Transformers Reflections

I’m gonna be honest, I never actually started publishing the writing I had for it. And I don’t think I’m going to do more any time soon, because I’ve taken on a different project that caters much more to like general interests of mine which I kinda feel a lot more serious about. But that doesn’t mean I don’t actually have any writing. 

I said I’d release these when I’d finished them, but since I never did and there’s no current plans to, I don’t see the harm in posting them now. Linked below is a masterpost of “spotlight” pieces I did for major characters in TFR. I have finished the entire cast of the first part (Recon) but I only have some of the stuff for the second (Ignition Point). And yknow, misc stuff. They’re basically short character introspectives of stuff that happens to them prior to the main story taking place and for several, contain very important backstory beats. 

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1cbMxeohIqTtYlRHZh5xBBhab8ACU64WMQC7YgWX0Ppg/edit?usp=sharing

Honestly since I most likely won’t see the project through, feel free to literally ask whatever about whatever. Including what the other spotlights were gonna be about, I like vaguely remember most of them and have notes jotted down elsewhere. 

A good question! While of course, there’s a lot to be elaborated on more in actual writing and story, I can do my best to sum up what they’re like and how they started out. 

Let the record show that they are very much good for each other. They’re both workaholics with a bad habit for self-neglect and bottling up, but neither of them like to see other bots doing the same, so they keep each other in check fairly often with reminders that it’s okay to take a break and okay to talk about what’s bothering them. They aren’t burdens, and they aren’t perfect. Soundwave does also have the cassette’s, so Starscream gets a nice little taste of what it’s like to have a family and be a parent which humbles him a bit. And in turn, Soundwave gets to learn what it’s like to have someone worry after him for a change, and learn to let himself rely on someone else. 

They got together sometime after Starscream took over the Decepticons, during the events of Ignition Point specifically I believe. Shockwave used to be the one Screamer went to all the time beforehand, and with him gone Soundwave kinda took up that role just because he’s..... hyper empathetic and hated seeing Screamer struggle so much with everything. And along the way develops feelings after the stupid seeker begins letting his guard down and just being himself instead of the important dramatic boss all the time. Which in turn leads to him developing a bit of fondness back for Soundwave, just cause the guy is so gentle and nice to him in a way no one else has been, and seeing more of him about means he sees more of what makes Soundwave great! 

Oh wow, haven’t sat down to talk about or write anything for TFR in a long fucking time, huh? But hey, nothing wrong with answering a lil Q sometimes. 

It’s hard to pinpoint one as I do really like every ship (hence why I bother to include them anyway) but..... Soundwave/Starscream and Rodimus/Brainstorm might be my favorites. Entirely just because both parties are so stupidly gushy and in love that it makes me happy thinking about them, and how well they try to be pillars of support for each other that all parties involved have rarely had. They’re very.... comfortable ships, in a way. 

Just in general? Well, I mean all of the Senate, but if we go for anyone still relevant then the DJD. They’re supposed to be so terrible even Megatron wasn’t happy with their presence, so as much as it’s a fun character exercise to make them I don’t like them. They’re the worst. Sentinel is my choice for the Autobots (self explanatory.) Froid also makes me feral. 

God I almost forgot I had asks I’m such a cheesebrain

For the most part, I feel it’s probably pretty obvious that a lot of my inspiration mainly comes from IDW1, TFP, and TFA. A lot of the aspects of story and word-building took inspiration from IDW1, as originally I’d made TFR to mirror it but in a way that meant I actually understood what was fucking happening without reading a million old comics. 

Foresight: Where do you see yourself in the future?

Energon: Have you ever killed? Why?

Jam:  What’s the hardest part of this AU, plotting, worldbuilding, drawing, or something else?

Honestly, it’s hard to nail down one thing! Not a lot of things are easy to do when making something as big as an OG cont. However, it IS super hard to actually draw original designs for canon bots that are actually any good. I go through a lot of ideas and still am for CERTAIN bots who are being a PAIN to draw (coughRatchetcough). Tune: give us a song you associate with this AU, a character, or a plot point!

That! Is a hard question. I suppose the big theme behind Reflections would be that It Gets Better.