No Question

⚜ — ❛ Standing Mortal ❜

( ⚜ ┊ @forgedcold. ⎦;

When Shockwave decided the universe should die, Megatron could never have anticipated this. 

Draped in a sense of rapturous timelessness, the apostate watched the Prime before him. Though his insides consisted of hollow wormholes–twisted paths to oblivion–nothing knotted him, penetrated him deeper than this kenotic, displaced noble. 

Oh, and he was but a despotic wretch. A sinful, ragged monster who stood at the precipice of the Pit only to be warned at the gate: abandon all hope, ye who enter here! 

Librarian and Savior King, how beautiful he was among the rows of datapads and ramshackle shelves. The stories and tales of old he guarded, protected, indulged in for his own reprieve; hardly did they compare to the stories within him, the ones Megatron wished to learn. Always did the velvet words brush against his audials, filling him to the core. 

In the dimness around him, Megatron felt suspended within the cosmos. Surely the stars crowned this noble king. 

Hardly was there a breath of space between them–the apostate did not look for surprise. Might the Prime read the repentance upon his face. 

Carefully, he pulled back upon the datapad Optimus held, lowering it. Slowly, he stooped, tilting the Prime’s face to his.

“I am going to kiss you.”

In a moment, whole galaxies were born and died–nothing was better than this beginning.

⚜⋅⋅⋅||; Defiant of all expectations, time never stood still—not for the moments of rapture && mirth, only for those moments where anguish && vexation hung in ornamentation; this was why joy spun past and sorrow was dwelt on. When in the company of Megatron, Optimus knew again an external serenity his spark could not lose, not even in a miasma of provincial lament wrenched through his spark to experience Cybertron’s downfall. Distress left him as once it had never taken root, same as before the Well buried deep towards Primus’ spark and when the world belong to the Thirteen and they were all still so young.

           Stars to SUNS—the deliquescent grace of HEAVEN’S nurturing warmth.

              The THIRD DAY for Optimus had come not once, but twice. The first had been a resurrection and return to face a war his cross to bear, and to see to it that justice be served with righteous strength. RESOLUTION came to all then, the ( legacy ) of the Primes had come into its entirety when Optimus finally faced the full weight of his responsibility and finally seen to it the sentence of his own EQUAL & OPPOSITE.

             Having known the movement of his own spark and the death of which had made it so, Optimus and returned to the Well and gave up his spark. It was better off not within his possession; he had done his job, he had walked out of the Gethsemane, carried his cross and worn the CROWN OF THORNS.

             It was done.

             Fragments of what came to follow remained shattered in the Prime’s antediluvian memory, their jagged edges sharp and unwelcoming. Pieces that briefly free-floated through his consciousness and coalesced to show a vision of Megatron’s face not as his known it, not of this universe. It was eldritch and fused with Unicron’s touch. Guilt struck the warmonger’s face, showing one undeniable truth: He knew not what he had done—forgive him, GOD, for he knew not what he had done.

             Now the ( apostate ) knew,              just as they always came to know.

             Primus—❛ THE FATHER ❜—summoned his ❛ SON ❜ to heaven,              to the WELL and all its atavistic glory.

             Come son,              Put down your Cross,              Leave your Crown behind,              Rest your weary head.

             Their SINS have been ( PAID ) with ⋅ b l o o d.

             Without total memory of what had happened since the moment of his first resurrection and his second, where was one insoluble truth revealed from the SPARK to the MIND: Optimus ascended to this new universe, his HEAVEN to await the coming rapture. Through its light he had seen pearly gates in all its splendor, only to pass through in cycle—what flowed to Primus flowed outward again.

             Here he was enraptured by Megatron—one in the same, yet entirely different. Every horror that had been wrought on ( his ) Cybertron had been inflicted with exponential horror, and every choice for redemption had come to pass here.

             In optics of ever-red he saw the quest for forgiveness, a contentment at accepting his own guilt. Megatron of ( this ) world never saw to hand blame to another, but gladly took his own cross on a lesser hill.

          So be it they were in provincial harmony—           the ❛ MESSIAH ❜ && the ❛ APOSTATE ❜

             It had taken two universe, two worlds, two lives to finally bring in harmony as Primus had seen fit. Optimus had lived well his life of celibacy, accepting it with few regrets and fewer improbity. The first had been stolen and presumptive, in the shadows of a revolution destined to tear the two brothers apart—and their world with it.

             Now it had been on the ( other ) side, and now              no thief could take what was silently accorded.          「 sparkBEAT 」

             Megatron had seemed to think of everything; this was no spur of the moment action, but carefully constructed in preparation. He had even accounted for their size and rearranged his mass to lessen the disparaging difference in their frames. Still, Optimus had to crane his neck to met their lip-plates together. He could hear past all the racing thoughts his cydraulic system pinch in his stretched cervical motor lines.

             He could FEEL the flicker of his E.M. field expand with vigor and fervor, intermingling with Megatron’s; both clicked their coolant systems to an audible power level.

             It—{ this kiss }—broke just as all systems stalled within by his conscious command—he didn’t want to miss a single experience, which meant he shut down the fans and listened to the movement Megatron’s body.

             The Thirteen fit into a design, the first of many to come through Primus’ divine power as a CREATOR. There was a pattern and a role in them, that functions not at the removal of even one. Their quarrel had ended their age. Still, Optimus carried onward with his. He was the INNOVATOR & the PEACEMAKER. Words came to him the way movement came to Amalgamous or Vector knew of time. His words seemed humble, but their impact remained powerful.

             They wove their way into sparks && minds, enrapturing those who listened and infuriating those who defied. Optimus could cast a spell on those around him, and the spellbound knew the touch of THE DIVINE through his gift of oration.

             Now he stood there…

          Mortal & Speechless.

Tony’s gaze... damn

Avengers: Infinity War (2018).

OTP

The “Tony is responsible for most of the bad things that happen in the Marvel universe” discourse is false... and exhausting.

I’m just gonna break down the villains and main conflicts in the MCU so far. Let’s see how many Tony’s “~responsible” for.

Obadiah Stane in Iron Man: How is Tony responsible for his psuedo-father figure and business partner dealing weapons under the table and shutting him out of Stark Industries? The second Tony found out, he tried his best to resolve it. Tony didn’t force Obie’s hand, didn’t lead to Obie’s evil actions. Tony was 100% a victim of Stane’s evil machinations. Tony and Pepper were then the ones to shut down Obie in the end.

Verdict?: Not Tony’s fault.

Abomination in The Incredible Hulk: Tony had no role to play in Abomination’s creation. He doesn’t dabble in Gamma radiation. He hasn’t tried to recreate the Super Soldier Serum. He was divorced from any military connections at this point. There’s absolutely zero connection Tony has to this story outside of his cameo at the end where he tells Bruce about the Avengers (which was retconned anyway).

Verdict?: Not Tony’s fault.

Ivan Vanko in Iron Man 2: If blame should be leveled at anyone, it’s Ivan’s drunken, abusive father Anton Vanko (even then Ivan is a big boy who can make his own decisions; he’s not the only one who had a shitty father). Yeah, Howard had his ass deported and “stole” Anton’s work, but Anton was a dick-cheese – and that still isn’t Tony’s fault. All that shit happened before Tony was even born.

Verdict?: Not Tony’s fault.

Loki in Thor: Yep. Tony somehow played a role in what went on there all the way on another damn planet. He is totally responsible for Odin’s shit-ass parenting, which led to this clusterfuck of a sibling rivalry. /sarcasm

Verdict?: Not Tony’s fault.

Red Skull in Captain America: The First Avenger: Tony must’ve developed a time machine or something in order to bring HYDRA into existence. ‘Cuz otherwise I’m not really seeing how he played a role there. 

Verdict?: Not Tony’s fault.

Thanos/Loki/Chitauri in The Avengers: In no way did Tony do anything to enable Loki coming to Earth to try and steal the Tesseract. Tony wasn’t even the one to find the Tesseract, study it, or mess with it. The only thing Tony did in this movie that “aided” the bad guys was design a clean, self-sufficient energy source (the Industrial Arc Reactor) which he was using to power Stark Tower. That was something good that got turned to evil. In the end, Tony was the one who saved NYC. So… yeah. Tony was, of course, ~the villain.

Verdict?: Not Tony’s fault. (Although his revolutionary clean energy tech did allow for the Space Stone to open a portal, but Tony couldn’t have known that was going to happen.)

Aldrich Killian in Iron Man 3: Yeah, Tony stood up Killian at the NYE party in 1999, but that is no excuse for Killian becoming an asswipe supreme who decided to weaponize human beings for his own evil devices. Blaming Tony for ditching a creepy fucker who kept trying to get his attention is gross. Imagine if Tony were a woman in that situation where he evaded Killian. Just cuz he’s a dude doesn’t make Killian’s advances less unwanted. The main threat in this film was Extremis, which was Maya Hansen and Killian’s brainchild – it wasn’t even something Tony developed. So, I mean, Tony didn’t do shit here. 

Verdict?: Not Tony’s fault.

Malekith in Thor: The Dark World: …… I don’t even know what to say there lmao I guess if reincarnation is a thing, Tony’s soul could’ve been chillin’ with the Dark Elves way back when.

Verdict?: Not Tony’s fault.

Alexander Pierce and HYDRA in Captain America: The Winter Soldier: Again, unless it’s ever revealed Tony has been a super-secret HYDRA agent…… (And “Project Insight” was targeting Tony so he’s damn super, special undercover in that case if he was willing to torch his own ass for his nefarious, overarching evil goals).

Verdict?: Not Tony’s fault.

Ronan in Guardians of the Galaxy: Yeeppp. Tony was all up in that Orb heist scheme. Totally in bed with Thanos. Yep. 

Verdict?: Not Tony’s fault.

Ultron in Age of Ultron: This is the only film where I’d say Tony has his share of blame. But that’s it: a share. Tony wasn’t 100% responsible for Ultron – Bruce, Wanda, and the Mind Stone itself all played a role. Even so, Tony – along with everyone else – worked to end the threat of Ultron and succeeded.

Verdict?: Partially Tony’s fault.

Yellowjacket in Ant-Man: Tony isn’t now allowed anywhere near Pym particles (per Hank Pym) so…. yeah. Don’t think he had any hand in this mess.

Verdict?: Not Tony’s fault.

Helmut Zemo in Captain America: Civil War: Tony was a pawn in Zemo’s plan for revenge just as much as Steve Rogers was. Per the screenwriters of the film, neither Tony nor Steve was “wrong” or “right” – they were both emotionally manipulated. 

As for “Tony is responsible for the Accords?” Several incidents were cited as cause for the Accords (per the video Ross showed the group): 

The Battle of NYC (from The Avengers)

The Helicarriers’ collapse (from CA:TWS)

Battle of Sokovia (from AoU)

Hulk’s rampage in Johannesburg (from AoU)

The Bomb in Lagos (from CA:CW). 

Tony was only partially responsible for two of those incidents (NYC and Sokovia). NYC because, like all the other Avengers + the Chitauri + Loki, they were dealing collateral damage. And Sokovia for obvious reasons. 

I am so tired of the “Tony Stark is the only one who requires oversight” bullshit. 

Verdict?: Not Tony’s fault. (Though he is partially responsible for the creation of the Sokovia Accords – but so are all the other Avengers)

Kaecilius and Dormammu from Doctor Strange: Yeah, Tony “I Hate Magic” Stark is totes meddling with the Dark Dimension. 

Verdict?: Not Tony’s fault.

Ego from Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2: …. I mean… again. I don’t even know what to say. Tony is in cahoots with a maniacal, sentient planet now?

Verdict?: Not Tony’s fault.

Vulture from Spider-Man: Homecoming: People love to point out that ~the Vulture wouldn’t have turned to crime if rich, white capitalist Tuna Stork hadn’t stolen his job~~ and… like… did no one watch Iron Man 2? Tony hasn’t been in charge of Stark Industries since 2010. Pepper Potts is in charge. If anyone has a grievance with Stark Industries taking over the clean up of dangerous alien tech they should take it up with her. Plus? It was an Executive Order. Meaning it came from the President. Unless Tony has gotten elected to the Oval Office in the past couple years, I don’t see how anything the Vulture did is remotely Tony’s fault. (Barring all that? Even if Tony had been the one to ~steal poor Toomes’ job~, in what universe does that give him the right to start black market arms dealing!?!?? Plenty of people lose their jobs every day without resorting to a life of crime and threatening to kill children)

Verdict?: Not Tony’s fault.

Hela from Thor: Ragnarok: Again, I already established, Tony must’ve been responsible for Odin’s shit-ass parenting skills. (sigh) Tony, Tony… 

Verdict?: Not Tony’s fault.

Erik Killmonger from Black Panther: I don’t recall seeing Tony in any part of Killmonger’s origin story – and I paid close attention.

Verdict?: Not Tony’s fault.

Thanos from Avengers: Infinity War: …………………………………….

Verdict?: Not Tony’s fault.

That’s all I got. Yeah, it could be argued Tony is responsible for one (1) bad thing that has happened in the MCU. ONE (1). And, even then, he clearly shares blame on that front with two other MCU characters (Bruce and Wanda), and the Mind Stone was ultimately the culprit anyway. And 1 outta, what, 18? 19? That does not constitute “most of the problems.” I wouldn’t even say there’s a common thread between all these problems. 

Thank you for coming to my TED Talk. 

MTMTE 28

I liked the dynamic between Optimus and Cade. Optimus had been through a lot during the last years; fights, his friends died, difficult decisions and he and his Autobots was hunted and slaughtered. Optimus was alone and afraid (just think of the barn scene). He was f*cking afraid. In my opinion Cade is balm for his Spark, someone with whom he can talk and he trusts unconditionally at the end. 

more Op/Cade because (ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ*:･ﾟ✧ ”

from the manga AoE

Every time I read fanfiction

In public: *silent, smirking from time to time, just a normal reader*

Alone: *unholy noises, rolling on the bed like crazy person, squealing and clapping my hands like an idiot seal*

Guys there is a part where it’s like they want to you to look at this robot’s backside. My god.

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