#adaptican empire

[askvectorprime]

Dear Vector Prime, Sir,

Can you please tell us about your favorite Cybertronian holiday?

Dear Humble Holidaymaker,

The Festival of Lost Light is a beautiful, somber occasion when Cybertronians remember those who have passed on from our mortal Kingdom, beyond the Foundation and towards the Crown. When I am in a jollier mood, I admire the many parades, decorations, and stories of All Spark Day. The Cyber-Solstice is a time of celebration of community, kindness, and fortitude in the face of the great storms that herald its coming, though I fear that over time it has become more of a celebration of overconsumption than anything.

Some belief systems observe the Days of Dedication, a decacycle to commemorate historical resistance against the functionist Adaptican Empire and the miracle of the undying Matrix Flame. And, of course, in contrast to the solemnity of the Festival of Lost Light, there is Forgeflame Night, a joyful celebration of the lives and memories of those who have passed on to the Primal Wellspring, where story and song are passed down in a great, unbroken chain. Some may find the imagery of this festival—bare endoskeletons, fierce sparkeaters, horned devourers and bestial transorganics—to be gruesome or morbid, but I believe that it simply acknowledges that death, though undoubtedly tragic, is a part of Cybertronian life not to be feared.