Bit of a random question:
Would you be interested in a MegOp role reversal zine?
Yes, I would be interested in reading it
Yes, I would be interested in creating for it
No
See ResultsExamples of role reversal:
I really hate to do this, but KOSA, the bill that is a mass censorship and surveillance bill that will specifically censor all LGBT content online to "protect kids", is back.
KOSA advocates have brought in support from Elon Musk (I wish I was making this up) and are trying to get him to get Donald Trump to speak out in support of it. (And they lie and tell us it's not an anti-queer bill 🙄). The reason so is because the holdouts that are stopping this from passing are...republicans. It's GOP House leaders Steve Scalise and Mike Johnson. If they succeed and put this in an end of year spending bill, it will be near impossible to get it out and it will most likely be passed. Pro-KOSA advocates were on the hill today pushing hard to pass it. They have a lot of support behind them. There is only two weeks left in congress, so if they don't succeed, it's over.
The ONLY way this bill has stalled so much so far is because of calls driven to congress. It has worked and can still work. Please, spread this as much as you can and call House leadership and spread the word! You don't have to be from their district. You can pretend to be GOP. It doesn't matter, just call and voice your opposition. Trump and Musk clearly have a lot of sway over these people and I'm really scared they will succeed at the last minute!!
Here are their numbers:
Scalise: 202-225-3015
Johnson: 202-225-2777
If you don't know what to say, use either call script! It takes less than a minute, I swear.
This thing is scary. If you’re in the US, please contact your representatives and signal boost it to your friends.
I really hate to do this, but KOSA, the bill that is a mass censorship and surveillance bill that will specifically censor all LGBT content online to "protect kids", is back.
KOSA advocates have brought in support from Elon Musk (I wish I was making this up) and are trying to get him to get Donald Trump to speak out in support of it. (And they lie and tell us it's not an anti-queer bill 🙄). The reason so is because the holdouts that are stopping this from passing are...republicans. It's GOP House leaders Steve Scalise and Mike Johnson. If they succeed and put this in an end of year spending bill, it will be near impossible to get it out and it will most likely be passed. Pro-KOSA advocates were on the hill today pushing hard to pass it. They have a lot of support behind them. There is only two weeks left in congress, so if they don't succeed, it's over.
The ONLY way this bill has stalled so much so far is because of calls driven to congress. It has worked and can still work. Please, spread this as much as you can and call House leadership and spread the word! You don't have to be from their district. You can pretend to be GOP. It doesn't matter, just call and voice your opposition. Trump and Musk clearly have a lot of sway over these people and I'm really scared they will succeed at the last minute!!
Here are their numbers:
Scalise: 202-225-3015
Johnson: 202-225-2777
If you don't know what to say, use either call script! It takes less than a minute, I swear.
Anonymous asked:
Not necessarily looking for advice (though it would not be turned down), I've been having so much trouble getting myself to make the art i want to make. Im in an amazing, supportive, active fan community that blossoming even More with this excursion to Bluesky, and im constantly having ideas that make me want to start bouncing off walls and climbing ceilings -- but as soon as i sit down to draw or write, i just. Deflate like a balloon. Ive been promising new art and new chapters for almost a year now, and have next to nothing to show for it. It's just a hobby ik ik, but i catch myself wondering if i should even bother calling it *that* when all i ever Really do most days is daydream. There's extenuating factors of real life, both wider international/national issues and personal life stuff (currently preparing to move, minor medical issues), and I know I'm not alone in feeling kind of like a husk of a person rn bc of it all -- but there's still this part of me that keeps nagging me and telling me im "falling behind", or that I should step away deliberately since i havent been able to chat and josh around with my friends in the community the way i used to. I can feel myself backsliding into unheathly, antisocial habits and I'm struggling to find ways to keep trying to combat it when it just feels like its getting harder and harder. I hate it when self-perpetuating cycles self-perpetuate man, this shit blows 💔💀
olderthannetfic answered:
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Oof. This is such a mood right now, I could have written parts of it myself. Everything feels so big and overwhelming right now, it’s hard to focus on much of anything, including the projects that Past Me decided to take on this year because she thought current me would be able to handle it. In fairness, Past Me did not realize how insane the world was about to get, but I’m still wishing I could go back in time and have a word with her. Gah.
Hang on, I wanna see something.
Best version of Transformers for Decepticon fans?
G1 Cartoon
Unicron Trilogy
IDW
Bayverse
TFA
TFP
RID 2015
Cyberverse
Netflix WFC
EarthSpark
Skybound
Transformers One
See ResultsI voted G1 cartoon, but in actuality, I started writing fanfic specifically because I didn’t like the way the Decepticons were handled in any of the canon I was aware of at the time, and from what I hear, it doesn’t seem like that has changed. Sometimes ya gotta DIY that shit. 😎
Anonymous asked:
i like the ship, but jzzprwl really invented this version of ''jazz'' that is like a weird fusion of blaster and vortex ''hehe extremely extroverted chaotic lazy gremlin nymphomaniac who is secretly edgy and hyperviolent assassin manipulator'' like who the fuck is that guy??! and it baffles me bcs if it was one or two ppl doing it i wouldn't care much, but 90% of things involving him is this fanon version who is whole other guy, and i just see jazz being the only who suffers this extreme mischaracterization en masse, i swear i dont see other other tf character who ppl mischaracterize on the same lvl as him... and all done by jazz ''fans'' then i wish he was more unpopular and hated then 💀if all things involving him will be this ''jazz'' who is a whole diff guy, who not satisfied to put borderline racist tropes on a obviously black coded char, they write his dialogue like a racist guy exaggerating aave to make it more thug, then its better to not use him at all 😭sorry for the rant
arceespinkgun answered:
My reaction when I’m seeing more people expressing the same sentiments I have before:
The last time I talked about this in-depth, JazzProwl was still the most popular ship in the fandom and it’s not anymore, now it’s MegOp. So a ship that people make a lot of weird OOC racist and bio-essentialist stuff with has been dethroned by another ship that people also do that with… but at least Jazz isn’t part of it…? Sadly, the fandom in general on here and AO3 can be scarily racist, I know I’ve seen some truly horrid Jazz/Soundwave fic for example, like ones where Jazz becomes happy to become Soundwave’s slave, or ones (that are supposedly G1-based, not Shattered Glass) where Jazz is portrayed as a scary torturer/assassin and Soundwave as a naïve Woobie who just wants to protect his children (the cassettes).
I agree with everything you said, I think it’s really concerning that like, I had somebody tell me they realized the kind of character they wanted was Vortex and not Jazz?! Something is very wrong with the fandom if it’s misleading people into thinking that Jazz is like that. I’ve mentioned before that I really wouldn’t know what the most effective ways to try and improve things would be in this situation, but I do have some ideas that could help. There’s been an influx of new people to this side of the TF fandom recently, and that gives everybody an opportunity to try and make sure they don’t get misled.
It took me literal years to figure out the appeal of Jazz/Prowl, and after reading this, I strongly suspect that the fandom approach to Jazz was part of the problem. Prowl was the one I got attached to, and I write him as autistic and prone to crashes when faced with the unexpected (in no small part because I got tired of people using him passing out as a comedy beat, but also because hey! Quasi-canon disability!), so I approached the pairing from that perspective. And Jazz just struck me as too unpredictable to be a good partner for him (also, I'm not a fan of extroverted characters "fixing" introverted characters by making them get out more, which is a fairly common trope with extrovert/introvert pairings in general).
Of course, I'm a canon-centric writer, so the first time I sit down to write something from Jazz's perspective, I'm left realizing that he's... Not that? Yeah, he's more spontaneous and extroverted than Prowl, but he's also capable of accommodating for a partner? Like... He's chill. He can be comfortable at a party or spending a quiet evening at home. And he's also a freaking adult, he can have conversations about boundaries and negotiate compromises and stuff.
I also tend to mostly reference from the pilot when I write G1 Jazz (y'know, because the rest of the series kind of dropped him actually acting as an officer), so it frustrates me when he's written as hating or avoiding paperwork in favor of having fun. All of the G1 Autobots are more laid-back and immature than is realistic for their circumstances (it's a side effect of being heroes in an 80s children's cartoon), and Jazz is near the top of the Autobot food chain. You can't tell me he's incapable of being serious and doing the boring parts of leadership.
That being said, I have written Jazz as an antagonist before (he's not special in that regard. Other villains in my roster of unposted WIPs include G1 Optimus and Soundwave, neither of whom are normally written as villains). But like... I don't like Sadistic Assassin!Jazz. I write him the same way as an antagonist as I do when he's a protagonist, he's just less friendly if you're a Decepticon. A lot less friendly.
(Also, since the original ask mentions him being written as a nymphomaniac, I feel like it bears mentioning that my Jazz is on the ace spectrum. Likes to watch and to take care of a partner, but not always interested in participating beyond that. This was not an intentional match for Prowl, whom I also write as ace, but it does simplify their sex life. Which does exist, they still have attraction and libido between them. Just not both in the same bot. Because I like writing about different kinds of asexual experiences).
Anyway.
TL;DR: I like my Jazz better than fanon Jazz.
While I mostly talk about issues like bigotry, cases like this where people don't even realize a thing is all a lie fanon and it causes them to not explore a character who's really great for ages is also a major reason I make posts pointing trends like this out. Since I'm a big Jazz fan, if it's okay I'd like to discuss some more canon Jazz facts that might interest people and really relate to what you've said here! I have so many more links about Jazz I can share too lol
If most of the "Jazz lore" is in the Marvel comics, I would have to say I'm not surprised no one talks about it. Most people don't talk about the Marvel comics, and I have no interest in reading them myself (I did skim through a few issues. I didn't enjoy it).
As you seem to mostly be coming at Jazz from a Marvel perspective and my only exposure to the character has been the G1 cartoon and a few IDW comics, I shall refrain from commenting further.
I hated the US Marvel comic so, so much. From the art to the writing to… everything about it, really! (Except for the letters section. That became my main reason for picking it up, because I ‘met’ most of my TF penpals that way.) However, reading this conversation has made me realize that I probably hated it because I’m a Decepticon fan, and a Starscream fan in particular, and that an Autobot fan reading it would probably have had a very different, far more positive, experience. Which is kind of instructive. We may all be reading/watching the same stuff, but we’re not all (necessarily) having the same experience. “Same planet, different worlds,” as they say. (Apropos to nothing by the way, just something that struck me.)
You know what. While I consider TaraProwl canon (one-sided or otherwise), Tarantulas is just so freaking obsessed with Prowl that I've never given much thought to them as a pairing (except one SotW-inspired story outline where they're dragons, but I digress). But the monsterfucker in me still wants to see Prowl webbed up and shagged by the spider.
Well. EarthSpark Tarantulas is very different from IDW Tarantulas. And Prowl is supposed to be coming to EarthSpark. And I don't care what relationship they have or whether they even appear in the same episode, as soon as Season 2 comes out, I'm getting Prowl laid.
(Why do I have to wait? Because I need to know what EarthSpark Prowl is actually like before I can write him. And also because I feed on canon like a starving animal picking bones clean).
Bringing this back because we have a trailer, Prowl is 100% confirmed for the next batch of episodes, and first impressions are positive. Too soon to guess at his personality, but based purely on the fact that he smiles in the trailer and it doesn't look smug or condescending, I think I'm going to like this Prowl.
Now I just need a Tarantulas sighting to figure out what he's been up to. Though I already know how I'll proceed if we don't see him.
Without going into show spoilers, Prowl being a capable tracker plays right into my mental image of how this goes down. Now I just need to figure out how to get to the shagging part without taking forever.
Luckily I already have an ongoing fic, zine draft, and Nano project to worry about, so I probably can't think about it too much until December anyway.
Hmm, tracking a spider down and getting more than bargained for…?
FTR I am so down to read the hell outta this, whenever you have time to write it!!!
Anonymous asked:
Ooo I really like your concept. I love a good story like that 😆. Slowburn is a favorite trope of mine, so I'm excited for you to get to write something like that. Ill be keeping an eye out hehe.
I too have a specific type of Prowl I like that many fics I saw of them dont have, though I still enjoy reading them. So I'm excited to see what your version is like, even if we end up having different Prowls!
darkstarofchaos answered:
Thanks! I have like, 5 other fics that I need to work on right now, so that one is sadly on the backburner, but hopefully I can get back to it before too long.
I’m curious what your favorite type of Prowl is, if you want to share! I find a lot of fics tend to treat him as like… Really cold and mean? I’m trying not to go on a rant, lol. But I’m so tired of fics where most of the Autobots are sympathetic to some Decepticon’s plight, and then there’s Prowl on the sidelines acting like said Decepticon’s continued existence is a personal affront.
Also, a lot of people compare him to Soundwave (probably because he’s perceived as cold and emotionless). My preferred take on Prowl is more like the Autobot Starscream, though - he’s not trying to take over, but he pushes back on Optimus’ plans if he doesn’t like their odds of success, resists following orders if he considers them the wrong course of action, and is willing to do his own thing if he’s not being listened to (I also inadvertently gave him a host of disorders by leaning into the thing in his G1 tech specs about how he doesn’t handle the unexpected well, lol. The autism and processor crashes were deliberate, the social anxiety, generalized anxiety, temperature regulation issues, and absence seizures weren’t. Turns out that if you sit down to explain why unexpected events lead to crashes, there’s a ton of comorbidities and contributing factors).
So yeah, my Prowl is a bit of a mess, psychologically. And has an unhealthy relationship with morality (and Optimus) because he has low empathy and according to some people, that makes you a bad person. So even though he wants the best outcome possible for as many people as possible and is against causing harm when it doesn’t accomplish anything, he struggles to feel like a good person and is susceptible to manipulation through moral attacks (this is totally not me expressing my frustration with the way both canon and fandom like to paint him as a villain for having perfectly reasonable concerns about his enemies).
Also, making the bot who turns into a police car an actual law enforcer was the most boring thing canon could have done with his prewar career. My Prowl was a defense attorney (if IDW Prowl, who was himself an enforcer, could look at his peers and see a corrupt system, then mine can be an advocate for criminal justice reform).
Ooo, Prowl defense attorney! That sounds amazing - I love me a good courtroom drama.
