#in the best most unhinged way

[garvalhaminho]

honestly extremely fitting that the acronym to "the mortal instruments" is the same as the one to "too much information" bc it reads like that.

[lambmotifz]

i love how it’s canon that sam would hurt everyone else to save dean whereas dean would hurt sam to keep him alive or “safe”. much to think about

[carlottastudios]

Every day I get closer to making an unhinged behemoth of a post listing all of the things about Kaeya and his possible connections to mythology & stuff that I notice but NOBODY ELSE SEEMS TO BRING UP IN THEIR THEORIES

(edit: OMG I reached the tag limit I'm so sorry)

[lord-squiggletits]

Y'know the thing about writing feral/unhinged versions of Orion/Optimus, is that you can't go too far into the feral/unhinged direction to a point where OP's core character traits are lost or become too diminished. After all, in a multiple-continuity franchise like TF, part of what makes the stories make sense is that even if details change (sometimes major details), the characters are still recognizably themselves to one degree or another. (Although this isn't always the case due to executive meddling or some characters being such blank slates from their initial G1 appearances that there's basically nothing to model them off of, but I digress.)

It's pretty much another reason why I love IDW1 Optimus, bc he literally is a canonical feral/unhinged Optimus who's unhinged as a direct consequence of who he is as a person and what he's been through. Like, he still has those fundamental character traits of trying his best to be moral and make good choices, trying to be a role model, etc, except after 4 million years of war and untreated depression he's basically holding onto his sense of self by his fingertips. So when he "goes feral" e.g. losing his temper and beating up/killing people or saying hurtful things, he's feral in a way that's directly tied to his normal personality and not just as a random quirk he has.

IDW OP's feral moments arise from the gaps between "Optimus' attempts to be who he thinks he needs to be" and "the reality of the world that he can't fix/seems to only make worse" that cause him to lose hope, or become cynical, or lose his temper. But in this case, the unhinged-ness makes perfect sense because it arises out of Optimus trying and failing to be the best person or to make the most morally good choices he's trying to make. Basically, the "feral/unhinged" label is just another way of me trying to say that he's not just unhinged because he's weird or because he's a bad person, but because it's an emotional reaction (more like an emotional explosion due to pent-up emotions) to the context he exists in.

I'd also say that IDW OP's personality being generally reserved/stoic and (trying to be) noble works in tandem with those moments he has of going feral because it makes him more realistic. His psyche is treated in a way where the writers are like, "Hey what if the pressure of having to be everyone's idol and be the best person in the galaxy at all times actually broke Optimus down mentally and emotionally?" It makes IDW OP far more relatable. Instead of naturally being a perfect Christ-like figure who never wavers in his morals or convictions and is just naturally a nice person who always has the wisest and best answer, being a good person is something that IDW OP has to consciously strive to be. Even when he feels like it's useless, or the cycle of violence will never stop, or any attempts he makes to help only ends up with things becoming worse.

And I feel like this does a service not only to IDW Optimus as a character, but also as a sort of moral/philosophical perspective for the reader to ponder upon? I feel like culture at large (or at least my experience of it) tends to believe that "goodness" in a person is simply an innate feature that people are born/not born with, and that being "good" means that you must be good at all times, both in your actions as well as the way you feel emotionally about yourself and the world. Like, there's a tendency for our vision of "a good person" to be good in every aspect at all times without having to try to be a good person. So I think IDW Optimus' character stands as a good example of how someone can be good at heart but still struggle to maintain those feelings of optimism and hope and justice. It's a good idea to have such a paragon of a character (in-universe and out-of-universe) be so conflicted and to even be mistaken, misguided, or make things worse because it shows that goodness is as much about "trying to behave/act in a way that is good" and not just "existing as an innately good person."

It's way more realistic for a person to want to be good, try to be good, and sometimes/often fail than it is for them to just be a good person. I enjoy the fact that IDW Optimus is both a good person at heart, but also has to strive to be a good person and live up to other people's expectations of what they see in him. I like how he wants to be a good person and change society for the better, but he also spends a good amount of time either feeling hopeless and alone or being angry at/detached from other people because of how frustrated they make him. He's realistically portrayed as someone who wants to be good and hopeful and change things for the better, but is also mentally and emotionally broken by that burden because of how impossible it is for him to Fix Everything and be the Perfect Prime/Leader/Autobot that people see him as. It's this fascinating mixture of "yes, this is who he is as a person" but also "there are things he desires to be that he could never possibly become or live up to."

This got really far off based from feral/unhinged Optimus sdklfjaslkdlfkas. The TLDR is that if people want unhinged OP, I feel like they should give IDW OP a chance because he IS unhinged but he's unhinged in a way that's a realistic/thematic representation of how being an Absolute Good is impossible. And how being a good person isn't just about Existing And You Are A Good Person, but rather goodness is a constant state of flux in which you adjust, you make mistakes, you lose your temper and feel hopeless, but then you pick yourself up and try again.

Also IDW OP really likes climbing in dangerous wilderness and jumping out of flying vehicles which I think is very feral and sexy of him to do.

[e-the-village-cryptid]

i want bix to deal with her trauma in messy fucked up ways in season 2. put actual healing second to avenging her old self. burn like a sun that destroys the empire around her while simultaneously consuming herself. suppress fear and sadness while trying to convert them into more, more, more rage. get beyond angry if anyone tries to stop her from her single-minded goal of killing every imperial on ferrix, even out of concern or to try to get her to take a break. meet up with cinta. burn hot in contrast to cinta's burning cold. detach from everything but reclaiming ferrix. realize at some point that the drive for revenge can’t sustain her and she's hollow and she's imploding but she can’t stop and she won’t stop she'd rather burn herself to ashes if it means taking just one more imperial with her

[anxietyfrappuccino]

back to listening to shane and ryan as my sleepy time audio narrators

[saessenach]

it's time to get exceedingly emotional about the Sundering Seas theme on company time YET AGAIN.

[agir1ukn0w]

One Piece (2023) 1x01 - Luffy's little smile

[meadowsofmay]

modern barduil x aralas mafia!au

modern mafia!au, in which thranduil is the semi-new chief of one of the local mafia clans that was almost destroyed a while ago, and which he has been clandestinely restoring back to its original "glory" for a little while now. he is cold, calculated and set to bring vengeance to whoever almost cut out his bloodline, his history and his people.

modern mafia!au, in which bard is thranduil's most loyal dog. his right hand. his voice of orders. and his most passionate lover, tangled in the sheets of thranduil's bed. bard does most of the dirty work just because he can, he follows thranduil on meetings like a threatening shadow as if thranduil isn't menacing enough by himself.

but and it almost always cracks him up when people, in their last moments, spit angrily that thranduil is using him as if thranduil isn't neck deep in blood and mud himself. well, to be fair, none of those who experienced this side of thranduil can spread the word. but bard can. and he will. carefully, strategically and intentionally.

modern mafia!au, in which legolas is thranduil's only son, the most cherished and loved, but the one who grew up to have a character and aspirations like his father. legolas wanted to be by his side and help, which thranduil did not appreciate openly, too used to be scared for his son's life. yet still, he let legolas train with bard, monitoring carefully his progress in combat and realizing with dread that his son is about to be more fierce that the father.

modern mafia!au, in which aragorn is an on a run heir to the head of another clan that was taken over by the stronger force, much like thranduil's. unknown to most, he had been searching for people who can get on his side and building a literally army. that's how he met legolas who terrifyingly fast became his shield, his shotgun, his councilor and his soul partner.

and fast enough, legolas realized that when he is with aragorn, he is growing to be more like bard rather than his father.

[lavellane]

ik the implication of the von valancius succession is that our RT is just some random fucking 7th cousin twice removed but i actually think its so funny if leda is theodora's daughter.

[thedeadthree]

LIOSLAITH, dnd 🌿 | LIOSLAITH, dnd ❄️

UNA + the cannibal, hotd 🐍 | ALVA, asoiaf 🌸

VINDAMEA + shadowmere, tesv 🐉 | VASHA, eso 🌊

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[petricorah]

HI CORAHHH LOVE YOUR ART AND ALL YOUR COMICS AND EVERYTHING <3 <3 here's a question I thought of just now I was wondering what/where inspired the shapes of your facial features in your art? I fucking LOVE the defined noses and you add lips in a really natural way (smth I just haven't incorporated into my style BECAUSE I can't get it to work lmao) and the hair is just always always pretty but this is for IF you can name anything lol sometimes there's parts of my style I just have no idea where it came from kfmskem

HI GLOOMY I LOVE ALL OF YOUR ART and your new pfp is so pretty....purple...

my facial features are still something im working on improving. when i first started drawing (and still now tbh) i definitely looked at anime, comics, and older artists. Now, I use real world references, especially with nose and face shapes. I'm still working on continually learning and looking at references of different people for a variety of facial features on my characters.

[bhaalsdeepbat]

i literally walked into this space knowing NO ONE, sat off to the side and told them, "I'm sorry, I'm like a cat. I have to just watch for a second, then I'll socialize more." and like. the entire group was just like YEAH MAKES SENSE. no one took it wrong. they just let me observe until i was ready to mesh in more. and now almost two years later I am now burrowed so deeply into this troupe that i wouldn't have the friends or opportunities i have without it.

[ythmir-writes]

been playing around with a few OCs in my head for some time now and it has not been very kind to my brain. ive got names and vibes and they're still mostly blurry like i got the gist i got the most basic of basics, but i love them very much! (and what is love if notshaking them placing them ingutwrenchingsituations with the Princes)

my 4 children under the cut:

Vera the first blade

"retired" paladin hired to do bodyguard work for annoying royalty (including Chevalier)

thorny past is an open secret - bitter and angry and very much still vexed about it to this day

has a complicated relationship with gods and Chosen Oaths, having the Sight has never helped

deathly afraid of large bodies of water; large is very subjective

spawned from thoughts of Belle who can keep up with the princes in fights, except in the process became too fighty and angry and stressed and plagued with existential crisis

Nievv the scorpion

former scribe and messenger to a noble. caught forging signatures then blamed for much worse

slated to hang for treason but by some stroke of peculiar luck (or curse), becomes a poison taster instead at the Rhodolite palace

reluctant apprentice to Clavis

reading glasses are not for show

What if the castle had to deal with Two Clavises ?

Wilhelmina ("Mina") the witness

fourth of eight siblings, (un) fortunately shares the same father and mother with brothers and sisters

a decorated soldier in a family that has everything planned except her being a soldier

uses a very long and very pretty gun

needed a gal to hold a certain Prince upright, then realized theyre both going to topple over if she doesnt

Henri Lambert the tower

a not-so-very-lucky palace guard

can't play cards for shit, can't stop long enough to realize it

Does not want to be in situations, is always found in the middle of situations

A soft gentleman, can be very dramatic, grumbles a "normal" amount

only recently spawned because of that one keith scene

[magicandmundane]

Okay, but is it really a good friendship if it doesn’t make people raise their eyebrows even just a little?

[silentium-symphony]

YOU GUYSSSSS I’M SO EXCITED FOR THAT UPCOMING FIC I GOT COOKIN FOR YOU 😩😩 i’m just so giddy to be writing again after how many weeks and THE FACT THAT IT’S SO SPICY???? STAY TUNED BC I WANNA GET THIS OUT SOON