#Lest I Forget

[ehlnofay]

wip wtuesday

tagged by @wispstalk :) tagging back @everybodyknows-everybodydies @jiubilant and @ervona

my current works in progress are all brainstorming and writing for summerfest, which will all be posted soonish anyway so I shan't post excerpts of any of that ahead of time. HOWEVER part of that is a slightly longer piece that I am making copious notes for whenever whim strikes. so this wip wtuesday is an insight into whatever the fuck my process is. very curious as to whether any of it makes any kind of external sense

[rowwiz]

phone scribble of the pathetic

original bit

[lockheed-martin-unofficial]

I was thinking about Cybertronians freezing in the Arctic due to the ice that forms on them instead of just the cold & not knowing what humidity is again, and what if they weren’t instantly aware of all the abilities of their alt modes?

They’d have a warmup period after scanning them and have to gradually get used to/ discover all the things they can do. There’s little to no water on cybertron, no reason for them to know that ice forms in the cold, no reason for them to have de-icing. And when they come to earth and choose aircraft as their new vehicle modes, they have no idea those aircraft come with built in warmers on the wings.

I thought about how some flying decepticons would deal with it. Let’s go with Starscream first because I love him very much.

(Also because he complains about cold the most out of all the characters. I imagine everyone ices up the same amount, but the cold is an entirely different problem and one that affects him more because he’s all thin and lanky, not very good at retaining heat. It’s worth clarifying that the freezing is what’s dangerous to them. The cold bothers them but isn’t a threat in and of itself, seeing as they can walk around in space just fine. But I ramble on)

- If he had a human friend or partner, he’d be complaining about how cold it is in front of them and they’d be like “Wait, aren’t you a plane?” He’d ask what that has to do with anything and get very annoyed that he didn’t know he came with extra heating.

- He claims he totally knew about that all along and merely forgot about it in the moment. He also claims he totally knows how to turn it on, but…remind him again?

- The realization that he can just… make himself warmer at will is incredible. He’s still gonna complain about the cold though. Probably out of instinct, he complains to fill the silence. (Is it obvious I want him to be safe and warm. I think it’s obvious.)

- Cue a concerned human asking if he’s been flying through clouds and terrible weather and all the way into the stratosphere with ice building on his wings for all this time. How is he still flying? He just replies that he’s built different, and that he’s far superior to human machines yap yap yap blah blah.

- He doesn’t want to admit how great it is, but after the human shows him how to turn it on, he’d be waking around with the de-icing turned on all day, even when he doesn’t need it. I reckon it’d make the area between his wings an excellent nap spot. He could just put a human in there and squeeze them between his wings and it’d feel like being put in one of these bad boys, I dunno what they’re called in English

In any case, peak nap spot.

Up next is Megan:

- Megatron doesn’t actually have an earth based vehicle mode, leading me to believe he wouldn’t have any form of de-icing. My headcanon is that his bigger, bulkier frame would require and generate more heat, but look at him.

He got a lot of nooks and crannies that ice could build up in. Even spikier than Starscream. Much like Starscream he doesn’t have paint which may also have acted like an extra layer of heat insulation. Additionally, his joints on the arms and legs are visible.

(Actually unsure if Starscream is painted and just gray, but Megs definitely isn’t)

- My point is, I’m not an ice expert but Megatron is terrible for both heat insulation and icing prevention. Megatron is a tough bot, he can take a lot of punches, and as prideful as he is I doubt he’d ignore the fact that a snowstorm would be a genuine threat or hinderance to him.

- Not that he’d let anyone notice, of course. He has a reputation to maintain, and he can’t allow anyone to know his weakness. When he’s in private though, I find the image of evil dictator Megs snuggled up in a billion blankets drinking a hot cocoa hilarious. I’ll probably draw it.

- A human pal or partner may not be able to advise him to turn on de-icing that he doesn’t have, but they might be able to offer him another solution. A badass cloak or cape to protect himself from the snow, while also remaining intimidating. Anyone would think it was just for show, unaware that it’s actually to keep him from freezing.

Last but certainly not least, Soundwave!

-Oh, Soundwave totally knew about the de-icing without needing anyone to mention it. Soundwave knows a lot of things. He’d totally read his own altmode’s manual. I don’t think we’ve ever seen Soundwave in the Arctic though.

Trying to find a good gif for my own reference hang on-

- I’d argue that out of these three he’s probably best with the cold. Sure, he’s spiky too, but nowhere near the other two. His “elbows” are awfully small and exposed, but since his wings form the arms there’d be no issue once he turned on the de-icing. In the gif he easily covers his entire body with those huge arms, so he could easily curl up around himself and defrost if be needed to. Now here’s a good writing idea I probably will never use

- Laserbeak probably has its own de-icing, which makes Soundwave extra warm when he requires it. ADDITIONALLY Laserbeak could be deployed in order to warm up a human friend or partner from afar. Tactical warms.

- Not much to say about Soundwave. Maybe I’ll edit and add later.

[superdaisypowerhour]

ianthe tridentarius is not a vriska but if she read homestuck as a teen she would be like "wow she is just like me for real" and wake up every day like "fuck i wish i was vriska" and show naberius panels with tavros nitram and point and say "look babs hes just like you" and then when she kills and eats him shes like "im literally vriska this is the best day of my life"

[marquezian]

Dovi reacts to Valentino refusing to shake Marc's hand in Misano, 2018

[fulgurbugs]

Felt like drawing the monster fest lineup today

[oopsypoo]

Tearsmith is bad in a guilty pleasure sort of way. I will never defend this shit. In fact you can catch me sitting with its haters but I did cringe constantly and keep watching like a masochist so…

[david-tennant-in-chairs]

Sexy Rexy is on the case!

[stfrancisprayer]

nixon + elmer buck + meatball 🐕

[tiggerriot]

👉🏼👈🏼 more meme ghosts?

always happy to do more meme redraws, do you guys have any suggestions? (past redraws under the cut)

[sleep-deprived-luka]

Gog au niigo for tonights doodle

[xray-vex]

hey remember when the OFMD s2 teaser video dropped and there were people who were somehow CONVINCED that Stede was referring to Izzy when he said "I don't care what any of you say, he's actually a good guy" and not, y'know, Ed, whom they were literally just talking about in this scene?

like what the hell was that about

[anglerflsh]

as Lucifer fell

[valyrfia]

the charles/damiano lore is insane lmfaoooo i cannot i am sure max was screaming throwing up seeing what was going down in the ferrari garage at monza '23

"Max lost Singapore because the RB19 was weak at that track" Max lost Singapore because he was emotionally distraught over the Charles/Damiano rumours.

[sadclowncentral]

there is such a poetry to parting words. your ability to spread joy is unrivaled. i am so glad i got to meet you. you were a highlight. i love you, you. even if we never see each other again, we will be friends forever, because we will remember this.

our future starts now, let it be kind.

[a-stitch-in-time-and-space]

no but really benjamin sisko is underrated as a character who has fascinating homoerotic tension with almost every villainous guy. like yeah 99% of the time it's one-sided, but then he'll choose to be some kinda unhinged about another dude out of the blue that makes you understand... his type is "rival but not evil about it." he likes the animosity, he draws the line (from memory) at "actively genocidal in opinions" and i think that's fair enough of him. crucially, there's some latent bisexuality there