#Tex The Robot

[mikoshubofchaos]

yall i think i’m going crazy...

first tex (the THX mascot (yes those people with the deep note), then digit al (the mascot uk made for the switch from analog tv to digital tv), and now hh (the hhgregg mascot)...

i’m too far gone...

anyways art

[harbingersecho]

in my heart this is a pride drawing

[databuffer]

Been obsessed with this dude lately....

Tex is a prototype combat unit made to work in team environments, however his specific model was recalled due to an issue in the risk and reward system’s balancing that led to them becoming overwhelmed easily, and resorting to drastic self preservation, often at the expense of the rest of the unit. In short: they were cowards, and could not trust one another.

Tex is the only remaining unit from that phase in testing, and works for the criminal group who broke him out of cold storage. They don’t know he’s defective, and he chooses to keep it that way. He’ll keep playing his tendency to loose teams as simple bad luck for as long as he’s able.

[robotgirldaily]

Allison (Agent Texas) from Red Vs Blue

The robot girl of the day is Tex from Red vs. Blue!

[riflesniper]

HIS BOOPS.

commission for @databuffer :3

[daylight-stars]

Um so I’ve had this in my brain for a while and am still looking for the right words so sorry if this isn’t very eloquent. But I’m very attached to the idea that Tex is very very subtly in-human, but not in like a monstrous or alien way. She’s tall- just a little more so than is humanely possible, but not enough to notice. She’s perfectly symmetrical. Her eyes, skin and hair are all a little too oversaturated, her eyes especially being an intense garish blue. Where as Allison has bleached hair with dark roots Tex is straight up Lemon. She looks like Allison but an exaggerated, perverted version of her. You can’t call her “pretty” because she’s ever so slightly off-putting. Just a little too perfect. Only the Director can recognise her as Allison but the Director would recognise Allison in wood grain. She can also bench-press a tank.

[paanzermensch]

One of the prettiest pieces of art I’ve actually ever done in probably a year. With one of my favorite and oldest ocs ever. ❤️

[snarkyfarren]

I have loved these guys for YEARS, they are my ABSOLUTE FAVORITE animatronic band and it's about time that I pay my respects. I'm getting more into the vibe of drawing fanart, as I'm more used to drawing just my OCs, but it's pretty fun.

[hajihiko]

okay speaking of the dr 3 anime, what did you think about the decision to make Chiaki a person in real life? I think it would’ve been far more impactful to have just kept her as an AI not based on a person

I sort of expected it? It happened with Chihiro and AI didn't it, so I figured there had to be some kind of 'precedent'. I dont really have feelings on it either way tbh, I think both work.

[mikoshubofchaos]

“J-Tech, get all your TV things caught up!“ (New OC + AU introduction)

Man, it has been a WHILE since I’ve posted any genuine content of OCs I have! Even better, I’ve got an AU to show you all too! Let’s get into it so I can start yapping-

Everything’s below the cut!

TWs for the AU: Mentions of/implied neglect/abandonment, sui ideation.

New OC: J-Bug ---X

This is J-Bug, the kind and upbeat mascot of the TV equipment store J-Tech! Which...isn’t a real store. It’s a store I made up for my final graded project in Civics class.

Anyways, J-Bug is a robot ladybug programmed to represent J-Tech and be a sales guide for its customers! The built in TV screen on his chest can display what they want it to (e.g.: prices for certain products) simply by pressing a button on the remote built into his right arm. His wings are functional, so you might see him flying around every now and then.

Those color stripes on his left arm, by the way? Those were supposed to be coaxial cables plugged in, but due to complications the idea was scrapped.

Now that you know about J-Bug, let’s discuss the AU!

AU: Eyes Of The New Light ---X

Okay, let’s imagine something.

When it comes to store mascots, they aren’t so popular anymore. Just about any store or non-food product company that has one has either closed down or become irrelevant. Something tells me they weren’t always treated the best either...

Now, these mascots, once happy in their prime thinking nothing bad could possibly happen, are left clinging to the barren remains of what they once had, or to roam the streets trying any and everything to get by. One or two of them might even have considered ending it all because they don’t even know what purpose they serve anymore!

Right as it seemed all was hopeless for our dear mascots, a new store opened.

J-Tech.

And with the opening of this store came a new mascot: J-Bug. He was upbeat, kind, and always wanted to help.

That stood especially true when he found out about what had happened to the other mascots. He couldn’t just leave them to rot the way their companies did!

So what would he do?

He’d save them from the despair they’ve drowned in. That’s what.

His robotic heart beat with determination and the belief he could get them out of this. Hope emitted from the TV in his chest with the usual calm hum. His eyes shined brightly, knowing he could do this. He was the light that would save him. They just had to trust him.

Plus, there’s enough space in his store, and the employees and owner are caring. They wouldn’t mind a few others.

(oh yeah, i got some slight inspiration from some of @spiritguru-sloppypears’s posts, so credits to them! Their art style is silly, I like it!)

And that’s all, thanks for reading!

The End! ---X

[suranet]

I'm curious if you have any Blast Off /Vortex headcanons to share? I love seeing more people interested in these two.

a fellow Blast Off/Vortex shipper!! nice. it's a fun pairing. i do have some assorted Tex/Off headcanons i could offer, Anon. (some of them were inspired by fics i read.) the shuttle that likes to view himself as above the rabble and the helicopter who likes to get his hands dirty.

they're the two fliers on the team, so there were times when Onslaught put them together on aerial missions w/o the rest of the Combaticons along for the ride. one of the early reasons they got to know each other better.

they share an uncomfortably ruthless streak.

there's a stage in a transformers video game where you can play as Vortex; Blast Off's also present on that stage. he's much faster than him and easily outpaces Vortex. it makes sense to me that he's got the speediest alt mode of the team, something Vortex is aware of. helicopters aren't that swift in the air in comparison to planes or shuttles.

Blast Off has forcibly evacuated (read: throw out) Vortex from his cargo hold at high altitudes on multiple occasions. however, as a sincere gesture of consideration BO always makes sure there's an atmosphere before he does so.

(helicopters need atmospheres to fly.)

there was an unplanned off-duty drinking binge they went on together in Vos before the war: it got them both banned from Vos for centuries. since neither of them liked Vos to begin w/, it wasn't much of a loss. pity about the new warrants for their arrest though.

Blast Off and Vortex have different tastes in music. this won't be a problem, except Vortex enjoys picking music he knows Blast Off considers "trash" and asking Blast Off to play them on his speakers to annoy him.

(Vortex truly can't tell if Blast Off hasn't yet realized the increasingly outlandish music demands he has made over the years are Vortex deliberately trying to calculate how far he can take the joke w/o Blast Off losing his patience - or if Blast Off did realize and is now just playing along with him for a laugh.)

Blast Off has visited more planets and seen more of the galaxy than Vortex has. he's older than him. he's willing to share w/ Vortex when he's in the mood for it.

Vortex, as i see him, has a certain degree of love for poking the bear. pushing his luck. this includes w/ Blast Off. Vortex likes resistance and trying to crack Blast Off's shell and repeatedly having Blast Off push back is an ongoing source of entertainment for him.

they would mourn each other if one of them died.

they know better than to admit it.

[databuffer]

this is all you need to understand the texadonis dynamic.

Tex is mine, Adonis is @pharact

[thebuhonerodazorrow]

Samurai Doggy #1

[pseudocyan]

*Violently enters room*

What do you call a restaurant for computers and robots?!?!

Techs-Mechs!!!! Because… and the… no? Alright, it was fun, see you guys later…

*Violently exits room*

[cerayanay]

Rewatching rvb and season 2 Tex is so fucking funny in retrospect. You see in the prequel seasons that she’s an insanely deadly fighter, and chooses to remain silent, cold, and aloof to all the freelancers. She never talks to them, and she’s actually an incredibly powerful and intelligent AI in a robotic body. Unkillable and inhumanly intelligent.

Fast forward a couple years and she’s in season 2. All she does is sit around and fight with the Blues. She fought fucking space pirates and jumped off a fucking building, beating ever single other freelancer in combat, but is killed within DAYS of meeting the reds and blues. By DONUT.

She’s literally the most skilled and deadly freelancer, and spends s2 giving meditation sessions to a bomb, being scared shitless by an alien, and bickering with her ex boyfriend and his dumbass friends.

[bogleech]

Things people found extremely funny in the early 2000s or at least pretended to for reasons that aren't terribly exciting yet would still be very very difficult to explain even as someone who watched it all develop:

-mustaches, the one that still perplexes me the most

-llamas, understandable as they are pretty funny animals but this was SO pervasive for a while there

-top hats, with or without the addition of a monocle and cigar

-dead u.s. presidents, especially Lincoln and Roosevelt

-dinosaurs, usually just T. tex or velociraptors

-pirates

-ninjas

-cowboys, actually any job or class with its own associated outfit and movie tropes

-bacon

-waffles

-toast. Actually a lot of breakfast foods, yet oddly not in the same contexts

-common typos you see on teh internets!!!1

-spaceships

-all 70s aesthetics, with varying degrees of earnest affection

-australia

-combining absolutely any of the above in any way (EPIC WIN!)

-nazis, even when cast rightfully as the villains. It was just for some reason presented as even funnier if the cowboy dinosaur president fought against WWII nazis though no mention was usually ever made of what Nazis actually were or what they did

-Apes, which granted are still widely considered rather comical but it definitely peaked in like 2002

-Things exploding, which like apes can still be very funny but there didn't even need to be any additional joke

-Cupcakes

-Bears

-Sharks

-Garden gnomes

-the concept of car chases. Actually most of this list overlaps with action movie tropes, doesn't it?

-robot versions of things

-zombie versions of things

-extra hardcore hating on clowns and mimes??? This one kind of started in the early 90s

-pineapples

-Swedish accents and old swedish tropes or things America thinks are swedish tropes (lederhosen and yodeling)

-CHEESE yes thank you for this addition just the idea of cheese for some reason was seen as comedy gold somehow

I'm possibly missing a few