#TFP Optimus could transform into a dinosaur

[aldecaver]

I’m trying to be more comfortable with colorful sketches, so if you guys want to, you can request other fun-to-draw ships in my ask box :’D

[just-someone-online]

Lowkey, I think one of my favorite little things about Rescue Bots is how we get to learn a little more about Optimus when he shows up. Like, not war stuff or Orion Pax stuff, but just little things about Optimus.

One of his favorite Earth stories is The Little Engine That Could. Does he read in his spare time and if so, how did he find Little Engine?

He tells Heatwave that he has also been learning from humans. What has he learned? The phrase "Nothing much, double dutch." Who the fuck taught him that? My money's on Miko. Jack would not have the audacity to add that to Prime's vernacular.

He has a motherfuckin' rocket powered car carrier capable of hauling four bots. And since Team Prime had four four-wheelers on the team prior to Darkness Rising, you could reasonably assume that he has used it with Cliff, Bee, Bulk, and Ratch

Optimus knows what a pogo stick is. That isn't anything noteworthy, I just think it's funny.

[blueikeproductions]

It looks like we are getting a new Transformers anime, but not quite how we expected.

A new monthly web anime is coming to YouTube called “Wild King”, featuring the exploits of Optimus and Megatron but both commanding new animal type Transformers.

The logo evokes the Japanese logo of Beast Wars.

So Takara feels semi confident they can sell Beast Wars type characters to kids again.

We don’t know what the show is about, but the toyline features a wacky combiner gimmick where the Beast Mode characters can merge with Optimus or Megatron.

It’s reminiscent of a similar concept used in RotB’s toyline…

But done in the super robot combining way Japan can only do.

Optimus and Megatron are referred to as Energy/Energon Masters while the animal cast are dubbed Energy/Energon Beasts.

Presumably the cast is still divided between Autobots and Decepticons, but that’s not clear atm; they could be Maximals and Predacons for all we know.

There are two direct homages to Beast Wars, with Optimus’ giraffe partner resembling Longrack while Megatron’s dinosaur partner resembles… er… Megatron.

When combined with Captain Vulca, the T-Rex, Megatron loosely resembles his Armada counterpart.

So why does this toy line exist?

I’m guessing it’s a similar reaction to Transformers Prime, where the series famously did very poorly in Japan, so instead of adapting TFP Beast Hunters directly, they made a brand new anime called Transformers Go, a pseudo sequel using the Predacons, Optimus and a new combiner team in the Swordbots to face off against Dragotron’s resurrected forces.

EarthSpark didn’t do well in Japan either, the series having ended on S1, like how Prime & Cyberverse ended on S2, while RiD15 eeked out longer, ending on the Starscream mini arc in its “Prime of Micron” phase. So my guess is Takara is just fed up and going “Fine, we’re doing this ourselves.”

People seem legitimately excited, as Takara is known for embracing the super robot roots more of Transformers, vs Hasbro who seem more ashamed of it lately.

As for the anime, it’s probably shorts similar to Go, but whether it’s CGI or stop motion we don’t know yet. It premiers in March of next year, so we’ll see soon enough.

No word on how this affects CyberWorld, but since we don’t know much about it yet other than it too has a beast theme, probably not at all. Maybe Takara won’t import it after all the recent cartoons have been stinkers in Japan and they don’t want to risk it.

[mlm-writer]

Transformers Cuddle Headcanons

For Cuddle Up Day 2021.

Transformers Prime, Robots in Disguise 2015 and Rescue Bots

Cuddle Masterlist here

Blades (TFRB):

You are so tiny and when you snuggle into his helm he dies of cuteness 

He never initiates it because he knows he could hurt you if he was a little to rough with you 

When he has a holoform tho, hooo boy 

He is full on all over you when he wants to cuddle

Boulder (TFRB):

He lets you sit between his shoulder and helm 

Sometimes he cuddles you to his chest

He is so gentle there is no way you ever get hurt cuddling him

When he has a holoform he will give you super tight hugs because he finally does not need to be gentle and can hold you tight 

He will fall in love with being a little spoon 

Bumblebee (RID2015):

He is very experienced with dealing with humans and he loved it so much when he is lying down and a human snuggles his helm 

He would be so excited to try cuddling when he has his holoform 

He hyped it so much in his head that it was kinda disappointed irl 

He would be like “and what do we do now?”

He surprises you in his holoform now and then to cuddle 

Chase (TFRB): 

Not a fan of cuddling

Not even when he is in his holoform 

He would very methodically hug you in his holoform whenever you are upset, because he read that physical touch was essential when humans are stressed 

Dr. Graham Burns (TFRB): 

He is awkward during cuddle time, but only in the beginning

He has no idea what to do with his limbs all the time, so you have to tell him before he overthinks it 

Awkward chuckles as you are finally in a comfortable po… no never mind one of you is moving again 

Just cuddling on the couch is easier 

He likes to cuddle, but is uncomfortable doing it with somebody around 

Grimlock (RID2015): 

Ngl you’re scared of this himbo crushing you 

In his holoform he is unlikely to kill you tho 

Grimlock loves to be hugged and petted and cuddled 

He will ask you all the time 

Sometimes he does not ask and just show up in his holoform and find a way to touch you without disturbing you in what you are doing

He is disturbing you and fine let’s cuddle 

Heatwave (TFRB):

Holds you ever so gently to his frame when you’re upset

You have to do a lot of convincing before he agrees to cuddle in his holoform 

He is shocked by how much he likes it 

He is busy af tho, so you have to schedule cuddle sessions

It is ridiculous, but if you don’t something is bound to come up 

But even if you schedule, sometimes duty just calls

Kade Burns (TFRB):

Only a post-coital cuddler 

Not much up for it 

Will still cuddle you if you’re upset or had a bad day 

Puppy eyes will get you everything you desire 

Knockout (TFP):

Ew touching a fleshy

He has a holoform, which he hates

He starts to like it more when you hug him from behind and wow that’s more affection in one second than he has had in eons

Makes time to cuddle a little, but he can’t stand it for super long 

Megatron (TFP):

No time to cuddle… ok a little time to cuddle.

*couple of cuddle sessions later*

“Soundwave, can’t you see I’m busy?”

Soundwave, mentally: bitch you are in your holoform cuddling a human while we are preparing to kill all humans what the fuck 

He likes you sitting in his lap the most 

He does not care how tall you are, his holoform will be taller than you, because he is just like that and also he wants to be the big spoon

Optimus Prime (TFP):

He loves the idea of cuddling, but finds it too risky in bot mode

Holoform however, he loves to cuddle with you

He is very busy all the time, but when you do have time it is filled with cuddles and philosophical discussions 

You also exchange stories about culture with each other 

Predaking (TFP):

He is royalty and expects to be treated as su… he wants to be petted 

Don’t touch him without his permission

If he trusts you, you can just climb all over him and he is cool 

He prefers cuddling in his alt mode 

His holoform is not even human, but a dinosaur/dragon

He wraps himself around you and makes you feel like the most valuable treasure in the universe

No talking, just cuddles 

Well… you can talk, he likes listening to you and learning from you 

Ratchet (TFP):

If you suggest cuddling him in bot mode he will give you a list of safety risks

He double checks if the holoform is even safe for you 

Once he knows for sure, he is willing to cuddle

First time he checks up on you every minute, but he just does not have any experience with cuddling in holoforms 

He does not admit how much he likes it 

He will request it like “if you want to cuddle, I can clear some time in my schedule”

What he means is “hey I don’t wanna inconvenience you, but I’d really like to cuddle”

God forbid anyone sees him doing it though 

Miko caught you guys and he hates it 

Shockwave (TFP): 

Would only cuddle you if he feels like he is in charge of your well-being 

Would even initiate cuddling in that case because of the health benefits 

He would make it a routine and just force you to cuddle when you’re not in the mood

“You may not like this right now, but my research has shown that physical touch will decrease your stress-hormone level, which in turns promotes vital functions of your fragile human body”

He means well

Sideswipe (RID2015): 

He would be really weirded out by the idea of cuddling

Then he has you snuggling into his frame and he melts

It is the first thing he suggests you do when he has his holoform 

Keeps talking during cuddling but it is nice to just sit down together and swap funny stories like that

He moves a little too much tho 

Smokescreen (TFP): 

He would LOVE the idea of cuddling

Ngl he injured you the first time you tried it in bot mode 

Ratchet gave him quite the scolding 

Then he got more careful 

He talks a lot, but he also talks quietly for a change 

Holoform him is still careful, until you play wrestle him and then you lie tangled up, just talking 

He is always down 

Soundwave (TFP): 

You suggest it, he obliges, but finds it highly inefficient to cuddle in bot mode

His holoform does not speak either, but you don’t need him to

He is big spoon

You gotta give him instructions tho, he is a little confused 

Wheeljack (TFP): 

You suggest cuddling and he is like “yeah sure”

He is careful enough not to hurt you but it was c l o s e

He is just as good of a cuddler in his holoform 

Generally not excited about it, but he does enjoy it

[tfw-no-tennis]

[drumming] BEAST WARRRS

wow, me and ruth watching MORE transformers stuff?? its more likely than you think

sooo yeah we started watching beast wars. which seems like the logical next step after reading the comics and watching tfa, tfp, (some of) g1, cyberverse, even the live action movies back in the day...

however ruth and I have always ruthlessly bullied beast wars bc of how outdated the cgi looks, stating that no matter how good everyone says it is, we can never watch it bc its so ugly 

we watched a couple clips, even, including the fight scene from ep2 which is SO funny I'm sorry and we were like ‘yea we cant watch this lol’ BUT LO AND BEHOLD...HERE WE ARE....

so yah this was probably inevitable but yea, ill probably write a few of these post just giving my scattered thoughts

so! so far we’ve watched like 8 eps and I gotta say....I like it a lot so far

as ruth says, ‘it feels like an actual show’ (as opposed to g1 which imo feels more like an extended-toy-commercial-slash-acid-trip)

like, even in the first couple eps, its clear there's actual plot and characters

the bad cgi is admittedly distracting at time, similar to the animation errors in g1 

in terms of the plot, I find it to be really interesting - I like the explanations for the beast forms w/the energon making their robot forms short out

the premise is like, so wild to me, in a meta sense - like, this was basically the followup to g1 (ignoring g2, and all the japanese stuff like headmasters and victory), and its SO wildly different than g1 - premise-wise, beast wars feels like something you'd get 20 years down the line in the franchise when they're trying to go at the source material from a new, fresh angle

instead its the follow-up to g1, bc I guess being able to sell toys that transform into animals rather than cars is a good market 

oh man is this show 90s. like, it came out in ‘96, so obviously its gonna be 90s, but sometimes it just slaps you in the face w/it 

like...the music. lmao like the guitar riffs that play sometimes are so hilariously 90s that I feel myself regressing into an infant (the state I was in irl during the 90s)

plus the dialogue...like half of what cheetor says is just. so very 90s. like Cool Epic Teenz 90s sometimes, which is hilarious and out of date now 

speaking of cheetor I love my boy. I already love him from cyberverse but this is og cheetor and I love him here too. he;s just a great kid appeal yellow character and I luv him. he has freckles that's soooo cuteee my boiiii

as for the characters in general...I like how they all have pretty solid characterizations but also undergo character development. and I like how we don't get all too much exposition about them/their backstories so we get to learn things as we go along 

optimus primal is cool, and interesting when compared to other optimuses (optimii?)...he seems like a Leader™, but he’s kinda frustrated/done with this shit, especially compared to like, g1 op, who was very patient, and tfa op, who felt very young. this op feels very experienced but also doesn't always wanna be here

who else is there...rhinox! he is great, he seems like the only one w/a brain cell. he seems v levelheaded and cool, I like him a lot. he hasn't gotten much spotlight but I'm interested to see what he’ll do. I like his voice

rattrap omg...ruth hates him bc he’s annoying which, fair, but I like him bc he’s hilarious. he’s a rat from new jersey, and joisey rats are just Like That okay

dinobot...omg...I love him. he’s just dramatic and gay. and also a dinosaur. I think its cool that he has a SWORD bc everyone else has guns (kinda boring), and also he has laser eyes. he is cool and interesting and also he and optimus are dating tyvm 

as for the predacons...beast wars megatron oh my goddd....I love him so much he’s SO entertaining lmao...yesssssss....he’s so Shakespearian? idek how else to describe it. he’s very eloquent and he really feels like a high-class play actor who could also rip your face off if he wanted to. he says ‘yessssss’ SO much its so funny. he’s very like, over the top and kinda hammy, but in a completely different way than g1 megs, who could be described similarly but is a very different vibe 

bw megatron is basically the polar opposite of tfp megatron

as for the rest of the predacons, we haven't gotten as much character stuff for them but I'm interested in them for sure

tarantulas.....I wanna see more of him, he’s just so entertaining to me idk. gay little spider man

scorponok omfg he’s such a loser in this hvbajkdsfbwkhdsf I cant get over how completely lame and unthreatening he is lmaoooo he’s such a lil bitch. I could cough on him and he’d explode probably. hilarious

terrorsaur is like the starscream of this show from what I can tell so far since he’s already tried to take over the predacons twice. ruth and I hate the weird bird dinosaur noises he makes. actually we hate when any of the characters make animal noises honestly hbvkjdnsfaksl

waspinator sure is here. he hasn't done much but he’s definitely present! and makes some weird terrible bug noises

blackarachnia just got here and then immediately left, which is hilarious. she saw everyone fighting and was like ‘actually fuck this’ and bounced, which is super valid 

ok I gotta talk abt the animation again vhbahkjsdfhbkjsf its...really painful...I mean it looks great for being 1996, but since its cgi it does NOT hold up at all (compared to 2d animation, which tends to hold up better - tho low-budget stuff like g1 doesn't hold up great, but it looks bad in a much different way than bad old cgi does)

like, I mentioned it above but that fight scene in ep2...there are just so many moments that weren't supposed to be funny but were hilarious due to the animation. like when the two sides run at each other and clash, when they hit each other half of them just fly offscreen like plastic toys vbahsudfbajskdf its SO visually hilarious I rewound it to watch it again lmao 

also anytime they do closeups I cringe so hard, especially on optimus, he just looks so plastic...in general the beast modes looks pretty janky, like cheetors limbs (mostly around the shoulders/hips) look weird af...I feel like rattraps beast mode looks the least wack. beast mode tarantulas also looks weird as hell but I think that's partially bc his colors are so garish lmao

I'm soooo excited to see the stuff that connects beast wars to g1, I know a few things about how its connected thanks to my reading of the g1 tfwiki pages, and I cant wait to see it all unfold

I'm really not spoiled for much, surprisingly...I might know a couple character deaths, and a few other things, but for the most part I have no clue what's going to happen which is really cool actually. I'm excited to see things!!!

[gundam-jones]

tagged by @sablestine

questions questions game!! the rules are: you post the rules, answer the q’s you’re given by the person who tagged you, write 11 q’s of your own and then tag 11 people and the cycle continues thusly! below a cut for length!

1. what’s your go-to self soothing when you feel the anxiety coming on? Typically listening to music or singing? Both help to release tension when i feel it coming on, but if a Loud song comes on my shuffle then that can sometimes make it wors e

2. basil, cilantro, or mint? just two? all? none the above?? All are ok for me depending on what they’re in .3.

3. current special interest/intense fixation? can be media or not! Oh god, right now it’s mostly BNHA and pokemon for me? Some of LL is sprinkled in there too, but its still mostly the former because interest in both hit me like a train this summer whoops

4. become invisible or able to cancel out all noises surrounding you? Canceling noise around me would honestly be so good for recording holy shit

5. favourite transformers character and why? if you’re not familiar with transformers just pick your fave media character and say why! I cant choose anyone from mtmte cause ill just say the whole lost light, but from TFP my fav is Optimus Prime :0 Half is cause he seems like a really mellow character and he’s just generally one of my comfort characters, and the other half is that I’m a predictable bisexual

6. favourite transformers continuity and why? again if not familiar with transformers just pick your fave show and tell why!

Oh god I have no idea? Like I think its a tie between Rescue Bots and MTMTE? Cause MTMTE made me cry and Rescue Bots had a lot of character development I was totally not ready to see in that show? Both also and helped me come to terms with the fact that im really fucking gay too lma 

7. keepin up with any good webcomics? recommend me some! I only keep up like with 2 web comics rn, and one is Check Please! I’ve been reading it since my sophomore year of high school, i feel old. It’s about a guy, bitty, who joins a college hockey team, and there is gratuitous baking and bitty crushing on a dude and sometimes crushing it in hockey? Overall it’s very sweet and genuine I think. No prior hockey knowledge is required to read it since it mostly focuses on the character’s relationships and interactions, but the hockey tidbits that are thrown in are p cool. the progression in art/style/color is really cool to see if ur reading it from the very beginning. i’ve cried like 3 times reading it

8. where do you go when you space out? I have no idea?????? I can never remember when i get out of that headspace

9. what’s your fave meme/the one you think is the funniest? God it keeps changing from day to day, but Advanced Country is good. And Kerchoo is also good, my bros have been saying it ever since cars 3 came out

10. animal that you feel most represents you? Oh god i have no idea. I’m gonna say goat, because you can give me almost anything and I’ll eat it. Also, I’ve been told I can climb things pretty well

11. what seems to help you out when you have art/writing block? Typically reading, watching, or learning new things? They help me get inspired and see some new perspectives to try to put in writing or on paper.

Questions? 1. What’s one song from middle school that you still listen to now? 2. If you could turn into any animal, what would you choose? 3. Were you a dinosaur kid, cat kid, or a horse kid in elementary school? 4. What was your least favorite required book to read in school? 5. Who’s the oc you’ve made most recently? Are they from a particular fandom or an original work? 6. What’s a place you would visit solely because it’s aesthetically pleasing? 7. What was the first video game you played? Do you still like it? 8. What’s the weirdest music video you’ve ever seen? 9. Hoodies or knit sweaters? 10. Do you like baking? If so, what’s your favorite thing to make? 11. If you could get really good at playing any instrument of your choosing overnight, which would you pick?

tagging: @gold-storm, @crudimus @the-ultimate-owl @mangoshota @forgedmedic @red-automaton-viii @redacted-metallum @acidwaste @amagurith @dirgeofthedeep @princess-bedhead @dogfjght

[medicalmurdersaurus]

Three Ounces Of Whoop-Ass

Upon rereading Swoop’s wiki, I have come to a conclusion. Everyone should be thankful that he is an ambitionless, absentminded child because, unless you’re a Phase Sixer, Swoop is canonically capable of turning you into a featureless pile of gore.

He’ll murder Devastator. He’ll murder Megatron. Give him your address and he’ll murder you too.

JUSTICE RAINS FROM ABOVE

From day one, I’ve down played how strong Swoop is. It’d feel wrong (and boring) to have him casually reach over and remove someone’s upper half from their lower half. However, when you look at his canonical actions, he is a mindbogglingly strong gore-machine. 

Here are my 5 favorite #nerfswoop moments.

War of the Dinobots - Swoop & Snarl vs Grimlock, Slag, & Sludge

The older three Dinobots are tricked by the Decepticons into beating up Optimus Prime. Despite being OUTNUMBERED, a FEW HOURS OLD and NOT FIGHTING TO KILL, Swoop and Snarl fight Grimlock, Slag and Sludge to a standstill. 

This isn’t a fluke. A similar standstill happens in Dinobot Island Part 1.

The Cool Episode 3 - Swoop vs Lugnut 

When Lugnut and Soundwave attack Dinobot Island, Lugnut gets WRECKED in a 1v1 with Swoop.

Battle for Earth - Swoop vs Devastator

Swoop shoots Devastator in the face, KILLING Hook and Scrapper instantly. Then, he cuts Mixmaster and Scavenger IN HALF with only his sword and a grin. This actual birdbrain cut Devastator up into goddamn sashimi. 

Decepticon Hijack - Swoop vs Megatron

Swoop shows up mid-battle and Megatron takes a shot at him. The pterodactyl is enraged so he drops a bomb that has the strength of 5,000 pounds of explosives.

Do you know HOW BIG of a boom that is? The Mythbusters used 800 lb of explosives to make a cement truck go away. They used 5,000 lb to make FUCKING DIAMONDS.

I don’t care what anyone says. Megatron died. Unicron would need a dust pan to put him back together.

Battle Drive - Swoop vs Megatron

In this Choose Your Own Adventure book, there is an option to have Swoop attack Megatron, Laserbeak, Blitzwing, Starscream, Bombshell and at least half-a-dozen other Decepticons. In that ending, Swoop takes out Starscream with a missile and then shoots Megatron’s fusion canon, which BACKFIRES and TEARS HIM IN HALF. Without a leader, the Decepticons fall to the Autobots.

You read that right. Swoop turns Megatron to pulp in TWO different books.

The only reason the war hasn’t ended is because no one has told Swoop to rush Decepticon High Command yet. Get on that, Prowl.

MAN, AM I BAD AT MATH

At first, it might sound redundant to hype a Dinobot for being strong. Except there is NOTHING to Swoop. Look at this loser!

Other than movieverse Frenzy, I cannot think of a male Cybertronian character thinner than him. TFP Starscream and Soundwave are definitely close in size but, to me, they look broader in the chest. In the absence of a TFP Swoop, it’s hard to make a definitive call.

Regardless, this boy is TINY. Yet, he tears through Lugnut, Devastator, and Megatron like wet tissue paper. 

AIRSPEED VELOCITY OF AN UNLADEN SWALLOW

Everyone jokes about Skyfire being the Autobot taxis but, as far as I can tell, Swoop is the one hauling everyone around.

Some of Swoop’s passengers aren’t particularly surprising. No one is blown away by the fact he can carry Wasp or Bumblebee. What is shocking is that Swoop can catch and carry other Dinobots.

Who thought this was a good idea? Exactly how much lift do you guys think pteranodons have? Good lord. Those assholes aren’t light!

Swoop has more than raw lifting power too. In his marvel incarnation, Divebomb (pre-Dinobot Swoop) is a member of the Elite Flying Corps, a best of the best Autobot fliers. There are only five spots open to the entire Autobot army and he got in. Booya!

HISTORY HAS ITS EYES ON YOU

Even if Swoop doesn’t actively participate in murdering someone, odds are that he’ll outlive them.

In case you aren’t familiar with the Beast Era cartoons, the short version is that the G1 universe continues until, in the far distant future, Autobots and Decepticons are replaced by their descendants, Maximals and Predacons.

In Tales From The Transformers: Beast Wars: Reaching The Omega Point, an ancient warrior known as the Veteran thinks about how he’s lived long enough to be a figurative dinosaur. The Last Days of Optimus Prime confirms it. This dad-joking asshole is Swoop.

Seriously digest the implications of this revelation.

Swoop is such an UNREAL BADASS that, despite Cybertron’s history basically being nonstop interplanetary wars for millennia, future generations hear “the Veteran” and instantly know who is being discussed.

He isn’t A veteran. He is THE Veteran.

Swoop outlasts basically everyone from the Great War, which means he is a de facto expert on the subject. People are going to give serious consideration to ANYTHING he says about bots and cons who fought in the war. There is no way that he ISN’T intentionally ruining people’s legacies with “fun facts.”

THE FATAL AMERICAN NEED TO HAVE A GOOD TIME

Swoop is harder, better, faster, stronger than the overwhelming majority of Cybertronians. The only reason I mentioned Phase Sixers at the top is because I can’t PROVE that he could take one of them on. But I wouldn’t have thought he could blow Megatron into confetti twice so who really knows?

Swoop could almost certainly bounce around, blowing everyone up into chunky salsa if he felt like it. So why doesn’t he?

IMO, deep down, Swoop just wants to have fun. Murdering everyone, everywhere would require way more work and planning than he cares to put into it. Seriously, this loser forgets that transforming is a thing. He is not a thoughtful person.

There’s no ambition there. Just a desire to have a good time. And thank god that Swoop’s idea of fun involves annoying LIVING people!

[just-someone-online]

Ooh, it's time to ramble about robots!

So I've been thinking about this for a minute and a crossover I think would be interesting is one between Prime and Earthspark. Because up until Predacons Rising, the Transformers of Prime are completely incapable of creating new life outside of cloning. No building robot dinosaurs, no errant Allspark fragments to bring new life into the world, no sparked protoforms waiting to be found by either faction.

As far any of the earthbound Transformers know, they could be the last of their kind.

But then here come these five young - so, so young - Transformers, all brought to life after the war ended. All from a world in which Megatron, the bot who poisoned Cybertron to core in Prime, called the war off. Team Prime probably wouldn't believe it at first. They'd probably think the Terrans' Megatron is playing the long con.

And that's if the Terrans had ended up in the Prime universe. If an Autobot from Prime ended up in Earthspark's universe, could you imagine how much of a trip that would be? Transformers are a known entity to the human race, the war is over, Megatron is working with Optimus and humans. You'd have to wonder if they'd be tempted to stay, just for a little longer.

And yeah, they definitely would see that ES!Earth isn't all it's cracked up to be. They'd see the way Bumblebee and the Terrans are in hiding, or how the rogue Decepticons are forced to fight for scraps in Bot Brawl. And if the TFP gang falls in with ES!Optimus and G.H.O.S.T., at least one of them would find about G.H.O.S.T.'s experiments on the imprisoned Decepticons. It would probably start a debate about whether or not to stay and help the poor bastards before going back to their world.

[astrokea]

I could never ignore these tags:

#rescue bots is so funny in the context of tfp and the greater aligned continuity #dinosaurs are still alive and optimus could turn into one prior to getting blown up with the base #optimus and bumblebee have canonically traveled to the past and to an alternate timeline #mech spent so long trying to build their own transformer only for some semi immortal dickhead to do it on his own with relative ease#triple and *quadruple* changers are canon to the aligned continuity#bumblebee almost succumbed to an alien pathogen and optimus (and maybe ratchet) was the only one who knew#shrink ray technology is canon and it was never used on the decepticons#team prime probably thought they were the last of the autobots but optimus and bee knew at least *nine* other bots on earth#eight if you don't want to count servo#but why wouldn't you count him?#optimus has driven across the sea floor after dramatically declaring he doesn't need a boat#laserbeak canonically becomes an autobot at the end of rescue bots academy

Lowkey, I think one of my favorite little things about Rescue Bots is how we get to learn a little more about Optimus when he shows up. Like, not war stuff or Orion Pax stuff, but just little things about Optimus.

One of his favorite Earth stories is The Little Engine That Could. Does he read in his spare time and if so, how did he find Little Engine?

He tells Heatwave that he has also been learning from humans. What has he learned? The phrase "Nothing much, double dutch." Who the fuck taught him that? My money's on Miko. Jack would not have the audacity to add that to Prime's vernacular.

He has a motherfuckin' rocket powered car carrier capable of hauling four bots. And since Team Prime had four four-wheelers on the team prior to Darkness Rising, you could reasonably assume that he has used it with Cliff, Bee, Bulk, and Ratch

Optimus knows what a pogo stick is. That isn't anything noteworthy, I just think it's funny.

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#rescue bots is so funny in the context of tfp and the greater aligned continuity #dinosaurs are still alive and optimus could turn into one prior to getting blown up with the base #optimus and bumblebee have canonically traveled to the past and to an alternate timeline #mech spent so long trying to build their own transformer only for some semi immortal dickhead to do it on his own with relative ease #triple and *quadruple* changers are canon to the aligned continuity #bumblebee almost succumbed to an alien pathogen and optimus (and maybe ratchet) was the only one who knew #shrink ray technology is canon and it was never used on the decepticons #team prime probably thought they were the last of the autobots but optimus and bee knew at least *nine* other bots on earth #eight if you don't want to count servo #but why wouldn't you count him? #optimus has driven across the sea floor after dramatically declaring he doesn't need a boat #laserbeak canonically becomes an autobot at the end of rescue bots academy

Lowkey, I think one of my favorite little things about Rescue Bots is how we get to learn a little more about Optimus when he shows up. Like, not war stuff or Orion Pax stuff, but just little things about Optimus.

One of his favorite Earth stories is The Little Engine That Could. Does he read in his spare time and if so, how did he find Little Engine?

He tells Heatwave that he has also been learning from humans. What has he learned? The phrase "Nothing much, double dutch." Who the fuck taught him that? My money's on Miko. Jack would not have the audacity to add that to Prime's vernacular.

He has a motherfuckin' rocket powered car carrier capable of hauling four bots. And since Team Prime had four four-wheelers on the team prior to Darkness Rising, you could reasonably assume that he has used it with Cliff, Bee, Bulk, and Ratch

Optimus knows what a pogo stick is. That isn't anything noteworthy, I just think it's funny.