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Sparklings - Blog Posts
First things first, I'm gonna be rewriting my fic due to new ideas flowing in.
Secondly, let me info dump some things about sparklings in my AU.
The Sparkling's name in this pic is Firefly. She's an Oplita kid.
A Sparkling's gender is in the optic color. Female Cybertronians will have cooler or lighter tones of the color they have. While males will have a more warm hue of said color. As an example of this, Starscream, who was originally forged as female, has a more pink color to the red of his optics. A Cybertronian born as a male with red optics will have more of a fiery orange tint to it, Grimlock and various Decepticons being prime examples. On the rare occasion that a Sparkling is born without an assigned gender, they will have the base color of optics and will be referred to as neutral pronouns. Nightshade is a great example of this. Gender can be changed in the future when and if they decide to.
On the topic of optic colors, the color of the child's optics will be based on the parents. If a Cybertronian with red optics is to forge a Sparkling with a Cybertronian with yellow optics, the chances of that child being born with orange optics is highly likely, with the rare cases of heterochromia occurring with both the eye colors of the parents. 'Pure color' optics, a rather derogatory term, is where a Sparkling has unmixed optics and has had parents with the same optic color, those two being typically red and yellow. Optic colors can also be slightly changed with a film over the optic, much like a colored contact lense, though, it is usually easy to tell.
Sparklings are born with only one base color, a white or light gray (debatable by cyber-parents) this color is the base color of the metal they are made of. A metal that grows with them and allows their bodies to change voluntarily into whatever mode they wish with some limitations based on heritage and age. Typically, they develop the ability to transform once they are six cycles (6 million human years) old.
Sparklings can change their paint jobs when they are old enough to transform. They also can change their colorings whenever they please as adults. The colorings that are typically chosen matter based on the colors of their parent(s)/guardian(s).
Much like human children, they develop to speak coherently at a toddler age. During their infant and newborn stages, they typically babble in unintelligible Cybertronian, which consists of cybernetic sounds and rumbles. Purring is not something only Sparklings possess. Adult Cybertronians also have the ability to purr and do it quite often to convey contentment or happiness to a situation or individual that makes them feel positive emotions. Cooing is something mostly maternal or paternal figures do in front of their offspring or anything they deem fit to be under their care. Typically, those who transform into avian vehicles coo to their young.
Female Cybertronians are typically more aggressive than males. Originally, in Cybertronian history, females were bigger than the males, dominating the planet until they were nearly all wiped out. Over time, and the lack of resources from hiding, they became smaller, some even becoming male to avoid scrutiny. Because of the shortage of females, homosexual relationships are quite common within the males of Cybertron. Some of the females who have managed to escape Cybertron have populated other planets where it is nearly all female.
Avian based infant Sparklings will likely learn how to run or move quickly with the thrusters built into their bodies, typically their backs or feet. While land based Sparklings will learn on their wheels or just like human children.
In transformers,
What are sparklings? Are they like robot babies?
YES!
They are a mostly fan concept however. Hasbro has been cowards and unfortunately haven't realized how good an idea it is.
Mostly cuz that opens the floodgates of robot pregnancy I assume.
With that said, IDW comics does touch on the concept as far as I understand, regarding protoforms where they start out like lil marshmallows, then grow into their basic robot forms.
I think that protoform is a scraplet, but I'm not terribly familiar with IDW continuity so take that with a grain of salt.
In TFA, Sari can technically count as one.
Prof. Sumdac found her as a lil protoform that somehow ended up in his lab and after touching her, she somehow absorbed his DNA and became humanlike.
We probably would have GOTTEN MORE INFO IN SEASON 4 ABOUT HER ORIGINS BUT WE DIDN'T GET SEASON 4!!
Personally, I love the idea that they start off as lil squishy marshmallow blobs, developing arms n legs later on as they develop, along with more rigid structures.
And I think sparklings could be one of the reasons why Cybertronian altforms' tend to have this conveniently open space in them that you can access. They can get carried around like how marsupial do
Also we can't forget the biggest contribution to Sparkling Ideas, the KOBD child - Wildbreak.
He had so many similar traits to the gay cat husbands that fans just took the idea he was their kid and RAN.
(old drawing of mine of KOBD family feat. sparklings Wildbreak and Override)
I don't draw KOBD family as much as I should, I apologize for that.
Sweater Sparkling~
Cuties.
A gift for oneshallstand. The mun likes Oppy ‘n ‘Lita.
One fine day, Ironhide couldn't find baby Crosshairs. He decided to check his weapons room, and he found baby Crosshairs teething on a grenade.
Here's sparkling Orion and D-16 as they appear in my fanfiction, Remedy. The story is complete now, but I still love drawing little Orion and Ratchet, so I'll be posting more of those pictures soon.
Fun Fact: Orion's colours are purposefully faded, due to his state during the course of the story.
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/8481642/1/Remedy
Ratchet and sparkling Orion.
This is from a fanfiction I am currently writting, named 'Remedy'. I just posted the tenth chapter, and because I made people wait so long, it is almost three times the length of my normal chapters. There are OCs, but Ratchet and Orion are the most important characters. Clicking the photo will bring you to the first chapter. I hope the story is enjoyed!
Just a picture of Bumblebee and Blades as sparklings.