#because rodimus has helped him so many times

[tinydefector]

Do you think cybertronians ever get a bit freaked out on how tough we are? Yes they can break us like toothpicks but humans seem to be able to take a good beating as well with adrenaline helping. Even our own body and oxygen trys kills us and yet we stick around like roaches. We're fragile in some reasonable and dumb ways and then resilient in the most dumbest ways.

Oh definitely, alot of the bots are very off put by how fragile humans are just in general and tend to avoid them.

But then there's the moments like Ratchet working a late shift and a small knock on the door alerts him someone's there, he turns around expecting it to be Rodimus or Whirl who he's about to scold but instead it's one of the humans and they look worse for wear. After fussing over them for a moment, detailed scans relay fractured ribs, a broken collar bone, and a heap of bruises and yet the humans just like. "Can I have some Panadol, Nurophen, and a glass of water?" Because they don't know what else to do its what they would get. Most of the times they ended up in the hospital. Ratchet is losing his God dawn mind as he rushes around looking for the best painkillers he can find for orgaincs in the smallest dosage he can give, hoping to primus it doesn't shut their heart down. In the end, they end up on a medication that makes them extremely drowsy, almost like the green whistle/ Weed.

Ratchet ends up doing alot of study on the human body and realises just how fucked up little monsters we are. We literally need oxygen to survive but he we have to much pure oxygen it will kill us. Water, we need a certain amount of it, if we don't have enough we will get dehydrated and die, if we have to much we will get water poisoning, intoxication, or a disruption of brain function. This happens when there's too much water in our cells, such as the brain and blood cells, causing them to swell. When the cells in the brain swell, they cause pressure in the brain, resulting in death. The issue is that it can become an addiction to drinking too much water for the effect it has on the body. Same with nearly everything we consume, it can kill us, but we need a lot of it in moderation.

Human: "I just need some basic pain killers and a nap"

Bot: "No, you need full surgery, sedations, and 3 weeks of recovery!"

Human: "nah she'll be fine!"

Bot: "Absolutely Not, bed now before I cuff you"

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Following that imagine a first contact AU where Cybertronians and humans are just slowly getting to know how the other works and next thing a human is kneeling over in horrific pain and it send the bots all into panic mode trying to help them, wondering what's happening and thinking they are dying. And the human after about ten minutes some pain killers still looking rather pale and unhealthy just go. "Sorry about that fuck I hate, Cramps/palpitations/ phantom pains/ and such" and the bots are just looking at them horrified like.

Bot: NOT NORMAL!!!"

Human: what you talking about?

Bot: everything that just happened you literally just short circuited!

Human: nah that's causal wait till you see the really funky shit.

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Human pet AU

Cybertronian's keeping humans as pets is like humans keeping hamsters. Humans are some of the most homicidal, suicidal and just deranged creatures that Cybertronian's could keep as pets. It's gotten to the point that they are a luxury/ exotic pet because if you do not feed them the right stuff, give them the right amount of light and socialising, and they will just die. There are so many Cybertronian's who take their human into clinics worried as and its just the human being a little bustard because they didn't get the treat they wanted 2 weeks ago and are still holding that grudge. Not to mention, we are prone to causing as much trouble and issue. We are like cats.

But we are also very easily sick and primus forbid a human gets sick because to a bot they think it's a death sentence for their sweet little spitfire of a human who they have had now for ages. And the human looks ready to die, and the next day, they are up and about like nothing ever happened.

Human: if you don't feed me the meals I want I'm going to pretend to die. If you do feed me what I want I might actually die because I shouldn't be eating it.

Panicked bot: "MY HUMAN HAS GOTTEN SICK. HELP!?!"

Human: totally worth it.

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In conclusion, the cybertronians are rather wary/ concerned about how resilient humans really are.

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[altraviolet]

When Soundwave keeps thinking about roddys spark and how he wants it or he thinks it’s beautiful, is he confusing intimacy with something else because he’s never experienced intimacy before? Like does he want to sparkbond with rodimus and he just doesn’t realize it? Or is he just like oooo pretty shiny spark!

Im in love with echogarden it genuinely makes me so happy! I hope your doing well! ❤️

Thank you! I'm glad the fic makes you happy =D

This is going to sound absolutely wild to you but I don't have exact answers to your questions :D It's amazing how much fic you can write without knowing everything your characters feel. I discover things as I write, so I will know this when it comes up. The fic is like 60% meticulously planned foreshadowing and 40% extreme yolo. I have an inkling as to the answers but they're not set in stone, I guess you could say.

[rawmeknockout]

Give me more CILF (Creator I'd like to fuck) writing! Please, I beg of you!

an assortment!

Rodimus is the young, hot, eager- to-please Captain that wants to spark you up soooo bad. There's just something so hot about the way you care so fiercely for your sparkling, it really gets his engine revving. He knows he's younger than you, but that doesn't make him any less of a mech! In fact, he's got all the energy and stamina a sire could need to look after any (potential) future sparklings you might have together. He's always looking to impress you, almost tripping over himself to prove he's the mech for you. Drift has heard enough of his delulu daydreams about how much he'd like to give you another. He's always been attracted to older mechs (hard not to be when your entire population is as long-lived as Cybertronians. He may be your boss, a headstrong and over-confident sort of guy, but he could be gentle if you wanted him to be! Let him show you!

Megatron is much quieter in his appreciation of you. It's not that the thought hasn't crossed his mind that you would look SO good carrying his sparkling, it's just that he's well aware how awful a decision that would be. Doesn't stop him from cranking his shaft to the idea. He's perfectly happy to look after the sparkling you already have when you need a break. Some might say he's the very last mech that should be in charge of looking after a sparkling, but he believes that some Autobots are far too self-sacrificing. Sure, he's now committed to the Autobots, but he still holds his personal belief that Cybertronians have value far greater than any self-perceived benefit to others. He will teach your sparkling that they exist first for themselves and for no other to take advantage of: be it a system or an individual. It just sort of helps that looking after your sparkling and ingratiating himself to them also puts him in closer proximity to you.

Ratchet won't ever admit it but the prospect of having a sparkling has always been so tempting for him. Of course, he was never in any position to have a sparkling of his own, first with his practice in Dead End and then the war, and now that he's quite a bit older the chances of that have gone down tremendously. In fact, he sees it as almost bordering on negligent to conceive one. But when he sees you with your sparkling his fantasies and daydreams of a domestic life come surging to the forefront of his processor. It's hard not to feel envy towards you, even if you're forced to care for your sparkling alone, but he tries to stamp out those feelings. You're not deserving of his resentment because he chose not to have bitlets. When he gets to know you better he feels all the worse for having been envious of you, and incredibly grateful that you would let him look after your sparkling. Even if the bitlet isn't his, Ratchet is attached to your offspring like no other and is always fussing after their (and your) care. If Drift notices a difference in Ratchet's demeanor, a certain wistfulness about him, he doesn't bring it up. He knows Ratchet would simply be reluctant to give himself what he wants, although Ratchet carrying the sparkling isn't the only option...

Whirl thinks it's hot. Okay, sure he thinks a lot of things are sexy that aren't supposed to be (that one time Brainstorm's optic was hanging from the socket, for example) but this one of normal! He insists. It's not everyday you meet a Cybertronian who has carried their own offspring. It's sort of an uncommon practice and definitely the most dangerous given the alternatives, but that's part of what makes it so sexy. Rung has informed him that is, actually, a little fucked up (not his words). Whirl would like to know what you looked like carrying. Not every carrier's frame will change drastically, in fact many don't if their armor is bulky enough, but maybe yours did. The fact your frame is so... powerful in a sense, resilient, and durable is kind of a turn on for him. But then again, Whirl gets heated if there's a gun pointed at him, so maybe it is fucked up. Your frame went through all the taxing processes of creating another Cybertronian, and you didn't die! What he wouldn't give to put your frame through it's paces again... Ultra Magnus has gently tried to convince you to get a restraining order against Whirl.

[in1-nutshell]

Feral buddy on the lost light is so fucking funny, especially if their actually very intelligent.

Ratchet just fixing up some bot who hurt themselves doing something stupid - hey first aid could you-

Buddy who is currently dragging what ever tool Ratchet was about to ask for towards him - ....

Ratchet - how did you...

~

Getaway - hey ki- OH WHAT THE FUCK

Tailgate with a buddy on his head whos currently hissing a Getaway because they can clock in a piece of shit from a mile away - don't worry, they're harmless.

(they are infact not harmless)

this is followed by

Rodimus - megs... do you... want some help?

Megatron whos currently having his thumb nawed on by Buddy - ...they don't seem to understand that their jaw isent big enough to bite my thumb

Its just very funny to imagine them doing very intelligent things that leave the crew very confused and a little scared and its paired with all the times their like a feral cat.

FERAL BUDDY!!!!!

More tomfoolery and shenanigans!

Hope you enjoy!

Feral Buddy with Skids, Ratchet, and Rewind

SFW, Platonic, Human reader

MTMTE

Skids

Skids and Buddy are vent friends.

They usually find each other running through the vents or just popping out of nowhere.

Skids is one of the only bots on board who can almost fully understand what Buddy's grunts and gestures mean.

He is willing to throw servos with anyone who tells Buddy that they are unintelligent.

Doesn't mind Buddy climbing things around the ship.

But he does keep an optic out if they are getting too high or if there's anything hazardous around.

Buddy is willing to slow anyone down so Skids can continue any shenanigans he wants.

No one knows why, Buddy just does it.

"SKIDS!"--Getaway

Skids running past him.

Buddy descends from an open vent straight to Getaway's face.

"AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!"--Getaway

Rewind

Rewind was one of the first mini's to get comfortable with Buddy.

How did he do it?

Not even Rewind has the answer to that.

It just happened.

But he definitely has this over some boys helms when it comes down to bragging.

Chromedome now has an extra shadow following him.

Buddy has jumped on Rewinds back many times it just becomes second nature.

Rewind and the minis have a documentary series on the life of Buddy. Consisting of random moments in Buddy's life with commentary.

Buddy is trying to open a pickle jar.

They keep trying until they yell at it and throw it against the wall, bouncing off the wall and hitting them in the head.

"Pickle jar 5. Buddy 0."--Rewind

Ratchet

As one of the first bots that Buddy met, it was understandable why Buddy got attached to the medic.

Buddy after accidentally breaking their arm once, was now quiet fond of him.

Buddy likes to perch on his shoulder when he is doing work.

Many times Ratchet has found himself explaining the process to Buddy.

He doesn't approve of Buddy climbing on the medical supplies.

And Buddy does respect his wishes.

The one thing that will forever confuse Ratchet is how Buddy knows which tools he was going to get before he could say anything.

Will fight anyone who calls them dumb.

"Can someone pass the--"--Ratchet

Buddy holding up a pair of pliers proudly above their head.

"...Thanks..."--Ratchet

Happy human noises intensifies.

[crying-fantasies]

We'll meet again

Masterlist

"Rod"

"..."

"Please move, I'm getting worried"

"...hm"

"Roddy?"

"Yeah yeah" his ventilation system quicks in, his frame finally giving signals of life, you see at his sides, his pedes, it doesn't seem like he is going to move soon so you take your opportunity and come near him, "I'm online, don't- don't worry"

Most bots are way more delicate when getting near the humans in the ship, always looking where they are going or moving before they acclimate to the tiny lifeforms around, now, Rodimus, is an exception, you've seen him be like this more times than not, half of his body on the berth and the rest on the floor, you don't have to ask anymore, everyone has already told you: "Hot Rod has a problem with high grade" while experiencing it first hand.

Does that stop you from going to him and probably be squeezed under his foot? Not really, you like him, and you want to be with him, even when he keeps on brushing you away when he hits rock bottom again.

"Here", you are holding, dragging, a bag big enough to fit on his servo, full of energon in order to help him get rid of the headach you know is present without asking, this has happened more than once and now you're ready, even encouraging him when he refuses with a whiny sound that puts your nerves on edge, "if you want to feel better then purge that from your system by drinking this".

"You've way too much cruelty on such a tiny body" he finally pleasess you, downing the energon in one go, trying to throw away the bag on the nearest trash deposit in the room, failing by meters and making him groan, covering his face plate with his arms and finally moving along so his back strut could be on the berth properly, "what a pain in the-" ah, he fell to recharge again.

It was best than before, at least, you don't have the power to move him around, way too big for something so squishy as you, there is the option to call out for someone else, but that's out of the question, they would immediately call Thunderclash and while you like and respect your captain to pieces Rodimus has this strange disgust towards him, last thing he would want in the middle of his migraine is to hear or see the captain or, worst, have a reprimand from his part so early in the afternoon, you're sure your captain wouldn't exactly reprimand him but give an inspirational speech, one that Rodimus would still hate with all his soul.

Some people say that what Thunderclash did was the right thing to do, you are grateful, humanity is in verge of extinction, the war has nothing to do with it, no matter how many protestants say otherwise, earth is just changing, faster than before, at first you didn't have any idea of why, no one did, but your captain told you what was really happening and why every new human facilities were topnotch, he expected you all to live fully, happily and without lies on his starship.

Sometimes you wonder if, in these kind of cases, you should talk to him about this, you care for Thunderclash and every bot aboard after all, maybe it would be good to give a few comments here and there on how good it would be to have a grief councilor on the ship, since Rodimus has just got news of the deactivation of a close friend, the memorial ceremony didn't go all that great for what you could guess, he was there just a few minutes and still returned like this.

Still, no matter how good of a mech your captain is, you aren't sure or thrusting enough in how he or anyone could react if any got to ask why you cared for Rodimus so much, you aren't sure if they could really see you two in a good light.

"Roddy" you climb to his face plate, he is recharging so deep and the way cybertronians sleep still scares you because they look dead, only difference is that his derma and armor aren't gray and you feel the pulse of his spark after pressing yourself against his neck cables, it's slow but that is a result of his rest and the unholy amount of liquor on his system, "Rodimus", you climb up as you can, this time you give a little kiss on his intake, where his lips are, and you finally get an answer in the form of a groan and the sound of his ventilation system working properly, "wake up, sleeping beauty".

"What time...?", He raises his servo over his sensible optics, then places it just at your side to give you leverage and prevent any fall if he moves wrong.

"Almost noon" you give a stroke over his cheek, he moves along with it and feel your warm touch on him, it takes a moment to really let your information sink and when it does his ventilators short cut, sitting way too fast but stopping a second before throwing you with his actions and fall back on the berth, he is groaning again, letting you slide slowly when he gets up just to lay again with what you can only assume is pain on his brain processor.

"I'm so sorry", now both servos are over his entire face, you take seat on his neck guard, you know he is being honest, "we're supposed to be on duty now"

"It's fine", he knows it is a lie, you've been talking about sector 3408, the so rumoured floating mountains that can be found there and how incredible would be to take samples of the magnetic rocks that could create such natural phenomena, Rodimus was supposed to be your companion since no human could be let alone out of the ship in an strange planet.

But the pod already left in the morning, and you are still with him.

"It's not, not at all" his tone is getting meaner by the second, he looks mad, it's not at you, but himself, "you should have gone without me"

A movement of your head, a negative, "I don't want to go anywhere without you".

Is it really that strange to feel like this? Maybe, if your family knew, well, there's nothing they could do with you in space, no one can say much, maybe some of your human comrades have noticed something new with you, as for Rodimus, some were happy he was starting to take better care of his physical and inner health, it was showing on his now bright red paint job, rougheout dents fixed up, taking portions of his energon while you took your own rations, ingesting less high grade, until two days ago that's it.

"I'm sorry", maybe he referred to the fact he made you lost the pod, the fact that he is drunk again, that now you have to deal with him and all his problems, "it's my fault", you won't let him go down that spiral of self deprecation and abandon he has fallen into once again, you don't want to hear more of this.

He looks broken, as if all the progress both of you've done so far is now gone, you won't have any of that, "Hey", sometimes this isn't easy, hell, even moving him so you can tal eyes to optics is hard if he doesn't follow, being impossible to move a being so big as him, "there will be new and better things to do up here", he will say something again, something mean you bet, so you do the best that you can and move on your tiptoes to give him a kiss on his partially open intake.

Jokes on you, landing your lips on his front dentae and almost falling face first on his glossa when he goes back, still, it's worth it, to see his optics go all round in surprise before he starts to laugh sincerely at your occurrence and own expense, laughing like a chuckle at first and then go full on almost madness by the second that brings blood rushing to your cheeks by the embarrassment.

Still, you really prefer this, Rodimus laughing from the spark, it's worthy.

"What was that?!"

"My last attempt to be romantic for the day"

"Nooooo~ give me more", his servos raise you once again, just above the start of his helm, what you could call the forehead, "make the pain go away, babe"

"Quit it, you big baby"

Far from stopping his whining he now looks at you with his lips between his dentae, "I love it when you call me that".

Maybe it was fine, spend the rest of the shift here, others won't notice your absence (there isn't really anything else to do), and you can stay with him, protected by the four walls of his habsuit, you only need to get him more energon supplies and giving his tired stabilizers Rodimus still can't get up, "We should get a mattress", is what you say while landing on the hard surface of the berth.

"We can get one in the next stopping point", he doesn't let you go, no so easy, one of his digits is inside the neck of your work uniform and he is tugging at it, "don't leave me alone for too long", it could've been clingy in any other circumstances, but he really needs encouraging words now, his sad and almost offline optics tell you about his vulnerability, his fallen wings of tiredness and his digit clinging to you shout out of his necessity of having you near.

What has happened to such a great bot to be like this? It's not a good question, because he isn't perfect, you also aren't, everyone is broken to some degree, Rodimus has still so much to tell you about him and you have so much to tell about yourself.

"I'll not" you take his digit between your hands, giving it a kiss to give more power to your promise, "I'm not leaving you forever, so wait for the fifteen minutes I'm away".

"You promise?", Just how drunk is he?

"I swear, I'll come back to you"

It's cheesey, it's embarrassing, but those words do get out of your mouth and are apparently all it takes to make a big and childish smile appear on his handsome faceplate, but you mean it, you mean every word and can only wish he heard them right and gets to remember them because you'll need to be drunk to say those words again or accept the way he is looking at you now without feeling strange inside because being so wanted isn't something you are familiar with.

"Me too, I'll always find you"

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This is a way of ending the story of Rodimus (of course I'll still post the extras), while it's sad how in the main timeline he gets hit hard by his own reality he gets to meet the very same human that in the other reality is his conjunx endurae (the terraformers reality), and maybe in this timeline they'll get to have their happy life for as long as it can last, maybe they could get to meet their own Sunset.

Thanks for this great year, expect for more little pieces while I'm still on my transformers strike, every comment and reblog is appreciated, have a great new year.

[earthstellar]

I love Last Bot Standing so much

because Old Rodimus has so much potential:

-First time he stands up and his back strut makes concerning noises and is sort of sore for no apparent reason/his knee joints give out: oh god oh fuck I'm old oh no OH NO

-First time he realises he doesn't have the energy or motivation to run around with the others: finds that he doesn't mind as much as he thought he would; he lets the others explore and enjoys hearing them messing with each other in the distance

-First time he realises he's forgetting details about long-past missions, lost a few names and places: After worrying there might be something wrong with his processor, he vaguely remembers something Ratchet said a long, long time ago about data decay-- and tries to calm himself with the thought that it's normal, data doesn't last forever-- but he still stays up all night thinking of everyone he never wants to forget, scared he's already forgotten some and can't tell

-First time he notices all the new cracks in his faceplate: He thinks he looks a bit like Kup now, and it makes him happy and sad at the same time

-First time he goes on a scouting mission and has to take a break or he knows he won't make it back alone: no more solo missions? maybe. maybe he never planned on surviving this long, and doesn't know what to do by himself

-First time he struggles to fully boot up from recharge: He realises one day he really won't be getting up again, and with no medics and no maintenance materials, that day may be soon. He survived the war, and all that came after, but nobody can survive time. He's okay with that. He was a Prime, once. He had a good run.

-First time a younger bot calls him old: He can't help but remember when he said the same things to so many old, grumpy bots back in the day. He's a little ruffled by it, surprised, because he still doesn't really think of himself as old. But the kiddos aren't wrong. Inside, it makes him a little happy. Maybe he can do something good for them while he's still around.

-First time he realises he's just not physically able to flame on anymore, due to age or lack of maintenance/fuel or all of the above: He realises he might be losing ability, and it depresses him for a bit until he decides to focus on what he still can do. He can remember an old bot from a while back, who started losing some function. He respected that bot; He kept going as long as he could. Rodimus doesn't want to be too grumpy in his old age. He'll keep on going, too.

-First time he settles down for recharge and gets a moment of actual quiet, the younger bots are all outside together doing a "camping night", the rest are already recharging, and it's just him and the stars for the first time in a long time: He looks out towards the general direction Cybertron is probably in (he's not 100% sure), and briefly, aside from everything else, despite everything, is happy he's lived long enough for closure. The war ended. Society, for a while, was recovering (or trying to). He went on adventures. He saw and did impossible things, with people he genuinely loved.

He has a lot of regrets, but it's over now.

And that's OK. He's cool with that, although he wishes he weren't as sore or tired.

He's had a long, long life. He made a few good calls, now and then, here and there.

And he plans to do whatever Rodimus things he can, right up until there's no more fuel, no more memories, no more time.

[cozzzynook]

Drift and Ratchet wanting to make Hot Rod their Conjunx. However they see Rodimus one day in the lab with Perceptor and those two seem really close. They think something is going on between them and try to impress Rodimus. Later they find out Perceptor is actually Rodimus carrier and everyone on the Lost Light is shocked because they weren't expecting that.

Rodimus is caught sitting in Perceptors lap a couple times by bots too afraid to say anything due to Perceptors vicious blank glare.

Brainstorm had figured it out pretty quickly and teased Perceptor endlessly on why he didn’t tell him he was going to be a sire when they finally conjunx.

Perceptor of course grips a digit on Brainstorms servo and bends it hard until the bot shut ups with apologies.

Rodimus has not an ounce of danger sense when Perceptor is with him. Unless the threat is aimed towards perceptor then he’ll resort back to being the wreckers “flame streak” and there will be hell to pay.

Rodimus often goes to Perceptors lab and the scientist can often be seen going to Rodimus’s hab and vice versa. Bots were again too afraid to say anything if they happened to notice and many thought when Perceptor would present a cup of energon to Rodimus dermas that smelled good after the captain went so long without any he was making sure their captain didn’t offline from his own lack of self care.

Rodimus would curl up in Perceptors lap like used to as a sparkling to make his carrier take a break and fuel. Often so he would recharge as well. Brainstorm had so many pictures of them together. The mech claimed it was blackmail but it was obvious the jet was feeling paternal pride much to Perceptors blushing embarrassment and Rodimus’s teasings.

It was a normal week when Drift and Ratchet had finally decided to try courting Rodimus only to find him talking to Perceptor who was in the wash racks under the streams with Rodimus talking to him completely unfazed about Perceptor being naked on the other side.

The two were completely shocked and ran off before the two could notice them. Well Perceptor did but he didn’t care since they couldn’t see him and hadn’t gotten too close for comfort so he let it be.

Until he noticed the two coming around his bitlet more often and paid more attention than usual. He made a point to keep optic contact when the two would invade their carrier sparkling plus Brainstorm time with their pitiful attempts at trying to steal Rodimus’s attention.

According to Brainstorm who took it upon himself to surveil the three they were attempting to court his precious bitty.

He wasn’t sure how to feel about that but he supposed it was far better than the last mech who hurt his sparkling bitty.

The mech was never seen again and Perceptor did well changing the subject when Rodimus would occasionally ask about the mech. Brainstorm again was too smart for his own good and figured out the “fake” talking helm on Kup’s mantel back on cybertron was real. No Perceptor did not find Brainstorm offering to conduct vile experiments on the mechs processor to make them feel even more pain while remaining online was sweet in a twisted way. Nor did he let the jet begin conjunx ritus when he promised not to take time away from his bitty or let any bot hurt either of them.

Perceptor was simply allowing the mech to do what he pleased and what he pleased was taking Perceptor and Rodimus to the top of the ship to see a meteor shower Perceptor refused to let Rodimus ride.

Drift and Ratchet of course took this as Perceptor and Brainstorm trying to court Rodimus and they decided to up their attempts one hundred percent because they would not give up on having Rodimus as they didn’t give up on having each other.

So they set out to ask Magnus and Megatron to land on a nearby planet known for its romantic sea life scenery and when they tell them why the two can’t help agreeing because they’d like some romantic time alone as well. Not to mention most of the crew who were mated and conjunx as well.

So they land on the planet after telling Rodimus half the reason why and he agrees going off saying he’d tell Perceptor and Brainstorm and the two along with Cyclonus, Whirl and Tailgate shaking their helms saying poor Drift and Ratchet.

The two hear about this and it only fuels them more to win Rodimus over.

When they get to the sea it’s beautiful.

Ratchet goes to ask Rodimus if he’d like to surf with Drift and that he himself was going to relax on a float when he sees Perceptor rubbing Rodimus’s helm affectionately before laying down to have Brainstorm rub sun wax on his frame.

Drift comes bonding over and grabs Rodimus who looks shocked and happy to see them both when Drift notices Ratchet faltering.

Rodimus happily agrees to go with them and he enjoys surfing with Drift who tries to show off his skills only to almost wipe out in the waves and Rodimus has to grab him. They both almost go under but Drift is a pretty good swimmer and gets them both above water to Ratchet who scolds them both while checking them over.

The fun does continue though.

Ratchet and Drift invite him to dinner and learn Rodimus is a really good cook. He makes the best energon steak for Ratchet and the most delicious sea pasta scallops for Drift. When they ask him why he hadn’t made anything for himself he tells them he was saving all his room for Percptors famous energon wrap.

The two were so disappointed and hurt to hear that but they held out hope because Rodimus was here cooking for them and looking so happy with his spoiler fluttering at their hums of approval and asking for another meal in the morning when they woke from recharge. But only if Rodimus was willing to spend the night of course.

Rodimus blushed so hard he forgot how to speak, he simply nodded his helm and stayed up late to watch telescreens with the two on a large comfortable couch under a blanket.

He was so happy to recharge in the middle he smiled brightly at the two the moment he woke before them. He was surprised he woke up before Ratchet and even more surprised he didn’t wake Drift when he moved and put the blanket back on the two of them.

He went to make them breakfast and found himself swaying his hips to a song he was humming. The smell of energon woke the two and they immediately went to the kitchen and were in awe at Rodimus cooking looking so delicious and the gorgeous aft swinging looking so delectable with the voice of a siren luring them to their fate.

Maaayybeee the two were looking like idiots as Rodimus fed them breakfast before his own tanks rumbled and he remembered he hadn’t fueled yet.

They felt so dumb forgetting to fuel the one they were planning to conjunx and felt they deserved the blow to the spark at Rodimus saying he would love to meet them in the heat pools later after grabbing food from Perceptor.

They decided at the heat pools to gift Rodimus with a massage to prove they can care for his needs while also making him feel pleasure.

It was Ratchet who wrapped an arm around Rodimus then Drift who sandwiched Rodimus with an arm around his slim waist.

The speedster blushed heavily from their touches and his spoiler fluttered in interest.

So they took it a step further and began to rub in creaks on his plating that would melt his processor and leave him pliant in their laps and servos.

Rodimus was a drooling mess by the time they finished and when they offered to take him back to their room he agreed thinking with his burning modesty panel instead of his processor that was barely aware he almost leaked through.

By the time he got to their room he was clearing in the processor and clenched his thighs tight trying to come up with an excuse to leave.

But the two were more than aware of his problem and Ratchet stroking a digit on his heating panel’s with Drift nipping at sensitive cable lines left his panels unlocking with an embarrassing pop as fluid gushed free and the two were more than happy to assure him they’d help him clean up.

By the time they finished cleaning Rodimus up he was covered in denta bites, his spike wrung dry from Ratcher valve domming him and his own calves sore from taking the beating Drift’s, later joined by Ratchet’s, spike had given him.

They may not have bonded with Rodimus yet but a claim had been made and when they finally got back to the ship with Drift carrying Rodimus who was deep in recharge exhausted they brought him back to their hab. They’d cuddled up against his frame soaking in the heat he naturally exuded and fell into recharge themselves as the ship cruised the galaxy once more.

It wasn’t until the next day after having an amazing breakfast made by Rodimus who was standing with Ratchet’s help, grabby servos gripping his chassis and hips along with Drift grinding against him pawing at his modesty panels, did they receive a knock on their door.

It was Rodimus who turned and limped to the door excitedly with a flutter of his spoiler to greet an annoyed looking Perceptor and a snickering Brainstorm. Rodimus immediately began talking away about the appropriate part of their trip to Perceptor who smiled a little nodding as he and Brainstorm came inside easily as if they needed no bot’s permission.

That pissed the two off and they were hurt by Rodimus just ditching them for Perceptor who sent Rodimus to get something from his lab. The younger easily agreed and was off with Brainstorm following who was laughing loudly and looking giddy.

As the door closed and Perceptor turned to them with a chilling glare that made them both freeze and forget the reason they were so angry he stood menacingly from the chair and spoke painfully calm.

“If you do one thing to hurt him, in any way, make him cry because you cheated or physically hurt him, even insulted him in a way I find unforgivable…I will do to you what Kup and I did to the last one.”

Perceptor took out a living, glowing spark that still beat from his sub space and held in his servo before giving it a little squeeze.

They watched it beat erratically before going to a normal rhythm and a ping from Kup with the sounds of pained screams was played for the two’s audials.

Perceptor put the spark back in his sub space and looked at the two’s optics with a fierce burning they’ve seen in Rodimus looking at enemies he truly hated.

“I won’t hesitate . Not even for a nano-klik.”

The sound of the door opening and Rodimus bounding in with whatever Perceptor asked him to get was placed in the scientists servos who smiled warmly at Rodimus before rubbing his helm.

It was then Rodimus looked over at the two and tilted his head confused, “are you guys okay?”

A look from Perceptor and the two nodded.

Brainstorm was just laughing his aft off as the two left and Rodimus was so confused.

It was during all their shifts on the bridge a few weeks after being back did they all finally understand and learn why Perceptor and Rodimus were so close and now Brainstorm too.

“Roddy, honey. You cannot paint a planet just because you think the color scheme would look cool.”

“But carrier I could-”

“CARRIER??!!”

It was then the two looked at every confused bot in the room who looked at them with pure shock, amusement on Brainstorms part who was next to them working on the paint ray he was going to gift Rodimus, to Megatron and Minimus who dropped their energon coffee and reports to Drift and Ratchet whose mouths and optics were like fish as they quickly put everything together.

“Huh? Oh well, yeah. Perceptor is my carrier. You couldn’t tell?”

“You look nothing alike!”

Rodimus threw a ball of flames at the mech who said that almost incinerating them if it weren’t for another bot putting it out.

“Roddy we don’t look alike, its fine sweet spark,” Perceptor turned to the others and looked uncaring at them, “is this a problem?”

Brainstorm was just waiting to back up his future conjunx as he unsheathed his claws only for every bot to say it wasn’t.

Most scurried off to gossip in safety while Ratchet and Drift were met with Perceptors knowing smirk as he walked off with Brainstorm trailing after like a love sick puppy.

“You guys don’t have a problem with who my carrier is do you?”

And how could they tell Roddy they were terrified of his carrier when he looked so on guard and afraid of their response?

“No kid, just wished we knew so we could’ve asked for his permission to court you instead of just doing it.” ratchet sighed, accepting his fate.

Drift didn’t put up a fight either as he was soon engulfed with a happy speedster much like Ratchet.

“What have we gotten ourselves into Ratty?”

“A very eventful but worth it future sweet spark,” the medic mouthed back.

The two were a lot more relaxed and took their time now in courting Rodimus now that they knew and they were a lot better at hiding the bite marks they left on his frame to be respectful now that they knew Perceptor and Brainstorm were not competition.

Perceptor was just a scary and caring carrier who would do anything for his sparkling while Brainstorm was a love sick jet puppy who’d do anything for Perceptor and by proxy Rodimus since the two were a package deal.

[fictional-love-is-my-life]

Hello! First time asking for headcanons. Any headcanons for how the MTMTE crew would react to an empurata’d medic?

Hello!! I chose three to do since the crew is so vast and many. For future headcanons, if there are any bots you specifically want me to write for, put their names in the request. Thank you!

Ratchet:

He vouched for them, he's assessed all the bots that come aboard. He conducted a full background check and knows all about their history and medical training. He knows they've suffered for their previous life, and he's willing to let them move past it.

He needs their help, so many bots get injured on their journey, and he's happy to have more medics around.

He watched them carefully for the first few weeks, just to make sure they didn't slip up. But after a while, he began to trust them. Now he's more than happy to let them do their work in peace. He also stands up for them, scolding a bot who refuses care from them.

Rodimus:

He was fine letting them on board, but he was a little hesitant to let them keep practicing as a medic. He would look at their claws and shudder at the thought of them trying to patch him up.

As long as Ratchet is still around Rodimus is fine with it. He just tries to go to the medic bay whenever they are not around, so he doesn't get seen by them.

He knows he shouldn't feel that way, and he knows he shouldn't avoid them. If Ratchet trusts them then so should he, but it will take more time for him to be fully comfortable with them.

Whirl:

He's excited about not being the only one anymore. He's very curious and constantly asks them about what they did to become empurata’d. He's on a mission to find out and he will.

Whirl will now only let them be his medic. He still trusts Ratchet and is happy to get care from him. But he'd rather get seen by someone who understands what he has gone through.

He also feels like it has taken the focus off him a little. He likes attention sometimes, but he's able to walk around the ship more without everyone sticking their nose in his business or breathing down his neck because they worry he'll do something. Now that a new medic arrived with a backstory similar to his, everyone is off his back on theirs now. And he likes it.

[mychlapci]

I..i meed ratchet to be the mer stud with his bad ass male wife Drift former deadlock who terrifies everyone but his mates while carrying. He can fight viciously while carrying and lays the eggs no problem with minimal pain.

….

And then there’s Roddy…

Who suffers the entire time and needs to be held so they can migrate and go about their day because he’s too big & in too much pain to swim… hehehehe…i like making Roddy suffer

stud Ratchet with his two pretty carriers… Drift is a very experienced mommy, laying Ratchet's eggs dutifully every single mating season… Poor Roddy is more difficult. He probably gets more breaks, which is alright as long as Drift (and maybe some other carriers?) is reproducing with their stud. But he can't slack off! No matter that his tail gets so swollen he can't swim and his belly is so full he feels stretched all the time. Ratchet is kind and attentive, helping him around even as Roddy chokes and cries, begging for him to take the plug out of his valve and let him birth the eggs already! mhmmm the relief when it's finally time for him to lay the eggs, Roddy knows it'll hurt but at least it'll be over soon!

hmmm… perhaps Ratchet has to get more breeders, since Rodimus has such a hard time. Drift is a good mommy but a strong stud needs as many mers as he can get his hands on. Pharma is a good candidate. So eager to be impregnated that Ratchet gets a little creeped out, especially when he picks fights with his other carriers… Maybe Ironhide, who gets the biggest eggs. Wheeljack, who comes and goes as he pleases.

Rodimus still takes the brunt of it. Poor guy.

[pancake-blogging]

So the other day, I added onto a post from @too-many-blorbos and mentioned how I thought Robots in Disguise would've been improved if it were a sequel to Rescue Bots instead of Prime. Now over here, I'm gonna expand that with the other things I would change! Also, I thought it'd be fun to call this au/rewrite/whatever Rescue Bots in Disguise, or RBiD

Putting it under a read more, because it's probably gonna be... A lot.

The first change is the starting cast. As I established in the other post, we'll be replacing Bumblebee with Chase but keep Strongarm. Then, we replaced Sideswipe with Hot Rod (don't worry tho, Sideswipe will show up later with Sunstreaker in tow)

The show starts with Chase and Strongarm patrolling on Cybertron. Chase is trying to explain to Strongarm why they don't need to be concerned with one bot loitering in a public space, only for a speeding Hot Rod to rocket past them. The two pursue him, eventually catching up with him next to a Space Bridge.

Hot Rod is perplexed when told he was speeding to get here, and as Chase tries to ask if he's okay his hand brushes against the controls. The Space Bridge suddenly activates, and all three of them are pulled through to Earth.

On Earth, I've decided it would be more interesting to replace the human characters with a grown-up Raf who has a kid of his own (because I miss my boy and I want him to be there).

And while Grimlock was one of the better parts of RiD, I still feel like he isn't quite Grimlock-y enough. So, I decided to swap him out with a new Dinobot based off Spike from the movies; all you need to do is take Grimlock's Dino mode head and make his snout narrower and longer, add a sail to his back, and bam! You have a spinosaurus that's still just as intimidating as a T-Rex, while leaving the door open for a more traditional Grimlock to show up later.

One of the main plot points of the first season is that Megatronus returns with a plan to destroy both Earth and Cybertron, hence why the Primes saw fit to revive Optimus. In RBiD, however, Optimus won't be revived.

In every episode, Hot Rod will have at least one very brief encounter with a past Prime; they might be right next to/replacing his reflection in a piece of glass, he might see them standing opposite him at base only to vanish when another bot passes in front of them, or maybe he hears their voice telling him to duck in the middle of a battle.

Halfway through the season, Windblade shows up; still acting as an agent of Primus, her role in RBiD is still to help out the team, but now her primary mission is also to help Hot Rod establish a connection with the Primes. With her help, Hot Rod is finally able to have a full conversation with a still dead Optimus Prime, who reveals that he and the other past Primes have sensed an approaching darkness. He also reveals that Hot Rod was chosen to take up the mantle of Prime when the time is right – though Optimus fears they may not have the luxury of time.

As for the Decepticons... It is very strange that virtually EVERY SINGLE ONE is partially (if not mostly) animal-like, while there are (to my memory) ZERO animal-like Autobots. That's sending a weird message. So! Some of the Decepticons will have slight redesigns to be just normal humanoid robots, though exceptions can be made for ones with bestial alt-modes or when their animal-like features have a clear translation into their alt-mode, like Thunderhoof's antlers. Steeljaw is supposed to be a wolf in sheep's clothing, but since it's kinda strange that a half wolf man turns into an SUV I've decided to just make him a beastformer that turns into a wolf.

Also! Some of the prisoners aboard the ship should've been Autobots. And I don't just mean former Autobots, I mean Autobots that broke the rules but would still refuse to join the Decepticons.

At the end of the first season, when Megatronus breaks free, Optimus and the other Primes channel themselves through Hot Rod and temporarily transform him into Rodimus Prime. Shortly after Megatronus is defeated, however, he reverts back to a HEAVILY exhausted Hot Rod – another character (probably Windblade) points out that had he contained the raw power of the Primes in his body for too much longer, he might have died. The rest of the series, he's dedicated to honing himself, occasionally getting the odd power boost until the series finale, where he's finally able to become Rodimus Prime permanently.

[ppnuggie]

💙💙I AWAKE FROM THE DEAD// I saw you were mainly doing MTMTE so here :)) ||

GN reader with trailcutter, skids, swerve, Megatron and roddy [separate] [headcannons], them reacting to reader flirting with them? fluff, crack do whatever I need my Teebs bro,got me feeling empty 😭😭

achoo see you next year prob idk, happy times💙💙

　　　　　　MTMTE x gn human reader

　　　　『　trailcutter ,, swerve ,, megatron ,, rodimus ,, gender neutral human reader    』

　　-> bots reaction to reader flirting w/ em 🫣

　　— fluff ,, sfw ,, crack

　　— yep ! see ya next year ! :D i mean ,, it will be next year when this is posted 💀 but i am writing it on dec.30 rn 🫣 ughh teebs 😞😞 i just got the part where he dies im so heartbroken ,, my mans ,, 😭😭😭 he didnt deserve alla that ,, smh ,, but tysm for requesting 😏 tbh i might not actually be online for this to be posted ,, bc this is in my queue along with many other things to be posted later 🫣 so theres a little update for not having links updated in the second masterlist 🕺

trailcutter ::

• he’d be quite flustered ,, not sure what to say not only because he was most likely super drunk but also surprised you were flirting with him

• any time you compliment him for something ,, his fans will kick on immediately ,, and whenever you’re not around some mechs might coo at him and make smoochy noises ,, mainly whirl

• he may try to return the compliments ,, though he’ll end up tripping over his words and end up more flustered if you say something about it

• primus help this man ,, hes just ,, stuck dealing with these flirty lines and little compliments whenever you decide to just drop them outta nowhere ,, swerve swears that one day he’ll combust if he has to see this sappy romance continue on for any longer !

swerve ::

• he might brush it off as a joke ,, or a dare if anything ,, because why of all people would you flirt with him ? swerve ? the annoyingly loud mech who doesnt shut up ?

• of course you’d have to reassure him that it isnt a dare ,, or just you trying to get something out of him ,, but that you generally like him

• he’ll malfunction right then and there and then ratchet will have to deal with another bot ,, poor ratchet 😞

• he may try to return any compliment with a horrible pick up line ,, but end up think you’re laughing at him and not the worst pick up line ever to be heard in the universe

megatron ::

• megs would be ,, confused but also flustered ,, because have you not seen him ? dont you know of the things he’s done ? hes megatron ! a feared bot throughout many parts of the universe ,, known to kill humans

• and yet here you are ,, sitting beside him as you read his poetry that you somehow persuaded him to show you with your little secret magic hypnosis ,, and now youre calling him cute

• he’d scoff ,, say that he wasnt cute in his mind ,, but not mutter a single word out loud

• he wouldnt know what to do ,, and instead just sit there in silence and listen to your attempts to flirt with the mech

rodimus ::

• he’d return it immediately ,, but with horrible compliments and pick up lines

• one time he said “ nice shoelace “ after you said he looked stunning with the new paint job after his recent mishap on another planet ,, and he keeps thinking back on it to this day ,, wondering why he said shoelace ,, like he even knows what a shoelace is 🙄

• ultra magnus would be so done with you two ,, because roddy would decide to start flirting with you during the meeting and despite you not returning any remarks or even acknowledging you even heard him ,, the mech continues

• even after megs passive aggressively told him to “ stop with the nonsense “ he only continued ,, only 10x worse this time

[starscoffeecreamer]

Different anon here but mechs gaining weight as a sign of health and healing.

TW!!!!!!!!

Its hit everyone to various degrees and when it finally hits Rodimus he is not a happy mech.

He’s never been like this before, Nyon being starved, fighting a war, leading his crew in the beginning and the many dangers they’ve faced. He is not at all used to having actual weight on his frame.

It’s noticeable too.

His thighs are thick and his hips are round and his aft is bigger and yikes his once curvy and flat tanka are now bloated, curvy, but still bloated. His chassis is heavier too and he has weight on his arms now.

He doesn’t say anything about how much he doesn’t like it but he doesn’t have to.

Drift and Ratchet know him well enough to see that something isn’t right.

Rodimus doesn’t touch them aside from holding their servos. He doesn’t cuddle anymore, something he loves doing the mech will always be touch starved, he doesn’t flirt or tease anymore. Doesn’t initiate fragging or even let them frag him saying he just wanted to watch or wasn’t in the mood—the biggest of red flags all of them— Rodimus was either always in the mood or would touch himself while watching not blushing and staring off like a virgin or like he was embarrassed about something.

He doesn’t like fueling in front of them anymore either and they’re worried.

One night they overhear him talking with Blurr and listen in.

Blurr had heard about Roddy gaining some weight finally and came to check on him. He had a feeling his friend wasn’t handling it well.

“I can admit at first i didn’t like it either, we’re speedsters too much weight will slow some of us down. But I’ve come to like it because of Swindle. He loves putting his paws on me even more now. Maybe you should try that?”

Rodimus saying he doesn’t recognize himself looking in the mirror let alone thinking his partners want to interface with him, has them spark broken.

Blurr gives Rodimus a shoulder to lean on and he clings to the other because yeah he’s still Roddy and he hasn’t touched another in far too long.

After Blurr leaves Rodimus sits there for a moment getting himself together and goes back to his hab to find the two not there.

He can’t help letting himself fall into a depressive spiral as he lays in the other room and recharges.

He’s woken up to soft kisses and servos crawling all over him.

He feels charge building up so quickly after having been alone and untouched for too long only to try pushing the servos away and sitting up.

The two keep him pinned and a deep kiss steals his breath away followed by another.

Servos open his modesty panels and he tries to fight it but they pop open and now teeth are nipping at sensitive cables and he can’t stop his moans.

He feels servos on his tanks and tries to suck them in but that gets him a harsh plunge of digits in his valve and his whole frame is shaking.

He’s in tears and the two haven’t even started speaking sweet words to him yet.

They tell him how beautiful he is. How beautiful he’s always been with this figure and the last. They take their time taking him apart enjoying this new frame gain and how soft he is. How plush and desirable he is now. How vulnerable and open and honest he is compared to the bravado he used to flare. How they enjoy him like this so much better.

How they want him soft and confident in this frame, how they love the way his body jiggles now and how healthy he looks. How supple his energon pouches are and how beautiful his valve looks now thats it’s gotten fatter.

How he’s so breedable now that he isn’t a twig they could accidentally break in half.

They love every bit of him even more.

They want to lavish, touch and ravage his frame more than ever and that they’re sorry they hadn’t shown him sooner.

They really do have a talk after slow fragging Roddy for a full week. Its a side of him they haven’t seen but welcome.

It’s something Rodimus has to learn to accept and he does.

With their help he does.

To their detriment he begins wearing body jewels and silks now his valve is fragged out every day.

I hope you don’t mind this long post.

awwwww! this is adorable. I love Rodi/mus learning to love himself again with the help of everyone.

*adds this to reference box along with thicc seekers*

[of-nyon]

Synopsis of an angsty Driftrod groundhog day fic that came to me fully formed during a nap today but idk if I really want to actually write it so I release it into the wild, you have my blessing if you want to take a crack at it (I reserve the right to write it myself also if I ever decide I'm ok with writing it)

Drift is the timelooper, the fic is set during his marriage with Ratchet while Rodimus is on the Exitus (and generally having a Bad Time). He starts looping a pretty innocuous day and has no idea as to the cause. He loses track of how many times the day repeats as he tries to figure out how he can break out, starts anticipating everything Ratchet says/does. Ratchet catches on that Drift is being squirrelly and weird. He probably suggests to Drift one day to maybe catch up with Rodimus because [scene missing, idk you tell me I'm not the one writing this thing properly].

Drift contacts the Exitus because Roddy's not picking up. Thunderclash is like oh he's not on shift right now we'll go see if he wants to speak to you.

Rodimus is passed out in his room, engex overdose or something this is the part i'm not comfortable writing tbh. He gets rushed to the medbay, Thunderclash relays it to Drift and admits no-one would've checked on Rodimus if Drift hadn't asked.

Drift goes to bed that night knowing it's not his relationship with Ratchet he needs to Fix, it's Rodimus.

The day resets. Probably a few permutations where Drift calls earlier before Rodimus passes out in his room, but it doesn't stop the timeloop. He decides he needs to go to see Rodimus himself.

This part might be a bit of a pulling-it-out-of-my-ass but he still has his contacts from when he was Deadlock and decides fuck it, might as well see if Skywarp will a) pick up and b) agree to help.

Skywarp is like 'fuck off' and Drift is like 'pls I need help :('. Doesn't work. Loop resets at the end of the day.

Tries Skywarp again but this time Drift goes for the 'hey I'm still Deadlock and I need to infiltrate an Autobot ship' angle (this might be after a few more tries and he figures out what will get Skywarp to agree). Drift eventually manages to get himself to the Exitus early enough in its day cycle to get to Rodimus before Bad Thing Happen.

Rodimus is Very Surprised to see him, Drift goes straight for the kiss, it's angsty but also not. Day DOESN'T reset after he winds up in berth with Rodimus (maybe in a guest room since Roddy's room is a tip and he's embarrassed about it). Wakes up next morning to a message from Skywarp asking where the fuck his money is, (he gets paid after some badgering) and Ratchet just like 'you could've left a note >:('

He smooths it over with Ratchet, this can end up as dratchrod if you like but driftrod is the main focus of the fic.

Rodimus gets support and therapy and a friend group who actually gives a shit about him. the end.

[crying-fantasies]

When siblings fight

Masterlist

Rodimus

Sunset is Rodimus' only kid, thank Primus.

More times than not, some bots think that they are spark brothers (Sunset looks a lot like Rodimus when he was Hot Rod) before they realize that Sunset is a Terraformer and say something about it (occasionally they just say "ah, it's one of those" and Rodimus takes it as an insult even if it wasn't)

He is also usually way more calm and just tries to go on with his life, ignoring what others say about him.

Rodimus is another story.

"Dad, let's just go-"

"Ah no, I have a few things to say, hey, you frag face!"

"Dad!"

Is usually Sunset who stops Rodimus, in the worse case escenario he will call Ultra Magnus (who is an enforcer), he won't call Megatron because it could get terrible worse (Rodimus, sometimes, gets the old bot on his side, no one knows HOW) and get from a little commentary to bloody hell.

If someone says something about you, then both are on fire (literally) and ready to start a physical fight.

Optimus

Codexia is an only child and she is an angel, she never gets in any fights, in fact, she tries to stop them with tender words and then hearing both parts involved to give a solution.

No one knows how she puts everything in order, but she does, something that she really needs when she takes the title of Prime even when there is no war.

"How did you get them to an agreement?"

"Natural talent?"

If someone says something about you, Codexia tries to be hard, but fails miserably because she cringes everytime someone says a bad word.

Optimus is the one that appears menacingly behind both you in a protective manner, no one can even utter a sound, because that's Optimus fragging Prime.

When she was only Codexia she tried to be as natural and neutral as she could, when she was called Eminence that was even harder since the Autobots badge was put on her, keeps trying to go on with her responsibilities without relaying on Optimus.

Prowl

Chainbreaker is an only child, but he isn't a saint, well, not entirely.

Your kid haven't done nothing wrong in your eyes, he is very disciplined and prefers to talk above starting a fight, even when it doesn't involve him, such a nice kid, that's how every adult bot see him.

In the other hand, Prowl is more than sure that CB has started way too many fights and even made some mild ones worse, but he never has complete evidence of it.

Prowl doesn't know if he must feel worried by this behavior or be pleased (maybe proud) about Chainbreaker's ability to keep a clean track.

"Well played, kid"

"I don't know of what you're talking about, father"

CB really doesn't know, he does try to help calm the riot but he only gets it worse.

Truth is that he has Prowl's resting bitch face, something that he and some Praxians have to live with (Smokescreen tends to pat the young bot's shoulder armor in support and understanding).

Whirl

Whirl knows that Tik Tok is a sentient group of scraplets that can murder a cybertronian by eating it from inside out in mere seconds.

Does that make him stop the fights between his two girls? Absolutely no, he is in reality placing bets.

"That was my energon cube!"

"You don't even have a necessity for it, just drink water or whatever!"

"But that was my sweet flavored energon cube!"

They get physical more times than not.

Cyclonus is the one that stops the fight, or you, or he helps you because Tik Tok and Whirl Jr. can get so mad to one another that more than once you were way to close to being stomped on.

Tailgate is crying in a corner saying that he couldn't live with himself if something ever happened to any of them, almost bawling when they are cat fighting in the floor, he is going to buy more energon snacks, so stop this madness!

Whirl called you all boring, but he is the first one to stop any fight if it really does get out of control.

Blurr

When some parents have two hormone drive teenagers with a short temperament and around the same age, it's normal an even healthy to let them fight and get to a mutual understanding by themselves.

That's a liberty that Blurr and you can't have.

Not when your first child is wild and way too ready to throw a punch or your youngest that can boil someone alive if he really is on the edge.

"Pressurized hot tea pot valve"

"Dry hay hair pussy"

"Cry baby virgin"

"Poor excuse of a mammal"

"You call my tits little one more time and I'm cutting your wires while you recharge!"

Blurr has tried to stop them more than once, but Ripley and Typhoon know that he doesn't exactly mean it when he takes an authority aura, they know that he is way too soft when it comes to them.

When Blurr's long time friends come to the bar and see that kind of display they would laugh while saying how it melts their spark that Ripley acts just like her mentor when he was young, Blurr can only damn his younger self internally.

You need to be there to stop any fight from going too far (your husband simping for you in the corner, quietly).

Blurr has lost way too many loved photos in every one of his kids fighting moments, you tell him that those are still saved in data, he says it's not the same.

Bumblebee

Rosalinde was already a young adult when Blood Horn was forged so they never had a real collision with one another.

It's difficult to be angry with the little femme when she is just so little, and the bright pink of her armor is way too eye catching, making BH quite (a lot) more adorable.

And a lot more easy as a target.

Yet again, Rosalinde has grown worried about Bumblebee, her adoptive father, for as long as she can remember.

And Blood Horn is even worse than Bee when getting in trouble.

"What were you thinking?! That femme was thrice your size!"

"It's fine, she felt my punch in her face plate!"

"But then she stomped all over you! You are covered in dents and your own energon..."

Rosalinde ends up crying more times than not for her little sister.

Bumblebee tries to tell her not to worry, he is going to see what he can do and also talk to BH, but he can only do so much with you already in tears, everyone using your baby as a ragdoll and she going around like it was normal!

Bee can only believe that there is something wrong with the pink color, some kind of bad vibes or something, Arcee likes BH color and tells her so everytime they cross paths.

Jazz

Having three kids is a wild road, one that Jazz takes while singing "Life is a hallway"

He let's them vent anything they want to say because he believes in the growth by experiences.

Pauline is quite the smart cookie, getting away with many discussions as the winner, he is also the oldest, Amber Dust is your little boy, even when he is as tall as a house, so he tends to go for you in hopes of get your help.

Mariah, since she is the family's bebe, tends to be a little shit.

"Why do you have my music in your room?"

"I just found it there, okay bro?"

"Don't lie, Mariah! You don't even need it!"

"Please stop fighting or I'll tell creator about it!"

"Don't get in this, Amber!"

Amber Dust tends to be ignored even when he tries to keep peace, typical middle child crisis.

They never go to far with their words, so Jazz watches and hears from a distance, content smile on his face plate when the three get to a mutual understanding.

And intervening if things go too wild to his or your liking, it never happens, really, but is better be safe than sorry.

[quetzalpapalotl]

Kinda a hot take but I feel like mtmte megatrons arc would have been so much better if he had stayed on cybertron, like if he had to stay and was around Optimus and starscream, people who arguably know him best, so he is always staring who he hurt directly in the face, bc to me while Rodimus is great for giving megatron a mostly impartial view, I think megatron redemption works best when he has to constantly confront his sins and magnus and rodimus feel to distant as characters to really be brutal with how much megatron has hurt people bc he doesn’t know them as well, tho megatrons arc in mtmte is really good I think this would have not made the rest of the story not so bogged down (sorry if this doesn’t make much sense)

You're making perfect sense to me, anon. And you're not the first person to tell me this. I do agree with you on some level, but the thing is that Mtmte Megatron's arc is Mtmte Megatron's arc. It cannot exist in any other story. I feel like this kind of what-if is runs into too much of an hypothetical for me to make any actual meaningful commentary. It's hard to explain but let me try.

I feel like saying what if Megtaron had stayed on Cybertron is not the same as saying something like "what if Drift had returned earlier" or "what if Pharma had stayed on the Lost Light" or even imagining ways in which his character could have been better integrated into Mtmte's narrative in that if Megatron had not gotten in the Lost Light, his character would effectively not exist.

I have told myself fanfiction where Megatron stays on Cybertron many times and there's lots of fun possibilities there., but there's a difference between a fannish idea and what it would have been in an official capacity. The key here is that the Megatron I'm incorporating into the exRID/OP narrative is still JRo's Megatron. He still has character traits and a backstory defined by that comic, even if I try to take as much of all IDW1 as I can in my interpretation of him.

Mtmte/LL, exRID/OP and Windblade/TAAO are all part of the same universe, yes, but they're all different stories, with different genres, tones, ideas and most importantly, different writers. I mean just look at what a different character Starscream is when written by Barber vs Scott. If Megatron stays on Cybertron then either Scott or Barber would have been his main writer and we just don't know what kind of character he would have been then.

Would they have tried to do a "good" Megatron? Well, the idea of Autobot Megatron was thrown at the brainstorming table for Dark Cybertron as a possibility and the JRo said that he wanted to do that. But the idea was there, maybe they would have picked it, maybe not.

I feel like, much like with Mtmte, Megatron just has too much gravity for Windblade/TAOO and the best way for him to be incorparated in it would have been sporadic appareances while he's in jail or something, probably to taunt Starscream, knowing Scott. This is double-edged for me, because I feel like the way the idea of Megatron was incorporated into Starscream's arc needed more buildup so this could have helped. At the same time I already feel like Starscream's character was too much reduced to being a reaction to Megatron's actions, which is no fun to me, and Megatron's inclusion in the narrative feels like it would highlight the aspects of Scott's writing I don't like as opposed to the ones I do. But again, I can't now. Maybe she would have tried to reform him as well, I have no idea how that would have looked like.

As for Barber, well, everything post DC was based around the fact that Optimus is just too big to not change the game completely, so the entire story became about that theme. It doesn't sound like including Megatron in that would be that. In fact, it's kind of a no-brainer, this is a story about the weight of Cybertronian history with is stuck in a cycle of violence riddle with war and colonization. The guy who did war an colonization better than everyone else should be there. It would be very satisfying to see Megatron, who rose up against the legacy of the Primes, be confronted with the fact that all he did was uphold their ideas of Cybertronian superiority. How does he handle the Decepticons? And then there's the mirroring where Megatron is trying to do better while Optimus is on the verge of losing it and everyone is worried he's gonna pull a Megatron. But again, who knows what kind of character Megatron would have been under Barber, maybe he would have played him as a villian until the end like he did before Dark Cybertron. He would have still been a thematic fit.

You know, I like exRID/OP a lot and I feel like Barber is more willing to take certain risks than JRo, so I think I would have liked the hypothetical version of his story that would have included Megatron but really, maybe he would have fumbled the bag, who knows how much the plot would have changed if it had included Megs, maybe he would have gotten a different idea, maybe it would have costed the Optimus and the Arcee I so adore. Also, a lot of people aren't that fond of Barber's writing so the general response to this non-existent story is another matter altogether.

Despite everything, I don't really begrudge Megatron leaving with the Lost Light in itself. Like yes, it removes him from the more direct consequences of his actions and is not fair that he gets to drop the Cons and go on a roadtrip of self-discovery. But Mtmte is a roadtrip story, there just isn't any way around this. Also, I don't care about what is fair because none of these stories are about fairness or people getting what they deserve. And finally, it makes sense in the way I read Megatron. One of his key traits for me is how his experiences led to him disregarding life and only finding worth in fighting, his arc is about peeling off layers of self delusion and it starts with giving him a place to chill so that he can see value in life again and be in a mental state to appreciate how badly he fucked up.

Problem is how much he bogs down the rest of the story as you said, and other minor things I can more easily ignore.

Side note, but you know that part in Combiner Wars where Windblade and Optimus are like "We cannot allow Starscream to have his way, but we can't just pull a coup?" I think it would have been really fun to have Megatron for that. No, Megatron you cannot beat the shit out of Starscream to solve the issue, you have to respect him as the president. Hilarous. I need to pay someone to do a short fic of this.

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Before the Overlord incident Rodimus and Drift were in the middle of Conjunx Ritus when Drift was banished. Before he left they decided to take a little break.

When Drift came back with Ratchet he found out they were bonded and he kind of spiraled. He knew he deserved it and tried being happy for him but he didn't know what to do. Everytime he saw them it physically hurt. He started putting distance between himself and Drift. Not that it mattered since he was too busy with Ratchet to notice. He was also still a little mad at Rodimus and didn't know what to do about their relationship. Ratchet also asked Rodimus to stay out of their way as they figure out their new relationship. After everything he's put Drift through he owes him that much and shouldn't get between them.

The Lost Light goes back to Cybertron and Rodimus gets drunk. He ends up sleeping with Soundwave and gets sparked because of it. He's in shock and doesn't know how to tell him or if he should. Since it was a one night stand.

However Soundwave can tell something is up when his coding starts acting weird and sire coding activates. He realizes what's going on and follows the Last Night. Ravage who is still alive watches over Rodimus and becomes a friend of his. When Soundwave finally meets up with the Lost Light he joins them and at first everyone is worried it's because of Megatron. That he's following him again only to be shocked when Soundwave starts hanging out with Rodimus.

The two of them talk. Soundwave knows and wants to be there for him anyway he wants. Rodimus is so relieved he cries and Soundwave just holds him. After that the two of them get closer as they prepare for their sparkling. Soundwave takes care of him and is very attentive making Rodimus blush and fall in love.

Drift and Ratchet see this and start realizing they have feelings for Rodimus and are jealous he's with someone else. Especially Drift who acts like he still has some claim on Rodimus. They try to pursue Rodimus and Soundwave tells them to back off and that they had their chance and not to get in Rodimus way of finding happiness. Just because they think they've got some kind of claim on him. Rodimus shouldn't have to wait around for them to realize their feelings and pursue him. He should be with someone who loves him not because they are jealous he found happiness.

Whoever you are you can leave as many asks/thoughts/anything in my inbox to your hearts content because I LOVE THIS!

Soundrod is a love oceanoasis helped fester in me but dratchrod angst is just something i desperately yearn and crave.

This is perfect 😭 sparked roddy is my all time fav