#an arcee sort of day

[lazychimken]

Ever since TFO I’ve fallen in love with Elita-One I love her sm and according to ME everyone else loves her too // also here are my thoughts about my weird TF continuity that I’m making up rn made up of combination of TFO and TFA

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So the TFO movie events still happen except that B-127 is a sparkling. Orion becomes Optimus Prime and with the help of Elita-One and the newly formed Autobots, they rebuild Cybertronian society.

B-127, along with other sparklings such as Cliffjumper, are sent to the newly formed Autobot Academy. Initially it was to have them learn basic knowledge (like our real-world education system), but as the Decepticons, Quintessons, and other threats continue to threaten the Autobots it eventually becomes an Autobot Boot Camp to train soldiers, spies, scouts, etc.

After orbital cycles/years of not seeing OP or Elita-One, B-127 finally graduates from the academy as a scout and immediately tries to become OP’s personal scout. He’s still a yapper (which got him bullied) but now that he’s a teen (idk the TF equivalent to that) he’s gotten a bit more bratty and overconfident to make up for his short stature.

While B-127 was in the academy, OP has continued to lead the Autobots to form a more fair society for all. He continually runs into Megatron throughout the war, but still has hopes of one day changing his mind. OP feels the pressure of being the leader constantly and as such hopes to assign the rank of Prime (or something similar to it) to other bots, such as Ultra Magnus and Rodimus (who’s still training to become one).

Elita-One becomes the leader of the Elite Guard (named after her + a separate entity) that goes into battle side-by-side with OP. She’s seen as one of the greatest soldiers the Autobots have and everyone, especially academy students, wants to be part of the Elite Guard. Between helping OP, fighting battles, leading the Elite Guard, and training new recruits, she has a bit of a chip off her shoulder, but always means well.

Side Notes for Arcee and Hot Rod:

- Arcee and Hot Rod were teens when the events of TFO occurred, with Arcee being a cogless miner and Hot Rod being a cogged racer

- They have both graduated from the Autobot Boot Camp and are now soldiers

- Arcee is a new recruit for the Elite Guard and has a bit of a hero-crush on Elita-One; her bubbly personality and endless energy is seen as a welcome change for the Elite Guard and she gets along with everyone

- Hot Rod was initially also going to the Elite Guard, but his prowess on the battlefield as well as his natural leadership skills caught OP’s attention and he’s now being personally tutored by Ultra Magnus

- Became friends with B-127 and adopted him as a sort of little brother, as they’re glad to not be the youngest anymore and to show off to someone who’s easily impressed

[raileurta]

A continuation of this post

Looking back on it Miko should have just told the truth. Sure yeah it's extremely embarrassing calling your resident overlord addict "dad" by accident but it would not have snowballed into this hot gaslighting mess.

Oh who Miko kidding she is reveling in the complete chaos she's caused.

Scrolling back to a few weeks ago Miko had just finished school. The girl had just previously pulled an all nighter to catch up on all her work and studying. (Got to stay in her exchange program somehow) So Miko was completely exhausted. She didn't even have a chance to sleep during school as for some Primus forsaken reason there was an important test in every class! Miko had planned on sleeping at the base but nooooo the universe had other plans. That day the decepticons decided to try to tail them without them noticing and try to find out their secret base. Of course her best bestie in the whole universe noticed them and quickly diverted his course. They drove for a few minutes before Bulkhead quickly went behind some rock transformed and did a surprise attack on them. It probably was an interesting fight but Miko was too tired to care or pay attention to.

Iterable now and still unwillingly awake they were ground bridge back to base. Jack being the good mom friend he is asked if she was okay. Miko doesn't really understand what happened in her brain that day that made her give that response but sleep deprivation is a scary thing. She had responded,

"Yeah yeah I'm good just some of Dad's goons being annoying again."

Silence greeted her. She looked around weirded out by everyone's shocked faces. They were staring at her like she had just grown another head.

"What's wron-" and apparently that's when her mind registered what she had just said. Miko's face twisted into the definition of abject terror and her brain in all it's horrible glory decided it would best to follow that up with,

"Scrap you weren't supposed to know that."

What the hell brain?!?? Could you have worded that any less suspiciously? Could have said something like "I didn't mean to say that." Jesus Christ.

Miko obviously knowing on some instinctual level she fucked up big time immediately tried to book it. She didn't get too far of course, getting caught by Arcee real quickly. (She's slippery but not that slippery.)

The girl was half questioned half interrogated about what she had meant by that. Deciding it was a good idea to dig herself into a deeper hole Miko "revealed" that Megatron was her father. For obvious reasons they didn't believe her bs. Miko then decided to back up her claim with "evidence" if you can even call it that. She said she can understand Bee for instance. Bumblebee then chipped at her which had translated into, "What?? No way! If that's true what's my favorite dinosaur?"

She simply responded "Triceratops."

Everyone freaked out especially Bee. Miko couldn't really blame them. As she's been "acting" like she didn't know Bee's language and been lying to them since day one. The truth though was that Miko had in secret actually been practicing to understand him for a couple months now. It was going to be a gift of sorts and she was just fed up with not understanding him.

They still needed more evidence from her through. Yeah it was extremely suspicious that Miko hasn't said anything about this but Raf could understand Bee and he's a regular human. She then brought out the big guns and told them,

"Well I also know Megatron and Optimus are exes." Miko had bluffed. She didn't know 100% for sure that was true. She mostly just got this vibe from those two and nobody acknowledged it. It honestly was kinda annoying if she was being honest with here. The team instantly threw up protests and looked to their leader to disprove her claims. But they were met with a slightly blushing Optimus who was turned away. Ratchet making a comment under his breath about how did she know?

If Miko thought they weren't fully freaked out about the language thing they were totally freaked out now. It was really chaotic. Bulkhead was frantically asking why she didn't say anything and was Miko just using him for some evil plan?! At the same time Arcee and Bee were trying to get Raf and Jack away from her at the same time. While Optimus was kinda breaking down about not knowing anything about this and Ratchet was consoling him. She thankfully managed to convince Bulk that yes they were in fact best friends and no she wasn't going to hurt anybody. Being the saints they are autobots tried to look past her "heritage" and still be a family. Optimus even giving her a grand speech about how your blood doesn't define you and what you choose to be.

God was that awkward.

After a bit of more talking Miko finally was permitted to rest and once the best sleep of her life was over reality hit hard for her. If she wasn't freaking out about the whole situation at the time Miko would have laughed herself dizzy at how easily the bots were fooled. They didn't even ask about her quote unquote "creation." Calming down a few minutes later Miko started to really think about what to do now.

And well in for a penny in for a pound, she decided to double down and commit to this weird bit. So for the next few days Miko started dropping "lore" about herself and in general messing with everyone. Ratchet even made a comment about how it was kinda obvious looking back as Miko apparently was a mini Megatronous with her personality.

Okay wow. She was kinda offended by the comment but really couldn't say anything.

She did however get some cool information about Megatron. Like apparently how he was a very lively prankster. This info would come in handy about two weeks later.

Miko had ran through the ground bridge as usual, got caught up in some dangerous battle, then to shake things up was caught in another cave in. (Those are never as traumatic as the second time around) As fate would have it she was sorta saved by buckethead himself. Holding up a huge rock preventing them both from being squished making him unable to harm her. Not one to waste this opportunity she tried to recruit him into her scheme.

It went something like this:

"Okay look I need for you to hear me out."

"No."

"I didn't say anything yet!"

"I don't care to listen to the ramblings of a filthy organic."

"Ugh why couldn't it have been a different pretend dad decepticon?!"

"what...?"

"Long story short I have been gaslighting the autobots into believing your my dad- well sire for the past few weeks."

Megatron was rendered speechless.

Well briefly anyways.

"I'll be damned Starscream was right. All you insects are completely insane."

"Probably. But that's besides the point; I need your help to keep this lie going."

"Absolutely not."

"Come on....."

"No."

"Yes."

"NO."

"YES."

"NO."

"YES."

"IT'S NOT EVEN BIOLOGICALLY POSSIBLE!"

"Does it look like I care????? The autobots believed me and that's all that matters!"

"Wait a minute- you got the autobots to believe you?"

"Surprisingly yes. In all honesty it was too easy."

"....."

"Don't you want to fuck with them?"

"Imagine how much psychological damage Ratchet and Optimus would take."

"Aren't you tired of being nice?"

"I'm never nice."

"Don't you want to go ape shit?"

"Why are you doing this?"

"Why go through all this effort to keep up this lie?"

Miko should have said that it was because she didn't want to be caught lying and was scared about revealing the truth; but that would be a lie.

"I'm doing this because I can. I do it for the love of the game."

"Your psychotic........"

"It's nice to meet you daughter."

Cew evil canned laughter.

[Part 1] - [Part 2?]

[lets-try-some-writing]

i love it when people apply the whole “humans are space orcs” idea to transformer humans.

jack, miko and raf just doing regular, average day things that make the bots both extremely worried and unsettled gives me so much brainrot.

I got you here. I love this kind of lore/reaction ask.

Each of the children have a particular habit that bothers the team more than anything else. Can it be explained? Not really. All humans do the things they do. But for the bots, it is strange and out of sorts all the same.

Miko always carries around a bottle of sparkling water. She adores the stuff. The team, despite knowing it is not what the name implies, are still horrified with her drinking habits. Not to mention, they can't help but wonder where all the liquid goes. She drinks up to three whole bottles of water a day. In her own words "Hydrate or die." That in it of itself is concerning since the team, while well aware that humans need water, do not know how much they need exactly. The team are down right terrified of her ability to down water like a dry sponge. How can such a small fleshy even consume that much? They aren't entirely sure. Not only that, but if she drinks that much, then are Jack and Rafael getting enough? They can't be.

Not only does Miko down water like a bone dry houseplant, she also drinks just about anything else too. The team have seen her chug sodas which contain Primus knows how many strange chemicals and compounds. They've observed her willingly drink things that no other would on bets, including food that has been blended and watered down just because Jack wanted to see if it was possible for her to down hotdog cafeteria milk cheeto apple slurry.

Yes the team are terrified of humans and their ability to put anything inside themselves and walk it off. But more than any other, they fear Miko. Who knows what she's consumed.

All the kids do it, but Jack is the most notable since when he needs to go to the restroom, he makes it loud and clear mainly so that someone knows to keep an eye on Miko. The team are aware that organics have a need to manually handle removing waste since their systems are rather inefficient, however there is a certain level of mysteriousness surrounding the restrooms. The bots don't want to watch or even know HOW the humans get rid of waste, but they do know that THINGS happen in the restroom that seem to either be painful, emotional, refreshing, or aggravating. No one can really be sure what reaction will follow those who enter the space. Sometimes Jack or one of the other kids will go in there seemingly to just be alone.

It is a strange and almost sacred location where strange happenings occur. Miko went in once with bloody clothes and emerged with a fresh set before Ratchet could figure out what was wrong in the first place. Jack went in once and came out an hour later looking like he'd gone to war after he convinced Arcee to let him stop and get takeout the night before. Rafael took his charger and computer in there and hogged the space for a while to get away from the others once. The team does not know what happens in there, but it is mildly concerning since it either repairs or breaks a person.

Bulkhead theorizes that its a pocket dimension like the shadow zone. Ratchet refuses to think about it. Optimus will say nothing about whatever he knows. Arcee and Bee assume its a safe haven or sorts and Wheeljack is almost certain they keep weapons in there. Ultra Magnus and Smokescreen both agree that the restroom is simply a quiet space where a human can deal with personal issues in peace.

No bot is willing to try and confirm anything since humans flip out at any attempts to view the supposedly sacred ground.

Rafael is generally pretty good about flying under the radar most of the time, but he has a habit that has caught the team's attention. Humans have been noted doing what they can to clean themselves on their own. Its rather ineffective to clean one's own venting openings with digits considering the sheer amount of germs involved, but it is not out of the question to do so when a cleaning cloth is not available. Rafael occasionally and quietly trying to clean his nose is not what bothers the team.

No what horrifies them is the goop that he pulls out after his attempt at cleaning. What Ratchet has studied states that the goop is referred to by a number names, but is commonly called snot. Its the natural germ catcher humans have, but it still unsettles the team whenever Rafael quietly blows a few or when one of the others grabs a tissue and makes a rather disgusting sound as they try to clear their airways.

The goop reminds the team of any number of horrible things. But the sheer amount of GROSS within a small amount of the stuff has left the team all gagging whenever they find the stuff around base. Rafael is usually good about being clean, but sometimes he gets lazy and will use his chair to hide his cleaning attempts. Bumblebee has almost purged a few times seeing the marks on the chair from where Rafael may or may not have wiped his fingers.

Is he twelve? Yes. Is he fully mature? No. That much is evident just by looking at his chair.

[goosegooserevolution]

got some tf designs done!! more about their designs and lore below the cut

Arcee:

For her lore, she started out as a school teacher before becoming a front line soldier. Her character is meant to represent civilians and how the war affected/changed them. Once she joins the front lines, she realizes she's quite good at killing and adopts some identity issues because of it. When she was a teacher she never felt like she knew who she was, but now she feels like she was always supposed to be a soldier. Her own violence terrifies her and makes her question if she's even a person. As the war drags on, she secretly wishes it never ends. She doesn't see how someone as violent as her would fit into a peaceful Cybertron, so she hopes she'll never see that day. Eventually she does overcome her identity issues but that isn't until much later, for now she's going to quietly suffer. For her design, I wanted to make her arms and legs exaggeratedly big so it looks like she stole some warrior's limbs and slapped it onto her own frame. It's supposed to symbolize the harsh transition from civilian to warrior, and visibly show her identity issues with how unbalanced her frame is. Her paintjob is pink to symbolize energon, which she tends to be painted in regardless of her original color (sort of a deadpool situation). When she was a teacher she started out a light blue, then when the war started she changed to pink, and after the war she's a dark blue with pink highlights (similar to her canon tfp design). The dark blue symbolizes her finding peace and serenity once the war is over, and the pink accents show that the scars of war never truly go away. Finally, her alt-mode is a bike, which might be unassuming on the battle-field but not only is she agile she's one hell of a heavy hitter! It gives her an advantage in combat, and between her kind eyes and unsuspecting alt-mode, mechs tend to underestimate her. Elita:

For her lore, Elita starts out as a dock worker with her buddies Orion Pax and Ironhide. She's a simple mech, she likes to go out drinking, hates her supervisor, and enjoys spending time with friends. Once the war starts her peaceful but sometimes difficult life is shattered, and her only goal is to return to what she had. She doesn't care for politics, she doesn't care for leading, all she wants is the life she spent so long building to come back to her. She's second in command to the new prime: Optimus, who just happens to be her incompetent friend Orion Pax. Optimus is a great leader when he isn't constantly doubting himself, so mechs tend to look towards her for a stable figure. Elita only stays so stable because she's so motivated by getting her old life back, its a simple desire but that makes her all the more relatable to the mechs under her. She's generally pretty grounded and easy to get along with, but don't try to be vulnerable with her it just becomes awkward. For her design, I decided to make her a tow truck since I always imagine her lifting and pulling all her friends up, figuratively and literally. Whether its pulling her drunk friends up off the floor, dragging Orion into an alleyway to avoid enforcers, or giving a peptalk to Arcee, she's a very supportive figure and the Autobots would be lost without her. Before Orion ascends to Primacy, Elita is the tallest out of their truck trio (Orion, Ironhide, and her). Truck alt-modes are some of the tallest Cybertronians, only rivaled by miners, shuttles, and Primes themselves. Her pink paintjob is a bit dingy and rusted to show she's a laborer, and her pink color is also meant to symbolize energon, but doesn't take on the violent meaning that Arcee's does. Elita's pink color represents home and the very concept of life, because she is fueled by that desire to return home. Shockwave: I don't have much on Shockwave as I'm still fleshing out his character, but generally speaking he's a lot more expressive and emotive than canon Shockwaves. He starts out as a gladiator in the pits with Megatron. His unusual appearance is because of what he views as most "logical", AKA what are the cheapest/most practical parts to replace his old broken ones. Once you get your face smashed in so many times you stop going through the effort of getting a whole new faceplate. Once the war starts he retreats to the lab and makes whatever Megatron asks for. He stays away from combat, as a result he keeps his gladiator frame, since it's never damaged so it would be "illogical" to replace it with something more akin to a scientist's frame. His alt-mode is a weaponized space-craft rover.

[blade-liger-4ever]

How Team Prime Reacts to Smokescreen Nearly Becoming a Prime

Arcee

She's speechless, mind buzzing with questions and more than a little disapproval. The rookie? The guy who's mouth never stopped working, who -

.....Went back for Optimus when no one else did. And who, in hindsight, achieved a considerable amount without their aid.

It's still hard for her to accept. Arcee had thought she'd read Smokescreen like an open book, but had she really? Did she understand him like she thought she did? Maybe there was something there Optimus saw that none of them did. Pit, there must be a reason, otherwise the Matrix wouldn't have singled him out like that.

Arcee doesn't say anything for a while about this revelation. She can't even really bring herself to look Optimus or the kid in the optic, though she knows she can't keep avoiding it. When she's cooled her engine, she'll make sure to find the words.

And hopefully, they won't be as harsh as when Smokescreen first arrived on Earth.

Bumblebee

Honestly, Bee's mind is going at Warp Factor Nine over this. He's astounded that a rookie (however much older he is, he's still technically got less experience under his belt than Bee) got the green light from the Matrix. It's incredible, and as insane as it seems, Bee realizes pretty dang quick that Smokescreen's Spark must be at least on the same level as Optimus'.

Because of this, Bee takes to hanging around Smokescreen some more, hopefully subtly. Occasionally he asks questions like what Smokescreen's past was like, where he lived, etc. But while he learns from the questions that it's a less glamorous beginning than compared to Optimus, it all weighs on Smokescreen a great deal.

Seeing this, knowing how terrified his new teammate must be, Bee decides to hear him out and, once accepting that Smokescreen might just be his future Prime (don't die Optimus, please not after that close call), Bee becomes something of a willing information vault for his fellow scout.

A Prime needs experience, right? Bee's got tons, and he's more than willing to share if it means helping Smokescreen out in the future.

Bulkhead

Three thoughts go through Bulk's head in pretty rapid fashion.

The first is Whoa, Prime almost left the rookie in charge? The next is Wait, did I just blaspheme? And the third is Maybe I was too hard on him.

A sense of guilt for his misplaced anger at Smokescreen during his initial time at base hits him then, and he squashes any and all thought of divine retribution to try and puzzle out Smokescreen and his future election to the Primacy. Thinking back on it, they were all unnecessarily harsh on the kid (well, except for Optimus, but he was rarely harsh to anyone.) In hindsight, Bulk realizes that Smokescreen had actually held his own dang well with the 'Cons once he had the actual chance to get into a fight with them. Maybe that was a reason why the Matrix had chosen him. Bulk's seen newbies, and more than half of them lost their head in a way that he'd never seen happen to Smokescreen.

With this new perspective on things, as well as wanting to properly make up for his attitude, Bulk's decided to back Smokescreen up more often. He'd like to offer some sort of advice, but he's never been very good with his words. Actions are his strength.

Bulk feels that may be the key, and so with any luck, Smokescreen can glean something from his fighting style and the occasional tale from his Wrecker days.

Ratchet

Ratchet's had many a suspicion since the fall of Darkmount about Optimus and Smokescreen's miraculous return. He's kept them to himself, but given the state Optimus must have been in to warrant Smokescreen using the Forge to heal him, and how Optimus would never have allowed it...

The revelation is not much of one to him, though the shock of how close Optimus came to joining the AllSpark still manages to rattle him. Pondering, thinking things over, Ratchet recalls how Alpha Trion always favored Orion Pax during his days as an Archivist. Granted, he'd never known the old 'Bot that well - he'd had his servos busy with medical studies, duties, and keeping tabs on the new medicines and procedures that were constantly flowing through Iacon, and so had rarely had the time to spare getting to know the head Archivist.

And yet he should have seen the signs. That Alpha Trion didn't share with just anyone how he petitioned Halogen to speak on Orion's behalf for Primehood, or how Smokescreen was surely an exceptional cadet to warrant the rank of bodyguard to Alpha Trion. And, although the two are as different as night and day, Ratchet has steadily become aware of the shared stubbornness between his old friend and the future Prime. How neither of them can stand letting an injustice happen to a friend, and how they both take the responsibility of a wrong, with Optimus and Smokescreen each possessing the habit of taking even more of the blame than is called for.

Ratchet says nothing terse, barely anything. He refuses to treat Smokescreen with anything that could come across as reverence, for Bulkhead and Bumblebee's new behaviors are already disturbing him, no matter the well-meaning behind them.

But, he can soften his temper. And, in the late night, offer him some consolation over his future duties.

Ratchet's acted as a source of relief for one Prime. He can do the same for the one who comes after his friend.

Ultra Magnus

Ultra Magnus knows better than to question the Matrix of Leadership, or Optimus' decisions. However, that doesn't stop his mind from questioning some of the recklessness he's seen attached to Smokescreen's file while on Earth.

That said, he has witnessed how certain aspects of Smokescreen's... adaptability, has proven useful on the battlefield. Moreover, the Elite Guardsman has an impressive record on both worlds, even though it is marked with breaks of protocol and regulation.

As much as it pains him to admit it, Ultra Magnus knows that such behavior can be beneficial to an army. Perhaps even to an entire race.

Therefore, Ultra Magnus feels it is his duty to attempt to guide Smokescreen's path. Their differing approaches will inevitably lead to Magnus having to stand back and allow Optimus to advise him, but if Smokescreen needs anything, Magnus will be the first to come to his future Prime's aid.

Wheeljack

On the one hand, Wheeljack's impressed. Kid must have potential to be tapped like that.

On the other, he's glad Smokescreen missed out. Otherwise, he'd have been boring by the time Wheeljack got to know him.

In all seriousness though, Wheeljack can't help but be proud of Smokescreen. He's not showy about it, but the kid's earned his place as an Autobot, an Elite Guardsman, and even as an honorary Wrecker in his optics. Getting a record like that in such a short span of time is no easy feat.

By chance or deliberation, Wheeljack becomes the second Autobot to treat him for who he is and what he can be. If the others begin getting sharp with Smokey or frustrated by him, Wheeljack's the first to fire off a casual yet pointed comment that reminds the others of Smokescreen's place among them. If it gets really tense, he borderline leaps to his defense by pointing out sarcastically, "I don't see you treating Prime that way. What makes his successor any different?"

The nonchalant, yet loyal attitude Wheeljack displays more than endears him to Smokescreen, and in short order the future Prime sees him as a second or third mentor.

Wheeljack would joke about the wisdom of that decision, but somebody's gotta look after the kid and treat him normally. May as well be him.

And somehow, it all feels right.

For @kzele - I hope I delivered!

[quirekey]

TFP autobots as Cats/kittens

[ headcanons ] + [ Lmao i had fun ]

[ includes: Optimus, Bumblebee, Bulkhead, Arcee, Ratchet, Smokescreen and Wheeljack ]

—•—•—

Optimus Prime:

Optimus would be a pretty large kitten. A vibrant blue, red and white coat with larger and tall ears. Pretty big and seemingly cute-serious eyes. Medium amount of fluff!

- Optimus probably meows a hella lot, yapping about some random stuff. He definitely sits on your lap and meows at you all day with those big ol’ eyes. You may be busy but then he spawns and just starts rambling about some sort of leadership stuff.

- He isn’t too affectionate when you're busy, but the second you start relaxing then he will just loaf on you. Your leg, chest or any available and empty spot on your body, it’s his favourite spot!

- He’s a very pristine and clean little boy, always licking to keep himself looking fancy schmancy! He will paw at you if you don’t clean yourself, pawing and leading you to the bathroom, it’s fair if you are offended.

- Honestly very agile and fast for a larger cat, but only running around outside. He doesn’t wanna make a mess. He loves to run around alongside you if you do exercises like jogging.

- He does get along with others, being a charming little cat that talks a lot definitely would charm any human but not too many cats, silly boy. He would want to get along with every cat and kitten.

—•—•—

Bumblebee:

Bumblebee is a furry little fella with folded ears. A yellow and black striped coat that is full of fluff! Puffy and long tail and black lil’ paws that are grippy and adorable. Smaller than the average cat also.

- He definitely chats a hella lot, no matter where and no matter what. You will hear him talking to your half-sleeping body, pawing at your face as he mewed at you.

- He may as well be a dog due to how attached and clingy they are compared to other cats. Bumblebee always is just clinging onto you with his claws on your pants, meowing until you stop and pet him, and he’s very persistent when he does it too.

- Has a habit of being clumsy. He would try to jump onto a counter and slam his face into it instead, crying after. He would slip off tables and accidently break glasses.

- He’s just a bit skittish, just a bit. He will see anything and either run at it with full force or jump and run off, it’s just a 50/50. He’s very random when it comes to being either skittish or aggressive.

- Loaf all day, no matter what. Loaf in cup, loaf on bed, loaf on couch! He would mostly wanna loaf on your lap, loud purrer too. He likes to just turn into a loaf in the most random spots too, it’s honestly strangely cute.

—•—•—

Ratchet:

Ratchet is a fuzzy cat, not a fluffy one. He doesn’t like the big coat type of look and prefers a simple one. Little ears that are always down like he’s grumpy 24/7. Medium sized body and tail. Red and white coat.

- Always is away watching some sort of interaction or thing. He is loafing at the window seal, watching birds. He’s sitting on the counter, watching you clean the dishes or just watching the trees move in the wind. He does get into things very easily.

- He isn’t too playful and is pretty sleepy. He’s an old cat that isn’t too active so he’s just laying around. He is just curled up in a ball in his bed all day and never will play with a toy.

- He will demand attention if he wants it and demand you to go away if he doesn’t. He sometimes gives mixed messages but you just pet him anyways because he’s cute.

- He hisses a hella lot, a little feisty boy. If you do anything that he doesn’t like, hissing. If you pet him too much, hissing. If you pet him too little, hissing.

- Ratchet seems like the type of kitty to not care too much about pats until you start actually petting him. He will show that he doesn't want any pets but once you start petting him then it’s game-over.

—•—•—

Bulkhead:

Bulkhead is a large and bulky looking cat. Fuzzy and furry. He’s a round fella with a round, mini tail. He has smaller feet and small ears that twitch a lot. Chonky kiki with a dark green coat.

- Absolutely grateful!! Give him any toy and he is forever grateful, playing with it every single day. Get him cat food and he will meow at you so much with a cute, big-eyed expression.

- Bulkhead is very affectionate. He’s always head-butting you for pats, pawing at you when you're just sitting around and nuzzling onto you whenever he wants. He always wanted to sit on your shoulder but he’s too bulky to :(.

- He loves to squish himself into things. He’d try his best to squish into a mug a lot, happy and unaware. He absolutely loves boxes that perfectly fit him and is like liquid when you hold him.

- He’s very very aggressive and messy. He may just start running around and dropping your items onto the floor, having fun while being messy. You sometimes call him a little wrecking ball but also yell at him a lot.

- He’s a little troublemaker, loving to make a mess to just tease you for fun. He will only not scratch up the couch and make a mess if you yell at him a lot, because he’s afraid of you when you're mad.

—•—•—

Arcee:

Arcee is a tiny kitten. She has light pink and tall ears that are filled with white fur. She has a half fuzzy and half fluffy coat that is coloured blue. She has big eyes that always look like she’s concentrating, diluted quite often.

- Arcee enjoys hiding in little and dark places. You’ll find her oftenly sneaking around and snuggling into smaller places. Under the draws or maybe just in a pile of clothes. She enjoys the small and dark places.

- Arcee loves being a squishy girl. When you pat her, she wants you to squish her and hug her in your hands, meowing for squishy hugs.

- She loves being a shoulder buddy. What I mean is that she wants to sit on your shoulder and adventure with you, everywhere! Observing what you see and being your little partner.

- She’s a fighter, she’s definitely a fighter. She will attack you and hiss and scratch if you yell at her or just make a sudden move that scares her. She always is on guard and will hiss at anything that somewhat frightens her. She may see someone that's playfully attacking you and start scratching them, though she’s a tiny little kitten.

- She actually doesn’t load too often, it’s a pretty rare occurrence. She’s normally just sitting down or curled in a ball, she just dislikes the loaf. There is only one place she’ll loaf at and that’s in your lap.

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Smokescreen:

Smokescreen is a pretty medium sized cat, probably just the average one. He has more fuzz than fluff and a pretty long tail. He has pointy ears that point straight up. He has a pretty clean red, blue and white coating.

- Smokescreen is one childish kitten. He’ll do a lot of dumb stuff that even a dumb cat wouldn’t do. He would maybe attack a lamp because he looked at the bright part of it or just attack a foggy reflection of himself. Yes, he ran into glass before.

- He literally copies everything you do. Jumping on a trampoline? He will join you like a little goof. Talking way too much to him? He’ll do it back, meowing like crazy. He’ll do anything you do because he admires you and sees you as his parental figure, because you are.

- The boy sometimes gets too eager or rowdy and tries to parkour a lot. He would jump onto a counter and try to jump onto the fridge, failing miserably when he actually tries. He doesn’t cry but is definitely upset.

- Smokescreen is 24/7 curious about what you're doing. He will knead and paw at you when he sees you, waiting for you to tell him what you're doing. He’ll jump onto you and meow at you relentlessly until you get him involved too.

- LOVES chin scratches. His favourite part when you give him affection is when you itch his little chin. He will purr loudly when you do this, wanting to make it as obvious as possible to show you that he enjoys the scratches.

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Wheeljack:

Wheeljack is one tall kitten. He has big ears that are very twitchy and animated. He’s pretty fluffy and has an even fluffier coat around his neck. He has a white coat with red and green streaks.

- Wheeljack is a rambunctious kitten. Always making a mess no matter what you do. He will shove glasses off, scratch up your couch and kill all of your plants. He does it for fun and is very active.

- Wheeljack loves being independent. He will always want to do things himself and lovingly fail. Sometimes you may try to grab something off the shelf for him but he just jumps up to the shelf and knocks it off himself. Usually it’s a toy so it won’t break (unless you get unlucky and he starts going into that little rampage of his again.)

- He is very aggressive when you start loving him. If you pat him too much, he will start biting and kicking you aggressively but not to the point where you’ll draw blood. He just likes to fight you playfully and it does sting but it’s adorable!

- The boy is a massive rebel when coming to house-rules. You yell at him and he will not listen at all. You may literally tell him the same thing over and over but he will pretend that you aren’t even there and just walk off.

- Surprisingly he’s really quiet and chill once he burns out of his rebellious moment, just cuddling with you and barely meowing at all. Sure he may just paw at your face but not often at all. He does purr really quietly.

[theangrycomet-art]

so does cliffjumper ever get completely repaired?

Yes- well sort of...

To put it shortly, he's stuck with Bee in the "my injuries are technically repairable we just don't have any of the resources or supplies do fix it" club.

I mean, he EVENTUALLY gets his arm back (Starscream kept it as a trophy, Arcee found out an may or may not have disobeyed direct orders to get it back), but any chance of a smooth recovery was screwed up when Megatron used him to test the dark energon.

When Cliffjumper's retrieved, Ratchet isn't able to flush it all out of his system due to the energon shortage, so his recovery time is at a trickle.

Hell, when they get him back it's almost a week before Cliffjumper can stay awake for a day, much less move around properly and return to patrols. He's stuck at the base all the time and everyone's treating him like he's made of glass and that does little to help his recent mood swings.

He gets well enough where he can go out into combat against doctor's orders, just not to how he was at the start of the series, and that drives him nuts, especially when he discovers he can't drive anymore.

COMMISSIONS OPEN

KOFI

[in1-nutshell]

I need more Ranidae.  I need Ranidae being clingy and following Jack and Arcee to the Darby residents.  Oh no, it looks like they're going on a night time drive.  Oh fuck thats mech, OH FUCK THATS HIS DEAD MOM!  I need Ranidae standing up to his mother to protect his new friends, I need Airachnid being a manipulative bitch.  And I need Arcee to grapple with the realization that her boy is actually Airachnid’s boy.  I yearn for the drama

Ranidae just wants to make frog friends not get dragged through the mud in drama... yet here we are.

Hope you enjoy!

Ranidae and Arachnid reunion

SFW, Platonic, Angst, Familial, Cybertronian reader

TFP

It was on June’s second visit to the base when she met Ranidae.

The first time she visited, the bot was sleeping after having a long day in the marshes and scrubbing algae out of his joints.

June was not expecting a small bot to be following Jack around.

June: “Jack.” Jack stopped as Ranidae stopped at the new voice. June puts her hands on her hips. June: “Care to explain your shadow there?” Jack: “Mom this is Ranidae. Ranidae this is my mom.” Ranidae looks from Jack to June. Ranidae: “Your mom?” He nods. Ranidae walks quietly over to June, stares at her for a bit before smiling and patting her head. June: “Umm, nice to meet you too.” Ranidae still smiles at her. June turns to Jack. June: “So, what does he bring to the table.” Jack: “He isn’t allowed out on missions yet.” June: “Why? Because he’s small? Arcee is small but that doesn’t stop her.” Jack: “Mom, Ranidae is a kid by bot standards. Not even teen years yet.” June pales a bit as Ranidae continues to pet her ponytail. June: “What?! Who’s his parents!?” Jack: “We don’t know, but Arcee sort of adopted him.” Ranidae nods. Ranidae: “She is a good mom.”

And June accepted this challenge.

 Jack and Ranidae were both in the crossfire of the ongoing battle of the mother figures.

Mama June vs Mama Arcee.

Jack is banging his head on the wall with how weird and embarrassing these things can get.

Ranidae is just happy to have 2 moms.

Both who are way better than Arachnid.

June gave some of the best hugs, despite her smaller size.

She was surprised to see that the smaller bot turned into a frog.

But all things considered, it suited him.

Though she would soon find out that said alt mode came with… surprises.

Most famously, sticking onto objects and staying quiet.

June and Jack return back home in their car. Jack: “Thanks for the ride back, Mom. Arcee was too busy with today’s mission.” June slightly rolls her eyes. June: “Its no problem, Jack. But I can’t help but feel sorry for Ranidae. He is without proper care for too long and—” RIBIT! Both human’s freeze as a pair of robotic frog eyes. Ranidae: “Hi Miss June! I’m okay!” Jack and June: “Ranidae!” Jack: “What have you been on the top of the car the whole time?” Ranidae: “We where playing hide and seek remember? I put the tarp on and hid… I’m guessing the game is over?” Jack: “Kind of is.” Ranidae looks sad. Ranidae: “I’m sorry.” June: “Its fine, hun.” Jack: “…This is going to be an interesting phone call.”

Ranidae got grounded after that.

No frog hunting for a week.

That might as well have been the equivalent of a death sentence with how miserable the bot looked.

There was one point where Bumblebee was holding Ranidae under his arms, with the most depressed look on their faces.

The scout showed Arcee the bot and practically begging for him to go frog hunting.

He would even watch him!

But no more of… this…

Arcee: “No.” Bumblebee: “Beep beepbop (Please! I’ll watch him! He just looks so miserable here.)” Ranidae does a pitiful croak in their alt mode. Bumblebee holds him higher. Bumblebee: “Beep! (See!)” Arcee is desperately trying to hold it together. Acree: “What I said—” Ranidae does a loud and pitiful croak and visibly deflates. Arcee: “… You have 2 hours. Time starts now.”

It was rare for Ranidae to go venturing out of the base without supervision.

But Arcee had been so stressed lately, and he knew the perfect bunch of flowers to give.

Quietly placing the groundbridge coordinates, Ranidae tried walking out.

Only to get stopped by the kids.

Ranidae promised that he just wanted to get Arcee some flowers.

Jack agreed to go along with, while Miko and Raf stayed behind.

It was nighttime and no one was around the pond, perfect.

Jack chuckled to himself as Ranidae eagerly went to the pond and started picking ‘the best flowers and plants.

They were about to leave when a web caught Ranidae’s pede.

There was only one bot he knew that could do this.

Jack looked surprised at the webs. Jack: “What in the—” Ranidae pushed him towards some trees. Ranidae: “Don’t come out Jack! Not for anything!” Jack was confused but decided to hide. A helicopter suddenly appeared in the sky and transformed in front of Ranidae. It was Arachnid. Ranidae managed to get out of the web and stood straighter. Arachnid: “Well, well, look how far my little one has gone. I thought I raised you better than to run off too far.” Ranidae: “…Hi…” Arachnid chuckles darkly while walking over and cupping the bots face. A sickly-sweet look on her face. Arachnid: “Come now, is that any way to talk to your mother.” Ranidae: “No, Mama…” Arachnid: “Good. Good. Now, I thought I saw you talking to something.” She moves towards the trees, but Ranidae quickly moves in front of her waving his arms. Ranidae: “A bird! I saw a bird carrying a mouse up a tree! I thought they could understand me!” Arachnid seemed to have bought this. Arachnid: “Poor child, you have been alone for too long. Now, come to mother and we’ll go to our new home.” She grabbed his servo tightly. Ranidae: “Where are we going?” Arachnid: “To the Nemesis. Lord Megatron will be waiting.” He quickly glanced back to where Jack was hiding and flashed a sad smile. Arachnid transformed into her alt mode, while using a web to stick Ranidae and fly off. Jack came out to see the retreating forms leave. Jack goes to the com lines.’ Jack: “Raf! I need a groundbrigde right now!”

Miko and Raf immediately know something went wrong when Jack is sprinting through the groundbridge, a bouquet of flowers in hand but no sign of Ranidae.

He quickly gives them the run down of what went down.

They don’t know what’s more shocking.

The fact that Ranidae’s real mother was Arachnid.

Or that he had been kidnapped by Arachnid.

They needed to get the bots in on this now.

Jack through the com lines. Jack: “We need you guys back at the base!” The bots are just finishing fighting. Arcee: “We’re a little bit busy right now Jack!” Bulkhead throws a Con over his shoulder. Bulkhead: “Real busy!” Raf: “Its Ranidae!” Arcee almost stops. Bumblebee: “Boop? (What happened?)” Miko: “He got kidnapped by his real mom! And she’s Arachnid!” Arcee full on freezes. Arcee: “WHAT?!” Meanwhile on the Nemesis… Arachnid drags Raniade to the throne room. He visibly gulps in fear seeing the mighty Megatron. Arachnid: “My Lord, I have brought you a new recruit. My own sparkling.” Megatron glares at him. Ranidae just wants to be back at the base where its safe. Megatron: “Step forward.” Ranidae takes a couple steps forward. Megatron: “What is your designation?” Ranidae: “R-Ranidae.” He raises an optic. Ranidae: “I mean Lord Megatron!” He nervously bows at him. Megatron looks back at Arachnid: “He is yours?” Arachnid: “Adopted.” Megatron nods. Megatron walks forward to the youngling. Ranidae wishes that he could say sorry to Arcee for leaving the base. Megatron: “Hmm… we shall see what good is he. Have him report to the med bay for Knockout to check him over. No doubt the organic filth has seeped into his wiring.” Arachnid: “Of course. Ranidae.” Arachnid grabs harshly at the youngling servo and drags him down the dark hall. He wishes he had told Arcee he loved her one last time.

[bots-and-cons]

Hi, I am the the one who requested the fem human reader infused with Airachinid's corpse, can I request a part 2 of it with a bit more angst like when reader with tears asks arcee if she still loves her even in this state, and also Airachinid's personality having an affect on reader when going after a group of vehicons? I just want more angst.

A/N: I was looking forward to writing this. This has so much angst potential and Idk if I can ever fully achieve it, but I'm gonna try. Part one here. I'll do part three with the whole vehicon thing, or something similar at least, Idk when, but eventually

After you passed out at the warehouse and were brought back to the autobot base, it took days for you to wake up again. During the time you were unconscious Arcee had a lot of time to think. She tried to stay by your side, but she just felt sick. She couldn't look at you and even being in the same space with you was incredibly hard. There was this stench of decay in the air every time she got close to you. She wasn't sure if it was real, or she was just imagining it. She'd smelled a similar stench a couple of times before, when she'd come by roadkill on her patrols. Were you just slowly decaying in there? Was Airachnid's body going to become your tomb?

Arcee couldn't stand it. The person she loved the most and the one she hated the most, had been ripped apart and put together to make this… thing. She wasn't sure if she could ever get past this. Even if you retained your sanity, even if you managed to come to terms with your new reality, could she do the same? Could she still love you?

When you woke up, you felt odd. The memory of what had happened just a few days before hadn't come back to you yet. It felt like you were majorly hungover, or like you'd been run over by a truck, or both. It took a moment for you to come back to reality. When you opened your eyes, it was like a screen turning on. That triggered the influx of feelings and memories from before. You tried to move, but your body still wasn't responding properly. You managed to get off the table you were on, but you fell on the floor face first.

"Someone help me" you begged, but your voice was still hoarse and barely any sound came out.

You were terrified. It was real. You had been made into this… abomination. You might have been in Airachnid's body, but you didn't feel in control of it. You tried to push yourself up with your arms, and you could just barely manage it. You felt so weak. Your body felt incredibly heavy and moving it was difficult, but you managed to push yourself up enough to sit up and lean your back against the nearby wall. You recognized the base, but you couldn't see anyone.

You were looking around with wild eyes and trying to get someone to hear you.

"Help" you croaked.

You could hear hurried footsteps coming from the corridor and soon Arcee and Ratchet came around the corner.

Arcee froze as soon as she saw you. You were awake and you looked so scared. It was odd to see that kind of expression on Airachnid's face. Ratchet on the other hand hurried to your side and and scanned your vital signs.

You didn't even glance at Ratchet, all you could see was the disgusted expression on Arcee's face. The same hatred you'd seen her look at Airachnid with, was also still there. Why was she looking at you like that? You weren't her, you weren't Airachnid, so why was she looking at you like that? Did she hate you now?

"Cee" you managed to force her name out of your mouth.

"Don't call me that. Not with that voice. It sounds like… her" Arcee said, turning her gaze away from you.

She couldn't look at you anymore, she just couldn't.

"Arcee, please. Help me get them back on the table" Ratchet requested.

"I'm sorry, I-I can't" Arcee said and staggered away, before running deeper into the base, away from you.

Ratchet somehow managed to get you back onto the table, and hooked you up into some kind of IV line. You assumed it was energon or something of the sort. It made you feel better, a bit stronger even, but Ratchet insisted you not move yet.

You could see it in his optics too. The disgust, it was there, even though he was doing a much better job at hiding it than Arcee. What had you been made into? Those monsters had made you into this… abomination. They had torn you apart and put you into the corpse of the one single being in the universe Arcee hated more than anyone or anything else. Now she couldn't even bear to look at you, and that was more painful than any ache in your new body ever could be.

Arcee didn't know what to do. What could she say to you when she couldn't even look at you? She was just sitting on top of the base, like the two of you used to. She was looking up at the starry sky, wondering just what kind of sick twist the universe had thrown at her. She hadn't believed in happy endings in a long time before she met you, but now that faith was gone again. The universe was cruel, she'd always known that, but this was something else. This was something even worse.

"Cee" she heard a voice from behind her.

"I asked you not to call me that" Arcee said, not turning around. She still couldn't look at what you'd become.

"Why? I'm still me, even if I sound and look a bit different"

"A bit? That would be the understatement of the year" Arcee scoffed.

"Could you at least look at me? Cee please?" you asked, your voice breaking just a little bit.

"I-I can't!" Arcee exclaimed. "I can't look at you, I don't want to talk to you, I don't want to be in the same room as you… Just stay out of my sight"

"How-how can you say that? Don't you love me? Cee?"

"I told you to stop calling me that!" Arcee sprung up and yelled straight in your face.

She finally turned to look at you and all you saw in her optics was disgust, sadness and anger. There was no trace of the love she had once looked at you with. You staggered back in shock, looking at her with disbelief.

"It's still me, Cee. I'm still the same person" you pleaded with tears in your eyes, clawing at your chest, leaving behind scratches.

"No! You're not!" Arcee yelled. "My (Name) is dead, you're just some fake, masquerading as them. You can't be them, I don't accept it!"

"Why are-why are you saying that? I'm right here!" you yelled back. "Don't you want me anymore?"

Arcee wanted to scream and yell, but she decided to just walk past you and back into the elevator to get back into base. She glanced back one more time, and she could see you fall onto your hands and knees, your whole body trembling as you started sobbing.

She didn't want you. She didn't love you, in fact it seemed she hated you. You were afraid she would never look at you the same way she once did. You were so terrified of losing her completely. Why was this happening?

[mentallyunstable47]

I’m just on a roll I guess, here’s more Arcee stuff. I hate drawing humans. But it turned out good so it’s fine. Once again, the pose came from a reference on Pinterest. I can draw the actual character, but poses? I'm not creative enough for that 💔.

SO! Arcee info! IIIII don’t really know what to say, just like last time lol. I do a lot better giving information when specific questions are asked. Speaking of which, feel free to ask me whatever! I want to make a short Arcee comic before I move on to the next character, and I think it’d be fun to draw comics as a way to answer questions.

Then again, I understand that I run a very new and very small social media account that doesn't have much interaction.

Though there is something I want to clear up as a sort of ‘fyi:’ this is not an Arcee-based account. She is simply the first character I decided to focus on and introduce to my Transformers Alternative Universe. Next, I will be hosting a poll here, on Instagram, and in my Discord servers to decide the next character I focus on.

Spoiler alert, the options are as follows:

1. Senator Athame of Altihex: an OC of mine who is based on New Orleans Voodoo

2. Blurr of Velocitron: mostly based on 2005 IDW, but with unique ties to Maccadam

3. Commander Elita One of the Forgotten Plains: partially 2005 IDW-based but mostly my own, her story heavily intertwines with Arcee’s

4. Astrotrain of Polyhex: a blank sheet with no specific ideas, other than he his far more loyal to Starscream than he is loyal to Megatron

5. Atomweaver of Iacon: an OC of mine who was rescued from a lab by Head Chancellor Starscream, and totally didn't force Screamer and Jetfire to adopt him through the power of persistence

Soooooo that’s it! See you next time, most likely with a comic strip about Arcee. Have a good rest of your day/evening/night!

[solar4seekstron]

(Requested) Cute Sparkling

TFRescueBots!Hightide x Cybertronian!Femme!Reader

Content: SFW

Introduction Movies/Series Oneshot Masterlist

TW/Tags: Just fluff and wholesome moments, Heatwave is an uncle, cute sparkling moments, Hightide is so nervous around reader, Sweet purposal.

You were just visiting. Being a part of the Prime team for a good while. Being well aware of the rescue bots and all. You were also around the same height as Optimus,

being a pretty big bot yourself.

One day you and wheeljack had a sort of fling at one point but he wasn’t really up to becoming a sire.

And boy did he get scolding by Arcee and even Bulkhead.

Then again it was just a fling. So you couldn’t be too made at him. You didn't plan to be with sparkling either.

And so because it probably is a lot safer.

You left to stay for a while to see if it be a safe place for you and your sparkling. Naming her Arc after your best friend. That really help build up Arcees ego but she wouldn’t admit it.

And so you visited a couple days before Heatwave would take Francine, her father, Cody and his older brother to the waters. Blades being so excited to meet a sparkling after it being so long.

Boulder excited to have an excuse to read his favorite book with/to someone. Chase trying to hold back from singing.

And Heatwave- well he was pretty chill. You both have met before and he always saw you as a younger sister.

Despite the size difference-

So when he found out Wheeljack was the sire but didn’t wish anything for it. He wasn’t…happy. Only calming down when you let him hold little Arc. She did mostly look like you.

And because you and wheeljack both use swords. It’s pretty easy to know she’ll use swords too one day.

He was smitten. Her large yellow optics staring up at him as she cooed. She was only a few weeks old. He instantly melted as he stared down at her with bight optics.

You even got the whole next day to yourself since the other grown bots wanted to spend time with the new member of the family.

Even the humans curious of the little sparkling as she took in the attention.

When the day came when Heatwave left with the humans. You stayed watching some human drama romance series as your sparkling rested against you chest.

Boulder doing his own thing as blades and chase watched with you. Mostly because they love staring at little Arc as time passes.

That was until you got a call from Heatwave. Appearently they just met a new bot.

An old friend of Optimus Prime.

You and your sparkling Arc waiting by the entrance as Blades messes with Arcee as he smiled. Her giggling while boulder and chase stood there next to you.

Soon Heatwave and this blue robot started walking in the bots hide out. You were surprised since you were sure you met all of Optimus old friends. He was only polite to you though during the whole conversation.

You were sure if it was because you had a sparkling or if you and him were almost the same size.

Although you didn’t notice. He got just a wee bit jealous when Optimus put his cervo on your shoulder. This place can be a good place for you and your sparkling to stay at. Arc giggling as she reached for Optimus. Who letter out a soft chuckle.

After a few days since Heatwave and Hightide would get along a bit better and at times the Rescue bots would call for his helm. He can’t let but to glance at you when he can.

Both you and Arc still hiding in the base from time to time as she slowly grows even bigger.

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On one very special day, you were holding Arc little cervos in your own as you helped her try walking on her little pedes.

The other bots cheering her on. Even the human Cody and his older sister were there to cheer her on. At a safe distance of course.

Learning their lesson from when she grabbed chief thinking he was a toy some time ago.

Out of nowhere Hightide called for Heatwave to meet him by the beach. Heatwave was a bit annoyed. Wishing to spend time with his niece but decided it might be something important. So he left. Little arc reaching for him not wanting him to go as she huffed and cried a bit.

You were able to calm her as you took a small nap.

Chase and Blades watching a cartoon with her. All three laughing at the silly jokes in the cartoon.

When Heatwave returned he asked for you. You just woke up from a nap and walked over. He seemed a bit nervous but brought you with him to speak alone. His cervo on your arm as a whispered to where you can hear him.

“Hey um…I know you ain’t exactly looking for a partner and all but- Would you be fine with going on a date with um..Hightide?”

You just stared at him before giving him a warm smile.

Yeah you thought he was cute. But since you both haven’t talk much before so you didn’t know much about him. And so you nodded. Agreeing to the date.

Heatwave let out a soft sigh before he gently patted your arm. “He’ll meet you by the beach at 7. Me and the guys will be able to watch little Arc while you’re out.”

You let out a soft chuckle. “Thanks, Heatwave.”

You’d watch as Heatwave made his way to Arc. Waiting for the commercials to start so that he may pick up Arc from behind surprising her. She would giggle in excitement seeing her uncle heatwave.

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You start making your way to the location. By then the humans found out about the robots and you were able to meet a few humans. Arc the most excited seeing a bunch of toys running around.

You were greeted by a few humans as you continued.

You’d then notice Hightide standing as he watched the sun set.

And what seems like an abandoned shack upside. And a few rocks that were carried probably by him set on both sides opposite close to the shack.

You were surprised but said nothing as you got closer.

Once you spoke Hightide was a bit startled and turned to look at you as you continued. “My you really went out?

And it seems the towns people are aware of what you have had planned?”

You’d glance back at the humans who quickly scurry away. You then looking back at him while he got closer to you.

He then speaking after clearing his throat. “Yes well. I didn’t wish to be interrupted and just wants it to be….us? I-I know we haven’t spoke much since meeting all them days ago..”

He continued to yap as he would at times rub the back of his helm. You just staring at him with soft optics.

Not wanting to interrupt him as he spoke. That is until he caught himself and stammered a bit before speaking once more.

”P-please! Take a seat.” Pulled the rock back a bit like nothing. You then sat down.

Him gently pushing it forward and making his way to his seat on the other rock. The conversation between the two fo you starting on a sweet note as you both got to know each other more and more.

You eventually telling him about Arcsire wheeljack and your situation. And How heatwave always saw you as a little sis in a way. You’d chuckle from time to time.

You didn’t notice when Hightides optic twitched and how he tried to not lose his temper and keep his forced smile up as he looked at you. His cervos interlocked with each other but shaking every now and then as he keeps his anger in tact.

You’d then talk about your years in the war and your hopes and dreams for your little one.

The date went well. Pretty well. The date ending with a kiss on his cheek. You would transform and drive back to the base as Hightide waved while you left.

Once you were out of view and no other human was around in the silent night, He squealed and cheered from excitement. The kiss on his cheek still warm and still felt even then for him.

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Weeks have went by now. Your sparkling getting bigger and bigger by the day.

Hightide also started to visit more. Showing up with little gifts from the sea every now and then for both you and your sparkling. Heatwave slowly grew warm to Hightide being as affectionate with you.

But with your sparkling he never lets his guard down.

Always telling Hightide that it’s just his uncle instincts kicking in. He’d say all serious with Arc sleeping peacefully in his arm.

You always chuckling as the two glared and snarled at each other.

Either your sparkling be awake or not. You and Hightide continue to go on dates. And when heatwave wasn’t around you’d let him hold little Arc.

She always seemed happy to see him when he held her.

When she got a bit older after a year. Being able to climb and walk. She would sit on everyone’s shoulder when she could.

It was her way of getting closer being the only sparkling and they are the closest bots who knew of her true home. Besides Griffin rock. Hightide slowly grew more and more attacked to the little ankle biter. And more in love with you as well.

One day, while you were sleeping while doing a night shift. Heatwave alongside with chief and chase. Were teaching Arc how to jump.

But she was having a hard time listening. She kept staring up at Chief and his mustache. Reaching for it even when Heatwave kept having her cervos upwards then towards him.

He was so gentle with her but she was starting to show be a wild one.

Heatwave would then get a call from Hightide. heatwave groaning. But he was more skeptical when he asked him to bring Arc. When he left you were still asleep. The others doing their own thing until they returned.

An hour went by and Heatwave with Arc were able to finally return.

Little Arc was in the passenger seat giggling and looking out the window seeing the other bots waiting.

Heatwave let out a soft chuckle because of her and transformed around her. Gently holding her as he stood up. You woke up a couple minutes ago. Walking out and yawning as you stretched your arms.

He then spoke to you. Saying how Hightide needs your help with he waves. And needed to have a serious conversation with you.

You were confused.

When you got to the beach , unable to see him anywhere. You grow worried and started to look around. You then walked into the water. Looking around more and more until two large cervo go over your optics.

You let out a soft chuckle as you hear Hightide. “Guess you?”

You responded playfully with a smile. “Let me guess? Hightide?” He then chuckled while his cervos rest on your shoulders and his frame gets closer to your from behind as he kissed your shoulder.

”Ding Ding.” You would turn around and give him a kiss.

Then speaking as you rest your cervos against his chest.

You then asked. “Wave emergency? What did you really need Hightide?”

Your smile making his spark warm as he looked down at you with a smile as well. Before blushing a light blue as well. His cervos then holding your cervos together in his once kneeling and now looked up at you.

You asked confused. “Are you doing some human ritual?” You tilted your helm showing your confusion.

Hightide seems to struggle with his words for a moment. Glancing down for a moment before his smile returning. Looking back up at you as he then spoke once more.

“Yes.”

You two are silent for a moment longer before speaking once more.

“Y/N, it’s been over a year since we met. So much has changed and it has been an honor to watch the little Angel biter, Arc grow….I suck at this. Y/N. Will you…be my Conjunx?”

You were surprised. Your optics a little wide as you stared down at him. You then let out a soft chuckle.

Hightide staring at you with a nervous smile as he glanced to the side then back at you. You finally spoke. Your optics soft. “Yes Hightide. I’ll be your Conjunx.”

He then had the largest grin on his dermas. Basically plastered on his dermas once he stood up.

You both then staring at each other with loving optics.

Both of your forhelms pressed together. Later you both then start walking out the water only to be surprised with Arc standing with Cybertronian flowers in her little arms as she cooed and giggled when she saw you both.

You both letting out a chuckle.

You picking her up and Hightide placing a cervo on your back and the other on Arc small back. You both looking down at her while the others yell surprised. You all coming together to celebrate like a big happy family.

I swear guys I’ll make a better story for Hightide because I love this silly old man. I just need to think of a better story and idea for him. Lol.

I hope this was still enjoyable guys and as always a repost is appreciated! I hope to see you guys I’m the next fic and see you guys in the next one! Have a good rest of your day!

[quibbs126]

My brother and I watched Earthspark recently (we haven’t gotten around to Season 2 yet, my bad on that), and honestly, it was kind of hard watching Season 1 again for me because I know things get ruined, never answered/elaborated on, or concepts aren’t capitalized on

You can’t fully enjoy Starscream because you know the writers are going to ruin him, I feel like the war and Megatron in particular’s place in it should have been explored more, Schloder and Alex I feel like could have been an interesting dynamic given they’re both mega Bumblebee fans (and Schloder’s proven to be a good guy and there’s no threat now), and how Bumblebee deals with the fact that now there’s two of them

But I think the thing that pisses me off the most, at least right now, is that we never find out what Soundwave’s deal is, and we will never know, especially because I don’t think the show’s coming back at this rate

Like I get he’s mostly a one-off, most of the Cybertronian characters are; like Arcee or Grimlock or Tarantulas or Swindle. But like, most of them only needed that one episode to get their characters across or to deal with their arcs, they didn’t need that much more to explore them

But meanwhile Soundwave has this incredible grudge against Megatron, and we never get an explanation in his episode as to why. Yes, Megatron is a traitor to the Decepticons, but no other Decepticon reacts nearly as bad as Soundwave (though honestly his betrayal probably should’ve been explored more with them), and if they react badly, that reason is explained, like with Starscream or Shockwave. So why is Soundwave so different?

It feels like because his treatment of Megatron is so different from the others, there’s a special reason why he’s so mad at him. But what was it? I feel like there was a story there, we just never got it

I think Soundwave’s initial episode was good for showing the situation Megatron finds himself in in current day, and the disagreements between him and Optimus, as I’m pretty sure this was our first look at the complicated GHOST situation, the problem is it’s not elaborated on afterwards

And I wouldn’t even necessarily call it all Season 2’s fault, because I think Soundwave probably should’ve gotten another episode in Season 1 explaining him and Megatron. His episode was in the first batch of episodes, and then he’s just sort of standing around in then background for the rest of the season, and it’s very distracting

But that doesn’t really matter, because from Season 2 onwards Soundwave is yet again never elaborated on, and by this point I don’t think we’re ever getting that backstory, especially as they’re not even on the same planet anymore

Honestly at the end of the day, Frenzy and Lazerbeak were probably more important characters than Soundwave, since they at least had 1 or 2 more notable appearances

Like honestly, I don’t even know why Soundwave never really did anything after his debut. I don’t think it’s for the same reasons as someone like Grimlock, who has a likely more expensive voice actor in Keith David. As far as I’m aware, Soundwave’s VA, Sean Kenin Elias-Reyes, isn’t particularly famous, at least not to the level of other people like Keith David, or Alan Tudyk, aka the voice of Optimus, like the VA probably isn’t too expensive to not bring back. And I’m going to assume VA work is more flexible than live action work, so schedule issues are presumably not the problem, unless it was something else I don’t know about

I think I’m rambling at this point, I’m not entirely sure what I’m saying or how coherent this is, and I’ve probably repeated myself way too much. The point is, Soundwave seemed to have some sort of special beef with Megatron, or at least one not elaborated on in his debut, which makes it seem more significant (probably because he was the first of the Big 3 Decepticon Command that we met, though Starscream was also teased), or at least something we would learn more about. But then we never got that, Soundwave never did anything important again, and it really pisses me off because I have to know what happened, but the show didn’t tell me, and now it will never tell me

[lets-try-some-writing]

Since you have an au where Optimus used his holoform to become a teacher, I was curious if any of the other bots have messed around with their holoforms?

WELL-

I am just going to tie this in with Mr. Pax because goodness it fits too well. Enjoy!

Mr. Pax AU here!

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Optimus was by far the only bot in base who used his holoform so frequently. Being a teacher is taxing and he often goes out of his way to spent an almost equal amount of time in holoform as out. But he isn't the only bot who spends time parading as a human off and on.

Ratchet, despite almost never leaving base, has occasionally used his holoform during quiet days to travel to bigger cities in order to sit in on lectures. He fakes whatever he needs to in order to get into lectures on subjects he wants to know more about, usually relating to medicine and all things natural sciences. He has been known to show up for math lectures too. However, he is not exactly the most subtle. Coming in with bright orange and white hair, possessing scars to mimic his facial plating seams, and always dressing the same exact way while never seeming to breathe or blink tends to draw attention.

Much like Optimus, Ratchet has gained a bit of a reputation. His appearances are so random and so varied in location that there has been a forum dedicated to him specifically. He has turned up all over the globe to listen to lectures, and as such, folks have taken pictures and begun trying to connect the dots. Many a poor fool has lamented the absolute impossibility of Ratchet being in Tokyo for a debate over quantum physics only to then be in Istanbul two hours later to observe archeologists argue over Roman relics. Ratchet has no idea that he is regarded as the "Wandering Pharmacist", in large part due to his eternally present lab coat.

Arcee does not tend to use her holoform unless absolutely required. But after heading through a seedier part of one of the larger cities in America, she has taken to heading to the more crime ridden ones on weekends to do some vigilante work. Being a nonexistent person means that she is able to get away with quite a lot. Thus far, Arcee has busted quite a few drug rings, saved dozens of trafficking victims, and dropped anonymous details to the police regarding homicides. Is is a waste of time? She would argue "maybe". Does she go out anyway? Absolutely.

Always having her holoform in black and garbed in a biker helmet ensures Arcee is never caught. But there are rumors now in larger cities of a biker called "Lady Midnight". Arcee's habit of walking scared women home on dark nights has earned her a very favorable reputation, and more than one mural has been made by appreciative artists over the years. She knows she has a reputation, but she never changes her routine. Those who meet her regard her respectfully, even criminals. She too has a forum dedicated to her. No one has been able to successfully figure out who, or rather what she is.

Bumblebee has become a very well known gamer who turns up at the local arcade every now and then. His signature mask, yellow black marked hoodie, and dread locks leave him able to be picked out from a mile away. No one knows his parents or if he even has any. But when Bumblebee comes on into Jasper's arcade, the local children revere him as if he is some sort of god. His ability to beat the games is legendary, and never once does he utter a word. He has a small fanclub who do everything in their power to learn the way of "The Masked Boy"

Thus far, only one kid saw Bumblebee's holoform vanish and be reabsorbed. Not a soul believes the poor sod. If anything, it has only cemented Bumblebee's position as the Lord of video games. Rafael is the only one out of the trio who knows that its Bumblebee who goes the arcade. Jack and Miko assume that its just some rando who drops by every now and then. Oh how wrong they are.

Bulkhead has only uses his holoform for the express purpose of talking with the older folks at the bar. He took a liking to a group of construction workers shortly after arriving to Earth. They taught him a great deal about acting human while thinking he was a foreigner. The elderly crew treated him so kindly that Bulkhead has now made it a habit to go and get drinks with them once a week if he can manage. He loves hearing the stories of these elderly humans, and despite being ages older than them, he has a fantastic time learning under them.

Little does he know that the crew know that he's not human. But there is an old understanding amongst them. If someone it polite and kind, there is no need to pry. And so they don't. They treat Bulkhead as they would any other person and tell stories as if they can't see his holoform flickering off and on. What happens in the bar stays in the bar.

Wheeljack somehow managed to build himself a club by pure accident. He was meandering about and he saw a few kids being pushed around. And so on instinct, he slaps together a holofrom and gets out to beat the afts of those who were messing with the kids. From that point onward, whenever he was on Earth he offered greetings to the local kids, calling them by fun and unique nicknames. He even began instructing a few on how to throw a proper punch, if only for self defense. Is he around often? No. But do the kids respect the hell out of him? Absolutely. By giving them the watered down version of the Wrecker rules, the local children hold nothing but absolute adoration for him.

There is a whole club dedicated to following the rules he taught them. In his absence, the small gang of kids serve as Wheeljack's replacement and help protect the other kids from bullies and other such individuals. They even have gone so far as to get matching clothes and accessories so that when they are "on duty" they can look the part. Wheeljack has never been so proud.

Ultra Magnus has only used his holoform a few times, and all of which were to go meet Optimus at school. He has largely been the one to come bring Optimus things while the Prime is at work, or to otherwise look big and intimidating to cover for Optimus more subtle tactics. The students murmured about him possibility being Optimus's spouse, but those claims were dismissed with Ultra Magnus refusing to call Optimus anything other than "Commander". Now the class firmly believes that he has to be one of Optimus's kids or a fellow fae creature subserviently to Mr. Pax. The rumors are amazing.

Smokescreen can never keep his holoform straight. His is always changing appearances. And so whenever he goes out and promptly does something he really shouldn't be able to, he is often recorded and promptly lost to the ether. He is always the one breaking human biological limits through pushing his holoform more than it really should, often by accident too. All he wants is to go enjoy human culture and he almost always gets recorded doing something just strange enough to count as supernatural, but not odd enough to really warrant any attention.

Like Ratchet, there is a forum for him dubbed "The shapeshifer". He doesn't know about it, but the forum enjoyers are actually quite intelligent and have long connected Smokescreen's various holoforms together.

[moonjump65]

TFP S.A.R.I AU Rambles

• Sari would have a plush rabbit or animal that she loves dearly, but when she tries to prove that she can be an apprentice to Ratchet and help, she tears open one of her favorite plush and packs it with lunch meat and stitches it together and shows Ratchet. Ratchet is somewhat horrified and insulted that Sari thinks that’s what he does.

• She would use the money she extorted from Jack for her candy stash/buying RC vehicles to bug Ratchet.

• Bumblebee was known as B-127, but was called Bumblebee by Sari when she first joined the team because she couldn’t exactly say it at the time and just went with Bumblebee.

• I also feel like when she asks Optimus how old he is, he’d do the math and explain it to her and she’s like “Uhhh that’s a big number, I think we should stick with 50”

• I also feel like she’d learn what a librarian is from TV and ask Ratchet if they could go to the library and check out books and stuff, and Ratchet is like “No, that would put you in harm’s way unaccompanied.” And Sari would wine saying how she wants to check out books and learn stuff and Ratchet would say “….welll…back on Cybertron Optimus was an archivist or Earth’s equivalent of a librarian. Maybe go ask him” and she’d go up to Optimus and ask him if she could check out books from him-and he would be very confused

• I’m just thinking how Sari would probibly play with her toys with Agent Fowler or June or the autobots and like-it’s not even like “normal” kid play. It’s like “YOU STAND BEFORE THE HIGH COUNCIL- HOW DO YOU PLEAD”

• I feel like Miko and BumbleBee would play and like Arcee would watch and weirdly be invested in the story

• Ratchet would watch then get pissed off at the “Writing and inconsistancies”

• When Optimus was telling stories about the days he was friends with Megatron, Sari would point out saying “Oh-so you liked-liked him” and Optimus stunned how a child can read that from him and his story proceeded to change the topic.

• I feel like the Autobots would have softspot for Sari because she sort of represents what the autobots stand for being able to chose whatever she wants to be, to grow and change outside of Cybertron’s caste system and change constantly.

[raileurta]

“Find a safe alternative that didn’t involve killing bots” I’m wondering how???? Can you, like…tofu burger a spark somehow????? (Lowkey would the kids not consider it as good as the bot killing source? like how some people don’t like veggie burgers lmao. Not because of the lack of killing but just cause it’s just…not the same, if that makes sense?)

If Jack is now optimus’ sworn enemy (even if he doesn’t want to be) what happens? Does Optimus keep quiet about it to see if Jack really does operate under unicrons influence? Does he choose to just quietly observe and try to figure out how Unicron did this to try and prevent it from happening again? Or does he just come out with it? Tell him to his face what this means? Would Jack have to leave? I can’t think of a scenario where Optimus tells him of the new enemy status and the two just hang around each other. Where would he even go? There aren’t many places of his size either, I doubt he’d try hiding with the cons after all that lol

What about the others? Arcee is definitely one of, if not the, most attached to him. Would she try to quietly visit him or would she leave outright? Would wheeljack and bulkhead have a moment where they compare what they’re doing for Miko and realise they’re probably not as firmly on Optimus’ side compared to the kids? What about the kids? They’re not oblivious, would they worry Optimus might think they’re a risk too and just leave with Jack? What if it acts as a sort of catalyst for the other two to become messengers somehow? Idk how but the self fulfilling prophecy angst while trying to avoid it is ooog >:)

On the flip side: If they actually followed unicrons orders, how would a messenger go about spreading word of him? Just walking into town and preaching doesn’t sound very feasible lmao

Optimus is very… well optimistic about a way to keep everyone safe and fed. This is what he thinks.

Tofu sparks are an interesting idea though.

When it comes to conflict Optimus will try the diplomatic solution first if he can do so. Jack hasn't proven to be hostile yet or show any intention of hurting any of the Autobots. He will try to figure out how much influence Unicron has over the boy and the potential threat he poses. Since Jack is in charge of “Freedom” that is what he will try to spread. Which Optimus is not opposed to at all, but he is waiting for what constitutes “Freedom” and if there can be too much of it. As remember Messengers invoke every negative and positive for the side of chaos they're a part of. The prime will be upfront about the implications of Jack’s new status. Optimus will assure him that he wishes not to harm him but if push comes to shove he will defend himself or anyone else from Jack. Regardless of Jack's intentions for the sake of safety he will be accompanied by at least one Autobot at all times while Fowler sets up another location for Jack to stay at. He's quite mature so I feel like he would understand.

Arcee is still Jack's wine aunt/second mom and she cares for him deeply. She however is quite loyal to Optimus and knows he would NEVER raise a hand against Jack unless absolutely forced to. In which case she knows Jack has been lost and or is dangerous. Which will make Arcee reluctantly fight him; until that day comes however she will be fighting tooth and nail to keep him safe.

Wheeljack is much more loose about his loyalty, especially since Optimus is an authoritarian figure and he's always been the loner. Miko on the other hand is his daughter that he found in the trash which Wheeljack loves more than life itself. The kid didn't ask for this (Maybe? Idk it's Miko) and he doesn't hold any resentment for her diet. He's ready to do anything for her.

Bulkhead on the other hand loves Miko oh so much but he is loyal to Optimus and sees him as a good friend. He's feeling lots of guilt for what he's doing and hiding it from everyone else. If it did come down to it he….. would choose Miko every time. He's not going to enjoy it but he will do it for her.

Jack is half aware of what Wheeljack and Bulkhead are doing, he doesn't have the details but he knows. He isn't paying it much mind currently as he's got his own problems to deal with. He's conflicted about Optimus. This much more than he is used to dealing with. He's in that awkward space of waiting to do something badly but doesn't know what to do.

Raf doesn't know what the Wreckers are doing but he knows something is up with them. He is very anxious about what is going to happen and what it means for them. He's far too nervous to ask Optimus so he turns to Bee for insight. The mech is also not sure what the next moves are and is in much of the dark as Raf is. So for the time Bee is just going to comfort the boy for now.

Miko is deeply aware of what is happening with her two dads. She doesn't feel much remorse for the decepticons, as they are quite literally trying to kill her and her friends everyday. She does feel some anxiety though on Optimus' reaction. While she is not as attached to him as the other Wreckers she still is close to him. Miko will drop him if he tries separating the other kids from the Autobots though.

Hmm. 🤔

There are many ways to do that. Lots of very creative ways. That I will talk about later.

[mountaingutta]

Kids Do Silly Things: Part 1

⚠️ Warning: mentions of nausea 

⚠️ Warning #2: never do what Miko or Jack did

Miko mixed energy drinks and coffee into a single cocktail and drank it.

It wasn’t her idea this time the mastermind of madness was Jack.

He started drinking coffee and chasing it down with energy drinks on days when “work was a mess and homework piled up".

One of those days hit, and Miko saw it happening but she decided to outdo him. She poured an energy drink into her cup of coffee and downed it.

A second later, she spat it out instantly it was one of the most horrifying flavors she’d ever tasted.

Jack gave her a smug look, which she interpreted as a challenge. With a grimace, she forced herself to gulp down the entire concoction.

The result wasn’t what she expected. At first, sure, there was a rush of energy but then, she threw up.

Jack started panicking, frantically looking around for any sort of container a bucket, a basin, anything to help Miko. There was nothing

So now, Jack was hunting for drinking water and a towel. At least they had that.

When Miko finally stopped throwing up, she collapsed onto the couch. Jack handed her a bottle of water and told her to rinse her mouth. From another bottle, he poured water onto a towel and started wiping her face. Miko immediately threw up again this time, on the couch.

Jack dashed off once more to look for a bucket. This time, he found one a cleaning bucket. He handed it to Miko. At last, everything calmed down.

Jack resumed gently wiping Miko’s face with the damp towel.

Poor Raf, thankfully standing at the ground bridge console, far away from those two.

Half an hour later everything was cleaned up, but the base reeked of a concoction of chemical cleaners and scented products Jack managed to scavenge.

Summary: When the bots returned to base, they didn’t notice the smell but the kids were absolutely incapable of “acting natural,” so Optimus immediately checked the security cameras.

Advantages of the incident:

New couch

Bigger fridge

New first-aid kit

Arcee made an attempt to help Jack with his homework.

Disadvantages:

Ratchet now personally monitors everything that goes into the fridge and into their mouths

He scans the kids every two hours

Jack and Miko are forbidden to even look at anything containing caffeine

Bulkhead demands that Miko read the full list of ingredients on everything she buys after school

Now Optimus checks whether Miko does her homework too