#es starscream tag ;; i will not speak of your sins

[vaguelydcwnwards]

STARSCREAM (EARTHSPARK) ;;

name ; starscream pronouns ; he/him (in an androgynous way) faction ; decepticon sexuality ; omnisexual size class ; medium frame frame type ; seeker alt. mode ; f-18 hornet job ; air commander lord commander of the decepticons

relevant HCs ;

spark derived from the allspark but frame factory-built

was low caste from creation, assigned low ranking military

was one of megatron's earliest and most ardent supporters; bought into decepticon rhetoric full-stop and would have burnt down the senate himself if he'd been allowed

was actually loyal to megatron for a long time, even when megatron's violence began to be turned towards him; only began to buck back fully once he saw megatron's behavior as destructive towards the cause, which is when starscream began to unpack his own hurt.

being in GHOST's prison for a decade and a half just allowed him to stew on his negative emotions. he's not really been able to heal.

trined to novastorm and skywarp.

as megatron's former SIC, is now lord commander of the decepticons as they currently stand.

his vibe is angry, radical anarcho-communist. emphasis on the angry. his selfishness is a learned survival trait, but hashtag's influence has made him want to try and work on at least that aspect of himself.

tags ; gen tag | hc tag | aesthetics tag | ic tag | gen ship tag (tbd)

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"WRONG SIDE?"

"it is not my fault you decided to remain on the wrong side of the war."

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;; honestly love the dichotomy of tfp scream and es scream in my head. tfp starscream in my brain is all drama and flair with his toxicity paired hand in hand with a Knifecat emoji. scheming and conniving the same way a black widow wearing one of those long, fluffy houserobes is.

then es starscream is (in his head) righteously angry. he still has that flare for the dramatic, but a lot of it is pettiness; if you're going to backstab him and the cause, then fine, he'll do it back to you, and he'll laugh in your face about it. he wants you to know exactly who's dragging you down and why exactly he's doing it. i imagine he's also more impulsive than tfp scream can be, much more emotionally driven (not to say tfp scream isn't emotionally driven, just that es scream is moreso).

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;; gonna put this in his profile once i write it up, but here's a couple hcs for earthspark starscream's backstory. i'm taking a bit from IDW because it seems to be where a lot of inspo for earthspark comes from.

he was low caste, i'm thinking drafted into the military from construction. i'm gonna steal from IDW and say seekers, being very common, were never allowed to amount to much and for starscream that just kind of festered.

when megatron was beginning to build up a following, starscream was ENAMORED with him and his rhetoric. starscream is someone who abhors the feeling of being controlled, and the idea of freedom, especially the freedom to choose his own calling, was something he wanted the moment it was offered out. starscream was one of megatron's earliest, most ardent supporters.

this ^ is partially why megatron's later treatment of him as well as megatron's defection to the autobots stings so much for him. starscream gave in fully to the decepticon ideal; to see the mech that wrote it strike him down and then tell him it was no longer good enough just hurts.

and, you know, it's starscream -- pretty much every starscream translates any remotely negative emotion into pure, unbridled rage.

i'm p much going for the vibe of "angry anarcho-communist" w earthspark starscream FSDJFKJSALD, so his motivations are (imho at least) a little bit more understandable than starscreams from other universes.

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TAG DUMP 2 ;;

starscream tags

G1 STARSCREAM:

g1 starscream tag ;; all i ever wanted was the world

g1 starscream hc ;; i want to watch the world burn; i brought the gasoline

g1 starscream aes ;; jealousy fuels him and feeds him and fills him

g1 starscream ic ;; you can join the team or you can bitch and moan

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TFP STARSCREAM:

tfp starscream tag ;; in a coat of gold or a coat of red a lion still has claws

tfp starscream hc ;; loneliness moves in him crude and black

tfp starscream aes ;; i'll bring thunder; i'll bring rain

tfp starscream ic ;; ain't nobody but your self to trust

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EARTHSPARK STARSCREAM:

es starscream tag ;; i will not speak of your sins

es starscream hc ;; poverty comes to clip your wings

es starscream aes ;; drown out the sound of the song he once heard

es starscream ic ;; hold my hand; consign me not to darkness

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"the downside to our newest generation being raised up by organics."

"from what i've experienced, most humans are strangely reserved when it comes to acknowledging cybertronian customs. if they even know about them in the first place."

"so i see no one told the children about conjunx rights."

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starscream is waiting for that rage -- every strut, every fuel line, every cable in his protoform is as tense as a wound spring, lifted chin and snarled lip daring megatron to take the bait. he knows, he knows the warlord is going to lash out. he knows every sign, every twitch of his faceplate in the lead-up.

when megatron simply responds gently, the seeker almost wants to scream. what gives him the right to speak so softly? what gives him the right to hide himself away like this? starscream knows him.

"then why did you call me here, megatron?" he snaps, wings flaring. "you've yet to give me a satisfying explanation."

oh, how easily they fall into old patterns.

megatron can feel the dulled edge of rage rise from where it slumbers, so recently overused by mandroid's device. the heat burns the back of his throat. it tastes of rust and sodium hypochlorite. how easily it would be to open his mouth and let it spew forth; to charge forward with bared teeth and bloody tongue.

but this is not the time. they are no longer the mechs they once were, and they cannot afford to stumble. so megatron inhales, allows the nitrogen-rich air to filter through his system. he forces back the unfiltered words, contains them with the slumbering beast. this is not the time.

"you are right," he says, and turns red optics to his once-sic. "that was needless, and i apologize. i do not wish to turn this into another gratuitous shouting match, starscream. that is not why i called you here."

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"yes, that's what makes you so pathetic. keep up."

"you all divorced me."

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"oh i'll SHOW YOU sloppy aim!"

"i trust that i have kept up with my TRAINING, and you have not been afforded the same opportunities. i know how sloppy your aim can get."

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"you aged much more poorly than i have, megatron, do you really trust those odds? careful, your weak knee strut might give out."

"you have tried before, starscream. do not expect a different outcome this time."

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"perhaps it's your life we should be annulling next."

"ah, now i remember how you got your name."

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oh, megatron, that was the wrong thing to say. the seeker's plating spikes up over his protoform, wings flaring in a dangerous display. starscream's lips curl into a snarl, showing off his pointed dentae.

"oh, so we're speaking to me like this now, are we?" he barks, clenching his fists at his sides. "you asked for my presence, megatron. how dare you insult me."

❛  i've got nothing to say.  ❜ - from es starscream to megatron | @vaguelydcwnwards

"if true, that would be a first."

the words are, perhaps, more bitter than he intends. snapped, even, as the once-warlord falls into old habits. as quick as the taste of absinthe comes, though, it is gone, and megatron's shoulders fall.

"listen, then. try to expand your talents."