#slashmarks

[bedlamsbard]

POV (Natasha POV, if you're amenable?)

I got a little carried away.

*****

Natasha didn’t bother to think, just threw herself down over Steve like there was a chance in hell that her fragile human body could do anything against an Infinity Stone.  He got an arm around her as the power of the Infinity Stones washed over them both, a brilliant wave of blue and green energy with Thanos’s face grinning behind it.

There was a sensation like falling that seemed to go on and on, Natasha’s stomach turning over as she squeezed her eyes shut.  Then, just when she thought she couldn’t bear it anymore, she struck the bottom, Steve heavy on top of her as he rolled to get her beneath him, putting his body between her and any oncoming danger.  Natasha curled herself up, too dazed to do anything else.  Her heartbeat was a harsh, frantic patter that matched Steve’s, her breath a harsh rasp in her throat, and all she could see were coruscating waves of blue and green.  There was a kind of roaring in her ears that only belatedly resolved itself into shouting human voices, though she still couldn’t make out the words.

Steve was off her now, the scuffle of his feet close enough that she could identify it as the sound of fighting.  Natasha stumbled upright, her vision still a wash of blue and green, but she set her back against Steve’s and slammed a punch into the face – or whatever – of someone who tried to grab her, which resulted in a yell of pain.  She swept her batons out of their harness, wanting the extra reach of the weapons; she didn’t want to risk shooting off her bites when she couldn’t see what she was shooting at.  She jabbed one into the gut of someone who tried another grab for her, then another hard blow that knocked him away from her.

The white noise roar of sound was beginning to resolve into words, a man yelling, “Stop shooting!  Stop shooting up my lab, damn it!”

It was a voice she had heard before, but only in recordings.  No, she thought, astonished, even before the speaker went on, “Steve – Steve, it’s Howard, it’s Howard Stark.  You’re okay – you’re safe, okay?  You’re in SSR headquarters.”

As her vision slowly began to clear, Natasha saw that she was in a big brick-walled room with a groined ceiling, surrounded by men and a few women in old-fashioned clothing, even split between civilian clothing and American army uniforms that she had last seen on a History Channel documentary about the Second World War.  There were two men down on the floor in front of her, one in civilian clothes and one with an MP’s white armband.

“What the hell,” she whispered, looking back over her shoulder at Steve.

He was breathing hard, his eyes wide with shock.  He’d acquired a pistol somewhere, probably from one of the several MPs who were groaning on the floor near him, and had the barrel braced on top of his remaining Wakandan shield.  There was a man standing in front of him with his hands up, a dark-haired, clever-faced man with a thin moustache and a very obvious family resemblance to Tony Stark.  His gaze was fixed on Steve, unblinking but with relief so profound that it hurt a little to see.

“Steve,” Howard Stark said, “can you give me the gun?  It’s okay – it’s just me.  It’s just me, Steve.”  He reached out to take the gun from Steve, who let him do it, and passed the weapon back to one of the nearby MPs.  “Steve?” he said again.

“Howard,” Steve croaked, sounding he was on the verge of hyperventilating.

“Hey,” Howard said, his shoulders slumping a little in relief. “You scared the blazes out of us.”  He pushed Steve’s shield arm down gently, his gaze moving across Steve and then Natasha, before returning to Steve.

“Steve?” Natasha said, her brain still scrambling to put two and two together and come up with something other than five.  Or 1945.

“It’s –”  He had to take a moment before he continued. “It’s okay, Nat.  Stand down.”

She hesitated, then slid her batons back into their holster and turned to put her shoulder against his, looking Howard Stark over properly.  She had known it intellectually, but because most of the pictures or videos she had seen had been later in his life Natasha had never processed until just now that he was exactly the same age as Steve.

She could feel Steve starting to shake against her shoulder, his gaze darting wildly across the room and its occupants, but he looked back as Howard Stark said his name again.

“Steve, I’m going to hug you now, okay?”  Howard said.  “Don’t punch me.”

He moved slowly enough that Steve could have stepped back if he had wanted to, but Steve didn’t.  Natasha moved a little to one side to let Steve return his embrace, trying to watch them and the crowd of onlookers at the same time, and saw the way that Howard let his breath out in relief once he had his hands on Steve.  They lingered on Steve’s shoulders as he drew back and Natasha thought, Oh.

Suddenly a lot of things about Tony Stark’s complicated feelings about his father and Captain America had become clear.

“It is you,” Howard Stark said, before he finally let Steve go and turned his attention to Natasha. “Who’s your friend?”

Since Steve still looked like he was going to start hyperventilating at any moment, Natasha said, “Natasha Ro –”

“Rogers,” Steve said before she could finish.

“Natasha Rogers,” she said smoothly, nudging her shoulder against his and not letting herself wonder what the hell he was thinking; they could sort it out later.

Howard’s eyebrows went upwards, but all he said was, “Sounds like you have a lot to tell us about.  Starting with what the hell just happened and how the hell you got in here, because, Steve, a lot of people are going to be really happy to hear you’re alive, starting with me, but what just happened?”

#slashmarks #bedlam replies #of home near #iw time travel concept #cut scenes and concept writing #meme response #home behind the scenes

[clatterbane]

After someone asked me a while back, I have utterly failed so far to post some basic beginner resources for wading into homebrewing. This happened for a variety of neurospicy reasons, and has had absolutely nothing to do with not wanting to do the thing! (Sorry @slashmarks!)

Anyway, here are finally a few things that I have found useful getting started, focused on the wine/cider/mead side of things.

For a lot of basic info and beginner advice:

The r/mead wiki: https://meadmaking.wiki (Not just useful for mead. It includes links to handy calculators, and a lot of general info.)

Getting super basic: A Hooch primer for N00Bs (r/prisonhooch was actually the place that really sparked my interest, with the easygoing experimental approach there.)

I have always personally learned well from watching people do stuff, while explaining what they're doing and preferably why. So, a lot of the rest that I would point someone at is in video format. (Which I thought I still had sitting in open browser tabs, but evidently not.)

One series playlist from an overall excellent channel: How to Homebrew Beer, Wine, Cider, or Mead | So You Want...

Another from the same guy: Homebrewing hacks, tips, and tricks

From a different great channel, on the nerdier side: Beginner Mead Making Videos

How to Make Insanely Cheap and Simple Grocery Store Alcohol (No Equipment Needed)

Another good channel, with a lot of beginner-friendly walkthroughs (where I honestly had a hard time picking a good starting point): DIY Fermentation

That's most of what I can think of offhand right at the moment, but it should hopefully give a few starting points at least. One of the reasons I had gotten stalled was not being sure how thoroughly to geek out at other people over a relatively new hobby interest, but better to go ahead and get something posted! 🙄

#resources #homebrewing #redneck brewing #slashmarks

[liesmyth]

While we're submitting questionable TLT culinary opinions, I think John salvaged instant ramen from the earth, and sometimes he likes to make it with a tea kettle in his rooms on the Mithraeum and pretend he's a grad student again back before the earth was destroyed.

he ABSOLUTELY cooks shit food in his nerd cave in his space bone fortress just so he can revive his academia days.

I firmly hc that the lyctors don't even care that much that they can't remember earth, and that's mostly because they think remembering earth only made John extra weird

#ask #slashmarks #YOU ARE CORRECT

[pariahfox]

It wouldn't let me tag you properly in a reply now. But, thanks for confirming. I also just checked a little while ago, trying to look in notes for other URLs to add, and also saw that the account was looking completely nuked.

Very odd, even by the usual standards around here. Hopefully Support will actually respond at some point.

#replies #slashmarks #tumblr #the bedraggled fox returns

[spiritfoxarts]

When your kid tells you they got new friends, but forgot to mention two of them used to ride with you.

Meanwhile back on Cybertrone:

(Yes, that's a big ass coffee mug)

Once again the designs for Wildbreak and Dragstrip belong to @ezu-ez , the other three I had to make myself and fuck, I hate how good this old asshole in the back looks.

LOL I was so scared to mess up DS' make-up, that it takes 4 different layers. XD

This took way longer than it was suppost to... TnT

WHERE IS THE LIGHT SOURCE!?!?!?

(The show itself sucks, I only like Wildbreak - he's a baby)

#transformers #tf rid15 #heatseeker #slashmark #wildbreak #dragstrip #motormaster #stunticons #breakdown #knockout #my art #humanformers

[cyber54prime]

Sketch I did for David Kaye from all his transformers vo

#transformers #maccadam #animated #beast wars #tfp #optimus prime #megatron #grimlock #slashmark #lugnut #vehicons #warpath #cliffjimper

[deliicacymercy]

HUMANFORMER! Slashmark ✨  

🏳️‍🌈  ✨    iT’S not PRIDE MONTH anymore! BUT THAT WON'T STOP ME FROM DRAWING GAY STUNTICONS! ✨🏳️‍🌈  

#humanformers #tfrid #tfrid2015 #slashmark #my art #LISTEN #HIM AND HIS HUSBAND HAVE TO LOOK THE KINKIEST #also drip #i love him sm #stunticons #LISTEN- #i hate how it took me so long on him #but i wanted him to be PERFECT #LOL motormaster is next #and he will look basic asf #also peep the wedding rings #i made sure him and heatseeker had a matching set uwu #everyday im so mad at tfrid for not giving me more than 2 minutes of this character #DAVID KAYE IS HIS VOICE ACTOR #AND HE CALLS EVERYONE NINCOMBOTS #WHAT A MAN

[mantizimus]

Hi! If it's okay to request, a TF rid2015, Stunticons w/ Human S/O? It can be Poly or Not

S/O who's known as sweetheart yet strong woman (or kinda like Mitsuri Kanroji From Demon Slayer (but it's modern and no demons exist) /Kimetsu Academy).

Being kind, emotional, and often somewhat child-like. Has an immense physical abilities, having 8x the muscle density than a regular human, and has a large appetite.

She's loved by her family and friends. She’s been unwanted for her unnatural strength and told by one of her former suitors that only a wild beast would take her as a bride, even she's rejected and sad about it, she's determined to find someone, who's stronger than her or will protect and love her.

There you go.

Mitsuri Kanroji!S/O

Motormaster

Pleasantly impressed by your strength.

Every time you act childish, he rolls his eyes.

Motormaster was so used to your kindness that he was truly dumbfounded when he saw you demonstrate rage during the battle with the Autobots.

Contrary to your expectations, none of the Stunticons even think about teasing him about your relationship. Mainly because they know it won't end well.

Doesn't understand why no one wanted to date you because of your strength. The same applies to your reluctance to eat a lot, because it is not feminine.

One day he found out what your ex-fiancé told you, after which he left somewhere. A few hours later he returned with suspiciously bloody wheels and bumper.

Although he understands that by definition he meets your criteria for an ideal husband, he makes every effort so that you are not disappointed.

Drag Strip

You are the most precious being in the universe to him.

Regularly brags about his skills.

Admires your strength.

Tends to chuckle to himself at your appetite. However, he will never make fun of you for it.

Drag Strip finds your sweet and kind behavior charming. That's why he was stunned when he found out that others rejected you.

Having heard that your ex-fiancé said that only a wild beast would take you as his wife, he set himself the task of punishing him for these words.

How did he do it? Kidnapped him, placed him in the driver's seat, drove him down the roads at breakneck speeds, and put him in death-defying situations until he crawled to you on knees begging for forgiveness.

Doesn't even try to be surprised that he is the ideal candidate for the role of your husband.

Heatseeker

He's impressed by your strength, even if he thinks it's a little unusual.

Like Drag Strip, he often shows you his skills.

If you ride with him, Heatseeker will limit himself to simple acceleration, because he does not want you to get hurt.

Surprised by the fact that you eat so much. However, he understands that with your strength such an appetite is quite natural.

Appreciates your kind and childish side, even if he doesn’t like to show it.

So it comes as a big surprise to him that the others refused to date you.

Having learned what your ex-fiance did, he collects as much information about him as possible before launching his guided missile at him.

Proud of the fact that you consider him a perfect husband.

Slashmark

At first he treated you the same way as he treated others: he made sarcastic remarks a little less often than constantly.

And then he saw how strong you are, which made him respect you. The fact that you are easier to communicate with than his comrades also played a role.

Although he has to admit that sometimes your kindness, time to time spilling over into naivety, can be no less annoying than the stupidity of other Stunticons.

Thanks to your influence, he becomes more patient towards his fellow cons.

Will definitely call those who rejected you complete idiots.

The only exception will be your ex-fiancé, against whom he will use the good old energy field.

Slashmark is a little surprised by your criteria, as well as by the fact that it meets them, but he’s not complaining.

Wildbreak

The first time he saw how strong you are was when you easily picked up a barrel and threw it at Slashmark for taunting him.

Out of the entire squad, Wildbreak appreciates your kindness the most.

If you have nightmares, he will hold you close and surround you two with a force field so that others will not bother you.

Often laughs at your eccentric behavior.

The very fact that someone refused to date you causes him shock. He just doesn't understand why.

Hearing the words of your ex-fiancé, he remained calm outwardly, but inside he was seething with indignation.

The next morning, police found a body that had been run over several times by a car.

He can’t believe that you think he’s an ideal husband.

#transformers #transformers x reader #transformers robots in disguise #transformers robots in disguise x reader #motormaster #motormaster x reader #drag strip #drag strip x reader #heatseeker #heatseeker x reader #slashmark #slashmark x reader #wildbreak #wildbreak x reader #stunticons #stunticons x reader

[transingthoseformers]

I keep on thinking about Wildbreak and how if he is Knockout and Breakdowns child, how did Motormaster recruit him? I sincerely doubt Knockout and Breakdown willing let their kid get involved with Motormaster and becoming Menasnor. So do you think Wildbreak was kidnapped? Was Knockout forced to let him go? Also all the angst

I always assumed that Breakdown left the Quintessons and that somehow, somehow, Wildbreak took his place

Considering how close Dragstrip and Wildbreak are, I assumed that Dragstrip dragged both of them back into it. Seems to me like out of the "original" stunticons team, by the time rid15 rolls around it's only Motormaster and Dragstrip left with no Breakdown, Dead End, or Wildrider in sight.

I also see the opportunity for Wildbreak to be highly curious about his carrier's past with the Stunticons and finding his goals aligned well enough with the group

#so i blame dragstrip #maccadam #transformers #rid wildbreak #rid dragstrip #the wiki literally calls wildbreak a follower lol #interesting that dragstrip fulfills the ''traitorous second to a tyrant'' role within the stunticons #rid motormaster #tfp knockout #tfp breakdown #kobd #angst is involved yes #but i don't think it's kidnapping #no i feel like this is curiosity and yearning going absolutely against the wall #no yeah reading wildbreak's tfwiki page_ i blame dragstrip #sadly slashmark is the brains of the rid stunticons and by fuck does the wiki emphasize he's the only brains in the group

[liaswritesrobots]

#maccadam #macaddam #transformers #rid15 #robots in disguise 2015 #transformers robots in disguise 2015 #Motormaster #Drag Strip #Wildbreak #Slashmark #Heatseeker #polls #poll #there is one right answer to this one

[bedlamsbard]

You went into the history of the Red Room some in your continuity in fic, but I'm curious if you have any other thoughts or details that didn't make it in?

oh my god dealing with the Red Room is so hard for me because I don't have a good grasp on Soviet or Cold War history so it's hard to figure out how to integrate the Red Room. a Twitter friend (@/captainhellion) who DOES know Soviet and Cold War history kindly came up with a timeline for me that I mostly follow.

I think every coherent thought I've had about the Red Room has appeared in either Horizon or Home, though a lot of those are scattered around rather than being in a big chunk of exposition. I can get away with not having to know every detail because Natasha herself doesn't have a great working knowledge of the Red Room's history.

The one thing I feel really strongly about and which has been touched on in Home but does directly contradict comics canon is that the Red Room and its predecessor Department X never had anything to do with Hydra and the Winter Soldier. There's no MCU evidence that they were ever part of the same program or department; the closest we get is the Red Room stealing the North Institute's files ("part of the Winter Soldier program") in BW and that's clearly them acting antagonistically to each other. I think one can definitely make the argument that Alexei suddenly being swept off the stage as the Red Guardian and send undercover to America in early 1992 was a direct Red Room response to Howard Stark's assassination and Hydra's Winter Soldier program, which since Howard was killed in mid-December of 1991, would have been running those first few months of 1992 -- exactly when Alexei, Melina, Natasha, and Yelena were sent to the U.S. I don't recall CACW telling us how long the other Winter Soldiers were active before they got put on ice, but presumably at least a few months.

but otherwise I think everything I've theorized about the Red Room has been in my fic somewhere. It does deeply amused me that BW took one look at the Red Room visions in AoU and went "hmm...we're just going to ignore that," but then I had to try and make them work together and that was frustrating.

#one of my mcu pet peeves is people transposing natasha's comics backstory to the mcu #they are incompatible! #also mcu buckynat is a strong notp of mine #slashmarks #bedlam replies #bedlam watches the mcu

[galacticcrystal03]

Murder Drones + Transformers

I love Murder Drones, it's one of my favorite web series. While Robots In Disguise 2015 is not the best series but I liked it a little, of how little I like there are some characters like the Stunticons, being my favorite decepticons from that series. I have seen fan arts of different characters in the style of Murder Drones and I wanted to do it with transformers starting with these five (and maybe I will do it with more characters that I like from RID2015)

Amo Murder Drones, es de mis web series favoritos. Mientras que Robots In Disguise 2015 no es la mejor serie pero me gustó un poco, de lo poco que me gusta estan algunos personajes como los Stunticons, siendo mis decepticons favoritos de esa serie. Eh visto fan arts de diferentes personajes en el estilo de Murder Drones y lo quise hacer con transformers empezando con estos cinco (y quizas lo haga con mas personajes que me gustan de RID2015)

#transformers #transfomersrid2015 #stunticons #motormaster #wildbreak #dragstrip #slashmark #heatseeker #murder drones #rid2015

[foruli]

Happy Pride Month from Clippy! This is an official MS Teams background that has been modified for Pride.

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#clippy #hey slashmarks something is your fault for once

[broomsticks]

Thanks for the ask! <3 ambiguity/something something black and white?

thank you for playing! adore your writing (and especially your titles, they're all such a ~vibe~) - can't wait to hear more <3 <3

ahaha so this is a remus lost years/sirius in azkaban fic where the idea was to be pov-ambiguous about it! was very fascinated by the idea of them experiencing such similar emotions at the same time, while in physically different places. there may also be (an attempt at) first/second person ambiguous-POV smut 👀

confession: i'm really frustrated by the title on this one lolll, i HAD a brainwave about it while doing something else, made a mental Note To Self to Remember This Later, and then of course, of course, forgot it entirely.

the silence is far worse. knowing you’re too late and there’s nothing left. your hope shatters like shards from the blown-out windows, those familiar windows you used to see every day, way back when. your heart’s torn out of your chest like cobblestones ripped up from the street — how many times had you walked along that path. your walls of trust and faith collapsed into piles of rubble — you know you’re too late. even the crater in the ground’s stopped smoking. screaming, pleading, crying relegated to the stuff of memories and ghosts — there’s nothing, now. your hand slides down cold metal and your cheek contacts earth, and it’s warm and welcoming in comparison. prison, room, enclosed, no-place; it doesn't matter where you are because the grief will always come; there's no cell worse than your guilt.

#leftsidedown tag #slashmarks tag #tumblr games

[sigh-artist]

Soft body slashmark

#traditional art #slashmark #soft body robots #robots in clothes