Dadwave

a few days ago a coworker asked me to explain Hanukkah and I asked her if she knew what a menorah was. She said, “like the Northern Lights?”

I’m simultaneously haunted by and wild about this concept now. instead of aurora borealis, menorah borealis. menorah borealis

just them..

[A Wild Soundwave appears!!]

Jasper: Hopefully, with Ravage healed, He can finally leave us alone.

LATER:

Silver: JASPER, YOU BASTARD!! YOU FRAGGING JINXED IT-

Jasper: STOP YELLING AT ME!! I DIDN'T MEAN TO-!!

It’s always been a dance with you

May we have time for another

Lateral Affirmation

fighting over custody and it's just them actually going into hand-to-hand combat after realizing speaking is getting them nowhere to an agreement

Are you open for commission? Please DM’ that’s a amazing artwork you’ve done there

Sorry I don’t do commissions.

TFA MEGATRON POV

(After Tfa Starscream, Maroon, returns to his universe)

(Related to my Starscream Crossover comics!)

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Megatron knows Starscream is up to something.

He has been acting stranger, stranger than usual, at least. Sneaking longing glances at the halls, creating multitude of excuses to escape his presence, counting the cycles and hoarding Energon to an unknown location.

A location that not even Shockwave, his most loyal decepticon, could detect.

It is unusual- dare he say uncharacteristic for Starscream to not try and kill him for this long, either he has finally given up- (Megatron almost laughed at the prospect) or he is planning something big

Megatron knows Starscream is up to something, and it’s about time his wretched second in command started talking.

“You called for me, Lord Megatron?”

Ah, speak of the devil, as the organics say.

Megatron turns around and watches as Starscream reluctantly steps into the room, looking down, unwilling to look at Megatron in the optics.

(How absurd, what event changed you my seeker? You used to look me in the optics as you tried and failed to overthrow me?)

Megatron almost sneered at the sight before turning around to look at the screen. The cameras displaying everything, from the halls of the nemesis, to the very room they were standing in.

“When are you ending this charade Starscream?” Megatron growled “I beg your pardon…?” Starscream asked.

“Don’t think of me as a fool. You think I didn’t notice you sneaking around like a mouse and hoarding our energon resources?”

Starscream stiffened up and his face hardens. “I thought we were allowed to take as much energon as we need?” Starscream spoke up.

“Hm…” Ah yes, Megatron recalled. He did say something akin to that…though, he’s surprised that Starscream remembered that particular speech.

“Yes I did say that-“ Starscream shuffled backwards as Megatron steps closer “-That is, unless a certain mech is particularly known for sabotaging, assassinating and fragging up all my plans” Megatron leans forward until they were face to face “Sounds familiar….?

Starscream stiffened up and whispered to himself with a grumble “Of course I’m stuck with the only leader whose actually smart and sober enough to notice…damnit, I wish I had Jaspers Megatron-“

Megatron narrowed his optics and growled softly “If you wish to speak so willingly, don’t you think it’s polite to speak louder? After all, you used to love voicing your opinions”

Starscream hunched up even harder at Megatron’s words. “Or…you used to. And that’s the problem that has been….pestering me for the past few cycles…”

Megatron started walking around Starscream, quickly noticing how he stiffened up, his peds shifted in a simple defense position (As if that could save him from Megatrons blaster) and his servos flexed, as if ready to slash at Megatron if he made a single wrong motion.

“Just a few cycles ago, you were loudly complaining, reluctantly scouting, and plotting to kill me. A normal behavior coming from you”

“But then, in just one cycle, you stopped doing any of that. You stopped complaining, you stopped scouting, and you’ve stopped attempting to kill me….”

“So tell me Starscream. What, are you planning?”

“……” Starscream looked at Megatron, for the first time in a while, straight in the optics…..and laughed.

“AHAHAHAHAHAHAHA-!!”

Megatron blinked in surprise and glanced around. To see if there is anything else that has happened to warrant such an unusual reaction from his second in command. But there was nothing.

Starscream calmed down and wiped off a lubricant from his optics “Man…! Can’t wait to talk to Silver and Jasper about this..! Jasper actually managed to predict everything-! Word for word too! Damn, can’t believe I lost the bet…”

Chocolate? Bet?? Silver and Jasper??? Man??

Megatron was about to open his mouth and demand an answer out of Starscream before the Seeker stepped forward and bared his denta in a feral smile.

“Since you already found all the clues, i’m gonna offer you a..deal. So to speak, a very beneficial one too”

Megaton narrowed his optics and looked down at the cocky Seeker (Something deep in Megatrons spark purred at the familiar sight of his second in commands normal behavior)

“I am willing to give you the locations of countless energon mines, the location of the all spark and even where the Autobot are- in exchange for one thing! And one thing only!”

Megatron tilted his head and looked down at his second in command “And what is this ‘one thing’ you speak of?”

Starscream nearly purred in excitement and whispered “Let me leave the Decepticons” and Megatron…blinked.

“…Pardon?”

“You heard me!” Starscream leaned back with a smile. As if his words did not completely baffle Megatron to his core. Starscream leaving…?

“And-” Megatron cleared his vents and spoke “How can I trust that you will give me any of this….benefits?”

Starscream smiled again “Don’t tell me you haven’t noticed yet, Lord Megatron~ All our Energon supplies has been growing exponentially for the past few cycles!”

He spread his arms as he proclaims out loud “Our entire stock is filled to the brim with energon! I have already giving you a taste of what you could gain!! And all you have to do-”

Starscream stepped forward with a near feral smile as he yelled in enthusiasm “Is to let me leave!”

Megatron paused as he thought about the deal, it us true..and if what Starscream saying is true, which it most likely is (This fact made something in Megatron wither and snarl) proven by the very real increase of Energon supplies.

Megatron looked at the near hopeful and confident look in Starscreams eyes, as if he already knew that Megatron would accept. (Hah, what a disgusting look, you have never looked this hopeful, not since the day you joined my cause-)

The Decepticon leader looked at the Seekers confident face-

“No”

- before gleefully watching his second in commands face fall in shock.

“…Excuse me…?”

“You are not deaf Starscream. You heard what I said” Megatron cooed and walked away, chuckling in amusement as Starscream, splutters and speed walked in an attempt to keep up with his leaders strides.

“Why-?! I don’t understand-!!”

“Yes. You don’t understand” Megatron turned around, almost getting hit by Starscream as the seeker nearly tripped at the sudden stop.

Starscream stumbles back, his field leaking his surprise and fear (that delicious, familiar fear-). As Megatron calmly steps forward whilst speaking-

“Because, keeping you around now, especially with your foolishly revealed knowledge, will grant the Decepticons all the resources to assure our victory. You really didn’t think I would let you go after you showed how valuable you are now did you, My dear second?”

Megatron mocked and smiled wider as Starscreams eyes glowed in anger- (though there is something off in his optic’s- aren’t his optics supposed to be red…? I do not remember it being Maroon-)

Before he straightened up and bowed stiffly “Then I am sorry for waisting your time..my..lord” Starscream hissed out the title as if its an insult (and with how much venom he snarled out, it might as well be)

The seeker straightened up and petulantly grumbled out an “Please excuse me….” And Megatron watched Starscream scuttle away, not even bothering to hide his amusement at Starscreams obvious frustration and disbelief

(Foolish Seeker, did you really think he would let something of his go so easily? Especially one that has such knowledge?)

Megatron smiled and looked at the camera “Shockwave, make sure to keep an optic on Starscream, it would seem our Seeker has been..hiding some important secrets from us” the lens of the camera blinked at Megatron in agreement.

The leader smiled and walked back to his quarters, it would seem that some of his plans related to a certain seeker would need some…adjustment’s

When Starscream was carrying, did he have to go through any of the organic-esque problems? (i.e. cravings, mood-swings, tender spots? If so, he must've worked Skyfire to the wire.)

Plus did he ever feel something equivalent to kicks? (Spark flares for protoforms? idk).

Yeah, you can say that he did have cravings. (Tho most of the time he didn't know what he craved, and before Sky let it drive him insane, he just accepted his new reality.)

As for the "kicks", they were more like shocks of static/electricity, and Star suffered them often. Sky would often talk to them and swore the little shock were them answering to him.

And the kids being mixed did not help either. Starscream felt like he was carrying a sack of canonballs inside his cockpit, so flying only got harder from there. Sky would offer to carry him if Star ever got tired of walking (which was often.)