#this is A JOKE

[cursio-neptune]

Rescue.

This is the "finale" to the "arc" started/carried through in Replaced and Return.

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[transingthoseformers]

What if they (Megatron and Optimus) technically never got divorced though

Like, obviously there was the war and everything, but what if they never filed the divorce paperwork

[the-shitpost-wizard]

I’M BEING MURDERED BY POLYARMOUS GAY MEN?? IN THIS ECONOMY??

First thing you see after you zoom in is how you die

How you dying 👀

[queen-of-hawkins-why-ler]

Me tomorrow on my way to use the Byler crumbs we’ll get for Stranger Things day to distract myself from the reality that democracy has been overthrown in my country

[gewt]

memes aren’t made, they’re mined

[turntechradiohead]

Dave Strider pls where are you

[notanscp]

The asexual agenda. (Real)

3am: wake up, comprehend validity (you are fucking valid as shit).

3:30am: comprehending is over, start on the garlic bread by making the bread.

3:45am: gotta check todays schedule, incase the asexual council meets.

4:15: bread dough is done rising, prepare it for the oven.

4:30am: bread is in over, continue on plan to take over Denmark.

5:15am: bread is done: take out of oven to cool.

6:30am: the sun has risen, go check on the other valid people.

7am: the acephobes are coming, prepare.

8am: time to fight.

11am: we won! Celebrate with cake from bakery!!

1pm: inspect for any invalid people (ie: animesexual, MAPS (ew), superstraights, etc.)

2:30pm: inspection is done, hopefully, the invalids are disposed of.

3pm: water the garden, and harvest ready garlic.

3:15pm: start prepping garlic/gather ingredients for garlic bread.

3:30pm: start making garlic bread.

3:45pm: garlic bread is finished!!

4pm: help out at the non-binary supply shop with ritual supplies and weapons to get rid of summoned demons.

7pm: enjoy garlic bread and v i b e.

10pm: make any last rounds for inspections, just incase.

11pm: sleep

[gwenysklurp]

biggest lesbians (not clickbait) NOT MY ART ARTIST CRED TO MITSYYMITSY

[xoluvx]

America failed her , I’m devastated

america failed women. immigrants. poc. the queer community. everyone.

really really truly everyone expect white straight cis men.

[taketwo1983]

*hits you with glasses

Mail Call #3

Answering comments from @void-the-bear @railway-lands @keabirb @ilikebookssomuch @chezgorman @cartoons-everywhere @dragonra305

Please don't hurt me. I have glasses.

Thank you, to all of you. It makes me genuinely happy to know that I'm able to put something into this world that other people can enjoy. I think this is a great setting that is fun to add to.

Doing a Wings of Fire-themed run of this Smaugust challenge has been very interesting and it's good that the result appears to be well-received. It's not always been easy, I'm actually getting quite exhausted having to post content on a strict schedule like this. But it is worth doing if it makes people happy.

Relating to my comment on this post. I probably will do it eventually, along with some other ideas I had that didn't fit in. But it won't happen while Smaugust is still going, as I am already skirting the limits of what I am physically capable of right now.

Ahh... hm... This is the question that has toppled mountains and started wars. You're going to get hit squads sent after me.

Well, there is the big one, of course. Qibli/Winter. They have such wonderful chemistry whenever they are in a scene together (with one pretty upsetting exception). And Qibli is always teasing him about being his destiny and the two of them getting married, so I think there is some attraction there.

Then uh... I used to feel completely ambivalent about this one, but Starflight/Fatespeaker has really grown on me over time. There's a lot of interesting potential there that doesn't really make it into the story. I need to make a long-winded post about Fatespeaker one day.

Blaze/Glacier is another one that could be cute. I think putting a repressed Icewing together with a highly eccentric and rambunctious Sandwing is going to be a winning combination most of the time. Or well, I guess I should say "could have been cute", since Glacier had to die for the plot, in a very wretched and infuriating way too.

There are a couple more that I think have their moments or could be interesting in one way or another. Some of them even contradicting or overlapping each other. Listing all of them would probably be a bit excessive.

Oh yeah, and I think Sunny is ace.

Ah, a question that'll make me put someone else's favorite character at the bottom of a preference list... After the shipping question I'm starting to fear for my life now.

Let me preface this by clarifying that I generally like all of the DoD. There are some characters in this setting that I loathe and wish they would exit the story, and the arc 1 protagonists are nowhere near that. So being ranked low here translates to me saying "Yeah, they're okay, room for improvement", not "wow, they're the WORST!"

Okay whatever, let's get down to it.

#1 - Sunny

That one's easy, I mean, just look at the pinned post on this blog.

Sunny is so wonderful and charming and perfect in every conceivable way, she is one of my six all-time favorite characters. She is the flower that blooms in the bitter desert. A lot of people may perceive her as this demure and innocent character who is always happy and friendly, and oblivious to the suffering around her. Nah, Sunny knows exactly what is going on. She is keenly aware of all the bloodshed, suffering, and toxicity that unfolds in the world around her. When she remains optimistic and forgiving in the face of darkness, that is not her being meek or passive, it's her steadfastly refusing to let that darkness into herself. She is actively embodying the change she wants to see in the world, even when it hurts her or gets her taken advantage of, because that is what she believes in and the future she will create.

That's pretty inspiring. I wish I had that kind of inner strength.

Also, she is not weak. While she's not a powerhouse scrapper like Tsunami or an invincible stack of bricks like Clay, Sunny strikes quickly and without hesitation when her friends are in danger, and can be deviously clever. This is often overlooked, but she is--to my knowledge--the only character to land an attack on Morrowseer that comes close to actually hurting him.

Well... you got me rambling about Sunny. Let's go through the others more briskly.

#2 - Starflight

I like Starflight a lot. Unfortunately the story really doesn't. He is like, the unluckiest character by far. I don't know what he did to deserve the never-ending cavalcade of misfortune that gets shoveled in his direction throughout all three arcs. Like, it never ends. A couple of friends and I came together and we jokingly called our group the "Starflight Protection Foundation", because someone needs to stage an intervention. Like, wrap him in a cozy sweater and buy him hot chocolate or something. Heaven help this poor man.

He's another one of my favorites.

#3 - Glory

Glory is really cool; I vibe with the "unchosen hero spurned by destiny" theme. She goes through her life and is constantly told "No, you don't have a special destiny. You're the fifth wheel. You are worthless and unimportant". Though she struggles with the constant abuse and devaluation, she eventually finds a way to turn it into strength and declare that the only value that matters is the one she gives to herself.

I really wish the story had NOT made her turn out to be a secret princess. "I was born without destiny, so I'm making my own" is a so much more satisfying character trajectory than "Oh, don't worry. You were born special after all, you just didn't know about it".

So yeah, I kind of tend to put that "secret princess" plot twist on the shelf when I think about Glory, and prefer to think that she managed to sway Grandeur with her skill and determination, rather than a random blood link.

#4 - Clay

Clay is very lovable. He is like the emotional bedrock of the group and acts as a stabilizing force that pairs well with all of the other arc 1 protagonists. He pretty much resolves all of his baggage in the first book and becomes content and steady. That is very good for him, but unfortunately this also kind of turns him into just some dude for the following four books.

Which is fine, it is good for the other characters to have someone behind them who loves them and helps them up when they stumble. It just makes it difficult for Clay to shine on his own.

#5 - Tsunami

Okay, so, Tsunami. I actually like her a lot in arc 1. She's bringing an interesting kind of energy to the group that is like, half-supportive and half-detrimental. Very chaotic. She also has to contend with some heavy stuff; everything to do with her father and the complications in her family life. It's very interesting. Lots of places to go with that.

Arc 2 Tsunami though, really grinds my gears. She regresses into this kind of juvenile, immature personality that is just pointlessly abrasive and confrontational. She acts really condescendingly towards Peril-- despite the latter having saved Clay's life AND it being really important to Clay that her staying at JMA works out well. Her borderline sabotaging this effort by making Peril feel unwelcome seems very dismissive towards Clay's feelings. It also doesn't help that she is the most outspoken about her loathing of Nightwing mindreading and prophecies, which drives Moonwatcher further into her emotional shell and makes things more complicated.

Okay, I have to reiterate: I don't dislike Tsunami. I just think her character arc is incomplete. It feels like she is stuck in arrested development while at JMA. She's mostly running around yelling at people, when she really should be thinking about what to do about Queen Coral, and how to get custody of her siblings. Her sister Anemone is carrying emotional scars from how the Queen has kept her leashed like a dog for her entire life, a process that is now happening to Auklet, even to this day. And then there's the 30 something children who have never known parental love for a day in their life and their mother can't remember the names of.

Someone's gotta step in and save these kids. Or like, at least start vaguely thinking about it.

Turtle???

Hmm....

...

Moose!

[cursio-neptune]

I'm going to boop Moon

Don't worry, Moon isn't hurt. Mostly just surprised at a finger reaching through the fourth wall to boop him. It activated Sun's protecc mode nonetheless.

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[t0rdsd1ary]

Some people are just mean...

[alchemistc]

I think we need to confront the fact that the resurgence of emo music and especially the emo bands of the early 2000's was actually a harbinger of these election results.

We yearned too much for Blink and MCR and it somehow manifested itself as a return to the Dick Cheney years except somehow this time it's worse.

[vikramsharma007]

[melodich4n]