#fubarbarotch

[askvectorprime]

Dear Vector Prime

I've heard about Prime Masters, Cybertronians like Headmasters who are hiding inside Pretender-like Decoy Armour and are apparently capable of giving some powers of the Primes to others. Is there anything you could tell us about these Prime Masters?

Dear Decoy Describer,

Ah yes, I remember that timeline. There were a variety of Pretenders who were living shells, able to store a Cybertronian within them.

Metalhawk was surprisingly roomy.

[rhythmic-idealist]

As for playlist, could I request one for PORL of Steven Universe fame?

YES YOU CAN.

I Am Machine - Three Days Grace. yes I’m serious. I started making a video about this, way back, heavily focused on Sworn to the Sword.

Francis Forever - Mitski (acoustic version too)

Where Do We Go? - Lindsey Stirling

Haven’t You Noticed (I’m A Star) - Olivia Olson

Beautiful Boy - John Lennon, cover by Micaelah Dawn

Teach Your Children - Crosby, Stills, & Nash

if I can leave you with a mental image - let it be after a first listen to these songs clean without the suggestion, (so leave right now and come back) then, let it be Greg popping a CD of the last one in the van, and listening to it with Pearl, who hasn’t heard it before, without comment, as they look at the stars.

[rhythmic-idealist]

as for your ancestor/dancestor suggestion: Damara.

This ask is really old, but I think it was about that ask meme that promised “content,” right? Playlists, writing, what have you. I was thinking headcanons for her, maybe.

How about her being really good at painting nails? .....How about her being really shit at painting nails? I can’t decide which I like better.

She never used to dance much. Now she does alone, in her room.

How about her being on the verge of cutting her hair really short, because that’s what you do when you hit a mental breaking point, right, it’s in all the movies, when she decides she’s not going to give either of them the pride of seeing it? She’s going to fall apart tonight and shake on her knees on the bathroom floor and slick it back into a tight bun tomorrow?

I’m hmmmmm on this one. Tell me if I’ve leaned into Damara characterization that sucks:

Was always kinda into Meulin’s friendfic and too shy (or too unacquainted with a lot of the friendgroup in a way that didn’t feel settled in yet) to message her about it. She comments on them now when they’re posted, but the comments are pretty much interpreted as harassment and total sarcasm/no real interest, an impression which is helped by how little she lets herself be sincere about things. This doesn’t stop her from commenting anyway, but does stop friendship from blossoming, because of how much the social situation sucks and everything sucks. 

[rhythmic-idealist]

for goofy headcanons, could you do one for each of Porrim, Rufioh and Kurloz? If you'd rather have one character only then how about Rufioh?

Porrim:

Dances in her bedroom by herself. This one isn’t goofy in a bad way at all it’s just as great as she is.

Finally got fed up and showed Kurloz what primer and setting spray are

Rufioh: How the fuck am I supposed to invent a new silly thing for the High Seme of Shitsuji Island okay—

(Watching Damara pour milk into her cereal) babe what the f*ck Damara, who’s stayed the day on her first visit to the Lost Weaboos, preparing for a juvenile debate about whether the milk or the cereal is supposed to go first, but who is also a little taken aback by his tone and wants to impress: opens her mouth Rufioh, shoving cereal into his pockets: what are you supposed to do when you have to swing to the next branch it’s training hours doll

Kurloz:

Does not understand his quadrants’ favorite animes (and game franchises etc) at all but like really, really tries for them

[rhythmic-idealist]

My number of unread messages JUMPED down from 34 to 26, which makes me worry someone blocked me. Which I don’t, for the record, feel as a PERSONAL insult, that’s not the worry, I’m just like- worried they don’t think I like them or have the time of day for them, think they’re important, whatever.

A lot of you waiting on messages are my friends! And if we’re not that close I still wanna read. (It’s more than 34, too, because I KNOW I’ve clicked to dismiss notifications at least a couple times.) I’ve just been having a very nonstop hit-over-the-head-with-work week, and if you see me online but not responding, I apologize. It takes more energy sometimes to message than to just scroll/write/whatever I’m doing but I DO wanna.

[rhythmic-idealist]

Mindfang. Coffee. (for your drabbles)

The smell of coffee signals one of two things. One: he has not slept in nights. This is understandable, and a relatively useful skill of his, but to do so before she arrives (and on a scheduled visit, really!) is almost insulting. Now she’s going to have to sit around tending to his health and herd him into the recuperacoon before she so much as gives him his assignment, because otherwise he will tend to the work poorly, and it will have to be redone, or it will come back to bite them when they’re back at sea and a loose screw in a weapon sends the side of the ship splitting off or a stray wire in her arm makes a complete fool of her. It’s unfortunate and unnecessary, and now everyone has to make a big fuss and turn the ship around and waste time and energy and medical supplies, and it’s worth more (even if it is astonishingly boring) to sit around and wait for the big wriggler to take care of himself.

Two: she’s been here long enough to nurse a hangover, and he’s aware she’ll be nursing a hangover.

It’s almost always been a while since she’s sobered up, not because of any deficit but simply because it is not something Gamblignants, in their right mind, do. The E%patri8, unfortunately, is neither a Gamblignant nor in his right mind, and has some very particular standards of “good company.” So there is no drinking in the Moping Mopey Moper’s Cave, and she is almost always in for a massive hangover after night one. Coffee will not be accepted as a gift, and instead has to be left on the counter with only one cup brewed, and a little overcooked, and allover disgusting before she’ll either steal it just to spite him (honestly, Zahhak, how do you drink this crap) or do him the favor and take it off his hands.

[rhythmic-idealist]

Would you make a wand for Avatarverse Cabbage Merchant? If that's a character with not enough info available could you do wand for Ty Lee? (but only one of them, no need to do both)

Cabbage Merchant: mostly duct tape, cabbage, fluctuating length, droopy.

Ty Lee: cherry and unicorn hair, eleven inches, surprisingly springy.

A wand that’s often deemed frivolous and decorative, but actually contains an astonishing lethal power. Cherry produces some incredibly potent magic, and unicorn hair is consistent and focused. I wanted to give her something that wasn’t remotely heavy-handed, and that would be as easily underestimated and undervalued as she is! By Azula, mostly - when Team Boomeraang is fighting her, they definitely recognize her as a threat.

Essentially, cherry is pretty and ornamental and sometimes even keeps its little pink blossoms, and unicorn hair is sweet and simple and nothing special- it’s not why I chose it, but that seems fitting for a non-bender! It’s also the most common wand core in England, at least used by Ollivander, and she’ll definitely have to work to make it her own. Considering she’s always been part of a matched set, she doesn’t get a super unique wand core. But that’s okay! Because holy shit no one wants to duel with this girl.

[rhythmic-idealist]

seen you reposting that self-cara propaganda thanks. i needed this

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I’m glad you saw it when you did, then.