#Crosscut

[scramjettracy]

Journal of a Flyboy-Smotherhen

a.k.a. Scott’s Therapist-Mandated 100 Word Diary

Crosscut

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Three-hour detam bath not the way I hoped to finish today. Fingerless gloves ≠ universal application. Brains is… cranky about it.

Nearly got terminated by unhinged nuclear nerd in a mech suit Virgil would’ve loved. Won her over eventually. I hope. If my gut’s wrong I’ve unleashed a sociopath on the GDF. But… I know how it is to lose your identity. Figured helping her find hers was best way to reduce threat she poses. And I couldn’t leave her for the Hood to track down.

Virgil smug about saving the day again.

Detam gel applied to fauxhawk: I win.

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[call-me-casual]

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I have finally gotten around to watching Space race and Crosscut! better late than never

Space Race: solid. Great episode, the music is amazing (my particular favourites are around when Alan says “the nuke’s on my tail again” and the bell chime with “Under London” - Foster brothers you have my soul). It does really well to establish Alan’s character - he’s young and inexperienced, but not childish and still very capable. I’m so glad they avoided making him some whiny kid and the trope of his family having zero faith. My favourite Alan incarnation.

Crosscut: something I noticed in this episode is how different Scott’s voice is. I don’t know why but it feels either sped up or like his VA is still trying to find that difference and balance between him and Alan (which makes sense given this is only episode 4 and in the previous one his voice was much deeper). When compared to like series 3 (or even later in series 1), I feel like there is a noticeable difference. Maybe he deliberately tries to make his voice deeper and simply forgot to on that rescue. New headcanon?

Also, rewatching this again has not changed my opinions on Marion. Idk if it’s a controversial opinion but I do NOT like her. I think my previous posts about why came off a bit too strong, but I struggled to find anything redeeming about her. Yes, I get her motives, but she damn near content to leave a man to die and/or actively be the one to kill him. Surely by that point, International Rescue are recognisable enough for her to KNOW who she’s attacking?

Aside from her, really like this episode. The remote piloting is something I’m really glad they implemented into TAG, it allows for so so much. Also great at establishing Scott’s character early on so he’s not just trapped in the “big brother leader” stereotype. Another thing I adore about TAG, they’re great at archetypes, but not stereotypes. Everyone has a personality.

[what-have-i-unleashed]

so uhhhhh long post ahead

(cw: emotional manipulation, toxic relationship, survivor's guilt, if there's anything more please tell me)

underverse-adjacent, so it's cross being in the same team as nightmare and killer only. xchara is there too but his presence does nothing to comfort cross.

cross is touch-starved because he was stuck in the empty world for such a long time, and he also craves interaction with another person. and ink used to be that for him until cross realized he could not depend on ink for his goal (restoring xtale) and he felt somewhat betrayed by that notion. this man has trust issues now, not only with other people but also with himself. can he trust himself to be attached to another person? can he trust his decisions, when his past actions only brought him more grief than they're worth?

enter nightmare and killer, who do not care about the morality of his idea to steal and hack the codes of other universes to create his own. in fact, they're enabling him and xchara, only because their goals intersect. but that is more than anything he could hope for. after xtale, after the situation with ink, finally someone is on his side, silently assuring him that what he's done is for the greater good.

killer… does not like cross, mostly because of the whole xchara thing. but someone has to teach the newbie on how things work around here, and it's not going to be nightmare for sure. so he takes cross under his wings, pointing out how things are done. his teaching leaves a lot to be desired though, mostly because he's a cryptic asshole who just won't say directly what he means.

but as cross gets to slowly hang around killer, being mentored by him, he starts to observe how killer carries himself and feels a nagging thought probing at his mind, a thought definitely not from xchara at all. killer is the only source of affection cross can have in this situation - killer is free with his physical affection, always touching cross like patting cross' head, glomping on him, or resting his arm over cross' shoulders. cross likes these gestures from killer, but he cannot show it because he knows what killer will do upon seeing a weakness. his morality and killer's are different - they shouldn't be compatible.

and yet, that nagging thought gets louder and louder in his head. why does he look at killer too much? why does he anticipate any form of praise from killer? why does he hate it when killer contradicts him? one day, xchara will bluntly tell cross that he has an obsession with that guy. it's exhausting watching cross acting like a complete middle schooler with a crush who adamantly denies it. and like, there's no freaking way, right? there's no way a person like cross can have a crush on a sadistic multiversal terrorist. he has better tastes than that!

and like, cross is partially right. he has better morals than that, but it doesn't stop his soul from latching onto the first person who can offer him some physical and emotion comfort, however little there is. but also... cross likes the idea of killer, because he doesn't really know killer. he's in that queer phase of "do i like that person - or do i want to be them". killer is, for all his flaws, a good soldier. he's dutiful by nightmare's side and an excellent fighter. he's decisive, witty, and scarily smart. everything cross aspires to be, his ideal self. he doesn't want to be unsure, he doesn't want to be scared, he doesn't want to be weak. cross' conflicts within himself are multiple, and no doubt nightmare and killer take notice of that.

cross wants to be decisive and self-assured, but he also wants to be told what to do, to follow someone's will. because he's scared of himself - he's still not processed the guilt over his decisions and actions in xtale. he wants control but he also craves guidance, so if he's wrong, at least it's not his fault this time, right?

and killer would play with his head like that. "it's ok, i can show you", "it's ok, it's up to you", "i'll take responsibility for this". if cross listens to killer, then every mistake is on killer's shoulders and not his. "you don't have to feel guilty, because i will be your sacrificial lamb" type of situation. but also, cross will feel he owes killer for this, and he'll stay, over and over and again and again, despite all the horrible things they've done, despite all the times killer guilt-trips him into doing something not in his morality. but it's okay, because it's killer's hands guiding him to do it, and cross will do it if only to make killer happy with him.

and i think sometimes killer will use his wiles to get cross to agree to be his lab subject. cross has such a fascinating soul, and killer won't mind tormenting xchara for a bit. killer will assure cross that this is just something to strengthen cross, to make him a better soldier. a little bit of praises and surefire conviction will get cross relax in his presence. nightmare sure has found a perfect toy for his bloodhound, something that will keep his interests up and boredom away in the down time.

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[little-vulpecula]

Song suggestion for the Thunderversary Playlist. ( @thunderversary-rewatch-party )

I Bet on Losing Dogs by Mitski

@call-me-casual already wrote a great fic linked to this song here (and on ao3). Which is amazing, and you should all go read.

I have a different interpretation of the song which also fits Thunderbirds Are Go!

Lyrics:

I bet on losing dogs

I know they're losing and I'll pay for my place by the ring

Where I'll be looking in their eyes when they're down

I'll be there on their side

I'm losing by their side

International Rescue always try to save people, even when people believe that they can not be saved (aka betting on losing dogs), and sometimes they get hurt. But, they they are willing to risk their lives, willing to "lose", if it means the chance of saving the rescuee.

And this rings true particularly in Crosscut where Marion doesn't want to be saved. But Scott still risks it all to try to save her. He risks losing with her in order to try to save her.

[murderinthemoshpit]

instagram story from day of devastator's arrival (christmas)

[coco9728]

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For @EOS-log-book

Space Race:

"Alan. I've seen you dance."

-John

Crosscut:

"I didn't copy that. It sounded like you said, eugheugheugheugh."

-Virgil

[trypoed]

Such a great plot 😳😳😳

[transformers-mosaic]

Transformers: Mosaic #503 - "Home Is Where The Laser Core Is"

Originally posted on June 16th, 2010

Story - Juan Pablo Osorio Art - Oscar Choquecota Letters - Franco Villa Edits - Zac DeBoard Diaclone designs - Benjamin Galley

deviantART | Seibertron | TFW2005 | BotTalk

Later revised and annotated for Transformers: The Lost Seasons

wada sez: The first of three strips written to bring a Transformers Animated character into Sunbow continuity; I've bumped up the other two, which were originally posted not long after, for a better reading experience. Bulkhead’s group here has a mixture of origins, as explained in the comments on deviantART, but includes a couple of Diaclone bots, who were slightly redesigned by Galley for the sake of variety. The blue bot is actually a Brazilian character, Camaro, who was renamed "Sprint" after Windcharger's preliminary name. In the final panel, the bots present are the main cast of Animated, and to cement the homage Ratchet is seen fixing his forehead chevron, a cheeky reference inserted by Choquecota. Bulkhead’s original design was done by Choquecota, and Osorio wrote the whole story based on it; later, Osorio would create a separate character model for Bulkhead along similar lines for The Lost Seasons, which was widely shared online and seems very likely to have inspired the later official release of the G1-style Legacy Bulkhead. See below for all of this relevant artwork.

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I‘m sorry but…

[flyboytracy]

[askvectorprime]

Dear Vector,

Hello! It's a simple question but I wanted to ask- can two forged Cybertronians come out looking the same, or will they each be unique?

Dear Fraternal Forger,

Certainly. We can look to the examples of Crosscut and Skids, Hoist and Trailcutter, Dominus and Minimus Ambus, Bumblebee and Cliffjumper, or Ratchet and Ironhide. It's one of the many ways Cybertronians can count others as their siblings.

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Also for this week

[thelastgherkin]

LEGACY EVOLUTION Deluxe Crosscut

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[murderinthemoshpit]

how my crew looks

[coco9728]

Find the correct answer below, after answering the quiz question. And no cheating please!😁

The answer is 4!

Scott is seen to use 4 grapple packs when abseiling down the mine.

Though later in the episode he also uses 1 grapple pack to rescue Marion Van Arkel from the falling elevator. So that's 5 grapple packs in total for the entire episode.

Plus, at the very end of the episode Scott is seen using (hmmm, maybe a lazer pack?...) for his grapple gun to (is he welding?...with no protective gear!...) seal the uranium mine.