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Leon S. Kennedy Headcanons
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Author’s Note: As you know, I write Leon in a certain way. Here’s headcanons that I have for him...I think about him a bit too much, I fear. My desire for Leon to be a country boy is the product of living in the south and also some projecting, lol. Some of these delve pretty deep and some of these are niche. If you want to share any headcanons that you have, please do. I love creating lore for characters that we know little about! Thank you to @roseglazedlens for reading over most of these for me! I’ll also be doing a NSFW version as well, the alphabet prompt.
Content warnings: Mature rating, no gendered language used for reader, nothing sexual but general discussion of Leon and his life so that involves alcohol, depression, suicidal thoughts, trauma.
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Leon is more or less introverted from how he behaves in the games and movies, I was thinking probably INFJ-T for his personality type.
He’s bisexual. He likes whoever he can be comfortable and feel safe around, though with his hinted attractions, he prefers dark haired people.
There’s been speculation that Raccoon City is based around Springfield, Missouri, based on a few factors, so I tried to think of where he could be from. I was choosing based on my desire to have him connected to the south in some way while also not being too far from Springfield. We don’t know how far he traveled or how long it took him to get there during the events of RE2, unfortunately.
I thought of specifically around where Kentucky, Illinois, Missouri, and Tennessee meet. It would also be a convenient area for his family’s mentioned crime involvement.
Also why he doesn’t have much of an accent due to being near four different states. He is of Italian descent which is one of the canon things we know. KY, MO, and TN have a higher percentage of Italian Americans in the south from what I’ve researched. 
If I had to choose a specific city, it would be Paducah, Kentucky. Definitely more of a small town kind of guy. It’s also around 5 hours from Springfield.
I don’t believe he went into the foster care system, though it’s not stated. But I like to think the police officer who saved him adopted him.
Also I feel like he’s autistic in some way, generally based on how he acts and carries himself in the games. (He’s just like me fr)
His favorite brand of cars is Jeep.
He’s definitely the type of Jeep owner to wave at every Jeep he passes by while driving.
We know he likes Ducati too, he drives a XDiavel in Vendetta and DI.
He can do minor repairs, on both cars and motorcycles. A bit of a mechanic in his spare time when he’s home from missions, helping some of the others when they have car troubles.
His love language is definitely acts of service.
Even platonically, if he overhears a friend having a bad day, he’ll stop and ask if they need help with their work, or get them their favorite snack.
Romantically, he’ll bring you flowers, drive by your pharmacy to check if you have anything that needs to be picked up, tidies up the house, cooks for you, prepares you lunch for work, gives you massages if you’ve had a tough day.
He’s not the best at cooking, but learns quickly, so if you give him tips on how to improve, he’ll apply them to the next time he makes something.
Pretty sure blue is his favorite color, we see him wearing it a lot.
There’s speculation on what he smells like, I think even some perfumes made for him? But personally, I don’t think he would wear typical masculine scents, something more alone the lines of citrus/clean/fresh. One I think he would wear is Nautica Blue by Nautica. It smells so good.
He has some religious background. With how Leon behaves/carries himself, it leads me to believe his family were a part of the Church of Christ, which would correlate with the location I chose.
Leon, to this day, follows the church’s principles: “In essentials, unity; in opinions, liberty; in all things, love.” It’s something he repeats often in his head.
He sings, having taken it up at church. After the incident with his family, he continued, as it reminded him of attending, and of his mother, how she would sing him to sleep. He likes to pop into random churches during times of service.
Not straying too far in, just near the exit to join in with singing and reminisce on his own memories.
With singing, he's a baritone.
His favorite song is We Shall Be Free by Garth Brooks.
He’s all over with his music taste, from alternative to country, divorced dad rock, pop, to gospel hymns. If it has a catchy tune, he’ll like it, not too picky with music.
To get into the sad bits, we know he liked to drink to cope, a functional alcoholic.
He would have trouble sleeping through the night, drinking helped.
Sees a therapist and isn’t the most truthful during meetings. Afraid to open up about everything that’s happened to him.
In RE6, you can see a document where Leon confesses he’s thought about suicide, as far back as RE2, so he’s struggled with depression.
Doesn’t do well with large crowds or gatherings. Stays on the outskirts of any event unless he has to go deeper into the throng for the sake of a mission.
Firm believer of his corny one liners:
*Gets bill* “What’s the damage?”
“You’re barking up the wrong tree.”
*Starts raining* “We needed this.”
Also looks out the window/stands on the porch when there’s a storm coming.
He keeps a memory box. It holds items he’s kept from each of his missions. It’s small things, like a key, a piece of paper, photos, a keychain. He looks in it every once in a while, so he doesn’t forget about what he’s done, who he’s helped, and those who didn’t make it.
Not the best with technology, basic knowledge of what he needs to do and how to get to things, but doesn’t use it much outside of work.
He has to ask you for help sometimes, thankful you’re more knowledgeable on the topic.
Will always tell you goodbye when he leaves for missions, no matter what method he has to use.
Face-to-face, video chat, or even going to your work. He just wants to see you one more time before departing, in case it could be the last time. Though it’s unsaid between you two, it’s in the air, tinging it with sadness and trepidation.
When he comes back, though, he immediately notifies you and wants to see you as soon as possible. He holds you a little tighter than he usually does for the first few days after returning from a mission.
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spark-glow · 1 year
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hey. i think it would be really cool if you did that ask meme with that funny blue airplane scientist who's kinda gringe fail... idk.... :-)
YOU'RE SO FUCKED UP FOR LETTING ME TALK ABOUT BRAINSTORM AGAIN.
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♡ Sexuality Headcanon: Butch lesbian but he didn't always know it. ♡ Gender Headcanon: Trans masc dyke baby! ♡ A ship I have: Nautica/Brainstorm is my bread and butter. This is known. I think that they have way more potential (both as friends and as more) together than people give them credit for. ♡ A brotp I have: Can I just say the whole science division? I want more science division antics so bad. ♡ A notp I have: S//imp//atico but christ I do not need to drag that out more than I already have. ♡ A random headcanon: He's afraid of being in water / drowning! ♡ General opinion: I own both a custom plushie of him and a figure. I think I like him a normal amount.
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downtownandrew · 2 years
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javierfashionbazar · 2 years
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artsy-hobbitses · 3 years
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I’m feeling really curious. What are the Ties That Bind characters’ least favorite or most hated foods?
Oooh that is an interesting question!
AUTOBOTS
Optimus Prime: Aspic/Jello salad Ultra Magnus: Blue cheese Ratchet: Stargazy pie (”A pie that stares at me with its multiple dead milky decapitated fish eyes while I eat it. Fantastic. Exactly what I want”) Jazz: Jellied eels  Ironhide: Marshmallows Prowl: Deep dish pizza (Note that this bastard has basically been sustaining himself on bland, rationed food designed to make him perform optimally at the least cost at the academy. He had what Jazz calls ‘an episode’ when he tried this for the first time, and he’s still not convinced it’s not someone’s idea of a fun way to get coronary disease at record speed)  Perceptor: Cheese Whiz Wheeljack: Biscuits/Gravy Hot Rod: Any form of offal (major texture issues) WindBlade: Raw green peppers (doesn’t mind them cooked the way Starscream does in his dishes, which is why she thinks he does alchemy) Chromia: Olives Ramhorn: Rebung (Bamboo shoots, bad stank) Kup: Pop Tarts (”Typical American Nonsense”) Drift: Natto Blaster: Century eggs Hound: Raw onions (will take them in small amounts well-cooked and sandblasted with other spices)   Bumblebee: Black/White pudding/most blood-based foods Mirage: Mushy peas Nautica: Mollusk-based foods (includes shellfish ie. clams, oysters) Sunstreaker/Sideswipe: Spleen sandwiches Trailbreaker: Anchovies  Nightbeat: Marmite Springer: Liver  Swerve: Trotters Arcee: Store-shelf jerky (Note: Is a huge fan of traditional Bak kwa) Alpha Trion: Tripe Skids: Caviar Impactor: Fruit cake Whirl: American chocolate, especially Hershey’s (He’s firm in his belief that it’s an abomination to chocolate in general) 
DECEPTICONS
Megatron: Liquorice Shockwave: Pre-Shadowplay, Peanut butter + jelly combo (Post-Shadowplay, doesn’t seem to have an opinion, food is food)  Starscream: Spam (about the only meat available when he was in the academy, and he’s hated it since)  Skywarp: Cheeseburgers  Thundercracker: Mayonnaise Ravage: Durian (Soundwave brought some back once which Trailbreaker gifted them, and his extremely-heightened sense of smell thought he was going to die) Soundwave: Twinkies  Laserbeak: Dairy in general (Bird-men aren’t raised on milk ie. can be fed soft food shortly after hatching, and she personally finds drinking/eating opaque cow juice gross)  Buzzsaw: Corn dogs Glit: Beondegi (Silkworm pupae)  Barricade: Grits Tarn: Cauliflower Nickel: Olive Garden 
NON-ALIGNED
Rung: Corn (Can barely digest it with his synthezoid body)  Terminus: Kippers Elita One: Sweet potato casserole
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swindlersstole · 4 years
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hewwo mom, 1 for luminerik?
genuinely have been thinking about this since you sent this in and now i get to properly rub my hands together like a fly
The problem with having a lot of clothes to chose from now, Erik was coming to understand, was never knowing what to wear. 
It was a frivolous worry, and he knew it, but now that he could actually set aside his tunic and sash and everything for a proper wash and not have to worry about literally being caught with his pants down, he could afford to be frivolous. He took it as a sign of success, if anything, that he now had the luxury to spend such time over his wardrobe while still half-dressed–not the biggest prize Erik had won, but no less valuable.
The opinion of his biggest prize was well needed now, however. “Hey, Nova. What’s your favorite thing that I wear?”
Nova had been getting ready all the while Erik stared down his closet, in more or less a fraction of the time. To a point, at least; the blue linen shirt and yellow duster of that ensemble had taken no time at all, but Nova had clearly been fiddling with that bandana for far longer than he should have. 
(Erik had no idea where Gemma had gotten those togs from, but a part of him thought that maybe this was some comeuppance of hers, after Nova’s teasing comment about her consistent headscarf fetch quests.)
He stopped with the bandana, though, and turned to Erik with a genuine look of confusion. “Why my favorite?”
“Well, wouldn’t you know it: I have too many choices now.” Erik shrugged. “You’ve got a better eye for detail than I do.”
“Do not.”
“Uh, you do, though? As far as clothes are concerned, at least.” Erik grinned. “Don’t tell me all your forging finesse was just for show.”
Nova scoffed and rolled his eyes, but it was with a matching smile to Erik’s, so clearly no harm had been done. Even if Nova did think him silly for his reasons, he did still take a moment to mull over an answer.
“…The stole.” He said at last.
Erik blinked. “The stole?”
“Yeah.” Nova affirmed. “I always thought that looked really nice on you.”
“Huh.” Not that Nova’s opinion was wrong; Erik also thought the stole looked pretty good on him, and he’d never been especially shy about his body when it wasn’t a matter of life or death (Serena was another story, but this wasn’t about her, why did she wear a belly dancer outfit in a frozen tundra–). But it did seem odd for Nova to single that one out, specifically. “Bit of a dark horse there, aren’t you?”
“Wh–no!”  Nova stammered. “Come on, Erik, don’t look at me like that.”
“I’m not, I’m not, I swear!” Erik just laughed, and raised hands in mock surrender before turning back to his wardrobe. “It just wasn’t what I was expecting, is all. It’s never been one you’ve said too much about.”
He continued to speak while he pulled out the stole in question, and gathered its smaller pieces out of a jewelry drawer. “You remember way back when it was just us, right? And we left after seeing Derk, and he gave me back my old coat from back in the day, and you kept saying how cool you thought it was.” 
“Well–yeah, because it was cool.”
“It is! But then you got that pirate coat out of Nautica for me, and that was certainly a look you were taken with. And then that armor from… oh, where did you find it, Centralis?”
“Centralis.”
“Right. Anyway, my point is, the stole didn’t–I always thought it was more practical?” A practical outfit with a lot of flair, yes, but Erik didn’t mind that so much. Well, expect for the tie around his wrist, that thing was a nightmare to set correctly. “Never realized it made that much of an impression on you.”
After the third failed attempt to create that perfect criss-cross pattern, Erik clicked his tongue at the string, and turned back to ask Nova for help–but he didn’t make it very far before stopping in his tracks. “Nova?”
Nova wasn’t looking at him. Still seated in the vanity chair, he had his gaze focused intently on his lap, where his hands rested and wrenched that headscarf anxiously. To say nothing of the deep shade of red blooming on his face.
“…It’s, um.” Nova muttered, quietly. “It’s the one I made you.”
And it all clicked for Erik then, and a part of him couldn’t believe that hadn’t crossed his mind before. His other clothes were things he’d had before, or things found amongst treasure free for the taking; of course Nova, who always showed how much he cared for people with his own two hands, would favor that Erik wear something that he had crafted for him alone. 
Even if it hadn’t been made with any initial romantic intent (and Erik greatly doubted it had been, they had a lot going on around the time they got that crafting recipe), it was an incredibly straight-forward reason for Nova to have. Naive, almost–but that was just how Nova was, and that was just how Erik loved him.
Goddess, he had a way of leaving Erik gobsmacked–without even the slightest bit of effort! His biggest prize, indeed.
Nova didn’t seem to notice when he came over, and only broke away from his hands when Erik curled a hand around his neck, pulling Nova towards him to press a kiss to his hair. Even from that, Erik could feel any remaining nervous tension bleed out of Nova, coupled with a quiet sigh of contentment, and when Erik pulled away, Nova looked up at him with those big, sweet eyes of his, soft and curious.
Erik said nothing, only smiled, and held out the tie he’d been fumbling with before. “Help me out with this thing, and I’ll set that bandana right.”
Nova didn’t respond for a moment, face blank, but that blush of his came back again, lighter and lovely, and he ran a hand through his hair with a sheepish smile before taking the string. 
“You can’t,” he said as he wrapped the tie, “it’ll be too perfect. Gemma will know.”
“Mm, well.” Erik hummed. “She can know.”
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☽ - a memory of their father
Hot Rod:
"Hot Rod? Can you come here for a click?" "Coming!" Hot Rod put down his sketching datapad and left his quarters, walking to the living room. Optimus was standing in front of the mirror, running his servos down his faceplates.
"I need your honest opinion." He turned to his youngling, smiling. "Do you think I should get a new color scheme?"
The youngling couldn't help but raise an optical ridge. "Why? You don't like red and blue anymore?"
"No no, it's alright. It's just... someone suggested that I should get one."
"I think you look pretty okay. And I don't really see you in any other colors as well, so. Why would someone suggest you that in the first place?"
"Well," The Prime moved from the mirror and sat at the table massaging his mech, somewhat nervous. "I can tell you, but I need you to promise that you won't laugh."
"Um... okay?" Hot Rod sat next to him, elbow on the table supporting his head. "I'll try." Optimus let out a sigh.
"I think people think I'm old."
"... What?"
"What I'm saying is, the one who suggested me getting a new paintjob overheard sparklings talking about my age. They started guessing how old I was, and, apparently I fought in the war with Quintessons." It was very hard not to laugh, but Hot Rod tried his very best. It didn't help that the Prime himself started cracking up at that.
"This is so embarrasing." The blue and red mech covered his forehead with his servo, trying to muffle a giggle.
"Optimus." The red youngling took air to his vents and joined his palm together. "You do realize that they're sparklings we're talking about, right? Those little guys think I'm old, even thought I'm three million."
"Yes, I do know. But honestly, do people think I'm that old?"
"Well, I don't think so. I've never heard anyone talking about it. But to be fair, is it a bad thing to be old? You don't have to act like Alpha Trion when you're older. In fact, Kup is propably the coolest geezer I've ever met. Just because you live a little longer than everyone else doesn't automatically make you lame or horrible. It's your personality that makes you seen as such. And you're still liked and respected."
Optimus was silent for a second before letting out a small vent, curling his lips into a small smile.
"Thank you, Hot Rod. I think I needed to hear that today."
"But please do me a favor and don't become one of those grumpy old mechs in the future." The mechling couldn't control himself any longer and grinned widely. The Prime snickered at that.
"I swear that never thought of becoming one until you gave me that idea just now."
"Optimus NO!" Hot Rod giggled, fluttering his spoiler.
"Optimus MIGHT!" Optimus grinned. After some time both mechs started laughing.
Moonracer:
"Moony? Springer?" Arcee returned home, but she couldn't find anyone. She let out an ex vent and decided to go to the refueling area to get some snacks before going to recharge. Surely that's where her youngling and friend were. Everything was so dark so that should've been it.
As she stepped in, the lights suddenly turned on and startled her.
"SURPRIIISE!!!" Without any waning, a crowd jumped from behind the table, placing a whole bunch of goodies on it. "HAPPY CREATION DATE!!!"
"What the-?!" Arcee felt completely baffled when she saw all those treats and decorations hanged everywhere. She managed to recognize Moonracer and Springer within the crowd, but also Chromia, Flamewar, Greenlight, and Nautica. All her friends were gathered.
"Everyone???"
"Yep!" Springer walked to her and gave her an Energon goodie bar. "Everyone is here and ready to celebrate!"
"Wow, I... I thought no one would remember."
"Including you." Flamewar chuckled, snatching one of the goodies for herself.
"How did you even plan this?"
"Oh, we didn't." Chromia smiled, pushing Moonracer forward. "This little glimmer did."
"Moony?" Arcee couldn't help but smile a little. The sea green feemie nodded excitedly.
"You're always so busy and don't ever think of your creation date, so I decided to throw you a party this time!"
"I helped!" Springer jokingly raised his arm.
"Yeah, Spinger helped."
"Daaaw, you guuuys!" The pink femmie couldn't help but give her youngling a hug. "How long have you been planning this?"
"A long time." Moonracer hugged her back, smiling.
"You have one sneaky sparkling Cee." Nautica stated.
"I sure do!"
"Not to be that person, but we're still one guest short." Greenlight joined, leaning against the table.
"Huh?"
Suddenly, a knock could be heard on the door. "I think you should answer it." Arcee glanced at the green femmie before walking to the door and opening it. After a second she gasped, covering her mouth and widening her optics. A tall purple femmie was standing before her, holding a box of Arcee's favourite goodies.
"Hey, Arcee." She smiled to her.
"STRIKER!!!" The pink femmie couldn't help but give her amica a tackle hug. Shadowstriker laughed and tried to hold onto her without falling. "Easy there killer, I'd like to live for a couple more stellar cycles!"
"I can't believe this!!!" She pulled back, nearly crying. "I can't believe you're here!"
"Yeah, darn right I'm here! I was around Iacon and decided to drop by. Couldn't not see my amica after such a long time."
"Wow, I... I don't know what to say." That was the moment when Arcee just couldn't hold her tears anymore. She started crying, feeling how much of a happy mess she became. "Thank you all! You're the best people on the entire planet!"
"You're one of those people too!" Nautica walked to her and bumped her in the arm. "Never forget that!"
"I'm really glad you like it Arcee." Moonracer couldn't help but start tearing up herself a bit. Her caretaker went closer to her and gave her a little kiss on the head, joining their foreheads together. "I love it. And I love you so much too. Thank you, Moony."
"Alright people, things are getting too sweet for my taste!" Suddenly, Flamewar jumped on the table and rose her fist to the air.
"LET'S GET THIS PARTY STARTED!!!"
"YEAH!!!" Everyone present shouted in agreement. That was a night the young sea green femmie will never forget.
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synfulwitchcraft · 7 years
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Okay so serious witch thing (lol)... the car needs a name... and I'd love opinions/more ideas. So far I have: • Nautica (nickname "Naudi") just came up with it while driving so... idk? • Janus... I looked up deities associated with blue and found this name. I can't find a lot about him but fittingly he has to do with new beginnings and seems similar to Hermes which is my deity for travel • Ruka... means blue flower... and it sounds cute Which do you all like? Got more ideas? Help me name the car!!! I feel weird driving it without a name 😂
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tinyshe · 5 years
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This is weird but I need it but can you do dad! Headcanons for Optimus (IDW), Skyfire, and a mom headcanon Nautica? The baby can be organic or a sparkling! Your choice! :D
Oh my god this sounds adorable alright here we go
Optimus:
His answer to every question his baby asks about his rules is basically “because I said so” but phrased in a way that implicates his prime status
The kid can stay up as late as they want, bedtime is not enforced, but there is absolutely no snacking. Kid caught with their hand in the cookie jar will lose a hand.
When it’s really little he alters his boob windows so he can pull a soundwave and keep it in his chest
Cliffjumper once started a “this baby little YEET” joke and pretended to throw the baby and Cliffjumper was literally picked up and thrown because of it goodbye CJ
He’s basically the Final Pam with his son. Takes him into dangerous situations without thinking about it, whoops, if baby gets hurt somehow everyone dies
“what do babies like……………………………..basketball?”
Goes to important confidential meetings with the beb asleep in his arms
Skyfire:
The first three times he tried picking up his beb he did it wrong. So wrong. Skyfire pls
The baby has never once slept in its crib or own berth, Skyfire is too much a cuddler he sees that bab get so much as Drowsy and he’s picking them up
Little babby joins him in his winter hibernation, it’s adorable
Spoils his kid, but not rotten. Bebby can have what it wants, but knows better than to assume they are naturally inclined to own the thing
Whenever he picks up his kid he absentmindedly starts rubbing the spot on their back between their wings; does it on purpose when he needs to calm them down
He has absolutely done the thing where you toss the baby in the air, but he ain’t slackin, he would n e v e r drop his child
“i know it looks like just an energon cube, but here comes the airplane!”
Nautica:
She thinks that now that she has a baby she needs to start posting wine mom memes
Intense Scientific Answers to simple questions
Takes her baby on a lot of trips to bodies of water and lets them have free boat rides
She gets really good at fixing stuff. She’s the champion of hot-gluing and welding anything that gets broken back together
Someone bought her baby a tacky sea-captain’s hat and she put safety goggles on her child and use the opportunity to teach them about fire safety by lighting the hat on fire
Not the best at understanding how baby minds work, sometimes acts as if they are much older than they are
Everyone assumes she’s going to leave a bottle of high grade somewhere the bibby can get it but no. Like she’s going to waste good high-grade on a bab. Puh-lease.
Has her baby help with science experiments from a very young age.
BONUS ROUND: all three as a set of parents to one:
Bad plan
good parents but styles of parenting too different
Baby asks about a thing and Nautica starts answering before Optimus just says “is the will of the primes” and she wants to Fight
Skyfire keeps giving the baby energon snacks when it doesn’t need those!! Skyfire you are spoiling the baby!! StOP
There’s a lot of subtle fighting over who gets to hold the baby but Skyfire always wins because he can simba-lift them out of anyone’s reach
The baby is going to be the fucking smartest being in the world because of how much science is thrust upon it
“Optimus it’s time for bed” “hang on i’m showing them a cool gun real quick. Ain’t this neato?”
“go ask your father” “mom, I have two dads” “go. Ask. Your. Famther.”
Nautica keeps giving it purple paintjobs and both optimus and skyfire sigh before complaining yet again that purple and red don’t go together especially not after the war they just finished will you please let the baby be red and blue and Nautica reminds them that red and blue make purple and it all goes downhill from there
Is it a boat or is it a bird? two different types of robot parents give their opinions by tossing baby around and throwing baby into water
“stop calling baby [name]-prime, optimus”
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PIZZA CON SABOR FAMILIAR
Estábamos en casa pensando qué hacer y le sugerí a Dani que fuésemos por una pizza. Empecé a buscar en los mapas las distintas pizzerías artesanales (para variar de las cadenas de comida rápida) y pronto me topé con una de excelente puntuación. Para evitar la predisposición, nos limitamos a entrar en su página web y ver la carta (para chequear precios) pero sin leer opiniones o reseñas del lugar.
Nos alistamos y en pocos minutos ya estábamos en “Bella Napoli”. El acceso al lugar es fácil, ubicado en una plaza (o centro) comercial, junto a otros restaurantes y tiene estacionamiento donde parquear los vehículos. Al llegar decidimos chequear primero si los precios del pendón de fuera coincidían con los que habíamos visto en el site y, en efecto, todo en orden.
En la entrada nos saludó la anfitriona, quien nos condujo a la mesa. Preferimos sentarnos afuera porque teníamos a la vista el enorme horno de leña donde se cocinan las maravillas que ofrece el restaurante. Ojeamos el menú, aunque ya Dani sabía lo que quería pedir. A modo de anécdota: Dani siempre pide la pizza caprichosa o la cuatro estaciones cuando va a una pizzería por primera vez, dice que con esa pizza mide la calidad del restaurante.
Así que pedimos la pizza caprichosa y en menos de 15 minutos estaba en nuestra mesa. La pizza es de tamaño estándar, suficiente para dos personas con apetito “promedio”, o una persona que coma mucho; si va una pareja con mucha hambre o tres personas, es recomendable pedir algo más. Además, cuando la prueben van a querer comerse una completa ustedes solos (como me pasó pero me contuve, no le digan a Dani que quería arrasar con su mitad).
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Los ingredientes de la pizza estaban deliciosos y frescos. Utilizan hongos “de verdad” (no los enlatados que nada que ver), alcachofas frescas, salchicha italiana, mozzarella, salsa napolitana casera y la masa estaba como la preferimos, delgadita y crujiente por la cocción en leña. Después supimos que la anfitriona es también la dueña, Rosanna Pazzi (sí, como “pizza” pero con las vocales intercambiadas), y quien hace las pizzas es Francesco, su hijo. Ellos manejan Bella Napoli, la sede de Bávaro, y el esposo de la señora Rosanna está a cargo del otro Bella Napoli, ubicado en el C.C. Blue Mall de Punta Cana.
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La sorpresa más agradable de la noche vino de la mano de Francesco, y es que el heredero de los Pazzi es el encargado de crear los gelatos de la casa. Los sabores van desde cheesecake hasta brownie, pero por favor pidan el de tiramisú con los ojos cerrados, les va a encantar.
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Al final nos sobraron dos slices de pizza, que llevamos a casa y los engullimos en el desayuno, porque si cenas pizza y no desayunas al día siguiente lo que te sobró, ¿realmente valió la pena?
Restaurante: BELLA NAPOLI. Plaza Nautica, Avenida Alemania, Punta Cana 23000.
Horarios: Todos los días de 8 am a 11 pm
Presupuesto: 700 $RD (US$ 14) para dos personas, incluyendo bebida y postre
Contactos: http://bellanapolibavaro.com/ Facebook: BellanapoliRD  Instagram: @bellanapolird 
Teléfono: (829)-3483538 / (809)-5520403
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supernova1us · 7 years
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Anoooother transformers series idea
i come up with a crap load of these, check the others out on my DA http://tritie.deviantart.com/  
i think this one would be better as a web series or comic rather than a TV series, kinda like a Red vs Blue sort of show
Years ago, a hoard of junkions, led by Wreck-gar, chose to explore the galaxy and crash landed on earth.  After years of hiding and scavenging, their existence was discovered by the UN, but a friendly cooperation was formed. Now, a year later, at the secret complex originally known as area 51, the two species work together and cooperate under the supervision of Wreck-gar and Commander Marissa Fairborne. But that has come to an end.  On night, a firey vortex appeared in the complex and from it, a pitch black bot with a cannon and a flaming sword appeared, murdering every human and junkion and burning the complex to the ground.  Only wreck gar survives and flees into hiding while a horrified Marissa and a mysterious red car watch from afar. On cybertron, an autobot distress signal suddenly begins transmitting from earth and a team is dispatched by Optimus Prime to investigate, lead by Kup. Per usual exploration protocol, members are selected to cover both crew roles and effectiveness in certain terrain and includes Nautica, Jetfire and Sunstreaker.  Unfortunately, their mission is not off to a great start; kup is mostly grouchy and detached, and en-route to earth, they realize that the mini-con Brains, who was meant to be their intelligence and infiltration expert, has been left on cybertron and it is too late to turn back for him.  they arrive on earth and, with the assistance of the red car, who kup takes a particular interest in, they find and recruit wreck-gar.  When the government mistakenly destroys their ship, and with the attack having soured their opinions of cybertronians, the group is forced to act out of an abandoned mall with the assistance of marissa and the red car.  From their new home, they continue to acclimate to and explore earth, investigate the mysterious murderer, deal with rogue cybertronians and artifacts, and searching for any surviving junkions.   Autobots Kup: part of autobot high command, a respected but somewhat detached and gristly war vet. Jetfire: open minded explorer and former scientist, second in command who is fond of earth and acts as the teams air reconnaissance operative and muscle. Nautica: a friendly but scattered brained engineer and the teams aquatic exploration expert.  She develops an obsession with alice in wonderland while on earth. Sunstreaker: a vain and egotistical autobot soldier who revels in being able to shine without his twin brother. Wreck-gar: half mad(but sane by junkion standards) leader of the junkions and fifth member of the team. Acts as team medic. Allies Marissa Fairborne:  the professional but compassionate liaison between the junkions/autobots and UN.   Hot Rod: kups former protégé who went awol and “retired” to earth.  He wishes to remain a rogue but continuously assists the autobots and was the one who sent them the distress signal. Paddles: female dinobot, and the last of the great warriors who defended earth from quintessons in prehistoric times.  Has lived as the lock ness monster before being located and recruited by the autobots. Drift: a mysterious swordsbot who happens upon earth. Decepticons The Fallen: main antagonist.  An ancient malevolent transformer from who intends to feed earth to his cosmic master.  After his first defeat by the earth autobots, he is left weakened on earth to manipulate events from the shadows. Combaticons: team of exiled renegades who are freed on earth who wish to become infamous. They include onslaught, brawl, swindle, blastoff and vortex and can combine to form the rage filled bruticus. Barricade & Grindcore: a pair of sadistic decepticon scouts who happily run rampant on earth and often clash with hot rod. Occasionally assists the fallen Team Chaar: a team of elite decepticons dispatched to earth to recapture the combaticons, but when their quarry steals their ship, they resign themselves to serving the fallen in conquering earth. They include Cyclonus, scourge, slipstream and sixshot. Quintessons: a mysterious bio-mechanical alien race who has long desired earth. Sideways & Nightbird: rogue cybertronians who act as spies, informants and assassins for the quintessons. Spacewarp: a pirate who takes an interest in earth because of all the transformer activity there        
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