This is a gift art piece for the amazing @megadoomingir and her beautiful story, Redeem the Stars.
Please, if you love TFP Starscream and wish the series ending was better, you must read this amazing fic. It is beautiful and heartbreaking and I love it so much!
Hello! First and foremost , I ABSOLUTELY LOVE your work! Redeem the Stars was just so beautiful and heart wrenching, and Stop Me is definitely one of the best things I’ve read in long time. So many amazing moments and it’s still going~ love it! *chef kiss* (that cliffhanger tho… between that and Optimus watching Starscream’s full explanation video are just, ugh, so much heart stabbing goodness 💕)
So now, odd question, but do you accept spoiler-y gift art? I tend to draw out moments from fics that just stick with me, and right now I have two images in mind that can be considered spoilers for RtS. I mean, you’d definitely still have to read the fic to know what was being portrayed, but still (I can even explain the idea to you if you’d like). Would just like your permission before proceeding. (Stop Me is also getting fanart for sure btw!) 🙃
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I saw your ask and told myself ‘oh, a little busy today, I’ll get to it tomorrow-’ but that was a few days ago now and now I have finally gotten to it! ^^;
I am so wonderfully pleased you enjoy my writing so much. I know it’s a lot to take in, even for me, but I strive to use as much emotion in my stories as possible. So to hear the words ‘beautiful’ and ‘heart wrenching’ attributed to them is wholly accurate.
As for the art- of course you can!!! Goodness me- Draw as much or as little of it as you like! I am so terribly excited- @ me! Tumblr is weird and I want to see when you’re done, please, @ me when you’re done so that I may see~!!!
optimus: shoot me starscream, if this will help you, if this will help save the rest of the team from your pain and anger, then I want you to shoot me. I want you to let out every piece of anguish that plagues you. If it will save you, then my sacrifice will be worth it.
me trying to pick my favorite starscream adaptation
if you don’t know the stop me fanfic (first of all what are you even doing with your life???) second it is created by @megadoomingir they are very talented and did a great job on this fanfic to sum up starscream after being killed by the predacons somehow goes back in time to when he first had dark energon
I won’t spoil too much about it but trust me on this it is pretty good
it is a REALLY good fanfic probably my most fanfics ever and gives Justice to starscreams character
here is the fanfic if you want to read it (if not then that is alright)
Hi, i also have some fic recomendations, here some i haven't seen anyone recommend yet and are my absolute favourites - i binge read some in one day and some for a week or few (while being the only thing im reading) when i discovered them to be a few hunderd words long
I saw your TFP Starscream art and it's gourgeous(lil boy looks great in gold).Is he your favorite version?If you ever want to read good tfp Starscream fic, I recommend Stop me! by @megadoomingir .It has great plot,characters growth and angst. Fans call it "4 season of tfp that we never got",that's how good it is.However a little warning,author is on break so it's not finished yet.
Yes! This is one of my fav versions of Starscream \^u^/ Ratchet and OP too ;)
(still learning how to draw OP cuz I want to make a silly short story about OP and Miko sharing some wholesome time)
And thanks for the recommendation and for the heads up!
Considering I'm a big Starscream lover due to analysis videos and specific fanfics (*Stares directly at Emporer Kumpkuat and megadoomingir*/pos) it comes as no surprise that I have thought of my own Starscream fics. Though, most are ideas instead of fleshed-out concepts and plot planning. So, I'm making a post to talk about all three of them, and yes, there are THREE.
The first is, of course, based on megadoomingir's fanfic Stop Me. (A true art piece, I have never in my life dedicated my entire fucking life to a fic for an entire fucking WEEK due to being unable to STOP READING and TALKING ABOUT IT and JUST- GRRRRRR.) While I do not wish to use any direct concept, the idea of Starscream's Outlier Power and World Bunner status keeps me up at night. I cannot for the life of me stop imagining how it must have presented itself before.
What other concepts of power could he unlock during death or at another time in the show? After his first universe jump, does he just continue to hop universes after each death and doesn't allow himself to get close to anyone? Does he change other universes? And if his powers differ depending on the concepts, how does this change the story, Starscream, and so much more about him and what others know about him?
Considering the idea of using different Starscream characteristics, SO much could be used and unlocked. Such as Starscream and Jetfire, Shattered Glass comic, IDW, G1, and other happenings all smooshed together. NOT TO MENTION A POSSIBLE EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE KIND OF CONCEPT??? HELLO????? I HAVE ONLY FOUND SOME STARSCREAM-CENTRIC FICS!!! I NEED MORE!!!
I have, however, tried to dive into this idea a little and wrote this:
"I'm sorry, but that was not my fault."
"Nothing is ever your fault!" The femme grit out from her denta, servos clenching at her sides as her small form began to tremble in rage. Her tone darkens, optics piercing brightly into the former Decepticon’s as his expression morphs from unfazed to brittle agitation. "And you're rarely ever sorry."
The words bite harshly into the air between them as acid would in a scraplet wound.
Starscream narrows his optics, wings twitching sharply behind him, a sneer forms, the blue two-wheeler’s words resting heavy on his shoulder plating and digging into his protoform, his tanks churning uncomfortably. It takes more effort than Starscream would like to admit to keep his knees from shaking as he swallows down a growl.
No one is oblivious to the sudden tension between the strangely-painted seeker and Arcee. There was so much here, so many unsaid words and unanswered questions.
“I don’t have time for this,” Starscream hisses, swiftly turning away. “I do not have time for this–”
“Don’t turn away from me!”
The seeker whips around, yanking his arm away from her sudden reach, wings shooting up above his head, “I am not the same Starscream who killed Cliffjumper! Do not place your grief on me!” The words bounce across the wide valley, echoing into the chilled morning air.
Arcee’s expression flickers between unreadable emotions as Starscream takes a stabilizing intake. “I have already gone through this. Not only am I the wrong Starscream for this conversation, but we don’t have time to argue over his murder. We have to stop the Vehiacons before they reach your Megatron. If he gets his hands on this device, slag will get much worse.” Starscream meets her optics, “I cannot help you.” He huffs before marching forward toward the direction the Vehicons went. “Now let’s get going.”
The second Starscream fic idea is an Optimus and Starscream-centered fic across multiple lives/near-death experiences. I love the familial and platonic dynamic of Starscream and Optimus, and their relationship in general, in all honesty. So, why not mix together a reincarnation AU and dive spark-first into the idea of Optimus' finding Starscream throughout their many lives because he is devoted to being the seeker's friend, for he has been used and hurt so many times. Optimus cannot STAND to let that stand by.
He cares for Starscream deeply and understands him, and after Redeem the Stars, Stop Me (megadoomingir), and Unburied (Elindae), I cannot even THINK of them not having the dynamics shown through all three stories; they are truly so well made and heartwarming as well as heart-wrenching. So, adding more to that kind of world has become my favorite daydreaming pass time.
And lastly, as on-brand as this will be for those who know my writing.