(223) It's pre-war Cybertron. Newly admitted lawyer, Ultra Magnus, has been called upon to offer a legal defence to Orion Pax, a wrongly appointed Prime — which Ultra Magnus didn't even know could happen, as there's no precedent. He has been accused of incitement to violence, sedition and, worst of all, stealing the primacy. This last carries the death sentence.
"It's a formality," the primal guards assure him, when Ultra Magnus is assigned the case. At the time, he believes them. "He's definitely guilty. It'll be an easy first case for you. High profile, too."
"I am," says the former Orion Pax serenely, when Ultra Magnus finally gets to meets him after three denied requests. He seems like a gentle sort, despite his heavy new frame. Ultra Magnus believes him when he pauses and says: "At least I'm guilty of sedition, anyway."
"It is the right of a Prime to guide the state — or to seek to redress the wrongs of government, when it errs," growls Megatronus of Kaon, whose enormous spiky shape emerges from the shadows when Ultra Magnus is driving home too late at night. (He does not seem a gentle sort.) And, unfortunately, Ultra Magnus believes him, too, when he says: "Know this: if you fail, it will be war."
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Stick with me… Tom Kazanksy as an incredibly prestigious film direction and Pete Mitchell as the industries most beloved action star. But when will they ever work together?! 👀
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MAG 168: Roots
oliver banks my beloved <3
( @a-mag-a-day )
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while it's still pride month...it's finally time for me to post college-age retyrement
i've made fleeting references in OFH here and there about Poe and Magnificus having been roommates in college, and yes it's as corny and fanfic-y as you can imagine; there was only one bed, they shared clothing, everyone assumed they were dating after a certain amount of time...and they never sat down and had a proper discussion about any of it lmao, just stayed in their comfy little grey area until they graduated and didn't speak to each other for fifty years
my co-founder is writing up a fic at the moment containing a lot of the unspoken lore we have for this era of the retyrement AU, but until that drops...now you know my brainrot, and you will never un-know it lmao
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