#Skalor

[they-hermes]

seacon mention

[thelastgherkin]

PIRANACON

We achieved something.

Snaptrap // Jawbreaker // Nautilator // Seawing // Skalor // Tentakil

(KING POSEIDON // Turtler // Overbite // Lobclaw // Kraken // Gulf // Tentakil )

[transformers-the-hunted]

size comparison of the Seacons + a human for scale

[askvectorprime]

Dear Vector Prime,

Can two Combiners swap team members to change their equipment or gain new properties?

Dear Fastidious Fusilateral,

When multiple bots merge, each constituent lends their own special onboard technology and mental faculties to the result—so any rearrangement will produce a different personality and abilities in the combiner.

For example, if the Protectobot Hot Spot and the Aerialbot Silverbolt swap their respective teams, then Defensor would gain the ability of short-range flight, while Superion would gain a weak forcefield. This has in fact happened on one occasion, when Silverbolt—suffering a particularly bad bout of acrophobia—asked Hot Spot to take his place. The other Protectobots did not recognise this new combiner at first, and referred to him as "Hyperion". After they merged with Silverbolt to form "Suppressor", both combiners proved an awkward match against the unbridled ferocity of Menasor and Bruticus, which illustrates the main problem with scrambling combiners: any strategic advantage to be had by a non-standard configuration is simply negligible, compared to the single-mindedness made possible by an experienced team who are accustomed to one another’s company.

In my personal files, I have a copy of the so-called "Theseus Archive", which purports to catalog every single possible combination, each with its own name. Now, let us see, we have… Abomenaticus… Betatron… Comperian… Gaia Poseidon… Scramble 13, Securitas… hmm. You know, looking through the full list now, I realize most of them have certainly never been formed—well, except for in the author’s mind, that is. Look at this one, "Swindlor"—Swindle is listed for every single limb! That can’t be right. Or here: left leg, Blast Off, right leg, Groove! Why, he would be so unbalanced, a single step would send him toppling to the floor. And if there truly was a combiner containing both Blot and Skalor at the same time, well, I should think the author would’ve passed out before writing it down!

[blueikeproductions]

Wondering about Rise of the Beasts synergy atm. Age of Extinction somewhat influenced Rescue Bots and RiD15 by the inclusion of Dinobots as major characters (the Rescue Bots assuming Dinosaur beast modes while Bee’s unit would have a Dinobot that was originally a new stegosaurus character but would later become Grimlock).

The success of the first movie would’ve seen Animated’s Autobot team altered to mimic the team used in the 07 movie, like Ratchet turning green and Ironhide replacing Bulkhead, though Animated was canceled for this could take effect. (The one thing I am happy about because I wasn’t personally a fan of this change, despite being a fan of the movie and TFA.)

So I’m currently wondering how Hasbro might try similar synergy with EarthSpark. It’s been insisted by the likes of AndyUnicronus now Axiom Nexus that Optimus Primal and Megatron could appear but I’m not sure of the specifics there. My own, unlikely scenario was they’d be remnant Autobots and Decepticons from Cybertron stopping by Earth to check up on what’s happening, but Axiom offers ideas of them being Terrans to mirror the idea of Maximals typically being the descendants of the Autobots.

Rumors with RotB as of typing suggest the Maximals are from a dead colony planet (the Jungle Planet but take your pick if it’s called something like Animatros, Eukaris, Biosfera or Energoa) that escaped the Terrorcons’ wrath and settled on Earth in its prehistory until the Autobots met them in the 90’s. Optimus Primal appearing as a colonist feels more likely, but I don’t know if that would over complicate EarthSpark’s mostly simple narrative by including other Transformer colonies (as much as I would like to see it and the resulting culture clash).

I feel like though the easiest to implement would be Mirage and the Terrorcons for now though. Mirage is easy enough, he’s a young Autobot about Bumblebee’s age, has sort of a spoiled rich kid personality that’s thoroughly fed up with their Earth vacation but when the chips are down, comes through for the Autobots and Maltobots. He’s successful at hiding from GHOST because of his mastery of holograms and invisibility, and performs tricks to entertain the Malto kids and Terrans. I can see his arc being similar to Rescue Bots Blurr where he comes out of hiding and crashes with the Maltos for awhile, and he learns to become less selfish and more of a team player overtime.

The Terrorcons, similar to the film, are the Decepticon replacement, though instead of being minions of Unicron, they’d preferably be a splinter faction that resumed the Decepticon Empire out in space, coming to Earth to conquer it or just blow it the skrud up if it comes to it. Alternatively they could be akin to the mostly scrapped Star Seekers, Transformers mad at other Transformers enough that they’re blowing up colony worlds for “reasons”, and now Earth is the latest one in their sights (after that Gobotron and Skalor!). Scourge would still be the leader, but I’m not sure if Battletrap or Nightbird would be included in this scenario, since I don’t know if EarthSpark would whip out Nightbird as a hidden Decepticon instead (though would she be a Cadillac like Arcee since the modern trend is to repaint her from Arcee…). Whoever would make up the team, I feel strongly there should be some Beast Mode guys in there. Preferably some more Beast Wars characters, but G1 guys like Squeezeplay or Horri-Bull would fit well here. So would Skullcruncher but uh, he’s already here lol.

[broderek]

Bäst av bästklubben 2022 del 1

Animal Collective - Time Skiffs N: Gamla vänner som jag trodde mig vara trött på. Känns bekant utan att fördenskull bli gammal skåpmat. Bra driv, stundtals funkig med många hooks. Precis som man vill att gamla vänner ska vara.

Hinako Omori - a journey.. T: Detta har varit min go to skiva hela året. Att lyssna på denna i urar från början till slut är en fröjd och en härlig resa. Så härlig atmosfär så håret reser sig. Bästa spår: A Journey och Snow

Caroline - Caroline P: En viss nostalgi över att lyssna på den här skivan då soundet tar en tillbaka till ca: 2008. Lite Beirut, ambient, jazz, pop och folk. Många fina låtar där framförallt en är min favoritlåt för året 2022. Om ni bara ska lyssna på en låt: Skydiving onto the library roof

Dungen - En är för mycket och tusen aldrig nog M: Riktigt gamla vänner. Känns som de går tillbaka några år soundmässigt. Man får vad man vill ha och håller fortfarande. Gillar låtraden ”det finns ingen sanning, bara historier” på låten Om det finns något som du vill fråga mig. R: Genom våra säsonger har vi inte haft så värst mycket svensk musik, så jag tyckte det kändes kul att plocka upp den tråden trots att vi på sistone har fått en rätt några svenska akter och Toffe plocka med Jonathan Johansson på sin lista. Jag valde att plocka med en förvaltare av något jag uppfattar som vårt musikarv. Dels ligger där en äldre arv med vår folkmusik, dess skalor, men även mycket från den svenska proggen på 70-talet, nu kan ni nog gissa. Tycker alltid att det även finns en mängd andra influenser i musiken, gamla och nya, samt att texterna alltid är tänkvärda vardagsbetraktelser av livet. Skivan är Dungens - En är för mycket och tusen aldrig nog. Dungen är verkligen är alltid ett kärt återseende för mig.

Richard Dawson - The Ruby Cord O: Lite av en ny favorit för mig. Egensinnig gubbe i gränslandet mellan rocker och medeltida bard. Klingar starkt av urbrittisk folk och prog, men utan retrovurmande klichéer - temat här för den som går igång på sådant dessutom snarare framtidsdystopiskt. Triggervarning för mastig dubbel-LP, men rekommenderar att slå er ner med albumets öppning och magnum opus, The Hermit. En långsam berättelse stöpt i ett luftigt och frisläppt arrangemang, där bitarna som till en början kan kännas chansartade till slut faller på plats. Avnjuts med en stor, stark stout.

Katy Kirby - Cool Dry Place (Expanded version släppt 2022...) P: Soft-pop när den är som allra bäst. Den här skivan välkomnade jag våren i Sthlm med. Många tidiga morgnar på tunnelbanan med solen i ögonen över Skanstulls-bron. Skivan kan te sig mjuk vid första lyssningar men växer över tid med små finesser och melodier. Väl värd att checka in. Om ni bara ska lyssna på en låt: Traffic!

Cult Of Luna - The Long Road North D: Årets bästa och fetaste skiva kommer här, episk, grandios och hänsynslös välter den fram med en massiv ljudbild. En dynamisk ångvält av norrländskt vemod. Bara lyssna på mistluren som inleder skivan.

Shabason & Krgovich - At Scaramouche T: En stor favorit från detta året. Lyssna gärna på deras egna projekt som de gjort tidigare. Hade tänkt att köra denna skiva i klubben men nu fick den hamna här istället. Gillar verkligen detta; snygg ljudbild, lite skeva ljud, djup och nära sång och bra melodier. Favoritlåtar: Childhood Mcdonald's och I Am So Happy With My Little Dog.

Oren Ambarchi - Shebang O: Denna dök upp påpassligt medan jag var inne i ett Keith Jarrett-stim. Påminner en del om ECM och elektriska Miles. En gitarrskiva som inte direkt låter som en gitarrskiva. Det är repetitivt, aldrig enformigt, föränderligt och och fyllt av bra ljud som sveper in och ut från en ensemble som känns live men aldrig varit det. Har man hört Ambarchis tidigare är det nog bekant mark, men här kompletteras den drivande pulsen ännu mer av övriga musikers inspel, vilket gör den delvis till ett annat väsen. En skiva man kan återkomma till och hitta små nya detaljer i. 

Decapitated - Cancer Culture D: Nästa skiva är smålökig modern Tech Death, men de har dels lyckats få fram samma ös och teknisk ekvilibrism som på genombrottet 2006 trots att flera bandmedlemmar är utbytta, men det är också den perfekta mixen av det bästa med både Göteborg-och Stockholmsdöds. Ett väl förvaltat arv av såväl At The Gates som Entombed som gör att jag kan leva med de gästande sångarnas malplacerade skönsång, önskar att de bara låtit Jinjer leverera growl.

[forislynx]

Teorin om det tredje könet som Magnus Hirschfeld och Anton Nyström förespråkade i början av 1900-talet innebar att både homosexuella kvinnor och män befann sig i en mellanposition mellan manligt och kvinnligt. Då kom de att ha mycket gemensamt och en sådan grundinställning öppnade för glidande skalor och bisexualitet. Den separatistiska organiseringen under 1970- och 1980-talen förutsatte i grund och botten att kvinnor och män hade väldigt lite gemensamt och den placerade lesbiska och bögar på en skala bortom heterosexuella kvinnor och män. Lesbiska kvinnor var enligt detta sätt att tänka mera kvinnor än heterosexuella kvinnor eftersom de kunde agera mera oberoende av de patriarkala mönster som förekom i heterosexuella relationer

Svante Norrhem, Jens Rydström & Hanna Winkvist, Undantagsmänniskor: En svensk HBT-historia

[grahminradarin]

MORE OBSCURE EXAMPLE THAT AREN"T IMPLIED TO BE FIXABLE! HOORAY!

Transmutate. I hate this one just as much as you do (source: https://www.tumblr.com/grahminradarin/702761595832549376), but BW Transmutate is undeniably physically disabled.

Most versions of Shockwave and Whirl. I think having your hands and face surgically removed is fairly disabling.

G1 Bliztwing gets stuck halfway between modes when transforming sometimes. Although that got transferred over to Octane in the cartoon for... reasons that I'm not getting into here.

G1 Triggerhappy has a traumatic brain injury from a skateboarding accident. He's a pretty negative portrayal, though. Literally described as a gibbering idiot who fires wildly because he likes gun sounds. So. Yeah, not sure what to do about that.

The FoC Dinobots might count, as whatever Shockwave did to give them new altmodes also messed up their brains? I guess that counts as a TBI.

G1 Seawing has photosensitive eyes and can't see in normal light because it's too bright. He normally works deep in the ocean.

G1 Blot always smells terrible. It's inherent to his body and he can't control it, so no one likes being near him. Skalor has a similar issue, but seems to be constantly bleeding lubricant as well? So that's disabling.

G1 Broadside? He's noted for having extremely thin armor plating, to the point of basically having none at all in his alt-modes. Also he gets seasick really easily despite being a boat. Does that count?

That's all I can think of now. I'll add more if I remember.

“how would it work if Cybertronians had disabilities” “What if there were disabled Cybertronians”

THERE ARE

THERE ARE

loosing my mind at how some things that are So good can be So niche why can’t we just be a hivemind

Just one example, my favorite example, is:

Shattered Glass Soundwave!!!

He’s gone through Multiple reformats varying between with his consent and,,, not. The latest of which took place when they didn’t have many materials

So they used half earth metals half Cybertronian ones

As it turns out? Those two things don’t mix very well. His joints are Horrible. They lock up randomly, the worst of which being the door to his tape deck.

He physically isn’t able to dock his cassettes reliably because they might get stuck in there.

What does he do to fix this? So glad you asked!! He has his own assistive aids, in this case: a portable external carrying case

It was made and personalized to work specifically for him and his situation

I love him

[marvelman901]

Transformers vol 1 49 (1989) . Cold War! . Written by Bob Budiansky Penciled by Jose Delbo Inked by Danny Bulanadi Colors by Nel Yomtov Lettered by Bill Oakley Edited by Don Daley . See more related content here: #marvelman901transformers . #transformers #80s #josedelbo #dannybulanadi #starscream #laserbeak #thundercracker #tantrum #seawing #overbite #seacons #snaptrap #skalor #nautilator #skorponok https://www.instagram.com/p/Cj15ymEtgjE/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[transformers-mosaic]

Transformers: Mosaic #137 - "Loosing The Scent"

Originally posted on April 21st, 2008

Story - Tony Jackson Art, Letters - Anastasiya Goertz

deviantART | Seibertron | TFW2005 | BotTalk

wada sez: Blaster speaks with his Sunbow speech quirk. Ramhorn is the only animal mini-cassette to talk in the cartoon, in the episode “Forever Is a Long Time Coming”—though in all of his other appearances, he growls no differently to Steeljaw, who you’ll notice doesn’t speak in this comic. There’s inspiration drawn from “Madman’s Paradise”, I think, which is the other major role for Blaster’s tapes, where Steeljaw acts as a sniffer dog (despite being, well, a big cat). Otherwise there’s a lot of Budiansky bio stuff in here—Eject’s speech quirk, for instance, is drawn not from the cartoon as one might expect, but rather his original sports-fan characterisation. Blot and Skalor famously both share Budiansky’s favourite “smelly guy who sucks” Decepticon archetype; Cindersaur and Fangry are just a couple more late-stringers. I can’t really tell what the joke of the title is here, or if it’s just a typo.

[airman-343]

Doing digital art of transformers, starting with the Seacons! I'll update it to include Seawing and Snaptrap!

[fishbug]

[thelastgherkin]

Generations Selects Seacons Overbite (Jawbreaker)

Shark? What are you talking about, man? This is the Thames!

More like this:

Generations Selects Seacons Lobclow

Generations Selects Seacons Gulf

Power of the Primes Deluxe Class Rippersnapper

[transformers-the-hunted]

[askvectorprime]

Vector Prime what is gasket? We have heard many words about gasket like “I might trow up a gasket !” and I wonder what is Gasket ? What does it do in the Cybertronian anatomy?

Dear Anatomy Analyst,

Gaskets provide seals between different mechanism-organs—such as fuel pumps and fuel lines—to prevent internal leakage of energon, oils, or other vital substances. As you can imagine they are an important part of our bodies, albeit an oft-neglected one.

Unfortunately for some, the quality of a Cybertronian's gaskets varies as part of the glorious infinite variety of Primus. The Blots and Skalors of many universes have severe trouble with rapid decay of these oh-so-important parts.

[sternerstufftoys]