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Happy Valentine's Day !

I used this scene from Sonic X as a reference.

I thought, why not redraw this scene but in Movie Sonic and Movie Amy versions for Valentine's Day?

The flower Sonic gives Amy has a deep meaning, because the lavender rose represents joy, royalty and love at first sight. You can give lavender roses as a sign of love at first sight for another person. To give a lavender rose is to say “I was seduced at first sight”, “You inspire noble and deep feelings in me”😍.

Genji’s Dragon

A commission done for @adorkableaud

Prompt:  Genji’s dragon really loves to hang out with s/o. s/o and Genji are not yet in an established relationship and they both are shy about their feelings for each other.

Word count: 2048

You sat by yourself in a large windowsill, quietly enjoying a book as gentle rays of sunshine beamed through the glass to give you warmth. The day was a bit overcast, but there was just enough sunlight to keep you comfortable.

While invested in your story, you feel an odd warmth gather in your lap. Keeping your eyes on your book, you hesitantly reach down with one hand to feel what’s going on down there. You feel… scales… and a long, serpentine body. Is that a snake!?

You fall out of the windowsill with a shriek. Luckily, you weren’t too far from the ground so you don’t get hurt too bad, but now your head was whipping around looking for the spooky scary snake that dared snuggle up to you. You were confused to find no such thing sitting around you, but as soon as you looked up, you see a wispy green dragon floating in the air mere inches from your nose. You let out a shriek and cover your eyes as a defensive reflex. Staying still for a few moments, you start to think you may just be hallucinating, but you feel a gentle warmth touch one of your hands. Something akin to a lick, you think.

Slowly, you lower your hands from your face and see the dragon is still there. It lets out a frustrated chuff before snuggling up to your cheek, gently wrapping around your neck, and resting its head on your shoulder so it could take a little nap.

Well, it would appear this creature didn’t mean you any harm, but you were still incredibly weirded out by this situation. Where did this dragon come from? Why does it want to sleep on you? Wait, dragons are real? So many questions ran through your mind, you almost didn’t notice when Genji showed up. You spotted his feet in your peripheral vision and looked up to see a rather confused ninja.

“Oh! Genji!” you say, startled.  “Sorry, sorry. I was reading but then I fell and now I’m… here…”

With embarrassment clear on your face, you get back up on your feet and try to avoid eye contact with Genji. Since the moment you first saw him, you have had quite the crush on him. Even when you mistook him for an omnic at first, you wished he would be yours. Of course you’d be caught in such an embarrassing position in front of your dream man…

“So, um, what brings you here? I don’t usually see too many agents in this corner of the Watchpoint.”

“I’m… actually not too sure,” Genji responds, as if in thought. “I just felt like coming here. Like some instinctual pull brought me—“

Just then, the little dragon wrapped around your neck perked its head up and let out a defensive little snarl at Genji, to which Genji took a step back and yelped in surprise… which then made you yelp out of fear.

“What is that doing here?” Genji asked, pointing at the dragon. His visor hid his face, but from his voice you could tell he was completely flabbergasted about all this.

“Oh! It uh, just kind of showed up? That’s actually why I was on the floor. It scared me. Thought it was a snake… Heh, do you know anything about this?”

Now that you mention it, you began to recall Genji having something very similar—

“That’s my dragon!” Genji nearly shrieked. It almost sounded like he was embarrassed about something, but you couldn’t think of anything that could possibly cause him to feel that way.

“Yours? Oh, you mean that glowy dragon that appears when you do your… sword thing? I didn’t think it was… sentient.”

Genji held his hand out toward you and the dragon let out a little growl before begrudgingly uncurling from your neck and twirling around his arm. In an instant, the dragon vanished on a poof of green smoke and it was as if the creature had never been there to begin with.

“It is, somewhat,” Genji said with a sigh. “Most of his behaviors are derived from my own personality and mood. I didn’t even notice it had emerged, let alone left me. I’m sorry it frightened you. I’ll be sure to keep better control over it.”

Now you were feeling a little bad. You didn’t want him to feel so self-conscious about this.

“No, no,” you assure him. “It’s not that big a deal. Now that I know what it is, I wouldn’t mind having it show up again! It was actually kind of warm as it rested on me. Kind of like a long cat.”

You could feel the color flushing in your cheeks as you began to realize how silly you sounded. How dare you describe Genji’s cherished dragon like that? That’s one way to ruin your chances with the guy you crushed on.

Yet, it seemed he did not take offense. Instead, Genji let out a little chortle and nodded his head in agreement.

“It is sort of like a cat, isn’t it? That just means it gets into more trouble than it should. But, if you really don’t mind, I suppose it’s alright. If only I knew what drew it to you in the first place.”

Oh, but he knew. He knew all too well but was too afraid to admit it. Just like you had fallen so hard for him, Genji had fallen just as hard for you if not harder. It would seem now his desires are finally starting to become too much for him and his dragon thought it would be best to take action. Sadly, Genji didn’t think you’d be willing to go out with him. Despite his time with Zenyatta, he is still somewhat concerned with his appearance and feels in his current state, he in unlovable—at least not in the intimate sense. He can make friends and close companions just fine, but to take on a lover? It was impossible, or so he thought.

With that, Genji simply gave you a little wave and left you alone. But, even with him gone, you swore you could still feel his presence deep within your chest.

That night, Genji dreamed of holding you in his arms. He wanted to squeeze you tight, kiss you hard, and make you all his. Of course, that was just a dream, but come morning, you woke up to find Genji’s dragon had returned. The glowing green serpent was curled into a little ball on your stomach, much like how a cat curls up. Does this thing even know it’s reptilian? Regardless, you found it pretty cute, even if its presence did give you a bit of a start when you woke up. You reach out and gently stroke the dragon’s cute little head, then rub down along its back. The dragon lets out a pleased purr and presses against your hand for more affection.

However, this contact must have sent a jolt through the dragon, because as soon as you started petting it, Genji launched up from his bed with a gasp and instantly knew his dragon had wandered off again. He was correct in assuming his dragon had gone to be with you again. Damn, it was too early for this…

Genji felt himself being consumed by an addictive warmth. It was something that made his heart pound out of his chest and he silently cursed his dragon as he simmered in jealousy. He needed to get his dragon back, but most importantly, he needed to see you.

Genji got himself out of bed and rushed to put himself together. It was as if every moment apart from you left him more and more antsy. Once he looked decent, he rushed out of his room and simply followed the compass in his heart to find where you and his dragon were hiding. It was likely you were still in your room given the early hour, so he hoped he wouldn’t be waking you up or anything.

You remained in your bed, gazing at the dragon with loving eyes as you lazily stroked its limp body. It had become so relaxed under your touch it was basically a limp noodle by now. After what felt like a good hour, you hear a gentle knock on your door that still managed to make you turn stiff with surprise. Then, as much as you didn’t want to, you carefully got yourself out of bed and pulled the dragon off of you. The spirit was not pleased in the slightest, but allowed it for it knew who was at the door.

You open it to see Genji standing there. Of course, you think to yourself. You grab the dragon out of the air with a mastery that gave Genji a shock. You had only known the dragon for less than a day and you already handled it so well! It was good to see you were quickly establishing such a good connection.

You hold the dragon out to Genji and he shyly takes it back. The dragon dissipates as he makes contact with it.

“Heh… Sorry again. It would seem my dragon is quite fond of you.”

You smile just a bit in your still sleepy state, picking up on the adorable shyness in Genji’s voice.

“Well, I think I’m becoming quite fond of your dragon as well,” you reply.

The ninja perks up just a bit at this. He couldn’t tell if that tone you were using was flirty or not, but he considered it to be enough to make a move. A very subtle move, he hopes.

He inquires, “Is that so? Perhaps we could, I don’t know, arrange a meeting time of sorts? Just a time for us to hang out so you can spend some time with my dragon. I mean— at least then maybe the darn thing would stop running off like this. It’s much more bothersome than it lets on.”

You had a sneaking suspicion that this may or may not be Genji asking you out on a date. You really really hoped that was the case. Your heart swelled and you internally screamed at the thought of it, but you didn’t want to get your hopes up too high either. You figured it would be best to play it safe, but that doesn’t mean you won’t be totally relishing in this opportunity.

“I think that sounds lovely,” you say after pretending to think it over for a moment. “I’d love to spend more time with that sweet dragon of yours! Oh—and you too, I guess.”

With a coy little wink, you tell him he can text you whenever he is in the mood to hang and the two of you can just work it out from there. Then, you shut the door and flop back onto your bed to try and get some more sleep, but you just can’t. You’re too busy rolling around and screaming into your pillow. A date with Genji! Well, not a date exactly. But still! A DATE WITH GENJI!

Meanwhile, Genji has a silent celebration of his own on the other side of your door, pumping his fists into the air and letting out soft, whispered “yesssss”s under his breath. Looks like that whole “get a date through your pet” also applies to ancient spirit dragons. Even his dragon emerges once again to twirl around his head and let out a few excited chuffs and rub up against Genji’s face plate with glee.

Still, the dragon’s plan to break the ice has worked, but it thinks it still needs to help Genji, at least until they get married. The dragon ceases its celebration to look back at your door, then glance at Genji.

“Don’t you dare,” Genji whispers angrily and gestures for the dragon to return to him, but nope. The dragon reveals a mischievous toothy grin and phases through the door to snuggle up to you again.

Genji whines and slowly sinks down to the floor with his head in his hands. His descent is accompanied by a long “noooooooooooooo” until he hits the floor. This was so embarrassing. He wishes he could put a leash on that thing.

Can you do jealousy headcannon for Genji?

i can only crank out head canons rn bc writing one shots and drabbles is hard for me at the moment 😔

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— genji shimada x reader

Genji and Jealousy

We’re starting off with Blackwatch Genji. That’s where his insecurities are far worse. This is where his jealously stems from. His new body and comparing himself to everyone around him.

New robotic body, the flesh he still has scarred. He’s doesn’t feel like himself anymore.

Angry and disgusted of himself he feels like he isn’t worthy of anyone’s affections.

You join blackwatch shortly after him. You’re energetic, bubbly, caring, and friendly. Very much the opposite of the Blackwatch members.

You start talking to him first than the others. Trying to make conversation with him. But he’s usually unresponsive. Barely giving you a second glance.

Not because he’s annoyed by you, but because he just doesn’t understand why you’d want to talk to him out of the others.

Moira isn’t much of a friendly talker, Reyes is friendly enough but all work and rarely ever playful. Now Cassidy. Cassidy is a flirt. He’d watch him interact with you from the sidelines. Throwing you pick up line after pickup line.

Yes, Genji will get jealous over time as you continue to try to be friends with him. He slowly breaks down his walls around you.

This means when he sees Cassidy flirting with you he’d get insecure. Jealous even.

Cassidy only has a robotic arm. Genji is all metal in his eyes.

He gets moody when Cassidy walks over to the two of you, starting the conversation off with a flirtatious comment directed towards you.

Then he slinks off to go train to get whatever jealousy or anger he has building up out of his system.

He will feel guilty about getting jealous. You’ve never showed signs of reciprocating the same energy back to Cassidy. But he still gets annoyed whenever he takes your attention away from him.

The jealousy that bubbles in him when Cassidy interacts with you will slowly go away when he eavesdrops overhears a conversation between you and Cassidy. Telling him to stop with the flirting.

After that he’d be a little bit cocky around Cassidy. In a way where he gets touchy with you.

Having an arm on your back, standing closer to you than normal, walking you to places, letting you touch him when you think he needs a look over, stealing you away when Cassidy and you are in the middle of a conversation.

He’s a little shit during his Blackwatch days truly.

When both Blackwatch and Overwatch get shut down and everyone reunited years later. He won’t get as easily jealous as he used to. He’s found confidence and peace in his body thanks to Zenyatta and the other monks during his healing journey.

He’s older and more mature. More playful and carefree than he was back then. And you two are an official couple.

Yes there would be the occasional random that will try to flirt with you but he doesn’t give it a second thought anymore.

You always brush them off. There isn’t a need to be jealous since you remind him everyday of your love for him.

Hello

I know I'm barely here anymore

But unfortunately the Ritalin shortage in Summer caused me to become hyperfixation on Overwatch, Gabriel Reyes/Reaper in particular (AGAIN), against my very will.

But I'm here to make it everyone else's problem again and have been challenged by @wildissylupus to post my Martina Reyes HCs (or basically character summary at this point)!!!

So

Here

We

GOOOOOO

(Please note I am Filipina, not Mexican or Latine at all, I'm trying my best to research, but please correct me if I'm wrong)

- 1st of all, for me it is Dr. Martina Nuñez-Reyes, women in STEM, iconic

- Born and raised in San Diego, in particular in or by Barrio Logan!

- She is specifically Nahua Mexican with family in Guerrero, Mexico. She has learned a lot of Precolonial History and mythology, both in school and from her family. She also speaks Nahuatl fluently, as well as Spanish and ASL.

- Sweet, nurturing, professional, good tempered, graceful, makes lots of bad puns (she and Winston got along great), but occasionally slips in some "joking" sadism and morbid curiosity.

- Loves perfume even though she can't wear it often due to her work in laboratories and hospitals, will wear even just a little bit even at home to enjoy it.

- joined a ballet folklorico troupe up until High School, but still remembers the moves well. Specializes in Guerrero style folklorico!

- Excellent cook, amazing baker. Loves to adapt recipes to include lots of spices. (This will come back later)

- Interested in the medical field, specifically medicine itself, after learning about how advanced Mesoamerican civilizations were medically.

- Martina was a regular prodigy, attending an advanced secondary school academy in Mexico City, before continuing on to get PhDs in Medicine, Chemistry, and Pharmaceutical Science by age 24.

- By age 26 she had already made strides by synthesizing and creating medicine that was able to do things like naturally accelerate healing in the body.

- That's also when the Omnic Crisis began. She was inducted by the United States Military among swathes of other skilled doctors to create the Super Soldier Serum for the Soldier Enhancement Program (SEP) at a hidden facility.

- Six months, they managed to get it to an acceptable loss rate of 25%, and test it on 100 Soldiers. She was in charge of overseeing the injections of 20 of the 100 randomly assigned under her, which included Soldier 24, Gabriel Reyes, and Soldier 76, Jack Morrison. It was also done in doses, not all at once.

- She and Gabriel were attracted to each other but didn't act on it for quite a bit, due to the taboo nature of a doctor and a patient. They didn't flirt either, but had moments of "Oh fuck they're hot" before shaking it off.

- After the second round of doses, she lost her first soldier, which made the risk of SEP all the more apparent to her.

- Remember when I mentioned she's good at baking? She stress bakes because it helps make a zen sort of ritual of following steps/regaining a small sense of control. The reason Gabriel loves cookies? It's because he woke up at 2AM catching her stress baking a batch of Chili Chocolate Chip Cookies. It's where they had a heart to heart about Gabriel and the other Enhanced Soldiers trusting Martina and the doctors no matter the risk because they know they're liable to die in the Crisis anyway if they can't make headway.

- As the Crisis gets more dire, the General orders the doctors at the SEP facility to also go through basic military training, which Martina disliked, so she never really went past a machine pistol.

- 33 Soldiers make it out, and she sent with them on missions to retake cities across America. She wouldn't always be an active combatant, but she could hold her own if she had to.

- When Gabriel Reyes and Jack Morrison were selected to the elite Overwatch core team, she helped lead their medical support team. Also yes during this whole time, Gabriel and Martina still were attracted to each other but still sort of afraid to act because not only is she still his Doctor, he's now her commanding officer.

- Also during this period she helps treat a young Angela Ziegler during the bombing of Zurich.

- After fighting alongside Inti Warriors (Specifically Illari's dad) to help retake part of Central and South America, Gabriel almost died, which caused her to go full BAMF, and save him.

(Jack: "... can someone please tell me why our medic is rushing in alone, guns blazing?")

- They have to repair ships and stuff, so they decide to take R&R in reclaimed Guerrero, where Martina shows Gabriel around, and they end up dancing together. It's where they finally give in and end up in a relationship.

- Get married the last year of the Omnic Crisis, and have a son a few years later named Izel (who is the grown man with a family in my heart and soul in the Reflections Comic)

- Dr. Martina Nuñez-Reyes is the first Head of Medicine in Overwatch's Golden Age because goddamnit someone had to have that position before Angela.

- She's also Angela's mentor and sort of like an adoptive mom, Angela absolutely idolized her

Here's where my Canon deviates hard, because Blizzard's timeline makes no sense

(Fun fact this next part exists because I misread Code of Violence and thought that the ash and burning was from Gabriel's memories of Echo Park and not where he was so I straight up thought Martina was fridged a whole ass year before I heard the voicelines and reread it for clarity, but she's not fridged. Just stay with me.)

- On Izel's 6th birthday in Echo Park, there was an attempted assassination via explosions that caused Izel to lose his left arm and replace it with a prosthetic (the man in the Reflections comic has his left arm in his pocket)

- It also very nearly kills Martina, who is 6 MONTHS PREGNANT WITH THEIR DAUGHTER, Graciela

- The family lives, and Graciela has to be c-section delivered prematurely

- This ofc enrages Martina and Gabriel who, after recovery, hunt the motherfucker down to kill.

- It is not a quick death. Martina synthesizes POISON to make that fucker die screaming. (Basically I wanted to flip the Dead Wife trope where the wife lives and is FUCKING PISSED AND JOINS HER HUSBAND ON A ROARING RAMPAGE OF REVENGE)

- Oh yeah and that triggers the birth of Blackwatch lmao.

- Gabriel brought Cole Cassidy home for Christmas where she immediately enfolds Cole into the family.

- Martina and Gabriel also help Cole get his GED.

- Oh yeah Blackwatch

- So Martina supplies the poisons for coercion, torture, and assassination (and torture) to Blackwatch under the table for super covert missions, basically even people at Blackwatch didn't even know about. Ma'am was committing war crimes to keep the world and her babies safe. All while keeping up the sweet, dedicated, professional facade for like 14 years.

- Gabriel tries to get her to make another super soldier serum so he can be stronger, she refuses, they argue, him calling her a hypocrite, and it looks bad, UNTIL

- Shit happens and she accidentally lets a poison slip that gets reverse engineered and kills a lot of people, causing her to retire and Mercy steps up. Gabriel keeps her secret and they end up staying together

- HOWEVER, once the Venice Incident happens and Izel disowns his father, she chooses to not back up Gabriel's choices, whereas their daughter Graciela does, causing them to be separated but still married.

- Gabriel considers leaking her secret, but loves her too much to/wants the kids to have at least one parent they don't detest

- After the Swiss Explosion, Martina and Graciela mourn very badly, Izel rekindled his relationship with his mother but not Graciela

(Izel needs his own post probably lmao)

- Martina tries to move on, but finds she can't.

- listen once a man is willing to cover up war crimes for you, it's a very hard standard to meet

- She rejects the recall initially but to avoid this post from being even longer REASONS, Graciela goes with/gets kidnapped by (it's complicated) Talon, which is how Cole finds out Gabriel is Reaper

- Joins in to get her daughter back, and to redeem herself because she realizes how much destruction she caused even if people deserved it... lowkey she even doesn't fully regret it depending on the person she killed

- Her abilities are she got a CPR glove that can shock people in one hand that can pull Medicated/poison grenades out of a storage and a Pistol in the other and she can inject peeps with medication close quarters.

- She's like 63 currently also (in my Canon, Gabriel got a significant age bump with a bunch of other characters, he is 67 but is technically frozen at age 58)

- blizzard if you read this and wonder why I turned this nameless, possibly faceless character into someone that's committed war crimes, I don't got a fucking clue either

- wildissylupus I'm so sorry for subjecting you to this, like how I will subject my friends to a PowerPoint presentation about my character lore and alternate overwatch timeline on my birthday

Genji headcanons because i cant stop staring at him 👁👄👁

oh my this gif is so pretty

this isnt a headcanon, this is canon, i just wanted to say it: have you seen that man's ass?!?!?! double cheeked up frrr

smack it

catch him off guard

pinch it or something

you'll leave the man confused for days

tend to his wounds because the man fr needs healing smh

as your tending to his injured state, lay kisses all over his face

tell him how cool he looks, it will definitely boost his ego in a good way

tell him he's hot, he deserves it, just know that he will deny it with a bright red face

you and him definitely make fun of Hanzo, it's just required

he gets really insecure about his scars and the fact that he is literally mostly cyber, so please tell him otherwise

give him all the words of affirmation you have because it always does make him feel better

DONT TOUCH HIS SWORDS OR ANY WEAPONS FOR THAT MATTER

1. he doesnt want you to get hurt

2. those are his life, so if you touch them he will lecture you for an hour

he is little spoon

that's canon

mhm

confirmed

if in the moment he wants to be big spoon, he will bury his face in the crook of your neck

he will also just do that when he is little spoon, but cuddling you back

it's little spoon, but he's facing you, ya know?

he doesnt snore, he just has cute little breaths <3

he likes making fun of you, but never to hurt you, just to play about and it's cute because he really gets himself and you giggling

play videogames with him

especially stardew or animal crossing, i just so those chill games as his vibe

i also think he loves botw, so cuddle him as he's just exploring the world

he would introduce you to zen and y'all would kick it off immediately, trying to pull pranks on genji

pick flowers for genji, he's a sucker for it

get him a cat and he will be yours forever

make fun of his bowlcut from when he was a kid and feel the wrath of more than likely a tickle or pillow fight

when you and kiriko are together, you are taking Genji DOWN

just expect a lot of love and sweetness from Genji <3

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@tonberry-yoda

Well, you all asked soo. . .

Here is My Movie Sonamy Headcanon (Part 1?)✨

💙🩹🩷

How Sonic and Amy fall in Love

"He fell first, she fell harder "

Sonic:

He crushes on Amy INSTANTLY (ofc) but over time, once he gets to know Amy better, he starts to love her EVEN MORE. Cuz in my opinion "love at first sight" isn't really a thing, it's cute but having his love for her grow even more over time is a lot more cute and wholesome ❤ (imo)

And now!

Amy:

At first, she thinks Sonic is a dork, she finds it cute but denies the idea of her liking him. But then getting to know him, she thinks "ok, I might like him, but I don't want anything to do with him" then something happens like he does something like, a heroic act or something (Idk lol) that makes Amy fall for him in that moment! making her think, "ok, maybe I like this guy more than I thought"

So yeah! That's my headcanon there XD 💙🩹🩷

(More soon hopefully)

In this household we validate bayverse Optimus Prime's PTSD and support him💙💙💙

Florence Castle's HEROES OF CYBERTRON - Ep. 01: BLURR

Erano secoli che non porto a compimento un progetto a nome del forum di Autorobot.it, ma finalmente mi son decisa a farlo. Per cui oggi inauguro una specie di pseudo-serie TV in cui vi parlerò delle più grandi icone dei noti robot trasformanti di casa Hasbro. Non so con che cadenza pubblicherò le "puntate", ma vi prometto che "andranno in onda" a brevi intervalli l'una dall'altra. Okkei, dopo questo preambolo, benvenuti a HEROES OF CYBERTRON!

NOTA: Alcune immagini non sono mie, ma vengono dal sito DeviantArt. Articolo scritto da me, con l'approvazione di @jazzluca.

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PUNTATA 1: BLURR, il Bot vivente più veloce dell’Universo

Sonic the Hedgehog dell’omonima saga videoludica SEGA; il duo a fumetti Flash della DC Comics e Quicksilver della Marvel; l’alieno XLR8 della megaserie animata Ben 10; Beep Beep/Road Runner e il topino Speedy Gonzales dei Looney Tunes... sono solo alcuni dei personaggi fittizi che hanno in comune l’appellativo di “cosa vivente più veloce del mondo”, ma il rappresentante Transformer più famoso di questa categoria non può che essere colui che Gianni Rodari ribattezzerebbe “Freccia Azzurra” in onore del suo omonimo racconto: Blurr!

Conosciuto in Italia negli anni Ottanta col nome di Flash, Blurr è universalmente ricordato per essere uno tra gli Autobot più veloci e per l’altrettanto veloce (e spesso incomprensibile!) parlantina attribuitagli in diverse occasioni, divenuta col tempo marchio di fabbrica del personaggio. Inoltre, in più di trent’anni del brand, Blurr ha avuto almeno otto incarnazioni diverse, divise tra omaggi G1 più o meno brillanti e libere interpretazioni autonome; tra l’altro, il modello G1 è l’“auto fittizia più veloce” secondo il sito Forbes.com, battendo in volata la Mach Five del film Speed Racer (2008) con 500 miglia orarie, contro le appena 258 del secondo classificato. Ma quali sono le origini di questo Usain Bolt dei Transformers?

Blurr fa la sua prima comparsa nel brand nel Film Animato del 1986 come uno dei nuovi Autobot distaccati ad Autobot City sulla Terra, per poi approdare giocoforza nella successiva Stagione 3 G1 spesso e volentieri a fianco del survivalista poeta Wheelie, come si vede nella miniserie-pilota Le Cinque Facce dell’Oscurità: qui il neo Comandante Rodimus Prime gli affida la delicata missione di consegnare l’ingranaggio di trasformazione di Metroplex ad Autobot City prima che cada nelle mani nemiche. In seguito, Blurr si limita a fornire assistenza e copertura ai suoi compagni in diverse occasioni, il che fa a pugni con l’originale ruolo descritto nella Bio del personaggio, ovvero un semplice messaggero. Nel contempo, però, si dimostra un valido guerriero a tal punto da meritarsi un secondo ruolo nella G1, in particolare per la serie Targetmaster e nei fumetti della IDW, nei quali invece viene descritto con sole tre parole: corridore, soldato, barista. Sì, perché il nostro Flash, dopo numerose scorribande, ora si ritrova a gestire una locanda chiamata Maccadam’s Old Oil House e lo vediamo anche nei fumetti di Windblade a ricoprire lo stesso ruolo; ciononostante, è pur sempre un ottimo consigliere e/o intermediario per la protagonista! Tuttavia, la sua genesi risale a uno Spotlight ricalcato sul modello di un film come Cars: Motori Ruggenti, per un pubblico molto giovane e senza pretese.

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Per quanto riguarda le altre versioni, non bisogna trascurare l’infelice incarnazione nella Trilogia Unicron, perché la sua caratterizzazione in quest’universo appare assai confusa agli occhi dei fan: il personaggio di Blurr, infatti, esordisce in Armada come un tosto veterano, lontano quindi dall’iconografia del G1 semplicemente perché dell’originale velocista ha solo il nome, dato che nella versione giapponese della serie in realtà si chiamava Silverbolt (come lo storico capo degli Aerialbot!). Successivamente, per la serie Cybertron, esce un modellino basato sull’Armada con colori e fattezze che omaggiano il G1, la cui storia è legata al pianeta Velocitron, mentre però nel cartone spesso e volentieri vengono mostrati degli Autobot sulla Terra camuffati col suo stesso altmode.

Il colpo di genio arriva nel 2008, con l’esordio nella fortunata serie Animated, disegnata da Derrick J.Wyatt, coprendo ben sei episodi di fila (o solo tre, considerando la mancata esportazione in Italia della terza stagione). Il personaggio arriva sulla Terra, in altmode, nell’episodio della Stagione 2 I Demoni della Strada sotto il nome di “Blue Racer” – e già questa potrebbe essere una definizione che rivela il nome del personaggio. In questo suo esordio Animated, nonostante la reputazione di chiacchierone, Blurr non dice una sola parola e né viene presentato come “figlio” dell’AllSpark, ma piuttosto come un membro della già nota Guardia d’Élite. Esteticamente questo Blurr, secondo le voci della BotCon dell’epoca, presenta dei lievi omaggi all’ormai defunto TransTech Cheetor, come ad esempio le caratteristiche “ruote vuote” sui piedi; al contempo condivide col G1 non solo l’aspetto seppur stilizzato, ma anche la voce americana, ovvero John Moschitta Jr., sebbene con la tipica parlantina veloce “semplificata” riscontrabile anche dal nostrano Davide Garbolino. Per quanto riguarda l’altmode, per una probabile coincidenza ricorda abbastanza la Mach Five di Speed Racer... oppure una futuristica quattroruote figlia dell’universo fantascientifico di Tron! Con la Stagione 3, inedita in Italia, la musica cambia e il celebre velocista esce sconfitto e ridotto in un cubo. Questo, però, non pone fine alla carriera del personaggio: omaggiando le sventure di Waspinator in Beast Wars, Wyatt ha presentato sul proprio blog un’illustrazione che spiega come la Scintilla di Blurr sia sopravvissuta all’interno del cubo di metallo in cui il corpo è stato compresso; il che spinge gli addetti ai lavori a comporre una storia nella BotCon 2015, intitolata The Return of Blurr, per confermare che è sopravvissuto alla dolorosa tortura subita da Shockwave.

Ovviamente non poteva mancare, in occasione della BotCon 2008, una brillante particina nell’universo speculare Shattered Glass, nel quale veste i panni di un feroce cecchino nero e blu monco di un occhio, ciecamente fedele alla filosofia «Più sono intelligente, più in fretta crepi», giusto per citare il “biglietto da visita” del modellino uscito in edizione limitata in quel periodo.

Ma la vera sorpresa è ritrovare il personaggio addirittura nella Continuity Allineata, macrouniverso creato agli inizi del 2010 allo scopo di “diventare la fusione dei numerosi progetti Transformers per la decade a venire”: l’esordio avviene nei romanzi di Alex Irvine, nello specifico in Exile, come uno dei migliori corridori di Velocitron; quest’ultima caratteristica del personaggio, ereditata dalla defunta versione Cybertron dello stesso, ritorna in Rescue Bots, nei panni questa volta di una giovane recluta finita suo malgrado sulla Terra insieme all’altrettanto sfortunato Autobot Salvage. Seppur con qualche lieve modifica estetica e con una livrea stile G1/Animated, e pur conservando gli “occhiali” del predecessore, lo stesso Blurr ricompare nella serie Robots in Disguise (2015), nella terza stagione intitolata Combiner Force.

L’ultima apparizione nota di Blurr in una serie animata risale al 2018. Si tratta di Cyberverse, che collega diverse trame famose di altre Continuity (non diversamente da quella “Allineata” degli anni ‘10) e le unisce in una nuova storia ispirata ai classici G1 usando personaggi evergreen. Nel caso di Blurr, è un agente e velocista originario di Velocitron (un collegamento con gli omonimi di Cybertron e della Continuity Allineata) nonché amico di Bumblebee, che purtroppo compare solo in una puntata e per di più in un flashback. Un vero peccato, perché possedeva delle caratteristiche interessanti: un look ispirato alla controparte IDW e il fastidioso difetto di parlare troppo velocemente “ereditato” dalla G1 e da Animated, anche se quest’ultimo particolare non viene rappresentato nella serie.

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Come giocattolo, Blurr ha ricevuto poco più di una dozzina di modellini, sette nel solo macrouniverso G1! Prima di tutto, negli anni Ottanta uscirono due versioni del personaggio storico: quello canonico dell’86 e il Targetmaster dell’87, con la differenza che quest’ultimo presentava una livrea più brillante e più vicina possibile al settei originale rispetto al primo. Anche per la Trilogia Unicron abbiamo avuto due modellini: quello Armada del 2002, un Deluxe vecchia scuola il cui altmode assomiglia a una Ferrari F50 (venduto anche in Giappone nel set Street Speed Mini-Con Team); e quello Cybertron del 2005, anch’esso un vecchio Deluxema tarato come mero recolor del modello precedente e modificato ad hoc per contenere la gimmik delle Cyber Key – nel caso di Blurr del pianeta Velocitron. Lo stesso modello lo ritroviamo, come anticipato sopra, come figure esclusiva della BotCon 2008 per la serie Shattered Glass, anche se in realtà conserva la Cyber Key del modellino di Cybertron!

Contemporaneamente esce il Deluxe Blurr per la linea Animated: bello, elegante e longilineo al punto giusto, con un’arma somigliante in tutto e per tutto al G1 – il cofano dell’auto che poteva diventare alla bisogna uno scudo con lama seghettata retrattile. Tre anni dopo, data la sua somiglianza al TransTech Cheetor, la Hasbro non si è risparmiata nel ricavare da questo stampo una figure esclusiva per il cosiddetto “Club dei Collezionisti”, con le fattezze del simpatico Maximal scavezzacollo delle Beast Wars in salsa tutt’altro che animalesca!

Nel frattempo, negli anni Dieci del Duemila, la Hasbro presenta al mondo un tripudio di Blurr, sia classici sia moderni. Per la linea Generations del 2010, per esempio, ecco un Deluxe Blurr come remold del già ottimo modello di Drift, apprezzato soprattutto dai TFan del Belpaese per il look praticamente sputato agli sketch del mostro sacro italico Guido Guidi, successivamente ricolorato per la linea United dell’anno seguente e poi ancora per il gift set Autobot Heroes del 2016 – in tutti e tre i casi Blurr ha la sua tipica livrea G1, ma è armato di fucile da cecchino, come invece si vede nei fumetti IDW. Nello stesso anno, arriva un altro Deluxe, questa volta per la Titan Returns, colorato come il vecchio giocattolo G1 nella versione Hasbro e come nel cartone originale G1 nella versione Takara; inoltre, la sua testa/Titan Master, gimmik chiave di questa linea, omaggia il suo partner Targetmaster fin dal nome, seppur con grafia completamente diversa per motivi tutt’ora sconosciuti (da Haywire a Hyperfire, per intenderci).

Una menzione d’onore va invece alla linea Studio Series, linea di modelli nata come celebrazione degli oltre dieci anni della saga cinematografica Transformers, quasi in parallelo all’uscita del film su Bumblebee. Non solo, essa spezza una lancia persino per il film dell’86, da cui sono tratti alcuni personaggi chiave quali ovviamente Blurr: quest’ultimo si presenta come un Deluxe perfettamente basato sul settei originale, dalla scultura inedita fino alla colorazione, definendolo un ottimo rimpiazzo al precedente TR.

Per la Continuity Allineata, infine, c’è l’imbarazzo della scelta, tra un anonimo modellino della linea kid-friendly Rescue Bots e ben tre figure dalla Robots in Disguise (2015) – un Warrior, un One-Step e un Legion, e solo il primo già sembra fedele alla controparte animata. Tuttavia queste ultime due incarnazioni hanno fatto storcere un po’ di nasi nel fandom: rappresentano davvero lo stesso personaggio? In effetti gli altmode dei due Blurr sono mostruosamente simili, e addirittura secondo gli addetti ai lavori la versione RiD “si trasforma in un’auto sportiva azzurra e bianca scolpita come un incrocio tra una Ferrari FXX Evoluzione e l’altmode G1”. Anche la colorazione è diversa: se nel primo caso è viola e bianco e non ha nulla in comune col G1, come abbiamo accennato sopra, il RiD Blurr invece è classicheggiante e moderno allo stesso tempo, anche se l’altmode mangia in testa a quello dell’Animated perché simile al Rescue Bots. E proprio per mascherare il fatto che ha un design completamente diverso, esiste pure un recolor dello stesso personaggio in formato One-Step per la linea Cyberverse, e in quanto tale non è possibile definirlo un modellino a sé stante.

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CONCLUSIONE

Io mi auguro che si possa recuperare questo personaggio un po’ trascurato ma nemmeno sconosciuto che mi è sempre piaciuto per la velocità e per certe incarnazioni dai look uno più accattivante dell’altro – anche perché correre “da zero a cento in 3,5 secondi” (come cantava Rihanna in Shut Up and Drive) ti spara in corpo un’adrenalina pazzesca e indescrivibile. Per cui, cara Hasbro, riproponi Blurr in un prossimo futuro, e possibilmente che duri molto di più senza doverlo schiacciare in un cubo o spazzarlo via con la Ruggine Cosmica... 😅

Alla prossima puntata! 😘

Hazard SFW Alphabet!

I did the Nsfw one so its only fitting that I do the SFW one.. My mind has been swimming with Hazard all day I have been grinding and locking in like crazy. Enjoy!

A = Affection (How affectionate are they? How do they show affection?)

Hazard is genuinely so affectionate. He is a huge lover and is so mushy and cheesy. His heart eyes are painfully obvious whenever he sees you. He's very physically affectionate. He loves to just touch and hold you. So so so many kisses and hugs and hand holding. He's always subconsciously touching you and gravitating towards you. So many cheesy awful pickup lines just because he wants to hear you laugh and groan. He's so smitten.

B = Best friend (What would they be like as a best friend? How would the friendship start?)

Hazard is the best friend just like he's the best partner. Do y'all know that image where a girl asks her boyfriend if she can talk to him as a friend and not a partner for a second and the guy goes "yes girlfriend teehee" like that's literally Hazard. He definitely wanted to be good friends with you before he asked you out. He values any kind of relationship, friendly, romantic, and familial. He is just so full of love.

C = Cuddles (Do they like to cuddle? How would they cuddle?)

As mentioned before, he is very physically affectionate. Hazard loves cuddling. I imagine either you're laying on top of him or he's laying on top of you, he loves laying his head on your lap. Or you're sitting in his lap doing something and he has his head resting on your shoulder watching. He's obviously the big spoon. He loves to just engulf you with his big arms.

D = Domestic (Do they want to settle down? How are they at cooking and cleaning?)

Honestly, I feel like that's a difficult topic for Hazard. His current life is very wild. He's on missions with the Phreaks, he's leading rebellions, it's not very stable. He still has things he wants to fight for and he doesn't know how long he's going to be doing that. It would take a lot of thinking and conversations. It could honestly be relationship ending.

I also feel like he has some insecurities about having kids. His home life as a child was unstable and neglectful, and his current life isn't sturdy enough to have kids. I do feel like he would be an amazing dad, it would just take a lot of reassurance.

Only when he's content with his work as a Phreak and he's confident in his parenting would he settle down and start a family.

E = Ending (If they had to break up with their partner, how would they do it?)

It was absolutely be because of settling down or starting a family. Hazard doesn't know he'll be ready. It would cause the two of you to go your separate ways, if you yourself want to settle down.

F = Fiance(e) (How do they feel about commitment? How quick would they want to get married?)

Hazard is the kinda guy where he feels he doesn't need to marry to be committed to you and spend the rest of his life with you. But if you want to get married? Hell yeah let's get married!!

G = Gentle (How gentle are they, both physically and emotionally?)

Hes obviously a rowdy, loud, energetic guy. But deep down, he is gentle. Hazard treats you with so much care and genuine feeling. Physically, I think he likes to mess with you. Ties into his physical affection. The two of you probably get into little playful fights or wrestles. He obviously wins everytime. As goofy as he is, he knows when he has to be serious. He's smarter than people give him credit for!

H = Hugs (Do they like hugs? How often do they do it? What are their hugs like?)

He is THE hugger of the Phreaks. Have y'all seen that comic panel of him lifting Touch-up and hugging her? Yeah so much bear hugs. He loves loves hugs. Likes feeling close to you and holding you.

I = I love you (How fast do they say the L-word?)

Quite a while I think. Hazard wants to be good friends with you before entering a romantic relationship. It takes a lot of trust and comfort for him to say I love you.

J = Jealousy (How jealous do they get? What do they do when they’re jealous?)

Omg he can get so jealous. When he gets jealous he gets touchy and tries to get you away from whoever is making him incredibly jealous. You tease him endlessly for it and he gets so red in the face. He even grumbles and pouts a bit. "I'm nae jealous.." but he absolutely is.

K = Kisses (What are their kisses like? Where do they like to kiss you? Where do they like to be kissed?)

Oh he loves loves kisses. He loves giving kisses and he loves getting kissed. He will hold you down and kiss kiss kiss your face until you're red from laughter. His serious kisses can be very passionate. He cups the back of your head, threading his fingers through your hair and pulling you into him. His other arm wraps around your waist and pulls you into his body.

L = Little ones (How are they around children?)

As mentioned before, Hazard is unsure about actually having kids. But he is absolutely great with them. He's always making them laugh and hes very good at keeping them safe. Cause we all know how little kids try to put themselves in harms way constantly. He's like a fun uncle.

M = Morning (How are mornings spent with them?)

I feel like he's really bad at waking up. He's just so groggy and comfortable and he just doesn't want to get up. Its pretty hard to get out of bed if you're lying with him. He's warm and wrapped his arms around you. Doesn't let you go and holds you tight sometimes.

N = Night (How are nights spent with them?)

I think he's a night owl. He stays up quite a bit. Probably goes to bed at like 11pm-12am. If you go to bed earlier, he'll do whatever he's doing quieter. Once he's ready to sleep he just gets ready and slips into bed beside you and wraps his arms around you.

O = Open (When would they start revealing things about themselves? Do they say everything all at once or wait a while to reveal things slowly?)

Because I feel like he doesn't enter a romantic relationship before a strong friendship, once the two of you do actually enter a relationship he'll start to open up very quickly.

P = Patience (How easily angered are they?)

Hazard is so so very patient. He has experienced so much unnecessary fighting and violence in his life, never in a million years would he be passing that on to someone who doesn't deserve it. He is willing to sit down and talk with you for hours. The two of you never fight, you just disagree.

Q = Quizzes (How much would they remember about you? Do they remember every little detail you mention in passing, or do they kind of forget everything?)

Oh he absolutely remembers everything you tell him. You tell him you want this thing for your birthday and your birthday is in 6 months? You best believe he's remembering you want it. Hazard is such a dedicated and passionate lover.

R = Remember (What is their favorite moment in your relationship?)

Hazard's favorite moment is the first kiss. Something he had been anticipating for weeks. He's imagined kissing you so many times. Once you finally do he's just melting into you. He leans into the hand cupping his face and pulls you into him. He has the biggest, silliest, smile after.

S = Security (How protective are they? How would they protect you? How would they like to be protected?)

Hazard knows damn well you can handle yourself. In fact, he is extremely attracted to you when you put someone in their place. Hazard loves someone who is strong and knows what they're doing. He's still protective of you because he cares. He just wants you to be safe.

T = Try (How much effort would they put into dates, anniversaries, gifts, everyday tasks?)

Uggghhhhh I think Physical affection and gift giving are his most prominent love languages. He's that type guy that gets you a gift for Christmas two months before and goes "hey do you wanna open it early" he loves seeing your face. Every time he's shopping or browsing there's a section of his mind that's just "oh they would like that" gift giving brain.

He goes all out on anniversaries. His heart is so painfully big.

U = Ugly (What would be some bad habits of theirs?)

Hazard is very loud, and I feel like that is a bad habit especially when you're trying to sleep.

I also think he has trouble reading the room sometimes. He can get excited and loud and not realize some things.

V = Vanity (How concerned are they with their looks?)

Hazard knows he's fine. He knows he's fit and huge and he can feel your eyes on him. I said this before but he does not wear a shirt for. a. reason. He's going to tease the ever loving crap out of you. He's not afraid to flaunt his looks! A fine man knows when he's fine.

W = Whole (Would they feel incomplete without you?)

Because Hazard is such a lover, he needs companionship. Friendly, familial, or romantic. He has the Phreaks, but his connection with you is a different kind of feeling. If you were to ever break up, he would want to remain friends and he'd make an effort to keep that. But I feel he genuinely would feel lost for a while if the two of you were to fully go your separate ways.

X = Xtra (A random headcanon for them.)

Face in boobs. Or thighs. Or stomach. As much as he can. Face down.

"Are you comfortable?"

"yes." came a muffled reply

Y = Yuck (What are some things they wouldn’t like, either in general or in a partner?)

Hazard likes PDA to an extent. He'll hold your hand and kiss your cheek but he feels a little uncomfortable getting too passionate with you in public. He feels more sturdy in the comfort of your own home.

Z = Zzz (What is a sleep habits of theirs?)

Snores. Loud. And he sleeps starfish. Limbs splayed out. Oh and he moves a lot. Tosses and turns, flops an arm over you before turning back over. (He sleep mumbles too)

Yay!!! I finished it!! I did this one all today and the NSFW yesterday and today. I'm proud of it, but honestly, please let me know if you disagree with any of these headcannons. I do not take offense and love a good discussion.