Thank you so very much! I wanted to reach out to those who have knowledge of the space, as to hear different thoughts are so helpful.
The Caravel and Junk are wonderful ships I am looking into right now, with my love of course to the polynesian canoes. I do intent for something of bigger scale still

(art down by @annieolpain.bsky.social)

It was so good to just see Valve being cool in [Current Year] so its really sweet.

Lets do some contrasts! Whose the closest to their leaders? For the Autobots, Bumblebee is the most close to Optimus usually. Portrayed often as the youngest, and the loyal scout, Bumblebee tends to be portrayed as seeing Optimus as a parental figure. Transformers version of Deja sized.

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To make up for what I did on twitter, I offer a cute factoid to counter it.
This is Sharpclaw, created by the comic artist Nick Roche (who I met once and discussed cowboy hats and the woes of imperialism at a convention) daughter. Who he included into his own series of comics.

A behind the scenes, discussing those behind the voices.
For Optimus Prime, Peter Cullen.
Peter Cullen began voicing Optimus Prime in the OG 1984 show, where he used the voice of his older brother who he looked up to as a proper leader. He loves the role, and is a consultant when he isn't voicing OP

To celebrate us watching the movie, and Dea understanding Optimus and Megatron shippers, lets show them off!
Optimus Prime, Leader of the Autobots, dad and champion of freedom.
Optimus embodies the idea of a caring, encouraging figure and has been voice by Peter Cullen since 1984.

Interesting series for today. This time, I will be sharing continuities, which are the different universes.
First, the original animated series "The Transformers" from 1984.
Made to sell toys after the success of the comics, the show ran for 4 seasons and a movie.
This set the basics for the future

Pride Month is over.
Knockout persists.
The canonically gay Decepticon in the show, lover of Breakdown, Decepticon medic and all around freak, our red sports car.
The video is *very* long but you get all of who he is in the first 30 seconds.
youtu.be/0sL-gyZJ6gg

I might as well use Bluesky too, so lets switch the tone, shall we?
We like hot robots... masc, femme, and endby... but what about evil as sexuality?
The most evil character in the IDW comic series. I can't list nearly half the things he did, but a LOT of it is torture and making the fandom simp.