#lovely gifter

[akai-anna]

Hello there, dear @itsokaytomakemosstakes!

I was your assigned gift maker for the @dcmk-exchange event!

Ever since you shared your lovely mugs with me, the thought that Ran would get them as a matching kitty set for herself and Conan, wouldn't leave me alone. So I decided to embrace the idea; for both the headcanon and the personal touch.

Originally I planned something more silly, but the soothing vibes of my first sketch were just so lovely, I went with this instead (especially since I thought you might appreciate a bit of peace).

I hope you'll like this, and I really have enjoyed chatting with you, Moss!

[abyssalhuntersnerd]

It's that time of the year again where I put the fish and Amiya in the washing machine...

[coldarena]

commission for the wonderful @instructionsnotincluded featuring a very proud father meatball!!!

[add1ctedt0you]

Bao Shang'en as Huang Rong in The Legend of heroes (2024)

[bettycooper]

Darklina Server Secret Sankta 2022 gift for @lucife56

Darklina + (altered) LOTR quote

[lovesodeepandwideandwell]

My married friend ordered me yoga balls to massage my feet ☺️

[short666bread]

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[mvshortcut]

You'll all be delighted to know that my dinner tonight involved a bagel

[eldest-of-katts]

Here’s my gifts for the 2022 ML Secret Santa event!

The first one is Alya and Ladybug dancing on a rooftop, and the second is Marinette and Kagami holding hands at a park!

I had a lot of fun making this for @azuriteartist, merry chistmas!

Thanks again to the @mlsecretsanta for organizing the event!

[iwozlegit]

@wolfkid22 asked : ✒️ + Optimus

Again, oh my god! This literally is invisible on my mobile version! So sorry for the wait!

Have a reallyyyyyy long festive one to make up for it ;)

Send ∞ + a character for a random headcanon I have about that character!

Answering ~

|| 🍍 • Optimus Prime loves anonymous gifting. Perhaps a result of his stoic Prime programming, Optimus is bent on maintaining a relatively neutral emotional level with anyone and everyone. He holds a revered holy symbol within his chest and, as such, he seeks to maintain a level of distance from his team to upkeep his 'God-given-duty.

Upon their arrival to Earth, and the team's introduction to Earthen cultures and traditions, the budding former archivist within the Last of the Primes became entranced by Christmas. The children had spoken of it fondly, and had explained the intricate details that made the festivity so magical. Naturally, Optimus had depicted himself to be listening sparingly as he diligently tapped away at reports on the main console of the base - his poker-face was one of the small benefits being a Prime in an aging conflict had blessed him with. But he'd heard everything. Every one of the three's family Christmas traditions, every lyric of the garish festive songs they'd sang, every small inkling on what the mysterious Santa Claus was bringing them for Christmas - something Ratchet could not understand no matter how hard he tried.

Optimus heard everything.

And then he got to work.

The three children were perhaps the easiest to gift for, if only because they'd done a lot of oversharing - deliberately tactical or not.

Raf's fascination for snow had intrigued Optimus, but he found himself unable to disagree with the youngest boy's love for it. A brief conversation with June, and a little delivery help via the world wide web, had drawn him at the conclusion of a snow globe.

Miko's choice of gift would have been perhaps as screamingly obvious as her odd choice in favouring "obscure Bulgarian shriek metal" over anything else. But Optimus had long been able to sense the young girl's uneasy adjustment to new life in a foreign land without her saying a word. Like his Autobots, and even selfishly himself, Miko missed her home, regardless of her complicated emotions evidently surrounding the topic that Bulkhead had yet to untangle himself. Optimus recalled her showing their other young friends a supposedly endearing video of her pet felines lost in a never-ending game of chase against a peculiar red dot. Optimus opted to locate the best soft-toy effigies of "Chi chi" and "Ding-dong" that he could find.

Jack's gift was the hardest of the three, and Optimus spent a lengthy amount of time pondering the correct choice. He recalled how Rafael had spent a great amount of time listing name after name of family members that joined the Esquivel residence on December 25th, and how Miko had been overjoyed to "show Bulkhead off" to her parents in Tokyo when Christmas Day rolled around (unfortunately this was naturally squandered thanks to some very tactical patrol rota changes that conveniently clashed with festive timings), but Jack's Christmas sounded very different. With June Darby opting to take more frequent shifts with Jack a little older, Christmas at the Darby household was rarely set in stone - the family aspect, and Jack's joy of Christmas, diminishing when June had announced her festive availability to Agent Fowler casually when he'd endeavoured to make conversation. Family appeared to a crucial element to the festive season, and although Jack played off his mother's pending absence, Optimus knew the revelation had upset the boy, if his silence for the remainder of the evening was anything to go by. Bizarrely, Optimus sought Miko's aid for Jack's present - strategically when the base was relatively vacant except for himself at the monitors, and Bulkhead and Miko watching something on the TV in the main room. He'd queried after an image she'd taken of Jack and himself during a reconnaissance mission with Bulkhead and Arcee for "the necessity of his reports for the Government and Agent Fowler," and she'd sent it him rather swiftly with a huff and a grumble for "disrupting the zombie freak-show." Jack's gift was a framed copy of that image, with Optimus and Jack mirroring each other in their stances looking out across a grassy plain, and the frame reading the words "Family comes in all shapes and sizes.”

Then came the task of his Autobots.

Bumblebee was by far the easiest of them to gift for. He'd taken a liking to most of what human younglings, equivalent to his age, had enjoyed, particularly comic books. Raf could only bring so many in his rucksack alongside his schoolwork when Bumblebee collected him from school. Optimus frequently felt uncomfortable emotions beneath his stoic poker-face when sending youth such as Bumblebee out to fight, despite his evident prowess in the field. And nor was Optimus a stranger to catching his young scout seeking comfort from Ratchet and his remedies when nightmares plagued his recharge. A datapad with a selection of comic book titles Optimus had memorised was Bumblebee's gift.

Bulkhead was a simple mech of few brainy words with a spark of gold and a boundless strength. Yet, Optimus wished the former Wrecker could see how essential he was to the make-up that was Team: Prime. The human phrase from what he presumed to be Bulkhead's favourite Earthen film, if his persistent quote making was anything to go by, of "you are what you chose to be,”provided Optimus with his gift idea. Optimus gifted Bulkhead a selection of bumper stickers, all with comforting words of affirmation.

Arcee came next on the difficulty scale. Her gift took some thorough pondering indeed. Arcee was a highly capable warrior and valuable asset to the Prime’s Earthen force against the Decepticon threat, but like Miko, Arcee suffered in silence. Silence was a painful commodity to the two-wheeler, the constant noise that was Cliffjumper violently ripped from her…and them all. Like Bumblebee, Arcee’s nightcycles were lengthy and bent on chasing recharge against the stillness. She required…noise, but Optimus was unable to provide her a noise of what she longed for…of steady ventilations and amusing recharge chattering of a partner reunited with the Allspark. So, the Prime opted for a music box for his smallest Autobot to fill in the emptiness that haunted her.

And finally it was Ratchet’s turn - a mech who seldom left the sanctuary of the Jaspar missile silo. It proved to be a challenge indeed. Words alone could not express Optimus’s fondness for his oldest friend, a mech who had diligently remained at his side in moments of mirth and in despair. A gift for Ratchet needed to be the most heartfelt of all, despite each other gift holding it’s only thoughtful sentiment; it really needed to put that warm glow on his medical officer’s faceplates Optimus rarely saw but longed to see. So, the Prime studied his medical officer - offering his usual small snippets of conversation, aiding Ratchet’s medical stock taking, sharing his rations in the medic’s presence; all earning their own fair share of cantankerous grumblings. But Optimus was able to gain a perfect amount of insight into what Ratchet was most in need of. Their inheritance of the missile silo from the United States government had been appreciated by the majority - Ratchet had not remained one of them. He had complained about the primitive technology. He had complained about the dusty space. But most prominently he had complained about the lack of warmth - and he still did, albeit reduced to the subtle rattling of plating and the occasional chittering of denta. With a warmth of his own washing over him, Optimus sought the aid of Agent Fowler, who eyed him in awe when the Prime inquired which he thought was better for warmth: wool or polyester. Optimus’s gift to Ratchet, naturally, was a large cut-out of woollen fabric to aid his sensitivity to the cold, and to provide him warmth that Optimus wished he could offer him.

Christmas rolled around swiftly, and Optimus endeavoured to lay out his gifts as neatly as he could muster with his large size under the fake spruce tree the children had already decorated. When the night blended into the early hours of the morning, and perplexed faces gazed awestruck at the plentiful gifts lingering beneath the tree, Optimus Prime was long on the road, content that in the throes of war, he could bring hope and happiness to those who he loved the most; hopeful that in time, he could offer others the same warmth.

[maiteo]

my fellow urugoat enthusiasts need to be there too actually like….

[heyitsrink]

This is my first RotE Winterfest and I'm actually so overwhelmed by how much I ADORE my gifts! Thank you thank you thank you to my gifter (whoever you may be 😉).

[iamthepulta]

"Draft on Tuesday" my advisor suggests. "Doesn't need to be a complete history" they claim. "It'll be fine" they offer.

[tea-and-conspiracy]

Junelezen Day 29: Holidays

"'Tis the most wonderful time of year!"

[dearreader]

hello hello it's your spring/autumn swiftie gift exchange anon who also happens to be a mutual! quick run of question, favourite taylor album (in case I remembered wrong)? also do you want to tell me about royai

OKAY HI!!!

sorry for the late reply but i’m so excited that your my swiftie gifter!!!!

and my top five albums are

- evermore

- red

- lover

- reputation

- speak now

favorite color is pink!

and I WILL ALWAYS TALK ABOUT ROYAI!!!!

these two are so insane!!!! they have a suicide pact and have both stated they’re only alive because the others alive! childhood friends to coworkers with tension so strong you can cut it with a knife! they’re so illicit affairs coded it’s insane! roy learned the secrets of flame alchemy from her back and burned it at her request because he viewed it as his duty. like… i got so much to say on them and even though i answered this late i was not fully prepared for a rant 😭😭😭

but, i’m so excited that your my gifter!!!