#he has to deal with the fact that lord megatron is willing to have the prime between their lines just for his own entertainment

[steelthroat]

Undercover Optimus: *sucks at being a decepticon but is popular for this exact reason and is having a lot of fun*

Soundwave who can't read his mind and is very nervous about it: Lord Megatron, this mech is suspicious. I advise to-

Megatron glaring at Optimus'aft: I know it's that idiot, I just wanna see where he wants to go with this

[witchofthesouls]

How is the relationship gonna work out between thunders and his love and optimus once thundercraker gets reunited with his spouse and kids?

Sweet Lord, it's gonna be a complicated lineage since the Command Trine has three bits and Optimus managed to sire two on you. It'll end in an armistice that was originally formed with the return of the Quintessons and just... kept going.

Peace conferences and treaties will be a hot-cold hassle, but everyone is basically committed. It's just hashing out the details.

There are plans to utilize the untapped resources on the uninhabited planets of the Solar system to help with Cybertron.

Earth is getting a deeper connection with their space invaders/once comatosed aliens.

Meeting Elita would be awesome and terrifying since the femme commander kept her troops under Shockwave's nose over many millennia and she still holds Optimus' affections. The pink femme would goodheartedly slap you on the back and coo over the sparklings.

Optimus can't let the kids go, the Matrix and Prime-protocols had ferociously latched onto the only sparklings on the planet after a long stasis.

He knew he wanted little ones in his life, even as Orion Pax, but he can't tell how much is it himself and how much is the Matrix's giddiness.

You have no idea how it happened, but you're part of a "girl's night" group. One moment you have wriggly wingnubs and soft armor in your lap, and then the next you have a cocktail in your hand and bracketed by other femmes.

Never in his life did Starscream think he would share a family with a Prime's bitties, but here is. With his trine and you and the sparklings as well as Optimus and Elita and slagging Megatron orbiting around.

Starscream has to take into consideration on rebuilding a Vos that's more grounder-friendly (just a little) since the Seeker kids love their convoy siblings and their Truck sire.

Thundercracker may be the progenitor and Starscream and Skywarp may have given code, but it doesn't erase that the fact that Red, Blue, and Purple had sent their early newspark years with Optimus.

Starscream and Elita exchange sharp tongues in each other's vicinity. Thundercracker explains it as a Vosian greeting and how it's practically friendly since it's Starscream.

Skywarp is having the time of life since the nest is growing and kids are farking cute in his well-grounded opinion.

Because of the sheer amount of attention the bitties are getting from mecha that didn't know about them, there's an established guard and the duty is heavily coveted by the Autobots and Decepticons.

It's a room to keep the bitlets in one spot, so many of the Seekerkin are gunning for it because of the awakened nesting-protocols.

There's fierce competition full of threats, fist fights, and bargains because of the betting tables and to be the Favorite.

You caught Skywarp whispering into their audials to influence their first words and made a deal to split the profits since it'll be hilarious to see Starscream's and Optimus' reactions.

Ironhide is the favorite. He made Plans ever since you shot a bolt into his panel as a prisoner. The others adults will be collateral, but willing ones, so he has not one smidgen of remorse in destroying their sleep schedules or down-time with the fun things he brings to the sparklings.

[transingthoseformers]

So I'm vividly reminded of the "What if there was a character who wanted to be [faction] but was barred from joining [faction]" post, and tfp au Tarn is somewhat close to being this.

They wouldn't have let him join the Decepticons if he hadn't pleaded and begged enough. And, nobody will ever admit it, even the commanders are scared of him. Tarn has just been so loyal (well loyal up until this point) that they were willing to overlook the immense security risk his Voice was and the rancid vibes. In the TFP au, he came to the Decepticons preinstalled with the DJD, but in this au the DJD had existed before Tarn has, and they kinda just found him in the space woods like a coyote mistaken for a dog.

TFP au Tarn has a much different backstory and origin than what you'd expect. Damus was someone who originally was turned away from the Decepticons , whether it was for a lack of generalistic experience, bad luck, having failed some sort of entrance test (i severely doubt they'd have like a written test, that's not what i mean, I'm thinking some sort of small quest), or hell the Bad Vibes™️ that Soundwave had received but could never put a digit. (Nobody could've guessed Tarn had been Damus, hell nobody knows until the Tarn and Fallen fiasko when he blurts it in a monologue.)

He did not take this rejection. I cannot tell you for sure when Damus became a more recognizable shape, what he had done before fully becoming Tarn, but I can tell you how he was found.

The DJD was a project proposed by Shockwave, one that Megatron has always disliked. It ultimately functioned similar to the Wreckers in the Autobots— do the dirty work that not even Megatron wants to do, and he'll turn a blind eye to their methods. One of the conditions he agreed upon was that they stay away from the frontlines, as they are pretty much the clean up crew for those who have become disillusioned to the Cause. Originally, the ship's crew was the leader Kaon, Tesarus, Helex, Vos, and Prion (their medic, who looks a little familiar...)

They found Damus on a small moon circling a dead planet that had never developed complex life. He was thought to be a mercenary, but no he denied this. The DJD decided that hey this guy who wants to be a Decepticon should be a Decepticon! And dragged him with them. This is when he took upon the name Tarn (the symbolic meaning here in the tfp au is unknown as of yet) There is a possibility that his Voice had influenced this without their knowledge, as exactly nobody had guessed that as a possibility. Though, the DJD soon learned during the brutal disposal of a rogue exactly what Tarn is capable with this "gift". (Remember, in the TFP au outliers do exist but exactly nobody has really discovered this fact. Sometimes mecha pop up with inexplicable abilities and it always freaks everyone else the hell out) At first, they were struck with that instinctive oh-frag feeling, but this faded with the delight of them having a new method in their already rather unconventional repertoire.

Things were... special the next time the Peaceful Tyranny crossed paths with the Nemesis. Megatron was very suspicious of this Tarn, (actually in a very similar way as he was in canon of Predaking once the mech revealed his bipedal mod). But, eventually, he okayed the new addition as he wasn't going to question the DJD's methods. He didn't want to think too hard about what they do, only that they completed the job out of sight. Megatron couldn't afford to lose any more sleep than he already is over this.

Did Megatron call the DJD down to Earth? No, Tarn had tracked Pharma's signal and was delighted to find out his Lord is also on this blue and green planet. If I remember my timelines correctly, they arrived in the smack dab middle of the spicy battlefield dance arc. Meaning, the commanders already had so goddamn much to deal with that they agreed "fuck it, let them do whatever they're here to do, let them take care of the traitors wandering about so we don't have to". The DJD was explicitly told to not interfere with the war efforts, the autobots, or the ongoings of the Nemesis. (Probably in much longer polite and formal words than my synopsis of it)

For a long time, Tarn was considered in a similar manner as he was in canon. A dangerous weapon, but a currently manageable and loyal weapon. Some would say Tarn's loyalty to the Cause and Megatron rivals Soundwave's, others dare to admit that there has to be a catch. That nobody is that loyal without some sort of catch. Especially if that someone enjoys working with the fragging DJD, which among most Decepticons is practically a myth because of how infrequently the Peaceful Tyranny is sighted.

The events of Delphi are very similar as in the au, upon one divergence— nobody finds them. Every autobot except Pharma eventually succumbs to the Red Rust (or the DJD, in Ambulon's case) and Pharma has to find his way off planet. Eventually, he makes his way to Earth.

The rest of the DJD, as we know, was entirely content with these orders and did their own horrific murder thing. Tarn, though? Oh we knew he ultimately basically ignored this and turned his efforts to win his Lord with his winning personality (a lie), pure loyalty (a lie), and charming good looks (kind of a lie but kinda not)— and to find out where that autobot jet had went.

He started seeing the messages from Megatronus Prime a mere fortnight since he arrived on Earth. The Fallen had a reverse sort of reaction to Tarn, at first only seeing him as an easy to manipulate means to an end. After all, once the Fallen got out and destroyed Earth, what would this pathetic sycophant matter? But, as they started interacting more the Fallen ended up letting more and more of his guard down to this mortal. Tarn will not end up betraying Megatronus Prime, even as the reverse happens. This demigod encouraged the wrong mech.

Tarn will not visually see Pharma until further into the truce, pretty damn close in time with when he learns about Silverlight. And well... I've talked about what comes next.

[pastelpaperplanes]

Big Ol Ask Post Pt. 3 I think

I haven’t drawn anything other than cursed or plain technical stuff w him 😔😔 have these for now but expect more soon!

anon a way back asked what he’d look like next to Overlord being already so big compared to Megs, that’s why you see Lordie if you’re wondering why he’s thrown in that line up!

by the way I have a voice claim for the big purple simp— Jenner from NIMH, he’s so awful but that suave baritone oh it fits too well >:] it’s the ‘humble servant’ line that got to me

Yep! Pharma is absolutely in this AU—as well as the CFau and Crack one too—and in all, he’s still an estranged medic long since booted from any legal work back on Cybertron.

He lost his credibility and more all those years ago when he found himself willing to do his fair share of cutting corners and hastily concealed malpractice to expedite his dream of getting his name down in the medical books—ultimately impressing his dear Mentor Ratchet, finally, in perfecting long-since banned risky experiments and surgeries—not to mention cruel and unusual temperament with the (supposedly) taboo practice of non-medicinal mnemosurgery.

His ambitions and aggression always got the bet of him, this hasn’t changed since he found himself working in freelance outposts. Light years away from Cybertron, he’s made a name for himself as a Good Doctor—but to his under-the-table black market part-dealing clients, he’s just about as bad as a Crooked Medic can get.

Bounty hunters and Arms Dealers like him for his business, a certain DJD member likes him for the occasional berth company and seemingly never ending supply of fresh T-Cogs—but no one actually likes him for his nasty temperamental personality, save for a young and naive Ratchet once upon a time.

Pharma is a roamer, as of recent he’s been a hard to reach mech—seems as if he’s found a little project to keep himself pretty occupied in the last few decades—something about a breakthrough for aiding the Decepticon Energon Crisis :] him and a small, horrifyingly cheerful surgeon are well on their way to completing their first trial batches, it’s safe to say that their little synthetic mixture will have it’s users sated and compliant.

they’ve got that amazing ‘new car smell’ those first few weeks, and instead of chittering like an Insecticons or vibrating their wings like a seeker—they beep and squeak, sometimes even honk a horn depending on the baseline altmode coding, to get their Creators’ attention before their vocalizer truly starts to kick online

It’s cute, but loud

Much like a seeker sparkling, they have to reach a certain ‘age’ (upgrade) to be able to transform completely, in between then they’re still able to rev those engines as a warning should they need it, as well as spin their wheels should they need a getaway HEELIES IF THEYRE LUCKY WOOHOOOOO—for seekers they can hover on their thrusters!

Crusade is actually pretty formal with Megatron. But yeah as a kid, Megs was always known as Carrier, but as Sadie got older and more aware of their surroundings—they definitely came to learn the true weight of that title and the fact that they were the progeny of the faction leader, a fact they should have really held onto with more pride. Not wanting to draw more attention to the already blatant favoritism (and nepotism) Crusade made a switch to addressing Megatron as Sir, My Lord, Lord Megatron, —ect. to better fit in with their fellow troops.

It bothers Megatron more than than he lets on. Crusade shouldn’t have to hide their high ranking as his child, the heir to the faction. Megs is their Carrier and can only order them around for so long, as their Leader however—pulling rank may just allow for their infuriatingly stubborn sparkling to listen to them should a day come where even a Carrier’s plea is dismissed.

Crusade does slip up every now and then and a ‘Carrier’ will slip—often hushed and annoyed though as Megs does like to tease every now and then, gotta remind them that they’re still his baby every once in a while :’)

Optimus however—whenever him and Crusade should truly reunite, will never be called Sire by Crusade, which they so heatedly established early on—Crusade never needed one and they don’t need one now, better to not let the title trigger those long-suppressed emotions. Sure enough though Optimus will get his moment.

actually no lmfao so you’re good! Eh, I haven’t mentioned much plot w them outside of them and Megs, plus bits of potential interactions with Optimus—so the rest of Team Prime is free game :D

For what I (hopefully will have) planned, their interactions with team Prime will be eh,,,interesting to each their own to say the least. Some more stressful than others BUT let’s not get into that until I’ve worked it out—for now I’ll just mention what they’re dynamics would be like when the drama of Oh Shit Boss Bot You’ve Been Hiding a Kid For HOW LONG has died down.

A usually touch-wary Crusade actually is the one to initiate a hug with Bulkhead, he’s the biggest and warmest and somehow is always happy to see them. Plus he tells cool recaps of Earth films and gifts them strange blobish paintings every now and then, all of which Crusade doesn’t exactly understand, but at least the colors are pretty.

Bee is annoying,,,which is what Crusade would say if confronted if they actually liked all the shenanigans Bee suggest they pull together, prank wars to the max, sparring for fun, video games?, DOUGHNUTS and RACES in the fortress halls??? Ahem. they are a super serious soldier, not a hooligan. But honestly, Bee is the one they seek out the most should they need an adventure, they missed out on a lot of this ‘fun’ growing up on the Nemesis—Bee seems to know how to balance a day of soldiering and dumbassery. sometimes.

Ratchet reminds them a bit too much of their Carrier than they’d care to admit. The medic is an old soul to his very core, perpetually tired but quick to snap into work mode, and sweet if you reallllllly squint. Sadie has been taught from day one to always respect medics, Ratchet obviously takes the cake on I’ve Seen Some Shit and for that alone Crusade both fears and admires Ratchet. Again, growing up on the Nemesis they didn’t have too many bots willing to talk much with them—but Ratchet (after he’s gone through his own lot of therapy, him AND Arcee. good lord) has a never ending pile of stories to share with them. Ratchet may throw in a few more colorful curses than necessary—which is SURPRISING bc Crusade thought they’d heard them all back home, but he’s entertaining and tells Crusade how it is, no sugarcoating. For that Crusade is grateful, there’s been too many half-truths thrown about to them in their recent years :’)

Ghost Prowl freaks them out—why does he deliberately have to be so sneaky?? Crusade has only met Prowl a fleeting handful of times (visits from the Allspark come with meaning, you know) and each time Crusade has been given nothing but odd riddles and poetic nonsense. Kidding. Prowl does like his wordplay’s but his given advice is always well meaning—the most firm and direct message Crusade has been passed though was probably most definitely “ Get those two cowards for mecha you call your Creator’s to stop fooling around with each other and SPEAK—at this rate it’s physically paining me that they haven’t begun Ritus and they’re not getting any younger”

Team Prime adores Sadie, they ask Megatron to see their sparkling photos every chance they catch him. And Crusade. hates it.

:) have

We’ve been here before, haven’t we?

[imababblekat]

Imagine Blitzwing Finding Out You’re A Mad Scientist

~

-as a human it's a given that you appear to the Decepticons as something completely harmless, but with your personality, you just seem even more so

-you're sweet, and kind, and always willing to lend a hand in anyway which causes a giggle from Blitzwing and a pat on the head when he states you'd be crushed in the process of assistance; best to just leave the heavy lifting to them yeah?

-when Blitzwing and the Decepticons find out you're not so harmless, however, and are in fact actually an evil scientist, this raises a lot of questions

-it was Megatron who had uncovered your true identity; the war lord had suspected something was up when several of his hard stolen supplies for the space bridge had gone missing

-it was never large quantities of stuff, but small ones that peaked his interest and lead him to discovering your secret lab with his two soldiers

-whatever your reason for keeping this a secret, it doesn't bode well

-Lugnut's 100% sure you're trying to overthrow Megatron in someway, Megatron's asking you questions that he already has the answers to but is seeing if you'll lie to him or not, and Blitzwing's not saying anything at all! Which is bad, because he's your s/o and Lugnut's getting pretty hyped up, and Blitzwing help, the one eyed mech just brought out his canon!!

-thankfully all the chaos is put to a fast stop when Megatron orders Lugnut to put his weapons away, and has Blitzwing escort you to your shared berthroom, but you have a feeling the Decepticon Leader has some plans for you

-when alone with Blitzwing, he finally let's his thoughts be known, which is a lot, because he's got three very conflicting personalities

-Icy's standing with a cold gaze, arms crossed, asking questions in a tone that makes the air thick with tension; questions like how long you've been a scientist, what you specialize in, what were you making with the stolen items, etc

-Hot Head's probably the worst to deal with, because he's just straight up anger; he's mad, mad that you didn't tell him. Blitzwing saw you as someone very special and close, and it's hard to find people you can truly trust, and who will stick by your side with complications like his.

-Out of all three Random is the easiest to talk with. He's surprisingly very patient and gentle with you as you take your time to explain yourself; voice sympathetic and encouraging you to take your time if you get cut off from a sob or need to think of how to explain something

-it's definitely going to be a while before Blitzwing can fully come together as one and move on from this, but he at least won’t just completely avoid you either; being a scientist is one thing, but an evil scientist is another

-on the plus side, you'll both be working together more now that Megatron has made you his head scientist(well on Earth anyways)!

~xXx~

[transformers-extrication]

An old Transformers ‘villain’/enemy gets included in this au! Info below!

Lord Gyconi is a intergalactic Mob Boss of ill repute.

His greedy nature is obvious not only by his physical figure but by the figure of wealth he has.

His figure is deceptively obese this gangster did not get where he is today by being flimsy and has plenty of brawn to back up his ways.

Cruel and underhanded he's well-known for beating his own subordinates and isn't above rigging his own bets to be in his favour.

Considers himself a bit of a showman as his favourite gambling scheme to run is his "Pit of Destruction" where he hosts gladiatorial-style games.

Comes off as graceful and generous to those who don't know of his reputation as he is more than willing to loan anyone ridiculous amounts of money. This first impression immediately wears off as he charges ridiculous interest rates and quite impossible repayment periods.

Skims profits off the gambling proceeds even when he doesn't need to.

Runs many things from a Slave trade business to a corrupt housing department on may worlds.

Absolutely best friends with Megatron. The two would often meet to gloat about their achievements and trade business.

Megatron is one of the only people in the known galaxy whom Gyconi does not actively scam, although it is likely he still performs some underhand actions with him. It seems the reason for this may have been the creation of a mutual respect after the two fought.

There may or may not have been connections between him and Megatron pre-war

Megatron has often entered his gladiator pits and come out victorious. While Gyconi does not appreciate the fact Megatron always wins these fights and thus pretty much everyone who bets will bet on him, leaving Gyconi with little profit, he continues to allow it. After all Megatron puts on quite a brutal and gory show, attracting more customers for future shows.

Supplied Energon to the Decepticons during the war always keeping them ahead of the Autobots.

Megatron was a regular at his slave department often buying people to do manual labor in off-world projects or importing people to help with his tasks.

Is incredibly upset with the Decepticons, they stopped contact with him shortly after some Starscream guy vanished? He doesn’t know, then suddenly the war on their world ramped up quite considerably. A lot of property that he had loaned to the Decepticons from machinery to slave-units were destroyed, especially when some colossal space-creature-demon attacked the planet!.

The Decepticons proceeded to ignore him further after that, even when a new purple guy took command of them. Sod to this! They may have been profitable business partners but this! This was disrespectful! Besides he made deals with Megatron, not these fools, not after what they did.

What they dd was attack him and ruin a slave ring. He eventually got the new leader to come and meet him but for some reason this Galvatron fellow flipped his lid the moment 'slaves' were mentioned, destroying large portions of his base and freeing all of his captives.

These guys are gonna get it now.

[taibu]

Scenario

Okay so, that episode Starscream tries to join the Autobots? What if he wasn’t such a clod and didn’t reveal that he killed Cliffjumper? What if he actually got in and started working for the Autobots?

Of course, at first, Starscream would only join Bots because he wanted to use them to get rid of Megatron and become the leader of the Cons, because of course he would. But then he would start to realize something, little by little. 

He notices that even though the base in dirty and food is scarce, he feels much more relaxed here than he ever was on Nemesis. There is none of that looming feeling of Megatron beating you senseless, drones disrespecting you, Knock Out and Breakdown laughing at you or Arachnid humiliating you. He is free to do and be whatever he wants to be, as long as he doesn’t piss off the Bots, and that actually seems harder than he first thought. Sure, at first they are all on their toes about Stars, but after few weeks, they treat him like he was part of their team.

Stars goes to missions with Bumblebee, and learns that it was Megatron who stole his voice, and feels sympathy over him, for he too has been hurt by Megatron in the past. He hangs out with Bulkhead and learns that he isn’t just a “dumb big guy” he always though he was, and that Bulk is actually one of the first to accept him and support him. He helps Ratchet out and goes back to his scientific roots before the was and when Ratchet learns that Star used to be a scientist, they start having long debates and conversations about different formulas and eventually Stars helps Ratch make the perfect formula for synthetic energon. Arcee is not as easy, but once Star cracks few jokes about Arachnid, she warms up to her. The two joke around and grow quite close. Eventually he is even let to meet the kids and grows to find them, annoying at first, but later quite entertaining. Miko gets him into music, Raf wants to learn about Cybetronian science, and Ratchet isn’t a very talkative person so Stars makes a great teacher, and Jack is a great listener and supporter, even when Stars in denying his sorrow and inner pain.

But it’s Optimus that finally seals the deal. The two are on a mission together, and Starscream screws up, majorly. It’s nothing deadly or too dangerous, but it still causes him to panic because Megatron has beaten him for less. He gets on his knees and begs for Optimus’ forgiveness, sure that the Prime will beat him otherwise. But instead, Optimus stares at him, confused and even shocked, when he realizes why Stars is acting like this. Instead of hurting Stars, he embraces him and tells him that he is not angry and that it wasn’t Starscream’s fault. Stars doesn’t believe what just happened. Optimus, a PRIME just forgave him for his mistakes, and... comforted him. Starscream starts to re-think his choices and plans for using the Bots. For the first time in centuries, he has found someone he can truly respect and want to call his leader. He has found people who care of him and love him despite their bad past together. He has found something he thought long lost... a family.

So now, he accepts the fact that he indeed is an Autobot now. He keeps his aerial-form, he loves flying too much to give it up, but gets another, third form for himself. A motorbike. A TWO-WHEELER. Everyone know’s his hate of land-vehicles and two-wheeler’s especially so this is a special moment for everyone. Starscream asks for Ratchet to replace his Decepticon-symbol with an Autobot-one. He starts to work full time on taking down Cons. He gets better weapons and learns new fighting techniques. Just so that he can be useful for the bots, just so that he can make Optimus proud. 

Under the sharp and cold Con the Bots find a fun-loving, strong, smart and even caring Cybetronian, who just wants his home back. He no longer cares about leadership, now that he has a leader he truly supports and cares about. And who also cares of him. 

One time on the battlefield, one drone refuses to attack Starscream. It’s Steve. He begs to join “Lord” Starscream and serve him again like he did before. Stars takes a look at Optimus (who smiles and nods) and then helps the drone to his feet. “Please, call me Screamy. All my friends do.” And Steve joins the Bots.

Wheeljack and Fowler are bit harder, seeing how Starscream did keep them prisoner and tortured them. But both see how he has changed and understand that war is a serious thing and people on different sides sometimes need to do horrible things for their own side’s benefits, and eventually forgive him.

And the Smokescreen happens. Oh dear, does Smokescreen happen. Starscream is so exited to have someone new to join he hasn’t met before. He is no longer the youngest bot! Smokescreen is all confused like “YOU’RE Starscream!? No! That can’t be! You’re supposed to be evil and shit????” but soon they before great friends. Starscream finds amusing how formal Smokes is especially around Optimus, for he knows that the Prime is a kind and caring soul and not a military officer. Ultra Magnus and Stars never truly get along, but they too learn to tolerate each other.

But then, something happens that changes his happiness back to pain. Because of course.

Arcee happens to make a joke about their and Cliffjumper’s past, and Stars remembered. He really did kill part of Team Prime. He had been PROUD of that fact before, but now... Arcee tells him how she felt about him and how she misses him every day, only making Stars feel more bad than before. Stars starts to isolate himself from the others. He can’t bear to look at them or be with them. He killed their friend after all. It was long time ago, but that didn’t make it any better. Stars is in pain and cries every night.

Eventually he comes out of his room, asks for everyone’s attention. He has to do this. He can’t keep it in. Everyone gathers around, worried of their friend. Stars looks at them. “I don’t deserve this” he thinks. The Bots are asking him what is wrong. Stars tells that he has to come clean, for he can no longer live with the guilt. With tears in his eyes and crack in his voice (more than usual) he says it...

“I killed Cliffjumper.”

There is a silence. No-one says anything. Starscream closes her optics and waits. He knows, he just KNOWS he will be killed for that. But he doesn’t care. He is ready. More ready than ever. He is willing to take the punishment. 

But it never comes. Arcee walks to him, the boys telling her, panicking, to “not do it”, thinking that she will hurt him. But she doesn’t. She takes Stars’ servos in her own and looks at him in the optics and asks...

“Did you kill him quickly?” 

Stars tells exactly what happened, what Cliff said to trigger him and cause him to do it. He tells that Cliff died rather quickly even if not painless. Arcee, instead of being angry, hugs Starscream, for everyone’s surprise. She thanks Stars for telling the truth and being honest with her. Now she can finally put Cliff to rest in her mind. Sure, she will always miss Cliff and wish he wasn’t dead, but she can’t hate the “new Starscream” for the “old” ones mistakes. 

Everyone joins in the hug and tell Stars that they forgive him. He was a con back then, his job was to kill bots! He wasn’t himself back then! He was pressured by Megatron! He was not a monster for killing in a war!

Starscream can only cry. Whether it’s tears of pain or happiness, only he knows.

The war is over. Megatron and Unicron are defeated. The well of Allsparks is working again. Kock Out has joined the Bots. 

Starscream helps with the rebuilding of Cybetron. He is more quiet than before. He hasn’t forgiven himself for his actions, and he just lost Optimus, the leader he was ready to die for. But he is still happy to be alive to see the war end and promises to protect his new home with all he has.

Then Bumblebee comes to him and asks if Stars would like to become the new leader of Voss.

Whether he says yes or no... well. I let everyone make their own conclusions.