#planes trains and autobots

[cutekittenlady]

Planes, Trains, and Autobots

Summary Fic Part 11

(why yes I am continuing this in spite of season 2 dropping. its a summary fic. Plus fanfic inherently ignores canon sooooo. Consider it an alternate events au if you want. Besides I cant even watch season 2 right now.)

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Back at the Maltos, Wheeljack has joined the group and has hooked up his experimental ground bridge outside the barn and is FINALLY ready to commence with the test. Ratchet made him re-rig the whole thing three seperate. First time because he caught him rigging it up in the dugout, second because the exit would hit the barn, and third because the exist would hit the house.

Wheeljack complains that things would probably just "work out" but Ratchet argues that he doesnt want to have to rebuild the Maltos house before everyone gets back. The terrans and kids immediately agree. Outvoted Wheeljack dejectedly turns back to his experimental ground bridge.

Wheeljack wonders where to aim the test run at. He speculates various locations before Ratchet tells him to just aim for somewhere within eyesight so a) they can make sure it works, b) he can apply emergency aid if or when it doesnt, and c) so they dont have to drag wheeljacks body very far if things REALLY go wrong.

Whelljack tells him theres NOTHING to worry about. He is something, like, 87.4% sure this will work.

In response Ratchet tells the kids to take cover in the dugout.

Wheeljack gives a "haha very funny" before starting the machine.

The ground bridge does nothing for few uncomfortable minutes, but just as Ratchet is about to say something it spurts to life.

Wheeljack gives a hoot of success and gives Ratchet a smug look.

Ratchet just responds that he, wheeljack, hasn't gone through the portal yet.

Ratchet goes over to the controls, puts in some nearby coordinates, and tells Wheeljack to brace himself.

Wheeljack asks where Ratchet is sending him, and Ratchet says its in a clearing within eyesight.

Wheeljak turns towards the portal. Then he turns back and asks Ratchet if hes sure the coordinates are right.

Ratchet rolls his eyes and double checks and confirms that, yes, they are correct.

Wheeljack nods and turns back to the portal. He then turns back again, and asks if the portal is fully charged.

Ratchet groan and says, yes, yes it is.

Wheeljack laughs uncomfortable and turns back towards the portal. He then turns back yet again and asks if they should maybe try throwing a very large rock or something through the portal first and-

Ratchet yells for him to stop stalling. If hes confident in his tech it should be perfectly safe. If hes not, then he'll just call Optimus and others and tell them they'll have to take the LONG way back with their prisoner.

Wheeljack clears his throat and steps through the portal.

Ratchet turns his attention back to the controls, making sure all the readouts are correct. He mutters to himself that he KNOWS Wheeljack could do this. Then, remembering hes talking about WHEELJACK, quietly prays the ground bridge doesnt explode.

A few seconds later a portal opens not too far away and wheeljack steps out.

Once hes out of the protal it quickly closes behind him.

Wheeljack stands stunned for a moment before looking himself over and checking for any missing pieces. After another moment he immediately starts whooping and hollering of how the tech works! It works!

The kids watch on and start celebrating too.

Back at the groundbridge controls, Ratchet gives a sigh of relief before shutting the machine down. He mutters a congratulations for Wheeljack.

Robbie, who is standing nearby, asks Ratchet to repeat what he said.

Ratchet raises his voice and says that he was saying hes happy he doesnt have to waste his time scrapping Wheeljack off the floor.

Robbie smiles at him making it clear that he knows exactly what he actually said making Ratchet blush.

---

We cut back over to New Jersey where Optimus is just finishing his call with Ratchet confirming that they've gotten the ground bridge working. Megatron asks doubtfully if hes really certain that its working. Optimus confirms that Ratchet had Wheeljack test it to make sure.

Megatron still expresses doubts, wondering if perhaps Ratchet would have exaggerated its effetiveness.

Optimus tells him that while Ratchet might have a bad sense of humor about Megatrons history, he wouldn't risk the whole mission just to mess with Megatron. Besides which, while Wheeljacks inventions do have a... history he wouldn't approve the use of the groundbridge for others unless he was certain it would safely work.

Dorothy says that they can all go together only for Optimus to awkwardly correct her. The ground bridge is weaker than the ones they used during the war. It likely won't be big enough for them all to go at once.

Megatron asks if Optimus feels confident escorting Dead End on his own. Optimus hesitantly confirms and asks why he asks. Megatron says that he might as well get back "the old fashioned way". WIthout having to follow Optimus on the road, flying back to Witwicky should take no time at all. Around an hour or so at most.

Optimus tells him he doesnt have to do that. He knows Ratchet put his back out but-

Megatron cuts him off and tells him that thats not it. If what deadend told them was true and he truly hasn't seen the other stunticons since the war then they are likely going to have to track and find them all. its been months since Motormaster escaped from prison and Ghost fell. He, Dragstrip, and Wildrider could be anywhere.

They need to preserve the groundbridges energy if they want to gurantee they'll be able to get to the location of a sighting or lead ASAP. That means minimizing the number of trips and avoiding overusing the groundbridge for short trips. It shouldn't be used for any trip they can completely in the alt modes in just an hour.

Optimus is hesitant telling Megatron that splitting up isn't a good habit to get into. After all what happens if, once they're through the portal, Deadend tries to escape?

Megatron questions if he thinks thats likely. Besides which, Ratchet and Wheeljack are on the other side and Elita-one and Arcee are also stationed in Witwicky so its not like they don't have backup. he also says that he doesnt think Deadend is likely to try and escape again. Its hard to get him motivated again after he stops.

Optimus still doesnt agree but can see Megatron has made his decision. Dorothy decides to go with Optimus since they'll be arriving at her house and she wants to make sure deadend doesnt cause problems at her house. Twitch decides to go with Megatron to keep him company on the way back.

Megatron warns her that he intends to go full speed on the way back. This disheartens Twitch who acknowledges that her drone form likely won't be able to keep up at that speed and says she'll likely just go back with Dorothy and Optimus.

After a moment of hesitations, Megatron tells her she can ride along with him if she'd like. Twitch happily accepts and Dorothy gives Megatron a knowing look.

Megatron quicly asks twitch to "just please dont touch anything" and twitch promises.

Dorothy tells them to enjoy their flight and climbs into Optimus' truck form.

Optimus contacts Ratchet the start up the groundbridge. A portal opens up nearby and with one big honk of a horn for a goodbye Optimus drives through. The portal closing behind them.

---

In the abandoned car factory a screen flashes an alert causing knockout to tap the screen irritably. He mutters about interference before digging through the data.

Motormaster asks what the hell is going on with the equipment.

Knock Out at first says that it must be interference before looking closer and cursing.

Motormaster demands to know what the problem is.

Knock Out groans and tells him hes not allowed to get mad at him.

Motormaster says he'll get mad all he wants.

Knock Out rolls his eyes and tells him he's picking up a bridging signal. Motormaster is shocked and knockout continues saying that since he built this sensor with stolen ghost tech it must still be connected with the Autobots signals. Which means that the autobots must have managed to rebuild some form of bridging tech.

Motormaster asks if they'll be able to pick up on the bridging tech Knockout has been working on.

Knockout gives an unconvincing shrug.

After some more shouting from Motormaster, Knockout bites back that hes a medical doctor NOT an engineer. The fact that hes been able to rig up as much tech as he has using a mix of stolen cybertronian and earth tech is, quite frankly, evidence that he, knock out, is an unappreciated genius. One that should NOT have to put up with Motormasters attitude.

The big combiner grabs and lifts Knock Out up by the arm. Knock Out protests but Motormaster ignores him. He demands to know if the autobots can use the same method to find them.

Knock Out tells him that they probably cant. Not only has he not actually tested his own attempt at groundbridging, but the groundbridge signal is only detectable when it is activated and something is moving through it. The more things moving through the portal the stronger the energy output. Plus his own mechanism is pretty... weak.

Motormaster asks HOW weak it is.

Knock Out says before he answers that question he wants to be let down.

Motromaster unwillingly does so and Knock Out brushes himself off muttering threateningly about what he'll do if the other bot had scuffed his finish. He'd JUST waxed it.

Motormaster growls at Knockout and Knockout picks up something like a staff or spear from a pile of crates. Knockout explains that he rigged the smaller mechanism to his old energon prod for easy use and so that they can pick up and move it on the go. Besides which they can actually carry it through the subsequent portal with them and use it to get back. None of that waiting for someone on the other end to open it up.

The rather critical and numerous downsides include them having to manually enter the coordinates every. single. time. And no chance for subtle variation which runs the risk of them transporting themselves into a room two times too small for them, or a place that was clear of rubble when they left but somehow has a pile of rocks when they try and get back. And if the coordinates are even a little off, theres a possibility of doing something like sending themselves a thousand feet into the air or deep into the planets crust. Knock Out doesnt know what a thousand feet of rocky pressure would do to his frame but he doesnt want to find out.

Beyond that theres the not so minor issue that the thing guzzles energon like no ones business so its not even like they can use all that frequently.

Aaaaand of course it has a limited transport capacity. They can do two average to smaller sized bots. Three assuming someone is willing to risk potentially losing a limb. He could potentially make it bigger assuming they're willing to burn through ALL of their energon reserves to make it happen, but that would also make it insanely unstable.

Knockout admits he doesnt know a lot about how bridge science actually works. He largely just repurposed and repaired what was already there. If anything goes wrong mid transport hes not going have any idea of how to fix it.

Because of ALL of that, theres a chance the energy the portal gives out wont be big enough for the autobots to pick up. Maybe. Probably.

Though if they're not careful they MAY be able to find one of their severed arms somewhere. Probably Motormasters, yknow, considering (here Knockout gestures to motormasters considerable bulk).

Motormaster actually seems thoughtful for a moment.

Knockout looks pleased with himself until Motormaster tells him that, in that case, that means Knockout will have to be the one to retrieve the stunticons. Alone.

Knockout freaks out a little. He points out that most of the stunticons are "crazy" and would rip him limb from limb. Motormaster tells him to shut up and just tell them that Motormaster sent him and that that ought to straighten things out. After a moment of hesitation Knockout unwillingly agrees.

He then tells Motormaster that since THATS sorted out he hopes he won't be upset about the other thing.

Motormaster asks what he means by the OTHER thing.

Knockout taps the screen again and says that, unless the equipment is very off the mark... the autobot transport signal they just picked up was right where deadend was supposed to be.

Motormaster proceeds to lose it.

[in1-nutshell]

Established Buddy's Canon names

These are the Buddy's with established 'Canon' names with a mini description.

These will be updated with time.

TFP/Rid

Maxima

(TFP) Optimus daughter with the opposite personality

Alt mode: Monster Truck

Fun Fact: When Maxima was turned human, she grew particularly fond of orange sorbets.

Lithia

(TFP) Ratchet's daughter with the opposite personality

Alt Mode: Non-emergency Ambulance

Fun Fact: Lithia has done solo karaoke nights when she has the base to herself.

Ophelia

(TFP) Megatron's daughter with the opposite personality

Alt Mode: Monoformer (or chainsaw)

Fun Fact: Once Ophelia got together with Steve, she made sure to always have at least one day in the week reserved for date night.

Rapidfire

(TFP) Ultra Magnus daughter with the opposite personality

Alt Mode: Smaller semi truck

Fun Fact: When Rapidfire was little, she would sometimes crawl into Magnus's berth when the bombing campaigns got too loud.

Iron Bolt

(TFP) Bulkhead's daughter with the opposite personality

Alt Mode: Family van (Think G1 Ironhide for context)

Fun Fact: Iron Bolt took up rifle training after a random practice round with Perceptor that soon turned into a regular things between the two.

Star Cluster

(TFP) Starscream's daughter with the opposite personality

Alt Mode: nothing yet...

Fun Fact: To avoid the confusion between her first name and her father's, Star Cluster has her friends call her Cluster.

Steel Mauler

(TFP) Old Predacon Buddy

Alt Mode: Dragon Predacon

Fun Fact: Steel Mauler prefers to stay in his alt mode than bi ped mode most of the time, it better for naps.

Gamma

(TFP) Bumblebee twin

Alt Mode: nothing yet...

Fun Fact: Gamma has a little heated blanket gifted from June and loves touching it during recharge time.

Thunderstreaker

(TFP) Kid Autobot seeker

Alt Mode: Jet

Fun Fact: When the kids have rough days, Thunderstreaker likes to take them flying around while they vent.

Red Cross

(TFP) WW1 medic bot

Alt Mode: WW1 medic vechicle

Fun Fact: Red Cross always has an extensive array of bandages in her subspaces, from plain gauze to colorful band aids for the kids. Always keeping it in stock.

Deadloop

(TFP) WW1 energon scout Con turn Bot

Alt Mode: Red Baron plane

Fun Fact: Deadloop once asked Red Cross to slow dance with him after seeing Mr. Fowler do it with his wife. It was one of the best nights he had during the human war.

Sonar

(TFP) Soundwave's Conjux with the sonic scream

Alt Mode: nothing yet...

Fun Fact: Sonar has a playlist with soft music made by the kids that plays on rough nights.

Weaver

(TFP) Bot Buddy with the personality of SG! Arachnid

Alt mode: Helicopter

Fun Fact: Weaver Likes to test out the durability of her webs by making little crafts or free falling and swinging around.

Boiler

(TFP) Old British Bot Buddy

Alt mode: Old locomotive

Fun Fact: Their guilty pleasure movie is Disney's 'Treasure Planet'.

Beany

(TFP) Predacon sparkling that follows Boiler

Alt Mode: Predacon (dragon)

Fun Fact: The kids love to babysit Beany when Boiler goes away, Beany listens to about 80% of what they tell him, compared to the bots which is 50% of the time.

Copperspring

(TFP) Wheeljack's younger sibling

Alt mode: N/A yet...

Fun Fact: Keeps tiny souvenirs from big missions. Their favorite so far was a funny looking rock they found while searching for Predacon remains. It looked a pigeon, a cute pigeon.

Palladima

(TFP) Breakdown's daughter with the opposite personality

Alt Mode: SWAT car

Fun Fact: Is a notoriously heavy sleeper and will not get up until her frame thinks its time to get up.

Ranidae

(TFP) Arachnid son with the opposite personality

Alt Mode: Frog

Fun Fact: Has tried to bring frogs back to the base, but Arcee and Ratchet keep a close optic and have found most of them, key word MOST.

Pavo

(TFP/RiD) Ophelia and Steve's minibot son

Alt mode: N/A

Fun Fact: Loves to hang out with his Uncle Bumblebee and has been known to 'pull a Miko' every now and then. Thankfully his sister catches him.

Andromeda

(TFP/RiD) Ophelia and Steve's 'average sized' daughter

Alt Mode: N/A

Fun Fact: She loved getting carried around when she was little. Optimus and Ultra Magnus were her favorite bots to try and climb.

Susan Farmfield

Fun Fact: Not only is she a SCI-FI nerd, but she also likes to see old time 'scary' movies. Mainly to critic and see the special effects that were used back then.

TFA

Silver Aid

(TFA) Elita One's twin sister with the personality of Shattered glass Blackarachnia

Alt Mode: Spider

Fun Fact: Silver Aid had been planning on asking Optimus to be her Amica before the incident. She has thought about asking again once they reunited, but she has her doubts about it now.

Gamma

(TFA) Bumblebee twin

Alt Mode: Nothing yet...

Fun Fact: Gamma and Sari have teamed up against Bumblebee on multiple occasions, sometimes for revenge or just because.

Skyline

(TFA) Starscream's twin brother with Shattered Glass Starscream personality

Alt Mode: Jet

Fun Fact: Skyline has a personal vendetta against the Constructicon's. Will he tell why? No, but its defiantly personal.

Bumper

(TFA) Lugnut's younger brother

Alt Mode: nothing yet...

Fun Fact: Bumper likes feeling tall and likes to perch on Lugnut's shoulder.

Nightlight

(TFA) Batmobile Buddy

Alt Mode: Batmobile

Fun Fact: Nightlight has a fear of moths.

Blue Bay

(TFA) Megladon Buddy

Alt Mode: Robot Megalodon

Fun Fact: Sari once showed them Finding Nemo, they were singing 'Just keep Swimming' for 2 weeks straight.

Willow

(TFA) Fluttershy bot buddy

Alt mode: Golf Cart

Fun Fact: Willow was named after the first thing they saw when they onlined in the park.

Crate

(TFA) Buddy the triple changer

Alt mode: to be announced

Fun Fact: Crate is the name of the bot as a whole, the other faces have their own names.

Sprinter

(TFA) Bot Buddy with a greyhound alt mode

Alt mode: Russian Greyhound

Fun Fact: If they ever happen to come across another greyhound at the park, the two would just stare at each other for hours, but leave as best friends.

MTMTE/LL

Juno

(MTMTE) Perceptor's younger sibling

Alt Mode: nothing yet...

Fun Fact: Juno is a cuddle bug in private and Rodimus loves it.

Moonstreaker

(MTMTE) Rodimus Prime's older sister

Alt Mode: Cybertronain Sport car

Fun Fact: Before the war, Moonstreaker had a pink paintjob that looked a bit like Hot Rod's. She changed it after too many bots started mistaking her for Hot Rod.

Wobbles

(MTMTE) Wobbly bot buddy

Alt mode: N/A

Fun Fact: They had a serial number as a name, Wobbles was a name started by some of their Co-workers and they chose to keep it as their actual name.

Alabaster Lapis

(MTMTE) Fearless Buddy's crush

Alt mode: N/A

Fun Fact: Has teamed up with Thundercracker to make more screenplays. Has tried to get the Scavenger's to join in, but it doesn't end up going according to plan...

Fearless

(MTMTE) Fearless Human Buddy that Megatron accidentally adopted

Fun Fact: Fearless secretly loves when some of the bots read to them. So far, Megatron is in top 5. They will never tell him who outranks him.

Dratchet

(MTMTE) Drift and Ratchet's adopted Human Buddy

Fun Fact: In their room, Dratchet has a couple of 'protection' crystals from Drift by their bed. Drift's spark swelled when he found them in Dratchet's room.

IDW

Aquila

Chromia's mentee

Alt mode: N/A

Fun Fact: Some how, she has gained the undying protection of Bruticus and Devistator. Only Prowl knows why.

Tim

(MTMTE) Fort Max's human son who is sick/weak

Fun Fact: Tim loves it when Uncle Prowl comes and visits him on Luna One. Prowl may or may not have a soft spot for the kid too.

TFE

Silver Aid

(TFE) Elita One's twin sister with the personality of Shattered glass Blackarachnia

Alt Mode: Spider

Fun Fact: Silver Aid has random migraines during the day. Especially after any day with Optimus, Megatron or Elita

Echo

Bot Buddy who's like Rumble

Alt mode: Mini rover

Fun Fact: They love having karaoke nights with the family.

Takedown

(TFE) Bot Buddy with the same personality of Knockout

Alt mode: Sport's car

Fun Fact: Their guilty pleasure is watching cooking shows/ contest and remodeling restaurants with Alex and Dot... and on the rare chance they have with Agent Schloder.

G1

Nova

(G1) Bot Buddy the dinobot with a crush on Bumblebee

Alt mode: Velociraptor

Fun Fact: Her tail like curling around or intertwining with her friends or loved ones. She doesn't realize it happens until someone points it out.

TFONE

Rigel

(TF1) Orion Pax's younger sibling

Alt mode: N/A

Fun Fact: If Riguel had survived to see the war, they would have either become one of Optimus's Commander's or end up being Elita-One's right hand lieutenant.

Nightlight

(TF1) Batmobile Buddy

Alt Mode: Batmobile

Fun Fact: Nightlight likes to use her grappling hooks to get to different places around instead of using any other transportation.

Maxima

(TF1) Optimus daughter with the opposite personality

Alt mode: Cybertronian equivalent of a Monster Truck

Fun Fact: Maxima gets weird feelings whenever she is close to the Matrix, nothing she can fully explain yet...

Ophelia

(TF1) Megatron's daughter with the opposite personality

Alt Mode: Small rover

Fun Fact: Ophelia snuck off with Orion on several Achieve runs to collect any loose change she found on the floor, planning on buying D-16 some Megatronus merch.

Silver Aid

(TF1) Elita One's twin sister with the personality of Shattered glass Blackarachnia

Alt Mode: Spider

Fun Fact: Closed her spark bond with Elita-One the moment she saw her face after her alt mode reveal.

[fictional-love-is-my-life]

I hardly see any aerial good bots in the movies. At least ones that get alot of screen time. So could I get Optimus, hound, crosshairs, Lennox and Bee react to a very fast autobot transformer who's alt mode is a " Boom supersonic overture transport aircraft" which is a in progress new way to transport people super fast in the air. Speed reaches Mach 1.7 and can hold 64-80 passengers.

https://youtu.be/zpPYm2oE3Og?si=ez_lPfLisYtrIi3s

Optimus:

Having an arielbot on the team is very useful. They are able to reach areas other bots couldn't. And having such a fast alt mode, they can get to fights or situations very quickly.

He likes to keep them on hand for missions that need a bot to respond to very quickly, they may often be life or death situations. But he trusts them and knows they could get there in time.

Hound:

He wonders if they ever get sick from going that fast. Or if they have ever lost control. He's never gone that fast, and doesn't think his old frame could take it, so he is very impressed by it.

He enjoys watching them fly, and hearing the sound of their very loud engines as they go past.

Crosshairs:

He can understand why they chose that as an alt mode. He adores paratrooping and gets exhilarated every time he does it. He imagines they must feel the same way when they fly so fast.

If it was possible, he'd ask for a ride. But unfortunately he's too big, and it may be a little awkward and difficult for him to try and hang on. But he asks them about it often, living through their experiences.

Lennox:

He would love to take a ride. He would probably do it at least once, but he generally has to stay on ground for his duties.

But he likes having them on the team, they are very useful and very impressive. He'll also try to hook them up with some trained human pilots and airmen, so they can work together.

Bumblebee:

He loves to watch them fly around, sometimes they can be hard to catch when they go full speed. He sees it as a game, trying to catch them before they zip away. He always asks them what does it feel like going that fast. He's speedy, but nothing like that.

He's seen online, some humans have built cars trying to race against planes. But Bee wouldn't want to try, he knows for a fact they are probably one of the fastest things on Earth.

[duckapus]

Since splatfest is it's own thing in the squid meme au what teams was Meggy?

(so I'm going with the North American Splatfests for this since in SMG4 canon the Mushroom Kingdom and Inkadia are in the US for some reason)

Splatoon 1

(since this would all be before she met Mario I can only base them off her pre-character development personality and Vibes. I have explanations for a few of them but for most I'm kinda-sorta picking at random)

Cats (since she eventually gets a cat in canon)

Roller Coasters

Marshmallows (we saw how that one food fight episode went)

Autobots

Art

Planes

Ninjas

Burgers

Naughty

Future

Pokemon Blue

Snowman

Spongebob

Costume Party

Early Bird (She would be a Morning Person, wouldn't she?)

Marie (I HC that she used to have a celebrity crush on Marie. Because I Can)

Splatoon 2

Cake

Ketchup

Flight (Mostly because she picked her team right after getting home from Mario's Challenge and was thinking that flight would've made some of those floors a lot easier to get through)

Vampire (This one's just for me ;))

Sci-Fi (the Fest started the same day she did a Matrix scene for a movie audition, it just makes sense)

Sock (honestly she kind of just picked one at random since she was too worried about Paige to really care. she almost didn't bother going at all)

Action (duh)

Money

Egg

Soccer (anyone notice a pattern developing?)

Leo (okay losing streak aside I genuinely think Leo would be her favorite of the four)

Mikey

Raph

No Pulp (the texture just feels wrong to her)

Octopus (She ended up in matches with Desti a few times and it was awkward being on the same side)

Fork (FINALLY A WIN! Just in time for Waluigi Time...)

Skipped (she was a little busy being the first victim of the Waluigi Apocalypse)

Treat

Salsa (she may or may not be allergic to avocados)

Hero

Friends (considering what I've implied Meggy and Paige's parents are like compared to the NSS and Glitchy Gang is it really surprising?)

Pancakes (she might have just flipped a coin for this one)

Skipped (she doesn't have time for Splatfest there's TRAINING TO BE DONE!!!)

Skipped (kind of hard to participate in Splatfest when all your weapons are stolen)

Skipped (both because she wouldn't have had time with the Tournament going on and...you know...the whole Being Kidnapped Thing)

Narwhals (after Mario's pep talk part of her getting back into the swing of things includes doing Splatfest stuff)

Chaos (she probably would've picked Order before she met Mario, but...)

Ketchup (a lot of things have changed for Meggy. her preference in condiments isn't one of them)

Treat

Super Mushroom (apparently she likes how they taste)

Splatoon 3

(I know she doesn't live in or even near Splatsville but thanks to the DLC we know that Inkopolis participates in Splatsville Splatfests and I figure that by this point there's be a large enough population of Inkfish living in the Mushroom Kingdom that they would too. Plus Meggy's still at least part inkling and is still culturally an Inkling so...)

Rock

Skipped (since her very existence happened to be illegal at the time and she and every other OC dropped dead the exact same day the Fest started)

Grass

Sweet

Milk Chocolate

Aliens (in honor of Greg, of course)

Courage

Skipped (depending on how the timeline works out this is either during or immediately after everyone being stuck in a simulation for about a month. no way they're bothering with an ice cream Splatfest of all things)

Love (time changes a person)

Big Man (she did feel a little awkward picking between people she considers friends by this point. that being said, BIG MAAAAAAAN!!!!!)

Skeleton (I know this happens at the same time as Heist WotFI but she isn't even in that episode (I don't care that she was credited for the song that was her voice actress not Meggy herself she was not physically present and had no idea what anyone was doing that night))

Hug

Friends

Friday

[We interrupt this broadcast to bring you PUZZLEVISION!!!]

[And this one too!]

Save the World (obviously)

[cryogeniccrunchbar]

jester plane who flunks out of military training and gets left behind. spends an undescript yet decent amount of time scared and alone in Cybertron’s wastelands only to frantically maje a deal with a mysterious stranger who definitely isn’t the ultimate evil in disguise. Is granted the ability to mimic voices and to literally mask/bend someone’s perception of reality with humor. is knocked out cold and later plucked from some rubble by a snowplow, brought to a ground barge with a few other Decepticons. at some point lures a very unlucky Autobot into a hole with his only friends voice. so yeah.

[asknarashikari]

Continuation of my previous ask aka Hopper1 getting resurrected because Ransack's sacrifice.

Hopper1 sad about Ransack's death but becomes sadder as he sees that Houtaro has passed out due to all the stress that has happened up until now. Hopper1 decides to make a plan to get a fragment of the Allspark and with of the newly sent Team Bullet Train, comprised of Railspike, Midnight Express, and Rapid Run who combine to form Rail Racer, are able to locate the Allspark but find that it is held withing the main Autobot base, Fortress Maximus, and formulate their plan. Hopper1, Steamliner, Apparebushido, Hawkstar, Smaphone, Saboneedle, UFO-X, Nammonite, Neminemoon, and Unicon board Railspike and head to Fortress Maximus. The group enter with Team Bullet Train distracting the guarding Autobots while the Hopper1 and the assorted Chemies go to find where the Allspark is. The Group of Chemies find the Allspark and Hopper1 tells Apparebushido to take a fragment of the building-size cube. The group of chemies are able to get the fragment and jump out of a window to escape Fortress Maximus and are caught by Railspike as Hopper1, the Chemies, and Team Bullet Train return to Brave Maximus. After returning to Brave Maximus and heading to the medical room, Hopper1 inserts the Allspark fragment and Ransack comes back to life but gains a new color and becomes a triple-changer. Along with his grasshopper alt mode, he gains a new alternate mode of a fighter plane. Ransack, now alive, is thankful for Hopper1 bringing him back to life and Houtaro wakes up from passing out. All three of them for their new friendship.

What are the Gotchard Cast minus Houtaro and the Riders' reaction to seeing Hopper1 get an Allspark fragment to bring back Ransack and seeing Houtaro, Hopper1 and Ransack all hug as he has been resurrected?

I imagine they were worried sick and quite anxious while Hopper-1 and his pals were on this little adventure, and maybe a bit pissed they got left out of the mission since it was a chance to get their friend back. Nonetheless, after that initial reaction, they'd be just relieved their friends returned from the adventure safely and succeeded in reviving Ransack

[eldritchships]

Thoughts on Earthspark!Flatline (spoilers for the most recent episodes)

Follows the standard version to begin with, except that part has to be set in the past, as the war’s over in the present. Flatline has cut ties with both Autobots and Decepticons, as he doesn’t want anything more to do with their conflict.

Being a former member of the 'Cons, GHOST has Flatline on something of a parole/house arrest. Flatline is allowed to live in a cosy, out of the way (and bot-sized) laboratory-slash-summer-home, but he probably has to give GHOST something in return in order to keep his freedom. Most likely, this is either his occasional services as a Cybertronian medic, or the manufacturing of bot-compatible medicine - thus far, we don't know who's been patching Optimus and Crew up after their battles, and having a Doc-Bot on hand would make it easier for the humans

(Note: Tarantulas mentioned that GHOST either imprisons or indentures 'Cons, so there's enough precedent for me that one of their prisoners could be contracted)

Flatline’s much happier in his current living situation, for the most part left alone in peace and able to work. It's not a perfect arrangement, but it's better than living in a cell. I also think he's on a tighter leash than he believes, and Croft is fine to use Flatline for her own benefit until there's adequate opportunity to eliminate him.

Flatline wasn't at the battle for the Allspark, or at least was fighting further away from the space bridge. So he was told and currently still thinks Shockwave died in the battle! Nobody has told him the truth yet! (At first Megs wanted to avoid further confrontation, but the half-truth went on for so long that at this point, it feels like it's been too long to come clean)

Dealing with Shockwave's 'death' was messy and Flatline was just as angry as to be expected. 15 years of no war, and presumably finally being convinced to work on his personal issues, have done a lot to heal those wounds, but they're definitely not gone. Especially if he were to find out he was lied to.

More divorced energy than other versions

Flatline has probably been inside the GHOST base when they needed greater repairs on one of the 'Bots (which means there's set-up for potential future drama)

ES!Flatline is more combat trained, a result of how long his service lasted before the war ended

Overall, he's doing pretty alright! It's not perfect, but it's the closest he's felt in a long time to his pre-war self. He's happy.

I would like for him to meet the Maltos at some point, although I don't know how that would happen. Maybe they go on a hike in the woods and find Flatline's place, idk, that could be fun. Flatline isn't a kid person and he's a bit of a bad influence, but I think he could handle not being terrible to them

Physical design notes:

There's a seemingly 'out of place' stripe around his thigh, which is actually painted over his Decepticon symbol (there's no GHOST symbol on his person either)

Flatline's syringe is a mix of the Prime and Gen 1/TFA versions - he's missing the middle finger on his right hand, and the harpoon-like blade is embedded in his wrist/forearm (the pointy bit takes the space of where his middle finger would be. Kind of an Assassin's Creed situation)

Has a similar facemask to his TFA version

I'll probably stay with the helicopter alt mode, although there's more options to potentially choose from if I look at other alt modes he's had (i.e. plane, scorpion).

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[novafire-is-thinking]

I admire Desmond Doss for his moral courage, but yeah—he’s the exception. Not the rule.

Medics are soldiers till somebody gets hurt.

Exactly.

I think some people have trouble reconciling how a person can be committed to saving lives while also being okay with taking them. But it’s possible to be committed to treating the wounded—no matter the side—and still be part of a greater fight that means shooting at the enemy to kill, with little to no hesitation. People are complex, and like you said, if a medic believes in the cause they’re fighting for, they’re likely to be willing to fight alongside their comrades.

Anyway, back to medic characters being threats on the battlefield: time to talk about my favorite medics.

Pharma

There’s no doubt Alex Milne was primarily inspired by military fighter aircraft when designing Pharma’s alt mode:

Pharma isn’t some fancy little aerobatic plane or even a surveillance aircraft. He’s a military fighter jet that packs a good amount of firepower, and any good military recruiter would look at him and decide he could use aerial warfare training in addition to his combat medic training.

It’s not like he doesn’t know how to use his guns and targeting system:

And unless Fixit has something up his proverbial sleeve, Pharma is the only Autobot medic with integrated weaponry, which is…interesting. (Gotta talk to Prowl about that one)

Glit

Glit is built almost identically to Ravage. He has the rocket launchers, claws, and tail—and I doubt he’d hesitate to use them. Unless someone wants their face shredded or a rocket to the chest, they’ll leave Glit (and/or his patients) alone.

Flatline

Unlike most Autobot medics, Flatline looks like he’s built for combat. He has guns on his back/shoulders, and even though he’s bigger and heavier, his points of articulation and the way his armor fits him tell me he has an advantage over medics like Ratchet and First Aid when it comes to maneuverability and agility.

I mean, look at him—he’s a beast. I would think twice about taking a swing at him, and I’m sure he’s a force to be reckoned with on the battlefield:

Without context, Flatline and Ratchet look like dads watching their daughter show off. lol

Also, I love that Flatline has his hand on Ratchet’s shoulder, and Ratchet’s body language shows he’s totally comfortable with it and with Flatline’s closeness in general. This says so much: respect on Flatline’s end, and trust on Ratchet’s.

somebody please tell me WHY being a medic and being okay with shooting people is mutually exclusive IN A WAR

[cutekittenlady]

So reading through the planes trains and autobots stuff and uh... is Ratchets conjunx dead?

no.

Spoilers(?) under the cut (I guess?)

Since "Planes, Trains, and Autobots" is essentially what I call a "summary fic" where I just summarize the scenes and events I imagine rather than writing them, its not really a fic Fic is that makes sense?

SO I've got no problems talking about stuff I've thought of that I havent actually, like, summarized and released yet. But if you wanna go into the summary series blind then just avoid clicking the "read more" to avoid technical spoilers.

I'm borrowing a lot from IDW here because I really really like those comics. So Ratchets conjunx is Drift. A decepticon assassin and killer turned autobot.

He's not DEAD in PTaA but Ratchet can't see him anymore due to Drift having been on Cybertron when the space bridge was destroyed. Leaving Ratchet more or less alone and stranded on Earth with the others. Permanently seperating them as far as Ratchet knows.

It certainly can't be said that Ratchet is happy about the situation, but hes been part of the war for long enough and is old enough to understand that destroying the space bridge and cutting them off from Cybertron was the only way to keep the Allspark out of Shockwaves hands. However the fact that he will likely never see Drift again, especially since hes pretty old by cybertronian standards and feels hes likely to die before they can ever reestablish contact (assuming the allspark made it to the cybertron in the first place) does weigh heavily on his heart.

[fictional-love-is-my-life]

We've seen alot of cars In the transformers movies. In the future, what kind of car would you want to be seen in the franchise? Whether it be a sports car or a big truck like Optimus. I personally would like to see a transformer turn into something that hasn't been seen before in the movies, like a train, road roller, or rock saw digger. 🚛

I think about this so often! And I am so glad someone else thinks about this too.

Look I love sports cars, they are beautiful. And motorbikes are great too. But why do all other alt modes have to go to the Decepticons?

I like in the 2nd Bay film where the constructicons made an appearance, and they were diggers, bulldozers all that cool stuff.

But what about an Autobot digger?? What about an Autobot crane or something?

And planes are great, but where are the trains??? Where are the boats?

I want unique different alt modes!

I want a transformer that turns into a double decker bus, or a moped, or a tractor. I need it.

If it has to be a car, what about a Lexus, or Toyota? Something we can relate to and be like 'hey maybe my little car could be a transformer' instead of us thinking, 'man I'll never have a Lamborghini.'

Sorry for the rant.......but this is something I think of often, I want other options of alt modes as well.

[mudzdale]

i think of all the stupid-inane-useless aus to cram characters into, making decidedly non-transformers characters into cybertronians is definitely among the best. you will assign your fave a carsona and you will like it

[blueikeproductions]

@vihattu-thethoroughbredofsin I will say in IDW’s defense, they didn’t come up with the caste society angle, they only attempted to flesh it out. It originated in Prime, and has since been used in Cyberverse, I believe Netflix War For Cybertron eluded to it, and I might be misremembering but I believe EarthSpark also uses the caste system as the source of the war.

The problem remains is Hasbro and assorted writers had no idea how to write the caste system other than it was bad, and it was enough to rework Megatron into being the one wanting abolish it.

Functionalism I can sort of understand. For the lack of a better comparison, Antz explored a similar shake up of the system where Z temporarily became a soldier ant while his soldier friend became a worker and the soldier found he LOVED being a worker over a soldier. They otherwise can’t change jobs or go outside the system until Z, in his own neurotic way, but the idea forward they could change.

A Transformer who changes into a tank who wants to be a doctor is frowned upon, because tanks are supposed to blow stuff up, not administer system updates. It’s an interesting train of thought, especially with the imagery of Megatron’s fusion cannon now being a medical kit in late stage Lost Light…. But it all falls apart when you think about it for two seconds. What does Functionalism mean for ordinary cars, for planes, for beasts, or something as mundane as RiD15 style Mini-Con Torpedos and Pucks? All it really says about Beasts is that they’re animals pure and simple and the lowest rung for what feels like an awkward joke referencing older fans grousing about Beast Wars.

It also doesn’t help that it’s never been fully understood what constitutes a Transformer on Cybertron. Roberts made a lot of jokes about generics turning into mundane things like laser pointers and Energon Dispensers, but then you had a joke about a Functionary cop yelling at a piece of junk to Transform, only for Ratchet to clarify the junk wasn’t alive. Like huh? Shouldn’t the Functionary have been able to tell?

IDW2 made the right move to return the cause of the Great War to be more about energy and the Ascenicons/Decepticons wanting power & conquest. Unfortunately the writer chose to do it in the most drawn out, dull, dare I say lifeless way possible.

I think the fact of the matter is as much as some fans detest Transformers being on Earth and befriending humans, that’s the only time they shine because functionally Transformers have NO culture. Armada makes a point to show life on Cybertron is purely militaristic, that Transformers are a warrior race at this stage, with Cybertron largely a junk yard with small hints at great cities that once existed. By Energon, Cybertron is restored to what it used to be, but we still don’t have a clear idea on their culture, as the Autobots largely work with humanity now as scientists and technicians and peace keepers. What little we see in most canons isn’t dissimilar from us, and the Autobots seem to graft pretty easily to our culture and entertainment, G1 famously having some of the Autobots addicted to a soap opera, and Optimus becoming a big fan of basketball. Attempts to fill in the gaps outside of Earth in stuff like Cyberverse and IDW is just flat out Earth and Earth culture but as silly robots. How Beast Machines and Galaxy Force went about it aside, how does Cybertron have plant life and jungles in Cyberverse? I don’t know and I guarantee the Cyberverse writers don’t either. But Cybertron just being a robot Earth isn’t clever or interesting, it’s boring, and it just reinforces why most stories get the Transformers off Cybertron where the real fun can begin.

Hello! I'm sorry if you're tired of this topic, but I can't help but be glad that I'm seeing more and more people criticizing IDW comics!

Once I also wrote a post about criticism of these comics, and my main problem was that there is absolutely no lore in these comics, and if there is anything, it is very little.

I just can't believe that for so long the authors haven't brought anything to the transformers lore. During this really huge amount of time and an impressive list of issues, I expected just a ton of worked-out world and everything else. And as a result, the depth of the lore was approximately equal to the depth of the drying puddle.

I don't understand why many fans praise these comics for the politics and the worked-out world, when this is absolutely not the case. Politics is mainly based on some personal conflicts and intrigues, we practically do not immerse ourselves in the structure and work of the political apparatus, ideas, influence on social structures and lifestyle, the response of different segments of the population to this. No, I understand it's difficult and the age audience is not suitable, but maybe you can't make the central theme of comics something that you can't describe and don't understand how it works?

The authors do not know how to describe a truly alien race and, despite their hatred of human characters, have made Cybertronians so similar to humans that it is absurd.

For example, why is functionalism bad? I understand why this would be bad for humans, but why for another species whose lifestyle should be completely different? In fact, this is the most logical way of life for an alien race, because what is the alternative? Is there an alternative? Can Cybertron switch to equipping itself with conventional technology? What will the Cybertronians who are released from work do, what other jobs and activities are there? The authors do not go into this much and we do not see clear ideas of what a Cybertron society should be without functionalism. Well, or I didn't have enough of what the authors gave me.

But well, we have functionalism. Why is it that the elite of society under this regime are mostly the owners of "useless" altmods? Why not those who transform into scientific or very powerful military equipment? In general, under such conditions, the power on the planet would have been seized by the military part of society long ago.

It's not worth talking about the fact that the usual daily life of Cybertronians is described in almost no way. Along with the culture, we have received very little information about it.

Oh, maybe we know something about the transformers themselves then, right? Not really. Basically you can only find headcanon materials. And what about IDW? Maybe they offered us their glossary, terms, schemes? No, there's nothing. Moreover, already at that time, fans on the forums came up with everything and drew the structure of transformers, and the IDW authors were too lazy to even steal any ideas, except for a few.

But if the authors can't work with these topics, do they describe relationships and love well? Again, no, literally all relationships are either built from scratch, or do not develop, or are full of manipulation, deception and emotional swings (yes, everyone's favorite "the only good" pair of Chromedome X Rewind), or end in nothing, as if nothing ever happened. And it doesn't depend on whether it was a gay relationship or a completely straight one, all the relationships there are very poorly written. If this, like Arcee, is a representation, then it looks more like a direct insult.

And, by the way, if love is for everyone, then where is the love between a transformer and a human? Oh yes, authors hate humans. Love is not for everyone!

And in general, it's good, the authors want to add love and romance, but it needs to be justified! Love relationships are not a necessary phenomenon for species, a lot of stars have to come together for this kind of social interaction to be like that. How did the Cybertronians come to this when they don't have any prerequisites for it? How did they get the Conjux Endura ritual (or did you want to say "bonding"? ;) ).Why does such a strict government, as we were told, disapprove, but not prohibit such types of relations, if in all other respects it is totalitarian and cruel?

How do Cybertronian diseases work? Why did Ratchet die of this disease, but not the characters older than him? This point is generally very similar to a cheap way to soften the reader.

I can go on like this endlessly, but I'll stop here. Roberts is not just a fanfiction writer, he is a very mediocre  fanfiction writer who may have a couple of interesting ideas, but lacks the talent to show them. And then, ordinary average writers understand what they are doing and why, and do not get paid for it. It's even more insulting for the authors of fanfiction, who, even for the sake of their strange plots and ideas, try and spin like they're on a frying pan, go out of their skin, coming up with a justification for everything inside the fanfiction. Roberts can't do that.

In the end, I respect the Kiss Players more because the author knew perfectly well what he was doing and wanted to anger the audience, and the audience reacted appropriately. The authors of the IDW comics thought they were doing something smart and great, but they weren't. But the audience presents it as something great.

P.S. I apologize for the mistakes, I use a translator.

There is no need to apologize, you managed to point out the issues with IDW Transformers and why no one really bothered to read them outside of that specific hardcore audience, and not even a general hardcore audience, but an audience that agreed with one specific interpretation of the material, and everyone who had other interpretations could go suck a lemon.

I’ve said it before, this is a prime example of “Writing a comic about a comic” where the use of lore and specific characterizations is so specific to the franchise that any story that is told is Greek to anyone outside of the bubble, which accounts for IDW’s horrible sales. Skybound’s story so far has been criticized by some hardcore fans as a G1 redux, but even if it is, it’s still a well told story with universal themes, consistent, easy to understand characterizations, and characters that are likable for the heroes and hatable for the villains. It has a clear tone, something both IDW and IDW2 failed at utterly. Roberts, meanwhile was a terrible writer, but he was good at engaging the audience the same way fanfic writers do, focusing on the relationships that get the most dialogue, and leaving openings for others to fill in, via discussion or their own fic. But that’s useless when it comes to engaging a general audience. Most of the audience didn’t want to do the work of filling in the holes themselves, they wanted to have the story do that, or at least provide enough context to paint a picture.

As for Kiss Players, while I don’t know if he wanted to purposefully offend the audience or just create shock value, it was a side story comic. It didn’t shape shows afterwards causing them to tank, and doesn’t have people looking at the last show aired and yawning out of sheer boredom.

[president-alpine]

Thanks to the Earth, the Autobots and Decepticons know how to swim

So this is another silly idea, but like I am just imagining the first few days on Earth for the bots and cons and having to learn what water is.

Like, I don’t think Cybertron has bodies of water that is just readily available or hell, ones they can safely swim in.

So I am imagining them staring at the ocean/pond/lake or what have you, and being like, “What’s this?”

And then they see the humans jumping in and swimming around. Like humans willingly throw themselves into these bodies of water, sometimes at insanely high altitudes. Or some of them sit around in pools that get really hot and bubble! The mechs are just, ???

I can imagine Optimus and the other bots staring at Spike when he’s just swimming around in a beach and having a blast.

Spike: “Come on guys! The water is great!”

Optimus: "How are you floating around just like that, don't you need a floatation device?"

Spike: "It's called, swimming, let me show you!"

Cue a montage of Spike having to teach the bots how to swim, with some varying degrees of success.

Bumblebee is able to pick it up well and can swim around while mechs like Wheeljack just kick around the water and sinking. Though some bots try to just walk around the ocean floor and skip out on swimming but the problem comes when climbing onto shore or boats XD

The cons watch the little swimming lesson and are just, "How dare they get an advantage before we do!" >:0

Not to be outdone, the cons learn how to swim!

Megatron sinks to the bottom in his first attempt.

Starscream almost declares himself leader but was yanked into the water by Megatron.

Day after day, the bots and cons would take the time and learn how to swim. It has become a spectacle for humans to watch them swimming normally, flailing around in the water, or sinking to the bottom of the floor.

Some humans have decided to join in and help out in teaching the giant space alien robots how to properly swim. Some are grateful and some are too stubborn to let themselves be taught.

Megatron: "I know what I am doing!"

He jumps in and sinks to the bottom of the water.

Eventually, all the mechs learn how to swim properly. From simply floating, swimming techniques and even how to avoid riptides or being yanked under waves. They even learned how to float in their altmodes.

However that tends to freak out humans when they see trucks, planes, tanks, and even a train bobbing along the water. (Which is absolutely worth it for the cons) XD

Thanks to them learning how to swim, they get to move around place to place on Earth, cool off during the summer, and even learn what hot springs are.

Though sometimes they hold off important war stuff just to vibe in the hot springs.

Optimus: *Chilling in the hot springs with the bots* "Did we have something important to do?"

Megatron: *Chilling in the hot springs with the cons* "I don't care, this feels good!"

Starscream: "Agree, I'll backstab you later."

However, one thing they didn't realize is how weird it would be for other mechs who have never visited Earth.

Imagine mechs who are visiting Earth for the first time seeing the armies willingly throw themselves into bodies of liquid without testing it or having the kibble to float.

Then watch as they float to the surface and call for you to jump in.

One time Starscream is leading a group of seekers to a lake and he's just telling them the ways they can escape.

Starscream: "If you are out of options, just jump!"

Seeker: "Sir, what do you-"

Starscream jumps into the water and the seekers start panicking. Like Oh no the air commander went into the lake oh dear Primus!

Then Starscream pokes his head out of the water and is just, "You can hide in here and the bots won't find you."

None of them know how to react or comprehend what just happened.

The bots side is going to be much harder to explain to ones who spent their entire lives on Cybertron.

Autobot: "Sir, how are you floating? You don't have any floatation devices!"

Optimus: "Oh, we learned how to swim."

Autobot: "Sir, we are grounders, How are you able to float like this?!

Ironhide: "Oh don't worry, we can teach you."

Autobot: "Wait, this can be taught?!"

Now I have this idea of the Decepticons being cornered at a lake by the Cybertronian bots.

Cybertronian Bots: "We have you now Decepticons! Give up!"

Megatron: "That's what you think! Decepticons! Swim!"

And then the Cybertronian bots just watch as the Decepticons just throw themselves into the water and swim away.

They're all 404-ing at the sight.

Shockwave is getting all these reports of the cons and bots learning how to swim and is just, "This is illogical yet so intriguing."

[ask-prime-starscream]

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Blurred Salvation

Blurr was alone. On more than one account. Isolated in a way the fleeting schemes around him could never even begin to fathom. They were there, these other people, but they couldn’t reach him, they were blocked from him. He could have been on the other side of the planet just as well, stranded somewhere on flat, endless planes of rusty sand. Alone.

What Starscream and Soundwave had done to him was worse than the Pit. Inside a pool of molten metal he would have been at least connected to the countless other unfortunate sparks that had been dragged into a senseless war, forced to kill one another, oftentimes not even knowing why. His metal melting into something formless, something that wasn’t him sounded like salvation. That’s how far they had pushed him. These rotten Decepticons and the monster, the dragon. A chess piece in their game, yet the one who arguably hurt him the worst. The depravity of his acts would have still made him speechless to this very day, if he hadn’t been already muted. His train of thought stopped there for a second, yet not even a bitter laugh could escape his lips…

A white blotch appeared in his field of vision. It could be the Autobot medic or the other race car, it was difficult to tell them apart when malware formed every face, gesture, symbol, glyph, letter and number into a mess of unpleasantly jittering squares that seemed to grow and shrink to the beat of his own spark pulse. He searched for some blue blotches among the few red ones, but his eyes and mind grew quickly tired of the display of his malfunction.

No more, he thought to himself. At least he understood his own thoughts and what he willed right now was to curl up in his bed, cocoon himself into the blanket and escape the waking world at least for a short amount of time.

Dull noises reached his audio receptors. The white blotch tried to communicate with him again, reached for his hand and squeezed his fingers. It must be him then, the race car. He was the only one trying to get so close to him. The only one who hadn’t given up on him, whose gestures towards him weren’t in order to perform another useless exam. Blurr could find meaning in his touches. 

You are not alone. I’m here.

His own hand didn’t move. Didn’t reciprocate. Whether the malicious coding wouldn’t let him or he himself didn’t want to give in to solace and hope. He wasn’t ready for that. He didn’t want to accept the possibility that this would be his only tiny window to communicate with the outside world till his body would fall apart in future eons.

I just want to sleep.

Suddenly a convulsion shook his entire broken body. He opened his mouth to scream, but it wasn’t like even that was allowed to him. In hurt and confusion, he clutched his abdominal plates and sank to his knees. The next convulsion was so bad, he barely felt white blotch’s hand on his back, or heard how the previously dull noises turned into an angry crackling in his head. It was like he was being split open, like a heat sword of a Decepticon had entered his body. Then he was lifted up by two strong arms and hastily carried to the place he had desired to be in the first place: his bed. Not that this would give him any comfort now… He immediately started to toss and turn like being shaken by a cruel nightmare. Where to put all of this pain in?! There was no way, no release! In the midst of all his hurt and confusion a thought dawned on him. 

No.

It was coming. The egg. The Pit-Spawn egg of the dragon! For a moment the last remnants of his sanity seemed to say their farewell and maybe that would have been a blessing.

I’m giving birth to my rapist’s spawn.

He wanted to scream again, but only silence left his mouth. Not even a croak could escape him.

Kill me. If you care about me, kill me and end this!

Of course the race car wouldn’t do it even if he could have understood him. Blurr wondered how he must look to him, writhing in unspeakable pain in complete silence like a malfunctioning doll. How ridiculous he must look! His legs, lower body, the sheets and mattress now soggy with disgusting fluids. Death would be mercy, couldn’t this disgustingly hopeful Autobot understand that?!

His hand was grabbed again and Blurr’s fingers cramped around it. Another wave of pain rattled his tormented body. Something inside his head clicked and gave way to a thought that made him forget about the pain for almost a second in sheer fright: It’s too big.

Blurr cramped and kicked his legs, pushing the useless, wet blanket away that was supposed to give him comfort. Alarms went off in his head, his processor bombarded him with warnings that were meaningless to him. He would be stuck. He would be stuck with this pain forever! 

A large, strong arm scooped him up in some sort of half-embrace and Blurr felt the other bot’s face right next to his own, registering the dull, bassy sounds of something that might have been soothing words. He couldn’t fight it any longer, he curled into this sloppy half-embrace and craved every little bit of support he could gain from it. He no longer cared how he looked or how disgusting he was. He just wanted the comfort that was offered to him so willingly. 

Then his modesty plating retracted and revealed his probably swollen, widened port to the fullest. White pain rocked his body and he grit his teeth so hard it was a miracle none of them broke off. He didn’t know if his hand had squeezed the Autobot’s hand to a wrung piece of scrap in the meantime, but when the white, hot pain diminished, followed by a nightmarish, sucky sound and the feeling of something grotesquely large leaving his body… he finally let go and sunk back into the embrace, panting hard.

Blurr lay there for a while, in all his sticky fluids and coolant and the Autobot didn’t move. A humming sound filled the room and seemed to drive out the silent screams. Blurr reached out and a hand gently clasped his fingers again.

You are not alone.

Blurr intertwined his fingers with those of the Autobot.

I know.

[asknarashikari]

(Haven't done one of these in months. This one focuses on Houtaro.)

Ever since acquiring the Chemydriver, the Gotchard Cast decided to train on their own with their Cybertronian partners. One of them, Houtaro, is in a nearby forest, training with some of his Cybertronian partners, but they hear a sound and when investigating, meet a strange red ninja-like figure that becomes an ally.

Houtaro's Cybertronian Friends

Soundblaster/Soundwave: Former Decepticon and Houtaro's guardian. He is a stoic Cybertronian and an expert of infiltration, and can summon his small cassette-themed partners. He can transform into an armored truck

Ransack: Hopper1's best bud. He is a bug-themed Cybertronian and is quite friendly, but despite all of that, he is a good fighter. He hates his cousin Kickback. He is a Triple Changer and transform into a giant grasshopper or a fighter plane.

Hot Rod/Rodimus Prime: Once brash and headstrong young Autobot but eventually grew into a much more wiser and mature leader. He is a good leader and quite fast. He transforms into a futuristic truck.

Houtaro, as Appareskebow Gotchard, is training with Soundblaster and Rodimus while Hopper1, Steamliner, and Ransack watch but they hear a noise and go to its location. When they arrive, they find some weird red ninja guy unconscious but when they get near, they awaken.

Houtaro: Who are you? What are you?

Ermac: We are Ermac, a collection of souls within one vessel, and we have been expecting you Houtaro Ichinose.

Houtaro: How do you know my name?!

Ermac starts to explain how they know Houtaro and the Riders as he has been sent by a benevolent being that has kept a close eye for as long as the Riders have been around to help the Riders defeat evil, and specifically help them face off against a new evil.

What are the Riders and Gotchard Cast reaction to Ermac and learning of why he has been sent?

Because yeah, what else is new. I mean they wouldn't turn away someone asking for help... but still, it would be nice to have a peaceful time for once