#idk how to mech lmao

[kenpai-arts]

Rusty Sketch~

[rocksanddeadflowers]

I think there should be a violinspector coffee shop AU but it's not an AU it's just post TBI. Years and years after TBI Marius finds Lyf on a random planet laying low and under the radar working minimum wage at a cafe and he's determined to make things right (Never Ever Getting Rid Of Me from the musical Waitress style)

[whatudottu]

The funny thing about a TFP Humanformers AU is that if you’re changing the bots to humans, that leave the question of if the humans are bots or the humans are not, because if the Autobot Decepticon faction division still exists and the war is ongoing you’d kinda just… be left with random robot children that got involved somehow.

I mean, cybertronian Fowler makes sense given he’s a military man and primary human liaison for the Autobots already, flipping him around potentially means that he’s a military ranked bot hiding on Earth under the protection of the Autobots. The cybertronian version of MECH too makes sense as the ‘Decepticons’ of this switched universe, probably being Shockwave wannabes and dissecting human cadavers or vivisecting live subjects in the pursuit of alien interests; stereotypical alien behaviour according to Earth media. Heck, robo Fowler and mecha Silas can have PERSONAL beef or at least a history of knowing each other to the point that the Autobots are warned of a more insidious alien curiousity.

But the kids being on Earth is like… harder? Aside from explaining why they’re on a completely different planet (if it even IS based on Earth) you also gotta consider the gimmick that these kids get themselves into danger mostly thanks to the headstrong enthusiast and overeager Miko dragging the others along, and idk about you but if I saw a giant robot kid come across a fresh battlefield and say anything remotely positive about it, I’d probably just give up and turn the other direction.

[technofinch]

Fantastic news for fans of lancer and/or baseball. Parker MechMillan is a go

[chisungie]

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[liauditore]

i am so sorry, beautiful woman on the internet but i. this is so funny i.

ill give u three guesses

smooshing together my interests like making two plushies kiss. some random nonsense under the cut (horror themes).

<RETRIEVED FILE. CODE: HCS7DO.>

DECKED OUT 1.0: The newest and only one of her kind! We have no idea how Tango managed it, but, and I don't say this lightly, she's the best we have. Equipped with the latest redstone technology and standing at a whopping 70 metres tall (Tango was always known for not being particularly subtle...), it's no wonder Tango and her are inseparable.

TANGO TEK: One of the greatest engineers I know. There's.. really no reason for him to be out in the caverns, but his heart seems to belong to piloting. There's no talking that guy down, if anything he seems to take any sign of doubt or worry as a challenge. I hope he knows guys around our age usually grew out of that sort of bravado half a decade ago, but who am I to stop him?

<END LOG>

<RETRIEVED AUDIO. CODE: HCS8DO.>

[shrill, sharp inhales are heard, piercing through the microphone.]

[???]: H-Hey! This is [INTELLIGIBLE]. Do you copy?! Do you copy?! We. We're in a situation o'er here! T-Tango, he--!

[An inhuman screech echoes from afar.]

[Heavy footsteps are heard, getting louder and louder]

[???]: [INTELLIGIBLE]

[???]: We need [INTELLIGIBLE] rescue, stat! Send everyone you can! We're deep down, at the-- [INTELLIGIBLE]! Please, it was the mech, it--!

[The audio abruptly cuts off]

~

Impulse finishes off the day the same way everyday. Review the paperwork, make sure all the mechs are fully powered off, lock up the compound, make tea, go to bed.

He's had the kettle for months now, yet it still feels brand new somehow. It lets out this high-pitched noise he can't stand and it takes so damn long. But he has no other option around these days.

He watches it boil, sitting on a dusty desk strewn with papers. Mostly business documents, most of those covered in scribbled drawings of future projects, a couple of handwritten recipes, an old sticky note from Bdubs that just read "HERE'S YOUR (crossed out) REDSTONE" that he found amusing and stuck to his desk, a birthday card with a cheesy message written inside signed off by "Your Rancher C:".

Impulse missed Tango.

He'd been missing for far too long.

[hadesisqueer]

how would you rate korra in each element?

Okay so that's hard. But let's see, in my opinion.

Earth: 6'5 or 7/10 maybe? It's hard. Earth actually seems to be her weakest element, but she's not a bad Earthbender at all; pretty good, actually. Not at the same level as Toph, King Bumi, Jianzhu or Yun, for example, but probably around the same level as Bolin and maybe Su Yin, and above Aang. If you're talking about Metalbending and sub-bending forms in general that's a whole different can of worms lmao.

Air: 7/10, actually better than Earth. Korra's history with Airbending is funny to think about, because Air went from being the one element she couldn't even bend to being her most used element by the end of the show, surpassing Fire. She ended up becoming a pretty proficient Airbender tbh. Obviously she's not at the same level as Gyatso, Yangchen, Tenzin, Kelsang or Aang, but I'd put her over Meelo, Ikki and the rest of the New Air Nation and around the same level as maybe Jinpa or Pre-Flight Zaheer, perhaps a bit better in book 3, because Post Book 4 Korra from the comics however could probably body Pre-Flight Zaheer with just Airbending lmao.

Fire: 7'5/10. Fire used to be Korra's most used element before Air took its place. And she's very good at it. I don't think she's at the same level as Ozai, Iroh or Sozin, but she's above Zhao and Book 1 Zuko. I don't think she is at the same level as Post Book 3 Zuko or Azula, but she could probably put up a good fight against them with just Firebending. She's probably around Mako's level, maybe Rangi's? Not sure

Water: 10/10. No, I'm not grading her any lower. Despite the fact that it's not her most used one, Water is without doubt Korra's best element. She learnt Southern and Northern styles from Katara —as well as healing— and quickly adapted to Pro-Bending style as well. She's incredibly skilled and her level of raw power is insane: she managed to lift a whole river and throw it at Kuvira's giant mech with enough force to make it stumble, before proceeding to freeze all that water and trap that mech, all that without breaking a sweat and without a full moon, in plain daylight, just by herself. Without the AS, that's the biggest Waterbending feat in both shows. So, yeah, she's one of the Top Tier Waterbenders in the franchise for me. In terms of raw power —skill is something else— I think the only ones who could match her are either another Water Avatar, like Kuruk, or Amon.

Again this is all just MY opinion idk.

[disasterbijupiter]

Okay, I'm gonna post some reactions to the G Gundam side story Tenchi Tengaku now... Kinda belated as some of this happened farther back (but no spoilers past what I've translated).

(Side note: I still don't know how 天地天愕 is meant to be pronounced?? Has anyone heard it pronounced or seen it written with furigana?? lmao uh anyways...) EDIT! I had to google it in Japanese (idk why I didn't just do this sooner) and it's Tenchi Tengaku.

Okay FIRST OFF, I kept doing a double-take and re-reading it but like... it appears that JD pilots a mobile fighter in a suit of armor. Like... in the cockpit she's in a suit of armor:

言葉と共にカモフラージュが散り消え、姿を見せるダーク

全身を騎士の鎧に身を包んだ《ＪＤ》である

//

" With those words the camouflage falls away, and the Dark reveals her appearance.

Entire body covered in knight’s armor, she is JD. "

Because like... this is before the gundam's camouflage goes away. So uh... yep, in the cockpit.

What a weirdo and a badass. What the hell, JD?? 😂 (but seriously, this is Fuun Saiki levels of absurd meta... a knight wearing a suit of armor piloting a mech that is also a knight wearing a suit of armor lksdjfsd)

Secondly... The martial arts Founder just hitting some weak point to make Sai Saici's cockpit open up and GOING INSIDE to do shit to his opponent's body directly is CRAZY!! That is so intense and legit I keep thinking about it. Like WHAT, that is next-level shit.

That's kinda almost mech-body-horror. Like, "I'm fighting this giant robot so I'm gonna break in and go inside it."

Also... Wong is horrible at picking allies/using people and being naive enough to think they won't betray him. Dude, just stop at this point. Quit while you're ahead 😂

I am here for it. I love to see this man panic and suffer when it's his fault lmao.

[norienoire]

a random smith-jiang sibs swap au that ive been thinking of for too long

im writing an element/role swap between kai and nya bc ive literally been obsessed with that au for so long,,,, im currently thinking about swap!kai and swap!nya and whatnot

swap!nya:

i always think of nya as a burnt-out gifted kid (haha i kin her), so when she doesnt get something, she gets frustrated and feels like quitting- couple this with the fact that her brother was kidnapped by walking talking skeletons that shes only heard of in myths and legends, and was taken to the underworld, and shes stuck doing this stupid training course that she just cant complete- well, thats just a bit more added pressure, isnt it?

and she doesnt have the best relationship with jay cole and zane initially but in the end, she wants to join the ninja and stay with them to protect ninjago. kai joins her because why not?- in canon, kai became a ninja only to save nya, and its similar in this au. she wants to save her brother, because hes the only family she knows and she wants to protect him for a change, rather than vice-versa, and later on- she doesnt want to be defined by him, she doesnt want to rely on him as much as she did earlier

(oh, and i think itd be hilarious for nya to be super protective of kai like how kai is of nya in the case of jaya- im thinking lava here? idk but yeah!)

and for swap!kai:

kais a protector, and hes a big brother- initially, the only reason he became a ninja was to protect nya. in this au, he joined the ninja and stayed with them in the monastery because nya wanted to. he doesnt have any powers (yet), so he feels out of place, and most importantly- he doesnt know what to do

kais one purpose in life was to protect nya, and now she doesnt need it, because shes the fire ninja. so where does that leave him? hes powerless, hes not strong- in fact, hes probably the weakest link of the team (if he even is part of the team- to him, theyre just nyas teammates, he doesnt trust them- the others want to understand him more, but he doesnt get that because hes too busy wallowing in self pity and misery)

he puts together something, maybe- heads back to four weapons and smiths a set of armor (i feel like kais better at making armor than at making weapons, idk why), becomes the red shogun (instead of samurai x, we have the red shogun), and we have that entire "whoever figures out the identity of samurai x will be the green ninja" thing but with the red shogun instead- although i havent really figured out a reason for kai to hide the fact that hes the samurai? maybe he wanted to tell them but then saw how much they hated the shogun, and he already felt so isolated and disconnected from the group (and especially his sister, who basically has a completely different life now), so he just kept silent? i dont know lol i still have to figure it out

but i dont want kai to have the samurai x mech (or any mech yet) because hes NOT tech savvy, like at all- he wouldnt be able to make a mech lmao. instead, he'd make a full armor set.

how does he get from one point to the other so quickly, though, you ask?

you will never know (<- has not figured that out yet, because i havent thought that far ahead, which may be a problem but oh well)

(maybe he just has a motorcycle that he stole borrowed. idk.)

oh, also, wu reveals that kai's the master of water much sooner here probably, idk

and kai's aquaphobic

so yeah thats fun, good for him! /s /lh

maybe ill elaborate more on this au soon! im thinking ships next? and then maybe ill talk about the red shogun next! (unfortunately i cannot draw)

[wormsmybeloved]

Go read this

I'm proud to announce my first-ever fanfic, Southbound Odyssey! It's a twist on "The Mechs were Jon's uni band" in which the Mechanisms are missing Jonny and decide to grab a mortal to take his place. The first chapter is up on ao3 at the link below:

[coredrill]

���i��m not a theory maker”s when 8ravern. this has gotta be my last post ever cause idk how to fit the numbers 9-12 into bravern’s name LMAO

GRIDMAN JUMPSCARE!!!!!!!!!!!! (<- occurs when like half the VAs in this show open their mouths but with the man himself this time LMAO)

anywhore. inch resting things of note (which may be wrong cause i’m real stupid when trying to read subtitles and will probably have to watch it again to understand):

according to bravern (sus fella he is), the deathdrive spaceship being destroyed means the deathdrives “won’t revive after being killed”. explains why superbia is back. however does NOT explain why bravern said they still had to defeat cupiridas when he allegedly perished for good in this very ep. also the spaceship “could get in the way” of knuth’s goal

vanitas also apparently wants his death with a “dazzling light”. like maybe the “light” bravern told smith to look for??????? and/or arael???

knuth “turned back time again and again remembering [her] tryst with [smith]”. so she has time powers

she also describes it as “become one with me”

lulu’s mission is to “take care of everyone” so i would not be surprised if the next ep is like. isami and bravern destroying all the deathdrives montage -> timeskip -> lulu has wrangled superbia to do her bidding and figured out a way to ALSO fuck w time and she recruits isami to get smith back. would explain her long hair + superbia amulet in the OP. and then they just start beboppin thru the timelines to get him outta there? and then in a few eps we get smth from Smith Prime POV and finally realize that he’s alive and maybe absorbed by knuth? and that’s how bravern Is Made somehow? if smith’s fancy brainwave mecha also got merged w him? doesn’t explain the spar kaiser lookalike tho...............or whatever tf bravern is on abt w the spaceship.…………..hmmmmmmmmmmmm………….

anyways all i’m sayin is that if smith “becomes one” with knuth & his brainwave mech too maybe and they are Elsewhere In Time and we gotta Get Him Outta There we could perhaps do it in an n3i fashion and wait where are you going?????? just hear me out!!!!!!!!

born on valentine’s day, died on a leap day. wants to be the protagonist SO bad and then wants to be the rival even WORSE and then is relegated to the role of love interest. AMERICAN!!!! i wanna study this dude in a LAB

anyways. hehe. i love this show even if it did make me scream WHAT THE FUCK out loud with my mouth when the ED started playing this week LMFAO. (nodding) koyanagi, obari, i see your vision (<-doesn’t understand anything)

[swallowtailed]

palisade 32

i have two main thoughts about this episode. one is the role of mortality across the divine cycle and in palisade specifically. the other is FLASH NAUTILUS

there’s been very little information established about the actual physical ecosystems and land relationships on palisade. flash nautilus opens up SO MUCH possibility. you’re telling me there are gigantic airborne plasma blasting cephalopods on this planet?? fantastic. 10/10.

probably it’s the round-shelled modern kind of nautilus, but i’d love to imagine it as an endocerid nautiloid, a cambrian clade that had long pointed shells. this would make them very aerodynamic!

don’t want to get too into the longstanding speculative biology argument of “how do they fly”, but in this case i do think the “chemical reaction producing lighter-than-air gases in an internal organ” proposal is probably sufficient. flash nautilus shells are structured membrane-bound gas chambers… plasma blasts generate gas and some thrust… 

considering the probable scavenging behavior of flash nautiluses (due to their large size and inefficient movement strategy), the plasma blasts likely originated as—and still serve as—a defense mechanism. (comparable to earth cephalopod defense mechanisms like shooting ink.)

lastly, if giant flying plasma nautiluses are on the table, i think we should consider comparable cambrian fauna. giant flying plasma anomalocaris. herpetogaster colonies. land wiwaxia

this has been speculative biology corner! tbc whenever there is any more biology to think about.

anyway, on to the other topic i have in mind: mortality in palisade.

i don’t feel like i have an articulated position about this, as much as a handful of things to line up next to each other. but the divine cycle has historically been concerned with control over death—setting fronts of conflict on undeath as violation, the right to die, forced continuation, the right to change. and so pc death is always going to alter that thematic fabric in some way.

all the recent pc death/flirting with death was discussed a bit this episode—figure taking number of the beast, brnine’s new hook about borrowed time—and phrygian just died (/sacrificed themself, but either way, departed) to prevent further death—a lot of that going around.

i was thinking about this during the stellar combustor arc too, and one thought that came up there was that the blue channel might gain an edge through their acceptance of their own mortality, as opposed to the principality’s desire for immortality/fear of death. 

dahlia didn’t expect to die. gucci didn’t think brnine would survive and helped them anyway. figure feels precarious in their third chance at life.

i’m still not sure how i want to frame this—the conclusion i don’t want to back myself into (and also don’t think is being implied) is that self-sacrifice is the necessary condition for victory.

but there’s the argument that death gives meaning to life, in the way that all worlds end… idk. thinking about it. will have more to say about this if/when figure bites it.

a couple other loose thoughts:

SO EXCITED for more cori/elle conflict. it’s the first time they’ve met since cori got her new mech!

standing alone on a rooftop in a hostile city, cracked and affected and tracked, is so extremely noir sleuth. all it’s missing is some dreary rain… except it’s dawn, and this is baseline-c, and noir happens in the cracks in the perfect skyline.

new perspective is also just sick as shit. fantastic move.

felt very silly and fun to have more and more wildly different enemies popping up in this fight—can’t wait to see how messy it gets with dust in the mix lmao. past and present and future collide!

[whatudottu]

Do you ever think about the differences between our cars and planes and think about how they'd apply to cybertronian physiology?

I'm by no means an expert on anything mechanical nor engineering but I at least know the very vague basics. And by basics I don't fully mean 'well one's on the ground the other flies' stuff I mean stuff like how one's alt changes their root's armour.

Like, if you pop open the hood of a car you can through all the machinery see the ground below, and depending on the car you can see bigger or smaller gaps. Planes of all sorts are practically surrounded in outer plating, the only gaps being along servos and if you've got a jet you get that extra little intake. And tanks are all around a complete hull, and in fact kinda come in multiple hulls strapped together.

And considering that the scale relative to one another (car -> tank -> plane) it would make sense that fliers' sizes are quite similar to their alt modes, the interconnected machinery in tank joints just extend for a bigger rootmode, and civframe grounders would puff out their plating so as to not be completely tiny.

I mean I'm not an expert on vehicles but wouldn't that be pretty cool?

[metanarrates]

SOME MILDLY DISORGANIZED KIM NAMWOON THOUGHTS BECAUSE I HAVE ADHD AND IM TOO TIRED TO WRITE A PROPERLY FORMATTED POST

- it's really notable to me that both of the young boys kdj has met so far have significant parallels to kdj himself. i was going to write a longer post about this, but lgy has a Lot of parallels with how he conceptualizes the world as a story and asks if a protagonist exists. meanwhile, knw is a chuuni teenager (hello, teen kdj declaring that he is yjh) who clearly is not coping well with his domestic circumstances. guys who reflect kim dokjas past

-on that note, kdj claims that he's hated knw the entire time he's read twsa, but it's also really apparent that he recognizes something of himself in him. i think it's brilliant that knw being established as a huge threat who then dies in the first few chapters works wonderfully to establish the tone and direction of orv, but that we later meet knw and realize he's just a kid. and, more crucially, realize that kdj let knw die because of that self recognition and self hate. knw is a critical part of the story of tswa, and thus part of kdj himself, and kdj wanted that part of himself to die for the new iteration of the story. oldest dream moment. works wonderfully to establish kdj's character flaws too.

-changing the story changes the characters! knw, once a threat, is now a relatively harmless ally now that he's died. this never would have been possible in tswa, but it's possible now. love kdj's guilt over it and how that's contrasted by knw being grateful to him since knw likes being in the underworld. real juicy internal conflict for our beautiful protagonist

-on a less Overarching Plot level, i love that knw doesn't give a shit that kdj killed him because it means he gets to Build A Gundam. you get a very strong sense of his character in his first underworld scene and it's delightful! rather than an insane mass murderer who would kill grandmas (hes kind of that still but he's chilled out lmao) he's just some weirdo kid who thinks mechs are cool. kdj says a lot of shit about chuunis in apocalypses in the first few chapters and he's not Wrong exactly but it's really nice to show that the situation is way more complex than kdj initially described it as.

-you know, thinking about it, it's notable to me that this iteration of knw, distinct from his various iterations in tswa, is not a killer. yes, he absolutely would have been one if given the opportunity, but he was prevented from it in this timeline. in the last arc, there was a lot of talk between disaster of floods sys, kdj, and yjh about not condemning others for actions they took in another timeline. I like that that lesson is catching up to kdj here, since he DID treat knw as a full blown mass murderer in the first few chapters, and killed him for it. again, yes, knw was attempting to kill an old lady in his first appearance, but that's a little distinct from already being the joker, you know?

-idk i have a lot of inordinate fondness for this kid despite him being kind of mega evil lmao

[nerdyenby]

DRS2 reactions (spoilers)

Ep 1

Ras at the shadow dojo???????? Who woulda thunk

New intro?!?!!!?!! Idk why I wasn’t expecting that, actually

The public including Pix with the missing ninja my beloved

Gosh, big Riyu will take some getting used to

Wait… is that a curious george reference??

I don’t know if I’ve heard someone outright say something isn’t good for their friend’s mental health in a cartoon before, it’s really refreshing

Casual Frohicky and Sora/Arin interactions my beloved <3

Omg Kai explaining Shang to Zane is such season one vibes

Lloyd having open and honest conversations with his students about both his and their wellbeing is so important to me

Ok, hear me out: au where baby Wu didn’t age back at an enhanced rate and gets lost at somepoint and Arin is teenage Wu

Dang it, Cinder’s kinda funny

Ep 2

I legit started happy stimming so hard at that opening shot, I’m really invested in Euphrasia’s story already and nothing’s even happened yet lol

Percival out here making the gen z solarpunk dream a reality!!!!

Lloyd calling it what it is — a panic attack — soothes something in me

Sora did really bad graffiti of cats when she was young, that’s adorable and kinda tells you everything you need to know about her

MY GIRL!!!!!!!

Euphrasia using a cane!!!! Hell yeah mobility aids!!!! (Even though it’ll probably be gone in two episodes lol)

I kid you not, I was 100% expecting Suetonius to say “resurrect… the Great Devourer” lmao

I love that the gang is (mostly) all together, but it’s a bit too many characters for a conversation, I get why they like to split them into groups

Nya grounding Lloyd :(( /pos

Kai boasting about a fight that he won a decade ago when Cinder probably doesn’t even know Ash is endlessly amusing to me

Ras is so dramatic I can’t really take him seriously

Damn, they’re letting characters get hurt, it’s kinda refreshing but it’s scary

Ep 3

Wait I didn’t see Euphrasia get captured :((

WHAT THE HELL?!???? /vpos

Strength, motion, energy, and life?!??!!??

AYOOOOOO?!?!????

Kai comforting Wyldfyre <333

We know this takes place after the mech shorts, so why hasn’t anyone mentioned Cole? He was also seen in public, so why did that conspiracy guy say he’s still missing?

Why do they keep leaving Zane behind?? He’s in his housewife era fr

Kai making sure Wyldfyre’s taken care of :((

This show is so unserious, I love it

I wasn’t feeling people calling Kai Wyldfyre’s dad after season one but…

No… Sora took Arin’s thing from him… she didn’t mean to, but he feels like he’s not special anymore :(

I’m going to pretend that was a believable amount of parts to make a mech that big

Kai getting moments with Arin and Sora my beloved

Kai’s “hey kid, nice of you to drop by” is giving the same energy as when Lloyd and Arin first met during the merge

THE WALLS ARE MOVING, REPEAT: THE WALLS ARE MOVING

These nightmare sequences are going so hard

Nya being the first one to realize it isn’t real when her nightmare is reality, I’m screaming

Riyu comforting Wyldfyre <333

Nya best sister award when

Ep 4

My boys!!!!!

THE found family of all time

IF ANYTHING HAPPENS TO MY CHILDREN I WILL RIOT

Seeing Kai and Nya fight so smoothly together is so special after how much they and Lloyd were tripping over each other when they first reunited

Basketball?!??!!??!!!

Autistic Arin real and true

I love Bonzle so much

Geo is such a lil bastard actually /pos, makes more sense why he and Cole are a thing, knowing Cole’s taste in men

COLE!!!!!!

Cole will never stop being overpowered, it seems, he deserves it tbh

Censorship pog /hj

“Not funny, Wyldfyre” “Not joking, Sora” the sheer cousin vibes in this interaction are too much to handle

Lloyd PLEASE just mention being 1/4 dragon, it will almost certainly get Egalt on board, I am begging

Glacier reunion!!!!!!!

Ep 5

I wanted a more emotional reunion, but they’ve probably seen each other off screen (or I’m just forgetting a scene from the shorts)

Zane, why are you still carrying that doll like it’s your child??

Bonzle my beloved, she’s says that so deadpan I don’t actually have any questions

Wyldfyre my beloved

I would die for Bonzle

Cole and Geo holding hands 😭😭😭😭😭

Is Egalt the motion source dragon?? Probably not tbh but I’d believe it

Man’s spitting facts, flatearthers are going to lose their shit

“Little fire man” IM DYING OH MY GOD

Wait when does this take place? My first instinct is while the ninja were in the Never Realm but idk if we’ll actually find out

“Friends can become like family?” “Definitely” IM SOBBING ON THE FLOOR

Letting Arin be angry is so important

Cole shutting down Bonzle’s suicidal thoughts without hesitation “no, you are loved and needed. We will find a way to protect you” <333

The physical affection in DR is so dear to me

Human sacrifices???? In MY lego show?????

Ep 6

Wyldfyre struggling with her body’s limits is really relatable as a young disabled person

FOREHEAD TOUCH :((

Plot twist: where the other ninja are right now is Mysterium and they have that tua meme of two cars passing each other moment

Damn, that exchange hit hard as a former gifted kid. Sometimes having someone believe in you hurts. You’re not just letting yourself down, but them, too

Nya just fucking bodyslamming Kai, Egalt didn’t know what he was getting into pitting the world’s most competitive siblings against each other

“The Finders are like my family” *looks at Zane* “My other family” screaming, crying, sobbing on the floor

Oh no

Wait yeah, why are they thirsty if Zane can just make ice for them to chew on? At least Cole and Jiro, idk if Bonzle needs water

The nonbinary pirate!!!

Cole CANNOT escape the performing arts fr fr

Ep 7

Bonzle is giving transgender

That is the most Jay and Cole thing I’ve ever heard it, it’s so in character it almost feels out of character

Arin and Sora going through the exact same thing and trying and failing to not take it out on each other :( it’s ok tho, the real ones are the ones you can be snippy with and love regardless

Wyldfyre referring to the ninja as “Kai’s friends” honey, they’re your friends too, I promise

Anyone who calls Wyldfyre dumb can fuck off, she’s so perceptive and intelligent and is really good at connecting others when she truly wants to

Bonzle’s mom <33333

Bonzle’s smile when her mom compliments her name <3333

Who you calling stolen equipment bitch?????

Lil Kai and Nya!!!!!!

Nya’s so proud of him!!!!! I could cry

Kai being the first to achieve it because fire is an element under motion’s domain methinks

Oh you bigoted son of a bitch

Zane why are you considering it????? Honey

What the fuck did you do to Jiro??!?!!!

JAY?!?!!???

Ep 8

NOOOO 😭😭😭

There’s literally a nindroid agent right there????

The og musical cue playing when Jay comes back <3

Jay on his Euphrasia arc, this is highkey breaking my heart though

I’m counting this as a fakeout death and you can’t stop me

Are you kidding me???!!!? How many times is Jay going to be one room away from the ninja

Lloyd SHUT UP /aff

“And cursed!!” She says cheerfully, this lady is an icon

The subtitles keep calling Cole Kai, what is this, season one??

Ep 9

Aww, baby Ras (trying desperately to not care about him)

Oh ok, he’s making my job easier

Poor Wyldfyre :(

I love this trio so much, their banter is so good

Lloyd honey, fighting it is making it worse

Nya holding him through his panic attack :((

I was expecting Cole to deny that it was him, the earth is going through it

The disco toaster!!!!!

Heck yeah Riyu!!!

I love them so much it’s not even funny

“What’s your elemental power, imperviousness to sarcasm?” She just called him autistic in 13 languages (I’m autistic, dw guys)

“First time driving?” “Believe it or not, no” Bonzle and Arin my beloved

I’m a touch disappointed Wyldfyre’s perfectly fine now as someone with chronic pain, but I’m glad it was handled as well as it was and it’s a really important lesson for younger audiences that pushing your body while it’s in pain only makes it worse

The silent exchange of Cole suggesting Zane takes the parrot potion is endlessly funny but also sad considering it’s probably the closest well get to talking about the Falcon

Cole turning into a puppy who cheered?!???

“At least you’re adorable” “I’m always adorable” get a room /aff

Tournament of elements flashbacks

The workplace gossip omg, Cinder really out here beefing with a 16 year old

Don’t you even fucking dare

MY BABIESSSSSS

Ep 10

Arin mistaking Lloyd and Nya for his parents hurts :(

Oh no… I mean, it was obviously coming but it’s still very bad

WYLDFYRE POPPING OFF!!!!! THIS GIRL NEEDED HER ENRICHMENT

Let Euphrasia do stuff 2024

Wyldfyre jumping in front of Kai and protecting him

The basketball practice coming in handy lol

The fight cinematography in DR is fucking superb

KAI D: (he’ll be fine, I believe)

Nya!!!!!

BONZLE MVP!!!!

I was prepared for Rontu and Egalt to stay dead, the breath I let out when the stone cracked was unparalleled

Are we legit not getting Kai back????

Cole and Lloyd hug!!!!!

RAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH

Oh no… that lie is going to hurt when it comes out

Kai and Bonzle!!!!

Not like Master Wu says, like Lloyd says ;-; /pos

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Idk if this was asked before but. What do you think if Kazuichi x Ryota? I searched it in Google and it seems it doesn't exists. But say what do you think of it?

Me thinks it’s plausible and why not, eh? I can only imagine it’ll be extraordinarily helpful to have a capable mechanic around who will be down to fix your animation tech on a favor/budget because we damn well know that Ryouta aint getting paid shit for his hard work lmao. Plus there’s just some tablets/tools that get discontinued and honestly are just so valuable to have on hand, but trying to find a replacement can be such a pain when most of the newer models are just not what you’re looking for or need (speaking from personal experience). I’d imagine that Ryouta would try to pay him back as best as possible in the form of lunch/dinners/scoring tickets to events Kazuichi might be interested in going to. Something like:

Ryouta: “Hey Kazuichi, why so sad?”

Kazuichi: “Sonia cancelled last minute to that anime horror fest thing in Kyoto, but I already booked us a room and everything and can’t get my money baaaack. I don’t even like horror anime man! I just asked you for those tickets for her! WHYYYYYY-“

Ryouta: “Well it’d be a shame to let your room go to waste, why not just take trip to Kyoto?

Kazuichi: “And do what be lonely?!?”

Ryouta: “Actually there’s a really great museum about mechs in Kiyoto if I remember correctly. It was run by an acquaintance of mine though I think he only does private tours now considering how valuable some of the stuff in his collection is.”

Kazuichi: “Wait for real?? BRO CAN YOU GET US IN???”

Ryouta: “Ehe, maybe? I’d have to give him a call.”

Kazuichi: “LES GOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!”

And then Kaz realizes he accidentally booked a couples suite so now they have to share a bed.

Oh you thought I wouldn’t make this a slow burn friendship to lovers with classic romance tropes huh??? SIKE EVERYTHING CAN BECOME A FRIENDSHIP TO LOVERS TROPE IF THEY SPEND ENOUGH QUALITY TIME TOGETHER!! I’d also like to imagine that Kaz would be such a helpful reference and consultant whenever Ryouta needs to deal with mech/tech things in his animations. I wouldn’t be surprised if one of their past times is just Kazuichi coming up with some of his most absurd build ideas that Ryouta then figures out how to incorporate into his anime lol.