#lightform

[occknow]

[hyliascommonwealth]

How’s it going little guy?

“Ah! Uhh.. well.. typically I’m not so little- as for going.. it is horribly.. I’m not sure where i am.. though it looks like home..? And I’m certainly not sure who you are, little grey one.”

[pocoslip]

I was hoping they Retool the Transforming Jurassic Park Jeep in Ironfist but Of Course they pick Hound

(And I'm gonna buy Transformers Detritus instead of Ironfist because I like the Junkion Mercenary more)

[optoma1234]

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[rogerrcoyle]

for me as well

[siphersaysstuff]

FORTY YEARS!

As we reluctantly trudge into 2025, that means we've had FOUR DECADES of Transformers toys released globally with no breaks. So for January's Patreon-backed @tfwiki picture update, let's check out some toys from each of the major franchise chunks across TF history! Strap in!

I know it's an odd choice, but G1's representative is 1993's Europe-only Lightformer DEFTWING. But I think it's a fine example of TF's subteam gimmicks, the franchise's longevity even before the nostalgia boom, global reach, and its ever-evolving aesthetic.

(And as an personal-type note, this completes the Lightformers/Trakkons on the wiki, toy-pic-wise. Finally, all user-provided pics rather than crunchy old book scans. I love it when I can complete a team/theme like that.)

Beast Wars was a drastic change meant to save a dying line. And boy oh boy did it do that. Toys like 1997's B'BOOM mix "realistic" animal styling with super-posability and play gimmickry. Oh, also? This guy, a bit bigger than a modern Voyager, was $15. How's that make ya feel?

Car Robots/Robots in Disguise translated BW tech into classic TF Earth-vehicle alt-modes... with varying levels of success. WILDRIDE, aka X-BRAWN, here in a con-exclusive clear "transitional" state from regular to "Super" mode, is one of the better attempts.

The "Unicron Trilogy" really pushed toy-play gimmickry, and Armada's Mini-Cons are easily the best representative of the era. And Armada BLACKOUT (here in Powerlinx colors) embodies the versatility of their play pattern, with dedicated interactions with Demolishor.

The live-action movies were also a huge change in TF toys, both refining complexity and working some interesting gimmick & design challenges. 2007's DROPKICK is from the tie-in video games, and is a fun angry dude. The Bumblebee movie guy too? Maybe! Why not?

Animated's radical aesthetic shift had BW levels of immediate rejection followed by sudden glowing (and deserved) praise. SAMURAI PROWL shows off the tight coordination between the show and toy teams, making a complex design into a dang fun toy!

Prime kicked off the "Aligned" era, a massive reboot that formed the foundations of TF mythology going forward. New bots kept coming like AIRACHNID, here in her TakaraTomy "Arms Micron" release. And like other newcomers, proved popular enough to jump to other series!

Cyberverse used "evergreen" designs in a further shift to more kid-aimed TFs, which had started after Prime with Rescue Bots and Robots in Disguise 2015. ALPHA TRION embodies this with a much chunkier, simpler, action-gimmicky toy.

And now it's EarthSpark, focused on a new generation of TFs... but not all of them are nice! Chaos Terran SPITFIRE embodies the increased number of female TFs in the line... and the longstanding practice of redecoed toys as new characters, being a recolor of Twitch.

40 dang years. And I'll keep on going through it to bring more toy pics throughout its wide history for as long as I can. If you like these explorations and want to help out, consider contributing to my Patreon! Every little bit helps. You can find it at

"gregstfwikipics" at patreon dot com

[robinradio]

Fanartapalooza of my own au...because uh shut up this is my self indulgence. It's a Sonic Steven Universe crossover AU. The Crystal Mobians? Has someone else thought of this? Uh probably? But I have my own spin on it.

My version still takes place on a planet with both Mobians and Humans. The crystal gems (and gem kind in general) have lightforms based closer to mobians but still can shapeshift to their more human like forms. Most is the same with gem physiology except for the fact that as far as fusion goes, it seems to be doable for any gem to fuse with a mobian!(Though obviously like other forms of fusion, still frowned upon)

The chaos emeralds are actually unidentified powerful gems that lay dormant. All gems that have been poofed and lay dormant inside their gem actually produce energy that humans can harness, but mobians have an innate aptitude for fusion and can fuse to harness that power, even when the gem is dormant.

Anyways that was all unnecessary, but Here is Garnet (the Star nosed Mole), Amethyst (the puma), and Pearl (the woodpecker). None of them would actually go by the animal names but instead their actual gems. Gems of the same type tend to pick similar animals to visualize as. (Pearls tend to be birds, Amethysts tend to be big cats, etc. )

I'm still designing Steven, but he's a lion! And is a half Gem/ half Mobian.

[itsajanea]

SMG34 IDEAAA

SOO Smg4 gets a strange package, brings it inside and opens it up. BUT once it opened a bright white light flashed. Smg4 thinks it was a prank and decided to leave it alone, heading to 3's cafe because everyone is waiting for him there.

Once he gets there everyone didn't notice him. 4 thought it was another joke that they are playing on him and tries to get them to pay attention to him. He gets irritated and tries to interact with 3 but he phased through his hand. Yes HES A GHOSTTTTT

While 4 is panicking that hes a ghost, 3 decides that he needs to leave and check on 4 (not that he cares or anything baka),Mario comments on this saying "Worried about your boyfriend? GAA-" before 3 shoves a bomb down his mouth.

3 gets there and sees 4 lying unconsciously. He gets shocked and starts panicking, seeing if he is ok and stuff. 4 finally realize that his spiritual consciousness left his body. And tho he is not dead, his pulse is getting lower.

3 starts crying and saying stuff like "I never go to tell you......how much you mean to me....." etc. 4 also gets emotional about this.

Meggy and Mario decides to check up on them because they were taking too long and thought they were making out or something and sees 3 crying, holding 4's unconscious body.

Then cut to Smg4's body on a life support thingy while his spirital consciousness is watching everyone panick on what to do, but most importantly watching 3 in grief. He doesn't understand why someone like him would care about himself. And what did he never got to tell him...

Smg1 and Smg2 checked up on him and couldn't find the problem. 3 got angry and almost lashes out, then he went back to despair, mourning for his dying partner. He holds his hand and suddenly meme energy stuff happens causing 4's consciousness to appear in a blue lightform. This time when he yelled out everyone could see and hear him. 3 let go of his hand to rush to the spiritual 4 but he slowly faded away.

Smg1 and Smg2 declared that Smg4 is stuck in the spiritual plane after examining the contents of the box that they found 4 near to. It held a magical force that whoever opens it, seperates the consciousness from the body or something and they will slowly fade away leaving 4 dead forever.

3 begs 1 and 2 to find a way to save him, but the only way to save him requires........a sacrifice. 1 and 2 said that they could connect with 3 and channel their power to 4 that could bring him back but 3 would lose all his memories.He would forget about his friends, Eggdog, Terrence, but especially him.

He would forget his face, his beautiful smile, his laugh, their moments, and his feelings towards him. Though knowing this he wanted to save him. So he agreed.

Everyone else was pleading with 3, they couldn't bear to lose him. They started saying things like there could be another choice but 3 kicks them out of 4's room and locked the door.

As he heard yelling and banging from the door. 2 asked if he was really sure about this and 3 says "Yes, its for him".

4 sees this and starts crying, yelling at him even though he couldn't see him.

As 1 and 2 starts to channel the energy from 3 to 4, 4 slowly starts to appear again in front 3. 3 could feel his hands on his face and can see him crying begging him to stop, Saying that he needs him.

As the room was filled with magical energy, 3 could feel himself slowly forgetting. But before he could forget he had to do one last thing.

Though bearing the pain, He slowly reached out his hand and placed it on his face as he wipes away his tears.

"I love you Four, I always have" he says as he lets out a soft smile.

"WAIT THREE NO-" the room suddenly flashes a white bright light. Causing a powerful shock, knocking over the items on the shelves and blasting the door open.

Then everything went back to normal, as Smg4 feels himself again he couldn't forget about what happend to Smg3. He went to check on the man who was lying on the floor. As he gains consciousness he looks confused, asking where he is and who he is.

4 falls onto his knees, hugging the confused man. "I love you too three......" he softly says as he softly cries.

OH GOSH! This took a lil bit longer

[mysticallion]

Appearances are all we have.

Empty images arise already melting back into source,

The dance of lightform and vibration, energy in play,

Ultimately indivisible, without beginning or end, apparent but never actually crystalizing,

A ceaseless tale, spun by ignorance and tendency, written on water,

Ultimately ungraspable, always insubstantial, made entirely of and by mind,

Everything immediately apparent, simply obvious, utterly unobstructed, spontaneously present, perpetually here-now.

Amazing! Astounding! Delightful!

This boundless dynamic of experience:

The adornment of the basic space of Awareness.

[sternerstufftoys]

Just a lovely day out with grandad, rolling around in his hummer, laying waste to your foes with a giant lightformer cannon.

[maxbytes]

the backstory of maxidot's paws (and optional tail) is that he figured out how to hijack the genetic code of any living thing and, in experimentation, extracted the dna of a dog and added it to the code within his gem responsible for the makeup of his lightform

[deficd]

|| a thing that @vuulpecula did not ask for

On the far side of him, waves of light reflected against the wall, all glittering and fluid, nearly able to translate the whisper of the water. It was a difficult language to decipher, for the particles of light to wrap around, to filter through. Abstract, in too many pieces. Though he appreciated it, fell into it, weaving his thoughts through lightforms and rising steam because they were better lived outside of his skull.

From the corner of his eye, he saw Thexan, settling into the water in a similar sort of bodily submission. He'd always ran cold, Arcann thought, seeking out heat wherever he could. Where his blood ran hot, hot enough to singe the earth beneath his feet. Yet the bathhouse, with its steam and boiled water, was as good a place to forget himself as any. It wasn't the training the grounds, not the mess of droid parts and broken parts in his quarters, or anything so quieting, but he could pretend to let himself relax.

Momentarily, he had. Unmasked, letting the scars and war wounds find some semblance of relief in the bath. Bared in a way that he only could be in a place without sound, without eyes, without presence; barring his twin's. So perhaps it was not without question of himself, of all he perceived himself to be, when he hadn't reacted to her entrance into the great, nearly empty room beyond a slightly lifted brow and an apathetic expression.

Maybe he didn't know how to act.

Thexan, for whatever it was worth, averted his gaze politely, cleverly safekeeping his own thoughts buried somewhere down below. He'd expected Arcann to dismiss her, either unkindly or at most, absently. The look he offered his counterpart when he proved otherwise was pointedly ignored.

"You may as well stay," Arcann's voice reverberated through the bathhouse, watching her with something undecipherable through the spiraling vapors of steam. "This is now your home too, wife."

[notesfromunder-ground]

I am a painbody or rather, I am in a body which is spinning out, wheels screeching, headlights swimming-- Standing in the center of a wet highway. Lick the asphalt, it will be the hottest and last thing you taste, grind the rocks in your teeth, sharpen to a point. What point? We are reaching with yellow tongues and broken fingers, trace the mechanics that rust inside us, reaching, reaching. The tensions head, ending point, collision in the face of bright lights, facing bright futures in which this will happen again. Ambient white noise and static fill the sky, giant hands are holding mine. Mine? I dress and feed these hands, idle dolls, controlled movement-- Small workers I can barely twitch held in front of my face-- I hit the concrete, implode with a star. Painbodies, lightforms, watching eyes.

[usw-12847]

Active Fuel Cell Log

Anton

Species: Human

Age: 32

Prisoner of War. Journalist.

Craynex

Species: Isopoda

Age: 10

Prisoner of War. Mercenary

Frough

Species: Amphibian

Age: 13

Prisoner of War. Mercenary

Brianna

Species: Human

Age: 25

Prisoner of War. Field Medic

Ophelia

Species: Human

Age: 30

Prisoner of War. Field Medic

David

Species: Human

Age: 22

Prisoner of War. Field Medic

Eli

Species: Human

Age: 25

Prisoner of War. Demolitions

Grant

Species: Human

Age: 42

Prisoner of War. Demolitions

Harmony

Species: Human

Age: 35

Prisoner of War. Gunman

J-31045

Species: Robot

Age: 5

Prisoner of War. Medical Unit

Kristen

Species: Human

Age: 28

Prisoner of War. Gunman

Indira

Species: Human

Age: 45

Prisoner of War. Field Medic

Leo

Species: Human

Age: 25

Prisoner of War. Civilian

Monogg'eh

Species: Cephalopod

Age: 250

Prisoner of War. Field Medic

Winona

Species: Human

Age: 43

Prisoner of War. Civilian

Nathan

Species: Human

Age: 49

Prisoner of War. Journalist

Y'nid

Species: Lungfish

Age: 52

Prisoner of War. Civilian

X'ly

Species: Lungfish

Age: 16

Prisoner of War. Civilian

Pewter

Species: Crystalline

Age: 28

Prisoner of War. Civillian

Rashad

Species: Human

Age: 33

Prisoner of War. Journalist

Solar

Species: Lightform

Age: 500+

Prisoner of War. Civilian

Tetsu

Species: Human

Age: 41

Prisoner of War. Civilian.

Quinn

Species: Human

Age: 36

Prisoner of War. Mercenary

Ursula

Species: Human

Age: 41

Prisoner of War. Gunman

Vergil

Species: Human

Age: 19

Prisoner of War. Civilian

Z

Species: Unknown

Age: Unknown

Background Unknown

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[strangesuau]

Gemglyph Brainwaves

OMG it's me again!! So, I've been bubbling and boiling. @multiversetravelingjournalist had some brainwaves I really liked, although trying to put verbs in a tense that isn't relative to time is like trying to think of a new color for me (I don't understand it yet :(

For multiple points they made, the Gem (lightform) and Gem (little crystal thang) being two separate words was great. I am endlessly appreciative for that idea (I feel like I've been staring at the word 'noun' for far too long now). Also had me thinking of how to do the background hum in a way that makes me feel certain about stuff. Maybe as a way to mark formality, importance, stuff like that, depending on the word type being used. Reason for this is because the hum is more like a slider than something worthy of a character. In Steven Universe, Gems address their higher-ups possessively. Example: My Diamond, my Emerald, my Hessonite, etc. So perhaps possessiveness shows a sort of fond regard, I'll-do-stuff-for-you kind of thing. So like, if a Gem regarded a ship as 'my ship,' that means the ship is of high value to them, so they want to put effort into it.

There's also a few other ideas I jotted down. Honestly, I'm posting these because I don't see the harm in it. Hearing if ideas are good or bad from more experienced langconners is great. Idea #1: Gems ALWAYS specify the amount of something. If they do not know exactly, they give a rough guess, followed by a word for "roughly" "around" etc. Why? Because they are little AI computer people and they are technical in their existence. Idea #2: The whole background pitch thing could be used not just for formality, but for length of time, too. Like, when speaking about a noun, formality would be used. When stating a verb, the pitch can be used to indicate how far forwards or backwards this is occurring, or if it is actively happening. Idea #3: (look at images posted below) Certain characters can overlap to kind of make double-toned "new" characters. This idea came from Japanese, with characters like きゃ. Idea #4: Building off of idea 3, bell tones, which endure for a solid moment, are ALWAYS overlapped by another character. This is just there because it can be.

This is meant to be the alphabet (again, still in heavy workshop). I finally sat down, listened to tones online, and compiled a list of them that seems good. Then I doodled down basic place marker characters. Each 'instrument' got a different 'genre' of characters. The little flip thing in the top right means it changes which side its horizontal orientation depending on which side it sits on. The big symbols above the lines are the bell tones, and the lines are me actively struggling with the sustained tones. I know, I'm great.

This is a substance-less mock sentence, to demonstrate the idea of how writing could work. Each word bounces to the other side of the line, there are double-tones, and it ends with a big dot. Dare I say, a period.

Anyways, I need to step out of my brain for a second and think of actual words to help form the base of this language. My head has just been clogged because learning the fundamentals of language construction is still sending me for a ride. This is cool kid, signing out! (if anyone has suggestions please PLEASE-)