#The Prideful Seeker

[assortedvillainvault]

Hello! Can I request Starscream with a reader who loves video games, especially older "retro" ones please?

Anon you have waited so long, please accept this humble word train of inconveivale proportions, becuase this went from 'haha Screamy vs tetris' to 'holy shit I can't stop typing-'

Starscream x RetroGamer!Reader

HA!

Such primitive, meagre entertainment. How can you engage in something barely even fit for newsparks??

Yeah, Starscream is waving his ‘technological-race superiority’ around again. You’ve long since learned to roll your eyes, tune him out and turn the tinny volume on your console to maximum just to annoy him.

For all that he snorts and rolls his optics and waxes lyrical about how his games were played in high-speed roulette 5D stratospheric-chess - or whatever - you don’t fail to smugly notice how his wings twitch in time with the music. (Don’t bring it up or he’ll screech about how he can’t get the bouncy little tunes out of his head at 3am. It’s not worth your eardrums.)

And when he DOES pay attention, he’s the kind to aggressively backseat drive.

What’s worse, is that after breathing down your neck and screeching at you to “Jump HIGHER-” (Mario Bros is a relationship tester), he’ll cluck his tongue and smarmily coo at your game over screen until you finally snap and shove the comparatively tiny controller in his face.

The affronted shock lasts a millisecond before he huffs and says such childish little things are beneath him. Obviously.

Your petty revenge is to chat obnoxiously loud to Knockout and spread a rumour on the Nemesis that the Mighty Commander Starscream is too outdated to try anything new, clearly, I mean he’s just so old-

- much screeching shouting and scratched paintjobs later, you find out that he’s simply downloaded the games into his brain and fully intended to not breathe a word to you about it apparently until you died. Prideful bastard.

He HAD intended to tell you, but only after he had gotten an impossibly high score to beat so he could rub it in your cute squishy face.

In a beautifully ironic twist of fate, being as advanced as cybertronians are, the highly simple nature of most retro games actually renders them incompatible, like trying to run a floppy disk through a hadron collider. So while yes Star can play tetris on his break, he cannot simply blitz the levels as expected and call it a day, because the old games have such simple parameters in comparison to how he usually operates.

So he has to actually play.

With no instructions because of course this high strung high maintenance metal bird could not possibly deign to ask you how to play first. That would be demeaning. And he won’t google it either.

You can sit in smug, satisfied peace as you watch him slowly tick through several layers of frustration: wings twitching, claws tapping, optics whizzing to focus on platforms and little 8 bit enemies you can’t see.

But Starscream is still the Second in Command of the Decepticons. And the Decepticons have very stringent security measures.

Soundwave fucking manifesting outside your window one evening was enough to have you pray to every god you’ve ever heard of. Inscrutable, all knowing fucking Soundwave. You regret every conversation you’ve ever had on the Nemesis, oh god your house is probably bugged-

His face screen flickers to life. You blink, as a live stream of the Nemesis command deck appears.

You have, by dint of hanging around too much and a few close encounters with the Autobots, seen cybertronians on the battlefield before. It is nothing compared to the later levels of Pacman on the Nemesis bridge at 1 am.

Soundwaves inscrutable smiley face emoji pings your phone, almong with a simple, translated glyph.

“More? :)”

PS-

Soundwave is Pacman god. Knockout has a soft spot for the Mario games. Starscream fucking loves Galaxian and will die before he ever tells you this. Shockwave, logically, finds Tetris soothing.

Megatron plays pong on his throne sometimes when his usual brooding gives way to inevitable drug induced boredom. It spaces his eyes out to either side nearly completely. Starscream has screenshots of his gormless mug taped to his hab wall to shoot on occasion.

#thalassa responds #tfp starscream x reader #tfp starscream #transformers prime #x reader #starscream x reader #just picturing starscream on his last shred of sanity vs pacman or tetris fills me with glee #something about such a simple task but with limited range of movement and time really gets to me and with his famously low threshlod for #'thing that should be simple and quick but are not' i think it'd drive him spare #he likes galaxican tho because it reminds him of his own battles in space and in the air and some of his seeker pride shines through

[luxy-the-art-blog]

Starscream says TRANS MF RIIIIIIGHTS

(left belongs to @lillified the right belongs to me)

I love lillified's Starscream, seeing her helped me be brave enough to make my Starscream canonically trans (ftm).

(extra thoughts and no text and non-rendered/no background undercut)

It was a really fun challenge making her much more realistic proportioned and rendered character into my very cartoony and angular style. There are parts I could have done better, but I'm happy with the results!

Starscream (whether in Cannon or Fannon) has helped me so much with finding my gender identity. I love seeing others' versions and interpretations of this guy!

#art #illustration #digital art #Pride #pride month #Pride art #starscream #Seekers!au #Seekers!starscream #Trans pride

[transformerfan97]

Since it's Pride month, here's a thought that's been on my mind a lot:

Starscream, Thundercracker, Skywarp, Soundwave, Ratchet, Wheeljack, Sunstreaker, and Grimlock are the OG gays in Transformers.

Just a little thought I've had for a while now.

And no, their colors have nothing to do with it!

#starscream #soundwave #sunstreaker #ratchet #wheeljack #thundercracker #skywarp #grimlock #the seekers #transformers #maccadam #precious babies #transformers g1 #og gays #pride month #pride #yes I know megs and op should be on this list but I'm going with ones NOT as obvious

[designsdefiance]

day 13: colour

🧡🤍❤️

#ffxiv #miqomarch #miqo'te #seeker of the sun #ffxiv krile #gpose #oc: m'seyli #pride colours felt like the obvious pick bc m'seyli has The Big Gay #(for a very small woman) #also i love krile and wanted to do something with her again #even though posing lalafells and taller characters is hell

[colorpicked-pride-flags]

Could you colorpick a flag from Grahf, the seeker of power?

The BEAR flag color-picked from GRAHF [Xenogears]

#what the fuck is xenosaga #he seems cool tho #grahf seeker of power #xenosaga #grahf #bear #gay bear #gay #lgbtq community #color picked flags #pride flags #pride flag #mlm #xenogears

[awesomecooperlove]

🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

#pride flag #white house #america #dirty politics #us flag #patriots #soldiers #veterans #freedom fighters #justice seekers #speak up #standup #speaktruth #truth #please share #wwg1wga #MAGA

[freaquin]

happy pride to everyone except this guy

#i'm joking defoe i love you #also happy pride we are all gay out here #there's a russian flag version but the italian is objectively funnier #defoe #pyotr defoe #defoe huntik #huntik secrets and seekers #art #my art #artists on tumblr #aot #doodles #finished #meme redraw #meme

[yesluuh]

Regulus Arcturus Black 

#regulus arcturus black #regulus black #black family #reggie black #slytherin pride #slytherin boy #sad boy #slytherin quidditch team #Slytherin Seeker #death eater aesthetic #death eater #marauders era #slytherin aesthetic #black aesthetic #dark aesthetic #hp slytherin #aesthetic #moodboard #black brothers

[tsuz1ma]

These screenshots were timed to the pride month🏳️‍🌈

(06.2023)

#final fantasy 14 #ff14 screenshot #ff14 gpose #ffxiv oc #ff14 ffxiv #ff14 miqo'te #seeker of the sun #au ra male #au ra raen #au ra xaela #duskwight #elezen #happy pride 🌈 #pride month

[in-maidjan]

me when i think about how im going to hash out the consequences of the no good very bad abomination party at the imperial palace involving a powerful tevinter mage who managed to flee, a corrupt court enchanter turned demon, and an equally corrupt duke who was murdered in front of his son who was hiding from said abominations

#but like in a good way add a bunch of hearts to that image #once again the party obliterated my enemies (fucking a) and im locked in a constant battle of hp amendments #should have thrown in the pride demon.. it would have been so so sexy.. but i have time #i got time #rip to the party wanting a long rest after an emotionally draining climax (unfortunately not in the famous moaning room) #time to get summoned by the emperor grand cleric knight divine knight vigilant #the lady seeker is on the ropes ready to hand the divine a steel chair #june cannot come soon enough for the next session!! #kite yaps #dnd campaign; the vigilant

[1luaamor]

I was afraid of being rejected

Until I learned to never reject myself

I was afraid of being abandoned

Until I learned to never abandon myself

I was afraid of the opinions of others

Until I learned that they held no more weight than my own

I was afraid of painful endings

Until I realised that they were also new beginnings

I was afraid of appearing weak

Until I realised how strong I truly was

I was afraid of being seen as small and unimportant

Until I discovered my true power and potential

I was afraid of being perceived as ugly

Until I learned to fully appreciate my own beauty

I was afraid of failure

Until I learned that it was an illusion

When viewed through the eyes of love, growth and learning

I was afraid of feeling low

Until I learned that it was the birthplace of brilliance

And where my greatest transformation occurred

I was afraid of change

Until I realised it was an inevitable part of life

In a world full of things temporary and fleeting

I was afraid of being alone

Until I learned to fully embrace and appreciate my own company

I was afraid of my uniqueness

Until I learned that it was where my greatness lay

I was afraid of the darkness

Until I remembered that I was the light

And I was afraid of life

Until I remembered who I was.

Words by Tahlia Hunter

By❤❤

#healing #strentgh #love is stronger than pride sade #truth seeker #rumi #spiritual evolution #shams tabrizi #poetry #writterscommunity

[aro-sora]

[ID: The first two images are the heartless aromantic flag with art of Ansem, Seeker of Darkness. The third is the heartless aro flag with the Heartless emblem. End ID]

I hope there’s someone else out there who’s a heartless aro and a KH fan. I need more people to appreciate my great ideas

💖💚 Please reblog if you save

#apparently all i do is make icons now #that's what happens when i have free time #kingdom hearts #kh #heartless #aro ansem #heartless aro #heartless aromantic #aro #aromantic #ansem #ansem sod #ansem seeker of darkness #icons #khgraphics #kh icons #pride icons #my icons #my edits

[luxy-the-art-blog]

I couldn't help myself I also made a jetfire pride drawing.

#art #illustration #digital art #transformers au #seekers!au #Seekers!jetfire #hes bisexual #bisexaul #Pride

[o-mellowy]

Be who you are,,, for your pRIHHIIDE,,

/reference

Demifluid ranunculus - charm

Mlm hyacinths - power, pride

Yellow gerbera - celebration

White hydrangea - arrogance, boasting

Bonus:

(creds to my bf who's not on tumblr 🕺)

She's rolling with the lgBLT community

#he/she/they behaviour #/pos #first up in the series of pride bots! #screamer my beloved #demifluid #demiflux #mlm #gay #lgbt #transformers idw #transformers #transformers animated #transformers prime #starscream #decepticon seekers #decepticons #megatron #Soundwave #optimus prime #ratchet #digital art #ibis paint x #mtmte #more than meets the eye #all hail megatron #transformers g1 #rodimus #ohmellow

[3llatricks]

Happy Pride day 4!!!

My OC's ally-Sumer Jane Secret and her Bi-boyfriend Ethan Seeker!

#lgbt pride #pride art #3lla draws stuff #bisexual #my ocs #sumer secret #ethan seeker

[scatter1987]

Happy Pride Month Everyone!

haven't posted on here for a while so.....

I'm back!

also above me are 2 of my welcome home Oc's (Both male) Chip (purple hair) and Seeker! If you want more Info On them send me some ask's I'm always happy to replay to anything!

(I love this GIF so I decided to use it)

#pride 2023 #welcome Home Oc's #Chip & Seeker #art #digital art