#i want moooooore of these

[starshipstories]

There being like 20 Scarlet Pimpernel adaptations in the 1900s and ZERO in the 2000s is hugely upsetting me. LETS GET SOME NEW ONES COME ON

[freewayshark]

Every time I think about whatever it was Tim said that implied Tommy might not be around for long I’m just like. Genuinely, please let this be one of those times Tim is just flat out lying, I have gotten Too Attached

[movielosophy]

Joy of Life 2 | sincere.

[siyuri]

Ef's moment of respite at the bottom of the Mariana Trench from amazing story Falling Falling Stars by @not-poignant

[makolokgneh]

THIS WAS A BIG PART HAHA

here you go with a little introduction to Lyuld ♥

[gojoest]

things that make me happy :>

[lets-try-some-writing]

May I request a follow up to Fallen Sunbeam? I wanna see Optimus take care of baby Hot Rod.

Why of course you can! I wanted to write more for that AU the moment I churned it out. But no one showed any real interest so I shrugged and continued on my way.

Previous part here.

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It was a strange thing having a sparkling again, and after accepting Hot Rod, there was a degree of regret involved initially. Optimus was most certainly not prepared after a whole vorn spent in mourning the loss of his little warrior. And yet here he was with a sparkling, one who needed his aid and his guidance. There was no worming around it, not when his team were holding him accountable and sent him sparkling care packages the moment Ratchet let them know he agreed to take on Hot Rod as his own.

The sparkling was an experience on his own. Hotrod was quite a bit different from his deceased elder brother. Bumblebee was not a quiet sparkling by any means, but he recharged deeply and did not often wake until he felt good and ready. Hot Rod on the other hand was a little monster in that he woke once a groon whenever he went down for recharge. Optimus's sleep schedule suffered immensely and he found himself falling into more depressive states whenever he rocked Hot Rod back into recharge. All he could see was the son he loved and lost in those blue optics of his newest charge.

It was a chore to get up every cycle and tend to the sparkling that had been given to him. While initially he had been hopeful, he found that spark of affection was still there but smothered by loss. There were many times when he heard Hot Rod crying and found himself comparing the sparkling to Bee. It was not a good mindset, especially when at one point Optimus ignored his charge as he wailed, too tired and unstable to see the sparkling's face at that moment. Luckily for him, his archivists were an excellent aid and tended to Hot Rod when Optimus simply could not. The archivists for their part adored Hot Rod and were quite fond of snatching him to show him the archives and simply keep him around them as they worked. Hot Rod usually had a reasonable time before being separated from Optimus got to him and he began to cry.

It was around a stellar cycle into his care of Hot Rod that Ratchet returned and stayed with Optimus to ensure he was actually taking care of the sparkling. Initially Optimus was rather upset at the idea that he wouldn't care for such an innocent being, however when Ratchet pointed out his blatant neglect, the Prime swiftly shelved his rampaging emotions and put on the mask he did when at war. He mentally shoved Hot Rod's care under the label of duty and from there he managed to keep his dark thoughts at bay. As it turned out, Hot Rod wailed so much simply because he did not like to recharge alone. As soon as Optimus began recharging or otherwise resting beside him, the sparkling was just as calm as Bee. It was too difficult to feel things, and thus Optimus continued operating as though Hot Rod were one of his primely duties until at last he could no longer maintain that vision.

It was such a sudden shift, but as Hot Rod was just learning to walk, he hobbled along on his small legs and babbled incoherently. Optimus dutifully watched on from where he knelt nearby while going over a datapad. Then out of the blue, the sparkling he had come to see as a duty rather than a son called out to him.

"Sire!"

It woke something in Optimus that he had kept hidden away beneath layers upon layers of grief. Next he knew he was wrapping Hot Rod up in his arms murmuring all sorts of praise and encouragement. It hurt immensely to recall how Bee had called for him in the same manner, but with time easing the wounds, he could see the differences between his newest charge and his fallen son. Hot Rod was lively, more wild, and prone to adventure in a way Bee never was. His little warrior wanted to fight, whereas his little flame was far more interested in racing and competition.

It was difficult, but Optimus found himself start to really love the sparkling given to him with time. He began attending therapy sessions with a kind mech named Rung, and as that happened, he grew to be less grieved and more accepting of the new life he had for himself. It was still a very arduous thing for him to not look at Hot Rod and see the son he lost, but slowly Optimus moved out of the inner archives and instead chose a new place of residence up a few levels so that Hot Rod could look outside. After that he found his formerly very minimalist space stocking up with toys for Hot Rod and colorful objects to entertain his sparkling. By the time Optimus stopped going down to the deep archives to tend to Bumblebee's grave so regularly, he was somewhat shocked to notice how lively his residence was after so long. His routine also changed considerably in response to his growing love for the sparkling he initially did not want.

Hot Rod woke from recharge exceptionally early even by wartime standards. The sparkling was always screaming for attention the moment he was online and Optimus had long learned to forget recharging for longer than what was the bare minimum. There was simply no victory. From there Hot Rod was one of the pickiest eaters known to Cybertronian kind as soon as the idea of morning fueling was presented. He had one very specific type of energon he would tolerate and nothing else would suffice, thus when Optimus eventually found himself in need of supplies again, Hot Rod made the issue the whole of the archive's problem. This quickly led many an archivist to keep a stash of Hot Rod's preferred energon around for when the inevitable occurred.

From that point onward the early groons of the cycle largely consisted of getting Hot Rod cleaned, helping him tidy up his room slowly and carefully to teach him how, and then strapping him into his carrier so that Optimus could continue his work while keeping an optic on his charge. As a general rule, up until mid cycle, Hot Rod was largely content to recharge in the sling that served as his carrier, only babbling and uttering "Sire" to get Optimus's attention every now and then. Then of course mid cycle fueling would roll around and at that point any work in the archives Optimus was doing would need to be sidelined in favor of tending to Hot Rod's energetic nature.

For the remainder of the cycle the sparkling would make and absolute menace of himself. Crawling under shelves, trying to fall down the stairs, making a break for the exit on small wobblily legs. trying to eat datapads, and so much more. Watching Hot Rod was a full time job that Optimus took with upmost seriousness. He would often try to teach his charge through games to keep his focus, usually through cards and shiny baubles. It worked to an extent, but Hot Rod was always tamest when placing with the archivists or when he was brought outside. The sparklings very nearly lost his mind the first time he was brought out and spent nearly the whole cycle touching and feeling the ground, which served to make Optimus feel all that more worse about himself and his earlier neglect.

The sparkling was always particularly fond of pointing and looking to Optimus for confirmation regarding what the thing was, to which Optimus would respond with the name of the object, much to Hot Rod's joy. Hot Rod was also very pleased whenever Optimus gave him a datapad to play with. It was always a blank one, meaning that once the sparkling got a hold of it, he could scribble to his spark's content. Many of those drawings were carefully digitized, printed, and kept on the wall in Hot Rod's room. He was so very different from Bee, and yet with every passing cycle the gloom that had overtaken the world faded a little more for Optimus Prime. Hot Rod was most certainly not an easy sparkling, but he was a fresh start, and for that Optimus was willing to keep working forward.

[ex-textura]

What if I made an OC chat discord or something... a....please infodump to me about your Tavs and your Durges and all your OCs discord. A please let me be so abnormal about blorbos from your brain discord.

What if I did that 🤔

[kristsune]

caught up with k6bd tonight and this was such a raw ass line. god i love this comic so fucking much.

[zeldaelmo]

Love me a good pirate AU, but my fellow writers, where's my pirate AU with ruthless pirate Queen Zelda and prim and proper privateer Link??? It's always oh-so-noble Zelda who gets kidnapped by evil-but-in-a-hot-way Link on her way to marry some guy. (I'm beta reading one where Zelda gets rescued by Link and doesn't really want to, that's a breath of fresh air, too, watch out for that one when it gets posted!)

But where is my girl conquering the great sea and proudly robbing stupid white men out of their riches with no mercy? Laughing at them when they cry after their mama? Where's Link, raised to follow the orders of his kingdom and sail to keep the sea safe from filthy pirates in the name of the crown?

Where are they, meeting in a clash of rapiers, Zelda getting her ass handed to her for once because she's being arrogant? After her arrest slowly adapting to Link's values and he to hers the more they talk on the way back, until they realize the kingdom is just as fucked up as the pirate world and they sail off into the sunshine together???

Nintendo gave us Tetra and we're doing nothing with that just because it's cartoon style? 😭

[mochawulfie]

Savanaclaw Rook :)🦁

[boyheros]

kinda sloppy exrey color test yayyyyyyyy + old exrey-as-foster drawing to keep the image from being supah long. also bc i enjoy it. i quite like this character and theyve been around for sooooo long and have had a lot of redesigns lol...

[breanime]

So I broke down and rented season 1 epsiode 7 of Jujutsu Kaisen and....

....Gojo is really out here trying to fuck Jogo and I live for it.

[babygirlspurgeon]

WAAAAAAAAAH

[meatsound]

empenada place made chicken pesto empanadas and theyre fantastic

[goldenretrieverpaladin]

officially launching my campaign to Get Robbie on a D20 Side Quest with Emily at the Table