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they went off with this

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Hello mechpreg community, have a dadbod Optimus ;)

Yall know what this is for (we aren't there yet but we'll get there)

Artist notes below the cut

I had a LOT of fun with this. I absolutely love IDW's design and i very much enjoyed puzzling out how he'd look carrying. I know a lot of mechpreg artists like the belly and others don't, so I took from both (because I'm a fan of both) and made it so he gets a lot bulkier during his carry, first his chassis to protect both his and the newspark, and then after descent his tum accumulates a lot more plating to protect the growing sparkling (yes I wanted to give him a dad bod yall know he deserves it)

Yall've probably noticed that he's tense here, and that's because I headcanon that IDW OP's pregnancy would be wildly complicated and uncomfortable.

We all know that in IDW Optimus' spark chamber was surgically altered to accommodate the matrix right?? Well I think that would prove to cause a lot of complications while carrying. Because of said alterations, the newspark would have trouble growing and gathering enough energy from Optimus' spark, resulting in early term high risk of miscarriage. For the same reason, descent would also be terribly complicated because his body would have to work extra hard to allow room for the spark to travel downwards to his forge.

The latter part of his carriage would simply be exhausting because of early term complications and how much energy his body both consumes on a daily basis and for the sparkling. I think he'd just be tired and achy all the time and would generally just feel like shit. Personally, though, I don't think he'd show his discomfort. He'd do his best to hide it to keep others from worrying. So I think he'd use his hands to release the discomfort and probably bite his tongue to keep from groaning during sparkling movement.

Really, I just love the concept of OP having a hard pregnancy for the angst. You're welcome

Hope you liked the art and my thoughts!!!

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hi hi hi y'all i made a 'which thunderbolt* are you' quiz because. i was inspired to idk but this was fun! the last time i made a quiz was the hobbit one so i'll toss this out there while the movie's still relevant lol (rb with your results, whether it be in the tags or as an add-on to the post! i'd love to see :3)

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the duality of g1 Optimus....like he is that dad who points at a plane and says MAN IS THAT BAE OR WHAT but also he can and will murder Megatron with zero hesitation and dab over the corpse

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AHAHAHA angst brings me so much joy >:) I love bringing suffering to my readers

A piece from my fic Rodion Waltz!

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Hey AO3 besties, if you post your art on the Archive there's a pretty massive chance that it's been scraped and added to an AI dataset. This post has more details, and I have also linked the users YT video on it which breaks down the situation.

It would be a big help if you can reblog and boost this post.

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When the height difference in your ship is so big you gotta draw a height comparison to make sure you keep drawing their heights consistently (click for better quality idk what happened)

Read my fic series here

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HOT TAKE!

The Electric State (2025) is pretty good.

The character design really good, obviously I loved the art book.

I was pretty engaged the whole time, the pacing was good. It was 2 hours it did not feel like it. The characters and action pieces are all pretty fun.

Even Chris Pratt is good in this, sadly. Mr peanut is cool, more movies should totally have product placement as a main character, it will definitely not get annoying. Christopher is adorable and love the sibling dynamic.

Herm is great, probably my favorite part. Herm and Chris Pratt should get married already, that's my pitch for The Electric State 2.

It does not deserve the low reviews it has, I would probably watch this movie again.

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Treat anything on Discord as media that will be lost

Do not use Discord to host your files. Do not rely on Discord to preserve your text. DO NOT RELY ON DISCORD FOR ANY KIND OF PRESERVATION OR HOSTING!!

It CAN be lost, it WILL be lost! You must consider Discord as a part of the Core Internet, controlled by one company that hosts the servers.

I thought it was impressive at first that it replaced IRC, but now I am horrified. If the company behind Discord went under today, how many friends would you lose?

How many relationships? How much writing?

You may think this won't happen, but I remember when AIM went down and along with it, entire novels worth of interaction with my oldest friend.

IT CAN HAPPEN TO YOU. IT WILL HAPPEN AGAIN. NO COMPANY IS INFALLIBLE.

Back up your files! Download anything you've saved to Discord NOW, before the API changes go into effect! And DO NOT RELY ON THEM FOR HOLDING IMPORTANT FILES!

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The BBC is releasing over 16,000 sound effects for free download

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The Choctaw-Irish Brotherhood(via)

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hey... don't cry.... tesla recall for most cybertrucks, okay? >46,000 vehicles affected <3

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UNION ‼️‼️ UNION ‼️‼️‼️ UNION ‼️‼️‼️‼️ THIS SHIT GOES SO HARD!!!!! AWOOOOOOOOOOOO 🐺🐺🐺🐺

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There's an EU initiative going on right now that essentially boils down to wanting to force videogame publishers with paid games and/or games with paid elements such as DLC, expansions and microtransactions to leave said games in a playable state after they end support, or in simpler terms, make them stop killing games.

A "playable state" would be something like an offline mode for previously always online titles, or the ability for people to host their own servers where reasonably possible just to name some examples.

I don't think I need to tell anyone that having something you paid for being taken from you is bad, which is a thing that routinely happens with live service and other always online games with a notable recent example being The Crew which is now permanently unplayable.

Any EU citizen is eligible to sign the initiative, but only once and if you mess up that's it. You can find it here. (https://citizens-initiative.europa.eu/initiatives/details/2024/000007_en)

Even if you're not European or you signed it already, you can share this initiative with anyone who is, even if they don't care about videogames specifically because this needs a million signatures and there is different thresholds that need to be met for each EU country for their votes to even count and could also be a precedent for other similar practices like when Sony removed a bunch of Discovery TV content people paid for.

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In other horrifying news, the Supreme Court will be hearing a case to decide if conversion therapy will be allowed to be used on queer and trans individuals, including minors.

The case comes from Colorado, from Christian therapist who states that the ban on conversion therapy restricts free speech.

The case will not be heard until late 2025, but this is one of those times to spread the word that this is happening now.

As always, remember to protect our queer and trans community members. They need more support now more than ever.

Edit: I made a more detailed post with some more info about the case if anyone is interested

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The changes go into effect for the 2025-2026 academic year.

Harvard University on Monday announced that tuition will be free for students from families with annual incomes of $200,000 or less starting in the 2025-26 academic year.

"Putting Harvard within financial reach for more individuals widens the array of backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives that all of our students encounter, fostering their intellectual and personal growth," Harvard University President Alan M. Garber said in a statement. "By bringing people of outstanding promise together to learn with and from one another, we truly realize the tremendous potential of the University."

The new plan will enable about 86% of U.S. families to qualify for Harvard financial aid and expand the Ivy League college's commitment to providing all undergrads the resources they need to enroll and graduate, according to Garber.

This is a breaking news story. Please check back for updates.