#transformers bullets

[robot-thighs]

hello maccadams fans,

so! i kept stumbling across mentions of the short story "Bullets" on tfwiki, because it had important lore about Kimia and some characters who would later appear in MTMTE. but because it was an exclusive that was only published in the TPB for "Last Stand of the Wreckers," not many people have probably read it. it's a prequel story to LSOTW and DOES contain some spoilers if you haven't read that series, but it's also interesting how much jro is obviously setting up for MTMTE, even tho this was written about 2 years before MTMTE started coming out. pretty sure this is the first canonical appearance of Rung.

anyway, because this was so hard to track down, I took the time to find a scan of the LSOTW trade paperback and used an ocr scanner to transcribe it so that I could share it and make it more accessible. I've only ever found a few transcriptions of the first chapter, but not the whole thing. it's very interestingly written, and also contains some interesting criticism of Furmanisms. I highly recommend anyone who is a fan of MTMTE/LL or LSOTW give it a read. The ending still has me shook.

Disclaimer: I didn't change the writing at all, but i did omit a couple very obvious typos that were printed in the TPB, and I fixed some of the formatting issues where chapter breaks were missing or put in the wrong place. otherwise, this writing is completely unaltered. Also, I did read this over like 3 separate times as I was working to transcribe and format it, but because ocr scans can be unpredictable, it's very possible I missed a few minor things.

Anyway please read and enjoy!

-day

edit: fixed the title for the link

#maccadam #transformers #idw transformers #mtmte #lost light #rung #last stand of the wreckers #lsotw #transformers bullets #jro #ironfist #brainstorm #tf first aid #springer #perceptor #guzzle #tf pyro #kup #rotorstorm #tf skyfall #topspin #twin twist #tf idw1 #transfoama #please dont come down on me hasbro or idw or jro i just wanted people to see this

[bepisprime]

Original comic

#transformers #ironist #fisitron #skyfall #lsotw #transformers bullets #sorry for using the same pic of skyfall twice but in my defence it's not like he shows up a lot in IDW #anyway skyfall sucks <3 #shout out to ironfist for being the worst judge of character in tf history

[byrdblood]

"lifetime achievement award" but playing from, like, 3 apartments down at a frat party and you've had the worst day of your life

#bob velseb #spooky month #spooky month 5 #sr pelo #my art #listen i firmly headcanon that the amulet gave him the ability to transform #hence the SIGNIFICANT quality increase of his costume and the fact its still on in the autopsy room #but if say he needed to spend lots of that energy healing #healing say 10 bajillion bullet wounds and several encounters with a car #maybe hed be human idk #also mild gore/injury warning

[skeledorky]

"Sir... we have a situation."

Based on The Grim Dark Archives by @lets-try-some-writing !!

I know that Rafael and the other kids aren't present (yet?) in this series, but there's something about a horrifying alien robot being "friends" with a human that just made me go nuts creatively. :3

#I think Raf would see this as something like “The Iron Giant” #He's more like leverage so the human government can't attack the Autobots. I can see Agent Fowler sweating bullets. #the grim dark archives #grimdark #transformers prime #tfp #tfp bumblebee #tfp bee #tfp rafael #tfp raf #maccadam #dorky's art #(On a side note WOW Bee was hard to paint he actually took me hours between multiple days 💀)

[f-15-h]

Recent stack of soft body Megatron and Starscream

Also floof plane ver of both of them

Cuz I miss drawing monster planes

#my art #maccadam #megatron #doodle #transformers #starscream #transformers soft body #aeromorph #also eating bullets is kinda like children eating crayons but for transformers #megastar #bomber megs is a pigeon #stealth bomber megatron #air superiority lesbians

[bramblesramblesintoshambles]

Trying to include a werewolf in your story often causes an expectation they will transform for your audience. You have a lot of options for this, but once you've committed to one it's said something about the nature of a werewolf.

Painful transformations can make us feel horrified while watching it, and hope we never endure that kind of agony (AAWIL);

A swift and controlled change can emphasize the power a werewolf has, making this curse more aspiration (Underworld);

Instances where the transformation is very gradual over days leading up to the moon can be fairly tragic due to the loss of autonomy these characters experience (Silver Bullet).

It can be tempting to commit to an aesthetic, however it's essential to ensure the themes of your werewolf story match it. A werewolf who transforms relatively quickly and painlessly isn't going to mesh with a horrific and tragic narrative. They can still work. For instance, the emphasis on how easy it is to let go of their humanity, to indulge, how hard it is to keep the beast at bay. These are themes you can explore in a quick transformation. Perhaps, full moon changes are slow and painful because the human side is fighting their beast trying to tire it out before it gains control. In that we see a more heroic element to the lycanthrope.

Please reblog with your favourite werewolf transformations! Pretty sure my fav. is from Hemlock Grove, just so visceral!

#stories #writing #werewolf #werewolves #lycan #lycanthrope #urban fantasy #shapeshifter #monster #an american werewolf in london #underworld #silver bullet #fiction #werewolf fiction #transformation #themes #tropes #writing tropes #creative writing #Youtube

[livefreebutwisely]

Thinking again about Katsuki coming back to life, how he had no idea what was happening but he just heard Izuku screaming in disperation and started looking for him and then proceeded to throw himself at him without hesitation to help him.

#mha #my hero acedamia #boku no hero academia #bnha #manga spoilers #izuku midoriya #bakugo katsuki #bkdk #bakudeku #ktdk #katsudeku #he had no idea that was afo #he didn't even saw all might till he transformed himself in a fucking full speed bullet #all he was thinking about was izuku and how help him #him yelling “we win this” not (just) as a threat/statment to afo but as a promise to izuku #i'm going insane

[noodleblade]

i love brainstorm so much. i love his character and his plotline and his relationships. he's layered and fun and tragic and a funky fella

i also love brainstorm because he's the perfect scapegoat to explain fanfic plotholes

"why does [nonsensical fanfic plot] happen?" "oh you know, one of brainstorm's inventions"

easy money

#brainstorm #mtmte #transformers #i LOVE him but sometimes i need him to take a bullet for me in coming up for a reason for a plot device to happen #anyways thank you brainstorm for killing rodimus bad enough on accident that it doesnt stick and he can be a ghost temporary in my next wip #rambles

[jessenitrogen]

lab results (TF:Breaking Point)

ft my tf oc Carrie, shes a medic that likes to poke fun at her patients which often lead to them not knowing shes threatening them to take care of themselves. overall shes cool I love her

#wheeljack finds out he is not a bullet sponge for the upteenth time #transformers #maccadam #tf #tf oc #tf breaking point #fan continuity #continuity #wheeljack #bulkhead #bulkjack #tfp #transformers prime #robots in disguise #rid #tf ocs #my art #jnart #jntfocs

[spiteless-xo]

i've spent the past couple days outlining a couple different long-fic ideas so i have something to build off on when i go on christmas holidays and the reiner/reader fic i have plotted feels like a hallmark movie 💀💀

#big city girl goes back to her small town for a funeral and reconnects with her high school sweetheart #who just so happens to be the community organizer and local project coordinator #and reader's current job as (some corporate bs) becomes a valuable asset in helping reiner with a big community event #strong themes of grief and the transformative power of shared experiences in healing #blah blah blah oh and it's christmas #there's probably 30 hallmark movies with this exact plot #although im suffering from writers block i've been outlining like crazy #ive written four whole fics in point form!! start to finish!! plus themes and foreshadowing!! #i just gotta turn these bullet points into chapters 💀

[ohdearlingwhathappened]

May or may not be working on an Earthspark Optimus Prime fic...

Here's a sneak peek:

“A lot happens when you go missing for fourteen years. So, spill it, what made you disappear?” Dots hands landed on her hips and her smile vanished, replaced by the serious expression she often wore as a lieutenant. Y/n casts their gaze toward the ground, an ounce of shame wiggling into their brain over just suddenly disappearing all those years ago.

               The relationship between Optimus and Y/n had been kept somewhat under wraps, as the fear of being used against each other and just the distraction of being in and at the end of a war were enough to keep everything quiet, but there were a few who had more of an idea of what was going on, like Dorothy and some of the other bots. But Y/n never let anyone know they were leaving- they didn’t want to be followed and convinced to come back. They couldn’t face him.               

“Y/n?” And just like that, they are snapped out of their thoughts. Y/n’s arms going around their torso, an attempt to comfort themself that just didn’t seem to be doing the job.

Guys, I already have 800 words, and I'm not even close to being done. Send help

#optimus prime #Optimus #Transformers #transformers earthspark #optimus prime x reader #reader #fanfic writing #it's gonna be angsty folks #I might end it with comfort #depends #depends if it's wanted #depends if I'm feeling nice #I promise I'll work on my Eustass fic #I just need to get this out of my system #Boy I hope you bullet proof cause this about to hurt #Angst #tw angst #human reader #GHOST

[hippiewerewolf]

Silver Bullet/ Cycle of the werewolf is so underrated. ❤️🐺

Reverend Lowe done in ink / posca / alcohol markers.

#art #my art #artists on tumblr #horror art #werewolf #werewolf art #werewolf transformation #silver bullet #stephen king #reverend lowe #Everett McGill #cycle of the werewolf

[lasagnaisoverrated]

My little baby is ready for war

#transformers #tf idw #war crimes #bumblebee #bullet #transformers figures #poor little guy #hes so silly

[professionallydorkish]

OK (lots of) thoughts about tf Rise of the Beasts (spoilers below)

I'm just gonna put these thoughts as bullet points bc there's no real rhyme or reason to the flow of these thoughts . THAT SAID I watched the movie Friday night and have been stewing on some things, and reading some other people's thoughts, so thought I'd throw my own together here

OVERALL I thought it was a fun movie, and mostly good - like, I'd go back to watch it maybe 1-2 more times at the theatre. On discount ticket days or smth. That said, unpopular opinion, I don't think it was AS GOOD as people have been hyping it up to be (but I really WANTED it to be that good)

And like, I can probably tell y'all now that the things bugging me are probably nitpicky, but were bothering all the same. For instance,

Mirage - I *adored* him as a character. He was SO SWEET and fun and has SUCH FUN RELATIONS with the humans, and it's extremely enjoyable to see other Autobots forming those human relations outside of Bumblebee. BUT. Why... Mirage? There are DOZENS of other characters that could have fit this bill without having to give a total personality change to an existing character (thinking of Smokescreen, Jazz, Tracks, Hot Rod, either of the Lambo twins, even Blurr ... all of these characters can fit a youthful / pranking / kind of reckless speedster profile that cares about their appearance and is slightly anti-authority but heart of gold enough to go against Prime's wishes in a charming way). It's not *bad* to see Mirage like this, but again .... it just threw me a little bit. It also makes me curious as to what this means for characterization in the future. Again, I really liked him, thought he was super sweet, and obviously his abilities were super cool to see on screen!

I'm also extremely conflicted on having Unicron & co as the big bads for this movie. I've seen some mixed opinions on this as well, and generally agree that having Unicron as a looming presence and not actually destroyed at the end of the film was handled well. HOWEVER - and this is probably coming form my own wishes, seeing as it was called Rise of the Beasts, and REALLY just wanting to see more Beast Wars characters - I think they could've gone a different route with the antagonists that wouldn't have felt so grand life and death

Actually, tangent here, I think that was one of the things that actually had me feeling disappointed with the movie. I think I went in with expectations and standards close to what I felt after watching the Bumblebee movie for the first time. And the conflict in Bumblebee isn't some grand end-of-world threat (as seen on the screen - sure it's a looming possibility etc etc but), it's a small cast and a very personal conflict in that sense. ROTB returns to having huge stakes, larger cast of characters that can't ALL get a chance to shine, but imo not a large enough cast to take on a threat like UNICRON

So like. I'm glad that it wasn't directly Unicron, and instead got to see his power play out through Scourge and his team.

But still, I think it would've been cool to have our antagonists be those from Beast Wars as well (although I admit that I'm not super familiar with the series both tv & comics but STILL. I think it would've been cool to see Dinobot and Inferno and shit). I think this would've been SUPER COOL to see the Maximals shine even more!!

They all had such cool designs, and I really loved Primal & Air Razor. I wish we could've had more of Cheetor and Rhinox ;-;

I was actually annoyed with the resolution of the warp bridge explosion to send Unicron back 😭 particularly since it was ESTABLISHED that an explosion would have the FORCE OF A SUPERNOVA -- a fucking SUPERNOVA MY FRIENDS Earth should be PERISHED in an explosion like that!! The opening of the bridge portal to Unicron could explain SOME of the force being applied back through the opening but for the Earth to not really experience any of the damage, AND FURTHERMORE FOR NO GRAVE INJURIES TO COME TO PRIME, PRIMAL, OR NOAH/MIRAGE IN SUCH CLOSE PROXIMITY....

Just. If you're GOING to prop up something as a danger, and have an action posed as a non-viable solution to the problem (and have a good alternative ie. the passcode!), but then ultimately have to go back to explosion -- it should be held up as impactful as stated!! Like listen I KNOW we go into movies with the expectation that our friends on screen will be okay BUT OPTIMUS SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO GET OUT OF THAT THAT EASILY. It also, imo, feels like it weakens Primal's oath to him in his sacrifice.

Also side note I actually did quite like the humans & the interpersonal relations happening - between Noah, his brother, Elena, and with the bots - I wish there was a bit more of it even! In concept, ex-military man who values family over the country & archeologist intern, BOTH POC, are FASCINATING CHARACTERS TO HAVE AND PLAY WITH. I think there's a lot of potential.

ALL OF THIS ASIDE. I thought it was a fun movie, I'm hopeful for what the franchise will bring. I'd REALLY LIKE for Travis Knight & Studio & Bee movie writers to come back on future movies (getting to the credits of this film and realizing it was Bay, Spielberg, and NOT writers from the Bee movie actually felt like that explained a LOT for where my disappointment and story inconsistencies were coming from)

#transformers #maccadam #Rise of the Beasts #tf rotb #rotb spoilers #okay I know there's like. a LOT of negative bullet points on here I swear I actually enjoyed the movie #I just also see where it could've been even BETTER #also please excuse that there's so many goddamn words. I don't know how to shut up about these things #after watching the movie I probably talked about it for like 2-3 hours with 2 people and I can't talk their ears off any more #also WILL be posting some thoughts on the a/tsv movie but specifically like 2 things and it won't be this long promise #ANYWHOO if ppl have other thoughts to these I would love to hear them and see if maybe I'm just misinterpreting things or looking too deep #also final note. I think Optimus' characterization is growing on me from this movie. I was a lil iffy about it but the more I sit with it #the more I like it #okay byee

[bloombird]

Transfem & Transmasc Solidarity: Weaver Knit and Azure Gig Transfem & Transmasc Hostility: Byrna and Raif Twinwood

#azure: you're like a big sister i've never had #weaver: awww thank you :D #raif: bullets your REAL sister is gonna choke me- HELP!! #byrna: so you're dating my brother.. #basically that lesbian and gay solidarity/hostility meme but its trans behehe #YES RAIF AND AZURE ARE BOTH TRANS AND DATING WHAT'RE YOU GONNA DO ABT IT #botbots #tf botbots #transformers botbots #botbots oc #weaver knit #azure gig #raif twinwood #byrna

[outerplanetvibes]

#maccadam #transformers #transformers victory #tf headmasters #RiD01 #road caeser #landcross #dinoking #liokaiser #rail racer #tf landfill #tf ruination #tf raiden #brainmasters #multiforce #dinoforce #breastforce #team bullet train #build team #trainbots #tf