#chromedome x fulcrum

[tftarotproject]

So as I understand, this project is lost light/idw focused but has basically every major character anyway? Just cause of how many cards? Cause I love the idea of a TF tarot but I haven’t read idw so I’m not really into it much yet. Just wanna know to see if it’s good for me ya know? Thanks!

The characters included are:

0 The Fool - Tailgate

I The Magician - Brainstorm

II The High Priestess - Mistress of Flame

III The Empress - Windblade

IV The Emperor - Starscream

V The Hierophant - Optimus Prime

VI The Lovers - Chromedome and Rewind

VII The Chariot - Megatron

VIII Strength - First Aid

IX The Hermit - Cyclonus

X Wheel of Fortune - Deathsaurus

XI Justice - Ultra Magnus/Minimus Ambus

XII The Hanged Man - Drift

XIII Death - Whirl

XIV Temperance - Dai Atlas

XV The Devil - Tarn

XVI The Tower - Skids

XVII The Star -  The Necrobot/Censere

XVIII The Moon - Red Alert

XIX The Sun - Rodimus

XX Judgment - Rung

XXI The World - The Lost Light

Thundercracker - Ace of Wands

Pyra Magna - Two of Wands

Pipes - Three of Wands

Blaster - Four of Wands

Overlord - Five of Wands

Galvatron - Six of Wands

Kaon - Seven of Wands

Blurr - Eight of Wands

Metroplex - Nine of Wands

Ratchet - Ten of Wands

Ten - Page of Wands

Firestar - Knight of Wands

Nautica - Queen of Wands

Thunderclash - King of Wands

Prowl - Ace of Swords

Fulcrum - Two of Swords

Krok - Three of Swords

Metalhawk - Four of Swords

Arcee - Five of Swords

Ambulon - Six of Swords

Pharma - Seven of Swords

Vos - Eight of Swords

Tarantulas - Nine of Swords

Getaway - Ten of Swords

Wing - Page of Swords

Wheeljack - Knight of Swords

Velocity - Queen of Swords

Tyrest - King of Swords

Swindle - Ace of Pentacles

Riptide - Two of Pentacles

The Wreckers - Three of Pentacles

Trailcutter - Four of Pentacles

Fortress Maximus - Five of Pentacles

Nickel - Six of Pentacles

Shockwave - Seven of Pentacles

Perceptor - Eight of Pentacles

Trepan - Nine of Pentacles

Lockdown - Ten of Pentacles

Spinister - Page of Pentacles

Crankcase - Knight of Pentacles

Helex - Queen of Pentacles

Bumblebee - King of Pentacles

Cerebros - Ace of Cups

Lug & Anode - Two of Cups

Misfire - Three of Cups

Tesarus - Four of Cups

Grimlock - Five of Cups

Cosmos - Six of Cups

Swerve - Seven of Cups

Skywarp - Eight of Cups

Nightbeat - Nine of Cups

Chromia - Ten of Cups

Sunstreaker - Page of Cups

Jazz - Knight of Cups

Soundwave - Queen of Cups

Roller - King of Cups

Some of these characters are exclusive to the IDW comics, but most are familiar faces through continuities. Even if you don't know all of the characters, it's a beautiful deck any TF fan could appreciate. You can also go through the rest of the blog to see some of the pieces our artists have created!

[spockandawe]

sunderedstar asked:

∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞ ::::)

Song 2/8. This time, we’ve got Joan Baez singing Lady Gay (lyrics) (a child ballad!!)

And oh man, as an old timey ballad, this song is mostly story, and takes a little explanation to understand. But the idea is that a mother sent her three children away to school, and they all died. She grieves, and she begs God to return them to her, and she makes up a bed for them and sets a table with food. Her children’s ghosts do return, but instead of staying, they tell her that they’re dead and she has to let them move on. This song is lovely, but the ending lines get me every time.

Green grass is over our heads, mother, Cold clay is over our feet, And every tear you shed for us, It wets our winding-sheet. 

Now, Cyclonus and Tailgate and cybercrosis. From a reader’s perspective, Cyclonus obviously cares about what’s happening to Tailgate. He’s been having trouble dealing with it since he heard the news. And Cyclonus is experienced with grief and loss and death in... how do I put this. I’d love to see Cyclonus trying to think through the grief process, in that last day or so. Something like the sentiment of those words in the lyrics, directed at himself. By grieving openly, he’s placing another burden on Tailgate. The idea of telling yourself that your grief is a selfish, that it’s the kind thing to do to detach your needs from the person, and offer comfort without getting emotionally involved yourself. Emotions don’t turn off like that, so it means just internalizing everything. Which brings a whole new set of stresses, but they’re stressing him and not Tailgate, and that’s what counts, right?

I’m also kinda disappointed in how fast the Anode/Lug situation moved along in canon. I know there wasn’t really time to linger, because the plot was packed full. But I wish we’d gotten one conversation before ghost!Lug faded out, with her confronting Anode over the whole thing, with her trying to demand answers and both of them being confused and upset. Because that Lug is genuinely Lug, and not just a complete hallucination, then this is really getting close to the situation of someone’s grief keeping someone tied to the earth, even past their death. I'd really like to see Anode falter for longer than canon has let her so far. I want to see her trying to deal with the idea that the person she love is dead and has been dead and there’s genuinely nothing that can be done about it, for a nice solid beat, before the miracle solution pops up.

Or. A number of characters are uncomfortable with Chromedome erasing his own memories of his dead husbands, because he can’t cope with the grief. Brainstorm even says a thing about how most people never find a conjunx, but has had many, and he loves so hard that he just can’t handle it when his partners die. I’d love to see... a perspective that disagrees with Brainstorm’s emotional response. I’d love to see, say Pivot dying and his ghost lingering out of worry for Chromedome, and seeing him go into his own mind and erase Pivot from his memories altogether. It must hurt, that’s for sure. But I want to see the emotions that go past that, to yes, this-- hurts. But he’d rather take this on himself than see Chromedome suffering. It’s hard to accept that Chromedome would do this to him, but since it did happen, thinking through what would make Chromedome do that and worrying over him without being able to help in any material way, and making some kind of peace with the idea because it might hurt, but it’s better than watching Chromedome hurting instead.

OHHHH. OH. So. There’s that comic out there about the similarities between the names ‘pivot’ and ‘fulcrum’ and what if secretly pivot never died, like maybe he went missing in action and people assumed he was dead, but he ended up switching sides and getting a new name. And then meeting Chromedome in the present day and realizing that not only does he have a new husband, but... he doesn’t remember you at all. Similar to that last entry. Pivot/Fulcrum hurting, hurting a lot over that revelation. But with that same gradual acceptance, that it’s better not to see him suffering, it’s better to see him happy, and if means taking on some of that pain yourself, that’s a price you’re willing to pay.

[kazzywolf]

I know it’s late but Happy Valentine’s! :’D Have this silly thing lol

[fyrapartnersearch]

Transformers, robots in disguise!

Hey hey, I hope everyone had a great start of 2020! To roll out into the new decade in style I’m hopeful and excited to find one or two (or three ;)) writing partners (in crime) who like me want to write about some big mechs. It’s exactly as the title suggested, I’m looking for Transformers plots! Before I jump into the juicer stuff, please be 21+. Regardless of the content of any possible roleplay. Contact information: Discord: vos#7878, Gmail and Hangouts: gunmetalmorality@gmail.com Who am I? Now you might be wondering who’s interested in these big (handsome) and fun robots? Well, it is I! I’m Anna, 28, female player, living on easy mode and maybe I’m a bit of a nerd. I also love tea, read books, be social around friends and hoard too many soaps. But who doesn’t love to smell nice? Continuities/ worlds I know: IDW comics (MTMTE, RID, spotlight, and most related content), Prime, RID and some G1 where do I write? Email, Discord and Gdocs but I’m open to any suggestion you might have :) How I write: I tend to stick to 3rd person in the past tense but am open to trying out present tense posts as well. The length of my posts can vary depending on what works best for us. But if you like a baseline, most of my roleplays tended to have posts around 3-5 paragraphs per post. With some faster paced plots and one-ish paragraph roleplays sprinkled in between. Let me know what works for you Shipping: I’m super open and very excited about most ships. You better ask me what I really don’t feel comfortable with and I would gladly give you a list. I will be adding a list of muses/bots/character I prefer to write and if you have a ship involving any of them I’d probably say yes right away, haha. However, to be fair and not to get anyone’s hopes up. I’m not really into human x mech ships and probably won’t go for any plot related to those. muses/bots/character I prefer to write in no order of interest : Jazz, Prowl, Rodimus/Hot Rod, Rewind, Chromedome, Whirl, Optimus/Orion, Drift, Skywarp, Megatron, Barricade, Thunderhoof, Steeljaw, Bumblebee, smokescreen, Getaway, Sunstreaker, Knock out, Breakdown, Skids, Brainstorm, Fulcrum, Mirage, Wheeljack, Blurr, Nightbeat, Starscream Oc’s: I love Oc’s! If you wish to play with those instead I’m totally cool with that as well. General roleplay thoughts: In general I just love writing and creating plots. Canon, Canon-divergence, AU’s and/ or human AU’s are all welcome. I’m open to light, sweet and fluffy, something dark and gritter. Some hurt and comfort, humour, a combination of all of those and much more. In the end I just want to write about big robots and something we both enjoy writing on!

[notwhelmedyet]

MTMTE Salespitch - a version where you can zoom in and actually see the pictures. Original Post / image descriptions below cut

[images: A ‘why should you read X’ guide explaining the various merits of the comic series Transformers More than Meets the Eye. Long vertical white post with juxtaposed comic panels and comic-lettering style text.

Welcome to Transformers More than Meets the Eye (text is comic’s logo).

More than Meets the Eye is a fun/tragic comic about a bunch of losers heading into space

Because they don’t want to deal with the war that just ended on their planet

All/most of these robots are very very gay.

Why read it? Because this comic has everything you could want in a comic:

We have action! (panel of First Aid and Ratchet holding pistols and bantering)

Humor! (Ratchet peers at a teeny tiny shot glass and says: “Either it’s very far away or you’ve invented the world’s smallest drink.” from off panel: “Shut up, it’s free.)

Freaky body horror! (Chromedome and Drift standing together. Drift looks visibly sickened.  Chromedome: “Ratchet, could you put his brain back in his head? With corpses, I prefer to go through the eye sockets.” Drift: “I cannot begin to tell you what’s wrong with that sentence.”)

People reflecting on the cause and consequence of war! (Two panels. In one, Fulcrum says: “But there’s always been a war. THat’s like saying there’s no blue, or the weather’s stopped.” In the other Megatron and Whirl are fighting and Megatron says “You taught me that words without force were weightless and for a long time I was grateful. Even when others tried to save me I always returned to what you did to me in that cell.”)

More humor! (Whirl and Skids joking around together) And lots and lots of gay robots having feelings (Whirl looking melancholy saying “Well, it makes me feel, full stop.”)

Alien religion and philosophy! (Pantheon of candy-colored Transformers gods standing shoulder to shoulder)

Mysteries! (A figure stands on a plain with a mysterious spiky city before them as in the background multiple spiky shadowy planets circle)

Like Seriously. So many feelings. (A collage of panels. Rewind stands side by side with Chromedome and says “I love you.” Chromedome reaches his hand through a narrow space and begs someone “Please, don’t do this.” Cyclonus puts his hands on Tailgate’s shoulders and tells him not to hope, because hope is a lie. Ratchet puts his hands on Drift’s shoulders and tells him that he has a future, that he can tell he’s something special. Drift hugs Rodimus from behind while ‘teaching him the art of the blade’ and says “those two have an odd relationship.”)

But luckily there’s a (tiny, brave, very breakable) therapist on board to help them work through those feelings. (Two panels with Rung. One of him saying “And when did you first decide the universe needed conquering?” and one of his tiny hands resting on someone’s enormous hands as he says “...I’ve learned to forgive anything.)

In summary: yes. They’re dumb car robots. (Panel of a car sitting at a table with a glass of alcohol saying “...good point.”)

But if you let them into your heart you will care about them more than you could ever imagine. (Rodimus hides his face in his hands and says “You’re gonna show some of the speech? It’s not embarrassing, it’s just - I really gave it my all.)

(Panel of Chromedome and Rewind walking away. Rewind: “Come on. You’ve said what you wanted to say.”

Bonus! A picture of two bots sitting on a hill covered in flowers, hugging each other. If you read all 57 issues of More than Meets the Eye and then read the sequel series Lost Light you get a BONUS loving lesbian relationship between two beautiful and loving trans lesbians who happen to be robots and they’re in love and it’s fucking lovely.

end description.]

[nero-rabbit]

Just gonna answer anyway cause I like this.

1. Neutral

2. Megatron

3. Kup, Whirl, Silverbolt (BW), Cheetor, Rat-Trap, Dinobot (BW), Tigatron, Blades, Rodimus Prime, Nightscream, Perceptor, Ultra Magnus, Swerve, Tailgate, Brainstorm, Skids, etc...

4. Starscream, Tarantulas, Waspinator, Inferno, Soundwave (Prime), Ravage, Steeljaw, Sideways, Thundercracker, Misfire, Fulcrum, Tarn, Vos, The Pet, etc....

5. Cyclonus

6. Nautica, Fire Star, and Arcee

7. Beast Wars and Animated

8. More than Meets the Eye

9. IDW

10. Verity and Sari Sumdac

11. Cyclonus x Tailgate, Rewind x Chromedome, Starscream x Skyfire/Jetfire, and Knockout x Breakdown (IDW)

12. Skids x Nautica, Megatron x Starscream (all continuities except maybe shattered glass), Megatron x Optimus (in Animated, like they never even full have a proper interaction outside combat), etc...

13. Megatron, Shockwave, Megatronus, majority of RID (2015) deceptions, etc...

14. Impactor, Optimus Prime, Drift (RID 2015), Sunstreaker, Windblade, Prowl (IDW)

15. Metal Hawk

16. Energon, RID (2001), Beast Wars 2nd, and Beast Wars Neo

17. The Beast and Generation 2

18. Daniel Witwicky, Spike Witwicky, and Sam Witwicky

19. Nightscream

20. Grimlock (excluding IDW)

21. Skyfire x Starscream

22. Megatron x Starscream and Megatron x Optimus Prime

23. Howlback, Rubble, BW Silverbolt, Hot Shot, Acid Storm, Shattered Glass Starscream, and Tiger Hawk

24. Scavengers

25. Abominus

26. Devastator

27. Swerve

28. Kup

29. Ultra Magnus

30. N/A

31. Dominus and Minimus and Galvatron and Arcee

32. Tiger, Transmetal rat, fuzor wolf eagle, etc...

33. Any animal

34. TBA

35. Forged to Fight and Earth Wars

36. 2005 IDW

37. Aligned Continuity (anything after prime and original rescue bots)

38. Watched Cybertron and G1 when I was really little.

39. Do so everyday of my life.

40. Would align myself with them and attempt to befriend at least one bot.

Transformers Ask Meme!

Decepticon, Autobot or Neutral

Optimus or Megatron

Favorite Autobot(s)

Favorite Decepticon(s)

Favorite Neutral(s)

Favorite femme bot(s)

Favorite show(s)

Favorite comic series

Favorite comic company for TF comics (Dreamwave, IDW, Marvel, etc.)

Favorite human character(s)

Favorite ship(s)

Least favorite ship(s)

Least favorite Decepticon(s)

Least favorite Autobot(s)

Least favorite Neutral(s)

Least favorite show(s)

Least favorite comic series

Least favorite human character(s)

A character you love that no one else seems to

A character you hate that no one else seems to

A pairing you love that no one else seems to

A pairing you hate that no one else seems to

Favorite underrated character(s)

Favorite class/group(s) (i.e. Seekers, Scavengers, Constructicons, Aerialbots, DJD, etc)

Favorite combiner(s)

Least favorite combiner(s)

A bot you want to be best friends with

A bot you’d want as a mentor

A bot you could consider a mortal enemy

Favorite fandom sparklings (if you know of any)

Favorite siblings

Favorite alt mode(s)

What your alt mode would be if you were a Cybertronian

Favorite toy(s)

Favorite game(s)

Favorite TF universe(s)

Least favorite TF universe(s)

How did you get into transformers

Would you recommend it to others

What would you do if the Autobots landed on Earth right now and asked for your help

[sangrette]

Transformer ships?

Oh no. That’s a lot of ships. I’ll try limit this to G1 and IDW.IDW:Cyclonus x TailgateChromedome x RewindTumbler (Chromedome) x ProwlProwl x ConstructiconsDrift x PerceptorDrift x RatchetDrift x WingRodimus x DriftMegatron x RodimusRodimus x ThunderclashMegatron x Ultra MagnusMegatron x ImpactorMegatron x TrailcutterRung x Megatron Rung x NightbeatRung x WhirlRung x Fortress MaximusRung x FroidSkids x RungSkids x NauticaSkids x SwerveSwerve x Ultra MagnusImpactor x First AidFirst Aid x AmbulonAmbulon x Fortress MaximusPharma x AmbulonTarn x PharmaTarn x NickelNickel x DeathsaurusFulcrum x MisfireFulcrom x KrokMisfire x GrimlockCrankcase x CONS4EVABrainstorm x QuarkPerceptor x BrainstormOverlord x TrepanStarscream x WheeljackStarscream x ScoopStarscream x WindbladeWindblade x MetroplexWindblade x ChromiaChromia x IronhideOrion Pax x ShockwaveSoundwave x CosmosArcee x SideswipeArcee x AileronMarissa Faireborn x ThundercrackerVerity Carlo x StakeoutVerity Carlo x SpringerG1:Jazz x ProwlMirage x HoundPowerglide x Astoria Carlton-RitzIronhide x ChromiaRatchet x SideswipeRatchet x SunstreakerProwl x SideswipeProwl x SunstreakerStarscream x SkyfireRed Alert x StarscreamBluestreak x WheeljackBlaster x CosmosGrimlock x PerceptorRodimus Prime x SwoopRodimus Prime x BlitzwingRodimus Prime x Wreck-GarRodimus Prime x SpringerRodimus Prime x GalvatronSoundwave x ThundercrackerTracks x Ultra MagnusJazz x Springer[edit]I felt the need to add Animated because I adored that series!ANIMATED:Megatron x Optimus PrimeBlackarachnia x Optimus PrimeElita One x Sentinel Prime x Optimus PrimeOptimus Prime x Sentinel PrimeJazz x ProwlRatchet x ArceeLugnut x StrikaShockwave/Longarm Prime x BlurrUltra Magnus x Rodimus PrimeBumblebee x ProwlBumblebee x BlurrBumblebee x WaspBumblebee x Shockwave/Longarm PrimeBumblebee x BlitzwingBumblebee x StarscreamBumblebee x Megatron

[notwhelmedyet]

An alphabetical guide to MTMTE season 1 characters

All the characters that are prominently featured/mentioned in MTMTE issues 1-22 who you might want a quick reference on, descriptions contain no spoilers past that point! Primary cast in italics

‘the Necrobot’ : A mysterious mythological figure that visits the bodies of every fallen soldier. Or does he?

‘the Senator’ : Appears in the Shadowplay flashbacks, Orion Pax’s benefactor who altered him to be able to carry the matrix, alt mode is a small spacecraft

Ambulon : A medic stationed at Delphi under Pharma, a former Decepticon

Blaster : LL crew member and director of communications

Brainstorm : LL crew member, a scientist and weapons designer, alt mode is a blue jet

Bumblebee : Autobot commander on Cybertron, uses a cane to walk, a close friend of Ratchet’s, was left with the other half of the Matrix, alt mode is a small yellow car

Chromedome aka Tumbler : LL crew member, a former mnemosurgeon, very close to Rewind, alt mode is a weird red and orange car

Crankcase : One of the Scavengers. Missing a chunk of his head. Fairly surly.

Cyclonus : LL crew member, neither an Autobot nor a Decepticon, was stuck in a dead universe as a zombie for millions of years, deeply cynical, led the attack on Kimia before the end of the war (that’s where Chromedome, Rewind and Brainstorm worked!) and killed a lot of people. Also helped save Cybertron. Alt mode is a purple jet

Dai Atlas : Leader of the Circle of Light, the religious group that converted Drift when he left the Decepticons

Dominus Ambus : Former husband of Rewind’s, a scientist, philosopher and activist, missing since the start of the war

Drift, formerly Deadlock : LL crew member, 3rd in command, formerly the Decepticon Deadlock, defected and joined the Autobots after finding The Circle of Light and being mentored by Wing, stabbed himself in the spark and had a religious awakening at the end of the war

First Aid : A nurse stationed at Delphi under Pharma, obsessed with Autobot badges, a big fan of the Wreckers

Flywheels : One of the Scavengers, a deeply religious neoprimalist who can’t lie without transforming, has very large feet.

Fortress Maximus aka Fort Max : An Autobot, was stationed as warden of the prison Garrus 9 when it was attacked by Overlord, he was brutally tortured for three years before the Wreckers mounted a rescue. He’s been unconscious ever since.

Fulcrum : One of the Scavengers, a K-class Decepticon who miraculously survived battle and was subsequently adopted by the Scavengers.

Froid : A colleague/nemesis of Rung’s, a fellow psychologist. Missing, presumed dead

Galvatron : Ancient warrior and Cyclonus’s former lord. Nearly destroyed Cybertron fairly recently.

Getaway : An Autobot escapologist who’s been missing for some time

Glitch : Appears in the Shadowplay flashbacks, an outlier and victim of empurata, Glitch has the ability to disable non-sentient mechanical objects by touching them

Grimlock : Autobot whos alt mode is a T. Rex. Last seen at the prison Garrus 9

Helex : Member of the DJD, a very large mech with two sets of arms, kills people by stuffing them into his chest compartment smelting pool

Hoist : LL crewmember, Trailbreaker’s roommate, he’s got a spotlight you could read. He turns into a green...hoist thingie. Useful for rescuing crewmembers who are underwater.

Impactor : Appears in the Shadowplay flashbacks, a miner who was once friends with Megatron who later became the leader of the Wreckers.

Ironfist aka Fistiron : Appears in the Shadowplay flashbacks, a total nerd who was obsessed with the Primal Vanguard. During the war he was a weapons designer who ran the Wreckers: Declassified datalogs. He was eventually assigned to accompany the Wreckers on a mission, where he died.

Kaon : Member of the DJD, has no eyes, has a pet turbofox that he claims is a Sparkeater, alt mode is an electric chair

Krok : Leader of the Scavengers, looking for his old squad.

Misfire : One of the Scavengers, a Decepticon who’s a notoriously bad shot.

Nightbeat : Appears in the Shadowplay flashbacks, a detective who first finds the dead body with his partner Quark

Optimus Prime / Orion Pax : ...do I really have to? Leader of the Autobots, the most recognizable transformer, alt mode is a truck.

Ore : LL crewmember, one of the Duobots with Shock, dies early on

Overlord : A ‘Phase 6′ Decepticon who is known for being bloodthirsty, having creepy lips and being nigh unstoppable. Alt mode is a tank.

Perceptor: LL crewmember, most respected scientist on board, during the war he was a member of the Wreckers and nearly died but was saved by Drift. This led to him becoming a sniper/getting a radical sniper makeover, alt mode is a microscope

Pharma : Lead medic at Delphi, knows Ratchet from way back, alt mode is a jet

Pipes : LL crewmember, very small and optimistic and a bit awkward, alt mode is a small blue car

Proteus : Appears in the Shadowplay flashbacks, the senator that offered Decepticons political recognition if enough would officially register as Decepticons

Prowl : Autobot left on Cybertron, Chromedome’s partner from his police detective days, a schemer and strategist, flips tables over when he’s angry as a running gag, alt mode is a police car

Quark : Appears in the Shadowplay flashbacks, a detective who first finds the dead body with his partner Nightbeat

Ratchet : LL crewmember, chief medical officer of the ship and formerly of the Autobots, grumpy surly and a belligerent athiest, has ‘form fatigue’ in his hands which threatens to ruin his medical career, alt mode is an ambulance

Red Alert : LL crewmember, chief of security, struggles with paranoia and intrusive thoughts, has exceptional hearing, spies on everyone all the time (because he’s worried about them)

Rewind : LL crewmember, has a camera mounted on his head and uses it constantly, archivist, making a travelogue of the Lost Light’s adventures, very close to Chromedome, very small, alt mode is a memory stick

Rodimus, formerly Hot Rod : LL captain, has flames painted on his chest, very showy and impulsive, once carried the Matrix during the war, came up from nothing on the streets of Nyon, alt mode is a sports car

Roller : Appears in the Shadowplay flashbacks, a cop who’s a buddy of Orion Pax

Rung : LL crewmember, the only therapist on board, mysterious past, wears glasses, alt mode is a mystery

Scourge : Dead. Cyclonus’s closest friend, was also trapped in the Dead Universe and was also a zombie. By throwing his body into some magical well Galvatron created an army of Scourge clones at the end of the war...they all died too.

Shock : LL crewmember, one of the Duobots (with Ore), dies early on

Skids : joins the LL crew, Autobot who’d gone missing, can’t remember his recent past, very affable and kind, alt mode is a blue car

Spinister : One of the Scavengers, a Decepticon who’s very good at surgery and struggles with paranoia

Star Saber : A rogue member of the circle of light, a religious zealot who led ‘holy wars’ against ‘heretics’

Swerve : LL crewmember, a very chatty metallurgist who has always dreamed of being a bartender, makes a lot of jokes, desperate for real friends

Tailgate : LL crewmember, a minibot who spent several million years asleep at the bottom of a hole and missed the entire war, Cyclonus’s roommate, alt mode is a tiny blue and white car

Tarn : Leader of the DJD (Decepticon Justice Devision), the ultimate Megatron fanboy, kills people by talking to them, alt mode is a purple tank

Tesarus : Member of the DJD, very large with an X over his face, large blender in his chest that he uses to blend/torture people

Thunderclash : The best Autobot, well known war hero off on his own space adventure, on life support due to a spark injury, huge and heroic and with clashing colors

Trailbreaker/Trailcutter : LL crewmember, an outlier who can summon forcefields, has a serious drinking problem,

Trepan : Appears in the Shadowplay flashbacks, mnemosurgeon, missing in action and presumed dead, alt mode is a drill

Tyrest : Chief Justice Tyrest, a Neutral/Autobot (sometimes one, sometimes the other) who presided over peace talks, helped organize the Exodus of unafilliated Cybertronians etc. etc. Holds the Law to be the most important thing.

Ultra Magnus : LL crewmember, second in command, Duly Appointed Enforcer of the Tyrest Accord, very very tall and very very serious, obsessed with rules and order, alt mode is a truck

Vos : Member of the DJD, can only speak the Primal Vernacular, tortures people by forcing them to wear a mask of spikes, alt mode is a sniper rifle

Whirl : LL crewmember, first seen trying to light some mutilated corpses on fire, bombastic and aggressive, claws and a single optic, former member of the Wreckers, alt mode is a helicopter

Windcharger : Appears in the Shadowplay flashbacks, an outlier with the ability to levitate using magnetism

Wing : Former member of the Circle of Light, Drift’s friend and mentor, died during the Drift miniseries

(If you need to ID a very minor character, try TFWiki. The ‘Featured Characters’ listing for each issue will tell you who appeared in that issue. Be warned that all the character pages are full of spoilers.)

If I’ve made any mistakes please send corrections! I’d hate to mislead any new fans.

[convoy914]

Eh, once again, fuck it:

(The opening visuals would be the Lost Light crashing into Remnant, being found by Team RWBY, and the end is Ruby looking up at a globe of Remnant burning. It’s the same effect of the flashing I think: but less direct. It’s flashes of Remnant’s cities burning and all)

We said goodbye (There’s the beginning team shot, but let’s change it up a bit, shall we? It’s expanded for one, and in front instead of a void there’s the Matrix. Ruby is flanked by Rodimus and Megatron, Pyrrha is there in Oscar’s place, and those at the front are joined by Ultra Magnus, Drift, Chromedome, Rewind, Cyclonus, Whirl, Tailgate, Swerve, Nautica, Brainstorm, Anode, Lug, Krok, and Ratchet. Team RWBY in their new outfits (not the Anima outfits but still new ones). The “Before and Now” bit is a bit different: instead of it being “Before and After” it’s Team RWBY and a major crewmember, with people and things relating to them in the reflections instead. Possibly behind them rather than on them. Workshop it later. Ruby and Rodimus with Summer and Rung…)

To all the things we loved (...Weiss and Magnus with the Schnee Legacy (represented by Winter, Willow, and Whitley in front of a portrait of Nicholas) and Minimus Ambus, Blake and Cyclonus with the White Fang (represented by her parents, the masks, and the symbol, the blue rotting away to the red), and his past, Yang and Nautica (an odd team up, and yet it works because I said so. Idunno i guess they both lost people or something), with Raven and Tai both (also Zwei), and Skids)

Gave up our lives (I’m thinking we change the context a bit. Here’s Megatron and Ozpin instead, reflected instead are Megatron X and Zeta Prime, Ozpin has Salem and Ironwood. Megatron’s penitent and regretful and all, Ozpin’s like the Volume 6 into but at a different angle as there needs to be room for Megatron)

Just to find that it was not enough (not enough, not enough)(Not sure as to the specifics of how we’re adapting that, perhaps in the edges of a photonic crystal, but in the images it’s two people instead of one. Groundbreaker and Splashdown, Astrotrain and Blitzwing, Ramjet and Thrust, Sienna Khan and Ilia Amitola. We pan from them to…)

We lept in faith, left our solitude, our (Scourge looking dejected, with Hot Rod pulling him up. Dirge looking in approval. Plus Roadbuster. In the background we see representatives of other “neutrals”, like Seekers, W/Mercenaries, Titan Folk, Colony Folk, etc)

Carefree peace (Overlord looming over Chromedome and Rewind...with the shadow of Rewind I in the suit looking with his back turned in the background. Of course we don’t realize that’s who it is at first, but y’know)(Also maybe Rewind I is on one side and on the other we have Fortress Maximus?)

What we thought would change the world (Here we alter a bit. It’s a group instead of just the one all in the triangle. First up, instead of shots of the weapons we have first up Red Alert, Cerebros, Outrigger, and Beak; and then the second shot is Clicker, Decibel, Ruckus, and Overcast. Need‘em somewhere. It’s Qrow and Glynda in the front, Qrow’s not knightley but slouched & Glynda’s, y’know, Glynda; flanked by Jaune, Pyrrha, Krok, Roller, Fulcrum, and Nickel, the latter two looking a tad uncomfortable...with themselves, really)

Was just a childish dream (Ren, Grimlock, and Crankcase are looking away while Nora, Misfire, and Spinister look in concern and longing and all that. Nora still gets the closeup and the lightning. It’s a whole complicated thing w/this lot)

We failed to stop our own demise (the shot with Weiss and Winter from the Volume 8 intro, but with the Megatrons. And the end is Regular Megatron looking down while Megatron X smirks at him, like the shot from the Volume 5 intro with Yang and Raven sort of)

The tragic end’s before our eyes (The glyph is replaced by an Decepticon logo, it fits, & the two looking worried as it falls are Bumblebee and Orion Pax. I want to do something different: it slowly shifts into an Autobot logo before hitting the ground. It could work)

Hope has no place here (Zeta Prime sending out Skyfall, Over-Run, and some Vehidrones over to Ironwood, who’s still there as normal but his chess pieces turn into Ozpin, Glynda, Qrow, and the like looking concerned before evaporating. Made it work, I hope idunno)

Maybe the path that leads our way home will finally clear (Start off with Infinitus (as he’s going by in order to “respect his counterpart’s memory”), then go to Deathsaurus looking pensive, then let’s stick with Penny at the end there)

Maybe the end we tried to avoid is already here (Two group shots, let’s expand the hell out of them. First shot we have Drift, Ratchet, Brainstorm, Perceptor, Tailgate, Swerve, Whirl, Velocity, Coco, Fox, Velvet, Yatsuhashi, Sun, Scarlet, Sage, and Neptune. Second shot is Thunderclash looking all heroic, with Riptide, First Aid, Bluestreak, Anode, Lug, Wipe-Out...and Nightbeat and a reluctant Blue Bacchus, jumping in at the last minute. Also Robyn, May, Fiona, Joanna, Theodore, Rumpole, and a Lionheart looking Lionheart. The wide shot includes RWBY, JNPR, Rodimus, Megatron, Magnus, Cyclonus, Nautica, Qrow, Glynda, and Ozpin. In said shot, we have the Decepticons (and the Nemesis) on one side, Autobots (and the Steelhaven) on the other, and the Lost Light in the middle replacing Amity. The shadow of Salem over the Lost Light. Need a third appearance. Flying up is still Penny. As a mechanical human, she’d have roles to play here. Right in front of the Lost Light)

Some roses (Team RWBY and the Lost Light Command Crew (Ruby and Rodimus specifically) nodding at each other and then blasting off into battle and all that. Bit more packed, much like this here. I mean, there’s a LOT of characters aren’t there)

Will never bloom (Fighting/holding back/being ambushed by those like Shockwave, Adaptus, & their crews. Also the Branwen Tribe and the Ace-Ops. In the background the other teams/crew fighting Generibots and Genericons and all that)

Some dreams will rot on the vine (Cinder walking, yes, tho also in the foreground are Dreadwind, Darkwind, Roman and Neo looking on, judging)

Some lives will end much to soon (Emerald’s in the same place, tho Mercury takes Neo’s. Also no Grimm Arm, so instead she falls on her knees)

Some evil will never ever die (First up is Soundwave, looking...pensive, with Hazel doing the same next to him, next is Straxus holding his pickaxe covered in Innermost Energon, Tyrian leaning on his new bestie, then Prowl looking like, well, himself, and Watts being his smug prick self as well, & the final shot is Megatron X, Zeta Prime...and Salem rising on her tornado in front of ‘em)(Final flash to the Gods at the end)

Some wars will not end in peace (It’s all four relics swirling here. Possibly in the flames of the Maiden powers? The screen’s split in 3 so it’s Ruby, Rodimus, and Megatron. Ruby looking the same, Rodimus looking more confident and Megatron almost seeming like he’s gotten his groove back after all the before stuff)

Some heroes choose the wrong side (Yeah SUPER big group shot. Think cramped like the final covers of Lost Light. RWBY, JNPR, Rodimus, Megatron, Minimus, Drift, Ozpin, Qrow, Ilia, Penny, Glynda, Sienna, Chromedome, Rewind, Cyclonus, Whirl, Tailgate, Swerve, Ratchet, Roller, Tai, Zwei, Nautica, Velocity, Brainstorm, Perceptor, Krok, Misfire, Crankcase, Spinister, Fulcrum, Nickel, Grimlock, Fortress Maximus, CFVY, SSSN, Orion, Bumblebee, Hot Rod, Scourge, Nightbeat, Thunderclash, Riptide, First Aid, Bluestreak, Wipe-Out, Red Alert, Cerebros, Theodore, Rumpole, a reluctant Deathsaurus, Blue Bacchus, Raven, and Lionheart, Clicker, Ruckus, Outrigger, Beak, Decibel, Overcast, Robyn, May, Fiona, Joanna, & a reluctant Winter, Marrow, Harriet, Tortuga, Elm, & Vine. Falling w/Team RWBY are Rodimus, Megatron, Minimus, & Drift)(Probably forgot a few here but WHATEVER)

Sometimes it’s worth it all (Them falling in the void. In the background however we have flashes of their lives instead of just nothing. It would be very quick, yes, but perhaps more fitting of where we are)

To risk the fall (Ruby waking up and trying to reach to the Matrix...and the silhouette of Rung. The Grimm arms trying to drag her down are joined by mechanical arms of course, & let’s not ignore the Cyborg Grimm...)

And fight for every life (There’s the Happy? Never Again. We’re keeping that, but instead of what it cut to in canon we see shadows (that fade away) of Getaway and Pharma, One-of-Twelve and Tarn alongside The Hound...and three OTHER Hybrid Grimm creatures. The Grimm do NOT fade away. These four things are designed to fight CYBERTRONIANS as well. Psychologically as well as physically. So those ghosts are appropriate here. We end on Crescent Rose in the ground with the wreck of the Lost Light in the background. Not the most pleasant, but V8 & all)

Thats right, instead of actually writing this as a fic, I just keep notes on the overall structure and do THIS. It’s my style. I don’t think my brain is wired in a way I can do anything more at the moment. IDEAS, tho, that I can do. Enjoy trying to decipher my incoherent rambling, kids!

Okay, so...I DID write up a whole alteration of the Volume 8 intro to fit that RWBY/More Than Meets the Eye/General Transformers crossover thing I mentioned here once. Where the Lost Light’s duplication puts it over Remnant AND there are Cybertronians native to this universe as well. I’m wondering how much context y’all would get if I just posted the notes for altering the intro. You know, if you can decipher them. Might be difficult. Could be fun. What do y’all think?

[notwhelmedyet]

More than Meets the Eye : a sales pitch

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[images: A ‘why should you read X’ guide explaining the various merits of the comic series Transformers More than Meets the Eye. Long vertical white post with juxtaposed comic panels and comic-lettering style text.

Welcome to Transformers More than Meets the Eye (text is comic’s logo).

More than Meets the Eye is a fun/tragic comic about a bunch of losers heading into space

Because they don’t want to deal with the war that just ended on their planet

All/most of these robots are very very gay.

Why read it? Because this comic has everything you could want in a comic:

We have action! (panel of First Aid and Ratchet holding pistols and bantering)

Humor! (Ratchet peers at a teeny tiny shot glass and says: “Either it’s very far away or you’ve invented the world’s smallest drink.” from off panel: “Shut up, it’s free.)

Freaky body horror! (Chromedome and Drift standing together. Drift looks visibly sickened.  Chromedome: “Ratchet, could you put his brain back in his head? With corpses, I prefer to go through the eye sockets.” Drift: “I cannot begin to tell you what’s wrong with that sentence.”)

People reflecting on the cause and consequence of war! (Two panels. In one, Fulcrum says: “But there’s always been a war. THat’s like saying there’s no blue, or the weather’s stopped.” In the other Megatron and Whirl are fighting and Megatron says “You taught me that words without force were weightless and for a long time I was grateful. Even when others tried to save me I always returned to what you did to me in that cell.”)

More humor! (Whirl and Skids joking around together) And lots and lots of gay robots having feelings (Whirl looking melancholy saying “Well, it makes me feel, full stop.”)

Alien religion and philosophy! (Pantheon of candy-colored Transformers gods standing shoulder to shoulder)

Mysteries! (A figure stands on a plain with a mysterious spiky city before them as in the background multiple spiky shadowy planets circle)

Like Seriously. So many feelings. (A collage of panels. Rewind stands side by side with Chromedome and says “I love you.” Chromedome reaches his hand through a narrow space and begs someone “Please, don’t do this.” Cyclonus puts his hands on Tailgate’s shoulders and tells him not to hope, because hope is a lie. Ratchet puts his hands on Drift’s shoulders and tells him that he has a future, that he can tell he’s something special. Drift hugs Rodimus from behind while ‘teaching him the art of the blade’ and says “those two have an odd relationship.”)

But luckily there’s a (tiny, brave, very breakable) therapist on board to help them work through those feelings. (Two panels with Rung. One of him saying “And when did you first decide the universe needed conquering?” and one of his tiny hands resting on someone’s enormous hands as he says “...I’ve learned to forgive anything.)

In summary: yes. They’re dumb car robots. (Panel of a car sitting at a table with a glass of alcohol saying “...good point.”)

But if you let them into your heart you will care about them more than you could ever imagine. (Rodimus hides his face in his hands and says “You’re gonna show some of the speech? It’s not embarrassing, it’s just - I really gave it my all.)

(Panel of Chromedome and Rewind walking away. Rewind: “Come on. You’ve said what you wanted to say.”

Bonus! A picture of two bots sitting on a hill covered in flowers, hugging each other. If you read all 57 issues of More than Meets the Eye and then read the sequel series Lost Light you get a BONUS loving lesbian relationship between two beautiful and loving trans lesbians who happen to be robots and they’re in love and it’s fucking lovely.

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