#Optimus is the leader of the planet and Megatron is his High Lord Protector that protects the Prime

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*SCREAMS* OH MY GODDDAAAGGGHGJFFNDNDNDNDNSNDNENDBBDJDNDNDNDMEKDKDMSMDDMDKSLFM THIS IS SOOOOOOOOO COOOLLL AND GREAATTTTTT AND TONY WOULD LITERALLY SAY THAT OMFGFFDJDJSJDNDNDMMDMDMFMSL

Idk if I should send this anonymously or not but fuck it I'm sending you but I'm a bit embarrassed to like- telling you the details lol

So Tony losing his shit when he realised he meet an alien- no a 15 meter tall robot that can transform into a truck with complete battle mask, sword and canon (it's Optimus Prime) that now standing infront of him bcuz he experimented with their life force (Energon) (it's all the government's fault actually)

Thanks! *runs away*

After all my questions, this is *slighly* generic because boy was there a lot of info in the wikipedia article for Transformers: The Last Knight that I could never fit in here. LOL. So we’ve got Optimus and Tony meeting for the first time. 😀

I gotta say, reading up a bit on the Transformers canon is kind of making me want to watch more Transformers stuff. Alas, I’m in the midst of an MCU rewatch at the moment.

I’ve set this prior to Tony removing the arc reactor because of reasons.

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Tony paced around the semi-trailer truck thoughtfully. It had been delivered by SHIELD almost a week before. Commercial trucks were not usually Tony’s baliwick, but this one had crazy energy readings. Readings that had only been getting stronger. 

He did one more scan before hefting a toolkit in one hand and approaching the cab. “Let’s see what makes you tick,” he said, reaching for the door.

The truck sprang to life, engine roaring, and reversed away from Tony. And then… then seams split all over the vehicle, none of them in any logical place, and slabs of metal twisted and rotated and reformed in a deafening clatter of metal. 

Tony stared as the mass of whirring, shifting metal settled into a humanoid shape. Its head nearly brushed the ceiling of Tony’s vehicle bay, and the red and blue paint job of the semi-trailer could still be recognized splayed across the being’s chest and arms. It held a sword, of all things.

“Holy shit,” Tony breathed. 

It sank to one knee, leaning down to bring its face nearly level with Tony. “As much as I appreciate scientific inquiry,” it said, and its voice did not sound mechanical at all, “I cannot permit you to experiment with Energon.”

“Yeah, no shit,” Tony said. He tapped his arc reactor. “I wouldn’t be too thrilled at someone wanting to poke around my battery, either. How about some questions, though? Because—” Tony broke into a grin, “—people have been telling me that something like you is impossible since grade school.” Like hell was carbon the only building block for life! This was something entirely different.

“I have questions of my own, Tony Stark,” the being said. “I am Optimus Prime.”

“JARVIS,” Tony said, not taking his eyes off Optimus Prime, “cancel all my meetings. Indefinitely.”

[primus-why]

Conjux Idea/ Storybeats

Yo what if there was a thing with conjuxes wherein if one of them dies, the other also dies? Which is why becoming conjux endura more or less fell out of fashion during the war times... considering the constant danger everyone was in every day, it was only logical that you wouldn't want your Cause to lose 2 mechs at a time.

But then, imagine this if you will... at a moment of mutual weakness, Megatron proposes that he and Optimus merge their sparks and become conjux endura. He reasoned that it would ensure mutual destruction-- if the Decepticons won, Megatron wouldn't be the one to rule them once the Prime was defeated; if the Autobots won, Optimus wouldn't be able to rule as Prime either.

Really, it was a selfish gambit on Megatron's part. See, he wasn't confident that the Decepticons were going to win at that point in time, so at the very least he wanted to ensure the end of the Primacy. But he knew that his own demise (in the event that the Decepticons pull out of their rut and defeat the Autobots) would be too tempting an offer for the Prime to not at least consider.

And Optimus took the bait.

... but fast forward to present day, and Megatron feels like an idiot. See, neither had considered the possibility that they would actually enter a time of peace and cohabitation between their factions and returning neutrals. (You know the drill by how-- some external threat showed up and the Bots and Cons had to band together to defeat them, but ended up just sticking it out and forging a new era of peace).

So now that things at going back to normal, people are bonding again! And, naturally, being living legends they are often the center of celebrity gossip... some of which dips into the question: "Who will the old faction leaders settle down with during peace time, if anyone??"

Maybe some rumors even start to fly about Megatron seeking medical council on whether or not a conjux bond could be safely severed (leading some folks to think he had been bonded to Starscream-- who vehemently denys that rumor-- since he put up with all his betrayals during the war).

Maybe things only get worse when the new council floats an idea to Optimus-- political marriage. They figure that while he's still highly revered as a Prime and respected as a war hero, since he isn't bonded to a Lord High Protector like in the old days-- plus he has been shown to be tolerant towards other factions and even other species-- he seems like a perfect candidate to participate in a symbolic union. There's even talk of him bonding with someone from a species with high acclaim on the Galactic Council, thus bolstering Cybertron's reintroduction to it.

Cue the press storm. "The Prime might be courting soon! Who will it be?" Megatron is privately fuming but he doesn't dwell on why, waving it off as simply being annoying celebrity gossip grating on his nerves.

Fast-forward to some event where Cybertron is hosting some gala for visiting dignitaries from various planets on the Galactic Council. It makes Megatron's tanks roil-- all the pomp and circumstance is incredibly surface level, masking the rebuilding efforts still underway with whatever glitz and glam could be scraped together. It's such a waste of resources, and he can feel the Prime agrees. Megatron was asked to attend as yet another sign of peace and goodwill, but no one dared tell him to be polite.

The same couldn't be said for the Prime, whom Megatron felt some pity for. He had been tasked with wining and dining some of their guests, specifically to see if they would be suitable for a potential political marriage. All Megatron could do was knock back some high grade and watch.

It was rare to feel anything from Optimus' side of the bond, so when the Prime's agitation flared up enough for him to feel it, it got Megatron's full attention. When he finally found the Prime, Megatron's own agitation flared-- some slimy slagger was trying to grope Optimus and no one was doing a damned thing about it!!! Prime was clearly getting agitated from dodging every attempt!

Clearly Optimus had been instructed not to rock the boat with this creature, and it looked like they understood their standing and fully intended to take advantage. Which explained Optimus' rising frustration. In the end, Megatron took another swig of high grade, marched over, and told them to keep their appendages to themselves and the unfortunate places he'd put them if they didn't. The night was deemed a disaster.

The following morning, Megatron convinced the council he only did it because "any entity that cannot even respect the bodily autonomy of one Cybertronian, will never respect Cybertronians as a whole"-- and also convinced HIMSELF he also just wanted to silence Optimus' end of the bond-- all while nursing a hangover.

The move of course gets more gossip buzzing. "Megatron comes to the Prime's rescue? Could he be vying for a new role as Lord High Protector??" Soundwave sends him a ping to discuss the incident in private, but Megatron pushes it off until tomorrow so he can collect himself.

Maybe that visiting dignitary gets mad and comes to seek justice for their treatment, demanding they get to punish Megatron themselves. Some of their soldiers try to haul him away-- Megatron of course fighting them the entire time. One finally gets the jump on him and he's captured in stasis cuffs, about to be dragged off, when Optimus shows up with Soundwave and his old energon battle axe.

"Get your hands off my conjux." He says, before leaping at the soldiers and chopping off their arms to release Megatron, whom Soundwave goes to collect. Eventually the invaders are chased off.

So while the council has to duke it out with the Galactic Council over the blatant breach in treaty, the whole planet goes absolutely buck wild with the news that Optimus and Megatron are sparkmates. :)