#cygate
ok yeah i get it now
according to a family friend, I drew this while shitfaced, and explained their entire relationship in detail from start to finish
time to fake my death and change my name
had to get in on this
hampters
*glomp*
Cygate (^u^)o ☂️✨
esoteric friendships that i’m certain exist in mtmte but we just don’t see them:
- rodimus and tailgate have a big brother/little brother style relationship. like in the “rodimus is a rowdy jackass” way but also he allows himself to express like 0.004% more genuine affection towards tg than other people because i mean cmon look at the little guy. the symbiotic return that tailgate receives in this relationship is being carried places like a purse dogy
- swerve and cyclonus rewatching 80s slasher films “why does tailgate call you babygirl” “how about we stop talking for a little while”
- cyclonus and ratchet’s mean old crotchety bastard solidarity. in the back of the club arms folded cuz i don’t agree with the music selection
- tailgate and first aid will occasionally meet up just to sort of go “ohhhh my gooooddddd oh my fucking GOOOODDDDDD OHHH my GODDDDDD FUUUUUCKKK oh my gooodddddddddd” at each other. they both know exactly what they mean but it’s impenetrable to anyone else
- drift is operating under the delusion that he can fix whirl (platonic). whirl is having a GREAT time fucking with his head by pretending to have spectralist visions that entail him getting free drinks
- skids is surprisingly very open to being climbed on physically. another free ride for tailgate
- chromedome and ratchet’s “oh my god my husband is so fucking exhausting oh my god” solidarity
- speaking of which, rewind and tailgate bond over their mutual struggle to unravel their husband’s 27 million emotional firewalls and also watch early 90′s anime reruns
- swerve and whirl argue with each other like letterboxd users on twitter. there’s a lot of screaming but trust them it’s a bonding exercise
- chromedome and skids have occasional “i have done unspeakable things. we are not going to acknowledge this and instead i will watch you play fallout 4 in total silence” meetings. they both benefit from this experience somehow
- magnus and ratchet’s mean old crotchety bastard “oh my god all of you people are fucking insane oh my god” solidarity
- putting rodimus and swerve in the same room is an occupational hazard (positive connotation). they are known to escalate games as minor as uno into ship-spanning wagers, usually involving other people’s stuff. rodimus once punched a hole through a wall over wii sports
- fortmax and the minibots are bestieeeesssss :3 (they help him forget about The Everything and he lets them be like 50 feet tall)
- once drift and cyclonus get over the whole “sorry i played bad cop with you in a misguided attempt to impress the guy crushing on me” thing they like to practice swords with each other. drift always offers to get him a drink afterwards and cyclonus is always like “no” and then shows up an hour later and doesn’t talk to anyone but he’s still there so that counts
- tailgate and drift rewatching jidaigeki movies “why does ratchet call you babygirl” “how about we stop talking for a little while”
- tailgate and nautica, in a moment of drunken unfiltered weakness, discover that they both have the same sort of “i feel like no one takes me seriously and my emotional openness is offputting to people when all i want is to make genuine emotional connections with others and also when left alone i have a tendency to spiral from feeling useless and like people are only tolerating my presence and don’t actually care about me as a person and my self doubt is tearing me apart internally” thing going on
- she also likes carrying him around
- everyone likes carrying tailgate around
CAN WE PRETEND THAT AIRPLANES IN THE NIGHT SKY LIKE SHOOTING STARS-
Chromedome/rewind and cyclonus/tailgate are arguably the two most prominent romantic relationships in mtmte and their inclsion as gay couples was a milestone for transformers which i my eyes makes i really funny that cyclonus and chromedome fucking hate each other
What makes all of this even better is that tailgate and rewind get along really well so i can only imagine all of them going on a really weird double date together
Chromedome/rewind and cyclonus/tailgate are arguably the two most prominent romantic relationships in mtmte and their inclsion as gay couples was a milestone for transformers which i my eyes makes i really funny that cyclonus and chromedome fucking hate each other
What makes all of this even better is that tailgate and rewind get along really well so i can only imagine all of them going on a really weird double date together
The cygate confession scene is hilarious for having the scavengers just show up midway through it. They just stand in the background while this emotional and tragic goodbye is happening but they know literally nobody on this planet so they have no choice but to stand akwarldy while everyone else is having A MOMENT