#crowbar!!!

[that-painter-in-your-pocket]

Damn

A full year on tumblr.

Quick vid of some of my highlights in art here

@mistermalaprop Count Raven appearance

@smokey-prime9000 TIOE appearance

Song used in video- Anthems for a Seventeen Year Old Girl by Broken Social Scene

[mistermalaprop]

Hi so little idea for our new friend Mag Pyre

So, currently, in my brain, she (oh ya Mag uses she/they) starts as a Predacon but becomes a Maximal. The defect happens a little bit after Count Raven joins the Predacons.

Because all she really knows of Count Raven is that he keeps having mental breakdowns and is an asshole (as a coping mechanism. A really bad one, but still), Mag doesn’t really know what is happening between Crowbar and Count Raven.

So this leads to every time the bird exes meet and have their whole ordeal, Mag is treating it like a sit com. Initially, it’s like “so…is this normal?” To “ooooooooo the birds are fighting!!! Froggy, quick, grab the popcorn!” Meanwhile Froggy is most definitely going into the freeze response of fight/flight and Mag is not helping at all :)

NAHHHHHHHHHHH BRUH THIS IS SO FUCKING FUNNY AND SAD

Froggy watching Count and Crowbar having their 30th fight that week (it's Monday)

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Mag Pyre watching Count and Crowbar having their 30th fight that week (it's Monday) (Maggy has made a BINGO board for repetitive fight moves and phrases spoken) (she's winning)

[andorian-from-walmart]

I can't stop staring at the artwork you did of Count Raven and Crowbar IT LOOKS SO GOOOOOOD OML 💗💗

Aaaaaawwww tyyyy❤️❤️❤️

I'll make sure to make more art of them :3❤️

[that-painter-in-your-pocket]

alright here's the Count Raven revision idea i've been teasing (i finished the binge watching of BW for tonight so yay (i ended on rampage's intro) i can finally chit-chat). sorry this is long but... i wanted ya to know my thoughts.

So the Count will ofc keep his story of being a Maximal at first but defecting to the Predacons... but the reason why is being adjusted-- this time, he's switching sides because of a secret plan to destroy the Predacons from the inside out; he wants to either change Megatron's view or assassinate him.

In this situation, the only person who would know what Count Raven is trying to do... is Crowbar! They probably wouldn't be too happy, but the Count is very insistent on this method (even offering Crowbar to join him), especially since Dinobot defected from the Preds not too long ago. Count Raven has always been physically aggressive and not that nice compared to other Maximals, so the idea that he'd genuinely defect to the Predacons isn't impossible.

In order to keep his true intentions underwraps, he and Crowbar would have to stage something, leading to their iconic one-on-one altercation where Crowbar would (unintentionally) slice off his hand in front of Frog Legs (who is kept out of the plan as to "protect" him). Kinda think about Wicked's "Defying Gravity" song for this. It fits. Both Crowbar and Count Raven want the war to end, they just take different approaches. it's still angsty, but not overly edgy and brutal like before.

With the Predacons, Count Raven is very similar to Inferno with Megatron where he's always kissing his ass (to get on his good side) but he is also very, very competent- compared to the other Predacons, at least. He's content with being on surveillance/security duty (like Rhinox with the Maximals), so he will mostly remain out of any fights. He focuses on getting chummy with Megatron, while keeping his true intentions completely hidden... unlike Tarantulas or Blackarachnia lmao-- Being with the Predacons all the time kinda fucks with the Count mentally, so, he is (sadly) not immune to taunting the Maximals and hurting them when ordered too. Oops. I like to assume during the truce in season 1, he and Crowbar got back in contact and had a spark-to-spark, reminding Count Raven why he left in the first place. Maybe they finally clue Frog Legs into the whole situation. I know Count Raven would be saddened to have the truce be cancelled, but he'd be back beside Megatron soon enough..

I dunno if he'd officially re-defect before the end of the series, but I want him to rejoin Crowbar eventually. I wanna hear what you think before I do much else.

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oh and he'd live. forgot to add that.

HE FUCKING LIVES LETS GO WE HAVE A HAPPY ENDING---

Anywho I really like this! It was fun to be angsty but I like this new take! And the unintentional hand slicing....beautiful. it's like when I sacrificed my knees in drama class to fake fall. But. More amputation :D

I need to update Crowbar.....man.........do they still become a mercenary at this point?? Probably, cause it's been part of their story for so long and it would have to be post canon. We'll. We'll figure it out.

[mistermalaprop]

@too-many-beloveds up late thinking about the Froggy confrontation and hm..

Alt ending where Frog Legs is able to convince Count Raven to rejoin the Maximals, albeit more secluded and less engaged since… yeah. The Count and Crowbar butt heads, and most of the other Maximals are uncomfortable, but Froggy’s on his Tf One B-127 arc (tm) and he’s trying to make it work (but he’s still so sad and traumatized).

One night, Froggy finds Count Raven standing are edge of their base, and Count confesses that he feels he doesn’t belong anywhere anymore, not after all he’s done— after all he’s done to Froggy and Crowbar. Frog Legs tries to convince Count to stay, to think otherwise, but deep down inside Froggy knows Count Raven was probably right.

Quietly, the Maximals watch as Count Raven takes flight off into the sky to never be seen again. Froggy can’t tell if he still hates Raven— but Crowbar? They’re standing in the corner, fists clenched, hating how much they care and despise the Count for leaving again.

Crowbar and Froggy leaving the Maximals later to become Mercs is related in someway, shape, or form.

[mistermalaprop]

Beast Wars OC: Count Raven

hell yeah here we go

Cnt. Raven is, uh, well he exists now. I'll develop him more later, but he's created as Crowbar's (@too-many-beloveds) archrival.

They used to be friends when they first woke up on Earth, but after a while and with their differing beliefs and conflicts of interest (*cough cough* he tried to bring Froggy-boy to the dark side), they broke up and parted ways.

Cnt. Raven joins the Predacons while Crowbar (+ Frog Legs) becomes a Mercenary. He misses being friends with Frog Legs and Crowbar, but he can't bring himself to admit it.

rip i guess--

(yes, he's dramatic as hell he's a damn raven, he's probably BW! Sky-Byte at this rate)

[mistermalaprop]

Oh ya I made human Crowbar and Froggy designs during history and English

I read way too much Maximum Ride when I was 13, I can give human Crowbar wings

Oooooo very interesting very interesting— I like Crowbar’s big hair!

[mistermalaprop]

Yo

I wrote a Countbar one shot

I am tired :D also no beta we die like Count Raven

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He doesn't die here I swear-

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It had been too long of a day. Too many fights, too many close calls, just...too much. By the end of it, Crowbar was exhausted. Not to mention, their face felt off.

Once Primal had given them the okay to go into recharge, instead of going to their own room, they followed Count Raven to his own room. They tried not to trudge their feet, not to look completely exhausted. Count Raven looked back a couple of times, but said nothing.

He opened the bedroom door, and let Crowbar in. They stood in the middle of the tiny room and felt themselves sway slightly. The Count locked the door behind him and stood behind Crowbar.

"Are you-" The Count started before Crowbar fell backwards, falling against his chest. Count Raven immediately wrapped his arms around Crowbar, holding them up. He leaned closer to their audial, "Let's go to the bed." Crowbar merely sighed as Count Raven moved them both to the bed.

Count Raven settled them on the bed, sitting against the wall as Crowbar laid across his chest. The Count brought his hand to Crowbar's mask, stroking it gently. "Does your face hurt?"

It felt like the scars were still burning, the stitching still fresh. It was years ago, though, they knew that it was all in their memory.

Their thoughts were interrupted by a clicking noise on their mask and Count Raven carefully taking it off. Crowbar turned their face directly to Count Raven's chest.

Count Raven's claw curled and came up to the big scar on their cheek, stroking it affectionately. The burning tingles were soon replaced by the Count's careful strokes. It was so considerate, a far cry from the surgery before, so desperate to keep their face intact.

A rumbling noise came from under them and soon, humming. Crowbar could never place what song Count Raven hummed. Must've been from long ago. It didn't really matter, it was always soothing.

The Count removed an arm to start rubbing along Crowbar's back, lulling them into sleep. Before either of them could fall asleep, Crowbar leaned up and gave a small kiss on his mask.

"Thanks," Crowbar muttered before falling asleep.

This is so tender and sweet… aaaaaaaa why am I giggling over OC BIRDS—

Twirling my hair and kicking my feet bc Count Raven—