#what helps too is that starscream also like refers to himself using various gendered terms from masc to femme so to nightshade they feel a

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also random but i wanna draw a pic of starscream teaching nightshade how to wear makeup and nightshade never knew they needed a kinda mentor like starscream when it came to gender and presentation but now they are soo happy.

starscream also helps thrash with makeup and stuff becuase thrash is actually very into it but didn't think that anyone would take him seriously or was just nervous. he is also coming into his own queer/gender identity but doesn't know where to begin so in come starscream.

anyway long story short, starscream is like a very nice queer uncle that the kids need.