#that's the best way I can explain it

[illiana-mystery]

The Hunger (1983)

[fly-sky-high-09]

Every time I see BLG has a new TotK playthrough episode I get so happy and excited to watch you guys have no idea

[jch3ss3cak3]

Here's a quick plot summary for the girl and the titan AU because, why not?

So basically Marcy runs away from home just like in canon. but gets a message from an online friend of hers offering help and goes to meet them. But it's a trap to get the prince of titans aka Luz something to keep them happy. When Marcy is taken to the isle she finds out that Luz is slowly recovering her memory and is just putting up an act of pure innocence but belos is slowly figuring it out. Now she's extremely angry the belos is petty enough to bring a child into this. (there's also an rebellion being set up by the hexsquad but we'll talk about that later.........probably)

Any questions/concerns/ideas? Please comment or send an ask

[bludhavensbirdboy]

i believe in “jason todd has that little tummy pouch that comes with a 4/6pack” supremacy like don’t get me wrong jason is pure muscle and is unnaturally fit like all the batkids but he’s massive and he’s big and he comes with that little soft belly bit when he’s not tensing. dick grayson is lean he always has been he’s doing all sorts of training and he’s THEE circus boy he’s slender and fit and has no body fat he’s got a fully defined 6 pack on a bad day not even trying cause that’s just how’s he’s built. JASON TODD HOWEVER is a man with meat on his bones. he’s got the massive arms that are squishy when he’s relaxed but fucking huge and defined when he tenses he’s got the little soft tummy pouch but again when he tenses or when he works out or even just moves/fights you can see he has a 6 pack. Jason todd gains something from having weight on him it makes him 10x more intimidating when all anyone sees is how broad and big and intimidating red hood really is just JASON TODD HAS A SLEEPER BUILD KIND OF cause it’s not really hidden cause to look at him you already know your fucked but when he acc shows how much muscle he carries on him it shocks people that type of sleeper build just omg Abhhhhhhhh

[danhowellz]

there is something so healing and comforting about watching dan and phil reflect on their past. i feel like for years they avoided ever mentioning anything from their past or making any reference to younger versions of themselves, or if they did it was in a mocking tone, but hearing them talk so sweetly and sincerely about their past selves is so nice. it feels like they're giving their younger selves a warm hug

[dottores]

YOU GUYS MUST LOOK AT WHAT TEE GOT ME FOR MY BDAY!!!! SHE GAVE IT TO ME EARLY FOR CONGRATULATIONS ON FINISHING MY FIRST WEEK OF LAW SCHOOL

[charmac]

Identity doesn't have to factor into absolutely every decision you make.

[suja-janee]

Oooh yeah I think I’m gonna deactivate my twitter for now or forever

I keep following these accounts not knowing they ship mk1 subscorp and honestly it’s becoming overwhelming cause they don’t put content warnings in their bios.

It really only happens to me on twitter so sorry to everyone who wanted me to post there too but I don’t think I can do it 😭

[nocofamilyau]

Does Mike still has DID in this AU?

yep, but only Chester, Svetlana and Manitoba are in his system

(not trying to ignore/dismiss Vito and Mal here, its just I believe that some Very Fucked Up things had to happen to Mike for them to exist, I also believe that said things would have had to happened a little later in his life, say like late childhood/early teens, and keep in mind in this au Mike was only four when he got adopted, and most likely developed only those three alters from constantly going through foster homes)

[miraclesprinkle]

No memories remain of anything before

Yes, I'm with you in a garden of carnage

In a mayhem of trickster and tricked!

[triona-tribblescore]

TW// panic attacks

HAHAHAH we LOVE spontaneous panic attacks in this house-

Leo traumatized fr, luckily Mikey was there to pick up the pieces, we love our lil emotionally intelligent guy <3

[oh-gh0st]

ghostoro quota ✅

[lord-squiggletits]

Y'know the thing about writing feral/unhinged versions of Orion/Optimus, is that you can't go too far into the feral/unhinged direction to a point where OP's core character traits are lost or become too diminished. After all, in a multiple-continuity franchise like TF, part of what makes the stories make sense is that even if details change (sometimes major details), the characters are still recognizably themselves to one degree or another. (Although this isn't always the case due to executive meddling or some characters being such blank slates from their initial G1 appearances that there's basically nothing to model them off of, but I digress.)

It's pretty much another reason why I love IDW1 Optimus, bc he literally is a canonical feral/unhinged Optimus who's unhinged as a direct consequence of who he is as a person and what he's been through. Like, he still has those fundamental character traits of trying his best to be moral and make good choices, trying to be a role model, etc, except after 4 million years of war and untreated depression he's basically holding onto his sense of self by his fingertips. So when he "goes feral" e.g. losing his temper and beating up/killing people or saying hurtful things, he's feral in a way that's directly tied to his normal personality and not just as a random quirk he has.

IDW OP's feral moments arise from the gaps between "Optimus' attempts to be who he thinks he needs to be" and "the reality of the world that he can't fix/seems to only make worse" that cause him to lose hope, or become cynical, or lose his temper. But in this case, the unhinged-ness makes perfect sense because it arises out of Optimus trying and failing to be the best person or to make the most morally good choices he's trying to make. Basically, the "feral/unhinged" label is just another way of me trying to say that he's not just unhinged because he's weird or because he's a bad person, but because it's an emotional reaction (more like an emotional explosion due to pent-up emotions) to the context he exists in.

I'd also say that IDW OP's personality being generally reserved/stoic and (trying to be) noble works in tandem with those moments he has of going feral because it makes him more realistic. His psyche is treated in a way where the writers are like, "Hey what if the pressure of having to be everyone's idol and be the best person in the galaxy at all times actually broke Optimus down mentally and emotionally?" It makes IDW OP far more relatable. Instead of naturally being a perfect Christ-like figure who never wavers in his morals or convictions and is just naturally a nice person who always has the wisest and best answer, being a good person is something that IDW OP has to consciously strive to be. Even when he feels like it's useless, or the cycle of violence will never stop, or any attempts he makes to help only ends up with things becoming worse.

And I feel like this does a service not only to IDW Optimus as a character, but also as a sort of moral/philosophical perspective for the reader to ponder upon? I feel like culture at large (or at least my experience of it) tends to believe that "goodness" in a person is simply an innate feature that people are born/not born with, and that being "good" means that you must be good at all times, both in your actions as well as the way you feel emotionally about yourself and the world. Like, there's a tendency for our vision of "a good person" to be good in every aspect at all times without having to try to be a good person. So I think IDW Optimus' character stands as a good example of how someone can be good at heart but still struggle to maintain those feelings of optimism and hope and justice. It's a good idea to have such a paragon of a character (in-universe and out-of-universe) be so conflicted and to even be mistaken, misguided, or make things worse because it shows that goodness is as much about "trying to behave/act in a way that is good" and not just "existing as an innately good person."

It's way more realistic for a person to want to be good, try to be good, and sometimes/often fail than it is for them to just be a good person. I enjoy the fact that IDW Optimus is both a good person at heart, but also has to strive to be a good person and live up to other people's expectations of what they see in him. I like how he wants to be a good person and change society for the better, but he also spends a good amount of time either feeling hopeless and alone or being angry at/detached from other people because of how frustrated they make him. He's realistically portrayed as someone who wants to be good and hopeful and change things for the better, but is also mentally and emotionally broken by that burden because of how impossible it is for him to Fix Everything and be the Perfect Prime/Leader/Autobot that people see him as. It's this fascinating mixture of "yes, this is who he is as a person" but also "there are things he desires to be that he could never possibly become or live up to."

This got really far off based from feral/unhinged Optimus sdklfjaslkdlfkas. The TLDR is that if people want unhinged OP, I feel like they should give IDW OP a chance because he IS unhinged but he's unhinged in a way that's a realistic/thematic representation of how being an Absolute Good is impossible. And how being a good person isn't just about Existing And You Are A Good Person, but rather goodness is a constant state of flux in which you adjust, you make mistakes, you lose your temper and feel hopeless, but then you pick yourself up and try again.

Also IDW OP really likes climbing in dangerous wilderness and jumping out of flying vehicles which I think is very feral and sexy of him to do.

[b4kuch1n]

fuck it sk8 sketches from da sketchbook. get sk8ed idiot

[hms-incorrect-quotes]

Heart [texting Mind]: *sends a voice message*

Mind [texting back]: I’m a little busy, is it urgent?

Heart: No, don’t worry, just listen later.

{later}

Mind: (presses play)

Heart's voice message: THERE’S A FIRE-

[containmentbreach]

i was talking about this on discord earlier but why have we as autistics abandoned the term special interest...it feels like everyone just uses hyperfixation now which is also a good word but i always saw the two as having different meanings. a hyperfixation is something you get intensely focused on for like a couple of weeks or months before the interest either fades or just becomes less intense. a special interest is something that like...pays rent in your brain. even if you aren't thinking about it at the time it's a part of your identity. it's something you love learning about or know everything about or just are overjoyed by. obviously people aren't always going to experience their special interests the same but i stand by the idea that they are different from hyperfixations. they're two unique kinds of consuming things. justice for special interests