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[blade-liger-4ever]

Why Cody Burns succeeded where Rafael Esquivel failed

Honestly, Raf is one of those characters I never thought much of, in part because he was so forgettable. More often than not in Prime, Raf was just the sweet baby who everybody thought the world of and wanted to keep out of harm's way, even though the most he ever did in the show was provide technical help with Earth machinery or play the part of innocent child. This was not helped by the fact that he was buddy-ed up with the mute Bumblebee, who's sole contributions up until his two part arc and the series finale was additional man power and adorable mimic. While this was good for background humor, it ultimately did nothing to the overall storyline in the series, both for Raf and for Bee, and for the series itself.

By contrast, Cody Burns - the resident team baby, beloved by all and unwaveringly helpful in rescue missions - stood out far more than Raf. And what's more, is that he never had "his own" Autobot/Cybertronian partner, when literally his whole family had one of their own.

Allow me to delve into this, hopefully, final observatory post regarding the TFP kids.

Of all the humans, we quite frankly get the least out of Raf. We know he's a prodigy, given that he's twelve (and a quarter) and jumped straight into the same classes as Miko and Jack, the former of whom is no slouch as I've already covered. We're shown that his family allows him free reign of Jasper, as he's playing by himself near the road, although he's alone. That tells us that his family is either extremely lax in their attention for their youngest child, or that Jasper is an actually safe location for a kid who's barely filling out his shoes to be on his own. Whether or not either option is true, that's dangerous and shows that Raf goes unnoticed by his family. I'm not saying they're abusive or willfully neglectful of him, but this points us to the conclusion that Raf has a very lonely home life, and we already know that he's got zero friends until he meets the Autobots.

This could have been a great plot-point for the series: by giving Team Prime a small child with no one for company, the writers could have more clearly given the Autobots hope for the future of the War/after the War, while Raf could have gained confidence and security from having people who actually cared and listened to him. It could have been fun, having him be the human cycling through the Autobots for various needs. Imagine Raf going to Optimus for comfort after another day of feeling ignored, talking to Arcee for ideas on how to stand up to Vince (being the sole child in class makes you a target, after all), or coming to Bulkhead for how to struggle through the physical aspects of his school regimen (i.e. the time he brought up the rope climbing to Ratchet.) The possibilities were endless.

But instead, he's specifically handed over to Bee. Bee, who is the disabled child that is also largely forgotten, and who, while he does bond with Raf and provide him with much needed company, offers nothing else in the way of development or storylines. We got something marginally better when Raf started spending time with the grumpy grandpa that is Ratchet, which was great to highlight Ratchet's soft side that nurtures his own character progression, but it's not enough for Raf's development. I greatly prefer the company of the Autobots to the human characters in virtually every series, but there needs to be a noticable human presence to ground the Autobots' protective instincts toward Earth and to push along the story. Raf ended up being a token character not even halfway through the first season, which is a shame given his potential, especially since he and Bee ended up being background décor.

Now, as a counterpoint, we come to Cody Burns.

Like Raf, Cody is the youngest child of the Burns clan - and I say clan because his family has been the one providing Griffin Rock's safety and protection for about...roughly three hundred years? (Correct me if I'm wrong, but his family were the ones in-universe to discover the island. Thus, there's a large claim and respect to his family's name.) His father Charlie is the chief of police; his oldest brother Kade is the chief firefighter; his older sister Dani is the helicopter pilot and primary search and rescue operator; and his brother Graham, who's about eight years older than ten year old Cody, is already a chief engineer and inventor himself. Clearly, Cody has an impressive family. Clearly, they're the best of the best, and he couldn't be prouder of them.

And clearly, Cody feels the need to earn his stripes given their talents and the family's reputation.

A recurring subplot in Rescue Bots is how Cody is insecure about his role on the team, and that often leads him to attempt to provide help and find his place in life in the family. Sometimes, this works; although he's often left monitoring the situations across the island at home through the cameras, Cody finds ways of giving advice or pointing out a hazard that the others are oblivious to that would have likely killed them. And this is a noble occupation his fills, with his aid saving many lives and much trouble.

However, sitting around and merely being an observer wears on him. It makes him restless, and he often seeks aid from the 'Bots to figure out his problems before typical shenanigans ensue that rectify the current episode's dilemma.

This is an important part of Cody's characterization because while he does occasionally feel left out/ignored by his family, he understands it is because of their duties. Charlie has to daily wrangle different criminals and legal offenses while Graham is eagerly going to town on his latest project. Kade and Dani each have their own lives that are beginning and that they're pursuing, but additionally maintain an intense sibling rivalry due to them being not even three years apart. Thus, while they're seeing they're respective girlfriend and boyfriend, they're also competing in various childish ways that, sometimes, result in massive fights. It's no small wonder Cody rarely goes to them for advice.

For this, he's left with the 'Bots, and because they view him as their darling little brother who inspires them every day to give the humans of Griffin Rock and Earth a chance, they listen and advise him. Heatwave is the oldest of the 'Bots, and thus more experienced; additionally, Heatwave more than once nearly threw in the towel in the early days, but only relented due to Cody's convictions and virtues. Therefore, while they have a special bond without it being the sole focus, Cody tends to run to Heatwave the most when emotionally unwell and Charlie is unavailable. Heatwave in turn gives him comfort and advice, and backs him up in most situations. Chase is one he less often seeks help from, mostly due to Chase's nature of being a rigid rulebook. Most times Cody helps Chase understand human expressions and terms when Charlie is busy or otherwise engaged, with both their efforts helping the police 'Bot to loosen up. There are times when he needs Chase's input, as strange as that aid might be, and Cody doesn't hesitate to seek it.

Boulder he goes to almost as regularly as Heatwave, and the two get along fantastically. Boulder provides him with loving company he's hungry for, and sound advice without being overbearing. Blades sometimes needs more encouragement than anything, and thus Cody plays the rare part of helping guide someone through their numerous fears. Because of that, the 'copter 'Bot is extremely loyal and protective of Cody, and when Cody does ask for his help or companionship, Blades readily gives it. Sometimes, Blades will even go above and beyond what is asked, and never asks for anything in return.

These are healthy, constantly growing relationships that Cody develops with the 'Bots, as well as magnificent characterizations that are always expanding. While the focus tends to be shown through Cody's eyes or centered around him, it never fixates on him more than is necessary. Rather, by setting him up as the show's heart, the writing team is able to stretch out towards arcs related to other characters, both the 'Bots and their specific partners, and the other human cast members who interact with the 'Bots on a less frequent basis.

This is how Cody takes the potential of Raf from Prime and not only runs with it, but builds up countless heartwarming moments and strong characterizations over the course of Rescue Bots' run. Cody is positively and rightly shown as the glue of the family element of the show, and is given the autonomy to maintain his own personality and growth without being forgotten like Raf consistently was. That's why Cody stands out, and poor Raf is left hanging.

Well, that's my thoughts on the matter. I felt I should tackle Raf, given I covered his two peers, and Cody is a cute, fun, and constantly evolving counterpart to Raf that explains much of why I feel the poor baby of Team Prime was ultimately misused and unnecessary. I hope you enjoyed this, and that it got some gears turning in your heads.

I'll be seeing you guys!

"Rescue Bots, roll to the rescue!"

[annabelle-creart]

WHADAYA MEAN SG SOUNDWAVE'S DISABLED AND HIS JOINTS LOCK UP SOMETIMES BECAUSE HIS METAL IS A MIX OF CYBERTRONIAN AND EARTH METAL?!?!?!?!?!

Ohhh, the things I can do with this information...

[amiablyinept]

ok but like not me thinking that you meant Knockout's monstersona can be the bull lmao

i love this idea so much, just him getting chased around (heh)

i so wanna write something about this now ughhh

Just had a thought transformers prime and rescue bots take place in the same universe. Now I’ve seen some interesting takes for some interesting crossovers between the two but I just had a thought. We all know knockout resident diva who fancies himself a medic

This man. now he’s known for his red paint and his desire to keep it pristine. Well in rescue bots there is one thing that the bots could use to at least distract our beloved racer

This mechanical bull that was programmed to hate the color red. Now all I can imagine is knockout running around the island and this bull chasing after him breakdowns low key trying not to laugh and starscream has lost that battle and is on the ground in hysterics. And then you know something something the power of Cody and suddenly there all friends and the war is over. Optimus got a hold of the shrink rey and is now keeping megatron wherever he stached the Energon vampire.

[silverhakai]

Sunday halfday RD-OT with these two purple bikes. #ToyPhotography #Transformers #TFRobotsInDisguise #DecepticonFracture #TFArmada #DoubleAgent #Sideways #ThisJustHappened #ParaSaEkonomiya #WerkWerkWerk #KayodKayod #WhateverHappenedToTheWeekend https://www.instagram.com/p/B85nB9-BR-E/?igshid=8gdjcof5c5y8

[annabelle-creart]

Little reminder that despite Heatwave loves his siblings even more than his life, he is way thankful that Life itself divorced Soundwave and Shockwave because he is not sure if he could live with the fact that his older brother and his younger sibling are the wives of two war leaders...

Yes, I'm talking about Meg and OP

[annabelle-creart]

Guuuuyssss, I want you to guess who invited their mom to watch Transformers (Bayverse movie) and winned because the mom said she liked it AND also gained the fun fact the mom actually knew about the G1 Transformers series and even if she didn't like it as much as others she enjoyed watching AND discovered the mom was kind of boyish until 15 y.o when she got a boyfriend because of her father AND didn't continued watching transformers ONLY BECAUSE SHE WORKED ALL DAY AND NEEDED TO SLEEP

PEOPLE!!! I FUCKING WIIINEEEEDDD

AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH I WINNED

MY MOM WAS ALSO KIND OF BOYISH LIKE ME

SHE LIKED TO DRAW TOO WHEN YOUNGER

SHE ENJOYED TRANSFORMERS TOO!!!!

AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!

[annabelle-creart]

Just funny thought

I’m a dear believer that when the rescue team were deciding how their holoforms should be they were making weird combinations, bets and the ugliest gacha designs possibles like if they were playing dress to impress

[annabelle-creart]

Most personal moments on the firehouse. Aka, momentos mas humildes de los rescue bots. Parte 2

Because I saw a post that made me laugh:

Heatwave: Hey, Soundwave-

Soundwave, licking Rumble: hm?

Heatwave: ...what are you doing?

Rumble: Uncle Heatwave, save meeeee!!!

Soundwave: bathing Rumble

Heatwave: ...why?

Ravage, licking Frenzy: if its not by good methods, then, it will be by the bad methods

Frenzy: FINALLY!!!

Ravage bites Frenzy by the neck: get here!

Heatwave: ...okay? I'll better come back later...

//sometimes I forget Soundwave in many continuities was raised by a fucking cat, so, I made it part of the Au now

Soundwave was raised to be a communications operator by common bots but because their mentor was a motherfucker, Ravage became like a mom to 'em

So, indeed, Ravage is Megatron's mother in law and Frenzy and Rumble's grandmother, becoming the only alive parent the rest of the Waves met in actual times (because of this, she sometimes treats Heatwave and Shockwave like her kittens too)

[annabelle-creart]

The Firehouse's most personal moments, aka: momentos mas humildes de TFRB

Shockwave: Look at my son~🎶

Predaking with his head stuck on a chair trying to get out of it by pure force

Shockwave: Pride is not the word I'm looking for~🎶

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Courtesy of @gelu-the-babosa-multiversal

Heatwave: Cody, I like latinas

Cody: that's cool, but what that does have any to do with Kade's head stuck on a tree?

Kade, with his head stuck on a tree: nono, Cody, he has a point

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Based on this post

Blurr: Knock Out?

Knock Out: hm? Yes?

Blurr: I... am, I have been using part of the money's credit card to buy my friends some snack- it was only for food and gas as you said, nothing else! I promise! But I have been using more of what supposed...

Knock Out: Blurr, honey?

Blurr: yes?

Knock Out: Chase is Asian, Breakdown is Italian and I'm Ukranian, if you let your friends go hungry, We'll DISOWN you

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Kade: No

Heatwave: C'mon, Kade! It's just a karaoke night!

Kade: No

Heatwave: why not?

Kade: because literally last time all of you almost DESTROYED the bunker

Heatwave: us who?

Kade: Um, I don't know! Maybe Shockwave, Soundwave, Soundwave's infernal kids, Shockwave's dragon infernal babies, Sissi, Salvage, Boulder, Boulder's mad twin brother and you

Heatwave: we were just having fun!

Kade: ALL THE ISLAND CALLED ALL NIGHT THINKING SOMEONE WAS DYING BECAUSE YOU COULDN'T LOW DOWN THE FUCKING VOLUME!! LES MISERABLES IS NOT EVEN THAT GOOD!!!

Heatwave: WHAT THE FUCK DID YOU SAID-?!

[annabelle-creart]

The most funniest thing that happens at the firehouse is that Heatwave likes to kiss a lot

That means kisses for everyone

Morning kissing for Boulder

Silly kisses to Sissi (she does that too)

Good night flying kisses to Salvage

"I Missed you" kisses to Shockwave and Soundwave

Even greeting kisses on the cheekplate for Blades and Chase

Which is funny because Griffin Rock is USA, they're not accomplished to that shit

But of course, Heatwave has the latino-vibe, he must demostrate affection through kisses

[annabelle-creart]

BoulWave funny thing?

BoulWave funny thing!

LoRB:

Boulder: you don't need to be fixed, you're already perfect...

Heatwave: but?

Boulder: but your family still scares me

Heatwave: funny thing! Yours also scares me, but I still love you💖

Shattered Glass:

Heatwave: I can make him worse

Boulder: fuck you

Heatwave: see?

Outlier Au:

Boulder: I can fix him

Chase: he's a literal assasin

Boulder: No he's not! He just needs a change of environment

Blades: ...Boulder the fuck??

Boulder the Dino-bot Au:

Blades: can you fix them?

Heatwave: Boulder doesn't need that!

Chase: Boulder's biting the shelf

Heatwave: that's normal

Adventure Bots Au:

Heatwave: I can fix them

Boulder: No you can't, now get off, I'm working

Predaking: don't worry, I can't either

From Stars and Above Au

Boulder: I can fix him

Heatwave: I can make them worse

Valley of the Sacred Au:

Heatwave: I can fix him!

Soundwave: the bot is literally ON A FUCKING TORNADO THEY MADE ITSELF TRYING TO KILL THE VILLAGE, ARE YOU STUPID?!?!

Shockwave: probably, that's his superpower

[annabelle-creart]

Chikyuu wa mawaru Kimi o kakushite

Kagayaku hitomi Kirameku tomoshibi

Chikyuu wa mawaru Kimi o nosete

Itsuka kitto deau Bokura o nosete

Toosan ga nokoshita Atsui omoi

Kaasan ga kureta Ano manazashi

Drawer: By Primus sake that I sincerely never expected this to happen- like how????

Reader: said the one who literally made it

Drawer: shut up

Characters: Variants of Heatwave and Boulder from Transformers Rescue Bots

Inspiration: Robert Wun’s Haute Couture Autumn/Winter 24 (I’m so in love with that collection by fuck’s sake, I wanted to do something with it before but didn’t, until I thought it would be funny to do a valentine thingy with these two… and here we are)

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Please, do not repost without credits

Extra content under the Read More

Initial song: Kimi wo Nosete by Azumi Inoue. Castle in the Sky's end credits song

Main drawing inspiration:

Background, Boulder’s design and Heatwave’s design (from left to right)

I used the main theme of the pass of time and the layers of the body, which is the original meaning of this collection, but also added my own meanings

The background is the representation of the soul (collection), of its beauty and its bright, nonetheless I added the concept of stars and universe as both a way to stylize and also a way to show how these variants are not something mortal but something that transcends, something that shares a vision but yet is a different thing, and yet is the eternal light of each that they follow

Boulder’s butterfly design was inspired by two things: one, I wanted to give Boulder finials like wings, and two, Butterflies mean change, and that’s something I always maintain with Boulder’s character, Boulder changes, usually for good, not necessarily for Heatwave but yet he is one of the reasons Boulder learns that change doesn’t need to be complete, it can be partial and start with tiny things, also, Boulder’s usually related with nature and butterflies are both the spiritual and literal representation of nature, at my perspective

Heatwave’s veil was inspired by the brilliant veil because I always relate him with stars and water, which are shiny by default, but also a sense of being far, they touch but yet don’t meet because Heatwave always has a veil that covers part of him, with humor or with rudeness, depending on the context, Heatwave never reveals himself, yet, the veil is enough transparent to show what he is comfy showing and also to see enough of everything, the good and the bad, the veil is for protection, not for blindness

Nonetheless, I want you to have on mind that part of Heatwave’s hat and Boulder’s finial seem like ate or burned, that’s a representation of both their flaws and both physical and psychological scars, but these ate (butterflies on middle picture) or burned (hat and flower of right picture) parts are directly from the original designes

With a darker background so you can see how beautiful the plane colors ended up

Background inspiration:

To use another of my fave designs of this collection as second background was pure diversion and practicality but yet it can be understood as they meeting what’s inside the other, of what are they made (not literally)

Meanwhile the soul represented the spiritual part of it and the light they love of the other, the bone is the Earthly part, their tastes on life and how they like to live it (basically, what they love of each other talking about habits or physical manners)

I did the flower of the back of the Main picture just because I could, it has no meaning compared to the rest except that is beautiful and full of light, which is the perspective one has of the other (and fuck is beautiful, I’m proud of it)

The background of the main picture, which I like the most, is beautiful (I already talked about it, is the soul)

And the characters alone because I couldn’t NOT save how beautiful they ended up before erasing the parts that wouldn’t be seen

And that's all:

HAPPY (late) VALENTINE'S DAY!!!

Lectora: Ojala los hubieras dibujado besandose

Dibujante: si pero no pegaba despues con el concepto

Escritora: eso es que no sabe dibujar besos

Dibujante: CALLATE!! Hpta

Escritora: AHHHH, NO SABE DIBUJAR BESOS🎶

Dibujante: no sabes terminar tus fanfics

Escritpra: QUE DIJISTE HIJA DE TU PUTA MADRE?!?!

*Se pelean en una esquina... como siempre*

[annabelle-creart]

*slams your door* 》:(

I'm in need

What do you guys recomend before and during getting a cat????

Like, for living, for oneself

What do I need to do or to have before getting a cat??

I'll use the tfrb tag for reach but if anyone has something to say, I would be glad

Help please??

[annabelle-creart]

Writer: I should traumatize Boulder more-

All: NO!!!

Writer: WHAT THE- WHY NOT????

Researcher: You already compared them with traumatized people!! Aaravos, Aaargh and Rozz are NOT enough mental stable for that kind of comparassions and yet YOU DID IT

Drawer: YOU LITERALLY MADE ME DRAW THEM STABBED BECAUSE IT WAS ONE OF THEIR FIRST DATES WITH HEATWAVE!!!

Reader: I CAN'T STAND BOULDER BEING TREATED LIKE SHIT AGAIN, PLEASE WRITER, REMEMBER WE ARE THE SAME MIND, I CAN'T SEE BOULDER BEING USED IN THAT WAY EACH SLEEPLESS NIGHT!!!

Writer: By God's sake, is not that bad!

Wrath: ...

Wrath: *puts a big paper on the table* take a look at this shit and dare to say that again

Writer: Oh! C'mon! *takes the paper and reads it* It can be that bad-!

Boulder from From Stars and Above still blames themself for not protecting their home and letting it die

From Adventure Bots was denied to do magic, learned dark magic and that kills them but can't stop because is the only type of magic they can do naturally and by default

From Outlier!Au lived the life of a normal citizen but missing their sibling becase of job, not feeling enough for their team or for anyone else and is still in bad terms with their mom after their dad died (just a way of say it) same with sister

From Hunters of the Cosmos had to see how their descendence was took away and thought were lost or dead for lot of time just after seeing how all their planet died with no remedy

From Shattered Glass is a traumatized, abused and condemed dinobot just because by being "too soft" and a traitor and has trust issues and serious behavior dissorder

From Humanformers: Kingdom of Light was exiled after their partner died and was alone for long time with just a kid and had to fight way too much to have a proper life only for later being judged all they, their kid and their hafling with the king by the human court

From Humanformers: A Truth and a Tune not just was avandoned by the government they worked for but also was punished for trying to change that and almost died for a life they never asked but still went because they NEEDED to feel helpful

From 13 Primes Au is the literal partner of a Prime and has several issues with that because they're a devoted follower of that Prime and feels guilty for not giving Heatwave the confidence to tell that secret AND conflicted for putting their hopes on someone that can't and WILL NOT do anything to reply their prayers

From Rescue Prime became A FUCKING DICTAROR AND LATER DIED IN HEATWAVE'S ARMS BECAUSE OF MEGATRON

Wrath: Is that enough evidence it is enough??

Writer: ...this is not that bad, actually

Reader: WHAT?!

Researcher: you're a fucking psycopath

Drawer: WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY THAT???

Wrath: I will FUCKING destroy you

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Yeah... I have some problems but HEY! AT THE END OF THE DAY IT MAKES BOULDER MORE INTERESTING! RIGHT?

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Right?

[annabelle-creart]

Guys I just- I mean, I was doing something and now that I understand-

YOU KNOW HOW DIFFERENT HITS TO KNOW THAT HEATWAVE DOES ACTUALLY HELP BOULDER TO, LIKE, BE BETTER WITH THEIR AIM BUT DUDE- HE DID THAT BEFORE WE KNEW HE WAS THREE TIME LOBBING CHAMP BACK AT CYBERTRON

YOU KNOW HOW DIFFERENT THAT HITS WHEN YOU MIX THOSE FACTS

LIKE, WE ARE NOT TALKING ANYMORE OF A SIMPLE FRIEND NOW, WE’RE TALKING ABOUT SOMEONE WITH ACTUAL EXPERIENCE AND KNOWLEDGE IS TRYING TO TEACH BOULDER (who’s aim, of course IS PURE SHIT BEFORE THAT EPISODE IN FIRST SEASON AJSKSJSKJ)

Goddamit- how much things of the team’s past did we miss on the series???

[annabelle-creart]

Should we make a Jumanji version of Rescue Bots?

But not like the last movies, like the old movie, the one based on the book

Like- do you imagine Cody and Frankie finding some weird game on the beach and then a fucking lion appears on the house and bites Heatwave?

And then Cody accidentally ends INSIDE the game and finds some clues to end the game and when he gets out (quickly) but a weird dude is now hunting Cody but they play and Griffin Rock becames a crazy jungle and then BOOM things go back to normal...

:D