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arandomaquarius · 3 days

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Kay so before I get into this rant I just wanna say that I’m definitely back on my bullshit again and to take this post with a grain of salt lmao it’s late and insomnia has struck once again warnings in tags

So! I want to point out something I’ve noticed in Transformers: Prime. Specifically about Knock Out and his relationship with Megatron and Starscream. Specifically about the abuse he endured on the Nemesis.

Now, it’s common knowledge that Megatron was physically abusive towards Starscream. However, I’ve seen a few fan made things saying that he was abusive towards Knock Out. Now while we have canonical proof of this in the case of Starscream, we do not have any for Knock Out. The closest thing we get is that one scene where Megatron picks Knock Out up from underneath his chassis (much like you would pick someone up by their shirt). But that happened when dark energon was coursing through his body, changing his actions and thought patterns. There was also the time that he shot at Knock Out after he retrieved the shield, but I’m not sure if that counts. Otherwise, Megatron never laid a servo on Knock Out (as far as I can remember right now.)

Of course, physical abuse isn’t just hitting someone. It’s using your body to threaten and intimidate another being or to make them feel inferior. There are many examples of Megatron doing this to all of his troops (save the Waves and Predaking). So as for that part of being physically abusive, Megatron fits the bill!

The type of abuse that Megatron uses the most is verbal abuse. The demeaning remarks, the intentional mentions of past events that have clearly left a mental mark, insults, threats, everything. He is degrading Knock Out (because this post is mostly about Knock Out not Screamer sorry Screamer enjoyers) with his comments and he knows it. He’s doing it on purpose, and that’s what makes it abuse. This is a very common type of abuse, despite the media focusing on physical abuse the most. Megatron never lays a servo on KO, but his words do enough.

Starscream, however, does both. He insults and demeans Knock Out the first episode he appears in! He obviously learned this abusive behavior from Megatron after serving under him for so long, but he ramps it up. The way Starscream gets in KO’s personal space; the way he used the spark extractor to scare him more than once; the time he hurt Knock Out after he street raced; when he hit KO after the Omega Lock got destroyed; how he threatened him in Thirst; and more that I’ve probably missed.

Point is, out of the two, Megatron has treated Knock Out better. Starscream has been more manipulative and abusive towards him than Megatron was. Megatron very rarely got physical, while Starscream didn’t hesitate to get in Knock Out’s face and use his (not by a lot) superior height to intimidate and threaten him. Megatron made snide remarks and brought up painful reminders, and he was abusive in this way, but not really physically. And I say really because he was still shit, but he didn’t physically hurt KO as much as Starscream did.

This is important for their dynamics because Knock Out kept aligning himself with Starscream when it came to betraying Megatron. Despite Megatron not being as physical as Starscream. I dunno if it was ever explained why Knock Out did this, but I do know that abusive relationships are difficult to get out of and that many stay because it is familiar and they believe that they deserve it. I don’t think KO thinks he deserves all the pain he gets from Starscream: he just doesn’t strike me as that mech. However, I think Knock Out was comfortable where he was and felt he could correctly gauge whether or not he was in enough danger that he would need to leave the safety of the Decepticon ranks. The Decepticons were in control of the energon supply, therefore the winning team and where Knock Out was safest and most comfortable. He likes luxury, so it was a no brainer for him: security, a place to keep up his finish, and plenty of energon; or no security, no way to keep his finish flawless, and barely any energon?

Anyways, all this to say that Knock Out suffered abuse at the hands of Starscream and Megatron, although Megatron’s was less severe than Starscream’s. We need to talk about it more and acknowledge that Starscream, while being an abuse victim, is also an abuser. You can be both. Just because you are/were abused doesn’t excuse you if you are also abusive. Knock Out could have continued this cycle, but he didn’t. And as far as I’m concerned, post-Predacons Rising Knock Out is living his best goddamn life on Cybertron.

thanks for coming to my Ted talk! If you have any additions, feel free to add them

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ilaac-art · 5 months

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mean girls

#starscream #knock out #soundwave #tfp #transformers prime #blender #koss #tfp starscream #animation #3d animation #ilaac-art

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plushi · 7 months

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hot gossip

#maccadam #starscream #knock out #knockout #transformers prime #koss #tfp #my art #still a fav piece of mine #OTP TAG

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bougiebutchbitch · 10 months

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had the worst thought ever this morning and felt compelled to share it.... what if.... the louboutins....... came off

(bonus:)

#starscream #knock out #tfp #transformers prime #koss #transformers #maccadam #my art #bbb creates #teehee :3c #decepticons

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whaliiwatching · 1 year

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he’s talking abt seeker constellation myths

#transformers #starscream #knock out #knockscream #koss #the truth comes out: i was a transformers kid #rlly my friend was the diehard fan and i absorbed Love of Starscream through her #i just think he and knock out are so sillyfunny. they’d murder someone and complain abt the mess #this is one of the only enemies to lovers ships i have and its bc theyre enemies AND lovers. they hate each other and theyre dating <333 #when i saw ‘thirst’ for the first time. yall. heads were rolling that day #‘it’s been an honor serving alongside you’ ‘i always admired your lustrous finish’ shut UP #i havent been into transformers since like 2016 but i miss specifically prime starscream #he’s a bitch metal butterfly and he’s my favorite #originally i wrote here ‘i’m never drawing mechs again’ haha i lied. i drew mechs So Much

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unknownfaceless-ds9 · 9 months

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WHY

ARE

VULCANOID

CHARACTERS

SO

BLOODY

HANDSOME

AND

FUNNY

AND

INTERESTING

AND

AMAZING

?!?!?!?!?!

I ALREADY THINK WAY TOO MUCH ABOUT THOSE ANTENNAE IDIOTS (both blue and white) AND I REALLY DON'T HAVE TIME FOR YOU GUYS!!!!!!!!

#vulcans #romulans #vulcanoid species #solkar #koval #vorik #solok #letant #koss #spock #tuvok #sarek #yuris #vreenak #t'pol #soval #star trek #tos #tng #ds9 #voyager #enterprise

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cirilee · 6 months

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i was in a KOSS mood for some reason <3

(also my commissions are still open :D)

#koss #humanformers #tfp humanformers #human starscream #human knockout #cirileeart #old man yaoi

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magicalmousey · 21 days

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“Why’d you do it, Knock Out? Why’d you turn against Starscream?”

Song: Softcore (The Neighborhood)

Edited Audio: Loner Edits (YouTube)

#flashing lights #edit #fancam #my edits #transformers #maccadam #starscream #knock out #koss #transformers prime #tfp #tfp starscream #tfp knock out #mouseyindulgence

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gameraboy2 · 6 days

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Koss Quadrafones, 1974 ad

#koss #headphones #1974 #1970s #vintage #ad #ads #advertising #advertisement #vintage ad #vintage ads #vintage advertising #vintage advertisement

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toon-topaz · 11 months

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About time I did the meme with these gay disasters original:

#tfp #starscream #knockout #breakdown #kobdss #kobd #koss #bdss #humanformers #maccadam #toontopazart

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spikezonebby · 5 months

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Characters who are constantly stressed, closed off, reserved, quiet, etc, experiencing deep loving satisfying *cathartic* sex for the first time.

Either they nail someone they've been pining for forever or we go the unexpected lover route where they get a bedmate who's unexpectedly doting.

Yes I thought of Starscream and yes I thought of him getting so worked up and into getting railed by Tiny Top Knock's thick ass spike that he cries and tells knocks he loves him

#transformers #valveplug #transformers prime #tfp knockout #tfp starscream #koss #what else do i tag this #starscream x knockout #knockscream #might help if i actually tag the ship

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ilaac-art · 1 year

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