#tf Nacelle

[sprung-from-the-grave]

I like to imagine that all the decepticon seekers are connected in some way, which makes the idea that Starscream is just working with his entire family tree even funnier.

[deepfriedhopesanddreams]

Some seekers

The only Starscream clones with relatively nicer personalities

[ut-girl666]

Inspired from a clip out of Matt Rose’s “PART TWO: Twitter trying to say MORE things at the same time”:

«—-–-—»

Hotlink and Nacelle (both young little 🏳️‍⚧️ MTFs): *proudly showing their good work off to their mentor (Starscream)*

Starscream: *wants to say ‘good job’ to show things are still the same, and their change of gender hasn’t changed his care for/pride in them, and also wants to say ‘good girl’ to affirm them as femmes now, and show that he’s supportive of them*

Starscream: *What comes out:* “GOOD GOD”

Star internally: NOOOOO YOU FUCKING IDIOT, IM GOING TO GO FUCKING KILL MYSELF-

HL & N: *start crying after this has happened for the second time this week and 12th this month, and go sob to Megatron, very desperate for some assuring words from someone important*

Star: *still mentally berating himself, before he realizes, and runs after to frantically apologize to them… where they are now being halfway cradled into the sides of an angry gladiator growling at him*

(video clip for reference under the cut)

[mrfandomwars]

Best Seeker Poll - 1st Qualifying Round

Polls

Skywarp VS Acid Storm

Wheezing Arrow VS Slipstream

Ion Storm VS Blackout

Red Wing VS Ramjet

Thrust VS Hotlink

Bitstream VS Nova Storm

Blast VS Sunstorm

Thundercracker VS Cloudcover

Nacelle VS Sandstorm

Starscream VS Dirge

Winners:

Skywarp

Slipstream

Ion Storm

Ramjet

Thrust

Nova Storm

Sunstorm

Thundercracker

Nacelle

Starscream

May the Best Seeker Survive!

[swivelbot]

Shoutouts to THE BITCH of all time.

And these ones too I guess…

[zynisynhaveagoodnap]

doodle for my headcannon

engineer seekers, and red wing

[kaontic]

Reflector is a disappointment you guys. 😔

Context: Somebody failed to live vicariously through their “son”. :P

Maybe it had somethin’ to do with treachery or basketball idk.

Am I doing this meme again? Yes I am.

Audio: Aqua Teen Hunger Force

[totally-ethanwinters]

okay i do have more actually (im a fiend) (i make them instead of sleeping)

I've been dead doing HermitTree stuff but I've also spent way too long on Pony Town making the robits so I thought I'd share them

First up we got the elite trine (massive hyperfocus on them recently)

Then 2 different Rodimus's (im thinking of making a third and forth for fun)

Then some IDW dudes!

And others who don't really fit in a category but i dont wanna make this post too long

[runwayrunway]

No. 24 - Icelandair's Special Liveries

Congratulations to Icelandair's Hekla Aurora livery for being my first multi-request. And for a special livery, no less!

So, as a quick supplement to my main Icelandair post, I'm going to discuss the airline's three special liveries (excluding those which are crossovers with other brands). They've even been kind enough to provide a page for each, describing their various inspirations and how they relate to Icelandic identity.

Þingvellir

I'm starting with Þingvellir. Painted on a Boeing 757-300 registered TF-ISX, this livery was released in 2018 to celebrate 100 years of Icelandic independence and also something involving football, which in a very classic moment are treated as being equivalent in weight. I think Iceland may have won at the football? If you are aware of the context of the football, please don't tell me. I don't care about football.

Her colors are drawn from the Icelandic flag. It's really incredible how many flags out there manage to be red, white, and blue. It's honestly a kindness on Icelandair's part to not have those colors dominate their livery to begin with because it's incredibly saturated with flag carriers. (Red, white, and green are another similarly done-to-death scheme.)

Although I think the actual cross-shape of the flag could have been used to some decent effect, I have no real problem with where we ended up. I think this is recognizable as the Icelandic flag and visually pleasing. The first time I saw this I thought it was a heritage livery, because I didn't know off the top of my head what Icelandair's old liveries actually looked like. I think if they'd done this back in the day they would have been the talk of the tarmac.

Looking at it from the right angle, though, I can't deny that when you add in the glossy modern look of the Icelandair logo and the yellow nacelles it does sort of look like a football jersey somehow. Unsure if this is intentional, but all in all I just think this looks nice and I genuinely think if you did something about the yellow this would be a better standard livery for Icelandair than most airlines have. It's quite unique, as far as what's flying today.

Grade: C+

A few notes to close out: first, 'Þingvellir' is the name of the aircraft. Icelandair names all their planes after features of Icelandic nature, and Þingvellir is a national park known for being the site of parliamentary sessions. 'Þ' is pronounced roughly like 'th' in English.

Second, you may notice a distinct...how do I put this? Longness about her. This is because

('normal girl' here means 'narrow-body airliner'). image by @lobstersinmyhouse.

and I really like that.

Vatnajökull

Vatnajökull is a slightly less long but still delightful normal girl, a Boeing 757-200 with the registration TF-FIR. Icelandair bills her as the world's first flying glacier. I don't think there was much of a risk of anyone else getting that record, but she...sure is!

Vatnajökull is a fairly self-explanatory livery. It's an incredibly detailed glacier scene, representative of the very landmass for which the airplane is named. From Icelandair's website:

Even if you have lived in Iceland your whole life, the wonders of Vatnajökull never cease to amaze and enthrall. The largest glacier in Europe tumbles down the highest mountain ridge in Iceland, creating tremendous icefalls just above the southeast part of Route 1. The ice giant covers 8% of Iceland and is up to 1000 meters (3280 feet) thick. That equals 30 meters of ice evenly spread over all of Iceland – but we are in fact quite happy to keep it where it is. The Icelandic climate can be challenging enough without adding dozens of meters of ice on top of us.

It's actually somewhat difficult to find much more to say about her. This is just a very pretty glacial landscape drawn onto an airplane, and I think it looks very very nice.

This paint job is undeniably both pretty and impressive. I do sort of wish the tail and engines had been integrated as well, but what we got is more than alright.

Vatnajökull also features a glacier-themed interior, including glacier-themed headrests and drinks carts and, of course, some lovely blue mood lighting. The whole package makes me want to go potholing in a glacier very badly. They've definitely put a lot of effort into making the world's first flying glacier, and they've succeeded in that.

Grade: B

Hekla Aurora

It was very hard to choose pictures of this plane to include in this post. Hekla Aurora is stunning. She looks dramatically different depending on the lighting, but no matter which angle she's seen from she looks gorgeous and vivid.

Hekla Aurora is named for the active volcano Hekla and the aurora borealis, two noteworthy features of Iceland's unique natural environment. Obviously, though, she leans a bit towards the latter part of the name. The plane even comes with special interior mood lighting like Vatnajökull.

This looks so nice. It's even more striking than the simple blue Vatnajökull has. I want to fall asleep on this plane more than anything else in the world.

This plane is basically Icelandair's flagship. I swear this is one of the best-known planes flying right now. And she deserves every bit of it. This is a uniquely beautiful paint job and I am severely envious of anyone who has ever been able to fly on her.

I do, again, wish more had been done with the engines and the tail, but it's really hard to say anything about Hekla Aurora because this is just as much of an art piece as it is an airplane livery.

I have it as an active goal of mine to see her in person, even if from a distance, while she's still in service.

Grade: A

Unfortunately, this request was timely in the worst possible way. On the 7th of July, Icelandair announced their intention to acquire between 13 and 25 Airbus A321XLR airplanes. This is an interesting move from an airline which has up until now exclusively operated Boeing aircraft, but Boeing's refusal to actually build a 757 successor is a separate conversation. What's important to note is that Icelandair's special 757s are getting on in years. Hekla Aurora is nearly 30 years old. While far from derelict, that's definitely around the point most major airlines will begin to retire their planes. The confirmation of Icelandair's intentions to acquire a replacement model just makes it even clearer.

There is time to talk about what Icelandair will do going forward, what new special liveries they'll make. It's clear that all their existing ones are born from an appreciation for Iceland, and I'm sure they won't stop just because their planes are going to look a little different ten years from now. But It feels like an important time to voice my appreciation for TF-FIU, who has been bringing the northern lights everywhere Icelandair flies for nearly 10 years, even as those years finally begin to wind down.

[drlockdown-reviews]

So, TF reveals.

- Magnus looks decent. Doubt he'll be the best commander ever, but he looks fun. Not running out to buy him, but he'll end up in my collection eventually. - Glad the 07 pack exists for new fans to have a chance to get those great early SS figures (and Barricade), but I own them all already, so easy skip - Hot Shot looks fantastic. Didn't think I'd need him, but fuck...I think I do... - Kaskade's mould use is annoying, but I'm absolutely buying the two-pack for Javelin, even if I have to sell Kaskade off. - Nacelle is the highlight for me. Since the Siege Seeker debuted, I've CRAVED that mould as Nacelle. Seeing her (apparently retconned now, but I could be mistaken) after all these years feels like vindication. - Nova Prime...looks really compromised, but four times over I've thought the mould would be eh and have ended up having a lot of fun with it. As such, I trust this will be fun (even if I'll likely upgrade the wings) - Called the Menasor box set, but to be fair, it was a pretty easy guess. Already own the originals. Easier to get Toyhax. Skip, but great for those who couldn't get the regular versions due to scalpers. - SG Sideswipe is mega hype. Hot Rod can fuck off, but I've already agreed with a mate to split, so it doesn't even matter. The countach mould is always a treat, so this will also be great. - New ROTB Sweep barely looks any different, and the original mould is mid. Pass. - Noah is absolutely gonna be a robot with a jet on his back, but it takes me back to the time of figures like DOTM Lazerbeak with those 'off the wall ideas'. Mega hyped. - Nightbird looks alright. Glad I didn't go in on the mainline, but argh; those wings are disappointing. Hope somebody fixes them, but still getting her. - Frenzy looks fine. Getting, but not rushing out. - Ratchet is a pass. Looks good, but I'm satisfied with the Siege one for now. - Thrust potentially being an Earthrise seeker should annoy me...but I already got the Bumblebee movie one, so honestly if it turns out shit, it's fine. - Potential Transit is hype as fuck.

All in all, killer release lineup. Very little I wasn't interested in. Even with only one more Legacy Evolution wave due this year, there's still tonnes to look forward to.

Things are looking bright for everything except my wallet.

[nellywizard]

Quick drawing I made of Smokescreen and Nacelle before bed.

[ut-girl666]

In universe with the tfs on sm a whole bunch of the autobots are explaining it, with pix and everything and more than 2/3 of those pix are being supplied by op’s account.

bc op is only getting involved with this discussion bc it means he has a chance to show off baby pix of Bluestreak, his beloved godso- *cough cough* his best sniper, and Hot Rod, his so- *cough cough* sorry, one of the more remarkable litt- young warriors in training, under his fantastic wif- *COUGH COUGH* so sorry, must be catching a cold, his top general/other second in command. Op is just posting a lot of baby pictures. If you’re paying enough attention, you’ll notice how he occasionally drops his own baby pictures.

For the most part, the Decepticons are just watching. But Star and Sound pick up on Op dropping every single baby pic he has available for ‘education sake’, so they start doing it too - so suddenly Starscream and Soundwave are dropping every single baby picture they have of the seekerlings (Bitstream, Hotlink, Nacelle, and Sunstorm - Star retrieved them from the ruins of Vos, and pretty much raised them from then on.)/cassetticons (they were kindled from his own spark) respectively. They’re embarrassed by it. Eventually Megatron gets involved and drops a few baby pix of the Stunticons being developed by Vector Sigma (bc it actually took a lot longer than a couple seconds). They’re even more embarrassed.

Just the proud parents taking the chance to drop every single baby pic of their sweet little ones that they can.

I still love the idea of young sparklings looking incredibly weird by human standards

And I say this for "transformers snooping in the human Transformers fandom" reasons where someone posts an obviously AI picture saying it's a baby autobot and someone's in the comments like "Press X to doubt on this one, it's FAR too cute to be an actual sparkling." and it turns into a whole informative thread with some very, very unusual robot baby pictures

[woeismywaffle]

Wait there's straight up just a guy named 'Nacelle' in Transformers???

[zoskas]

mutuals do this w/ me

[mrfandomwars]

The Best Seeker

[asluna2sets]

24 with Dead End (Stunticon) and Nacelle (Red, White and Blue Seeker)

I'm gonna be honest these two didn't explicitly exist in As Luna 2 Sets before this ask but I looked at their tfwiki pages and now I am in love with the idea of these feral gremlins running around on Cybertron... Here lemme bang something out, this is happening sort at the same time as Whirl, Sunstorm, and Starscream having their

(To be clear: I have not consumed any media where these two are main characters. I am writing off the wiki. So, sorry if it's ooc?)

“Well done, civvie,” Nacelle praises with a whistle and an impressed upward flick of his red and white wings. “Where the pit did you even learn to fight like that?”

Dead End, despite his usual dejected apathy, perks at the comment a little bit. “Had a pretty rowdy crèche. Racers get pretty out of whack when we’re cooped up for too long.” He frowns at the energon on his hands and tries, ineffectively, to flick it off. When that doesn’t work, he tries scrubbing it off with his servos—so Nacelle can pretty safely assume he’s never gotten them dirty quite like this before.

“Oh, don’t bother,” Nacelle advises cheerfully, transforming away his blaster. There’s many reasons he doesn’t go for servo to servo, and this is a pretty big one. “That stuff doesn’t come off except with solvent. A rowdy crèche, huh. Speedsters get inertial sickness, too?”

The racer turns his attention back to the now offlined Enforcer—some valiant protector this aft turned out to be, resorting to opportunity attacks on poor, innocent civilians and their companions. Whatever happened to nobility and ethics and whatever other slag the Praetor and the Prime (the old one, not the new one that might be fake) was spewing before they got their helms popped. “What’s inertial sickness?”

“Correct name for flight withdrawal,” Nacelle explains. “Like, when you didn’t get to fly for too long, except Smokewave would glitch the frag out if you didn't use ‘accurate terminology’ and none of us really like being whipped, so.”

Dead End cycles his optics and then exvents. “Primus, dude. But yeah, we always called that road withdrawal.”

“Whack,” Nacelle replies. “Do you think we’re almost to the Decepticon camp?”

“Maybe,” Dead End says with a shrug. “It probably doesn’t matter, the whole planet’s gonna die soon anyways. We’re already doomed.”

“Aww, chin up,” Nacelle laughs. “At least we’ve got front row seats to the bonfire. I’ve been hoping for something like this since before I could shoot straight!”

The racer rolls his optics. "You still can't shoot straight."

"Oh, excuse me, you don't even have a blaster!"