#mech tfp

[nevis-the-skeleton]

@Drack0shka : Jack was kidnapped by MECH along with Breakdown and now Megatron is just freaked out at the real prospect of his little one being hurt again at the hands of his own species, and personally goes to the rescue and that no one has seen him in such terrifying and furious state for a long time. (Wattpad request)

Yeah! The next of little Jack with the Decepticons X3!

~~~

Time had passed since Jack's discovery in that mine, and now the boy was 8 years old, although that didn't mean much to the Decepticons. They still couldn't hide their surprise when they saw that it had simply taken the child two years to grow in size and intelligence.

If Shockwave had been around, he would have wanted to take a closer look at this phenomenal growth, while constantly talking about how impressive it was. Jack would surely have argued that many animals grow much faster than him, with some only needing three years or less to be an adult.

That was already the answer he gave to Megatron, also explaining that humans don't live as long as Transformers. It still saddened the leader of the Decepticons, although he kept it to himself.

Jack knew all of these things from Soundwave's lessons, and Starscream's insistence that it was important for the child to learn about the human world.

Of course, the boy had never left the Nemesis, much to his dismay. But the ex-gladiator didn't want Jack to face real humans, who knew what they were going to do to him?! They had already hurt Jack once, how could Megatron be sure they weren't going to do it again?

The leader of the Decepticons was already against the child knowing the human world and its history, but this time he could not do anything against Starscream, who was much more stubborn than him.

The inevitable thing was of course that Jack now wanted to leave the Nemesis, to travel and discover the outside world, despite the clear reluctance of the ex-gladiator. Soundwave had offered to make him explore a few places, but each time it had been aborted by Megatron.

The Communications Commander quickly obeyed, never having to kind of go against his friend's demands. So it was only natural that Jack went to the Seeker. But this time again, the leader of the Decepticons intervened, clearly indicating his refusal to this idea, which led to an argument between the ex-gladiator and the jet.

“You're not going to leave him locked up here forever?! cried out Starscream, wings high.

- It's still me who decides in this ship, so you will just do as I order you and stop arguing!

- It's a stupid order, like many others!

- Pardon?!

- Jack has the right to discover things other than with pictures! You think you are doing this for his own good, but sequestering him is in no way beneficial to him!

- I'm not sequestering him!!

- Can you give me the definition of sequestering in this case?!

- …

- So?!

- Jack is not a hostage!

- All the same, you prevent him from going out!

- I don't even see why I'm arguing with you, I refuse to let him go out with you, and that's an order!

- Primus! What do you want to happen to him?!

- Stop discussing my orders!

- You can't even find answers for me!"

Jack watched the whole thing utterly distraught, and gasped when Megatron slapped Starscream. The Seeker staggered before putting a hand on his cheek, and couldn't hide a certain surprise, because it had been at least two years since the leader of the Decepticons had hit him.

Both robots heard small footsteps crossing the hallway, and saw Jack running away from them, clearly fleeing the scene. The child could not prevent the guilt from growing in him, whereas because of him Megatron and Starscream had argued… He had never wanted it to happen like this…!

But now the boy wanted to get out, to get away from here for a while, away from all that! He didn't want to see Megatron and Starscream fight…! Jack finally arrived in the medical bay, and he saw Breakdown and KnockOut hugging, before the doctor said:

“Good luck with your mission.

- Don't worry, with a bit of luck I might come across an Autobot, and I'll crush them! smiled the military car.

- I hope so!

- Where are you going, Breakdown? the boy asked, stepping closer.

- Oh, hello kid! said the blue robot, kneeling down in front of the child.

- Breaky is going on a mission. replied the sports car, while storing medical equipment.

- Really? Jack smiled, his eyes shining with interest.

- Yep!" nodded Breakdown.

The boy was silent for a while, and scratched his head, before asking:

"Hey… Can I come with you?"

The couple looked at the child in surprise, then the ex-Wrecker turned his head to his Sparkmate, waiting for a response from him, but KnockOut just shrugged.

"Uh… Well that depends, Megatron okay with that? Breakdown asked.

- Of course! Jack lied.

- Well why not in this case. But cover up a bit, it's cold there.

- You don't think it's dangerous to take him with you on a mission? asked the doctor, taking the military car aside.

- Don't worry, I'm just going to tag a source of energon spotted by Starscream, it won't be long, and the danger is really minimal.

- The Autobots are like scraplets, there is a good chance that one of them will disturb you…!

- I'll be careful, don't worry, and look at him."

Breakdown pointed to Jack, whose eyes were bright with excitement at the thought of going outside.

“It's obvious that he's dying to do go. finished the ex-Wrecker.

- …

- And then, Megatron agreed.

- Well, okay…”

The military car approached the child, then said:

"Come on kid, get ready! We leave in ten minutes!

- Yeah! Awesome!!"

The two left the medical bay, and KnockOut sincerely hoped they hadn't made a mistake.

~

Megatron had been looking for Jack for at least an hour now, without being able to find him. He had however searched in all the places where the child took refuge, when he wanted to avoid the leader of the Decepticons after a too abrupt reaction, but saw him nowhere.

The ex-gladiator knew he had to apologize to Jack for his action, but for that did he still have to find him… Megatron also knew that the boy would want the leader of the Decepticons to apologize to Starscream, but the ex-gladiator was going to try to convince Jack not to have to!

Even more time passed, and he still couldn't find Jack. Megatron would be lying if he said he wasn't worried, when his mind couldn't help but imagine worst-case scenarios, such as the child being stuck somewhere in the Nemesis, or in a room that was forbidden to him, such as the engine room…!

The leader of the Decepticons began to beg Primus, promising that if he found Jack safe and sound he would apologize to Starscream, even if that pest didn't deserve it. Oh! And that he would let Jack go out at least once a week, somewhere away from humans.

It was then that the ex-gladiator was called by the Seeker, who kept a certain distance. Megatron scowled, already stressed enough by Jack's absence. He groaned and turned to the jet, which tensed as he eyed him warily and angrily.

"What?! hissed the leader of the Decepticons.

- Soundwave reported to me that Breakdown has a problem. He have been captured. Starscream answered, keeping a certain seriousness about the military car situation.

- By the Autobots?

- … No, by humans.

- Humans?

- Yes.

- I'm not going to allow my time for a robot weak enough to get caught by humans!

- But- 

- There are no buts, I have other things to do!

- Oh really?! What's more important than one of your soldiers needing help?!

- I'm looking for Jack right now, I can't found him!

- He's in the ship! Surely if you didn't behave like a brute he wouldn't avoid you! We have a real problem here! Are you really going to let those humans dissect Breakdown and uncover our secrets?!

- Breakdown is in danger?!" cried out a voice.

The duo turned to KnockOut, and Megatron put a hand to his face, before groaning.

"Great… "

Starscream sighed, before answering:

“He was abducted by humans.

- What?! You're going to help him, aren't you…! Oh, scrap…! And... And Jack?! Is he OK ?! Do you know?!

- What's the connection with Jack?"

The Seeker tilted his head in confusion, while the leader of the Decepticons frowned, not understanding the doctor's question.

"Jack go with Breakdown, did you forget? asked the sports car.

- What??!!" cried out Megatron, horrified.

The jet raised his wings in shock at KnockOut's statement, while the ex-gladiator beamed with rage behind him. The doctor didn't know where to go anymore, as he faced the wrath of the two robots.

“I never allowed Jack to leave with Breakdown!! yelled the leader of the Decepticons, leaning towards the sports car.

- How could you even think it was possible?! Starscream fumed, also closing in on KnockOut.

- I will never send my child on a mission!!

- It's only tracking… tried to argue the doctor.

- Even!! cried out the Seeker. It's still dangerous!

- Oh, so now going outside is dangerous for him! Megatron growled. In fact, you objected only to piss me off earlier! Little hypocrite!

- I never said that! I said going on a mission was dangerous for him! You senile old man!"

The leader of the Decepticons roughly grabbed the jet by the shoulders, and cried out:

"Don't test me, Starscream!

- That's right! Take your anger out on me, while Jack is in danger!"

The ex-gladiator shoved the flyer away, and called Soundwave through his comm, ordering him to take him to where Breakdown's position was last reported. Starscream rubbed his shoulders in pain, while giving Megatron a death stare. KnockOut moved closer, then asked:

"Are you okay?

- Do I look okay?! the Seeker snapped. Because of you and your stupid partner, Megatron yells at me for nothing and Jack is-”

The jet stopped in his rant when he saw the doctor's pained and worried look, both for the child and for his Sparkmate. There was also guilt, and the flyer didn't feel like amplifying that feeling at KnockOut. Starscream sighed heavily, shaking his head, and decided to follow his idiot leader to save this unconscious child!

“Are you really going to abandon Breakdown?! asked the doctor.

- … You heard Megatron, he's not worth it…

- And you, is that what you think…?"

The Seeker walked away from the sports car, not answering the question.

~

Jack looked around fearfully, not knowing what to do…! The bad guys had taken Breakdown somewhere, and by trying to help him, the kid had only succeeded in putting himself in danger as well…!

The boy banged on the door of the room he was locked in, ordering his kidnappers to let his friend alone. He tried everything he could to free himself, but still without success.

Jack gave a start of surprise when the door opened in front of him and a man with large scars on his face walked towards him. The child recoiled in fear, while the one who seemed to be the leader of the bad guys advanced towards him.

"R- Release Breakdown! cried out the boy.

- I don't think it's possible. smiled the man. You see, this machine has a lot to tell us, and there's no way we'll miss it.

- His name is Breakdown, he's a Transformer, not a machine!"

The leader smiled dangerously, then said:

"You seem to know things, kid, tell me more."

- …! No!

- It's up to you, I'm just offering you a painless alternative."

The scarred man motioned to the soldiers beside him, then ordered:

“Make him talk!"

He turned his back on Jack, and greeted him with a deceptively friendly air, before saying:

“I'm going to pay your friend a visit, we'll see if he survives."

The child could not hide his horror, as the leader left the room, leaving the boy at the mercy of his soldiers.

~

Megatron and Soundwave quickly arrived at the location, and the leader of the Decepticons wasted no time in shouting Jack's name. The Communications Commander quickly silenced him, then pointed to wheel tracks in the mud, as well as footsteps, some smaller than others.

“Let's go!" exclaimed the ex-gladiator.

They noticed that Breakdown and Jack had been separated at a moment, the two not being locked in the same place. Megatron frowned, as Soundwave was about to send Laserbeak to help Jack, so they could save Breakdown. But the leader of the Decepticons stopped him, before saying:

"Jack is more important than that incompetent! It's because of him that Jack is in danger in the first place! He got what he deserves!"

The spy plane hesitated for a moment, before finally nodding. The two walked towards the shed where Jack was locked up, unaware that they were being followed closely by Starscream.

The Seeker had first thought of revealing himself to the other two, but quickly backed down. A strange feeling run through him as the words of KnockOut kept spinning in his head, preventing him from making a decision… The jet turned his head towards the base the ex-Wrecker was locked in, and frowned, while his wings lifted with determination!

~

Megatron and Soundwave arrived in front of the hangar, and the leader of the Decepticons suddenly heard screams coming from it! His Spark jumped into his spark chamber, and he angrily ripped off the door, throwing it away!

The humans froze when they saw the large silver robot, and let go of their grip on Jack, who fell to the ground clutching his sides. Megatron felt his whole being burnt, and screamed in rage, before firing a massive cannon at the soldiers who started shooting at him!

“I will make you pay for your audacity! Miserable vermin!!"

~

Silas heard a huge explosion in the distance, and his computers told him that the building the child was in was on fire. He didn't even have time to be confused when a big crash was heard in the base!

Breakdown looked on in surprise, unable to know who it could be… The Decepticons had abandoned him, and the Autobots had no interest in coming to help him.

Starscream brushed off the vermin that persisted in shooting him with their ridiculous weapons, and when he got to the main room, he wasted no time firing a missile at the humans he saw!

Silas and some scientists manage to dodge the explosion, but are still thrown by the detonation. The MECH leader swore, before struggling to his feet as the military car stared at the jet in surprise.

“Starscream?! wondered the ex-Wrecker.

- Come on, move your big aft!" growled the Seeker.

He ripped Breakdown's restraints and lifted him forcefully, before grabbing his arm, and rushing outside.

“Jack… He- started the military car.

- Lord Megatron and Soundwave are on it!" the jet cut in.

The duo saw another explosion in a nearby building, and couldn't hide a certain surprise, as a large black smoke started to invade the sky.

~

Megatron and Soundwave faced helicopters, and the leader of the Decepticons quickly picked up Jack, before pulling him closer to protect him from the relentless human attacks. The Communications Commander deployed Laserbeak, which soon retaliated against the helicopters.

The ex-gladiator fired a cannon at one of them, determined to make them pay for attacking Jack! The pilot dodged the attack, and pulled out a new weapon, before shooting Soundwave. The spy plane was suddenly hit by a ball of electricity, which sent him against one of the walls of the building!

“Soundwave!" cried out Megatron and Jack, horrified.

~

Starscream and Breakdown dodged the helicopter attacks, Silas being in one of them. He took his radio, then ordered:

“I want at least one of them a bit intact, and preferably alive!

- Roger!" replied the pilots.

The MECH leader received a communication from the soldiers who were dealing with the culprits of the destruction of one of the buildings, and smiled when one of his men exclaimed:

"One of them is down!

- Keep it up!" Silas said.

~

Megatron quickly approached Soundwave with a worried look, while Jack cried. Laserbeak beeped in distress calling for his host, hoping he would wake up.

The leader of the Decepticons destroyed the helicopter that had dared to attack his friend, before taking out his sword, and swinging it towards the too daring humans! They had dared to attack Jack and Soundwave, and Megatron swore he was going to make them bitterly regret it!

The ex-gladiator grabbed one of the helicopters in his hand and crushed it in his palm, before trying to crush the cars that kept shooting at him with their machine guns!

~

Silas activated the electric weapon in his vehicle, then pointed at the larger one. He was the one who was going to be the hardest to knock out, better deal with him now!

Starscream saw the gun pointed at Breakdown, and knew he had no time to warn him…! The Seeker tore off part of the metal roof, and threw it in front of the ex-Wrecker, a little above. Electricity attacked the highest point, setting its sights on the metal plate.

The military car gave a start of surprise, while the jet aimed a missile at the helicopter which contained the leader of this damned organization. He was going to get rid of him here and now! Suddenly, his motion radar activated, as Breakdown yelled at him:

"Watch out!"

Starscream jumped, narrowly dodging a brutal electric shock, which exploded the ground where he was originally. The Seeker raised his wings in anger, before transforming into his jet mode, and flying above the helicopters!

Breakdown tackled the MECH agents in the cars, while the flyer took care of the sky. Starscream was quick to get rid of most of the flying vehicles, but when he wanted to deal with Silas and his other soldiers, they had already retreated.

The Seeker landed and hissed angrily, before crossing his arms. Breakdown moved hesitantly closer to him, and the jet didn't really look at him, not wanting to see the ex-Wrecker's missing optics.

"They did a number on you… the flyer remarked simply, not knowing what else to say.

- Oh yeah…"

There was a somewhat awkward silence, before the military car tried to break it, saying:

"By the way, thank you for-

- Shut up, I don't want to hear anything! Starscream snapped. You cause me enough trouble!"

He motioned for Breakdown to follow him, then continued:

"Let's go help Megatron and Soundwave instead!

- They are here too?! wondered the ex-Wrecker.

- You really think that Megatron was going to abandon Jack?!

- I… I don't know… uh…

- We will also have to discuss! What you did was stupid and reckless!

- You speak as if I had intentionally let myself be captured!

- No! Your stupidity is in taking Jack with you!

- Lord Megatron agreed…!

- Did you hear it from his mouth?!

- …

- You have your answer!"

~

Megatron had ended up slaughtering all the humans around him, it was carnage but he did his best so that Jack didn't have to see it. He moved closer to Soundwave who was coming to his senses with difficulty, clutching his chest in pain.

The leader of the Decepticons helped him to his feet, while Laserbeak approached his host, squealing in concern. Jack wept silently, and the ex-gladiator thought for a moment of scolding him, of showing him what his recklessness had done. It had put the child in danger, but not only, Soundwave also could have been really hurt, even worse, all because the boy had had the brilliant idea to disobey!

But Megatron recoiled when he saw how guilty Jack already felt. The leader of the Decepticons thought about the fact that it was not necessary. Of course, he was going to scold the child, but not now. First they had to make sure Soundwave and the boy were fixed.

That's when they heard a jet engine sound coming their way, and the ex-gladiator saw Starscream land, with a hint of surprise. He was about to ask him what he was doing there, when he saw another vehicle coming towards them. Breakdown returned to his root mode, and hesitantly approached the group.

"What are you doing here?! Megatron fumed.

- Uh… I… stammered the military car.

- Go away, there's no way I'll accept a robot like you into my ranks!

- Lord Megatron!" the Seeker interjected angrily.

The leader of the Decepticons glared at the jet, before Jack exclaimed:

"Breakdown!"

He reached for the ex-Wrecker, and wanted to get down, but he was too high for that. The blue robot greeted him softly, as the child cried with relief and grief.

“You are alive… but… your optic…

- Oh, it's nothing little guy. Don't worry!" Breakdown tried to reassure.

Megatron huffed, frowning, and Starscream moved closer, before whispering:

“Even if you don't like Breakdown, Jack loves him, think about him.

- That's what I'm doing! the leader of the Decepticons replied discreetly. Breakdown was unable to protect Jack!

- We don't have the luxury of losing a soldier, remember we are in war!

- Remember who's in charge here, Starscream!

- …”

The Seeker glared deathly at the ex-gladiator, wings high, and hissed:

“Put yourself together…! Or I assure you that Jack won't be able to stop me from sinking my claws into your fragging Spark!"

The two robots faced each other angrily, before the boy stammered:

"You are fighting…?

- Oh no, don't worry! Everything's good ! smiled the jet. Just a discussion about Breakdown.

- Me?! wondered the concerned, with a touch of fear.

- Yeah. Megatron growled.

- You see, Jack, Lord Megatron is very angry against Breakdown, he doesn't want him to come back to the Nemesis.

- What?!" cried out Jack, horrified.

Megatron roughly grabbed Starscream's arm, and growled:

"What are you doing?! You're making me look like the bad guy!

- You asked for it…! replied the Seeker curtly.

- No arguing!" the child exclaimed, calming the two robots.

The jet rubbed his arm in pain, before leaning over to the boy, and asking him:

“And you, what do you think? After all, Breakdown took you with him, it was very dangerous. Especially since he wasn't even able to protect you!

- S- Stop…! Breakdown panicked.

- It's… It's not his fault…! Jack defended vigorously. It was me who lied to him, telling him that you were ok with me going, Megatron… I'm sorry… And then, when the bad guys arrived, there was also an Autobot and…

- An Autobot?! You fought against an Autobot while Jack was there! the leader of the Decepticons got angry.

- You can see that I'm fine!

- That's not the problem!"

Starscream glared at the ex-Wrecker, who quickly looked away. Soundwave activated all his senses, to check if there weren't the presence of other robots.

"If the Autobots find out about Jack, they'll try to take him from us, do you understand that?! cried out Megatron angrily.

- I… I didn't know… I… spluttered the military car.

- There is also a possibility that the Autobot didn't see anything. Which Autobot that was? the Seeker intervened.

- Bulkhead.

- This big barrel is as smart as a rust worm, we should be fine. We better go!"

The Communications Commander opened a portal, when another formed nearby. Optimus came out, and Starscream took Jack from his leader's hand, then passed him to Soundwave. He grabbed Megatron's arm, when the latter had already drawn his sword.

"It's not the moment! Come on!" cried out the Seeker.

The leader of the Decepticons saw the other Autobots exit, and had to resist more and more against the jet, who was doing his best to pull him with him into the portal. The ex-gladiator groaned, before pushing Starscream into the land bridge, and entering as well. The Autobots watched the portal close, and Ratchet huffed, before saying:

“I have to admit that I'm surprised they bothered to help Breakdown."

Optimus frowned, as he could have sworn he saw a human with the Decepticons.

~

After this event, Jack was obviously punished, after having been repaired by KnockOut, just like Breakdown and Soundwave. Despite what had happened, Starscream didn't let go of the idea that the child should go out of the ship sometimes, which did not fail to annoy Megatron.

Yet he thought he had been very clear, especially when recent events had proven that it was too dangerous for the boy. The Seeker argued that it was precisely necessary to ensure that the exterior does not become a trauma for Jack, and that overprotecting him will never be beneficial to him.

Strangely, this argument had much more effect on Megatron than he would have thought. The leader of the Decepticons was still trying to come up with a counter argument, but he had to realize, much to his dismay, that Starscream was right.

The best way to keep Jack from doing something so dangerous again was to give him a little more liberty, so he didn't feel like he had to lie or sneak away. Which would be much more dangerous.

Thus a new routine settled in the Nemesis, once in the week, Jack left to explore a new place with one of the Decepticons, depending on the place he wanted to visit. Always under the watchful eye of Soundwave.

[ultra-phthalo]

The M.E.C.H survivor. Cinnabar's Bai Ze Armour design practice. Built to be indestructible. She didn't like that it too so long to get back up after being ran over by a traitor. Created 2nd November 2022.

[dailymothanon]

Listen I had a vision of Prime Soundwave but More bat. So I wanted to see if I could do that… and while I was at it I wanted to try doing some G1 sprinkles in there and it ended up as this whole thang… plus Ravage and Laserbeak are included! I wasn’t sure if I wanted to add visible speakers somewhere (like maybe on the wings or smth), I also added some ES in there (still figuring out the colors of his head) BUT I’m very happy about this 😌

Bonus this sketch I did in reference of a bat, I also imagine his pedes and hands are (controllably) magnetic (which very much helps for spying missions) as well as sound absorbent/dampeners; also yes I made it so his horn things can move like bat ears because I wanted to.. and there is also some reference towards IDW but mostly just the horn shape (and yes Ravage does now have spikes just cuz)

Do I have reasons why Bat Soundwave? Yes… laserbeak on his chest like baby bats clinging to their parents even in flying, simply the arm shapes, the long bat ear looking horns, the funky legs he has, his sonic/ultrasonic abilities (bats are ultrasonic, both in chirping and in hearing), having wings, being dark in color… yes… batwave

[chamom1le-t3a]

nahhg im so unfynny 💔 bug anyway opritach animation 🙏

[2-eeillustration]

Megatron sketchpage for InfernalJade on Twitter!! TF:Prime by far has one of my favorite Megatron designs of all time 📸✨ (Catch weekly commission progress live over on my Twitch!! )

[afterartist]

You have no idea how insanely bad I want an MTMTE / Shattered Glass Crossover

Is this just cause I love SG Sounders and want him to join the found family?? Maybe, shut up

Can yall guess who I like drawing vs who I don’t like drawing

[mirrorbusterz]

design refs for my prewar optiratch fic :3

https://archiveofourown.org/works/59927536/chapters/152884504

[witchofthesouls]

Imagine the reason why Optimus is so focused on Earth isn't because of a noble, sentimental reason... it's because his Prime instincts/the Matrix is literally screaming that the planet is the only cage (blood and bone fueled by the cycle of death of its inhabitants howling, clawing, demanding for the right to exist) that's stopping a fully revived Unicron from consuming all life itself

There's no way he can realistically explain this is his faction or to any other Cybertronian, like who the hell would legimately believe that the Unmaker is within a random orangic, thriving planet in tiny pocket of the space-boonies?!

[rykundsz-art]

Gathered all my courage to try and get myself to draw transformers bcs how do you even

Hi random tfp Ratchet fanart

[p3achpunch]

HE’S HERE!!!

[dailymothanon]

My TFP Soundwave ramblings (be warned cuz there are many words)

I was gonna draw today but the prospect of it felt overwhelming for some reason so instead I’m just gonna talk about TFP Soundwave’s alt mode (a UAV/ reaper drone) just cuz I was reading about it and I like how I could link stuff between how he is and how reaper drones are.

So basically, one of the first things I wanna mention is that reaper drones/UAVs are unmanned aerial vehicles (given the whole “drone” thing and what UAV even means) but to me that just sorta makes sense for Soundwave in regard to his more.. Unsettling, robotic/alien-like behavior and movements? As well as his silence and usual distance from the front lines and his lack of showing face/(social?) detachment from like everyone else other than Laserbeak (don’t ask, it just makes sense to me). Reaper drones were also made to work at first only in intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance roles; but eventually additionally a hunter-killer role which you can kinda see in Soundwave’s character in the show (my best example is the scene where he retrieves Laserbeak from Ratchet, super cool creepy behavior from him, just waiting for something or someone to make any noise or any movement). When he has a mission, he’s most definitely getting it done, he stalks and lurks and takes action when the time is just Right; he’s very pinpoint accurate in Prime. 

Reaper drones were also made to provide “deadly persistence” capability, being able to fly over areas night and day waiting for a target to present itself, or to survey for LONG long amounts of time. Which to me correlates to how he’s able to stand still and do work and wait and listen and watch and do everything for So Long as he does in the show (and tolerate Starscream— or like everyone actually for so long 🙄). 

Reapers also utilize satellite communications for command and control (as in, they kinda literally have satellite dishes in them I think that’s what that is?), so that to me also easily parallels Soundwave's abilities with the space bridges and kind of his visor being computer-like as well (and that time he used an. Antenna satellite thing? To look for signals or whatever). They also use other multiple sensors to target and observe, which include optical (high resolution imagery for identification and target acquisition), infrared, and radar systems (enables the drone to locate and track targets regardless of weather conditions or visibility). Which imo links to how Soundwave is described as the “eyes and ears of the decepticons”.

They carry many weapons but I’m not really gonna get into that tbh cuz. Idk. Don’t wanna. Also TFP Soundwave doesn’t fight often anyways and when he does it’s mostly just straight hands (and data cables). And this is as far as my not the most accurate of ramblings most likely but just one I wanted to make because there’s just a Lot from so Little of TFP Soundwave I just love to think about it. Was I geeked out writing this? Maybe, so what 😒

[tfp-is-my-lifeblood-lol]

I saw a Youtube comment talking about how, in the episode "Crosscross," Silas was able to track Jack's location and personal info via social media, so why didn't the Decepticons just do THAT all this time, so they could track the humans/Autobot base?

Then all the commenters agreed that it's because the CAPTCHA "I am not a robot" thing actually works on Decepticons, because they are, in fact robots.

I love this and it shall now be my crack headcanon.

(In all seriousness, I actually don't think it's a plot hole. I think it's a great example of the Decepticons' characterization.

The real reason Decepticons never tried social media tracking is because they're too proud to use human technology. To them, it's considered "inferior."

I'm fascinated by the idea that, if they hadn't underestimated human technology, they could have found all these Autobot secrets, like the location of their base and humans, EASILY. But they never bothered, because "oh, that's worthless human tech."

Keep in mind, in one episode, Starscream actually did explore the human internet, and almost located Bumblebee that way, but the others made fun of him for it (the tap-dancing monkey incident) so we can see they don't respect it enough to give it their time.

It also kinda shows how MECH, to some extent, has an advantage against the Autobots because they're all humans, and are therefore better aquatinted with Earth. Even Airachnid didn't realize social media would be a useful weapon until Silas explained it to her. The Decepticons are obviously more powerful since they're giant aliens, but MECH uses their humanity and Earth knowledge as their greatest strength. It's kinda neat.

[nekodrew13]

just a quick sketch of knockout (He's adorable^^)

He advanced ^^

[imaroyalmess]

if i were a tfp decepticon, you would catch me defecting so fast after watching megatron lose his ex that didn't remember their messy breakup. like, what do you mean you put us through all this work to cover up our history, call a prime by his former name, avoid killing any autobots in front of him, and keep him stowed away on our ship for months and you STILL FUMBLED?! no, i have no respect for megafumbler. none at all

[yayasvalveplay]

I’m gonna yap and get Optimus Prime bred up.

Y’know how Airachnid was the one to find the Insecticon hive in TFP? What if, for whatever reason, Optimus was nearly and noticed the obvious drill holes from Airachnid, and went down to investigate?

The two end up yapping at each other for a minute once they encounter each other before starting to fight, which wakes up the hive and all the Insecticons are drooling watching these two potential queens fight. And Optimus manages to get the upper hand and make Airachnid flee.

The Insecticons are all like “all hail new Queen!” and Oppy is flustered at the attention he suddenly got. Some random Insecticon asks Optimus if he wants to be bred up like a proper Queen and his engine revs so loudly at that (breeding kink Oppy for the win) and the Insecticons are loving their new Queen and, after some convincing, they have a breeding session right now :3

And what an awkward sight whichever Autobot finds him stumble upon

Hive queen OPTIMUS. HIVE QUEEN OPTIMUS. AS HE SHOULD.

He shouldn't be fighting in this war, he should be breed, kept happy. his hive can fight for him, Queen do not get up, they can help him with what ever he needs.

And ya when Ratchet finds out where he has gone too, they are very much going to be in for a surprise, and having to cover the kids eyes not to see the insecticon fucking Optimus.

[dat-lil-shark]

Very funny that the evil human organization in TFP is called M.E.C.H when it’s given that, in universe, “mech” also apply to a transformers with male characteristics.

Imagine landing in an alien planet of little frog pixies, and a group of them is hunting you down to dissect and deform you. And what is this group called?

“The Boys.”