#zetastar

1. ...Here's me also wanting to pimp out the Primes' friends. I gave Bee wings since he doesn't have them in One, and I gave Elita some bling since she deserves something special as well. When Bee gets his cape is when he gives the bandana back to Soundwave. 2. Other Prime is definitely in charge of making sure neither him nor Optimus are late to meetings. 3. Have Zeta and Starscream together. Crackship initially but now I'm invested. I've watched One 8 times with my mom (twice in Japanese) and twice by myself--we're matching each other's crazy istg... Also the pose is based on how cozy @/energ00n draws Zeta Prime because have you seen the way they draw him??? He is SO pretty and gentle looking (won't tag them bc it's the second time I'm making this post). I've kept his hands white because I want y'all to be able to see their hands. I've worked too hard on them for this being a bundle of concept sketches LMAO 4. Maybe Starscream and Sentinel used to be friends at some point, then Sentinel started to change? Either way, I thought it would be interesting if Sentinel turned into a sort of "don't speak out of turn" type of meeting regulator and when Shockwave would eventually blurt out something because he thought of something as unfair... Sentinel ordered his mutilation as punishment. 5. Speaking of, I decided to make Shockwave look like his SG self but with a little bit of red so him and Soundwave match like they did in SG!!! 6. If you've read my memo on the concept page, ignore the comment about just Other Prime being considered conventionally attractive. Both Primes probably are but I'd like to think that magazines with Other Prime on the cover run out faster than ones with Optimus on them. Something about his big build contrasting his pretty face, maybe! 7. I'm still having trouble designing the Primes and their friends alsdjkfajslkdfj;;; I want the balance of the gold to be good and not overdone like Sentinel so I'm trying my hardest to bling them out as softly as possible. The location of the gold on Other Prime's helmet and the amount of embellishment regarding Optimus are points I'm having trouble with;;

⚠️Deja vu warning!⚠️

Concepts #3~#10 are all drawings I've uploaded before, but I deleted the original post because it was an intimidating wall of text lmao. So, I've decided to repost all of my drawings but separately, because I want to show the concept sketches(?) I worked on in between breaks from doing schoolwork.

1. Okay hear me out. I want Starscream to be in love y'all have NO idea I'm like ill or something;;; What if he was in love with one of the 13 Primes since he worked closest to them as the captain (commander?) of the High Guard. Prima and Solus are in charge of pushing them together LMAO 2. Skywarp stayed behind while Thundercracker agreed to go with Starscream in case anything were to happen. They exchange intel, and the Autobots/Council are aware of this. Please do not mind how they look, I plan to draw them more in the future so they'll look better than this haha;; 3. Each main member of the Autobots have their "personal Decepticon" that they're with frequently, especially in combat. With Elita and Blinky, they're probably in charge of protecting one another equally, but it depends on the setting. For example, when in a meeting, Elita's probably a guard. When fighting against an enemy, Blinky's by Elita's side like a retainer. 4. Bee probably dissociates when by himself. He also probably looks like he's seen some things... I love the concept of Bee being the oldest member of the main 4 due to the sheer amount of time he's been down there. Also. Snack buddies with Rung! 5. Bee is the ambassador for the Autobots/Council because of his talking prowess. 6. Bayverse reference. Optimus and Other Prime are probably called by their former names by the other 2 members of their friend group, and also each other.  7. Holding Bee's hand calms him down, as figured out by Rung. It "quiets" his mind and calms him down. Rung then suggests having people he cares about hold his hands whenever he starts to feel "noisy" (casually putting my own attributes on my favorite characters). Maybe a set up to the Act of Intimacy but I dunno if I want to add that since there's already too many G1IDW homages in here... 8. Struggling to design the Primes...

⚠️Deja vu warning!⚠️

Concepts #3~#10 are all drawings I've uploaded before, but I deleted the original post because it was an intimidating wall of text lmao. So, I've decided to repost all of my drawings but separately, because I want to show the concept sketches(?) I worked on in between breaks from doing schoolwork.

In this AU, thanks to everyone who participated in this poll, conjuxes of important government figureheads have a subtle design embellishment to indicate that they are with said figurehead. Think of it as a betrothal gift!

Zeta was likely the one to start this tradition, since he gave Starscream handplates that were from his spare parts.

(I have the idea that spare parts are kinda akin to skin/fur/scale shedding, and bots keep them just in case. They’re used mostly to either repair or to create new life, though this isn’t the only way to make young. In any case, giving someone a spare part could be thought of as giving someone “a piece of you”.)

(Also because the second most voted answer was to make the embellishment significant, I've decided to give Starscream some formal wear, also given to him by Zeta)

The new Primes' gifts to each other are stickers of the figures that they both like; Optimus gave Other Prime another sticker to replace the one he had, and Other Prime gave Optimus a sticker of Primus.

Also hi. My secret is out--I'm a sucker for KnockBee/KOBB aksjkaldkf;;;; Part of why I'm glad this is now a separate AU so I can be as self indulgent as I want to be LMAO my excuse is that If we can have BreakBee thanks to ES, we can have KOBB;;;

I do understand that Bee has two hands though 👀

Anyway, since K.O.'s a medical bot in this AU, I bet the medical school was strict on how much you're allowed to decorate yourself (sort of like how nurse students aren't allowed to dye their hair;;; though I'm not sure if that's just a JPN thing), but I'd like to think that the Autobots are a little less strict with this rule.

[Original post! (Referred to as "Dual Rulers AU")]

[Doodles related to AU! (Referred to as "Two Primes AU")]

[Initial concepts: #1! | #2! | #3! | #4! | #5! | #6! | #7! | #8! | #9! | #10! | TF ONE AU or Separate AU?]

(Post-Separation ↓↓↓)

From here, it is a separate timeline from TF ONE! Thank you all for convincing me! >w0)b

["Growing Pains" phase (design-wise): Sketch Dump #1 | Sketch Dump #2 | Codex #0?]

→ The posts linked are not redundant, concept-wise! Though changes will be made very clear in final posts, assume concepts have not been changed unless stated otherwise!