uhh guys, you know the kids are supposed to be the ones doing the science projects, right?
(both of the volcanoes explode and the entire school has to evacuate)
(ratchet and soundwave cope by splitting a bottle of wine later that evening before going and paying their husbands’ bail)
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i had sm fun designing the waves for this au. i’ll probably do a little bit of tweaking but overall im happy with the designs. i tried to almost make them parallel wheeljack and ratchet in a way— shockwave’s lower arms/sleeves (?) are inverted from wheeljack’s and they both have a rounder upper torso, although shockwave’s is sharper. soundwave and ratchet have the same shape of upper torso, but like WJ’s and shockwave’s arms, the shapes are inverted from each other. then they both have the sharp chevron things and the armor on the sides of their helmet. a lot of this came from their original G1 designs of course, it’s not like im totally inventing their designs here, but i def tried to play into the whole “these are the evil versions of wheeljack and ratchet and grimlock in the neighborhood” concept while simplifying their designs for this au/style. also here’s the bg on its own—
thank you to everyone that’s been leaving nice comments in the tags/sending me asks about this au! and thank you @goose-theseeker for giving me ideas on how to incorporate wavewave and rumble and frenzy into this au as well!
Sketches for an idea i had about the autobots liking the trailer and just passing time there. Optimus just lets it happen, bc why not
Anyway, i let him be happy for far too long already
The thought of optimus having to carry the literal dead weight of his friends is what actually made me want to do this, i might make this a full piece one day, who knows