#oh lawd its comin

[spookyflavors]

Here comes the freezing rain 😩😩😩😩

[magioffire]

when i think about it the only one of the seven deadly sins that vali DOESNT embody in some form on a regular basis is sloth. so...i guess thats something

[cleolinda]

On Thursday, the US government issued its first severe geomagnetic storm watch in nearly 20 years, advising the public of “at least five earth-directed coronal mass ejections” as well as sunspots covering an area 16 times wider than the earth itself. A severe geomagnetic storm, or G4, is the second-highest grade in the US government’s classification system.

Radiation from this activity will begin to hit Earth’s magnetic field on Friday and last through the weekend, said the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

This is the migraine storm I was talking about. I think it was last month that we had a previous geomagnetic storm, and I had a two-day hangover afterwards. And I don’t usually have migraines; I have weather (air pressure) headaches. And now they’re like, oh lawd he comin’. Get out your ice packs and your OTC painkillers and your magnesium supplements and your caffeine (or not, if that makes it worse). I am not looking forward to this.

[monkiebois]

I wanted to share something I thought was funny timing.

So I instantly started reading as soon as I got a notification for the next chapter. And while I was reading I got another notification from Etsy letting me know that the Azure tote bag I ordered was on its way

And i stg it was right as I got too the part about Azure infiltrating the bull family garden.

H A H

HE COMIN

OH LAWD HE COMIN-

[siphersaysstuff]

ENERGON BUT NOT FORGOTTEN

February's Patreon @tfwiki pic update is on 2004's ENERGON, the awkward middle child of the Unicron Trilogy. Caught in the early stage of explosive franchise growth and pulled in too many directions. But there's good stuff in there. ROADBLOCK remains a solid, fun toy, turning from robot to crane-truck to heavily-armed half of a two-robot combiner.

The Autobots' two-bot-combiners gimmick was certainly an interesting attempt, but TOW-LINE really took the gimmick to more interesting places than most. He's his own combiner, with the lower half of his vehicle mode turning into a mobile battle-sled-thing separate from his robot mode.

Store exclusives were rare in Armada, but by Energon, Hasbro was ready to start pumping them out again, and boy did they. CHECKPOINT, a rededo of Rodimus, came in a Kmart "SWAT" 2-pack with a similarly deco'd Prowl. Back when Kmart was still a thing.

The Decepticons, rather than combining, got "hyper modes" and alternate vehicle modes that deployed more weapons. SIX SHOT, a redeco of Shockblast, is one of the better attempts, having a considerably-different "satellite" mode on top of his space-tank altmode.

Oh lawd he comin. OMEGA SENTINEL, a redeco of Omega Supreme, splits into a "construction vehicle" and "cruiser", each with a "platform" mode. The two can also join to for a "Cybertronian Armored Supertrain" but that wouldn't fit in the lightbox. Plus he can merge with Optimus Prime! Okay mainly he's a suit Prime wears, but there's attachment points for all of Prime's drone-vehicles as well.

With the franchise taking off, Hasbro looked to fill out Energon with more stuff. This Deluxe version of the Mini-Con HIGH WIRE came with a figure of human ally Kicker, rendered in the style of the then-current G.I.Joe toys. This set seemingly was not engineered by Takara, and it kinda shows.

Speaking of... oof. This set. Not to editorialize too much, but... the MEGA-DINOBOT set of GRIMLOCK and SWOOP is... well. Bad. Originally intended for the Universe line, it got shuffled into Energon, and similarly wasn't engineered by Takara. The result is a floppy, awkward mess. One of the very, very few Transformers toys in its 40-year run I'd call "bad".

(Also... yes, I re-did the Grimlock pic. Back in October, I used archive imagery for that update because, frankly, I'd forgotten I still owned this set. Upon discovery, I decided to redo the pic so it's crisper and better positioned. Still not a good toy though.)

Mind you... it's not like things were all roses on the other hemisphere. Takara made SL GRAND CONVOY, a smaller version of Optimus Prime without any of the good points of the larger figure. What IS that torso mode?! (This is the shinier "SL Grand Convoy & Kicker" 2-pack version. And it broke. Super-tight ankle joints made from clear-plastic? A recipe for disaster.)

Didn't mean to end on a down note. Here, have a pic of one of the line's absolute highlights, the Omnicons and Terrorcons, and their buildable energon weapons.

Energon was kind of all over the map, trying a lot and maybe lacking a strong cohesive theme because of it. Some damn good stuff, but also some genuine misses.

If you enjoy these runs through Transformers toy history, please consider tossing a coin into my Patreon ("gregstfwikipics" at patreon dot com). More support means I can devote more time to bigger updates with more images each month. There's still loads to do!

[macks-mechas]

Today's review: Studio Series Gamer Edition Bumblebee!

This is the only figure from this line I actually wanted. It not only is a new take on the original (now very creaky and chipped) deluxe figure from 2010 but it is the only one of these new Studio Series takes that, so far, isn't a downgrade. Optimus has some good qualities but as many bad, whereas the original toy just needs an axe and its golden!

But onto Bumblebee. This toy has an amazing amount of sculpted detail across it and a decent amount of paint apps too. The vehicle mode holds steady and looks closer to the game vehicle than the original figure did, but the original was based on concept art after all. The vehicle mode can store all 3 weapons. The sword is really the only one out of place as when you had a weapon in game you could deploy it in vehicle hover mode so, for once, the exposed weapon on the hood is accurate!

Transformation is nifty, but do take care. I've already and broken and stressed 2 tabs because this thing REALLY wants to stay together as tight as possible. But when in robot mode you are left with a figure that is as close as I think we'll ever get to the mass shifting screen model.

Now, for this there needed to be a pay off somewhere. The old figure opted for a hefty, chunky, heavy backpack and inaccurate kibble on the arms. This one has opted for game accurate arms, backpack and legs in favour of a pot belly I shall dub 'oh lawd he comin!' Given the consensus online among fans I'm not the only one to think he looks like a Halloween car costume. That said he is really articulate and poses very well.

Plus he comes with a plethora of accessories! Unlike the... thing you got with the original this figure has his neutron blaster from the game, a plasma gun and his sword. The plasma gun is one I always remember favouring for its long distance shot and high power, but it was slow to reload if I recall. All three accessories are easily swapped out and can be used with any of the other Gamer Edition figures.

I used the last 5 photos to replicate some stills from the game's trailer and his concept pose.

I give Bumblebee 8/10 - If you'd prefer this figure as a different character then wait for the inevitable Cliffjumper to follow!

[atlantis54]

nicknames ive given to my blorbos:

adeleine: babygril, 10 year old picasso, add a line/addyline

dedede: himbo, dark matter magnet, OH LAWD HE COMIN, Naughty Pinguino (TM)/Pinguino (for clarification, penguin in spanish is pinguino), dededededede... (so on so forth)

wizard: wizarb, piccadilly notion, old/grandpa, age faker

gingerbrave: brave, bravey boi, gingerbruh (among other ginger based puns)

butter pretzel: pret/BP, adeleine cookie, i can’t believe its butter (pretzel)

cauliflower: cauli, adhd swag

purple yam: pure rage, microwave, overheating computer, witness of The Horrors (TM), why he ourple/purple guy

piston hondo: hondo, sushi enthusiast, Beeg Eyebrows (TM)/he got de...... beeg hand (<- grayfruit reference), weeb/weeaboo, honda civic/GAS GAS GAS

super macho man: mister bogus man/bogus releaser, macho, soup, California Girls We’re Inconsolable, ‘murica, the Guy, MACHO MACHO MAN (MACHO MAAAAAAN)

heike kagero: sephiroth, girlboss/slay queen yas

tigger: homewrecker/little homewrecker, the drainer of brains, little meow meow, tigrao, hobbes from ohio, bouncy boi, Big Brother of the Year, adhd swag (yes im reusing nicknames)

owl: know-nothing-at-all, featherduster, old man, The Braincell Holder Who Doesn’t Do Anything, professor rambles, illiterate librarian

donald duck: quack, CAN WE GET MUCH HIGHER ft. King Dedede (basically an injoke crackship dubbed dededonald by me and mercy), eternal rage, murderous little guy, donal/dondald, zettaflare

panchito: pandorito, despanchito, mexicano, THIS ROOSTER IS GAY AND THERE IS NOTHING YOU CAN DO ABOUT IT, 2nd amendment enforcer, god of little havana, pollo (spanish for chicken)

jose: joe mama carioca, smoke weed everyday, YOU ARE GOING TO BRAZIL, telenovela enthusiast, THIS PARROT IS GAY AND THERE IS NOTHING YOU CAN DO ABOUT IT, shake shake shake senora

sig: fig, ladybug kid, red velvet cookie but not, ayy tetris (injoke between me and my brother)

satan/dark prince: dank prince, Actual Manbaby, florida man, subbed to arle’s onlyfans, “LET ME GET THAT CARBUNCLE CABUSSY” (another injoke with me and my brother), reason why restraining orders exist

strange klug: emo klug/hot topic klug, daniel vs the cooler daniel, “watch what happens when i give into the horrors”

berdly: nerd emoji, burglary/burghley, Gamer (TM), lack of swag/absolutely swagless

cirno: The Strongest (TM), baka, Mambo No. 9

F: eFF, menace to society, banned from most public places, feral animal/feral beast

puss: el gatito, “love this anima the cate”, tabby, warrior cats oc, florida man (again, reusing nicknames)

greely: edgelord/ow the edge, emo, hot topic manager, Bri’ish, survivor of Eeby Deeby

and i think that is it but i could be wrong. ill reblog in case i forgot anyone

[telekinetiq]

//putting a lil birthday hat on mewtwo and offering him cake (its catnip flavor) happy super early birthday bro

as Mewtwo is not a cat, when he excitedly dug into the cake expecting sweetness, all he gets is this weird earthy, herbal flavor that does not at all match what cake is supposed to taste like. he immediately spits it out and glares at you.

ㅤ ㅤ ㅤ ㅤ ㅤ ㅤ ㅤ ❮ ㅤmy disappointment is immeasurable and my day is RUINED. happy early death day to you, NOW C'MERE— ㅤ❯

OH LAWD HE COMIN'

[crim50n-r8er-reblogs]

So the official renders for all the pokemon in Pokemon Scarlet and Violet came out, and I would like to give my thoughts on some of them.

Lokix just looks like it was just traced from the 3D model

Love how Squakabilly gives off the vibe of greeting someone in this one

It feels weird how Charcadet is viewed from the side here

Wattrel is just so cute in this one

Love the sense in scale in Killowattrel’s render

Oh lawd Toedscool comin’!

I would’ve at least requested these to be posed differently. Like, why?

At least Palafin’s hero form is just alright…given its design.

Love the gradients used in Glimmora’s render here

Part 2 coming up soon

[medicatedcretin]

Sat 18/05/2

Just found this old account, and rather than starting a new blog, I thought I’d just update this one.

There are a lot of blanks here, what with it being a 7 year old blog. It’s the same age as my niece. Weird.

The first post is always a doozy, but so first I’ll try to summarise.

Over the last 7 years, what are some key happenings in my life and mental health journey? Ok, life first. I don’t mean to brag, but imma brag a little here.

1) I’m still with the same amazing guy I was when I started this blog. Crazy, right? He’s been my rock. He’s not without his own demons, but, as our wedding dance song proclaims, he’s “perfectly broken” for me.

That’s right: after 8 years he finally PROPOSED. We’re tying the knot in November this year. It’s happening shortly after my sister marries HER forever human, in just over a month. Wedding fever, I love it!!

2) We are now 2 doggos richer. Teddy Roofsevelt is our smol white potate, our Floofen Subwoofen, our “oh lawd he comin” Mr. McChonkadonk… ok, you get it.

Elijah Woof is our aptly named skinny malinky scragamuffin, the #1 SnuggleMaster in our home and my personal (just quietly) favourite individual in the entire world, bar none. My fiancée is cool with this demotion in rank. I’m aware that secretly, Teddy is above me, too. They’re the best, and usually the joint top items on our daily 3 “gratefuls” list.

3) While in Auckland we bought our first house, waited for it to be built, lived there for a year or two while COVID ran rampant, and then promptly decided to move cities. Back home, (for me) to Christchurch. We currently live in a fabulous brand new 4 bedroom home with a yard and double glazing. We are supremely, unbelievably lucky. We sold just before the shit hit the proverbial housing market fan, and bought off the plans when Christchurch homes were still relatively affordable. This home and its central heating system regularly feature at number 2 of our list.

4) I believe was working in either customer service or my first “halfway to graphic designer” role at the time of the last post. I’ve come a long way from there, too.

Several unbelievably toxic workplaces, and a heroic amount of encouragement later…I’m now an experienced UX designer working for a massive insurance company. I’ve been there for 3 years and they love me. It’s a fantastic place to work and until a couple months ago, I’d say it held an almost unhealthy portion of my self-worth. I burnt out a couple times recently, giving more than I should have to it (much to the horror and dismay of my wonderful boss, who immediately sent me for compassionate leave when he found out)

It’s not that my work demands the extra effort to be successful; It’s that I’ve found something that I’m genuinely good at and love doing which actually earns me a living. It’s tricky to switch off sometimes when I find it so rewarding, especially when it’s the first time I’ve felt truly confident in my ability to do something wel in my whole life. For my ADHD brain, it is an absolutely perfect fit, scratching all the right places. I look forward to making the 10 step hallway commute to my home office to work. (Parter and I both work remotely for our respective employers in Auckland). I now earn a similar salary to my partner, who’s a senior developer.

Lately, though, there’s been a bit of conflict with one person in particular that’s been making it.. less enjoyable. I won’t go into detail here, but suffice to say I have learned to swing the pendulum back into a healthier realm of commitment. I’m not defined by JUST what I’m good at; work should always be “just work”, no matter how valued you feel, or how much you enjoy it. Ironically. It was a work colleague that told me this.

In terms of my medication and mental health journey, I think one of the main reasons I haven’t been updating here is because there’s not much to tell. I think I’ve had maybe one serious crash since my last entry, and it had a clear trigger. But then, I realise now that there’s actually ALWAYS been a clear trigger. Properly reconciling that fact has been the key to my salvation. When I look back on previous crashes, I see a part of me, a little voice with a big message, which would wail “why is this happening to me again? It’s too big! there’s nothing I could have done! This came out of nowhere!!”

Now, I see that that voice was less like a Truth with a capital T, and more like a toddler screaming in the corner, wanting to avoid taking any responsibility for what was happening to me.

Properly accepting my role and my actions (or rather, my INaction) has changed everything. I haven’t had a significant “crash” since, purely because I’m aware and on the lookout for the warning signs. When they occur, I can see them for what they are, and act accordingly: thus preventing a buildup to the point of no return. Sounds simple, right? Duh.

I wanna say, it’s not like I haven’t felt The Panic since then. Sometimes I still wake up in the middle of the night with the alarm bells ringing in my head.

“somethingswrongsomethingswrong”.

It still has that overwhelming power, that awful familiarity of being totally out of control.

But now, I have another voice that never existed before. One that says, with calm authority, “You know what this is. No, you can’t fight it, it’s happening. But you can survive it. Let it have its way, and it will pass.”

I’ll get the “surge” a few times, (y’all anxious cretins know what I mean). The surge, which sends my heart rate ricocheting into the stratosphere, filling me with familiar dread. But then, it will subside into JUST my heart pounding. Instead of the panic being everywhere, everything, my whole reality stretching into forever, it just becomes a pounding heart. Some sweaty palms, a touch of nausea. Those I can ignore. And then, it’s gone. I go back to sleep.

Most of the time, I don’t even wake my partner.

I’m still on medication. But you know what? I’m actually okay with this. I think wanting to get off them was a symptom that they weren’t doing what they were supposed to. I definitely blame my adhd, rather than anxiety, for the constant urge to “change things up” and be Med-free.

Late last year I went back to the specialist here in Christchurch to address my underlying issue: the ADHD. I was first prescribed with Ritalin again (standard practice) and I got the same results as last time. Like, I was the same scatterbrained, forgetful mess I was before, only F A S T E R. And more cheerful about it. My god, the euphoria. But it wasn’t addressing my core, pinball thoughts issue. I went back after a month to tell him it wasn’t for me.

Instead of giving me a non-stimulant option, he gave me a trial on Ritalin’s cool, easygoing cousin: dislexamphetamine. Yes, it’s an amphetamine, but it’s extremely slow release. Like, 10-14 hours, with a very slow onset and a very gradual taper. It was love at first swallow (sorry- that was obscene).

I can honestly say I’ve never felt so on top of my adhd, and, by association, my anxiety too. We added bupropion to the mix to help address my impulsive behaviour, and like a magic combo, all my problems seemed to disappear. The only catch is that it’s not subsidised in NZ yet. It’s in the works, but not yet. Thank god we have insurance.

I’ve been able to taper off my citalopram, and now I’m about 2 and a half weeks SSRI free. Still on the seroquel (50mg) and epilem (500mg) at night. I do hope to step down to 25mg seroquel at some point because GOD, the midnight munchies got me gooood. It’s really derailing my wedding weight loss goal. But not until after the op. I’m taking my own advice from a previous post: one change at a time, and maintaining routine.

To be fair, I AM cycling through a lesser version of all the venlafaxine withdrawals, but it’s tolerable, and they’re fading now. There’s no recurrence of anxiety, and I feel.. alive again. I tear up during stupid sappy movies, I feel this delicious sense of wellbeing when something goes right, and a flash of righteous indignance when someone does me wrong. I’m feeling it all, and instead of it being scary or overwhelming, it just feels…right, somehow. Comforting. And my libido is back!! I feel like a functioning human.

Don’t get me wrong: I was doing just fine before, but now, looking back, I can see just how wide the gulf is between “fine” and “genuinely good”.

One more piece of news. After two major endometriosis operations, (the latest of which was in 2021), every possible contraceptive method and their horrendous side effects, one awful vasovagal response to an IUD insertion and ten years of “we really DON’T want a baby, but what if we do at some point?” We finally made the decision. I’m getting a hysterectomy. My uterus, cervix and tubes have caused me literally nothing but pain and trouble since my first period. Honestly? I can’t wait to have them yanked out my vagayjay (and yes, that’s how they remove ‘em.)

One last operation on 25th of June, and I’ll never have to worry about painful periods, endo complications, constant GI problems or contraception stress ever again. Or anymore surgeries. And bonus… I’ll never bleed again.

I can also kiss goodbye to painful sex, since that pesky hypersensitive cervix of mine is going in the trash, too. It’s had an abnormal smear once before, so, as the doc said: “you can’t get cervical cancer without a cervix!”

Also, I won’t go through menopause because they’re leaving my ovaries in there, (albeit nothing else).

Ok but something weird: would you believe that people often get their baby factory bits stuffed into a jar and returned to them? Like, it’s an actual thing that they have to ask everyone because a shocking number of people want this. Like, what do they DO with it? Sit it on the mantelpiece next to grandma’s ashes?! Seems totally bizarre (and a little bit gross) to me. But to each their own.

After I picked my jaw up off the floor, I asked the nurse if instead of that, could I just donate it for research? She said no, because they have to pickle it in formaldehyde after chopping it up to check for disease. I mean, I’ve spent most of my adult like regularly opening my hoo-has to dozens of peering gynocologists. I’m fairly medi-curious, due to my multiple issues, but that still seems a little… dark.

Just imagine: you take it home, store it on some dark shelf and forget about it. A few years later you get a new boyfriend, who discovers it while clearing out the garage.

“Oh. Honey, look l, I can— stop screaming— I can explain…”

Aaaaanyway, I’ve been writing for several hours now. It’s okay: it counts as a hobby instead of doom scrolling. I’m doing quite a bit of creative writing again because it brings me genuine pleasure. Even got myself a ReMarkable tablet for work, stories and journaling. It’s been a game changer.

But now I think I’ll have a shower and do something vaguely productive.

Peace out, folks, and I hope to write again soon.

[pillowbo]

me: *senses libido after its absence*

oh lawd he comin

[sweetiepeteypie]

Skimming for Geoff Towler (Spoilers)

because im starving for more pete content 😔😔 (i know jack shit about this show other than its set in the 50s)

ngl cricket was always my fav sport to play at school and i love that pete just happens to be in so many cricket-based episodes of shows its very fun

sir decided to wear the silly goofy suit today, i see

i can already tell his boobs are insane under that jacket

TAKE IT OFF

holy shit i love when hes grumpy. hes giving me major nicky vibes and thats so dangerous

hes such a big soft grump oml....

he is unwell (i stg if he dies in this episode im gonna murder kill harm death hurt stab gun shoot)

also we find out geoff is a solicitor who specialises in family law and divorce hmmmm

hiS HANDS ARE SO BIG AAAAAAA (also we learnt that hes a freemason and i know very little about what that means)

ooh his house is nice!! very #aesthetic

oh hes so grumpy (dude the shading on his boobs is always so insane)

i think he might be a lil too old for me in this show but hey i can still appreciate a soft old man when i see one (he still makes me smile 🥰🥰)

hello what is this shot excuse you this was out of pocket

OH LAWD HE COMIN

sorry im still marvelling at his boobs what is this even

the old man is being assaulted pls help (nvm he was trying to help the old man were all good)

he is being judged before the high council

i think the old man was voted out of the masons (does he get sacrificed now or smth? i literally know nothing about the freemasons) also the balls look like boba

sorry geoff i prefer nicky bc he was pathetic and silly and not vaguely racist (tbh idk if he came off as kind of racist bc he was just concerned for his daughter or if his wifes ideology had rubbed off on him but still)

(i still appreciate his silly suit and his tiddy shadows tho)

nicky positivity for my soul 🥺💕🌈✨

[teacupballerina]

OTTO TIME CAFE: RED

A strange monster named Aku vows to save Him's dusty diner by converting it into a maid cafe. But Him will have to save his friends, his crush Professor Utonium, and even himself from Aku's gruesome schemes.

[small--crcle]

// yall ill end this kubix thing off with a bang,,just wait //

[your-iron-lung]

notsurethatitcounts replied to your post “The Unsolved Chapter”

loved this so much please post more

thank you! i do have more planned, just havent written it all out yet haha

BUT ITS COMING

[imsofuckintiredbruh]

r.i.p. the little lady...

The world lost a powerful being today. Kitty the hamster and her little grabby hands died peacefully in her sleep this morning. She was the gatekeeper of mischief, the weaver of dreams and the explorer of time. Rise In Power, brave star sailor <3 Have fun in the next dimension