#OT3 Dynamics

[undead-knick-knack]

[leletha-jann]

Pointless tiny headcanon from the future (in which I have, of course, assumed the OT3):

Agatha braids her hair at night and has it loose during the day; Tarvek wears his hair loose to sleep (as he does) and ties it back during the day.

They're swapping a single hair tie/ribbon back and forth at the end and beginning of each day, without comment, like an inside joke.

...Gil isn't quite sure what the punchline is, but they're very cute.

[everestmasala]

one of my favourite ot3 dynamics is like these two people who are entangled by fate and revenge and honour and the guy who got caught up in it because of unceasing, unflinching devotion to one of them

[drawyourblankas]

Draw your characters like this

[lockwood-ot3]

Well? ;)

[reinanova]

when neal immediately dropped the con and the lies the second he learned el was kidnapped…

the man is in love your honor

[dizplicity-draws]

POV: You wake up Octatrio at 3AM to solve a dorm dispute

[hee-blee-art]

the only trio dynamics that matter:

third wheel / cheerleader who's just kinda there

and innocent bystander to homoerotic violence

bonus points if they're both at once

[image IDs: two digital drawings featuring simple characters, one purple, one blue, and one red. in the first, purple holds and umbrella over the three of them as red and blue make out. in the second, red and blue are embracing and staring intensely into each others' eyes while covered in blood, and purple is walking by surprised in the background while eating a meatball sub. end ID]

[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.

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.

[existencebringsonlypluey]

noelle is as tall as susie because she's standing on a stack of textbooks to get on her level

[artilite]

many many isabeaus... and some sloopis's of course :^) !!!!

i like consolidating my doodles so that's probably what i'm going to do for the most part from now on (^^ゞ!

[leletha-jann]

It's not directly related to your post, but I will add that the first page is Tarvek's consistent go-to strategy for women who scare him/are trying to use him in some plot he doesn't want to be part of.

Agree with everything she says (lie).

Get the hell out of there.

It's how he's handling Lucrezia in Sturmhalten; he's doing the same thing with Terebithia in Paris; it's what he's doing here with Seffie, to a lesser degree.

ANYWAY.

Your analysis is a joy to read and I giggled all the way through, thank you. Thank you for putting in the time to include screenshots and citations!

Endgame or we riot. :D

I am absolutely fascinated by this page of girl genius in regards to the... plot (ot3) because, well, let me elaborate.

....that is NOT the face of a man who is going to help Seffie get together with Gil. In fact that is the face of a man who is deeply uncomfortable with the idea but just can't put his finger on WHY he feels that way. (Hint, its the bisexual thoughts).

Not only does he look conflicted in the moment, he says this and then proceeds to actively become a rival to her affections.Just one more nail in the 'love triangle' coffin.

Following this scene, Tarvek gets (ngl kind of romantically) rescued by Gil. (Does anyone think "We're all very impressed." "Hee hee really?" counts as flirting?)

And besides that, that they're not very good at acting as rivals to Agatha's affection. More like mutual supporters.

And speaking of flirting, that's exactly what they proceed to do. Across all of Londinium.

(I could literally do this all day) To the point where we get THAT famous scene.

And of course, we conclude with this panel. Of course Seffie is talking about Trelawney but of course Tarvek is also in that frame. Formidable rival to her affections, huh.

In conclusion: We Are Getting a Triangle OT3 not a V. Seffie crush is sooo doomed. And I still want to know what Orotine and Tarvek talked about. And also don't worry too hard about how much time I spent on this. Really. Don't worry.

[leletha-jann]

Today I'm having some Feelings about the OT3 all growing up - as different as they were, as separated as they were, as unlikely as it was that they were ever all going to meet - under the same shadow. The same mindset. The same fear. Let's call it:

"If you break character, you will die."

Agatha's locket, suppressing her Spark and her name, hiding her from everyone who'd kill or exploit her. Gil's false identity, making Gil complicit in hiding his own Spark and name even from his friends. The many, many layers of Tarvek frantically trying to hide how dangerous he really is from his own family.

All their lives, in the power of forces so much bigger than they were, having to be people they're not, not really, because that was the only way to survive.

Break character. Die.

Until they find each other, and learn to trust each other...

...and "breaking character" - being who they really are, together, for and with each other - becomes something worth fighting to live for.

[potato-lord-but-not]

redraw bc I got a new sketchbook with thicker paper and I’m trying to get used to it,, and I love these guys a lot ok

[drawyourblankas]

Draw your characters like this

[19thcenturylover]

"Pijamas"

Another Wingterbaron thing, srry it's my way of being sane (no but aha) and although I love them, I'm running out of ideas to draw them,,

I finally did something with this dynamic and I couldn't be happier with the result, and now I have xomo 10 new headcanons JAJDUD

Based in this :P

If anyone has hc or ideas about this couple, I will be very happy to hear it. Honestly, I would love to know if more people are interested in this ot3 :3 QJJDJD