Starscream's gestation chamber

And while both talked about him being such a non-character that his gender's only known in extra material, I feel there's another hour's worth on how that makes the whole "Man's superior to animal( girl)s" implication of the season even creepier...

I already heard about it in another broader essay about "audience betrayal" but just as "the very last scene is leaving her best friend behind", I didn't know THAT happened as well.

But yeah it really was two hours worth talking about (or one and the other about the Gary Stu "audience surrogate")

Getting secondhand information from Youtube essays is funny bc I can learn about the Kemono Friends season 2 drama and flash to a vague memory of a fanart of ES Megatron wearing Serval's clothes now that I understand the "joke".

Like the only way to do THAT worse was doing it OFFSCREEN.

Every two friends-to-enemies in a constantly rebooting franchise is RyoAkira if you try hard enough

Vaya mundo vivimos donde hasta los periódicos, para que el algoritmo no les haga daño, tienen que escribir "g3n0c1d10".

We're so close to him reactivating and yeah I can see Kirkman doing the throne thing after leaving clear they can survive it

Thinking about the concept of MegaEmpress being born out of "Megatron's spare parts" implying the previous existence of Megatron boobs.

Earthspark Optimus about his Megatron (no purpling tho)

Everyone in the mines thinking D-16 being able to afford memorabilia of the Primes along with unexplained dents means he's going to the underground fight rings when in reality he's selling out his cog hole #valveplug #nsfw

No but seriously denting is such a sexy concept for robots. Everyone going straight to ripped limbs and sprawled cables when the prominent mark of a grip can be so good

When he recognizes him past the experimental Shockwave updates, Soundwave's reactions will be as petty and deadpan sarcastic as possible. Like "TOOK YOU LONG ENOUGH. AS ALWAYS" or "AFTER 1398.6 CYCLES YOU FINALLY REMEMBER LASERBEAK'S NAME. SHOULD HAVE TOLD HIM TO RIP YOUR OPTICS EARLIER"

His younger shy self (except when with his mechanimal friends) having an unrequired crush on his coworker (telepathy tells him Orion doesn't notice)

A thousand years later a nostalgic Optimus connects the dots only for him to reappear as a terrifyingly unrecognizable Decepticon High Commander...

#soundop #opsound I think the next member of the League of Optimus' Evil Exes to add in a future continuity should be Soundwave.

I also feel that archivist would be a good pre-war origin for him not only bc of his data processing abilities but also for his introverted personality.

"we put bombs on an eagle. this represents the united states"

y'know what, fair

I remember when I made my family watch Titans even if it sucked so they knew about my favorite DC characters, only to have to clarify which one I was talking about due to the show being that forgettable (don't think they remember anything other than "Superman and Lex Luthor had a biological son")

I spent Valentine's Day yapping about ONE to mom. I hope she now knows what I mean when I keep yapping about the other continuities

Cyberworld submarine/sea monster Soundwave x Fan Vote whale Shockwave... WaveWave is getting a bit too literal

Happy Valentims! Should be full sized for current-and-future Valentine's use! (Four cards for free! Just don't use them for commercial/monetary gain)

召し上がれ💝

A screencap of the 1952 Warner Bros animated short "One Cab's Family" in which we see a hospital with white walls, teal doors and purple floor, with plaques with the text "QUIET" and "MOTOR'NITY WARD"

Mechpreg be like

I even catched one saying "I see [all combiners] as brothers" like antishippers will fight tooth and nail to deny the homophobic implications of family-zoning characters bc you don't want to admit any other close bonds, and they're just admitting it out loud.

Another funny thing about the dudebros is their tendency to signal out IDW Blast Off as "ruining" a character by not making them hetero, as if he was the only one in that continuity. Who's gonnna tell them.

I'm not complaining about OpJazzBee. Yeah they made a lot of Meg posts beforehand, it'd be too much.

One Hundred and Ten Dollars

Fold down those modesty flaps, Astrotrain!

There's a lot of funny MegaTrine-adjacent captions I could have gone with but I don't think we're at the engineering point to make something like this without way more kibble (unless it's like a high end third-party)

At least the other pitch of a Megatron mold with a Galvatron mode made sense

Concept art for an unproduced "Spy Megatron" Transformers toy that would have a Seeker mold retooled to become a Triple Changer and transform into Megatron's bot mode. Despite being colored as Skywarp, the text in Japanese affirms that the final product didn't have to be, and even suggests it as Starscream impersonating Megatron to become leader.

I have so many questions that probably can be answered with "everyone was doing crack in the 80s"

Like not even "why", but "HOW"

Tamer Nahed 𓂆🇵🇸 @Tamer_Alnoaizy BlueSky is one of the worst platforms I have ever dealt with. Within seconds of creating a second account, after my first one was shut down just two days after it was created, my account was closed again. This happened despite the fact that I hadn’t posted anything or followed anyone. I was only in the process of adding a profile photo, yet I received an email claiming that my account was “spam” and that it was “causing harm.” What kind of logic is this? The painful truth is that the account was shut down the moment it became clear it was created from inside Gaza. It seems we are no longer allowed to write or speak about what is happening to us here. They are not afraid of content itself, but of our voices and the reality we carry with us. Millions are spent to silence these voices and to erase the truth. I am exhausted by this platform and by how our photos and videos, which document real suffering, are treated as “violations of community standards,” as if pain itself has become a crime. What is happening is not simple moderation or policy enforcement. It is an attempt to erase our existence and bury the truth. And honestly, this is shameful and unbearably painful. [the original poster has included two screenshots showing the email from bluesky admin informing him that his account has been taken down for being 'spammy, inauthentic or disruptive to users'. it's the standard boilerplate you get when they take moderation action.] 2:45 PM · Feb 10, 2026 https://twitter.com/Tamer_Alnoaizy/status/2021234178461704409

palestinian journalist posting on twitter that his bluesky account was immediately taken down purely because he was in gaza. all palestinian accounts are assumed to be spam.

The pronoun labeler, which was by far the most useful labeler on the site, was deleted by its creator. But thanks to @ripperoni.com there’s a new one available. I highly recommend it. It’s a great way to share your pronouns or see someone else’s pronouns at a glance.

bsky.app/profile/pron...

When a sitting representative refers to the Super Bowl halftime show as “pornography,” people should use that to reflect on how they and other representatives are simultaneously working to ban, censor, and restrict “pornography” and what that actually means