#springer mount

[scruu]

Part 2 of my series of building all Guild Wars 2 mounts in blocks. I really wanted to build my beloved Krytan Lop for this one, though since it looks more like a regular bunny I added the default springer as well 🐰

[lackluster-draws]

Anet I think it's time to give us necromancer minion mounts, especially with Halloween around the corner 🎃🥩🍖

[guildfox2]

i swear there's a cat on tumblr somewhere i've seen who looks exactly like this thing (not pangur, a different skrunkly creechur)

[attackcopterblog]

SPRINGER PRECISION RELEASES THE R2 FRONT CO-WITNESS OPTICS MOUNT FOR SIG P320

Springer Precision has released their latest offering for the Sig Sauer P320 pattern with the R2 Front Co-Witness Optics Mount. Springer Precision states “Our optic plate is a seamless co-witness solution that incorporates the rear sight as part of the optic plate. It’s important to note that this plate is not compatible with slides that have a rear dovetail sight integrated into the slide,…

[sealpup9]

Been playing through gw2 core story with a good friend of mine who started playing recently and we beat it tonight. There's something really... Emotional about going back and doing the core story after the dragon cycle's ended and you know how things play out. The little foreshadowings... The ways the dragons work that the pact doesn't know about yet... The sheer amount of joy and celebration throughout Tyria after slaying Zhaitan.

It's.

Honestly kindof amazing. And thinkinh about what exactly was happening in cantha during these years is a whole nother can of worms you could get into.

[axe-trio-commanders]

I'm curious about Olirus! What's their Deal(tm)? (Also I would like to hug Zori. Not because of any particular reason but because I think she needs one)

- @fractal-quadrilioquy

Yesyes Olirus!! (sorry this took a lil, needed to get screenshots and also. Awakeness) So- Olirus Quickshot is one of my newer cats, and sort of like... I dunno, my most lowkey, normal-ish character...? Which is. Completely relative considering the nonsense everyone else gets up to, but here's the gist;

Olirus was, originally, just a pretty darned good sniper, originally working under Iron before joining the Vigil, primarily because she thought Almorra was just really, really cool the first time she heard about her, and Olirus really wanted to go all-in and fight dragons. She was pretty renowned for taking shots with pretty good accuracy for how many shots she could take, and how quickly- she's not an assassin, really, but she's good at taking out a large number of pretty long-range targets. So she joins the vigil, climbs a few rungs up the ladder, everything's going great! They actually defeated Zhaitan! Woo!! ....And then Maguuma happens, and- pending probably another post and a heavy TW- Olirus is suddenly Much Less Jazzed about the Vigil. Not that she things the Vigil is wrong, just... wrong for her. And her continued mental health. So, after taking the airship to Elona, Olirus just kinda... bounces, trying to just. Disappear in the chaos. She eventually finds a job as a guard for this exotic raptor racing facility, which is... well, it pays money, even if she doesn't like her boss very much. ....Until a group raids the place, she gets shot in the arm with a necromantic-energy-packed ammunition that is now attempting to slowly rot away her arm, and instead of, say, doing anything to help with that, her boss just fires her instead. So now she's slowly losing an arm, and doesn't have a job. So she does what any reasonable charr would do, which is steal her favorite raptor (Her name is Cherry) and book it again. (This is Cherry)

Eventually, she recieves help with the arm from... (admittedly I have this part less decided, so some necromancer/scientist someone who decides to be nice without immediate payment)- which stops the decay even if it won't heal the arm. It's still functional, though it is pretty smelly and she's worried it'll be more fragile than normal, so she's made a special glove to fit around it. At this point, she decides she's honestly done with any job involving having to use violence, and you know what she figures is the furthest possible thing from her prior occupation in the Vigil? Candy-making. She's going to make a candy store. And run it. And use the proceeds to take care of Cherry. And anyone who threatens her candy store, or the children who come to buy from it? ...Well, she does still have a rifle, and she isn't half bad with a pair of daggers, either. They just have fun themes, now.

(.....this character was at least partially inspired by the fact i thought you could flavor the azure railgun skin as mint-chocolate themed. Also I wanted a character I could just kinda fit into any au or rp space...)

[meeeeeeese]

on the topic of mounts for Ibex, the obvious answer would be to give a fiery skyscale for a fiery boy. But....

It's name is dinner, and he will kill you if you question why he keeps it around.

[crying-fantasies]

TF Kinktober 2024

Transformers Masterlist

Special thanks to @tf-kinktober2024 for organizing the event, and for all the robot fuckers out there.

CW: alien sex (I know the title already states the obvious presence of sex and so on in this work But still I'm going to say it), MINORS DO NOT INTERACT.

I'll take my time, mostly long posts to go with the flow, and will be working with different continuities.

Day 1 Exhibitionism | Filming/photographing

Featuring Cyberverse! Soundwave, smut/angst, CW: fingering, kissing with tongue, denied orgasm (from SW’s part), mentions of war.

Day 2 Spanking | Frame modification

Featuring TFAnimated! Jetfire and Jetstorm, smut/humor, CW: heavy touching, licking, massage(?), fingering, blowjob, humping, alien courting (gone wrong), aerial crash.

Day 3 Power play | Gags

Featuring IDW1! Thundercracker, smut/fluff/tiny bit of angst, CW: power play, licking, masturbation (on the mech) talk of the war.

Day 4 Roleplay | Insecticons

Featuring G1! Shrapnel, Bombshell and Kickback, smut/fluff/humor, CW: stretch marks fetish too(?), insect courting (goes with the mech I guess?), oral (receiving), the Insecticons do it like insects and you rock their world moving, Bombshell is into gore (caution).

Day 5 Wet & messy | Group sex

Featuring G1! Bluestreak, smut/fluff/humor, CW: Bluestreak is a goofball and a fluffball, slight dubcon (he’s drunk), heavy petting, licking (gotta keep that mouth busy), oral, lube consumption.

Day 6 First time | Blindfolds

Featuring G1 Springer, smut/fluff, CW: virginity take, penetrative sex, fingering (attempted), handjob, experienced partner (not really), sassy friend (in this house we stand a sassy Arcee).

Day 7 Plug & play | Sex toys

Featuring IDW1! Acid Storm, smut/fluff, use of a dildo, mentioned use of lube/gel and bondage tape, use of mass displacement mods, humping, slight overstimulation, penetration, feelings of love (the Decepticons need so much love, damn), Acid and reader are in a long relationship.

Day 8 Medical play | Fisting

Featuring TF: Earth Wars Game! Barricade, smut/humor, CW: reader putting a hand over the mech, dubious consent (both are drunk every time they get nasty), licking, implied oral, implied fingering and penetration, implied blowjob, messy make-out, Barricade is a menace and an afthole, the reader has a thing for praxian frames (who doesn't?)

Day 9 Spike worship | Overstimulation

Day 10 Spark play | Oviposition

Featuring G1! Sideswipe and Sunstreaker, smut/fluff/humor, CW: sensual thoughts, heavy make-out, the twins being a menace (what's new?), Sunny vowing to kill his brother (what's new??), jealousy, almost oral (giving and receiving), spark electricity, a little of bit of foot (how else are we supposed to touch them while being so little?)

Day 11 Dirty talk | Autobot/Decepticon

Day 12 Edging | Noncon/Dubcon

Featuring IDW1! Deadlock, smut/humor, CW: penetration, licking, mounting, use of teeth and nails, teeth fixation (he thinks your little teeth are cute), the reader is mad and Deadlock is horny, mention of cheating (as if).

Day 13 Beastmorfers | Tentacles

Day 14 Dom/sub | Free use

Day 15 Bot/human | Hatesex

Day 16 Voyeurism | Robogore

Day 17 Valve worship | masochism

Day 18 Bondage | Somnophilia

Day 19 Alt form sex | Vore

Day 20 Praise kink | Monsterfucking

Featuring Merformers! Rodimus Prime, smut/fluff/humor, CW: you fuck the fish, that's it, Roddy doesn't know about kissing, licking (sexy and lovingly), handjob, penetration, mention of a knot, barrier language, nesting, light gore (in a fight), mention of Rodimus’ creators, mer pups/cubs (I love these fictional babies so much), long fic.

Day 21 Phone sex | Captor/prisoner

Day 22 Size difference | Predacons

Featuring TFA! Megatron, smut/fluff/angst, if the size difference is the thing then this Megatron is the one, CW: mentions suicide/death, grief (denial), TFA Megatron first form (I prefer that one over the Earth one), mention of deep emotion, infiltration, use of drugs and alcohol, long fic.

Day 23 Sex pollen | Public humiliation

Day 24 Oral fixation | Stuck

Day 25 Seduction | Size kink

Day 26 Electricity play | Watersports

Day 27 Pet play | Anonymous sex

Day 28 Bathing | Knife play

Featuring TFA! Optimus Prime, Smut/fluff/humor, CW: The reader wants the robot, kissing, indecent thoughts, use of lube/fluid, painful stretch, penetration, and mass displacement, mention of off comments about xenophobia (it's the Animated universe), Optimus is a prudent lover, get yourself someone that looks at you like Optimus does.

Day 29 Secret identity | Minicons

Day 30 Femmedom | Riding

Featuring SG! Tracks, Smut/angst/fluff, CW: the most (pitiful) self-centered Tracks you'll ever see, penetration, mention of sexual assault (sadly a reality that should be stopped), Needlenose likes the reader (too), negation, homicide.

Day 31 Wild card!

[commander-gloryforge]

im not talking most useful/most used in general but your personal fave for whatever reason, be it most fun, because it has a cool design/lore/concept, because there's a skin youre particularly attached to, etc.

no nuance. choose one.

[valentineveils]

also poll bcus i am curious

my personal favorite is the jackal ! ! i use it more than the raptor bcus i find its much easier to maneuver in than the raptor ^_^

[scruu]

Part 3 of my series of building all Guild Wars 2 mounts in blocks, this time featuring the griffon. you may recognize the birds from my previous springer build 🐦

[nonbinarybrainstorm]

i just saw the valve mod post and im,,, can i request a springer x bot!reader who has a valve mod for milking spike,,,,

Here ya go

Even with his hands bound above his head, his spike and valve on full display, Springer still manages to look smug with that charming smile of his.

“Why don’t you come over?”

They answer his beckoning, sauntering over slowly with their hips carving through the air in a soft sway. Springer watches this with rapt attention, his optics flaring in excitement, biting his lip. Hiking one leg up, they straddle Springer and plant their hands on his chest, a sweet yet mischievous smile spreading over their lips.

“You look good like this…” they sigh while trailing a hand down, rubbing his panel which slides open at their touch. “Oh, you’re bigger than I thought…”

Springer grunts as they squeeze and stroke his spike, shutting his optics as he grunts, “Hah, is that okay…?”

“Mmm, yeah,” they sigh as they let their own panel open to grind on his spike.

He ducks his helm down and they accept his offered kiss, basking in the feeling of his lips, all the while sliding their slick folds over his spike with their own spike twitching helplessly against Springer’s plating. They can feel his spike pulse between their folds, the light touch barely grounding the nodes at their entrance. With a careful roll of their hips, they get close enough to brush their entrance against the charged-up nodes under his spike but not enough to truly connect, keeping him just on the edge.

“Ah, please,” Springer breaks the kiss briefly to beg, his voice husky with desperation.

They don’t have the will to tease or argue, already losing themself to lust, and quickly mount him. A jolt rushes through them with charge flooding their systems from practically falling onto his spike with how excited they’ve become, their valve dripping with lubricant. It’s so overwhelming that they have to just cling to him until the feedback loops between them finally lessen to a pleasant buzz instead of an ion storm. Springer begins kissing their shoulder and neck while they brace themself against him, recovered enough to come back to himself. They capture his lips briefly before sluggishly grinding down on his spike.

“You gonna start?” Springer pants, and they can’t help but think of how cute he is, all dazed like this.

“Mmhm,” they bite their lip and smirk at Springer’s surprise as they activate their mag-locks.

Locked on his spike, they use their calipers to massage his spike, their hips spasming as their nodes fire off like miniature fireworks. Springer moans while they rock their hips to grind their anterior node on his plating. Gasping, they squeeze his shoulders when they change the mode setting of their valve, causing their calipers to move up and down, rolling snuggly over Springer’s spike. The sensation has Springer bucking his hips but he can’t move inside them with the mag-locks still firmly in place. Their calipers begin to move together, starting at the base of his spike, gripping him in a tight hold before sliding up to suddenly release at the tip, leaving Springer a moaning mess. While their valve milks his spike at a steady, lazy pace, they roll their hips, never pulling their optics away from his face and delighting in how he struggles helplessly in his binds.

They tighten up in surprise and then tense with a mini overload that almost knocks them over the edge at the burst of warm transfluid spilling into their tank. Springer’s optics remain screwed shut with his hands curled into fists and a low groan on his lips as he overloads into them. As soon as his overload releases him, he slumps in his binds, his vents pushing out steam. His spike remains inside them, twitching and hot.

“Ah, sorry, didn’t mean to give in so soon…” Springer looks at them with dull, lidded optics, recovering from his intense overload.

They lean in to cup his chin and murmur, “It’s okay, we just started after all…”

Springer swallows nervously but his optics burn with excitement at the promise of all to come.

[shipwreckedwithcaptainmarrow]

On the 22nd of November, 1718, Blackbeard would be killed off the coast of 'Ocacock' Island, along the Outer Banks of North Carolina. Robert Maynard and his men had arrived the evening before, the fifty-seven men hidden aboard two chartered merchant sloops, and would wait for sun up before approaching the anchored sloop, Adventure, at Springer’s Point.

Blackbeard and his men were unaware of what was coming that morning, as reports state that in the aftermath of the battle that it was obvious that they had spent the night carousing, with the shoreline littered with campfires, sailcloth tents and awnings, and remnants of their last haul (consisting mostly of sugar and cocoa). Its been estimated by some that this was a temporary stop, another night on dry land before plans of heading to St. Thomas to pick up a letter of marque, enabling Blackbeard to once again perform legal privateering in the Caribbean; but this assumption is often disputed by historians as an addendum to make the reader want to sympathize with the villain.

The Ranger and the Jane, the outfitted merchant sloops, would make a hard turn larboard and make their way to Blackbeard’s anchorage. As for Blackbeard noting it, it would still be hard to tell what the intent was as the ships approached in the early light, as the island was a common stopping point for many travelers in need of fresh water. It would become apparent though once his crew would spot the glint of muskets and cutlasses and a number of men swarming the upper decks.

The Adventure sloop had nine mounted guns, but Blackbeard’s crew of sixteen men was severely outnumbered, three to one. According to accounts, Blackbeard reportedly would call out “If you shall leave us alone, we shall not meddle with you.” to which Maynard would reply “It is you we want and we will have you dead or alive.” The approaching ships would fly the British White Naval Ensign, but its authenticity would be questionable, as in theory anyone could fly any flag they had managed to have gotten a hold of.

Blackbeard was cornered in shallow water with no wind to escape. As a result, the order was given and the Adventure let loose a broadsides of “swan shot, spick nails, and pieces of old iron,” killing 11 and wounding 9 of Maynard’s men aboard the Ranger, lowering Maynard’s forces to forty-six. The ensuing battle would take an hour, a series of sailing maneuvers and gunfire, concluded by a final six minute battle of hand to hand combat, once the crew of the Adventure approached close and boarded the Jane.

More men rushed up from below to meet the boarders, and shortly afterwards, Blackbeard and nine of his crew laid dead on the decks, while Maynard and 11 of his men would only suffer injuries. The remaining six pirates would surrender, now that Blackbeard had fallen. These crewmembers would later be taken to Hampton, Virginia, by early 1719.

The fall of Blackbeard is a tale that many historians have taken artistic liberties with, many embellishing the story of the battle with many colorful tidbits, such as Blackbeard being a savage opponent, that he had been shot multiple times and cut repeatedly before finally going down in battle. The tale of the battle could also be fabricated with other claims, stating that he was a vicious foe, making their success all that more impressive. Or, its more likely those additions to the story were added in by Charles Johnson in his General History of the Pirates in 1724 as yet another colorful addition to help it sell. A number of times, Blackbeard had been shot before falling in melee combat.

The facts are that Maynard and his men had killed Blackbeard on November 22nd, with Blackbeard outnumbered, 16 to 57, and his broadside was able to reduce their numbers by 11 before boarding, where he and 9 others went down. The amount of re-tellings of this event are staggering, all with new ideas proposed, what was going through Blackbeard’s mind, what his intentions were, and many more minute details to the battle that could be fabricated. Chances are though, that someone is right about something.

Blackbeard’s head would be severed from his body while lifeless upon the deck, and displayed on the bowsprit as a trophy for the return trip back to Hampton, Virginia. His body would be tossed overboard. Folklore would even go on to state that the pirate captain’s headless body swam around the Ranger three times in search of its head before finally sinking to the depths, and rumors would persist of Blackbeard’s skull being used as a drinking chalice later on before dissappearing into someone’s private collection.

In any case, the waters around Ocracoke became the permanent resting ground for arguably history’s most famous pirate, the waters of which are now home to a multitude of legends regarding Blackbeard’s unresting soul seeking both his lost head, and his fabled “buried treasure.” Some folklore claims that his headless body later washed ashore Ocracoke and became buried on land.

Some would state that Blackbeard’s demise on this date brought about the end of the Golden Age of Piracy, or the beginning of the end - the loss of such a character striking the morale of other pirates out to sea, knowing that they were not in fact invincible. Accounts of piracy however would carry on well into 1730, with some more famous pirates who had yet to even begin their careers.

(Pictured is Blackbeard as portrayed in Black Sails by Ray Stevenson, a depiction of his final battle [from Netflix’s The Lost Pirate Kingdom, although they have depicted Maynard’s vessel too large], and an illustration of the Jane and Ranger’s angle of approach by Kevin Duffus in his 2008 book “The Last Days of Black Beard the Pirate”)

[meret118]

The Appalachian Trail is an approximately 2,190-mile-long hiking trail that extends from Springer Mountain in Georgia to Mount Katahdin in Maine, crossing 14 states. While it draws millions of visitors each year thanks to its scenic sights, hiking the entire trail is something only a few venture to do. As if traversing it from start to finish wasn't commendable enough, a woman named Tara Dower has made history by finishing the Appalachian Trail in the fastest known time ever.

The Appalachian Trail typically takes five to seven months to complete, but Dower did it in a fraction of that time. Averaging 55 miles per day, it took Dower a little over 40 days to complete the Appalachian Trail, keeping an approximate 4.5 mph pace, nonstop for 12 hours every day. The trail runner, who began her hike on the northern end of the trail on August 12, chronicled her journey on social media. Before starting, she said, “My hope is to inspire women and girls to go for that tough goal no matter if it’s with running or in life.”

. . .

On the evening of September 21, Dower completed the trail on Springer Mountain where her friends and family awaited to cheer her on. “40 days 18 hours 5 minutes,” Dower wrote on Instagram. “Finishing the Appalachian Trail in the fastest known time is a dream come true. If I’m to be honest I didn’t think it was possible. However, I had people on my crew who believed in my abilities and pushed me to my limits. That's all it was.”