#what is wrong with Bumblebee

[zilodak]

WHY DID HE PISS ON THEM???

[starscream-is-my-wife]

I'm having fun going through the G1 cartoon production archives, here's some of the voice audition notes that were used when casting

What's interesting is that they included ages for them, note that this isn't their "actual" ages but this is just for fun!

For Optimus they wanted a 35 year old, i'd thought that he would be 40 but alright that's pretty understandable

ALTHOUGH THEY WANTED MEGATRON 5 YEARS YOUNGER?? No wayy, Megatron is younger then Ninja from fortnite that's hilarious, also we barely get to see this personally im the cartoon wonder what the audition tape sounded like?

You know I thought that starscream would be 10 years older but I also thought the same for Megatron so yeah whatever, if Megatron is a bit younger then Ninja, then Starscream is a year younger then Mr.Beast. His voice was pretty low in the first couple of episodes too, I also wonder what the audition sounded like

Young! 😭 Most of the other bots are 25+, (Like Wheeljack was listed as a 40 year old) meaning that the only bot I'm older then is bumblebee smh, there's gotta be more bots that are in the undeveloped frontal lobe gang come on

I love that him having a "special relationship" with Optimus needed to be known for the audition 👀 he really is a swinger!

Prowl is same age as Megatron alright, he doesn't have a "special relationship" or talks to Optimus over personal comms about lube smh

HES 35???

RODIMUS IS OLDER THEN EVERYBODY ELSE EXCEPT PRIME? He's older then Megatron... that's crazy...

It's a shame they don't have one for Ratchet because I know that he was originally a young, hip, party guy, I'd place bets that he's mid to late 20s

[127tko]

bumblebee practice :)

…don’t ask me why he looks like that I couldn’t tell you

Um. I don’t really have any specific continuity in mind, im only actually familiar with TFPrime and TFOne so… outside of the content i see on here this is. based on vibes? I guess idk man

with some close ups :}

I still can’t really comprehend drawing mechs I really gotta get into the groove and lock in fr. I come back to art after like a 4 month break only having ever drawn humans and I thought it’d be easy smh

[smugsomeone]

Hello tumblr nation.

[zilly-zirl-xp]

PRIMUS, MY BUMBLEBEE STUFF EXPLODED

HOLY PRIMUD

Hehe, tickle that.

AAAAA

[peeppq]

One last race, Bee. Just you and me

[theoldspark]

I think my biggest issue with Elita in Skybound is that, ultimately, she's just there to prove that Optimus is superior. Her leadership on screen is literally just failures until Cliffjumper's plan.

Like I dunno, there's this, like, backhanded way they say to Elita to trust Cliff. She's just there to be terrible leader until men come in to help her while also telling she ain't special for suffering. Like she's written to be an ass for the sake of making Optimus the better leader. Also just asking thoughts on this. Ignore it if you want, but also, can I get the first anon's skybound critique? can't find it on your blog sry.

Alright, let me get my thoughts in order.

First, going by what you say (since I haven't read the Skybound run yet), I really dislike the idea of presenting a female character’s flaws solely as a way to prop up a male character. Elita-1 has so much potential and I'm all in for imperfect female characters (we really need to stop villainizing or completely avoiding flaws in women. It's just lazy writing to make them do absolutely no wrong and always be right or win in every situation imo), but if the writers are just doing it for the sake of making Optimus better? I don't want it. I genuinely love Optimus’ character, and doing what you claim is a disservice not only to Elita, but Optimus as well, which is pretty ironic considering the possible intention here.

Now, as for the post you linked, I very much agree with everything you say. I've talked so much with a friend about this.

Along with what you mentioned, there is just so much about the characters that is missing to me. What aspired Orion to break the rules and go out of his way to do something no other (cogless) bot was doing? It is never truly explained, and that's a fail on the writers' part considering this is their main character. How am I supposed to sympathize with a character who I don't understand the motivations of? It's wonderful that he wants to make a change and believes cogless bots like him have much more to give and to strive for, but why him? What made him stick out from all the rest and why is it only him that we know had this kind of mindset?

As for your thoughts on D-16, you're absolutely right. In his case, I could totally understand his way of thinking, his attitude and his motivations. We know why he's the way he is, we see him change and grow stronger goals as the film progresses and we finally watch him succeed by the end of it. He checks all the boxes to be the main character, yet Orion is the one introduced as such.

I also don't like how the guy who had the most valid response to everything going on ended up having that ending that doesn't feel earned when all we saw before was understandable rage considering all that transpired. Though I understand Orion's side as well—let the people decide Sentinel's punishment rather than taking that choice away from them by taking revenge for yourself—the writers didn't do a great job at avoiding the racist connotations here.

There is one single line in the movie that really bothered me, too. "I knew it! Deep down, I always felt something was off” Like….what? I have only watched this movie once not long after it came out so don't expect a brilliant memory, but I could swear all I saw from Orion before the truth came out were scenes of him being fully convinced of Sentinel's lies and all his efforts were to help him. Sure, he did show to have a different opinion on the worth of cogless miners, but as I mentioned before, it is never told to us where that sentiment came from. Surely it isn't something random? Am I to believe he was born and never conditioned to think the way every other miner did? Is he more special than the others? Weren't they trying to show us an Optimus who wasn't destined to become Prime but became one because even a small, powerless bot who emerged from the lowest can be greater by doing the right thing?

But that's not all that bothered me about that line, it was the whole delivery of that scene… D-16 is having an existential crisis, B-127 and Elita processing what they've just found out, and there goes Orion: “Damn, I was right all along. Let me say it out loud in a way that barely expresses any devastation after finding out my whole life I've been lied to and discriminated against because of the same guy that claimed to be my saviour!” How is that a realistic response?!? They could've added that later, not right after having the most gut-wrenching revelation of his life! I get he's supposed to be this strong, determined and hopeful guy, but I seriously would've loved to see more emotion for this. (And right after watching Alpha Trion’s recounting of events all he mentioned was what happened to the Matrix, which doesn't sit right with me). He looked more crushed at seeing D-16 rightfully furious than at finding out Sentinel groomed an entire new generation to become the lowest class to fix his crimes.

The most genuine emotion Orion showed in the movie only appeared as consequence of D-16’s actions, and I know we joke about the (b)romance in this movie between Dee and Pax, but it's literally giving love interest whose whole character revolves around the main character. (Of course, in this case, Orion was more than that, but I'm talking about the depth of his character being so tightly tied to Dee while D-16 had a separate arc for himself—realizing the truth and slowly letting himself be consumed by rage and the desire to murder the guy who ruined his life and so many others’.)

I wish I had more to say about B-127, but sadly that's how relevant he was to the plot of the movie. He was the comedic relief and goofy character that could've added so much more being the one character who hinted to the corruption of Sentinel’s rule by having been sent down to a sublevel nobody even knew existed (which could've sparked early suspicions before the revelation) and developing a borderline delirious attitude as a result of his isolation.

Elita-1 is much harder to place here because while she wasn't completely glossed over, her character exists to move the story forward. Everything she did was to help Orion with whatever he needed at that moment. Emotional support, give him that little push, make the High Guard listen to him… How I would've loved for Elita to be a parallel to D-16 at the very least (since they seem to have some essential similarities here and there).

And concerning the High Guard, I really can't remember them doing much aside from fighting. Why were they out there doing nothing, again? I can't even recall how much they knew about Sentinel and the Quintessons or why they never tried to reveal the truth to all of Cybertron if they knew.

Some of the scrapped ideas of the movie provoked more emotion in me than what I would've expected from the film itself.

(And finally, I assume this is the post you're talking about?)

[thornyfluff]

***when some poor soul says they also like Transformers, and I impulsively "need" to tell them the entirety of transformersdom because I suck at humaning, and I'm starved for social interaction that don't involve everyone's f*cking problems and more stupid boring sh*t involving adulting and politics...***

I also like terrible B rated movies, and I seek out the weirdest, corniest, worst ones that I can find (a Rifftrax kinda gal). I'm actually a little surprised that this Vincent Price one called "Monster Club" was never on my radar till now. 👾💀👻

[mrmeepsmadmind]

idw bumblebee and prowl shouldve broke up bcs he wouldnt stop 𝚊sking prowl to pause his report for just one lil astrosec so he can change his various pastel colored pens while making his cute little aesthetically pretty for no reason & very time - consuming notes with big colorful fonts & cute designs real quick

also another thought abt annoying ass bb trying to make running a literal planet cotteque so he doesn't go crazy bcs hes now a politician when all he ever wanted was to deliver mail & smile & wave at bots who call him cute ---

bee: 𝚠heeljack, im so sorry about this but do you mind repeating the time-stakingly long introduction, instruments, research references, modules, hypothesis, counter thesis, procedures, analysis, second - retrial, results, & explanation that you just spent 700000 earth hours saying because i was busy drawing a cute little bee in the corner of my notes please :] ?

wheeljack:

idw bee trying to run a planet that fucking hates him is just rlly funny to me, especially since everyone views bee as the goody character who everyone loves & he views himself as that & then they finally win this consuming war & he can reap his rewards of being loved without holding a gun & no one fucking likes him. hes even getting on his own old team's nerves & not in the loveable scamp way but the get the fuck out of my face way

[merlinfromberlin]

Never have I ever seen a smile this fake.

[silverior968]

If you are ever making designs for animation and you get the urge to make a design like this. No you don't.

[Image ID: A catified version of Bumblebee from Transformers Prime. He's a golden tabby with brown stripes and a fluffy tail that resembles a stinger. His cheek fluff also resemble bee wings. He has a large surgery scar on his neck and several non-surgery scars on his face. His outfit consists of a silver dog tag, a white shirt, a black and yellow jacket with a cat version of the autobot logo on the shoulder and black trousers with yellow stripes going down the side. His eyes are brown. The artist's signature, Silverior968 is overlayed over the image in fucshia. / End ID]

[cluescorner]

The most important thing about a Megatron ship is that it cannot end well.

[zilly-zirl-xp]

Transformers memes from google.

My phone exploded. I’m posting off of a potato.

And whatever this was. I made it btw. On CapCut. It was a template so yah

-ÇØŚM!

[holylulusworld]

[moonlace]

OP your tags……….

bumblebees first day out of sublevel 50

[theres-whump-in-that-nebula]

looking at cars

Mr. Summers would kill me with his bare hands and I’d let him tbh