#tf headcanon

[zeffrie]

Megatron being a moderately (becoming more soft over time) soft father behind closed doors is just so fitting... He is for sure smothering Optimus with kisses whenever he's in private.

In his defense, your honor, who wouldn't? Especially when, if you don't indulge him, his optics start getting all watery and he'll look like a kicked cyber-puppy. The little glitch-rat is both literally and metaphorically asking for it! Those are plain manipulative tactics! Megatron would be almost impressed if he weren't currently preoccupied with playing chess with the pest and trying not to laugh at his ruffled expression and pink, puffed-out cheeks of frustration.

[rainie-glades-anime]

energon shortage during the war should have chronic effects, especially on the younger bots. and maybe the larger bots as well? if they have higher energy needs that were more often neglected. Maybe smaller bots, especially those with light frame designs like Arcee, would’ve had it easier. Optimus, his commanders, and the medics would try their best to keep everyone on fair rations based on their size and needs, but it could never be perfect.

and that’s just physically, i’d love to see the mental effects of long term rationing/starvation explored, especially in post-war canon or fics. Like why is rid15 bumblebee not freaking out more about their supply at the beginning of the show? When they are cut off and don’t even have decepticon mines to steal from? He’s spent several years on a peaceful Cybertron, thinking that part of his life is behind him, and suddenly he’s back to dealing with one of the worst aspects of the war. Except this time it’s his duty to make sure everyone has enough fuel. Sure they have the stock from the crashed ship, but they have no idea how long they’ll be stranded. And they clearly didn’t get it all, or the decepticons would’ve been a very temporary problem.

It’s not an imminent threat. But Bee quickly organizes everyone’s daily rations, and he is military strict about enforcing it. Bee does not hoard. Instead he obsessively monitors everyone’s consumption. He inventories their supply, and then he does it again. And again. He doesn’t shortchange his own portion. He knows better than to be a martyr about this. Optimus and Ratchet both gave him plenty of lectures. About how under-fueling would impede cognition, reflexes, and eventually be more of a danger to his comrades than any kind of noble sacrifice. Optimus and Ratchet were giant hypocrites btw, but Bee never knew. Bumblebee’s own intake is measured down to the gram.

Strong arm was in a colony or in stasis for most of the war. She appreciates the structure and discipline of Bumblebee’s rules. But she doesn’t see more than that.

Grimlock and Drift were decepticons. The cons were always better at energon acquisition. And then Grim was captured and put in stasis. He never experienced shortages. When Drift defected, he was mostly a lone operator, and finding his own supply was part of that. He understands scarcity, but it was his problem to deal with. Now he looks after two students, and Bee has to keep an eye on him to be sure he isn’t neglecting himself to pass on his share to the minibots.

Sideswipe…Sideswipe hoards. Having a protected stash is ingrained in him to such a degree that it’s basically a subconscious decision to start slipping some out of storage. And Sideswipe is excellent at lying to himself. It’s only a snack stash, no big deal. He doesn’t have to do it, of course! it doesn’t settle a deep seated anxiety! He just doesn’t see the point of such strict rules!

Bee…does not handle this well at first. He’s not as good at spotting Sideswipe’s lies this early on. Or maybe he is, but he doesn’t understand the purpose of the lie. To Bee, it looks like an excuse to avoid getting in trouble. It’s irresponsible and selfish. Meanwhile, Sideswipe is doing everything in his power to pretend he is not freaking out about the energon. Which Bumblebee fails to recognize, because Bee is maybe, slightly, compromised when it comes to this issue. Things escalates when his anger and the ensuing argument lead Sideswipe to believe he’ll be kicked off the team, left to fend for himself.

[dezmolad]

Bug Minimus??

I love bug designs of transformers from pretty much any continuity so I started to wonder what bug I'd make mtmte characters into. And, as in most AUs, Minimus seemed the most difficult. BUT. Then I learned about this gentleman:

This little guy is called Austrospirachtha carrijoi and is a beetle, that developed a bodypart covering his entire body that resembles a termite, and tricks termites to believe it's one of them!! When i learned about this I instantly went "wow thats a bug with magnus armor"

The beetle uses its disguise to steal termite's food, so it's not super in character for minimus but. just the idea ok.

When it comes to other characters I'd make Rodimus into a firefly bc. fire. And also the ""flemboyant"" mating habbits of fireflies that fex with their light to attract partners even if its danagerous and attracts predators, too. It fits Rodimus' sometimes reckless personality I think, even if it's kinda obvious.

And yes I'd make Megatron into a Stag Beetle just bc I love his armade design he's such a bug.

[woomysans]

Personal headcanon I have is that Primus and Unicron were made by a long dead civilization to create and host artificial life. Because why else would both the Autobots and Decepticons address humans as organic?

Like from their point of view before they met any other species, wouldn't Cybertronians have seen themselves as organic?

[xxscarlettstarxx]

An Alien Robot In Love With A Human Girl  (Pt 2)

TF ROTB Mirage x Reader

Mirage couldn’t get his head straight while on patrol because he was thinking about (Y/n), the girl he met a week ago. Arcee, one of his comrades, scowled at him for spacing out on patrol. Even Optimus had a little go at Mirage too. 

The upbeat Autobot wondered perpetually if he would ever see (Y/n) again.  

~~~~~

(Y/n) hadn’t been very focused on her studies for Uni and that’s because someone she met not long ago was on her mind. An Autobot named Mirage. The girl appears to be fond of that funny robot, she finds him quite hilarious and optimistic. The day she got saved by one of the Autobots, (Y/n) got to know him more while Mirage was driving her home.  (Y/n) drew a mini image of him on her notebook and her heart went pumping up in beats when she did that. A red faded colour glowing on her cheeks, blushing hysterically as she thinks about him more. 

The sweet warm-hearted girl held up a mini sketch of Mirage towards the sunlight that was radiantly beaming through the glass window by her studying desk, wondering if she would ever bump into Mirage once again. 

~~~~~

Mirage got ambushed by one of the Decepticons while getting easily distracted by a girl he couldn’t stop thinking about. (Y/n) has been crawling through his mind 24/7. The citizens were roaming down the road screaming in terror when a deception appeared. However, Mirage managed to take down the enemy and blasted their brains out. 

Suddenly…

“Mirage?” The Autobot recognised the voice of a girl whom he never thought was nearby. He turned his head and looked down at the girl standing by the broken streetlights, “(Y/n)?” Mirage walked closer to her, bending down to her level so he could face her properly. 

(Y/n) shone a smile across her soft lips, tucking in her (h/c) hair behind her ear, “Hello Mirage.” she had never thought she would randomly run into him. “Glad that I’ve bumped into you today.” Mirage’s eyes widened after hearing what he just said out of the blue, he held his hand and face-slapped himself, thinking that it was the most ridiculous first thing to say. (Y/n) chuckled at her awkwardness, “I was actually going to say the same thing. I watched you take down that Decepticon while I was hiding behind the wall nearby. That was impressive.” 

Obviously she wasn’t stalking him or anything, (Y/n) just happened to be nearby and somehow spotted Mirage beating the hell out of a Decepticon. Mirage never thought someone beautiful like her was watching the whole fight between the Autobot and Decepticon. 

“You could have gotten hurt, (Y/n)! You shouldn’t be too close!” Mirage spoke in a worrying manner. 

“I wasn’t that close to the scene, I was watching from a safe distance so I’m fine! Don’t worry!” (Y/n) reassured him, smiling so calmly. 

An utter silence floated in between them, the two gazed upon each other with a smile glimmering on her faces. (Y/n) looked away shyly, Mirage noticed her face was colouring fadingly with a light of red. He found that quite adorable. 

“Are you free at the moment?” Mirage asked in a wonder. 

“Yeah I am.” (Y/n) answered very quickly which shocked Mirage. 

“Awesome! Great! Wanna go to the drive-in theater or..?” He suggested, couldn’t think of any places to go and chill. “I would love to, Mirage…” She paused and took a glimpse around the chaotic mess when Mirage brawled against the Decepticon, “Aren't you going to clean up the mess?” she giggled with her hand to her lips. 

Mirage hadn’t forgotten the damage he caused on the street, “I will let the humans handle that, haha…” he transformed into the Porsche 964 car and actively opened the car door for her, “You coming in?” 

(Y/n) clutched her study books to her chest and smiled shyly, heading inside the Porsche. Mirage carefully closed the car door front and drove off to the drive-in theater. 

An Autobot and the little lady began to spend more time together every week, getting to know each other one and another. Mirage loves her laughs, her smile, her everything. His heart gets very high with such warm fuzzy feelings. It’s the same with (Y/n). 

The girl loves everything about him. His goofiness, his silliness, his jokes, everything. A human girl and an Autobot fell for each other and eventually they officially became a couple. 

(Y/n) talks about her goofball Mirage to her friends, some find it hard to believe that one of the Autobots was actually her boyfriend. She would think about Mirage everyday nonstop. 

On the other side, Mirage never shuts his mouth about (Y/N) to his comrades. Bumblebee grew exhausted hearing his friend talking about (Y/n). Although he does seem interested to meet the girl one day. Arcee appeared to be a little annoyed by Mirage rambling on about his human girlfriend. She, too, was interested to meet (Y/n). Other Autobots had a similar reaction. Optimus was visibly happy for him having someone special in his life, human or not. As long as Mirage treats (Y/n) right of course. 

It appeared that the human girl (Y/n) and the Autobot Mirage grew very fond of each other…

Mirage found his sparkmate whom he wants to spend the rest of his life with and (Y/n) found hers whom she truly adores very much. 

(A/N) - THE END! The last part of this fanfiction is finally completed! I hope you all enjoyed it!

UNTIL NEXT TIME..^^

[frosty-tian]

I want more sparklings

Sorry, I’m travelling now, so nothing good, but managed to doodle them in my sketchbook while on the plane.:

Whole page of fat effs.

[magpiecrust]

Cybertronian language hcs

Some of my ideas. I think their communication is a constant mix of vocal, sign, and body language at the same time.

Written language

Old Cybertronian was written in runes that were clawed or carved (handy before the invention of paints and brushes)

Modern and semi-modern Cybertronian can be painted with a brush, similiar to how Asian languages traditionally were (Transformers Prime episode "T.M.I" had Bulkhead paint sigils with a mop as a brush)

Cybertronian has alphabet like in cyrillic, as opposed to symbols being words like in japanese (makes more sense at least for modern Cybertronian as it's mostly typed on devices)

Vocalized language

Cybertronians all have some sort of engines, and aside from running their internal organs, the engine is also used for vocal communication

They can growl and purr like canines and felines, and might also be able to screech

Might also be able to make more mechanical noises, like whirring wheels and grinding gears?

Sign language/body language

I think most of them had four or five fingers, so humanlike sign language is possible. It's much more widespread among abled Cybertronians than sign language is among abled humans.

Wings, doorwings, and winglets are used to emote; for example they stand up, droop, flutter, and spread in threat display (there's one problem with this hc; many of them don't have any of these)

Finials express similiarly to cat and dog ears (again a problem with the hc; many Cybertronians do not have finials)

They also have more human-like body language signals because they're bipedal and have two arms and legs

[wonderwomanpleasesteponme]

Because of Rise of the Beast is still invading my brain and @deadgirlrolling has me trapped in the Transformers Animated part of the fandom so have a headcannon of tfa Nightbird with Terrorcon flavoring.

Before the war Yoketron used to train more than one student at once so she needed up training along side Jazz. Unfortunately for her she wasn't the best at it and was deemed unfit for the Cyber ninja core. Then the war came along and she was drafted and she became a scout using the few skills she was able to pick up during her training. Once again bad luck had struck her and while her and her team was in a space craft scouting out a Decepticon warship they were attacked and all of them were killed. All of her team's bodies were found but hers never was found.

Years later when a human accidentally discovered the transwrap key and triggered it's tracker, she reappeared but she was different from how those who knew her before remembered her as. Now she was one of Unicron's best henchmen and even more dangerous than possibly Megatron himself.

The Autobots are trying to find a way to break her free of Unicron's spell, but so far they have no luck. Even if they were to free her she has no interest in going back to the Autobots plus a certain warlord seems to also fancy so maybe she'll go for thay option.