#very much enjoying the show though

[forecast0ctopus]

Do you like any Star Trek besides TOS? I haven’t actually seen it, but I’m a big fan of TNG, Voyager and DS9 :3

ive only seen tos, aos, and im on season 5 of tng!! im working my way through slowly but surely lmao

#ask #inferno-boots #geordi data and dr crusher are my favorites so far i think theyre fun #ive done some sketches but really not much idk im not as Attached rn as i am with tos #i miss the colors and camp of tos :( beige reagan era enterprise is not my jam.. im sorry its a little ugly #very much enjoying the show though #was struggling a little w s1+2 bevause the uniforms were so atrocious but theyre good now :] #my firsy tng art is almosg too goofy to post here to i never did lmao

[singingcicadas]

Megatron's Opposite Day

"I free slaves"

This is Soundwave binding Ratbat but seeing as Megatron did the same thing to Pentius by putting his spark into Trypticon and reformatted Rumble and Frenzy into cassettes against their will I think he approves a lot of this practice

Megatron on Optimus and humans, after his defeat in All Hail Megatron ⬇️

he really salty

"I implant ideology" aka brainwashing

Decepticon cause = Megatron. nuff said.

"I liberate cities" says the person who let Nyon burn to make a point

Cities are too small, think bigger

Holding New York hostage.

"Like Autobots, they believe in the sanctity of life" which he doesn't. Kudos for being honest.

Allowing troops to do free-rein massacre is a reward for conquest. Nothing like some easy murder for de-stressing.

The Simanzi massacre which halved the Cybertronian population is off-screen so it doesn't deserve its own pic

"The revolution"

"We only feel good when we stand with a blade in one hand and a throat in another" "Let's make the entire face of the planet into our new gladiator arena"

What nice, confidence-inspiring revolutionaries. I'm sure they'll rule the population with benevolence after they've killed all the Necessary People with Necessary Violence. Final interpretation of what constitutes as Necessary is reserved for the sole discretion of Megatron, ofc.

Good goals.

Sentinel might be an absolute asshole but at least he's got one thing right: they're literally a gang of thugs who gets high off murder.

"The people are my utmost concern"

'The people': ................

"Battling for freedom"

Freedom of what? Function? Autonomy?

Religion?

the ability to choose whether to fight? on which side to fight?

Idk why they used the word "pogrom" for this, it's way too specific

Anyways it doesn't matter, they won't be missed.

Good for Bumblebee for calling him out. Screenshotted this just to appreciate Megatron's bitchy face ⬇️

Other urban legends:

"Megatron loves Cybertron" let's just burrrrn it

He did fight to save Cybertron in Chaos Theory but also made it pretty clear why he did it. It's not out of the goodness of his heart or any sentimental reasons like that. It's an ego/dominance thing.

Plus his wording when he's trying to convince Optimus to let him go with the Lost Light: "I broke the planet. And that, Optimus, is why I owe it to you - to everyone - to find a replacement."

Replacement.

In other words: I made a mess and can't be bothered to clean it up, so I want to get away from it and find somewhere new to start clean.

I don't think Optimus appreciates the favour.

"Megatron tore down a corrupt government" which is true, just too bad that he's worse

He's also, um, a closeted Zeta admirer?

"Megatron advocates equality" ???

Megatron x dictatorship is literally his OTP. They were inseparable for four million years. A lot of people died trying.

"Megatron cares about the Decepticons" no he doesn't. Not his troops nor its cause.

Like for one thing he treats them with complete scorn

Admits that the most useful thing about keeping Starscream around is that he can bully underlings into line

Wants to use the humans' nuke to get rid of his troops and reformat them into peaceful drones after they outlive their use because they were "too ruthless" for his perfect peaceful society

Has zero scruples about fighting Deceptigod, just affronted that his own soldiers are being used against him

And basically just drops the Decepticons like a bag of vermin after he surrenders. He never once mentions them of his own accord, other than to insist he has nothing to do with them. Even his surrender speech is something Optimus makes him do as exchange b/c he wants to go on parole. He wasn't planning on making a public address otherwise, he was just going to leave them hanging.

Looking at the publication timeline, Megatron started out as an established Evil McEvilson-type villain similar to how he is in G1 and it's not until Chaos Theory in 2011 that JRo really gave him a sympathetic backstory that drew his characterization away from the bloodthirsty pugno ergo sum warlord into someone who once held ideals about societal reform and remains convinced of his own moral supremacy throughout the 4 mill years of death and war, adding worldbuilding such as Functionism/oppression/government corruption as justification for the beginning of the Decepticon movement. But because the start of the Decepticons was already written in Megatron Origins and every evil thing he'd done up till Chaos Theory can't be retracted and they had to keep Megatron as a villain until his story was no longer central to the Autobot-Decepticon war line, and JRo didn't try to downplay the atrocities he'd committed (some of the most sadistically disturbing things Megatron did were exclusively in MTMTE flashbacks), but rather tried to distance him from them and placed the focus on the juxtapositions to emphasize change, this as a whole just resulted in Evil McEvilson getting turned into Hyper McHypocrite.

#That being said I genuinely enjoyed Megatron's redemption arc in mtmte/ll. It's one of those stories that's very poignant and moving #on an emotional level #even though the plot itself doesn't hold up that much under close scrutiny. #moved this to the tags to make the post cleaner #I would've liked it more if LL used a few more panels to show Megatron Actually Making Friends #instead of shunting him into a parallel universe for idk how many issues in an already limited run #transformers #idw transformers #maccadam #megatron #trying to clear out more screenshots

[skitskatdacat63]

2009 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix - Sebastian Vettel(ft. Mark Webber & Jenson Button)

#fantastic podium!! maybe my favorite of this season????? #sebmarkson podiums are my fav ever nothing can top them #and both mark and jense were being so cute with seb this race aaaahhhhhhh <333333 #theres something about seb that makes older men want to cuddle him and pick him up and pour champagne on him #haha thank you to dru for showing me seb getting drenched on this podium a few weeks and making me hype for this race!! #this race was very very good as well. like the last laps battle btwn mark and jense was insane #its very good when i already know the results of a race but the racing still makes me sit on the edge of my seat and scream a bit #i mentioned this before but i love how this race felt like an epilogue and it was nice to see everyone having fun and enjoying themseles #thank you everybody for joining me on another season journey!!! it been so much fun. ive really really enjoyed 2009 #brawn is just soooooo cool to me. their story is insane!! im glad ive gotten to watch thru this season before the docu abt them comes out #but also very fun to see the beginning of rbr getting to the top of the field. every good result just felt so rewarding and worth it #anyways dont wanna do too much commentary abt it since ive discussed it a lot. onto 2010 next!!!! i shall miss you 2009 #though i will say. it was rly interesting in this race to hear their team predictions for next season bcs a lot of it doesnt pan out #mark webber #jenson button #sebastian vettel #sebson #martian #sebmark #f1 #formula 1 #formula one #we do a little bit of f1 #2009 abu dhabi gp

[ghastlyaffairs]

for something as trivial and simple those feelings sure are hard to get rid of

also made a gif a version for fun + alt version with no tears under the cut

the gif is in very low resolution...this is a feature (i could make it bigger but that would require saving each frame individually and than glueing it all together. also i feel like low resolution suits it better. aesthetically and fits the mood)

#hs #homestuck #dirk strider #eye strain #probably? if you think i should tag something else let me know!! #anyway hooray its time for rambling in the tags #so uhhh heres the teæ i've been sick for like a week and you know how it is when suddenly your throat becomes the main gunk warehouse #and you can't breathe lol. wish i could just pull it out. anywaaayy this is basically a vent piece for me being sick lol #also i could draw remotively the same thing with kris deltarune. oh how easy it is to project having a cold #though i have been also experiencing troubles with feelings recently as well....how fitting for dirk #speaking of the man himself (enough of me) his relationship with his own Heart...is peculiar to say the least #the thing i love about alphakids is that despite being so feral they were. so relatable. i cannot stress this enough how unwell they are an #and how they represented being a teen so well. yeah being 15 years old makes that to you #imagine being an emotional mess and trying to fit the 'norm' and act normal about your friends so youre not offputting #and then you fall in love with you friend and your ai clone falls in love with him too looool noone makes out of this one alive #uhh literally. godtiering stuff and dying remember #and speaking of it. tw for suicidal talk for the rest of tags #do you ever think dirk was suicidal. of course the part of when he teleports his head to jake was totally planned and he knew he would -> #wake up as dreamself but. don't you think the moment he cut his head off was sort of. cathartic. how much did he hate his own guts #beheading himself not only for the plan...but also because he thought he 'deserved' it #also wow he is a Prince and was literally beheaded don't you think its funny hahaa #sigh poor thing #this has ended on a not the very pleasant note hm #also fckkkkkk i didn't draw anything with rose/mary for the lesbian visabilty week #(putting the slash because tumblr search system has a dumb gag with showing you posts that contain the tag inside the other tag. #and i don't want this post to show up for the ros/mary fans because it's not!!!! its rose's father emotional crisis post!!!!) #update YOOOO WHAT THE HELL THE GIF HAS EVEN LESS PIXELS THEN I PLANNED fantastic #this your breakfast now tumblr. enjoy your crunchy flakes of dirks meltdown. mwah

[phantom-of-the-501st]

Thoughts on TBB 3x9: The Harbinger

SPOILERS BELOW THE CUT

Genuinely thought Cross was going fishing for a sec

Wrecker is getting so comfortable with Cross again 🥺

Batcher always knows when something is up. We should listen to the hound

WHAT DID I SAY?! LISTEN TO THE HOUND!

DON'T GO CLOSER TO THE SHIP WTF

VENTRESS!!!

Omega your lying isn't the most convincing thing...

OMEGA BE CAREFUL STOP SPILLING INFO 😭

Pffft cheerleader Wrecker!

Had a feeling that Jennifer's "weeping" tweet hasn't about crying and was maybe about some sort of tree. It appears I was right. CAN'T MAKE ME PANIC THAT EASILY, JEN

THIS COMBAT IS AWESOME 🔥

THE BATCH THEME!!! ❤️

Hunter going for the Dad™️ arms resting on knees position

Where's Echo when you need him? We need someone to manage the chaos

"How does she know we're watching?" The force, Wrecker. The force

This music is pretty 🥰

Okay maybe we got a bit too carried away with connecting with nature

The creature's kinda cute ngl

This is starting to feel like The Mandlorian 😭

I thought this episode was really fun! I'm trying to work out how much it actually advances the plot in any way but I'm going to wait 'til the end of the season to work that out. Ventress is probably going to come back and the idea of Omega needing training is likely to be relevant again. It was a fun episode but rn feels like it's dropping expositiony stuff we already know. At the same time it's stuff the characters don't know so it has it's relevance.

Annoyed that Echo has just been out to the wayside this season. We've only got 6 episodes left and he's had a significant appearance in one of the 9 that we've had so far. I really liked this episode but as an Echo fan I've been feeling kinda stranded this season. 😕

#mostly nonsensical thoughts today #mainly because I've had about 6 hours sleep #but i enjoyed this episode! #very much wondering how this show is going to be wrapped up in 6 episodes though #star wars #the bad batch #the bad batch spoilers #tbb spoilers

[worstloki]

Loki surveilling the skyline of New York from the top of Stark Tower and clocking that his favorite paired set of buildings are gone. sad

#everyone wants thor and loki to have visited earth a bunch of times and obviously they wouldn't be too invested in earth politics #but i think the concept of much time passing between visits should be taken advantage of #like what if one of them missed seeing the statue of liberty on their past 3 visits and now that's 'suddenly' a famous historic landmark #Loki like wow I sure hope that restaurant in the Soviet Union is still around! #and Natasha's head whips around so fast like you mean Russia or one of the surrounding countries that used to be part of the USSR #Loki: uhm. well. what's the difference #Natasha: here is a map of the countries does this help #Loki: it does not help but thank you for trying #Thor: what do you mean Rome is gone???? Rome was HUGE????? #Tony: well it's been a few centuries since then Europe is very different now #Thor: (visibly distressed) so the the sweet effeminate men enjoy the streets no more?? #Tony: ...I don't keep track of foreign border laws about that #Thor shows up after 3 years and there's a new president and he's very confused through the entire meeting #brodinsons being so detached from the political scene but being so used to realm politics they come to correct conclusions about things #even though the timeline and how long things stay the same on midgard still messes with them #Loki: at least Egypt is still around #Thor: China also #Brodinsons visiting New Zealand(Aotearoa)/Australia/various British mandate islands before the British formally showed up #returning 2 centuries later and 'the gene pool has altered drastically' 'must've been a war' #well it's either that or since Asgard seems spared of colorism they treat all humans as the same and don't notice. which might be worse #on the colonisation and liberation side of things

[gaybearwedding]

hi hi hello i have been gone forever due to various reasons such as “work” and “mental illness” and “having developed a kpop hyperfixation that has been occupying most of my attention recently” but i need everyone to know that i saw off book live twice last week (in philly with a friend and then in nyc with my girlfriend) and it was truly so everything. i didn’t get many pictures but i did get a few and none of them are very good but one of them is of jess’ amazing stool balancing act and that’s all i need really

#flow of the rings a volcano story i love you forever and ever #tryin’ the musical i love you also #also i asked a question during the talkback at the philly show :] #if it gets released as an episode and you hear someone named will asking about the hedgefrog logo that’s me <3 #i want to be active on here more i miss it #i’m thoroughly enjoying being a little unhinged about kpop with my friend bee (the one i saw the philly show with actually) #but it does make a little sad that i haven’t been as fixated on zach and jess lately #they are still everything to me though don’t get it twisted #it’s very much a Special Interest TM so i will probably have other z&j phases #but regardless i do enjoy this silly little corner of tumblr #and i love that pibe has like Actual Fan Content now it’s beautiful #and i AM going to finish and post my malpal fic i PROMISE i just. don’t know when 😭 #accidentally wrote an essay in the tags whoops #anyway i can’t promise i won’t disappear again but i’m gonna try to be more active #mine #off book #play it by ear #pibe #zach reino #jess mckenna

[tungle-squentacles]

what do you mean it's not a good time to start huevember

#i don't actually enjoy drawing nonhuman characters as m7ch as people. sorry murder drones fans #the colors were fun here though #also i dont acutally think about the show that much but the only other purple characters i can think of are both from mp100. i'm saving the #other two purples for them in a month #i want to finish huevember so i'm going to carry over the reamining days to december #my motvation? friend said it made him good at determining colors for environments. i'm very bad at that #don't worry the day 17 art isn't going to be late guys #squent post #squent art #murder drones #uzi doorman #uzi murder drones #huevember #huevember 2023 #huevember 16 #huevember day 16 #fanart #art

[artificerstimetable]

heket and joonona :-) <3 just wanted to doble em

#cult of the lamb heket #cotl #cult of the lamb #cult of the lamb follower #cotl follower #cotl heket #ohh we love them so much theyve been buddies for so long #gave joonana a longer living pendant #wish we gave them an immortal one but didnt know how to switch pages on the gifts or really anything until today #joonona enjoys talking about her day with heket in very vivid detail #i think joonona would spend hours just talking about her most recent crusade with heket just super excited and shit #idk much abt heket but we like imagining heket with an instrument hehehe #joonona totally is' overdramatic' we think she'd preform little plays and act out stuff #also she talks odd and i love it #heket enjoys trying to add things and wants to show the exact like #longing? enthusiasm towards joonona and her stuff she really just wants to show joonona how much she sppreciates and loves her #heket would be fucking devastated if joonona died #definitely would not show it though atleast at first #sorry if we're getting anything ooc! #but we overall just like them :-)

[dribs-and-drabbles]

Observations on ep 2

This is actually a comedy.

Mew is the most perfect and still must be protected at all costs.

Ray, on the other hand, is the most poor little meow meow to ever meow.

Neo is going for douze points from every country's jury AND the public votes for his commitment to *ahem* well, you know.

Someone asked this series how many locations it could reuse from every other series and it just said "yes".

Nick is down bad already...and competing for Ray's meow meow crown.

And I'm sad the show didn't continue with a random GMM cameo for Boston to have sex with this ep.

#only friends #ofts #only friends the series #ofts ep 2 #I'm coming in late so you only get incoherent thoughts #to see how they match up with what everyone else thought as the ep aired #it's too late to watch ep 3 now though #so I'll be back with that another day #but in case you can't tell #I'm very VERY much enjoying this show #everyone just wants what/who they can't have #there's a metaphor to life in there somewhere #about letting the object of your desire go and finding happiness somewhere else #but until these six men learn that #I hope it gets messy - and ep 3 looks like it's going to serve the messiness the show promised #*rubbing hands together gleefully*

[remyfire]

You rotten scoundrel!!! I just read your fanfic “Like a Silent Song” and I LOVED IT SO MUCH!!! YOU SCOUNDREL!!! You write Radar so good, how DARE you!!!

I am attacked by insults and praise at every angle and do not know which to believe!!!! /j

I'm so glad you enjoyed it! ;v; I'm still not entirely confident in his voice, so hearing you say you thought it worked well means a lot to me. Thank you so much!!

#he's just a lil guy you know!! #and i had a lot of fun writing him having such a heavy sense of confidence with how to handle hawk #on account of the psychicness and all that #it was really pleasing to let him be so certain in what he does instead of second guessing it all #even though obviously that comes with its own problems down the line #after writing it i was telling some friends how much i enjoy when you take what seems to be a very clear power imbalance #and then show how it is just as imbalanced from the other angle #yeah hawk is older and has more life experience than radar #but also even if radar can't read hawk's exact thoughts he can feel his aches and yearnings and fears without a single one being hidden #and that's a pretty horrific power imbalance on the other side like radar doing this so casually for so long #and not thinking that maybe there's something about it that he should mention to hawk??? #anyway sorry i've gone off in the tags again without meaning to haha #they're not a pairing i think about very often but when i get a challenge to do so then i love diving deep deep into it #my ramblings

[aroaessidhe]

2023 reads

What Stalks Among Us

YA thriller

two best friends skip a field trip to explore some old forgotten backroads - and get trapped in a looping corn maze full of weird shit, including their own dead bodies

they have to figure out how to get out, what’s killing them, what’s causing the maze, and face their traumas

fat girl MC with anxiety, both are bi and have ADHD, no romance

#What Stalks Among Us #aroaessidhe 2023 reads #sarah hollowell #wait i just noticed it's them on her shirt on the cover... #i enjoyed this a lot! #it really immediately gets into it huh. not any build up. but in hindsight that makes sense #it gets a little repetitive in places but it works and I love how it all tied together #no romance #(it DOES explore past abusive relationships as a theme but very much just the effects of healing from that rather than showing #much of the actual relationships) #I really love how it emphasised how important their friendship is without there even being a question of it being romantic #(but also exploring that a bit re: the side character stuff in a way that I think is great) #it does make references and then explain them a lot (though also i get that could be an adhd thing with ur mind going on a tangent) #she even is like man i wish my brain would stop making all these pop culture references! #that plus a few other aspects of the writing felt a bit unsubtle - but also it is YA its allowed to be #that and a few other aspects of the writing felt a bit unsubtle - but also it is YA its allowed to be #also some of the references made me laugh LMAO. including: #'remember when you thought the maze followed crossroad rules from supernatural. do you think the maze knows about super hell' #i cannot fault someone for saying heckin wimdy because I sure do that. well not 'heckin' but #anyway felt like realistic teens #bisexual books

[sonknuxadow]

they werent lying that knuckles series barely has knuckles in it

#i pirated that shit Btw just so we're clear. also gonna talk about it a little bit in the tags #nothing too spoilery but also might not wanna read if you want to go in knowing absolutely nothing? idk #anyway he WAS a main character still he was present for a decent amount of the first couple episodes #but the amount of screentime he gets just starts dropping after that . hes barely there at all in the second half ??? #and it feels like theres a lot of scenes mostly focusing on wade and his problems and not near as many for knuckles and his whole deal #overall it feels more like a wade show with knuckles in it than a knuckles show with wade in it. which sucks #and human characters having plot relevance isnt the problem here i dont mind human characters at all i think they can be really fun #its the fact that the human characters are taking over the story and spotlight when the show is called knuckles #and all the marketing makes it look like knuckles is the main focus #and i also would have preferred if they just went with a differnet character to be knuckles' human friend #because i dont particulraly care about wade. and the knuckles (and sonic and tails) i know would not be friends with cops </3 #well at least the story wasnt knuckles training wade to be a better cop like a lot of people were expecting but thats like.the bare minimum #also aside from the issues relating to knuckles' screentime (or lack of screentime) i thought the ending was unsatisfying #regardless of all that though there WERE some parts i enjoyed or found kind of funny or whatever. because knuckles so cutesy as always #knuckles being a cute little guy is the most important part of the show actually #and i liked the parts with sonic tails and maddie even if they were only there for like 5 minutes #(i really wish those three had gotten more screentime. i feel like they could have easily worked in at least one more scene with them) #and its a minor thing but the opening sequence is cute. was honestly expecting just a title card or something #overall the show is just . kind of okay i guess. not the worst thing ive ever seen but still disappointing ? idk how to explain.. #my expectations also werent very high in the first place #so maybe im being a bit more generous than i would have been otherwise. idk #and i definitely would not recommend this to anyone who already dislikes the sonic movies . youll probably hate this more #like people who thought the human characters got too much screentime in the second movie would lose their minds if they saw this

[aquitainequeen]

Applicants for the Editorial Assistant position: I love reading and literature! I spend a lot of time on BookTok! I'm passionate about exciting narratives!

Me, alternating between assessing candidates and scrutinizing a manuscript to make sure there are no nasty permission surprises: Oh, you are applying to the wrong department, my friend.

#my life #my job #no part of publishing is glamorous but this section is especially un-glam #Also in this job you will not enjoy reading for long #Some advice for anyone wanting to get into publishing: #what's most desired in a candidate is time management (because you will be juggling MULTIPLE tasks in a heavy workload) #communication (with your team; with other departments; and with authors/editors) #(in editorial especially we are the authors' first point of contact. their travelling companion; their taxman #their confessor; their therapist and their punching bag) #admin capability (you're going to be using Word Excel and Adobe a lot; along with any database the company uses for their records) #and actually knowing what the company publishes #show us that you've done your research!!! #go on the website. find a few books that you like. mention them. #or just do your research on us and say what you like about us! #The sort of things that we publish and the direction we're going #I KNOW it's horrible applying for jobs and you're often applying to lots of different places at the same time #but you have to tailor your application to fit #You have to show that you understand the sort of company or imprint that you want to work for #and yes previous publishing experience is very desirable as well #that's always been much harder to get though

[july-19th-club]

i hope the potential supernatural element of yellowjackets never becomes clear. i hope that for the entire duration of the show it is this pervasive background element, maybe - is this why we can't ever seem to get out of here? is this why all of our plans and projects and innovations fail? is this why our luck is so bad, why we keep running short on food? is this why it has followed us into our lives forever? - or are we just a bunch of people lost in the woods slowly going loopier from hunger and isolation and depression and despair. i hope it's never made explicit i hope neither the characters nor the audience can ever be sure if any of that supernatural stuff ever was real. no visions no spirits no curses just us. i think if they made it real it would genuinely ruin the show for me

#for real! the ambiguity is so much sexier #and i'm a firm lottie is just a sick teenager she is NOT a mystic truther. because Magical Mental Illness annoys me #though i respect those who are lottie magic truthers . we can agree to disagree i will just not read your posts too hard is all #and i do have this sneaking worry that. given that the show takes place in the canadian wilderness and involves cannibalism #it may at some point dive into Entities That Eat People In Pre-Colonial American Traditions Which I Shall Not Spell On Paper #leech did it VERY obliquely and it seemed to work out okay (from my admittedly outside perspective) #but i feel like yellowjackets as much as i enjoy it COULD be the kind of show to go full force iwth it and suck hard #i hope it doesn't #yellowjackets #q

[luciusswimminglessons]

Half of Jaskier fans right now: Oh no why do they keep hurting my baby boy just let him be safe and happy!

The other half: I want to see him ruined

#jaskier #the witcher #twn #i am a whump enjoyer #though the show could definitely sprinkle in some comfort after the hurt #but i still very much enjoy the hurt #yes he's my favorite character #yes i want to see him covered in blood #these are 2 ideas that can and do coexist