#early drop lets go

[peace-hunter]

tfone au where OP is created as the last of the primes but way after them, a sparkling born at what were thought to be the last days of the war against the quintessons, the beginning of a new generation of peace after eons of war. a child meant to be loved and raised knowing nothing of war nor sacrifice.

he's kept mostly out of the spotlight by his siblings, who don't wish to expose him to everyone's optics so young, and want to wait until the war is done and over to properly introduce him to their people.

except of course the primes are betrayed and murdered by sentinel, the war is lost and everyone who knows and cared for the truth is either banished or outright killed in order to suppress it.

and the high guard, the ones the primes trusted the most, the ones that were supposed to protect them, the ones who failed in their most important duty, have to make a choice. to take the last prime, their last hope, with them to the surface, a hostile environment where there's little to no supplies and where they'll be hunted down by both sentinel and the quintessons as the biggest threat to their regimen.

or hide him in plain sight. place him where sentinel won't think to look for him. one more sparkling among many. and hope it will be enough to keep him alive. pray to primus that he'll protect his last child long enough for them to come back for him when it's safer (even if most of them have already lost their faith on him when he allowed the rest of his children to be massacred like that)

they almost lose their resolve when they realize they will have to take the little one's cog away in order to make him blend in with the rest of the newborns (and oh do they burn with murderous intent when they see what sentinel has done to their people but it's not the time yet-) but in the end they decide an impaired little prime is better than a dead one.

and so in the chaos of thirteen dead primes and a sudden energon crisis, a little sparkling who very few mechs really knew about and even fewer had seen completely vanishes. and in the depths of iacon a mech in charge of a new batch of newborns scratches their helm in confusion as they realize they must have miscounted the first time.

optimus prime is quietly erased from any official records by sentinel, written off as dead when they find a sparkling's frame mangled beyond recognition after an attack on the base of those rebels that insist on being a thorn on his side. killing the sparkling hadn't been precisely in his plans, he probably could've found some use for it after all, but he's not particularly upset about it either.

and orion pax grows up with an ache on his spark that tells him he's missing something far more important than a t-cog and dreams of gentle and loving hands, cradling him against the frames of mechs he cannot recall the faces of.

[night-creeps]

POV: you knocked on Liam's door

[spicyraeman]

Kay so, the horrible grip of the brainfog is finally lifting and I would like to participate in the rt appreciation, so I am politely asking that y'all hand over your rogue traders and ill pick 3 at random to draw

[freshthoughts2020]

[crescentfool]

What are your ryomina headcanons? I've loved these two since I played P3 FES, and I'm so excited to get back into the fandom^^

hi!! thank you so much for the ask, welcome back to the p3 fandom, it's always a delight to see new and old ryomina fans alike! 🥺💛💙

as for headcanons, here's a "few" i that i tend to come back to a lot! my interpretations of them are influenced from both the source material and other's fanworks, so i've linked to them as i saw fit! hcs in no particular order under the cut because oops this got long (900 word bullet point list, mentions of reload content up to 1/1)

minato's hair is dyed blue (hair originally brown, you can see it in his roots!) and he has a beauty mark on under his left eye. i like mirror imagery and there's definitely a few arts i've rb'd that portray them this way :) (e.g. this one by feliichu and this one by marasschino)

as far as i'm concerned the bathhouse scene from the manga where ryoji's hair down = similar shape to minato? that is canon to me. this art from xierru is a fun depiction of hair down ryoji :D

ryoji is homeless. everyone say thank you foxmulder_whereartthou for this awesome fic it's why i have the headcanon! but like seriously. we have no idea where ryoji lives and i could believe this.

minato dying at the end of the game is sad to an outsider's POV BUT!!! ryomina gets to be together in death for the rest of their lives (this illustration from mafuwara is a gorgeous representation of them as nyx avatar + the seal)!

speaking of the seal, they are like telepathically communicating to me in the great seal together. (mymp3 had a comic wip with this. give it a looksie :D)

ryoji likes cuddling with minato because he's warm :) (something something orpheus has fire affinity, minato is warm by extension and ryoji is cold because he's death)

ryoji's camera roll is filled with pictures of minato! ryoji... loves life, to me. and i feel that photography and journaling are perfect ways of expressing gratitude and capturing the moments in life that are most important to you :3

my other favorite activity for these two is stargazing- i feel like it's something they could appreciate either in life or death (looking at the stars from the great seal...)! they do a bit of this in the fic eurydice's vow by crescentmoontea (P5R spoilers, takes place in third sem it's a very fun fic concept).

between ryoji and minato i feel like ryoji was the one who fell in love first- and it doesn't really click in place for minato that he loves ryoji until december hits (appriser reveal + ryoji transforming into thanatos). its about the realization that ryoji was with him for his whole life and that he gets him like no one else does.

ryoji is like a sad and wet puppy who is so scared minato won't like him back. he is so scared of being rejected by minato to me like. this boy straight up deflates after he does his "i know i said i wanted us to be friends, but... i actually want to be something more." / "what about you?" on 12/1 ???

AND SPEAKING of wet puppy ryoji. ryoji is like. every animal in the world to me. he's a bird. he's a cat. etc. and also ryoji knows every language in the world ever and uses it to express his love for minato. see this fic from superheroics to see what i mean.

both of them are lactose intolerant. "this isn't lactose, it's milk!" i definitely think ryoji would make himself sick eating ice cream and milk he doesn't know what lactose is. (i made a silly poll about this once and the tags were very entertaining.)

i see minato as transmasc or nonbinary depending on the day (schrodinger's headcanons babey they're simultaneously true and not true at the same time!!). either way he's not cis to me and ryoji is like. His Gender. anyway go read this fic by nail_gun for t4t ryomina :D !

ryomina are WEIRD GUYS TO ME!!! they are so strange and they understand each other better than anyone else because of the circumstances of their relationship!!! if you asked them to do the "i wonder what i taste like" meme i think they'd start biting each other (affectionate) tbh but that's just me.

after ryoji gives minato the music box in 12/31 on reload, minato listens to the music box every night in january. this boy has insomnia and also chronic illness to me (things that housing death does to you). but i think he finds comfort in the melody and memories he made with ryoji.

in general, i think it's fun to imagine minato taking ryoji to places and show him things he's interested in! i feel that ryoji takes a lot of interest in minato's life, this isn't really a hc because in reload, minato DOES give ryoji a tour of the school (11/9) and possibly port island (11/12). but ITS CUTE OK! (tangentially related fanwork: this series of doodles from vinnigami: 1, 2, and 3)

not a hc but minato's kindness is like the backbone of their relationship and i think we would not have the ryomina we know and love today if minato wasn't such a kind soul. oh minato.... we can learn so much from you... like ryoji did!

anyway! that's all the hcs that i could think of, thank you for the ask! i had a lot of fun answering this, these two mean a lot to me 💛💙

i hope you don't mind the links to the fanart and fanfic as well, the fanwork people have made for ryomina have really made an imprint on me! if you want to see more of them, i definitely recommend looking through my tag for them because oh. i got a lot of them reblogged alright 😂 (<- SOOO NORMAL)

[dedenneblogs]

(heartbreak high) that one babysitting format meme

but my fun lil spin on it

[swordmaid]

this convo hitting so different if ur a lolth drow like minthara

[monarchteen]

aaroncelina not returning to me is my roman empire

[ineffableigh]

So many details to catch - Early Arrival Demons anyone??

S02E05 at 22:11 there's already a demon just at the right edge of the frame, clearly watching Crowley. You can't tell me that's a regular extra with a fuckin' high intensity filter mask, all black clothes, and black head/face paint.

Edit: Certainly makes me realize that gosh it sure is convenient that the streets of Soho, so PACKED with people the entire season... are empty when the demons arrive. That's... very interesting, isn't it?

The pub lights are on which implies people are inside, but no one comes out. Are they locked in while Hell needs the elevator?

[seventh-district]

7am, eating cold leftover teriyaki stir-fry for breakfast and crying over blorbos

[wizardofvamp]

Last Line Written

Tyty to @porcelainseashore for tagging me!!

Here goes--

Thirsting roots of poppy blossoms crumbled each individual hour down into depleted days; Eliza’s inbox cracked triple digits as the weight of expectation rolled off her back with the shower water.

Snagged this from the Limits chapter seven forever-draft. I'm finally starting to feel pretty good about it and am hoping to get it posted by the end of the week assuming I don't fall off any more bikes T-T

gonna no-pressure tag @genderqueering @hlozt (idk if there's a choice Micah pbp line you wanted to share) and @fiendmother !!

[pureconancommentary]

Y'know, it's actually a little sad that the one person Shinichi trusts when he's in a bad situation is the one person who has fully betrayed him in this scenario. Look at his adorable innocent face, and then think about the fact that there's a decent chance he was told about the car escape and where Shinichi would go. (In fairness, he might not know, and his main involvement is limited to calling the parents in the first place and then is involved in the hotel scheme later. He might actually be going about his day for now, and the recapture just happens to come while Agasa is returning home. But still a good chance he's just going 'just gotta act natural, pretend not to hear, this boy really needs to learn something from this'.)

But also this is technically the first time his heavy reliance on Agasa is pointed out. Shinichi really doesn't have anywhere else to go, and he never had anywhere to go when he was poisoned from the beginning until Agasa showed up to confide in and offer support. Agasa made his gadgets, has dealt with Shinichi coming over to rant about his situation, and has had to cover for him twice. This event is a betrayal, but I also don't think Agasa understood just how much he'd be in charge of Shinichi as the only one who knows what's going on. Which, on the one hand, of course this was going to happen, and Shinichi needs the support with what he's dealing with. But on the other hand, I'm sure teen detective Shinichi did more on his own and with friends, taking care of cases and just bringing back stories, and less time dropping in on Agasa.

[appleandaria]

I was just keeping to myself the whole day and saw this happen looking at a post…

I thought they were boosted but noooo they're actually trending.

[freshthoughts2020]

[barissoffee]

ready for the new bad batch episodes

[plushie-lovey]

This year I WILL be getting a pumpkin kitty gdi!!