#lets weaponize hot rod's combined kindness with tanjiro's and em fields as well

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in most of my other fics i don't really touch upon a very fascinating aspect of transformers but i would ABSOLUTELY love to do more of in dance of the fire bot

EM Fields

when i first started writing transformers i didn't really know a lot of transformers, and i was a bit clueless about them, sometimes i would come up EM fields from fics and posts and id be 'huh, dunno what that is, ill probably learn later. later, which is now, im on my third transformers fic and i HAVE learned about Em fields but i havent exactly written them or much of it and etc.

but in dance in the fire bot you can absolutely bet that im going to go into detail about how hot rod has the NICEST em field that anyone ever experienced. does anyone remember mugen train??? the moment that kid got into tanjiro's very soul- oh it was beautiful, and so kind and just- hot rod + tanjiro = safest kindest feeling ever. like can you imagi—

===== Dance of the Fire Bot =====

Hot Rod could get away with murder in Nyon's slum district.

He could murder a bot right in front of everyone and no one would bat an optic, if anything they'd do anything to keep the little youngling from being caught if he did murder someone.

Thankfully, or disappointingly for some, Hot Rod would never actually outright murder just any bot.

He was just too kind for that.

There was a reason why Hot Rod was quickly beloved by even the grumpiest old bucket of bolts within the square mile radius despite his overly cheery nature that was not suited for the current environment or era.

Hot Rod's electromagnetic field was just so... soft and warm and nice just to almost anyone he met.

Being so young, his control over his EM Field was abysmal, and yet it was very much welcomed to the scarred sparks and hardened frames that littered the Rust Narrows who had long forgotten what a kind spark was like.

Even the other sparklings ' EM fields failed to even match the sheer sensation of Hot Rod's blinding smile and emotions.

Quite honestly, if it weren't for Hot Rod's olfacotry senses (later on, his actual ability to set himself on fire) they would have thought that Hot Rod's outlier ability was being able to use his EM Field to calm anyone down or just, influence everyone to a better mood.

If there was a fight between bots, Hot Rod was around to smooth the jagged edges and scold the fighters while waves of gentle concern and kindness leapt off of the young cybertronian's frame.

The young brats of Nyon would follow Hot Rod around just to bask in his kindness, always jealous of Springer and Arcee who always stuck close to Hot Rod and enjoyed the benefits of being his unit, and one day; his Amicas.

Everyone of Rust Narrows would mourn when Hot Rod finally learned to reign his Em Field in, but there'd be moments where Hot Rod's Em Field would wash over all those around him. During times of great fear, a wave of brave and gentle determination would wrap around those near him, chasing the negativity away.

===== Dance of the Fire Bot =====

i'm just giving hot rod more and more abilities here.

oh yeah, decepticons stand NO CHANCE to hot rod's em field of calm kindness warmth gentleness happiness-

deadlock barely escaped once, he never got the second chance. not only because of the sword swings but also because of hot rod's em field.

also i can imagine ratchet taking advantage of hot rod's em field to calm patients but OH GOD WAIT WHAT IF I SHIFT THINGS AROUND AND HAVE HOT ROD BE THERE FOR DRIFT AT DEAD END SOMEHOW??? IDK HOW ITD WORK BUT AAAAAAA—

i really have no idea what im doing for the continuity of dance of the fire bots but im just having fun thinking of hot rod continuously making bots fall in love with him.