#me reformatting this and adding more eventually

[ballethouses]

Technique   —   bodily  control   —   must  be  mastered  only  because  the  body  must  not  stand  in  the  way  of  the  soul’s  expression.  The  only  reason  for  mastering  technique  is  to  make  sure  the  body  does  not  prevent  the  soul  from  expressing  itself. — 𝑳𝒂 𝑴𝒆𝒓𝒊.

CHARACTER BASICS.

FULL NAME: Manon Alexstrasza Movska.

NICKNAME(S): Manny ( to those that she's close with ).

FACECLAIM: Olivia Cooke.

GENDER & PRONOUNS: Cis-female, she + her

AGE & BIRTHDAY: 32 & December 4th.

BIRTHPLACE: Leningrad, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union ( now Saint Petersburg, Russia ).

OCCUPATION:  Soloist / Prima Ballerina at Joffery Ballet Company.

SEXUALITY: Pansexual ( female preference ).

RESIDENCE: The Loft District, The Ironworks Loft, Unit #10A.

SPOKEN LANGUAGES: Russian, English, French, Spanish, Italian ( conversationally ).

CHARACTER BUILDING.

THREE POSITIVE TRAITS: Passionate, Uninhibited, Resilient.

THREE NEGATIVE TRAITS: Recklessly Hedonistic, Restless, Defiantly Arrogant.

STORY.

Manon  Movska  was  born  in  the  swirling,  frostbitten  splendor  of  Leningrad,  Russian  SFSR,  Soviet  Union  —  before  the  city's  grand  transformation  into  Saint  Petersburg.  Raised  amidst  opulent  chandeliers  and  the  unrelenting  discipline  of  the  Mariinsky  Theatre,  she  was  the  daughter  of  privilege,  but  she  never  once  coasted  on  the  weight  of  her  family  name.  Ballet  was  not  just  her  inheritance;  it  was  her  obsession.  The  sacred  burn  of  muscle,  the  exhilaration  of  velocity,  the  whispered  ecstasy  of  a  perfect  arabesque  —  Manon  did  not  simply  dance,  she  devoured  movement.

She  was  beautiful  in  the  way  that  nightshade  is  mesmerizing,  or  poison  is  sweet.  Born  to  a  prominent  family  in  St.  Petersburg,  there  was  never  a  time  in  which  Manon  was  anything  but  lovely,  with  her  doe  eyes  and  intense  glances,  the  drape  of  furs  across  slim,  pale  shoulders.  There  were  the  dolls,  the  flowers,  the  dresses  of  silk  and  lace,  but  more  so  —  the  dance,  the  opera,  all  that  which  made  Russia  unique,  all  that  which  had  built  her  legacy.  Manon’s  early  life  was  a  series  of  quick  sketches,  days  spent  training  her  craft,  perfecting  her  physique  and  mind  to  morph  into  that  which  she  admired.  She  saw  Giselle  in  Chelyabinsk  when  she  was  five,  and  was  struck  by  the  fact  that  it  felt  just  like  a  fairytale:  something  refined,  elegant,  and  distant;  something  untouchable  —  and  she  wished  to  be  that  untouchable  figure  upon  the  stage,  a  ghost  of  impressions  and  techniques,  modern  goddess  of  blood  and  snow.  It  was  in  those  moments  of  decision  that  her  childhood  fled  from  her  before  it  had  even  begun  and  her  cheeks  lost  their  rosiness,  beginning  instead  to  frost  like  ice  —  like  a  girl  who  would  rise,  and  rise,  until  she  was  so  high  that  nothing  else  mattered.

Her  choices  pleased  her  parents.  Her  parents  tossed  their  heads  triumphantly  at  having  produced  such  a  wonderful  spirit,  calm  and  seemingly demure,  graceful  in  all  things.  Manon,  true  to  the  Movska  tradition,  did  not  ever  act  as  other  children  did:  there  was  never  an  instance  in  which  she  was  completely  ordinary.  To  be  a  dancer,  a  ballerina,   a  weaver  of  dreams,  one  must  sacrifice  all:  and  she  understood  the  word  well.  Sacrifice,  to  trade  one  valuable  thing  (  her  childhood  )  for  something  more  precious  (  her  ambitions  ).

She  endured  it  all  with  dignity,  a  degree  of  careful  humility  innate  only  to  the  best  ballerinas,  and  as  the  hours  of  dancing  alone  before  the  television  became  the  sole  priority  of  her  waking  hours,  her  parents  piled  their  wealth  behind  her,  an  initiative  for  greatness.  And  so  she  became  a  ballerina  in  training  attending  an  academy  for  the  most  gifted.  While  the  worker’s  children  ran  laughing  through  the  streets,  red  hats  and  black  shoes,  she  sat  in  the  backseat  of  her  father’s  chauffeured  cars,  watching  the  world  pass  by,  her  aching,  bleeding  feet  resting…  waiting  for  another  day  at  the  bars,  small  face  staring  into  her  own  eyes  in  the  mirror.  Arabesque,  plié,  grande  jeté  —  repeat  and  repeat,  until  perfection  shone  in  the  sweat  of  her  brow  and  the  bruises  on  her  feet.

Triumf,  malenkaya  koroleva.

From  the  moment  she  could  stand,  her  feet  were  shaped  into  exquisite  instruments  of  precision.  Every  morning  began  with  grueling  barre  exercises,  every  evening  ended  with  exhaustion,  her  young  limbs  trembling  with  both  torment  and  triumph.  Under  the  iron  tutelage  of  Russia’s  finest,  she  ascended  from  promising  student  to  prodigious  soloist,  her  talents  eclipsing  even  the  highest  expectations.  By  her  late  teens,  she  had  already  danced  across  the  great  stages  of  Europe,  moving  from  Moscow  to  Paris  to  Vienna,  her  name  murmured  in  hushed,  reverent  tones  among  ballet’s  elite.

Those  years  are  a  blur.  Every  great  dancer  remembers  most  vividly  not  the  pain,  but  the  glory,  and  when  she  was  picked  up  by  the  Mariinsky  Ballet  immediately  after  her  graceful  reign  at  Vaganova,  every  moment  of  blood,  sweat,  and  tears  was  worth  it.  One  year,  two  years,   five  years  —  she  was  a  prima  ballerina  of  the  world’s  greatest  stage;  half  queen  and  half  goddess,  fully  ethereal  in  her  allegros,  her  pirouettes.   She  commanded  the  stage  in  a  manner  that  very  few  had  ever  before;  bold  yet  delicate,  striking  yet  subtle  —  and  from  all  over  the  world  her  admirers  flocked,  to  see  her  another  time  on  that  imperial  stage  framed  in  gold  and  ash.  She  was  Juliette  dancing  to  die,  Odette  dancing  to  live,  every  dream  that  men and women  could  have  had,  she  could  capture  for  them  in  a  series  of  adagios.  And  so  she  did,  and  as  she  became  more  famous  and  more  beautiful,  her  ambition  only  grew,  and  grew,  until  she  believed  that  she  could  go  down  in  history  as  Russia’s  most  prolific  prima  ballerina.

Even  with  her  reign  at  the  Mariinsky  secure,  with  the  world  at  her  feet  and  Russia  singing  her  praises,  Manon  found  herself  restless.  She  had  danced  through  Moscow’s  grandeur,  twirled  beneath  the  Parisian  moon,  spun  through  Vienna’s  hallowed  halls,  and  yet,  it  was  not  enough.  She  craved  the  unknown,  the  thrill  of  fresh  audiences  and  untamed  stages.  Europe,  America  —  these  were  not  merely  destinations,  but  new  frontiers  of  adventure,  challenges  to  conquer,  theaters  to  command.  And  so,  when  the  opportunity  arose,  she  seized  it  with  the  hunger  of  an  artist  who  knew  that  even  the  most  glittering  cages  were  still  cages.  She  was  ready  to  set  the  world  ablaze  with  the  fire  of  her  movement.

Now  thirty-two,  Manon  is  more  than  a  prima  ballerina  —  she  is  a  force  of  nature.  She  dances  not  with  rigid  precision  but  with  raw  instinct,  her  body  an  instrument  of  unfiltered  passion.  Sensual  and  unapologetically  open,  she  embraces  life  as  she  does  the  stage:  wildly,  freely,  with  no  regard  for  convention.  Resilient,  she  rises  from  the  ashes  of  every  challenge,  crafting  herself  anew  with  every  performance,  ever-refusing  to  bend  to  fate.  There  was  a  time,  years  ago,  when  she  burned  bright  in  an  affair  with  Lena  Finch,  a  flame  that  consumed  them  both  before  flickering  into  embers.  But  history  lingers  in  every  duet,  in  every  glance  across  the  rehearsal  floor.  As  fate  —  or  mere  chance  —  would  have  it,  she  now  finds  herself  in  Willow  Peak,   Chicago,  a  soloist  and  principal  dancer  at  the  Joffrey  Ballet  Company,  where  her  former  lover  also  graces  the  stage.  Their  bodies  move  once  more  in  tandem,  their  past  whispered  in  every  pas  de  deux.  And  yet,  Manon  does  not  dwell  on  yesterday;  she  is  too  busy  dancing  her  way  into  eternity.

[amelias-calamity-quintet]

Feeling like I should write these down cause eventually I'm gonna post a screenshot of my Word docs and y'all are gonna see all my weird formatting, so let's get ahead of it! Writing tips with me! I hope some of these help folks, this is just what helps me. I've produced like 500k words of relatively edited work in two months using these, so. I shouldn't horde them in case they can help more folks. There aren't a lot, but I hope they help.

Reformat your doc to the page size you'd want to print the work in if you're working in a word processor that can do that. Even if it's fanfic! Figure out the size you'd want to hold the book at and work from there. I promise you, it feels way more motivating to get work done on a 6x9 doc than 8.5x11.

Another format tip, reformat your work in a font and font size that makes it easy to read. I write in Comic Sans myself! Writing already takes up a huge amount of brain power thinking of words, don't add to the challenge by adding hoops to rereading them for edits. You can always reformat after.

Get some kind of notes app. World Anvil, Campfire, I recommend Obsidian, which is free! World bible docs are great, but nested wikis are way easier to sift through.

If you prefer writing linearly, like I do, make sure you have a doc to write down other scenes when you think of them. This has saved me so much heartbreak, even just having an outline of ideas and quote ideas.

If you're going to write a series, pick how many books are in it by overcount, not undercount. It is typically more noticeable that a series has been stretched than it has been shortened.

Try the other side of plotter/pantser just a little. I used to be a hardcore pantser, but my writing improved scores when I started doing even just a little more plotter work. I still do mostly outlines, and I have presaved templates in Obsidian to help make notetaking easier on thin notes, but I promise it helps.

Don't compare yourself to others! I know I led with the 500k figure (because it is impressive) but everyone writes at different paces. Mine is influenced in no small part by autistic hyperfocus on my story at the moment. In amount of writing is still creating and still holds value.

Make a habit, and set it low. I tell myself I need to get a sentence done in a day. Convincing myself that getting something, even low, has pushed me more to get back to work than setting incredibly high word counts ever did. It's ok to have low inspiration days.

[daitranscripts]

I'm messing with the CSS to try and make things more legible, please pardon my dust and the excessive spaces (or lack of) in a lot of places. It's mostly just some added padding between lines so you aren't staring at a total block of text in the dialogue responses.

I'm going to need to reformat a bunch of stuff, eventually. About half my posts are formatted one way and half are formatted the other, so I certainly have my work cut out for me lol

[penniesblogs]

Feathered Folk Update #4

You can now find my store at FeatheredFolkCo on Etsy, and my TikTok and Instagram pages @/featheredfolkco.

As you know, I've been working on setting up a small etsy shop where I can sell cards featuring my own illustrations of Australian native birds. As per my last post, I've actually finished setting up the shop, and have begun to work on some social media marketing. Though I'll be taking a break, this project has been quite the personal learning experience. This project has shown me just how much work is actually involved in setting up even a very small online store like this.

Before making my last update, I had been experimenting with prototypes for the cards. by getting samples printed at Officeworks.

Above is an image of my two samples. Both are printed on 200 gsm paper, with the left being on off-white with a glossy coat, and the right on uncoated plain white paper. I ultimately wasn't happy with either print. I liked the look of the illustration on the left print, with the gloss coat and off-white tone, but the coating also made it so that the inside was difficult to write in. Ink didn't dry properly, and it was difficult to use pencil. I felt that this really just defeated the purpose of a greeting card. The right hand card didn't have this problem, but it was also too flimsy.

I decided eventually to print at 300 gsm, with uncoated white paper, even though the cost of printing was slightly higher. I also reformatted the information on the back, as I felt there was something off about the design.

In the end, this is what I ended up with:

Below is my initial etsy store listing, with the description, which I made at the end of last week after I received my final prints. There were some additional, unexpected costs, such as a $20 store fee and a 30 cent listing fee that I had to pay, on top of the cost of printing the cards. It also took a little while to find the time to process the identity checks when updating the shop.

I had only uploaded images of the digital designs, and eventually felt that this was an inadequate representation of the product, especially for a public-facing post. I later took the product photos that can be seen previously, and added them to the listing, including an image of the cards in their packaging.

I also went on to create some social media marketing for the listing.

Though I had plans to create and upload a number of TikToks and instagram reels, the prospects of creating multiple short-form videos, in addition to the work of designing and prototyping the cards, became a little strenuous. I had a lot of time constraints between juggling work and three other uni assignments - two of which were due on the same date as this one will be. I was also limited in what I could do, by the wait times for all of the print orders. Though I will consider this short-form video content, and will hold onto the TikTok account, I decided to try to work with what I had just for this assignment. I created two slideshow posts for instagram using the product photos I had taken. One announced the release of the cards on etsy, and the other listed the designs featured in the pack. I also added the posts to my instagram story.

Additionally, I made an announcement on this tumblr account here, making use of more widely-seen hashtags that would allow me to not only organise my post in my blog archive, but also let the post be seen more widely. I tried to do that on this post as well. I also uploaded a notice on the BCM discord to reach a more local audience.

Though I didn't make any sales in this time span, I did manage to get some engagement with my store in the form of shop visits and views. I believe most of these came from word of mouth. I also gained two 'admirers' in the short time I had the shop up and running, who are people on etsy that follow my shop for updates.

[aggressive-almond-cookie]

Lately I've sort of gotten my second wind in wanting to get better at anarchy. I thought that setting myself an ambitious rank goal might push me into working harder for it, but it actually just made me over-focus on winning which made it hard for me to want to take risks, experiment, and learn, and ultimately stressed me out and made me too nervous to play much. I ended up avoiding it, and then feeling bad for avoiding it, and then feeling worse when I did play because I was so out of practice due to avoiding it. So... lesson learned, I need to not do that. I still need to set goals, but stick to personal learning goals.

To some extent, it's mentally easiest to just trust that rank will naturally put me wherever I belong eventually. I don't need to focus on getting rank to put me in a certain place as much as I need to focus on 1) cultivating enough skill to belong there, and 2) then play enough games for the randomness factors to even out well enough that my placement is accurate. I don't know if that makes any sense, but it sort of lets me relax and not get too stressed out about results of individual games. I trust that I'll get to the next rank when I'm ready, and I don't know what 'ready' means-- that's up to the games to decide. All I can do is keep learning.

The last several times I have played anarchy have been pretty demoralizing. Some of that is because now I have friends that are willing to do open with me, but they are far better than me and it's a difficult environment to learn in. We get matched against teams way above my skill level and everyone is just sooo efficient and aware and precise; it's hard to get practice in when I take two steps into mid and die immediately. Additionally it's hard feeling like the weakest link on the team. I am making the majority of the mistakes that cost us games and when the knowledge of that starts to weigh on me I start inwardly tilting pretty quickly. My friends are patient and kind with me but I'm not sure they know how to help me, and I think the only way I can realistically start helping myself is in solo queue.

So I was dusting off and tuning up my old system of tables and spreadsheets that I was using to track my learning progress last season, getting ready to put them to use again. And once thing I did find very heartening, I realized, as I was going through my list of things I wanted to improve on, that I actually had improved on quite a few of them. I retagged more items to the 'improved' list than I expected to, and it gave me some faith that.... I am still improving, ultimately. even if it doesn't feel like it compared to others. I guess since others are also improving at a similar rate as me, it's a lot harder to notice my own progress. Even though I am improving compared to my past self, I have been perceiving my progress based on how much I am closing the skill gap between myself and others, and that's not really an accurate metric.

So I've added to and reformatted a bunch of stuff in my learning systems specifically to help me better track my own personal improvements more objectively. I am hoping having the numbers in front of me will keep my morale from tanking too badly next time I'm on a 5+ loss streak. Plus tables and spreadsheets and data just make my brain happy. I just need to be careful to avoid the trap of spending more time fine-tuning my learning systems than..... actually using them to learn things, lol. I know I'm prone to that, especially when I'm nervous about practicing.

Meanwhile, well, I'm still stuck in B+ where I was when the season began, and with my win/loss ratio I haven't moved the needle very much. So.... maybe this weekend I can put these systems back into action and see where I end up by Fresh Season.

[clean-bubbles-aka-bubbles]

I agree with this!

As a fanfiction writer (I think I'm still a beginner) of the first and original TFES fanfiction (who hasn't finished Season 1), I watched Season 2, and I was disappointed that it made the Deceptions evil!

It ruined the entire character development for Starscream and the other Decepticons!

Now, you got me thinking of the development can flow:

First, there is the road to recovery + the search of the Emberstone + and there are mentions of the complicated relationship between Megatron and Decepticons (especially Starscream)

While relationships are struggling to mend, the kids and Maltos decide to step in and make them come together.

There are complications at first, and maybe the characters got into a precarious situation, which others have to work together

Jealously and envy can also be added into the mix to make more character development!

Throughout every episode, there will be slight hints of future foreshadowing about the Quintessons coming down to Earth

How the [REFORMATTED] plot can flow:

(DISCLAIMER: EPISODES WILL BE MENTIONED BUT WILL BE REFORMATTED INTO MY VERSION OF HOW THE STORY WILL BE DEVELOPED! THESE ARE MY OWN THOUGHTS, SO CONSTRUCTIVE CRITICISM WILL BE NICE! I'M JUST SETTING UP IDEAS OF WHAT WOULD BE GOOD TO FIT IN THE PLOT!)

S2 EP1: Aftermath

While searching for missing Emberstone shards, the kids and Maltos tried to get to know each other (let's just say the Decepticons aren't too fond of the Cybertronians).

There are some exceptions:

Breakdown and Bumblebee

Nightshade and Tarantulas

Hashtag and Starscream

back to the plot-

At first, it's awkward and strange since the Decepticons are ENTIRELY new to the concept of the Terrans (especially Shockwave)

Although it might seem to be going good, it escalated a bit when they lost an Emberstone shard on a hunt or either because of the Decepticons not being fond of the Terrans

The Maltos family can try and invite them over and have them play a game where they can try and get everyone to bond.

However, it only made complications worse. This leads to a fight and some quarrel ensues between them

In the meantime, another character might have found one of the Emberstone shards but accidentally dropped it.

BOOM! Aftermath is formed, and chaos ensues. Characters will loose left and right because of their uncooperativeness due to whatever reason why they got into the fight in the first place

But when one of the characters was about to get harmed, another one, despite despising them, swoops in and saves them.

Everyone works together and knocks out Aftermath, deciding to keep him in a safe place but not treat him inhumanely (like in Season 1) until he calms and sees what they can do with him

S2 EP2: In Ruins

There would not be many changes since it fits perfectly between Mo and Nightshade's dynamic

It can be used as a possible foreshadow

S2 EP3: CONTROL ALT DELETE

Like the plot, they will be clearing up G.H.O.S.T. stuff

There would probably be a lot of misinterpretations this time, considering that Hashtag's alt mode is still a G.H.O.S.T. truck

They could probably discover there were many Ghoids that were accidentally activated, and they need to find a hard drive to shut all of them down

Hashtag attempts to get Shockwave to open up and Shockwave attempts to close her down. He eventually snaps at her, which she reluctantly leaves to give Shockwave some space.

Nightshade and Tarantulas saw this and intervened, trying to convince him to try and accustom and embrace the new generation

In the meantime, everyone was working on trying to take down the Ghoids, and Hashtag was there. She tries to help but gets overwhelmed. She tries driving away with several of them latching onto her, but she eventually brings herself some attention when she accidentally heads into the town

Shockwave follows her (begrudgingly), wanting to apologize and helps her with the Ghoids, but more surrounded them.

At the last minute, Tarantulas and Nightshade were able to shutdown the Ghoids with a hard drive. Shockwave and Hashtag reconcile, keeping it friendly and mutual with each other

S2 EP4: BUTTERFLY EFFECT

Just like S2 EP2, there won't be many changes compared to the original.

All Transformers and Terrans gets introduced in their holoform mode. For the Terrans case, Wheeljack can craft a technology that masks their original forms to look human

Swindle's brother and several other Decepticons might be invited or come over by themselves and want to see what was happening

The Terrans tried to keep the Decepticons on a low profile + Swindle's brother trying to find his brother + while Maltos and Terrans are dealing with Robby's feelings and having a crush

There might be several cues that there was a presence of Quintessons near, which both Terrans and Decepticons have to fend off.

S2 EP5: TOGETHERNESS

Same thing. Plot for this episode stays the same

However, rather than betrayal, it was more that Aftermath didn't feel like he belonged with the Malto family

Jawbreaker learns that he can't force Aftermath to live with the family. So everyone decides to leave Aftermath to join the Decepticons, taken under Breakdown's wing.

S2 EP6: SPITFIRE

The plot stays the same. More bonding with everyone and amendments.

The concept is taken from the previous episode. This time, Starscream (along with Novastorm and Skywarp) is the one to discipline Spitfire

S2 EP7: THE IMPOSTERS

The plot slightly shifts away from the conflict.

Spitfire (in Twitch's body) learns about the family within the Maltos

Twitch (in Spitfire's body) learns about Starscream's plot of stealing the Emberstone pieces, but she doesn't know the exact details

S2 EP8: DUDE, WHERE IS MY TRAILER?

This time, Decepticons think it's something they can trash for fun, but don't realize it was Optimus's trailer

Hashtag recommends the Decepticons go public online, but they were hesitant

S2 EP9: WITWICKY, PART 1

Hashtag and Mo discovers what was underground

Quintessons are coming down to raid Earth and destroy users of Quintus Prime

Starscream steals the Emberstone shards after realizing how to defeat the Quintessons

Spar

Dispute breaks out in confusion of Starscream's actions of stealing the rest of the Emberstone

Everyone tries to stop the Quintessons from coming despite how hard it is.

S2 EP10: WITWICKY, PART 2

Everyone begins to put up a struggle against them

Quintessons got a hand on the Cyber Slayer and drains everyone energies

Morgan and Robby help regain control of the Titan

They all work together to send the Quintessons fleeing away from Earth

Starscream apologizes for the misunderstanding

Everyone come backs to life again

Happy ending!!

IF ANYONE ELSE ANY SUGGESTIONS, REBLOG AND WRITE DOWN YOUR THOUGHTS!

I want to rewrite the entire plot of the 2nd season of Earthspark:

1)Instead of Starscream, the main villain is Quintesson. (The whole season). That is, the Quintessons want to collect Emberstone, gain the power of Quintus Prime and destroy another world

2) Due to the fact that the Decepticons are not villains, we will have even more of their disclosures on the good side

3) And in the end, all together: Autobots, Malto, Decepticons will defeat the Quintessons

The Good ending. Peace, friendship, love 😘

[kendrarichardsdesign]

January 30 2025

I am very tired today because I stayed up super late trying to get the code to work on the website. I wanted it to look like this when hovering over the thumbnail:

This would keep the layout super clean and let people read the mini bio first and then begin navigating. (I also added more navigation to the left) This function cannot be done without coding in Cargo. I asked Brayten if he could help me figure it out and we were stuggling. As soon as one thing was fixed, the text was unaligned, or it didn't work on mobile, or it didn't reformat when size was changed.

Eventually got it to work (all thanks to coding master Brayten) which was a big relief. I started on my resume and did some other things in between that mess last night like:

brightening all of the images

adding navigation

images can now be clicked to enlarge

I still need to:

make wording magical

emphasize brief/solution/ reasons why for everything

add cv to navigation?

Add demonstrations for typeface use.

I have some other grad-show related stuff to get done tonight so this will be a busy day.

Here are the notes I took from the critique:

I am proud of myself during critique because I usually find that I only get feedback from the instructor, or the feedback from students is "nice". It's hard to have a critique when the majority of the class is doing personal work on their laptops. But this time I made sure to let myself take up time and space and specifically ask for the feedback I needed. I asked does it look to boring? - not much response, most people were ok with it. maybe neutrality is bad. I feel like I'm pretty neutral though. I found out that you have to pay for a domain like kendrarichards.com. That would be awesome to have so I might buy one after this assignment. Some people suggested a button that brings you back to the top or navigation on the side panel so I added navigation to the side panel because the experience of that felt better. My instructor suggested having more work with colour? Or doing work with colour would make it pop? I can't do that for now but I'll keep it in mind.

[captianimarum]

ooc: SO. I've started re-doing my muses pages here, and have intentions of completely reformatting the navigation, too. Why? I'm making it so all of the pages are mobile friendly. Which gives me happy feelings. I'm someone who very much runs off of things looking good, so you can imagine aha. I'll also eventually be adding a few more muses here.

So, please bare with me while things are a tiny bit messy- it's taking some doing.

[ao3feed-ineffablehusbandz]

Winter drabbles

Winter drabbles

by LoveLisa56

It's winter in London and each couple has their own ways of dealing with the increasingly cold weather, join us as we take a glimpse at a few moments in the lives of Heaven and Hell's power couples.

 I'm currently reworking and reformatting my upcoming series "An Ineffable Assistant" but I thought I might as well publish a few side stories while they're fresh in my mind as the cold weather creeps in.

These can be read as stand alones, but they all take place in the universe I've created for my "An Ineffable Assistant" series. There's nothing you need to know about the series for these fics, but for some context, Aziraphale and Crowley are together, Beelzebub and Gabriel are together, Michael and Ligur are together, and Hastur is with an original afab non-binary character named Skye, who's not quite human, but not exactly ethereal either.

I hope you enjoy reading and let me know what you think in the comments, even if you hate it, I'm dying for feedback on my series and each of the couples' dynamics. Let me know if you have any headcanons for any of the ships (or ones not included) and maybe they'll be incorporated sooner or later!

Words: 1131, Chapters: 1/?, Language: English

Series: Part 1 of Ineffable Assistant Side Stories

Fandoms: Good Omens - Neil Gaiman & Terry Pratchett, Good Omens (TV), Good Omens (TV) RPF

Rating: Mature

Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings, No Archive Warnings Apply

Categories: F/M, M/M, Multi

Characters: Aziraphale (Good Omens), Crowley (Good Omens), Beelzebub (Good Omens), Gabriel (Good Omens), Michael (Good Omens), Ligur (Good Omens), Hastur (Good Omens), Original Non-Binary Character

Relationships: Aziraphale/Crowley (Good Omens), Beelzebub/Gabriel (Good Omens), Ligur/Michael (Good Omens), Hastur/Original Character

Additional Tags: Aziraphale Loves Crowley (Good Omens), Crowley Loves Aziraphale (Good Omens), He/Him Pronouns For Gabriel (Good Omens), Nice Gabriel (Good Omens), They/Them Pronouns for Beelzebub (Good Omens), Nonbinary Beelzebub (Good Omens), Soft Beelzebub (Good Omens), Soft Gabriel (Good Omens), Mentioned Hastur (Good Omens), Fluff, Domestic Fluff, Implied Sexual Content, Ligur Lives (Good Omens), Michael is tired, She/Her Pronouns for Michael (Good Omens), He/Him Pronouns For Crowley (Good Omens), He/Him Pronouns For Ligur (Good Omens), He/Him Pronouns For Hastur (Good Omens), They/them pronouns for Skye, Beelzebub talkzzz like thizz, More tags will be added eventually I promise, I just don't know what I'm doing, Self-Insert, Ineffable Idiots (Good Omens), Ineffable Husbands (Good Omens), Ineffable Bureaucracy, BackChannels, it's too damn cold

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[raeloganthesonic06fangirl]

Well said! Very true, these are exactly the types of nitpicks I have about the DVDs

I have many series on home media because some of my family and I are really big on physical media preservation. It's incredibly frustrating when certain series out of rotation don't have full releases that you can easily pick up at the right shops. It's even more frustrating when the series have never been fully released in a singular format. It's especially frustrating when specific content is either totally "lost" or has to be presented in the collection in a quality less than the rest of its siblings.

Again, I rambled in the tags, but a good example of a company giving some proper love to a series they really haven't given much care for in the longest time would be Warner Brother's Blu-ray "Archive Collection" release of Teen Titans.

The original full series release happened over the years, with a mildly inconsistent quality between the volumes, but every episode was included, bonus material such as cast interviews and isolated music video segments as well as a few hidden secrets you could find by fiddling around the menus to find character profiles in the form of hype videos... The series' "true" finale, the Movie, released two years after the show ended, would eventually be added to the full set, and would include the "Lost Episode", which was just a special non-canon halfisode that was originally available via a cereal box code via the Post Cereal website before that shut down ((and the episode WAS saved by many fans)), so it was really cool that even THAT piece of media was included.

Solid series release overall, with the main complaints being that the discs after Season 3 had cheaper boxes without the flippy-disc-holder, no included episode order sheet, and for some reason, Season 3 was released with English audio but only Portuguese Subtitles, and no subtitles for Season 4 and 5. These were released specifically under the "DC Kids" branding, and was intended to be just a way for kids to watch the series back then when it went off the air.

Of course, the cheap quality means they eventually started decaying. My copy of Season 1, which I had gotten way back in 2006, had begun rotting a couple of years ago. Completely unplayable. I was devastated. Disc rot. I was experiencing disc rot with the series that is the source of my "RaeLogan" moniker I've been using for over 20+ years. It was like a piece of me was dying, I'm not being dramatic, my Season 1 DVD was a part of my childhood, I brought it to school for a bonus day once to share with my class so we could watch it during free time. I'm a sentimental fool.

In comes this amazing re-release on Blu-ray:

Every single episode, the movie AND the "Lost Episode". The featurettes. The bonus music videos. Additional behind the scenes bits. Everything was here, and more! Sturdy box with slots for each disc, but in a slim package. They fit each previous 2-disc sets into single discs per season, and slapped all the bonus content on the movie disc, there was enough room for everything! They gave us everything!

The original run of the series was during the SD aspect ratio broadcast, but, for some wonderful reason, they made the Blu-ray release in HD widescreen. For the first time, in crisp, clean quality... We had a superior release:

Look at this. Upscaled. Reformatted. No cropping. No AI garbage. They must have had the masters still tucked away and brought them out just for this. They were never broadcast with this sort of clarity and aspect ratio. We got MORE footage visuals, sharp and pretty.

This is how you re-release a legacy series. WB has been treating us original Teen Titans fans like whiny babies because we didn't like Teen Titans Go, going as far as actively mocking the fanbase in episodes with unflattering depictions of the collective in-episode, and gosh, while they might have been petty and spiteful, they still hooked us up with a really good collection.

This is a gold standard example of handling an old IP with care, and going above. They didn't need to include the "Lost Episode". They weren't required to gather up the original featurettes. They didn't have to add the movie as a bonus when they probably could have easily sold it separately as the only way to get it. They didn't have to upscale. They could have easily cropped it and zoomed in badly. They could have messed with the colors and given us a bad transfer, but they didn't.

And it all costs less than $40. Less than each volume and the movie cost in separate installments back then.

5 Seasons, 65 Episodes. 1 Movie. 1 Bonus Episode. Bonus Content. Upscaled and readjusted to run on modern screens. For $40.

If Warner Bros can be bothered to polish off an easy cash grab release for a flashpan success of a time capsule series like this, surely Disney can do us a solid too.

Okay, so I might have misremembered how exactly the menus look a smidge, but the point still stands.

Also, I ran out of space on my phone in the middle of the ramble, but I like how it just cuts off, lol.

But yeah, the Darkwing Duck DVDs could have been better... 👀

[sepublic]

G1 Starscream Ramblings

           The interesting thing to me about G1 Starscream, specifically the one from the cartoon is… He very much gives me ‘young upstart vibes’, the hot-headed rookie that’s fresh into war, just graduated, and is eager to fight and prove himself. Especially with his line about how ‘his time will come’, I get the vibe that Starscream sees Megatron as almost being outdated hardware, some crankety old-timer whose come and gone and outlived his prime (eventually literally as of the movie), which fits with how Megs was around since the beginning and founded the Decepticons from the start.

           And it’s this disrespectful, irreverent attitude, that constant questioning because he lacks experience and assumes it’s way simpler and easier than it actually is… It all just (star)screams new, fresh recruit who thinks he’s all that, wide-eyed and idealized and thinking he can take on the entire world, instead of being a battle-hardened veteran who’s been humbled and is more prone to the realities of war and its complexities. It’d play into Starscream being so power-hungry, wanting instant gratification and glory, and always being impatient about this sort of thing without really thinking things through, he’s an impulsive brat.

           Maybe he’s even the Cybertronian equivalent to a rich brat who got where he did thanks to his family’s high-end connections, and so there’s always that judging from more experienced soldiers about how Starscream is clearly operating on a lot of privilege, wearing shoes multiple sizes too big for him, and generally making a fool of himself as he parades around, treating the whole situation like an opportunity for fame and adulation, like he’s some celebrity indulging in the fun, and not a general and a commander who has to keep fighting for the cause, make the right and mature calls, all that.

           Because it’s worth noting that a lot of times in G1, he ends up acting out-of-line and doing costly maneuvers that hinder the Decepticons- Most notably, trying to bury the Autobots and accidentally awakening them in the process. And it’s this eagerness to get into fighting and prove himself that leads to Starscream short-sightedly wanting to focus on attacking the Autobots because they’re right there, picking a fight- When Megatron, who is older and more level-headed, has to steer this brash new kid in the right direction, set him on track with the proper agenda and mission. Maybe whip him into shape a bit, and this could all play into Megs’ patience because Starscream is just a dumb kid, so he’s willing to give him some more doubt- Give Starscream some time to actually cool down and taste reality and he’ll surely fall into line.

           He’s like some kid who grew up on military propaganda and bought into a bit too well, saw himself too much in those glamorous posters and manufactured, idealized images; So he’s pretty disappointed that it doesn’t turn out the way he expected it to. Starscream is like that popular kid in high school who always had a clique trailing behind him, and he kind of took it for granted how much he meant to these people because clearly their worlds revolve around him, which makes him all the more blindsided when he turns for help and his ‘friends’ immediately abandon him at the drop of a hat.

          All of Starscream’s ‘friends’ and social situations were blatantly manufactured and brought up by somebody else, but he thinks it was all him so he’s in for a real shock when Starscream is by himself- And people don’t immediately fall in line at his beck and call, so he falters. He’s out of his environment, just graduated all of his usual tricks don’t work, try as he might to stubbornly reapply them like a hammer with anything that looks remotely nail-shaped. It’s this kind of idiotic hypocrisy that makes Starscream not realize that people who do put up with him only do so because they have to, and/or they’re opportunistically kissing up to his façade the way he does with others. Starscream’s grandiose imagination and outlandish, fantasy ‘ideas’ straight out of fiction and films that clearly don’t work in real life, clearly need to be reined in.

           I also like to think that similar to that comparison I made earlier, he DOES have connections- Maybe it’s a Team Rocket situation, where the character is incompetent… But they had a parent who the leader greatly respected, and so they begrudgingly put up with their kid’s foolish antics and incompetent failures out of respect for that posthumous minion’s last wishes. Kind of like Hopper from A Bug’s Life really wanting to kill his brother, but because his mother explicitly told him NOT to on her deathbed, he kind of has to force himself not to because he still feels beholden to her- But there’s certainly no warmth on his end just because that person he respects, was fond of this dude he hates.

           It could factor into Megatron constantly tolerating Starscream as a thorn in his side… And really, Starscream seems to be even more of an idiot at times than Megatron, what with Megatron going into a spiel that one time about how Starscream lost because he lacked strategy. Perhaps Starscream is, like, SUPER skilled in combat, a beast and a force to be reckoned with on the battlefield; And if he’s doing so well and he’s so strong, then surely this means he’s fit to be leader, because obviously the Decepticon who’s the best fighter should lead, right? It’s a gross oversimplification of a narrow-minded worldview… And I imagine Starscream also somewhat got where he was because of privilege, so he kind of takes a lot of things for granted here about how the Decepticon faction works and its hierarchy and rules.

          Perhaps Starscream being an utter beast in combat contributes to Megatron keeping him around- He IS useful, he just needs some proper guidance and a good head to productively channel that ability. He’s confusing fighting ability with actual tactical leadership and charisma, but beyond that, Starscream clearly knows how to get out of a scrape, and has no reservations about playing dirty to add to his already potent combat skills as-is. So Megatron still has some hopes for Starscream, while sternly warning him not to make him regret his decision in further tolerating his nonsense- Because Megatron likes to think he’s a forgive and forget kind of guy, but only to people who justify themselves in his eyes as being strong and powerful, traits he actually respects.

          Maybe Megatron even sees a little bit of his young self in Starscream, and so there’s that hope for a pay-off; That if he just gives Starscream a chance and proper guidance, that if the kid has someone who can set him on the right track and help him figure things out- Then he can really live up to his potential! Because that’s what Starscream is- Potential. Raw, untapped potential, clumsily thrown about and unrefined… But it’s there and Megatron would hate to make a waste of it, especially since this whole conflict is about resources; Even the hedonistic Decepticons have to be mindful of how they use things, how efficient they are.

           Of course, having his constant patience and mercy, his tolerating, waiting in eternal hope for his investment into Starscream to finally pay off… Megatron is tired of giving him second chances, tired of how ungrateful this brat is, and how his failures keep adding up. So when Starscream straight-up throws him out to die, coupled with his reformatting into Galvatron… And Galvatron’s had about enough of this, he’s done and sick and tired of Starscream’s antics. After having people put up with him for so long, Starscream really begins to overestimate just how important and useful he is to them, that eventually he’ll reach a point where his negatives outweigh his positives, but he never considers this and believes he’ll always be allowed back into the fold after each betrayal…

          Literally everything about Starscream’s coronation yells in-over-his-head kid who really has to compensate for his lack of leadership and respect from others by playing up the adulation and the glamour, but… If he HAD been given a chance to actually lead, his reckless impatience and short-sightedness would’ve definitely led the Decepticons to ruin, and someone would’ve had to stage a coup. Even Starscream’s use in combat would stop paying off for him as he becomes too much of a liability.

          And it’s this inexperienced, clearly insecure demeanor that makes Starscream impatiently yell at the Constructicons to get to the point. He really can’t make up his mind and stick to it, so even though he has this music being played in the first place, Starscream just as quickly regrets and finds it annoying because he’s not particularly deliberate nor thoughtful about what he does. He knows what others think of them, that they don’t respect nor take him seriously, and it gets to his head and makes him irrationally angry because he doesn’t know to handle this, he expected this to be so much easier, to be as simple and done as THIS. Starscream really isn’t equipped to handle actually navigating around people from a charismatic standpoint and earning their trust, especially given his history as backstabber who has no concept of loyalty and bonds because he’s arrogant enough to think he can do it all on his own.

          And when faced with genuine adversity and reality, as we see… Starscream very immaturely fumbles and trips, and then defaults to begging and pleading because he hasn’t built up much of a spine, and he’s still an idealistic kid who clearly hasn’t built himself up and his fortitude all that well. He’s promising with snot dribbling down his nose that he won’t screw up this time, please give him a second chance he didn’t MEAN it, he seriously did not expect nor consider the consequences of his actions, nor how they could backfire and blow up in his face.

          Starscream is an upper-class snob who doesn’t really get it, he’s eager for approval because he’s young but also clearly selfish and ungrateful about it, because he’s always entitled to that thing and so when it DOES come around, it both means a lot, but also it’s about time, he was waiting for so long just to get the bare minimum he was owed, don’t pat yourself on the back for doing what you’re already meant to. And when things go wrong, Starscream blunders and starts to doubt himself because he was pampered, privileged, and sheltered, constantly told he was amazing- And so he doesn’t actually know how to handle failure and was always used to things coming easily to him on a silver platter, while having someone else to clean up the mess for him and protect him from the consequences. Starscream doesn’t appreciate the actual work that it takes for things, he’s basically spoiled and out of his environment in this military setting where nobody is having it.

           Of course, when Starscream IS spared and recovers, he then silently fumes because he totally would’ve succeeded had THIS happened, or if this other person hadn’t screwed up- And then he fails to learn any of his lessons and keeps trying to take over and take charge, because obviously he knows better and he thinks all of his ideas are the best in the world. When faced with past failures, he doesn’t learn he just denies them as soon as they’re not being shoved in his face anymore, like a child who wet the bedsheets and is now frantically hiding them. He has no real clue nor idea about what he’s doing, but as soon as it’s over he again takes for granted the safety net that his fellow Decepticons begrudgingly provide, and wants again continues to test their patience and resources.

           So, when Galvatron DOES come around and kill Starscream- The Decepticons are clearly elated, and if we’re being real here… They were all probably thinking of ways to assassinate or depose Starscream, or at least play to his ego so he could remain a figurehead who occasionally goes out into battle doing the one thing he’s good at, while his oh-so-loyal lieutenants do the dirty, unglamorous work of actually being a tactician and leader for hm. Starscream wants all of the power and fame, but like- NONE of the actual work and responsibility, that’s too much for him to actually work on so he just stamps his foot frustratedly when others don’t treat him with the respect he deserves, because he DOES recognize his own potential and expects other to revere Starscream for what he could be, VS what he actually currently is… And because he’s so caught up in the idea of what he thinks he’ll inevitably be, he never works on his current self so he can actually get to that point.

           Like I said- Galvatron killing him saved the Decepticons a LOT of much-needed stress and headaches. It got that young brat and upstart out of the way so they could all get to business and not have to deal with his nonsense anymore, because he ain’t getting any deader! There was some hesitation about what COULD be lost if they did away with him, but now he’s gone and so all they can do is just reap the benefits of Starscream’s death! It’s almost relieving- Like YEAH, we were prepared on how to handle this… But then Galvatron came and made things so much easier, he got this off our hands and he’s clearly bold and decisive and knows what he’s doing, taking out Starscream made him VERY popular, in addition to basically being Megatron with a new coat of paint;

           Up until his lava-bath fried his circuits… And then Galvatron basically became the Decepticon Leader Starscream that everybody feared, ironically enough. And then it was Cyclonus who had to do the job of looking after this dude, who was less a reckless young upstart and more like a senile old veteran gone mad and blindly waving his cane around; And then complications get worse when Starscream somehow returns as a GHOST, because why not? Sure, let’s go with that, we already have Galvatron seemingly saving us from Starscream, only to become the new one… Let’s compare him with the original and see what happens, why not? There must’ve been a lot of collective groans of exhaustion at each and every new development.

          The Decepticons must be so exasperated, it really feels like they’ve been on a downward slope, outlived their prime and golden age since the Battle of Autobot City… Yet despite Megatron’s failures they remember him fondly because he did a lot of other things right, was otherwise charismatic, and seemed pretty close to actually winning, all things considered. And so the Decepticons are too caught up in their delusional nostalgia and what-ifs, the way Starscream is about his own future, to really remember that Megatron kind of screwed them over with that risky, costly maneuver that clearly didn’t pay off.

[crimson-ace]

Basewarming Party

Archive of Our Own Link

It’s been a few months, but here’s another Miraculous Transformers AU story! This time with some backstory.

Adrien, Alya, and Nino were leaving school when they saw three familiar vehicles nearby.

Nino ran over to the green dump truck and got in, planning to play some new songs for Stoneheart.

Alya headed over to the yellow sports car and groaned as Queen Bee told her to not mess up anything inside her.

Adrien got on the red motorcycle and smiled when Ladybug asked how his day was.

The three headed off and separated for a little bit to not draw suspicion as they soon met up on an empty road.

“So we spent the last solar cycle setting up an area of the base for you.” Ladybug explained to Adrien while they drove. “It’s normally used for human liaisons to present top-secret information when they need our help, but Pegasus thinks we did an okay job setting it up.”

Ladybug, Queen Bee, and Stoneheart soon made it to a road in Fontainebleau Forest and drove to a secret area that led to the location of the Autobot base. After giving their security codes, the three Autobots drove into the base and let the humans out, immediately transforming to their robot modes.

They noticed there was a banner hung up near one of the base’s computers that depicted the faces of Adrien, Alya, and Nino, as well as the Autobot insignia, with something written in an incomprehensible language.

“Uh...what does that say?” Nino asked.

Stoneheart tapped Ladybug’s shoulder lightly. “Ladybug...” He pointed to the banner, causing Ladybug’s optics to widen.

“Oh, scrap!” Ladybug hit her own head in frustration. “I forgot to write that in your language, not mine! Sorry!” She replied. “I meant to write ‘Welcome, Humans!’.”

“You made this?” Adrien was impressed with the level of detail in the banner.

Ladybug nodded. “Uh, yeah. I used to be an artist back on Cybertron. It was more of a hobby I picked up while I was in the Autobot academy. Why don’t you check out what we set up for you?” She added, realizing she was rambling on, and pointed to a staircase for the humans to walk up.

Adrien, Alya, and Nino walked up the stairs and were surprised by what they saw.

There was a couch set up in front of a small television which looked like a model from the mid to late 2000’s, and in between those was a “table” made from a board of wood on top of four cinderblocks. There was also a minifridge nearby, though most of the Autobots didn’t know what the humans ate, and planned to ask them later before getting snacks.

“So? What do you think?” Stoneheart asked as he walked over to the area and looked over them.

“Dude, this place looks awesome!” Nino chimed. “You guys did a great job!”

“I still think we should have put a cage here.” Queen Bee snarked, earning a glare from her fellow Autobots.

“So. what do you guys want to do now?” Alya asked the others.

“Well, earlier today, Stoneheart asked me about what Earth’s greatest warriors are like, so...” Nino took out a Blu-ray player and a container of the original Star Wars trilogy in the same format. “I said I would introduce him to Luke Skywalker.”

So the three humans sat down on the couch with Ladybug, Queen Bee, and Stoneheart sat down behind them to watch the movie. Even though they asked if this was based on Earth’s actual history, the Autobots were surprisingly invested in the film. When Obi-Wan Kenobi was killed by Darth Vader, Stoneheart cried out in despair, surprising everyone.

Apparently, the noise was enough for Pegasus to walk down, wondering why everyone was being so loud. “Can you all please keep all that noise down? I’m busy performing system diagnostics here.”

“Okay, C-3PO, we’ll be quiet.” Ladybug snickered as soon as she finished the sentence. “Did I say it right?” She asked Adrien, who nodded with approval.

Pegasus let out a sigh of frustration at the commotion. “I wasn’t built for this…” He grumbled. “What exactly are you doing anyway?”

“We’re learning about Earth history, obviously.” Queen Bee smirked. “Optimus said we need to familiarize ourselves with the planet.”

Pegasus scoffed. “We came here for a reason other than to watch human entertainment, Queen Bee.”

“Hey, why exactly are you here anyway?” Adrien asked. “I know you guys fought a war over control of your home and its energon, but why did you come all the way to Earth for it?”

Queen Bee smirked. “Well, as Optimus Prime’s second-in-command...”

“You mean acting second-in-command” Pegasus added, earning a glare from the Autobot.

“I, uh... I can explain what happened and how we got here, provided you don’t tell anyone else...” Queen Bee started to explain

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The civil war between Autobots and Decepticons had lasted for a very long time, so both sides were forced to abandon the planet Cybertron to find new sources of energy. For some reason, our ship’s scanners found your planet to have an a lot of raw energon. Like, we've never seen a planet with this much energon before.

Unfortunately, we weren’t the only ones to find out...

"Hull breach on Decks 3 to 5! Shields are also damaged!” Ladybug cried out.

“We’re taking heavy fire, sir! We also just lost one of the thrusters!” Pegasus added.

While the Decepticons had a majority of their resources with them on their ship, which they called the Nemesis to show how friendly they were, it was only the five of us on a much smaller ship not nearly as armed as what the Decepticons had.

After another onslaught of fire from the Nemesis, a majority of our systems were knocked offline.

“Brace for impact!” Optimus ordered as our ship plummeted to Earth. It was a miracle we managed to survive.

We all came back online after about a few of your Earth hours and assessed the situation with our ship.

“Diagnostics say the ship is beyond repair with our current resources.” Pegasus said solemnly. “Some of the computers are still online, but we don’t have a lot of working parts right now.”

“So, now what? What can we do now?” Ladybug seemed to be the most nervous about our predicament. Then again, she had the least amount of experience out of all of us. (Hey!)

“We came to this planet in search of energon, but it seems we have an additional mission now: to protect it from the Decepticons.” Optimus stated. “Is the ship’s probe still online?" After checking the systems, Pegasus nodded, causing Optimus to walk over to one of the ship’s control panels. “Teletraan I, scan the area for local lifeforms. We will take on their appearances to blend in to avoid suspicion from the Decepticons.”

So the ship’s probe flew around for a little bit and not only came back with data on forms we could take, but also an image of an energon mining site the natives had set up.

“Carbon-based lifeforms?” I scoffed at the idea of these inferior lifeforms being able to harvest energon. “Do they even know what they stumbled upon?”

Pegasus continued to browse through the footage and gasped. “I’m detecting Decepticon signals converging near that area. They must have noticed the energon too.”

“Nevertheless, we must scan an alternate mode and try to obtain this energon in a discreet manner before the Decepticons. We must disguise ourselves as what these lifeforms view as vehicles.” Optimus declared as a mechanism on the ship popped up while we all browsed through ideas for possible alternate modes.

Ladybug saw something with two wheels and smiled “Ooh, that looks nice.” she said as the ship’s systems reformatted her so she was able to transform into that.

Stoneheart saw what looked like a green vehicle designed to carry heavy objects. “So is this supposed to be like one of Earth’s more powerful vehicles? Either way, I like it”. Soon, he was reformatted as well.

Pegasus saw a yellow and white vehicle with brown highlights and emergency lights, reminding him of the Rescue Bots on Cybertron. “This seems like a suitable form to take.” He was the next to be reformatted.

(AUTHOR'S NOTE: Okay, I couldn't really find anything like this in brown, but the motorcycle isn't spotted either, so just work with me, alright?)

Optimus chose a large red and blue vehicle with a trailer attached to it without saying anything as he was reformatted.

I on the other hand, had looked through the options for a form to take for a few nanoclicks. Naturally, a bot as beautiful as myself needed an appropriate form. Thankfully, I found something just as interesting, and one of the few good things about this planet. It was one of your Earth cars with a sleek design and yellow paintjob. I stood still as I eagerly waited for the machine to finish reformatting me.

“Remember, we must keep a low profile and only reveal ourselves unless absolutely necessary.” Optimus ordered. “For now… Autobots, transform and roll out!”

With that familiar command, we all transformed into our new vehicle modes (except Pegasus, who stayed to see if anything else on our ship was working) and left for the excavation site the humans had set up.

Granted, it took us a couple of run-ins with some other Earth vehicles to get the hang of this planet’s traffic laws, but we eventually made it to where the energon was. There was also a sign written in your language that said something like “GOPHER-MINT PROPERTY/NO TREE-PASSING”. In hindsight, we really should have familiarized ourselves with the language before we headed out.

It didn’t seem like the Decepticons had attacked yet, although we were in trouble with a different form of opposition.

“This is Officer Raincomprix! Step out of the vehicles right now! You have violated several traffic guidelines, and are now trespassing on government property.” Someone from your planet’s law enforcement had apparently been following us. The strange thing was that he had a human partner who looked much younger than he did, almost like she shared genetic qualities with the man. “I’m going to give you until the count of ten to get out of the vehicles. Wait… where are the drivers? WHY DO NONE OF THESE VEHICLES HAVE DRIVERS?!”

Before we could really say anything, a stray shot from the distance hit the ground, signaling the Decepticons were here. The officer ran back to his car and tried to drive away as the Decepticons made their way to the surface.

“So, Optimus Prime. I see you and your little band of Autobots managed to survive the trip to this planet.” That raspy voice taunting us belonged to only one Decepticon. The very same Cybertronian who started the Decepticon cause behind the civil war that had caused so much suffering across the galaxy for megacycles. The Emperor of Destruction and leader of the Decepticons, Megatron.

“I see you’re trying to maintain cover on this strange planet rather than simply harvesting all the energon the local life forms have managed to discover for us. Typical Autobot weakness.” Megatron smirked as he and his Vehicon troops opened fire on the mining site. “Take the energon, and see if these lifeforms found any more locations with it. If you find nothing, leave no survivors.” He gave that last order with a sadistic grin.

“What should we do?” Ladybug asked nervously.

“Even if it means exposing our cover, these organic lifeforms need help. Autobots, transform!” With that order, we all transformed into our robot modes and activated our weapons. “Autobots, make sure none of the local lifeforms are hurt. Now, split up!”

So we all scattered to engage the Vehicons. I armed my stingers and fired off electrical blasts at some of the Vehicon forces. Of course, the organics were afraid of a superior being like myself, so they ran away like cowards… or maybe that was because another Decepticon was right behind me.

“Reckless as usual, I see.” That stoic voice came from my Decepticon counterpart, the (actual, not acting) (shut up, Pegasus!) second in command of the Decepticons, Malediktator. I slowly turned around and saw he was armed with his signature weapon, a rocket launcher.

“Maybe, but at least I know I’m fighting for the right side.” I quipped as I aimed my stingers at Malediktator.

Malediktator began to open fire, shooting several heat-seeking rockets at me. I tried to blast some of them, but there were some rockets that still managed to hit their target. I was knocked to the ground and struggled to get up.

Malediktator was going to fire again, but he was hit in the head by Ladybug’s “weapon”, her yo-yo, causing Malediktator’s weapon to misfire. It was probably the only time she actually helped out in a fight before. (I’m standing right here, Queen Bee!)

One of the stray missiles went towards the human law enforcement and his genetic experiment in the distance, until Optimus ran over and covered the two, taking the hit in the process. I think they talked a little, but my auditory processors couldn’t pick up their conversation.

Ladybug and I kept fighting to disarm Malediktator, but even though it was two on one, he still managed to overwhelm us. We tried our best, but it was really hard to keep up with the second in command of the Decepticons. While we were fighting, I noticed Optimus fighting Megatron one on one, but it was hard to make out who was winning.

Malediktator knocked both me and Ladybug to the ground and took aim at us with his rocket launcher. He was about to open fire when we all heard a crash to the ground. We turned around and saw Megatron slowly getting up after presumably losing to Optimus.

“If you are to harm the humans, Megatron, know that I will do everything in my power to stop you.” Optimus said, raising his ion blaster and pointing it at Megatron.

Megatron simply laughed in response. “Very well. If you’re so determined to protect this pitiful race, I’ll let you have this victory. But be warned, the next time we meet, I won’t have such mercy.” He stated grimly as a ground bridge appeared behind him. “Malediktator! We’re leaving. You can scrap those two another time.” He said as he turned around and walked into the portal with the remaining Vehicons.

Malediktator lowered his weapon and nodded. “Yes, Lord Megatron.” He said before walking away into the ground bridge. I tried to blast him, but Optimus raised his arm, silently ordering everyone to stand down.

As soon as Malediktator entered the ground bridge, the portal closed.

We all got up and collected ourselves as the humans swarmed around us. Strangely, the law enforcement unit and his experiment were the closest to Optimus. It was like everyone was afraid of us except those two.

“Did you really mean what you said back there? That you’d protect us?” The law enforcement unit asked.

Optimus leaned down so he could look the human in whatever optics were for him. “Of course. Freedom is the right of all sentient beings.”

The unit was amazed by how serious Optimus sounded. “Is there anything we can do to hel--what am I doing? W-Who’s the highest ranking officer here?” Another human ran up, calling himself a “Colonel”, or something along those lines. He said he would talk to his superior about what happened.

After a mega-cycle or two, some vehicles I assumed belonged to this planet’s government arrived. One man came out, who was referred to as the “Prime Minister”. I didn’t really see what made him a Prime and I certainly didn’t know Earth had their own Primes, but everyone still listened to him.

“So, from what I’ve heard you’re at war and have come to our planet.” The Minister said. “What exactly are these ‘Decepticons’ you’re fighting after?”

“They are after a powerful source of energy and the lifeblood of our kind, energon. Your planet seems to have an abundance of it for some reason.” Optimus explained.

“And your ship crashed so now you need a new base of operations?” The Minister asked, earning a nod from Optimus.

“That is all that I ask for.” Optimus replied. “You kind need not interfere in this war. Even depleted of their resources, the Decepticons could lay waste to your planet if you aggravate them enough.”

This made the Minister sigh. “We can have some of our best men work on helping you construct a new base. Other than that, we’ll try and let you fight this war as long as you keep it a secret. If things heat up, we inform the United Nations about these... Decepticons. We’ll also expect status reports from you to make sure things are okay.”

Optimus nodded and stuck out his hand. “Understood.” He extended it to shake the human’s hand, but because the human was so small, he could only shake Optimus’ finger.

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“But yeah, after a few orbital cycles, the humans helped us set up this base in the forest, and we keep in contact with them through a liaison.” Queen Bee said, finishing her story.

“Wow...” Adrien was impressed by everything Queen Bee had told about their journey to Earth. “And you really can’t get back?”

“Not unless we fix our ship or create a working space bridge.” Pegasus sighed.

“Oh...” Adrien felt bad for all the Autobots. “I’m so sorry...”

“You have no need to apologize.” Everyone turned around to see Optimus Prime entering the room. “Although we were forced to abandon Cybertron, Earth is not a prison. We are more than willing to protect any world from the Decepticons.”

“R-Really?” Adrien asked, earning a nod from Optimus. “Are you sure we can’t do anything else to help you get used to the planet?”

“Can we, Optimus?” Ladybug got up and asked. “It’s a good learning experience.”

Queen Bee got up next to her. “Ladybug has a point. Learning about Earth culture can help us better understand these strange organic lifeforms”

Optimus took a few moments to think about it and smiled in response. “Very well. Maybe this can be the humans’ way of repaying us for protecting them.” He said, making them all cheer.

“This is so lit!” Nino cried out, which only confused Stoneheart.

“What does ‘lit’ mean?” Stoneheart asked.

Ladybug shrugged. “I don’t know. Maybe it has something to do with lighting things on fire?”

“Maybe we can teach you all about memes first! That’ll be fun!” Alya suggested. “Ooh! Let’s teach them about Rickrolling!” She took out her phone and started to look something up.

Queen Bee rolled her optics. “This isn’t what I meant when I said I wanted to know about Earth culture.”

“And now you know how I fe--” Before Pegasus could finish his sarcastic comment, they were all interrupted by a song playing on Alya’s phone that all three humans were dancing to.

We’re no strangers to loooooooove~

You know the rules, and so do I!

“Welcome to Earth!” Alya and Nino cried out to the music while they kept dancing

Optimus sighed. He had a feeling he really should have put more consideration into letting the humans educate the Autobots.

Never gonna give you up, never gonna let you down!

Never gonna run around and desert you...

[mithrilhearts]

Reformatting some of these asks for the “GIVE US COMMENTARY ON XYZ SCENE” thingy, if only because I like to avoid spoilers for those who haven’t read the latest chapters and blah blah!!

I am ABSOLUTELY open to doing more of these, and not just as an ask game. Want my thoughts on a scene? ASK ME!!! I’m happy to give them!!

May Your Forge Burn Bright - Chapter 9

Requested by @thatbagginsbitch​​ A Firm Break

Commentary & scene under the cut - spoilers ahead

“Are you leaving, then?” It wasn’t hard to put two and two together.

“I don’t want to weigh you down any longer. I tried giving it time as you asked, and I appreciate your efforts, I really do. Your family has been nothing but hospitable and welcoming...and...even Dwalin doesn’t scare me, he’s kind of funny, but…” Bilbo bit his tongue for a moment, considering his words carefully before reaching for the bag, gripping at the straps far too tightly to be considered one hundred percent stable.

“But what?”

Bilbo fixed Thorin with a look that was pure agitation and aggression, but his anger wasn’t all meant for the dwarf. They both just had a funny way of expressing things sometimes. “You’re a king! I can’t handle all of this dwarven hierarchy and politics, we hobbits are simple and this is most certainly not simple! You’re not simple.” Not that Bilbo had wanted simple. “People may talk about me in the Shire, but at least that’s behind my back! I can hear them here Thorin, just as you can! An ‘infection plaguing the Line of Durin’, and I’m not putting up with it any longer!” For both of their sakes.

Bilbo is stuck between a rock and a hard place here. On one hand, the dwarves of Ered Luin, save for Thorin’s kin, aren’t very receptive to him. That no doubt has to feel like the Shire, which is disheartening. Being seen as odd back home was enough, but now being rejected by Thorin’s people, it’s just another weight that he’s adding to Thorin’s shoulders - and he doesn’t want that. Thorin’s got the weight of the world on his shoulders already, and they haven’t even had THE TALK yet. All in all, it sounds pretty reasonable as to why Bilbo would leave. I wanted him to feel a little stuck, as if everything he is doing right now is going NOWHERE. He’s a little unstable, with his own stress mounting, and it all comes to a head.

I wanted there to be some sort of misunderstanding or argument, and it just kind of snowballed from there. Because it would kill these two to have an actual conversation, wouldn’t it? Gosh, I write this stuff and even I sit here sometimes and just go “PLEASE JUST HAVE A CONVERSATION...” of the intelligent variety, no less. Sorry readers, they’re just...something else lmaooo.

Thorin felt rooted to the ground as if his boots were embedded into the stone beneath his feet. Was Bilbo truly so miserable? So much for keeping him safe, but in typical Thorin fashion, and with everything he did, there was no stopping his emotions when he felt as if he were floundering. “I’m trying my best!”

“It’s not enough, Thorin.” The words came out faster than Bilbo could think of them, and immediately regret was crawling up his throat. He wasn’t blind to that self-loathing streak that Thorin had. As if the things he did for his people weren’t enough and he could never measure up, and now here was Bilbo telling him that to his face. It was a miserable thing. That small wedge that had been driven between them was causing a firm break, and Bilbo supposed he was just rushing the inevitable.

Thorin’s efforts would stop, and eventually, he’d be cast out, not wanting to deal with the stress of catering to a silly hobbit from the Shire.

With regret feeling as delightful as bile collecting in his throat, Bilbo reached for his bag and harshly slung it over his shoulder before passing the dwarf, clinging to some small shred of hope that maybe, just maybe, Thorin might speak up. Give him that reason he had been longing for to stay. Just...say the words.

Those words alone would have been enough to motivate Bilbo to walk through fire if that’s what Thorin asked, but he couldn’t wait around forever.

The words never came. Not a single word came from the seemingly frozen dwarf in the room as Bilbo finally made his exit.

A firm break.

This part was what really struck me as being painful. Being told you’re not doing enough, when all your life you’ve felt as if you weren’t doing enough to exceed the expectations of everyone else. Thorin’s just had that thrown in his face and it renders him speechless. Of COURSE Bilbo’s gonna regret it as soon as the words come out of his mouth. Kinda broke my heart in a way, as I’ve explored Thorin’s headspace for so long now and it just...a big yikes.

How do you sever yourself from someone with a lot of self esteem issues? Knock ‘em down and dip. I needed that “oh no, he’s leaving and Thorin’s not going after him immediately” moment. 

I had a lot of great outside influence on this one as far as what might be nice to see and even a little writing experience with this setting (which the requestor knows!) Originally my plan was to have them have THE TALK at this moment, prior to Bilbo shattering Thorin’s frame of mind with that whole “it’s not enough” nonsense. But I’m really glad I decided to go another route, after all, the scene where they reunite is far better than just standing around Bilbo’s bedroom. But I’ll touch base on that in the next commentary ;D

[fazbearsecuritycrew]

𝐀𝐍𝐍𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐂𝐄𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐁𝐎𝐀𝐑𝐃 🎈✨ (new!)

There have been some radical changes to the AU lately (and the blog as a whole). I hope this post can help you make sense of it!

general 🍕

Most of the character’s appearances or backgrounds have changed!

The timeline will be updated as these events are revealed(?)!

Lore will also be posted in the Night Shift Can’t Get Any Worse Than This! AU series 

changes to the blog 🎤

All old posts will eventually be reformatted and reedited for clarity!

-and aesthetic!!

Dates have been improved

Timeline has been edited

Profiles have been edited

New information has been added

The overall tone of the blog has been changed to sound more like a project from the Fazbear Frights Crew (although this tends to break character very frequently...)

dates

The events in 1987 have heavily changed

The events of Sister Location take place in 1985 instead of 1995 🤡

characters added 📍

Jeremy Fitzgerald is the same as Beta Tester Jeremy

Tape Girl (Charlie Farkle) has been added

Introduction of Vanny and Security Breach Guard are pending 🔦

Fright Guard and Phone Dude are the video counterparts of the Fazbear Frights Crew 🧯

character specific 📌

The Kid’s motives have changed

The Crying Child is a psychic ⭐

Artie Farkle is killed in a hit-and-run, which both The Kid and William Afton are witness to. This then begins to kick something else in motion...

The Kid is the one killed outside of the diner

Henry Farkle is better at designing animatronics, but William is better at building and has an overall better understanding of robotics

William Afton’s motives have changed

William Afton did not help Henry found Fredbear’s or the franchise, but he did play a crucial role in supporting him from the sidelines 🎉

Henry Farkle dies of old age shortly after some of the events of Help Wanted 

Elizabeth Afton stayed behind.

Phone Guy’s family did not buy out the company. Rather, they were the legal team hired to represent Fazbear Entertainment for lawsuits

William Afton lived under the alias of “Dave Skeeter Miller” instead of “Skeeter Dumont.”

Fritz Smith now works as maintenance (janitor)

The Fifth Child’s name and motives have changed

William Afton is in contact with, but does not work at Fazbear Frights

relationships ❤️

Mike and the Fifth Child’s relationship has changed 

Mike and Jeremy’s relationship has changed

Mike and the Five Missing Children’s relationship has changed from [ Hostile to Tense ]

The Phone Guy and William Afton’s relationship has changed from [ Friends to Hostile ] (begrudging accessory to murder)

Mercy Della-Robbia and Luke Alkaev relationship has changed from [ Lovers to FWB ] ⁽ᵍᵒᵗ ᵐᵃʳʳⁱᵉᵈ ᶠᵒʳ ᵗʰᵉ ᶜᵒˡˡᵉᵍᵉ ᵇᵉⁿᵉᶠⁱᵗˢ⁾

miscellaneous 🎊

Eggs Benedict dies before Raphael Della-Robbia

Raphael Della-Robbia dies in a freak accident during the construction of Freddy Fazbear’s Pizza, not at the Sister Location

Marie Schmidt dies in an unrelated accident 

This AU is already pretty confusing, especially because it’s not canon-compliant, so I hope that this makes things a little easier to understand! ✨🎂

These changes, if not already implemented, will be incorporated into the blog shortly. Don’t forget that more will be added along the way!

Thank you in advance for your cooperation! 

𝐅𝐚𝐳𝐛𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐅𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 𝐓𝐞𝐚𝐦

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labels (tags) that have been used

Out of Operation Used when information is no longer accurate to the timeline

Note From Management Anything said by our manager (me)

File Any evidence in written form

Photo Evidence Any evidence in drawn or photographed form

Archival Footage Any evidence taken from security reels or camera footage

(found in the filing cabinet) Anything found of importance at any Fazbear franchise

Complete list of new tags can be found here.

[sparkmender]

"As admirable as your efforts are, do you ever feel like a slave to your impulses? Perhaps I'm being forwards, but amongst constructs it's not uncommon for function-based coding to override other priorities, often to personal detriment." ~Thundercracker

“No, please, do be ‘forward’, if that’s how you want to say it,” Rung insists, eyebrows coming together over the sharp bridge of his nose. “I appreciate that you speak plainly. Being open with your opinions and communicating your ideas is the best way for us to understand each other, and ourselves, I think. As much as we might all like to think definitions are set in iron, it isn’t always so. Don’t worry about manners with me, Thundercracker. I want to hear what you really think and feel. Even if you’re worried something is rude.”

Worrying his bottom lip between his denta, the orange mech drops his focus to the crate beside him, taking a moment to reach over and feel the temperature of the heating pad he’d slipped into it between feeding the developing Seekerlets. It’s the best he can do, considering the circumstances— allowing himself to actually hold them would only provoke deeper coding to start reformatting gags and priority trees again, and Rung doesn’t give off enough heat to keep them comfortable anyway.

“I’m afraid that if you were to take my coding and lay it out, end to end, like a tarp, you would find there are more patches, repairs, and added materials than the original tarp left,” he eventually mutters, clasping his servos together in his lap as if to remind himself to keep from getting too attached. “Prim.OS is dormant and partitioned. When I was pulled out of the hotspot, it became quickly apparent that no one would be able to tell if I had an alt mode or even understand it if I did have one, so the crèche workers at the Temple had me listed as a Monoformer mutation and eventually loaded me with crèche assistant software, rather than have me develop something peculiar. Of course, Monoformers weren’t allowed to study in the grand universities then, so— I was given forged identification that labeled me as a ‘cerebroscanner’ and just enough kitbashed medical protocols and routines got added on top of the crèche coding...”

Rung’s joints creak softly as he reaches up to take his oculars off, his optics startlingly bright underneath despite it all as he finally looks back up at Thundercracker.

“The Functionists gave me obedience coding. When that didn’t work, they gave me slave coding. When that failed— because it did, eventually, fail— they resorted to physical conditioning to provoke my systems into naturally rewriting themselves. I am full of foreign artifacts and clipped priority trees and even several security programs turned viruses. What would happen if we tried to untangle it all? Would I even still be me, then? All I know, all I have ever known, is taking care of others.”

[myself-together]

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