Facetious is my first language.

You 👏 can’t 👏 copyright 👏 the 👏 building 👏 blocks 👏 of 👏 any 👏 art!👏

“Style” is a - say it with me! - BUILDING BLOCK OF VISUAL ART!

To copyright a visual art style would be the same as trying to copyright a musical scale or poem form! You cannot hoard the C Major Scale, epistolary novel formats, or periwinkle! That’s not how this works!

The rest of the thread is here.

AO3 still doesn’t let you monetize those things on the site, because we don’t want the site to be commercial! Because that’s not what it’s for!

It’s not there for you (generic you) to make money off the efforts of the people who build and maintain the site for free! We aren’t getting paid for the work we do to give you a nice site to use, just like you aren’t getting paid for the work you do to create whatever art you share there. Because fandom is supposed to be a community where we share with each other, and therefore we all benefit.

it's actually one of his best qualities. it opens him up for vulnerability by putting him at a disadvantage at times, and it's a disadvantage that other characters who aren't built like your grandma's refrigerator (or, you know, have no physical body) can cover for him.

it helps you put him in situations AND helps him be likable because it points to some hope and kindness to others in his nature, even when chief is so frequently a quiet and closed-off character who can appear judgmental and cold due to his silences.

Chief you just met him a few hours ago what do you mean "he's a friend" you poor sweet man 🥲

Chief in CE is face first into the fresh hell of the worst weeks of his life. Just about everyone he loved is probably dead. He's operating alone, without a team to cover him and feeling acutely ineffective and vulnerable compared to how he works with others. He hasn't even had Cortana here and he's beset by monsters on all sides.

And he says "he's a friend" about the creepy little robot he just met.

Compare this to Infinite. John is years into the worst section of his life from his perspective. He's tired. The world doesn't make sense to him anymore. He feels like he's making too many mistakes, like he's failing despite his best efforts.

He meets an AI painfully earnest and so very familiar, eager to help to the point of self destruction. The Weapon is so much less unsettling than the likes of 343 Guilty Spark.

As far as I can recall, he really had no reason to be wary of Guilty Spark. Chief is a little child-like in CE, and I kinda see it as that’s how he coped. He trusted Guilty because that was something he could count on. As you point out, by Infinite part of the tragedy is that Chief had lost that little bit of innocence.

1. Does OP mention an obligation on victims to forgive abusers who have learned from their past actions?

2. Does OP mention any work on the part of victims to educate their abusers?

Propaganda:

Ratchet:

having a medic as your carrier means you are most definitely going to grow up very healthy. ratchet is grumpy in a good portion of continuities, but he is always kind and compassionate at the end of the day and will make sure his kid is taken care of. he'd be a pretty no-nonsense and strict creator, but his hardassness would come from a place of love and a desire to not see another loved one die from something he could've done something about. [x]

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"he reminds me of my dad, a great surgeon who is otherwise pretty grumpy and frowny until he sees a baby and he gets all sappy. the type who’ll offer to hold and walk with the babies at family reunions idk why he likes them sm but it’s always nice to see" [x]

Optimus Prime:

he's literally dad-coded. he treats so many of his autobots as if they were his family and does his best to cultivate that kind of supportive environment. he'd make such a wonderful creator and he would make sure he raises them to be kind, compassionate, and respectful of their surroundings. optimus is known for laying down his life for any cause he sees as just, but having a kid of his own may be the one thing that'll make him stop and think before he sacrifices himself needlessly. ratchet will finally be able to relax a little without worrying about prime! [x]

He's already Bumblebee's father, what's one more child from the matrix? [x]

One of the mech from the whole "Transformers" franchise that deserves to become parent, we all know almost everybody wants to breed him. C'mon people make Optimus pregnant and happy. [x]

Optimus Prime would be such a good mother [x]

He’s so dad coded in like every continuity, he would love carrying and raising a sparkling [x]

-Mod Chip

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