#honestly this started with the words I'M A LIBRARIAN and built from there

[angstandhappiness]

LMAO YES

@pomrania Reverse Indiana Jones is a concept we need to see more often, okay?

Fic Prompts: Transformers Tuesday

“Alright, Autobot,” Onslaught growled, “Tell us how to get into the Prime Vault!”

The smaller mech stared at him incredulously. “Why would I know that?”

His kidnappers glared and Barricade shoved the Autobot roughly. “Don’t play innocent with us, Autobot. We know you work in the Archives.”

The Autobot blinked a few times, then in a tone of exaggerated patience, he said, “The Data Archives. Not the Artifact and History Archives. I don’t have clearance for that.”

Onslaught frowned and tried to puzzle through exactly where he’d gone wrong. “So…why can’t you get us into the vault?”

“I’M A LIBRARIAN!” Orion Pax exclaimed in exasperation, “Not a heist coordinator!”

Of course, he wasn’t…exactly...telling the truth. Maybe about half of it. He technically didn’t have clearance to go into the Artifact Archives. That didn’t mean he didn’t know how to get in.

That also didn’t mean he didn’t know how to get in and out without ever being detected. He and Alpha Trion had smuggled out and returned three appropriated Prime Artifacts to their home colonies so far and the Council was still completely in the dark about the mysterious “XIII” who left a calling card each time. Orion had even heard his friend Megatronus pondering trying to recruit the “artifact avenger” for his movement.

Sooner or later he was going to get caught, he knew. But for now, as long as everyone thought Orion Pax was the longsuffering data clerk, nobody suspected he had anything to do with Optimus, the Thirteenth Prime.

[redbone135]

Hey!! I'm curious; why do you like vampires?

I promise I'm not being negative or judgey, I really am just curious and I don't think I've ever really asked you why they're one of your favorite creatures, and I'd genuinely like to know why :)

Also, does that mean you have an appreciation for vampire bats too?

So, not being negative or judgey, but what answer are you looking for? Like... what kind of answer have you come up with that makes it worth asking to confirm? 

Honestly, that’s a really hard question to answer cause I haven’t put much thought into it. I like what I like and sometimes it’s better to not ask myself why?

It would be really easy to write it off as a tangential thing. That a lot of the shows I like about vampires have incredibly talented writers or casts that tie into my other interests. Buffy shares some writers with Once Upon a Time and Torchwood, True Blood has Michael Raymond James and Lizzy Caplan in it,   Interview with a Vampire not only has a very talented author but stars Brad Pitt and Tom Cruise among many other big cast members. Vampires are popular in the kind of drama, soap-opera meets action adventure style shows I like to watch. So it kind of happens by accident in that regard. 

But that’s not the complete answer because before I was watching vampires, I was actively seeking them out in books. Pirates too. As a pre-teen I had to live with my grandmother for a little while due to some home-life stuff and out of sheer boredom - because she only took me to the library once a week and didn’t have cable - I might have started borrowing... yeah... that’s the word we’ll use... some books and movies that were not all that age-appropriate from the other old-folks in her community. You know the books I’m talking about... my grandma called them ‘fire books’. And as a librarian, I’m sure you’re aware that those kinds of books often feature vampires, pirates, and other morally grey heroes. That time spent there is also where my love of musical theater started, but I digress. It was a really formative age, and the loveable rouges in those books always got the girl and always saved the day, despite being ‘bad’ guys... and I guess part of that stuck.

I’ve mentioned to you before in passing that we come from different cultures, mine tended to be a lot more morally grey a lot younger in life. I didn’t have the role models telling me how to think or act, and the things I was exposed to young weren’t the best examples of good behavior either. I like the morally-greyness of tropes like vampires and pirates because they also don’t have the same easy definition of good and evil. For whatever reason, life hasn’t been kind to them, and they’ve had to make tough calls either out of self-preservation or fear. Pre-teen me related to that. They then have to build their own moral code the hard way, which is what I was trying to do at the same time I was reading all these books. And because they built their own moral code - because their morals came from themselves and not others - it often meant that they were a lot stronger in their convictions and it was that ambiguity that allowed them to thrive and be the hero because they were thinking very critically about the world around them and their place in it. I guess pre-teen me related to that too. 

I like good vampires because they have to ask themselves HOW to be good, it doesn’t just come naturally. I like bad vampires because they are an example of HOW easy it is to fall into traps when you let others define you. There is nothing better than a good vampire that overcomes, and nothing scarier than a bad vampire who is exactly what others say he is. 

So yeah - is that a suitable answer? Or were you looking for something a little more deviant :P

[radioactivepeasant]

Fic Prompts: Transformers Tuesday

"Alright, Autobot," Onslaught growled, "Tell us how to get into the Prime Vault!"

The smaller mech stared at him incredulously. "Why would I know that?"

His kidnappers glared and Barricade shoved the Autobot roughly. "Don't play innocent with us, Autobot. We know you work in the Archives."

The Autobot blinked a few times, then in a tone of exaggerated patience, he said, "The Data Archives. Not the Artifact and History Archives. I don't have clearance for that."

Onslaught frowned and tried to puzzle through exactly where he'd gone wrong. "So...why can't you get us into the vault?"

"I'M A LIBRARIAN!" Orion Pax exclaimed in exasperation, "Not a heist coordinator!"

Of course, he wasn't...exactly...telling the truth. Maybe about half of it. He technically didn't have clearance to go into the Artifact Archives. That didn't mean he didn't know how to get in.

That also didn't mean he didn't know how to get in and out without ever being detected. He and Alpha Trion had smuggled out and returned three appropriated Prime Artifacts to their home colonies so far and the Council was still completely in the dark about the mysterious "XIII" who left a calling card each time. Orion had even heard his friend Megatronus pondering trying to recruit the "artifact avenger" for his movement.

Sooner or later he was going to get caught, he knew. But for now, as long as everyone thought Orion Pax was the longsuffering data clerk, nobody suspected he had anything to do with Optimus, the Thirteenth Prime.