#Protectobot

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Combiners

I only named a few combiners since there isn't exactly a list of combiners. Also because at least 5 people need to create a combiner and I don't want to name 32+ characters. Way to many people to talk about.

Let's do this

Disclaimer: this is a fan continuity and doesn't fully align with canon (mild spoilers for my fan cont.)

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"Main" Combiners:

Devastator - Scrapper, Hook, Bonecrusher, Long Haul, Mixmaster, and Scavenger (and Prowl)

Bruticus - Onslaught, Brawl, Blast Off, Swindle, and Vortex

Menasor - Motormaster, Dead End, Wildrider, Drag Strip, and Breakdown

Defensor - Hotspot, First Aid, Streetwise, Blades, and Groove

Superion - Silverbolt, Slingshot, Air Raid, Firefight, and Skydive

Victorion - Pyra Magna, Jumpstream, Dust Up, Stormclash, Skyburst, and Rust Dust

(Other Combiners can be found on tfwiki)

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How do gestalts and gestalts bonds work?

Gestalt are the word used to refer to the group that creates a combiner. Gestalt bonds are the bond connecting the gestalt. A gestalt bond is a spark bond similar to trines and host-cassette bonds in my fan continuity.

Emotions and thoughts can be sent and received through the gestalt bond. One can temporary block their side of the gestalt bond and with help, completely cut themselves off from the bond. This doesn't hurt anyone! It will feel sore but nothing more. Gestalt bonds are consensual and a bond will not form if someone really doesn't want to.

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How to combiners work?

Physically, Combiners need at the very least 5 parts. Two arms, two legs, and a torso/head. Devastator is a special case, having a torso and a head separate.

Mentally, kind of similar to Pacific Rim. The gestalt have to be in sync in order for the combiner to stay combined and work. In the mind of the combiner, there is a space that "holograms" are located. Those holograms are the mechs that make up the combiner. They are more of a representation than anything else. There is a visual of sorts of the gestalts mind. The visual can change depend on who is the leader or who is in the gestalt. For example, Prowl's mind calculates a lot. So when he is leader, there is a lot more numerical calculations vs if Scrapper was leader.

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How are combiners created?

This is a complicated question. Some mechs, like the Constructicons, Combaticons, Stunticons, Protectobot, etc. are born as combiners. In other cases, a mech's frame must be reformatted if they want to be part of a combiner.

Very few know how to reformat a frame to become part of a combiner. Hook is know to be the number one medic to go to for a frame reformat. He is known for turning lots of people away.

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What about the Enigma of Combination?

Doesn't exist, even if it did, the combiners would highly upset over a tool that can force mechs to combine. Combiners and gestalts are consensual, they have to be. Otherwise the combiners can't actually work due to the fact that the gestalt has to be in sync with each other.

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Prowl is part of Devastator??

This might worry some but not to worry, hopefully. The way Prowl becomes part of the Devastator gestalts is more fan continuity and less canon. Prowl genuinely wants to be part of Devastator and it can be tiring. Thankfully Scrapper is there to take over when needed.

Since Scrapper is alive, the "Prowl becomes part of Devastator" arc doesn't work. However Prowl does get brainwashed, and like canon, none of his friends notice. The Constructicons see this and they decide to try and be "friends" with brainwashed Prowl.

After the brainwashing, the Constructicons go to Prowl slightly hopeful that Prowl remembers them. Prowl ends up pushing them away and the Constructicons respect his decision. Slowly his memories from being brainwashed comes back and with some prompting from his therapist, Prowl decides to talk with the Constructicons. The Constructicons and Prowl start to hang out more.

One day, Scrapper requests to talk to Prowl alone. Scrapper tell Prowl that he is getting old and tired. Scrapper expresses how much he wants a break. Prowl asks if there is anyway that he can help. Scrapper says there is. One surgery and gestalt bond later, Prowl becomes part of Devastator.

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That is all so far. Questions are always welcomed!

More can be found here

[magmary]

Oh no he was tortured so badly...

...he's going to find a way to get captured again.

[they-hermes]

my giant beloved son defensor

[justxplosions]

So there's rumors of a new Transformers show in the works and all I have to say is-

🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️Bring my boys back🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️ adapt them pleasepleasepleaseplease. 🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️ Bring the protectobots too I would love to see new iteration of them both.

[ny000mdraws]

some more tfp au stuff

[transingthoseformers]

I kinda think it'd be funny if the protectobots are way more chill/ok with texaid than the combaticons.

They're mostly like "oh thank god he's found someone who matches his freak it was stressing us all out"

Combaticons on the other hand are several shades of horrified like "WHAT DO YOU MEAN THERE'S TWO OF THEM NOW???"

"Not just with an autobot!!!! WITH THE PACIFIST!?!?!?!?"

That would absolutely be so funny

Win

[cybertroniansheep]

Been getting my friend into Transformers and she’s obsessed with First aid so I made a little gift for her.

Any First aid fans in the house?! :) this is my first attempt at him so hope I did him justice 💜

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[wwheeljack]

A rarepair I am utterly obsessed with, and this piece was done by the amazing @/collisioncha0s_ on Twitter for me of these two. I've never been obsessed over a ship before, but these two grabbed me in a chokehold and I cannot get enough of them both.

Please go support the artist here (https://x.com/collisioncha0s_), they have many other pieces of art of the Constructicons, Beachcomber, Blitzwing and the Insecticons!

[swivelbot]

A Large Illustration of the Cast of the First Two Seasons of the G1 Cartoon (Except Lancer for some reason)

Originally drawn by Hidetsugu Yoshioka for the Pioneer Laserdisc Release of the G1 Cartoon.

Hand-Colourized by me.

ORIGINAL:

[they-hermes]

combiners support eachother

[justxplosions]

Posting these by itself just in case

[wortsandall]

i fuck with the combiner teams heavy...hasbro use the combiners more. im begging. i love the trope of bonded people. you are stuck with each other forever. it can be heaven or hell but no matter what youre bonded. deal with it. make it work.

[wheerl]

[kitkatorin]

Thinking about a reality TV series that has humans partnered with the Protectobots or Reacue Bots, or really any of the Autobots that turn into public service vehicles

I'm thinking along the lines of like the observational/ride-along interview style like Cops or Nightwatch.

Like they're doing criminal chases on dangerous individuals, critical medical transports, or high stake rescue missions in different parts of the world. The emergencies they respond to could also involve other Cybertronians so it could really showcase their teamwork and how each species can care for the other. And it could partially demonstrate the Cybertronian side of emergency services, and the bots themselves could even explain a bit of how they operated on Cybertron in comparison to Earth.

And having special crossover episodes with other Autobot emergency vehicles as special guests or with huge catastrophes that require Defensor and coordinating with several other Autobots outside of emergency services.

If Transformers were a real part of our society that would be such a cool thing to watch on TV, but it'd still be really neat even as a totally ficticious adult series or comic line or something.