#tfp tailgate

[ny000mdraws]

made a tfp au tailgate that’s based more on his mtmte version!!

(backstory under the cut)

Born with a condition that makes it so that he can’t scan or transform, Tailgate had to endure years of discrimination from peers for his disability, often feeling isolated or ashamed of himself. The treatment persists to this day on Earth with Team Prime. They shelter him due to a multitude of reasons such as protection and fear of being discovered. More than anything, Tailgate wishes to be treated like everyone else.

So it was only natural that Tailgate would seize opportunities to sneak off base to escape the crushing atmosphere of Outpost Omega One. It was during one of these excursions that he ran into the Decepticon Cyclonus.

Rather than deactivating him, Cyclonus was more flabbergasted on why Tailgate doesn’t even know basic self-defense. So, he proposes an idea: he’ll train him so that he can actually pose a challenge when they meet on the battlefield (his actual reason is so that when the time comes, he would be able to deactivate him without regret). And out of pure desperation, Tailgate accepted, thus starting an odd… acquaintanceship.

Bits of info:

- NOT RELATED IN ANY WAY TO THE TAILGATE ALREADY IN TFP

- Actually physically strong but doesn’t know how to use his strength

- Panics a lot

- His condition isn’t fatal

- Can’t be cured

- It’s not as simple as replacing the T-Cog as its also linked to a bot’s coding and their spark

- Not cybercrosis

[knockouts-medibay]

Music Headcanons for tfp characters

Autobots:

Optimus listens to classical music rarely, usually just white noise to distract himself from the ever encroaching thought of death

Bumblebee listens to early 2010 pop music (so like Bruno Mars, Katy Perry, Charlie XCX, etc.) Because he's girlie pop and it's about the time that TFP came out

Arcee is a punk girl. As in she's probably sat outside concerts wishing she could be in there, so she records the songs to listen to later on and enjoys herself

Ratchet in secret listens to a LOT of (and I mean a lot) Beatles. If he's caught listening to human music, he denies it adamantly.

Bulkhead (thanks to Miko) listens to scream-o and a lot of heavy metal as we've seen in the actual show

Ultra Magnus doesn't.

Wheeljack listens to classic rock so like 70s to 90s rock. Sometimes grunge if he's feeling like being emo that day

Cliffjumper listens to My Chemical Romance in secret, absolutely having the time of his life

Theres like no info on Tailgate, so I have zero idea what he'd listen to

Decepticon time :]

Megatron thinks the sounds of screaming is music, it isn't, but nobody has told him otherwise

Starscream will refuse to listen to human music for a bit but ends up becoming addicted to like weird core music idfk

Knock Out is a fake swiftie. He listens to Taylor Swift for the sole purpose of pissing everyone off (he actually likes Rock)

Soundwave listens to mostly white noise, occasionally dark techno music alone when nobody else is close enough to hear

Steve is Steve. He listens to a lot of genres. No genre is safe from Steve.

Breakdown listens to rock with Knock Out and they will go on hour long debates on whose the best band. However if anyone else enters, Taylor Swift will be put on. (Its good repellent)

Airachnid pirates most the songs she listens to, and has yet to tell anyone that she is the true Swiftie, not Knock Out whose in reality a fake swiftie.

Hardshell definitely listens to Baby Metal. There's no way in hell he wouldn't.

Shockwave doesn't listen to music and thinks it's illogical to distract himself with such nonsense.

Predaking discovered the Godzilla soundtrack and refuses to listen to anything else despite pleas from most of the other decepticons

Dreadwing listens to death metal. Specifically when he's fighting/fucking slaughtering autobots he's sent to dispose of. When he isnt destroying families and lives, he secretly listens to 90s pop music

Skyquake wasn't alive long enough to find out what music was. Poor guy.

[antimattercontainment]

Rewatching s01e12 "Predatory" and this realization is destroying me.

Just imagine that hundreds of years ago you watched someone you loved get brutally murdered in front of you.

Then, when you're fresh off losing someone else—who convinced you to start caring again after closing yourself off for centuries—you're suddenly responsible for protecting this incredibly fragile little creature, and every time he opens his mouth it's like you're hearing a ghost.

[mimitus]

Test sketch for Arcee and Tailgate (G1/RID 2015 card accurate design)

[autistic-fool-with-ideas]

I have this very specific headcanon about tfp Tailgate (which is actually just me mashing the aligned continuity and MTMTE together while hoping for the best)

[grey-viridian]

The newest addition to the TF Girls Club!

(TF Girls Club >> Next New - TF Boys Club)

[vi050iv]

Still haven’t finished season 3 of transformers prime BUT I started reading the idw comic run and all I can say is that I love these goobers with all my heart

[rxtchetprime]

drew these last night

[ny000mdraws]

pride in tfp au!!

[b-lizi]

Wips of TF characters I've made for fun ! I'll change some bits later but here's what I've made so far. A bit of G1, a bit of TFP, a lot from IDW haha.

I've made these lads and gals in one month. I think you can see the change in the sketching precision.

Close-ups !

[chamom1le-t3a]

tap on image for better quality 😋

og image ⬇️

[rotten-3y3s]

More idw doodles

Also I heart cygate oh ymt god

[maruinrin]

More cygate ft. KOBD and JetStar

(i love gay people)

[mimitus]

Crazy concept of Arcee as a Reaper being haunted by both Tailgate and Cliffjumper. Moreover actually summoning them just like Jojo stands

[akitanerufan]

TF DUMP TIME

bots.... can you tell i have a favorite

bonus gijinka stuff... ^_^ yayyy

ok thats all BAII

[bits-and-beasts]

more bug au!

ratchet has known about the cybertronains the longest, she does her best to round up all the people who find them into one place (the autobots) - she's a retired combat medic, and she's extremely overworked from trying to keep everyone safe and in once piece.

drift, the first cybertronian to land on earth and survive, was saved by her after they crashed their ship, they've been inseparable since.

we've also got a WIP of tailgate and cyclonus, the oil painting I did while I was figuring out ratchets design, and my concept/reference for starscream!

(usually I'm a big fan of his g1 colors but my buddy is obsessed with his TFP design, so I figured for this au- I'd use it for inspo as a little treat)