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Pls hear me out he’s not as bad as he seems 😭(he absolutely is)

Since you have a comfort ship- then do you have a dis-comfort ship? (As in ships that make u uncomfortable)

Froid and Sunder.

this isn't me hating on this ship bc i don't mind it tbh??? I just fuckin... hate sunder and think he's the most unfuckable creature in the world. I hate his design and his whole vibe. fuck that guy.

but also live your bliss froid/sunder girlies

#sunder

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“You’ve lost your sight privileges now think about what you’ve done”

It would be funny if taking away Sunder’s sight would calm him down, like how turning a shark upside down makes them docile.

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What if it was sunshine x sunshine protector but it was reversed.

The sunshine is grumpy and cold but has a heart of gold. The sunshine protector is cheerful and bubbly and extroverted.

Imagine if sunshine thinks protector is better than them because they’re better at socializing and people like them better, but protector thinks that sunshine is better because of how passionate they are about doing the right thing no matter what.

#reminds me of #dratchet #if someone’s mean to sunshine they usually brush it off because they empathize even with people who are bad #from their cold demeanor people expected sunshine to flip but instead the friendliest person in the room is like #say that again bitch #book tropes #movie tropes #character tropes #prompts #sunshine x sunshine protector #sunshine x grumpy

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It would be funny if taking away Sunder’s sight would calm him down, like how turning a shark upside down makes them docile.

#mtmte #maccadam #mtmte sunder #sunder

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The Nr.1 WINGman😎😎😎

heh, got the joke? cause he´s got - nevermind.

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Me thinking about Tarn's narrative role as the living embodiment of Megatron's legacy of destruction.

#this is the realist thing I’ve ever seem

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On Tarn and His Mask

I think it's interesting that Tarn, despite being the leader of the DJD, sticks out in how comparatively ordinary he is in appearance. All the other members have in-built physical quirks that set them apart from your usual Cybertronian, be it a massive blender in their midsection, empty eye sockets, a detachable face or a smelting pot alt-mode. Tarn opted out of any such features even though he was fully re-engineered from his post-Empurata frame at some point. All Tarn really has going for him is the (cool) mask, but beneath that, he is just your regular Cybertronian.

Furthermore, Tarn holds much more fervor for the Decepticon cause than his team members, and he even claims to not enjoy the torture they enact as much as the others do, choosing to look away from it at opportune moments. He even claims that hiding his closed eyes whenever he chooses to turn away from the torture is the purpose of the mask, of which I am doubtful, but it's certainly a fascinating visual for a character's distaste towards their own actions to be hidden behind a cover shaped like their faction's insignia. Either way, in his eyes, he is doing something necessary for the Decepticon cause, not just engaging in gratuitous violence.

To me, his appearance and the way it differs from his team has a strong relation to his backstory. Although Tarn is an outlier and a powerful figure in the Decepticon faction, he was still once a regular mech, a greatly underprivileged mech, even. His turn towards the Decepticon cause is framed as something drastic, something that was exceptionally unlikely for a mech like him, yet under Megatron's guidance, he became the worst of the faction.

In this way, his design, specifically his mask being his most distinguishing characteristic, is emblematic of the corrupting force of Megatron and the Decepticon cause. Outwardly, not much about him suggests his penchant for violence extreme even by Decepticon standards (let's ignore the menacing black-purple color scheme he ain't special in that). Even the special power he uses to kill was once used to save. It's the Decepticon cause and Megatron, symbolized by the mask he wears, that made him the cruel sadist that he is.

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I told my friend that I like transformers and they said “yeah I don’t know anything about transformers. Optimus prime. The yellow one. Starscream?”

#maccadam #transformers #transformers g1 #starscream #g1 starscream #tfp starscream #armada starscream #idw starscream

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Hey btw, here's a piece of life advice:

If you know what you'd have to do to solve a problem, but you just don't want to do it, your main problem isn't the problem itself. Your problem is figuring out how to get yourself to do the solution.

If your problem is not eating enough vegetables, the problem you should be solving is "how do I make vegetables stop being yucky". If your problem is not getting enough exercise, the problem you should be solving is "how do I make exercise stop sucking ass". You're not supposed to just be doing things that are awful and suck all the time forever, you're supposed to figure out how to make it stop being so awful all the time.

I used to hate wearing sunscreen because it's sticky and slimy and disgusting and it feels bad and it smells bad, so I neglected to wear it even if I needed to. Then I found one that isn't like that, and doesn't smell and feel gross. Problem solved.

There is no correct way to live that's just supposed to suck and feel bad all the time. You're allowed to figure out how to make it not suck so bad.

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Whirls story is so damn tragic. He didn’t want to fight anyone, he just wanted to make clocks. But the functionalists wanted him to fight and eventually they won. Even after they were gone he’d still choose fighting. He hates them with everything he has but they will always be a part of who he is. No matter what, they still won because even if he isn’t fighting for them, they still made him what they wanted, a weapon.

#mtmte #maccadam #mtmte whirl #whirl #I love this sociopathic helicopter so much #the ramblings of a madwoman

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big grumpass cat

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In one panel of mtmte, Pharma says “righto” and now I always read him a high pitched, thick British accent. (Please send help it won’t stop)

#mtmte pharma #mtmte #maccadam #Pharma

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FANTASYFORMERS REQUESTS YOU SAY!!!!!! sorry for being cringe but i would love to see tailgate, cyclonus, or whirl....

RAARGHHHGH YESYESYES!!!

I- this fantasy kick is KILLING MEEEEE

anyways!! Tailgate!! i imagine he'd be like- a yak farmer in the high north who fell under some kind of ice fairy curse that put him in a magical slumber for hundreds of years. He's a halfling! I think i should make all the minibots halflings in this au tbh <3

WHIRL! I think whirl would be a cursed elf, cursed by a previous tyranical religious leader,(The senate) to live permanently marked for his crimes <3

AND CYCLONUS! A revenant knight lost without a charge or object of devotion since his revival <3

YES... YESS THEMMMM Arghhh! anyways everyone suggest more mtmte characters to redesign!!!

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Gonna get a bit obscure (had to check to make sure you hadn't drawn them)

Trailbreaker perchance?? Bard type character (with his drinking...habits)

Also shocked no ones asked for the classic villains like Galvatron, Tarn+DJD, or Overlord

YOU DONT HAVE TO DO ALL OF THEM just some bbgs to consider <33

I'm not gonna do the WHOLE djd (though there is a request for kaon im still mulling over) but heres tarn at least!! I have a thing for putting him in furs, i just think it suits him...

he kinda.... looks pretty similar to normal, i feel like he already kinda looks knight esque in mtmte