#THIS IS MY TAKE FOR TFP! THUNDERCRACKER

[fancydusk]

Stiff 🧍🏻

I HAVE TO MAKE TWO MORE, OH MY GOD

God, protect me from the designs of the Cybertronians, that I will protect myself from my enemies.

[revelboo]

I just got the secret rare Optimus and thundercracker in the mail today!! Both were sealed so it was so random and the Pic does no justice I love the metallic finish on prime. They're joining scavenger now and I have soundwave coming at the end of the month. Though gettinf thundercracker I fear I need to get skyward and starscream now 😭

I really am digging my grave now. 😩

They’re super addictive and the metallic ones are pretty

Accumulating more and more little guys

18+ Mass displaced mech 🌶️

Bad Idea Pt 16

TFP Soundwave x Reader

• Servos tipping your face up, he dips his helm to gently nudge against your head with his own as his tendrils shift and curl around you, cocooning you protectively in him. And those eyes he’s so fascinated with open when you smile up at him, as if completely at ease with being at his mercy. Trusting him with your body and your mind as he takes advantage of the way you’re intertwined to savor that connection. Still only getting emotions and quick flashes of images, nothing like when he focuses on another Cybertronian, your mind alien and wild, but now achingly familiar. No longer painful and distracting to him like it had been, he likes the feel of you in the back of his processor. Pressing his visor against your warm palm when you reach to cup his face.

• Have you ever been so relaxed afterwards before? Not self conscious or awkward, just oddly light. Smiling when he rubs his visor against your cheek. His silence no longer uncomfortable to you or eerie. Because while he doesn’t speak, he’s never actually silent. You can hear the thrum of his spark, the whisper of his internal systems, and the silken slide of panels brushing each other. “That was amazing,” you whisper. “You’re amazing.” And there’s the awkwardness, but you want him to know you enjoyed it, him. That there’s no regret.

• Watching his little, song bird flush, he offers you the musical note symbol on his visor and startles a laugh out of you, that sound so lovely to him. Insisting, he flashes the icon, tendrils shifting to move you against him. And you moan as his spike slides inside your wet heat. Flashing the icon more insistently as you hide your face against him. “That’s not music,” you protest, rocking your hips in his lap. But it is to him. Your little cries and moans, the chaos of your mind cradled in his, the loveliest things he’s ever experienced. Home.

• Lazily shifting forward, so your back hits the berth as he crouches over you, keeping you suspended in his tendrils, he looks over you. Hooking tendrils around your hips to lift them up, he thrusts against you and your toes curl when he finds the angle he’s looking for and slowly bucks against you. Teasing. His restraint a blessing most of the time, but right now? You want, need, more. Want to see him lose control. “Soundwave,” you whimper.

• Feeling you strain against his gentle restraints as he claims you again, he rolls his hips. You’re going to become an addiction, already have. His sweet, little, song bird, head tossed back crying out for him. Does it bother you that he doesn’t speak? Can’t bring himself to break his vow of silence, can never stop repenting for his mistakes, but needs you to understand how much you mean to him. That he’s keeping you. That you’re his to protect and breed. Thrusts becoming more urgent, rougher as you make those sounds for him, begging for him. Driving deep again and again until you cry out his name.

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[scribe-of-hael]

The Path to Hell is paved with good intentions

I think what is interesting is the drive that is the Autobots and Decpeticons. Mostly the cause of the Decpeticons and Megatron himself.

Alot of the time we see Megatron to be a crazy, battle hungry, warlord whos hel bent of causing destruction, conquering all in his path and who cares only about his goal to rule.

Over the years we have seen many version of Megatron. From silly goofy villain who's somtiems could acutally be a threat like in g1, to pash, cold, cunning like TFA, to being a crazy war lord who is incredibly cruel in TFP.

But these versions are mostly a Megatron who came from fighting, or had no good intentions to begin with besides being selfish or power hungry.

Then you have TFE and IDW/IDW2 (and possibly tf one). A different apprich to a character. Some may say its to make someone who has done cruel things as more sympathetic. But I think adds depth and personality.

Giving more than a crazy leader with silly goons, to a person who genuinely thought at the beginning, "I want things to change, for the better ,because it is broken"

Much howOptimus, the humble data clerk (hate he is a cop in idw tbh) and the hard working miner. Your everyday ppl, going through diffenrt struggles and honestly. I think woukd be fair to say that Orion wouldn't know the struggles of lower level bots that don't even have proper names..

Like D-16. The mech whis become Megatron.

Both Optimus and Megatron i think wnates to see a change , but how they both went about it i what added the conflict.

These two are basically your average everyday people. Megatron was an average everyday person. He wasn't born into the pits, net a warrior. A worker.

I think with alot of cartoon "villains" to we get older and started to see from a adult perspective. "Oh wait they are making sense." And how MESSED up the situation even was to drive these characters to this point.

Its no longer good vs evil, it is two ideals fighting aginst each other. What was once a fight for what these two sides believes in, turned into warfare and blood shed. To the mentality of Megatron being

"I can't trust anyone to right thing, besides me. I am the only one who can fix this, I can lead us."

You know what I could also see Optimus having the SAME mentality when comes to fighting megatron and restoring Cybertron. They are very much two sides of the same coin. I think that's what adds to the conflict between them. Optimus could be one bad day away from becoming Megatron onnthe sense of wanting to control the situation despite what costs just to not se Megatron when.

And you know he HAS done this. Yeeting the allspark for one to not let Megatron have ir but at the cost of Cybteron and its occupance. It was a loose loose situation regardless.

When it comes to alt-modist mentality, this high class vs low class, and the corruption of Cybertron. It is no wonder why so many people believes in the Decpeticon causes.

The reason why I clung so hard to Transformers Earthspark Megatron is because this was a break out from his character. To later learn it definitely took inspo from IDW who explored this character further sealed my admiration for him.

No one in the tf universe is less or more guilty. Both sides have done HORRIBLE things. Experimentation, brutality, killing innocence and their own soldiers just to get the won up. The autobots are not without their own blood shed. Only SOME of the autobots have a bit more regard for life and the planet they sit on. It doenst mean all of them do, and it doenst mean people within the groups around Optimus like it. But because they are painted as good guys we exapect them to.

Its when Decpeticons seem to take an interest in life do I find it way more compelling because it is out of their characteristics. They are the "bad guys"

Knockout being interested in Human cinema

Thundercracker being into writing and making movies

They are still PEOPLE. With interests and hobbies, internal conflicts and hesitations.

To see a Megatron not only fight aginst his own army , but take a human, a HUMAN as a friend that he TRUSTS?! That he gave up his Cybertronian already mode UP FOR?! Thats a bug FUCKING deal.

Just the contrast to TFW Megs to say TFP. Tfp depsite it beingbbetter for camouflage NEVER changes his alt mode. He is never willing to acutally change, he is so deeply rooted in what he is, who he is. What he is doing. That he is unwilling to change to the surroundings. No the surrounding will change BECAUSE of him.

While TFE realized a change was needed to fix things, to work together, to show I AM CHANGING, I WANT TO DO THE RIGHT THING.

This is not a Slander Optimus rant or a WOW Megatron is such a great guy essay.

Was mostly me rambling.

[weirdlookingsnakewithlegs]

Its me. The Fuck you guy (sun anon) ANYWAY!!!! TF RETRIBUTION TIME!!!!! its the last of 3? prequel novels for tfp the fates of thundercracker and skywarp are as follows: Skywarp is set to do uhh something with a bomb idk i skimmed it just to see what happened to them. But it turns out Starscream had set him up, because what was supposed to be 10 seconds was now 1 second, so Skywarp had to perform a panic teleport (which was VERY dangerous). He barely escaped the blast but was extremely injured, spewing smoke and debris as he was about to crashland...into the ocean. He was injured even more once he hit the water and his systems were failing, and he was eaten alive by Gnaw (sharkticon commander).

Later on in the fic, Optimus and Megatron are on trial held by the Quintessons for um. Something i dont remember sorry. but both autobots and decepticons alike are captured including Thundercracker and presumably Starscream as well. Everyone that testifies against Optimus is brainwashed by the Quintessons, and soon the Quintessons find ALL cybertronians guilty (deemed 'innocent') of "destruction of public property, criminal mayhem, high treason, war crimes, and galactic blasphemy", and sentence them to an execution.

Skywarp is among those brainwashed, but he comes back...different. Gnaw spits him out and only his torso and head remain. His dialogue (including stuff with the prosecutor and Gnaw) as follows:

“Before the peace conference began, Optimus Prime approached me,” he said in a monotone. “He told me that if I killed Megatron, I could be the new leader of the Decepticons. He provided me with a bomb and schematics of the Temple of Peace. As you can see from my sorry state, he tried to double-cross me and set off the bomb while I was planting it. He is a ruthless killer, a deceiver of the lowest kind.”

“Whereas you are just a ruthless killer,” said the prosecutor. Skywarp said nothing. He probably hadn’t been given any more lines to say. “Take him away.” The Sharkticon scooped the pieces of Skywarp up into his mouth and left, and the prosecutor turned back to the judges."

Brawl and Ramjet are sentenced to the execution first. They are forced out of their cages and end up falling hundreds of feet below into a pit filled with water. They find they can stand up, but nothing lasts forever.

The next scene is as follows: "Suddenly, multiple hatches in the walls opened up and hundreds of ravenous Piranhacons poured in. It was like a wave of nothing but razor-sharp teeth; Brawn and Ramjet barely had time to scream before they were pulled beneath the water.

A few more moments and oil slicks rose to the surface."

Mind you that all of this is *broadcasted* across 5 screens for everybody to see.

It is implied Thundercracker had also suffered the same fate. ("Gnaw had been the one assigned to carry Skywarp’s parts into the courtroom. He was happy that he could swallow again and even happier now that Thundercracker’s screams were echoing from the speakers.")

Starscream is the only survivor of his trine left.

Good morning I literally just woke up-

But that’s an extremely interesting dive into it(haha pun), I can imagine the shock that comes with the broadcast and Starscream’s realization of what he’s done settling in, the dread of demise clawing its icy grip onto his spark chamber.

Also I know barely anyone cares about the coneheads but poor Ramjet having to spend his final moments with Brawl(I’m kidding I love Brawl with all my heart). It makes me wonder how Dirge and Thrust reacted to his execution.

How Starscream felt seeing his seekers die.

[brandwhorestarscream]

Reincarnation au

Do you know which of the (several) moments from this au could be turned into mini fics(i mean, they already are¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯)? The trine elite moments, more precisely when Star has his seekerlings(trineshipp here)

They are with the rest of the aerie/air force, discussing the chaos of the last few weeks, sharing theories and even commenting about their own litters(discussions about the best nests, names, etc.)Ss is talking with sunstorm and slipstream and TC is on a couch, writing, while SW participates in the competition

Of course the sparklings that the winglord carries decided to be the first to be born

The first two are very similar to their mother, and each other (tfe and cyberverse), except for a few details, the third(Tfa) is larger, with darker colors that no one is sure where it came from.The fourth (IDW) is the biggest and Hook swears that he was never insulted by the SIC as much as he was at that day

It's the fifth one that leaves the constructicons silent at a worrying speed, until scrapper lets out a "he's gray"

Star has to be held back by a pale TC, due to how quickly he stood up shouting a "what do you mean gray?!"

(I'm going to contain myself here, I've already left enough for the rest)

[I'm happy with how much I got, but I don't want to leave you without much to say]

Daaaw I love this. Starscream being thrown headfirst into parenthood is always a treat, though with the way this is written it sounds like he was aware he was carrying? I'm guessing after a certain threshold of stealth cycles, both autobots and decepticons decided to scan everyone in their ranks to root out any more surprise bitties.

As a result the seekers are all up in arms preparing for the new arrivals, and Starscream's delivery is met with much fanfare. The vosians are a critically endangered species, after all: every new life is precious. Star has... a lot of complicated feelings about his impending motherhood, but ultimately I think he's proud. When the fifth one comes out gray he's already so high strung and in such pain he just... starts sobbing. Covers his face with his servos and starts bawling, wailing for it not to be true, cursing Primus and Hook and everyone else that could possibly be responsible. "Don't do this to me! Don't you dare! Don't take my sparkling, don't you dare!" Thundercracker has both arms around him and his wings are already at their lowest position in mourning, while Skywarp is looking on in horror, shaking his head and whispering no no no no no no...!

"I've got a sparkpulse!" Scavenger suddenly announces jovially, one huge finger pressed to the newborn's chassis. "Wait, wait, he's not dead!"

Hook immediately rushes to get the bitty into emergency care: if he's completely gray that means death is breathing down his neck, but if his spark is still pulsing then there's a chance. Tells Mixmaster to take over on baby catching duty because seekers always birth in threes, and while he's loading little TFP Star into an incubator, the 6th and final baby, Armada Star, is born

In the aftermath, the little gray one turns out to be just fine. His spark is strong and healthy, though his tiny scrawny body and gray color scheme is extremely worrying. Starscream has a tendency to coddle and spoil that one, very rarely putting him down and watching him with eagle eyes, fit to panic if bitty falls down or bumps into a table leg. Everyone kinda walks on eggshells around the little guy, just because he looks like he's one strong wind away from keeling over dead. He looks damn near skeletal compared to his siblings, and with no color at all he resembles a zombie. Starscream and the rest of the aerie worry about him so, so much, but he's every bit as determined and capable as his brothers. He's definitely a bit of a mama's boy and will milk his carrier's attention to use to his advantage 🤭

[emotionallyattachednerd]

IDEAS AND PROMPTS

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Imposter | TP Wheeljack/Makeshift x f!robot reader

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Hi can you write Tarn x female cybertronian reader (smut) thanks if you do

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yandere

yandere (plural yanderes) (chiefly Japanese fiction) A character, usually a girl, who has an obsessive and possessive side in regards to their crush, ready to use violent and murderous means to maintain an exclusive bond.

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Reader's sparkling is taken by their sire, Starscream, and with no other choice she goes back to the life she was trying to get away from.

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⬇️ Writing Own Work Queue ⬇️

Play Nice | Cyberverse Dead End x f!robot reader

Storm's Heat Part 2 | IDW Drift/Deadlock x f!robot reader

Shattered Mirror | IDW x SG | NSFW 18+

Prompts

creativepromptsforwriting

Sixteen Sinful Sentences

"Oh, is that how you like it?"

"You are such a tease!"

"No touching right now. That comes later."

"Think you can handle that?"

"You're so very tempting..."

"How do you like that?"

"I don't think you've had enough already."

"Someone should punish you for that."

"You can be a bit rougher if you want."

"I want you to be louder, my love."

"Please, mark me."

"Tell me exactly what you want."

"I want to make you mine."

"Yes, please keep doing that."

"The night's definitely not over yet."

"I believe I could make you do it."

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“Just close your eyes. I will still be here when you open them again.”

“Sure, you can use me as a pillow.”

“I’d come for you. No matter what, when you need me, I will be there.”

“Can you walk? I’d be happy to carry you.”

“This is not who you are. I know you better than that.”

“I know, it hurts. I’m so sorry, but we have to get this out.”

“You can hold my hand.”

“The nightmares are just an illusion. I’m really here.”

“Tell me to stay and I will be here for as long as you’ll have me.”

“It’s okay to be afraid sometimes.”

“Just keep breathing. In and out. You’re doing great.”

“You don’t have to be strong all the time.”

“It’s alright. I’m not going to let go.”

“Show me where it hurts.”

“If you don’t know where to go, you can always come here.”

“You can go to sleep now. I will keep watch.”

“Hey, listen to me. You’re safe. Nothing is going to hurt you.”

“I want you to know that it’s okay to cry.”

“Take all the time you need.”

“If you feel safer with me being there, you know I will always be there.”

“Just look at me. Forget everything else.”

“They won’t take you away from me ever again.”

“You need to keep your eyes open. Just a little longer.”

“Don’t let your fears dictate your life.”

“I’m going to ask you how you are and I would like you to answer me honestly.”

Pairings from lonetile

IDW!Kaon

IDW!Ultar Mgsuna aka Minimus Ambus

G1!Skywarp and G1!Thundercracker

IDW!Megatron

IDW!Swerve

TFP!Predaking

Something Reckless Part 2 ❙ ES Breakdown x f!human reader ❙ NSFW 18+

Earthspark Breakdown X f!human reader . Something Recless Part 2 Breakdown is struggling through PTSD and reader wants to help.

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TFP - Shockwave x f!robot reader - Non-con

TFP - synth!Ratchet x reader

TFP - Megatron x f!robot reader - Dub-con

TFP - Knock Out x Breakdown x f!robot reader - Dub-con

TFP - Wheeljack X f!human reader Strip Tease - Inspiration

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IDW - Decepticon Deadlock x f!human reader - Dub-con Reader is Deadlock's pet. She's safe with him and he's protective over her. She knows it wrong to feel this attached to him but she can't help herself. He likes to play with her, at first she tries to resist it, but eventually lets him, because she can't resist his touches or the pleasure he gives her. Also it keeps him happy, and it's always better when he's happy.

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IDW - Tarn x f!robot reader - Non-con Reader offers herself to save a good friend of hers who was on their list. Tarn accepts. Instead of punishment though, she's kept as his personal pleasure bot.

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IDW - Misfire x f!robot x Fulcrum

IDW - Kup x f!robot

IDW - Skywarp x f!human reader - Non-con Baced on the 2023 comic of Skywarp chasing a human.

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G1 - Seekers x f!robot reader prisoner - Non-con

G1 Soundwave X f!robot reader

G1 Starscream X f!human reader - Non-con

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EARTHSPARK

Sorry Brother ❙ NSFW ❙ Breakdown x F/reader x Past Bumblebee

Bumblebee and reader use to date, but he left her to keep her safe from Ghost, but she didn’t know this and is hurt. Breakdown looks out for her, being her best friend that turns into something more. After the mandroid events Bumblebee explains and apoligizes to reader, which she accepts and wants to be friends, but Bumeblebee still loves her. One day he goes to see her, only to walk in on her and Breakdown interfacing. Only Breakdown saw and Bumblee left in a hurry. Afterwards Breakdown finds him and explains. They argue, but they’re still brothers, right? Bumblebee is hurt, but he doesn’t blame Breakdown, he blames himself for screwing up. He tells him to take care of reader, no matter what, and if he veer hurt her he’ll come after him, in which Breakdown responces with sorry brother, we good? Yeah, we’re good.

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Reunion ❙ NSFW ❙ Swindle x f!robot reader x Hardtop

Word count:

Warnings: Threesome, smut, valueplug and oral. NSFW 18+

Notes: This came through an anon ask, however silly me deleted that ask. This was something completely different but I rathered enjoyed it. So anon, hope you like and thanks for sending in your ask.

When the humans managed to track you down and capture you, you never thought such small organics could overpower you, yet they did. Being in hiding on a planet you were stuck on wasn’t really much

“Now, sweet spark, how about you come snuggle with us now?” Swindle sugested, patting the free space between him and Hardtop.

You’ve missed your favourite mechs so much. Crawling over, you settle yourself between them, allowing their servos to still roam across your sensitive frame while you let out a delightful purr.

“I’m a pretty lucky femme.” You say through a gentle voice.

“And we’re two pretty lucky mechs.” Hardtop added.

Indeed, very lucky.

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[munibani]

@spilled-energon sent: "I could keep you safe. They're all afraid of me." (@ Rumble from my G1 or TFP Soundwave. You choose!)

It was the start of it all once again, both of the cassette tapes doing their work as normal, doing whatever was needed that Soundwave had asked of them. It felt good to know they were helpful despite their size, they were part as the cause just like anyone else, but some seem to think otherwise.

Some like that damn seeker, Skywarp. Nothing good ever comes when that moxy turkey comes around to mess with them both. And what would you know he did just that. Something about how it should be a BIGGER bots job to do it then some small fries. That did it because Frenzy was the first to leap to tackle the seeker on the ground, not long after Rumble too had joined in his brother to fight.

With lead to not only Thundercracker running to break them three apart, and for them to go back to Soundwave. Both of them arguing with the seeker that he wasn't in charge, that he can't tell them what to do. It was a pointless to try & get them to leave, angry on the disrespect that was always targeted at them.

One thing led to another on both tapes were with Soundwave, angry, confused, & most important disappointed that they couldn't prove their worth to just about anyone. "It's not fair though Soundwave! They might be scared of you, but they take one look at us & we become the joke of it all!" Rumble huffed as he sat down on the ground. "You always protect us, everyone respects you, but no one respects us!"

Rumble exhaled as he pressed his digits together, a habit he seemed to pick up when it came to him stressing out. Each digit moving together to press together before letting go & him repeat it. "When are they going to treat us with the same respect as you?"

[novafire-is-thinking]

Transformers Robot Husband Poll: MBTI Types

A few of you have seen me mention this special interest of mine, but the rest of you are new. Hello, and welcome. I’d like to talk about our Round Three* contenders in light of personality typology, specifically the MBTI theory based on Jungian typology.

(*Why 3 instead of 4? Because I’d planned to post this yesterday and already had those characters listed.)

Yes, I’m aware this is classified as a pseudoscience. Yes, I put a questionable amount of stock in it. Now you see why I’d get along with Drift so well. 😛 This post is for fun, so please don’t take it as seriously as I am unless you’re genuinely curious. The main goal of this post is to present some interesting observations related to the correlation between who are most desirable fictional husbands and their MBTI types. That’s it. A TL;DR is at the end for the Blurrs among you. Anyway, here we go:

While I’m sure most of you have at least heard of MBTI, you should know that it’s not just the four-letter dichotomies: I vs. E, T vs. F, etc. I won’t bore you with the details; I just want you to be aware that mainstream culture has watered down the theory to a four-letter code when there’s far more complexity beneath the surface. Cognitive functions, function axes, etc.

Without further ado, here are the contenders from Round Three (the versions I know best) and what I think each one’s most likely type is:

Cyclonus - ISTJ (IDW)

Whirl - ESTP (IDW)

Misfire - ENTP (IDW)

Ratchet - ISTJ (IDW, TFP, TFA)

Heatwave - ESTJ (Rescue Bots)

Knockout - ESTP (TFP)

Drift - INFP or INFJ (IDW) / ISTJ (RiD15)

Breakdown - ISFP (TFP)

Shockwave - INTJ (IDW, Cyberverse) / INTP (TFP)

Skids - ENTP (IDW)

Soundwave - ISTJ (TFP, IDW, G1) / ISTP (Cyberverse)

Starscream - ENTP (TFP, IDW, G1)

Wheeljack - ISTP (TFP) / ENTP (Cyberverse)

Blaster* - ESFP (G1)

Perceptor - INTP (IDW, Cyberverse, G1)

Jazz* - ESFP or ENFP (G1, RiD15)

Skyfire* - INFJ? (G1)

Tarantulas - ENTP (IDW)

Thundercracker* - ENTP? (G1)

Brainstorm - ENTP (IDW)

Swindle - ENTP (TFA)

*I just skimmed their TFwiki page and guessed.

Bold text means I’m certain of my conclusion.

“What does all of it mean though?”

Well, it tells me that the fandom really loves their xNTPs and xSTJs. You may have no idea what that means on a detailed level, and that’s fine. The short version is that people either love down-to-earth guys who are dependable and know how to get stuff done or the funny guys who have a nerdy, creative, or rebellious streak. This is obvious just from looking at the results and tags, but it’s interesting to me that the overall trends can also be seen through the lens of MBTI.

Now, for the fun part: I’m expecting the semifinal contenders to be Cyclonus, Knockout, Soundwave, and Jazz. Their respective types are ISTJ, ESTP, ISTJ, and ESFP (or ENFP). Once again, opposing temperaments. (i.e. ISxJ vs. ESxP)

Furthermore, the projected finalists are Cyclonus and Soundwave—both of whom are ISTJs. The conclusion is that, despite the appeal of the xNxP guys, ISTJ characters are more likely than any other type to be seen as good husband material, which lines up perfectly with the general stereotypes associated with ISTJs.

TL;DR - The majority of the fandom agrees that ISTJ characters are peak (stereotypical) husband material, and a deeper look at the type would reveal that they are absolutely correct.

[mollyencrypted]

I need a version of the TFP Orion Pax arc with Thundercracker and Skywarp present, because it would pretty much be TC and 'Orion' doing an extended riff on the Mitchell and Webb 'Are We The Baddies?' skit for three episodes whilst Megatron scrambles to figure out what the step between 'get my amnesiac ex to move back in with me by convincing him my obviously evil minions on my obviously evil starship are totally legit actually' and 'profit!!!' was supposed to be and Airachnid does her best Starscream impression by taking advantage of his distraction to poison his morning fuel. (This doesn't do shit to him because he's so fucked up from the evil space meth that there is nothing he can consume that would make his situation any worse except possibly Thermite. Also, Soundwave switched the cubes whilst nobody was looking.)

'Orion' and Thundercracker are really starting to doubt that this is what a healthy and productive working environment looks like.

[cosmics-beings]

What are your thoughts on the other Seekers? Out of curiosity! :-)

OOOH i actually like them, I'm just learning more about them. About like 15-20 year ago i got into tf because of tf armada so i knew more about the seekers then ---but it's been such a long time since i watched in and tfp barely had the others in there.

but i'm looking at other tf material (idw comics, earth spark, im getting into cyberverse rn!) and so far i love them as a dynamic. so far, my faves (other than THEE starscream) are thundercracker, novastorm, i LOVE slipstream, acidstorm and skywarp. thundercracker is kinda my fave just because him being a writer and film director resonates with me.

slip stream in cyberverse is also my fave next to him not only because i like her voice , but just her personality.

earth spark made me like those version of skywarp and novastorm which is why i wanted to throw hands when one of them was killed off screen.

as for seeker thoughts--i'm just gonna jot some hcs/thought i have!!

in my aus they are actually all siblings or consider themselves siblings. this question is like a worm hole for me because i've been like coming up with seeker lore and content to put in my fics, and my personal hcs is that seekers mostly see themselves as siblings.

i also hc that some seekers also worship a very old cybertronian faith/deity. She is a goddess and in their belief she was one the first cybertronians who could naturally fly. since seekers were constructed from a cold spark and were manufactured for a certain purpose, worshiping a goddess makes a lot of them feel more like 'normal' cybertronians and makes them feel connected to something bigger than themselves. Not all of them worship this religion but many of them do.

All Seekers are born with a Vossonian accent, which is just similiar to Starscream's, and English like accent. But it can be different dialects depending on where in Vos said seeker is from, stays in (so like northern english, irish, forms of welsh, scottish). Tho most of the hide their accents when they leave vos because they are strong. but i also hc that all their humanformers form/or the forms they take if they're attempt to pretend to be human are black-that's just personal preferences lol.

Lgbt+/queerness is a huge thing in seeker communities as well. So Starscream is not at all out of the ordinary in seeker traditions.

Seekers also are anti-divorce, even the less religious ones. Family is also a huge thing to them. If they perform marriage rituals--you'd better just stay with them. They love their children, their spouses, etc., and would do anything for them. Once they are married or have children/sparklings then their coding is overrided to the point where they are dangerously over protective. Seekers also aren't supposed to/aren't built for sparklings but many of them just ignore that and have them anyway.

seekers modify themselves a lot, and are seen as the more fashion inclined cybertronians. because of the cold spark and looking so similar, seekers to change their appearances if they can, or even modify how they look to fit the idea they have of themselves (starscream did this in tfp in my aus). they also like to wear forms of clothing (scarves, dresses, shoes, make up, etc.) more than others.

Seekers LOVE to take grounders flying if they can.

OOH this is a lot for this ask, I have so many more hcs so if you wanna ask some more you can!!

i wanna re-watch G1 to get more lore!

[deathstar-the-starscream-clone]

Masterpost of the DeathStar House:

[Mod Here! Before I get into character this Ask/RP Blog is for my OC and her Variants: DeathStar. DeathStar is a clone version of StarScream who gets overlooked for simply being a clone him. Now let’s get this ball rolling!!]

Greetings humans of this planet, I’m DeathStar. Well The Original DeathStar, I’ll talk about the other in a moment. So yea, I’m DeathStar, I’m a Clone of StarScream. I took his place as Second in Command because my Screamer finally croaked so I was created as a backup. Unfortunately due to my predecessors history, I am not well liked despite being VERY different from him. Only individuals who acknowledge me and treat me as a person and not just a clone are TC and ‘Warp… Uh! I’m gonna stop myself before I go on a Tangent, so I’ll take about the other version of me.

I’ll simplify for now but at some I’ll go into more detail:

This is LD (Liar’s Dice/Bad End), she’s a version of me that succumbed to their “Inner StarScream”, so she’s kind of a bully but it’s all really a mask they use to cope, they’re just me but just a mean girl…In the Heathers way [LD is Below]

Next is Desolate. She’s me from the Future and has to work with a bigger pain in the aft than Megatron. I feel bad but seeing them makes me feel cautious about my own future. They’re a very bitter individual about what happened to them and not very trusting, she can be hostile but not as much as before [Desolate is Below]

Then there’s… Lémures, they’re me but….dead, apparently Megatron’s paranoia got the better of him and shot them. She honestly took the death in stride and they mostly spend their afterlife watching over Thundercracker, Skywarp, and SkyFire [Lémures is Below]

Up next is Pierrot! She’s from a different universe than mine. TFA is what it’s called. In that universe she’s actually (what’s ever left) of Screamer’s Mortality. So they tend to be a bit… erratic or stressed [Pierrot is Below]

Then we have… Maddie or Soluna, she likes both names and doesn’t care which is used, kind of like you humans with pronouns. Anyways, she’s from a separate timeline of Pierrot’s where Ultra Magnus went absolutely crazy, forced the science division to create a gas that turn almost everyone as crazy as him, those with strong wills can resist it but it still has lingering effects. Which is why if Maddie is overwhelmed they’re prone to laugh filled violent outbursts…kinda creepy and sad, we all just hope their Ratchet finds a cure soon. [Soluna is below]

Don’t be alarmed or concerned for them, that’s just Midnight. Also from a divergent timeline of Pierrot’s. In this one StarScream had found something we called Black Energon and basically caused an infection to both Decepticon and Autobots on Earth. Just to get revenge on Megatron. Midnight was brought back to life because of the black energon, the stuff is basically harmless if the one infected by it doesn’t have unsavory desires [Midnight is Below]

And to wrap up the Pierrot timelines is… Drama! A triplechanger version of Pierrot, they didn’t choose to be one. They keep on their “Happy Face” or Comedy Mask on a lot and rarely show Tragedy or their “Sad Face”, they repress a lot of their emotions by just staying on their Comedy face. They also do it to repress and never let out Insanity, we’ve never seen that face but Comedy and Tragedy don’t like talking about that side of her… [Drama is Below]

Now here’s another version of me from another but very different timeline from mine or Pierrot. This one is TFP or Flowers. She’s kinda shy and not as talkative but she’s been learning to up more. Also has better pull than the rest of us, she has two partners and one’s a Predacon! I am SO jealous! [Flowers is Below]

And now this unhappy ball of misery is Thorns (Bad Ending Flowers) She became very bitter after the constant singling out from the Autobots no matter what she did to aid them in helping end the war. They’re honestly way more patience than the StarScream of that Universe as they took the Methodical approach and struck fear into the Prime and Megatron… None of us particularly like Thorns because they have a tendency to antagonize others like LD but when they do it…it way more invasive so she stays with Madame until they’ve healed a bit [Thorns is Below]

Now for the gentle giant, DragonLily. She’s Flowers but as a predacon, she’s one of the surviving few predacons Shockwave made before the Autobots blew up the lab. Scarred her face but she lived. They’re pretty skittish and avoid any form of conflict if they can help it [Dragonlily is Below]

Now this little slag. We nicknamed them Terror because that’s what they are. She’s actually pretty cognizant despite still desperately craving energon. She’s pretty quiet and usually only comes out to eat or hangs around Raven (I’ll get to them in a bit) [Terror is Below]

This. Is The Vessel. She gave up her spark to the chaos god Unicron, they were surprisingly granted autonomy but they still hear the voice of Unicron, Vessel is rather cruel but shockingly protective of things they claim as theirs [Vessel is Below]

Here’s this shy and antsy seeker. Derelict. She’s me from the IDW Universe, one of the few that get to live a post war life…not a great one though. They were created by Shockwave but never finished and it messes with their mental health, not to mention their StarScream is still alive and actively hates her existence [Derelict is Below]

Paladin here is the only version of us who has actually fought the Prime and got the bragging rights of living afterwards but no one in their Universe respects them or acknowledges that. That Devastation Universe has no respect for such an interesting feat [Paladin is Below]

Ah….Scarlet, she's an interesting character. They're me but from the EarthSpark Universe, they're a clone of sorts. A Chaos Terran I believe is what they call themselves since they were created from the remnants of chaos energy for the cyber-sleeve their StarScream created to from Emberstone to control a Titan. They are still connected to StarScream so they can feel his visceral rage and hatred towards them, which causes a lot of emotional distress but they hide it well (most of do). They didn’t have the best luck with the Maltos and went into hiding in the Autobots Base. They still haven’t attempted to talk to the Autobots for many reasons and one is the shared fear of Megatron and being imprisoned. [Scarlet is Below]

Ah…she’s the newbie and besides Derelict, older than the rest of us. Don’t know much about their timeline but I can see in their eyes. The hatred and burning rage that dwells beneath their neutral surface. Which is fair, they’ve definitely been through from what their demeanor tells me. [Ire is below]

Oh! Here’s Raven by the way. She’s from a very different Universe, where Decepticons are techno-organic beast like creatures. From what Raven has shared, her world is within a deep mystical forest that she and other creatures protect, villagers fear them due to other creatures going down a path of terror and destruction but she and others of the nest she was adopted into protect villagers from “The Disgraced” as they put it. Since the village elders thought sacrifices would keep the disgraced away from them [Raven is Below]

Aside from Raven, Dispel is the only fully organic version of me. She’s me if I went to one of the many human interpretations of damnation or Hell. They’re a fallen angel, who once was an Exorcist, killing demons left and right until they had been cast out and stripped of their wings. Now they do odd jobs in Hell just have some money and a place to live [Dispel is Below]

Now I know in the picture there’s two of them but let me explain. They’re the same DeathStar, the taller one with the battle mask and “I have nothing left to lose” aura about them is the future version of the shorter one. The shorter one with the optic patch is Devoid. Devoid is from a universe where Optimus became the bad guy and no not like that Shattered Glass Universe, Orion just went of her rocker and became a greedy psychotic tyrant. Devoid was forced to work under her and dear Primus… Not my story to tell but she messed them up…

Now this is where Reapera (Taller one) comes in, she’s the future version of Devoid who became Prime after the unfortunate death of her Megatron…only version of us that had a Megatron that gave scrap about a DeathStar. The death of Megatron is what fueled Devoid on their path of leadership and ending the war once and for all. [Devoid (left) and Reapera Prime (right) are below]

Finally, Toughie. We call her that because she had to endure years of abuse from Megatron X, not physically but emotionally and mentally X messed her up. She’s quiet but also snappish, she’s also the only other version of me that gets to live a post War like and unlike the Hell Derelict has to endure, Toughie actually gets support and help…they just need to work on asking [Toughie is Below]

And that’s all of us. Didn’t realize how of me there was until I really thought about it and explained.

Now moving on we have some rules for this blog:

Don’t pester any of us for a drawn out backstories if we don’t feel like sharing

Don’t take out any of your grievances with StarScream out on us. We aren’t him. RESPECT THAT.

Don’t be overly rude or pushy

Also we know a select few of you find Seekers attractive…Don’t weird about it though

Now navigating this Blog might be a tussle so here let me- [Mod taking over again, sup!]

Navigation: Deathly Scrolls is for Reblogs, Soaring Wings is for Stories, Nephi Approaches is for me the Mod, Asked and Answered is for Asks.

[That’s all folks!]

[revelboo]

Not a request. Just wanted you to know that your TFP Shockwave fic reminds me of the song Nothing by Emilie Autumn.

It's about a Victorian Doctor who experiments on the women in his asylum but gets attached and obsessed with one. I thought you might like it. Love your work as always and I hope you are taking care of yourself. Happy Holidays 💜

Ooh that’s delightfully unsettling. He definitely has an obsession growing

Thundercracker is next up if I don’t get too busy.

Point Of Extinction Pt 8

TFP Shockwave x Reader

• Head lowering, he watches you eat and his servos flex. Wanting to reach out as illogical as it is, wanting to find comfort in the warmth of you. To chase those daydreams of another life, another self that nag at him more insistently every day. Like the answers are right there, he just doesn’t know how to get to them. Because in those memories, there are answers that he needs. As confusing as you. Your emotions so mercurial he has trouble understanding them, but he wants to. Like this. Asking him if he’d like to share a meal even though neither of you can consume the other’s fuel. He doesn’t understand it, but he’d still agreed. Sipping his energon as his antenna flick every time you move where you’re sitting on his desk.

• You’re not sure why you’d bothered to ask him to eat with you except that he’d seemed more agitated than usual. Armor plating panels flared slightly to make you think of an upset cockatiel. Something you’re never admitting to him. And sitting with you, he’d calmed some. “Want to talk about it?” You ask, fidgeting as that single optic washes you in its red glow when he tips his head toward you. You don’t find him terrifying all the time anymore after what he’s done to the deer, but you can’t forget it either. It haunts your sleep sometimes, dreaming that you’re the one on the gurney. He’s not safe and he’s a bit unsettling even when you don’t think he’s trying to be, but you don’t think he wants to hurt you. But you could just be lying to yourself. “About whatever you were upset about?” You add since he’s still staring, antenna lowering.

• Why do you want to know? Looking for weakness to exploit? Head tipping as he tries to figure out your motivation, your shoulders hunch and you turn your attention back to your food with a mumbled ‘never mind.’ Or are you genuinely concerned about him? End of his cannon tapping gently against his thigh, he reaches to hook a servo around your middle and pull you around to face him, hearing your sharp inhale. “My experiments keep failing. They die.” And he can’t understand why. Something about organic life fighting being terraformed. Being fixed.

• Considering you’re also an experiment, that’s not exactly what you want to hear. He’s not hurt you, though. Still scans you regularly and makes notes, but whatever he’s subjecting his other lab animals to, you’ve been spared so far. You just don’t know why he saved you. “What exactly are you trying to do?” Because you don’t want it to be only that he’s that callous. That this is all for nothing other than macabre curiosity. There has to be a reason. Otherwise this is all just madness, barely leashed violence masquerading as science.

• Servos brushing your side, hooking against your neck to tilt your chin up, you catch at his servos with those little, soft hands. Frightened again even though he’s not trying to startle you. “Recreate home,” he says and your eyes widen. Can you understand how important this is? Or is it as elusive to you as understanding why he’d culled you from his experiments? Because sometimes he thinks the answer to unraveling his past lies in you. He’s just not sure if the only way to get to it is to take you apart piece by piece.

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[villy-apolly]

I'm very confused why people assume Soundwave accidentally murdered one of his allies. Let alone... saying it was one of his kids? Ik bee made that joke, and rumble isn't present in the show yet, but yknow who else isn't here? Thundercracker. We don't assume he's dead yet, do we?

Now don't get me wrong, if u like the headcanon then by all means, have a blast. It's a hc that has some interesting implications for bee and Soundwave n such. My issue comes w the people who clearly genuinely r taking "rumble is dead" as canon fact and rolling with it, when need I remind u, the tone of the show does NOT warrant that.

Yes, the show isn't rescue bots but it's not tfp either. It's a wholesome story with interesting commentary about the decepticons n autobots so far. Doesn't give ppl an excuse to be GENUINELY upset at the writers for something the FANDOM made up (most likely as a fun idea to play with).

I wanted to rant cuz it seemed silly to me.

(My opinion on yhe actual headcanon tho, I think Soundwave killing an ally because he was on low energon and tried to eject is rlly more of a comedic death than anything lmao)

[seeker-of-the-stars]

Tfp Soundwave and Shockwave meet Cyberverse Soundwave and Shockwave

Okay, this request has been sitting in my inbox for a very long time, but here you go! 

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"I still don't understand why you think it would be a productive use of our time to go to an alternate dimension, fascinating as the discovery might be," Shockwave asked Soundwave as he stepped out of the portal.

Soundwave didn't answer, but instead continued to walk forward. Huffing, Shockwave followed him. It wasn't often he let himself get annoyed, or angry, or happy, or feel any other strong emotion that could potentially distract him from his work. But he hated not being in the know. It was his job to be in the know.

Still, Soundwave was one of the few bots who's judgement he trusted, cryptic as he might be at times.

Wordlessly, he followed Soundwave as the Decepticon intelligence officer headed towards what looked like a giant spaceship. The fact that it was painted purple and even had a Decepticon insignia on the door made it not hard to guess who it belonged to.

“You’ve met the Decepticons of this world? You knew they would be here?”

Soundwave turned his blank faceplate towards him and nodded. There was a code lock on the door, and before Shockwave could ask how they planned on getting in, Soundwave pulled out one of his extra appendages (Knock Out called them tentacles, whatever that was) and unlocked the door with two clicks.

As they made their way through the ship, Shockwave couldn’t help but notice how different the atmosphere was compared to the Nemesis. Back at home, everyone onboard was constantly rushing to get something done and only spoke in hushed tones, especially the lower ranking ‘Cons and drones. But these bots, they were all comfortably chatting with one another as if they didn’t have a care in the world. 

It was so unproductive. He didn’t understand how Megatron could allow such a thing.

As he was lost in his thoughts, a blue Seeker rushed towards him.

“Shockwave, sir. I need to report-” the Seeker did a double take as he looked at him and his partner for a second time. 

“You look... different. And who is this?” he asked, pointing towards Soundwave.

“None of your concern,” came Soundwave’s rarely used, raspy voice. He saw the blue Seeker look visibly startled. “Take us to Soundwave.”

The Seeker looked at Shockwave in question, who nodded.

“Yes, well, right this way sir.”

The two continued to follow the Seeker through several hallways until they came across two steel doors with yet another lock code on them, along with an intercom.

“Soundwave,” the Seeker said. “Shockwave and... a guest want to see you.”

A tired sigh came through the com. “Bring them in, Thundercracker.” 

The doors creaked open revealing a lab, much like his own back home, and a boxy blue bot with a cassette player in his chassis. Alongside him was a bot that looked almost identical to him, aside from a smaller optic atop his main optic, and being a slightly brighter purple.

“Wait, what?” The Seeker who he assumed was Thundercracker cried, looking back and forth at him and his counterpart. “How are there two of you?!”

“This is a private matter, Thundercracker,” the other Soundwave said, his brow furrowing. “And you will not speak a word of this to anyone, do you understand?”

“Y-Yes, sir,” he stuttered out. 

“Now, leave.”

“But-” 

Ominous music played from the other Soundwave’s speakers. He saw his counterpart roll his optic.

“I’m going, I’m going!” Thundercracker threw his servos up in defeat. After the doors closed behind him, the other Soundwave turned towards his counterpart.

“Did you bring what we asked?”

Soundwave nodded, and pulled out something from his subspace. It was-

“The omega keys!” Shockwave said. “Has this been approved by Megatron?”

“Megatron: has been unsuccessful,” Soundwave said. “Omega keys: a necessary sacrifice.” 

“And you’re quite sure that these will help lead us to and repair the Allspark in our universe as well?” Shockwave’s counterpart asked.

“Certainty: 100%”

“Very well then, a deal is a deal.” The other Shockwave pulled out a datapad from his subspace.

“These are the blueprints to the newest project I’ve been working on: The Terraform Generator. It will allow you to terraform any planet that you wish in a mere few hours across the galaxy.” He turned toward Shockwave. “If you’re truly me from another dimension, I’d assume you have the ability to replicate it?” 

“Assuming that your plans actually work, then I do not forsee a problem.” Shockwave retorted in a slightly less monotone voice then usual. “I was not told of this exchange beforehand though. I would like to read over the plans myself before I allow this to go any further.”

“Suit yourself,” he replied. If his face was capable of smirking, he would’ve been doing it.

Shockwave took a seat on the other side of the lab, leafing over the plans that his counterpart had made. After examining every diagram, every equation, every word, he had to concede that this plan... might actually work.

“Very well,” Shockwave said as he returned to the others. “I found your ideas to be satisfactory. While losing the omega keys would be a blow to our cause, I believe that our leader will agree that this will make up for it.”

“So, we have a deal?”

“Yes,” Shockwave said. “Now, as fascinating as this interaction has been, we must be getting back to our dimension.”

His counterpart nodded. “Pleasure doing business with you.”

As Soundwave and Shockwave left the ship, Shockwave looked back at his fellow Decepticon.

“I do hope that this deal was worth it,” he looked down at his counterpart’s plans once more before storing them in his subspace. “The Terraform Generator sounds promising, but Megatron will be greatly displeased to hear about the loss of the omega keys.”

“Omega keys: Not real,” Soundwave said. “Real omega keys: Still on the Nemesis.”

It took a lot to stop Shockwave in his tracks, but that’s exactly what he did. He froze, turning towards his fellow Decepticon with a wide optic. “Soundwave,” he said. “Are you saying-”

“Soundwave: Decepticon for a reason.” A winking smiley face briefly flashed onto his faceplate before turning black again. 

For once, Shockwave found himself speechless. Not because nothing was worth saying, but because something deep within him that he repressed so much he forgot it existed, was threatening to bubble up and he had to bite it down before it was too late. 

The only thing he thought about for the rest of the day was that wink.

[ultracreativelywritten]

Is there anything more in Tfp medic starscream au? I'm really curious.

Its a long one

Starscream looked at the little bag he hid in a small corner of the medbay. He always had a back up plan, and this little bag had everything he needed for an escape. Starscream didn’t know how long he could stay with the Decepticons. Megatron was growing more and more unstable, and the seeker didn't know how long the warlord was going to take no for an answer for his advances. Breakdown was gone, and Knockout was starting to lash out at everyone. Soundwave was the only one the seeker could trust, but the spymaster was starting to lose it too. Starscream was afraid when Soundwave finally snapped, it wasn’t going to be a pretty sight. There was a rumor that Shockwave was alive; Starscream didn’t want to be around if he came aboard the Nemesis. He had no idea what to do, everything was going poorly. Taking three dolls out of the bag, Starscream sighed.

“What would you do?” Starscream whispered, “I know you want me to go to the Autobots, Skyfire. But I don’t know if they have it any better than I do here. You’ve seen what humans are capable of. They could be just as bad.” Starscream could feel the dolls stare at him, “Skywarp, I know you thought this cause was for a better Cybertron. It’s not, or it no longer is. I’m not sure I can change anything. Thundercracker, I know you believe I can strike out on my own. I can’t, I wish you three were here.” Starscream heard the alert when someone was close to the medbay and hurriedly put the dolls back in the bag and shut the drawer. He couldn’t have anyone know about them. Grounders had no idea of seeker traditions.

“Screamy,” Knockout said as the door to the medbay opened, “Sounders said he didn’t get the latest medical reports from you. What’s up? As your commander, I need to know why this ship isn’t in tip top shape!”

“It’s nothing important,” Starscream quickly lied, “it just slipped my mind. News of Shockwave being around just has me shaken up, that's all.”

“That’s good,” Knockout cooed, walking over to the seeker, “because if something was wrong with you, Lord Megatron would blame me. Though, I just know that you love my presence, who doesn't~” Starscream shivered as the Commander’s claws traced over his wings, “now tell me what really trouble’s you. Is it the reduced flight time? You know why we can’t have our only medic flying away.”

“I said I was fine,” Starscream snapped, grabbing the datapads off of a table, and away from Knockout’s claws, “and if that is all, I need to get these to Soundwave.”

“When you get back, I need a good buffing,” Knockout said. Starscream just huffed and rolled his optics.

“Of course commander,” Starscream said, leaving the medbay. His decision was already being made. He needed to jump ship, as soon as possible.

[artobotsrollout]

Transformers: Harbingers

The Pirate Scream AU

Before I talk about it you guys are the best thank you for indulging me and my AU from this post xjdjd. ❤️ ❤️ ❤️

@badlydrawntransformers @cosmic0de @warrioroffandoms @measlyfurball13 And a bonus thank you to those encouraging me in the tags as well ❤️

I plan to do art for it as well as accompanying written bits and maybe even an animatic but till then have some general info under the cut.

Also there is transformers: Prime spoilers below so open at your own risk.

TRANSFORMERS: HARBINGERS

So this AU comes from the same place many AUs heavily involving TfP Starscream come from: the unfulfilled potential in our boy Scream. Now deeper discussion of that is not gonna be in this post. It'd be a whole essay.

It also comes from just how salty I was that the Team's kindness never really benefitted them much and they kept getting slapped for it. And OP really wanted to win over a con and Starscream kept wanting a partner. ALSO ALSO Optimus was portrayed as keeping his emotions in check and then never really gets a message that it's okay to be emotional so... I'm doing that here.

And the Starscream Pirate AU was born...

Aka Transformers: Harbingers (maybe idk if it's catchy enough djjsw)

Why Harbingers? ''It's just a SHIP Starscream chills in for awhile in the show' ' I hear you say. WELL HANG ON!! I got two very good reasons!! .

First off: Starscream, with the help of some Cybertronians who he wins over one way or another (Ill get to that), help him essentially use the remains of the Harbinger to put together their own functional ship. It's smaller than the Nemesis and will take some pirate ship inspiration. While it is a hardy beast it's a bit jury rigged.

Second of all:

Imagine being a fictional character living in a ship with a name that basically means 'Foreshadowed bringer of change' and then going back to Megatron and his bullshit. I'm gonna grab this and run all the way with it. Highway to Hell just came on my Spotify so... That may be an omen.

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NOW LISTEN

I feel like Starscream and Optimus could really have had such an interesting dynamic but we never really got to see that in TfP and I feel cheated. Also both could have mutually benefitted a great deal.

So what do I do? I shove them together to be sorta begrudging Co-Captains. As a result there's a lot of shenanigans to be had!

How this happens OP has some run ins with cons and, through a way I'm still deciding, has the opportunity to extend a hand to Starscream. Starscream, being kindness starved, doesn't entirely know what to do about Optimus being nice to him one whole time with no sarcasm or ulterior motive and sorta starts trying to get his attention.

Starscream and his crew are a bit of their own team at this point. MEANING sort of new LOGOS!

I'm yoinking the crossed out Decepticon logo from the Dark Energon Starscream and Dark Energon Knockout toys cause I mean... It's right there and also kinda like a skull and crossbones. It fits too well guys.

Starscream essentially manages to win over the autobots enough so they can sorta make a mutually beneficial, if strained, alliance to aid their aligned goal: killing Megatron and revitalizing cyberton. This is aided by some slight changes to the plot of course. It's also a benefit, much to Ratchet's delight, since they finally get some cybertronian tech to work with.

And so they gotta work together to take Megatron out and there's much bonding moments esp later when the autobot base is destroyed. Starscream extends his hand to them and offers them a more permanent position onboard. (rubbing in how unfortunate their situation is and how this is such a big favour but he's paying Optimus back.)

And insert team dynamic stuff!! Like cons teaming up with Bots, Starscream and Optimus trying to stick with it leading their own teams but keep accidently backseat-leadering one another. I will write some other ex-con and bot dynamics cause there's a lot of chaos to be had.

Optimus doesn't open up to his crew for morale sake and masks his emotions well, and Starscream is... well Starscream is Starscream so he masks what he truly feels a lot and doesn't share a lot of personal stuff besides complaints with his team either. So there's a lot of tension.... That is until Starscream has had it at just how good a poker face Prime has.

Because he's absolutely paranoid got a harmless curiosity about Optimus's ulterior motives and wants potential dirty secrets he can use as blackmail to have power over the Prime, he essentially puts cybertronian booze (but kid friendly version of course fbejek) in Optimus's energon heavily expecting him to spill the beans when heavily drunk. What he doesn't expect is that Optimus is just... LIKE THAT to his core. He's smart but very sad and guilty. And maybe a bit weepy and exhausted cause this man has not shown an emotion for eons now. /s. Starscream doesn't know wtf to do but swayed by how earnest Optimus is he sorta softens up and does open up. Might have helped that he took a swig of the tainted energon to get on his level though. But it also helps that neither is the others subordinate so they don't need to maintain their image as badly with the Co-captain as they do their team.

The ex cons sorta accidently absorb some of the autobot's morals over time. The cons help the autobots have some fun. There's a lot of stuff learned both ways. Also the cons realize how cool humans can be and after a lot of argument and forced time spent with the kids, they want to protect earth too.

Starscream, helps Optimus open up a bit more and allow himself to be emotional. He also shows him how to be a little selfish. Optimus in turn helps him with self confidence and making friends. Both help each other with the shit Megatron put em both through and overall boost one another up. (This also does change the start of the war a bit but I'll get to that in another post.)

Miko tries to fight all of the cons at first but quickly changes her tune cause "BOOYAH PIRATE CONS!!"

Other bits about this AU:

Starscream will eventually get a slight design change. It'll be less scrappy and look more confident and put together. It'll be minor

Because they are on a flying ship but have less energon than the Nemesis, everyone gets equipped with mods for flight. There is a jetpack upgrade one can get or Knockout can straight up help change their alt mode surgically.

I'm working up a list of who gets what flight mod but... Ya'll should know that Wheeljack dares Knockout to make him into a flying car. Largely cause I just got the image of Wheeljack flying above vehicons and just turning into a car and dropping on them. That and driving up the side of the Nemesis and confusing the fuck out of Megatron. Out of all the characters you know that would be a Wheeljack thing.

Arcee and Knockout grieve together.

Knockout loves bugging the hell out of Ratchet. It's extra fun for him cause Ratchet often can't do shit about it since they both need the room and tools.

Knockout and Wheeljack become an insufferable duo with the nicknames they have for everyone.

Wheeljack won't leave Starscream alone and keeps coming up with worse and worse nicknames like he did with Ratchet.

Starscream and Ratchet become complaining buddies.

STARSCREAM'S SEEKER SQUAD REJOINS. Well some of them. Skywarp, Thundercracker and maybe other peeps.

Miko manages to befriend Skywarp and Bulkhead now has to watch both Miko AND Skywarp. Wheeljack refuses to help Bulkhead round them up.

Raf hits it off with Thundercracker.

Knockout: "FINALLY a team with fragging MANNERS!"

Instead of Beeftimus Prime from the forge, Optimus actually gets access to a third alt mode and.. Idk something else primely. So he actually gets wings.

Starscream and the other fliers are greatly amused because Optimus, as great as he is at his poker face most of the time, hasn't yet figured out how to not emote with the pair of wings he gets from the forge. Thundercracker is the one who eventually informs him while the rest of the crew are booing loudly in the background.

I actually do have designs of TFP Skywarp, Thundercracker, and Ironhide in the works.

Fowler and Starscream have insult battles. Oddly both grow a weird almost fondness for these verbal sparring sessions

They frequently raid the Nemesis

Miko keeps talking in a pirate voice. Smokescreen has joined her.

AND A LOT OF OTHER STUFF I'LL GET INTO WITH MORE DETAIL AND ART. I'll also talk more in depth about some of these things that isn't a ramble like this post is. xnwjskw.

Feel free to ask about anything you're curious about.