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(pulling up a fold up chair and sitting down) thoughts on the Skids-Damus/Tarn animosity in canon?

(Jumps off the roof and onto the porch)

I HAVE THOUGHTS ABOUT THIS (aka I’m going to attempt to make this as legible & understandable as possible lol and I’ll also include various panels from MTMTE #11 & #36)

Okay so when taking into account how Skids really doesn’t seem to be a bad dude whatsoever, he’s just like a nice guy, although that’s a bit of a simplification of him but I think it fits for intents and purposes here, I feel like it more of anything comes down to Damus’s warped perspective in how the further he goes along in life the more and more he has the mentality of “everyone is out to get me”/me against the world. This is probably going to be a ‘Damus & the outliers’ analysis, but Skids fits into that dynamic as well so here we go-

By the time he meets Skids at Senator Shockwave’s academy he’s gone through the full round of Empurata while also still having issues with his powers. He’s been hurt, cast out by his own society for what he was built/born as so that’s not a great start for him and definitely impacts his mindset. He seems to still work in a group and be good with that (ref. The matrix heist scene from MTMTE’s shadowplay arc/#11) however his newfound attempts to try and be “in” and feeling as if part of the group seem to fall flat and simply further his sense of alienation. Particularly I’m thinking of that scene where he actually seems pretty excited and happy and congratulates Skids on a job well done with a pat on his shoulder which unfortunately results in Skid’s shoulder mechanism locking up and nearly causing Ratchet who is hanging from his grappling hook to drop the matrix. Yikes.

Even though this is just one small interaction I feel like it’s pretty accurate to how things end up being between most of Orion/Shockwave’s outliers and Damus. It’s not even that the others are being overly rude or mean to him, it’s just that with the unfortunate effect of his powers being rather destructive and a pain in the ass that quite literally just messes stuff up at times it’s no wonder there was likely a bit of isolation between him and the others. No doubt Skids still tried to be nice to him and I bet all the others did the same however in Damus’s warped perspective as I mentioned earlier I think his mind reallllly fixated on the few bad bits and interactions to a frankly ridiculous and delusional degree to where he almost made up in his mind that “oh no one likes me” and that they were all actively trying to keep him ‘out’ of the group. Which of course isn’t the truth, but from a mindset that isn’t exactly functioning at 100% in seeing things as they are especially when it comes to trust and general relations with others (due to past and especially being an outcast as an outlier as well as between the Empurata too) it’s unfortunately likely how he begins to view it.

Then later in the time travel arc we see Damus, Orion, and the band of outliers again. Yay!

Damus didn’t say much to start with but we actually see him talk here and frankly he doesn’t have a whole lot of positive to say:

- he makes a sideways comment about how much Trailbreaker recharges and how it’s basically a lot of his time, seeming rather short with the others here.

- he actively seems pretty dissatisfied with Orion’s plan to wait until the enemy strikes again

- and also in the middle of the fight he A) makes a crappy one liner which gets a comment from Orion how bad it is although in context Orion is talking about the entire groups series of one liners rather than just Damus’s (although with his mindset/perspective he may have taken that personally as well…) and B) Orion cuts off Damus’s report back and as he gives him an order which can also be taken as yet another wham as Damus likely already doesn’t seem to be the most ‘no-questions’ kind of devotee of Orion at this point namely due to how he seems to get shut down whenever he has other thoughts or ideas besides Orion’s plans.

In all honesty I always thought Damus was more loyal to Senator Shockwave than Orion so once Shockwave was out of the picture, Damus was rather disconnected with the group even more as his main ‘glue’ to the group was now gone. Perhaps this was just another thing that resulted in Megatron being able to get into his head and convince him to so vehemently follow his cause.

Anyway this was just the main setup and breakdown of Damus/the outlier group’s dynamic for context but now back to Skids in particular:

Skids is a dork. He’s a joker, which results in some very entertaining moments however for someone as insecure and already afflicted by the mentality that they’re alienated from the group, even if this is all more in his head than what’s actually reality, this can definitely be taken negatively by Damus. I imagine Skids, as we see him do in MTMTE, gets up to things including pranks and other shenanigans such as that however I feel like there must have been something that occurred between them (prank gone wrong or another) that resulted in a very serious animosity that Damus had towards Skids. Perhaps this was one big thing or many smaller things that added up such as maybe Damus being the butt of the joke one too many times.

Whichever it was I believe this sort of carefree, slightly oblivious nature to how Damus was really taking his actions was completely unintentional as Skids would have never wanted to actively be mean to Damus. Ultimately I think it really comes down to the super bad combination of a jokester who was unintentionally offending or earning the animosity of another after not knowing the boundaries, and since Damus is very self conscious and doesn’t have a lot of confidence, he takes everything personally (which checks out because let’s be real even as Tarn and as much as a baddie he tries to be he’s still very insecure) and they just ends up being a bad duo that’s a mess waiting to happen…

and well….Grindcore ends up offering Damus that perfect, although wildly misplaced and distorted sense of revenge Damus wants to enact towards Skids after all those years. It’s a case of delusional thinking, the sense of over spinning on meager acts that meant no harm, at its finest.

old scuffed shit post i did 4 getaway and skids becaus why not

Earth Spark MTMTE Skids from Earth Spark Breakdown ----------------------------------------------------------------- What if MTMTE Skids was in EarthSpark?

This was meant to be quick digibash so forgive me bad shading. Nevertheless ever since breakdown showed up in the show i knew he reminded me of someone.

DUDE IM CRYING, all I can imagine is when Rodimus, Skids, Swerve starting to talk and watch the liaison from far away about what so hot about the liaison in their native tongue then UPRISE THE ULTRA BLOCKGUS TELLING TO SHUT THIS DOWN OR SO SEA PRIMUS HELP HIM—

( Melly’s Mod Notes: YOU DON’T UNDERSTAND HOW LONG AND HARD I LAUGH EVERY TIME I SEE THIS ASK IN MY INBOX. I THINK THIS IS A REFERENCE TO THIS AND IF IT IS I AM LAUGHING EVEN HARDER.

GUYS YOU NEED TO UNDERSTAND THAT THE SIZES HERE IN SEAFORMERS ARE PRETTY IMPORTANT THANKS TO INTIMIDATION TACTICS AND SURVIVAL INSTINCTS AND JUNK.

The sizes aren’t as ridiculous in normal canon - you’ve got to fuck the fishes somehow - but the depends on the seaformer. Minimers are human-sized. Regular sized seaformers like Rodimus and Drift clock at around 9 - 10 feet so still kinda doable if you’re careful enough. Big bois like Overlord and Fort Max and Ultra Magnus are 12 - 15 which is when you’ve got to get creative or get stupidly horny reckless.

Strange tangent on sizes aside…Can you imagine… what it’ll be like for poor Swerve in this situation? For real please put yourself in this poor merfish’s position:

Here he is, innocently chatting about how pretty the liaison happens to look that they since they’re wearing a cute one-piece instead of the usual diving gear setup. It’s not even a lewd conversation. They all think they look cuter than usual is all and would love to take them out on a date or something.

Then all of the sudden?? This giant column of water rises from the waves??? What the ever loving hOLY-

The liaison’s head snaps to the direction of the piercing shriek, abandoning their work to make their way to sea cave. Their expression of concern and fear giving way to confusion and bemusement when they get a better look of what’s happening.

Ultra Magnus standing at the entrance with his arms crossed and looking so, so disapproving at the parties involved.

Rodimus is long gone at this point, having jumped into the waters and swimming the heck out of there thanks to his survival instincts kicking in.

Skids has somehow managing to climb on one of the stalactites that hang from the ceiling, hanging on for it for dear life while clutching an upside down Swerve in his grasp in his attempt to save his friend.

They ask what’s going on and Ultra Magnus, with the most sombre expression they’ve ever seen, informs them in his grave voice:

“I’m kinkshaming them.” )

so tonight’s stream result.

working on the pages for my own little almanac, still subject to changes.

but you get the idea of these page layout and stuff I’m wanting. just needs tweaking

Imagine a liaison aboard the lost light who calls people 'love' and 'dear' in a very soft, delicate tone.

based on this post because this is just too tempting to not write about, we must sound like debutants making their first appearance in fashionable society speaking in skittish whispers and sighs all the time when in reality organics speak in different octaves and wavelengths. definitely self indulgent cause me and my friends do this.

Imagine a liaison aboard the lost light who calls people 'love' and 'dear' in a very soft, delicate tone. In a ship full of battle-weary, pessimistic, cybertronians desensitized to almost everything, that single drop of warmth coming from a human whose touches feel like silk — feather light and alien, would be enough to make them putty in your presence.

The last time Brainstorm received a — " How clever, Brainstorm, thank you for your help." He had nearly popped a circuit trying to come up with a reply, stunned silent for what Perceptor claimed was the first time he was without one of his usual snarky remarks. Then it was Swerve, who wouldn't shut up about how you had called him 'darling' — Skids was adamant to prove to him that it was just how you spoke to people, even if the theoretician himself had his chest puffed out from being called 'dear'.

Then there was the time that you had scolded Whirl for nearly stepping on you, voice still painfully tender in comparison to the mechanical lilt of metal vocalizers —" Ooop! Careful there, handsome!" You had jumped, swerving just in time before his pedes crushed you. And the watchmaker froze, with a single optic pinning you in place. Then Drift had to chase him down several hallways, yelling that he wasn't allowed to just pick you up and run off.

An intervention was needed when a group of mechs were sent down a Decepticon outpost and returned with injuries. Apparently, everyone wanted to be pat on the arm and have you crooned — " Oh, you poor, brave thing" to them. With your brows knitted in worry, lips pout and slightly parted as they tell you all the heroic things they did. ( Ultra Magnus wasn't too impressed when said intervention from Rodimus was just a plot for him to cut the line and show you his battle scars. Someone in the back of the line had yelled that he wasn't even scratched. Judging from the infighting brewing, it was most likely Whirl.)

Happy holidays :-)

long time no see.

i watched tfone 4 times,

and im back

TIME OUT

TIME OUT

walk with me

And that’s why I don’t write comics professionally.

I finally had the time to catch up with the comics and this was the first thing that popped up in my head after reading. I think Rung needed some mental help with this one.

Best read in Egoraptor’s Halo Reach voice.

I’ll go to bed now, I’m sorry.