#i forgot to TAG QUARK IM CRYING

[rcxdirectrix]

My contribution for the Slice of Cybertron on Twitter/X.

A scenario where Percy actually met Brainstorm as Genitus even before the war but he doesn't remember it because Brainstorm had a different name, a slightly different frame, was not wearing a mask and maybe felt different somehow.

Anyway kind of wordy, I had to cram my idea in two pages because of time constraints ;u;.

(My original hc was that Quark and Brainstorm probably met early war instead of prewar. I had to adjust this because of the zine's prewar theme but one thing is consistent: Quark recognized his talents, believed in him, saved him from going back to the frontlines, and kept him as his lab assistant.).

And I thought maybe Percy, all through the war to post war, actually remembers Genitus, but failed to link him to Brainstorm, so he's very surprised to find out they are one and the same. He might have had some hope or respect for Genitus in the past, the same way he had it for others like him (Skyfire, or Wheeljack. or maybe Pharma from the medical field), and laments how he vanished (when he changed his name).

Probably Genitus started having a crush on both Perceptor and Quark, but Quark is more reachable, and Percy was uhh.. a. big shot, he thought he had no chance with him. So he focused on Quark.

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link to zine in the reblogs. It's free to download.