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"should we tell authors on ao3 when we have discord conversations about their fics" i don't speak for everyone here but if y'all ever find a group chat discussing my fics you can should must and WILL send me screenshots of the whole damn thing. inflate my ego. gimme

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Hewwo Star!

I am a really big fan of that fic you made with Prowl and the reader on their period. I love it quite a lot (and also makes me glad that there's other people in this fandom writing menstruation fics too). Would it be possible for you to do a similar one with Jazz? It can be bullet list HCs if you want :3

HII IM GLAD YOU LIKED THE FIC. I dont see a lot of Period stuff for transformers and since i have one i figured maybe someone else would like this. It's nice to have something to read that you can relate to!! BUT yes i can 1000% write you one for Jazz.(espically since I'm on my period right now)ENJOYYYYY!!!!

Jazz who unlike Prowl understand periods. He understand your mood swings and craving. He refuses to leave you side, servos gently holind you hand as if you were dying in a hospital bed(thats how you explained your pain to him). He'll run in and out of your home looking fo snacks and drinks that you even hinted at liking or wanting. You want a sweet treat, he's got you a sweet treat.

He even makes sure your favorited youtubers are all qued into a playlist so you dont have to move to change the video. If youtube isnt you thing, he will do whatever it takes you make sure you are watching what you want too. If he has to buy another subcrition he will, as long as youre happy and no longer in pain then he will gladly do it.

He'll ask you every two seconds if youre okay, even while you two lay on th couch he'll always make sure your comfortable. If you dont wanna be touched he'll sit next to you and maybe even lock pinkies with you. He knows that sometimes you just want to be near him but not touched or bothered.

Send him to the store and he'll come back with more than you need. You'll have the item you asked for, he'll bring you a stuffed animal or a cute little lego set, along with your favorite candy and even a book if you're a reader.

He give you a kiss on the top of your head before he leaves the room or gets up. he'll pull your blanket up farther if you fall asleep and he as to leave. He'll squeeze your hand when he wants to say "I love you" but doesnt want to actually talk.

He knows that this is one of your more vulnerable times, so he take extreme pride in taking care of you when youre like this.

He makes sure that he comes home to you immeadately after work or a meeting. Just so he can see the smile that graces your pale and sucken in face. Its like a reward.

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COMMISSIONS ARE NOW OPEN!

Hey y'all! I'm opening up 3 slots for icon/profile picture commissions for the month of October! If you do commission me, please make sure to DM me the references for the character you want me to draw for the commission! Icon commissions are $55 USD. I plan on starting and finishing all of these commissions before Halloween, as I have to go to a convention center that day since I'm volunteering at a convention, so I'll do my best to complete my commissions before then!

Here is the link to my ko-fi for the commissions!

If you have a question about my commissions, send in an ask or message me!

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Reblogging this here too! There is no pressure to donate, simply following my ko-fi is enough if y'all haven't yet!

My ko-fi page is now monetized! One-time and monthly payments are the two options currently for supporting me monetarily, and once I'm able to figure out a suitable price for commissions (because my mom is saying that the price I'm currently thinking of is too low) I'll be able to do those as well! That will, of course, be announced when my commissions go live. All I ask of y'all is to not just give me a bunch of huge donations willy-nilly, and please prioritize your own financial situation over my own! Reblogging my silly art on here, my fics on my writing blog, and lurking on my Twitch whenever I'm live are more than enough to support me. Here's the link for my ko-fi too! All of the Transformers plushie assets I've made are uploaded here.

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Random TFOne thought ahead EVERYBODY RUN!!

Imagine if a sparkling formed just below the surface of Cybertron (like the "roof" of Iacon) and just fell near someone. Just walking to work, then a whole ass baby falls in front of you, leaving a dent on the sidewalk, and now you're responsible for a whole ass child who fell from the sky.

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the only way id accept jazz frequently going undercover as a decepticon in fanon is if how he does it is just by being nice and funny. like i bet any decepticon would spill massive intel if they met this guy who made funny jokes and offered to clean their guns sometimes. sure they'd like to punch the rookie around but they mellow out pretty quickly and soon enough they're telling the new guy every detail they know about high command over a few drinks and letting him through restricted areas

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Whole-heartedly BEGGING writers to unlearn everything schools taught you about how long a paragraph is. If theres a new subject, INCLUDING ACTIONS, theres a new paragraph. A paragraph can be a single word too btw stop making things unreadable

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Imagine if there was more than one Matrix of Leadership, how fucked up would that be?

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I JUST WATCHED TFONE Y'ALL KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS!

POLL TIME! Should I plushify the main cast of Transformers One? This includes Elita-1, D-16/Megatron, Orion Pax/Optimus Prime, and B-127. I might do the others another time or open up plushification requests.

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My biggest tip for fanfic writers is this: if you get a character's mannerisms and speech pattern down, you can make them do pretty much whatever you want and it'll feel in character.

Logic: Characters, just like real people, are mallable. There is typically very little that's so truly, heinously out of character that you absolutely cannot make it work under any circumstance. In addition, most fans are also willing to accept characterization stretches if it makes the fic work. Yeah, we all know the villain and the hero wouldn't cuddle for warmth in canon. But if they did do that, how would they do it?

What counts is often not so much 'would the character do this?' and more 'if the character did do this, how would they do it?' If you get 'how' part right, your readers will probably be willing to buy the rest, because it will still feel like their favourite character. But if it doesn't feel like the character anymore, why are they even reading the fic?

Worry less about whether a character would do something, and more about how they'd sound while doing it.

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Tinyformers First Aid who communicates with little siren wee-woos!!!

He'd wail them at you if he notices you don't care of yourself and your companions.

Forgot a meal? Wee-woo

Cut your finger and didn't disinfect and bandage it? Wee-woo

Forgot to water the plants? Wee-woo

Your computer makes a weird noise? Wee-woo! The machines suffer too!

I've shown you the description of his G1 toy, he'd be a little ball of too much empathy (I'd put him in a glass bc CHILL little guy I'll live--)

--- Thun

WEE-WOO WEE-WOO

Tinyformers First Aid is worrying over everything, no matter how small. He will literally break down into tears if you kill a bug. Please be careful.

He notices you shedding hair and has an entire crisis because he thinks you're dying. You will need to gently explain to him that human hair naturally sheds itself.

And GOD FORBID your TV remote need a new change of batteries. First Aid will try to have a funeral for the hunk of plastic before you can even take the drained batteries out.

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someone apologized for commenting late… 2 months after the fic was posted 😭😭 girl that’s EARLY thats fresh

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New AO3 Tag Wrangling Policy and the Transformers Fandom

(This is a long one, folks, but I think it's important.)

A new tag-wrangling policy on AO3 has the potential to create some massive confusion and chaos in the Transformers fanfic community, with regards to fandom tags. There is a Reddit post about it here with a focus on anime fandoms, but I want to give some concrete examples for the Transformers fandom on why we DO NOT WANT this, and why I think it's a horrible idea.

The Problem

Basically, AO3 is looking to get rid of the "All Media Types" fandom tag across the board, either by dismantling them or just not maintaining them. The Transformers - All Media Types tag has been an all-purpose tag that you could select when your story doesn't fall into any one specific continuity. Additionally, all most (see below) TF continuities on AO3 are considered a subtag of the Transformers - All Media Types tag. For example, if you look at the link above for all works in the All Media Types tag, you will see fics that are also tagged ONLY with Transformers: Animated, because it falls under the All Media Types tag.

One exception: With the upcoming Transformers: One movie coming out imminently, there will likely be a big influx of stories tagged with Transformers: One. In fact, there are several already. However, it hasn't been linked to the larger Transformers - All Media Types tag yet. I wasn't worrying about it though, because I know these things can take time.

With information about this new tagging policy, however, I'm now wondering whether it'll EVER get linked to the All Media Types tag. If that happens, and when more continuities are developed in the coming years (since you know Hasbro loves creating new universes) this has the potential to cause massive confusion when looking for stories to read.

Searching for Stories with the New Tagging System

So let's say the All Media Types fandom tag isn't accurate anymore, because it no longer includes ALL of the continuities (such as TF:One). You will need to include ALL the Transformers continuities when browsing for TF fics.

How many tags is that? Well, here are all of the tags currently listed under the Transformers - All Media Types tag:

Note that this doesn't include Transformers: One since it hasn't been categorized yet.

You will potentially have to have 40 or more different fandom tags in your search, just in case the author tagged their story with something you weren't expecting.

This massively decreases the findability of a story.

Tagging with the New System

The email response from the Tag Wrangling group (see the linked Reddit post above) seems to be a bit flip in the response to the user's concern. "...encourages creators to tag with the media they intend."

While I appreciate what they are attempting to do, this policy change feels like a solution in search of a problem, especially in larger fandoms with multiple continuities, versions, and media types that are all cross-pollinated in both canon and fanon. While I'm focusing on Transformers fandom, imagine a creator in the DC comic universe writing a story that incorporates bits and pieces from a dozen different reboots.

For example, let's say that I am writing a fic about Ratchet. I am using the setting of the original G1 episodes, but I also am using the characterization of him as a bit of an old man grump. That characterization originated in the Animated continuity, but I want to incorporate bits of pieces of his other characterizations as well (old friend of Optimus from TFP, Ratchet ran a faction-free clinic like he did in the War for Cybertron series, he's got a Decepticon boyfriend like in IDW1 - or maybe even Cyberverse, etc.)

With this new tagging structure, I might potentially have to tag the story with ALL of those continuities. So instead of just slapping down the "All Media Types" tag (and maybe one other fandom tag that matches the characters as best I can), I'll have to analyze my story and try to figure out how best to tag for the characters I used.

And what if you're doing a completely AU version of the story? For example, a humanformers story, or merformers? Using the All Media Types tag along with a Alternate Universe - Human or Alternate Universe - Mermaid tag worked perfectly, since you weren't writing the story to fit into one specific continuity. But now, that might not be an option.

What To Do??

The first thing I would suggest is to contact AO3 (using the Feedback and Support page) and let them know (nicely) that you think this is a horrible idea. Give them some examples on how you use the All Media Types tag to find stories to read, or to help you tag a story. People outside of the Transformers fandom don't always appreciate how absolutely tangled the continuities can be with each other, and providing examples might help them see why this would be a really messy change.

Readers: Be aware that when you are looking in the All Media Types tag, it will no longer show newer continuities. And if AO3 starts dismantling that tag like they suggested they are doing, be aware that some stories won't show up in that tag like they used to. You can also create and then bookmark a custom search page that includes all 40+ continuities. REALLY annoying, but it's a workaround.

Writers: Until they start dismantling the All Media Types tag, ALWAYS ALWAYS tag your stories using Transformers - All Media Types... Especially for newer continuities. This will be especially important if you are writing a Transformers: One story. Right now, anyone who is only browsing the All Media Types tag will not see a story tagged only with Transformers: One. Make sure you're aware of how tags work and how they can affect the visibility and findability of your story.

Epilogue

Ugh. That's a lot of words for a long-weekend Saturday. And maybe I'm overreacting a tiny bit. But my work involves information architecture, and this change just absolutely baffles me. It's almost as though they want to make it harder to find stories. Considering that AO3 won a Hugo partially because of its fantastic tagging system, this change seems like AO3 is doing its best to shoot itself in the foot.

When you have a square hole, a round hole, and a rectangular hole… Yeah, you DO want each peg to go in the "right" hole. But if all of the pegs fit in the square hole, who cares? You got the job done.

I love you @ao3org, but please reconsider this change... Especially for IPs that are as old and are as varied as Transformers.

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knock out x female reader!!

- he leaves you for a man

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Why do SOUNDWAVEs always hit this pose?

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Posting this here too for any of y'all who don't follow my main

THE TRANSFORMERS SMASH AND PASS IS FINALLY COMPLETE! Feel free to inflict this on friends or any streamers that you wish to see suffer from this presentation!

There are forty characters in total, all from the IDW1 continuity of Transformers! I may expand this over time and add more characters, but for now it's just 40 of them.

For a tasting of who is in here, there's Rodimus, Optimus Prime, Megatron, Windblade, Prowl, and Blurr!