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cuppajj · 2 years

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Hello, it's me again, pouring some of my gelatinous brain into your inbox. I just wanted to share some personal headcanons about the FOWAU and see what you thought of them.

I'd like to think that Melody and Overlord have *some* bond between them, but it's not fully romantic. At the end of the Wreckers series, when Megan reveals himself as Overlord, that he still has some attachment to Melody and tries to protect her. Not in like, an overly protective gesture but more of a subtle move to not have her add to the collateral damage. And to shift away from what is canon for a moment, ideally Overlord and Melody could maintain contact as close friends, like a qpr! In all honesty, I'd just like Melody to have a big murder friend (all their interactions are all so sweet). Still, imagining the potential angst is good too. I'd imagine after Megatron's attack on Earth, she has a healthy dose of sheer terror of Cybertronians and having to deal with the fact that her boss, and potentially someone she was close with, is a Cybertronian would be nice to see. You also mentioned that Melody is a mother(?) And I'd think OL would make an awesome uncle.

Would you mind if I did some more shippy art for them and tagged you?

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#look the truth is that I was gonna have a more elaborate answer for this but #what you wrote is the whole thing in itself and #an au of the au where instead of the events of rotw happening within fowau #the events change and overlord essentially still lives? giving him time to like. actually I dunno like #think of how he can do his own thing without obsessing over megatron or bothering tarantulas #but like. it’s not like the two of them are totally fine? made up?#melody is still dealing with a cybertronian. not only that but it was her boss the whole time #someone she legitimately liked despite how weird she was #so what you wrote for the angst bit makes perfect sense!!#it’s a relationship that needs to be repaired #and whether or not the bond reforms is really up to him #will he leave her to her own devices?#I don’t think he’d stay but he’d at least have her contact #maybe show up every now and then #but maybe the two would learn to like each other as time goes on..#hmmmm… so much to think about!#this is really interesting and I’m all for it #a thing about the shippy part tho: I’ve been thinking abt it recently and while I still think it’s totally fine #the ship should be entirely based on an au and not the original idea #it should be acknowledged that the ship is based off a lie. it’s not direct abuse like other overlord related ships such as overpan but #it’s still manipulation in a sense so it’s still bad #a megxmel ship happening isn’t plausible in fowau canon! the subtle pining melody has is real but #the outcome of a shippy relationship is not #now if you write something like this where you make it ok in the end then that’s alright IMO!#the tldr is essentially: ship if you want but do it safely #and make sure you acknowledge the wrong aspects!#cjj askbox #fowau #fish out of water overlord au #but these are also fictional characters though so just as long as you’re not hurting real people it’s ok

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