#i had to choose the transformers

[zorangezest]

skids in at 10000 kilometers and collapses in front of you

[peace-hunter]

tfone au where OP is created as the last of the primes but way after them, a sparkling born at what were thought to be the last days of the war against the quintessons, the beginning of a new generation of peace after eons of war. a child meant to be loved and raised knowing nothing of war nor sacrifice.

he's kept mostly out of the spotlight by his siblings, who don't wish to expose him to everyone's optics so young, and want to wait until the war is done and over to properly introduce him to their people.

except of course the primes are betrayed and murdered by sentinel, the war is lost and everyone who knows and cared for the truth is either banished or outright killed in order to suppress it.

and the high guard, the ones the primes trusted the most, the ones that were supposed to protect them, the ones who failed in their most important duty, have to make a choice. to take the last prime, their last hope, with them to the surface, a hostile environment where there's little to no supplies and where they'll be hunted down by both sentinel and the quintessons as the biggest threat to their regimen.

or hide him in plain sight. place him where sentinel won't think to look for him. one more sparkling among many. and hope it will be enough to keep him alive. pray to primus that he'll protect his last child long enough for them to come back for him when it's safer (even if most of them have already lost their faith on him when he allowed the rest of his children to be massacred like that)

they almost lose their resolve when they realize they will have to take the little one's cog away in order to make him blend in with the rest of the newborns (and oh do they burn with murderous intent when they see what sentinel has done to their people but it's not the time yet-) but in the end they decide an impaired little prime is better than a dead one.

and so in the chaos of thirteen dead primes and a sudden energon crisis, a little sparkling who very few mechs really knew about and even fewer had seen completely vanishes. and in the depths of iacon a mech in charge of a new batch of newborns scratches their helm in confusion as they realize they must have miscounted the first time.

optimus prime is quietly erased from any official records by sentinel, written off as dead when they find a sparkling's frame mangled beyond recognition after an attack on the base of those rebels that insist on being a thorn on his side. killing the sparkling hadn't been precisely in his plans, he probably could've found some use for it after all, but he's not particularly upset about it either.

and orion pax grows up with an ache on his spark that tells him he's missing something far more important than a t-cog and dreams of gentle and loving hands, cradling him against the frames of mechs he cannot recall the faces of.

[yasbeych]

tfone doodles before and after seeing the movie

[dragqueenstarscream]

i love the idea that optimus is initially physically incapable of being rough with starscream during interface.

that's not to say starscream hasn't encouraged optimus to let out that rougher side of him. starscream knows he can handle it. he's no slouch in the berth. besides, he likes the idea of a more feral, aggressive optimus pretty hot.

but no matter how much starscream tries, he can't bring out optimus' more mean side. starscream asks optimus to dirty talk him? optimus praises everything he finds beautiful about starscream, maybe teases him with the prospect of getting him sparked. starscream wants to try petplay? optimus can't stop petting him and saying how adorable he is. even when starscream disobeys on purpose to get optimus to punish him, optimus uses positive reinforcement to discourage those behaviors. starscream wants to try a cnc/kidnapping scenario where optimus is a big, bad autobot soldier taking a hapless decepticon? optimus keeps reassuring starscream, whispering to him all the reasons why he'd make a perfect autobot, why he's so beautiful and intelligent and clever, how the decepticons aren't seeing his true potential.

and the worst part of all of it is that it feels so damn good. whenever optimus sings his praises in the berth, starscream can feel that he means every word he says. whenever they try petplay and optimus uses positive reinforcement rather than punishment, starscream finds himself chasing that praise and attention every time. whenever optimus pretends to kidnap starscream, starscream finds himself taking optimus' words to spark, and it makes his helm spin. every single time optimus showers him in praise, starscream feels like he's going to melt from how sweet he is.

when starscream asks optimus why he does this, optimus admits that he genuinely means everything he says. he's not playing a character or anything. it's hard for him to be more rough and aggressive when he honestly does love starscream that much.

optimus sheepishly promises to be a bit rougher the next time starscream asks for it. but, for now, starscream's not complaining; he could listen to optimus tell him how beautiful he is all day long.

[entropicfission]

sometimes i think about how tf: earthspark could have been so FUCKING GOOD. like, season 1 wasn’t perfect or anything, but it was setting up the stage for some solid “oh SHIT!!!” storytelling that we haven’t seen since like, TFA’s whole omega supreme lore drop. and then season 2 pissed it all away.

we had a megs-and-dot dual critique of what they saw as optimus’ pandering to human “respectability politics” in the face of real-time injustice. that’s CRAZY. WE COULD HAVE HAD THAT. we could have had dot dissect her entire backstory in the military as a Black woman playing by the rules of US colonial imperialism, throwing herself into it to be used as a tool of oppression, only to see it for what it was and subsequently say “fuck that” and distance herself and becoming besties with MEGATRON — LIKE. IM CRAZY WITH IT. but no . s2 said lol what if we refused to even try

[starscream-is-my-wife]

Recruitment tactic no. ??? Be there for them when they try to push you away

I was thinking that this took place when Thundercrackers doubts and fears about Skyfires authenticity boils over, around the later half of the 20 year pining ark, so that Skyfire could have some character development when he’s not with Thundercracker, and Thundercracker starting to accept that he’s falling for Skyfire, and these little meet ups will become a problem that should be stopped as soon as possible. Although I like to think that Thundercracker loves when Skyfire shows that he knows what he’s talking about, that’s what attracted him to Megatron in the first place, so after this the crush got even worse, rip!

Something I’ve noticed about Skyfire is that he’s like, pretty sure of himself. He openly defected to Megatrons face and does not hesitate to take something on even when he is super outmatched, although that does makes him really reckless? Probably why Ratchet is working on him 24/7. He just seems like the type of guy that thinks he can land a plane even with the right instructions, but he’s still really nice! Although if something needs to happen he’s probably not going to wait around, he’s going to do it himself. His final words while fighting Sunstorm was ‘I don’t believe in destiny’ or something like that after all. I also like the idea of him being so direct that Thundercracker has a hard time processing it, getting insulted and then complemented in such a quick switch up how are you supposed to respond to that

About Thundercracker, there was a line in his description saying ‘he is persuaded because he wants to be persuaded’, which is why I had Skyfire ramble on for so long, Thundercracker probably wouldn’t stop him because he wants someone to convince him to leave. But Skyfire can’t understand why he doesn’t just do it. Hasn’t it been long enough? But the time that Thundercracker has spent with them is also why he is fearful to leave. This will probably be in the next part so maybe spoilers?? Thundercracker does like Skyfires attention and thought that he wouldn’t get attached to this bright eyed fool. But then that fool turned into a real friend, someone who was smart and not an asshole, then this affection turned into more fear, fear for himself, and this reckless, genius, idiot. He can’t defect now, it’s just going to put a bigger target on them, he should just… wait. For the next possible opportunity. This is something Skyfire can’t accept, he won’t force Thundercracker to do something, but to just wait around for destiny? That day may never come

[willyhoos]

you know for someone who loves metamy so much. i gotta say having it be fully unrequited is honestly fitting with metal's whole arc (or rather his LACK of arc)

he wants what he can't have. he's not anything or anyone, he doesn't deserve it. what would he even do with it?

"i don't think i have anything. i don't think i can have anything. i don't know how to have something." (src: 17776)

whether or not you subscribe to the roboticized metal theory, it doesn't change that metal's goals are not aligned with reality. ironically it's the robot that is unable to logically analyze his situation. he wants to be sonic but it doesn't change the fact that he isn't. he wants to win but it doesn't change the fact that he won't. his desires are narratively and morally unfulfillable because what he wants is wrong (factually and ethically.)

and so if he, in theory, wanted amy rose how could he ever actually have her?

the most she would give him is "you're more like him than i thought."

because he's Not sonic. all he can be is sufficiently Like him (sometimes). whatever metal claims he is (and honestly whatever he ACTUALLY is) is irrelevant because he can't MAKE himself sonic. he can't make himself the version of sonic that amy loves. amy loves sonic for WHAT he is (good) not what he's named. the most she could ever do is passively appreciate the traits of sonic that metal is able to imitate. emulate. simulate. fabricate.

sonic's role (in the meta story and in-universe) is so unique and treasured and irreplaceable. the only way to kick him out would be to, idk, replace him with an identical copy and put the old sonic in a lose-lose situation where he could not possibly be believed or sympathized with. or something.

say he gets "rehabilitated," rebels against eggman... you know those metamy fics. what is he then?

-> another job well done. another good deed for team sonic (y'know, the real one).

because it's not just that he's Not Sonic. (and he isn't. even if you believe he once was, he's not anymore in any way that is relevant to the narrative. the narrative, as you know, is the real sonic's pov.) it's that he's not even really a person anymore.

he's been forcibly depersonalized, dethroned, removed from his role (+ promptly replaced with something canonically better!) and isolated from any semblance of humanization. he doesn't even have a mouth. either it was taken from him or he was never given one. and we are not given any glimpse into his thoughts. (they're not important.)

like. this is a dead end. he is a dead end. there's nowhere to run.

he won't "get the girl" (pardon the term) not because he's evil not because he's not sonic but because he is not a "person" in any sense. not literally not socially not narratively not practically not really

idk. whether metal falls in love with amy genuinely, or if it's just out of jealousy/desire to want what the real sonic has/instinct to emulate the real sonic's emotions... it's doomed. he's just a ghost from a doomed timeline and everything he will ever do is destined to fail. he can't kill sonic. he can't hold amy's hand. he can't do anything but lose.

in that sense, metal "losing" amy to the real sonic (as if metal was ever even a contender, as if he was ever real enough) is just another failure in a long, long string of mostly unpleasant memories of a character who doesn't even get to go by his real name. because someone more important took it already has it.

[marshmelman]

Such weird responses to your survey. Pleasantly surprised that it’s only a handful, but still. :(

I wish people understood there was a way to go about your internet experience without making it about some sort of discourse 24/7. Very unhealthy.

if people understood that there's a way to just avoid things you dislike on the internet and not constantly engage with discourse and meaningless drama of/with people you don't even know, the internet and society itself would be almost unimaginably different.

[gingermintpepper]

Little idle thought I've been having recently but I think Cyparissus' story is very important for characterising Apollo and Apollo's love. It's so easy to think of love and loss as two ends of a spectrum, likewise, so often, death is seen as an ultimate and tragic end in love stories - something final and inescapably tragic, the only force that halts love by separating the lovers.

Cyparissus' story is... not that. Yes, the deer dies and one can conclude then that death is once more at the heart of separating two lovers, but I think Cyparissus specifically requesting to die, specifically begging Apollo to let him grieve forever even after Apollo has done his best to help Cyparissus move on from the accident and Apollo letting him is a powerful thing.

Because Apollo not only puts Cyparissus' wishes over his own, he's also able to see past his own building grief to immortalise Cyparissus in such a way that both grants him his wish and allows other people to glorify Cyparissus as well! And I think such a beautiful thing is something criminally overlooked!

It's become something of a joke that 'all Apollo's lovers turn into plants' but from a functional perspective, flowers are the most brilliant way to keep the spirit of a beloved thing alive. Flowers are like stars - as long as there are humans, humans will always contemplate the nature of flowers and as the god of poetry and song, Apollo creating opportunities for his beloved mortals to be remembered eternally even if they never seized glory in the traditional way is such an intimate and beautiful thing. Even then, Cyparissus is elevated to a similar status as Daphne with Apollo's actions - not merely a plant or flower but one that specifically symbolises him, one that is extremely fragrant and beloved by him. Just as Daphne's laurels were synonymous with glory and victory, Cyparissus' cypress became a emblematic of grief and remembrance. Even today, thousands of years later, people still view cypress trees as mourning trees and plant them in cemeteries and use the ash in incense burnt in remembrance of others. How's that for Apollo keeping his word.

[razzle-zazzle]

Monster Squad AU brainrot compilation post <3

@dinosquad-central

Ms. Moynihan's been around wayyyy longer than Veloci, and might have been the one to turn him all those centuries ago. Both of them are capable of hypnotism, shapeshifting, superstrength, and turning into fog, though Veloci is uniquely weak to the seed-scattering trick and neither of them handle sunlight or garlic well.

Vampires can eat really any kind of animal blood; Moynihan travels far every night to feed from as many sources to minimize damage, while Veloci enjoys human blood specifically because he enjoys draining people dry whenever he can get away with it.

Raptordyne the company is basically a) a front for Veloci's growing coven of vampires and thralls, b) an actual bioengineering company with focus in agriculture and livestock that innovates new technologies, new GMOs, and overall makes Veloci a lot of money, and c) it also runs regular blood drives! How fun!

That focus on agriculture and livestock isn't just to make money btw. It also serves as "preparation for the future" i.e. how Veloci plans to feed the "world of monsters" he's trying to create.

Nobody knows if the Kittery Point Vampire is actually real or just an elaborate fabrication for tourists. Nobody but Joanne Moynihan, who carefully maintains the delicate balance of being just noticeable enough to attract tourists without ever actually getting caught or hurting people.

Veloci’s ooze is basically a curse wrapped in slime. Maybe there’s some sciency stuff going on in it, maybe it’s more of a “magic is a kind of science” thing, either way the batch that the kids swim through was a rare fluke of success that Veloci hasn’t been able to replicate since.

Rump was already Moynihan’s familiar and thus already a little magic, but swimming through the ooze with the kids made him even more magic + able to sort of “match” what the kids are (werebeast, ghost&corpsedog, fishdog, hellhound, creachur). He also dove into the water to try and clear the ooze out there and didn’t mean for the kids to follow him (…or did he? He took Caruso’s jacket, after all!).

Rump’s attempt to “purify” the ooze is why it affected the shark differently to the kids despite being the same batch.

The squad becomes monsters slowly over a period of time. Caruso doesn’t notice because he subconsciously put up a glamour almost from the beginning; Rodger thinks he’s just having wild dissociation episodes until his ghost is hovering over his body; Buzz feels like his body is falling apart until his skin finally splits and the angel emerges; and Max and Fiona experience the partial transformations seen in the show until Moynihan stabilizes them. Either way it’s uh. Rodger and Buzz (and technically Caruso bc he did find out about his horns eventually) would like a refund bc that was horrifying.

They’re all lowkey panicking, slowly congregate together at the beach, realize they’re all going through changes (well. Caruso tries really hard to pretend he’s not but Buzz bursts his glamour on accident), and that’s where Moynihan finds them. She brings them to the lighthouse, stabilizes them, and then explains that they’re all cursed now.

Max & Fiona are the only actual shapeshifters in the group, shifting from human to monster form on a physical level. Rodger simply possesses and depossesses himself, Caruso’s got his glamour, and Buzz pilots/puppets a mannequin the squad found for him. He basically slots himself into a hole in the back and then a glamour sewn into the clothes make the puppet appear human.

Thus when Buzz “transforms” from human to angel he actually just. Pops out of the puppet. He does make it look cool though by making his wings appear first!

Caruso doesn’t need to have a transformation sequence because of the glamour but. Well. It’s Caruso. He’s got several different transformation sequences purely for the fun of it <3

The “failed monsters” that Veloci’s curse makes are unstable, a mess of flesh and limbs that’s thrown symmetrical structure out the window, and often deteriorate into slime instead of firming up into proper monsters. Like John Carpenter’s The Thing had a baby with Flubber that was fed only Eraserhead babies and raised by Uncle Fester Addams. Icky stuff <3

Same two-gun cure, but the Chiller sprays a magic antidote that destabilizes the curse and then the Spiller applies a stabilizing effect to return the now-uncursed victim to normal.

Peter is either another vampire or some type of chimera. Lieutenant Alpha is a vampire.

Caruso’s “true” form, an uglier and far more powerful demonic form, is straight up inaccessible to him until he can get over himself re: his vanity and need to look good. And even when he does use it once it’s still not something he can just call upon at will… nor does he really want to. Think evil goat with wings and attitude.

When Caruso comes out to his parents in “T-Rex Formation” (after spending the episode using his abilities to give all the other players misfortune while only boosting himself a little) they’re initially horrified because they think their baby boy is dead 😞 Caruso has to hurriedly correct that it’s a curse! He’s not dead! He’s just cursed! In the end his parents accept him <3

When Fiona comes out to her family in “Mole Lotta Trouble” they also accept her wholeheartedly. And also still make the “see! I told you so!” remarks. Except they thought she was the werewolf. Terry complains about Fiona stinking like rotting fish in her monster form.

Buzz can see the shrimp colors :] his senses are actually really weird; he doesn’t perceive visible light super well but can see/feel/hear just about the entire electromagnetic spectrum. He actually kind of sucks at healing until he gets a better handle on his senses and how to interpret them, but he’s really good at seeing through and popping glamours from Day One (Caruso is Not Amused).

Max is colorblind now, trading his red and green cones for yellow. In both of his forms :[

and then I think I had more but I cannot recall it off the top of my head + I don't want this post to get too long but. Yeah. Monster Squad (not to be confused with the 1987 movie of the same name LMAO).

[peace-hunter]

sick and twisted what do you mean he was talking to himself what do you mean he was asking himself why he'd done that what do you mean he wasn't blaming orion like we thought i'm gonna throw up-

[steelthroat]

I have the OC, but I have a problem... how do I turn this:

Into this:

How do toy designers come up with this stuff anyway??????

[quibbs126]

Hold on a second, I just noticed something, did Twitch shrink from her protoform stage to her regular form?

I went to go look for good photos to check, and looking at these two and her height compared to Robbie, I think she did. She looks like she’s about twice his height in her regular form, but she was probably closer to three times his height before

So I guess a Transformer’s size really does change when they pick a certain alt? Well, good to know then

[sphnyspinspin]

Day Two of TRANSFORMERS 31 DAY CREATIVE CHALLENGE…complete⚡️

My second favorite TF Faction? The Lost Bot team of mini-miscreant-misfits.

[maydays-medbay]

New starseeker alert !! Short Bio: Once a bot who'd explore the cosmos with reckless abandon, Starcleaver now pays no regard to cybertronian life and doesn't care whether or not those around him live or die. Exploration is but a childish activity, one only newly forged bots would do without purpose. To get by, Starcleaver has resorted to mercenary jobs. He's efficient. Killings are neither here nor there in terms of his feelings. One bot's death is his paycheck, and the life said cybertronian led was not his business or relevant to him in the slightest. Starcleaver had been long time friends with Starbramble, however their relations fell apart after Starbramble left him for dead with a group of Decepticons. Despite what the Decepticons did to him, despite the countless hours of solitary and painful interrogations he experienced, his loyalties to the Autobots crumbled after he learned that nobody was sent for him. Nobody even knew he was gone. If he ever sees Starbramble again? He'll have a nice new head ornament to mount in his ship. [The Starseeker frametype was created by @dimorphodon-x ! Go check out their stuff, it's really cool!]

[silverior968]

I've been rolling around the idea of a tfp Skulduggery Pleasant AU for a while -- here's a joke courtesy of my friend @piptheteeththief that was too funny for me to not draw it

[Image ID: A digital drawing with the title "DOCTORS HATE THEM" in impact font. Underneath the text are Skulduggery Pleasant, a human skeleton dressed in a black suit, complete with black shoes, a black tie and a black hat. His hands are in his pockets. To his right is a human version of Wheeljack from the same franchise, drawn as a lean white man in his early 40s. His hair is ash-colored and very shaggy. On his head he has a dark brown cowboy hat. His eyes are grey and he has a slightly crooked nose, like it had broken before and never set the same way as it was before. He also has many small scars on his face and is smiling. In addition to his hat, his outfit consists of a white, green and red plaid shirt that's half tucked, a light gray aviator jacket, a dark brown belt with a silver buckle, dark red trousers and dark brown boots. He also has his hands in his pockets. / End ID]