#starchild rambles

Bonus, Jinx (probably) from nearby:

It was my birthday last week! As a gift, my lovely mutual and dear friend @hellkaiserinphoenix commissioned marimo_fr on Twitter to bring Ace and Aria to life. Gigi, thank you so much for getting this done and for loving these two as much as I love them.🤍

Like come on: Break the (especially toxic) cycles either yourself or someone before you started? Love is powerful but also nuanced and multifaceted (as we're shown genuine but also twisted examples of it)? Not everything is black and white, especially in regards to conflict or trauma? Hell, as flawed as the "beauty in imperfections" speech can be it's not necessarily a bad message either (at least on paper depending on who you ask)?

Just imagining the lyrics being primarily from Optimus' pov, especially when he finally decided that Megatron needs to be dealt with for good but probably still conflicted deep down knowing him.

Maaaan now I have an urge to re-watch at some point b/c I just love how Prime wrote and handled them (though TF: One arguably still has the more interesting backstory/story imho but that's besides the point)! Hell maybe revisit my Crossover AU idea with the show and Arcane since I was making an edit but wasn't feeling super confident in it and stopped but perhaps I'll take a look at it again at some point and hopefully make more if I have the energy.

Look at them! My eldritch horror babygirls!

On one hand: Bruh you were overcompensating with that cocky attitude

Ngl the more I learn about Stanwick's role in Viktor's old (pre-rework) LoL lore the more I feel like there could have been a way to incorporate that version of him into Arcane's story somehow besides just a statue cameo and the rewrite that he was one of the founders along with being an eccentric but decent/good person (he... Really wasn't originally as he stole credit for Viktor's work on Blitzcrank which contributed to him and Jayce's falling out when the latter refused to stand by or even help him on that matter).

Idk I just think it would have been interesting and possibly not super hard to do so along with adding possible nuances to Viktor's character and maybe even re--

...Wait.

...WAIT A MINUTE THEY COULD HAVE EASILY DONE THAT SORT OF SCENARIO WHAT?! THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN INTERESTING!

Hey, I did previously mention an AU where Viktor gets taken in by Benzo and acts as a big brother to Ekko and later becomes one of the Firelights did I? He doesn't go to the academy either and meets Jayce under different circumstances too (The bridge battle specifically and yeah that'll be rewritten somewhat in a way that Jayce tries to participate or oversees things at first before being forced to intervene himself as he's part of the council by this point). I guess he also awakens as a mage this time without Hexcore interference too? I haven't fully figured it out yet admittedly. ^^;