s warm and there and steady, leading her by the hand.

He's very proactive about just about anything other than expressing his feelings directly, so write that down--

Upset --How does he act when she's upset?

LMFAO catch him crashing at Vincent’s place tonight, no thanks murderous hondje ain’t it for me, sorry sweaty.

All jokes aside, I think he’s the type of guy who just has no idea how to handle it. I mean she’s the one that’s usually pretty stable emotionally, so when she isn’t it tends to be a big deal–the cause of her foul mood has got to be sizable. While he may be stymied upfront, will most likely go after the root cause of her distress and kill it with a hammer when her back is turned. Nobody upsets his hondje (unless it’s him) and gets away with it. The man has two modes: kill and more kill, and so he uses the second one as necessary in these situations.

That being said, it doesn't mean he's completely bereft of sensitivity. If it's a more sorrowful kind of upset, he'll try to make time for a lot of cuddling and pampering. Get her things she likes to eat/drink, rub her back gently, put on a movie she likes (even if it's boring to him). He hopes that some care and a few little distractions will be enough to calm her soon. He loves his hondje best when she's smiling, after all ùwú

Vaunt -- What is he proud of? Does he like to show her off?

Oh my goddddddd. Bih. If this man suffers from a cardinal sin, it’s pride I swear. Even if he’s Mr. Bad Mood Stink Face he will literally never say a bad word about her. There are so many people convinced he’s deadass got some kind of disorder because he has scary face, but also looks so delighted at the same time it's terrifying. Gets all puffed up about what a hard worker she is, how talented, how he couldn’t have done any of this without her. Even when he’s roaring drunk, now he just rambles on and cries about how much he loves her and Vincent and it’s beyond hilarious. Would throw down for her, would die for her, would steal a clown’s balloon for her–you name it.

She can do absolutely no wrong, so write that down.

Has a love hate relationship with showing her off (in the more blatant way) though because. Homewrecking. Does she look lovely in that dress? Undoubtedly so. If he sees one more gross lustful/covetous gaze directed at her though, he’s just gonna leave with her in tow. (He would throw hands but she doesn't like that.) Y’all know the whole Lord of The Rings’ “My p r e c i o u s” thing? That’s his vibe LMFAO. Depending on his mood he will either be like "hell yeah that's my wife you jealous bih, I'm the luckiest guy ever ik now buzz off" or he will just get more and more lowkey steamed until they leave.

[savior-of-humanity]

Some further thoughts about Halo Infinite below the cut (HUGE AND MAJOR spoiler warning);

Like legit, what the fuck happened to Atriox? It’s revealed at the post-credits cutscene that he’s still alive (and presumably will be the one to fully unleash the Endless) but like... where did he go in the six months between him throwing around John Halo like a ragdoll and him showing up there?

Also I’m curious as to the significance of the Weapon/Cortana 2 saying that three days had passed when Brohammer came to pick them up. I know someone else theorized about this (it might’ve been @ur-promethean?) but there might be some time travel fuckery going on???

There’s also apparently some weird issue with how the Weapon was being prepared to deploy on the Infinity when it came under attack by the Banished... and then she’s somehow on the ring? And had been deployed by John already? Idk this bit in particular is really confusing and idk if I could explain it well.

Also honestly idk if I like The Weapon (presumably) taking Cortana’s name. I know that she’s basically supposed to be a clone of her but like... I feel like she’s distinct enough to be someone else despite being a copy. (And also I was hoping that Cortana would come back, but the Weapon states at some parts of the Harbinger fight that something is helping her? So it could be like some weird “ghost” of Cortana or something idk)

I really really really hope Fireteam Osiris, Lasky, Palmer and Roland are okay ): I know that some people really didn’t like Fireteam Osiris or Locke in particular but I really don’t think they should be killed off despite how bad Halo 5 was.

The bossfights in particular are pretty awesome. They really don’t feel like just walking bullet sponges (like with Tartarus’ fight in Halo 2) but they’re done in a way that it honestly reminded me quite a bit of Doom Eternal? Especially with the thruster movement upgrade, which was basically PERFECT for Escharum’s boss fight. That, in particular, is probably my favorite boss in the entire game so far.

Also holy fuck??? John trying to delete the Weapon when she was being (presumably) attacked by the Harbinger??? THE FUCKING CODE HE USES FOR THE DELETION SEQUENCE??? THE BETRAYAL OF HER TRUST AND HER PISSY ATTITUDE AFTER??? OH MY GOD. OHHH MY GODDDDDDD

Honestly I can interpret John initially being sort of cold? towards the Weapon as not only does he not trust her all that much, but also he doesn’t want to get close to her in case he loses her too like Cortana.

And some hopes for DLC;

- Something involving the Flood (and maybe Mendicant or Offensive Bias?)

- DEFINITELY something expanding upon the Endless

- Something that reveals the fates of Lasky, Palmer, Locke, etc etc

- Something that brings back Blue Team PLEASE I NEED MY JOHN/BLUE TEAM INTERACTIONS SO FUCKING BAD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[firelord-frowny]

i’m binge watching dr phil (bc i ran out of Lynn Toler’s divorce court 😭) while i knit, and just 

i’m on this episode with a girl and a guy in their early 20s who had a baby AFTER they broke up, and everybody involved is being extra immature and stupid and annoying, and she’s mad that he’s dating somebody else even though she broke up with him??? complaining that ~he shouldn’t be focused on another woman, i’m not focused on another man~ and it’s like GIRL YOU AREN’T EVEN TOGETHERRRRRRR!!!!! and the dude is being dumb and not wanting to go out of his way to be in the child’s life, and they’re both hella stupid, and the guy’s new girlfriend honestly seems way too mature to be dealing with that shit, but i guess she isn’t, otherwise she wouldn’t still beeeeeee in a relationship with a guy who’s behaving dumbly in a dumb situation, but i digress...

LMAO I COULD NEVERRRRRRRRRRRR! oh my god i could LITERALLY NEVER have a child with someone i wasn’t already certain i wanted to spend the rest of my life with, LET ALONE someone i had ALREADY DUMPED oh my god!!!! which, i mean, i don’t want kids ANYWAY, but i for DAMN sure would have to be very happily and very comfortably married to a dude for a WHILE before there would even be a fraction of a chance that i’d change my mind. 

i truly do not understaaaaaaaaaaand how anyone could be so casual about having a whole child with somebody they already decided they didn’t like and subsequently broke up with. Assuming you plan to raise the child, and assuming the other parent plans to participate in that as well, you’re LITERALLY agreeing to have a permanent and profound connection with someone you don’t like FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE!! 

for at least the next 18 years, you’re going to get into stupid arguments about How To Discipline Your Child. for the rest of your life, you’re going to have to engage with this person at your kid’s recitals/performances/sports games/honor roll assemblies/graduations/etc. your kid is gonna prefer one of your homes over the other and they’re gonna throw a fit when it’s time to go spend the weekend at mommy’s. 

i mean, i KNOOOOOOOOOOOOW that there are plenty of parents who are able to be fantastic coparents with each other, and they remain good friends, and they’re supportive of each other’s relationship with the kid, and they make decisions together, and they both take responsibility for the child’s emotional, financial, and physical needs, and when/if they ever pursue new relationships with other people, it doesn’t cause any issues because all the adults involved are mature and responsible and care deeply about the wellbeing of the child. I know there are situations like that. I know not every set of single coparents have an awful experience. 

BUT YOU CAN’T COUNT ON THAT OMGGGG!!!!! 

you could date a dude for a month, think he’s the most responsible, respectful, gentlemanly gentleman who ever gentleman’d on earth. you discover on the 32nd day of dating him that he’s an insecure, passive-aggressive, untrustworthy mooch who becomes a complete asshole when you disagree about the smallest things. 

you could date a lady for a month and think she’s compassionate and understanding and supportive, and on day 32 you discover she has no respect for boundaries, she thinks it’s okay to hit you when she’s mad on account of She’s Just A Weak Little Woman So It’s Impossible For Her To REALLY Hurt You. 

You don’t knoooooooooooooooowwwwww people well enough after just a few months of dating them to decide that you should have them in your life forever! shit, i honestly don’t even think a few YEARS is enough time to make a choice like that. You need to know how somebody behaves in adversity. You need to know if they’re financially responsible. You need to know if their long-term goals are compatible with your own. You need to know how they respond to YOU when YOU are experiencing adversity. How do they interact with you when you’re depressed? Afraid? Overwhelmed? You need to at least have an IDEA of how they grieve when they lose a loved one. You need to know how they cope with sudden and drastic changes. You need to observe them long enough to learn their habits and behavior patterns. You need to be able to reliably predict the kinds of choices they’ll make. 

So like, it can take YEARS to finally gather enough data about a person to predict what a lifelong relationship with them might be like. You can date someone for 2 years and everything is fantastic, but then you get to the 3rd year and they lose their job and they respond to the stress by becoming abusive. You can date someone for 3 years and discover in the 4th year that they begrudge your success and try to take you down a peg every time you achieve something that you’re proud of. 

If I got knocked up by some dude I haven’t known and trusted and loved for a few years already, there is no. fucking. way. that i would have that baby. there is no way i would even get up to any hanky panky with them without being on birth control and using condoms in the FIRST place, so the odds that I would get knocked up by anyone are super slim, but if I got knocked up anyway, i would fuckin teleport to a clinic right fuckin quick and have that motherfucker yoinked out of my uterus SO fast! *aretha franklin voice* ain’t no way.

i caaaaan’t. i CAN’T! IMAGINE!!!

and i am SURE this is a biased assumption due to the fact that I mostly hear about these kinds of parents on court tv or talk shows or whatever, but it seeeeems almost like a rule of thumb that people who have a baby very shortly after meeting each other tend to be stupid and irresponsible as FUCK. And that makes sense to me bc like... only an irresponsible person would make the long series of unwise choices that would lead to them having a baby at a young age with someone they don’t know they can trust. I feel like responsible people tend not to let that happen! 

and PLEASE don’t get me wrong - i don’t think people who get into situations like that are Bad People. like, you can be irresponsible and immature and make shitty choices and still be a good person who’s kind and whose heart is always in the right place and who always tries to do the right thing, even if they’re not very good at figuring out what the right thing even is. 

i only mean to express how dumbstruck i am by the very CONCEPT of On Purposely linking yourself permanently with somebody you already know you don’t like, or who you may DISCOVER you don’t like in the near future. even just the THOUGHT of it mkaes me anxious. 

like omfg if i got knocked up and raised the child of that one ain’t shit motherfucker i had a Thing with in college?????? disaster. a lifetime of fuckboy shenanigans. a lifetime of missed appointments and broken promises and probably also a lifetime of being under the constant threat of a fuckin police raid lmfaoooo dude was LITERALLY a drug dealer. no way. no way. AIN’T NO WAY!!! 

ohmy goddddddd. young adults (and even Adulty Adults, tbh), PLEEEEAAAAAASSSEEEE value yourself enough that getting on a ride without knowing where it’s headed is WHOLLY out of the question for you. Permanently attaching yourself to a near stranger should not be viable option. ESPECIALLY if you still haven’t built a stable, self-sufficient life for yourself. like, if you DO wind up having a child with a near stranger, you should at LEAST have steady, good-paying employment, and safe and comfortable housing. I mean, those are things that you should try to have before you have a baby REGARDLESS of who you have it with, but if you DO have a baby with a near stranger/someone you don’t like, it’s ESPECIALLY important that you’re able to support yourself so you’ll always be okay in spite of any potential fuckery, tom foolery, or shenanigans from the other parent. you’re not up a creek if they won’t pay child support. you can afford daycare if the other parent is unwilling to take care of your child when you’re not at home. 

i caaaaAAAAAN’T!!!! 

[tfw-no-tennis]

mtmte liveblog issue 36

time travel arccccccccccccc yessssssssss

I have been waiting SO LONG to reread this arc hhhhh yessss

starting off strong with the sexy roller cover. nice

I love the disconnect of ‘orion pax: outlaw’ compared to the last time we saw him in shadowplay where he was orion pax: supercop

he’s still punching people for JUSTICE or whatever so I guess not much has changed

oh my god this is the issue with the many many two-page spreads...the first time I read this issue I didn't realize that was a thing and GOD I was SO fucking confused. there's already a lot going on in this issue/arc but this made things so much worse hvbhjkdfbsk. I powered thru and still managed to understand most of the arc despite reading half this issue out of order (essentially) bc the website I read it on split the pages up and I couldn't tell they were supposed to be doubled (and also I'm dumb so I didn't figure it out)

anyways, the actual issue...windcharger is out here using his powers to rip a dudes arms clean off. wow!

and there's skids getting punched in the face. Ls

and glitch! a totally minor character of course...

MANNNNN I SO adore the panel of all the lost lighters appearing in a cloud of purple smoke, all posing epically....SO fucking good, peak sci-fi coolness vibes, A++

as usual jro killing it w/the titles, ‘elegant chaos’ is such a great name for a time travel arc

also reading the tfwiki has shown me that many of jros titles are song or album titles, to which I say - that's epic and I love it. with jro doing it, I feel like it straddles the line between referencing music and the very fanfic-esque ‘title things after music’ vibe. I love it

oh god I forgot they use bs cybertronian time units in this sometimes lmao...I mean of course they do but still like, what the fuck is a cycle. is that a day. I feel like these words all have no meaning/the meanings change drastically depending on continuity. I cant keep up and also I'm lazy and don't care enough to try

I love rodimus did u know

poor riptide looks so confused lmao

IS....IS REWIND PIGGYBACKING TAILGATE...THATS SO FUCKING CUTE....I cant fully tell bc of the page layout but ooomg so precious. minibot buddies

whirl saying ‘chuff’ just reminded me how british jro is hvbhakjhdsfbs sometimes it just Jumps Out in mtmte and I'm like Oh God Britain Is Real

I really like the mtmte approach to time travel and paradoxes and whatnot. its just complex enough to be interesting but not too convoluted that it bogs down the story. perfect sci-fi fun!

mannnn chromedome talking abt brainstorm :( I'm sad abt those two hhhhh

and I love how at this point, nobody in the cast ACTUALLY knows brainstorm well enough to know what he’s really doing - including chromedome, who’s ostensibly his closest friend, somebody he’s known for a while - and even the readers don't really know what he’s up to...I like the mystery tbh

cant believe rewind wrote orion pax’s biography, omg. completely forgot abt that detail

cd saying ‘I love it when he talks history’ about rewind....hhhh I love cdrw so muuuuch

godddd the line rodimus says abt whirl - how they need people like whirl around who are ‘happy to get in the way’ of danger and death - that shit haunts me man like...rodimus is basically saying that he’s bringing whirl along to potentially die in place of someone like orion pax (nevermind the fact that whirl dying would ALSO fuck up the timeline)...like, how deep does it go?? is he saying that bc he knows whirl has been trying to get himself killed for a while now, or just bc whirl likes violence? mannn I cant...the character intricacies...man

anyways...I love rodimus he’s such an interesting character. you have that fucked up moment and then in the next panel he’s saying ‘if you want to call it a time phone, I wont stop you’ about the quantum walkie-talkie. he has the RANGE

oh and then rodimus casually volunteering chromedome to do mnemosurgery on anyone who might accidentally find out about them time traveling, which is again fucked up on multiple levels. the raaaaange

vjaksbhdhfusajbfdjk that panel of the lost light squad just standing there like idiots reminds me of that post where someone said abt that panel ‘these characters have a collective 3 brain cells’ or something hvbjadkfnksfdl

rodimus IMMEDIATELY breaking his own rules by trying to reassure pax that they're good guys by pointing at his autobot badge, even tho the autobots DONT EVEN EXIST YET at this point...my boy PLEASE go purchase some brain cells from the store 

and the fact that rodimus introduced himself to pax w/his real name...shouldn't he go by an alias or st??? that seems like a good time travel rule since optimus and rodimus definitely know each other later 

and like, did they not anticipate that some of the people in the past would recognize some of the lost lighters hgbajkhdjfnjksf like cd and whirl get Instantly recognized...great job guys

they are all SO bad at this hvbahskjdhfbasjkf I cantttt luckily for them the orion crew is handing them easy alibis 

‘the dugout’ is that a baseball reference????

also I love the scenery here, the bg looks like rock but there's metal piping and stuff running thru it, its so cool...really adds to the whole ‘cybertron biomes are made of metal’ thing

‘ancient history’ rodimus are you KIDDING ME-

cyclonus time travels to the past and IMMEDIATELY finds a window to stare broodingly out of. icon

tailgate thinking orion pax is SUPER COOL continues here from shadowplay and I love it...tailgate is so cute

and the tg saying ‘don't you think that's awesome, cyclonus?’ hhhhh so cute

one reason I love this arc so much is that this is the arc where the gay Really amps up 

TRAILBREAKER.... oh man ;_;

are you telling me that this outlaw base they're in has ONE bed for all of these people. what the hell vhbaksjhfnsal

cant believe rung sampled roller’s steroid juice box

also cant believe robot steroids exist. except yes I can and I love it

oooh roller’s a 0/1%er? I forgot abt that 

cant believe orion pax just grabs some random phone that belongs to these weird new people and answers it. WHO does that

goddddd megatron and orion’s conversation....destroy me

HHHHHH like...the HISTORY....the regret...the missed opportunities...its all so palpable....goddddddd

and of COURSE, the whole thing is steeped in tragedy...the ideological differences that will become the foundation for a 4 million year long war...megatron, who believes that you need to burn things down and start again to really make change stick, and then orion, who says ‘reform is the answer, not revolution’....AUGHHH the intricacies. mannnn

‘you sound lost’ 😭😭😭

‘its tragic.’ yeah, that about sums up their relationship, especially at this stage and in this continuity 

anyways. [cries about old man megatron talking to young naïve orion pax] goodbye

AUGHHH and then we jump to rodimus ONCE AGAIN breaking his own rules and trying to save trailbreaker...IT HURTS MAN...god I love rodimus, I feel like him being broken up about crewmembers like trailbreaker dying is one part regular sadness over people he knows dying for tragic reasons, and one part personal guilt at someone under his command dying, even if he’s not involved/at fault. I love the dichotomy of this emotional reaction that comes only partially from empathy/emotion, but also comes from a kinda self-centered need for success as measured by people under your command staying alive. and taking into account rodimus’s life it totally makes sense that he’d act like that...GAH I love it. the complexity of it all!

orion pax saying ‘you should read [megatron]. it’s powerful stuff’ I'm screaming, so many LAYERSSSSS

I fucking love time travel AHHHHHHHHH like the opportunity for interactions like these....chefs kiss

‘hey, best friend! miss you!’ rodimus is such a shit hvbdajkfksjhfd 

‘very sus’ rodimus ahead of his time w/the among us lingo

oooh and then they realize that the senate is trying to kill the sparks...gotta save the babies!

tailgate scolding cyclonus for bluntly stating that you'd wanna be subtle when killing newborns...hhhvbhsdfhhhhhh I love them sm

ooooh and rewind has an interesting suggestion - that the senate is actually trying to irradiate the sparks into being outliers...rewind is so smart I love him

and the fact that he’s using history from his database...love it

rodimus sending cyclonus and whirl out like pokemon

ROLLER NOOOO DONT GO OUT THERE

also wow this is literally the 5th (I think) double page spread in this issue...the confusion I felt the first time I read this...lmao 

and now this is literally one of my favorite issues so I'm glad I know what's going on lmao

oh man rodimus telling cd not to erase trailbreakers memory even tho that could jeopardize the entire timeline... :( 

oh man I didn't even notice but roller getting debris blasted into his face like that makes the whole ‘roller is tarn’ theory even more legit considering tarn’s face scars....

‘tighter the better’ hhh don't say that orion. but also, that’s the companion phrase to megatron saying ‘the deeper the better’ hvbhasjkhdfbaksjlf

I do love the semi-campy action hero antics that orion pax gets up to. its just so fun, even when the stakes are high and things are serious

‘this is the greatest thing I have ever seen’ tg ily

THE REVEAL THAT THE SPARKS WENT TO NYON...so rodimus just saved himself, basically...time travel is so trippy

GODDDD ND THEN TRAILBREAKER...HVHHHHHh 😭😭😭 THATS SO CRUEL MAN

oh man that last panel of trailbreaker holding up roller’s juice box...iirc the first time I read this I thought that was roller (cause of the juice box I guess? idk I'm an idiot) so I was like oh ok he must've come back or something. very much related but I didn't really think about tarn being a particular pre-established character and totally didn't read the whole ‘roller is tarn’ thing that was going on 

which in my defense ruth also didn't pick up on any of that while reading this and eventually like 2 issues before the reveal I had to prompt her like ‘you should maybe be wondering WHO tarn is’ vhbahjksdfbaksjdf

so! issue 37! this issue is a solid favorite of mine, id say definitely top 5 or even 3. I'm super biased bc I fucking LOVE time travel, it’s seriously one of my favorite tropes ever, and this issue hits all the time travel beats I love. characters traveling to the past and interacting with people they know! conversations that have multiple meanings bc of TIME TRAVEL! trying to save someone who meets a terrible fate in your future! fun time travel action! the time traveling characters being generally terrible at hiding the fact that they're time travelers! ITS SO GOOD. 

and I love the clever way everything is tied together here - where we get a nice continuation of shadowplay, with this taking place shortly after that with a lot of the same cast, and time travel classics like the good ole ‘if we hadn't travelled back in time and done what we did, the future we came from wouldn't have existed at all,’ in the flavor of ‘rodimus saving his baby self’ and ‘rodimus NOT saving trailbreaker’ and ‘everyone forgot about roller :(’ 

ok but like, did the lost lighters just go ‘oh well, guess rollers gone now.’ like they DID realize that the outlaw crew would have no idea what happened to him if they got their memories erased, right?? did the lost lighters figure that since roller never reappeared after this time period, that was how history was ‘supposed’ to go and they shouldn't mess with it? am I overthinking it? as usual: yes, probably. I love overthinking about comics, in case that wasn't obvious

basically...I love this issue soooo much. so so good and a bunch of fun tropes that I love. I mean the whole arc is like that for me since I love time travel so much. so I cant wait to (re)read more!!

[augustina-m]

“DREAMS”      [EPISODE 1 – HER FIRST COVER SONG]

( This is not a work of fiction ..this is my real story…things I’ve faced while running towards my dream…experiences I’ve had…I just wanted to share this with people everywhere so that somebody finds hope..somebody finds motivation through this story !!  )

( Before writing this I would like to thank a few(more than a few) people…..those people are the reason I started to believe in myself and didn’t give up on my dreams…thank you to these amazing people – FLORA,BIDISHA,ANWESHA,GARGI,BAISHALI,DHRITY,ATLANTA,BHAVNA,NISHAT,ANGELIKA,ASHMA,BHAGYASHREE,CHAMCHAM,KESON,BRISHTI,GAYATRI,REEYANKA,NICKY,SWASTIKA,PURBASHREE,PURBACHI,HARSHITA,NANDINI,SANKALP,TRINETRA,DEBANSHI,ARPITA,YOJANA,MURCHANA,DIKSHITA,PRACHI,BIKASH,FLOWRIDA,KABITA,CHARCHITA,SNEHA,EVA,EMMIE,MRIGAKSHI,NAVIDITA,PATRICIA,RAGINI,RIJUMONI,SEEMA,SATABDI,RIKSHITA,HIMPARNA,MADHUPRIYA,KRISHANGI,SWAGATA,RAHUL,PRERNA,DHRITIRAJ,ABHINAV…..i hope I didn’t forget to mention anyone else)

YEAR -  2017

[Her name is Augustina….The funny,weird,cheerful and immature protagonist of this real life story ]

OHHHHHHHH MYYYYY GODDDDDDD !!!!

I THINK I JUST FORGOT TO DO MY HOMEWORK !!!!!! ! I’M finished nowww !!

And once again 15 year old Augustina forgot to do her maths homework…and was trying her best to come up with another excuse…

Augustina – should I tell our teacher  that my copy disappeared should I say that somebody stole it???

         I really don’t want to get scolded

 Anwesha : Chill….we forgot too…and guess what our teacher is going to forget about the homework too!!!!!!

 Augustina : I hope so !!

        And she was damn right,the teacher forgot about the homework that day!!

 Later that day …….

 Baishali  – Hey I saw your cover that day on youtube !! It’s good for your first cover….

 Purbachi - WHAT??? YOU MADE A COVER SONG??? What’s the name?? I’ll check it out too !!

 Augustina – We don’t talk anymore is the song !!! I made it on smule !! do like and share okay !!!

 Purbachi – sureeeeeeeeee !!!

 Augustina had taken vocal training for almost 6 years…so by 2017 she thought it’d be a good start by posting covers on youtube….she didn’t have her own channel so she posted her first cover of “we don’t talk anymore” on her father’s channel…While augustina was happy that a few of her friends appreciated her first step towards her dream….but she knew there were others too who didn’t like her newfound hobby of making cover songs…..

 Classmate 1 : she thinks she will be able to sing…ha ha ha…..i never want to listen to that voice of hers…“AUGUSTINA THE SINGER” ….HA HAHA……sounds damn funny doesn’t it????

Classmate 2 : I guess even her friends are just telling her they’ll listen to her cover so that she doesn’t feel bad….how pitiful !!!

Classmate 3 – she says she has taken vocal training…I really doubt it too…she rarely sings in front of us..

 While they were talking augustina just heard everything…she didn’t feel bad…people talking like this was common for her now…the reason she didn’t sing much in front of her class was because of all the mocking….she didn’t even start singing and there they were giving all kinds of bored looks...once when she was about to go to audition for the inter house singing competition and was telling her friends…one of her classmates just walked up to her and said “you better not go to sing….i’m not being rude but I doubt that you will get selected…..don’t stress too much about things you have no idea about….!!!”……and that made her to feel dejected again…

But she didn’t mind too much…after all she had friends who always helped her out and motivated her for everything she did..….and she just stopped thinking about that

 The rest of the day went well….

She then came home after school and then worked according to her usual routine…but all this time she had something in mind….a person….someone she had a huge crush on…..the person for whom she made the cover of the song “we don’t talk anymore” which was just relative to the situation she was facing with that person right now….

 She was thinking : “will he listen to it?...he probably won’t….why will he anyway ? he doesn’t even like me !!...i should just stop thinking about him and concentrate on my homework “….

 (skip to next day)

 TUITION CLASSES

 Flowrida : Hey! You are always the first person to come to tuitions…..always on time huh??

 Kabita : Yaaa Flowri, we both know why she comes so early….don’t we august??

 Augustina : To be honest I must actually thank him….just because of him I posted my first cover song on youtube….do you guys know that I’ve always been thinking of posting covers but I couldn’t but this time I did???i should really thank him !!

 Swagata : You always end up giving credits to other people….especially him …take a little bit of credit for yourself too !!!

 Augustina : Stop….He’s just behind you all!!! By the way did you all listen to my cover song?? It’s the first time I’ve uploaded a cover song so you three better check it out and share it other wise I’ll…

 (just then augustina’s crush came towards her with his friends Rahul and Abhinav)

 CRUSH: Hi Augustina ! I checked your cover song…it’s good…keep it up !! ( and he walked away )

 Augustina : Thanks !

 Flowrida : Did you see that ???...we want a treat tomorrow….

 Swagata : TREATTTTT TREATTTT !!!!

 Kabita : TREATTTTTTTT !!

 Augustina : who gives a treat for something like this ???? concentrate guys..sir is teaching something 

 Flowrida : Aishhhh this girlll….she always makes us do things so that she can talk to him and then starts ignoring us…yaaaa I’ll just go and tell him that you like him

 Augustina : noooooooo….okay okay I’ll give you all a treat okay??

 Kabita : Flowri..this trick of yours always works!!!...

 (all four of them had a good laugh and then after tuition they headed back to their homes )

  AFTER A MONTH

 After almost a month Augustina checked out her cover song…”10 views and 3 likes”….

 To herself : “ Well I think it’s not that bad….no subscribers as yet but I think 10 views for my first video is a pretty good start and atleast two other people liked it !!!”

 And this was the beginning of a journey she had chosen to undertake….which was full of turns and twists and turmoils…..

  [ To be continued in episode 2 ]

 I hope you liked it!! I’ve never written something like this so I guess it might be a bit boring at times but if you’ve read this till the end…then thanks a lot !!! do stay tuned for the next episode !!

[gettin-bi-bi-bi]

1 this evening I came out to my mom in an argument and now I regret it so much. It was a really dumb argument too. I wanted a friend to sleepover(Hes gay) and my mom kept saying that that makes her uncomfortable, even tho nothing could happen and stuff. And I said “well I guess I don’t need to have sleepovers with anyone because I’m bi, so they’d all make you uncomfortable.” I really pissed off my mom and then had to have a talk with my dad. During that he said he doesn’t care if I’m bi

2 but he said he hopes it’s a “stepping stone towards something bc bi people don’t live very happy lives”. Then he told me about a friend that dated a bi women(who had just gotten out of a relationship w/ a women) & she ended up leaving him. He said I should “pick the 51% and stick with it.” I haven’t talked to my mom bc she’s still pissed about the argument. I feel like shit now, & I also feel so dumb for the whole argument. I just got so excited to make plans w/ a friend I never get to hang

3 out with. I just want to be able to have fun w/ him like I can w/ all my other friends(tho I may have ruined that for myself now). I never thought I’d come out this way. I always planned to never say something unless I dated a girl. I’ve never cared for coming outs and like to be more private. My parents have never been homophobic, but I guess bi isn’t as solid of a thing for them like gay. It was a horrible decision since I still have some internalized biphobia too that is now very intense.

4 I just don’t know what to do now. Do I have... unaccepting parents? That’s a really weird idea to think about. I feel like I always manage to make things worse for myself

Hello sweetie,

I’m so sorry about how things went down. That isn’t the ideal coming out that everyone hopes to have. But this isn’t your fault that it went that way. You aren’t responsible for your parents’ shitty reaction. That is all on them. But let’s go through this from the beginning.

If I had been in your position I also would’ve argued with my mom on that topic because I just find it absolutely ridiculous that she wouldn’t allow your friend to sleep over. Especially since he’s gay. But even if he wasn’t. Honestly? If I had a teenager and they started to become sexually active I’d rather they do that in my house where I can make sure there’s plenty of condoms available than do it at some party elsewhere where alcohol might be involved as well.

So that’s that and I think your argument to say “well then I shouldn’t be allowed to have sleep overs with anyone bc I’m bi” was a very reasonable one. Okay, it may have been an impulse decision but still a solid argument. If it backfires depends on how open-minded your mother is or will grow to be. That info probably came out of left field for her so I take it she didn’t really know how to respond to that then?

Your dad is.... wow. He basically took how “how do I respond in the most biphobic way possible when my child comes out to me”-spreadsheet and decided to go with every bullet point on the list, didn’t he? Pardon my french but: what a fucking asshole. I honestly hope he’ll come around to seeing how much damage he has done with that reaction and that he will apologise and repent. Because none of what he said was okay. Hoping you will eventually pick a side is biphobic. Digging up the story about his best friend who had a bad experience with one (1) bisexual woman and using that as an excuse to talk down on all bisexuals - that’s biphobic. “bi people don’t live very happy lives” he says and then goes on to say a bunch of biphobic shit to his child - well, why might that be, dad? Why might we have such high rates of mental health problems and intimate partner abuse, huh? Maybe because of biphobes like you. And maybe that one (1) bisexual women left his friend because that was a biphobe, too.

Goddddddd, your dad makes me so angry.

It sucks that you and other kids are constantly put in that position where they have to teach their parents how to be better parents. It sucks that queer people have to educate the ignorance out of others and hope they will put the least amount of effort into opening their minds for us. It sucks. I’m sorry that things happened the way they did.

But tthing is now: the cat’s out of the bag. I don’t know what advice would be best here because I don’t know enough about your situation but depending on what your parents are like I’d either not mention it again and hope that they leave you alone with it or sit them down and tell them (especially your dad) how hurtful those comments were. In a diplomatic way you could say “I know you’re worried about me but that’s why I need extra support from you now. Bi people can live very happy lives but what’s important for that is to have people who accept us as we are. There are many hurtful stereotypes about bisexuality and they harm people like me so I’d appreciate it if you supported me through this.” I don’t know if your parents are susceptible to that kind of talk but it may be worth a try.

Until then: hang in there! It does get better. It may not look like it for a while but it does absolutely get better! And for your own internalised biphobia, here’s some advice that might help.

Maddie

[secretlyatargaryen]

Ugh asoiaf fandom is so frustrating. I'm so sick of people talking shit abt tyrion when their faces do literally all the same shit but they only hold tyrion accountable. Like multiple people have said that they dont shop tyrion with anyone because of his issues with women but then ship Petyr and sansa or sandor and sansa and its like,,,,, just say his dwarf dick makes you uncomfortable and leave oh my goddddddd

And like I have no issues with people shipping whatever the fuck they want, but if you cant bear to ship tyrion with anyone because his canon flaws make you uncomfortable then you should also be uncomfortable with people like petyr and sandor. It’s not a moral “this is how you should be” its literally a logical “this is how you should be” and the fact that they’re not just shows how fucking transparent they are

I’m far from an anti make no mistake it’s just the hypocrisy that pisses me off. I’m sick of the ableism and I want positive tyrion content I cry

It’s just plain ableism. I don’t care what people ship, and people have different tastes and tolerances and experiences, so some people might be able to handle, say, Sansan, despite the fact that he assaults Sansa, but not like Tyrion because the forced marriage makes them uncomfortable. That’s perfectly fine. What’s not okay is faking moral superiority or acting like your fave is objectively less problematic, or acting like it’s objectively worse for Tyrion to be in a situation with Sansa that he was forced into and which is also abusive for him vs Sandor acting of his own free will.

People also need to realize how ableism comes into play in the way fandom views Tyrion as a whole, even among Tyrion fans. I think a lot of people do this unconsciously because ableism is a learned institution that permeates our society and our thinking unless we actively question it. So when I talk about ableism I’m not saying people are sitting there going “grrr I hate people with dwarfism” (although there is a lot of blatant ableism in this fandom wrt Tyrion because people with dwarfism are largely seen as an acceptable target even among people who consider themselves sensitive to social justice issues), what I mean is that ableism is often present in our thinking even if we don’t realize it, so people do have to question WHY they see Tyrion’s sexuality as so much more threatening and uncomfortable. Shit like that post in, ironically, a livejournal group called “Sane ASOIAF Fans” where the poster was like “It’s a good thing Sandor’s cock didn’t betray him on the night of the battle of the blackwater!” to make some kind of disgusting comparison between a scene of a grown man assaulting a child and a child being raped by his father, in order to make the former seem better and to demonize the latter, is not okay, and a symptom of the ableist idea that even when Tyrion is being abused, he is a figure of disgust or somehow to blame. People are enthusiastic to ascribe malicious or immoral intent to Tyrion even in places where they would forgive others, and that IS a symptom of how we as a society collectively think about people with disabilities, disabled men and in particular men with dwarfism, who throughout history have been used as a symbol for disgust and a threat to idealized feminine purity. That’s why people are more inclined to, say, forgive Sandor on the grounds that he was drunk, but ascribe malicious intent to Tyrion despite the heavy coercion that he is under. It’s also why people are more willing to forgive Jaime for having abusive sex with Cersei, because he fits a masculine ideal and has sex within the confines of a relationship, and it’s easy for us to say that Cersei “wanted it anyway,” vs Tyrion who is both disabled and has taboo sex with women he pays for. There’s a lot of assumptions about how OBVIOUSLY no woman could actually want to have sex with him, therefore it’s somehow worse for him to have sex or think about having sex. This also comes out when people sneer at Tyrion for thinking that he wants Sansa or Shae or anyone to love him. There’s a perception in fandom that NO ONE could love Tyrion so anytime he thinks about wanting love it’s somehow wrong and a sign that he really wants to commit rape or that he’s imposing on women (specifically able bodied, idealized women) by even thinking about them. 

That’s why fanfic writers who want to imagine Tyrion being in a mutual relationship are sneered at, because there’s no way that could REALLY happen, right? Like, I can’t count the many times I’ve heard about how it’s somehow awful to imagine Sansa being in a mutual relationship with Tyrion because it’s “disregarding Sansa’s desires.” What bullshit. Sansa is a fictional character, and her story is far from over. If I write a story in which Sansa desires Tyrion, then it’s not Sansa’s desires that are being disregarded. It is the ableist reader’s perception of Tyrion that isn’t being catered to. Same with the insistence that Tyrion has to be portrayed as a sexual deviant or predator, and this goes for the show adaptation as well as fic. There is NO reason that Tyrion has to be portrayed the same way in the show, or in fanfiction, that he is in the books. No reason. Tyrion is a fictional character, and not a real person. So no adaptation is actually “whitewashing” him because there is no real Tyrion to whitewash. So when people are like, “but Tyrion did x thing!” Okay, great, but in my story he doesn’t. There’s no reason that should be a problem unless you’re really invested in seeing this character being portrayed a certain way, and being invested in seeing fictional disabled people be portrayed as villainous or immoral is not a good look.

Also, within fandom, even Tyrion’s moral behavior does not explain the lack of fic or fandom content. I have been told lots of times that it’s okay for me to write “dark fic” about Tyrion (which is bullshit anyway), but if that were the case, why are there not hundreds of dark fic about Tyrion? Why doesn’t he have a thriving fandom the way Thramsay does, if that’s the real reason people are uncomfortable?

I’ll tell you the reason why, it’s because Tyrion is a dwarf. That’s the reason people are more comfortable with like, all manner of sadistic torture porn but the idea of a person with dwarfism being portrayed as a sexual being, as a romantic being and an object of desire, makes people uncomfortable. That’s the reason Tyrion’s sexuality is exaggerated in fandom (which is so meta because this EXACT THING happens to Tyrion in the books and is used against him in his trial, to make him seem sexually deviant, when his sex life with Shae is, in reality, pretty vanilla.)

It’s also an interesting phenomenon to observe because the way Martin writes the story, Tyrion’s sexuality is on display for the reader. Sandor’s and even Petyr Baelish’s aren’t. Even though we hear about it, we don’t get the details and narrative closeness that we do with Tyrion. That’s why there’s a persistent fandom belief that Sandor doesn’t actually sleep with prostitutes or that his sleeping with prostitutes is somehow innocent, or why there are certain fans who make excuses for even Petyr. We’re told it happens in the books but we don’t see it, so it’s easy to idealize or imagine away. Meanwhile GRRM revels in the details with Tyrion and like, on one hand that’s part of what makes the character revolutionary, because the book deals openly with the sex life of a character who, because of his disability, would usually be portrayed as sexless in fiction, and does not apologize for it. But the flip side of that is that people with dwarfism have also, historically, been treated as an object of fetishism and sexual horror, and for all GRRM imbues Tyrion with humanity, there is something of a voyeuristic quality in the way he writes Tyrion. The reader is kind of like Oberyn going “oooh, tell me more!” and it also must be remembered that GRRM does not have dwarfism and is able bodied, so the way he writes Tyrion, especially with regard to sex, is not exempt from these stereotypes about people with dwarfism.

So like, when people cite x, y, and z thing as a reason Tyrion shouldn’t be shipped with *anyone*, maybe we should question why the story was written in such a way that the only POV character with dwarfism and a congenital disability in general can comfortably be excluded from shipping. Maybe we should question why we allow exceptions for other characters but automatically assume the worst about Tyrion, even when we aren’t in his head. 

And if it’s about Tyrion’s relationships with women, why aren’t there tons of m/m ships with Tyrion? I can probably think of like, ten possibilities off the top of my head which make more sense and have more canon evidence than most widely accepted asoiaf ships. Why is Tyrion excluded from even AU scenarios, if it’s really about what Tyrion does in canon? Why is there so much policing in fandom of even fix-it fics or noncanon fics that want to imagine Tyrion a different way? Fandom is about creativity, and insisting that this character with dwarfism HAS to be portrayed a certain way and nobody else can imagine him any different is extremely uncreative, and as I said before, it is NOT a coincidence that fandom suddenly gets uncreative when it comes to a character whose disability marks him as other.

[beatricebidelaire]

Please give me all your thoughts on the basic eight

whenever i think about this book i still feel, oh god daniel handler really did that he did that godddddd i love this book

the aesthetics, the unreliable narrator, the witty clever quotes and the metaphors, all the flannery & natasha moments, the complicated friendships between them all, all the foreshadowing all the hinting all the unsubtle hints telling you that adam’s going to be murdered on the night of halloween, and then that plot twist that stops me cold and i feel like falling like a cartoon character running and reaching the end and gravity takes over that goddamn plot twist, all the little things i felt kind of off kind of weird but did not piece them together until the reveal and suddenly they make sense

the rest under keep reading because this got long

when i got to the part about flan not remembering last night and the next morning natasha directing her to change her clothes and stuff and then everyone was shielding flannery from adam’s sister, i thought the eventual reveal would just be flan’s going to find out that natasha and the others are covering for her, that flan’s going to realize/remember that killed adam. and then while we did discover she did i totally did not expect natasha being someone flan invented being a part of her imagination and godddddd that reveal that reveal

“Who?” Douglas asked simply, blinking.

Simply. The planet turned over, and the light shone in such a way as it hadn’t for a long time, not since I don’t know when.

This part still makes me almost shudder and exhale and overwhelmed. Simply. Simply. Simply.

and then suddenly certain weird stuff that made me feel off made sense like i was always mildly irritated that flora was there (probably because flan’s was irritated at this and we’re reading from her pov) and i just kept wondering why she’s there all the time like she’s not part of the group, and then there’s flan saying the press calling flora whistle blower and part of the group the basic EIGHT being wrong and something felt off and then we discover that of course she’s part of the EIGHT because natasha wasn’t real … like goddd it was in front of me all along. and then i suddenly understood why douglas had insisted that flora’s her friend she’s part of them too and then i reread and find little stuff like natasha and flan saying same things in sequence and someone else saying “you just said that” it was right THERE ahhhhh.  and the question about who took the picture made sense. the position of natasha in the photo beneath everyone made sense. everything keep mistaking flan for natasha at the party made sense everything made sense 

and when you think about it there’s so much foreshadowing (speaking of which, the car trunk one is a favorite of mine) and flan keeps telling us how this would end with a murder and sometime when you think you know what’s going to happen but then you still get get so struck so shock at the plot twist except it’s something that makes sense and explains the weird little points you felt off 

goddddddd this book. this book.

all the flannery/natasha moments ….. their conversations, flannery’s envy of how perfect and beautiful natasha is, flan saying she missed her when typing this out in prison, flan describing her looks and her vibes, and intimate scene before the party their gazes at each other their eyes on each other studying each other closely standing closely body almost touching just…… ahhhhhhhhhh this scene THIS SCENE. i was so mesmerized in it before The Reveal and i was still mesmerized when rereading after knowing The Reveal but also a whole other bunch of complicated emotions too but also like i could understand flan doing this.

like while i haven’t actually imagined someone up in my life and deeply believing them to be real, but i think, growing up, we all have imagined up a whole imaginary world in our heads and imagined ourselves as one of the characters in this world and there’s this pretty girl with wavy brown hair and perfect features beautiful and clever and ruthless and enchanted everyone in this little imaginary world of ours naturally including ourselves in this universe and we’re close friends and i liked her and admired her and we occasionally kissed just for fun but we’re not dating dating you know it’s just for fun she lured other people boys our age fell at her feet she enchanted them she dated them but they came and went and i was there. like, yknow, just your ordinary imaginary world inside one’s head kind of stuff.

now where was i again

oh yes. flannery and natasha ….. i love them.

but i also love other characters i think especially douglas he and flan’s friendship is so so so good and i’m incredibly fond of that. lovers to friends and also mlm wlw solidarity and anyway i love them. kate is also a favorite, the queen bee, she charms me and i love how she was like “we can do this” at the end and planning and all and just. yeah. i feel like there are still a lot about other characters i find interesting and love but this is getting long and i’m getting incoherent (i say, as if i have ever been coherent at all) and i think i’ve covered quite a lot about my thoughts on this book so i think i’m going to end this here 

[tas-ss7a]

Jenny’s opinion on important Asians

Hello there, this is Purple and I was forced to write this blog about top 5 most important Asians, feel like those crappy rating channels! Keep in mind that I’m probably writing this at 2 am so most info may not even make sense. Any BS aside, let’s go, woooooo! And since I’m woke AF, I’ll include woman, probably. :>

5. Qin Shi Huang

Ah, the founder of the Qin dynasty, when China got its name and shape. Qin Shi Huang is the mad man that started the Great Wall, an international symbol for China, aka what Chinese people brag about, “You can see it in space!” bla bal bla...NO! Stop it, we get it, you’re proud but shouldn’t you be studying other things that’s not related to a lawyer, doctors or desk top? Other things they should proud about is his unification of the country. Or how now you must pay for a can air because the air there is so polluted? Or how Donald Tru- let's just stay away from politics.

4. Mahatma Gandhi

Well well well, this Indian fella was the leader of the Indian independence movement against British rule. After seeing his people suffering to those white skinned, easily sun-burned Brits, he led the “Dandi Salt March” for this weird thing called a Salt tax. He was imprisoned for many years because you know how white people loves prisons. Gandhi’s hard work paid off and he inspired many people, especially Dr. Luther King Jr for the civil rights movement. His birthday-2nd October-is also now a national holiday for India and an International Non-violence Day.

3. Muhammad  

The founder of Islam, the last prophet, the 5 pillars of Islam, … and yup, Muslim. I found so much standup Muslim comedians and it’s crazy how they can make parking spots sounds funny. Guess what? 21% of peeps are Muslim, I mean people. And they don’t eat beef, wooo, another step from selective empathy. And like they played a pretty big role in history, from the father of modern surgery to Saladin vs Crusades.

2. Genghis Khan

We did a whole darn debate about this (and “for” won for both classes) He’s great at battles and tactics and probably the best conqueror back then, now the internet rules. I mean he literally, by himself, was better than all the Roman emperors at conquering. And he created his own mail system, there would be no “Loserville” without him. Weird fact: A lot of people called him daddy- I'll make my exit soon.

Honorable mentions:

Trung sisters:

Two badass sisters that in 40 AD, led the first rebellion against the Chinese, started 1000 years of fighting against the Chinese that ended with Ngo Quyen with his fight on the Bach Dang river. These ladies are not weak, the eldest, Trung Trac chose her country over her husband and let him die in the hand of the invaders.  

Ho Chi Minh

I am Vietnamese ok, I want to brag about my country just as much as the Chinese to theirs. Ho Chi Minh City is the new name of Sai Gon, the South capital under the Vietnam war. Do you know how much impact he has on us Vietnamese? He was a great president, like the Obama of Vietnam, just saying~ Ho Chi Minh loved kids by the way, that’s why we had to learn so much about him when we were kids, that’s why we’re so familiar with him and how humble he was.

Saladin

He led the Muslim to fight in the Third Crusades. Very noble of him because he did not allow Muslim to steal from them, which is cool but wouldn’t work for me, I mean they rich.

Timur the Lame

According to Wikipedia he emerged as the most powerful ruler in the Muslim world. He took inspirations from Genghis Khan, second place, and saw himself as his heir. Sadly, out of the millions of descendants, he wasn’t one.

Empress Wu

Also from wiki, yay,Wu Zetian was the concubine of Emperor Taizong. After he died :<, she married his ninth son, Emperor Gaozong. She expanded China out of its territorial limits Wu's leadership resulted in important effects regarding social class in Chinese society and in relation to state support for religion, education, and literature.  

1. Jesus

I don’t even think I should explain anything, I mean, it’s Jesus. When you say “Oh My GODDDDDDD” who do you think is the god, Allah- whoops I meant Jesus. You can’t exactly go to a country without a church, but you’re not going to North Korea and Saudi Arabia just to prove me wrong, are you? We associate the cross with God and Holly right, and you wouln’t want to upset 33% of people follow this religion, right?

Ok, that’s enough now, I wrote more than 800 words and I’ll be surprise that you read all you it. Sorry for putting you through torture, Purple’s out!  

[heckyeaholland]

what's this bruise on my forehead?

summary: in which y/n and peter go to a party and one of them drinks just a little too much 

 a note: this probably is gonna be my funniest/stupidest imagine to date. enjoy ♡ don’t forget to leave requests dudes !! 

“i’m gonna go so hard tonight, catch me passed out on the front yard later.” it was no secret that she loved to party, she was sort of infamous. especially at their hoity toighty science high school. everyone just assumed she was an idiot because she occasionally liked to have a good time.

“you drove us here, how are we supposed to get home?” peter stood behind her, taking in his surroundings, this was all new to him. 

it wasn’t often peter tagged along with y/n to parties. she got invited to a lot of them, and he, obviously did not. 

“just stay here. a lot of people do it,” she shrugged, turning to get herself a drink, “no one cares. just as long as you leave as soon as you wake up you’ll be fine.” 

peter didn’t really like that idea. he didn’t really want to come in the first place, but y/n practically begged him. she wanted him to experience an actual party, that he actually stays at and actually tries to have a good time. 

“was that your plan the whole time? were you ever gonna mention that to me at any point?”

she turned around, shoving a solo cup into his hand, and sipped on her own, “relaxxxxxx, it’ll be fine.”

that was another thing. peter has never drank before, and didn’t really want to start tonight. he just really wanted to keep an eye on y/n, he’s gotten drunken phone calls from her on numerous occasions. not because she was or in trouble or anything, she often called to remind him how much she valued their friendship and how she never wants to stop being friends. 

“oh my god, what’s in this?” peter sniffed the drink, “this doesn’t even smell good.”

she shrugged, “i don’t know, i think it’s some sort of hard liquor mixed with coke. just drink it fast, it’ll be fine.”

for you maybe, you’ve probably developed at tolerance to this stuff at this point. 

peter decided to give her benefit of the doubt and hastily took a swig of said coke and hard liquor. his poor self had a little trouble keeping it down, making y/n lightly laugh.

she clapped a hand on his shoulder, took the cup from his hand and replaced it with something she’d think he’d actually drink, “here, you’ll like this better. it’s like soda.”

peter still wasn’t gonna drink it, but appreciated the thought nonetheless.

“let’s get our party on, hey?”

…

“peter, holy shit! i won at pong! i’ve never done that before!”

“peter!!!! my guy!! my doooood!!! i really hope you’re having fun!!!”

“peter? shhh, don’t tell anyone, but i think i have a thing for my best friend. yeah he’s super cool and i don’t know what i’d do without him.”

“i’m back, thought i’d let you know that my earlier statement, it’s a secret. yeah? don’t forget.”

“oh shit, i left my phone somewhere. can you call it? i’ll go look, be right back!!”

“i found it. in my back pocket the WHOLE time.”

“silly me.”

“hey i have another secret. do not tell anyone! okay here it is. my best friend, i really love him. like love love. like like typa love. jim and pam typa love. except i’m not a receptionist and he’s not a paper salesman. i only compare us because jim and pam were such good friends and they told each other everything, they played pranks together, they goddamn loved each other when they were with other people. i mean, that’s not really the case here, but like, you picking up what i’m throwing down?”

“yeah,” peter looked at his best friend who was smiling brightly at him, “i’m picking up what you’re throwing down.” 

…

“oh my god,” y/n stood in front of her bathroom mirror the following morning, “what’s this bruise on my forehead?”

she hardly remembered how she got home last night, but all she knew was that when she woke up this morning, there was aspirin and a glass of water on her bedside table.

she rubbed bother her temples, exiting the bathroom, “okay, we’re not drinking for like another four months. last night was a little much.”

to her surprise, peter sat at her kitchen table. 

“hey,” she smiled, sitting across from him, pulling a leg to her chest, “why are you still here?”

“i just wanted to make sure you’re good this morning.”

“did you stay here?” she asked, noticing he still sported his outfit from last night.

“yeah, i slept out here. your parents were fine with it.” 

“ahh, good thing they both work or else i wouldn’t hear the end of this.” she sighed, “wait, how did we get here? i drove. please don’t tell me i drove.”

“no, god no. i mean, you don’t live too far from where the party was, so i er, i took a small chance and drove. really, really slowly. at three in the morning.” 

“oh goddddddd,” she groaned, placing her forehead on her knee, then wincing because of the massive bruise that had seemingly formed overnight, “ah shit, how did i even get this?”

peter started laughing, “funny story. you fell asleep in the back seat, and i didn’t wanna leave you there. obviously. so i carried you in the house and well, i was doing good, then just as we entered your room, you suddenly woke up and hit your head on the door frame.” 

“PETER! i could’ve gotten a concussion, my god.”

“oh trust me, that’s not the worst thing that happened.” he said, referring to her epic story about how she compared them to jim and pam. she obviously didn’t remember, because she’d of already brought it up.

the stayed quiet for a second, letting the sound of the radio in the background consume them.

“i told you i had a thing for you last night, didn’t i? something like that?”

he nodded, sort of avoiding her gaze, smiling to himself, “jim and pam? really?”

“hey!! you know i love the office!!”

“yeah, i do. i definitely do.” 

e n d 

another note: vague endings are the BEST!!

[what-is-it-to-be-pk-esque]

11 Questions Ask Meme

RULES: Always post the rules. Answer the questions asked, then write 11 new ones. Tag 11 people to answer your questions, as well as the person who tagged you.

Tagged by @commiemood 100 years ago by her older old username, but this was at the bottom of my unfinished drafts that I mentioned before :3

tagging 11 people is exhausting to me rn and i like talking about myself so fuck rules, just do the meme if you see this (with these same 11 questions).

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1. When playing an RPG or any game with RPG elements, what class do you typically choose? (e.g. mage, warrior, etc.)

I usually go for the mage or arcane mage/swordmage of some sort. I like having the best of both worlds, but I especially like throwing fireballs or lightning. Sometimes I choose a rogue. Never a warrior.

2. Who is your hero/role model and why?

It’s changed a lot throughout the years. Like as a kid it would be a celebrity like Gwen Stefani, she was seriously my idol for a really long time. It was because I loved her unique fashion and thought she seemed like a really sweet person, and I literally wanted to be her - a stylish singer in a rock band. But now? I don’t really have a role model or a hero. She seems like a sweet & nice person, but if I were young again now, I would not look up to her. I kind of think that’s a dangerous way to look at people anyway, because you can’t put people on pedestals. We’re all human and we all make mistakes and no one truly wants to have that big of a role. But if I have to pick, I would say I admire people who fight to make the world a better place. People who try to make a huge positive difference in the world, like Bernie Sanders or Barack Obama. But, again, they’ve made mistakes and shouldn’t be idolized.

3. Let’s play Fuck, Marry, Kill: Kaidan, Thane, and Solas; for my non-ME or DA playing friends, I say just guess if not look up YT videos of their romance xD

Oh, that’s easy. Fuck Solas, he would be such a good lay. Marry Kaidan, he’s not my fav at all, but he’d be a good husband for sure. And... kill Thane. Sorry Thane! Haha I know this is terrible, but he’s going to die anyway, so...

4. Are you a coffee or tea person?

I’m a coffee person all the way! I’ve never liked tea.

5. What was your favorite toy/object/trinket as a kid?

Hmm... I liked hot wheels, action figures, trucks, Littlest Pet Shop, and Barbies. My siblings were all much older than me, so I played with their old toys by myself before I really got into video games. I also had a tamogotchi lolololol Guess it all depends on what age you’re talking about here.

6. What do you envision for your life 10 years from now?

I have no idea... Hopefully living sort of near the SF bay area in a house I own with my boyfriend and some cats. And both of us working in jobs we like and travelling to a new city at least once a year. If the world isn’t entirely shit by then, maybe that can happen.

Ok so I don’t know when I wrote that because now I live near SF lol. BUT I’ll reanswer that and say 10 years from now I have no idea what my life will be, but I hope I will be in a cool trendy marketing job, or working with animals in some sort of setting. And still living on the west coast, but either closer to SF than I am now, or in a more hipster-y location like seattle...? or portland...? Or maybe even back on the east coast but near friends and family in NJ/NY? I don’t really know, 10 years is such a long time man. I never even know where I’ll be 1 year in advance. It literally all depends on our jobs. In general I’d like to live somewhere progressive and diverse and not overcrowded, but it seems that combo doesn’t exist. 

7. What is a secret talent that most people don’t know about you?

I am incredibly good at giving massages, but I hate receiving them. And also I’m not a very touchy-feely person, so I can’t even bank in on it as a career

8. What is your favorite moment in the Dragon Age Series/Mass Effect Series (whichever applies)?

Oh maaaaaaan that is an impossible question!! I think my fav moment was in Mass Effect hosting the Citadel DLC party. I got so much joy and fun out of that scene. It made ME3 so much better.

9. Name your OTP, NOTP, and BrOTP from any series

Goddddddd I have so many OTPS. Let’s go with Shepard x Garrus in Mass Effect, they are like my ride or die couple forever ever since 2015 when I first got into Mass Effect.

NOTP: I can’t think of anything specific because I usually don’t really care what people ship. I guess pretty much anything incest/underage is my NOTP though, I’m #nothereforthat srynotsry

BroTP: Hawke x Varric from Dragon Age as bros for life (F!Hawke or M!Hawke). I really like their friendship and you can still be bros with someone if you’re a girl if you ask me.

10. What is your favorite fanfic trope? (if you do not consume fanfic, then any sort of TV or novel trope)

Oh my godddd I am such a sucker for stupid shit like awkwardly being forced to share a bed or pretending to be married and then actually falling in love. I think that comes from reading and watching too much anime as a teen lmao. I also love a good slow burn, but not an angsty or excruciatingly slow one. I can’t roll my eyes enough when it’s too damn angsty.

11. What is one piece of advice you’d give to lepetitchoucommie canceriancommunist commiemood?

Hmm.....I don’t know if I have specific advice? I’m better at situational advice vs general advice. But I guess work hard at achieving your goals, keep an open mind, and do what makes you happy. <3 That’s pretty much my philosophy

[tfw-no-tennis]

mtmte liveblog issue 35

ooooh baby functionist universe time

the cover with the neon ‘everything is fine’ sign is rlly good but also the pile of dead data stick bots makes me so sad omg noooo they're so cute leave them alone :( 

minimus and rewind...! its so cool seeing them interact

also I just love the crowd shot, and you can immediately see that there are a ton of data stick bots like rewind around - which isn't what we’re used to at all

also some good ole totalitarian govt stuff like the ‘you are our eyes’ sign (which, in retrospect, is fucking evil damnnnn)

also I'm so [eyezoom] on this functionist universe stuff bc like, this is basically the only time we ever see dominus be a character (rather than hearing abt him thru other characters), and even so he remains pretty ambiguous 

like, minimus clearly isn't thrilled that dominus didn't show up to see him at the space airport or w/e when they've been apart for two million years - and even tho we later see why he didn't show up, it still shows that there's some tension there

the amount of crowd shots in this issue is insane 

oooof, the fact that they sold luna 2 - and to the black box consortia, who we just heard about last chapter when they previously got into a space battle w/the galactic council and the djd

fu!minimus being part of the primal vanguard is interesting, I wanna see more about that. what was he doing w/them for 2 million years?

rewind just casually saying this completely fucked stuff, like that the govt ‘outlawed the intellectual class’ and ‘deported the knock-offs’ (which I'm assuming is cold constructed bots?)

I really like the sense we get thru minimus and rewind’s convo that all of this fucked up stuff has happened slowly enough that its become almost normal - like, they talk about it casually, even though its clear they don't necessarily agree with any of it 

plus the sense of ‘even if things get really bad ill be okay’ that both rewind and minimus seem to adhere to - rewind having been upgraded from being in the disposable class due to his connection w/dominus, and minimus saying ‘I like to think that obsolescence is something that happens to other people’ 

I love all the fucked up signage this issue. ‘take pride in being a means to an end,’ yikes

god and the fact that there isn't MORE data sticks, there's just LESS of other alt modes bc of how many alt modes the govt has wiped out completely...

oof, and continuing the whole ‘slow change’ thing - minimus saying that ‘the council never touches the astro class,’ and maybe that used to be true, but the govt will keep pushing that line, clearly...

and we get to see minimus’s alt mode! altho we the readers know that this isn't minimus’s true form...

‘amazing, the lengths some people will go to cross class boundaries,’ minimus says, as if he isn't doing exactly what rewinds describing, but even moreso as a loadbearer wearing an entire suit of armor

and then the casual public execution of the last lunabot...oof.

love the ‘cybertron. the present day’ text overlay...I was so confused about this when I first read it lmao. I figured it had to be some sort of au/quantum nonsense but STILL

back on the lost light, chromedome is going full kool-aid man on rewinds door

mannnnn I absolutely love the plotline of rewind 2 and chromedome 1...im so glad the story acknowledges that they ARE different, they did experience different stuff on their own lost lights, and rewind 2 being a quantum duplicate doesn't mean he had the same experiences as rewind 1...

and I love so much that chromedome just Doesn't Get It, bc of course he wouldn't - he’s too relieved that rewind is back to even consider that its not quite the same, that the rewind he was forced to blow up is still dead (which is a fucked up thought, so of course chromedome, the master of pushing the past away and moving right along, would want to avoid thinking about that in favor of continuing his relationship w/rewind 2)

it also makes a lot of sense that rewind, who records everything and puts a huge emphasis on history/the past, would be hyperaware of all the differences between him and rewind 1, and his chromedome and this chromedome

AUGHHHH and chromedome referring to an offer he made to rewind that was pretty clearly ‘if your memories of the djd slaughter are too much, I can remove them for you’ ooooof...I love these two so much, like...their absolute opposite approaches to trauma is fascinating

oooh mannnnn and then rewind starts ‘remembering’ stuff from the functionist universe...the plot thickens...!

I really like how one of the main ‘things’ in a lot of tf universes is energon/energy shortages, its interesting when the angle is kinda like, ‘energon is a finite resource and the methods to obtain more often involve destroying other planets,’ that's a pretty unique, alien problem for the tfs to have

it also makes sense that the functionists would form partially in response to that (perceived) shortage, and any sort of scarcity would push them further into their extremist views

I like how expressive the characters with visors are...its cute...

poor rewind has to go thru So Much

WHY can just anyone go into the morgue and touch the dead bodies. I mean I guess megatron being one of the captains explains why he’s in there, but that still shouldn't be allowed 

‘megatron mountain’ vhbjdkshfbjskfbhhk that's so fucking funnyyyyy I love rodimus....I quote that line a lot, especially when watching g1 lmao

the fact that swerve diluting his engex bc he’s a cheapskate saved everyone's s lives is amazing lmao

also like...damn brainstorm sure tried to murder Literally Everyone huh. like I guess the logic would be that if he succeeded in changing the past it wouldn't matter that they had died there cause the timeline wouldn't exist, but STILL. I guess that shows how confident brainstorm was in his plan

it makes so much sense somehow that rung doesn't drink. and we’ve seen firsthand why magnus doesn't lol

mannnn that panel of brainstorm shooting magnus with some wacky beam and causing the magnus armor to fall off in vehicle mode...Super Cool, just peak mad scientist vibes there

ok but if minimus switches to alt mode when ultra magnus does - as we see here, where minesweeper-minimus is inside big-ole-car-magnus - does that mean that inside the minesweeper is turbofox-minimus?? I want to seeeee

ghsdufjkbvksadfbhjs the panels of rodimus telling megatron that brainstorm time travelled are so fucking funny

and megatrons rant about how absolutely bonkers the lost light is....hvbhjdskfbasjh that's so funny oh my god. like yeah dude you're right and you gotta roll w/it sorry 

'on this ship, a minor breakdown is practically a rite of passage’ vbjdsnfbkasdfn its true and I love it

goddddddd it kills me how at this point in the story its So Obvious to everyone that brainstorm travelled back in time to do evil decepticon double agent stuff - and we as the reader can even buy that bc brainstorm has been so sketchy until now, and nothing he’s done contradicts what rodimus suggests - but it turns out in the end, it was all just for love. AUGHHHHHHHH its about the LOVE!!!! that's why I love this arc so much.

back in the functionist universe - god I cant believe rewind waited until Now to reveal to minimus that dominus has a tv face...like I get that that's a difficult topic to bring up in conversation but like, a little sooner might've been good hbvhjkdhnfbjaksl

oh man it hurts...rewind saying that they're in a ‘blind spot...’ oh man :(

rebel rewind, tho!! I love it sm

oh man and rewind never even broke the news about dominus to minimus oof. that's a tough reveal 

MANNN I really like the whole ‘flathead’ thing, its so awful and brutal. its such a logical extension of empurata, and as dominus says, once people get used to seeing empurata’d bots, it loses its punch...and the flatheads thing is even more invasive 

and writing wise, both empurata and the tv-heads are such good devices to show evil govt bs. I talk abt it a lot but I like all the ways jro gets creative with the ‘alien robots’ thing; a lot of these concepts wouldn't work at all with humans or other organic aliens

GODDD and dominus’s chilling speech being interrupted by the functionist propaganda....fucking horrifying I love it

also seeing dominus here is fascinating - clearly the council managed to pin him down enough to turn him into a flathead, but they never discovered his true alt mode...same with minimus, actually 

the cog is so fucking ominous. just floating there...

and the council is scary too! their names, and the fact that they all look the same...seems about right for an evil alien governing body

mannnnnnn and then the reveal that the data slug alt-modes will be ‘recalled’ next...rewind noooooo...and the one council guy even admitted that they still served some purpose in society, BUT that their ability to mass store data made them dangerous to the goverment...evil!!

meanwhile, rodimus doesn't know enough about science to be appropriately frightened about their timeline being wiped from existence, so he’s having a grand ole time

‘no one’s nodding, perceptor’ bvhjdbfasdfhbk their expressions....the lost light command crew are all clearly team ‘leave the science to the scientists’ lmao

I do love the paradox stuff, and brainstorm’s way around it all 

‘so I'm not allowed to take an interest in magic?’ hvbjhsdkfbjhkdf ily sm rodimus

but also like....rodimus suggests a parallel universe could've formed and perceptor is like ‘no way, that's not scientifically possible,’ as if brainstorm didn't basically defy science by time travelling at all...and more to the point, functionist cybertron DID get created, so rodimus was actually RIGHT this time

love that we’re already seeing perceptor’s admiration for brainstorm and his invention even here....sapiosexual mfer

a time travel chase....so beautiful...I love sci-fi so much

seriously time travel is one of my favorite tropes ever, this arc was inevitably gonna be my fav 

‘he’s going to kill orion pax.’ DUN DUN DUNNNNNNNN

meanwhile, on functionist cybertron...aw, is that bulkhead? great cameo! oh wait what's going on with all the data sticks...? uh oh!

the fact that their heads just EXPLODE....soooo fucked!! 

god and then the council picks up their dead bodies, for...probably something evil, I’d assume

god and then dominus got even more fucked....

‘there are certain words you cant afford to lose’ ;_; REWIND....GODDD IM SAD 

GOD GOD GOD the reveal that minimus has CAMERAS in his EYES GODDDDDDDDDDDD that's so FUCKED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! and rewinds reaction...ME TOO BITCH TF!!!!!!

all the ‘you are our eyes’ messages are even worse now huh!!

they did it while minimus was asleep...that's so fuckedddd

FUCKKKK and then rewind’s impassioned rebel speech, which I adore.....rewind ily sm...he’s such a good revolutionary, I wish we could've seen him leading an anti-funtionist rebellion....BUT THEN ‘oh? what about the back up?’ and its just like HHHHHHHH AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH and then his head starts smoking and we see another billboard, but this time it says ‘WE are your eyes’ - is the implication that everyone is now a surveilling spy, whether they like it or now, so now it’s ‘we?’ like, we’re all in it together, spying on each other! ooooof

also. this is like the third time rewind has died on-screen in this series lmao (well, if you count the fake-out death where he thought he’d be cancelled out during slaughterhouse)...he ALMOST died in issue 12 too....poor rewind

‘the custom-made now’ is such a great title. jro always killin it w/the titles

plus ‘elegant chaos’ is such a cool arc name. fucking epic 

M A N NNNNNNNN THIS ISSUE WAS BALLER...this ARC is baller....I talked a lot hvbhdjkhfndsak lmao but there's so much to talk abt!!! I love the look into the functionist universe, I love seeing alternate versions of characters and settings so much, and I love time travel, so this issue is basically made for me

plus I fuckign love alien robot politics and seeing the absolute control the govt has over cybertronian society in the functionist universe is fascinating - plus from a storytelling standpoint, I think it was brilliant to show the ‘other side,’ aka what things would've been like without the war...which is something ill talk about later when its more directly addressed in the story but man do I enjoy that 

basically I love this arccccc I cant wait to read more hhhhhhh