#smokey is found

[cherri-dash]

We Stand Together: pt 1

Finding Smokescreen; idk how long this series will go on, but it's gonna be a fun little project about this weird au that has my brain stuck.

[smokestarrules]

THE MAN EVER

[smokeys-house]

To me, a character's physical body is an essential part of who they are and informs the way they behave in their world. I see it that way because that's how it is for most folks irl I'm sure. So for that reason I consider removing that aspect of a character and replacing it with, say, a white man with blue eyes and light colored hair with a slim to average build, to be reductive of the interpretation of the character. There's no harm in it, but if for whatever reason be it romance or just for fun you feel the need to remove parts of what makes the character their own character and not add or iterate upon it to put them in a coffee shop, it may be time to just start doing your own thing. That's my opinion anyway. But I'm biased because I've always disliked taking the inhuman especially if allegorical and making it human for the sake of making something palatable or digestible (I'm an autistic trans woman for what it's worth.) It seems more often than not it's because the person doing so is unable to reconcile with or fundamentally misunderstands the essentials of the character. If you can accept the concept of a sapient non human creature having ordinary thoughts and feelings but not accept that their choice in partner in this fantastical world is a standard humanoid, i think you might be missing the point of the character being non human in the first place. Also yes boo I hate fun and I hate everything you love im sure feel free to throw eggs at me about it

[kuzunoha-xiv]

much to think about........

[cashmerecrow]

✨🌈💎🌈✨

[tea-time-terrier]

Out for a stroll.

(Death staring squirrels, splashing around, shredding sticks, rolling in things, etc.)

[saintmalosunsets]

[bonefall]

I really appreciate your Dawn of the Clans rewrite because I've been in the foosteps of Thunder Storm. Not to be the one to dump a lot about my past, but I've acted like the Thunder Storm in my family because of my grandmother, who was a piece of work who my mother continued to try and maintain a relationship with. It was to the detriment of both of us, and reading the "Whatever Clear Sky had that Gray Wing loved, Thunder Storm has never been privy to it" hit home in a way I wish they wrote

Without getting too much into it myself, BIG mood. "Failure to protect" is such an underrepresented thing and it's so complicated. Loving someone who didn't do the right thing, not being able to hate them because you know they did it because they were misguided, or too hopeful, or too forgiving.

I wish that more of these types of dynamics were explored, but in order for that to happen, the writers have to identify that this sort of situation is fucked up. That Gray Wing DID fail Thunder, and that there isn't... this weird, magical "blood bond" you inherently have with shitty biofamily. That those ideas come from somewhere.

They are so close to it sometimes it hurts.

But then you get a big old bucket of icewater with stuff like the Tom Debaucle lmao. ugh. Nope, they cannot even get the literal bellowing wifebeater dynamic right, let alone any other type of abuse.

But hey that's what fic's for, y'know?

[kickingitwithkirk]

[hardygalwrites]

Originally posted to FFN a little after the 14th of November, 2016

Simply archiving a writing challenge I did back in 2016 up to 2017 and featuring my favourite writing pieces from each week of the challenge here on Tumblr :]

← Week 13 (SS) – Week 15 (SS) →

Cartoon: Transformers Prime / Robots in Disguise 2015

Characters: Smokescreen, Knock Out, and Bumblebee, with appearances from numerous other characters (even ones not featured in the cartoons)

Synopsis: An Autobot Elite Guard rookie, a Decepticon medic turned Autobot, and an Autobot scout turned warrior turned street cop - three very different bots with a wide range of stories to tell. And we are going to spend the next year exploring said stories through daily-written drabbles, be they angsty, humorous, gut-punching, or just plain odd! Who doesn’t love a challenge? (2016 to 2017)

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Reign

"Primus, I need a break," Smokescreen muttered, wiping the energon away from his mouth. He turned to Megatron, smirking tiredly. "That all you got?"

Megatron snarled and lunged at the smaller bot. Smokescreen gasped, nearly collapsing as the warlord seized one of his doorwings in a vice.

"Do not think you can even hope to challenge me, Autobot," Megatron said harshly, shaking him. "You may have the Matrix of Leadership, but you are no Optimus Prime. You are simply an Autobot lackey who happened to be in the right place at the right time."

Smokescreen scoffed. "Tell me something I don't know."

Recall

There was actually very little Smokescreen could recall from his past. He could remember being handed off to a certain Autobot squad for nurturing - not like he'd received much nurture, seeing as Prowl was the head of said squad - but everything before then was blank. Which was strange considering that he hadn't been all  that  young when he'd been handed off.

If he thought hard enough about it though, he could recall some small things; a bright light, a vast room, murmurs and occasional shouts, and a smiling voice saying, "...hope indeed. Oh, newspark, you are destined for great things."

Miracle

Smokescreen pulled himself upward, using the restraints holding his arms to his advantage, then dropped his weight sharply. The restraints remained as firm as ever, and another stab of pain jolted through his already aching shoulder joints.

Smokescreen groaned. "Maybe I should change tactics."

The bot hanging beside him scoffed dully. "Give it up, kid. You've been at it for days now. What makes you think you'll make it out now?"

"Beats giving up," Smokescreen retorted. "Like you."

"C'mon, kid... No one's ever escaped from this ship. It'd take a miracle."

"Good thing I'm the kinda guy who's willing to believe in miracles."

Cavity

Smokescreen had come with complaints that his transformations felt 'uncomfortable', a problem that had been ailing him since sometime after escaping Megatron's warship. Ratchet scanned him, and discovered that there was a large cavity in the young bot's torso area. Ratchet was baffled, but he was forming a theory.

"Smokescreen," he said slowly. "When the Omega Key was extracted from your chassis, how did it feel?"

"Why?"

"Answer the question."

Smokescreen shrugged, scowling. "I dunno. Kinda painful, I guess. Like a part of my protoform was being pulled out."

"Well..." Ratchet muttered. "According to these readings, that seems to be essentially what happened."

Little

The sparkling held up the glitch-mouse, grinning proudly. "Can I keep it?"

Prowl's answer was short. "No."

"Please!"

"No, Smokescreen," Prowl repeated firmly. "We have enough of a problem with these pests as it is."

The sparkling's demeanor changed abruptly; his doorwings dropped and his smile fell. "Like me?"

This caught Prowl off guard. "What?"

Panic flashed across the sparkling's face, and he lowered his helm. "Nothing, never mind." He turned away, the glitch-mouse still cradled in his servos. "I'll put 'im outside."

Doorwings miserably limp, the sparkling trudged out the office, leaving Prowl to wonder what had just happened.

[smokestarrules]

ex fucking scuse me

[smokeys-house]

I can't remember which book it's from but I remember at one point it being said that moomins can't sing, and yet if I remember correctly the first song moomintroll sings in the 2019 series is to a horse and about how bad he wants her

[archiveoftheodd]

Speaking of Found Fiction,

Is it just me or are some of these better analog horror than some actual horror shorts?

[ikeameatballspoisonedme]

LOVEEEDDD PENTIMENT SO WORTH ALL THE HYPE I PUT INTO IT THIS IS WHY JOSH SAWYER IS THE GOAT

[canadianno]

Cool

Why were you there to begin with?

-alz

Rock hounding! Collecting rocks :D

This weekend coming up my mom is going to a like... event kinda camping thing, and she's set to go up and talk about rocks and stuff, plus the kids that go there love to go and learn about rocks at her setup, so we were collecting different kinds of quartz for those kids to be able to take home and keep :]

It helped with my ankle alot and I have regained almost the full range of motion and I can kind of walk like a normal person now, just limping slightly.

You may have some rock pictures, for your time :]

[loverofstufflof]

“Kaiju” is also a Japanese term, so not only are a lot of people in the fandom calling it by the wrong name, but also prescribing it to the wrong culture entirely.

⚠️ I am not chinese, so if any chinese person in the fandom wants to add something or just point out any mistake, please do ⚠️

I've seen people in the fandom call Macaque's smoke monster 'kaiju', but this is not a correct denomination.

It is better to call it "法相" (fa3 xiang4), meaning "image of (commonly Buddha)"

"佛教术语，指诸法之相状，包含体相（本质）与义相（意义）二者"

Trans.

"A Buddhist term that refers to the appearance of all dharmas, including both physical appearance (essence) and righteousness (significance)"

Following this definition, a 法相 is your true self, your essence, both physical and spiritual... meaning that Smokey (little guy) is not a 'kaiju'. It is an essence, Macaque's.

Same goes to all manifestations of characters who have a version of their 法相, it's their true essence.

Yes, you got it right! This little (not so little) guy is also a 法相.

(Don't call them 'kaiju', please).

Just to add, they can also be called 'war forms', since they appear in the original jttw.