#meet in the middle

[supernatural-case]

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[squireofgeekdom]

Meet in the Middle

Chapters: 26/26

Words: 231,581

Fandom: The Transformers (IDW Generation One)

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Relationships: Drift | Deadlock/Rodimus, Drift | Deadlock/Rodimus Prime, Drift | Deadlock & Ratchet, Ratchet & Rodimus, Rodimus & Ultra Magnus, Minimus Ambus & Rodimus, The Lost Light Crew as Family, various and sundry background canon relationships

Characters: Hot Rod | Rodimus | Rodimus Prime, Rodimus, Rodimus Prime, Rodimus (Transformers), Drift | Deadlock, Ratchet (Transformers), Ultra Magnus, Minimus Ambus, Lost Light Crew (Transformers)

Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Diverges from post- Transformers: Lost Light 9, with a few other retcons here and there, Canon-Typical Violence, (though not to the point of graphic depictions of violence), Canon-Typical Physical and Emotional Trauma, Getting Together, eventually, It's not so much a slow burn as it is a slow working-through-your-issues-and-trauma, Eventual Happy Ending, the following tags are all directly related to each other:, Gaslighting, Emotional Manipulation, False realities, doppelgangers

Summary:

“Either I find the Knights with my crew - all of my crew, or not at all,” Rodimus says, stepping forward to speak to the circle at large. “You wanted me to take responsibility?” he adds, looking directly at Optimus. “This is me taking responsibility.

“I’m going back for Drift, and I’m not stopping until I find him, or until whatever took him kills me.” Rodimus stares around the circle, one by one. “No one else has to come with me. You want to find the Knights? You’ll do it without me. I’m going to find Drift.”

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Cyberutopia, Rodimus, the crew of the Lost Light, and a rescue mission for a missing Drift that goes a bit... sideways.

For Rodimus and Drift, the journey back to each other won't be easy.

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Adventure, mythbuilding and enough sci-fi weirdness to fuel a conspiracy board, lots of Drift and Rodimus character exploration and development, Ratchet, Magnus|Minimus, Lost Light found family, (very) eventual driftrod getting-together, lots of flashbacks, and plenty of feelings.

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The idea for this fic came about in October 2017, and I started posting in July 2018, so it’s been over 6 years since I started posting and nearly 7 since I started thinking about this story, and it's finally complete! It’s outlasted the end of the IDW G1 line, the entire IDW G2 line, encompassed my entire PhD, and … generally outlasted a number of things I didn’t necessarily expect it to XD

A big thank you to all of my ‘regulars’ in the comments, to everyone who’s told me this fic connected with them and meant something to them or was special to them, and to every single commenter, this fic would not have gotten finished without you.

A lot of heart and soul, never mind blood sweat and tears, went into this fic over the years, so if it connected with you or meant something to you, a smile a laugh or even a cry, that means a lot to me - I’ve definitely smiled and laughed and cried while writing it. Whether you’ve been reading this since it started being posted, or are just seeing it now for the first time and about to check it out, thank you.

Thanks for travelling with me. Here’s wishing you the bluest sky.

Sincerely, Squire

[somethingusefulfromflorida]

Go to google maps

Zoom into your current location

Right click

Choose "measure distance"

Find the current location of your best friend

Left click

You now have the shortest possible straight line path between the two of you, taking into account the curvature of the Earth. At the bottom of the screen it'll tell you the exact distance in miles (and kilometers) to two decimal places. The line is dashed like a tape measure, and the more you zoom into it the more precise the numbers get

Divide the total distance by two

Zoom onto the middle of the line

Click and drag to adjust until you find the new measurement

You now have the exact geographic midpoint between you two.

Sometime in the future, meet your friend in the middle.

Someway, somehow, make it work. Make plans to travel to the halfway point and meet up.

The exact midpoint may not be feasible, so adjust your destination accordingly. If it's on private property, or in the middle of an ocean, a forest, a desert, a mountain, etc., then zoom out and look for the closest accessible town, find a nice restaurant there, and share a meal. If you've come this far, you've probably been on the road for hours and could use a break.

Equal distance doesn't necessarily mean equal travel time, so if you want it to be as equitable as possible, use your GPS to find the route between your two locations and meet up at that midpoint instead.

It doesn't have to be soon, not in this economy, but someday. Save up a little at a time, if possible, and splurge when you can. You deserve it. This may be a once in a lifetime thing. This may be prohibitively expensive. This may seem impossible, but I figure that if I'm never gonna be able to afford a house or have kids or a fulfilling career then I may as well try to enjoy what time I have left with friends.

[digitronic]

[euesworld]

"Where my heart beats.. is where our souls softly meet in the middle. A constellation drifting across this distance between us, star signs alive with life within as the stars beckon to my heart.. beat, beat, bubbum, beat. You are alive in my art.."

You are poetry, you are art.. you will forever be alive within my heart - eUë

[abrighterspark]

there are mountains to be moved, my darling

made of trouble, made of rubble

and continents of curiosity unknown

let us run path and meet in the middle

where you build the castle

and i claim your throne

[rachelannc]

‘Flora and Son’ Review: Eve Hewson, Joseph Gordon-Levitt and John Carney Show us the Love and Joy Music Can Bring, Once Again

Flora and Son (2023), Dir. John Carney, Starring Eve Hewson and Joseph Gordon-Levitt. (Courtesy of AppleTV) “This is a gift you can take to your grave, and you can use it however you want,” the distraught yet overly optimistic Jeff (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) says in his video lesson to Flora (Eve Hewson). “And in the right context, it can speak directly to your heart in ways we don’t even…

[alanshemper]

[lesser-mook]

Evolution is just change, change is just part of the design. They're not separate. (The Folly of Accidental Design)

Thats the riddle humans need to figure out and stop trying to make the two separate because tribalism is one helluva drug that man can't seem to quit.

If spontaneous combustion of all that is- is accidental, how does Evolution happen accidentally without design to aplly specific function when according to these same people, all of it is meaningless anyway BECAUSE its an accident.

So if its an accident, why is there specific functions applied to micro-animals we cant even see?? Why do microorganisms serve a purpose, why does anything serve a function if its all an accident anyway?

The lie itself isn't even sustainable. Red flag.

One of the biggest lies is religion using the truth as a weapon and the scientist enclave convincing people that universal specification and design from the solar system operating like an atom, to us designing computers, tv & smart phones like mini-universes in our hands just like God or Quantum Intelligence designed this simulation we live in.

Hell we modeled an actual game after our own simulation (The Sims) where we are god watching our creation.

The Earth being specified for our every need from herbs, spices, livestock, natural painkillers, water. Etc. Even using our corpses as fertilizer.

Some parasites are harmful to humans but help the ecosystem which includes humans.

From a microorganism animal living on your skin, the bacteria in your mouth. To a Seed with glider wings. To a SuperNova. Or Eclipse.

All of that parallel, ALL of that specific function is an accident, all a coincidence. 😂Bold faced lie told by smart people.

And the elites pushing that crap, so many more smart people writing all those folly books & narratives trying to convince you a macrocosm of articulate CONSISTENT effects & functionality NO DIFFERENT from a computer (a creation of man which is not an accident) is somehow a meaningless accident anyway on a macro-cosmic scale.

This isn't even about God, think of it as what it is a Transdimensional "Quantum Intelligence". Really think about how specific everything is from a blade of grass to our own white blood cells.

Think about how eerie it is that most of what we do & create emulates the universe.

Just as the orbiting motion of the solar system emulates the atom, a lot people overlook that.

Evolution Scientists/Theorists (Keyword:THEORY) explaining how things work aren't wrong. The folly is not their findings on how organisms develop the issue is some do not credit it to any design, when by design its too consistent and articulate to be an accident, its not wishful thinking, it's simple logic.

Cause and Effect. You dont get a chemical reaction without a catalyst, it just doesnt happen. Anything less is magic or a very elaborate cope to dance around the fact that some people refuse to admit that something primed this dimension that we perceive to be: Life

So at that point it boils down to hubris, ego. I have zero problem considering that this is all a very very epic nigh impossible happenstance-- I'm not above the possibility that it is an accident. That all of this is a result of matter, particles and gas compiling and colliding into cosmic crescendo.

I can consider that it is exactly that. Thats intellectual honesty.

But what most ppl need to consider is can you get out of your own way and see what is as it is, regardless if the realization intimidates your existential confidence in what you WANT to be true because what most of us want is a sense of control than the truth.

Anything less is Blue Pill baby. Blue pill.

Two lies of the same rusty coin. Misuse the truth or deny it.

One as a means of control.

The other is a desperate attempt to maintain an illusion of control.

Otherwise, a seed with wings, incredible. That's one spectacularly specified/ modified accident.

The code of the universe is what drives function: DNA

If there is functionality thus function was installed, if it's installed, that implies design. Design is not random.

Do what I did: merely consider it.

[troncelliti]

[jadewritesficshere]

Steddie soulmate AU where Eddie is a famous musician, everyone assumes he doesn't have a soulmate. Eddie was just smart and doesn't confirm, doesn't want to go through rabid fans who claim to be his soulmate. He's had too many show up wearing his initials they tattooed on themselves even before he was asked about soulmates in an interview.

Enter Steve Harrington who works as a nurse. Just casually on his third nightshift in a row in the ER. Sipping some coffee trying not to fall asleep when they get the call about some confidential patient coming in.

Eddie comes in for some injury. Steve has 0 clue who he is, just says "You look familiar, did we go to school together?" And Eddie practically falls off the stretcher at Steve's feet. Goes all googoo eyes at him. Steve being mildly concerned because Eddie's heart rate keeps skyrocketing (its because Steve is touching him).

One of the other nurses can't help but try and get the gossip from Steve, who is very much confused as to why she cares about this random patient. She tells Steve who Eddie is, and he's just like ???? Okay???

Steve doesn't admit it but the picture she shows is HOT. It's Eddie, flipping off the camera, tongue out. He's covered in tattoos, including the word 'sorry' written in a weird script on his middle finger. He's shirtless and his pants are so low that Steve can see the dip of his hips creating a v and-

Steve has to walk into the supply room to get himself under control. Pretends it doesn't mean anything and goes back to his job as his heart thuds rapidly in his chest.

Eddie tries not to pass out when they draw his blood, Steve holds his hand. It feels right. Eddie can't help wanting to ask," Hey, do you have a soulmate?" But he hates being asked that question, so he won't.

Until Steve bends over, his scrub top lifting up slightly. Eddie can't help glancing at his ass, but then he can't breathe. Because on his lower back is the initials EJM.

"Steve G. H?" Eddie asks as his voice goes up an octave. Steve turns, bewildered ," How did you-?" "Edward James Munson." Eddie whispers.

Oh

[euesworld]

"When our hearts align, the stars align, the sky divides into two, the darkness recedes and all that is left is me and you.. when our souls meet in the middle, the stars explode just a little, and when the angels fall, my heart falls too.. it's all about me and you. When the moon softly glows, I can feel you in my soul as the wind softly blows.. it heats up these coals in me, these coals of hot passion. A love everlasting, so when you look up at the moon and our stars align, say you will be mine.. just me and you."

Stars align every day but I find that they never quite align the same as when you smile for me - eUë

[slfcare]

the most difficult thing about growing as a person socially, as in getting out of your shell and noticing that you are, is that there will still be times when it doesn’t feel like you’ve grown at all! times when you can’t really connect with anyone around you, times when you fail to enter into an existing conversation, times when you say the wrong thing (or nothing at all when in hindsight you probably should’ve). but that’s also kind of the best thing, because that’s the thing that helps you realize that sometimes, it’s not you or your lack of skills or any shortcoming. sometimes certain environments just aren’t for you and certain people aren’t your people, and that’s okay. that’s human. it’s okay to not feel the progress you have made all the time.

[cptkitten]

Diamond Rio - Meet In The Middle

[alyakthedorklord]

Fight Club

Damian is sitting on a roof during a patrol, bored with no crime happening in his area, about to go find one of his siblings and annoy them/steal their jobs, when suddenly a voice comes out of nowhere.

“Hey, are you busy?”

He turns around, startled by how he hadn’t sensed anyone, to see a girl about his age with black hair and blue eyes just… sitting there.

“I am capable of assisting you.” He says, because he is trying to be a Good Robin and not dismiss civilians.

“Oh no I don’t need anything.” The girl says, shrugging. “If you’re on a stakeout i can go. I’m just bored. And you look fun to fight.”

Damian stares at her. She stares back.

“You think… I would be fun to fight.” He repeats. She doesn’t look like she could take on a trained assassin. She looks like any random civilian. Then again, she had snuck up on him.

“Yeah.” She shrugs, as if this is in any way normal. “So. You too busy?”

“…no.”

“Oh, awesome.” The girl bounces to her feet, and in the next second, Damian is ducking a punch as she grins brightly at him.

“I’m Dani by the way!”