[ID: Screenshot from Robots in Disguise 29. Prowl, in profile, looks to the right. Prowl: “I lost my best friend, Prime. Megatron stood at his side and only one of them walked away.” End ID.]
I’ve never stopped thinking about this line, so! What the fuck is up with Prowl and Bumblebee’s relationship? (Spoiler alert: I do not think Bee is another ex 😔)
They first met millions of years ago when Bumblebee went to Orion Pax for help regarding horrible dream he’d been having, and from there remained in each other’s orbits, though not really friends.
[ID: From Robots in Disguise #32. Prowl and Bumblebee stand with their backs to the reader, watching Metroplex lift off in city form while a battle rages in the sky around him. Bumblebee: “Nobody said war’s logical, bud.” Prowl: “That’s my point. We’re going to do stupid things until we die.” Bumblebee: “Primus, Prowl. Lighten up. We’re not like the Decepticons!” End ID.]
During the war, they got along fine, but in the one snapshot we see there’s not a lot of friendliness between them: Prowl is talking about the futility of their war and Bumblebee happens to be someone nearby. There’s a familiarity to the way they talk to each other (I doubt many people would bother or could get away with calling Prowl “bud”), but it’s more like coworkers who have been stepping on each other’s toes for a long time than real friends. The conversation begins and ends with Prowl’s internal monologue, while Bumblebee’s perspective is just a device used to draw out more of Prowl’s thoughts. Little is shown of their relationship because at this point, it just isn’t there.
[ID: Screenshot from The Transformers #21. Optimus stands with his back to the reader in the foreground, with Bumblebee and Prowl in the Background. Prowl’s caption: “That’s when Prime filled in the ‘Bee. He took it better than I expected. Smart questions. No whining. Focused the anger. He’s going to be a great leader one day. If he gets the chance.” End ID.]
(”the ‘Bee” lol Costa’s Prowl is a specimen) Half a million years later, they’re on Earth, Bumblebee has been elected and then demoted, and Optimus is leaving with most of the Autobots while assigning them to investigate the illegal weapons trade. Prowl has thoughts on Bumblebee’s leadership, which will be the ongoing theme of their relationship for the rest of the series. In typical Prowl fashion, he will never speak these particular thoughts aloud. (continues under the cut!)
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You ever think about how the Epic of Gilgamesh is one of the oldest stories we still remember, even incomplete, and it may be a deconstruction? The implications? Gilgamesh citing other stories, some of which we’ve lost, as to why he won’t accept Ishtar’s proposal. The whole concept of ‘this is Gilgamesh, he’s unbelievably arrogant and handsome and strong and he’s two-thirds god and a king– and now we’re gonna explore why he’s a complete asshole and his subjects dislike him, and how for all his greatness he too is just a human with very human faults and fears, and how he had to walk a VERY rocky road to become an ACTUALLY wise and benevolent king.’
Just like. One of the lessons of my theatre classes that always stuck with me is that every play is a point in an ongoing conversation about dozens of different things, and I think that applies to other mediums of art as well. You see enough of a specific trope or argument made, you make your own response by deconstructing or subverting or reconstructing or defying that trope. If the Epic of Gilgamesh was a counterargument, how many original arguments as stories existed, until someone went ‘you may all have a point. But listen to this.’
I’m familiar with a few other Mesopotamian myths that may have been earlier, fragmented as they are, but it just makes me feel So Many Things to consider if the Epic was a deconstruction and how that implies prior existing works– conversation!– and how long humans have just. Told stories. How many of those works we’ve lost were counterarguments? How long back does it go? Probably to the beginning, but man. To just someday die and look down at the world and see the conversation of humanity in its entirety… what I wouldn’t give…
if a character could be the definition of “understood the assignment” it would be big boss’ model in the mgs3 remake trailer, because that man looks majestic.
No intention of offending the "Americans" but I'm so tired of seeing posts crying about the election results. Please stop bothering the rest of the world until, idk, the orange man starts a 3rd world war or smt.
And before you get all pissy: I'm from Latin America. My democracy is younger than my mum due to a military coup YOU GUYS funded. I know about bad leaders, we've seen bad goverments literaly massacring their populations and face no consecuentes and international media didn't bat an eye. I mean take a look at Venezuela. Nicaragua, too, has been under a cruel dictatorship for years and no one cares. And things in Cuba are crítical at the moment. And let's not talk about Africa and the Middle East, where the idea of democracy is simply a joke.
You're going to survive this, so stop believing the hysteria fostered by the media. And stop hating those who vote different than you, because division is what keeps you from being educated, benefiting groups who want to hold all the power. If you want a better country you need to find the positive things among each other, not the negative ones.
Believe us: we know.
Your sutuation isn't this bad. Your government can't kidnap and murder Americans without facing consequences. As much as you say you don't you DO have freedom if speech. You have clean, free elections.
I'm going to say it again: you're going to survive this, like your ancestors survived war by fleeing from Europe, sirvived famine by working alongside each other, and survived poverty by educating yourselves.
You're going to survive this.
(And don't do drugs!)
Tag yourself, I'm Mirage and Bumblebee, Jazz and mostly Skywarp
Edit: since this post got a lot of traction, not to self promote, but feel free to ask me anything :] (explanation: my pinned post)
Edit 2: HOW IS THIS RESURFACING AGAIN
I said before that America is like a looney tunes character but I also believe Russia operates in the same way. That their strength is just so next level that it's cartoonish, they can't kill each other so they just violently maim each other in the most elaborate ways.
To me I can't picture cold war fights between the two of them any other way. Picture these for me...
1.Russia waiting around the corner with a big mallet ready to knock an unsuspecting America unconscious as he chases after him.
2. America putting a sign on a building that says 'free vodka inside'. To which Russia zooms in quickly but when he does the sign falls away to read 'radiation factory do not enter!'
3. America and Russia getting into a fight and it's just one of those big dust clouds with stars and wacky sound effects coming out.
4. Them arguing and doing the back and forth where America says "Capitalism is better!" and Russia says "Communism is better!" Until America says "Communism! is better" and then Russia replies with "No Capitalism is better! and if I'm ever not a Capitalist let me be struck dead!" And then he's struck by lightning.
5. Russia sending America a plane ticket in the mail that says "Ticket to Capitalist beach paradise. + All you can eat disgusting delicious American foods" America quickly packs a bag and gets changed into sunglasses and a Hawaiian shirt and hops onto a plane but it just goes to Siberia where America quickly jumps out and says something like "relaxation here I am!" he feels a tap on his shoulder and it's a polar bear and he just gets mauled.
6. Them playing hot potato with active dynamite. America getting Russia to keep it by saying something like "No no comrade! It's a gift! I bought it for you." And Russia's like "Awe thanks! why is it ticking?" And America's like "Gee I don't know pal, gotta run!" and zooms away right before it explodes leaving a very annoyed looking Russia covered in soot with his hair blown back.
7. Russia shoving America into a freezer and setting it to "artic" and ripping of the handle. America falls out a few hours later as a giant ice cube.
8. Russia punching America in the back of the head at a meeting and America turns around all surprised and Russia says "Gee pal I'm real sorry, shouldn't have hit you when your back was turned that was un- sportsman like of me." And stands America up dusting him off. America is like. "No worries buddy you only did this." And punches him in the face. Then he goes "Now if you would have done this..." And punches him in the gut. "Or this" And upper cuts him. "We would have had a serious issue...and I would of had to do something like this..." And America takes out a big mallet and hits Russia with it sending him through the celling. When Russia comes down he's like "Gee I'm sure glad I didn't do that then!"
So like major cartoonish and crazy things happen around them and at their will but everyone else is just normal. Only Russia and America can break the laws of physics for their bit.
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Going into Tumblr and seeing how many people have fallen for the one sided Bosselot psyop. Many such cases… sad world we live in
Have you ever heard of an artist named SakimiChan?? If yes, how do you feel about her?
Lol, who HASN’T heard of Sakimi-chan?
I think it’s really great that she’s able to make such a good living off of art. I remember being impressed by her stuff back when I was just a wee bab browsing deviantart. I was so amazed by the painterly style and everything. She’s honestly a super amazing artist, and I feel like she gets alot of hate because people are jealous of the fact that she’s so successful? Yeah she makes a shitton of money drawing hot babes. But like. Hell. Who the fuck cares. If that’s what people wanna spend their money on, let ‘em.
I don’t know anything about her personally besides art though. *shrug*