#tf lancer

[textsfromcybertron]

(312): I remember going home with 2 girls. Woke up with 4.

[mintaikkcorpse]

Luke warm take: I don't mind the female Transformers having more "feminine" designs. I honestly didn't even know that was discourse until I saw tiktoks about it.

The feminine designs aren't so drastic that they distract from everything. In modern day, and it's not making the female transformers more sexual than male Transformers (like the sterotyical "male video game character vs female video game character" thing). It's mostly just making female Transformers smaller and slightly slimmer. They put larger lips on a lot of them which resembles lipstick, which I guess could be a gripe, but it's not like it's overly distracting or anything, and it's not really that noticable. Other than that, they look completely normal. Hell, the smaller and slimmer thing doesn't even happen in some media, and the female Transformers might just have chest plating that looks like breast armor.

I think it comes from the "they're robots, so why should they have gendered appearances?" thing. To that I say; I like seeing characters with more female-like bodies not being seen as weak and female character designs that areb't overly sexualized or weirdly human-like compared to the male characters.

Shout out to female Transformers. They could never make me hate you <3

Also, more modern approaches have been getting more liberal with the designs and ignoring gendered stuff, so it's not like it's a MUST that female Transformers have to be slimmer and all.

Ex for "masc" (more gender neutral since I don't think most obots look one gender or the other-) looking female transformers: Aileron in IDW, Elita 1 in Cyberworld, Twitch in Earthspark, Strongarm in RID 2015, Velocity in IDW, Chromia in Transformers One. I'm not going to name them all, but you get the gist.

Male Transformers that have a more "feminine" build (aka, smaller, slimmer waist, chest that pokes out more): Swerve in IDW, Rung in IDW, Rewind in IDW, Rodimus Prime in MTMTE, First Aid in IDW, Starscream in TFP, plz do not expect me to name all of them, I'm tired.

Making this post has also made me realize that a lot more of the designs in modern day are more gender neutral than anything with only slight changes in design that can indicate a Transformer is female. Like, I'm sorry, if you took away they're lipstick, I would NOT be able to yell who's male and who's female.

Tldr: I don't get why people complain about female transformers having more feminine designs. Maybe it's bcuz we're sick of overly gendered things, maybe it's fear that they'll be sexualized (this fandom sexualizes men WAAAYYYY more than they sexualize the women), or maybe it's even an internalized mysoginy thing where we associate feminine design = weaker, and then we get frustrated at the female transformers being "weaker" (they're not, but internalized mysoginy is a BITCH that everyone knows and it is inside all of us 😔)

Edit: Someone said that it's bcuz saying the bots HAVE to look feminine perpetuates the stereotype that all female characters have to be small with wide hips and thin waist, and I get that. What I'm refrering to is people being like, "The female transformers will never look as cool as the male transformers because they're not buff and big (masculine standard)." I'm talking about female transformers looking cool while NOT being typically "buff and big", I'm mostly talking about IDW since a lot of the cartoons fall into that trap, and my brain decided that IDW is the default for some reason. Shout out to IDW for having a wide variety of diverse body types for many of their characters. <3

[stargirlintermission]

While the female transformers tend to suffer from "woman but robot" and this is painfully obvious in G1, I adore how silly the helms from Elita's team are.

Like, Elita's and Chromia's are iconic, but Moonracer's unicorn horn, Greenlight's elf ears and Lancer's knight-like aesthetic are also charming to me.

I think the only one I don't like as much as the others is Firestar's helm, but it's also cute in a way.

[inknteeth35]

Made my own version of Blackarachnia

Cadet Lancer(aka Pre-mutated Blackarachnia)

[saxandviolins77]

Individual images under the cut 🙏

Moonracer is a rough-and-tumble girl with a formidable aim. As the youngest of the group, she ends up being the most naïve one, holding onto baseless hope and taking childish rivalries way too seriously. She’s bound to make mistakes and misjudge in attempts to prove herself, and despite her bravado and pride, she does own up to them and tries her best to fix and learn from her errors.

She has a special sort of admiration and love for her leader, Elita-1, yet has a notable difficulty in seeing eye to eye with her older superior, Chromia (not attributed to their size difference).

Chromia is the second-in-command and the trusted right-hand woman of Elita-1. She puts all of herself and more into covering for any gaps in her leader’s performance. Her no-nonsense attitude and professionalism make her a perfect fit, even if those same attributes do not make her fun at parties (it’s not like she’s worried about it).

Chromia was a member of Cybertron’s army, a fact she regrets profoundly and wishes to atone for.

She has deep feelings she'd rather not dwell on regarding her leader, Optimus' (apparently still alive) bodyguard, and the outspoken newcomer from another planet.

Lancer is a woman of action, not words. She would rather spend her time tinkering with possible upgrades for a cloaking device, listening to her sparkmate talk, or fighting.

Before the war, Lancer was a software engineer, and despite being content with her profession, she never fit in with the intellectual elite of Cybertron. It was only when the war came that she was able to find her place among the Autobot rebellion, fighting for those who couldn’t do it themselves. On the battlefield, Lancer manages to keep her characteristic tranquility even while shooting Decepticons' brain modules using a bow and arrow (not pictured).

Greenlight is everything Lancer isn't: amiable, talkative, and incapable of fighting. It’s not her fault; not every civilian is fit to take arms. Before the war, Greenlight was a prominent pharmacist and enjoyed the luxuries her profession provided. As the war started, she hesitated to join the resistance against the Decepticon army. Even though she didn’t agree with their ideals and plans for Cybertron, she had decided the conflict wasn’t her problem; it wasn’t until all of her close friends were killed during a Decepticon invasion that she (and her sparkmate) finally took action and joined the resistance.

Greenlight may think her role of supporting the crew is insignificant next to Lancer’s prowess in combat (and may be jealous of her own sparkmate), but she is essential to the crew’s maintenance.

To say Elita-1 is the leader of the Autobot resistance on Cybertron would be an understatement. Even before Optimus' disappearance, she had cemented herself as an indispensable figure in the Autobot resistance. With time, her importance and responsibilities only grew. It wouldn't be wrong to say she's the most important figure the Autobots have.

She looks back at each Autobot putting it all on the line to defend Cybertron, no matter how small they think their role is, and she swears to protect their lives at any cost. She’ll go to any length to keep her planet (and other planets) from complete Decepticon domination. Her goal and duty supersede it all, even herself.

Firestar is good, and she'll make sure you know it. A rescue worker by profession and a daredevil at spark, she loves and lives for the adrenaline of danger and, better yet, loves proving she’s the best at what she does.

Despite her ego, Firestar won’t think twice about putting her life on the line to save someone else's. She’s by far the most willing to go to extremes to make sure the least amount of lives are lost in any given situation; this trait puts her at odds with most of the crew, who argue they’ll be just as bad as the Decepticons if they don’t stick by their morals. Unsurprisingly, Firestar openly considers Optimus Prime a weak leader who could’ve ended the war much sooner if he weren’t a coward. In contrast, she is deeply devoted to Elita-1 and listens to anything she says (even if she doesn’t agree with it).

[theangrycomet-art]

Mini Menaces: Caught Red-Handed

Lancer doesn't mind younglings. She is actually quite fond of them- especially if she's not responsible for them.

However, she is not overly fond of organics and only respects them enough to drop them in a cup and yeet them outside the ship.

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[cosa-llorona]

Just some funny drawings

I don't know if I should call this a joke or a headcanon, but I like the idea that Elita and Chromia found Moonracer and raised her as their own when she was alone (in addition to Oplita, I like Chrolita).

[idsfantasy]

Box AU fic part 2! Elita's having a crisis, Optimus is having a crisis, and everyone is pretending they're not having nearly as much of a crisis over the side effects of the Earth-based alt modes as they actually are to varying degrees of success. Enjoy!

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