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Anti-ICE protesters are blocking both sides of the 101 Freeway in Los Angeles (02 February 2025)

The protests are still going on.

This is probably a cold take, but when it comes to Transformers I tend to prefer fanon over canon, mainly with how they deal with societal issues. Including the war.

I understand the franchise is innately made for children, or at most teenagers, so many topics need to be watered down for the sake of clarity and understanding. (I know IDW and other continuity’s are an exception to this, but I’m mainly talking about cartoons and the more widely known about media) War isn’t black and white, that’s a given and something everyone should know and consider. This is a very simplified generalization of my opinions, and it very much varies depending on the context, but when a conflict escalates to a war, more often than not, both sides have their reasoning, and both sides commit immoral acts for the sake of their cause. Transformers is no exception. My favorite backstory’s of the war is Megatron, a bottom class worker turned revolutionary fighting for equality in an unfair system, and Optimus, a middle class worker slowly becoming aware of the injustices in his society, wishing to do something and make a difference. When you start the characters as that, it’s obvious that they are both fighting for a common and righteous cause. Their paths are often split when it comes to methods, and what their end goal is. While they both fight for a similar purpose, their experiences greatly affect how they see their would and laws, and how they need to be changed. Megatron is from the lowest of the low, where violence and abuse is commonplace towards those deemed lower than others. Optimus comes from a world of comparative privilege, able to choose wha the does in his free time, how he associates with, and has power over his own life. Of course Megatron feels that a more radical and total change is necessary when the system in place has killed and mistreated him and countless of his peers. Yes, Optimus can see why the system is wrong and a general idea of what needs to be changed, but seeing it is different from living it. Whether that is a detriment or positive depends on how your mindset is molded by it.

This post has just devolved into a brain dump of all the thoughts in my brain. I don’t even know what the original purpose pf writing this was. If I got something wrong, or you have differing opinions, please share and or correct me because I am more than willing to listen and learn. This is simply my two cents on what I know and how I see it.

Finally got around to reading A Glitch in Time.

I'm glad Vlad still has that impeccable loser energy of his ☺️✨

Okay, I’ve gotten obsessed with Danny Phantom recently and obviously that means I need to crossover it with Transformers. So like, Holoforms. Ghost.

Imagine some Cybertronian using a holoform at his random earth kid who is incredibly helpful and help said Cybertronian understand earth culture (without realizing it of course). But over time they notice the human flickers sometimes. Parts of their body seem to go invisible, like a hologram. Sometimes their body will glow when in states of heightened emotions, like a hologram connected to a neural link. Obviously, the Cybertronian decides, this ‘earth kid’ is a holoform. But who are they? Why would they chose the form of a human kid, let alone stay in this weird human city. They need to investigate.

Now to Danny Phantom, he meets someone clearly new to Amity Park, possibly the country given how little they seem to know of culture and social norms, and this city is obviously not shallow waters for newbies, so he decides to help them out. Over time he starts to notice odd things. Sometimes they seem to flicker in the light, almost going invisible, like a ghost. Parts of them glow oddly or are just not quite right, like a ghost in a human disguise. Obviously, this ‘new person’ is a ghost. But why isn’t his ghost sense going off? He needs to investigate.

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Take care of yourself and each other. Please stay safe ♡

I find it incredibly funny how most of Starscream's comrades make fun of him..😭

‘Redrew’ this panel from the Transformers Skybound comics. I can’t get enough of the grungy artstyle in it.

The finished product. Meet Leo Logan, aka. Spectre (i know, so creative). He is the Silly in my internal Danny Phantom x Transformers crossover that exists solely in my head and nowhere else :)

Me, sitting in the theater, watching Transformers: One thinking, “why did I get into Transformers again?,” just for scene where Megatron and Optimus both become themselves to start playing and it feels like I just got hooked up to a car battery and start vibrating a frequency that only moths can hear.

Wavewave nation do we fck with this