Three hours later, I have all these rough sketches complete. Yes I am well aware I have a baby Primes problem. No I will not be stopping.

Enjoy the critters and their forever changing designs because I am indecisive.

So Megatronus was the kindest prime, what happened to him? Is he still alive?

Unfortunately, he's not alive anymore. Here's what happened ⬇️⬇️

I still don't have designs for the primes, but I will someday ;)

Megatronus was Prima's brother and Primus's second son. Prima and Megatronus had a great relationship, and both ruled the early Cybertronian lands peacefully. It all went downhill when the Matrix of leadership was discovered.

Prima was known to be a bit greedy and the discovery of such a powerful object just fueled his greed even more. When the matrix chose Megatronus instead of him, Prima was enraged and jealous at his brother and cut off all forms of communication with him.

During Prima's disappearence, Megatronus used the matrix's power to try and create an equal society where no one was treated worse than others, he also developed and improved technology on Cybertron. During his efforts in making Cybertron a better place, the higher classes grew hatred for Megatronus because of his gentleness and sympathy for the lower classes. Many of them turned to Prima, who was in hiding, secretly plotting against Megatronus.

One day, Prima and the higher classes declared war on Megatronus, and the lower classes rose up to defend Megatronus. After a long war, Megatronus mysteriously disappeared, and was never heard from again. Prima later came out bearing the matrix in his chest (fun fact: when the matrix doesn't choose you and is forced on like Prima did, it reacts negatively).

Megatronus is usually left out of many historical texts on cybertron and in some places, it's forbidden to pronounce his name.

Prima is still alive (the matrix gives the primes eternal life unless they are k!lled, they can't die of natural causes). But his time with the matrix has impacted his body negatively (even when he doesn't have it anymore). Leaving him with a creepy looking form.

(that's what I'm thinking of so far ;D)

Lately all I can think of is TFP Optimus being demon bait. Amongst every iteration that I seen with the Matrix, he feels more like a placeholder involving the relic than an actual Champion for Primus. Plus TFP is the only one who doesn't retain any knowledge about his past as Orion Pax.

Placeholders are easier to tempt than champions since they aren't fully protected or warned of the danger. The Matrix of Leadership practically rats him out to anything supernatural when you consider it acts more like a vessel unlike other relics. Optimus is gonna have a mixed time should a demon hone in on him.

I get what you're saying. All the strange and, let's face it, very sus Artifacts are painting a very wild picture.

Personally, while I do believe TFP Optimus is a legitimate Prime, he isn't a fully realized one. It gets weirder with the Canon lore in the Aligned verse that the Matrix was housed with Prima's Star Saber and that Optimus is supposed to be the reincarnation of the mysterious Thirteen. Plus, Metroplex from the games vouched his status as a Prime: "Metroplex heeds the call of the last Prime." (Fall of Cybertron game)

I wonder how come the writers didn't go with the Primal Artifacts being semi-sentient? It would really make sense with the mythos and immense powers, especially since those tools can be only wielded by a Prime. So the building blocks were there. Or, have the ghost of Prima within the Matrix that's controlling new ordained champions, and it's intefering with Thirteen's connections? The Matrix has an established history of reformatting new bearers, so is it a big surprise that they're turned into Prima's thoughts of a prefect guardian? Prima has different Aspects and Domains compared to his youngest brother.

The themes of identity and self-determination are there. I think he internally struggled with it. Is he Orion Pax of Alpha Trion? Optimus Prime of Prima? Are they one and the same mask? Does he remember the Wilds in his dreams? Did he have hopes and plans for reconstruction? At night, does he recounts all the steps that brought him to that point?

But yeah, TFP!Optimus would be a succulent prize for a supernatural entity. The Matrix is both a beacon and lighthouse. To see a mortal God-King or a divine champion drowning in uncertainty would turn the very dangerous or very desperate towards him because a contract could be established.

Weirdly enough, out of all the Autobots, I think Optimus would have the easiest time navigating any potential entities. Orion Pax lived and breathed in doublespeak as an archivist directly sponsored by Alpha Trion himself. He knows the intricate dance to steer between treacherous allies and hostile enemies and how to be very leery of certain agreements. Orion was stuck between impossible contradictions of his status.

Ratchet has had certain privileges afforded by his function and frame. He's comfortable taking over things and saying his piece, especially among the current team. He also has a poor opinion of non-Cybertronian anything. He would either be killed for insolence and disrespect or be ensnared in a dream that gives him his deepest wishes. Arcee, depending on your viewpoint, is either lucky or unlucky, especially since she survives all her partnerships. Even Jack Darby, no matter how careful, has a human lifespan, which is seafoam to a Cybertronian. Something would latch onto her anger and grief. Bulkhead can be a very considerate soul. Some being would be charmed by the mech. Bumblebee is kind, and Smokescreen can be impulsive and so very clever. Traits that are endearing to many entities in old tales.

Optimus would have his hands full should something start sniffing around the base.

The Halo of Primus is made out of the sigils of all of the other primes-- With the only exception being Thirteen’s sigil, which is missing. 

I added the names of each Prime here (somewhat poorly in Paint, lmao) because the version of this image on the TF Wiki doesn’t specify which sigil belongs to who, although you’ll notice these sigils are used on the Wiki on any pages that relate to a given Prime. 

The reason why Thirteen’s sigil is missing is likely because he requested that all evidence of his existence/identity (prior to his “reincarnation”) should be erased, which Alpha Trion agreed to (although somewhat reluctantly). 

Hopefully this is helpful for someone! :) 

Fumi Kaneko in Prima (A diamond celebration - Royal Ballet 2022)

Thirteen may not have a face, but he can see that's not a crayon, Fallen.

"C'è un prima e c'è un dopo il dolore. Io ero un'altra persona, prima. E mi rimarrà per sempre il dubbio se il vero me stesso fosse il ragazzo incosciente di allora o l'adulto contorto che ne è seguito".

— Matteo B.Bianchi, "La vita di chi resta".

Micronus is definitely aware of Prima's haterism and probably sets him off on purpose sometimes.

Micronus is very fond of using his small size to his advantage in order to steal the T.V remote for a while. Prima enjoys playing a very specific channel to watch his favored cartoon, and without that remote, his fridays are ruined.

Primus:*creates predacons*

Unicron: Lame. Watch this

Unicron:*creates fragging Ghidorah*

I raise you that Unicron was unconscious when Ghidorah came to be.

Much like the ancient tales of creation, Ghidorah sprang to life from the blood of an injured, comatose Unicron drifting in the void, splashing on a random asteroid.

Could also be from other fluids, too. Gas as well.

Here, take this Thirteen Primes as Vines Compilation

happy birthday prima(vocaloid 2) and akaza(vocaloid 4) !!!! [jan 14]

(prima)

(prima taiwanese alt)

(akaza)

akaza is an alt mascot for unity-chan made exclusively for the vocaloid software, the main one being otori kohaku. kohaku has a character birthday but akaza doesn't so I'm celebrating akaza on unity-chans release date, 14 jan 2016. akaza's illustrator is ntny.

prima is an english synth developed by zero-g, and released in 2008. her vp has not been released. her original box art is a photo of a model taken by Ivan Grlic / bg_knight. prima has a character mascot in her taiwanese release though, and this is drawn by Loiza

Good evening I would just like to remind everyone that Dom is still very much in love to this day