Headcanon/au or whatever idk how to explain
So we all know how Starscream always changes his frame in the comics.
What if it was not only due to finding what feels right for him but also due to his immortal spark.
His clone Sunstorm has his own powers but I feel like it doesn't ruin his body as it let's the radioactivity be released. Whilst in Starscream's case the only way to release his energy would be to die and we all know how much he stops that from happening.
So with barely any release his spark slowly deteriorates his current body but not in a really gory way simply that functions will lag and maybe if left to long energon would slowly burst inside of him like when we get a bloody nose but for him his eyes may burst.
But he changes frame so much that it never got to the point where his whole body exploded and all the other times it was brushed off as damage due to fights (Megatron).
And the energy does still get released as he's died a few times but nobody knew cause they simply changed his frame in I guess a spark transfer as a last resort and it worked every time.
So I just found out I reached 1000 likes a while ago so uh yeah
There's also a lack of starscream here so 'chucks rushed drawing'
Yeah I don't know how to do the rendering cause I've never watched videos but it is what it is
Also one without the yellow under cut
Sometimes I feel like Starscream has a large piece of his mind or processor missing.
Cause I genuinely think that the lack of knowledge, to certain concepts that are so basic, that he shows is concerning. I feel like somethings just blocking that side of his processor causing him to be an absolute idiot.
Like same Starscream, but man that's not how it works.
I really want to dissect him basically.
I swear if Skybound make it clear that Megatron is a victim and uses it to excuse his actions and they do that for the rest of the characters
They're probably not going to do it for Starscream knowing Hasbro they'd stop anything like that from happening
Which pisses me off cause yeah Starscream is also an abuser but that's due to abuse. Megatron is literally like that but his abuse to Starscream is generational and he still gets redeemed.
Like make it make sense Hasbro.
Megatron has been gone for a while, presumably died in an explosion, even Soundwave believes it. So they obviously hold a funeral.
Starscream at the front doing the talking (nobody has a clue on how or why but hey free entertainment) : "That bitch is dead!!! Free energon for everyone!!! Let's partyyyyy!!!!!"
Scene pauses: "But not for long... He's not really dead I can sense it.. he always comes back to haunt me.....
It's not fair....
He's gonna come back in three episodes and beat me up beyond recognition- see the reference I did there huh no okay but it's from a song by Mindless self indulgence- due to taking control even though it really is the only option and there's no escape from this fate as I'm only a slave for his messed up entertainment"
"Well that was too much self reflection right there almost made you think I'd change my ways and get a redemption arc like hahaha imagine that."
Scene unpauses: "I'm betting 10,000 shanix that nobody can drink 20 cubes of high grade without pucking - or dieing!!!!"
STARSCREAM RUN GET OUT OF THERE.
Also is soundwave stupid or smt.
I'm reading whilst walking to school so idk
Dawg what is happening
Therapist(Rung I guess): "Fine, your all without (loving) fathers alright."
SG Starscream: "I'm not. I fucking love my dad (Megatron)."
Qué montage of Megatron being careful and caring to Starscream and making sure he's alright and overall having fun.
SG Starscream: "My dad's fucking awesome 😎."
Other Starscream's: "SHUT THE FUCK UP!!!!"
Haha capcut can't be that hard I say with joys
I was then shot 57 times
I really should have watched a video or anything but nah I had a will and Starscream to guide me. But I'll post it for shits anyway and later lament on my humiliation of my first edit. No there is not a read more to hide my humiliation, I'm not a coward I say to myself.
I don't even know the song I just had an audio for it.
Finally got to do drawings and I'm practicing poses with Starscream ofc, it's easier with robots anyway.
Learning how to draw metalhawk cause I need to draw some interactions with him and star when I improve.
I don't know what I was planning for the top drawing but the colours low-key work just in a weird way.
Starscream: "Got in trouble for apparently being disrespectful to my elders and teachers.
They kept on blabbering about my attitude and how I was wrong and should apologise.
Like yes I am disrespecting cause I have no respect for that guy. Fuck you want me to do lie. From what I know that's bad.
So am I the asshole? Yes but I'm right so I ain't"
Starscream: "They say that primus gives his hardest battles to his favourites or something like that."
"That's some bullshit cause I be getting the most horrible thing happening to me daily. Like cut me some slack ain't nobody built for that much less me."
"And Thundercracker said to me -well maybe you are primus' favourite-."
"Bro I'm nobody's favourite nobody even loves me do you think primus himself would."
"He must be like Megatron with the oh you're vital and important to me so I'm gonna beat you up to the point you can only imagine me dead, which definitely isn't what's happening to me, cause the only way I'd be a favourite is if it's for entertainment from my pain"
I feel like he's formed that parental figure to his team even though they are almost all the same age they still look up to him.
And then you have Starscream with his abusive dad being the only thing he's ever known. He may have stared a bit to long whenever Optimus would show affection or simple respect and care to his team cause those concepts are out of reach for him. So when he finally goes to the autobots.
He can't fit in. But Optimus isn't beating him up to the brink of death or blaming him for something out of his control or that he isn't doing things right.
And at this point Starscream realises he was taken in by the wrong brother.
And I feel like this is a good point on why Starscream cared so much about Optimus when he joined the decepticons again. Cause he finally got a taste of a true father and he does cherish it.
And on Optimus' side he saw how his brother treated Starscream but not all of it or the fact that Starscream had never had anyone else or how young he is or was. So when he joined he started to realise these things but instead of pressuring it all out of him to talk he simply became what Starscream lacked his whole life knowing that the former wouldn't work on Starscream. He thinks action speak louder than words yet words are still needed. Starscream also has that ideology but instead in the way of longing for it. Along the way he does see Starscream as a son.
But things don't last forever, it didn't even last long enough to start.
Me explaining Armada Starscream and Megatron being the biggest version of how they are like a father and son but obviously abusive.
My Dad: They should get married.
Me: Did you not hear what I said. First of all I was saying how Megatron is like an abusive adoptive father. And it's really abusive. What?
Dad: Yeah they should get married and kiss.
Me in utter horror trying to change the subject away: So you know Soundwave he's my second favouri---
Dad: He's their son whose spoilt.
And I'm currently choking on air and I tried changing the subject again: You know Starscream has heels
Dad: No he doesn't
And then I show him and he goes: So he is definitely the wife. -or SMT
So yeah my dad ships megastar or megstar idk and somewhere in the relationship he did agree with it being toxic but ig he likes it. But he also calls them both chickens.
I don't agree with this the only time I interact with the ship is if Starscream looks really nice in the drawing which is unfortunately a lot cause ppl draw too good to not like
But it's just Starscream
Is it bad that I think of him in everything. I think not.
I feel like Sg would hate Skybound at the beginning but slowly come to the realisation of his situation and start integrating himself as an older brother/ proper father figure trying to guide him away from the path his abusive father figure (Megatron) forced upon him.
Edit: just realised the colour for Omni mark match sg starscream
We as a society don't talk about Starscream calling cliffjumper papa in that one G1 episode enough.
Heck I'll even try to learn how to write a story out of this.
Short as hell dad and their tall ass son is my new favourite trope now.
Not even a trope I'm making this up with 4h sleep all week so I'll probably make a crack meme of this. If I remember. I'll probably not even remember writing this. (By not even a trope I just mean not exactly common in media and if it is they are like background characters not in rl)
Starscream probably if he saw the meme
Could work the other way around if he's trying to deny it but we know it ain't true
I'm sorry but man the lyrics are really like Starscream actually trying to make amends but due to his self destructive tendencies he keeps failing. He also wants everyone to know he is actually wanting to change but doesn't know how to.
"I swear, I will die trying" literally cannon because everytime he has changed or become a hero he dies, straight away sometimes.
"I'm not a good person, I'm bearly a person at all" cannon cause I say so and let me explain. He knows he's an asshole and sometimes he purposely acts like one for reasons. And in some of the darkest versions of Megatron's and Starscream's relationship he is quite literally a slave to Megatron and a "whipping boy" actual quote from Starscream and it makes me sick.
Soundwave and Starscream are just standing side by side in the nemesis whilst Megatron is talking about a new plan to destroy the autobots.
Starscream to us: Now you want to know why Soundy is standing right next to me. And no it's not cause we are supposed to. Listen hear and don't tell anyone I told you this or otherwise I'll be banned from the 4th wall. This guy right here can read minds but only at a close proximity like we are in now. See the producers have never made it clear, those lazy afts, I really hate their fleshy guts.
And then you slowly see Soundwave facing Starscream with absolute horror.
And after a whole minute Starscream goes: Wait if he can read minds. And I just broke the 4th wall. And the scene didn't pause. And he's standing right next to me. And he always reads my mind that means. Oh frag.
But during this part the scene did freeze so Soundwave didn't hear that part. Starscream is hyperventilating worried he'll be experimented with.
Soundwave is concerned. Cause he thinks starscream has gone full schizophrenic mode and not half anymore.
Like the moments are similar to how Deadpool does it like imagine a scenario that goes:
Megatron and Starscream arguing.
Starscream staring directly at us as the scene pauses: I interrupt this scene to give a warning for the viewers. I believe it's around the time I get my ass beaten up. So if you are uncomfortable or whatever with abuse I suggest you skip to 10:54.
The scene unpaused but Megatron just walks away with a huff.
Starscream whispering whilst pulling the screen down: Now that's a suprise. A good one of course. Primus really is shining down o-Ahhhhhhhh!!!!!!!
Megatron in fact did not leave and was just waiting for his fussion canon to charge. And skipping to 10:54 was actually correct.
I'm really disappointed nobody has had this idea no matter how much I try to find something like it
Starscream: Just kill me already I'm just so tired I can't with this anymore
Megatron: Nuh uh
Starscream: frag you mean nuh uh
Megatron: For talking back that's another 2 months without energon
Me: Oh my doomed robot relationship that has so much potential
?: Oh you talking about Jetfire and Starscream
Me: NOOOO I'M TALKING ABOUT METALHAWK. THERE COULD HAVE BEEN SOO MUCH YET IT ENDED TOO SOON. STARSCREAM COULD OF HAD A SHOULDER TO LEAN ON AND I NEED THEM TO HUG AND THEY DESERVE TO BE ALIVE TOGETHER. METALHAWK COULD "FIX" HIM. WHY STARSCREAM DO YOU KEEP FUCKING THINGS UP FOR YOURSELF HE WAS SO GOOD TO YOU?(I know not really fix him but I like how he definitely could make him see wrong in the way he thinks and does things)
My rare pair that is the only time I go out of my way to see it as a ship.
(At least it isn't as rare pair as that one person on here that's whirl x starscream respect the grind tho)
Me when I finally draw again for a week.
School is a pain and tests are worse but I have this guy to keep me going (he's telling me to kms(he's not even real I'm imagining things)
So Starscream is around 25 ish in human years in G1 and you take away the war he was definitely around 17 when he joined the war and lost Skyfire. Now when you're 17 you'll be in college/university and I think that's similar to the Cybertron thing in G1 the show.
Starscream goes on an exploration with Jetfire away from Cybertron and I'd like to think you have to be a certain age requirement and qualification to pass and G1 Starscream did go but in Skybound when Skyfire leaves Starscream doesn't go with him and he's seen as if following Skyfire's carer path. So he's definitely in his early teens and he didn't join the war in the beginning so he's been fighting for less than 200 years (which might be around 3 years in human terms except these guys age faster when they are younger)
So whilst G1 Starscream may be young Skybound is even younger and with my idea of Starscream and Ulchtar being a split personality with no memories of the other Starscream is mentally a 11 year old whose first action was killing and in total he would probably be around 12/15.
Thank you for joining my ted talk.
I can hear him go 'wtf do you mean you hate this I was the best in the academy even though everyone hated me. You're so weak'.
It's encourages me tho
You gotta hear me out okay he's so bipolar with his feelings for obvious reasons and he's so emotional yet barely has any emotional connections he's just like me fr.
Also apologies for the shitty pic
I was thinking about people and this popped in my head and I was like you know what. He would, he so would say this. Especially to Megatron
And he's so right to.
Don't know if this is already a quote but yeah 👍
Ulchtar in his head throwing up, crying and screaming: NOOOOOO HOW COULD YOU DO SUCH A THING KYS NOWWW
Ulchtar was shown to love bugs so I feel like he would have absolutely loved the humans and animals and would find ravage cute.
Redraw of the animated drawings with water colours.
Galaxy Force Starscream the lovable tragic asshole you are. I had to squish his face cause either made it too big. First time drawing him and those lips do not disappoint.
Water colour pens are good but I just can't use them properly without leaving marks making it look ugly.
Guys I swear I will post doodles soon but hear me out on this song idea/analysis like last time
Thanks, I Hate It by Simple Creatures but it's about Starscream 's and Megatron's relationship (not romantically unless you view it as such) from Starscream's pov.
"Am I good enough for you" portrays that no matter how he acts, loyal, disloyal, submissive or resistant Megatron will always seek the opposite or still view it and therefore him as disgusting making him the perfect punching bag simply for Megatron's very own amusement. In every universe, with the main ones with this problem being armada and prime, he gets treated as somebody with potential by Megatron yet he also denies Starscream that growth.
"I don't owe you anything" is something that Starscream himself would only think in his anger towards Megatron but may have only truly processed those words as true after the war (in the versions he survives for a bit after, such as him in the Windblade comics). This reflects how he -and every other abuse victim- doesn't and shouldn't offer their abuser anything no matter how much your life is centred and controlled by them, they don't deserve you.
"But I gave you everything" shows the fact that Starscream sometimes and maybe in the beginning of everything did try so hard to please Megatron. But he didn't need to do all of that as it only buried the hole he was getting swallowed by even larger and more difficult to escape from.
"Watch you pile it up and sing - Thanks I hate it" summarises Megatron's mentality and actions when it comes down to Starscream. Megatron will rarely accept something he gives and when he does praise is rarely given which may mirror any abusive relationship (I view it as an abusive adopted Father and their dysfunctional son that becomes even worse with the abuse - though see it however you want).
"No you're never satisfied" is Megatron's constant berating and thirst of Starscream's agony.
"Now you wanna run and hide" resembles how in the many times Megatron has been redeemed he has never apologised to the person he influenced and corrupted the most. The exception of this was Earthspark but even then Megatron was warning everyone how Starscream is worse than he ever was. He showed care for the other decepticons well being yet was inconsiderate of Starscream's. He's too scared to face the truth of his actions or view it as important to his path to peace, therefore hiding himself from his second in command as if everything will be dropped and sorted out.
The point is- Starscream should be accountable for his actions only if Megatron will be as well and if we brush everything he's done then we should do the same for Starscream. Yet Megatron should still face him either way if he truly is a "good guy". Starscream deserves that closure even though he thinks that killing and taking his place will ease everything it wouldn't.
He's so frustrating I can't.
So I think that due to his spark being immortal/indestructible he has this natural fear of death. Even though he doesn't know he is immortal his body or even his mind(subconsciously or his spark) controls him when in some situations that could get him killed as he will still feel the pain of death but have to live through it over and over so it ,and in terms he, will do anything to escape that fate without realising why. And even though like "fear of death no shit" I feel like it's something that would suffocate him at the mere thought of it and he doesn't know why. Basically you get the fear and times it by a billion. This could explain why he acts so unlike himself in certain situations.
Like imagine him having full breakdowns cause he thought of ways he could die too much due to his paranoia and it physically and mentally burns as his spark will do *anything* to stop the possibility. Also could be seen as a defense mechanism, if they don't kill you how will they know they can do it again to hurt you more. Especially with Megatron cause I think he would be the reason it gets worse throughout the war as Starscream knows Megatron wants to hurt him not just kill him so when you take out the factor of death. Megatron can do whatever he wants. But Starscream isn't even aware of all this even though the affects of it are taking over his life.