#Earthspark Theories

[djhashtageditz]

Earthspark theory

Why do the tunnels only react to Hashtag, glow red for the Terrans and doesn’t react at all for the seekers (spoilers for s2)

Hashtag controls the tunnels and the tunnels are Terratronus. Terratronus is a titan so that mean Hashtag can control a titan!

Hashtag = Cityspeaker????

As for why the tunnels glowed red for the Terrans, they are very closely connected to Hashtag (the supposed cityspeaker) hence why it did react but not in a way they wanted it to.

[krockdove]

(Contains spoilers)

I was just thinking about the "second chance" that Earthspark talks about and realized the show captured the essence of it well.

Remember what Nightshade said in defense of the Tarantulas?

"Everyone deserves a second chance. Whether they're Human, Autobot, or Decepticon."

It's also the exact words Dorothy said to Nightshade, read it with as much focus on the second sentence as the first.

They said whether they're "Human", "Autobot", or "Decepticon," not just "Decepticon."

Why?

Because, second chance that they talks about here, is not just a mercy that "good" gives to "evil."

Think about it.

The someone who gets a second chance is the one who did wrong, and the someone who gives them a second chance is the one who makes them good.

However, if this is simply interpreted as the Autobots giving the Decepticons a second chance - that would not escape the dichotomy that the Autobots are always good and the Decepticons are always evil.

But that's not truth, is it? Taking one side doesn't suddenly make them righteous or evil. It's about what happens inside of them and how their behavior changes.

Megatron repented not because he cooperated with the Autobots, but because he had changed himself.

Tarantulas plunged back into the darkness which he so wanted to escape, to become someone better.

Starscream risked his life to save his friend, and eventually made a heroic choice, but is also still Starscream.

That's what Earthspark wanted to tell us about true second chance. It's an acknowledgment that anyone – regardless of faction or race – can do wrong, but despite it, an affirmation that we can be better.

[peznutbutter]

My theories for season 2 now that I am blocking off all leaks:

For the first two episodes, I’m gonna guess that the decepticon’s will have escaped and Ghost has been put to a stop, HOWEVER, there are some decepticon’s who are actually becoming good… possibly even Starscream or Soundwave? I’m guessing a few won’t due to trauma and other things. It’ll probably just be two training episodes, filling in on the relationship with breakdown and bee🤨 I’m guessing the series won’t state that Breakbee is canon yet, but maybe at the end of season 2, and maybe if there’s a season 3.

For the 3rd episode, I’m gonna guess Prowl shows up and it’s just an episode on them training, getting to know Prowl, and putting something out of peril, likely, the new enemy will show up and Prowl will probably state something about it, the Terrans will obviously be interested, but Bee will probably just tell Prowl off and state “no way man, they are wayyy to young and already putting off weeks of needed therapy” (even you, bee, go talk about your need to make out with bd)

4th will probably be very intense I’m guessing, the enemy will finally decided “hey I should check out these Terrans,” and if it’s tfe being tfe, bee is probably gonna be off doing some shit, probably kissing breakdown, anyways, I’m guessing the Terrans will fend their home with the help of the decepticon’s and that’s probably it, and the Terrans probably realize “hey I think we should put a stop to this.” ALSO IM HOPING NIGHTSHADE MEETS A HE THEY OR GENDER-FLUID DURING THIS EPISODE.

For 5-6th They’ll probably be putting some people out of peril and honestly just helping others, also *a lot of training*, they need to beat that mf uppppp

For the rest of the episodes, im still theorizing and hoping that they probably won’t be as pushed together as I made them, please drop your theories i will assasjnate for them!

[interstellar-elf]

So I have a theory

An Earthspark theory

The Terrans represent different Transformer planets/species/types, at least 7 of them:

Twitch: I want to say Caminus or Antila but I'm more convinced she represents either Prion or Cybertron, mostly due to her combination of swords and gun arm.

Thrash: Junkion due to his original color scheme and his no rules attitude as well as the fact that he has a shield and goggles. I would also say Velocitron due to his speedy alt mode and the goggles (which were sported by a Velocitron in the Cybertron anime)

Hashtag: Caminus, in her CitySpeaker abilities and her design sports a ponytail, which might be inspired by a character like Windblade.

Jawbreaker: Eukaris, given his shared name with a Maximal and Dinobots in particular, as his design echos some of the design elements of Transmetal 2.

Nightshade: Techno-Organics and Biosfera in particular due to their design having elements of the Beast Machines cartoon aesthetic in some ways (ie sleek body but little to no backpack or kibble in robot mode)

Spitfire: Devisun, due to the fact that she looks like Twitch and looks like her twin.

Aftermath: Combatron or Charr, if so for his rather aggressive nature and his alt mode being rather combat ready. I'd also say Junkion because of his alt mode being a tow truck and punk rocker attitude.

It's a work in progress but that's my feelings.

[nerdylittleguy]

Transformers Earthspark theory - how Knockout could actually be Mr Smelt

....or ideas about it, anyway. Enjoy my observations!

So uhh here's where the neurodivergent urge to consume media and hyperfixate on it has lead me! Please, feast your eyes on my flow chart/ mind map of madness™.

I know the text is really small, if you click and zoom it could be easier to read. I did try to split the original image into quarters, hope that makes it a little easier to read. However, if anyone needs a transcript I'll do my best to sort it out, my only concern is that I have no clue how to link ideas if they're just bullet points (the idea of having a way to link ideas is what lead me to make this in this format :) )

Perhaps a bit of an explanation as to what lead to this?

A few weeks ago, I saw the Earthspark season 1 part 2 trailer and hey... Who's that?? Breakdown?? Of course, I immediately wanted to watch what existed of the series so far, and imagine my pleasant surprise when I heard Knock Out's (tfp) VA voiced a side character!

Anyway, I started watching the series, finished it in 3 days, cried tears of happiness over Nightshade's pronouns (for those of you who say representation doesn't matter, it does. You probably just feel represented), fell in love with Megatron, etc etc. But imagine my absolute, brain-rotting madness when I couldn't find episode 7 on youtube!

Meh, like that would stop my theory brain. Using various episode summaries I found on youtube (first and foremost this one, as it was short and had good attention to detail! But if anyone has any recommendations for other good summaries feel free to let me know), I started to slowly make a mindmap. That evening I found @transformers-earthspark's blog and the where-to-watch resources... Firefly I cannot thank you enough!!! You're literally amazing!! You have no idea how happy I was to find ep 7!! You do so much, give yourself a pat on the back and a nice snack :))

Anyways, armed with my new access to ALL the earthspark episodes (1 - 10, anyway, as only they are available atm), I remade some of my mindmap, added to it, made more points. Over the last few weeks (aka less than two) I polished my mindmap, did some colour-coding, added images, links, details etc until it could apparently fit on an A3 sheet?? What??? So many ideas from silly old me??

Obviously, I don't think I'm completely right. As a matter of fact, I think I made many assumptions and links that were a very big stretch (blame this overactive imagination of mine. I keep thinking of potential plot lines and then forgetting that actually, I made them up and they're not canon). However, I hope I made a few points that will inspire someone to make their own theories, or just have fun thinking!

Apologies if this all sounds garbled or if it's difficult to understand, I am tired and I have two languages running around in my head (that I'm fluent in, I've also tried to learn 5 others. Lingual hell!!!)

Have a good day/ night and enjoy the theories!

Also a quick note and thing to add: I wrote this on Monday the 27th (I draft just about everything in my notes ok), before I woke up on Tuesday and saw the new images from the episodes, including the one with Breakdown!! AHHH!! /pos So I guess I was right about something? And I mean... Breakdown and a theme of racing in one episode? If this is a coincidence and Knockout is not chilling somewhere in the background then I don't know what to say.

[sphnyspinspin]

We all collectively agree that Knockout would be great to insert into TFE. I’ve usually seen a majority of this idea interpreted as Knockout just appearing out of nowhere or he was on Earth for the war since the beginning or the middle of it.

And let’s say what if he did come to Earth, but after the war has ended. After the Terrans have been created and after the incident with Breakdown.

I’ve been having this little story building up where agent Croft gets what’s coming to her, goes to jail, Mandroid either dies or also goes to jail, Schloder is in charge, etc etc. And so I was like, this would be around the time that Breakdown is let go or would be on parol.

After that whole debacle playing out, insert Knockout. But you see, this time, he’s Breakdown’s ex.

As in…they had to break up around the beginning of the war before they could get bonded.

As in…they got separated during the war.

As in…Breakdown went to Earth and never came back.

As in…Knockout, thought Breakdown to be dead, or offline or whatever(or maybe the other way around).

As in…he’s going to lovingly kick the shit out of Breakdown once he gets his claws on him being all like-WHEN THE IN NAME OF UNICRON WERE YOU GOING TO TELL ME YOU WERE STILL ALIVE?!!

Queue the violent, but well meaning, strangling of a very relieved/terrified Stunticon by a very confused/angry decepticon war surgeon who had to go over what, four million years without his almost-conjux(fiancé). And maybe about…a couple more thousand years thinking he was dead, without any knowledge of the war officially ending.

(Bonus angst points if Knockout found someone else and is about to be conjuxed once he returns to Velocitron)

Side note: if you guys want to hear more about the story of why Knockout came to Earth in the first place, feel free to ask👋☺️✨✨💕

@asmoteeth @novafire-is-thinking @geluatekurama @thegirlwhoflies26

[copperbora]

THEORY: in Earthspark, there's train tracks just outside of Witwicky; could they be set up for shenanigans with our beloved Decepticon triple changer Astrotrain? (And with Astrotrain, his buddy Blitzwing?) HERE'S HOPING! 🚂😁

(Sweet page featuring Astrotrain from IDW1's All Hail Megatron #3, Guido Guidi & Josh Burcham. Definitely my favourite moment with this guy; All Hail Megatron was, in general, the best of the pre-Lost Light and More Than Meets the Eye content in IDW1, at least for me.❤️)

"TRAIN'S HERE!" - Astrotrain being an absolute glorious triple changing menace.

[happymurderspacerobot]

I can’t find the screenshot and this is probably old news, but in the second batch of Transformers Earthspark episodes where they hatch the plan to rescue ranger Malto from Mr. Mandroid and they use random things to represent themselves? All the bots who eventually choose vehicle at modes are represented by bottles or some sort of mug/cup, the humans are various snacks, and Nightshade is represented by an owl, their eventual choice of alt mode. But then Jawbreaker was a bear? Everyone else’s placeholders were their alt modes. Mayhap Jawbreaker’ll choose a bear alt mode?

Edit: I just watched the episode where Jawbreaker showed his alt mode. Dino mode is so much cooler! Alskfndjdfjgjfb I love this series

[phantom2696]

I know your prediction for episode 13 turned out to be incorrect and the “new connection” turned out to be Tarantulas but after reading your post I do wonder if Skywarp could still have some sort of connection to Nightshade. I mean besides what’s put forth in the second to last paragraph, in episode 13 the alt mode Nightshade chooses is, like Skywarp’s, a FLYING alt mode. Just coincidence maybe but maybe not?

I also read a leaked upcoming episode description that has the Terrans having to team up with the Seekers to escape an underground maze. So maybe there will be some light shed on this.

Okay, I can't sleep (again) so I'm rewatching the last two eps of Earthspark and... hmm. There was this one theory submitted on my Earthspark blog that seemed pretty interesting, and suddenly it makes a lot of sense.

Ehh, this got long... also, spoilers ahead for future episodes.

So, the Maltos have the Emberstone, and then it's teleported away and stolen by Skywarp. (she is so pretty-)

So now she's got the Emberstone, and she holds it as she negotiates with the Maltos.

And then, suddenly, it starts to glow in her hand, and there's a voice.

Evolution of Hope.

She's... super confused by this. And distracted.

So Thrash throws his wheel thing to knock the Emberstone out of Skywarp's hands, then Twitch flies up and grabs it and returns it to Mo.

But the Emberstone stops glowing pretty quickly after Skywarp isn't touching it anymore. It glows for a second after Twitch grabs it, but it stops before it's even passed on to Mo. It doesn't start glowing again until Robby and Mo ask Quintus Prime for help, and then it creates Nightshade, Hashtag, and Jawbreaker.

But wait. Three new Terrans? That's a little bit weird, considering how Twitch and Thrash were born specifically connected to the two young humans that were touching the Emberstone. And, well, maybe the numbers don't matter, or Quintus decided they needed extra help, but...

What if Skywarp touching the Emberstone made it create a new Terran connected to her? Specifically... Nightshade.

Nightshade's the only one to announce their own name rather than have Mo or Robby say it for them, and they seem to be the first born in the cave-- at least, they're the first one shown. They do have a connection to Robby and Mo, because of the pronouns scene, but there's a theory that they might also be linked to Skywarp.

The synopsis for episode 13 says that "they (Nightshade) find a new connection in the most unlikely of places". Just saying... *shrugs*

[djhashtageditz]

Guys hear me out

Context: Hashtag villain arc we talked about back in December

[krockdove]

earthspark official guidebook says the final battle took place 15 years ago (the Battle of the Bay, right?) and that Dorothy and Megatron first met. She was helping wounded Decepticons and Megatron was impressed with her. Then it says in the same battle, Dorothy lost her leg and Megatron took her to Optimus for treatment. Does that mean.......

Megatron was captured himself to save Dorothy????

That's why that battle was the "final" battle, because the decepticon leader was taken prisoner so war was oficially over?????

(the Space Bridge Battle was definitly after that.......omg...)

.....if so, it makes sense Dot doesn't like Optimus that much, she wouldn't be happy about he taking advantage of the favor Megatron gave her in such a way – even though he had to do.

She was likely unconscious when she was injured, Megatron had no choice because he didn't know how to help human.

and Optimus probably didn't tell her Megatron saved her life while she was recovering. He had to suspect Megatron's true intentions and couldn't let her get caught up in it, but I can also see Dorothy was very upset when she found out.

It would have taken no time at all for her to get to Megatron's cell in her wheelchair while he was trying to come up with a rational explanation for why he saved a human soldier and was captured.

[whirlandco]

here’s how knockout-in-disguise can still win

[deskraven]

Bro seems to be in his late 20s. The Cybertronians were still fighting wars when he was 6. What if he lost his parents to the war on his 6th birthday?

WHY DOES NO ONE TALK ABOUT THIS SCENE?!!?!

[nerdylittleguy]

How Knockout could be Mr Smelt, continued!

This post is a continuation of my previous post, made prior to the newest episode releases. If you haven't read the prior post, you might want to. This should go without saying, but spoilers for episodes 11-18!

No, sadly no fancy mind maps this time round :((

Time to build on my theory with info from the new episodes! Here are some notes I made while watching them about things I found relevant:

FIRST FEW WORDS OF EP11 "DECEPTICONS ARE ALL AROUND US, HIDDEN IN PLAIN SIGHT" AND WHEWWW KO??? ROBOTS IN DISGUISE???

EPISODE 13: Focus on "the teachers" at the beginning. Is teaching much more of a key theme? TARANTULAS WANTS TO DISGUISE HIMSELF WITH A HUMAN AVATAR???!!! JACKPOT!!! THATS WHAT I SAID KO HAS DONE, SO ITS POSSIBLE??? Remote piloting... Like my original theory!! Omg!!!

Episode 14: BREAKDOWN!!!!!!! AHSHAHYSHAISBAUANSOJAIANAJDJSJSJJ EEEEEEEEEEEKK!!!! what happened to him. He's basically only relevant bc KOBD, but that race was quite the STUNT, eh? What if mr smelt heard about it? He'd have even more reason to be paranoid, especially now BB is known about, and smelt has seen the new alt mode... And a lot of that race was on TV...

Alright, notes over. Yes, they are a little inaccurate as Tarantulas does actually get his holo-form thing sorted out, I just didn't bother writing it down lmao. But I must say - the holo-form did not disappoint! It did everything that I saw some people say holo-forms shouldn't be able to do, therefore stopping Smelt from being a holo-form, but as we saw, it's all possible! Tarantulas' holo could interact with non-holographic objects, move independently from his body due to the little floaty thing, speak, just generally seemed convincing once all the issues had been ironed out.

And yes, that quote from episode 11 could have been a reference to Tarantulas, Breakdown and everyone else who shows up out of the blue, but i found it fascinating nonetheless - being one of the first pieces of information from the new episodes, it's important... Probably... And somehow.

What with episode 14, I really was hoping for any small reference to KO, but yknow it was a great episode nonetheless!! The cinematography??! So good! There's a few things I found interesting - mostly that the 'speedster' personality so often associated with tfp knockout is actually one of BD's character traits. This could imply that KO will have a different personality - as might have been hinted at through Smelt and his rule following, for example - or, if KO and BD do run into each other, they'll be a chaotic speedster duo! Both. Both is good :))

Obviously, there is also the worry that actually, BD is... Offline, as his hand was seen hanging in Mandroid's lair. Personally, I doubt such an interesting character, especially such a fan favourite, would be killed off after just one episode, but the hand was there...

Anyway, in terms of theory stuffs: In my original theory (that massive mind map), I had a list of three things I wanted to say "I called it!" if they came up, and while the first two both relied on Smelt being in the episodes, however, the last was vague and said "holograms... If anything, holograms...". While there is no way I could have predicted Tarantulas and his holo-form, as I had no idea he even existed before that (yes I am very new here!), I'll still be proud of myself for all that analysis of how holograms work in Earthspark.

Speaking of Tarantulas and holograms, as holo-forms have been introduced through him, I see Smelt potentially being a holo-form going two ways: 1) he is a holo-form! Congrats to everyone who said so :)) - more of a headcannon: potentially he knew/ knows Tarantulas and they did science together? Or maybe they were rivals? 2) seeing as Tarantulas has a holo-form, maybe whoever's in charge would be worried that having two holo-forms would be... Boring? Making KO something else, or Smelt would be just Smelt.

Now, I thought it would be more likely that Smelt would get "exposed" as being KO - as that's the assumption I'm working with here - I now think that's a little less likely, as I think KO might get frustrated of being in hiding. This is mostly based on the fact that one of people I said would be likely to expose/ recognise him might be dead or MIA (Breakdown), one is wounded and teaching his own students (Bumblebee), leaving only one potential person - Alex Malto. Actually, if KO is going to be exposed/ recognised, I think Alex is my best bet. He's also a teacher and an expert in Cybertronian history - he's perfect! He also cares about his kids very much, so if anything would be amiss in school, he'd probably deal with that because he knows the teaching system, so to speak.

The other idea - KO being tired of being in hiding - is based mostly on episodes 17/18 where, in the background of the Bot Brawls, we can see Principal Dan. You know, the head master of the school Robby and Mo go to? (I have a post about some other familiar faces in the background of those opening scenes, assuming they weren't just model reuses). Now, while KO is associated with cowardice (tfp), I don't think he'd stand idly by for too long if his boss expressed xenophobic views about KO's own people.

Actually, the idea of KO exposing himself and Alex being involved could work together - maybe Alex would be worried about something happening at the school, if Dan starts expressing xenophobic views, and goes talk to Smelt about it? Perhaps that conversation would be the 'nail in the coffin' and KO would get angry and say "hey guys!! I'm actually a transformer!!", or something like that, anyway.

In terms of what I think is likely for the final leg of season 1 (it better be soon or I'm throwing fists!! /j);

- I stick by my idea of Smelt becoming paranoid, nervous etc - I mean, imagine you're a transformer in disguise, there's been many transformers showing up near to where you're hidden (including someone who might be your boyfriend/ husband) and now your boss is being an ass. It would make anyone more nervous, especially because I'm pretty sure KO would be smart enough to make the link between the yellow sports car in the parking lot and the yellow car at the races where Breakdown appeared. - people start to get ruder to/ about transformers around each other. This may be a sort of 'things get bad before they get better' type of thing - people get more prejudiced about cybertronians, only to later be saved by them. I would not be surprised if GHOST is secretly making anti-tf propaganda. This would obviously piss off KO, making Smelt more... unpredictable? Angry (rightfully!)?

Anyway, I'm sure I've missed something I wanted to write, but I hope this was fun to read :))

Again, sorry if this doesn't read coherently, I am still tired, and I've still got multiple languages running wild inside my head (thanks, tfa blitzwing!), and I might have blurred my own line between canon and my ideas, as I've already started thinking of a sort of fanfic (I've got so much to do!! It'll just have to wait). And again, thank you to @transformers-earthspark for having a post of where to watch the new episodes! I would go insane without it /lh

[macking-cheese]

I went crazy last night and couldn't stop thinking of @numberonetribble 's breakbee fanchild Piston, so I stayed up real late drawing them! (I took a few creative liberties, if that's okay)

When drawing this page, I had the stray thought of,, what if Bee didn't make it through Piston's birth? If that did happen I wonder how things would be with Breakdown having to parent all by himself,, hmmm,,, anyway it's supposed to be father-child bonding regardless of how you take it!

And then!!!! I thought of a semi-angsty minicomic? two-parter, whatever it is, I'm kinda proud of it (Breakdown's back is fuuuuuucked bro, how do you draw that shet) (I lowkey think I'm growing an obsession with that cunticon, he's so charming)

I wonder if Piston favors their sire because he acts more like the fun/reckless parent, while Bee is more protective/kinda sheltery, but that's just a theory...

[deskraven]

Chaos Terrans, Chaos Energy, Terratronus, Starscream

Read time: 5 minutes

TLDR: Starscream ordered the Chaos Terrans to stab each other with the Cyber Slayer to charge it; The Chaos Terrans cared about each other genuinely; I wish Starscream studied Mandroid corpse.

ID: A clip from Earthspark S2E09. After Hashtag and Mo discover the Witwicky underground tunnels form a humanoid shape, we see Aftermath and Spitfire attempting to enter the tunnels with the Cyber Slayer at the entrance where the cave water was first discovered in S1E07. Aftermath unleashes a massive chaos energy blast through the weapon, shaking the chamber the Maltos sisters are in but having no effect outside. Spitfire takes the weapon, taunting, "My turn already - and you have to it with STYLE!" She spins the weapon coolly, only to release a tiny streak of energy. Aftermath teases, "Some STYLE you got there, Spitfire… or should I call you, Nofire?" Spitfire retorts, "Ha-ha-ha, and I thought you were just funny looking." Possibly misreading her mockery as praising, Aftermath proudly declares, "Aftermath is the complete package," before launching into a random battle cry. "I don't think you -" Spitfire's confused look changes into resignation. "You know what? Never mind." She lifts up the weapon and points it at her brother, "Just hold still while I recharge this - what's it called again?" "CYBER SLAYER," Aftermath reminds her, leaning down. "Wicked cool name for a weapon if you ask - Aaargh!" His words are cut off as Spitfire taps him sharply on the head with the weapon. He stumbles back, clutching his head as his embershard dims, emitting garbled sounds. Spitfire tosses him a bottle of cave water. After a long gulp, his embershard lights up again. Wiping his mouth, he smiles, "That does NOT get any easier, but what a rush!" Seeing the weapon charged with Aftermath's own energy, Spitfire grins, "Yeh? The next time we will trade." This time, she manages to unleash a powerful blast into the cave walls, causing rocks to fall around the Malto sisters but still no external effect. Frustrated, she asks, "Any doors open up yet?" "Ha! That's what we are doing here, sister?" Aftermath shrugs. "I stopped listening after Starscream said - " Switching to a more high-pitched voice, he imitates, "Take the cyber slayer - urrhhh". "Well, apparently, this thing's supposed to get us inside the - " Spitfire says as she continues to stab the cave walls, unleashing loads of energy. "Where?" Aftermath asks. "Yeh, Starscream left that part out." Spitfires stops, contemplating. "But he did say it will help with his BIG PLAN for taking out the Maltos and the Autobots." She seems to be convinced by the reasoning, and returns to her job at hand with an even stronger blow. This time, the wall shatters and starts glowing in red - the color of the chaos energy. Cybertronian letters appears on the wall with Quintus' symbol, "IN TIMES OF NEED HELP SHALL RISE TO YOUR CALL". Marveled, both Chaos Terrans paused, though they likely can't read it, and Spitfire soon resumed her stabbing.

Thought 1: Wow this is quite messed up!

I'm probably just slow, but on first watch I assumed the Chaos Terrans were able to channel chaos energy through the Cyber Slayer naturally, and thought Spitfire hit Aftermath with the weapon as a part of their mutual bickering. I only just realized they were taking turns stabbing each other with the weapon to keep it charged, and they were ordered to do so by Starscream.

Wow this is pretty messed up! "Hey kids take this weapon and go open a door for me. If the weapon runs out of energy, just draw each other's blood to recharge it. Try not to kill each other in the process and good luck!"

This seems extremely dangerous. The Cyber Slayer is not fatal, but it is fatal if the victim doesn't have access to treatment. And we all know if one of them accidentally goes completely offline, Starscream won't bother to treat them. I wonder if this is part of his plan.

Thought 2: Awww Siblings

The interaction between Aftermath and Spitfire is suddenly more wholesome, too. Spitfire didn't stab him out of malice. She warned him about the charging, gave him a very controlled knock on the head, and immediately tossed him a bottle of cave water.

Despite the contact being short and controlled, Aftermath was immediately sent into severe energy deprivation, falling and whining in pain.

It seems like prior to this Aftermath was the only one taking the blows, as Spitfire suggested "next time we will trade." I have been wondering how much Spitfire cares about her sibling, and it turns out she cares about him enough to volunteer drawing her own blood so he doesn't have to suffer repeatedly. And he didn't even complain about it, possibly because 1) he has one braincell and didn't realize it's unfair, 2) he cares about his tiny little sister and volunteered to take up more responsibility as the large big brother.

So it's... both messed up and awwww siblings. Wish to see them more in S2C / S3B / S4 ^ ^

Theories and Implications

This also gives a clearer definition on how they broke through Terratronus's defense system. Basically they just hit her repeatedly with condensed chaos energy. This might imply that Cyber Slayer enhanced chaos energy is stronger than Quintus power.

I wonder if Starscream would have been able to get himself out of Terratronus if he had access to chaos energy. And, maybe the Decepticons could have been able to escape the Quintus-powered bubble if they had access to the Cyber Slayer.

I'm also curious how Starscream learned he could break Terratronus' defense system with chaos energy. The only other person who's aware of this seems to be Terratronus herself. Starscream also seems to know it even before getting Croft's hard-drive. And it's unlikely that he got the information during GHOST imprisonment - GHOST knew nothing about the Emberstone until Mandroid told them about it in S1E20. Starscream escaped in S1E21, likely during he power outage in S1E20. And Croft didn't retrieve the stone for Mandroid to study until S1E22.

I think the only two possibilities are:

Starscream's science degree thesis was about chaos energy and it was a such niche field that none of the other scientists know anything about it.

Starscream got the information from Mandroid. Either he unearthed some of Mandroid's top-secret research on the Emberstone while helping the Autobots clean up the mess, or he reached this conclusion by studying Mandroid's corpse.