#Transformer shower thoughts

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[dat-lil-shark]

Transformers moments that I will sacrifice my firstborn to see:

One bot snatching energon out from another’s servo, ignite it, and throw it at enemies as a grenade, and the bot whom it got snatched from said “The frag man that was my lunch.”

One bot, in their vehicle form, drove away as Optimus called all Autobots. Meanwhile, a person with hands full of groceries chased after them while screaming.

While investigating a crashed spaceship, one bot tried to take a sip of the energon that got leaked out, and another pulled them away and said “Hey! Control yourself they are dirty.”

A bot getting a “need a car replacement?” poster on their windshield and they cried.

One Decepticon tried to steal some energon from a machine. They disconnected its pipes, sucked on it for a while, and connected it back. But when Megatron discovered them, they punched another con right next to them on the face, till that con got energon on their lips, and they tried to blame it on them.

Ratchet doing a high pitched girl scream that resembled an ambulance alarm.

Starscream flying as Autobots below shoot at him, and Starscream said: “Miss miss miss miss! Hahahaha!” And then he noticed one of his wings did got shot, and he said “Oh scrap,” and then fell in a loony tone way.

A bot cleaning themselves as another car (a normal, lifeless one) parked right next to them, and they screamed and said “OUT OF THE WAY! PERV!”

(TFP exclusive) Raf being grabbed by a Decepticon, and he said, in Cybertron language, “No one will ever believe you.” And that con freaked out so much they dropped him.

(Bumblebee 2018 & ROTB exclusive) One guy proposing a really stupid idea, and ask Bee for his opinion. Bee made a face and played clown music in return. (Bonus if that guy said: “Okay, that’s a cheerful song. It is yes?”)

Two cons being cornered by Grimlock, and one said, “Don’t run. He’s a dinosaur, he can’t see us if we don’t move.” And the second ask: “Are you sure?” And the first said: “Yes I am suurrAAAAAHH—“ (got yeeted by Grimlock)

[steelthroat]

I was thinking about something, Transformers, Cybertronians... their "God" Primus is underground and their "Satan" Unicron lives in the sky, somewhere in space...

Like imagine they're talking and saying something along the lines of "Primus give me the patience-" and they look down.

I imagine the cultural shock they experienced with humans (most of them at least) instead like "wait you're referring to your God, why are you looking up- what do you mean your God is not the center of your planet????"

[witchofthesouls]

oh so Optimus is DEFINITELY keeping the "I fucked your mother" card in his back pocket even if he'd never use it

Optimus needs to be completely blitzed out on alcohol or drugs before accidentally and quite happily waving that card. He would have one single brain cell manning the mental fort to not blurt out June's name but uses terms of endearment.

Jack better pray that he's not in the vicinity. Otherwise, he will get front row audio range about how sentimentally sweet Prime feels about his mom... and her tongue and hands.

No, really, Jack will get far deeper insight about their relationship because all this time he had thought that they bonded over plants and literature, but really, they were high-key flirting through horny and romantic symbolism, especially since he can recognize the endearments because Jack had been playfully joking over his mom's new admirer.

[graceofagodswrath]

Ok ok ok your "Humans of Transformers franchise are space orcs" rant is out of this world.

I detest with passion when humans are reduced to pets and plot devices when instead the story could be about two alien species finding one another equally amazing/terrifying for their own respective reasons.

Here is my question: do humans and Cybertronians see how eerily similar they are? They have love of music, familial relationships, similar urban infrastructure, societal structure, financial systems, competitive entertainment, organized societies and war, colonialism, recreational intercourse, marriage...

Not to mention, why was it never addressed how similar both species look: bipedal, waists, noses, cheekbones, 5 fingers, chins, facial expressions and sense of aesthetics and beauty? Sure, humans have hair but in rather strategic places.

Veins and wires, blood and energon, metal and flesh, nanobytes and blood cells, Sparks and brain impulses, sexual organs...

Imagine Autobots arrive on Earth for the first time expecting some primitive cave-dwellers, only to encounter a less advanced mini-version of Cybertronian cities (New York, Singapore, London, Rome, Tokyo, Rio, Dubai...) and societies running on scientific, artistic and philosophical development which has no right existing on the ruthless, all-organic planet such as Earth is. Societes run by creatures who 4.000.000 (the duration of their war) years ago were hanging from the trees btw.

Autobots would be terrified.

Lemme make sure this response saves this time, cause it took me a minute to answer cause my first deleted and I had so much written I got unbelievably angry and refused to even look at the tumblr app.

But here we are.

So, this is EXACTLY what I have been thinking about for who k owe how long. It’s also the intro to this wack as fuck universe idea I’ve had in my head a while, and have kinda hinted at in my other works, but I’ve never gone into detail about.

And I still won’t.

Anyways, yes. It’s crazy that we backlit humans so much when any other sentient species is about. Transformers, TMNT, etc (I’m on a one track mind, feel free to jot down any other fandoms I can’t think of). The main theme of these stories? HUMANS SUCK. And that is severely unfair. People want to cry about how much our generation doesn’t give a shit anymore. Have you SEEN the media we feed kids???

That’s why I live Humans are Space Orcs so much. It really puts into perspective how unique and batshit our species is.

So, onto the Transformers vs humans concepts. The ONLY reason (forgoing technoism and general hate towards organics) cybertronians don’t see humanity as an imminent threat, or one in general, is because of size. WE BE SMALL AF. Can’t blame them, I get it. We do the same. Insects? Fuck them mfs.

But have you seen a botfly or tick burrow into your skin? The infection that comes form that? Have you seen ants jump a small animal as a colony and absolutely shred it? Or a spider only biting you, and the horror the venom causes (recluses and huntsman’s specifically). We have a good fucking reason for disliking these mfs.

But transformers? These are organic experiences. Worst they go through are rust infections, spark death, the works. They are not at risk the same way we are. That is why they view organics as small and inconsequential. They have no idea how hard we fight to simply stay alive.

And now the similarities. It’s understandable that they wouldn’t immediately recognize the physical, cultural, and psychological similarities between our species. Transformers are an incredibly diverse race, like any other. But specifically in physical form. Your average cybertronian holds a similar appearance to your average human. We tend to have the same features, just with different names. Eyes, noses, faceplates, ears, two arms, two legs. Sure that’s average for them too. But they are unique because of the fact that they have two forms. Vehicle mode. Their mode decides what they’re second mode looks like, which can create extreme diversity is appearance. Small, large, many limbed or not.

So the immediate similarities probably wouldn’t jump out to them in an odd way. There’s also the idea that because they’re so spread out in the universe, they’ve seen other organic races that are also similar. Pairs of every body part could be the common denominator among species.

That goes culturally too. War, love, music, government, politics, it’s all a natural form of sentient evolution. Another common denominator. It’s how it’s done that makes it unique. And the similarities between human and cybertronian culture is uncomfortably familiar.

I think that’s why cybertronians are seen being closest with humans rather than other species in the shows and comics (obviously because the audience is human and they need relation to characters but shhhh forget that for a sec). This is where the theories start.

Let’s say cybertronians begin to recognize the weird similarities between our species. The really, really weird stuff. The itty bitty details. Like:

- how we also mainstream kissing on the lips as the top tier romantic gesture.

- use verbal tone and cues for our language.

- have intensely complicated interpersonal relationships in the exact same manner.

- suffer from extreme mental health issues like depression, anxiety, PTSD (I totally headcannon that forms of adhd, autism, and ocd exist in cybertronian society, have y’all not seen my boy rodimus prime??)

- will also destroy each other in the name of our gods, until we have a common enemy.

That’s just the basics I could come up with. The only time I actually saw a moment where a transformer genuinely take a moment to realize that humans can be a threat, was in transformers prime. Episode 6 of beast wars (I think, correct me if wrong), where Miko beats the ever loving fuck out of an insecticon (I think) and upon Megatron hearing this, just goes blank Kubrick stare for a hot second. Man had an ugly realization that did not fit in with anything he had experienced his whole life.

AND THEY NEVER FUCKING ADDRESSED IT EVER AGAIN. Sick of this shit. Could’ve had the most badass character development, where the humans actually proved useful and did something (it would have fit Milo’s character so perfectly too) and scared the utter shit out of the transformers. BUT NO. They continue to be annoying as fuck.

One thing I loved about TF Prime was that it canonically turned Unicron into Earth. And humans came from the earth. Which relates humans beings and cybertronians so hard. Cousins Fr. We are the cybertronian equivalent of organics, and transformers the inorganic equivalent of humans. The individuality, the chaos, the culture, it clicks. There is so much material to really go into it.

But they never do. Don’t get me wrong, I love Transformers lord and just discovering more without humans being involved. We’re just annoying af at this point. But there is so much u tapped potential in transformers actually taking the chance to LEARN about us. But we’re just friends (pets) to these mfs.

That’s why I love TF Earthspark so far. Transformers ingrained into human culture because they’re not from Cybertron, and cybertronians having to adapt to human culture because they have no where else to go. Granted, it’s a kids show. There’s only so much they can do. But I’m excited for where it’ll lead. It really shows how much of threat and ally humans are, and how we are just as diverse as cybertronians.

I need to write another fic about cybertronians meeting humans their size from our world tho. Need to continue my old piece. Would give me so much life. Y’all help motivate me, college draining my ass.

[qkmlh]

As someone who grew up around Transformers secondhand and knows good nuggets of the various lore and characters by proxy, it’s incredibly funny to me that my top 3 faves are pretty basic but on opposite ends. Bumblebee, Shockwave, & Soundwave. Put them in a situation together and godspeed

[loveaetingkids]

You know how fnaf 3 revealed that Afton was strangled by the mechanism of his own suit and ended up inhabiting it as a ghost-zombie thingy?After going over my other special interest involving robots-aka transformers-an idea struck me:what would happen if the human was crushed inside the Cybertronian while they were switching between their modes?While in the tfp series it was shown that the human would only puke if that happened,what if they fell into a wrong slot?The transformer in question would look for their human friend,only to find some red liquid spilling out of them.If the soul of that person ended up trapped inside the transformer’s body,would it merge with their spark?Would the Cybertronian catch themselves thinking about something that never happened,as if the memory weren’t theirs to begin with? What if due to some circumstances,human corpse remained partly or fully inside the transformer and started consolidating with metal,creating some amalgamation that is partly machine and partly raw human tissue.The possession could even look as an infection-the first signs are barely noticeable,until it’s too late and the transformer shares their body and mind with a human who is very,very angry.

[in-the-airducts]

Hey guys super wholesome Brainstorm and Chromedome friendship story idea

It starts off after the events of the Overlord arc but sometime before the Brainstorm time-traveling arc. Chromedome is still kind of depressed despite having Rewind 2.0, so he unexpectedly seeks out Brainstorm's company. Brainstorm is almost done with his suitcase. He's obsessively working on it since completion is so near. Thus, he's tired and doesn't take the correct precautions to lock his hab suite door, and Chromedome finds him working on the suitcase. Bewildered, he asks Brainstorm about it. Brainstorm's been caught by his best friend and is a terrible liar (his "eccentric" personality covers most of the mistakes he makes which is the only way he's made it so far), so he tells Chromedome the truth...or at least part of it. He tells Chromedome that he is building a time machine to go back and save Quark. He does NOT tell Chromedome about being a Decepticon or the REAL plan of going back to stop the war, which would also erase Brainstorm's existence. Chromedome asks Brainstorm if they can go back to save the original Rewind. He seems like he's willing to give up Rewind 2.0 for this endeavor.

Brainstorm, feeling guilty that his REAL plan will likely end up in Chromedome and Rewind never meeting, agrees. He says he'll go back to the day that Rewind dies, but he secretly plans to stop the war anyways. This will make the entire Rewind-saving thing a moot point, but it'll give Chromedome some closure at least (and Brainstorm less guilt). Brainstorm finishes the case, and they go back in time. However, the case malfunctions and takes them to the wrong point. Instead of going back to the beginning of the Overlord day, they go back to the place where Overlord's just escaped and Chromedome is still in the time chamber. Brainstorm realizes this and tries to go back to the correct time. However, the case is not responding, and Brainstorm discovers there's been a malfunction. While Brainstorm is trying to fix the malfunction, Chromedome is trying to save Rewind. He fails and watches Rewind die again. Then it starts again. Brainstorm and Chromedome realize they're caught in a time loop that restarts with Rewind's death. All physical conditions are reset. Brainstorm and Chromedome hold only the memories of the time loop. It seems like they have 2 options to stop the loop: they can save Rewind, or they can fix the briefcase. They attempt to save Rewind first. Cue the angst: over and over and over again, Chromedome watches Rewind and the Lost Light crew die. Every loop, his hopes are raised and then crushed, just like Rewind's tiny body. Over and over and over again, Brainstorm also watches Chromedome fall into a cycle of despair. A bunch of things happen during the time loops. The first time Chromedome doesn't immediately try to save Rewind. The first time they realize that even their own deaths (guess how that happens) are reset with the time loops. The first time Chromedome thinks about leaving Rewind. There's a lot of unpleasant first times, despite the time loop.

Chromedome can't take it, so he wipes his memories of the last 2,375,499 loops. He only remembers that he and Brainstorm had time traveled to save Rewind.

Brainstorm is infuriated. Chromedome's left him to suffer under the weight of 2,375,499 loops alone. He barely talks to Chromedome for the next 3,200 loops.

Chromedome is mostly distraught about rewatching Rewind's death, which is a novelty to him since he erased his memories of the previous loops. Thus, he notices Brainstorm's tenseness but attributes it to Overlord's slaughtering of the crew.

After Chromedome wipes his memory, Brainstorm starts working on fixing the briefcase. This is very difficult, as all research is restarted with every time loop. It's impossible to run any long tests. It's also difficult to set up the lab and find the correct components for conducting research as materials always return back their original places at the beginning of each time loop.

In a moment of frustration (it's loop 2,430,567 for Brainstorm, loop 55,068 for Chromedome), Brainstorm tells Chromedome about the memory-wipe. He confesses that he's looking for a new way to stop the time loop that doesn't involve saving Rewind.

This is a breaking point for Chromedome, who wipes his memories the next loop. However, he goes back even FURTHER–to the point BEFORE he learns about the time-traveling and Quark at all. This effectively leaves Brainstorm alone in the time loop, as Chromedome is now unaware like the rest of the Lost Light.

Over the next few million loops it takes to repair the briefcase, Brainstorm has essentially explored the entire ship. In his exploration, he stumbles upon 3 unusual drives. They're Rewind's old drives, but they've been wiped. The first contains ALL of Chromedome's memories from the first 2,375,499 loops. The second contains the memories from loop 2,375,500 to loop 2,430,567. The third contains a message from Chromedome. He expresses his guilt, regret, and apologies for abandoning Brainstorm. At the end of the message, he asks Brainstorm for forgiveness and to make Chromedome download his memories again. Brainstorm realizes that these drives are the only things that can change. Despite the time loop, they haven't reset the information Chromedome put on there. He uses the drives to store research, and progress moves along much faster after that.

Brainstorm doesn't know what to do with the memories left on the drives. He ends up leaving them alone for now.

On loop 2,786,777, Brainstorm fixes the briefcase. Rewind dies and plot happens like normal. Chromedome is devastated, but in a normal way. He's about to erase his memories of Rewind, like canon.

Brainstorm enters the room, seething and hurt. He tells Chromedome that he doesn't deserve ignorance because ignorance is bliss. He's not allowed to forget Rewind after all that had happened. He then tells Chromedome about the time-traveling loops. Chromedome hardly believes him at first. However, his friend is so different and changed that he begins to possibly consider that there may be truth to the story.

Then, Brainstorm offers him a choice. He pulls out the drives and plays the third drive's message. Then, he says that Chromedome can choose to download the his memories from the time loop and suffer in knowledge with him for the rest of his life. Or, he can not look at the loops or delete his memory after looking at the loops. If he does this, Brainstorm will never acknowledge at him again.

At the end of this offer, Brainstorm pulls out a fourth drive, which is Rewind's message. After listening to Rewind's message, Chromedome decides to not delete his memories about Rewind and to take up Brainstorm's offer on downloading the time loop memories.

This ends in crushing depression, but Chromedome finds it within himself to not delete the time loop memories. Brainstorm and Chromedome live out their days in burdened memory, but they do it together. Yay wholesomeness!

[mysterywriter2187]

It's kinda hard to explain, but One feels like the first time that Sentinel Prime was actually meant to be Sentinel Prime from the start.

Usually he's just the name Transformers writers use when the character they've written is too much of an asshole to be any other character.

[clovecloveclove]

Hold on I'm leaving this as a reminder: magnet but with WaveWave.

I myself am not super into transformers but my friend is, therefore I must create this for them

I shall return when it is done

[copperpipes]

Would transformers be considered modern mimics?

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[dat-lil-shark]

Very funny that the evil human organization in TFP is called M.E.C.H when it’s given that, in universe, “mech” also apply to a transformers with male characteristics.

Imagine landing in an alien planet of little frog pixies, and a group of them is hunting you down to dissect and deform you. And what is this group called?

“The Boys.”

[double-u-qed]

i refuse to believe that any transformer is truly quiet. it's impossible when they're huge, metallic beings walking across mostly metallic surfaces. but since cybertron is kind of alive itself and there's so Much going on at all times, i think it's that spies learn to blend in. to nestle their sounds with the daily racket in a way where it's so disguised, you kind of tune it out and dismiss it as the usual.

because surely their hearing is better than a human's as well..

[graceofagodswrath]

Omg your Humans are space orcs/deathworlders + Transformers is just *d e l i c i o u s*. My complaints are pretty much the same, it seems that most humans on the franchise are just manufactured to be hated or simply annoying for being so useless. I want transformers to realize just how hard we have to work to simply stay alive *in our own planet*, with the sheer amount of diseases and poisonous animals and predators and weather and so much more, I want them to wonder how such seemingly fragile beings became the dominant species, how can we be so resilient yet so delicate... I'd like a transformer that particularly hates/is disgusted by humans to swap places with us for like a day or so, the first one that comes to mind is Starscream, I want him to get a glimpse at the daily fight for survival here on Earth and can't help but develop a tiny speck of respect for humans, not that he would ever admit it, even to himself, that he's secretly more mindful of where he steps when there are humans around ever since.

I literally just gave a rundown about this to a friend in a drunken rant the other night, so I am so ready for this.

Starscream wouldn’t be my first pick, based solely on the fact that I haven’t psycho-analyzed him the same way I have others, but imma do my best ~

For situation-sake so my writer brain doesn’t kill itself over context, imma do this in the form of Headcannons. Let’s say Starscream gets stuck in a human body and has to exist as such until he magically gets put back. Until then, he’s stuck with a human who is aware of what he is (vague gn oc/reader, up to whoever. Writing from the viewpoint of “one of us”).

(Also y’all can input any Starscream here cause imma write him in his basic form: whiney, stuck-up, clever little cunt).

- Bro is flabbergasted. Disgusted. Horrified. Out-of-his-mind losing it. Keeps praying to primus it’s a drug-induced hallucination or a dream.

- Wakes up on the soft cushions of a… couch? The word pops up in his head. He knew the basics from his overviews when their war traveled to earth. He brought his servos- No. Hands, up to his face, inspected his new honey, fleshy digits. The detail was too vivid to be a hallucination. Colors were both muted and bright. Starscream found himself automatically trying to adjust his optic intake. But nothing happened. Of course. Because fleshy organics can’t manually adjust their own sensory inputs.

- He curls his lips, and is instantly hit with the feeling of muscle contorting. Skin and flesh was an entirely different sensation from mesh and plating. It made his plating- damnit no, skin crawl. Another sensation trailed up the center of his back, spine and shiver popping up in his mind.

- Even the way his psyche worked was different. Like a new plane of existence. Thoughts were unorganized, uncalculated. Like something that squirmed out of his grasp as he tried to keep hold. Everything felt simplified, yet the awareness and sensations were overwhelming. His entire presence felt… hypocritical.

- Sounds distracted him from his insightful, yet horrific reverie. His gaze drifted to another area of the room, half-built walls sectioning it off, but with flat slabs atop. Counters. A face pops from behind the half-wall. Human eyes catch his, and the creature pulls its lips back to bare its teeth. To smile. Even though humans and cybertronians had similar facial anatomy, the little creatures were so ugly that it was hard to recognize similar expressions.

- “You good bud?” The thing asks. Starscream felt his new face twist into his casual sneer, one laced with aggravation and disgust.

- “Good? Is such a thing possible when you’re a skin bag of flesh and bones?” The humans only response was to broaden their grin.

-“Glad you haven’t lost the attitude. Means you’ll make it out alive.” The nonchalance threw the ex-cybertronian for a loop.

- “You… know me?” That grin turned into a smirk that made the non-energon in his lines boil.

- “You’re Starscream, second-in-command to Megatron, lord of the deceptions, yada yada yada… yeah I know who you are.” They leaned back against the wall, eyes boring into the deception. Starscream found himself wondering if human eyes were always so disturbingly piercing.

- “Wonderful.” He shoved the unsettled feeling to the back of his head, determined to figure out a solution and still be in control. “Then you can explain how and why I am in this disgusting organic form.”

- The smirk disappeared into an odd expression Starscream had never seen before. The human flattened their lips and pursed their… cheeks. It looked entirely stupid. But something in the back of his head whispered apologetic.

- “I’m not sure on the exact details, but I can tell you it won’t last long. I’m basically your caretaker until it wears off.”

- Instinctually, Starscream’s brows raised. “That’s it? Is this some new human weapon, cruel imprisonment within one your fleshy bodies?”

- The human tilted their head back and laughed, once again taking Starscream off guard. Their casual presence was so different from the fight-or-die everyday lifestyle that gripped his species.

- “Nope. Just a random accident that you’re the unfortunate victim of.” At the con’s bewildered stare, the human pushed their mouth outwards, changing the pitch of their voice as they said, “aww, poor baby. Don’t worry, you’re safe with me.” Then they whirled around and walked into the other room.

- Man is flabbergasted. Is out of his element and cannot function. Cue him trying to stand and do normal things, and bust his ass because the different sensations hitting him all at once. Organic nervous systems feel very different from techno ones.

- First thing he starts doing is eating and drinking. It takes a couple hours, but his “babysitter” eventually gets him to try something. Water first, of course (he refused any organic foods). The con is disgusted, but moderately pleased that the tasteless liquid isn’t slimy or thicker like he expected. It’s actually rather soothing to his human body.

- The first food he willingly tries is melon. Honeydew to be precise. Refused to touch meat, as the idea of eating actual organic flesh was unfathomable. He was pleasantly surprised to find the flavor of the fruit likable. Humans don’t taste things the same way cybertronians do. Whereas energon has a more electrical charge to it (to put it in human words), Earth flavors were smoother. Discovers he has a huge sweet tooth (as his “babysitter” put it).

- His human guardian took this opportunity to drag him out of their home and go shopping for more consumables. Let him pick things he found somewhat pleasing, but chose most others. Lots of fruit to try and other non-meats. Went in to try the other types of fruit. Has a preference for honeydew, strawberries, cantaloupe, watermelon, and grapes. Really likes (loves but won’t admit) pineapple and raspberries. The sour/sweetness is similar to energon. Citruses like oranges and mandarin are also similar, but he prefers more sweetness than straight sour. Kiwi is also a treat.

- (I headcannon that energon is similar to sour patch kids and skittles, super sweet and sour with an electric tang and texture. So all transformers would be immediate sweet lovers as humans because of the similarity).

- Hates anything dull or flavorless. Don’t try to feed this man spinach, he’ll call you grass-eating fleshbag.

- Drinks water only because he has too (stupid human body), but once he discovers those liquid flavors he can put in, it’s all he uses. Tried juices when he found out they were liquids derived from the fruit he likes. Got excited when it tasted almost like energon and tried to only consume juice from then on. His guardian explained that humans couldn’t only exist on juice, but of course he tried to argue that all he needed was nutrients in liquid. He then discovered smoothies. Nearly did the same thing until he actually tried them. Hated the thickness and gritty texture.

- A couple days go by and his guardian decides it’s time to get him tf out properly. Man is lounging around all the time. If he’s not on the couch making fun of human entertainment and politics, he’s following his guardian meatbag around and demanding answers for his current predicament.

- So his guardian starts small. Hauls his ass outside for a jog. This is where things really get interesting. Starscream is unaware of how human bodies work. When his guardian begins a slow run, he gets confused. Why would you run when you can walk fine? Where were they going? Leads to an explaination of exercise, which results in the con doing his usual snide shit of “you force yourselves to go through training otherwise your bodies become slow and unusable? How unsurprising.” And they’re like “yes and nooo, it’s so we can stay strong and get stronger as time goes on. Staying strong allows us to do cool things.”

- Cool things like what? Well his guardian gets an evil idea in their head. Starscream hates running. Hates using his legs and having nothing to do with his arms. Don’t even get them started on the tantrum he threw when he started sweating (fluids exiting one’s body? Horrifying).

- So his guardian introduces him to swimming. The con is a jet in his natural form, and the closest he’ll get to that as a human without a shit ton of equipment will be the water.

- Problem is the man has to learn to swim first. And willingly get in the water. Stays on the edge of the lap pool the first few times, watching with his nose turned up at the humans swimming.

- However, he starts to slowly dip his toes in the water. The sensation is… interesting. It’s not dislikable on human skin. In fact, on the hotter days it’s very soothing, like when he drinks water (finds out he can’t drink this kind tho, chemicals and bodies in it and such).

- Eventually he gets in, staying in the shallow area. His guardian helps him learn how to swim. It feels humiliating, learning to kick and tread water, while watching human children do it with relative ease. It feels strange to use his body in such ways. But with his guardian constantly reminding that none of his cybertronian peers knew or will know of his situation, AND their constant praise, he finds it in himself to continue.

- The praise he receives from his guardian is also something he’s not used to. As well as other humans willing to help him learn. It apparently wasn’t uncommon for many adult humans to not know how to swim or do other things, and gave him more confidence to learn. He’d never admit it, but he tried harder to learn just to hear the praise from others. It felt nice to be treated kindly. Better than nice. But again, he’d never admit it. He’d just respond with a clever quip. Never did anyone hear a thanks (but most quickly figured out he was grateful from the obvious burning red on his copper-toned neck and ears).

- Weeks drag on, and to distract himself from the impatience of going back to his normal, Starscream becomes an excellent swimmer. He finds it is like flying, the way the water holds up his body. When he holds his breath and dips under the surface, he can almost imagine his rocket boosters on his pedestal holding him aloft in the sky.

- From the work it took, he gained a slight appreciated for how his human body worked. At first he thought it was a hindrance. But as he worked with the others, he began to have an understanding that unsettled the cybertronian part of him.

- Humans were incredibly versatile. After he began to improve greatly at swimming, he asked about other activities humans did for exercise. The resulted in learning that humans didn’t always “exercise” to become strong. Many did it for fun. It was a hobby to them, and the exercise was a great benefit. It kept their minds clear, it kept their bodies healthy, and it satisfies a part of them that he was only beginning to discover.

- Starscream was aware of human creativity. It’s what had made their species a slight hindrance when they aided the autobots in the war, but because of their size, they were seen as nothing but bugs. Pests at the most. But as the con experienced this small bit of human life, he began to understand there was more to them than he’d like to admit. There was this drive to do things, to push themselves beyond their current capabilities.

- He learned of skills that human no longer needed but still learned to take pride in for fun. Swimming was only a base skill. There were humans that attempted to swim across the oceans just to see if they could, even with the high chance of death. Beyond swimming, there was running across land for days on end, jumping off cliffs and diving in spectacular ways, gliding across the sky’s on flimsy metal pipes and fabric, and so much more. Their adaptability to any environment was envious.

- It nearly terrified him, the thought of what if humans were the same size as cybertronians. What if they could acutally measure up to other species of their universe? They could do anything. They would be a real threat. Or the greatest ally any race could ask for.

- His lid has been flipped.

- Eventually he wakes up back in his habsuite in his normal body. The euphoria that rushes through him at the familiarity his nothing he’s ever experienced before. Checking his info screens, he discovers no time passed. As if he had dreamed all of it. But when he looks to his desk in the room, he sees it.

- Starscream picks the item up, inspecting it, and feels his spark skip a pulse. It’s a small ring and chain, attached to two metal objects. Both in the shape and color of a pineapple and raspberry.

[wonderwomanpleasesteponme]

I just had a real shower thoughts moment and I'm here to share it with you. In Beast Wars there's this ship, the Maximal ship, that was sent out on an exploration mission with a dangerous cargo, which turned out to be a dangerous criminal which some of the crew didn't know about (I can't remember how many people knew about Rampage being aboard but I'm going to assume not many of them knew). Unfortunately the ship had also lost commications with Cybertron. But, before and after the criminal broke free and fucked shit up the crew took part in wacky hjinks and some of them were slowly falling in love.

In the MTMTE comics, the Lost Light goes off on an exploration mission with a war criminal locked up in the basement with the majority of the crew not knowing about it. War criminal breaks out and fucks shit up, but before that the crew gets into some shenanigans and slowly begin to fall in love. But not before the ship loses commications with Cybertron. Sound familiar?

Basically I just had the revolution that Beast Wars and the MTMTE/Lost Light comics have the same set up in a way. I think that's the beginning and the end of their similarities, but I won't be surprised if Jro had taken inspiration from Beast Wars because of the amount of fucked up shit that happens in that cartoon.