#what tf do you think hashtags are for???

[snekdood]

idc what your reason is for calling yourself a zionist rn i think its unhelpful, kinda cringe, and you trying to be counter culture in a time where doing so kinda just makes people assume you're a fascist.

[katzske]

EARTHSPARK SPOILERS ABOVE AND BELOW!

For a kids show, I'm glad that they're able to touch upon serious topics like the effect war has on individuals and, in this case, species. I think TFA is the only notable TF show that wiggled its finger and made clear yo these are fucking aliens. But even there it felt one sided, as in, robots finding organics gross.

In TFE, you get so many perspectives on the Cybertron- human relationship and I love is so much. You have people who embrace it and accept each others differences. You have those who have internalized xenophobia but don't notice. People who don't care and just wanna be themselves and live in peace. And those who outright HATE the other species.

Visuals: the first half had its animation mainly focused on action. and while there is still action here, the conclusion of the season offers a lot of cinematic shots which tbh kinda took out of the immersion but are awesome screenshot material. it gets really dark as well, and there is a shot with Bee that stood out to me, where he's hanging from a ceiling, and his expression is full of fear. It was grand.

Audio: You still have the same synth wave music (which I like) but you also get some amazing sound designs for animal based alt modes, like Grimlock and Tarantulas. Nightshade unfortunately has this repetitive sound playing whenever they fly, (hawk screech) since they don't have a motor IG??

Characters: The viewer will be introduced to Hashtag, Jawbreaker and Nightshade. They have distinct abilities and personalities. (By now, I can already tell that my favorite Terrans are Nightshade, Jawbreaker and Twitch lol). They're interesting characters and their dedicated episodes were quite entertaining.

The most notable new characters who actually have their dedicated episodes and voice lines are Shockwave and Tara. Shockwave, as you can see from my memes, is a raging classist and racist. He's pure evil. But I really enjoy him because he's so smug. Imagine TFA Shock's smugness but in higher dosage. I fucking love it. HIS VOICE HAS SO MUCH RANGE. reminds me of an evil DJ subatomic supernova. His eye also reminds me of shin godzilla's... an unrelenting blank stare, unnaturally wide. Tarantulas on the other hand takes a much different spin than his BW counterpart. I think he joined the cons and stuck with them is because he wanted equality for all (during a short convo between Megs and Shock it's implied that it was their original goal). He's sick of the war and just wants to survive. He wants to be himself. He does these typical cinema spider noises like hisses, or gargles in his alt mode BUT OH BOY in his robot mode he's one fine fella. And his voice. chef kiss. i think it's British, but can't pinpoint what region.

Plot: Earthspark is gonna build upon the concept which TFP poorly introduced: A villan human faction. TFE is building upon and further fleshing out what they tried to do with M.E.C.H. The execution so far looks very promising.

They have taken their time to introduce G.H.O.S.T for a whole season, and put a bit of effort into showing that the organization is made out of individuals who have different motivations.

Their official motivation is understandable. The "good guys" wanna protect civilians from threats, like bots who break shit. But ofc there are some nasty people in the ranks who are lowkey masochists lol

Also, since Cybertronians are known to the public, it deepens the complexity of the conflict. Xenophobia against Cybertronians ranges from this cooperation to just regular people, who are mad that their planet was turned into a battle ground.

[punkeropercyjackson]

To explain the problem with how the Atsv fandom deals with Hobie a lot and sometimes with Gwen too............Hobie and Gwen have certain expectations put on them as a slightly older black character and a female character who's the male mc's love interest.Hobie is expected to be overtly sexual and uncommited to his partners('I hate labels' was him being nonbinary,please be fucking serious)and have a huge mean edge to him or either a caretaker to the Spiderband with no personality and stories of his own and Gwen is expected to be a 'normal' straight girlfriend-Hence all the emphasis put on her being a girl and Miles a boy even when it dosen't fit-including the toxicity frequent in white ones with black boyfriends specifically(that's what 'snowbunny' means btw)and her experiences as a friendless abuse victim who's trans and was kicked out by her cop dad for doing activism isn't something that you can ignore,because GWEN can't ignore it either and neither can Hobie with his own lived antiblackness and adultification that are inherently intertwined with eachother

Gwen wasn't written to be a stereotypical hashtag quirky cis white girl with no real problems besides wanting the guy to like her back,Gwen was CANONICALLY written as a usual TRANS girl and those are absolutely different because i known both closely and she reminds me infinitely more of tgirls who're pastel softgirls for gender validation instead of white woman fragility and the only reason her and Margo weren't a trio with Hobie pre-Miles is the same reason Peter B didn't come with Gwen to visit Miles and it's that writers wanted to isolate them from eachother to emphasize Ghostflower as if they didn't pull it off just fine in the first movie and when the only weak points in the second one are FROM them doing that and if you think about it for 5 seconds you'd realize that Margo and her have every reason to love eachother so much and hang out.And Hobie has plenty of interesting traits and potential even without his comics lore and he never shows interest in sex-Rightfully so,because this is a fucking children's franchise!!!-and any 'vibes' adult Hobie bullshitters got was them being creeps who can't turn off horny mode and you can just say you don't ship Ghostpunk and Punkflower instead of making a fool of yourself by denying how much mutual romantic interest and chemistry Hobie has with Gwen and Miles

And y'all WILDIN' if you actually think Hobie's Team Dad status to the Spiderband is something that takes zero toll on him but i know for a fact it eventually does and he tries to hide it because he feels guilty but they find out and let him breakdown and take care of him too starting from then on because he's not their ACTUAL Dad,he's a 17 year old and he's their best friend and that's what best friends DO.Gwen ain't a pick me either,she's a trans legend who didn't magically turn cis when she started passing contrary to how y'all think transfemininity work and Hobie didn't 'adopt' her,him taking her in was intersectionality and solidarity between black people and trans women which has an extremely important history in punk culture and deadass one of the first thing's i learned when i started my research after i decided to go pastel punk.You all look dumb as hell with these janky ass takes,especially those random hate comments i'm always seeing on Hobie x Spiderband posts and the defenses towards the cisfeminization of Gwen and don't even get me started on the Switfie allegations as if Hobie isn't obviously a The Cure fan and Gwen a Tv Girl one,and if you want minority characters to be written offensively with no depth so bad,go back to watching Danny Phantom and Miraculous Ladybug and leave Hobs and Gwendy tf alone!!!!!

[two-white-butterflies]

therese | d. targaryen

Description: You are famous for acting in films that gain critical acclaim, but much of your life remains secret. In where, your private life becomes public. Pairing: millionaire!daemon targaryen/lowkey-actress!reader Tags: established relationship.

Daemon wasn't the kind of person who'd stay secret about something he was proud about. He wanted to scream your name into the crowds - without any fear of their judgement. He was proud, and you were the opposite of that.

"Which one do you want, baby?" he asked while pointing at the two bags held by the sales associate. One was black, and the other one was white. They were the same brand - the same hardware and everything, but in your eyes they were different from each other.

"You don't have to do this babe," you lean your head on his shoulder. He presses a kiss on your forehead, smiling proudly as you continued inspecting the items in the shop. "It's not everyday that my girlfriend is nominated for an Oscar," he boasted while placing a pair of sunglasses on the sales associate's hands. "- you've been ranting about this bag for weeks. I'm buying it for you, princess." he asserted.

"I'll take the black one," you smiled, entwining your hands together as you continued strolling down the store.

He was extra when it came to everything. You'd tell him that you wanted a smoothie and he'll bring you all the flavors - you'd tell him that you were nominated for an academy award and he'd rent out the entire mall. It was impressive to see the lengths of what his money could provide, but it was more impressive to see his efforts.

"I'm so proud of you," he whispered, keeping his arms around your waist. "Thank you for doing this, babe." your smile deepened. He spots another store in his periphery - and he wastes no time in leading you inside.

"- and the winner is therese!" the hosts announce your stage name, and the tears began flowing out of your eyes.

You finally made it!

Your manager presses a kiss to your cheek, before helping you gather your gowns and walk to the stage. The hosts give you the award - muttering a few words of congratulations.

You walk up the podium, staring at the faces of your peers. A decade ago, you were the one watching them on the screen - and now you were one of them.

You stare at the camera, with tears still flowing down your eyes. "Daemon, baby we did it!" was the first thing you said, and the crowd erupts into a second round of cheers.

"I want to thank everyone especially the academy, my co-workers, the directors, the writers and the producers. I couldn't have done it without you." you thanked, wiping the tears away from your eyes using a small handkerchief.

"I want to thank all of my fans for supporting me. I'm so sorry, I didn't prepare a speech because I thought Meryl Streep would win. I'm just really glad to be among these women today." you smiled, knowing that he was watching you from the screen.

theresesupporter NAUR cuz who tf is Damon?

MicheleTheMonsterFromHell not ya'll acting shocked that therese has a bf, we didn't even know her real name until last year 💀

SullyFarts_8: IMAGINE SHE'S MARRIED WITH KIDS - MicheleTheMonsterFromHell: I wouldn't be surprised 💀

Therese_Ismy.mommydom My #1 suspect as therese's bf

BenjaminButtons_11: OR Daemon Targaryen - Therese_Ismy.mommydom: Who?? - BenjaminButtons_11: The guy who basically owns half of the trade industry 💀 he's famous in europe/south america cuz he acted in that one telenovela as a teen - Therese_Ismy.mommydom: nty i think it's matt damon 😁

Daemon settles down beside you with a pout on his face. "What's wrong?" you ask while editing his face on the body of a Pokemon. "Everyone thinks that you're dating Matt Damon," he huffs while browsing through his Ipad Air.

A loud laugh escapes your mouth.

"#DamonandTherese, #ThereseDamon," he continued reading the trending hashtags on Twitter. "- you should've said my full name." he pouted, and you pressed a soft kiss on his cheek. "Daemon Targaryen, I love you." you hum, placing your phone on the table and wrapping both of your arms around him.

thereseupdates: Matt Damon and Therese in 'Adjustment Bureau'.

TygaTyger: 💀 I THOUGHT IT WAS A JOKE

therese: 💜

Missusssususus: I don't think it's a joke anymore, also THERESE HAS AN INSTA!! WAR IS OVER

therese: my first instagram post ! (first pic: after the haircut/vacation) (second pic: before the haircut/pre-vacation) taken by @helaenas_photography

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DaemonTargaryen: Now, about that Matt Damon guy...🧐

thereseupdates: OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OGM

puppygogo "Daemon Targaryen is currently worth $900 Million" CHILEE mom get the bag 💅🏻

part two

[threshersharky]

Mo and hashtag had every right to insult Starscream.

the following reasons under the cut explain why:

•They’re children

•I know what it’s like to be a child, not one seen as a weapon/War machine by others but children don’t mean everything they say.

•Children aren’t always aware of themselves or what they do and what it might cause.

•Tell me you wouldn’t be terrified if you saw starscream mercilessly kill two people, newborns nonetheless, right in front of you if you yourself were a child.

•Mo and hashtag were acting out of fear/stress and they were in a very scary situation tf do you expect a kid to do?

•Mo and hashtag have been through a lot, all the kids have.

•They’re children.

•Starscream caused multiple deaths/assaults within the span of a few hours/days

•Starscream has commit mass genocide at some points in past series/comics (wether it is or isn’t canon to the ES universe he’s still capable of doing so.

•The malto kids know that starscream is very capable of harming them so as far as they’re concerned he IS a monster in their eyes.

My opinions on S2 Starscream

Starscream is someone who needs help but in my personal opinion he doesn’t exactly seem to want it. Starscream is a bad person, but that’s not all to his character, he’s harming others similarly to how he was harmed(continuing a cycle). He seems to want a sense of power to give him control, a control he’s never had with Megatron around.

I personally still want to believe starscream can be a better Mech or get a redemption arc(wishful thinking I know) but with such a low amount of episodes to do so I don’t think it’ll happen.

[wuucchoo]

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gege never said the original draft was boring, he only said he needed to revise it to fit the shonen genre more. where tf are all these people getting that lie from??? if he thought jujutsu sousen draft was boring, it's story line would not be implemented into the culling game arc that we have today.

it was unpolished. not boring.

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also, the reason for the mc switch is because yuuji's character fits the shonen genre more.

naive and just happy all around ((naruto??? gon??? luffy????? deku??? that kid in black clover?? i forgot his name)). im not saying that serious characters like megumi as mc was never done in shonen before - but since jjk was gege's first series, he had to conform to shonen norms a little for his story to be approved.

yuuji's character fits what shueisha thinks a shonen protagonist should be (his whole thing of saving every single person around and all that) while megumi's kinda fit seinen more (picking and choosing who to save depending on whether or not he deems them as a good person). gege wanted megumi to stay the way he originally perceived him, so instead of changing megumi's personality - he just gave shueisha the mc they wanted with yuuji. and kept megumi the way he is but as a supporting character that still have the same strong ties to the plot like how he originally wanted.

this isnt a megumi vs yuuji as mc kinda thing btw - because if gege had it his way he would have made this two a duo mc but shueisha wanted to keep to their formula.

i'll put the translation screenshots on here from twt account @///soukatsu_ - you be the judge.

tell me where he said boring there

((im just mad atm dont mind me. i'll probably go draw a chibigumi to calm myself <( •̀ᴖ•́)>))

im not, in anyway, against yuuji being the mc btw - i like how megumi was written in the story that we have now, granted i would love to see more of him, but his role in the story is just the way i like it! i'm just the type of fan who gets more invested in what the supporting characters are doing rather than the mc in any manga that i have ever read. e.g kagura (gintama), L (deathnote), sanemi? (kny), todoroki (mha), grey (fairytail), aki (csm), MEGUMI (jjk) etc etc.

so i like megumi as the supporting role.

and people seem to be forgetting that jjk almost got axed on its first ten chapters ((literally the same thing that almost happened to gintama back then)). so thats really just how publishing a series works. the mangaka (esp a first time serialized one) have to change the story flow here and there in order to conform to what the publisher want - not because they think the story they're trying to weave is boring.

tldr. gege never said he found his first draft boring. idk where all these people got this from. but i guess people wanna cling to anything that can keep their agenda running 🙄

im not gonna tag the general jjk hashtag here coz i'm kinda hating on the fandom atm lmao. its another week another megumi slander with these guys and its always coz of misinterpretation 🙄

[pyrotechnicdarts]

so many thoughts about how twitch and thrash are so much smaller and thinner than the other cybertronians, and just how much the show uses this to emphasize the fact that they are children and should not have to be a part of this war.

they are young and new and the world is so big and suddenly theyre thrown into a conflict that they were told was long over. and like! they are not meant for this war, partially because the war was supposed to be over!

the other bots are all big and bulky and armored, which conveys just how much of cybertronian life has revolved around this war. but twitch and thrash, the first cybertronians born after the war ended, are not big and bulky and! they shouldnt have to be! they were born in what was supposed to be a time of peace!!

 the triplets, on the other hand were created through a plea for help, for protection, and you can see that even though theyre still a lot smaller than other cybertronians, they are still very visibly bigger and more armored than the twins

(and as a little side theory i think the emberstone definitely played a big part in differences between the twins and the triplets: it was probably somewhat aware that cybertronian conflict was over on earth, or maybe just that there hadnt been any conflict in that area in a while, so it didnt give thrash and twitch the bulky armor they would need if they were born in times of war. the emberstone definitely knew that there was active danger when it made the nightshade, jawbreaker, and hashtag, which is probably why they were built taller, bigger, sturdier. more fit for the conflict it knew they were being born into)

but still! even the triplets are still so small compared to bots like optimus and megatron and even though they are more fit for battle, they are still children!!

and its terrifying and tense watching battle scenes that the terrans are in because they are just so small compared to everything else and the way a lot of the framing of these scenes is from their eye level to show just how much bigger and scarier everything looks to them (ie this shot with novastorm vvv)

and the framing and composition of so many action sequences really does wonders to get this whole point across! i am forever thinking about the entire sequence in the final episode where twitch takes out the canon and the way it starts with this frame and just how small she looks in it

she is so small and young and inexperienced and unlike the rest of her species, war is a stranger to her and she shouldnt have to be a part of this but still she has to be. she was told that she and her siblings are the future of cybertronian kind, but the world she was born into hasnt given up the past yet. she was told that she was born after the end of a war that had chased her kind for millions of years and yet here she is, watching her family fight for their lives. and its just houhhghhhghg. houwuuehuhgh. hough. so many thoughts.

this is sooo incomprehensible but do you get me. do you get what i am saying.  the thought behind the character design and shot composition is just. phenomenal. earthspark is very quickly becoming one of my favorite tf shows of all time

[cool-person-yey]

TMAGP 16 AND OUR FAVORITE LOCA IS BACK!!!! INK5OUL HOW HAVE I MISSED YOU

• oh fuck off

• got hello jon'ed

• * ominous music * my beloved

• anti social hmmmm. likeeee social media perhaps? it'd fit with the whole digital thing going on

• * office noises * my dearest

• Sam!

• oh tea. nice I've been missing it

• hey Celia!

• Alice!

• you alright honey ?

• wait since what ?

• yes yes the victim from the past ep right

• yeah ignoring the horrors doesn't work Alice 👍

• they're so supportive I'm <3333

• oh cmon Lena ain't that bad

• yo chester!

• SOCIAL MEDIA I FUCKING KNEW IT

• goddd the hashtags im gonna die

• INK5OUL MY DEAR!!!!

• ohhhh their voice!!!!!

• I love it so much

• good god the slang

• the way ink5oul says things in the most ominous ways

• holy shit that was like 3 seconds ????? the fuck

• not the influencer drama

• the SOUND EFFECTS 😭😭😭😭

• someone canonically said sus in tmagp I want to die

• dig

• " BRUH " FUCKING HELL

• ink5oul why tf are you robbing graves dear

• that's cool as fuck actually

• oh boy

• fuck dude

• she's touching the heart tattoo isn't she

• help?

• unposted ?

• oh fuck hospital noises

• thank god the cats are fine

• the emotion on that ' please '

• oh shit oh shit shit shit shit

• fuck fuck fuck

• yeah fuck you are Alice. you can say you're not fine sometimes yk

• oh coffee huh

• ohhhh Celia

• wait what ???

• oh come onnnn who's behind the door

• OHHHH THE GIRLS ARE FIGHTING

• this is the most emotion she's ever shown I think

• oh if someone tried to do that at an actual job they'd get fired so quick lmao

• anddd * ominous noises*

see y'all next Thursday!

[searchingforatrail]

While Earthspark has been praised for it's representation of queer characters (specifically Nightshade), I want to find room to talk about their disservice to characters of color, imo, mainly during the last batch of episodes.

I agree with it being a very progressive show, but the way Mo and Robby's storylines were essentially squashed and condensed into a couple of episodes and rushed was really...not okay.

I think having characters of color is one thing, but writing them well and giving them as much depth and dedication as you do other characters is another.

And I find ES just not doing that to the point where I forget they're supposed to be the main characters.

Even fandom tends to favor the terrans over the actual human Maltos. The fact that Robby was deathly ill was overlooked by the fact that Starscream & Megatron were in an episode together. Like why have the much needed addressing of Starscream's abuse by Megatron in the SAME epsiode where Robby is fighting for his life? Why not dedicate a separate episode to that?

Why not give Robby spot light to deal with the fact that he might lose his life because he created his sibling? The fact that the Seekers drained the one source of water that could have potentially saved Robby was looked over in the show and by the fandom. People even cared about Hashtag more than Robby, and how she was impacted in the episode, but not Robby.

Mo having to fight Mandroid by herself and going through mental torture by Quintus was discussed by maybe a handful of people. Yet fandom constantly discusses the mental distress Twitch goes through whenever she's terrified of losing a family member. But for Mo, it's near radio silence.

The kids being thrust into the role of Primes was talked about for maybe a few seconds before Dot eventually okays it, but nothing else. No one protected them except their mother, no one stood up for them. Both Malto children have had the most traumatic storyline since creating the Terrans, and it's been largely downplayed and overlooked by fandom.

As for the writers, there's this thing with over-traumatizing kids of color which I think they're not really able to grasp. Why make the first two black children in TF suffer this much without addressing it in canon? Why make a little black girl fight a crazy ass scientist? Why make Robby almost lose his life squash his recovery together in a poorly written storyline?

Yes, put the kids through the most distressing shit, but maybe have people in fandom check-up on Mo and Robby and comfort them constantly. Make it known that what they're going through isn't okay

Earthspark is praised for it's representation and being progressive, but so far they've really disappointed me with Mo and Robby. Don't even get me started on the lack of Alex.

And this is just my opinion. If others don't agree with it, that's fine. But this has just irked me.

Please give characters of color appropriate pacing and characterization. I know it's possible because they do it with every other character. Why not the main characters?

[cosmics-beings]

Honestly? Yeah. I don't see Starscream being close to the chaos Terrans. Tbh I predict we're gonna get a compare/contrast between them and the main maltosbots in regards to their support systems and emotional needs. I mean Starscreams interactions with the Terrans has been limited and he has no knowledge of their initial development, and besides Spitfire and Aftermaths creation will likely be different from the other Terrans.

Also there's just no way Starscream is in a place mentally or emotionally to be a good dad right off the bat. I mean maybe that'll change. Maybe it won't. Maybe dealing with these new Terrans will continue his development as a character for better or worse.

Who knows.

I see this, and I kinda don’t want his narrative to be centered around Hashtag or the Terrans at all? This may be an unpopular opinion, but I don’t really want Hashtag to be an integral part of his character or vice versa. A lot of this has to do with the fact that  in general, a lot of fans overly pacified Starscream when it came to his discussion with Hashtag and also reduced/limited Hashtag’s character to Starscream. I liked the episode, but seeing a lot of reactions to Starscream being evil, it became very evident to me that many people just did not grasp the point of the Hashtag episode, which is what I inevibtly feared would happen.

Aside from that tho, yes, I am excited to see the emphasis on support systems in TF ES. I think it’s clear the autobots/maltobots and Terrans and maltose in general have very healthy ways of supporting one another. They are very oriented.

From what we know of the Decepticons, especially while Megatron was their leader…that just isn’t the case. Megatron is soft to the Terrans and Maltos, but from multiple Decepticons and himself as well, we have heard that he is violent to them, and truly there really is no form of positive support or coping.

So I honestly think that the Decepticons are going to redefined what they mean by family, and what it means to cope and be vulnerable/lovable with one another. Because they didn’t have that, and for many reasons none of them knew how to do that. Their circumstances and lives during and before they were deceptions made them all cold. So seeing how they actually form a family dynamic —without Megatron—is going to be increasingly interesting. 

And I also wanna highlight something else you said about Starscream not being in the place to be a good dad, mentally and emotionally. I agree- because he is also working on himself, and healing from a lot of his own trauma. But I also disagree, because I don’t think his character is going to exist to be a dad or parental figure to the Terrans or the maltos. I don’t think that is the direction for his character because imo, It doesn’t make sense? Like I mentioned before, I do see the appeal of connecting the Maltos/Terrans and Starscream, but imo, he just isn’t meant to be that closely tied to their life? I also hope he isn’t.

But overall Yass I agree with a lot of what you are saying. Especially when it comes to support systems and coping mechanisms. 

[earthstellar]

love the canonical implication that Earthspark Bumblebee's current alt-mode is possibly just a mid life crisis sports car phase

I mean I'm in my 30s, I'm not shitting on him, it's relatable primarily because most of my friends are at least slightly younger than I am

the "Bee hanging out with the Terrans" vibe is very real

but I also like that we're seeing a slightly older version of Bee here. usually he's the youngest of the Autobots (in most TF shows, anyway), but here he's roughly equivalent to middle aged

The Terrans are the youngest, so we get to see a more mature Bee stepping up into a carer/educator role

Bee has never really been one of my favourite TF characters (which I mostly attribute to burn out caused by all the marketing which solely fixates on him lmao), but I like him in Earthspark for the most part!

He's still a little on the "still learning" side of things coming into his current role, but that's what allows for further character development, and we've already seen him build some good skills for dealing with/training the kiddo bots

IDK it's nice.

would be interesting if there's ever an episode where Alex and Dot are unavailable for a not-necessarily-bad reason (maybe one of them is accepting a professional award or something so both of them go together as a Nice Thing)

and suddenly Bumblebee is Parent of Many Sparklings (Plus Two Human Ones) for the weekend LMAO

how long until he gives in and calls someone for help? because that is a LOT of children

eventually he calls everyone but they're all busy, Arcee just laughs at him lol she's having Fun Battle Time with Elita-1 so neither of them can do it, finally Megatron shows up and instantly all the kids are like "yeah STORY TIME" and Bee gets a 10 min nap in until a perimeter alarm goes off or something (it was just a cow but now he is Stressed)

Optimus gradually shows up like ha ha! outdoors enrichment for the children is a great idea and Bee is just like "have you ever actually raised sparklings, you had troops but you don't have SPARKLINGS"

meanwhile in the background Hashtag is trying to explain the differences between various social media sites to Megatron, who is trying so hard to pretend like he cares, but is also busy trying to keep at least two of the others from putting their hands a little too deep in his transformation seams so they can climb on him (they just want to be Large)

idk I think a Single Parent Bee episode feat. Grandpa Megatron towards the end at one point would be fun, arguably they did this kind of vibe in the first half of S1 a bit already

but it would be interesting to see how Bumblebee would manage without any other adults for support for like a weekend in its entirety (save for maybe Megs at the end taking pity on him lmao)

there aren't many bots in what seems to be Bumblebee's general age range, except maybe Arcee but she gives the vibe of being a little older than he is, so real talk he'd probably feel a little more isolated and overtaxed than usual :(

but the kiddos would likely pick up on this and they could plot with Megs to try to do something nice for him!!! it would go poorly but that's OK!!!!

just thinkin' out loud

[mrs-monaghan]

Ahm I get what are you saying but that really isn't an excuse to defend Jikookers who hate to Tae or put down tkk moments.

In that way you are agreeing with people who hate tf out of BTS because of their Fandom. Or just look at our own fandom, past months solos became unbearable, especially JK and JM solos are at each pthers throat all the time by spreading hate full hashtags etc. Can I say I hate JK from now on because his fb is always coming for Jimin before celebrating his win ? They were hating Jimin since the moment FACE dropped and JK wasn't even debuted. Does that make sense ? Or last time, JM solos trended hashtags accusing a karmy to be JM anti and JK solo to the point even JAKSAL had to come and defend the karmy saying they are not a JM anti. Others trended hashtags defending that karmy, so can they say they hate Jimin from now on because PJMS are nasty af ? If these Jikookers hate Tkkrs cut them out, especially if they are affecting your view of tae or tkk.

And I saw some of comments saying they were agreeing until they read the last part of my ask. But did I lie ? JK didn't gone to Jimin's performance stages, it was a fact. Jimin asked him to come multiple times, asked him to get out of the home and come more often. That also didn't happened. JK said he won't come multiple times then and there..so why am I the bad guy for pointing it out ? Something he did and said ? Aren't we all about support members but also admit when they did something insensitive ? If this was case with tkk, these same Jkkrs will point it out as a gotcha moment, don't lie. 'Oh Tae asked JK to come multiple times but he didn't came because he dont care much about tae'. I just dont wanna be hypocrite and blatantly belive and support Jikook especially JK, when they do something insensitive. Just like I think JK's success for SEVEN wasn't organic like Jimin.

For some reasons we will never know and all we can do is speculate, JK couldn't support Jimin in person. So this man did it online. He showed up. He fucking showed up. He didn't have to and most definitely didn't need to but he did.

Fuck you, anon. Seriously. If u don't think JK cares about Jimin u can fuck right off.

Even if u take your shipping goggles off JK promoted the hell out of FACE. And Jimin being who is he is with all the fans that he's got, would have made it and achieved all that he did without JK praising him and his album. And JK knows this too just like we do. But he still did it. Did u see any other member go all out like JK did? No! And even with whatever agenda u may have u know this is true.

And he did show up during Jimin's practise incase you have forgotten. You are coming off like a JK anti and I gotta say I don't like it very much.

I am not friends with any Jikookers who behave the way you are describing so yes I agree they need to be cut off and disowned. That we agree on. But what we will not do is stomp all over JK's love and adoration for Jimin. Nah, fuck that. That man loves the hell out of Jimin and I cannot believe that this is even a debatable subject.

Someone explain to me why we jump to conclusions when we don't have the whole picture???

[daddymus-mamatron]

Greetings, I come in peace. So...I saw your tag about a TFE plot rewrite on a rb and. I'm very intrigued. Please kindly elaborate 🙏🙏🙏 (Forgive me if I'm too nosy! Feel free to ignore this ask. ⁄⁠(⁠⁄⁠ ⁠⁄⁠•⁠⁄⁠-⁠⁄⁠•⁠⁄⁠ ⁠⁄⁠)⁠⁄

Oh it is a PLEASURE to talk about it!!!

Ramble under cut because it's going to be long

When I was in college I had a class on cinema and my brain decided it'd be my new hyperfixation. Now that'd be fun and dandy except I got a little too into it and all I can see is patterns, archetypes & trope.

Like there is maybe 10 movies/TV shows that I didn't see the plot twist coming from a mile away. My stupid brain pick up on the most minuscule details and unravel the whole plot in a second. Which sucks sometimes.

Enters TFES.

It's great but there's a few sentences/frames that drive me insane.

When they throw the Cons in jail after episode 1, the rest of the Decepticons must know about Mandroid, they'e so close in there and in later episode it's shown they can chit-chat easily

Megatron is nice now and that's it?!?!?? He hunts & imprisons Decepticons and he's free and it's fine?!?!? AND HE STILL WEARS THE DEECPTICON BRAND?!?!?!

Speaking of cells, I knew G.H.O.S.T. was iffy the *Second* they showed the empty cells. THERE'S NOTHING IN THERE NOT EVEN A BENCH OR SOMETHING WTF?!?!

Bee casually mentioning that Rumble exploded because Soundwave was low on energon.

Swindle saying they should wait for the 'plan' instead of breaking out after Hashtag Oops

Bumblebee carrying restraining bolts

Karen torturing the 'Con, how long did that go on for?!?! How come they never spoke up about the torture??!

On the same subject, Tarentulas mentions a gun that erase memories and then we never hear about it again

There's more but I have more things to say so moving on

*inhale* THEN!!! Then there's the deleted scene (The confrontation between Megatron & Shockwave + Soundwave & Starscream freeing Shockwave) THEN!!! Then there's the mentions in the official guide that were never explored/explained

SO

I said fuck it and wrote down all the things that bothered me, asked my pal @shotimus what other things she thought were weird/missing/not explained [Shots is the TF expert, I'm still a noob] and I threw that all together in a blender. Took my favourite parts of multiple continuity (IDW, Aligned/Prime, Shatter Glass, G1 & Earthspark) and made a 6k OUTLINE of the fic I wanted to write.

The one (1) thing I was doubting the most about the plot of the fic, is Starscream is older than Megs & OP in my AU. I saw a comment on Reddit once that blew my mind (goes like this: If we’re sticking pretty closely to G1-esque Starscream, it would be pretty easy to show some more of his motivations for being so conniving. 

Just show some glimpses of the life he imagines he should have and why he is so convinced he should have it, and there could be many specific ways to go about that. All you’d have to do is show why he’s like this—you wouldn’t have to get the audience to think he’s in the right or being reasonable, and it would be interesting.) Took that and ran with it. This post reassured me I wasn't too insane for making SS older

SO

So he's a golden child that got more and more bitter as the war went on and he was more and more abused. Because I have to torture my fav blorbo.

AND THEN S2 CAME OUT

It was so bad.... I have MORE THINGS TO REWRITE. Like Soundwave ripping the 'Con badge off Megatron. There's another thing I wanna talk about it's a surprise so I'll refrain.

And that's where I'm at OTZ

The fic in question is actually a whole ass series because I'm possessed with a demon and I must rewrite the whole show?!?!?

[primaviva]

my experience with rashad.

tw: racism, use of the n-slur (hard r for context) proceed with these things in mind and also don’t go and bring him attention by going to his page as he should not be on the internet for his own peace and everyone else’s. this is going to be long and have a lot of receipts/descriptions. do not send him shit on my behalf i ain’t move like that.

before i start, i want it to be clear that this is not confirmed. however, he has a history of doing fake anons to himself and to his (ex) moots from what i learned to either start drama, topics, or fw them so he can act as a supporter or victim if he sent the anon to himself. and this is NOT me jumping on the rashad toxic gossip train of tumblr 2023 but this type of behavior is disgusting and inexcusable. i am very convinced that it was him and want to share it to you all while leaving it open to criticism and speculation but PLEASE be careful and pick up the warning signs with these people from everyone coming out with stories about him.

now let’s get tf into it cus it’s a lot…

me snd rashad became moots after he noticed me like a post of his i think. his first inbox to me was him trying to do self promo for a fic of his he was writing which i thought was odd and a little weird so i ignored it but he ended up continuing to inbox me random things (which i don’t generally mind) so we ended up building some mutual association or sum on here.

however, around 9-10 days ago, rashad had got “sent” something in his inbox about afro latinos. this was the ask:

now, i am not going to invalidate afro latinos who have experienced this. as a latino, i have experienced prejudice but that is never comparable to a black latino or a black person in general who is mixed/has another ethnic group of origin. these things are said to people and have been said to me in a different context. however, this ask was directly after he had posted it and on top of that it simply is not something someone would say as an ask. i don’t know how to describe it, but it’s too directed, crafted in a way that it’s wording seems like someone trying to be racist, and so on. we had never talked one on one either so i was confused when i first saw he had tagged me in a post since i hadn’t seen what it was about yet. i don’t know how to describe it but there’s something in the wording and just the context of it all that made this ask so in genuine almost as if it was something he had asked himself on another account.

this was me tagged in it:

i of course reblogged and said my peace and now disgusting and ignorant it was because afro latinos are a minority even in their own community because of generationally taught racism from colonization and just our traditional way of life and teaching stripped from us and our culture. but at the time, i had no idea of his “track record” of doing this type of thing or even the drama he was getting messy with behind what everyone knew of him.

i wanna say this as it’s very important as to what i have to show next. i am not black. i have never stated that and my day one followers and moots know that i have black family and in fact most of my relatives are afro latino but i, myself, am a lightskin latina which is something i feel i have always made known at least in sum damn context clues. i also want to add that this took place september 18th and that’s alway really important to the story.

ok now lemme get into why this is even a post.

shortly after this, i had gotten sick and ended up going on a break from just the internet in general because i needed to rest my ass up before even doin a thing like school and writing n allat. i was gone for around 3-4 days. so this post was long “old” or at least not being seen by anyone. and the thing is my spam posts never get hella reblogs unless i add hashtags or say something that makes everyone and they mama wanna join in on the conversation. so tell me why, exactly three days later, around the day i came back, i receive this in my inbox:

what the fuck is this? like genuinely.

i had not seen this the first day i came back because my inbox was flooded with my actives rambling to me, compliments, requests, etc until yesterday morning when i was taking the time to reply to some stuff and it had come up. i was gagged like this language was so vile, nasty, ignorant, and dumb as fuck. why? for starters, i am not afro latino or black. me and others believe that rashad was under the impression that by the few posts he saw of me talking about the issue that he just assumed i was afro latino as well. i am not and people that follow me from long before all this know that.

and like let’s really read the text and what it says because it’s speaking about black latinos not being latino because they have no “true” spanish or indigenous blood, which is something that this man is always talking about and presents, to me, as an insecurity (a valid one DONT get it twisted) as a afro latino. he, or “anon,” goes on to call me the n word with the hard r multiple times and tells me i should have stayed a slave and then goes on to bring up taino ancestors (my ancestors) which i just found beyond disrespectful and crossing a big ass fucking line. im not sure if im describing this well, but just by the way that these anon asks are worded they seem very “fake” as in not that this couldn’t happen or hasn’t been told to anyone, but it doesn’t feel organic and just feels like forced racist comics to give you content.

he also texted me for the first time in tumblr dms the same day as this post or the day after the ask was sent to me, i believe, so coincidence or not …

i am 85% sure this is rashad.

to me, it feels like he did this as a way to maybe validate how he feels as a afro latino with other mixed latin im him since afro latinos face so much prejudice. however, to seek validation by doing an anon to yourself about your own post to get others to hype you up and validate YOUR ethnicity is completely unhealthy especially in this way. THIS was vile. THIS was uncalled for and beyond einstein level comprehension skills. THIS is inappropriate and a sign you shouldn’t be on tumblr.

rashad has been involved in a lot of drama public and not and has a constant thing to blame it on his “episodes” and such. while i think that self diagnosing is valid because people, especially poc, can’t get proper mental care rn, to state it as a fact is something that self diagnosers do not do and acknowledge it isn’t right. even so, it is not valid to blame bad behavior on your mental health. and even if you did “take accountability,” in your so called apologies rashad, you go from saying you don’t use your mental health as an excuse but at the same time use it in that context for why you shouldn’t get hate and we should all stop criticizing you and your actions because it should all be forgivable in a way where we can just move on with no consequences.

yes, rashad does suffer from mental illnesses or some type/types of mental issues whether they are underlying or not but the problem is that the internet is literally his scapegoat from this and is feeding into his problems which is why he does the anons, the posts putting people on blast, etc. if you have not seen he has taken this drama from tumblr to discord to instagram. but it is clear he does not feel any microscopic ounce of guilt or genuine sorry in this specific situation. he says he’s “acting like the big person” but goes to attack people who tried to talk some sense into him in his petty onika miraj type posts sayin shit about shoving ice dildos into peoples puss puss and sneak dissin mfs who have a right to see what he’s doing when he is continuing to be petty in the heat of this whole thing by talkin abt people.

he’s struggling with so much and the internet is not for him and it shows in the way he handles confrontation, parasocial relations w people online, and how he copes with his issues by running to tumblr or any other social media. he has stated before he is an ex manipulator and so on and a place like this is not where he needs to be. so do not feed into the anons he sends, do not feed into the petty and compulsive posts he puts together, and just don’t interact with him. he needs to find his own inner peace on some preacher to the church type shit like this a tyler perry movie and not effect those around him with his own internal mess.

so don’t take this as me trying to like ride off this situation or just me saying these things just because all my moots or in it and i wanna be involved on some nosy bitch shit. but something like this is very serious and i was gonna be quiet on my suspicion but something as disgusting as this being said to me and not put on some blast by my classy ass just didn’t feel right. do not go to his page like he his “gone” just take this in a way to educate yourself on the typa person he is and as an example of why you shouldn’t get emotionally attacked to the internet or get involved with people like this.

pay attention to how ppl act and the red flags so you can just cut them off and save y’all both the “i survived” trauma. again, this isn’t confirmed (the racism post) because i have no way to prove it but he has a history of it and i just wanted to come out with this because it made me uncomfortable and disgusted.

NOT EVERYTHING IS FOR THE INTERNET !

[rungneedstherapy]

⚠️earthspark spoilers⚠️

Ok I watched the second part of tfe, I have so many thoughts, so many emotions.

(not in order)

But especially: G.H.O.S.T has an effing pistol or whatever it is that erase people's memory and they used it on someone!?! Who's someone?? Is it you Optimus?? Is this why u seem so fricking clueless to G.H.O.S.T. actions?? Is this why it looks like you go around with a bandana on your eyes??

Nightshade meeting another non-binary person and learning about the term>>>. THE PINS

Jawbreaker episode, him being autistic coded, and the allegory. Him scared of being broken (Feel you Jawbreaker)

Hashtag wanting to be a director and then making a documentary, and then again her directing the play for Dot.

TARANTULAS. I didn't knew much about him, but I like this version a lot. Hope he's safe.

All the references to IDW comics

Decepticons having to wrestle to obtain Energon and just being an entertainment for humans (just like what happened on Cybertron before the war, minus the humans being other Cybertronians)

Shockwave saying "I know you'll betray them like you betrayed me"

The whole flashback scene

"Yess! I have it :D-Aaaaaugh"

"Decepticon bear witness to the fall of Megatron" it's the new "Megatron has fallen..."

Tarantulas and Nightshade friendship

"I didn't choose war, I choose to survive"

Browl dead body, it reminded me of tf prime's Breakdown

Breakdown rescuing Bee. Breakdown sacrificing for Bee.

The fact that Bee wouldn't have uncover himself (or how u say it, English is not my first language and all) to help Breakdown escape from G.H.O.S.T.

Xenophobia and racism being aknowledged and not ignored.

Mandroid needs energon to survive now? Interesting

G.H.O.S.T. using their prisoners as test subjects (they woke up one morning and thought it was a nice and completely no inhumane thing to do)

THE PARASITED BEAR, why the Malto family didn't question it?? Like, you find strange worms, then an effing bear with purple eyes and tentacles with their own eyes attacks you and you don't get suspicious?? And that thing fell into water?? Like am I the only scared about that thing contaminating something else?? Hello??

Ok I think it's all

[secularprolifeconspectus]

Girl, you are choosing the wrong hill to die on. You don't like abortion? Fucking great, don't get one. It's that simple. I dont know how tf you showed up on my tl, but I sincerely hope I never see your blog again. Forced pregnancy is a war crime and a crime against humanity (ICC in case you think im lying). But even if it weren't, if someone doesn't want to be pregnant, then they don't need to be pregnant. I cannot stand you and people like you. Don't get an abortion if you dont like them, but don't act like they're a bad thing or that the people that get them or bad. Why do you feel as though you get to dictate anything in my life or anyone else's? Who told you you were entitled to my body? If a fetus is a living human that deserves respect or what the hell ever yall say, then take it out of my body. Oh wait, you can't, because it is using my body to create itself. If I dont want to have a baby, then im not going to have a baby.

1) Next time anon, reblog and reply directly to the post that upset you, coward.

2) If your lazy ass actually took the time to read my blog, you'd have seen that I already addressed pretty much everything you brought up here.

3) You clearly don't understand how pregnancy works. All the fetus needs from you is shelter and nutrition. She does not "use" your body, YOUR body PROVIDES for her. She is a baby, she cannot impose her will upon your body, and it's really weird that you charactize her as having any agency in pregnancy when she can't even consent. She grows and develops using the nutrition provided by your body, she does not use any piece of your body to "create" her own body.

4) Yeah, I will die on this hill with the people you advocate to be murdered. Kim, there's people that are dying. I stand with them on this damned hill.

5) You saw my post because I used the right hashtags to convince the algorithm to show you it. I wanted to challenge you. You're welcome. You're blocked from my ask box, byyye

To my followers: I am trying out a new technique of "benevolent demoralization". I know it's not my usual polite and gracious tone, but I think it's important to show you all examples of how to knock pro-aborts down a few pegs, especially when you know they're engaging you in bad-faith.