Age of Blossoms

Some Transformers Animated humanized designs, with story.
Posted with permission. Since nsfw Tumblrs are going to go kaput, I've linked to the original pics.

Lockdown/Megatron, Ultra Magnus/Megatron, Shockwave/Megatron

Lockdown/Megatron, holding drinks
Ultra Magnus carrying an injured Megatron
Ultra Magnus and young Megatron (comic)
Seductive Megatron
Shockwave and Megatron

Annihilation

A Unicron Fanmix
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Warnings: swearing (Cornucopia D’Amour), references to rape (Thanatos), unkind words for people who exchange sex for money (Thanatos), fire and brimstone religious references

 

1.    Revolutionary Girl Utena Soundtrack: Internal Clock, Municipal Orrery

2.    Corvus Corax: Custodes Sunt Raptores

3.    Sopor Aeternus & the Ensemble of Shadows: Cornucopia D'Amour (Füllhorn Der Liebe)

4.    Deine Lakaien: Dark Star

5.    Evangelion 3.33 Soundtrack: The Wrath of God in All Its Fury

6.    Dr. Fiorella Terenzi: Plasma Waves

7.    Sopor Aeternus & the Ensemble of Shadows: …And Bringer of Sadness

8.    Earthbound Soundtrack: Gigyas Suite

9.    Sound Horizon: Thanatos 

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Art by Steelsuit
Links take you to lyrics.

 1. Rurutia - "Hallelujah"
2. Vienna Teng - "Enough to go by"
3. Yuki Kajiura - "Forget-me-not"
4. Fictionjunction YUUKA - "Honoo no Tobira" (Gate of Fire)
5. Dido - "Life for Rent"
6. Megumi Ogata - "Run"
7. JUDY AND MARY - "Sobakasu" (Freckles)
8. Shoko Nakagawa - "Snow Tears"
9. Miyuki Nakajima - "Akai Kawa" (Red River)
10. Anathema - "Temporary Peace"
11. Rin' - "Fuhen" (Ubiquity)
12. Birds of Tokyo - "Wild At Heart"

Explanations below:

"Hallelujah": The imagery in this song: calling wild animals, dirty (but sin-cleansing) rain, angels and demons, and a damned city remind me of Drift remembering his past as Deadlock. 

"Enough to go by": this song is about a drifter (ha) coming home after having travelled the world and achieved the making of things. I can easily imagine Drift coming home to Ratchet and trying to get him to see the flooded sky.

"Forget-me-not": A sweet piano piece with no words. It makes me think of a pensive Drift.

"Honoo no Tobira": This song is from Gundam Seed, a series about a war in space fought with giant, manned robotic suits. The imagery conjured by this song is romanticized war: flowers in the sky (explosions), flames fanned by the wind, rain falling on a city being bombed. Still, the protagonist pushes on to victory and the hope of a better future. They are frightened but must do this. "I'm taking off on a search for the seeds of hope, Towards the vanished horizon."

"Life for Rent": Drift doesn't have a place to belong or a place to call home. He had dreams once, but what happened to them? This song represents that kind of melancholy. 

"Run": Megumi Ogata is the voice I envision Drift having. She specializes in voicing young men, especially pretty long-haired boys with gentle personalities. It's really common for women to voice certain types of men in Japanese cartoons. Drift is exactly the type of young (lol) man. This song is about flying, and seeing a bright future for yourself. Reminds me of Crystal City and Drift meeting Wing and him having a future as a Good Guy tm.

"Sobakasu": Rurouni Kenshin is about Himura Kenshin, a samurai who has no master. He has a reputation as a "man slayer" because he used to be an assassin, but he devotes his life to protecting people. He's also gentle and ditzy. Doesn't that sound like Drift? Kenshin is voiced by a woman and also has the kind of voice I think Drift has. This is the opening song of Rurouni Kenshin. There's an English dub of this song with the fitting line "all the memories I have are beautiful in my mind, but they don't feed the hunger deep inside my soul". Actually this song is about a girl who broke up with her boyfriend, but still...

"Snow Tears": This song is about saying goodbye to someone you thought you'd spend your whole with. It's cold and it's winter, where things have died or lie dormant. I'm imagining this being about Gasket, or Turmoil.

"Temporary Peace": Drift would be lying in the waves, looking at the sky, at peace for the moment. The water washes over his frame. But there is a conflict on the horizon.

"Akai Kawa": I couldn't find an English translation of this song anywhere on the internet, so here's mine. It's not perfect, but at lets you know what the song is about:


"Fuhen": This song is an emotional reflection on the nature of atonement. Things get lost, things get unspoken. It's difficult to describe. Drift is the "old man" wondering why children are born with the enormous burden of history on them.

"Wild At Heart": "I fought with many and I won for some" is key here. Drift has fought for the Decepticons. He's fought for the Autobots. He's done a lot of things he regrets and turned to substance abuse to deal with his pain. I think he's "wild at heart".