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Concept Art OC: Lightshow (B17-CH)

A Cybertronian!Reader OC I am hashing out ideas for. Naturally what came out was way more ornate than what i envisioned dammit. Pinstriping is powaful.

anyhow, she has more biolights than usual and some fun neuro circuitry issues, so she dazzles with light as a fun side effect. Only takes the Reader 81 some pages to get their name, Lightshow :D

Edited to add the sketch lines:

Gladiators of Kaon - Word Art excerpt

I have way too much fun writing Soundwave. He's such an interesting character.

Anyhow, I tried a thing and I was deeply entertained by it, so like the toddler I am inside I'm shoving it onto my blog to show off

*waves screenshot around and chews on a crayon*

(text transcription below the cut, though the cool part I wanted to show off is just that they're formatted like his face screen display)

Soundwave: asked to deliver communications in readable format.

Communications: 

There’s a pause. A pause long enough you have to wait for the next series of words to appear, and you can’t tell if he’s just taking that long to prepare it or if he has some other reason to hang up--

His screen goes blank, then new text appears, utterly filling his screen as you raise your optic ridges, and start reading.

Holy scrap.

Your cooling fans kick up a few notches, probably loud enough to draw attention, but no-one comments as you cover your mouth with a hand, speechless.

Rumble: says Lightshow is as nice as she is pretty. Rumble: has promised not to cause seismic tremors when Lightshow is present, out of consideration for Lightshow’s sensitive circuitry. Soundwave: highly doubts but is hopeful. Frenzy: says Lightshow is the coolest mech he’s met outside 

of the arena. Frenzy: says Lightshow

should accept job posting.

Personal addendum:

Apology: Issued.

Symbiotes: very

exciteable and

assertive.

Swindle: says

“Be back soon,

Mom.”

Soundwave:

Thinks Swindle

Is teasing.

Mostly.

CHAPTER DROP: Gladiators of Kaon Ch 1

IT IS LIVE

A soundwave x Cybertronian!Reader x Megatronus fic that's GOING PLACES lemme tell you. They've already surprised me and ursurped my intended storyline twice, and I'm totally okay with that.

Takes place in the city of Kaon, back before the Decepticons were formed. Tumble about the dark impoverished bones of Cybertron with two hot deadly mechs, and take care of a sizeable collection of adorable energetic Minicons.

Chapter Drop: Gladiators of Kaon, ch 6

New chapter released! :3 enjoy lovelies

aaaaAAAA: Author Struggle Bus

(If you don't want to see my personal posts, my tag for these is "#dat rambles")

Not me pulling at my hair smacking my forehead on the desk because I am well into the next chapters of Gladiators of Kaon; and I am unsure if my representations of the Precious Beans are accurate enough because confession I haven't actually watched all of G1 yet I've seen like 1 episode and a half and then I got distracted writing fanfiction and reading o o p s but the story floooooows

(author ramblings continue after the cut)

and now here I am with many chapters and it's adorable and I love it but also p a n i c because it's my first time writing them. I hope ya'll don't have specific expectations for characters because OPE I SORRY I AM JUST WRITING WHAT I SEE. And reading a lot of wiki pages. (Whoever does the captiosn for images on that site, oh my goodness, they are SO WITTY. I LOVE IT. Sarcasm, puns, sattire, my sides are hurting from how much i've laughed while reading up on transformers i've never actually heard of or met before and researching lore ideas to yoink for the world building of this story's universe and setting)

I have read a stupid amount of wiki pages.

still though

it's like

my favorite chapter rn because ADORABLE SPARKLINGS UGH EEEEEEE and it's so friggin' cute I can't stand it (comfy chair and blanket acquired, one parrot loose and one happily eating noms \o/). I hope it goes over well but if not oh well

writing Soundwave when he's not in Perfect Composure Mode is an entertaining and endearing experience.

Gladiators of Kaon: Out for a Walk

Jus a little sketch of the dorks from my story, Gladiators of Kaon. I’ve been struggling to cement their scale and need to go tweak a few scenes to be more accurate and consistent… but dang if i’m not tempted to make Lightshow even a tiny touch shorter muahhaha mmmmaybe

swindle tho

swindle’s perfect

LOOKIT THAT TINY MINICON ON HER SHOULDERS AAAAAAAAH

—oh crap i forgot Soundwave’s biolights

dangit

Poll: Gladiators of Kaon

The winning poll hope may or may not actually be the idea i go with, but this will help me brainstorm which ideas would be best received

I have drawing ideas for all of these alt modes 😆

Concept Art: Lightshow Alt Mode

I’m really tempted to make her a boom box on wheels 😂🤣🎵🎶✨

Excerpt: Gladiators of Kaon

I'm agonizing over this chapter but that's okay because it's fucking HILARIOUS and ENDEARING and my SIDES. I'm not nervous who's nervous

but also

also shenanigans only Soundwave's little gremlins could get up to

(Sneak peak scene below the cut)

You’re still struggling to process this. You’d been prepared for shenanigans, but this-- this is something else entirely. His Sparklings made a magnesium flare bomb. His Sparklings made a magnesium flare bomb. His Sparklings made a fragging BOMB while their distracted Sire was out visiting your glowing aft across town. No fucking wonder he wants someone supervising them while he’s away, and somehow, you highly doubt he trusts any of the mechs downstairs to do it. Case in point: his Sparklings made a fucking bomb.

Gladiators of Kaon: Fanfic Fanart

NSFW and multiple versions beneath the cut ;)

Soundwave and Lightshow :P

Megs helping a desperate Lightshow through a hard heat, what a nice guy

“Between a rock and a hard place” Gladiators of Kaon style

*waggles eyebrows*

HE’S SO PRETTY PLEASE. Here’s some solo shots because I can and dammit I have too much fun drawing the pretty biolight patterns but Megs is hiding them all. Greedy bastard.

Downstairs DJ time. Man. I’m sorry Megs. I am terrible at drawing you.

And a solo Lightshow because it’d be rude to leave the lady out

Chapter Drop: Gladiators of Kaon, ch 8

New chapter released! :3

I had way too much fun writing this one.

Behind the Scenes: Gladiators of Kaon

The things that I spend hours and hours and hours writing that very few if anyone else ever sees; ya'll see the finished result in published chapters :3

Not -all- my stories have plot docs, but most of them do (read: once the story gets long enough I can't healthily re-read it in one sitting before writing new chapters)

Gladiators of Kaon had a plot doc like. i m m e d i a t e l y because I knew I was gonna dig in super deep into the nitty gritty of ecology and politics and the geography of the land, so keeping my shit straight so I didn't fuck up details as the story gets longer is a must.

Someday I might get around to actually properly organizing this monster of random author notes but in the mean time pattern within the chaos is my vibe ~@~

YES I AM THE LAMEST KIND OF FUNNY

I MADE ALL THEIR SERIAL NUMBERS WORDS BECAUSE IT MAKES ME LAUGH. FIGHT ME

Swindle's though

gigglesnorting because I actually forgot that's what his serial number is and this has refreshed my memory. good times.

also, because I love my tags and over-organization of chaotic whimsy for sorting filters, new tag for my blog!

Behind the Scene's posts like this, for my author/artist's rambles about projects, will now be tagged under #DatLoreTho

Chapter Drop: Gladiators of Kaon, Ch. 9

Been a bit, because woooooow-ee did Leaking Spark take me on a joy ride. It was nice to immerse myself back in this world for a bit.

Sparklings

B17-CH and the Minicon Sparkies

doodlin’ from my fics again

Chapter Drop: Gladiators of Kaon ch 14

YA'LL IT'S HERE WOOOOOO THE S M U T