#time to invent a ship name let's see...

[arsenicpanda]

Hell, man, we were hummin'!

[starrydali]

*ੈ✩‧₊˚✧˖*°࿐Leo Valdez can’t stop thinking about you. Whether he's fixing things or working on the Argo II, your name always ends up somewhere—etched into blueprints, carved into walls, scribbled under tables. It started as a small habit, but now it’s like he can’t help himself. He doesn’t even realize what he's doing anymore. Meanwhile, you’re shy and flustered every time you spot it, trying not to let him know how much it makes your heart flutter. His little secret is everywhere, and you can’t help but find it sweet. ✧ ˚ 　· 　　 .

part 1

You’re wandering the Argo II, minding your own business, when you spot it—your name, etched faintly into the edge of a railing.

“Is that...?” You squint, running your fingers over the carving.

“Y/n.”

You shake your head, figuring it’s just a one-off thing, but then you find it again. On the control panel in the engine room. On the edge of the table in the dining area. Even on the side of a wrench lying in the workshop.

“Leo,” you mutter under your breath, your cheeks heating up.

Before you can second-guess yourself, you march off to find him. You don’t have to look far—he’s sprawled on a chair near the workshop, tinkering with a small gadget.

“Leo!”

He looks up, already grinning like he knows exactly what you’re about to say. “Hey, sunshine. What’s up?”

You hold up the wrench, pointing to your name. “Why is my name on this?”

Leo doesn’t even flinch. “Oh, that? Yeah, I do that sometimes.”

“Sometimes?” You’re trying not to sound flustered, but your voice comes out way higher than you intended. “Leo, my name is everywhere. I just found it carved into the ship’s railing!”

He leans back, folding his arms behind his head with a cocky smile. “What can I say? You’re always on my mind.”

Your face feels like it’s on fire. “That’s... That’s ridiculous! You can’t just—”

“Oh, but I can,” he interrupts smoothly, standing up and taking the wrench from your hand. “See, when I’m building something, I gotta put a little of you into it. Makes it better.”

“That doesn’t even make sense!” you protest, but your voice wavers because, honestly, what are you even supposed to say to that?

Leo steps closer, his grin widening. “Admit it. You think it’s sweet. Maybe even a little romantic?”

You stammer, trying to think of a comeback, but nothing comes out.

He smirks and tilts his head. “Tell you what—give me a kiss, and I might consider toning it down.”

Your brain short-circuits. “W-what?! Leo!”

He laughs, absolutely delighted at your reaction. “Relax, sunshine. I’m kidding. Mostly.”

You cross your arms, avoiding his gaze. “You’re impossible.”

Leo shrugs, still smirking. “And yet, you’re still here, holding my wrench like it’s a love letter.”

You groan, shoving the wrench at him. “You’re so full of yourself.”

He winks, twirling the wrench like it’s a trophy. “Nah, I’m just full of you, sunshine. You’re in my head, my heart, and apparently, all over the ship.”

You spin on your heel to leave, your face burning, but you catch his voice as you go.

“Don’t worry, Y/n!” he calls after you. “I’ll save you a spot on my next invention. Maybe I’ll carve ‘Leo + Y/n’ in a heart this time!”

You don’t turn around, but you can’t stop the small, flustered smile spreading across your face.

✧. ┊ Send requests! :)

[glassartpeasants]

Supernova trio reacting to you cupping their cheeks and kissing them before saying, "I'm proud of you"

Characters: Luffy, Law, and Kid

GN!Reader

A/N: It literally came to me just now, and I needed to write it before I lost the motivation.

Warnings: tooth-rotting fluff

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Luffy:

It was just one of those days on the sunny, everyone was relaxing and enjoying not being shot at by marines or defending themselves by other pirates. Robin with her flowers, Nami sunbathing, Zoro napping in the warm sun while Brook played his music next to him. Sanji making drinks for everyone while Franky tinkered on the Mini Merry. Usopp working on new inventions while Chopper studied next to him.

The only one yet to be seen was your boyfriend, Luffy.

"Luffy! Hey, where are you?" You walked around the ship calling out for him, yet no response. He usually came to you after you even called his name. Was he below deck or up in the crow's nest?

"(Y/N)!" Just while you were thinking about where to look next, you hear the telltale sound of Luffy's sandals running at you at full speed. Turning around, you see your boyfriend lunging at you before wrapping his rubber body around you. Both of your fall to the ground on your butt.

"There you are! Where were you? I've been looking for you!"

"I was making something!"

"Oh?"

"Yeah! Here! It's for you!" Luffy untangled his arms from your torso before shoving a piece of paper to your chest. Grabbing it, you brought it to your face to look at it. You saw a drawn picture with you and him holding hands with the words "HAPPY BIRTHDAY" written on it.

"I made sure to give it my all!" You can feel your heart melting as you look at it.

Placing it down next to you, you move your hands to cup his warm cheeks. You rub your thumb along his cheekbone before leaning in to kiss him on the tip of his nose.

"I love it Luffy. It's perfect, I'm so proud of you." Luffy looked at his nose wide-eyed with a light red painting his cheeks before looking back up at you with a wide smile.

~~~

Law:

It wasn't uncommon for your boyfriend to be locked away in his office. Working and studying about anything and everything under the sun. He put his studies before his own health almost all the time.

It was hypocritical cause he'd chastise you if you did the same.

Despite that, you walked to his office with coffee and some onigiri just to keep him at least a bit healthy. A smile plastered on your face as you knocked on his door.

"Come in." Carefully opening the door to make sure you don't spill, you slip through without an incident.

"Hey, baby. I got you some coffee and snacks." You walk up to his desk and place the tray holding everything on the only unoccupied space left on his desk.

"Oh. Thank you (Y/N)-ya." You watch him grab an onigiri before taking a big bite, his eyes still focused on his paperwork. Walking up behind him, you place your hands on his shoulders and gently start to massage them. You feel him tense for a split second before letting out a sigh as he eased into your touch.

"What you working on?"

"I took a test and now I'mm correcting myself."

"And?" you see him place his pen down as he yawned.

"I got them all right." His long, drawn-out words had you giggling as you put your hands on his cheeks and moved his head so he had to look up at you. You gently took off his hat and placed it on some of the papers. He gave you a puzzled look at your actions.

"What are you-" Leaning down, you place a soft kiss on his forehead. You looked down at him and admired how the light framed his face from that angle.

"Well, I'm very proud of you for working so hard to get them all right." You can see the pink dusting his cheeks as he looks shocked to hear you say such things. He looks to the side to avoid eye contact as his cheeks felt like they were on fire.

"Thank you..."

~~~

Kid:

The feeling of your brutish boyfriend holding you close as the two of you lay under the covers has a permanent smile on your face. You loved being in his arms and enjoying his touch. The safety he promised always scared away the nightmares that threatened your sleep.

Looking up, you see Kid with his eyes closed and his hair messy, no longer held up by his goggles. He looked so peaceful and contempt while he slept that you couldn't help but admire him.

"Enjoying the view?" You see him open an eye while a smirk plays along his lips.

"Very. What? Can't I admire my perfect boyfriend?" Rolling his eyes, you see the red creeping up along his neck and face. He always got so embarrassed when you complimented him. It was truly your favorite pastime.

"I simply like admiring my strong, handsome, decently smart boyfriend." You see the small look of offense appearing on his face at your last words. The feeling of him pinching your thigh had you yelping yet giggling.

"I'm kidding! Only a smart guy would be able to create such beautiful metal artwork and machinery." Using your elbows, you push yourself up so that you're face to face with him. His amber eyes staring directly into yours as he waited to see your next move.

Moving your hands to cup his cheeks, you kiss his lips passionately. You can feel Kid smirk as he kisses you back with the same amount of energy. His arm pulls you even closer, and you feel him rub his hand along your back.

Pulling away from his lips, you move a stray hair behind his ear as he pouted. The freckles that covered his face calling you to kiss every inch of his face. Your heart felt like it was gonna burst out of your chest with how much love you felt for him in that moment.

"I'm so proud of you, baby. No doubt in my mind that you'll be the King of the Pirates." His eyes widen at your words before red covers his entire face. The face that once held a smirk now soft as he took in your words. He moved his head to your neck just so you couldn't see how much your words affected him any more than you already had.

"I love you, Kid." You run your fingers through his silky hair as you hold him close. You feel him kiss your neck before mumbling against your skin,

"I love you too."

[katarasmomsnecklace]

I wanna talk about all my fav ATLA ships cuz being a multishipper can suck sometimes

I wanna look at ship tags and not see hate for another ship in them

SPREAD THE LOVE

KatAang: Classic friends to lovers. Couples who commit ecoterrorism together stay together

TAang: She was a punk He did ballet what more can I say. But like actually they're so fun to analyze with what we have in canon, they legit give soulmate vibes.

ZuTara: SHOT THROUGH THE HEART another fun one to analyze, opposites attract/enemies to lovers it's a good time

KaToph: They're defined by overcoming their "weaknesses" Katara fought for her right to be a master despite her gender and became one of the most powerful benders because of her will to fight. Toph literally invented a whole new bending style BECAUSE of her blindness. Love them

MaiLee: Bad bitches deserve bad bitches, we love a sunshine and sunshine protector. Their fighting styles compliment each other as do their personalities

MaiKo: 'I love Zuko more than I fear you" will never not be the hardest line in the show. *doesn't care she got pickles* "HOW FUCKING DARE YOU SHE SAID NO PICKLES"

Ty Luki: I just want Suki to show TyLee the ropes of being a kyoshi warrior. They have so much they can teach each other also if you like the Airbender! TyLee headcanon there's something poetic about her unlocking her powers with kyoshi's fans

YueTara: MOON AND OCEAN NEED I SAY MORE

ZUe (I actually don't know their ship name) we in rare pair hell but SUN AND MOON NEED I SAY MORE also applies to Yue x Azula you guys come up with the coolest scenarios that put either of the fire siblings in the north pole, this fandom is so creative

ZuKKi: Let Sokka pull lol but actually a King and His Guard and King and his Ambassador, it's like Sukka is great but make it better

Mai TyLee and Suki should be a bigger ship cuz I swear I'm the only one that sees it (help me name them)

Tell me about your favorite ATLA ships I freaking love these characters and I love when they love each other

[jeonscatalyst]

https://x.com/twinskookmin/status/1854803362166063372

I've said it 7000 times and I will continue to. I don't know the relationship status BTS have with one another - I join in jokes about almost every ship (only excluding one not bc it's unlikely but bc the content was ruined imho) - but how can anyone deny that Jikook honestly love each other. Friendship can be just this beautiful - and honestly, I subscribe to Yoongi's view on how differentiating between platonic and romantic love is not necessary - but how blind do you have to be to see this video and not think "maybe it's more". I'm not a jikooker who claims that Jikook is the only possible couple in BTS, or for whom it being true decides about me having a good day (I don't even care about cut moments. Jikook aren't the main characters of BTS, and editors are gonna do the best they can when there's 7 overexcited puppies rolling through the frame 1000 times a second). I'm just an observer who loves the music these 7 talented people have put out, who feels seen in their lyrics and understood in their melodies. I'm an observer who saw love between Jikook and thinks that maybe no other love can truly compare. I see them in those moments, or when they share something on stage, and that's enough.

We're fans. We're not entitled to their time and words, we're only entitled to what they would like to share. And after seeing how many "armys" fall down the anti rabbit hole because it fits their narrative (e.g. infantilising 30 YEAR OLD INDUSTRY VETERANS bc whatever view they had of their bias doesn't fit with reality), and how often that starts and ends with putting BTS under a microscope of unrealistic expectations, I want them to put themselves first.

As a last little just thing I'd like to say: Please, dear Jikookers, let's not fall down the anti slope. BTS are one unit, they share more than a band name - they're friends, partners for life and they'd walk through hell and back for each other. And, in a way, them making it to chapter 2 IS them having gone through hell.

As a shipper you may see anything that is done by the company that you don't like as them undermining your ship, or mistreating Jimin and/or JK. You may interpret the actions of another member, in this space often Taehyung and Yoongi, as harmful cowards them. But, please, take a step back from shipping when it comes to this. To kinda quote a TikToker whose famous for debunking conspiracy theories: "Why invent something to be mad at, if you can just be mad at the things that are actually real."

In short, be mad at the way idols and Yoongi have been treated for literal minor incidents by the media. Be mad at the continued sexualisiation of minors, both girls and boys. Be mad at the journalists that have given up their integrity to click bait fans with fake information. Be mad that stans in kpop, who claim to be all about inclusivity and body positivity, regularly resort to homophobic and simply vile language.

But don't get mad at BTS for not conforming with your personal idea of how they should act, what songs to produce and who they spend their time with. Don't forget, you're here for the music, not the drama.

ALL OF THIS!!!

Thank you anon💜

[princesscolumbia]

Star Trek Captains, A Review and Categorization

Star Trek is a show about a Neo-military organization that has rank structures, ships, and fights wars, so naturally there's plenty of captains to talk about, but for this post I'll be highlighting specifically the main cast captains, in something resembling chronological order. (But, I mean, this is Star Trek, so even that's kinda up in the air)

Captain Archer

That Guy who had to hand crank the warp engine up-hill both ways in the blinding ion storm. We don't need no stinkin' Prime Directive! Remember The Alamo Pearl Harbor 9/11 Florida! But...uh, maybe don't be dicks about it, not everyone who looks like the ones responsible for that thing we're never going to forget actually wants us dead. Got transformed into an alien, got possessed by another alien, slept with a couple more. Never got pregnant, though (that was his chief engineer)

Scorecard

Ships commanded: 1

Wars started: 0

Wars ended: 3

Times on screen naked: 1

Nazi facilities destroyed: 1

Category: Grampa

Captain Pike

Midlife crisis? What midlife crisis? Everything's fiiiiine. Now eat something, it'll make you feel better. I'm not mad, I'm just disappointed. Number One, don't tell me I can't adopt more kids, I don't care that they're from the future they're mine now. Besides, we've already got a whole ship-full, what's two more?

Scorecard

Ships commanded: 2

Violations of the Temporal Prime Directive: -3 (yes, it's an irrational number, we're talking time travel, people!)

Musical Numbers Participated While On Duty: 3

Hair: Really Great

Category: Dad (or DILF if you swing that way)

Captain Georgiou

You will be captain when you can snatch the stone from my hand.

Scorecard

Ships commanded: 1

Protege's who required a redemption arc: 1

Awesomeness: Transcendent

Category: Gone too soon, also, MILF who can kick your ass

(Edit: Courtesy of @cheer-me-up-scotty for pointing out an oversite on my part)

Captain Burnham

Cosplays as a Vulcan 'cause she's jealous of her adoptive brother. Accurately called an audience-stand-in-self-insert-mary-sue (shut up, Star Trek fandom invented the Mary Sue, it was a term coined by women fans, so shut up!), but by season 2 she actually gets interesting.

Scorecard

Mommy Issues: Has a subscription

Moms: 4

PTSD inducing life events: Like, all of them

Ships commanded: 3

Mutinies led failed: 1

Category: That One Cousin who married surprisingly well and made something of herself in spite of all expectations

Captain Kirk

Golden retriever energy, would be the Useless Bisexual Himbo if he didn't have so much game. Probably smarter than he lets on. Polyamory King and certified Alien Fucker. Boyfriend is a half-space-elf, main sometimes-girlfriend will go on to create the deadliest super-weapon ever built by humans by accident.

Scorecard

Number of Klingon Bounties on his head: [CLASSIFIED]

Number of women he's slept with: [CLASSIFIED]

Nazi regimes toppled: 1

Number of times he should have had a test that determines if you can stick your dick in it that got named after an upstart from that other science fiction show instead: 1

Ships Commanded: 3

Ships He's Stolen: 3

Category: Slut(affectionate)

Captain Kirk (the other one)

Golden Retriever that got left behind when his family moved away and had to lead a ragtag team of a crotchety older dog and a wet cat on a journey...

No, wait, hold on...

Right! That's the one!

Scorecard

Times he should have been kicked out of Starfleet: At least 4

Ships commanded: 3

Ground transport destroyed: 2 (that we know of)

Number of middle fingers given to Admiralty: 2

Category: Bad Boy

Captain Picard

You know that guy who you see going to the library all the time and always seems to have his nose in a book and always seems to be telling people off for breaking the rules and doing dangerous shit? You'd never know it but he used to be That Guy in college who got, like, ALL the girls and is going to be the Hot Grampa that you don't know how he has that much game, but he got it.

Scorecard

Ships lost in the line of duty: 2

Number of times he married and then estranged his best friend's wife who named their son after her dead first husband: 1

Number of toxic omnipotent and omniscient boyfriends who are obsessed with him and spends their spare time playing with ponies: 1

Category: Inexplicable Sexyman

Captain Badass Sisko

The Cool Dad with baggage. He's got game, but he's got priorities as well, and DON'T mess with his son or you won't even exist anymore to regret it. BLM before it was cool. Led a civil rights riot two centuries before he was born. Space Jesus who can make the best jambalaya you've ever had. Fought and won a war, punched a god, then became one.

Scorecard

Civilizations saved: 4

Native Cultures Treated With the Respect They Deserve: Many

Times He Bent the Rules so his CMO could get some nookie from a Cardasian spy plain, simple tailor: The counter broke

Successful black-ops assassinations completed: 1

Category: BAMF

Captain Janeway

THE single most decorated captain in Starfleet history. Successfully dropped the hammer on dozens of petty tyrants, oppressive regimes, roaming mass murderers, and the Borg. What Prime Directive? Your Mom. Also, probably slept with your mom, that's how much she is the Domme-est of Dommes. She told the Borg to use the safe word...and they DID!

Scorecard

Borg Daughters: 1

Times she told the Borg to step off: 3 (or 4...or 5? Honestly, with the time travel shenanigans it's hard to know for sure)

Nazis she's personally shot: 1

Category: Mistress, but it's "Ma'am" to you

Captain Freeman

She's angry AND disappointed! She's just as good as all the other captains in the fleet, and the good ones know it, but all the rest? They see "cali class" and assume all they're good for is the jobs nobody else wants. But jokes on them, because thanks to that attitude her crew are the flippin' Jacks and Jills of all trades and are more capable of fixing AND fucking AND "fucking" shit up than damn near anyone else!

Scorecard

Times the ship has nearly been destroyed but she and her crew got through it: ...uh...how many episodes are there? And then there's the times that get casual mentions that we never get the details on!

Daughters who should probably be captains now if they were at least a LITTLE more respectful and didn't actively try to piss off Admirals: 1

Times the Cerritos has had to be rebuilt to the point it might as well be called "The Ship of Cerritos Problem": At least 4

Category: Your mom...get back here, I'M NOT DONE TALKING TO YOU!

Captain R'El

Cinnamon Roll, just let m'boy into Starfleet! He just wants a home and a family! I'd like to see full-grown captains who can keep up with half of what this Best Boy is capable of!

Scorecard

Number of species his genetic code is made up of: All of 'em. Even the GODDAMN Q!

Number of Janeways he impressed the socks off of: 2

Quality of his Janeway impression: Bad

Number of Ferengi he out-Ferengi'd: 1

Nazis punched: Give him time...

Category: Teenage Boy Who's NOT GOING THROUGH A PHASE, MOM!

Should I do Captains Shaw and Seven? How about Alternate Timeline Tripp or Future Chakotay? (Going too far down that rabbit hole will eventually lead to Imperial Kirk and Captain Spock from the movies.) Let me know in the comments.

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[brainrotroulette]

So about that time Hermes and Aphrodite invented the ship name…

What else did you think would happen when you entrust two of the most self-confident gods to name their one night stand baby? (inspired by @attichoney4u’s post that made me giggle way too damn hard)

ANYWAY SOME HEADCANNONS ABOUT HERMAPHRODITUS:

Meeting him when he was born was the first time Hermes, god of yapping, was ever at a true loss for words because Hermaphroditus was just such a beautiful baby

His name was a vanity project, let's be so real, and they probably thought they were being soooo clever but then I think maybe they both realized they blatantly exposed Aphrodite's infidelity to Hephaestus by naming him that so they were like we gotta get rid of the evidence and sent him off

I like to think, with the exception of those children of hers who are explicitly said to have inherited HER beauty, that Hermaphroditus and his siblings are so beautiful because they embody what people see beautiful in their fathers. Hence, I imagine him as looking a little more like his dad

Being told that flowers like the roses that were so sacred to his mother were monoecious were the first thing to make him feel beautiful again after The Trauma™️

✨he’s a runner he’s a track star✨ Athletic. Need much more be said?

Absolutely jealous of all his siblings that were not sent to be raised by nymphs on Mt. Ida. He and Aneas would be TIGHT🤞🏽 tho

[drinkabletoxicdishsoap]

hmmm I’m bored and pjsk and pokemon (mostly pokemon and the anime) are rotating in my brain at all times so for fun:

List of the accomplishments and more information about each character below so you can make your own judgements in case you don’t recognize one or the other :D

Clemont:

• Made a robot (the one in the photo) to take over his duties as the electric type gym leader. The robot’s name is Clembot! It can talk and works very well. It has emotions too aka fully sentient! It talks. It’s fully movable and can do whatever it wants. It did malfunction randomly in the first season which ended in Bonnie and Clemont getting kicked out of Prism Tower (Clemont’s gym). Though after Clemont won against Clembot in a pokemon battle, it reset and became nicer :3

• Has a whole backpack with a working arm called the Aipom Arm. Pressing a button on his backpack strip, he can move the arm as he pleases. It has the ability to unlock security doors and even lift heavy items such as a boulder :0

• MADE A WORKING POKEMON TRANSLATOR !! Though he began not to trust it and it sort of exploded :( but it worked !!

• Using the electricity in the city, he made little showers for electric type pokemon. The showers worked and help electric type pokemon get the energy they need

• Invents anything and everything tbh. It all honestly depends on the situation at hand but he has an invention for it :3

• A LOT OF HIS INVENTIONS EXPLODE !! They usually work, but not the goal that he was aiming for. He usually tends to overload it, which makes it explodes

• His catchphrase is literally: “The future is now thanks to science!! Clemontic gear on !!”

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Rui:

• Made a robot for his friend (or more.. depends on who you ship with him) Nene. The robot, modeled after Nene, is called Nene-Robo/Robo Nene. It’s a fully sentient robot that can move on its own, talk, dance, LASER EYES, and has a whole security system.

• I can’t list any on the top of my head, (nor is the wiki helping me.. haven’t read the stories in a LONG time.. please help) but he repeatedly helps makes inventions for performances and is a stage director for wonderlands x showtime!!

• Creates a whole bunch of animatronics for the shows he and his group performs

• He loves to take home toys and appliances to see how they work

• Time Machine (though it was in like the crack animated series.. but still should go on here)

• Lion Dance animatronic that chases around Tsukasa when it overheats!! but it’s still lion dance animatronic which is very impressive!!

(sorry for not putting specific inventions because the wikis listed NOTHING and I literally can’t remember.. if you have any please let me know so I can add them!!)

[transformers-nerd-13]

Can you do an analysis of Countdown to Extinction? That’s the only g1 episode that actually made me scared of Starscream. The whole thing with Arkeville was so messed up…

Ask and you shall receive! Here’s my analysis of Countdown to Extinction:

We start with a quick recap of what happened last time; the Decepticons brought Cybertron into Earth’s orbit in order to collect the energy that would be unleashed as a result of this (not sure if that’s how that works but okay), and even though they got Cybertron out of earth’s orbit (by blowing up the Decepticon’s new starship. Now I’m no mathematician but I don’t think an exploding starship would generate quite that much force) and the Decepticons were defeated, the world has been left in ruins.

The Autobots are helping to rebuild Earth. There’s a few shots of them helping to rebuild before we cut to the Decepticon starship which is now in the middle of the ocean somewhere.

Let me unpack this real quick: Number one; why do the Decepticons’ starships/bases somehow always end up in the ocean?? And Number two; You’re telling me, that your starship exploded, generated enough force to knock Cybertron out of Earth’s orbit and back to its admittedly probably not too far off corner of the galaxy, and your ship is still INTACT??? 

Ridiculous physics aside, we hear Rumble ask Skywarp if he can do anything right, to which Skywarp replies: “Watch it you metallic mini-meatball or I’ll step on you!” Which is one of my favorite lines from this show. “You and what army you maxi-turkey?” Rumble challenges. Skywarp kinda just…shoves him into a console which somehow fries said console.

Thundercracker tells them to shape up; they’ve still got a lot of damage to repair. Soundwave walks into frame and says “Look who’s talking Thundercracker.”  This line doesn’t make a whole lot of sense to me; they’re all working to repair the ship, Thundercracker used the word ‘we’ when he said they had a lot of damage to repair, so this just seems odd. 

Thundercracker ignores Soundwave and instructs Rumble to start emptying the water pumps. (No idea why they have those.)

Frenzy crawls up from a hole in the floor (I believe this is Frenzy’s first appearance so that’s cool) complaining that he didn’t volunteer for this ‘geeky assignment’ (whatever that is) and that he wants Skywarp’s job (whatever that is). Skywarp tells him to butt out and that geek work is made for geeks like Frenzy as he tries to…step on the minicon for some reason. Frenzy proceeds to just. Throw Skywarp. I guess minicons have super strength??

Rumble takes a flying leap at Skywarp and sort of tackles him causing Skywarp to fall to the floor. Rumble hits Skywarp a few times while Soundwave just watches before Thundercracker pulls Rumble off of the purple Seeker. Megatron walks into the room demanding silence, and all of the cons in the room are all fairly surprised to see Megatron since they all thought he was dead. Megatron says he’s only lost a starship; not the war, and he has some unfinished business with Dr. Archevil (Ark-ee-ville)--I have no idea how to spell his name, I’m just guessing here. One of the two Skywarps who are now in the room tells him that the doctor is gone along with Starscream. “I don’t like that. I don’t like that at all.” Megatron says. And y’know what I can’t fault him for that one, seems like a reasonable concern. 

Laserbeak flies in and Soundwave plays back a recording he took of Starscream telling Archevil that since Megatron is dead, he is now the leader of the Decepticons and commands him to take him to his lab; he has use for his other inventions. Megatron declares that they must stop those traitors and he and a small group of Decepticons go to find them.

Cut to the Autobots who’ve finally finished fixing up Teletraan One. For some reason Teletraan immediately shows Megatron and the small group of cons with him (legit no idea why it did this). Optimus says that they can’t let Megatron regroup with his Decepticons.

I hate to break this to you Optimus but it seems like he’s already regrouped with them man.

Cut to Starscream and Archevil arriving at Archevil’s lab. Starscream transforms and more or less yeets Archevil out of his alt mode, catching him by the back of his coat. (Also yeah those stairs are completely inconspicuous nobody would ever think there was anything behind that boulder, nope never). Archevil brags about how his lab is an ‘impenetrable fortress’ until he says a particular sentence that will open the door. Starscream commands him to open the door. “I, Doctor Archevil, genius of science, say ‘Open Sesame’!” Archevil says, and the door opens. “How original.” Starscream says sarcastically. Since the door didn’t open enough for Starscream to get in, he shoves Archevil to the side and throws the door-boulder off of a cliff that appeared from the void. He picks up the human and tells him that that’s just a small example of what happens when someone tries his patience. 

Again this line doesn’t make sense to me. It feels like maybe Archevil had another line before this one that caused Starscream to react like that, but it might’ve been cut for time. Archevil might be annoying, sure, but he hasn’t done anything to warrant being picked up and threatened; in fact he’s been pretty compliant about all this. 

Inside the lab, Starscream finds an invention that Archevil told him about; an Exponential Generator which is apparently the ultimate power source. Archevil warns him to be careful with it; if the generator’s pulse was interrupted, the earth and every living thing on it would cease to exist. What happens to the non living things? Are they not affected?? Also this seems like a really stupid thing to tell Starscream of all people about; like what does he think Starscream’s gonna do with it?? Starscream tells him that he doesn’t care about this minor planet.

Cut to the Autobots who’ve caught up with the Decepticons. Rumble warns Megatron about the Autobots and dives to attack, except no he doesn’t because in the next shot he’s still flying in formation with the other cons. Megatron instructs Thundercracker and Skywarp to stop the Autobots. 

Cut back to Starscream and Archevil where the mad scientist is telling Starscream that whatever happens in his lab must be done under his supervision. Starscream tells him to have patience; he’s almost finished.

These lines felt a little clunky because we didn’t know Archevil was in another room; it would’ve been better if we got a shot of Archevil in the other room delivering that line; it’d just make it flow a bit better.

Starscream tells him that he can come in and he enters the room. Starscream tells him that he’s improved the generator by interfacing it with a timing device; when he flips the switch, it’ll begin generating power at infinite capacity, and flips the switch. Archevil protests, saying that if it goes up to infinite capacity, it’ll explode and destroy the entire earth. Starscream tells him that that’s the plan; in 7 hours, 58 minutes, and 20 seconds, the planet will explode into a cosmic shower of free energy. Archevil once again protests, but Starscream tells him that he has no say in the matter; when the planet is destroyed, he’ll be on Cybertron, collecting the resulting energy. 

Again I must state my case that Cybertron CAN’T be that far from Earth. 

The energy that Starscream collects will give him limitless power; enough to take over the universe. Archevil says that he’ll stay here to make sure that nothing goes wrong, but Starscream isn’t falling for it; besides, he has different plans for the scientist. He transforms, Archevil climbing inside, and the two take off. We get a look at the timer on the generator which now says 7:58: 19 and is counting down. You’re telling me y’all did all that in one second???

After the commercial break we re-establish what’s going on with Starscream and Archevil real quick before we cut back to the Autobots on earth. One of the Seeker’s missiles hits the side of a cliff and causes a small avalanche of rocks that bury Bumblebee. Brawn digs Bee out from the rocks and Optimus instructs the other Autobots to transform and take cover. Wheeljack and Ironhide want to fight however and Wheeljack fires his shoulder missile at Skywarp, hits him (miraculously), causing him to fall out of the sky. Megatron instructs the cons to land and attack.

(Also I have to call out how silly this looks; it's like Megatron is trying to jump-scare Optimus lol) A short battle ensues that ends when Optimus yeets Megatron into a lake and Megatron declares a retreat, claiming that the Autobots were too hero-programmed to know when to quit.

What does that even mean??

The Autobots pursue the cons. 

Cut to Starscream who’s arrived on Cybertron. He and Archevil enter Shockwave’s lab, Starscream telling Shockwave that he’s here on a most urgent mission. Shockwave interrupts him, telling him that the earth creature (Archevil) isn’t allowed in his lab under Megatron’s orders. “Megatron is no more! I now lead the Decepticons!” Starscream declares, holding up a normal Decepticon badge like that’s supposed to signify him as the leader. Shockwave says what we’re all thinking: “WHAT?!”. Starscream, giving a thumbs down for some reason, explains that when his starship exploded, Megatron entered oblivion. Shockwave says that’s impossible; Megatron is indestructible! “Why don’t you contact him, Shockwave?” Starscream challenges, to which Shockwave replies that he can’t get through; interference in the field (idk what field he’s talking about) has made outside communication impossible, but he assures Starscream that he’s going to keep trying. Starscream tells him that from now on, he’ll take orders from him, and his first order is no further attempts at contacting earth. At first, Shockwave ignores him and turns back to the monitor, but after Starscream fires a warning shot, Shockwave backs down and agrees defeatedly.

Has he forgotten he has a cannon on his arm or??

Starscream tells him that they must begin setting up energy collectors; in less than 3 earth hours, they would be receiving energy from a limitless new source. 

So it took you 4 hours to get here? In your alt mode? Again, Earth and Cybertron CANNOT be that far apart and if the Decepticons can fly they could just, y’know, use their flight capabilities to go back to Cybertron once they collect their energy. I feel like they’re needlessly over complicating things for themselves with starships and ground bridges. 

Starscream tells Archevil that he should feel honored as the only member of his race to survive his planet’s destruction. He declares that everything is ready and walks away. Archevil messes with the controls saying that while he may not be able to save the earth, he could prevent Starscream from taking the energy produced by its destruction. But before he can do much (if anything at all), he’s electrocuted. Starscream comes back into frame and laughs at him, calling him a fool, telling him that only a Decepticon can touch the controls when sentry mode is on. 

Seems like a weird sentry mode but okay.

Starscream tells someone off screen to take Archevil to the repair bay. Reflector (who’s appeared from the void) does as Starscream tells them to do. Starscream says that Archevil must not have another chance to interfere with his plans.

Meanwhile, back on earth, Skywarp notices that the Decepticons are moving up their flight pattern. Megatron tells him that it’s because they’re headed for a scenic little place called ‘The Valley of No Return’. 

That’s not ominous at all.

Rumble asks him why they’re going sightseeing, and Megatron tells him they’re not, but the Autobots will see something they’ll never forget. The Autobots–who’ve been tailing the cons this whole time–get suspicious that something’s wrong and find themselves in quicksand. In a desert. Why not?

Optimus tells them to transform. Megatron mocks them before telling Laserbeak to stay behind and make sure all of the Autobots went under before rejoining them. 

This is a dumb plan for several reasons, but the top two reasons are that one: when you reach equilibrium in quicksand, you bob like a cork; you float. And two: even if they did fully sink, Autobots don’t need to breathe, so they’re just stuck down there, which is annoying sure, but they’re not going to die because of it.

Optimus tells Megatron that it’s not over yet. Megatron tells him that it will be before he and all the other cons (except Laserbeak) leave. Optimus asks Ironhide if he could shoot super cooled liquid nitrogen into the quicksand (idk why this would help but okay) and Ironhide tells him he might be able to if he could get an arm free. Laserbeak divebombs them for some reason and Mirage fires his shoulder cannon at Laserbeak, miraculously hitting him (apparently they have better aim with shoulder cannons than blasters), causing him to turn into his cassette mode for some reason, and Jazz catches him. Optimus commends them for a job well done and asks Ironhide if he’s having any luck. Ironhide gets his arm free and shoots liquid nitrogen at the quicksand which causes it to harden and allows them to get free (idk if that’s how that works but okay).

“Hey Optimus, how would you like to hear number one on the Decepticon hot cassette charts?” Jazz offers, holding up Laserbeak who’s still in his cassette mode. “As I believe the earthings say, lay it on me man!” Optimus replies.

This is one of the best interactions in the whole show; change my mind.

Jazz transforms and plays back the recording we heard of Starscream and Archevil earlier (because Jazz can apparently play back cassettes too??) They transform and head towards Archevil’s lab because they somehow know where that is. How, idk.

Cut to the Decepticons arriving at Archevil’s lab, finding the Exponential Generator. We get a look at the timer which now has just under 2 hours remaining. Rumble warns Megatron that the Autobots are here; Megatron says that’s impossible (press x to doubt) and Thundercracker tells him not to worry; “We’ll make them regret un-dooming themselves.”

The cons head outside and Megatron looks around for a second before Optimus uppercuts him in the jaw saying: “Hello again Megatron!”

How did Megatron not see him–

Megatron throws a rock at Optimus, but misses and instead hits Rumble. Optimus laughs and tells Megatron that his aim is getting better. 

(Insert Stan Pines "my ex wife still misses me, but her aim is getting better" here) Sorry I had to. No I’m not a G1 Megaop shipper but this fits too well not to include.

Anyways, we cut back to Cybertron where Archevil is waking up from his time in the repair bay. Starscream tells him to forgive the cruel work of the droids; he’s not pretty, but he’s functional.

We see Archevil is now half made of robot parts. This is actually kind of a terrifying shot. We can see just how far Starscream is willing to go; he's willing to kill everything and everyone on Earth, and he turns Archevil into a monster in order to make sure he can't interfere with his plans. He could've let him die, but he instead chose to make sure that he would live, and would be helpless to do anything but watch. And Starscream grins. ....God Starscream is a dick. Archevil shouts that Starscream’s turned him into a mechanical freak, to which Starscream replies that he was heavily damaged by the sentry monitor and he should be grateful that he exists at all. Archevil tells him that he can’t move, but Starscream ignores him, telling him that he should rest; he’s probably exhausted from interfering with his affairs. 

Meanwhile, Optimus has made his way into the lab and found the generator. Megatron threatens to fire at him, telling him to get away from it. Optimus says that Megatron isn’t foolish enough to shoot him while he’s standing in front of the generator, but Megatron tells him that he always hits what he aims for (press x to doubt). We see the timer again and now there’s just under a minute left. Optimus tells Megatron that the generator is in an unstable condition. Megatron tells the other cons in the lab to leave before he gets a call from Shockwave, telling him to disconnect the detonator on the Exponential Generator because it’s going to explode any astro-second. With 2 seconds left on the timer, Megatron removes the detonator. Shockwave sounds very concerned, asking if Megatron is still there; Megatron assures him that he’s still there and that everything is under control. I was actually surprised to hear Shockwave sound so concerned since I'm used to him being, y'know, emotionless. I don't have a lot to say on this other than it jump-scared me a little bit lol. He asks Shockwave where Starscream is and Shockwave tells him he’s on Cybertron and informs him of Starscream’s plan to destroy the earth. Megatron is pissed to say the least.

Meanwhile, Starscream is wondering why the planet hasn’t exploded and chalks it up to a malfunction in the timer. Starscream instructs Archevil to go to earth and check it out, but Archevil reminds him that he can’t get there even if he wanted to with his new robotic body, and that Starscream is the only one who knows how the timing device works. Starscream heads back to earth. 

Meanwhile Megatron is doing something with the generator which has melted a bit of his plating. Optimus tackles him for the generator and the two wrestle for it. Optimus says to be careful with the generator since it was at a critical state.

Then WHY DID YOU TACKLE HIM FOR THE GENERATOR???

Optimus says the generator is going to explode. “Not here if I can help it!” Megatron says, getting to his feet, picking up the generator and runing outside. He tells Optimus there’s no time to argue even though he’s not arguing with this. He transforms into his gun mode and lets Optimus wield him as they fire the generator out into space where it hits Starscream and explodes.

For something that was supposed to be able to destroy the earth that was a pretty lackluster explosion. 

Starscream crashes and Megatron finds him. Starscream fumbles for words, saying that he was sure—everyone was sure–that Megatron was dead. Megatron picks him up.

Cut to later where the autobots are driving home. Bumblebee asks Optimus what he thinks Megatron is going to do to Starscream, to which Optimus replies: “Nothing gentle I would say.” To which all the other Autobots laugh. “We’ve seen the last of old Starcreep alright, and that’s the first thing that’s gone right all day.” Jazz says. 

And that was Countdown to extinction. While it still had all the wacky hijinks that come with being an 80's cartoon, it definitely felt a bit more serious. The stakes were of course ridiculous, but Starscream felt like a genuine threat throughout the episode. He felt, dare I say, more of a threat than Megatron. Megatron is dangerous, yes, but his plans don't usually include destroying the earth, and when they do, it's accidental and usually tries to prevent it which I find interesting. Anyways, I did a poll a while ago for which G1 episodes I should analyze, but it's pretty out of date now so I'll be putting up a new one pretty soon after I post this. Have a good day! :)

[km3tt0]

hi hi hi hi hi I'm a new follower!! Can you tell me anything and everything about Aurora Soothsayer? Pretty please? I love starbee sm and I really like Aurora's design- (I also really like that Starscream is the carrier because that's kinda rare in this ship which is a SHAME, because I feel like the starbee dynamic gets 100% more cute and funny if Starscream is all whiny and needy and constantly uses the 'I'm the one carrying our child' argument 24/7)

IVE BEEN DYING FOR SOMEONE TO ASK ABOUT MY THEORIES HAND ON - I MADE A MODEL! /REF

ONG YOU ASK ABOUT HER! THANK YOU SO MUCH YOU REALLY MAKE MY DAY SO MUCH BETTER!

YAP ALERT! Bc I have so much to talk about her!!! (Also I’m glad you like the Star Carrier concept because YES, to me it just felt right and thinking about a more whiny Starscream it’s funny to think about!!)

Okay so LETS BEGIN!

1.- Her names are both a mix of Human + Cybertronian names. Bee suggested the human name (it was TC’s idea*) and Starscream suggested the Cybertronian name, because no way in hell his sparkling is going to be name after something the “fleshings” invented. They had a full debate on how to name her and it took them months before deciding that both names are okay.

[Ironically Starscream calls her Rory and Bee calls her Soo]

2. She can be considered a very spoiled child, she basically gets all what she wants if she asks, their parents give her everything but she doesn’t act like spoiled child, she’s actually a very sweet bot once you gain her confidence! Spoiled sweet if you want to name it

3. She’s a Sire’s girl. After the war and Bee trying to play the diplomat (again) he just realized it wasn’t really for him, too much pressure and basically became the cybertronian equivalent of stay home dad, while Starscream (after getting his body back) with tons of effort and trial, became a judge inside the Supreme Justice Court in the New Cybertron.

She grew up mostly with Bee, but that doesn’t mean she doesn’t love her carrier just as much.

4. Aurora absolutely loves Windblade and Windblade absolutely loves her.

I hc that Bee and Wind see each other as siblings, so that’s her fav auntie, because by Primus, she has a lot of aunts and uncles (courtesy of Bee’s friendly personality). And from the Elite trine, she likes to hang out with TC more, she likes to hear what his new script going and also stories of Marissa and Buster and wishes she met them.

5. One of my fav details about her. Her eyes. Probably you notice but Aurora is basically the carbon copy of Bee, everything about her is just like looking at a femme Bee BUT her eyes are completely different. She got her eyes from Star, it presented as a manifestation of Starscream’s true form, almost like a sign of “you were able to become your true self”.

And of course, Starscream loves her eyes. And it’s more deep than just vanity and seeing himself somewhere in her. He’s happy she had the opportunity to be who she was intended to do, something that was took away from him.

6. She is the equivalent of a 18-19 year old in Cybertronian years.

7. She never got to met Optimus nor Megatron. She did hear about them and the war (I mean of course Bee and Star are basically veterans) she knows more about Optimus and she constantly has a dream where she meets him. Bee tells her he’s probably visiting her, that’s something Optimus will do.

Megatron is a more mysterious topic for her, she knows him by the stories others tells her but she hears almost nothing about him from Starscream. He tells her is better to leave it that way, Megatron’s memory doesn’t deserve to remain hunting him or his family. (Tho that doesn’t stop Star from still making fun of Megatron )

8. (this is more a Starscream fact inside this universe but it’s still related to Aurora) Starscream had a hard time trying to find a way to show her affection towards her without fucking it up. When he discovered they were having a sparkling he was nonchalant at first but as soon as he started to actually feel Aurora’s spark growing inside him something in him changed. He started to panic, so oddly of him, but he realized he doesn’t know how to be a parent and properly show affection.

Sure, he does show affection towards Bee, but that’s because Bee made it easier for him. Bee was a full formed bot. But this little sparkling was something new, something HE DID and for the first time he tried his best to not self sabotage himself ever again.

Aside of Bee, Windblade helped him a lot to process his feelings and he started to stand her, just a little.

[*Aurora’s name]: Thundercracker being the one with the idea of Aurora’s names is an understatement.

It was more like: Bee went to TC to ask him for advice because he couldn’t decide a name. TC was just nodding while writing his new script and Bee ranted in the background, he nodded at every statement of Bee, not really paying attention.

And accidentally he blurted aloud the name of Aurora while also coming out for the name of his new co-protagonist and Bee absolutely loved it and basically stormed off from TC’s home. He was so confused.

[honeyed-latte]

Thinking about a Hiccup that ran away with Toothless after the episode in DoB where Berk thought the Gods were angry at Toothless.

After his electrocution did nothing to prove to the others that it was the metal, Hiccup instructed Stoick to remove the posts- and ran. If Toothless wasn't welcome, then neither was Hiccup, which suits him just fine.

Hiccup spends all his time rescuing Dragons, hoping from island to island to help, and he forms a sanctuary of his own in a way. He and Toothless head it as a two-man defacto Queen.

The island that would have been Dragons Edge becomes Hiccups Sanctuary, this brings his warpath to The Hunters front door and after skirmish after skirmish, hunt after hunt, auction after auction is upended and the dragons all freed. Money and men being lost by the handfuls, Viggos attention is most thoroughly snagged by who his men are calling "The Black Blight".

He doesn't believe them at first, who would? A man in all black on the back of a Night Fury pushing back all their operations away from the east, getting all too close to their bigger centers for Viggos comfort.

He comes face to face with this Blight not long after he confirms the mans existence, he knew where he'd hit next and patiently waited for the mystery man to rear his head and eureka, there he was, right on schedule.

It's surprisingly less violent then Viggo anticipated for a warrior his men had taken to calling such a... resonating moniker, but it was fitting that his guest is so sure of himself.

Hes a tall, slender thing doused in blackened sturdy armour, the kind of creature that moved with confidence and calm assurance even surrounded by Viggos Hunters. He was impressed by the candor and the mind that lurked beyond the empty, inscrutable eyes of the sleek helm, but they have mush to discuss if this was going to end in a way that favoured them both.

Viggo isn't surprised when the Dragon Master agree's to talk things over as opposed to battling it out, neither of them are unreasonable after all, but he is surprised when he takes off that intimidating (and beautifully crafted) helm and the man under it...is hardly a man at all.

A boy, rather, a feral and beautiful boy with eyes as quick and green as his Night Fury's.

Once they're properly introduced, they talk.

And talk.

And talk.

And drink.

And talk...

Until they find common ground, until they find agreement; Viggo will learn how to more reliably supply his economy with trade, non-lethally and without the selling of dragons while letting the dragons he currently housed free, and in return Hiccup will help Viggo expand his reach to make up for the gap in his gold and stop attacking all Hunter ships.

The sun is high up when they sign their names to the document outlining the agreement, its a thing that makes the feral scoff, what good is the name of an Exiled viking really, but who cares if it makes Viggo stop hurting dragons.

They work together, closely together, to make sure neither of them goes back on their word. True to form, Hiccup teaches Viggo how to appeal to a dragons gentler nature, and Viggo opens up Trade in the east- scaled armour, recycled metal and scrap from traps, Gronkle Iron, weaponry.

They help eachother scout new dragons, forge new inventions to trap and release them. They end up being a Team more often then not as the Hunters undo their years of harm, and Hiccup undoes years of loneliness (in Viggo and himself.)

Slowly, Hiccup and Viggo enter a more romantic relationship as well, they're a perfect match and together they build a stronger empire. Hiccup is free to come and go as he pleases, he saves even more dragons with Viggo as his partner, and having Hiccup around further soothes Viggo's people- he's a kind man after all, helpful. Even if Ryker loathes him, even if Viggo is at risk of assassination at the hands of old allies, even if Hiccup see's Berk less and less. Its all worth it, because they have eachother and they're making the world safer for dragons.

[traincat]

Do you think the relationship between Peter and Johnny is part of the reason why Marvel won’t let Johnny come out?

That's an interesting question. My gut feeling is no -- I think because Johnny coming out doesn't mean that they would have to confirm that he has romantic feelings for Peter. It would be interesting to see that confirmed, but it's not something that necessarily comes hand-in-hand with Johnny coming out. They wouldn't have to address it at all. If Johnny were to come out, I think the most organic romantic relationship to put him in would be with his longtime best friend Wyatt Wingfoot, for example. I think inventing a brand new character designed solely to be The Boyfriend ala what happened with Iceman would be a mistake. On the other hand, Johnny/Bobby could also work, since Bobby is canonically gay. But I don't think they would have to bring Peter into the mix at all. (I can only see Spideytorch happening in canon in an alternate universe comic.)

Then there's the fact that, okay, I highly doubt Marvel will ever make Peter Parker canonically queer. (They have a gay Spider-Man in Cooper Coen rather than do anything with Peter in an AU. Nothing against Cooper Coen or anything, I just think it's interesting.) I mean who knows! Things change! But right here and now, I have trouble calling it, at least not any time remotely soon. I think Marvel will probably go bankrupt (again) first. But, in the meantime, they aren't afraid to ship bait with him and other men. Voraciously. The Spider-Man and Deadpool teamup comic was aimed at least partly if not nearly entirely at shippers, and I can't blame them because that was free money. That fandom is huge. And Zdarsky was definitely dangling ship bait for Spideytorch at certain points in PPSSM. Which makes sense -- creators are more aware of shipping and fandom than ever before, taking social media into account. They know what people are shipping and headcanoning. (One Marvel writer, who I am not going to publicly name, definitely implied some things about Flash TO MY FACE by which I mean in my mentions and then did the exact opposite of it.) So if they thought they could get money out of queerbaiting Peter with an out Johnny, I don't like, think that's something that's beneath Marvel. (I think very little is beneath Marvel, to be fair.)

My belief right now, and this is solely based on the timing of some things, is that Marvel believes Johnny coming out would hurt the new movie's box office. Marvel's interests with the Fantastic Four are very closely tied up to their film rights -- they literally stopped publishing the book for three years while they were trying to get them back, because if they couldn't have the film rights, they were going to pretend the Fantastic Four didn't exist, up to and including erasing them from the artwork present in Marvel's headquarters. So if they thought Johnny coming out (which would be highly publicized, look what happened when Bobby Drake came out) would cause enough people to not see the new film, I can absolutely see them making a decision based out of that.

[only-lonely-stars]

I'm watching DR season 3! 4 episodes in and I have a few thoughts/comments.

Note that I've seen tons of spoilers, so some of my reactions are a bit tempered... that, and I have different guesses than if I'd watched it blind. My comments are in no particular order.

Prismatic blades, eh? There sure are a lot of "rare metals" in Ninjago and the other realms. Prismatic steel, Chronosteel, Vengestone, gold from the Golden Peaks... I'm going to mentally call this one vanadium now.

Ras is a piece of crap. Not just an idiot, a piece of walking garbage. And he's not even convincing! The nonsense he's peddling to Arin this whole time is actually getting kind of annoying (lol) but I'll be patient.

PIXAL MY QUEEN. It's about dang time! The entire episode where she's found (episode 3 I think?) is just great. Her commenting on Zane being uncharacteristically emotional is funny, and besting one of the Five in combat is kick-butt. Love her.

Why is Zane huge? I don't know if I like it. I hope that's not permanent.

RIP Roby. I'm sure he'll be fine. RIP his tiny dragon too. (Hermes!!!)

Rogue is awesome. I like him. Wonder who he's going to meet with... probably someone who's trouble. It would be cool if he met with some previous villain, like Dr. What's-Her-Name from Imperium. Also, I just love how he's showing off Jay's inventive side again! I missed that!

Nya is admitting that Jay is the love of her life, and saying she loves him, so frequently! To anyone! Especially to Kai, who's not poking fun at her for it. Man how they've changed over the years (in-story and in reality)... I do like this change.

So many hairpieces with Euphrasia's design, but no Euphrasia. Sad. I liked her.

Speaking of the Master of Wind, why is Morro... like that? He seems a little too noble, but maybe I'm just cynical. It's been quite a few years, I can let it slide. I do wish he'd be just a little more vindictive, but maybe that'll come with time? I sure hope we haven't seen the last of him.

Wu's not dead? Interesting...

Dancing with birds again - fun! Zane calling his dragon buddy (Zav?) weird for it was a pretty good joke too.

Frak and Sora's arguing in this season is actually really entertaining. I can see why people are shipping them! (Especially with how Frak compliments Sora in episode 1 - I see you, showrunners, you're not slick.) Seeing as people ship Sora and Arin too, I think we'll see some fun stuff coming down the pipeline in canon and fandom.

I want more Cole, what a surprise. Also, PLEASE bring back Vania, we are starving!

(It's okay actually, I kind of like that they've removed some characters. The cast was too large, and paring it down into a few small groups makes it a lot easier to follow the story. I appreciate the narrative structure of this season so far.)

Overall a pretty good start to the season. I think the next few episodes will be pretty good too! Hopefully I'll get a chance to marathon the next 4 like I did today. (Or not, who knows, my schedule is nuts. I'm stalled out in my rewatch of ATLA so I might not finish DR quite as soon as one might think...)

[dadattebayo]

You know what guys…

I just watched this teaser for the final episode, and of course I am thrilled and blown away by Sauron's maniac face telling he is gonna rape his preciousssss eat Galadriel alive

oh fuck help me i can´t

BUT

I still have something to say. Like okay, i get it, all this unspoken sexual tension and stuff between them, and kinda obvious crazy thirst for her in his creepy face - all could be fine by me except the one tiny detail. What we can see more in this teaser is another freaking kiss that is going to happen this time between Isildur and his girl sorry I forgot her name,

so what’s really pissing me off is that so far we would have 4 kisses in the show and basically these are 4 KISSES NO ONE ACTUALLY GIVES A FUCK ABOUT.

1. Harfoots. Who cares about the hobbits kissing scene? Like what the hell was it for? Does someone for real ship them? Was this kiss important to the story?

Fucking NO.

2. Elrond and Galadriel. Totally unnecessary. No one expected this and no one would want this to happen actually. Especially considering the fact he eventually just put the key into her hand without any special use of his mouth required.

Okay I get it can explained he wanted to distract the orcs, but anyway, somehow the writers did came up with this particular idea!

3. Arondir and Bronwin. Totally fine by me except she´s dead now.

4. Now Isildur and Estrid (I remembered the name).

At first I was blind enough watching the teaser to think it was Halbrand so I got a mini stroke.

Pretty sure once we will see Elendil/Miriel kissing too. Of course I do not mind any of these kisses happening, I even ship some of them but still these are not something the whole fandom is waiting for.

There is literally only one kiss EVERYONE is expecting. Not only the haladriel shippers, but everyone (some might want it to happen, some might not, but it would not be a surprise for anyone) since in fact nobody has ever asked for Saurondriel in the first place, it was totally up to the showrunners to literally just start pushing this ship into our throats from their first meeting using all scrupulously planned moments between them throughout the season 1 and countless hints and moments of nostalgia in the season 2! God, they even invented the whole Mirdania character just to prove Sauron´s feelings (and of course to show his cruelty later, but thats not the point)

guess where the kiss should have happened if they hadn't been interrupted

The writers made this ship up consciously and intentionally. THEY HAVE BEEN FEEDING US WITH HALADRIEL SINCE THE BEGINING,

So why the fuck this couple which has always been promoted in such obvious way is the only one that is not likely to get a goddamn kiss?! At this point i would rather believe that even Stranger and Nori would kiss, but not Saurondriel.

This is disturbing. BECAUSE EXCUSE ME WE'LL HAVE TO WAIT 2 MORE YEARS to get the s3. I am not still quite sure though cause there is still no official announcement on s3

So, they all have already messed up enough with the original plot by putting some of the kisses mentioned above in the series, so why just not let also Saurondriel finally happen? What difference would it make anyway? none! all plot holes will all be fixed thanks to impossibility to fix sauron.

I am just fed up with another 'LETS TOUCH THE DARKNESS TOGETHER', "NO NEVER', 'DIE BECAUSE OF ME', BLABLA...

It needs something better to get us screaming and making views to the show.

[sleepytoycollection]

In Which Moose Toys Made a Dislestia Child and I Am Amused

This isn't really a review proper, but this Magic Mixies set was brought to my attention by @sparklyaxolotlstudent after they pointed out that the "pegacorn" of this set looked like a MLP Discord fankid lmao.

So needless to say I became interested.

After just getting into MLP this year, and especially being a fan of the draconequus character Discord, I thought the idea of another toy company taking a stab at a the idea of horse/dragon creature was funny.

Granted, MLP didn't invent the horse-dragon. Qilins and longmas long predate our colorful horse friends. So it's not necessarily borrowing from MLP, but come on. When was the last time you saw one in a little girl's toy line?

The set comes with all this stuff to do the magic potion thingy. Call me lacking in whimsy, but I didn't wanna do all this shit. I just wanted the toys.

It also comes with some info about our new friends.

Moose Toys call this creature a pegacorn. Now "pegacorn" is sometimes used to describe a unicorn/pegasus. It's what MLP calls an alicorn, but there's no way this creature isn't also part eastern dragon too. It has scales. And Claws.

Let's back up a bit tho, and look at the dolls fully.

I really like the Pixlings dolls. This is actually my third one now. They're what Enchantimals could've been if they were good. I wish their shirts weren't molded on, but it's not a deal breaker if only because they're so nicely painted.

The only reason I haven't acquired more is that they have a LOT of leftover trash. The potion bottles these come in can't really be used for much else, and they're not worth donating either. So that's a LOT of plastic going to waste. Wish I could just buy the dolls without all that mess tbh.

Still a cutie of a doll.

I also appreciate they gave the pegacorn articulation! It's so rare anymore to see animal friends in doll lines that don't feel like cheap afterthoughts.

Now to address why this set, the pegacorn especially, makes me think MLP. -deep inhale-

Rainbow Star looks like a Celestia/Discord fankid.

Look at this child and her divorced parents. Tell me she doesn't look like the designer at Moose Toys ships these two.

Even the name "Rainbow Star" fits.

Hell, if her dad were Discord is would explain the nonsensical butt wings. Nonsense is kind of a given for a child of chaos. Plus Discord in the show flies with magic, and his wings are useless when he's de-powered. So placement wouldn't matter if she's using magic to fly as well.

Now I don't personally go for this ship, but it's still pretty funny. Either this was on purpose or one hell of a coincidence.

Putting MLP aside tho, I do like these little guys.

Unia could use a little bit of a restyle...

Wait a minute, if you imagine the blue replaced with purple, doesn't Unia look a little like human Princess Cadence?

Okay that's enough for today. Bye.

[pastafan20000]

Elon Vs lilia rap battle!

For starters I js want to say this is VERY satire and I just wrote this for fun and because I was bored

Again none of this is serious and I don’t like Elon in any way shape or form also this is a one time thing I will never write anything like this again.

Thabk u to my friend adrian for elons rap! (Also @funky-puff @vampyrscurse see I told u guys I would make it.)

THIS DOES CONTAIN MINOR SPOILERS FOR BOOK 7!!

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Lilia wakes up (as one does) and pours himself a fresh cup of the liquid of sorrow and treachery (as one does!!).

As Lilia walks downstairs and gets his walker Hahahah GET IT HES REALLY FREAKING OLD!!!! he spots a strange looking vehicle outside the dorm and obviously goes to take a look.

“I wonder what this strange invention could be…” He wonders as he hums in thought, making his way towards the car.

“A ship? A machine? A something sometbing sordy I ran out of ideas??” He asked himself as he tapped on the window and gasp as it rolled down to reveal…

ELON MUSK??

Lilia audibly gasped in horror and almost threw up right then and there as Elon shot Lilia a smug smile and spoke.

“How’s it going little lady?”

“I’m a grown man”

…

Silence.

I don’t wanna write any good parts js know malleus sebek silver yuu and grim r there now and Elon and Lilia r having a rap battle

Elon smiled again and tilted his head up as he sat on his Cybertruck. “You’re about to get destroyed, punk!” Elon exclaimed, his tone cocky and smug.

Lilia sighed and rubbed his head, he was too old for this and (BOOK 7 SPOILERS!!!) he JUST came back from the dead…still, he wanted to engage because he was bored and he could show the dorm the skills he’s got!

“You go first, sir.” Lilia spoke with the most sickening kindness in his tone as he clutched his mic and tried not to start DESTROYING ELON ON THE MIC!!!

Elon then smirked again and began to rap. “My name is ELON MUSK!! I love (someome I Csnt say the name of but u can probably guess who.)! I am his biggest fan! Yk I js love riding on his cock and riding on his money!! Yeah I love riding on his…!!!!! ************ is awesomeeeee!!! IM GONNA SALUTE TO HIM RN GUYD!!! This is provung hiw much I loveeee ************…uhhh…i guess you could say I’m in the thick of it—“

Lilia couldn’t take it anymore, Elon’s voice was grating his ears and he felt like he was abt to die AGAIN.

Silver and Malleus saw this which made Malleus start giggling and hoping Lilia would crash out on Elon but Silver was prettu worried about what was happening so in a feeble attempt Silver tried to speak.

“Father—“ Silver was soon interrupted by Sebek as he shushed him and whispered “let him cook…” so Silver just stood there as yuu and grim pranced around in fucking daisy happiness land.

Lilia then threw the mic at Elon’s head and began to fist fight him in a not so nice way. Silver gasped and clutched his pearls as sebek and malleus began hysterically laughing and giggling at the sight of Elon getting his shit rocked—yuu paused and looked around, they looked at Grim as grim was shaking in fear, hoping he wasn’t next.

“Uhmm…” Yuu began, beginning to speak up. “Grim is scared chat can we go—“ Yuu was then ran over and flattened by the cybertruck BUT THEY DIDNT DIE!!! This caused Sebek to freak out and run around frantically, seeing the seriousness of the situation as malleus KEPT FUCKING LAUGHING.

Lilia was caught off guard which then caused Elon to get the upper hand and knock Lilia to the floor, thats when Malleus took the situation seriously and walked over to Elon.

“Listen, Musk. You’re crusin’ for a bruisin’ right now.” Malleus spoke, his tone low and threatening as Malleus called out to Sebek and silver. “Oh boyssss!” He, silver, and sebek began to snap their fingers and approach Elon menacingly, smirking as they did so.

Silver grabbed Elon’s eggsalad sandwich from out of his lunch box and smashed it on his head, as he did so he said: “NICE SANDWICH DWEEB!!!” Sebek then gave Elon an atomic wedgie and spoke.

“Where did u get that underwear from? UR GRANDMA??” Then they shoved Elon in a locker and refused to get Yuu the medical care they desperately needed after being ran over.

Yuu died in diasomnia dorm 2 hours later, right before professionals arrived.

Lilia, Sebek, Silver, Malleus, Elon, and Grim are now serving 56 years in prison.

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I hope y guys like this LIJE and aub plxlzpsl