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The chatter about Deadlock/Drift got me thinking about my own portrayal of him in my works and how it's been difficult to get him where I want him. And I think I may have narrowed it down to me beating around the bush but not quite nailing down simply how exhausted he is.

He's ambitious and takes on a lot, but his sheer competency in a lot of things puts so much of a burden on him. It could have gotten to the point where people looked to him for direction because he seemed like he knew what he was doing, but that could have led to them relying on him for everything. And so he needs to solve everyone's problem, and now he's beyond tired, but it is what he chose as what was important to him, and so he sticks with it.

So we are introduced to him in that state, and when pushed he gets snippy, sometimes leading to an outburst. And it's something that Ratchet can identify with, in which the two of them share a connection. You don't walk away from a life of constant pinging from others unscathed. It sits with you for a while, and I almost wonder how much of that they picked up unconsciously from each other.

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got any unpopular opinions about wing? or about deadlock ... even better if u answer both!

I would not have the slightest idea what constitutes an 'unpopular' opinion about Wing, I fear. I don't feel as though more than a handful of people have talked about him at any length anywhere I've seen for some years now! I doubt it's unpopular to remark that he's a very strange and inconsistent character even within his own brief pagetime as, basically, a plot device. But I do retain a fondness for him just because if you determinedly take said strangeness at complete face value, he's such a weirdo (affectionate). Related post.

Now Deadlock... hm! Broadly, I think there is a tendency to try and portray Deadlock as far more theatrically violent than I feel there's any real canon justification for. We know that Deadlock is an effective killer in battle, sure, and very determined to get the job (killing Autobots and/or anyone else deemed a target) done, but like. The impression the miniseries gives of him deep into the war is far more that he's a kind of arrogant reckless guy in terms of not trusting his superior's orders and going a little overboard, not that he has that kind of Tarn-level performative cruelty going on, right. He very much acts like a somewhat insubordinate military professional, not, as some fanon argues, a wannabe serial killer or something. Hah. He's a very ruthless guy, but not someone prone to doing anything nasty for like, shits and giggles or whatever, or for His Reputation.

It's more 'pre-war Drift', technically, but I also hate when fanon works overtime to strip Drift of any and all agency in his decisions to e.g. become a bounty hunter. Or, hell, even the frustrating insistence on coming up with elaborate reasons he Definitely Wasn't A Drug Addict Because He Took Drugs Of His Own Volition, Nope (because i like him and don't want to relate to an addict bc i think addicts are gross), hah. Drift was dealt a shit hand, and that's a very important part of his character! But he also made deliberate repeated choices about what to do about it, and that's equally important, and it makes the character so much more boring to deliberately strip all of that out so he never had any responsibility for a single bad thing he ever did in his life. Drift's backstory involves him being a killer for hire. It's baked into his character that he did some actually pretty bad stuff, despite how sympathetic he remains overall. It's not a bug! It's a feature! We do not need to make him an uncomplicated woobie 'victim' archetype, cmonnnn. Anymore than we need to act like Deadlock was some sort of parody of slasher movie villains for ~drama~ or whatever.

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Nice thing about it always being Halloween is I don't need to wait to post things like this.

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The "Holding the Bag" Support Group

I remembered the support group for the so-called villains in Wreck-It Ralph, and I was thinking that maybe there should be one for characters who, despite putting their heart and soul into the goal of the narrative, are left to pick up the pieces when it all goes wrong.

I'll start with an example.

No, Drift, we drew straws for this, you go first.

Drift's bag is full of a four million-year war and several bad decisions made afterwards. The Decepticons wouldn't listen to him when he tried to convince them that their war was more destructive than what it was originally intended to fight. Even afterwards, his advice was ignored, and he threw himself in front of the bus as the scapegoat to save the Lost Light's mission from imploding.

No wonder he prefers to work alone.

I'm curious who else might be a good candidate to join.

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That was really fun to make!

Piccrew tag

I got tagged by @foxboyclit! Thank you!!! This piccrew is super cute!

I tag @asteroidmiyoko @frostytherobot @the-guff @miss-long-quiet @slopgirly @inaliafox @littlenyao @slimeybee

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Hey, don't knock it if it works!

Leverage Redemption S01E03 The Rollin' on the River Job.

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I DREW THIS AND REGRET NOTHING.

I know it’s a little tooooooo late to post this and it’s been a veeeeery long time(YEARS!) since I posted my last art.Work has eaten me up and there was little time left for me to draw anything of my own.Luckily I have more free time now and THIS is the result…

AND about Ratchet’s chest window…He indeed has a huge window on his chest right?

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Thanks to @the-bulletproof-heart for the tag! These are really fun!

Rules:

Post one gif for ten pairings that you loved. Maybe you stopped loving it or it is a pairing that became a background love for you. You got a new fandom love but sometimes you see a thing that reminds you of that pairing and you remember how much you loved it.

You don't need to explain the pairing and/or your love for it.

Tagging @themightyspacecow, @daddymus-mamatron, @dramamelon, @lush-specimen

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I sneak when ya all are asleep, sketchdump be upon thee

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i am like so obsessed with this little ratchet figure (iron factory ratchet) lookin like a little white mage/priest type situation. he is so cute. now live in this world with me... ok? you are living here now. atheist cleric ratchet and religious swordsman drift wandering the world together. isnt it wonderful? they could hunt foul beasts together. or something. like this one.

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horses made me transgender

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Movie gif tag game

Rules: Without naming them, post a gif from ten of your favourite films, then tag ten people to do the same!

Thanks to @the-bulletproof-heart for the tag!

I tag @themightyspacecow @daddymus-mamatron @tranquilsnow @dramamelon @lush-specimen @whisplion @dratchetismyjam @shfcapb @eatyoursparkout @that-creature-thing

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HAPPY NEW YEAR!! I really hit the ground running after vacation. Year-end work, then going out of town, then coming back home and now I’m fostering two dogs… It’s been busy!

I have a lot of WIPs to work on… like this, for example! I really want to start coloring these... but not yet.

[ID Text: Animation of Drift in profile, he snarls. Shot of Drift’s back that pans down the length of his Great sword to the square guard. He reaches back to grasp the hilt with one hand. The gem at the centre of the guard glows with energy.]

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oops, still feral over pre-war Dead End Dratchet

(drift: you're rusting at every joint gasket: but isn't that doctor chummy with the cops? we're literal thieves??)

started with the headcanon that drift hung around the clinic like a feral wet cat for a while, then halfway through shading these, I started thinking, what if deadlock was an especially reliable assassin because he knew what kind of damage would make sure that even the best of the best couldn't bring you back

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sometimes i think about how jro said that cybertronians are naturally v social and that’s why everyone on the lost light has a roommate and idk i love that bit of worldbuilding so much

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Thanks to @the-bulletproof-heart for tagging me for the “10 people I’d like to know better game!"

Last song: Probably something off of my Trevor Something playlist, because dark synthwave has been soothing to my soul

Last book: I think it was The Innocent Sleep by Seanan McGuire

Last movie: Event Horizon (finally, after talking about watching it for years!)

Last TV show: Superman and Lois has been such a really good fresh and modern take on the franchise

Sweet/savory/spicy: Sweet, though I'm getting better at enjoying the others

Relationship status: Married to my beloved friend @themightyspacecow, going on 24 years since officially meeting (yes, there's a backstory to that)🥰

Last thing I googled: reading up on the M5Stack Cardputer that a friend showed off to me

Looking forward to: Relaxing over the next week while I'm on my staycation

Current obsession: Synthwave! There are so many musicians who just fill my need for vintage synthesizers and electronic music

Tagging: @themightyspacecow, @tranquilsnow, @lush-specimen, @dratchetismyjam, @daddymus-mamatron