“if you love this character then you must make him happy in your fics, right?” wrong. the horror. suffering. internal hemorrhage. hospital. immediately
Me with Rodimus. I need to give him a horrible time even when he's around everyone he's ever loved and should be perfectly happy but there's always a lingering feeling in the back of his mind that says "I'm not enough for any of them" and "they don't know I'm horrible" and "how could I deserve to be happy" and "I need to die." Just terrible times all around.
Rodimus wakes up and is filled with dread because he has to pretend to be completely satisfied with his life and then goes to bed overwhelmed with guilt because how does he have the audacity to be unhappy when there are much worse situations to be in (this has to be way he's unworthy) (this is why he isn't good enough to live up to Optimus) (this is why his crew hates him) (this is why he needs to uproot his entire life and get rid of himself and start over because there are better mechs out there than him).
Rodimus looks in the mirror and thinks of course nobody likes me I don't even know what its like to love someone properly im horrible im horrible I ruined my city I ruined the quest im horrible I ruined my friendship with drift someone get rid of me oh hey Swerve's having a party im so happy 😁😁😁😁
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yes rodimus is silly and hyper and all but he does like to fish. that takes patience... drift seeing rodimus fish and is like 'ohhhh. this is his form of meditation...' and then sees rodimus finally get a catch and gut a fish and is like 'ah. and also he gets to disembowel something too.'
not that drift has problems with disemboweling. its one of his hobbies as well.
Thinking about prowl being devastatingly lonely and not consciously realizing it and self isolating himself and refusing to open up because of it, like an infinite downward spiral, like how when youre too hungry the thought of food makes you feel ill.
Doing anything to cure his isolation only makes him feel worse so obviously the solution is more isolation and he doesn't even consciously register how miserable he is because this is just how he is this is just how life is and it isnt worth whining about theres work to be done why is this upsetting you im just being truthful in fine i dont understand i dont understand
I want him MISERABLE. I dont want him crying himself to sleep, because he thought it would be a waste of energy and he doesnt have a reason to deserve the expenditure and he doesnt really get why he would have that impulse to do so anyways. I want to grab him in my teeth like a dog and shake shake shake. I want him to suffer even though he has other options because he doesnt even register that he does- him being happy just isnt part of his worldview at all even if he'll adjust his behaviours and calculations based on other peoples happiness. I want him
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"Dad has this record of "People Will Say We're in Love." Reminds me of a couple I once knew, so there's that tricky smile on my lips and a wee bit of twinkle in my eye as I listen."
— Dick Winters in a letter to DeEtta Almon
this video could not have been made without yna @evidenceof: i compiled all your wonderful posts, but every single historical photograph, letter, quote, and transcript you see (including the one above!) was scanned or collected by her. thank you for everything, and for providing inspiration and motivation to work on such an ambitious project!
more credits/sources under the cut ->
the style of this video was inspired in part by (and could never live up to) twelve years a clown and a new season by kira @remythologise. you do well-sourced fandom meta as comedy so well!
HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS CITED (in order of appearance; sourced by yna unless otherwise specified):
Letter to from Bob Gibson to Harry Welsh
Conversations with Major Dick Winters by Cole C. Kingseed (partially via @sheletlune here)
Easy Company Soldier: The Legendary Battles of a Sergeant from World War II's "Band of Brothers" by Don Malarkey, Bob Welch
Band of Brothers panel at the American Veterans Center Conference (2007)
From Toccoa to Europe: On the Ground with Easy Company from The National World War II Museum
Biggest Brother: The Life of Major Dick Winters by Larry Alexander
Letters from Dick Winters to DeEtta Almon
Band of Brothers show bible (via USAHEC)
Ron Livingston interviewed by Ross Owen for The Story So Far podcast (via @sidsledge here)
Letters from Lewis Nixon to Dick Winters
Mark Cowen's interview of Dick Winters
Dick Winters' eulogy for Lewis Nixon
Fairbairn-Sykes fighting knife from The Gettysburg Museum of History [disputed]
Beyond Band of Brothers: The War Memoirs of Major Dick Winters by Dick Winters
Letter from Grace Nixon to Dick Winters
Letter from Dick Winters to Lewis Nixon
FAN POSTS FEATURED (in order of appearance):
Tom Hanks meme by @bleedingcoffee42
Gay people can never flirt normally by @4o4notf0und
Tags on this post (by @stopstopstopit) from @igotyoubabeheffron, @randlemartin, @mr-chatterboxs-column
Why is he looking at him lighting a cigarette like that by @sidsledge
Tags on this post (by @airborneinfantry) from @roedotjpg, @holdingforgeneralhugs, @airborneinfantry, @boogiesheep
This yaoi shit is life or death by @bleedingcoffee42
Yearning disease by @evidenceof
Fujo goggles by @sidleckie
I'd follow him to hell by @stopstopstopit
What are your thoughts on... by @balladofthe101st
Their souls are literally intertwined by @stopstopstopit
Harry Welsh art by @foxholebuttfinder
Live Harry reaction by @finalgirljesus
Addicted to chilling with gay guys by @ww2yaoi
He gave him chocolates by @sidsledge
Loving your best friend so much by @sidsledge
Happy VE Day by @evidenceof
Getting your shit rocked by @sidsledge
Tags on this post (by @searchingforacircuitbreaker) from @sleepy-hyperfixations, @siiiiideblooooog, @redhcad, @kazanskied, @hanniewinnix, @danopdf, @cock-guillotine
Fellas, is it gay by @luckyreds
Tank fanart by @andromeddog
Bastogne fanart by @roberttingle
He's the exception to everything by @runaeveena
The Inherent Homoeroticism of War Media by @oatflatwhite
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I keep thinking about the differences between how Carolina vs the Reds and Blues view Washington as a person?
Like Carolina never saw Recovery One, she doesn't see Wash the same way the Reds and Blues do? She never saw the mission focused and serious man who would do anything to ensure he completes his job without flaw. The man who shot two innocent people without second thought and kidnapped another man out of convenience... Carolina never met that Wash
But it's the same way the Reds and Blues never met PFL!Wash. They never met fresh, baby face "David" who was known for getting grappled in the balls. The Wash who loved cats and bendy straws, the Wash who got motion sick after ship rides. The Wash who got anxious about what others thought of him and despite being capable, still looked for and needed her guidance at times.
