#StarDriver

[dungeonlust]

Art by • Stardriver

[roxyco-deliverygirl]

Top ten fav anime?

10! ID: Invaded, it's a weird psychic detective show it was real fun :3

9! Horimiya, it's a cute lil rom com :3

8! Arifureta, it's complete garbage in the like, junk food way where you enjoy it even though it sucks

7! Call of the night, it made me feel better about my weird sleep problems, also there's hot vampire in it

6! Love is war, its like if death note was good

5!! Vivy Fluorite eyes song, it's really pretty and I like all the time passing and stuff :3

4!!! Assassination classroom, it's one of the first anime I watched and it's the first that I really got in to, the action is really cool and the ending is sad

3!!!! Bang brave bang bravern, its mecha and like it's silly and serious and about gay sex

2!!!!! Kino's Journey, I watched both the 2017 version and the 2003 version and they're really good, a lot happens and it makes you think and stuff

1!!!!!! Stardriver, its also kinda garbage but for a while I was the only person I knew who had heard of it, like a year after I watched it there was 1 YouTube video about it and like a tiny handful of tumblr posts and that was it. It kinda felt like it was my secret show that only I knew about. Outside of that it's kinda a monster of the week style mecha anime, and also the main character is called the Galactic pretty boy and that's pretty neat :3

[official-rugi]

2 besties hanging out on a spaceship with no underlying feelings that might be one sided :D

[anianimals-moe]

Tuxedo cat from STAR DRIVER: Kagayaki no Takuto

Today's AniAnimal is this tuxedo cat in the Ending Theme of "Star Driver". 今日のアニアニマルは『STAR DRIVER 輝きのタクト』エンディングテーマのタキシード猫です。

[qyza8kcq4x6udjq]

StarDriverKagaykinoTakuto x YugiohDM.YugiohDSOD - Crossover

StarDriver x YugiohDM.YugiohDSOD - Crossover

YugiMuto AIBO AIBO

[rungapikattohikattara]

the family who has never met eachother lmao

(Partially)

[coalballbaby]

One thing I've noticed when people talk about Prowl is that they tend to have a very black-and-white attitude towards liking him. The most common two things I've seen are either a) people feel too guilty about actually enjoying the character that they shy away from going beyond summaries of his actions + a vague feeling of treating him as just a morally-corrupt-character-they-enjoy, or b) they really, publicly like him, but tend to make extremely individualistic takes that reduce his character from a nuanced part of a larger narrative to a guy misunderstood by the cast around him. Of course, I'm not saying individualistic takes are inherently bad-- it can be fun and thought-provoking to think about the more personal elements of character, what they believe, why they might do it-- but it's easy to come up with excuses for a character this way.

I think it's important to consider that Prowl's just... not written as a likeable, glup-shitto-ifiable way. He's not meant to be taken that way, and he does genuinely shitty things to innocent people while wrangling his own sense of responsibility for the future of all things Cybertron. Of all depictions of Prowl, IDW's version is the clearest criticism of the police force and how easily power can be misused under beliefs of serving a "greater good"-- I'm not saying that you can't like him because of this, (for one it be massively hypocritical, as I am. a notorious and huge Prowl enjoyer), but I am saying that this is something important to keep in mind when engaging with the character critically, especially if you're going to talk about him publicly. Prowl isn’t just morally gray or "misunderstood", he’s a deliberate allegory for institutional rot, for what happens when someone fully buys into the idea that the ends justify the means, that it may be necessary to endanger innocent people if it preserves a controlled future. His actions aren’t accidents or unfortunate side effects of good intentions; they're the result of a belief system that values control, hierarchy, and long-term strategy over individual lives. When people detach Prowl from that context-- when they talk about him purely as a burdened tactician doing his best-- they risk replicating the same logic that real-world systems use to excuse harm. I know saying this kind of sounds insane from a Transformers IDW standpoint, but IDW itself is a very political story, and sometimes, well. I like to think about it. (I also realize that I'm taking a lot from specifically Roberts, Roche's, and Barber's interps, which are a lot more focused on this morally complicated Prowl-- but those just happen to be my favorite takes on him, and I tend to focus on those a lot more. Personal bias, I know, but I do have thoughts on the many other Prowl portrayals in the IDW run.)

Okay er. I'm getting distracted. Liking a character like Prowl doesn’t mean you have to soften his worst actions or reframe his motivations into something more sympathetic. He isn’t compelling in spite of being deeply flawed, he’s compelling because the narrative doesn’t let that shit slide lmao. Things/people bite him in the ass for it and that's awesome. He's boiling in his own sweat and fear and anger after putting the onus on himself to make a thousand contingency plans with him in control, because he's a deeply paranoid man who tends to use others' inaction as an excuse. We can all hold hands and think about it... promise?

[elfdragon12]

So the results from the "Build A Team" polls! (And a little bonus being.)

Leader: Jazz

Kid appeal: Cheetor

Medic: First Aid

Scientist: Skyfire/Jetfire

Warrior: Sunstreaker

Girl: Nautica

Brute: Ironhide

Dark Horse: Stardrive

So! What kind of story fits this group of characters thrown together by a popular vote? The way it worked out: this is a team put together post war to journey amongst the stars and do ambassador work... And figure out what roving Cybertronians are involved in with their intergalactic neighbors to reign them in, if necessary.

Jazz is the charismatic leader who can charm his way through the galaxy while having the cunning to see through smoke and mirrors. Cheetor was added to the team by way of the cat distribution system, as Jazz likes to joke. He was constantly lingering near wherever Jazz was and always got away when chased, so Jazz took a liking to the kid and wanted to mentor him. First Aid, though having plenty of work to do on Cybertron, yearned for a break from the constant reminders of the war and so agreed when Jazz asked for a medic to accompany the team to space. Skyfire has a history of working around alien planets with their inhabitants, plus being a shuttle, made him the perfect candidate and he felt the call to return. Sunstreaker was urged into this by Ironhide, though he was honestly itching for something different as Sideswipe was pulled into Prowl's reorganization efforts. Nautica had met Skyfire during her studies and, after Jazz asked him, Skyfire invite her. She had been hoping to return to space herself. Ironhide was urged by Optimus to help Jazz with this endeavor as Optimus knew that his old friend was becoming restless by having little to do than hover at his elbow. Stardrive was a lost Cybertronian the team found early into their journey. She had very little memory of Cybertron before ending up on this alien planet. Curious about her heritage and with both Skyfire and Nautica taking a strong liking to her, she asked to join them.

There we go! The leader and dark horse polls were the most fun to watch as they were the closest! Jazz and Prowl were constantly neck and neck until Jazz finally pulled ahead, only for Rodimus to sneak in! All the female characters in the dark horse poll were in good competition, which was fun to see. And then Big Daddy too. XD Shows the power of a fun name.

This team is pretty interesting! I do like how it turned out!

[decepti-thots]

trying desperately to remember if there is an actual explanation for Stardrive winding up on the Peaceful Revolution in Unicron or if that just sort of happens, and i'm like ninety percent sure it's the latter, and tbh. that's really funny. did they just stumble across her like. oh. hi. you wanna join our rogue spaceship run by a wanted criminal. we've got some illegal weapons in the cargo hold and no clear plan. and stardrive was like 'i suppose i don't have a better offer' tbh it's REALLY funny.

[titanousdepths]

can someone compile a list of prowls weird kids. It’s getting a little hard to track

[marcheriest]

stardrive

[cyber-rivet]

kinktober day 10[day 30] CNC/teratophilia/spanking

reminding y'all of your favorite monster girl from halfway across the galaxy! brought to you by me, your favorite artist who is so so good with keeping up with schedules and getting art out on time 👍

now i'm gonna sleep for two days and think about my life :]

[official-rugi]

More doodles of Armando and Stardriver from today, cause i NEEDED to draw the back of the jacket, and I wanted other outfits for them!

[rwac96]

Are there any Transformers that appear only in a TV show or comic that you would like be part of the overall universe like how Hotshot from the Unicron Trilogy did?

The one that comes to mind is Stardrive, though the Rom rights are complicated.

Another is Gauge from the short-lived IDW2/IDW (2019).

[rungapikattohikattara]

triplechanger babies

[alphamecha-mkii]

Star Trek: Resurgence #5 - USS Resolute Saucer Separation by Josh Hood