#tfru

I managed to draw TFRU Starscream! I'm quite proud of it, and I feel as though my art skills are improving.

It's Rise Up's birthday! Sort of. I had the idea floating around in my head for awhile, but the oldest writing that's Rise Up related dates back to November 23rd, 2019. I don't know about anyone else, but I love behind the scenes content for shows/movies or any sort of media. So, I decided to provide some trivia about Rise Up, and myself, to show how it's grown and how my scattered brain works.

The story was originally going to take place on Cybertron, but I couldn't get my mind off of what would happen if they were on Earth.

Some of Soundwave's mannerisms are based on my dad, who helped me get into Transformers.

Colossa was originally much different, and had multiple iterations. She used to be a male character named Berserker and was created by Wheeljack rather than Perceptor. Once she became a female character, her name went from Monstrossa, to Titaness, and finally, Colossa. There was even a point when she was going to be a beastformer (or possibly a Dinobot), but I realized the idea didn't make much sense.

Thunderblast was originally going to keep the speedboat altmode she had in Cybertron, her debut show (and only appearance as far as I'm aware), though it was rather hard to keep her hidden from the humans, so she became a motorcycle instead.

Much of this was intended to be more faithful to the canon sg stories, but as I read them, I came to dislike many elements and characterizations and the whole thing just kinda went from there.

TFRU Skyfire is loosely based off of a rather toxic person I once knew. Around the time I started writing Rise Up, I wrote him to bring catharsis. We'll get to him. Just you wait.

Ravage used to be unable to talk. Also Rumble and Frenzy used to be dead.

The character I see myself in the most is Starscream, though I'm nowhere near as badass or strong. I kinda put my workaholisim and anxiety into him.

Much of the original chapter concepts have not survived. Only about five from the original list have made it into the current draft. And that may change.

Many of the older posts on this blog are woefully outdated. Take them with a grain of salt.

Starscream's Gemini Blades (and many other character's melee weapons) are a later addition, after I decided I wanted some variety in weaponry.

Music is a big part of the writing process, for concentration and setting the mood. Different characters and scenes have different songs and pieces attached. This ranges from instrumental, video game soundtracks, 80s rock, and even a few more modern songs.

Ruby's personality used to be completely opposite, she was originally a quiet, kinda shy person.

Rise Up was intended to be a short fic that was supposed to be a side project, but it ended up being much bigger than I ever imagined.

Hollow Knight ended up being a much bigger influence than I expected. In the sense that it inspired me to create deep lore and also inspired me to give the story a darker tone.

This is the first episodic story I've written, though it's not the first fanfic I've written. That honor goes to a terrible Pokémon fanfic from when I was twelve. It's gone, thankfully. I've also written other things for myself and friends, but haven't posted much.