A Little Spark To Spark

a ship poll blog for the common bot :: Ship Submissions Open! :: Inspired by @tf-ship-polls :: mod @gophergal

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Do you ship The Transformers?

Then cast your votes here, because here? We love LOVE!

Submitting ships...

is encouraged! Your favorites, your rarepairs, your crack ships- all are welcome. Please, specify the continuities of any characters involved in your ship! The multiverse is vast and varied, and one's OTP in one continuity may be their NOTP in another. Polyamorous*, human/mech, cargo shipping, and continuity crossover are all acceptable, as well. Go nuts, come up with something crazy, funny, and/or obscure! You might just make someone's new OTP *Limit poly ships to Seven Characters! Big polycules are wonderful and fun, but as each poll comes with art, that is a lot of work. However, more than seven characters are perfectly suited for a Ship Discussion ask, so if a submission has reached that, they will be assumed to be asking for a ship discussion

When interacting...

please be civil! This blog and these polls exist to celebrate shipping and have fun, not to compete with one another. If you don't enjoy a pairing, you may say that- and even mention why not or what ship(s) you prefer for the characters involved, but bashing of ships and characters (and especially the real people who enjoy them!) is simply rude and uncalled for. Feel free to send asks to this blog discussing ships, characters, or headcanons, as well. While not the focus, these are more than welcome

No Nuance?

This is to prevent rarer ships from being inevitably won out by "I dont know this character", "nuetral", ect. If you enjoy a pairing's aesthetics, dynamic, or potential, then I would recommend you vote "I ship it", even if you have never previously considered it

Why?

Because shipping is the backbone of modern fandom, and Transformers has a wealth of characters to pair with one another. Due to the 40+ year run of the franchise, a truly fascinating culture has developed within the transformative side of the fandom Also, because @/tf-ship-polls (who the mod of this blog has taken inspiration from) has been dormant for the better part of two years, and because @gophergal is nothing if not a curious cat

Mascot

(not an rp blog, but a mascot seemed like a fun thing to add to this project. Largely irrelevant, but makes for a fun meta context (??) to this)

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Do You Ship-

(Aligned) Grimlock/(Aligned) Bumblebee

I ship this!

I do not ship this.

Remaining time: 8 hours 39 minutes

Submitted by @sassycandypoetry

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just wanna say matchmaker lives rent Free in my head

such a guy, such a goober, skrunkly

hehe thanks! Here, have another doodle of them

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List of Submitted Ships

Been a while since I posted a poll, and I'm not sure when the next will be up (lost going on in my life rn), so I figured this would be a good option for the time being. Here's all of the ships currently in the Inbox:

(Soup) Thundercracker/Skyfire

(Aligned) Ratchet/Knockout

(Animated) Blurr/Bumblebee

(Animated) Blacharachnia/Slipstream

(Aligned) Grimlock/Bumblebee

(Animated) Shockwave/Blurr

(G1) Octane/Starscream

(Animated) Jazz/Prowl

(G1) Onslaught/Scrapper

(Marvel) Emirate Xaaron/Impactor

(Aligned) Shockwave/Concept Of Science

(IDW1) Starscream/Wheeljack

(IDW1) Ratchet/Pharma

(IDW1) First Aid/Thundercracker

(G1) Soundwave/Blaster

(Soup) Prowl/Microsoft Excel

(Soup) Beachcomber/Scavenger

(IDW2) Heavywait/Strika

(Animated) Prowl/Captain Carmine Fanzone

(IDW1) Rodimus/Starscream

If you see a ship here that you were going to submit, you can still send it in! I'll take that into account for which to prioritize, especially if you tell me what you like about them, point to moments in canon, or even recommend fanworks of them!

[gophergal]

very shy to ask but on your do you ship blog, would you be tolerant to one sided relationships (as in, one character cares deeply and loves another but knows they can never confess due to work and the war) or does it need to be both characters are in love? Thanks :)

So, on the ship poll blog anything goes, but I prefer presenting simply characters without qualifiers on their relationship. Like, I wouldn't make one poll for Requited Windcharger/Pipes (to pick two characters at random) and a separate poll for One Sided Windcharger/Pipes, if that makes sense. HOWEVER, if a submitter has a specific dynamic for their ship in mind, they can include that in the ask and I will put that on the poll post as Support (because Support is just. Once again anything goes as long as there's no bashing going on. That's my only hard rule for the blog: no character or ship bashing. Canon, Fanon, whatever you want to add to back up your ship, that can go with your submission and I'll add it.)

(also I must say. I fucking LOVE "I can't confess/we can't be together because of the war." That slaps incredibly every time. hell yeah. That's sorta what happens with ThunderBee [my otp....] in my sib 'n I's fancontinuity lol. For them it's requited- they KNOW it's requited, but they can't act on those feelings. because the war...)

On the voter side, I personally believe that "I like them as a one sided ship" counts as an I Ship It, but I obvs can't control how individuals vote lol

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Do You Ship-

(ES) Megatron/(ES) Soundwave/(ES) Elita-1?

I ship this!

I do not ship this.

Voting ended onApr 16

Submitted by Anon

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does matchmaker even have a job or just spends every waking day shipping

asking because im just imagining them either living in a decent like studio apartment or something completely rundown and genuinely feels like no in-between.

probably could be a good photographer tbh

I hadn't actually thought it through, so I consulted my Most Trusted Advisor (older sibling) and we came to the only logical conclusion:

Matchmaker makes a living through [Space Patreon](TM). Access to exclusive candids of everyone's favorite ships? Matchmaker's own, written-from-the-spark RMF (Real Mecha Fiction)? All of that can be yours if you support them on [Space Patreon](TM)!

bonus wigglypaint doodle

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Do You Ship-

(G1) Skydive/(G1) Breakdown?

I ship this!

I do not ship this.

Voting ended onApr 11

Submitted by Anon

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Do You Ship-

(IDW) Thunderclash/(IDW) Rodimus?

I ship this!

I do not ship this.

Voting ended onApr 2

Submitted by @sassycandypoetry

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Over My Dead Body (Rated T)

Taking It Further (Explicit)

[gophergal]

oops, dropped a cutie here

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Do You Ship-

(IDW) Ultra Magnus/(IDW) Megatron

I ship this!

I do not ship this.

Voting ended onApr 5

Submitted by Anon

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Do You Ship-

(IDW) Thunderclash/(IDW) Rodimus?

I ship this!

I do not ship this.

Voting ended onApr 2

Submitted by @sassycandypoetry

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Do You Ship-

(SG) Thundercracker/A Packet Of Skittles?

I ship this!

I do not ship this.

Voting ended onMar 29

Submitted by Anon

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Do You Ship-

(Animated) Ratchet/(Animated) Arcee?

I ship this!

I do not ship this.

Voting ended onMar 27

Submitted by @karlyanalora

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Do You Ship-

(IDW) Tarn/(IDW) Prowl?

I ship this!

I do not ship this.

Voting ended onMar 23

Submitted by Anon

[queen-of-heretics]

A blackout drunk one night stand is all i can see happening here. It would be so messy and make them both worse

Where's the fics

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Do You Ship-

(IDW) Tarn/(IDW) Prowl?

I ship this!

I do not ship this.

Voting ended onMar 23

Submitted by Anon

[burbur178-specialedition]

Never even thought about this ship but I felt I could spread some propaganda of how I think it would work out:

So IDW Prowl believes that there will be pease if all the Decepticons are dead or imprisoned, right?

And Tarn kills Decepticons for a living (sure, deserters, slackers and ‘religious fanatics’. But still, Decepticons in Prowls eyes).

Imagine, then, a post-war scenario where the Autobots win. There is peace, sure, but Prowl is not happy, because Optimus gives a chance for ‘con to redeem themselves. This coupled with a few Decepticon terrorist attacks makes the sirens go off in Prowls head.

He does not believe the war is truly over until every Decepticon is gone.

Tarn, still alive, continues his duty of wiping off every ‘con that doesn’t stay in line off the face of the universe.

Oddly enough, Prowl is all for this. Tarn is not only getting rid of monsters in his eyes, but also furthering the publics beliefs that all ‘cons are evil, by making sure they keep the war-effort going.

And so Prowl and Tarn basically work together to further their own agenda and idk maybe romance blossoms in the midst of it. They spend more time together, use each other as support as they know the other needs them for their ultimate goal, and start to alienate the world.. except for this one person that wants the opposite.. but will do the same to get it.

Basically two extremist on both sides of the Cybertronian spectrum work together and do the same war-crimes to meet opposite goals and fall get way too close for either of their comfort on the way.

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Keeping a Spreadsheet, btw

Since we have 10 closed polls, I'll show y'all the stats!

Least Controversial Ship - Cyclonus/Tailgate

Most Controversial Ship - Trailbreaker/Whirl*

Most Votes - Shockwave/Starscream

(* controversial in this case meaning that it's the closest to 50/50. Thus far, nothing has caused discourse to show up. Though if you do feel strongly about a ship that has a poll at any point, feel free to share! Even if it's things you dislike about it, that's fine as long as you are civil and respectful)