fierceawakening:

leggystarscream:

sephirose:

One thing I’d love to see in a future TF series is a Starscream that isn’t looked down on, degraded or made a joke. I want a Starscream that may not be liked among the Decepticon ranks, but good Lord is he respected.

He’s no Megatron, but he’s his own breed of scary. He’s the Crown Prince of a polity/kingdom that has stood on its own for milllennia. He has commanded airstrikes on Autobot settlements and bases and refuses to leave anyone alive. He is a master manipulator that can serenade you so well you don’t even know you’re being played until it’s too late. He graduated top of his class in Crystal City and he’s been involved in numerous secret raids on Autobot bases and has over 10,000 confirmed kills.

I want a series where Starscream shows up and the human governments get this look on their faces that says we are so fucked. I want a series where the kid allies almost pee themselves with fear when he lands.

Starscream is the Second in Command for a reason—he’s not Megatron, not by a long shot, but he is not to be taken lightly.

I want a series where Starscream alone is competent and able to lead the Decepticons to near victory, even without Megatron.

The humans can’t out gun him on their own; he’s just too good. The Autobots? Well, the more competent fighters can take him – Optimus could wipe the floor with him – but Starscream never, EVER fights fair. Ambushes, traps, moral dilemmas, all that jazz.

And then, the moment the Autobots have finally cornered him, got Starscream on the run? Because that has to happen, narratively – they are the Good Guys, and they are Going To Win.

What happens then?

“Welcome back, Master.”

And then maybe Starscream does his usual traitor song and dance. Maybe at one point, he even manages to lead a coup against Megatron for long enough to seize power (until Megatron comes back and beats the tar out of him)

But a loyal Starscream means a terrifying duo to face on the battlefield. A loyal Starscream means run for the Prince of Vos to fall.

We have so many other characters that can be the Deceptichew toy. It shouldn’t, however, be the Second-in-Command

GRABBY HANDS.

THE GRABBIEST.

ewebean:

IM SO PISSED. STOP REPOSTING ART. DO YOU REALIZE ARTISTS SHARE OUR WORK IN GOOD FAITH THAT NO ONE WILL TAKE IT?

“Why is reposting bad? Even if I credit and source it?”

Because you are literally doing it for notes. You are taking publicity from an artist’s work where they can’t control or oversee the public response to their art. This is a serious problem. How would you feel if I took your school paper. A paper you wrote yourself, and posted online to share with other students. You included a paragraph summary of its contents on the post. And I took that paper, reposted it, and said “haha look guys at this awesome paper it’ll probably help” why is that bad? Because I am taking away the original writer’s, YOUR captions away. Now you are unable to control this new imposter’s publicity all because I reposted it.

How about a piece of broccoli. If I cooked and steamed this piece of broccoli and nailed it to the fucking wall and was like “I did this” and you right clicked that piece of fucking broccoli, saved it in a folder full of other stolen vegetables, and reposted it with “Ewe nailed a piece of broccoli to the wall” is not the same. Now out there in the world is another piece of steamed broccoli nailed to the wall I didn’t give permission to be made into existence.

DONT EVEN GET ME STARTED ON POSTS THAT SAY “Credit goes to whoever drew this” DONT EVEN START. YOU LAZY SACK OF POTATOES