#im really going to try to keep up on Earthspark though

[meryl-gear-solid]

You know what really bothers me?

That I’ve only fully watched the Transformers movies and the Netflix War For Cybertron trilogy.

I keep giving up on the G1 cartoon since it’s very slow, most of my knowledge of Prime comes from Tumblr art and memes, hell, I have t even seen my favorite continuity (Animated) since it was still on in 2008.

All the comics seem so interesting but there are so many and most are out of print and I don’t know in what order to read them in and… ARRRRRGH

kinda crazy that my ADHD is so fucked up that I’m constantly hyperfixated by Transformers but I can’t actually… y’know, WATCH TRANSFORMERS.

[ppnuggie]

can i get some tfe tarantulas and swindle headcanons with an s/o who doesn’t really talk much and is known for mostly communicating with lil noises. then one day a subject s/o is very passionate about is brought up and suddenly they have enough words for the entire planet?? thank youuu

　　　　　　EARTHSPARK x gn reader

　　　　『　swindle ,, tarantulas ,, gender neutral reader 』

　　-> reader who’s usually quiet gets really passionate all the sudden

　　— fluff ,, sfw ,, comfort ish

　　— tysm for the request :) !! took a little break from requests to clear my mind bc i was kinda having writers block . got a new theme 💪💪 soundwave ofc 😼 requests will still be closed ,, but ill open them when im done with them all ,, also tysm for 1000 followers ! :)

    - tarantulas

| • hes quick to pick up this habit of yours with how perspective he can be ,, a trait hes gotten from being a scientist

| • he also notes the topics you happen to be passionate about ,, bringing them up on days you dont really seem to be yourself on

| • the mech loves to hear you talk ,, always in a high mood when you suddenly start talking up a storm

| • he'll ask questions about the topic ,, or do anything to keep you going ,, its a nice break from working on his usual experiments

    - swindle

| • he notices how little you talk at first ,, but he doesnt really care ,, if it means you wont cause problems for him

| • though he mentions something you particularly like whilst he was ranting about his latest failure of getting hardtop back

| • then all the sudden youre talking his audial sensors off

| • " woah where'd all that come from ?" he asked with a smirk ,, enjoying how nice your voice sounds

| • he learns over the time what you get passionate about ,, and if its an object ,, he'll try to get it for you on his outings

[arsonists-oatmeal]

I had finished watching Transformers: Earthspark yesterday. Got a few notes, spoilers below:

-"Malto-bots" awwwww my heart -shit starts ramping up after the halfway mark of the season. which is classic and I did not realize how much I missed that type of pacing -oh, hello body horror in a kids show, didn't expect to see you here! -did not expect to get as invested as I did in the human parts of the plot, like how the rest of humanity is reacting to the Terrans. I think for a kids show they wrote that bit pretty well -speaking of: its clear from the get-go that the whole Terran plot is allegorical to a lot of things. Immigrant families, biracial families, being a first generation citizen, etc. I've seen a lot of media try to use aliens as a plot device for "bigotry is bad", but very rarely have I seen it actually like, show how it hurts people and effects how they see themselves, and show that you have to shut that shit down if you want to be an ally, and not just tolerate your racist uncle, friend, etc. I think this show did a pretty good job of that. It had made parts of me feel seen and heard for the first time ever. -The way they handled the Starscream thing was kind of weak though, imo -Man i wish we got to see Hashtag having more moments with the seekers, she'd fit right in -Nightshade!!! I like Nightshade, I think some parts were a little on the nose (like how they're the only person who introduces themselves with their pronouns), but its not as some people are making it out to be. Idk if its just me but I also feel like they got sidelined more than the rest of the characters, which is suspicious. But anyways, every group needs a mad scientist character who can be slightly unsettling and I'm glad Nightshade is there to fill the role. -Ok i get this is a kid's show, and there was already more nuance than i expected (which was none) about the decepticons, but I do feel like they didn't make the final leap in logic here. -"Ok not all decepticons are bad, but we still wont stop surveilling and locking some of them up because they chose to do bad with their second chance". Has anyone here heard of the word "REHAB"?? -Megatron is cool. Cool theme, no comments there -Really liked the fight scenes as well, especially the shots of the transformers fighting it out in the background where the camera focuses on the humans running away. It really shows the scale of things. Small detail but the fact that we've got several bots using their inbuilt guns' recoil in fights is really cool! Megatron essentially did a rocket jump. One critique however is that nothing really looked like it had weight. -Also I wished that they kept Karan Croft as the lead antagonist till the end. Like idk, show that this whole oppression thing is systematic in nature. Could have had Dr. Meridian change sides given the fact that he was being put in a similar position to the transformers by the humans in charge (he was also fighting for basic resources to live after his first defeat). -Also this one may be unpopular: It looks like at the end the Terrans get their own symbol/badge. Which I think sorta breaks the whole "the war is over, there's no more sides and factions" things that they keep repeating throughout the show. It just feels like they've created a third faction now, and the continuing dynamic is now autobots vs decepticons vs terrans. Which, no. You're going to replace your war with another.

Overall, good show, 8/10, I think it fumbled the ending. I know im not the target audience here but also its not like kids are stupid.

Also representation matters. The choices of having the lead human characters be a non-white biracial family, having the first nonbinary transformer, having the terrans be allegorical, it may not mean anything to some viewers, but for others it could be the first time someone has actually acknowledged them, has said "I see what you've gone through and I know it to be real and I will take it seriously". The diversity in the show only serves to make it better

[13urningstars]

🌟+ starscream

Bond ↳ Starscream

//OOC: I decided to go full out and write out how their dynamic varies across verses

V. TFP

"As much as he is,, kind of the worst, he's SOOO fun to bother" She's grinning. "I mean, common, he's got the funniest reactions! One time, I got put on distraction duty and we ended up fighting one on one, and i used this stupid pickup line from one of vera's films to see if it actually works and he just-" She breaks out into a laugh "-H-He just froze and then started squawking like a bird!! He couldn't even form a sentence!" She's still laughing, but after a moment she manages to collect herself, letting out a small cough. "Anyways. We're enemies, we fight, its pretty simple i guesse." She grimaces slightly, as if remembering something "I don't HATE the guy per say, but he's such a genuine ass! plus, when the guy ends up killing one of you friends and the partner of your teammate wellll.. you kind of got to hold him accountable." Enemies

V. Earthspark

"Love that guy. I mean, not genuinely of course, he's an aft, but i don't hate him so i guesse he's cool. He DEFINETLY doesn't like me though, if the glares say anything." She grins "Although, that's probably cause i go bother him whenever i visit the witwicky G.H.O.S.T base. Pretty sure he hates being forced to listen to whatever's on my mind" She snickers "He's interesting to bounce a conversation off of that's for sure." She doesn't know who can read this, so she doesn't voice how she tries to update him on the going ons, or the small energon rations she slips him and the other cons whenever she gets the chance, no matter how grudgingly he accepts them.

V. TFA

"I try to avoid him, at best. This feud of theirs has nothing to do with me and i came to earth to HIDE, although its getting hard to stick to that, especially when screamer boy keeps thinking I'm an autobot." She's pretty neutral about him. Giant annoyance at best.

V. Postwar

"He's not.... THAT bad. He's a decent boss if anything. Sure we butt head's a lot but that's kind of our thing at this point." She chuckled "I don't want to kill him if that's what your asking. What surprised? You wouldn't be the first. But i like my job, as weird as that sounds, and when he's not being the biggest aft to exist, he's decently fun to interact with." She pauses, frowning slightly. "I worry sometimes, but primus knows how he'd react to knowing that. Make fun of me for 'caring' or something of that genre." Worsties

V. Lost light/MTMTE

[zim bestie this is literally only for your lost light verse ur welcome/hj]

"I'll be honest i wasn't, excepting him to be here? I don't seek him out or anything but i keep running into him, be it at swerve's or in some of the quieter spaces on the ship. He's like a pretty cockroach i swear!" Worsties x 5

V. Cyberverse

"Him? Really? Why would you ask me about him? I mean, i don't,, Hate him?? But seriously trying to kill everyone? A little overkill in my opinion." im still working on cherr's cyberverse verse, but she's pretty neutral about him in canon events.