agatharights:

If you’re ever sad, just remember that in TFA that bots can take off their armor to expose the protoform bodies underneath and I think that’s beautiful.

So, here’s some naked Megatron! Warbuilds are still pretty stocky and well-armored, compared to a typical autobot, but tend to appear much slimmer as much of their mass comes from heavily reinforced and padded armor and weapons systems. Megatron appears much less top-heavy because his shoulders actually can expand when supported by armor, and retract when not to allow for less exposure. Some of the black areas on his body would actually have glowing circuitry and biolights but I was lazy.

He’s also got HEAD PETALS because I love them in IDW- although they’re actually not very sensitive- the underside of them is, but it’s more ticklish sensitive than anything else. What is very sensitive is what they protect- the exposed circuitry and sensors on the back of his head. I imagine they’d be fun to play with, tho…

He’s got those thick, deep ports on his shoulders/hips/back/some other places, where weapons and armor plug in for added support. Also oh my goodness you can see his modesty panels hahaha I was gonna add more details but I’ll wait until the kid’s in bed to do that.

Also look at his cute lil winglets. They get, like, lost when he’s armored fully, but like this they’re exposed and probably wiggle.

Cybertronian Vocab List For Beginners

strawberrieninja:

I was making my friend a “cheat sheet” of Cybertronian vocabulary and…things got way out of hand. Maybe it can benefit someone here too? It’s not an all-inclusive list and some parts are probably inaccurate or just my personal opinion. I tried to keep it open to interpretation, because honestly that’s my favourite thing about the TF fandom. Seeing all different takes on Cybertronian biology and culture is the best!

Welcome to the fandom, here’s your information brochure:

–  aft –  butts

–  audial, audio receptor – ear

–  berth, recharge slab – bed, a place to recharge

–  bond – marry. Involves  "spark merging" and possibly a ceremony, or at least personal vows of devotion.

–  cables – muscles. Sometimes refers to an interface cable.

–  calipers – (look up a diagram) a channel of internal “muscles” inside of intakes and valves.

–  chassis – main body, torso

–  CPU – attention span, memory capacity

– coolant – runs through fuel lines (or something?) to reduce overheating. –  cooling fans activate when flustered, like blushing. Used to expel excess heat from the frame and moderate internal temperature.

–  circuits/circuitry – circulatory or cardiovascular system

–  communication link (“comm link” or “comm”) – wireless communications system in which mechs choose a specific radio frequency and use it like a phone line. Can be privately or inclusively broadcasted.

–  cord – a cable with a jack at the end, used for interfacing.

–  digit – finger

–  dentae –  teeth

–  derma, dermal plating – skin, outer armor

–  electromagnetic field (EM field) – (definitely research this, its cool stuff!) An aura. Simply put, it’s the charged particles (electrons) surrounding an object which conducts electricity. When different EM fields come into contact, they slightly alter each other, causing interference of sorts. Using your imagination, you can presume Cybertronians use fields to communicate. Different levels, intensities, amount of charge etc are likely associated with different moods and emotions. EM fields likely expand and contract depending on social and emotional situations. They are essentially someone’s “bubble.” One can feel disturbances in the air around them if another mech brushes against or stands in their field. In a way they are like whiskers, judging spacial awareness and reading energy currents/air currents. It’s fun to make them into a method of emotional communication akin to body language.

–  engine – will rev when excited. Can also growl when angry, sputter when exasperated, etc.

–  frag – v. or n. (opposite of “defragment”) Crude word for “interface.” Also an interjection.

–  frame – whole body

–  frame type – overall shape and style of the Cybertronian’s model. Examples include jet, race car, truck, helicopter, etc

–  fuel pump –  Pumps fuel throughout the body the same way a heart circulates blood.

–  glossa – tongue

–  helm – head

– host/carrier – a frame type which relies on a symbiotic relationship to other mechs (i.e, Soundwave and Blaster).

–  intake, fuel intake – throat

–  interface – v. Two or more mechanisms connecting either physically or mentally, in a manner that is generally perceived to be sexual. (Depends on personal interpretation!)

There are 3 main categories for interfacing, “sticky,”  "plug n’ play,“ and “tactile”.

Sticky interface uses concepts analogous to human anatomy (spike, valve, fluids)

Plug n’ play focuses on a cord/port connection, along with the transfer of energy, files, emotions, and memories.

Tactile interface focuses on physical (and sometimes electrical) touch

Personal suggestion: combine all three!

Colloquial terms for interface include: jack in, plug in, link up, fileshare.

–  interface housing – an area of the body (your choice!) that houses interface equipment, be it cables/ports or spikes/valves). Generally the equipment is kept safe behind separate panels (one for spike/cord, one for valve/port)

–  olfactory sensors, chemoreceptors/chemosensors – sense of smell. Detects chemical stimuli in the environment.

–  optics/optical sensors – eyes

–  offline – unconscious, asleep. Sometimes means “dead.” (I don’t use it that way).

–  online  – conscious, awake, alive.

–  oral cavity, oral component – mouth

–  oral lubricant – saliva

–  overheating – body becomes uncomfortably warm, possibly to a harmful degree. Causes of overheating include embarrassment, anger, arousal, etc

–  overload – the climax of interfacing (orgasm), achieved by excessive electrical charge within the frame. May involve shorted circuits, being knocked offline, systems crashing, blacking out, temporarily shutting down, rebooting in some form.

–  panel, interface panel, interface hatch/manual hatch – the panel behind which lies the interface equipment. May be automatically or manually operated (or both!)

–  pede – foot, leg

–  port – receptive end for an interface cable.

–  processor – brain

–  recharge  – sleep

–  sealed/factory sealed – Essentially a virgin. One who retains the protective seals over their interface equipment they were constructed with. Most will agree that seals should be medically removed, but some mechs romanticize “breaking their lover’s seals.”

–  sensory input modules – nerves (things that relay information to the processor)

–  slag – basically “shit”.

–  spark – heart/soul/lifeforce. Located in the chest.

–  spark merging – a profusely intimate act in which mechs open their chest compartments, revealing their sparks, and press together until the sparks resonate at the same frequency, pulse in synchronicity, etc. Likely this leads to overloading. Generally spark merging is an act reserved for bonded mechs, as it involves one to expose themselves to absolute vulnerability.

–  spike – phallus component utilized in sexual interface. Upon arousal, spikes will “come online” by heating up, extending from interface housing, stiffen by means of magnetism or hydraulics (probably?), and likely will self-lubricate. Connecting to a valve forms a circuit between mechs and energy can be shared in a feedback loop. Thrusting in-and-out movements stimulate internal tactile and electrical sensors, accumulating electrical charge.  

– struts/spinal struts – back

–  symbiote/symbiont – a mech smaller than a mini which lives on or inside its designated host/carrier mech. (i.e., the cassetticons)

–  valve – interface equipment resembling a vagina. Internal components include calipers, a ceiling node, various tactile sensory nodes, various electrical nodes. Outer components include a rim and at least one external node resembling a clitoris. Valves will “come online” and start to heat and self-lubricate upon arousal.

–  ventilation – breathing

When in doubt, look up car/plane diagrams, read other people’s fanfiction, or make stuff up! 8D Alien robots, yeah!!

ladydragon76:

caiusmajor:

robocoochie:

I wanna think that Decepticons value a partner who is strong and will protect you. Who can also overpower you.

They’ll have “play fights” where one Con wrestles the other into submission and fucks them.

Outsiders might not understand because the struggling would seem real.

On Twitter I saw a scenario where Rodimus assumed Drift’s con ex abused him after memory linking with him, because the sex was so rough.

(what kinds of signals Cons would have that advances really aren’t okay?)

I suspect it can honestly get ambiguous sometimes. Like, I think the assumption would be that if a ‘Con really doesn’t want it, then they would overpower their suitor, esclating the fight if necessary – using their inbuilt weaponry, usually.

Buuuut there’d be times when a ‘Con couldn’t do that, or didn’t want to risk real damage by using weapons, or the other combattant didn’t realize that by esclating the fight they wanted it to stop rather than just keep on going until they were overpowered…or, y’know, didn’t care enough to pay attention to the signals that this wasn’t a happy sexytimes playfight.

Another signal would probably be to just refuse to fight back. It’d risk looking like a surrender, but usually ‘Cons expect their ‘defeated’ companions to participate in the interface as well as the fight. Still, though, it’d depend on the other ‘Con realizing something was wrong and caring enough to back off.

*jumps in*

I did something like that in an RP.  (I think it was an RP….  Don’t think it was a fic???) where yeah, if the Con REALLY doesn’t want to clang, he lies limp under his ‘attacker’ and turns his face away.  It’s not submission to the other ‘Con, it’s ‘look how uninspiring you are to me, you’re not worth putting my hands on even to shove off’.

It was a fun concept to play with, (and by fun I mean oh dears gods the DRAMU) because the Autobots did NOT know this was how to say no, except for a critical few, who were, of COURSE, hiding their cross faction affairs.  ^_^

*jumps back out*