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Subnautica Illustrations

All from 2022

I love Rodimus.

He is very easy to love - he is written to be snarky, charismatic, funny with a supporting cast filled with witty repartee. But he is so very, deeply flawed and that is what I love the most about him. His ego is the size of a planet. His self confidence solid as a rock. Yet you can always see the insecurity leaking out. He is plagued by doubts even as he dives headfirst into every new situation. He chases approval from his hero, Optimus Prime, who is at best an absent father figure to him, and at worst indifferent to Rodimus' efforts.

He is terrified he will fail because he has failed - his failures are as numerous as they are epic.

I so honestly wish we got a longer ending to show how his absolute refusal to give up on himself finally extended to his steadfast refusal to give up on a single member of his crew.

Till all are one.

Full pic and Lineart under the cut

anyway i wanted a memento of my first pride, you know, and this one vendor was selling keyrings, and i liked it, so i bought one. do you remember those italian charm bracelets that were all the rage like 10-15 years ago? it was a keychain like that, and it had a rainbow rooster, a rainbow cat, and then just a rainbow, and so I bought it.

i run into my mom a couple of vendors over and she goes oh you bought something? what’d you get? so i showed her, and i was like, “I’m not sure why it’s a rooster and a cat. Seems kind of random. But I liked the rainbows.”

and my mom, who was some form of minister’s wife for most of my childhood and teenagerhood, stares at me like she thinks i’m joking.

“What?” i say.

…relic…

her name was Marsha P Johnson, and we have her to thank for so much.

remember, the first Pride was a riot, and she was one of the brave souls who endured it to help carve the path which so many of us walk today. she helped found several activist groups regarding LGBT safety and wellbeing. and she was absolutely radiant, too.