#[ brother from another creator. ] (other robots)

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The upcoming Taiwan line-up is crazy:

Eternal Butler Romance between spoiled rich brat and his robot servant. Part of a shared universe with pre-stablished lore about a rogue A.I. that went against his creators in order to be with a human lover (Anti Reset). Secondary couple is a childhood friends to lovers storyline.

Fight For You One works for an "organization" that deals with anything; the other sent by an initiative to destroy said "organization". They are roommates but are unaware of the each other's secret jobs and once feelings starts to grow they must make a decision about which path to follow.

The Promise of The Soul Possibly one of the wildest plots I have ever read in my entire life:

When 69-year-old Cha Hsia’s grandson announces his intention to undergo a sex change, Cha Hsia accidentally falls down the stairs with him, and his soul then enters the youthful body of his grandson. From that day on, he experiences many firsts in his grandson’s body: going to college, living in a dormitory, being kissed by a man, and falling in love. Does the classmate the grandson secretly admires actually like him back? In the dormitory, his grandson’s boyfriend even takes off his pants and wants to… Who is the red thread of fate connected to?

Secret Relationship Another crazy entry but almost vanilla considering the previous one.

Rivals to lovers with unhinged behavior that in the source material ranges from rock-paper-scissors contests to competitive handjobs (yeah, you read that right).

Fun fact: Taiwan's favorite deranged step-brother from HIStory: Close to You is here, Lin Chia-wei will play a support role in this one.

I want to point out two other titles: Impressions of Youth (which was schedule for this month but might have been postponed) and Exclusive Love set for Valentine's Day of 25'

[sabrondabrainrot]

Just finished "Dark Sun CONFRONTS SUN in VRchat" SO

it's late and I need to go to bed for the weekend plans but I HAVE TO WRITE THIS I think D!Sun isn't doing this for OUR SUN I think he's doing things for the CONCEPT of Sun. He just showed Sun all the worlds where Sun dies, mostly because of Moon.

I usually don't believe what villains say, but here's the thing. This is Sun to Sun. D!Sun is one of those villain's who won't share all the things he wants to do. He trickles out just enough to raise more questions but never give anything of importance away.

Neptor, in the last episode I just finished, did implode. He warned Neptor that is what would happen. He didn't lie to Neptor. He hasn't lied about Nexus. He still sees Nexus as a Moon but hasn't lied about any of his actions. Nexus has done all the things D!Sun warned Sun and Moon about.

So I'm taking what he says to Sun as the truth. I think he's telling Sun this information because it's the most opportune time. He told Sun all the things he CAN do. He fully believes Sun can kill his baby dragon WitherStorm.

He told Sun that he is capable.

D!Sun wants Sun to gain his own independence because I think D!Sun sees our Sun as his HOPE.

Dark Sun wants to SAVE all Suns. He wants to save the future ones from dying. Not just from Moon's (that's the main reason though) but also from other things.

We haven't heard of a Sun council, but I think what we're witnessing in the show is the lead up to one being finally formed.

It's canon in the show that Eclipse's tried to work together and ultimately fail.

I don't remember if Moon's were ever stated to try to make councils but it seems most go crazy beyond the point of return far too soon to form one.

Creator is the only person who made a working council and that's due to their own shared delusions. They, however, did not have strength in numbers due to their own shortcomings and egos. They thought they could be uncontested while they 'researched' WitherStorms.

Ruin, a singular amalgam, killed off the entire Creator council in one fell swoop.

ANYWAYS

I think that D!Sun wants to make a council with our Sun, because he's been watching their dimension for a long time. I think he was watching since before Moon even reset and created N!Moon.

I made a silly haha joke about the council of Suns a few weeks ago but now I'm actually seeing character motivation and proof on it.

D!Sun is a villain who's not really done villainous stuff...he's been a schemer and he can't be trusted...but he's not done anything horribly evil yet (besides Neptor, that was so sad, but compared to literally everyone else in the show he did the same thing that Old Moon did to that one Moon robot he built that went rogue in one day. Old Moon blowing that bot up was treated for laughs but what D!Sun did was treated serious, food for thought). He does cherry pick what information he gives but the strange thing is, he hasn't lied. Not once. Early on he flat out told Eclipse and Ruin what he was going to do to them when he put something in their heads. He just didn't tell them what it was. He also grabbed N!Moon and told him he'd scan his head and he did just that, then sent him home. We know he also took a chance to secretly move his dimension and save it during Ruin's revenge scheme. (It's unclear if Ruin's statement that 'Dark Sun killed another Dimension' is valid or not)

I think D!Sun picked N!Moon as the catalyst to making our Sun independent from all Moons.

Nexus is a Moon who started off completely differently from any other Moon. As far as Nexus was aware they were never merged, they never had to fight for dominance. He had the ever present shadow of Old Moon....but that's it.

He got to be a gentle sweet and loving brother to Sun and the rest of his growing family. He wasn't perfect, but with time he would have been a great family member. It was growing to be that way.

I think D!Sun was waiting and hoping Nexus would also go crazy. Like every other Moon he's ever watched. He called him 'a dead one'. We have no privy to how other reset Moons are. The chances are they all are doomed by their own narrative to kill their Sun or just go insane.

While he didn't cause Nexus' to go crazy...he was fully banking on it to happen.

After all, Sun is willing to forgive Old Moon for hurting him over and over because he can excuse it away. "Moon was trapped in my head so it is justifiable why he was mad and lashing out." "Moon had the kill code so it makes sense why he hurt me and flew into blind murderous rage." "I call Moon brother and that means something to me." Sun has always found SOME WAY to justify why he should forgive Old Moon. It's his greatest strength and his greatest weakness.

D!Sun I think wants to show our Sun that forgiveness can run out. There's also the added bonus N!Moon/Nexus promised to never hurt Sun or be like Old Moon.

He broke that promise.

This is also D!Sun's evidence that Moons are going to always be 'evil' or in the wrong.

D!Sun is also studying things that were thought to be impossible. He's taming WitherStorms and learning how to communicate with them. He's figured out how to make multidimensional star energy work. He's done the impossible over and over. He, like our Sun, has the uncanny ability to affect and change fate.

My entire theory is just this, I think D!Sun is trying to rewrite the universal fate of all Sun's and he's starting with ours. The one we know, because he hopes that he can break other Sun's free.

Free from Moons. Free from suffering. Free from death.

He states he just "wants to be left alone." but he's ALWAYS interfering. Even visiting Puppet's original world to go to the grave-site of the Sun and Moon that tore themselves apart.

D!Sun can't sit by because he knows too much. He knows too much on the suffering that occurs to every innocent Sun out there. He's still a Sun. He's just the Sun that loves other Suns.

It explains so much. It explains why he's bothering to do any of this. Explains why he went and killed Lord Eclipse/witness his downfall personally. It explains why he told Puppet to not hesitate with BloodMoon (the entity that's tortured Sun from day 1 with the July incident). It also explains why he's kind to Earth and Lunar, even joking with them while subtly hinting how to catch Goliath. Explains why he kissed Sun on the mo-

I mean....

Anyways that's my late night rambles typed this up 30 mins before bed hope it's coherent. I couldn't sleep unless I wrote this down. That was such a good episode.

I also want to go in to how D!Sun is super wrong and I think Nexus is going to subvert the expectation by snapping out of it but idk about that one. I have to wait and see. I would want nothing more then for D!Sun to be wrong about all Moons.

[mildcharacterenjoyer]

Scrapnik Island AU

Takes place after Sonic Frontiers. Tails decides to temporarily part ways with Sonic and goes to Scrapnik Island to help Sigma and the Mechas out with their goals.

Tails begins to help out where he can and soon the island is a bustling safe haven for Badniks and robots alike who have been left behind by their creators. Includes some Gun Robots who have gone rogue too.

Cream is on that road trip with Amy and Vanilla is with the Chaotix leaving Gemerl to pursue his own desires if he wishes, except Gemerl doesn't know what he wants for himself. He is not his own robot, being reprogrammed and most of his data is not actually his own.

He goes to find Tails to try and figure some stuff out, ending up at Scrapnik Island with everyone.

At the same time, Omega has been malfunctioning a little bit and decides to temporarily part ways with Shadow and Rouge. He seeks out Tails to figure out what is wrong, which also brings him to Scrapnik Island.

At first Omega did start attacking Scrapnik island but the fight quickly deescalated by the Mechas, Gemerl, and Tails. Gemerl is helping building the Island outward to accompany all the new robots moving in.

They get the Egg Carrier working as a means of transport. Tails enlists Mecha, Gemerl, and Omega's help forming the first battle robot Team, Team Defect. (I could have called it something else but I really like this one.) Mecha - Run, Gemerl - Fly, and Omega - Power.

Those three go on adventures together, grabbing spare parts or fighting Eggman's forces back, engaging Sage/Metal Sonic, and plenty of other things.

Omega and Gemerl already have a mutual respect for each other, but they still argue a lot. Mecha is the leader, and the one that can help the other robots come to an agreement.

Mecha is that robot that loves his family like Gemerl, but will happily fight others if need be. He's a good mix of Omega and Gemerl which is why hes a good leader for them.

Mecha Sonic and Knuckles easily gain Omega's respect. Sigma less so. This is due to Sigma being another E-Series robot. Omega keeps trying to prove his superiority and Sigma just doesn't care. He's just proud of his little brother no matter what he does. It drives Omega up the wall.

Having Omega around makes Sigma want his brothers back, so he begins plans to rebuild who he can from the E-Series, sending out Team Defect to retrieve parts and memory cards from various areas around the world.

While that's going on, Tails deciphers what Omega's malfunction is and it's growing pains. He is coding his own soul. Omega is angry about this and wants to be a soulless murder robot.

Gemerl is dealing with his own identity crisis and is mad he never got the chance to turn on Eggman like Omega did. He asks Tails to look into if his love for his family is truly his own or not. As Tails pokes around in his code, Gemerl starts having hallucinations about his predecessor Emerl.

Except they aren't hallucinations, it's what is left of Emerl's code actively trying to communicate with him. Gemerl listens and Emerl tells him that what he feels is truly his own. It's a heartfelt moment, but Emerl truly passes on giving Gemerl access to the ability to fuse with machines and some of the other strengths the gizoid lost when the original was destroyed.

A good portion of the E-Series has been rebuilt now and all of them. And I mean All of them, treat Omega as the baby brother. It's antagonistically adorable, but Omega HATES it. The Phis are the trouble makers intentionally ticking him off so they can race away snickering.

Beta has been found and rebuilt. Beta hates Omega because the youngest E-Series is stronger than him How dare?! Omega tolerates Beta the most, besides Sigma because 'Oh good! Reason to beat something up and get out my RAGE!" Beta can't beat Omega. He keeps trying and failing.

It's cannon that Chaos Gamma is made with Gamma's parts, so at some point Chaos Gamma will come into the picture. Maybe he's tired of being neglected by Eggman too. There could be a choice between dismantling Chaos Gamma and getting E - 102 Gamma back or keeping the current robot. I like the idea that if you decide to dismantle Chaos Gamma to recreate E-102 Gamma, then Gemerl will be upset. Mostly because he sees himself in Chaos Gamma. Not being his own robot, even if Chaos Gamma has Omega's temperament.

Literally everyone loves Sigma. Even Beta. Sigma is that mom friend who will make sure all your needs are met. He dotes on all his brothers with a passion. He also loves participating in meatbag traditions like birthdays and holidays. Sigma is the only one who can refer to Omega as a baby brother and not get a gun to the face...eventually. Omega learns to tolerate it.

Sigma helps Omega grow into his soul. By the time Rouge and Shadow come to find Omega on Scrapnik Island for something they absolutely need him for, Omega just accepts Sigma's love and everyone is so surprised Omega is letting Sigma pat his head like he's a child.

The scrapniks huddle together at night a lot of the time for snuggles and to heal their feelings of abandonment. Sigma is always the one who starts it, but the Mechas follow close behind. Mecha Sonic was the one who first introduced Gemerl and Omega to the cuddle pile.

Gemerl didn't take much prompting, having done this before with the rabbit family, but Omega is very much against joining in.

It takes Sigma starting a cuddle pile around Omega, to where the badnik can't escape the love to get him involved. Mecha Sonic and Gemerl are just sitting there next to him, teasing him about it.

Beta is an aggressive cuddler. Whenever Beta cuddles, it always turns into a rough house session. Omega uses this as his escape from the mushiness.

Tails is so proud of everyone and what they've accomplished together. He is able to repair the Mechas to better working conditions, modifying limbs to make them look more like their original forms. Sigma has asked to remain mostly the same provided a few updates here and there. He likes the way he looks now.

The fox might be the mind of Scrapnik Island, but Sigma is the heart and Soul. Omega's the muscle.

Omega and Chaos Gamma get along well. They spar all the time. Beta likes Chaos Gamma too. If they team up on Omega, he loses to them. So much sparring goes on Scrapnik Island that they had to build a specific arena for explosions so they stop blowing up parts of the island.

If E-102 Gamma gets rebuilt instead of keeping Chaos Gamma, Omega and him talk about their favorite meat bags. Tails will call Amy and she will be so so happy to see him. This will make Omega begin to miss Rouge and Shadow.

Tails does research into the Gizoid's while here as well. Testing out Gemerl's fusing abilities. I'ma stop there because as much as I love shipping Gemerl and Omega, I want this to remain more platonic. 🤣🤣

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Size allergy (11/?)

I've managed to make quite a bit of progress, this chapter is mostly tender things doing the Hamato family, why? Because there are a lot of tragic rottmnt fics and I want to give them love ✨🐢💖

That's not to say that the problems are over for the boys, but let's let them rest a bit 🧡💙💜❤️🐢😮‍💨

Warnings: This chapter may cause diabetes <3 <3 <3

English is not my mother tongue, if you see an error, please feel free to comment.

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The time passed quietly for the twins eating the pizza; indeed, they surprised themselves when they asked Todd for another slice. They didn't realize it until they had started eating, but they were starving. Donnie reasoned that perhaps it was due to the change in size, which made them both look at each other worriedly. 

“Don't you think...?” Leo commented. 

“I hope Todd has enough food for Mikey” Donnie almost exclaimed, knowing what his twin was referring to, trying to play it down, to no avail. 

The little nagging worry made the time pass damn slow for both brothers; they wanted to see their brothers back, they wanted to know that they were both okay and that things would get better. 

Nor did they know that their brothers were coming with a surprise. 

At the drop of a hat, the prevailing peace in the room was interrupted by a loud tremor that shook things up, and then a moment later, by Todd's sudden arrival through the door. 

“Guys...” tried to speak under the capybara so as not to disturb them “You have visitors” he smiled at the twins' curious looks. 

Only a couple of seconds later, a very familiar looking drone flew into the room. 

“Booyakasha!” exclaimed the purple robot circling a couple of times, causing the two turtles to cover their ears. 

“Ahhh SHELLDON?!!” exclaimed Donnie when he noticed the robot “GET YOUR DECIBELS DOWN NOW!” he ordered. 

The robot came down to the table level and stood in front of both turtles, looking particularly happy; Leo was confused, while Donnie adopted a scolding pose towards his creation. 

“Wow... It's true... I really am bigger than you now” almost exclaimed with low volume and a cheerful tone the drone. 

“Yet I'm still older than you!�� exclaimed Donnie with his fists on his hips and a defiant pose. 

“You don't look it” replied the drone with a giggle “Haha... You're too little” he lightly touched his creator, which made him get irritated. 

“Wait!” interrupted Leo before an argument broke out “Shelldon?... How did you-?” he was about to ask when another voice interrupted him.  

“I'm so sorry Todd...” a female voice said “I ran to stop him from coming in, but I didn't catch him” 

Then the gazes of both turtles and the girl crossed. 

“April?!” they both exclaimed in different tones; Donnie looked puzzled, and Leo smiled. 

The girl nodded and slowly approached the table where they were. She said their names in a low voice, realizing immediately that she had to control the volume of her voice so as not to disturb them. 

“Guys... So, Raph didn't exaggerate...” she said while noticing how both were just a little bigger than her hands, as she rested them on the table “I'm sorry for Shelldon, I didn't want him to come in” her look was compassionate. 

For April everything was still very strange, she had never seen her siblings so small, she wanted to make sure she wasn't a bother. 

“Hey! Don't worry, it wasn't your fault” said Leo stepping forward to the girl's hand, caressing her arm to calm her down “I'm glad you're both here” he tried to lighten the tense atmosphere. 

“I guess, if you're here, it's because pops already knows everything, right?” Donnie commented, also showing a relaxed posture towards the two newcomers in the room. 

“You're right Purple!” was heard as an exclamation from the door. 

Then he entered; the mutant rat and father of the boys, approached the table with some confidence, however, as soon as he saw his sons on the table he froze for a second, which did not go unnoticed by the rest. 

“Splints?” interrupted April, then Shelldon flew towards him moving one of his propellers in front of his eyes. 

“Oops... I'm sorry...” the rat commented more softly as he tried to pull himself together, it still didn't sound quite right. 

“Pops?” asked Donnie approaching the edge of the table to get a closer look at his father, who had his ears down, why did he look so sad? 

“Purple... What happened to you?” he said cautiously bringing his hand to the table and very lightly touching the bandage on the softshell turtle. 

“Aah... Well, uh-” stammered the boy, a little uncomfortable with everyone's sudden attention to him. 

“Weeeell... We-we had an accident” commented Leo averting his gaze with discomfort “B-but I already cleaned his wound, it's n-not as serious as it seems” he said leaning his hand on his twin, it bothered him to stutter, but he couldn't help it “I'm sorry dad” he finished saying when he noticed the worried looks of everyone. 

Both boys bowed their heads. 

While Leo and Donnie seemed to believe that their father would scold them, in the rat man's mind the opposite was happening, he felt bad for not protecting his sons to prevent them from getting hurt. “I'm a lousy father” he thought to himself. 

“My sons... May I?” he raised both hands behind the boys, inviting them to climb on them. 

Leo and Donnie looked quizzical but ended up agreeing to their father's strange request. After they each sat on one of the rat man's hands, he pulled them close to his face and watched them for a moment before hugging them against his sides, much to the twins' surprise. 

“I'm sorry children... I'm sorry I don't take better care of you” he said softly. 

The hug was taken by surprise by both turtles, why was their father apologizing? They weren't the only ones confused, April and Shelldon didn't quite understand Splinter either. However, the boys accepted their father's hug, a hug from dad was never refused (unless he was sick). A warm feeling came over them, like something almost instinctive and cozy as they settled into their father's fur. 

For his part, Splinter could not deny that it was impossible for him not to see Leo and Donnie as they were when they were babies with the current size they had; sure, they were still his teenage boys, but in their small size, they were not very different from when they were babies shortly after mutating. A part of his mind was transported, almost automatically to the past, when he took care of his children, those days where the caresses of their little hands were the only thing that made him forget, for moments, his cruel fate. 

April didn't understand anything, but she mumbled a little giggle to herself, she couldn't deny that the scene was adorable, it was something special to see Splinter hugging his sons; Shelldon looked at her looking for answers, but she just lifted her shoulders and patted his robot head. 

“I'd better give you some privacy” Todd suddenly said. 

“Are you still here?” April commented, forgetting for a moment that the capybara never left the entrance of the room. 

“Yes, leave us alone” replied Splinter sharply, still holding his boys. 

“All right” replied the capybara cheerfully and finally left, closing the door behind him. 

“Maybe we should leave too Shelldon” commented April, inviting the drone to follow her “We have to tell Raph and Mikey that everything is all right” 

“Oh, wait!” suddenly exclaimed Donnie, leaning on Splinter's shoulder, while he grabbed a little bit of his fur “Shelldon!... I've got an idea” 

With that, the drone approached curiously, as the purple-banded turtle positioned himself to whisper something in its nonexistent ear. 

“Now what are you up to, big eyebrows?” Leo asked, still tightly clinging to his father. 

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Outside Todd's house, with the turtle tank already on the ground and safe; Mikey had laid down on his plastron, as he was feeling a bit tired. Raph on the other hand, was moving around a bit anxiously, impatient for someone to get out of the house and everything to be okay. 

“Raph hopes that Shelldon hadn't ended up making a mess...” he commented to himself, but as Mikey was lying down, he could hear him. 

“Relax... April and pops went with him...” he raised his hand and caressed Raph's shell; the boy, although happy, looked fatigued. 

“And how are you...?” asked Raph when he noticed his little brother's lack of mood. 

“I feel tired... My stomach hurts a lot” another grunt interrupted his comment “I'm sorry about that...” 

“No no! Don't worry Mikey... I won't be Leo, but I'm sure that going a long time without eating anything has got you like this... Let's just hope to solve this situation soon” he said still a bit nervously and stroked his hand a little. 

Mikey stroked him a little more on the back. Some of Todd's dogs had approached his huge body and had started to lick and climb him by wagging their tails. Maybe he felt like he was starving, but at least his heart was satisfied. 

That's when Todd came out of the house with a wheelbarrow full of boxes, April followed behind him with only one box and in her other hand she fiddled with her phone. 

“Did you miss me?” April commented cheerfully. 

“Where are Leo and Donnie?!” Raph almost pounced on the girl with questions “Is pop with them? Shelldon didn't do anything to them, did he?” 

“Hahaha... Take it easy big guy...” replied the girl lowering the turtle's nervous arms, handing him the box “Here... You've been so worried, I bet you haven't even thought about eating” she winked. 

Raph went blank for a second, it was true, he was hungry, but he hadn't even stopped to meditate on that because of all the problems he had in his head. 

“B-but...” he stammered awkwardly. 

“Don't worry my friend, we'll take care of it!” Todd exclaimed cheerfully. 

That's when he revealed what the familiar looking boxes contained. Pizza, literally about 20 pizzas in a single wheelbarrow, both turtles looked on in surprise, but would they be enough to satisfy Mikey's appetite? before even that thought could linger in Raph's mind, Todd spoke up. 

“And I've got more if you need it buddy!” he exclaimed with glee. 

“Awww Todd, you really shouldn't have...” Mikey said as he sat down, careful of his surroundings, and began to take the boxes “But thank you so much” he smiled and ate an entire pizza in one bite, to him they were like mini pizzas. 

Raph, who had been speechless, saw his own pizza box, which was missing two pieces. 

“And Leo and Donnie are fine” April added, smiling at him “What's more... They will be out very soon...” after that she focused again on her phone. 

“What?” the snapping turtle only managed to say, everything was happening too fast for his liking. 

With nothing else to do, and trusting his family, he set about eating the pizza, while his little brother devoured industrial quantities of it. Mikey was undoubtedly hungry, and although he tried not to show it so much, he was eating faster than he usually did, which caught his older brother's attention a little. 

After he finished with the 20 pizzas Todd had brought, and he promised to bring 20 more boxes, the rest of the family left the house. 

Leo was standing on Splinter's head, looking comfortable and looking at everyone with a somewhat teasing smile. 

“Hey, BIG brothers!” he greeted, holding on to one of his father's ears to look directly at Raph “You're envious, aren't you Raph?... I'm riding a piggyback on pops!” he exclaimed trying to sit up and grabbing his father's hair, who gave an annoyed little scream. 

“Ouch! Be careful Blue!... Or I'll put you down” he scolded him. 

Still, the silly humor of the red-eared turtle had the desired effect on his older brother, who smiled a little. 

“You're a dumb Leo...” he laughed, crossing his arms, as he watched the boy sit on his father's head “By the way, where's Do-?” 

But he didn't get to finish his question when Shelldon burst in; exiting the house at a slower speed than he entered and with someone on top of him. The purple banded turtle was riding on top of the drone, while seeming to scold him for his speed. 

“Donnie?!” Raph exclaimed when he saw his brother on the drone. 

“Yoo-hoo!” shouted Shelldon happily, seeming to enjoy the whole situation. 

“Shelldon! That's enough!... Slow down if you don't want me to get something else out of you on your next update!” Donnie exclaimed, finally causing the drone to calm down a bit. 

Then, Shelldon flew smoother, heading for the snapping turtle's face. Apparently, Donnie already had a plan before he went out on the drone, and this had to do with his big brother. 

“Good afternoon, brother” he remarked with some seriousness, stopping to look his brother square in the eye. 

“Ah... He-hello Donnie...” stammered Raph, not expecting this confrontation “H-how are you feeling?” he said observing the bandage that covered a large part of the middle area of the little turtle. 

“Much better... And don't look so much at the bandage, my wound is only superficial” he answered crossing his arms, still with a serious tone. 

“Ah... Th-that's good...” he answered awkwardly, then averted his gaze “He-hey... I'm sorry if I made you feel uncomfortable before” 

“Annoyed sigh... Let's get something straight, Raphael” he said firmly “I was attacked by a squirrel, that's what bothered me, OK?...” Raph nodded awkwardly, which only seemed to annoy Donnie more “And I’M NOT AFRAID OF YOU” the strength with which he said those words was in stark contrast to his small size, which shocked the older brother. 

Raph looked over at Mikey and then at Leo, trying to figure out how the hell the softshell turtle had picked up on his insecurity. Leo gave him a smirk, while Mikey chuckled lightly (still not understanding his shrunken brother's words, his little gestures spoke volumes). 

“A-ah, really?... T-thank you” he commented running a hand over his face nervously. 

“Another annoyed sigh...” Donnie commented, he didn't seem happy with the answer, then he stood on Shelldon's head, getting even closer to Raph's face “It seems that your fool brain still doesn't get it” 

And then, unexpectedly, Donnie jumped from the drone's head to Raph's snout and climbed up, until he was standing on his big brother's head. 

“Do-donnie?” his brother almost exclaimed in bewilderment “What the hell are you doing?” 

“Proving my point to you” said the softshell turtle again firmly. 

Then, without warning, Donnie lay down on his back on his brother's head; to the surprise of his brother and everyone present, not even Leo had been told that this was his plan. 

“What? Donnie Wh-what are you-?” but his shrunken brother wouldn't let him finish. 

“Do you think I would do this if I was afraid of you?!” he exclaimed as he lay there.  

“... N-no?...” he answered awkwardly. 

“Say it clearly!” demanded the boy. 

“No!... If you were afraid of me, you wouldn't lie on me without your protection” he said trying to sound firmer. 

“Very well... That's what I wanted to hear” the soft-shelled turtle then got up and stood near the edge of his brother's head “Put your hand near your face” 

Raph obeyed and, in a second, Donnie jumped on it and stood firm, looking at his brother. 

“And you'd better not doubt that again...” he pointed and pressed his finger on his brother's snout “Or, when I get back to normal, I will put a lock on your room... And I won't tell you the password” 

“Okay...” he almost commented low, it was so strange to see his shrunken brother so annoyed. 

However, after this answer, Donnie smiled and opened his hand to rest it on Raph's snout. 

“Until you got it, dumb-dumb” then the others laughed a little. 

Splinter, April and Shelldon didn't really understand what had happened; but it seemed that everything was now resolved between the brothers. Besides, the whole situation looked curiously comical, with Donnie overpowering his older brother, while he averaged the same as an action figure. 

A small smile came over everyone, when again Todd appeared with more pizzas for Mikey. 

Looks like the day wasn't going to be as terrible as Raph thought, his family would take care of everything. 

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For the remainder of the morning, and much of the afternoon, the Hamato family tried to run things as normally as possible. 

Mikey eventually ended up eating close to 100 pizzas before he was completely satisfied, something that even he was surprised and worried about, though no more than his brothers were (he was the only one to openly admit it). He felt a bit sad and even apologized to Todd, feeling a bit useless and a burden to everyone. However, Raph and his father made a point of cheering him up; the snapping turtle suggested taking advantage of the time and “training” him on how to be a giant and Splinter offered to be with him and provide support. Perhaps he wasn't feeling quite right, but the box turtle couldn't deny that he was quite encouraged to receive help and support from his brother and father. His mood was improving throughout the different exercises, and sometimes Raph would use his tonfas to create a giant projection of himself, to make the boy not feel so alone in his condition. 

Donnie spent much of the time with April and Shelldon inside the turtle tank making the missing fixes; with the support of the girl and the drone, the genius turtle was able to start adapting small versions of his own technology, most notably a new battle shell and goggles, which got him away from his size discomfort and started to feel normal again, at least to some degree. 

And Leo?... He spent much of the day bouncing around, with little portals, annoying every member of the family. He made up his own activity that consisted of figuring out which head was the most comfortable, even including Shelldon on his list, and although he generally seemed to just want to annoy the others, he helped keep the group somewhat upbeat. He played with Mikey, teased Raph with bad jokes, and goaded Shelldon into picking on Donnie. 

For April, it almost felt like a normal day for her turtle siblings. At one point, she started taking pictures and videos of some nice and funny moments of the boys; like Donnie riding Shelldon while playing what a spaceship was with his pilot, Leo on Raph's head while teasing him, Mikey showing how many puppies could fit in his hands and, the one the girl liked the most, the boys trying to make a funny turtle pile with Mikey at the base, Raph on his head and the twins on Raph's head. 

The picture was quite funny; as the twins started arguing while standing on Raph's head, because Donnie had taken off his blindfold without Leo's permission, and their older brother had to separate them, all of which was contrasted with Mikey's cheerful face, who seemed to ignore the chaos that was forming on his head. 

Of course there were more photos, but overall, much of the day felt like a family camping trip; at times, everyone forgot about the “mystical allergy” situation. 

~~~~~~~~~~  

“Until I found you!” April exclaimed upon entering Todd's room at home to find a certain red-eared turtle on a table peering out a window. 

It was late afternoon, and Mikey and Raph were already tired from their “training”, so the box turtle had laid down with his older brother; Splinter was nearby, sometimes chatting a bit with Todd, but generally, he seemed to be keeping an eye on his children. 

Leo feigned a start when he saw April and acted as if he'd been caught. 

“So, I won the hide-and-seek game?” he commented smiling, although it seemed a bit feigned to the girl. 

“Hehe... There's no one playing, so I guess so” she said playing along, approached the table and leaned one of her arms on it “What are you up to now?... I thought you would be asleep like the rest of your brothers... Or does insomnia affect you the same way being little?” 

“Heh... I guess sleep has a hard time finding me at this size” he said in a joking tone, while the girl looked at him without laughing a bit “Wait... Even Dontron is asleep?” he commented with surprise; he didn't expect his paranoid twin to have achieved the miracle of resting. 

The girl didn't answer, she simply smiled and showed him the inside of one of the pockets of her jacket; Leo peeked curiously and almost exclaimed at the surprise, his brother was curled up inside the girl's pocket, sleeping peacefully. 

“Wow...” mused the boy low and then laughed lightly “Speaking of weird places to sleep...” 

The girl laughed a little with him and then everything fell into a comfortable silence; Leo looked outside again, and April joined him for a second. She knew that, even if he was very good at disguising himself, Leo did seem somewhat worried about the whole situation, even if he pretended the opposite; but she also knew that the turtle was an expert at dodging what was troubling him, so she only commented on what she thought might worry her younger brother. 

“He will be fine Leo...” with one hand, she caressed the boy's back “Mikey will be fine” the boy saw her a little melancholic and grabbed one of her fingers, returning the caress. 

“I know... He's strong, I'm sure he'll get through this better than all of us” that answer, and the confidence with which he said it, confused the girl. 

Then she realized who the red-eared turtle was really looking at with worried eyes. Leo didn't seem to take his eyes off his big brother, the snapping turtle, who, even in his sleep, seemed to be frowning with some annoyance. 

“Oh, Leo...” she stroked the boy's back some more “It's going to be all right...” the boy didn't answer, just nodded and smiled slightly “Maybe you need some rest too” 

Then, to the boy's surprise, April grabbed him and lifted him up. 

“What-?... Hey!” he exclaimed in surprise when he saw himself looking at the face of the girl, who was smiling tenderly at him “He-hey, it's not necessary, I feel good...” he excused himself with a nervous laugh. 

“Even so, you'd better get some sleep... I know you'll like the strange place to sleep” she said looking indiscreetly at the free pocket of her jacket. 

Leo just stood mute and, without really putting up much resistance, let the girl deposit him inside her pocket. A part of him was a bit curious about the comfort of it and, immediately, he started to relax. 

April, for her part, lay down on an armchair that was in the room and placed both hands strategically on both pockets, only a moment later she heard a slight yawn from Leo. 

“Hehe... So, you weren't sleepy, huh?” she commented with a chuckle. 

“It's kind of hard to resist in here...” said with a tired tone the boy “Has anyone ever told you how comfortable your pockets are?” 

“No...” laughed the girl for the silly question, then stroked a little above “Rest Leo...” 

The boy didn't answer anymore, he just settled down a bit and enjoyed the warmth his human sister emanated. Warm places always slightly aroused his basic turtle instinct, so he just limited himself to enjoy the warmth. 

~~~~~~~~~~ 

Night came, and with it a strange silhouette, of a certain goat-footed yokai, peeked out from the trees towards Todd's home. Splinter, who was keeping watch, jumped in when he didn't recognize him at first. When the light hit the goat man, he shared a look of annoyance with his enemy, who replied with the same expression; both relaxed their attack poses. 

“Draxum?! What the hell are you doing here?” complained the mutant rat in annoyance “I'll take care of the kids now!” 

“Ugh... Do you think I would have come if it wasn't a delicate matter?” he replied with his usual annoyed gesture “... By the way, human subway transportation is the worst form of travel I've ever had to use in my life ...” he complained as he wiped a little on his clothes. 

“A delicate matter?... What are you talking about?” the rat asked, ignoring the last comment, eyeing the yokai suspiciously. 

Before Draxum could get ready to explain, Raphael appeared, who, ignoring the newcomer, turned desperately to his father. 

“Dad, dad! Something's happening to Mikey!” he exclaimed in panic, surprising and worrying both his father and his creator. 

Prologue Previous / Next

[churino]

Design for prowl-2

(yes this is a real character i did not make him up)

After nightbird sunk her fenders into prowl's secrets she quickly got to work replicating autobots in his memories, firstly himself, but it took a while to make prowl-2 functional, making him the middle sibling of a set of autobot brothers. it seems she put too much autobot in there and failed to make them loyal to her

Prowl-2 is one of a set of siblings alongside his older brother x-brawn, younger brother sideburn, and sisters the previous identities of roulette and silhouette, made as the first of nightbird's attempts to recreate the transformers, they are sparkless li robots animated by rudimentary artificial intelligence (programmed by someone without fingers mind you), who. like nightbird, want to become real transformers, but have rebelled against their creators to join the autobots,

Based on the original prowl's vision of himself before he underwent his cyber ninja training, prowl-2 has the most advanced lifelike personality of the autobot brothers, although he possess the most emotional depth of the 3 he puts on a stoic face, uncomfortable with the situation with roulette and silhouette but trusting the autobots will find a way to resolve everything.

Prowl-2 is, uptight and rules obsessed, quick to criticize others for not doing the same, especially his younger brother sideburn. But hes also naive and hopeful, he waits patiently for the autobots to figure out a way to bring him and his brothers to true life, even if their efforts so far have resulted in failure, hes too devoted to them to question it, that could be BECAUSE hes not truly alive, but even with his complexity he's too simple minded to ponder the nature of his existance.

Somewhat envious of nightbird's higher specs, he sees her as a neglectful parental figure of some sort, not necessarily a mother, it's a complicated set of emotions running through his counterfeit cranium, that he hopes becoming a true living being will ease, his existance alongside the original prowl, so different from what he used to be, deeply unsettles both of them, to the point their spines shiver at the thought of one another, prowl in shame, prowl 2 in fear of turning out just like him

[dantethunderstone-idk]

Brooklyn 99 is a show about a police precinct that goes through way too much shit for no reason.

First up we got the ultimate fav, Jake Peralta who has many other names like:

Jakey – Used affectionately by his mom and sometimes by Boyle.

Peraltiago – A couple nickname for Jake and Amy, mostly fan-created but referenced in the show.

Jakey-P – Used occasionally by Charles.

Captain Latvia – Given during a Christmas episode when Jake buys Charles’ son a toy from Latvia.

The Velvet Thunder – Technically a Holt nickname attempt, but Jake loves it and tries to claim it.

Tight Pants – Given by Gina in reference to his style.

Sarge – Used once jokingly when he was pretending to be Terry.

Detective Peanut Butter – Related to a horse that won a precinct race; Jake insists it’s his nickname too.

Jakey-Bear – Used by Boyle and sometimes Gina, teasingly.

Jakey Smurf – A taunt from Amy when mocking him playfully.

The Puzzle Master – A nickname tied to Jake’s rivalry with a puzzle creator that Amy admires. He may just be a big baby but we love him and he’ll always be one of the greatest detectives.

Then we have his best friend. Charles Boyle. The food lover of the group and one of the most, weirdest ones. (Buddy why do u like pig hooves…?) anyways when he can he’s a great detective and will forever be Jake’s n.1 fan (or he will kill himself as he says many MANY times)

After let’s go for the hottest, baddest, most beautiful one in the entire force. Rosa Diaz. What to say. The baddie that scares everyone but GOD DAMN I’d choose her any day :P. Can’t tell u my joy when I found out she was a lesbian LIKE YES QUEEN ATEE but ye she’s scary af (but also hot af)

Now in another universe, Rosa would be in a fire couple with….GINA LINETTI. The dancing diva of the group. She got sass, fire, divaness (if that’s even a real word) and SASS. Her dancing skills are just *chefs kiss* and her best friend? Her phone.

Then the nerd yet cutie of the group, Amy Santiago. God she’s such an ocd nerd but we love her <3. Surprise surprise the nerd gets with the “dummy” of the group JAKE! Ye no it was obvious, enemies to lovers? Ye obvious. Anyways what else to say? Wears glasses sometimes (looks adorable) does the “double hair tuck” when she likes someone. And always knows how to get revenge when doing hours and hours and hours of research.

How’s the buff guy? TERRY JEFFORDS! Why he’s basically like the big brother of the group. Always taking care of everyone (and his little girls 🤭). He can live his muscles the way no one else can (man give me ur abs I need them more than u do) ask him how he does it? “Exercise and healthy diet. Not that hard man” his exact quote from when he refused to admit he bought a book to spice up his love life 🌶️ Man? it ISSSSSS that hard! I GIVE UP AFTER 2 SECONDS!!!! Anyways he’s an incredible role model and everyone looks up to him.

And last but not least, CAPTAIN. RAYMOND. HOLT. The father of the group that has many emotions but one face. 😐⇐ that face right there. Even tho he may go crazy when it comes to Madeline Wantch (like plotting her death or calling her a devil) he is strict and very careful with what happens. (Rumours say that he’s actually a robot…) he’s not. Just a gay black man who has so much respect. ⚠️ side rant: I cried when the actor died. Anyways he does whatever must be done to protect his team and that’s why he has the amount of respect he has now.

In conclusion there are so many great characters but u know who is the greatest. It’s none of these. It’s the poniac bandit Doug Judy. The greatest rival or Jake and a bloody good singer (give me that voice man I’ll sing and u can smoosh). Anyways thank u for reading 😊

[baa-whatever]

The thing that bugs me the most about Solar and Nexus is the fact that they looked exactly like Eclipse and Moon. They might not anymore but they DID and called each other brothers...I'm fine with them splitting up/disowning each other.

They might be robots but that's still very weird to think about if they got back together and they suddenly had romantic feelings for each other. This isn't a debate if whether or not they're family it's about word choice and how they've been playing it out, and YES, they've acted very much like brothers.

I highly doubt Solar will date Nexus at all (I'm glad), it seems like he's got a new love interest but doesn't want to say and they're not anybody we know.

Sun, whoever he decides to date, man or woman or both, good for him. If he is straight alright then, I'm hoping she's not as annoying/awful as Foxy and Roxanne was.

As for Fake Miku? No.

I just think it's creepy to date someone that looks anything like their siblings....It's like Charlie and her ex, why does he look exactly like her dad but green??? Or Stella and Stolas?? Why does he look like her brother but if he wasn't ice??

Like what if Moon dated The Creator that was almost the exact same as the Creator from another dimension? You know?

Like Ruin is the only exception so far. He's not Sun or Moon or Eclipse. He's a totally different Eclipse on his own and with a different design. I'd actually would rather if Sun or Moon dated Ruin instead of Solar or Eclipse.

[machinesandman]

A Gentle Confrontation

All of the Robot Master's knew by now the bad habits that their human had. Yes, their human. The one who had revived them, gave each and every single one a chance at freedom, no laws, true choice, and fully open sense and emotion. To live as they chose to be no matter their original functions or creators. Given exactly what the world wanted to ensure never had been given to them, and yet this lone human was a damned fool. Denies herself the same courtesy. It drove many of them up a wall with these facts, others deemed it useless to worry about, or just left.

Metal Man had even made Shaska promise him to his face, that she would not die or give up until all of them, or as many as can be, were back and online. The Wily Bot had been furious about the very idea of her dying on them without keeping the promise made so long ago. And he often times stuck around when she worked, especially on more dangerous numbers, just to ensure no accidents happened, nor did she mess up. Quick was much of the same boat, but preferred other methods to take up his time. Elec himself would come to assist now than then, more so to ensure that the human herself wasn't ragged, nor was her armor ever left at subpar power.

The list went on of who else would be involved, to help, either by locating remains, or by working around the underground facility, anything to get their end goals finished. And all the same that human kept pushing the limits that shouldn't be taken, even augmented as she was. Burning at both ends with a seemingly never ending candle, just as well as being more and more bitter, alongside health ever on the wavering thing line if any support system failed or medicine ran out. It was familiar. Not exact, but just enough...

Shadow Man has been seeing it for some time now, others slowly catching up to the traits he had already recognized. That woman who had taken a near impossible, and admittedly foolish, goal to revive robot masters... Was slowly becoming the amalgamation of all the worst traits of Proto Man, once upon a time. But without restrictions, laws, nor a network inside that head of hers. Truthfully? As much as Shadow did respect the woman's talent in the labs, and how she had gotten better in the battle field- he still believed her to be quite foolish at times. And he has had enough.

The old hybrid bot had found the woman as always, doing tasks within the work space she had deemed 'Restoration Section'. Where the base parts of Robot Masters were all repaired or put back together, alongside the updates. Next door to the 'Revival' room. It was well organized, if not dreadfully human of her to use this. But he wasn't here to argue semantics right now. No, the bigger issue at hand was the scientist herself.

"Shaska." Shadow spoke up to draw the others attention, watching as she finally looked up from repairing another Buster arm. It seemed to be another Wily bot if he judged the wiring just right. There was always a notable distinct way those threaded together for maximum weapon output. Whom it was for was not yet clear to him without details, but it was still a comfort to know another brother of theirs may yet be brought back online. So many were walking around now, living lives as if they were Reploids, but so many yet remained dead and lost to them.

Tools were put down as the woman stood up from her work bench, turned to look entirely towards the wily bot. "Hey, Shadow Man. How can I help you? Has something happened?"

Always jumping to conclusions that something is needed or required of her. Every time. A learned coping mechanism perhaps, or just automatic instinct after so long. Shadow gently shook his head. "Nothing of the sort. I am here to merely talk to you. Face to face and very seriously."

The brunette perked an eyebrow slowly, while one hand reached out to flick at a switch at her work desk, forcing the door behind the Robot Master to click closed for some privacy. "Absolutely. What's this about?"

"It's about you."

As he suspected, Shaska tensed up in fight or flight mode. Her shoulders were back, head lifted another inch. Braced for impact. Shadow knew it well, considering the amount of people that had snapped at her in similar ways. The shouting, the rage, furious entreaties. That was a learned way to prepare herself for the inevitable and worst possibility, simply accepting that rage to shoulder it and let people make their assumptions. It was useless, lacked any sort of reasoning to do so, other than the trauma of survivors guilt and the self punishment of the past she had no reason to keep.

Shadow stepped closer. "You need to give yourself days of recovery, after stints out in the world, or days spent in the labs. You are human. If you intend to hold up your side of your promise to us." He was well versed in how some almost obsessed scientists would just keep going, more and more. Wily was even worse when it came to being a workaholic. But at least he didn't go about getting personally involved in combat like this mad woman. "This is not your weight to bear, but you have taken it all the same. It's not your punishment to make up for the past."

Dark eyes looked away, back towards the unfinished buster at her table. Shaska knew he was speaking the truth here, but the furrows of self doubt ran deep in that psyche, like canyons eroded away through the many long nights left to her own horrid thoughts, dug out from mental claws of anguish to leave her own inner self confined in it's own trap. A starving creature devouring it's self not unlike an ouroboros in the worst ways. "Who else has the where with all to do it? Or, well, the means to find any of you that is, and safely. It's my people that wronged you and yours, when Robot Masters deserved better, as do Reploids of the now-"

"Doctor Jonez-"

"Do not call me that!" Shaska shouted suddenly, head whipping around to stare at him. "I am not a Doctor nor as good as them! They have that title, I do not!" A step forward in challenge at the Wily bot. Shadow knew damn well she was capable, had been sparring with other Robot Masters in this underground bunker they hid away in most times. Yes, she could take him in a fight, but he wasn't here for that and was not ruffled into such. Instead he met her step with one of his own, hand snapping out to grab her by the shirt and yank closer, lifting the short human clean off the concrete flooring.

"I'll call you as I see fit, Shelly."

"Wh-"

"You're right, you're not Doctor Light or Doctor Wily. Not even Doctor Cossack... But that is a good thing. You are Shelly Jonez, you are also Shaska. You are Doctor Jonez now, and to us you are our means of revival and life anew. You will never be any of them, instead you are someone new, something new. What ever anyone else tells you is a lie." The hand tightened on those clothes as Shaska stared up at Shadow in stunned silence. When she went to speak, he jostled her and turned, shoving the human against the wall, forcing her to grunt and shut up. "I've heard you talk. Claiming the shadows you walk in. But you don't see the shadow you cast yourself. Step out from others, because they would not approve of what you do, yet we do. Let yourself live for once, Doctor. So we can live to." Now is when Shadow man finally let go of her, allowing the woman to slide down and stagger, standing once more.

Was it bad she flinched then? Being released without so much more shouting? It was all spoken with that calm tone. Almost gentle, despite the harsh handling. Trying to knock the sense physically into the woman.

A heavy swallow followed as Shaska glanced up, unsure of just how to react- especially when Shadow Man's hand lifted to gently pat her on the head, gentle as can be. Which is a stark contrast to any Wily Bots. "You're good to us. And we try to be the same. So be kind to yourself, my friend." That hand dropped once more to his side. "Just stay you."

Before anything could be said, Shadow felt he had outlived his welcome at the moment. And his internal code was struggling, too much of this was hard for him at times. Unless it was his fiance, Aria would be proud of him today, he thinks. The bot hummed and turned, vanishing in a rush of energy as he sank into his own casted darkness. Leaving a confused and caught off guard Shaska standing there.

"... I need air."

[abbysinterestsblog]

f/o infodump!

yee im a selfshipper, heres r meh silly f/os!

im a familial selfshipper so i only have sibling f/os,

im starting off with the character that was meh first sibling f/o...metis!

tbh, before i found out the selfshipping community, i always saw metis as meh fictional younger sister, atlus (the creators of her source game, persona 3) had been neglecting her 4 years, i i thought 2 mehself "if atlus isnt gonna give her love...then i'll give her the love, care and attention she rightfully deserves!" and thats how she became meh first sibling f/o. when the answer dlc 4 persona 3 reload (persona 3's remake) was announced i was rlly happy, cause metis finally gotten attention from atlus,

i also have another persona 3 character as a sibling f/o, aigis, in canon shes metis's older sister and thought "i'm metis's older sister, so i guess aigis is our older sister." and thus, aigis became meh (currently only) older sibling f/o, yee they r robots, i have a s/i 4 persona as well!

her name is allris, (her arcana is the star and her persona is iris) and 2 make a long story short, she was built 2 be a non-combat assw built 4 therapy and support in areas of high shadow activity but a incident caused by a jelly worker trying to destroy her lead 2 her right leg becoming badly bent, (which is why she wears a purple fabric wrapped around her leg, its too hide the damage as she doesnt lik seeing it.) and soon she was abandoned...until sees finds her. shes energetic and silly but has bad anxiety and worries alot.

next sibling f/o is meh little brother tsubasa yuunagi/cure wing from hirogaru sky precure: when i first saw him, i thought he looked cool, but when the show revealed his backstory i was lik "welp, ur meh little bro now!" currently i dont have a precure s/i, but hopefully 1 day ill make 1,

next up came in a 2 for 1 deal/j, annie and leo from little einsteins :3

i actually have faint memorys of watching little einsteins when i was younger, and out of boredom i rewatched som episodes from season 1, as soon i was finished i was lik "im taking u 2 from disney's cold hands." and thus, annie and leo became meh younger sister and younger brother f/o. i actually have a little einsteins s/i,

her name is joan, (named after the "queen of rock 'n' roll," joan jett) she's annie and leo's older (around 17 year old) sister, she liks rock music and classical music, and she also owns a electric guitar (which she named ellen, big jet once made fun of her nicknaming her guitar and now joan has a hatred for him.) and cant rlly go on missions due to her horrible airsickness, but with her headset, she's able to communicate/check up on the team straight from home base. (she also has a addiction to apple juice.) much lik the other characters from le, she has a few catchphrases. she says "Sweet mac 'n' cheese!" or "Great -name of famous musician-!" when she's surprised.

i ❤ meh sibling f/os, they might have all came from different sources, but their meh siblings.

[lets-try-some-writing]

This is a theory and you can take this as a grain of salt, since I know in grim dark archive au the story and headcannons will be completely different. I still can’t wait for the update 😉!

In grim dark archive, I can’t help but think there might a sprinkle of Papa Unicron au in this, except with much more darker implications. In this au, I feel that Unicron does care about humanity, but his feelings are more eldritich-like that would scare the cybertronians and even humans themselves. Think of it like this, since the beginning of the universe there were multiple forces that were chaos, order, creation, and destruction. Unicron and Primus weren’t the only powerful beings in the universe (I bet there were multiple more powerful cosmic entities), but since they were “brothers” and the antithesis to each other. They constantly battled each other for control and order (Primus) or for chaos and change (Unicron). Until Primus had the idea to create the cybertronians to defeat his brother. Meanwhile Unicron would devour planets to not only to gain more power, but to ensure his brother’s creations, don’t spread across the universe. The battle ended with both of them stuck in stasis as planets, while Primus was conscious and controlling the cybertronians, creating a caste system and keeping his favorites in power. Unicron was unconscious and his signals were kept low keeping him hidden from his brother. During his time being unconscious, cells come into contact with dark energon, did life on Earth began to take form. As humans began to evolve, Unicron was able to connect his mind to the billions of minds of the humans living on top of him, and experienced the chaos that happened daily to a human lifespan and how that chaos changes a person’s personality as they grow.

Without a rival to fight against or to subjugate Cybertron began to stagnate and looked within to sate those desires only to create a war that wiped out a huge number of their population and made the planet half dead. While across the galaxy Unicron is living through the lives of a billion humans on Earth.

The difference between the cybertronians and the humans, was that Primus created the cybertronians as tools with the intention of using them to carry out his will in the universe while Unicron unintentionally created humans with no other purpose than to live. To live vicariously through humans and experience their emotions of joy and anger, to feel what motivates them to keep fighting, how one’s own choices sets them on their own path in life, to feel the bonds of love hate, to feel the ravages of time as once strong bodies grow feeble yet wise from their own life experience. I could only image how pissed he would be if a creation of Primus tries to destroy what he sees an extension of himself.

You are on the right track with your idea here! The whole point of my Grim Dark Archives thing is to really drive home how ALIEN these robots are. Its not quite shattered glass, so Unicron is still not going to be the kindest of beings. But with that said, neither is Primus. Those two deities have an interesting attachment to their creations that walks the fence of actual parental affection and the care one would have for a favorite tool or toy.

One more little detail I will throw out is simply that Primus is not a particularly kind creator in this au. He is more than willing to fuel the fires of his will at the expense of another, especially those most loyal to him.

I hope to get back to The Grim Dark Archives soon, and when I do, I hope you like what I come up with!

[vioyume]

An Analysis about Eggman and his Creations

^ Very interesting video, please give it a watch. It's what inspired me write this in the first place.

I always enjoyed exploring the dynamics and relationships between characters. The one between Shadow and Eggman never took my attention until now, most likely because the Shadow the Hedgehog game is a big rabbit hole in many ways. But I sometimes questions this relationship between Shadow and the Robotnik generations that came after Maria.

But I very briefly put my thoughts out about Eggman's relationships between his creations before. And since Frontiers I wondered how his new found fatherhood will go, I think it's clear to me that Eggman obviously has a favourite, and has made him soften up a little and that is for Sage, and yet why?

Is it because she is more human? Someone who has more sentience? the reminder of Maria? or that she achieved more than and over done than any other of his creations (That's probably what he thinks at least, argue with me if you want). Despite what you may think continuity wise, he was perfectly ok with throwing Metal Sonic out and a part of me thinks that he was there during TMOSTH because Sage grew fond of him and viewed him as an older brother, even Orbot thinks so as well.

Eggman has built many robots with sentience (and shows successful potential) and has all felt resentment after their abandonment or realized what their current situation is. He is an abusive creator, and does things for his own gain, because after all he can always build another robot.

Specifically with Belle, she was made by Mr Tinker, and had a loving relationship with each other. Afterwards, when Eggman regained his memories, he held no respect to their previous relationship when she finally decides to let go of the past and faced that Mr. Tinker is no more, she is a reminder of the pathetic man he saw himself as before and did not bother holding on to what that life gave him (and also we can't kill off Eggman).

Metal Sonic, in recent years, is a very loyal dog. He will stick by Eggman's side no matter what. He endures the abuse that is put up from Eggman, and is content when being praised when succeeding. He has shown to be rebellious before, I assume Eggman has fixed that after the events of Heroes, but he still has thoughts of his own.

And yet why does he still stick around? Is it the fear of what happened post Heroes? Is he bounded to his programming or does he truly feel that he owes Eggman his loyalty? If the pursuit of being the true Sonic is still there, then why work for him?

Then there's Sage, an AI, a technology that outputs the best results based on facts and information. It is shown that she has grew fond of Eggman during her time in Frontiers and shown to be just as, if not then more loyal than Metal Sonic. She is still made by Eggman, so she is obligated to stay by his side at the very start, but she is young and analytical. Part of me wants to question how much of this relationship is built upon just making the other happy, and how much is just pure love.

I believe Sage shows the human side of Eggman, someone who hasn't had second thoughts about himself until now. His manipulative and arrogant demeanour is still there but he tries to be a father, and actually shows remorse when he loses her. Both characters make each human and inhumane, and that Eggman will turn out to be a faulty father to Sage, but at the very core he cares for her.

From the very beginning this whole family tree is shown to be very dysfunctional, but they've tried at least.

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🤖"Reign of Donnie 0!"💜 Part dos, the conclusion!

🔨Donnie x female reader🧪

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Hey peoples. Thank you all for waiting so long. Please enjoy this big conclusion. And once again, because everyone's adulting, there is a smidge of suggestive talk. Only a smidge, though! Pt 1

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• Day 25

• "Donnie, c'mon!"

• "Mr. Murakami gonna make us pizza themed ramen!"

• Raph called from outside. Donnie sighed. He couldn't think about pizza delicacies right now. Why do you want him to snuff out smaller threats!? Of course, it's a good idea but... He thought you wanted him home. He wants to be back at home with you.

• "D?"

• The oldest walked into his part of the tank. (A perfect replica of his lab)

• "Why the long face? We're going home in a few days."

• Donnie sighed dramatically and slammed his face on his desk.

• "Oh-ho, I know that sound of anguish."

• Leo's in on the convo now.

• "Someone's having trouble with the future missis."

• His twin grumbled. He's...right. Donnie lifted up his phone to show the voicemail.

• "She...thinks we should stay longer to squash anymore threats."

• The brothers looked at each other.

• "That's it?"

• They said. The softshell gasped.

• "That's it!?"

• He shot up from his rolly chair.

• "She is my peanut butter and I am her jelly, existing without each other isn't something we enjoy."

• "So her throwing away the golden opportunity to reunite, is hurting my feelings!"

• Quietness. Now supes embarrassed, he sighs and melts back into his seat. (Y'know like Spinel did.) Raph looked around and put his hand on younger brother's head.

• "Okay...good job on spilling your guts, buddy."

• Donnie tucked into his knees.

• "Aww, cheer up. It'll only be a few more days."

• "We can catch the other baddies then."

• Raph said, attempting to lighten the mood. But, all it was doing was giving D a headache. Literally, Raph's hand is heavy. Leo scoffed.

• "Uh, how? It took us months just to pinpoint these guys."

• "They're probably PLENTY more evil organizations in this country."

• Leo got shoved into a nearby shelf.

• "Leo, we're trying to make him feel better."

• The oldest snapped. The blue twin muttered 'I'm just being saying.' as he got up. That gave Raph a lightbulb.

• "I got it!"

• "Let's take over Japan!"

• The twins looked at each other.

• "Huh?"

• Day 27

• You laid on the couch, staring at your phone. Meanwhile, Donnie 0 was vacuuming the floor with said couch over his shoulder. (Super strength was one of his many abilities.) You sighed. Why hasn't Donnie called you back yet? He always does, even if he's getting his arms twisted back. He hasn't responded to any of the memes you sent either. Is he over cats stuffed in shoes now?

• "Y/N."

• You looked down at your bot.

• "This task is complete."

• You gave him a little nod and looked back at your phone. You sent your live Donnie another message.

• Thinking about you 🥺

• You sighed. Is he hurt or something? Captured!? If he is, your taking the FIRST plane to Japan-

• Suddenly, the couch fell down. Making you shriek.

• "Apologies, my sweet,"

• Donnie 0 said, while looking over his limbs.

• "My arm joint got stuck."

• You laughed weakly.

• "No prob, Bob."

• He bent down and poked your nose.

• "I'm Donnie, you."

• He snickered. You smiled a little and looked down.

• "Something bothering you, Y/N?"

• You poked your lip out.

• "Uh-huh, my man's not answering me."

• The mention of the og Donnie, made the robot frown. But, he quickly wiped it off his face.

• "I think my is phone broken."

• You mumbled. That gave him an idea. A bad idea. He cleared his throat and imitated his creator's "triumphant" laugh.

• "Never fear, Y/N,"

• He stood up.

• "Your world's greatest robot is here."

• "I'll fix your phone."

• You blinked and stood up.

• "That's okay, I can just go to the Ephone store-."

• Before you could finish your sentence, you were dipped down. A robotic yet fleshy arm, secured your waist.

• "Please,"

• His hand clasped over your phoned one.

• "I insist."

• Your face nearly lit on fire. Laughing nervously, you squirmed away from the pose. (Falling on the floor.)

• "Okay, okay. Do whatever you need to do."

• You said, letting your device go. Mission successful, the robotic doppelganger thought. Teasing you has gotten significantly easier.

• "Well gtg, Donnie 0. I got a new anime with my name on it."

• "Bye, wifey."

• He replied smoothly. You smiled and walked into your room. But not before you said something that made his wires burn.

• "You're just like my Donatello."

• He wish that didn't URK him so badly. He is his own turtle! And he wishes you'd see him as such ! But, BUT, that's fine for now. Your falling in love thee update is still downloading. All he has to do is keep pushing and that beautiful, beating heart of yours will be his...

• Day 31 (Day before the departure)

• Your fiancee sighed as he put on his jacket. (Dark purple with a black dog on the back. It's part of a suit combo) You're still not answering. He even asked Donnie 0 to check your devices and he said they were working fine. Maybe you got a new phone? But, then why didn't you give him your new number-?

• "Donnie, Donnie!"

• D woke up from his trance. Mikey was shaking his shoulder.

• "Huh, what?"

• All his brothers were looking at 'im, their faces contorted with worry.

• "Turn off your blowtorch, Donnie."

• Raph said, with a 'calm down' motion (Also sporting a flashy dog suit🐶 His is red, of course.)

• "We're heading home tomorrow,."

• Donnie tugged his tie, anxiously.

• "And if this plan doesn't work!?"

• "Um..."

• (It's getting harder and harder to reassure this dude.)

• "We pack up and go home!"

• Leo said while swinging his sword over his shoulder. His twin looked astonished. Raph frowned.

• "No."

• He turned back to his brother in purple.

• "Don't even worry, D. This mission will go well, so stop thinking about losing so much."

• The scientist sighed and nodded. Everything's gonna be a-okay. Namaste.

• "Sheldon, turn on some of Donnie's calm jams."

• Mikey said with a smile. Suddenly, something rung in his brain. Sheldon...Shell...

• "Shelly!"

• Donnie shouted. 'Huh?' His brothers said in unison. He didn't have time to explain anything to them, he finally has a way to contact you! He grabbed Sheldon.

• (Who looked distraught and miffed about it.)

• "Sheldon, contact Shelly."

• The little robot perked up.

• "Shelly? You got it bro!"

• The softshell sighed of relief. Shelly (Sheldon's girlfriend) is your back up device that is made for emergency contacts. ANYTHING can get through to them. Though Donnie doesn't has time to have a long, wonderful chat with you, he can still leave a heartfelt message. He cleared his throat. The signal connects. He's on air.

• "Greetings my darling, I'm SO glad I finally got through. Miss me? Of course you did. Hope you it wasn't too much and..."

• He paused. Feelings rushed into his mouth.

• "I really love you and I can't wait to see you tomorrow. We gotta overthrow the Fujioka clan now, but...let's have a sleepover tomorrow, okay? We'll do whatever you want, anything...Bye, Y/N."

• Right before he signed off he remembered something he had to say. He smiled, showing off his very pearly whites.

• "Like my suit?

• Day 32 (The showdown.)

• "So you finally got in contact with him, huh?"

• April said, biting into a cookie. Right now, you and April ooo'neil are having a sleepover. Since you were feeling MAD lonely, you asked if she could spend some time with you. (April's usually busy trying to seal a business deal with her husband.) But, you finally got a message from your soon to be hubby! From your Shelly.

• "Yeah, apparently his phone was tripping out too."

• You replied, snagging a cookie yourself. She raised an eyebrow.

• "Donnie's phone was messing up?"

• You nodded. That's...weird. Like, really weird. She pointed to your closed door.

• "Did Donnie 0 fix your phone?"

• You laid back on your bed.

• "I dunno, he hasn't returned it yet."

• "Y/N, can you go to the store and grab some more sodas. We're all out."

• You answered while rubbing the head of the girl Sheldon. April frowns. That's it. Something's wrong. She thought quietly as you continued to talk about the message you got. Something just doesn't feel right. Donnie 0 is usually pleasant to her but he always looked at you kinda strangely...

• Omg.

• You frowned.

• "Why do I have to get 'em?"

• She scoffed.

• "You're the host."

• She retorted with crossed arms. You grumbled and hopped up and opened the door.

• "If you need anything, just ask my Donnie bot."

• She gave you a thumbs up and watched as you left. The moment you shut the door, she grabbed her phone. She has to call Donnie. She knows why you guys couldn't get in contact. And...there was no reception.

• "Dangit."

• She groaned. Wait a minute, Shelly! April picked up the robot and tapped away. Hopefully, the turtles are already on their way home.

• "Donnie, I know why you couldn't contact Y/N. Donnie 0 is in lo-"

• "Ahem."

• She froze. There he was, in the doorway

• "Donnie 0 is what?"

• He said with a his trademark smile. April said nothing, only narrowing her eyes. She has to play her cards right. This is a powerful Ai and it has feelings for her best friend. This could get ugly very fast. He took a step closer.

• "April,"

• He said calmly.

• "Put the robot the down and you can continue to have a peaceful evening, okay."

• She gripped it tightly. What should she do? She doesn't know if the boys are on there way or what Donnie 0's capable off. She could escape through the window but...she can't just leave you with this thing.

• "April, give me Shelly."

• The robot repeated, extending his hand. His purple pupils are starting glow. She's running out of time.

• "If you want her,"

• April said slowly.

• "Go get her!"

• She chucked the priceless invention out the window. Not able to resist the Donnie-ness flowing through him, he lunged for it.

• "Shelly!"

• April took that chance and dashed towards the front door. She'll pick you up and take you the airport and the boys will handle this crazy bucket of bolts-

• "Get back here!"

• A loud, distorted voice shouted. A long, metal claw wrapped around her, dragging her back to Donnie 0. He chuckled lowly.

• (Doing the tsk tsk tsk.)

• "It's such a shame I have to delete you April,"

• He said, tightening the grip.

• "I liked being your friend."

• She groans. Her bones...are gonna break!!! Suddenly, a orange ball crashed through the window. It hit Donnie 0 right in the jaw, nearly denting him. He yelped and dropped April. He looked around, ready to tear apart source.

• "Hey!"

• They both looked over at the front door.

• "Back away from our best girl, Robot Donnie."

• It was Mikey! And the rest of them. (Thank goodness) Donnie stepped up.

• "So,"

• He crossed his arms.

• "My greatest creation has gone insane."

• "WHY am I getting deja vu?"

• (Sheldon raised his wing to say something, but Mikey stopped him.)

• Donnie 0 laughed. Finally, he gonna let his true feelings free.

• "Oh poor, deluded, DUMB, Donatello."

• He chuckled. (Unintentionally crossing his arms like his creator.)

• "I'm not the insane one here."

• "You are."

• The softshell's eyes narrowed, but he didn't say anything.

• "Do you really think Y/N is always gonna wait around for you?"

• "You don't, do you? That's why I'm here. A remnant of you so she doesn't look elsewhere."

• His pupils burned a piercing purple.

• "But, your plan backfired. I imprinted. And now, I wanna take your place."

• "So be a good ex fiancee and make yourself scarce."

• All the brothers (and April) looked at D. Was he just gonna take that? The actual Donatello chuckled.

• (Not Haha, funny. Haha, you're dead.)

• "Phew, um, I have alot of choice words for you but,"

• He pressed a button on his Techbo, turning it into a double sided, light saber. (One of its many upgrades.)

• "Unlike you, I'll spare you the chit chat. And skip to the robot breaking."

• Everyone readied their weapons. And from lack of her mystic bat, April grabbed a rolling pin!

• "Haha! What now, Robo?"

• Mikey asked/laughed.

• "You got 4 angry, car lagged turtles AND a businesswoman on your back."

• "You're toast!"

• Donnie 0 chuckled, his shoulders bouncing. That's not a good sign.

• "Am I?"

• He snapped. The room began to shake. 3 more artificial intelligences came, each damaging your apartment in some way. And...surprise, surprise, it was the other mutated siblings. The robot in purple laughed, his voice switching from demonic to Donnie.

• "Did you really think I wasn't prepared for this!?"

• "Well, we were kinda hoping you weren't."

• Leo chimed in.

• "Brethren, take them down."

• "I'll handle master Donatello."

• And the fight begins! The Raphs clash fist, Mikey gets tackled by his bot, and Leo's is oddly super tactical. And of course, the main crazed robot is after Donnie's head.

• "Head ups, Raph!"

• Mikey shouted, swinging his robot his older brother's way. Despite, still blocking punches, the snap turtle ducked. Resulting in Mik-E slamming through the wall.

• "Bleh, I hate how much that thing looks like you."

• Raph mumbled. Mikey hopped on his back and pointed.

• "Ah! My look alike is still kicking!"

• The robot has indeed, got up. He cracked his head the right way and frowned. They screamed and ran off into the kitchen. Mik-E hot on their heels. Meanwhile, Leo and April were actually struggling with Le-O. He was in perfect sync with his original, yet he had quick enough reaction time to block their friend.

• "What do we do!? It's like fighting a computer in chess!"

• April shouted, trying to get one hit on the bot. Leo thought hard for a second. Then, he got it!

• "How do you beat computers?"

• He clashed swords with Le-O.

• "With cheat codes!"

• The robot scoffed at the lame pun and easily pushed him back into the coffee table.

• "Geez, D-0 wasn't kidding. You're super annoying."

• The slider smirked.

• "I get that alot."

• Suddenly, crackling was heard. The Ai turned around. There April was! Popping out of the classic blue portal and winding the pitch. She swung. And...!

• "Homerun!"

• Le-O was slammed in the cheek with the rolling pin, and crashed out your window. The condescending copycat was out for the count. (Maybe, nobody checked) The two high fived.

• "Another win for April and Leo!"

• Leo laughed.

• "Now let's go cream Raph's bot!"

• Donnie sighed as they scampered into the rowdy kitchen. Thank goodness, his brothers weren't struggling...much. Still looking at other commotion, the scientist caught the incoming staff.

• "It would be wise for you to keep your eyes on your opponent, Donatello."

• Donnie 0 hissed.(Although he couldn't pull his techbo back) The flesh and blood scientist scoffed and threw the staff away.

• "Bring it."

• Right before the fight you all have been waiting for began...!

• The doorknob turns. Everyone froze.

• You're home!

• "Hide!"

• Donnie whisper/shouted. The fam and the robots ducked behind the counter.

• "And you!"

• He pointed at the Ai next to 'im.

• "It's time for you to log off."

• He yanked on Mecha D's hoodie and reached Emergency shutdown button, (it's on the back of his neck) but the robot was ready.

• "Like hell it is."

• Donnie 0 snapped back. The scientist gasped and they began to tussle. Fabric was getting torn.

• "I did NOT give you foul language!"

• "Get your hands off me!"

• "Donnie?"

• Both of them froze and looked up at you. There you were. Standing in the doorway. Looking very confused (and a tad intrigued) by your turtle and robot tussling. The two of them stood up quickly and straightened themselves out. You looked around, slowly taking in your now destroyed home.

• "What the honk happened in here!?"

• You asked, while mourning over your broken, expensive coffee table.

• "It was him!"

• Both Donnies said like twins. You frowned. That's not a clear answer.

• "Seriously, Y/N, he did it!"

• They said together again.

• "Stop it!"

• "I'm serious!"

• "This copycatery is immature-!"

• You snapped your fingers. Both of them flinched and looked at you. You sighed and pinched the bridge of your nose.

• "Donnie 0, speak first."

• "But-"

• You put your hand up, silently shushing him. Your fiancee grumbled and crossed his arms. Donnie 0 smiled smugly at him and returned to his "chill butler" vibe.

• "Dearest,"

• "You're fiancee is jealous of me."

• You raised an eyebrow, no opinion showing in your eyes.

• "He came home early and told me to leave."

• "When I refused, because it's not the time we agreed upon, he got hostile."

• The squad behind the counter was getting ticked. He's just gonna openly lie like that? You looked at the real Donnie. It's his turn. Before the softshell could say anything, the robot popped back in.

• "Y/N,"

• He pulled you close.

• "I'm in love with you."

• Donnie inhaled sharply. Right in his face, huh? This robot has ZERO tact. You looked shocked.

• "Whenever I'm with you or when you talk to me,"

• He put one of his hands on his steel plastron.

• "My heart drive sparks like crazy and maybe it's just a malfunction but..."

• "I like it, okay! And I like you!"

• Your head was spinning. Your apartment was near annihilated. Your fiancee's home earlier. And now, your Ai is confessing his LOVE to you.

• "Uhh..."

• Noticing your spiraling, he sighed and yanked Donnie next to him. (He would've grabbed you back, but the grip on your arm might be tight)

• "Y/N...choose."

• You and your fiancee looked at Donnie 0, very distraught.

• "Organic life or Artificial life?"

• The room hushed. The boys AND the bots peeked from the counter. April readied her rolling pin. And Donnie bit his lip. They all had the same thought.

• She's gonna choose the real Donnie...

• Right?

• You looked at the robot and then back at the original. Slowly, you walked towards...

• Donnie 0.

• Donatello's heart shattered while the other's sparked. Everyone was shocked, especially Donnie. It only took one month to...to lose you? Donnie 0 hugged you tightly and your arms curled around his neck.

• "Oh, Y/N."

• Finally! It's happening! It's really happening! You're finally his-

• Suddenly, the robots eyes turned grey.

• And he slumped forward...

• Unconscious.

• The other brothers walked from behind the counter.

• "Did you sleep him with your love!?"

• Mikey asked. You shook your head.

• "Nope."

• "Just used the emergency shutdown button."

• Donnie shoved the knocked out robot off you and picked you up. You nearly touched the roof. He looked up at you with wet eyes.

• "Don't scare me like that!"

• You chuckled and kissed him on the head.

• "I'm sorry, I wanted to give him a false sense of security."

• He smushed his face into your shoulder and just whimpered. You sighed. This past month must've been rough. As you rubbed his shell, you got bombarded with questions.

• "How'd you know the bot was phony?"

• "We don't have to pay damages...right?"

• "Did you miss us!?"

• "You're not hurt anywhere, are you?"

• You frowned as they talked. You're gonna get overwhelmed at this rate. You snapped and everyone hushed again.

• "Raph,"

• You chose his question.

• "I kinda always had my guard around him."

• "He's an Artificial intelligence, those are practically doomed to fail."

• Donnie mumbled "not always" in the background. You answered the other "questions" as well. No damages need to be paid, but they are gonna fix it. You did miss them and your a-okay.

• "So what do we do with them?"

• Leo said, nodding to the robo bros. They were looking over their fallen brother, talking amongst themselves. Raph shrugged.

• "I don't really know?"

• "They only got crazy when Donnie's robot told them to."

• That's true. They do seem alot more peaceful now, but also lost.

• "As much as I hate to say this,"

• D said, finally done wetting the inside of your neck.

• "We gotta scrap 'em."

• "What!?"

• Mikey shouted.

• "Yes, Mikey."

• "Despite being the greatest artificial intelligence ever known to the planet,"

• "They're dangerous."

• "We already have enough problems as is."

• That was a good point. Everybody did get pretty roughed up and you still don't know the status of Japan. But...

• "I got it!"

• You suddenly said. Everyone looked at you and once again...

• "Huh?"

• 2 updating days later...

• "Remember, turn him on when you guys get on the plane, okay?"

• You told Raph 3.

• (Yeah, no super catchy name for him.)

• He nodded and adjusted his beanie.

• "Don't lose your brothers either."

• Right now you guys are setting the bots free...to do the international missions. Yes, it's sounds harsh, but they'll be happier there. They won't feel odd or oppressed by their originals and they can have their own adventures. Save people in their own way. (And with the new update, they'll be no more dangerous rebelling.)

• "I'll miss you, Mikey!"

• Mik���E shouted hugging up his live action. Mikey choked.

• "Oh! You're gonna make me cry!"

• Yeah, everyone got tight with their robots in the little time. Not your fiancee though. He had to make a BIG change to his. Namely, the memory card. It was better if Donnie 0 started with a clean slate. Otherwise, he might try to get revenge on you or something. And nobody wants that. After alot of goodbyes and steel hugs, it was time for their flight.

• "Well, looks like it's time for our final bow."

• Le-O said. Everyone got quiet. Donnie cleared his throat and open his arms wide.

• "Robot brethren."

• They looked at each other and awkwardly embraced him.

• "Enjoy the world,"

• "And Donnie 1."

• He looked up at them.

• "Can you do that for me?"

• They all smiled and started talking at once.

• "You got it, Fleshy Donnie!"

• "We'll send you a postcard!"

• "Wait, why does Donnie get the 1?"

• After some more last minute chatter, they had to go. They all waved one last time and Raph 0 slung his unconscious purple brother back over his shoulder. You and the brothers watched in silence as the robots ran to catch their plane.

• "Welp, I had my fill on life sized robots for a bunch of years."

• "Mine was the best though."

• The slider said with a stretch. (It's like, 5 in the morning right now.)

• "Who wants to loiter at that shooting star bucks with me?"

• He said pointing at the airport one. Mikey hopped on his back.

• "I want some of that action!"

• Raph was down to join as well.

• "Let's eat all the pastries!"

• He shouted. Now that they're going to harass poor shooting star bucks employees, it's just you and your fiancee. You looked over at him.

• "Man, I missed you so much."

• He snickered and pulled you close.

• "I know."

• "Not hearing from you was basically torture."

• You laid your face on his shoulder. (He happened to not be wearing his battle shell today.)

• "What do think set Donnie 0 off?"

• You finally asked the question that's been nagging for the past two days. Did you accidentally break him or something?

• "I honestly have know idea."

• "But, I knew he was always special."

• Your brows furrowed.

• "I only downloaded our childhood and recent memories into him and he was just like me. Must've been some something special about the metal I used."

• You sighed and nuzzled into his neck. Maybe that was the case...or something different. Maybe even mystic. You didn't know. And you were kinda too scared to find out. (Leo and Raph gave you the rundown of what happened before you came home. Terrifying stuff.)

• You snorted.

• "And that wasn't a big red flag, dear?"

• Donnie huffed and looked back at you.

• "I thought my engineering was just that good."

• He poked your side.

• "If you must know, my intrusive darling."

• You chuckled, sounding like chipmunk. You finally came out of his shoulder. You wrapped your arms around his waist.

• (...The turtles do have waist, right?)

• "So, wanna get a coffee?"

• You asked while fluttering your eyelashes. He put on his thinking face.

• "Nah,"

• He smiled.

• "I hoping me and you can spend some time together...alone."

• You gasped dramatically, pretending to be shocked by such a vulgar request. Then laughed. Of course, D wanted to "hang out". It's has been awhile. You linked your arm with his.

• "Then by all means..."

• "Lead the way."

• (Tricked you guys! You two are just playing Luigi cart in the Tank!)

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Whew! That was alot, but I'd happily do it again. Unfortunately, though, I'm burned out on Rise series. So, only turtle headcanons this holiday season. But, I will be showing designs of Donnie 0 and deleted scenes. And heck, maybe even a Q&A if anyone wants that. Stay cool!😎

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[clean-casual-analysis]

How I’d Ruin it: Transformers

Inspired by Tyrantisterror and his “how I’d ruin it” series, I’m doing one for Transformers. I’m gonna take this one step at a time, because I’m crazy about transformers and I got a lot of thoughts on what I would do if I had three phases of a comic book.

Part One: Lore

For the general lore of this hypothetical series, I’d lean into the Primus vs Unicron storyline. Ironically appropriate for my How I’d Ruin It, because I know a good number of TF fans who prefer the quintesson origin and want to return to it. Sorry fellas, I just think the thirteen primes are neat. We also take a look into the (possible) future of the cybertronian race at the start of phase two of the hypothetical comic. I’ll be dividing this lore into ages for simplicity's sake.

Prehistory: At the very beginning of the universe, there was an omnipotent being made of light with no name. This being, referred to by cybertronian historians as The One, had cosmic powers beyond space and time. With this power, it saw into multiple timelines and dimensions out of young curiosity. There were so many different lifeforms, all with their own cultures and beliefs. There was peace and war, creation and destruction. As its knowledge grew, so did its internal conflict. Why were these unique beings fighting over seemingly pointless things? Was it individual philosophy that sparked greed and violence, or was it differing beliefs that each species held? If they were to all unite under one banner, would they lose that which made them unique. Was it morally correct for such a perfected and powerful being as The One to judge and interfere with mortals? The One had become so confused and anxious from this internal battle, that its mind and body split into two separate beings. Primus, the great creator, adored and even envied mortals. Where The One was flawless and blank, these miniscule lifeforms were varied and colorful. These beings could change and grow. Even the smallest could evolve and transform into something beautiful. Then there was his brother, a being who hated these ununiformed and petty insects. He vowed to destroy and reshape these species into a singular kingdom of rigid order. No longer would there be conflict, for he would punish and unite all as their one God. He would be Unicron, the chaos killer. These cosmically powered twins became natural enemies the moment they were created, the following battle lasting for billions of years. The battle ended in a draw, Primus and Unicron were so exhausted that both entered a deep sleep. In this coma like state, meteors and other space debris formed around them to become seemingly dormant planets.

Age of Primes: Sensing that Unicron was regaining strength and reformatting his planet into a colossal body, Primus began to plan his defense. Not wanting a repeat of their last battle, Primus decides on a different approach. He creates the thirteen primes, incredibly powerful, autonomous robots with unique abilities. Together, these thirteen would prepare for the return of Unicron and become a sort of family through their training. After the deed is done and the chaos killer is defeated from the inside of his vast body, the thirteen are left to their own devices on the metal world of Primus. As his final act, the great creator formed the well of all sparks. It was here that new robots were created and the planet would be known as Cybertron. Thirteen tribes were created, each led by a different prime, which led to the foundation of cybertronian culture. Much like previous TF stories, the thirteen primes had a falling out due to the manipulations of one manipulative and ambitious prime. The primes nearly went to war with one another, until the near death of one of their most beloved siblings shook them out of their anger. Realizing that they were not the infallible gods that they thought they were, nearly all the primes either left Cybertron or merged with the planet’s inner core. Only one prime remained to overlook the planet’s development, Alpha Trion, who gave one of the mythical artifacts of primes (the matrix) to one worthy of leadership.

Age of Function: After receiving what would later be known as the matrix of leadership, the prideful but valiant Nova Prime unified the thirteen tribes into one civilization. What follows is the planet wide construction of cities and government. Because the masses were still freshly made and unsure of their purpose in this new world, Nova decided to create functionism. Each cybertronian’s alt-mode would determine their role in creating Cybertron. At first, when the species was still relatively small in number, this system served well in accelerating Cybertron’s society. But when the contruction was near its end their optics looked towards the stars, the inherent flaws of functionism reared its ugly head. The rigid caste system quickly led to class envy and great inequality among the masses. Despite Alpha Trion’s insistence in changing this system, Nova Prime ego wouldn’t allow him to admit his prejudice. As space travel was fully realized and Nova set out to discover new worlds to colonize, his pride at his species’ accomplishments leading him down the road of becoming a cybertronian supremacist, a terrible discovery was made. During the first great battle between Primus and Unicron, their blood splashed across the galaxy. Not only were energon crystals (formed from Primus’ blood) found on foreign worlds, but the blood of Unicron was discovered as well. Before he realized what it was, dark energon infected Nova Prime and a number of his crew. They became more aggressive, burned through their energon at an alarming rate, and began to hear whispers of a dark god thought to be dead. Despite his smugness and stubbornness, Nova knew what terrible things could happen if he became Unicron’s herald. The corrupted prime gave up the matrix to the unaffected cybertronians in his crew, took those who were infected and went into deep space in self-exile. • The Golden Age: The next cybertronian to own the Matrix was Nominus Prime. Although he was overly invested in his personal appearance/hygiene and was somewhat of an elitist snob, he also possessed a good moral framework and a kind spark. His first major act as prime was the elimination of functionism, making him both beloved and hated by many. Not long after, the cybertronian race began to colonize worlds with the strict policy of not claiming worlds with significant life on them. Seemingly every new colony world produced new subcultures and different kinds of cybertronian. Although Nominus arguably just piggybacked off of other leaders and inventors, this was an age of artistry and prosperity.

Age of Rust: Seemingly out of nowhere, a slow acting but fast spreading disease began to appear across the farthest colony worlds named cosmic rust. Metal skyscrapers began to crumble, citizens were falling apart in medical beds, space bridges were forced to shut down to stop the rust from spreading. This was the first major disaster that Nominus Prime had to face and he was utterly mortified. Then, when all hope of saving the colonie and their species was lost, a strange race of techno-organics appeared. These beings were the quintessons, five faced octopus like people who claimed to be the creation of one of the thirteen prime to aid cybertronians in understanding the organic side of the galaxy. They offered a cure to cosmic rust and asked to use the space bridges to help spread the cure. Desperate to end this nightmare, Nominus gave them access to the space bridges without question. Almost immediately, he would regret this decision. These were not benevolent geniuses, but black hearted and capitalistic entrepreneurs. Not only were they the ones who invented cosmic rust, but they had created a great number of gadgets, combat drones and weapons specifically designed to annihilate cybertronians. In the blink of an eye, the whole of the cybertronian race was conquered and enslaved. Nominus was publicly executed, the matrix was taken, and the cybertronians were sold as commercial goods or military hardware to all other species in the galaxy. This would go on for thousands of years, until a hardened soldier named U-Haul began to lead a rebellion with the aid of Alpha Trion and a brilliant engineer named Termagax. The cybertronian uprising was slow and bloody, but through cleverness and determination the quintessons were defeated. The matrix was found, U-Haul had become Sentinel Prime, and the cybertronian race was free.

Age of Restraint: When the dust settled and the quintessons were driven away from the colony worlds, Sentinel Prime and Termagax went to work on rebuilding their civilization. Sentinel, having seen their kind’s technological power used against lesser beings firsthand, initiated the Nominus Edict. Unless there was unanimous agreement of every senator of Cybertron’s cities and other colony worlds, no new colonies would be made, and no technology was to be shared with other alien races. While he had the wellbeing of both his race and all other alien species in mind, his time as both slave soldier of the quintessons and uprising leader left him scarred and paranoid. Through the cybertronian government, he enforced the law to a borderline imperious degree. Termagax grew to resent Sentinal Prime, believing that the cybertronian race could thrive in the galaxy if they weren’t so restricted. She formed the Ascenticon movement, a growing group of bots who not only wanted to explore the cosmos but cooperate with the organic races that they’ve distanced themselves from. This philosophical debate between security and isolation vs freedom and alien collaboration went on for dacades, neither side quite gaining significant ground over the other. Eventually, the exhausted and embittered Termagax stepped down as Ascenticon leader and gave the reigns to her protégé. That protégé was a quintesson mining slave turned gladiatorial champion named Megatron, who had big plans of his own.

Age of Civil War: Not long after becoming leader of the Ascenticons, Megatron began to fully preach his personal doctrine. He believed that the cybertronian race deceived themselves into believing that they shouldn’t be proud of their power. The gladiator fear mongered that another species like the quintessons would conquer them if they didn’t show their dominance. True galactic peace can only be achieved through tyranny. Many cybertronians, in the ascenticon movement and beyond, were radicalized by Megatron’s words of might making right. In short time, Megatron amassed an army and called his new empire the decepticons. The mad tyrant and his followers overthrew the government and imprisoned Sentinel Prime. But much to Megatron’s surprise, the matrix did not deem him worthy of being a prime. He angrily dismissed the matrix and the lineage of primes as outdated and weak as his empire rapidly grew. Alpha Trion, sneakily taking the matrix back, set to work on creating a counter resistance to this new militaristic regime. The elderly prime already had a perfect candidate for the next prime; a former ascenticon who disavowed Megatron’s violent means of peacekeeping despite once being friends with him. A young data clerk named Orion Pax, who believed Cybertron had a responsibility to aid to those who needed it, and that freedom was the right of all sentient beings. And so, Optimus Prime was born. This counter resistance, named the autobots, grew arguably faster than the decepticons did. Cybertronians across the galaxy could see Megatron for the warmongering tyrant that he is. The civil war, waging primarily on Cybertron, lasted for eons. It all culminated in Megatron seizing Vector Sigma, a supercomputer near the well of all sparks that gave newly formed cybertronians the basic history and knowledge of their kind. The decepticon leader planned to hack Vector Sigma to forcibly program his beliefs into every new cybertronian to be protoformed. Horrified by this assault against free will, Optimus journeyed to the core of Cybertron to do something unthinkable. Through communication with Primus, the great creator poured his life-giving power into a device known as the all spark. Optimus threw the all spark into a space bridge with randomized coordinance, and it was lost to the stars. Their home planet torn apart and essentially dead, the Great War began to spread across the galaxy like wildfire. Earth, rich with crystallized energon beneath the surface, is the latest battleground.

Age of Beast Machines (possible future): Manipulating Megatron through dark energon, Unicron is revived. The very first planet destroyed is Cybertron with his new herald Galvatron and an army of terracons. The chaos killer goes on a galactic rampage, consuming stars/planets and creating heralds to spread his influence. Scrambling to save the galaxy, the remaining autobots and decepticons join forces in an effort to slay Unicron. Against all odds, they defeat the chaos killer once and for all. But their victory is bittersweet. The galaxy’s remaining stars and worlds are few and far between. The night skies feel unnaturally blackened. Their war now made pointless, the remaining cybertronians join together in rebuilding on the planet earth and the one surviving colony world known as biosfera. With virtually no energon left, the first order of business was to create a new type of fuel. The scientists of biosera, a jungle world primarily made up of beast mode cybertronians, came up with an unorthodox solution. They would alter their biology and transform into a techno-organic race, flesh and metal fused at the cellular level. Through this technology, they’d be able to live off of solar energy, need minimal energon, and even be able to consume meat and plants for substance. While a good number were hesitant to make such a radical change, they had little choice. Slowly, the cybertronian race flourished once again. Once new generations were protoformed, two sections of one government began to spread across the stars. One group was the Maximals, scientists and explorers that aided young civilizations and researched the new galaxy. The other group were the predacons, the core military that fought off space pirates and crushed growing dictatorships. Although the two groups bickered amongst themselves over their clashing ideologies and methods, they still cooperated and respected each other. But rumors are circulating that a small handful of Unicron’s heralds are still alive. If they are, their willing to bend space and time itself to assure their fallen master’s ultimate victory.

Notes: This lore is a combination of Aligned, both IDW continuities, Beast Wars/Machines and a dash of Last Autobot Standing. One major difference is that Solus Prime survives in this continuity, but we’ll get to that in the next part.

[thewomancallednova]

Brothers

really mixed feelings

i realized this episodew as gonna be about Lore when Data started malfunctioning in the turbolift and i groaned soooo hard

but on the other hand imagine if lore never appeared again and "data has an evil twin" is like. another trek thing that happened once and never came up again.

and the whole bit where Data takes over the Enterprise is sooo tedious, like okay yes, Data is super powerful etc. etc. do we really have to spend a half of the episode on that? Also, instead of making me think about how cool Data is it really made me think about how horrible an idea loudly said passwords are.

like do two-factor authentification! Require everyone to type in the password and then give a voice sample to prove it is them

and also like how exactly does that work with the voice

like maybe this is my transgender bias speaking but does the computer just magically know it's me when I speak in a higher or lower register?

if i enter all my passwords before coming out and then do voice training do i have to redo all my passwords?

what if im super tired at the end of the day and my voice training quality falls off, will the computer stop recognizing me?

okay okay sorry i just meant for this to be one bullet point and not eh half the post

This is actually a very intentional and astute commentary on how i had to suffer through half of this episode being boring and now you had to suffer through half this post being boring.

very clever of me

to my shock I actually really liked Lore in (most of) this. Him coming back, him being genuinely hurt when Soong said he's dying, him being at least generally willing to stick around and not just being the evil twin robot.

Love that shit. Also "we accidentally summoned the villain to our hangout and now they can't leave" is such an underrated story element

of course lore turns to the dark side in the end, and he probably faked all of that before, but look i did genuinely enjoy it at the time

Ironically, despite my hating the mere existance of Data's creator, Soong kind of agrees with all my takes on Data

And I think this episode does a lot for the "Data clearly has feelings crowd" (me). For one he smiles at the end when Soong dies, Soong openly declares that Data will grieve him, in spite of Data thinking he is unable to and of course the revelation that Data and Lore are only a few lines of code apart from each other.

Ironically it also gives us that fucking emotion chip

But that scene where Data realises that he's almost the same as Lore is so important, and it makes me wonder how much of Data's self-image is based entirely on Lore gaslighting him into that in Datalore.

Like, we see Data use contractions prior to Datalore (and on very few instances afterwards too). What if that isn't just a continuity error, but Data never really thinking about using contractions, and then Lore going "well, you're inferior to me, you can't use contractions but I can" and then Data going "I guess you're right" and subconsciously not using them anymore (unless in times of great distress like in Time Squared)

And that really opens so many doors for him.

And like Data repating "I am not less perfect than Lore" a whole three times is really such a beautiful realisation of his own possibility, but also a revelation that he has been limiting himself by what Lore defined as being achievable for him.

and like the fuck kinda emotionless robot repeats a phrase three times in astonishment, i mean come on

And I think this fits in a pattern of Data's (and Lal's!) emotions becoming more clear in moments of distress. I mean, here he just learned that his entire view of the world is wrong (both in terms of what Lore told him and that Soong was still alive), in The Most Toys we see him willing to overcome his programming and kill outside of self-defense and in The Offspring Lal is seemingly emotionless until confronted with being seperated from her father and familiar environment at the age of two weeks

What I'm trying to say is, Data doesn't need an emotion chip, we just need to put him in that torture tube from the Deadpool movie that gave Wade Wilson his powers.

okay enough on the droids, let's talk about the noids

there, i abbreviated humanoids as noids, thus becoming the only other known person to do so next to Guinan in The Outrageous Okona.

Briefly, "kid tries to prank his nine year old brother by faking the brother killing him. The brother then runs off and eats some berries and almost dies" is not really what I'd expect a tng plot to be, but sure, I'm always in favor of widening horizons.

Unfortunately the story just ends up revolving around how the nine year old should forgive his brother for harmlessly pranking him and posibly getting him killed (they're en route for medication when the Data stuff happens). Which like. what a shitty moral.

like i dont mind the nine-year old forgiving his older brother. but it seems really callous for crusher to reprimand him for not doing so, while he is literally in a quarantine field and days away from death because of the shit his brother pulled.

I did like how this forgiveness message is projected onto Data and Lore at the end.

oh also the kids' parent taking a sabattical and leaving their kids behind on the Enterprise is hilarious. Like imagine taking a leave from your office job and then just putting your kids in your cubicle.

[dana-chan-the-control-brain]

Isn’t tsams Eclipse related to tsams Sun ?!?!

They're technically not related.

I kinda like to say that they're not for situations like this.

Eclipse is basically all of the Violent thoughts and Impulses of Moon, spawned from the Killcode housed inside them.

It's a little tricky and I'm not sure what you would call it.

Like would you call your "Bloodlust" or your "anger" or your "abandonment issues" given life Related to you????

Like??? It's a hard thing to think about. Cause you don't think of your Emotions as being things with sentience or are related to you.

What muddies the matter is that Sun and Moon are robots and it all comes down to code.

Technically, Eclipse is Sun and Moon's SON. Sun and Moon are his Mom/Dad if you want to get EXTREMELY technical about it. Which also is probably NOT the dynamic Eclipse would pick for himself, and Defiantly not the dynamic that Sun and Moon would want to think about, because Sun and Moon have admitted themselves to be brothers by their own definition of their relationship.

Even Lunar (when Eclipse and him got along) joked that Eclipse was technically his Mom, cause Eclipse Made him.

Bloodmoon Referred to Killcode, Eclipse, and Monty all as Father at one point or another. (if tsams says that Bloodmoon needs no one... that's a blatant lie and he inherited Eclipse's isolation. he only gets himself, so having the duality of their relationship helps)

Solar is a Nice Eclipse from a different dimension, who has no connections to Our TSAMS Sun and Moon at all. Yet, he told Earth that she can call him "her cousin" if she wishes.

At the end of the day, they're all robots, and I think that what relationships they want for themselves is 100% up to each individual.

Example: Lunar, in his own words, Had Eclipse as a "Mom." and His "brother" but he disowned that idea quick when Eclipse was mean to him, and he asked if Sun and Moon could be his brothers instead. You can actually see Lunar made a concious change to his relationship dynamics within the context of the show in real time.

Their relations are entirely what they want to be called to each other... Because they have no biological roots.

Earth calls Creator "Father" yet Sun and Moon call him "Creator" and only call him "Dad" , albeit uncomfortably around Earth.

So...

Is Eclipse Related to Sun and Moon?

Yes and No.

Eclipse never really had a positive experience with Sun and Moon to consider what they were to each other other than "mortal Enemies"

So their relationship dynamic is very malleable.

Like if someone wants to write a TSAMS Eclipse redemption story where he becomes another sibling? Fine!

Does someone else want to write a TSAMS Eclipse Redemption story where he does the nasty with one of them and it's an enmeies to lovers thing?

That is actually also fine.

Because their relationship dynamic is entirely dependent on what Eclipse does next once he decides to change if you go that route.

How Eclipse FEELS about the Brothers.... What Eclipse feels his place is in their hiarchy and dynamic. Where he fits in, and where there's space for him.

I think that is very important.

Do I expect the TSAMS lore to clarify if they are or not related at some point?

Probably.

But I'm fine with reading aus were he's not related at all. I actually think them being robots provides a level of flexibility and Eclipse is able to decide for himself what he wants his relationship to be for them, if he is to have any at all.

[galionne-speeding]

What are their dynamics like with each other?

For Robo Roommates

Aw HELL YEAH group dynamics!

I've simplified them into 5 categories that sort of speak for themselves, though I should specify that everyone here gets along great so the 'Friends' category is for close friendships specifically. As for the 'Siblings' category, it's for siblings and 'sibling-like' relationships.

Scratch and Grounder already viewed each other as siblings as we all know, but after some time of D.U.F.U.S. living with them and looking after them in different ways, they started to see him as an older brother figure. Both of them are terrified of thunder and Doof was the first to try to help them with it. He has watched their Edgar Eagle VHS tapes with them countless times and lets them talk about the show at length. The twins look up to him ; and he's grown to care about them like family.

Coconuts was somewhat jealous of this relationship for a time, but when others joined the Sanctuary it greatly eleviated those feelings.

The other family unit is Bocoe, Decoe, and Bokkun. Shocking, I know. Bocoe and Decoe have been a couple for years at this point, long before they were abandonned and kicked out by Eggman. They're deeply affectionate towards each other and are very rarely seen apart ; if ever. They also built Bokkun! Eggman wanted a messenger robot but couldn't be bothered to build one himself (he'd much rather work on his giant fighting mechs), so he drew up some quick plans and handed the task off to his two underlings. Bocoe and Decoe took a few liberties but Bokkun was eventually born and they instantly grew attached to their little boy.

Speaking of their little boy, Bocoe and Decoe are lucky to have quite a few people in the Sanctuary who enjoy looking after him. Scratch and Grounder particularly like the little guy ; and so does Cubot once he joins the group. D.U.F.U.S. occasionally helps with the babysitting as well.

Finally, the friendships!

Scratch and Bocoe' friendship was born from something the two agreed on a long time ago. They both have people they care deeply about ; people they cannot let anything happen to. So Scratch and Bocoe agreed that if something happened to either of them, the other would help take care of their family. From there however, this simple agreement grew into a a close friendship: they could understand each other ; what it's like to have a family to look after.

Coconuts was always a bit of a loner- while a part of Grounder and Scratch's family, he never considered them as his siblings and they never considered him one either. He appreciates Bocoe and Decoe, but doesn't relate to them in terms of their relationship to one another or their roles as parents. But when Orbot- someone who had been hurt by their creator in similar ways and still struggled with remnant feelings of loyalty towards him ; something Coconuts himself had experienced in the very beginning ; joined the Sanctuary, the two naturally gravitated towards each other. They can spend hours talking about nothing and while Orbot can't eat, he greatly enjoys helping Coconuts cook.

Cubot and Grounder have a much more lighthearted, fun kind of friendship. They're two dumbots just out to have fun. Cubot thinks Grounder's many integrated tools are sooo cool ; and Grounder thinks Cubot's ideas are genius and amazing (which... compared to Grounder's... Yeah Cubot probably is capable of genius-level thinking). They particularly enjoy walking through the yet unexplored parts of the Sanctuary and try to map it out to see if they can find anything useful.