#perceptor with the wreckers

[sunxstreaker]

i don't really get simpatico but i would love to understand it more bc its such a big part of transformers now. if you're willing, you can do that big post on simpatico here?? if you wanna??? i'd really appreciate the help 🥺👉👈

The thing with Simpatico is that i didn't exactly Get it at first too, most of my exposure was through fan content and reading the thing i was just Yeah it Makes Sense people ship this, but then it kind of bestowed on me more how these two people are just two parts fitting together perfectly in a way they wouldn't with others, and it's not even inherently Romantic to me, even if i see them as very much in love and conjunxed post MTMTE/LL story.

Their relationship is quite silly in the context at first. Brainstorm's profile calls him a conflicted Perceptor fanboy. The only thing we get, up to this point, is his Annoyance with how his genius is overshadowed by Perceptor. While Perceptor doesn't seem to give him his time of day at all, more concerned with his work and what Rodimus wants from him than what Brainstorm is up to.

It's honestly just my personal interpretation of either characters, but Perceptor is finally allowed to fullly get back to science again, he's not expected to be holding his sniper rifle (even though he was never expected to! He had himself believe that holding a weapon will make him of more value!), while Brainstorm is there with his own super secret super important agenda.

Brainstorm is, apparently, an MTO, while we don't know what for, but MTOs have a very sad track record and usually have a lot of baggage as they're usually "born" and then kicked into the heat of battle, barely having any chance to learn who they are, just what they're for. Yet Brainstorm has never killed anyone - and despite that, he's still LIED about being an MTO.

Here they're talking about the concept of Constructed Cold, but there were TWO waves of them - pre-war and post-war. What Brainstorm is talking about he was not even born to witness yet.

They're both people who, one way or the other, "defying" what they are. It's a common theme with tf ships for me, but in case with this, it's Perceptor believing that he has to be more, and at the point of MTMTE, perhaps, not feeling entirely whole, and Brainstorm WANTING to be someone He actually Wants to Be.

Brainstorm feels threatened when his intellect is belittled by people calling Perceptor the genius. Brainstorm is quite egotistical and selfish, but it all ends up being just a facade, just as much Perceptor's cold and perfect exterior he cultivated throughout years during the war, of someone he thought his side needed.

Up until Brainstorm's time travel shenanigans, we saw them interacting sometimes, and a lot of the time, it was Brainstorm trying to impress Perceptor somehow, or just being himself that draws attention of Percy nevertheless.

And then we see Percy smiling the most he's ever smiled throughout the comic, calling Brainstorm a genius himself, impressed by the intricate work of Brainstorm.

Perceptor gets up to clap for Brainstorm at his trial, and i think it's the moment that sold Perceptor for his respect to Brainstorm. Everything he ever knew about Brainstorm - the careless egotistical and cowardly scientist - turned out to be nothing but means to an end, making way to a dedicated, caring, kind and brilliant person into his mind.

I think their finale just says it all regarding these two, honestly.

"I always wanted recognition for what I am."

"Me too."

Brainstorm spent his life on science and to be recognized. He didn't hide the fact he's an MTO just because. He wants to be seen for his achievements. Perceptor's war trauma had him feel useless to his comrades, who's "purpose", who's Genius, was ultimately the thing people saw in him, brushing off his personal achievements, maybe even the fact he could be more, his person, the way he feels Brainstorm could understand, too.

They're simpatico for a reason, and its just one of them, but pretty crucial and at the very core of why they're so compatible.

While i understand simply thinking of them as "science duo" they're so so much more than that.

[keferon]

Pow you messed with the Wreckers. Or something haha

Listen I don’t have a type. BUT SOMEHOW every time I find and add a character to my favorites, he turns out to be a wrecker. My best theory - I have a built-in wrecker radar~

[zen-shenanigans]

An old man and his six kids

[seafoamsol]

Doodles from a friend’s magma

[o-mellowy]

Save a horse,,

[robot-thighs]

hello maccadams fans,

so! i kept stumbling across mentions of the short story "Bullets" on tfwiki, because it had important lore about Kimia and some characters who would later appear in MTMTE. but because it was an exclusive that was only published in the TPB for "Last Stand of the Wreckers," not many people have probably read it. it's a prequel story to LSOTW and DOES contain some spoilers if you haven't read that series, but it's also interesting how much jro is obviously setting up for MTMTE, even tho this was written about 2 years before MTMTE started coming out. pretty sure this is the first canonical appearance of Rung.

anyway, because this was so hard to track down, I took the time to find a scan of the LSOTW trade paperback and used an ocr scanner to transcribe it so that I could share it and make it more accessible. I've only ever found a few transcriptions of the first chapter, but not the whole thing. it's very interestingly written, and also contains some interesting criticism of Furmanisms. I highly recommend anyone who is a fan of MTMTE/LL or LSOTW give it a read. The ending still has me shook.

Disclaimer: I didn't change the writing at all, but i did omit a couple very obvious typos that were printed in the TPB, and I fixed some of the formatting issues where chapter breaks were missing or put in the wrong place. otherwise, this writing is completely unaltered. Also, I did read this over like 3 separate times as I was working to transcribe and format it, but because ocr scans can be unpredictable, it's very possible I missed a few minor things.

Anyway please read and enjoy!

-day

edit: fixed the title for the link

[sweet7simple]

Spotlight: Drift

Me: I wonder why people ship Drift with Perceptor. It seems really random.

Meanwhile, in the comics:

Me: Oh. I see.

[gothicjuicebox]

This could be canon idk, not far enough in any of the comics to know. But the idea that everyone sees drift and perceptor as atleast calm ish autobots just trying to get through their day. Yes of course most know their time with the wreckers. It would be so funny if everyone has seen this side to them were drift is doing his best to be the best autobot he can be and Percy just trying to get his science done. But the moment the wreckers are all together there two completely different people. More open and wild. Partty animals even

[loveofbots]

Imagine coding with this guy

Percy isn’t my favourite transformer but here’s some off the cuff Headcanons about him.

He’s really into computer science, that and microbiology are the two things he’s really good at studying and exposing information on.

Well kept secret but he would love to teach people! Has like a whole curriculum laid out and everything, but no one is willing to learn with him :(( to be fair he has a tendency to jump ahead to more complex topics

Full of autism

Hypochondriac, gets pissed when people cut corners on cleanliness.

Percy plays minecraft but he makes mods, he like going into the games code and modding games like that or seeing if the devs left any Easter eggs in the codes.

If you offered to test his mods it would make him very happy.

He/They pronouns

[anabisetia]

Last stand of the wreckers ready for TFcon La

[transingthoseformers]

I came up with this weird idea where Perceptor has a child and it's Hot Rod and no one knows who the sire is.

Perceptor is part of the wreckers on Cybertron when he has Hot Rod. At first he's nervous the wreckers will reject him and baby Hot Rod and he's worried about them surviving on their own. When Cybertron is basically a wasteland.

He eventually tells the wreckers and they all collectively decide to adopt baby Hot Rod and take care of him so Hot Rod has a large family of protective uncle's and aunts.

The femmes of course are like like the rich aunties who spoil him.

When they get to Earth everyone thinks Perceptor is weak and can't fight because he's a scientist. Then a Decepticon kidnaps Hot Rod and Perceptor brutally murders them and everyone on the Ark is shocked.

But the wreckers are like "He's a wrecker what did you expect?"

Oooo interesting!

Ohh Percy oh nooo

The Wreckers chose to be their family unit instead🥰

Okay that's always hilarious to me (the idea that mecha assume Perceptor has limited to no fighting capabilities and when those mecha are proven wrong so so fast)

The Wreckers are RIGHT about that

[backup-datatrax]

[zen-shenanigans]

the kids are asleep!

[onedegreeofsoniccomics]

Last Stand of the Wreckers #2

Writers: Nick Roche & James Roberts

Pencils: Nick Roche

Inks: John Wycough

Colors: Josh Burcham

Letters: Neil Uyetake

[detritiviolet]

Perceptor can shoot me and i would thank him <3

[deviousmiracle88]

the stance. the drama.