#so damn it prime

[meraki-yao]

RWRB Cut Scene: Texas Campfire Scene

Partly in honour of today being the anniversary of Alex's speech, here's a ramble about another deleted scene: the Campfire scene

This promo still of the scene is the cover picture of the movie on prime

In the final cut of the movie, namely the released version that we got, we get the campfire scene as part of a montage in the speech, but unlike running through the V&A as the sun rises or the forest kiss, I don't think this scene was originally shot as a montage, but as a full scene that got cut for some reason

Henry's Instagram account posted a photo of him from that scene, and he credited Nora as the photographer, so I'm guessing Nora was in this scene. This also suggests that this is an ensemble scene, which might be part of the reason it was cut, but also means it would have been a longer scene, I'm guessing 2.5-4 minutes. (which, AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH) also Henry posted this the same time Alex posted a photos from the karaoke bar, so I think that counts as confirmation that the campfire is part of the Texas holiday

We don't actually have any context about this scene other than it's most likely part of the Texas holiday: Is this the equivalent scene of the gang in the books chilling when June plays the guitar and Henry and Alex make out (P256-257 of the original print, where "Alex is so in love that he can die" came from, and Holy fuck does Taylor bring that single line to life)? Are they having a barbecue? Or is this just a campfire? We don't actually know at all

Date wise I'm curious: the final release of the movie almost made it seem like it was literally two days: day 1: arrival -> volleyball -> hammock reading -> night at the bar ; day 2: conversation with dad -> Lake -> Henry runs away. Given the campfire is also a night scene, I think this means there's an extra day in the holiday sequence

I can't find the GIF for the montage used in this scene in the speech, but God I love that moment. It's almost like the reverse of the Paris pillow talk: this time Henry's talking about something he's passionate about, and Alex listens

Actually on that note, I wonder if that's the reason it was cut: maybe they tried out two different scenarios of Alex's "God I love him" epiphany, one here and one during the karaoke, and decided that the karaoke worked better for whatever reason. Just a guess, but either way I do really, really want to see this scene

I wonder what Henry/Nick is saying in the scene. He looks so happy talking about whatever it is. If I'm right about this being a full scene, then it's most likely scripted lines, but I could be wrong, which in that case, there's also the possibility of that being Nick ad-libbing in character or ... just Nick, which... is a whole other kind of ... wow. Either way, I really want to hear what he's saying

I swear sometimes I wanna grab Henry by the shoulders and shake him because HOW DID YOU NOT REALIZE HE LOVES YOU TOO??? Oh my God, Taylor's fucking performance, the man is drinking in every sight and sound of Henry like a man lost in a desert. He looks like he's two seconds away from proposing on the spot. I look at how Alex looks at Henry and I want to cry from the sheer amount of love there is in his eyes. What the fuck.

Although I'm confident that we're getting more content including deleted scenes in the future, even just from a studio profit perspective, I'm not confident in them releasing everything we want, and so here I am once again screaming for another deleted scene and a DVD with everything

[nataliescatorccio]

LUCY & MAXIMUS Fallout Episode 7, 'The Radio'

[cestacruz]

Small studies of Starscream in the Robots in Disguise 2015 design because he's literally perfect☺️☺️☺️ i want to marry him!!!

[airaly]

You're dripping like a saturated sunrise You're spilling like an overflowing sink You're ripped at every edge but you're a masterpiece And now you're tearing through the pages and the ink

It's finally done! My tribute to @altraviolet TFP/IDW crossover fic The Echo Garden, which I kindly recommend once again if you want to read an incredible story with awesome written characters and plot❤️ Look at me squealing for these two gfdsfdsafds Click the image for a better quality!

Some close ups under the cut☺️

[molinaesque]

You know why these boys brought you in? 'Cause I f*cked up a poor, defenseless gang-affiliated organ dealership? Yep. Mm.

[waerwena]

[cautiously0ptimistic]

Do you even know whether you're running toward or away from something anymore? I guess it's all just running, all the same.

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[dinzeeyz]

Got a cute prompt to draw the PD boys staring into the backstage of riptide

[divorcedfiddleford]

and you may say to yourself: "my god! what have i done?" and you may tell yourself: "this is not my beautiful wife!" and you may tell yourself: "this is not my beautiful house!" and you may ask yourself: "well, how did i get here?"

time isn't holding up, time isn't after us, time is a pony ride! (images described in alt text)

[signanothername]

Healing is when you meet your world in another form

Get it?????????? C-cause Knockout’s still grieving over Breakdown dying and-and seeing the love of his life from another universe alive and well makes him really *sob* really happy and helps heal his b-broken heart and grow bigger than his grief even if for a tiny bit cause no matter the universe Knockout will forever love Breakdown and would do whatever it takes to see his beautiful smile again and- and- *breaks down crying*

Ik it’s unlikely but-

Plz if they actually include Knockout they’re gonna heal my broken heart over Tfp killing off BD, cause in a way it’s like KO and BD actually never separating-

[blighted-lights]

posting this one again just because i can and i still really like how rodimus' face came out. your honor they are friends (<- cannot be in the same room together for more than a few minutes before arguing)

i drew ravage so comfy looking,, he's a heat thief and rodimus is a walking radiator, so.

[raileurta]

I feel like Miko is the type of person to say weird ominous stuff out of nowhere but when people question her about it she refuses to acknowledge what she said.

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Miko: Unicron tells me to see the darkness of the soil.

Miko: But I never can.

Bulkhead: I asked what your favorite color was. ☹️

Miko: Yeah? And I said it was blood red.

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Bumblebee: (I think the taste is the equivalent to a human battery but good you know?)

Raf: I get it.

Bumblebee: (Even if it's all we eat the taste never stops being amazing. Never gets old.)

Miko: My blood never stops being tasty either.

Everyone: .....................

Jack: What the actual fuck Miko.

Raf: How do you even know what he said!?!

Miko: Say what?

Raf: ....

Raf: This is why Ratchet keeps trying to ground bridge you to the Marina trench.

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*Captured by the decepticons*

Megatron: Hehe just wait you filthy organics. I have many plans for you.

Jack: Optimus will sav-

Miko: I want to turn you into a milkshake.

Megatron: What....?

Miko: The taste of frosty overlord goodness shall ascend me to the plans of the Allspark's love.

Megatron under his breath: Tf.

Jack: Miko we talked about this.

Miko: And how many times do I have to say idk what you're talking about!

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Miko: The earth will soon grow bones.

Jack: ......

Jack: A part me wants to ask. The other part says knowing will be far more disturbing than anything I can ever imagine.........

Jack: So I'm just going to ignore that.

Miko: Wise decision jackrabbit.

Jack: Yo-!

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*Kids captured by the decepticons again and Ratchet*

Knockout: Just wait until I get my saw blade on you four.

Jack: ....

Miko: ....

Raf: ....

Ratchet: ....

Jack: Well aren't you going to say something that's going to haunt my dreams for weeks?

Miko: I still don't know why you guys keep saying that!

Jack: STOP TRYING TO GASLIGHT ME!!!

Jack: YOU KNOW WHAT THE HELL I'M TALKING ABOUT! 🫵

Miko: I DON'T I REALLY DON'T! SO STOP TRYING TO GASLIGHT ME YOU GAS LIGHTER!

Jack: THA- WHY DO YOU DO THIS TO ME?!? JUST STOP SAYING WEIRD SHIT ALL THE TIME!!

Ratchet: Kill me.

Miko: WHY IS IT LIKE EVERYBODY ON EARTH IS TRYING TO the legs of my heart are crying MAKE ME SEEM CRAZY!?

Jack: YOU JUST DID IT NOW!

Miko: WHAT?!!???

Jack: T👹Q@TJF💀A💥ZD'6_58;#3#"+873!!

Knockout: Did he just invent new sounds?

Raf: Probably. Miko is the type of person to make you do stuff like that.

Knockout: I almost pity you autobots.

Ratchet: I'm willing to trade her with Megatron. :D

Knockout: Yeah frag no.

Ratchet: Worth the try. :|

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[iridescent-serpent]

Hi @yknow-fuck it’s Me Again :)

Back to feed you Thrice :)

Also a free Bay Oppy and G1 Oppy phone doodle bc I’ve been hit Hard with the “basic protag” liker curse 😔 (it is. Chronic.)

[cestacruz]

also have some TFA sentinel doodles because he's the best and i want him and i need him to be gayer with optimus

[witchofthesouls]

There are many iterations of MegOp I can believe in... but not TFP.

Feels homoerotic or queer? Sure. A lot of tension? Definitely. A yearning or upon the cusp of something? I'm fucking dying right on that edge.

But TFP Megatron and Orion Pax couldn't even understand each other's histories and motivations, let alone have a hard conversation on their own philosophies, back up plans, and direction for society besides the pretty stuff. Y'all really think they fucked? Even if it's angled as 'hate sex' or casual, they fucking misread each other all the damn time, even if they vibed on the same level, which is so painful to watch. I wouldn't be surprised if one of them tried to subtly hit on the other in their own caste-derived/in-group's specific doublespeak... just for the other guy, who's an outsider, to understandingly not pick it up, but all their associated caste buddies did.

Honestly, I wouldn't be surprised if that's why Ratchet and Soundwave have several tons worth of beef with each other's respective friend/war leader. Besides destroying life and civilization as they knew it.

The thing is to remember, Megatron is very much a social butterfly in a way. He genuinely likes people. He likes interaction. He has the flair and disposition for it. His inherent sense for the dramatics just enhances it. But the most important thing, Megatron was literally reared within the structure of the city-states. He intimately knows the social equations for his caste, has a lot of support in terms of emotional via friends, allies, and mecha with similar grievances, and is deft enough to wade through the avenues that are available to him and he takes them with both fists (gladiatorial clades into the political arena). Violence (and emotions) is a language that's easily available to him.

Orion Pax, on the other hand, is more careful. He has to be. This guy literally came from the boonies of Nowhere and got snatched up by a really powerful figure within Iacon inside the very heart of its machinations. People were beyond rage at that treatment. Orion isn't stupid but he's playing really dangerous games with colleagues that despise his very presence and multiple frameworks that literally eat people alive to keep a very brutal status quo. Then accounting Alpha Trion's own status as an Ancient Prime with the very relic with the power to foretell future events across the multiverse... it doesn't paint a kind picture on reasons why the hidden Prime plucked up Orion. The repression and stonewall tactics that Orion, and later Optimus, use really make sense with this in mind. The Iacon Archives are a keystone of the higher castes. Orion had to moderate his entire self around those people that would absolutely snitch if they caught a whiff of 'insubordination' or 'illegal' activities' or 'strangely sympathetic to those undeserving' along with the weird little side quests with Alpha Trion. Orion had to learn really fast how to bend before breaking, especially if he can only rely on himself in a perilous environment.

All I'm saying that these two spoke Neocybex, but absolutely missed all the cultural context of each other's backgrounds that would have easily explained the 'whys, whats, wheres, whens, and hows' of their decisions and behaviors. They legitimately did see something really amazing in each other, but never actually dug deeper thinking that the other mech would immediately understand their motivations and that's what so fucking infuriatingly tragic on why they felt so betrayed by one another.

[elizachariot]

Not as good as it could be.