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39. Booping the nose (very carefully of course)
Kaos had to hold very still before giggling. “Jealous?”
“Haha, nope, just looking.” He tilted his head slightly and his visor glowed a little brighter. “Nose.” He seemed pretty amused.
date a robot who lets you sit on their shoulders
Saturn and its moons
Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
This is how Starscream will be with red energon.
*glomps arm* You!!! You have to stay right here! No moving. This is your new spot forever, on my arm. Mine. Stay alive, my vehicon, Decepticon friend! Don't let the Autobots kill you!
Oh! Hi Allen. *squeezes Allen’s arm back* Ha, I definitely don’t plan on letting them kill me. Um… why bring this up? *now he’s a bit worried*
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You know, it could be the Autobots. It seems there’s more of them and fewer Decepticons.
*shrugs* I don’t think Megatron knows. I don’t think anyone besides me has noticed. No one’s said anything.
What kind of weapon, I wonder, would simply make us disappear. How are they using it???
*he’s glad his friend is holding on to him. He doesn’t want to let him go, either. He’s scared he’ll disappear too. He needs to keep all his decepti-buddies.*
But then - shouldn’t someone tell Lord Megatron? Um, probably not me. He’ll probably be mad. I wonder if Commander Starscream knows. Or Soundwave. Soundwave would be best.
*he’s looking around as though Autobots with a mystery weapon could be lurking behind every bulkhead* Are you sure they’re just disappearing? There’s not even... pieces left over?
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*glomps arm* You!!! You have to stay right here! No moving. This is your new spot forever, on my arm. Mine. Stay alive, my vehicon, Decepticon friend! Don't let the Autobots kill you!
Oh! Hi Allen. *squeezes Allen’s arm back* Ha, I definitely don’t plan on letting them kill me. Um… why bring this up? *now he’s a bit worried*
Because! All the Decepticons are disappearing!
Do you remember the darkness I was talking about? That was taking all the vehicons, well, its worse. Its happening to all Decepticons now.
I don’t know, but it sounds like some cruel Autobot plan to me.
I- What?!!? Disappearing? Does Lord Megatron know? *he’s hugging Allen’s arm really tight now, and looking around*
How are the Autobots doing it, do you think? Do you... do you think they have made a new weapon? They used a Spark Extractor once, could it be something even worse?
*glomps arm* You!!! You have to stay right here! No moving. This is your new spot forever, on my arm. Mine. Stay alive, my vehicon, Decepticon friend! Don't let the Autobots kill you!
Oh! Hi Allen. *squeezes Allen’s arm back* Ha, I definitely don’t plan on letting them kill me. Um... why bring this up? *now he’s a bit worried*
Muse Dev. 001 | Communication ↳ Bold or list which apply to your muse.
general:
# of languages spoken/written: 1 | 2 | 3+
tone of voice: high | average | deep | other:
accent?: yes | no?.
demeanor: confident | shy | approachable | hostile | other
posture: slumped | straight | stiff | relaxed | other:
habits while communicating:
tilts head | swaying | fidgets | stutters gesturing | arm crossing | strokes chin interacts with glasses | tsk, psh, or catchphrase plays with hair | hands at hips | giggling | other: looks down
additional habits: ?.
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indiana jones and tomb that had already been looted by robbers in the 19th century
indiana jones and pottery fragment #1478
indiana jones and the site discovered under somebody’s house so there was no way to actually dig it
indiana jones and the famous treasure that actually turned out to be an ancient chamber pot
indiana jones and the temple of maybe three damaged columns
indiana jones and the intro to archaeology class that didn’t give a shit and just wanted to pass for the gen ed credit
Related: Indiana Jones and the Tenure Application
"Are you accustomed to the facial expressions of others, especially humans? Or is it like 'eh, they're doing that weird thing with their face again'?"
Well, I’m used to the facial expressions of Cybertronians who have faces, and even different kinds of faces. I can tell human facial expressions pretty well I think, but they’re really small and it’s hard to get a good look sometimes. Also I tend to only worry about one thing with humans, and that’s if they think I’m an Earth car or not.
Imagine your favorite robot accidentally giving you a small static shock, then apologizing profusely about it.
“No one would surrender to the Dread Pirate 29N.”
“Psh, I’m sure tons of people would! Well…maybe if you had a hat. It’s very important that a pirate have a fancy hat. Oh hang on!” It takes a few tries, but eventually Kaos manages to produce and fold an oversized sheet of paper into… “Tah dah! A pirate hat! Or a boat if you put it upside down. Wait, it needs something!” A generic Cybertronian head with two wrenches behind it are swiftly penned on.
His visor glowed brighter as he looked at the hat and put it on. “Pirates wear hats? Does it look scary? I dunno, maybe if they won’t let me be an archaeologist after the war I’ll leave and become a pirate.” He laughs a little, but grows quiet - not sad, but thoughtful. “One of my clones wanted to be a space pirate. We fought some once, and he really liked them for some reason. I thought it seemed too crazy. But do you think I could pull it off?” He strikes a dashing pose.
"Hm, is the left side of your visor cracked? Cause you've been looking right all day~"
He put his hand over the left side of his visor and tried to feel for cracks.
“Um, I don’t think so. I did get kicked but I didn’t notice any damage.” The strip of light flickered as he blinked.
A Guide to Survive the ‘Cons Trying to Capture You If You Are a Human
That only applies if (otherwise they couldn’t care less about human casualties)
It’s an order given from superiors to capture a certain human due to information, interrogation or other crucial for the ‘Con cause reasons.
Bribery reasons, especially if you are alligned with Autobots
Other reasons where the human is required to be alive and (relatively) unharmed
We see it nearly everytime. The ‘Con is about to catch the human. The human runs away in hopes of someone saving themselves. The Con makes three huge steps and has the humans in their hands.
It is reasonable for the human to run away from the threat as far as possible. It is genetically coded, it is our fight or flight reaction and seeing something that can kill you is quite horrific. During those moments, the person actually does not really think rationally that there is a way to prevent themselves from being captured.
That is to reach a SAFE ZONE. Believe it or not, after some thinking, I have come to a conclusion that the SAFE ZONE is in fact the area closest to the Con.
To visually imagine this, let’s use Jack Darby and our beloved Vehicon, Steve.
You see, if the Con has an order to safely retrieve you (which means no deaths or injuries) they must be very careful where they STEP.
That gets more than difficult if you are literally. Literally INCHES AWAY from their giant feet. Each step they take has to really well-thought out, not to mention they need to lean down even more than usually to snatch the person.
And now it gets little funny. Running in close circles around them will cause some major confusion, anger, frustration. You get to see them being clumsy as hell. You get to see the trip, get lost, get really puzzled.
And hell you might even get to stand directly behind them and witness the rarely seen clumsiness and utter confusion.
What if two or more Cons are after you?
Use the same method.
In short, running in circles around them could buy you enough time to run and find a hiding spot in order to avoid getting captured by the Cons.
WHO TOLD? That’s not fair...
No seriously what will it take for any iteration of the TF franchise to acknowledge that Starscream, bastard though he may be, was abused as hell? I will never stop being frustrated about this.
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Technically, yes, each Starscream in each Transformers series gets harmed by Megatron, however this is practically what adds to his character. It gives reason to why he would backstab Megatron and it adds drama. It gives you reason to feel sorry for him and hope it gets better for him if you are a fan of Starscream. Also at the end of the day they are villains, so ofcourse they are going to treat one another like trash.
At the same time it would be nice to see Hasbro approach his character differently like in the Transformers Cybertron series.
Also knowing this is tumblr, the land of false accusations, dear God, do not take what I said out of context. I’m just simply sharing my opinion.
No I totally see your point. The abusive dynamic is usually a staple of the character, and throughout most iterations of the different iterations it never bugged me. But it feels like the more recent incarnations of Starscream (namely TFP and IDW Starscream) get increasingly worse treatment.
I’ll be honest, most of my grievances lie with TFP. The writers openly stated that they made Starscream the series punching bag because they thought it was funny. And through my first run of the show it was. It wasn’t until I went back and took a closer look at what was happening that I noticed how unnerving his treatment was, especially given what happens to him at the end.
He’s written as an underdog, smaller and physically weaker than most of the other characters and increasingly down on his luck. Normally the audience is meant to root for underdogs but in his case I guess we were meant to hate him for it?
And when you take a closer look at the dynamic between him and Megatron it starts to feel more and more like a domestic abuse situation. Starscream is visibly afraid of Megatron and has every reason to be. He flinches and shrinks away when Megs is around because he’s used to bad things happening to him when the two of them are together.
Then when he finally gets out from under Megatron’s thumb he realizes he can’t survive without him and has to go crawling back. To his credit he makes a genuine effort to be a loyal officer this time around but that doesn’t really change things between them. At this point he ceases to be a serious character and slips into humiliation and buffoonery for the rest of the show before getting unceremoniously killed by minor characters in the end. Meanwhile Megatron gets a half asses redemption and walks of scott free.
What really gets me is that there are fans who have survived domestic abuse that can attest to how much the Starscream/Megatron dynamic resembles an abusive relationship from personal experience. One girl claimed she could no longer bear to watch the show because it had set off her PTSD. That’s horrible. And my indignation over Starscream’s treatment stems mostly from stories like those. It’s not fair to actual domestic abuse survivors to see that sort of victim blaming in a show they would otherwise enjoy. Moreover, it sends a terrible message to the younger fans.
Exactly. TFP crossed the line from “these are two bad people who do bad things to each other” into straight up abuse, because they made the power dynamic completely one sided (power within the relationship, not the Decepticon chain of command). Especially in Season 3 when Starscream is no longer even trying to undermine Megatron, and Megatron keeps pushing him lower and tearing him down, both emotionally and physically. The writers essentially ceased to see Starscream as a person at all, and made his suffering into a punchline, while blaming him for the things Megatron did to him. His reactions to Megatron’s brutality were horribly realistic, and the specific ways Megatron used not only violence, but undermining, trivializing, isolation, and even “mercy” to control Starscream, all create a textbook example of abuse, and yet apparently we were still meant to root for Megatron and never for Starscream. It’s pretty disturbing.
As mcjackolata says “It gives you reason to feel sorry for him and hope it gets better for him if you are a fan of Starscream.” And that’s the thing - it really does set him up as an underdog, yet it never gets better for him. It’s upsetting from the perspective of how stories work, and the ending felt so jarring and out of place during the denouement of the movie. Everything was fine, everyone got respite, and they singled him out for a horrific fate, because he’s trash that needed to be taken out, even though they’d gone out of their way to demonstrate that he’s a joke and not a serious threat. It was one final twist of the knife that was punishing Starscream and giving Megatron a pass, and it makes Megatron getting a second chance really not sit well with me, not after what he did to Starscream.
"Do you dream? What do you dream about? Electric sheep?"
“Sheep? No. I dreamed about a deer once because I almost hit it. That’s pretty dangerous. I guess I usually dream about... hmm. I dream about the inventory. I hate when I dream it’s all messed up, and then I have to go work on it once I wake up. At least in real life it’s usually not messed up.” He taps his claw points together. “And sometimes I dream about fighting, and when my clones got killed. It was a long time ago but sometimes I still dream about it. Oh and I dream about Saturn. It’s the prettiest planet I ever saw. But yeah, usually I dream about the inventory.”
