Tarn

[bellowsmith]

If Hot Rod and Damus switched places-the DJD leader instead calls himself Nyon, and is known not for his voice but for the searing heat from the Pit that befalls any mech whose designation ends up on the list.

[suweetmichi]

I can’t look

[suweetmichi]

My identity is your entertainment

[greatnen]

🌹I'm back

[justsmileytv]

[awesomecoyote337]

Frankenstein's Jesus

There's an even more annoying version of the power of friendship, the villain has no friends, the initial problem which caused this issue is never addressed story plot.

A story plot I'm going to refer to as a "Frankenstein's Jesus" plot.

A story plot where the creation/monster's death functions as narrative absolution for the creator's negligence or malice. The monster essentially takes on the moral consequences of the creator's failures.

A "Frankenstein's Jesus" plot occurs when:

Creator culpability: A character creates a monster. They then reject, abuse, abandon, or exploit it, but refuse moral responsibility. The monster inevitably turns destructive.

Monster's death: The creation is destroyed in a way that emotionally and narratively absolves the creators.

Inverted framing: The tragedy is reframed as triumph because the "problem" (the monster) is eliminated, rather than because the creator finally takes accountability.

In Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, the creature's end is tragic. Victor's hubris and abandonment are condemned. The story indicts the creator.

In a Frankenstein's Jesus story, the creator's sins are transferred onto the monster.

No lesson is learned.

Stories that I would consider have "Frankenstein's Jesus" story plots are Godzilla (1998), the Jurassic World movies, and the Transformers: More than Meets the Eye (Megatron/Tarn arc)

[suweetmichi]

Adore you, even if it kills me.

[melissarthomson]

Tarn and Starscream dynamic is like siblings that hate each other, Tarn as the oldest that hates everyone and only want his father approval, Starscream as the younger sassy and spoil little brother that has all the atention of his father with out trying, Tarn despite him for that

I actually REALLY like this, might leave in tarn

[melissarthomson]

I actually did have a storyline for these two but the more I think about it, I feel it would take too much time to actually include it 😭

[metalenergy]

[scvedge06]

He thinks about cute earth creatures

[peekaboo2mm]

Tarnover

[monti348]

[pericardium-and-glass]

Tarn memory loss AU. Damus getting used to his 'new' frame.

[e512]

I have connected some dots

[xiaojidou123]

齿轮雨

塔恩的噩梦。

[bashproshops-art]

Have any Tarn drawings? 🥹

i do now