#i do like optimus to suffer and carry an unbearable sadness he can never quite put down. but i have my limits ajskdhkads

[peace-hunter]

we're just oblivious to these demigods seeing our humble species.

YEAH already the autbots themselves are so very big and so very old that it's hard for the humans to wrap their mind around it, so very few can begin to understand what it means when optimus tells them his family is much, much older (and taller :/) than he or most of his friends

also i'm stuck with the mental image of one of their humans being completely in awe of the sheer size of the autobots, especially optimus, and saying something along the lines of "there must be little that can make you feel small, uh?" and optimus being like "you'd be surprised :|" because he's literally being used as armrest by solus as they speak

but you are absolutely right about them being so, so, so glad to see optimus bouncing back after losing cybertron, even if it involves squishy, weird looking tiny aliens. they're just grateful there's something that can make optimus smile agan even if it's not nearly the same as before

(and oh does it ache to know that even their before isn't really what optimus used to be. that they never got to know their youngest at his brightest, that they only met him when he'd already tasted death and betrayal and heartbreak)

they're especially relieved because they too are dealing with the fact that they couldn't save their world again. they too are grieving their planet and all the lives that were lost with it. they too are struggling to keep going after everything that happened.

and, perhaps not the worst of all but certainly the closest to heart, they failed optimus. they were supposed to guide him, to support him, to help him lead their world to a better future. and they failed.

they weren't enough then and they doubt they could be enough now

so when optimus latches onto a tiny, primitive, weird little species that nonetheless brings him a meassure of joy, they cannot help but be grateful at the unexpected lifeline they were granted.

they do kinda wish he could've chosen something less squishy. or delicate. they would even settle for a longer lifespan at least OTL

so what would the primes think of humans?

it kinda depends on who you ask but in general they find them just. very tiny. and squishy looking.

some like onyx and quintus find them kinda cute. others like prima and amalgamous think they're kinda ugly but in a cute way. liege just thinks they're plain ugly. he learns to appreciate them in his own way but he never stops finding them a little weird.

solus is impressed by how much things they can do and how much destruction they can create when they're so tiny and their technology so lacking. their tech is soooo primitive but she's making grabby hands at some of those explosives to see what they can do.

zeta is grateful solus cannot in fact get her hands on any of those explosives.

and megatronus is for once glad he's incorporeal. just the thought of how careful he would have to be to not step on them at all times stresses him out.