I make stuff on the internet.
A lot of it is transformers.
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Art Requests for transformers drawings are also open here. I'm also doing artfight this year focusing on people's TF OCs
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Intro
Howdy I'm Mitochondria, Mito for short, Mitocho for not so short, I'm a techno-organic alien (NOT a robot) obsessed with Transformers, drawing, and 3D modeling.
Blog Navigation
Most of my stuff here is Transformers fanart which can be found under #Transformers, any little ramblings of mine are under #mito yaps, then theres my Transformers ocs!
All can generally be found under #tf oc but there's some groups:
#tebesk - A group of bots trapped on a dead abandoned colony, all wanting to get out. [Lore Masterpost]
#curvedpath - A Decepticon defect turned Autobot, her ex who can't feel pain and stays loyal to the Decepticons, and Decepticon mini-bot twins who's relationship has turned for the worst that combine into one. [Lore Masterpost]
#chancehunters - The totally normal crew of the Last Chance, an intergalactic bounty hunting ship made entirely of unaligned Cybertronians (well we're pretty sure Mako is Cybertronian) [Lore Masterpost]
#runawaycogs- A trio of young bots that escaped a Devil Z cult. They definitely don't have any deep rooted problems from that. Yep nope totally not... [Lore Masterpost]
Interests
Transformers ofc, most G1/JPTF. Favorite characters include Sixshot, Wheelie, Astrotrain, Minerva, Raiden, Yukikaze, San D-Go, Windy, Chromia, and many many more becuase I love almost everyone and its hard to choose.
Other main interests: Kamen Rider, Gundam, Guilty Gear, Tezuka works (especially Blackjack), Mega Man, Godzilla, WRC, and Monster Hunter
What is Mito Watching?
I'm currently doing a watch through of almost every Transformers show (excluding botbots but I may add them in when I get there if I feel tempted. ( ＴДＴ))
Design exploration stuff for my au designs of the g1 kids
Its actually sad how hard it is to try to find sources for period accurate wheelchairs. I ended up taking photos from a local newspaper for reference. When I make Chip's final design I'll try to find better reference for his wheelchair.
If we are having a genuine discussion about our intrests, and I mention that I like trains, and you take that as an opportunity to drown out whatever I want to share about my intrests to you with repeatedly quoting the asdfmovie I Like Trains sketch I will tie you up and make you watch my presentation on the JNR Class D51.
So I was thinking of making a Carly design for my au
And starting thinking of like academic looking 80s wear
And eventually realized that I was basically imagining a white version of my mom when she was a teen
So I stole my mom's character design and made Carly brown
These are just sketches testing the idea of it but honestly I love it and think I'll keep it. Looking through my mom's 80s wardrobe for inspiration and its just perfect for Carly.
I was looking at old family photos from the 80s and found a picture of my mom and uncle on Christmas opening a GoBots toy looking so happy and it made me so emotional.
My brother made a tumblr account solely to vote Senshi for the sexyman poll, and of course I wanted to try and coax him to stay here. Foolishly I showed him post tagged as his favorite things, which has appeared to have the inverse effect.
I'm finally sitting down and writing all this down, this is the lore on Noname, Wingover, Skipbeat, and Angel, who I've posted art for before but will also put in this as relevant.
First things first, quick side note: This symbol will show up in some pictures
This is Skipbeat's signature, any image with it was drawn by her! It's the Pre-Modern "S" and "B" smashed together. No with that out of the way...
What is Tebesk?
Tebesk was a Cybertronian colony planet, initially used for mining, then later also grew as a moderately big energy research hub due to the planet's abundant energy sources. Right before the war started, a research project meant to harness the planet's energy went awry and left the planet surrounded buy an electrical storm in the atmosphere, blocking out communications and wrecking any ship trying to go in or out. Tebesk was already divided by a large wealth disparity, mostly caused by the divide of the scientists and the miners, and things only went worse after the storm started, an event that would go on to be known as the Blackout. The 3 major cities, Naerun, Rudern, and Cinion got taken over by the most powerful as fortresses. Naerun became the hardest city to get into, operating under despotic rule by a former researcher called Oxide, however still had the most resources from pre-Blackout. Rudern was taken over by the former miners and operates under "survival of the fittest." Cinion's ruler is hidden from the public, and became more of a trading hub than a fortress due to being dangerously close towards a more violent area of the storm, however those without valuable resources are denied entry. Those not in charge of cities either proved their worth to the ruler of the city, or left to survive on their own in the desert of Tebesk. Most of the flyers made a pact to join forces and survive in a group called the Conspiracy, taking claim to the land in the mountains near Rudern, and constantly raid the city for resources.
Noname
Noname was sparked post-Blackout, and taken in very early by the ruler of Naerun, Oxide, due to his tank alt-mode making him a useful bodyguard. As Oxide's bodyguard, Noname lived a relatively easy existence in the "upper-class" of Naerun. Eventually, he discovered that he had a 3rd, animal alt-mode. He did his best to hide it, but when an assassination attempt was made on Oxide, Noname used his canine mode to save him. Oxide saw his animal mode as a sign of weakness, and his status as a triple changer as a sign of insanity, and exiled him, taking his name and the eyes from his animal alt mode. The experience left Noname with resentment towards being a triple-changer and his tank mode. Exiled, Noname began to wonder the desert alone, until he met Wingover.
Wingover
Wingover was sparked around the same time as Noname , and she was taken in early by the Conspiracy. She quickly became an expert flyer and valued member, even being close to earning a leadership position, but on a raid on Rudern for energy, she was cornered by the defense and had her wing ripped off. She was allowed to live, and she dragged herself back to the Conspiracy. The Conspiracy saw this as a personal failing, and deemed that without her flight, she could not longer aid the group so she too was exiled. Wingover and Noname met each other during their exiles, and made a pact to help each other survive.
Wingover and Noname both were exiled from their previous groups. Wingover holds a resentment for herself for in her own mind, letting herself get shot in her wing, ripping it off, she still tries to rationalize her previous group as being in the right. This is mostly due to Wingover being conditioned to value strength above all else and any mistake, failing, to be a sign of weakness that needs to be punished. Noname holds resentment for his previous group for turning on him the moment they discovered his 3rd mode, and does not hold any resentment for himself. He understands that he had no control over his situation, and is sort of happy that he did end up exiled as it led to him meeting Wingover. They were both alone for the first time when they met each other, and connected immediately. The problem is that Noname views their lives as being shaped because of their similar hardships, while Wingover views it as being in spite of. Noname sees what happened to both of them to be situations outside of their control that ended up shaping both of them for the better. Wingover sees the situations as being avoidable signs of weakness, that they both overcame, and sees Noname as the pinnacle of someone overcoming weakness. Along with this, they both have an idealized version of each other. Wingover comes from a culture valuing strength above all others, so she sees Noname as a powerful beast, a triple-changer, a tank, a beast mode with sharp teeth in claws, while in reality Noname resents the parts of him that make him seem hostile, he hates being a triple changer, he hates his tank mode. Noname views Wingover as being broken, lashing out due to a fear inside left from her injury and abandonment, its because of these that despite Wingover's outbursts he stays close to her. In reality, Wingover has let her hatred at herself turn her bitter. She lashes out to try to get some control back at her life, and to feel like she's no longer the one at fault. Wingover does verbally lash out at Noname quite a bit, and sees Noname ignoring her abuse as a sign of the strength that she idolize in him They both feel like they have a deep connection with each other, but its built on mutual misunderstandings about each other.
Skipbeat
Skipbeat, not of Tebesk. Skipbeat is from another colony, one she was taken from before she even went online by an alien species called the Chorcora. She was forced from basically the moment she gained consciousness to fight in an intergalactic gladiator ring. Being a Cybertronian, she had a pretty good advantage over most fights. While being kept there, she met a cybernetics surgeon named Kicks.
Kicks was initially working in the ring as an indentured servant, but would end up staying after his contract due to forming a paternal attachment towards Skipbeat. He was the one to give Skipper her name, guitar, and teach her Cybertronian. Kicks wanted Skipper to be free, but knew he would never be able to get the money to buy her from the ring himself. He began pleading to some of the wealthy watchers of the fights, and found a patron somewhat sympathetic for Skipper. The patron agreed to free Skipper in exchange for Kicks giving them cybernetic enhancements. The patron would end up taking Skipper without telling Kicks, and taking her to the closest Cybertronian colony, which unfortunately was Tebesk. She miraculously survived the landing, and was found by the other two, and she was let to join The Outsiders. With Skipbeat coming from outside, Noname begins to dream of escaping Tebesk, and the three set out to do so, the first plan being to make their own portal. Through a lot of challenging foraging and trading, they ended up with the supplies to make a portal, theoretically. Noname just needed to build it.
Side-note: Skipbeat and Wingover
Skipper doesn't like Wingover very much at the beginning due to her violent outbursts. Wingover feels jealousy towards Skipper in the beginning, due to in her mind, Skipper taking attention from Noname that would have been towards her instead. During this time, the two of them do their best to ignore each other. Sometime after Angel joins the group, when Noname wasn't around, Wingover ends up getting very upset due to life, and takes it out on Skipper. During this outburst, Wingover insults Skipper's speech amongst other things, causing her to become overwhelmed and become unable to speak. After this, Skipper leaves for a bit. Angel would go out to convince her to come back. Noname talked to Wingover while Skipper was gone, and while Wingover wouldn't apologize to anyone for a very long time, (not until they're off Tebesk) she did start making an active effort to be a bit nicer to Skipper, and with their being four of them now, her jealously left.
Angel
Angel is also not from Tebesk, he's from Master. Angel hates being on Master. He's socially ostracized, which fuels his obsession with portal technology, but also unfortunately eventually pushes him to use Syk. It's while under the influence that he accidentally activated one of his pet projects, interfered with the signal from Noname's portal, destroying all of the Outsider's hard work and stranding himself on Tebesk. Angel joins the Outsiders, and tells them that Tebesk actually had a pretty big portal research project, they just need to find the lab...
(Quick side-note, Angel would visit Earth sometime before this, where he adopted his Blue Angel aesthetic)
Getting off Tebesk
Most of the stuff I explore with these characters deal with their time on Tebesk, but they do eventually get off, and when that happens:
The four end up on Earth, due to the active Spacebridge there
Skipper wants to find Kicks again
Noname searches for a new purpose in life
Wingover finally confronts her patterns of behavior
Skipper starts writing music
Angel gets really into stunt flying
Wingover looks into getting her wing fixed, leading to a period of physical therapy to fly again
Noname continues his quest for a name, now with input from other Cybertronians
Angel starts to have a constant fear of the others leaving him now that they're off Tebesk
Just a bunch of bots that escaped a cult. Nothing too strange here.
So the general idea I have is these three all come from a compound that worships Devil Z.
Heres the insignia I made for them.
Whiteout is the oldest and was the first to leave. He has a natural attunement for magic and is thus trained to be a prophet. He hated being plauged by visions of the future and overall tired of the responsibility placed upon him. When he escapes, he still believes in Devil Z quite a bit, he mostly leaves to run away from responsibility. He was quite good friends with Husk, but didn't tell him of his plan to leave. After he left his death was faked, hitting Husk pretty hard. After he leaves, he ends up hopping around as a stowaway using his magic for petty schemes and swindles. He can do small, limited levitation and has a sort of hammerspace. The larger the object he's levitating, or the higher, drains him physically more. Same for the longer and larger something is in his hammerspace. (Even small objects he has to empty out to avoid long term harm) He still gets the occasional prophetic dream, but tries to ignore them, hoping they'll go away if he refuses to acknowledge them. He lost his optic glass from a brawl after scamming a Decepticon, eventually he managed to to replace it but did a bit of a hack job doing so, and the new glass was the wrong shape and color.
Husk was the first chosen vessel of Devil Z, a young Cybertronian called Prism trained from forging to eventually be a puppet of Devil Z's will. When he was young and in training, before he developed an alt-mode, he got near-fatally wounded. Due to the injury not being able to be properly cared for, this ended up leaving him unable to develop an alt-mode and left him with chronic migrains. He's a bit self-conscious about his size and frame due to this. He was renamed Husk, and a new vessel was chosen.
Kaleidoscope, the youngest of the group. She got much further into her training then Husk did. She was actually ready to be offered as a vessel, but Husk overhears the truth behind the vessel and decides to escape with Kaleidoscope. Husk was still kept near the higher-ups from his days as the vessel, now serving as an assistant, so he was close to Kaleidoscope. Kaleidoscope agrees to leave with Husk after a rushed explanation, she mostly just wanted to see the rest of the world, and the two stowaway much like Whiteout did. Eventually the two end up on Earth. Kaleidoscope names herself after finding out Husk was also once named Prism and it was more-so her title.
Whiteout has also been on Earth for a while before Kaleidoscope and Husk show up, and shortly after they show up he feels their presence calling him and hunts them down. Husk is pretty pissed at him for leaving without telling him, but eventually they reach a tentative alliance of the three of them.
Devil Z can still reach Kaleidoscope's mind and torments her occasionally. Kaleidoscope does her best to repress the call, and repress her time at the compound overall. It's not doing too well. She does love Earth's nature and wishes to stay, while the other two think they should be on the move.
Besides, seems like there's more Cybertronians here, and seems like they're fighting...
These messed up girl's turn. This should be the shortest one.
Chicane and Dusty (known as "Devi" back then) were racing partners back in the pre-war days. Chicane is pretty sure they were more than partners and Dusty was as dense as a loaf of gluten-free bread and neither of them could communicate for shit so things got a bit muddled on her end. In the early days of the war, Chicane went full on support for Decepticons, joined the Silver Company, and of course Dusty followed. Her spark wasn't in the cause but she was terrified of leaving Chicane. The war goes on and most the Silver Company falls, Dusty is even more in doubt but she and Chicane are still together at least, now reassigned to the Rescue Squadron. Dusty likes this assignment a lot more since shes not in active battle most the time, Chicane on the other hand is itching to fight.
After being separated from the main battle for a bit one day, Dusty meets Silverbolt. They start talking and agree to meet again. For a while, Dusty meets Silverbolt at night, debating defecting. Eventually, Chicane catches her leaving and confronts her. Chicane tells her not to leave and turns her back in Dusty, and Dusty decides in that moment to never return. She joins the Autobots, of course its complicated for her. She misses Chicane dearly and the bots are distrusting of her and such. Meanwhile, Chicane is furious.
After a while, Dusty's replacement is assigned, the gestalt Firebomb, made of mini-bot twins Napalm and Thermite. Napalm and Thermite used to be close, but after years of war they've grown apart. Napalm gradually grew more brutal, while Thermite became more skittish. Napalm also began developing anger issues which made their relationship worse, aided too by Thermite's only response to her sister being to hide. As their relationship worsened, so did their ability to combine.
Almost instantly, Napalm forms a crush on Chicane, while Chicane is still bitter about Dusty. Because of her sister's crush, Thermite ends up strongly hating Chicane.
Dusty would eventually meet Firebomb on the battle, which crushes her emotionally thinking Chicane easily replaced her.
Time to get these guy's big ol' lore post out of the way.
Radar was an underground fighter pre-war who always wanted to get off Cybertron. She just hated being on Cybertron, and later realized she just hates being tied down anywhere. She has the outlier ability to mess with the processors of other bots, mostly altering their emotions. She mostly uses this power to make her opponents fill with fear and help talk her way out of ways by alleviating negative emotions. Being an underground fighter, eventually Radar gets into legal trouble and goes into hiding. While in hiding she seeks out Haywire, a medical training dropout operating as an unlicensed doctor, who's living with his friend Resistor, an unwilling underground arms developer. The three hit things off and Radar convinces the others to join her in her dream of fleeing Cybertron and living amongst the stars. The three manage to get an old wrecked ship and rebuild her into the Last Chance.
While building her they Meet Snowdrift who wants in with their leaving Cybertron plan, and they agree because the ship is pretty big and they could use the extra help.
Snowdrift was a singer, and an empurata victim. Snowdrift was always pretty vain, and after her empurata she lost all purpose in life. So when she heard of some underground criminals leaving planet she joined, finding nothing else for her to do living amongst other bots. Also one of the first to join Last Chance was Trudge, was an early supporter of the Decepticons, and also an early defector. He ends up very close to Snowdrift, and later Mako when she joins.
So Radar, Haywire, Resi, Snowdrift, and Trudge leave Cybertron. Around this time Radar and Haywire start having feelings for each other but they both suck and recognizing their own emotions. The crew become intergalactic bounty hunters, being a crew of Cybertronians they had a pretty big advantage in the field and did pretty well. In one of their early missions they ran into another another who fled Cybertron, Spitfire. Spitfire was always very charismatic, able to talk his way out of anything. This led him to pretty high places before the fall of Cybertron, and though he lost everything he didn't really mind because he took this as an excuse to follow his true passion, study of alien societies. Seeing that he would be a lot safer with other Cybertronians, Spitfire joins as their "communications officer." When Spitfire joins, official roles start forming Radar is the captain, Haywire is medic, Resistor is engineer, Snowdrift is the "stealth operative" and Trudge is the strategist. Shortly after joining the crew, Spitfire helps Radar and Haywire get together.
While on a hit one day for a supposed "sea monster", the LC meet Mako. Mako was once a regular bot, though she doesn't remember her life before she became Mako. She was a Decepticon experimented on Shockwave to become a cannibalistic, metal eating monster. Unfortunately she became very hard to control so Shockwave wrote her off as a failure and dumped her off on a random planet. Although she did try to eat Snowdrift, Snowdrift argued for the LC to not kill Mako (due to Mako reminding her of herself) Radar reluctantly agrees, and with help from Snowdrift, Trudge, and Haywire, Mako eventually relearns how to talk, and learns how to control her cannibalistic coding. Around this time, Trudge and Snowdrift fall in love with eachother, but they both see themselves as unlovable and keep their feelings repressed.
After Mako goes on her character arc, Resi disappears for a bit and shows up with a younger bot named Blueprint, claiming Blueprint to be his apprentice now. Blueprint is a coward, he's afraid of everything, and he has terrible self-image issues. He is also very, very, smart. This all combined left him stuck developing weapons for an alien army, too scared to try and leave. Resi heard rumors of a Cybertronian developing weapons for another species and went to check it out, and found Blueprint. After a verbal berating, Resi offered Blueprint a spot on the LC, and Blueprint agreed. After a very exciting chase sequence, Blueprint joins the Last Chance as Resi's assistant and apprentice. No one knows this story besides Resi and Blueprint, so to everyone else's pov Resi disappeared and showed up with his maybe secret child (there's a bet going on) who's afraid of his own shadow (why the hell did he sign up on a bounty hunter ship) and gets yelled at 24/7 by Resi (but Resi does seem to care a lot for Blueprint?)
This leaves one last (honorary) member of the crew: Smokebox.
Smokebox was kidnapped by a species called Chorcora (if you've read the Tebesk lore you may recognize them) Very early after her forging. Due the nature of her being a sparkling and still growing, the scientist on the Chorcora ship became interested in her, making her his personal pet project. She also began showing outlier abilities, the ability to produce a thick smoke from her neck seams and under her hands which is noxious to other Cybertronians, causing extreme pain once inhaled. During her time on the Chorcora ship she became socially stunted, desensitized towards Cybertronian death, and started growing a disgust for all organic life, which would eventually become a phobia. Eventually, the LC take a hit to bust the Chorcora ship. When the LC get on the ship, all hell breaks loose. Spitfire found the scientist's lab on the ship with a Smokebox with him, and killed the scientist on sight. Spitfire took the sparkling with him, convinced the rest of the LC that she should stay with them because she couldn't adapt to living in a neutral colony after living through all that, and gave her the name Smokebox, based off he'd outlier ability and some Cybertronian glyphs carved into her arm. Her doll, Strike, came from another Cybertronian who was kept with her before passing.
