#past mechpreg

[cozzzynook]

Hurt/comfort for the TFA au

Bumblebee thought they could stay hidden a little longer but when word reached Ultra Magnus about the sparkling he quickly demanded to meet the sparkling for himself. Keeping his helm down Bumblebee walked towards the main bridge of the ship with the sparkling tightly close to his chest. What will the magnus say when he sees the bitty? Will he take them away or turn them into a weapon. It frightened him.

"There you are solider" Ultra Magnus spoke his optics already focused on the tiny shape. "Word has it that the sparkling in your care is a seeker. May I see them for myself?"

"Y-yes sir..." Nervously he held up his bitty high allowing the tall mech to get a better look. His whole frame shook lightly forcing him to tighten his grip. This is it, he's going to lose another one.

Instead Ultra Magnus gave a low hum before turning away to grab something instead. "You seem to have raised them well. Though its been years since I've seen a seekerling" He then returned holding an ancient looking data pad, handing it over to the yellow mech. "You'll need this if you want to teach them their kinds culture and how to fly"

Bumblebee's optics widened with shock, a tiny small quickly forming on his lips. "Thank you sir" Maybe he was wrong about the Magnus, he wasn't just some old stoic mech who was stuck in the past.

"But sir!" Another voice spoke up "Its a seeker! A warframe our enemy!" Of course it belonged to Sentinel. The blue yellow prime spouting a pout as he glared at the sparkling.

"And only a youngster, Sentinel" The magnus calmy turned to face the prime. "We shouldn't burden past sins of a war they know nothing of on them. Do you understand, prime?"

"But-"

"No buts" Ultra Magnus returned his gaze back onto Bumblebee and the bitty. "I trust you'll raise them well, solider" He then gave a very faint but gentle smile.

"Yes! I-I mean, I will sir" Bumblebee puffed out his chest proudly. He was sure raise them well better than he ever was, after all he was now truly this sparkling's carrier. And he was determined to prove Sentinel wrong.

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Meanwhile in the Decpeticon base Starscream winced as he felt another tug at his spark. He would rub his chest hoping to sooth the light pain as he tried to focus on another pointless meeting. If he knew his spark was going to be still sending pointless waves of affection, he would have just finished off the brat when he still had the chance. Oh well it wasn't his problem now nor did the sire need to know, not that Megatron really loved him anyway...

Awww, okay this made me like this magnus a little more!

Starscream i’m so disappointed in you!

[transingthoseformers]

So..... if shockwave and Soundwave we're to have microwaves would the sparklings have a chance of coming out looking like pre ampurata shockwave??

:)

Yes

Genetically speaking, in a continuity with the empurata, logically there's about a very low chance they'll somehow inherent it, and a very high chance that they'll be created looking like Shockwave did when he was a senator, even of just partially. Which leads to fascinating emotions on everyone involved's part.

[glitch-after-dark]

Mer formers dratchet finding a sparked Rodimus who was abducted from his home and can’t go back because it was destroyed?

Now they have a sparked distrusting & traumatized mer they are slowly falling in love with

oh yes

The way this idea just gripped ahold of me and I love this idea but got a little caught up in plot and it got pretty long.

I've got another related ask, too. It's probably a bit less horny than intended, but I'll do more in a bit. Happy mermay!

Rodimus grew up in the Nyon shoal and was very social and comfortable and happy. Their shoal was settled around an uninhabited island from which they took their name which spent most of the time submerged and has complex reef system around it. It was considered one of the most beautiful places on Cybertron with pink sands and fiery colors mers matching the reefs surrounding it. It was Preserved and people weren't supposed to travel there but that didn't stop an occasional wealthy mech from hiring someone to go there as they considered fees to be "entrance payments" more than punishment. While wary most of the people who came regular, marine biologists who studied them, were friendly and the shoal was a much more social and less aggressive one than most.

At least partially due to the fact the island used to be inhabited and they had a shared community until a disease that the mers were immune to wiped out the island population. They still passed down stories and remembered them. The "strange" rituals that the biologists studied are the ones passed down to honor their former friends. Rituals that look religious in nature because it was as their former neighbors worshipped Primus.

All this adds up to Rodimus seeing Tyrest, who was slightly obsessed with it since he recognized a long defunct religious gesture in one of the videos a Senator showed him of "visiting" the island and believe it to be a sign, and swimming right up to him. Rodimus sees him do the gesture and returns it enthusiastically, swimming much closer than he would normally and even perching up on the boat's edge which led to him getting snatched.

Rodimus suffers during his time with Tyrest, who treats him like a pretty toy, and punishes him when he "acts up". It only gets worse the more time passes and Tyrest gets handsy. Rodimus becomes incredibly hostile to all mechs and Rodimus starts to get drugged daily to keep him placid.

Then he has his first heat and Tyrest is eager to take advantage of it to arrange for artificial insemination. It required getting him out of the tank though. The drug burns out quicker than Tyrest realized and Rodimus begins to become more lucid and once Tyrest dismisses his guards and staff for the day, Rodimus rips out his throat. Tyrest kept Rodimus in his private island, letting him look out at the sea but never touching it.

Rodimus drags himself through the house and across the sand into the water. He's hurt and bleeding and exhausted but he's free even if he's somewhere new.

Rodimus is not a very sturdy breed of mer or one meant for long distance or deep ocean travel on top of still smelling like heat. He encounters a lot of dangers from predators and other mers, reacting with almost feral aggression not allowing anyone, even friendlies close. He follows old stories and constellations to eventually find Nyon, or where it was. There was an accident and a ship carrying oil wrecked and the leak destroyed Nyon. There are mechs working to try and clean it, but the reef and shoal are dead and the pink sands stained.

Rodimus now heavily pregnant and strained with grief wonders blindly, avoiding the large stretches of territory or inhabited areas he goes through, and finds an island that looks mostly untouched, no mechs or mer shoals obvious and just falls asleep exhausted in one of the underwater caves.

The reason it is untouched is it is neutral territory where the "sea witch" Ratchet and his mate Drift live. Who find Rodimus, so exhausted he doesn't even wake up when they touch him, clearly having starved himself, undersized and with poorly healed injuries. They take him back to their cave and Ratchet quickly cleans his long neglected wounds and treats them, while Drift helps him feed Rodimus via mouth-to-mouth until he has enough strength to respond and swallow when they put it in there. He sleeps for days with their tending, tense and curled up even in his sleep until on the fifth day he wakes up.

Rodimus is incredibly wary of the two other mers when he wakes up. He is hissing and bristling and ready to fight, though instinct has him pushing himself back into the back of the cave and curling around his swollen belly. He is full and healthier than he has been in ages, and everything is screaming to nest.

Drift and Ratchet are soft. They've never managed to carry more than duds despite their long courting. They suspect they are wither infertile or incompatible. They have more than enough to support a carrier, and both have gotten a little attached while carrying for him.

They give Rodimus space, leaving him food and not forcing themselves close. Slowly, warily, he creeps out. They both freeze when he does, letting him make the first moves. When he creeps out further, Drift trills at him hopefully, which startles him and sends him rushing back into hiding.

It's slow progress with Rodimus watching them warily from where they've tucked him into an inner cave, and their instincts are acreaming to take care of him more and barely sated by glimpses and food and occasional glimpses of him sleeping and smelling content. Both are patient though.

One day, when it's just Ratchet, Drift, having gone out to hunt and patrol to settle some of his "expecting babies" instincts, Rodimus finally creeps out. Ratchet's own instincts to prepare have led to him overprepping in medicine and gathering a bit. He's been trying to prepare for any eventuality. He doesn't freeze or react when he feels Rodimus moving behind him and forces himself to remain calm letting him approach and watch Ratchet curiously.

Rodimus, meanwhile, has gotten curious about his not-captors. He has become absolutely certain they don't want what most have wanted from him and don't appear to be a threat. Mostly, they seem to want to feed him. He's been listening to them interact and talk but still doesn't understand why. He doesn't feel safe, but he also doesn't feel actively in danger.

So he's decided to approach the safer looking one alone. Drift may be smaller, closer to Rodimus’s size, but he's all predator with prominent fangs and claws and spines. Ratchet, meanwhile, is bigger than him but has duller claws, practically just nails and grinding teeth as well as non-prominent fangs and eats kelp as much as any fish. Rodimus is pretty sure his main defense is his thick hide, size, sharp tongue, and Drift.

They talk, and while it is tense, it soothes things. Ratchet explains how they found him, what he is doing, and briefly a bit about himself and Drift. He also offers Rodimus safety in their home as long as he wants to stay. When asked why Ratchet nods to his swollen belly and says he can't just let a school less first timer go at it alone when he can help and that Rodimus will need suport and be unable to hunt for himself soon enough. Rodimus has bee filling more and more the instinct to den down and prepare but is still suspicious.

Rodimus demands what exactly Ratchet wants in return, and he says for Rodimus to let him treat his wounds and make sure he and any pups or healthy before Rodimus leaves. If he wants to leave, that is. He also confirms Drift feels the same way. Rodimus still doesn't trust it, but Ratchet hasn't lied so far and had plenty of time to take advantage.

Drift comes barrelling in, freezes, and gets excited, sending Rodimus back into hiding. Dratchet talks about taking things slow. Or at least that's what they think until the next day. Rodimus is nervous at first but gets comfortable very quickly, and by the end of the day, he is acting like he owns the place. Which is at least 65% bravado, but he is forcing himself to be comfortable in order to convey confidence. Drift, of course, is thrilled and very friendly and readily spoiling him, eager to show off their home and area, and Ratchet is very tolerant and fussing at him to eat or drink.

Rodimus is surprised how quickly it turns to genuine comfort with them. He swims with Drift acting as sentinel, but always gentle and cooing as he shows them small wonders and races and dances around him in warm shallows that look perfect for pup. He hangs around Ratchet on his tired days lounging and pestering him when Ratchet makes medicine, and Ratchet huffs but explains or tells stories about his travels, which are interesting and pretty wide. Other times, they go to gather medicinal things. It's further than Drift usually takes him but Rodimus stubbornly demands to come and inevitably ends up dozing on Ratchet's back being gently carried home between them

He realizes as his room (den) becomes filled with pretty rocks and decrotive plants and soft sponges for a bedding and fine sand perfect for burying eggs and carefully selected rocks that both have given him that they've been acting both as sire and community and he cries and realizes he may be rwally and truly safe.

He starts being more open with them and laughing and smiling, and things get warmer and affevtionate as all three start falling for each other. Now that Rodimus is safe and his body isn't stressed he enters a new stage of his carrying and finds himself curling up against Ratchet in the cave not wanting to leave and purring or dragging Drift to his berth to cuddly and clunsy try and wrap his tail around him. Both of them pick up on it and smell it, but after what Rodimus said, they are reluctant to force the issue. Finally, after he half tucks himself under Ratchet and just vibrates while chirping, they do, and Rodimus realizes he's been making moves and decides rather than be embarrassed to go fully in.

They start assisting him, and when they do, they can't stop. It's a near constant pausing what they are doing to push him down and gently fuck into him while he purrs and clings to them, long pretty tail wrapping around them and clinging as much as possible. Both becime reluctant to leave him and he is firnly in the den napping most days and rarely venturing far. They prepare in earnest not to leave for awhile and the last two weeks of his carrying is just slow fucking, cuddling and constantly rearranging things to be perfect.

By the time Rodimus lays the eggs, they are all thoroughly mated and pleasantly surprised to find they hatch a mix of Rodimus's broght colors and white and red patterns.

[diabolichare]

I'm in gay robots hell

Caution: mechpreg, clank clank and abortion mentioned. Slight OOC bc I haven't watched the show yet but the fandom is eating me alive.

Man, I do love masculine robots with a rivalry that lasted for untold numbers of years, tension so high they might as well be sexual.

I'm pretty sure during their various meetups, Heavy Iron and Black Hook have to bang at some points. They got so used to each other's fighting styles, how their bodies move, and how metal would bend under one grip—one of them will give in to the impulsive thought and boom, walk of shame. It's enemies to lovers, meet ugly, found family (for Black crew, but don't worry Heavy Iron, Jun is coming for you). And my all-time favorite:

✨Mechpreg✨

I saw a Wild Guardy x Blue Cop comic by @pospoets, and hell, the way they draw the baby just stays in my head. Those wiggling little globs are so adorable! Anyway, back to old men yaoi. If this were to happen, I think Black Hook should be the carrier since he got people to help with, and his alt mode is basically a home anyway. Heavy Iron, on the other hand, I'm pretty sure before the power of friendship got to him, he would remove the baby since it's an inconvenience to his plan, and also how's he going to keep it if he has nobody + also an outlaw? Baby will probably end up with Black Hook either way. If this happened after the fall of Machina, then it would be the first generation after how long? Since in S2 Muraka met the cardbots 4000 years ago, which means the planet could have been dead for even longer, so there's the hope for reviving their species, even if the baby came from the most unexpected sources.

Here's a little snippet.

Mega Ambler looks at his notes. The rest of the group has left to give them some privacy.

"Let’s go over what we’ve discussed." He glances up at the other Cardbot, exhaustion can be seen clearly in Black Hook's optics.

"You’ve been consuming an absurd amount of energy for the past few months, constantly feeling hungry even after a meal. You’ve developed uncontrollable cravings for specific materials, like aluminum, steel, and …silicon?" The pirate huffs, but not disagreeing. "You’ve also been sleeping more than usual—falling asleep unexpectedly, waking up drained. And on top of that, you're exhausted, like you can’t get enough rest."

The doctor leans forward slightly, voice more serious now. "I’m going to advise you to cut back on fighting with Heavy Iron. I know it’s fun for you, but your body’s already telling you it’s overloaded. You need to rest." His patient scoffs, about to protest, but he glares at him, cutting the other off. "No protests. This is for your safety. Whatever’s going on with you… I’ve never treated anything like this before, and I don’t want you making it worse. So, no more unnecessary brawls. Understood?"

Mega Ambler stands up, putting his tools away as he prepares to leave. "I’ll talk to your crew. They need to keep a closer eye on you. If anything else seems off—anything—tell them to bring you back here. Immediately."

Black Hook stays silent, looking away, not thrilled by the situation but understanding the doctor’s seriousness.

Headcanon

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[king-starscreams-fics]

Summary: Optimus and Megatron move into their new home. Now that they are not guests under the Maltos' roof, the temptation to 'try things out' while they await the completion of the new space bridge is high. Optimus decides he doesn't want to wait.

Rating:

Explicit

Archive Warning: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings

Category:

M/M

Fandoms:

Transformers: Earthspark (Cartoon)

Transformers - All Media Types

Relationship:

Megatron/Optimus Prime

Characters:

Megatron (Transformers)

Optimus Prime

Dorothy "Dot" Malto

Ratchet (Transformers)

Additional Tags:

Bedroom play

Sticky Sexual Interfacing (Transformers)

Optimus tempts Megatron

Mechpreg

Trauma

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD

Megatron has PTSD

Past Rape/Non-con

Past Sexual Abuse

Sexual coercion discussed

Angst and Fluff and Smut

smut with plot

Virgin Optimus

Megatron's gladiator days

Slavery

Sexual Slavery

Forced Pregnancy

Childbearing in slavery

Tags May Change

Other Additional Tags to Be Added

Body Functions

Vomiting

Urination

Morning Sickness

Language: English

Published: 2024-01-02

[nobodys-hekatonchires]

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Summary:

Ironhide did not envision arriving to Earth in such an awful shuttle which has one pede in the scrapyard, and whose fault is it? Jazz's. And Prime's. And Megatron's. And whoever let him play astro-poker! They'd get to Earth finally, but who knew how many pieces they would be in... Or: Ironhide and Jazz have found their way to Earth after hearing about Optimus Prime's broadcast from another Autobot. It is not the smoothest landing, nor is their time on Earth a vacation either. A rewrite of Transformers Prime from the Season 2 onwards, including more 'bots and 'cons, a different Season 3, and so much polyamory.

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Roughly updates every two months on the final Wednesday. Tags and such subject to change

TF Masterlist

Fandom: Transformers - All Media Types, Transformers: Prime

Rating: Mature

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply 

Relationships: Jazz/Optimus Prime, Ironhide/Optimus Prime, Ironhide/Jazz, Ironhide/Jazz/Optimus Prime, Optimus Prime & Ratchet, Optimus Prime & Team Prime (Transformers: Prime), Ratchet/Wheeljack (Transformers), June Darby/William Fowler, Bumblebee & Jazz (Transformers), Bumblebee & Ironhide (Transformers), Ironhide & Ratchet (Transformers), Jazz & Ratchet (Transformers), Breakdown/Knock Out (Transformers)

Characters: Ironhide (Transformers), Jazz (Transformers), Optimus Prime, Ratchet (Transformers), Arcee (Transformers), Bulkhead (Transformers), Bumblebee (Transformers), Miko Nakadai, Jack Darby, Rafael "Raf" Esquivel, William Fowler, June Darby, Megatron (Transformers), Insecticons (Transformers), Breakdown (Transformers), Knock Out (Transformers), Soundwave (Transformers), Dreadwing (Transformers), Other Character Tags to Be Added, Nemesis Prime, Leland 'Silas' Bishop, Roller (Transformers)

Additional Tags: Other Additional Tags to Be Added, Tags May Change, Past Megatron/Optimus Prime, Mentioned Optimus Prime/Elita One, Other characters mentioned - Freeform, Canon Rewrite, Post-Season/Series 01, set season 2, Slow To Update, Not Beta Read, Romance, Swearing, Established Relationship, Polyamorous Character, Amica Endurae (Transformers), Transformers Spark Bonds, Implied Sexual Content, No Smut, Kissing, Humor, Angst, Fluff, Found Family, Parent Optimus Prime, Self-Indulgent, POV Third Person, POV Multiple, Team as Family, Crash Landing, Blood and Injury, more like energon and injury but you get the gist, Arguing, Implied/Referenced Character Death, Canon Dialogue, Action, Minor Original Character(s), literally just a few named vehicons that dont show up much at all, fighting, Transformers Sparklings, Mech Preg (Transformers), not graphic mechpreg

Part 1 of How To Get Over Losing 100,000 Credits

[ao3feed-skystar]

consolation of a sovereign

read it on AO3 at https://ift.tt/PcEnNWM by frenzinsanity Starscream is indeed a lonely jet. Without Skyfire, the void in his spark is obvious- and lately, the emptiness in his body would also be noticeable unless he preferred to work alone most of the day. Words: 1376, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English Fandoms: Transformers: Prime Rating: Mature Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Categories: M/M Characters: Starscream (Transformers), Megatron (Transformers), Soundwave (Transformers), brief mention of Skyfire (Transformers) Relationships: Megatron/Starscream (Transformers), Past Jetfire | Skyfire/Starscream (Transformers) Additional Tags: Sticky Sexual Interfacing (Transformers), Energon (Transformers), Dirty Talk, Transformer Sparklings, mention of mechpreg read it on AO3 at https://ift.tt/PcEnNWM

[theoceanoasis]

Dratchrod mechpreg angst with a happy ending please?

He gasped putting a hand on his belly in horror. He'd been feeling off the last couple of days. At first he thought he might be coming down with something.

As his symptoms continued, he started having a bad feeling. He tried to push it off for as long as possible. Until eventually he couldn't hold back any longer.

Even though he knew he was likely sparked. He was still hoping the tests was wrong.

He knew who the sires were. They were the only ones he'd been interfacing with for the past few months. The problem is, they were in a relationship with each other and he was only there when they wanted a threesome.

After they were done interfacing. He would always leave, while they cuddled together giving each other aftercare. He'd go back to his room all alone and cry himself to sleep. Wishing he was enough, but he knew Ratchet and Drift would never like him like that.

The closest he would ever get was interfacing. When they find out he was sparked. They would want nothing to do with him or the sparkling.

In fact they'd probably be angry that he was stupid enough to get himself sparked. He should have been more careful. Even though he wore spark baffles and other protection. Along with making them both wear spike sleeves. He should have realized something was wrong. Figured out some way to stop it.

He rubbed a hand over his belly unsure what to do now. He couldn't go to the medbay they'd get suspicious.

Feeling the small bump forming. He knew it wouldn't be long before he began showing. Maybe he could pretend it was someone else's.

Even though he didn't want to. He needed to see a medic. He decided to go when Ratchet was off shift and went to see First Aid.

After looking him over it was confirmed that he was sparked.

He stared at the screen for a long time. Tears in his optics. He still didn't know what he was going to do but he wanted to keep it. First Aid gave him a picture of his little one which he kept close to his chest.

Leaving the medbay, Drift called him wanting him to join them in fragging. His spark twisted in his chest and he refused lying that he was tired.

Going back to his room. He laid down and immediately fell asleep.

Over the next few weeks he was definitely showing. Having no choice he finally told everyone.

Megatron and Ultra Magnus were shocked but promised to be there for him with whatever he needed. Which made him cry a little.

Ratchet and Drift were also surprised and managed to corner him asking if it was there's.

He lied saying it was someone else's. Trying to ignore the way they both looked hurt. Which didn't make sense because they weren't exclusive.

The next few months seemed to fly by as he prepared for his sparkling. He tried to avoid Ratchet and Drift as much as possible.

He felt slightly guilty for lying. Even though he knew it was for the best. He didn't think he'd be able to handle their rejection.

For some reason they continued trying to talk with him. Drift wanting to help set up the nursery and Ratchet wanting to make sure the sparkling is healthy. Even though First Aid was his medic.

They were always trying to touch his belly and bring him food. Making sure he was taking care of him and acting like they were the sires.

When they'd been resupplying on this one planet. One of the locals congratulated them. Mistaking Drift and Ratchet as the sires because they'd been hovering around him the entire time.

Neither of them said anything and Ratchet even thanked them. Which made him feel something he didn't want to think about.

When he was nearing his due date. Ratchet and Drift cornered him wanting the truth. They both knew the sparkling was there's and wanted to know why he lied and didn't want them in the sparklings life.

He tried to dismiss it,.but they wouldn't leave him alone. Blocking him from leaving as they kept asking.

He gasped. Holding his stomach as he felt a weird cramping sensation throughout his body.

"Don't think you can fake some kind of emergency to get out of this."

Ratchet scolded as he shook his head looking down in shock.

"I'm in labor."

Immediately the two leapt into action. They carried him to the medbay where after a gruelling six hours he finally gave birth.

He leaned back feeling exhausted in a way he'd never felt before. Hearing his sparkling cry he reached for him.

Ratchet gently placed him in his arms and he smiled down at his sparkling.

"Hi little one. It's your carrier."

He opened his chest plates and felt his sparkling latch on. Stroking his little head he felt Ratchet and Drift sit on either side of him.

"Why did you lie?"

He felt a tear fall as he held his sparkling close.

"I thought you wouldn't want him."

"Of course we would."

Ratchet pulled him close.

"We love you."

He shook his head.

"You two don't want me. You only want me when you want to interface."

"That's not true."

Ratchet argued.

"Roddy. We've been trying to court you."

"What?"

He looked between the two of them in surprise.

"We love you and we love our little one. We want to take care of you both."

He felt tears fall as Ratchet and Drift held him.

"We love you."

Ratchet and Drift cuddled against him. Reassuring him that he was loved. They still had a lot to talk about but he enjoyed feeling their arms and warm fields wrapped around him. Making him feel safe as he fell asleep. Exhausted from having their sparkling.

[spreadwardiard]

5, 6, 12, 14, and 30 please! I would love to hear what you have to say in response to those questions :)

What do you wish someone would ask you about Crossing the Line? Answer it now! I wish someone would ask about Megatronus' and Orion's flirting ohhh my goodness. It is one of my favorite aspects of that AU I haven't really gotten to write much about yet. Their primary means of flirting with one another is a silly game between them that starts after A New Kind of Word Sparring. It becomes like a game for them and many of their debates past this point devolve into a contest to see who can get the other's fans blowing first. Megatronus is surprised that Orion wins about half the time.

What’s one fact about the universe of Naught But a Ghost that you didn’t get a chance to mention in the fic itself?

I never got a chance to mention Megatron and Orion Pax's friendship with Soundwave, and I haven't really had a chance to explore that yet in the follow up pieces either. Soundwave is Megatron's amica and also a good friend of Orion's. I wanted to explore that in that fic but just could not make it fit right. which segues into another fact about Soundwave in that universe: he is the one who guides Orion on Kaoni courtship traditions and pushes Megatronus into accepting Orion's clumsy attempts at pursuing him romantically. two for one! Another thing though I never mentioned in that fic is that Orion actually cares a great deal for the whole of the Decepticon army as well as their sympathizers. He is their leader's Conjunx after all, and even after Megatron renounces that role at the end of the war, Orion never stops seeing the Decepticons as his people.

12. Are there any tropes you used to dislike but have grown on you?

This kinda depends how we are defining 'tropes'. If we go with the defintion : "something such as an idea, phrase, or image that is often used in a particular artist's work, in a particular type of art, in the media, etc." then the answer is mechpreg. When i first started reading Transformers fic I did not care for it at all, I was hypercritical of it because it felt too organic for me, but it kept showing up in fics I was reading and i enjoy it now as much as I enjoy the more asexual methods of mech reproduction. (Like, i know my first 2 fics mention it, but thats because this trope change happened BEFORE I started writing for Transformers. though... I started reading Transformers fics like... the week before I started writing for it so this change happened pretty quickly, but its the biggest trope I can think of really that I can think of that my mind changed on.)

14. Are there any tropes you would only read if written by a trusted friend or writer?

XDXD Yes. And it's actually YOU, my friend, who writes it! In The Many Lives of Optimus Prime one of the major tropes is reincarnation, and I am really uninterested in reading other's takes on this trope to be honest. (sorry everyone else, I am only being honest 😅😅😅)

30. Have you ever written something that was out of your comfort zone? If so, what was it, and how did it affect your approach to writing fic thereafter?

YES. Pretty much all of 2 Sides to a Coin is somewhat outside my comfort zone! The biggest thing is that I have almost always been an exclusively NSFW writer and this AU is SFW, This made me have to really think about other ways to express intimacy, emotional bonds and physical closeness, which has made my ability to write romance in general much better than it was before.

[paci-transformers]

Any Transformers fan AO3 users have advice on filtering out tags for NSFW/mechpreg/sparkling fics...?

Like... I have nothing against any of those things, and can enjoy the concepts myself sometimes. People like what they like, and it's not my place to police it. The concepts just squick me on occasion, and I struggle with excluding them from AO3 searches. I've tried filtering the tags as I see them, but since I can't save search filters for later use or mute specific AO3 tags (at least to my knowledge) there's no way to always hide those fics without hiding every explicit fic, or potentially ending up filtering out fics that aren't about that, but just use similar terms.

The issue is that I can be on page 3 of an already heavily filtered AO3 search, and find yet another variant of a tag that I have to block to not get those types of fics. Sometimes I just want to read generic canon-physiology compliant stuff, but it's kinda difficult to curate my own online experience when there aren't standardized tags for that.

Anyone have suggestions...? Maybe I just need to get over myself and keep scrolling past them, but I'm hoping there's an easier solution to this.

(Also, sorry for the sort-of rant. I was very frustrated when I started typing this, but realized it sounded too mean and edited it before posting.)

[cozzzynook]

(related to dratchrod child-leash ask)

Sparkling: *runs up holding a very annoyed robo-snake* Carrier, Sires, look what I found! 😃

Drift: 😱

Ratchet: *immediately scanning snake to check if it's venomous*

Rodimus: That's... really cool, sweetspark, but I don't think it enjoys being picked up. Why don't you set it down? 😅

Oh 100%

Rodimus…gets bitten a couple times because of this 🤣

Poor sires, their sparks cannot handle the insanity that is their sparkling…

They just about pass out when roddy gets sparked again.

Ratchet doesn’t understand why their bitty came out this wild. First aid wasn’t like this when he & Drift had him long ago…nor did their bitty that Drift had, Elixcir.

They assume its Roddy…

They would be right…

And wrong lol

[glitch-after-dark]

Animal Handler Rodimus/Merformer Thunderclash #4

More setup and a quick overview of the Rehab Center! Plus a surprise for Rodimus!

@sticky-mecha Not much Thunderclash yet, but he returns soon and we'll get more from his side!

@valve3nthusiast and @mychlapci, I hope you enjoy since it was partially inspired by the merformer posts.

Series TW: Noncon (Past), Treating a Sentient Person Like An Animal (Unknowingly on Rodimus's Part), Exhibitionism, Unwilling Public Sex, Abuse, Domestication, Kidnapping, Harassment, Stalking By Media, Mildly Genital Injury (Nothing Explicitly Described), Forced Orgasm, Mechpreg, Alcoholism (Briefly)

PART IV – Recovery and Reunion

Rodimus likes his new job, even if it does keep triggering moment of guilt and horror when he sees what an actual healthy setup from the studies should be. The Rehab Center doesn’t allow a lot of public visitors outside of the educational front area and small viewing areas, but there is nothing close to the actual merformers themselves. The facility takes up most of the west side of the island they are on, built into the ocean and cutting it off, allowing for large expansive areas designed for them as well as areas within the building. While it specializes in merformers it does have other animals rehabbing on the land facilities and Rodimus gets to meet them and sees the obvious differences.

The merformers in the facility as well are much healthier, plumper, more lively, less anxious, their colors and biolights brighter.

They have some that are temporary and intend to be released that they are more off hand with but others are more permanent due to injuries or socialization issues.

Drift is the most famous. After Rodimus got out and read more freely about merformers and the debates on their levels of sentience he heard about Drift who was famous for learning Hand though many debate it is a scam or due to the oddness of the field with merformers reading differently he isn’t communicating but just responding with the same pulses he’s receiving. They’ve tried to release him, he’s healthy, an experienced hunter, socialized, popular among his peers, but he absolutely refuses. He’s been caught before and was famously rescued from a merformers fighting ring by the head of he facility Ratchet and imprinted on him. When he was discovered years later caught up in a spill from a factory that caught up a nearby merformer nesting grounds he was evacuated to the Rehab Center for treatment.

While there he reunited with Ratchet and “imprinted” on him. He absolutely refused to leave despite all his group leaving (including Wing) and kept making courting behaviors and doting on Ratchet. He helps with socializing new captures and rearing orphaned pups to be released back into the wild after he raises them so he has a purpose there. Everyone jokes how he pined after Ratchet for years and only let him take care of him.

The Hand thing was a joke but he got so excited about it the interns showed him. They all knew he was intelligent and would come up with tests for him to do and tech but no one expected him to latch onto it and pick it up immediately. Or that once he learned some words he would terrify everyone by dragging Ratchet into the water to grab his hands and start screaming “RATCHET RATCHET RATCHET!” over and over with Hand while snuggling him beaming. Ratchet got things more organized and kept teaching him more and more complicated concepts and has been petitioning to change the sentience guidelines because Drift is proof just because merformers can’t speak Neocybex and have more instinct coding doesn’t mean they can’t communicate or have higher levels of thoughts.

It's been complicated due to them not being able to pass the Ambus Test and a lot of misinformation about Drift and lack of being able to repeat the experiment out of Ratchet’s facility because, as he keeps emphasizing, the merformers do not feel safe or inclined to account for them and some of the facilities are terrible. Dominus Ambus was actually involved as he was working to revise his own test to account for its own flaws which would he in his own alt mode couldn’t pass.

The other merformers in the facility except for Drift’s occasional pups also aren’t inclined to learn Hand. Most simply aren’t there long enough. Or don’t agree. Another issue with repeating the test.

Whirl refuses and his hands aren’t in a good shape for it though his caretaker Cyclonus is trying to adapt a different communication since he noticed that Whirl uses colors to communicate and Whirl is intelligent enough to build and rebuild things and socializes well with the janitor, Tailgate too. Whirl isn’t exactly one they want meeting the public though, given his general aggression.

Getaway is a menace who keeps breaking out every place they put him and has sired way too many pups. He was released but keeps showing back up in one of the cages whenever he wants, like a seasonal bother, during breeding season. Mostly to harass Skids, who is currently their other lead project trying to learn Hand from Drift. Though it has some difficulties because they are different subspecies which have different fields again so they are trying to adapt it and the fact they keep having to break due to Getaway knocking him up and distracting him. They’ve made some headway with a new Praxian hire Bluestreak adapting door wing language to match Skids’s fin wings.

Other members of the Rehab Center include: Overlord (who is kept carefully under lock and key and is not to be approached unless by trained and approved individuals, because he was a mech killer and actively hunted them. He was slotted to be put down before someone decided, in Ratchet’s words, to make him their problem), Sunstreaker (who was injured and grew attached to an Insecticon recovering in the land facility and they bonded and refuse to leave so they had to make a hybrid enclosure), Tarn (a siren-type with a similar backstory to Overlord and is one of the only times one with his ability was captured alive and is under strict care), Nautica and her sorority (slotted to be released though with how much Nautica has bonded with Skids and her caretake Velocity she is likely going to voluntarily stay), etc.

Rodimus meets many of them and is excited to help out. It makes him feel like he’s making up for accidentally mistreating Thunderclash. Then when he gets read in on the they are probably sentient as we are but that’s being debated and meets Drift, things get even more wobbily for him emotionally. He has a lot of dreams and nightmares mixed up with memories about his time with Thunderclahs. Ratchet and he bond though Rodimus is a little terrified of him finding out about his past.

It’s very good for him and he is making friends and a life for himself, but his libido hasn’t died down and if anything has gotten worse, leading him to regularly hookup most nights and still feels weirdly unsatisfied and craving something. For all he’s mentally recovering he is also eating a lot more and emotional regulation wise he’s getting occasional mood swings, sore back, and he’s started to have his pain dull and get exhausted as the craving in him increases that his hookups are not satisfying.

Ratchet’s the one who finally sits him down to confront him, having been a former doctor in Iacon, and tells him he needs to talk to his doctor because its obvious he needs to increase his transfluid donations because they are not meeting his frame needs and if this keeps up he’ll start cannibalizing himself. Ratchet after enduring Rodimus’s obvious confusion realizes Rodimus doesn’t know he is pregnant. The facility had all kind of largely known because of Drift’s treatment of him. Drift is good for pegging when someone is carrying and treats them accordingly. Since Rodimus wasn’t talking about it though they were respecting his privacy.

Ratchet takes Rodimus to the hospital and hooks him up with a doctor, they estimate how along he is and realize he is much, much too small and behind on building materials so he is put on a strict diet and twice daily donations unless he want to abort. Ratchet calms him down and lets him talk out his emotions and Rodimus figures it happened during his post-trial sex marathons. After awhile thinking about he decides to keep it, Orion, despite Rodimus’s protests, did set him up a trust fund so he never feels pressured to fall into a bad situation again and Rodimus hasn’t been touching it due to complicated feelings but it would allow him to support himself. Plus he likes this area, far away from anyone who knows him and Ratchet goes ahead and tells him they were planning to offer him permanent position once his trial ended and his certificate was granted. The facility has a onsite daycare something Ratchet pushed for when he was pregnant with Medix and Minerva, his sparklings.

Rodimus has a support system and slowly tells everyone, getting healthier (but still feeling unsatisfied sexually), no longer seeking out hookups as often (it was mostly the cravings and the island is a bit too small population wise to keep things from getting awkward and people are more wary now that he has a belly unless they are really into it), and dealing with everyone openly being happy and supportive for him and weirdly enough the merformers reaction to when his belly pops changing.

They are all, without exception, preening for him or doting on him in equal measure. His coworkers explain that it’s a pretty normal reaction and merformers themselves commonly find signs of fertility attractive and, they point to Drift and Ratchet, are known for cross species attraction. There are quite a few jokes about how Drift was when Ratchet was pregnant that people then skirt away from when Ratchet approaches. Drift is the most excited for it and grabs Rodimus’s hands to project congratulations and even pets his belly, before grinning, crookedly and pressing Rodimus’s hand to his own and feeling a hardness there. Rodimus is startled but supposes that for all Drift’s imprinting he does still socialize and share the pool with other merformers, who Rodimus has learned are not shy about public sex and it is incredibly common to the point he’s desensitized at this point and visitors have to sign waivers to acknowledge they might see them getting frisky.

Things are actually going pretty well when they get news about a transfer request from another facility. Rodimus doesn’t think much of it until Ratchet sits Rodimus down and explains, seriously, that it would be Thunderclash transferring.

Rodimus feels like he’s been hit by a truck but says he’ll be fine especially after hearing the reason behind the request is that Thunderclash has health issues, and they want him comfortable because they are convinced he is going to die from complications and Ratchet’s Rehab Center is famous for care. Rodimus is deeply upset because he’d made a point to not investigate it at first and when he’d tried later couldn’t find out and couldn’t bring himself to mention it to Ratchet because that would mean telling about his past. Ratchet, during the talk, reveals he already knew. He just had been respecting Rodimus’s privacy.

Rodimus braces for Thunderclash’s return and hopes for the best. He’s taken to talking the Drift about his feelings while doing rounds and confesses everything that happened to him while Drift makes sympathetic chirps and coos and eventually grabs Rodimus’s hands to convey just pure comfort and support wordlessly, which Rodimus appreciates.

[vodid]

me wanting to make a cybertronian reproduction appreciation zine (wow that's a mouthful) but having my own qualms with certain headcanons that would surely find their way into the project.. 🥲

i mainly want to do it because of negativity surrounding the concept of mechpreg. i want a more positive and designated space for us to enjoy it. the project could include any method of reproduction, not just mechpreg (while remaining sfw) and even any pieces with happy creators and their sparklings! it doesn't just have to be reproduction based, it can go into family dynamics!

just want something fun for my maternal ass yk. please tell me what you think! 🥺🥺

[ao3feed-skystar]

consolation of a sovereign

read it on AO3 at https://ift.tt/Wacy6VQ by frenzinsanity Starscream is indeed a lonely jet. Without Skyfire, the void in his spark is obvious- and lately, the emptiness in his body would also be noticeable unless he preferred to work alone most of the day. Words: 1376, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English Fandoms: Transformers: Prime Rating: Mature Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Categories: M/M Characters: Starscream (Transformers), Megatron (Transformers), Soundwave (Transformers), brief mention of Skyfire (Transformers), brief appearance of Laserbeak (Transformers) Relationships: Megatron/Starscream (Transformers), Past Jetfire | Skyfire/Starscream (Transformers) Additional Tags: Sticky Sexual Interfacing (Transformers), Energon (Transformers), Dirty Talk, mention of mechpreg, Robot Sex, Affectionate Insults read it on AO3 at https://ift.tt/Wacy6VQ

[primus-why]

Hello! I was going through your page and noticed you once promoted a fic called Kismet by Andromedaprime. They had deleted the fic but I wanted to know if you had a copy saved? 🤞🤞 If not, that’s fine! Thank you ♥️

Answering this one real quick before I hop off to bed-- the author isn't really active on Tumblr anymore, but they are around on Twitter! I remember asking about that fic a while ago; they said it accidentally got deleted, but that they have no intention of reposting it for various personal reasons, one part because it's simply an older piece and they want to move on (this fic I believe finished in like 2014? 2017?? So like YEARS ago).

I'll give a quick rundown of what happened if you're still curious! A quick CW: mechpreg and valveplug implied ahead.

This universe uses a countdown timer on the wrist as soul marks. Basically once your timer reaches zero, you and soulmate have met. Orion is an officer and ends up helping in the aftermath of that iconic barfight where Megatron ends up as one of the arrested. Once everyone has been booked and the charged have been filed away, Orion realizes his tiner had run out at some point that day. He traces it back to the bar, and decides to inspect the wrists of the arrested.

Boom. Megatron is his soulmate. Obviously he is at first entirely opposed to the idea, seeing as he'd prefer his soulmate wasn't a criminal, plus there's a moral question of power imbalance between them as an officer of the law. But eventually Megatron, who is a gladiator, invites him around on like a date/to one of his matches or something, and they end up going back to his apartment and doing the do.

But, despite them connecting, despite Orion giving Megatron the benefit of the doubt, the other mech is gone in the morning. Orion also learns not long after that he's pregnant.

He ends up deciding to keep the sparkling, but through a series of circumstances, he ends up losing his job. Thankfully the mech who raised him, Alpha Trion, runs the archives, and welcomes Orion to come work for him while the sparkling develops.

To sum things up, Megatron never knew Orion was with child, and that day he left he had wanted to stay... but he hadn't told Prion that he was also a Revolutionary, and on that day Soundwave had warned him that Sentinel Prime/the government/whatever was coming for him, so he fled without a trace hoping to spare his soulmate of being interrogated for his whereabouts.

Megs finally makes it back to town, quickly learns Orion is pregnant, and after some shenanigans, whisks him away to their secret hideout to have the kid. Orion gives birth, and it's healthy. But once Orion goes back, things start to get tense and some assassins come for the new family. They hide into a cave while running away from the chaos, and quickly realize the kid is very hurt. Orion urges them to wander farther and they reach the core of Cybertron.

Once in the core they meet and talk to Primus. Primus agrees shit is getting crazy up on the surface, and so heals the kid and gives both Megs and Orion and bunch of powerups. They also name Orion the next true Prime or something, and he starts going by Optimus. Together they make it back to the surface, and rally the Revolutionaries to topple the corrupt government. Then it's a happy ending where they are a perfect little family ruling over a healing Cybertron.

That's a VERRRYYYY short version from what I can remember haha! I had especially liked the world building in its and the established couples/sparklings. Wheeljack and Ultra Magnus were a couple in it and Wheeljack had taught their kid how to throw knives against his bonded's wishes, which ended up saving their lives at some point. Ratchet was with Ironhide I believe, and was raising hellion lambo twins. There was also a BUNCH about reincarnation and past Primes. It was quite neat. You might want to try reaching out on Twitter to see if they have a copy to spare!

[spreadwardiard]

WIP

Just wanted to share a little over 400 words from a no war au (wtf is canon who needs that?) megop, mechpreg, fluff piece, one shot I'm working on. its just pure sugar idk what else to say. probably hella ooc. The fic is SFW, only a few mentions of sexual themes. Fic doesn't even have a title yet its in my files as mechpregdomesticfluff 🤣

WIP under the cut lemme know what you think!

“I chilled them. Look in the cooling unit.” The blip of joy that leaked into Orion’s field once he finally spotted the can made Megatronus’ spark thrum.  Once upon a time he would have tried to explain that away as anything other than the effects of being helm over pede in love with Orion. Now he just counted himself the luckiest mech in the universe to be loved in return. “You need to have more than rust sticks. Take a cube, too.” 

Orion laughed softly as he complied, grabbing two of the small cubes along with his favored rust stick treats. “Next time you should carry. You clearly have the better instinct for it. And the better frame.  Though I would be missing out on all the incredible overloads.” Orion’s plating rattled, from the back of his neck down his spinal strut to his aft, as if he’d had an involuntary shiver at some phantom sensation. 

Megatronus laughed at that, and strode across their hab suite, to meet Orion in the kitchen.  “Are the overloads the best part of carrying?” He stepped up behind him, slipped his arms around his waist so that he could get his servos on that exquisitely swollen abdomen once more.  Orion leaned into the embrace and rested his helm comfortable against Megatronus’ chest plates, a content grin on his face as he lifted a servo to offer a cube to his champion. 

“No. But they are in the top five.” Orion said with a content sigh. Megatronus regretfully withdrew one of his servos to take the offered cube. He paid much more attention to the way Orion’s plates felt under his servo than the taste of the energon he gulped down. Orion greedily shoved an entire rust stick down his intake, as if he were famished. 

“What’s number one?” He finished the cube in record time, and quickly set it aside, his servo had a better place to be.  Orion chewed noisily, unworried about looking uncouth as he stuffed his face with his treat of choice and crunched it between his dentae. 

“Mmm... I’m not sure... I have to turn… that one over a few times… in my processor.” Orion continued to eat as he spoke, finishing off his third stick. Finally he tipped the cube to his intake.  It eased Megatronus’ spark to see him consume some actual fuel. Lately all he’d been craving were those slagging rust sticks.  It was a wonder he hadn’t cracked his dentae on them with how many he’d been consuming these past few deca-cycles. 

to be continued