#and all the other predacons hate him for it

[tyrantisterror]

On the subject of Dinobot, do you have any personal theories on WHY he goes by, well, the name of arguably the single most famous Autobot sub group in history? He's explicitly well read and knows history that is NOT common in universe, and the Dinobots are well known, so why would a proud Predacon name himself after a team that infamously hates the Decepticons? I mean the real life reason is that Dinobot's character was not originally a Predacon prior to the show, but it does seem at least a BIT odd for him. (I suppose the most logical reason is that he is a proud warrior that respects foes, so he gives respect to the most fierce and ferocious foes of his ancestors.)

Ok, so, in the first episode of Beast Wars, we see all the Maximals give themselves new names to match their new beast modes. Whatever names they had before are not the ones they're going by now (which is a really interesting idea for transformers culture that I'm sad no other part of the franchise has played with - the idea that their identities, even their names, transform with them).

We then cut to the Predacons, where Dinobot, now sporting a dinosaur alt mode, is chewing out Megatron for fucking up royal before declaring his aim to take over the faction. My pet theory? He chose "Dinobot" as his new name to not only match his beast mode, but signal the fact that he was not a slavishly loyal minion, but a warrior who is not to be trifled with - because in most continuities, the dinobots are loose cannons who do listen to orders they think are stupid, and are more than willing to tell their bosses to fuck off. "Dinobot" because his name and his fucking threat to Megatron in the same moment.

[dio-the-thot-exterminator]

go whiteboy GO! my quickstrike design. he smells like a glue stick :P

[bones4thecats]

Sorry, maybe you can do, Tfp Predacons x Predacon femme reader, where the Predacons compete for the reader's love

TFP! Predacons Fight for Predacon! S/O

Characters: POLY! Predaking, Darksteel, and Skylynx Requester: 🐻Anon A/N: I'll call you 🐻Anon just because I like bears and they fight more than a dove or dragon do (I use character emojis first, okay?!) Anyways, hope you like this!! ⚠️ Spoilers/Trigger Warnings for: Just fluff <3 ⚠️ P.S: The Predacon! Reader is based on a Chimera (specifically two pieces of art I found on Quora and InCryptid Wiki)

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╚═════ Predaking + Darksteel + Skylynx ═══════════════╝

🐉🐻🕊️ This was getting very annoying for you. You, as a fellow Predacon, understood that having a more rough-and-tumble personality was normal for your kind. But the way that these three were handling it was beyond you

🐉🐻🕊️ You were in your alt-mode, one resembling a 'Chimera' as Raf once said, just watching as the trio 'play fought'. But you of all beings understood that with each hit they laid on another another, they meant everything personally

🐉 You were closest with Predaking. He was created a little while before you, and since you both arrived to serve Megatron together, your bond was by-far the strongest out of all other Cybertronians you had met and befriended

🐉 Unknowingly to you, the self-proclaimed King of Predacons had begun to see as more than an ally and fellow Predacon. He began to see you as a potential sparkmate, not because of his dream of your kind rising back up, but because he loved you

🐻 Darksteel on the other hand, was a pain in your aft. He would constantly mess with your different appendages. And I mean that

🐻 This guy would sneak up behind you whenever you were resting and just randomly mess with your horns, serpent-like tail, and your hooves. And whenever he wouldn't stop, you would snap your deadly tail at him, which made him laugh, say bye, and fly off

🕊️ Finally, with Skylynx. He did not like you at first and the same went with you, you kinda hated him. Not as much as you did Megatron for keeping you hostage and trying to kill Predaking years prior, but it still wasn't a small hatred

🕊️ But, as time passed, you both grew to enjoy one another's company. You would fly by and talk about how you were on your last nerve with Darksteel and how you were so close to beating him to scrap-metal, much to the lighter-Predacon's amusement

🐉🐻🕊️ To sum it up; Predaking liked you because you grew together and were really close, Darksteel liked you because you could be kind-yet-deadly when provoked (entertaining), and Skylynx liked you because you shared some things in common yet were different enough to be fun around

🐉🐻🕊️ But, as you grew close with the trio, they began to notice how they treated you. Predaking would be around you the most, huddling up next to you in your alt-modes to recharge, Darksteel would play-fight and fly around with you, and Skylynx would spend more time talking and acting like best-friends with you

🐉🐻🕊️ Unfortunately for you that day, the three mechs all asked you observe their strengths and deem one the winner. You knew what they really wanted, they wanted you to watch them fight for dominance and pick one to bond with. That all leads you to now

🐉🐻🕊️ As they all put their full-potential into this fight, you heard an engine rumble behind you. You stood and saw that it was the Autobot you were closest to, Bulkhead, driving towards your form

"Bulkhead. It's nice to see you after a while." You said, a playful smirk coming on your face.

"Yeah, same to you, Y/N." He replied.

🐉🐻🕊️ Your smirk turned into a genuine smile as you sat back down, this time in your bipedal-mode and patted the spot next to you for him to sit down and speak

🐉🐻🕊️ Bulkhead sat down and looked as the three Predacons continued their fight, they tails, wings, or claws swinging left and right as they either dodged or got hit. He chuckled as you groaned in annoyance

"Now you know how Ultra Magnus felt whenever Jackie did something against his orders." He joked.

"I suppose."

🐉🐻🕊️ As you and Bulkhead spoke about the finalization on territories for the Autobots and Predacons, the mechs had finally narrowed themselves down to their final attacks. Darksteel and Skylynx attempted to hit Predaking, making him transform and pin them down with his large clawed-feet

"Well, I guess you have a winner now." Bulkhead announced, making you look up and down at the three mechs' final stance.

"I'm not surprised. He won against them last time, why would this time be any different?"

"Fair. Anyways, I should get going. Ultra Magnus said that he would bring by the territory-mapping for you guys to finalize in about a cycle, is that okay?"

"Yep. See you, Bulkhead!"

"See ya', Y/N!"

🐉🐻🕊️ You looked back at the guys and sighed, noticing how they were now beginning to wrestle on the ground, screaming about how they would win the spark of yours no matter what

🐉🐻🕊️ Rolling your optics, you transformed and began flying down to where they were before lifting your back legs, kicking Skylynx away, taking your claws and scratching Darksteel while punching him back before using your serpent-tail to grab Predaking and take him down to the floor before transforming once more

"Quit your bickering, you sound like a bunch of sparklings." You demanded.

🐉🐻🕊️ The three each groaned in pain as your tail swayed and and you walked away to where the remains of Team Prime were working, leaving the guys to heal themselves

"They like me best."

"They do not!"

"Yeah, they like me best, Skylynx!"

"Shut up, Darksteel!"

[cometchasinglove]

Starscream and Juniper: Dynamic Rundown

Ah, these two…my main ship for my AU!

Early on, Starscream certainly doesn’t like her, but he doesn’t despite her with a passion either. At least, not as much as he says he does. Starscream, although repulsed by humans, does find value in Juni. He was the one who suggested that Megatron should keep her in the first place. After all, the Autobots use humans to their advantage, don’t they?

Of course, he still complains about her, huffing about how high maintenance she is and the like. Similarly, she frequently scowls at him. She hates it whenever he refers to her as “vermin”, and rightfully calls him out on it. She knows that he can’t do anything to harm her with Megatron around. The two snark at each other constantly, but there’s no genuine malice.

After a mission that went awry, Megatron actually tries to beat Starscream for almost murdering her in the cockpit of his jet mode.

(It’s accidental. Starscream wanted to scare her with loop-de-loops, unaware that she required a g-suit and a helmet).

Before Megatron could punish him too severely, Juniper makes it out of the medical bay at just the right moment to stop him. She brings Starscream to the lab to treat his wounds, and then she stays with him for the rest of the night. The Seeker is absolutely puzzled. He believes that she wants something from him; he cannot fathom the fact that she saved him from the kindness of her heart.

This is a crucial moment in their story. It helps the two change their tune about each other. It’s also brought up again much later, during another significant moment in my AU.

During their MECH Arc/Rogue Arc, the two grow closer together. It’s much easier since they’re both away from Megatron and the Nemesis. Well, at least at that point. Season Three is rough on both of them.

Starscream learns to view Juniper as a friend. The feeling is mutual on her part as well. Sure, there’s some ups and downs, even a tremendous mistake on Starscream’s end (which involves the creation of her scar).

It takes PLENTY of time, devotion, patience, and trust for them to reach a certain level of intimacy and closeness together. It’s difficult, but definitely not impossible.

When the two form a connection, Starscream is SUCH a tease towards her, and Juniprr responds with peeps and blushes, just the way he likes it. However, there are instances where she flips the tables on him to surprise him!

Eventually, Starscream vows to never let her be hurt again, especially by him.

He even has two special names for her! It’s either “Mouse/Little Mouse” or “Comet”. The former refers to her cuteness and smallness, a huge step up from the initial “rodent” meaning. The latter pet name, however, comes from her love for outer space. During their shared arc as rogues, they stargazed and Starscream told her about living Cybertron.

Much like him, Juni calls him “Raptor” or “Dove”. The latter, of course, is used during moments of sweetness without teasing (such as the former).

Starscream becomes possessive and a bit jealous sometimes, such as when Juni hangs out with her best friend, Tayden, or the other bots. Still, her heart continues to stay with the same cybertronian.

Besides Dreadwing, Soundwave, and the predacons, Starscream is the only mech who listens to her sing. Initially, he teases her for it (which sucks). However, he grows to appreciate it. Juniprr can sing pretty damn well actually, she just doesn’t outwardly sing in front of others. She’s too shy. She will, however, hum for Starscream. Maybe even sing so, so very softly for him.

After the war and Cybertron’s revival, the two experience nightmares. It requires comfort from both parties. It’s something soft and gentle, just what they need.

Stargazing is still a common pastime for them! Only now, after she receives her upgrade from Primus (the pink and gold suit) Juniper can fly and keep up with him, too. He finally has a flying buddy!

On Earth, Juniper likes to bring him to the beach. As a former lifeguard, the redhead LOVES to swim. Starscream? Not really, but he admires her in her bathing suit.

Although she forms friendships in unlikely places, she shares her strongest bond with Starscream. It’s not hard to see why. The two go through a lot together, but they preserve, a shared trait between them, and I’m proud of them.

Divider Credit: @/saradika

Art Credit: @/destinysquared

[askvectorprime]

Dear, Vector Prime.

Have you heard of the Transformers, who were known as 'Monster Hunter'?

Dear Proven Hero,

How this story begins will no doubt be familiar to you. A Maximal research patrol was dispatched to pursue a ship full of rogue Predacons through a portal to the past. The planet they found there was rich in fuel, not energon, but a form of Bioenergy that flowed through the planet’s veins like blood. In order to imbibe this fuel and survive this unknown world, both crews had no choice but to take on beast modes mimicking the native creatures of the planet.

But unlike planet Earth, full of beasts so reminiscent of Cybertronian mechafauna, this world was home to monsters, creatures of great size and elemental power fuelled by the circle of life and the Bioenergy that dwelled below them. Thus, Optimus Primal and his team of Rhenox, Kadachitor and Cattrap set forth to do battle with Devil “Jho” Convoy’s Predacon gang.

This Monster War posed unique challenges for both sides. Optimus Primal’s mighty Rajang mode outclassed almost all other combatants, leaving Predacons like Vespinator, Garugasaur and Nerantulas having to be wheeled home more often than not. On the other hand, its natural instincts forced the otherwise level-headed and wise leader into berserker rages during times of great peril, much to the chagrin of the turncoat Wyvobot, who had purposely taken a weak Great Jaggi form to prove that the skills of the ‘bot mattered more than the Skills granted to them by their monster modes. 

This Cybertronian Frenzy state caused greater problems as new protoforms awakened across the planet. Bots like Hypnorazor, Lalarachnia and Bariotron awoke only half cognizant of their true nature, and had to be hunted down and forced out of their madness before they would join their faction. What’s more, these free agents were tracked not just by the Maximals and Predacons, but human hunters as well, tiny beings who were nonetheless empowered by the armor forged from natural life just as the Transformers were. It was their presence that brought the truth to the Maximals. This was the planet where their Autobot ancestors had awoken and joined forces with the same humans, who combined artisan weaponry and ancient technology to rout the Decepticons for good in a final hunt.  

As the Monster Wars reached a fever pitch, both sides made their way to the Elder’s Recess, where according to legend a “Sapphire Star” had crash-landed thousands of years ago. In truth, this star was the Autobot’s Ark, and Jho Convoy had come to slay his ancestors’ hated enemies. As Optimus Primal fought him at a fever pitch to prevent the death of his namesake, the natural Bioenergy currents reacted with the Matrix of Leadership held within the Autobot commander’s chest. Having been reformatted into the shape of one of the apex predators of the Recess, Rathalos Prime awakened and helped his descendant beat back Jho Convoy. 

That night, the Maximals and their new ancient ally celebrated with a great feast. While the war was not over, surely it would only be a matter of time until the Predacons were defeated. However, Jho Convoy was already making his way towards Castle Schrade. If the reports of the humans were true, then the beast mode he needed to destroy his foes would be found there. It should be obvious to you that the consequences of this final battle would prove to be most fatal…

[mychlapci]

https://www.tumblr.com/mychlapci/765510772347600896/see-we-on-a-leaky-titty-trend-so-what-of-this-when

Ohhhhhh the SHAME Starscream must be feeling at that moment his leader watching him as his shameful secret of being a bot with carrier programming is revealed and a large cot tearing monster sucking on his enlarged plating that activated out of sheer desperation to keep himself alive. He’s sitting there hand on the beast wonder if pushing him off would cause a mauling/beating from who the beast or his boss he doesn’t know. He’ll just sit there in pure humiliation until the predacon is done with his meal and he can hopefully run while Megatron is still in stupor.

Megatron is gobbsmacked that his glitch of a second 1) has this programming, 2) THE FUCKING PREDACON SCARED HIM ENOUGH TO ACTIVATE IT (should have been HIM), 3) He’s making enough from that tiny ass frame to satisfy the beast into docility.

He was a miner and a warrior for many eons before the war, not exactly places were one could get such comforts of a pretty frame softly and lovingly caressing one’s helm as you lay upon them sucking such comforting fuel. AND IT WAS THE FUCKING BEAST THAT GOT STARSCREAM TO REVEAL THIS PART OF HIM!!!! WAS HE NOT STRONG ENOUGH! NOT FEARSOME ENOUGH FOR THE SEEKER TO INDUCE SUCH EFFECTS.

NOOOO THE MINDLESS BEAST WAS WHAT THE SEEKER WANTS!!! APPARENTLY ENOUGH TO REVEAL SUCH A SACRED PART OF HIMSELF TO!!

Megatron is very much not upset the sexy but Complete bitch of a mech he brought as his second (all for practical and if cards were right sexy non-practical reasons into his ranks.

Predaking on the other hand just found a better use for the screeching silver mech put in charge of him instead of just chewing and attacking him.

Ahshsjsjjw Megatron having a weird fucking hangup about Starscream's titties is so funny... Oh so now Predaking is walking around, scaring his soldiers into revealing itty bitty milkers? god damn it.

Starscream hates it even more than he does :( and Predaking is very happy with this new development :) he vets his milky and Starscream is much more easy to bear when he's whimpering and squirming under him.

[in1-nutshell]

Hello! Another request from Beast Wars, with Buddy as Blackarachnia's twin sister ?

A reunion of the sisters & Where Buddy and Wasp decide to join Blackarachnia's?

Reunion time!

Hope you enjoy!

Blackarachnia's twin sister reunite

SFW, Platonic, Romance, Familial, Cybertronian reader

BW

Things had gotten harder since Blackarachnia defected to the Maximals.

Her twin could tell you that.

Megatron had decided to give the spider a multitude of test, missions and ‘favors’ to prove her loyalty, even when she never showed any sign of distrust before.

Buddy even understood why he was doing this and was okay.

It was just some simple tests to prove her undying loyalty.

Wrong.

Buddy cracks her backstruts as she returns back to the throne room with the plant Megatron had requested. Buddy: “Lord Megatron, here is the plant you requested.” Megatron grabs the flower. Megatron: “Hmmm, yes. Good job Buddy.” He then crushes the plant. Megatron: “Your next assignment is to go back for more of the plant.” Buddy: “Lord Megatron I don’t mean to be rude, but those plants are extremely hard to find during this season—” Megatron: “Are you questioning my orders spider?” Buddy: “No, Lord—” Megatron: "Then off you go.” Buddy: “Now? Surely its wiser to go in the morning—” Megatron: “I will not repeat myself. Go.” Buddy salutes and starts heading back to the exit. She passes by Waspinator. Waspinator: “Where Buddy going? Buddy just got back?” Buddy: “I have a new mission.” She gently grabs his servo and gives a tired squeeze. Buddy: “See you later Wasp.” Buddy lets go as Waspinator watches her leave the base.

Waspinator hated this.

Megatron was running Buddy into the ground and for what!

She had proven time and time again that she was loyal to him!

Why is he still making her do all these pointless tasks?!

Even the other Predacons could agree that this was going on for too long and the request were getting ridiculous.

Buddy finally gets back to the base after a long day of running around. Megatron: “Now, for your next assignment—” Waspinator silently stands next to Buddy. Waspinator: “Lord Megatron let Buddy rest.” Megatron: “What?” Waspinator: “Buddy tired. Buddy need recharge.” Megatron: “And what good is she if she is recharging?” Inferno: “Actually My Queen, the spider will have less use if she collapses and is in need of the CR Chamber.” Quickstrike: “And she’d go a lot faster all rested up.” Megatron hums. Megatron: “No.” All the predacons are a bit shocked by this response. Megatron: “Buddy go back to the mountains and do not return until you have that rock.” Buddy: “…As you wish, Lord Megatron.”

Buddy was not expecting Waspinator to follow her.

He refused to leave her side, grabbing her servo and walking by her side with an angry expression on his faceplate.

While on the way, Waspinator suddenly took a sharp turn, taking Buddy with him.

Buddy questioned what he was doing, but she really didn’t have the energy to say anything.

At one point, Waspinator carried her bridal style and flew up.

Normally she would have complained a bit about the heights and trying him out, but right now the spider was too busy trying not to sleep in his arms.

His low buzzing wasn’t helping either.

She didn’t really notice when or where he landed, too busy nuzzling into his neckcables with drooping optics.

The sound of creaking made Waspinator’s grip tighten a bit.

Optimus Primal and Cheetor walk out of the base. Cheetor already has his blaster trained on the two Predacon’s. Cheetor: “Looks like easy target practice to me.” Optimus lowers the blaster noticing the scared look on Waspinator’s face while holding another Predacon. Optimus: “Hold on Cheetor. I don’t think They’re here to fight.” Both Maximals walk up to the two Predacon’s. The leader of the Maximal’s notices the Predacon in Waspinator’s hold stirred slightly but made no effort in moving. Optimus: “What do you want Waspinator?” Waspinator: “Waspinator and Buddy quit Predacons. We Maximal’s now.” Optimus and Cheetor: “What!?”

Cheetor explained to them how Buddy was being treated and how he was sick of Megatron’s treatment.

He would rather risk the enemy trying to fight them than watch his Conjunx slowly die under Megatron’s requests.

Waspiantor did his best to put on a brave face, but he was scared that the Maximal’s would end up turning them down.

This had to work.

After some thought Optimus eventually welcomed Waspinator in.

He would have done it to Buddy too, but she was still asleep.

Or entering something worse.

Cheetor was a bit reluctant, thinking it was a trap, but seeing Waspinator risking so much… he would still keep an optic out for them.

Blackarachnia and Silverbolt walking into the base. Silverbolt: “What do you think Optimus called in for? It has to be something big if he called everyone in.” Blackarachnia huffs. Blackarachnia: “Please, nothing exciting happens here. Its probably some team building excersie or unrelated news or—” Silverbolt: “Waspinator.” Blackarchnia: “Waspinator wouldn’t be big news—” Silverbolt: “No I mean Waspinator’s here!” Both Maximals look over and see the mentioned Predacon sitting in a circle with the other Maximal’s listening to him ramble about something. Blackarachnia: “What is going on here!” Rattrap: “Just finding out our newest recruits.” Waspinator waves at the pair. Silverbolt goes to wave back, but Blackarchnia gets his servo down. Blackarchnia: “What do you mean recruits? And you!” She points at Waspinator. Waspinator: “Where is she? She is never far from you, or did you just abandon her to Megatron to save your stripy behind!” Waspinator lets out a threatening buzz. Waspinator: “Wazzpinator not abandon!” Buddy leaning on the wall behind them. Buddy: “What’s going on?” Blackarachnia stands there shock seeing her twin looking so exhausted. Waspinator zooms over to her side, gently grabbing her hips as he tries his best to make sure she isn’t using all her weight on her pedes. Rhinox follows. Rhinox: “You know you need to rest, right?” Buddy: “I know—” Waspinator: “Buddy rest. Now.” Waspinator carefully carries the spider back into one of the rooms. Blackarachnia: “…What did I just witness?”

Don’t get Blackarachnia wrong, she is thrilled to have her twin back.

She is just very confused at the moment and has a lot of thoughts swirling around at the moment.

When she finds out what happened and why, this spider wants Megatron’s helm.

But after a lot, and by a lot meaning a couple of days of convincing, Blackarachnia decides to be her twin’s bodyguard.

A position already held by her twins Conjunx.

Blackarachnia: “Wait, you two are…” Buddy holds Waspinator’s servo. Buddy: “Officially Conjunx endura’s.” Blackarachnia: “…When!?” Buddy: “… We’ve been Conjunx for a while. Arachnia you were still with the Predacon’s when it happened. You were there!” Blackarachnia suddenly getting a flashback to seeing her twin spout some lovey dovey stuff to Waspinator and him saying some more lovey dovey stuff back. Blackarachnia: “wait THAT was it!?” Buddy: “Yes!” Blackarachnia: “I thought that was some sort of thing you two did and you wanted to show me for when I met up with Silverbolt!” Somewhere in the base… Silverbolt: “I suddenly feel… joy!”

[cybertron-after-dark]

You should write beast wars, can I have some silly predacon headcanons?

I should absolutely write beast wars. Silly Predacon headcanons coming up

-Megatron talks battle strategy with his rubber duck all the time. He considers it his most trusted advisor because it's never said anything stupid and never tried to kill him. Honestly, he's tempted to think of the little dude as his only real friend.

-Speaking of Megatron, the man is a WHORE for a good bath bomb. Lush addiction, 100%. He has a whole hidden stock of bath bombs, bath salts, scented oils, candles, decorative soaps, scented metal polish and flower petals specifically for spoiling himself when he feels like hes completely surrounded by idiots. Which is often. Has he ever tried to eat one of the decorative soaps that look like baked goods? It doesn't count if it's the t rex hand.

-the reason skorponok occasionally reverts into caveman speak for some episodes is the writers couldn't figure out what to do with him he knows talking like that pisses off tarantulas and he thinks his annoyance is funny even though literally nobody else is amused by the bit.

-skorponok actually kind of misses dinobot because he made his job a lot easier. Constantly pitching ideas, suggesting battle strategies, pointing out flaws in plans. He was useful, even if he seemed to hate skorponok. He doesn't really know how to be a good second in command anymore because a crucial part of the dynamic is missing and he just can't adapt.

-waspinator is perfectly capable of speaking in normal grammar and not in the third person but he's been doing it since he joined in with Megatron and at this point he thinks he's in too deep to knock it off. He thinks it makes him sound cuter because it's actually an evolution of internet uwu speak. Memes get weirdly translated from earth to Cybertron and back.

-waspinator is actually really good at baking but he'll get blasted to bits a thousand times over before he lets anyone other than terrorsaur know because none of his other coworkers deserve to try his cupcakes (and also because he doesn't want to get "promoted" to kitchen slave). Dinobot knew, but he didn't snitch. Wasp never found out that Dinobot would occasionally snag a brownie, he always thought he just counted wrong.

-Terrorsaur is not above attempting to seduce a maximal but all his flirting attempts go horribly awry. If they don't outright reject him they just have no idea what he's getting at bc Predacon flirting is usually a lot different than maximal flirting so everyone thinks he's just kind of being a dick like usual. Dinobot knows exactly what is happening and ranges anywhere from amused to disgusted by the cross-faction fling attempts. The flying weasel clearly has no principles.

-Every couple weeks or so wasp and terrorsaur will get together to watch terrible movies over a bottle of highgrade and it always devolves into bitching about megatron. They tried inviting tarantulas a few times but he'd always make things Weird by bringing in slashers with really good special effects and proceeding to gush about how tasty the gore looks.

-Tarantulas knows what just about every living species in the known galaxy tastes like, organic, mechanical and everything in between. If it's made contact with Cybertron, chances are he's he's tried their flesh (or lack thereof). If it's at all possible, he wants to find out enough about the Vok to figure out how to capture, kill and eat one.

-Tarantulas also thinks rampage is a total poser when it comes to cannibalism. He doesn't even look like he's having fun with it. Barely any torturing or teasing beforehand, only dramatic monologues about fear and anguish. Bah! Amateur...

-Blackarachnia has a trash tv addiction. She doesn't know WHY the Darksyde's datatrax has every season of Keeping Up with the Kardashians and like 30 TLC produced shows, but she refuses to stop watching them. Tarantulas fucking hates it. She does not care and if he complains she will turn the volume higher.

-Blackarachnia has incredibly mixed feelings on the story Cinderella. On the one hand, it gives her a degree of hope. A girl reduced to a work slave for terrible people that gets to escape and live it up with a guy that lives her? Great conceptually, but she only got to get out of it because she was a good person and nice to everyone. Blackarachnia? Not quite so disgustingly sweet. She's a bad girl through and through. And evidently bad people don't get to escape bad situations. Oh well. She can always try to fake it til she makes it.

-Inferno has always secretly hoped that when the war is over, his Queen Megatron will settle down with him and repopulate the colony together. He has wildly saccharine domestic daydreams of being with his giant beloved lizardy queen and their 3000+ kids. He has accidentally let this slip around Megatron once, who proceeded to pointedly ignore what he just said.

-Terrorsaur and Blackarachnia got Inferno to watch Drag Race but upon hearing the contestants being called queen, he took it a bit too literally and interpreted the show as the sad, underwhelming way human queens settle disputes between their colonies instead of just fighting the proper way. Lame.

-Quickstrike is so so very sad he can't play video games. He wants to play GTA and cause excessive and wanton death and destruction, but his fucked up hands cannot hold the controller. He forsakes Primus for building him the way he did. He keeps trying to get tarantulas to make him a usable controller but he gets brushed off every time.

-Quickstrike has attempted to ride inferno in his beast mode into battle. It did not end well but for about a solid 18 seconds it looked metal as hell.

-Rampage actually really likes depth charge and wants to be friends sooooo bad but he doesn't know how to handle that in a healthy way so he keeps trying to get his attention by playing up the cannibalism thing and hoping they fight again. Honestly he just kind of likes depth charge holding him, even if it's in a chokehold.

-After losing transmutate, Rampage projected a lot of his grief onto waspinator, which lead to a very strange period of time on the ship where rampage would get very cuddly and protective of wasp, who was incredibly terrified of what would happen if he shoved the crab off. Usually accompanied by Rampage being Incredibly Sad.

-every month the preds have a game night. Usually a board game or card game with Megatron's house rules. Said house rules are specifically designed to make a fight break out for his amusement. These game nights typically end with at least three people in the r-chamber and somebody missing at least one limb.

[lets-try-some-writing]

Remembering how in the show the first predacon clones that were made by Shockwave were sent by Megatron to earth.. Cybertronian artifacts and predacons depicted in human mythologies.. (Hercules was somewhat real gifted strenght juice from Cron maybe??idk)

I bet the five of them had opinions on the ancient beasts back from the dead and for some reason on earth of all places

Pluto: Predacons incoming!

Moon,Mars: wHAT

Earth: *not over her dinos* 👀

Unicron: No.

Oh they did have some opinions about the Predacons.

Unicron immediately cringed. He's always hated Predacons simply because they are embodiments of strength and take a great deal after Onyx Prime. Unicron fears Onyx Prime a bit more than the others just because Onyx can see right through him. Anything that reminds him of Onyx makes him unease. The Predacons are no exception.

Earth was rather concerned, but more so for her children. She was happy to see her sister race renewed, but she couldn't help but worry that the Predacons would step on her squishy offspring. Honestly the Predacons are a nice callback to her dinos, and so she is willing to house them if they behave.

Moon & Mars are scared beyond words of the Predacons. Well, not necessarily of them, but rather what they imply. Predacons hunted Cybertronians once, and Titans had to fight denta and claw to keep them away from their precious citizens. Both Moon and Mars carry age old scars from times they had to wrestle Predacons away from their cities. Neither wish to get into a fist fight with something like Predaking again.

Pluto is of the mind that extermination is by far the best policy. Primus saw fit to wipe them out for a reason. Better keep the shoot on sight order in operation.

[elfdragon12]

I don't know if y'all remember that one anon who came into my inbox trying to argue that Inferno and Quickstrike were poor manipulated little woobies and the Maximals were so awful for leaving their bodies for the protohumans to go Return of the Jedi on them?

Well, in the Beast Wars tags, I keep seeing very similar anon asks about this same thing with very similar vocabulary that I would be surprised to learn it wasn't the same person. And I'm flabbergasted.

Reminder! Quickstrike's character was always "violent little bastard itching for treachery and backstabbing". Megatron didn't need to help him in that direction. Megatron had the Darksyde computer change the Fuzors' activation code while Quickstrike was in the middle of instigating a fight with Silverbolt. Quickstrike didn't even believe him at first! Megatron tried manipulating them by playing nice!

"Teamwork and cooperation, those are the Predacon watch words." Y'all remember how Quickstrike replied?

"How about backstabbing and treachery?" Yeah! With no influence! He even betrays Megatron later in the series.

Quickstrike is just a violent bastard out the gate and that's okay! I love him for that actually! He's one of my favorite Predacons and I even bought his toy off Ebay!

We never see Megatron manipulate Inferno. Tarantulas was hoping for another arachnid to be loyal to him, not Megatron (even then, he didn't care that much because he wanted the pod more). It also turned out that the Predacon chip didn't even affect his personality much at all because the Ant Brain took over! He was ready to fight anyone, Maximal or Predacon, that was a threat to "the colony"! The Predacon chip basically only dictated who took him home at the end of the episode and Megatron wasn't even particularly thrilled when taking Inferno's parts to get repaired. Megatron can't even get him to stop calling him queen.

Turns out that ants wage war with and fight each other all the time! And Inferno is no exception!

There was no respect between the Maximals and the Predacons. At all. The closest was perhaps after Transmutate died in the crossfire of Silverbolt and Rampage's fighting. Everyone hated Tarantulas. Rampage was based off of Hannibal Lector (for kids!). Waspinator was a coward. Terrorsaur was cruel. Scorponok created the virus that almost killed Optimus. Megatron was a tyrant. Inferno was a single-minded pyromaniac and Quickstrike was a violent bastard. Why would the Maximals make an effort to retrieve their bodies?? Why is it not fitting that the protohumans use the bodies of Inferno and Quickstrike as trophies after the two attacked them?

I greatly enjoy Quickstrike and Inferno, but let's not pretend they were poor little woobie victims and that the Maximals not caring what happened to them was some moral failing.

[ghastghoul]

My Transformers OC compilation, for funsies:

Okay so the first OC that I designed while watching the G1 cartoon and Transformers: Animated for the first time in forever was Shift Click.

G1 Design (with a bonus sketch where I drew him in a comic style):

I'm not too great at drawing vehicles atm so I decided to make a minibot that became a computer mouse to make up for that. I'd like to think that his best ally/friend would be Blaster since he was actually my favorite side character from the Autobot roster, along with Jazz. Shift Click the type to take up human culture like a sponge but isn't very open about it and he enjoys humanity's various takes on robots in media.

Transformers Animated Design:

In TFA I see him as more open, but he never sees Earth. He hates Sentinel whenever he sees the mech and he's honestly a bit isolated by what he does. When his skills aren't being used to get intel on the enemy then he's not doing much as he's on the lazy side. I'm not sure if his alt. mode is the same as his G1 counterpart (computer mouse), honestly.

I also played around with the idea of him as a Decepticon, not canon to his lore but for fun:

Then I have another TF:A OC named Pulldown:

His alt. mode is a drive-in theater projector. He's an ex-Decepticon that used to work with Swindle, his projection abilities once being used to show off products Swindle tried selling before having a falling out. Pulldown tries very hard to hide his past but he honestly sucks at it, poor fella. He also lies when he ends up on Earth and claims to be part of Autobot intel, but that's debunked fast and it forces him to be honest.

Now we've got my wonderful ✨️babygirl✨️, my ✨️pookie✨️, my love - the Beast Wars OC I designed named Shatter Fang:

Shatter Fang's beast mode is a Moray Eel. His protoform was thought to be lost to the sea after the Predacons dropped his pod into the salty waters below their battle ground, devastating the Maximals trying to salvage him. Cheetor later finds a moray eel swimming oddly close to the water's edge and realizes what happened, that the protoform had not only survived but had taken on a beast mode, and he's elated when he gives Primal the good news.

His processor is a bit wonky as he often confuses similar words with eachother when speaking (Ex: instead of saying "My apologies," he may say "My sorries"), but he has a respectable spark and (later on) the passion of a warrior. When he meets the Maximals he's wary and afraid. Optimus Primal decides to let Dinobot act as his mentor, teaching him how to fight in this war; but when Shatter Fang encounters a Pred for the first time he fumbles and attempts to run from combat, at least until Dinobot accuses him of being a total coward unworthy of respect. After helping his new allies win the fight he decides to dedicate all his energy toward earning the respect of his mentor as well as his other Maximal brethren.

And finally, my newest OC named Wavewader:

Since he's so new I don't have too much on him at the moment, but his submarine alt mode was actually inspired by SuBlue Water Scooters and just stylized submarine/ship designs one may see in animation.

If I had to give any feel for his personality so far, it's very calm and easy to be around. He gets down to business as it's needed.

[smokescreenimusprime]

For ghost of darkmount :0

Do any of the other autobots ever get to see Smokescreen as he is, in his injured "ghostly" form??? Even if it's just glimpses in the corners of their eyes or a lingering shadow in the halls of darkmount??

I just think it would be cool for Smokescreen to physically haunt the con, but unintentionally also haunt the bots too

(definitely will not be used in the process of writing the fic.. or will it)

I'm so very glad you asked :)))))

Wheeljack is naturally the first one, since Smokescreen ends up helping break him out. It was his first time actually showing himself to anybody, so he ended up leaning REALLY hard into the persona he'd been crafting. Before that it was mostly stealing things, messing with lights, leaving torn up bloody Vehicon parts in places, etc etc (with the vehicon parts thing, he never actually killed anyone. He found a couple rooms full of spare parts, brutalized them a bit, dipped them in energon, then started leaving them in places he knew they would be found)

as such........ he accidentally leans into it a bit too hard and manages to convince Wheeljack about the whole thing. Now, Jackie is far from supersticious, but...... well, he's not an idiot either and it's very obvious that SOMETHING is going on here and it really, really hates the Cons but for some reason is willing to help him get out

and when he learns about Team Prime's dead rookie...... well, it isn't that much of a stretch. Not compared to what he saw, not compared to how terrified the Cons were

Bumblebee and Arcee are the ones who "meet" him next during the attack on Darkmount. Smokescreen was of course alerted to the attack, and at first he was even going to reveal himself. After all, the Autobots are here, they're okay, I can go home-

he helps them from the shadows of course. He rationalizes it to himself that keeping secret will be more useful, that this way the Cons won't know what hit them........ but the battle is still hard. They almost lose. Hell, they would've lost were it not for Smokescreen overloading some of the important systems

and that's when he realizes...... he's helpful here. In this one battle undercover, he's made more a difference than he ever did before. He was useful, and he wasn't making anyone annoyed or losing relics by getting blindside or putting the humans in danger

Just for a little longer, he promises himself as he sneaks onto the Nemsis. Just until we win

Bumblebee and Arcee of course weren't oblivious to his help. They noticed the way the doors didn't seem to have any locks or how some of their enemies would fall for no reason or how some would let out fearful cries of "THE GHOST!" "IT'S HERE!"

they can't help but think back to what Wheeljack told them, if only for a second

(and if the two of them whispered a thank you and an I'm sorry to the air, well that's nobody's business but their own)

Wheeljack and Ultra Magnus end up encountering the ghost for the third time, however it's very brief. It's right after the pair had "killed" the remaining Predacons (ofc being unaware of the fact that they'd all been moved) and were fighting Predaking. Luckily the fight is much less dangerous than the first time and UM doesn't lose his hand, but Predaking still has to act like he's vengefully angry

however, this time to give the pair a chance to escape, they end up having Smokescreem "distract" Predaking, aka he appears and disappears around the cave and "baits" him away so the other two can escape

then the fourth time. The fourth and final time.

Ratchet when he gets captured.

Now, Smokescreen wrecks absolute HAVOC on the Decepticons because....... well, he thinks they're dead. He thinks that Megatron bombed the base and killed everyone and Ratchet's the only one left

the result? His destructive tendencies skyrocket. He's actively setting fires and explosions, scaring everyone he can, destroying equipment, dragging people into walls, anything he can

and of course, Ratchet is completely spared from this chaos...... but oddly enough so is all the cybermatter experiments. Smokescreen isn't stupid after all, and if the Decepticons could manage to crack the formula? That would quite literally save the planet

of course, he's not planning on letting them go through with it, he's actively sabatoging the Omega Lock construction every way he can. But Ratchet, Shockwave and Knockout are all excluded from the chaos

when Megatron gives Ratchet to Predaking is when things begin to shift

see, Predaking and Smokescreen haven't been sitting on their asses waiting for the Autobots to eventually win, especially not after the Decepticons tried to kill the Predacons. They've been planning

and now that the formula's been finished? They have everything they want from the Decepticons and are ready to burn this place to the ground

and well....... if they're planning to do that, there's no real reason to stay hidden, is there?

and Ratchet.......... well, he was expecting several things when he landed at the feet of the predacon

Rage. Pain. Grief. Maybe even his own death

his dead teammate stepping out from the shadows and expressing that he and the Predacon Who's Apparently On Their Side have a plan?

nowhere on that list

[tfp-enthusiast]

Tfp cons w gn cybertonian lover (Scenerios)

What if, a baby predacon was made? And the said baby is awfully clingy to reader which made them 'adopt' them?

This lil darling likes stealing reader's attention from the cons which is a funny sight to see. Imagine this lil cub in the cybertonian's arms, looking at the cons smugly while practically purring in the reader's grasp, the darling knows damn well what they are doing

The cons do get to see the more maternal/parental side of the reader. Seeing the way they handle the baby predacon like one of their own is simply adorable!

The baby's crying? You bet your ass reader is right besides the baby, in a matter of seconds, fully ready to calm it down.

Starscream, Knockout, Darksteel x GN!Bot!Reader who adopted a Sparkling!Predacon

[lmaooo, I love that just imagine those grown ass bots being jealous of a child]

Starscream

The hatred he feels for that little pest when they look at him over your pauldrons while you cradle them is even for Starscream a lot.

Like the moment you both saw each other you didn't leave each other.

The only moment you leave the small predacon is, when you and Starscream go into your shared habsuite but even then you sometimes have brought that creature into your space.

Your space. Yours and Starscreams place.

But somehow he feels better when he sees just how much that sparkling means to you, you care for him just like it's your very own, and he can't be mad at you.

But he's still mad at the predacon though.

That thing knows they're messing with him and even though you don't see it, he will show them that he isn't one to anger and for your sake he won't let harm come to it.

Knockout

Oh how much he resents that sparkling right now. They only take your attention away from everything else and they even interrupt your cuddling.

He actually loved the idea of you caring for the predacon at first because you seemed so happy and smiled brightly at him when you walked around carrying them like a pampered pet.

But now he starts to hate them.

Like he just wanted to have a few breems, or at least one, alone with you but other than recharging he can't get you alone anymore.

Once he saw you rush, he would almost call it teleport if he didn't know better, to the predacon because they started 'crying' because they where craving affection.

But he's craving your attention too.

You can't abandon him just like that.

Well that's a little over the top but he just misses you a lot and the sparkling takes almost all of your attention now and he wants some of his Y/n too. Please?

Darksteel

He loves that you care for the predacon Sparkling and he even helped out at the beginning but now he thinks that maybe you spent just a little too much time with it now.

Like loves that you care but couldn't you care for him too? Or maybe only him? Sure Shockwave could care for it or some other mech.

He sometimes 'plays' with the sparkling, very rarely, but you could call it playfighting. He's still careful for your sake.

One time he was a little too rough and the little one just went on crying like a siren. You almost had a whiplash from how fast you moved.

Now he mostly glares daggers at them.

It's like they have their very own war going on.

He'll be very careful but he's not very patient in general and in this case aven Skylynx told him to stop acting like he is the sparkling.

Who can blame him after they interrupted your shared time where you recharged/cuddled together on his berth?

[annabelle-creart]

HC Time: The Firehouse Sparklings Fun Facts Edition

The Predacon Triplet (Predaking, Darksteel and Skylynx) and Seth (by @/hilarystark) are the oldest of this group, despite the oldest of the team's children are Salvage and Blurr who are now young adults

Wildbreak is the youngest of all the house, even in human years if we compare them with Cody and Priscilla's kids

No one knew Heatwave's audials had errors on its function until Soil's were checked out. Ratchet didn't knew why they were wrong until Optimus sugested him to check on Heatwave and Boulder

Soil is deaf, but was installed new audials for it

Nonetheless, Boulder taught cybertronian sign language to the rest, it became the Wave twins (Hot Shot and Soil) new secret language

Despite none of the kids like it, they were all taught Cybertronian, Seth and Predaking talk it the best; Hot Shot, Wildbreak, Soil and Darksteel barely can say "hi"

Once, Quickcall thought he would call his parents attention by making a mini volcano for Griffin Rock's science fair and winning on the try, but he was so nervous and embarrassed of how good the other's work were that he never presented his project

Frenzy likes to bite, a lot, once Meg was so off with it that he bited Frenzy back

Frenzy bited him back again and they started a bite war until Soundwave arrived and scolded both

Boulder and Heatwave started to use a swear jar when they found out Hot Shot liked to spy the adults on the shadows and repeated what they said with Soil and Quickcall. Heatwave never losed so much money, not even on bets since they got the method, but it worked with the kids

Chase is overprotective, but also strict, if something needs to be done by a way, it has to be that way, with no exceptions. Knock Out and Breakdown are permissive with almost everything

When Hot Shot and Soil started to talk, Hot Shot got obssesed with the world "bunny", no one could shut him up, he called everything at all times "bunny"; on the other hand, there was no ortodox way possible to make Soil talk

Hot Shot developed a taste on learning languages, while Soil prefers gardening. Both also play piano

Quickcall likes ballet but prefers to play chello and reading

Wildbreak likes to draw, he's not very good at it but likes it

Compared to Wildbreak, Quickcall has the constant feeling he has to do everything right or nothing will be good enough

Soil loves kisses. Hot Shot hates them

Because of their parents works, Soil and Hot Shot are the only ones who live on Griffin Rock

Quickcall and Wildbreak live on Griffin Rock's asian variant (I don't remember the name)

Rumble, Frenzy and Seth live on Mainland

Nonetheless, they all pass holidays on Griffin Rock and the kids are always messaging each other

[deliriousbug]

I was thinking on reader finding predaking after an autobot battle or while he was doing a task for the Decepticons and reader helps him or feeds him. Thanks to that interaction Predaking keeps visiting reader and reader talks to the transformers more and more until it grows something more. Especially with reader telling Predaking how he makes him feel like an average person and doesn't make him feel different.

Predaking hated to admit that the Autobots bettered him in their last fight, but his bleeding and broken frame told all. He refused to return to the Decepticons when he was so vulnerable, so instead he lurked about in a patch of woods not far from where the battle had ended. He was in his predacon form, licking his wounds, when he caught a strange organic scent on the wind blowing towards him from the east. He whirled, snarling, and found himself face to face with a human. You fell on your ass and threw your hands up as if that would protect you. Predaking sniffed the wind again and knew you were alone. As painful as it was, he transformed and knelt before you, more curious than anything. 

This was his first interaction with a human. You were so small and fragile yet you did not run from him. You stood and brushed yourself off once it became clear that Predaking wasn’t going to attack. You looked up at him with wide wonder-filled eyes. Then your gaze traveled down his frame to his wounds.

“You’re hurt,” you realized aloud. Your expression scrunched up with concern. You searched out his optics again. “Can you speak?”

Predaking nodded slowly. 

“What happened to you?” You took a step closer. 

“A battle,” Predaking said. He surprised himself by speaking, since he’d hidden both his voice and bipedal form from the Decepticons. “A battle in a war which is not mine,” he admitted, “and I am only a weapon for others to abuse.” He growled low, angry at himself for being too weak to leave the Cons. 

You frowned. “I want to help you.”

Predaking tilted his helm, genuinely confused. “Why help a monster in the woods, little one?”

“Because that monster is hurt and alone,” you said. 

After that day, Predaking made a point to travel back to those same woods every week. He often found you there alone, enjoying the peace and nature You were what he looked forward to most when he was stuck playing pet for Starscream and weapon for Megatron. Shockwave was the only one who seemed to take interest in Predaking but still it was not enough to make him feel like less than a beast. When he was with you though, he felt like his own mech. You two would talk for hours about life on Cybertron and life on Earth. He could listen to you explain your hyperfixations for days and never get bored. You helped him understand human culture and some days the two of you would just lie in the sun and watch the clouds. 

Predaking yearned to be with you every day, if only it meant he could always feel so at peace. 

Months passed and Predaking had no words strong enough to describe how he felt about your. So one day he decided to bring you a gift. It was a shard of pure and unfiltered green energon. This was a rare form of energon, and he had taken it straight from Shockwave’s lab. It was stunning, and opalescent, always glittering. 

When he explained what it was and gave it to you, you blushed an adorable shade of red and smiled so big it melted his spark. You looked up at him then and gave voice to the feelings that had been swelling in both of you. Somehow, you knew all the right words to describe this bubbly warmth and constant comfort. Predaking was surprised when you even said that he made you feel like just another average person, because that is exactly what you did for him. It was astonishing how similarly the two of you felt, and when you finished your confession Predaking scooped you up and cradled you against his chassis. You hugged him as best as you could and Predaking’s spark pulsed happily. 

[moonlight-tmd]

I saw you Cyberbeast!Bee au and it reminded me of an old au I had that I thought you might enjoy. Predacon!Bee. He's not a mythical creature like in your au, but a simple Bunny. He never tells anyone though and does his best to hide all his rabbit traits.

In this au, the majority of Predacons are triple changers and are actually where the Cons got their schematics for how Triple changers work and how to make their own soldiers into them. Bee's second form is the exact same as it is in canon, a speedy little compact car. The reason that Bee never uses his rabbit mode though is very simple, the majority of Cybertronians hate Predacons and think they are either disgusting (due to the majority of Cybertronians looking down on organic life, examples being Sential and in the episode where Fanzone gets sent to cybertron everyone immediately starts panicking at the sight of him) or immeditaly think they're Decpticons simply because there is a Con in their species name and the Predacons "gave" their secrets of triple changing to the Cons.

Bee has a lot of Predacon instincts that he does his best to hide so that no one will ever find out what he is, but by Primus does he just want to turn his birth into a Literal Nest and also rub his face on things to scent mark them as his to keep other Predacons away. Especially his team mates.

Awwh that's cute! I never thought Predacons can be simple animals, I always thought they were just dragons or dragon-like creatures, like Predaking and his 2 kin from that one TFP clip I saw.

I suppose you could apply the "origins of Triple Changers" logic to my Cyberbeast AU also- Megatron is a Cyberbeast and he started the project. Blitzwing got injected with cyberbeast blood and gained the ability to access another alt mode- at a cost. Those experiments haven't been done before for reason of it being morally wrong.

The type of Cyberbeast he got the blood from is similar to a hyena, therefore he got his crazy side and faceplate along with mech-eating habits.

Going to Bumblebee- yes, after he had his awakening he did want to "claim the pack as his". By that I mean he had this unexplainable urge to hug and nuzzle against each and every one of them to leave scent only other 'beasts can smell. He only learned what he's doing when Prowl snatched the remote and put on some documentary about animals and he was forced to watch it- he hates to admit it but he does find them somewhat useful to connect the similarities.

Thank you for the ask! <3