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pride month: superior 🫰🏳️‍🌈🫶

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For today's snack, I present to you: "How to guilt-trip your friend into forgiving you by impaling yourself on a sword, Rodimus edition."

Call him petty, but Rodimus has about 13 arguments that he would like to win by saying them right before his offlining. They are not all meant for guilt-tripping Drift, so he will forgive, but never forget him. No, of course not, why would Rodimus want his friend to never move on from his death, hah ha.

Argument 1, “you should always respond to my comms immediately, otherwise you’re an aft.” Drift is just a mech hard to get a hold of, unless he wants you to. Rodimus once switched up all surveillance cameras’ sequencing numbers on Lost Light in a fit – this has very serious consequences. After that, whenever he had a fight with Drift, he couldn’t rely solely on the security feed, and had to go physically search room by room, just so he could talk to him again. Rodimus is not very patient, or good at searching, for that matter. He would get frustrated after a few breems and just kept pinging Drift till he decided to pick up. Drift was always the one to find him.

He is the one to find him now.

Rodimus’s field of vision is almost covered up by HUD warnings. He ignored the ones about critical low fuel tank level, or the ones about major plating damage and exposed neural connecting cables. He just bundled all of them and tossed them away.

Oh shut up, it’s just dying, you stupid warnings are not so special, and I do need to see my friend. He opened his intake and tried to make some bad jokes about the Unicron being jealous of his leadership skills and killer-good look, so it decided to claim him. But one look at Drift’s faceplate made Rodimus shut up.

Mech, I am really missing my window to win the arguments. Thought Rodimus. It’s a shame that mechs only got to die once, or twice if they’re extra stubborn, or one of Unicron and Primus likes them for some odd reason, otherwise I am going to hold this over Drift for forever.

“Hey, it’s going to be ok.” Rodimus found himself saying. He tried to lift his servo and reach for Drift, “you’re over-locking your jaw again, Drift. That’s going to hurt your denta maintenance routine.”

Drift just pressed down on the exposed protoforms and energon lines, as if applying pressure alone could stop his friend from bleeding out. He avoided Rodimus’s optics, voice shaking, “That’s what you’re focusing on right now? Why can’t you ever be serious.”

“I am serious. Listen to me, Drift. – I am going to need you to look at me, please.”

Rodimus never pleaded, not even when he’s in the wrong, at risk, or anything. So Drift looked at him, with sadness so immense that it stopped Rodimus in his track for an astrosecond and made him almost forget what he would say.

“DJD is still up and about. I am not sure there will ever be backup. I’m a lost cause, and you should leave while you still can.” Having red rust in your voicebox is a very funny experience, if you care to ask Rodimus.

“No.” Drift grinded his denta.

“I could never win with you, can I?” Rodimus would be angry at Drift, if he’s not losing frame temperature by the kliks, and feeling more and more alone. Dying felt lonely, who would have thought.

That got a weak laugh from Drift, almost like a neurotic response, him cracking under the weight of the situation. “You don’t have to win with me, when I’m already won over.”

That managed to hurt Rodimus. He huffed, “Is it still true? Even after all these. – Drift, I failed to stand by you, the least I can do now is to let you go. I already lost your trust, I can’t lose your life too, knowing that’s all my fault.”

“You haven’t lost me, but Rodimus, why didn’t you come looking for me, after everyone learned the truth?” Drift was now cradling him, knowing the attempt at saving is futile.

Rodimus would not admit this if he is not on the brink of death, one pede away from the void. “Because I am scared. What if you don’t forgive me, or worse. You will forgive me, but it will never be the same between us again.”

Drift felt Rodimus’s electromagnetic field shiver and shrink and knew that he was afraid. He sighed before pressing their fore helms together. He shuttered his optics, and tried to speak as calmly as possible, “The things you said about second chances. They apply to you too, you know? It will never be the same, and you don’t know if it will get better, but you try anyway.”

“It’s not too late for us, even now.” He gently wrapped his pulsating fields around Rodimus, as if it was a shock blanket. On the periphery of his astral perception, he could sense that Rodimus’s color is slowly returning from a stagnant indigo to a warm fiery color. “Just stay with me, for as long as you can.”

Rodimus could still feel the flame of his spark dwindling, but now it is distant, almost like an afterthought. He’s still afraid, but Drift got him.

He’s here!

He’s here.

He’s here…

OHH delicious! Delicious angst!! You hand me dirftrod guilt induced suffering and I go feral it's not even funny oh my god

The last two paragraphs got me. They got me good. I Am Unwell.

why this is only the most important stage in a relationship :) the part where you hold your dying crush during his final moments and wish so hard for them to live that it actually works. Love Wins.

Thank you for sharing yet again, it made my day. Did some typesetting too for maximum angst vibes, you know how it is:

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you don’t have to write something good. you just have to write something unhinged enough to edit later

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I am not immune to the silly scientists from pacific rim I like them. Once again thinking about newt pacificrim. Biologist with like full sleeve tattoos of the animals he specializes in is such a Type Of Guy he's like masc miss frizzle

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Hello fellow cop

I had to get the Police Zaku, he is so cool looking. Goes nicely with my Cybertronian model Prowl!

Also I let my wife choose the number decals, she is very funny.

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I was bored

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Cat maid Soundwave✨

Also the less clothed versions since according to the poll that’s what the people want. You can thank my friend for suggesting I do a lingerie version too ;)

Was trying out some funky effects so blam, enjoy the colours!

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"You're preaching to the converted. We aim to maim!"

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🐈 🤖

Finished my cat inspired gundam! I’m happy with the silly thing.

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Someone in the Plo Koon tag just pointed out that Plo flips tables multiple times across The Clone Wars and the comics.

I... genuinely did not know that was apparently a thing I looked for in my favourite characters but the evidence is mounting.

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This is absolutely and simultaneously the cuntiest and most diabolical TTRPG design possibly ever. I think any person who plays as Onslaught should be allowed to put their Swindle players into a chokehold.

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Energon at 1700 isn’t so bad

Sometimes you read a fic so good it makes you want to make and post art for the first time anyways @smatterbrained wrote 1000 Hurts (Hz) and you should read it cause it might make you wanna make art too

Also robots are hard to draw and also chairs?

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Gquuuux Episode 12 Prediction

HERE COMES GRAMPA WITH THE STEEL CHAIR!

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Remember when this was a trend?

Even got fanart and everything.

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