#Secret Solenoid 2020

[chronosabyss]

@secretsolenoid​ gift for @kusakichan15​

A touching reunion between Megatron and Optimus, whom he had believed to be dead until this point. <3

There’s some zoomed out versions of panel 4 & 5 under the cut, because I decided at the very last minute it would be more intimate to push the camera closer in, but doing so cut off like a 5th of the work I did.

[patchthemedic]

Reposting this again because this still absolutely slaps! It was my first planned comic and I still love it dearly.

[npc-toastied]

My Secret Solenoid Gift @secretsolenoid , for @ariesnohope !!! 

Their request was for some secret MegOP confessions, so I hope I did that some justice!! 

Hope you had a lovely Christmas, and have a wonderful Happy New Year of 2021!!! 🎊���💞 ✨ 🎊

[losineko]

Here’s my @secretsolenoid piece for @g1bumblebee-blog :DDDD!

They asked for cyberverse jetfire and Starscream hanging out in Maccadam’s bar prewar uwu

[adrian-seidelman]

my @secretsolenoid for @chronosabyss, with an art prompt from one of their fics! this was so fun to do, i hope you enjoy!

[ariesnhope]

@secretsolenoid gifty from me to @baebeyza who asked for some Optimus Prime & Ultra Magnus :3

Happy Holidays!

[ask-prime-starscream]

@secretsolenoid for @lyndaxy !

It was hard to decide which request to do, but I can't just NOT choose TFP Scream!  ✈️❤️🚗

[mossymeteor]

@secretsolenoid for @zellezeion on Twitter! One of the characters they asked for was Cyberverse SoundWave, so I drew him with a walkman💙❤

Happy new years and hope you enjoy :D

(Also I did a lineless version❤💙)

[secretsolenoid]

Secret Solenoid 2020

What is Secret Solenoid?

Secret Solenoid is a gift exchange for Transformers fans! If you’re not familiar with the concept of a secret Santa; everyone who joins the exchange will send in a wishlist with the things they’d like to receive, and will in turn make someone else a gift based on that person’s wishlist.

When is it happening?

For 2020-2021, the schedule is as follows:

November 6th: Signups Open November 18th: Signups Close November 21st: Wishlists Sent. Start Working! December 22nd: Check in/Last Day to Drop Out/Emergency Fills January 1st: Gift Sharing begins!

What are the requirements for my gift?

Your gift should be a finished piece. If you’re writing, your piece should be at minimum 1,000 words, edited. For artists, that means an inked/colored piece, rather than a sketch. If you’re doing traditional artwork, the scan/photograph should be good quality.

Is this exchange TFOC friendly?

Original transformers characters are allowed, but they’re not the main focus of this exchange. Because TFOCs are opt-in for creators, please make sure that not all of your wishlist requests include OCs.

Is this exchange NSFW/18+?

Like OCs, NSFW requests are allowed but they aren’t the focus of the exchange. When making your wishlist, prompts can be nsfw-optional, or a mix of safe for work and not safe for work.

NSFW prompts should only be given/taken by individuals 18 and older.

How do I sign up?

To sign up for the exchange, fill out this form!

If you have any other questions about the exchange, you can check out the full FAQ here, (mirrored on google docs here for mobile tumblr users) or send in a message/ask here or @  the Secret Solenoid Twitter account.

[silverxenomorph]

My @secretsolenoid for KuraLikesTF (Over on Twitter!)

Some TFA flavour MegOp tension with a bonus side order of scaredy cat Deadlock!

[sparkmender]

HAPPY SECRET SOLENOID, @letslipthehounds !!! And a happy holidays and a wonderful new year, as well!!

I’ve never drawn in the TFA style before but it was a ton of fun, thank you for the opportunity! I hope you enjoy :)

[dontcrime]

Christmas Drabble

@secretsolenoid, @secret-egret

Soundwave & Co. use Earth's holiday season as an excuse to have fun - pranking, festive parties, hijinks, the whole works.

Sorry it was a bit late, apparently i put it into my drafts and not my queue.

“Christmas?” Soundwave spoke clearly as he tilted his helm downwards at the cassettes that gathered around his pedes. 

“Yeah, Boss! Can we do Christmas?” Rumble asked eagerly and Soundwave looked from one to the next of his many cassettes. Even Ravage had a small tail twitch as she feigned indifference. They were all excited for whatever this Christmas was.

Tilting his helm he looked up the information, not really understanding why they wanted to participate in this human created holiday. The only thing he could think of was that they wanted to exchange gifts. But they could just do that, so why did Frenzy hold tightly to a box of something sparkly? “No garland.” Soundwave said, letting them all know he was accepting of this but not accepting of a million strands of tinsel tossed about. “If it gets caught in joints, Hook will be the one to fix you.” The threat was more than enough for the twins to look at each other and nod.

Soundwave helped the cassettes set up, cutting a tree that was large for the mini’s but small for himself, giving them little metal bits and bobs to turn into ornaments on their own, and even helping them put it on, letting Laserbeak for the ‘star’ on top. Honestly he did not care one way or another about any of this, though he was curious to see how far his little ones would go for it.

It was a puzzling thing to Soundwave, the exchanging of gifts and the cheer that seemed to come from this strange, human tradition, but if it meant that the others were happy for a little while, then he would go along, even if his field quivered with intrigue.This was not his usual interest either. He had not seen his cassettes this excited for anything since long before the war, even then his memories were not as clear about their joy as now. It felt to him like they were planning something devious, something that he would normally advise them against and have to save them from retaliation for. But at the same time he could not find anything within this little fun holiday that they could do anything too devious. Even the ‘secret santa’ gift exchange they had started amongst themselves. 

He, of course, scanned each and every gift put into the tree to make sure none of it would start a fight upon opening day- christmas day, as Ravage had corrected him but he had decided to continue to call it as such. Of course the cat herself would find great glee in the bundles of paper and promises of boxes even more than the gift wrapped away for her. Soundwave took slight amusement in a spare length of garland which he would dangle about in front of her at times, the poor beast cassette would go crazy chasing after it, trying to catch it as he wiggled it around and he found that this made for decent training for her. It clued him in on looking up other cat videos and deciding that he would toss a little laser light gift for her under the tree too.

Rumble meanwhile had been vibrating with glee as every day, every moment that passed brought opening day even closer. The only hint that the bigger mech got that he and the other twin were up to something, perhaps devious, was in the looks that they exchanged. For their sake, and the sake of fairness and equality, he picked out some gifts for them too. Stuffing them under the tree when all were in recharge, and putting only their names on the packaging so they would all have more to open. He just needed to get something for Lazerbeak at this point as most of his other cassettes were still on cybertron.

But he at least had a slight idea of what the little flyer would enjoy. Lazer always perched high, cabinets, berths, even Soundwave’s own helm was a solid perch. So why not a perch in their room? He was surprised he had never thought of it before nor that it had been brought up. Lazerbeak was usually not one to keep his beak shut about something that made life as a beast more comfortable. It was the least Soundwave could usually do for them.

Apparently this Christmas thing had caught his spark too; just the thought of the others being elated at their gifts gave him a warmth inside. It had him eager himself on opening day, when he sat down and waited for them to all online. Oddly enough it took them longer than he had suspected and when they came out he nearly stalled out. 

It seemed that his twins had done something devious’ after all. They were wearing sweaters, and hats with elf ears. Ravage’s little nose had a dollop of red reflective paint on it and antlers were upon her head along with a brown fluffy coat. Lazerbeak seemed to get away a little  easier as he was only forced to wear bells and antlers. A red hat was held out for Soundwave and beneath his mask he smiled as he pulled it on. He was dressed as santa and he had two reindeer and two elves it seemed. 

Eagerly they tore into the presents, shredding the paper and enjoying the gifts from each other and him. It made his spark swell as he watched, as he yearned to have another christmas next year. His own presents and the ones from each other seemed to blur as the memory purge was coming to a close. Soundwave knew what was next and tried to abort this ‘dream’ but could not.

Ravage put a small paw on his pede, gaining his attention and he looked down. Lazerbeak was perched on his helm and the twins suddenly held out a gift for /him/. Reaching down he took it from the duo and opened it. This was what had his cassettes so excited from the start he realized and he pulled out each and every little figure carefully. Crudely carved, painted with colours far too saturated , were the quartet in his hand before him. A small gift that he could hold onto forever and he couldn’t love it more.

Bonus! Angst ending! And honestly you can blame my editor @tiredandgrumpymedic for it.

Soundwave tore himself from the memory with an agonized shriek. His spark burned and throbbed, it pounded and he wanted to tear it out with his own servos. 

But instead he reached into subspace, and pulled something out, it was triangular, blacked with oil and years of grime, the fluffy rim long since flattened and worn off, the cotton ball at the end gone somehow, somewhere. But opening it up he pulled out the real treasure, the figures of four cassettes all long since grayed as the pain flecked off. “I will find you, one day. I will find all of you.” He promised them and put them back in the old hat, holding it close and venting in deeply to calm back down. 

Finally he shoved it into subspace and stood, preparing to continue his millenia long search of missing cassettes that he longed to celebrate christmas with, even if it was just grayed frames he would find.

[redseeker]

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Transformers Generation One Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Megatron/Starscream (Transformers) Characters: Megatron (Transformers), Starscream (Transformers) Additional Tags: Fluff, Banter, Gift Giving Summary: Sentimentality does not come easily to either Megatron or Starscream, but for Chosen One Day they make the effort.

@secretsolenoid gift for @sanzarus! Happy new year 🎉🥳🎆

[radetzkymarch]

@secretsolenoid gift for @omega-em-z-02 ! I loved all your prompts but couldn’t resist drawing my favorite nerds. Happy Holidays!

[coefore]

My @secretsolenoid for Stella (AO3 theorangewitch). Roller and Springarm!! 😊♥️

[invasato]

my @secretsolenoid for @goops-art!! hope ur holidays were great, and happy new year!!