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An in-between-homework doodle of my updated designs for these three lmao =D

Plus some facts ;D ⬇️

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Thinking about these three again, I've been thinking about making their updated reference sheets since Skywarp and Thundercracker look nothing like this now, though Starscream kinda looks the same.

And I've also been thinking about their backstory because if y'all don't know by now, Thundercracker's a medic and not a seeker in my au. The backstory has changed quite a bit since I answered this ask in October.

Ok soo whats the seeker trine backstory for ur au?

So their backstory is a bit different, and still a bit of a work in progress, but so far I have that they're brothers, they all have slightly different ages with Starscream being the oldest and Thundercracker being the youngest, as well as pieces of the story. The seeker trine is a bit different cause Skywarp and Thundercracker aren't really seekers, they both took on different roles.

So what I'm brainstorming so far:

•Before the war, Starscream was a scientist with Skyfire. He was around 35-ish (in human years)? When the war started.

•Skywarp was also assigned a job but he refused and decided to depend on other less legal ways of getting credits (money? Lmao). Skywarp found a sealed off dark energon mine not so far from his home and would sell bits of dark energon to others secretly, and they payed him a lot. Starscream was unaware of this, and he thought that Skywarp had a job. Skywarp was a smart bot, he just made bad decisions. Even though he's the middle brother, he acts more as an older brother because he's overprotective of them. He was around 25-ish (in human years) when the war started.

•Thundercracker was also assigned a job and he was in training for the job. He was assigned the role of helping with technology at hospitals. He was often underestimated by others because he was much shorter than his brothers and because he was a bit nervous and jumpy. He was somewhere around 20 (in human years) when the war started.

•So they were basically in the war but not by choice, they were dragged into it. When the war started, they fled their home, but in a panic to get away, Starscream led his two brothers into an underground tunnel to get away from the war above. This was a big mistake because the tunnel was unstable and some parts collapsed. It miraculously didn't squash them, it just wounded them, especially Thundercracker which lost a leg because the roof of the tunnel collapsed onto his leg and squashed it flat. Starscream broke his arm during this incident and and Skywarp got hit in the head with some falling materials but he was okay. Megatron was actually closeby and heard Thundercracker's cries (cus he has a leg crushed, it hurts) and he rushed to help. He took the three brothers to his hideout where he was in the process of building a ship. It was unfinished but half of it was already done. Megatron took care of them and everything but they had to remove the crushed part of Thundercracker's leg which was basically half of it.

•The only reason why Thundercracker doesn't have a leg til this day is because the deceptions were low on materials and equipment since they were just trying to escape Cybertron because they weren't safe there anymore. So he walks with something similar to crutches. He helps Knockout and Breakdown with the technology though, since he knows how to do that. He does feel really useless though, he says he's never enough.

The whole seeker thing is actually kind of like a group where all the "baby" cybertronians rescued by the deceptions back on Cybertron in the war would be trained do things alongside Starscream. Starscream taught them.

Skywarp, Blitzwing, and Lockdown are in charge of keeping humans as well as autobots far away from where their ship is on Earth. Megatron did tell them not to fight if it isn't necessary but they sometimes do anyways.

So that's what I have so far Ik it's kind of all over the place but I'm still brainstorming on it :D

I think I wrote way more than I needed to lmao 💀

If there's any other questions I'll be happy to answer ;)

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GUYS YOU DONT KNOW HOW EXCITED I AM FOR THIS I'M SO NORMAL RN I NEED TO DRAW THEM I NEED TO DRAW THEM NOW KDJDKDDJKDKSSKSJ

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Idk if u were ever asked but what’s ur inspo for ur au? Like ideas n stuff!

Here's a list of some of the characters in my au and some of the things they were inspired from:

Megatron- Ballister (from Nimona)

Optimus- Some depressed middle aged guy idk lmao

Sentinel Prime- Erm... Several events/leaders in history

Hot Rod- Ghost Spider, Nimona, Mai (next gen)

Starscream- Revali (botw)

Soundwave- Sooga (aoc)

Shockwave- That one scientist from next gen (I forgot his name 🗿)

Rumble- Ferb, Harold (captain underpants)

Frenzy- Phineas, George (captain underpants)

Ultra Magnus- Katie's dad (Mitchells vs machines)

Jazz- Donkey (shrek),that one cop from monster house

Terminus- 2 (9)

Most of my au's story is inspired by events in history, as well as characters from movies and stuff like that. I'm happy to hear what these or some of the other characters remind you of lmao ;)

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Hi guys have this year old doodle :>

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Some doodles

(Yes ik the first pic is fake but it's silly though lmao)

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A quick pre war trio doodle before homework :>

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I honestly really like your bumblebee design and need more of it plz

Sure, have a doodle!

Plus an extra comic:

Blitzwing is currently a war prisoner to the autobots! That's how Bumblebee knows him. No I DO NOT ship Blitzbee (bumblebee's 20 and Blitzwing's in his 50's (in robot years) and that's just weird). Bumblebee usually sneaks into the prisons just to talk to him and ask him stuff. Blitzwing's annoyed by his presence (mostly because of his situation and because of bumblebee's questions).

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No one asked but if my tf au took place in the Zelda botw/aoc/totk world, Megs would be a goron, Starscream would be a rito, Soundwave would be a gerudo (but a guy), and Shockwave would be sheikah.

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now that brainstorm exists is Simpatico cannon??????

(please)

Maybe...

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do you have brainstorm, if you do can I hear bout him. if not, do you have any ideas for him?

Sure!

Brainstorm and his science partner, Perceptor, are two of the 3(? Or more?) Autobot scientists. He and Perceptor focus on the science of technology, non-sentient machinery, and vehicles, unlike Skyfire, who focuses on life science (biology).

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does Shockwave get along with Soundwave's creatures?

He does! He gets along with anyone tbh lmao, he trusts them way too much and he ends up falling for every one of the twin's pranks. He's probably the most pranked Decepticon ;0

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Aww Megatron and the Optimus plushie🥺

What if I told you Optimus has a Megs plushie :)

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Honestly at this point Optimus needs a restraining order against Elita. He's made it clear that he's not interested and already has someone else but Elita refuses to listen and continues pushing him.

Do they get therapists later? One to help Elita realize how bad her advances are and one to help Optimus getting over being stalked by someone he's supposed to trust?

Optimus has Rung to help him, Elita has one of her best friends to help her, Arcee. Arcee is trying her hardest to help Elita let go and accept that Optimus has no love interest in her, and it's helping, very very slowly but surely.

Optimus and Elita are good friends, even before the war, Optimus, Elita, and Megatron were a friend trio, it's just that Elita doesn't know when enough is enough. Optimus doesn't want to completely separate himself from Elita because she's a good friend of his, he just wishes she'd stop and accept that he's not interested.

Also, Elita has saved Optimus's life countless times, she's saved him from attacks in battle as well as saved him from many su!cide attempts, so separating her from him completely may lead to something unpleasant happening.

But she'll find out who Optimus rly likes someday ;)

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Is skystar toxic yaoi in your universe

No... This kinda explains what happened between Starscream and him:

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If sugar is a drug to Cybertronians, is Prowl constantly getting high or something? I mean, look at all the donuts he eats

(guys btw this is chase from rescue bots, Prowl and Jazz are his mentors and he's a police in training ;D)