#and yeah once again its like. make it 'g1 like' but u know. i mean. i do like g1... u got me......

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they did it again

[ID: 1. Transformers Prime Soundwave, in a low crouch. He's lanky and uncanny, with a screen for a face. In monochrome dark blue, with purple accents. Many embellishments, including a crest on his head, are thin and spikey. His arms extremely long and flat, the wings of his alt mode. His feet are long and pointed.

Transformers Robots in Diguise (2015) Soundwave, holding a glowing sword. He's much bulkier, wide in the shoulder, and legs, which contain tires. He's light grey and dark blue, with glowing blue accents, his face screen now bright red. He has a shoulder cannon, and Laserbeak is a large blocky shape, docked to his chest. END]

wait this thing has other colours?

[ID: RiD Soundwave posed menacingly. Data cables out from his torso, brandished towards the camera. His accents in glowing blue are now his natural colours, most red, some purple on his shoulders and cables. Laserbeak is undocked, showing the glass of his chest, and the gold accents around it. END]

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Not to be basic with capital b but I do be curious,, would you give us your judgment on Megatron, be it overall or from your favorite continuity/media? //Eye emoji

if youre basic for sending this, then im double basic for having so many opinions on megatron :^) gonna do g1/idw/cyberverse for funsies

send me a character and i’ll list:

•favorite thing about them

g1- i dont think this man has ever had a thought that hasnt ended with "and then ill punch optimus prime in the face" hes so dedicated to being cartoonishly evil, i have nothing but love in my heart for him.

idw-jro said "do you want sad old man megatron" and i said yes sir!!! also honestly i really like his design. the first model kit i bought was idw megatron :^)

cyberverse- look, ive been trying to come up with something that isnt just "i like him because hes gay" but, well, i like him cause hes gay. dude has the energy of a divorced dad who still has his ex on speed dial. yes i do mean optimus.

•least favorite thing about them

g1- i-uh...well...he should be nicer to starscream.

idw- i think...early idw megatron is really at odds with mtmte megs character wise. like they went all out making him an absolute bastard (spotlight megatron comes to mind) and while i respect that from a story standpoint, i really have to like ...have two different megatrons in my mind when i read idw. the megs that deserves a second chance and the one from...the rest of the continuity. comic books are just like that sometimes i think.

cyberverse- ok yeah. he needs to be nicer to starscream. i think he softened up a bit near the end of the show in general, but hes SO brutal to starscream that first time he kills him it almost feels out of place in the show 😬

•favorite line

g1- "MY EQUILIBRIUM...DESTABILIZED...HHUGHG"

or uhm literally any banter fight with optimus prime "everything i touch is food for my hunger" etc etc

idw-when he hugs terminus...AAAH

-"What's happened?"

"Nothing. Everything. I've lost my way."

cyberverse- not a quote, really, but when he has a twitch stream of starscreams funeral bsbsvs jesus christ dude

•brOTP

g1- soundwave full stop. soundy is ride or die.

idw- soundwave :^) also rodimus! and ultra mags! and maybe optimus

cyberverse- i dont think he has friends. again, maybe optimus. sometimes he vents to soundwave but soundwave is blasting my chem in his headphones or something

•OTP

g1: if youve been on my blog for more than 2 seconds u know i really like g1 megop. megatron stares in the mirror every night practicing banter for their fights. he polishes his buckethead. megatron built clones of optimus prime on several occasions, and once, he didnt even do anything evil with it. he just made starscream punch it or something. why do you have a clone of op just laying around bud? huh? ok gayboy

also megatron/soundwave is good :^) and i wrote megatron/shockwave once...

idw: i dont ship idw megop all that much but, yaknow, its goin on the list

cyberverse- go on :^) guess ;^)

megatron and op got divorced but they kept the rings.

•nOTP

megastarrrr

also, for idw specifically: megatron/rodimus :^/ i do not like it...also megatron/rung, probably others, i unno

•random headcanon

g1- lazerbeak is his favorite cassette, and he likes to spoil her with energon goodies. soundwave is afraid hes gonna make lazerbeak a little chubby birdie :^(

idw- i think he knows a lot of folk songs from his time in the mines, but he doesnt really sing anymore.

cyberverse- i think after meeting megatron x and hetting his chrome butt handed to him on a silver platter, hes kinda over leading the decepticons, honestly. he seems tired.

•unpopular opinion

g1- i love him too much probably?

idw- i dont uhh ship him with anyone?

cyberverse- theres barely a cyberverse fandom. if anything, me liking him so much is an unpopular opinion.

song i associate with them

g1: theres nothing profound here, i just wrote a megop fic titled this once

idw: yeah ok i know what i just said about not shipping idw megop all that much but you tell me this isnt their dynamic. go on. i dare you

cyberverse:

*strangling myself* shut up about megop shut up about m

•favorite picture of them

g1-

ol buckethead summed up in one image

idw- sir thats my emotional support warlord

cyberverse- BUENAS DIAS MEGATRON (WACK)

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Hhhh bunni legs pain accomplishment day

I HAVE FINISHED THE SHOPPING OF HELL

Tfw u only get paid 4 days before christmas and have to rush everything aaaa

It was bad enough today so i'm so glad i got it done before it got even more busy!

Misc boring essentials i bought for myself: new phone charger cos broken, new trousers cos i spilt hair bleach on my only two pairs, new shoes cos my left shoe literally snapped in half down the middle like wtf even happened there, cheap pink hair dye from a discount store cos i wanna try different colours but in a thrifty way

Now for EXCITING CHRISTMAS PRESENT TIME!!!!

First off SO MANY pc and xbox 360 games from Every Charity Shop In Cardiff, St Mellons, Rumney and Llanrumney. My sis has been trying to find some games to play but was like 'dont worry about it i can just wait til the charity shop gets something good'. So i thought i'd get some stocking stuffers via all the charity shops on my side of town. By our powers combined we will blitz the entire vale of glamorgan's discount gaming scene!!! I found SO MANY good stuff for £1/£2/£3 like holy shit i love when charity shops dont know the proper price for shit XD

speaking of which i also found a WEBCAM for £2! If its that cheap it probanly isnt great but itd still be fun to play around with! :D and the same store also had an old vintage G1 My Little Pony coffee mug in excellent condition. Oh god the nostalgia! My support worker gave me a lift to llanrumney so i had to awkwardly explain why i had an armful of weird 80s mugs and big teary eyes!

Speaking of vintage, i found this new vintage toys and games shop in cardiff called Galactic Attic! The name hooked me in and then they actually DID have pokemon inside! As well as all sorts of stuff ranging from 40s to 90s, wow! There was even a lil pile of old 90s gaming magazines in the corner, covered up by a bunch of boxes. I'm glad i noticed them! I got the announcemt issues for pokemon diamond pearl and platinum in a weird old pokemon fan magazine that i loved as a kid. Im kinda sad that nowadays we just have one official magazine fpr each console and not the wild madness of amateaur journalists failing horribly to get news from japan. Shame they didnt have Beckett Pokemon cos that one was infamous fot drawing its own terrible interpretations of pokemon sprites to avoid copyright. And speaking of terrible, they even had bootleg pokemon!! I talked to the cashier and he was like "you know those are fake right" and i was like "yeah its so nostalgic thats why i want em" and he was like "lol yeah they actually sell pretty well so i'm not mad my supplier ripped me off". It was a pretty good and awesomely terrible fake at the same time? There was this exact replica of some japanese display stand for the product and then the actual pokeball toys looked perfect BUT the mini pokemon inside were.. Really not. I am so damn happy with the surprise inside my one, surprise inside has never been more accurate! I can't take a picture now cos my phone is charging but REGICHEETO. Just..just imagine that, and whatever you're imagining it is probably worse. I love it so fuckin much. Also less hilariously there were some bootleg mini pika plushies with actually (as far as i can tell) their own unique design? They have cute lil winter scarves and an art style that reminds me of the Magical Pokemon Adventure manga. A really cute and good bootleg that i would have loved to see as a real product! The only way you can even tell its a bootleg is because there's no marking on the tail. I dunno, maybe if i still have some brown fabric in the cupboard i could fix it? Or maybe its unique tail makes it even more special! I mean there's Cosplay Pikachu with its double tail marking so maybe this is her cousin Accessory Pikachu with no markings? He just likes wearing scarfs and hats and stuff. OMG HE'S THE POKEMON GO EVENT PIKACHU!!!!!!

Along the miscness of finding a few things for myself, i also found: cute lil pokemon pencilcase, kingdom hearts blind bag, cheap copy of Fruits Basket volume 1 cos the new remake is coming out soon and i wanna Get Hype! The KH blind bag was really weird cos i didnt know they now have an entirely different set as well as the keychains i bought before. Its kind of a shame the art style doesnt match cos vexen is only in the keychains, alas! But i do really love these ones! Theyre apparantly made by funko pop but dont have the art style AT ALL, they just look like really accurate versions of the characters in mini form. Its kinda like the 'distance animation' style in steven universe? (Incidentally they also do SU ones but they missed the opportunitu to actually use the distance style, lol) I got a Sora in his kh2 outfit and i'm decently happy with that, its not one i really wanted but its not a bad one either. But i think now i've tried the fun of surprise once i'll just buy the actual ones i want off ebay later. They have roxas in his organization outfit! With a happy smile!!!

Oh oh and then EVEN MORE XBOX GAMES OF THE WILD THRIFT STORE VOID! i managed to find the whole fable series, two assassins creeds, saints row, gta, some misc shooter games and racers that she wanted but i dont know much about, mass effect 2 and ff13. I think maybe one or two others cos i cant fully remember right now. Theyre all in separate bags strewn across the room and my shoulders feel like death so i'll sort through them later.

Aaaand i wrote up like 14 paragraphs more but tumblr didnt save my draft fpr some fuckin reason and now im way too tired to do it again

Briefer summary:

* had a huge horrible panic attack getting stuck in a skyscraper shopping centre clothes place full of screaming and every perfume smell and WHY DO I HAVE TO NAVIGATE THIS HELL MAZE TO FIND THE ESCALATOR and seriously i was my most primal animalistic self and i went full fight or flight on this bitch

* had a lovely time visiting Cool Shop Grandma and rambled the story of how i met her and how we became friends but hhh too tired to rewrite. But anyway today i gave her a christmas pikachu plush as thanks for everything and cos her shop is moving on to its next location soon. She got really teary and gave me a big hug! She's gonna be at a comic con in march so i hope i'm able to go to that and see her again.

* went on a wild goose chase looking for harry potter merchandise and eventually found a gold plated replica of the movie prop version of the time turner and HELL YES my sis will love it!

* rambled about several market stalls that were cool but i can make a separate post about that in the morning when i find their contact details to advertise them

* got a plushie delibird and decided to take selfies with it everywhere to try and fight my social anxiety somehow. We went to a neat lil restaurant and had cheesy fries and a coke float!

* asked for a refund on an item for the first time ever and im proud of myself

* went off on a mystery bus trip to buy a preowned 3ds and pokemon games from a lady in an online preowned stuff facebook group and it didnt go horribly and i am glad! She was really nice and i witnessed A Good And Smart Parenting Moment and man it healed my heart and i wish i'd been raised that way. Again i'll probably ramble about the details later when im less tired, it really touched my heart seriously! And now i have MANY GIFTS FOR SIS!

* in total i was out present shopping from 9am to 8pm and i clicked my shoulder out of its socket for a split second from.all the heavy bags. Now im in a lot of aches and i need a sleeps

The End

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G1 Episode 16: Transcript

Episode Show Notes

[This can also be found on AO3!]

[Stinger]

S: At some point, I think, Soundwave and Blaster are fighting over them in Hawaii.

O: [snort]

[Intro Music]

O: Hello, and welcome to the Afterspark Podcast, an episode by episode recap of the generation 1 Transformers cartoon.  I'm Owls!

S: And I'm Specs!

O: And today we're gonna be talking about episode number 16, Heavy Metal War. Let's talk about giant robots today, shall we?

S: Mm-hmm. We open in a construction site with a purple machine of some kind being moved.

O: And it's purple- clearly it's destined to be Megatron catnip.

S: We had a conversation about this.

O: [chuckles] We did.

S: I want to know what kind of world this is, like, half the time the stuff that Decepticon steal is already Decepticon purple. Or looks like it was built by them.

O: So, I don't know if you guys have seen the entirety of the Batman animated series that came out in the 90’s but there's this what episode where this guy opens a Joker themed hotel. And the reason he did this was because they had run out of money and he thought this would incite the Joker to attack the hotel, and then he would get the insurance money.

S: So it's an insurance scam.

O: Pretty much. Paint it purple and the Decepticons will come.

S: Suddenly, a sextet of lime-green construction vehicles show up on scene right out of nowhere.

O: That totally don't have purple Decepticon symbols on the front or anything, and the purple thing they've come to steal is apparently an energy disc?

S: It's not disc shaped? In any way, shape, or form, but okay!

O: The construction workers fetch their own construction vehicles to confront the Decepticon ones.

S: It's time for a demolition derby, baby!!! With construction vehicles.

O: Watch out! That dump truck has missiles.

S: They're hardcore!

O: [Laughter]

S: And, oh! Lo, look and behold, there are more purple things to steal. They steal another purple thing off a wall, and this one's called a power converter, interestingly enough. This one does, in fact, have a little satellite disk dealio on it.

O: Clearly, the construction workers got the names mixed up.

S: Yes! The construction vehicles transform into robot mode, introducing themselves as the Constructicons, and then they proceeded to fly off. And all the stuff that they stole- which got put in Longhaul’s truck bed, I pres- presumably went into subspace when he transforms, because it just poofs.

O: “Foolish man of flesh,” is my favorite insult for this episode, courtesy of Scrapper.

S: The Constructicons returned to a temporary Decepticon hideout where the other ‘Cons are waiting.

O: Megatron says something that insinuates the Constructicons were built on earth. I have so, so, so many questions about this. One: How? Two: Where did their sparks come from? And three: In a later episode, there’s an entirely different origin story for them, where they are very clearly from Cybertron.

S: Complete with mind-control tentacles. This is a theme.

O: Yeah, just in case you thought we were done with them. You're never done with mind control tentacles.

S: Definitely not in this cartoon.

O: [Laughter] Toy roll-call as all the Constructicons are listed individually: Scavenger, Mixmaster, Longhaul, Bonecrusher, Hook, and Scrapper.

S: Megatron and Starscream have another tiff. Starscream calling Megatron out on his bullshit.

O: Something along the lines of: Megatron has a plan to defeat the Autobots once and for all and Starscream’s like, “Where have we heard that before?”

S: Every episode.

O: Pretty much. I'm like, “Starscream has a point!” [Laughter]

S: Sometime later Megatron arrives at the Autobot base.

O: And the Autobots attempt to dissuade Megatron from whatever evil scheme he's got hatching and by coming to their base.

S: Cliffjumper attempts to freeze him because it's Cliffjumper.

O: Wheeljack attempts to shoot him but he's gun blows up of its own volition because it's Wheeljack.

S: Yeah. Optimus proceeds to shoot at Megatron and the two of them hold an entire conversation as Megatron does some vaguely ballet- well, vaguely air ballet-like moves in order to dodge the blasts. It's surprisingly graceful.

O: Megatron has come to challenge Optimus to a one-on-one fight and the loser must leave earth. He cites Cybertronian law for this. This is a stupid law, a really freaking stupid law.

S: The first of many. Wheeljack and Ironhide seem to support this, as it would end the war, but Cliffjumper isn't happy about it.

O: For once, I agree with Cliffjumper. I never say that!

S: Mr. Suspicious is right. Sometimes-

O: You should be suspicious of Megatron!

S: I mean a broken clock is right twice a day. So-

O: [Laughter] Every once in a while, Cliffjumper says something that is relevant or it seems to have some amount of sense.

S: It's occasionally correct, yeah. Optimus accepts the challenge and Megatron flies off.

O: Back at the Decepticon base, we see that Megatron is planning on being a Cheater McCheaterpants by using the machine assembled by the Constructicons to absorb the powers of all the other Decepticons. How are they doing this, you ask? With a power chip rectifier, of course. A thing we will never hear about again.

S: When do we ever hear about any of things ever again in the show?

O: Valid point. Starscream is hesitant and he tells Megatron that this is cheating.

S: Starscream's moral compass gets some exercise here.

O: Did he forget who he was talking to?

S:I don't know. Maybe, maybe he was channeling Skyfire?

O: [Laughter] It’s like, that one- I am convinced Skyfire is his, like, moral compass.

S: Probably. The remaining ‘Cons give up their power chip rectifiers without comment.

O: Scrapper turns on the machine for the transfer, with Megatron shouting a variety of things that sound pretty dirty without context. Mostly made up of a gratuitous use of the word, “More!” With a hefty serving of “More power!”

S: This works and Megatron orders the Constructicons to disable Teletraan 1 so it can't alert the Autobots to their deception.

O: And now Megatron can summon red lightning from his fist.

S: Through the power of being a major asshole and a huge cheating cheater.

O: [Laughter] In the Ark, it looks like Optimus and literally every single other Autobot head to the battleground, leaving no one behind to keep an eye on Teletraan.

S: This was not a good idea or well-thought-out, but apparently they all wanted to be spectators.

O: Apparently.

S: Both sides basically sit down to spectate this match.

O: Soundwave even releases his cassettes so they can watch. He pets Ravage, too. I love it.

S: It's very cute. Ironhide and Chip briefly mention the Roman gladiatorial fights.

O: In comparison to the Optimus- Megatron fight.

S: Yeah.

O: And I deeply wish I could butt in and tell Chip that Megatron was a literal fucking gladiator. I bet he'd be fascinated.

S: According to the g1 U- UK comics, he was, too, in addition to the IDW ones.

O: Yes.

S: So it’s multi-continuity.

O: Pretty much. It's later reused as backstory, both for the first IDW run and Transformers Prime.

S: Mm-hmm. And Megatron tosses Optimus over his shoulder one-handed.

O: Mm-hm! Throughout the match, the Decepticons point out which powers Megatron's using at any given moment. Starscream has the power of bombs! And his null ray.

S: Megatron uses his weird hip gun to shoot Optimus before using Rumble’s earthquake ability. Optimus Prime suplexes a boulder at Megatron, but he uses Skywarp’s teleportation ability to evade.

O: And if the Autobots had not figured out this incredibly obvious thing that was happening, then they really should have once he used Skywarp’s ability.

S: Yeah. Cutting to the Constructicons, they've made it to the volcano where the Ark is located.

O: And Scavenger’s just straight-up Ratchet’s VA doing a not-so-different voice, “Hi, Scooby.”

S: Megatron and Optimus continue to fight with Megs using Reflector’s ability to momentarily blind Optimus as he hits him with Thundercracker’s sonic booms.

O: Optimus is finally taken down by one more blast by Megatron's fusion cannon and Megatron declares himself the victor.

S: Honestly, I'm not sure how none of the Autobots couldn’t hear any of the Decepticon commentary.

O: I think that- that's a valid point, too. I’m just sort of like guys you really, really should have realized what was going on. That, and it’s Megatron. Do you really think he's going to play fair?

S: Uh-huh.

O: The Autobots head back to the Ark to fix Optimus, with the Decepticons escorting them.

S: This is not the first time, I think- or will not be the last time the Decepticons escort the Autobots to make sure they don't cheat. This is-

O: Which, I mean, irony. [laughs]

S: Hypocritical.

O: A little bit.

S: Yeah. The Constructicons make it to Teletraan 1, but not before the computer alerts the Dinobots. Who apparently stayed behind.

O: I'm not really sure why these guys were the ones left behind, they would have loved to watch the fight.

S: Probably because they would have wanted to join in on the fight.

O: Yeah, yeah, valid point. I don't think they would have taken no for an answer.

S: They’re very much guys who want to- want to get their fight on.

O: Yeah.

S: A fight ensues, with the Dinobots forcing the Constructicons out of the volcano.

O: And this episode marks the first appearance of the combiner, the ginormous Devastator! Which the Constructicons formed to fight the Dinobots.

S: Ratchet and Wheeljack succeed in fixing Optimus.

O: And then Spike and Teletraan inform the rest of the Autobots that Megatron was using the other Decepticons’ abilities, rendering their agreement null and void.

S: Outside, a giant Autobot shows up out of nowhere to scare the pants off Devastator.

O: An illusion by Hound, of course,

S: Mm-hmm, they're very- they're very handy.

O: The Constructicons are knocked into some handy lava, as are the rest of the Decepticons in the following fight with Optimus finishing off Megatron.

S: And Optimus says, “It is ended.”

O: He means for this season. The Decepticons will return with no ill effects from their lava bath in season 2.

S: It might count as a spa, even. And Megatron is pissed and vows to rise again.

O: Of course he does, and that's the end of season 1 of the Transformers. We did it! We'll be back in a month, at the beginning of season 2, but a few weeks join us as we talk about the crossover comic “Mars Attacks the Transformers.”

S: Mm-hmm.

O: And we actually have read the comic. It's quite fun, so we're looking forward to getting to talk about it.

S: Yes.

O: And, Specs, I believe we have some fanfic for today?

S: Yes, we do, we have two pieces of fanfiction to recommend. They are both Constructicon based since it's their first episode.

O: Right.

S: Might as well focus on them. So the first recommendation is Diversion by Steelcircle. It is based in the g1 cartoon continuity, it's rated K+, and it's a gen fic. There aren't any pairings, but our characters for this piece of fanfiction are Scrapper, Hook, Scavenger, Mixmaster, Longhaul and Bonecrusher, and in summary, “Bonecrusher and Mixmaster put their own spin on a human form of entertainment.” I am NOT going to spoil what that form of entertainment is, but we have actually seen it in one of our earlier recommendations.

O: All right. I haven't read this one yet so I have no frame of reference.

S: It's- it's good. it's pretty short, I definitely recommend it, and our theme for this one and the other one was Constructicons. So that's very short and it's a one shot. They're both one shots. And the second recommendation is “What are you in for” by Ckret2. It is set in the IDW G1 comic continuity, it's rated K, there is some slight shipping in it and our pairings are- the one pairing is Hook/Scrapper. The characters in this pick are Scrapper and Mixmaster, and there are actually some- some, like, mooks so who are there at the beginning and do some talking but they aren't important.

O: They’re not important, they’re not what we’re here for.

S: Yes, and in summary, “Scrapper finds himself in a holding cell for trying to help his friend, Hook, get into the medical caste, where he meets a quiet cellmate with a drum mixer on his back.”

O: Psst, it’s Mixmaster. [Laughter]

S: It is, it is. And, they're both really good and I like them and they're- that one's also a one-shot. Uh, they're short but they're good so I’d recommend them.

B: [Laughter]

S: And that's it for the fanfiction recommendations, thank you,

O: And there are no fan art today, like said we will be doing a comic next time, though.

S: Alright! And that just about wraps it up for us today. Remember to check us out on Tumblr or Pillowfort as Afterspark[-]Podcast for any additional information, show notes, or links we may have mentioned.  You can also find us on Facebook and Twitter at AftersparkPod (all one word) and various other locations as Afterspark Podcast such as AO3, iTunes, Google Podcasts Stitcher and YouTube, just to name a few. Till next time, I'm Specs!

O: And I'm Owls!

S: Toodles!

[Outro Music]