Tag: transformers

 since some people seemed interested this post, I thought more about the similarities between the Seekers & the Jewish revolt against the Roman Empire, and I found quite a few parallels that I intend to talk about in more depth when I have more time. but this is one I just have to talk about now, at least briefly:
The Name – in the second rebellion, the leader of the rebels was called “Bar Kokvah” which literally translates as “son of a star”, and after his own pride led to the failure of the rebellion he was renamed “Bar Kuzeivah” which means “son of lies”. 

side note: in Hebrew referring to someone as a

“son” of something was kinda like defining them – in the way a parent makes the child – that thing is the core of that person. 

(there are other versions that claim his real name was  Bar Kuzeivah & it was changed to Bar Kokhvah during the revolt but honestly, both versions fit Starscream so idrc)

that could not be more perfectly Starscream if I made it up… (which I, obviously, didn’t)

I feel that in tfp, there is a huge disconnect between what the Autobots are telling us is going on & what’s actually going on.

there are quite a few examples of that. one the really bothers me is the one from the episode “convoy” in season 1.

once the Autobots discover the attackers are human, Optimus says: “…apply minimal force, disarmament only!”

I’m ok with that, the Autobot remind us again & again that they are protecting ALL humans, and aren’t taking a side in a fight between them. their only objective is to protect humans by making sure the weapon doesn’t explode or fall into hands that will use it to harm people.

except, only less than 5 minutes later (about 3 minutes to be precise) Arcee jumps on a car, causing the guy who was on it to fall down, the car causes another car to flip and EXPLODE. no way was anyone in that car able to come out alive. 

that wasn’t self-defense, they had no real way of harming her.

that’s right. The first humans killed on screen by Cybertronians are killed by the Autobots, not the Decepticons. I find it actually amazing that I have yet to see a post pointing that out.

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!

wardencommanderrodimiss:

I don’t like the concept of “Cybertronians immediately can speak English upon first contact with Earth” and I’ve got some thoughts in my G1-based fic universe about the slow-going initial communications between the bots and the Witwickys when they don’t have a common language. Cybertronians adapt quickly though, and by the time the “Season 2” bots arrive, they’ve made a translation guide so that everyone else can get up to speed super quick

but anyway I’m thinking about how I’ve just decided right now that the Cybertronian language doesn’t have contractions. early on they think they’re getting the hang of it

then Spike says “y’all’d’ve” and Prowl starts to cry

our language doesn’t have contractions like that either. prowl is me.

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Unpopular question but why do some writers really hate Rodimus and Starscream and treat them almost similarly.?

Jk I think I know the answer.

what IS the answer then? i was wondering the same thing, but i can’t really think of a good reason why… what do you think?

I was thinking it was because that Megatron is an important figure in the franchise and writers love to pay attention to him at the expense of other characters, while a friend said that it’s because ppl hate abuse survivors.

I was pretty close bc those two are commonly intertwined.

good points! i tried to think of a reason myself a while back and the i think it might be because they are both relatively “feminine” (we see that especially in tfp starscream) and tend to use words & strategy rather than just punch anything in their way – which is apparently “cowardly” ans not, you know, common sense.
plus they kinda replace the two “main” characters – optimus prime & Megatron – which annoyed many people.