Mango

21/ header and icon art by me

[snows-of-boreas]

@mangosalsa01 wrote Skywarp and Ramjet so cutie in Frame Doubling so now they're stuck in my brain ;;-;;

[mangosalsa01]

I feel like I need to replace my eyes with new ones because these ones have reached the maximum amount of cuteness they're allowed to see in a lifetime now that I've seen THIS!!!

[mangosalsa01]

My sister's Megatron fanart 🙌 she's seven and already making peak art for the most peak fandom ✋😌

[amazing-labirynth]

Frame Doubling Chapter 1

I've decided to turn one of my favorite fanfics, Frame Doubling by @mangosalsa01 , into a comic series!

I defintely recommend you check it out, it's a really fun read, and expect the second chapter soon :)

[mangosalsa01]

This is gonna be spinning circles in my head for the rest of my life!!!! 🙌 It's so BEAUTIFUL

[mangosalsa01]

[mangosalsa01]

Scavenger but his alt is either this or this and nothing in between

[mangosalsa01]

I know the cybertron scenes are important for the plot but omg i cant with the cassette cliff hangers!!! So excited for the next chapters, great work as always

THANK YOU!! 🤭🤭

I had actually planned for the next Cybertron chapter to be chapter 69 but decided the cliffhanger from 68 would be too mean to leave off on, but I ended up making another chiffhanger anyway, oopsies 😅

[mangosalsa01]

So so excited for soundwave to reunite with the cassettes

I also cant wait for the elite trine to fully reunite even though I know its gonna be so angsty

I also love soundwave and starscream and their dynamics and miss them interacting

Dont trust megatron one bit 💔 starscream my boy, run, take ur little polycule and book it 💔

Aahhhh the reunions 🥺The cassettes and Soundwave miss each other so bad 😫 they're never gonna wanna leave Soundwave's tape deck once they're together again

And the TRINE'S reunion 🙏 those three need to be on their best behavior when they see each other again or they'll screw up all their progress (looking at you, Starscream)

I miss Starscream and Soundwave interacting too!! Their dialogue with each other is so fun to write. They need to accept that they're practically besties 🤭

It's VERY reasonable not to trust Megatron ✋🙂‍↕️ you're right, Starscream needs to watch out, that Megatron guy always has some sort of nefarious plan

[mangosalsa01]

Hi!! I’ve been loving Frame Doubling! The most recent update was very exciting (I was on the edge of my seat the WHOLE time) and I cannot wait to see how this impacts the upcoming story!!!

I have a question about the pain patches!! They’ve been mentioned sooo many times throughout the fic (and again in the latest chapter) and I’m very curious as to how they’re administered. It seems like they can be placed anywhere? I’ve always imagined them to be adhesive stickers, but I’m not sure how that would actually work considering that they’re being placed on metal. So! How do these pain patches attach to the bots? How do they work to relieve pain in alien beings that are made of metal?

Thanks for your time and keep up the wonderful writing :))

Thank youuuuu!!! 🤭🤭

Great question!!

Pain patches is a concept that shows up in other fics a lot too so I'm not the inventor of the concept, however, generally when others are talking about pain patches, they're talking about a patch of code that is used to block pain signals. I use the patch as a physical item closer to what you are imagining.

Pain patches in this fic are like super thin data chips that attach magnetically when activated and interact with their frame for a set amount of time, sending that code to their processor and preventing pain. Kind of like how taking a pill works for humans, the chemical will eventually reach the brain and do their magic.

The metal that the Cybertronians are made of is a living metal that behaves differently than non-living metal (except for the combaticons and this DOES impact them). The metal is made up of nanites that are like human cells and have different functions. This is their immune system, and the system that takes the components of energon and distributes it across their frame so that they can grow (to a degree), it is also how their sensory nervous system works. Signals like sensation and touch are communicated with these nanites and the patch interacts with the nanites when it is applied, sending them false signals that override their own and make the pain stop. The patches can be placed anywhere that is flat and different sizes will have different strengths and durations in which they work and they look kinda like these PCB boards...

[mangosalsa01]

It was warm today so my brain cooked up a transformers summer camp au

I'm just gonna put some random stuff here because if I don't get it out of my head I'll never be able to focus again

The basic plot:

Skywarp, Thundercracker, (our main characters) and whoever else are a part of a fresh batch of newly hired camp counselors. Starscream had worked there for a few summers and begged TC and Warp to work there just for one summer at least because Megatron (the camp owner) will fire him if he doesn't prove he can stop scaring off all the other employees with his Starscream-ness. Camp Decepticon has a strong rivalry with the camp across the lake; Camp Autobot.

Then, y'know, camp stuff happens.

Chapter 1: Introduction to the setting, characters, and basic idea of what they're all doing here

Chapter 2: first day actually trying to get along with everyone new and figuring out their jobs

Chapter 3: first time meeting characters from Camp Autobot

Chapter 4: campfire stories (+ Swindle side quest)

Chapter 5: a summer heatwave = lake day

Chapter 6: a camp mystery to solve

Chapter 7: Starscream actually gets fired and the camp falls apart without him (he's re-hired with renewed appreciation)

Chapter 8: a summer storm means everyone is stuck inside for the day.

Chapter 9: a competition with the rival camp gets out of hand. They're forced to work together to fix it and establish some good relationships as a result

Chapter 10: summer's over good-byes

[cybertronanalogousspecies]

i can't forget your faces

this command trine art brought to you by my obsession with @mangosalsa01's fic Frame Doubling! hope you like it <3

for those interested, unobscured faces under the cut (this took me over 30 hours i am getting as much out of the art i've done as i possibly can)

[mangosalsa01]

This is giving me chest pains 🥹

(because it's so pretty it's making my heart try to take over and write for me but my heart is illiterate so I must shove it down, hence the pain)

[mangosalsa01]

Im sorta new to your work but really love it so far! How often do you update, is it like a schedule or more so by motivation?

Thank you!! 🥰 It's not a set schedule, but I don't tend to take more than 8 or 9 days before posting a new chapter, sometimes sooner 😁

[mangosalsa01]

Reading your note on chapter 62 almost made me cry

Im really happy that you got into the school you wanted!!! Honestly im in the same boat as you, im currently studying to be a scientist (feild biologist and conservationist) just like starscream and jetfire (I say in autism)

Also question about the fic

Is the command trine going to be more of a queer platonic relationship or romantic and or sexual?

Thank you!!! You understand 🥹 Science lovers unite 🙏

AMAZING QUESTION ☝️ their relationship is and will stay more like a queer platonic relationship

I often like to say that "queer platonic" is the best human words we have for their relationship because trining is a very Cybertronian experience that is very vast and many human labels can be applied to different trines

[mangosalsa01]

I feel so much better about having to move to Detroit in a few months now that I've remembered Transformers: Animated takes place there

I'm gonna romanticize this like crazy ✋🙂‍↕️

[chaoskat11]

"I'm sorry"

Inspired by chapter 28 of Frame Doubling by @mangosalsa01 :3

I've been wanting to draw some fanart for a while but I don't draw often and I couldn't figure out how to draw what I wanted until I watching this amazing animatic by wormtime and it showed exactly what my brain had been failing to form, so I used some snippets from the video as reference.

Also here's a bonus vehicon (and my initial sketch of megatrons altmode) my sister had me sketch on a box with a colored pencil for some art practice. As well as IDW Tailgate I drew in my notes instead of listening to my professor 😅

[mangosalsa01]

Calling all Starscream's pain enjoyers!! You're gonna wanna see this ☝️🙂‍↕️

[alliwolf10]

I made a drawing inspired by chapter 28 of Frame Doubling by @mangosalsa01

This scene was on my mind for a while (I don't normally draw backgrounds in my drawings. Pretend it's Starscream's lab😅)

This art kinda goes with my sister @chaoskat11 's art of the same scene

[mangosalsa01]

Turn your brightness ALL the way up and drink in these details I'm losing my mind over here 🙌

[alliwolf10]

I recently got into transformers and decided to draw some fanart of Dirge and Astrotrain since there's seemingly no fanart that exists (I blame the fanfic "Frame Doubling" by @mangosalsa01 for making me love them)

[mangosalsa01]

My heart!! They deserve to be this close and happy ✋🥹

I never thought I'd get to see these two together, I am CONSUMING this art 🙏

[mangosalsa01]

I just want one canon asexual transformer! JUST ONE! I feel like a part of me will forever be missing until I get a canon asexual transformer.

C'mon guys 🙏 let's pick a character together and fanon all over them until nobody knows their asexuality isn't canon. Fanon is JUST AS POWERFUL give me headcannons please!!

[technicallyeldritch]

aroace nautica. I think her character's emphasis on platonic relationships and the ways they go wrong are fire and relatable as an ace guy :D

[mangosalsa01]

AROACE NAUTICA IS CANON NOW!!