#skybound 14

[starscream7799]

Ooooohhh I didn't know Issue #14 was a continuation of Starscream's origin story! I am both very excited and very scared :')

[wishingsparkjar]

When your creative hobby saves your squishy human ass.

[fanficmaniatic]

do you guys ever think about how a good chunk of Ninjago would not have happened if Borg just... decided to not build his tower in the place the devil was killed.

[nulllray]

they managed to turn megatron's goofy ass "i turn into a gun and literally need someone else to shoot me" alt mode into something more disturbing. gg.

[tornoleander]

@alizibtheterrible

First time doing traditional art in months but I wanted this one on my wall.

She’s the ruler of the sky and sea

Struggled with colored pencils for a while but

Mmm dragons yeah, they’re definitely easier for me specially traditionally.

Nya’s elemental dragon is there too just because haha just smile and nod.

Thinking about S6 Water dragon nothing to do with my Skybound problem I swear…… it’s just an interesting dragon design.  I love it and this is now the third time I’ve drawn it. Which is two more times than they actually showed it in the show >:(

[finalfantasymusicdaily]

Skybound Emerald - Yak T'el Night Composed by Masayoshi Soken

[Do not post Dawntrail spoilers in the tags, reblogs, or replies.]

[goldeaglefire1]

so I read the Skybound Transformers comics recently, including the newly released Issue 14, and

is it just me or does this look like a meme format

[rinovarka]

The team at Skybound made Patron of the Arts Starscream Real in Issue 14 and so thanks crew now I can imagine Starscream saying this to me everytime I draw 🥰

[starscream7799]

Starscream steals adopts a cat! | Transformers Skybound Issue #14

[sylusonychinus]

✨ NEW STORY ANNOUNCEMENT! ✨

(A Slow Burn, Second Chance, Pilot x Ground Controller Romance)

Summary: Y/N and Caleb once sat in the same classroom, dreaming of the skies. She was the quiet, shy girl with a crush on the golden boy of aviation school—the one who made flying look effortless. Years later, she’s a dedicated ground controller, guiding planes from the safety of the tower, while Caleb is soaring through the clouds as a commercial pilot.

Their paths were never meant to cross again… until their meddling mothers set them up on the same blind date.

But there’s a catch—Caleb doesn’t recognize her.

What starts as an awkward, mismatched date soon turns into something else when fate keeps pulling them back together. Between late-night flights, stolen conversations, and the quiet longing of two people who were always meant to meet again, will Caleb finally realize the girl he overlooked might be the one who was always waiting for him?

Masterlist

💫 Episode One: A Date Written in the Stars

💫 Episode Two: The Past Comes Full Circle

💫Episode Three: A Question Left Hanging

💫Episode Four: A Place to Land

💫Side-Story: A Marriage of Convenience

💫Episode Five: A Love That Lands

💫Episode Six: A Storm Brewing

💫Episode Seven: Under Pressure

💫Episode Eight: Close Encounters

💫Episode Nine: A Night of Realizations

💫Episode Ten: The Ring and the Accusation

💫Episode Eleven: The Great Bedroom Debacle

💫Episode 12 – The One That Got Away

💫Episode 13 – A Taste of Jealousy

💫Episode 14 – The Real Thing

💫Episode 15 – The Trap

💫Episode 16 – Cracks in the Foundation

💫Episode 17 – The Breaking Point

💫Episode 18 – Fractured Pieces

💫Episode 19 – Shattered Confessions

💫Episode 20 – The Weight of Truth (Caleb’s POV)

💫Episode 21 – The Ending

🛫 Tropes & Vibes: ✔️ Slow Burn & Second Chances ✔️ Grounded x Skybound Dynamic ✔️ Oblivious Male Lead™ ✔️ Late-night conversations & longing looks ✔️ Fate keeps throwing them together

Taglist: Closed!! (series has ended)

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[wishingsparkjar]

Reading Transformers (Skybound) issue 16 and I'm already missing Jason Howard's art. He's only drawn two issues (13 and 14) but there was something about his style that I enjoyed.

Nothing wrong with Jorge Corona at all! He carries the majority of this series so far with most issues drawn (eight so far) and his issues surely haven't been bad. He can crank out some great-looking scenes and plenty of well-drawn characters:

But he can also make them look so darn ugly at times xD

Even though seeing these kinds of shots while reading takes me out of "the zone" for a moment, I appreciate that they are part of Corona's style. They have their charm, for sure.

I just would have liked to see more of Howard's art in these issues.

[vynxwave]

tf skybound issue 14 thoughts / analysis / connections n whatnot. spoilers for the issue 15 preview too.

absolutely gorgeous art

VERY G1 starscream vibes in some places xD... i could practically hear his voice

more of starscream's origin and a bit more of megatron! i like megatron's characterization in skybound so far plus the decepticon cause's. i think skybound's decepticon ideology's gotta be my favorite, it just meshes their violence with their believed righteousness in such a great way.

this issue gives starscream quite a different initial approach to morality than seen in previous continuities (iirc) where here in #14 he is against killing prisoners of war while being a decepticon (often he's with loose morals even before becoming a decepticon).

megatron has the ability to mentally coerce the one wielding him to bend to his will (painfully), which i think is a really cool concept.

this makes starscream's evil directly caused by megatron from prolonged exposure to his influence conditioning/corrupting him. as seen in the mini background panels, over time blasting many Autobots to scrap, starscream grows to enjoy it

i've personally always loved starscream's evil to be completely independent of megatron('s) (as it has been) so i'm a bit conflicted on this aspect of skybound starscream... but i do understand its purpose/role in the story though.

issues #13/#14 run a parallel between then starscream & megatron and present starscream & those humans: both purport to Starscream they want to help him, but in reality they just want to use him for their own benefit. with that then story running parallel to the present one, starscream's dialogue about those humans also reflects upon how he felt under megatron's control

megatron forcing starscream to wield him definitely felt like it was expounding upon a question one might have had watching G1 — "why would megatron let someone who openly covets his position wield him?" of course, skybound isn't g1 and takes the idea and angle quite differently than the show did. with this it also supplies the reason of why starscream resents megatron and wants to overthrow and kill him.

and of G1, the Decepticons siding with starscream are ones who have sided with him once in the cartoon — the Combaticons in Starscream's Brigade and Astrotrain in Triple Takeover (and of course, Astrotrain was also the one to crown Starscream in the 1986 movie).

with Soundwave having the Constructicons and Starscream the Combaticons, a cool fight between Devastator and Bruticus is sure to ensue (vol 3 [collects #13-#18 + the story from the 2024 special] is called "Combiner Chaos" anyway)

i will be delighted to see soundwave and his decepticons vs starscream and his decepticons.

soundwave looks to be a megatron loyalist in this continuity and shares a bit of his sentiments (a bit below).

neat how then starscream and present thundercracker both had objections to the treatment of prisoners of war.

not the first time there's been a similarity between them, here's panels (#1 & #8) that parallel each other:

and how they differ:

not 1:1, but megatron's words to starscream reminded me of soundwave's to thundercracker — a subordinate's objection met with a reminder of their place and that their objection is irrelevant to their superior.

also worth noting, soundwave keeps thundercracker by his side despite his continual disagreements with how things are going, which is similar to megatron keeping starscream (who resents him) by his side.

i'd guess these similarities serve to build up to thundercracker possibly eventually actively opposing soundwave (as opposed to just going along with it) — here in the #15 preview he gives the humans warning to flee before blasting the building

now, knowing megatron's gunmode has the ability to mentally coerce the wielder to bend to his will... looks like this is what's happening with optimus wearing megatron's cannon arm!! xD. "megatron's cannon arm is influencing prime" has been built up and noticed, but it's nice to have megatron's ability now explicitly shown.

In #5 Starscream comments on Optimus having Megatron's cannon arm, and Optimus has a bit to say to him before blasting him with it.

Many noticed the parallel between Megatron & Optimus's fight in the Energon Universe Special 2024 and Optimus & Shockwave's in #12 as well as his tinged eye color.

Now with #14 we can also see a a similar thing that happened to Optimus happen to Starscream — Megatron's influence practically forcing their hand, going against what they wanted. Note the green-yellow background gradient suggesting Megatron's mental coercion in Starscream's panels, and in Optimus's panels (above) when his eyes are tinged there's yellow or yellow-green used in the background.

[khuusu]

Starscream with cat from Skybound #14, Thundercracker with Baster from IDW.

[yukaii]

Transformers Skybound issue 14 // Transformers Skybound issue 20

"It must be you."

[butterfriedcircuits]

Swindle getting run over by shit will always be objectively funny to me, my man cannot catch a break

(Transformers Skybound #12, transformers vol 1 #5, transformers IDW: robots in disguise #14)