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roseworth · 1 year

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Tangled anon, hi (i am so stressed right now so) can you just give me a tangled ramble please? The movie, series, fandom, anything Thanks (love you)r content

hello my love im sorry i took so long to get to this ily :( <3 <3 <3

i NEED to talk about cass tangled. every time i think about her i start eating drywall because she had sooooooo much potential in her arc and it could have been so fun

the thing is chris sonnenburg accidentally did a fantastic job making bad guys with good motivations for every other villain (lady caine, varian, the saporians to a degree, etc) and he ALMOST got there with cass. but it got completely fucked up in the middle of season 3

the first two seasons were set up to show cass feeling ignored by everyone else and looked over by everyone. she wanted to be taken seriously but she rarely ever was and i thought it was a very good set up :( plus in her minor appearances at the beginning of season 3 it was more of her remembering what she had felt before and building up her rage <3

then. THEN. the fucking confrontation ep. literally every other grievance she had was ignroed so she could say "rapunzel stole my mom so now im killing her <3" like girl what happened to feeling ignored and looked over. the vague concept of "destiny" being used throughout the show to explain literally everything is actually the most annoying thing ever. like the gothel twist couldve been okay if they hadnt used it as The Reason for cass's villain arc, but instead it was her prime motivation in all the major fights and she said shit like "you took my destiny because i was gothels daughter" like?????? what destiny???? and why would you have it by being her daughter????? her motivations were so messy and didnt make any sense. then the finale comes and zhan tiri overall is soooo underdeveloped and badly executed, then cass and rapunzel have an emotional scene that feels sooooo unearned bc none of her original motivations are addressed and the fact that her motivation turned into "i was supposed to be raised by gothel" meant that it was hard to address it at all in the finale. then ofc it culminates in the lamest final battle ever with the Big Bad of the series

it couldve been so good. i could fix this fucking show. every day i mourn what tts could have been.

#i hope this made sense my brain is not functioning rn i have more to say but i cant bring myself to put it into words </3 #also side note im not gonna lie #for years ive been a cassunzel hater but while i was writing this i watched the apology scene #girl.......... i am going against my beliefs #maybe i was too hasty #(<- guy that fell for it bc i watched the scene out of the context of the episode and went 'aww cute moment'#even know i KNOW that i dont like it within the actual context of the show)#tangled

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soundcrusher · 2 years

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Let’s visit the market

Who's ready for part 3 from season 2 of my ongoing story set in the universe of the sentient sg/ll from @cuppajj ?

Today, our boys go shopping. Yay!

Trigger Warning: None

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Phoenix was getting restless on their small ship. Rodimus could see it in the way the young spark would rummage through the piles of items left behind by his former crew, or when he looked through the things he brought from the Lost Light, or when he swung his, well, Drift’s sword carefully in the back of the ship.

On the Lost Light, Phoenix always had something to do. Be it discovering new rooms, cleaning anything he could, finding the remains of the crew or talking to either him or Lightlost. There was always something to do, to take his mind away from the problems haunting him, but here? Rodimus knew that now, Phoenix could only either help him steer the small ship or try to distract himself with something he brought with him.

Maybe that’s why he decided to land their ship on one of the neutral cybertronian colonies he remembered. Even when it was a hard fight to get Phoenix out of the ship and towards the next settlement.

“I don’t want to go out there! Lightlost said that the ground of other planets can eat you up, or, or what about the rust plague! Or, OR, the mechs with pointy teeth!” Rodimus could hear the sheer and utter fear in Phoenix’s voice, as the youngling counted off every lie Lightlost told him to keep him with them. Granted, Rodimus won’t deny that some things were true, but they weren’t on every planet. At least, as far as he knew. Although, what concerned him the most was the way Phoenix’s optics would widen concerningly while his whole frame shook in terror, before mutttering quietly. “Wh-what… What about the Sparkeaters?”

“What about them?” Asked Rodimus, as he turned towards the entrance of the ship. Throwing his hands out to gesture wildly around himself. “If Sparkeaters were here, they would have attacked me right away, don’t you think?” Asked the prime, before putting both servos on his hips and giving Phoenix a rather cocky smirk. “Now, get out of there, or are you too much of a Robo-chicken?” This seemed to get Phoenix’s attention, because the young spark’s fearful demeanor turned from surprised to offended in a sparkbeat.

“I am… I am NOT a Robo-chicken!” Yelled Phoenix. “I have never been a Robo-chicken!”

“Are you sure?” Asked Rodimus with an even wider smirk. “Because, right now, you’re very much acting like a frightened Robo-chicken.” Rodimus laughed, before letting out a surprised ‘Eep’ as he was being tackled to the ground by Phoenix. Who was, much to the prime's amusement, softly hitting his chestplate while exclaiming that he was, indeed, no Robo-chicken.

However, Phoenix was quick to stop hitting his brother, as soon as he realized that he was no-longer inside the safety of their ship. In fact, he was some feets away from the ship and its door was closed. This revelation caused Phoenix to slowly get up and take a few more steps away from the ship. Staring at the blue sky above him, while his wings fluttered together with the light breeze blowing in the clearing. This was new. This was a new sensation for the young spark, who only knew Cybertron and the confinement of space crafts.

The green stuff on the ground and underneath his pedes was new. The tall organic things growing towards the sky were new. And then there were the sounds of strange creatures calling each other in the distance. And, there was a strange animal with antlers looking at him, but when Phoenix took one step towards it, it ran away. Leaving the youngling awestruck.

“That was a Robo-deer. They’re a very shy type of cybertronian animal.” Explained Rodimus, after getting up and making his way over to Phoenix. Placing one servo on the youngling’s shoulder. “I guess the neutrals who moved here somehow managed to take some with them and they multiplied on this planet. Before the war, there were many of them on cybertron and some of us used to hunt them for their antlers, but now? They’re all gone. I guess they were the first victims…” Said Rodimus before grabbing Phoenix’s servo and leading him out of the clearing and towards the neutral settlement.

And if the Robo-deer left Phoenix awestruck, the utter harmony the neutral Cybertronians lived together with the organic world around them filled the young spark with nothing more than pure amazement. His crew, or at least some of his crew, often talked about how annoying it was to work either with organic life or on organic planets and often said that it was impossible for Cybertronians to live on such planets. But here? All Phoenix saw here was mechs and femmes going about their usual business. Using big organic structures, Rodimus told him that they were called trees (at least the prime thought they were trees), as bases to build giant homes onto them. Rodimus told him that they were called ‘Treehouses’ by humans . And Phoenix could see why. Some were homes, some were stores, one very big tree was even holding something that looked like a hospital, and over all, those structures very much resembled the buildings Phoenix has seen on Cybertron.

But while the treetops held the buildings, the ground held the market. Or, at least Rodimus told him this was a market. Phoenix himself couldn’t really understand how someone could call this a market. Every mech and femme, who wasn’t buying something, was either sitting on the ground by their wares or standing behind a woodent structure with a table underneath a shirm? Rodimus said those things were called stalls, but the youngling couldn’t associate the word with anything.

“Where are the shops?” Asked the confused youngling, to which Rodimus only replied. “There are none. At least, not in this settlement. All the Cybertronians selling their things either use stalls or simply place their stuff on the ground and sell it there.” This answer didn’t help Phoenix’s confusion, but he decided not to dwell on that any longer. The locals surely had their reasons to sell their wares like this.

So, while Rodimus was doing the shopping, Phoenix was allowed to wander a little bit around. As long as he could still see his brother, that is. And wander, he did. There were many new things after all, and Phoenix couldn’t help himself from exploring as much as he could. He even bought himself some paints and a few brushes with the Shanix Rodimus gave him. Phoenix was planning to decorate the insides of their ship a little bit, and he thought that painting something on the walls would be fun. He did paint a little bit on the walls of the Light lost too after all. Granted, some of those paintings did disappear, but others were still on the walls when he checked on them. Hopefully his paintings won't disappear this time.

“Phoenix, I’m done with shopping. We should head back and… Phoenix?” Rodimus called, before realizing that he could no longer see his brother. Which sent the prime into a frenzy to find the missing youngling. What if someone kidnapped him? What if the Lost Light catched up to them? Or worse, what if Phoenix somehow got himself killed or kidnapped by a lunatic! Okay, some would also call Rodimus a lunatic, but that was different. There were some serious dangerous mechs and femmes out there, who were even worse than Rodimus himself. And that alone says a lot about them.

“Phoenix! Please, this isn’t funny!”

“I’m right here Roddy….” Answered the youngling, as he pushed past two taller Cybertronians blocking the path. “Stop shouting, everyone is already looking at us.”

For a second, Rodimus thought that his spark had stopped. Is this how the Lost Light might have felt when they made their escape? They probably did, only… differently to how the prime felt, because even if he shortly lost Phoenix, he wouldn’t start locking him up or forbid the youngling to go and explore some other planets.

Primus and Unicron both strike him down if he ever did something like that.

“Come Phoenix, let’s go back to our ship. I think we had enough adventure for one day.

Back at their ship, Rodimus put away his shopping items, while Phoenix started to paint one of the walls in the back of the ship. Making sure that Rodimus couldn’t see what he was painting everytime the prime would walk past him or try to get a look. After the tenth try, Rodimus decided to wait for the time Phoenix would show him what he was working on. Which was sooner than he had expected.

“Okay… I can recognize me and you… but who are the others?” Asked Rodimus with a light tilt of the head, as the youngling pointed at the painting of a tall femme with the same colouration than Phoenix. “ Yup, I painted my family. That’s my mother. Her name is Tankcrusher, but she prefers being called Big Bessie.” Explained the youngling, as his wings gave a small happy twitch. “And that’s Old Man. He was kinda like a grandfather to me. He was the one who always protected me from my crew. And the darker one is… is…… Lightlost…” Phoenix crew quiet after muttering the name.

Rodimus only gave a small nod, before patting Phoenix’s shoulder. Some things are harder to let go than others. He knew that.

“I think it’s wonderful, and… I’m honored that you see me as family.” Said the prime with a smile.

#sentient sg/lost light au #phoenix #rodimus #cuppajj #gotta love the brother energy both of our boys are showing #also #I was watching Tangled again today #maybe that influenced me a little bit #the working title was When Will My Life Begin after all #Phoenix painting on walls is something he's been doing even before the Lost Light #but he stopped after getting a stern talking from his former captain #(he mostly does it to help him navigate)#(regular Phoenix mostly does it to piss others off)

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