#the sketches for this comic are Complete!!

[microwavingfranky]

Where this goes, part 1.

Part 2, Part 3, Part 4 (end)

Hrrrrmmmmm okkaaaay soooooo

this is a sketch comic i drew last year (November 2023) shortly after finishing Ennie's Lobby and starting a new full time job. I didn't really write a script for it and i finished it in 2 weeks... this is completely unedited and just how i made it a year ago (lol rip good luck)

when i tell you i have never responded to anything more passionately in my life that is the truth... idk i fell into a coma or something, it was crazy

there are some things about this that I think are quite nice, which is why I'm sharing it!!! But also please note that it also deserves a good helping of "HE WOULD NOT F***ING SAY THAT" and i understand that 😂 i hope you are able to enjoy it anyway, i said what i said

I'll go through and link all the parts appropriately and work on the alt text once they're uploaded, please be nice to me :0 Read from left to right!

UPDATE: Alt text has been added! Sorry for the bad handwriting. Also added some description for the silent parts for potential text/audio only folks

[lexicorp]

I certainly adore how they approached Starscream's character in Armada. And in the end, at the very least he goes out on his own terms for once

Lmaooooo they're so hekin goofy-X3

Exactly!! It is very frustrating when ppl take that angle. He's just hella guarded with shit ass copping mechanisms-

Arc and Star just being able to chill when alone is so wholesome. It's always nice when you can have one on one time with that one person where you both just /get/ each other without having to worry about calculating how your presenting yourself

Bringing it back to the "because I said so" line so perfectly coalesces that struggle to express ones self while wanting control. The "don't question me" mentality that comes up again. Where he can't form the words to explain but just /needs/ them to dewit. Even if it was initially an order out of concern rather than triggered insecurity

Thnx! And that is such a perfect and natural feeling conversation for them to stumble upon I feel. Star hating the idea of seeing his kids hurt by his own servos, and perhaps even in heavy moments, he'd stop himself mid motion just completely suddenly. Like his salt rose to a point, but as soon as it /almost/ reached that line, he'd backpedal the shit out of it and prob immediately dismiss the kids and excuse himself

I have a moment in the recent chapter of my fic, where Star gets frustrated and lashes out at Bumblebee over a game. He pulls the line of "this IS your fault!" Even tho it wasn't bees and he knew that but he couldn't direct his anger on the other person. But as soon as those words left his intake and he saw the look bee had as star had forcefully grabbed his servo-- he just stopped. Cuz it's like that oh shit moment of seeing yourself in the person you're lashing out against.

Also one think I like in Earthspark s2 is an interaction between spitfire/twitch and Starscream, when she's being insubordinate as slag, but he only talks to her. He only even raises his voice when she actually straight up wrecks their shit

I know in one comic, then Cybertronians are born asexually from the well of sparks thing, but assigned a mentor upon creation. In that, then he has a mom, who cultivated his love of Cybertronian nature and mythology/history. (Their relationship seemed decent at least, if distant at times, although he felt a bit abandoned by her when she went to accept death. Then.... Well the comic has a sketch ending regarding where she ends up.) Im not sure where warp and thunder play in that lore

I always would love more content exploring the elite trine bois dude, their dynamics are very flavored. I have my own interpretations based on what little I've gotten from fan works ngl

So many Starscream's lol

I just had a huge realisation yesterday and I wanted to share this after going through some pretty horrible stuff over the weekend: Something I've always asked myself ever since getting into G1 Transformers was "why do you like Starscream so much even though he's a narcissistic bully? Why are you, someone who is a victim of narcissistic abuse, taking comfort in a narcissistic character?" Well, I think I finally figured it out. Because Starscream is also a victim of that very same abuse. I mean, he's beaten, called names, bullied, unappreciated, abused, and put through the wringer…and he internalised all that abuse because he knew no other way. He had no one to turn to, and the few bots who did support him, he treated like dirt. Once he had that freedom and power, he abused it and became the very thing that abused him. I have no doubt he was always self-centred, selfish, had a huge ego, etc. before all that but honestly? I think Megatron's abuse caused him to turn out the way he did. I could have turned out that way and it's a little scary, some of the parallels I'm drawing with him.

@ichbinmeltdown wrote a great analysis on Starscream that I want to share here:

"Megatron was abusive as hell to Starscream. He treated him horribly, and I legitimately almost cried a few times watching it. There's an episode called Starscream's Brigade that introduces the Combaticons, and I think that perfectly demonstrates the cycle of abuse. The entire world is against Starscream at pretty much every turn throughout the series, but none more so than Megatron. Every word out of his speech synthesizer to Starscream is to berate him, and he's constantly throwing him around, beating him, even ripping out his speech synthesizer in a scene from a previous episode (Hoist Goes Hollywood, IIRC). His own teammates don't like him, and even his brothers- Skywarp and Thundercracker, going off of the idea they're brothers- just... allow Megatron to abuse him. (Not to get into headcanons here, but I personally believe that Megatron's abuse fractured the Elite Trine's family dynamic. They are still brothers and love each other, but they're all too afraid of Megatron to really... stand up for each other as they did in the past.) And Starscream seemed to just snap in this episode. He treated the Combaticons poorly, and even when teaming up with Shockwave, he subjected him to a lot of the same ridicule and torment that Megatron put him through. He failed to realize Shockwave was the one of the only bots who would give him a chance- and unfortunately lashed out at him, which ruined his chances of Shockwave ever being a true friend and ally to him. Once Starscream had finally gotten a taste of power and not being under another bot's boot, he too became the very thing that he lived in fear of. And that really is how the cycle goes- when you're finally free from abuse, it can be tempting to overcompensate and take back all the power you were robbed of, at any cost whatsoever. Starscream, like D16 in Transformers One, snapped up this opportunity."

And the sad thing is, I've seen this in real life and I've internalised some of the abuse I've dealt with too. I'm not proud of it. Like the Seeker Trine, my own family dynamic has been fractured by similar abuse. I know there's traces of narcissism in my behaviour too, and I'm NOT proud of it. Maybe this is why I can forgive Starscream for being a narc, because I can see a little bit of my own personality/attitude/behaviour in him. Maybe it's because I know where it came from, I get why he acts that way and it's not just random and out of the blue. Maybe it's because--and I know this is a bold statement--I don't think he would do some of the stuff my own family did to me (blah blah blah he's a fictional character).

I didn't mean for this to turn into a long rant, so

TLDR: I finally figured out that part of the reason I love and relate to Starscream so much despite him internalising some of the abuse I went through, is because he was the victim of that same abuse.

[2456788sworld]

DAILY CHECK-IN : Tue , 7 January 🫧🎀

I’m always busy doing the things I love. My life's never dull~its always been exciting, I'm excited to wake up every morning to do the things I love . I don't waste time wondering why others act the way they do , I never dwell on others actions .I simply don’t have space for negativity. My focus is solely on the things that lights me up , I pour my energy into what brings me joy.

Today's Priorities: Let's get it done~

Learn Chinese for 20 mins

Prepare " phrases to embody in 2025 " in my journal

Learn Sign Language for 10 mins

Pampering my nails

Shoot 1 or 2 scenes for yt & if time permits then edit

Search for videos on remaining '3' sec experiment and prepare a list of potential questions that the teacher might ask during the experiment

Sketch the male protagonist of my comic using yesterday's reference collage

Take a refreshing shower

Take my Snoo on a walk around 5pm & unwind

Late afternoon exercise

Decorate my room with bows

Prepare Tomorrow's priorities

Today's Wins ~

Completed learning chinese for 20-30mins

Pampered my nails , in love with how they turned out !

Practiced sign language (ASL +...) for few mins , with jot it down tomorrow

Decorated my room with bows and butterflies

Searched for & reviewed video of '1' SEC experiments, plotted 3 graphs for the data of exp 5 and 4 & finished the calculations for exp 4

Took my Snoo for walk around 5 something, the soft twinkling stars looked so calm and enchanting

Took a refreshing shower

Got my exercise done in the late evening

Picked references for the title page artwork of my comic , will try sketching it tomorrow

Missed Priorities/partial completion

Delayed shooting yt scenes, going to shoot for yt scenes tomorrow without delay

Only one experiment remains for review , will do it tomorrow

Didn’t get to prepare the phrases; planning to do it first thing tomorrow

[petricorah]

ok apparently im gonna post this whole comic in wips but this is the most sokka-est sokka ive ever drawn and i had to share

[dailycupofcreativitea]

Little comic which is a parody of a scene in Gintama (I completely forgot what episode) 🥹

Also: they were co-parents (oh my god they were co-parents)

[mint-mango]

no more of this self-pity, okay...?

[mimimar]

finally completed my comic based on the song ivy by taylor swift!✿ please zoom in to read the text and see the details~

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you can get the digital zine pdf here! it includes extras like character profiles, costume design, more art of willow and ivy, zine-exclusive sketches and an illustrated guide to the symbolism of all the flowers in this comic.

you can also get prints of individual pages here!

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[what-am-i-doing-in-this-fandom]

It's not Christmas yet, but yeah, happy holidays, everyone!!!!

(unshaded version under the cut 🙏)

I thought I might have gotten a little carried away with the shading, so here's a more visible version 🤞

[olrinarts]

Day 7: This Death Was Painful (from @stychu-stych's prompt list)

i had a whole mini thing sketched out with their serious answer, with this as the bonus version, but i finished this before the rest of the mini comic and my wrist doesn't want to work today, so this is what you get

[dysfunctional-doodle]

When the little brother suddenly is much taller than you.

I have this tmnt 2003 hc that Mikey gets a growth spurt and is the tallest out of his brothers and Leo is the shortest. I couldn’t resist sketching out the dynamic lol

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[mistercrowbar]

Modern AU scribbles, Aldiirn’s always got great sleepwear

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The Housecat Philosophy - Ep 54

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Jufly day 31 - "Badge"

There's no honor among thieves lol

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BWAH! STORY UPDATE JUMPSCARE! HAHA!

Think ya gotta be really petty to do this kinda stuff.

[petricorah]

felt like drawing something sweet [id in alt]

[deoidesign]

It's my right to tell myself I can do just a little animation just for fun just for really quick to do some action and then spend 3 days straight on it