#can mech shut up about everything yet

[chazz-is-a-zelda-fan]

this took the better part of an hour to edit

[egg-emperor]

'Show me one time where he's genuinely a good person with good intentions, where selfishness, ego, and desire to survive and save the world so he can rule it isn't involved. There isn't any.' ehh, i don't know, id argue eggman saving tails in lost world counts. dude doesn't need tails to get past the yeti, only sonic. he yells 'tails!' to try and alert him and sounds generally concerned when doing so. He also makes the decision to save him in less than a second, meaning he didn't have time to weigh the pros and cons of saving one of his worst enemies, he just instinctively went to help him. mind you, this doesn't even contradict him threatening to turn tails into mincemeat in sa1, because as he explains, he's a complicated guy *shrug*. not trying to start any drama or anything, but i def believe there are a few stand out moments in game canon when eggmans 'human side' is shown that cant really be explained away without heavily reaching imo

I knew this could possibly be one of the moments someone could raise. But I have a response locked and loaded, I always account for everything and am ready to go lol. And I don't think it requires what I'd consider heavy reaching to explain away because I go by what can be seen/heard of game then carefully think about what it means while considering his character and what tracks with everything we know.

I see Eggman's save of Tails as calculated decision. There are a lot of benefits: Making the team up seem more genuine and convincing, winning Sonic over some more and possibly finally Tails after how hostile they were towards each other, the way the more is up against the D6, the better, and the way Sonic could possibly be less focused on the mission if he lost Tails. Also the bonus of how he'd prefer to kill both Sonic and Tails more personally than some random unplanned battle robot, just like Sonic falling into lava would've been underwhelming.

Eggman could see that he was starting to gain Sonic's reliability when he said that they need him to shut down his machine, while Tails wasn't happy about it and felt like Sonic trusted Eggman more. So if he jumps in and acts like a hero and saves Tails, it's going to help him seem more genuine and possibly win Tails over more too after their beef with each other. It makes sense for him to be prepared to act to seem convincing whatever it may be, even though he of course couldn't have predicted the modified robot to attack him.

I don't purely say this off vibes because when Sonic says "you could've gotten yourself killed" Eggman quickly smiles behind Sonic which makes him seem very suspicious I love it lol

It looks sly and mischievous for a guy who just saved someone's life, it's not giving "he did it out of the goodness of his heart", more like "yes it's working, Sonic said he 'can't figure me out', I'm convincing >:)"

If you think it's not possible that he could've thought that fast to weigh pros and cons, he had the plan to betray Sonic and Tails the moment they got him past the Deadly Six and back to his machine and new Eggrobo all along. So I contextualize everything within this. That gives plenty of time to plan on trying to make his facade of a willingness to work with them without any tricks all the more convincing. This is why I feel that him jumping in to save Tails was more calculated than it appears at first watch.

Plus, we know he can think and act that fast anyway. Because in the Lava Mountain scene where he fakes his death, he was planning to do that the whole time and was prepared but he couldn't have expected for it to be kicked off by the Deadly Six breaking the bridge. Yet he was able to quickly act to save Sonic, so he could still keep the Zeti back while he went to reprogram the machine and he could destroy him himself with his new mech as planned.

Him suddenly thinking fast to save Sonic was for selfish and sinister self motivated reasons, and I think it makes a lot of sense for the same to apply to Tails.

Shrugging it off and saying he's just a complicated guy was also the perfect thing to say that wouldn't make it obvious that he was trying to convince them to keep him around. Because otherwise they would've likely realized it doesn't add up with how he was acting just a couple scenes ago when he said he thinks he "liked it better when [he] was trying to destroy [Tails]" If he dismisses it in such a casual way that can't be disproven, he's not trying too hard to convince them.

But if you think parts of that are a little too speculative, though it does have a little something on screen and the context of why he's teaming up with them to support it, we can also go by how he visibly acts much more blatantly in the later cutscene at Silent Forest, when Tails falls into the trap.

Eggman has no reaction, he just stands and silently watches. Doesn't even have the slightest look of suprise or shock like the Frozen Factory Tails save cutscene, which makes the latter feel more performative of a response while he was right in front of Sonic.

He then gives Sonic a little speech while he's devastated to motivate him, so that he'll "make sure his sacrifice isn't for nothing", his sly way of saying "alright but you've still gotta help me, I'm not letting you get hung up on this" lol

He needs to make sure Sonic won't lose focus of their mission and still work hard and not lose hope, so he can get him past the Zeti and betray him later.

And he just gives a little "eh whatever" shrug while Sonic isn't looking again. Much like how he grinned when Sonic wasn't looking in the other scene. Like when Sonic isn't looking, you see the real same old Eggman and how he really feels about both situations.

It's really funny how much he just doesn't even react or give a fuck in this scene lol. I think it really testifies against him really caring about Tails in his previous save considering this is the next cutscene he's even in.

It makes sense for the reasons behind the save is a combination of performing heroics to seem more reliable in this truce because he was planning to betray them the whole time, along with how he expected Sonic to lose focus of their mission and not perform as well if he was devastated by the loss of Tails. So when he couldn't save him this time, he brings out the little motivating speech since it's all he can do now.

Especially since the modified battle robot would've certainly resulted in Tails' death which of course would've had a heavy impact on Sonic and could've affected his performance, while they weren't sure what the Deadly Six were going to do with Tails though Eggman did think of it as like a "sacrifice". So I see that as explaining his earlier actions of the save.

Like this, I can't think of any others that I wouldn't also have an explanation for that tracks with the way he's selfish and self motivated. Lost World, to me, really seems like another prime example of that instead. I love Lost World Eggman and just how much there is to explore and consider about his actions, knowing that he was using them and was going to betray them the whole time.

Eggman does a have a human side and genuinely human moments in the series because being human isn't being a good person. There are many ways to be. Selfishness is very human too. He has a bunch of human traits and moments that remind us that he's human and none involve him being a genuinely good selfless or caring person because it's not required for him to be.

I haven't seen anything that people use as examples of him being a good person that I can't find reasons to argue against and they don't require any huge reaches or speculation as there are always scenes and dialogue to support my points, like the stuff I used here. The more I go back and reanalyze, I only find more to support them despite my open mind and neutrality looking into it.

I only see a pure evil villain with a funny side who is exclusively self motivated only acts for purely selfish reasons that personally benefit him. Which tracks with the kind of egotist and narcissist he is, it's the strong defining core of his character that influences his mindset, goals, and actions throughout the series consistently. There isn't any scene where I can see any exceptions to this.

I encourage you to have your own take and disagree so we can have a discussion like this though. I understand you're not trying to start drama and respect your perspective, I'm interested to see and discuss and share my thoughts. I understand what it's like for people think it's your intention though, it sucks. This is always a chill space to agree or disagree as long as you're chill about it too. 🤝

[jinjackal]

SONIC FORCES: OVERDRIVE

ACT 1

Somewhere in a far away canyon, a giant fortress had been constructed, Thousands of machines constantly working on expanding said base and focusing on setting its bases and making sure everything stayed in place, it was after all what they were made for.

Inside the fortress, in a dark room full of monitors, a looming figure sitting on a big chair did nothing but watch a specific screen with anticipation. Said figure being the infamous Doctor Ivo Robotnik, Better known as Dr Eggman.

“I have lost count on how many times my conquest schemes have been ruined by that rodent and his pesky friends.”  Said the doctor with a frustrated yet laid back tone

“Every plan, every base, every mech. All worked up to nothing, not even erasing time and space to write a timeline anew . I knew that I had to level up my game if I wanted to succeed.” Said the doctor as his attention still was set in place to that specific screen, it was a live recording of a camera looking inside a dark room full of test tubes, one of them seeming to have a silhouette inside it “But this time, This time will be different. That rotten hedgehog will finally meet his match, and then I will make him watch as I ravage the world and make it crumble to ash and cinder from where a GLORIOUS EMPIRE WILL ARISE!!” Shouted the doctor as the test tube where the silhouette was began glowing red. Several warning alarms began going off, Many scanners began going off the charts, Spikes of energy were so high that even several devices were shut down due to the overflow of energy, the whole room seemed to have exploded as the devices around overloaded. The doctor  began walking towards the room with a smile on his face, eager to see his new experiment now fully completed. “My efforts will finally be rewarded, and that hedgehog will finally fall at the grasp of MY empire, And you will help my vision to become a reality” “spoke the doctor as a shadow made its presence from within the smoke, only a glowing pyramid-shaped jewel and a yellow eye being visible from within the room “Every defeat, Every Humiliation at the Hedgehog’s hands will be returned by a thousandfold, and he won’t be able to do nothing but watch as the Eggman empire expands across the globe and turns his world into MY VERY OWN LAND TO RULE!!  MWA-HA-HA-HA-HA!” The laughs of the doctor echoed through the room as several shuttles full of badniks and Death egg robots began to blast off into the skies, A fleet so big not even the previous egg-fleet could rival it

-The world was about to enter a war, it was up to our heroes to stop this impending madness-

Somewhere in lost valley, many groups of badniks that patrolled the area were suddenly all destroyed, a gust of wind not visible by the naked eye blasting through and destroying every mech on its path, it was no other than the blue blur himself, Sonic The Hedgehog “Man, eggman surely is beginning to set his game up, These badniks can take quite a punishment!” Joked the hedgehog as he blasted through a group of badniks as if they were bowling pins “¡Haha! Call that a strike!” “celebrated the hedgehog before looking around the valley, hills no longer green, plants were either dead or beginning to rot, several pieces of badniks lying on the floor just contributing to the decay of the place. “Okay, I think i should take matters a lil’ more seriously, if the valley already looks like this, i don’t want to figure out what eggman could do to a defenseless town or even a city.” Suddenly, a communicator on Sonic's left wrist began beeping, it was an urgent call. The hedgehog decided to answer the call. “SONIC, this is urgent, several groups of badniks were spotted in all of sunset heights, i don’t know for how long i will be able to hold them back so i need you here ASAP” A feminine voice said coming from the communicator on Sonic’s wrist

“No problemo, i will be there as fast as i can, just hold on a little longer” Responded sonic before hanging up and running to sunset heights.

In a small part of sunset heights, several badniks were getting wrecked while trying to surround an area full of civilians, someone was tossing and breaking said badniks, it was a two tailed fox, using a mechanical arm and leg to facilitate the breaking of those machines, though she was slowly getting overwhelmed by the number of badniks around. Suddenly, a flash of blue light made its presence to the area destroying the group of badniks without trouble. “You always know how to make an entrance do you?” Joked the fox walking towards the hedgehog. “Eh, That’s just how I roll. Is everyone okay though?”  Asked the hedgehog.

“Thankfully we are, i managed to hold pretty well against the bots” Said the fox as she checked her left arm which was the mechanical one. Both the fox and the hedgehog helping the civilians to escape before someone else decided to show up.

“HO-HO-HO, Well look who decided to show up!”  The voice of eggman fading in from the sky as he lowered from above from his eggmobile “You aren’t slick at all eggman, we’ve done this many times and you know how it ends, so let’s just cut to the chase can we?” stated sonic just wanting to get this over with. “It will be your finish today rodent, this time i have everything i need to make sure my plans sail flawlessly!” rambled eggman very sure that this time he would win. “you say things like this all the time eggman, and yet you always lose” responded tails mocking Eggman’s ramble. “That’s true, but enough chit chat, how about we get the party started!” Said sonic before doing a spin attack directed towards eggman’s eggmobile.

“HA-HA-HA! you will crumble before the power of my Ultimate masterpiece!” Shouted eggman as sonic began his attack. -Right before sonic landed his strike, a red light clashed with him sending him back with tails.-

“What the?” gasped sonic and tails as an ominous figure made its presence, standing  in front of eggman as a red faint aura covered his body, his face hidden behind his mask and only one glowing yellow eye being visible.

“So, ya got yourself a new friend huh?” said sonic before boosting towards this new enemy, but he seemed to have predicted sonic’s attack so he just barely moved to the side not even paying attention to sonic. “HUH?!” gasped sonic surprised. “How did he do that? He can't just be faster than sonic” said the fox to herself as she pulled out her miles electric to try and scan this new foe, but it would be useless since all the readings would be unreadable and off the charts.

This could not even be considered a fight, sonic tried to hit the Masked foe as much as he could, but he always seemed to be out of reach, with every strike from sonic, the figure moved away with a glitch-like effect just to counter attack with a kick sending sonic away to a building hitting the wall. “heh-heh Nice” said eggman, seeming pleased at the current situation.

“Ngh, I could use a little bit of help Tails!” spoke sonic as he launched towards his foe just to fail again.

“Right away!” Responded the fox as she began to charge her left arm to try and punch the figure with a shockwave from her arm.

The masked figure seemed to predict the fox’s attempt at damaging him so he quickly moved behind the fox as she did her attack.

“W̶o̶r̴t̷h̴l̷e̵s̶s̶” said the figure before grabbing tails’ Mechanical arm and then tossing tails towards a house’s metal fence.

The figure’s grasp of Tails was so tight that he ripped tails’ arm from her body “O-ouch…” Whined the fox barely able to stand up after the impact “TAILS!!” Shouted sonic before directing his attention towards the figure “I don’t know who or what you are but now you’ve done it!”

The hedgehog began to rev up a spindash so much even the floor would crack at the speed of its charge. The figure didn’t seem to care so much.

Sonic let all of that force go and was launched at a high speed towards the figure aiming to end the fight right here, tough, when the figure just stopped the attack with his right hand, sonic still spinning on it.

The figure then punched sonic to the ground causing an impact that would crack the whole floor of the area, sonic barely still able to continue “Ngh, Gah!” Sonic grunted before trying to stand up, but the figure kicked him up in the air to then kick him to a wall again, sonic fainting after the impact” “HO-HO-HO now who is the one laughing now RODENT!” laughed eggman as the masked figure floated down to the floor in front of a now fainted sonic” “the figure would feel someone hitting him on the back, it was tails trying to do whatever she could to help sonic “Y-you are not taking him!” shouted the fox in a weak tone before getting hit on the stomach and then being kicked away into a pile of rubble by the masked figure. Then the masked figure began walking to the fox to go for the kill, but Eggman stopped him in his tracks. “Leave the kid be, we already have what we need. And after all, Leaving her hopeless will make this conquest far better!” said eggman as he held sonic by his scruff. The figure looked at the fox as she tried to stand up. The figure just floated away along with eggman. “W-wait… WAIT!!!” Shouted tails in her desperation as Eggman took her brother away.

-We still have far much more work to do, but the downfall of their beloved hero is just the beginning. Soon The Eggman empire will finally become a reality!-

Act 1 complete

[hallucinateonpaperspines]

If Ashley found a shrunk con, like fit in your Palm small what would she do with them ? What would the experience be for the con ?( I blame bittyformers/tinyformers tags for this question)

It would depend...

Ashlyn would most certainly not be picky. After all, she is a fan, a little trauma does little to erode the foundational love (one-sided as it is) she carries for these characters. A little mini-con? How can she not pick it up and give 'em a little SQUEEZE?

She would be collecting them like Pokemon.

Knockout would be a little... upset. How dare the grimy human touch him?!?! He can feel his finish eroding every nanosecond those oily digits make contact with his paint!

He'll cool down once the buffer comes out. It's a full-body massage now. The Doctor might even find himself enjoying his new state, the routine compliments, the ease of getting prime varieties of paint and polish, and, better yet, no one to scratch or dent his frame. It could almost be idyllic if it wasn't so pet-like. Yet, lounging in his microfiber blanket, suggesting new modifications to the toy mini race track, KO can't find it within himself to be too upset. Ashlyn for her part is rather diligent with his upkeep, relatively entertaining banter, and doesn't seem too hostile.

He could get used to this. Just until the process is reversed and he's free once more.

Breakdown is more confused than agitated. Ashlyn took one look at him, made a strange strangled noise, and plucked him up. Now he's here, wrapped like a burrito in a mattress nest as the human coos over him and plays monster truck rallies on the TV. It would almost be relaxing if not for the concerning focus in her eyes, the impressive assortment of bug spray and lighters, and the odd sentence she mutters every so often.

What does she mean he won't get torn apart for the third time? What does she mean the second happened when he was dead?!?! KO, please come pick up BD- he's scared.

Makeshift is the most proactive out of them all, fighting valiantly till he can't anymore or risk going into a forced stasis. He transforms in her hands, stabs, and slices as exposed flesh, his vocal processor glitching as his curses in Neocybex. It's not till Ashlyn starts bleeding that the Mech's joints lock up, mind flashing to a particularly sore memory as the warm fluid gets between his gears.

He's still frozen as he's gently washed in a basin, warm water soothing and his ruined arm treated with more consideration than even he's bothered to give the useless limb. Makeshift is still thinking as the human mutters, questions about how he's alive, apologizes for the injury, and promises if he hurts someone again. It's very confusing; an odd mixture of guilt and justification that seems dwarfed by his existence.

Ashlyn Moore promises to take responsibility for this discrepancy she's created in the timeline, and Makeshift feels both threatened and assured by it.

Starscream will be a shrieking mess. He will claw up everything he can get his servos on and insult everything he can think of. Which is a lot. He's entirely unprepared for how the organic snarks back at him, pointing out the height difference in a coldly factual way while she's also ensuring everything is Starscream-proof and comfortable. Including an assortment of cat posts arranged in a way that could almost mimic Vos's skylines.

It's not until he witnesses Ashlyn being, well Ashlyn, that Starscream finally shuts up. A human did that? THAT? That crater, those screaming wails, the sheer fear radiating off masked soldiers as they back away from the same organic that put a cat seat by the window for him?

The seeker can't help but smile, clawed digits and stoking the hand that protectively holds him like a supervillain with a favorite pet. If this is what she can do to MECH, how else can he use this nugget of chaos?

Megatron is shocked to be in this situation, but, similar to Starscream, he believes he can use our darling chaos goblin to his advantage.

That plan is quickly sidelined.

Ashlyn treats him relatively well, maybe a tiny part of her is hoping to change that rusted bucket's mind about the war, or at the very least, about humanity's perceived status as inconsequential. It would be nice not to have to worry about the giant alien in the sky raining down super weapons every other week, okay?

It quickly devolves into a rather obvious game of mental chess, one side with manipulation tactics, and the other with dubious philosophy and ethical questioning. Both sides prove adept at picking up the other's traps. Ashlyn knows what Megatron is, she knows how he works and is quick to call him out when he presents a logical fallacy or deviates into emotionally based evidence. Megatron is quick to pick apart her questions, dealing with even the Trolley problem with simplistic but probing ideas.

It turns into a game, and, eventually, a respectful friendship. There never going to agree, never going to be allies. Ashlyn is not going to let the Warlord go, and he is not going to stop a millennia-long war for a short-lived organic. But they can respect each other.

It's easy to respect a mind that works so similarly to your own.

Soundwave and Ashlyn just stare at each other. Eventually, the Survalince Officer is also added to the hoard. Ashlyn isn't quite sure what to do with him, the mech is a legitimate threat just by existing, but she can't leave him or mini Lazerbeak where they could get stepped on.

Totally not because it's freaking Soundwave and it plucking all the right cords of her fanatic heart to see him in a mini version.

In the end, Ashlyn starts walking around in a tin foil hat and makes a miniature Faraday cage. Hopefully, that keeps the con from hacking her phone.

Soundwaved takes this as a challenge and a vacation :)

Airachnid is found first by Jack. Solid willpower morphed whatever reality this drabble peers into, and Jackson Darby found the spider first. Lacking bug spray and a lighter to attach to it, the teen does the most sensible thing he can think of. He kicks her.

The sadist, six bonus legs and all, goes sailing through the air, her attempted threat cut short by her own teeny tiny squeal.

It's a mercy. Ashlyn would have just stepped on her.

*bonus*

JA332 dropped the final sugar cube onto the ground. Chuffing in a pleased manner as he wiped the few remaining granules from his armor, the little vehicon turned to gather the rest of his brethren to complete the ritual.

He'd prove the existence of Unicron's spawn today. The offering, and now a name ready to be chanted as his kin witnessed him summon the giant. Yes, JA332 would offer proof of what he witnessed so long ago today, and they'd command the giantess to grant them what they desired. Energon, territory, the death of the ants that kept trying to steal the offering sugar. Perhaps even a miracle would be done and ST3V3's true love would finally reciprocate so they didn't need to hear how amazing the Commander was every single vorn.

Yes, this could only end well.

(if you know, you know.)

[minorisato]

bob is here now

transformers / tarnstreaker / wc: 1042 / warnings: minor gore / notes: also reposted from my ao3!

Sunstreaker planted his helm into his servos. “This is a waste of time.”

Vos hissed something, and Kaon rubbed it’s back in comfort, like he was petting it, almost. “It isn’t a waste,” Kaon assured, “if we’re working together, it’s important for us to understand each other, isn’t it?”

“Why can’t Vos learn Neocybex.”

Kaon groaned. “It does know Neocybex! It understands us perfectly, it’s vocalizer just struggles to pronounce the glyphs. It’s trying.” Kaon frowned, and Sunstreaker only noticed that because that sentence was so ridiculous it caused him to look up. “It’s trying harder than you are, anyway.”

The yellow-gold mech groaned, going back to looking at his hands. “Okay, well, my vocalizer really struggles with ancient Cybertronian.”

“That’s impossible,” Kaon stated simply, “Tarn can speak it fine.”

“Well I’m not Tarn.”

Kaon was clearly willing to argue this for as long as it took Sunstreaker to just shut up and agree to learn the language, which was a form of torture in it’s own right. They should try it on the next traitor they find. Thankfully- thankfully?- The Peaceful Tyranny’s alarms began to blare, signifying that something was wrong. Something had boarded. The argument was blessedly dropped as Tarn’s voice rang out over the ship’s intercoms- something’s on board, we don’t know what, split up, find it, kill it. Kaon and Vos sprinted in the direction of the medbay, leaving Sunstreaker to search the back half of the ship. Primus knows what everyone else is doing.

He’d started with the doors that were closest, steadily making his way to the back-right storage room. Each room was just as empty as they had been last time I checked- the Peaceful Tyranny was a shockingly big ship, for having only six consistent passengers (seven, now that Sunstreaker was here.) After a while, he began to assume that someone must have found the intruder, but a quick check-in with Tarn revealed that no, no sign of them yet. So Sunstreaker sighed, continuing his search, before eventually making it to the storage room.

Storage was dark- it wasn’t always needed, so it likely saved on fuel to keep it unlit. Sunstreaker had also, notably, only been in it once. Upon finding Helex’s stash of casually decaying brains, which he was “saving for later,” Sunstreaker vowed to never enter it again. But, well. Intruder. He turned on his high-beams, kept a tight hold on his blaster, and started slowly maneuvering through the room. He was careful to mind the multiple crates that were definitely stacked far too high, the old, rusted grating, and brains, dear Primus do not forget the brains. For a mech so obsessed with regulations and everything being in proper order, Tarn sure didn’t seem to care about the absolute state the storage roo-

Shuffling.

Torn from his thoughts by the sudden noise, Sunstreaker turned in the direction it came from, only to find… nothing. Hesitantly, he stepped closer, noting that a significant section of the room was blocked off by a good amount of crates. A moment later, he heard that same shuffling. Something was in here with him.

Carefully, very carefully, Sunstreaker moved one of the crates blocking him from the noise, and-

It jumped at him.

He yelped, falling backwards. The crate fell to the floor, and he managed to not only take out a few others on his way down, but to land directly on that old metal grating, absolutely scratching his paint terribly in the process. Of course, he wasn’t actually thinking about any of that in the moment. He was far too concerned with the intruder- licking him.

Craning himself to finally get a look at the intruder, Sunstreaker realized it was not a mech, like he had originally anticipated. It was a small insecticon, likely separated from the rest of it’s swarm. And also it was licking him, a glossa poking out of it’s strange intake, chirring happily.

Sunstreaker lifted it from his chassis, finding little resistance to the act. It actually seemed perfectly happy to let Sunstreaker hold it. “Hi?” Sunstreaker greeted simply, and it made a few clicking noises in response. He felt his lip-plates twitch upwards into a small smile. “Far from home, hm?” Another few clicks, and a chirr.

At that moment, Sunstreaker’s comms came to life. “Have you found anything?” Tarn asked, and Sunstreaker squinted down at the little creature.

“Yeah,” he decided on, “but it’s complicated.”

~~~~

“There’s no way you can actually train that thing,” Kaon grumbled. “It’s going to end up eating half the ship.”

Sunstreaker felt some level of elated, watching Bob chow down on the old rusted grating- the same grating Sunstreaker had fallen onto, hours prior. “You get your pets,” he told Kaon, smirking, “and I get mine.”

“The Pet is different.”

“What about Vos?”

“Vos isn’t a pet,” Kaon hissed, and Sunstreaker couldn’t help himself, straight-up laughing at the other. “Even if it was, at least I can actually teach it things. I repeat that there is no way you can actually teach… Bob.”

Sunstreaker shrugged. “Tarn has faith in me.”

“Far too much faith, I fear,” Kaon sighed under his breath. Sunstreaker’s eyes widened as he looked from Bob to the electric chair. He then smiled probably the widest smile he had since joining the D.J.D.

“Kaon,” he started, “you wouldn’t be doubting Tarn’s judgement, would you?”

Said mech ground his dentae, optical ridges furrowing. “Of course not.”

Again, Sunstreaker just laughed at him. “Of course not.”

~~~~

Tarn and Sunstreaker both stared down at the insecticon- Sunstreaker with downright glee, and Tarn with some trepidation. It- Bob- was currently busying itself with some of Nickel’s tools, which she would undoubtedly need to replace. Still, neither of the mechs made move to stop the bug, sort of enraptured with watching it eat.

After a moment, Tarn turned to Sunstreaker. “Why Bob? As a name.”

The lamborghini shrugged. “It’s a popular name on Earth. Sort of has a certain charm to it, I think.”

Tarn squinted behind his mask. “You named him that as a fashion statement.”

“Maybe,” Sunstreaker grinned, shrugging again.

“You could’ve named him something powerful,” Tarn clarified. “All the names in the universe. But no. Bob.”

Sunstreaker nodded. “Bob.”

[the-mom-friend-dot-com]

Tfa Prowl x Cybertonian Femme Reader

Authors Note: ok so yeah there's not really Prowl x reader yet but if i do continue this there will be? Also thank yall for your support!! It means so much to me! and just a warning that this was originally written forever ago and i did enough editing to this so it's atleast readable so yeah. Oh and this didn't take me nearly as long as i thought it would so i'm actually pretty happy about that. lmk if i should write more to this cause i've somewhat got an idea of where this was going.

Reader is female and cybertronian

Reader works as a sparkling caretaker

Her built-in power is that she can make holograms and can basically live in them (she can let others too) and they act like they can touch, taste, etc so like another body... until she removes them

There’s a reference to tfp lol

lots of timeskips

(Y/H) - your height

(Y/H/C) - your hair color

(Y/E/C) - your eye color

Setting:    While prowl was gone (before the protoforms were destroyed) he was required to bring back sparklings who were on a ship, which had broken down in space, with a bot he trained with. Oh and there are space pirates now

( ) = comms 

[3rd POV]

Aboard a ship in deep space all was quiet except for one room. Eleven sparklings surrounded two bots who were each sharing their experience during their ninja bot training. 

Y/n placed Twilight, the youngest sparkling, on her hip and whispered to Prowl that she was putting the femme to bed. Quietly humming to herself, she gently swayed towards her berthroom. Twilight was too young to share a room with the other rambunctious sparklings, so she offered to keep her in her room. Slowly, Twilight was placed on her railed berth while she sang her to sleep. Seeing the young child sleeping, she walked over to her own berth and started recharging. 

Alarms rang out through the ship as Y/n jumped off her berth. Alarmed, she grabbed the sparkling and quickly ran towards the control room. 

“Prowl! What’s happening!?” 

“We’re being ambushed by pirates! Take the sparklings and put them in emergency stasis! I’ll try to shake them!” He answered. 

The sparklings were huddled in a corner shaking when she burst in the room, “Everyone follow me! Keep up now!” Quickly they rushed to the lower deck. After doing a head check she found that one was missing. 

Y/n turned towards the oldest of the group and asked them to watch the others. Swiftly, she raced throughout the ship calling the young mech’s name while trying to calm down Twilight. Upon not finding Axel, the missing sparkling, she disappointedly sprinted into the control room to find that he was in the room helping Prowl. 

“Axel! Don’t leave the group like that! Prowl do you need anymore help?” She took a deep breath. ”If not, I’m taking you,” she looks towards Axel, “to the others. Ok?”

Prowl looks over towards her. “You can take him down with the others.” 

She frowned then grabbed Axel with her free hand and rushed out of the room. 

(Is everything ok?) She asked Prowl over the comms. 

(Not so much. They’re hot on our trail.) He hesitated, (I need you up here when you are done.) 

(Ok, I’ll be there in a bit.) She bit her derma. This was not a good sign. 

Silently, they stumbled to the lower deck. While passing the escape pods a huge boom sounded out through the ship as they were flung into a pod. Suddenly the doors slammed shut and they were ejected into space. 

Eclipse stared wide optic as they witnessed what was happening; the ship had been shot and was hurtling towards a large asteroid. She turned around and gazed at Axel and Twilight. Their terrified eyes met hers. 

    Silently Axel spoke,” What are we going to do? Our power will go out soon and we have no energon.”

“Well we will go into stasis until someone finds us. There is really is no other choice.” She explained. “But we will be fine.”

She took one look at the younglings before putting them into stasis pods then herself.

                      [was planning on making this ch.2 but its not long enough so another time skip]

    ( )= comm.      

   [Y/n’s POV]

Alarms ring out through the small pod as I online. Pain shoots out through my body as I stand. Looking at the surroundings through the windows, I find that we crashed on a planet. Who knows how long its been since we were shot off of the ship!

As I start to open the door I realize that Axel and Twilight are still stuck in stasis pods! 

I find that the stasis’ door control is broken and I sigh. Why do these things happen to me?

I quickly grab a piece of the metal sticking out of the ship and examine the pod for a way to break the glass without hurting the kids. 

I decided to not break the glass but instead to ply open the door. I wedge the metal in between the door and

“What are we going to do now?” Axel asked. 

“We’ll I’ll learn about what lives here and try to fit in... I guess?”

           [timeskip]

“Ok. I found out about some stuff and found us disguises.... well I can disguise us as a family if that’s ok with you two.” I looked at Axel and Twilight. They both nodded even though Twilight probably thought that she was gonna be fed. It was going to be a struggle to keep us safe and fed. 

Frowning I scanned through some photos of people and chose a lady who was about (Y/H) with (Y/H/C) hair and (Y/E/C). 

Then for Axel chose a young boy who had dirty-blond hair and brown eyes. He seemed around the age eight or nine. 

I smiled, Twilight was next, I’m going to have fun with this. For her I chose a young girl with auburn hair and eyes that were blue on the outside and brown closer to the pupil. 

Now onto the hard part: a believable backstory. 

               [biiiiiggg timeskip]

As we walked in our apartment I dropped off our stuff at the door and explore the rooms. There was two bedrooms, a kitchen+living room, and one bathroom. I sit in a bedroom and grab my new phone and look for a job. To my surprise found a job as a building supervisor for a business called Sumdac Systems. It is in a city called Detroit, Michigan. As I quickly look up where that is I realized that it’s like reeeealy far away...... and I’m in......... Jasper, Nevada. I was required to be there to do the job so I quickly schedule a interview on zoom since I was so far away. If I got the job then we will leave if not then we stay. 

    [Three days later]

  As I start to log on to the meeting/interview I look towards the kids’ room. We had each chosen different names; Axel’s is Austin, Twilight’s is Cassie, and mine is Y/n Smith. I was a “single mother” of Austin and Cassie. We ‘came’ from Nevada, looking for a new start. My “husband” had died in a plane crash.

I sigh. What am I going to do? It’s taking a lot out of me to keep up the disguises. Hopefully we can find other bots. 

   As I face the screen I realized that Mr. Sumdac was looking at me. “Oh! Hi Mr. Sumdac! I’m Y/n Smith… well you probably know that but I’m here for the interview.” I nervously smile. I am NOT good at this stuff hence why I work with children. They don’t judge nearly as much as adults.

  He laughes. “Yes. Now I assume you have experience with robots?” Oh the irony

                [After the interview]

   I throw myself onto my bed. That was way too stressful. However I think I made a good impression..... maybe. He said that he would message me in about a day or two to tell me if I made it or not so I can start the moving process as soon as possible.

   Austin ran into my room. “Tw-Cassie is crying and keeps throwing her toys at me.” He complained while rubbing his forehead.

   “Oh no. Are you ok?” I slide off of my bed and stand up. Sighing, I pick him up and set him on my hip. 

    He nods, ”Y-yes. But my helm hurts.” He looks at me with teary eyes. 

    “Aww I’m sorry I’ll fix that ok? And remember it’s head not helm kiddo.”

I walk towards their room, wondering what’s wrong with my wonderful, dear child Cassie. Once again I am reminded how hard it is to be a single mom. Now all I need- actually I’m not going to jinx myself so we’ll leave it there.

[demon-of-side-quest-hell]

VG Photography: Cyberpunk 2077.

These are ordered from Earliest to Latest. In case you get confused as to who "Eddie" is in the annotations, that's my personal name for my V. I don't care if the game says male V's name is Vincent. Mine is Eddie.

Eddie walked about his apartment building with a certain strut, it was visible in his eyes that it was unnatural to him, and yet he did it anyways, but if he was gonna make it to the big leagues, he'd have to walk the walk.

That fucking job. It was the worst fucking idea he'd ever had, he can't stop but blame himself for what happened. He couldn't deal with the pressure and laid on the floor for half an hour before getting the courage to talk to DeShawn

As if having your own self doubts in your head was bad enough, try having a manifestation of everything you've failed to be in your brain as well. And instead of helping he talks your ear off about some band from days past.

Panam was a breath of fresh air for Eddie, someone who wasn't there to expect anything of him. He needed that. After the job though he could barely hold himself to accept Panam's next call. It's always his fault ain't it?

Takemura, a fellow disgraced Arasaka agent. Eddie was conflicted with Takemura, he felt a connection with his struggles, but also, he feared that Takemura would take away everything that he tried to make himself. He'd go back to weekly meetings about things he couldn't even want to care about. He also didn't smoke, he just thought it looked cool so he has a pack of prop cigarettes they use in movies.

There was a beauty to some of Arasaka's bases. This was not it. This was cold. Desolate. But it was honest. Shocking to think this one held parade floats and not some sort of super mech.

Eddie wished he could make Johnny shut up. For a moment. He wanted nothing more than to not think about his impending doom, he didn't want to be Silverhands right hand. But maybe this was the fate deserved of a poser, a pretender.

Detective River Ward. What is there to say? He's a tough sonuva bitch, and one that wanted to find truth and justice. Eddie and Johnny both thought he'd be dead in a week.

Shame was happened to Maman Briggite, though Eddie knew they should've never tempted fate in fucking with the Blackwall. With how the voodoos tried to kill him, Johnny thinks it was stupid to show the ones left mercy. He's probably right, but Eddie doesn't want blood on his hands any more than it has to be.

Eddie actually kinda liked Dogtown, sympathized with the people, as much as a corpo bastard can at least. Too bad the president didn't.

[icarusthelunarguard]

 This Week’s Horrible-Scopes

It’s time for this week’s Horrible-Scopes! So for those of you that know your Astrological Signs, cool! If not, just pick one, roll a D12, or just make it up as you go along. It really doesn’t matter. Better yet! Check out “Heart of the Game, Fredonia” and see if they can sell you those D12’s with the symbols on them. Tell them “Shujin Tribble” sentcha. And “Hail, Hail, Fredonia!” Home of the Blue Devil!

Continuing the Spooky-Month theme, we’ve generated a random list of horror movie titles and are going to make up a new plotline for each one. If you already know these movies, just know that we’re not sorry in the least.

Aries 

In your movie titled, “Ginger Snaps”, you find yourself in the Upper West Side of Manhattan, NY in the mid-1950’s. Two groups of young men with slicked back hair are approaching you; They're all redheads. Suddenly music by Leonard Bernstein sings out of a window adorned with the Puerto Rican flag. Can you sing and dance your way out of this rumble in the concrete jungle?

Taurus 

The year is 1986 and you find yourself in a musical recording studio. You’re the engineer working on the album, “Fore!” by Huey Lewis and the News. The band members are in isolated rooms when an overhead waterline breaks, spilling over the high voltage circuits for the building. Can you escape without being electrocuted? Can you get the band out too? Find out at the end of the 93-minute feature, “Jacob's Ladder”!

Gemini  

Your movie is, basically, just… “Being John Malkovich”, but set in the early 80’s with a new musical soundtrack. Can you pilot a John Malkovich bio-mech suit while listening to Ska music in the musical-thriller feature release, “In the Mouth of Madness”. Let’s watch it at the drive in and find out.

Cancer Moon-Child 

You and your friends have driven out to an old wooden shack of a house in the middle of nowhere, Tennessee. The trees surrounding you whisper in the breeze. Dead leaves keep splattering against the door and windows. There’s an old, creepy book with a face on it and a trap door to the cellar, chained and padlocked shut. Suddenly everything goes quiet! Deep footsteps can be heard on the wooden porch just before a shotgun blast tears off the lock. As the door opens, the silhouette of the most glorious chin in the world is revealed. Can you overcome… “Cabin Fever”? Opening Halloween Weekend. 

Leo 

You find yourself crouched behind a wooden crate in a blocky world with footsteps around you. You’re wearing dark military gear with a matching headband. A muted green glow on your wrist tells you what you’re needed to do: sneak into this facility, find some highly secretive intel, and bug out before you’re spotted. Will you avoid all the patrols and CCTV cameras in the world of…. “Whisper”? 

Virgo 

This is more of an Art Piece than a Horror Movie. Think “Saw”, but with the snobbiest wine taster you’ve ever known. Duct Tape them to a chair; ankles to neck to wrists, and have them watch in horror as their glass of wine sits on a table, out of reach, about to have the most vile desecration done to it. Because suspended over it, on a string, is a brick of ice - moments away from dropping into it. Welcome to…. “The Cube”!

Libra 

She’s out there. You know she is, but you can’t know where. Flitting from tree to tree, mocking you. Daring you to find her. Imitating people’s voices that almost sound like people you knew. Even making comforting sounds to distract you. Your only weapon of defense… a pocket full of corn kernels and raisins. Welcome to the terror of… “The Crow”. 

Scorpio 

A first-person view’s Coming of Age story. You’re terrified, looking back and forth wildly. You know where you are - you’ve seen all these landmarks before when your mom drove you to the bowling alley with her for league days. But now you’re on your own. Your Huffy 5-speed bike under you as you look for the right road to get there… or will you chicken out and try to find your way home? Can you find your way without a map before your classmates find you? How will you survive… “A Nightmare on Elm Street”?

Sagittarius 

It’s April. You’ve put off all the math until the last minute thinking you’ll be able to get everything done in time. But Midnight is fast-approaching and you don’t know where your tax deductions box is. You need to make it through, “Friday the 13th”! Released direct to video because no movie theatres would screen it!

Capricorn 

Poor fifth graders, trying to grow up and be the Top Dogs of the school. They thought it’d be easy. They… Thought… Wrong. They’re outnumbered Ten-to-One with littler students who intend to make their last week of classes Hell on Earth. Welcome to the next chapter in…. “The Frighteners”!

Aquarius 

Join us in a mild-mannered office, with a mild-mannered man, doing a mild-mannered job. Meet “Carl”, lead animator on one of the most popular childrens’ Saturday Morning Cartoon Series of 1969. But he’s trying to hide secrets from his Quality Checker. Smeared motions, missing facial features, wrong character placements from wide to close shots… Will he get paid this week, or lose his job? Follow Carl’s terror as he is… “Haunted”, by Hanna Barbera Studios.

Pisces  

You were paid last month, but something’s wrong; you’re running out of time for your monthly auto-payments. The New Year’s party time was great, but now you’re literally paying it off with your life. Welcome to March as you try to survive… “28 Days Later”!

And THOSE are your Horrible-Scopes for this week! Remember if you liked what you got, we’re obviously not working hard enough at these. BUT! If you want a better or nastier one for your own sign or someone else’s, all you need to do to bribe me is just Let Me Know! These will be posted online at the end of each week via Tumblr, Twitter, Facebook, Discord and BLUESKY.

(Calling out @scoobydoomistakes specifically on this one!)

[postapocalyptic-cryptic]

something make my head blur

fuck it drift vent fic. usual drift warnings (self-hate, self-destruction, implied violence, addiction, abuse of drugs and alcohol)

early mtmte days. title from pavlove bc youtube said so.

sometimes, ratchet is the only kind voice in drift’s head

It’s just an argument, he tells himself, curled up under the covers on this new bed he hasn’t gotten used to yet. He can never sleep in new environments. Can’t deal with change. Broken. Needy. It’s just an argument. You’re best friends, he’ll come around. 

You’d best hope he does, the other part of Drift thinks. He’s the only one on this ship who even comes close to tolerating your presence. 

Not that anything’s surprising about that. What did you expect? You’re an ex-Con. Of course they hate you. It’d be worrying if they didn’t. 

Shut up. Shut up shut up shutupshutupshutupshutup!

Drift screams through his teeth, into his pillow. Be quiet. Be quiet be quiet. 

Everything feels so much. It hurts. 

He doesn’t want to think about fighting with Rodimus. He doesn’t want to think about fighting with anyone, how he always seems to bring out the worst in people or how they only tolerate his presence when he’s doing things for them, but he’s stuck in endless replays of the look on Rodimus’s face and the way Ultra Magnus had grabbed him earlier and how Ratchet’s here again, Ratchet who knows all the terrible things about who he was, who he is—

Stop. Stop stop stop he needs this to stop he’s panicking and he’s going to start crying and everything hurts.

Can’t you just help me with this one thing, Drift? It’s really starting to feel like I’m doing all the work, here. 

He doesn’t know the crew well enough yet to know who might have brought anything hard, but he read the manifest and he knows which boxes the high-grade is in. It would be so easy. Just half a bottle and he wouldn’t hurt so badly anymore. A whole bottle and maybe he’d actually get some sleep tonight. Suddenly, he wants so badly it’s almost as bad as the hurt and his head is a mess of memories and cravings and the fear that Rodimus will never talk to him again and he’s going to rot alone in this bunkroom so what’s the point?

Call me if you need anything, kid. I mean it. 

Call me if you need anything. 

But Ratchet doesn’t really want Drift to call. Drift knows from the raised eyebrows and the tone of voice exactly what Ratchet had meant by anything, knows Ratchet doesn’t trust him as far as he can throw him, and certainly not to stay sober or sane, and Drift just can’t. Not today. He can’t prove him right and he can’t stomach the thought of bothering one of the only mechs on this ship who’s been decent to him. He can’t. He should just find something to drink instead. It won’t hurt anything. Just one bottle Just one night. 

Just one night. 

Just—fuck it. Fuck it all to the fragging Pit. 

You’re something special, kid. 

He wants—he needs—

He calls Ratchet.

[dammitadolfnomorecake]

Rage Fire Institution

Building. 23.

“If you’re that worried, why don’t we go see Tatsumi together? You said he’s been in the research wing working hard, so if we take him some food, we can check on him and you can make sure he eats something”

As Maki landed the right side of the institution’s fence, he had to admit that Li’s earlier words were the solution to his problem. His best friend had waited, acting as a look out while he’d gone to get their babysitter some actual food. Since coming back from their trip, Maki didn’t want to say he felt as if Tatsumi was avoiding him, but it sure felt that way. They’d separated at the gates while Samara, Hallod, and Tatsumi had headed to the research wing to deliver the mech and their shopping. The alpha thought nothing of it at the time, yet since then Poaw had called him twice to research wing and both times Tatsumi had been absent.

Standing in place until Maki walked over to him, Maki kicked Li lightly on the ankle, his best friend immediately hopping on the spot as he tried to rub his ankle, blowing the kick out of proportion as he hissed

“What was that for?”

“You could have come and helped me down, or at least saved the food”

“You were on the other side of the fence. What was I going to do? Hop the fence, get the food, then hop back over with it?”

“No, but you could have came and gotten it between the bars”

“By that logic you could have placed it through the bars then hopped the fence, then picked it up again”

Maki hadn’t thought about it. Li making a valuable point too late

“Shut up. We’re only checking on him because you want to”

Letting go of his leg, Li slipped his arm though Maki’s to start dragging him along

“Puh-lease. We’ve been back three days and you’ve been moody since your first meeting with Poaw. As the team cheer leading squad leader, it’s my job to keep your mood up”

“I’ve only been moody because Tatsumi wasn’t there”

Fuck. Maki realised his mistake as soon as he’d replied. He was only mad because Tatsumi made a big deal out of pilot training, and not because he wanted to know what Skylark meant. The alpha didn’t want to seek his babysitter out only to be dismissed by Tatsumi. It was far harder to dismiss him if Li was there with him

“See, I knew you two could be good friends. As long as he’s not your best friend”

“At this rate, he might be. If he gets mad, I’m blaming you”

“How could he be mad when you went got real food for him? Besides, I’m involved now. I’m totally involved in this project too and I’m not letting you ruin this for me”

That was true. Li had shirked his class work in favour of drumming up support for his new cheer squad, including designing posters, banners, and making mentions of customised jackets. Maki didn’t fight him, there was no point… though he did wish Li hadn’t told absolutely everyone they knew about his project. Rumours and whispers of envy were bread and butter for Li who could handle that sort of thing, unlike Maki. He’d never really thought about it, but he was lucky to have Li. A friend who accepted him despite everything. He needed to tell him

“If… if you were at a competition… I would want to know”

Li stopped mid-step. His best friend suddenly hugging him

“Look at you! You’ve made so much progress! It’s okay, I wouldn’t expect you to be there cheering me on”

He didn’t expect Li to be there for him, yet he was. Friendship was a two way street and despite the discomfort of being suddenly hugged, being friends with Li was a good and precious thing. Still, he couldn’t show it too much or Li would make it weird, mumbling

“Maybe cheering is a bit much, but if you asked me to be there, I would. I got enough food for all of us. It’s chicken…”

“I know it is, I can smell fried chicken out from a mile away. Let’s go make up with Tatsumi? That bastard better appreciate the lengths we go to”

More like the length Maki went to thanks to Li. He didn’t want to keep being the bad guy of the school. He wanted to be someone his best friends knew would be there… a bit like Tatsumi had made him feel by trusting him. He hoped the man would accept their peace offering and maybe even tell them why he’d been too busy

“Okay…”

Letting them into the research wing, Maki headed first to see Doctor Poaw, to find out where Tatsumi was. Li holding the food and waiting outside. Poaw seemed to think nothing of his question, directing him to the research lab Tatsumi had holed up in. As he left, he had the feeling there was something more she wanted to tell him, yet didn’t. Either she thought she was overstepping, or he was going to find out on his own.

Finding the room, Maki scanned them in without knocking. Feeling apprehensive now that they were there. If Tatsumi was busy, he didn’t want to be an unwanted interruption. As the door opened, Li went ahead, announcing their arrival

“Tools down! It’s time for food! The Li and Maki delivery service has arrived!”

Following his loud mouth friend in, Maki raised an eyebrow. Tatsumi had lost his lab coat, and was in an actual T-shirt, soaked in sweat with his bangs a mess. Pulling his welding glasses up, the man smiled, instantly relieving Maki of his guilt feelings

“Hello, you two. Welcome to the fabrication lab. What brings you by today?”

Li saved Maki with his casual answer

“Someone said you’d been busting your balls over here, so I thought you’d be too busy to remember food. Maki made the trip for us. What were doing? You’re nearly as bad as when you came to class with that grease on your face”

Tatsumi pulled his gloves off before looking himself up and down. Stripped down to a T-shirt, Maki saw muscle than thought the Professor’s thin frame could support. He knew he had muscles thanks to the piloting suit, but this was the most skin he’d ever seen from Tatsumi

“Sorry, it got pretty hot in here. The admin wants the school emblem on our new mech, so I was welding the printed panels. Let me go wash up, and grab you guys something to drink. Feel free to push this shit aside and make some space”

When Tatsumi left for what Maki assumed was a similar room to Doctor Poaw’s, Li elbowed him

“There’s a sight you don’t see every day. I didn’t know he knew what short sleeves were”

“Don’t look at me, I’ve never seen him like this either. It’s way too cold in here to be wearing just a shirt”

“He’s right though, it does get hot when you’re welding. Aren’t you feeling better now you’ve seen him?”

Maki narrowed his eyes. He knew Li was teasing him and wasn’t taking the bait

“If you say so. Your whole plan was to snoop around, wasn’t it?”

“Not even. I’m here to support my best buddy”

“Riiight. Let’s get the food out, now that we’re here, we’ll probably end up stuck here”

Li was more prepared than Maki gave him credit for. His best friend placing the bag of food on the work bench, before slinging his backpack down

“I’ve got my homework. I know he’s your friend but my grades need this”

“So you’re exploiting him?”

“Forgive me. I really did want the pair of you to make up and now we have chicken, he has to help”

***

The pair had settled themselves down by the time Tatsumi came back out. His long hair pulled into a practical ponytail and a jacket covered his shirt. With how long Tatsumi had taken, Li had scammed him into working on his physics homework with him. Bringing over three bottles of soda, Tatsumi sighed as he placed them down

“I’m sorry that took so long. I seem to have broken my glasses. I forgot to take them out and they shattered in my back pocket”

Maki had been too busy not staring at Tatsumi that he hadn’t noticed. He was so used to seeing Tatsumi in his glasses that all he could do was stare at the lack of them now that it’d been brought to his attention. The Professor wasn’t the Professor without them. Catching himself being caught, Maki elbowed Li to prevent himself saying something dumb. Li coughing, then replying

“You look like a whole different person, Prof! Wait, are your eyes okay like this? Didn’t you have that eye thing? Don’t you need your glasses? Do you want us to go see if we can find you a pair?”

So used to Tatsumi’s glasses that he’d forgotten the actual reason for them now he was seeing the man with them off, Maki found himself feeling stupid for not suggesting the same thing. Tatsumi didn’t seem to care as he sat down on the stool next to Li

“It’d be awkward if I put my welding glasses back on… It’s a little bright, but it should be alright. What have you got there?”

Li pushed his homework in front of Tatsumi

“I’m completely stuck here. I was kind of hoping you could help. Maki says the words, but he’s not as good as you”

Tatsumi chuckled, Maki crossing his arms and huffing

“My help was always appreciated before. Nice to know the man who bought you chicken isn’t good enough”

Li immediately hugged him by the arm

“I’m not saying that, but this is the Professor, he’s crazy smart. Please, Professor, I can’t work this out. I know we lured you in with chicken, but if I don’t have good grades then I can’t come cheer for the team”

Tatsumi slid the data pad over properly, Maki noticing the way the man’s eyes narrowed. The lab was brightly lit, coupled with the light of the screen, it seemed to make Tatsumi strain to see. Reaching over, he took the data pad away. As the oldest of the group, Tatsumi should know better, Maki scolding him

“Enough. If you can’t see, you can’t see. Put the damn welding glasses on, none of us are going to laugh”

“Are you sure it won’t be strange? It’ll only be for an hour or two until a new set can be dropped off?”

“Yes, put the damn things on already. Li, your homework can wait until after we’ve eaten”

Tatsumi picked up the welding glasses, slipping them on. They did look ridiculous, but at least the Professor wouldn’t be straining his eyes. Li asking what Maki was thinking

“Professor, is it that really bad? Can’t you just get ocular implants instead?”

“I could, but you can’t pilot with them in, even at school it’s a safety hazard. I can tolerate the bright lights of the lab and sunlight, but these things help with the sensitivity and I’ve gotten used to wearing them now. I’m screwed at night if I don’t have my glasses. They compensate for what I can’t see, making things about as clear as they would be for you or Maki”

“So you didn’t used to need the glasses… I think you said something about your accident?”

“At the time I was exposed to a bright light that damaged the inner bits of my eyes. Ocular implants might be the better option, but as long as I can still see with my own eyes for the time being, that’s enough for me”

Maki read between the lines. Tatsumi wanted to pilot so much that he’d put himself through a painful life just to keep doing it. The thought frustrated him. If Tatsumi couldn’t pilot then he shouldn’t. Li nodding as if he got it, changing topic and proving he didn’t

“Anyway, what’s that room you went into? Do all labs have convenient rooms to the side? And what else have you been doing? It couldn’t have taken three days to weld an emblem”

“Oh, it’s an emergency treatment room, but I dumped my stuff in there. Aside from the emblem I’ve been working on the leg wiring in line with Alex’s and Dan’s design for them. I have the tendency to get completely consumed in what I’m doing if no one comes to make sure I’m still living”

Li pulled a pained face

“Me, I need a solid 8 hours sleep. I’m a mess without it”

“Wait until your field days start. You’re in for trouble if you think you’re getting 8 hours when you’re not on leave. Try sleeping in and your squad leader will dump you straight out of bed. They’ve even been known to carry sleeping soldiers out, bed and all, then leave them in the middle of the station to wake up to everyone laughing. And that’s if your leader’s nice”

Feeling left out the conversation, Maki wanted to know more. He wanted to know why Tatsumi was looking so nostalgic over a past he didn’t normally talk about. Why was it he kept stalling when it was the two of them alone? Why was is that no matter how hard he looked, he couldn’t find anything about an accident that would fit Tatsumi and true correct time frame? With Li here, Tatsumi would have to dismiss both of their lines of questioning… Maki playing Tatsumi’s forced ease against him

“Did that happen to you? Was your leader nice?”

“No, no. A good friend. And yeah, he was one of the best. Imagine Skylark only tougher. It might have seemed barbaric to others, but he kept us alive. Well, he kept my squad alive back when we were under his command. My best friend, he really hated him to begin with. Called him every name under the sun, got grief for it too. Kaj- I mean, my friend probably would have turned out just like him if he’d had the chance. But that’s a story for another day. Li, give it a year and you’ll forget what real sleep feels like. I still can’t shake the habit of running before breakfast”

Li slumped himself onto Maki, acting like the overly dramatic shit he was

“Remember me fondly. Remember how I used to be”

Maki shoved him off. Now he felt guilty. Tatsumi missed his friend and the logical leap was that he’d died in combat from the way Tatsumi seemed to fold in on himself and corrected himself not to use the man’s name. The alpha couldn’t imagine burying his best friend, his tone rough around the edges and his heart desperately didn’t want to hear more about this man he’d never met. Opening the bag of fried chicken, Maki started pulling the boxes out, scolding Li to cover up his own cowardice

“Not if you’re going to pull this shit. Quit it with the questions, some of us actually want to eat”

Li clicked his fingers, carrying on without noticing Maki’s falling mood

“Food! I forgot! Dig in Professor, Maki will go get more if you’re still hungry”

Reaching out, Tatsumi slid a box of chicken over to him

“Thanks for this. I do wish you wouldn’t hop the fence, but I’ll forgive you this time. I haven’t had fried chicken in months. Thank you, Li. And thank you, Maki. How much do I owe you?”

Mami didn’t want money over some petty chicken. What he wanted was to know why he felt so cowardly and why he wanted to leave the lab

“Don’t worry about it. Eat, you’ll need your energy for Li’s homework”

Tatsumi grinned at him

“Spoken like a true student. I’ll get the food next time”

Next time didn’t enthuse the alpha, Maki taking his own chicken as he mumbled

“Yes. Sure”

[helicrazy]

“He’s offline right?” A steel sports car queries when striding over to the hanged-up copter. Keeping their distance to avoid the puddle of energon underneath and trying not to retch at the sight. “Like his nerves won’t twitch and give one last jump scare?”

“You need to stop watching horror films.” The midnight pickup truck rolls his optics and sighs as he moves to cut the Combaticon down. Then takes a step back to watch him collapse to the floor. “You going to help this time?”

“Yeah by grabbing a bottle of nightmare fuel for you doing all the heavy lifting.” The smaller vehicle replies while leaning in closer, then sticks a pede out to nudge one of the copter’s rotors, and vents a relief when getting no reaction.

The pickup tsks when kneeling down to grab the teal mech by the chest then hauls him over his shoulder as he stands back up. Not at all caring about the bleeding abdomen leaking down his frame. “You better.” He glances over to the other before making his way toward the exit.

The steel mech follows from behind, keeping his vision away from the teal copter dangling lifelessly from their partner's shoulder. They step away from the door only so they could open up an access panel to shut off the lights in the warehouse. It takes a couple of tries but the sound of something shattering and hitting the floor with a ‘thud’ makes him look back to see that a couple of lights have broken in the process of turning off. “Ugh. Another thing we’ll probably have to take care of and don’t worry...” The sports car begins to state as he strolls back over to the exit, the only source of light shining into the wide-open warehouse. “I’ll do it considering your fear of-”

They freeze in the doorway. Optics widened at the scene of the midnight-colored mech on his back with a rotor pierced through his chest and multiple stab wounds to his throat causing serious amounts of energon lost. His servos grasping at his neck in a pathetic attempt to stop it. The copter sits on top staring down at him with a bloody blade in one servo. Staring down at the mech below as he gasps and coughs at the blood building up in his mouth.

“Holy fragging-!”

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I look inside of myself and try to find someone else Someone who's willing to die just to watch you crying for help I know that blood will be spilled, and if you won't, then I will My grave will never be filled, it's either kill or be killed So let heaven be told that some may come, some may go

Vortex is dazed as he wakes up to the sound of music playing, thinking at first that the target put it on like how he does when playing with his victims, but soon realizes that it’s coming from his one audial. He attempts to shut it off though it doesn’t respond to his request. Not that it really bothers him besides his other audial not working properly due to the one side of his helm receiving most of the punches, but he can’t seem to send comms out either. Only accept them. 

His vision is in the same situation. With his visor off everything has turned blurry and the dim lights don’t help as he struggles to figure out who people are and if they’re here to help or finish him off. He gets his answer when no one saves him from falling into his own puddle of blood after he gets released.

It’s very fortunate that his voice box is damaged as he can’t make any unbearable sounds when being flung over someone’s shoulder. His energon levels have not reached a dangerous level yet due to him playing dead, and his self-repair system desperately doing what it can to lessen the bleeding. So he’ll have to be careful knowing that the more he moves, the more energy he’ll burn. The massive wound on his abdomen is constantly bleeding out and though most of it is still in still intact, a good amount of cables ruptured, and a missing fuel tank is not an easy situation to work with.

Where I'll end up? I don't know, but I ain't dying alone I keep on asking the question, can I be saved by confession? You see this blood on my hands? At least they're still reaching to heaven I gotta pick up the pieces, I gotta bury 'em deep And when you look in my eyes, I'll be the last thing you'll see

Suddenly the area gets brighter and Vortex can see the shadows of his rotor blades still attached to him. Oh, the fools. If he got a shanix for every time someone did not remove them thinking they weren’t a weapon.

Vortex reaches up to grab a rotor, pulls it out of its slot then stabs it into the back of the enemy. It doesn’t go very deep, he doesn’t have the strength for that, but he has another idea in mind when being suddenly dropped to the floor. He quickly grabs and yanks a leg so the mech falls backyard. Directly on top of the rotor handle making it stab right through the mech’s chest. The teal copter pulls out a knife as he hops on top of the stranger and viciously begins to plunge it into the throat until a majority of the cables are sliced. A softer area that didn’t require too much strength. Then stops to stare into their optics, he could easily finish them off, but watching them succumb to their injuries is always a pleasant show to watch.

“Holy fragging-!”

I don't wanna die, I don't wanna die I don't wanna die, so you're gonna have to I don't wanna die, I don't wanna die No, I don't wanna die, so you're gonna have to

He glances up at his next victim, clearly unarmed or just completely terrified at the scene as he would have been shot by now. The Combaticon stands up while holding the blade tightly in his servo, and the moment he steps off the mech below him the other takes off into the darkness of the warehouse. Vortex can faintly hear them bumping into things when stepping into the doorway. A smile forms on his face when realizing that they don’t have night vision, and neither does he, though his rotors will help track them down.

The teal mech takes a step forward only to pause when making out the sound of things being pulled out, as if the mech was frightfully searching through their subspace to find something, then reaches behind him to grab the door and close it shut. Fully cuts off the only source of light inside the big room and follows the noises to the best of his abilities along with his rotors twitching often. The smile is turned into a wicked grin, and if he could laugh he would to show the stranger just how fragged they are. 

Blood is getting hotter, body's getting colder I have told you once, I'm the only one who holds her I don't wanna die, I don't wanna die I don't wanna die, so you're gonna have to.

This is going to be a fun little game.

[chazz-is-a-zelda-fan]

me trying to calculate if my grade can handle 5 zeroes

[lifetimeshipper]

Life's New Adventures and Secrets

Chapter 8

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A dark red and white Wolf-Con femme was kneeling on the ground with a servo full of dirt. With a soft growl she recognized the scent, "The son of a glitch is here," she snarled, her wolf-like ears folding back in fury.

"Steeljaw? He's here?" The oldest Wolf-Con mech asked.

"Oh yeah, I forgot to mention I fought him yesterday." The youngest mech, the green and red Wolf-Con chuckled in a carefree manner.

"You did? Why did he fight you?" The older mech asked him.

"I was trying to kill off the femme that was with him and he jumped in to save her. He fought to protect her," the young mech replied not noticing his sister's rage slowly growing.

"Razorclaw, shut up before I rip out your tongue," she growled. The young mech hushed.

"So, what you wanna do?" The older mech asked her.

"Do I really have to spell it out for you? I'm going after the-- We have company," she replied as she sniffed the air. 

The others sniffed the air too, "Autobots!" They all exclaimed.

"We don't have time for this, let's go before they get here," the femme told the three mechs as she transformed into a Ferrari. She made her way through the forest, heading deeper into it.

"Aw, I was really looking forward to a fight." The younger mech pouted as he transformed and drove off with the rest.

Grimlock was the first to arrive at the empty clearing, "You sure this is the place? There's no one here."

"According to Fixit," Bumblebee replied as he pulled up.

"Maybe he got the signals mixed up?" Grimlock asked while Predaking transformed. 

Predaking examined the ground, "They were here," he replied as his optics followed the tracks, "Apparently they knew we were coming."

"Which way did they head?" Optimus asked.

"They fled into the forest."

"Wonder why they fled," Bumblebee says feeling confused about the situation.

"I'm not sure, this does seem rather odd," Megatron said quietly.

"Well, whatever it is they're gone now so we may as well head back," Bumblebee points out.

"Aww, I was hoping to hit something," Grimlock mumbled.

"I know big guy," Bumblebee says as they all head back. Little did the group know the older Wolf-Con was watching, his red optics watching their every move. He followed them to see where their base was.

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The other three just noticed he was missing and stopped to transform and look, "Where did that rust metal of heap go now?" Razorclaw asked.

"The fool must have followed them," the femme growled. Be safe brother.

"So, what's the plan? Are we gonna capture Steeljaw?" The second oldest mech asked.

"Not yet, Saborfang. Let his wound heal. I want to see what Voltstrike reports," the femme replied as she walked on.

"I think we should make him rejoin our pack and he can be all yours sister. He will finally make you his mate as he promised to," says Saborfang.

"How did Steeljaw act when you attacked the femme?" She asked Razorclaw.

"Strange enough he seemed to be protecting her and seemed to be worried for her safety. As I said, he jumped in to save her life when I tried to kill her."

"As if. Why would he be worried if he's just using her? Maybe he's just toying with her as he did with me. You just watch he'll break her spark just like he did mine," she growled.

"Maybe, but I don't know. He was acting like a protective mate."

Quickshadow grabbed Razorclaw by the throat, slamming him into the ground as she got in his face, "He doesn't have a mate! Steeljaw is nothing more than a player using you for his own gain. And when he's finished with you he tosses you aside and moves on to the next femme that catches his eye!"

"I know that... Please let me go, Quickshadow."

"But I'll forgive him, he did promise that I will become his mate," she giggled in a slightly crazed manner as she let go of the young mech.

"Yes, he did promise and he'll keep to that promise too. We'll see to it," Saborfang adds.

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Voltstrike was right outside the base watching everything, he soon saw Steeljaw coming out of one of the quarters with Strongarm walking next to him, helping him, and he had an arm around her. Voltstrike later saw a little one who looked just like Steeljaw running up to Steeljaw calling him dad and hugging him. "Shadow's not going to like this," he muttered. He left to go back and report the news.

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Steeljaw was hugging his son who was happy to see him up and about, "I'm so glad you're up and walking now."

"I just needed some rest, but still healing," he said as he rubbed his son's helm.

"Metalsound, how many times do I have to tell you to get off my ship?" They heard Ultra Magnus yell. Steeljaw looked at Magnus' ship and sure enough, Metalsound was on top of it in her beast form. She had her optics glued on the nearby forest, her ears on alert.

Steeljaw walks up to the ship, "Metalsound, is something wrong?"

Jumping a little she looked down, "Steeljaw, you startled me."

"Sorry. Is something troubling you?"

"I'm not sure, it's too quiet. Normally there would be birds chirping and squirrels chattering but there is nothing."

"Do you think something or someone might be out there?" Strongarm asked as she walked up beside Steeljaw.

"I don't know. Are the others back yet?"

"Yeah, they've been back," Magnus replied.

"They have?"

"Yeah, for at least 15 minutes now."

"Sorry, I think I'm still on edge from yesterday."

"Just get down off my ship!" Magnus yells at her.

"Alright, alright," she sighed as she got off his ship, "I think I'll take a walk to clear my head."

"You go ahead and do that," Strongarm says as she watches her walk away. Metalsound made her way through the forest not really paying attention to where she was going.

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Voltstrike gets back to the other three, "What did you find?" Quickshadow asked in an annoyed tone.

"Something you're not gonna like."

"And what would that be?"

"Steeljaw seems to be close with this Autobot femme and...." he pauses.

"And what? Spit it out!" She growled not wanting to be in suspense.

"He has a son."

Her optics widened, "What?" She whispered.

"A pup that looks exactly like him ran up to him calling him dad and the pup also looks like the femme he was with, which would indicate he had the sparkling with her, and we all know what that means..."

"Oh yeah, we ran into that pup not too long ago. He was looking for the Wolf-Con who hurt his dad, we were hoping he wasn't referring to Steeljaw but it looks like he was," Saborfang informed them.

Quickshadow shook her helm, "No, no, no, no, no, NO!!" Her claws slashed the nearest object, which was a tree. She managed to take a good chunk of bark and wood out of it. She continued slashing at the tree until Energon started leaking out of her claws, "He promised," she seethed, "HE PROMISED!!!!!"

"Well, apparently he decided to make another femme his mate," Razorclaw puts in.

"And an Autobot," Saborfang adds in disgust.

Quickshadow smacked both of them, "Both of you shut up!" She growled.

"So, what are we gonna do?" Voltstrike asked.

"Has he fully healed?" Quickshadow asked.

"Not fully," Voltstrike replies.

"Keep an eye on them. The glitch must have done something to make him break his promise. I'll have to do something about her and the pup," she muttered the last part to herself.

"Sure thing."

Metalsound held her paws over her mouth, her optics wide with fear for her pack. Saborfang sniffed the air and caught her familiar scent. He walks over to where she's hiding, "Hello, sweetspark. We meet again."

Metalsound backed away in fear, she snarled at him but her fear was evident. She turned around and ran away from him. Saborfang watched her run away with a smirk on his face.

"Shouldn't we run after her?" Razorclaw asked him.

"Not yet."

[cryspymf]

(i love 86 /j) /j

spoilers: episodes 1-14 of 86

tw: if you’ve watched 86 you would know what’s in the show, I probably won’t go past talking about death but I won’t describe anything too in depth

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Watched this in the span of two days lol It felt easier to write everything down after watching the episodes so I did that instead of blabbing as I watched ¯\_(ツ)_/¯)

none of my thoughts make sense I apologize in advance for the fact that I cannot shut up <3 it’s also not proofread don’t murder me-

Episode 1 : Undertaker

I was kinda hooked immediately. I found the show from some random insta post that I’m really hoping I wont realize is a spoiler by the time I get to the episode the clip was from,,, The whole concept was laid out pretty quick, from this episode and the next. Obviously more things came into play and more was cleared up through the episodes but the simple concept was still relayed pretty well off the bat. The whole genre of this anime is something I really vibe with. My favorite genre is action and I feel like it plays a little into that plus mechs are always something I kinda gravitate towards, Pacific Rim is one of my favorite movies.

Episode 2 : Spearhead

¯\_(ツ)_/¯ not much to say, again I’m not going back to rewatch them so I don’t even remember much important from this episode oops

Episode 3 : I Don’t Wanna Die

Oh how I love angst. If you know me even the slightest and know what media I like, you’ll know I’m the biggest sucker for angst. Preferably some with a little bit of fluff to combat all the sad shit. But no. Not today. I think one of the things I enjoy about this show is that I don’t feel like any of the female characters are these pretentious stereotypical ones. While yes I understand anime girls have a certain personality that’s either “ooo look I’m the tiny girl with a high pitched voice” or the “I’m fucking badass and ill punch a baby” OR the “I’m not like other girls I have a life outside of school” but I enjoy the ones that break those common barriers and manage to actual interests me. I’ve definitely noticed I’m usually more drawn to fictional men and then actual people wise I’m more drawn to women… bUT the girls in 86 are refreshing to see amongst all the anime girl stereotypes. My whole point of explaining that is to say, I actually liked Kaie, which surprises me. Just by looking at her I was like “Oh I’m gonna hate her.” But by the end of the second episode I was like “eh she’s not that bad, I actually quite like her character.” A foolish decision on my part. Twas very distraught that they killed her off right off the bat too… I liked what she brought to the group. But I did enjoy the mood it set, introducing us to the fact that everyone dying wasn’t just something they made up. I also enjoyed how sudden and quick her death was… I know that sounds weird but once again it set the mood, reminded the viewers that it’s not like those hopefully situations where they build up to the death of a character. Nope ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ a few seconds to get across what’s about to happen then bam she’s gone… That shit gets me so excited, I really enjoy when shoes make me feel a shit tons of emotions and the intenseness(?) of 86 for sure does that.

Episode 4 : Real Name

I’m reading the desc on fuckin wikipedia just so I can get a refresher for these first 10 episodes lol n e wayz theo that mf gremlin, I like how everyone pesters him abt what he said, and when Shin tells Lena that Theo doesn’t speak for the rest of them was sweet. Gorlie was doing her best we love her for that. I think I should also mention, Lena’s my favorite character (as of the 10 episodes I’ve watched). I love her personality, gives me shonen protag vibes minus the annoyingness. She’s so determined yet she’s not making the determinedness her whole personality, it just fits in with the way she handles things and how it connects to her relationships. She doesn’t falter when it’s inappropriate, she’s not overly stubborn, she’s not afraid to show her emotions and to stand up for herself. She’s ruthless I like it.

Episode 5 : I’m With You

Ngl the ghost voice thing kind of feels out of place for me, it doesn’t fit for some reason… I have a feeling it’ll have a bigger impact later but as of now I’m just like bro do we rlly need that in the story, you wouldn’t have to change much of the plot if they left it out. Dunno, just don’t like that part but eh, gives me more angst!!

Episode 6 : Through to the End

Ah this episode hurt. Up until this episode I rlly liked Daiya. I told myself don’t get attached he’s probably gonna die, smart move becuz I was able to move on like a few minutes after he died and just me like “ah man I wanted him to live” rather that sobbing like I did in a later episode,,, I don’t remember her name ngl but that one girl dying also hurt, idfk who she is or who her character even was before this episode ngl bUt the way she died was kinda oof. All of the deaths are very sudden and you don’t have much time to think about what’s happening which just adds to the effect it has.

Episode 7 : Will You Remember Me?

Ngl this is the moment when I realized there were many flashback moments and redoing scenes just from the different points of view of the squad and Lena lol I was confused what came first a lot of time. I wish we had a few more moments with Anju and Daiya, it would make me feel a bit more sympathetic about the whole thing but all we really got was them always talking about Daiya’s crush. If they were given a lil moment, Anju upset over his death would have such a bigger impact. I got used to everybody dying at this point actually,,, I did 100% sob when they had the whole lil firework montage of everyone who died, it was oddly pretty but also hella depressing. Also the suicide mission part definitely made sense and was something that was kinda obvious from the beginning. I understand why Lena wouldn’t have grasped that though, knowing her position. Kinda sucks, you know they just threw her in that position on purpose, just to play a part in the Republic’s scheme (all the different names for the places and people confuse I’m just gonna how to the republic was the right way to label that for now lol).

Episode 8 : Let’s Go

Convinced this was just a filler to prepare us for the nonsense of the next episode-

Episode 9 : Goodbye

Shit was the least fun of all the episodes I hated it I was banging my fists on the table. It was an ending I was not expecting, very much so confused me. The closure with the brother was raw, intriguing, weird, oddly sweet??? idk but it was a nice conclusion to that bit. Plus LENA GOING HAM SHE WAS SO ANGRY WE STAN RLLY SAID FUCK THE RULE I DO WHAT I WANT! We love her, at least I do. I’m gonna be completely honest, I did not understand that they were just leaving the borders of their region or whatever, I thought those mfs were like going to their death for some shit why tf was Lena sobbing so hard. Ikik it’s becuz she didn’t wanna lose contact with them but still the way she was crying I thought they was dead until I got to the next episode and I was immediately straight faced like “ok so I cried all those tears for nothing???”

Episode 10 : Thank You

Another filler scree I want Lena back what’s the queen up to. Until further notice Shuga is the one I shall be attached to from the spearhead gang until he either dies or until we get Lena back hmph. The happiness of this episode so far does scare me… I’m just waiting for them to be laughing and shit and then a bomb just explodes underneath them or something,,, The lil montage thing had me dead and not in the laughing way, SHIT WAS SAD :(((

Episode 11 : Here We Go

I like how Shin keeps butting in trying to protect the gang despite damn well knowing they will just proceed to go help him. Dude foolishly throws himself into a fight and doesn’t think about the effect, including his friends going after him. LENA GETS TO KEEP THE CAT THO that made me very happy, the letter was so sweet too

Episodes 12 : Welcome

ngl this is the point when I’m getting bored, go back to the action and angst and random ass surprised,,, I don’t have a lot to say,,, Lena’s a handler for a new group I believe, spearhead was rescued and have a new home. This is basically just a time skip episode to show what’s happened over the time. Seeing Lena still with the cat (who’s name I think is Teppy?) was very cute.

Episode 13 : It’s Too Late

Shit yea I got it spoiled from the insta post- They’re all having fun with their own lol lives tho it’s kinda cute, IK IT’LL BE RUINED EVENTUALLY THO :D Shuga’s so sweet I loaf he, man’s speaks his mind and doesn’t have any shame in explaining his boundaries. Also Theo’s taller than I thought- I don’t know his name, but the dude who took them all into his care, I think he’s very thoughtful, a little forceful, but I think he’s got the right idea. The little girl, Frederica, she doesn’t have the impact that I think they want her to have… idk she just feels like a b-plot that I’m not all too interested in. That aside, at first, I thought them going back to fight was strange. Why would you wanna go back to something you worked to hard to escape? I’m realizing though that it makes a little sense. They’re very used to having a lot to do. They have so many things to fight for I guess. They have to avenge their fallen comrades and as long as the Legion is still fighting, they‘ll always want to fight. I like that rather than just throwing them into a happy life and calling it a day.

Episode 14 : Glad to Be Here

FIDO MY BELOVED that damn robot it’s literally a puppy that was so cute. That’s the only takeaway from the episode thank you.

jk anyways yea there was the spoiler I got, Eugene be dead fr,,, aND RIGHT AFTER THE THING ABT HIS SISTER YALL R SO HARSH- That’s what I like about this show though, everything’s so sudden lol there’s no room for lighthearted moments because in two seconds someones prolly gonna die. I gotta say the fact that we didn’t get too much time to know Eugene was oddly nice, I didn’t have time to get attached to a character before they killed them off. Right, it still stung becuz damn kid just wants to live with his little sister and give her a good life but that’s not gonna work out anymore. Nonetheless, they didn’t waste time offing him as soon almost as soon as he showed up.

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Aight ngl bro I got bored asf as soon as the second half of the episodes started… I started getting distracted after episode 11 and they just didn’t hit the same. I tried to keep watching, got thru a few but I stopped at 16(?) and just haven’t gone back to finish it (to be fair I was trying to binge it in two days which I’m bad at doing these days-) BUT, MAYBE ILL FINISH IT AND UPDATE But for now here’s my blabbering abt 86 uwa

[fandom-go-round]

I hope you don't mind another headcanon request from me! I'll be [slightly] less evil this time, can you do TFP Ultra Magnus, Ratchet and Optimus with Cybertronian sparkmate who gets severely in battle, up to you on if they die from their wounds. If you want to salt lemon to the wound, could you also include them possibly having a Sparkling?

I know you said less evil but um, I guess the bots wanted angst. Hope you enjoy!

Warnings: Character Death, Sparkling/Baby Death, Canon Typical Violence, Alien Relationships, Graphic Violence, Blood, Death Angst, Brief Suicidal Thoughts

Ultra Magnus:

It’s hard for him to stay focused as your bond screams across the battle field. He feels like he’s going to fall into forced shut down but he keeps moving, pushing and shoving his way over to you. His spark burns but he ignores it, pulling mechs off of you and not knowing where they land. The last thing he remembers before shutting down is throwing his body over yours and trying to stop your spark light from leaking out.

It takes him cycles to recover enough to understand what Rachet is telling him. Your spark is pulling more energy from his than he can handle, leading to blackouts and loss of time. The medic is grim when he says that the sparkling isn’t helping and Magnus wants to scream, not only for your life but for the life of a child neither of you knew about.

He can feel you fading. Ratchet does all he can and you fight and fight and fight. It’s not enough. He’s in the command room when he feels you leave; he doesn’t know he’s on the floor until Prime hauls him back to his peds. Magnus has no idea what he’s going to do, if he’s going to make it. It’s rare for Sparkmates to survive after their bonded pass and he knows the others are worried about it. He’s going to fight. For as long and as hard as possible, he’ll fight. For you.

Ratchet:

The ache in his spark is a new development but Ratchet is too busy trying to stop Bulkhead from leaking out to pay too much attention. It’s only your sharp spike of fear pain panic that moves his attention away from his patient. He can see you on the other side of the battle field, Arcee standing above you as you clutch your chest. He watches as your optics dim and has no idea what to do.

Prime is the one who brings you back to base and Ratchet is frantic. He can feel his spark bending, trying to fill in the space that your spark seems to be pulsing in. You’re not gone yet and he’ll be sent to the Pit before he gives up on you. It’s hard for the others to watch, Ratchet doing his best to save you but watching you fade away steadily.

He doesn’t know what to say about the sparkling. Neither of you had known and telling the others will only bring more pain. The younger ones don’t understand, not really and he doesn’t have much left in him. Ratchet is by your side as your spark fades, your frame graying out and his spark beginning to scream. There isn’t a cure for a broken bond and he knows that, medically speaking. He knows that he should be trying to stay focused on other things, keeping his energy up and not being alone. He knows all of this but he can’t seem to leave, waiting to see if you’ll move. Ratchet has never felt more tired in his life than this moment.

Optimus Prime:

The Matrix should have warned him. That’s the only thought Optimus can have as he watches Megatron rip his servo from your abdomen. There should have been a sign, some sort of signal you were being targeted. Some sort of power to see the future and know what’s going to happen. Hasn’t he lost enough? Hasn’t he shed enough energon for his people? The Matrix is cold and silent in his chest, mirroring his emotions as he watches you fall.

He knows you’re not going to make it. Optimus wants it with all his might but deep down he feels you’re not going to make it. Your spark is too unstable and with the sparkling – Primus his sparkling. There aren’t words to describe his grief at knowing everything he’s ever wanted is going to be ripped away. No one knows how to comfort him and he does his best to stay away.

Optimus feels hollow once you’re gone. Like someone has carved out a piece of him and felt only the empty shell in its place. Ratchet assures him that he won’t follow you because of the Matrix and he doesn’t know if it’s a blessing or a curse. Part of him just wants to rest, to be with you. The other part knows that he’s going to be here until the end. He takes comfort that he can be with you, eventually. That doesn’t stop some of the light from leaving his optics.

[spacerebelsunny]

Dear Sunstreaker,

I...I know that we have always fought each other, but it doesn't make this hurt any less. I miss you so much brother. More than I ever knew I could. I still have all your stuff. I keep your side of the room clean. Like you always liked it. My sides still messy bro. I remember how you used to always yell and smack me upside the helm about cleaning my side of the room, but I... I don't think I have the spark to clean it ever again. I have all the art you made. From on Earth and here on Cybertron. I....never told you, but I stole all the art you made. No one ever found out it was me. I can hear you now. Yelling about how stupid and idiotic I am for doing that. I can't help it! I MISS YOU SO MUCH!!! I-i remember our last battle together... I remember how....you fell to the ground.....a hole in your chassis and spark fading....I *sobs* I remember how I dropped everything...how I ran to as fast as I could....how the whole battlefield went silent at my cries....I remember the pissed off looks on the other Autobots faces as they seen this...I remember roars of pure rage...I remember Ratchet, First Aid, and Jolt running to us...trying to save you...but I knew you couldn't be saved...I remember hearing the Cons offlining...I was sobbing my spark out as I felt you fade... I-i remember being pulled away from you...I fought back brother! I fought and fought and fought...I remember multiple mechs pulling me away and having trouble keeping still...I remember.... I-i remember feeling in my spark as you had passed...I remember the puncture of the tip of the needle as it was pressed into my neck...I remember everything started to get blurry...and then darkness. I remember waking up in the medbay feeling emptiness in my spark. Ratchet held onto me leaking. I remember how he walked me into the rec room where everyone was leaking. I remember the huge group hug of Autobots as they grasped onto each other and me for comfort. W-we *chokes on a sob* we made a shrine for you in your art room you had on the Ark. I remember finding Bob curled up crying too. I hugged him as tight as I could. He the only living thing I had to remember you by. Except for my memories of us. Prowl cried too. He never said anything but I knew we were his favorite frontliners. We saved them so many times. We left Earth. We never wanted to be there again after that. We took a lot of pictures of the planet for you. I can't leave yet though to rejoin you. The others and Bob need me. They would offline themselves to be reunited with us. We are a big family. Like a solor system. You were the big shining sun in the middle. Us the planets that orbit around you. Me and Bob being your smaller suns that orbit you. The others planets that love you. Now that your gone me and Bob are the only suns left to shine. Even though we are dulled. We shine for you in hopes you would come back. The others say hi to you and that they miss you. They love you bro. Bob loves you. I love you more then them. Until All Are One Brother.

~Love,

Sideswipe~

*Sideswipe shut off the datapad and sobbed. He hugged Bob to his chassis and they fell asleep like everyone else on base. But unknown to everyone Sunstreaker stood there. Tears leaking from his optics as he had seen what had happened and what his little brother wrote. He is always there even if they couldn't see him. "I love you too, Sides.~", Sunstreaker said to his brother. Even though he couldn't hear him. Sunstreaker pet Bob and sat down on the berth to watch over his brother and pet.*