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It's an interesting narrative choice how the United Earth Federation are the most "good guy"-coded faction in Supreme Commander--their colors are blue and white and they're the guys most prominently featured in the box art and intro cinematic--but their ending is the most evil.
The other two factions are just like "destroy the stargate network so everybody leaves us alone" and "end the war with a peace treaty (definitely no mind control promise 🤞)" while the UEF's win condition is blowing up everybody else's planets with a really big gun.
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What’s megatron’s reaction to bee’s sparkling?? And that breakdown’s the father..? I’m curious.
It's not everyday Megatron meets a bot who's not already aware of every wrong he's ever committed. It's not everyday he meets a bot who isn't terrified of him at first, but instead looks at him with awe and wonder.
You can't just reform your entire life/ideals and not go a little soft...
Though, it's important to note that Megatron still has a lot of relationships to repair. Not just with the autobots...
Megatron isn't the only one trying to turn over a new leaf. However, having some recent experience in trying to become a better person, he assumes he can maybe share some advice. Perhaps it was a moment of hopefulness, that he too could be looked at so fondly as Optimus; that he could be looked upon as a guidance figure.
#basically megatron is a little jealous of Optimus and Bumblebee's dynamic#and wants to maybe take breakdown under his wing because he sees so much of himself in him#and maybe if he becomes this fatherly figure to breakdown it will prove that Megatron is capable of being a good trusting person#a small problem is that he wasn't exactly the kindest to the stunticons#and he's not quite sure how to repair that#and Breakcheck is here being cute because I said so#I think Breakcheck could lead to a lot of healing with the Decepticons#like... as a little ambassador baby. a cross-faction proof that peace can exist between them#breakbee#transformers fanart#transformers#transformers bumblebee#maccadam#tf earthspark#tf fanart#tfe bumblebee#tfe breakdown#tfe megatron#megatron#tfe#earthspark#breakcheck#tfe breakcheck#tfe breakbee#breakbee fanchild#idk what to call this au lol#transformers earthspark
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A rarepair I am utterly obsessed with, and this piece was done by the amazing @/collisioncha0s_ on Twitter for me of these two. I've never been obsessed over a ship before, but these two grabbed me in a chokehold and I cannot get enough of them both.
Please go support the artist here (https://x.com/collisioncha0s_), they have many other pieces of art of the Constructicons, Beachcomber, Blitzwing and the Insecticons!
#Hook#First Aid#Constructicons#Protectobots#TF#Maccadam#HookAid#Transformers#First Aid hefting Hook up is so *perfect*. He is absolutely buff as heck even if he doesn't look it#and he would pick Hook up and hold him if Hook was being stubborn and refusing to let himself be tended to#I just love these two so badly and so much#They have such a neat dynamic as two medics of opposite factions with varied views on the world and how they treat medical issues#I could talk forever about these two#I've got so few ships but they all happened in late october early november and I'm down bad for them...
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It’s such a small thing but one narrative detail I love about d gray man is that (assuming cross and lavi aren’t the same person lol) post-Neah’s death Lavi was sent to take care of pasta and Cross was sent to take care of Mana. It’s such a calculated and interesting decision on Neah’s part. It also makes me wonder how well lavi and cross even knew each other.
We’ve been headcanoning for years the third side lads were all close, but that seems to be far from the case. Pasta was a rando, Lavi and Cross don’t seem to know each other well (Cross has only ever spoken about Mana and Neah and the host. He didn’t know who the host was and never mentions or thinks of Lavi period point blank. Their relationship seems to be, “the former bookman jr who was protecting the host is gone and now I got to find the host myself.”) Heck, currently it doesn’t seem like Lavi knows that terribly much about Mana which is so interesting since Mana is the reason the third side exists in the first place. It’s different than what we expected, but an interesting and more realistic narrative choice that the third side was likely composed of strangers with different self-interests running towards Neah’s goal.
Also, it makes the relationship dynamics of the third side way more interesting and complicated than the whole childhood friends forced into war bit.
Especially because that means everybody knows different things about what happened 35 years ago. No one, not even Nea, knows the full picture.
#dgm#not spoilers just me rambling#but seriously the dynamic of the third side seems to be much more realistic in terms of the war setting of dgm#pasta#cross#it functions more like a legit faction of war where people are recruited than a trio of pals#look I love the childhood friends to war criminals pipeline#but you can do so much more with this dynamic#lavi possibly never meeting mana and wondering what kind of person he is for Neah to love him so much#also#since lavi so adores neah perhaps he doesn’t even like mana with the whole cannabilism thing lmao#cross not trusting lavi because he’s a bookman jr#former or not#much more to work with than the lads go to war
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can you fucking imagine if instead of the mourn watch or lords of fortune factions we'd instead had an inquisition and agents of fen'harel faction . personally i have not stopped thinking about it once since finishing veilguard but maybe thats just me
#datv#datv spoilers#tay plays datv#oc: deia#oc: evander#oc: matthas#harding literally IS an inquisition faction all on her lonesome#in my heart deiadre served the inquisition between dai and trespasser but like to have actually had that IN CANON#and like. to have had a faction of [even just former!] informants to solas who have since been clued in and either want revenge#or stil sympathize with him. girl. im so fucking sad#can you imagine having had companions that reflected THAT. how much fun both sides wanting to straight up kill each other wouldve been.#and rook have to reconcile their feelings with solas/leadership in general as they are directly tied to their teams dynamic!!!!!!#OR they couldve even made their relationships mirror how solas and the inquisitor feel. either enemies or eventual-friends or lovers LMAO#GOD. IM SO FUCKING SAD LOL.#MUCH LOVE TO EMMRICH AND TAASH BUT WHY WOULD THEY EVEN BE HERE. FGVBKLJFGKLFGJ#anyway this is quite literally deia's backstory btw. her brothers are an inquisition simp and a fen'harel simp#fighting a familial proxy war in both of their heroes' names because they are both idealists and have not yet clued in to the fact#that neither ashara or solas probably even know who they are :/ lol. something something inherent apathy and exploitation of leadership#man. ok well. gonna be sad abt this off on my own somewhere for the rest of the day lol
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sorry i'm obsessed with rook!
#the way rook's backstory is like genuinely integrated and frequently mentioned! oh my god!#at least antivan crow rook i can't speak for the other factions obviously#i got 3 hours of sleep last night and my head is pounding but i'm chugging an energy drink and pulling an all nighter#and i love the companions too!!!!! and the music!!!!!!!!! wtf!!!!!!!!!#and the expressions!! the cutscenes feel so dynamic compared to any other rpg i've ever played honestly i'm just...........................#datv
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Every now and then I'll go "I can't believe Counter/weight is only the second season, it's so good" when in reality a lot of the things I like about it are clearly the result of it being the second season.
#like the chime and their dynamic is very clearly the cast going 'we just finished autumn and now we want something light-hearted'#compounded by no one understanding the system and so their first two missions going so disastrously#and then they just switch systems suddenly and everyone's character gets expanded to accomodate#the faction games where no one keeps an eye on the clock so they just throw out cool concepts and nothing is accomplished#the freedom to just decide things without worrying about past or future implications#ultimately the reason i have never made it to palisade is that they are so aware that they are Making Friends at the Table#counter/weight is just 'here's a weird thing we're making'. this makes it jankier and less cohesive and i love it a lot#anyway. candidate of loyalty big counterweight fan fork found in kitchen#misc thoughts
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it’s still so crazy to me that rosho mentally booted sasara out and said his nmcd is actually ichiro kuukou samatoki and juto LOL
#this is vee speaking#the arb chronicles#sasara is probably just stuck in mental osaka lmao but still#like based on this event rosho is apparently of the opinion that#ichiro and samatoki are friends turned enemies#kuukou is ichiro’s number two and juto is samatoki’s#samatoki picks a fight with anyone on ichiro’s faction and can only be stopped by his sister lol#saburo is rude lol doppo is still a slave to capitalism of some sort LMAO#hifumi has aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaalllll the tea on everyone lol#jiro is loyal and well meaning if not a little hot headed and impatient#and jakurai and hitoya have a rivalry that hitoya followed him to settle#which i mean………………… how wrong is he LOL i just want to know how he picked all this up lol#the yamada dynamics ig he picked up from ichiro himself (did he see ichiro giggle tho bc of kuukou???)#and maybe sasara regaled him with tales about samatoki lol and his budding friendship with hifumi#the others tho……………….. where………..?? how……………???
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Like. This.
I reread this and think that Soundwave, who has become Attached™️ to Miko, would be prepared to beat Megatron's aft if need be. And Megs knows this.
#fic reading as ya do#maccadam#transformers#tfp au#fic snippet#tfp megatron#tfp soundwave#tfp miko#i just love when Soundwave and Megatron have that kind of dynamic.#he knows better than to piss off his amica. after all it's Soundwave's face on the faction logo_ not his.#sfhji
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Hiiii Gina, when I started reading fics your tumblr helped me a lot to find good fics
And as you are someone who has always read fics, I would like to ask you if there have always been many authors who are anti or hate Harry/Louis writing Larry fic?
I personally feel uncomfortable reading a work by authors who attack H daily on their social media
I feel like all the amazing things in this fandom are ending, including the fics, which is sad (feel comfortable not responding if you don't want to
I would imagine there were antis back in the old days who were writing fic. But I only really started to notice people doing it after the hiatus.
When the band was together, basically you were an anti, a larrie, or a neutral. Everyone publicly liked all the boys. You could have a fave, but not at the expense of loving all of them. When Zayn left you then had the OT4/OT5 split. Now, it’s just a free for all. I say all of that to point out why it’s so much easier these days to know an author’s “politics”, so to speak.
One of the big complaints back in the day was ex-larries pretending to still be larries so they didn’t lose their following (the larrie fandom was much bigger, much more active, and had almost all the content creators then). These days, apart from larries, you’ve got het harries (or GF harries as they call themselves now), antis, and solos writing (and reading) Larry fic but not publicly expressing their “status” because Larry fics get read exponentially more than other pairings and they want to keep their stats. To be fair, some of them probably keep writing Larry because it’s just a pairing they enjoy writing, but I do find it bizarre that you could actively dislike someone and still write a romance story about them.
A lot of people only want to support larrie authors. The best place I know of to look is @thelarriefics, although I don’t know if they’re still updating. At the time, the mod was very much on top of who was a larrie and who wasn’t. But, again, not sure if they’re still updating because that’s a huge job to go back and remove authors who’ve changed their beliefs.
That’s a very long answer to what should be a simple question. But, as with everything, this fandom takes simple things and complicates them. 😂 I hope it helps, nonetheless.
#fanfiction commentary#Fandom dynamics#fandom factions#and I agree with you about so many things ending#content creation hasn’t been the same since at least 2017#a lot has changed and it’s very sad
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Hi I hope you are well! I have been thinking about Pompey and Crassus a lot (particularly your wonderful art) and was wondering if you think there was ever a moment, after Caesar came on the scene and married Julia to Pompey, where Crassus felt like his grip on either of the other two was slipping? I feel like I'd be worried if my ambitious protege and my rival were starting to get cosy. Thank you!
ngl this specific aspect of their interlocking dynamic fascinates me to the point where I actually have three or four separate stories (not including Trikaranos) exploring this exact situation, because historically the answer seems to be yeah, no question about it (although the severity of the looming break depends on the scholar and who their main guy of focus is) but emotionally it’s like. ohhhhh. the potential to get some real bite and bitterness and messy fuckery in there is off the charts.
#technically there are two other variations on the tris homines I have lying around but they’re modern AUs lmao#anyway it compels me bc it reminds me a it of how Crassus fell out of favor with the main Sullan faction wrt to balances of pwoer#which in turn compels me bc the Crassus-Sulla dynamic reminds me of a relationship but one where you know you’re going to get#dumped but you’re not in a position to do the actual breaking up so you fortify all the other places in your life#and make friends with people who’ll have your back when it inevitably falls apart#ask tag
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Fin.
#darktalks#well i fucking got what i wanted. huh. that sure was a modular armor system#overall i liked it a bunch! kassandra is very fun as a character#i liked the mystery of the cult and i really enjoyed the friendship dynamic with barnabas and herodotos. coupla pals goin on a ship#Speaking of! i liked the adrestia. i liked sailing around and i liked ship battles#i think it's because it's scaled back in comparison to Those Other 3 in terms of weaponry and addons and what have you#so it didn't feel like if i was falling behind if i wasn't dedicating ALL of my resources to the ship all the time idk#the maps id say were right on the border of excessively bighuge but i liked how varied the scenery was#not just between greece and the dlc2 areas but between different regions of greece#and the mythical beast/monster encounters were a nice level of challenging that broke up the monotony of fighting other humans#more on the story i like how personal they've made the plots of orig and odys. it really gets you feeling for the protags right away#it's something that also happened with ezio and connor for example. but syndicate and black flag (especially black flag) are kinda lol lmao#even still in AC2 the motive was ''hunting assassins'' not ''hunting YOU specifically'' so to some degree it was still impersonal#it was cool seeing darius in action but dlc1 parts 1 and 2 felt a bit more eh to me#i think it was just because fast travel in makedonia and achaia was a bit of a pain#dlc2-1 also felt a bit overlong because of how many factions you're helping. 2-2 by comparison is super short (but sweet).#2-3 made me want to kill aita all over again. i have mixed feelings on the isu :thumbsup: Aletheia can hang#this is not the games' fault of course but after Hades (game) seeing all these ''gods'' just look like taller humans is a bit of a flop#(let's not get on how much of an idiot they made hermes of all people)#the further rpgfication of equipment and abilities felt like a chore. what the fuck do you mean ''+17% assassin damage''. be serious.#from what ive heard that's something very much still present in valhalla BUT ALSO there's a stamina bar?????? wherefore dost thou do this.#i will say i missed having an animus database. which was also missing in origins? like ik there's the discovery tour but it's Not the same.#i liked the RW segments well enough. something something blonde woman and protagonist with isu artifact smth smth two nickels#kind of a flop moment to not finish off the literal Biggest Problem for the assassins when you had the chance Layla :/#to valhalla we go
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yknow now that i’ve had time to think about it Neve’s romance isn’t bad at all it’s just that 1) she was my first romance and i was disappointed by how lacking the romances are in general 2) i simply romanced her with the Wrong Fucking Person. No dynamic No chemistry. sorry Neriallos.
#if i do it again it’ll probably still be with a warrior because i like that dynamic at least#hell it’ll probably still be with an elven male warrior. just a different faction really#faction plays a big role with dynamic i think and she just had nothing going with a veil jumper.#i’m thinking a kinda fenris inspired shadow dragon warrior. that would work i think.#idk this is only IF i ever rome ants her again. wanna do taash at some point as well#i’m just rambling now#your daily dose of idiocy
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Aemond bolted awake in a cold sweat, a gasp escaping him as he breathed heavily, only to feel the sharp pain in his eye causing him to cry out in pain, tears stinging his remaining eye that threaten to fall but he wipes them away with a harsh swipe of his hand. The boy took in his surroundings and it was then that he remembered what happened and where he was. He was in his own cabin on his father's ship heading back to King's Landing where his family would be staying while the Blacks had Dragonstone. His head tilted upward at the sound of a deep rumbling nearby, only to look out the cabin window to see Vhagar keep an eye on him as she kept her distance away from the ship lest she accidentally knock it over into the Blackwater to sink.
He'd cried himself to sleep last night, knowing that he would never be safe again. Lord Vaemond and Lady Naerenna were kind to him and Helaena and Vaenna had been there with him the entire time. And Mother, she... Mother protected me. Aemond's hands clenched his blankets into fists. Luke didn't even get punished! Viserys had made his favoritism clear last night. He didn't even ask me if I was okay... Tears blurred his vision, his throat tightening as he tried his best to fight them back. The dagger, his nephews, the Velaryon cousins, the sea salt in the air, writhing on the floor howling in pain as Vhagar roared with Aemond in their shared agony. Where's Vaenna? Hela? Aegon? It hurts, Mother, help me, I'm in pain, it hurts too much!
The sound of his cabin door opening had him immediately wipe his tears away, his one eye wide in fear, heartbeat racing as he saw who his visitor was. This is... Larys Strong, he's my father's Lord Confessor, Master of Whisperers and Mother's ally... what's he doing here? His heart sank into his chest. Am I in more trouble again? Aemond watched @clubf8ed closely, his fingers twitching nervously, eye downcast.
❝Did Rhaenyra send you? Are you going to hurt me?❞ Aemond asked.
#aemond targaryen. || ic.#clubf8ed#u mentioned u wanted an a.emond-l.arys conversation post driftmark here u go!!!!!!!#dynamic; aemond & larys.#faction; the greens.#v; the peaceful era.#THIS POOR KID IS LIKE 10 & HE'S TERRIFIED SAVE HIM#HE'S SO VULNERABLE & IN PAIN I CANT
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if i see one more person say that the aventurine & ratio ship is just the haikvh of hsr i think i will go absolutely nuclear w/ the block button
i have no opinion on aventurine x ratio because THEY ARENT EVEN OUT YET. THEY HAVE NOT MET IN CANON YET but god if they get the haikvh treatment im gonna mald. i cannot stand the ship at all which sucks because i LOVE kaveh & al haitham as characters but i literally cannot go into the characters tags because theres nothing there since i have the ship tags blocked.
its so frustrating to see people make expectations on characters backstories and interpersonal relationships before actual canon comes out. ive seen this happen so many times and i lived through the webttore twt fallout. speculation and being excited for a character is great and fine but youre setting yourself up for failure if the character you created in your head doesnt live up to the actual canon character then your initial excitement and joy is just. gone :(
#if you come at me with 'tHe LeAkS sAy OtHeRwIsE' go back to twt or reddit and leave people alone who actively do not look at leaks#the only leaks i look at are like. future character kits and basic character details like appearance/faction/planet/etc#not sure if tumblr still places uncensored mentions of ships/characters in the tags but justice in case#i have nothing against anyone who like theses ships/characters/dynamics#but i just obsessively curate my space#yappin
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hm...
#river rambles#im thinking about abdirak#usually i dont even talk to him because. Ayre-> illmater cleric that's in it for the actual point of the faith rather than the.#self flagellation thing.#and you know. loviatar and illmater. kind of opposing factions#And Alfhart straight up doesnt talk to anyone in enemy lines unless absolutely necessary#however. Something a little funny (in a sad way) about the possibility.#Alfhart about to give himself war flashbacks voice: 'sure loviatar straight up owes me money at this point. Why not.'#also more fuel to convince astarion he's a masochist / enjoys the biting and what have you when really he's just INCREDIBLY self destructiv#sigh.. them and their atrocious early game dynamic..#oc: Alfhart#oc:Ayre
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