Transformer Oc - Blog Posts

Working on my transformer oc! She's a Decepticon medic name Moonwaver and her Alt-mode is Bombardier Learjet 35A. She still a work in progress so this may not be her final design.

Altmodes and sense of self

Hi there. I'm not exactly sure how to Tumblr, but hey, I have to start somewhere, haven't I?

I have recently created this guy as a bit of a proof of concept: it's possible for a cybertronian of a right size to take not a new altmode, but a different robomode. Well, it involves some Fallout, but for those that don't know -- top right is an assaultron, a relatively common enemy and sometimes ally in the series. Sorry for a messy pencil drawing, it was intended to be an inside for-roleplay thing.

Reineke has two alternate stories -- a damaged synth replacing parts with an assaultron armour or a stranded beastformer minicon. Both have a bit of an issue with what they are, but it's easier when your mask is just a mask, not your literal body parts.

Imagine being able to change your body to blend in (the existence of that blending in ability in cybertronians raises questions of their own, but of more or less ecological regard), and you change your face, too. Is that still you? You interact with other beings, trying to provide expected behaviour. Eventually this pretending becomes a second nature. Your character drifts and changes under the circumstances. Radiation can damage some circuitry and knock memories out of place. When you look into a mirror, you don't remember how you were before. Is that still the same you that took a different face some time ago?

Humans have strong connection between their "self" and their looks. New clothes might be wearing you, and I sometimes wear my favourite shirts as a little confidence boost despite nobody being able to see them under my jacket. Would that also be true for cybertronians? Would an earthen altmode affect the self-interpretation, since the root mode changes with new kibble, too?

Also, I know there is a distinction in IDW between "cold construction" (they can only assume alts similar to their natural one) and "forging" ("natural" way with an unrestricted altmode choice), but it's not true for every continuity (TFP Starscream implies that Knockout chose a grounder alt, and Skyquake's everything also implies not having wings to be an option despite being rather plane-shaped; he and Airachnid honestly imply that they didn't have an alt before, I think -- but I know that alien alts in the show would be costly). So in some continuities bots can, in theory, change alts and kibble drastically as often as they want. Would it be something frowned upon? Something "childish", what you do when you aren't sure what you want to be? How much your altmode defines *you*, and how much you would pick an alt because of who you are? Can "dramatic altmode change" be the same as human "dramatic hairstyle change" trope?

And then there are multiple alts and oddballs like Skylinx. I think they deserve a separate rant with questions.

MY OC LOOKS LIKE DOG DOODOO, IM SO TIRED OF COLORING HER THAT I GAVE UP‼️💔💔 (I’ve been coloring/ drawing since March 6-7th)

I don’t like knowing a C-130 Hercules exhaust, I looked up what it can do and I’m genuinely praying on their downfall. ITS SO FUKING BIG AND WHEN IT DETONATE ITS GUNS OR WHATEVER, LOOKS LIKE ANGEL WINGS‼️

(I have megalomania)

Anyways bc I'm mentally ill and a transformer fanatic—

I created an au where the Kratt brothers stumble upon a space pod that crashed with a transformer that has no memories from Cybertron or the War and they're just like "Your my friend now :)".

Since they don't remember their name Martin named them Ember as a nickname since they kept poking the campfire.

And their alt mode is a jeep just like the Createrra LMAO—

If it were in episodes- it'll be so much shorter bc Ember just- squishes Zach bots or just picks them up holding them hostage until the Kratt brothers free the animals lol.

Great cover up too since Aviva is a great inventor so they can just use the excuse that she built them

Like in Rescue bots :]

Zach would try to capture Ember times in the future to get ahold, thinking it's a very advanced tech from Aviva (inspired by M.E.C.H. from TFP)

Will show art soon, I love them sfm. Optimus is going to find them and go like "who is this lost child-"

Height comparison to my OC JetSpark (Dakr blue) and all the others (Bayverse heights). To be honest I’m thinking of putting him in the IDW comics instead of Bayverse, I love the art style of the comics and I’m really bad at realism… I think it would be easier for me to learn anatomy from the comics too!! Though I still have to read them, IM JUST HAVING SUCH A HARD TIME FINDING THEM UGH. IDK WHY BUT FINDING THE IDW TRANSFORMERS COMICS FOR FREE IS SO HARD UUGUGUGUUHUGUGUHHUGGHUGUG!!!!!!! 😔

(Idk why I didn’t do IDW heights vro, I’m literally planning to put him in that version, I’m actually dumb WTH)