#Optimus prime

[staticnonapus]

I colored the ratchop crumb

[aldecaver]

Tarn is ready to beat some traitors~

[giantenemyrobot]

And then he ate Megatron because he had low blood sugar <3

I've been meaning to do something like this forever but I was finally pushed to when I saw this post

[graveyard-cowboy]

(Wagon Wheel - Old Crow Medicine Show)

They’re taking a break from being doomed by the narrative

[hi-there-buddies]

OK I think I finally figured out how old the Transformers Prime bots are. And it’s all because of Transformers Rescue Bots.

So, in the first episode of Rescue Bots, Optimus Prime introduces himself to the Rescue Bots, and remarks about how he was not aware they were still active. The bots also talk about checking in with Cybertron HQ. This leads me to believe that not only did the Rescue Bots leave Cybertron before the war started, they also left before they knew Optimus became a Prime. This is paralleled with Smokescreen meeting Optimus and IMMEDIATELY knowing who he is. Also, I feel like they wouldn’t have left Cybertron while a war was raging, since Heatwave and Chase were more than happy to join the war. (this point could be refuted since they know about Bumblebee during the war, but that might also be because they had been talking to Optimus and researching the war)

Later, all the way in Season 3 Episode 20, when the Rescue Bots find Blurr and Salvage’s ship, the Rescue Bots remark that they’ve never seen a ship like theirs before, and that it was “Ancient” and “way before their time”. And then, HERE’S THE KICKER, later in the episode, Cody tells Blurr that he and Salvage had been on Earth for 10,000 years. This is a very big deal because the aligned continuity shows made it a point to stay away from exact dates, opting to use words like ‘millennia’ and stuff

So…that means, at the VERY OLDEST, the Rescue Bots and most of Team Prime (barring Optimus and Ratchet) are around 9000 years old. It also means that Orion Pax became Optimus Prime around anywhere from 1000 to 9000 years ago, and that the war had been raging for about that long.

That really is not a lot by Cybertronian standards, but I’m gonna be honest, I like it MUCH more than the “million year old robots” thing.

I’d assume Optimus is around 10-20 thousand, along with Ratchet

Bulkhead and Arcee are around 8000

Smokescreen and Bumblebee are around 5000

And they’ve been on earth since ~1980 (Arcee mentions Bulkhead hitting wires or something when they first got to Earth. The writers were probably lining it up with the 1980s cartoon timeline I’m guessing)

So, do with this information what you will lol

[flamewar05]

I don’t ever hear anyone talk about how Jazz was the one who taught Orion how to fight even though that’s a really important detail.

[queenofthebeast]

Look at this father-son bond bro☺

I love these bots so much 😭

[pasquiart]

Optimus and Meg's having some happy time with their sparklings

Soundwave

Turn into a siren like the Autobots >:3

[gotbreads]

Caption: 6 got caught staring at his pretty friend

Super sketchy which is my bad, but the idea got across and that's good for me plus my wrist hurts :(

(Paxius has Cat ears and Tronix has HUGE tits don't @ me)

[lets-try-some-writing-draws]

@she-toadmask I have seen your request and it is a work in progress. This WAS going to be a sketch, but my brain demands rendering so here we go I guess. Fanart for my own fic lol.

[textsfromcybertron]

(605): I love you. I’m too high for this. Find a way. Make it happen. Live strong.

[starspice-y]

Bonus:

[kell-eramis]

Skybound Spoilers ahead//

Okay so my thoughts may be a bit disorganized because it is 4 AM but I was thinking and doing research on two small essays I’m writing comparing transformers characters to tragic characters of ancient greece (and rome) and I realized a blatant parallel in Skybound

So I’ve long believed that Starscream’s arc in Skybound is reflective of a cycle of power and hubris that parallels Megatron, however until now I only thought it was subtextual—however, in the FCBD spexial we see Megatron’s fate.

He is shot by Starscream—who takes out his right optic— out of the ark and into space, thereby ascertaining Starscream’s position as leader during the first 7 issues of Transformers. This happens after Optimus cuts off his right arm.

During these 7 issues, we see Starscream twice again in a similar position, both within the comic panel and within his in-universe position.

During this confrontation, Starscream, where she was previously on the left, is now on the right, where Megatron was, as she confronts Cliffjumper and Carly. Attempting to squish another human—Carly—he is knocked over the edge of the Ark to fall onto the ground. This is both the same metatextual and physical positions as Megatron was in, and we once again see this with her and Soundwave’s confrontation.

Soundwave is now on the left, as the righteous usurper, while Starscream is on the right, grasping at the remnants of leadership and power, to no avail. Her right wing is blown off by Soundwave, once again paralleling Megatron, and his left optic is ripped off by Laserbeak. She is then thrown off the edge of the cliff, left to die just as Megatron had been.

HOWEVER: also in the annual we see that Megatron is not dead, and is vowing vengeance against Starscream (who had supposedly died already by the time this was published—yet alludes to a future confrontation).

This leads me to conclude that my previous hypothesis, that Starscream is in fact not dead, is quite likely.

However, it is notable that where Megatron’s right optic was taken out initially, it is Starscream’s left optic that is taken out. I posit that this is meant to parallel a previous non-canon story set during the G1 continuity, Redemption Center.

During Redemption Center, it is Starscream’s left optic that is damaged, and as a result of that plus subsequent injuries, she loses her memory and is found by the Autobots, where Optimus and her bond. At the end of the story, he is a changed mech, who realizes that perhaps by following Optimus’ example, not Megatron’s, she can lead the Decepticons properly. Since we’ve already seen Starscream emulating Megatron in the current Transformers, as well as these other parallels, I strongly believe we have not seen the end of Starscream, and we might be about to see Daniel Warren Johnson’s take on a redemption arc for Starscream.

[elizachariot]

That thicc thighs

[tenebres-for]

[beemochi-art]

Kilomegs week day 6: Surprise

Siri, show me a picture of someone who is absolutely cooked.

In Kilo’s defense, Prime’s arm was full of mud so he didn’t see the bright red finish. This is Kilotons first time seeing Megatron’s mortal enemy in person. The Prime is more Terrifying than he could have ever imagined.