#whirls.txt

[whirlandco]

i loved the latest batch of earthspark episodes but its really unfortunate that they seemed to have some REPEATED incongruity between the spoken dialogue and the captions displayed (and also the lip-synching of the characters). i can think of at least two instances off the top of my head (both in the latter episodes) but there are probably more. not only because it leads to some very wonky feeling scenes but its also a serious accessibility issue. i dont rely on captions 100% but for those that do theyd have no way of knowing that what was actually being said is different than what theyre seeing. its especially rough cause a lot of the wrong captions are SIGNIFICANTLY different than the spoken lines, like, plot/information wise. to the point that they might cause confusion for a viewer.

#transformers earthspark #earthspark spoilers #whirls.txt #i dont really have a point i just like complaining #i mean i guess my Point is that streaming services REALLY need to double check their captions #theyre not just a fun cosmetic thing some people actually Need Them

[whirlandco]

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Transformers: Earthspark (Cartoon), Transformers - All Media Types Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Nightshade & Tarantulas (Transformers) Characters: Nightshade (Transformers), Tarantulas (Transformers), Background & Cameo Characters Additional Tags: Spoilers, Post-Episode: s01e13 Missed Connection, Friendship, Platonic Relationships, Hugging, Hurt/Comfort, Introspection, Communication, Minor Injuries, Technobabble, Additional Warnings In Author's Note Summary:

Their friend disappeared after his noble decision to draw attention away from them and their family.

And yet, they keep seeing him.

(Even if it's not technically "him," rather an arrangement of light particles designed to mimic a human being that he's using to spy on them, but the semantics aren't really important.)

i posted this a few days ago but never linked it on tumblr-- tara & nightshade ep made me insane so i did something about it. possibly doing more things about it (starting another wip)

#maccadam #transformers #transformers earthspark #tfe #earthspark #tfe nightshade #tfe tarantulas #transformers fic #whirls.txt #earthspark spoilers

[whirlandco]

Info dump to me about epoch I DEMAND IT

GLADLY. OKAY first off here is their reference just so you can get a clearer look at them without all the shading and such

and now infodump incoming. im copy-pasting a lot of this from a server where i talked about them already but its cool its fine

Epoch is in some weird gray area between being a tfoc and a tf sona cause their whole schtick is that their outlier ability flings them around the timeline at random intervals. like they're an oc in their own right but they're also kind of born of my inability to keep the timeline straight in my head because of how much tf media ive consumed. i use the word "Untethered" to describe their situation since it sounds cooler than just saying they have a flimsy grip on the timeline lol

the specifics of their ability are kind of convoluted but in simplest terms, they're paradox-proof. which means they cant really affect anything that would majorly change the course of events. their outlier ability kind of slingshots them through time without much rhyme or reason and any point where they might be about to alter the timeline irrepairably they get flung to a different point before they can go through with it. it is entirely arbitrary but i dont actually have to worry about how they'd work in a canon setting so i can do what i want

all this to say that even if they happened to randomly end up in the exact right time/place, they wouldnt be able to do something like stop the war. the timeline is actually really good at preserving itself and the universe doesnt like being completely uprooted so their ability will active and send them to another time before they can affect any major events.

their time travel works by law of fixed space which means that when they time travel, they stay where they are. so if theyre on a planet or a ship and they jump to a particular point and the ship has left or the planet has moved along its orbit, they will. kind of just be floating in space. there is a small amount of grace with this in that they will not intersect preexisting matter, so theyre not gonna end up stuck through any walls, but they have a space-worthy jet alt mode for a reason

only one Epoch can ever exist at a certain point-- similar to how Unicron is a universal singularity, Epoch is a temporal singularity-- but they actually can travel to the same point multiple times-- each new jump acts like an "overwrite" to the previous one, however it only applies if they repeat interactions. so they can end up at the same point at multiple instances, but if they only interact with different people and dont cross paths with anyone they met before, all of those instances of their appearance will continue to exist in the memory of the mechs who encountered them. for example say they went back to a point when baby-Epoch was around and babying under the dubiously-careful supervision of then-senator shockwave. if adult-Epoch went to wherever they were as a baby at that time, they would not be there, because there is only One Epoch ever. and so shockwave would only remember interacting with adult-Epoch at that instance (until they left). however if Adult-Epoch instead went to hang out with Bumblebee or whoever and didnt get seen by/interact with shockwave at all, then shockwave would continue to only remember baby-Epoch. because the timeline does not like being fucked with. it does not like trying to reason with the existence of multiple instances of the same Moment occurring more than once (because time is linear, but its also relative to an individual). and so the way that it resolves potential paradox situations is just. getting rid of the previous instances.

heres a really simple diagram to explain what i mean. the red line is the uninterrupted linear timeline of a normal mech. light blue line represents previous-instance-Epoch while the dark blue line represents current-instance-Epoch. the appearance of current-Epoch will override that of previous-Epoch, while leaving the rest of the interaction unaltered.

while irl i believe in the multiverse theory irt how time travel would work, with Epoch i have it based in the relative time of a single timeline. time is Fixed. it cant be moved around. and i know cybertronian dates work a little differently but assume that each Date/Instance can only happen once, and so if epoch happens to repeat the same Instance more than once, whatever the most "recent" (relative to them) version of that Instance is becomes the one that is "real" two different mechs can have completely differing memories of the same instance. if they happened to be in two entirely different places at once, they very well could Both remember meeting Epoch. even though only one of those meetings "actually" happened, because they cant be in two places at once but there is no such thing as "actually" happened except what is currently happening. all time beyond the present moment is entirely theoretical until it's happening. and since time is relative the past/present/future only exist in the perception of an individual.

thinking about the specifics of how their outlier ability works is kind of like playing 5d chess with multiverse time travel so do not worry if this all sounds like a bunch of pseudoscience technobabble

i can also talk about who they are, like, as a person if you want i just find the theoretical science of time travel fascinating

#whirls.txt #tfoc

[whirlandco]

Your oc Epoch seems so cool!!

theyre very flattered you think so :]!!

#whirls.txt #anonymous #tfoc

[whirlandco]

What’s epochs personality like? Their ability is so interesting btw you’re very galaxy brained 🤌🏻🤌🏻

HEHE THANK U

so because of their constant escapades across the timeline, epoch's adopted a generally chill outlook on things. very "go with the flow" if you will. mostly because they realized pretty early on that if they spent too long thinking about their circumstances and their powerlessness with the whole thing they'd lose their mind. they try to stay optimistic and upbeat no matter what which is kind of impressive considering Everything

they are also a HUGE gossip fiend. they love hearing about drama. they wont actually do anything with any of the info they hear about, (and in fact are a master of keeping secrets) they just love getting those spicy deets

theyre one of those kinds of mechs who can get along with pretty much anyone. which is helpful considering how often they get randomly flung to some far corner of the galaxy and have to rely on others to find somewhere to settle down until the next time jump. (for as much as they ever "settle down," they basically live out of their subspace)

theyre an autobot mostly due to convenience, for a variety of reasons including a) since that faction tended to be a lot more uptight about protocol and stuff they figured it was better to get in with them on the off chance they ever found themself in autobot-controlled space and b) because technically the autobots won the war. (lesser reasons include because they wanted to avoid crossing paths with post-empurata shockwave at all costs.) because epoch has such an outsider POV on the whole thing they dont actually have much of an investment in the war, since theyve seen it pretty much start to finish and know how its gonna play out.

#whirls.txt #theres a basic summary anyway #i can answer more specific questions about them too im not so good with general inquiries ;; #also just realized this earlier when looking at their toyhouse page but their birthday is in five days! #epoch will turn 3 Soon <3 #totally coincidental that i started thinking about them again tho #tfoc

[whirlandco]

to everyone reblogging my old kobd art. i love you. but also. Oh god please dont look its bad <3

#whirls.txt

[whirlandco]

brother there are zero OCs in that post

#whirls.txt #no username obviously im not trying to make fun of anyone im just Confused #are the OCs in the room with us right now

[whirlandco]

so i was perusing my bookmarks on ao3 bc i was rereading some fanfic and i was utterly devastated to find that your "treating tfp starscream right since the show won't do it" series was deleted :'')

no hate or anything, i just liked the series and i'm sad to see it go

oh the series was deleted but the fics aren't gone! some of them are still on my profile and those that aren't are still on ao3, just orphaned.

sometimes i get to a point where i dont want things i wrote a while ago to still be attached to my name but (barring VERY specific exceptions) i NEVER delete anything off ao3 permanently. because i know as a reader how devastating it can be to find out a fic you really liked was deleted forever and, as a writer, i dont want to do that to anyone

as mentioned a few of the fics from the series are still on my profile but if you need help finding links to the orphaned ones just let me know <3

#whirls.txt #anonymous #yeah no even when i dont want to get the attention from a fic anymore 99% of the time ill just orphan it

[whirlandco]

Dirt Boss Says Lesbian Rights

only good thing that creature ever did

#whirls.txt #anonymous #thought id escaped the dirt curse but here we are

[whirlandco]

sorry if you see me reblog other shit here I forgot how Tumblr mobile works

#whirls.txt

[whirlandco]

the entirety of the transformers license is not being sold btw the only thing changing hands is who has the rights to make official comics. hasbro is not selling transformers that franchise makes them so much money. 

#whirls.txt #cause i saw some ppl confused about this

[whirlandco]

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Transformers - All Media Types, Transformers: Prime Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Breakdown & Miko Nakadai, Knock Out & Miko Nakadai, Breakdown/Knock Out (Transformers) Characters: Miko Nakadai, Breakdown (Transformers), Knock Out (Transformers), Bulkhead (Transformers) Additional Tags: Friendship, Humor, Hijinks & Shenanigans, Established Relationship, Fake/Pretend Platonic Relationship, AKA Breakdown pretends to be Miko's dad and it's hilarious, be gay do crime, Crack-ish, Discussion of Gender Identities, Enemies to Friends, SPEEDRUN!!!!! Summary:

Miko gets kidnapped, but it's fine, because the guy who's kidnapping her doesn't want to hurt her or anything. He just needs her help getting his husband out of jail. He'd do it himself, but he's a giant robot truck, so he can't exactly walk up to the guy at the impound lot and hand over his license and registration, and unfortunately she's the only human he knows that he doesn't think will immediately turn him over to the other giant robot trucks (and cars, and motorcycles, etc.).

Wait, what?

#maccadam #kobd #transformers prime #tfp knockout #tfp breakdown #tfp miko #tfp #whirls.txt #figured out how to get all this info automatically instead of having to do it myself lol

[whirlandco]

"I'm tired of thinking about things in a nuanced way I want to be stupid" MOOD. I just want to think about the Decepticons being chaotic idiots that hold weekly karaoke competitions and have betting pools on when Optimus and Megatron are gonna have their next Homoerotic Fight To The Death and see how many data pads they can stack on Predaking while he's napping in beast mode. No depth no drama just pure Silliness. Shenanigans, even.

EXACTLY. LIKE. i have put so much thought into the depth of the relationships and dynamics between the decepticons and gone into so much detail about how awful the entire situation is for everyone and its just like. maybe sometimes i dont want to think about how seriously fucked up it all is. maybe sometimes i just want to imagine a bunch of dorks being evil together. maybe sometimes a found family can just be a found family and i dont have to think about the abusive subtext. maybe sometimes it doesnt have to be tragic.

silliness. shenanigans, maybe. perhaps even a little tomfoolery.

(also the mental image of the cons trying to stack datapads on a napping predaking is SO fucking funny. when they hit 50 and he still doesnt wake up they decide to start stacking other things. it takes soundwave sitting on top of the pile for him to actually wake up and notice. the ensuing collapse is spectacular.)

#whirls.txt #anonymous #i am so sad all the time. i do not want to also be sad when im trying to enjoy things.

[whirlandco]

my queue has officially run out btw so expect minimal posting for the forseeable future

#whirls.txt #sorry ive been fucking consumed by pokemon lately #no brainpower for transformers

[whirlandco]

DARBY FAM KOBD HOLIDAY FIC CURRENTLY ON LOOP IN MY BRAIN. LOVE HOW U WRITE THE CULTURE CLASH. MISTLETOE KISS *PUMPS FIST* PRIME STUNTICON REFERENCES AND THE CONVO ABT JACKS DAD AND THEM BEING SOFTIES AND AAAAAAA

AAA THANK U SO MUCH <3 <3 <3 im glad you liked it, and thank you so much for reading!!

(the fic being referenced is this one here)

#whirls.txt #its a christmas fic of course i had to include a mistletoe kiss-- #Anonymous

[whirlandco]

Help I binged all your transformers fics on AO3 and I love how u write the characters!!! (THOSE DEADCEPTOR FICS💞 UR STARSCREAMS❣️ BREAKDOWN KNOCKOUT AND MIKO😭 FAILED STEP ONE💖)

also the skyfire/starscream time loop one??? Fucked me up for like two days it was such a fun read!

And the MULTIVERSE CROSSOVER FIC??? 👌QVQ👌 GOOD SHIT IM SO PROUD OF PRIME!SCREAM

I've re-read all ur tf fics at least thrice except for the rung and whirl ones because that one LITERALLY made me cry and I love it to bits it's rlly good just don't wanna be caught crying agdkdkbfkd

HI THANK YOU SO MUCH???? you have no idea how happy seeing this in my inbox made me. like seriously this means a lot. anon i owe you my life. 

im glad you like my fics :)! my dms are open if you ever wanna chat abt something ive written. i love talking about gay robots and also my own work--

#im gonna save this ask so i can go back and reread it whenever im sad. #whirls.txt #Anonymous #honestly this kind of reassurance that people still read my stuff almost gives me enough motivation to start writing again.