Trying to get over my weird anxiety about posting my art so here's a little something I doodled directly in pen (hence the scribbliness) while sitting in a corner at a party that was WAY too loud.
Strange Noises from the Hole in the Wall x The Killing Kind
8. The Loco Motion by Grand Funk debuted Mar 74 and peaked at number one, scoring 1629 points.
Little Eva's original, co-written by Carole King, peaked at number one, and was the number 21 hit of 1962. Kylie Minogue's remake peaked at number three and was the number 33 hit of 1988.
so Pixie now has a redesign. so here she is! Crosshair’s little niece. I’ll admit, British Sign language or sign language in general is a bit of a task to draw but hopefully i can get better.
since Pixie uses sign language to talk, i had to look up multiple diagrams and videos to help me get what she’s saying right. it’s a bit difficult as this is a new area for me. I’m thinking maybe she also writes or uses something for text to speech to talk to those who may not know sign. her uncle and aunt obviously know sign but the other autobots may not so she’s stuck on figuring out how to communicate with them if both her aunt and uncle are away.
but other than that i think she turned out cute. i made a little human version because why not
she has a different colour scheme so she looks more like his niece rather than a daughter. a niece is what i was going for. and look. she has a lil pair of goggles like her uncle. i think she turned out well
Pixie is mostly an energetic little kid who loves to explore and learn. she’s adventurous and curious, always asking questions and watching how things work. she’s shy to new people and mostly quiet. when she’s not excitedly chasing after frogs, she’s reading about them. she thinks it’s funny she shares the name of a species of frog. though, she doesn’t have a limit to questions and can be accidentally distracting. she’s still learning a lot, being a little kid. she’s also opposite in bravery to her uncle. she’s jumpy and can be a bit emotional. she gets easily frustrated when not understood. she’s been known to have a bad habit of wandering off a lot. She’s nonverbal and has to communicate what she needs in a different way. her uncle is starting to rub off on her, and she’ll do small little prank favors only in exchange for some energon sweets. she’s clever and loves trying to problem solve when it comes to puzzles. she loves solving logic puzzles. she’s got a lot to learn in her young age, but don’t underestimate her, there’s stuff she knows and she will surprise you with her knowledge.
Background:
Pixie was born on earth when Fuselage and his partner first arrived on earth. Crosshairs, who had arrived around the same time was around for majority of Pixie’s first years, watching Pixie grow with her parents. She instantly looked forward to when he would visit. Even from her younger years, it was clear Pixie didn’t talk. Crosshairs had taught her to sign when he remembered a deaf comrade he had back on cybertron.
eventually, Crosshairs had to take leave to join the battles between the autobots and decepticons. Pixie didn’t quite understand so everyday she basically waited for her uncle to come back. that day never happened that Crosshairs would return to her family’s home. Pixie soon got lost when walking in the woods. seeing that she was too far from home, she started sending out distress signals as she started trying to find her way back, getting even more lost
luckily for her, Crosshairs had received her signals by sheer chance. he and his conjunx endura, Loco Motion, managed to find Pixie. unfortunately, so did cemetery wind. the two fled with pixie, afraid of what cemetery wind would do with the information of what a youngling was like. fearing the worst for her parents, as they couldn’t be contacted, Loco Motion and Crosshairs took little Pixie under their wing. Because of the unfamiliarity, Pixie was a little weary warming up to Loco Motion, but eventually they got along. she started calling Loco Motion “aunty Coco.” which seemed to stick. she traveled with her uncle and aunt to reunite with the remaining autobots
Pixie was very shy meeting the other autobots and was initially very scared of hound. Hound was loud and the amount of weaponry on him frightened the heck out of Pixie. she did get confident enough to be in the same location as him but so far that’s as good as it got. she had a little less trouble warming up to bumblebee though, given his younger demenor. she’s slowly warming up more to drift, though the sight of his swords do scare her a little sometimes. during the storming of KSI and the rescue of optimus he had to stay hidden. during the fight in England in The Last Knight, she remained in Lockdown’s old ship, hiding, as instructed by her uncle.
but one thing happened during the fight. a con snuck on board. with drift piloting the ship, and Pixie in a compartment on the other side, there was trouble. with her uncle fighting on the ground below, she was stuck. so she climbed into the roof and when the con came past below her, she dropped a heavy book on him. it knocked the con out just enough for Pixie to run to Drift and alert him to the situation, something Crosshairs is very proud of her for doing. not just alerting drift, but for being the clever and brave little tadpole she is. she’s not quite ready to start training as an autobot yet but she has the potential for being one in the future.
Some day I will finish and post my essay on how Loco Motion is a metaphor for capitalism and the rat race of employment but for now it stays in my Tumblr drafts
