#Nothing in G1 is cannon

[name-is-tired]

Head empty just the thought of Starscream being so bored that he starts to go through almost all of earth's music. And then when he finally finds songs and genres that he likes he slowly starts to also have favourite artists. (Soundwave is aware of this new thing Starscream has going on but he thinks that he's gonna sabotage Megatron with music somehow but he can't figure out how)

And of course anything Starscream likes is automatically better than the rest. So when decepticons plan to attack some festivals (due to G1 shenanigans it's probably super normal for it to be a weekly occurrence), Starscream will already know if any artist that he likes is going to be there (he always keeps tabs on their activity and tours). So if they aren't, then okay no problem but if they are he's a hundred percent snitching to the autobots. Something like

Megatron: We must enforce fear onto the humans! We'll attack them at their places of joy -insert stadium or something-

Starscream internally: Wait that's where -random band- is going to have their first performance in 5 years. I've counted each second down to this very performance I can't let Megabum ruin this glorious moment for me.

At the Autobots base

Optimus Prime: Autobots I have called you here due to this anonymous message we have received about some Decepticon activity that's apparently taking place soon

Pops it on the screen

Jazz reading what it says: Megaglitch- yeah it's definitely Starscream who sent that, not really anonymous anymore. But why would he tell us this, it's not like him to care about human activity unless it's a plan to kill Megatron for the gazillionth time

Cliffjumper: Probably an artist that he likes is playing there, I mean there's this band that hasn't performed in 5 years playing there that I like, was hoping to go watch it anyway

Prowl: I highly doubt that that's the reason, we all know Starscream is not one to like anything that's from organics

Cliffjumper: Hey I know my kid (-cliffjumper is his papa I don't care talk to the wall-) better than you all and I know it has to be because of that. Hopefully the few good characteristics he has left from me means that it's also about the same band that I'm thinking about.

Ratchet: What do you mean 'my k----

Jazz: Dude total lore drop right there tell more later. But shouldn't we be going now

Optimus: It is decided. Autobots roll out!

After the confrontation there's now a video of the bands performance with giant robots fighting in the background being spread by the internet to the point everybody now knows the band

Cliffjumper messaging Starscream: Son have you seen it

Starscream: Seen what autodork

Cliffjumper: If you were here I would have grounded you (literally) but I'm to excited. WE'RE IN THE MUSIC VIDEO

Starscream let's out the loudest scream of joy which has now awoken unicron

Yeah idk I'm sick. Thought it was funny. Probs won't be when I'm better. You can rip cliff and star papa and son duo from my dead, decaying, cold hands cause I love it now so much even though it was just a crack little thing I thought of randomly when I was bored

Read rags they are going to be funny.

Hopefully

To the few people who like this cliff and star dynamics. I like you. You have great taste.

[rabotimagines]

jealous cons sounds really funny, especially if they can't do anything but mald

TOP DECEPTICON MALDERS LETS GOOOO!

"Hero" GN BOT Reader x Megatron, Starscream, Blitzwing, Skywarp

Summary: Your friends save you from the Decepticons. The cons get pissed they missed another chance at you! Then you even kiss your friend on the cheek in thanks! (Scandalous, I know.)

G1 characters: Megatron, Starscream, Blitzwing, Skywarp. (The Autobots that save Reader are Optimus, Bluestreak, Tracks, and Hound!)

Genre/Theme: Cross faction Jealousy

Warnings: Blitzwing is a menace and mentions thinking of ripping readers' modesty panel off. It doesn't happen, but y'know. The Decepticons being brats experiencing being told "No" for the first time (The Cons are malding real bad). The cons generally assuming they have a "right" to Reader.

Pronouns: You, Your, Yours

Notes: This is based on teasing/flirty Autobot Reader, whom the Decepticons get a bit too interested in. Reader knows what they're doing and they do it specifically to fuck with the Decepticons. Via kissing your Autobot friends on the cheek!

Megatron is mad- he's not just mad he is furious when Prime, the fool that he is, puts himself between you and Megatron. Now, if it was any of the other puny Autobots, Megatron would not have cared nearly as much. Because to Megatron, the average Autobot mech meant nothing. They were measly target practice to him! But Prime? Optimus Prime was not any mere mech! He was the slagging closest Megatron would come to finding an equal, let alone out on this rock.

But Prime saves you as he does- the withering sparkdamn fool. And Megatron finally nearly had you in his grasp, and Prime had to come and rip you away from him. Megatron has to pull himself back up to find Prime still holding you against his own frame. "My hero!" You say as you smile the blasted way you do when you look at the other Autobots and you- Megatron can not hide his scowl when you throw your arms around Primes frame and kiss him on the side of his battle mask. Primes optics brighten and widen, and his sparkdamned plating even fluffs under your affections.

Megatrons cannon starts humming loud in response to his own emotional receptors and his own blindly consuming urge to shoot then and there. But Megatron knows he's lost- and that just makes his cannon start smoking in barely restrained murderous indent. "This isn't over Prime!" Megatron snarls out with a digit pointed firm at him. Megatron growls and calls for the Decepticons to retreat. And in his still stewing rage, Megatron internally begins making new plans for the next opportunity he has to try and obtain a hold of you.

Megatron would not come so close to getting a hold of you again and fail twice. Prime wouldn't know what hit him!

-

Starscream is positively fuming! He'd gotten a hold of you again, and he'd made sure those fragging terror twins were busy when he did it. But the fragging praxian stopping him! Not even the battle computer- it was the sparkdamn annoying one! Starscream openly glares at where you two were standing next to one another. You just smile the infuriating way you do at the Autobots. "My hero!" You exclaim, and Starscream bafflingly watches you throw your arms around the praxian- and you even kiss him on the cheek!?

The praxians optics widen and brighten quickly. And his dumb little insignificant door sensors hike high and start twitching. He smiles like a fragging imbecile and even laughs. Laughs about it! Starscream's engines growl hot in righteous fury. How dare this little insignificant praxian Autobot pede solider get in between Starscream and his claim on you!? Starscream had every fragging right in taking you apart, plate by plate for everything you'd put him through! And he almost had you- no, he did have you! And you got ripped right out of his grasp.

And Starscream is positively fragging seething about it. Starscream clenches his servos so tight his joints creak. His wings raise high at an angle, promising violence of the highest intensity. And Starscream knows he needs to retreat because they'd lost. He'd lost. Starscream bares his denta and has to force himself to turn on a pede and retreat. Starscream is irate but he's decided to start scheming once more- if Starscream couldn't get you alone on the battlefield naturally he'd just have to figure out how to distract your fellow sparkdamn Autobots- then you'd be all his for the taking.

If there was one thing Starscream was, it was tenacious. And he wasn't about to stop before he had you in his grasp.

-

Blitzwing was having a fragging good day- a really good one! He'd smashed some buildings, made the puny humans run like the vermin they were. He even smashed up a few Autobots! Oh, and then- and then! He got into a fight with you, and he started winning. Actually winning. Blitzwing actually managed to pin you down, and he was going to rip your modesty panel right off of you- and then Blitzwing gets hit hard and knocked down. And he's lost his fragging grip on you-! It ends with Blitzwing on his aft and you having gotten away from him.

You're standing next to the Autobots discount triple changer! You're brushing the dirt off your frame all before you throw your arms around the blue mech "My hero!" Then you even kiss him on the cheek! The mech jerks and pulls away from your touch and wipes his own cheek- is he stupid? His plating fluffs, and he crosses his arms over his chassis to turn and glare at Blitzwing instead. But Blitzwing had wings, so he knows exactly what it means when the mechs wings rank up high and fan out. And all three of Blitzwing's engines rumble because he was not a happy mech.

Slagging sparkdamnit all! Blitzwing had you right there! You were even under him already- But No! The knock-off poser had to go and get involved and mess everything up for Blitzwing. Whatever! Blitzwing's broken Mr. broody blue over there's frame before! Blitzwing just had to do it again, and then he'd have you all to himself. Except now you're brandishing your own weapon, and now Blitzwings gonna have to pin you all over again! Gah!! Why the in the pit did this reject have to ruin everything for Blitzwing! Blitzwing rushes forward with a shout- and skids to a stop right before he picks up any real momentum because Megatrons calling for retreat! Blitzwing takes one long look at you two before vowing to rip the blue mechs wings off the next chance he got before taking off.

Blitzwing wasn't gonna stop till he had you back under him where you belonged!

-

Skywarp's laughing when you miss another shot on him when he warps. This was going great! He had you alone out here away from the other Autodorks, and he was actually wearing you down! Now he just needed to grab you- Skywarp warps close and latches onto your waist only he stops and cycles his optics because uh- there's another mech on his left- and another on his right- There's three of you suddenly right in front of him!? The two versions of you on his side push forward and get into Skywarp’s faceplate, making him let go of the you he was holding. huh!? Is this one of Skywarps reflux recharges?! Both versions of you grin and then just- disappear!?

Skywarp cycles his optics, and his gaze snaps to the you a ways away. Where you're now standing next to the green Autobot scout. Aw, frag it all! He used his sparkdamn illusions on Skywarp! "You little-!" Skywarp stops short when you turn towards the jeep and throw your arms around him.

"My hero!" You sing all before- kissing the grounder on the cheek!? Wha-?! The grounders' optics brighten, and his plating ruffles up. He even rubs the nape of his neck cables all shy and slag- What the frag!? That should be Skywarp! Not some dirty green hippie grounder who can't keep his olfactory in his own business! Skywarp's wings slant, and he's imagining exactly what cavern he's gonna drop this fragging jeep over-

And his HUDs flashing that Megatron ordered a retreat! "Slag it all!" Skywarp growls before turning back to the two of you and pointing at you. "Next time, gorgeous!" Then the jeep steps in front of you- and oh, Skywarp so wants to rip his fuel tank out for it. His HUD flashes again, and Skywarp flashes a rude gesture at the jeep all before warping away. He almost had you! Frag! Skywarp just needed to get you alone again- Skywarp could do that! Easy!

Skywarp just needed to do that, and he'd have you all to himself!

[revelboo]

Howdy! So idk if you heard or not, but Michael Bay is coming back and is in progress of making another movie. How do you feel about that? Honestly hope it doesn't flop like the last 2 he made 🤩😖

🤣 so he’s going from directing Skibidi Toilet straight to the Transformers/ GI Joe crossover… I have so many fears/concerns about this… can’t… can’t we just have a sequel to TFO? Or the Bumblebee movie with those lovely G1 designs from the beginning instead of that blasphemy they did to Wheeljack in ROTB? Please? Please?

Someone had asked about created Cybertronians and their sparks/ability to bond or have sparklings and my brain kind of took off.

So I’d think that even though Sunstorm is Starscream’s clone created by Shockwave, his spark would have been altered enough from Star’s own for Sunstorm to functionally be independent of Star.

Springer’s spark was created from scratch by Mesothulas to be indistinguishable from the genuine article, so I’d think he’d be able to function like a normal Cybertronian bonding/sparking, too. Thought there might be some oddities.

Then we have the Vehicons. Who seem to be expendable, mass produced identical clones meant to be cannon fodder. I don’t see the Decepticons creating them and bothering to go to the effort to tweak each spark to make them true individuals, so in my head they’re kind of a collective consciousness with each Vehicon developing their own personalities. Maybe even dimly aware of each other to a point and aware when they lose one of their own, feeling it echo through them when a spark is snuffed out. If we go with that interconnected interpretation, then if one of them, Steve, for example, bonds a human, that human just inadvertently bonded all of them. Accidentally unlocking the achievement of most alien husbands.

Legion

Steve and Vehicons x Reader

• Sandwiched between Steve and one of his many, identical brothers, you run your fingers over the mesh of his neck as his own hand rests against your side, servos flexing occasionally like a cat kneading a blanket. And his head bumps yours, visor brightening. Because these soft touches are the norm between you. Have no idea what you are exactly to him and the other Vehicons, but they tend to reach for you. Touch you almost reverently and at this point, you can’t manage to feel shy anymore about it. “I wish they were nicer to all of you,” you whisper after he tells you about his day.

• Nudging your head with his own and rumbling softly, he loves how sweet you are for caring about them when no one else does. They’re expendable. Built to fight until they die. That’s their only purpose. But spending time around you makes him want more. Want things not allowed him or his brothers. And he’s aware of them all around the two of you, recharging as near to you as they can get and he’s not sure if it’s just you or if they’re being infected by his own needs. To be close to you, to feel the warmth of you against him, the beat of your heart. And one of his brothers shifts at your back, servos fisting in your shirt. Clinging to you.

• It’s not right and it makes your heart ache for them when he talks like this. Like nothing that’s done to them matters. Like he doesn’t matter. He’s sweet and kind and gentle. He’s not just a thing to be used and thrown away.

• “You’re a real person,” you argue, chin lifting and eyes angry on their behalf to make him love you even more. Even this, just being able to touch you feels wrong. You’d been the one to reach out to him. Holding his hand, touching his chassis, his face, because humans are tactile and he’d been so desperate for contact he hasn’t corrected you. And it still makes him feel guilty for being allowed these moments, like he’s dirtying you with himself. Shouldn’t touch you, hold you.

• “We all have the same cloned spark,” he argues and you frown at him. Why does he always talk like they’re nothing? Less than other Cybertronians. And he’s shifting his plating and you lose what you were going to say as you stare at the pulsing light inside him bathing you in its glow. Alien and still oddly familiar. Breath catching at the beauty and warmth of it, you reach out and it arcs to meet your fingertips.

• Should have stopped you, but couldn’t move. Frozen because you’d reached for him like you’ve done all along and he’d wanted to feel you brush up against his spark, sure that nothing can come of it because he’s only a clone. So it’s a delicious shock to feel you tangled in him. Your soft, warmth held inside his spark and he’s desperately wrapping around you. Clinging to that feeling of home and belonging that’s you. Asking for more of you, to keep you as your memories and emotions drug him. And you accept him. Accept them all. Aware of his brothers stirring, that they can feel it spreading through them.

[tinydefector]

Hello! How are you? This is my first time requesting so I hope this is okay, but can I request a shorter scenario g1 Optimus, Ratchet, Jazz and Ironhide with a human s/o lives for chaos? They would point at Megatron and say ‘bitch’ just for the reaction. 🩵

Cursing Megatron out

Ps I'm sleep deprived af it's 12am right now and just finished this so enjoy.

Word count: 2.3k

Warning: description of fighting, swearing

Masterlist

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Optimus Prime

They yell loudly as Megatron goes to grab them, they smash him in the face with a tire iron as he is then tackled by Optimus. The Decepticon leader had ruined their date night. They flip him off as Optimus throws Megatron across the ground, his servo wraps around them quickly pulling them closer as they scramble up onto his shoulder. "Eat shit and die Fuck face!" They yell at Megatron. 

Optimus clutched their small form protectively against his plating, battling protocols roaring. Had circumstances been different, the Prime would have roared in fury at your fierce defence against the tyrant but he was dealing with trying to keep them safe. 

Megatron howled, clutching a fist to his dented face as energon streamed between digits. His optics blazed murder, craving nothing more than to snuff the fluttering spark of Optimus' and the human he held so closely. 

"You've made a grave error this day, little beast. No corpse shall hide you from my wrath!" Megatron bellowed, brandishing his fusion cannon as if to raze the very earth. His field screamed promised agony that sent lesser mechs scampering for shelter.

Optimus vented his battle mask into place, tucking them securely against the safety of his backstrut. weapons primed and wrathful fields promising eons of hurt against any who dared to touch his Human.    

"You shall not harm them, Megatron. Leave. now. while your spark yet functions," Optimus warned in a voice low and in a heavy growl that sounded feral and unlike the Prime.

"Maybe you should get Shockwave to give you a facial reconciliation!, oh wait I did it already!" They sneer back from Optimus' shoulder at Megatron. Their teeth are bared at him as they snarl. If anyone else had seen the human they would have thought they were an animal.

Optimus suppressed an amused sigh at their show of fangs, so small yet fearless against the monster terrorising his people for millennia.  Megatron bellowed in foaming rage, lunging toward where they perched upon Optimus's armoured pauldron. "Insolent pest! I shall grind your bones to powder and force-feed them to - aggh!"

A well-placed shot from Optimus's ion blaster struck the warlord, toppling the tyrant shrieking to the dirt. "Last warning, Megatron. Leave. or face me," Optimus rumbled, field pulsing protectiveness intertwined with fierce Protection.  

With a snarl Megatron takes off. Once both Optimus and his human lover settle from the adrenaline and battle protocols. Optimus cradled their small form within his battle-worn servo, venting slow ex-vapor to purge lingering fumes. His optics dimly regarded their fragile body. 

"That was a foolish act of bravery, little one," Optimus rumbled gently, digit carefully brushing across their  forehead and down their cheek admiring their eyes alight with fire. His spark swelled at the determination.  

"Sorry, I..  I got caught up in the moment, he missed me off ruining date night" they huff out while pressing their face into his neck cabling. Their body shakes from the adrenaline. "I hit Megatron with a tire iron" they whisper as it slowly registers in their own brain.

Optimus vented a soft huff of static, equal parts worry and weary amusement filling his field at their admission. "A valiant act indeed, though foolhardy against one as powerful as he," rumbled Optimus, vocals warm with approval despite the danger of the situation. His optics flicker in fondness. “Please do not do that again” 

Ratchet 

 Megatron let's out a horrific scream as he gets electrocuted. He hadn't noticed the humans who had shoved the taser between the plates of his armour. "Get Tazered Bitch, not so fucking tough now huh?" They shout at the downed Decepticon only to be scooped up by Ratchet. Ratchet swept them into his servo with a staticky huff, deftly dodging the warlord's flailing blows as voltage shocks wracked Megatron's colossal frame. His field buzzed approval at their fearless defence of him. 

"Reckless sparkling! You'll deactivate my rusting struts with stunts like that," Ratchet grumbled, though optics shone bright relief beneath grizzled plating. Megatron howled upon the earth, shaking off aftershocks that would crush the stoutest Autobot, madness glinting a terrifying helm snapped halfway 'twixt beast and machine.

Ratchet backed swiftly from flailing reach, hoisting their small form beyond harm's sight. Ratchet takes off transforming around them before he begins scolding the for how stupid they were, how dangerous it was. And the fact Megatron would personally hunt them now.

"Have you any idea how foolish that stunt was?!" Ratchet's engine revved indignantly even as he sped across the scarred earth, his cabin vibrating with barely-suppressed wrath and equal measure relief. 

His sensors remained fixed upon the precious organic cargo nestled within his altforms cab, monitoring vital readings  "Do you want a personal vendetta from Megatron? Because that's how you get a personal vendetta, you glitched little slagger!" Medical scans analysed each minute shift of breath. 

"Reckless, Just...do not scare me so, small one," Ratchet rumbled quietly, worried and care etched in every bolt and wire. 

"He had it coming Ratchet, plus that Amazon taser is getting a 10/10. 'WORKS GREAT, I Tazed a large alien warlord and he screamed like a bitch, will in fact work on creeps on the street' " they laugh while they look in the revision mirror to make sure they aren't being followed by said Decepticon.

Despite himself, Ratchet's engine sputtered an amused huff at their tone - so fearless in the face of giants who had destroyed armies. "Oh I've no doubt - the reviews certainly won't lack colour!" Ratchet agreed wryly, subtly activating scanners to sweep their escape route while watchful optics remained pinned to their reflection. 

His vents sighed relief upon confirming no stalking signatures upon their trail, enemy or otherwise. Swinging wide the Ark's bunker doors, Ratchet transformed with care not to jostle his delicate cargo. Blue optics peered down aglow with a glare "Come now, troublemaker. No more outings for the next month for you while the oaf licks his wounds." His states while guiding them to the medbay. 

“no fair Ratchet!” 

Jazz

They cling onto Jazz as the bot hides behind a boulder, multiple autobots had been out when the Decepticons had attacked. They are held tightly by Jazz as he debates the best possible to get them out of there unscaved.

Jazz vented softly, hugging their form protectively against his plating as pedefalls rumbled outside their scant cover. 

"Ain't nothin' t'fear, li'l light. Ol' Jazz'll getcha outta here one piece, ya feel me?" he murmured soothing static against their ear, subtly scanning surroundings through plating. An opening presented itself, if he could provide distraction just long enough...

Pressing a swift kiss to their forehead, Jazz.” Go, sweetspark! Ain't got but a klik - I'm right behind ya!" Jazz called desperately over the roar of weapons, swerving and banking with abandon to keep pursuers engaged but alive. 

 "Hey ol' buckets 'a bolts! Over here!" With that, he peeled from cover in a burst of speed, transforming mid-leap to present the biggest possible target, tailfins flared wide. Weapon systems engaged, greeting the three pursuing seekers with enthusiastically snarky exclamations as he led them on a merry chase. His sole purpose in those seconds - buy precious time, before sharply veering back toward cover with afterburners blazing. 

They do take off running but stop as they see Megatron advancing towards Jazz. They aren't far from either bot and in a split moment of bravery or stupidity their shoe is off and being flung right at Megatron's helm. "Your shit ass piece of Junk you lay a fucking hand on my boyfriend and I'll rip you apart with a fucking Magnet and plyers, don't you fucking test me you dipper wearing, goofy as looking supervillan wannabe!" They shout. It make the whole battlefield go almost dead silent. " Yea you fucking hear my bucket head, ill make you wish you were rusting!" They shout again. 

Jazz's optics widened in horror behind his visor, witnessing your defiant act through static-laced vision. Fear gripped his struts like freezing polyhexian tundra. 

Megatron's helm barely shifted from the impact, regarding their small form with optics glinting cruel amusement. His cannon charged with purpose to squash resistance as pointless and fleeting as an organic.

"Foolish creature. Your lives mean less than insects" Megatron sneered, taking ponderous steps their way that may as well have been a funeral march. The field around him broadcast murderous intentions that sent even the seasoned warriors around bolting for cover. 

Jazz would not be denied. With a grief-stricken keen that curdled energon in lines, he flung himself between you and that doom-wielding arm aiming to end what meaning he had left. His field pulsed frenzied protectiveness tangled with pleas no words could voice. 

"Ya want 'em, Megs, you'll hafta go through me first! An' I been dancin' this dance a long time..." Jazz spat static. Jazz was quick to get them out of there grabbing them and taking off. It isn't until they were back at the Ark did he finally transform, arms wrapped around them as he gives the a peace of his mind.

Jazz clutched their body against his chest plates long after abandoning the battle site, fleeing farther than ever felt safe from those sworn to end all he had left. His engine roared wildly, fuel pump pounding faster than any sabotage mission's duration against the relief of delivering them from harm. 

Only within the Ark's fortified bunker did his struts unlock enough to collapse wearily to the floor, holding them close as grateful cries and static escaped in equal measure. "Don't you ever fraggin' do that ta me again, ya hear?" Jazz gasped brokenly at last, cupping their face desperately within his quaking palm. His visor glimmered tears unshed, relief and terror warning in equal measure. 

"Can't lose ya...yer all Ah got left in this mess. Please, li'l light...don' scare me like that." Raw emotion clogged his vocalizer to near uselessness, pressing reverent kisses between choked intakes. 

"He was going right for you baby!, I'm not letting the 3 tonne prick hurt you, so what I lost a shoe next time it will be a hydro flask of salt water and I hope it dents his helm" they state as they grab his face plate returning his kisses with fevor.

Jazz huffed a static-tinged laugh at their fierce declaration, so brave yet trembling in his gentle grasp. His cooling fans cycled accelerated drafts, systems still buzzing from terrors faced alone to shield them from doom's sightless gaze. 

"Frag if ya ain't the bravest thing this side'a Cybertron," Jazz rumbled. He pressed his faceplate into their shoulder holding them tightly, not willing to let go yet. Curling them protectively against the humming mass of his spark, Jazz vented shaky ex-vents. "Mah brave, beautiful li'l light...keep shinin' that fire, sweetspark." Jazz whispered raggedly into their shoulder. 

Ironhide 

 Ironhide shoots at Megatron. His human companion latched to his back as he uses his body as a shield so the war lord couldn't get them. But they were making it rather hard as they tried antagonising Megatron. 

"Damn did they build you like a shit box on Cybertron or did you pick this form yourself!" They shout out. 

Ironhide careened across the scarred terrain, engine roaring as his heavy cannons unloaded volley after volley into the Con warlord's encroaching chassis. Megatron's howls shook the earth, armour blistering under Ironhide's righteous fury for daring to threaten his human lashed securely to broad backstruts.

"That's it, slaggertits, dance for me!" Ironhide bellowed back at Megatron. 

Megatron lunged forward through a hailstorm of plasma, cannons charging in a frenzy to end lives denying his rule. But Ironhide spun on a dime, releasing another blast to cave in an optical relay before transforming ram-tight around you both. 

His engine pounded like the Pit below, field alive with devotion harsh as his bearing yet gentle as newborn sparks flickering against red-and-blue armorweave. When Megatron gets too close they lob a can of WD-40 At him which Ironhide shoots cause it to explode in his face. "Get sunbeam shitlips!" They yell in delight as Ironhide takes off with them trying to get to safety.

"That's enough outta you, squishy," Ironhide rumbled, yet his cannons sang in harmony with your unbound spirit. His mission remained unchanged - shield the light of life, defying all forces that sought to smother its radiance. Ironhide's cannon fire consumed the volatile projectile in a brilliant fireball, engulfing Megatron in inferno. As they take off leaving Megatron in a fireball of energon and wounds. 

"Right in the visual output, squishy!. Primus, I think I'm in love," Ironhide roared instatically, tires biting earth as he tore across the ravaged wastes well beyond enemy sensors. His spark soared like the smelting winds of Vos. Ironhide's engine purred a low rumble as his struts unwound, tension leaching from armour plating now safe. His field pulsed weariness, yet underlying it swirled pride and fierce gratitude for your indomitable spirit so small, yet burned brighter than any star.

"Can't say I approve of y'all's antics out there, squishy. But Primus if you didn't frag up that rustbucket good," Ironhide chuckled, copper-sheened plating creaking in amusement. Never had he witnessed such fearless bravery, nor met a soul so worthy of the praise.

"He had it coming, Ironhide!You're not going to tell prime are you?" They had just faced down Megatron and cursed him out yet they were worried over being ratted out. Ironhide's engine grumbled a tired huff, his massive frame unwinding into a sprawl across the barren earth. He transforms lifting them up into his arms

"I'd be a fool to deny you put the fear of Primus in that rustbucket," Ironhide chuckled. "But Prime's got enough weighin' his wires. Don't need him fryin' more circuits over our antics." A digit gently booped their nose, gaze softening. "Your spark burns brighter than all the Well's glory. Ain't no mech takin' that from you - least of all one as glitching as Megs."

"Our secret?" They asked looking up at him.

"Our secret, squishy.” Ironhide replied, massive frame creaking gently as massive fingers curled to cradle them against his chassis.

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[love-and-war-on-cybertron]

most people ship Starscream with a reader who is just meek and one massive fawn response to being kidnapped, can i ask instead that once on the ship reader is just a MENACE? (doesnt matter who or how theyre kidnapped, theyre there now) Reader just antagonizes /everyone/ and likes to antagonistically flirt with Star? cus thats way more fun <3 (thinking of IDW/G1 but really any version of him works)

G1 Starscream is a shit, so I thought he would be the perfect match. Two petty bitches = EVERYONE else gonna suffer.

The first few days on the ship was nothing but screaming. Starscream assured them that once you had been tamed, you would stop that....

You did not stop.

The actual kidnapping had been quiet, making starscream think he picked the perfect little hostage to hold over the autobots. You would clearly cower in what ever box they kept you in, and beg to be released. Maybe even weep a little. Megatron would praise him for a job well done, and let his guard down a bit more.

You were not, however, the perfect docile hostage. You were just in shock. Once that faded away you decided to make it very clear you were unhappy about the situation. Starscream had entered the room, followed by Megatron, boasting on the fact he had captured an autobot's pet. You were mid escape, perched on the edge of the box he stuffed you in. There was silence, starring. Then you jumped on him with a screech. Clinging against the seekers metal, kicking, pounding and biting. Eventually, soundwave peeled you off him and put something heavy over the box to avoid that again.

So you started screaming. Insults peppered within the highest pitch you could reach. Your throat went raw, but it was worth watching them flinch and cover their audials. When you were hungry, you screamed, when you were woken up by their stomping around, you screamed. When they filmed a video, threatening the autobots with your well being, you were screaming in the background.

The only one you were quiet around was Megatron. His threats just felt *sincere* in the graphic detail he would give when telling you what he would do if you did not shut your trap.

When the screaming began to hurt too much, you turned to insults. Calling Megatron Bucket-head while on that hostage call had earned a laugh from the autobots and a fusion cannon to the face. Soundwave didn't know how to respond to you calling him the Dj wanna be. Starscream hurled back insult after insult till it was tit for tat. The only positive was that he wasn't hard to look at. Being around the cons more, you found them to be particular about their looks, almost as much as Sunstreaker.

Eventually you were banished to his quarters and his sole responsibility till the autobots gave them what they wanted. He sat on his berth, polishing his plating. Nothing else to do. He fed you, he let you run around (be chased by ravage) for exercise.

"Need a hand pretty boy?"

He pauses, head shooting up and fixing you with a glare, "What was that squishy?"

You grin, leaning against the glass of your temporary home. Making a vulgar gesture you repeat yourself, "Need a hand pretty boy? Looks like you could use someone to give you a few good stokes."

Starscream throws down the cloth and stands, marching over to you again, "Mind your tongue *welp*."

"Oh I think I would rather *waggle* it."

The Decepticon doesn't know how to respond to this. Your screaming he could take until he locked you in a closet till you tired out. Your insults he would just shoot back. This? He was stumped.

"Come on pretty bird, you don't want to chat?"

"Careful *pest*." Starscream hisses, "Don't make me silence you."

"Oh? Think you got something big enough to silence me?"

The autobots aren't surprised when you are returned only a couple days after being taken. But they enjoy bringing you along on future missions when Starscream is sighted.

[chiefcatherder]

Future Fics

now that the end for 'cut it out and restart' is somewhere in sight (anywhere from 4 to 7ish chapters, i know what i want to cover just a matter of pacing and exact order) i am considering my goals for future fanfics, i have so many ideas so i need to learn to put them down better, i hope to get in to the habit of trying to write something at least once a week but we will see...

before i get any further and you wonder why the hell i am posting this; i guess i want feed back? which of the ideas excites you most? i am so waffley on what i want to do next a single person's enthusiasm may be what seals the deal for my next project.

I DO have a long fic idea for another dratchrod fic but i would need to re-read MTMTE to make it as convoluted as i hope to (it would be a total AU compered to the original plot that just borrows some large elements form the original to flesh out the story) so that's on the back burner

but in the mean time here is some ideas that i feel i would be able to finish if i put in the time (a lot of my other stuff is half baked or missing a major story arc to make it happen) i imagine whatever i settle on they would be interspersed with shorter fics if i can find the time to do it (￣▽￣)"

if you are a Hot Rod simp like me you will be in for a good time, if not; my condolences

Idea 1: Hot Rod is the younger of Optimus’ two protégés and generally considered the troublemaker of the two. With the Autobot Decepticon war now at full tilt Hot Rod is assigned a position of Captain aboard a fast patrol ship. Will this be the chance he had been hoping for to prove to Optimus that his mentor hadn’t wasted his time or will it be another failure in a long string of disappointments?

alternative summery of this fic would be: a series of unfortunate events. a lot of it deals with Hot Rod's daddy mentor issues, general self doubt, loneliness and learning about who he is, the ship would be g1 characterization of Ultra magnus/Hot Rod, not a slow burn but slow to happen due to when they finally meet in the story

idea 2: 8604 567ROD, Hot Rod to his friends, knows a Vehicon's lot in life is not an easy one so he never thought he would make it to the end of the war and never made any plans for it but now that it’s here what’s a cannon fodder trooper to do?

tfp AU i WILL make you care about vehicons or so help me! the ship would be a friends with benefits (? mostly idk it's complicated) arcee/hot rod and springer if i can wrangle him, decided to go the g1 fusion route instead of MTMTE as a treat ✨

Idea 3: By the time the rescue bots make it to griffin rock they are a reasonably solid team but how did they become one?

this would be a sort of slice of life for emergency rescue team that's learning to work together type of deal , it will give me a chance to use my fascination with industrial disasters 👍 no real ship but maybe hints of heatwave/chase

shorter fic ideas that might happen in between

idea 1: the direction the decepticons have been taking  have left Hot Rod discontent, maybe the autobot side will be more to his taste.  

(this is Hot Rod is a decepticon but switches sides story with a twist that will be revealed relatively early on, the main ship is g1 characterization of Ultra magnus/Hot Rod)

idea 2: another Hot Rod becomes a (field) medic during the war fic

this one would be episodic, i have at least 3 arcs that i would write as separate stories that are in the same AU no real ship for Hot Rod but some background stuff maybe, Ratchet is there, Drift will make an appearance if i make it that far

idea 3: the decepticons love competence and Soundwave is very competent.

the setting is a bit nebulous but it's basically somewhere near the start of the war Megatron and Starscream noticing Soundwave and his skills 👀 nothing happens romantically but there is tension and that it might lead to more is implied, could become episodic if i feel inspired

idea 4: Some time after the end of LL Drift's bounty hunter past unexpectedly caches up to him in a perhaps misguided attempt to keep his husband safe he embarks on a solo adventure to take care of things but there's one crucial point he forgot: Ratchet had been willing to cross the galaxy for him before they were even married and he sure as hell would do it again! But this time he is not alone.

self explanatory ;) Ratchet/Drift/Rodimus end game

feel free to leave feedback, questions, ask for clarifications and so on...

[flyinguraniumrod]

Was reading a bunch of IDW comics and noticed a certain thing, that they wanted to implement, lol. It looks a bit stupid ToT

Just give him the two cannons again already ya wimps!! /silly

One ain't cool in the jet mode, maaann! (He still looks quite majestic aside from that, though, tbh, sksksk)

Yapping below the cut!

Seriously, giving him two of those (and making them be able to go over his shoulders) in TFA was a really great idea design-wise (+firepower), imo. One cannon, like here in IDW, looks quite silly in jet mode, LOL. Now, generally speaking, when it comes to most of the continuities... Meanwhile in robot mode, it just removes (most of?) the potential to use it as a weapon ._. Since it 'has got to be in the middle'. I don't feel like going through all the media to remind myself whether he used his cannon in robot mode rn xd

(Other continuities + the TFA design. Still looks amazing with one, of coursee, thoo. And not all of the designs would be any better with two of those in case nothing else was changed)

I REALLY hope to see a new version of Blitzwing in a TF show/series who has two back cannons instead of one...

(btw, his design, which I imagined for the universe that I had made up, also has two of those, sksksksk, even though it's more g1-inspired, da)

I also hope that we will get a show which has some Unicron Trilogy vibes when it comes to the transformers' weapons, sksksksk

Seeing a Seeker fire a thin blaster, which he has on his arm, and miss an Autobot all the time isn't always going to be fun, lol. I don't want too much of the "brave autobot scout bombolbi is faster than literal jets and he dodges each shot from their weapons" type of action, maan. Imagine if there were some more of heavier weapons and robo gore in animation, huehuehue (I don't mean the really heavy one). And yes I know that it's also a matter of the animation budget.

Treat this part as when someone is saying smth in post's tags, yes: Love how I got ssoommeehhooww a bit close to yapping about the Autobot plot armor again and yet I don't feel like writing that yapping session as for now. Also lol it looks a bit goofy, as I didn't know what other screenshot of TFA BW to use, in which he has his cannons down, aside from the one with Icy in ,,Velocity". Man, this guy, as in, most of the characters who carry this name, are such silly stupid idiots, lol (affectionate).

[dirrotheeight]

Meet Brine!>:D

Megatron got tired of constantly getting beaten by Dinobots, so he ordered Starscream to create their own dinobot. As always, plan kinda failed and Brine just casually left at the end to chill in the sea B]

Brine is very naive and pretty stupid, they really like aquatic life on Earth thought! So Autobots don't touch them unless Decepticons trick them again to fight alongside them. Also their dinosaur alt mode head has a different mind of their own and can be used as a cannon. They're a G1 cartoon OC, so nothing much serious XP

[blueikeproductions]

The hype for CyberWorld keeps coming as a new promo for the toys drops. We now have a promo featuring Optimus!

There’s definitely money being spent on this because the animation is smooth and the model looks well made, and not low budget looking like Cyberverse and Wild King (the superior show between the two and it doesn’t have facial animation), so that’s a step in the right direction. Perhaps less is indeed more with the five minute short format CyberWorld and Wild King are going for.

We also have the surprise inclusion of a new robot to the cast.

While Jazz was leaked and this guy looks similar at a glance, this guy is Wheeljack.

I think from the looks of it, he’s a retool of the earlier muscle car Bumblebee (though others have pointed out it could be a pretool of Jazz made into Jackie, since the car mode resembles Jazz!). It feels noteworthy that we have a proper Wheeljack in the line that isn’t lazily recolored from Bumblebee, vs the afterthought a lot of the EarthSpark toy line wound up being, such as the Breakdown toy that was just a color swapped Wheeljack, no attempt at retooling the head or nothing.

The sad thing in hindsight is a Wheeljack recolor would’ve actually worked better as a Wild Rider recolor.

Alas we did not get the other Stunticons, a Decepticon team who frankly would’ve made a heck of a lot more sense as the common enemies causing trouble in and around Witwicky, as the Stunticons are loose cannon Mad Max types who aren’t entirely loyal to Megatron and are happy to do their own thing most of the time, especially in RiD15.

This lack of focus and misuse of characters in roles ill suited for them (on top of just not writing some of them well), has led to EarthSpark clogging up my local Ollies.

These three I think sum it up well: the annoying teenager who got nothing to do and was eclipsed by his sisters, Hasbro and creative’s inability to fully commit to Elita in a way that’s acceptable to fans and general audiences and Grunkle Megatron, perhaps THE biggest Pegwarmer we’ve had in a while. Unlike past Pegwarmers like Energon Ironhide or Cybertron Mudflap, he’s not clogging shelves several years afterwards, straight to Ollie’s he goes!

It should be noted that the RotB toyline got aborted to Ollie’s when TFONE toys cropped up, and after languishing on Walmart and Target shelves for months, they went very quickly at Ollie’s. So there’s still interest in Transformers toys, it’s just the prices being a huge deterrent in particular (as well as a few characters like ES Thrash, BW Iguanus and BW Terrorsaur people want nothing to do with for whatever reason).

I think Hasbro realized price was becoming a problem, which is why the CyberWorld line, current waffling on tariffs aside, was designed to be far more affordable. Another attitude I think has changed is Grunkle Megatron. It’s pretty clear casuals and normies absolutely do not care about a good boy Vegeta style Megatron, with IDW starting the trend and EarthSpark ultimately killing it. Grunkle Megatron might have been ES’ more interesting thread, to the point the Terrans in fandom have been pushed aside in favor of Grunkle Megatron, but once again, kids and GA’s got no value from it.

Hasbro seems to be fully aware of this, especially after the abysmal performance of TFONE, which gave us a twenty something kid Megatron in his blue collar days. Sure he did become evil in the end, but with the film handled as more of a buddy adventure with college aged kids that can’t Transform thru most of the picture, it’s no surprise the thing kids in my theater liked the most were the deer bots.

So a recent post on Instagram instead focused on the evil exploits of G1, Armada, TFA, and TFP Megatron, explicitly calling Megatron scary.

Meanwhile a heavy G1 leaning post about Grimlock, complete with Gregg Berger voice over that’s especially bizarre seeing overplayed against the British Cyberverse Grimlock, did include EarthSpark Grimlock, but it paled in comparison to the attention G1 and CV Grimlock got. Curiously no inclusion of TFA Grimlock, and I get why RiD15 Grimlock wasn’t included since he’s the friendly college jock type rather than the hard ass the clip was trying to convey, … but then so is CV Grimlock so hmm.

Either way it’s becoming clear ES and theIDW writing style is being downplayed in favor of focusing more on past (non G1) successes like Armada and TFA for the moment.

CyberWorld is now the thing to focus on, with the best hope the Terrans have, especially Twitch and Jawbreaker, is to be 100% Autobot in some future thing.

CyberWorld is also looking to have an expansive toyline to our collective surprise, vs the apparent afterthought EarthSpark’s toyline was becoming.

So many characters with slightly different Beast and Vehicle Modes, and more exotic designs we haven’t seen since Beast Wars/Machines and the Unicron Trilogy, and it’s all the better for it.

Plus we have the return of Jazz in animated media after RiD15 and his brief cameo in TFONE (I legit forgot he was in the movie which probably tells you how little lasting impact he had), so that counts as something. Plus, we really don’t have toy only characters anymore so Jazz being listed strongly implies he’s in the cartoon!

Airachnid also sticks out for several reasons.

In an era where the Decepticons still don’t have a proper female presence, outside of some things like Angry Birds trying to force Nightbird into it, Airachnid has started to become a bit more common place as a villain following her mixed results debut in Prime.

It does feel like Airachnid is supposed to be the Arcee of the Decepticons, but Hasbro and creatives haven’t committed to the bit, but her role in TFONE feels like it’s (semi) permanently solidified her as a main Decepticon. While usually a helicopter, that sometimes Triple Changes into a spider like form, with CyberWorld’s love of using more unorthodox designs, I wonder if Airachnid will turn into something else that flies, like a jet, to mirror Starscream and Mirage.

I was thinking it was kinda odd there wasn’t many water themed Transformere for the Water World, but apparently we now have Scourge and Soundwave to round that out, making the water the Decepticons’ domain. Unless Elita has Riptide and another water themed Autobot/Maximal like Seaspray or Depth Charge I think she’s in danger…

It does feel the intention is having several larger playset Transformers to pair up with the smaller toys. A concept I’m surprised hasn’t been fiddled with more for the kids lines in recent years.

First round is Grimlock and Scorponok, with the leaks showing Scourge (pirate ship), Shockwave (dinosaur, possible Grimlock retool if I had to guess), and curiously Hound.

Hound is also significant because he was largely only used in the G1 cartoon, and never made any major reappearances.

The only significant role was the Bay films, but several have pointed out this Hound feels like he was supposed to be Bulkhead, something the RiD15 toyline supports funny enough, so this Hound feels like he doesn’t count with that in mind.

Hound being a yeti is also strange but welcome. I learned recently it’s written in some rules that Hound can never be a canine in the same way Bumblebee can’t be a bee (probably explains his absence in Beast Wars, but how that’s different for Wasp and Waspinator I dunno), but Hound being a beastial ape potentially is funny. I was thinking it was odd the Decepticons didn’t have a gorilla to counter Grimlock, so maybe Hound (as an ape) is meant to counter Shockwave? That said, the Autobots have two apes with Optimus Primal in the mix, so eh.

Some version of this will probably happen to Grimlock and Shockwave.

We did have RiD15 Grimlock do the Godzilla tail slide so it’s possible!

Lockdown is a other major inclusion.

His most famous role is his mercenary role in TFA, designed as a replacement character for Death’s Head, a similar character that started off in Transformers but became owned by Marvel similar to Circuit Breaker. A popular bounty hunter character, his role would be reprised in the Bay films as a major villain opposite Optimus.

Lockdown would appear in Cyberverse, but instead of the coolheaded powerful bounty hunter…

He instead became a Team Rocket stand in with the female Lugnut Clobber, and not a very good one at that. It’s been stated the show runner had no real knowledge of Transformers (not necessarily a problem due to Beast Wars), only wanting Lugnut because he liked the look and insisted on making Lugnut female, a move that saw Hasbro demand Lugnutte be a different character. So it’s no surprise that Lockdown being downgraded into a teenage (?) Decepticon goon in the lower rungs of the team ruffled a lot of jimmies. His lack of a toy despite being a major character also sticks out… so it’s no wonder this version has largely become forgotten. In terms of Team Rocket parodies, he’s not even on James’ league, he’s barely on Butch’s level. At best, Clobber and Lockdown are closer to Conia and Zirc, enemy characters Pokemon’s anime did not utilize well whatsoever.

Whatever CyberWorld plans to do can only be a step up, and with a possible third party antagonist being responsible for sending the Transformers to the titular planet, it’s entirely plausible Lockdown is working for this antagonist similar to Age of Extinction. With Scorponok acting as an obstacle for Autobots and Decepticons in the teaser, I’m leaning towards Lockdown in a similar role until we see more.

Scourge as a play set is also interesting. Pirates in Transformers are not in common like the Beast Wars Seacons and Star Raiders, but someone turning into a pirate ship is relative new. In G1, the Decepticon base was famously underwater, with an elevator thing allowing them to surface.

I dunno if I see Scourge being submersible or having a similar extending elevator, but it would be kinda amusing if he served as a head quarters for the Decepticons, and like Tidal Wave before him, combined with Megatron.

That’s assuming Scourge is a loyal Decepticon of course, with the anything goes approach to CyberWorld, Scourge, Soundwave and Sky-Byte could be easily reinterpreted as a separate faction of pirates who rule the Water World and are occasionally cooperative with the Decepticons ala Tarantulas or the Insecticons.

Soundwave as a third party with his own goals, and not loyal to Megatron is not unheard of!

You could even have Elita be a former pirate that defects to the Autobots, similar to Shira in Ice Age. That probably won’t be the case, but that’s my head canon in the spirit of how the toys are meant to be played.

Either way I’m actually far more excited than I have been with Cyberverse (which I wound up really hating and found forgettable) EarthSpark (I don’t hate it, but I’m more frustrated at its story choices across the board, and lack of cohesion). I don’t see CyberWorld being the next Beast Wars or Armada, but it has a far better shot at attracting kids and being a modest success like TMNT Mutant Mayhem than the other two series and TFONE did with their IDW/Tumblr-Twitter sensibilities.

[kaontic]

/ So Carly, I heard you like usin’ guns. :)

English Version:

Megatron: What’s wrong?

Skybound Carly: Uh- N-Nothing’s wrong…

(I thought, he’d be bigger…)

*Stares at his scope*

(Wait, THAT’S a cannon?!)

(Okay, this is weird.)

G1 Carly: Stay calm. Stay focused—and you will live.

Skybound Carly: WHAT?

G1 Carly: Yeah…good luck.

*Leaves Skybound Carly alone with technically a grown-ass man*

/ CARLY, YOU BETTER KEEP A TIGHT GRIP ON HIM! O_O

[deepseaphantom]

i gotta reread the transformers skybound run cause i fell off a bit ago (still getting the comics though) but like. im not really liking the writing style of this run currently? like. it feels like theres so room to breathe. everything happens so fast and like. there were some characters that appeared and then died so fast that i felt nothing. and like!!!! some of the characters have great potential! but i fear many will be used as cannon fodder instead.

also i straight up fucking hate how arcee and elita 1 are drawn. i get it those are their g1 designs but christ alive. theres some male comic artist syndrome going on in there. drawing them in "sexy poses" or they look too fleshy.

like not to be a asshole but some of the art in the issues is BAD! like. the expressions ive seen some of the characters make. is just ugly.

anyways im still getting the comics cause i hope to god i start liking the writing more and also cause i dont want to go hunting for them later on.

[ozblok]

My 5 Favorite Bayverse Transformer Designs

5. Dark of the Moon - Shockwave

I'm not usually a fan of Transformers without an earth mode but this was just so badass. They not only made him a scientist but also a bounty hunter that hunts down his targets. His arm cannon is just perfect to me, he can change ammunition types with a pull of a lever from large blasts to smaller yet multiple missiles. His face is menacing with a insect like maw snaring out orders. He's even accompanied by a massive monster he created known as the Driller Bot forged from his fallen enemies and now a rampaging beast. I especially love the ribcage design in his chest, really gives him an alien appearance.

4. Dark of the Moon - Que (Wheeljack)

Personally an underrated character in the movies, yes I understand the problem with him being Wheeljack. Mainly the fact he looks nothing or sounds nothing like how he does in the original source material, but I don't care. I absolutely love the Albert Einstein look they ave him, I'll admit I don't see him as Wheeljack but more of a separate character "Que". He actually invented things to assist the autobots like battle modes for their vehicles, armor, weapons and tools for battle. They even gave him a lab coat look on his waist with some car interior and how he's just wearing tools on him just in case. Shame they killed him off would've loved to see more from him, rest in peace Que.

3. Revenge of the Fallen - Mixmaster

A good reason why I love the Bayverse designs is the USE of kibble from Alt modes to robot modes and Mixmaster is a great example of creative kibble use. Basically making the entire back of the truck become his arms which are equipped with massive shields for defense against enemy attacks and projectiles. To balance out this wall they have his a massive artillery cannon on his back which he needs to do a handstand to actually use it and it must pack a serious punch. His vehicle mode also comes with a decepticon insignia on the mixer and a custom hood ornament which was unnecessary but happy they gave him it. Plus he gets an upgrade from G1 cause instead of being the foot/leg of Devastator he gets to be the frickin head, my favorite constructicon.

2. Transformers 2007 - Brawl

I see Brawl as the weapon specialist of the decepticons, an equal to ironhide given to how many weapons they manage to fit on both his robot and tank mode. The tank treads and mine sweepers on his torso is yet another great example is creative kibble management, even storing tank barrels on his and rocket pods on his shoulders. His squishes head design looks grumpy and old, giving off a vibe like he takes his job seriously, managing to take on a group of soldiers and autobots but his death in the first movie. If Barricade got a redesign I'm the Last Knight based off a cop,I wonder if Brawl survived maybe he would've been based off a sergeant or a general.

Transformers 2007 - Blackout

This right here is my favorite decepticon NO my favorite transformers to ever exist. The very first transformer to be seen in live action and he singlehandedly annihilated an entire military base. His kibble of the helicopter appearing as a bulking vest decorated for battle, even using the helicopter blades as a kind of cape with the motor above his head. He even is given a minicon Scorpinoks who can be launched and stored from his back, it can be used for scouting or filtration in enemy lines for a sneak attack. Blackout is a soldier who tends to get his orders done, his isn't a fool like his massive younger brother Grindor who tumbles Everytime he lands almost falling over. Blackout is equipped with weapons such as the rear propeller as a spinning saw, miniguns, chest turret and powerful waves/pulses of energy. Ever sense I was a child Blackout has been my favorite for years even with his limited screentime, I praise the bay films for hooking me into the transformers franchise and giving me something to enjoy.

[definitely-not-karen]

Nothing like taking the g1 personality of one character but with the design of IDW in the setting of transformer prime

The amount of cannon soup in transformers brings me immense joy.

Transformers fans mixing and matching different versions of the same robots from twenty different iterations of the franchise trying to find a lineup that doesn't suck:

[plumdale]

[decepti-thots]

Question, cuz I feel you might know where to find this. In G1 it is said that Mirage is the equivalent to "Old Money" he lived in a place of great wealth that had big energon reserves.

Is it ever said where exactly he was from? Because fanfics always mention that he was from "The towers" of something like that, and I have been looking into the descriptions of the cities to see if one of them is mentioned to have big energon reserves, and/ or towers... so Is all that just fannon or is there a cannon cybertronian city with that characteristic? Is it ever said in cannon where Mirage is from?

So full caveat: my G1 comic knowledge is way more limited, so this could well be a reference to something in there I'm unaware of!

But as far as I know, this is 100% fanon. Old fanon- this is definitely LJ era or earlier- but I don't know of any canonical reference to a specific place like that. Mirage's toy bios etc also just refer to him as broadly old money, nothing more specific.

There is a place in IDW1 called Translucentica Heights, a rich part of Iacon shown as being towers, but that's far later than the term started cropping up.

If anyone knows anywhere this could have come from..? It's absolutely plausible it's some development on a throwaway bit of lore, knowing this fandom, haha.

[blueskyscribe]

SPOILERS and rando thoughts on Earthspark episode 8

So I had the episode paused on this opening image while I grabbed snacks and I thought, "It looks kind of like Ravage . . . but I can't get overhyped, it's probably a weird angle of Thrash in mid-transformation" BUT THEN! IT WAS! RAVAGE!

The unholy GLEE I felt when I realized there were THREE cassette-bots! And that they got around the Frenzy blue / red debate by making her purple afkafjd;akl;s

And not kind of purplish-blue like G1 cartoon Rumble, but like. She's grape juice. She's a Jolly Rancher. P U R P L E.

The music during the cassette fight was great, real 80s techno vibe

"I have my own bird-don" Megatron says while fighting Laserbeak

The smuggest bird

Closeup of Frenzy's hand, she has fingernail polish and the black part of her hand mimics a ragged sleeve

Optimus is like "Stop pulling your punches" and Megatron's like "They're just little guys!"

Bumblebee: "I miss adults"

Megatron refuses to use his cannon on the cassettes, "it's not for swatting flies."

AMAZING entrance by Arcee

Arcee expresses affection the only way she knows how

I reeeeally like her design, it's so freaking good

according to Robby she has "an awesome berserker battle rage"

When my dad was in the US Army they really did make them dig holes and then fill them up when there was nothing else to do

Optimus, they stole a badge. That's like shoplifting.

"If G.H.O.S.T. learns [Bumblebee] is alive" they'll have big questions for Optimus . . . OMG, what's going on??

I was trying to remember why restraining bolts were familiar to me and then I realized it was from Star Wars. (They might be in TF lore too but that's where I know them from.)

Megatron is not having anything to do with the restraining bolts. I wonder if they were used on Cybertron or if G.H.O.S.T. invented them.

Okay, here we goooo! G.H.O.S.T. made a bargain with Optimus and Megatron, and Optimus is Lawful Good so he's following the bargain. Meanwhile Megatron's like "Don't they seem kind of EVIL to you? Speaking as someone who was once Professionally Evil, I'm getting bad mojo from this group that is locking up my ex-troops forever."

Megatron "gave his fealty" to Optimus to save their fellow Cybertronians, this is gonna spark a million fanfics and I can't wait

Whover is composing these shots is a superstar

man I love Arcee

"This world will take advantage of you if you don't speak up when things are wrong." Arcee is basically the foil for Optimus in this episode.

Optimus bud you're in the wrong lane

I'm not 100% sure what's going on here, but I would guess Laserbeak is sending what he recorded to Soundwave and updating him on the situation

I can't believe they went with cassette modes for them, I'M SO HAPPY

They should have the bots' lights blink when they're talking in vehicle mode... I like Optimus' and Megatron's voices but they aren't really distinct enough when their mouths aren't moving

IT'S SOUNDWAVE TIME BITCHES

all is right with the world

"Do not make this personal, Soundwave!" "It already is."

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

Arcee's arrived and she brought the kids

Soundwave playing back Megatron's own quote, AHHHHHHHHHH

It seems like Thrash can understand Laserbeaks taunts

The cassettes are really The Misfits to the Malto-bots' Jem and the Holograms, huh?

Soundwave shot straight to the heart with that "TRAITOR."

"What even IS a cassette?" asdfs;fjs;ldjf

i love u arcee

oooo, Teletraan-One is still kicking!

awww the moment between Optimus and Megatron!

"We're free now, you don't have to follow him anymore." Ohhhh? Were the cassettes not following Soundwave willingly?

Well, Ravage still is.

I KNEW IT. WHEN I FIRST SAW HIS DESIGN I SAW ThAT LATCH AND I THOUGHT "IT LOOKS LIKE HIS CHEST OPENS"

Unclear how Ravage got back to Soundwave, maybe subspace shenanigans or maybe just sneakiness

shrill screams of delight

SHRILLER SCREAMS