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Suddenly remembered I had this gem saved in my phone

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Transformers: The Beasts Without

Amongst the Transformers gestalt teams, there’s a trend of describing these vast, aggregated creatures as being, well, monsters. Yet even winthin the category of ‘giant monster sized giant alien transforming robots,’ there are some who get a further description of being monstrous, of being something a little incomprehensible and alien to the existing minds of their allies and cohorts. Now, setting aside the one time the Autobots did this with Volcaninus, about whom I have feelings, these gestalts are typically Decepticons.

Thing is, what makes this particularly weird is that the Decepticons have a bunch of monster gestalts. Not ‘one gestalt who is the monster one,’ but a bunch of times where they put the lore behind the gestalt as ‘behold! the monstrous one!’

Anyway, here are three of those.

A recurring challenge for gestalts is managing the way five minds are made to be physically compatible with one another. Sometimes this evinces a simplified persona, sometimes this creates a new character based around an aggregate of the component minds’ hopes, or dreams. Sometimes, and oh so commonly for Decepticons, it creates a big angry boy who just wants to fight everything. Abominus does that.

Abominus is composed of five transformers, who are themselves all Decepticons who turn into monsters. They include Hun-Gurr, a great strategist who’s overwhelmed by his hunger, Rippersnapper, a softboy who hates himself and turns into a shark with feet (don’t worry, the Decepticons have another of those), Sinnertwin, a sadistic serial killer, Blot, who’s also here with a note from his mum, and Cutthroat, who uh, is kinda just like Sinnertwin but has wings.

In terms of sheer threat, Abominus is the coolest and best one. Abominus is composed of four cool monster transformers and Blot, and the overall aesthetic of the mass of metal (and by metal I mean plastic) is that of a terrible monster man made up of terrible monsters. The guy has dragons for knees, his arms have wings and a horn made of a tail, and the whole overall beast is kind of sleek.

As a toy, Abominus is honestly pretty good. Because he’s made up of a classic scramble-city style critter, he’s got a big central piece and four more streamlined pieces, two of which make better arms and two of which make better legs, but they also let that central piece form a big, solid core. He’s a bit broad-stanced, but it beats some of the other combiners that are a bit ropy based on their size and friction needs. Talking about you, Seacons.

Monstructor is a dark shadow of evil, a fundamental piece of something wrong, something unnatural and in-cybertronian that existed before its pieces were brought together. He is a cruelty that breathes.

He is made up of the stupidest looking transformers in the world, his head is bright yellow and his chest is made of Gold Plastic, meaning that he has a more tangible form of timer on his existence than any of the narrative may imagine. He is also, because he’s made up of Micromasters, roughly the same size as a G1 Hot Rod, who also sucks.

Poor Monstructor is such a cool idea in the high concept way of things. He’s a Lovecraftian monster that a bunch of transformers come together to form into a creature that has a shape into which something much older, more primordial and more mystical than the parts can ever contain. The problem is this concept came along, as with so many things in the history of Transformers, at exactly the right time to not have a good place to land, meaning that Monstructor is made up out of the bodies of the six Pretender Monsters, which are all basically ugly cubes with extrusions that transform into things that you will almost always wind up describing as “<squints> something,” and have memorable names like Icepick. Birdbrain. Bristleback. Scowl. Slog. Wildfly. Snort. I made one of those up. No, it wasn’t Slog.

Cool idea, awful execution. As with so many of these orphan ideas, though, good news, he gets to live on in the comics, in which it doesn’t matter how stupid his crew look.

But Predaking owns a special place in this pantheon in that in the context of the show that was built around these toys, the places where these characters were first ensouled, Predaking both existed (in that he was in the show) and that he set the template the rest of these beasts followed upon.

The first gestalts were simplified idiots, in G1. You had Devastator, the Giant Green Angry Baby, Menasaur who was basically a tantrum throwing simplified monster person, and Bruticus, who included Swindle, was a pure, efficient, soulless killing machine. Of the gestalts the Gen1 decepticons had access to, then, there were three blunt, brutal instruments that needed supervision to be dangerous.

Not Predaking.

No, Predaking doesn’t need instruction. Predaking is exactly that: he’s an unthinking, calculating, stalking predator and he needs no guidance nor demand to engage with his prey. Now, what complicates this description of him is talking about a character who is a stalking, relentless hunter that can track you for days across the limits of your endurance, while ignoring that Predaking is a giant robot the size of a school, and not a you know, sleek predator that has something it can hide in. What I’m saying is, unless you are, yourself, also the size of several busses stacked up on top of one another, the ‘hunt’ part of Predaking’s command pattern doesn’t exactly seem likely to come up and it’s not like he can leap out at you from a stealthy hiding place, because again, he is a giant monster on the scale of one of those American monuments they had to detonate sacred mountains for.

Like, I appreciate the concept of linking together six minds with a common interest in animals and getting an animal intelligence, and the name, Predaking, top notch even if it is a typo away from being a real problem in a chat room. But there’s just a fundamental lacking component of a stalking predator that really scares us (lions, jaguars, all that good stuff) when you put it onto something that’s roughly the size of a moderate town-house with an even more deadly form of rent.

There’s nothing wrong with any of this of course, because this is an ad for toy transforming alien robots. It’s something a lot of science fiction and fantasy writers are trying to do their best job on as a project that is going to engage children and excite them with cool characters. These monsters are meant to be baddies to lose and threats to run from, because that’s how you make stories exciting.

The fact that there are these characters that are made to tap into common ideas (monsters, the monstrous, the unknowable, the predator) that break down a little when they’re giant robots is fine.

But what if we try it again?

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More Persona 4! We've gotten speedrun Adachi link so I've made a Gurr

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detectivecephas​:

“……….?” Oh, okay that was certainly something a little different. Not too much; usually demons and the like would keep their affairs out of the middle of the road, but this chicken thing didn’t seem to want to show as much decency. He was familiar with demon affairs- he had his own otherworldly companions after all, and part of him was tempted to not get involved with the fight; the other summoner seemed to be holding his own decently with the help of the clawed humanoid…. but Isaac couldn’t not scratch the itch to be part of something actually interesting.

He stood from his desk, flicking his wrist as his human disguise fell into place, before reaching into his desk drawer. From it he pulled his weapon: A breakaway revolver. Taking aim through his window, he fired as close to the bird thing as possible. Whether it was the instigator or not, it was his duty as a public figure to help the more mortal beings of this plane.

The skeletal bird, known as Gurr, let out a rage filled squawk as the bullet nearly punctured one of his wings. He’d turn and swoop toward where he thought the shooter was.

Naoya who hadn’t really expected any help would give chase. “Hey! Whoa! Get back here you overgrown turkey!”

But the demon is angrier at Isaac now sticking his head into the crime show host’s window and starting to move to try and grab at him.

And in the chaos Naoya’s persona would grab the bird’s leg and tug, “Leave ‘em alone, shit for brains!” The persona has very colorful language! He’s also holding it in place enough that perhaps another shot could be taken at the demon?

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Horoscopes by Gil Hizon - Week of September 24 - 30, 2017

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LIBBY JUJU (September 23 – October 22)

When you follow up about a certain opportunity this week, that shit is gonna be tricky. You don’t want to overtly say, “remember that thing you were supposed to give me? Where is it?” Whatchu wanna do is check in in a way that is courteous and nice, therefore, making them feel like you’re doing your due diligence but at the same time, you’re not being an asshole about it. Cool? =====

SCORPIES (October 23 – November 21)

You’ll be traipsing through this week with absolutely no idea whatchu doin. And hey, usually that would freak you out but not this time. You’re in such a daze about an upcoming event that you’d rather not riddle your brain with mind clutter. Although this isn’t like you, the reality is that yo ass could use a break from all that intense “worry about everything” mode. =====

SAGITTICARIUS (November 22 – December 21)

You’re a bit bipolar this week. Certain events in your life has caused you to keep switching from one persona to another as a form of adapting to your surroundings. Other people wouldn’t be able to handle such a task (looking at chu, VIRGO!) but you see the personality back-and-forth as another way to express your penchant for roleplay (let’s face it). =====

CAPRICORN-ON-THE-COB (December 22 – January 19)

There’s a bit of a clusterfuck on the horizon set to whoop yo ass this week. I’m not telling you this so you can prepare to face it and control it. I’m giving you the heads up because, you won’t be able to contain this one. How you react when the shitshow hits the fan will be the true test of your character. The key is learning how to embrace the unexpected and knowing that you can’t fix everything. =====

AQUEERIUS (January 20 – February 18)

There is a tug-of-war happening between your strong analytical side and the allure of the mysticism that exists in your environment this week. The more you try to figure out what the fuck is happening in your neighb, the more frustrated you’ll become. Whatever’s transpiring around you does not need to be figured out. It just needs to be enjoyed. =====

PI-SHEESH (February 19 – March 20)

This is not the time to be adjusting your truth just so other bitches can feel better about themselves. You want to be as clear as possible when you’re making your wishes known to the universe. There’s so much clutter out there that any attempt to blend in so you’re not offending anybody will make you completely forgettable. Be truthful about your personal story and be loud when you’re speaking it. =====

ARIES IS BURNING (March 21 – April 19)

A certain event you’re used to going won’t be so enjoyable this year. Things have changed, gurl. Nostalgia has affected your expectations and the more yo ass clings to the past, the more disappointed you’ll become. This is the time to look at this event with fresh eyes. Rather than being tethered to the what’s been done, why not focus on creating new memories this time around? =====

TAURY SPELLING (April 20 – May 20)

Your Compassion Activity Meter is at an all-time low. I think certain events in your life has hardened you - and not in a good way, gurr. It’s possible that you’re forgetting your purpose on this earth and it’s causing an unfortunate chain of events to unfold where it’s kicking yo ass at every turn. It’s time to make peace with Karma before she writes you off as some busted queen. =====

GEM IS EXCITEMENT (May 21 – June 21)

As the queen of bullshit, you can usually see BS from afar. This week, there is so much clutter in your midst that it’s not as easy to figure out who’s being for real and who’s trying to sell you a watch from a sketchy trench coat. Look, all it is is that your processes in unveiling the truth will be a bit slower than usual. You can still get the T; it’s just gonna take some time, gurl. =====

KUH-KUH-KUH-CANCER (June 22 – July 22)

Trying to analyze a certain bitch’s unique lingo will be a true test of patience. But it’s all worth it, queen! The more you try to figure this other ho out, the wider your brain will expand to accommodate all this new knowledge you’re acquiring by the minute. Whether or not you are successful in decoding this gurl’s spoken word, rest assured that the exercise alone has proven that you’re a patient and persistent muthafucka. =====

LEO MCQUEEN (July 23 – August 22)

You were doing just fine until another ho came atchu a certain way, making comments about your future plans and shit. She’s just being like that because she don’t have the luxury to be thinking about her future. Certain events in life have caused her to feel stuck in her present. What this gurl needs isn’t resistance. This bitch needs some muthafucking compassion. =====

VIRGO/BEYONCÉ (August 23 – September 22)

When an opportunity doesn’t work out the way you want it to, expect a temper tantrum on your part. As long as you’re not accidentally hitting innocent bystanders / elderly, feel free to go all extra and then some. But make it quick, tho. Another adventure awaits and this one is so much fucking better than that other one you were obsessing about. =====

(DISCLAIMER for all entries: This is all a shitshow!)

For more Horoscopes By Gil Hizon, click here, gurl!

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En Algeciras fue neutralizado un artefacto explosivo sembrado por la guerrilla - Extra Bucaramanga

En Algeciras fue neutralizado un artefacto explosivo sembrado por la guerrilla – Extra Bucaramanga

En Algeciras fue neutralizado un artefacto explosivo sembrado por la guerrillaExtra BucaramangaEstas personas hacían parte de la estructura criminal que lidera alias 'El Gurre', cabecilla de la Compañía Héroes de Taraza. La presencia de elementos extraños en el área rural, ha alertado a la comunidad que de inmediato ha dado aviso a la Fuerza …and more »

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Horoscopes by Gil Hizon - Week of May 7-13, 2017

Nancy Drew Presents: The Case of the Spilled T

TAURUS (April 20 – May 20)

We rely on yo ass to be our rock and foundation and you’ve gotten used to that role. This week, it’s gonna be difficult for you to maintain a strong facade as you deal with shit from your past. Listen, queen. We are thankful for you for being our stalwart protector, but we are doing fine this week. Feel free to lean on us for a change! =====

GEMINI (May 21 – June 21)

So, your old ways of doing things ain’t gonna cut it anymore. It’s time for you -- and I’ll probably regret saying this -- to try on a different persona! Time’s a changin’, queen, and there were things in your life that didn’t seem crucial before, but now they iz. And don’t worry if this new identity seems shaky at first. Once you’re comfortable in your new skin, you’ll be sure to kick ass. =====

CANCER (June 22 – July 22)

As you set out into your new adventure this week, you’re in the mood to try something new by breaking free from the chains of your past a la Carnie, Chynna and Wendy (or Arianna Grande, for you fucking millenials out there). This is quite a bold move for you and something you’ve been needing to do for a while. But here’s the thing. The lessons of your past will always be a part of yo ass. In the end, that’s what matters. =====

LEO (July 23 – August 22)

You are in social butterfly mode this week... it must be something you ate. Regardless, just because you’re in the mood to get to know as many people as you can doesn’t mean it’s gonna happen the way you want it to. Your brain will only be able to hold so much personal information about the bitches you’ll meet. You bettah pick your best three hos to get to know. The rest will just be your fans. =====

VIRGO (August 23 – September 22)

The future seems hella appealing to you right now and gurl, I don’t blame you, ‘coz you’ve been through some deep, psychological shit, whether it’s been broughten upon you by your life, your career, or even your pets. But gurl, the future you’re perceiving right now may not be the future you’ll get. You must figure out a way to make the present work for you so whatever the future brings, it won’t fucking matter. =====

LIBRA (September 23 – October 22)

This is the week where all your shit, all the things you’ve been worrying about, will snap into focus. It’s like all of a sudden, errbody’s moving slow and you can see and hear errvything. This is the time to be taking advantage of this power. Get your shit done -- no dilly-dally, queen! -- before the world goes back into its normal state. =====

SCORPIO (October 23 – November 21)

Being pulled in two different directions is only fun when two hotties are the ones doing the pulling. This week, a part of you wants to be in the center of the spotlight, while another part just wants to get away from it all. Is it possible to find a compromise between the two? Well, gurl. If you surround yourself with the right people (be as picky as you want), you can be alone and loved at the same ass time. =====

SAGITTARIUS (November 22 – December 21)

Now that you’ve conquered a major obstacle, you will need to prepare yourself even more, as the shitshows and clusterfucks will get harder and harder from here on out. As you keep going, there will be a part of you who will want to give up. When this happens, you must ask yourself why you were on this path in the first place. Reminding yourself of the prize can only strengthen your resolve to keep going. =====

CAPRICORN (December 22 – January 19)

There are things you know, things you don’t know and things you DO NOT NEED to know. The third one is most important as it speaks about timing. Timing can be learned. It’s all about not forcing the script that the universe has given yo ass. The more you allow the powers that be to use your body as a vessel for your true self, the more organic your learning capabilities will be. =====

AQUARIUS (January 20 – February 18)

You are the future queen of America. And as future queen, you get to call all the shots in regards to how the other queens will behave. But remember, with great power comes great responsibility. The giggles you’ll get from being appointed Governor will be short-lived once you’ve figured out the actual duties that come with your power. So be careful, mama. =====

PISCES (February 19 – March 20)

Current personal frictions in your life may be caused by you being a quirky ass bitch. Hey, gurr, that is not something you can help. As long as your intentions are pure and you’re not hurting nobody, then you can be as fucking freaky as you want. And here’s the thing. Certain bitches in your life may not like your methods, but gurl, they can’t take their eyes offa you! =====

ARIES (March 21 – April 19)

When a shitshow slaps you in the face, all that positive, evolved demeanor you’ve been working on during the past few weeks will fall to the wayside. And you know what, gurl? That’s okay. Those attributes are boring anyway. What we like about you is your tenacity and speediness in getting things done. And if the duty of the day is to tell another queen off, then by all means, read her to filth! =====

(DISCLAIMER for all entries: This is all a shitshow!)

For more Horoscopes By Gil Hizon, click here, gurl!