DOMIN

IT/ITS AUTISTIC INDIVIDUAL. ADULT (20). DOMINUS AMBUS ENTHUSIAST.

[dmnus]

INTRODUCTION POST.

# BEFORE I POST ANYTHING. I WANT TO DO AN INTRO. # I GO BY "DOMIN". AN ALIAS I HAVE PICKED UP FROM ONLINE FRIENDS. "DOM" IS ALSO ACCEPTABLE. # I AM 20. AN ADULT. #IT/ITS PRONOUNS.

# I AM DISABLED AND AUTISTIC. BE PATIENT. # BASIC DNI CRITERIA. # THE WAY I TYPE IS BIZARRE. EXPECT POSTS TO REMAIN IN ALL-CAPS. # I AM A HUGE ENTHUSIAST FOR THE TRANSFORMERS IDW CHARACTER DOMINUS AMBUS. IF THAT WAS NOT OBVIOUS. # I RUN TWO DOMINUS TWITTER ACCOUNTS. (@/d_m_usam_b AND @/ANTIFUNCTIONISM)

[dmnus]

HEADCANON POST.

(SELF INDULGENT AS HEADCANONS TEND TO BE.)

IT IS IN MY BELIEF THAT IN A UNIVERSE OR STORY IN WHICH DOMINUS LIVES AND SURVIVES AFTER DOMESTICATION THAT HE WOULD BE A MOBILITY AID USER. LIVING YEARS IN A STATE OF NEGLECT AND LITTLE MEDICAL ATTENTION - BEFORE NICKEL CAME ALONG - CAUSING DAMAGE TO JOINTS AND OTHER COMPONENTS. (ALSO CONSIDER THAT THE DOMESTICATION PROCESS MORE LIKELY THAN NOT CAUSED A SIGNIFICANT STRAIN TO HIS FRAME.) THE TYPE OF MOBILITY AID I SEE HIM UTILIZING WOULD BE A CANE THAT IS DESIGNED TO BE EASY FOR HIM TO GRIP ONTO AND LEAN HIS WEIGHT ON. HE IS STILL CAPABLE OF WALKING BY HIMSELF BUT EXHIBITS SYMPTOMS OF THE CYBERTRONIAN EQUIVALENT OF CHRONIC PAIN - I WOULD GO AS FAR TO SAY ARTHRITIS AS WELL. ADDING TO THIS HEADCANON - ON SEVERE DAYS HE FINDS IT EASIER TO REST IN HIS TURBOFOX ALT-MODE TO ALLEVIATE STRAIN ON JOINTS.

[sofonn]

omg what is this mtmte bonus cover!!!

[hlvraiyaoi]

dominus ambus design heehee

ver with accents done by rewind, cd and minimus :)

[dmnus]

DOMINUS AMBUS AS A STANDALONE CHARACTER AND DOMINUS AMBUS WITHIN HIS RELATIONS WITH OTHER CHARACTERS SHOULD BE HELD WITH MORE RESPECT. THERE IS ENOUGH MISCHARACTERIZATION WITHOUT ADDED FUEL TO A STILL-BURNING FIRE. SOME OF YOU SEEM BLINDED BY YOUR ADORATION FOR A SHIP TO SUCH A POINT, THAT IT DEFLECTS BACK AND HARMS THE CHARACTER(S) YOU ENJOY.

[dogydayz]

so I’ve got this IDW TF MTMTE/LL divergent AU type of thing that started out primarily as just a ‘Dominus Lives’ AU but alongside it I’ve plotted out ideas for how the way he survives (in that CD never actually gets to injecting him at all) affects Rodimus afterwards, how it changes the way the CDRW arc works (note that the AU would have CDRWDA in the future, but of course not right off the bat.), how it shifts even Ratchet’s stuff (and also gives space for Ratchet’s story to actually address all of the shit from earlier in the comic that just??? never does get to be addressed???? specifically his internalized functionism).

But the most fun bit is that I can just add Whatever Else I Would Want to it.

Because I HAVE a whole idea for how it would work, if only Drift had told Rodimus that this was all a bad idea and CD had been told to wait just a little longer, if Ratchet had been the one called by Rewind to tell him to stabilize the ‘random turbofox’ and that it was ‘urgent nothing happens to him’.

Also, it would give a moment for Minimus to actually show his alt-mode, while everyone else is in shock and unable to explain what was even happening.

As important narratively as Rewind’s ‘choice’ was esp for CDRW at the time, I do truly think it’s possible to write a different outcome that doesn’t undermine CD’s struggles.

Rewind just wanted them BOTH to be there with him. The loves of his life. He wanted them all to be able to live beyond everything that had happened to them.

Anyhow, I’ll try to come up with some ideas and maybe post some here when I get the chance and gather my thoughts :D

[dmnus]

MY ABSENCE HAS BEEN LONG. I PROVIDE MORE IMAGERY.

[dmnus]

PERSUADED TO START POSTING MY STUPID EDITED IMAGES. # ENJOY.

[dmnus]

DOMINUS RAMBLE.

( A FORENOTE -- I CHOOSE TO TYPE IN ALL-CAPS. ) AN ISSUE I HAVE SEEN WEIRDLY PREVALENT ON TUMBLR SPECIFICALLY - THE MISCHARACTERIZATION AND POTRAYAL OF DOMINUS AMBUS. I SEE HIM POTRAYED AS AND WITHIN THEMES THAT ARE DEEPLY UNCOMFORTABLE. FOR A CHARACTER ALREADY ELUSIVE AND THOUGHT OF BY SOME IN A NEGATIVE MANNER NO GOOD IS DONE WITH THIS. A COMMON POINT RAISED - HE HID THE FACT HE WAS WEARING ARMOR. YES. HE HAD NOT TOLD REWIND BUT HAS ANYONE STOPPED TO CONSIDER THE FACTORS: DURING A TIME OF FUNCTIONALISM IT WAS MOST LIKELY EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. HE WAS ALREADY SPEAKING AGAINST THE IDEALS AND WAS ALREADY IN A SPOT THAT HAD HIM AT POTENTIAL RISK IF WE THINK ABOUT IT. I SEE NO REASON WHY HE WOULD NOT SAY ANYTHING IN A MALICIOUS MANNER. THEY RETURNED TO WAR. I HAVE NO DOUBT DOMINUS WOULD HAVE HAD PLANS TO REVEAL HIS TRUE SELF ONCE THEY HAD RETURNED FROM THEIR TRAVEL. INSTEAD IT WAS IMPLIED THEY HAD BEEN CAUGHT BY SURPRISE AT THE FACT THE WAR HAD ALREADY BEGUN ON THEIR RETURN TO CYBERTRON. HIS BROTHER. DOMINUS AMBUS WAS NOT THE ONLY ONE HIDING HIS BEASTFORMER SELF. HIS SPARK BROTHER MINIMUS AMBUS WAS IN THE SAME POSITION. DESPITE OUR KNOWN FACT THAT THEY HAD A COMPLICATED RELATIONSHIP AS BROTHERS I SEE NO REASON FOR EITHER TO STILL LACK CARE FOR ONE ANOTHER. ( BESIDE OBVIOUS TELLINGS AND SHOWINGS THAT MINIMUS STILL CARED - SHOWN TO US IN-COMIC MULTIPLE TIMES. ) NO DOUBT TO ME THAT DOMINUS WOULD UNDERSTAND THAT IF HE HAD BEEN FOUND OUT - THE SAME COULD BE TRUE FOR MINIMUS. DOMINUS WOULD NOT WANT TO RISK THE SAFETY OF HIS BROTHER. ANOTHER THING I HAVE SEEN PEOPLE TALKING ABOUT - POWER IMBALANCE. (OR AS SOME DISGUSTING USERS THINK IS ALRIGHT TO DEEM IT AS - A SLAVE/SLAVE OWNER "DYNAMIC")

PLEASE. TAKE ONE LOOK AT REWIND AS A CHARACTER AND TELL ME TO MY FACE THAT HE WOULD EVER LET HIMSELF BE IN THAT KIND OF RELATIONSHIP - OR ANY RELATIONSHIP THAT WOULD BE DETRIMENTAL FOR HIM IN THAT WAY. IT DOES NOT ONLY DO DISSERVICE TO DOMINUS AMBUS BY LABELLING HIM AS SOMETHING HE WOULD NEVER BE BUT IT DOES A DISSERVICE TO REWIND WHO HAS PROVEN THAT HE IS CAPABLE AND KNOWS WHAT IS AND IS NOT GOOD FOR HIM IN A RELATIONSHIP. (NOT ONLY THAT - DO YOU ALL BELIEVE THAT IS SOMETHING JAMES ROBERTS WOULD WRITE OR IMPLY WITHIN HIS WRITING? THE JAMES ROBERTS?)

THE READER IS DELIVERED THE STORY OF DOMINUS AND HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH REWIND VIA CHROMEDOME WHO - AT THE TIME - VIEWED DOMINUS THROUGH A NEGATIVE LENSE. AN UNRELIABLE NARRATOR AT THAT TIME (EARLY ON IN MTMTE) THAT DID NOT OR COULD NOT SEE THE FULL PICTURE - THIS IS SOMETHING THE COMICS CAN DO BETTER AT SHOWING AND EXPLAINING THAN I CAN. THE WAY THAT USERS VIEW DOMINUS AMBUS HAVE ME WONDERING IF THEY EVER READ SOME OF THESE ISSUES WITH ANY KIND OF MEDIA LITERACY - OR THE CAPACITY TO THINK BEYOND SURFACE LEVEL. IT IS DISAPPOINTING.

( AS MUCH AS I WANT TO ADD MORE - THERE IS ONLY SO MUCH I CAN WRITE BEFORE IT STARTS TO HURT MY JOINTS - THIS IS THE END POINT FOR NOW. )

[dogydayz]

possibly the funniest thing im ever about to post on my blog truly is get the fuck off my blog if you unironically hate Dominus Ambus. I’m not hearing you out. I’m not listening to you telling me ‘oh actually he deserved it’ and I’m especially not listening to the sub-sect of the community who is weirdly obsessed with trying to paint him as. Something Completely Fucked. get ahold of yourselves (and also I’m begging this fandom to stop forcing weird abuse or slave narratives into literally ANY plotline). You think you’re ‘thinking critically’ by saying “he actually wasn’t a good person” but you’re literally going against the whole ideas in MTMTE about how people literally Do Not Exist in black-and-white like that.

anyway people who call him Rewind’s ex also get out of here. It’s really fucking clear that Rewind is probably just Openly Poly. fuck off with your weird ‘he would’ve chosen CD anyway’ or weird cheating plot ideas. Look at Mederi and honestly tell me that they wouldn’t’ve worked shit out if Dom had survived alongside CD. Rewind never WANTED to have to make a choice, he was FORCED into that, and he didn’t ‘choose’ based on loving one or the other more, he likely chose it simply because a) he didn’t want CD’s self-loathing thoughts to end up being what did him in and b) because Dominus was, for all we knew, a husk at that point. He may not have even survived as himself after that. For all Rewind knew, perhaps that was a mercy to him.

Some people on here are so drawn to drama and weird toxic relationships that they literally Cannot handle these characters and I’m so serious.