#Shockwave is an interesting character

[techbonnie]

When you have time, can you draw shockwave art?

Have Shockwave petting Fluffy ears.

Earthspark is not getting anymore seasons, but I thought the Shockwave lovingly petting fluffy ears deleted scene was cute.

That show had so much potential.

[keferon]

On my way of tracing every tiniest appearance of Senator Shockwave👍

Which…there wasn’t a lot. But there was more than I remembered and expected

[margoshamangolord]

guys is this real?

[transingthoseformers]

Thinking about TFP without Megatron if just to see what happens

[swervesfirstblaster]

love (ironically) how we went from seeing shockwave immobilized going to ghost headquarters to being mind controlled in the middle of nowhere and he just casually drops that croft betrayed him so ig they made a deal or whatever but for what?? earthspark writers we need the offscreen stuff to be explained better sometimes, specially with the decepticons characters

[paragonrobits]

I take 'Aligned Grimlock doesn't seem to actually less intelligent despite nearly 99 percent of his processor's energy being forcibly rewired into muscle power' and raise you 'that IS what is happening, but Grimlock is just so dang smart that he mostly suffers some mild speech issues despite functionally suffering a nearly complete lobotomy'

[tf-warbound]

I am peak interested, have you started writing things about your continuity yet? Like a masterlist? If so I have some questions to ask:

How is the main cast going to look like?

What about the relationships of each characters?

So far the main cast consists of:

The Autobots, with Optimus, Prowl, Jazz, Ratchet, First Aid and the Protectobots, Red Alert, Ironhide, Wheeljack, Bumblebee, Cliffjumper, Arcee, Sunstreaker, Sideswipe, Smokescreen, Bulkhead, Hot Rod, the Dinobots, Jetfire, Perceptor, Blaster, and Ultra Magnus

and the Decepticons, with Megatron, Starscream, Soundwave and his cassettes, Shockwave, Knockout, Thundercracker, Skywarp, Thrust, Dirge, Ramjet, the Rainmakers, the Constructicons, the Combaticons, the Stunticons, and the Vehicons.

There are a few neutral mechs, made up of former Decepticons. The insecticons, Predaking, Darksteel, Skylynx, Ripclaw, and the HWD + Lightwave are all considered neutral/unaligned

Gonna put the relationship talk under the cut bc there is a lot going on with these guys :]

MegOp is canon. They once cared about each other, but not as much while the war is going on. Optimus is sad, and doesn’t have a whole lot of hope that he’ll ever see the mech that he knew again, and has been focusing on his adoptive sons, Bumblebee and Cliffjumper to try and take his mind off of the relationship he and Megatron once had. Megatron is consumed by rage and paranoia. He’s not in a very good headspace, and has been prolonging the war just to try and be petty and prove to Optimus that he’s the better mech. Meg’s arc is majorly tied to getting him to retire.

Soundwave and Starscream’s relationship with Megatron is complex to say the least. Starscream does not like Megatron. He does not think Megatron is fit to lead at all, and that he’s a bloodthirsty maniac who deserves to be put down. Soundwave, on the other hand, is a hypocrite. He’s loyal to Megatron. He wouldn’t be a very good Amica otherwise. He defends Megatron’s actions with tooth and nail, always excusing them with “it’s for the cause” while calling out Autobots on shitty things they did. Starscream thinks that Soundwave is a suck up.

Soundwave and Shockwave are conjunxes, but their relationship has become a bit strained. Shockwave is not the biggest fan of Megatron, and sees that, logically, there should be someone else in charge of the Decepticons. Maybe not Starscream, but anyone other than Megatron who isn’t outright stupid would be better. The cassettes (and Lightwave) are their delinquent kids.

Starscream and Skyfire were lovers once. Not fully conjunxes, but they almost were. Their relationship started falling apart as the war went on, with Skyfire really not enjoying being part of the ‘cons. Sadly, the Decepticons landing on Earth was Sky’s breaking point. He didn’t want to participate in the destruction of Earth, so he left the ‘cons and became an Autobot. He misses Starscream a lot, and has yet to encounter the seeker on any patrols or missions.

Thundercracker and Skywarp are just trying to be good brothers to Starscream while he processes the divorce.

Knockout and Breakdown are absolutely conjunxes no one can tell me otherwise.

I view the relationship between the Constructicons and the Combaticons differently. The Constructicons are siblings. They treat each other like annoying younger siblings even though they’re all the same age. The Combaticons, however, are like a group of besties. They didn’t really know each other that well before the war, but once the war started and they were put into the Gestalt program together, they hit it off. Blast Off is absolutely trying (and failing) to court Onslaught, while Vortex has some freaky shit going on with First Aid.

Bumblebee, Arcee, and Hot Rod are besties and no one can change my mind

Prowl and Jazz are two smart mechs who become absolute dumbasses around each other. Add Smokescreen into the mix as Prowl’s little brother and you’ve got absolute chaos. Things are on fire and Ratchet and Ironhide are having an aneurism over how crazy they are when working together.

Edit: Astrotrain and Blitzwing are part of the main Decepticon cast too

[lord-squiggletits]

In general Barber writing the whole "Cybertronians are stuck in an endless cycle of violence" thing was a really good idea but it sometimes felt as if he put more priority on the colonists lecturing Cybertronians about how evil and bloodthirsty they are instead of like, having a shred of sympathy for the fact that they were all collectively traumatized by a 4 million year war and even before the war their society was violent/oppressive/dysfunctional so literally no Cybertronian has lived a life untouched by pointless death.

Like, there's "these characters have an outside perspective so of course they don't understand" in universe logic that I understand and even enjoy, but then there's what Barber did which was basically make the story an endless trudge of people fighting each other and never getting better and there was the fucking Onyx Shockwave story that was "yeah that colonization? Yeah I was actually the one that organized the Primes and said that colonizing was a good idea because I wanted to cause chaos lol my master is death and suffering" so it's like. Okay so the entire history of the entire Cybertronian race was organized by one guy, rendering the decisions of all the other characters (including Shockwave himself) basically pointless.

And on top of that I have to sit here listening to these Camien et al OC's constantly complaining and bitching and moaning about how Cybertronians are the stupidest most stubborn assholes ever, why can't they just stop being petty and stop fighting, why is everything their fault. They say this as their own planets sit on the ruins of colonized civilizations. And one of the primary targets of their criticism and bitching is Optimus Prime, who spent the 4 million year war trying to help organics Not Get Colonized and then spent most of phase 2 continuing to try and Help Earth Not Get Colonized Again.

[shadowcat222]

Tfp Starscream and Shockwave's now one sided rivalry fed by Megatron's abuse and favoritism *froths at mouth*

[proftoetickler217]

i think this is my sign to watch tfa

base off of @pritong-baboy drawings

shockwave makes one good desicion ever (not killing a child)

[originalwinnerfanfish]

Well, I did it

Megatron - I love his tfp design. Probably one of the best iteration of Megs. He is huge, heavy armoured, his face covered with scars… He doesn’t looks like an ordinary military leader who is only capable of giving orders, but like real warrior who can destroy any enemy with his bare hands.

So, in the WOF version, he definitely shares some features with Princess Burn, not only because of his might, but also because of his horns shape and dirty-dark scales (that absorbed blood of his enemies)

Starscream - Boy, I hate him so much 🤣… but in the good way, trust me! In my opinion, when the show's creators make you feel such strong negative emotions towards a villain, it means they've done a great job. Also, I think that his animation in the show was absolutely incredible, because even though he's a 3D model, he still manages to move like a 2D character, which is amazing!

I feel that in my design he still looks more like a skywing, than an icewing (which is kinda logical)

Soundwave - This one was tricky. I couldn't figure out what his mask would look like, so I just made his face a really dark color. I think Soundwave has both gifts of the nightwings, and he’s equally great at telepathy and a future vision. So he doesn't really need equipment to predict enemy movements, which makes him an ideal communicator in the WOF setting. His Laserbeak is part of the armor enchanted by Shockwave, and it might also allow him to open portals (but I'm not sure with this one)

Shockwave - My favourite evil genius. He would definitely have animus magic and mind reading. I think Shockwave is the only one who has advanced the study of magic so far, precisely because he combined it with scientific knowledge and created safer methods of using it, that don't damage the mind. It's like if a Mastermind got animus magic in books.

I also like to think that he didn't heal the damaged part of his face just so that his enemies would fear him more)

Dreadwing - This man deserved better! It's really a shame that he was removed from the show so quickly due to financial problems. It would be great if his arc got a proper conclusion in season 3.

Considering that I didn't want to make him a hybrid, it was difficult to choose a suitable color palette. So let’s just say, that I tried my best😅

I don’t think that he would have any nightwing powers, but honestly it doesn’t even matter - this guy can make a bombs, what else does he need to be cool

Arachnid - Did anyone even doubt that she would be a hivewing? Damn, she even got her own “Othermind” virus. Her design was the easiest to work with - just a little poisonous ass (suspiciously similar to Maleficent).

Just like Starscream, I hate her, but in a good way. She's one of the creepiest characters in the entire series, who’s acting like a fucking heartless monster, especially with Arcee, but even so, there's always was something mesmerizing about her. I just really like strong female villains

Knockout - Wery bright and charismatic guy, definitely one of my fav cons!

I tried to draw him as handsome as possible. Worked a lot on the face shape and coloring, and as for me it turned out pretty nice (finally).

Most decepticons think Knockout is as stupid and lazy as all the other rainwings. And it's not like he completely disagrees with that. Of course he’s not stupid and lazy, but if it’s means less dirty work on the battlefield, well, he’ll continue act like a tipical rainwing

(I also believe that Megatron keeps him as an “art”)

Breakdown - Fun fact: "Operation Breakdown" was the very first thing I saw in this series. And it was an interesting experience for 8 year old me. Maybe that's why I'm so scared of eye gouging scenes in movies now…

I think that he didn't have any siblings initially due to his parents nature, and even after meeting Bulkhead, he felt uncomfortable among the other mudwings. And this is why he later chose the side of the decepticons. And maaaaybe because of one cute rainwing influence)

P.s.

I think that, being mostly nightwings and icewings, the decepticons are much more concerned about purity of their blood and rarely accept half-breeds into their ranks.

During the war, there were many animus dragons among decepticons, which is why they have so many artifacts that allowed teleportation and communication at a distance. But, honestly, I still can't imagine what Nemesis would look like in this AU

[keferon]

Thinking about spellbound, it’s interesting how little is really known about Blurr, how much his motivations have remained obscured. Why did he summon Shockwave? Unknown? And yet seemingly not a first time “I wonder what would happen if….” kind of summoning, since Blurr also tells Shockwave early on that he’s the first demon to actually ask to be killed at the end of it all. So has Blurr been summoning demons with the intent to kill them? Or for some other reason entirely? It wouldn’t seem to be to hunt, because why would Blurr be hunting monsters if he, as a graduate of Shockwave’s school, would himself be considered one?

Further, Blurr calls himself a knight, not a hunter. Blurr’s certainly shown to get victories and trophies from whatever he does as a knight, so it seemingly has some value. Blurr says that Shockwave made it possible for those with magic, like him, to be accepted enough by society and become knights. But what is a knight really? What is his function in society in this role? Unknown?

Blurr clearly has some standing — not just with receiving the trophies, but also with the fact that he’s able to visit the memorial to Shockwave without any disturbance (with a demon no less; which raises an entirely separate question of just how common is it for demons to be seen walking the streets of civilization? because this would seem to imply it’s possibly not that uncommon?). Unless Shockwave’s memorial is more isolated than it appears? But either way, outside of that interaction, Blurr (and so by extension Shockwave) seems to be shown operating mostly in isolated wilderness areas? Which also raises the question of whether society has truly accepted Blurr as a knight as much as his statements to Shockwave suggest? Or is there, so to speak, more going on than meets the eye?

(Love that Blurr always seems to have so many layers as a character — that whatever appears to be going on at a surface level, there’s always more that’s unseen underneath. It makes him so interesting to explore.)

Shockwave: I never really asked. What are you doing? What is your job? I barely see you doing something for other people. And where is your home?? You look too shiny to be homeless.

Blurr: :)

Shockwave: You’re always travelling WHERE ARE WE EVEN GOING? What is the final destination????

Blurr: :D

Shockwave is too busy being depressed and miserable to notice how fucking WEIRD Blurr is. Just because. You know. Blurr has this chill and normal look to him haha. Just a little guy infinitely walking through places that have minimal amount of people👌

[delicioustarong]

OKAY-- I FINALLY FOUND THE TIME TO READ THIS AND OMFGGGGGG RJ BFJDBF THIS CHAPTER DID NOT DISAPPOINTTTTTTT.

I love so many scenes I can't choose any!! I love the Trine Seekers here, Skywarp's and Thundercracker's POV was MWAUH!! I lowkey love all three's powers(? I forgot the term-- BUT ANYWAYS--) STARSCREAM'S SONIC BLAST, SKYWARP'S LONG AND SHORT DISTANCE WARPING (teleportatiooon is such a cool ability) AND THUNDERCRACKER'S ELECTRIC ABILITIES!! IT'S SO COOL I LOVE IT! Artemis really made use of that! Speaking of powers-- THE PRIMES ARE SO OVERPOWERED IT'S COOL ASFFFF.

Solaris' ability to control A LOT of spears in hus subspace was so 🤯 THE SCENE I IMAGINED WHILE READING THAT PART IS DEFINITELY GOING TO BE DOODLED. AND ARTEMIS AND THUNDERCRACKER'S AWESOME COMBO.

This fic got me kicking and giggling on my feet! It's part of my top 5! Now that those gigga class are destroyed, all that's left is to protect the spacebridge (groundbridge? I keep confusing the two) I can't wait to see how this act ends! And how will Solaris and Artemis escape HAHHAHAHAHA. They managed to escape undetected at first due to plain ol luck, but now they're probably going to shock everyone by just-- opening a groundbridge and noping outta there. Man this fic really hypes me up

HYDRAX IS STILL UNDER ATTACK! but dont worry! SOLARIS AND ARTEMIS PRIME ARE ON IT!

[gillsoffish]

I think people really need to make there own stories and interpretations about TFO, im saying this because im ready alot of fics rn after awhile of not reading anything and there all so cookie cutter? TFO was such a breath of fresh air for the characters origins and stuff that im like... i dont kinda annoyed that people are going straight back to the little box of character stereotypes that dont even fit most versions of the characters when they write any of the TFO characters. like why are we using the "Shockwave is emotionless" card when he had some pretty clear and expressive emotions, why are we the "Megatron was always evil card" right now did you even watch the fucking movie?

AND WHY ARE WE TRYING TO ACT LIKE BUMBLEBESS A CHILD JUST BECAUSE HES STUNTED AND TRAUMATIZED WITH NO SOCIAL AWARENESS!!! THAT MAN IS GROWN HE JUST WENT THROUGH SOME FUCKED UP SHIT

like please dude you have all this new story to work with and come up with new idea about the characters and how there relationships ae and you just ignore it all to go back to the weird g1/fanon esq versions of them that have no deeper meanings or stories and once again i am bringing it back to Starscream because why are we assuming that Starscream is going to be a the pathetic second in command whos gonna constantly plot to kill Megatron and constantly get beaten because they had ONE FIGHT SCENE THAT STARSCREAM LITERILLY EGGED HIM ON IN TO KEEP FIGHTING. and i like the dynamic they have in that way sometimes but yall make it so black and white its not even fun or interesting to read. people just make Megatron this thoughtless abuser but then say the abuse is justified because oooh look Starscreams plotting against him. mf can you be a bit creative? i mean i read a fic that supposedly is right after TFO end and Megatrons already beating Starscream and Starscream only for no reason? Starscream decides to plot against him for no reason apart from "he took my throne"? (THE ONE HE EGGED HIM ON TO FIGHT FOR AND TAKE) no progression or build up to what might be an increasingly violent but close relationship

and i could say the same about megop in TFO fics i mean they were best fucking friends yall, but i think this post is getting long and i probably sound stupid anyway. this is my monthly rant

[dailymothanon]

Was way too busy today to draw anything but this is how it feels to get my millionth Soundwave plot that is either cassette harm or something maybe a little interesting just for it to never actually be explored and end up tossed aside 😔(of course, I’m just over exaggerating for fun;) warning for a rant btw—

I think most if not all Soundwaves have been handled pretty solidly? Kinda? I guess 90% of the stuff he does as a character is just be an asset to keep the overall plot moving which is fair, but also mostly him just aura farming all the time lmao like girl we get it 😭 but also go off… but also I do heavily wish his character was explored more, different dynamics, change the formula! As mostly Megatron and maybe Starscream and to an extent Shockwave are often changed story and personality wise much more prominently or noticeably. Part of me also feels like 🤔 maybe the lack of change in Soundwaves (design wise? He certainly Does Change a lot) is partially because it’s hard to explore a character that tends to not be really expressive or talk much, so I don’t blame anyone… just wish that he has more juice yaknow 😌 something more filling than just stoic mech who practically carries the whole faction on his back, known to be loyal, and also has cassettes that he seems to care for a ton.. sure, you can say these are essentials to his character, but I guess like, isn’t that the point of different continuities? Endless possibilities that are all technically canon in their own regards (for example the folks who don’t like TfOne Shockwave cuz he’s very expressive and emotional, who think “he doesn’t have emotions why is he like this” well, yea, he doesn’t have emotions in THAT continuity, but in THIS continuity, he does! It’s a fun new way of seeing him!). Maybe TFA Soundwave is a good example to me of like, this is an interesting new idea of a story for him! But then it’s not really explored ever 😭 but don’t get me wrong, this does Not mean I don’t like other Soundwaves from the lack of story, I love them all very dearly!! Tfp was also an interesting and cool concept of him! Most Soundwaves have had great aspects about them to me which is why I cannot pick a definitive favorite! But one thing I think they all collectively lack a little in is exploration of character that’s past him just being a tool to keep things moving, which to me, even that within itself is something that may be explored, him being seen more as a tool than an individual, but I still completely understand why he isn’t touched on cuz obviously he won’t be the main character or anything 😛 important character Sure, but he’s almost treated like a side character at times which again, is also fine and valid, I don’t have expectations that the story would consider him cuz there’s usually not really reason to; though in comparison to the rest of the high command getting many new analyzations and different directions to go, it is a little disappointing to me when I think about it too much 📼 but I still love him a lot regardless!

[revelboo]

if we're showing off our house critters, here's Melody, our resident goblin!

Her favourite activities are eating my arm and showing me her ass. She also enjoys screaming. I love her so much

🤣 aww!

Entertainment

TFP Shockwave

��� Mystified and more than a little bit worried as his antenna flick and he just stares fixedly at the screen, you try to figure out his fascination. Because he’s been binging sit coms for hours. Almost don’t want to distract him from his new interest, because he’s not overwhelming you with ‘attention,’ but you have a bad feeling that whatever this is probably isn’t going to be good for you.

• Head turning when you move closer and lean to look at the datapad, he’s pleased when you smile up at him, expression strained. “So what’s up with the TV?” You ask, gesturing at the datapad and he glances from it to you. You’re taking an interest in what he’s doing, interacting with him. Does this mean you’re accepting him as your mate?

• “Learning,” he growls, staring at you much longer than is comfortable. Skin prickling, it’s a relief when he turns his attention back to the episode of Friends he’s watching. “Social cues are difficult.” And you have no idea how to respond to that. His head tips watching the characters interact, studying their every move in that focused, almost predatory way of his.

• Servos flexing as you move a little closer, not touching him. But still, you’re approaching him willingly more and more. Though never with a request to interface, he has to initiate that. “Why are you trying to learn human social cues?” Antenna flicking, he’s sure you already know the answer. That it’s to understand you better, to get closer to you.

• “To increase the likelihood of recognizing nonverbal indications of a willingness to interface,” he growls, head turning to stare as you flush. Blunt and to the point as always. “Elevated body temperature,” he adds, reaching to slide his cannon against your hip. “Arousal?” No, but there’s also no trying to explain that it’s horrified embarrassment, not interest. “Do you need to be pleasured?” Why is he like this?