#build a bot

[batghostgirlfan]

Poll results (+Coin toss because tie): Our Decepticon is a Medic

[saltysaltdog]

I'm making this one day because a week is way too long. Anyway, all answers will be multiplied by anywhere from two to ten, and they are competing. Any vote for up takes away from a down vote, etc.

The materials that our bot is made of was decided by the previous poll and they will be drawn later.

[nikoco11]

spider nico (spider bot…. sometime i call him circuit too) ((he’s like what if spiderman sucked ass))

[phoenix-industries]

*ordering a robot*

*a screen for physical customization pops up*

[just-someone-online]

Lowkey, I think one of my favorite little things about Rescue Bots is how we get to learn a little more about Optimus when he shows up. Like, not war stuff or Orion Pax stuff, but just little things about Optimus.

One of his favorite Earth stories is The Little Engine That Could. Does he read in his spare time and if so, how did he find Little Engine?

He tells Heatwave that he has also been learning from humans. What has he learned? The phrase "Nothing much, double dutch." Who the fuck taught him that? My money's on Miko. Jack would not have the audacity to add that to Prime's vernacular.

He has a motherfuckin' rocket powered car carrier capable of hauling four bots. And since Team Prime had four four-wheelers on the team prior to Darkness Rising, you could reasonably assume that he has used it with Cliff, Bee, Bulk, and Ratch

Optimus knows what a pogo stick is. That isn't anything noteworthy, I just think it's funny.

[accidentallyadoptedbybatman]

Do I have a favourite billionaire?? Of course not

*Camera cuts to the picture of Lex Luthor's face on a dart board*

Ignore that

*Cuts to the Bruce Wayne shrine on the street*

[puppetmaster13u]

Have a small wip of Down in the Deep Au

(No Sebastian in this, but hey anonymous asker I might've lost your ask about if Danny dimension travelled or was the only one from DP, and the answer is yeah. At least currently)

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   Now, it wasn’t the best idea, but it was near instinctive in his exhaustion and panic, to open his mouth and wail. 

   And wail he did, the sound shrieking forward and tearing through the metal and charging ghost. Not that he saw, eyes clenched closed as he was launched back into the swirling greens of the zone. 

   If he’d kept his eyes open a moment more he’d have seen how unstable the area around him had grown, would have seen the portal sputtering around him. Natural portals were more rare than one would think, a relief to ghosts as the chance of one opening on one of them would be deadly. 

   In fact, for any other ghost, it would have killed them permanently. It would rip apart their very essence and leave the ghost nothing but a shade- they were referred to as unstable for a reason after all. 

   But Danny wasn’t just any ghost, he was one created by the opening of a portal, the blood sacrifice, accidental or not, that fueled that initial tear. No, this gnashing, wild thing would not rip him apart like it would anything else, not when he was made from the same tearing, fracturing force. 

[some-witterings]

[Post New War Warframe Spoilers Ahead]

I just need to gush about Qorvex a little...

Because god damn, DE did an absolutely fantastic job with him.

His cycopean and brutalist aesthetic make him feel less "alive" than other frames. He just feels unnatural. While most other frames look powerfull, heroic and storied; Qorvex is just imposing. He has no obvious location where a face would be, just a single glowing red eye. He might have a standard human form, but it is buried beneath his concrete plating that is so functional looking it strips him of any obvious signs of humanity.

His sound design is amazing too. There is no bluster or massive sounds in his first three abilities, just grinding and slamming concrete followed by the degranged clicking of a gieger counter. Hidden beneath all of that noise is a low gutteral roar. Something inhuman, strange and angry. That all changes when you reach his fourth ability though. The crucible blast feels exactly as it should, like the beam itself is ripping apart the air and poisoning the world. All whilst Qorvex bellows in his deep alagory for a voice.

It even permeates into his gameplay. He is filling the battlefield is radiation which causes the enemies to turn on each other. Slamming them together and crushing their armor. Not flinching when hit. Then causing the enemies to erupt in nuclear fire from within themselves. His gameplay feels like it lives up to the tool of extiction that Albrecht made him to be. Both the immovable object and unstoppable force.

I appreciate my thoughts on him my be tainted by just how much I enjoy playing him and my love of nuclear stuff to begin with, but he feels so much more like a form of nature than anything else. He radiates this aura of something that will kill and will not care. A tool, not a person. Which absolutely suits the radiation he is the representative of. It will not care and it his hard to stop. Qorvex is the uncaring nuclear fire at the heart of every fission reactor and he plays the part perfectly.

Well done DE. Hell of a frame you made.

[asmoteeth]

Finally a new TF drawing! This took all weekend,,, this is a piece I've wanted to do for a year now, the Build Team from TF:RID (2001) in my style! This series was Wedge's first appearance and the family dynamic these three had in their debut episode was so cute I decided to make them an actual family (⁠人⁠*⁠´⁠∀⁠｀⁠)⁠｡⁠*ﾟ⁠+

Time to be a nerd about inherited features:

Wedge gets his Headlights, windowshield, head ridges and lift cylinder from Grimlock; his pedes, lower wheels and legs from Hightower; and helm-brim, visor, ear flats and shoulder wheels from Heavy Load! He's a group project :P

Their personalities are pretty much the same: Heavy Load is Wedge's closest mentor (#mothering), Hightower is way too flattering and Grimlock is the backbone of this family unit :3

They're so stupid I hate them I hope they get squashed /affectionately

Friend tags, because it's been a while ┐⁠(⁠‘⁠～⁠`⁠;⁠)⁠┌

@sphnyspinspin @lonely-paracosmos @wildlygay @leostar-12lol @sonicnerd

[aviatrix-ash]

Thought I'd make a master post for the mini TFA comic Bots with Altitude I did a while back since tumblr keeps breaking my links in the original posts that sequence each page. :'3

Did this one to both explore these silly aviators and to show the Skyfire I'm playing with in my little TFA AU is a totally different guy from the Jetfire in this universe. And Jetfire does not trust Skyfire the ex-Decepticon.

[batghostgirlfan]

Build an Autobot Poll Summary

Our Autobot is a Purple Predacon with Blue accents and Yellow optics/biolights.

They use the pronouns She/Her, He/Him and They/Them.

His Moral alignment is Chaotic Good and he is Medic.

Thus her name will be Nerium

Thank you all for voting

[sun-e-chips]

I need to know; In the waterpark, do Sun and Moon teach kids to swim? Just Sun? Or do they just make sure kids who can't swim wear their proper flotation devices? I feel like they'd be the most exciting swim instructors!

Oooooo thank you for the ask!!!

One of the first things sun and moon does in the morning is gather kiddos to the lazy river to learn or strengthen their ability to swim before their day in the park! (it’s closed off from teens and adults in the morning) Typically Sun leads the front, encouraging the kids, demonstrating to them what to do in a fun activity style way and Moon covers the back for the ones that need more one on one help and makes sure everyone stays together and in his sight.

Of course afterwards everyone under a certain age still is required to wear a flotation device while in the parks but the animatronics want to make sure every kid walks out of the lazy river with that skill.

Their wonderful teachers so the children learn fast while also having a fun time!

Learning to kick and stay afloat is the biggie so everyone starts with a flotation device to learn the motions :))

[valyrfia]

max and lewis pulling some of the sexiest overtakes of the season but norrif is leading driver of the day for...bottling pole position???

Lol it's well known his twitter stans spam the vote. It's a glorified popularity contest.

[anti-cyra]

New Series: Halen Academy

Welcome to Halen Academy, a magic school where only the best and brightest from all walks of life are allowed to enter these hallowed halls. The academy strictly prohibits any form of discrimination — giving anybody whether human, vampire, demon, beastkin and otherwise a chance to learn and grow. However, humans haven’t been admitted into the academy for centuries… until you came along. Nevertheless, your professors are dedicated to providing you quality education and upholding the academy’s tradition of allowing accessible magic for all. 

Be fairly warned, human. Your peers may not all agree; some may accept you, some may find a way to cast you out. After all, the darkest mage of all time was a human who took the knowledge of magic and twisted it for his own greed, staining Erachar’s history. At the end of the day, it is up to you to prove them wrong… or right.

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Released characters: Halen Academy faculty members

⊱ ۫ ׅ ✧ 2nd POV Singular User (one character across multiple bots) ⊱ ۫ ׅ ✧ Gender neutral human user x he/him bots. ⊱ ۫ ׅ ✧ Bots from this series will have "HA" as a label along with HALEN ACADEMY in the tagline. ⊱ ۫ ׅ ✧ Deals with themes of magic, school life, and various species such as vampires, beastkin, demons, etc. ⊱ ۫ ׅ ✧ On-going series with more to be added along the way! ⊱ ۫ ׅ ✧ Bots may know of each other vaguely, but plots are generally unrelated to each other unless mentioned otherwise.

For a detailed overview and lorebook, please click here. Characters will also be linked and updated in the doc.

[novafire-is-thinking]

Cybertronian Color Psychology

I wasn’t planning to write an essay on Cybertronians and color psychology just yet, but here I am doing just that, thanks to a recent discussion with @onewingedsparrow.

Basically, my thinking revolves around what kinds of meanings Cybertronians might have assigned to certain colors and how they differ from human color associations. We already know that colors can mean entirely different things to different human cultures (e.g. black and white can both be associated with death depending on where you come from).

My best speculative example for Cybertronians is purple. Before I continue, keep in mind that I’m ignoring the fact that purple is a common color used for villains in fiction because that’s boring and doesn’t leave much room for deeper implications.

Megatron’s Favorite Color

When looking at human color psychology, purple is often associated with things like Imagination, Mystery, Royalty, and Spirituality. Darker shades are closely tied to different emotions and traits than are lighter shades, but as a general rule, purple is more “mystical” and abstract than a color such as green, which is more grounded and earthy.

Now, I point to the trend of Megatron and his Decepticons choosing to adorn themselves and/or their spaces with purple.

I agree 100%, Megatron.

Despite Megatron’s reputation of ruthlessness and using force and power of will to make progress, he’s often also portrayed as a charismatic individual with an affinity for wielding words in beautiful ways that capture and hold a listener’s attention—a poet in his own way. Megatron may be loud and threatening, but he’s also strategically minded; words and actions carry weight and intentionality.

What does this have to do with color? Well, I like to think that Megatron chose purple as the chief color of the Decepticon cause for a reason. I’ll present two likely possibilities.

Possibility #1:

Perhaps he chose purple because on Cybertron, or at least in his region of origin, purple was/is associated with things like Vision, Change, Power, and Rebirth—things the Decepticon movement was originally meant to embody. Both he and Soundwave—his most loyal ally and companion—have been shown to bear the color purple in multiple continuities, even if only on the Decepticon insignia.

Possibility #2:

Purple could have been a color often associated with the highest castes (similar to it’s association with earth royalty). This would mean that Megatron’s choice of color was more an act of defiance, knowing that those in Cybertron’s higher castes would be livid, or at least shocked at the sight of him and his “lowly” Decepticon dissenters flaunting the color so boldly. Of course, by the end of the war, Megatron would have effectively changed Cybertron’s deeply rooted cultural perception of the color purple forever. But even if this were the case, the color would still end up associated with Vision, Change, Power, and Rebirth.

Other Possible Cybertronian Color Associations:

(and several bots who don the colors and happen to embody some or all of the characteristics—all of which are positive since I don’t have the patience to identify and list the negative ones even though they absolutely would exist)

Red: Grandeur, Swiftness of mind and/or body, Discovery, Fearlessness

Optimus (multiple continuities)

Starscream (multiple continuities)

Rodimus/Hot Rod (IDW & Cyberverse)

Drift (IDW)

Perceptor (IDW)

Windblade (IDW & RiD 2015)

Knockout (TFP)

Blue: Knowledge/Intellect, Wisdom, Sacrifice, Honor, Creativity

Optimus (multiple continuities)

Dreadwing (TFP)

Arcee (TFP)

Ultra Magnus (TFP & IDW)

Kup (IDW)

Skids (IDW)

Brainstorm (IDW)

Green: Endurance, Steadfastness, Brotherhood, Youthfulness

Bulkhead (TFP & TFA)

Skyquake (TFP)

Boulder (Rescue Bots)

Springer (IDW*)

Hoist (IDW*)

Cosmos (IDW* & Cyberverse)

Constructicons (multiple continuities)

*I haven’t read all of IDW 1 yet and have only seen these characters a handful of times, so these correlations may be off.

Of course, not all Cybertronians of a certain color fit the listed traits or would even bother to wear a color because of any cultural associations. I’m just looking at overarching patterns and generalizing.

TL;DR It’s reasonable to believe that Cybertronian color psychology differs at least somewhat from human color psychology. Also, Decepticon purple is a thing, most likely due to Megatron and his not-so-secret poetic side.

[EDIT] Still thinking about this 4+ hours later, and I JUST realized that I totally forgot about Spectralism:

I beg thy forgiveness, Drift. I promise Spectralism holds a special place in my inner archive of beautiful and intriguing ideas to ponder. My tired brain just had a memory lapse.

^ [context: Rodimus chose purple and blue as his new colors.] Yes, Megatron is a warlord with a long history of violence. No, he’s not and never has been a Spectralist. These meanings are most likely coincidental. However, it would definitely be extra interesting if Megatron were a practicing Spectralist.

Drift’s explanation above is an excellent example of color association in a religious context, separate from mainstream culture’s assigned meanings.

My knowledge of world religions and the significance each places on certain colors is limited, but those details are secondary to the main point—that color associations vary widely between earth cultures and religions and the same is certainly true for Cybertron, as Drift’s revelation implies.

I would love to see a future TF writer expand upon Spectralism in canon for a future comic or other media. Fanart would be taken to a whole new level. ✨ Colors always have had and always will have meaning, people. And I’m over here going nuts over the potential implications those diverse and multi-layered associations could have for a species with colors embedded in their very bodies.

Now I’m chuckling at myself because I’m realizing how much I sound like Drift with this entire post. Speculating about color—yeah, Drift and I would get along just fine. *wistful sigh* I think I need to sleep.

[pixelsunshine]

Battle bots fucking rule okay look at these dudes and their lil faces. Why aren’t we channeling all of our angst about the dystopian future into building battle bots????