#Thirteen primes

[pocoslip]

I really Thought Alpha Trion would have Three Modes But I guess they have to Remove his Lion Mode to make him G1 Cartoon Accurate and that's fine

(As long as Age of the Primes Alpha Trion is Not really a Scourge Retool, I'm Okay with this)

[prayantis]

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[witches-heretics-outcasts]

Unicron and Primus lore animatic I did for my Transformers Prime “Witches, Heretics, and Other Outcasts” AU of two brother deities and how the protectiveness of one led to possessiveness and eventual lashing out with a universal body count.

Please be aware of the warnings content: Robo gore, robo blood, robo body horror, and childhood trauma with bad touch

[ctghost]

a canvas of the the @cheschesterpossum 's CITF au primes

I love drawing alpha trion & zeta lol 😭🤍

They all have big bug ahh stares as sparklings also if you give only one of the primes a energon or regular lolipop (or a high five. Or helm pats.) It is now an obligation for you to give the rest one too (Blame liege maximo for starting this first)

Cough. Let's be a lil real. It's because the primes subconsiously inherited his own attachment too 👹

[cheschesterpossum]

CITF AU, Rung (Primus) is still the creator of the 13 Primes. Except when he created them, the first thing he decided to do is show it to you.

You're sharing responsibility now.

[quilloleander]

Feeling a little silly today, so I wanted to share like one headcanon I have for each of the Thirteen Primes. Some of these have basis off of the Covenant of Primus, others are just personal headcanons:

Prima Prime - I'd like to think that Primus carefully crafted each of the Primes in TF:One, and that they were made one by one instead of altogether. So, as the first Prime, Primus crafted him out of the fallen stars that fell on Cybertron. So, Prima is crafted from the stars and for a good while he did rule over Iacon on his own before Primus thought he was lonely and made the others.

Vector Prime - He's the more level-headed one (compared to Prima) as he has to be more objective in comparison to the other Primes (as he literally rules over space and time). However, he is also very petty and may sometimes just disagree with you not because you're wrong, but because he thinks it's funny to disagree (Prima is usually the one he disagrees with the most for the lolz).

Alpha Trion - Has a tendency to exhibit cat beastformer traits such as lying around in a patch of sunlight, sometimes lying down on the other Primes, or just lowkey disappearing and nobody knows where he has disappeared to. He also purrs, though when he's angry he has some dignity and does not scratch or hiss. He rarely gets angry though.

Solus Prime - Aside from creating weapons for the High Guard, she actually does most of Iacon's architectural design. I'd like to think she's one of the more artistic Primes in that she is also very passionate about architecture. She also has her own school of architectural design and forging since she wants other bots to be able to design buildings and weapons.

Micronus Prime - It's stated in the Covenant of Primus that he was the smallest but also the fastest, so I'd like to think Micronus was actually a speedster. Also his TF:One design is so round that I imagine that he can transform into a ball and just start zipping around the place like a ping-pong ball. Sometimes he gets Onyx to just yeet him as fast as possible lmao.

Alchemist Prime - He can't actually get drunk even though he's the one who invented the concept of alcoholic energon. He's the type of guy who prepares the alcohol and then proceeds to watch everyone get wasted while he remains sober. However, he does make sure everyone actually manages to get back to their habsuites and that nobody feels sick the next solar cycle.

Nexus Prime - Nexus is a combiner, however all of the five pieces of himself consider themselves to be Nexus. They are all Nexus. They each have their own personality but they don't really consider themselves as individual bots but just individual pieces of a whole Nexus. While Nexus does occasionally separate, he's usually combined together cause he enjoys feeling whole.

Onyx Prime - He is the original beastformer in the Covenant of Primus so he's the more beastlike among the Primes because he should keep that trait of his. He doesn't actually talk - like he can but he just prefers not to - though he can understand what the other Primes are saying. He prefers to spend his free time just flying around on the surface of Cybertron.

Amalgamous Prime - He's a little special in comparison to other transformers in that he has the ability to actually transform into looking like other bots. He does have his own separate actual form and alt form, but he can mimic the frames of others. The only way to tell is that his optics are a little different and it's the one thing he cannot replicate from other bots.

Quintus Prime - I'd like to think he's a deadbeat creator. Mostly cause in Covenant of Primus he created the Quintessons. Obviously in TF:One, I think the Quintessons are a whole other alien race, but with the idea that Quintus still made them, I do think Quintus is the type of scientist to create life because he can and he's curious... he just doesn't think of the consequences. He's a daydreamer, not a planner.

Liege Maximo - Even though he's known as the "Prime of Lies" in the Covenant of Primus, in TF:One he's actually a skilled diplomat because he uses his talent for good. He's capable of outwitting people with just words alone, and can passive aggressively insult you without you even noticing. He's actually the main diplomat of the Primes, though he still loves to prank the other Primes.

Megatronus Prime - Actually a gifted painter aside from being one of the strongest Primes. When he isn't sparring or training, he prefers to keep to his own company though he doesn't mind it if any other Prime wants to hang out with him. He's the reason why a lot of the old art of the Primes still exist even during Sentinel's reign because he painted a lot of portraits (most of them were Prima though).

Zeta Prime - He is drowning in so much paperwork. Most of the other Primes have their own respective jobs and unfortunately for Zeta he's the one in charge of the laws, so that means there's a lot of paperwork for him to go through every single day. Despite that though, he's the most level-headed and calm one of the Primes since he's the holder of the Matrix.

[x1000mega]

ONEの13人のプライムさん達。好きだ…。

[midsummerday24]

Random HC I have

I read this fic (I believe it was by Maril - “In Love and War”) and somewhere in there Vector had his own realm with a table with 13 chairs and 12 other doors for his siblings which aww that’s so cute. BUT it also had these other features which were special to vector/he can manipulate his realm. GIVING ME AN IDEA!

Primusʻs realm is the realm of Allsparks and they all have a collective realm - the realm of the primes. So basically all the primes have their own realms based on them with small influences from their siblings. And they all have a table and chairs and entryways for their siblings (+yes even Megatronus and Liege bc I believe they are big softies and care about their family it’s just that everything went to shit) Like:

Prima: His table is long with him at the head (says it’s “bc he’s the oldest” but he’s just kinda pretentious). The realm never dims -its always bright. Everywhere are shields, banners, and glyphs of truth and justice etched into the walls. His sword sits unused (like excalibur in the rock).

Vector: Ever-shifting maze of crystalline halls but he can stop them/keep them suspended in time. He has doorways that lead to moments, not places. The reflections speak in futures that haven’t happened (like that episode of ninjago with Jay and Nya - yall know what im talking about). Like this is the center of timelines.

Corridors fold into each other, some looping back, others opening onto scenes from different eras. The sky is fractured into moving constellations. Clocks—some mechanical, others alien—hang from invisible ceilings. Gravity tilts unpredictably in some areas.

Alpha Trion: Endless archives suspended in space, scrolls and datapads orbiting like celestial bodies. Each room contains the memory of a moment, preserved exactly as it was lived (kinda like how you could watch that one guys life in READY PLAYER ONE). The covenant stays open on a pedastal open with blank pages and the quill lies next to it.

Solus Prime: Her realm is like massive, active forge-world (like hephastusʻs realm in those EPIC animatics). Molten rivers of gold energon (another HC i have bc ichor) flow like lava through engineered canals. Glowing runes, etched in ancient Cybertronian, pulse across the stone and metal walls. The sound of clanging hammers and humming welders never ceases, though no workers are in sight. The Forge of Solus—her artifact—sits at the center of the realm, almost powering it.

Micronus: As the minicon supporter of the group who loves his sibs very much, it was his personal choice to make his realm exactly FOR his siblings. Tucked beneath starlit skies and surrounded by low hills, soft energon streams, and gentle humming plants. He doesnt necessicarily have a table - but had spaces for his siblings and each space is made specifally to fit his siblings and their likes and dislikes. There’s always a seat by the fire. There’s always a clean tool bench waiting. Always a quiet spot.

Alchemist: A domed biome filled with massive vines, crystalline structures, and floating ore-veins. The ground is half stone, half circuitry. Pools of glowing liquid energon reflect star maps. The realm pulses softly—alive with synthetic flora and techno-organic fauna. And on the side he has an personal energon bar for his siblings (Bc a mech needs his hobbies.. "Maccadam")

Nexus: His realm is built from fractures. Cities float in fragments, connected with golden electrical bridges. His realm is paradoxical: separation in harmony. His presence binds the pieces. Without him, the realm collapses into kaleidoscopic chaos.

Onyx: Endless technological + organic primal landscapes: dark forests, jagged peaks, deep caves lit by bioluminescent fauna. Stars hide behind the canopy. It looks like the scenery from the maximalʻs planet from ROTB - just more technological - bc he is their ancestor.

Amalgamous: A realm in constant motion, reshaping itself with every thought. Matter forgets its form. Gravity plays by mood. Nothing is permanent. Identity is fluid. (his siblings are often annoyed being in his realm with how unpredictable it can be)

Quintus: A realm filled with life - random creatures galore (like those mentioned in the covenant). A biome grown from programmed evolution, where circuits blossom and metallic vines pulse with rhythmic algorithms. It's a testing ground for ideas of life. Failed organisms still twitch in the corners. Living tools crawl underfoot. Not everything here is benign. Kinda creepy if u think abt it - but honestly fitting for the creator of the quintessons.

Liege: A sleek palace of black glass and silver mirrors, surrounded by reflecting pools. Courtyards are arranged like a labyrinth. Every surface distorts your reflection—one moment honest, the next flattering, the next monstrous (like those circus mirrors). Everything is over-designed: columns curve like twisting blades, stairs float mid-air in impossible spirals, and doors shimmer before solidifying.

Megatronus: Massive, functional, militaristic. Structures are simple and intimidating: blocky towers, battlements, weapon racks, training pits, and open plazas for duels (he used to hide the weapons when little brother optimus came to visit). His reasoning "Everything is built for endurance, not beauty". But he has a seperate area just for his family and an even more private one for solus.

Optimus (Thirteenth): I HC that he is the Prime of Ideals/Rebirth. His realm morphs to represent his own ideals + the ideals of those around him. Like Micronus his realm is kinda "for" his siblings because it provides them comfort. Like this is literally the "Ideal" realm - everything you could ever want is in here. But it is also very dangerous because once you are in you dont wanna leave. I connect it to the fact the optimus is always optimistic about things and often it is adressed that he has great ideals/beliefs but sometimes is a naive thing.

This realm is not one fixed place. It is like a constantly shifting dreamscape, morphing based on the ideals and deepest desires of whoever enters/who he is close to. It is, quite literally, the perfect world—but not a lie. It is the truest expression of who you are at your best… and what you wish the world could be.

To Optimus, his realm often resembles a quiet Cybertron before the war—soft gold skies, silver towers, peace humming in the background. The Matrix floats freely here like a sun, shedding warmth that touches everything. Roads of light lead to long-lost friends, to future harmony, to memories that were never real… but could’ve been. And anyone who has strong ideals is very appealing to him...

[aelfheimerandrobots]

artwork by @ qhsg3 on X. Link to their page here

[posting this because it's relevant to my interests and because an rp friend wanted it but didn't want the notifs lol ]

[half-a-stache]

POV: You're one of the Original 12 Primes (Yes... 12)

So, I had this idea where Optimus somehow goes back in time to the era of the Thirteen Primes. Only to find that there were 12 Primes.

Which would make Optimus the Thirteenth Prime. As the Thirteenth, they could just erase his name from history, making his identity a mystery. So, the legend would be unchanged.

It'd be a stable loop.

The idea kinda came about after finding out that the Thirteenth was Optimus' past incarnation, which is basically saying Orion Pax was destined to be a Prime in the future.

And there are those who like the concept of Orion being regular Cybertronian who becomes a prime without destiny.

With this, Orion would both technically be a regular guy and destined to be a Prime, just not via reincarnation.

[scribescrawls]

Thinking about Transformers One Liege Maximo and how he never went bad in TFOne. In the wiki in other versions I saw he had the moniker of “The Prime of Lies” and I like to think he still was in TFOne, but instead of using those skills for evil he used them to protect his fellow Primes and Cybertron. Liege Maximo using his skills in manipulation, scheming, and lying to create strategies that help them get the upper hand in the war with the Quintessons that might be underhanded but ultimately saves more lives. But also sometimes lying to motivate others or cheer them up as well in terms of keeping up morale (for example imagine him lying to someone that he asked Primus himself to give a person luck to succeed in a task that they are too scared to do that helps them succeed in doing it even though he never asked Primus anything. But he does it because he knows the person had the ability to do the task already just that their fears and self doubt were holding them back so he lies to give them the confidence they need. Liege Maximo going ‘I told them Primus has given them for this specific task his blessing of luck’ and his fellow Primes side eye him like ‘Bro you know that’s not how that works’ and he responds ‘I know that, but it worked look how much more confident the bot is!’). And yes sometimes these plans he makes toe the line of what is morally right, but that’s what he has his fellow Primes for. I imagine he and Prima sometimes get into arguments about what is going too far or if certain strategies cross a line ethically, but I like to think that in this version instead of it tearing them apart it makes the team stronger as they find compromises that combine both their ideals until they find a plan that they both agree to with everyone.

I’m also so fascinated by the different possibilities of the High Guard personally knowing the Thirteen Primes. I like the idea of TFOne Liege Maximo being a mentor figure for Starscream in the past before Sentinel’s betrayal and kind of took Starscream on as his personal student in a way because he saw himself in the other. Liege Maximo going “oh he just like me for real” seeing a younger Starscream who is not yet leader of the High Guard lie to an enemy to get them to lower their guard and when they hesitate to kill him he stabs the enemy in the back. Him observing Starscream use cunning in battle to win his fights that keeps himself and those under his command alive and thinks this one reminds me of me and he has potential to be great. Liege Maximo becoming his mentor and over the years they also become good friends. I like to headcanon that Liege Maximo loves to cause problems on purpose for his own amusement and likes to pull pranks on his fellow Primes with Amalgamous who is also a known prankster. I imagine the other Primes are exasperatedly fond of their antics. I like to think once Liege Maximo takes Starscream as his protégé he ropes him into helping them pull pranks with them.

I’m fascinated by the potential of TFOne Starscream before Sentinel’s betrayal still being a manipulator, liar, and schemer but at the same time someone who was loyal to the Thirteen Primes and believed in the cause they were fighting for of defending Cybertron. Like I still think he’s someone who would put himself first in terms of saving his own life, but I think he also does care for those under him and does his best to keep them alive too. I think he’s always been strong on self preservation, but I also think he lives by a certain honor code and has certain principles he stubbornly abides by even if most people would at first glance think he’d sell you out for one corn chip. I think this is most telling if we look at how not once did Starscream try to join Sentinel or the Quintessons by pledging his loyalty to them to save his own skin even if it might of been easier and instead chooses to live 50 cycles in hiding/on the run being hunted down on the dangerous surface with a planet whose flow of energon has stopped and still tries to sabotage Sentinel from the shadows and hates his guts for the betrayal. He did fail in attacking/killing Sentinel, but I think it’s important to note that he successfully kept everyone alive at the same time too.

After Sentinal’s betrayal and watching the Primes be killed in front of him in addition to being hunted down on the surface together with the rest of the High Guard for 50 cycles I think he slowly becomes disillusioned with the world and more cruel and ruthless as he does whatever is needed for their survival.

I headcanon that Megatronus Prime was usually the one commanding the High Guard and directing them in battle and that Starscream did really look up to him too and admired his strength. But I headcanon that Megatronus Prime was so strong that his approach to battle is very charge head on and brutally beat your opponent into the ground as a way to protect everyone else. A warrior who charges straight at the enemy and gets things done brutally and efficiently, very similar to D-16/Megatron’s fighting style. However, I think Megatronus was also way more experienced and was also able to direct the High Guard in a way that worked with multiple differing fighting styles that meshed different approaches to maximize the strength of their fighting force. (Which is partially why I think Starscream followed Megatron in the end, one he did manage to rip Sentinel in half, but also he might have thought D-16/Megatron had the potential to be a leader worth following and associated any similarities with a sense of hope that Megatron might become someone like his past leader Megatronus). Meanwhile, I think Starscream is more of an ‘analyze your opponent and then strike using your wits to best take them down’ kind of fighter especially if you can’t beat them in straightforward combat. I like to think Liege Maximo also fights like that and might have been the one to give Starscream extra fighting lessons when he notes the similarities of how Starscream likes to fight. And if you ever saw them fight side by side you could probably see Liege Maximo’s fighting style reflected in the way Starscream moves.

I also think with this headcanon it potentially adds a bit of tragic irony that this version of Megatronus and Liege Maximo never turned bad becoming “The Fallen” etc, but those who greatly admired them and tried to embody their legacy sort of become the fallen ones down the line.

[pocoslip]

I think I Want Micronus Prime now

(I just noticed he's got Letter M on Micronus Prime's Chest in the Transformers RID Cartoon too)

[ginnyicyidragon]

Transformers ONE [SPOILERS]- The Hologram of the Thirteen Primes

I do like the designs of the 13 Primes. I will try to screenshots of the Primes, if they're good.

EDITED (11/4-5/2024): HOLY CRAP!! This has the most reblogs and likes! O.o

[quibbs126]

Also this was something I’ve been wondering, and I was going to ask until I decided to double check on the Wiki for confirmation

In Transformers One, Sentinel does indeed call the Primes his “brothers and sisters in arms”. But Solus is normally the only female one, meaning at least one of the others got a gender change

Who would you say it is?

Personally I want to say Onyx for no real reason other than brainworms say so, but I want to assume there’s another one too. I just don’t know which

[ctghost]

@cheschesterpossum about how SG side of the primes are doing especially post humanity's disappearance....

As the oldest of the primes, yes he will NOT cope well with the situation.. poor guy x(

I thought of doing this with OG rung.... but SG rung fits the divorced petty & bitter yandere ex better lmao

[cheschesterpossum]

Have this goofy ahh gumball reference

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