There's a thin line between being a hero, and being a memory.

RP & Ask blog for Optimus Prime based on G1. Sideblog to bluesmuses.

[virtute-praeditum]

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[slewfootwitch]

The thing about radical kindness (or any kindness, for that matter) is that there are going to be times when someone or something makes you regret it. There are going to be times when you show someone empathy and grace that they don't "deserve". There are going to be times when someone takes that kindness and uses it against you. The world doesn't magically transform into a perfect place when you decide to choose kindness and people will take advantage of it. People will continue to be shitty.

But the thing is...that's not a flaw of kindness. That's not a you problem. That's a them problem. People who are happy with themselves and their lives don't go out of their way to misuse someone's kindness or grace. The "normal" response to kindness or empathy is not to find a way to exploit it. People who are happy with themselves don't look for ways to hurt people for no reason. Kindness will never be the problem. No matter what some shitty person decides to do with it. It should go without saying not to be a doormat, yes. Don't allow people to treat you badly just for the sake of being kind. But also don't let shitty people make you bitter because of how they treated you when you were kind.

[cunt-force-therapy]

People will make you regret being unkind too and that one usually hurts a lot more

[stat-16]

Truc (reposted

[hivemoon127-deactivated20260509]

Be strong enough to be gentle

[madamadamiu]

But most of all, he was known for his compassion

[scorpionlafemme]

[nefelibatapine]

🎃🧛🏿🐺

:I like the Prime best!!☺️☺️

:Where did this spark come from???😱😱

[shutyourmoustache]

[virtute-praeditum]

"And I don't know why, yeah, but the feelin' is f i i i n e Can't you see? Yeah, honey you are for me Ohhh, we were meant to b e e e, yeah D a n c i n g in the moonlight ♫ ♪ G a z i n g at the stars so bright ♫ ♪ Holding you until the s u n r i i i s e Sleeping until the m i d n i i i g h t.~"

[f1shbowl]

Have the last 6 hours lmao (commission yeehaw)

[spicymotte]

sketch I will never finish. heh

[catmask]

i literally love when people realize positive reinforcement works like yes its so silly isnt it. but it literally works humans love juice reward too

[thaylepo]

Back in grad school I TA'd a couple 400 level courses on stone tool production and zooarchaeology that involved a lot of technical memorization that required the students to learn complex terminology very quickly. They were two of the only such undergrad courses the program had (I think the third was Mesoamerican Pottery, and there was a grad course on Human Osteology), so none of them would have encountered much if any of this info in the two years since their first intro courses. There were over a dozen quizzes in each course, nearly one a week, and the grades were known to be abysmally low compared to the lab reports because of how much time you needed to spend in the lab handling the material in order to study for it.

I like being paid to have fun, so I bought some Transformers stickers and put one on every quiz that got over 90% (ie. the 'A' range). Any quiz that got an A+ got Optimus Prime himself. B grades still got a "good job!!" and any passing grade at all got a smiley face, but no sticker.

Y'all, 4th year arky courses are FULL of nerds. The MINUTE the first quizzes were handed back they went nuts over the stickers. There were stars in their eyes, they were crowing in excitement. These were students in their mid-twenties. Only one person got an Optimus Prime on that quiz, and when I told them the sticker rubrick and the requirements to get Optimus you could practically see the fire it lit. They would get those stickers. Optimus Prime was going to be theirs.

I fucking ran out of stickers TWICE throughout those courses. I had to go and buy whole packs JUST TO HAVE ENOUGH OPTIMUSES (Optimi?) for all the A+ quizzes that came in every time. That meant i had more generic TF stickers to promote the B grade papers to stickerdom. The materials lab was full of students every week, studying for these quizzes. They hyped each other up for them. They petitioned me to sticker their lab reports and final projects too (of course I did).

The prof, a delightful 80-something socks-and-sandals hippy of a guy who supervised my honours thesis, was fucking beside himself over this. He thought it was the best thing ever. He joked that the marks that semester were so abnormally high that he needed to look over the tests himself in case I was going too easy on them (I wasn't, those TF stickers were expensive). He had to look over them anyway in case *I* made a technical mistake grading them, which meant he was the first to see the stickers each time XD

Anyway, it's true. I've yet to meet an adult who didn't enjoy a sparkly sticker reward.

[tordenvejr]

if you cling to self hatred and self destruction because it feels safer to suffer at your own hand than at others', or in the hopes that as long as you hurt yourself enough it will either feel less painful in comparison when another does as well or they may spare you altogether should they see your preexisting wounds; understand that: there is nothing inherently protective or redemptive about shame or self punishment. if you want safety it will not come from inflicting damage on yourself, and if you are to be met with compassion and love it will require less shielding, not more

[docgold13]

Cartoon Heroes Paper Cut-Outs

Optimus Prime

A brave and noble leader, Optimus Prime is the supreme commander of the Autobots in their fight against the Decepticons.  Heralding from the planet Cybertron, Prime is a sentient android with the capacity to transform into different functional constructs.  When Cybertron was taken over by the villainous Megatron and his Decepticons, Prime led the rebellion to bring justice back to his world.  The war would eventually bring Prime and his colleagues to earth wherein he took to transforming into a large trailer truck.  

Optimus Prime first appeared the debut episode of the initial Transformers animated series, airing in September of 1984.  Actor Peter Cullen provided the voice for Prime in the original series as well as many subsequent projects (including the Transformers live action movie franchise).  

Autobots, Roll Out! 

[vi050iv]

TRANSFORMERS ART BE UPON YE

[virtute-praeditum]

Jokes on you.... Here comes Servo with a little heart shaped box in his mouth full of energon candies!

"..."

He looks around carefully, cautiously... But upon finding no potential loving assailant, Optimus bends down to accept the gift. And he gives Servo head pets for the delivery, of course!

[virtute-praeditum]

He has quietly reappeared because he HOPES enough time has passed since the Love Holiday that he will not be swarmed by a range of sources, be they family or adoring public.

Only time will tell if his clever intent has been successful.