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Sometimes there are thoughts in my head and uh..
–> semi-organic cybertronians / Predacons (*Le gasp*)
(under the cut is a concept art)
Like they're a mix of flesh and living metal
–> yk the part in MTMTE (I think) where Max rescued cybertronians with beats modes
-> what if some organics bought some of them and experimented on them?
-> and like there are conflicts and they're like fighting a war again their race
-> and a drama that they're going instinct bc of the lack of sex drive (yes they can reproduce)
-> and since females are bigger=stronger they discriminate against male and small females
-> and oh boy how I can think of their anatomy and culture /religion /symbolism and much more!
I'm not on drugs (well if antibiotics don't count)
Anyways I thought I could pull an "all nighter"
But yea I'm gotta go *honk* mimimimi
Imagine their conversations
Pearl: Pathetic, small, inferior male.
Fear: AWW.... Thank you! For aknowleging my existence!
P: You're welcome.
F:......
F: You just have to have the last word, Don't you?
P: Absolutely.
(I apologise for all the short kings)
( the amount of times I had to edit this bc I kept misspelling some words)
Discovery Storyline promotional video!
Who remembers Beast Wars?!
"What you call magic, is merely ancient and advanced science. Call me a Witch Doctor all you like. But I, am a Scientist!"
(Previous commission on my second Decepticon by the awesome Torrentarts on instagram. His name is Vyperion. He's my Omega Squadron's head Medic/Alchemist. He has 2 alt modes: a McLaren and a Cobra. So technically, he is also a Predacon.)
A lil delayed but lets say its for Halloween..
Why are Predacons SO scary?
As @emperor-kumquat once said in his video Starscream may be more afraid of Predacons than others because he knows their history well.
So today I thought: Hey... What history? Almost all characters are bigger than Scream and are kinda predatory towards him...
So here is what I think Predacons used to do and Starscream knew:
Do you like otters? Of course you do! We all do!
Well otters have a bit of a dark side to them... You see for the winter they have to save some food not to starve. They eat primarily fishes, so they have to stash them somwhere...
But as we know fish go bad easily so otters keep living fish in special secluded areas to later eat them.
Thats not all. To keep fish from swiming away while being alive otters BITE OFF all the fins.
Then they leave poor fish in their stash to kill and eat when the time comes.
Now imagine Predacons doing this (historically) to seekers WINGS.
Horrific!
And Screamers being only one with large wings could be the only possible victim of that kind of brutality.
Waspinator!
Old art of some of the predacons I forgot to post here! (More old art to come)
2020 VS 2021, Beast wars megatron!!
Retrax from the beast wars toyline!
(Photograph from TFW2005)
Claw Jaw from Beast Wars !
(Photo from Seibertron.com)
Waspinator doodle from the other night that I decided to color in!
Behold, what I have been thinking about every day all day at work for literal months now (I am finally getting it out)
Someday I’ll create a character sheet for my Predaqueen (But that’ll take a good while because I really want to do her justice).
At this point the heirs are sparklings so they get to be blobby. Maybe I’ll make character sheets and tell about what they’re like too :3 For now I’m having a blast scribbling everyone out doing cute things, but I am not a digital artist so we’ll see how it goes ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
I have loads of Predacon headcanons and things that I’ll put out someday (including language related ones) but for now; the word Predaking is saying in the middle, “iáknatzan”, means “ones I would suffer much for”.
Also I just made up the kids today, it’s the Queen and the kingdom that I’ve been thinking of for months.
“how did you even get that on this planet”
(oc under cut)
“Hehe... I mean… The gap didn’t look that narrow when I went for it…”
I saw a picture of a cat in a tree and thought of him and this happened. I love this guy so much :””
(It’s ok, Predaking found him and got him out later)
Ridiculous Headcanons Pt. 1
Sorry in advance y’all. Okay so I was so bored at work my brain was rotting thinking of TFP characters for so long that I have this. Here’s what I think each character’s favorite cheese would be, if either they were human at some point and tried it, or could taste a big enough chunk as cybertronians; whatever excuse needs to be for them to have any opinion about cheese. (also could just be them as cheeses… idk, I work in Wisconsin, I’m always surrounded by cheese, this is what happens.)
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Autobots
Optimus Prime: Optimus liked Colby Jack. Good, classic Colby Jack. He likes the two distinctive colors and just generally enjoys the flavor.
Arcee: Pepper Jack; well loved, timeless, and packs a punch too. She likes that it’s soft but not sweet. Also, Jack being in the name is a bonus.
Bumblebee: Velveeta. The color is great and it’s a universal, famous cheese; everyone knows it (at least in the USA), just like him. He had it in a mac & cheese and stuck with it as his favorite. (he strikes me as a mac & cheese sort of guy)
Bulkhead: He’d chose brick cheese because it has a good, versatile, underrated taste. Also, just like him, this cheese is softer than its name implies <3
Wheeljack: Cheetos. He didn’t care that they “technically wont count as a cheese”, they’re cheese flavored enough and they’re what he likes. Especially the flamin’ hot ones.
Smokescreen: Cheese curds. Warm, squeaky, proper cheese curds. Specifically the ranch flavored ones are his top pick.
Ultra Magnus: This was how Ultra Magnus found out he was lactose intolerant. He didn’t like any of them, and he won’t be asked to try again.
Ratchet: Ratchet chose blue cheese, purely because the flavor was so distinctive. It’s also a very mature choice of cheese, which just made sense for him. 
Decepticons
Megatron: Monterey Jack. The warlord refused to consume any cheeses but picked Monterey Jack just because to him, it sounded like an evil version of Colby Jack.
Starscream: Cheese whiz..?? When presented with the samples he didn’t bother to try anything, but automatically went for the can of cheese whiz, as if he already knew it..??? (He did what he had to do when he was rogue. Ik it doesnt make sense but its hilarious.)
Soundwave: Mozzarella. Soundwave had already heard of cheese on the internet indirectly throughout his few years of needing to interact with human information in order to serve Megatron. Because he understood mozzarella cheese to be a monumentally important cheese to human society, he internally likened himself to it, being himself monumentally important to the Decepticon cause. No one knew that this was why he chose mozzarella, they were just glad that he responded at all. 
Shockwave: When Shockwave received the cheese samples he did not taste anything and instead just.. Left to his lab and ran some tests.. After a while he decided on feta cheese, saying that it is among the healthiest of cheeses and therefore, for nutritional purposes, is the most logical choice.
Knockout: Camembert. It’s soft and fancy and french and… He hardly tasted much it, but liked pronouncing it, and appreciated that he could spread it on a cracker instead of getting a giant chunk stuck all up in his teeth.
Breakdown: Breakdown chose Parmesan cheese because he had once seen in a movie the grater that is used at restaurants where they just keep cranking it. He said it tasted as good as it looked in the movie.
Dreadwing: Dreadwing thought that Provolone was the ideal cheese. It seemed the most sensible.
St3v3: String cheese was St3v3’s pick, even though it is technically mozzarella. For him, it was a texture thing.
Airachnid: Cazu Marzu. It’s that maggot cheese that can kill you if you eat it. It wasn’t even on the sample plate, she just brought it herself.
Predacons
Predaking: Predaking chose smoked Gouda. He did admit that the smoke added a touch of familiarity to the cheese (seeing as, of course, breathing fire exposes you to plenty of smoky smells). Overall, he thought they were all pretty good, but somehow this was the only smoked one on the plate, so he chose it.
Skylynx: Skylynx thought the aged Swiss wasn’t that bad. The bitterness was enjoyable to him, and he found it best melted.
Darksteel: Limburger. It was the most controversial cheese on the plate, and that just made him think it was the most exciting one. The smell didn’t even bother him much, and he genuinely enjoyed the flavor.
Here, take a bunch of Predaking, Skylynx and Darksteel headcanons!
As a treat!! They were a treat for me to write ✍️. Silly dragon guys I ❤️❤️ Love them.
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- Of course he would never admit this to anyone who doesn’t already know, but Predaking is extremely ticklish on the bottom of his feet, only back towards his heels. Darksteel found this out the hard way one day when he thought it would be silly to try tickling him while he was having a snooze and accidentally got kicked into next Thursday.
- Skylynx likes to wake up extra early to see the sunrise. He sneaks away to be as alone as possible, just before dawn breaks, and finds a good place to watch the sun come up. He loves soaking in the first morning rays of sunshine. It’s usually his favorite part of the day! He never talks about it to anyone though, it would be spoiled if anyone else tried to come with.
- Darksteel loves tiny creatures. He just thinks they’re so cool (anything but scraplets). If he had ever met Lazerbeak he would have been a fan. In my AU, there’s all sorts of “tiny” (by cybertronian standards) bug-like creatures and he collects them! He gets so hyped up learning about new ones. Maybe he’d like humans, but who knows..
- Predaking, even if he had legions of subjects, is super attentive and has a very detailed memory. He’d remember everyone’s name, face, even things about their personality/things they’d mention liking. He is definitely one of those people who would gift someone something they had only just slightly mentioned wanting (and had probably forgotten they said anything about it in the first place).
- Darksteel counts it as a great victory if he ever gets Skylynx to full-on laugh with him. It doesn’t happen often, but sometimes they both get really silly over something and Darksteel likes not being the only one laughing for once.
- This isn’t much of a headcanon because it’s probably pretty true, but I’ll take it further. Predaking loves reading. Researching, yes of course, since he needs to know all he can to best serve his people; but aside from that he just loves to read. Novels, poems, news reports, you name it. He’s already read it. His particular favorite though, is novels. I once imagined him reading Jane Austen and I can’t get it out of my head now. I’m sure he was ready to throw down for Elizabeth when Mr. Darcy insulted her family in Pride and Prejudice. (Imagine the Autobots giving him some datapads filled with similar content from Earth for him to read, to help maintain a good relationship with the Predacons… And he’s genuinely so hyped but trying to be professional in the moment 😭)
- Probably nobody else on Cybertron does this but when Darksteel gets extra giddy about something he trots. At least in quadroped mode anyway, he doesn’t exactly skip in bipedal mode because well that would be too embarrassing and he’s too fierce for that… but it’s okay to do as a dragon in his own mind.
- Skylynx and Darksteel both like trying to blow smoke rings. Like how they do in movies, with cigars and such. Instead of needing to be smoking something, if they do something similar to a belch, they can naturally puff out smoke instead of fire. Sometimes they’re even able to get Predaking to play along and the three contend with each other on who can do the best ones.
- At some point, they get a hold of a great bunch of music files. Things get a little tense. While Predaking is trying to enjoy Tchaikovsky 1812 Overture (complete with cannons), Darksteel is playing Dragostea din tei too loud. Skylynx can’t stand any of it and just wants to listen to his Grizzly Bear playlist in peace, so to avoid confrontation everyone sort of splits off to mind their own music. Hopefully they get some custom headphones soon. (Basically, Predaking’s all about classical music, Darksteel loves meme songs, and Skylynx is an indie folk fan)
- Predaking usually doesn’t remember his dreams, but when he does they’re extremely abstract yet vivid. Mostly, they’re representations of whatever he has been feeling most. Because he sleeps rather lightly, they are pretty rare.
- Skylynx sleeps deeply, and has realistic dreams that have their own plots and everything. Sometimes he even has consecutive nights that are the same dream just continued on from where it left off the night before. He likes to keep track of these stories and writes down everything he can remember as soon as he gets a chance.
- Darksteel also gets good deep sleep most of the time. Though he never remembers his dreams enough to be able to talk about them or write them down, he knows they must be pretty good, because he never seems to wake up in a bad mood. Of all the three Predacons, he usually is the one to wake up most refreshed.
- All three take their morning energon (or whatever equivalent of breakfast there may be) together, usually in a comfortable silence. They do have their own routines to get ready for the day, but they also like to, actively like to, spend calm time together before the day officially starts. It’s one of the many subtle things they do naturally that shows that they’re getting quite close as bretheren after all.
My root canal went really well so here’s a celebratory headcanon :3333
Post-war Predaking helping his dad Shockwave with some of his work because some big projects need extra hands and the vehicons aren’t exactly there for that anymore. Predaking indirectly learns a lot of science and actually gets pretty good at it (He’s smart!)
Shockwave hearing some of his ideas and… they’re at times surprisingly… logical…? And he actually implements them. He slowly becomes like a mentor to Predaking, at times deliberately explaining and demonstrating things for the purpose of educating him. Unintentionally he starts finding fulfillment in it, either because he is seeing his experiment have such success in intelligence or maybe because having someone earnestly curious in his work (especially someone who’s such a good listener and asks intelligent questions) is …slightly enjoyable.
the Great Prince of the Forest I mean Predaking
The fact that we only got 3 Predacons in TFP is such a tragedy like I KNOW that we know this but I just can’t help thinking about how much potential they had as characters like…. The tiny handful of moments we got to see Skylynx and Darksteel actually talking and not just thrashing got me thinking about what everyone else would have been. Like what else were they like..? What would they have been like as a community? Who would have been besties with who? Idk I just miss them…. I feel robbed of silly dragon guy content….
Just happy Cybertronians being themselves having lives. Look I know Transformers is all about the bots vs cons war but like what if it wasn’t…. 💔💔💔
Finally tried actually drawing this man and….. HOW DO PEOPLE DO THISSS??!??!! AAAHHGHHAHAHAAHHHH
It was fun though. I really wanted to draw him smiling. He’s giving you a thumbs up, as if to say, “You can do this!!!” So, whatever tough thing you may or may not be going through right now, know that Inspirational Predaking is cheering you on!