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does anyone think abt them like this or is it just me

Based on that one chiikawa comic because it's so Tailgate

AAAAAAAAAAAA I don't mean to hijack this but just Iove love the idea of TF one StarWaveWave and talking about them is my guilty pleasure. This interpretation of them is one of my favorite potential interpretations of their dynamic simply because it has so much opportunity and depth of flavor behind it where other universes may not as much. You have someone like Starscream who is often cocky and over confident and then two other guys next to him who in their own right have grown used to understanding his temperament and overall ideals. Yeah, he's annoying and mouthy, but they have to have already respected him to a certain degree after knowing and working beside him for so long/be willing to stand by his side after everything let along with his diva aft on a throne.

They've probably saved each other's afts too multiple times. It's a bond, that can't be necessarily broken from how it's shown in the film, Starscream has leader qualities, Shockwave is irrational but he listens when told, and Soundwave is ideally the most capable in terms of his temper, communication skills, and ability to work with others. He probably is the only one keeping anything working or in line at all when they left Cybertron with 0 clue what to do or how to manage shit. But it's probably hc to me that he let's Starscream run the show because he has the voice, aura, and general drive to be the one in the front, Soundwave is content standing behind him and so is Shockwave too. They remind me of those old married couples who can read each other without hesitation and just get it, even if they have those moments of "Why are you YELLING at me!😭" They know each other like the back of their servos, it's a given by now. AUUUUUUUUGH, I LOVE them

As much as I love DPax and Oplita,Low-key can we talk about these three though? Because tf One gave a lot of potential for StarWaveWave.

It's just simply how they are always together,in every single scene they are present throughout the movie,they are always together the only time they were separated was when Starscream got captured and even then Soundwave and Shockwave were always together,when they finished the rescue attempt alongside Orion and Elita the three of them immediately reunited/regrouped and continued to fight alongside eachother.

Literally don't separate them.

Even in the storyboards when they helped D-16 restrain Sentinel,and when they fought Optimus,and the subtle hints of camaderie that's what interesting about them as a ship/ot3. Shockwave also tried to interfere during Dee and Starscream's fight but Soundwave stopped him as much I believe he did that because he found it funny and enjoyed a brawl like any other Guard, I think it's also so because Soundwave kind of gets where this is going, Starscream at the time was not really trying to kill D-16 so he was holding back, trying to boast infront of an audience to give off a show of strength for their enjoyment,Soundwave has likely seen him do this a million times when he gets battle hungry before so he doesn't see the need to interfere if they get a good fight,that is before Dee took out the cannon.

One thing that I like about this continuity is it's Megatron who is the newer one to already pre established dynamics within the High Guard,which adds interesting potential for storylines, he's the one who needs to integrate himself and form a completely new dynamic around his new army.

The way I see StarWaveWave is mostly the Waves low-key getting annoyed with Starscream's antics,which is kind of the case in canon they definitely would bicker a lot because that is a given,but at the same time there is that camaderie as they've been working alongside eachother for hundreds if not thousands of cycles long before Sentinel's betrayal and even longer before they even met the quartet and became Decepticons ,so there is also like some care underneath all of it even if they wonder why they are tolerating eachother at times, Soundwave appears to be the most reasonable out of the three of them and Shockwave has a temper and gets irritated quickly and Starscream is Starscream enough said, there is room for some fun interactions.

Just a short post about why I love this ot3.

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Batwave concept 🤔… except also bugwave…. I wanna implement both of those thangs (because of how the poll went). I couldn’t figure how his face would look so I’ve come to the conclusion that his visor(?) Is his face 😌 (tho there’s a chance I might change it to a human head,, not sure yet) it’s just that he mimics a human by tucking his head in a certain way that’s convincing enough, trust.. as for the bug stuff? It’s more subtle I’d say, sure the exoskeleton is a clearer thing (yes that technically means he’s shirtless in this one, boy cover up!!!) but there are biological things happening that I don’t feel like explaining yet 😌 just know I spent a whole night researching certain bugs. For his bat side I mostly referenced fruit/flying fox bats cuz their slim faces worked best with him

I felt like there wasn’t enough obviously-bug stuff going on so I kinda wanted to give him two pairs of wings like bugs do, but I’m not sure yet if they Are bat wings or if they’re like bug wings that mimic bat wings 🤔 which would be preferred??? Usually though, in this au thing he’d have them covered/hidden, kinda like how mantids or beetles would have their wings flush to the body and typically seem hidden. Tho a part of me still wants to give him insect wings cuz it matches his usual streamlined body yknow?

I’ve been drawing my Human Soundwave always covering his neck because I always imagined it to be how he’d hide his non-humanness 🤔 not sure how tall he is yet tho. Likely very tall tbh, maybe his visor thing is the equivalent of a bug face (exoskeleton) ,,, yet is shaped like a bat’s head. If that makes sense

Bonus the line art just cuz I like how it is… since bugs are like the top dogs in mimicry I like to imagine Soundwave going in on that 😌 similar to how many people like to think Prime Soundwave looks like a sparkeater! Soundwave here? Mostly not human. But pretends to be and is good at it

ES Soundwave and good girl Ravage

A buncha catwaves!! I didn’t have the time to get to Bayverse or One or Cybertron SDW unfortunately, maybe I’ll do them tomorrow if I got the time 🤔 but I just kinda was in the mood to draw some cats and I picked out some roughly related breeds to each Soundwave and their personalities or looks 🤔 yes Cyberverse is on that catnip btw, he just seemed like the type 🙄 as for the fur patterns I wasn’t sure how to go about them so I just splatted on some related colors and where they were… go my soundlings 🐈‍⬛ 🐈🐈‍⬛🐈🐈‍⬛