#rescue bots rant

[dominolemon]

I love the fact any time Heatwave and Optimus talk to each other or have a moment it just looks like a father talking to his son and giving him advice

It’s wonderful to see

The adults are talking

[tfp-is-my-lifeblood-lol]

Can we talk about this Rescue Bots episode (Spellbound) because I need to appreciate how TERRIFYING it is??? Especially considering it's cannon in the Aligned Universe. This is some A+ horror.

Like damn, some of Griffin Rock's technology is more powerful than even the Decepticon's tech.

Can you IMAGINE if those creepy mind-control cell phones were used in TFP?

Legit mind control that effects humans AND Cybertronians?

And it's SO UNSETTLINGLY subtle, too. The victim's voices sound like their normal selves but just SLIGHTLY off. *shutter* The voice actors did such a good job.

Just IMAGINE that in Prime.

I feel like Optimus would probably be immune (because the Matrix of Leadership is goated) but can you imagine the Jasper Trio getting mind-controlled, and all their guardians + Ratchet know SOMETHING is off, but not what? Then, slowly, the mind control spreads to the Bots? Or vice versa, the Bots go first, and the humans are like: "Something's up with my guardian."

Kinda wild that Invasion of the Body Snatchers shit 100% exists in TFP's world. Felt like I needed to acknowledge that.

Is this gonna be my next TFP headcanons post? Feeling inspired.🤔

[mxxmx0h]

How come no ever talks about the fact that Heatwave was once a Three time Lobbing champ. Like, that's the only type of information we have of him when he was still in Cybertron. Well, other than the fact that he was a Fireman before becoming a rescue bot.

Mf drop his lore like it was nothing

[ashlovesrescuebots]

I wanna rant but I need your guy's opinions on this . Cody is a ENFJ and Bumblebee is a ESFJ . THIS MAKES SO MUCH SENSE , they're literally the same I can't .

I always knew they were my favorites for a reason . I just absolutely love the parallels between Cody and bumblebee . There's the most obvious one , aka the most sad one . Cause they are both pure good , and really the only way they did evil was under mind control + psychological manipulation .

But also there are also sweet parallels , like the father-son bond Optimus and Bumblebee , and Cody and Charlie have going on . It's more obvious in rescue bots because Chief is very open about trying to keep Cody safe trying his best to keep him off the Field , while Optimus has to have bumblebee on the battlefield but would still kill for Bumblebee; but when Bee's hurt he will ensure he needs to get better .

They hate being put down like their incapable of fighting/protecting but so much shit happens to them daily , Cody being caught in most dangerous situations and target of all the bad guys , whilst bumblebee gets targeted by all the bad guys and Targeted for the most gruesome shit ( bro legit got his t-cog stolen 😭 ) Also not to mention the youngest of the group . But if Cody was in a cybertronian station I bet he'd be a scout . ( Soldier when he's older )

+ extra not them both getting grounded at base lmao

[thedgrnlover]

Sorry I haven’t been posting as much art lately! Basically, I feel a little burnt out and I’ve been reading so that I don’t get even more burnt out by Christmas break. Also- my brain has finally settled on transformers being my next big fixation.

This doesn’t mean I won’t post Octonauts, but I’ll be shifting gears more towards Rescue Bots and RiD (shut up they’re silly). My Kwazii stuff will still be updated though!!!

Here, have a Blades doodle:

[megaemprezzz]

Besties idk what I'm meant to be doing here ngl

[georgiesblurredbones]

Hi, As a Blurr FictionKin, I’d Like 2 State My(Very Long) Case(Rant) On Why

Is (By Cybertronian/Velocitronian Means) a Scared Teenager (And NOT a Self Serving Narcissist) And Shouldn’t Have Been Put On a RESCUE TEAM By Optimus.

And Why The Rescue Bots Shouldn’t Have Put So Much Pressure On Him (Looking At U Heatwave..) And Why Blurr Would Be Happier Not Being On a Rescue Team.

So When The Bots And Some of The Humans Find Blurr And Salvage In Stasis Pods On Their Ship, Blurr Is The First One Awake, The First Thing He Does Is Hug The Bots Because He Believes He’s Back On Cybertron, But The Second Thing He Does Is Ask “Where’s Salvage? Is He Okay?”. Salvage Was The Loader of Their Ship While Blurr Was The Pilot, When Earth Had Meteors Raining Down On It, Salvage Saved The Cave People While Blurr Panicked And Ran Back To The Ship, Like Most TEENAGERS Would In a Type of Situation Like That(I Sure Asf Would Tbh). Sure, Blurr Was Selfish And Stupid To Run off Without Telling Salvage, But Salvage Also Had No Reason To Physically FIGHT Blurr Over It (Which He Canonically Did, Source; SALVAGE SAYING ‘We Fought’, And Salvage Marching Over To Blurr With Clenched Fists, Plus Ira[Cave Man] Running Out of The Ship In Fear). People May Claim Blurr Never Cared For Salvage, But He Very Obviously Did, When Salvage Was Taken Out of His Stasis Pod, Blurr Immediately Ran Up To Hug Him, Visibly Happy That He Was Alright. Blurr Wanted To Leave Earth In The Spur of The Moment Out of FEAR, If Blurr Truly Didn’t Care For Salvage, Then He Wouldn’t Be So Happy To See Him.

Now With Blurr Taking Credit For The Things He Didn’t Do (Saving The Cave People, Saving Salvage, Etc), That’s a Sign of Blurr Having Low Self Confidence And Even An Inferiority Complex, And Maybe Being Desperate For Attention, As a Lot of Young Teenagers Are Like, He Craves Attention Because of His Life of Being a Racer, Blurr Isn’t Used To Being Treated Like a Regular Bot. Blaming Blurr For Wanting Attention And Wanting To Seem Important Is Horrible To Do, He Behaves Young, Similarly Young To Cody And Francine From RB or Maybe Even Miko From TFP. He Lies Because He Wants To Be Seen As More Than Just That One Racer Bot.

‘But Blurr Is a Horrible Rescue Bot, I Don’t Blame Heatwave For Shouting At Him!’

Blurr Never WANTED To Be a Rescue Bot, He Wanted To Stay As a Racer, But Optimus Denied Him To Have Comfort In Familiarity, Saying Blurr Needed ‘To Give Earth a Chance’, Blurr Doesn’t Like Earth, He’s Obviously Not Happy, Keeping Blurr (Who Likely Has The Cybertronian Equivalent of ADHD And An Adjustment Disorder) On An Unfamiliar Planet Where He’s Uncomfortable And Sad, ISN’T How You Make Him Into a Rescue Bot, Blurr Should’ve NEVER Been Forced Into Being a Rescue Bot, All He Knows Is Racing, He Doesn’t Know ANYTHING About Rescuing, So For Heatwave To Shout At And Scold Him For Not Knowing How To Rescue(Even After Finding Out That Blurr Was Lying) Is Not a Healthy Training Tactic, It Made Blurr Hate The Idea of Rescuing And Earth More And More, Heatwave May Have Had Good Intentions But His ��Good Intentions’ Caused Blurr Severe Distress. When Blurr Got Onto Their Space Ship And Tried To Escape Earth, That Was Because Heatwave Had Told The Chief That Blurr Had To Go, Which Was Blurr’s Last Straw, His Reason To Leave Earth. The Worst Part of All of This Was When He Arrived Back On Earth (After SAVING Griffin Rock From a Rogue Crashing Satellite That Could’ve Blown Up Both The Space Ship AND Blurr With It) The First Thing Heatwave Said To Him When He Got Back Was ‘I Don’t Know Whether To Hug You or To Yell At You’ DUDE HE ALMOST JUST DIED SAVING YOU GUYS WHEN HE REALLY DIDN’T HAVE TO ??????

The Point That I’m Making Is That Blurr Was Not All That Happy On Heatwave’s Team. When Blurr Showed Up On RiD2015, He Took The Blame For Sideswipe’s Poor Performance, Thinking That He Himself Was For The Blame of Sideswipe Knocking The Decepticon Into The Water And Letting Them Escape. Blurr Told Bumblebee On Screen ‘The Accident Was Totally My Fault, Bee, I Broke Formation To Drive Next To You’, Blurr Was Conditioned By Heatwave And The Rescue Team Into Believing Everything That Goes Wrong Is His Fault, Whether It Be Just a Malfunction of Technology or a Crash, Blurr Believes That He’s To Blame Because of How The Rescue Team Treated Him. Blurr Also Almost Dies In That Episode As Well, While Blurr Was Driving a Bomb Away From Bee’s Team, The Bomb Easily Could’ve Detonated And Killed Blurr On The Spot, But It Didn’t. Blurr Almost Dies Constantly But It’s Almost Never Taken Seriously, Always Used As a Joke Afterwards With The Rescue Bots And Brushed off With Bee’s Team.

Why Do I Believe Blurr Is a Teenager? Simple, He Behaves Very Similarly To Sideswipe, Who’s Described As a Teenager/Young Bot In Many Episodes of RiD2015 And Was Described In Season 4 As ‘Being Moved Around From Home To Home’, Like a Foster Child. Both Blurr And Sideswipe Are Careless At Times, Immature, Dislike Authority, Like Going Fast, And Are Implied To Be Teenagers Who Never Asked To Be On Earth In The First Place.

It Isn’t Blurr’s Fault That He Doesn’t Know How To Rescue, It’s Heatwave’s Fault For Not Teaching Him Properly or Trying To Understand Blurr’s Situation, It’s Optimus’ Fault For Not Listening To Blurr’s Complaints, It’s The Rescue Teams Fault For Treating Blurr Like He’s a Bad Person For Not Knowing How To Rescue. The Only Living Beings To Treat Blurr With Respect And Listen To Him Is Cody, Sideswipe And Bumblebee’s Team.

In Conclusion, Blurr Never Wanted To Be a Rescue Bot, It Was Just The Circumstance He Was In, And The Conditioning He Was Put Through To Make Him Think He Always Wanted To Be a Rescuer, When All Blurr Really Wanted To Do Was Race And Have Fun.

Thanks For Coming 2 My Ted Talk ;3

[makiruz]

I generally like things shamelessly, but being reminded that one of my favorite Transformers shows is not just for children, but for babies is a bit embarrassing

(Not gonna stop watching Rescue Bots, though)

[rescuebabiesau]

For The Record-

I don't normally let discourse within the fandom bother me too much because ultimately does it add to your life? No. But this personal situation I found myself in lately felt like it needed to be acknowledged.

I recently had someone comment several times over several months (I have since blocked them) on one of my fics about how frustrating it was to them that so many other people were "Shipping Wrong."

The fic in question was One Scary Night Alone, and it has some very, very light Whirl/Hoist in it, if you can even call it that. Like, the two just have a brief moment of being alone and checking on each other after what happened, not considered romantic and more just close friends... and this person decided that this was cause to complain because it wasn't Hotshot comforting Whirl.

According to them, because Hotshot is obviously the protagonist, that means that Whirl's destined to be with him and not anyone else.

I tried to be courteous and explain that everyone is free to their own opinions, but they were insistent that everyone else was wrong for having differing opinions. That having Whirl and Hoist be close was against canon (hello, they canonically work together making an "Earth Stuff Collection") and so to have them interact like that was wrong.

First of all, protagonists don't always get the girl. Read more books if you think that's true. Secondly, these recruits are not adults, they are children and thus aren't necessarily going to be looking at each other as potential romantic partners, even if sometimes the earliest signs of crushes are there.

To put the topping on the cake, after months of this, they then said "I wrote this story, but you shouldn't read it since you're obviously pro-Whirl/Hoist, but I would ask that you spread the word about it to the rest of your followers."

...Excuse???? After scolding me for months about how I was wrong and needed to accept your way of belief, you ask me to promote your story without even reading it myself???

Like Dude, get a better hobby than harassing artists and then expecting favors from them.

All I'm saying is that if you like two characters together and someone else likes a different pairing, that's okay. You can still enjoy the media and your own perceptions of things, even if that perception isn't perfect to the canon.

[bi-oxy]

I want more Whirl Fanfics...

I ship Whirl with everyoneeee... nghh... mainly in no particular order...

-Sari Sumdac

-Scorch

-HotShot

-Hoist

-Wedge

-Glow

And even freaking BrushFire bc SHE SPUN HER PROPELLER SO GAY LIKE IM LIKE AAAAAAAAAAA

why is Whirl so shippable with everyoneeee???

[wildlygay]

A discussion about carrying in transformers rescue bots fanfiction.

I know this is gonna be a long post, and I’m so sorry. But I kept getting ticked off and needed to tell someone who would listen about this.  So, i’m reading a fantastic 2020 rescue november on a03. (I’ll dm you the author if anyone wants it.) and there’s a bladewave carrying fic in it. The premise of it is that Blades wants time-off because his sparkling is gonna come soon and Heatwave finds out about it that way and gets so happy that they’re gonna be a family. It’s all cute fluff right? My stupid ass thought that Heatwave was the one carrying, and then I realized it was blades. Not heatwave. I have read way too many rescue bots/rescue bots academy fanfiction, and I have noticed a pattern. When there is the term carrying involved, the authors (no shade to them some of the fics are amazing.) always pin the role of ‘carrier’ to the cuter smaller bot, not the ‘big strong brave mech’. It happens everytime. Now I ranted to my friend on discord about it (here’s the screenshot)

My point is, I’m plain tired of the ‘big stronger brave mech’ never carrying. The possibilities, the situations. It would be amazing, but alias they always pick Blades, or chase, and I have only seen one of these; Quickshadow.   C’mon. Put the role of carrying on heatwave, or boulder. Don’t be a coward.  Give heatwave carrying roles. me, oh I always pictured him a mother hen to the recruits, it makes perfect sense. heatwave is the one that is around them the most, it’s adorable. Most would describe him as a dad. Unpopular opinion but I see him as the overprotective mother hen that would protect his kids with his spark.  Part 2 here Ok thanks for coming to my tedtalk, if you wanna keep this going feel free to reblog and all that jazz, i’m making a new tag for things like this. Likes are appreciated. 

[dominolemon]

I just finished re watching Reacue bots and all I want to say is…I WANT TO SOBB

I remembered this to be a really good show but I didn’t realize how much it would hold up even until now like how they did this show is absolutely perfect

The plot, the dialogue, the character designs, the personality, the music shall I go on? This show was way better then I remembered it to be and I’m so happy I over heard my sister re watching it cuss without her I wouldn’t have-

I havnt been the biggest transformer fan because it’s more of my sisters thing but this show made me do a 180 because now I feel like I wanna re watch all the shows

I know I do still have to watch rescue bots acedamy but I’m honestly sad I finished re watching the show because now I wanna re re watch it just to sob again- like I’ll be honest if something irl happens I won’t back a eye but if something happens to fictional character or a show ends I will sob, I need to mentally prepare to watch rescue bots academy because I think it’s the only show I havnt actually watched yet and I’m scared and excited at the same time

But like I’m gonna be so sane about it, the last thing I have to add to this small rant is

Quickshadow and Heatwave supremacy suckers💥💥

[mainenorth]

Since you are a Heatwave fan, I'm having thoughts about him being a dad to Cody

That's all

hi

Fun facts: Heatwave’s been my favourite character since I watched RB in like 2016?? I’m also a Heatwave fictionkin.

OKAY TO ACTUALLY ANSWER: heatwave has always been fatherly to Cody and he’s shown to be responsible to children (i.e. the robot baby) he would definitely adopt him if nobody else could.

although he already has so much shit on his plate bc he’s always shown as the bad guy whenever the rb writers need someone to yell at the other bots for while also being constantly undermined by OP with his OWN TEAM and having to save Griffin Rock every week

overall, Heatwave would be Cody’s dad

[mxxmx0h]

Saw the transformers one movie and decided to re-watch RB sinces, its been years

Anyone else noticed that Bumblebees little ears move.

LITERALLY WATCH THE WHOLE EP AGAIN TO SEE IF HE MOVES THEM AGAIN

THIS IS THE ONLY TIME

[goddessofcrazy]

AHHHHH IM SOOOO HAPPY

I was finally able to get out, and what luck, he was in stock. I have tons more pictures in my gallery, but I’m not that good at taking photos.

Thanks @v1blehzz for notifying me of him.

[thedgrnlover]

I’m logicing out how my transformers Oc will transform!

The notes say: Seat splits in center, the ‘arm’ moves back, section moves below the other, wheel guard splits in center, sections fold in, inside out seat, back seat folds in on self, pulls up and swivels, splits to peds, folds into inner arm, No Visor (dint wan draw), and Same but diff angles !! Epiphany.