#Answered: Chirp Chirp About It

[a-cageless-canary]

❝ there’s a reason why i’m known as the smart one. ❞ (goro 😁)

prompts for siblings

@justiceburst

As hard as she could....Aiko couldn't resist pouting at his words. She only pushes her sunglasses a bit closer to her eyes as she fishes out for her phone with a huff.

"Yes, yes...I understand. You have the brains."

There's no malice in her words and there's no hurt, if anything she pretty much walked into that willingly. "It's an honest mistake I forgot the time....And mixed the trains up," Aiko grumbled before sighing loudly, "Do you want me to treat you or something?"

She had a feeling if she didn't appease him with an offering...He'll hold this over her all day, wouldn't he?

[0wldn0]

For the family dinner, wouldn’t it be cute if breakdown and bumblebee rounded them up to announce they were gonna be conjux’s?( Ik in your Breakbee post it was like “conjux-to-be”, I just associate the word with being married, idk if that’s accurate tho 😓).

Awww this is so cute!! 🥺💕I love to imagine them announcing it when everyone is together like that! I do think it wouldn't be a surprise to anyone though FDHDFH Those two are not subtle at all, the situationship could be smelled from a mile away 😭

((Also, yeah! I think "conjunx" is very similar to humans' concept of marriage! There are four acts of affection that two bots need to commit before becoming official conjuxes, I've been thinking about what those may be for Breakbee a lot!))

((I don't know if this is fanon or canon but; I really love the idea of Cybertronians bonding their sparks together after becoming conjuxes! Literally sharing a part of their souls with one another... How sweet is that? Such a deep commitment for someone you hold dear, feeling them in your soul all the time after that. I really love that concept so so much. So of course, I made it canon in my AU, hehe.))

If this is the first family dinner though, I think they would only say they're in a relationship, not conjunxes yet! After all, I can see both Bumblebee and Breakdown not wanting to go that far so soon. They both do love each other, but they've only known each other throughout the war, they could only meet once in a while, and they barely managed to spend long days together. They both aren't sure how the war changed the other either. So, while their adoration is still mutual, they would take their time and see how their relationship will develop in this time of peace! Because who knows, despite all the adoration you may feel for someone, in the end you may realise that you are just not fit to be with them in a romantic sense. And considering Cybertronians literally share their souls with one another in this AU, a huge decision that they can't un-do, they wouldn't want to jump into being conjuxes immediately.

Of course though, they do end up realising that they want each other as one another's sparkmate!! Even then however, it is kind of scary to take a big step like that, especially for Bee. I imagine that Bee would still not be used to how things are currently, kind of like Wildrider. The difference is that, Wildrider craved danger and adrenaline because that's what he was used to, peace scared him and made him uneasy; while Bee is afraid that these peaceful times will slip through his fingers if he settles too much into it, he feels as though nothing can hurt him if he just doesn't let himself sink too deep into the idea of peace.

Breakdown doesn't take it to heart and is understanding of Bee's decision. He is worried that this way of thinking may be... unhealthy. But he would rather die than force Bee to do something he doesn't want to do.

It is after the whole "Motormaster gets captured by the Quintessons and the Quintessons manage to get control of Menasor" arc that Bee realises that he doesn't want anything to happen to either of them before he can experience being Breakdown's conjunx. He was so close to losing Breakdown there, so now, he is realising that his fears were keeping him from getting the life he wants.

It is true that things may not be peaceful all the time, but if the peace does cease and there's a terrible danger again, he would rather be able to say that he experienced sharing his whole being with the person he loves anyway, than to lose them before ever getting to do that.

((How interesting would it be to bond with someone that already has a gestalt bond? Do you think the rest of the Stunticons would be able to feel Bee's presence too, even if it is faint? That's so interesting to think about!!))

[cowbird-and-co]

*for both

A little moth comes up to you and starts honking before offering a candle

Cowbird is happy to accept the candle!

... Crow's Nest seems less so.

[themarkofoxin]

i am not watching the stream but someone asked what mic phil is holding here

and the answer is it’s a shotgun mic without the windscreen. fascinating that they even have one honestly. shotgun mics are usually used as booms, so generally higher production-value stuff than they do. maybe they bought some for the dapg return church shoot? why not just rent them though.

also this is nitpicky but holding a shotgun mic like that and having it that close to your mouth is CRAZY guys oh my god. first of all shotguns aren’t great for shooting indoors because the pickup pattern allows it to pick up reflections of sound off walls because it looks like this

so that cross section in the middle is what picks up reflections. most professional audio people swap shotgun mics for cardioid condenser mics if they’re booming inside, because as you can see in this pickup pattern catches a lot fewer reflections from the back and picks up moreof what’s broadly in front of it.

which is another reason why it’s super weird to use a shotgun mic as a handheld announcer mic, because the narrow pickup pattern of the shotgun mic means you have to keep it aimed very directly at your mouth for the best sound quality. shotgun mic audio pickup falls off CRAZY fast when it’s even slightly off-cue.

anyway that’s all to say weird choice there. not sure why they did that. their regular mics are probably cardioid so idk why they didn’t use one of those!

[soundwave-rp]

Soundwave and lazerbeak to go further in-depth with the other question do you have a favourite earth music/song?

*soft tonal click before he lifts his head slightly to look over at you*

"Statement: Soundwave, has diverse range of appreciation for musical and sound-based experiences. Favorite, difficult to--"

*Short clicking static noise, before excited and accusing twittering sounds off*

"BEAKY SPEAKING HIIIII. Okay so I might have hi-jacked Soundwave's voice software and he's going to be mad about it so i'll say this really quickly-- He totally has a favorite song and it's Da--"

*CHR-CHR-CHRK transformation noise and that bot is GOOOONE and outta here*

[caitthegreatest]

wore my sceptres hat to the hands off education rally at my university today and as we were dissipating someone stopped me and was like “pwhl hat! I actually ref with them!” and we had a little hockey small talk before I was like “well I’ll watch for you at games, decide if I agree with your calls!”

now I’m like dang I have so many questions I want to go back and ask come back ref let’s do an AMA

[chickenchirps27]

Y’ALL I WAS FIGHTING FOR MY LIFE DURING THIS GROUP QUIZ I KNOW THIS CHAPTER LIKE THE BACK OF MY HAND AND I DIDNT WANT TO BE LIKE AN “erm ACTUALLYYYYY” type of gall but I WOULD LIKE TO MAINTAIN MY GPA THANKSS BYEE

[manglechan1204]

I’m choosing to believe that Phil used to sleep in that king size bed in the shitty shack before being kidnnaped.

Now he sleeps in his abuelo chair in a bird like position, with his clipped wings warped around himself. Waiting to be waken up by the squeaks of a ducky floaty or the sounds of shaking maracas.

[a-cageless-canary]

"Light tug" @katsu-at-the-bottom

Send “Light tug”  to gently pull  / touch my muses hair.   

@katsu-at-the-bottom

Her head follows in the direction of his touch, tilting back as her eyes leave the screen of her phone.

Eyebrows raised upward at the sudden action before she gives him a teasing grin.

"Sorry...Was I distracted?" Aiko teases him as she pushed her phone into her jacket pocket before properly facing him, "Sorry about that. I wanted to check over the news about something." Her hand reaches up to lightly brush against his cheek affectionately, "I didn't mean to stop giving you attention Katsu."

[0wldn0]

Is Menasor their own character in your AU, or just a combined form of the Stunties? If the former, would you mind telling us about them?

The way I was feeling sleepy and had no energy but then I had a jolt of electricity rush into my brain upon seeing this ask DFHFDH THANK YOUUU I WANT TO TALK ABOUT MENASORRR 😭💥💥💥

Menasor is their own person, yes!! I'm looking forward to drawing my design of them soon! My version of Menasor may seem be a bit... different for some people, since I didn't give them a humanoid face. But I love them so so so deeply, and wanted to make them look more unique!! ((I also use he/they for Menasor if that's ok!!))

Menasor is just as confused and kind of scared as the rest of the Stunticons when they first combine into them. And gosh I want to write that scene into a fanfiction SO badly because I just love to think about it!! Just them all combining for the first time, still being themselves but suddenly they're also something more... As their joints lock together, they feel the presence of a sixth mind, a mind that comes closer and closer until it encases all of them within itself. They feel fear but also... calm? It is so alien to them yet familiar, and as they collect themselves and sync their processors, the presence of this sixth mind becomes comforting, almost like a shield.

It is equally as confusing for Menasor to go through. There's five little voices they can hear, and while they're all new, they also feel so close and so intimate. It would take Menasor a solid minute to gather themselves together in the first combination process. They focus on the Stunticons, and then focus on their environment, and then they focus on themselves. They still can't understand who or what they are yet, but they know their name. With their newly developing sense of self, they let out a soft "I... am... Menasor", which only sounds like a threatening growl to the Autobots due to Menasor using their voice box for the first time. But it was not intended to be a threat, it was just the acknowledgement of one's being.

Unfortunately though, they do not get to discover who they are further. Menasor is always told to dismantle after every battle, and each time they are combined into again, they notice more and more disturbance in the communication between the Stunticons. Eventually, as the Stunticons grow further away from each other, Menasor's processor gets less and less coordinated. Before they can even understand who they are, they become almost like a zombie.

It is only after the Stunticons fix their issues and learn to be a family that Menasor can talk again, can think for themselves again, and be a person again. After the whole conflict with the Earth team is resolved, everyone ((except the Stunticons)) expects Menasor to be a "mindless beast" as they were dubbed in the war times, but Menasor proves to be quite the opposite. They spend their time mostly sitting down, and thinking. Trying to understand both themselves and the Stunticons that they are bound to. It's kind of like growing up and trying to heal your inner child by trying to understand your past, your present, your feelings, your personality... They only want to focus on all of that now that they're free of the war. And the Stunticons willingly stay combined for long periods of time to allow Menasor that self discovery.

((Menasor also gets along with the Terrans!! The kids are SOOO interested in him because look at him!! So cool!! Big guy!! And such a gentle giant too!! They want to get to know him! And Menasor allows them to as well! The kids kind of help Menasor in their self discovery by asking lots of questions! It's a very sweet dynamic that they have!!))

[hakugreenfinch]

im so sorry i know everyone wants sexy deep velvety voiced curly but when i put his canon voice and his britness together for some reason my brain jumped to eric idle

[butchsophiewalten]

going to bed now but im like halfway through writing the recap post 👍 some other people on this website and on twitter have already made their own space recaps though if you're especially hungry for one

[qesii]

hi mads! are both you and your husband native? just curious

this made me laugh because over the summer we all went to hinchinbrook island in prince william sound with about 50/60 native kids and maybe 30/40 more supervising adults, including us. Towards the end of our week as we were trapped by weather for two and a half extra days until the boats could reach us, there was a sickness just referenced in passing as the ‘crude’ going around while I was volunteering for kitchen duty…. so it was covid-19, of course, but of all the people to not get sick, my husband, the white guy

[parkeryangs]

thinking about college-era mattkey when nobody can tell if they're actually dating, and asking feels too direct but matt almost never goes anywhere without mike and mike starts every story with matt's name and sometimes jam breaks into their apartment in the afternoons so they can crash before theater rehersals and finds them napping under a shared blanket on the couch or in matt's bed, so tangled together as to be almost indistinguishable and their fridge is a myriad of the life they've spent together with polaroids and blurry printed-out phone screenshots and movie tickets and handwritten notes in matt's messy scrawl and when matt's hair gets long, he lets mike braid it even if mike still isn't very good.

and when anne makes a joke about them acting like a married couple they share a look and mike says something about tax benefits and matt doesn't play guitar for anyone except mike and mike never goes to their favorite coffee shop without buying matt a drink too, and once they live off-campus they adopt a cat and say they're her dads, and matt's her favorite even if mike is usually the one to feed her in the evenings and they take family pictures for the holidays to send to all their friends and professors, from the walters family, and they visit each other at work when their schedules are different because they live in one another's pockets and eight hours apart feels like a lifetime and they're not even sure if this is what dating is, if they're boyfriends or something else, but they're both so flighty they'd rather keep their domesticity without having the conversation they both think about far too often.

[strawberrystepmom]

active listening, love in all its forms, the sensation of pure sweetness!

[faeryton]

doing some light reading mostly to discourage the idea and. uh ohhhhhh