Overrated

[antiolevainen-blog]

thegiltdoom replied to your post “Oh I’ll play some Sims to wind down.” “THIS IS SO STRESSFUL,” I...”

[[ All your praise is going to get to my head sooner or later, gosh ;A; I don't know what to say to all your gushing xx ]]

Then say nothing and just lemme gush some more, ‘cause I’ll stack six feet of love over your head.

[emmettlathropbrown]

garrus vakarian, pre-scarring & post-scarring.

[antiolevainen-blog]

“Oh I’ll play some Sims to wind down.”

“THIS IS SO STRESSFUL,” I say after playing a five person household with two adults, two children and a toddler (a vampire and her lady-in-waiting as the adults, the former with two kids [technically three but the eldest was disowned and moved out a while back] and the latter with one), but it’s cool, I caved and turned everyone’s free will off. Now the control freak me can enjoy absolutely nothing happening without me making it happen.

But anyway! Lemme show you a thing!

The more he saw of the young mech, the more Megatron began to rewrite his existing opinion of him. Oh, he was still haughty and hateful, arrogant (and somewhat justified, if he were being truthful), utterly and scornfully self-absorbed…but he was also…incredibly…gentle.

Not in word or deed–he had felt too deeply the strength behind those hands and the bite of his tongue to ever suggest that Sunstreaker was soft, but there were details about him that implicated something beneath that steel veneer he maintained. If neither gentle nor soft, then…something beautiful. Something that required tending.

He wasn’t sure–not without confirmation–but he thought he had caught the first glimpse of what it was that Sideswipe saw in his brother.

From here. Do you know why I love this? First, ‘cause it’s Megatron’s appraisal of Sunstreaker. Megatron’s, who’s written by an entirely different person than Sunstreaker, who’s formed his opinion mostly entirely based on IC interaction alone

And got it pretty much spot on.

I’m not the only one super pumped by that, am I?! I mean, how cool is that! These people, we, have rpd together for so long that our characters know each other well enough to describe each other! With minimal OOC involvement to explain that level of familiarity!

I think it’s beautiful! Just imagine the kind of history required for that, especially with characters that aren’t really that forthcoming, like Megs and Sunstreaker both.

The second thing is just the fact that this is so spot on, despite how contradictory it might seem. Haughty, hateful, arrogant, self-absorbed, “steel veneer”, and yet?

Something like gentle or soft. Something beautiful underneath all that.

And I am fawning over the skill Nyf has had to have been able to write all that into a single character, in a manner that other characters and their muns are able to pick up on it, but only after literal years of rping together, because it’s so subtle and written so patiently and in such a long-term manner that you’ve had to read their writing for a long, long time to get enough clues to piece it together.

All those years, all those threads and interactions, culminate into moments like this where Megatron has finally, finally played the long game long enough that he gets a peek of what else Sunstreaker has to offer. 

And even in that moment of vulnerability, Sunstreaker doesn’t stop being Sunstreaker. He doesn’t suddenly turn into an insecure, scared little thing who would’ve just faked his confidence all along. He doesn’t turn meek. From Sunny’s posts:

“Not something of an artist,” he nevertheless growled, spirited as a tempest even in his confusion, “I am an artist.”

Megatron’s servo was turning around his, so carefully, talons slipping underneath his servo so carefully, cradling it with Megatron’s attention upon it as if it was something special, [and] it was, because he was, all of him was - Sunstreaker’s vents hitched when Megatron brushed his thumb against it, too gentle.

“Murals,” he whispered. “I preferred to paint murals, where everyone could see them and not have to pay for the privilege of viewing them.”

Sunstreaker’s vents fluttered through a nervous gust of air as he glanced around, feeling every glance and stare prickle at his plating until he wanted nothing more than to disappear to the solitude of their home, far from every look that appraised his appearance and found it to be worth his weight in gold.

But he would not have changed a thing. His spark surged with pride the same it shied under the attention, loving and hating the spotlight he was always under by virtue of his nature.

Megatron stroked his servo again and Sunstreaker nearly jolted, but the fresh shyness did not prevent an old fire from lighting behind his eyes, stoking their soft candlelight into an inferno.

Sunstreaker dropped his helm, as if ashamed of his outburst. When he continued, it was far more quietly, but with an affection to his tone that still spoke volumes of the passion he had for the topic.

Gentle is the exact word I would use for this change in Sunstreaker’s demeanor, and yet he’s still spirited, he’s proud, he’s opinionated, he’s temperamental, he’s passionate. Shy, too, but that doesn’t force him into the backseat. It doesn’t stop him. He’s not diffident.

The only reason he ever was in the backseat was because he preferred it and was happy to allow Sideswipe's vivacity to be what grabbed everyone’s attention. If he hadn’t allowed it, Sideswipe wouldn’t have been able to do anything about it.

Sunstreaker has such a strength of character and quiet intensity to him. The things this woman has done with that character take my breath away, and these are the kind of reasons why I’m very likely to always consider Nyf’s characterization of Sunstreaker to be the ultimate one. I love it to death, and it’s the reason why I love Sunstreaker- wonderful, complicated, messed up but so deep Sunstreaker- to death.

I’m just? Fangirling so hard I’m sorry. 

[antiolevainen-blog]

...I think I’ll get it right if I switch Praxus with Centurion, and Centurion with Nova Cronum. After that Iacon will be left to border Altihex, Polyhex, Perihex, Protihex, Uraya and Nova Cronum, so that’d be 5 out of 6 canon neighbors (with Protihex as the one odd one out ‘cause I placed Tarn to the Southern hemisphere). 

Praxus would move to be a equatorial city-state the same size as Vos, and it’d also border Vos.

But nnnnn I think I originally wanted Vos to border Centurion as well?

...I don’t know if that’s a requirement though.

I’ll need to go back to reviewing my notes.

And figure out where on earth I uploaded the 3D model so I can replace it with the revised version. Did I save the link somewhere? Man I hope I did.

[oshawottprincess-deactivated201]

[trentacool-deactivated20141231]

what did this bird do

[grandtheftputo]

I wish i had context on this 

[nevynerviine-deactivated2015041]

here u go

[rorytelling]

I don’t think the contexts helps in this case.

[depressionlemon-deactivated2016]

I’ve been collecting these for a while so here are all the ones you missed

[justnexttotheblues]

I’ve had the ‘I’d sell you to Satan for one corn chip’ picture saved on my computer for years, and I have NEVER SEEN THE REST OF THESE.

I’m so pleased.

[standupbard-deactivated20171201]

i don’t “follow” my favorite bands. i just get pleasantly surprised when i find out that they released an album 2 months ago.

[veliseraptor]

“I am a simple person with simple wants,” I say, scrolling through AO3 and ignoring fics for a variety of petty reasons

[valosapelihammastiikeri]

ÖwÖ mitäs tämä o?

[baggesa]

[mindylahiris]

on a scale of one to ten how ashamed do you think tumblr is to have the same logo font as toddlers and tiaras 

[cp-archive-deactivated20200625]

jesus christ

[mindylahiris]

did u think i was lying

[celtic-pyro-deactivated20230725]

Well one is full of five-year-old divas who compete to see who’s the biggest overmade-up crybaby not acting their age and the other is Toddlers and Tiaras.

[sosuperawesome]

Shadow Boxes by Chimerical Reveries on Etsy

[antiolevainen-blog]

me, writing a cover letter: as you may have heard, i PERSONALLY vanquished the autobot cliffjumper

[william-snekspeare]

"When you're in your bee suit and you feel sweat running down your back, that's fine. If you feel sweat running up your back, that's a bee"

-Some beekeeping advice my mom gave me today

[lumpawaroospaceprincess-moved-d]

I thought “bee suit” meant like a bee costume until I read the word beekeeping

[spacegrizzly]

‪idk what clergy member invented the confessional but it 100% sounds like the nosy shit I would’ve come up with had I been there for the late 16th century‬

[antiolevainen-blog]

Well there’s only twenty guys in my class, and some of them are married, so... Not all of them can ask me out, right?

[ryhtimursu-blog]

Asiakaspalvelija of the year

Oltiin kavereiden kanssa huonekaluliikkeessä ja testailtiin erilaisia sohvia. Oltiin ihan rauhassa ei häiriköity mitenkään. Sitten wild myyjä appears ja sanoo meille vihasesti: “Anteeks voitteko te lähtee, kun mä yritän tehdä töitä täällä”.

…….???

Anteeks mutta mä yritän asioida täällä

[stealyourshiny]

Ooh. David Gaider answered the question of Mages marrying.

Templars do not take vows of chastity. Chantry priests are considered “married” to the Maker– though it’s not an actual marriage, just a spiritual one– and thus are indeed celibate. For templars, the situation is not quite the same. Their duties require them to be dedicated to their duties– they’re going to live in a Circle of Magi (which does not have room for spouses and families) or a chantry, or otherwise be pre-occupied. Marriage is impractical, and the Chantry thus discourages such marriages as having dependants introduces complications that templars can do without (as well as a potential means of leverage). That said, the Chantry does occasionally give permission for templars to marry, provided the spouse has their own means of support. This is often the case when the spouse owns land or a title. Even so, considering the spouse wouldn’t be able to see the templar often, it’s not going to happen frequently. Before anyone asks, the Chantry also discourages templars from marrying each other even more so– that’s considered fraternization within the ranks (the templars are run as a military order, remember, and possess the same discipline). Mages within the Circle are permitted to marry, but it’s impractical with outsiders and they also must get permission from the Chantry (so it might be considered a reward for good behavior). Even so, the culture within the typical Circle of Magi tends to make mages unwilling to marry. The policy on fraternization will depend on the individual Circle– some forbid it, while others do not, though in either case it still occurs. Considering mages live outside normal culture, they also consider themselves free of cultural conventions (especially those who were raised in a Circle from a young age) and thus tend to be quite liberal in their views.