#lost light tyrest au

[decoy-sammy]

[GIGGLING AND KICKING MY FEET SO HARD RIGHT NOW]

Thought about the tyrung au. Let’s just say rungs having a bad day and thinking negatively about himself, and an knowingly saying out loud, witch then causes Tyrst to kool-aid man in and pick him up like a foot ball, and run off to show rung how wrong he is, and show him all the good he does. And I just think that’s a beautiful thing about the au. And yes by kool-aid mans in I do mean breaking through the wall.

yes

[s735]

He may've been rehabilitated, but he's still insane.

Added context v

In this AU, Tyrest was defeated on Luna1 but was rehabilitated and now is under the siveillance of the Lost Light (Like Megatron was in canon). It's a pretty surface level idea ngl, it mostly gives me ways to allow Tyrest to communicate with those he wronged after his plan to commit genocide is confronted and put down.

Context specifically for the joke in the image- I have a headcanon that Tyrest and Magnus were close- which is what caused him to want to continue on his legacy after his death. Only after he went insane did he suffer from immense survivor's guilt (alongside the other guilt he had related to the constructed cold). While he's on the Lost Light, he's always supervised by either Rung or Megatron and he recieves a lot of therapy sessions from Rung. Rung tries to help him cope with his loss of Magnus and, yeah here we are.

[tinydefector]

Hi hi am that Anon that send about Rung x MC (who got fucked by said God).

And I love it the story specially when Tyrest and MC just fighting each other 😂😂 and honestly I may not have read mtmte or lost light series (I wish though) but i wish i could see Getaway reaction from this because I saw a YouTube video about Getaway and let me tell you he's also a god fanatic and just imagining his reaction of MC just saying "I got fucked by Primus" 😂😂😂

Oh there's so much you can do with it. And it gets even better if you use it in AUs. I happen to love writing different Aus and making new ones too. And just the thought of Rung being out here finding a human he falls in love with and just the whole primus thing doesn't really come up but the moment it's out, it's like a free pass to his human.

The amount of times they have just shut bots down with the. "I'm fucking your gods what's your next move" it stuns so many Bots.

Tarn monologueing talking about the DJD and their cause. Trying to sound menacing and Scary.

MC: HA nice try buddy, but if you think I'm scared of you, you're delusional.

Tarn: I could squish you liken insect

MC: yea and I could take your God for another round in the sheets, pick up your game I'm more afraid of his spike than I am you!

Tarn's just stunned bafflement as he tries to process.

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Getaway finding out about Rung and just trying to get up in his business to the point he walks I on Rung and MC and is just baffled over how the fuck.

And MC just flips him the bird and continues riding Rungs spike.

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Megatron having a deep moment trying to talk some issues out with MC and being rather polite about it.

MC: have you ever thought about therapy.

Megatron: consider hos that went for you, I'd rather not find myself getting fragged by a God.

MC stunned not knowing where that came from before laughing.

[thenamesblurrito]

assorted Transformers fics to rec (part 1...?)

i really do think fic recs are valuable to fandom so here’s a random collection of Transformers fics i like, with no particular theme. these were compiled by frantically googling half-remembered bits to try and find the only ones i remember reading years ago, and i know i’m missing some i’d like to include

EDIT: part 2 here!

A Prime Performance

TFP AU, incomplete, AO3. Megatron is an actor in a children’s show. this is just as hilarious as you think it is. some slowburn MegOp. i love all the easter eggs and references and the way this in-universe show is created and run?? it’s fascinating

All Roads Lead to Rome

no set continuity/vaguely Bayverse, oneshot, AO3. a huge robot warrior like Sunstreaker is odd enough in modern times, just imagine him in ancient Rome. extremely interesting premise to me i love this bit and would love more. warning for typical crass patriarchal expectations for women in marriage but nothing actually explicit

Another Gate

Bayverse, complete multichap, FFN. whatever Sam is now, it isn’t human. some REAL good body horror, friendship, and alien strangeness ooooo

Bodies (break)

IDW, oneshot, AO3. Ultra Magnus goes to therapy and Rung is something wrong. oooooooghhghghhf i LOVE when people lean into the oddness and creepiness of the local god

Brave New World

fan canon, ongoing webcomic, TFW05. a spin on BW among other things, following Rodimus Prime’s crew of beastformers as they face down an assortment of bad guys and mysteries. LOVE this canon guys i LOVE it, very very good beast mode choices, very heartfelt and very funny, i also love seeing the art progression over the years. lovely webcomic here

Burn a hole in the old grip of the familiar

TFP, complete multichap, AO3, NSFW near the end. it’s focused on Ultra Magnus/reader but the first half of this fic is probably my favorite. the overwhelm and incredulity the reader character grapples with for awhile, i feel like it’s pretty realistic for someone who’s been shoved into a weird new world. DEFINITELY did Breakdown dirty though. has sequels that i haven’t read

dares for the first time

G1, oneshot, AO3. lovely little take on a G1 Guiding Hand that makes me feel things

Dog of Law

IDW, complete multichap, AO3. the Lost Light crew don’t find Minimus in Tyrest’s cells, they find a small green turbofox. lovely character driven piece here and honestly i just really like when his canonical turbofox alt is used i think it’s a shame we never got it in the story proper

First Contact

IDW, incomplete, AO3. listen it’s only a little bit written but i am OBLIGATED to post isekai/modern girl in Middle Earth/falling into fiction type of stories and i really liked the setup for this one okay! i love isekai and this was the only one i could remember to track down

Grey Is The Night

Batman/vaguely IDW crossover, complete multichap, AO3. there’s a new police car in Gotham, and it’s up to no good. listen i don’t even do DC stuff but Batman meeting Prowl here is done MARVELOUSLY ohhh i love this very much, the plot is GOOD, and i bet folks who actually like DC will love it even more

Hazard Light

IDW, oneshot, AO3. a hanahaki take on Brainstorm/Perceptor that i actually like, despite not usually enjoying hanahaki at all, with some nice Cybertronian biology too

How to Save the World in 8 Minutes and 3 Seconds

vaguely G1/continuity soup, oneshot, AO3. how does Prowl save a species, with blocked communications, no visuals, and a short time limit? why, he just keeps an eye on social media of course! a lil dark and fun and clever

In Media Bellum

TFP, incomplete, AO3. human reader is caught up with Team Prime in a delightful exploration of culture and introspection and found family. no shipping but masterful platonic relationship work! it feels... idk relaxed? caring? i love the tone of this writing

Juxtaposition

vaguely G1, complete multichap, FFN (also on AO3 but never finished crossposting). a human OC gets in a car accident and starts hearing voices in her head, unknowingly saving a Cybertronian’s life, even if it’s in a very atypical manner. love this OC, love the whole premise here and the exploration of an alien reality from a human POV. no shipping, if that’s not ur thing

Lost Light/Rodimus

IDW, oneshot, Tumblr. the ship comes to life and has something important to ask Rodimus. i love this concept it’s very good, very intriguing

Magnus Carey

IDW, oneshot, AO3. Verity teaches Minimus about Christmas. short and sweet, i love their friendship

My Totally Real Mary Sue Husband Who Lives Back On Cybertron

TFA, oneshot, AO3, Dratchet. “Ratchet offhandedly mentions he's conjunxed. Bumblebee refuses to believe him. Hijinks ensue.” funny and in character and sweet

Mythbusters Season Nine Interlude: The Autobot Special

G1/Mythbusters crossover, oneshot, AO3. busting some myths AND some Decepticons! it just keeps getting better and better the further you read. i laughed out loud so many times, and cheered at recognizing so many classic Mythbusters bits, and i will get on my hands and knees to beg for a Dirty Jobs sequel these shows were my CHILDHOOD

Patronus

TFP, twoshot, AO3. Megatron has teatime with Rung, who... is not a normal bot. more good good Rung being something wrong

Property Of

Bayverse, incomplete, FFN. when Sam and Mikaela meet Bumblebee, it isn’t as an Autobot scout, but rather as a new owner of these recently discovered organic animals called “humans”. a very well done human pet fic that doesn’t veer into psychological torture or boundary crossing or anything (sorry if that’s your jam) and while it’s incomplete i still love what’s there, especially as the kids learn how to communicate their personhood to an ignorant Bee

Rules to Follow When Making First Contact

continuity soup/fan canon, ongoing series, AO3. listen i know many folks aren’t here for the human characters but i LOVE all the humans here they are each characterized so well and i love seeing how its been blended together across canons. this is a very clever, very engaging setup with a very grounded presence for alien robots that hits in ALL the right places for me. AUTOBOTS LEARNING ENGLISH YALL!!! YES!!! very good very good

Scrimscrim

TFP....... sort of, incomplete, AO3. what do you do when you end up with a Starscream toy brought to life? this is a hilarious premise with good characterization, a lovely human OC, a ridiculous situation handled very realistically, and generally good fun to read. reverse isekai is perhaps more of a favorite of mine than isekai!

SG Prime

TFP SG au, ongoing webcomic, own website and DA. REALLY REALLY COOL YALL. fantastic designs and inclusions and expanding on TFP lore and making very interesting SG dynamics and just. excellent.

TFP Wheeljack in TFA

TFP/TFA crossover, ongoing series of posts, Tumblr. i LOVE crossovers, i will kill and die for crossovers, and this is one of the few i’ve been able to find! there’s enough posts under that tag that i haven’t been able to read them all but what i did see is GOOD

The Echo Garden

IDW/TFP crossover, incomplete, AO3. Soundwave gets picked up by the Lost Light. okay i am a SUCKER for crossovers as previously stated and this one is Good. leans fully into being a crossover and expounding on the differences between universes. Soundwave needs to figure out what to do with himself! also features some delightful slowburn SoundRod and a lovely ensemble cast. Toaster is the best

The One Where The Decepticons Are The Good Guys

TFP SG au, incomplete, AO3. i’m not typically a fan of Shattered Glass stuff but this doesn’t feel terribly OOC or completely upended or alien to the original plot, i think this is done very well and i can’t wait for more

Transformers Recovery: Primal Launch

fan canon, complete multichap, AO3. it’s like the Lost Light but weirder, i don’t even know how to convey its awesomeness. VERY funny, VERY cool, Sky Lynx is there, Swerve is important, Riptide is such a good bot, Megatron exists, just all good things here. treat yourself and read this it’s such a delight

Twenty-Five to Life

vaguely IDW, oneshot, AO3. Starscream/Minimus soulmate au that makes me wheeze when i read it because it it so painfully in character and hilarious oh my god i am CRYING laughing by the time i finish it. petty criminal Starscream, noble Minimus, oil and water. gets raunchy but nothing explicit with an NSFW sequel

Under Control Till You’re In Front Of Me

G1, oneshot, AO3. i need more people to join the Shockwave/Moonracer ship please please it’s good

Xenoethnography

canon soup/based in TFP, ongoing series, AO3. a more hard scifi take on Transformers from the POV of an anthropologist hired to study them. y’all, THIS IS GOOD. seriously if there’s one fic out of all of these i could keep, it’d be this one, it’s just so so good ugh. ugh i love it i need to catch up with it again

[callsign-relic]

Hear me out—load-bearer Rodimus au where Ultra Magnus is not the load-bearer of the Lost-Light but instead it’s Rodimus. Hes actually a little guy 1/3rd the size of MTMTE minimus(or maybe even smaller) and gets discovered when he gets extremely injured during a fight with decepticons. Ratchet figures it out when he’s patching him up….

Now in this case I’m thinking Ultra Magnus would still be the Duly Appointed Enforcer of the Tyrest Accord, but we’d just get mini-rodimus

Oooooooo this is interesting!!! Omg that implies that it’s really the minibot inside Rodimus who received the Matrix…. Micronus’ successor AHAHAH

[lord-squiggletits]

Another thing that gets me about Pharma's situation is a personal headcanon related to the way real life militaries work (I used to be really into the US military, don't throw tomatoes at me I stopped wanting to join it a long time ago) is that it's considered pretty much standard protocol to retrieve the bodies of fallen soldiers unless it's absolutely impossible. A literal "nobody is left behind" attitude.

Now granted, the LL isn't really acting in a military capacity because the war is over.

But I like to imagine that part of why Pharma felt so betrayed was because standard Autobot procedure would've been for any known missing/lost soldiers to be checked for, to try and find their body to confirm their death if nothing else. But the Autobots just left Messatine and left Pharma alone without even bothering to check if he lived or died. So to Pharma, it feels as if after all his years of serving the Autobots dutifully, they couldn't even do the bare minimum duty of looking for his body to confirm his death or god forbid give him proper funeral services.

Incidentally, this headcanon will be the premise for a "Pharma gets brought onto the Lost Light as a prisoner instead of getting left on Messatine" AU fic. With the justification being that Magnus hears about the Delphi situation and is like, wait you guys just left but the Autobot Code says we have to look for the body blah blah and I guess he acts annoying enough about it that someone goes looking for Pharma's body and finds him still alive.

INCIDENTALLY-incidentally, I think the most likely canon answer for "whether Pharma fell or flew to his death" is that Pharma fell. We see on screen that the Red Rust's symptoms activate within minutes of being triggered and that it renders victims practically nonfunctional after only a short amount of time (limbs and the entire body slowly disintegrating). So if Pharma had transformed, he would've activated the rust and died very quickly, especially since he wouldn't be able to go back to Delphi and access actual medical equipment.......and had his hands cut off so he was physically incapable of tending to himself anyways.

Pharma has thrusters on his heels that probably wouldn't require transformation to activate, so my headcanon is that Pharma was able to cushion his fall enough to not die, but probably still broke his legs and was in too much pain/practically immobile and couldn't crawl to find any help. This would also align with Pharma saying that Tyrest found him "sleeping in the snow" and Tyrest calling Pharma "a disease waiting to happen", implying that Pharma was infected with the Red Rust but hadn't actually triggered its effects yet.

[witchofthesouls]

More thoughts about I will not speak of your sins AU 'cause why not?

Pharma is into forms of painplay. He really enjoys sinking his teeth into a partner: a neck, a shoulder, a form of kibble, a thigh, it doesn't matter as long as he can bruise protoform and scrape to the bare metal.

It surprises the hell out of a lot of mechs since Pharma doesn't have a preference for being a driver or a rider, nor does he care for damage, only that his occupied mouth leaves tall-telling marks.

He leaves bleeding scrapes on Revelation's neck and bite marks on their wingspan. And enjoys it when they do the same to him.

Pharma won't admit it, but he does get a little thrill down his spinal strut when Revelation uses their strength to pin him to place.

Of course, he fixes all the damage. The dents popped and buffed, the grooves filled and sanded, and the paint is retouched because medics have an image to maintain.

To say things are awkward in the medbay is the understatement of the millennia. Not only there’s heavy tension between Ratchet and Pharma (understandable) but with Ratchet and Revelation as well.

Ratchet doesn’t trust Pharma in the medbay, but he definitely doesn’t trust the mech anywhere else and away from his purview. Because he’s the CMO, he can assign shifts and duties and has Pharma on more of the grunt work and mixing more needed compounds and solutions. Time-consuming tasks where he can keep watch and immediately know if anything goes missing or recorded wrong. He knows his own medbay down to the last gram and thinnest roll.

Revelation doesn't want to switch providers. They are quite content with Pharma's care and will definitely wait for the flyer, waving off the other medics, and will directly hail his comms if the spark palpations get too much or other complications arise.

The first time that happened when Revelation finally commed after waiting through two shifts, Pharma and Ratchet had a Scene in the office.

Tyrest may have controlled all the information Revelation had access, but he ensured that his Conjunx did have a solid education, including in legalities. It would have been a shame if his darling couldn’t follow along with him.

Revelation will shove every bit of case and code to remain with Pharma, who’s been with them through everything. They even moved into Pharma’s room with little care to anyone else’s thoughts on the matter.

Pharma and Revelation will have their own issues to sort out, especially when Rev starts to get an inkling just how much Tyrest stole away from them…

Menace/Mercy is having the time of its life on the ship. Outside the medbay, there's a growing belief that there's a ghost haunting the Lost Light.

Fast and nimble on their little paws, Menace ensures that it isn’t seen by others outside of the med bay and Pharma’s habsuite.

The medics think that the rest of the crew is freaking out over nothing, and it’s just the thing of the week. The crew is being extra paranoid on where they sit since Mercy isn’t afraid to sink claws on that expose seam of thigh when mechs aren’t paying attention.

Menace is a Tarnian Mine minx. That particular breed are well-known for their thick armor and thicker floof. That dense silicon fur helps convert the thermal energy of their native mineshaft environment and protects them from extreme temperature damage. More energy means more fluffiness.

Revelation and Remedy become a fixed sight in the medbay. Where Revelation goes, Remedy is in their arms, and with the second carriage taking a faster toll on them, especially when it’s found that they have two sparklets in their belly, they need the extra help.

Pharma is already on top of it, synthesizing more supplemental infusions. He and Ratchet constantly argue over the ratios. Ratchet doesn’t have the full history, but he knows something isn’t right. He monitors passively because he doesn’t want Revelation to crash from stressed, overwhelmed systems or get compound toxicity.

Pharma’s also on top of Revelation. Medics have a duty to perform for health safety, including ‘facing. They have particular buffers and programs that not only allow them to exude a calm, neutral EM field that won’t clash with others, they hook into other frames without triggering certain reproductive-related quirks and coding. They can sense but won’t be overwhelmed.

Medics typically stay in the med bay or hospitals, so no surprise there’s already rooms or at least cots for them, so-

Cue Rev sleeping in a nearby cot as he works. Just like old times.

Eventually, the medbay absorbs Revelation into their crew since they start handling their servo maintenance and recalibration. They did it for Pharma in the Atrium, so they start doing it for the other medics due to the high volume of work they oversee.

[decepti-thots]

Minimus for the villain ask meme!

Fun fact: no less than THREE people immediately asked for Minimus, ahaha. I am therefore going to give… well, one option and two bonuses, not really three answers, but yknow.

Option one: so I actually think in some ways, Minimus is one of the easiest main-cast-member in the MTMTE/LL cast to put into this role! That might sound counterintutive. But the crux of Remain in Light revolves around him having had extremely close ties with that arc's main villain this entire time. If you change it so that prior to the big reveal about his ultimate plans, Minimus gets back in touch with Tyrest and is persuaded that Rodimus and his crew are a dangerous liability that need to be prevented from doing further damage… my thought here is that when the LL gets stranded without comms, whatever weird tech Tyrest outfitted the Magnus armour with is powerful enough to make contact, and Minimus reaches out for help. And is told that in lieu of being able to just arrest the lot of them and bring the Lost Light back (since they're stranded), Magnus' role as Enforcer is to do silent damage control, ensure none of Rodimus' big plans come to fruition, and wait for an opportunity to arrange pick-up by Tyrest and his lot for arrest.

Without the very extreme circumstances we see in Remain in Light- the mistreatment of prisoners, the 'built my own army' thing, the abuse, the reveal of Tyrest's eventual plan for mass murder and his overall emotional instability- I think Minimus would squash down basically any uneasiness and Do His Job. He does know how to question authority when it tells him to do things he knows to be immoral… but it takes a loooot to get to that point, and I truly think he'd wave away his doubts for the opportunity to have a defined role and orders to follow as an Enforcer again. Tyrest shows up and Rodimus and the crew get handed over, and THEN you have Minimus trapped in a sunk-cost fallacy where he can't admit Tyrest is in fact clearly acting in the wrong and abusing his power, so he keeps going along with it. Minimus is a character I can very, very easily see taking on a role showcasing how 'good intentions' when it comes to morality can enable very bad things, not because of any particular malice or evil in the person doing them, but just because they hand over the issue of morality to big, impersonal structures they put too much trust in.

Bonus one: Magnus goes along with the mutiny. This was a literal proposed plot at one point, lmao. I maintain that Magnus' insecurity and remaining dissatisfaction with the post-Megatron captaincy situation (both of them!), combined with Getaway's canon ability to play people dealing with feelings of inadequacy like a fiddle, makes this completely plausible. I can a hundred percent imagine him as Getaway's muscle and backing in the mutiny arc, tbh.

Bonus two: not reeeeally a 'villain' take on it in itself, but I'm linking this old post I made about an AU where Minimus originally joined as a Decepticon anyway.

[transingthoseformers]

I love Rodimus and you've now given me AU IDW Rodimus concept that I've been gnawing over all night.

To start with, Rodimus is not doing good at all but is clinging to the fact that he, at least, didn't destroy one of his last friendships and sacrifice Drift. That's important. He makes Drift and Ultra Magnus co-captains, orders Magnus not to persecute Brainstorm and Chromedome since they were acting under his and Prowl's orders and they'd lost enough, and has a tearful goodbye privately with Drift before he is sent off.

The actual departure in the docking bay is closed off to High Command only with Ratchet declining to show. Rodimus is certain he hates him as he hasn't looked at him since the reveal. Drift, though, hugs him, and Ultra Magnus awkwardly hesitates before speaking, giving him a "gift" and looking nervous about it before Rodimus is officially exiled. Drift gives Ultra Magnus a considering look at that and the way he shakes Rodimus's hand and says very softly but stiffly, "Farewell Captain." Which makes Rodimus tear up a bit, but he keeps it in.

Rodimus gives himself a good cry once he's actually in the shuttle and watching the LL drift away. It takes him awhile to open Ultra Magnus's gift. Inside is a copy of the Autobot Code, which makes him laugh a little, a personal note from Ultra Magnus, and a strange round disk thing that has no button or access point it has a small light that is off in the center and round circles of copper silver and gold.

Ultra Magnus's note says his disappointed (no surprise but still ouch) but believes in Rodimus and did consider him a friend (that is actually nice to hear) and thinks he needs guidance to find himself (Rodimus laughs at that because he's been lost since Nyon) and finally a strangely ominous message about Ultra Magnus's own mentor (interesting given how little Magnus talks about personal things) and how much he believes Rodimus would benefit from his guidance.

Finally he signs the note and Rodimus sees it originally said "Second in Command of the Lost Light" and then "Captain" and "Co-captain" before they were all crossed out and then it was written "Your Friend".

He still signed Enforcer of the Tyrest Accords though.

It makes Rodimus sniffly again because it feels like a better good bye than he deserves and he folds it up and keeps it in his subspace. Finally he goes to sleep setting the ship on autopilot for the nearest Cybertronian friendly settlement, hand resting over where his Autobrand was.

While he rests the disk that he'd used some wiring and a twine to turn into a necklace of sorts starts beeping and then a ship silently appears nearby and starts to pull Rodimus in. He wakes up suddenly and violently to Star Saber hovering over him and injecting something in him that makes him drift off.

Sdgfss thank i make a lot if rapid fire ideas like tgis sometimes

Yeppp yep! Arguably, several mecha would suggest this would've been the correct choice of action (we know Optimus did, there was the vote...), and this feels so sad considering the planning he put into this departure

oh roddie i don't think ratty hates you, ohh.

Oh no Mags oh no the foreshadowing™️™️

Oh fuck Star Saber

[lucidia-sys]

Trying to full post now since its the next day and I have someo time and write things out. The au is called Happy House of Lost Light, it is Pharma and First Aid focused (no durr). And this is what I have written out so far; Pharma and First Aid are a father/son duo of medics, they work together at Delphi. Pharma loved his son more than anything in the world, but things got.. hectic. It follows the same plot of the DJD entrapping Delphi in a terrible cycle of extortion, this time not only was Pharma's clinic in danger but Tarn also threatened First Aid. Pharma wanted no harm to come to his son, so he agreed. And so he began the process of taking cogs and handing them over. Demand began to grow, Pharma got stressed as First Aid got more and more curious. He wanted no harm to come to his sweet boy, that's why he kept him in the dark. And then Ratchet came. An argument unfolded between the two, in which leads to Ratchet forcefully taking First Aid to Pharma's dismay. First Aid is, of course, not OK with ANY of this. He kicks and screams the whole time he's being dragged away from his father. First Aid grew depressed and lonely, clinging to memories of Pharma he had. They were separated for many years, remeeting under the events with Tyrest. Pharma had been.. a mess upon the reunite. Being in denial about having a son before breaking down and holding him tightly, He'd then go on to, yk, mutilate Ratchet and also get his head blown off. First Aid is under the impression (again) that Pharma is dead. Pharma and First Aid do get reunited. Forever this time. And like. Tarn is being forced by both Pharma and Nickel to be an involved father. Nobody is fcking bullying Aid no moe for being fatherless when his feking father is TARN. It's hard being a single mom in Delphi. Amulon!! HE'S ALIVE!! He was hiding at that point. BUT. He part of the family :D he's First Aid's boyfriend after everything calms down. Pharma still doesn't approve of Ambulon BUT he's at least happy Aid found someone who won't hurt him. Ratchet and Drift r still bitter fools who kidnapped a kid and got zero punishment from it because of course not they are the favorites why would they get punished? (wdym im a ratchet anti no nooo-)

The key of, like, relationships my co-creator of this au has created. Going off First Aid's relationship with Ratchet. First Aid has the strong theory that ratchet every morning gave a drug to him that gave him pain so ratchet gave him heavy medicine that only he can give him so he stays tied to the lost light instead of finding Pharma. Drift is more against the drugging of a teenager, but this is Ratchet. Offc he won't listen. Before the drugging Ratchet and Drift would try to gaslight First Aid into believing that Pharma gave him up willingly. Even trying to manipulate him into believing he was killed by the virus he left at Delphi. Of course Pharma would never, he loved First AId with his whole spark. And thats all im posting bc I have to go to school

AU IDEA

An AU. Listen. Vague posting till I actually get all the details laid out somewhat on discord. An au where Pharma is First Aid's carrier and Tarn is his sire. Tarn is NOT involved till later on and Pharma is a struggling single mom. Ratchet comes and fuckes everything up like he likes to do, and basically CPS's First Aid and takes him against his will. Pharma gets depressed and goes into denial about having a son till the events with Tyrest where they reunite for a while. And thats all im saying for now

[cuppajj]

this is where my insp went

[pteechart]

@cuppajj ur version of humanformer Tyrest is now the law😔

[presidentstarscream]

First of all:

Fort Max my beloved

A birb black throat magpie

Tyrest got a hug and he's crying

Angsty draw of Drillburst

And a Little bonus

Because a frien saw first the goofy ratrap above the draw of tyrest and say that rattrap was playing the imperial march gor tyrest

Yes you know who you are XP

The Lost light tyrest au and Drillburst belong to @cuppajj

[cuppajj]

Tyrest needs to learn how to be nice around kids!

gala isn't sure why tyrest looks at her that way...maybe he's constipated?

based of @cuppajj post and tyrest au!

[transingthoseformers]

It would be utterly horrifying.

Especially if part of the AU was Pharma is found by the DJD instead of Tyrest first. So, instead of being experimented on by Tyrest and around Star Saber, who just screams Danger, he is instead now under Tarn's control and put in the position of bartering for his life.

And you know what he has to offer? The location of the Autobot Drift formally known as Deadlock.

Like we already know, Delphi just utterly destroyed Pharma but being found by Tarn and under his pwrsonal attention, kind of like a cat playing with a mouse before he kills it would only make it worse. And at this point, Pharma really doesn't have anything to cling to. He lost his hands, his position, the subordinates, and the patients he was attempting to protect by sacrificing his own morals and lives of others and his beloved Ratchet. Very vulnerable and very willing to adapt to survive under someone as dangerous as Tyrest, he could do something similar with Tarn.

It would be especially interesting if this is post alternate Lost Light's destruction, but pre they find Nickel because then you've got Nickel's rescue by the DJD including a traumatized Pharma who is "being converted" while they are on the way to the Lost Light which Pharma shows proof of still being in existence.

It would be a whole mess of pain and angst. From both sides.

I think I've read that in a few fics but also I've considered that idea so much and it would make absolute sense

Like

Imagine the DJD went back to Messatine only to find the place absolutely trashed and Pharma slowly bleeding out in the snow

And tbh that is one hell of an important bargaining chip for Pharma to fess up considering how much of a Big Deal Deadlock is.

You're so right on Delphi's effect on Pharma, especially if you dive into the wiki and learn this deal has been going on for so so so fucking long.

At this point, Pharma has nothing to lose but his life. And by fucking Primus is that the one thing he wants to keep because last I checked most people want to live and all that jazz

He absolutely would do the same with Tarn as he did with Tyrest, Tyrest caught Pharma in an incredibly vulnerable state and went "i can use this" and proceeded to make him worse.

Yes yes we absolutely have to include Nickel because we've gotta consider how soon the DJD found her after the destruction of Prion, she too was in a rather vulnerable state and the DJD went about things in such a different way with Nickel than they typically do

Exactly yes it would be it would be, thus why I've been thinking about it so much. Hell, I've thought about that one "post Decepticon victory the DJD acquires Ratchet and twists him into a member of the DJD", but for Pharma.

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Portrait concepts for my Knight AU hello