#let skywarp call starscream “kid”

[zeropro]

[in1-nutshell]

G1 request bot buddy being kups dating blurr

Its been a while since I've done G1, lets do this!

Hope you enjoy!

Bot Buddy being Kup's kid and dating Blurr

SFW, Platonic, Romance, Familial, Cybertronian reader

G1

Kup takes pride in catching things before others.

It was one of his specialties, besides being a great shot.

He takes pride that his kid can do the same.

Buddy, his spunky kid he picked off from the streets of Cybertron, turn to one great addition to the Autobot fold.

Saving humans, bots and kicking Con can!

A true Autobot!

An Autobot who was apparently dating someone.

Kup is leaning against the wall while Buddy is busy cleaning their blaster. Kup: “So… who is it?” Buddy tenses a bit. Kup: “Don’t even try to hide it Buddy.” Buddy: “I… I didn’t tell you cause I needed to make sure what we had was serious.” Kup raises and optic. Kup: “And? Is it?” Buddy smiles a bit: “Yes.” Kup: “And your happy? Respected?” Buddy: “Yes. Makes me feel like one of the happiest bots on base.” Kup smiles at this. Kup: “Well the lucky bot? Springer? Hot Rod? Arcee? Perceptor? Oh, Primus don’t tell me its Grimlock!” Buddy: “What no! No, none of them! Its Blurr!” Kup: “…Blurr!?”

Yeah, he did not expect that answer.

Blurr? Why!?

He didn’t see the appeal.

But he trusts Buddy’s judgement.

Kup decides to observe the relationship from a far.

And he isn’t disappointed.

There is a bit of a balance in their dynamic.

For example, Blurr keeps Buddy on their pedes and surprises them with small gifts he finds on missions.

Buddy in the meantime makes sure Blurr is refueling properly, and all his weapons are ready to use.

Kup is spying on the happy couple from a bush. Hot Rod pops up beside him. Hot Rod: “What’s going on?” Kup jumps. Kup: “Hot Rod? What are you doing here?” Hot Rod: “I could be asking you the same thing.” Kup grumbles and looks at the couple. Hot Rod: “… You don’t think that Blurr’s going to do anything to Buddy right?” Kup: “I just want to make sure that they are okay.” The mechs see a Seeker fly in the sky. Buddy, without looking away from Blurr blast the Seeker’s wing. They were pretty sure that it was either Skywarp or Starscream. Blurr just gives them heart optics and squeezes their servo a bit. Kup and Hot Rod: “…” Hot Rod: “Remind me never to get on Buddy’s bad side.”

Kup does eventually gives Blurr the ‘shovel talk’ as the humans call it.

But he knows that Blurr’s a good kid and makes Buddy happy.

As the relationship goes on, Kup finds himself rooting for them and playing mediator.

It’s nothing new to him, so its okay.

Primus helps the bot who decides to talk trash about Buddy’s relationship.

Kup still knows how to aim a blaster with pretty good accuracy.

And mercy on anyone who decides it a smart idea to trash talk about Buddy, Primus forbid THREATEN Buddy.

They won’t know what hit them from the blast in their behind and a speedster socking them across the face multiple times.

[random-fandom1984]

Hi welcome to tumblr for my first request can I get the tfp decepticons finding a pod and imagine their surprise when inside there is a bunch of sparklings I always head canon sparkling to look small and squishy looking like mashmellows and making beep and squeaky sounds I just love sparklings so much they are so cute

Coming right up!

Decepticons Meets Sparklings

●When coming across a signal, it was a medium-sized cylinder pod that reaches up to Megatron's *Clears throat* snatchable slutty waist- WOAH! Who said that? ●Anyways, a group of Vehicons managed to bring the pod back to the Nemesis before the Autobots could arrive. No one on the Nemesis knew what it could be, so the Vehicons made bets as to what it is. Is it a bomb? A shield that can stop an enemy from attacking? A sword that can control your opponents against their will for the rest of eternity? Definitely not 5t3v3's lame sparkling theory! ●When they opened it up, they found... 7 sparklings? 5t3v3 will forever and always rub it in the face plates of the Vehicons who doubted him. ●Some of the crew thought that this was a waste, but Megatron had an idea. If this war continues far longer than it should, they will have Younger Decepticons continuing their legacy, defeating the Autobots that have grown old, ensuring the Decepticons victory! ●So, the Decepticons were split among the crew.

Megatron

●Of course, he picked the one that was aggressive and looked the toughest out of the eight. He wasn't going to have an heir that was weak and pathetic. How he did this you ask? Simple. The one that bit Starscream's finger and wouldn't let go no matter how hard Starscream swung him around. ●Would definitely teach his sparkling how to swear, even having his kid's first word be a bad word. It's basically that one scene in Steven Universe where Peridot was trying to get Pumpkin to say "Clod". ●If he had somewhere to be, or just fight Optimus, he would let Soundwave babysit, he trusts his T.I.C. with anything. There's no way he's letting that incompetent seeker watch over his adopted child. ●He would name the sparkling Sunburst; a mighty name for his mighty sparkling to strike fear into his future enemies! ●Would teach his sparkling everything there is to know about fighting from his glory days in the Pits of Kaon as a gladiator

Starscream

●He would be last to choose, unfortunately, and get the runt of the litter. But that's fine, he can work with this. ●He would try to teach the sparkling to say "All hail Lord Starscream". The sparkling would end up calling him Sire. Starscream wouldn't act impressed in public, but in private, he would be squealing with joy; He's already, unintentionally grown attached to his sparkling. ●The bot he would allow to babysit his sparkling would be a Vehicon, mainly 5teve. ●The name he would give his sparkling would probably be Thundercracker or Skywarp, something to remind him of his old trine mates. ●Would try to push his sparkling to be better than Megatron, which would unknowingly put a strain in his relationship with his sparkling because, to his sparkling, nothing he does is ever good enough for his sire

Shockwave

●Finds Lord Megatron's reason to be... logical ●Would be the one to instantly find out which would be best for him. Don't question his methods ●Would name the sparkling Prodigy ●Will teach his sparkling all about the logics of science. Anything that his sparkling does that goes beyond the knowledge of science, proves something of his illogical, or both... he would be so proud. What is this emotion? Pride and joy? Logical. ●Would trust Predaking and or Soundwave to babysit his sparkling

Soundwave

●Others might not see it, but Soundwave would pick one that strangely looks similar to two of his old minicons Rumble and Frenzy. ●Would be the most overprotective of his sparkling. Sparkling gone from his quarters? He knows where he is; wandering the halls and is close by. His spark swells when he finds out that the reason for his sparkling's escapades is because the sparkling was looking for his sire: Soundwave! ●Would be recording and photographing his sparkling's milestones and accomplishments ●The sparkling's name would be Hightop ●Would trust Lord Megatron, Shockwave, or Knockout with babysitting his sparkling

Predaking

●This one was the closest to dying and required an Energon transfusion, and Predaking volunteered. Luckily, the sparkling survived, and because the sparkling now has Predaking's Energon, not only are they related by blood, as humans say, but now the sparkling has grown Predacon features. ●Predaking was glad to have a Predacon that wasn't made in a lab this time. He made sure his sparkling was by his side until it can do things on it's own. ●The sparkling's name would be Inferno because it can transform into something that was Phoenix shaped along with abilities. ●He will tear Starscream a new one if he'd dare lay servos on his sparkling. ●Predaking would trust Knockout, Breakdown, Shockwave, and/or Dreadwing to babysit

Knockout & Breakdown

●Knockout would pick one that was better looking than the others, and Breakdown had no say in this, but didn't complain. He knew better. ●Would act the most like real parents because they always wanted a sparkling. ●They would named the sparkling Wildbreak. ●Breakdown will trust Dreadwing to babysit his sparkling, and Knockout would trust the Vehicons. If anything bad happens to his sparkling, he wouldn't repair any Vehicons as punishment, his words not mine. ●Knockout and Breakdown will always take pictures and/or record milestones or adorable moments with their sparkling: His first words, first steps, first friend, first fight and won, etc. Next thing you know, he gets a Conjunx Endura-

5t3v3 & Other Vehicons

●Since he called it, he called dibs on being the sire ●Spends every waking moment hanging out with his sparkling, playing games, spending time together, worries that he isn't doing a good job, only for those thoughts to completely disappear when his sparkling's first word is sire, goes towards him when attempting to walk, always goes, and cries for him when the sparkling gets a nightmare. ●Would do anything for his sparkling to ensure it's safety ●When looking for a babysitter, 5t3v3 would have one of the sparkling's Vehicon Uncles take care of it if he's on duty. He wouldn't take them with him because what if the Autobots show up, kill him, and take his sparkling away? No. No way! ●The sparkling's name would be Meteoroid

[transformers-earthspark]

Release date confirmed for Earthspark episodes 19-26 (S1C)-- July 28, 2023

The release date for the final episodes of Earthspark Season 1 has been announced! The episodes will premiere on Paramount+ on July 28th. That's three weeks and two days from today.

Under the cut are the synopses of episodes 19-26, as well as three recently leaked images and my guesses on what they could mean.

>119: A Stygi Situation

> Jawbreaker gains a dinosaur altmode, but instead of changing into it, the altmode changes him.

>120: Disarmed

> As Mandroid secretly works in GHOST, Robby, Mo, and the Terrans attempt to force new cyber-sleeve powers to unlock, with disastrous results.

>121: What Dwells Within

> The Malto kids are lost in a maze of underground tunnels with a mysterious monster stalking them. In order to survive they have to team up with Starscream! But can they trust him?

>122: Prime Directive (or Once Upon a Prime)

> Robby's cyber-sleeve illness threatens his life, so Mo renounces ever touching the Emberstone and Quintus Prime shows Mo why she's the hero her family needs.

>123: Stowed Away, Stowaway

> When Bumblebee is called away on a secret spy mission, Thrash, Twitch, Mo and the others decide to go on their own secret mission to protect Bee.

>124: The Battle of Witwicky

> The truth about the Terrans is revealed as the Malto family makes a last stand against Croft and her sinister forces within GHOST.

>125-126: Last Hope

> The Malto family must overcome insurmountable odds to stop Mandroid once and for all, and save Cybertronian kind.

And lastly, a few leaked images taken from fernsehserien.de. Currently these are the only new images leaked, but I will post more as new ones appear.

First, for episode 19, there's this badass shot of Elita with her blasters. I do wonder who or what she's fighting, since this episode seems to be focused on Jawbreaker and his new altmode.

For episode 20, here's something interesting. I assume that the image behind Robby and Mo is Quintus Prime holding the Emberstone, but why is he on a screen/projection of some sort? Also, Robby is alive and healthy in this picture, so this is either before or after the cyber-sleeve illness mentioned in this episode's synopsis.

Finally, episode 21's picture shows Novastorm, Starscream, and Skywarp. Novastorm is alive, and Starscream is presumably free from GHOST.

That's all I've got for now. Thank you again to everyone who sent in links and pictures of the leaks, y'all are very much appreciated. Let me know your thoughts on the new episodes in the reblogs/replies! <3

[cloudraker]

hi! can i request seeker trine with seekerling/sparkling reader? i just need some good ol found family fluff. preferably headcannons ^^

thank you! have a good day/night!

For sure! Since you didn't specify I stuck with G1 ^^

G1 Seekers with a sparkling

Under the cut :)

Whoever gave them a child is a fool and is banned from Decepticon HQ

Starscream is shockingly responsible when handling them, making sure they're taking in enough fuel and are properly maintained. He knows how questionable the medical skills of Hook are, so he takes it upon himself to deal with any and all minor injuries that might pop up. His approach might come across as clinical to some

He makes sure they're educated properly despite the war going on. As a scientist, he enjoys teaching them about whatever interest them, showing a surprising amount of patience. But still, not as much patience as he probably should

In true Starscream fashion, he's not above manipulation and doing what he can to turn them against Megatron, or at the very least, have them loyal to him

Starscream tries his best to keep them at an arms lengths, however. He's worried about Megatron using them as leverage against him

Thundercracker is tired. He's trying so hard to keep them out of trouble but between Skywarp's antics and whatever Starscream has been putting in their head, he's got his work cut out for them

He does is best to make sure they grow up into a respectable seeker, teaching them basic manners and making sure they don't step too far out of line. The responsible caretaker, if you will

Lowkey worries constantly about them. He knows that growing up in a war can't be easy, and that living at the bottom of the ocean on an alien planet in a leaky metal tube isn't ideal for anybody. He does what he can to make sure their basic needs are met, sometimes snagging them something he thinks they might like when he's out on a mission

Skywarp is that one uncle that isn't estranged but you only see at family gatherings and is chill and funny and sometimes slips you a $20

Of the three, he seems to be taking it the least seriously. He encourages them to join him when he does his pranks, and is constantly trying to get them out of their duties

But, like Thundercracker, he knows that growing up in the current environment is hard, and he worries for them. He knows he's not the smartest and can't provide them support the way the other two can, so he takes it upon himself to try to keep them happy and content

He encourages any hobbies they might have, sneaking them supplies for whatever it is they want to do when he can

The three of them are rather rigid in their training. They make sure the sparkling is able to fly properly and hold their own in combat. They know that the sparkling joining the war effort isn't an 'if', but a 'when'

The first mission the sparkling goes on, the trine is on them like gum on a shoe. They get called out on their hovering, but it's not gonna stop them. They lowkey expect the coneheads to keep an eye out for them as well

Like Starscream, Thundercracker and Skywarp worry about Megatron using them as leverage in some way, and as such have a hard time showing open affection. It's easier for Skywarp, but Thundercracker only does it when he's sure there's nobody around and even then it's rare

Soundwave is the designated babysitter in emergencies. He hates this and has enough kids to deal with please god let him rest

Overall, they're decent caretakers if not a bit distant. They're working with what they have and hoping for the best

[beneathascorpionsky]

BAHAHAHAH the evil kid called breakdown pops i take it back this is all great

breakdown is struggling with fatherhood

why is the mom in charge of the mission. why isnt. literally any of the million year war veterans calling the shots. Megatron or Optimus or even Elita. Megatron hasn't even had any lines yet he's just stood in the background and. looked pretty. idk

wOOO skywarp go warp. Very cool.

megatron and starscream grabbing each other and spinning around in the sky Yeah that. def looks like fightng. mmhmm

'we can coexist' megatron bro you tried that last year it lasted 5 minutes, leave these speechs to op he's had more practice.

why do the maltos own the emberstone. Why is that theirs

ok this fight scene with aftermath and robbie twitch and nigthshade over the shards is pretty good

wheeze breakdown jumping in to save his kid

bro if they've killed breakdown AGAIN

oh i think he's fine

IM CACKLING

this is so stupid. but at least its like. Funny stupid.

wait did breakdown actually die

no. he did call aftermath son tho. That's great. way more invested in this relationship than anything going on with the maltos.

robbie's got some issues about letting go and 'winning' If that's actually handled well it could be good!

ok nightshade using the con's own defensive missiles against them was pretty clever

little sister, in the most cheery voice 'thing's might get a lot worse before they start getting better' that was weird delivery. Again that's an extreme nitpick I acknowlege that but it just feels weird to me.

And roll credits.

Ok that wasn't as bad as it could've been but it wasn't great. I like Breakdown's struggle with parenthood and Robbie's issues with letting go and 'letting the bad guys win' and thus putting his family in danger. Couple of cool fight scenes. Everything else feels meh.

watching transformers earthspark season 2 ep 1

im going to complain

i am less than a minute in i already have many complains

why are the children here actively participating in a shoot out

why are they transporting Important Item SMALL important item they could stick in a duffle bag

in the open back of presumably optimus? why is he like a flatbed truck now

why doesn't he have a closed trailer

the child leapt about 5 times her body height to stab skywarp in the face

i don't even think the connection hit

she just waves it in her face and skypwarp goes OOF an drops important thing

why does optimus need robbie to operate the turret gun why can't optimus do this himself??

oh ok now skywarp dropped it after optimus (robbie?) shot her, slightly more believable. completely negated whatever the girl just did tho that was pointless (i don't remember her name and idc)

the kids just kicked her in the face and that somehow had enough force to knock skywarp off of optimus whY didn't she just teleport out of the way/HOW DID THAT WORK

ok flashback/expo dump abt what happened since last season. Mid dialog but not too terrible

aaaaand title screen

[ultracreativelywritten]

What if Starscream was in an abusive romantic relationship with Megatron, but Optimus saves/protects Star? 💔❤💖 (G1, TFA, TFP, WFC, IDW, CYBERVERSE, ARMADA)

read if you want too 

G1

One day Megatron snaps on the battlefield when he sees Starscream fighting Bumblebee 

The warlord told Starscream that the autobots came near, that he had to return to base. 

Megatron is about to tear Starscream’s wings off when Optimus intervenes

Starscream, along with Thundercracker and Skywarp, are captured. 

Ratchet wants to check them over before sending them to the brig 

He notices that all are starving, and that Starscream was using paint to hide some old scars

Op decides the best course of action is to let the seekers stay their on their own free will

At first they have their own room, and energon is delivered to them 

After time and trust, the seekers open up and join the bots 

Tfa

Op saves Star right before Megatron rips out his spark

Thought the seeker is still pretty damaged

Ratchet is able to save him, but now the seeker is about the size of the other bots 

Next time Megatron sees him, the warlord calls him a fairy 

Starscream is angry but doesn’t charge at him

The seeker also develops holoforms for all the bots so they can move around the city without being noticed

Captain fanzone likes the more human bots

tfp

Op and Megatron find Star at the same time

this is after Star leaves the cons after airachnid attacked him

Megs has Star by the arm and is dragging him towards a groundbridge  

Op sees what’s happening and saves Starscream 

Megatronus did the same thing to Orion Pax

Megatron yells at both of them that he will have them both in the end

wfc

Star has not been in a relationship before and thinks that this is how it’s supposed to be. 

Op sees the abuse and kidnaps Starscream 

then he dumps the seeker on Elita one. 

Elita basically has Jetfire and Starscream on kid leashes while she tries to keep the autobots from falling apart 

idw

Starscream and Op teams up against Megatron in court

cyberverse

Starscream gets captured... Op wants to help... Star opens up... bots take him in... Star becomes good bot

Megatron wants his seeker back

Tc Joins star on the ark 

armada

Starscream is forbidden from going to earth 

he’s kept on the moon base, and megatron gives him whatever he wants

One day, he’s able to sneak out and sees the beauty of Earth’s nature

When Megs finds out, He’s angry 

He basically sits in star’s room until the seeker returns 

After that incident Star is monitored 24/7 and has to deal with Megaton’s violent mood swings  

Op is able to infiltrate the base and Star begs him to free him.

[astro-chan]

WFC Trilogy - Character Reviews

(That no one asked for)

Optimus Prime

Pretends to listen to everyone's advice

jUsT hAvE fAiTh

Okay let's look for the allspark because I said so

*Yeets it off Cybertron an hour later*

Frustrates everyone

Including his own team

Simp

Elita

Exasperated mom

Lowkey tired of OP's shit

Give the gal a break

Bad bitch

Should be leader tbh

Bumblebee

3 edgy 5 me

Sassmaster

He knows a guy

'iTs NoT a PhAsE mOm'

The ugly one

Jetfire

Probably played basketball in HS

Told his boss to go suck it

Joined the other team as an excuse to murder his former colleages

Chaotic good

Ultra Magnus

Wants peace

(Fucking dies and has his body used as a weapon of war)

His decapitated head makes a nice ornamental table piece

Ratchet

Tired of everyone's shit

Has a decepticon bf

Do NOT upset his patients

Beautiful

(((WHERE IS HE)))

Wheeljack

'Pain in my A S S'

Wheeljack N O

What does he know about Perceptor's tight receptor?

D...did he just give Megatron a boob job?

Mirage

Now you see me now you don't

Wants to fight Ratchet's decepticon bf

ADHD

Prowl

Good cop

Not ACAB???

Almost gets his shit wrecked by fucking wind

Cog

Haha big gun go pew

Somehow survives having a big ass hole blown in his torso

Gets sucked out of a ship into the cold depths of space

Gets stabbed in the tit

Are you okay, my little cogchamp?

Arcee

Shows up outta nowhere as an accomplice in robbery

Lowkey wishes she stayed home

Her and bee have chaotic sibling vibes

Chromia

Moonracer but blue

Does not get dismembered

Will snipe your ass

Moonracer

Chromia but mint

Gets dismembered

Can't snipe your ass because she's dead

Red Alert

Didn't graduate med school for this shit

Somehow survives falling to his death

He's always alert....hehe....get it?....Cuz his name's Red Alert...and he's always...heh...alert

Impactor

Angery gay

Will fight you

Won't actually fight you because Ratchet would disapprove

Deserved better

Ironhide

Red

Thank you for flying ark airlines this is your captain speaking

Probably has no idea wtf is happening most of the time

Sideswipe

Hood tiddies

*points at butterfly* is this screentime?

Sideswipe character

Hound

Wait this guy was in the show???

Huh

Idk he did a thing?

He's green I guess

Alpha Trion

Proud single dad of three kids

Can't control his three kids

Get's murdered by one of his three kids

(That kid then went on to start a planetary war against the other two kids)

Bumblebee's sleep paralysis demon

Megatron

L I P S

Overlord is that u?

Handsome squidward vibes

Has giant self-portraits of him murdering autobots hung up around his crib

Angry at OP because he's shit at flirting with OP

Save the cybertronians...by mass murdering the cybertronians

Gets stabbed in the tit

Starscream

Puritan scum

Gets promoted and instantly climaxes

*breathes excitedly*

*pleased gasp*

Jetfire's bitch

Thundercracker

Starscreams #1 fanboy

Is shit at searching for Autobots

Skywarp

Starscreams #2 fanboy

Dies?!?!

RIP I guess

Soundwave

That guy on the radio

Shares a braincell with Shockwave

Lowkey wholesome

C00l d00d

Shockwave

Questionable morals

Even more questionable voice

Yeah. Science, bitch!

Bastard

Barricade

ACAB ACAB ACAB ACAB ACAB

GOLD FACE

Get's screamed at a lot

Skytread

Secretly doesn't condone Megatron's shit

Wants to be punched in the face

Does not want to be shot in the face

Spinister

Generic bad guy #1

Gets stabbed in the tit

Vortex is that u

Hotlink

Generic bad guy #2

Does not get stabbed in the tit

Skywarp is that u

Laserbeak

Birb

Sees all

Caw

Ravage

A good boy

STOP THROWING HIM AROUND

This is animal abuse I'm calling PETA

Soundblaster

Radical

He's gonna make you an offer you can't refuse

Soundwave's cooler cousin

Deeseus

ORDER IN THE COURT

Cut off 4 of it's 5 faces so it could get it's shit together

Still does not have it's shit together

Doubledealer

Lockdown WHOMS'T

Bitch better have my money

Gets posessed by his client

Skylinx

#deep

(How does he see???)

Wisdom dog 2.0

Ahaha that was the old me

Dude's just vibing in space

Scorponok

YOU PICKED THE WRONG HOUSE FOOL

Impressive vocabulary

Will insult you eloquently

(((Fr he's been through so much trauma; he lost his family, became the last of his kind, is probably suffering from PTSD and now two groups of strangers invade his home and start shooting at him. Homeboy has every right to be pissed off)))

Omega Supreme

Nuh uh I ain't getting involved

*gets involved 10 mins later*

Aight what did I miss?

Galvatron

The embodiment of the 'Who are you? / I'm you...but stronger' meme

Gets lit the fuck up

Nemesis Prime

*Glare*

Of course he only gets 2 seconds of screentime

[artobotsrollout]

Harbingers AU Q&A 2

Awesome questions and compliments from @evening-rose-309!

Aww thank you so much for the compliments! Seriously made my day! It makes me so very happy to know that you like my AU that much!!! ❤️

Questions and answers below the cut!

1. Will they take in former vehicons?

Some will join their fold, yes. Any vehicons/eradicons that wish to defect are welcomed. There are several who are loyal to, and follow Starscream that are disillusioned with Megatron's leadership. However, many eradicons/vehicons were created and trained under the Decepticon rhetoric of might=right and then dumped on commanders as they expanded their reach and numbers dwindled.

One of Starscream's bigger narrative points in this AU is that he doesn't fit with Decepticons, largely because he is a leader that prioritizes efficiency, minimal losses, and strategy. His seekers respect that. However, a large number of vehicons/eradicons raised under Megatron's showy, physical strength based, big impact but high loss leadership see Starscream as clever but the less devastating leader between the two which... Is technically correct but Megatron's devastating comes with the price of high losses.

Long answer short, some vehicons/eradicons DO follow Starscream but not as many as one would hope right away. More will join the pirate crew over time the worse Megatron gets.

2. Who is the 'Cap' n Jack' of the crew?

I'm not 100% certain how to answer this. Wheeljack and Starscream are probably the most chaotic, oddball, loose canons of the bunch so them perhaps?

3. Which one of the trine shares embarrassing stories about Starscream at the table?

Pick one, and it's not just embarrassing ones about Starscream. TC, Starscream, and Skywarp may not technically be split-spark brothers like Dreadwing and Skyquake but they may as well be with their brother-like dynamic of bickering but fondly.

4. Do the kids have flight rights?

TC is the first one to actually give them a ride. Miko asked Skywarp who agreed but that got a firm NO from Bulkhead. No flight rights until shortly after when Raf was doing an assignment on aerodynamics that Thundercracker took him for a flight. Miko actually convinced Starscream with a reverse psychology 'Are you going to let the autobots tell you what to do?!' and 'Psh I bet you fly like an old granny' afterwards. Skywarp was eventually allowed to take the kids for flights but only after they had painstakingly taught him about human limits and flight safety. Bulkhead, Bumblebee, and Arcee absolutely mother hen the heck outta their charges the first few flights.

Eventually when the rest of the bots get flight upgrades as they move to the Harbinger indefinitely they take the kids for flights too.

5. Does Ratchet still eventually go apeshit and almost kill Megatron by driving up the side of the Nemesis, knocking out a window, and bursting through at 1 am when he's high?

ABSOLUTELY. I was originally going to leave it as it was in TfP but this image is so frigging funny that this is now what happens in the AU.

6. If Starscream is genuinely respected and a good captain, which one of the crew almost throws hands with Arcee the first time they take the Bots on board?

While the atmosphere is tense the thing about this AU is some of the beginning is changed. I will detail it more eventually but essentially, there is a longer season one where Starscream is in charge and being a competent leader, and Cliffjumper is captured by Starscream but dies by Megatron's hand as a climactic "Oh shit Megatron has joined" narrative point to really nail home Megatron's devastation.

Basically where TfP actually begins would be bumped a season. So while Arcee and Team Prime still have a beef with Starscream, because he will have a whole season of doing crimes and overall being a major pain in the ass for team Prime, it won't be as revenge heavy from Arcee as it is in actual TfP.

7. Who's the worse night owl: Starscream or Optimus?

Optimus. Starscream is close though.

8. How will Ultra Magnus ever compute? working??? with pirates!?!?

With suffering and constant internal screaming. This man was not meant to be a part of a crew with so many loose cannons. Basically becomes the ship's equivalent of the 'Don't tell mom' role. Reportedly seen nailing up a 'NO fun allowed' sign.

9. Will Starscream get his original colours back or will he still be in the grays?

He will still be in the grays but I just may make the grays a little less patchy when he gets a minor frame upgrade! While I totally understand why people like the OG colours they aren't my favourite and I also don't feel like they fit with Harbingers Scream.

10. How many pranks a day?

The real question is have we found them all yet? Skywarp is a clever and patient little shit and can setup a prank that won't have a payoff for months. Nobody truly knows how many pranks could happen in a day except Skywarp himself.

11. How much Command Trine fluff will be served? Will we have a birb pile? Do the Bots come up to the brig to find Starscream passed out over a console with Skywarp snuggled to his side and Thundercracker with one arm around them both side-eyeing the others as the come in one morning?

There will be both fluff and angst with the trine. There is some initial struggle due to the very reason that we don't see any of Starscream's seeker armada in TfP. Megatron is manipulative and good at it too. They also will call him out for shit. But there will be fluff. And though Starscream frequently over works himself there will be times when Thundercracker and/or Skywarp drag him to bed or sit with him for awhile.

[thanksjro]

Dark Cybertron Chapter 3: This One’s All About Skywarp. Honest!

It’s a beautiful day during Cybertron’s apocalypse, and Starscream is talking to a corpse to work through his emotions. He goes through a very brief rundown of what happened last issue, I guess because Swerve’s too busy being in space to do the Story So Far, and caps it off with an apology to Metalhawk over killing him. Rattrap watches this go down in the background, because this is Skywarp’s toy tie-in issue.

After this very incriminating conversation, Starscream goes out to see to the massive crowd standing outside, including Scoops’ little Targetmaster buddies.

I don’t care for that man’s beard.

Starscream promises to go talk to the Titan, though he really doesn’t want to, and Rattrap catches up to him to touch base. The two of them go to see Megatron, who’s still trapped in the forcefield hamster ball Wheeljack stuffed inside his chest back in RID. Starscream teases Rattrap about trying to be conniving, comparing it to his own endeavors as the Decepticon SIC, and offers a bit of advice.

Implying that Starscream hasn’t been flying by the seat of his proverbial pants since he became a main character in Phase Two.

Starscream, having met his daily quota of rubbing his success in Megatron’s face, goes off to see what he can do about this Titan situation.

Over at the Titan itself, the Autobots and Decepticons are duking it out, with the man of the hour gracing us with his presence.

Outstanding, you funky little robot.

Arcee tries a little banter, but it falls flat, and instead she just decides to sword fight a cat. Bumblebee asks Soundwave just what the hell he thinks he’s doing, and Soundwave gives a complete non-answer in the form of Decepticon propaganda, because anything else would make things too easy. This is where Starscream shows up and has his little chat with the Titan.

Back over in prison, Rattrap’s getting the skinny on the dark prophecy Scoop introduced into the narrative last issue. Rattrap wants to know just how this information got passed around so well outside of jail, and Scoop suggests that there are people who perhaps have a vetted interest in what may or may not be happening with Starscream. Then Rattrap makes it weird by A) not being terribly concerned about the potential end of the world and B) being impressed by the idea that Starscream somehow planned said end of the world.

This Skywarp issue is really good.

Over with the Lost Light, Ultra Magnus has taken command, and the lads are about to make the quantum jump to chase after Jhiaxus. But wait! Something’s off! The ship’s moving in a way that it shouldn’t be! Very odd, that. Brainstorm calls with answers, asking Magnus to grab Getaway, for some friggin’ reason, and head down to the shuttle bay.

Getaway asks Magnus how it feels to be big man on campus, and Magnus seems to think it’s a bit overrated.

Wow, someone needs to go talk to Xaaron about maybe thinking through his debate topics before he posts them, so he doesn’t get pegged as a space racist. The Universal Killswitch happened, like, last week, my dude.

The two of them get to the shuttle bay to discover that Metroplex’s thumb- which they picked up back in Spotlight: Trailcutter- is floating, and more or less pushing the Lost Light off-course. Getaway is pretty jazzed to see this thing on the ship, sort of missing the bigger picture. Brainstorm hypothesizes that Metroplex is using his severed thumb to guide the Lost Light to him.

Not sure why Getaway needed to be here for this.

Back on Cybertron, Everyone watches as Starscream flies up to the Titan. Arcee is ready to blast him out of the sky with a gun as big as she is, but Bumblebee wants to see where this goes. This pisses Prowl the hell off, and he starts yelling, but Bumblebee tells him to shut up. Bumblebee tells a lot of people to shut up in “Dark Cybertron”.

So we’ve got a team-up going on between the Autobots and the Decepticons- Bumblebee says it isn’t, but it pretty much is. Soundwave and Prowl get into a bit of a scuff, as Starscream lands and asks the Titan to chat.

Yeah, that doesn’t really work out too well.

Starscream manages to escape the Titan death blast in his alt, as the poor bastards on the ground below begin to dissolve into black fizz.

But Skywarp’s okay, so it can’t be all bad!

Yeeeeah, Skywarp.

Prowl starts yelling at Bumblebee again, as if he can’t see that the friggin’ death wave the Titan shot out of its face is still heading for Iacon, Starscream just barely managing to stay ahead of it. He lands as it hits, screaming about how Cybertron is his and he’s not gonna let some murder energy to steal his thunder, bracing his arms out as if that’ll do anything. Everyone watching him do this has about the expression you’d expect from witnessing such madness.

As the Iaconian populace gets dusted, someone else wakes up from the dead. It’s Metalhawk, and it’s time for him to become a tool of the narrative.

Metalhawk launches into the air and lands on top of Starscream, interrupting his personal diatribe to gripe about how he killed him. Still, there are bigger fish to fry, as he kicks Starscream through a wall and walks into the room where they keep Megatron.

Metalhawk releases Megatron from his hamster ball prison and carries him away, despite Starscream maybe insinuating that Megatron is dead somehow? It’s not super clear. Anyway, Metalhawk must do some pretty intense arm exercises, because he carries Megatron out and shoots into the air, holding him one-handed to his side.

Eat your veggies, kids, and you too can kidnap an entire warlord.

As the city falls apart, Rattrap and Scoop enter the scene, the prison likely having collapsed in the aftershocks of the death wave. Good thing they’re giant robots who can’t be killed by mere crushing damage. Rattrap tries to connive, but Scoop is more concerned with the fact that many people are dying, because he’s a somewhat decent person. Some of these people have begun to turn on Starscream, who takes it about as well be you’d expect.

Back on the Lost Light, the lads have decided to go find Metroplex, and to hell with bringing Jhiaxus to justice. At least for now. Of course, Ratchet tries to argue that they should do what Orion wanted them to do, but Orion isn’t here right now, is he? And Orion isn’t the space pope at this present time, now is he? So yeah. Metroplex time. They quantum jump, ending up underwater, with said water swarming with robots. That might be an issue, especially since they don’t seem to be terribly friendly.

Back in the Crystal City with Shockwave, Metalhawk’s dropped off the package, and Shockwave reminds us that he installed a space bridge in Megatron’s torso. Scientists sure do like to shove random bullshit into Megatron’s torso.

Hey.

Let’s talk about the NAILs for a second.

This is Tappet. I’ve been calling him Hat Guy up until this point, but his name is Tappet.

Everything Tappet done in the last 20+ issues of RID can be explained without him being the subject of the sentence:

The Decepticons kicked Tappet’s ass. Prowl sent Tappet to prison. Metalhawk bailed Tappet out of prison. Metalhawk brought Sky-Byte to the trashcan fire to talk to Tappet and some other neutrals. Starscream takes off his top as Tappet watches.

The point I’m trying to make here is that Tappet doesn’t actually do anything. None of the NAILs actually do anything, other than die and fill out crowd shots. Sometimes they bitch about the current situation, but even then, a lot of the time, those more vocal NAILs were actually involved in the war at some point.

This is an issue, because we’ve been presented with this entirely new group that’s in direct opposition of the war caused by every character we’d met prior to The Death of Optimus Prime.

And they have zero agency within the story. Shit just happens around them and they react. In fact, one of the major point points of RID is whether or not the Autobots should let the NAILs have agency within the very government that rules them, and it is such a point of contention that it takes literal in-story months and several disasters for them to reach a consensus. A decision that barely involves input from Metalhawk, the guy who is a NAIL, and is meant to be their advocate. Metalhawk, who is supposed to be on the same level as Bumblebee in terms of sway in the narrative.

At first, he did- he was the subtly conniving bastard who would trip Bumblebee up in front of others to make him look bad, and then deny anything of the sort happened if questioned. It was an interesting dynamic with a character that was new to the continuity. Metalhawk was interesting.

Then Starscream got involved, and Metalhawk’s role was reduced to yes-man and character motivation to both of them, because conniving is Starscream’s thing, and obviously we can’t have two bastards gang up on poor, sweet lil’ Bumblebee.

Who had a remote control that could blow up people’s heads if they pissed him off.

You remember when Bumblebee was the kid appeal character? Because I do.

The point is, the NAILs exist, but their existence isn’t justified within the story. They’re set-dressing, not characters. And now Metalhawk in particular is a prop for Shockwave, and somehow I doubt the other guys are going to be doing a hell of a lot in this story.

I dunno, it just seems like a bit of a waste.

Anyway, Skywarp sure was present in his toy tie-in issue, huh? Remember when he did that thing? And the stuff? Ah man, that was so cool!

Yeah, someone probably crossed their I’s and dotted their T’s on this one, because I’m pretty friggin’ sure this wasn’t meant to be his, even if the exclusive cover says otherwise.

[zeropro]

since you've already shared your opinion on thundercracker, could you please tell us your thoughts about skywarp? 🙏🙏(btw absolutely love how you draw him❤❤)

haha, hm…I don’t really care much for canon skywarp! sorry! I fell in love with this character while reading starscream fan fiction, I had very little opinion on him at all prior. he wasnt in TFPrime, and Earthspark’s skywarp was completely forgettable. yeah, I think the most ive seen of him in canon is idw1, and haha, he sure is a guy who is in that comic sometimes. he sure does shoot thundercracker for not wanting to genocide a whole city. 

the fun thing with skywarp in fan fiction is his lack of any real canon characterisation means he can really be whatever you need him to be to round out your home brew seeker trine dynamic. most fics write him as the most emotionally open of the three, sorta acts like the glue that keeps starscream and thundercracker from breaking apart, sorta like their kid brother. i like a skywarp that is just a silly little guy who just wants to have a good time and actually cares about his trine and canon skywarp… decidedly is not that XD 

which i guess is fair, skywarp does spend a lot of time getting betrayed by the other seekers in most media. earthspark starscream left skywarp and nova storm behind when attempting to escape GHOST, idw skywarp calls both thundercracker and starscream traitors to their face, cyberverse starscream slorped all the seekers when he absorbed the allspark, and lets not even talk about what skybound starscream did to him while he begged for his life. there never seems to be much love between the seekers in any media, despite them referring to each other as brothers, which is a real shame in my opinion. I havent yet gotten to the part in idw where thundercracker writes a screenplay about starscream and casts skywarp to play starscream, but that does sound like somethjng hilarious to look forward to, as I’m kind of just really wanting to see my boys have a positive canon interaction for once lol. 

apparently skywarp features really prominently in dreamwave, even becoming leader of the decepticons at certain points?? but I don’t plan to read those comics. I did read the wiki tho, and like honestly? good for him uwu

the most consistent character traits for skywarp in pretty much all fanfiction is that he is 1) a prankster and 2) he’s stupid, or is at least thought to be.  turns out both these traits are canon to his character spanning way back to his toy description!

((also thank you im glad you like how i draw skywarp ngl I think a major factor in why I like skywarp so much is because I really like my design for him, like?? am I allowed to find my own drawrings cute??? he’s so cute omg just look at him! he’s my boy!!! he’s my aaaaaahhh!!!!!!))

[hollyharper]

Get ready for some crazy! This is an older piece, so know the writing isn’t as good.

A Not So Happy Family Reunion

Starscream immediately knew something was different when Windblade barged into his office and throw herself into his arms. She smiled brightly at him. Those cyan optics, he loved so much, stared up at him hopefully. Her head was nestled ageist him. Her wings were lowered and fluttering with excitement.

“Windblade if it’s about another child, No.”

She looked up at him and pressed closer. “It’s not about that. Besides, I’m not as young as I used to be.”

“Then what is it?” Starscream asked.

In response, he got a smirk and fluttering wings.

“What?” He whined.

Her smile widened. “Well, I found this human tradition that I loved. So, I made the arrangements.”

“What tradition?” Starscream asked warily.

“A family reunion.”

Starscream relaxed. “That doesn’t sound bad.”

Windblade smiled enchantingly. “Good.”

She was gone before Starscream could ask for details. That was probably intentional. About a week later, Starscream discovered himself waiting in a huge room for the rest of his so-called family. Tables were set up around the room along with two buffets. Windblade stood next to him. Her wings fluttered with excitement and nerves. All of their children darted around the room, changing things, arguing about it than changing it again. Out of all four, Sunblast was the only one acting like a teenager. She stood in a corner with a datapad, doing her parents didn’t know what. Fallstreak and Windstar were atemtmeting to make things perfect before their crushes arrived. Though they strongly disagreed on what perfect meant. Stormsaber, on the other hand, jumped around giddily and almost massacred the buffets, until Windblade told him to act like twelve-year-old instead of a three-year-old. After that he paraded around, brandishing his wings like an entire army. Windblade buried her face against Starscream.

“It’s a mess already, and no ones here.”

“Well, at least the kids are enjoying themselves.” Starscream attempted to comfort.

Windblade glared at him. “You’re the only one who could see destruction as entertainment.”

He rolled his eyes. “Now I know where Sunblast got her stubbornness.”

“She got her temper from you!” Windblade contradicted.

Thankfully they were intriputed as Fallstreak dashed form the window screaming. “She’s here!”

“Here comes Fallstreak’s girlfriend!” Windstar sang.

“She’s not my girlfriend,” Fallstreak argued. “She’s my fiancée. There’s a difference.”

“You still kiss her, take her out, and flirt.” Windstar stated with a disgusted face. “I don’t see the difference.”

He was about to argue, but Starfire walked in and Fallstreak ran to hug her. The pair chatted and, to Windstar and Sunblasts’ horror, made out. Windblade tracked down Stormsaber, who had wandered off sometime during the preceding. She reappeared with Stormsaber, whose mouth was rimed in crumbs. She handed him to Starscream.

“This is your fault, so he’s your problem.”

“How’s it my fault! I wasn’t the one gorging myself on cake!” Starscream exclaimed, trying to ignore Windblade’s younger sister, Lightbright, who was staring at him.

“He got that from you. I never devoured entire cakes in five minutes.” Windblade exclaimed.

“There was our wedding cake…” Starscream mumbled.

“You ate over half of it.” Windblade retorted quite vitality.

“Over half of it. You at ALL of it!” he practically yelled.

“I did not!” Windblade screamed back.

Elita and her sisters snickered quietly as the Lord of Cybertron and his ‘stubborn’ sparkmate argued.

“Hmm. Seems familiar.” Optimus commented over Elita’s shoulder.

She turned around. “What do you mean?”

“A young couple arguing like enemies.”

“Who?”

“Us.”

“We weren’t like that!” Elita exclaimed.

“Are you telling me you forgot how stubborn you were when we were young?”

“I wasn’t stubborn!” Elita exclaimed and wacked him reasonably gently on the head.

Optimus rubbed his head. “Apparently, you still are.”

In response, Elita brandished her fists at him. Optimus threw his hands into the air.

“I’m not saying that’s bad.”

Arcee barreled in between them. “Hey, there’s great cake. You should come try some!”

Elita was dragged to a safe distance by her little sister. Chromia walked up to Optimus.

“I thought you would have learned by now not to insult her.”

Before Optimus could answer, a shriek pierced the air. Starscream fell to the floor in a trembling mess. Windblade ran to his side. She pulled him into her embrace before looking around for what had caused the problem. A certain sliver mech stood in the doorway, staring at them. Starscream trembled, desperately grabbing at Windblade. She soothed him gently. A stunningly beautiful femme appeared at the side of the mech. Sparkstalker, Lightbright’s fiancée, ran to her.

“Mother! You came!” He exclaimed.

She hugged him close. “Of course, Darling.”

Windblade heaved Starscream to his feet then went to greet them. “You’re Sparkstalker’s parents?”

“Yes,” Megatron answered. He glanced at Starscream. “I didn’t mean to…”

“It’s alright,” Windblade answered. “He just has some bad memories that’s all.”

“I know,” Megatron answered darkly.

“Make yourselves at home.” Windblade offered. “I’m sorry there aren’t many cons, but Skywarp and Thundercracker should be here soon.”

Megatron looked around nervously. The femme next to him, who Windblade assumed was his mate, whispered something then gently lead him forward. Windblade turned back to Starscream, who had managed to sit in a chair instead of on the floor. He reached for her. It only took a moment for him to maneuver her into his lap and buried his face in her shoulder. Windblade loving stroked his head. As she watched, Optimus and Megatron started talking.

“So how are you related?” Optimus asked.

“My son’s engaged to Windblade’s sister.” Megatron explained “You?”

“Chromia’s always been considered family by Windblade, so the rest the family was dragged in too. But really Starfire’s engaged to Fallsreak.”

“Who?”

Optimus shook his head. “Starfire is my daughter, And Fallstreak is Windblade’s oldest son.”

“Who’s Starfire’s mother? I thought Elita was dead.” Megatron asked.

“I thought Elita was dead too. We were both wrong. She found me, again.”

Megatron nodded. Optimus looked around.

“Where is Starfire?” He wondered.

“‘Making out with her boyfriend.” Sunblast lazy answered from the corner where she was watching TV with her friends. Windblade left Starscream once he relaxed. She joined Lightbright, Sparkstalker and Sparkstalker’s mother. Starscream watched her leave. He closely watched Megatron and Versa, his mate. He didn’t trust them, especially when Windblade was in question. Suddenly, he was picked up and hugged.

“Screamer!” Thundercracker exclaimed.

Skywarp nodded his greetings.

“You Have to meet my sparkmate, Screamer!” Thundercracker shouted joyfully.

“Don’t call me Screamer.” Starscream choked out, While he was being dragged toward a pink femme. Skywarp followed behind his brothers. Thundercracker let go of Starscream so he could pull the femme closer.

“This is Maxima.” He said entusactlly. “Maxima, this groch is my trine leader, Starscream!”

She nodded politely. “You’re Windblade’s sparkmate?”

Starscream nodded.

“Oh! My ex will be here soon.” Thundercracker exclaimed.

“You’re a lucky mech.” Maxima continued.

“I know,” Starscream answered, watching as his siblings were distracted by cake.

“You don’t.” Maxima retorted. “When Windblade was young, she met a mech. He was older than her. We told her he wasn’t safe but she didn’t listen. I don’t know what exactly happened between them, but he dumped her harshly. After that, she swore she would never date again. You’re lucky. She saw something in you.”

Before she could continue, a familiar purple femme smashed into her.

“Maxima!” The overly enthusiastic quantum mechanic screamed.

Maxima seemed to be pummeled by Nautica as she was hugged. Starscream slipped away only to be trampled over as Stormsaber rushed by with a cake.

“The cake is a lie!” He screamed.

The icing splattered all over Starscream. Windblade, who was chasing their rampaging child, tripped over Starscream. She landed on top of him with a yowl. Both parents watched helplessly as their out of control child dumped the cake on Megatron’s head. He stared as Stromsaber ran away, still yelling.

“The cake is a lie.”

At that moment a young femme, who no one seemed to recognize walked in. She looked around in confusion before choking out.

“Optimus?”

At that the Prime ran to her. He hugged the bewildered femme.

“Solus! I missed you!”

She returned the hug, still quite confused.

“I missed you, too.”

While they were hugging, Starfire burst into the room with Fallstreak.

Both screamed at the tops of their lungs. “The cake is a lie.”

Windblade groaned. Starscream groaned, only because she elbowed him in the side while attempting to get up. Fallstreak and Starfire disappeared, only to come back moments later with fake portal guns. Windstar jumped to her feet and bolt out the door. Steelhide followed her. Moments later they reappeared with more portal gear. Windstar was holding a core. While Steelhide held a companion cube.

“Why did we ever let them play that game?” Windblade muttered.

“Because you played it when you were that age.” Starscream answered nonchalantly.

Windblade glared at him. Their children came tearing back into the room and dropped what appeared to be a hundred companion cubes on the floor. Optimus and Solus, who had been joined by the rest of the Primes, stared in astonishment as a massive pile of portal junk was created on the floor. Nautica was the one to save Windblade and Starscream from further embarrassment.

“Kids, if you put that stuff away, I’ll teach how to play ‘spin the bottle’.”

All eight children perked up then rushed to put all the stuff away. Nautica walked to Windblade.

“Would you mind grabbing a bottle for me?”

Windblade nodded.

“I have one.” Sparkstalker called.

He handed the perfectly round bottle to Nautica.

“Thanks.”

She gathered the children into a circle and the game began. All the adults grabbed snacks and gathered around to watch the game. By the time Solorflare had been forced to kiss Steelhide, everyone started cheating.

Randomly, Megatronus, who had been slowly inching closer to Solus, cried out. “We’re missing someone, Primus and Unicron aren’t here.”

“Don’t you dare.” Solus snapped at him.

Everyone else joined her. Megatronus withered under Solus’s glare. She smiled slightly, which he took as an invitation to wrap an arm around her. Outside, the persons in question were debating. Neither wanted to stay if the other would be there. In the end, both just gave up on the idea and left. On the way home, Unicron grabbed a moon to snack on. Solus responded reasonably to Megatronus’s action. Moments later, she was happily resting against him. He whispered something to her, which earned a slap to the face. Meatronus obviously didn’t understand that she was annoyed. The next thing Solus knew Megatronus was kissing her passionately. She surprised herself as she returned the sign of affection. The bottle went flying throw the air and smashed on Nexus Prime’s head.

. . .

Windblade collapsed on the bed. The event had been a disaster. Starscream lay down beside her. He ran hand down her back, before curling against her.

“It wasn’t so bad.” He whispered.

“It was miserable and never happening again,” Windblade stated.

[afterspark-podcast]

G1 Episode 28: Transcript

Episode Show Notes

[This can also be found on AO3!]

[Stinger]

S: Okay, it's not actually a saber, it's a short saber, but-

O: Oh, yes, because that makes it better!

[Into Music] 

O: Hello, and welcome to the Afterspark Podcast, an episode by episode recap of the Generation 1 Transformers cartoon. I'm Owls!

S: And I'm Specs!

O: Today we're gonna be talking about episode 28: The Master Builder. Let's talk about giant robots today, shall we?

S: Sure. So we open with Powerglide, ace of the air, flying through the sky.

O: Skywarp fires on him with Starscream following close behind.

S: Now here's our main characters for this episode: Hoist and Grapple. They build stuff.

O: Theoretically. How much stuff  have  they been able to build during a war, exactly?

S: That is the question. Very much so.

O: Not enough, probably. [laughs]

S: Yeah. Grapple is an orange and yellow crane and Hoist as a boxy, green tow truck who sounds, you know, slightly like Shakespeare.

O: Dinobot called, he'd like his shtick back. 

S: They're building a model for a solar power tower to uh, harness the power of the Sun. 

O: It sparkles. 

S: Yaaaayyyyy [softly]

O: Sparkle, sparkle, sparkle.

S: Then they wheel their little model over to the main room to show Optimus.

O: Who is played basketball with Spike.

S: And, somehow, not completely murdering him or accidentally committing manslaughter which, you know, always a good thing.

O: Yeah. He is still getting the lingo, though, as he calls it “drooling” instead of “dribbling”. 

S: Well, he’s attempting it.

O: He's trying. Dad- dad-bot’s trying. 

S: Yup. 

O: Dadimus prime, if you will. [Laughter] 

S: When Hoist and Grapple enter the room, Optimus does the Optimus equivalent of “think fast!” and tosses the ball at Spike, who, when he catches it, you know just-

O: Falls over.

S: -Falls over. 

O: [Laughter] They attempt to sell Prime on their tower idea but he doesn't approve because it could cause problems if it fell into Decepticon hands.

S: It's a valid point. 

O: It is. Uh, so while this is going on Teletraan-1 declares condition ‘magenta’ because Powerglide has been shot down.

S: Do you think that's a Powerglide specific, you know, condition or something, or is just specific for that type of Decepticon attack? Any Autobot being shot down? 

O: We don't know. I don't know if they'll ever use this again. Somehow, I doubt it. Grapple, however, is dejected by Prime's react- rejection. Uh, they are sent to Powerglide’s location to fix him up.

S: So both, um, Hoist and Grapple only have one hand. They- they really, really need to be working together.

O: There’s only two hands between them. And poor Grapple wonders if he shouldn't just give up on building things and become a grease monkey.

S: Poor dude. Powerglide is able to take off again after, you know, the two guys work on him and get him up and running and then, um, our two trucks are two, uh, two trucks head back to base via a canyon.

O: They stop and chat about, you know, their mutual disappointment but are overheard by a sneaky Scrapper.

S: Wait. No, no, it's just all the Constructicons sneaking on them.

O: All of them! And poor Grapple is the saddest crane in the world. 

S: He's so dejected, man. Hoist does not like the vibrations in this location and suggests rolling out before, you know, they spot the Constructicons.

O: You know, lending credence to, they probably should have left before they spotted the Constructicons. Scavenger knocks a boulder in front of them to block their exit before they can escape, though, so… eh?

S: And then Mixmaster seals their other exit with concrete. 

O: That's gotta be some really fast setting concrete. 

S: He's a chemist. 

O: [Laughter]

S: He can presumably do that shit. 

O: See, this is what I'm talking about, though. The Decepticons just need to patent half their shit. They'll make enough money, they could  buy  a power plant or something. 

S: Yes, but that would be too sane and logical.

O: Again, they should just listen to Soundwave. You cannot tell me Soundwave hasn't had this thought.

S: Yeah but they probably have to purchase through a company but let's- let’s-

O: [laughs] Moving on! Or heading to commercial.

S: Yeah, as the two- as the two Autobots are buried in a landslide caused by Bonecrusher, um-

O: Don't worry, they're mostly fine. The Constructicons just wanted to talk, apparently. 

S: Ah, the relations between the factions. 

O: You know, that's a totally normal thing that Decepticons just want to talk.

S: Mm-hmm.

O: But with the amount of time Megatron shows up at their base wanting to talk, maybe I shouldn't make that joke. [laughter]  Eh?

S: So the Constructicons say that they've left Megatron and they want to help Grapple and Hoist build this solar power tower that they have literally just heard about.

O: Yes. Megatron and Starscream are watching this at the Decepticon base by way of a hidden camera that's inside of a rock, though. 

S: How did the Decepticons know to place that camera there?

O: I don't know. I'm so confused how that camera got there. It would be one thing if Laserbeak was spying on them but I don't even think it was that. Like, I’m pretty sure it’s a camera that pops out of a rock.

S: It's absurd. This show is absurd. Starscream continues to be a blazing hypocrite as he starts screeching about the “Traitors!!” but Megatron says to leave them to him. 

O: Hoist and Grapple are definitely tempted, but the Constructicons offer proof of their good intentions by letting them go.

S: Which, I don't know how much I'd believe that after being, you know, buried under a pile of rocks but I guess they weren't any worse for wear. 

O: I mean, they are giant robots. Maybe that's equivalent of being pushed into a sandbox, for all we know. [Laughter]

S: Maybe, oh god. So, Meg- when the Constructicons show up, Megatron proceeds to give them shit, but they manage to convince him that they were doing it just to get the solar power tower. They’re- they're tricking them.

O: I mean, seems legit. The Constructicons do need to offer further proof to Grapple and Hoist, though. so Megatron's like, “Then you must give them my most precious possession!” before laughing maniacally. So Starscream's aft, then? [Laughter]

S: [Softly] His-his Optimus Prime clone?

O: [Laughter] His Optimus Prime blow-up doll, you say? 

S: [Laughter]

O: Ehh… how many of those does he got? Really, I want to know. 

S: Costumes.

O: Costumes. That copy of him he had floating around. The clone he had made. [Laughter]

S: Yeah, there's so many options.

O: Yeah, I just- why? Why? I know why, but why? [Laughter]

S: The Constructicons return to Grapple and Hoist with, you know, metric fuckton of Energon in tow. You know, I think probably in Longhaul’s bed because poor Longhaul is just the hauler-monkey.

O: I’m still weirded out that this is his most precious possession. Like, if nothing else shouldn’t it be his fusion cannon, or something? 

S: He cares more about food than anything else, I guess.

O: I mean, okay, not starving is important. I don't know, it's still weird. 

S: Yeah, I don’t know. But, no, this is enough Energon to build Grapple’s Tower!

O: Grapple is now the happiest crane in the world.

S: He's a very- a very trusting dude.

O: Yeah. The Constructicons burst into a construction site and steal a bunch of building materials.

S: And here you see a human with a sense of self-preservation.

O: He doesn't argue with the giant robots stealing stuff. Smart man.

S: I think he just tears up the blueprints while crying.

O: He does! He does! He’s like, “Heargh...” [Laughter]

S: Poor guy. And so work begins on the tower. 

O: But back at the Ark, Optimus is playing basketball with folks more to his scale, as Spike coaches them from the sidelines. 

S: That's much safer, Spike.

O: Much. [Laughter] 

S: And oh hey, Tracks is here!

O: And then immediately injured while playing basketball, may we remind you, and Prime says it’s time for a checkup.

S: But apparently Hoist hasn't been around much lately. 

O: Gee, I wonder why? 

S: He's off having an affair with the Constructicons, with Grapple, and it's... gonna be awkward.

O: Very. Meanwhile, back with our illegal Tower, the Constructicons are stroking the fuck out of Grapple’s ego. 

S: Yep and due to the fact that Hoist is- Hoist and Grapple are missing, Powerglide has been sent out to find them. And find them he does, and their little construction site. And this little tete-a-tete-

O: [Laughter]

S: [Laughter] With the uh, Constructicons.

O: Their little home away from home, if you know what I mean. [Laughter]

S: Yeah.

O: And then Megs- wow, I'm reading the entirely wrong section. I'm serious, why am I miss-reading all the parts? Umm, [clears throat] Powerglide relays this back to Prime.

S: Who then says, “Code Blue.” Which, I mean, what the fuck does that mean?

O: Consorting with the enemy?

S: We’re- we're learning so much about the color codes- coding system today and nothing makes sense.

O: No, it doesn't. Construction vehicles fly through the air as the Constructicons form Devastator.

S: This is to, like, put the finishing touch on the tower. And then Megatron shows up and shoots both Grapple and Hoist, who were just like, “Ah, we're betrayed.” 

O: [Singing] Did we mention we're betrayed? 

S: Yeah. Megatron does call their tower magnificent, though. 

O: Is it just me, or does he really seem to appreciate well bit- built shit?

S: What's not to appreciate about well built shit? 

O: I mean, you've got a point. [Laughter]

S: Cutting to the Autobots, we see Optimus leading the charge, with a group of Autobots in tow. With Spike riding shotgun in Prime's cab.

O: Because that's always a good idea. Ah, the Autobots shoot at the tower, a fight ensues.

S: The Constructicons reform Devastator in order to fight the Autobots.

O: Devastator now shoots eye beams. 

S: Let's just give all of these robots more powers when it's convenient, I guess. 

O: Remember, kids, when you're playing with your Devastator toy he can attack with eye beams.

S: After you've bought all six of the Constructicons. So you got to get all six of them to have Devastator, remember, kids.

O: You don't want him to be missing an arm, or a head, or any legs now, would you?

S: Or the torso. 

O: Well, they couldn't really connect there was no torso so I was going with their limbs, but yes.

S: That's true but, I mean, you can stick all of them in a potato. [Laughter]

O: Welcome to the world's weirdest Mr. Potato Head. Mr. Potato Head Constructor- Devastator. I- wait, he needs a better name but-but, Potate-dader or some- Potato-nader?

S: Devas-tater?

O: Devas-tator? Yes. [Laughter]

S: Devas-tater, god, with a hyphen. Okay, so Cliffjumper attempts to shoot his, ah, patented glass gas but it's just slapped away.

O: Megatron then pulls some binoculars out of his boobs to get a closer look at what's going on.

S: Titty-noculars?

O: At least they're not titty guns, I guess? 

S: How- I mean, why doesn't he use these-?

O: Ever again? Because we know what we're watching.

S: Powerglide it takes to the air but is met with Ramjet, who's almost immediately knocked out by Devastator, because Powerglide, if nothing else, is at least good at maneuvering. 

O: True and then we have Warpath, wham-powing with his way into battle.

S: Smokescreen then gets Devastator's attention and gets him to kick the tower by, I think, using his patented smokescreen thing?

O: Or being like, “Nananananana, I’m over here.” Something like that.

S: Yeah.

O: But Prime narrates this the entire time.

S: It really seems like Smokescreen shouldn't need to be told what to do.

O: He didn't, but the kids did. 

S: That is an accurate-

O: The Autobots shoot Devastator who falls onto the remains of the tower, and then it explodes. 

S: Megatron is very disappointed in this. He didn't- I mean, he- the guy didn't even do anything to get the tower, aside from turn up afterwards, but you know. 

O: He's upper management, Specs, he takes credit for  everything,  remember?

S: True.

O: [Laughter] 

S: Oh and don't worry, all the Constructicons are perfectly fine, despite the exploding tower because it totally exploded.

O: The Autobots dig through the rubble to find Hoist and Grapple, who are also perfectly fine, albeit a little Han Solo’d at the moment. Like, they look like they're frozen in carbonite.

S: Yeah, yeah that's pretty... yeah.

O: [Laughter] 

S: But don't worry, Brawn punches them to freedom. 

O: Ah, yes, we found another good use for Brawn. Grapple and Hoist apologize which Optimus accepts immediately, unlike when Grimlock apologizes about a good 90 percent of the time.

S: [Sighs] But he does punish them. And their punishment is to go clean up the mess they made, all by themselves.

O: Everyone heads back towards home.

S: Grapple picks up what remains of this original model which, I guess, he took there?

O: He must have.

S: Yeah. He and Hoist uh, commiserate a little before they, too, head out.

O: Including tossing the model on top of the scrap heap to deal with later. 

S: Avoidance. It’s a tactic. 

O: That's where our episode cuts, so join us next time for bugs! Bugs! BUGS!! Big bugs!!! Also, mind control.

S: So much mind control.

O: So much mind control. I believe we have some fic recommendations for today?

S: Yes, we do. Ok, so our first recommendation for today is “Waiting for a World to Rebuild” by Caius. It's in the G1 continuity, it's rated G. It’s... got some shippy implications. Pairings are Grapple and Hoist. Our characters are Grapple, Hoist, and Rodimus Prime. And, in summary, “Grapple’s been waiting and designing and redesigning. When did he have a chance to build? Written for the TF speed writing prompt ‘setting the world to rights.’ It's about 300 words written in about a half an hour, revised and reposted per the authors’ summary.” The theme is Grapple and Hoist, and it's a complete- complete fanfic.

S: Our second recommendation for today is, “And the Walls Came Tumbling Down,” written by Pteropoda (SilentP). It's also in the G1 continuity, it's rated T, it's not Gen, so there's some Shippy stuff. Yeah, that's more than Shippy stuff this it's very overt, it is the subject matter in today’s-

O: Grapple and Hoist are definitely definitely, definitely in a relationship in this fic.

S: Yes. So there are obvious pairings, and the characters are Hoist, Grapple, Ratchet, Bluestreak and Red Alert, and, in summary, “Hoist has said the wrong thing and he knows it, but it's difficult to apologize when Grapple seems determined to never look him in the face plates again. Of course, the rest of the Ark knows better. According to them, those two have been together since the dawn of Cybertron and they will continue to be a couple until the end of time. All they need to do is to get those two to realize it.” And, again, the theme is Grapple and Hoist, this time very specifically as a pairing, and it's also complete.

O: That one sounds good, I haven't read these yet but I really want to read that one. 

S: Yup, they were both good. And that just about wraps it up for us today.  Remember to check us out on Tumblr or Pillowfort as Afterspark-Podcast for any additional information, show notes, or links we may have mentioned.  You can also find us on Facebook and Twitter @AftersparkPod (all one word), and various other locations by searching for, “Afterspark Podcast,” such as AO3, iTunes, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, and Youtube, just to name a few.  Until next time, I'm Specs.

O: And I'm Owls.

S: Toodles!

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Big Digiformers Crossover Idea Post

Okay, so I went looking for Digimon/Transformers crossovers and I was kinda disappointed so I guess I’ll just have to go and make one myself!! (Also thanks to @decepticon-spydrone for listening through my ideas and helping me with the AU)

Okay, so the idea is half the characters from TF become Digidestined and the rest are their digimon. So we start off with a young set of kids who are brought into the Digital World by Optimon who needs their help to stop the evil forces of Megamon and the Digicons! (Dun dun Dun)

We have Jazz (with Prowlmon), Hot Rod (Driftmon), Bumblebee (Cliffjumpamon), Perceptor (Wheeljamon), Arcee (Springamon) and Tailgate (doesn’t have one initially but later picks up a virus type Cyclonumon). They also later meet a kid called Rung who doesn’t seem to have a digimon or a crest and no one can quite figure out why.

Hot Rod is naturally the one wearing a set of goggles so he tries to declare himself the leader (even though Jazz is way more level headed and practical).

Optimon needs the Digidestined because Digimon have lost the ability to digivolve by themselves. They have to bond with a human partner in order to digivolve. So the kids need to go on a quest to liberate the Digital World and also discover the secret of digivolution, finding their crests along the way.

The list of crests for everyone goes:

Hot Rod: Courage

Jazz: Friendship

Perceptor: Knowledge

Arcee: Sincerity

Bumblebee: Hope

Tailgate: Light

Rung: ???

Megamon’s forces have recently picked up two digidestined who are fighting by their side: Starscream and Soundwave. Starscream is partnered to Megamon himself, and is basically a Digimon Emperor type character, an extremely power hungry kid whoa has become one of the Digicons best generals. Starscream is also followed by two rookie-level twin Seekermon called Thundercracker and Skywarp. They bother always seem to follow him and talk to him, but Starscream finds the two of them to be annoying hangers on who are always following him. They basically act as cute anime mascot characters at the start. Starscream carries the crest of Darkness created by Shockwavemon. Soundwave has Ravamon and the crest of Reliability, and is also seems to have amassed a small army of other rookie-level digimon who will follow her no matter what.

Windblademon also appears as the digidestined's guide, she's an ultimate-level and priestess of the ancient digimon god Primusmon, and she also seems to know more about Starscream than she's letting on.

Despite all this rambling it’s actually the SkyStar stuff I’ve figured out in the most detail (and carries the biggest segment of the plot). So I’ll place all the super spoilery and lengthy details under the cut:

As the AU goes on we gradually start to learn about who Starscream was an why he joined the Digicons. It was originally he and Skyfire who were the first kids to visit the Digital World, with Starscream bonded to Skywarp and Skyfire to Thundercracker. The two went on adventures together, becoming best friends and finding their crests. Skyfire had the crest of Kindness and it turns out Starscream’s was originally the crest of Love.

Then one day during an adventure in the digital worlds polar region Skyfire was kidnapped by a mysterious set of robot digimon and Starscream was unable to save him.

From that point on Starscream became obsessed with finding Skyfire, continuously searching the Digital World for any trace of him. Until one day he stumbled upon Megamon’s army, and Megamon offered him his resources to help find Sky if he teamed up with them. Starscream agreed and became extremely valuable to Megamon’s forces.

However, with Sky gone Starscream had trouble making his crest work so Skywarp only reached the ultimate level once and after that Starscream had trouble still proving he could be useful to the Digicon forces.

So it was that Shockwavemon eventually suggested giving Starscream the dark spores in order to make him smarter and more capable. It worked, but at the cost of Star becoming more power driven. When that still doesn’t work Shockwavemon suggested Starscream bond with Megamon and he went through with it, later taking Shockwavemon’s manufactured crest since he could no longer make the crest of Love glow at all.

It later turns out that Shockwavemon is actually the one who originally kidnapped Sky in the first place. He wanted to learn why digimon could no longer digivolve by themselves and why humans were necessary for digivolution to happen. He used Skyfire’s crest to create his own ones, creating the crest of Despair to siphon off Sky’s feelings of loneliness after his capture. And then the crest of Darkness for Starscream.

All the while he got to observe things from the sidelines and continue on his experiments (Probably there is also a subplot where he makes a Digimon called Jetfiremon from Sky’s data which can armour digivolve to multiple forms).

It later turns out that the reason Digimon can no longer digivolve is because Primusmon saw that digimon were becoming violent and using digivolution as a tool for power, so he made it that only digimon who could learn empathy via a partnership and also bring out the most positive of traits of their partner (love, courage, friendship, hope etc) would be the ones to digivolve.

It later turns out Rung is Primusmon in a human avatar intended to observe how digimon were doing. However, through Shockwavemon’s experimentation's he becomes able to digivolve without a partner and turns against Megamon, usurping him just as Starscream became twisted enough to allow him to digivolve to Galvamon.

Shockwavemon then realises Rung has the same code as the source code for the Digital World itself. In the super final big battle Shockwavemon kills Rung and then implants his code into the worlds source code and is able to reshape the Digital World into his image.

The Digidestined launch their attack against Shockwavemon, rescuing Skyfire and reuniting him with Starscream, which finally helps him to overcome the dark spores and regain the crest of Love. There’s a super big battle where everyone digivolves to the Mega level (including Star and Sky’s reunion allowing Warp and TC to Digivolve to Cyclonumon and Scourgemon respectively). And even Galvamon and Optimon DNA digivolve together to all defeat Shockwavemon and then finally the world is restored together.

THE END

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can I request for cons? Like megatron starscream soundwave with their sparkling but sparkling just have opposite personality with their sire! Autobots found sparkling and though cons just kidnapped little bean from their true parent! What will happen?

Megatron’s sparkling: Gentle, curious, honest and somewhat gullible. this little one leaves the cons wondering if they’re really the monstrous warlord’s child. “they have their carrier’s personality.” is his answer to the confusion and he loves them for it and tries to keeps them from his work.  

So, when the bots took his little one can imagine the raw fury Megatron felt when he saw them cry and reach out to him as the ground bridge closed. he uses every resource to look for them. 

He then one day took June hostage the nurse saw a side of Megatron, a exhausted,terrified and worried father that made her empathize and pity him, if she were his position she’d stop at nothing to get Jack back. 

So, when the bots arrived it was just Optimus holding {Y/d} and boy did they look happy to see their Sire, that they managed to wiggle out of the prime’s hold the autobot leader reached out to them “Cncn!” shouted before the gray bot took them in his arms his frame shook as he held them close, he returned June as promised.

But, before they left Optimus asked who their carrier was? “{Carrier designation}” the prime eyes widened seeing Megatron smile his spark clenched seeing his old friend in there for a moment then nodded “I had my suspicions…you always were excitable around them.” he said before looking at the young one in the warlords arms before leaving.

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Soundwave sparkling:loud, stubborn and a bit of a bonehead. The cons were very surprise to find that this squirmy and giggling bitlet, was the tall, dark, and silent mech’s child, the other were surprised at how polar-opposite the parent and child were; that sometimes they forget who their sire is.

 till they see laserbeak watching them or most shocking Soundwave playing hide and seek with them. he’d grab them with his tentacle hold them upside down and flash a smiley face t them on his visor when he found them causing them to loudly laugh. 

So, when Bumblebee kidnapped them, well, primus help the yellow bot when Soundwave get’s his hands on him…he and laserbeak searched everywhere exhausting every resource he could find. in hopes of locating his sparkling…

Then he saw the boy…Raf he believed his name was? walking by himself Soundwave saw an opportunity and took it, he kidnapped Raf and held him hostage in exchanged for his child. Raf wasn’t a quiet hostage…he demanded why he was doing this, the slenderman-like mech gave Raf the speech from taken.  

“Wait! that baby bot is…yours?” Raf asked the silent let out a low growl nodding the boy was shocked, it suddenly made sense why Soundwave was being so incautious in his attacks these last couple days! he was just looking for his child! 

Raf felt a little nauseated for feeling bad for the con. but, he knew if he were in the same situation (which technically he was.) he knew his parents would stop at nothing to get him back.

The ground-bridge opened and Bumblebee came walking out of the bridge holding [Y/D] who started crying the second they saw him. the yellow bot beeped at the silent mech [return Raff] to which Soundwave responded “{you first.}” in knock-out’s voice.

 the yellow-bot glared setting the sparkling down, the bitlet ran over to Soundwave where they were immediately swept up in a hug by their parent, who used his tentacle to hand Raf over to Bee who beeped and whirled at the tween.

 “No, i’m fine just…I never thought cons could care like that.” he said watching as Soudwave walked into his own ground-bridge nuzzling his sparkling heart emoji on his visor as the little giggled loudly.

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Starscream’s Sparkling: Integrative, friendly,quiet and a tad mousy. Even Megatron has a rough time believing this young one is Starcream’s child if she so much as laugh they’ll immediately clam up and look down bashfully or stutter if she tried talking to anyone who wasn’t her Sire.

“She reminds me of Skywarp.” Starscream said to Knockout it wasn’t often the seeker talked about his brothers, since their offline it was kind of surprising to hear such sincerity and nostalgia in his voice.

the medic wondered if he was the real Starscream for a moment before the seeker noticed two Vehicons slaking off causing him to screech at them to back to work before he had their helms. 

Then Arcee took them from him, now the one thing you should never do is step between a seeker and their sparkling you will die. He spent weeks sending scouts out looking for the bots base and and any sign of his sparkling. So, far nothing.

So, when he saw Miko and Jack walking around with out their guardians, Starscream took them. of course they didn’t go quietly, Miko yelled at him in Japanese and Jack demanded to know what he wanted. “I want my daughter back.” the con hissed causing them both to gawk at him. 

“That bity-bot is yours?!” Jack yelled in shock while Miko called Starscream a liar. this caused the seeker to growl “I assure you i am no liar…” he frowned calmly explaining how obvious it was. 

He and {y/d} were both seekers. the only two in his bloodline left and she had his temper both teens shuddered suddenly recalling the large screechingtantrum the sparkling threw when she demanded to go home.

Then the Ground-bridge opened Arcee and Bulkhead came running out of the portal guns drawn. Demanding Jack and Miko’s return, only for the seeker to ask for {y/d} the two were confused over who he was talking about. 

when a tiny voice shouted “Cncn” both bots were shocked when a small bot jumped off of Bulkhead’s back surprising the green bot; that she had used him to sneak out of the base, and Arcee who tried to to grab the sparkling before Starscream could get them. 

Only for the sparkling to transform into a mini-jet and shoot over to her Sire much to the shock of the autobots and a very proud Starscream who caught her in his arms when they changed back to bot-mode “{y/d}! your first Transformation!” he chirped nuzzling them and cradling them.

while he was distracted Jack led Miko to Bulkhead and a shell shocked Arcee who had to be dragged through the portal, she couldn’t comprehend how Starscream could be a caring parent! and that they had been played by a sparkling.    

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Starscream's kid has his crafty mind behind all that soft-spoken bashfulness .

Also, I don't know why I made Starscream's sparkling a girl instead of gender neutral like the others, I guess it because I was tapping into Armada Starscream. who knows.

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G1 Sparklings starscream, thundercracker, Skywarp, Bumblebee, and Skyfire meet humans. ( and megatron will probably be a bit overprotective )

“Alright my sparklings, stay here while the other cons and myself get some fuel.” Megatron placed Starscream, Thundercracker, Skywarp, Bumblebee, and Skyfire on the edge of the oil rig.

“What do you think Optimus is doing right now?” Bumblebee said aloud.

“He’s probably in the same place the cons left him at.” Skywarp leaned over the edge, “you wanna play tag?”

“We don’t have enough room for tag Skywarp.” Thundercracker sat down in a huff.

“Hey Starscream, what are you looking at?” Skyfire came up behind his best friend.

“We’re being watched.”

“By the coneheads, I can see them watching us,” Skywarp added snarkily.

“Not by those idiots! There are organics on this ship, look!” The rest of the sparklings piled on top of Skyfire and Starscream.

“I wanna see the organics!”

“What do they look like? Where are they?!”

“Will you all get off of me!” Starscream tried to get out from under the dogpile, “It’s over there!”

Bumblebee ran over to where the human was hiding and picked him up, “aww look, it’s so cute!”

“It’s kinda boring.”

“I was hoping for something fluffier.”

“Don’t hurt me, please!”

“Bee I think it’s scared.”

“Let my son go!”

“Dad!”

“Look, a fat one.”

“Bumblebee put that down! You don’t know where it’s been!”

“Yes, Ramjet!” The yellow bot placed the human on the ground and watched as the human ran to the one called dad. The sparklings hid behind Bumblebee and watched the two humans embrace in a hug.

“I think you scared them.”

“But…” Bumblebee’s optics began to water.

“MEGATRON!” Optimus and the Autobots flew down and immediately started attacking.

“Why do the adults always fight?”

“They're at war Bee. They have to fight.” Starscream turned away from the group and looked down at the ocean, “There is nothing that we can do about it.”

“I’m sick of the fighting!” The humans looked at each other as the sparklings talked; Megatron punched the oil rig in half.

“Kids it’s time to go!” Starscream fell into the water; the cons grabbed the other sparklings and flew away with all the Energon they could carry.

“Megatron! Optimus! SOMEONE! HELP!” The seeker flailed in the water, slowly sinking

“Starscream? Where are you?!” Optimus started to panic, if Starscream died, Skywarp and Thundercracker died. The seekers would blame him for their deaths, and the war would never end.

“He fell over the side of the rig!” Optimus dove where the human pointed and grabbed the panicking seeker. When they emerged, Optimus place the small seeker on an unsunken part of the rig.

“Thank you…” Optimus paused.

“Sparkplug Witwicky.”

“Thank you Sparkplug Witwicky.”

“No problem, us fathers have to stay together.”

Prime looked at the sinking rig, “let us help get your crew to safety.”