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✧ Murder Drones
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I'm mostly writing content related to Ninjago right now, as that's what interests me most.
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Being a fan of Optimus Prime sucks ass honestly because 90% of the fan content of him is like
What if Optimus was nothing more than the arm trophy of [Actual Character I Like And Invest Headcanons Into]
What if Optimus was everyone's dad and did nothing wrong ever and was the light of the universe
What if Optimus was a big evil asshole who's actually worse than Megatron
What if Optimus was a big stupid idiot that had no opinions of his own until Megatron/Shockwave/etc. gave him an intellectual and moral compass
What if Optimus Prime was just [insert favorite]'s father figure even tho Cybertronians don't have fathers and he's treated like an asshole for not literally coddling people like they're his children
What if Optimus being Prime is actually just being brainwashed by the Matrix and he had zero agency in choosing to become a leader and in fact everything he ever does is just the Matrix controlling him/being his alter ego and he's never made a decision for himself in his life
What if Optimus was an inept dunce who has no idea how to run an army which is why war crimes keep happening under his nose but it's okay since he didn't authorize them so he has no responsibility
What if Optimus' sole purpose in the narrative was to fix everyone else
What if Optimus was just fucking uninteresting and had zero agency or personal convictions at all and was nothing more than a cardboard cutout doll to advance the stories of characters the fandom actually care about
What if we stripped out every single thing that makes Optimus interesting in favor of making him a pure problematic angel who does no wrong
What if we just made Optimus fucking boring akfksmcndm
BAD ROOT // CHAPTER 9 - WHY YOU WANT WHAT YOU WANTED
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The real answer, [Y/N]. Do not take me for a fool.”
You tilted your head, snorted, shook your head, and went, “I have grown to like your company.”
He blinked once, twice. His face scrunched up, teeth baring, before he suddenly scoffed and turned his head away. You expected a scathing remark, an insult, or just a simple ‘okay’. You don’t get any of that.
“You are. . .unbearably persistent.” He muttered, so softly you almost didn’t hear it.
A faint smile came across your lips then.
“So I’ve been told.”
Summary -
Megatron has wanted nothing more than to leave Cybertron behind for the past year. Things go from bad to worse when a group of angry Decepticons steals his T-Cog as revenge for disbanding his own faction. They go from bad to annoying when you take an oath of Sword & Shield, becoming his glorified babysitter.
It probably doesn’t help that he keeps seeing Optimus walking around as if he wasn’t dead, either.
A/N - 27 pages of editing is now DONE. I'm taking a nap for the next 90000000000 years.
Gang I promise you the next chapter of Bad Root is coming out this week, but it is a whopping 27 pages of editing/rewriting I have to do.
I'm losing my mind.
Megatron hated card games. The crimson lights that bled into the room might’ve made Megatron even more annoyed if not for the fact that he was too tired to care. His side was aching again, and your furrowed brow that seemed to be trying to blow Swindle up with your mind didn’t help.
Card games were an annoying way to pass the time, and he hardly said yes to any of them. It didn’t help that his opponent was Swindle of all mechs, either.
Summary -
Megatron has wanted nothing more than to leave Cybertron behind for the past year. Things go from bad to worse when a group of angry Decepticons steals his T-Cog as revenge for disbanding his own faction. They go from bad to annoying when you take an oath of Sword & Shield, becoming his glorified babysitter.
It probably doesn’t help that he keeps seeing Optimus walking around as if he wasn’t dead, either.
A/N - Idk if I wanna be the reader insert or be Megatron tbh
WARNINGS - mention/brief discussion of suicide, violence
Megatron hated card games. The crimson lights that bled into the room might’ve made Megatron even more annoyed if not for the fact that he was too tired to care. His side was aching again, and your furrowed brow that seemed to be trying to blow Swindle up with your mind didn’t help.
Card games were an annoying way to pass the time, and he hardly said yes to any of them. It didn’t help that his opponent was Swindle of all mechs, either.
Summary -
Megatron has wanted nothing more than to leave Cybertron behind for the past year. Things go from bad to worse when a group of angry Decepticons steals his T-Cog as revenge for disbanding his own faction. They go from bad to annoying when you take an oath of Sword & Shield, becoming his glorified babysitter.
It probably doesn’t help that he keeps seeing Optimus walking around as if he wasn’t dead, either.
A/N - Idk if I wanna be the reader insert or be Megatron tbh
WARNINGS - mention/brief discussion of suicide, violence
I finally revived my patreon lol. This is the very first version of Chapter 1 of Bad Root that I made before starting over. I wrote at least 3 different versions of this chapter before deciding on the one that's posted currently.
You can read it for free on the 20th, or become a patreon and read it now :)!
WARNINGS/TAGS - None :)
A/n - I told you guys I wasn’t dead, I just hit a massive writers block but my new fancy keyboard motivated me to write again so here we are. This does contain x reader but its v brief. As for Jay/Nya, I tried to keep it neutral on whether or not they were dating. There’s tid bits there but lol.
COLE
This guy sleeps with so many blankets its not even funny, it didn’t matter if he was human or a ghost either. He slept with multiple and is notorious for being a total blanket hog.
He will steal the spare throw blankets in the monastery to quell his need for warmth. It’s not that he’s cold all the time though, he just like the feeling of the blankets on his skin, even more so after he became human again, old habits die hard, he supposes.
Ignore the fact that all of the blankets end up on the floor when he wakes up in the morning.
If you happen to be in the bed with him, you’re the blanket now, congrats.
He only ever wants to sleep with you ontop of him. He’s a big guy and doesn’t want to roll over on top of you in his sleep.
Speaking of which he moves alot in his sleep, if you’re ontop of him he’ll have his arms around you but his legs will move. He’s not sure why he’s so restless when he sleeps, he’s been like that since he was a kid. Maybe it's because ‘the earth doesn’t sleep’ or something like that.
No skincare/night routine. He’ll sometimes work out an hour before bed and then shower but that’s about it. He has perfect glossy skin and everyone hates him for it. The most he does is put some water on his face, but that’s it.
He doesn’t have to set an alarm either. He has a pretty solid sleep schedule despite everything. He’s the type to lecture the others about keeping a proper sleep schedule too.
Mostly sports some shorts and a black tshirt. The color of the shorts change from plain colors to silly ones for the major holidays, sometimes for shits and giggles, depending on how he feels. His favorite is a pair of sweats with a bunch of different cake slices on it.
He mutters or hums in his sleep. It’s usually low, but occasionally its loud enough to wake the others.
JAY
Doesn’t brush his teeth before bed like a freak. His breath doesn’t smell somehow, though??? Weirdo.
All the lights stay on. He’s not afraid of the dark or anything, but his dreams usually consist of him using his powers. It turns the lights on in his room so he just sleeps with them on or unplugs everything. Everyone in the monastary can tell he had a nightmare if all the lights in the temple turn on in the middle of the night.
The second most likely person to have a nightmare every night. It’s mostly about Nadakhan, sadly, so he can only really talk to Nya about it. She has her own issues with the entire thing. His guilt about not telling anyone outside of Nya about what happened eats at him.
Shit sleep schedule. This was obvious but he has alot of energy, partially due to his personality, partially due to his powers. He still has an old, small, hand-held gaming console (Think like a 3DS) that he carries around in the pocket of his pajama bottoms.
Speaking of which, he typically wears the most horrible merch of himself he can find pajama wise. Think like those silly PJs that have pictures of his face on it. Othertimes he’ll wear other patterns like sharks, cookies, smiley faces, etc. It doesn’t matter if it has graphics and is blue; he most likely has it. Then it's just whatever tshirt he has laying around.
He didn’t have a skin care routine until he started hanging out with Nya more. He used to do the cold/warm water towel combo but he kept breaking out. Nya introduced him to a bunch of different stuff and he found some face wash and lotion he liked. He’s used that brand for years.
This man doesn’t follow your sleep schedule in the slightest. He’s perfectly content either playing video games next to you while you sleep or with you.
Fair warning, sometimes he’ll forget that you’re asleep so he’ll nudge you when he beats a really high score or a difficult level. Doing the same to him will result in your hair being stuck in the air for the rest of the day due to static electricity.
He often sleeps with one arm or leg dangling off the bed. He can’t help but fidget, even when unconcious.
Even after losing his memories, none of this has changed. He still uses the same products and plays the same games. When playing, he’ll sometimes try to turn to his side to celebrate whatever he accomplished before realizing nobody is there.
KAI
This freak doesn’t have a bedframe. He claims it's because he keeps setting it on fire, but he just hates how much his old one would hit the wall and dent it. He didn’t like repairing the holes. No, he won’t get one even if you ask or beg him to.
He has the bed on a platform, so he’s not that much of a freak, don’t worry. He likes the platform because he can place stuff on the edges of it. He has all sorts of stuff there, playing cards, candy bags, chargers, and hair gel containers. Everything.
He’s not worried about them falling because Kai doesn’t move a damn inch when he sleeps. He sleeps on his side in a fetal position or on his stomach with his arms under his pillow. Afterwards, he is as stiff as a board. He might twitch or sigh in his sleep, but that’s the most he’ll do.
Despite what he says, he’s the little spoon. He’ll insist on being the big spoon in the beginning of your relationship but gradually becomes the little spoon as time goes on. If you also like being the little spoon, you guys just sleep face to face with your limbs wrapped around each other. Think like how sea otters sleep, but much more tangled.
Sleeps with his hair in a bonnet. One of those satin ones with flames on it, like Guy Fieri’s flame button-up. He knows the design is dumb, but he sleeps with it anyway.
He doesn’t do much in regard to a night routine that’s outside the normal…except for his hair. He has a routine for his hair. He has sprays, oils, moisturizers, the whole nine yards. He showers every night beforehand, also because of how much gel he uses to keep his hair upwards. It’s not good to keep it like that overnight. He forgets sometimes, but still. Even if he doesn’t do the whole routine, he does have a bigger bonnet in case he falls asleep with his hair up. Seeing Kai with his hair down is a sight only for his partner.
His hair is very fluffy too, though, and he doesn’t mind if you play with it. It puts him right to sleep if you do.
Sleeps with half his ninja suit on. He was teased about it for a bit, but it's because the gi is comfy. It’s light and airy. He’ll usually sleep in some boxers with his socks and the gi’s top with a plain t-shirt under. The fabric is light and breathable after all, and fireproof. He doesn’t sleep with the gloves on, of course.
Decent sleep schedule. He’s always been a morning person due to having to wake up to run errands or open his father’s blacksmith shop. He has his moments of not waking up on time, of course, but still.
The type to cry after every nightmare. It’s almost comical how, if you’re also woken up by his sniffles,he'll just say he’s allergic to your pajamas. He’s been saying that for years.
ZANE
He doesn’t sleep in a traditional sense, but he does have a bed. Most often, he’s recharging. His power source gives him an infinite amount of energy, but his other parts start to run down after a while. Think as if you’ve spent all day running around and feel sore once you sit down.
His joints often ache, and this guy is cold all the time. He has a space heater in his room that accounts for 80% of the electricity bill. Not that he pays taxes or anything. The ninja gets a massive discount in terms of bills due to how much they have saved the entire realm. At this point, they pay about 200$ a month in total. Sometimes 250$. Zane is to thank for this.
He fixed his bed to have a recharge slab that connected like a Bluetooth device. He just has to lie on the bed, and his systems will start to prioritize repairing themselves.
He does have a self-repair system, technically, but it requires a lot of oil to do so. His night routine usually consists of reading a book while drinking some cold (it used to be hot) oil until his systems finish repairing. Afterwards, he goes to bed.
If you’re with him, he’ll make sure there are so many blankets in his room that you don’t get cold. He hates how cold his body is, and if you’re human, there’s been more than one occasion when the two of you get stuck together if you fall asleep in each other's arms.
Yes, he does get into arguments with Cole over who can have what blankets. To the point where Zane just buys his own specifically for you or anyone else who stays the night in his room. If he catches even a WHIFF of an idea that Cole is planning to steal it he will purposefully bake some Carrot Cake with chocolate frosting on it. Cole can’t stand carrot cake but loves chocolate frosting. He falls for it every single time.
Due to being an Nindroid, he doesn’t move too much in his sleep either. His frame sort of ‘locks up’ the entire time he’s resting.
He does dream, though, and he dreams vividly. Almost all of his dreams are vivid, and he manages to escape from nightmares most days due to being in control of them. He struggles with not knowing if they’re actually dreams or just more Nindroid stuff.
He enjoys his repair time with Pixel. It’s pretty often that you’ll see the door cracked open late at night, so either her or his room doesn’t matter. They’ll repair each other, lubricate limbs (fingers are always the culprit) before recharging together.
Pixel steals his clothes. He has a lot more of them than she does. Zane doesn’t mind. He doesn’t have much of a preference regarding what he wears to sleep. His favorite has always been a pair of white striped pajamas he’s worn since season 1. They’re a bit worn and an off-white color, but he can somehow always find another one exactly like it at any clothing store??
NYA
As said before, she has a full skincare routine. She does it because it's fun for the most part. She is 100% jealous of Cole not having to do much in regard to skin care. She was ‘cursed’ with oily skin, in her opinion.
She sleeps on satin sheets. She likes how soft they are and how much effort it takes to clean them. She likes the domestic aspect of that routine, especially since most of the day she’s wrapped up in fighting or other fast paced activities. She cleans them often, probably more often than anyone else.
She likes to listen to podcasts. It doesn’t matter what they’re about; just a podcast of anything is fine for her. Though she does enjoy podcasts about ancient history and engineering the most.
She likes to put it on her phone while doing her skincare routine, especially with Jay. She knows Jay doesn’t listen half the time, but she doesn’t mind. He’s usually playing a game when she has it on.
She only listens to podcasts about sports when she wants to fall asleep. She likes sports, don’t get me wrong, but she prefers to watch them on her own time and form opinions. Those sports podcasts bore her to no end, and she uses them because she knows it’ll bore her so badly she’ll fall right asleep.
When listening to these podcasts, she’ll often give you one of her headphones to listen in.
She’s a lot like Kai in terms of sleeping, but she is the big spoon. She likes being able to wake up, and the first thing she feels is either your body in some way or being able to smell you. She thinks it's weird, but it's also weirdly comforting to her.
She sleeps with her hair down as well. She doesn’t have a bonnet like Kai, but her hair is naturally very wavy. She used to straighten it when she woke up in the morning, but after letting it grow out (combined with her powers turning it wavy again all the time), she just keeps it that way. Sometimes she’ll put it into a loose ponytail, but most of the time it's down.
As for what she sleeps in, it's usually a long pair of fluffy pants with some slippers and a sweater. The sweater always has a water theme. She’s very determined to be on theme 24/7. It’s her pride and joy to collect dumb water-themed clothing items.
An early riser. She has a whole morning routine planned by the time she wakes up. She only ever sleeps in if she was working all day or if she’s with her lover. She likes the feeling of their warmth close by.
LLOYD
Bro doesn’t sleep. Just putting that out there. He has constant nightmares (and visions later on), to the point where he has to take so much melatonin. He gets through the day by napping during the afternoon. He thinks he can subconsciously pick up on the fact that everyone is awake, and he feels safer like that.
He does have pajamas, but they’re mostly sweatpants and a t-shirt. No, they don’t match. Neither do his socks.
The worst sleep schedule out of everyone. He’s a total night owl and is horrible when it comes to waking up early. If there’s no mission involved, getting him out of bed before 12 is close to impossible.
Sleeps with the radio on. He has a tiny radio that he usually puts on his bedside table. He likes to listen to the news station the most. Does it make him more anxious? Yeah. Does he also like to be caught up with what’s going on outside of the crazy villains he fights on a daily basis? Also yes.
His bed is just made of plushies. He has all kinds of plushies, too. His favorite is a yarn plush of himself in one of his old GIs. He sleeps with it the most, as it was a gag gift from his dad after becoming the golden ninja. It went missing for a few days after his dad died, and he was devastated. He found out his mom had taken it and placed a voice recording inside of it that was his dad saying he loved him and was proud of him whenever he squeezed it. Like the Build-A-Bear things.
Each plushie has a name. He’s got a shark, a dragon, a cat, and a few others. The bigger plushies are typically the parents, and the smaller ones are the babies. He’s got lore for every single one of them, too, and nothing boring either. He’s got divorced plushies, plushies that have murdered others in cold blood, that have lost limbs, etc. If he’s got the time, he’ll tell you about it, but you’d have to coax him into it. He gets easily embarrassed by it.
He does cover the plushies when you do anything. He covers them all in a blanket that he has at the end of his bed. Speaking of which, his actual room isn’t decorated too much. He’s used to losing his home or at least not having a consistent one. Everything in his room can be easily packed into a bag under his bed, including the plushies.
Chronic clothes stealer. He’s by far the smallest of the group; he’s strong, yes, but he wears a size or two down from everyone else. He’s banned from the laundry room during laundry day until everyone has gotten their clothes out of the dryer. He’ll steal them otherwise.
He mostly takes hoodies, shirts, or socks. He doesn’t care if he looks stupid. He’ll take them. He’s stolen some of Nya’s scrunchies, Kai’s socks, Cole’s band t-shirts are in there somewhere, and Zane has a sweater or two he’s still looking for. Pray for your closet, because you’ll become the main culprit if you’re together. He will break into your residence whether you live at the monastery or not. He won’t get caught until he comes out wearing something of yours.
He at least knows not to take people’s favorite clothing items, though, so those are safe…for now. You’re on thin ice; he might just steal your favorite stuff for shits and giggles.
He also refused to sleep by himself. He already has a horrible sleep schedule, but he can (and will) wait for you to come to bed. He’d 100% stand in the doorway with a blanket over his shoulders, glaring at you if you refused to come to bed. He’s dragged you to bed more than a few times, too. It doesn’t matter if he’s the little spoon or the big spoon. You will come to bed with him and his children (the plushies).
WARNINGS/TAGS - None :)
A/n - I told you guys I wasn’t dead, I just hit a massive writers block but my new fancy keyboard motivated me to write again so here we are. This does contain x reader but its v brief. As for Jay/Nya, I tried to keep it neutral on whether or not they were dating. There’s tid bits there but lol.
COLE
This guy sleeps with so many blankets its not even funny, it didn’t matter if he was human or a ghost either. He slept with multiple and is notorious for being a total blanket hog.
He will steal the spare throw blankets in the monastery to quell his need for warmth. It’s not that he’s cold all the time though, he just like the feeling of the blankets on his skin, even more so after he became human again, old habits die hard, he supposes.
Ignore the fact that all of the blankets end up on the floor when he wakes up in the morning.
If you happen to be in the bed with him, you’re the blanket now, congrats.
He only ever wants to sleep with you ontop of him. He’s a big guy and doesn’t want to roll over on top of you in his sleep.
Speaking of which he moves alot in his sleep, if you’re ontop of him he’ll have his arms around you but his legs will move. He’s not sure why he’s so restless when he sleeps, he’s been like that since he was a kid. Maybe it's because ‘the earth doesn’t sleep’ or something like that.
No skincare/night routine. He’ll sometimes work out an hour before bed and then shower but that’s about it. He has perfect glossy skin and everyone hates him for it. The most he does is put some water on his face, but that’s it.
He doesn’t have to set an alarm either. He has a pretty solid sleep schedule despite everything. He’s the type to lecture the others about keeping a proper sleep schedule too.
Mostly sports some shorts and a black tshirt. The color of the shorts change from plain colors to silly ones for the major holidays, sometimes for shits and giggles, depending on how he feels. His favorite is a pair of sweats with a bunch of different cake slices on it.
He mutters or hums in his sleep. It’s usually low, but occasionally its loud enough to wake the others.
JAY
Doesn’t brush his teeth before bed like a freak. His breath doesn’t smell somehow, though??? Weirdo.
All the lights stay on. He’s not afraid of the dark or anything, but his dreams usually consist of him using his powers. It turns the lights on in his room so he just sleeps with them on or unplugs everything. Everyone in the monastary can tell he had a nightmare if all the lights in the temple turn on in the middle of the night.
The second most likely person to have a nightmare every night. It’s mostly about Nadakhan, sadly, so he can only really talk to Nya about it. She has her own issues with the entire thing. His guilt about not telling anyone outside of Nya about what happened eats at him.
Shit sleep schedule. This was obvious but he has alot of energy, partially due to his personality, partially due to his powers. He still has an old, small, hand-held gaming console (Think like a 3DS) that he carries around in the pocket of his pajama bottoms.
Speaking of which, he typically wears the most horrible merch of himself he can find pajama wise. Think like those silly PJs that have pictures of his face on it. Othertimes he’ll wear other patterns like sharks, cookies, smiley faces, etc. It doesn’t matter if it has graphics and is blue; he most likely has it. Then it's just whatever tshirt he has laying around.
He didn’t have a skin care routine until he started hanging out with Nya more. He used to do the cold/warm water towel combo but he kept breaking out. Nya introduced him to a bunch of different stuff and he found some face wash and lotion he liked. He’s used that brand for years.
This man doesn’t follow your sleep schedule in the slightest. He’s perfectly content either playing video games next to you while you sleep or with you.
Fair warning, sometimes he’ll forget that you’re asleep so he’ll nudge you when he beats a really high score or a difficult level. Doing the same to him will result in your hair being stuck in the air for the rest of the day due to static electricity.
He often sleeps with one arm or leg dangling off the bed. He can’t help but fidget, even when unconcious.
Even after losing his memories, none of this has changed. He still uses the same products and plays the same games. When playing, he’ll sometimes try to turn to his side to celebrate whatever he accomplished before realizing nobody is there.
KAI
This freak doesn’t have a bedframe. He claims it's because he keeps setting it on fire, but he just hates how much his old one would hit the wall and dent it. He didn’t like repairing the holes. No, he won’t get one even if you ask or beg him to.
He has the bed on a platform, so he’s not that much of a freak, don’t worry. He likes the platform because he can place stuff on the edges of it. He has all sorts of stuff there, playing cards, candy bags, chargers, and hair gel containers. Everything.
He’s not worried about them falling because Kai doesn’t move a damn inch when he sleeps. He sleeps on his side in a fetal position or on his stomach with his arms under his pillow. Afterwards, he is as stiff as a board. He might twitch or sigh in his sleep, but that’s the most he’ll do.
Despite what he says, he’s the little spoon. He’ll insist on being the big spoon in the beginning of your relationship but gradually becomes the little spoon as time goes on. If you also like being the little spoon, you guys just sleep face to face with your limbs wrapped around each other. Think like how sea otters sleep, but much more tangled.
Sleeps with his hair in a bonnet. One of those satin ones with flames on it, like Guy Fieri’s flame button-up. He knows the design is dumb, but he sleeps with it anyway.
He doesn’t do much in regard to a night routine that’s outside the normal…except for his hair. He has a routine for his hair. He has sprays, oils, moisturizers, the whole nine yards. He showers every night beforehand, also because of how much gel he uses to keep his hair upwards. It’s not good to keep it like that overnight. He forgets sometimes, but still. Even if he doesn’t do the whole routine, he does have a bigger bonnet in case he falls asleep with his hair up. Seeing Kai with his hair down is a sight only for his partner.
His hair is very fluffy too, though, and he doesn’t mind if you play with it. It puts him right to sleep if you do.
Sleeps with half his ninja suit on. He was teased about it for a bit, but it's because the gi is comfy. It’s light and airy. He’ll usually sleep in some boxers with his socks and the gi’s top with a plain t-shirt under. The fabric is light and breathable after all, and fireproof. He doesn’t sleep with the gloves on, of course.
Decent sleep schedule. He’s always been a morning person due to having to wake up to run errands or open his father’s blacksmith shop. He has his moments of not waking up on time, of course, but still.
The type to cry after every nightmare. It’s almost comical how, if you’re also woken up by his sniffles,he'll just say he’s allergic to your pajamas. He’s been saying that for years.
ZANE
He doesn’t sleep in a traditional sense, but he does have a bed. Most often, he’s recharging. His power source gives him an infinite amount of energy, but his other parts start to run down after a while. Think as if you’ve spent all day running around and feel sore once you sit down.
His joints often ache, and this guy is cold all the time. He has a space heater in his room that accounts for 80% of the electricity bill. Not that he pays taxes or anything. The ninja gets a massive discount in terms of bills due to how much they have saved the entire realm. At this point, they pay about 200$ a month in total. Sometimes 250$. Zane is to thank for this.
He fixed his bed to have a recharge slab that connected like a Bluetooth device. He just has to lie on the bed, and his systems will start to prioritize repairing themselves.
He does have a self-repair system, technically, but it requires a lot of oil to do so. His night routine usually consists of reading a book while drinking some cold (it used to be hot) oil until his systems finish repairing. Afterwards, he goes to bed.
If you’re with him, he’ll make sure there are so many blankets in his room that you don’t get cold. He hates how cold his body is, and if you’re human, there’s been more than one occasion when the two of you get stuck together if you fall asleep in each other's arms.
Yes, he does get into arguments with Cole over who can have what blankets. To the point where Zane just buys his own specifically for you or anyone else who stays the night in his room. If he catches even a WHIFF of an idea that Cole is planning to steal it he will purposefully bake some Carrot Cake with chocolate frosting on it. Cole can’t stand carrot cake but loves chocolate frosting. He falls for it every single time.
Due to being an Nindroid, he doesn’t move too much in his sleep either. His frame sort of ‘locks up’ the entire time he’s resting.
He does dream, though, and he dreams vividly. Almost all of his dreams are vivid, and he manages to escape from nightmares most days due to being in control of them. He struggles with not knowing if they’re actually dreams or just more Nindroid stuff.
He enjoys his repair time with Pixel. It’s pretty often that you’ll see the door cracked open late at night, so either her or his room doesn’t matter. They’ll repair each other, lubricate limbs (fingers are always the culprit) before recharging together.
Pixel steals his clothes. He has a lot more of them than she does. Zane doesn’t mind. He doesn’t have much of a preference regarding what he wears to sleep. His favorite has always been a pair of white striped pajamas he’s worn since season 1. They’re a bit worn and an off-white color, but he can somehow always find another one exactly like it at any clothing store??
NYA
As said before, she has a full skincare routine. She does it because it's fun for the most part. She is 100% jealous of Cole not having to do much in regard to skin care. She was ‘cursed’ with oily skin, in her opinion.
She sleeps on satin sheets. She likes how soft they are and how much effort it takes to clean them. She likes the domestic aspect of that routine, especially since most of the day she’s wrapped up in fighting or other fast paced activities. She cleans them often, probably more often than anyone else.
She likes to listen to podcasts. It doesn’t matter what they’re about; just a podcast of anything is fine for her. Though she does enjoy podcasts about ancient history and engineering the most.
She likes to put it on her phone while doing her skincare routine, especially with Jay. She knows Jay doesn’t listen half the time, but she doesn’t mind. He’s usually playing a game when she has it on.
She only listens to podcasts about sports when she wants to fall asleep. She likes sports, don’t get me wrong, but she prefers to watch them on her own time and form opinions. Those sports podcasts bore her to no end, and she uses them because she knows it’ll bore her so badly she’ll fall right asleep.
When listening to these podcasts, she’ll often give you one of her headphones to listen in.
She’s a lot like Kai in terms of sleeping, but she is the big spoon. She likes being able to wake up, and the first thing she feels is either your body in some way or being able to smell you. She thinks it's weird, but it's also weirdly comforting to her.
She sleeps with her hair down as well. She doesn’t have a bonnet like Kai, but her hair is naturally very wavy. She used to straighten it when she woke up in the morning, but after letting it grow out (combined with her powers turning it wavy again all the time), she just keeps it that way. Sometimes she’ll put it into a loose ponytail, but most of the time it's down.
As for what she sleeps in, it's usually a long pair of fluffy pants with some slippers and a sweater. The sweater always has a water theme. She’s very determined to be on theme 24/7. It’s her pride and joy to collect dumb water-themed clothing items.
An early riser. She has a whole morning routine planned by the time she wakes up. She only ever sleeps in if she was working all day or if she’s with her lover. She likes the feeling of their warmth close by.
LLOYD
Bro doesn’t sleep. Just putting that out there. He has constant nightmares (and visions later on), to the point where he has to take so much melatonin. He gets through the day by napping during the afternoon. He thinks he can subconsciously pick up on the fact that everyone is awake, and he feels safer like that.
He does have pajamas, but they’re mostly sweatpants and a t-shirt. No, they don’t match. Neither do his socks.
The worst sleep schedule out of everyone. He’s a total night owl and is horrible when it comes to waking up early. If there’s no mission involved, getting him out of bed before 12 is close to impossible.
Sleeps with the radio on. He has a tiny radio that he usually puts on his bedside table. He likes to listen to the news station the most. Does it make him more anxious? Yeah. Does he also like to be caught up with what’s going on outside of the crazy villains he fights on a daily basis? Also yes.
His bed is just made of plushies. He has all kinds of plushies, too. His favorite is a yarn plush of himself in one of his old GIs. He sleeps with it the most, as it was a gag gift from his dad after becoming the golden ninja. It went missing for a few days after his dad died, and he was devastated. He found out his mom had taken it and placed a voice recording inside of it that was his dad saying he loved him and was proud of him whenever he squeezed it. Like the Build-A-Bear things.
Each plushie has a name. He’s got a shark, a dragon, a cat, and a few others. The bigger plushies are typically the parents, and the smaller ones are the babies. He’s got lore for every single one of them, too, and nothing boring either. He’s got divorced plushies, plushies that have murdered others in cold blood, that have lost limbs, etc. If he’s got the time, he’ll tell you about it, but you’d have to coax him into it. He gets easily embarrassed by it.
He does cover the plushies when you do anything. He covers them all in a blanket that he has at the end of his bed. Speaking of which, his actual room isn’t decorated too much. He’s used to losing his home or at least not having a consistent one. Everything in his room can be easily packed into a bag under his bed, including the plushies.
Chronic clothes stealer. He’s by far the smallest of the group; he’s strong, yes, but he wears a size or two down from everyone else. He’s banned from the laundry room during laundry day until everyone has gotten their clothes out of the dryer. He’ll steal them otherwise.
He mostly takes hoodies, shirts, or socks. He doesn’t care if he looks stupid. He’ll take them. He’s stolen some of Nya’s scrunchies, Kai’s socks, Cole’s band t-shirts are in there somewhere, and Zane has a sweater or two he’s still looking for. Pray for your closet, because you’ll become the main culprit if you’re together. He will break into your residence whether you live at the monastery or not. He won’t get caught until he comes out wearing something of yours.
He at least knows not to take people’s favorite clothing items, though, so those are safe…for now. You’re on thin ice; he might just steal your favorite stuff for shits and giggles.
He also refused to sleep by himself. He already has a horrible sleep schedule, but he can (and will) wait for you to come to bed. He’d 100% stand in the doorway with a blanket over his shoulders, glaring at you if you refused to come to bed. He’s dragged you to bed more than a few times, too. It doesn’t matter if he’s the little spoon or the big spoon. You will come to bed with him and his children (the plushies).
Hi guys! I know it's been almost a year (lmao), but I promise I'm back. This year was extremely stressful for me work-wise, but I'm almost to finals. I'm taking (hopefully) easier classes next semester, and I'll have a lot more time and energy to write.
That being said, I plan on uploading another chapter of Bad Root in the coming weeks (possibly two back to back, depending on how much I get done), as well as uploading some PDFs based on various bits of worldbuilding I've done!
I wanted to say thank you to everyone who's stuck with me through this (very) long and unprompted hiatus. Have the happiest of holidays!
“You know, he hasn’t said a word since we got here.” Blueback mused, rolling a bullet in her fingers. The cave you had woken up in was damp and dreary from the moment you saw it. Dripstone hanging from the ceiling and protruding from the floor made for good cover, yes, but it didn’t make you feel any less warm. The fire that Megatron had started a little bit away, however, was comforting. Minus how Megatron was grumbling to himself, poking at it with a long pipe he had found earlier.
You grunted, clawed fingers digging into the dirt you lay on. It felt uncomfortable on your abdomen, but even more so while Blackaid worked on your back.
“Stop moving,” Blackaid warned, moving the welding tools upwards. “Primus sake, you’re damn lucky that it missed your spinal strut. You’re going to be a bit sore for a few days. Try not to walk or move much.”
You grumbled, drawing circles in the sand, “I was doing my job.”
“And you almost got killed for it!” Blueback exclaimed, wings drooping at her volume, mostly because Megatron looked over his shoulder with a glare before turning back to the campfire. “Primus sake, he didn’t even say thank you.”
Summary -
Megatron has wanted nothing more than to leave Cybertron behind for the past year. Things go from bad to worse when a group of angry Decepticons steals his T-Cog as revenge for disbanding his own faction. They go from bad to annoying when you take an oath of Sword & Shield, becoming his glorified babysitter.
It probably doesn’t help that he keeps seeing Optimus walking around as if he wasn’t dead, either.
A/N - dawg I'm not dead, surprise
WARNINGS - mention/brief discussion of suicide, violence
Hi!! I know you dont write for rottmnt anymore, but I just wanted to say that i absolutely have loved reading your fanfic Cobalt King for the past few weeks. Its one of my current favorite pieces of fanfic that got me back into rottmnt, and not only is the writing wonderfully detailed, but its extremely entertaining. Its full of a wide range of different characters which i absolutely love since i dont find in many other fanfics. My favorite part of the day has always been sitting down to read a chapter before bed, since thats all i can get through because theyre extremely long (/pos) and really make me want to come back for more. I love how you write the readers perspective, especially since they feel very connected to the other characters. I absolutely love how it doesnt immediately jump into a relationship, but instead theres tense build up and plot twists that had me gagged (reader being a kraang, hello thats an amazing idea). I would love to see more of this fanfic in the future, but i understand if youve moved on or no longer want to work on this since i dont want to put pressure on you. Anyways, I hope you have a wonderful day and thank you for posting such a lovely piece of fanfic <33
I wanted to actually say thank you for this, oh my god?? I kind of abandoned this account a while back because my life got extremely busy, my mental health wasn't very good, and I wasn't motivated to write.
Seeing asks like this makes my day. I'm really happy that by the time I dropped that fic, people were starting to catch onto the fact that the reader had a kraang in them. I won't try to spoil much, as I did have the entire fic outlined (not written, tho) by the time I dropped it. The reader had a bunch of kraang 'mush' or whatever I called it, I don't remember lol, on their spinal cord, which caused them to do a bunch of stuff (the fast healing, never missing, etc). I did a lot of research into the various chemicals and other parts of the human body, and it really helped me connect further to my psychology degree.
That being said, now that I'm back, I've bounced around the idea of rewriting it a few times. As of right now, it's sadly been abandoned, but it was definitely one of my favorite fics to write! Thank you so much for the ask :)!
two million people starving to death because it's geopolitically convenient and we're all expected to go about our day normally like the casual cruelty on display for the past two years has been so insane to me like i'm not even trying to make a point it's just truly something i can't wrap my mind around
Megatron’s head tilted slightly, brow furrowed and eyes narrowed, “Fix. It,” He demanded, pointing a finger at the ground. “You’re here now, why are you—stop looking at me like that!”
Again, Optimus said nothing, merely mimicking his movements with his tilted head.
Megatron scoffed indignantly, putting his hands on his hips, “I’m not doing it for you.”
Optimus’ gaze narrowed until his head suddenly jerked past him. Megatron didn’t have time to reply before the wind hit the side of his face. A metal sword screamed past him and embedded itself into the sand beside his feet.
Summary -
Megatron has wanted nothing more than to leave Cybertron behind for the past year. Things go from bad to worse when a group of angry Decepticons steals his T-Cog as revenge for disbanding his own faction. They go from bad to annoying when you take an oath of Sword & Shield, becoming his glorified babysitter.
It probably doesn’t help that he keeps seeing Optimus walking around as if he wasn’t dead, either.
A/N - girl help I'm stuck in the trenches (suffering from writers block)
WARNINGS - mention/brief discussion of suicide, violence
With more and more Ao3 authors restricting their works to the archive (due to AI scraping), they're going to be losing guest interaction. And probably generally feeling down because. You know. AI is stealing their hard work.
So! Now is a great time to stop by your favorite authors/stories and drop them some comments! They really appreciate it!
also put in a request for an ao3 account if you don't have one! an account will let you make bookmarks of your favorite fics, store a reading history of fics you read while logged in, set a profile picture, all sorts of goodies :)
