#this is what made creating star wars ocs so fun and this is what makes creating characters in the forgotten realms setting so so fun

[moinsbienquekaworu]

I love worlds with specific rules and tonnes of lore building blocks so I can make my own little guys and put them there. Give me the dollhouse and a dollmaker and let me customise a few things

[sunnymainecoonx]

(Ahem, 2 minutes future Sunny speaking) context is, simply put, Dream momentarily forgot about everything that went wrong. But, he doesn't have to dwell into that anymore, not when the (literally pointless)war is over.

Headcanon time lessgo!! Dream never got into any hobbies because of his job as a guardian but there is one thing he knows how to do and that's making flower crowns :3 and since it's connected to childhood memories he tends to forget how cruel the world is. Luckily though, war is over ;3 so he can finally rest!!.... At least in this timeline.(Sunny, shush, stop, YOU NEED TO STOP YOU F—) and since we're talking about flowers..(we are?) I'm also gonna mention I see Dream as a big flower nerd :3(stop doing that face) and it's even more fun out in the multiverse 'cause god are there so many flowers!! He also likes to see what kind of absurd flowers he can make fit together :3(Sunny, what did I just say)

Also, let me introduce y'all to my "crying you a river" style! Created by my literal tears :3(....) I suffer from life crisis whenever art styles and this one is just a silly and simple funker. I'm gonna lend this art style to... Dreamtale Sunny! Yeah, he exists apparently... I usually make or have OCs that I use to represent different styles- which is one way to hide who I am ig...

Anyways— @cakesmelons I'm picking the star Sanses because this was already being made(here u go bessie) TwT I just— I need to break my hands wait I meant

....anyways. I have to give credits to Roxy(creator of Slash) because my thoughts while I came up with this was inspired by that one comic where Dream literally forgot his brother was dead :3(Sunny I hope you die)(...please don't—)

[factual-fantasy]

Salutations Factual! As is always the case, I was overjoyed to see your recent works- Wall-E is another childhood movie of mine, and as you always do, you perfectly translated them into your style! I was also delighted to see a small peak at some new original OCs in the new meme post! While I assume you don't have anything massive planned for them, I was wondering if you had any info regarding them you'd be willing to share? I'm always a big fan of bugs!

Alongside that, it's been fun seeing all this TF prime discussion the past few days. And as part of that, I also wished to bring out a few more points regarding the Vehicons. You made some good points in your last post- the difference between the Vehicons and the Starscream's clones despite their shared method of creation is indeed a bit confusing. However, a few obscure lore bits and a couple of statements from the show's producers help rectify some of the plot holes- and some of your ideas actually weren't too far off!

As far as we know, at some point during the war Megatron selected one or more disposable Soldiers to be "cloned" using a process presumably developed by Shockwave. Small copies of their sparks were created, and given life through energon after being implanted into protoform molds. The resulting clones were fully sentient, but like the predacons Shockwave later created, their sparks were synthetic, thus making them a step above true "drones" but not quite natural cybertronians, as their sparks did not come directly from the Well. As you put it, Shockwave did what he does best and "played God".

Notably, this practice of churning out Vehicon fodder during the wars long lifecycle became so routine, that, as confirmed by one of the producers, some protoforms were designed to resemble Vehicons before they even had a spark inserted- including the five protoforms which Starscream found, all of which had the Vehicons distinctive visor before being reformated into his clones...

However, like you hypothesized, similar to the clones from Star wars, it is suggested in the lore that over the years the cloned Vehicons declined in quality, like because, as the originals died or found their sparks exhausted, the Cons had to start making clones of clones, which over the centuries degraded the newer batches. This is also likely the reason that the modern Vehicons differ so vastly from Starscream's clones...notably, in the prequel games set on Cybertron, most of the Vehicons sound identical, and generally, they proved to be slightly bigger threats.

But by the time of Prime, the majority of them seem weaker and less intelligent- and some have started to manifest vastly different personalities and voices as the clones become less "perfect" with each generation. However- as many fans have pointed out- it seems there are a few OGs left. You'll remember these two guys from the first episode:

They, and a few rare other Vehicons, were evidently from the earlier batches- as despite being clones they fought on even terms with Bumblebee and Arcee for a good while, only retreating when Bulk showed up and saved themselves. (Where they went after that, is anyone's guess)

This also explains why Starscream's clones were so similar to him- they were a "first generation" of clones copied directly from his spark- to the point it even linked them together (which probably happened because he didn't know what he was doing) and this is also why, while the Autobots occasionally show sympathy to select Vehicons, generally except that they have to destroy them in combat- ultimately, their all just "clones", and despite being sentient, their sparks are synthetic, and thus not as valued as well-forged sparks. hence why they mow down Vehicons, but constantly hesitate to kill Starscream, Knockout, and other "pure" Cybertronians.

Oops. Somehow I ended up rambling even longer than last time- sorry! But those are the conclusions I was able to gather. Let me know your thoughts, and again, you're still totally free to go whatever direction you want in your AU! I can't wait to see it one day! I wish you have a good evening! (Or morning!)

(WALL-E post) (OCs post)

Thank you so much! :DD And I DO have a litttttle bit developed for those goobers :)

I thought that these bug critters could be a team of researchers/explorers or something. They go from planet to planet to study the life there and what not. The main character is the Bee gal. I was thinking she's the team scout and is interested in one of her coworkers.. but alas.. it must be kept secret because that is not allowed ☝

The Crane fly and Dragonfly are meant to be the scientists of the ship..? Not sure what their specific job title would actually be but they wear white lab coats. 👍Not much personality is built for the Dragonfly as I made him just for the meme. Thinking he might be a tone deaf/strictly logical character..? But the Crane fly is meant to be the classic kooky scientist character that everyone thinks is actually insane but he's somehow always right and always manages to fix things.

Not much was developed for the moth because he was made just for the meme- but he's basically a Ratchet clone XD Grumpy old medic that is incredibly skilled in his craft and secretly cares very deeply for all of his crew. 🧡

The Orchid mantis is either going to be the lieutenant or Caption of the ship, I haven't decided yet <:/ Despite his no nonsense vibe he's actually rather chill and usually is doing something stupid with the rest of the crew.

The Rhino beetle is also rather chill. He's best friends with the Tarantula and they show affection by beating each other up and throwing each other off of cliffs 💞

Not sure what the Tarantulas job is, but he walks around with crazy canons/weapons. Maybe he's a guard of some kind..? Who knows- he has a gruff exterior but he's got a big heart in there somewhere. ☺️

Now all of that aside,, reading through all that text about the Vehicons has left me with some more opinions- 💀

The whole thing with Shockwave playing God, Its just. Ugh. It just should not work. I've already got so much beef with the predacons, but now adding the ability to create sparks is way too much.

Think about it. A spark is the heart and soul of a Cybertronian. Those two are one in the same. You could say Shockwave could make an artificial spark chamber, or a "heart" of sorts. But he should never be able to create the living "soul" part of the spark.

Also another plot hole in my mind is this quote- "But by the time of Prime, the majority of them seem weaker and less intelligent- and some have started to manifest vastly different personalities and voices as the clones become less "perfect" with each generation." This seems like the exact opposite of what should be happening as the clones degrade in quality.

How are the lower quality/less intelligent clones more capable of forming new feelings and opinions when compared to the previous generations? Their minds have degraded over time. As time goes on they should morph more and more into mindless servants who are unlikely to create any new feelings or thoughts of their own, then they are to consider their actions and think outside the box and most importantly feel and choose.

Its more likely that the very first generation of clones could form new feelings and choose things for themselves because the first generation is the closest copy of a living and feeling Cybertronian as you can make. As the generations go on they become less intelligent, lose their critical thinking skills and should be much less likely to think or feel anything they aren't meant to. If they even can-

The more I think about it, the more I want to make clones 100% not living creatures. They have no sparks and are basically just an AI drone meant to replicate the Cybertronian it was cloned from. Its "feelings" are not real feelings and they don't belong to the Vehicon. Its all just an AI copy of the real thing. I cant think of any way to make the artificial sparks make sense. 😔

With the spark extractor thing, maybe I can make it so its designed to rip out the spark chamber/heart, which carries the soul inside of it. If the chamber is removed from the body that is a lethal blow and the soul is extinguished/released. When the Vehicons had their "sparks" ripped out what it really did is just removed their artificial spark chamber which extinguished the artificial power source inside of it and damaged the chamber beyond repair. So Megatron couldn't just waltz down their and shove the chambers back in their chests.

Also speaking of Vehicons and clones- the predacons? I have the same problems with them as I do with the Vehicons but way worse. I will either completely restructure them from the ground up or remove them from my AU entirely 💀💀💀

[thecoffeelorian]

Fandom Friday, 3/07: Fanfiction!

Hello again, everyone…and welcome to another installment of Fandom Friday, the somewhat regular series where I go off to find new and interesting fanworks that might need a bit more visibility.

Before we get started...I just wanted to apologize for not having gotten this out last week, as it felt like half a dozen things were going wrong for me that day, one of which was a sore hip. I also didn't have enough entry material gathered up, either, so...hopefully next week's fan art update should be a lot better than this one, and it'll be coming out on time as well.

Second, this may also be a late entry, but please bear with me--is anybody else excited for Andor, and if so, which character arc are you looking forward to the most? Will a soldier become a leader, and start enlisting others to his cause? Will a certain mother have to make difficult decisions between the Rebellion and her family? Or, on a totally different note, might there be an unexpected Jyn Erso appearance at the very end? Please feel free to drop your thoughts in the comment box or reblogs, and hopefully I will be able to join in as soon as I can. :D

And so, now that I feel like I have my head on straight again and there shouldn't be any further interruptions...here, finally, are my picks of the week.

THE CLONE WARS

The Clone Wars Fanfiction--By @ladysparklefarts:

The Clone Wars Fanfiction--By @book-of-baba-fett:

THE BAD BATCH

The Bad Batch Fanfiction--By @missfrieden:

The Bad Batch Fanfiction--By @ghostofskywalker:

ROGUE ONE

Rogue One Fanfiction--By @viharker:

The Strongest Stars (On A03)

THE MANDALORIAN

The Mandalorian Fanfiction--By @snshineandgnpwdr:

The Mandalorian Fanfiction--By @corazondebeskar-reads:

In conclusion, as part of my mission to poke around the Star Wars fandom and highlight those writers who might otherwise go unnoticed…I hope you will check out the links I have included for yourselves and like, comment on, and reblog them, as well as also giving the writers a few more followers to their Tumblr pages.

Please also like and reblog this latest installment so that these links can be spread around to as many other fans as possible, just in case not all of them can tune in at the same time.

An additional thank you goes to @djarrex for making the divider I used earlier in this post, but still want to give credit for.

If anybody likes what they see here AND would enjoy seeing more posts like this; please drop the rock star emoji (👩‍🎤) into the comments or reblogs, and I’ll be sure to tag you when the next update comes.

And finally, so that I do not forget���thank you to my friends, thank you to this fandom, and above all else, please stay safe out there.

No Pressure Tags: @melymigo @algo-o-nada @the-osborn-way @everybirdfellsilent @skellymom

@leos-multifandom-corner @maggie-dylan @leenathegreengirl @gun-roswell @tazmbc1

@bluedeedeedoop @its-time-to-rise-above @tlmtwelve @snoowply @apocalyp-tech-a 

@aknightreaderr @totally-not-your-babe and anybody else who might be on the lookout for new SW fanfiction.

[padawan-snack-packer]

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📆 Date: 0502.25 (GSY) 📍 Location: Somewhere between Clone barracks and the Ghost crew’s emotional baggage

Hey Peeps! 🎉

So, uh, first edition of this official log (read: update), I guess? (if there’s any official-ness left in this galaxy, I don’t know anymore) But heeeyyy, I’m here, a real live person behind this account, typing words and getting too into the Star Wars universe!!!

First, major shoutout to everyone who’s been following along because I just hit +80 followers! 🎉💖 I see you, and I’m genuinely flattered you want to hear my chaos!!!💌

Little personal update: I’m deep into a rewatch of Ahsoka (yes, again, I have no self-control) because I’m putting together a full-blown essay on Sabine’s grief representation in the series and, of course, a Sabine/Ezra analysis from both their POVs (Aka "Lover boy is just as down bad as she is" and "Sabine Wren aka' 'how to giftwrap the fate of the galaxy to your enemy to get your boyfriend back (as you should btw)'".

It’s a lot, but it's gonna be good. If I start rambling about their trauma and emotional baggage, just know it’s part of the process!!

So here are the updates from the field, a.k.a. my brain which is currently 83% clone chaos, 10% Sabezra angst, and 7% caf and stubbornness.

Secondly: the clone requests. There are four of them in progress right now and let me tell you—they're like babysitting four feral emotional support war veterans who each think they know best. As I finish them, I’ll be posting them to AO3 as a single work, with each request slotted in as a chapter. Same for the already posted ficlets besties!!! (Unless, of course, one of them decides to expand into a multi-chapter dramatic arc, in which case I will pretend I have control over my life and continue writing anyway.)

Meanwhile, the Sabezra post-Ahsoka one-shot that was supposed to be a sweet little emotional knife to the ribs has casually evolved into a ficlet. It's not massive—don’t panic—but it’s definitely longer than planned because apparently Sabine and Ezra had Things To Say™ and refused to shut up about it. Also they're being soft and he's being unhinged and making her laugh and MY GIRL DESERVES THAT SO YOU KNOW WHAT- Expect angst, accidental tenderness, and at least one line that made me go “oh noooo”, puns and maybe one (1) song about a womp rat lady. It’s that kind of vibe.

Also—and I say this with full awareness that this is my Roman Empire—I’m once again thinking about Mandalorian clans because I, a humble goblin with both daddy issues AND mommy issues, find deep comfort in a culture where love is expressed through teaching you how to stab someone correctly and handing you armor plates like they’re affection. I’m obsessed. I would absolutely love to dust off my old Mando OCs (yes, they all have tragic backstories, yes, I’m fine, stop looking at me like that) or even create new ones for fics or inspo for peeps.

The urge to build a whole found family of emotionally repressed warriors who show care via knife training and shared trauma is simply too strong.

If I start posting about “Clan Unnecessary Emotional Baggage” featuring a foundling who’s never been hugged and a riduur who communicates exclusively in sighs and forehead touches—just know it’s a cry for help, but make it worldbuilding.

✨ Anyway, back to schedule! 🫡📋 Thank you so so much for all the love on the posts, headcanons, metas, and general chaos!!!💖 Y’all are the best, and I’m sending snacks (emotional and actual) to everyone 🧃🍪💫

(Oh and also!! 👀 Just so you know—I do have things planned for May the Fourth 👽✨ (yes, it is currently May 2nd, yes, I am making intense eye contact with the calendar, yes, I am operating entirely on ✨vibes and panic✨). Expect something fun, mildly unhinged, and definitely made with love (and probably at 2am). The Force is strong with my procrastination but SO IS THE CONTENT, OKAY.)

[em-writes-stuff-sometimes]

what was the creative process behind your spike fic? i always love reading your notes on creating fic!

OMG, anon, thank you for the opportunity to ramble!

I'm actually gonna put a cut on this thing because I know people will want to scroll past the absolute wall of text I'm about to put out. I'm literally gonna write an essay on the birth of this beast, timeline-wise.

Kay. So, I've been reading a ton of Spike fics in like the last month or two. Before that, I was bouncing around with The Vampire Diaries, Star Wars, Star Trek, a lot of sci-fi/modern/futuristic stuff. I think that made the progression easier for me to 'get into' writing a modern fic.

This might be a bit dumb, but I cried when I found out that Michelle Trachtenberg died. Buffy was the legit first thing me and my dad had in common when I was a teenager (extenuating circumstances, but let's just say that we didn't get on great due to mutual, if separate, issues). It was a bit of a gut punch, you know? So I started looking at old Dawn fanfics I'd read back in the day—sue me, but when I was like 14 and my biggest crush was Spike, I read Dawn x Spike (given that I wasn't involved in wider fandom discourse at the time, I wasn't exactly literate on the whole ew-that-ship-is-NOT-okay thing)—and stumbled across the oldies I pored over. Geez, I swear fanfiction.net used to be a better quality site? Haven't been there in literal years, and I've gotten so spoiled by AO3 that it felt a bit like slummin' it. But the trip down memory lane was fun. Ran out of steam for Dawn x Spike, so I turned to Spuffy, Spander, Spillow, read all my old faves. Then I saw that there were new Buffy Funko Pops, and as a Funko ho I got them. Then I started rewatching episodes here and there. All the scenes of Spike getting verbally shat on by Buffy in Seasons 5 and 6 made my heart hurt—funny, because I don't really recall if it was quite so horrible to watch as a kid—and I was like "see, this is where fanfic comes in." Decided to hop back online and see if there were any good Spike x OC/Reader fics. A few, and really good (I'll reblog my reads if anyone's interested in that at all), but nothing that scratched the exact itch I was after. The whole "Spike should have an ending where he doesn't have to hide or excuse a part of himself" itch. Then the creativity itch started up.

I've been a bit leery of writing fanfic for a bit. Well, posting it, anyway. Done bits and bobs of ToE, but nothing substantial enough to put up as a complete chapter update. I've also been dabbling with Star Trek (Spirk x Reader, lol) and TVD fic (Klaus x Reader x Elijah, can you tell I like threesomes?), but neither of those are done. The latter is more done, and I might post that eventually, but it got away from me a bit because I made the mistake of just yeeting ideas out without making some sort of plan. Same with the Star Trek fic, TBH. I've sorta smutted myself into a hole with both—too much detail, to the point it reads like a blow-by-blow and I'm exhausted just reviewing it. The pacing's all wonky. So anyway, I sat on an idea of a Spike x Reader, partially based on old maladaptive fantasies I used to invent as a teen while trying to fight off insomnia. Being Buffy's sister. Being the one Spike falls for. It felt like the right move, in the name of nostalgia, to tackle an old daydream. And I think I've already mentioned that I've wanted to write a relationship fic using external character POVs, partly because I'm a freaky little voyeur, partly for drama and partly because it's an interesting way to practice at writing each character. If you can believably write in an approximation of their voice, you understand them, right?

Wasn't hard to draft some dot points about the order of development (something's up > too close at funeral > twoo wuv confession > sads after Buffy > catch post-nut > catch mid-nut > catch pre-nut > big blow-up > semi-resolution > happy days). Wasn't originally going to include Angel, but given Spike's hate-on for him and the necessity of filling in another character blank, I felt it held up to include him. The only possible place he could fit was Joyce's funeral, seeing as he was present in canon there, so there he was assigned. I had to think logistically in my assignments: I started with Xander getting to view the live graphic smut show, seeing as how he basically cops the same thing with Buffybot. That was a fun scene to write! I then went back to the 'huh, why's Spike being weirder than usual?' intro scene and decided that if it were anything more intense, Buffy'd probably just kill him, so she had to get that one. The other intimate scenes (confession, post- and mid-smut stuff) had to go to characters who wouldn't dob Spike and Reader in, so Anya, Dawn and Tara they went to. Dawn couldn't have the confession, she was busy being sacrificed by Glory, and she definitely couldn't have the active smut bit because she's a kid and ew. Giles got the post-Buffy's-death mourning sequence because he's mostly absent in Season 6 and I wanted to preserve that. I knew it was going to end with either Reader or Spike POV (to hit home how SWAG things are), and that basically left Willow by default with the confrontation scene.

I wrote it all out of order. Xander first, back to Buffy, then Angel, then Tara, then Anya, then Giles, then Dawn, and then Willow - Reader - Spike occurred in sequence. Had to do some editing to get them to flow on, but the beauty of the separated scenes meant that the internal monologue didn't have to be consistent between scenes. Each character's limited by what they know, which is most apparent in Giles's POV, given that he's interpreting Spike/Reader as a developing closeness rather than a secret affair masquerading as flirtation which I hope is what comes across. For authenticity, I tried to preserve the spelling, punctuation and grammar norms relative to the regions of origin for each character—everyone bar Giles and Spike have Americanised English (which I frequently stuffed up and have had to go back countless times and re-edit), while those two have good ol' British/Australian English. Not a thing most will notice, but I was determined to make that a thing, even if people don't necessarily think in words requiring correct spelling. Don't ask me why this was a compulsion, just blame my rampant autism.

I was mostly done with the fic by the time I started posting it on AO3. It came outta me with a quickness that I haven't had in a long time. I think it was mostly because I didn't really expect it to go anywhere initially; it was an itch to scratch like my other non-HotD fic dabblings, and I probably wouldn't finish it. Also, it didn't carry the burden of all these developed plot points as a brand-new fic, nor the weight of getting through the narrative arc due to the indeterminate time jumps and shifts in POV. Then I didn't really have any intention of posting it. Then it grew wings, and I decided to post on AO3 just because it seemed right to do. It actually wasn't well-edited the first go round, and I've gone back around 20 times since to change little bits that I didn't notice (I've since discovered that the easiest way for me to spot issues on my own is to post/draft it to AO3 and read it on my phone before bed, seems tired me is a picky beetch), which is annoying because I'm a perfectionist nutjob and the modern lingo did my head in a bit. I'm used to writing very floral, formal, medieval prose—very proper—and using all those contractions and incomplete sentences sent me 'round the bend. But CHARACTER CONSISTENCY, Em, CHARACTER CONSISTENCY. Must flagellate myself for the sake of realism. It helped to lean on over a decade's worth of fanfic consumption, some remembered and many hundreds not. I also think I've been a bit through the emotional/mental health wringer, so maybe there's an element of no-fuss-no-muss bleeding through? I dunno. Psychoanalysis isn't my strong suit.

I... think my answer's gotten away from me. Or maybe reads like I think I've created the next Iliad or something. Nah, it's just an excuse to write smut with one of my oldest platinum-blonde bad-boy-with-a-clear-lack-of-conscience crushes. It's nice to extend my writing abilities, diversify them a bit. I honestly didn't think I was going to move away from historical/fantasy fic, but I do have ideas for other stuff and it's cool so far getting to explore that. I struggle with single one-shots, so naturally I'm writing more to the story with a sequel. Much more direct, this next one—Spike POV only. It weaves back into some canon events, but brings up new stuff too in an attempt to generate more conflict and to showcase Spikeyboy being a kept house-husband, essentially. It ain't the chip in his head neutering him, it's the fact that his nuts are in Reader's little handbag. We see in Season 2 how over-the-top devoted he can get, and he never got the chance to show that with Buffy, so why not give him a gal just vulnerable enough for ol' Spike to swoop in and save the day for?

Anyway, yeah. There's my answer. I hope this is the deep-dive you were after, nonnie! Thanks for the question!

[blueikeproductions]

Void Rivals revealed what Zerta Trion properly looks like, with a twist!

She was originally Beta, the one off resistance leader and fighter back in Cybertron’s ancient history in the G1 cartoon.

Like the cartoon she also worked with A3. In hindsight, that should’ve been obvious since Zerta Trion had connections with Alpha Trion in the Skybound comics from the start…

To make this connection clearer, her “older” form is a feminine version of Alpha Trion’s G2 design mixed with Beta.

Interestingly Optimus was apparently part of the Age of Wrath as Orion Pax according to this flashback, though how this version of Orion becomes Optimus yet we don’t know.

In the G1 cartoon, Orion was a young dock worker post Quintesson who idolized Megatron, but was betrayed by the tyrant, left for dead, until the Aerialbots happened upon a young-ish Alpha Trion to repair him.

So how this may further explain Skybound Optimus Prime will be interesting…. Or it’s a red herring, like in the Cobra Commander prequel where CC’s original cartoon Cobra-La body was shot dead by the actual human CC.

As for Zerta, her being Beta is a pleasant surprise, but while it’s one of those hindsight things, it’s still a fun way to repurpose an old character.

The twist she’s Beta does make me conflicted as I think I would’ve preferred her being her own thing. Zerta Trion also throws an interesting wrench in the concept of the 13 Primes if she winds up continuing to be Alpha Trion’s counterpart in stuff outside of Skybound, the same way the Thirteenth Prime isn’t always Optimus and is sometimes Zeta Prime.

This leads me to the other reveal of the issue: Goliant.

The series still hasn’t clarified for certain if the Quintessons created the Transformers like in the 80’s cartoon, but they did for certain build Goliant.

Goliant is the robot contained within the Sacred Ring’s black hole in Void Rivals, with his true purpose being a colossal weapon to be used against the Transformers. Zerta led him away from Cybertron but in the process caused him to feast on the Sacred Ring’s original star, destroying the Zertonian and Agorrians’ home planets. Trying to solve multiple problems at once, Zerta oversaw the evolution of the Zertonians and Agorrians, building the Energon producing Sacred Ring while Goliant was distracted so he could be sealed in the resulting black hole. To further weaken Goliant, his essence was split among the Zertonian and Agorrians’ ancestors, which is why the two species coming together is seen as bad among them. Zerta’s goal of the Ring to produce Energon was to solve Cybertron’s growing energy crisis, implying it began well into the war against the Quints.

Who Goliant might wind up being retroactively isn’t clear at the moment, but many speculate he will eventually become Unicron. I have reservations about that due to a habit of Hasbro’s to over rely on Unicron see the anime trilogy, Prime, Netflix WFC, Prime Wars, among other things, as well as Skybound not having too many characters unique to it. Shredhead is pry the only example they currently have. It’s something that can be done in moderation, as a common complaint with IDW was having too many OCs like Rung and Nautica. For better or worse, IDW having some Transformers specific to it like Tarn helped give it a unique identity, and while Skybound has a unique identity in other ways, I kinda wish it had more unique robot characters that isn’t just the usual G1 cartoon cast reshuffled a bit.

So I’d kinda prefer Goliant be his own thing instead of Unicron. In my mind he’d be a better executed version of the Dead Universe Decepti-God D-Void (but with more Quintesson parts instead of generic robot demon thing made of Sweeps).

However, what can we get from the Quintessons having built Unicron?

Unicron being an artificial being is surprisingly common. While most fans, and Hasbro, tend to prefer the Marvel Comics take where Unicron is a dark god of chaos, a lot of stuff goes with him being the rogue creation of someone.

The G1 cartoon famously depicted Unicron as being built by the alien Primacron, a being the sea monkey sought to scour the universe so he has a fresh template to experiment with. Japanese media went nuts with this, with Primacron being an ancient survivor of the universe prior to ours, using Primus’ power to create all mechanical life including the Quintessons and (indirectly) the Transformers.

Prior to Primacron, the first draft of the movie instead stated Unicron was created by the Junkions.

The Junkions built Unicron as a beacon of peace, but their magnum opus malfunctioned and became the planet eater instead.

IDW also went this direction, with Unicron being built from the dead planet Antilla based on ancient technologies from its original inhabitants, slowly evolving into a more traditional Unicron after assimilating the 12 Transformer colonies.

As for the connection to the Quintessons, early movie media would state they worked for Unicron, but it was ultimately an abandoned concept as the movie never reconciled the idea. It was never made clear if Unicron was their creator, they created him, or if the Quints were forced into servitude.

If Goliant becomes Unicron later, it’s possible his connections to the Quints could be the Skybound staff referencing this abandoned idea. …Or it’s sheer coincidence, but the team does browse the TFWIKI from time to time, so they probably are aware of the idea.

It’s also been revealed the Quints may just be responsible for all of Cybertron’s worst enemies, as Megatron was kidnapped and experimented on by them before the Great War, using a technology that Megatron seems to currently employ on his own troops going by Starscream.

The Quintessons are truly at their best in Skybound, where WFC, TFONE and EarthSpark failed to make them stand out as credible contenders. Cyberverse certainly tried, but their versions are largely forgotten… The Energon Universe is truly the Quintessons’ playground it seems, now if they also somehow created/influenced Cobra-La I’ll be happy. (Why is this ok over Shockwave? Shockwave over exposure via IDW that’s why, delegating cosmic nonsense to the business minded Quints is more fitting anyway.)

[dystopicjumpsuit]

DJ's Follower Celebration!!!

Hi friends! I recently hit a follower milestone that absolutely blew my mind; I never really expected anyone to be particularly interested in my work, let alone this many of you. I am constantly blown away by your talent, insight, and creativity. I'm so grateful for every single one of you, and I want to celebrate YOU!

With that in mind, I'm going to be opening requests to create Datafiles like the one I made for Cerra for your Star Wars OCs. I've created three different versions: a Grand Army of the Republic Personnel Datafile, a Jedi Archive Member Record Datafile, and an ISB Suspect Datafile. Here are some examples of what they look like:

Transcripts in alt text.

Here's what you need to do to participate:

Submit an Ask with your OC's name and the artwork you'd like me to use. The artwork should have either a plain or a transparent background, and the filesize needs to be smaller than 25MB.

Fill out this form to tell me what information you'd like included in your OC's datafile.

Reblog this post to spread the word so other folks can participate, too.

That's it! Detailed rules are below the cut:

Rules:

Since this is intended to celebrate my followers, this event is only open to folks who follow me. I will be checking.

Each blog can submit a maximum of two requests.

Once I've created the Datafile, I'll answer your Ask with the PNG and the transcript. Feel free to share and repost them elsewhere, but it would be lovely if you could give me credit; I worked hard on these!

Requests will be filled in the order in which they are received; please be patient as it takes time to create the Datafiles.

I will not begin working on a request until I receive BOTH the Tumblr Ask AND the info form response.

By submitting your OC info, you agree to allow me to edit the text if necessary to fit in the template without consulting you ahead of time.

If you use a Picrew or similar to create your OC artwork, please include the link in your ask to credit the creator. By submitting artwork, you affirm that you have a right to share and transform/edit the artwork, and that you are giving me permission to share/edit the artwork as well.

Don't submit inappropriate images, please. I'm a delicate kriffing flower.

Do not submit hateful content.

I reserve the right to ignore a request for any reason.

Tips for success:

Keep it succinct; it's fine to use truncated, abrupt sentences. Sometimes they make it sound more official, and remember, I have limited space in the templates. I'll do my best to accommodate what you submit, but I might need to edit the text to fit (see Rule 6).

Think about whether the organization creating the Datafile would know/care to include the information. Examples of things to include: injuries sustained in battle (particularly if they were severe/debilitating); special/unusual Force abilities; an explanation of why a Jedi padawan switched masters; outstanding warrants. Examples of things that might be less relevant: petty crimes that the ISB wouldn't necessarily investigate (keeping in mind that they're more like the FBI/CIA/NSA than the local PD); minor injuries sustained outside of combat (like a black eye from a barfight at 79's); favorite snack when they were a youngling in the Jedi temple creche (unless they're STILL a youngling in the Jedi temple creche).

Remember that the ISB stands for Imperial Security Bureau, so they wouldn't have a file during the Clone Wars. Similarly, the Jedi Archive and GAR records wouldn't reference the ISB Datafile (though ISB certainly could have access to Jedi and GAR records).

Think about the perspective of the person creating the record; if it's ISB, they might accuse your OC of a serious crime that they didn't commit (or exaggerate a minor crime to look more severe than it actually was) for the sake of propaganda.

Have fun with it! "Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking" is a fantastic trope for a reason!

Thank you all so very much for being such a lovely, welcoming group! I can't wait to celebrate with you!

I used these picrews to create the OC artwork for the examples: GAR; ISB; Jedi Archive.

Ragu list:

@secondaryrealm @sev-on-kamino spicy-clones @wings-and-beskar @523rdrebel @merkitty49 @anxiouspineapple99 @sinfulsalutations @arcsimper5 @starrylothcat @clio3kantarella @cloneloverrrrr @goblininawig @ladytano420 @arctrooper69 @wolffegirlsunite @sunshinesdaydream @mandos-mind-trick @littlemissmanga @stunkbiggu @starqueensthings @clonemedickix @marierg @idontgetanysleep @moonlightwarriorqueen @dudewhynotthis @sleepycreativewriter @tcwmatchmakingau @littlemissbshine @multi-fan-dom-madness @heavenseed76 @wizardofrozz @bobaprint @sweetcream-coldfoam @banksys-rat @skellymom @pickleprickle @trixie2023 @mythical-illustrator @dickarchivist @cw80831 @kimiheartblade @meredithroseg @flyiingsly

[masterjedilenawrites]

🌙 Master Jedi Lena's 2024 Blog Stats 🌙

Soo I kinda sorta love data (a girl after Tech's own heart? 😅) Last year I did a deep-dive into my posts from that year, and now I've done it again for 2024! I have no expectations of anyone reading and/or caring about this. I'm just making this post for my own curiosity 😇

✨ Number of Posts: 101 (-40% from 2023)

Drabbles: 30

Fic Chapters: 1

Headcanons: 34

Images: 1

One shots: 12

Polls: 33

Rec Lists: 4

Thoughts/Misc: 5

✨ Words written: 44,676 (-46% from 2023)

Longest: Handcuffed (4,802 words)

Shortest: "Should've brought more explosives" (44 words)

✨ Poll votes: 10,524 (+63% from 2023)

✨ Replies: 89 (+41% from 2023)

✨ Reblogs: 1,456 (+32% from 2023)

✨ Likes: 3,257 (-24% from 2023)

✨ Month with the most posts: February - 29 posts (same month as 2023 and with +1 more post!)

✨ Month with the least posts: September - 1 post (that tracks, I got hit with a bad bout of depression that month)

✨ Top 5 posts by notes:

"Like this post if you're a Star Wars writer" misc post (426 notes)

How many canon Star Wars movies/shows have you seen? poll (372 notes)

Favorite Star Wars Character - Gs poll (180 notes)

Favorite Star Wars Character: Winners of the A-K Polls poll (175 notes)

Favorite Star Wars Character - Ns and Os poll (169 notes)

✨ Milestones:

Feb 14: 3 year blog anniversary 🥉

Mar 13: 5,000 reblogs 💞

✨ Misc Stats:

48% were requests, 47% were my inspiration, and 6% were prompts (events and "OC Sundays").

5 NSFW posts (1 more than 2023).

In July, I started to intentionally read/reblog a lot more, resulting in an 80% decrease in my own posts.

One interesting takeaway I have in comparing the years is that while the amount I wrote/posted decreased (almost halved), the amount of interaction I received in replies and reblogs increased (about a third). Overall notes were still lower due to decreased likes, but I received more meaningful notes across fewer posts... that's pretty awesome!

✨ Personal Favorites:

Take Me Out one shot/fic exchange... This was a story concept I had in mind for a long time and finally got an opportunity to breathe it to life with a fic exchange event. I just love it so much.

Ready or Not one shot... I feel kinda sappy over this fic. It's a little different in tone, and it's one of the few endings I've written that I actually love (I struggle to end one shots, IDK why).

Drabbles... I wrote more short stories and blurbs this year, and they were a lot of fun! Especially The Presence of Absence, made myself cry on that one.

Virgin!reader choose-your-own-one shot... Writing three smutty one shots all at once was a tough challenge. I'm proud of the work I put into filling this prompt, even if the stories didn't get much love from others.

My reading challenge... Seeing so many complaints from the lack of interaction on people's writings got me thinking about my own role in the fandom. It didn't feel right for me to bemoan low reblogs on my stories when I myself never bothered to reblog from others. So I created a little system and got to reading! As a result, I feel more connected to a community and cherish the comments I do get rather than the ones I don't.

And with that, I say au revoir to 2024 and bonne année to 2025 ☀️ I have some lofty ideas for what I want to do with my blog this year. If I can just keep a handle on my depression this time around. 🤞

[idv-harmonic-melody]

Welcome to my world!

Headers by @/animatedglittergraphics-n-more

°✿ Need my help? ✿°

The Singer's external traits (TBA)

Current event: Killernight Disco

Main Rules!

Obviously no NSFW, although the mod is +18, i want this blog to be completely SFW. Flirting and suggestive jokes are fine, but please use your common sense when sending anything here!

T*RFS, l0licons, pr*shippers, prom4ps or any type of weirdo is not allowed in this blog, although i do not think any will interact, i want to make sure to say that none of them are welcome in here!

Again with the obvious, but homophobia, racism, ableism and any other type of prejudice is also not allowed

This blog will contain A LOT of headcanons, and some of them might not align with what is mostly popular in the fandom, so if you do not agree with anything i say here, please just leave and do not try to create conflict.

Other rules and more information about the blog

This is a crossover blog between HSR and IDV, with Robin receiving the role of a survivor with the support role, her title is "The Singer"

Due to the nature of this blog, it might contain spoilers for Honkai Star Rail, all of them will be marked with the "HSR Spoilers" tag!

Magical anons, oc x canon, aus, crossovers and other askblogs for both IDV and HSR muses are not only allowed to interact but also encouraged! I would love to interact with all of you!

This blog will have some darker themes such as attempted murder, talks about isolation, wars and others, so please proceed with caution

Answers might take between days and weeks to come as the mun is a bit busy and sometimes deals with demotivation, so please do not feel anxious incase i don't answer you in the same day!

The blog will be mainly text-based, with some doodles coming with answers sometimes

Overall, just have fun! Any questions can be made via both the askbox and my dms!

[melpomenelamusa]

14, 16, 17, 26, 29 for Elafi, Fifi and Tigri :3

Hi!!! OMG, these are a lot of questions!!! Answering took some time, but here they are!!! (from this random oc questions):

14. What types of characters would they gravitate towards in fiction? drop their kinlist

Elafi: He likes characters who, like him, are guided by their hearts, do the right thing, and strive for the greater good, overcoming all kinds of obstacles to stay true to themselves. Some characters that come to mind are: Pure Vanilla Cookie from CookieRun Kingdom, Xie Lian from Heaven Official’s Blessing, The Little Prince, Jonathan Joestar from JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure, and Nausicaä from Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind.

Ofidia: Fidi likes clever, creative, and interesting characters, just like her, those who solve their problems using wit rather than fists. I'm sure she’d find characters like Sherlock Holmes and MacGyver entertaining. She also loves strong and beautiful female characters, such as Jolyne Kujo from JJBA, Galadriel from the LOTR trilogy, Nadia from the otome The Arcana, and the entire female cast of Arcane.

Tigri: This guy is a fan of muscular men, strong in physical power, character, or development. I imagine him being a huge fan of JJBA (Dio is his guilty crush). He also likes characters like Leon Kennedy from Resident Evil, Dante from Devil May Cry, Shanks from One Piece, Obi-Wan Kenobi from Star Wars, and Prince Zuko from Avatar: The Last Airbender.

16. What makes them like someone instantly?

I decided to answer this from a purely romantic or sexual attraction perspective:

Elafi: He doesn’t know what he likes, he’s never liked anyone (so far). If you asked him right now, he’d give you a vague answer like, “Someone who’s a good person.”

Ofidia: She likes girls who are intellectually interesting and have big boobs (just being honest).

Tigri: He has a tendency to want to protect others, so while he’d love to date a big muscular guy because that’s a huge turn-on for him, he could also deeply connect with someone brave and interesting whom he feels the urge to protect.

17. What artistic medium would they be best at? (painting, photography, sculpting, etc.)

Elafi: He’s quite patient, so he might excel at time-consuming and detail-oriented crafts, like sculpting or wood carving. He doesn’t know how to do any of them yet, but he’d definitely be open to learn if someone taught him.

Ofidia: She’s very good at drawing. So many years spent locked up gave her plenty of time to practice. Her favorite thing to draw is clothing designs, but she’s also skilled at drawing realistic portraits of people and animals at a pretty solid level.

Tigri: I don’t see him having the patience for any kind of artistic activity that requires long dedication, but he surely enjoys seeing what others can create. He’s more into video games and sports, though he’s the one in his family who takes the best photographs.

26. What would their Youtube recommendations look like?

Elafi: Gardening tips, healthy cooking recipes, fun facts about animals and plants, hour-long compilations of animals doing adorable things, lo-fi music for sleeping and reading, yoga videos, and chakra-unlocking frequencies.

Ofidia: Fashion history, sewing and pattern-making tutorials, speed-paints, skincare (and scale-care) tips, current fashion trends, design and color theory breakdowns, and empowering girl playlists.

Tigri: Tons and tons of gameplays, video game analysis, basketball game replays, fitness and sports care advice, narrated horror and supernatural story compilations, meme videos, and his favorite MVs.

29. What’s a memorable moment from their childhood?

I’m considering childhood to be the stage before they became chimera children during puberty:

Elafi: The first time he went camping with his parents in the mountains and saw the starry sky in all its glory, completely surrounded by nature.

Ofidia: The time her grandmother let her use her sewing machine and she made her first dress for her doll.

Tigri: The first time he went to an amusement park with his parents and rode a space-themed roller coaster. That’s when he discovered his love for adrenaline rushes.

[kingsmoot]

@ttombo

yes you explain how beautiful the process of creating things. but the character for fanfic itself is not created by fanfic writer. so why feel offended with ai. because for me both ai n ff give copyright issue in writing. i like to hear explanation not to fight

ok. i am sorry for how rude my initial reply to you was. i should have engaged with you in better faith, and i apologize for my harsh tone. let me try and explain why these things are not related.

copyright law exists to protect intellectual property so that people can make money off of a brand. mickey mouse is copyrighted to the walt disney corporation so that they can make merchandise with his face on it and sell that merchandise at a 800% markup from the cost of the slave labor and materials it took to make it. copyright law protects the ability for giant megacorporations to continue sucking money from their ips. "ip" stands for "intellectual property" and is used to refer to these huge brands, like the mcu or star wars or alien or friday the 13th, etc. i have no interest at all in protecting the ability of disney, 21st century fox, a24, or any other corporate conglomerate to make money. i just do not care if they can make another trillion dollars selling plastic crap in the shape of their ips. it doesn't matter to me.

fanfiction and fanart are transformative works. they exist in sort of a legal grey area wrt copyright infringement. technically, fanfic and fanart are only "legal" if their creators are not making money off of them. so all the fan-made merch that fandom loves (and i do NOT exclude myself from this i own a lot of fan made merch as well as official merch) like keychains and t shirts and plush dolls are all technically illegal. the artists who make these things could be sued and ordered to stop making these items. the characters they are representing on their merch are not their ip, they belong to a big legal entity that wants to exclusively make money off of tchotchkis shaped like Blorbo Du Jour.

but i would rather give my own money to a fanartist making merch of my favorite blorbo than to the corporation who owns said blorbo. that is just a personal preference and not praxis. i do not care that disney or hbo or whatever is "losing money" when i buy fanmade instead of official merch. it doesn't matter to me.

fanfiction is not made for profit. i do not write fanfic to make money. i have never received a single penny for any of my fanfiction and i never will. i write fanfiction because it is fun. because i love it. because i feel a drive to create and this is the outlet i choose to do it in. i am passionate about the craft of writing because i love it. i am passionate about the craft of fanfic because i am an ethusiastic nerd.

i do not think that not using ai to churn out algorithmic drivel is good because it means you are not feeding copyrighted material to chatbots. i do not care about what is or is not copyright protected when it is fed to chatbots. i care that creative people in fandom who feel the drive to MAKE something push through the discomfort of a learning curve. i care that creative fans teach themselves how to write in a way that they enjoy. i care that creative people push through the challenges of making art they are proud of to reap the rewards of having created art they are proud of.

i am not against using ai to write fic for any kind of copyright concern. copyright does not matter to me. creative writing as a learned skill that anyone can develop and hone DOES matter to me. choosing not to be lazy, choosing to put real concerted effort into creating art you are proud of matters to me. whether the art you create is about your OCs or about copyrighted characters, what matters to me is that YOU made it. you took part in the action of MAKING something. something that is uniquely yours because it came from your brain and you worked to bring it out from your thoughts and into the world.

i do not care about protecting copyright but i DO care very much about people engaing in the creation of art, which takes a lot of effort and is challenging, but is also very rewarding and wonderful.

i hope that this helps explain why copyright and creative integrity are totally unrelated and why i do not care about protecting ips. i am sorry again for biting your head off after your first question. thank you for coming back with a measured response to my anger, that was kind of you.

[fruit-salad-ship]

I don’t understand why anyone had a problem with the Rome AU? It’s. It’s fiction. It’s not meant to be historically accurate, that was never the point. What, y’all gonna start coming after every period romance written ever?

I adored Rome AU. It was one of my favorites. It doesn’t have to be anywhere close to accurate, it just has to be fun for you to create. So create more of it if it makes you happy. You deserve that 💖

I would love to, it had a very specific energy, but I got a lot of people correcting me about little details. It puts me off creating anything to do with it despite loving it so much, because I’m just here having fun but people are mad about idk, a dye colour, or some tiny detail about how a social norm was written about or something. Now I hate history, I failed it, every test I ever took I failed horribly, it was my one true subject I just didn’t click with, so having to essentially research a bunch of history stuff before enjoying a mindless hobby topic that’s more about OCs than the setting kind of just sucks! Like a lot!! my adhd hates it haha, I can’t read a sentence without reading it 3-4 times. I just don’t read well, and when I say this people suggest audio books or YouTube videos; no one seems to understand that I truly, and I mean this from the bottom of my heart, I truly cannot focus on historical content. It’s all very important and interesting but just not something I can consume and enjoy? I’m too stupid for it haha!

BUT. I really do miss it, I made the Star Wars AU a reflection of it to escape the history buffs that heckle in the tags, but somehow it doesn’t have the same energy, close but somethings missing.

Either way it IS fiction, I was going to throw some of the old gods and monsters in to try to pull it away from the history aspect, but it was too late by that point, and no doubt someone would have had issues with that too.

Defo one of the greats, I love big wet dog peach who just needs love and patience and gentleness. There was real charm to plum and her calm power, and grey the biggest sweetheart of them all. Idk. Guess it’s done for sadly, but GOD, miss it so much. Just finished with being expected to research something I just want to enjoy for he fun of it yknow? My brain can’t do it hah

I love that it was one of your favs, I hear it a lot, and love that briefly it brought some joy to others!

[deafblindshorty]

Just finished watching American Dragon: Jake Long to commemorate the 20th anniversary (which isn't for a few weeks, but I couldn't wait!)

ADJL was a HUGE part of my life back in the day. The ADJL Fan Forum was the very first message board I ever joined and the first fandom community I joined, and the very first fanfiction I posted on FanFiction.net was an ADJL fanfiction.

The ADJLFF was a wild bunch of people. We had so much fun making OCs and creating fanfiction and fanart, coming up with theories, playing games, chatting, roleplaying...

Sigh. Fond memories.

My own OCs were Leah Bension. She was called a Supernatural (I completely made that title up. And I didn't realize there was a show called Supernatural) with healing, telepathy, and telekinesis (I didn't realize I basically made her a Jedi. I'm surprised no one called me out on that. lol). I originally made her Rose's long-lost twin, but then I realized it might be a little Mary-Sue-ish (Yeah, yeah, I know- Oh, but her superpowers aren't?), so I just made her Rose's best friend. Irony of ironies, Rose does indeed have a twin!

Another one was an actual dragon: Benjiro (Kind of regretting that name, though. Long story.) Kishi- the Japanese Dragon (Ironically, there is a Japanese Dragon on the dragon council, but it's female). He is from Bethesda, MD; his dad's job transferred the family to NYC. He became Leah's boyfriend.

One more was Michelle, a witch with a personal vendetta against the Dark Dragon, for the DD killed her family. She became friends with Jake and his friends.

I made two or three more who were loosely based on the characters from Avatar: The Last Airbender: Kate, Tibby, and Aaron.

The other OCs my friends made from what I can remember are Kellan, a.k.a. IronHand (he had a metal hand which he can use to control metal objects), also a member of the Huntsclan and Rose's best friend; Cat, Raffi, Ari, Kevin, Liam (who somehow made an annoying clone I can't remember the name of now), Travis (the Dark Dragon's son and Leah's first boyfriend), Brandon (Michelle's boyfriend, and the Floridian Dragon (Who knew Jake's mom's side of the family actually lived in Florida?! Another freakish coincedence.), Veronika, and Ashleigh, an alchemist with a curse (kind of a FullMetalAlchemist thing).

Yep. Those were the days!

Anyway, about the show itself, I didn't realize there were quite a few Star Wars references (and Harry Potter references) there were. Holy shit.

And speaking of Star Wars, when I saw The Force Awakens for the first time, and Finn was telling Rey he was taken by the First Order when he was a baby, I got Rose being kidnapped by the Huntsclan flashbacks!

And Star Wars Resistance came along. Kaz, Tam, and Neeku low-key reminded me of Jake, Trixie, and Spud! And there's Torra, the child prodigy with buns (pigtails in Haley's case), and Synara with a similar hairstyle as Huntsgirl, who left the pirates.

TL:DR ADJL was a big part of my life and continued to be even when I left the fandom.

[sketchyspy]

what was your inspiration for making maulwurf the merchant? She’s such a cool character!

Maulwurf the ARAR Merchant. Might as well post this here since I made an account. – @sketchyspy on Tumblr

Oh hey hummingjay. Sorry for not replying sooner, I don't really use tumblr often.

Before SIGNALIS, I played the steam demo for the game CONSCRIPT long before the full game was released. It was the very first time I played something in the Survival Horror subgenre. For context, it is set during World War 1 and has you play a French soldier named Andre, fighting to survive and make it back home alive with his brother Pierre, who was conscripted into military service along with him. Aiding Andre in his personal mission is this mysterious, unnamed (the text box only referred to him as "???") fellow soldier who wears a gas mask, carries a pretty big backpack, and somehow appears in every save room you find. He sells you useful stuff and offers to upgrade your weapons in exchange for cigarettes (soldiers during WW1 actually used cigarettes as currency when trading goods such as snacks with their comrades in the trenches). You can also hear what he has to say about what's going on in the warzone you and he are stuck in.

I was very intrigued by this bloke, and I eventually found out that the developer of the game based him on the Merchant from Resident Evil 4, which is how I first learned of the RE4 Merchant's existence.

Playing CONSCRIPT's demo got me interested in Survival Horror, but since the full game wasn't out yet, I eventually decided to try SIGNALIS, which has been on my radar ever since I stumbled upon that animation by Liz Caingcoy of Star and Eule kissing in an elevator.

I then learned about the Ara replikas' propensity for creating tunnels, and combined with my memory of "???" from CONSCRIPT and knowledge of RE4's Merchant, it gave me the idea of creating a SIGNALIS OC who is an Ara who sells you contraband goods and uses the signature Ara tunnels to move around undetected, and the rest is history.

Fun fact: Before I drew her debut post, which was the very first time I drew her, I considered giving Maulwurf a gas mask like the one worn by "???" but I figured I should be a little more original, so I used a STAR mask instead, which gave me the idea of writing her backstory as a worker in a firearms production factory, who was reassigned to be a military small arms repair technician and befriended a cadre of Starlings, who gifted one of their masks to her.

I am satisfied with her current design, so I think my next move regarding Maulwurf is to flesh out her backstory (how she went from military to merchant) and her personality. All that I have in mind for now is that she is a lot more talkative than your average Ara, and uses a rather hammy RE4 Merchant-inspired persona when interacting with her customers. She has an inversed Bruce Wayne/Batman thing going on with her persona, in which she acts more like your typical Ara when not in her outfit: quiet, unassuming, and stone-faced but when she dons her merchant outfit, she becomes the opposite of those. In fact, she becomes very expressive which is definitely unusual for an Ara (though it's a bit hard to notice since her face is partially hidden by the mask), and makes goofy-looking grins when she makes a sale or when she sees her favourite customers.

That's all I can say about Maulwurf for now. Thank you very much for saying she's cool.

[jedimasterbailey]

filoni stans just don't quit huh?

"people are mad sabine has force powers because it's badly hidden misogyny-"

oh here we go again as if many people haven't already explained in depth how she's been character assassinated.

heads up everyone, if we don't like filoni's stupid ass decisions and contrived writing it must always be because of sexism, racism and whichever excuse stans use to deflect criticism. this is what happens when we spoil their fun. some of them are sounding like last jedi stans who screamed misogyny and racism when fans rightfully pointed out the badly written script, the way kylo almost took over rey's story and the way poc were mistreated. love how they yell sexism while glossing over how filoni made ahsoka's importance all about a man in this show.

sabine was already a good character in rebels without needing to be force sensitive. she had her own cultural identity as a mandalorian. guess none of that matters now, she gets to follow a rote padawan story that makes no sense for her and wasn't even properly developed. all because filoni is far up his own ass about his special mando jedi ocs while disrespecting established jedi characters. good lord, i'm glad this season is over.

NO THEY DO NOT ANON!!!! And that’s the thing that drives me crazy about Feloni Stan’s is I think his project promote bad behavior. There is so much racism and sexism in these projects that everyone is more than happy to turn a blind eye too. I, on the other hand, cannot condone any of it and I refuse to make excuses for it and I will say exactly what’s on my mind even if others are afraid to because this is ridiculous. There are so many talented writers and minds out there who can continue the Star Wars legacy without going low and create inspiring content that can generate hope in future generations to come but nope we’re still gonna keep ignorant people in high places and produce more crap.

And yes Sabine should have stayed true to who she was. There was no need for this Jedi nonsense.