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Sorry, Rodimus did what now?

Why is this the only place these shenanigans get brought up?

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I swear I did not animate this poorly on purpose. It is only intended as a WIP showcase, because I have yet to sleep but it is also 7 AM.

...anyways. ProwlRod stuff. :)

Song: Pretty Boy by Sub-Radio

[Prowl model by Pharaoh-Yami, Rodimus model by dancing-robots, both users are on DeviantArt]

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I swear I did not animate this poorly on purpose. It is only intended as a WIP showcase, because I have yet to sleep but it is also 7 AM.

...anyways. ProwlRod stuff. :)

Song: Pretty Boy by Sub-Radio

[Prowl model by Pharaoh-Yami, Rodimus model by dancing-robots, both users are on DeviantArt]

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Do you ever wonder...

How dark a shadow must you cast?

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Rodimus: I hate how you're just born out of nowhere and you're forced to participate in an extinction-level civil war and get chosen by extradimensional beings as a demigod and have to lead war efforts where your friends die. What if I wanted to be a duck? Nobody asked me if I wanted to be a duck. Kup: Kup: Do you want to be a duck? Rodimus, tearing up: yeah

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One of those days where you dread doing any real progress on big projects and just sketch out to Sleep token songs. Had some fun doing these doodles based off of my AU. if you have any questions ASK AWAY

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Thinking about Rodimus's visor again, more specifically involving how it's potentially used.

Do you think maybe it's a mod to scan and/or display information about the area that Rodimus can't easily pick up? Heat signatures, spark signals, general details on whatever he's seeing? Maybe vision enhancement in general?

It'd be interesting if it were incorporated more. I think this is the only time that we ever see him use it on-panel, despite the way they're seemingly incorporated into the design of the Rodpod.

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I know people take issue with IDW Prowl and think he's just some angry, almost villainously evil guy, but.

I think, if you were brought up on the idea that you're only worth something if you serve a purpose (as it was in Petrex), you would also eventually turn to violence if you spent four million years trying to fulfill the purpose of being the voice of reason, only to get:

Brushed aside (almost every time he makes a suggestion)

Punched or attacked by your own faction (it happens on-panel several times, and even Optimus does it to him at a time when Prowl is clearly in a mental health crisis)

Blamed for things that were out of your control, or that you had no way of preventing (the Garrus-9 and Bombshell incidents)

Treated as nothing but a means to an end, even during traumatic experiences (most of the pre- and early war through Thunderwing timeline, RID, Sins of the Wreckers)

Seen as a horrible person even by people you thought were friends, to the point they don't think twice when "you" start acting violently while under mind control (especially in RID/exRID)

Forced into a combiner against your will, and never mentally / physically checked on after despite showing clear signs of health issues (seriously, it was pretty obvious he was spiralling mentally, and at least one person should've probably been concerned that he kept getting nosebleeds / eventually had a broken optic and other injuries that went unfixed)

Like... IDW Prowl is a product of his environment. Maybe if the people around him bothered to care or pay attention to him at least once in a while, he might have less of a difficult time processing things properly. As time goes on, you see Prowl go from being caring but pragmatic, to repressing every sign he cares, and then being the cold, emotionally unresponsive person everyone around him believes him to be.

From a psychological standpoint, it's often the ones under the most stress that end up lashing out. Prowl had that frustration build up for four million years, but it was likely tempered by the thought that people actually cared about him in some regard, and that he shouldn't do anything to lash out against them. When he realized people didn't care like he thought-- to the point they didn't question his mind-controlled actions for even a second-- that pushed him over the edge. It's hard to pull yourself back from the brink like that, especially when everything is falling apart around you, and there's no one you feel you can trust with the vulnerability of asking for help.

Maybe I'm just reading too much into it, sure, but maybe other people aren't reading into it enough.

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Redoing the plot for the Unicron's Remnants (originally called False Gods) continuity, because I have ✨Ideas✨.

I mayhaps have intent to post the link to the lore document once I get it to a state I'm happy with, but it will probably take a bit.

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Happy pride month people how does it feel to be gayer for the next 30 days

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Video + additional textless render of just the thumbnail

(Models by dancing-robots [DeviantArt], skydome out the window by witchfrogh [DeviantArt] and X-Legend)

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Video + additional textless render of just the thumbnail

(Models by dancing-robots [DeviantArt], skydome out the window by witchfrogh [DeviantArt] and X-Legend)

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If you think you saw a version where I forgot to render part of the hoodie shading, no you didn't (/lying)

Human version of Uniend 525.02 Alpha Skye.

Counterpart of this version.

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If you think you saw a version where I forgot to render part of the hoodie shading, no you didn't (/lying)

Human version of Uniend 525.02 Alpha Skye.

Counterpart of this version.

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Also. Tangentially related to the last post, but I noticed something.

Both times that Rodimus did something that made the other Autobots turn on him, someone (technically the antagonists) shot the place where his Autobrand was.

Maybe I'm just reading into it too much because I haven't slept yet, but does this mean he technically has had to have his badge remade after these events? I know the Dark Cybertron one shows on panel that the damage somehow disappears, but in-universe, he doesn't have that kind of continuity error plot armor. Who would he even have gone to to get a replacement, considering the Lost Light crew's general opinion about him by then?

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No because actually I can't sleep until I've brought this up

Why does Rodimus get shot pretty much every time he does something related to the Matrix and/or Primes?