Transformers: Prime Decepticons - Hands
So, I was looking at hands, as one does when they’re bored, and I noticed a few things:
Every single ‘Con has claws, except Soundwave and Breakdown.
Megatron, Starscream, Shockwave, Dreadwing, Skyquake, Knockout, and Airachnid have 5 fingers.
Soundwave, Breakdown, Insecticons, Predaking, Darksteel, and Skylynx have 4 fingers.
Vehicons only have 3 fingers.
Predacon claws are flawless in form and aesthetic.
While I know Soundwave has spindly fingers for practical reasons, it’s the perfect symbolic representation of how he declawed himself for the sake of the Cause, giving up much of his power to follow Megatron.
Kudos to the character designers for crafting each Decepticon’s hands to match their function:
Megatron, Dreadwing, Skyquake: Sharp and wide for various combat situations
Soundwave: Thin and straight for work with computers and tech
Starscream: Light and “bony,” perfect for a flight frame
Shockwave, Knockout, and Airachnid: Sharp and delicate for scientific and/or medical work
Breakdown: Wide and blunt for brute force attacks
Vehicons: Useless
Insecticons: Wide and curved for digging and slashing
Predacons: Sharp with additional armor plating for evisceration (help I love this word so much)
The Autobots could only dream of having hands this masterfully crafted ✨
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[Exactly what i need right now, i love writing things like this.]
[Made it GN if that bothers you then let me know.]
[Thanks for reading this and have a good day/night!]
[Can be seen as platonic or romantic]
[I left Airachnid out because technically she isn't a con. and the max count of images was reached]
Cons X Reader who has an unexpected music taste
[this took longer than I expected, sorry for that, but i hope you like it!]
[Have a good day/night and stay healthy!]
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Megatron
The last cycles where stressful for everyone, the Autobots blew once again an energon mine up, but finally you had a breem or two for yourself.
So you just flew around, just a few miles away from the nemesis just in case, and heard your music so you could enjoy the moment.
What you didn't know was that Megatron decided to check in on you. He worried about you, just not openly in front of others, and thought that you two could have a nice chat while flying.
Even while you where traveling at a high speed he could hear your rather interesting music playing, more like blasting, in your vehicle mode. Just a reminder that he still was, quite a big, airplane so he of course maintained a safe distance and he could still hear every word. Every Word.
It took quite some time before you noticed the warlord and when you did you paused the music and asked in your normal, polite, tone how he is and some other smalltalk stuff.
You both talked normal but just before you got back onto the Nemesis he let's you know what he heard and thinks.
"(Y/n), you have quite an interesting music taste if i can say that."
You knew if you could see his face then he would be smirking and raise an optical ringe.
"You listen to the music relatively loud, it was quite shocking to hear such music from you considering the way you normally act."
You wanted to say something, you where close to saying an excuse, but before you could you heard an laugh that had an playful, and teasing, undertone in it.
"I won't do anything about this but do me a favor and don't play that kind of music near me."
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Starscream
You where on the way to an mission because they requested backup/help and where near it.
You where alone and just turned put on some music like you always did when you're all by yourself.
What you didn't see was Starscream approaching from your left. It normally didn't really interest you but you had the music turned up to the max and he could almost feel the bass/vibrations through the air.
You didn't see him or heard him so he just tapped your wing with his (maybe a little too rough but he didn't mean it)
"(Y/n)! Do you listen to me? What is this 'music' your listing to?? I didn't expect such music from you-"
He got interrupted in his, friendly/teasingly, rant by an message over the com saying that the problem was solved and you could go back to the Nemesis.
The flight back was a little awkward for you. But after Starscream stopped talking you asked him if he couldn't make such a big thing out of it.
Of course he would never do anything when you are uncomfortable but you will be teased when the two of you are alone.
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Soundwave
You where on your way back to the Nemesis after another battle with the Autobots. You listened to your music like always on flights but this time you where just pissed off.
You turned the music up to max volume so you could calm down easier. You often did that when you where mad or overwhelmed about something and it didn't bother anyone right now.
Soundwave flew next to you, you often just listened to music on flights, and it didn't bother him because he didn't talk anyway.
But it did worry him about you being okay, he knew about this habit and learned that this meant that you weren't happy, and he sent you a small message.
[Do you want too talk about it?]
You explaind him that you where okay, just a little mad at yourself because you couldn't win that fight and of course because the Autobots hurt both you and Soundwave a little.
The flight was quiet from both sides until you got back. As soon as you landed you got a message from Soundwave.
[I think you did great you did your best. <3]
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Shockwave
You where on the search for predacon bones across the world and you where currently on your way through an old desert.
Shockwave was right next to you, he always came with you when you left his laboratory, and he was quite like always. He never talked much, especially on missions, unless necessary.
So you decided to listen to an playlist you made yourself for long drives and turned the music just a little louder.
Half an hour later you where almost at the location and you turned the music off. Just in time to hear Shockwave talk about the bone.
He heard the music, he was about to tell you to stop it but decided against it. It didn't bother him, at least not much, and he knew you weren't as patient as him and if this helped you with being patient on these drives then he won't interrupt you unless he deems it necessary.
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Breakdown
You where driving through Nevada looking for any sings of Autobots or their human friends, you actually treated them good, and listened to a Playlist you found in the human internet which you turned to like.
What you didn't know was that almost every human could hear you, good thing you where driving on some less populated roads, and Breakdown was around.
He was surprised at this music, he won't judge you for it but it was quite a shock, considering how shy you where and quiet when talking with others.
He drove next to you and when you noticed you turned the music off so you could talk to him. He tried to hint the whole conversation at the fact that he heard your music but you didn't seem to get it.
Just before Breakdown drove away he said something that made you a embarrassed mess.
"I would say see ya, but i think I'll hear ya first-"
Yeah, he will definitely be teasing you. Not openly for others but you will get it.
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Knockout
You where waiting for Knockout to finish one of his race's again because you both wanted to go to a drive in theater after that.
It took a little too long for you so you decided to just listen to some music, there was no one around to hear it anyway and you would spot Knockout soon enough to turn it off.
Or that's what you thought. Knockout came from behind you, cause he knew you where a little jumpy, and went the long way just for a little teasing material.
"Aww~ You thinking of someone while hearing that?"
Cue you having a sparkattack and then being a blushing embarrassed mess. He now got brand new teasing material and he won't let you have a break from it.
Btw. he would ask you for the Playlist because he lowkey liked it too.
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Skyquake & Dreadwing
You where on your way back to the Nemesis after, yet another, lost battle against the Autobots. You where glad you at least found an energon mine while on the way back.
You decided to listen to some music that you found on earth. Normally you wouldn't listen to music while on a mission/on the way back because it could be unsafe if you don't hear an enemy approaching but you decided to just make an exception this time.
After some time Dreadwing and Skyquake joined you because they where also on their way back from a mission and thought you looked lonely.
They could hear the music and almost every word even though you played the music inside your vehicle mode.
They where shocked but mostly didn't want to interrupt you because you seemed happy while hearing your, rather scandalous, music.
They both decided to just not talk about it too much. But Dreadwing still wanted to tell you it was unsafe because you didn't see/hear them approach you.
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Predaking
Predaking knew you liked earth music after you both talked about earth and it's inhabitants but after doing some research he learned there was a lot of different music.
He didn't think it would be too important considering it's just music but he still was a bit curious about what you like.
He found out when he walked by your private room in the living quarters and searched for you because the both of you had finally some time to talk.
He heard your music through the metal confines of your room and was surprised to hear such music from you considering the way you normally act.
But he still came in after knocking so he could talk to you and tell you that even though it doesn't bother him you should turn it down because others could bring you in trouble, Starscream and Knockout most likely, and he didn't want that to happen.
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As it is obvious from my blog, I adore TFP. It is the first Transformers show I've watched (I remember watching tf content before, yet i can't remember which it was). Yet as always, I have some criticism even to my most beloved things and now I want to talk about one of these. And the name to him is Dreadwing.
Dreadwing is particularly interesting cuz he seems like one sane person in the whole Nemesis, who is undeniably loyal to the cause. Something that even Megatron isn't anymore. Dreadwing is a great example of what the decepticon should be. Fierce, strong, yet smart, noble, loyal and respectful to his own team. And this is an interesting since we've never seen this before, cuz everyone else on Nemesis strayed from this path and just using this cause as a way of manipulation. And still Dreadwing was most loyal to Megatron, with the only thing standing between him and total obedience is his love for his late brother (Skyquake, hun, sorry, but I literally forgot abt you the moment you died).
And this is a great start, but all this potential was, at least for me, wasted.
Firstly. His position which he came in the show. He was presented to us as a) a threat; b) Wheeljack's enemy/rival. And that's when my first problem starts here. Let's look at the statistics.
Optimus prime — Megatron
Ratchet — KO (or Shockwave)
Bumblebee — KO
Bulkhead — Breakdown
Arcee — Arachnid
Smokescreen — KO (why does he have a beef with every child in the group?)
Ultra Magnus — Predaking
And then Wheeljack is like — ?????
And yeah, I am upset abt lack of Wheeljack in TFP, but it's relevant to my Dreadwing rant, since all the others I've mentioned has met at least once/twice and had some resolution to their rivalry (even though not the good one), but cowboy loose cannon and a flying samurai never even mention each other after their episode. It is cuz Wheeljack really likes to disappear from the plot for Primus knows how long, while this Seeker stays through all the season 2 until my greatest disappointment came.
Secondly, Dreadwing's death is the dumbest scrap I've seen and looks like a very rude way to get rid of character. I still have no idea of why Megan chose Starscream over someone who's loyal to you to the point of disobeying to save ur tailpipe! And don't start the 'but DW disobeyed him', WING BOY WAS PROMOTED FOR IT.
Furthermore, from the moment I saw him even if I thought DW was to die, I considered it would happen in a battle with Wheeljack. It would be so interesting to see a death match between two guys, madly loyal to their friends/family/team. But nahh, Jackie never tries to go after winged edgelord ever again and never even ask if he's up to rematch.
(Also, funny how Dreadwing is so mad at SS for bringing Skyquake back to life as a zombie, but not at Bee and OP for literally killing him..... Priorities, huh.. Just another scrap u to Starscream for no reason.)
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