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Good lord I’m sorry it took me this long to round back to this ask, my ideas were too excited and too scrambled I needed to organize them…just a little-

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Mixing kalosshipping and playroughshipping came to me super easily because I am biased towards both and already have a strong mental image for Calem and Serena in their timeskip. Serena being champion and Calem being someone important at her side, I lean towards e4 member knowing we have empty spots for him to fill there.

Serena gaining fame from being the region champion and savior undoubtedly puts her in the same elite ranks as Jacinthe and seeing her anime and manga counterparts I’m certain she’d be fond of her socialite gatherings, they are unapologetically right up her alley. And that’s before we even get into their coincidental companions who happen to vaguely mirror one another.

Calem and Lebanne are both battlers seeking infamy and strength but wield sore egos when meeting their rare loss, their only known foils, seemingly the only other trainers who’ve ever bested them; both being beautiful women (now) in high social standing.

Rival Calem is mean and blunt, off the clock Lebanne is scrappy and short tempered, only falling in line when it is regarding their ladies or prying eyes willing to tell the press.

And both make promises, Calem to prove himself to Serena, Lebanne to hold up her end of a bet.

It would be undeniably cathartic for them to have the ability to let loose and be earnest on a field as who they are. Battle driven assholes with no care for formality. Rigorous sparring and soothing their losses in their own power dynamics by beating each other up for sport.

I’d like to imagine they could be rather evenly matched? Taking into account my True Calem run team not his post game XY team. I’m sure he’d also be way more stacked competitively if he got a ZA team.

ANDDD for self indulgence sake I get to talk about a personal interpretation of my own for timeskip kalosshipping. Calem doing anything to stay by Serena’s side because without her there is no net to keep his behavior from regressing.

I’ve already said with a word count way too high and a lot of loose behavior analysis that I agree with the people who called Calem an asshole and I would step far enough to call him a recovered incel thanks to Serena beating him to submission, and even without that reading the only reason Calem became more selfless in the long run was because his belief he was the main character was disproven at every turn by Serena being this unjumpable hurdle that forcefully enlightens him he is in fact the supporting cast.

Her career taking off after becoming the face of the region she’ll be busy, too busy for him, that makes him selfish, being selfish makes him scared, team flare was selfish.

Desperate to maintain a place at her side he tries to prove himself useful to her and get positions and roles in close connection to hers, a reason to follow her without looking as pathetic as he is. Very self assigned butler behavior or body guard mindset, desperate to earn attention she’s already willing to give him if her work schedule were just a little more freeing.

Calem and Lebanne both like battling. Jacinthe and Serena both enjoy entertainment and a high class life style. Let the lapdogs let loose in even combat while superficial drama about the richest of the rich flows by word of mouth.

the way i spat out my water 💀

anyway! actual answer: no, not unless she's doing it for the vine bit. like - "not now honey, mommy's cyberbullying carmilla" type shit, for an example.

All of them, but in a specific way. I wished IDW went ham on the stark differences between each of the Lost Colonies and with Cybertron, besides the "they have girls and no war."

Where's the conflict?! Where's the cultural clashes and misunderstandings? They all seem to completely understand each other's basic language without mishaps?!

Like I could see Camiens cultivating positive relationships with their system neighbors as Caminus prized connections with others so much that he allowed his own citizens to cannibalize him, so that could lead to a lot of contention as Caminus isn't organophobic. As well as utilize more of their fire and forge connotations and how that shaped their society; they can be warm and compassionate, but highly volatile and intense as an inferno since passion is a characteristic that's prized among them. Like Camiens aren't strangers to violence and extreme actions to others and each other, but it would boggle the others just how they can unite with minimal friction at a common cause before squabbling once more when it's over.

Chela is another interesting one since Eukaris seems undisturbed, but is it really? What if the Titan had managed to warp or take advantage of the planet's natural cycles to make it more habitable for Cybertronian beastformers? Not too comfortable, so they wouldn't lose their natural edges and instincts, but enough for those clever, vicious, or strong to take such resources.

“At times there can be, and there have been disagreements between the two. Though thankfully nothing has been too long lived or gotten too out of servo.”

Thank you for the request and for your patience!! This got a little bit away from me but I hope it's still something to your liking <3

For unnecessary, unneeded, and entirely self-indulgent context, this happens during A Voice of Dreams :)

Character request: Luffy

Luffy didn’t believe in revenge; punching people who deserved right in the face, fighting for freedom, protecting what he loved… that was what he believed.

He didn’t believe in revenge and yet, every time he woke up panting, with the ghost of Ace’s body slumping in his arms, his hands sticky with blood long since washed off, he wanted nothing more than to get back at the people who did it. But what could he do? Who was it who really killed Ace?

Just like Dadan had told Ace years ago… it was this world that killed Sabo, and it was this world that killed Ace as well. How could he fight something so vague like that?

But the guy who put that hole in Ace’s chest…

His hands curled into fists, a quiet growl escaping him. He shouldn’t be thinking like that; he would just put his crew in danger if he turned the Sunny around to go after him. And what would they say if they knew their captain was hung up on something as pointless as revenge? It wasn’t like that would help Ace in any way.

Not anymore.

“Luffy?”

Luffy jumped, turning around to look at Robin behind him with wide eyes. “Oh, Robin… Sorry, I didn’t hear you.”

“Are you okay?” she asked, leaning against the Sunny’s railing next to him.

“Yeah! Why do you ask?” Luffy replied, his voice maybe a little too loud for the silence of the ship’s deck this late at night.

Robin studied his face for a long moment and Luffy almost thought she wouldn’t react at all but then a soft smile spread on her lips just before her fingers came to gently wrap around his wrist. “Let’s go. I was just going to the library, you can listen to me read something.”

Luffy blinked, not sure what he was supposed to do or say. Robin, however, didn’t seem to need him to. With a small chuckle, she turned away, pulling Luffy with her towards the library.

And Luffy didn't fight her; didn’t protest when she pushed him into one of the large pillows on the floor, didn’t protest when she opened a thick, ancient looking book and started reading in a soothing, melodic voice. He didn’t protest when Zoro carefully opened the door at one point, only raising an eyebrow when he saw Luffy—almost as if he had expected someone else there instead—before he tossed two blankets at Luffy’s head, and he certainly didn’t protest when even later, Sanji came in with a tray of coffee, tea and a few sandwiches.

And when he woke up the next morning, more rested than he had felt in two years…

He couldn’t wait to do it all again.

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I’m so glad to see others who have this similar headcanon because it’s one of my faves!

Primal being given the name “Optimus” by others as a compliment or a mockery that he decides to embrace and make into his own out of spite is super interesting to me. It creates a common trait between him and his archnemesis, Megatron.

That being said, my other fave headcanon is that Primal was named Optimus Primal upon his creation due to his physical resemblance to Optimus Prime, but he ends up hating how much it causes other Maximals to immediately associate him with the infamous Autobot leader and to put pressure for grandness on him. Optimus Primal just wants to be his own bot and enjoy doing his job of exploration (I wouldn't be surprised if him taking on exploration as a job was done to help get a break from all the pressures and Optimus Prime comparisons he gets back home). Unfortunately for him, fate as other plans in mind. I also like this headcanon because it provides a nice but relating contrast between him and Megatron as well. Megatron is the one who took the name of a legendary leader for himself, while Optimus Primal had little say in getting named after a legendary figure and his goal is to find a way to distinguish himself from Optimus Prime. I personally think he ended up succeeding in that goal though.