#how tf will i work tomorrow

[bilolli]

I have the urge to draw but it's 4:23 am. Why must inspiration's god be so cruel.

[calkale]

just realized i don’t get this final exam back and if i do its only gonna be a percentage 😐

[permanentreverie]

it has been an evening of highs and lows, ladies and gentlemen.

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[catcze]

Good afternoon !! (It’s 3 PM and I only just got out of bed 😭)

[olberic]

im 4 episodes away from being done beast wars and im scared. this show is awesome idk what to feel about it being over. maybe its bc im watching earthspark s3 rn too but the difference in my personal enjoyment between the two is wild. like idk i dont love beast wars’ animation or its character designs (for the most part) but its such a good transformers show. theres a lot of great character moments and episodes, i genuinely find it funny, the overarching plotlines are actually interesting, and while it definitely has some trite episodes, i generally find them entertaining enough to not matter. and ik theres a beast wars anime and beast machines but i dont know about those… i cant say ive heard anything abt beast wars ii but ive only heard bad things abt beast machines… so im not ready for beast wars to be over. im in my beast era

[littleplantfreak]

Me: I will edit what ive already written so i can post it

My brain: you're gonna write 500 words about something completely different after not wanting to write for the past 3 months is what you're really gonna do

[ambersky0319]

well i finished most of what i needed to

and now i know what ill need to do in the morning

[quibbs126]

Oh yeah, might as well share some updates to that AU thing I was talking about yesterday

Okay so really the only main thing I have is that I put a name to that female character I kept mentioning. I’ve sort of just decided that she’s Hoist now

I knew I didn’t want it to just be Elita or something, because the character in my head was very much in a support role, even if she was physically powerful, and that’s just not Elita, or not how I want her to be. So eventually I was like “screw it let’s just genderswap someone else” because that’s easier

My brain eventually decided “what about Hoist?” and so yeah, I guess that’s who she is now. Not like Hoist is doing much anyways, as far as I can tell

She’s basically the Autobot medic here, though she isn’t actually a full fledged doctor in the same vein as Ratchet, she’s more supposed to be a doctor for checkups and maintenance. I was thinking that she and perhaps other members of the group share Optimus’ struggle of not actually being qualified for their current role but being stuck with them

Unlike Optimus however, she more so takes it in stride and is just trying to keep everyone’s spirits up. She’s a very friendly and sweet lady. She’s aware Optimus doesn’t know what he’s doing and just wants to try and help him, which he appreciates

She’s also probably at least mentally in her 30s or 40s I’d say? I’m not sure, but she’s definitely older than Optimus, whom I’m putting at mentally around his 20s or so here

But also I still want to keep the strong aspect of her character, so despite being a medic, she can still mess you up if you cross her. And she’s probably beefier than her original counterpart for it

Also she’s married to Grapple, who is also a woman here because I wanted to keep them gay for whatever reason. Besides, can’t go wrong with more women. Don’t know if Grapple is in this Autobot group, but if she isn’t, she’s probably on Cybertron missing her wife

I don’t know, I like Grapple and Hoist

Anyways, on to design stuff

I don’t think Hoist has a g2 design, but I’ve been looking at some of his other toy designs for inspiration. These so far have been some of my main inspirations

I was at work all day so I couldn’t draw on my iPad, but I did at least try drawing parts of these three designs on my cardboard paper there

I think I’d want to make this Hoist a tow truck, but I don’t know exactly what kind of tow truck, I’m given to understand there might be an amount of diversity in that area. But I might go with the 2nd? I liked sketching out that chassis

I really only have distinct thoughts on the 3rd one here, namely that while I don’t think the design itself fits Hoist, I did like drawing it. But also, since I’ve given this rule that the designs cannot be entirely inspired by the original designs, something at least has to be different, I think this is the color scheme I’m gonna go with this Hoist

One of the main solutions I’m allowing for the “can’t look like g1” rule is changing up colors, at least somewhat. That’s kind of what’s saving Optimus in that regard

I went later and looked at more toys, and I think this is the closest to a g2 Hoist? But anyways, I think this is what that color scheme is based on, and again, I just like it, I think I’m gonna use it

Admittedly though, I don’t really like this design all that much outside of colors. I don’t like how the entire front is just the chest. So more tweaking is needed

I’m also noticing that makes the two Autobots so far both have a notable amount of black in their color scheme. Should probably switch it up with whatever future Autobots I do

But yeah, I think that’s it on this Hoist character?

I really only have one more thing to say, it’s that I’ve at least settled on Optimus’ situation here, thanks to a comment from @godrizza

Basically, he was just a warrior in the Autobot ranks, but he ended up successfully killing the former leader of the Decepticons (who isn’t Megatron). He simply saw an opportunity and took it when the time came. Unfortunately for him, killing the leader of Decepticons came with promotions he was not expecting, and now he’s leading a team of Autobots, despite not actually being qualified for the position, or really wanting it

But he’s now stuck leading this group and learning how to manage that. He just wants to fight Decepticons man, he was mostly just hoping for a pay raise or something

I think I’ve sort of figured out what I mean by him being rough around the edges? Like I’ve said before, he still has Optimus qualities, like being kind and caring, but he’s also socially awkward and used to being alone or just fighting. He also doesn’t hate his new crew mates or anything, but he did not want to be a commander and that mixed with his awkwardness tends to make him come off more aloof and mean than he actually is

I still have absolutely no clue what to do with Megatron here

And I think that’s about it? I just wanted to say before I went to sleep today. Now to go to sleep before my hair completely dries and I defeat the whole purpose of showering at night

[threnodians]

y’all keep me in your thoughts and keep your fingers crossed that my day today and my shift tonight (it’s almost 2am already wtf) goes significantly better than today did 🥲🤞🏻

[kimmkitsuragi]

help me my mom is shipping me with some random chinese man whom i helped buying tickets

[zarafey]

Me for the last two days: alright so on monday ill wear my dark suit and the white blouse with the v-neck cutout. I should get that ready soon enoug

Me at 8pm the night before i need the clothes: SHIT FUCK THAT BLOUSE NEEDS TO BE WASHED

[apocalypticdemon]

finally did my goddamn dishes. and that wasn't all i managed to do today. fuck yeah.

had a meeting for thesis prep. bmv trip. rough plan for friday's discussion lecture. cooked dinner for the first time in like 3 weeks. read ~50 pages of academic text for 2 classes and a paper revision.

feels like i didn't do enough but. considering that yesterday i managed... going to classes and nothing else! and monday i was only capable of doing the required meetings i had, this is a pretty good day!

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[teruthecreator]

would you guys get mad at me if tfs was late this week 0__0

[rock-hoarder]

i impulsively got a lip piercing today and i like it but i didn't think about how hard it would be to eat with in the beginning 😭😭