#Leader of the Decepticons

[savage-kult-of-gorthaur]

CYBERTRONIAN BROTHERS – FATAL COMBATANTS – MORTAL ENEMIES -- FEARLESS LEADERS.

PIC(S) INFO: Spotlight on throwback Marvel Comics corner box art of the “Transformers” G1 variety – featuring Decepticon and Autobot leaders, Optimus Prime and Megatron, c. mid 1980s.

EXTRA INFO: Also features the cropped and isolated versions of each character's respective box art illustration and/or depiction.

Source: www.reddit.com/r/transformers/comments/ginx6z.

[xpurplepiex]

when i started watching g1 for the first time, i was NOT prepared for whatever the fuck its doing with Megatron's transformation😭😭

it gave me so much psychic damage

[zorangezest]

switcheroo

part two

[starburstminibot]

I love the concept of a Breakbee love child just for the comedic potential it has

Like as if Bee isn't already raising 7 children then throw a sparkling in there as a cross-faction child and no one really knows what to do about that....

Like they're still at war or whatever but Soundwave is also one of their most reliable babysitters and good child care is hard to come by dammit

I don't have a name for the sparkling btw LOL I DIDNT GET THAT FAR

[eashgirl]

As much as I love DPax and Oplita,Low-key can we talk about these three though? Because tf One gave a lot of potential for StarWaveWave.

It's just simply how they are always together,in every single scene they are present throughout the movie,they are always together the only time they were separated was when Starscream got captured and even then Soundwave and Shockwave were always together,when they finished the rescue attempt alongside Orion and Elita the three of them immediately reunited/regrouped and continued to fight alongside eachother,they were thrown aside in different directions when Optimus fought them but not even a few minutes later when Megatron orders the High Guard to follow him they are once again standing next to eachother. Implying that literally after they managed to get back up they immediately ran back to eachother lol.

Literally don't separate them.

Even in the storyboards when they helped D-16 restrain Sentinel,and when they fought Optimus they are coordinated in the sense they don't pause for a minute,after one gets taken down the other immediately follows up with an attack,no one really forces them to always be next to eachother nor does Starscream yell at them to do that they just naturally choose to stand by eachother out of choice whenever given the opportunity, their battle movements are also pretty coordinated as they have eachother's back during the palace attack scene in the background Soundwave takes down a drone trailing Shockwave and Starscream follows up by shooting down one following Soundwave.

It's these subtle hints of camaderie that's what interesting about them as a ship/ot3. In the sense they will always have more history with eachother than they do with Megatron.

Since Alpha Trion outright said the war against the quintessons has been going on for thousands of cycles, even if we assume the three are not THAT old, they should atleast be around a couple hundred cycles old, as to be regarded as legendary warriors who are still remembered for their feats by Bee even after so many cycles. Which meant to get as high as in their ranks they've likely been working in the High Guard for a LONG time and have known eachother for so many cycles.

Shockwave also tried to interfere during Dee and Starscream's fight but Soundwave stopped him as much I believe he did that because he found it funny and enjoyed a brawl like any other Guard, I think it's also so because Soundwave kind of gets where this is going, Starscream at the time was not really trying to kill D-16 so he was holding back, trying to boast infront of an audience to give off a show of strength for their enjoyment,Soundwave has likely seen him do this a million times when he gets battle hungry before so he doesn't see the need to interfere if they get a good fight,that is before Dee took out the cannon.

One thing that I like about this continuity is it's Megatron who is the newer one to already pre established dynamics within the High Guard,which adds interesting potential for storylines, he's the one who needs to integrate himself and form a completely new dynamic around his new army.

The way I see StarWaveWave is mostly the Waves low-key getting annoyed with Starscream's antics,which is kind of the case in canon they definitely would bicker a lot because that is a given,but at the same time there is that camaderie as they've been working alongside eachother for hundreds if not thousands of cycles long before Sentinel's betrayal and even longer before they even met the quartet and became Decepticons before their own fall from grace they knew eachother before everything went down when life was still somewhat good for them before the Primes died,so there is also like some care underneath all of it even if they wonder why they are tolerating eachother at times. Or alternatively Wavewave and their angry jet boy, in my headcanon Starscream is the most emotionally distant, Soundwave and Shockwave will have personal moments where in their own weird way they will open up and talk, Starscream on the other hand would just shut himself off till they have to drag his dumbass into doing so before he does something stupid.

They have a dysfunctional relationship but it's funny to see.

Soundwave appears to be the most reasonable out of the three of them he's low-key one of the reasons why they've survived this long,and Shockwave has a temper and gets irritated quickly (although that is understandable to an extent )but since he's not by this point devoid of any emotions there are many instances which shows he really does care and given how his reaction to Elita and Soundwave he doesn't have a problem following orders if it makes sense,and Starscream is well Starscream enough said but he does have competent strengths as a leader since he did keep them alive for 50 cycles and there is also the detail that in the storyboards the High Guard only made the move to follow Megatron out of Iacon after Starscream told them to follow their new leader same as in the movie he's the first one to hail Megatron, there is room for some fun interactions.

Just a short post about why I love this ot3. Although I really do just ship them in the qpr way, because of my aroace hcs for all three of them but really I need to see their relationship more,and I need to see them trying to have a weirdly twisted mentorship with Megatron since he's still pretty inexperienced in war even if he has the qualities of a leader.

[keferon]

Imagine you're in the world of Transformers. Imagine you woke up randomly in the med bay and you're a giant robot.

You don't know which version of Transformers this is, the movies or the TV series or the comics? You don't know.

But you need to pick a faction and join it right now.

[swervesfirstblaster]

HOLY SHIT TF #7 WAS CRAZY LOOK AT THIS RAW ASS WHOPPING "YOU KICKED MY RAVAGE" GET HIS ASS SOUNDWAVE KING PLUS LASERBEAK TOOKING THE EYE OUT ITS SICK DONT MESS WITH THE WAVE CLAN

also man scream not only kicked ravages dead body but also slapped him from soundwaves hands and slapped rumble like yeah ik soundwave was real mad as fuck

im soo excited for decepticon leader soundwave bc hes like the boss and we will get ravage back with the fam!!!

[starscream-is-my-wife]

When ur husband gets so wrapped up in the sciences he kinda forgot about ethics

I like to think that Thundercracker would have a lot of time to be chronically online and can see the discourse

[mechagoenna]

ok bro you needed to figure out the manifesto BEFORE you declared war

[starscreamers]

my favorite running gag from tf g1 is starscream proclaiming himself as the leader of the decepticon everytime megatron went through a moment of inconvenience.

[muletia]

very silly and stupid idea but...

while me thinks obsessed!Megatron will probably recite romantic poetry and murder a bot or ten while trying to rizz you up I can also imagine him flirting with you like this when he is being horny deluxe:

[savage-kult-of-gorthaur]

HUNTING FOR UNSUSPECTING AUTOBOTS TO VAPORIZE WITH HIS FUSION CANNON.

PIC(S) INFO: Part 1 of 3 -- Spotlight on a mega photo/art dump of "Transformers" G1 Megatron, tyrannical leader of the Decepticon forces and sworn enemy of the Autobots. Artwork (inks/markers) by Scott Dalrymple, c. 2016, 2018, 2019, & 2020.

Sources: www.pinterest.com/pin/megatron-by-scott-dalrymple--797629783990639738 (all found on Pinterest).

[kayak-mayak]

I know people are excited about the Soundwave and Megatron reunion, but meanwhile, Starscream is soooo fucking close to having a panic attack because his abuser is back.

[sideswipesjetpack]

I’m so sorry for what’s about to be brought to the table but may we have… Two-eyed Shockwave?

Have a whole (comic?) anon

[streakyfreak-me]

Motormaster

so after one hundred fifty years I opened my Photoshop with other graphics tablet...

[transingthoseformers]

Need to see more interactions between Starscream and the US government