#tfe rumble

[cas-theghostking]

Earthspark Soundwave angst cause Rumble is DEAD and Bee made a joke about it

[eyestrain and robogore warning]

Ill post the drawings later

[lycansoffspring]

RUMBLE: EJECT

I really wanted to make an angsty drawing about this thing Bee said and THAT WAS NEVER ADRESSED IN THIS STUPID FUCKIN SHOW EVER AGAIN

[transingthoseformers]

I wonder if Soundwave ever calls for Rumble to come forth and then he remembers that Rumble is gone in Earthspark

OJLGSVAGFNJGHD NOOOOOO🥺🥺🥺

He does

He 100% does

And it's terrible, every time

[peznutbutter]

More tfe memes bc bumblebee’s trauma is still not getting addressed

[logos-primes-pr-guy]

On Earthspark Rumble And Trauma

[Earthspark Spoilers]

If the rest of the season drops and it turns out that the other cassettes are all fine and alive and Bumblebee just phrased *that line* so ominously purely by accident... The Earthspark team is surely having a whole Moment seeing the sheer volume of memes pouring out over what may potentially be a misunderstanding.

Do not get me wrong. I, too, was awash with dread after that scene, but at the same time, I also think it's funny that we all heard "An unspecified cassette exploded when Soundwave tried to eject them" in the context of an apparently amusing story told to two children, and every single one of us collectively agreed that Rumble has died in a horrific and gruesome manner, forever traumatising Soundwave and the cassetticon family. The explosion may not have been fatal. It might not have been Rumble. Buzzsaw and Ratbat are also missing (and so are the many other cassettes, but they don't usually get screentime, so I'll let that slide). Where's all the art of Laserbeak tragically chirping over the loss of his counterpart? How come Frenzy gets all the angst to themself?

To be clear I do share the theory that the explosion was fatal because it explains why a loyal and rational mech like Soundwave would become a feral ball of rage, and why Frenzy and Laserbeak no longer want to follow him when they used to be such a close-knit family (in the family-themed show, no less! The show that gave us Hardtop shoving Swindle aside and letting himself be trapped in the very first episode, proving that it is indeed willing to acknowledge the Decepticons' familial bonds as well).

Nonetheless, assumptions are being made. I want to see the cassettes all happy and safe, but I'm also curious how this plotline is going to pan out. Even if one of them didn't die, something very bad clearly *has* happened. They were starving. Soundwave malfunctioned. Someone maybe got hurt.

We might see a plotline about how grief and one big traumatic can tear a family apart. But we may see instead how hardship and poverty and very difficult situations can wear down even the closest family, change people slowly over time so that they're no longer the person you trusted and respected. Maybe Rumble, Buzzsaw, Ratbat (and the others?) are not dead. Maybe they just left. They couldn't take the starvation, the constant danger, the isolation of running and hiding from the Autobots and the humans every day, so one day they left and joined one of those government-designated areas where Decepticons are allowed to live that got mentioned in Decoy. And Soundwave grew bitter and resentful because why can't they see that he's just trying to keep them safe and free and alive, and the life they've chosen isn't even really living, it's not freedom?

Sometimes trauma is one huge thing that devastates you forever. But sometimes, it's quiet, insidious, worming its way in slowly and steadily until you don't even remember how things used to be, and that can be one of the hardest wounds to heal.

[transingthoseformers]

What if Frenzy had an argument with Rumble that fateful day before the accident🥺

[transingthoseformers]

God the way rumble went out in this fic was heartbreaking

[transingthoseformers]

One thing I remembered now: if we go with the version "most of the armies died, but came back after the first season" that means they will be in the "war mentality "

And like… for others, this has been years, most of the conflict is due to the fact that the alliance with GHOST was a real shot in the foot (especially in the treatment of prisoners).Are the surviving Decepticons upset? Yes. Did they decide to say everything that was canned in the "apology meeting"? Yes. Soundwave punched Bee for Rumble? Yes.But in general they just want to stay in peace in their corner

Then the others arrive and are like "WTF???!!!!" with everything and everyone

Oo that'd lead to fun situations yeah!