#transformers superlink

[dovetron]

Untapped potential for great angst for this ship

[hozcar]

"Be lost no more, your world is in my hands! Return everything to nothing; you don't need your name nor your memories, those who built you, those who stablished you... THEY'RE ALL WORTHLESS!"

[stephemcd]

A bunch of TF Energon/Superlink memes that aren't "anime bad" and "Kicker sucks" I've made because I was bored.

[woofskibidi]

Galvatron and his adopted son (Nightscream) :3

[aecholapis]

Energon/Superlink did many things not quite right but this moment was not one of them

[raytries]

Another pride month drawing.

Unicron trilogy(superlink/energon) Jetop. Surprisingly the haealtiest relationship Optimus ever had.

Some rambles about them.

You are telling me that in here Jetfire and Optimus have basically 2 adopted kids in Kicker and Ironhide. Optimus is a questionable parent at best, but Jetfire is amazing at it(even if a little bit overprotecting but in his defense one of them is a human and the other one is kinda dumb and he still seem to have trauma from that time when Megatron accidentally turned Optimus into space dust in armada).

Probably my favourite takes on both of their characters. I always had incredibly mixed feeling on Optimus as a character, but i guess the fact that he reminds me even more of my dad plays a role here. As for Jetfire he is perfect(not biased at all), I love how we get to see him not put with any bs and how he tries to act like the fun guy to keep the morale up(and not show how stressed or worried he is about everything) and only breaks that mask when he is alone with Optimus.

I also love the moments when Optimus just comforts Jetfire, or how much they worry about each other or that time when Jetfire basically called himself Optimus knight in shinning armor/"free warrior of the sky"(that line is not in the dub). They are so cute together.

As for the headcanons every version of Optimus is bi to me and Jetfire is trans and gay.

[waterlilykitty]

Raw energon is a metamorphic rock.

I can explain. Metamorphic rocks are formed when a protolith (base rock which is either sedimentary or igneous) is subjected to immense pressure and/or heat. The g1 cartoon had a depiction of liquid energon being formed by compressing different forms of energy. (Weird cartoon logic where you can do that to oil and electricity if it's in a special box). Other cartoons show a more solid crystal like energon instead. I believe shifting tectonic plates (in a universe with transformers) can cause lingering energy in a planetary body to crystallize. I headcanon it's more potent than an artificially created liquid energon once it's refined because of the energy actually used. Probably the reason they do that in Beast Wars, the Unicron Trilogy, Aligned etc.

I think there's an argument for igneous energon but I think that would go into Primus's blood territory and would be hard to explain off of Cybertron.

Animated's trees are just... very different. But the crystals were meant to show up so whatever.

Um, go check stuff for yourself and don't take this at face value, just like anything in the Internet. I think it's fun to try and apply real world science to fiction even if it might not make sense.

[blueikeproductions]

@feralcascadevulture had asked about Defensor Maximus earlier and this is what I ultimately came up with.

Studying the Maximus combiners more closely and what vehicles they used, I had Defensor be a heavy retool of Bruticus Maximus, with the cranes being modified into a fire engine and tow truck. While not drawn in, Defensor is unique in he has an extra st of hands in Blades and Alpha Bravo, who are the Bruticus helicopters. When connected instead of Red Hot and Tow-Line, this allows Defensor to fly like Ruination can when Ro-Tor and Movor are his arms.

Red Alert being the core robot was to make up for his strange absence in the Energon line, since I’m not sure why he was omitted in particular (like wise with Sideswipe, Overload, Scavenger, Hoist and Blurr).

As noted, Defensor largely stays on Earth to help protect it (probably alongside the left over Armada cast, I saw Sideswipe in particular as a bodyguard for Miranda and Sally) while Optimus’ group goes off into space. Occasionally he’s called to help with matters on Cybertron or abroad if the Autobots really need to flex during a Decepticon attack.

Defensor is about protecting life to the point that while he’s more than a capable fighter, his attacks are more about disabling the opponent rather than outright destroy them, even with Terrorcon drones, he kinda has to be coaxed into blowing them up.

Junkion Maximus came up as a last second idea because I had briefly forgotten I had Wreck-Gar as an ally in my notes. The Junkions in Energon are loosely based on a scrapped idea for the 80’s movie, where they were orbiting Unicron and were revealed to be his creators, intending him to be a peace keeping robot before it went awry. The idea of Junkion Maximus is loosely based on the scrapped ideas for Galaxy Force, the semi abandoned Combatron planet and an early idea for Gigantion where they were more Junkion like. Toy wise, they’re a heavily modified Constructicon Maximus, with Wreck-Gar being a hybrid of Steamhammer and his Age of the Primes TFA toy. While he technically uses two construction bulldozers like Constructicon, but one is modified into more of a monster truck to keep it from being too repetitive.

Junkion Maximus, and Wreck-Gar by extension, is a jovial early Peter Griffin/Larry the Cable Guy/Tow Mater/Wall-E type, still speaks in pop culture references, and always greets you with the Universal Greeting and a firm handshake, even if it leaves your hand all grimy and oily. Naturally Defensor/Red Alert doesn’t especially like working with the Junkions much because he’s become a bit of a neat freak in recent years.

Junkion Maximus is the second primary Combiner used by Optimus’ team alongside Volcanicus Maximus in space missions. If Volcanicus Maximus is more associated with JD and his moody style, Junkion Maximus is more associated with Braverman who jives with their nerdy aspects.

Volcanicus and Junkion get along great, which mortifies Defensor who feels responsible for cleaning up their collateral damages after a fight.