#tw body horror

[keferon]

At the off chance I haven't gotten flagged as a robot again for hanging out in the void for too long-

A lil' drabble for your Mecha Pilot AU!

I bummed myself out thinking about a clueless Prowl and his bacteria boyfriend's enevetable, fast aproaching demise. So to cope, I came up with a possible lil' "solution" for the whole 'shortass teeny-tiny lifespan' situation all mecha pilots got going on!

So Vortex is haunted, right? Ghosts are a thing here. And the pilots own wellbeing automatically goes to the backburner when piloting their mecha, just no awareness of their own body whatsoever.

SO WHAT IF, after a grand'ol time of being lost in space with a bunch of aliens and aiding the local community, Jazz tries to disconnect from his mech for a bit only to find he can't, the other end of the line is completely silent.

At some point during the venture, maybe in a battle or because of some technical issue he wasn't privy to (or just flatout ignored), his vitals flatlined and he had absolutly no idea. He could have been rotting in there for weeks and he didn't notice. Not sure how he'd handle that revelation to be honest. But hey! at least he won't have to worry about mortality anymore! :D

(I really need better coping mechanisms)

…………….YOUR BRAIN ANON

Alright alright. HEAR ME OUT.

Do you remember how we were talking about sparks being radioactive?? What if instead of some kind of wound it’s radiation that kills Jazz? Or. Well. To be more precise not radiation but spark energy.

Just imagine. The final battle against Shockwave and/or Quintessons. The stakes are high the music is epic and everyone has to work together to survive. And after the glorious but tough win Jazz can finally stop and take a breath.

Except. He really can’t.

Because he was so focused on piloting. So focused on “being” his mech that he didn’t feel his own body getting weaker and weaker. And now he starts to slip into panic because his human body isn’t just dead it has been dead for a while. Everyone around him is celebrating. All humans and Cybertronians are smiling and laughing in relief and checking if everyone is alive while he stands there completely frozen and on the verge of breaking the fuck up because he’s DEAD and how much time does he have? Why is he still there?? Is it because his brain isn’t completely dead yet?? Human brain can only last five minutes before it dies completely. Does he have only those pathetic minutes?

He would panic so fucking bad

We would also need him to get his mech back at some point for that. Or. Well. He could die while piloting Prowl but I think Prowl would notice instantly.

[apollohour]

[shelter-clangen]

Moon 1: Part 2

In the forest, there are no “prey” animals. No birds, no mice, no lizards, nothing. Only cats. Everyone is a carnivore, and everyone is meat.

[peteytheparrot]

RACE - AMV

[dr-awkkward]

Slay the Princess text posts, part 26

[part 25]

[gigew]

THE SUBSTANCE

[horygory]

Brain Dead (1990)

[darikbelochka]

TW BODY HORROR(?)

Girls night!

Don’t know if I’ll finish it

[dubia-015]

This is for Keferon's TF Mecha AU thingy that i'm in love with (but already knew that didn't you 👁👁)

Ermm i'm not really much of a writer, but the whole Jazz dying in his mech thing gave me such a vivid image and I just had to write it.

Sorry for advance for any jank or typos, you know how it is!! *Chucks this at your feet and skitters away*

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They won! Shockwave had finally given up control over all the pilots and surrendered. Everyone was celebrating and getting out of their mechs, and so Jazz followed suit. That's when it happened.

[Disconnect: Error] He tried again. [Disconnect: Error] Was something wrong with his mech? Jazz pinged for stats and vitals. [Fuel:27%] [Structural Integrity: 84%] [SpO2: n/a] [BPM: 0]- The whole world froze. That's impossible. That can't-

He tried to wake up, to open his eyes, flail around, anything. But there was nothing. He couldn't feel his body at all. Jazz looked down at his mech's chest, where he was sitting in the cockpit. His heart had stopped beating and he didn't even notice. Was this it? Were these his final moments as his brain finally ran out of oxygen? Jazz could only stand there, staring, frozen in dread. "Jazz what's up?" That was Prowl's voice. Jazz tried to speak, but he couldn't make a sound. ::Something's wrong.:: "What?" At least his comms still worked. ::I can't...:: "Jazz what's going on I don't-" Prowl's question was cut off as Jazz pulled him into a hug while he slid to the ground. Jazz tried not to think at all as Prowl set him down and called the medics over. As First Aid and Ratchet raced to find his mech's emergency hatch release and climb into the cockpit. The way the both of them went silent as they checked for his pulse told him everything he needed to know. He died. He was dead. But how was he still... here? Jazz had to turn off his visual sensors when they carted him- his body away on a stretcher. When he turned them back on, one thing had his full attention. Prowl. Sitting beside his mech, coolant streaming from his optics. "Jazz I- never got to say goodbye..." Jazz summoned all his will and weakly lifted the arm of his mech. Prowl's optics flared. "You're still in there," Prowl whispered, a hint of horror in his voice. "How- Can you stand? We need to get your mech to repair." Prowl held out his servo and Jazz used it to steady himself. The pair wrapped their arms together so Prowl could guide the other toward the docking bay. Neither of them said anything the whole walk over. Jazz tried not to think, he really did, but there was a single thought would not leave him, no matter how hard he tried to banish it. He was never gonna get to crawl on Prowl again.

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IRON LUNG IRON LUNG IRON LUNG IRON LUNG IRON-

You know? Because hes in a deathless purgatory? And the mech doesn't have lungs so it feels like hes choking all the time? I have been trying to integrate this song into the mecha au for so long you have no ideaaaaa

Anyways!! I hope you enjoyed :D

[soggy-fishsticks]

[mekonfoy]

three belied you, three betrayed you

[keferon]

About that angst ask... yeah, realising that you were dead for a while and now are a ghost in a mech is awful

But hear me out, he will have to tell that to Prowl, right? He cant just let his body rot, and taking your own dead body out would be so fucking traumatic, I wonder.. maybe he won't be able to do it humself. Maybe Prowl will have to take Jazz's body out of the now haunted mech to bury him properly

But on the other hand... bacteria boyfriend will live long now, so... yay...?

Telling Prowl isn’t the only problem. Explaining to Prowl that his spark is what killed him? That’s gonna be fucking brutal.

Everyone else around them having their own struggles about human life spans being so much shorter than Cybertronian ones but all other bots doing their best to protect their humans while Prowl has failed so badly he was actively destroying Jazz without realising it.

Prowl was hoping for at least thirty more years with Jazz and yet his own presence shortened that time to days.

[haunting-of-mitch]

My Cassidy design :33

I drew this a couple months ago so I may redraw it when I do ref sheets

[shelter-clangen]

Shelter is now available on ComicFury.

[throughpatchesofviolet]

Outis E.G.O - Default | Corrosion

[unearthlore]

Separated from his body thanks to a supernatural ability

Can easily be undone

His whole body is naturally alive

Team Bucciarati does not give a fuck…

…because Bucciarati would never do this to his teammates

Separated from his body due to a physical act (cutting, ripping…?)

Can't be undone

His body either decomposed or is preserved in a freezer somewhere; his head needs a life-support system

Team Fortress would shit their pants…

…because they can't trust Medic to NOT do this to them