#ratbat

[cyber-streak-2]

Starscream: I think, maybe, we finally went too far.

Ratbat: You should have thought of that before we started.

Starscream: I was too busy going too far!

#transformers incorrect quotes #source: unknown #Starscream #Ratbat #IDW1 #With Aecholapis

[beesinmymoth]

Dog of the military

#megasound relationship is built on respect #they’re equals #to insinuate otherwise is to incur their wrath #also ratbat is ugly <3 #my art #art #maccadam #maccadams #soundwave #transformers #transformers fanart #transformers soundwave #ratbat #senator ratbat #transformers ratbat #transformers senator ratbat #tf fan continuity #transformers fan continuity #tf continuity soup #megawave #megasound #megatron x soundwave

[tech-obssessed-shark]

SOUNDWAVE and his DERANGED CHILDREN:

#Hehe #transformers #transformers idw #soundwave #ratbat #starscream #rumble #laserbeak #ravage #Frenzy #casettes #i love them

[infinitealpacas700]

Soundwave and his crew of little guys

Without the background:

#maccadam #transformers #maccadams #tf g1 #transformers g1 #soundwave #transformers soundwave #g1 soundwave #transformers ravage #ravage #ratbat #rumble #transformers rumble #frenzy #transformers frenzy #lazerbeak #buzzsaw #transformers lazerbeak #transformers buzzsaw

[theaussieva]

Posted a new dub on my channel! Why don’t ya go check it out!

Thank you @beesinmymoth for letting me dub this! Give them a follow for their amazing work!

#Transformers #Soundwave #Ratbat #Megatron #Decepticon #Senator Ratbat #transformers idw #comic dub #Optimus Prime #Autobot #Youtube

[driftsart]

Soundwave updated redesign, including Rumble, Frenzy and Lazerbeak

Facts:

-Soundwave is a very skilled fighter unlike Megatron

-He won't hesitate to kill anyone that tries to harm him or any of his close friends

-He's serious and he's got a real deep voice

-He wears his visor to look intimidating and hide his emotions but also because he's a little insecure about all the scars on his face

-He's the most skilled fighter and the most feared in the decepticon team

-Rumble and Frenzy are triple changers, they can turn into cassettes and also handguns Soundwave uses

-Lazerbeak is a trained cyberbird but he's kinda like a parrot, so he can speak some things

#transformers #digitalart #art #photoshop #au #character design #megatron #decepticons #robot #robot art #alternate universe #mecha #mech #mecha art #maccadam #soundwave #Shockwave #ratbat #cybertron #Cybertronian #kaon #iacon #gladiator #pits of Kaon #rumble #frenzy #lazerbeak #rumble and frenzy

[astralzeraphias]

co-parenting is hard

#megatron #soundwave #transformers #maccadam #lazerbeak #rumble #frenzy #ravage #ratbat #& a rundown of the rest of the cassettes featured here; #wingthing. glit. howlback. garboil. buzzsaw. & squawktalk #not featured; a billion more cassettes holy shit #megasound #technically? it doesn’t have to be but it can. #regardless they’re partners in some fashion #this was hard!!!!!!!!!!!!! #i drew it like a month ago.. difficult #loosely inspired by a fic i read recently that was abt glit #which inspired me to draw this

[transformers-synergize]

soundwave with his 2 lil minbots cassettes and 3 minicons cassettes

A high-ranking decepticon only outranked by Megatron himself, Soundwave is smart, logical, efficient , loyal, and one of the most dangerous decepticons out there, co-leading the decepticons stranded on earth with Starscream. though often he and Startscream are working against each other rather than with each other. Starscream wants to run things differently, while Soundwave wants to continue fallowing Megatron's old orders until they can get back in contact with Cybertron and get new orders from Megatron.

Though Soundwave's dry, monotone way of speaking and efficient way of carrying out tasks might make you think he is not the creative type, he is actually quite the artist, most often expressing himself through music ragging between several different cybertronian music genres.

just the lil guys

#soundwave #rumble #frenzy #ravage #ratbat #lazerbeak #transformers fan continuity #transformers #art post #redesign #transformers synergize #tfs #they have cassetes have character bulet points but i didn't feel like turning it into decpecription #maybe later #mini cons and mini bots are 2 diffrent things mincons are more like vary smart animals while mini bots are just vary short dudes #Cassettes carriers like all cybertronians cannot create sparks but are able to take other bots as sorta symbiotes #Cassettes carriers have the ability to stabilize unstable spark #so often but not always cassette are bot with unstable sparks that would not live long on their own #Cassette carriers also have the ability to heal and even edit sparks slightly but don't worry about that :) #Mini bot twins are the most common type of mini bot cassette #If a spark slits into twins and there's no enough spark material the two new sparks will be unstable #Without a cassette carrier bots like these only live a few months at most #rumble is like 5.10ft 177cm #frenzy is like 6.4ft or 194 #they art just human sized #rumble and frenzy are not the biggest threat to other bots but they are scary as shit to humans #they can fit were most humans fit #you cannot hide from them #maccadam

[arceespinkgun]

One thing I really love about the UK Marvel continuity is how it handled Decepticon leadership. All of the leaders were so unique and well-defined characters! There are so many civil wars among the Decepticons that I actually lost count. I think they each show different aspects of Decepticon culture, too. In this post I wanted to showcase the leaders and discuss why I really enjoyed the way they were portrayed!

Megatron: used to be the equivalent of an Olympic athlete. Started the War by preying on political unrest caused by preexisting tensions between the city-states, an aging Autobot council who wouldn't listen to their one radical voice (Emirate Xaaron), and a lack of resources. He started the War with a plan to equip giant engines to Cybertron to pilot it around the universe to conquer other planets lol Megatron is a dictatorial strongman at heart, and his major trait seems to be his indomitable will. No matter who tries to brainwash him or how embarrassed he ought to be by his defeats and stupid mistakes, he keeps going shamelessly.

Shockwave: used to be the ruler of Tarn, and constantly tries to take leadership from Megatron, probably missing the control he had over his city-state. Has a brains vs. brawn dynamic with Megatron, but tends to get extremely frazzled when things don't go his way and don't follow his twisted, self-serving idea of what logic is. However, that doesn't mean he doesn't emote.

Starscream: used to be a figurehead dictator of Vos. Generally tries to backstab whoever's in power, which is probably informed by the fact that he wasn't #1 in his own city-state back before the War. Also, props to Starscream for killing more people than Unicron (the majority get repaired, but still)! Something I find interesting is that Megatron preyed on the war between Vos and Tarn, but usually Starscream and Shockwave work well together in present-day, which suggests the whole war thing was entirely about power and not personal. They're both also ultimately cowards out for themselves.

Soundwave frames Wild Rider when, of course, Soundwave had been the real traitor the whole time

Soundwave: this continuity has such a good version of Soundwave... unlike Starscream, whose treacherous actions are big and loud, Soundwave's treachery is quiet. He serves under nearly every leader and never faces the consequences of blackmailing and betraying any of them, until eventually he is left as the ultimate leader in at least one future timeline. He is such a snake!

Straxus: initially was the leader of the Decepticons while Megatron was on Earth. Despite only being leader for a short time, he leaves a lasting impression with his absolute brutality in the way he melts POWs down to make ingots, beats his own soldiers, and is obsessed with taking over Megatron's body. He also has lasting impacts on the story overall because the identity of Megatron becomes questionable due to Straxus's attempts to subjugate his mind with his own.

Ratbat: originally kinda like Straxus's Laserbeak, Ratbat takes over and becomes one of the most intelligent leaders! He used to be an auditor and his entire philosophy surrounds being as energy-efficient as possible. He even gives Shockwave a negative performance review LMAO Interestingly, he's positioned almost as more of an enemy to the Witwicky family than to the Autobots at times. He also likes to use his own enemies as test subjects and slaves. Eventually, though, his string of successes leads to him being too arrogant for his own good.

Scorponok: wow, I don't even know where to begin. Introduced as the archenemy of Fortress Maximus, he becomes a Headmaster commander by teaming up with the evil Nebulan politician, Zarak. Scorponok begins as a complete mess, with hilariously idiotic plans like using bubbles against his enemies or humiliating the Autobots by having his soldiers defeat them in wrestling matches... and on Earth, he and his soldiers live in a dump. Literally, they live in a dump. He also has more truces than battles with Optimus Prime as he comes to know him, never having seen him until Earth. But Scorponok's ineffectual villainy and eagerness to team up with the Autobots actually leads up to something, as it becomes clear that he actually wants what's best for all transformers but needed to be inspired by Optimus Prime's compassion and support to become confident enough to risk losing the Decepticons' respect and aim for peace. Scorponok (and Optimus) show the strength that lies in choosing to give up conflict and try for peace. In some ways, Scorponok is more like Optimus Prime than Optimus is in this continuity!

Thunderwing: really fascinating. At first he kinda comes across like a generic distillation of what a Decepticon leader is, with all the traits you'd expect of one, and he even takes a test to become one... not the norm given that it's usually backstabbing and civil war that decides who comes out on top. He also thinks he fails the test because he gets distracted by revenge, but then he passes because that proves he's a true Decepticon!!! It's Thunderwing's relationship with the Matrix that is especially interesting. He's obsessed with it, but it's the Matrix's own desire to have new experiences that's corrupting his mind and eventually possesses him. Thunderwing is actually honorable and it's his goodness that allows him to temporarily fight back against it. By current TF standards, Thunderwing would actually be a Prime, since he opened the Matrix, but the Matrix isn't benevolent here. It's more like a little kid that wants to learn by acting out, and Thunderwing is a casualty of that.

Decepticon leaders don't look like this anymore!

Megadeath: the reason Thunderwing is like That™️, and the reason five specific prominent Autobots are the way they are. I mention him because he only appears in a single story in one of the annuals, yet his actions were so unspeakably horrible (the Autobots he traumatized certainly thought so) that he's one of the most sadistic Decepticon leaders ever.

Galvatron: such a multi-faceted and cool villain, that I already made a whole post about him! Notable for his cunning, his fears, and the fact that he was made from at the very least both Megatron and Straxus.

Bludgeon: introduced as part of the Mayhem Attack Squad, which is the Decepticon equivalent of the Wreckers. Specifically, he's introduced hunting down former Mayhems for fraternizing with Wreckers! Bludgeon hates the possibility of peace and loves war, to a religious degree. He thinks he believes in honor, but to be honest, he really doesn't. He's also incredibly fake in that he will pretend to be all for peace just long enough for the Autobots to let their guards down. I'm impressed by how much I love to hate this character given how short Bludgeon's time on-panel was.

There are a few other minor ones that appear as well, so there are even more! I'd like to say that while it probably shouldn't be given that this was like... the first continuity ever, as a fan who became introduced to TF during the Aligned continuity, the way the Marvel UK stories approach Decepticon leadership is so refreshing.

One reason is that Megatron is not portrayed as special just by nature of being Megatron. Yes, he started the War and founded the Decepticons, but he's not given more respect from his troops or his enemies automatically, and he gets his shit rocked constantly. Shockwave's intro was to immediately beat him up and take over, and Megatron embarrasses himself constantly. That's not to say that Megatron isn't worthy of being a Decepticon leader, no—but it means he's often shown clawing his way back up and constantly battling legitimate threats to his position. As a fan, it made me respect him a lot more.

Another thing I appreciate is the way the Decepticons are humanized. There are a lot of blatantly evil ones, but there also many of them who have a sense of honor and goodness, and it's clear that both many Decepticons and Autobots feel stuck and don't even remember why the War started at this point. And even the Decepticons who lack compassion or honor have very understandable struggles, such as facing trauma and trying to overcome it.

Along with the above point is the way the story of Scorponok is handled. I love that Scorponok is a Decepticon leader who always secretly held values that align with Autobot values, but then he ended up stuck in this bloodthirsty culture and endless conflict where he felt like he couldn't do anything, and I love how this is slowly foreshadowed throughout the comic. His friendship with Optimus is also excellent. I really enjoyed how they didn't meet until Earth and slowly became friends as they continually teamed up against greater threats. I appreciate that the Decepticon leader who's best friends with Optimus isn't like... Megatron, who started the War. I feel like a lot of newer continuities make the War center on the falling-out of two friends, which I think is a ridiculous way to handle the conflict.

Speaking of Megatron and Optimus, I appreciate how this continuity just doesn't have a lot of the dynamics that are typically present regarding these Decepticons. Megatron and Optimus are definitely each other's oldest enemy, but their conflict is de-centered in the narrative and they never had a falling-out. Instead, they always disliked each other from before the War. It's actually Shockwave who becomes the nemesis of both Optimus and Megatron for many issues! A lot of Optimus's deepest trauma was inflicted by Shockwave. Also, Megatron and Starscream still have a conflict, but that conflict is rarely present. Starscream causes problems for everyone and is mainly linked to Shockwave for a long time. And as I said before, it's Optimus and Scorponok become friends.

I think a lot of the approaches this continuity took with the Decepticons should be used in the future!

#transformers g1 #transformers marvel #Megatron #Shockwave #Starscream #Soundwave #Straxus #Ratbat #Scorponok #Thunderwing #Megadeath #Galvatron #Bludgeon #my analysis #maccadam #long post

[retr0scum]

: Halloween party :

#art #transformers #g1 #Blaster #Jazz #Soundwave #Eject #Steeljaw #Rewind #Rumblr #Frenzy #Ratbat

[archie-sunshine]

Okay, but seeing Awakened!Ravage has me curious as to what the rest of the cassettes might be like in the Fantasyformers. Like, Laserbeak and Buzzsaw are both canonically referred to as types of condor, there's Ratbat who may or may not have been a corrupt Senator who got his brain moved into a tiny cassette body, Rumble and Frenzy running around swapping paint and being menaces, and that's just the old cartoon-!!!

OKAY SO!!

in my mind, Soundwave is some version of a druid or oath of ancients paladin, possibly a bit of both, and he's got a whole menagerie of little assholes who follow him around either because of his druidic power (ratbat, ravage, buzzsaw, and laserbeak) or because they are his squires and are trying to learn from him.

in my mind, Frenzy is more interested in learning soundwave's offensive magic, and rumble is more interested in learning his battle tactics and beast mastery.

#archie answers #transformers #my art #my requests #humanformers #knightformers #rumble #frenzy #ratbat #laserbeak #buzzsaw

[qwingfish]

🐝Buzzsaw🪚 loves 🐀Ratbat🦇 very much 💞

bonus:

#transformers #soundwave #maccadam #ratbat #buzzsaw #rumble and frenzy #juladi draws #Buzzsaw will not tolerate meanies against Ratbat #soundwave's kids #juladi designs #forgot to post this #meme #leave that little guy alone #probably wont finish it so ill post it finally XD

[vinnieplushies]

Small Ratbat plush by BittersweetHavenArt ! Go check them out ! X

#plush #plushies #plush toy #plush animal #plushcore #plushie #toycore #kidcore #soft toy #stuffed animals #stuffed animal #rat #ratbat #indie plush #indie plush artist #please go check them out!!!! #rat plush #ratbat plush

[runawaymac]

Cassette (they aren't really cassettes anymore) designs for an au where everything's gone to shit so pretty normal They're Soundwave's little vampires :)

#transformers #maccadam #mon scribbles #disrepair au #ratbat #laserbeak #buzzsaw #ravage #howlback

[renewablenergon]

Masterpost of Cybertronians Feeding Humans

The Transformers (UK) #37

The Transformers (UK) #68

The Transformers (UK) #158

If there are more, including outside of this continuity feel free to add to the post!

#marvel transformers #g1 transformers #shockwave #megatron #ratbat #buster witwicky #donny finkleberg

[witchofthesouls]

You know that one video of those elephants from a elephant sanctuary that literally run to meat and greet a new orphaned baby elephant?

That’s how I imagine the first meeting between Starscream’s trine and or Soundwave and his cassettes and Megatron’s newborn/young daughter/s went 🥰

Starscream will literally shank anyone else and bury their corpse in the deepest grotto that dared be the first to greet the newsparks outside of Megatron's direct kinship-ties. This is due to Vosian-style of Seekerkin propriety, which has strict guidelines on what is and isn't acceptable within the shifting hierarchy.

Starscream may enact assassination attempts on Megatron, but that can be taken as an extension of his duties since the Decepticon SIC aligns enough to be the most prominent Ring-Wing as it encompasses internal defense of the faction/flock. Newsparks are an immense life-event to Seekerkin. Who is and isn't allowed to interact with them, especially during the initial exchange outside the carrier and sires, is a highly telling social cue to other Seekerkin. Starscream would be absolutely furious if Megatron didn't let him and his trine meet the newspark since keeping them away would cause strife with the other Decepticon Seekerkin and destabilize Starscream's authority among them.

Because Starscream is almost genial as he only done three scathing comments to Megatron, the miner thought the congratulatory Energon-wine from Thundercracker had been poisoned. The blue Seeker holds the newspark with practiced hands as Skywarp vibrates everywhere, crooning at the blind, wiggling infant. Starscream leaves a thoughtful set of training daggers, but Megatron has no idea what to do with the gruesome etchings of distorted faces done by Skywarp...

(The rest of the Air Force are hungrily waiting to start preparations for a very belated baby shower. Megatron will be up to his helmet in gifts.)

Soundwave's cassettes are the ones that actually stampede their way to coo at the newest bitty. Ratbat is enamored that he's no longer the smallest on the ship. Frenzy and Rumble jostle each other and actually have the ball-bearings to comment how tiny she is with Megatron's coding. Laserbeak enjoys a peek-a-boo game by dipping her beak down for the bitty grab, whereas Buzzsaw prefers to clean the infant. Ravage may act cool and collected compared to the rest of them, but Megatron shifts his gaze whenever the cougaraider dips her tail into the cradle-pod to play with his infant daughter.

#ask #transformers #transformers g1 #g1 #megatron #parental relationship #starscream #thundercracker #skywarp #command trine #soundwave #ratbat #ravage #frenzy #rumble #laserbeak #buzzsaw #cybertronian culture #cultural misunderstandings #culture clash #maccadam #my writing #Skywarp is from the Wastelands he gave the equivalent of spiritual protective items to place in the cradle #ravage likes playing If I Fit I Sit in the cradle pod to keep baby company #Starscream has been SEETHING since Megatron couldn't or wouldn't pick up the Seekerkin cues