Transformers: Toku

Home to a TF AU where three young heroes work as one to reclaim their home from an evil empire. With style!

[tftoku]

Yeaaaah, that one shot of the three “initial” forms of “OPTIMUS” were due for a bit of an update…so here we are! 

From left to right, we have Elite (Ariel’s “debut” form as Optimus), Base/Transient (the “blink and you’ll miss it” appearance as Matrix handles are swapped out, basically the weakest possible form of “Optimus” only accessible by taking a bit too long to make the aforementioned form swap), Prime (Orion’s form/the “true default” form) and Delta (Dion’s premiere form). 

Not a whole lot to say on these but hopefully y’all can dig the updated forms and expect to see some brand new forms relatively soon! 

[tftoku]

Yeaaaah, that one shot of the three “initial” forms of “OPTIMUS” were due for a bit of an update...so here we are! 

From left to right, we have Elite (Ariel’s “debut” form as Optimus), Base/Transient (the “blink and you’ll miss it” appearance as Matrix handles are swapped out, basically the weakest possible form of “Optimus” only accessible by taking a bit too long to make the aforementioned form swap), Prime (Orion’s form/the “true default” form) and Delta (Dion’s premiere form). 

Not a whole lot to say on these but hopefully y’all can dig the updated forms and expect to see some brand new forms relatively soon! 

[tftoku]

So, hello I've been seeing the post of your Transformers: Toku AU, and I gotta say it I fricking love it, You are amazing and the way you draw bots and the hystory is soooo good, you are amazing!!! (Sorry of the 'fricking' thing but I'm very excited for writting you, keep the good work with your art!!)

Trust me, we’ve heard far worse than fricking, haha! Thank you so much for your enthusiasm and support!!

[agathaarts]

What’s a magical girl without a villain? Or a handful of them, at least…

It occurred to me, that if I were to name all the heroes after Metrotitans/Cities, it would only be fair to have the villains follow the same pattern…and there’s already a handy dandy group in the Transformers universe to use, when it comes to that.

Tarn is greedy, driven by a cursed mask to accumulate power, to seek glory and strength and drain cities and the very planet itself of power to do so, at any cost. He’s ostentatious, overly dramatic and verbose, and cruel. And he is the greatest enemy of Caminus.

Windblade has wracked her processor ever since encountering him, of who this devilish enemy could possibly be when he’s not enacting evil plans or having his Justice Division fight her and her friends.

Fellow student Damus is small, unassuming, and shy. Quiet, and restrained, and watching from afar.

A mystery indeed.

[agathaarts]

Listen…consider, just, I’m begging you, consider how much I love Minimus Ambus for a hot second here. and Dominus. and Ultra Magnus. Anyways in the one AU uhhhhh he’s….he’s there. As is his brother, Dominus. And his HUGE conjux, Ultra Magnus. It’s excellent.

So a bunch of this Minimus and Magnus, some Dominus, Turbofoxes, and an alternate techno-organic design for Mins!

Dominus gave Minimus endless shit when he and Ulutra Magnus started dating, as was his divine right as brother.

[agathaarts]

More TF: Toku sketches as I’m basically just clearing out some big artdumps while I have motivation to do so. TF: Toku is made with @drawma-king, who supplies more of the tokuketsu inspiration while I just endlessly throw characters out here because nobody can stop me!!!!

Minimus’ preferred weapon: Judicator’s Hammer (rocket propelled) because why the hell not?

Sassy lil baby Roddy, and Minimus catching Dion trying to sneak back in well after curfew.

A mysterious turbofox Kaijin known as “The Pet” seen being paraded around by Decepticon Agents. Occurrences begin shortly after the disappearance of intelligence agent Dominus Ambus.

[agathaarts]

When your warlord dad catches you trying to escape sneak out.

Megatron and Orion from that one AU

[agathaarts]

Now that @thenamesblurrito has their Transformers: SNAP AU stuff up…time to post crossover doodles between TF: SNAP and mine and @drawma-king‘s TF: Toku AUs! Both involve kids transforming into awesome heroes to fight the forces of evil!

But also there’s universal similarities and differences alike that are real wild, from “oh god this is too much responsibility for us kids” to the fact that Dion’s the child of the Toku universe’s Minimus and Ultra Magnus, and the fact that “where do babies come from” isn’t…a consistent answer between universes.

[thenamesblurrito]

But wait, there’s more!

SNAP!Ariel invites Toku!Ariel on a lovely outing, because they deserve a girl’s day.

Awkward little SNAP!Minimus does not know how to interact with his… doppelganger? Doppelgangers??? Meanwhile, the adults are concerned that this factionless, weaponless, almost familyless child has let slip that he’s regularly going to war.

Toku!Starscream is a wonderful father, if by wonderful you mean will absolutely teach you how to destroy your enemies and laugh about it. He wasn’t quite prepared for SNAP!Starscream’s automatic fear response, which is to scream. Loudly. As loud as a certain superhero, in fact.

[igknightedart]

Right so, I noticed @agatharights has been pulling a lot of the weight with the “Rider” AU alone lately and I figured it was time to correct that with my own contribution. 

So here’s the Rider persona that each kid adopts in their respective flavors. Orion’s “Classic”, Dion’s “Powered” and Ariel’s “Elite” form. 

See, in this universe, Optimus is a long dead warrior spirit of ancient legend, now residing in the adaptational device known once as simply “the Matrix” (now nicknamed the “Optimizer” by our trio of heroes). 

Alternate “handles” can be slotted into the core piece to unlock different forms in combat, embedding into the chest of each “Optimus” guise as a protective layer for the user and an easily accessible source of additional power. Pair that with a nifty voice changer and an “overriding” frame to ensure anonymity and BAM, Cybertronian Henshin Hero. 

Hopefully I’ll be able to offer up a bit more relatively soon!

[agathaarts]

The primary creators and caretaker of the kids, to scale! Well, barring Orion’s creators (who you’ve seen before :) ) Ariel’s creators- Arcee and Firestar, and Dion’s creators- Minimus and Ultra Magnus, have been close friends for quite some time, well before any of them decided to create. Alpha Trion has also known all of them for some time, and took in the young Orion to raise at the archives with him.

[agathaarts]

In another universe Orion might have grown into a seeker instead of a truck!

In another universe, Starscream gets everything he wanted.

[agathaarts]

Did someone say….Magical Girl Windblade?!

Nobody said it but I deliver anyways. Also in production with @moontruffles! And also kinda @drawma-king! It’s complicated!

Windblade, unassuming student, is given a Cityspeaker’s Matrix of Power and becomes the magical warrior Caminus! As Caminus, she fights to protect Cybertron from threats, old and new, alongside her friends!

Also pictured: some friends! Moonracer of Velocitron, and the Jet-Twins of Devisun; Jetstorm, Jetfire, and their combined form; Safeguard. Each of the magical warriors takes their name and power from their home Metrotitan, so as designs work up we’ll see others- like Navitas and whatnot! Just you wait for the villains, though….

[agathaarts]

I guess I should introduce everyone to the actual main cast of TF: Toku, shouldn’t I? Introducing TEAM OPTIMUS… Ariel, Dion, and Orion, the triple threat of young friends! Inseperable for years, these three have gotten through all kinds of thick and thin together, only to grow closer as they all share the mantle of the ancient, armored warrior Optimus, a mysterious figure of legend who shows up in dire times.

Probably for the best that nobody except these kids know that Optimus is just a series of armors and ancient primal relics used to superpower the wielders. Like I’ve said- it’s basically Kamen Rider or Sailor Moon, when you get down to it.

This AU is also made by @drawma-king who knows a lot more about Tokuketsu stuff than I do! I mostly just generate endless designs and ideas.

[agathaarts]

Uhhhhhh AU rambling for the TF: Toku au I share with @drawma-king with very little context below whoop whoop

Transformers: Toku is where I wind up using a lot of good drama feels re: Megatron, Starscream, and Orion. For those who’d like a refresher, there’s stuff here and there and over here and whatnot. (i highly suggest the links)The short version is that Orion is actually the lost child of Megatron and Starscream (given name, Guiltaur, though as you can see there were other names considered, mostly for fun), who supposedly died but was taken in by the Autobots and raised by the Order of Pax.

The loss of Guiltaur marked a turning point in the Decepticon’s growing empire, which kicked the war up to new heights for a time, and it weighed heavily on the leaders- which made it all the more strange for everyone involved when it was found out that their child was still alive- raised amongst Autobots. It’s. Very weird, since by that point Megatron and Starscream had kind of willfully lost their plans to handle a kid? It’s complicated.

Starscream takes it particularly hard. Especially when Orion escapes back to the Autobots and makes it pretty clear he was never going to be persuaded to stay. It leads to overusing some particularly devastating abilities.

And that’s not even getting into the fact that Orion is secretly the mysterious Autobot hero Optimus Prime, who’s been fighting Megatron’s forces and turning the tide of battles which is the whole goddamn point of the AU but I also just really like this weird corner of it. Plus it makes use of my favorite weird realization that Optimus and Starscream *really* tend to have the same color scheme and there’s. Fun ideas there. :3

[thenamesblurrito]

The interdimensional superhero kids homework club from this post has been expanded a bit! What do you do when a tiny tot from another universe consumes all of your work? Panic, mostly.

Windblade from @transformersreversal might not be a superhero exactly, but she sure does help save the world, but didn’t manage to save her assignments. Hot Shot from @autoacafiles thinks this black slime could just be a talent, like his pyrokinesis, but good on him for checking anyway! Orion from the Toku AU created by @agatharights and @drawma-king can tug as hard as he wants, he’s not gonna get that datapad back. SNAP!Orion is at least trying to defend their lack of homework.

And lil Wheelie from Agatha’s WAR AU will just keep monching away.

[thenamesblurrito]

The interdimensional superhero kids homework club, featuring my SNAP!Orion, @stonecrusherproductions Hot Shot from Autobot Academy (a lovely clever webcomic btw), and Toku!Orion from @agatharights and @drawma-king Kamen Rider AU.

How do you juggle homework and heroing? By helping each other out, of course!