#I know my happy ass took forever to get the Decepticons and Orion done but I did my best to get this right for what's in mind

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My Takes on Depicting the “Human”formers (art included!!) part 2:

This time we’re going with the main Deception lineup of TFP and Orion Pax. Again, you may not agree with me, but this is how I see them. I apologize in advance if this crashes the mobile app, like this inevitably will on mine, but I have a lot of information to share. I hope you can vibe with this as I do because the Decepticons have some of my favorite designs.

The layout is 1) what is worn, 2) what they have on their figures at any given time, and 3) sleeping schedules that would determine how likely you are to see them in the common areas at any given time.

Orion Pax:

Wears things that are comfortable but a bit dressier. Loose button-ups or blouses, dark jeans or sweats, and I actually visualize him going barefoot a lot or wearing acrobat socks. Wears glasses for the aesthetic. (An alternate outfit could be him in a flapper dress with Cybertronian influences on the design and I could explain it, but I don’t want to.)

Tends to have a gun on him as well because it’s a habit from the early strains of the revolution before it exploded into a war, but also a book and notebook. Datapads everywhere. Very similar to Smokescreen in my version for that, as found in part one. Also keeps candies like skittles on him because he no longer needs any medications but still needs to feel like he has everything he needs.

Will Nap. He Will. Give him a spot to be and he’s Out. That is a threat or maybe a promise. But you will see him in the common areas when he can help it, even while napping.

Megatron:

Athletic wear, but can dress it up. You’re most likely to find him wearing a tank top and little workout shorts in the morning. He wears armored boots or slippers. But he also radiates the energy of someone who would go to a rodeo for the adrenaline. Very flamboyant colors in private settings, also expect to see his mining designation embroidered on the backs of his shirts subtly.

Handmade chewing cigars with the dark energon inside so he doesn’t suffer bad withdrawals but is still more coherent. Guns and knives and brass knuckles. Plenty of charges for an installed gun he has. Keeps batteries and chargers if he can, and a lighter. (Batteries for the lenses [Cybertronian glasses that are applied to the eye like contacts are] Orion uses and chargers for the screen that Soundwave wears, lighter for his drugs)

Sleeps when he can. It’s something he learned as the one who sees the absolute most action, so he needs the sleep to aim right and to even fight for longer. Very grumpy if he doesn’t sleep either. It’s unavoidable.

Starscream:

She(yes, she) wears a flight suit the majority of the time if she can, but postwar, it’s all sweaters and slim-fit jeans. Again, boots. A variety of them, but most are high-heeled. Her favorites are thigh-highs that look suspiciously like cosplay boots for a character out of Treasure Planet.

Flare gun, parachute, sweets, gum, energy shots, water, energon, a lighter, knife, gun, and a stress fidget. She’s practical, but would rather be over prepared than sorry later.

She sleeps intermittently throughout a 24-hour cycle because her battery works differently. If need be, she can get a recharge pad hooked up to her back, but she’s sure she would rather die.

Soundwave:

Wears a lot of dark colors, for sure. Tends to keep his face covered by any means possible. The more of him that is covered up, the happier he’ll be. It is rare to see any skin. Very formal, as long as his armor(not pictured, there are a few versions for my Soundwave design and both are big or awkward on the lineup page) fits over it nicely and he can move. But also will wear subtle references to games and music and pop culture.

Has snacks on him, and basic first aid stuff for both humans and Cybertronians. He’s basically a mother, y’all, come on. Also has a tablet that tucks into his armor nicely. He uses it for hacking.

Sleeps rarely. He’s a very anxious person under that calm demeanor and has issues falling asleep. When he is asleep without help, it’s very light sleep. Though he looks as though he died with his choices in sleeping - he’ll often just lay down on the floor, usually face-down.

Breakdown:

Practical clothes, though he does wear a necklace on him that Knockout made for him when they got married. Tends to gravitate towards jeans or cargo pants with work boots. Will wear funny shirts or souvenir shirts from his and Knockout’s travels.

If he has his way, he has a sledgehammer on him. He also keeps snacks on him and homemade energon sweets for Knockout in particular(Knockout faints easily, so it’s kind of important to calm him before that happens. Snackies it is.)

He sleeps when Knockout sleeps if he can help it. He likes the time to cuddle with his partner. He sleeps heavily though. Nearly snoring most nights.

Knockout:

The Fashionista. He knows his fashion so well and will dress up just to dress up. But it usually has a practical aspect to it because he’s very much a Car Guy. Red is his signature color still, but it’s more like accents so he isn’t too matchy-matchy with his car. Wears a lot of bling. :)

Tries his best to keep energon sweets on him as well, but often fails(stop fake pockets, y’all). He usually manages to have a taser though, if just a little one on his keys. And he has pictures of him and Breakdown(and their family if they managed to build one) on his person as well.

Doesn’t sleep much, but will pretend so that Breakdown does sleep. When he sleeps, it's usually hoarding all the blankets on the bed to keep warm and he is very wiggly until he hits a certain hour of his sleep...where it is evident he could have died...(poor Breakdown usually tries his best to check without waking him)

Dreadwing and Skyquake(twins who think alike):

Other than being glued at the hip almost if they manage, they are distinct with who they are. Dreadwing wears darker colors than his brother does, and often his skin is a bit more covered. Skyquake just is chilling as best as he can with light colors and bright colors, but also wears more jewelry and lower-cut or skimpier things. The jewelry has to do with Skyquake leaning into the fact that their caretakers put bells on him and Dreadwing when they became more stealthy.

On Dreadwing’s figure would be knives and a whip, as well as two sets of dog tags (one in his boot, one around his neck) with a locket fit on both sets of them with his brother’s picture inside. For Skyquake, he prefers guns and grenades(and handmade bombs :]). He also wears dog tags like Dreadwing, but on the one around his neck are also some beads he made from various Earth and Cybertronian materials.

These two sleep curled up together unintentionally. They’ll go to bed in separate rooms and still end up in the same bed. They sleep on a strict schedule though.

Shockwave:

This motherfucker is a roulette wheel for me. He likes feeling like he holds power, so formal Cybertronian wear. He likes practicality, so a big jacket with pockets and a hoodie. He likes feeling fancy, so sometimes even a gown or suit. This man is the most subtly flamboyant person I can point a finger at. I hate and love him. The thing haloing his head in pink is a bunch of loose plates that he managed to keep after his empurata, he had them turned into a form of armor or covering for his more vulnerable extremities if the need arises for them(tubing and wiring mostly, sometimes his eye)

Literally just. It’s giving Mary Poppins with her magic bag. Do not under any circumstances assume that he’s disarmed even when his blaster is physically taken off, that’s a good way to get dissected or vivisected. But above all else, he is a man of science and reason. He had notepads and pens in his pockets as well as sampling tools. Everything else is terrifyingly unknown to anyone that isn’t Shockwave himself and maybe Soundwave and Predaking.

He does sleep. We promise. But usually it’s easier to find him in forced shut-down because he overthought something or got overwhelmed. Most people on the ship think that he sleeps standing in front of the computer with his eye wide open, looking like he is working.

Predaking:

Another roulette wheel. But this time, I could reasonably say that he wears chain mail under his clothes. I think, other than that, he likes looser things he can move in, so Shockwave has free reign with some of it as long as it fits Predaking's requirements. Just a preference. Also. Throw shiny things on him, he is a dragon.

Hear me out: knickknacks. Little gacha prizes, foreign money, tiny little toys from surprise packs, rocks of all kinds, colorful glass bits, interesting bottle caps, and perhaps even gold things. But also functional shinies like the infamous Leaf Knife.

He snoozes. That’s what he does. He’s like a dog in that regard, he’ll lay down almost anywhere and “rest his eyes.” And always in the oddest positions.

Steve:

Okay, unlike regular Vehicons, Steve is very unique. He got his hands on his own individuality on accident, and likes playing with it. Sometimes he dresses nicer than his superiors just for fun, sometimes he blends perfectly with the humans, and sometimes he just “cosplays” other Decepticons for kicks(basically mimicking their style to see if they notice). His mask is the only one that has been customized to show hair.

He has souvenirs on him. He lost his memory and decided to make his new ones as epic as possible. He also keeps the regular gun that the others do, but it has been painted a bit to make it cuter.

He sleeps like the rest of the Vehicons do.

And standard Vehicons:

They have a uniform that looks like a mix of a Cybertronian one and whatever uniform and mask comes with their role. For those cleared to fly, they have a modified flight suit they wear over everything. For those who drive on the surface and go groundwork, they have a “human costume” for a uniform, consisting of a jacket, shirt, and jeans with their shoes of choice. For the miners, they wear coveralls with reflective strips that can glow if activated. Most will choose to wear something personalized under their uniform, and some also have subtle ink done.

On any given vehicon will be: energon rations, water, flares, a gun or two with ammo, their dog tags, money, keys, a phone, a tablet, and a recharge tablet. More can be added or modified in depending on position and personality, but this is the basic packing list for each one.

They sleep in shifts. The majority sleep during the night(including Steve), but a group sleeps during the day that guards operations on the ship during the night. They’re also incredibly tight-knit as a group, even when separated by job and rank, so sometimes they just fall into the closest bunk and cuddle or intentionally make cuddle piles.