#either have bots as small as Bumblebee or as big as Megatron

[yes-i-write-fanfiction]

How would the tfa and elite guard and cons react to the sparkling beans who are tiny to be hold by human hands entirely

-On Cybertron, in autobot society, sparklings are kinda seen as something to be flaunted around. Small, defenseless and time consuming, having one is almost a status symbol, a show of how much free time and resources one has to be able to have a sparkling. Going on a walk with ones sparkling is more for ones own pride than anything.

-Meanwhile, in decepticon culture, it's kind of the opposite. Since sparklings are so frail, they are kept far away from others, not hidden but not seen by anyone other than the parents or really close and trusted friends.

-For these headcanons, the sparkling is not any of the bot's, it's just one they found.

The autobots:

-Optimus is incredibly awkward around sparklings since he's never really been around them before. At the same time he's hovering around them, having a hard time putting them down once he's holding them since he's so concerned about their safety. Every time a bird flies overhead he ends up shielding them because he worried the animal will mistake them for pray and make a dive for them.

-Now, Ratchet has some experience with sparklings, despite not being a pediatrician. As such he knows how to take care of them and he's very confident with how he handles them. Thinks it's ridiculous the way Cybertron flaunts around sparklings, they aren't decorations after all.

-Bumblebee sees the sparklings more like a novelty than actual living beings, mainly because of how they are treated and seen back on Cybertron. He tries to show off how good he is at taking care of them but quickly realizes how out of his depth he is when one starts crying. Ends up begging Ratchet for help. Tries juggling them once but got promptly reprimanded for it.

-Oh, poor Bulkhead, he is really stressed out. Those sparklings are so small and he's so very big and clumsy and he doesn't dare to get close to them out of fear that he will accidentally hurt them. Finds them absolutely adorable though and will coo at them from a distance.

-Tries to act cool and in the know but Prowl has no idea how to take care of these small things. Ends up resorting to things he's seen humans do with their young and this ends up working pretty well. Fake it till you make it and all that. But because he appears so well versed with taking care of sparklings, a lot of the baby sitting duties land on him. He feels completely at a loss at what to do.

-Ultra Magnus, while he's never had one of his own, has met many sparklings in his life, mostly the spoiled young of Cybertron's elite. That's why he doesn't really raise much of a fuss when he sees one. A good temporary caretaker though, always very careful and gentle with them.

-Yeah, Sentinel is totally out of his depth here. He acts like taking care of sparklings is super easy and that he can do it no problem but the moment the sparkling so much as whimpers he dumps it on somebody else. Will take all the credit for their care though.

-While he's seen some sparklings, actually being so close to one is a totally new experience for Jazz. He finds them super cute but is also kinda stressed out by how small they are. Very protective and will use his ninja skills to keep them out of harms way.

-Oh boy, Jetfire and Jetstorm won't stop poking and prodding at the poor thing. They've never been so close to a sparkling and they are so much smaller in real life! Kinda treats it like a pet before realizing that hey, that's an actual cybertronian, maybe we should treat it like one.

The decepticons:

-Megatron doesn't dislike sparklings but he feels no particular attachment to them either. That being said, he feels the need to place them somewhere safe, somewhere secluded. It will take a while for them to grow up but he trusts that one day they will become a fine decepticon.

-Immediately, Starscream snatches them up and puts them in his cockpit. The sparkling is vulnerable out here in the open after all. Don't want to take care of them but doesn't trust anyone else to do it right so he ends up doing it.

-Depending on the personality, Blitzwing may or may not be allowed near the sparkling. Icy is given a go since he is careful enough to properly care for something so small. Hothead is allowed to watch other the sparkling but not hold them since he's too, well, hotheaded and might do something without thinking. Random is banned from even being in the same room as the little one ever since he 'joked' about them being so cute he could just gobble them up.

-Lugnut is not allowed to hold the sparkling, no matter how longingly he looks at it. He's dreamt of having a sparkling together with Strika for a long time now and he sees this as a perfect opportunity to adopt. Please, he'll be careful, let him hold it!

-As he's worked undercover on Cybertron for some time now, Shockwave knows about the autobot customs regarding sparklings and is repulsed by it. He instinctively wants to tuck it away, put it somewhere safe and locked up but knows that he can't because he needs to keep up appearances. At least his ability to shapeshift into his smaller Longarm form is good for handling small sparklings.

-As much as she tries to pretend otherwise, Blackarachnia is completely enamored with the little one. When no one is looking, she coos at is, wiggling her fingers at it. Makes a baby sling out of web and carries them around, showing them off.

#transformers imagine #transformers animated #sparklings #optimus prime #ratchet #bumblebee #bulkhead #prowl #ultra magnus #sentinel prime #jazz #jettwins #jetfire #jetstorm #megatron #starscream #blitzwing #lugnut #shockwave #blackarachnia

[mychlapci]

time for a few of my favourite sfw cybertronian headcanons!!!!

a big one that is so special to me is cybertronians using their altmodes/altmode features to communicate. i really like smaller cars like bumblebee and cliffjumper beeping when they get startled or when they get excited

bumblebee running around and beeping happily lives in my mind rent free

bigger trucks like magnus and optimus would probably make chuffing noises with their engines as either threat displays or when content. i can so easily imagine optimus as a young soldier honking loudly whenever he's excited. big ole HONK! of sheer joy whenever he gets praised or does something fun

soundwave, blaster, rewind, and other such cybertronians who can record audio or video stim by replaying specific clips. and flight frames like pharma, cyclonus, and the seekers clank their wings together in favour of clapping with their servos. speedsters rev their engines or spin their tires just to burn off extra energy

i also think that communal group bonding is done via altmodes. stuff like sleepovers where it's just a bunch of cars cuddled up to each other, or a group of smaller minibots sprawled out across a convoy like magnus. flight frames probably bond by flying together and speedsters consider challenging others to a race to be a form of getting closer to one another

i imagine that asking someone else to clean your altmode would be a big sign of trust. most altmodes aren't really tailored to quick movements, especially while stationary so perhaps asking someone to help you bathe yourself would be a big deal, especially during the war where resources were scarce and bots were more likely to stab each other in the back over smaller things.

hmm maybe it's even a rite that comes with conjunx ceremonies, both amica and endura. mechs will spend the evenings with their endura to be in the bath, slowly scrubbing down every inch of their partners just to prove they can keep them safe and healthy

grooming might also be another bonding thing. not full out bathing but general stuff, like polishing and getting junk out of the joints. i imagine bigger bots like magnus or overlord might need extra help getting fully buffed and polished because of all their kibble. hmm au where overlord isn't such of a dick and he ends up joining the lost light and the first thing he does to prove that he doesn't wanna cause trouble is ask for help getting all the grit out of his joints.

i'm imagining a little lineup of bots all helping each other polish and wax their plating. maybe even helping with removing plating to get a good scrub at the old protoform. ohhh maybe some bots are small enough to reach deep into vents so that their bigger friend don't need to go to the medic to get themselves fully decontaminated.

i do think that the war complicates things somewhat. luxuries like oil baths and fully solvent showers are rare treats and so many bots are on edge all the time that really asking for help can be hard

hmm i like the idea that the decepticons are actually better at asking for assistance for the autobots. many of them were working class individuals who had to more rely on their communities for assistance when things went wrong

megatron and starscream taking breaks from killing each other to help buff out the scuffs and dents in their plating together. just because starscream knows how annoying it is to reach the hard spots on the back and megatron understands that sometimes starscream doesn't want to burden his trine with cleaning his wings

they go back to killing each other the next day but it's the thought that counts

soundwave and his cassettes helping each other get clean and maybe even dragging shockwave out of his lap to help him with self care. i can so easily imagine frenzy and rumble making a game out of scrubbing shockwave down as fast as possible

the combiner teams always look the best because they know personally that they can fully trust each other

i have too many thoughts about cybertronian cleaning culture for this ask so i'm going to cap it off here

yessssss to all of this. alt-mode communication is so important to me. little honks and beeps, letting sirens go off when you want attention. I bet you Prowl’s police siren has gone off when he was frustrated so many times and he hates it. This isn’t really alt-mode but I always imagine that when Optimus is frustrated his smokestacks start to fume, which is kind of hard to hide… 

I also really like to imagine speedsters, or most grounders really, would bond by going on drives together. And if you have a speedster with a slower grounder, they’d purposefully go slow so that their friend can catch up <33

CLEANING!! GROOMING!!! I LOVE cybertronian grooming practices. deep in my heart i know cleaning is a big thing in cybertronian culture. If you have a species that have seams that are hard to reach, it makes sense cleaning is a communal thing. Of course a cybertronian can wash themself, even properly and thoroughly if they take their time, but it’s much easier to have someone helping you… Maybe it’s a communal communal thing, where multiple cybertronians would regularly wash together, with all kinds of frame-sizes abound to make sure all the little hands get in the smallest crooks and the big hands can clean off the smaller bots in one quick swipe. Combiner teams are usually the ones who keep this tradition well into the war because they’re mostly a hive-mind so they know they won’t really hurt one another. 

now i’m thinking about lost light communal washes. in a normal way.

#normal i’m normal #tf hc’s #i’m making a tag whatever #i could technically main tag this.... #texty

[cozzzynook]

Au where Bumblebee was a war frame living on a neutral colony where pre!triple changer Blitzwing meets him and start dating. (I like to imagine the reason they met was because Bee is a weapons engineer and Blitz sought him out to commission what later became his hyperfrost emitter cannon :3, but you can change that if you like)

One day, while Blitz is away on deployment, Bees colony is attacked and he gets forcefully drafted into the autobots. After getting reformatted he’s thrown into boot camp as a form of “rehabilitation”, where he befriends Bulkhead and Longarm and makes enemies with Wasp and Sentinel. There’s a whole uno reverse with Wasp being the one to claim Bee the spy, but he doesn’t find any evidence. Any time he does find something condemning, it disappears soon after (curtesy of SW). After many escape attempts, disubordination and pranks, Bee gets branded a failure and thrown onto a space fairing crew to get him off of Cybertron and out of sight. Bulkhead follows soon after the tower incident. Both of them agree to keep his previous frame status a secret from the others.

Then the rest happens per usual and they are all on earth. Idk if they’d recognize each other immediately, but they would notice similarities between them and their old frames. Poor Blitz is hit with the surprise that his honey bee is not only alive but also an autobot, and Bee is struggling not to run and embrace the big bot in front of his team while also feeling self conscientious over his small frame.

AAAHHHHHHH I’M IN LOVE WITH THIS!!!!!!

My romantic & tragic loving heart says yes they know EXACTLY who the other is because in between times Bumblebee helped Blitzwing het used to his large warframe & learned with him how to get used to the personalities. Found ways to help silence the voices and even how each can have their turn so to speak so it’s not all chaos. He loves Blitzwing personalities & quirks & triple changer abilities & downfalls and all!

Blitzwing falls even more in Love with him & when Bumblebee was forced to join the autobots he never stopped looking for him!

They were freshly bonded before Bee was taken and so Bee kept being insubordinate to get kicked out so he could find Blitzwing and be freed!

But then the events happen & the moment they see each other on the battlefield they get away from the others & reunite!

Bee feels bad but he chooses his sparkmate! Megatron already knew who Bee was on the ship its why he didn’t try to offline him when Bee got close & made that joke! Bee was also giving him a signal & Megatron realized!

Bee and Blitzwing go off on there own for a while & bee’s team are worried but he comms them telling them he’s fine he just needs to be alone for a while!

He feels bad but he doesn’t want to be branded a traitor but he also doesn’t want to be apart of either faction! He prefers creating things be it a medical lab tool or a weapon! He never wanted to join either side & understood where both were coming from!

It was something a lot of the cons admired about him even though they wanted him to join their side! He truly is easily likable even if he is a brat he’s a loving brat!

I’m sorry i got carried away but i love this idea!!! Bee really would be insecure on his size but blitzwing would love him no matter his size.

“You took care of me when you were my size so now its my turn to take care of you.”

But bee is like, “nah we can take care of each other!”

He’s an engineer he’s resourceful making things to help Blitz who both loves & hates it because he just wants to spoil his hummel!

Thank you for this this made my day

[moonlight-tmd]

I want to learn more about bee's twin sibling! oh, what would be the team prime's reaction that bee has a sibling? or bee himself for that matter! I'm guessing that they got separated when they were forged so he probably doesn't remember 'em.

as well as the au where bee turn into a 'con! that's like so cool, and with him meeting the team again later would make such good angst lmao

Yeah those are ideas that are temporary- there's not much in-depth lore about them. (i lie as i write this post)

For the lost-sibbling this i imagine her name would be Mantis- she looks exactly like Bumblebee except she has lashes and ever-so-slightly more feminine figure. Really hard to spot the difference. Even their voices sound very similar. I had two ideas about this- she's either just like Bee but more mean and " i will fight you no matter what", or a total opposite- she seems too nice to be a 'con, she's relaxed and laid back- sleepy in mannerism almost. Still she's smarter than Bee- most of the time.

They got separated when they got forged and Bee had the whole story with the bad carequarters, Mantis was the lucky one. Since Bee is an autobot, it's obvious she's a Decepticon. She's a secret scout/in-terrain spy, unlike Bee she did pass and got into higher con ranks. She matches Blitzwing in rank even. barely anyone knows about her existace- since she is so small similar to an autobot it's easier for her to blend in. I imagine she has blue glass to attach to her optics, like contacts, and a magnetic autobot logo to stick on top of her Decepticon one to really get in ther autobot act.

As for the reactions: Bee met her when he was investigating some suspicious activity. They look at each other before saying lines like "you look like me" and "who are you?" before Mantis says time and place and the he has to come alone and runs off. Bee doesn't tell them about the weird bot and meets her in the spot- thru sharing their sparkling hood experiences, few of the facts match up and they come to a conclusion they are family. From then on Mantis and Bee pull pranks on the autobots. It's hilarious.

I imagine it's heckton of trouble if BlitzBee takes place. Mantis is stuck with this Switcharoo following her with puppy-love optics and Bee is constantly dealing with drama cuz 'he' did something. Then later i imagine she joins the autobot repair crew cuz they're nice and ooh boy it's Sentinel's worst nightmare. Bee has duplicated- well not really, i imagine she would get a deep blue paint with white stripes to contrast her brother. and that this big love-fool stops going after her by accident.

I imagine if anyone would know about Mantis when she's Decepticon from the Autobots it would be Jettwins- they're also twins, and they do mess around behind Jazz's back so they get it. Those 4 are absolute menaces together. Speaking of- Bee and Mantis got the 'twin powers' like the jets. They can finish each other sentences, guess what the other is thinking perfectly, etc.

For the Bee becomes Decepticon- it's basically after a few of "do this - but i don't wanna plus it's dangerous - don't care, do as i say" missions and learning that 'cons are not so bad and just want eqality he finally snaps and runs away, joining the Decepticons. And so, he helps them get the Allspark and win the war- the repair crew stays just a repair crew, unknown to them Bee has made Megatron not kill them and leave them to their actual job instead cuz they are good at it.

Sari steps in Bee's place and Prowl doesn't die and they're all traveling from place to place doing their thing and getting paid. Until one time they get assigned to a project and travel to some secluded part of Cybertron where there is a new colony building and they have to build a space bridge from scratch. Then they recognize their missing's friend voice coiming from a black-colored mech with yellow accents and slightly orange gradient to them. it is Bumblebee, rocking that Decepticon insignia with deep lavender optics to match. His horns are bigger and he got heels along with those shoulder-guards he had in his cybertron alt mode.

And so he is their boss for the entire time they are in the area- he was chosen to monitor the construction of this building, which is really massive. They have some beef along the way, but they learn Bee hasn't become a tyrant- they learn from a long-time guard about how Bee has chimed his 5 cents to the new work regulations- higher pays, better temporary-quarters and treatment. Anyone who'll treat the workers poorly or talk down to them will be send to his office and most likely be stripped of a job. It's a strict code but it's very good- the situation in the ranks has changed drastically for good since he got in charge. He is both feared and respected. They also learn that the building will be the future Carequarters- they know Bee was raised in a very bad Carequarters, they are surprised but they can't help but smile at the fact Bee is trying his best for the better future.

One time there was an accident on the site and Bee rushed to get Ratchet cuz their actual medic was off to do something in the one of the major cities. Ratchet got assigned to be the medic til the end of the project. Bulkhead also gets a side offer to paint the play area and Prowl helps him and there's just a beautiful colorful flower-field pattern, it also helps that the center play-area is stylized to mimic earth's tree. It's truly amazing. But of course, something has to go wrong- there's the final meeting with all of the workers with Bee giving a really good speech about how he's glad they managed to pull this off and give the next generation a better future then all of a sudden the walls crumble-

A raid of Autobot escapees led by Sentinel breaks in and steal what they can. The workers are injured, guards are killed and Sentinel is surprised to see Optimus there and tries to pull him into the rebellion- Sentinel gets his aft handed back to him by Bee with his electrocuting staff (all the training paid off finally) and the group is arrested, the ones who managed to run are stopped by other Decepticons. Now Bee is devastated, so much work down the drain, he unintentionally snaps at Sari and others as he goes back to his office to cry. He contacts Megatron about it and his Conjunx Blitzwing is sent to aid with the security while the workers are basically starting over with the building. Only then the earth autobots learn that Bee is with Blitzwing. So the construction is being complete again, Bee is anxious something is gonna happen again but Blitz is there to reassure him about everything.

Again, he gives the speech and then Megatron himself comes to look everything over before the grand opening and Bee compliments how good of a job his workers have done- the space bridge crew especially. The place is open and everyone goes home. Not before Bee goes over to talk with his old team tho- he thanks them and they don't have to reffer to him as 'sir' anymore. When they get on their ship they are surprised to see gifts for each of them with a note saying "Bonus for the fast work!" I imagine they meet for few other projects and then regain contact as friends. Bee helps them out whenever he can and invites them to major events.

Geez this is a text wall, good job if you made it this far.

#maccadam #tfa #ask box #long post

[sentinelpri]

May we get some headcanons about bots and dancing, please? Do Autobots dance with and/or without partner? How good they are? Music they dance to? etc.

Yes, you may! Headcanons beneath the cut, my friend- decided to include most of the cast, too <3

Optimus Prime: He’s really good at pole dancing... Don’t ask. He got drunk while him, Sentinel, and Elita were in the academy and got a little too big for his britches, and they never let him live it down. He’s also good at dancing in general because he’s got some practice in it, but he’s usually too shy to ask anyone to dance with him, so if you want to do it, you have to initiate.

Prowl: He does ballet as a hobby and that’s all he’s really good at in terms of dance, but he’s willing to learn more. Doesn’t really do it in public, though, and isn’t open to it. 

Ratchet: He did some dancing in clubs when he was younger and wasn’t especially good or especially bad at it, but now that he’s older, he isn’t that interested- doesn’t want to be seen dancing or really want to, but he’ll partake in it every once in a while, if someone really urges him to. 

Bumblebee: He’s not especially great or especially bad at it, but Bumblebee loves dancing and has a lot of fun doing it- will do it whenever he has the chance and will drag a partner on the dance floor if they let him no matter what kind of dance it is! 

Bulkhead: Bulkhead has a bit of fun dancing but definitely has to be coerced into it because he’s pretty shy and doesn’t like putting himself out there. He’s not the best at dancing either- he has a hard time being graceful and not wrecking everything when he’s dancing, but he does enjoy it and will happily do it with a partner.

Jazz: He’s not great at waltzes or ballet or anything like that, but he likes dancing to jazz as well as going to the club or small parties at friends’ places and dancing to r&b, hip hop, etc. 

Sentinel Prime: Definitely did some wild partying back in when he was in the Autobot Academy and is great at dancing in club settings but won’t do it now because he thinks it’s unprofessional/unbecoming of a ‘future Magnus’/current Prime. Will dance in a formal setting with a partner to show off his skills.

Ultra Magnus: He’s learned his fair share of waltzes and other kinds of dancing for uppity formal events- it really just comes with being Magnus, but he likes dancing with his s/o too, especially at those sorts of things, as he finds it easy, relaxing, comforting, and romantic. It does make him uncomfortable to dance with anyone else though, and it also makes him uncomfortable to dance to any music that’s not some classical piece or something of the sort. Never bring him to a club.

Megatron: He doesn’t know how to dance and would kind of like to know how just to be able to actually participate at parties and whatnot, but he’s too embarrassed to ask anyone to teach him, so he usually stands on the sidelines and watches everyone else having their fun, claiming that it doesn’t suit him and that’s why he doesn’t want to. He will, however, do a lazy sort of one-step two-step with his lover in a kitchen or in their bedroom to some soft music if asked to or if there’s just music playing and he’s in a particularly romantic mood.

Starscream: Knows the logistics of dancing, but his coordination is horrid and he’s really bad at it- formals, ballets, waltzes, r&b, hip hop, dubstep, clubbing, any form of dancing, he will mess up and everyone will laugh at him. He claims it’s stupid and he’s not interested but really he wants to go dance and have fun like everyone else, he just isn’t good at it.

Blitzwing: The three personalities can all dance, but prefer different types of music/dancing styles; Blitzwing likes classical ballet, Hothead likes thrashing around to heavy metal, and Random is a fan of just vibing to some really good dubstep with a good bass in a crowded club room.

Lugnut: Loves dancing! He’s a lot like Starscream in the sense that he’s actually pretty bad at it and super clumsy because of his build, but he goes out there and has fun- also, he’s getting better with some much needed lessons from Blitzwing!

Shockwave: Doesn’t understand dancing at first nor does he think it’s ‘logical’, per say, so he doesn’t do it much at first, but if his s/o wants him to, he’ll allow them to teach him how to dance and dance with him in private.

Blackarachnia: Outright refuses to dance in her techno-organic form even though she’s actually very good at it from her Autobot Academy/partying days because she’s embarrassed to be seen dancing with the way she looks. Might dance with a very specific person to their music of choice if they’re not judgmental of her.

#ask #asks #my asks #tf #tfa #transformers #transformers animated #request #requests #headcanon #headcanons #drabble #drabbles #dance #dancing #optimus prime #tfa optimus prime #ratchet #tfa ratchet #prowl #tfa prowl #bumblebee #tfa bumblebee #bulkhead #tfa bulkhead #sentinel prime #tfa sentinel prime #jazz #tfa jazz #ultra magnus

[liaswritesrobots]

Hello could I have a platonic bot and con match-up for Transformers Animated?

I like reading, writing, cooking, sewing, and seeing/petting animals! I love playing chess and am always looking for new people to play. Warm drinks like tea and hot chocolate are my favorite.

Personality wise I think I'm the kind of person who lay in front of my computer all day but would go out in the cold just to see some deer. That I'm lazy but I put effort and energy for things/ people I care about. I'm an older sibling, so I have a protective streak. I can be a bit childish, I sometimes do little pranks but admit to them easily with a nervous laugh. I'm Ace/Aro, I like hugs and small kisses but am not comfortable with anything else. I'm prone to self deprivation and over think things.

Am definitely a night owl, with my crazy insomnia. My favorite places to visit are libraries(I've worked in a few), museums, aquariums, forest, and out door markets. I consider my love language to be gifts and food, I love making things for people I care about.

Your friends would be...

Bumblebee and Shockwave!

They don't mind that you probably rather sit in front of a screen than go out because they prefer that too, though they will check out an animal outside if they see you get excited about it, especially Shockwave since he likes to learn about new things. They're impressed at how creative you are and love to see your finished projects, especially when you make something for them. Shockwave loves playing chess with you and Bumblebee likes to watch you cook. They like how protective you are because they're very protective over you as well. Bumblebee likes how childish you can be and loves to pull pranks with you, Shockwave doesn't mind helping you pull pranks on Lugnut and Blitzwing. Shockwave respects that you're not a big fan of a lot of affection because he isn't either, and Bumblebee is fine with it too even though he likes to hug you. Bumblebee also makes self deprecating jokes so he relates when you do but also tries to hype you up so that you know how awesome he thinks you are and Shockwave will try to subtly give you small confidence boosts with words of affirmation. They like that you're active at night, especially Shockwave since he has a lot of all nighters, he likes when you stay and keep him company while he works. Shockwave likes to go to libraries and museums with you to learn more about humans and Bumblebee loves trips to the aquarium, he likes to see all the pretty little fish!

Other possible friend matches: Ultra Magnus, Blurr, Prowl, Blitzwing, Megatron, Skywarp

#transformers match ups #transformers matchups #tf match ups #tf matchups #match ups #matchups #Bumblebee #Shockwave #asks #cf8wrk4u us

[stitchar]

I'm wondering if I should expand more on Shockwave and Bumblebee's Crime Fighting biz thing and I made some short list of Character Bios to get an idea where I want this to go (and figure out if I want this in written form or a comic form, I wanted to challenge myself but wasn't sure where to go from here)

It's going to be long so I cut some few so it doesn't take up space. Based on TFA characters and some from different universe by the way.

Bumblebee: Works at Iacon Detective/Police Agency. Partners with Detective Shockwave who was a recent transfer from KPD (Kaon Police Department) due to Iacon in need of few servos in solving crime and a rising conspiracy. Despite his childish look and attitude, he's surprisingly a Lieutenant and actually has his own team to lead with. He's the type that stays overnight to go over stupidly crazy conspiracy and cold cases like a gremlin. He's unaware that digging up old cases brings him trouble despite his need to solve crimes.

Shockwave: A "Detective" who was transferred recently from KPD to IPD. Everything about him screams "creepy" to "Danger" to "Non-Cybertronian". He partners up with Bumblebee the most due to personal orders from the dark to keep an eye on the yellow bot. He also makes sure Bumblebee doesn't stay overtime and thus have pillows as his personal arsenal.

Optimus: Police captain. He watches over IPD and his unit to ensure they're doing their job well. He used to work at a very small police investigator department with Bumblebee and few others, but their office had been merged into the IPD due to safety concerns.

He mostly partners with Megatron in solving crimes.

And always carrying a mug around since he's tired of the shenanigans both Bumblebee and Megatron gets into.

Ratchet: A doctor who owned a clinic few streets away from IPD. He lives upstairs with his Conjux.

Prowl: A hired Private Investigator by Optimus. He is currently ongoing investigation as to who killed his adopted guardian, Yoketron.

Bulkhead and Soundwave: Crime Scene Investigators. These two work together a lot. Still working out the details on them.

Megatron: Partners with Optimus in solving crimes. While no one knew the official title, he's usually referred as Captain when out in the field. Out of the two, he tends to get involved in hostage situations with him being the "hostage" part. Just, imagine, a huge towering mech is being held against his will. Optimus wishes he stops that.

Bumblebee's Team: Consists of various bots with various skills that Commissioner had put together for Bumblebee. (WIP)

Blitzwing: Energon Splatter Analyst. He tends to bring Bumblebee over to do some Energon splatter test fun. (though Shockwave pulls Bee back because he left paperwork blank again) Works together with Bulkhead and Soundwave a lot.

Commissioner: The big overseer of Iacon Police Department. Very selective few like Optimus and Megatron knows who the Commissioner is. The Commissioner rarely makes themselves public, only sending either Optimus or Megatron to send messages to the other departments.

#transformers au #I'm writing these down so I can get a basic understanding how this story would go #I think maybe 60% is serious and 40% is comedy? I don't know. I'll have to draw it out to get the feel for this

[haleighdennis]

The Trial of Megatron Part One: The End? Chapter 4

Chapter 4

Sari didn’t know where she was. One second, she was sightseeing with her friends, the next she was standing alone in an alleyway and she couldn’t find either of them for the life of her. They were probably worried sick, she thought. How could she help them find her? If only she hadn’t left her jetpack with Bumblebee. It was useful for zipping and zooming all over the place, but it was also heavy and Sari hadn’t felt like toting it then. Now she wish she had.

    As soon as she realized that she was lost, Sari had to dash around frantically to avoid getting stepped on by scads of big metal feet traipsing around downtown Iacon. She ducked into a dark corridor and tried to regain her bearings.

   “Where the heck did you guys go?” she moaned, running her eyes back and forth over the fast-moving Autobot civilians in vain.

    Sari heard movement further down the corridor she was standing in, causing her head to rotate around. She saw a robot and a few fembots duck into an open, empty street and creep into a dark building. Sari’s brow furrowed. She didn’t want to get tangled up with Iacon’s seedy underground world of smugglers and rioters that Bulkhead and Bumblebee had cautiously warned her about at the beginning of their outing, but maybe one of the bots on this slower-moving road would be willing stop long enough to direct her to a public place – like a quiet park or hospital – where she could hang low until the guys found her. Even better, maybe Cybertron had a police force of some kind that could help her find her friends. Without a clear plan of action, Sari started walking toward the quiet street at the end of the alley.

    Once there, she saw the building that the other Autobots had snuck into. An inconspicuous little hole-in-the-wall crowned with an assortment of fluorescent glyphs that were not lit. Sari couldn’t read Cybertronain, but while she was looking on, a few more bots scuttled in the front entrance, being careful not to be seen.

   “Hey.” A creaky whispering cockney voice behind her made Sari jump. “Are you here for Mcaddams?”

   Whipping around, Sari saw a 17-to-20-foot tall Autobot with a pointed chin looking at her wide-eyed. She straightened up. The Autobot seemed nervous, but not phased at the sight of a human. Why on earth, or Cybertron in this case, wasn’t he scared to death of her?

    Sari kept out of sight while with Bumblebee and Bulkhead. As Bulkhead had explained to her earlier that day: “Autobots aren’t used to humans running around, and we wouldn’t want to you scare anybot.”

    Even so, here one was asking her questions. The stranger wrung his hands nervously, “Well? So are you here for Mcaddams, or not?”

    Sari tried to shake off her surprise, “Mcaddams? No, I don’t think so…” The ‘bot looked suddenly distraught at this response. He looked over his shoulder watchfully.

   “Th-then you’re just passin’ through? Right?”

    Sari had wanted to say that she was actually looking for a police station, but this Autobot seemed to have enough problems of his own, most of which revolved around ‘Mcaddams,’ whatever that was. “Yes, just passing through. Sorry.” She said and tried to walk away.

    The bot appeared instantly relieved. “Oh! Oh, good. Y’know, we need more good folks like you on Cybertron. Heh, heh. Y’know, for a moment there, I thought you was gonna turn me in – Heh! – just for havin’ a sip or two a’ oil!”

    “No, not me.” Sari shrugged ignorantly.

   “Thanks a lot ‘shorty,’ I owe you one.” With that he was off, striding confidently now, into the mysterious building.

    Sari stayed behind in the road, totally confused by the exchange that had just taken place. She decided to wait for another Autobot to happen by, but no one else came near the mysterious building after that. She could still hear the noisy commuters at the other end of the corridor, though.

    Sari began to consider her options. She didn’t want to go back near the busy main street, and thinking back to her conversation, the ‘bot she talked to seemed unfazed by the fact that she was an organic. He and many other civilians had waltzed into that strange building. If anyone on this planet was going to help her find her way, maybe someone in there would. It was worth a shot. After all, what did she have to lose?

    Feeling as if she had no choice, Sari walked up to the oversized door and gave a loud series of knocks. Nothing. She tried again, making the biggest noise possible for a creature of her size. No one welcomed her in, but she began to hear movement behind the door. After a minute, it suddenly slid open to just a slit and a single glowing cyan Autobot optic hunted up and down for the source of the noise.  

    “Down here!” Sari shouted. She always had to shout to get the attention of Optimus and the others. It was a bit of a bad habit and had gotten to the point where she shouted at almost everyone – human and Autobot. She tried to make her shout sound friendly, but the bot behind the door jolted at the sound.

    Sari waved apprehensively, “Hi! I don’t mean to intrude, but I have a sorta general question I need to ask someone! Maybe you can help –“ The door slammed, tossing a blast of air onto Sari’s face. She stood stiffly outside for a moment, but then cupped her ear to the door. There was whispering on the inside of the building and then all fell silent. As suddenly as before the door swung fully open, nearly smacking Sari in the face in the process. The pointy-chinned bot from a few minutes ago was there along with another bot. “Yeah, let ‘er in!” The former confirmed gleefully at the sight of Sari, “She’s one of us!”

   Almost before she realized what was happening, Sari was ushered with warm remarks of welcome through a dark entryway and led down a small flight of four giant stairs that opened into a brilliantly lit room, which looked halfway like an old western bar and something like a gas station. Autobots of all shapes and sizes, goblets and glasses in-servo, cheered heartily as Sari jumped down the steps after her strange new acquaintance. To her shock she saw a couple of extra-large robots with massive wings on their backs and concluded that they were Decepticons. They cheered too when she bumped onto the floor before returning to their strong energon-infused drinks. Sari was amazed with how non-threatening they appeared compared to her previous impressions of Decepticons, but she still thought it best to keep her distance. After all, in her experience, Decepticons were destructive at best and malicious at worst.

    The ‘bot Sari followed shouted in the direction of the main serving counter, “Hey Cabernet!” A red and white Autobot with a smart black metallic bowtie popped up from behind the counter, “This here’s my friend! When was the last time we had an organic at Mcaddams Oil House?”

    The bartender wore a lazy smile as he leaned casually on the counter, sliding another glass of distilled oil down to a customer. His answer came slowly and thoughtfully, “Well, I suppose the last time I saw an organic here was two or three million stellar cycles ago, looked kinda like this one, but with waymore hair.”

   “Three million stellar cycles! How do you like that? Well, then, we had better show her some hospitality or they won’t be back for another three million! Isn’t that right, missy?” Sari’s new friend laughed heartily and crouched down to her level, “I’m Noir, by the way. Need a lift?”

    Sari was used to being asked that question in various forms. Noir stuck out an outstretched palm that Sari scrambled into. He lifted her up and let her hop onto the counter.

   “What’ll it be?” the bartender asked, leaning over to look at Sari face-to-face.

    “Oh, no.” She said, waving her hand to refuse, “I don’t drink – oil.” Sari didn’t want to sound rude, but frankly she didn’t drink oil or energon, and if that was all Macaddams served, it was no wonder it had been years since organic life had been there. Besides, if there was one thing Sari had learned from Bulkhead’s once-friends, Mixmaster and Scrapper, it was that bots who filled up too much on oil tended to act a little ditzy. She could already see some reckless little quarrels breaking out in the corner of the bar. In one particularly heated argument over a gambling game, the House’s bouncer – an Autobot triple-changer – ended up having to heft the two arguers out the back door by their tailpipes, one in each enormous servo.

    Noticing Sari’s apprehension, Noir shouted, “Nonsense! This one’s on me! Give her something for organics, Cabernet.”

   Cabernet never skipped a beat. He whipped out a grey, frothy mixture and filled an oversized shot glass to the brim. “Try this,” he winked at Sari, “It’s delicious!”

    Sari eyed the grey stuff suspiciously, picked it up with one hand and sniffed. It smelled sweet, like sugar.

   “Smile, everyone!” A bot with a holo-scanner jumped in front of Sari and Cabernet, startling her. Noir slid into position next to them and the two bots smiled merrily. Sari raised her drink, but couldn’t manage a smile. The holoscanner captured the image with a broad green laser that swept the threesome up and down before flashing brightly twice.

    Noir sidled up to the photographer, “Lemme see, lemme see!” A 3-D image projected from the holoscanner, “Ooh look at that! One for the data files!”

   Reminding herself that she needed to find her friends, Sari jumped to get Noir’s attention. “Hey, I have a question!”

    “Sure thing,” he took a swig of oil. “I have an answer. Whaddaya wanna know?”

    “I’m looking for someone, but I don’t know where to find them.“

    Noir scrunched up his face, “Who?”

    “You probably wouldn’t know them. I just need to –”

    “I know a lot of bots on Cybertron.” Noir slurred, “Try me.”

    Sari shrugged uncomfortably, “Just two guys called Bumblebee and Bulkhead.”

    The bar fell silent.

    Sari paused before continuing, “What? What is it? You don’t actuallyhappen to know them, do you?”

   “Wait,” a bot in the crowd said, “Are you that organic who came back with Optimus Prime’s crew?”

   Before Sari could respond, Noir stood up and faced the crowd of patrons, rubbing his servo across his forehead tensely. “A human? I-I had no idea.” Every head was turned towards him. Sari noticed that everone had become very uneasy. Cabernet stopped pouring drinks. Everyone’s glasses were frozen in their hands.

   “Sentinel Magnus warned us about this type.” Somebot said pointing a harsh finger at Noir, “and heinvited her in!”

   “Sentinel Magnus?” Sari repeated in confusion.

    “Hang on everyone, “ Noir stumbled to explain, “I didn’t know.”

    A fembot let out a single sarcastic laugh and stood up, “The humans tried to offline Ultra Magnus, and now they’ve come back to make sure the deed’s done!”

    The bouncer from earlier, fully recovered from the shock of a human presence in the room, cracked his knuckles and approached Noir.

    “Get ‘im outta here!” a once-congenial customer yelled angrily.

    “I can explain!” Noir flustered, but it was too late. Springer grabbed him by the collar and hurled him out the back door. As he did so, Sari made a quick jump from the high counter to the floor and sped across the cracked metal surface with her trusty energy skates. She was thankful for her durable Cybertronian half whenever she found herself having to make insane jumps or perform otherwise suicidal stunts in the heat of action. These outraged Cybertronians were helping her re-learn some of her cyber-ninja training as she frantically zoomed through legs and stomping feet and fell into an isolated back room with the determination of a baseball player sliding home. Returning to her feet, she rapidly aimed and threw a ball of electricity from her palms at a nearby control panel, causing a door to come sliding down over the alcove’s only entrance just in time. Bots in the main room shouted and slammed loudly on the closed door.

   Panting, she examined her surroundings. Her eyes glowed faintly in the dark, but it wasn’t enough to reveal the clutter, tools and mess that surrounded her in the tiny utility closet. She couldn’t see it, but hidden in the corner was a bot-sized trapdoor that no Cybertronian would have recognized had the room been lit. She took a few blind steps forward with her arms extended in front of her. Her human eyes wanted to squint to narrow her line of detail, but at the same time her Cybertronian optics peeled open to allow her as much visibility as possible with the glow they emitted. She turned her head left and right, up and down as she walked trying to find a light source somewhere. She could only see a few feet in front of her and eventually ran into what she thought was a wall. Feeling her way along, she inadvertently travelled back behind the building’s cooling unit. The wall became rough back here and Sari could just make out a small latch next to her waist. She took it in both hands and pulled upwards, half-expecting some ceiling lights to flutter on. Instead, the wall opened close to her feet. Curiously, Sari moved back with the latch until the trapdoor swung high above her head on springs. She emitted a small yelp as it hoisted her into the air. Hanging from the open door, Sari found herself looking down a tunnel with light at the end of it. Heaving a relieved sigh, she dropped to the ground and entered the corridor, hoping that she had found a hidden exit.

#sari #sari sumdac #tfa #transformers animated #optimus prime #bumblebee #bulkhead #macaddam #part 1 #chapter 4 #cybertron #fan fiction

[thenootshoot]

Zink and Nevo - The Origins (2)

The weather outside was horrid. Rain poured down on the two ex cons as they drove down the road. Lightning crashed and thunder roared. It felt like life and death.

"You doing alright back there?!" Knockout yelled to his lover, trying not to use their comm links.

"Fine! Just keep going! There has to be a spot soon!" Breakdown replied. Even he was struggling to drive in this weather. And to make matters worse, the wind had picked up.

This was tiring the both of them out. The anxiety of being found abandoning the cons was already stressful enough. What if something terrible were to happen to them now too?

"Sharp right ahead! I see a place we can stay!" Knockout yelled and made a sharp turn toward a cave. It wasn't huge, just big enough for them to fit, but it would do for now.

Breakdown followed him, driving into the cave. Both of their lights came on when they entered the darker environment, showing that only some small critters lived within. It was a perfect temporary home. At least until they could contact the autobots.

Knockout soon stopped and transformed, Breakdown shortly after. Both went to look around. The cave wasn't all that bad, a bit creepy but nothing threatening. A good sign.

"I think we can relax for now. It shouldn't be long before we can contact Optimus and hos team." Knockout said to his lover. "You need to rest anyway. Until we find them we have to preserve the energon within us, and you're burning through it fast with those two still growing."

Breakdown nodded and sat down against the cave wall. A long sigh escaped him and a servo went to his middle, which had already started to round out. "You're right."

Knockout began to pace a little. "I just have to find the autobot frequency on my da..." His optics widened. "Scrap! I didn't bring the data pad!"

Breakdown grumbled. "Now what? We're in the middle of nowhere with no energon and two sparklings on the way."

"I don't know...Just...Stay here. I'll see if I can find anything." And before Breakdown could say anything, Knockout left the cave.

(A smaaaaaalllll time skip since author is lazy)

The Nemisis was chaotic. Megatron was beyond pissed. He hasn't seen his medics in over 6 months and no one could find them! Not even Soundwave.

"Search harder! The autobots cannot have taken them!" The con leader demanded, pure fury inside. "Starscream! Assemble your armada and FIND MY MEDICS!"

"Yes my lord." Screamer said in his typical 'I better do it or I'll get punished and therefore I am afraid' voice, quickly going to do as commanded.

Megatron then went back to storming around, hoping for some sort of signal for either of the two bots.

Meanwhile, in the cave, Knockout was tending to his lover. He had managed to find some energon and break it down to edible pieces rather than the freshly mined stuff. It wasn't the best but it was doing them good. And poor Breakdown. He was consuming twice as much as he usually would, the twins requiring more and more energon every day. It was putting a lot of pressure on him that he didn't really need. However, his lover was always beside him to help.

"How are they today?" Knockout asked the larger mech, going to sit beside him.

"Better today. They aren't kicking as much so I can finally relax." Breakdown replied.

"Good." He looked in the direction of the entrance of the cave. "I think I'm just going to drive until I find an Autobot. They're always on patrol I hear and I hope I can find one."

Breakdown nodded. "I hope so too. I really don't want to give birth in this cave."

They both chuckled at that. They had already joked about their children becoming cave bots and speaking gibberish. It was honestly something very humorous to them, even if they didn't want it to happen.

"I'll be gone for a little while, okay? Don't hurt yourself while I'm out." Knockout kissed Breakdowns forehelm. "I love you, and I will come back."

Breakdown nodded and got more comfortable. "I'll power down while I can."

The smaller of the two nodded before transforming and leaving the safety of the cave.

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'Starscream! Report!' Megatron demanded over the comm link.

'Still nothing but we haven't finished! We will find him sire!'

But that certainly couldn't be true. It had been hours since he had left with his fleet and not even a tiny bit of luck. No signal, no familiar alt modes. Nothing.

'You best not return empty handed.'

Scream could practically feel the anger his leader was feeling just from that sentence. He couldn't afford to mess this up.

Suddenly, he spotted something, a familiar truck. It wasn't Knockout or Breakdown of course but, he loved the idea of being the bot that terminated Optimus Prime. This was the perfect opportunity to do so.

"My armada! Attack!" He commanded, and laughed as the troops open fired on the Prime, who transformed and began to fight back.

And that's when Knockout saw them. Perfect! He'd fight off the troops with the Prime and prove he is loyal! It was the perfect plan!...Or was it? The moment the Prime caught a glimpse of Knockout driving his way, he began to shoot at him! Already the plan wasn't going according to.

"Optimus wait! Let me fight with you!" Knockout pleaded and tranformed, running toward the troops that had landed and beginning to slice and stab them.

Optimus was caught off guard by this. It distracted him long enough for Starscream to swoop down and pin him to the ground, transforming and aiming his blaster at the Prime's face.

"How I've longed for this day. The day I can say, I terminated Optimus Prime." He smirked.

But Scream was suddenly knocked off of him, and Knockout quickly held a servo to the Prime. "Hurry! Hurry!"

Optimus took the smaller bots servo and stood, beginning to fight again, focusing mainly on Starscream. And it was not long after that when a familiar groundbridge portal opened up and two bots came through.

"Gah! Retreat!" Screamer yelled, transforming and flying away.

Optimus, Bulkhead, and Bumblebee all began to shoot as what remained of the armada flew away. Knockout was on the ground nearby, wounded and growing weak. Energon leaked from his side. It wasn't a fatal wound, but it would still need medical aid.

"Why did you help me?" Optimus suddenly said to him.

Knockout looked up, his optics instantly tearing up. "Please let us join you! We can't stay with Megatron! He'll kill us and take our sparklings!" He pleaded. "We just want to raise them in a safe place!"

Bulkhead stepped closer. "Whoa whoa whoa. Who's we? I only see you."

"Breakdown...He is sparked with twins, due any day now. I just want him to be safe."

Optimus looked to the other bots for a moment before kneeling to the former con. "Where is he?"

"A cave south of here between a creek and pine trees."

The Prime nodded. "Bulkhead, Bumblebee, get Knockout to Ratchet. I will retrieve Breakdown and meet you back at base."

The two bots nodded and went to help Knockout onto his pedes. The former con was screaming in happiness on the inside. This was it. This was the life he and his sparkmate and his sparklings deserved!

They were free now.

#transformers #optimus prime #tfp optimus #knockout #breakdown #tranformers prime #tfp arcee #arcee #bumblebee #bulkhead #megatron #starscream #soundwave #ratchet #mechpreg #ocs #my ocs #zink #nevo #family #fluff #fluff and angst #fluff and feels

[blueikeproductions]

So having watched the first season of Transformers Cyberverse, I’ve got some thoughts to express. Overall I thought it was boring and a bit uninspired in places, but I generally think that’s more on me as a veteran fan. The first season aims to tell the abridged origin of the Great War, which seems loosely based on the Aligned and IDW origins: the Decepticons came to power to overthrow a oppressive government. As such it doesn’t do much new, so it’s nothing I, or other veterans, haven’t heard before, but as an entry point for new fans, I think it serves its purpose to give them the general gist of things. Interwoven with the backstory is Bumblebee and Windblade’s exploits on Earth, as they dodge enemy Seekers, fix Bee’s memories (which is where the flashbacks come from), and locate The Ark to reunite with the other Autobots. Like the Bumblebee movie, the titular Autobot has lost his memories, and fumbles his way around in a child like manner, needing Windblade’s Cityspeaker skills to refresh his memory so he can tell her where the Ark is. This part of the story is a little better, as it offers more original material, with additional flashbacks as to how Bee and Windy met. Their friendship is rather touching, if mildly cliche from a teenage romcom scenario. Back on Cybertron, Bee was a charming dork while Windblade was the new girl in town (like in IDW, she’s from Caminus), and feel in with the popular clique: Starscream’s jets. Charmed by Bumblebee’s antics and disgusted by Starscream’s cruelty, Windy decides to hang with Bee and a friendship is born. The sparse prewar segments are generally the best parts, showing a simplified glimpse at what Cybertron was like. There’s a hint of mild Shapeism, in that the jet Transformers think they’re the cream of the crop, and look down on ground vehicles. Similarly, cars don’t have a high opinion of the smarmy jets either. Nevertheless, everyone seems to generally get along just fine at MacCadam’s Old Oil House, with Soundwave and other Seekers providing musical entertainment. MacCadam’s is probably the best episode of the first season, which shows the subtle collapse of Cybertronian society though small timeskips. Cities are reduced to rubble, tensions are high, but the Oil House stood firm for the longest time, helped by MacCadam’s strict no fighting policy. When Megatron intends to rip the place apart looking for Deadlock, owner Mac transforms into an unseen form to frighten the tyrant off, and lets the future Drift stay for as long as he likes. Also a new Cybertronian sport, Cube, is shown, which seems to be Quidditch mixed with football. It’s honestly not that interesting, but Bumblebee was such a big fan of the sport, he tries to sneak into the stadium to see it, ultimately interfering in a game (though at this point he was trying to stop a bored Starscream from ruining the game). Worth nothing Cyberverse’s sister series, Rescue Bots Academy, also includes Cube and it’s other biggest fan Hot Shot. The present day stories though do have their flaws. There’s really no point for the Autobots to be on Earth, as it feels obligatory more so than anything else because that’s what previous stories did. The Robots in Disguise factor seems largely abandoned as nobody bothers to scan Earth modes, and freely run around in their space forms. Grimlock seems to be the only one who scanned an Earth form however, though this wasn’t made immediately clear in flashbacks since he still had saurian like kibble. (Hindsight suggests he probably turned into a vaguely saurian tank however). Really, outside of Grimlock’s brief backstory and Shockwave’s plan to raze Earth in order to kill the Autobots and collect the Allspark, the Transformers could’ve been running around Pluto or Mars instead. Nobody interacts with or befriends humans, so there’s not much of a drive to defend Earth beyond it’s the right thing to do. And also the Ark, but still. Character work is probably the worst aspect of the show unfortunately. Outside of Grimlock, MacCadam and Teletraan X, nobody really has any interesting personality or quirks. Bee is transplanted from his Movie and Prime incarnation, while Windy seems mostly defined by her sisterly relationship with Bee. As such she doesn’t really work on her own, as she lacks any of the traits possessed by her earlier counterparts. At best I can say she’s loyal and a good fighter, but without someone to bounce off of, she’s uninteresting. Bee doesn’t have anything new going for him either. He still speaks with his radio and is the little buddy, but that’s about it. Oh, the Allspark apparently reacted to him on Cybertron, implying a greater destiny, but nothing else is said about this for the time being. The only other major presence are Slipstream’s Seekers, but they might as well have been Vehicons, as there’s little to no character development for any of them. They’re all little more than dumb thugs. At most, Slipstream wants to look good in front of high command, but this isn’t explored much. Really the only interesting Seeker is Acid Storm, who due to animation errors and, perhaps a lack of communication between the show runners and Hasbro, is said to be gender fluid to cover up the error. It’s actually a fun idea that could be fleshed out more, among other things, on how other Decepticons view it (Slip is fine with it, but Shockwave sees no combat value in it), but I fear they’ll not be allowed to do so. The other legacy Autobots and Decepticons seen have nothing new to offer, and are who they’ve been in the original G1 cartoon. Grimlock is an exception as he has a split personality, being prim and proper in robot mode, but his classic caveman brute in beast mode. In an example of telling, not showing, Grimlock was revealed to have reigned on Earth during the dinosaur age, allegedly creating an advanced dinosaur society. It’s another cool idea, but as we’re not really shown how this worked, it feels half baked at best. Many wish we would’ve gotten a spotlight episode of Grim and his dinosaur friends instead, but who knows, maybe a possible IDW Cyberverse comic might dip into that more. Because of the show’s 10 minute time frame, a lot of more emotional and impactful scenes are stunted pretty badly, most notably a flashback detailing a heroic sacrifice by Blurr, but it’s clear the writers are doing their best with what they’ve got to work with. Similarly new Decepticon Shadow Striker also gets the shaft in development. Characteriszed as a shortfused, competitive girl, Shadow was at one point the Decepticons’ top bounty hunter and sharpshooter, but an accident following the capture of Optimus left her severely crippled. Now having a mishmash body cobbled together by Shockwave, she’s no longer able to do a lot of what she was able to, and is driven by an insane fury to get revenge on Bumblebee, who played an admittedly minor role in her accident. They’re supposed to be arch enemies, but their limited interactions feel very forced. If anything she had more chemistry with fellow impulsive wreckloose Hot Rod. It does feel like there might be set up for her to switch sides, as Bee has been shown to cut her some slack that she partially acknowledges, but I might be looking too hard into it. Overall, Cyberverse repackages what came before it, but does very little new to innovate. The season finale ends with the Decepticon Battle Fleet zeroing in on Earth to wipe out the restored Autobots. This at least suggests a straight forward 80’s style clash between Bots and Cons next season. I’m hoping the second season has some better stories, but talk of killing off a lot of the characters (a jokey comment in particular says Optimus dies immediately in the second season, with another implying Bumblebee becomes Goldbug), makes me a bit skeptical of the show’s story going forward. I’m still gonna check it out though, and if the Goldbug thing is true, I wouldn’t mind seeing that side of Bee again.

#Transformers #Cyberverse #Cyberverse review

[scribble-fics]

I don't really do anything with this blog so let's do something!!

(How about tfp bots+cons with a human s/o? Those are fun!!)

Optimus prime-

~it's hard for this guy to have a relationship. Cause you know...being at war.

~his time is always taken by either decepticons or the team.

~try to understand he cares for you deeply!! Why else would he agree to something so alien?

~expect a lot of late night chatter, even if you are not at the base he calls to make sure you are okay.

~"you should get some rest s/o. Humans need sleep"

~when he can he will drive you around and ask a lot about human culture and stuff.

Ratchet-

~he agrees to being your partner. Which surprises you.

~he keeps saying it's for research and what not, but really he cares about you.

~if anything happens to you. Any scratch, bump, bruise, or worse. He could never forgive himself.

~he tries to get into human culture more after you two become a thing.

~he lets you sit on his shoulder when everyone is out on a mission. Be sure to leave him a kiss or a compliment it brightens his day!

~if you were to go on a mission. You stay close to him. Your feet do not touch the ground. He carries you. No matter what.

Bumblebee-

~he's super sweet and gentle with you. Picking you up and holding you close.

~being near his face is a no no for now. He trusts you but it makes him still jumpy for now.

~he loves when you beep back at him, like he's talking and you do a little "beep" to mimic him cutely.

~it makes his cooling fans kick in. Oh boi your adorable-

~you sometimes have to ask raf what he says which is completely okay! It's hard to understand boops and beeps.

~he loves watching the sunset with you. It's something so relaxing and pure for him to enjoy with his s/o

Bulkhead-

~he loves you dearly honestly.

~whatever you say he does. No questions asked. (Unless prime says no)

~you have him wrapped around your finger.

~he likes to talk to you. Hearing your voice calms him.

~he's a gentlebot so he asks a lot before he does things.

~"hey s/o. I know you said I could any time but I was just making sure it's okay to pick you up. Oh it is? Great!"

Arcee-

~since she is one of the smaller framed bots she loves cuddling.

~it's awkward yeah, but you make it work.

~she is normal when around other bots. Not really showing affection. But alone she adores hugs, nuzzles, kisses, all that stuff.

Smockscreen-

~this pure boy! He is a squish who adores you!!

~"you are not going on a mission! You could get hhuuurrrttt"

~he is a big softie who loves messing with you.

~lets say you're watching t.v, he sneaks behind and scares the scrap out of you!!

~he boasts about how you are dating THE bot with Destiny at his doorwing.

~kiss him I dare you. His wings flutter like mad and he's a shuddering pile of scrap.

(Thats all I'm doing for the bots sorry, next is cons)

Megatron-

~the ONLY reason he keeps you is because he needs you. At least that's why he thinks.

~secretly he adores you. Wants to rule the world with you by his side.

~anything you do is pure enjoyment for him. If any con was looking for you, they would find you on megatron's shoulder or something.

~he acts as if he's always had a human. The crew is kinda baffled as to how things don't change with him, as you sit on his armor.

Starscream-

~what?him?with a human s/o? Primus he has swooped low.

~but that's alright! He admires your spunk.

~often teases you about being small and worthless.

~when he notices it gets to you. He stops. And tries to cheer you up.

~he states how he is the worthless one not you. And it turns into a sad comfort party.

Ko&bd-

~they would be protective of you. Keeping either in their berth or med bay.

~if one goes on a mission, the other watches and spends time with you.

~if they both go, you stay behind waiting for them to return in the med bay, if you go anywhere else expect a scolding from both of them. Then cuddles.

~knockout likes to take pictures with you. A lot!!!

~breakdown loves hearing you sing. It's rare but he loves it.

~when breakdown is gone...it's hard for you both. Knockout kinda drifts away. But he still loves you.

~it's hard for him to show true emotion right now..it might just all spill out.

Soundwave-

~he's respectful and quiet. What an amazing boyfriend you have.

~sets up monitors for stuff you can watch while he works

~lets you play with lazerbeak

~he records your voice so if he works late while you sleep, he replays it over and over.

~he adores your kisses and wants at least one every day on his visor.

~it leaves a tiny smudge that he adores.

(Sorry if these are bad or cheesy! I'll try to do more for this blog promise! Also sorry if any misspelling i will fix any if I find them!!!)

#tfp #transformers prime #optimus prime #ratchet #tfp ratchet #tfp optimus prime #bulkhead #bumblebee #tfp bulkhead #tfp bumblebee #arcee #smockscreen #tfp arcee #tfp smokescreen #megatron #starscream #tfp megatron #tfp starscream #breakdown #knockout #tfp breakdown #tfp knockout #tfp soundwave #soundwave #my writing #transforners imagines

[burntuakrisp]

Full Transformers Sprite List by burntuakrisp

(WARNING THIS WILL HAVE A LONG EXPLANATION! If you don’t have the time to read all the way through the process of creating the sprites, you go past the “Extra Line.” But if you have time and or curious about what I have been doing, please read on.)

If you have known me for awhile, you know that I haven’t posted that much art related stuff for a while now.

You see, there was a reason why I have been absent from Deviantart for a while. (Outside of stressful school work, portfolio projects, and indulging in fandoms to escape the bitterness of reality we have today). It’s because I had been working on these beauties.

A full complete list of Characters from Transformers Prime and Rescue Bots.

This has got to be the hardest, longest, tedious, and overly complicated thing I posted EVER. This literally took me not weeks, but months to do.

Why did I do this you may ask?

2 reasons.

Reason #1.       If you remember, awhile back I posted these guys (Rescue Bots and Prime sprites)Looking back to how they originally looked, made me realize how dead wrong I was how they actually looked. I will admit, when I decided to make Autobots and Decepticons big, I felt like all I had to do what expand them and add only a few changes.

Boy was I wrong.

Comparing them now, you can see how cringy they looked back then. To be fair, I didn’t have the best resources at first, only having pictures and drawings of the characters at first, but that doesn’t excuse my laziness (And I admit I was lazy, especially on weekends where I spent my day watching youtube and reading fanfiction).

Don’t judge me, I need my ME time.

Because of this, I kept editing the sprites over and over and over. (On a side note: Sorry if my constant need for perfection kept bothering your message section.) But after the discovery of tfreferences.tumblr.com/ I decided to redo the characters completely. So I went back and did everything. The body shapes, the servos, the optics, the helms, you name it.

Which brings me to give a sincere message to all those well-talented transformers fans who dedicate their lives to creating fantastic fanart.

Dear Transformers artist,

How does one possible draw these characters?

I don’t get it.

There are thousands of you who can draw these characters as if it’s the back of your hand.

Meanwhile, I was struggling to find ever a decent side view of Shockwave.

What’s your secret? Magic?

Sincerely,

Burntuakrisp

OK Back to the point.

The human characters were without a doubt the easiest to do since they are so small and don’t require that much detail.The humans are about the same, while the Cybertronians are much bigger. I know they aren’t actually this big in the shows, but I prefer the transformer size that can hold humans in their hands (Servos). It’s cuter that way. I also made them this size because I compared to their size on a character chart as well as my friends Thomas the Tank Engine sprites.(More on that later.)

I also looked at both Rescue Bots and Prime Wiki’s to find if there were characters that I was missing. So I had to add them as well. (Who am I to be someone who won’t dedicate my life to making sprites for characters I love.) There were some characters that were cut either by the inability to find a good side view or it was unnecessary.

Reason #2.       I want to start watching the entire seasons of Transformers Prime and Transformers Rescue Bots. I know what you're thinking. “YOU HAVEN’T SEEN THE ENTIRE SERIES!?” Yes, I have and I feel bad because of it. You see I have a hard time sitting around doing nothing. So I better get this off my chest before I get addicted to it. Plus I haven’t been able to watch any series because my school life is preventing me from letting go.

Yes I know it’s dumb to do something related to the tv shows BEFORE seeing them completely, but as I stated before, I have to work on my art portfolio and SAT practice if I ever wish to get into college and become an animator. I feel it’s better to work on these sprites sooner so when I eventually watch/finish the series, I will be satisfied.

I know I’m walking into the spoiler zone, but since I already know what happens (Thanks to fanfiction,tumblr, and wikipedia), I decided to keep going. Plus Prime has been done for years and Rescue Bots just recently ended. Which makes me sad.

On a side note, I don’t think I will be making Robots in Disguise 2015 sprites. Mainly because I don’t really like the series. Don’t get me wrong, it’s not a terrible show, it has it’s strong points and it’s not insufferable.I do like that it’s got a new cast of characters, new bad guys, and the focus is no longer on the war. But compared to Prime, it has a very “sequelious” vibe to it. It’s trying to be a sequel to Prime with the back story and saying certain events took place. But it’s also trying to be like Rescue Bots by being more child-friendly. On paper, the combination could work, but execution-wise, it’s very awkward. It’s almost as if the writers of the show haven’t seen all of Prime and only watched a few episodes. What made Prime work was how dark and sophisticated it was. Rescue Bots worked because of how charming and likable it was. Both series knew what they wanted to be, RID2015 meanwhile is going through an identity crisis. Even though I admire the designs of the characters, and it can stand well as a stand-alone series, as a sequel it just feels out of place. I don’t feel comfortable about making work related to things I either don’t like, not a huge fan of, or have little knowledge about. Which is why I am always hesitant when making those requests.

But that’s my personal opinion. You all can like what you like. I will not judge you for it.

But I’m not waiting anymore,I need to indulge myself with the complete series.

____________________________________________________________________________

“Extra Line”

But enough with that, let’s get to the (long) Character list.

Main Autobots (Prime)

Optimus Prime

Ratchet

Bumblebee

Arcee

Bulkhead

Wheeljack

Smokescreen

Ultra Magnus

Human allies (Prime)

Jack Darby

Miko Nakadai

Rafael Esquivel

June Darby

Special Agent William Fowler

Minor Autobots (Prime)

Cliffjumper

Tailgate

Minor Humans (Prime)

Sierra

Vince

Main Decepticons (Prime)

Megatron

Soundwave

Starscream

Shockwave

Knockout

Breakdown

Dreadwing

Airachnid

Ground Vehicon

Air force Vehicon

Minor Decepticons (Prime)

Skyquake

Makeshift

Insecticons (Prime)

Hardshell

M.E.C.H (Prime)

Silas

M.E.C.H agent

Predicons (Prime)

Predaking

Rescue Bots (Rescue Bots)

Heatwave

Chase

Blades

Boulder

Blurr

Salvage

Servo

High Tide

Quickshadow

Burns family (Rescue Bots)

Chief Charlie Burns

Cody Burns

Kade Burns

Dani Burns

Graham Burns

Woodrow Burns

Greene Family (Rescue Bots)

Doc Greene

Frankie Greene

Anna Baranova

CeCe Greene

Dilther

Trex

Villians (Rescue Bots)

Dr. Morocco

Morbots

Myles

Evan

Madeline Pynch

Colonel Quint Quarry

Citizens of Griffin Rock (Rescue Bots)

Mayor H.B. Luskey

Huxley Prescott

Mrs. Neederlander (with Mr. Pettypaws)

Hayley Priscilla Pinch

Taylor

If you read through all of that, allow me to say thank you for reading that long explanation.

And that’s all I have so far.

One more thing, if any of you good sprite makers can help me in the future for other sprite ideas, please let me know.

Please show me that you all liked what I did by leaving a comment and fav.

Is that everything, (looks over notes) I think so.

Thank you all for listening, and I’ll see you all later.

Off to go watch Prime and Rescue Bots.

Transformers Prime and Rescue Bots belong to Hasbro

References from (tfreferences.tumblr.com/)

#transformers prime #transformers rescue bots #tfp optimus prime #tfp ratchet #tfp bumblebee #tfp arcee #tfp bulkhead #tfp wheeljack #tfp smokescreen #tfp ultra magnus #jack darby #miko nakadai #rafael nakadai #june darby #special agent william fowler #william fowler #tfp cliffjumper #tfp tailgate #sierra #vince #tfp megatron #tfp soundwave #tfp starscream #tfp shockwave #tfp knockout #tfp breakdown #tfp dreadwing #tfp airachnid #tfp vehicon #tfp skyquake

[atfauomo]

Dump post!

Everything is labelled and such bc I planned to be more formal about this. But nah! This drawing is very old.

Basically, the reason why there is a bunch of face pictures is because in aTFAUomo, no one cares about faces. No one cares if you have one eye or two or ten or none. Same with noses and mouths. On Cybertron, most bots don’t have a “face” as humans see it, most have either A or B faces.. Bots eat with tentacle like appendages that spring from their back, as shown with figure J (which is technically an Insecticon, but more on what that is on another post). The only reason why one would have a “face” is because they either travel around the galaxy a lot, like following fads, or work in entertrainment. Figures e and f do so. Figures G, H and I show exceptions. Figure H is from a Cybertronian colony where “faces” is what everyone has. Figure G is a Predacon that has a mouth. Figure I has two heads with “faces”.

Figure C and D just shows that bots can change their appearance if they want, D being the original form as a bean, C being the altered form. Changing appearances can give power, but its mostly just for aesthetics. Most bots will have altered their original form bc aesthetic.

Cybertronians can not directly communicate with non-Cybertronians. They need translation devices and training to do so. They communicate to another in what can be called either a “lasagna” or “rainbow” of waves. Each bot emits a mass amount of waves to communicate different things to different people.

Every bot shows emotions with a “sparkwave” a wave that emits horizontally from the spark to others. These waves vary in size and shape depending on the emotion. They can emit many of these lines to anyone. These waves and lines are not visible and technically do not exist, but it makes ir easier to talk to you all about.

The dashed waves shown are profile waves. Every Cybertronian has a profile they make which tells everyone about them. They are always logged on into a system hosted by the city they are in so the city recognizes them and can warp its infrastructure to needed sizes and accomodations. It would be too much for every bot to know everyone’s profile all at once, so these can be directed to certain people.

The smooth wave indicates space. Some bots need more space than others. Some bots are too small to see from diffrrent angles such as from under big robot bobbies cough shockwave boobies can be “told” ahead of time. Bots can feel these waves and move if needed, such as in traffic.

The wavy lines indicate speech. Cybertronians do not talk and hear another from air or anything. They speak directly to one’s system by pinpointing who they want to “hear” them. These words are not given nuances or inflection, hence why sparkwaves are important.

To organic life forms, Cybertronians appear to be boring and emotionless, as translation device can not register the complexity of their communication. Plus, Cybertronians tend to not have a lot of body language at all. When translated, they seem scatterbrained bc they have conversations going on all at once. But this is nornal for them and they emote just as anyone else does.

I complain abt a lack of size difference in Transformers but…yeah this is what I think of size differences in my own version of Transformers. (geez this is such an old drawing back when I was trying to force a cute style, yikes)

Ratbat tier are casseticons. Cosmos tier are those bots who are g1 Bumblebee size. Perceptor tier are g1 car transformer size like Prowl and Beachcomber. Soundwave tier are cars on the bigger side like Springer and Bulkhead. Megatron tier are quite small to most Decepticons. Strika tier (imagine I drew the line) are Seeker size or tank size, most cons are here. Tesarus tier and Skyfire tier are really mostly transport alt modes, Roadbuster and Ultra Magnus reaching Tesarus tier, Overlord and Astrotrain reaching Skyfire tier. Omega Supreme tier are Guardian Bots. OS tier to a citybot are as Soundwave is to Skyfire. Citybot tier to Cybertron are as Strika is to OS. Combiner teams together are not much larger than Skyfire.

Somehow the size differences work out. A lot of stuff differ from humans, as I think Cybrertronians wouldnt be violent or judgy or selfish as humans are. Tech is advanced too, as cities warp and change according to their inhabitants. Cybertronians are giant alien robots, I believe in them.

I realise this must be somewhat vague for people. Cybertronian sizes arent clean cut, not everyone of one alt mode will end up a certain size.I have feet measurements for the tiers, but eh. Just know that Ratbat tier is like 6ft.

#maccadam #transformers au #tf au #atfauomo #transformersau #omegasupreme #skyfire #tesarus #laserbeak #overlord #rosanna #predaking #knockout #shockwave

[seriously-siri]

I know someone who loves Kup and Swerve, may I request those two depressed robots interacting for them?

I didn’t forget you (or your dear friend) lovely Anon!! This was hard. Like super hard…also I am terrified of not getting Kup just right because he is so iconic and fantastic. But…I think I’ve got something for you!

EDIT: And because Tumblr mobile is a complete pile of poo here’s a link to the Ao3 version since the read more doesn’t show up on mobile! (At least it didn’t on mine.)

http://archiveofourown.org/works/10800153 

Swerve was tired. Not in a his last recharge was on and off again kind of way or a he just didn’t sleep enough hours kind of tired. He was tired. The kind of tired when your optics refused to focus and your head feels heavy. When every step you take feels like it took you three minutes to do. When usually light things feel heavier than they should and stupid simple tasks feel so arduous that you don’t think they’re worth it anymore. It was an exhaustion that went to his very core. Even his thoughts felt tired. He didn’t even think that was a thing.

But hey, everyday is a learning experience right? Or some such bullshit like that.

It’s not like he didn’t have a reason to be tired. Every single Cybertronian on Cybertron had every good reason to be tired. They did just save their planet, and the universe (again). While it could be said that Optimus and Megatron did most of the work (and Swerve really really really hated having to admit that Megatron saved them), everyone else was still part of that battle. There was no escaping a million and a half Ammonites attacking the very small space that everyone was crammed into and even though they won, barely, they’d lost a lot of bots. A lot of friends. If things weren’t dire enough, they had become that much more convoluted. I mean, who had expected Megatron’s return?

Swerve had, no mistaking that. Megatron always found a way to come. Why was that any different? The difference now was that he was wearing red on his chest and not purple and Swerve heard it was Bumblebee’s old badge and that just sort made everything that much more messed up. Messed up and hectic and so tense you could pretty much eat the static in the air with a spoon.

Luckily the Lost Light was looking good as new and as soon as the whole debacle that was Megatron’s trial was over they’d be bouncing again. Hopefully that would be sooner rather than later.

“What’re you doing all the way out here, kid?”

Swerve wasn’t sure whether he should turn around or not. Only three bots that he knew of called people ‘kid’ on a daily basis: Ironhide, Kup, and Ratchet.

There was too much of an accent and not enough grump to be Ratchet. Besides, Ratchet was busy. You don’t take part in en epic battle for your planet (and the universe [again]) and not suffer more than a couple injuries. He’d been elbow deep in bot innards since the Lost Light got back to Cybertron. As for the accent, it wasn’t slangy enough to be Ironhide. Just ignore the fact that after his time at the academy, Swerve was pretty sure Ironhide would never willingly start a conversation with him.  Which meant it had to be…

Oh Primus.

“Kup?” And no, his voice did not just squeak into a high pitched ‘I’m clearly vibrating with nerves and excitement at the same time’ tone. Nope. He was going to be totally cool and collected and not ask a million questions because Kup was a Wrecker and Swerve definitely didn’t idolize them and think they were the coolest bots in existence.

Who am I kidding? Definitely not Kup. Nothing got by him. That’s why he was Kup. You don’t get to be as old as Kup, as experienced as Kup, as cool as Kup, by not paying attention to the details.

Swerve didn’t twitch a gear as dark green settled down next to him, a slightly disturbing creak in Kup’s frame made Swerve cringe. Old, right. He’s old.

“Ah,” Kup said with realization as he looked out over the wild and strangely unfamiliar sprawl of Cybertron’s surface in front of them. “I see what you’re doin all the way up here.”

Swerve hadn’t actually considered the view from on top of…wherever he was. It was sort of like a plateau, but it definitely was just some really large piece of debris that managed to not get buried under all the plants that try to kill you when Cybertron had its reset button pushed. He just wanted to get away from everyone for a minute or twelve.

Although, now that he was looking at it, it was pretty stunning. The sun was still fairly high in the sky and the tangled knots of plants below casted shadows that started to make pictures if you stared at the patterns long enough. It was weird, really really weird, to look out and not recognize where they were. Swerve was a lot older than a lot of bots tended to remember, not as old as Kup though.

I wonder if he’ll start doing that thing everyone says he does… Swerve stole a quick glance up at Kup and then quickly looked away. Usually, according to everyone else, when Kup got contemplative (and his face was definitely reading ‘thinking too hard’ right now) he would talk about the past and something he learned from his experiences. Rodimus said it was usually some boring narrative, but Perceptor said that it was always good advice. And damn, Swerve could have used some good at that moment.

“You know,” Kup said slowly, almost to himself more than Swerve. “Looking down at all of that down there, all that mess; it reminds me-”

Called it! And he couldn’t believe he was about to witness one of Kup’s great reminiscence stories. It was too good to be true. Maybe he’d be regaled with some kind of great ancient wisdom! Maybe he could leave this piece of trash and feel slight  better about things.

“Reminds me of the day Ark 1 launched.”

Huh?

Swerve couldn’t help but give Kup a puzzled look. He’d been there at the launch himself and this definitely didn’t look anything like the launch pad and there was definitely not a giant spaceship about to take off into outer space. At least not in front of them. The Lost Light was a couple miles behind them. Also there was no massive crowd or festivities or anything. Literally nothing in front of them could possibly remind Kup of that day.

That damn day in history when everything started falling apart and no one knew it yet. When hopes were so high that nothing could crush them. When everyone was so ignorant to the poison that was beginning to spread across the planet and through society.

Kup gave a small chuckle as Swerve’s facial expressions went from downright confused to borderline angry. “What? Don’t agree with me?”

“Er…no.” Swerve paused, trying to think. Was there something he was missing? He glanced down at the world in front of him and shook his head. “Yeah no, I got nothing.”

Maybe Kup was going senile in his old age. He’d heard that rumor before, too. Whirl always said Kup was more crazy than not. Then again that was Whirl talking so it was hard to take seriously.  

Kup let a small, mischievous smirk crawl up one side of his face. “Hear me out here, kid.”

“I, er, okay. I’ll try.” Swerve frowned. He was good at listening, he’d never have actually made his bar successful if he wasn’t as good at listening as he was at talking, but he was skeptical right now. “Just so you know, I was there that day, so this is going to be a hard sell.”

Kup just grinned and looked down at him. “Good, then this will be easier than I thought it was going to be. It’s hard to describe that day, ya know?” Thinking a moment Kup looked back over the land in front of them, squinting, almost like he was trying to see where the ship would be standing if it were in front of them. “Where were you that day? Where did you watch from?”

Swerve blinked. “The southern side of the launch platform.” He paused. “I was down in the main crowd.” He remembered because he couldn’t see the initial engine power up, since he was too short to see anything other than a sea of legs, but he was also the only one not complaining about the sun being in his eyes; a small plus to being short. Once the Ark was in the air it didn’t matter where you were standing, you could see if from any direction within a hundred miles of the launch zone.

Kup thought a moment and nodded. “The Ark’s trajectory took it right over your head then, huh? I watched it from up front. They asked me to go along, you know. I said no. My home’s always been here and I wasn’t about to abandon it. I thought we could protect it, I thought we had a chance. Even back then, when no one really knew that we were on the cusp of the big fall out, I had a sinking feeling in my gut. It only grew when I watched that ship take off.”

Swerve frowned. He knew. He knew all too well what that feeling was. He had it then, also. He had it now. It was like Cybertron was trying to warn them of something. It was like when you get the feeling that you have something really important to do, but you can’t remember what it is no matter how hard you wrack your processor. Except this feeling was a little more foreboding. Losing the world (again) was a much higher consequence than missing a drinking date with a friend. Unless that friend is Whirl.

Kup continued. “I get the same feeling now. We’ve got a lot of history in our pockets and look where it’s landed us? This ripe old mess. Wasn’t much different back then, either. Now, instead of star systems we’d never seen before or planets we couldn’t fathom we’ve got our own backyard to navigate and discover. Rediscover, actually.”

Okay, also true.

Also, probably the most messed up part of all of this. Even after all the fingers were done pointing and the blame was tossed to everyone’s feet no matter how involved, or uninvolved, they were no could deny that they all had a hand in the whole debacle. Every single bot carried some part of the blame. Decepticon, Autobot, and Neutral alike. That’s why he opened up his bar to all of them. Because to hell with it all. If this was going to be the cycle they kept going through as a race? If tension was always going to break down into war and war into some kind of galaxy threatening end game then why not have a space for people to actually enjoy a moment away from the shit show that was reality?

“So,” Swerve frowned, glancing up at Kup quickly before staring back out to the horizon. “this is more about how we didn’t listen to warning signs back then and wondering if we’re going to do the same this time around?”

“You could say that.” Kup shrugged. “Or wondering what our part in all of it is going to be this time around. If we’ll even have a part. I wondered the same thing back then. Didn’t know how it was going to pan out. We’re writing on the last page of a book and whatever the next chapter is, is going to be a whole new novel.”

Oh. Oh! Oh. Swerve hadn’t actually considered that. Well he did because what else do you do when you come up to secluded piece of trash to stare out at nothing but think about things that happened in the past? But he hadn’t really thought about how it was for someone like Kup. How many more years of hindsight was adding to that doubt and hesitance?

Not to mention that whole being stuck in the Dead Universe thing.

Swerve resisted the urge to cringe. Sure, he’d been involved in things over the course of the war, but his involvement was being as uninvolved as he could while still being somewhat involved. At least involved enough to still have bragging rights. He wasn’t exactly proud of that.

He wasn’t exactly sure he could change at the moment, either.

“What do you think we’ll do this time?” Swerve was almost afraid to ask. Almost.

“Judging from what we’ve done is the past?” Kup sighed and squeezed the bridge his nose. “Probably muck things up.”

“Again.”

“Yeah, again.”

Swerve almost laughed. Almost. He’d definitely gotten a piece of Kup wisdom. 

It wasn’t exactly anything he didn’t already know, just more like all the things he tried to never think about. All the chances they had to change the tides in the past. All the easy mistakes they could have avoided, but didn’t for the sake of…he didn’t even know. Pride? No, not really. Really just for the sake of it. Which was a pretty pathetic excuse.

Kup stood up with a small groan and very long sigh. He looked out over the landscape again and shook his head, disapprovingly. “I’ve been around a long time, been in a lot of moments like this. Don’t like them all that much.” Turning the old bot put a hand in the air and gave a haphazard wave good-bye. “See ya round’ kid. Don’t go thinking too much in one evening. It’ll drive ya mad.”

Hindsight can really be a curse, huh?

Ah! So there it is! I hope I could capture at least a little something that your friend will enjoy! Thank you for the prompt! It was challenging, but in a good way. I had fun =D

#Kup #Swerve #Transformers #maccadam #MTMTE #RID #writing #fanfiction #my writing #why wont it let me tag transformers as a stand alone tag? #wtf tumblr

[ks-caster]

Iron Heart

Fandom: Transformers

Characters: Makayla Barnes, Bumblebee

Notes: The story of an injured Autobot—Cahir—who crash-lands in the back yard of Makayla Barnes, a junior mechanic with no luck, no money, and more than half a mind to take a short walk off the nearest cliff.

Cahir came in search of the All Spark, a massively powerful energy source stolen from his world a century and a half ago by Megatron, an evil dictator hell-bent on universal domination. Cahir’s communications, tracking and navigational systems were severely damaged in a battle in the region of Saturn. His left shoulder was also badly mutilated, and his arm falls off when he crash-lands. He managed to make it to earth—mostly by luck—but without his vital systems online, he can neither locate the All Spark nor call for help.

He must rely on Makayla to fit him out with tires, patch him  back together, and track down the cube before the Deceptacons—or power-hungry humans—can get their hands on it. Makayla in return finds purpose in “Bumblebee’s” plight, although she can’t communicate with him very effectively. As they travel together, she begins to find herself feeling oddly comfortable with her metal companion. He begins to have a deep appreciation of her as well.

Topic: Makayla is looking to get herself drunk enough to have the guts to jump.

Clincher: Makayla has to take a leap of faith, trusting in Bumblebee to catch her.

Prologue: Cahir fights Deceptacons; ambushed in the Saturn area, ganged up on and badly injured. Thinks perhaps Earth is off to his left, and blasts off that way.

Chapter 1: Makayla, cliff, feet dangling, sunset, short 2-paragraph bio, mostly along the lines of the movie. Coward, beer, depressed drunk, about to step off the edge when a massive explosion flings her back. The sun goes down and Kayla stumbles down the Cliffside path in drunken curiosity. “Bee” is curled up as if in pain or fear; looks sort of car-like. Drunken Kayla pulls out a wrench and starts dazedly fixing him.

Chapter 2: Morning comes. Kayla is hung over; wakes up in Bee’s shotgun seat. She goes and gets a tow truck, pulls him up the cliff into her garage. Starts taking him apart, hits a switch that she accidentally turned off last night, and he powers back on. He freaks—duh. She starts talking to him; he uses the radio for some shoddy, imprecise communications. Finally she puts down the big wrench that she’s been holding like a baseball bat, holds up her hands, and tells him that he’s not going anywhere in that condition, but she can fix him. To her surprise, he lays back down and surrenders himself to her care.

Chapter 3: Kayla puts his arm back on, and he figures out how to take audio clips and mix them into words. She can’t call him “hey you” forever, so she calls him Bumblebee because of his coloring, and also because his damaged radio keeps making this buzzing sound. (He has to have the volume way up to make any sound.) She has him fold up again, and puts tires on his rims. He sort of explains his mission, and she says she’ll ask her hacker friend to look for some info. (Look up black hacker dude’s name! He’s the one who can’t just send an e-mail like a normal person.) Just when it looks like things might be going well, the FBI show up.

Chapter 4: Bee takes Kayla on the run, and she goes without a fuss; she has nothing to lose! They travel for a while, and then break into a small-town public library to check Kayla’s e-mail. Hacker has found info on a super-secret government project in Area 51 (wiki it) that sounds a lot like it might be the cube. On their way out, they find a beach, and Kayla expresses a strong interest in hopping the fence to use the shower. Bee parks himself and turns off his headlights, voicing no objection. The FBI find them and they are captured.

Chapter 5: Kayla tries to break out, fails, and Bee sacrifices his own hide to keep her from being killed when she is caught. She is taken for interrogation on what exactly her part is in all this, and in the process she sees where the cube is. A monkey-wrench gets thrown in the works when the Deceptacons show up.

Chapter 6: The government tries and fails to fight off the Deceptacon attack, and in the confusion Kayla manages to get free and retrieve the All Spark. She wants to keep the Deceptacons from getting it, but she is also worried about Bee, so—not really knowing what else to do with the thing—she takes it to him. The humans—who just wanted the cube for its clean energy potential—didn’t plan on fighting creepy space bots, and it’s now very easy for Kayla and Bee to slip out. Bee, however, wants to fight the Deceptacons, because they will tear the planet apart searching for the All Spark. He wants to protect the place where Kayla exists. He tells her to take the cube and run while he leads them off planet. Just when things look dire, the rest of the Autobots show up.

Chapter 7: There is a bit of a ‘Bot argument; Optimus says that they have what they came for, and should leave. Bee says they shouldn’t leave their problem for the humans to deal with. He manages to convince Optimus to fight, and the final battle ensues. Bee nearly dies using the overwhelming power of the All Spark to paralyze Megatron.

Chapter 8: Megatron is taken back to Cybertron to face judgment. Bee is fully repaired by Ratchet, who also teaches Kayla a bunch about Autobot maintenance. Kayla has bittersweet feelings about learning; she is deeply interested, but sad because she’ll never get the chance to use the skills. She doesn’t know how to say goodbye to Bee, but he opts to remain with her on earth, just in case. ☺ 

Epilogue: Makayla’s quest to end her own life ends with saving everyone else’s, and she pursues a career as a mechanic. Opinions among her friends are divided; is she single, or is Cahir her boyfriend? Either way, she loses interest in flesh and blood guys.

Bits and Pieces:

 “Hey, who builds a robot that can feel pain?” Pain shows damage, brings remorse, control, conscience. It helps prevent people from becoming completely heartless monsters.

Kayla can ride Bee like… well, like a mech. There’s a seat in his chest. She is his heart…

The Autobots aren’t the aliens; they were just built by aliens. 

Someone tells Makayla “everyone marries someone.” Well, actually, a lot of folks stay single too. But everyone is devoted to something. Work, hobbies, another person…

“They fried it for being what they created it to be…”

#Beth's New Year's Cleaning Queue #free to a good home #Any and all parts available for general use with credit #transformers #fanfic #fanfiction #writing #tw suicide #I've typed that tw several times in forming this queue #in my defense none of the characters succeed! #They all get help

[tripchannger]

.....does Blitzwing have a type? 👀

....

Here’s the list:

Smart, sassy, calm, and short

However he does like big bots too! Thick bots can be real good and does love the variety. 

(I do say bots, but I mean... He’s sorta curious about other types of lifeforms *coughs* humans *coughs*) 

#[> ANSWER TRUTHFULLY NOW! (ANSWERED) <] #[> OOC <] #either have bots as small as Bumblebee or as big as Megatron #but man #he is curious about a lot of things