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BREAKDOWN TRANSFORMERS PRIME
Rant about Breakdown MY BELOVED
Breakdown didn’t deserve what happened to him. While he appears to just be some guy who likes breaking stuff, HE’S MORE- He’s shown multiple times to care about others, including Vehicons who are mostly forgotten by both Decepticons and Autobots. When Fowler pretends to be a Vehicon reporting in, he adds “I know it’s thankless down there, keep up the good work-” compared to Megatron THROWING A GUY OFF THE SHIP- Not to mention he’s a medical assistant, which proves he is much more than a destroyer. When Breakdown was captured by Mech and escaped with the help of Bulkhead, Starscream then ordered him to DESTROY Bulkhead. Breakdown hesitates, which shows how he CAN change, and go against the orders of the Deceptions. Most of the time after that he’s just trying to do whatever job he’s given. Either Artifact Retrieval or assisting Knockout, he bounces back from being ripped open. When Breakdown FRIGGIN DIES- Knockout was even shown to be sad and grief over him multiple times. Knockout asks to rip Silas apart, and when questioned- He just replies that it’s “What Breakdown would have wanted”- When Starscream and Knockout think they’re going to die, Knockout comments that “You’re no Breakdown, but I’ve always admired your finish” liKE BRO THEY REALLY BURIED THEIR GAY(S) THERE ;-; ANYWAYS- The way Breakdown was specifically killed and then killed again stuck with me. Bro died TWICE- and didn’t even deserve it the first time. To summarize: 1: He tries to kill Arachnid and is in response dismembered and decapitated. If he was a human this would be rated R. THEN HIS BODY IS FOUND BY THE PEOPLE WHO EXPERIMENTED ON HIM AND TOOK HIS EYE. They use his BODY AS A IRON MAN SUIT and PUT THE GUY WHO TORTURED BREAKDOWN IN IT- no this is not the end. 2:His body is resurrected as this zombie-like energon feeder due to Dark Energon. The person who kills him in the end in none other than ARACHNID- SHE KILLS HIM TWICE I-
Yeah so he did nothing to deserve any of that. Not even Megatron got an ending that was gruesome. If Knockout survived and became an Autobot, so could’ve BREAKDOWN- crying sobbing, the end.
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groundrunner100 · 6 months
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higgsbison · 1 year
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where can i start reading disc world?
(tl;dr version: Either with Guards!Guards! if you want angry urban fantasy or Wyrd Sisters if you want angry rural fantasy, then follow the list for that sub-series)
Oh anon brace yourself, there are in fact several ways people have big opinions on.
These are mine:
1. My least favorite way is from the start in chronological order
the trouble here is the first few Discworld novels were written as these kinda silly goofy fantasy/dnd parodies that weren't even supposed to be a part of a bigger thing and they honestly aren't that good, especially not compared to later books. That's the way I started and I just dropped the series for a few years cause of it, so I really don't recommend it. The author himself said he wasn't that good of a writer back then which is understandable, cause it was like 40 books ago.
2. What I reccomend is in chronological order based on different sub-series
Discworld novels all happen in the same world, but they follow different groups of characters, so you have several sub-series.
I'll post a list here, but it's pretty confusing so I'll also explain two of my favs below.
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City Novels (Watch novels and Industrial Revolution novels)
About a huge, terrible metropolis and the people that help it run, stumble and sometimes trip over the years.
People normally split this into watch novels which follow the city watch and are crime procedurals/adventure books with a ton of social commentary and industrial revolution novels which are about the city speedrunning from medieval to industrial era via several inventions and follow different main characters who are mostly all there against their will.
To me, the main character is the city itself and I super recommend reading these from start to finish in order to see how it changes with time.
starting book: Guards! Guards!
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Witches Novels
About three witches doing witch things in a small mountain kingdom, unless they're going on a trip somewhere.
Incredible horrid old lady characters, a lot of exploration of fantasy tropes, some deep emotional beats, very warm human phlosophy and personal responsibility themes.
There's a semi-seperate "YA" series about a younger witch (Tiffany Aching novels), but don't let that fool you, because those hit just as hard as the "adult" ones.
starting book: Wyrd Sisters (technically Equal Rites, but that's also in the awkward early books period for me)
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As for the others, the death novels are also very very good, Small Gods is an amazing standalone book and I'd literally just avoid the Rincewind novels until you're already hooked on the series, but they probably have their fans too.
3. Just pick up a random book you see in the library
A tried and tested method a lot of people swear by, most of the books are standalone enough for this to work, BUT my personal opinion is at least the city books should be read in order (especially Night Watch) and there's several less than stellar books you could pick up first by mistake this way (Color of Magic, Light Fantastic, Interesting Times and Faust being the worst imo).
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fredwkong · 4 months
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Hi, I just wanted to say I really enjoy/appreciate the diversity of guys/characters you use in your stories! I'm a white guy who's into racial change as a kink, but I often feel weird about it because so much of the content dives headfirst into uncomfortable stereotypes/outright racism. When really for me the important bits are 'guys of all types are hot and it'd be fun to be a hot guy of another type', and imaginining a complete change like 'what if I suddenly woke up in South Korea as a Korean guy, what would my life look like?' Imagining becoming a new person, inhabiting a new culture etc. is something that's just fascinating to me. I'll admit I particularly like Asians myself and I enjoyed reading you writing about Asian immigrant experiences as it's not something you see much in these type of stories! I'm rambling a bit haha, just wanted to let you know I appreciate what you do in this area.
I think this is one of the sweetest things anyone’s ever said about my work. Thank you! You’re awesome <3
I really do think all guys are hot (yes, even you reading this) and it’s all about presentation and confidence. Some of the things that are hot about diverse guys fall into racial stereotyping, and that’s more than okay. However, there’s more to you than a stereotype.
What do you mean, you’re white? That’s ridiculous, you’re clearly Chinese. If I’m not mistaken, you’re from Hong Kong. I love the bustle of Central myself, but with your build and more rugged masculinity I bet you hike Sunset Peak every weekend. Yeah, it’s an incredible view, I’d love to see pictures.
You must live quite a regimented life if you work in finance while maintaining that incredible body. Ah, you’re the type who walks into the gym at 6 AM, aren’t you? Any later, and the heat would be unbearable, even though you love to feel the sweat drip down your perfect muscles. Still, you aren’t quite a cookie-cutter Asian finance bro, are you? You keep a bit of stubble, and your muscles are just a bit too pumped. Don’t tell me, you love going to the club to tear off your shirt and dance, right?
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Well? You have a whole city to take on. Don’t let me stop you ;)
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cosmics-beings · 5 months
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I think another thing I like about starscream, yet hate that the fandom fails to acknowledge about starscream is that, a lot of his rotten personality and his nastiness comes from way before he meets megatron and way before he was a deception.
That’s not to say that a lot of the ways he acts doesn't mirror megatron and the mistreatment he went through. and that impacts how starscream heals, makes friends, etc., idw - like what megatron did still badly affects him and that's not something to be ignored, and it's still not fair that he doesn't get the same happiness megatron did.
But, I think that people do tend to act as if Starscream was perfect and uncorrupt before Megatron.
That's not true...starscream was also a rotten, manipulative and bad person before that. and a lot of that was in response to how he was treated and hating his own body/existence, and the caste system, etc. We see how a lot of people in transformers react to oppression and I think starscream is such an interesting case of someone who is so angry and furious at the system he was created in that he takes it out on others yet still fights for himself and only himself. It is sad, and it’s awful to see how his own existence and the caste system does destroy him, but I think its important to note and to understand to just see how oppressed people still have to fight through their own oppression and sometimes, because of that, because of the trauma they go through, turn rotten. And Starscream did terrible, sneaky, and awful things. He did shitty things to climb to the top and he hurt those around him, he hurt people he trusted him, and he was happy to be that way. No one made him evil, manipulative, or untrustworthy, he did that on his own.
I don’t like that a lot of the fandom tends to tie Starsream’s negative and problematic behavior and personality to megatron because it also takes away from a lot of growth, agency and discussion about starscream’s personality and why he is the way he is.
He wasn’t a perfect, innocent and shy person before he met megatron, or before he became a deception. He still did awful things and while becoming a deception was a way he could grow past the system that created him, he still did very much do so for power. Starscream was an ambitious yet a morally ambiguous person before megatron and he had to be to survive in his own mind. His life wasn’t perfect and happy before megatron, he was still fighting and he was still scheming to survive.
I really don’t like how people kind of take that away from him, and act like everything he does and every shitty way he acts is *because* of megatron. I know it’s not fun to have to admit that he wasn’t a good person before megatron met him, but I think it’s necessary to understand his character, and not a lot of people do. And when you don’t do that, you have people misinterpreting his character and being genuinely shocked when he does villainous things. Like for instance, sky bound starscream’s actions shock a lot of people because they don’t think that he is a villain - I remember a lot of ES critique is that earthspark starscream doesn’t need a redemption act- he just needs people to love and accept him. And I think you guys forgot that he was also a space fascist and enjoyed killing people on his own accord. And while megatron himself does impact how starscream acts and treats others - starscream still was an extremely problematic person eons before he met megatron.
I don’t think this negates just how badly Megatron’s treatment fucked him up, and made it so that it was difficult for him to form relationships even after, or find happiness. And I think that’s just something that cannot be ignored. But I also think starscream is more interesting as a character if the fandom acknowledged that he was this way before, that he wasn’t perfect or innocent, and that he reacted that way because he was unhappy with is life, his station, his caste, etc.
this also isn't a chance to come and try to excuse how megatron treated him, so pls don't do that on here.
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lets-try-some-writing · 3 months
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Question. How do you think the TFP bots each find the squishies that are humans look. Like aesthetically. Which ones find them cute or gross or funny looking? Cause in the Scraplet episode, Ratchet said “Typically I find your fleshiness your least engaging qualities.” Meaning that Ratchet find the humans gross to some extent, meaning that the Autobots does have aesthetic opinions about the humans. And it seems like everyone got different opinions. So what’s your head canon for each of their opinions?
Ooooooh now this is a question I will happily answer!
Ratchet: His views on humans and squishies in general is summed up to GROSS. He sees humans as essentially a bunch of organs in a poorly made plastic bag walking around on stilts. They are worse than hairless cats in his optics. They may be nice enough, but he would prefer to poke them with sticks or handle them with a hazmat suit if given a choice. He's warmed up to them, but will never find them particularly appealing. Interesting? Yes. Appealing? Primus no.
Bumblebee: Bumblebee thinks humans are a little unsettling, but he appreciates them in the way one would a pet tarantula. He can find something to see as appealing in them, although as a general rule he is not particularly enthralled with them. He is fond of human eyes, largely because their pupils dilate a great deal like how his optics cycle. He also finds it fascinating how many colors humans can have their eyes up being.
Arcee: She sits in the same boat as Ratchet for the most part. However she has one aspect of humanity that she is surprisingly fond of. She thinks human hair is quite "cute" in a sense. It reminds her somewhat of stories of Solus and she has always found it fun how humans can style their hair in so many unique ways. She has even gone so far as to ask June to teach her how to braid hair simply because Arcee also finds the texture of hair to be facinating.
Bulkhead: His thoughts on humanity can be summed up simply with: Smol Beans. He thinks they are adorable in the way one would look at a mouse and think it cute. Sure humans can do gross things like execrate and create strange internal liquids and sounds, but they are just so small. He can't help but find that fact appealing.
Wheeljack: He is neither grossed out or really invested in humans. He could care less what they look like. He's been everywhere and seen everything, so very little bothers him anymore when meeting new races. He does think that human teeth are interesting though. Cybertronians have their own version of the mouth bones, but humans growing the mouth bones and then having a few sets of them is something he just thinks is rather inspiring.
Smokescreen: He... doesn't like humans. He's in Ratchet's boat, but he's a lot less tactful in his outward reactions. His first few weeks on Earth involved a lot of gagging at humans as a whole. Squishies are not his cup of tea, but he's learned to handle it for the most part. So long as the squishes are clothed reasonably, he can pretend they are armored and ignore the fact that they are walking bags of bits and bone.
Optimus: He doesn't mind humanity. He doesn't think they are physically appealing in any real regard, but he admires their minds. Such small creatures holding hope and intellect on par with the more technological races is something he finds impressive. He also holds an appreciation for their voices simply because they are clear and without complication. It is new, and for that reason he finds it beautiful in a sense.
Ultra Magnus: He doesn't like humans. Period. He tolerates them for the sake of the team and negotiations, and he may be appreciative of human comrades and friends. But the species as a whole? He is not fond of them. He is largely more confused than anything else. He has no idea how such a fleshy and delicate species lasted so long. But he has largely shrugged it off and moved on with life.
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rouxlsthestaars · 7 months
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i love alex milne's art but WHAT is this shit take. you're telling me that RATCHET is abusive? to DRIFT??
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i know he's not the writer but what. going by your ridiculous headcanon you're saying ratchet is just. lying here??? HE MADE A MISTAKE WITH PHARMA OF THAT WE CAN AGREE BUT TO GO SO FAR AS TO SAY HE'S AN ABUSER?
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the face of an abuser, according to alex milne
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blighted-lights · 1 month
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do you ship ravage and drift? you draw them a lot and they're always so touchy lol
nah. they're really touchy amicas, tho. probably because im always touchy with my friends and it just kinda rubs off on my art. ravage is my Me character so i do end up giving him traits i have. one of those is being touchy with people he cares about 🤷‍♂️. he's especially touchy with drift as when they were grouped together in the dead end (which is where they met in my brain), ravage spent a lot of hours curled up in drift's car alt with laserbeak and buzzsaw for shelter. that touchy aspect never really left their dynamic.
and besides,
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drift/deadlock's candle has always been lit for someone else.
(plus an extra doodle of them)
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robotspacealien · 2 months
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I'm so glad that ever since I've become an adult that I almost never hear anyone say "omg can you believe Dude McSomeguy wants to fuck [insert whatever/whoever]???¿¿" anymore
It's good, refreshing even
And every time I catch myself having those thoughts, I am immediately humbled by the fact that I readily and often sexualize this fucking thing
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The most common thing that I have seen people talking about TFP is that Megatron's unhealthy obsession with optimus and after eons of war, Optimus just being impassively done with the antics.
Megatron:*hovering over Optimus* Optimus my love... I am waiting to be in ur arms.... Please notice me ... notice me as I am in need of your time *start singing in the most dramatic way possible*
I need your time
I need your love
When everything wrong
You make it right~~~
Optimus:* Bang the data pat on Megatron's face less violently just to shut him up * Nope...
Picture from Pinterest
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I saw Moonracer was the only femme bot on your main team, how dose she feel about being the only girl?
Well, she is not technically a girl/female, nor are any of the other bots male, cybertonains are physically, socially, mentally, and societally genderless. The cyerbtornian language does not have pronouns that indicate separate genders because gender isn't really a concept on Cybertron beyond it being known as a phenomenon common in a lot of organic alien races, and even that is not common knowledge among most bots. 
Going by specific pronouns or being preserved as a specific gender is very new to the earth-bound cybertronians, Most bots will go along with whatever humans assume they are. That doesn't mean some bots don't have preferences on what they are referred to as, but most don't care, especially the ones not invested in human/earth culture. 
It’s also very common for bots to have trouble telling the difference between male and female humans because the difference between men and women seems very subtle compared to the massive amount of variety in shape and size cybertroians have. Adding on that a nonbinary human doesn't really have any obvious physical tell and human gender is confusing even for bots invested in human culture.
Moonracer does prefer to be called she. Even if she doesn't fully understand the concept of human gender, her interest, appearance and how she presents herself would be considered more feminine by human standards so she prefers to be referred to by pronouns that traditionally reflect that.
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groundrunner100 · 6 months
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For those wondering why Star Trek is not on this list, check my previous poll for the unofficial Science-Fiction Franchise With The Best Lore.
You’ll understand my reasoning.
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uselessmicrowave · 3 months
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Transformers: Prime Smokescreen angst? Perhaps he hates lightning or thunder, and his little human friend (AKA the reader) has to comfort him. Just a shorter request, hope you have a nice day/night.
He flinches at the loud sound from outside the base, pressing himself further into the corner of his habsuite. Coolant has been running down his faceplates, making energon colored tear tracks, from his optics to his chin. He wishes he could've had one of the habsuites closer to the middle of the base, like next to Ratchet's, hell, he'd recharge in the medbay if Ratchet would let him.
You knew Smokescreen didn't like thunderstorms. You wish he would be able to sleep through them, but he would be woken up if you even stepped into his room while he was recharging.
Much to his surprise, you poke your head in through the big door.
"Smoky?" you call out, scanning his room and spotting him in the corner. You walk over to him, rubbing the plating on his calf comfortingly. "You'll be okay. It can't hurt you."
"I know." Smokescreen manages to shakily whimper out, cupping you in his servo and pulling you up to his chest, holding you over his spark. Poor thing, so scared, tugged away from the quiet and comfort of clear weather much too soon. He wished that the world wouldn't make such loud noises.
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iwozlegit · 1 year
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|| 🍍• The only reason Optimus Prime is so captivating and moving while giving speeches, is because he spent half a lifetime in awe of a mech who’s words, poetry and speeches captivated and moved an entire planet, and their sparks, towards the will for change.
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kimbapisnotsushi · 9 months
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see the thing that gets me about the nekoma v. nohebi match is that when naoi is helping yaku on the side of the court, he tells him, "shibayama may look weak, but he's strong" to try and reassure him and yaku just goes, "i know. it's not him i'm worried about" in response
and whenever i read that i'm just like "!!!" because yaku never doubted shibayama! yaku ALWAYS believed in him, even when shibayama didn't believe in himself! yaku trusted that he would carry! what the fuck was naoi even on! why would he say that in the first place! yaku is presumably the one who spent the most time with shibayama, training him and helping him and teaching him to grow! to connect! to become part of the team! that's YAKU'S number one pupil! how could yaku not have any faith in him? how could yaku think, even for a second, that shibayama wouldn't pull through?
also, his admission that it was lev he was worried about? which, yeah, i'm pretty sure all of us already knew — if anyone was going to be a weak link, it would be the cocky overconfident first-year brat who talked hot shit without anything to show for it. (and i'm saying this as someone who loves lev a lot, mind you.)
but what worried yaku the most was that lev didn't understand 'connection'. and while yaku could more than make up for it with his own skill, it's crazy to think that lev didn't understand it while yaku, of all people, was on the court. lev didn't understand until shibayama stepped in! and that's the crazier part: yaku couldn't connect with lev, but shibayama did. yaku and lev worked fine, yeah, but that wasn't what lev needed to understand. and that's okay! sometimes all it takes is the right person with the right words, and everything falls into place. and i think that's an absolutely brilliant and incredibly lovely lesson on how connection is also about finding the different ways to make puzzle pieces fit instead of sanding down their edges, because everyone is different and that should be something we are all understanding of!!!!
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eucacici · 1 year
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Part 2 of my art trade with @yasbeych
The girls are fightingggggggg. Yes, those are two starscreams. No, skyfire is not going to break them up XD. He's letting them have their fun
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