#like. okay. transformative fandom is transformative

[forsaken-headcanons]

Winged 007n7 propaganda, he gives Goose vibes.

Anywaya, uhh okay this is a hc thats like totally shifted over from my time in the Transformers fandom, but winged robloxians have a sort of sign language with their wings.

I'm calling it wing cant just for the sake of continuity and because the same thing as Seeker wing cant.

Anyways, avian robloxians could like flare their feathers and dip one wing and half spread the other to communicate an extra emotion or idea. Wing cant isn't really made for full conversations, more like a tonal device, but it can be used in RSL (Robloxian sign language) as a replacement or accent for facial expressions.

007n7 sucks ass at wing cant, btw. He just never understood it, even when he was younger. The small details of some spread flight feathers vs. flared frathers in general just never clicked, and so he never bonded properly with other avians, probably leaving him flockless untill he found noli.

Noli is wingless as are most Robloxians, but going to college was the first time 007n7 had met any non-avian Robloxians and he thrived. People understood him better, and didnt get offended at a mistaken movement in his wings.

He was happier.

:]]

Also like, Coolkidd definitely has so much Avian culture in his life, even being wingless, because 007n7 just wanted his baby boy to experience his culture, even if they werent related by blood.

Imagine

Okay

Wait, imagine that when 007n7 got Forsakened the Spectre cut off his wings :3 Imagine he has all these avian instincts and nothing to direct them towards. His brain would be screaming at him to preen but theres nothing to preen and so he just slowly spirals as his brain starts to tweak out more and more.

Ooohh and the phantom pains too? I imagine his first 30 ish rounds were hell as he re adjusted his new centre of mass while also trying not to die.

OHH OH IMAGINE part of the way to acess the c00lgui has to do with like some movement in his wings, just as like a keyboard shortcut for /unanchor or whatever and since his wings are gone thats why he can only clone and teleport with the GUI.

Anywayysss I love Avian aus and I love birds even more :33

-02 Anon

WAIT. AVIAN SHEDLETSKY. OKAY. BUILDERMAN WHO'S NORMALLY THERE TO HELP HIM OUT. OKAY. IMAGINE. THERE'S A ROUND GOIN ON, SHEDLETSKY HAS THE URGE TO PREEN BUT HE NEEDS HELP, BUT BUILDERMAN GOT TARGETED FIRST AND THERE'S NOBODY TO HELP. LO AND BEHOLD A 007N7 CURRENTLY TWEAKING OUT BECAUSE HIS BRAIN WANTS TO PREEN.

(in all caps: wait. avian shedletsky. okay. builderman who's normally there to help him out. okay. imagine. there's a round goin on, shedletsky has the urge to preen but he needs help. but builderman got targeted first and there's nobody to help. lo and behold a 007n7currently tweaking out because his brain wants to preen.)

7n7 sees shedletsky struggling to reach his feathers. he stops and thinks several times but ends up muttering out if he could help and shedletsky driven by avian urge hesitates but nods anyway

fast forward to the future and now shedletsky has a proper avian buddy who knows how to preen and builderman doesn't have to deal with his bullshit anymore /silly. OGUHJ YOUR HC IS PEAK WE'RE YOINKING IT SORRY HEHAJGSD

[akanemnon]

Hi akane.

So I wanna know how you come up with a good funny comic.

Because I wanna do a comic in the future. But I have a bit of trouble with creating an actual funny and appealing comic.

That is actually something that can't really be taught that easily through a simple explanation. Unlike with art where there are visual tricks and workarounds, this is all writing-based.

This will be a longer read, so answer under the cut.

Humor is very subjective. Everyone finds different things funny. I am someone who enjoys character-based humor for example. I'm also not a big fan of telling easy jokes myself. The kind of jokes that are repeated in the fandom many times. All power to you if you love them though! Can't help but enjoy a good meme. These kinda jokes are actually used in The Other Script however as a sort of love letter to the fandom itself. BUT the way I use them is to explore these charcaters and their dynamics. In a transformative way so to speak. Lemme use a direct example: So there is this scene in The Other Script where Frisk is upset and really sad. Previously they were venting their frustration that Kris wasn't telling them anything about their previous adventures. So Kris circles back to that and as a way to cheer up Frisk they do the "Kris get the banana" bit from Chapter 2.

It is a direct reference, but it is used in a way that makes sense in the story. It's not a random gag. It's used in a situation where it is applicable. So as you can see the way I write is very character-centric in general.

So if you also are most interested in character-based humor, what you can do is explore the characters you wanna write about. Their behavior, the way they talk, what they like, what they dislike, how they react in certain situations. Most of the comedy already comes from putting contrasting characters together. Characters can also just be funny on their own with how they interact with the world around them.

But who knows? Maybe you prefer puns! Maybe you like slapstick! Or silly humor! Or dark humor! There are TONS of different ways to go about it. Find out what you find funniest and play into that. Sometimes a good frame of inspiration is all you need. Maybe there were movies and TV shows you really gravitated towards when it came to the jokes they were telling. In the end, it is about what YOU think is funny. There will always be other people who might vibe with your brand of humor and others who won't. There are probably plenty of people who don't get my brand of humor. And that's okay. I'm grateful enough there are already a lot of people who think I'm funny. Which you might be one of them, since you asked me about a humor-based question.

So yeah, TDLR ask yourself what you find funniest and find the right inspiration to work into your comic.

[kiskivmiske]

I remember reading a doc that called out an artist for "inflation" and muscle fetish. I opened the art where muscle growth fetish is supposed to be and Sunny has exactly one line on her thigh and one on her ankle to show muscles like on the picture (government blocked the majority of non-russian websites so I can't find the exact image)

And the "inflation" turned out to be separate pictures of Umber and Smolder(????) with maybe a little thicker neck than on book reference lineart

But I don't entirely blame people for jumping to the conclusion of fat=fetish art, because fat characters, both in WOF and other fandoms are almost always watered down to "good jokes, always hungry". And looks like few people expect to see fat characters existing outside of either fetish or jokes.

Like 99% of jokes about Clay are food jokes. And even Tui for the most part treats him like that. In the lost heir half of his interactions are eating or asking for food. "Oh I'm gonna meet my parents guys" "Are we gonna eat" "Oh look guys, a summer palace" "Where summer kitchen?"

Even in Jackie Chan Adventures, Tohru, who has one of, if not the most complex character arcs in the series, going from a violent gang member to an emotionally distant ally to basically the mom of the group has a fair amount of food jokes.

That's an issue in many fandoms. A character can be a total asshole as long as they have one redeeming quality "This is my blorbo, he killed 2798317903 puppies because his dad didn't love him. Vote him to be Tumblr sexyman." But god forbid a fat character has a personality OTHER than being fat. That's propaganda, dude. Next time you'll say genocide is okay.

Many animals fatten up naturally. Fat is an energy storage for times of food shortage, stress, long migrations and competition with other animals. So, basically, dragons who are mostly living in the conditions of a war where they're constantly moving, fighting, often going in rather questionable territories like desert, volcanoes, ocean or tundra would eat to get more fat stored when giving an option. We know that it isn't very likely that our society will crumble tomorrow and we will be sent to our death to the North Pole or some shit, so we can skip this meal. You can afford eating regularly. But for dragons that's a normal daily life, as grim as it is.

Morrowseer and Deathbringer who wander the farthest would definitely grow a tummy to make up for life on barren island where you have nothing but carrion and occasional birds. Dragons also fly over the ocean, and that would require a ton of energy with very few vegan no sugar no gluten zero calories food kiosks on their way.

You can be captured and put in a gladiator arena for months with rain water diet tomorrow, and what you're gonna do? Channel the spirit of celery you ate five days ago to start photosynthesis?

Same goes for warrior cats. For them it's safer to collect more fat during greenleaf than die of starvation the next bareleaf.

I'm not saying everyone is fat. Rainwings would obviously be mostly thin, because their life is closer to ours, they are always well fed and live in stability. They don't need to pack extra energy to go. But for an average dragon being chubby when the prey is abundant and they aren't currently in war action, isn't that unrealistic.

Don't get me started on blubber and fat soluble hormones (Which is why caterpillars get fatter before metamorphosis. And realistically Silkwings should also fatten up at least a bit before growing four extra limbs. Like, this energy for transformation isn't coming out of nowhere)

"Hgnhghg good luck dying of heart stroke at 20"

Being so fat you can't bend down, squat, fit in a seat or God forbid walk is unhealthy and will totally cause problems down the line, but having 10-15 extra kilograms, which don't restrict your movements or affect your lifestyle will not immediately put you on threshold of untimely death, if you make sure to exercise and make sure your diet is diverse. And do regular checkups.

You're about as likely do die of cancer at a young age, because ecology is fucked. And especially if you have people in your ancestry who had cancer.

Also if you acknowledge the existence of fat characters outside of food jokes doesn't mean you're fat and projecting your insecurities and living vicariously through the character because you has no life outside of your gaming chair as someone in replies is implying.

Anytime I see art of WoF dragons as fat. It’s always look sideways. Cause like, it’s never in a “normal” way. It’s always in a fetishy way. Why are you making fetish art of minors

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[aerkame]

Update for this account

Sorry guys it's been a while and life has been rough this year and I'm just now feeling like getting back on this account. To answer a few questions left in the inbox (thought I might as well try and answer all of it here), here's a list of the most asked ones:

Why have I been away?

I've been away for a while due to work and life related reasons. The job market is really rough right now and I'm trying to maintain an okay lifestyle while I figure things out. A lot of my passions have been completely broken this year and I haven't been in the best state. I'm working on that though.

Will you open commissions?

Yes, they've been open for a while actually I just never advertised it. I will though since a few people have asked before. I just need to set prices and set up a portfolio! Don't be afraid to ask by the way I don't bite. ;)

Sorry I never publicly mentioned it or advertised it, I feel like I missed out on commissions and people missed out on knowing about it. I've been very unsure if whether or not my own art at the moment was good enough for the usual prices of commissions.

Are you still in the Welcome Home fandom?

No, not really. I really do love Welcome Home but with the peak of the fandom a year or two ago it came with lots of bad people that left a bitter taste behind for me. I do still love my AU I made for it, maybe I might draw them here and there, and answer small asks or questions, but overall I try staying out of it.

Are you still active?

Somewhat. I want to return to this account again and feel normal but it's been so long and I feel so bad for leaving the last fandom I was in. I do plan on trying to stay a little consistent though. I love hearing from some of you, even the out of pocket and unhinged comments or hashtags. 🫶So don't ever feel like you guys did anything to scare me off.

What fandoms are you in?

Currently I'm in the Journey to The West fandom, LMK, How to Train Your Dragon, New Gods: Nezha Reborn or any movie from Lightchaser Studio, really any movie/show with Wukong in it, Warhammer 40k, Transformers, Lupin III, Genshin Impact, One Piece, and Overlord.

Are you joining Art Fight?

Yes, I know only one person asked this, I guess you already saw my user on there but I plan to join my first Art Fight. I won't push myself to do too much at once since I haven't drawn in a while, but I hope this will help me both with learning time management and new skills. 💪

[tyrannuspitch]

not to #discourse about a fandom i haven't been in for five years but it is kind of funny that in tma they outright say in canon that a character doesn't have sex, at all, ever, and half the fandom went "well by 'this character doesn't have sex' what they mean to imply is that he's asexual, and asexuality only really means that you don't experience attraction, so some asexual people still have sex, so i think the character who canonically never has sex should have sex'". and by funny i mean aphobic

[generic-sonic-fan]

I think my biggest red flag is that I'd actually be super interested in reading an Eggman redemption fic that isn't a Mr. Tinker mindwipe scenario, and no, I'm not kidding.

[cosmics-beings]

I think another thing I like about starscream, yet hate that the fandom fails to acknowledge about starscream is that, a lot of his rotten personality and his nastiness comes from way before he meets megatron and way before he was a deception.

That’s not to say that a lot of the ways he acts doesn't mirror megatron and the mistreatment he went through. and that impacts how starscream heals, makes friends, etc., idw - like what megatron did still badly affects him and that's not something to be ignored, and it's still not fair that he doesn't get the same happiness megatron did.

But, I think that people do tend to act as if Starscream was perfect and uncorrupt before Megatron.

That's not true...starscream was also a rotten, manipulative and bad person before that. and a lot of that was in response to how he was treated and hating his own body/existence, and the caste system, etc. We see how a lot of people in transformers react to oppression and I think starscream is such an interesting case of someone who is so angry and furious at the system he was created in that he takes it out on others yet still fights for himself and only himself. It is sad, and it’s awful to see how his own existence and the caste system does destroy him, but I think its important to note and to understand to just see how oppressed people still have to fight through their own oppression and sometimes, because of that, because of the trauma they go through, turn rotten. And Starscream did terrible, sneaky, and awful things. He did shitty things to climb to the top and he hurt those around him, he hurt people he trusted him, and he was happy to be that way. No one made him evil, manipulative, or untrustworthy, he did that on his own.

I don’t like that a lot of the fandom tends to tie Starsream’s negative and problematic behavior and personality to megatron because it also takes away from a lot of growth, agency and discussion about starscream’s personality and why he is the way he is.

He wasn’t a perfect, innocent and shy person before he met megatron, or before he became a deception. He still did awful things and while becoming a deception was a way he could grow past the system that created him, he still did very much do so for power. Starscream was an ambitious yet a morally ambiguous person before megatron and he had to be to survive in his own mind. His life wasn’t perfect and happy before megatron, he was still fighting and he was still scheming to survive.

I really don’t like how people kind of take that away from him, and act like everything he does and every shitty way he acts is *because* of megatron. I know it’s not fun to have to admit that he wasn’t a good person before megatron met him, but I think it’s necessary to understand his character, and not a lot of people do. And when you don’t do that, you have people misinterpreting his character and being genuinely shocked when he does villainous things. Like for instance, sky bound starscream’s actions shock a lot of people because they don’t think that he is a villain - I remember a lot of ES critique is that earthspark starscream doesn’t need a redemption act- he just needs people to love and accept him. And I think you guys forgot that he was also a space fascist and enjoyed killing people on his own accord. And while megatron himself does impact how starscream acts and treats others - starscream still was an extremely problematic person eons before he met megatron.

I don’t think this negates just how badly Megatron’s treatment fucked him up, and made it so that it was difficult for him to form relationships even after, or find happiness. And I think that’s just something that cannot be ignored. But I also think starscream is more interesting as a character if the fandom acknowledged that he was this way before, that he wasn’t perfect or innocent, and that he reacted that way because he was unhappy with is life, his station, his caste, etc.

this also isn't a chance to come and try to excuse how megatron treated him, so pls don't do that on here.

[xolboragainandagain]

I made a crossover AU between Ninjago and Transformers: Prime as a joke, and now I have a whole plot of Zane being sent to TFP's universe instead of the Neverrealm and meeting Starscream and both of them developing an unhealthy platonic (Though it'd be a really funny romantic ship) relationship together that parallels a lot of their own past relationships in different ways which I'm going to try to make into a longfic. Have this art for them I will never finish

[ringalingal1ng]

I have a lot of Transformers OCs that I wanna show but there are js so many of them to the point I've stopped counting so ill just show their appearance and their name and you fellas can just ask who you want to know about

Skyhaul [He/Them]

Ironhawk [He/Him]

Shiftlock [She/It]

Hyperdrive [He/Him]

Scalprax [He/Him]

Snowdrift [They/Him]

Insight [He/Them/It]

Breaker [He/Him] / Tidesurge [He/They]

Galo [They/It]

Aurion Prime [Any/All]

I have more!!! Swear!!! It's the image limits fault!!! The image limit!!!!!

[quibbs126]

Oh no, I’m realizing I’m starting to get a bit tired of seeing TF One megop/dpax stuff

It’s not that it’s bad or anything, but I’m coming to the realization that they tend to be the same few genres of images and comics. I’m trying to figure out how specifically to word what I mean, but it’s not coming to mind at the moment. But they sort of evoke the same ideas and feelings I think

Technically you could say this is true of other varieties of megop as well, but usually when we see those, they’ve already been fighting for a long period of time, so you’ve got their current dynamic and long time of being apart to work with, as well as their origins. With TF One, the breakup just started, so the timeline and dynamic that comes with it is significantly more condensed and limited. If that makes sense

I’m also not criticizing people who make their dpax/megop stuff like this, honestly I probably would too if I drew them more. It’s kind of just a product of the movie being an origin story and the dynamics only now shifting between the two. There’s a very clear way to do content about them in this movie

It’s just that I’ve noticed this, and now it makes me a bit more disinterested in this version of megop, at least for now. Makes me want to seek out other variations a bit more

[greensaplinggrace]

sorry but like, as someone who doesn't vibe with fem!sub stuff and always ends up dislking fandom obsession with the man in any relationship being a Dominant Daddy Top containing more macho tendencies than personality . . i do also think that framing people liking violence in their sexual fantasies as worrying is um. worrying in and of itself.

like yeah logan being Like That in 'x reader' Old Man Logan stuff seems very ooc to me, too. but i also like animalism and brutality and violence in sex as well, and these things are not inherently abusive or "near rapist" by themselves in fictional portrayals of kink.

i don't hc logan as the macho dom! a lot of fandom for some reason considers "common consensus fanon" lmfao, but i also think that the fine line of fighting and fucking and violence and animalism is something viscerally satisfying to explore in fiction and especially kink. and characters like logan - who do actually have some solid connections to such themes - are some of the best outlets for that.

[hercarisntyours]

ooooo i do not like it that side characters have more merch and promotion than elita for tfone

[gummy22]

The best part about any fandom, especially if its old, is there is MMD videos.

[simptasia]

you know britpicking? like where an american writes a fanfic set in england, or with an english character, and they get an english friend to look through it and check through it to see if the terms and phrases are accurate? (eg. flat instead of apartment)

well i propose there be such a concept for star trek

because people in star trek talk differently than modern humans. they use different words, different slang, phrasings. yes, they can speak casually but mostly it isn't like us. watch any of 90s trek and you'll see These People Do Not Speak Like Us

and, no disrespect, a lot of fic does not reflect this. and it irks me. they just speak like modern day people instead of... star trek characters. i personally think part of the fun of writing trek characters is writing it out to how they speak and how they would think

hell, this isnt even a fanfic problem. modern trek has this issue too. i think outta laziness. they have their people talking (and when in casual wear, dressing) like 2020s people and it pisses me off

its part of why strange new worlds feels like a high budget SNL skit

annnnyways. i propose this idea be called fact trekking

[exasperatedoctopus]

I would love to get into fandom more, but, tragically, I have rabidly pair-bonded with a character outside of the Main Couple Continuum and so instead I stew alone in my little corner consumed with Thoughts

[bootleg-cal-weathers]

“i don’t actually have any siblings, he just kinda crashed into my garage and me and Lynda adopted him as our nephew” -Strip “The King” Weathers