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𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐛𝐨𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠  𝐛𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐝  𝐦𝐨𝐨𝐧,  swollen  &&  smug  in  heaven’s  cradle.  it’s  not  a  celestial  body  but  won  mujin  that’s  looming,  cascaded  down  from  somewhere  on  high  to  cater  to  the  masses  just  for  a  moment.  (  how  kind,  a  moment  to  put  people  at  ease.  )  in  these  uncertain  times,  the  commonalty  need  the  assurance  as  most  flocks  of  fretting  creatures  do.  who  better  than  him,  a  fire  sage,  rooted  as  a  sycamore  to  the  leyline  of  religion  to  quell  doubt  in  the  celebration?  unmistakably  so,  spotted  from  the  crowd  of  a  thousand  donning  still  the  ceremonial  garb  of  the  coronation.  its  shades  of  crimson  and  scarlet  paint  a  daunting  yet  distinctly  refined  portrait  for  all  eyes  to  behold,  like  a  beacon  amidst  the  plaza.  

mujin  is  carefully  postured  as  he  navigates  through,  a  force  of  habit,  glissading  between  the  throngs  of  bodies  while  earnestly  granted  a  wide  berth  on  either  side.  parting  the  seas,  AS  IT  WERE.  titanic  breadth  of  his  title,  his  reputation,  proceeded  the  presence  of  his  body.  (  they  move,  not  him.  )  a  title  large  enough  to  smother  the  lingering  of  turmoil,  one  by  one  —-  at  least  those  who’d  make  themselves  known.  a  sprinkle  of  his  regard  is  no  sprinkle  at  all  to  a  starving  and  restless  ear.  this,  too,  he  offered  with  a  tender  leniency  that  he  so  scarcely  did.  he  planted  repose  in  each  heart  and  moved  on.  

a  repose  that’s  seldom  found  in  the  depths  of  his  own,  not  now.  it  can’t  be  quieted  so  easily,  inimitable  thing  that  fixated  only  on  the  uncertainty  of  the  future  and  his  place  therein.  a  heart  that  subsists  on  BURNING  —-  rejects  all  manner  of  salves  &&  sweet.  lucky  them.  how  each  platitude  churned  from  the  depths  of  his  throat  is  scorching  pyres  ‘pon  his  tongue,  emboldening  the  common  folk  with  a  spark  from  his  own  body  that  he  dare  not  keep  for  himself.  they  duck  their  heads,  bow  their  reverence  and  brighten  with  smiles.  &&  YET  running  through  the  mill  of  conversational  procedure  time  and  time  again,  there’s  one  person  he’s  spotted  traipsing  outside  the  live  wire  of  his  presence.  (  how  very  funny.  )  

sans  the  humor,  as  mujin  found  many  funny  things.  not  so  funny,  the  way  she  lingered  like  a  bad  idea  and  stapled  her  existence  just  nearby.  the  scald  of  sun  as  witness,  emphatic  footfalls  of  the  fire  sage  veer  to  greet  this  observer  head-on.  it’s  with  no  mere  modicum  of  courtesy,  flat  palm  over  unyielding  fist  in  customary  greeting.  (  thorny  rose,  absolute  pleasure  to  introduce  garden  glove.  )  “  lady  jinah,  ”  suffocating  languor  dropped  to  the  wayside,  warmth  awash  in  the  depths  of  his  sentiments.  he’ll  find  the  cause  yet.   “  many  welcome  your  presence  today,  myself  included.  have  you  spared  a  moment  to  enjoy  the  prowess  of  the  bending  demonstrations?  ”  

thinking about how akio sees his younger self in utena and wondering if there's any fondness there. doesn't change the horror of what he does to her obviously but i do wonder

i feel a lot of yall that say they hate mahito are pre -tty comfy on that wagon. pretty sure some of yall would deep down let that him worm-wiggle in ur cooch. would probably let them dozen or so wiggling hands feel on you too. imagine the many touches he could leave with his mouth alone. or ur just scared to admit it and its okay. its okay you refuse to look closely at the chisel denting his torso. at the off guard pretty glances or the hair akin to a dead raccoon’s tail. maybe his luscious lashes fr turn you off or the pathetic way he giggles. its okay. his home isn’t much either, but its honest work if you kick away the rat bones to the other side, then its okay. he won’t be able to defend you either, but if you’re strong enough to be near him that’s okay!

see its okay 😌���‍♀️ you’re safe now. put down your pitchfork.

On the MegOP fandom trend of saying "Optimus should apologize to Megatron"

(Speaking specifically for IDW1, though it applies to a lot of MegOP especially ones that do continuity soup with heavy reference to IDW1)

I was talking to a friend in DMs and they mentioned a common headcanon/fanfic trope that I also concurred with, and both of us said it's something that bothers us: a common take in the MegOP fandom goes basically along the lines of "If Optimus had just apologized to Megatron, the war would've ended" (or other variants including "if he'd tried harder to understand Megatron/work in collaboration with him").

And firstly, this is incorrect for a number of reasons:

There were attempts at peace negotiations during the war, but they fell through. So Optimus WAS trying to work with Megatron to the point of participating in formal diplomatic meetings.

Optimus tried multiple times on page to convince Megatron to just stop fighting and work with him for peace (Autocracy, Chaos Theory) that Megatron rejected. Given that these on-page examples take place at the start of the war and at the end of the war respectively, it makes sense that Optimus asking Megatron for collaboration is something he was trying/willing to do the entire time. So again, Optimus was always willing AND ATTEMPTING to work with Megatron and find a joint solution

Even before the war when Optimus was still Orion, he was very explicitly inspired by Megatron's writing and names Megatron as one of the people who "opened his eyes" to the wrongs of Cybertronian society. So how is it that people claim "the war went on for too long because Optimus never tried to understand Megatron" when OP literally named Megatron as one of his biggest idols, thus implying that OP does understand Megatron's ideals

But the primary purpose of this post wasn't to defend Optimus, actually. Even though I personally think Optimus did plenty (dare I say, everything) to try to end the war, there are some who may still think otherwise, so instead of arguing about whether Optimus did "enough", or who should apologize to whom, or who "deserves the blame" for starting/continuing the war, I'd actually rather talk about this:

No matter who is most "to blame" for the war, it's my firm belief that neither Megatron nor Optimus would even expect/demand the other to apologize to them at all.

On Megatron's side, he would never seek to judge Optimus negatively for the decisions to the point of saying "you wronged me, apologize." Whether it's evil Megatron who doesn't care about atrocities and revels in an opportunity to expose Optimus as a hypocrite, or post-war/Autobot Megatron who knows that his own evil actions are irredeemable, the idea of Megatron judging Optimus and demanding an apology for the war specifically strikes me as out-of-character. Why would Megatron demand or even want an apology from Optimus when Megatron knows fully well that he has his own sins to bear, he prolonged the war for his own selfish/material gain, and that he is responsible for an untold amount of suffering? Demanding an apology would imply that Megatron sees himself as the wronged party and Optimus as the wrongdoer, but by the end of the war, Megatron is too aware of his own part in the war to ever demand such a thing of Optimus. Even if he DID think that Optimus was "equally to blame" for the war (which he doesn't/wouldn't, btw), Megatron's own feelings of guilt would prevent him from trying to seek the petty satisfaction of the moral high ground or making Optimus beg for his forgiveness.

Additionally, Megatron knows Optimus very well as a person: he knows that the position of leadership is full of "loneliness [and] agonizing self-doubt" for Optimus (Chaos Theory) and that "when Optimus hurts others, he hurts himself" (MTMTE). Another reason that Megatron wouldn't demand nor want an apology from Optimus is because Megatron knows Optimus so well that he already knows that being a war leader fills Optimus with immense guilt and suffering. Given that Megatron knows about Optimus' self-doubt and guilt, why would he even need an apology when he already knows how much Optimus regrets the war and desperately wishes/wished for it to end?

Then, as established in the previous paragraphs, Optimus is too full of guilt for his part in the war (both before it started and in being unable to stop it sooner) to demand an apology from Megatron. Again, demanding an apology would put Optimus in an implied position of moral superiority and/or victimhood, but Optimus doesn't see himself as morally superior or as a victim (or rather, he sees himself as being responsible for these bad things happening and internalizes this as a duty to do better/fix wrongdoings). In other words, Megatron and Optimus both share this view of themselves and each other: Their hands are so dirty, and they both feel such guilt over this, and they know each other well enough to know that the other feels this way as well. Because both of them feel blame for the war and are acutely aware of their own flaws/part in suffering, both of them feel far too responsible for the war happening for them to ever blame their archnemesis for "not trying harder" or "being responsible for the war."

Hell, if you even look at the socio-political climate of Cybertron before the war started, neither Megatron nor Optimus were the ones who put this conflict into motion. The corrupt legacy of the Primes, Functionism, class issues-- all of these things existed before Megatron and Optimus did. Even once they started doing things like writing about social issues (M) or fighting against the Senate (OP), both of them were "underlings" in sense that they weren't leaders:

Megatron's writings may have inspired the Decepticon movement, but that movement existed as an independent entity with its own leaders and speakers long before Megatron became the "official" ruler of the Decepticons. He wasn't even the leader of the 'Cons until he took control of the gladiator arena and the nonviolent sections of the Decepticons were (presumably) subsumed into the underground, exploitative battle culture that Megatron created.

Optimus-as-Orion was a police officer to start, but even once he started going against the Senate, he mainly worked in collaboration with others like Senator Shockwave and Zeta (later Zeta Prime), who he either saw as his idols or who were literally superior to him in rank due to government/military structures.

So with this in mind, even from a social level, while Megatron and Optimus may have been "catalysts" of a sort that caused the war to escalate to an outright planetary/galactic level, the scenario is too complex to solely lay the blame for the war at either of their feet. I'm not confident in saying that Megatron/Optimus would explicitly think of this when talking to each other, but what I'm trying to say is that M/OP were just catalysts in a long chain of brewing tension that exploded into a war. Even if one could claim that one of them "started" or "escalated" the war, the social issues that caused the war and the positions of power that allowed them to become leaders in the first place were falling into place before either of them actually BECAME leaders.

In other words, this shared fate of being the final reaction that exploded a societal conflict into outright war... Megatron and Optimus both have that in common. And because of this, I really don't think either of them would even think to ask the other to apologize because they're both in such similar positions, with such similar feelings of guilt and responsibility, that they understand each other's feelings without words. To demand an apology would be akin to taking that shared vulnerability/guilt and stepping on it, attempting to claim that one is right/superior and the other is wrong/inferior, and that the inferior one needs to grovel and take responsibility for the bad things that happened.

hm. i do not like chilshi 🤔

idk i believe miles g would have a somewhat popular unhinged book review youtube channel that he originally had to make for school but just kept it as a sort of constant thing he had complete control over. but then again i can see him deleting it all the second he doesn’t need it anymore bc any risk of popularity would mean his vigilante activities getting revealed + he’s just not that type of person who’s super comfortable with his face on the internet like that. and i don’t think you even need to upload the videos to yt just email them to the teacher. but also: suspend your belief with me for a second.

SDCC | 2017

I love that the bg3 guys are all written to have this intense adoration of karlach and lae’zel’s abilities to absolutely eviscerate their enemies. they’ve all got the same taste in women, which is “she could gut the big scary man chasing me, and then princess carry me to safety in her blood spattered arms.” and I respect and relate to that, as a bisexual man myself.

fank u for comin’ 2 my ted talk :3

when was the original advertisement even made LOL jasper is still alive here

Every time I remember that bitch* jumped off the roof (he was FINE even though he shouldn’t have been but whatever, anime logic) I always get way too concerned abt it like YOURE GOING. TO BREAK YOUR ANKLES BE MORE CAREFUL FOR THE LOVE OF GOD

*kai toshiki

I am vengeful at this show for making Stolas sympathetic in any way

ohh so ray uses his scarf to hide his id number. ok well what if i hurt someone

IDW1 must take place on an alternate Earth where no one has ever heard of ACAB and everyone wears "thin blue line" merchandise because there's literally no other way that a single Autobot killing a USAmerican cop in self defense would be such worldwide news that even Mexican journalists would go "OMG???? You like, killed a cop?!?!?!?!?!?!!?!?!?" and it wasn't even framed as like, "you killed a human," the phrasing every time any character talked about it was very specifically "he killed a cop".

The cop was also threatening to shoot a group of surrendering/not-attacking/injured Autobots btw which is just the icing on the cake honestly lmao

woke up from a nap thinking of her*

(*the original incarnation of fall out boy’s seventh studio album, MANIA)

people voting to marry/fuck dean while also voting to kill sam. ?. i understand your favorite little baby boy better than you do