#rodpod

[ritesofdescendancy]

Auditions are officially closed!

A huge thank you to everyone who has auditioned and wished success on the project! We will be reviewing auditions in the coming weeks, and expect to have casting done by the end of the month. Keep an eye out in your email inboxes for any information regarding callbacks, questions, and casting.

With love and thanks,

Twin Strangers Productions

[mirko78rm]

[earthspark-shockwaves-reduction]

listen... if my wildest expectations and greatest dreams come true and hot rod/rodimus shows up in earthspark... he can't just stumble onto the maltos' property or come in some generic ship or escape pod or even the fucking lost light.

...He has to crash land in the fucking rodpod.

[transingthoseformers]

Getaway that sounds like a hyperfixation

(Okay Rodimus 100% has adhd in my mind and exactly nobody can tell me otherwise)

[driftkinnie]

surprised i havent seen any rodpod things you can buy on like, etsy

because ive mentioned it, rodpod ita bag when ⁉️

[daddymus-mamatron]

There is no such things as 'too many roddy stars' a'ight?!?

[singingcicadas]

Realized that even though it's a shame that there wasn’t much Drift/Megatron interaction in the story, we still got a fairly detailed one-sided account of Drift’s opinion.

Because this is in no way an accurate assessment of the mentality of the crew members on Necroworld. Drift's either doing some really bullshit armchair psychology or he's projecting his own feelings and assuming that they're shared by everyone else.

Once you break everyone down individually you can see that Drift’s theory applies to very few people:

Rodimus and Minimus have sort of an ambiguous friendship going on with Megatron. Rodimus literally chose to save his life when he could have let Megatron explode with Tarn. Minimus immediately proceeded to give himself congnitive dissonance b/c he thought Megatron betrayed them by running away.

Nautica Velocity Cyclonus Tailgate Ten have no preexisting history against Megatron.

Nautica has more Other Problems than to pay attention to Megatron.

Velocity’s conversation with Megatron after the psychological attack was nothing but caring and friendly. Megatron even felt comfortable enough to admit to her that he was happy. She and Nautica are amongst the few people who sees Megatron as a person first, before his deeds.

Cyclonus might even admire him a little with the romanticized way he talks about the Decepticon ideology.

Tailgate's knowledge about Megatron's past comes entirely from datapackets and documentaries. And his response to that kind of threat level is to pull a gun on him and then try to shadowplay the evilness out. Point is, Tailgate's method to dealing with threats is to be very hands-on, especially after he got his spark spasm superpowers. His way of coping is definitely not brainwashing himself into thinking 'he's not a threat' and being unconsciously nervous all the time.

Whirl hates Megatron with a passion but he also saved Megatron in the time travel. He views Megatron as less of a threat than the functionists.

Nightbeat doesn’t care about anything other than his mysteries; his response to threat of imminent demise at sundown is to go exploring.

Rung’s… Rung. He’s forgiving and compassionate, and also a professional therapist who should be capable of employing healthy rational methods to cope with Megatron being in his life.

Rewind, like Nautica, has a whole slew of Other Problems, I'm sure Megatron's not a very big priority right now.

Skids is dead.

That only leaves like three people unaccounted for and they’re all branded Megatron sympathizers for a reason: they all said no to Getaway when he asked if they were pro ‘mutiny and kick Megatron off the ship.’

Drift's only been back for seven days, even if he got filled in with everything that happened since, he's still in no position to be making that kind of assessment. He doesn't have the context. He wasn't there when Megatron was captain of the ship. He didn't even meet Nautica Velocity and Nightbeat before he left, he has no idea what they're like or what they think of Megatron. Even Rewind's not the same one from before. (Add: he also didn't know Ultra Magnus was actually Minimus in a suit)

Most importantly his entire response in the second two panels is the complete opposite of Ratchet's original question. Ratchet's question was "Is it me or is everyone a little skittish?" Skittish. as in nervous. uneasy. jumpy. Drift's like "Megatron's gone so they can relax." But skittish is the opposite of relaxing? and they only started being skittish after Megatron left? He's the only one to bring up Megatron in this?

Rodimus' reasoning in the first panel (sans Rodpod) makes much more sense.

TL;DR: Drift's nervous around his old boss and can only relax after Megatron's gone, so he assumes that everyone else must feel the same way too. Everyone else: not really?

[zilodak]

Rodimus A plot: Alright, gang! Who's ready to kick some ASS, get DRUNK, and PARTY

freaky

style? All abooooooooard the Rodpod, gaybots!

Megatron sub-plot:

[7er1ch0]

whats zeypher’s opinion on the Rodpod

She fucking hates that thing

[rungssparemodelpieces]

Catformers AU

Rodimus

* Rodimus is a feisty cat, to put it mildly. He acts like he owns the place, being the first to seek out attention from the caretakers that show up to open the shelter and the last meow you hear when the shelter closes down for the night. Roddy, as he gets nicknamed, wants to be everywhere caretakers go and gets himself into a lot of trouble. He’s adventurous and daring, having figured out ways to escape his kennel and escape the play area he and the other cats tend to be in when the place is opened. It was probably due to his eccentric nature that he was relinquished to the Lost Light shelter along with some other cats like Drift.

* Rodimus is a cat that needs a lot of attention, often yowling and meowing at caretakers to pet and play with him. He also is a very active cat, enjoying teaser toys and the giant running wheel. Most days he likes playing with Drift, ignoring Magnus when he bats at him, or bugging Megatron, who either ignores or hisses at him to leave him alone. Despite his usually happy attitude, Roddy has some moments where he needs alone time or he lashes out and needs to be isolated. He’s a little fireball that needs a little stability and one on one care so being single and with no other pets, you were the perfect choice to foster him!

* To say Rodimus didn’t wreck your home after he showed up to your house would be a lie; the little deviant decided to explore his surroundings in the most destructive way possible whether it was dragging your toilet paper all over the house, knocking off pictures of knickknacks off the counter, and managing to get into the food and treats you bought for him as well as the ones not for him. Nighttime wasn’t better, the cat making all sorts of noises in the middle of the night, leaving you restless and exhausted coming in next morning with him.

* Rodimus needs attention so from the moment you brought him home to work and back, Roddy would beg for your attention either by meowing, rubbing himself against you, clawing at you, or his favorite, jumping up or climbing onto you to be right up in your face. With him needing you, it made it nearly impossible to leave home without him but it turned out Rodimus does well outside and on a leash, using the time to look around and also greet people you would pass. He soaks up all the pets and praises given to him. He even enjoys car rides, becomes your little co-captain when you take him on your errands.

* Rodimus enjoys playing with you as well as certain other cats, often having playdates with Drift but will try to play and mingle with other cats. He also gets the privilege of being an outdoor cat and as such, has brought over many a dead, semi-dead, and alive critters into your home, in your bed, in your shoes, etc. But he always knows to come home by the end of the day, either finding his way to your lap or ending up sleeping in a cat bed you’ve nicknamed the Rodpod. With him by your side, you help each other out, becoming more social and outgoing as you take him around, boosting your confidence and helping Roddy find some stability and reassurance that he’ll always have you around to shower him with attention and praise.

* Rodimus is a heater. He could curl up next to you and you would be the one to move away because he’s that warm but it’s nice during the winter time or when you’re sad, needing the comfort. If you end up in a depressed state, he’s the one who gives you attention, licking your face and cuddling up into your chest or face before you manage to get up at least to take care of him. He has scratched you before out of anger, hissing and spitting but you don’t blame him, giving him space before he approaches you and tries to lick the scratches to say he’s sorry.

* If you chose to adopt Rodimus, life with him is never boring! You might end up adopting a few others along the way, making a little crew where he, again, acts like he’s in charge but really, you’re both in charge and try to remind him of that. If not, he still has a home at the Lost Light shelter and though other cats may come and go, he’s still along for the ride, begging for your attention and never giving you a moment’s rest but you wouldn’t have it any other way.

[snailinabucket]

@7er1ch0 zeypher is awesome, I am willing to challenge Rodimus in ritual combat for her hand

cool academy prodigy and his cooler space cowboy crush

also rodpod

it was a lot funnier in my head

[twinstrangersp]

Our next original show being added to the TSP roster, Rites of Descendancy has ANNOUNCED ITS CAST! We’re so thrilled to see all of the amazing talent and effort being put into this production — you won’t want to miss it!

RITES OF DESCENDANCY OFFICIAL CAST ANNOUNCEMENT

(Part 1 of 2)

As Leonardo: Alejandro Pedroza [He/Him] @Alej_Pedroza

As Luka: Marvin Sohl [He/It] @marvinsgardenVA

As Perlah: Vanessa Benoit [She/Her] @VanessaBenVO

As Norah: Morgie Bee [They/Any] @morgiebeeVA

As Ezra: Julian Dailey [He/They/She] @dailey_julian

As Keeva: M. Molder [They/Them] @themooncrownpod

As Ayden: Asher Amor-Train [They/Them] @AsherATVA

Our cast is quite large, so this announcement is split up into two parts! Please check our page for part 2 if it doesn't show up on your dash alongside this one! We couldn't be more happy to bring these talented folks onto the project, and we're looking forward to beginning production this month!

[mirko78rm]

[cozzzynook]

I must confess I’m a glutton for inadvisable ratchrod. I’m talking Rodimus and Ratchet having a hook-up or a coworkers with benefits type situation that inevitably blows up in their faces. The drama and angst is delicious.

I’m like this because the scene where Rodimus is showing off the Rodpod to Ratchet and his disappointed face when Ratchet revealed he voted to remove Rodimus as captain had me feral. Even better is Rodimus being angry with Ratchet afterwards.

Without drift they are a crash waiting to happen lol

[decepti-thots]

rodimus for the 5 headcanons game :D

Rodimus' mods are damaging/risky enough he has given himself a certain amount of difficult-to-repair longterm damage using them repeatedly. He once tried to persuade Ratchet that a very good solution to his minor-to-moderate accumulating chronic pain issue would be to have Ratchet disable most of his pain sensors, because listen that would be really useful in combat situations, and Ratchet was. Not impressed. By this suggestion.

Rodimus is privately kind of freaked out by realising that Minimus became Magnus at some point after Rodimus met 'him'. He didn't have that much to do with Minimus' direct predecessor, but said predecessor was the Magnus that he met circa The Nyon Stuff, and it's just very weird and sort of uncomfortable if he actually thinks about the fact he didn't notice.

Prior to Getaway doing All That, Rodimus didn't dislike him. He had no real reason to; in fact he figured the guy was pretty cool mostly, if a bit sarky sometimes (he could not resist making comments about the rodpod, but let's be real: everyone definitely thought that was ridiculous). Getaway made a decent effort to not piss Rodimus off because doing so would potentially make Rodimus, who is very fucking petty, pay wayyy too much attention to what Getaway was doing.

He would never admit it, but he REALLY wants Ratchet to like him. More than pretty much anyone else, Ratchet respecting him as captain would be a vote of confidence, because Ratchet is broadly uninterested in a lot of the interpersonal neurosis that plagues most of the rest of the crew. (This does not help the unacknowledged weirdness of the Drift-Ratchet-Rodimus dynamic as it evolves one bit.)

One of the reasons Rodimus is so distrustful of Megatron not lying about his change of heart (as though he needed any more, lol, but) is that he overheard what Megatron said during Chaos Theory. Which Megatron doesn't realise until Rodimus brings it up in an argument and it's INCREDIBLY mortifying, at which point Rodimus realises how embarrassing he finds it and is immediately like 'new favourite conversation ender'. This lasts fully months before the sheen wears off, probably.

[quetzalpapalotl]

One question about IDW1!Megatron. According to MTMTE’s Trivia Page on TVTropes (wish I could link it, but idk how sadly), it was said that JRO at the 2017 TFCon revealed that giving Megatron a redemption arc was actually an executive mandate ordered by Hasbro for the comics. However, I haven’t really seen this statement be mentioned either by the TFWiki (if it is there, do correct me) nor by a certain subsection of fans. Is it true that JRO was forced to include and redeem Megatron or was it by his own choice to give him the in-universe chance to redeem himself for his crimes? I’m genuinely curious as I’ve seen a few fans point fingers at JRO for the way Megatron was written (infamously over how Getaway and his hatred of the guy was handled within the context of said writing) and it made me wonder what was going on for that arc to occur.

TVtropes lies, like A LOT and you're wise to doubt it. It also says things like Rattrap following Starscream because he wants to backstab him and take over Cybertron (which is SS's projection and disproven by the text) and Optimus punching Prowl being how Prowl lost his eye (he lost it while fighting Superion and Defensor as Devastator).

This one is pretty easy to clarify because we can hear it from the mouth of the man himself here.

I can't I claim credit entirely for the idea. I mean it came about through essentially a brainstorming session for Dark Cybertron back in August 2012. Sorry. I remember that the last part, well, the first plart of Shadowplay was about to be released, that's how long ago it was. There was a brainstorming session at Hasbro's headquarters because there was a plan to, you know, use the next wave of generation toys to tie-in more closely with the comics and things and you know, the 12 part Dark Cybertron as a result. And there was a number of us in there, John Barber was there too, and others from Hasbro, and we were... I was gonna say, literally throwing things at the wall, it didn't get to that point. But we were having ideas an writing them down and it was someone else that said "What about Megatron becoming an Autobot?" and it was sort of, it didn't go anywhere, but it hung in the air as a possibility. And It think it was... I certainly thought to myself, that's a huge ask in terms of getting the audience to swallow the fact that um, that he would change. But at the same time, it's quite challenging too and if we are gonna go down that path and Megatron is going to become good, then I'd like him, please. I'd like to have him on the Lost Light.

So it wasn't originally his idea and it may have been a Hasbro exec who mentioned it first (or not, who knows), but no one forced JRo to do it. He, by his own admission, asked for it. He liked the challenge enough to change course on his own story for good or bad.

Not to get into Getaway Discourse, but people forget that Getaway was already being antagonistic towards Rodimus even before Megatron joined the ship (he and Atomizer gave him a fake voters list, he admitted seeing the rodpod was the last straw for him) the mutiny was always going to be a plot development. Getaway's hatred for Megatron was never his primary motivator. He exploited everyone else's hatred of him for his own goals. And you know, I think that the fact that the entire ship—including "has never done anything wrong" Thunderclash—was in favor of the mutiny is there to show that Getaway's ploy only worked because people had genuine gripes with Rodimus captaincy, Megatron big among them.

That isn't to say that I think Megatron's character was handled perfectly or that his gravity didn't affect certain parts of the story for the worse but yeah.