#clawtrap

[grantgfan]

a lot more of the decepticons that the genie team faced in season 5

Saberhorn

clout

Bludgeon

sixshot

blackout

Zorillor

Filch

clawtrap

Thermidor

Shadelock

Crustacion

dragbreak

Heatseeker

Slashmark

heatmark

oilslick

Shadow Raker

wildbreak

[cdontarts]

Finally I made my Piscciss Premann on the Omnitrix I named it Clawtrap

[heyyallitsbeth]

Well, despite Skull Merchant being reworked, and the counter to her power quite literally being "press the W key on your keyboard" people are still complaining so here's a NEW rework idea i guess. Skull Drones now work as tripwires in a small zone. If you cross the tripwire you get a clawtrap on you. If you have a clawtrap, it will stay active for the next 20 seconds. If you vault a pallet in those 20 seconds, it will instantly break. If you are healthy and have a clawtrap on you, you are exposed for the active duration of the clawtrap. Each Skull Drone can only fire one clawtrap before needing to be reset. There. Now shes Trapper but a girlboss. Is everyone happy now?

(unironically i do think i personally would enjoy this more but thats just because i enjoy Trapper lol)

[needs-to-stop-looking-at-valves]

If you could redesign clampdown for a Transformers series, would you? If so what would you change? (Your allowed to change voice actor and personality too if you want) Asking because I'm genuinely curious if you'd even want to try fixing him.

Here’s the thing- I dont HATE the crab designs in the show. There’s another crab transformer that comes later in the series,

Clawtrap. Now see, I LOVE Clawtrap. HE looks kinda normal. So let me make that clear; crab transformers aren’t my problem.

EVERYTHING is gross about Clampdown. I’m sorry, but lets look at him again;

Let’s list the issues here;

Eyes. Terrible, weird looking things that does NOT work. You recall the one crab from the Moana movie? THAT is a good example of two eyes not working well together, ACTUALLY being a good design. Not this.

Colors are just AWFUL. Miss matching claws, red and purple don’t work well here, and it genuinely looks like he’s wearing purple undies and boots. Terrible. Clawtrap’s colors are pure, and it makes SENSE for what kind of animal he is.

Voice acting. The voice actor for Clawtrap? Great, kinda sexy tbh, LOVED his evil vibe, even though the characters personality was just ‘bad guy’. Clampdown? God I don’t approve of bullying, but you can tell he got bullied as a kid, and you could see just why. No shade to Jim Cummings though, he’s not at fault for this.

How he moves. I get it, he’s a crab, he moves sideways, but god do I fucking hate how it moves. It’s like watching a spider run up your wall. Clawtrap is the same species, and HE doesn’t do that, I don’t understand it.

His personality. Clampdown is JUST a scary little pissbaby. Now, I can stand cowardly characters. Hell, tfa Skywarp is my favorite clone. But combine his looks, as WELL as the fact that he just tries to weasel his way out of situations, and he just. He’s gross.

The fact that Thunderhoof can’t kick his ass. I feel like if he got his shit fucked in, he’d be humbled enough to be tolerable.

MY MAIN POINTS;

He’s just. Awful. I’d change EVERYTHING about him. I wanna be optimistic, say just change a few things and I’d tolerate him, but I’m not kidding; he is 100%, a useless character.

[alucardy2000]

Decepticons appreciation post!

[autoacafiles]

[askvectorprime]

Dear Vector Prime, I would like to know more about Cybertronian flora as information about them is sparse. Could you please expand on them?

Dear Botanical Booster,

I have given some details in the past about some of the more common mecha-flora of Cybertron, but it is a subject brimming with potential, as few people seem interested. Therefore I'm more than happy to give some more examples.

Tumblewires are a close relative of Langton's loopbrush, found only in Cybertron's great deserts. As there's far less resources to harvest in these barren wastes, the tumblewire has an ingenious solution. When it exhausts all it can, the creeper-cables all curl together into a rusting ball, which is then blown across the deserts. As it rolls and crumbles, the tumblewire's receptor plugs are dropped, hopefully in places with more resources, allowing the cycle to begin all over again.

Cyberlawns, as they're commonly known, are actually a composite mechanism similar to Earth lichens. The primary component spreads layers of conductive and insulating layers of substrate, providing a large surface area. Into this grows micro-filament wires anchoring photo-voltaic cells that extract energy from Hadean. The cells produce enough energy that they transfer it to the substrate, which in turn anchors the cells' filaments in a symbiotic relationship. They also look rather appealing, leading to many open spaces being used to grow these natural solar panels, such as Iacon City Park.

Clawtraps are found deep beneath Cybertron's surface, in subterranean jungles. The plant gets its name from the claw-like bloom that gives off a potent energy-signature, attracting unwary mechanimals or desperate Cybertronians (although the Clawtrap can rarely deal with anything larger than a mini-vehicle). Once its prey is attempting to refuel from the energon crystal at the center of the bloom, the claws snap shut, crushing anything that cannot escape in time. The energon crystal is then agitated, forming a natural laser to burn through the victim, turning them into little more than raw materials for the Clawtrap to sustain itself with.

[stuntiteachers]

Drag Strip, has Paralon been trying to drag you to one of his trips?

Dragstrip: Oh yeah, but I did actually go on one of those in the summer break.Wildbreak: So did I! It was fun!Dragstrip: We must’ve remembered it differently.Wildbreak: C’mooooon, you had fun too.

Mun: The Scavenger (and honorary Scavengers!) story may be told in the future, depending how things go. (and I realize a yacht isn’t exactly sailing but lol IT’S THERMIDOR’S CLAWTRAP’S SHIP)

[official-maverick]

A S H A A G E S H I I N

[blueikeproductions]

The main antagonists of the continuation to RiD15. While Cyclonus’ scheme with the High Council failed, other Decepticons continued to set their sights on Cybertron and the rebirth of the Decepticon Empire. Enter RatBat, an former Senator who later began playing in Cyber-Stocks and since became a billionaire and a bit of an eccentric. He is constantly perched on his loyal Mech Servant Catilla and is his Deployer partner, Transforming into a Torpedo. RatBat has kept a watchful eye on the chaotic leadership of Megatron, Starscream, and other would be leaders like Thundertron, Megazarak, Bludgeon, Gigatron and Shockwave, and decided the Decepticons needed an efficient, business minded leader to reign in the insanity and properly take over Cybertron and later the galaxy. Taking notice of Steeljaw’s goals to build a new Decepticon Capital, he recruited the initially reluctant wolf to his cause, pulling some strings with Steeljaw’s dirty cop brother Phantomjaw to send specific members of the Pack back to Earth on Steeljaw’s request. RatBat and Phantomjaw also released and hired Glowstrike, Saberhorn, Filch and Clawtrap to go to Earth to assist in establishing a base and to harvest relics to rebuild the Decepticon armory for future conquest.

The Earthbound Decepticons were not immediately aware their benefactor was RatBat, as Catilla tended to be the more intimidating figurehead during communication.

While RatBat isn’t above fighting (he has surprisingly powerful sonar attacks, and strong cyber-fangs for draining Energon), he tends to have Catilla or others in his employ fight on his behalf, while he watches enjoying a tall Bloody Z.

[arakiincel]

its like putting a clawtrap in your yard and being surprised when you walk into it god

YEAH ANJDJDJ

[savageinkspillage]

[spark-gem]

Rid2015 - Starscream hired arms bots! - Razorhorn (the inspection), Shadelock, and Roughedge?

Close!

I looked up the episode Starscream made an appearance in RID2015 and the following names came up under the Decepticon table.

Shadelock

Razorhorn

Clawtrap

Scatterspike

Thermidor

Paralon

[sendasan]

RID 2015 Thermidor?

First impression

What the?! This lobster is attractive??? Is that possible? Oh man I can’t wait to hear him talk on the next episode.

Impression now

Oh! So he’s an old attractive lobster with a faux-pirate lingo. Sweet!

I mean, for character with few screen time, he sticks out the best. Not enough to be a big character, but unique enough to know he’s a pragmatic Con that just wants to live. No power trip, no treasure, and exceptions!

Favorite moment

Him just talking to Paralon with civility. I have no clue to what, but it doesn’t look like they were mocking one another. Something Paralon has express with discomfort.

Idea for a story

I want to write about how this ship belonged to someone close to him (Hammerstrike preferably, but not required). Like this ship is clearly out of modal, and deteriorating at an alarming rate but…it’s the closest thing he has left to his memories in old life.

…and maybe a reunion with his baby brother, Bisk!

Unpopular opinion

I don’t think there is an unpopular opinion here, fandomwise. Just…the next time he comes back, don’t make him a pirate. Keep him in the non-pirate role.

Favorite relationship

Er…all of what we seen aren’t exactly positive ones…

Like he sure as hell wasn’t soft with Tricerashot, he was kind of desperate to fight Scatterspike for the sword, and Clawtrap just reminisce a landlord-tenant extortion I seen too much in my lifetime.

Paralon is the closet to a “relation“, but it’s mundane at canon’s own will.

Favorite headcanon

He used to serve as an naval soldier for the Quintessa militia. While they were never part of the Cybertron’s Great War, he served active duty patrolling for majority of his adulthood.

[needs-to-stop-looking-at-valves]

Reasons I like RID2015 #422:

Polly got a case of fucking smokers lungs holy shit

[alucardy2000]

Decepticons appreciation post!