Balloon Arcade
@balloonarcade.bsky.social
semi-professional human impersonator. Free me from this flesh prison.
✏️BalloonArcade on Ao3
🍷Gulping from the well of Sunstreaker and Sideswipe angst
🔗 https://www.tumblr.com/balloonarcade
Not dead yet.
✏️BalloonArcade on Ao3
🍷Gulping from the well of Sunstreaker and Sideswipe angst
🔗 https://www.tumblr.com/balloonarcade
Not dead yet.
After my high of solving a hole in Division yesterday morning, I opened my story file to make my note and was missing all the work I put into it from 2020-2023, which was about 250k and a lot of research.
All my local and external back ups were also corrupted.
It was not a good day.
All my local and external back ups were also corrupted.
It was not a good day.
December 10, 2025 at 4:44 PM
After my high of solving a hole in Division yesterday morning, I opened my story file to make my note and was missing all the work I put into it from 2020-2023, which was about 250k and a lot of research.
All my local and external back ups were also corrupted.
It was not a good day.
All my local and external back ups were also corrupted.
It was not a good day.
“Anything?” Optimus asked, as Sideswipe slammed on his brakes then transformed.
“My HUD says there’s a ton of hot Asian chicks and MILFs in the area,” Sideswipe answered, sliding to a halt. “But I’m not picking any of them up on sensors.”
“My HUD says there’s a ton of hot Asian chicks and MILFs in the area,” Sideswipe answered, sliding to a halt. “But I’m not picking any of them up on sensors.”
December 9, 2025 at 5:05 PM
“Anything?” Optimus asked, as Sideswipe slammed on his brakes then transformed.
“My HUD says there’s a ton of hot Asian chicks and MILFs in the area,” Sideswipe answered, sliding to a halt. “But I’m not picking any of them up on sensors.”
“My HUD says there’s a ton of hot Asian chicks and MILFs in the area,” Sideswipe answered, sliding to a halt. “But I’m not picking any of them up on sensors.”
I SOLVED A DIVISION SCENE HOLE.
Thank you Glen for being the solution and the problem to making Sideswipe believe you over everyone else.
Thank you Glen for being the solution and the problem to making Sideswipe believe you over everyone else.
December 9, 2025 at 4:31 PM
I SOLVED A DIVISION SCENE HOLE.
Thank you Glen for being the solution and the problem to making Sideswipe believe you over everyone else.
Thank you Glen for being the solution and the problem to making Sideswipe believe you over everyone else.
Sometimes I find things that scream Cybertron home decor, so now you need to see this chainmail pendant light that taunts me.
December 4, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Sometimes I find things that scream Cybertron home decor, so now you need to see this chainmail pendant light that taunts me.
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I’ve sometimes fallen into the trap of thinking that complementing a creative person for their work is less sophisticated or desired than discussion or debate about it but very often the best thing you can say to them is hell yeah and that doesn’t make you dumb it just makes you nice
December 4, 2025 at 3:05 AM
I’ve sometimes fallen into the trap of thinking that complementing a creative person for their work is less sophisticated or desired than discussion or debate about it but very often the best thing you can say to them is hell yeah and that doesn’t make you dumb it just makes you nice
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the deep oceans of fanfic on the internet are so great because, yeah, apparently everybody *does* have a novel in them! it just turns out that a lot of those novels are about transformers being gay together
December 1, 2025 at 2:45 AM
the deep oceans of fanfic on the internet are so great because, yeah, apparently everybody *does* have a novel in them! it just turns out that a lot of those novels are about transformers being gay together
Tiny Fic:
Prowl was surprised to learn that out of all the social graces Sideswipe and Sunstreaker religiously adhered to, it was letting others go through a door before them.
Until he realized they were always letting others go first -- to see if the bot in front of them would be shot.
Prowl was surprised to learn that out of all the social graces Sideswipe and Sunstreaker religiously adhered to, it was letting others go through a door before them.
Until he realized they were always letting others go first -- to see if the bot in front of them would be shot.
November 18, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Tiny Fic:
Prowl was surprised to learn that out of all the social graces Sideswipe and Sunstreaker religiously adhered to, it was letting others go through a door before them.
Until he realized they were always letting others go first -- to see if the bot in front of them would be shot.
Prowl was surprised to learn that out of all the social graces Sideswipe and Sunstreaker religiously adhered to, it was letting others go through a door before them.
Until he realized they were always letting others go first -- to see if the bot in front of them would be shot.
You Are Being Deceived, November 2025
mixed media, digital art (procreate) with composite photography
mixed media, digital art (procreate) with composite photography
November 14, 2025 at 10:28 PM
You Are Being Deceived, November 2025
mixed media, digital art (procreate) with composite photography
mixed media, digital art (procreate) with composite photography
I found a pose yesterday that is so much ass and a perspective far beyond my skill level, and I realized I am cursed to keep trying to draw Sunstreaker's ass.
November 13, 2025 at 5:16 PM
I found a pose yesterday that is so much ass and a perspective far beyond my skill level, and I realized I am cursed to keep trying to draw Sunstreaker's ass.
T-minus a week and a half to get this epilogue done, and then I can take my new found skills to finishing other stories I have let languish in progress.
Do not get distracted now brain. Finish the damn epilogue.
(No one is prepared to learn of the other WiP monstrosities I have on my computer.)
Do not get distracted now brain. Finish the damn epilogue.
(No one is prepared to learn of the other WiP monstrosities I have on my computer.)
November 5, 2025 at 6:11 PM
T-minus a week and a half to get this epilogue done, and then I can take my new found skills to finishing other stories I have let languish in progress.
Do not get distracted now brain. Finish the damn epilogue.
(No one is prepared to learn of the other WiP monstrosities I have on my computer.)
Do not get distracted now brain. Finish the damn epilogue.
(No one is prepared to learn of the other WiP monstrosities I have on my computer.)
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well i injured my wrist and shoulder and also have been picking up my entire life to move states but FINALLY finished this Bluestreak/Hound comm for @pipermca.bsky.social yipee i love cabling
#plugnplay #transformers #maccadam #nsfwcomms
#plugnplay #transformers #maccadam #nsfwcomms
September 1, 2025 at 12:47 AM
well i injured my wrist and shoulder and also have been picking up my entire life to move states but FINALLY finished this Bluestreak/Hound comm for @pipermca.bsky.social yipee i love cabling
#plugnplay #transformers #maccadam #nsfwcomms
#plugnplay #transformers #maccadam #nsfwcomms
This is the song I used to visualize the pre-history of Cybertron and the rise of the Age of City Speakers, that led to Sideswipe and Sunstreaker's legendary story (and tragic) fates with their city-Titan that ate the sky.
youtu.be/aR-KAldshAE?...
youtu.be/aR-KAldshAE?...
October 13, 2025 at 5:34 PM
This is the song I used to visualize the pre-history of Cybertron and the rise of the Age of City Speakers, that led to Sideswipe and Sunstreaker's legendary story (and tragic) fates with their city-Titan that ate the sky.
youtu.be/aR-KAldshAE?...
youtu.be/aR-KAldshAE?...
Stormsinger, Chapter 13: Speaker for the Dead
“Choice is not an infection,” Prowl said, fists clenched. “Let him choose! It costs you nothing.”
“It costs me everything!” Sunstreaker growled, a staccato to his words. “And now, it cost you everything."
archiveofourown.org/works/700386...
“Choice is not an infection,” Prowl said, fists clenched. “Let him choose! It costs you nothing.”
“It costs me everything!” Sunstreaker growled, a staccato to his words. “And now, it cost you everything."
archiveofourown.org/works/700386...
Stormsinger - Chapter 13 - BalloonArcade - Transformers - All Media Types [Archive of Our Own]
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October 12, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Stormsinger, Chapter 13: Speaker for the Dead
“Choice is not an infection,” Prowl said, fists clenched. “Let him choose! It costs you nothing.”
“It costs me everything!” Sunstreaker growled, a staccato to his words. “And now, it cost you everything."
archiveofourown.org/works/700386...
“Choice is not an infection,” Prowl said, fists clenched. “Let him choose! It costs you nothing.”
“It costs me everything!” Sunstreaker growled, a staccato to his words. “And now, it cost you everything."
archiveofourown.org/works/700386...
Reposted by Balloon Arcade
#inktober #lostlightfest two brothers who love each other a normal amount
October 10, 2025 at 7:19 PM
#inktober #lostlightfest two brothers who love each other a normal amount
Stormsinger, Chapter 12: The Dead Grove
“The path the wind takes to shape a future landscape is never direct.” Prowl murmured in Sideswipe’s language, tracing his finger down the jagged line of fossilized lightning cutting through his reflection.
archiveofourown.org/works/700386...
“The path the wind takes to shape a future landscape is never direct.” Prowl murmured in Sideswipe’s language, tracing his finger down the jagged line of fossilized lightning cutting through his reflection.
archiveofourown.org/works/700386...
Stormsinger - Chapter 12 - BalloonArcade - Transformers - All Media Types [Archive of Our Own]
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October 8, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Stormsinger, Chapter 12: The Dead Grove
“The path the wind takes to shape a future landscape is never direct.” Prowl murmured in Sideswipe’s language, tracing his finger down the jagged line of fossilized lightning cutting through his reflection.
archiveofourown.org/works/700386...
“The path the wind takes to shape a future landscape is never direct.” Prowl murmured in Sideswipe’s language, tracing his finger down the jagged line of fossilized lightning cutting through his reflection.
archiveofourown.org/works/700386...
Stormsinger, Chapter 11: Heavy is the Crown
“Sideswipe has gone and fallen in love with you,” Sunstreaker said, then both his voice and the light in his optics hardened. “And you are even more the fool to encourage him to temptation by loving him back.”
archiveofourown.org/works/700386...
“Sideswipe has gone and fallen in love with you,” Sunstreaker said, then both his voice and the light in his optics hardened. “And you are even more the fool to encourage him to temptation by loving him back.”
archiveofourown.org/works/700386...
Stormsinger - Chapter 11 - BalloonArcade - Transformers - All Media Types [Archive of Our Own]
An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works
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October 5, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Stormsinger, Chapter 11: Heavy is the Crown
“Sideswipe has gone and fallen in love with you,” Sunstreaker said, then both his voice and the light in his optics hardened. “And you are even more the fool to encourage him to temptation by loving him back.”
archiveofourown.org/works/700386...
“Sideswipe has gone and fallen in love with you,” Sunstreaker said, then both his voice and the light in his optics hardened. “And you are even more the fool to encourage him to temptation by loving him back.”
archiveofourown.org/works/700386...
I had to wear my tooth guard while doing my edits of Stormsinger, Chapter 11: Heavy is the Crown today.
So much jaw clenching.
So much jaw clenching.
October 4, 2025 at 1:16 AM
I had to wear my tooth guard while doing my edits of Stormsinger, Chapter 11: Heavy is the Crown today.
So much jaw clenching.
So much jaw clenching.
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I am begging you to find a book or movie you've never heard of that looks interesting and take a risk. You don't have to only enjoy things other people have approved.
September 27, 2025 at 1:10 AM
I am begging you to find a book or movie you've never heard of that looks interesting and take a risk. You don't have to only enjoy things other people have approved.
Stormsinger, Chapter 10: Chaos Particle
“If you think I can do it: a gamble it is then,” Smokescreen said, doorwings held tight. He lined up the cable on his neck socket. “One wild spin of the wheel on the edge of the Rust Sea and see where we land, Commander.”
archiveofourown.org/works/700386...
“If you think I can do it: a gamble it is then,” Smokescreen said, doorwings held tight. He lined up the cable on his neck socket. “One wild spin of the wheel on the edge of the Rust Sea and see where we land, Commander.”
archiveofourown.org/works/700386...
Stormsinger - Chapter 10 - BalloonArcade - Transformers - All Media Types [Archive of Our Own]
An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works
archiveofourown.org
October 3, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Stormsinger, Chapter 10: Chaos Particle
“If you think I can do it: a gamble it is then,” Smokescreen said, doorwings held tight. He lined up the cable on his neck socket. “One wild spin of the wheel on the edge of the Rust Sea and see where we land, Commander.”
archiveofourown.org/works/700386...
“If you think I can do it: a gamble it is then,” Smokescreen said, doorwings held tight. He lined up the cable on his neck socket. “One wild spin of the wheel on the edge of the Rust Sea and see where we land, Commander.”
archiveofourown.org/works/700386...
Sunstreaker glared at Bob as the Insecticon tried to roll itself in the dirt, only succeeding in getting its conical spikes on its carapace stuck.
Shaking his head, Sunstreaker approached to help the pathetic thing turn back over. “How have you made it this far in life?”
Shaking his head, Sunstreaker approached to help the pathetic thing turn back over. “How have you made it this far in life?”
September 25, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Sunstreaker glared at Bob as the Insecticon tried to roll itself in the dirt, only succeeding in getting its conical spikes on its carapace stuck.
Shaking his head, Sunstreaker approached to help the pathetic thing turn back over. “How have you made it this far in life?”
Shaking his head, Sunstreaker approached to help the pathetic thing turn back over. “How have you made it this far in life?”
I was watching Cyberverse last night (for the first time) and Prowl was heroically launching in car mode to take a shot meant for Optimus. He transformed and I was all: "idiot!! You were a better shield as a car! The bullet is gonna get past your snatched waist"
Then he died.
Then he died.
September 25, 2025 at 2:28 PM
I was watching Cyberverse last night (for the first time) and Prowl was heroically launching in car mode to take a shot meant for Optimus. He transformed and I was all: "idiot!! You were a better shield as a car! The bullet is gonna get past your snatched waist"
Then he died.
Then he died.
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Being a bisexual emperor must be the most stressful shit in the world. You go to the inner palace and your wives are scheming. You go to the outer court and the male concubines that you promoted to viziers are fighting. Your wife just poisoned your favorite twink eunuch. There’s no peace
September 25, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Being a bisexual emperor must be the most stressful shit in the world. You go to the inner palace and your wives are scheming. You go to the outer court and the male concubines that you promoted to viziers are fighting. Your wife just poisoned your favorite twink eunuch. There’s no peace
To quote Sideswipe, this chapter, "I lied." you get the update today (I'm worried I won't have time to update on Saturday)
Stormsinger, Chapter 8: The Power of a Titan
archiveofourown.org/works/700386...
Stormsinger, Chapter 8: The Power of a Titan
archiveofourown.org/works/700386...
Stormsinger - Chapter 8 - BalloonArcade - Transformers - All Media Types [Archive of Our Own]
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September 24, 2025 at 10:52 PM
To quote Sideswipe, this chapter, "I lied." you get the update today (I'm worried I won't have time to update on Saturday)
Stormsinger, Chapter 8: The Power of a Titan
archiveofourown.org/works/700386...
Stormsinger, Chapter 8: The Power of a Titan
archiveofourown.org/works/700386...
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Honestly, the best way to make an artist’s day is by being very specific about what you like about a piece. Geek out a lil. Gush over how they use line, color, texture. Every mark is layed down by the artist, so if you can connect with those little moments, it helps the artist feel seen.
September 24, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Honestly, the best way to make an artist’s day is by being very specific about what you like about a piece. Geek out a lil. Gush over how they use line, color, texture. Every mark is layed down by the artist, so if you can connect with those little moments, it helps the artist feel seen.
Looks like Ao3 will be down Friday.
So I'll post Stormsinger, Chapter 8: The Power of a Titan (where Sunstreaker is being absolutely terrifying and terrible to Prowl, and Prowl connects the dots on a horrible realization about his past), ideally on Saturday, but my weekend is projected to be busy.
So I'll post Stormsinger, Chapter 8: The Power of a Titan (where Sunstreaker is being absolutely terrifying and terrible to Prowl, and Prowl connects the dots on a horrible realization about his past), ideally on Saturday, but my weekend is projected to be busy.
September 24, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Looks like Ao3 will be down Friday.
So I'll post Stormsinger, Chapter 8: The Power of a Titan (where Sunstreaker is being absolutely terrifying and terrible to Prowl, and Prowl connects the dots on a horrible realization about his past), ideally on Saturday, but my weekend is projected to be busy.
So I'll post Stormsinger, Chapter 8: The Power of a Titan (where Sunstreaker is being absolutely terrifying and terrible to Prowl, and Prowl connects the dots on a horrible realization about his past), ideally on Saturday, but my weekend is projected to be busy.