superior to humans in every way

[tfoutofcontextcomicedition]

[hirocimacruiser]

Sakura Suzuki Mighty Boy Kei class pick up

[muzantropic]

TNA-1500 Radio Telescope Tver region, Kalyazin, Russia

Photo: Alexey Kolosov

[official-kircheis]

@andmaybegayer

[andmaybegayer]

is he, you know, *bearing squealing noise*

[vltone]

love received and given

[tfrarepairing]

RARE PAIRING FEST 2026, OCTOBER 18-31!

Howdy y'all! Welcome to the 2026 Transformers Rare Pairing Fest Preshow, where we're starting the preparations for our two week celebration of rare or unusual ships.

We don't have a ton for you today, just the prompt list and a quick reminder of the criteria of “rare pairing" for our festival.

For Rare Pairing Fest, the following criteria applies (for art, fic and other creations):

The loose criteria we use at TF Rare Pairing is

A pairing with less than 100 fics on A03 (we don't count ffn anymore because the site is getting so unreliable)

Or

A pairing not in the top 10 most popular pairings on A03 (because anything not in the top ten in this fandom usually hits the other marks.)

Or

A pairing with 10 or fewer creators regularly creating content for it (that one is harder to pin down, I know)

Or

A Pairing that hasn't had content made for it (that we can find) in 5 years or more.

This criteria means that LOTS of things will qualify that you don't think will (like, apparently, SG MegaStar!) If you’re in doubt or just want a second opinion on your pairing, please don't hesitate to ask. We are always happy to make a spot decision. (Asks are always open on Tumblr or you can email the mods at tfrare.pair(at)Gmail(dot)com.

And now, what you're really here for!

The 2026 TF Rare Pairing Fest Prompt List, with many thanks to Kellendraysia for the graphic! As usual, we have a bonus theme for each week and anyone using that theme in one or more fills will earn a bonus banner at the end of the Fest. Anyone who fills all 14 days will earn another banner. That means you can earn up to FOUR BANNERS and a metric ton of bragging rights, because all participants get a banner for making one or more fills.

Oct 18: Summer Loving//Martial Arts Oct 19: Political Opponents//Reincarnation Oct 20: Exploring A Cave System//Annual Migration Oct 21: The Night Belongs To Lovers//Roller Coaster Oct 22: "The Fantastic Legend of Tohno"*//Special Interests Oct 23: Fine Dining//Horror Show Oct 24: Outdoor Performance//The Cowherd and the Weaver Girl Oct 25: Conspiracy Theories//Nightstalker Oct 26: Tech Support//Eugene Onegin** Oct 27: Going To A Soiree//Jail Break Oct 28: Nowhere Farther To Go//Horror AU Oct 29: Religious Experience//Trivia night Oct 30: Workplace Training//Met in transit Oct 31: Craft Meet-up//Fall Out Boy's "Hold Me Tight"***

Week One Bonus Theme: Seekers Week Two Bonus Theme: Femmes/Female Characters

*"Touhou 7 Stage 2 theme "The Fantastic Legend of Tohno" via YouTube https://youtu.be/J2MUhP787D0?si=8R9b9aaUgRkiFFeB"

**Eugene Onegin, a a novel in verse written by Alexander Pushkin and ballet and opera https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugene_Onegin_(disambiguation)

***Fall Out Boy's "Hold Me Tight" via YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jG1JY0rt2Os&pp=ygUNaG9sZCBtZSB0aWdodA%3D%3D"

[mordhiobhail]

vintage nonsense

[robotlesbianjavert]

shut the fuck up perceptor.

[transformersheritagepost]

transformers heritage post

[punished-venom-solitair-e]

everyone post your biggest hear me outs my friend just showed me two conventionally attractive white men in a row i need to teach him what a real hear me out is

[gardenofeden5457]

.world's largest excavator- nay, world's largest vehicle- the bagger 288

.also, scale reference! just the wheel is 70 feet in diameter

[purpurkat-makes-things]

Completely forgot to post photos of my finished Tarantulas scarf! Hand crocheted and designed by me

[kkoribyeol]

The Rocky Beginnings of an Alliance

[peitoll]

two of my favorite seeker designs

[decepti-thots]

TL;DR: this post contains links to download the mainline comics in both the original IDW Transformers continuity and the 2019 'IDW2' reboot, as they are currently out of print and it is hard to consistently find complete downloads of them online. You can download individual issues or a full .zip file, from either a MEGA folder or via BitTorrent. Please share if anyone asks about where to get these!

This is an updated masterpost for both of my prior download posts for these comics, as 1) I have updated both folders quite a bit in the past few months to be more complete, and 2) I now have torrent versions if MEGA gives you trouble; I will be seeding these for however long I can, likely at least a few months, possibly indefinitely. (I have tested both and believe that the torrent is probably faster, ftr.)

In short: these are two sets of downloads which contain all the 'mainline' releases for the original and rebooted IDW Transformers comics continuities. I believe after much help from people on here that I have added everything I originally missed or did not correctly upload! I hope! God I hope!!!

IDW1 direct download | IDW1 torrent IDW2 direct download | IDW2 torrent

For IDW1, some notes:

These are in .cbz/.cbr format. To read .cbz files, you need to download a comic viewer program that works on your device, there's tons. Best way to read comics digitally by far.

The way these are collected reflects the Humble Bundle they did of a collection of the entire continuity ahead of the IDW2 relaunch. What this means is that everything here is presented in its standard collected edition, as digital trade paperbacks, until the very end; when the HB came out, the last couple trades had not yet been released. These comics (e.g. Unicron, the very end of LL) are therefore individual issues.

I have also added in the Last Stand of the Wrecker deluxe edition extras and the Dark Cybertron deluxe edition extras, alongside the extras in the Drift: Spotlight director's cut edition. Because I love you all.

For IDW2:

Unlike IDW1, I do not have the trades for this, only the same individual issues in .cbr you can find in a couple places already. But if it is more convenient for you to download a single thing in one swoop, well. You can!! Saves you the clicking I did, lmao. And it never hurts to keep circulating the tapes, does it.

Over the years getting ahold of these comics has gotten more and more scattershot, and the main remaining direct downloads either don't have easy bulk download options or have them in the 'IDW Collection' format, which is very unhelpful IMO reading order wise, since it mixes the different series together. Most public torrents are now very inactive as well. I'm hoping this will make it a little easier to Just Download Them. I have been asked a few times if it is OK to share my downloads, and the answer is yes (do not be stupid and @ Hasbro or something), share links as much as you want! I have the bandwidth, it's no problem 👍

[mancatrex]

for me to put on the wall so I LOCK TF IN.

[astralzeraphias]

“I will create desolation— and call it peace.”

[decepti-thots]

Did you know that if you get a modern music player app that can use WinAmp skins (e.g. Audacious), there's an site that has quite a chunk of Transformers themed ones? Well I found out today and:

Search results for "transformers" in the Winamp Skin Museum. Explore skins, view details, and interact with previews.

I am absolutely in love with these Blaster/Soundwave ones. (They're actually quite new- I think from only 2019!)

[gundonskoy]

pepper spraying him

[tfoutofcontextcomicedition]