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Dr. Ratio w/ Kavetham parents (x Aventurine)

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a/n: after the intro (one or two paragraphs) it switches to Ratio’s pov dw (beginning with the first line of dialogue), also if you don’t like the Aventio ship- it is only mentioned after half of the writing. and in case you’re only here for Aventio- it begins halfway. tho I do recommend reading the full work for the best experience ^^

description: let's talk about Ratio's parents. I have been going on and leaving comments/hiding in hashtags here and there about how much I like the theory/fanon of Alhaitham and Kaveh being his parents (fluff, nostalgia)

now let us take into consideration that Teyvat does exist in the canon of Star Rail- and (if you've read/watched a few analyses) you might know that the planet on the loading screen is literally Teyvat- and now if you're questioning how is it separated from everything (read; not getting checked by the IPC) and similar- well.. it is locked off of any access. I'm truly not the right person to dwell into this, so do explore more about that if it has piqued your interest, and without further ado, these are my thoughts on our favorite canon couple in Genshin being Ratio's parents.

I can see Veritas coming back home (by some means) and his dads being just over the moon delighted to see him.

Kaveh would most likely ask him to sculpt something with him. Veritas, as it is portrayed, he sculpts mostly himself, and (in Kaveh’s voice lines he says sculpting is his hobby) Kaveh enjoys that as well. so, it makes perfect sense that Kaveh taught him that, just a little Veritas wobbling around and putting his hands into the grayish looking water, little hands shaping the sculpture- Kaveh giggling at the sight, gods Kaveh would look so beautiful in that setting, Alhaitham smiling fondly- he won’t touch the water or the statue- the texture ain’t right. so, when adult Veritas comes back home for a longer visit, of course Kaveh insists on his son sculpting something with him.

“how have you been, Veritas? it has been quiet without you rambling with yourself in the middle of the night about the problems of the world” Kaveh snickers and pours fresh ground coffee.

“I do hope you have been taking care of yourself, you shouldn’t let your job rule over your private life.” Alhaitham adds.

“I- I have been fine, and no my job isn’t suffocating me, dad.” He answers in that annoyed voice reminding his fathers of a teenager. “I never said suffocating.” Alhaitham quietly adds, his son revealing himself in his word choice. He doesn’t comment any further. The obvious is clear to all three men.

he goes to his room, fresh, clean as if he never left. his walls covered in sheets of paper with math equations, sketches of various buildings (even an attempt to sketch his father’s beautiful work of the palace of Alcazarzaray), quotes from those close to him in case memory ever betrayed him. the warm sunlight dripping into his room, the scent of spices, fresh coffee, herbal tea and warm cotton letting him know that he is home. nostalgia isn’t something he allows to rule over him, but in this moment, he is weak to it and indulges in the safety of his room. the rough texture of the sheets soothes him and all the puzzle pieces seem to fall in their place. he needed this. his dads, this vacation. he falls asleep with a small smile on his face that night, there’s perhaps no better place to be than home.

little kid Veritas was truly born into the right family with his intellect. perfect parents to take care of all of his “quirks”, and hunger for knowledge. and, Alhaitham and Kaveh are so proud of the man he grew up to be, “you know that love for math and numbers, is all you.” Alhaitham comments, not raising his gaze from the book in his hand, the early morning sun just barely grazing the room. Kaveh smiles and walks over to his partner, his lips leaving a soft kiss on the top of the younger man’s head, “he is equally you and me, Alhaitham.” both men smile for the next minute, Alhaitham’s free arm moving around Kaveh’s waist since he stood right next to where he sat. “except the hair, that he takes after his uncle.” Kaveh laughs melodically at that remark, “well, he crafted the hair genome-altering potion himself because we allowed him to ask Tighnari too many questions which he was all too happy to answer.” Alhaitham nods, “it fits him. the indigo. can’t even remember what it was before if I’m being honest.” Kaveh all but shrieks, turning his voice to a whisper to not wake their son, “that’s because he did it when he was 4.”

speaking of his ‘uncle’, Wanderer is someone Veritas was very fond of. or rather, is still very fond of. such a genius mind, a clever being with a puppet body, snarky, sarcastic- Veritas felt confused why he didn’t hang out even more often with his dads; they seemed like the perfect match of personalities and intellect. nonetheless, he did come over occasionally, and was always met with, something he now knows to cherish; the soft smile, the gentle voice and the cozy embrace of his uncle who likes tolerates children. and especially since he didn’t come over often, teenage Veritas would run away take a walk to go see him, he always looked young so that made him seem even more approachable to the young boy. he’d seek knowledge, and intelligent conversations- not that his fathers or his other uncles didn’t provide that. he simply needed someone outside of that roster. an outsider. well… half of an outsider, who can keep secrets. not that he’d have many secrets to share, Wanderer would gladly amuse the kid, happy with the respect the child gave him and intrigued by the questions he'd hear.

“alright kid, it is late, off you go.”

“it’s dark yes, you won’t see me off?”

“you can walk, can’t you? now go.” Wanderer zooms off into the shadows. Veritas developed confidence in his late night walks home and bravery, not knowing- until maybe in his adult life, that Wanderer always flew above him on his way home. making sure that he was safe. and every time, maybe out of respect, maybe out of a sense of duty, or perhaps… even… companionship? friendship? he’d slip a note under the door ‘the kid was with me, W’

“is uncle Wanderer still in Sumeru?” Veritas indulged between bites of pita pockets. he just did a workout session with Alhaitham, his dad is where he picked up the healthy habit of working out and staying active.

“he should be. I mean he didn’t move out to a different region if that’s what you mean” Kaveh answered with a nod in Alhaitham’s direction, to confirm or debunk what he said in case he had different information. Alhaitham shook his head, he didn’t know anything else, “he should be in Sumeru city.”

‘the kid was with me’

Veritas makes his way on the incline of the Divine Tree, last step, and, “ah well if it isn’t my favorite nephew?” the voice said sarcastically. a whoosh of wind and the short man with a large hat- obscuring anyone’s view, flew down.

Veritas smiled, “uncle. it has been very long. and the years have… treated you well” he chuckled, attempting to tease the older man.

Wanderer scoffed, “is that some poor attempt at a joke? perhaps, you should spend more time with the general on this vacation. brush up your…” vague gesture, “comedy.” he hovered and sat down on the stone wall.

“I doubt comedy is something I’m fit to pursue.”

they talked for hours that day. catching up and Veritas dumping, if at all possible, even more questions onto his uncle about life and existentialism. the sun started setting and Wanderer got up, ending their conversation as always before it got too late in the night. he gestured to Veritas to come closer, to which he bent lower- the height difference was painfully obvious, “you really grew so big.” Wanderer softly commented, Veritas could see the same kindness and endearment in his eyes that he saw as a child. Veritas always meant much more to Wanderer than he ever let on. to be called uncle, considered a family member, and not be asked to change himself. Wanderer appreciated Alhaitham and Kaveh, and his nephew is someone he’d die for. he pinched his cheek, “you take care of yourself, young man.” Wanderer smiled for a second and flew up out of sight. and, just like all those years ago, he flew above him out of sight, making sure he got safely home… after all, Veritas isn’t a vision carrier.

“puppets- puppets can’t cry, stop this” he’d mumble to himself as a few more teardrops fell on the parchment paper he pushed under the door.

second night he dreamed. Nahida smiled in this dream and waved “welcome home, Veritas”, once awake he sat up immediately out of breath.

stepping into the kitchen and there she sat.

“oh- Lesser lord Kusanali, you didn’t use the door- um- would you like some tea?”

“oh Veritas, it is so good to see you” she chirps, jumping off of her chair and walking over, he bends over to pick her up so she may properly hug him.

“auntie Nahida- I- I seem to have forgotten you knew the exact moment I laid my head on the pillow two nights ago that I got back home” Veritas would mumble, he didn’t realize that he would be this happy to see her.

“Lesser lord Kusanali, good morning, I’ll fetch the tea.” Alhaitham would add, making Kaveh sit down so he doesn’t stumble over something, his husband is always jittery when the archon comes to visit.

on his way to the tavern he hears a woman yell his name, frozen in his step he turns and sees her running towards him. “Collei!” Veritas smiles, opening his arms and she jumps at him. he gives her a spin and tightly embraces her, “how have you been- you’re still amusingly short-“ he laughs, and she playfully punches him,

being close to Wanderer meant Nahida heard of him, and of course, she knew about Alhaitham’s and Kaveh’s son, hence upon visiting the kid often she became the auntie Nahida. Veritas grew up knowing the full truth, his dads aren’t the type to sugarcoat it or lie.

so in this embrace, Veritas realized how many questions he had for the tiny god in his arms. the god of wisdom. although, that might be impolite… he was silent for a bit.

Nahida giggled, “ask,” her legs swaying on the chair, “I know you must have so many more things you wish to know. especially with your age, doctor~” she giggled even more. and therefore it became a discussion, Veritas carefully forming his words, his dads listening to the conversation until they had to leave to lunch with friends. “come if you have time, your uncles Tighnari and Cyno will be there. they would be happy to see you.” Alhaitham adds as they leave the house.

“is that how you greet your favorite cousin?”

“you mean my only cousin?”

“don’t get snarky with me- I got better at communication and will use sarcasm to my advantage!” Collei laughed happily as she answered. in his mind, she has always communicated well with him. he never saw any issues, only fondness for his older cousin.

they catch up on the street, his cousin is someone he cared about a lot in his youth. a peer who he didn’t shoo off, who didn’t dislike him, and who was and still is an amazing, accepting, intelligent person. one stayed and the other one moved away, yet their communication never failed, never changed, and the love always there for one another.

Cyno and Tighnari basically tackle him with love and affection. Cyno wraps him up in a blanket of dad jokes (not literal), while Veritas shares stories of foxians on the Xianzhou Luofu. it is a pleasant lunch filled with stories, and the tallest man at the table getting babied and treated as if he is fifteen years old again. somewhat bittersweet. Cyno insists they play a round of TCG, Veritas winning easily, “it is pure strategy, uncle Cyno” he tries to hide his smirk as he answers to a frowning general; Alhaitham adds quietly, “that’s my boy. well done.”

His uncle Cyno was the one to teach him Genius invocation TCG, during their trips to the desert they spent their evenings playing cards. “this is hardly fair, uncle. I keep losing” the small boy frowned.

Madam Faruzan is someone he didn’t expect to see in the house of Daena. he found her… interesting in his youth, but he moved past the interest when the well of knowledge for him dried up. on the other hand, Faruzan adored the little boy who was respectful and smart. they chatted for a few minutes and he quickly excused himself, otherwise, he’d have to put the bust on and the people of Sumeru have spent years not seeing such strange behavior and he knew it would attract even more attention. his younger dad’s voice would echo in his head, “it never matters if it makes others around you uncomfortable- you take care of yourself. if it helps you, if you feel better, then wear it.” and the scene of his dad placing the kid sized plaster head on his head played in Veritas’ mind. he feels incredibly lucky to have such amazing parents.

“Veritas, when you are old enough, and more experienced you will, maybe, come close to winning.” Cyno answers, not showing mercy to the kid- he must learn the rules of the game properly, as he is teaching him survival in the desert. which, over the years of many trips, resulted in Veritas growing well acclimated to the weather conditions and scorching sun there, a good life skill to have.

on the other hand, he also grew accustomed to the moisture-heavy air and high heat of the rainforest. going on many camping trips with his uncle Tighnari. learning of different plants and creatures, gaining proficiency in biology before he even got to go to school. nights in the Gandharva Ville were also something he remembers fondly, his cousin, someone he holds in high regard, was always nice to him, pleasant, no matter his attitude and ‘adapting’ behavior. Collei never judged, they were, in a way, both patient with each other and led intellectually stimulating conversations for both parties. Veritas wouldn’t be the same man he is today if it weren’t for his peer.

“how’s the traveler?”

“oh them? they found their sibling and I’m afraid I haven’t seen them in a bit. but they always come around, you know how they are. unpredictable~” Kaveh chuckles, and fondly recalls his friend with gold hair.

“or perhaps they changed bodies and personalities and embody someone you know outside of Teyvat.”

“daaad.” Veritas exhaled, “your attempts at humor get more annoying with years” he rolled his eyes at Alhaitham.

in a suggestive voice he joked a bit more, “maybe now they are less polite, maybe they even have- gray hair like I do.”

for a second the image of the Trailblazer flashed before his eyes but he dismissed it, “daad please can you contain yourself. I would appreciate it. those books on comedy did you no good,” his head turned to Kaveh, “dad why did you buy him that?”

“for pure shits and giggles, my dear boy.” Kaveh answered with a grin.

one can be as put together as they want and as old as they can be, but once one is home… we all turn back into children.

there was a knock on the door, Kaveh got up to open it, “good morning, yes?”

“ah hello, is doctor Ratio here- his device seems to not be working on Teyvat it seems so err…”

“Veritas it’s for you!” he said louder and turned back to face the man in front of him, “and you are?”

“dad-“ he gently pushed Kaveh aside, “you’re too flashy- get inside Aventurine!” he hissed in a hushed tone.

Veritas stands with his hand on his forehead, shaking his head gently. Kaveh seems amused with a smile on his face and sits down on the couch, next to the sofa armchair where Alhaitham made himself sit in no time. Kaveh can tell by the look in his husband’s eyes that he is entertained.

the young man, which their son addressed as a translucent quartz… Aventurine took a step towards Veritas. “hey- doc- I didn’t mean to- maybe I should’ve read some stuff about the planet before jumping-“

“worried?” Veritas asked. Kaveh and Alhaitham were only missing popcorn, this has been the most entertaining thing they have watched in years. going all the way back to when they visited Fontaine and saw a wonderful drama performance.

“maybe?” the tone of voice was obviously a displeased one, even raising in tone with a sharp glare. Veritas inhaled and exhaled. like a child doing a play he turned to face his parents, “dads, this is Kakavasha,” Aventurine did a small wave, “he is an occasional work partner of mine and I suppose that is why he came here.” he turned to him and raised an eyebrow.

“well, yes, your phone- I mean device wasn’t working- actually nothing came up- I grew worried,” his voice turned into a whisper, “you know with this planet being so gatekept and outside of the IPC’s or the Aeons’ control so…”

“yes,” the blond man answered.

“let’s-“ Kaveh cleared his throat, “I’m Kaveh, Veritas’ father, this is my husband Alhaitham. why don’t you stay a bit- no need to rush off to… wherever you zapped from, hm?” he smiled.

“this, being the isolated area you claim, surely two travels in one day are not good, hm? stay the night. we will make room.” Alhaitham nodded.

and oh, Aventurine could read them in a second, street smarts this guy. he saw every single detail of the two men and how it translated into Veritas. “I’d hate to be a bother- but I’m clever enough to know you two would insist.” Aventurine smiles. Alhaitham and Kaveh hold back any laughs bubbling up their throats from giddiness. for them two, a pinning couple such as themselves, something as this short interaction between Aventurine and Veritas was as obvious as Cyno being the general Mahamatra. visible from the top of the Divine Tree. the only question was, where do they stand together?

“I. you’re right, but I don’t think it is necessary-“ Veritas begins only to be cut off by Kaveh.

“you’re forgetting yourself- didn’t you say he was flashy? you practically dragged him inside.”

Veritas cursed himself mentally, this was truly not what he had in plan. “fine. follow along, dear gambler.” he walked down the hallway and Aventurine followed quickly along.

Kaveh looked at Alhaitham with wide eyes and held back the urge to bite down on a pillow. “I will fucking scream, our son, OUR SON, got bitches?” “was that real? that just happened, yes?”

Alhaitham was speechless in any verbal form, but his facial expression was priceless. “dear. Archons. thank you lesser lord Kusanali for blessing our boy.” Alhaitham hoped their son would never be lonely… and over the years it truly did turn him to even hope for the archons to show mercy upon him. “he also isn’t an idiot” Alhaitham continued.

“mhm, quite a beautifully well-mannered young man along with that,” Kaveh added.

inside his room, “why- this was truly unnecessary- my dads will now-“

“doc, calm down your parents are great- is this where I’ll stay?”

“this is my room!” he narrowed his eyes, Aventurine nodded and stayed quiet, “yes… this is where you’ll stay. don’t get… cocky about it”

“oh please doc, it isn’t the first time we share a bed.”

“change into something Sumeru appropriate if you wish to leave this house at any time during your stay.” Veritas ponders for a moment, “my clothes are too big and so are any of my dads- uncle Cyno is shorter than you so that’s a no, uncle Tighnari has a tail so that’s also a no, uncle Wanderer wears Inazuma-Sumeru styled clothes and also too small- I will have to buy.” he sighs after his short analysis.

“money is never the problem- credits are something I have a lot of and you know that- why?”

“they use mora here, not credits.”

Aventurine falls quiet, a world with no credits… a land of opportunity! he shall gain mora!

“no. don’t you gamble- the rules here are different-“ knock, knock.

“Veritas, will you go buy Kakavasha clothes or shall I sew something of some old pieces?” Kaveh asked against the closed door.

“I- dad can you go buy- we need to talk- I can’t at this moment.”

“I doubt your worry was justified- you knew you couldn’t contact me here”

“yeah, I’ll go.” silence, he didn’t move away yet. “I’ll take your father with me.”

a distant muffled voice answered, “I don’t like shopping for clothes, Kaveh.” “Shush Alhaitham we are going.”

“your parents seem nice. and now I’m here, so let us not dwell on would’ve, could’ve, should’ve hm?”

Veritas sighs. they exchange a few more words and he leaves for dinner with Collei previously arranged.

the sun is setting when he gets back, Aventurine got nicely acquainted with his parents and… well, Veritas is standing frozen at the entrance door. Aventurine is wearing white Sumeru style clothes, with pretty gold accents and splashes of purple and cyan. there has never been a lovelier man than him, your beauty leaves me speechless. He clears his throat, “now that you look appropriate, allow me to take you on a walk, yes?” to which the blond man obliges and they leave the house.

“you look…” beautiful, ravishing, heavenly, out of this world, take my hand in marriage, “…you wear them well, yes” Veritas cuts his thoughts off.

absentmindedly he talks of the architecture and how people live in Sumeru city. they arrive at a point that oversees the vast area towards Port Ormos and they stand there in silence for a few moments.

“the clothes are very comfortable, I hope I’m wearing them well,” Aventurine says with a big smile.

“c’mon doc, we are on your home planet, in your city. no one knows us here- at least not as the cornerstone of the Aeon of preservation and the member of the Intelligentsia guild. we can relax.”

Veritas rolls his shoulders and takes a deep breath. “you’re right. … you look… beautiful. I… I bought you something- it was meant to be a gift when I got back but… here” he hands him a small blue velvet box. Veritas doubts Aventurine ever enjoys wearing jewelry, not with the way he quickly strips himself off of his rings, the watch, and necklace the moment he gets home. Aventurine opens the box and tilts his head in thought, “this is…?”

“a hairpiece. sort of like mine. a pin. I’m sure you understand.” Veritas nods to himself. Aventurine hands him the pin, a dark blue-golden piece displaying a certain mushroom. “put it on me.” Veritas’ eyes shift to the shorter man, if he wasn’t such a calm person his hands would shake in this moment. his fingers gently grip the pin and place it on the soft blond hair.

“good?”

“perfect. I chose well.” Veritas cannot hide how flustered he is at that moment despite his cold demeanor when his cheeks show a shade of pink.

“Doctor… Veritas. I would like to enjoy this vacation- with you. us, together, no one to say anything, may we… relax?” Aventurine says softly, his hand shyly coming to hold Veritas’ making him look at the man. “the view is beautiful from here, the sunset, colors, everything in warm colors, look.” he says, Aventurine shifts his gaze and Veritas keeps looking at him. he raises their joined hands and kisses his knuckles, “you mean everything to me” he whispers.

Aventurine smiles, returning his gaze to him. Veritas continues in a soft voice, “you wear the clothes well. it is… such a vision to see you in the clothing of my world. to see you standing next to me on the streets I grew up on, to see you meet my parents… also I have planned to stay for quite a while so expect to be here for at least a month or travel back to the ship.”

“I think I might stay for a few days. I like the sight of you here, you seem much more relaxed than you usually are, Doc. it’s like you feel safer here. and given how many dangerous specimens are on this planet I am surprised by that fact.” Aventurine gives his hand a small squeeze. “I’d like to get to know your family.” there’s an underlying sadness he sees in the shorter man’s eyes, perhaps the yearning for a safe family of his own.

“I have a big family, uncles, and aunts, a cousin… I’d be happy to introduce you.”

“friends? you didn’t say friends.”

“ah… those. family is what I have here. and you.” Veritas pushes the thoughts of his childhood away, friends… not something he had a big privilege of experiencing. He always preferred his uncles, aunts, truly the only real friend he ever had was Collei. perhaps the other kids weren’t even worth it.

the walk ends with them gazing at the sunset, holding hands.

at night they share his bed, his childhood bed. in the privacy of his home he feels safe enough to lean his face closer and gently kiss him. his lips pressing onto Aventurine’s with a mumble of good night. It feels surreal… his partner with him, in his arms, in his home. Aventurine that night dreams of a small white-haired person who welcomes him to Sumeru and says she is happy to meet him. in the morning when he shares the dream, between kisses Veritas lays along his jawline, the doctor stops to inform him that that was the Dendro archon, which results in a gasping Aventurine and a longer time in bed explaining the function of gods and deities in this world.

Veritas walks into the kitchen, following the scent of Sabz meat stew. his parents are in the study so he freely wraps his arms around Aventurine and lowers his head into the crook of his neck. “smells good.”

“mhm, your dad gave me the recipe- I thought I’d try it out. taste it!” Aventurine turns a bit in his arms, lips pursed blowing on the wooden spoon. it tastes good, melts on the tongue, his eyes widen and it is all the confirmation Aventurine needs. Veritas kisses his temple, “I’m so happy you’re here, Kakavasha.”

“I am doing fine so far, thank you sir”

steps on the wooden floor knock him out of his bubble, his cheeks blush- being physical with his partner isn’t something he wants his parents to see. he puts the plaster head on and sits down. luckily in this household, it is perfectly normal to self-regulate in such a way. he can count on both hands just how many times he saw his dad without the noise-canceling pieces he uses. half of those were when he was sleeping, he remembers as a kid when he’d run to their bedroom, in tears from a nightmare- in mere seconds he’d have the devices on his head- be it Kaveh putting them on or he himself getting them on. after which they would both turn to comfort the small boy. any other time, was his dads quietly chatting on the sofa, and upon his arrival his younger dad would waste no time to put them on. two voices being too much. Alhaitham reassured him plenty of times so he doesn’t feel hurt by it, especially now, that he is old enough to understand; the only person he can tolerate, he enjoys listening fully to (not all the time tho) is Kaveh. to prove the case further, as a teenager he found out that his dad’s device has a mode which makes sure that his older dad’s voice always pushes through noise cancellation. true love at its finest. and what a hopeless romantic his dad is to do so and feel like that. the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree. he does wear his bust much less when he is around Kakavasha.

and now not even the plaster head can hide it when he tilts his head on his hand and stares at the blond man. Alhaitham smirks, he sees through it oh so easily, “do you need any help, Kakavasha? if not, Kaveh and I are leaving to go to the Akademiya, update our retirement plans and so on. although, I’m sure my son can help out if the need arises.”

“no need for sir, Alhaitham is fine.”

“I’d feel impolite to address my partner’s parents like that,” he speaks out loud before thinking. he stops stirring the food, when did he- how- when did he start feeling so safe that he stopped overthinking as much? Alhaitham nods with a barely noticeable smile and turns to leave the kitchen. “don’t burn the house down, you two.”

Veritas plants his face into his palms, covering the plaster head even more. Kakavasha turns around to face him when the doors close. “hah, um… sorry?”

Veritas gently takes his plaster head off with a small sigh, his cheeks are colored a light shade of pink, and eyes looking elsewhere, “it happens. I’d love to think my dad took your ‘partner’ in a business terminology, but… nobody in this household is that idiotic. and… I doubt we were any less than obvious, especially to a special case such as my parents.”

“special case?” Kakavasha hangs onto his words.

“some other time I’ll tell you about their situation- or perhaps you may ask them yourself. watch the food, dear.” Veritas gestures with his chin to the cooking pot.

Kakavasha does that indeed, chatting along with Alhaitham and Kaveh, the men more than happy to share their story- and get to know their son’s partner.

“I was told I might find you here,” he says in a soft voice, sitting next to the tall man.

Veritas raises his head from his notes. he is sitting at a large table in the house of Daena, surrounded by books, papers and a few pens. “who told you? I wasn’t avoiding you- my dad told me they added a few books and borrowed some from the Temple of silence, I couldn’t resist reading through it all.”

“your dads. am I bothering you, doc? I’m sure there are some books I can entertain myself with” Kakavasha gazes around.

“with no offense, doubtful. it is usually highly dry material, unworthy of your time and energy. I am willing to take a break, may I tempt you with a walk, dear?”

“yes, you may.” Kakavasha smiles at the flirty question.

saying goodbye is never easy. when being home is nice, pleasant- it makes it much harder. Aventurine left a week or so ago, and went back in the outer orbit of the planet. Veritas spent more time with his close family, having more shared meals and spending his early mornings in the Akademiya’s library, even going so far to visit the actual Temple of silence.

Kaveh’s arms are holding him tightly in an embrace, his voice slightly shaky, but he is trying not to let it show, “I will miss you so much, my dear boy. please stay safe, don’t get into unnecessary trouble, eat a lot, take care of yourself and you can always come home if it gets tiring. or just- one day come home to retire, maybe? and bring that boy with you, your father and I like him, he is welcome any time.”

Alhaitham’s strong arms hug him with a few pats on the back, in a monotone voice, which Veritas recognizes as warmth, he softly speaks, “I stand behind everything your dad already said. do take care of yourself, we will miss you a lot.”

“I miss him already.” Kaveh doesn’t cry as much as he thought he would when their son leaves.

“I don’t want to cry.” Veritas whispers, standing in front of his parents, Kaveh inhales sharply holding back his own tears, Alhaitham tightly holds his hand, his jaw clenched as he also tries not to grow too upset. “we shouldn’t cry,” the retired scribe says, “it isn’t good to say goodbye in tears, we will see each other again. we are immensely happy you came to see us, Veritas. I love you- we both love you, and safe travels.” he ends it with a nod, Kaveh nods as well.

“I love you too” Veritas whispers back, he jumps into both of them, hugging them one more time. he steps back, waves and, with the usage of technology unnatural to Teyvat, he is gone. Zapped away into the orbit.

“Veritas is out there doing the best he can for himself, and he isn’t alone. we both know how much it matters that he isn’t alone.” Alhaitham’s eyes appear sad despite his words. the men sit on the couch cuddled in each other’s arms. “you’re right… he isn’t alone.”

Ratio, back on the ship, eyes filled with tears threatening to drop meet the watercolor ones of his partner. “I- I… I miss them already, Kakavasha.” Aventurine walks over to hug him, his hand moving in circles on his back. “I’ve got you. I’ve got you.”

after a few minutes, Aventurine quietly says, “we will visit them again. we can come over for my birthday? I… really enjoyed being surrounded by family. maybe you’d let me meet more of them this time, yes?”

Veritas smiles, tears dried up, he really has a way of bringing his mood up. “of course, we will visit for your birthday then.”

“I look forward to calling them my family like you do,” Aventurine adds with an all-too-familiar smile.

“is that-“ Ratio tilts his head, “is that some backward way of proposing?”

Aventurine chuckles, shaking his hands, “nope. not yet. there’s time for us to do… that”

Ratio smirks, with an exhale he leans his head on the shorter man’s shoulder, “thank you… for coming along. I’m glad you met them.”

Aventurine silently smiles and kisses his cheek. perhaps the next time they come around they will make certain vows.

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WELCOME TO THE INTERNATIONAL WOMENS DAY CHALLENGE!

By my fault, this challenge is super late and only three days long, from the sixth to the eighth. However, I am already planning for next year so it should be much better and everyone should have a lot more time. Thanks to @come-along-pond, a new admin on this blog, for doing everything but the gif and the post itself lol.

Rules

DO NOT copy others edits

If you are doing crossovers, PLEASE make sure that the creator of the other oc is okay with crossovers.

If you want your post to be reblogged onto this blog, it must contain the hashtag #owc2024.

Feel free to ask questions!

Everything is up to the creators interpretation, although I have tried to include some examples for help!

Have fun!

if you only do some or post them on the wrong days, shake it off!

Note: although we’ve used feminine pronouns for the descriptions, non-binary and gender neutral ocs are welcome to participate!

Challenges Below

Day One: "I'm a damsel, I'm in distress, I can handle this." (March 6th)

Everyone had someone they looked up to growing up, for lots of us, that was someone in the media, and for lots of girls across the country, they came in the shapes of Disney characters. For this day, we want you to show which female media icon your OC looked up to as a little girl. Whether that be Megara, Princess Leia or even Katniss Everdeen.

Day Two: Girls Love Each Other Like Animals (March 7th)

“We don’t guard ourselves like we do with boys”. Today is all about female relationships! Which women held your OC together in times of need? Who loved her when she needed it most? Was it, her mother, friends, partners? Or even a girl she met in the bathroom who fixed her makeup and told her not to get back with their ex.

Day Three: "In March I'll be rested, caught up and human." (March 8th)

Happy International Women’s day! Women have influenced society from its beginning, and a large part of that has been through literature. We want to know what quote/s by women represent your OC! Or even, what quotes or lyrics does your OC use to ground herself. Feel free to use any female made quote, it doesn’t have to be from poetry or a book!

#owc2024 #ocappreciation #allaboutocs #queerocs #origin post #womens challenge

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playing-it-groovy · 2 years

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Groovy Legacy Challenge

This challenge was inspired by the other amazing 10 generation storytelling challenges out there including, Not So Berry, Sims in Bloom, Whimsy Legacy Challenge and many more!

A massive shout out to my friend Sophie 'Folklore Adventures' for helping me with this challenge, coming up with ideas and helping write the backstory for each generation.

General Rules:

-Each Generation complete the given aspiration & career

-Max out required skills for each generation

-Money Cheats allowed for story telling purposes ie freerealestate

*Make the challenge harder by not using any cheats

-Play on any lifespan you wish (although short is not recommended with all the goals that need to be achieved for each gen)

-Please add extra story elements and ideas throughout the challenge and make it your own, have fun!

-If you do not own all required packs, either leave that part of the rule out or change the trait/skill to something that is similar

-Some Generations are named after tv shows or movies and the storyline for these are not the same, they are just inspired by them.

-You will notice each generation has two colours, an aesthetic and inspiration. These are not required for the challenge but are a fun add on to the Groovy theme of the legacy (though I know this style isn't for everyone). You may like to just do the colours or the aesthetic or neither, it's totally up to you!

-If you decide to play this challenge I'd love you to @me playing_it_groovy on instagram or use the hashtag #Groovylegacy

Packs needed:

Seasons,Get to Work, Outdoor Retreat, Snowy Escape, Strangerville, City Living, Cottage Living, Realm of Magic, Get to Work, Parenthood, Knifty Knitting, Jungle Adventure, Get Together, Highschool Years, Spa Day, Dine Out, Bowling Night, Discover University, Horse Ranch

Edited:22/07/2023

Optional New first Gen (can continue with following generations after)

Generation 1 (alternative): Not your average Rancher:

Your parents gave you the perfect suburban upbringing, but the world is changing and you don’t want a mundane job and a house in the suburbs. So you run away and start a new life with only the clothes on your back. You are quirky, with a love for all things colourful and fun, you show this part of your personality through your home interior and how you dress. Your deep connection to nature, animals and gardening inspires you to start your own farm on an empty ranch. You find someone who shares your love for the outdoors and together you raise a family that grows along with colourful quirky farm.

Aspiration: Expert Nectar Maker

Traits: Loves Outdoors, Rancher, Horse Lover

Career: Nectar Making (make your money from your farm and nectar making)

Skills: Gardening, Nectar Making, Horse Training (get a horse to level 10 in 3 out of 4 skills)

Goals:

-Start from nothing Rags to Riches style, you can either start with $400 or $0 if you would like to make it harder! -Build your home from the ground up - it grows as your family grows -Must end up owning all the 'colourful' mini sheep types -Own a colourful horse -Must also own at least one chicken, cow, goat & llama -Have a minimum of 3 children

*Colours Pink & Green *Aesthetic Colourful Western *Inspiration: Western Barbie, Barbie Movie, Dont Worry Darling

Generation 1: Flower Child

Your parents gave you the perfect suburban upbringing, but the world is changing and you don’t want a mundane job and a house in the suburbs. So you run away and start a new life with only the clothes on your back. You are strong, independent and are driven to make a true difference in the world. Your deep connection to nature, plants and flowers inspires you to find someone who shares your youthful hippie spirit and cares for the environment like you do. Together you raise a conscious family who appreciate the environment and the world around them.

Aspiration: Outdoor Enthusiast

Traits: Loves Outdoors, Vegetarian, Self-Assured

Career: Conservationist - Environmental Manager

Skills: Flower Arranging, Herbalism & Gardening

Goals:

-Start from nothing Rags to Riches style, on an empty lot with no money

-Build your home from the ground up - it grows as your family grows.

-Your home is always decorated with flowers from your garden

-Collect and grow all flower types used for flower arranging and grow to Magnificent quality

-Make all types of flower arrangements

-Have a minimum of 3 children

-Take family on camping holidays for each of their child to teen birthdays

*Colours - Green & Brown

*Aesthetic - 70's Flower Child

*Inspiration - 1960s Hippie Movement, Films - Hair, Dare to be Wild, Across the Universe

Generation 2: Space Oddity

You were raised to love and care for Mother Earth but as the rest of the world begins to look towards the stars, you wonder what else might be out in the world. Ideas of space and the supernatural consume your thoughts and while people might find you strange, you don’t mind at all, because you know there’s something out there. You’re a neat freak and long for the next genius idea you’ll have in the shower. You leave the family farm and move to an unusual new town hoping to meet like minded people but when things start getting strange, you go searching for answers. You finally find a Sim who accepts you for you, quirks and all.

Aspiration: Strangerville Mystery

Traits:Genius, Neat, Erratic

Career: Astronaut

Skills: Rocket Science, Logic, Handiness

Goals:

-Live in Strangerville

-Build rocket ship

-Have a fleeting romance with an alien from Sixam

-Collect all Geodes

-Collect all aliens

-Collect and Grow all Alien Plants

-Get married to to a sim with the geek trait and raise a family together

*Colours - Turquoise and yellow

*Aesthetic - Retro Futuristic/Fallout

*Inspiration - Classic Sci Fi films, War of the Worlds, Area 51

Generation 3: Brady Bunch

You grew up in an unusual family and just long to fit in with everyone else. You dream of a simple family life, with routine, order and nothing out of the ordinary. You find your soulmate and raise a large family of six children. You love being a stay at home parent and focusing on your children. You strive to be the perfect parent, knitting for your family, cooking big family meals and helping your children with their studies. You don’t have many friends other than your family so you decide to have pen pals.

Aspiration: Big Happy Family

Traits: Family Oriented, Cheerful, Perfectionist

Skills: Knitting, Parenting and Cooking

Career: NA

-Be a stay at home parent

-Have a hobby of knitting and selling your craft

-Have 6 children (adopt or have naturally)

-Help Children with all school projects

-Cook a large family meal every night

-Collect all postcards through having penpals

*Colours - Orange and Green

*Aesthetic - 60's/70's California

*Inspiration - The Brandy Bunch, Leave it to Beaver

Gen 4: Grease

Growing up in a large loving family, you were the perfect child that couldn't do anything wrong. You are a straight A high school student and cheerleader, but you wonder if there’s more to life than having the perfect home and family. Towards the end of your teen years, you meet the Sim of your dreams who is the total opposite to you. They are adventurous and rebellious but they change you for the better and bring out your wild side. You live a busy, fast paced and exciting life having adventures together and only have one child. You have a career in writing, sharing your travels with the world. While you teach your only child to follow their dreams, you don’t spend much time together because of your busy travel schedule.

Aspiration: Extreme Sports Enthusiast

Career: Freelance Writer

Traits: Good, Bookworm, Adventurous (last trait given)

Skills: Selvadoradian culture, Skiing, Rock Climbing

Goals:

-Get A's in School

-Be a cheerleader in High School

-Have a partner that also has the Adventurous trait

-Only have one child

-Have at least 3 tattoos

-Go on as many trips and adventures as you can afford

-Collect all Omiscan treasures

*Colours - Red and Pink

*Aesthetic - Grease

*Inspiration - Films - Grease, Dirty Dancing

Generation 5: Arts Factory

If your globetrotting, absent parents taught you anything, it was to have fun and follow your dreams, so that’s exactly what you do. You move to the city as an aspiring artist/photographer, live with a group of fellow artists and creatives and throw lots of fabulous parties together. You find yourself an incredible muse, have a whirlwind romance, move into your own apartment and have a baby. But long term relationships just aren’t your style and realising you’re losing your creativity and passion, you break up and raise your child alone. You’re forever destined to search for your next muse, while living out to your artistic and party animal dreams.

Aspiration: City Native

Traits: Creative, Party Animal, Noncommittal

Career: Painter

Skills: Painting, Photography, Mixology

Goals:

-Complete childhood aspiration Artistic Prodigy

-Move to city once young adult and stay for remainder of life

-As YA live with roommates (must be other creatives)

-Throw a party once a week with your roomates & make drinks for guests (whilst in shared apartment)

-Collect all City Posters

-Paint and keep 5 masterpieces for your apartment

*Colours - Black and White

*Aesthetic - 1960s New York Art Scene

*Inspiration - Andy Warhol, Edie Sedgewick, Yoko Ono, Films - Factory Girl, Music - Bob Dylan, David Bowie, The Velvet Underground

Generation 6: Bewitched

You grew up in a dysfunctional apartment in the city surrounded by wild parties and celebrities and dream of a more quiet, traditional life for yourself. But there’s a catch, because you’re a witch! While you love being a witch and developing your powers, you long to fit in and want the world to think you’re just a regular Sim. You find a partner that you love and tell them your secret, but don’t disclose it to anyone else. To your neighbours and friends you’re just a regular suburban parent, who bakes for their kids, cross stitches and enjoys bowling. You go all out celebrating every holiday, while living a secret spellcaster life.

Aspiration: Spellcraft and Sorcery

Traits: Proper, Cat lover, Overachiever

Career: Education

Skills: Baking, Cross Stitching, Bowling

Goals:

-Become a Spellcaster as a teen

-Collect all 26 magical artefacts

-Decorate and go all out for every holiday

-Always own a black cat

-Get married before starting a family

-Have a hidden locked room for all spellcaster items

-Only perform magic at home or Glimmerbrook

-Go Bowling as your hobby

*Colours - Navy Blue and Purple

*Aesthetic - 60's suburbia

*Inspiration - Bewitched, Practical Magic, Sabrina the Teenage Witch

Generation 7: Saturday Night Fever

During the day you work a typical nine to five job just to please your pleasant suburban parents, but all you really want is to be going out dancing. You love music, disco and all things shiny. You love the nightlife, you love to boogie!

You go out dancing multiple times a week. You find it hard to commit to one Sim but you love the chase and romancing them on the dance floor. One night you accidentally get pregnant

(or get a sim pregnant) from a one night stand. This makes you change your ways and you become the most loving parent and devote most of your time to raising your child. You still go out dancing when you get the time.

Aspiration: Serial Romantic

Skills: Dancing, Charisma, Dj Mixing Skill

Career: Business

Traits: Dance Machine, Romantic, Childish

Goals:

-As a young adult go out dancing/DJ at least twice a week

-You do not need to reach level 10 in this career as you are not passionate about it

-Never get married or have a long term partner

-You love wearing all things that sparkle

-Collect all Crystals

- Throw a Gold Medal birthday party each time your child ages up

*Colours - Hot Pink and Silver

*Aesthetic - Disco

*Inspiration - Saturday Night Fever, Flashdance, Studio 54

Generation 8: Commune Farm

You grew up surrounded by bright lights, sparkly things, music and dancing. You had the best parent, who worked a job they hated just to make sure you had a great upbringing. But now you long for a simple life, away from all the hustle and bustle, connecting with like minded people. You move to the country to live off the land, reconnect the earth and participate in a harmonious community. You are all about wellness and living a clean lifestyle. But are you getting yourself into a commune or a cult? You have a child with one of your friends in the community and everyone helps raise your child.You make money from selling produce and items you craft by hand, while living your dream hippie commune life.

Aspiration: Zen Guru

Skills: Handiness, Wellness, Fishing

Career: NA

Traits: Maker, Animal Enthusiast, Recycle disciple

Goals:

-Have all types of farm animals

-Live on a lot with simple living and off the grid traits

-Survive off the land and your farm only

-Sell items you farm and make on woodworking table

-Invite sims to be your roomates that you want to live with you on the farm

-Collect all types of fish

*Colours-Orange and Yellow

*Aesthetic - 1970s Age of Aquarius

*Inspiration - 1970s counterculture, Hippie Commune, Woodstock

Generation 9: Almost Famous

You grew up surrounded by music, playing instruments and listening to stories about the wild music festivals and concerts from your commune family attended. And while commune life is nice and all, you dream of more. You want the rockstar lifestyle and when you’re old enough you take off to chase your dreams of being a famous musician.

Your guitar skills start to pay off as you make your own music and busk on the streets for money. You hang out at all the celebrity hot spots in the hopes of meeting someone famous and you do! You fall in love and live your lives in the spotlight. Now that you are with a celebrity and you start to enjoy the finer things in life and focus on creating beautiful music on the piano.

Aspiration: Musical Genius

Career: Any part time job to make extra money

Skills: Guitar Skill, Piano Skill, Gourmet Cooking

Traits: Music Lover, Foodie, Self Absorbed

Goals:

-Play instruments as a child

-Start learning guitar skill as a teen

-Move to Del Sol Valley as a young adult stay there for life

-Busk to make your main income (allowed to have a part time job to earn more money)

-Focus on Piano Skill later in life

-In spare time hang out at celebrity hot spots until you fall in love with one

-Dine out for meals at least once a week

-Collect all experimental food prints

*Colours - Black and Red

*Aesthetic - 70's/80's Rock

*Inspiration - Films - Almost Famous, The Doors, Dazed and Confused

Generation 10: Charlie's Angels

With two famous parents, you grew up in the spotlight but you long for a different life, one far away from fame. So far away in fact, that you decide to be a spy. You are always well put together, fit, fashionable and intelligent, the whole package. Growing up with the finer things in life, you like your home to feel special and enjoy splashing out on expensive household items. You meet the love of your life but they can never know what you do for work. To them you are the perfect partner, but they have no idea of the adventures you go on and enemies you make along the way.

Aspiration: Renaissance Sim

Career: Secret Agent Career (Diamond Agent)

Skills: Fitness, Mischief, Programming Skill

Traits: Materialistic, Active, Overachiever

Goals:

-Have a beautifully decorated home

-Constantly update your home with expensive items

-Hide your career from your partner and children

-Have 3 enemies

-Collect all fossils

*Colours - Light Pink and Blue

*Aesthetic - 1970s Charlie's Angels

*Inspiration - 70s Spy Gene, James Bond

#sims 4 legacy #sims 4 legacy challenge #legacy challenge #groovylegacy

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cityzenshark · 4 months

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How to fix certain things in Earthspark

The dugout,

Dorothy,

Alex,

the triplet's relationship with their family

This is my own take, no hard feelings

1. The dugout.

Have the parents plan the dugout with Wheeljack while Nightshade, JB and Thrash eagerly joins building it.

No one should be 100% okay if their dopted child builds an underground bunker on their own and without telling them at all. What if the barn collapsed?

The security systems Hashtag and Nightshade install are done without guidance from Wheeljack, hence why the siblings get stuck inside for ten hours in 'Security Protocols'.

They could've called Wheeljack for help in that episode.

TLDR; anyting regarding the bunker should've involve Wheeljack. It makes his character more relevant than being just Twitch's Dad-2.

2. Dot should be a more strict mother.

Please know the difference between strict and abusive.

She's a veteran who wants a normal life as a forest ranger only to get roped back into Transformers issues without her consent. On the same day, her kids found newborn Transformers and want them to be family from the get go?

Have her relunctant about it and have Alex talked her out. Have her warm up to the twins gradually. She just found out her dream job is bait for GHOST. If I were her, I'd be angry for a week.

After she fully warms up to twins, the warmth is then immediate to the triplets.

She shows actual concern about the kids' cyber-sleeves. Have Dot monitor the sleeves herself every episode until she's assured they are harmless. Then have her and Alex be worried triple time after 'Disarmed'.

She knows about the events of 'Home' and have the kids grounded while worrying about Hashtag's mental condition. They were in the city for heavens sake -- Dot and Alex were bound to know!

Think about June Darby. June is rightfully concerned about the kids being involved with the Autobots. Raf nearly died to something normal medicine can't cure, Miko is impulsive around soldiers, her own son went to a desolate alien planet. As a teenager, I find June annoying. Now as an adult, I find the kids even more annoying. Dorothy should've been more strict than June and Fowler combined because she was directly involved in the Cybertronian war.

It makes more sense if she doesn't want her children involved directly with Cybertronians at all. With the Terrans, there isn't much of a choice but to rely on Cybertronians so the Terrans could learn about themselves.

3. Alex is the person the kids and Terrans first get info about the 'Bots and 'Cons & he's the family's reassurer (idk the suitable word to use here).

The point of his profession in Cybertronian history is only shown in episode 1. That's it. He should be the first person the kids go to when they want to know about a Bot or a Con and anything Cybertronian related.

Have him be more open about Cybertronians than Dot. Sure Dot is shown to be positive with Cons changing their ways because she's friends with a redeemed Megatron, but she's also seen the Cons' heinous actions so she's likely reluctant to talk about them/double standards.

Things like these can be offscreen by having dialogues mentioning them: "Dad says Optimus used to--" / "Dad told us--" bla bla bla

Mention his past connections with Meridian clearly. I have no idea about that until @monocle-teacup mentioned it.

3. Aside from each other, the triplets are closer to the parents than their older siblings.

Hashtag is close to Twitch but after 'Home', perhaps it's best to see her going to Dot for help and get a bit clingy.

Nightshade and Alex should have more screentime togather. Alex did introduced NS the book that lead him to the author's grave where NS gets their alt mode.

NS is essentric by copying the main character of said book. Kids often copy their favourite fictional character, so why not? And when they get into character, Alex plays along.

JB can be ruled out from this as he is close to Mo but something feels missing... I can't pinpoint where though.

to e continued maybe

#transformers #transformers earthspark #earthspark #tf malto #tfes #tf twitch #twitch malto #tf thrash #thrash malto #hashtag malto #tf hashtag #tf nightshade #tf jawbreaker #dot malto #dorothy malto #alex malto

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earthspark-shockwaves-reduction · 1 year

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I... I NEED an episode of Earthspark where the Maltos play DND (or like. A knock-off of DND, unless they can actually use it bc Hasbro owns it.)

Alex DMs bc it was one of his favorite games from the 80's and it's a great way to Bond (and also it was his turn to pick the game for family game night).

(...They play it every time its Alex's turn for the next year.)

Dot doesn't play a character directly but does play a few NPCs and helps to describe some of the scenes sorta like a co-dm (Alex talked about the whole campaign he's planned to her bc That's His Wife and so she knows too much to actually be a player).

Robbie doesn't want to at first but didn't have a choice (on the grounds of family game night). But eventually he realizes that the buffs/weaknesses/stats aren't that different from the video games he plays and he has fun!

Mo has a great time and whenever the Maltoparty spends 30 minutes trying to figure out how to escape a room she is the first to suggest to try opening the door. It works. It was not locked.

Twitch isn't particularly interested in the explanation of the game mechanics but when it comes to NPCs (improvized by Alex & Dot) she is IMMEDIATELY asking questions and getting to know them all (and gets gutted when one of them ends up betraying her and the rest of the Maltoparty. It happens five times.)

Thrash doesn't wanna do "boring number stuff" (he was also dragged into it bc it's family game night) but his interest is piqued when he hears he can do cool fighting stuff but then it dips again because "come on I have to do MATH before I get to do cool stuff?"

He does not land a single hit in combat.

Hashtag the bard gets INCREDIBLY into the acting/improv aspect of the game and without a doubt more than likely pulls out the voice she used from the "VILLAIN SCHOOL!!!" bit.

It scares Jawbreaker.

Jawbreaker is in a perpetual state of mildly-to-moderately confused about how the rules work and at one point gets a nat 20 and says "...is that good?" when everyone starts cheering. He also took the longest to pick what he wanted his character to be (there were so many good choices!).

Nightshade is delighted when they realize how much of the game is based on math and calculation, but also on fantasy lore like in their books!

They play an artificier and they may or may not have to be stopped from making the gadgets they make in the game in real life.

Bumblebee is reluctant at first but then he gets into it.

He makes The Most Epic Paladin Ever.

He gets killed in a level one fight.

They promise there'll be a point in a bit where they can find a way to bring him back or introduce his new character (he changed one letter of the name).

Until then he's stuck playing Borf the Dwarf for an hour.

Mo tries to cheer him up while he sulks.

It's a little effective.

...also the entire time GHOST agents/rogue decepticons are trying to attack the Maltos but somehow they end up failing without anybody really noticing.

#mine #transformers #earthspark #tf #maccadam #tf earthspark #robbie malto #mo malto #bumblebee #twitch malto #nightshade malto #hashtag malto #alex malto #dot malto #Bee has the Exasperated By The Dumbass Party Energy CRUCIAL to being a paladin im sorry

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hamburgrr · 7 days

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IM DOING A DTIYS!!!!!!

Hi everyone!!! I’m at field school right now, which means I haven’t had a whole lot of time to sit down and draw. So!!! I thought I would do a Draw This In Your Style! Here’s your prompt and some ground rules:

Im not on vacation at the moment, but it’s the beginning of summer so it feels fitting that idiot might be! You’re guys’s job is to decide WHERE!!!! To enter, just draw Lee here on vacation/relaxing wherever you want! (Note: backgrounds aren’t required, I didn’t even do one for my own pic lmaooo). You can change his outfit, add characters in, whatever you want so long as it fits the vacation theme! You have until June 30th to submit your pieces!

That’s great, I hear you say, but what am I getting out of it? WELL IM GLAD YOU ASKED! Everyone who enters will get a doodle from me at the end of the competition! Then I will pick out my three favorites and do a full digitalized piece of whatever they want (in reason, if I am uncomfortable with the subject I will let you know and ask you to change it) for each of them! You can submit as many pieces as you want, but you can only win one prize.

My only other rule is that I would like it if you @ me to submit your pieces. Hashtags make it too easy to miss someone

Thank you to anyone who decides to participate and have a GREAT summer!!

#hamburger’s summer DTIYS #that’s the official tag babe #rottmnt #rottmnt future leo #rottmnt dtiys #good ending au #you can also change his fit to fit the situation btw #hamburgrr draws

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naturalrights-retard · 4 months

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Representative Clay Higgins (R-Louisiana) has accused President Biden of “staging civil war” by asking the Supreme Court to intervene and allow them to have Border Patrol agents cut down razor wire installed by the state of Texas at the border with Mexico to deter illegal immigrants from crossing.

In a post on X, he posed a question about the ruling to himself and then shared his answer, writing:

"Media: 'Congressman Higgins, the Supreme Court just ruled in favor of the Biden Admin over the State of Texas, saying that the federal government can remove physical barriers at the border put in place by Texas. What are your thoughts?'"

“Me: “My thoughts are that the feds are staging a civil war, and Texas should stand their ground."

There have been hundreds of posts on X bearing the hashtag “Texit” in response to the ruling, suggesting that Texas should secede from the U.S.

One user wrote: "The federal government has all but declared war on Texas. We will not continue to tolerate this blatant usurpation of Texas' sovereignty and Constitutional right to defense."

It appears Texas intends to stick to its convictions, with Governor Greg Abbott saying: “This is not over. Texas’ razor wire is an effective deterrent to the illegal crossings Biden encourages. I will continue to defend Texas' constitutional authority to secure the border and prevent the Biden Admin from destroying our property.”

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton agreed, posting on X: “The destruction of Texas’s border barriers will not help enforce the law or keep American citizens safe. This fight is not over, and I look forward to defending our state’s sovereignty.”

Abbott has pointed to constitutional protections under Article IV, Section 4, giving states special powers to “protect each of them against invasion.”

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deadlysoupy · 8 months

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Watching Paint Dry

Rating: General Audiences Relationships: Bumblebee & Starscream (Transformers), Bumblebee/Starscream (Transformers) Tags: Developing Relationship, Enemies to Friends, Forced Proximity, Autobot/Decepticon Cross-Faction Friendship, Autobot/Decepticon Cross-Faction Romantic Relationship Series: Part 3 of I can tell just what you want (you don't want to be alone)

"Bumblebee, get in here! It's urgent! Um... Jawbreaker is stuck in a pipe!"

Mo stifles a laugh as she runs into the Dugout, changing walkie-talkie's channel to local.

"He's coming! Is Starscream in yet?"

"Oh, he's so in," Hashtag answers, static in the background from a bad connection. "They'll be best friends after this, I guarantee it! The TV cannot be wrong!"

For @trashhole

Read on AO3 or under Read More:

There is no emergency at the Dugout, Bumblebee realises way too late. When he runs into the room his optics land on a frowning Starscream, servo on his tilted hip in irritation. And not a Terran in sight.

“Sorry, Bee!” he turns around to a not-very-guilty Mo punching the button on a remote – and the door separates him and the rest of the family, to leave with a maniac of a mech.

Bumblebee should have known better when it comes to kids. It’s just like them to force anyone they wish to try talking it out – even if no one wants to.

He can’t blame them, exactly, but he will make sure they know he won’t let it slide that easily, too.

“Of course they would trap us together. How typical of them. You let them watch too much TV, Bumblebee, it’s rotting their brain circuitry.”

Bumblebee dreads the next hours of shutdown.

“It’s not their fault you can’t work with us for a change instead of being a complete aft.”

“And now it’s my fault? Why am I not surprised?” Starscream turns away with panache to watch the clock count down one second at a time. “At least pretend to not be a jerk. It can help, you know.”

“I don’t see how it would. Compared to my glorious self, you look like you could use a talking-down now and again.”

He arches a brow. “Was that a height joke?”

“What do you think?” a predatory smile makes its way on Starscream’s face and Bumblebee can barely hold his gun to not blast it away. Instead, he sighs.

“You know what? Fine,” he shrugs. Making his way to the control panel, Bee spots a relatively peaceful spot on the ground to spend the next two hours on. Starscream’s gaze darts between the tightly closed door and the countdown illuminating the room.

Propping an arm on his knee, Bumblebee keeps his optics to the ground as Starscream sits a few feet from him. Time doesn’t seem to pass when he checks the countdown on his internal clock synced with the Dugout.

Of all the mechs to be stuck with. Of all the mechs to befriend – or be befriended by, more like – the Terrans, it just had to be Starscream.

Starscream, who offlined an Autobot right in front of him, only to laugh at his face afterwards and boast about his great achievement to Megatron. Starscream, who held a gun to his spark to bargain with Optimus Prime. Starscream, who loomed over the skies on the lookout for non-affiliated Cybertronians, who only search for a way to survive in a world where you either have to be a killer, or be killed.

He is vaguely aware of the dent in his palm from his clenched fist.

“I know what you’re thinking,” Starscream’s sharp voice cuts through the silence. Bee pats himself on the back for not flinching. "I'm a vicious Decepticon bent on destroying everyone I set my eyes on. And you would be right, of course," he dismissively shugs.

When the rest doesn't come, Bumblebee is forced to walk into Starscream’s carefully set up trap. "There is a "but" coming, right?"

"But I don't do it senselessly, my dear Autobot. Picture this: your people see you as nothing more than a scheming rodent, someone below them and their superior rule. It’s nearly impossible to earn respect amongst those monsters."

And Bumblebee definitely sees something there. For more cycles than he can count, Bumblebee had been viewed as a bot who needed to be supervised, not to be trusted with important missions. Or missions Bumblebee at the time considered important, anyway. It’s why he still feels echoes of the times long gone, when the need to prove his worth overrides his brain to the point of recklessness.

He’s no Decepticon, though.

“That’s no excuse. Don’t justify your actions and twist them into survival. There’s always a way.”

Starscream snicker is not kind. “And who taught you that? The Terrans? Who have seen no war?” his frame turns to face Bumblebee, one servo pressed to the ground for balance. “You know what was at stake. I don’t regret my decisions even for a nano-second, but if you think that I didn’t at least try to find a better way, then you’re just as stupid as the rest of them.”

The silence that follows has Bumblebee in a chokehold. His gaze travels on Starscream, analysing his drive to make sense of his crimes, of his killings, of his betrayals.

“I’ve said too much. Enjoy the rest of these painful hours in silence, little Autobot, and we’ll see who comes out the same when it’s done.”

Sympathy does not come easily these days – and Starscream makes it that much harder.

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. Sims 4 Greek Gods Legacy Challenge .

I first came across this challenge by simmer CheetahAlyssa and wanted to put my own little spin on the creative idea she originally came up with :)

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This challenge is SPECIFICALLY meant for base game meaning no extra add on mods or external cheats outside of the game's original programming are needed to participate.

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Overall Rules:

The genders of the sims aren't specified to their referred God/Goddess. The challenge is based on personality rather than physical appearance, so have fun with creating your sims.

Autonomy must be switched ON. I recommend a long lifespan for your sims.

If your sims unfortunately pass during any time during the challenge before you can at least get the next heir ready, you automatically lose the challenge and have to start over (whats the point of a challenge if there's no challenge? Hehe)

If you participate, make sure you tag me with the hashtag ChibiGodsChallenge.

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Generation 1: Hestia "The Homemaker" (Goddess of hearth/home)

You begin your origins as Hestia, the first born child of the titans Kronos and Rhea.

Rules:

Must start as YA

Cannot woohoo or get married

Must have the Neat, family-orientated, and good traits.

Household funds start at base game amount.

Must remain a virgin and can only have one child through adoption. (The child must be adopted as either an infant or toddler).

Must like to cook and bake.

You must not have a job but earn money by selling food (via food stand, etc)

**BONUS: If you use a mod that requires more traits, then you can add the foodie and generous trait as well.

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Generation 2: Demeter "The Farmer" (Goddess of harvest/agriculture)

Used to life as the only child, you developed a love for the outdoors, and growing your own food from the ground. You spend your days surrounded by plants, the life of the country satisfies you more than the city.

Rules:

Must start when sim becomes a YA

Must have the traits loves outdoors, rancher, and green fiend

Must not have a job, but earn money by gardening.

Master gardening skill

Cannot marry.

Must have a child through a one night stand. Must not see the parent sim after pregnancy.

Relationship with child must be strict, and does not allow child to have contact with other sims.

Generation 3: Hera "The Queen B" (Goddess of Marriage/Women/Family)

You were destined to be at birth, and your mother gave you nothing but the best being the only child, but you grew up naive due to being so sheltered.

Rules:

Must start gameplay when you become a teen.

Must have the traits romantic, jealous, and snob traits.

Must fall in love as a teen with a noncommittal sim.

Marry your first love. (Partner must cheat during marriage and produce multiple children. A cheat can be used on partner for this purpose)

Have a bad relationship with your husband but never divorce or break up.

Must have a career as a style influencer, and reach the branch "trend setter".

Must have three children.

Must have bad relationship with third and last child, and kick them out during their teen years (this sim begins next generation)

**BONUS: If you use a mod that requires more traits, then you can add the high maintenance trait as well.

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Generation 4: Poseidon "The Surfer" (God of the sea, storms, and earthquakes)

Your childhood started off rocky due to the complicated relationship with your parents. You find yourself in Sulani and feel the call of the ocean.

Rules:

Must start as a teen and runaway to Sulani.

Must become a mermaid by eating kelp in the aspirations.

Must have the traits child of the ocean, romantic, hot-headed.

Must not have a job until you become a YA, but can earn money through fishing.

Get a career in Conservationist and branch in the Marine Biologist career once you become a YA.

Must fall in love and marry a mermaid.

Must have three children and all but one can be a mermaid. (If all three spawn as mermaid, you can change one to human by using a cheat. This child starts next generation)

Must have at least one child outside of your marriage.

Must master fitness and fishing skill before YA.

Complete angling ace aspiration.

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Generation 5: Hades "The Misunderstood" (God of the underworld/the dead)

Being the only human of your family, you often felt different from your family, choosing solitude instead of being surrounded by numerous people. Others think you're nonchalant and mean, but deep down you desire love and understanding.

Rules:

Must begin as a teen

Must have the traits loner, socially awkward, and loyal.

Always dress in black

Fall in love with a sim that has the loves the outdoors trait.

Must befriend at least 3 ghosts, and have at least one high friendship.

Must own three dogs

Must join the business career and join the investor branch once reached YA.

Cannot have children, but can adopt one infant or toddler.

Must have good relationship with both spouse and child.

**BONUS: If you use a mod that requires more traits, then you can add the romantic trait and dog lover as well.

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Generation 6: Zeus "The King Of Heartbreakers" (God of the skies and thunder)

From birth, you knew you were destined for greatness, to be the "wonder kid" of your parent's eyes. You were perfect at everything you did, and your parents spoiled you rotten, which is why you don't feel the need to settle down with just one person.

Rules:

Must start as a YA.

Must have the non-commitment, romantic, and self assured trait.

Must have a career in politics and branch into politician.

Must marry a sim, but cheat throughout entire relationship and marriage and spawn children from each side relationship.

Must have three children with partner.

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Generation 7: Athena "The Professor" (Goddess of wisdom/warfare and handicraft)

Your parents always considered you the "wise" one because you were always the child solver as opposed to being the problem. You spend your days with your head in a book, but deep down you have a angry side.

Rules:

Must start as YA

Must have the traits ambitious, genius, bookworm

Must not marry or woohoo

Can only have children through adoption

Must have a career in education through the professor branch.

Must master logic skill

Complete nerd brain aspiration

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Generation 8: Aphrodite "The Serial Lover" (Goddess of beauty/love)

You considered yourself your parent's favorite due to them fawning over your beauty your entire life. Life always came easy for you because your looks got you everything you wanted. Unfortunately, your beauty makes it hard to stay loyal to just one.

Rules:

Sim must start as a teen

Must have the romantic, high maintenance, and self-absorbed traits.

Must have multiple suitors through teen years.

Get married as a YA to a sim you don't attractive, then fall in love with another sim during marriage.

Have a baby with side partner. You are not allowed to have children with your spouse.

Your sim and spouse may NEVER divorce or break up.

Must complete serial romantic aspiration.

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Generation 9: Ares "The Troublemaker" (God of war)

Labeled the "trouble maker" as a child. You see the world as your own personal game board, ready to set chaos upon the planet. You enjoy fighting, and causing mischief for anyone you see fit.

Rules:

Must start as a teen.

Must have the traits hot headed, erratic, mean.

Must like mischief

Must fall in love with a sim already in a relationship.

Must never marry

Must have a child through a one night stand.

Must have a career in the military or criminal career (any branch).

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Generation 10: Apollo "The Superstar" (God of music/light/poetry)

There was no doubt in life that you were meant for stardom. You spent your childhood learning to play different instruments and singing in the mirror. One day, the world will recognize who you are.

Rules:

Must start as a child.

Must have the traits music lover, self-assured, and romantic.

Must reach level 5 of any instrument before teen years, then master it before YA

Must only pursue sims in a relationship.

Must not have a job but earn money through music (writing or performing)

Must have a child through a one night stand.

Must reach high level of celebrity status sometime in YA years.

Complete world famous celebrity aspiration

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Generation 11: Artemis "The Animal Lover" (Goddess of the hunt)

Ever since you were a child, you found yourself falling in love with the outdoors and the animals that lived there. A modern day princess, your soft spot for animals leaves your heart a little cold for humans. You decided to devote your life to helping the animals.

Rules:

Must start as a YA

Must have the traits animal lover, loves outdoors and Adventurous

Must own at least four pets of different species.

May never marry or woohoo

Can only have one child through adoption.

Must like animals, rock climbing, and skiing.

Complete friends of animals aspiration

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Generation 12: Hermes "The Mischievous One" (God of mischief/travels)

Since a child, you were a fan of pranks, and mischievous things. You often drove your parent crazy from the amount of bad deeds you did for fun, and found humor in watching people get upset. You gained popularity from being the jokester.

Rules:

Must start as a child

Must have the traits outgoing, goofball, and good.

Complete chief of mischief aspiration.

Enter the Entertainer career and branch as a Comedian.

Must like comedy and mischief

Must master comedy and mischief skill by YA

Must have 4 lovers, and have children by only one.

Must never marry any of these lovers or enter an exclusive relationship.

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BONUS!!!!

Generation 13: Persephone "The Gardener" (Goddess of Spring)

You lived most of your life in solitude due to your parent's paranoia. All you've ever known in your life is your home, and the plants in your garden. You yearn for me, and wish to break away from your parent's strict rules.

Rules:

Must start as a teen

Must have the traits outdoor lover, romantic, and green fiend

Must master the gardening skill

Must complete botanist aspiration

Must not have a job, but make money by gardening.

Must fall in love with one sim your parents do not approve of (their interactions should always be negative).

Must marry first love and have children.

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Check out the official Discord Channel HERE for updates and chats with other simmers!

Happy simming!!

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