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Spike Prime
@spikeprime.bsky.social
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Hi! I'm Spike!
I am an artist/animator.
I like nerd stuff. Mostly Transformers.

He/him/they if you wanna.
Trans rights are human rights, and freedom is the right of all sentient beings!

My YouTube:
https://m.youtube.com/channel/UC3vG1opVCij4w6e43xZuQLw
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spikeprime.bsky.social
What fictional creature/villain traumatized you as a child?

The Vashta Nerada. Nightmare fuel to me as a kid. Invisible except for their shadow, consumes all your flesh instantly, and takes over the suits to chase you even outside of their shadows.

Bonus: Miss Evangelista's freaky twisted face.
A skeleton in a space suit, in actuality the meat of this person has been entirely consumed by the Vashta Nerada, microscopic organisms who have a hive-mind single-mindedly focused on consumption. Miss Evangelista from Doctor Who: Silence in the Library. Her face is horrifically distorted into a twisted parody of itself.
November 24, 2025 at 12:55 PM
spikeprime.bsky.social
On the right-hand side of your screen you'll see your feeds. Initially you'll just have "following" and maybe "discover." Click on "More Feeds" and it'll take you to the second screen-shot. Search the kind of thing you're interested in, pin feed, and you'll get curated content.
A screenshot of feeds A screenshot of further feeds with a search bar for more.
November 24, 2025 at 12:18 PM
spikeprime.bsky.social
GUYS GUYS!!

THE VIDEO MADE IT PAST 500 VIEWS!!!

I know that doesn't sound like a lot, but I genuinely wasn't sure anyone would watch this at all, it getting past THIS many is an achievement for a micro-scale YouTube channel like mine!

If you haven't already, please check it out!

#Transformers
Thumbnail for my video The Tragedy of Rubble, posted 6 days ago, and the view count at 520 views. In the thumbnail is my long-haired goofy cartoon avatar, gesturing at the little robot Rubble.
November 24, 2025 at 10:21 AM
spikeprime.bsky.social
FINALLY!!

I went issue by issue of Action Comics and Superman looking for this correspondence, and at last I have the point where the readership started talking about a prospective Supergirl comic, and the editors actually responding!

Definitely gonna be putting this in the video on Supergirl.
Dear Editor: All my friends and I agree that if you published a SUPERGIRL magazine, it would sell like hotcakes. How about it? -Ronald Mencher, Putnam Valley, New York. Dear Editor: You've given us a super-dog, a super-baby, a Superboy and a Superman. When do we get a SUPERGIRL, in a magazine of her own? Ellen Smythe, Englewood, New Jersey. (Regarding a magazine featuring a GIRL OF STEEL, your DC editors are planning a surprise for you along the lines you suggest. Watch this department for an important announcement soon! -Editor.)
November 20, 2025 at 7:08 PM
spikeprime.bsky.social
Okay this one is HILARIOUS.

I've heard that a lot of old letters sent in are fake, written by editors and internal writers to pretend what the readers were saying. I am unshakably certain this is one of those, because WTF. Otherwise were they just trolling?
Dear Editor: I am a scientist and want to congratulate you on the accuracy of your scientific data in the SUPERMAN stories. Obviously, you care- fully check on the facts in stories, so that, in a sense, youngsters reading the tales increase their science knowledge. Good work! John D. Pearson, Ph.D., Tacoma, Washington (We are very pleased at your comments, Dr. Pearson. It is always our aim to present real- istic science as much as possible... Editor)
November 20, 2025 at 6:58 PM
spikeprime.bsky.social
I'm doing research for a video I'm making about Supergirl, looking through old letters pages for correspondents and reactions from the audience about the first (technically) Supergirl appearance.

I haven't found any yet but I did find some genuinely interesting and funny letters. Check these out!
METROPOLIS MAILBAG It is an established fact that the costume worn by SUPERMAN is made of an indestructible fabric, impervious to acid, flame, bullets, lightning, atomic energy, etc. It is also a known fact that SUPERMAN is the world's mightiest man. So, my question is: can SUPERMAN use his super-strength to destroy his suit? Jerry. A very interesting question, Jerry, but it's like asking what would happen if an irresistible object met an immovable force. However, did it ever occur to you that, if he chose to, the MAN OF STEEL can unravel the threads of his indestructible suit? As a matter of fact he does so in the October, 1958 issue of ACTION COMICS, in a story entitled: "The Man No Prison Could Hold."-Editor. Dear Editor: In addition to being a 100% SUPERMAN fan, I am also an avid follower of his adventures as a youth. In your magazines, SUPERBOY and ADVENTURE COMICS. I've noticed that all of SUPERBOY's exploits take place in his hometown, Smallville, when he went to high school? But how about his adventures when he went to college, after he graduated? Will we ever learn about them? Martin. (You must have seen an advance issue of SUPERMAN, Marty. The next issue of SUPERMAN features the beginning of a new series, "Untold Tales of Superman." And Number One of this series, entitled "Clark Kent's College Days", tells of his amazing adventures when he was a super-student at Metropolis University-Editor.) Dear Editor: Sometimes I can't help but feel that your mighty SUPERMAN is nothing but a super-sap. I'm referring to the way he's always worried about being destroyed by Kryptonite when some outlaw or criminal manages to get a piece of this element to use against him. Inasmuch as the radiations from Kryptonite cannot penetrate lead, why doesn't SUPERMAN make himself a suit molded completely out of lead? Then, protected by this lead suit, SUPERMAN could hunt down the criminals and take away their Kryptonite. Isn't this strategy perfectly obvious? Gretta. (You forget one important fact, Gretta. How would SUPERMAN be able to see while encased in your lead-lined suit? You know his X-ray vision can't penetrate lead. And even if the suit had tiny eye-slits, the deadly Kryptonite radiations would be able to seep through them. Do you still think our boy is a super-sap?-Editor.) Dear Editor: In your comic book, SUPERBOY, there is a young lady named Lana Lang, who hero- worships him the way Lois Lane admires SUPERMAN. A few of the faithful followers of SUPERBOY would like to know what happened to her in later life. We can't find any mention of her in SUPERMAN or ACTION COMICS or ADVENTURE COMICS or JIM. MY OLSEN. Many thanks. Kenneth. (Try your radar eyes on the newest magazine- addition to the SUPERMAN family-LOIS LANE COMICS. A forthcoming issue of this magazine will feature a story involving Lois, Lana and, of course, SUPERMAN. Editor.)
November 20, 2025 at 6:19 PM
spikeprime.bsky.social
Ayo! It's almost at 300 views!

If folks could share this around, maybe comment and the like, I'd really appreciate it, especially as I worked super hard for months on this 😅

#Transformers
#IDW
Thumbnail of my video The Tragedy of Rubble with the view count at 290
November 20, 2025 at 4:16 PM
spikeprime.bsky.social
No no, you're right, they did have a little table/console thing in the back of the NX-01 bridge they'd have little meetings at. When I first watched Enterprise, I wondered if the Defiant bridge had some influence on this layout.
Isometric illustration of the bridge of the NX-01 Enterprise from the Star Trek prequel, Enterprise. In the back, there is a small table/console for meetings.
November 20, 2025 at 10:11 AM
spikeprime.bsky.social
Okay, okay... I'll do it for real.
It's an interesting challenge to draw from this angle!
Elf girl with ginormous eyes looking up, seen from below. She has bangs and a pony-tail.
November 19, 2025 at 2:13 PM
spikeprime.bsky.social
Have I done the meme right...?

#art
A picture of an elf from a top-down view. She has much bigger eyes than I meant to do but hey, I ended up liking it anyway so, I left em how they are.
November 19, 2025 at 1:40 PM
spikeprime.bsky.social
BTW, this random white blob on Rubble's chest kept bothering me. I kept forgetting to remove it when making the video.

I assumed I accidentally put it there at some point, but NO! It was there in every version of the promo art!

I took it out of my thumbnail though.
Still, weird that slipped in...
Picture of Rubble with a random white blob on his chest, circled in red. Picture of Rubble with no random white blob on his chest, from my YouTube thumbnail
November 18, 2025 at 10:30 AM
spikeprime.bsky.social
I was genuinely worried that it would tell me off for certain copyrighted stuff which is in the video, even though I did everything I could to stay well within the realm of fair use. Still, YT is known for screwing people over... and it still could.

For now, checks say it's good!!
YouTube video checks saying all is clear on the copyright front and that it'll run through other checks to see if it is suitable for posting and won't be restricted. With luck it should all be fine.
November 17, 2025 at 11:51 PM
spikeprime.bsky.social
Better?🤔
Thumbnail for my video The Tragedy of Rubble featuring my animated avatar. Also the background is simplified and blue tinted
November 17, 2025 at 10:19 PM
spikeprime.bsky.social
THE VIDEO IS FINISHED!!!

Thoughts on this thumbnail please?

I'm not sure if it works, anyone got any suggestions on how to improve it?

#Transformers
#YouTube
#Maccadams
Thumbnail for my video The Tragedy of Rubble featuring my animated avatar
November 17, 2025 at 9:03 PM
spikeprime.bsky.social
Wanted to finish the video this weekend, but I ended up SO busy I couldn't spend a single moment on it 😭

Still, I managed to finish this image this morning, which surprisingly took longer than you may think 😅

Genuinely so proud of this expression

#Transformers
#art
Black-and-white sketch of cartoonish me, in my library, with two issues of the 2019 Transformers comic series in front of me on a desk. I do not look impressed.
November 17, 2025 at 1:25 PM
spikeprime.bsky.social
I wasn't gonna but uhh... yeah here's a more detailed version for you all

#Transformers
#Bumblebee
#Maccadam
#Art
Bumblebee of The Transformers, in his Generation One design, in the foetal position on the ground looking very sad.
November 13, 2025 at 7:09 PM
spikeprime.bsky.social
Here's Bumblebee being sad.
Wanna know why?

Stay tuned for my video The Tragedy of Rubble...

#Transformers
#Maccadam
#art
Bumblebee of The Transformers, in his Generation One design, in the foetal position on the ground looking very sad.
November 13, 2025 at 6:46 PM
spikeprime.bsky.social
Oh you better believe I'm gonna make you care deeply about a character you didn't think twice about in my upcoming video...

#Transformers
#Maccadam
Rubble from IDW2 Transformers stuck in a bin. Art by me.
November 13, 2025 at 5:33 PM
spikeprime.bsky.social
Just got a scam message claiming to be from the BlueSky safety team, definitely not real but could be worrying enough to some that it may fool them, especially as they changed the display name to just "BlueSky" and you have to look at their actual handle.

Make sure to block @darkraine0.bsky.social
Scam message asking me to click a dodgy link claiming to be from BlueSky itself, warning me that my account will be disabled unless I click the link. Absolute nonsense. The account is called @darkraine0.bsky.social, an obvious scammer.
November 12, 2025 at 8:46 AM
spikeprime.bsky.social
THIS TOOK WAY TOO LONG 😭😭😭

#animation
#YouTube
November 10, 2025 at 11:02 PM
spikeprime.bsky.social
In doing research for my video The Tragedy of Rubble, I am looking at the My Little Pony/Transformers crossovers. And I can't help but giggle immaturely at both the title and its placement on this page, because...

like yeah, if you say so, title 😅
Introductory splash page for My Little Pony/Transformers: The Magic of Cybertron, featuring Greenlight, two pony characters, and Arcee. Above Arcee is the title "A Real Mother." I don't know why but that just makes me giggle.
November 10, 2025 at 1:49 PM
spikeprime.bsky.social
So many layers just for this simple thing....

...so many...
November 10, 2025 at 1:39 PM
spikeprime.bsky.social
I'm putting a bit too much work into this video I'm pretty sure will be seen by, at max, like 1000 people 😅
An illustration of me, on a bus, in my mid-20s, reading a comic. Two people can be seen on the forefront
November 10, 2025 at 1:02 PM
spikeprime.bsky.social
Why, yes, I AM using the second Transformers/My Little Pony Friendship is Magic comic book crossover as a coping mechanism against nihilism and putting that into my video The Tragedy of Rubble. Why do you ask?

...I'm a stone's throw away from actually finishing this video...

#Transformers #IDW
My dumb, grinning YouTube avatar in front of a panel from Transformers/My Little Pony: The Magic of Cybertron issue 1, featuring cartoon ponies with the young character called Rubble, which is a still from my upcoming video.
November 9, 2025 at 5:07 PM
spikeprime.bsky.social
For whatever reason I am making a video basically nobody could possibly be interested in and pouring my heart and soul into it.

If it gets 500 views, 3 likes and 1 comment, I'll count that as a win.

#Transformers #IDW
October 21, 2025 at 10:32 AM