#wheezingarrow

Seekers deserve to have a kinda small handle on their back, like just at the base of their neck wide enough to put a digit or two through. So they can be picked up like kittens. It can either fall off with age or stay there for their entire life (assuming they never receive any sort of injury). Just scoop them up and you're my friend now. No more runaway Seekerlings. Just nab you're coming with me now, do not resist.

The flock also deserve to kind of be like cats in the sense of they take turns with young, coparenting. Maybe one or both creators are worn out from one thing or another? Just need to get up and get a vent of fresh air? No problem, another jet will step in watch the little flappy bastard, whether it be the other creator, an available trinemate, or another flock member.

now for sads. It's inevitable at some point, there will be instances where the second creator has passed while a Seekerling is still young. Could be after the flappy bastard is born, could be just before, but at some point there will be an instance of a creator's partner not getting to be there to help raise said little flappy bastard. Another instance where either living creator's trine or dead creator's trine step in to fufill the primary purpose of the deceased creator. also could go the other way! Creator dies, maybe from complications or is taken out by some outside force, leaving just the second creator and flappy bastard Seekerling. Rest of the flock, especially the two creator's living trinemates will swoop in very quickly to fill that role (pun intended).

and for slightly less sads. It would also be some inevitable instance where both creators might perish in some way. Could be a flock extinction, orphaned Seekerling found in the wrecks of a bombing or after their creators were killed, could be an instance where one creator was already dead and the other perishes at some point, but either way if they don't perish and live long enough to be found (assuming one of the first three events), they're very likely to be adopted by either one of the creator's trinemates (if applicable) or potentially given to another creator who'd perhaps lost a Seekerling (maybe by defect and dispatched by the Winglord).

also give them glowsticks. please, let them have some glowsticks this can only end well.

These are all beautiful ideas, I love them so so so much buuuut I would like to add the idea of flock adopters, aka seekers that tend to take in orphaned or the rare abandoned seekerlets. For example, Wheezingarrow, who certainly picked up and raised a large amount of younglings despite never having any of his own, it’d be so fun to watch him wrangle like six seekerlets, snagging on their handles and holding them up to gently scold them. You could also consider altruistic behavior! Perhaps a seeker that lost their seekerling takes in a predacon bitlet, now wouldn’t that be chaos?

I have no doubt though that the living trinemates would eagerly scoop up the little seekerling(s), probably being extra doting given the circumstances as they don’t have the creator/sire bond the original creator did.

Also seekers working like a cat colony is 100% real in my mind, it’s where the cliques and flock ideas came to me from. They definitely take turns with their young, after all sometimes mom and dad need a fly without their little balls of chaos, who better to watch them than the rest of their trines, clique, or the flock? Love to imagine these little babysitting adventures are what got Thundercracker and Skywarp to meet as their creators and sires were apart of different cliques.

As for the glowsticks, bold of you to assume most seekerlets wouldn’t bite into them just to get a taste of those foul chemicals(<- has bitten into a few glowsticks as a child). Assuming they didn’t try to gobble on it, I can imagine some maybe snapping them open to cover themselves in the chemicals, why stick glow when you can glow? Probably would scare the life out of their parents but it would also be adorable in the sense a seekerlet might strap some glowsticks to themselves, parading around biolights they haven’t quite developed yet.

Lord wormy requests more headcanons for all of the seekers :3

YKW SAD HCS BC ANGST

Starscream - Unlike many seekers who are naturally reactive, Megatron beat the reaction out of him. Where one would normally snap if something were to be waved in their face, Starscream will flinch back but make no move to bite or posture.

Thundercracker - Because of his denser frame he often puts himself in harms way for his trine, overestimating himself at times. Unsurprisingly, he has the highest injury count.

Skywarp - Considering his processor is taken up by his warp drive and mapping software, he often finds himself in situations he doesn't remember getting into. In the beginning of the war this was a major problem.

Dirge - Dirge struggles with his standing in his trine, often uncomfortable by their constant fighting.

Thrust - Believing he should be trine leader, he has made a few attempts on Ramjet's life. he is unsure as to WHY he keeps it up or why Ramjet stays trined with him.

Ramjet - Ramjet loves his trine but the truth is he never wanted to be trine leader, he's not sure what to do when it comes to Thrust and Dirge. Though, he knows better than to allow Thrust that role.

Bitstream - His hubris often gets the better of him, resulting in many beat downs from other Decepticons.

Nacelle - Nacelle was originally a slave before the war, a servant under one of the senators. He got by due to his quiet and elusive nature.

Hotlink - He has a major soft spot for Nacelle and Bitstream, it's often used against him for others to get what they want from him.

Blackout - Blackout struggles with letting go, letting people go to be specifically.

Slipstream - No stranger to starvation.

Acidstorm - His own ability causes him to be in the medbay several times a day.

Novastorm - He keeps a holo of his conjunx and sparklings, it's a reminder of why he took in Sunstorm and Blazewake.

Ionstorm - Honestly there's nothing going on with him he's just a major glitch.

Sunstorm - Sometimes a thought crosses him, a small wonder if Primus gave him this power to punish him rather than gift him.

Cloudcover - He constantly blames himself for Sandstorm's death, can't stand looking at Blazewake.

Sandstorm - Before his death, he had promised he would take Blazewake through in electrical storm. Guess what didn't happen.

Avia - She was attached to Wheezingarrow like a leech, always exclaiming how she wanted to be a medical assistant like him. After his death she lost that dream.

Chemtrail - Having lost her creator, sire, and adoptive sire, she's a bit fussy over her trine. She's almost constantly fussing over Blast and Blazewake, scared to death she might loose them.

Blast - As the war continues, Blast slowly looses his confidence. Each bad injury sets him back and he has to regain himself.

Redwing - He often feels a hopeless, after what happened to Knockout, being unable to save his own trinemate, and witnessing Avia's tumble into grief, he's not sure if he could even be considered a medic at times.

Blazewake - After flying through his first electrical storm he buried himself in Chemtrail's arms and Chemtrail would keep it to herself that he cried.

Anyway i also remember seeing where you had this thing abt knockout being a past seeker before reprogramming....do not know if we are thinking of the same knockout (tfp etc) but May we get some Backstory Lore. Pretty Please.

If we are infact thinking of the same knockout i like to think in my head he goes street racing not only for funsies but because it fulfills something in him yet he doesnt know what (seeker go fly fast). and also his wheels being where his wings used to be perhaps...... - ☀️

You’re always welcome back!

And I like to think of TFP Knockout(he’s dreamy) when it comes to things <3

Now when it comes to lore, that’s a story! It starts a few vorns before the war, a training practice for the course of field medics due to the upcoming war. Knockout was with his trine, Redwing and Wheezingarrow, along with a few other medics from the Iacon and Praxis academies.

As field medics their practice extended to well, the field, and it was similar in how people would practice in the field as well. Their outpost was set out in the Cybertronian wilderness, a few ‘stragglers’ in caves, trenches, and some in open fields of ‘live fire’. Ultimately it was Knockout who encouraged the idea, he expressed that should the war happen seekers would only have two medics and he wanted to help in any way he possibly could.

Ultimately Cybertronian ground isn’t as stable as one would think and the active movement and unease from equipment caused a cliffface to collapse and in turn a landslide.

Now you’re probably thinking, “Why didn’t KO fly away? Surely Redwing and Wheezingarrow are fine.” All three of them were reasonably wounded, too focused on trying to help a mech who was quite stuck in one of the trenches. You can take a guess as to who that mech was.

Redwing’s left wing and leg were mangled but not entirely irreparable. Wheezingarrow’s back strut was bent out of place and he suffered minor wing damage, after the accident he needed an equivalent to physical therapy to get his wings back in working order. Knockout had taken the full brunt however, frame mostly mangled beyond repair and unlike Wheezingarrow and Redwing, missing a wing that could not be found in the wreckage. Our mystery mech survived with a few bad dents and a busted servo.

With how badly his frame was damaged they had no choice but give him a different frame. Natural seeker frames themselves are too fragile to cold forge and if you want a transplant you need one from a dead mech. Unfortunately most seekers that die are either eaten by predators or two rusted to be useable, they could also just not fit at all, so Knockout was unfortunately shit out of luck. He would end up being in the medbay for nearly half a vorn but our little mystery mech would visit him a lot, along with Redwing and Wheezingarrow of course.

Redwing is the reason Knockout got reprogrammed, while he didn’t do it himself, he and Wheezingarrow stood watch like gargoyles and despite the fact they lost Knockout as a trinemate the day he was reprogrammed they still loved him as one.

i like to think theyre both fucked in different ways from losing wheezingarrow, knockout more so of his mania and redwing more so needing to prove himself, theyve both withdrawn a lot since then but i think theyve been working on it

They both definitely miss Wheezingarrow a lot, Redwing especially because Knockout doesn’t feel the bond they had as strongly after being reprogrammed :(

I like to think that Redwing tries to make up for it by staying in contact with the sparklings Wheezingarrow took in during the war, Avia specifically. She was far too much like Wheezingarrow, adopted a lot of his mannerisms and dreams(which she lost after he offlined). Redwing sees Wheezingarrow in practically every movement Avia takes. She even shares his sense of humor.

While Knockout doesn’t have a semblance of trine anymore, Wheezingarrow’s death definitely affected him. A mech, who he didn’t quite understand his attachment to, one who cared and loved him and held him when his new frame wasn’t quite working right, died on an operating table without him. Something makes him feel like he should have been there when he returned to the All Spark, something claws at his processor that it was wrong for him to even stay away from him and Redwing, that it’s somehow his fault. It eats at him, drives him mad in a strange, almost uncanny, way.

It’s small and sweet but here you are <3

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The soft tap of pedes gathered his attention, optics slowly flickering back online as the mech moves to sit next to him. Redwing just barely manages to catch the soft yellow plating before he turns his helm away, he doesn’t want to talk. He doesn’t want to speak. He doesn’t want to experience the pain of moving on quite yet.

Wheezingarrow stays silent however, legs dangling off the runway drop. His wings are lowered, helm gently tilted to the side as he stares out over the spires of Vos. It’s almost as though he’s waiting for something and yet Redwing can’t tell what it is.

“Why did you come out? You didn’t leave him alone, did you?” Redwing questions slowly, talons tapping against the edge of the runway.

Wheezingarrow chuckles, vents exuding air as he offers Redwing a gentle smile. “No, Breakdown is with him. You’ve been so worried about him.”

“Of course I am, I mean after everything he’s been through, and I couldn’t..!” He stops when Wheezingarrow settles a servo of his shoulder, pulling the smaller seeker into his side.

“You’re the main reason he’s still alive.” The conehead smiles down at him, “It wasn’t what we wanted, sure. Will it be hard? Of course. But he’s online.”

Redwing just bites down on his glossa, nervous habits itching to his processor. “I’m happy he’s online, but was it the right decision?”

“We’ll have to find that out in time, Redwing. And right now, we have plenty of time. Just try to relax, nothing good comes from stressing yourself out.” The medic only grimaces before his attention is once again pulled as Wheezingarrow gently squeezes him, “No matter what happens, you’ll have me to help. I’m your assistant for a reason.”

Redwing can’t stop the smile that edges his expression, finally allowing his helm to nestle into his trinemate’s shoulder. “I’ll call that a promise then.”

Yep!

Knockout was indeed a seeker and I like to believe that his trinemates were/are Redwing and Wheezingarrow. Two medics and their very loyal(and very clumsy) assistant.

Go on give us a headcanon for each seeker. Not all of them of course just 99 of them :3

Bet >:3 we going in wiki order bc I forget names </3

Starscream - Starscream has a sweet tooth, aggressively so. Thundercracker and Skywarp have to hold him back from adding as much gold flakes to his energon as he can.

Thundercracker - He startles easy, very jumpy and flinchy. Not for any reason mind you, he’s just like that.

Skywarp - He mixes up things a lot but he knows his geology and chemistry, he surprisingly loves chemistry. It’s why he was so excited to go to Iacon with Starscream.

Dirge - If you need a mech with completely useless knowledge on literally anything, he’s your mech.

Thrust - He got into a fight with a chicken once, lost.

Ramjet - Once his aft is asleep he is NOT waking up, unless Thrust gets too close.

Bitstream - He is constantly on edge, very uncomfortable being in the war. Shrieks like a child.

Nacelle - Nacelle is basically just a mom to his trinemates, if you see Nacelle scowling it means Hotlink and Bitstream are in trouble.

Hotlink - Constantly figuring out new gadgets, none of which survive for more than ten minutes thanks to Bitstream

Blackout - Surprisingly chill for a seeker and abhorrently friendly at times, he’s basically down to do whatever as long as it sounds fun for him.

Slipstream - The reason seekers started eating grounders, she also has a thing against sad animal movies because and quote “I’m an air captain, I’m not crying over a stupid earth movie” after watching Homeward Bound and clinging to her Turbofox.

Acidstorm - Goes out of his way to annoy other seekers at times, acts like he didn’t do a thing and waits for Novastorm to step in.

Novastorm - Had a conjunx and two sparklings before the war, his loss is what encouraged him to take in Sunstorm, Chemtrail, and Blazewake

Ionstorm - A cunt, fucks with people on purpose and is a manipulative bastard at times at the smallest inconvenience. Made him drop his energon cube? Congrats you got the gaslight, gatekeep, girlboss package.

Sunstorm - Extremely religious, definitely ended up reading into human religions out of curiosity as well.

Cloudcover - Cloudcover is a cliquemate of Sandstorm’s, the two lost the rest of their clique during the bombing. Their close relationship may be the reason Blazewake is alive… but he isn’t exactly aware of that.

Sandstorm - Putting it out, Blazewake is Sandstorm’s brat, Sandstorm taught Blazewake as much as he could and loved his sparkling dearly. Before his death, his last thought was if he was doing Blazewake right by staying in the war.

Avia - Avia is a tiny seeker, on par with Slipstream but just a smidge taller. Unlike most seekers she has a love for squeezing into small places. Places she definitely shouldn’t be in. One of Chemtrail’s not-so siblings.

Chemtrail - Chemtrail is a young seeker that never got to know her sire and creator as they died in the bombing. She was taken in by Wheezingarrow and then was taken in by Novastorm when he passed.

Blast - A rebellious little dipshit, he likes to steal things from Autobots to inconvenience them rather than snuff sparks. One of his favorite moves is flying low and snatching blasters from their opposing faction. He also likes throwing the mechs themselves so maybe he does like snuffing sparks.

Redwing - While he may be a seeker medic, he is not kind. Sympathetic to those injured, he will still bark at you for getting injured in the first place. Has a heavy soft side for sparklings after the bombing.

Blazewake - After Sandstorm’s death, Blazewake became increasingly stubborn and apathetic towards others almost to the point he refused to trine. However, he did, after much nudging from Chemtrail and Blast, they’re best friends.

Wheezingwing

If you struggle with depictions of death, specifically loss of a loved one, please keep in mind your mental wellbeing when reading this <3