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This is my mood today, so have a grumpy tired Raph.

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It'll be okay...

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does anyone wanna hold hands until we feel a little braver

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in general if you want to enjoy your ships and romantic interpretations of character dynamics without running into the territory of amatonormativity and casual fandom arophobia i think a good standard approach is if you’re going to refer to the dynamic you see as romantic, there’s just no need to bring the idea of friendship or platonic relationships into it at all! i talk a lot about how people get very habitually and jokingly mean about nonromantic relationships in a way that’s really hurtful and upsetting to me as an aromantic person, and people often get very defensive in response, how it was just a joke, it’s not that deep, it’s just shipping, etc. so my best advice if you want to continue enjoying your ships and jokes and lighthearted fun in fandom without hurting aros and others who value nonromantic relationships, just stick to uplifting what you like, and not bringing up alternatives at all!

comments like “they were so in love here” or “they’re soooo gay for each other” or “this was so romantic” might be annoying to me on the basis of standard affection or care or whatever else, but that’s a me problem and there’s nothing harmful or wrong about it. just don’t bring platonic relationships or friendships into it, because at that point that’s where the shitty behaviour arises, because that’s where the purpose is almost always to put them down in comparison. i.e. “there’s no platonic explanation for this” or “who looks at a friend like that” or “sure they’re juuuust friends [based on some degree of intimacy or care or concern etc]”

you can have fun and enjoy your ships and make lighthearted jokes and posts without being amatonormative and casually arophobic!! it’s perfectly possible and easy. when in doubt you just don’t need to reference nonromantic relationships in your ship posts at all. celebrate what you enjoy! don’t put down what you don’t.

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I am about to combust

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More Decepticon!Prowl stuff! [Ft: Jazz and Ironhide this time ^u^<33]

Context!✨ :

Prowl: Chilling in his tactical office [/room/living space]

Jazz: ..*thinking noises*

Prowl: *blinks*

Jazz: Wait... It’s ALIVE???

I can’t even with how much this concept has been spinning around over here,, I’ve got a lil notes doc with a loose order of events this time and everything?? [it’ll probably end up getting scrambled as my brain jumps around anyways, but hey <33 TuŤ7]

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I adore aurora sm, you have such a way with designs!! I'd love to know more about them if your willing to share

Hiii!!! Thanks for the ask, I'm really happy that so many people liked my little girl <3 So I've brought some sketches and some lore bits

SO, first of all, despite the meme a drew, Skyfire is the carrier and Starscream is the sire. Because I find it funny, and also Aurora is a shuttle. She was pretty big even before coming online, so... It was just logical for a bigger jet to carry her. Of course there was a possibility for creating a smaller sparkling but why risking at all.

Second, some lore: she was created before war. She was a planned sparkling, in my au (is this an au? what am i even doing.) Skystars are Conjunx Endura. They courted each other during their studentship and got engaged after becoming full-time scientists with degrees and stuff.

When Aurora became independent enough, these two resumed their space-travelling program, each time going further and further when their creation grew older. In said time, Starscream's trine committed the crime of baby sitting :) plus their Academy friends sometimes, because the Trine also needed to work and stuff.

So yep. That's for the start, I guess. You're free to ask me anything, if you want to. I'll talk more about her anyway, she has quite a story.

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I'M SORRY I AM DYING WHGWEQHDASKJASEWRGREWDS

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So like. Decepticon Prowl anyone?

Optimus refusing to listen to Prowl because some of his plans are too cruel is fun and all. But Megatron refusing to listen to Prowl because being told what to do damages his fragile ego? Fire.

Basically I just did some research and realised that no. Prowl wouldn’t be loved and valued among the Decepticons. Because it doesn’t matter how genius his strategies are - there are barely three people who are able to take constructive criticism without throwing a tantrum. And Megatron is not one of them lol

Also him and Soundwave would be great work friends and you can’t convince me otherwise~

Bruh I almost forgot. Soundwave on the first art done by @/magmary 👍

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Fascinated by the fact that the Autobot and Decepticon insignias are essentially redesigned faces of Prowl and Soundwave, meaning that both sides use images of their second-in-command as their symbols.

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The 4 fractions… Autobots, Decepticons, Rodimus’ Frat Boy Adventure Ark, and Soundwave’s Hippiemobile

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Have been moving and cleaning drafts, found doodles

Also found when wanted to make Prowl or Jazz with bicycle alt, started with Prowl and understood "Wait, I headcanon that Prowl is better at shooting, it's better for him to shoot while riding since he sucks at the rest"

And also. Senator Shockwave is. He is so harmonical in biology scientist setting in my head and according palettes. Like, I don't know, most of the times when I try to imagine him with backgrounds I always look at something alive, green, growing. If I remember correctly in IDW he said that would have liked to be one and explore world. This man could get so much more...

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The girlies. Colored sketch bc the muses were generous

Thundercracker took this picture on Starscream and Skyfires graduation day right before they left on an awesome research trip where Nothing Bad Happened at All. 👍👍👍 not pictured but skywarp is crying on TC bc she's proud and is making it everyone's problem

More Screamer bc I still am not super set on my design of him, also wanted to draw his iconic smirk lol

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In news that surprises absolutely no one, I’ve become fond of another piece of media 😔😔

I know these designs are doodoo but I’ve never really drawn mechs before and seeing the character designs of RID traumatized me WHY DO THEY HAVE EYEBROWS??!!

Anyways I watched TFO, I’ve started TFA, and I watched some clips of TFP and I’m planning on reading the comics soon