#LSOTW

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Surely this means good things are bound to happen here, right?

My final piece for @rbzines's Cybertron Wants You! Zine! I tried a semi-lineless art deco approach with this piece, it turned out pretty well tbh! Full version is on the zine's profile, go check it out and the other contributors!!

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My final contribution to 2024's Reverse @tf-bigbang; a scene straight from @eatyoursparkout's thrilling fic "Graveyard Shift" which you can read by clicking here.

If you're interested in a playlist loosely inspired by the fic, click the Read More ;)

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hello maccadams fans,

so! i kept stumbling across mentions of the short story "Bullets" on tfwiki, because it had important lore about Kimia and some characters who would later appear in MTMTE. but because it was an exclusive that was only published in the TPB for "Last Stand of the Wreckers," not many people have probably read it. it's a prequel story to LSOTW and DOES contain some spoilers if you haven't read that series, but it's also interesting how much jro is obviously setting up for MTMTE, even tho this was written about 2 years before MTMTE started coming out. pretty sure this is the first canonical appearance of Rung.

anyway, because this was so hard to track down, I took the time to find a scan of the LSOTW trade paperback and used an ocr scanner to transcribe it so that I could share it and make it more accessible. I've only ever found a few transcriptions of the first chapter, but not the whole thing. it's very interestingly written, and also contains some interesting criticism of Furmanisms. I highly recommend anyone who is a fan of MTMTE/LL or LSOTW give it a read. The ending still has me shook.

Disclaimer: I didn't change the writing at all, but i did omit a couple very obvious typos that were printed in the TPB, and I fixed some of the formatting issues where chapter breaks were missing or put in the wrong place. otherwise, this writing is completely unaltered. Also, I did read this over like 3 separate times as I was working to transcribe and format it, but because ocr scans can be unpredictable, it's very possible I missed a few minor things.

Anyway please read and enjoy!

-day

edit: fixed the title for the link

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I just wanna follow this trend🥰🥳😘

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Ms Guiglione being silly, doing silly stuff

Finally here! Started off as a joke for a friend but it got a little out of control lol

Lady with glasses right after the billboard is (used with permission) an OC of @cuppajj, whos Megan comics got me interested in ms Guiglione in the first place :)

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I receive: Your feedback.

You receive : Double chin on each and every character I draw.

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Put On Your Monday Face 🤖☕️

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Happy Transformers Day!

Celebrating Sep 17th with a small preview on sketches that I've been working on before my hiatus! I do intend finish all of them at some point, I just haven't gotten around to it yet haha

It's a bunch, so I'm putting them underneath a cut~

Ambulon~ I actually speedran the full artwork in 2 hours, but I haven't posted it yet, so have the sketch as a lil' treat. I really like the way the finished work turned out.

Ironfist/Fisitron! I started drawing this after reading Bullets because MAN did I forget how likeable this guy is. Also please appreciate the wonderful FREEHAND Autobot insignia.

I started drawing this Jazz in DECEMBER 2023 when we were getting the first proper snow of winter...yeahhhhh you can tell this one is a bit older, but I really wanna finish it for this winter. Maybe for Christmas?

WIP of an OC! She came into existence after a fun chat on the Big Bang Server. She'll be a cassette carrier who transforms into an oven and her cassettes will be like a lil' harem. They all have innuendo names, she herself is named Hotcake hehe

And lastly, the current progress of the next TFMay artwork. It's Thunderwave, my 'sona! I'm currently in the shading process, as you can see, and she'll definitely be my no1 priority after my Bachelor's is through!

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Drew a lil Snare for myself as a treat, with and without mask. Started as a warm-up, but decided to go ahead and make it a whole thing!

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Last stand of the wreckers ready for TFcon La

[cuppajj]

hows the comic goin @shandsformation

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It's finally out!! My art for this year's @tf-bigbang!! I was partnered with @eatyoursparkout, who wrote an AMAZING fic that you should check out right now on AO3:

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from the 800 follower milestone poll. ya'll requested thirst trap Perceptor, so here he is :)

-day

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The Secret Life of Squadron X IDW Transcript

Inspired by @decepti-thots​ transcribing Zero Point a little while back, I decided to transcribe another text feature only available on the Last Stand of the Wreckers hardover collection. Unlike Zero Point, this is less relevant to the rest of the IDW universe, since I believe only Ferak ever appears outside of LSOTW. But I think it provides interesting and sometimes moving character notes for these characters. So without further ado, have The Secret Life of Squadron X by James Roberts.

When the time came to introduce Squadron X in issue four, Nick and I realized we had a problem: we still hadn't decided which characters were going to make up the team. All of the big name G1 Decepticons were accounted for by this point, and using famous faces was out of the question anyway because the entire squad died in issue five. There was still a handful of makeweight Decepticons like, say, Snapdragon, who had yet to appear in IDW's Transformers continuity, but in this context their relative fame caused a problem: fans wouldn't believe that they were powerful enough to pose a serious threat to Impactor and his team. We could have made them up, but there was something a little anticlimactic about them being a bunch of generics.

In the end, we decided that Squadron X would be comprised of genuine G1 Decepticons, albeit phenomenally obscure ones—characters who had appeared in the UK or US Marvel comics, if only for a panel or two. This way, they would be more than generics, they could be as powerful as we wanted them to be, and they would make hardcore fans do a double-take.

MACABRE

FIRST AND ONLY APPEARANCE. TRANSFORMERS UK #88 (PUBLISHED NOVEMBER 1986)

The crazed, insecure Macabre made his debut in the last part of "Target: 2006." when he attempted to assassinate Emirate Xaaron. He failed when Impactor took the fatal blast instead, and seconds later was destroyed by the Wreckers. Of course, we couldn't resist the opportunity to turn the tables and, nearly 25 years later, have Impactor assassinate him.

In the IDW Transformers Universe, Macabre was the leader of Squadron X. He succeeded Valve. a founding member of the Wreckers (and Spark brother to Springarm and Wheelarch) who defected to the Decepticons. The badges he wore around his neck were collected over several years. and were all torn from the dead bodies of high-ranking Autobots.

TORNADO

FIRST OF TWO APPEARANCES: TRANSFORMERS UK #15 (APRIL 1985)

Compared to his teammates Tornado is a veritable superstar, having appeared in not one but two Transformers stories. He cropped up in "The Enemy Within!", Simon Furman's first TF story, in flashback: he rebelled against Megatron and died fighting a fellow Decepticon, Earthquake. Before the war broke he out he worked as a saboteur in Vos. In "State Games!", a text story from the second Transformers Annual, his plan to bomb Tarn's power plant and frame lacon was thwarted when he was caught in the act.

In the IDW Transformers Universe, Tornado was Macabre's right hand robot, and of all Squadron X had the highest number of kills to his name. Starscream had secretly promised him a place on Decepticon High Command "come the revolution."

EARTHQUAKE

FIRST AND ONLY APPEARANCE: TRANSFORMERS UK #15 (APRIL 1985)

Another Decepticon rebel. Earthquake tried to get off the hook by opting for trial-by-combat. Unfortunately, he ended up fighting Tornado. Although, in his words, he could "warp the very surface of Cybertron," he couldn't gain the upper hand: neither robot survived the fight.

In the IDW Transformers Universe, Earthquake was famous for being the Decepticon who brought down Sherma Bridge. Prior to his death at the hands of Impactor he was suffering from dementia and, after exhibiting disturbing signs of primus apotheosis, had been earmarked by Macabre for termination.

FANG

FIRST AND ONLY APPEARANCE: TRANSFORMERS UK #82 (OCTOBER 1986)

Another character who made his debut appearance in 'Target: 2006,' Fang was a bully who got his kicks terrorizing weaker robots in Maccadam's Old Oil House. Studded with spikes—or fangs—it's impossible to tell what he transformed into. Whether he was able to transform after being punched to bits by Twin Twist is unknown.

In the IDW Transformers Universe, the mute Fang lost the power of speech when Impactor shredded his vocal processor during the Wreckers' infamous nine-second attack on the Decepticon Penal Colony, Styx (see Wreckers: Declassified 97: The Wreckers' Lightning Strike). He subsequently communicated using a form of aggressive sign language, and at the end of conversations was inevitably the last person standing.

TRITON

FIRST AND ONLY APPEARANCE: 1989 TRANSFORMERS ANNUAL (SEPTEMBER 1988)

By the year 2510 Triton had been masquerading as an Autobot for ninety years, and was technically the last surviving Decepticon. Determined that the Autobots should not win the war, he caused a fight between Rodimus Prime, Ultra Magnus, and the Wreckers, during which Roadbuster was killed by Scattershot. Triton himself was killed during the ensuing shoot-out.

In the IDW Transformers Universe, Triton served as Violator's second-in-command aboard the Fatal Consequence and its predecessor, the Rash Action. He was invited—then ordered at gunpoint—to join Squadron X after singlehandedly murdering a 20-strong Autobot boarding party.

FERAK

FIRST (AND ONLY?) APPEARANCE: TRANSFORMERS [US] #17 (FEBRUARY 1986)

A mid-ranking Decepticon who enjoyed hunting and killing Empties, Ferak and his fellow hunter-seekers helped Lord Straxus keep Polyhex under control. He was incapacitated after Blaster smashed him into a tower, but—according to some sources—resurfaced in 2007. soon after the battle against Unicron. commanding an airborne hunter squad. He was killed by Rodimus Prime after unsuccessfully begging for mercy.

In the IDW Transformers Universe, Ferak is a talented engineer who came to Megatron's attention after designing the Nightmare Engine. Prior to his death he became increasingly disenamored with life as a member of Squadron X. and was intending to quit once they'd finished ferrying munitions to a Decepticon outpost on the other side of the Redan Quadrant. He harbored ambitions to rekindle his friendship with Wheeljack, but deep down knew this was impossible.

CROSSCUT

FIRST APPEARANCE: TRANSFORMERS [US] #18 (MARCH 1986)

Crosscut's chief contribution to the Decepticon war effort was to demonstrate the fatal effects of a faulty space bridge.

In the IDW Transformers Universe, Crosscut was often mistaken for a member of the Decepticon Justice Division—something that invariably worked in his favor. There wasn't much room for friendships within Squadron X, but Crosscut and Triton bonded after Springer forcibly welded them together in battle.

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Favorite part to draw (besides the flag thing) from the Megan animatic, posted separately because.