#Grand Architect

[thenamesblurrito]

this is technically enough information to be spoilers but whatever look at them anyway. i’ve been thinking a lot lately about the Severed Hand AU from this list of canon AUs bc it makes me feel things. we have:

Censere the government census agent who keeps having to reinstate his contract because every time he checks back in at the office, his employee info is missing or forgotten

Magnum (legally Magnificus but he prefers Magnum) the polymath scientist and professor, gleefully pursuing new lines of research and also the happiness of his equally batty Conjunx Glyph. a scientist of what science you ask? yes

Rung the psychiatrist who is hardly different at all from what we know in canon

Tyrest the wandering lawyer-for-hire, best lawmech around, terror of courts, Enforcers, and corruption alike, who forgot to eat breakfast today and, if he wore clothes, would have his shirt on inside-out and backwards

and the exploratory space station CSC Grand Architect, apparently commissioned some time way back in the Age of Expansion, now the furthest waypoint out in the black that few spacers dare visit for how remote it is

#i drew this bc i could see tyrest's stupid expression in my head perfectly. he is trying to do basic arithmetic in his head and failing <3 #alternate realities #censere #the magnificence #Rung #tyrest #Grand Architect #domestication #<< i guess?? #your honor they're stupid #five ships passing in the night and never the twain shall meet or something like that

[mtg-cards-hourly]

Grand Architect

Artist: Steven Belledin TCG Player Link Scryfall Link EDHREC Link

#mtg #magic the gathering #tcg #$1.23 #steven belledin #grand architect #scars of mirrodin #creature #vedalken #artificer

[cherrytimemachine]

Since you guys liked it so much last time, here’s some more headcanons for the senators, with some extra worldbuilding sprinkled in

- Dai Atlas is the son of Nova Prime and the heir of Crystal City

- The Zodiac from Zone is the Allspark Crystal, and Dai Atlas is the keeper of the All Spark, in charge of protecting it from the factions and from the leader of the Herald of Unicron, Violen Jiger

- Exarchon serves as the High Chancellor of the senate, the first one in a long time to be able to tamper down the arguing on the chamber floor

- Exarchon is strange in that no one knows what he really believes in, he just sits back and watches the senators spin their webs with interest

- Sentinel once had a Ronald Reagan moment where he heard a gunshot during a speech and his automatic reply was, “missed me.”

- Shockwave is a total femboy and we all know it

- Shockwave is the middle child of the Wave House, and the only one of his siblings who doesn’t cover up their face or limit their speech

- Shockwave’s personality reflects that of his father, who was a boisterous celebrity known for his ability to get along with people

- Unbeknownst to anyone around him, even himself, Exarchon was originally the God of Change known as Adaptus, having been reborn after Primus defeated him in battle

- His behavior is a lot more understandable once you factor in his past life as Adaptus. He believed that societies progress through conflict, and he is fascinated by watching the ways in which other senators fight against each other for their own benefit

- Sentinel’s reputation in the Elite Guard caught Proteus’s attention and the senator offered him a well paying job as his personal body guard

- While there is a general who leads the Elite Guard, the Prime still takes rank over the general and is more often than not considered the true head of the Elite Guard

- Dai Atlas and Star Saber were childhood friends in fencing classes together. Nova Prime eventually pulled her son out of fencing and forced him to take part in martial arts to further his proclaimed destiny as the next disciple of Primus (specifically for the processor-over-matter technique)

- Even after he changed classes, Dai Atlas continued to see his friend Star Saber, who would come in after classes and they would hang out past school hours. Dai Atlas told his mom he was getting extra practice instead

- Despite generally being a huge bitch, Nova Prime is widely revered in Cybertronian society as one of the great leaders of her time (and yes, my Nova is a woman)

- The only person who would (quietly) disagree is her own son, who worked tirelessly for her time and attention, only for her to be really detached and never showing him the love he so desperately wanted. He was disappointed with this relationship until the day his mother disappeared, and afterwards he’d finally given up

- When Shockwave went missing, Dai Atlas and him were amica endura and had spark bonded platonically. During the empurata, Dai Atlas could feel the mental pain and suffering Shockwave was going through, and it overwhelmed him so much his spark cracked. He never told anyone about the cracks, and he would live out the rest of the war with them before telling anyone.

#senator dai atlas #dai atlas #exarchon #sentinel prime #senator shockwave #tf ocs #transformers ocs #adaptus #grand architect #star saber #nova prime #tf headcanons #tf au #transformers au #transformers #cherry chats

[lucile-little-universe]

Went to the château de Versailles

Photo 1: the Orangery built under Louis XIV to try to grow oranges and lemons. At the time, they were luxury fruits because they were not grown in France. They continue the tradition of keeping them under cover in winter and taking them out in summer. Some trees are over 200 years old!

Photo 2 : Look at the difference size between the golf cart and the trees !!!!

Photo 3, 4, 5 : The Grand Trianon marble colonnade and detail of the curtains.

Photo 6 : The Petit Trianon

Photo 7 : Cedre du Liban over 30 meters high and planted in 1840

Photo 8 : more garden

Photo 9 : Le Hameau de la Reine, Marie Antoinette safe heaven

Photo 10 : Temple de l'Amour / Temple of love 😍

#Versailles #marie antoinette #palace #chateau #architecture #historic architecture #palace aesthetic #the rose of versailles #chateau de versailles #louis xiv #old town #jardin #garden #palace garden #french garden #wildflowers #landscape architect #petit trianon #grand trianon #hameau de la reine

[fashionlandscapeblog]

MAD Architects

Harbin Grand Theatre or Harbin Opera House, 2015

Photo: nk7

#mad studio #mad architects #Ma Yansong #architecture #harbin opera house #harbin grand theatre #architectural design #design boom #architizer #archdaily #organic architecture #postmodern architecture #contemporary architecture

[upstairsdownstairsandinbetween]

X House, Madrid, Spain,

Studio Beta Ø Architects

#art #design #architecture #interiors #madrid #spain #beta O architects #stairwell #stairway #metalwork #floating stairs #stairsdesign #Staircases #grand staircase #staircase #el viso #luxuryhouses #luxuryhomes #luxurylifestyle #minimal

[oplishin]

one of my concerns for a post 2022 rolleigns feud was that they kind of already blew their load fanservice-wise. seth's iconic shield entrance, seth offering his fist to roman, roman destroying him with the chair, etc etc. but the way they treated "seth shield entrance.... 2!!!!" was so, so good. Both of their characters remember 2022 and respond accordingly. Roman instantly and hilariously obliterates Seth the second he gets in the ring, and Seth knows that Roman can't pass up the chance to exact his revenge.

#idk if the comedy of seth's entrance was a production error #i also don't know how to feel about it?? in the grand scheme of things it worked out fine and slotted into seth's #architect-y master plan very well #meh it doesn't really matter. #definitely a thing that happened #jrestling #insufferable bird of paradise #honestly royal rumble 2022 reads as both of them not knowing whether or not they would ever get the chance to tell this story again #and literally throwing everything into it #(i love it can you tell i love it)

[anonbeeishere]

If e!false ends up being hels false im going to scream

#i was watching her newest hermitcraft ep and she said somwtbing that made me think of it #hermitcraft #empires smp #hc x esmp #hermitcraft s9 #empires s2 #grand architect false #bee’s posts

[tash-scout]

#new music #erika de casier #ariana grande #mette #logic1000 #jamie xx #erick the architect #four tet #björk #rosalía

[transingthoseformers]

So at this point death means nothing to me in these comics because

There's Pharma, who we thought was dead and got dragged into the portal by the ominous thingamajig.

#so Scorponok waa just telling the grand Architect that whoops! he did a self fulfilling prophecy! #now to determine if Pharma is this monster they're going fucking nuts to deal with #or if it's the thing that had dragged him away and pharma is merely an omen #or something else entirely #He's really got a thing for the lengthwise thing doesn't he #mtmte pharma #idw Scorponok #comic reading

[stabby-apologist]

#harry potter #hogwarts architect #rowena ravenclaw #the grand staircase #lion #eagle #badger #serpent #wizard #wizarding world of harry potter #a favorite of mine

[thenamesblurrito]

Who are the various Senators and Councilmembers and Ministry Leaders in your story? I've seen some really cool choices like Beta and Pharma and I was wondering who else!

the Stratocracy has a few levels of authority, with of course the Grand Architect being the highest and only absolute authority in this functionist dictatorship. but he is just one mech and he alone can't oversee everything, so some decision-making power is delegated to his High Council, which is the highest authority in the world in the Grand Architect's absence. typically when he attends a Council meeting, he presides over them in silence, giving nothing away, forcing them each to vie for a bit of attention until he either speaks up and makes the final decision for them or simply leaves to let them compete amongst themselves. he hand picks each member and can fire any of them at any time, but some have managed to stay for a good while, with Tyrest having been a councilmember the longest. they’re powerful, sure, but uh, i wouldn’t say that necessarily makes them smart.

the current members are:

Councilmember One-of-Twelve Tyrest, Convener

Councilmember Two-of-Twelve Drivetrain, Auditor

Councilmember Three-of-Twelve Avalon, Authenticator

Councilmember Four-of-Twelve Mindgame, Moderator

Councilmember Five-of-Twelve Contrail, Enumerator

Councilmember Six-of-Twelve Megazarak, Enactor

Councilmember Seven-of-Twelve Sigil, Curator

Councilmember Eight-of-Twelve Halogen, Disseminator

Councilmember Nine-of-Twelve Heretech, Inquisitor

Councilmember Ten-of-Twelve Highbrow, Evaluator

Councilmember Eleven-of-Twelve Xaaron, Mediator

Councilmember Twelve-of-Twelve Rage, Castigator

Beta Trion was once a councilmember in the Mediator's seat, picked early after the Stratocracy was put in place, but her policies and opinions didn't quite line up with the Grand Architect's vision and so he replaced her. she was the city senator for Iacon for awhile, and was an adjunct senator for the Medical Function Ministry, and has been sort of adjacent to the political sphere of Iacon for a good long while. Beta’s contribution to law and social organization is how she earned the title Trion in the first place! she’s currently on furlough in order to work at the JAAT, much like Shockwave himself, but the both of them technically retain their titles of Senator during this off season

the Senate is the governing body below the High Council, with seats appointed to select nominees who already operate in politics as their function. they hash out the nitty-gritty day to day stuff, but whatever decision they come to must be passed up to the Council and ultimately approved by the Grand Architect. as the one in the Convener’s seat, Tyrest presides over the Senate, which is an even worse monkey show than the Council. little wonder, when you have so many different jobs all shoved together under the title “Senator”. you have the regional senators who represent entire city-states or even whole colonies, then function ministry senators who represent major frametypes and functions on an interplanetary scale, and then city, township, and guild senators, who honestly appear in the actual Grand Imperium very rarely, as they are doing the grassroots work of taking care of their homes while the more important senators jockey for power in the capital

this is not an exhaustive list, just the folks i’ve got written down for now, but current Senators include:

Senator Red Leader of Caminus

Senator Nitro Convoy of Velocitron

Senator Liege Centuro of Carcer

Senator Vanquish of Devisiun (or Fireshot, depending on whose turn it was to run for representative this season)

Senator Backstop of Eukaris

Senator Pharma for the Medical Function Ministry

Senator Levitacus for the Distribution Function Ministry

Senator Tyrannicon for the Ecoengineering Function Ministry

Senator Tomaandi for the Security Function Ministry

Senator Fever Dream for the Communication Function Ministry

Senator Synapse for the Production Function Ministry

Senator Traachon of Iacon

Senator Decimus of Lunas 1 and 2

Senator Straxus of Polyhex

Senator Riker of Crystal City

Senator Boltax of Nova Cronum

Senator Sherma of Uraya

Senator Momus of Helex

Senator Xeon of Kaon

Senator Proteus of the Iaconic capital Iacon

Senator Scorponok of the Kaonite capital Kolkular

Senator Ratbat of the Tarnish capital Tarn

Senator Shockwave of the Tarnish city Tesarus

former senators include previously mentioned Beta Trion, Ratchet, who was medical function representative, and Thunderclash Convoy, who was the city senator for Iacon. i’m sure there’s a few others i’m forgetting... this is also not including significant community or corporate leaders who hold a lot of power without an explicit political role, like Esmeral as a media mogul or Alpha Trion as Cybertron’s best archivist

anyway. when i lay it out like this, you can see some of the complexity of having Shockwave be the JAAT principal! he’s only a city senator, true, and not even a capital city, but Tesarus was once a city-state of its own and still carries a lot of political weight within Tarn, hence why it has a senator in the first place. he became the Tesaran senator by jumpstarting the local economy with a careful overhaul of the city’s image, including creating a theme park called Six Lasers Over Cybertron. when Jhiaxus originally approached him to petition for his support, it was exclusively in the capacity of a political ally and voice in the Senate on behalf of the school, and that would have been all. however, Jhiaxus’s untimely death meant Shockwave was now sort of de facto in charge of this project, despite the fact that, a) he had not signed up to be principal, b) this school was not even in his city-state, much less his city, c) it was already brash enough for a private citizen like Jhiaxus to propose such a function-defying institution, much less an actual politician like Shockwave, d) Iacon and Tarn don’t historically have the best relationship anyway so he’s likely to get dirty looks for nothing more than the wrong accent, and e) he’s obligated to go on furlough as a senator if he wants to actually commit to this school and thus will lose a lot of the political foothold and network he leveraged to support the school in the first place. all of which puts Shockwave in an endlessly complicated and very delicate position! it’s no wonder he made an easy empurata target

Jhiaxus really just made everything overcomplicated by dying, he really should have reconsidered that. but ultimately, Shockwave had to take responsibility for the school, and agreed to be principal to see the first graduating class through before turning it over to someone else and going back to the Senate. in the meantime, it’s opened him up to a lot of potential scandal and scorn, but he’s pretty stubborn so he’s determined to stick with the JAAT. personally, i’m glad he did, because otherwise i wouldn’t have a story to tell here

#thank you for asking this ive been meaning to talk about this for awhile #those council titles are taken straight from idw even if the premise of the combining thing isnt true here #long post #worldbuilding #cybertron #functionism #Grand Architect #tyrest #shockwave #senator shockwave #pharma #beta trion #ratchet #Thunderclash #jhiaxus #Carcer #caminus #velocitron #eukaris #devisiun #domestication #cybertronian culture #i am NOT tagging all those people sorry

[l00r0ll]

this is very niche but I must speak on it - some of the worst people go on Grand Designs. A few that come to mind are: 

1) a man who built his house entirely out of polystyrene,

2) the countless people who find beautiful, picturesque locations to build on, then get surprised when the actual building process destroys so much of the surrounding nature because it’s so inaccessible and impractical,

3) a couple who bought an abandoned building because they loved its history (was a hat factory, printer, then a well-known squatters community who livened the area)... then turned it into a huge 2-part, $2million+ “family home” and then wondered if those past squatters ever walk past and like what they’ve done with the place... like yeah I’m sure the people who painted anarchist graffiti art on the walls you so desperately tried to preserve “for the culture” love the gross demonstration of wealth you’ve contributed to such a gentrified area, beautiful. 

4) a couple who built their house entirely - and i mean entirely, desks and all - from concrete so it looked like a bunker. Didn’t even have rugs. 0 Colour. Had a weird sliding wall to hide the kitchen because they “didn’t want to think of domestic duties” or smthn when not using it...

I could probably write a lengthy essay using case studies from Grand Designs about the intersection of character default and bad taste.

#grand designs #vent #rant #these absolute fools #polystyrene man haunts me #actually horrendous #polystyrene #like wtf #he had so many health complications during the build too #instant karma #they also always underestimate their building-plan scales too #sometimes the architect is evil

[winsource]

Rennes Covered Deck Deck - mid-sized contemporary deck idea with an awning

#moderne #architecte saint jacut de la mer #construction maison #jardin #covered #grande surface

[colgatebluemintygel]

WIWHW is my all time comfort fic! Was just wondering if you were planning on adding to it! Thank you for writing it, I’ve read it probably 5 times

helloooo anon <3 5 times !!!! i genuinely cannot comprehend that just <3 wahhh. thank you <3

i definitely am planning on it! and i'm v excited about the sequels (i have one half-written, even), i just don't have a lot of spoons avail at the present to devote to actually making them happen :-(( but SOOn i prommy i miss those 2 soooooo bad xxxx

#wiwhw #pigeon post #i have sooooo many ideas though like. it truly is a sprawling au in my mind #it's just the putting it down on paper (a google doc) that is proving challenging #the grand designs special ep tho 🤭🤭🤭🤭 i can't wait #their house will not be watertight by winter. and the windows will be delayed. they will go over budget #and sirius Will fire 3 architects #meanwhile remus is just there like yes babe <3 whatever you want babe <3 #no one will die tho <3 or get pregnant #but we are checking every other box on the hypothetical grand designs bingo card #just picturing the two of them standing there in the rain in their little hard hats frowning about the unprecedented spring weather #while kevin is like 'do you think you underestimated how long this build would take?' #🤭🤭🤭🤭🤭

[chloesomeone]

Traditional Living Room - Music Room

#Inspiration for a large timeless open concept medium tone wood floor and brown floor living room remodel with a music area #a standard fireplace #a stone fireplace #no tv and beige walls building design #home improvement #architectural design #architects & building designers #hanging light fixture #grand piano #neutral colors