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Instead of Starscream being the well-known and feared Second-In-Command of the Decepticons, he’s practically an urban legend among Autobots and Decepticons alike, only known through vague prisoner-of-war stories and scattered attributions of battle plans and weapon designs. Most mecha are of the opinion that this “Starscream” is a mere myth to make Megatron look more menacing, and others (notably the Autobot spec-ops) often make jokes about ‘Spooky Screamer’ whenever a particularly strange case pops up.
This changes when Jazz and his team uncover an abandoned Decepticon laboratory on Earth, only to find a dying seekerlet locked in its depths.
And thus, Starscream is no longer a myth.
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In Starscream’s honest (and very humble) opinion, this was one of the worst days of his life.
And that’s against some very steep competition, you know! Millennia upon millennia of having the worst luck known to Cybertron and beyond really lends itself to a never-ending stream of horrible events that all culminate into an ever-present world-weariness and severe paranoia, all channeled into one (unfortunately small) seeker.
Today in particular, though, seemed to deviate from his usual pattern of bad luck, in the form of an irate Autobot.
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Another tfp Starscream redemption fic, what more could you want? I don't take myself too seriously, so neither should you.
This is my first fic ever, so formatting advice, critique, and funny insults are encouraged.
(Title from The Fall by half•alive, which is a song I believe describes Starscream and any potential redemption of his quite well)
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Starscream hated the weather phenomena native to Earth. How couldn’t he? It was more surprising that anyone else tolerated it at all.
It was fickle, annoying, and infuriating. It cared not for anything in its wake, and sometimes, it seemed like it existed merely to make his life more difficult. . .
. . .What was it that he was talking about, again?
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Or, five (give or take) days in the life of Starscream aboard the Ark, as told through conveniently diverse, totally-not-symbolic-at-all weather. Umbrellas sold separately.
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- Part 1 of Pigeon On A Ship
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Orion Pax is now in Vos, trying his very best not to get maimed and/or assassinated during his visit while meeting up with his mate-to-be Prince Star—oh, what was that? No one can get ahold of Starscream long enough to facilitate a meeting? And his trine is helping him play keep-away with the royals of both polities?
Well, that sounds nice.
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- Part 2 of Eight Moves To (check)Mate
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Starscream of Vos, entirely against his will, has been promoted to the crown prince and is next in line to become the Winglord after many an unfortunate circumstances had resulted in the rest of Lord Ozone’s next-of-kin to be rendered ineligible for the throne.
With any hope of a career in the sciences thoroughly dashed, Starscream is only further incensed by the revelation that, along with a title he never wanted, he is also expected to fix the long-simmering tensions between Vos and Iacon in the only method they’ve left to try: Political bonding.
Hopefully Starscream's trine can convince him to abstain from murdering his elected suitor long enough to avoid a planet-wide war.
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- Part 1 of Eight Moves To (check)Mate
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Pigeon On A Ship by crowbotss
Fandom The Transformers (Cartoon Generation One), The Transformers (IDW Generation One), Transformers - All Media Types
28 May 2026
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A variety pack of stories about a pigeon living on a ship. Whether he is happy about living on that ship depends on the day, hour, minute, alignment of the planets, and the fluctuating migratory habits of the local bird populations. Still, it is better than the alternative.
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Whumptober 2022 by crowbotss
Fandom The Transformers (Cartoon Generation One), Transformers Generation One, Transformers: Prime
25 Mar 2023
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Whumptober playlist I made because: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1NKwLVXkdn4rZuSp3FZrhb?si=7f28e2e4c97d4078
If you hadn't noticed, each chapter/one-shot is named after (and based on) a song. Give it a listen if you feel like it.- Words:
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Megatron’s figured out that Autobot Spec Ops’ main advantage is unpredictability. He sends his least reliable mecha after them to see if he can even the odds on that front. The Command Trine were not expecting get this assignment, nor were they expecting to be told to their faceplates that Megatron considered them his least reliable mecha. Starscream is pissed. Thundercracker is ambivalent. Skywarp is entertained. Spec Ops is… handling it.
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Like Suns do for Skies by Qille
Fandoms: Transformers One (2024), Transformers - All Media Types
12 Jun 2026
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After witnessing Sentinel betray the Primes, Starscream is forced to fake his death and lead the High Guard into hiding. And immediately after this, a grieving Skyfire learns that he's carrying.
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- Part 5 of Reach the Stars
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Frame Doubling by MangoSalsa01
Fandoms: Transformers - All Media Types, Transformers Generation One
11 Jun 2026
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Starscream does what he must to get his work done.
Including: kidnapping Skyfire, convincing Skyfire to commit a minor act of betrayal, and getting caught by Autobots…to get closer to Skyfire.
Or, Starscream has a hard time focusing on his work recently and blames Skyfire meanwhile his trine questions their morals.
(Think of this as a trine redemption fic with a side of SkyStar and you'll be happy)
Title is from the concept of "Body Doubling". Body Doubling: a technique used to increase focus and motivation where an individual does their work in the presence of another.
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Optimus Prime's Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Cycle by Hoard_of_hyperfixations
Fandoms: Transformers - All Media Types
23 May 2026
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Optimus has watched Starscream, decepticon air commander and loyal (ish) second to the ruthless Megatron, die, approximately twenty times.
It's disturbing.
He doesn't like Starscream. Nobody likes Starscream. But Optimus doesn't enjoy seeing anyone pass away; it's the thing that constantly makes him hesitate to continue the war. If he were fighting for a lesser cause, he would have surrendered to end it and, in the process, end the continuous loss of life the fight cost.
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Or, the one where Optimus gets stuck in a time loop that resets every time Starscream dies. A mech who remembers every time he's failed to save someone, and a seeker who is not only doomed to die, but is utterly insufferable.
What could possibly go wrong?
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- Part 17 of Arson's Transformers Fics
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Birdwatching by Asidian
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, Batman (Comics), DCU (Comics)
10 Jun 2026
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He spots the robin on a tree branch maybe thirty feet away, and Tim, grinning, goes to adjust the settings on the binoculars.
It's exactly then that he realizes what's behind the bird.
Because from here, on the third story and at just this angle, there's no treeline to block his view. Behind the little robin singing on its branch, he can see the Wayne family manor, clear as anything, close enough that it almost feels like he could reach out and touch it. One of the windows on the downstairs floor is open, and it's draped with light curtains that float softly in the breeze. A moment later, a different sort of Robin bounds into view, sans mask, grin wide and bright.
Tim flinches back as though burned.