Skystar - Unsent Letter (Mary's letter to Arthur RDR2)
My Dearest Star,
Things will never be as they once were, will it? Time continues on, and now after reading datapad after datapad, learning of what took place between our thousands of vorns apart, I understand why. I don’t imagine you’ll ever recieve this letter but nonetheless i must write it. Starscream, oh Starscream. Before i fell beneath the ice, I had begun to hope for a life beyond what Cybertron had to offer. One that I could have shared with you. I miss you, and I will always miss you but I cannot live the life of a decepticon, and it seems that you cannot live any other way.
When I am with you, my spark feels at ease and everything feels alright. When we are apart, I see clearly that your world is not a world from which one can escape. I still think about our last conversation before I fell into the ice. Despite what everymech says, I know deep in my spark that there is still that wonderful and ever so curious seeker I traveled with within you Starscream. My processor recalls how you looked at me. Your red optics once full of warmth, so cold and devoid of anything as you looked down the barrel of your null ray. You’ve broken my spark, and I fear I have broken yours.
This universe has changed so much, and you along with it, yet I remain in the past. I must let you go now and accept the new and unfamiliar world I find myself in. I shall hold deep in my spark the memories from our vorns together, from the days studying in Iacon to our ventures exploring various planets. I care for you far too much my Star, but I know it cannot be.
On the forging of Cybertronians and possible reproduction.
More Than Meets The Eye #17
Thoughts and headcanons under the cut.
Starting with the basis which Cybertronian life began is directly from Primus.
There are the initial Cybertronians that are forged by Primus. Only the first Cybertronians are directly created by Primus himself.
Then depending on worldbuilding there are:
Those who are born from what are called hot spots. These Cybertronians are still considered forged. But they are not directly made from Primus (they are created from Cybertron, which yes is Primus but in a dormant state).
Cold construction. But that is if you wish for a darker kind of story or one with more conflict in this area (Such as IDW).
Delving into fanon now, with the procreation of Cybertronians.
To begin, I feel that the main methods of new Cybertronian life after the initial directly primus born ones would be those who emerge from hot spots.
How this would work, is that a hot spots form periodically so that the population does not dwindle out. This would be due to Cybertronians having… lets just say "mass death events ". There would also just be general deaths that occur, such as murder, accident, and deterioration.
Thus, if we are to consider the fanon possibility of newsparks forged from a carrier/sire, this function would exist for populations that have left Cybertron and end up populating distant lands.
This is going under a belief that there are no hotspots outside of Cybertron. The only possibility for a hot spot to exist off of Cybertron would be if Primus had imbued that area with energy.
This method of new Cybertronians coming to life though, would be extremely rare.
If we wish to take a religious approach to this, we can consider the phrase "till all are one" and the belief that in death, a spark is returned to the allspark.
Considering this, for carrier/sire forged cybertronians, a major aspect in whether or not a newspark will form would be if population size demands it.
Depending on what is preferred for fic/headcanons, hotspot forged mechs can emerge in infancy, adolescence, or as fully formed adults. This depends on length of time the spark spends within the hot spot, and the size of the mech. Perhaps a way to think about this would be akin to the formation of minerals/crystals.
The smaller the population, the more sparks reside within the well. Thus a higher chance of carrier/sire born mechs, along with hotspot forged Cybertronians. This applies inversely as well.
To go on a tangent, I believe that some sparks would have an affinity to remaining within the allspark and others to be reborn anew. This could also means that the amount of sparks that are able to be produced is finite. For implementations of cold construction, this would be a reason as to why it is done. Cybertronians are not lifeforms that come solely from the entropy of the universe such as life on Earth.
So then that is to say, due to the damage Cybertron receives due to the war, there is not enough energy/energon to assist in the forging of new Cybertronians. Hot spots cease to form, as this is due to Cybertron needing to self repair.
The main option left for new Cybertronian life is through carrier/sire forged mecha.
Though due to the length of a Cybertronians life, size, and intelligence; it requires an immense amount of energy/energon and materials to forge new life.
Cybertron/Primus when healthy has no concern for the toll of energy/materials, due to his immense size, and ability to create pure energon. Primus is a god after all.
The process of forging a newspark and protoform is an immensely laborious task on the carrier. A Cybertronian created from a hot spot is forged much faster due to the abundance of materials and energy provided from the planet. Carriers on the other hand, are greatly lacking in comparison. It takes a vast amount of time to forge a sparkling. Of course, due to the immense of a Cybertronian's lifespan, in comparison a gestation is not that long in the grand scheme of things.
Except it is much too long when it comes to wartime and a dwindling population.
During war, being a carrier is practically a death sentence. A gestation takes far too long, and too many resources. Even if a sparkling emerges, the length of time it takes to reach adulthood is extremely long.
Considering that many Cybertronians are over a million years old, a thousand years is less than 0.01% of their lived experience. This is only mentioned to put into perspective in how long development can occur.
I personally headcanon that a gestation takes about 11,000 years. The amount of time it takes to reach maturity though, is something I am still considering about. Though thinking about how they are basically immortal, I feel like 200,000 years is a good number.
Starscream was an untrustworthy mech, and Megatron knew this. She knew that keeping him by her side meant having a constant potential risk of harm to her frame.
She KNEW.
Starscream has made attempts on her life more times than she can remember at this point. She did not mind them most of the time--they kept her on her pedes. They never resulted in anything lasting. Which often left Megatron to wonder if Starscream was ever competent in the world of assassinations. His processor was better used for other endeavors.
Letting out a soft laugh, Megatron shakes her helm. She wanted to shrug off this attempt like she did for all the others.
Her spark felt damaged as if there was a small piece of lead stuck within it. Megatron knew that there was no such thing in her spark though, since Hook would have caught it if so.
Surely some rest will help clear her processor. The femme hadn’t been able to recharge in quite some time. With enough proper recharge, such unnecessary emotions will subside.
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t was not quite one of his finer attempts. There was a lack of effort in the whole ordeal – Starscream didn’t even use a potent poison. It obviously wouldn’t lead to the end of Megatron, but Starscream was feeling a bit bored that orn.
The seeker happened to acquire some of his leader’s precious estradiol vials. With a passing thought, he replaced the liquid inside with poison instead.
Initially, Starscream laughed to himself. It was a stupid little attempt. He knew it wouldn’t work, but at least it would inconvenience the femme. No true harm would come about this.
Megatron takes her hormones at the same time every deca-cycle. After a joor, she calls for Soundwave and Hook, who take her to be examined and repaired.
Watching Megatron leave the medbay, she doesn’t even spare the seeker a glance. Instead she immediately departs to her habsuite, without uttering a single glyph to him.
Odd.
Starscream at first shrugs off whatever smidge of guilt he feels. What difference does this really make? How is this poisoning attempt different from any other? It wasn’t even as if he had caused much harm. There were no long lasting effects upon her frame, and she was powerful enough to survive what many mechs would be unable to. She was a strong mech after all.
Time passes and still Megatron has yet to call for him.
Even when he does appear before her, she never punishes him or berates him or even glances his way.
There is a sense of relief, for not having to face the usual consequences. This is a good thing isn't it?
It has to be.
This attempt was no different than previous ones.
So then why has Megatron still not called for him?
Soundwave is the one telling Starscream what his duties will be. They are the same as ever. Nothing has changed. Just that now she doesn’t speak to him. Megatron never looks Starscream’s way either.
Not for anything at all. This was unlike any other instance where Megatron was quick to anger and subsequently punish Starscream for his misdeeds.
Starscream is lucky to even see her these cycles.
The two have had a rocky relationship for so many vorns. They often found a strange comfort in the pain they gave one another. It was predictable. It never went too far to the point where the other suffered an immense amount of damage. The pair was seemingly indestructible, and no matter what anyone said or did, would bounce back stronger than before.
It comes time for their monthly date night casual star viewing.
Starscream waits for Megatron at their usual location -- despite her still refusing to acknowledge his mere presence.
He waits for joors. Hopefully she would show her magnificent silver frame. To once again tease him for his pathetic excuse of an assassination attempt.
She never appears.
Maybe something was different.
Starscream of course shakes his helm, letting out a scoff and dismisses the thought. Perhaps Megatron just forgot about today. She likely was too busy, and Soundwave did not remind her – he was never privy to Starscream.
It wasn’t as if Megatron even meant all that much to him anyways. This did not make his spark ache. Starscream did not miss Megatron. He did not miss how her ruby red optics stared at him as he stared back under the black ink of the sky, only adorned by the specks of stars to lighten it up.
The light of day comes around, and Starscream does not think about the soft hue of orange that would be reflecting off her frame if she were there by his side.
More time passes and nothing changes.
Megatron finds herself in silence quite often, with Soundwave silently making his way to stand by her side. Without speaking, her mind says all to the other. Soundwave was truly the only mech Megatron would call her friend. He knew her best out of any other mech that came into Megatron’s life. Though, just like many other Cybertronians, Soundwave never quite understood the concept of gender. Despite this, Soundwave understands the importance it has to Megatron and provides his support in any way he is able. He always has. Soundwave has always been a constant in her life. She has spent more time with Soundwave by her side than without.
The little trust she held for Starscream withered away that orn. She knew what kind of mech he was. She never minded because she could always handle him, and she could always prove herself superior. Megatron should be over all of this by now, but she could not. She still could not bring herself to speak to Starscream as she did before, she could hardly even bring herself to even look his way.
Where most Cybertronians failed, Starscream was the only one she knew that could understand and relate to how she experienced life. He was the only one she could talk to. Not just having another only listen--Starscream could share his own view and opinions. To identify with gender was something most mecha could not even begin to comprehend. They were genderless beings, and their frames were simply mechanisms for self expression. To be a mech or a femme simply did not mean anything to most of the population. It served as a way to categorize others based on shared physical characteristics or aesthetics. Yet for those like herself and Starscream, gender did matter. Hormone therapy helped with their frames adapting to more typical mech or femme appearances. To change natural protoform and maintain it at a desired form was much more difficult than reformatting one's frame.
Starscream understood the importance of consistency when it came to this. Yet he STILL decided upon tampering with such a delicate and rare resource.
He knew.
Optics threatened to spill lubricant, and Megatron fought against displaying such weakness even to just herself. It was just so difficult to wrap her processor around all of this. Megatron does not utter a word to anyone else. She can not. She has to be strong and get over this, just as she has gotten over everything else that has pained her.
Starscream was not special.
Starscream was not worth her time. He did not matter. His warm blue servos holding her own black ones as they spoke about small nothings meant nothing. The way his voice softened when it was just the two of them. How their sparks would softly hum together when in complete silence meant nothing. When he gazed upon her frame with a hitch of his vents, and uttered how she was the most beautiful sight he had ever seen. It meant nothing.
It meant nothing to Starscream.
It means nothing to Megatron.
Soundwave glances towards his dearest companion, her thoughts ever so clear. Despite knowing, he never confronts her about them. He never does. Soundwave knows how Megatron feels about Starscream, yet she'll never admit it. Thus, he never brings it up either.
It is the nature of their relationship. Soundwave respects what she wishes to consciously share, and won’t speak on what is never said.
It is a fact that D-16 very much so loves Orion Pax.
It is not easy loving Orion pax. It is worth it though, as Pax’s presence to Dee is something that continues getting him through the cycles.
It’s not easy always needing to bail out Orion Pax. Time and time again the mech is always getting into trouble, and because of Orion D-16 tend to get caught in the crossfire. Orion just refuses to stick to the program.
Dee loves pax, he really does.
but its just tough to have to always make sure time and time again that the person you care for wont get into too much trouble.
Dee in a way feels responsible for Orion, but Orion never thinks and stops to see how much Dee has to do for him.
Resentment grows within D-16, whether he realizes it or not.
The way he jokes with Pax changes, once being lighthearted banter, slowly growing more and more violent without either realizing truly.
It always starts with a joke.
Orion of course loves Dee so much, but he often forgets to pay attention to what he currently has. WHO he currently has. He is much too bright eyed and curious. Wanting to figure things out, wanting to help others at the cost of his own safety often.
Though…
How can Dee leave pax alone? Pax needs Dee to be his rock. After all, If pax wont look out for himself Dee needs to be the one to do so.
Who else will look out for this mech with an insatiable curiosity paired with a bleeding heart?
But of course, things can’t stay as they once did.
They find the location of the missing primes.
D-16 receives his cog, and no longer will be powerless and subjected to the whims of others.
He will carve out his own path.
The damage is done and solidified, there is no going back. Orion is now Optimus and Dee is now Megatron.
Of course they still care for each other on some level, but they are now at odds.
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Vorns pass by, and luckily Optimus has his friends to talk to.
Though are they truly still his friends? They were Orion Pax’s friends. The others no longer see him as solely Orion Pax.
After all, he is so much more than that.
Optimus is a PRIME.
Primus has chosen HIM and given him the matrix of leadership.
Optimus Prime is no ordinary bot.
Not anymore.
It is impossible to forget or ignore.
Optimus feels rather alone at times. He is different, and there is nothing he can do about it.
Bee still treats him the same as the very first day he met. He is still just as talkative, just as hyperactive, and just as friendly.
Bee truly is a good friend to have in a time like this.
Many vorns pass by, and Optimus still thinks of D-16, in which he knows that that mech is no more. Just as Orion's spark flickered out of existence, so too did their shared love.
More vorns pass, and Optimus is always glad to have the company of Bee. There is something always endearing about B-126. No matter how much he talks, Optimus never feels bothered or annoyed. Bee truly helps keep his mind off of things. Within his presence, Optimus does not have to worry about being a leader. About being someone who every mech looks up to.
He can just be Optimus. Not the prime.
And for that, Optimus finds comfort.
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Many more vorns pass.
Optimus finds himself spending more and more time with Bee when there is nothing to do. It means everything to Optimus to be around someone and to be able to feel like a normal mech again. He doesn’t need to stay strong around his friend. He can fool and joke around with Bee without a fear of not being enough of a leader. Optimus is never called “Prime” by B-126.
Oh how dear his friend is to Optimus.
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During a successful fight against the Decepticons, Optimus undoes his battle mask and smiles at Bee.
This does not go unnoticed by Megatron, who always keeps an ever watchful eye of his lover turned enemy.
Megatron is disgusted.
How could Prime smile with that SAME smile Orion pax once gave him all those vorns ago.
Smiling at a mech that wasn’t HIM.
Those bright blue optics twinkling like they once did for him.
The immediate feeling of betrayal burns at his spark, but Megatron buries that deep down. Instead it turns into fuel for his hatred towards the Prime.
The Autobots and Iacon will forever be a place of stolen life.
Everything that could have been, will now forever never be.
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Optimus thinks less and less about Megatron with Bee by his side.
Of course, his spark will never forget D-16. It has taken a long time for the cracks to heal into scars.
Optimus is alright now.
While things may not be perfect, Optimus is content with life in Iacon.
Life with his friends and especially with Bee.
It takes a while for Optimus to realize what he is feeling for Bee. Those kind optics full of excitement make his spark flutter. The way he is able to talk about anything to anyone is something Optimus has truly grown to enjoy about Bee. When Optimus lacks the energy to speak, his dear friend is able to talk enough for the two of him.
To tell him stories, to tell Optimus about the latest drama he has happened to hear around Iacon. Everyone tends to be so careful around Optimus Prime, so Optimus tends to feel out of the loop for what is happening within social circles.
Bee is such a good friend to Optimus.
Optimus blushes so easily around Bee sometimes. To the point where he is glad he often has his battle mask on. It helps keep him stoic. Helps keep him silent. Helps keep him to be the leader cybertron needs.
Its normal to blush around your dear friend, is what Optimus tries to tell himself. Yet, he doesn’t feel his spark flutter and spin a little faster when he speaks with Elita.
Elita is one of the only other mechs to not treat him as simply a Prime. She still sees the Orion Pax in him way more than she does a Prime. She respects his leadership, but also took up the mantle in managing Iacon. She is very good at her job, and she enjoys it greatly.
Elita-1 watches how Optimus and Bee engage with each other. She is so sick and tired of how much Optimus refuses to acknowledge his own feelings towards the mech. Each time she even attempted to insinuate anything romantic between the pair, Optimus quickly would let out a nervous laugh and deny the possibility. Always claiming that Bee simply is just a very good friend, and that Bee is just very kind and social mech to begin with.
Elita knows how Bee acts around others.
She rolls her optics and continues about her duties.
Optimus tries to deny his feelings, to claim that it is just pure friendship. He pushes them down, begging for his spark to settle.
After some time Optimus realizes these feelings aren't going away.
Collecting himself together and his nerves, Optimus decides to finally act upon his feelings. Dwelling on them for more vorns will do nothing to help calm him.
Optimus confesses to Bee.
The two are sitting upon the surface of Cybertron, the lush floral and fauna surrounding them, The landscape glistens as a river of energon flows around them.
Staring at the stars, Optimus retracts his mask and tells him how much Bee means to him.
How much his company comforts him.
That he makes his spark churn and flutter.
That every moment that Optimus spends with Bee makes his spark feel at peace. That there is no other mech like Bee and that Optimus will forever be glad that he had been thrown down to sub-level 50 and had the chance to meet him. That they had the chance to change Cybertron because of their meeting, and that with his and the other’s help that life could improve for his fellow Cybertronians.
Bee sits there. Silent for once.
Optimus seizes up. Did he make a mistake? Was this a poor decision? Perhaps he was wrong to tell Bee of his feelings. He should have just continued staying a good friend to Bee.
It wasn’t as iff Optimus was asking Bee to reciprocate his feelings though, so perhaps it would be alright. Optimus would be okay if Bee felt the need to seperate from him and reevaluate their friendship. Bee is not the type of mech to just abandon and cut off all contact with another over something like this.
Optimus lets out a shakey vent, and looks into Bee’s optics.
Bright blue optics stare right back at Optimus Prime.
Bee’s mouth is agape, a faint blue dusting his faceplate.
With a nervous bite of his dermas, the yellow bot shakes his helm and responds to his greatest companion.
According to reliable sources, word has gone out that the BEST Decepticon, Ballpoint, was in a relationship with Thunderclash, a relatively well-known Autobot.
Thunderclash was seen crying and begging for Ballpoint to take him back. The Autobot was later found in a bar drinking engex and was inconsolable after the termination of the pair’s relationship.
Ballpoint has not been seen or heard from at the moment, but sources say Ballpoint is planning a large scale attack on the Autobots. If this is true, the Autobot army has no chance of beating such a lethal foe.
Thunderclash plans on confronting Ballpoint during this potential attack.
A scorned lover may be the only thing the Autobots can rely on in these trying times.
Been watching Rescuebots here and there when Im bored and it turns out I kinda ship Blades and Chase. Blades is by far my most fave, he is just so silly and cute. I saw this scene and like?? HELLO? It got me thinking. I think the two of them would be SO cute together. Also second image, Blades just looks so cute here kicking his pedes. UGH.
Anyways have some:
Blades/Chase HCs and Ramblings
Blades is taller than Chase, but is overall lankier. This is because I simply find it cute.
Blades likes to cling onto Chase when its just the two of them.
Chase enjoys how bright Blades is in comparison to him. He thinks his orange paint looks good against his dark blue.
They both are way too dense to realize that either of them likes each other. Dani is actually the first one to notice that Blades acts a little more nervous around Chase compared to anyone else. She points it out to Blades and he becomes HYPER aware of Chase from then on out. He trips over his own words and blushes way too easily towards Chase.
Chase of course does not notice anything. Very much the type of mech who does not realize flirting or anything unless its extremely blatant. He only finds Blades to be cute, but its not like is processor actually realizes that thats what he is feeling towards blades. To him it’s simply a fact, as Blades more round chassis and his overall demeanor is just more adorable than Boulder’s or Heatwave’s. Chase has commented on Blade’s cuteness in front of others so matter of factly and that threw Blades’ processor in a tizzy.
Blades has definitely caused some messes due to being too distracted by looking at Chase. Blades tends to be very awkward around Chase when he gets way too close to him.
Charlie takes a while to realize how Chase feels towards Blades, but assumes that Chase knew his own feelings (he didnt). Chase denies any such feelings towards Blades, but now the thought is in his processor. He slowly realizes that the way he thinks about Blades is totally different than how he views Boulder and Heatwave.
Other than Dani and Charlie, no one else really thinks twice on how Blades and Chase might be into each other. Dani noticed because Blades tends to ramble and she put two and two together. I like to think that she might’ve tried to subtly parse out how Chase might feel by asking Charlie about if Chase ever talks about Blades. Chase of course does not really talk about such thoughts with Charlie, so Charlie is confused by this whole interaction. Then it clicks in Charlies head that like, Chase tends to look at Blades a lot.
Chase thinks Blades’ rotor blades are fascinating to look at. They tend to move and twitch according to his emotions. Probably fluttering whenever Blades gets embarrassed.
Whenever Blades fanboys over Bumblebee, Chase feels a bit of jealousy. He doesn’t realize its jealousy though, hes too dense to realize it.
Eventually Dani accidentally slips out how Blades feels in the presence of Frankie and she immediately tells Cody. The two of them are surprised but immediately Frankie tries to figure out how Chase might feel. Cody isn’t so sure about this endeavor, but goes along with it anyways as he really wants to find out as well.
Frankie and Cody set the two on a date and Chase is like so suspicious of why he was brought out to a clearing in the forest for like no reason. Blades shows up and the two of them are like “Why are you here?”
They have a really cute time together not realizing that its a date. They just make the most of the night by looking at the stars together.
They start spending more time together meeting up at night, and eventually start holding hands as they sit together under the night sky. Their relationship is clearly not the same as it was before, but neither of them realize it. Blades is so anxious and nervous about liking Chase that he convinces himself that Chase doesn’t like him back and he just is being a very good friend towards Blades.
Chase realizes that he is very much enjoying his time with Blades, and after doing some research and reading on the reason as to why his spark feels strange lately. Comes to the conclusion that he is sick, and brings it up with Boulder. Boulder, who enjoys reading romance in his spare time, questions him if his spark feels strange when he is around Blades. Boulder was pretty quick to assume Blades, as there was no way it was Heatwave. Chase now realizes he is in love with Blades, and begins his process in what he thinks would be courting Blades.
Blades does not recognize that Chase is now courting him, Chase is just being a REALLY good friend. Like wow. Amazing and caring friend. Blades talks about Chase to Dani, and Dani just looks at him incredulously and is like “Blades, he is totally into you.” Of course Blades denies it.
As time goes on, Blades is doing things that are reciprocating the courtship all the while telling himself that Chase and him are totally just being good friends only. That he is hiding his crush on Chase so well, as he does not want to ruin their current friendship. Chase at that point assumes the two of them are in a relationship because Blades is reciprocating his courtship.
Heatwave finally notices the change in behavior between the two, and questions Chase about it. Chase simply informs him that yes, he and Blades are in the process of conjuxing.
Of course, Blades has no idea that basically everyone but him knows that he and Chase are an item. No one really confronts Blades either as he tends to shut down the conversation and gets far too embarrassed to let others know that he has a crush on Chase. They just assume that he gets too flustered and would rather keep things under wraps. So they respect him and don’t make a big deal about him conjuxing Chase until the two fully announce it.
Which doesn’t happen for a long time.
During one of their date nights (unbeknownst to Blades) Chase leans in to kiss Blades. Blades processor goes blank and is like so shocked
“Chase? Do you like me?”
“I would not be courting you if I didn’t.”
“YOU WERE COURTING ME?”
Blades is fucking dead. His crush has been courting him??? Since when???
Chase looks confused and is like “I thought you knew this. We have been following courtship protocol rather smoothly.”
They had both done all of the Conjux Ritus, only not yet having done the act of devotion. They have been holding hands so much during each date night! Blades would even lean against Chase as they spoke about whatever came to mind, or when Blades put on some human movie for the two of them to watch.
I am like actually gonna fucking die. Who thought this was a good idea for a cover?? CAUSE ITS FUCKING PERFECT I WANNA VOMIT. ITS SO SO SO SO CUTE AND I LOVE SESAME STREET (who doesnt tho??) UGHHH… I need to talk about Void rivals with someone so bad cause OML…… sobbing. Cant wait to buy the new issue of transformers next week!! Im so hyped!! Called up my local comic book store to ensure I’ll get a copy. I cant wait for the next issue of Void Rivals cause ???? I have GOT to know what happens next. UGHH…. So excited…
I am not sorry but I think im just gonna claim Darak to be a he/she butch. YOU CAN NOT TELL ME THIS ISNT A BUTCH!!! I am enjoying void rivals so much right now. Currently on issue #7 and I am LOVING it. I really hope there are others who see the same vision I do?? Darak is just so cute and i love her… I should draw him or somethin i dunno!!!
Transformers doodle dump! New to the transformers fandom and honestly, its pretty awsome to be able to get into something that actually inspires me to draw. I usually never draw but hopefully with my hyperfixation on transformers i can slowly improve my art!
I love Starscream so much so he usually is the subject of my doodles.
