uniformshark replied to your post:

what are seekers?

omg I doubt the writers had this in mind TFP seems too shallow (I love it but yeah lets face it) but thats a super nice headcannon?? I’m hooked

thank you! 💞 (yeah, I don’t think this is even close to canon but – this is what headcanons & fandom is for right?)

I might add more to it later because I tried remembering more details about the great rebel (i studied it in 7th grade I think?) & frankly there are quite a lot of similarities that I find very interesting! 

what are seekers?

I know the term is used to refer to Starscream’s frame type but I never quite understood it. what are they seeking exactly?
in tfp, Starscream calls them “Energon Seeker” which doesn’t really explain much – I mean they obviously aren’t miners, and Cybertronians have advanced technology to find energon so… what are seekers for?
I know this is probably not what the show intended (but that’s the fun with headcanons – it doesn’t matter!) but my favorite theory is that they aren’t really called seeker at all – I think it’s just grounders being too lazy to translate a Vosian word.
I’ll explain – back in the days of ancient Rome, during “the Great Revolt ”, the jews had a unit (for lack of a better word) called the Sicarii, they were called that because of the small daggers they carried that were called Sica that they would use to silently stab anyone who was suspected to be a traitor or to align with the Romans.

<this is what this Sica looks like>

now Starscream obviously doesn’t have anything that resembl-

oh.

I headcanon seekers to be some kind of elite assassins used for dangerous & important jobs – hence why Starscream bragged about it to Airacnid…
now in any transformers universe (that I know of), Energon is both their fuel & their blood.
I think we misunderstood which one the seekers were after…

I know this might be a bit of a stretch but transformers tend to use many Roman words so… it’s not completely impossible!

Since we have some Jewish holidays coming up, let’s talk about how to interact with them

spockoandjimjim:

On this thursday is Rosh Hashanna:

– this is the jewish new year, we are entering the year 5778. It comemorates when adam and eve were created.

– If you see someone jewish, or have jewish friends and family, say “L’Shana Tova (Le-Sha-Nah-Toe-Vah). It’s a greeting and a wish for a happy new year!

– We dip apples in honey to remind us of the sweetness of life and to bring sweetness into ourselves for a new year

-We eat a circular challah to symbolize the cycles of time, the challah often has raisins in it to add extra sweetness

-This is a happy holiday, full of joy

Beginning on Friday, September 30th is Yom Kippur:

– This is the jewish day of atonement, when we think about our wrongdoings of the past year and think about how we can commit to doing better in the next year.

– Many Jewish people fast, abstaining from food and water from sundown to sundown. The fast is roughly 25 hours. HOWEVER, if you need to eat, you may. There are lots of reasons that people may not fast, like recovering from an eating disorder, a medical condition like diabetes, or having to take medication with food. The elderly, children, and pregnant people should not fast.

– This is a solemn holiday, many people spend all day in synagogue in deep prayer. 

– On Yom Kippur, wish someone a peaceful or meaningful fast. Some people may take offense to the concept of having an “easy” or “enjoyable” fast because Yom Kippur is not about ease or comfort. 

– There is a breaking of the fast at sundown, this is usually a joyous event

Together, these make up the High Holy Days, the most important week in Judaism. 

please reblog to educate and spread awareness

not entirely accurate but the best info post about it i saw yet