#grayseeker

[akapen011]

Art for @grayseeker 's fic "Open Arms"!

[grayseeker]

Look, I made a thing! I teamed up with the amazing @fuccerito to create a collaborative zine. It's a free download (with optional donation to Rainbow Refugee, an organization that helps LGBTQI+ refugees from around the world), and it includes my story Detention, gorgeous full-color cover art, and well over 20 interior illustrations. I'm just beside myself with how amazing it turned out! Please enjoy!

[darkstarofchaos]

In the wake of TF One, I have finally figured out why I have less interest in MegOp with every new piece of media I consume, and it turns out not to be because of the way Megatron is written like I'd assumed (there are no TF One spoilers here, the movie just triggered the epiphany).

MegOp for a lot of early series (G1, Unicron Trilogy, TFA) was Enemies To Lovers, aka, one of my favorite relationship dynamics. They only knew each other as enemies, but something happened, they had to work together or get Married For Peace, homoerotic undercurrents of being rivals, whatever. Point is, they eventually had to interact for an extended period as not-enemies. And then they fell for each other and boom, relationship. Messy and complicated and very, "I used to hate you, but now that I've gotten to know you, I don't want to hate you anymore."

Modern MegOp is either set before the war, or it's Lovers To Enemies (and sometimes Back To Lovers). One of my least favorite dynamics, because it feels like a romantic dead end. "I have seen the darkness in you and I reject it". "I have seen you at your worst and your best isn't worth it". "I will set myself against you forever because I am opposed to your desires on a fundamental level". It's a good tragedy, but if you've seen both their good and their bad and rejected them, that's... That's it. There's no path forward without a redemption arc (which is a dynamic I have a love-hate relationship with, but we'll get to that).

If you've read much of my work, you probably know I'm a big SkyStar shipper and are very confused by the above. The thing about SkyStar, though, is that I didn't ship it. It was a bit different from the usual Lovers To Enemies dynamic in that Starscream was functionally a stranger to Skyfire after millions of years, but it still had that vibe of "I knew you and reject who you've become". All love lost, no path forward.

I didn't start shipping SkyStar until reading @grayseeker's Under His Wing, which starts off establishing them as... enemies. Because even though Skyfire still misses the Starscream he knew, he doesn't know this Starscream, and he rejected this Starscream (this is in stark contrast to other SkyStar fics I was seeing at the time, where Skyfire pined for Starscream like he was the one who'd been rejected, and would take him back at the drop of a hat. Also, a lot of those fics just kinda gave him "his" Starscream back, instead of asking either of them to figure out how to make things work if they still want to be together. But I digress).

Point is, Skyfire and Starscream became enemies under unusual circumstances, which leaves them a path forward if Skyfire is willing to get to know the new Starscream, and meet him where he is now instead of where he used to be. You can hit some Enemies To Lovers beats with this pairing if you try.

MegOp doesn't have that weird breakup situation. When one of them rejects the other, it's not after an extended separation during which one of them changed dramatically. It's more "I never knew you at all". It's, "I've known you for so long, and as recently as five minutes ago, I never would have thought you'd be capable of this". They hit the wall together, in real time, and have to confront the fact that they know this person who hurt them so deeply. Which, again, it's a great tragedy and a great breakup story, but it ends the romance. There's only one way they can possibly move forward from this, but in the case of MegOp, I do not think it works.

Let's talk about romantic redemption arcs, I guess.

So here's the thing about redemption arcs: I don't like them. Mostly because redemption is always treated as a good vs evil thing, where a reformed villain makes up their bad deeds to the people who used to be their enemies, but they never have to face the things they did to their allies (yes, I am talking about canon Megatron redemptions). The only upside to Defection = Redemption is that it sets the scene for an Enemies To Lovers story, but honestly, it doesn't feel the same. I want "drawn to each other despite their fundamental differences", not a relationship that doesn't even start until one character changes on a fundamental level.

In general, the only time I enjoy romantic redemptions is when it's not about what faction you're a part of, and more about whether you can accept the other person for who they are. SkyStar is one example, but a better one would be MegaStar. MegaStar as I prefer to write it is a relationship where both parties have seen the other's worst traits and did not reject each other - but their worst traits also feed on each other, so they're stuck in a sort of relationship purgatory until one of them either lets go or changes. And if Megatron decides to change (they both have issues to work on, but Megatron has to change, it can't just be Starscream), and he succeeds, that is a redemption arc. And it's a redemption arc I would enjoy, because I'm not asking one character to change their entire personality and moral standing; I'm just asking they choose kindness, not cruelty (yes, there is an entire conversation to be had about morality and abuse, but that's a whole post all on its own, so I'm not going to get into that right now).

Anyway, that's why a MegOp redemption arc wouldn't work for me. They have seen traits they didn't like - maybe not even the worst the other person had to offer - and one rejected the other. Reconciliation requires one or the other to change on a deep, worldview-altering level. And I'm not into that.

Enemies To Lovers says, "I have seen your darkness and will brave it for a chance to bask in your light". Lovers To Enemies says, "I have seen your darkness and am compelled to snuff it out".

Granted, my preferred take on MegOp is "I have seen your darkness and am compelled to snuff it out". But like, less "I will stand against you forever" and more "I will shape you to my liking". But whatever.

I should probably throw an unpopular opinions tag on this thing.

[ao3feed-skystar]

Adventures of a Wanton Egg-Slut

read it on AO3 at https://ift.tt/jyVfWwY by grayseeker Skyfire is in heat for the first time since awakening from the ice. Starscream knows exactly how to take care of that, and he even comes bearing gifts. Excerpt: “Just look at you,” he purred. “All wild-opticked and wanton. And that scent.” He nipped Skyfire’s throat, fangs scoring the sensitized cables. “I picked it up on the wind the moment you joined the battle. You’re a walking, flying pheromone factory.” Words: 3449, Chapters: 1/3, Language: English Fandoms: Transformers Generation One Rating: Explicit Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Categories: M/M Characters: Jetfire | Skyfire (Transformers), Starscream (Transformers) Relationships: Jetfire | Skyfire/Starscream (Transformers) Additional Tags: primal play, Oviposition, Mating Cycles/In Heat, Mating Bites, Mech Preg (Transformers), Egg Preg, Knotting, Nesting, Dirty Talk, Enemy Lovers read it on AO3 at https://ift.tt/jyVfWwY

[legendtrainer]

A fic for @grayseeker for the SkyStar Smut Exchange! Really hope you enjoy!

[overlordraax]

Tagged by @panther-os

Rules: Post the names of all the files in your WIP folder, regardless of how non-descriptive or ridiculous. Let people send you an ask with the title that most intrigues them and then post a little snippet of it or tell them something about it! Tag as many people as you have WIPs.

People I shall tag in this: @ultracreativelywritten @bairdcrevan @wendy-comet @grayseeker @akapen011 @mutalieju

Wips (I have so many I decided to go with the best ones):

Bumblebee Honorary Insecticon

It's all your fault

Therapy Psychic Dive

Windblade ships them

Orion did not sleep well that night

Sentinel starts McCarthyism

Cyclonus and Hospitals

Galvatron doing admin

Galvatron's screaming therapy

Meeting Cyclonus's parents

You are Hot Rod

Galvadad Secret Movie Club

Ladyformer Jazzwave Spies

i want starscream to have a great day

Late Night Call

Lesbian SkyStar pub suggestion

Jazz v the DJD

Shockwave kidnapped Skyfire egads!

[skystarsmutexchange]

Welcome to the SkyStar Smut Exchange 2023!

Yes, we are doing it again! Having (mostly) caught our breath after last year's fabulous exchange, we feel it's time for another round of smutty stories, art and podfic celebrating the passion between our fave Seeker and Shuttle!

This year's schedule:

Sign-ups: January 14 - 21 (close at 11:59 PM PST)

Assignments go out: January 23

Final Drop-Out Deadline: February 10-12. We'll check in with you on February 10 to make sure your assignment is on track. Please note: Anyone who doesn't respond to the check-in by February 12 will be dropped from the exchange. (We're being strict about it due to some issues we had last year.)

Gift completion deadline: March 5

Posting: March 13-20. You can post SFW promos of art to Tumblr, and according to Tumblr’s guidelines you can post NSFW text, so fic should be fine. You can post your completed art on Twitter without having to censor it, and you can post uncensored fic and art on AO3. The AO3 collection is SkyStar Smut Exchange 2023. It will open for posting when gifts are due. If you tag the Tumblr/Twitter account, we’ll reblog/retweet your posted gift.

All gifts MUST be posted by March 20.

Rules for sign-up/prompts:

All participants must be over 18. Yes, mods will check your social media and make sure.

Fill out the questionnaire below. We’ll need either your Tumblr blog name, twitter username, or email so we can contact you with details of your assignment.

Please provide a minimum of 3 prompts, but preferably more. The more prompts you provide, the easier it will be to fill them!

Rules for filling prompts:

Gifts can be art, fic, or podfic! Art must be lined and colored; fic must be at least 1000 words. Podfic must be of a fic that is at least 1000 words, and recorded clearly.

You MUST fill at least one prompt. But you CAN fill multiple prompts for your giftee if you wish!

Be kind! We’re all here for horny reasons, but sometimes folks aren’t into the same stuff. Remember Kinktomato: Your Kink Is Not My Kink (And That’s Okay). The assignments are made randomly, but the mods will look them over to make sure no one was writing a kink they aren't comfortable with as per their entry survey. If you really don’t want to write any of your giftee’s prompts/kinks, please contact us immediately, and we’ll see if we can swap your assignment.

Be considerate! Please include tags and/or content warnings for common triggers (eg dubcon, gore, etc).

Please fill out the form below if you’re interested, and feel free to DM us if you have any questions! The exchange mods can be contacted through their Tumblr or Twitter accounts, or through the accounts specifically for the exchange.  We look forward to hearing from you!

Your Friendly Moderators:

Dark Star of Chaos (they/them):

@darkstarofchaos on tumblr

@DarkStarArt1 on twitter

Grayseeker (she/they):

@grayseeker​ on tumblr

@grayseekerfic on twitter

Official Exchange Accounts:

on tumblr 

on twitter

AO3 collection link 

Happy smutting! Please reblog to spread the news! :3 SIGN-UP FORM HERE

[anon-e-miss]

Well, if you want fic recs ...

I think you may like the Jazz/Prowl stories of the series "taken in hand" by goresque (ao3) - postwar Jazz and Prowl bdsm pwps

"Into the tittyverse" (series) by Exdraghunt (ao3) - during and postwar, big titty Prowl, Jazz opens a sex shop and dungeon postwar, more story than pwp and very sweet (could see you writing it so I think you'd like it?)

"The breeding operation" by grayseeker (ao3) - 60000 words of Prowl being prepared to be bred and then getting fucked by a "beast" (sapient mech with 2 spikes) while the stable master (Jazz) engineers it all. Prowl/Jazz romantic, though I think they only fuck once? But it is definitely a love story of the two of them. Includes milking, milking, breeding, more milking, public sex ...

The anon's were looking for Swerve fic recs XD

But everyone is welcome to post whatever recs they like here and I'm more likely that not going to post it.

If anyone shares a rec, and I don't post it, don't share it again, that silence is my opinion.

[gilraina]

Author: grayseeker (@grayseeker)

Fandom: Transformers (G1)

Rating: General

Relationship: Starscream/Skyfire

Length: 00:40:38

Summary: Starscream and Skyfire have built a home for a rag-tag group of Decepticon refugees on Earth's moon. Now all they have to do is convince the Autobots and the humans to let them stay! With summit preparations underway and a series of disasters to mitigate, they find time to appreciate the one thing they can be certain about: each other.

[grayseeker]

Oh hey! I wrote a fic about that exact thing:

Watching Transformers G1 Part 666

Again, the Decepticons just basically gave them the keys to escape. Why is there no protection or force field or anything on the door?

[skystarweek]

Hey, just wondering if there's a cut-off date for submissions? I have ideas for all seven days, but not sure I will be able to get all of them finished in time!

Hiya! There isn’t a cut off date for submissions!

Considering I am behind on my own prompts thanks to stuff in real life I’m not even sure I’ll have them up in time, so it’d certainly be hypocritical of me to demand everyone else can only submit everything on time. If you want to write something for the week and then finish it off after the week is over that’s completely fine!

Tbh I am mostly just looking forward to seeing a bundle of new SkyStar content. I don’t care if some people can only submit one piece or decide to finish off their story after the week’s over. I’m just looking forward to seeing what everyone’s working on! It’s meant to be a fun celebration! So I hope everyone else is having fun too!

[darkstarofchaos]

WIP Tag

Tagged by: no one, but @bairdcrevan invited anyone who feels inspired to join in. Rules: Post the names of all the files in your WIP folder, regardless of how non-descriptive or ridiculous. Let people send you an ask/comment with the title that most intrigues them and then post a little snippet of it or tell them something about it! Tag as many people as you have WIPs. For the sake of not burying people, I will keep this to WIPs I have touched in the last year, and that I spent more than a couple days working on:

MegaProwl

Vampires

Unleashed Zero

MegaProwl Zine Fic (clarification: it is a zine fic with MegaProwl as the pairing, not a pairing zine fic)

Amnesia Zero

J/P Petplay

Alien Breeding Experiment

Lycan!Starscream

Domestication Outline

Acid and Rust Beats

Static

Gonna tag @grayseeker if you have any WIPs you want to share, but otherwise I'm making this a free for all!

[gilraina]

The closest one I can think of is Sweeter Things by grayseeker (and yes I made a podfic of it :D)

My favorite genre of scam email is the kind that says "I have hacked your computer and seen all the FILTH that you've been watching; give me money or I will send it to everyone you know"

Because the lewdest stuff I use my laptop for is fic and even THAT leans toward the cozily romantic rather than the hypersexual so I always imagine my bemused friends and work colleagues being sent a packet of material with comments like "and in THIS one, Starscream and Skyfire are having BRUNCH on a NICE AUTUMNAL MORNING, the sick bastard"

[tjdrewthis]

Hey friends! I’m streaming commissions tonight (9/3/2021) at 9PM EST to raise funds for Planned Parenthood of Greater Texas!

Here are some commissions for some generous people who donated to PP for last night’s stream: @grayseeker, @overlordraax​ and @tackytacs​!

Planned Parenthood of Greater Texas |  How the stream works |  Updates on my Twitter here

[rjalker]

submitted blocklist.

these people are all of the users who have interacted with a post made by tumblr user "proshipcultureis" within the month of december 2021, and can be assumed to be or support proshippers

The list will be in two versions, one with them all in a pargraph separated by a comma, and one with each url having its own line, so you can pick which one works best for you.

This is the first half of the list, the second half will be posted when I’m done blocking them.

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separated by comma:

smallbiidiot, buysomecheese, daughterofdungeonbat, dogboygorou, usearki, suppuration, coolatomiccollectorcat, ahelplessidiot, condomatsu, darkfairytype, alpama, tradgothdyke, hero19873, fluffy-addison, hoarder-of-stories-27, burningchttos, scientistservant, bluejaysfeathers, zdradairl, disgusting-polymorph, strange-morningstar, teleosaure, jinglebellrockstars, midorinor, hes-kinda-sus, profic-venti, weewoofr, blueeyeddude83, olibog, funky-little-torturer, wielesys, evilista, ambiguous-bastards, gothamlioness1, ucanchangethislater, zeawesomebirdie, good7luck, proship-kitt, olympusrox, charlon-lumi, inforasight, ebi-furai-no-shitpost, deaddovesclub, cremebruleedays, 1gnihyde, sarielkitts, left-trek, beef-boy0, apocalypticromantic666, ciambellina96, aatusdump, electroniccollectiondonut, zforhire, artsycanongoer, egg-emperor, fanfarekid, star-the-honeybun, living-horrors, catzrcool, almightymonkey, zarabithia, moinsbienquekaworu, luigra, electra-iphigenie, kawaii-pigeon, stevetoppsculpture, aaadisjdksldjskdjkadnksks, zachjane, abaecchios, hopeless-system, queentexxx, neevy, sarah-k-is-cute, 23tweakedcryptid23, humanpers0n, 0p0ssumprince, poisonouscephalopod, atomicgoateephantom, bees-nest, obsessive-repressed, sunsetcarnation264, hdlssxstrnz, rl-nancyholbrook, proship-luz-noceda, zabbylovesriversong, wandering-wolf23, sirindom, mohitoma, 3am-crisis, be-kind-rewindd, merelyafigment, angels-share-proship, rpg-women, littlejowo, stupid-gay-cat, mothman-homie, crowbar-abortion, cappysuns, f1r3w00d, lolbitea, z-kane, ivysus, iamnotkaz, personalwindmill, shineheart26, magicalathleteskeletonzipper, lesbabe6, tamamizu, themasterwither, milo-mile, thewallsoctavious, sour-n-salty-citrus, whovianbi, girlcalledwhatsername, anxious-multishipper, theaveragepsychoticbitch, nightlist, coockie8, lesbiannagito, foixng, proshipcinnamon, ben-the-hyena, natepera, swordgaysafterdark, synthellasart, raggedadler-skullandreskull, biracialpercy, healerthathateshisjob, adorbzgirlz, daggo-dead-dove, tiredslugs, mx-sinisters-malewife, so-confused-itmakes-mesick, oreocookiezzz, locksnek, melodyherwholelifelong, miruunya, yugiohhetaliadork, hitthetarget-98, degenerate-otaku, firewins919, psychictoastmaker, land-of-omorashi-and-absurdities, proship-miku, coles-number-one-whore, marshmallowangel, googaoo, marshmellowtea, dead-peppermint, spaceodyssey2001, proship-pokemon, yoshiminion, pygmy-possum, skin--slave, dionastightpussy, frnkieroismydaddy, tomwise, grayseeker, wiz-witch, crimsonrose95, incelfanclub, savebatsfromscratch, marilleraine, mori-proship, ill-ship-what-i-want, lilxxbrainrot, zayray030, supercake04, gey-beans, gemalawashomestuck, vitasine, purring-tiefling, g1itchb0y-advanced, jetsetspy, fuck-naming-things, sharptootheddancer, oldsonganddance, nebulaaedits, thechimerasystem, cerehz, lesserbeans, emordnilap-fr, emerald-vulture, chaifootsteps, huggiewuggiez, jose2bjose, cereal-cereal-cereal,

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[g1bumblebee]

The organic, barren forest around them was quiet, other than for the sounds of the crackling bonfire and the idly shifting of five dinobots as they listened to Kup’s lively storytelling.

Slag was dozing off to the background noise curled around Sludge, who was hanging onto Kup’s every word with rapt attention.

Swoop was a familiar weight against Grimlock’s back, the tyrannosaurus helping him get to the energon treats Kup had shared with them - with all the freedom an airborne alt mode afforded the smaller bot, he didn’t have opposable thumbs to comfortably pick up the small tasty rectangles.

And Snarl was laying comfortably flat on his stomach, his frame warm between his leader and the bonfire. In moments like these, he allowed himself to take the familiarity of Grimlock’s arm casually placed on his back as what it was, condensed into its simplest form;

family.

my transform or treat gift for @grayseeker ! hope this fits well enough with your idea of kup telling horror stories to the dino boys :-) i adore them and kup being their grandpa, so i hope this brings a smile to your face !

made for @transform-or-treat 2020