You're on good terms with Soundwave so far as I know too. Actually I thought the two of you were very civilised. I don't understand polyamoury and really I need to if I'm going to go on dating Tony.
Howlback is my other sister and she's cobalt blue. She was there last night. She'll want to be protective of me but she's also one of those people who wants everyone to know that she's fair and follows the rules.
Well, I thought I understood it well enough, but apparently there are nuances I've missed since I did manage to upset Harley. Best not to use me as your model. Or Megatron, but I hardly needed to tell you that.
I'm sorry, you just said 'Tony'. Not Tony Stark? Iron Man?
[Not that that would be bad, necessarily, but Loki might need a minute to adjust to that thought.]
Sometimes people who want to be fair and follow the rules are grateful for those of us who are happy to bend the rules to get shit done. I look forward to meeting her.
Sometimes Howler's like that and sometimes she's annoyed with us all. But I expect it goes the same with the other people like that that you've known.
Megatron as a role model. Excuse me while I laugh my tail off. I know your kids love him. But is he really helping you with them, or is he their co-conspirator?
Megatron? Thus far, a bit of both. I have no doubt he'd do anything in his power to protect them, but it's so obvious every aspect of organic childhood is foreign to him, it's objectively hilarious. I find it endearing, of course, and so do the children, but I would not call him a reliable babysitter as of yet.
But back to Stark...yes, we're from parallel worlds, much like myself and the Thor in the Nexus. In point of fact, we tried to kill each other at least twice, but we seem to have called a truce. I would warn you, he's quite a troubled man under that happy-go-lucky persona. You may need to be gentler than it seems you might, and definitely patient.
He has a playboy reputation, but his intentions seem to be noble enough.
[It feels weird to think of Stark courting someone in the Nexus at all. Even weirder to think of him dating one of the Decepticons, for reasons Loki can't quite put a finger on, but Glit is probably the best choice for him if that were going to happen.]
I figured he was an absolute mess given the state I was in when he decided he wanted me anyway. He's decided to help me stay sober though.
I was kind of like that with Naoko's kids, at first, but at least I understood how organics work physiologically. Had to keep enough of 'em alive at Grindcore, even if the powers that be didn't care what shape they were in as long as they told what they knew.
They're all grown now. In fact they're the ones who sent Rose here to find me.
The two of you have some things in common, I think. You might be just the right partners for one another, though I daresay it'll take a lot of patience on your part. He can be obnoxious.
I don't know why I'm telling you this, though. Maybe it's some sort of displaced guilt for having tried to kill him before. I'd like to see him stable and content.
Mhmm, we'll see. I think he's much more serious about Lucifer, whoever that is, than he is about me.
But I really like him.
I know Megatron thinks he's obnoxious, but for me that's kind of a positive.
If you think I could make him stable and content I'll give it a shot. I've been wondering how good he really is for me given how much he's into this other guy.
I have a hard time thinking of a relationship that's not exclusive as really being serious, because that's always been my experience. I probably give my sister a harder time than she deserves about how I wish she'd treat Soundwave right, because he's better than any of the rest of us.
Of course now I'm mad at him too for...
Well, for making out with your boyfriend. The one person whose lap Ravi needs to stay parsecs arway from.
I'm really not telling you this to make trouble. Decepticon drama, the gift that never stops giving.
I didn't know he was dating Lucifer. That sounds rather volatile. I like Lucifer very much (platonically), but that might be a bit of a moth-and-flame situation. And Lucifer is engaged to another angel, I believe.
Honestly, I don't know how relationships around the Nexus got so complicated. Unless it was always like this and I only just noticed.
I think you would be good for Stark, and I know he has a soft spot for children. But ultimately, it is up to you to decide how you feel about being with someone who's with another person. Not everyone is comfortable with that, and if it makes you unhappy, you shouldn't have to be.
Heh. You're entitled to be unhappy with all of those three as far as I'm concerned. I'm not, particularly, although I sort of wish I'd had a warning before the drama unfolded, but I'm skilled at putting other people in that situation so I'll take it as karmic retribution and let it go.
It would help if I understood what an angel even is. I don't, any more than I understand what you are--an organic who can form a sparkbond with a Cybertronian?
I'm perfectly comfortable dating someone who's dating another person, but I don't know how to tell if there's a commitment. Obviously for you and Megatron that's not a problem, because he spark-bonded with you. Most of my serious relationships have been with organics; it's been eons since I experienced sparkplay of any kind. I find Tony very attractive and I could commit to him if he wanted that with me. But if he's involved with someone a thousand times more powerful than me, and that person is serious about the relationship, I'm not sure I won't be redundant.
...ha. I'm not irritated with Megatron, I dislike him a great deal, as you know, and for very good reason. I just think Ravage and Soundwave should be more careful with each other, and I'm irritated that it's apparently not just Ravi who takes stupid risks.
Honestly for Decepticons this is incredibly minor drama.
There is no chance that Ravage and Soundwave will break up. If Ravage tells Sounders to keep his paws off Meg, he will do that. And Megatron apparently is feeling chastened enough to accept whatever my sister says, too.
Angels are a bit like gods. Elemental; connected to the energies and spiritual principles of the universe around them. I suspect if you asked Lucifer, he'd be better able to explain. Apparently where he comes from he's the source of creation itself, and that's a bit...bigger than I care to try wrapping my brain around.
As for me, I have an organic body, but that's only a small part of what I am. I'm a Trickster. I exist to upset the status quo, to trespass over boundaries and ruin expectations.
Power is...well, it would be wrong to say it's irrelevant in a relationship, but I strongly doubt it's a consideration for him with respect to who he wants to date. But afraid I'm going to muddy the waters if I keep talking about this, and I actually don't want to do that to either of you.
See, that's the thing, I don't really mind if they all go off and have an orgy together, I just don't want any of them hurt.
The relevance of power has a good deal to do with how comfortable I am being involved with someone. Sharing a lover with someone that powerful is daunting.
I'm nervous about being too close to too much power, unless I know the person wielding it as well as I know Ravage and Soundwave.
When I told my sister I was going to join the Decepticons, she brought me in at her own level. I ended up working with Soundwave and Starscream and Megatron because of my sister. I'd have been better off if I'd simply enlisted and joined a group of local recruits as their medic. But I'd been Ratchet and Pharma's apprentice and I'd been Ravage's brother, and that put me right under Megatron's optics with Knock Out and Hook.
I hacked off Megatron and ended up working at Grindcore.
What happens if I hack off Lucifer?
And I'm comfortable dating someone who's dating more than one partner. I'm not so sure I'm as fine with multiple serious commitments. There's a certain point at which it seems unwise, or dangerous, to be so committed without exclusivity. Obviously, that's not how it works for you, or for my sister.
Here's the thing.
Megatron and Soundwave and my sister have loved each other in various ways for over four million years. And they have hurt one another a lot, but I think they are treating each other better than they ever have before. The way they came into the world and the war they had to fight fragged all of them up. You already love them. You might as well trust them.
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Re: For Glit
Date: 2021-03-03 11:02 am (UTC)Howlback is my other sister and she's cobalt blue. She was there last night. She'll want to be protective of me but she's also one of those people who wants everyone to know that she's fair and follows the rules.
Some Decepticon, right?
Re: For Glit
Date: 2021-03-03 06:41 pm (UTC)I'm sorry, you just said 'Tony'. Not Tony Stark? Iron Man?
[Not that that would be bad, necessarily, but Loki might need a minute to adjust to that thought.]
Sometimes people who want to be fair and follow the rules are grateful for those of us who are happy to bend the rules to get shit done. I look forward to meeting her.
Re: For Glit
Date: 2021-03-04 01:44 am (UTC)Sometimes Howler's like that and sometimes she's annoyed with us all. But I expect it goes the same with the other people like that that you've known.
Megatron as a role model. Excuse me while I laugh my tail off. I know your kids love him. But is he really helping you with them, or is he their co-conspirator?
Re: For Glit
Date: 2021-03-04 03:41 pm (UTC)But back to Stark...yes, we're from parallel worlds, much like myself and the Thor in the Nexus. In point of fact, we tried to kill each other at least twice, but we seem to have called a truce. I would warn you, he's quite a troubled man under that happy-go-lucky persona. You may need to be gentler than it seems you might, and definitely patient.
He has a playboy reputation, but his intentions seem to be noble enough.
[It feels weird to think of Stark courting someone in the Nexus at all. Even weirder to think of him dating one of the Decepticons, for reasons Loki can't quite put a finger on, but Glit is probably the best choice for him if that were going to happen.]
Re: For Glit
Date: 2021-03-04 10:25 pm (UTC)I was kind of like that with Naoko's kids, at first, but at least I understood how organics work physiologically. Had to keep enough of 'em alive at Grindcore, even if the powers that be didn't care what shape they were in as long as they told what they knew.
They're all grown now. In fact they're the ones who sent Rose here to find me.
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Date: 2021-03-07 03:05 am (UTC)I don't know why I'm telling you this, though. Maybe it's some sort of displaced guilt for having tried to kill him before. I'd like to see him stable and content.
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Date: 2021-03-08 12:48 am (UTC)But I really like him.
I know Megatron thinks he's obnoxious, but for me that's kind of a positive.
If you think I could make him stable and content I'll give it a shot. I've been wondering how good he really is for me given how much he's into this other guy.
I have a hard time thinking of a relationship that's not exclusive as really being serious, because that's always been my experience. I probably give my sister a harder time than she deserves about how I wish she'd treat Soundwave right, because he's better than any of the rest of us.
Of course now I'm mad at him too for...
Well, for making out with your boyfriend. The one person whose lap Ravi needs to stay parsecs arway from.
I'm really not telling you this to make trouble. Decepticon drama, the gift that never stops giving.
(no subject)
Date: 2021-03-09 10:51 pm (UTC)Honestly, I don't know how relationships around the Nexus got so complicated. Unless it was always like this and I only just noticed.
I think you would be good for Stark, and I know he has a soft spot for children. But ultimately, it is up to you to decide how you feel about being with someone who's with another person. Not everyone is comfortable with that, and if it makes you unhappy, you shouldn't have to be.
Heh. You're entitled to be unhappy with all of those three as far as I'm concerned. I'm not, particularly, although I sort of wish I'd had a warning before the drama unfolded, but I'm skilled at putting other people in that situation so I'll take it as karmic retribution and let it go.
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Date: 2021-03-09 11:07 pm (UTC)I'm perfectly comfortable dating someone who's dating another person, but I don't know how to tell if there's a commitment. Obviously for you and Megatron that's not a problem, because he spark-bonded with you. Most of my serious relationships have been with organics; it's been eons since I experienced sparkplay of any kind. I find Tony very attractive and I could commit to him if he wanted that with me. But if he's involved with someone a thousand times more powerful than me, and that person is serious about the relationship, I'm not sure I won't be redundant.
...ha. I'm not irritated with Megatron, I dislike him a great deal, as you know, and for very good reason. I just think Ravage and Soundwave should be more careful with each other, and I'm irritated that it's apparently not just Ravi who takes stupid risks.
Honestly for Decepticons this is incredibly minor drama.
There is no chance that Ravage and Soundwave will break up. If Ravage tells Sounders to keep his paws off Meg, he will do that. And Megatron apparently is feeling chastened enough to accept whatever my sister says, too.
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Date: 2021-03-16 09:08 pm (UTC)As for me, I have an organic body, but that's only a small part of what I am. I'm a Trickster. I exist to upset the status quo, to trespass over boundaries and ruin expectations.
Power is...well, it would be wrong to say it's irrelevant in a relationship, but I strongly doubt it's a consideration for him with respect to who he wants to date. But afraid I'm going to muddy the waters if I keep talking about this, and I actually don't want to do that to either of you.
See, that's the thing, I don't really mind if they all go off and have an orgy together, I just don't want any of them hurt.
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Date: 2021-03-17 10:07 pm (UTC)I'm nervous about being too close to too much power, unless I know the person wielding it as well as I know Ravage and Soundwave.
When I told my sister I was going to join the Decepticons, she brought me in at her own level. I ended up working with Soundwave and Starscream and Megatron because of my sister. I'd have been better off if I'd simply enlisted and joined a group of local recruits as their medic. But I'd been Ratchet and Pharma's apprentice and I'd been Ravage's brother, and that put me right under Megatron's optics with Knock Out and Hook.
I hacked off Megatron and ended up working at Grindcore.
What happens if I hack off Lucifer?
And I'm comfortable dating someone who's dating more than one partner. I'm not so sure I'm as fine with multiple serious commitments. There's a certain point at which it seems unwise, or dangerous, to be so committed without exclusivity. Obviously, that's not how it works for you, or for my sister.
Here's the thing.
Megatron and Soundwave and my sister have loved each other in various ways for over four million years. And they have hurt one another a lot, but I think they are treating each other better than they ever have before. The way they came into the world and the war they had to fight fragged all of them up. You already love them. You might as well trust them.