I draw Transformers, favorite continuities are TFA and TFP :]
ART TAG [ Raud posts art ] (occasionally suggestive)
WRITING TAG [ Raud writes ]
Sparkeater! Starscream AU [ Masterpost ]
Transformers fan continuity with @gaybeardedmen [ Shipwrecked ]
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Ask box always open! Feel free to send doodle suggestions or general robot talk! (please specify which continuity if applicable, one character per doodle ask)
soulmates and other romantic-centered AUs as my preferences have skewed more romance-averse in recent years. a vast majority of them involve being soul linked (or some other mechanism) to only one person and the slow burn connection to romance arc that follows and its just overdone and unappealing, not to mention most skip over platonic and poly relationships. now if there were to be a red string of fate type AU where the person on the other end will be the one to cause your death? THAT i could get behind >:]
2. college/university: he would not fucking stay enrolled
3. coffee shop AUs: i don't like coffee nor do i find the concept interesting
6. Is there an AU that seems to be especially popular in your fandom, even though it could crop up in any fandom? Why do you think people like it for your fandom in particular?
humanformers particularly because it makes writing/drawing scenes with robots that have thousands of moving parts and can transform a bit easier to comprehend. there being hasbro sanctioned bishoujo designs has certainly contributed. i do enjoy a good humanformer AU every now and then as its a good sandbox for more grounded scenarios
for transformers specifically i like alt mode swap AUs! giving them new designs and abilities based on those changes is always so intriguing to me, plus its fun seeing the vehicle choices assigned to specific characters
9. Have you ever read an AU that did something with a specific character that you thought was cool, or innovative, or a particularly good fit for that character? Tell us about it!
currently reading [ Revival ] and am very intrigued with the way the author writes tfa shockwave's past experiences with shadowplay and empurata and the way they've impacted his processor, i feel like its adapted very well to his character in tfa! excellent read highly recommend checking it out and leaving kudos
What's your favourite type of AU (eg, soulmate, coffeeshop, pirates, gangsters...)?
Do you tend to prefer AUs that follow canon up until they diverge at a specific point, or AUs that take place in a completely different reality?
What's an AU type you think is overrated?
What's an AU type you think is underrated?
Does your fandom(s) have any AUs that are specific to that fandom? What do you think of them?
Is there an AU that seems to be especially popular in your fandom, even though it could crop up in any fandom? Why do you think people like it for your fandom in particular?
Do you tend to like AUs that make spec fic settings more realistic - eg, make non-human characters human, take away magic/superpowers? Why or why not?
Do you tend to like AUs that make realistic settings more fantastical - eg, magic or superhero AUs for canons set in the real world? Why or why not?
Have you ever read an AU that did something with a specific character that you thought was cool, or innovative, or a particularly good fit for that character? Tell us about it!
Has anyone asked about Nightmare yet? I finished On The Run earlier and have been devouring your visual and written art in the hours since. Please give us the wips
Nightmare is probably the furthest along of my current wip folder. it continues on the events of [ isolation ] and gives a bit more insight into star's side of that time spent locked up and how it has impacted his psyche.
He leaned heavily onto the marble countertop, feeling shivers still traveling across his frame as he stared down into the bowl of the sink. His fans were still on high power. He could feel his spark clenching in its chamber. A small, blue stain was smeared across the back of one of his servos, and the sight of it made him ill.
He turned on the tap and washed it away, scrubbing harder than was necessary even after the energon had completely disappeared down the drain.
i'm so glad you've been enjoying my work! i still have lots of ideas for this au floating around in my mind. thanks so much for the ask :]
sooo, what are your top 5 favourite transformers continuities?
ooooo very fun to think about!!!
TFA - incredibly fun designs and wonderful lore! absolutely love the worldbuilding that was presented with this series, specifically the history of the cybertronian war and how it shaped events in the modern day. it also gave us small soundwave so it has to be my favorite :]
TFP - more fun character designs. gotta love the decepticons here. in general i just really love the characterization within tfp, it feels very grounding in a way and i love arcee's arc. my starscream bias is on full display with tfp
G1 - just a bunch of guys being dudes, love the antics and episode plots they all get up to in g1, its so perfectly unserious. a decepticon raider in king arthur's court is my favorite episode.
Beast Wars - i love tarantulas i really do. its such a nice deviation from the franchise status quo and i also enjoy the way its written. good plot, good pacing, good comedy, overall a treat to watch.
IDW1 - so many fucking characters holy shit. art is fantastic, mtmte has a very good overarching plotline. idk my brain is shutting off now but trepan is there and i can't find him anywhere else
New Sparkeater! AU oneshot is up! [ Ao3 link ] lots of angst here >;]
(Warnings for mentioned starvation and prolonged isolation)
In the end, the mystery of the many slaughtered vehicons hadn't been all that difficult to unravel, and the Autobots caught on to their shared secret. Knock Out supposed that his deceptions weren't all that clever to begin with. It was only a matter of time before things fell apart for the both of them, but specifically for Starscream.
He found himself alone in his quarters once again, and it was a feeling he had once been so used to. He had spent much of his run-time alone before Breakdown, and then again after him, but it never seemed to get any easier once there was a taste of something more. Breakdown had quelled it for a time, and then Starscream had done the same upon his return from the dead. The guilt was eating away at him, knowing that below, deep within the remaining bowels of the Nemesis, Starscream’s hunger was doing the same to him.
Accusations had flown and digits had been pointed in a heated debate that ended with the sparkeater in their midst being found out and locked up in the one remaining brig cell tucked away on the lower deck. He had been down there for over five decacycles, likely having lost himself to the intense hunger pangs. The Autobots would offer him cruelty and call it mercy, withholding the sole source of replenishment he needed to survive because of the moral and ethical quandaries that consuming sparks presented.
A life for a life wasn't all that enticing of a deal when one of them was Starscream. Majority of the remaining Autobots were more than happy with the current arrangement, agreeing that leaving him to rot in a cell was better than losing more innocent vehicons.
Would their Prime have done the same?
Despite the nature of Starscream’s condition as a sparkeater, it wasn't his fault he had become one. It wasn't like he had known he could return from the Well, nor could anyone have known the dark energon within his chassis—the blood of Unicron—would corrupt the very nature of his spark upon its spontaneous re-ignition. It wasn't even known if he could die. There was just too little information to go off of.
In their brief time together over the course of Starscream’s mutation, Knock Out had attempted to fill in some of the gaps in available knowledge on sparkeaters. He had been documenting his findings, kept in a datapad that had been confiscated once their whole situation was exposed, and he highly doubted he would ever be getting it back.
He had learned so much about Starscream and his new anatomy and habits. The way his frame now suited the needs of his nature, perfectly designed for hunting and killing prey while keeping them online to preserve the spark within. The cables he now utilized were for spearing and anchoring victims in place like harpoons. His internals had shifted to match the change in diet, now incapable of processing energon and solely devoted to absorbing spark energy from within. Even the changes to his processor, still sharp as ever, but now fine tuned to sense the presence of every spark nearby and being capable of differentiating between them without even seeing who they belonged to. It was all so fascinating. It was a shame the Autobots would never see it that way.
To them, he had always been a monster, and the transformation only served to further the truth.
He would be able to pay the seeker a visit soon. There was a team patrol scheduled for the following morning, and it would be so easy to sneak out of his quarters and down to the brig when most of the bots were out of the ship. It would have to be a worthwhile trip. He needed to find a way to get Starscream fed in order to ensure his own safety. Having gone this long without a spark to sate his hunger, there was no guarantee that he wouldn’t turn on the first spark to enter his enclosure, regardless of who it may be.
The night cycle seemed to drag on as he remained sequestered in his quarters. It was only once he was certain the bots on the ship had departed for the day that he put his plan into motion.
The basement level of the ship was incredibly dark. Most of the power down here had been rerouted to energize the bars of the single intact cell. Nothing moved, nothing but the creaking and groaning of the derelict vessel they lived in. It was eerily quiet as Knock Out made his way over to the glowing bars, dragging an unconscious vehicon guard with him as he went.
A pair of violet optics were barely visible through the darkness at the back of the cell. They were so dim and low to the ground he almost missed them. They locked onto him, true to Starscream’s predatory nature as he lay curled up on his side.
He had been abandoned down here for so long. Abandoned by the Autobots, and even by Primus, rejected from entering the Well and cast down into the belly of the ship to spend his remaining cycles suffering the curse Unicron had corrupted the nature of his very spark with.
Starscream slowly hauled himself to his pedes, standing unevenly on shaking struts. He took slow, unsteady steps forward, using his cables and a servo braced to the wall to aid his balance as he approached the glowing bars. Even with one arm wrapped tightly around his middle it was obvious he had grown thinner, armor now ill-fitting on his protoform and overlapping in some places. Emaciated as he was, he looked like a walking corpse.
He appeared to be in his right mind, glaring intently at Knock Out with some strange mixture of unfamiliar emotions behind his dull optics. Most of all, he looked worn and weary, lacking the energy to do much more than lie on the ground wasting away cycle after cycle. The way he uncomfortably swayed on his own pedes was proof enough that this was the most he'd moved in a while.
He said nothing as Knock Out shoved the vehicon up against the bars of the cell. Famished, Violet optics traced up and down its prone form with an intensity henceforth unseen.
"Brought you a spark, and I have some news to share, as well," he said into the hollow silence of the brig.
Their optics met only for a moment before the sparkeater descended upon the unconscious vehicon. His frame slumped to the floor as cables slipped between the bars, their sharp tips piercing straight through plating and protoform. The surgeon watched on with fascination as the vehicon's chassis was wrenched open, spark chamber exposed and then cracked apart to reveal the bright glow of the spark within. Energon spilled forth and pooled on the ground.
Only once the spark had been greedily devoured, his hunger now temporarily sated, did Starscream speak. His voice crackled with disuse and static as he asked, "What kind of news?" Suspicion weighed heavily in his tone.
Knock Out found himself hesitating. The scrutiny of Starscream's gaze had him rooted in place, unable to fully articulate his answer.
Starscream had done a lot of misdeeds in his life, but was this truly the kindest option? It seemed the Autobots would do everything in their power to avoid confronting their ugliest problems head-on. Once again, they were more than content to hide them away and bury them forever than try to work towards a proper solution.
"The Autobots have reached a decision. They'll be coming to induce stasis in the morning."
