#being from the allspark? is there any like way to tell if someone is from the allspark or from vector sigma? its fun for me

[paradimeart]

prowl has 0 idea what goes on in protoform development these days

(V.S. = vector sigma)

[crispy-art-on-fire]

YOU KNOW I HAVE THE BRAINROT WHEN I AM BRINGING MULTIPLE AUS TO LIFE- ANYWAY PYGMALION AND GALATEA AU. Blitzwing sculpts his ideal man and falls in love with the statue and Optimus comes to life with an allspark fragment as his heart.

Detailed rambling under cut.

So basically to cope with the boredom and chaos of Megatron being dead and Lugnut being a pain Blitzwing decides to indulge in making a statue, his masterpiece. Working on it instead of blowing a fuse and trying to kill Lugnut. Eventually he begins to talk to it, complaining about his day and arguing with himself. They know it's purely just sounding their ideas out and an outlet for the things they cannot say to anyone else.

But then it stops being just that and Blitzwing begins to seeing Optimus as a person, someone listening to him. He anthropomorphizes Optimus and begins to seek comfort from him, he falls in love with something that cannot love him back. Beginning to fantasize about what if Optimus was real.

Then plot happens and the allspark is fractured. One of the shards burrowing deep into Optimus and so bringing life to him. Optimus remembers everything Blitzwing told him and so decides to try to help him: To attack the Autobots.

(In this au the leader of the repair team is Sentinel Prime after he got demoted for breaking the rules and causing Elita-1 to be lost.)

This misadventure ends pretty well after they get over the scare of being attacked by an Optimus who doesn't know how to emote and basically has to consciously remember "oh I can talk now." In that Optimus also doesn't really have any ideas of his own and can be easily convinced to not fight them once given 1 reason not to. The deepest core of his being is that he wants to do good in its purest form.

So meanwhile Optimus is off learning that being alive is beautiful and fun Blitzwing is freaking out. Their coping statue is gone and while they first suspect Lugnut of finally destroying it the idea of Optimus having walked off himself pops into their mind and oh they simply must investigate. Turns out yes! Their imaginary boyfriend is alive now and that might be the most exciting scariest thing ever.

Blitzwing brings Optimus back to the Decepticon base and he is officially on the team but not really. This is where the two actually get to know each other because Blitzwing knows nothing about Optimus except that they love him more than anything and Optimus knows everything about Blitzwing but doesn't know his own feelings. It's awkward, it's cute, Blitzwing is the most overprotective guy ever which might be the only reason why it takes so long for the Decepticons to realize that Optimus is very bad at being bad.

The breaking point being Optimus not being able to handle it anymore tries to break Professor Sumdac out and getting caught. Blitzwing as his creator gets the responsibility to execute him but once bringing Optimus to an isolated area cannot bring himself to do it. Faking taking the shot and telling Optimus to leave and never come back. Optimus does, thanking Blitzwing before he goes.

Optimus officially joins the Autobots. And he might trying to do right but having been around only Decepticons for most his existence makes it so easy to do things that make everyone look at him like he's a monster. It takes a while for either to get used to each other.

Blitzwing is doing Great he is doing So Fine in that he doesn't have a breakdown immediately. He created something to pour his feelings into and then it came alive and rejected him. Issues! But they still love Optimus and it feels like a curse they way they need to know him and what has become of him.

In moments of weakness they meet, for Optimus to talk and Blitzwing to listen. With no one else to rely on or share his newfound thoughts Optimus shares it with Blitzwing knowing that they want all of him and he cannot want them back.

ITS ABOUT THE YEARNING. THEY NEED TO SUFFER.

[cybertron-smash-or-pass]

You are so unbelievably correct about Animated Megashock. They are completely incapable of being normal about each other and it's the best thing ever.

Me every time one of my cool mutuals tells me I have good opinions

Real talk tho, TFA megashock lives in my head rent free. Megatron as a character is so fucking fascinating to me just because it's so hard to read his actual motives, but the clear, constant throughline you can always pick up is a DEEP distrust of everything and everyone around him. Even in the first episode, before Starscream tries to outright kill him, he tells him straight up that he doesn't want him going after the Allspark. He makes a grab for it alone because he just straight up doesn't trust anyone else with that much power. And then Starscream's bomb happens, Megs wakes up as a severed head with half his bits rearranged wrong, and he's on full alert all the fucking time after. He doesn't trust Sumdac, he doesn't trust anyone on Earth, he doesn't even trust his own Decepticons. He thinks LUGNUT of all bots might be out to get him, if only for a moment.

And the thing that's got me pacing around my fuckin room and scratching up the walls, other than pretty much every interaction megs has with shockwave through the whole series, is this one little detail in the Allspark almanac.

God. It's got me fucked UP.

Does Shockwave realize he's the only thing keeping Megatron from a mental breakdown? Does Megatron??? How close are they on a personal level, exactly? Because you don't just get mr. "I'm surrounded by enemies" to admit that on no uncertain terms in front of Primus and everyone unless he MEANS it, and he's PROUD of it.

That is the one bot he can depend on for certain. Shockwave is his stability, his rock, as reliable as the cannon on his arm (god the juiciness of their weapons being so similar too. Fuck. Just marry each other already). He is the trusty weapon he knows he can conquer with. And that's the closest thing to love Megatron would ever let himself feel.

I like to think Shockwave knows hes a weapon in the eyes of his leader and he wouldn't have it any other way. And a lot of that probably comes from how warframes were treated by the autobots before the whole Decepticon movement kicked up. They were assembled with the intent to be killers. Created to be powerful and terrible, treated as living weapons from the moment they came into existence, and hated for it.

To shockwave, Megatron treating him as a weapon is likely what he's come to expect. It's what EVERY warframe expects. But Megatron doesn't treat him as something dreadful for it. He doesn't look at him with disgust or fear or contempt when he carries out the exact destruction he's told to. He looks at him with pride. With a pleased smile. He's met with praise and tenderness. And after such a long time of being made to fight and destroy, only to be treated like garbage, it's probably pure euphoria to be told he's doing a good job at what he was created for.

He will never be good in the eyes of the autobots that made him to be destructive. He'll never be anything other than terrifying. But to Megatron, he's good enough. With Megatron, there's a right answer. With Megatron, he's okay with being a weapon because it finally feels right, if only because there's finally someone there to tell him he's done a good job.

They're both so fucked up by the system and their own trauma that they don't really know how to love each other in a way that's normal or healthy but that will not stop them from trying to love anyway.

[nova--spark]

I saw your Matrix AU and I've gotta state the obvious: Although this is for TFOne's OP growth, this will also be Bayverse's therapy session, and a Massive one at that 😅

Though I'm curious regarding them and this version of, as they would see it, an alternate version of themselves from the past. Will they tell him about the friends and foes on the way? Of Earth and the humans? Their relationship with Elita, friendship with Bee, and complicated conflict with Megs?

And the differences... Oh Primus, the differences...

TFA: What do you mean that Primus and Unicron are real?! I thought that was just some ancient Myth!

TFP: Maybe in other realities it may be that way, but I fear in others they're the founding reality of the cosmos.

Primal: Yeah, although in mine and my ancestor's reality they weren't anything but someone else's creation. Destructive but not divine- uh, Undivine.

Bay: At least your origins are far more noble than that of my kind. Damned be our Creators! Especially their backstabbing traitor of a sister Quintessa!

G1: Quintessa? That's the name of the planet of the Quintessons! Maybe those "Creators" of yours are some versions of our Quintessons, seeing as they are also our creators in my and Primal's reality. Hey, new guy, do you have Quintessons in your reality?

TFOne: ... W H A T ???

THIS

this is all of the things i wanted.

And yes!

It can focus on any of the Primes at a given time.

TFP needs guidance or insight? He can speak to the brothers of other worlds to be guided.

TFA?Kinda newbie too so he and TFOne are in the same boat of "what did we get ourselves into???"

TFA because the mystic side of the Matrix and AllSpark were not expect, help

TFOne because his death and rebirth are FRESH ans also we went through robot divorce--

Bay is the feral one/j and needs some heavy therapy.

He is quite...closed off, from his brothers by comparison and it's taking a lot of time to adjust.

And yes!!

They speak of their teammates and loved ones often.

Each one has spoken of their Elita's and their bond to them.

TFOne is baffled his boss is being dated by the others, like, what

TFOne: She punched me!? Several times! How can you all date her!?

G1: Oh young bot...

TFA: My Elita turned into a spider hybrid

Primal:...That sounds like someone I know. And she's certainly not dating a Prime in my time

Bee is all their son or lil bros, and they all wish they could protect him better.

Megs is a...touchy subject for many.

TFOne has needed the most support. TFP helps him the best.

[yes-i-write-fanfiction]

Hello! I wanna know how would the tfa bots, elite guard and cons react to meeting a female bot who's based off the batmobile(any version is fine) came to life by an allspark fragment.

And maybe developing a crush on her.

I imagine this bot being confident, capable, serious, determined, a bit mysterious and a 100% certified badass. She's the bot version of Batman.

-Optimus feels so bad about his crush because he doesn't think he deserves someone like her. She's so much better than him and he would surely just be a liability to her. That is if she would even accept his feelings to begin with, were he ever to confess to her. Which he won't. He would rather keep all those feelings locked inside rather than air them out and risk getting his spark broken. After all, she's so involved with her job, one that he greatly respects, that he doubts she would even give him a chance. Doesn't stop him from staring at her with goo goo eyes whenever she swings by. Immediately volunteers to help her with whatever case she's working on, partially because he actually wants to help but also so he can protect her (though he knows she can take care of herself).

-Back when he was young, Ratchet dated quite a lot. Most of them were lighthearted, not so serious relationships. Thing was, there was a time in his life when he had a clear type; a bit cold, capable and deadly bots that could beat him up and reassemble him into a weapon if they wanted to. Now' Ratchet hasn't dated anyone for a long time and so he thought he was over this phase. Turns out, no, and now he's got a major crush. He's so tired and frustrated with himself because of it but he's also kinda thinking "yeah, I still got good taste" whenever he thinks about it. Fusses over her injuries whenever she gets back from a case or battle.

-Bumblebee thinks she's so cool but also really intimidating. Because of this, whenever he tries to act smooth or flirt he kinda ends up stumbling over his words or forgetting his next line, simply because his nerves makes his brain short circuit. When his words fail, Bee tries to impress her with his actions. By helping her with her cases, whatever she asked him or not, he tries to prove to her that he's a reliable guy, someone that can keep up with her.

-Bulkhead can't help but idolize her in a way and think of her as invincible. She's just so capable, always so calm and collected. She's like a real hero should be! He can't help but blush just thinking about her, imagining how it would be if she were to ever save him from danger (a damsel in distress kinda scenario). She's his new muse when it comes to art, his usual choice of bright colors creating an interesting contrast with her darker color scheme. Too shy to actually show these to her though.

-Being a cyber-ninja, Prowl is used to being the one slinking around in the shadows, stalking people and so on. But now he sometimes finds himself joined by this new bot, crouched over next to him, silent except for maybe a quiet greeting. And being so close to her, shoulder to shoulder, in the dark... well, he can't help but feel a bit distracted. She values justice but believes in mercy and forgiveness and Prowl finds that not just admirable, but beautiful. He values those quiet moments they have together, even if the intimacy is just in his head.

-Ultra Magnus wants her to join the autobots, simple as that. She would be a great asset. Not only is she capable, she's determined and with a great sense of what's right and wrong. He tells her this many times, putting emphasis of how many people she could help if she became an autobot. What he doesn't say, is how he also would be able to see her more. As a Magnus, Ultra will probably never conjux, as it would put his partner in great danger. But just being close to her, to work with her, would make him happy. She would never need to know of the feelings she inspire within him.

-Similar to Bumblebee, Sentinel finds her slightly intimidating. But that just makes her hotter in his optics. He finds her mysterious aura alluring and the fact that she keeps her distance to most people only makes him more curious. Tries to lay it on thick when he flirts with her but her blunt attitude and confidence makes him stumble. She just seems to unimpressed that it makes him feel awkward, out of place. This only motivates him to try harder though (he will never succeed).

-Jazz loves how much she cares about people. Yeah, she might seem cold and detached but the fact that she works so hard to help everyone, even bad guys, proves that she just wants to help. Her humble attitude and devotion to her cause is inspiring and makes Jazz want to be a better person. The fact that she believes in change and rehabilitation of criminals makes him question the legal system on Cybertron, where 'bad guys' are just thrown in jail.

-Both Jetfire and Jetstorm thinks she's the coolest bot in the universe, no doubt about it. Everything she does is just so effortlessly cool and they find themselves geeking out whenever they hear how she helped someone or beat up some bad guys. Not at all put off by her standoffish attitude and clings to her, complimenting her discreet paint job and unique alt mode. They gush to each other about how cool she is.

-More than anything, Megatron respects her. She's proven herself in every way; as a combatant, as a strategist, as a leader and as an intellectual. Because of this, she is one of the rare people that Megatron sees as an equal. He doesn't try to manipulate her, not like he does with everyone else, knowing that she can see right through it. Wishes he could turn her into a decepticon, maybe even his conjux, but respects her too much to assume that he could achieve that. Her will is like his own, unbreakable, and while it's a shame they have to be enemies, he finds it truly enjoyable to challenge her. (Batman/Joker dynamic except the Joker is arguably more sane).

-Fuuuuck, Starscream is trying so hard to be the Catwoman to this Batman it's almost not funny. Like, she catches him, puts him in handcuffs and the entire time he's like "oh no, foiled again by my most beautiful nemesis, are you sure there's no way I can convince you to let me go?". Does he want to be caught? No. Yes? He hates failing but he loves getting roughhoused by this bot in dark armor. Never stops trying to seduce her to his side.

-Blitzwing get's beat up and the entire time he's thinking "this ain't so bad" because at least he's getting beat up by his crush. While her sense of justice is, admittedly, a bit annoying, it's also so funny because that makes her easier for Random to tease. Not to mention there's nothing more hot than verbal sparring with your crush. Hothead is the one that's most enthusiastic about getting beat up.

-LUGNUT IS LOYAL TO HIS BELOVED CONJUX, STRIKA, AND WOULD NEVER BETRAY HER TRUST BY FALLING FOR SOME AUTOBOT-ALLY! ... That doesn't mean he can't look though. What? There's something incredibly attractive about a bot in dark armor that has a ton of hidden weapons on their person.

-Knowing how intelligent she is, Shockwave is incredibly weary of her, being confident that if they met she would somehow figure out that he's undercover as Longarm. This makes her a serious threat to his mission and the decepticon cause. At the same time, however, he can't deny how attractive this makes her in his optic. Finding someone that's so intelligent and perceptive is rare and her overall abilities makes her incredibly alluring.

-If Starscream is trying to be Catwoman, then Blackarachnia IS Catwoman. While she doesn't enjoy her plans being foiled, she finds herself charmed by this vigilante. They just have this aura of mystique around them that makes her want to get closer. Plays around with them while at the same time going all out. Surprisingly finds herself enjoying the challenge.

[fictionphilosophy]

More Than Meets The Eye: Chapter 4: The Ugly

Here is chapter four. And it looks like we will be seeing familiar faces!

Starscream awakens and looks at his new body.  He frantically searches in a pile of scrap and finds a dirty mirror.  He analyzes the rest of his body with it.  Starscream was confused, “A mixture of new and old.  I kinda like the red and blue on me.”  He sees something glowing a bit from his forehead, and then it starts to dim away, as it appears to be the fragment of the old spark lodged in his forehead.  Starscream intrigued, “So that’s what jolted me back to life!”  He overhears Daytrader talking to someone on a mic, “…no I’m telling you, you're going to get the best deals, in this part of the entire intergalactic system!”  Starscream's hand is now transformed into a large knife, and it is being held against Daytrader’s neck: “Take me to Cybertron.”  Daytrader looks scared.

Once they arrive, Starscream forces Daytrader out of the ship.  Daytrader panics, “Seriously, man, what the hell are we doing?!  Why aren’t you letting me go?  I took you to Cybertron!  Hell, we are even at the Decepticon headquarters in Kaon for you!”  Starscream stares at the building ominously, and Daytrader continues curiously, “Wait a minute, aren’t you supposed to be dead?”  Starscream forcefully grabs his arm and looks directly at him, “Your ship is…repulsive, but I can get it from point A to point B very fast, especially in space.  I need that.  But right now I need to meet with someone and I am not letting go of my sight!”

They go inside to a few deep-seated icons patrolling and doing their operations normally.  When they see Starscream and Daytrader walk in, most of them stop what they are doing and stare at them.  Starscream yells at them, “What have you never seen a Decepticon come back from the dead before?!  Get back to work!”  They all immediately start working again.  A young vehicon runs up to and shakes his hand enthusiastically, “Starscream, it’s an honor that you’re alive and well enough, some Autobot can!”  Starscream awkwardly removes his hand, “Yeah, sure, kid. Also, where can I find Motormaster?”  The young vehicon's eyes dial down, “ Oh him, I think he’s on the top floor.”  Starscream and Daytrader walk away.

Motormaster sits with the rest of the Stunticons, looking out over Kaon.  Starscream and Daytrader come into the room.  Starscream speaks, “Motormaster, old buddy.  Look at me, back from the dead!”  Motormaster speaks, “It seems that the Allspark continues to work in mysterious ways”.  Starscream speaks, “That it does, my friend, that it does!  So…where’s Megatron?”  Motormaster points to a tall tower far off in the distance.  Starscream speaks, “Oh, thank the Allspark”.  Motormaster speaks, “Megatron hasn’t left that tower and hasn't been in contact with any of us in the last few years.  The war is tough, and we’ll probably run out of energon soon”.  Starscream speaks, “Megatron is a fool of a leader who doesn’t even know how to operate his army.  Do you know how constantly I’ve been battered and beaten?��

By the big oath?  Tell me when was the last time you saw him before he went into that infernal building?”.  Offroad speaks, “He was trying to kill Optimus for their last fight, but then Optimus got up and flew away.  Starscream speaks, “My point still stands with what Offroad said, Megatron lost that fight with Optimus and a few others before that.  Remember when he was a gladiator, and he was undefeatable; no prime would be able to stop him.  Some leader he is today”.  Motormaster speaks, “Alright, Starscream, what's your point?”  Starscream speaks, “My point is, Decepticons need a new, reliable leader.  I am next in line…”  Motormaster speaks, “I think this conversation will go on for long enough.”  Motormaster looks at his fellow Stunticons, who start to walk towards Starscream.  Starscream speaks, “Wait!  What if I’m able to find you a decent supply of Energon?”  Motormaster speaks, “And where do you plan on looking?”  Daytrader speaks, “If you help, can you promise you won’t kill anybody, including Autobots?”  Blackjack speaks, “Depends on the situation, my guy.”  Everyone in the room, except Daytrader, nods in agreement with Blackjack.  Daytrader speaks, “Fine, it…”  Starscream covers his mouth and speaks, “Do we have a deal, Motormaster?”  Motormaster speaks, “As long as we get the energon.”  Starscream uncovers Daytrader's mouth and speaks, “Alright, go on”.  Daytrader just stares at them for a few seconds, then Motormaster aggressively walks up to him and shoves a gun in his face.  Daytrader speaks, “Alright, alright!  The Energon is on Earth.  It's been randomly appearing on Earth.  I have some in my ship.”  Motormaster speaks, “Was that so hard?  Now, Starscream, I want you to go to Earth and keep constant tabs on the Energon.  I am going to lend you Drag Strip and Dead End to help watch over things.  Make sure also to keep a low profile because the humans don't believe we are coming back.”  Motormaster points to Daytrader.  Motormaster speaks, “Oh, and watch him.  He can potentially be useful.  Starscream puts his hand on Motormaster's shoulder and speaks, “The future for all Decepticons is now.”  Starscream, Daytrader, Drag Strip, and Dead End head out.

[bumblebee-is-best-boi]

I finally finished the OptiRatch oneshot

Its a little short, but wonderful

Here it is

vvvvvv

Dont Go.

The footsteps echoing throughout the medbay caught Ratchet’s attention, making his antenna and finials quiver for a slight second from the vibrations before settling. These were not the scampering footsteps of minibots, nor was it like any of the racer Autobots; these were the footsteps of someone big. Setting down his datapad, he turned around from his desk to look at who entered the medbay. Hopefully it wasn't some dumbaft who blew themselves up playing around with weapons, he had no patience for such patients anymore today… they kept giving him a helmache…

No… it wasn't even a patient at all. It was Optimus Prime… his lovely conjunx. His lovely, sweet, and elegant conjunx, his forever sweetspark, his everything… Ratchet couldn’t help but soften his gaze at the Prime. The sun was at just the right angle that made Optimus’s frame shimmer brightly in the rays of the sun. He was glowing, as if Primus was shining his divine light on him. Ratchet stared longingly at his conjunx’s frame before gaining his composure and professionalism, standing up straight and looking into Optimus’s optics.

Now wasn't the time to look at his conjunx like… that. There was work to be done… they could do anything they wanted in their quarters later when he was off his shift…

“Good morning Optimus.” Ratchet said before looking around and looking up at Optimus, slight fear dawning in his optics.

Their sparklings were nowhere to be seen!

“Where are Bumblebee, Cliffjumper, Smokescreen, Mirage, and Rodimus? Are they somewhere nearby? Are they anywhere in the base at all? Please don't tell me they went out scouting without telling anyone again…”

A hidden panic bubbled up in his spark. What if someone hurt them? What if they accidentally hurt themselves? What if the Decepticons kidnapped them? What if-

What if they were dead again?

Optimus noticed how scared Ratchet seemed and smiled, putting a stop to Ratchet’s worries, “They’re out racing. After the whole…” Optimus’s smile faltered, almost fading away, at this, but he composed himself and continued, “situation… they haven’t really been leaving each other’s sides. I think I saw Smokescreen clinging to Rodimus before they left with the others to race. I don't think Smokescreen will be letting go of any of them any time soon. I don't even think we can separate any of them from each other any time soon…”

“Understandable.” Ratchet sighed, averting his optics from the Prime’s gaze.

He also felt the same way. His conjunx and all of his sparklings except for one… had all died due to some battle that went way differently than everyone had expected… one that went from a simple battle… to an utter bloodbath… Thank Primus for bringing them back to life. This was probably one of the only times he prayed for Primus… he was lucky enough that his prayers were answered and he got his conjunx and sparklings back. But Ratchet couldn’t help but feel scared. What if all of a sudden, he would lose them again? His audial fins lowered at the thought… it had haunted him for solar cycles, stolen countless sessions of recharges from him… and brought him back to as horrible as he felt at the height of the war.

All of a sudden Ratchet realized that Optimus was still staring at him… how long had he been standing there now? Ratchet had completely lost track of time.

“Is something wrong, Ratchet? You seem… sad. Very sad, dear conjunx.” Optimus looked at Ratchet with a concerned expression on his faceplate.

Ratchet paused, then shook his head, “No… I’m fine. I'm really fine. Dont worry about me, I'll be okay. I promise, sweetspark.”

Ratchet knew it was horrible to be pushing Optimus away like this again, but he didn’t want to bother Optimus with his worries anymore. Optimus had too much on his plate already… being revived from the well of allsparks isn't fun, and Ratchet felt like he would just be a burden… which he hated. 

Of course, Ratchet knew that Optimus would notice that he wasn’t saying the truth, and Ratchet hoped that this time, Optimus would let it slide, and not make a big discussion out of it. They were both still dealing with the whole… death situation, and no matter how much they tried to avoid talking about it, it lingered over them like a shadow, waiting for its time to strike.

Not wanting to deal with it right now, Ratchet turned his focus back onto his datapads, hoping that the tenseness would dissipate. But when he heard Optimus leaving, he couldn’t help but say, in a voice that betrayed a great sadness:

“… Stay. Don’t go. Please.”

Optimus stopped and turned around to look at Ratchet, a concerned look forming on his faceplate. After a while of staying still, he eventually started walking back towards Ratchet. Wrapping his servos around his conjunx’s frame, he held Ratchet in a loving embrace, never wanting to let go.

“I won't. I’ll stay right with you, my sweetspark.”

“Please. I don't want to lose you again.”

“Don't worry, I don't plan on ever leaving, my dear dear conjunx.”

They stayed in their embrace for many moments, not wanting to let the other go… 

After a while, Optimus spoke up, breaking the silence: “Ratchet, I guess it's best for you to stop working, come along, have some energon, and spend some time with me… just for a couple of joors, okay?”

Ratchet looked up at Optimus. At this angle, Optimus’s optics looked like wonderfully polished sapphires; optics that could tell millions of years worth of stories, ones that were burdened with troubles, and yet so peaceful… What a wonderful sight.

But wait! He still had work to do… Ratchet looked at his desk, where the datapad was laying…

Frag it.

He went with Optimus.

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@optimusprime-stuffs, @ultra-phthalo here ya go! (I forgot if you guys wanted to be tagged or not sorry T>T)

[mychlapci]

Oppy breeding anon back.

When Ultra Magnus asks for answers regarding why Optimus is having so many bitties, Ratchet steps in and explains that Optimus’s coding is more sensitive towards carrying and the care of Sparklings, and since the children of the local population keep finding the group very interesting, it kickstarted Optimus’s coding to want Sparklings. That’s the excuse he uses anyways.

Yea, Sentinel is being very mean towards Oppy. The sires won’t like Sentinel’s words stand though, and talk back in Optimus’s defense. Sentinel probably doesn’t stop until Grimlock starts growling at him because oh fuck giant protective dinosaur mate.

Ultra Magnus likes the fact that the Autobots has someone so fertile when the AllSpark still is refusing to cooperate with anyone and keeps going elsewhere that isn’t in your hands right now. However, he sees the protective mates that Optimus has chosen and is a bit skeptical about everything. Sure, one is a medic and another a cyberninja, but he has doubts about the other sires. He sees a pregnant Oppy with a bitty in his arms and he can’t help but want to sire a sparkling himself, though who knows when that’ll happen…

In private, Jazz (who was quiet the entire time they met with the team) suggests taking Oppy and any bitties he has carried back to Cybertron so let the sparkling integrate and make Optimus a broodmare. Ultra likes the idea, but isn’t sure how to go about it since 1) the AllSpark is right there, if it would cooperate that would be nice but he doubts it will, 2) there are seven protective sires they have to get around, one of which is a even more protective giant fire breathing dinosaur, and 3) would Optimus even agree to it, since scared and sad broodmares aren’t good broodmares in the long run.

Jazz smirks in a way Ultra knows he has a plan, and tells the Magnus he has an idea to get around the issues regarding those seven sires and get Oppy to agree.

They’re gonna fucking knock him up!!!!

The elite guard waits until Optimus pops out his most recent litter and then Sentinel is employed to lure him away from the others and to do everything he can to get him hot and bothered by the promise of a good breeding session. If Optimus is carrying their young, it will be easier for them to convince him to come back to Cybertron, since he seems keen on keeping all his mates close. He'll have no choice but to go back. He can take his mates with him, sure thing. A good broodmare should be kept happy and comfortable after all, depriving him of the people he's surrounded himself with could have long-lasting effects on the health of his babies...

[absolutely-esme]

There is this trope where whatever thing the plot revolves around has been around and involved long enough to shape humanity's technological, cultural, or even evolutionary development, but human society is just the same as it is in the real world where that thing doesn't exist.

Which means that either whatever source this information comes from is lying, or the writer has decided to majorly nerf humans in this fictional universe.

"Humanity never could have invented cell phones without this crashed alien space ship!" Bitch, yes we could. We have the entire process from the discovery of radio waves to modern smart phones documented. Every step in that process is well within the capabilities of human beings, especially when you take our tendency to teach and learn from each other into account.

"Whithout this weird magical being's interference, humans would still be living in caves!" No we wouldn't. Humans will find ways to make stuff out of anything we happen to have on hand. I have seen a YouTube video of someone making a ballgown out of smartphone cases that needed a wooden framework on wheels for the skirt because it would have been way too heavy for a hoopskirt and a normal person's waist. You really think the species that did that can't work out how to build buildings without some outside force explaining it?

"Humans wouldn't even have those big brains without the intervention of..." I'm just gonna stop you right there. Dogs, cats, and fire were all major contributing factors in the development of big brains in humans. Hunting with dogs was more efficient and got more meat. Cats kept rodents at bay which allowed us to store more food. Fire allowed us to get more out of our food by cooking it to make the nutrients more available. All of this allowed us to dedicate more calories to brain function without starving. It wasn't an outside force of dubious intentions that made us the species we are, it was the companion species who made the journey with us and the fires we lit along the way.

Sometimes it's done in a way that actually works, but a lot of times I find myself thinking "damn, you really couldn't think of anything interesting to add to modern life?"

Like, in the live action transformers movies (which I could complain about plenty) they found and studied Megatron and the freaking Allspark itself and all they got was an alternate path to the smart phone? Not better prosthetic limbs, sentient robot companions, or even just stuff that folds up for travel better?

You're telling me that the species that raised wolf cubs despite knowing how dangerous wolves were to them and selectively bred the nightmares that hunted us for our meat into our beloved dogs looked at the scrappy little critters the Allspark generated and didn't think "but what if friend?" That they didn't see a the creation of a new life that was like a much tinier version of the bigger thing they found and think "Oh my goodness it's a baby!"

That's so boring. The Bayverse's version of humanity is boring and mean and sad.

If you want an example that I think works, Kyuubey from Madoka Magica claiming credit for humanity's progress works, because it would make sense for Kyuubey to lie about this. Kyuubey wants something and is demonstrably willing to mislead and withhold information to get it (the soul gem reveal was a pretty big deal).

Kyuubey deliberately targets children who haven't finished school and not, say, university students or graduates looking for work. Kyuubey claims it is because young girls produce the most emotional energy, but we don't have any evidence outside of Kyuubey's word regarding Kyuubey's reason for anything, and Kyuubey is not a reliable narrator.

Kyuubey's role in the story is something dangerous disguised as something nice, a wolf in sheep's clothing, if you will. Adding one more layer of deception that makes Kyuubey look better or, at least, more necessary to a kid who doesn't know better works just fine in the story that's being told.

[moonlight-tmd]

I asked someone else this and I wanna know your take;

any thoughts on the idea of cliffjumper and bumblebee being brothers?

I've heard somewhere—forgot where—that bee and cliff, in the original transformers show/or comics (G1), were supposed to be brothers and that's why they look the same. and if they have kept that idea then it would've made a lot more sense on how the autobots (and others) confuse bee and cliff for being the same bot.

like, their frames and paint jobs are different, especially with their personalities. cliff is red and has sharper horns, bee is yellow with black accents and has stubber and smaller horns. but it's just my take.

Yeah i can them being brothers- when i first saw Cliffjumper in tfa i thought it was a weird version of Bumblebee. X3

Bumblebee is the younger from the twin sibblings- i imagine the way it happened is because the Newspark split at the end of gestation in the factory's artificial chamber so Bee's Spark had to stay in incubation longer while Cliff already onlined.

They got put in the same carequarters after that. Cliff was very protective of his little brother, especially since other Sparklings picked on him for being different(having a creation defect(disability*)). *I headcanon that he has a disability that suppresses his emotions to the point of being near emotionless. He got a patch for it in the academy.

I imagine the reason they are a little different is because they are different age(and because Bee was somewhat of a runt)- Bee is younger therefore his features are not as distinct as Cliff's. Cliff is also taller than him.

So Bee and Cliff went to the same academy, Cliff had finally experienced his brother being like any other bot thanks to the patch he got. Everything was going fine... but then Bee got kicked out for a very massive prank. So yeh, he got enlisted in the military instead. He kept in contact with Cliff the whole way. Bee told him about the bully Wasp and Ironhide and his new friend- first friend besides Cliff, Bulkhead... And then he got kicked out of there too. Thankfully Bulkhead pulled him with him to the repair crew so at least that was good.

Cliff was anxious about Bee's job, they were going into so many dangerous territories. Bee told him that everything was gonna be fine and that after their last stop they were gonna go back on Cybertron to replenish supplies and that he'd visit.

...but the visit never came.

In fact, Cliffjumper saw the news on a repair crew going missing- and a picture of Bumblebee was right there along with the rest of the crew.

His Spark could not have hurt more.

Cliff could only hope they find him and the crew. In the meantime, he finished the academy and completed the study to get into Elite Guard on the file managment department. He met the other friend Bee told him about, Longarm. He asked about his brother and surely enough Longarm knew him. They kept in contact, Longarm and Cliff worked together in the office. Then Longarm got assigned for an exploration mission. For deca-cycles(weeks) there was no messages, but that was to expected...

What he didn't expect was Longarm videocalling him in the middle of his work and seeing Bee on the other end. Cliff cried right there and then.

They talked and caught up- Cliff was very surprised and scared that Bee and his crew found the Allspark itself out of all 'bots. The talked about everything- Bee told him how fun it is on Earth and how much fun he is having here- and how many friends he made!

They have an agreement to call each other once an earth month- which is like once a deca-cycle on cybertron i think. Bee will literally make a checklist of things to tell Cliff of all the things that happened. There isn't much happening in Cliff's life so he's mostly listening to his brother talk.

I would guess Longarm pulled some strings on Cliff's request to go visit earth and his brother. Bee could not have been happier.

I imagine the moment he walks in with Elite Guard he beelines for Bumblebee- the bot's smile grew awfully wide btu instead of a hug he got taken by his shoulders and physically shaken-

"YOU IDIOT! How could you do this to me- Do you have any idea how worried i was?! You just go and disappear- WHY must you get into every trouble possible?!" and then he hugged the dear life out of him...

Yeah, that was a weird first impression to Bee's teammates. Turns out, Bee has forgotten to mention his brother even exists.

To their surprise, Cliffjumper is completely different from Bumblebee: he's well-organized, calm, responsible and very mature. If Bee likes to go wild and party, Cliff likes to sit back with a book and some oil. Even so he's still very portective of his brother, Prowl got to experience it first hand- while Cliff agreed with him on some occasions he also got physically threatened when Bee got upset because of him. Cliff literally pulled him to the side and slammed him to the ground and told him to never speak to Bee like this ever again if he wants to have a working optic...

Optimus on the other hand was surprised to learn Bee had a brother. Cliff took a liking to him quickly. The Prime was kind and caring but also assertive when needed, he could see why Bee kind of saw his as a Sire-figure.

Bulkhead was nice too, the gentleness the giant had with his brother was earning of respect.

Sari on the other hand- She was not what Cliff thought she'd be. He was sceptical at first but eventually they became friends too.

Once Cliff had to go back on Cybertron, Bee gave him a crate of all sorts of things from earth as a gift. There were games and a console to play them on, books, toys- and most definitely the fluffy cubes to match Bumblebee's on his rear view mirror.

They keep in contact, sometimes his friends join in the call.

anyway that's it i think, my brain is refusing to cooperate further, hope ya enjoyed!

[petitelepus]

Megatron daughter is having troubles with her clothes, being all ripped up, burnt, and such from her fights with the autobots. She complains about it loudly to Blitzwing and Lugnut. Shockwave heard her and made her a nanotech outfit she could wear and change it differently and won’t take any damage. She acts like it was a birthday gift for her.

"I am SO done with this!" You shouted as you threw yet another ruined dress of yours on the ground. The Decepticons who were with you, Blitzwing and Lugnut shared glances between each other as you furiously cursed the wretched Autobots under your breath.

You were sent to retrieve an AllSpark fragment that had caught your Decepticons' attention, but the fragment was big and strong enough to alert the Autobots also.

So another battle between you and the Autonoobs took place and yet another time that wretched kid, Sari, your nemesis, had been helping the Bots, and she and her friend Bumblebee had ruined your dress in the middle of the battle.

It was not only embarrassing but also humiliating and on top of that, you had lost the fragment to the Autobots!

You were mad at them, mad at Blitzwing and Lugnut, and mad at yourself. You knew that you had no real reason to be angry at the two Decepticons you had taken with you to retrieve the fragment. They had done their best, even if it wasn't quite enough.

You almost called them your friends, but in reality, they were your bodyguards that your father, the great and mighty Lord Megatron had placed to guard your well-being.

You adored your father, you really did, but even he had his limits when it came to failures...!

You were his daughter, so you had so much pressure to succeed on your shoulders. You were his successor, so why were you failing so much?

"I hate those fragging Autobots!" You shouted and made your way to your private room in the Decepticon hideout, leaving Blitzwing and Lugnut on their own.

"Well, wasn't that a show." Came a familiar voice and the Decepticons turned to look at the huge monitor, seeing the Decepticon spy Shockwave talking to them through the screen.

"What do you want Shockwave?" Blitzwing asked and the spy chuckled, "I want to help our dear princess. Tell me, how fast can you make it to the Earth's moon?"

"Fast enough."

"Good. I have something for her that will help her from failing our Lord anymore."

"What is it!?" Lugnut asked and if Shockwave could have smiled he would have. "You see when you get there."

A day passed and you were still sulking in your room when someone knocked on the wall by the entrance and you turned to look who dared to interrupt you.

Seeing it was Blitzwing and Lugnut, you groaned and sat up on your bed, "What is it? Another mission from Megatron?"

"No, something better." The Icy personality of Blitzwing said as he walked up to you and offered you a parcel.

"What is this?" You raised an eyebrow in a questioning manner but accepted the parcel.

"A gift!" Lugnut shouted and Blitzwing nodded, "We'll wait for you outside."

And they left. Curious and confused, you opened the parcel and you were in awe at what you saw...!

The two Decepticons waited for you in the main chamber and finally, you left your room to join them.

"So? What do you guys think?"

The two Cons turned to look at you and you grinned as you showed them your brand-new clothes that made you look absolutely gorgeous.

"And this isn't the only thing!" You said and as you twirled, the clothing around your shifted and moved, so when you stopped it was like you were wearing a brand new costume. The Decepticons awed at you and you felt absolutely gorgeous as they did.

"You would make even Starscream jealous," Icy said and Lugnut nodded eagerly, "You, you look just like the next Queen of the Decepticons should look like!"

"Thank you!" You smiled, "But where did you get this piece?"

"It's the newest piece of Autobot nanotechnology that I stole straight from this genius called Perceptor." Came Shockwave's voice and all three of you turned to look at the giant screen where the Decepticon spy's image was shown.

"This came from you?" You asked and the spy nodded.

"Please, consider it as a creation gift from yours truly to the future leader of the Decepticons," Shockwave said as he humbly bowed on the other side of the screen.

"We got it for you!" Lugnut shouted, no doubt feeling at least a little jealous that Shockwave was more on your better side now than the cyclops himself.

"Ah, yes, it's almost my birthday." You nodded. You had nearly forgotten the whole day. You looked at the screen and smiled, "Thank you Shockwave. Continue your mission and take care of anyone who might compromise your mission."

"I will do as you tell me to, young princess." The Con nodded and then the line went dead. You smiled as you touched your clothing with your finger and the whole thing changed its color.

"I look so good, it's a crime to stay stuck here in this cavern!" You laughed.

"How about we kick some Autobot aft for my birthday present?" You asked with a mean grin and Blitzwing and Lugnut saluted you, both eager and willing to fight some Bots.

[sonicasura]

Starscream could feel the barest hints of hysterics in his processor at partially scolding the Inertia Faction leader. Then? He remembered that they were a (albeit human) sparkling beneath the ever growing forms. This was not a commanding officer and subordinate situation. What ended up happening made his processor stall, as he briefly glanced at the device in question which made it all possible. “You certainly live up to being a Unicron spawn, Shapeshifter. Even if only semi-adjacent…”

The only ones who could create newsparks were the AllSpark and Primus. Until now—

“How. Just how?” The Seeker questioned, tone a touch awed and worried. Those two Vehicons were doting on their new Sparkling with very happy fields. Dozens of other Vehicons had been distracted from their duties by the new little one’s presence. Unlike the rest, the newspark hadn’t been clones from old CNA.

He did have to bite back the unease at someone who was essentially a Sparkling having a Sparkling. Just the barest hints of revoltion tinged his processor at the concept.

“The Omnitrix changes my DNA down to every strand to transform me. One of its main purposes is to preserve other species and you can’t exactly do that if they all end up extinct. As for how?” Dart answered as their eyes briefly flickered green to indicate the device itself was communicating with them. “Cybertronians are deceptively easier to create than anyone purely organic. Your Sparks are the trickiest part.”

“You shouldn’t have done this so carelessly, Shapshifter.” Starscream scolded, letting traces of annoyance leak into his tone though it was hard to keep this up. He was still boggling at how this was possible and how an organic made this happen.

“The War’s over and I don’t like being coddled, Starscream. If the Well had been unable to be reignited, then I most likely would have helped repopulate this way.” The Omnitrix itself countered back, it’s borrowed features narrowed in a glare. “A majority of me was conceptualized on an artificial planet called Primus. I don’t need any AllSpark allegations.”

—————————

Dart was a bit of a coward, but they made a concentrated effort to interact with Soundwave post-newspark arrival. The Vehicons had finally turned their sparkling fever away from them and into the latest addition. He—on the other hand—appeared more solemn as Laserbeak continued to stay anywhere besides near him. Even when Dart was in his proximity, the cassette would finally deviate from the constant following to go somewhere else.

“He’s definitely still in the angry lashing out phase.” The Omnitrix user noted to the (maybe former) Decepticon even as he remained standing at the data terminal. “Given how close you two are, I hope he comes around to at least be civil with you again. For both your sakes.”

Most interactions between shapshifter and spymaster had simply been the former talking at him. Starscream was pulling the socializing weight keeping him from spiraling. You can’t mend cracks without sanding down the edges first. Translating gave Soundwave something partially productive to do which seemed to help keep him in semi-higher spirits. Or. He could have simply been pretending to be okay.

Less than two weeks wasn’t exactly a decent period of time to tell these things.

“…Hope-so.” Soundwave played back though it the audio clips were pretty muted.

Progress! He was talking to them.

—ROB’d Anon.

Starscream no doubt feels like he's wrangling three kids except one is a full grown adult and the other two technically share a body.

[blade-liger-4ever]

Everyone hates on him for "not catching on" with Earth culture, but who is supposed to teach him the dos and don'ts?

THE TEAM.

And guess what? THEY ALL COLLECTIVELY FAIL IN THAT MISSION!

Nobody sits him down and says "look, humans are jumpy and squishy beings, we need alt modes to maintain the cover of ordinary vehicles lest they try hunting us down or causing such a ruckus that not only will Megatron find us through their pictures of us, our government allies will take that the wrong way and boot us. Also, don't bring humans on the battlefield: again, they're squishy, and will be exploited to get an advantage over us."

By the AllSpark, that would've saved so much trouble because guess what? SMOKESCREEN LISTENS TO HIS PEERS!

He listens and does what he's told by Optimus, by Ratchet, even the slagger that is Arcee! He listens and never protests. He understands they're older and more experienced than him, so HE DOES WHAT HE'S TOLD WHEN HE'S TOLD!!!!

Furthermore, remember this episode?

Who actually went and located a relic while the others were on a wild goose chase? SMOKESCREEN!

Who tried to bring along the resident chocolate spined human to boost his confidence and morals (Smokescreen bringing Jack along isn't him being simply reckless; he's inviting Jack and keeping him in the team effort - he just spent like half the episode getting the punk to stand up for himself; what's it gonna tell Jack, to his knowledge of humans, if he lets him stay? Furthermore, Ratchet was really upset and offhandedly said "fine I'll let you go by yourself" clearly not happy with it. So, if someone needs to monitor your base, you're alone, and you've got a human buddy that your team has been harping as a great asset, what's the first thought that'd come to your mind?)?

SMOKESCREEN!!

Who actually delayed the Decepticons (it was night by the time the others arrived) and thus kept them from getting the Star Saber?

SMOKESCREEN!!!

"Oh but he put Jack in danger!" big whoop, it happens all the time, plus - Megatron was gonna drag a freaking mountain with a super sword across the world! Why haven't y'all commended him for his efforts in addition to telling him "we were suspiciously stupid and forgot to mention that humans go squish easily, don't bring one on a mission"?!?!?!?!?

And all these episodes show us what a self-centered, bratty creator's pet Arcee is.

She whines and witches about him having a sports/race car in backwoods nowhere Nevada, but conveniently forgets that she's a Kawasaki Ninja in the same locale? And that she's assigned to the broke kid in Backwoods, Nevada?!?!?!?

Moreover, Arcee put the humans in more danger than Smokescreen ever did!

She up and left in a huff, thereby getting 1, Fowler captured and tortured, 2, put Bulkhead in a command role he is not made for, 3, had Miko on her first run through the GroundBridge, and 4, very nearly cost the lives of three innocents!!!

And don't forget that the whole plot of Speed Metal happened because of her fragging vanity. Another kid almost died BECAUSE OF ARCEE!!!

"But she learned her lesson" my aft she did! She blew off Optimus' orders and reprimand to make Jack look good for the dime store MJ Watson social climber AT THE VERY END OF THE SAME EPISODE!!

Where's the vitriol for Arcee? Where's the punishment and the actual character growth of her?

NOWHERE.

Everyone lets her go unchecked and without any consequences because she's a pretty butt kicker who has trauma. Naturally, this excuses all she did wrong (heavy sarcasm) while Smokescreen is hounded to no end for being gung-ho and eager while failing because THE TEAM FAILED HIM.

Nobody - and I mean, nobody - tell me, ever, that Smokescreen was bad for his actions.

Team Prime needs to be nicer to Smokescreen

He's actually so goated but they all DESPISE him! He's positive, he's very dedicated to the autobot cause, he's a REALLY GOOD FIGHTER WHICH THEY DESPERATELY NEED. Despite everyone's treatment of him he seems to like all of them.

He even offers Bulkhead the Apex Armor, since he knows Bulkhead would really like to go on missions and isn't handling his injuries well. But no, Bulkhead BACKHANDS IT OUT OF SMOKESCREENS HAND. He's so nice wtf who wrote that?

Speaking of the Apex Armor, his very first mission, he comes up with a way to get it back from Starscream ALONE. But Arcee shakes her head when his plan works flawlessy? STOP THIS! PLEASE!

Some other Smokescreen accomplishments consist of:

Becoming one of Alpha Trions most trusted friends

Robbing the Nemesis armory alone

Saving Optimus Prime from orbital bombardment

Being worthy of becoming a Prime

The main "problem" he has is he's very eager to do everything. But like, he's very good? He wins most fights and comes up with great plans that aren't just "beat up Decepticon until win". He did take an L fighting Megatron solo, but he recognized that was the Star Saber and hadn't actually seen Megatron in combat before.

So yeah point being Prime Smokescreen is a SS tier character.

[lets-try-some-writing]

Optimus & Bumblebee Headcannon (part 2)

Canonically new Cybertronians emerge from the well of Allsparks fully framed and ready to go (at least in TFP) so I am rolling with that in this headcannon and only making a few minor tweaks to the whole process.

Sparklinghood

Optimus knows that despite emerging from the well at half the size of a full grown Cybertronian and with only a thin layer of armor to protect them, newsparks a remarkably resilient. However that doesn't stop him from from nearly having a spark attack whenever Bee leaves his sight for too long.

Logically he knows Bee would likely be fine even if he was tossed off a cliff, (newspark armor and protoform are no joke) but being attacked regularly, both before and after the start of the war due to his position as Prime has left Optimus... a little paranoid.

It is difficult for Optimus to trust and open himself up to others, even more so since emoting isn't very high up on his priority list with the Prime programming suppressing most of it.

Not only that, but Optimus is a very wary mech, the Matrix engrained it into him in order to keep him aware at all times, hopefully preventing potentially lethal betrayals or assassination's.

As such when he actually lets someone in, when they manage to gain his trust/love, he falls for that person hard.

They become family to him, as dear to him as his own spark. Optimus would go to any lengths to ensure those closest to him are protected and cared for.

And now that the short list of bots who Optimus considers family has expanded to include Bee, well, Optimus takes it very seriously.

He knows Ratchet and his other close companions can take care of themselves, so Optimus doesn't trouble himself with worrying about them too much. But Bee, that is a different story in the Prime's book.

In order to keep an eye on the newspark, Optimus takes Bee with him everywhere.

Bee has no objections to this, in fact he loves it.

Bee is always with Optimus when he is at base, either playing quietly with his toys beside him as he works or sitting next to him during meetings, doing his best to look attentive even when he has no clue what is going on.

When Optimus is finally released from his work he usually takes Bee somewhere private to tell his sparkling stories from his days as an archivist.

Bee is particularly fond of the tales Optimus tells about the times from before the war, the idea of glittering cities unmarred by conflict has his optics blown wide as Optimus describes it.

Seeing Bee so excited about something that was once so simple leaves Optimus feeling terrible, he wants nothing more than for Bee to live a normal life, one free of war.

The hatred for Megatron he usually suppresses bubbles up whenever he thinks back on how he found Bee.

In those times he likes to gently hold Bee against his chassis, reminding himself that Bee is safe, and muttering promises to the newspark that he will live to see Cybertron restored.

When Optimus eventually is required to return to the battlefield Bee doesn't take it well, crying a begging for Optimus to stay, terrified that he might not come back.

It tears at Optimus's spark when he is is forced to remove himself from Bee's embrace and listen to his sparklings sobs as he leaves.

It tends to fall to Ratchet, Jazz, or Prowl to look after Bee while Optimus is gone, the Prime would trust no others with his precious sparkling.

As Optimus's best and oldest friend, Ratchet does what he can to take care of Bee, but he isn't exactly good with newsparks and prefers to just give Bee energon goodies and random documentaries to watch as a distraction until Optimus comes back.

Bee will usually listen to the medic and stay put despite missing his primary Caretaker, but occasionally when he is with Ratchet he can't help but cause mischief to entertain himself.

Sometimes Bee will hide one of Ratchet's tools in order to watch the older mech mutter curses as he searches for his stolen property.

Other times he will go out of his way to 'beautify' Ratchet's armor, putting atrociously ugly homemade stickers on whatever part of the medic he can reach without rousing suspicions.

He even turned it into a game where more points are awarded depending on the bot and the location of the sticker on their frame.

The wreckers and the younger bots adore this game and quickly took it up after catching Ratchet walking by with a bright yellow sticker stuck to the side of his helm that he hadn't noticed.

He earned the nickname "Stickers" as a result, something that others will make fun of him for if they do not fear death by wrench.

Jazz does a better job of monitoring Bee due to his position as a special ops agent. He and Bee often play games like 'stop the Decepticons' and 'defeat the big bad evil bot'.

Ratchet has had to take actual blasters away from Bee and Jazz when their imaginary battles get too extreme.

By the time Ratchet shows up they have usually roped numerous other Autobots into their battles against evil and placed several practice targets crudely painted in Decepticon colors all across the base to be eliminated.

Jazz has been granted the widely desired title of 'Best bot b'sides O'pmus' from Bee because of his fantastical play battles, sparking a great competition among other Autobots for rights to the title.

Prowl is by far the most normal of Bee's Caretakers, where Ratchet does next to nothing and Jazz goes above and beyond, Prowl will act as a normal Caretaker should.

Bee is refueled, taken for a walk, given a cycle or two of holo-pad time while Prowl works, put down for a nap, sent to play with the younger Autobots in order to socialize, and is finally refueled one more time before being read a story as he falls into recharge.

Nothing unusual happens when Bee is under Prowls supervision, everything runs on a strict routine that ensures the health and safety of his charge.

The strangest thing that happened to Bee while he was with Prowl was when Blurr made the mistake of marching into Prowl's office while he was putting Bee down for nap, startling the sparkling. Simply put, it was the first and last time such an event occurred.

Despite the efforts of his Caretakers, Bee tends to get sad around recharge time if Optimus had not yet returned, it causes sparks to clench when his sobs echo through the base at night.

However when Optimus eventually returns to base he is always greeted by Bee who rushes into his arms with a squeal of joy, the newspark always clambering onto him and hugging him for as long as he can get away with before Optimus is dragged to the medbay so Ratchet can examine the wounds he inevitably collected.

After particularity bad days out on the battlefield he will sing to Bee, holding him tight and repeating lyrics from ancient hymns and ballads in order to soothe his sparkling, reminding the little one that he still functions, that their bond still prevails, and that nothing save death can separate them.

Eventually Bee learns to comfort himself in their bond and screams and sobs no longer accompany Optimus as he leaves for the battlefield, much to the relief of his secondary Caretakers.

Often when Bee feels alone he will sing songs to Optimus, doing his best to convey his feelings over their bond.

He also draws pictures of him, Optimus, and his favorite bots together in the shining cites described during storytime when he sings his songs.

If those pictures find their way onto the walls of Optimus's office no bot will point it out.

Optimus will never admit it to anyone out loud, but when he is out on the field drowning in sorrow and exhaustion from the weight of war and feels Bee's innocent love through the bond, he fosters the thought that perhaps the war is worth it, if only because otherwise he would have never met his precious sparkling.

Just a drabble

Jazz: *shooting at dummies with crude angry faces drawn on* Sir! We are under heavy fire!

Bee: *wearing cute practice armor and a helmet that is way too big for him* We need r'enforcm'nt's!

Jazz: *Nods very seriously as he connects to the intercom* All Autobots! Commander Bee and I are under attack by evil bad guys! We need immediate assistance!

Sideswipe, Sunstreaker, Tailgate, and Cliffjumper: *Army roll into the room covered in camo paint with blasters at the ready* Backup has arrived!

Jazz: *Lifts Bee into the air*

Bee: *Holds Autobot flag triumphantly and points at the dummies* Autobots! Charge!

Sideswipe, Sunstreaker, Tailgate, and Cliffjumper: YYYYYYEAH!

Ratchet: What in the name of the Allspark-

[favesgrave]

Out of His Depth (Part 1)

Blurr, in all honesty, was not having the best day. Things had gotten so off the rails in such little time that really it should have set some kind of new record. Now, he didn't know of any records that quite fit his predicament, but he's sure that there was something out there. Or he could always just make a new one.

New record for fastest way of completely having a mission spiral out of control.

It was maybe a little lengthy for other bots to say, but he could do so with ease.

If only he could say the same thing about the ongoing fight. First, he'd been caught by one of the Constructicons (Scrapper, if he remembered correctly, which he does) and suspended off the ground, lodged into his arms next to Bumblebee. Escape came not long after. Him and Bumblebee managed to take down one Starscream clone and yes, things seemed to be looking a little uphill despite the chaos surrounding them... until everything went wrong again.

Another Starscream clone, plastered in wet cement, crashed into him and his captive. Now all three were encased in cement, stuck together like glue as they were hurtling towards the spacebridge. He can't even try to run from this, his legs confined in a way that freaked him out because he couldn't even move them at all. There's no quick getaway in this situation. For someone like him, that was at the top of his nightmares.

This was the part Blurr found appropriate to panic. He flailed his arms wildly, an endless string of words leaving his mouth with pleas that would go unanswered.

"Get it off get it off get it off get it off get it off, will someone get it off, is anyone gonna get it off? Somebody-"

And then he disappeared into the spacebridge, the Starscream clones with him.

Right away, he could tell this was not a normal trip through a spacebridge. There was this feeling of being pulled, no, ripped in every direction, as if even the bridge itself wasn't quite sure where to spit him out at.

Another thing he knew was that spacebridge travel was not supposed to take this... long. Well, currently it wasn't exactly long, but in all other times he had gone through a bridge, his arrival to his destination had been instantaneous. This was nothing like that. They were floating in empty space, surrounded by a void of blues and greens that made up the exterior of a spacebridge. Sparks of energy crackled in the air, some getting much too close for comfort. He wasn't too keen on finding out what would happen if one strayed close enough to hit.

To top it off, it was painful. He heard his frame creak from the stress it was enduring, his plating shifting as they got pulled on. At one point, he was certain that it was going to detach his torso from the rest of his body, and then yank his arms out next.

He wasn't even paying attention to the Starscream clones' shrill voices screaming out in alarm beside him, begging for some kind of saving grace.

It came eventually. For Blurr, at least. The whiplash of the spacebridge was powerful enough that it split him free from the clones, though small pieces of cement still clung onto him. Still an improvement! Anything was better than being stuck to two dangerous Decepticons.

There was a light now, a bright white light. One that was getting closer, and closer, and closer-

Nope! Nope, nope, nope. Was Blurr about to die? Was that his path to the Allspark? Because he was not ready for that. In his humble opinion, he still had far too much left to do before dying. He needed to get to Cybertron and warn them of the spy. All the stray Decepticons had to be rounded up and brought to justice. Okay, that was only two things, but they were two very major things!

As much as he tried to fight it, there was no escape in sight. He squeezed his optics shut, having no choice but to accept it as he got swallowed whole.

...

Blurr immediately became reacquainted with the ground as he got tossed from the spacebridge face-first. He nearly broke down right there, too overcome with gratitude and even letting what one might call a manic laugh while he just appreciated being alive.

Focus. He needed to focus.

Upon getting over the relief of not being one with the Allspark, he was able to pick himself off the floor and take in his surroundings. Organic life flourished around him, green being nearly everywhere he turned. He had been on Earth long enough to recognize a forest when he saw one. His arrival had caused a bit of a stir. It was evident from the way he had left an imprint on the dirt and broken twigs that littered the area. He was sure that some of the birds had taken off at the sight of him too.

The Starscream clones were nowhere in sight, probably halfway across the galaxy. Was that a problem solved, or one he would need to worry about later?

He shook his head quickly, snapping himself out of it. That didn't matter right now! He needed to contact Cybertron.

Putting a finger to his commlink, he didn't waste another second. "Agent Blurr to Cybertron Command, come in Cybertron Command! Code Red! Megatron is online, Decepticon invasion imminent! Is anybody there? Can anybody hear me? Is this blasted commlink even working?!"

There was no response. Maybe his commlink had sustained damage when he'd been lost in the spacebridge?

"Oh, now this is just perfect because not only am I cut-off from Cybertron, I'm also stranded in an unfamiliar place with no telling how far away I am from Detroit. Optimus Prime and his team could have been taken offline by now and Megatron is on his way to take over Cybertron! Or maybe there's the smallest chance I'm completely wrong and they've managed to defeat Megatron before his plan succeeds!" Usually, Blurr was able to keep himself steady. But every now and then, there would be a rare instance that something would creep along and set him off. This was one of those instances.

What should he do? What was he supposed to do?

Calm down. He needed to calm down, that's what he should do. Once he did that, he could work on making his way back to Detroit. He just had to get out of this forest first. When that was done, he was sure he would be able to determine where he was.

Wherever he was, he just prayed that he could make it back on time to lend a servo in Megatron's defeat... or else Cybertron was doomed to fall.

---

It was a particularly slow day today. There wasn't much Decepticon action, which Ratchet could live with, considering the arrival of Smokescreen and how Bulkhead was sulking, despite Miko's best efforts. If anyone called him out for it, he would deny it, but Ratchet knew sulking when he saw it.

He supposed he could relate to feeling useless. It wasn't true, of course. But that didn't stop how crushing the weight of it could be. He thought about reaching out, but... well, emotional comfort was not his strong suit.

He liked to think he was improving though.

A beeping from one of his monitors pulled his attention away and a frown settled on his face once he took a look.

That was strange.

"Optimus," he called out to his old friend. "Come take a look at this." He waited a moment for him to come over and by that point, so had everyone else in the base. "By all accounts, it appears to be an Autobot life signal... though underneath the surface, it isn't quite like ours."

Smokescreen raised an opticbrow and tilted his head. "Okay... so what does that mean?"

"I don't know," Ratchet answered, typing and attempting to analyze it some more. "It's possible that the Decepticons could have somehow replicated our signal. It would explain why it appears faulty... and I find it strange we should find someone new so soon after you, Smokescreen."

Optimus, to no one's surprise, did not close his mind to the other potential outcomes. "We cannot rule out the possibility of another Autobot making it to Earth. And I fear if we do not go to investigate, the Decepticons will."

That practically decided it.

"Then let's give 'em a warm welcome," Bulkhead said. His statement could go both ways depending on who would be waiting there to greet them.

"No, not you," Ratchet said. "You aren't recovered enough yet."

"Ratchet, I'm fine-"

He raised a servo. This was not a discussion. "You're fine when I say you're fine." He stared at Bulkhead until the ex-Wrecker decided it wasn't worth it, shaking his head and retreating down the hall with his leg dragging behind him.

A twinge of guilt struck him, but he shook it off. Bulkhead was unfit for battle and if Ratchet had to snap at him to get him to understand that, then so be it. Better that than dead.

Now, onto business.

He plugged the coordinates into the groundbridge, watching as it came to life, ready to welcome the team through.

"Autobots," Optimus began. "Proceed with caution."

He better prepare the med-bay, just in case.

---

::Agent Blurr to Cybertron Command, come in Cybertron Command! Code Red! Megatron is online, Decepticon invasion imminent! Is anybody there? Can anybody hear me? Is this blasted commlink even working?!::

Megatron listened to the message Soundwave had intercepted one more time.

It was strange.

"And this does not match anything you have in your archives?" he asked for confirmation. Soundwave's response was a simple nod. "It would seem that whoever this is, he's an Autobot. And yet he speaks of Cybertron..."

This was shaping up to be a very interesting day indeed.

"Trace the source and lock onto those coordinates," he ordered. "Dreadwing."

At the mention of his name, the seeker looked alert. "What do you wish of me, Lord Megatron?"

"Assemble some vehicon troopers and investigate. Find the Autobot and bring him here alive." It wouldn't hurt to interrogate him to figure out what he was prattling on about. And if he proved to simply be crazy, then all that would be necessary was an execution.

A race had begun and the prize at the end of the finish line... was the newcomer Autobot.

[erimeows]

Could we maybe get some Sentinel falling for a human and hating it headcannons/scenario? The human is just really nice and very smart! An ex Sumdak scientist who moved in with the bots and Sari after Sari got kicked out? They help them find the AllSpark? Magnus has a lot of respect for them as they've helped find the All Spark shards and done a lot of research on autobot and decepticon history and found out weaknesses. Sentinel is so angry cause Magnus clearly favors them over other humans so he has to get used to that and them? Maybe Optimus likes them and that sets Sentinel off?

Sure thing! May have twisted this a bit, but hope you enjoy!

Oh my God, he hates it with everything in his entire being.

It starts simply enough. When he arrives on earth, he notices that, like the tiny rude organic known as Sari, you’re around the Autobots all the time. Like... All the time. Helping them find All Spark fragments, doing research for them, helping Isaac Sumdak with his creations, taking care of Sari.

So, since you’re a tiny adult human and he has unchecked mental health issues that he likes to take out on others, he starts off trying to be mean to you. 

The first time, he trips you while walking past you in the hallway. You don’t notice it was intentional, but fall pretty hard and scrape your hands up so badly that you’re tearing up. Sentinel refuses to apologize or acknowledge that he’s in the wrong but feels oddly guilty and decides to help you take care of your hands. You’re very thankful, offering him a hug, which he denies and runs off because of, spewing some half-assed insults on his way out.

He can’t get you off his processor after that. He feels like a shitbag for not even owning up to being the one who tripped you and feels like a loser for helping you. You’re an organic, he hates you like the rest of them, he doesn’t feel bad for you.

Next time he sees you, he tries again to be mean to you, making a comment on what you’re wearing and asking what trashcan you dug it out of. Most humans get frustrated and yell at him or insult him back when he talks to them like that unprompted, but you only shrug him off and asks if he’s feeling alright or wants to sit down to cool down for a moment. Uh. Huh? He’s confused at first, utterly perplexed that you might think he’s weak, upset, or hurt, or... Something, but then his confusion turns to anger, and again, he storms off, unsure of how to handle someone who’s not angry at or annoyed by him.

You pay a lot of attention to him after that and he hates it; always trying to offer him things, share smalltalk, take him places, etc. He hates it even more when he notices just how much everyone else loves you, too; Sari was fine, and so was Optimus and his stupid pile of scrap metal that he called a team, but ULTRA MAGNUS? Oh, it had him fuming from his exhaust pipes. Even Ultra Magnus was charmed by you and looked for whatever excuse he could get to talk to you on earth. 

Okay, whatever. Everyone and everybot likes you, so Sentinel is convinced he hates you for that and for having a holier-than-thou attitude that won’t allow you to retaliate against him when he’s rude to you even though all he wants is for you to feed into it. Totally.

That is until he starts getting... Jealous, namely of Ultra Magnus and Optimus Prime for talking to you so much. The embarrassing thing is that he can’t even pinpoint it at first; all he knows is that he gets pissed off when he sees Optimus giving you a shoulder rub after a long day and having a conversation with him over dinner (for you) and energon (for Optimus) and gets pissed off when he sees you, a human, walking by Ultra Magnus’s side and casually conversing with him like he’s your equal. 

“I don’t get it, Jazz! Why is she talking to both of them like that? Why is it making me so mad?” 

“Could it be... You aren’t so much mad that she’s a human who’s close with Ultra Magnus, but that you’re jealous of O.P. and Ultra Magnus for being so close to (y/n) when you’re not?”

The conversation with Jazz had been impromptu and a big mistake, as he blew a fuse immediately after and had to be taken to Ratchet for some minor repairs. Everyone is concerned, no one has any idea what’s going on, but he’s stuck in Ratchet’s medbay for a day and you’re asked to watch him overnight since you’re the most qualified to do any fixes should he have any issues, and Ratchet needs to recharge. 

“So... What happened?”

“Don’t worry about it! Primus, you humans are always so nosy-” Sentinel starts scolding you and moves to get up from the medberth, but you place a gentle hand on his servo and he can’t help but freeze in place. 

“I’m not doing this with you tonight, Sentinel Prime. Recover and let me stay by your side to make sure you’re okay.”

“Just leave! I’ll be fine, I’m a member of the-”

“I know.”

“Then why do you care!?”

“Because I know you can be kind, and whether you want to or not, you need to rest and have someone monitor you over night! You blew a fuse in your head, and while that itself is a minor injury, if you do it again it’s going to be harder to fix and you could blow more. I’d rather not extent your stay in here.”

Naturally, he asks what you, as a human, could possibly know about robots/Cybertronians and their health. After getting him to lay back down, you tell him about how you used to work for Isaac Sumdac as a scientist before you started taking care of Sari when he disappeared, and that right after the Autobots arrived on earth, you studied them closely enough to figure out most of their anatomy and received some training under Ratchet to act as a second medic for them.

Oh. That makes sense. Sentinel feels a bit foolish but doesn’t say anything and waits until he can fall into recharge, but when he wakes up the next morning, you’re sitting on a stool by his berthside, passed out with your head resting on his thigh.

He doesn’t have the heart to wake you up and pretends to still be resting with his optics shut until Ratchet comes in and wakes you up himself.

He’s released with a clean bill of health and immediately goes to find Jazz.

“What do you mean by that!?”

“Uh, slow down before you blow another fuse, S.P., but you know what I meant,” Jazz laughed at him, and naturally, Sentinel took a few to process what had been said the previous day.

Jazz was implying that Sentinel wasn’t mad at you for being a human and interacting with Optimus/Ultra Magnus, but that he was mad at Optimus and Ultra Magnus for interacting with you because...

Oh. Sentinel realized that he was jealous, and in not being able to be mean to you anymore, he found himself watching you a lot. You were intelligent, kind, attractive... The opposite of him, to be honest, but when it hit him all at once, he ends up having a melt down of sorts.

Locking himself in his berth on Ultra Magnus’s ship for days on end, not drinking enough energon, going between sleeping to escape his feelings and pacing around doing nothing but dwelling on them, Sentinel Prime is a mess when he realizes that he has a crush on you. It makes sense, but... Why did it have to be an organic? He can’t even cope with it.

Eventually, he snaps out of it and decides that he’s going to take the logical approach with this; ignore his feelings and push them deep, deep down in his spark so he doesn’t have to acknowledge or deal with them. He shouldn’t like you anyways, right? You’re just a stupid human!

Except... You’re not. You’re beautiful, you’re brilliant, you’re caring, and a million other things he cares not to admit. So he’s stuck. He won’t confess his feelings to you or really think about them because he knows all he’s ever done is be mean to you, and honestly, he doesn’t deserve you and is afraid of you rejecting him.

Things stay stagnant for a while, but he’s a little nicer to you. Still rude, still making unnecessary comments about you being a human, but hey, he doesn’t try to trip you anymore and is always defending you when anyone/anybot brings up your name behind your back. Every other Autobot catches on to what’s happening but just doesn’t say anything because they know Sentinel will try to pummel them LMAO. 

But then... Valentine’s day rolls around. For whatever reason, he decides to hang around earth that day and learn about the customs since you and Sari seem excited to teach him and the other Autobots about it.

A day of romance where lovers give each other gifts... Okay, so basically, nothing to do with him, but he notices that Sari, Bee, and Bulkhead decide to go see a movie since they don’t have anyone/anybot to do anything with, and Ratchet goes off to work in his medbay, while Jazz and Prowl suddenly disappear to do their own thing and Ultra Magnus is preoccupied with work on his ship. That just leaves Sentinel, you, and Optimus.

The amount of frustration in him when Optimus hands you a bouquet of (f/c) roses is something he can’t even comprehend. So, when you walk off to go find a vase to put them in, Sentinel turns to his old friend with a glare.

“Who do you think you are? How long have you felt that way towards her?”

“Uh, Sentinel? (y/n) and I are just really good friends? I know she’s what her species would refer to as “single” at the moment and I didn’t think you’d do anything for her, so I got her those to make her feel special tonight.”

“What’s that supposed to mean!?” Sentinel exclaims at Optimus’s bold assumption that he wouldn’t do anything for you for Valentine’s day... Which was totally true. He didn’t have the guts to buy you flowers or chocolates or any of the other things that Sari said humans liked for the occasion, but apparently Optimus did, and while he now knew that Optimus didn’t have any romantic feelings towards you, it still hurt. 

“It means that even though you’ve been obsessed with her since the Elite Guard got here, you treat her with no kindness whatsoever because you’re too prideful to admit your feelings and want to cover them up,” Optimus puts a hand on his shoulder. “Now, I’m going to go spend the rest of the night with Ratchet so he isn’t by himself, but I’ll leave you to figure this out. Good luck, old buddy.”

Optimus walks off, and the words hit hard. Sentinel knows that what his friend said is right, so when you get back with the roses in a vase to set down on the table and ask him where Optimus went, he decides it’s time. Without dwelling on it too much, he grabs your hands to hold in his servos, standing in the middle of the living room and spilling his guts out to you before telling you “Happy Valentine’s Day... Or whatever,” and pulling you in for a kiss.

Thankfully, you reciprocate.