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Mr. Sulu and "The Specimen" from ep. The Enemy Within

Original under the cut

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hey, im backk

i took a bit of an unannounced sick leave off of tumblr and i didnt really engage in fandom stuff all that much.

so, until i'm done with wips and answering asks, have this little side project i did a few weeks ago.

landscape 6.05 "Residue"

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cigarette wife

a quick doodle turned style study/demo featuring god's favorite ex warlord!

lately i've been trying to figure out which direction i want to take my art towards, and i think im content with what i have going on right now. still, i wish i had more time to draw lol

i've took some creative liberties with this design since i was more focused on the technique

Unrendered version + some closeups under the cut

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//: frontline rave

kinda trying something different here ig

sort of inspired by that one mg album cover maybe?? And maybe the fact that reactivate is coming out this year and im not very normal about that.

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shockwave but its an metaphor for the horrors of war beyond man's comprehension

or alternatively: me at 3AM going into the kitchen in search of shredded cheese (8 found dead, 36 injuried)

based on that one cover by Mark Bright. you know the one.

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a treatise on rationality

shockwaves featuring an excerpt from my uni homework because it fits. and also kinda slaps.

transcription+translation below if you care

PL

Wszyscy ludzie są racjonalni ale racjonalność ta wynika z układu tak złożonego i trudnego do analizy krok po kroku, że łatwiej jest powiedzieć, że nie są.

Racjonalność nie znaczy natomiast, że działania człowieka zawsze są optymalne, a to, że mają swój sens na płaszczyźnie przyczynowo-skutkowej. Człowiek nie jest w stanie często podjąć optymalnej decyzji, gdyż nie ma wystarczającej ilości informacji i najprawdopodobniej nigdy nie będzie takowej posiadał.

Wniosek: Nieperfekcyjna percepcja swiata przez czlowieka czyni rzeczywistosc irracjonalną.

ENG

Every person acts rational, but this rationality is a result of an assemblage so complex and difficult to analyse that its plain easier to say that they are not [acting rational].

Rationality, however, idoes not mean that man's actions are universally optimal [in their results], only that they make sense in regards to their placement in the causal-effect arrangement. One often cannot make a decision optimal [in its results] beacues he doesn not possess enough information and, most likely, they will never possess such.

Conclusion: One's imperfect perception of the surrounding world renders it irrational.

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happy new keygen church album day to those who celebrate 👍

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Hi! Would you like to talk about your Soundwave Misfire rairpair? It's actually pretty cute ngl. How did they meet?

bahah thank you for asking!!

i've laready pestered @robot-rarepairs-dotcom about this in this specific ask but, yeah, why not yell it out loud and proud for the people in the back? and come to think of it maybe i should make a comic out of it sometime someday??? or a fanfic? no, i shant...

so. from the top. the war is still raging on all fronts. there is the fighting with blasters, guns, cannons ad whatnot, sure. but. its said that wars are won off the battlefield. and soundwave, as the chief intel officer is here to secure the rightful victory of the decepticons.

but its not an easy job by any means. there is infinite amount of information to be sourced and only so many tasks sw can attend to at a given moment. so knowing the right cybertronians and having mechs in the right places was all but crucial. and the neutral underground is one such place. but here comes an obstacle. neutrals dont take kindly to 'cons. it'd be a long and tedious process to plant a new network in there. it'd be so much easier if soundwave could find anyone who is already a regular in those spaces. and time is of the essence. there must be something, someone...

...and here comes the idea to employ the scavengers as contacts.

soundwave is naturally skeptical of the idea. the scavs? the bottom of the bottom of the barrel? undisciplined, lousy and, most probably, disloyal? but that just further proves the point. no one would put them under scrutiny. no one would pay them any mind, no one would care. they could slip in anywhere, anytime, get what soundwave needs and then disappear with no trace, since no one even payed them more than a passing glance and a dismissive scoff.

their questionable allegiance is another thing. the one thing soundwave is certain theyre loyal to is survival. he can grant them that. the decepticon high command has a lot of shanix to spare.

and its not like they need to get any major missions, either. soundwave could run a test trial to figure out whether this solution was at all worth investing into.

besides, the scavenegers (as most of the low-ranks) were expendable assets, after all.

and so the chief intelligence officer yields. soon after they send an anonymous signal to the w.a.p., requesting to meet their representative in some shithole bar on a neutral planet.

misfire lost the straw pull and was chosen to be the representative. which in practice meant he was the one speaking with the mysterious figure while the rest of the gang was to sit around (mostly) quietly and listen. and enage if the things went south. because, where one goes, the others do as well.

only when the mission renders sucessful, soundwave reveals himself - to shock and awe of the scavs. but, nevertheless, a long term symbiotic relationship formed. scavengers did what they were instructed to, to mixed results, but they did nontheless. soundwave paid accordingly. all was well.

but there is more to it than meets the eye.

soundwave, though he would never admit it, would grow fond of the scavengers - the lowkey, chill and maybe even fun life they had. a far cry from what he was forced to put up with in the high command. no more power struggle, no more persisting rumors of war. for a moment, aboard of the w.a.p. he could no longer be the head of the decepticon intel office. he could... just exist. not sure how he feels about it, yet. he needs more time to figure it out.

at the center of this is misfire, naturally. the one who talked to him first and the one who was sort of ushered into the role of the one to build a figurative scavengers-soundwave relationship bridge. naturally at first misfire and the others didnt take too kindly to soundwave. as a team they had rather complicated views on the high command as a whole. and soundwave was the very idea of the high command. as skeptical as the scavenger would be, the relationship was beneficial. soundwave became a token of survival for them. but soon enough though, that was to change.

i mean, misfire isnt stupid. he's introspective. he likes people. he likes knowing people. even soundwave was not beyond his curiosity. and, accidentaly or not, he got to know soundwave. the little things about him, that naturally started to seep out of his hardened shell now that he could, primus forbid, finally relax. soundwaves concealed passion for music, his innermost philosophical reflections, the way he cares about his casettes. the mask faltered.

soundwave is being taught how to be his own mech - who he is and who he has potential to be off the battlefield. he's been taught about the importance of trust as a part of loyalty and to overcome the egoism and dispassionateness which emerged as a part of desensitization that came about from everything he has experienced. misfire has been taught of bravery, the many ways to be strong and how important it is to fight for what he believes is right - to live for something beyond just the sake of living.

soundwave has also been converted into a gamer. he's become frighteningly skilled at whatever the cybertronian equivalent of mario kart is. but he lets misfire win :]

oh, and since then soundwave has brought along his casettes to one of his w.a.p. visitations. misfire is slowly but surely advancing to become "the cooler dad". soundwave is not sure how to feel about this.

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(missing the) target practice

*points at its 'ask me about my transformers rarepairs' shirt*

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[WIP]

very large robot husband with very large murder tendencies

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currently pacing back and forth around the room like a sidescroller enemy

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sociological observation:

pleasantly surprised that a considerable amount of folks in my mentions are drawn to industrial horrors in that way.

shockwave but its an metaphor for the horrors of war beyond man's comprehension

or alternatively: me at 3AM going into the kitchen in search of shredded cheese (8 found dead, 36 injuried)

based on that one cover by Mark Bright. you know the one.

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one of the perks of being moderately ok at art is being able to do whatever tf u want. so. shockwife metal cover.

An updated version of a previous post now that i actually know what im doing. but basically he got more love this time yippie

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tf is he hatin for ???

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i need to draw more the arcana or ill explode rahhhh

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shockwave but its an metaphor for the horrors of war beyond man's comprehension

or alternatively: me at 3AM going into the kitchen in search of shredded cheese (8 found dead, 36 injuried)

based on that one cover by Mark Bright. you know the one.

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Drawpile night with @visceralment

theme: toxic yaoi