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Today's summary: I have to rewrite 3-4 pages of text from chapter 2 because I made a logical error in the main character's reasoning.

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📂 Reuploading some old stories from 2014 Featuring Overlord & Trepan

This is the “The Lesson” series part 4 —

Lesson 6.1: Point of view

Lesson 7: Dependence

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▶️ : Lesson 0 to Lesson 2: The Deal

▶️ : Lesson 3: Home / Lesson 4: The Curriculum

▶️ : Lesson 5: The Skyscraper/ Lesson 6: Relations

📚: My DA Gallery

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It's not over yet... It keeps coming~~

I'm terrified by the amount of micro-scenes about one specyfic character which appear later in the story, but I really like her sarcasm, sass, and general attitude…

I don't know whether to throw them into the plot or leave them as drabbles/one-shots/shorts/whatever on Tumblr.

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Antenna fencing

I wasn’t going to finish this comic because it’s ridiculous but I wanted to draw the faces in the last panel so there we go Also the thought of Rung’s antenna twitching in his sleep makes me happy

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Total meltdown over the song "Into dust" by Mazzy Star.

What else should I say?

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Among the scenes written/created in my story, I can point out my personal favorites (not a big spoiler):

- dance scenes,

- 'spark to spark' conversations,

- the scene where two characters "connect" for the first time through music,

- 'the right person, in the right place',

- 'no smoking',

- the scene where the motif of painting a mural appears,

- 'bubble bath'.

I emphasize - the order is arbitrary.

Maybe I'll change my mind later - I hope not - but for now these are probably quite good and interesting fragments, in which I outline the story, the dynamics between the characters, their conflicts (on various levels).

I regret that I can't reveal anything more for now - but, there will soon be a long post about which characters you can meet in the story ;) <3

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I worry if my sense of humor is even good/acceptable...

I've written a few scenes where I try to crack a joke or create a comical situation, but I feel like it's more likely to cause cringe than laughter.

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some flora to go with the cybertronian fauna I’ve made, from last month’s patreon poll. (cats, dogs, crustations/gastropods)

Czytaj dalej

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I don't know if it's important or if it's just me who thinks it's important - but - I'd like to tell the world that "Transformers" is probably one of the few series I'll never get tired of.

No matter how many reboots it has.

I'll keep coming back to it.

And waiting for the next story.

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Which one is your favourite?

cybertronian cats! to go with my dogs and crustaceans/gastropods

more info below the cut:

Czytaj dalej

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I wrote a part of the scene in the notes where Knockout shows himself to be an excellent surgeon + I described the outline of the scene where he talks about his relationship and why he is in a relationship...

I have no idea if something like that would appear in canon, but I think that in some deeper context of my story it was very necessary.

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hey herz!! seeing your transformers fanart really interested me, do you have any recommendations on where to start/know of any post talking about that?

Aww thank you, Lovely Anon!! I’ve made several posts about this already but I can’t find them atm because I forgot to tag them apparently;

Most of the fanart I make is from MTMTE (More Than Meets The Eye), it’s a comic book series and ridiculously good, like it’s seriously fantastic. It might require some basic pre-knowledge about Transformers because it’s technically Phase 2 of a comic universe, but I started with this one too for the comics and after two or three chapters, found my way around the story alright! <3 I highly recommend this series!

In general, most Transformers cartoons and series are their own universe, so you don’t have to watch/read everything to understand it, they usually just share certain topics and character types etc! 

The first show I personally watched, and that got me into Transformers, is Transformers Prime! It’s three seasons, it has its issues (it’s one of those shows that had its episodes cut down hard and had to wrap everything up in the last season :’) ) but I personally think it’s still a good time! It doesn’t have too many characters, has good designs and I think it’s a good introduction to Transformers as a whole! 

Transformers Animated is my favourite TF cartoon show, it’s quite different from other versions, but has some of the best character interpretations in my opinion! However I have to mention that it might be a good idea to first watch other TF shows to fully appreciate it, I had trouble getting into it as my second show, but after I got to know TF better,it became my favourite! I’d say give it a shot!

G1 Transformers is the first TF show from 1984, you’ll bascially get all you ever need to know from this show to understand pretty much everything else, because this will always be what other Transformers stories are somewhat based on. It’s just absolutely ridiculous. There’s animation errors everywhere, some of the episodes are completely baffling, nobody has any idea what they’re doing in it, it’s wonderful. It’s not for everyone, I think it’s hilarious though!

There’s also Beast Wars but I personally really don’t recommend starting with this one, because it’s very different from what general Transformers is about. A lot of people really like this show, I personally don’t think it’s all that great (but that might be because the visuals are awful 90s CGI and it really distracts me), but I don’t think it’s bad, it’s just not something I’d say you should start with!

But yeah, I’d recommend starting with Transformers Prime or G1 (only if hilariously weird 80s cartoons are your thing tho!) and read the IDW comics! If you wanna check those out, I’d recommend starting with “The Death of Optimus Prime” and then pick up the “More than meets the eye” and “Robots in Disguise” comics! <3 I hope this helps!

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I agree~~

I got asked who my Favorite Starscream is and i decided to go into heavy detail on that because nobody can stop me. I'm just going to rank every single starscream i can think off rn instead

G1 Starscream

10/10 no notes, the original pookie with a voice that can break glass

Transformers: Animated

9/10 love how fucking sassy this bitch is and that tiny little WAIST. my teenage crush. only 1 point deduction is for how he just fell out of the sky like a wet stone when he died

War For Cybertron Trilogy (Netflix)

7/10 not my fav, but also don't hate him. he is very much giving G1 energy for sure, but i am missing just a bit more smth if you know what i mean

Live-Action Movies (2007-2018)

5/10 funny dorito, but with little to no flavor. also has the shittiest death. gets cool tattoos tho

Transformers: Prime

10/10 Stiletto heeled sassy squeeky toy. a menace to society, war criminal gremlin. actually smart and dumb at the same time.

Marvel Comics

3/10 cause i only know of his design and he is so blue

Transformers: Cyberverse

7/10 funny annoying little cockroach that does not know how to die. almost died laughing at Megatron livestream eulogy tho.

IDW Comics (2005-2018)

9.5/10 such a complex fullfilling character arc. I wanna see more like that for future starscreams. only half a point deduction is because he dies.

Skybound

9/10 such a big fan of this starscream because they finally let him be dangerously unhinged for once. Also giving him some more complex background story plus showing us how he just can't get away from his abuser and also becoming the abuser in the process is chefs kiss. Only 9 points tho cause the comic is still ongoing and my rating may change.

Transformers: Armada

11111/10 THE POOKY, THE GOOD BOY, THE BABY, DESERVES BETTER

Shattered Glass

11111/10 THE POOKY, THE GOOD BOY, THE BABY, DESERVES BETTER again

TFOne

9/10 LOOOVE the design and he seems to be a little freak. I so very much hope we get to see more of him

Earthspark

8/10 finally a Starscream where they show us some of his ptsd, sooooo saaaaaad that there is only ONE season of earthspark 🤡

Special Mention: saren stone starscream design

∞/10

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Today I wrote an outline of a scene in which the main character experiences a deep emotional breakdown over the fact that she couldn't help a certain person in any way.

She couldn't do absolutely anything. And it was terrible.

Personally, I'm terrified by such a vision: not being able to help someone who is important to me, who lifted my spirits, who believed in me when I doubted my own abilities... This pain is so deep that it almost hurts physically.

It's good that Rung appears in this scene. Without him, there would be only despair, guilt and trauma...

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I can't get over how beautiful this is...

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I'm terrified by the amount of micro-scenes about one specyfic character which appear later in the story, but I really like her sarcasm, sass, and general attitude…

I don't know whether to throw them into the plot or leave them as drabbles/one-shots/shorts/whatever on Tumblr.

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We need more arts with Rung~~

Can I interest you in some Rung? I feel that he needs his own therapist but art is also good

Rung is canonically handsome as fuck