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Random ideas for a hypothetical Scavengers (mini) series
So I made a google doc a few nights ago and filled it with random ass ideas for how a cartoony likely-episodic Scavengers series could go... It was around the same time I wanted to get to animating a Scavs-related thing but no promises there or to this ever becoming more than rambles
Anyways... heres an unorganized collection of my silly thoughts:
POST-WAR!! War’s over, Autobot-Decepticon alliance is great and dandy for everyone except of course the folks who got left behind and forgotten by respective High Commands and have had to make their own dealings in space to get thru life and shit; focusing on the daily struggles of your average low of the low genericons/bots, the Scavengers
Optimus and Megatron are definitely married (trust); we go the IDW MTMTE route but instead of Megs off on a quest with Roddy and gang, he’s with Optimus and they both publicly surrender/call truce or whatever on-video and agree to help repair cybertron instead of squabbling, sending a message to all cybertronians taking refuge amongst the stars blah blah blah its time to go home (pilot should open with this i think, set the worldview up straight from the beginning)
It could either be set in the slums of like some populated city or smthn, like maybe Dead End of Kaon or smthn OR… now consider… Set NOT on Cybertron, literally anywhere BUT Cybertron; the Scavs wander space, at least every few episodes or so would be set in a different planet or smthn, having them do their usual shenanigans and (failing) their supply/scavenging runs, as well as the occasional star station too for like a pit stop i guess; there’d be atleast one episode where they go to earth probably
Main characters (scavs duh, but lemme write some shit down here rq):
Krok - the dutiful, ever-patient (one can of engex away from losing it) leader of the Scavengers; he’s the one that usually has the single functioning brain cell
Crankcase - the skillful pilot of the crew’s beloved Decepticon-hijacked Autobot vessel, always in a sour mood, think TFA Ratchet but up the old man crankiness to 500; really good at fixing things (mechanic)
Spinister - a little stupid… all the stupid actually… but he’s got things rattling in there too, don’t worry! The Scavengers’ medic; would probably be Cybertron’s greatest surgeon if it weren’t for everything else
Fulcrum - Defunct?? Rejected?? Something-class Decepticon, a bit of a coward, found in a dumpster by Misfire; he’s a technician too! Score!
Misfire - ideas are about as good as his aim (which is not at all); the really really talkative and social one; rejected Rainmaker/Seeker (bro didnt pass Decepticon Academy, rip)
Additional members that get added to the crew later on!
Grimlock - resident Dinobot and the only Autobot on the crew (for now or smthn idk), thinking of either having them find him during the pilot episode or a bit later on?; i think Krok would definitely have a thing where he’s super wary of him until a big character development episode thing happens like in MTMTE #46
Nickel - hmmm idk yet.. Maybe a former high ranking decepticon officer whose position has been stripped from her the more fucked up and bad the faction ended up becoming because she was very vocal about its problems til the current day? (I just don’t think her being connected to the DJD would work here womp womp)
Flywheels (unsure) - some mech that tagged along with them during one random shenanigans episode
MP3 / or some other new human character (unsure) - they have an episode where they go to Earth and befriend silly human… may or may not keep them, maybe they could be an honorary Scavenger but only appears sometimes or stays on Earth but keeps in touch with the Scavs (look I just think having a human on the crew would be kinda silly and funky for the dynamic)
Meanies to the crew (weekly bad guy):
Novastorm - leader of the Rainmakers; has beef with Misfire
Skullcruncher- Krok hates his guts; he’s the TFA Sentinel to Krok’s TFA Prime, probably served together on like whatever the equivalent of a Warworld ship would be in this
Raiders??? Space pirates??? Idk but I’d def make em be related to Spinister’s past or smthn (this was inspired by some fanfic I read a bit ago, I think Fool’s Paradise on AO3)
Needlenose? (Spin trusted him, betrayed copter boy :((( or smthn)
Scorponok - probably the biggest threat of the show (ofc not in universe), but he’d be like IDW Scorponok in that one Scavs issue, all kinda silly and dramatic but def a threat, he kinda reminds me of Dino/BW Megatron a bit
DJD (absolutely unsure, maybe a passing mention or not at all) - would probably have to sillify them a bit (a lot, idk how the hell Cyberverse managed it with Tarn)...
There's more in the doc but they're not fully formed ideas yet... My countless hours scrolling the Scavengers tags on tumblr have also given me ideas for certain kinds of episodes that could happen but again, nothing concretely written down yet
If I have the energy or remember this, I'm def gonna be updating it with some more ideas cuz whether this becomes real or not, its fun!! Maybe I could write it as a fic one day or if someones wants to idk
Okay bai bai for now, I gotta eep 👋
I think a lot about Tarn and the DJD just absolutely struggling to set up a streaming service account like their lives depend on it
Hey how funny would it be if in IDW, before Megatron did his whole surrender thing, he just straight up erased the DJD's List. Like Tarn wakes up one day and it's just completely empty. He snacks the datapad a few times, tries to check another one, and is absolutely going nuts that he can't reach it. And when he comme Megatron for the umptillionth time, Megs just says "You've helped the Decepticon cause so much, Tarn, and served me well. You and your team have been elected for broader horizons, and so I bestow upon you a new path." All the fancy sugarcoating shit.
I calculated the heights of the DJD
Thanks to this post I was able to get a generally accurate height comparison approved by Alex Milne, the artist for MTMTE. This is that image:
I found the best image that shows Megatron and Tarn together and generally on the same X plane.
According to the TFwiki for IDW Megatron is 38'... so. I throw all these into Procreate to start the process...
Here, I just put in the first picture, nothing special.
Then, I scale the comic panel to match Tarn's head size and height, as close as I can. I lower the opacity of the image and add Megs, using that comic panel to size him right.
Next:
I add a ruler measuring at 38'ft (I actually used inches to keep the distances equal when adding other lines, wo it's not 100% accurate). I kept in mind that the edge of the image is not the plane they are standing on.
Then, I add the lines and numbers, and get Megs out of there before he gets killed. Using the numbers and lines, I get their heights. So here's my results:
Vos: 27.25ft
Kaon: 32.5ft
Tarn: 36.5ft
Helex: 50ft
Tesarus: 51ft
You can round up or down if it makes things easier in your writings! Hope this helps with your drawings.
Thank you for coming to my TED talk.
The most feared decepticons in the universe.
Made more transformers OCs :)
Slight NSFW warning??
INTRODUCING RAVE AND NOVA
Like most of my settings, these two are from the IDW/MTMTE continuity. They are former decepticons who defected before the War was over (more info. will be disclosed later :D). Post War and they’re just trying to live a peaceful life, but that’s kind’ve hard when you ended up on the DJD’s list. Also, they are conjux ❤️
Individual Information
Rave:
pronouns he/him
worked in Communications before he defected
his age is equivalent to early 30s
he turns into a boombox (specifically the ION Audio Party Rocker Go HighPower Boombox Portable Speaker with Party Starter Lights Black iSP147)
he is 20 feet tall
he weighs 3,700 lbs
he will eat anything placed in front of him
he has pica, which is where one craves/chews substances with no nutritional value
despite his alt being a boombox, Rave is not that loud of a mech (he does have his moments)
also, despite being in Communications, he as social anxiety (he will persevere through it when the situation calls for it)
he took longer to convince to defecting from the ‘cons
^^despite this, he came up with the escape plan
he’s allergic to oil
dyslexic
the little spoon
^^but not the bottom *winky face*
fears ducks
he cooks like a white woman
Nova:
pronouns he/him
worked in SpecOps before defecting
his age is equivalent to early 30s
turns into a camera (specifically the Sony Alpha A6100)
he is 17 feet tall
he weighs 2,400 lbs
the more sensible of the two (he has his moments)
had to stop Rave from eating napkins once
the big spoon
^^NOT the top (another winky face)
also has social anxiety
^^also persevered through it when the situation required it
came up with the idea of defecting
he believed in the original cause of the decepticons, but as the War stretched on, he saw how they strayed from their original motivations and grew some major doubts
reads to Rave
fears needles
caught KOBD interfacing once
actually banned from the kitchen
cooks like a Victorian child discovering technology for the first time
More Information
the reason they defected was because they found out Nova was sparked
*in my AU, one does not get pregnant, rather when two (or more) mechs merge their sparks there is a 5% chance of getting sparked; mechs can also merge with the intent to create, and that raises the chance of a sparkling from 5% to 86%*
Rave initially wanted to name their child after Megatron, but Nova would not hear him out
^^they were then gonna name them Night Beat, only to discover that there was already a mech with that name
^^^they decided on the name Dead Beat, which they based on how they now viewed the current decepticon cause
Dead Beat is a femme
Rave and Nova are the best parents, although they do have dubious teaching skills
this little family does end up on the Lost Light
^^they had a really close call with the DJD which resulted in Rave getting badly injured
^^^once he was sure the DJD were no longer nearby Nova sent out a distress beacon, which was picked up by the Lost Light (who else lmao)
^^^^they were found and allowed aboard the ship; Rave was taken to the Medbay due to his injuries while Nova was taken to the brig out of precaution due to his intentions being unknown
^^^^^Nova had hidden Dead Beat under his armor when the ship initially touched down so no one knew there was a sparkling; when a member of the Lost Light’s high command came to check on their newest brig member, they were greeted with the sight of Nova having somehow equipped blankets guarding his kid, whom was asleep on his chassis
^^^^^^they were promptly taken to the Medbay where they got yelled at by Ratchet
Additional Images
DJD Tarn
Tarn (c) Hasbro
Vos (c) Hasbro