#is this parsable idk.

[connormoving]

i never know how to say like. gl with something or like I hope this goes well for you its one of the hardest things to say bc the function is the same as like Praying for you (in like the genuine sense not in the like . thats rough kind of sense. although ig it is?) or whatnot but im not religious so my fallback is like. gl with that!! but that sounds rly shitty and like . i feel like also gl or i hope this goes well is more for like. Theres a hard test or something coming up but if someones just generally like Oh im in a stressful situstion rn and there isnt like an action that they are taking that i can wish them luck on idk how to provide like. I want to say something nice like i hope this works out but that sounds too wishywashy or like. IDKK I OVERTHINK ALL OF IT SO HARD theres like nothing i can ever think of to say and its not a like Ugh i dont know what to say 🙄 its like. i rly want to say something nice to show that i like. feel for you and want to support you i just genuinely dont know how to phrase this and its the worst ever

[lilac-set]

Theres obvious reasons not to do this (not wanting to just hand a corporation all your controversial identities and beliefs in an easily parsable format), but imagine if dni’s were handled innately to the platform. I wouldnt have to say “anti endos dni”, hope they comply, and then go block everyone i happen across that says endos dni, i could just check a box when i sign up that says 🟢 endogenic, and they could check a box that says 🔴 endogenic, and we would be mutually blocked automatically

What if someone made some sort of open source web tool that did this? Obviously it would be opt-in so it wouldnt be completely reliable, (innately it would probably have to be opt-in anyway now that I think about it…), but… idk, cool idea?

[optimistpax]

Thinkin about how TF: Exodus would’ve been way more interesting if Megatron had a more gradual decay into tyranny and villainy instead of whatever the heck was going on in that book.

Like. Megatron writing smth that catches Orion’s eye and they start talking about a shared vision for a better future for Cybertron.

Megatron slowly bringing Orion around to the idea of a straight up revolution, clear out the old council and start over. I don’t think Orion would be adverse to violence per se, but he’d probably need some convincing to agree to a full on coup.

And their revolution is successful! They take the council! 

Megatron, with his charisma and massive support from the revolutionaries is the natural choice for the next Prime (Orion is mortified at the idea of being considered for the position). Now they can work on building that vision of a bright and beautiful new Cybertron. 

The revolution is over.

Except it’s not.

“The old council is a threat and the future of Cybertron will be in jeopardy until they are dead.” Says Megatron. 

And maybe Orion agrees. Maybe he doesn’t. It doesn’t matter what he thinks though, because the Prime gets the final say. 

Of course it doesn’t stop there. Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Not too long after the council is eliminated, the friends of the council are a threat and need to be eliminated as well. Then it’s council loyalists. Then it’s vocal critics of Megatron’s council. Then it’s anyone who isn’t a vocal supporter.

Somewhere along the line Megatron and Orion’s relationship begins to fracture over Megatron’s persecution of a slowly growing number of Cybertronians and his increasingly militarized guard (His descent into tyranny).

Orion, a former archivist, is familiar with the mythology surrounding the Matrix of Leadership, so in a last ditch attempt to save their friendship (and the future of Cybertron) he goes to try and find it, hoping guidance from past leaders will save Megatron from becoming the same villainous leader they’d tried to rid Cybertron of (he’s too late, but he’s blinded by the idea of getting back the Megatron that Was rather than who present Megatron is)

So he goes on this underworld type heros journey and is deemed worthy of acquiring the Matrix.

But when he returns to the surface, Cybertron has fallen into chaos. 

Orion confronts Megatron and Megatron doesn’t even want the Matrix! He doesn’t want input on his leadership from anyone besides himself. He’s offended that Orion would even suggest it and declares that if Orion is not with him, he is against him. Orion finally has to face the fact that the Megatron that is currently leading Cybertron is no longer the friend that had the same values as he did.

After a small crisis of identity (and some difficulty avoiding Megatron’s elite guard), Orion consults the Matrix to see if the past leaders of Cybertron have the answers.

They might not have the answers, but Orion refuses to sit back and watch Cybertron return to being stifled by opressive leadership, just under a different leader.

So Optimus Prime steps up to the responsibility.

[thefictionshelf]

good imagery is like. i am growing a new neuron