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Something I started wondering about while watching Tokyo Mew Mew New and finishing up Sailor Moon (the manga) is if magical girl shows still do the mysterious protector trope.
I've only read and watched a handful of magical girl shows (I plan on getting to more, but there's only so much time in a week, let alone a year), and can't really think of more recent examples. (If anyone knows of any, I'm happy to be corrected on this.)
It just came to mind because I can still see some potential in the trope. I don't even think it has to be a guy, like how Sailor Moon or Tokyo Mew Mew do it. It could be a girl, too, as far as I'm concerned. For example, Masaya's worrying about Ichigo after he finds out she's Mew Ichigo (which somehow took longer than it should have, but that is how the genre works so whatever) isn't too different from, say, Miku worrying about Hibiki in Symphogear.
I don't know, just something that came to mind recently.
EDIT: I have been informed in replies that PreCure has done this. I had a feeling it was somewhere in that franchise.
#tokyo mew mew#tokyo mew mew new#sailor moon#bishoujo senshi sailor moon#senki zesshou symphogear#symphogear#magical girl#usagi tsukino#mamoru chiba#ichigo momomiya#mew ichigo#masaya aoyama#blue knight#hibiki tachibana#miku kohinata#my posts#text#you can debate on whether or not Symphogear is a magical girl show#or a mecha show#but as far as I am concerned#it is a magical girl show#or at least magical girl adjacent#with mecha tropes#perhaps it even defies all labels and is it's own thing
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Gregory reminded Michael of some bad FNAF memories,,,
#myart#chloesimagination#comic#michael afton#fnaf gregory#glamrock freddy#fnaf#security breach#sister location#fnaf fanart#five nights at freddy's#Giving Michael trauma flashbacks 😭#Gregory just wanted to show Michael his cool mecha!!#Michael might seem cold but he genuinely wants to keep Gregory safe#sorry Freddy Michael is distrustful towards you#Michael just has to get to know Freddy first to warm up to him
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man this mecha Jazz au by @keferon is doing things to my brain
Jazz and Prowl teaming up and befriending each other even though they have no clue what the others says or what they even are is so cool and fun hahahaahshdad
they just have this unexplainable connection with one another u know
also im curious what was Jazz first time reaction seeing Prowl transform lol. he must have been so confused hahfhdha
#i actually made this post a week ago#but apparently my blog was restricted by an anti-spam control lol#so none of my posts where showing in the tags#and i also couldn't send messages and such#glad it all got finally fixed up!!#my art#transformers#tf jazz#tf prowl#mecha pilot jazz au
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My eyes are blurry for reading but if I squint I can draw, let's draw until I pass out
#deadlock#ratchet#tf mecha universe#GRUMPY OLD MAN AND BASTARD#AHGSHAGA I've been watching transformers animated today and... uh....#I'm honestly annoyed at kids there...#One thing when kids are cool depicted in such shows. Others when they are annoying#I NEED AN OLD MAN HANGING OUT WITH MECHA#cockroachdoodles
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Seeing everyone's fun Soundwave designs got me inspired to start one of my own to crossover into my OC universe and I'm having so much fun 🥺
#soundwave#transformers#return_0#keller#cyberpunk#space robot#mecha#the tfp inspiration is very massive in this i have so much respect for that shows design sobb
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Anyway I seem to like to over kill myself to draw over a sketch over with a sketch then wanting to cut it then to show a cockpit but either way, there was a certain type of cockpit I have been wanting to draw
currently the cockpit itself is very rough, I am still not satisfied with the posture, I guess I at least figured out my year goal is and its memorizing machines so I dont have to look at references anymore
I barely draw figures this simplified compared to the machine Iaaaaaahaha hm...
#frick I am determined#I have always wanted to draw cut up mechas to show inside the cockpits#anyway#the internet is cutting up so much for some reason so looking for refs has become a battle
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Universal Misunderstandings
Summary: Based on @keferon's Mech Pilot Jazz AU. Jazz is a Mech Pilot who gets lost in space.
I wrote this in like... an hour, so I'm sorry if it isn't very good. I just needed to get it out, even if it's a little clunky. (Also I don't write Jazz and Prowl often, so they might be a bit ooc)
If you had asked Jazz what was the craziest thing he ever saw, he would say the moment the giant ships entered earth’s atmosphere for the first alien invasion. Or maybe when he joined the mecha program to fight those aliens, and saw the mecha suits they would be piloting for the first time.
He wasn’t sure if meeting a race of giant robots was any crazier than that, but it was at least top three now.
Being a mecha pilot was surprisingly routine in some ways, similar to the times he was a NASCAR driver in some strange ways. How he would check his machine before every mission, how he piloted it like it was an extension of him, and how painfully aware he was of the danger all around him.
Only now, instead of being at risk of crashing into another driver or spinning off the track, he was at risk of being killed by giant aliens with five faces and so many tentacles.
No one was even sure why the aliens attacked in the first place, only that they desired some sort of potent energy source that was only discovered after they drove the aliens from one of their mines on Earth - and what was found in them revolutionized their technology forever.
They called them Lightning Crystals, based on the blue glow and the little shocks they delivered. The crystals were rare, but extremely potent in energy unparalleled by anything on earth.
Exactly what they needed. Oh, sure for solving global warming and creating efficient technology of course. But they also were the missing element in the new M.E.C.H. program – giant robots which could be controlled by a single person, able to pack as much punch as the aliens. With the Lightning Crystals, they could power these giant machines and finally drive them from their planet.
Jazz was one of the top pilots, though his Mech Suit was focused on rescuing people from peril and buying time as they evacuated a city that would be attacked. It was almost once a month, or several times if they were unlucky – the aliens would land, attempt to get a foothold on their planet, but were driven off by the Mecha. Only to appear again the next time.
And so, the routine was set. Go out, punch some aliens, retreat and recover, and start all over again later. It wasn’t glamourous, but Jazz knew he was doing his part in protecting the planet.
That changed when the Space Program was initialized.
The director of MECH realized they needed some sort of foothold in space, to fight back before they landed on the planet and destroy the ships they had just out of striking range out in the void.
Jazz was selected as one of the first, as his smaller robot would be more ideal for space travel – or so they told him, he wasn’t totally sure if that was bullshit or not anymore.
And so, Jazz found himself being launched into space to fight Aliens. He wasn’t sure when exactly his life turned into an anime, but it definitely felt like one.
During the fight though, something went wrong.
Jazz had been thrown into one of their ships, there was frantic beeping and flashing, and suddenly he felt his whole body feel every sensation at once – and when he got his bearings and noticed the ship was in motion again, he realized, with a sinking terror, that he couldn’t see earth in any direction around him.
His worst fears were only confirmed when he was thrown off the small space shuttle, and couldn’t contact ground support after he crashed onto an unknown planet.
He had to take a few hours to himself, and screamed inside his mech suit’s protective armour. Jazz didn’t know when he passed out from crying, but he felt somewhat refreshed. Not any better, but… not exhausted.
All things considered… he would be alright for a little while. He found more lightning crystals on the planet, and had some rations he could stretch out for awhile. But he wasn’t sure what to do, without any idea where he was or how to contact home.
He set up his homing beacon, and just hoped again all odds that maybe it would be picked up by someone.
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Prowl wasn’t a very social cybertronian, everyone knew that about him. He wasn’t anti-social, but he didn’t have an easy time communicating with others.
He would be too blunt, or maybe just not react the right way, and suddenly they were upset for reasons he didn’t immediately recognize. He got better at learning what was and wasn’t acceptable in the broad terms, but he struggled with specifics sometimes.
But Prowl was also brilliant – that wasn’t ego, it was repeated often enough that even he had to accept it. The Tac-Net within his processor was faster than any standard internal strategy computer, but that was only a tool. His processor was able to churn through all the data it gave him, and utilize it to its fullest extent with his own creativity and intelligence.
It made him one of the vital assets to the Autobots, and later to the combined cybertronian armies which fought the Quintessons – a walking battle computer, able to analyze a battle field and begin a counter strategy before the opponent even realized it.
So, his communication issue was merely a minor inconvenience in comparison.
Even still, he didn’t have many friends, and he was used to his own company. Prowl didn’t think on it often, just focusing on his task.
Prowl was alone while crossing a large stretch of uninhabited space, a spiral galaxy system which consisted of planets either barren or void of sentient life, when he received the ping on his console.
Unknown Energy Signature, Distress Beacon Detected. Prowl frowned as he read across his screen, because it didn’t make sense at first. He pulled the ship around for a second look before he lost the signal, and saw it was located on a nearby planet.
His Tac Net spat back possibilities when probed, ranging from “Quintesson Trap” to “New Emerging Sentient Life”, and he deemed the risk low enough to check at least.
Prowl wasn’t a social mech, but he wasn’t as heartless as some soldiers said he was.
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Jazz didn’t notice the ship until it was almost right above him, but he was still in his Mech Suit luckily enough. Using the larger bulk of this robotic body, he tried to wave the ship down using his long arms with a burst of frantic energy.
The Mech robot was psychically linked to himself, and so it was easy enough to arrange the machine’s body to look like a crazy person looking to hitchhike on the highway. He didn’t care though, only happy that someone, anyone, had found him.
It definitely wasn’t human, there were basically no ships of this design and even if there were none had launched yet. Another alien race didn’t seem too far off either, whoever they were. But really, they could be made of goo and Jazz would probably hug them in thanks.
He only really started to realize that this might be a bad thing when the ship landed, because that thing had some pretty big guns. Or maybe those weird energy blasters he saw before, and this was one of the aliens trying to colonize his planet.
Still though, he swallowed his fears and put on a brave face – even if no one else saw. He strutted up to the large ship like he owned it, and… waited.
The ship door opened soon enough, lowering down into a ramp, and out stepped… another robot?
Jazz blinked, suddenly very aware of his body inside of the mech suit, when he saw it… or them?
He didn’t know what to think, seeing the human-like face and odd proportions of their body. Was this another mech suit of some sort? Why did it have wheels?
Jazz had to snap out of it, because the robot started talking to him.
“Dobbqfkdp,” they said with a stoic demeanour, “xj F ql xpprjb vlr ibcq qeb afpqobpp pfdkxi? F txpk’q xtxob qebob txp olylqfz ifcb qefp cxo lrq fkql qeb dxixuv.”
Unfortunately, Jazz didn’t understand a word of it. The robot was holding the blaster on their hip, obviously ready to attack if Jazz proved hostile.
Hesitantly, he turned on his communications radio and spoke.
“Umm, sorry my guy, but I don’t know what you’re saying? I’m a bit new around here is all,” he said with a somewhat nervous laugh. He almost wished his own mech had a face, so he could express how he wasn’t hostile.
There was silence for a moment, the wind blowing by around them and picking up a barrage of maroon plantlife that looked like flowerpetals. It was serene to see, but Jazz kept his focus on the robot whose eyes were widening in surprise.
They then cleared their throat, deliberately taking their hand off the gun and offered something. Jazz stepped forwards hesitantly, seeing it was a small chip.
The robot gave a forced smile, obviously trying to not appear threatening but looking awkward instead. “Jv xmlildfbp. Bah-weep-Graaaghnah, weep ni ni bong.”
Somehow, against what was rational, the phrase they said made Jazz relax a little. It was a ridiculous nonsense in English, but somehow it made the offer seem less unknown.
Hesitantly, Jazz accepted the chip and plugged it into his mech. His eyes nearly bugged out when it started interfacing with his systems, almost pulling it out, before seeing what it was doing – it was scanning the coding and language of his mech’s sytems, pulling them out into a strange dictionary. Soon, it was done with a PING, and the chip ejected itself.
Holy shit, he thought, they have a fucking universal translator, like Star Trek!
The robot’s hand was extended again, obviously asking for the chip, and Jazz gingerly placed it back in the robot’s open palm – somehow having five fingers, which somehow was one of the first things Jazz noticed right now.
He was really overwhelmed, okay?!
The robot inserted the chip into the back of their head, and Jazz had a sinking realization.
Maybe he was jumping the gun, but the way the robot’s eyes went dim briefly as it processed the chip, made Jazz think is this an actual sentient robot?!
“Thank you, I suppose this must be very confusing for you,” the robot then said, in perfect English.
“Ugh… kind of?” He said, shrugging slightly which translated to his robot around him. It was a reflex hard to break, even if it was unnecessary for his mech to emote.
“We’ve known about aliens, but this is the first time I’m meeting one that doesn’t want to kill me,” he said, with a slight laugh at himself. “Sorry, this is really weird.”
“Well,” the mech said, giving a soft smile which looked much more genuine, “I’m sure my kind will be eager to welcome another robotic race to the galaxy.”
Jazz’s mind went blank, as he had two sudden realizations.
Holy shit, I was right, this is an actual sentient robot who is actually talking to me, quickly followed by, they think I’m also a robot.
This… might be messy.
Despite this, Jazz just gave a nod, “Well, I’m sure the feeling is mutual!” He said awkwardly.
“Now… can you help me off this planet?”
The robot gave a brisk nod. “Of course, it’s not uncommon for new space faring species to have transwarping incidents like these. Come with me, my people will help you get home.”
Without any better options, Jazz hopped onto the ship. As he went inside, he realized the whole thing was scaled to the giant robot he was with. Scaled to his mech as well, conveniently enough.
“So, could I get your name?” Jazz said, as he finally was getting ahold of his anxiety. At least he wasn’t dead, and he was going home, so suddenly this was feeling a lot less intimidating.
“Of course, I’m Prowl of Praxus. You?”
“Ummm, Jazz. Jazz Wilson,” he said.
“Very well, it’s nice to meet you Jazz Jazz Wilson,” Prowl said, and somehow that phrase, which wasn’t nearly the craziest part of this situation, got a bark of laughter from Jazz.
“Just Jazz is fine. It’s nice to meet you too Prowl.”
He got a nod of acknowledgement, as the ship flared to life and prepared for takeoff.
Jazz might need to sleep for a decade when he gets home.
(Translation for Prowl Earlier: Greetings, am I to assume you left the distress signal? I wasn’t aware there was robotic life this far out into the galaxy.)
I also won't apologize for using the transformers universal greeting :P, I love that thing. Canonically, it's a phrase so ridiculous that anyone who says it must mean no harm - which is why Jazz somewhat relaxes when he hears it despite not knowing what it means.
I hope you liked this short little story (≧∇≦)ノ it's more just exploring the concept than anything.
Also sorry for using the term mech or mecha wrong, I don't watch enough anime ( ´・・)ノ(._.`)
#transformers#my writing#fanfic#maccadam#jazzprowl#mech pilot jazz au#mecha pilot Jazz au#maccadam fanfiction#almost posted it on ao3#but i decided not to#since it's pretty unpolished#though im not sure anyone but me can tell the difference between polished and unpolished with my writing lol.#Just shows how much I need to improve#transformers fanfiction
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My work for the Laws of Nature show (Around Gallery) in Singapore, ends tomorrow!
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Maybe the real gravity falls fanart i made for pride month was the fiddleford watching madoka magica piece i made along the way
#i wish i saw more art of soos showing mcgucket anime. like they showed us them bingewatching some mecha together and nobody talks about it#okay on top of that. mcgucket also enjoys boy bands?? at least he did when he was insane. id like to think he still does#what im getting at is that i need people to realize that fidds is into cringy nerdy shit. and its beautiful#moe ass old man /j#he would really like evangelion i think#fiddleford mcgucket#fiddleford hadron mcgucket#soos ramirez#gravity falls#my art#gotta post a post canon fiddleford design soon. ough
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It really is insane to think about how foundational the original Mobile Suit Gundam is to gay literature.
#I don’t mean that in a hyperbolic or fandom way#I mean that in a “Yaoi and Yuri would not exist in their modern forms without this show” way#Gundam is literally one of Utena’s core inspirations#Char/Garma was the Japanese equivalent to Spock/Kirk#Char and Amuro’s bisexual tension literature inspired whole gay mecha pornos#There’s probably tons I don’t know about but STILL#mobile suit gundam#Gundam#gundam 0079
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Love, Death & Robots - Good Hunting 2019 - directed by Oliver Thomas
#love death and robots#good hunting#my gifs#gif#gif set#machines#animation#animated gif#films#filmedit#moviegifs#filmgifs#cyberpunk aesthetic#cyberpunk#steampunk#2d animation#film gifs#robot#robots#robot girl#mecha#mech#fox#cyborgs#machine#netflix#gifs#tv series#movieedit#netflix shows
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Finally got caught up on that funky Bravern show the other day and omg. It's so much fun. Have some scribblin' More yelling under the cut (and also mild spoiler alert if you haven't seen any of it:)
Loved seeing more of the other Deathdrives, even if they were kinda short-lived on-screen and all (guess that's what happens when a buncha story stuff needs to get compressed into just 12 episodes)
I'm enjoying the hell out of this silly show it's fucking BUCKWILD. I can't remember the last show that made me laugh this much I am just constantly chimpanzee screaming at the screen Wasn't super sure at first because I was a bit "???" about where this was going in the first few eps but oh my god. It's def become a fav now. It's for sure meant to be a parody of itself/commentary on the entire mecha anime genre and all the tropes that it's loaded with but then the story actually gets interesting too. The TWISTS. IDK it just seems like they had so much fun making this Also, sentient robot characters yippee! (That stuff just seems to be super rare, I've always kinda wondered why, but it's like the mecha genre is allergic to the concept unless you go full into Transformers territory (which is its own whole thing at that point.) Like idk maybe I'm the weird one for loving that idea, but I do wish more of that existed outside of the context of parody or "for little kids" or whatever. Anyway I'll take whatever I can get on that front. I'm adopting all of these idiots) Cupiridas is my fav, Extremely Silly Guy. Kunus (Cunus?) is completely off her shits but I actually love that super wingy design. Pessimism has some really cool silhouette nonsense going on, can def approve of straying from the usual humanoid look. I could throw in some sketches of the main mechs (Bravern, Superbia) but they already get most of the fan art, so I wanted to doodle some of the others..
#bang brave bang bravern#bravern#Cupiridas#Pessimism#Kunus#robots#mecha#anyway def worth a watch#also that the transformers fandom collectively adopting Bravern was enough to convince me that I needed to give this show a chance#Jet art#jet squawkings
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what kind of frivolity would you engage in, mecha?
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#mecha sonic#scrapnik mecha sonic#scrapnik island#sonic fanart#sonic fandom#arting#msab#good MORNING. i have given myself many emotions about mecha's big stupid cape. like a fool. such is the way i suppose#god ive been dying to get to this one. do you get it. do you understand#victories; if not on your own terms. achievements; if not the ones you thought you wanted. childhood dreams that never die.#which on that note yeah this is also my favorite one for showing eggman-era mecha as like#''yeah hes hes the most arrogant and murderous jackass on the planet but hes also like 17.''#& therefore kind of a lame little nerd by default. he thinks capes are sooooooo coool#we were all stupid kids once but sometimes u get older and u still wanna paint your house purple. and sometimes u still want a cool cape#it occurs to me that actual 17-year-olds may see this and to that i say: sorry. you guys are fine do ya thang.#its just that im 29 and have grey hair and shit so i have a certain Perspective on being 17 is all. & scrapnik mecha is like mid-30's to me#i knoooowwww he loves his big stupid cape so much. look at the refsheets with his dumbass spines poking holes through the the hood#tell me he has not made a COMMITMENT to wearing that hood despite being built in a way that makes that incredibly inconvenient#u look at nathalie fourdraine's christmas scrapniks post and tell me he isnt having so much fun#being all decorated and swishing around in that Even Bigger And Stupider Cape & shawl w/ his friends#hes so funny for that he's generally such a serious kinda character but on god he does also love some showmanship and flashiness.#i want to make it clear btw i also think capes are awesome i literally cosplay a guy with Two [2] capes.#& mecha is basically the coolest ever. but also hes still funny for that
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bravern!!!!! *is shaken around like a rag doll*
#bang bravern#bravern#isami ao#mecha art#this show felt like if the isekai truck knocked me into a different dimension every damn week#cephalopadre art tag
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@keferon I blame YOU for this-
...Please accept this as a token of my gratitude. These two are bringing me joy<3
(Inspired by that Stolitz dancing scene, and the fact that human Blurr looks similar to human Stolas imao-)
#art#digital art#fanart#my art#keferon#mecha au#Transformers#Swerve#Blurr#mtmte#tf mtmte#transformers au#swerve x blurr#Not too perfectly rendered#pardon messy aka nonexistent lineart#I don't need that stuff anyway(:#helloooo#Stolitz reference#Helluva Boss is still mostly a good show imo
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