#ohh no this isn't at all influenced by me not only willing to tolerate a polyam qpr but slightly wishing to be in one /j

[transingthoseformers]

Dgixkhhxfohkfh so the accidental drunken conjunx qpr situation with Ratchet, Pharma, Soundwave, and Shockwave. The one that technically happens years in the future after the emergency of Megatron and Optimus's sparkling.

Shockwave and Soundwave have been in a firmly non romantic and not exclusive relationship for a while, sort of a "If given the choice I'd choose to frag you over anyone else here, my favorite booty call" setup. Coworkers and commanders with benefits.

Ratchet and Pharma are divorced, and will reignite a romantic and sexual relationship with each other (likely what you primarily think of when someone says the word relationship).

Ratchet and Soundwave developed an understanding as exasperated drinking buddies that complain to each other about both their respective first in commands and the silly shit that goes about in their factions.

Shockwave, Pharma, and Ratchet are mostly completely unrelated to each other, occasionally working together on science stuff and some medical stuff (i say this as Pharma canonically has demonstrated some level of inventive ability, as he created a whole complex virus even when stressed as hell. So has Ratchet, need i quote his work on Synth-en) on group projects, and know each other as their whatever's whatever.

They accidentally got married while completely shitfaced at the eventual war over party slash surprise wedding (s). On paper, they're all conjunxes, but functionally they float between conjunxes and amicas. When Influx arrives, Shockwave and Soundwave are the primary creators and Ratchet and Pharma are the beta creators (which is again what's written down on whatever Cybertronian official papers exist anymore, in reality they would all equally contribute to raising Influx and all had a say in the creation)

Essentially, a beautiful clusterfuck because this is Riot's TFP au, the nature of chaos itself.