#someone give the Rescue bots a call

[pod-the-panda]

I just realized that the Rescue Bots had no idea Optimus died. As far as they knew Optimus just didn't answer them for a few months. Also since it's implied season 4 of rb is happening around the same time as season 1 of rid2015 it means that while the Rescue Bots got to talk to Optimus through a computer Bee just had to deal with ghostly apparitions.

Yup. The Rescue Bots are kept so out of the loop.

Other things they might not know about:

- Ending of the war.

- Disappearance of Megatron.

- The entire synthetic energon situation.

- The ENTIRE dark energon shit.

- Predicons.

- The destruction of a few artifacts.

- And so much more.

(Speaking of dark energon, they also wouldn't know that zombies are a thing that could happen to them. I need more zombie apocalypse fics.)

Do what you please with this information.

[frosty-tian]

*Sees a Rescue Bots (Cybertronian) appreciation post featuring the main four.

“Ah, that’s nice.”

*Sees it’s them talking about how much they love ‘every bot’. Except Boulder (leaves him out completely).

“My respect goned.”

(This is a joke post/not meant to be taken seriously.)

[revelboo]

Circuits and Wires pt 2

Wheeljack x Reader-protector

• Pride and dignity be darned, hitting up the next bot you see to give you a lift back to Wheeljack’s lab is starting to sound appealing. The Autobot base just isn’t built with humans in mind and getting from place to place, you’re definitely getting your steps in whether you want to or not. “Hey, look. Hazard Pay’s still in one piece,” someone calls behind you. “Thought you’d have been vaporized by now.”

• No. You freeze, because you know that sneering voice. The universe can’t possibly hate you quite that much. But as you turn, you swallow a groan, because yes, it can. Sunstreaker. “Sorry to disappoint you.” Moving closer to the wall, you pointedly start walking away hoping that he’ll take the hint. Especially since the more tolerable of the Lambo twins is missing. Because this one? You’re pretty sure he has a thing about humans. Though maybe he just hates you in particular.

• And he isn’t taking the hint as he follows you, heavy peds just close enough the fine hair at your nape prickles. Sure, he’s never hurt you- he’s an Autobot after all, but scaring you for his own amusement? Your fight or flight instincts are clamoring as you walk a bit faster, aware that he’s deliberately taking slow steps to stay just behind you. Messing with you with the threat of getting stepped on. “Do you need something?” You demand, hating the faint tremor in your voice.

• “You know, I didn’t ask to come to this backward mud ball,” he says. “But I trust Optimus. You humans though? Running around and getting into everything like vermin?”

• He won’t hurt you. You know he won’t, but as his ped lands two feet from your side, the barely leashed animal part of your brain takes over. And you’re running headlong. The sound of heavy peds chasing only drives your panic higher. The other one, Sideswipe, has always been about to keep Sunstreaker in check, stopping him when he starts getting out of control with his little games. There’s no one to stop him now.

• Lost in his work, it’s the sound of running peds that brings Wheeljack’s head up. Not too unusual a thing, but he still pushes up from his desk to check. And sees the human, his human, running from Sunstreaker, the bigger bot reaching for your small form. The frightened, pained noise you make as those servos close around you, sparks through him. He’s moving before he even thinks, one hand closing on Sunstreaker’s wrist, his other shoving the mech back against the wall, a snarl escaping him.

• You can’t breathe and it takes your frazzled brain a moment to understand this Autobot with the glowing red vocal indicators pinning Sunstreaker is in fact Wheeljack. Because he’s always so gentle, awkward, and self-depreciating. This Wheeljack is frightening as a low, growl rumbles from him. “Give them to me,” he demands, releasing Sunstreaker’s wrist so the other mech can hand you over. To your surprise, he does so without a protest, seeming as shocked as you are.

• His grip on Sunstreaker only eases when you’re safely in his hand. Even then, that anger is still there because he can feel the rapid beat of your heart and the way you’re trembling. Part of him wants to lash out, but you’re too fragile to risk and as you grip onto his servos, he turns and heads for his lab. “Thanks,” you say and the relief in your voice just strokes that anger hotter. Because you should be safe here of all places.

• Those vocal indicators are still red, flickering faintly as he just stands in the middle of his lab with you cradled against his chassis. You’ve never seen them red before, and the color and his stillness is making you edgy. He’s angry, you realize wilting in his grip. Maybe he’d been doing something really important and had to stop to rescue you. He’s always rescuing you even when you don’t actually need it. Worrying over you like you’re his responsibility. “Did he hurt you?”

• You shake your head, not trusting your voice. Sunstreaker wouldn’t have actually hurt you, just messed with you until he got bored. He probably wouldn’t even have chased you if you hadn’t run, but that’s you. Always scared. Needing saving. When Wheeljack gently tips your chin up with a servo so he can see your face, that careful touch almost makes you cry. He freezes when you wrap your arms around that servo because it’s all you can reach and just hug it to you. You need him to anchor you right now. To know how much you appreciate him.

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[love-and-war-on-cybertron]

Could I request a spicy Rumble fic with an f!reader? I thought it could be Rumble's first time seeing a human up close, and him realizing this is the first time he met someone close to his size in millenia and he attempts to win her over trying to copy shitty romcom films he's seen before.

Minibots must feel really big compared to humans. I kind of head cannon them around 10-15 feet tall

"Why are you so small?" Rumble has one servo on your arm, the other observing your hand. Pinching your fingers and threading his own metal digits through them. You were so small. He pinches over your body. You cheek, your stomach, your ass. He takes a handful and grabs it, "Why are you so soft?"

You had gotten used to the Decepticons examining you once they heard word of the captive. All of them were quite handsy, not too careful. Soundwave was the overseer of your captivity and would caution them only when you made a sound of fear when they squeezed you too hard in their servos. This one was smaller than the others by far. Bigger than you. But his curiosity felt almost violating with how much more he could touch.

Rumble had you sat on his lap, touching your clothing and your body. Watching you jump and squeak. You were so fragging small! Never had the purple minicon met anything so small. Had seen some fleshie creatures from afar when conquering other planets, but never up close. His touch lingered on your hair. Soft. Weird. It got stuck in his joints and you squealed when he pulled too hard. Soundwave cautioned him, head snapping to ensure the hostage was not harmed too much.

You listen as the Small-but-big robot argues, only to get chastised and told to put you back. He grumbles and throws you over his shoulder. The hard metal digging into your stomach as he takes you back to the clear glass cage. Unlike the other Cons, he is somewhat careful putting you in.

Rumble looks you over. Dirty. The weird cloth things you wore were ripped. You looked at him with wide optics. What did fleshies call them... Eyes? You're kind of cute. And small. Smaller than him. And soft. A pinch of your cheek, a pat to the top of your head before he closes it off. "See ya later Fleshie." He heads out, thoughts wandering back to the little captive human.

You have had to get used to sleeping on the floor of your enclosure. they didn't give you anything and you doubt asking will help. It was cold and the air always felt damp. You suppose that came from being under the ocean. Was it even night time? No windows, the lights were left on and the Cons coming in and out of this room at all hours. You just wanted to sleep and hope that you were rescued by the Autobots soon.

"Why are you shaking?"

Rumble watched you for a moment. huddled and shivering. Was something wrong with the human? When he spoke, you looked over your shoulder before quickly sitting up and pulling your legs to yourself. You watched him with those wide weird optics. They were weirdly pretty. Rumble holds something up and you perk up. He had been in charge of getting you sustenance. Had spied on some humans for a bit before obtaining what he did. You reach for it, but he pulls it back, "Come here."

You hesitate, wondering what he was doing, opening the enclosure and motioning you to come close. They hadn't fed you in some time so you were starving. Close enough, he grabs you and you yelp before finding yourself sat on his lap. The red visor stares you down, face unreadable. He holds up the bag, some burger joint. how he got it, you wouldn't ask. Reaching for it, he only pulls back again.

Rumble had seen humans doing this. Feeding each other in those holovids. It seemed to lead to the human equivalent to interfacing. Rumble was used to being the smallest and taking the flak that came with it. Especially from that maxie-turkey Skywarp. He grabs the burger, cold, and holds it up to your lips, "Come on, take a bite."

You look at the burger and then at him. None of the other bots fed you like this. They would hold it above your head, making you jump for it, or toss it at you. Your stomach was growling, dignity be damned, you were taking a bite. His visor brightens, and he starts petting your hair. He seems to be more mindful not to get it caught in his joints.

Rumble can feel his circuits buzzing. You're eating from his hand, so it must be working. What else did they do in those movies? Compliments? "Your aft is squishy." He says, reaching down to give it a squeeze. You paused and looked at him. "And uh... your optics are shiny." You look surprised. Call him the romance king!

Did he just say my ass is squishy? You go back to eating, trying to ignore how intensely he is watching you. Free hand still wandering over your body. Pinching, poking, groping. When he goes to speak again, you at least are prepared for something weird...

There will be a part two that leads to the spicey~

[dragonridernoobie]

hey so for transformers prime how do you think Ratchet, Optimus and Smokescreen would deal with a human reader who is 30 but looks like they’re in senior year of high school and they constantly get confused for a child cuz of their looks and they connect with the kids well? But they’re also able to fully get into adult talks with fowler and the bots and be mature about it. The kids would be the first and be like “You know how school is”. “I haven’t been there for the past decade so no, but keep complaining. It sucked back in my day too”. And the kids are shocked. Some adult human’s calling them kid and reader looks like their age has caught up to them, they look tired of this and they’re like “I’m 30. Do I need to get myself a giant pin that says I’m 30 on my forehead?” Flip side: the rare times someone gets the fact they’re an adult right without being told, reader looks so overjoyed? (I just think this’d be a funny idea. Not every human suddenly ages the moment they hit 30. So how do these three react to human biology and a human’s unique reaction to it).

Sure, this is intresting thing but I will try my best!

TFP x Neotenic Reader

Optimus

So, first things first.

Optimus would immediately think reader is a child because he does know much about human biology.

So when he first met reader after he ran her over

Yes, I mean that.

He wasent paying attention and accidentally hit reader.

Once at base, he would explain that he was sorry and that reader should go home for school.

He would be so fucking confused when reader tells them they are 30.

He dident believe them ar first but when he saw their ID, he would apologize the second time that day.

He will definitely not treat reader as a child.

I can also see him also giving reader more attention.

Reader will always be by his side, helping him when he is stressed.

Ratchet

Ratchet would meet reader optimus brought them back after rescuing them from the decpticons.

He would do scans on reader and be really fucking confused.

Reader looks at 17 but the scan scans said she is 32.

He will ask reader about this and reader explains that they just don't age as fast.

He would be amazed and more confused by human biology.

He would definitely research it more.

He would make sure to correct the children about readers age.

He is secertly happy that there's another human that isn't a child.

He definitely has a favorite human.

Raph has his own place.

Smokescreen

Ok, so when smokescreen meets reader, it was on accident.

Smokescreen was only 1 week on earth and he already got his coverd blown 😑

What happened was when reader was walking home from work, smokescreen accidentally hits them.

He transformers and ask if reader was OK.

Que reader passing out, smokescreen panicking, smokescreen returning to base with reader, and getting yelled at.

After everything calms down, smokescreen will call reader "kid" and other things like that.

Reader would correct him and he would think it's a joke.

Intel reader shows him their ID.

Ya, smokescreen is so fucking confused.

Why are humans wierd.

He would definitely ask you to prank people with you're looks.

[polygonal-trees]

Welcome new Transformers fans!

You might have seen this Don't Make Me Tap The Sign meme floating around. Transformers One has been out for a little while now so I want to expand on it as well as some other TF fandom things.

What does "Transformers doesn't have a set canon" actually mean?

Essentially, every new Transformers story is a reboot. They might draw from or expand on concepts from previous iterations but canonically each continuity family is separate. This means all lore is extremely flexible - origin stories, relationships, even personalities can change wildly between iterations and while some may be better or worse than others, they are all equally canon.

For example: Orion Pax was a dock worker in G1, an archivist in Prime, and a miner in TF One. None of these contradict each other.

Continuities also tend to share ideas without being directly connected. For example Transformers One draws from Transformers Prime in multiple ways (e.g. it features Airachnid) but it is not a prequel to Prime and in fact directly contradicts it. Yes I know there's a guy on xitter claiming tfone is a prequel to the Bay movies but he's wrong.

What is a continuity family?

Most storylines include tie-in novels, comics, video games, and other shows that all share the same canon.

The Aligned Continuity is the most well known. It consists of Transformers Prime, Rescue Bots, Rescue Bots Academy, Robots in Disguise 2015, multiple video games, and some tie-in novels and comics. They are all ostensibly set in the same canon... except the Aligned Continuity is inconsistent so even its lore is loose :')

My point is that while every continuity is separate, some shows are connected.

(Sorry if this is confusing. It is confusing. You get used to it)

What about fanon?

The Transformers franchise is old enough that a lot of fanon has become so pervasive it exists in a sort of nebulous space where it feels like it could be canon or at least become canon once enough fans are working for Hasbro but essentially: oh boy is there a lot of fanon

For example: seeker trines, doorwing speak, the Unicron Singularity and all forms of robot sex (sorry) are fanon, but they appear so often in fanworks that it's easy to get confused (I know I do!)

It's safest to assume something isn't canon unless you've seen it in a show (and even then, it may only be canon to that particular show)

Can I mix-and-match in my own fanworks?

Absolutely! It's very common for creators to set a story in one continuity but transplant a character from another, or use a different backstory, or borrow whole plot points from different canons. Chop up that lore and make a delicious continuity soup.

So why is this important?

It is very, very, very, very, very frustrating to be "corrected" about something that isn't relevant, or to see someone critisize a show based on lore that doesn't apply, or to have a character be called OOC when they're not, etc. I think a lot of fandom slapfights could be avoided if more people understood how loose Transformers canon actually is. Do what you want with your own creations but please be mindful when it comes to interacting with other people's.

This is A Lot

You don't have to know everything about Transformers to be in the fandom and have a good time - if you're only interested in TF One that is perfectly alright, you don't need to watch every show and read every comic and play every game to be considered a fan of something.

But if you want to find out more I recommend checking out the TFWiki - it isn't perfect but it gives a good rundown of most general lore as well as details about specific shows.

That's it from me. I hope this is helpful! It's the sort of thing I would have liked to read when I first joined the fandom haha

[lotusflowerbreakingthesurface]

PingXie Moments Compilation

𝐇𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐲 𝟖𝟏𝟕 𝐃𝐚𝐨𝐦𝐢 𝐅𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐥!! 🎉

On this special day, let's reminisce about PingXie moments in the book∼ Fanfictions are indeed tasty, but the canon moments are also delicious, right? (���≧⁠▽⁠≦⁠)

Truthfully, I planned to compile all of them in one post, but I realized that there are too many PingXie moments, I'm afraid if I post them all, I will become a PingXie Bot, thus I picked some moments (and some jokes) that I thought were quite memorable and interesting. It's only 40 moments, it doesn't follow the timeline, perhaps only 80% of them.

Warning: Spoilers! Very long post! CP-oriented post! It's a compilation of PingXie moments in the book, naturally, there are spoilers. I added a little notes/meta/comments/related interviews as supplementary files. And I'm not an expert in the Chinese language (as you already know, I use mtl) so I put the source below, just in case you want to check the Chinese raw or other translations yourself. I apologize in advance if there is any mistake m(_ _)m

(Since there is a limit to insert images, I went with quoting them.)

Sources: Chinese Raw | MereBear's Translation | 瓶邪bot | Original Image by 刘巴布 | Divider by @anitalenia

1. Daomu Biji Vol. 1: Seven Star Lu Palace Chapter 2

As I was talking, I saw a young man walking out of the front door with a long thing on his back that was tightly wrapped in cloth. I knew at first glance that it was an ancient weapon. This thing was indeed very valuable, and if it sold well, the price could go for more than ten times its worth.

Note: In the book, it was their first meeting. But in an old Daomu Biji mobile game, NPSS added this line (it seems that he forgot about it later though):

“The first meeting with Zhang Qiling was not downstairs of Uncle Three's house, but at Wu Xie's full-month celebration, but they both forgot it.” ☆

2. Daomu Biji Vol. 4: Snake Marsh Ghost City (Part II) Chapter 18 | Chapter 47 (MereBear)

He continued, "I am a person without a past and a future. All I do is to find find my connection with this world. Where did I come from and why am I here?" He looked at his hands and said calmly, "Can you imagine that if someone like me disappears from this world, no one will find out, as if I have never existed in this world, without leaving any trace? Sometimes when I look in the mirror, I often doubt whether I really exist or am just a phantom of a person."

I was speechless and thought for a while before saying, "It's not as exaggerated as you say. If you disappear, at least I will find out."

3. Daomu Biji Vol. 6: Ancient Building Under the Dark Mountain Chapter 39

Pangzi gestured for me to ask Men You Ping. I looked at him and heard him say, "About five hours ago, you appeared where you are now, in a deep coma, barely conscious. We gave you a simple first aid, and then five hours later, you woke up."

I waited for Men You Ping to continue speaking, but he shut up.

"That’s it?" I asked in surprise.

"That’s it." He said in a muffled voice.

[....]

Pangzi nodded and said, "Xiaoge and I have been in another cave, which is relatively dry, but I will come here to get water every once in a while. When I found that there was suddenly another person in the cave, I was scared to death, but I recognized you immediately, called Xiaoge, and rescued you together. You were already dead, so if you really need to find someone to save your life, I, Pangye, was still qualified to make a guest appearance. Later, we were afraid that you might have broken bones, so we didn't dare to move and just waited here for you to wake up."

Note: Xiaoge gives Wu Xie mouth-to-mouth resuscitation here. Someone analyzed it and NPSS confirmed it. Here is the analysis:

“If you want to perform CPR on a person who is not breathing without moving the body, the most basic and important thing is artificial respiration. Judging from Pangzi's tone, the whole rescue process was completed by him and Men You Ping. But there is a key word here: "guest appearance". Pangzi did not play the main role in the rescue process. So who played this main role? I think everyone should understand.” ☆

4. Daomu Biji Vol. 6: Ancient Building Under the Dark Mountain Chapter 49

He leaned against the stone wall behind him and said calmly: "He and I can't leave."

"What nonsense are you talking about?" I cursed.

He suddenly smiled at me and said: "Fortunately, I didn't kill you..."

I was stunned. He spat out a mouthful of blood.

"You--" My head buzzed.

He still smiled at me, his head slowly lowered, and sat there, as if he was just taking a rest. However, the surroundings were completely silent.

Note: There once was a typo in the first draft, but it was edited later.

Edited version: “还好，我没有害死你……”

Unedited version: “一汀烟雨杏花寒好， 还好， 我没有害死你......”

“一汀烟雨杏花寒” comes from an ancient poem “戴叔伦：燕子不归春事��，一汀烟雨杏花寒”, it describes the scenery of late spring and expresses the feelings of melancholy and separation. ☆

5. Daomu Biji Vol. 7: Stone Shadow in Qiong Cave Chapter 18

Men You Ping did not answer her. Instead, he turned to me and said, "Take me home." Then he walked out without looking back.

6. Daomu Biji Vol 8: The Finale Book 2 Chapter 3 | Part 2 Chapter 54 (MereBear)

I was stunned for a moment, and then froze. At that moment, my mind became blank.

I couldn’t describe the emptiness in my heart. I suddenly didn’t know what I should do.

Dead? You’ve got to be kidding me.

Is he really dead? Hey, what kind of international joke is this?

"Wake up. Let's go home." I patted his face, suddenly finding it all very funny. I turned to Pangzi and laughed. "Look at Xiaoge."

"I know." Pangzi said on the side, his voice was very low.

Then, my hands began to tremble uncontrollably. I looked at my hands and found that there was no sadness in my heart. My consciousness did not react, but my body instinctively felt despair.

I thought to myself, he’s really fucking sitting there, he’s really fucking dead. Men You Ping is really fucking dead!

There were actually such things in this world, and Men You Ping could actually die.

[....]

My instincts were collapsing under the pressure, but all kinds of uncomfortable feelings were still leaking out of the "pressure cooker" of emotions. I felt that I couldn't let my emotions run wild, because if I got sad, I might die here. I feel very strange in my heart, not just sad. I don’t know if others can understand my complicated feelings. First there was despair, then more of a distrust of what I saw. My mind went blank for a long time before all the emotions in my heart came to the surface.

I have always wondered how I would feel if Men You Ping died. I thought that maybe I was extremely sad, or maybe I had thought about it too much and done too much mental preparation, so I became numb and felt that I could totally bear it. Now that it has really happened, it has turned into a strange mood that I can’t even deal with.

After that, I was in a dilemma, not knowing whether I should be sad or pretend to be calm and endure the pain. In the end, the former gradually prevailed. I did nothing beside his body, just stared blankly.

But just when I felt that tears were about to fall, I suddenly saw Men You Ping's hand move and scratch the floor!

Comment: I feel like "Wake up. Let's go home." is the answer to Xiaoge's "Take me home." in the previous moment, don't you think so? And here is the description of Wu Xie's feelings when he thought that Xiaoge died. It's quite long and depressing... T_T

7. Daomu Biji Vol. 8: The Finale Book 2 Chapter 25 | Part 2 Chapter 76 (MereBear)

"I came to say goodbye to you." He said, "It's all over. I thought about my connection with this world, and it seems that the only one I can find now is you."

Comment: Is this the kind of connection that Xiaoge was looking for in Daomu Biji Vol. 4?

Note: In the Live Broadcast Interview on June 11, 2021, there was a question about what "嫩牛五方" Nenniu Wufang (Iron Triangle + HeiHua) think of Wu Xie, and this is Xiaoge's part:

NPSS: For Zhang Qiling, Wu Xie is his only connection with the human world. He can live without any connection with the human world. After so many years, Wu Xie was the opportunity that made him willing to connect with the human world, which was also something that required courage for him, because connecting with Wu Xie means connecting with other people. At the beginning, Wu Xie was just one of the many people he had saved, but Wu Xie reached a state of transcendence through his own qualities. He was able to attract another person who was not a mortal. There is such a person, when you look him in the eye, you will have this feeling-

Host: This is that person, this is the person I am looking for.

NPSS: Yes. ☆

8. Daomu Biji Vol. 8: The Finale Book 2 Chapter 27 | Part 2 Chapter 78 (MereBear)

That night, we found a relatively dry place and lit a fire. Sitting in front of the fire, he silently looked at me for the first time.

I also stared at him for a long time. Since he kept looking at me like this, I began to wonder whether the focus of his gaze was actually on me. When I found that he was really looking at me, however, I felt very strange. I said, "Is something wrong with me? Is there a monster behind me?" I asked him several times, but he didn't respond. I thought this person was not very normal at ordinary times. Now in this situation, I definitely couldn't understand and didn't need to understand. But after a while, he suddenly asked me for a cigarette.

9. Daomu Biji Vol. 8: The Finale Book 2 Chapter 28 | Part 2 Chapter 79 (MereBear)

I screamed as I rolled all the way down the hillside. I knew it was a very steep cliff with a drop of at least thirty meters, so even if there was snow below, I would never be safe.

[....]

Just when I was about to despair, I suddenly heard a movement outside. Then, my flailing hands were grabbed by someone, and I was pulled out of the snow pit. I gasped for breath, and saw Men You Ping grabbed the back of my collar and pulled me out of the snow with force.

My eyes still saw a pink color, which was quite blurry. I looked at him, and I was so angry that I asked him: "Why did you come back again?"

He looked at me, then at the cliff above his head, and said to me, "I heard your cry for help."

Note: This is one of the famous PingXie moments, which later someone brought up this scene again in the comment section of the online version of Sand Sea 3 Chapter 5 (Chapter 116 on MereBear's site: Like a Red Bean in the Exquisite Dice, My Love for You is Deep in My Bones) in 2014. Here is the famous comment that is still circulating around in the DMBJ fandom:

“The moment I fell, holding my neck, I thought I couldn't speak anymore. The sky of Motuo was still empty, just like the Changbai Mountain. But this time, no one would jump down thirty meters to pull me up. I asked him why he came, and he said he heard my voice.” ☆

However, people still doubt where this quote actually comes from. As someone said, what I've mentioned before is the most likely source since it is the earliest one that can be found. The site was closed down, so I can't check it myself.

10. Daomu Biji Vol. 8: The Finale Book 2 Chapter 28 | Part 2 Chapter 79 (MereBear)

"That’s fine, do whatever you want. If you really knock me out, I have nothing to say, but I hope you know that if you need someone to accompany you to the end, I won’t refuse." I said, "I want to accompany you. This is my own decision, so don't worry about it."

Top comment: One is a confession that travels thousands of miles away, and the other is a stumbling pursuit. ☆

11. Daomu Biji Vol. 8: The Finale Book 2 Chapter 29 | Part 2 Chapter 80 (MereBear)

Men You Ping nodded, and I asked him: "If this is not the case, according to the promise, who should be the next in line for the Old Nine Gates?"

"You." Men You Ping said.

Me? I was stunned for a moment: "You mean, I was supposed to stay behind this bronze door for ten years?"

Men You Ping nodded, and just as I was about to ask him to clarify, Men You Ping suddenly reached out and pressed the back of my neck, and I lost consciousness."

12. Excerpt from 《与邪共予起灵书》 or see more here

I saw Menyouping standing in the dazzling light of the bronze door, as if waiting for me. It turns out that not everyone has left me. He is right here, behind this mysterious bronze door, looking forward to meeting me again just like me. Ten years, it sounds like a long time that cannot be passed, but when that moment comes, we will definitely feel the brevity of time. Its brevity may just be because you are looking forward to a reunion. You use your ten years to exchange my lifelong innocence, then I will use the next ten years and more ten years to exchange your ten years.

The passage above is related to the famous quote “用我一生换你十年的天真无邪” (I'll give you my whole life in exchange for your ten years of innocence).

According to this post, this sentence first appeared in a forum interview in 2010. When NPSS talked with readers about the final ending of the characters in the main story (Daomu Biji Vol. 1-8), he used the sentence "用自己的一生，再换你十年的天真无邪" (I'll give you my whole life in exchange for another ten years of your innocence) to summarize the ending of Zhang Qiling and Wu Xie in the main story.

NPSS's interview with Nangong Ling, the owner of PingXie Bar on Baidu Post Bar or Tieba (a popular Chinese forum) at that time: The Long-Delayed New Year Interview on March 11, 2010 ☆

Q: Is Wu Xie the most miserable person in the whole book? Is it true that one of him and Pingzi (Xiaoge) will die in the end?

A: Wu Xie is the most miserable, his life is a doomed tragedy, but Lao Zhang is not easy either.

Q: Then?

A: It delayed the occurrence of the whole tragedy.

Q: Then they suffered a tragedy together?

A: I use my life to exchange for your ten years of innocence.

And there is a follow-up. On November 1, 2011, NPSS participated in a symposium at Shenzhen University and interpreted the meaning of this sentence. ☆

Q: How do you understand "用我一生换你十年天真无邪" (I will give you my whole life for your ten years of innocence)?

A: On a very quiet night, I was sitting in front of my computer, chatting with an online friend who was my reader. She asked me if I could describe the whole story in one sentence. Then I thought about it and realized that the story could be described in one sentence: "用我一生换你十年的天真无邪" (I will give you my whole life for your ten years of innocence). It is not a very equal exchange. It is an infinite sacrifice of one person for another in exchange for a limited benefit.

13. Tibetan Sea Flower Part 1 Chapter 39

I said, "I don't know. I always feel that it's safer to be around Xiaoge. If he's not around, at least having his statue is better than having no statue at all."

14. Sand Sea 2 Chapter 53 | Chapter 92 (MereBear)

"Are you really willing to bear it?"

"I have no choice."

"You have a choice, you just can't see it."

"That means there is no choice."

Sigh

"Then will you tell him all this?"

"No."

"Then what will you tell him?"

"I will tell him that he is just a patient, and from now on, he can rest."

"They won't let you say these words."

"I won't allow them to stop me."

15. Sand Sea Part 3 Chapter 5 | Chapter 116 (MereBear)

玲珑骰子安红豆，入骨相思知不知

A dainty die with red beans engraved in it, don't you know, is a love yearning that penetrates to the bone?

(—Rediscovering Wen Tingyun by Mou, Huaichuan)

Note: As we know, this candy is only a title, but it has a deep meaning. “玲珑骰子安红豆，入骨相思知不知” is a passage from a poem by Tang Dynasty poet, Wen Tingyun (温庭筠), it's the second poem of two love poems in his collection of poems 《新添声杨柳枝词二首》/《南歌子词二首》.

井底点灯深烛伊，共郎长行莫围棋

玲珑骰子安红豆，入骨相思知不知

The poem is written in the voice of a woman, expressing her attachment to her lover, in the first line, it means she earnestly asked her husband not to miss the return date when he travelled far away. It is the woman's deep longing for her husband and the strong love she has for him that is hard to let go. The second line means the lovesickness that goes deep into the bones, revealing -once again- the woman's strong love that is hard to let go. And the words "Don’t you know?" (知不知) vividly expresses the woman's long separation, the difficulty of reunion, the deep pain of missing him, and even the fact that she wants to talk to no one. It can be said that the ending is natural and the aftertaste is endless. What the readers feel is the sincere and passionate love in the woman's heart —Baidu Encyclopedia

Since there is no way for me, a complete novice, to explain it through semantic and syntactic analysis, please visit here or here for more explanation.

In WeChat interview on August 6, 2013, NPSS said the reason why he chose that title:

Q: Sanshu, I would like to ask you, in Sand Sea series, when Wu Xie was slashed in the throat by the man in white, why was the chapter titled "玲珑骰子安红豆，入骨相思知不知"?

A: I chose that chapter title because that was the emotion I felt at the time. ☆

16. 2014 Chinese New Year Special "Fantasy" Chapter 27 (Epilogue) | Chapter 2.31 (MereBear)

When the sun absorbed the fog and dispersed it, the black fog completely dissipated. I turned my head to see where Men You Ping was, but saw the sunset shining in from the window next to me.

It was over, I was stunned for a moment and realized.

I was back in the small power station.

My hands and feet slowly revived, and the severe pain in my nasal cavity began to attack. The throat was full of the smell of blood, and all the blood turned into a paste in my throat.

In all the moments of coming back, I always felt a very sad emotion in my heart, which would make me silent for a moment.

Don't make the illusion too beautiful because it will eventually disappear. You think you have obtained and grasped it, but in fact there is nothing. This kind of memory is no different from my real memory. People themselves cannot really own anything.

17. Ten Years Chapter 31

This was written for me, he knew I would fulfill my promise. He hid the clue in Chen Pi Ah Si's nose, which really gave me face.

I clenched my fists, and a sense of security that I hadn't felt for many years suddenly rose from the bottom of my heart.

Note: The bolded sentence is an additional sentence in the physical book of Ten Years.

18. Ten Years Chapter 36

In the past ten years, I have had many dreams. I dreamed of him when he was young and I met him when I was young.

19. Ten Years Physical Book

"Not only that, if you can truly believe that you can do this, you can do anything." The voice in my heart answered me, "But, believing in yourself may be the most difficult thing in the world."

"What's so difficult about believing in yourself?" I asked.

"Just like you can't believe that you can walk on the water, only a very few people can truly believe in themselves." The voice in my heart answered me, "You can't even believe that you really entered here and heard these words."

A vast pool of water suddenly appeared in front of me, and the water surface was as calm as a mirror.

I looked at the surface of the pool and touched it with my feet. It was cold water. The waves spread and quickly disappeared at the end of the visible range. I saw a figure appearing very, very far away.

It was a familiar back, it was Xiaoge.

I stepped on it and fell into the water.

Then, I woke up. I looked up at the bronze door.

It was a dream, the door was still closed tightly.

I looked at my hand, and the wound was not cracked.

Comment: I really like the implication here, Wu Xie trusts Xiaoge more than himself...

20. Ten Years Chapter 41

"The people in that village make a dessert from glutinous rice and brown sugar. Since there’s plenty of rain in the village, a special weed called Yuzai ginseng grows there. The petals of this weed are put into the dessert, and are said to help with memory. Of course, it’s only a local legend."

I kept yawning as I spoke. My consciousness began to blur, but I didn’t stop talking.

I don’t know how long I stayed up, but in my hazy state, I suddenly felt someone slowly sit down beside me.

I hesitated for a moment, turned my head to look, and the other person also turned his head to look at me.

Pangzi slowly woke up and looked at us.I saw a familiar face, indifferent eyes, reflecting the light of the campfire.

People say that when you forget someone, the first thing you forget is their voice. But when he spoke, it wasn’t unfamiliar at all.

"You are old." He said

The music was still flowing, in this place closest to hell.

Pangzi came up, hooked his arm around Men You Ping's shoulder, and caused him to stumble: "How can we compare with you, Xiaoge? And you were willing to come out!!"

Men You Ping swayed from all the jostling.I pulled down my sleeve, covered the scars on my arm, and stood up.

He smiled at me and I lifted my bag: 'Let’s go."We just…haven’t seen you for a long time.

....

I live at the North Sea and you at the South Sea,

I asked the wild goose to pass a letter but was told they could not.

Each of us held a cup of wine and talked amid spring wind with peach and plum blossom,

For ten years we missed each other before lamps during night rain outside.

Note: About the poem, MereBear has already explained here. This is the Chinese version:

我居北海君南海，寄雁传书谢不能；

桃李春风一杯酒，江湖夜雨十年灯。

In short, it's about friendship, a happy gathering and how deeply they missed each other after they parted.

There is an interesting meta about Xiaoge's "you're old", read here.

Top comment: So when Xiaoge explained the amnesia brought by the heavenly gift in Sea of Lights, he looked into Wu Xie's eyes and said "there will be a little left", which means that Xiaoge faced endless darkness in the door, lost his perception of time, and had to use his remaining memory to try to recall Wu Xie's appearance. The words "you are old" in the past ten years contains Xiaoge's deep and heavy longing for Wu Xie.

21. Daomu Biji Extra: 2019 Mid-Autumn Festival

If Men You Ping said something, then it was fine, but he wouldn’t say anything. Instead, Zhang Haike kept telling me that as an outsider follower of Zhang Qiling, I should take care of these things. Fuck that shit, I thought to myself. I’m a guardian, not an outsider follower. He said that if I did well, I could start the special procedures that would give me the surname Zhang. I could be called Zhang Xie or Zhang Wu Xie in the future. Of course, I could also follow my master and be called Zhang Qixie.

I was so angry that day that I thought my liver was going to burst.

22. Daomu Biji Extra: The Other Shore | The Other Shore (MereBear)

It was too cold here, so after I died, I wouldn't be degraded. I would exist here for thousands and millions of years. I could sit here and let the wind and snow freeze me. According to my experience, hundreds of years later, Men You Ping would see the moment he was seeing now.

I seemed to be seriously ill and chose this ending myself. I was surprisingly calm and had no regrets. Although I could not be truly eternal like him, I found a way to coexist in the same time and space as him.

[....]

I didn't expect it to be so romantic. In this world, there was no other person who could use death as a romantic condiment so naturally.

Note: I think almost the whole short story is candy with a knife, but I can't possibly put it all here. There is a good PV about this short story, you can see it here or here.

Top comment:

”When we first begin to truly love someone, our greatest fear is that the person we love no longer loves us. What we should be afraid of is that even though they are dead, we still can’t stop loving them.”

23. A joke that is written by NPSS and posted on the official blog on Weibo

I hope this letter finds you well, I have heard that Wu Xie is well-informed, has a strong memory, is wise in all things, knows everything about the world like a little snow falls on a red stove and melts immediately, and often stays by the side of the patriarch as the two musical instruments strike the same note. I will come on the moon to meet you.

I looked at the letter, and Pangzi also looked at it, looking at me with an awkward look. I touched my nose and said, "What is this, Chu Liuxiang?"

Note: This joke was about the Zhang family sending a letter to Xiaoge and Wu Xie. “笙磬同音” (the two musical instruments strike the same note) is a metaphor for harmonious relationship as a family, but is often used in wedding congratulations. ☆☆

24. Thousand Faces Part 1-001 | Part 1-Introduction 2 (MereBear)

She looked at me and said, "Wu Xie, what is the secret in your heart? Is there anything you will never let anyone know until you die?"

I looked up at him, and a thought moved in my heart. She tilted her head and caught it: "Ah, you have it in your heart."

I smiled awkwardly. Yes, my thoughts moved just now.

I did have one.

I asked Ah Tuo: "Isn't this embarrassing?"

"That's something only you know." Ah Tou looked at some group photos I had hanging in my study room. "If I tell you a secret that I think is the most incredible. You have to tell me the thought you just had."

[....]

She looked at me, "Let me guess first, do you want... to live forever?"

[....]

"I do, but this is not my secret." I said to Ah Tou, "If there is no afterlife, then I want to live forever. I still have a lot of things I want to do with my friends, but I am not afraid of death. The richness of my life is second to none. I have enough. However, I agree to your conditions."

Note: In the second line, "我抬眼看着他" (I looked up at him), if it was referring to Ah Tou, "他" should be "她". I don't know whether it's a typo or not, some say it's not, and I check the Chinese raw, it still hasn't changed. If it's not a typo, "him" in "I looked up at him" can actually refer to Xiaoge, someone explained it on MereBear's site. Nevertheless, it doesn't change the meaning of "if there is no afterlife, then I want to live forever". Later, in Notes in Rain Village: Courtyard Chapter 12 or Notes in Rain Village: Part 2 Chapter 17, it was emphasized again:

Maybe I don’t believe in the afterlife.

Moreover, the afterlife is meaningless to me. I will not have a more thrilling life than this one.

On the ancient road, I met the ancient soul.

25. Restart Part 1-Not a Chapter | Restart Part 1 Chapter 112,5 (MereBear)

I drank to my heart's content that night. In the past ten or twenty years, I spent my days alone imagining things, panicking and being cowardly. At this moment, I understood the meaning of all of this.

I said to Bai Haotian, "I always hope not to disappoint others. Although it is difficult, I have finally reached the point in my life where I will be satisfied if I can just not disappoint one person."

[....]

I dreamed of the Tibetan Lama Temple, the floating ribbons in my dream, and I dreamed of everything, where I belonged, where my life belonged to, but I dared not touch, emphasize, or solidify it. I was afraid that I was not worthy of those memories, those times. Even though I had done so many things and controlled so many other people, I still did not dare to say any beautiful words.

26. Restart Part 1 Chapter 141 | Part 1 Chapter 141 (MereBear)

What was so important about me? I was a person who would have to say goodbye to Men You Ping one day in his life. I was a person who delayed Pangzi for getting rich and getting married. I made Xiaohua bankrupt, separated Xiuxiu from her closest relatives, and made my parents live in fear that I would follow Uncle Three’s path. I was far from worthy of the name "innocent (无邪)" my grandfather had given me. But in my confused first half of life, I lived an incredibly wonderful life. I had seen countless wonders in the world. I had the most amazing partner with the most stories in the world. We sang loudly on the cliffs, chanted the sutras on the snow-capped mountains, drank wine in the Gobi Desert, and watched the moon on the sea.

I've had enough in this life.

In Sina Weibo micro interview on August 03, 2018, NPSS talked about the bolded sentence:

Q: In the past ten years, Wu Xie's inner demon was Xiaoge. Ten years later, is Wu Xie's inner demon the life span? In the Reboot, he mentioned it many times. I feel depressed when I think of "I am a person who will have to say goodbye to Men You Ping one day in his life".

A: Most people in life will eventually say goodbye. For the one who leaves first, everything will return to peace. The one who leaves later will feel a little painful. It's not that scary. It's just unwilling to accept it.

27. Restart Part 1 Chapter 204 & Chapter 208

"...You have to understand what love is. Love is like a ghost. You can't see it when it comes, and it makes no sound when it leaves. Even if it's there, it's moving around. This thing doesn't make sense, it's fucking haunted. When you see it, it'll just pat its butt and leave. You ask it if it wants to leave or not. If it doesn’t go, you’ll have to light three pillars of incense. If it goes away, you can't find it back even if you burn down the house..."

[....]

"I just want to know what's behind the bronze door. If I'm about to die, can you please whisper something in my ear?" I said in the direction of Men You Ping.

There was no response from the other end, so I said, "If I am about to die, just say something in my ear, and then I will leave with peace of mind. Otherwise, you can't send me away even with three pillars of incense.

28. Restart Part 2 Chapter 12 | Chapter 12 (MereBear)

...But when I saw the look in Men You Ping's eyes when he looked at the rain, I didn't know what year or century he was thinking about.

It was so annoying to partner with a god.

29. Notes in Rain Village Chapter 5

Men You Ping looked at the snow. The wind was blowing in the wrong direction, and the snowflakes kept drifting in. His hair quickly turned white.

I wonder what he would look like with white hair.

30. Notes in Rain Village Chapter 15

"If I were your child*, would you not allow me to smoke?"

"Ah, I don't know, but you fell into a crack in the ground in the middle of the night. I don't have a daughter with night blindness." I glanced at Men You Ping, who was leaning against the door and looking at the two of us. His expression seemed to say, "You two both fell into a crack in the ground, what's there to discuss?"

Note: "If I were your child" is “如果我是你生的” in Chinese raw. There is a comment saying:

“The sentence "if I was born by you (如果我是你生的)" is very interesting. Children usually only use the word "birth (生)" to their mothers, and should say "if I were your child (如果我是你的孩子)" to their fathers. Xu Lei (NPSS) used the word "birth (生)" to Wu Xie through the girl's mouth, and I dare not think about it too much.” ☆

Comment: It's not the first time NPSS used the "birth" joke to Wu Xie, and I still remember how Wu Xie's word in Restart "我他妈能生四个" (I can give birth to four) is like a well-known joke in the fandom. So, I can only blame NPSS for how normal I feel about PingXie Mpreg fics and how many there are.. (ᵕ—ᴗ—)

31. Notes in Rain Village Chapter 17

Men You Ping walked towards us, one step, two steps, three steps, six or seven steps.

He walked to our side, and I looked back at where he was just now, and he was no longer there.

Don't worry about it, I thought to myself, we couldn’t go up, so he walked down.

32. Notes in Rain Village Chapter 23

The two dismantled caissons were finally put up with a simple scaffolding. Men You Ping was so damn cool, I had no idea how he dismantled it. Apart from the movements, I found his extreme concentration and skill really enviable.

33. Notes in Rain Village Chapter 24

I felt a little dizzy after drinking and had a very long dream that night. I dreamed of snow-capped mountains and my own ending.

It was the first time I had this kind of dream, but I knew that I would often dream about this moment from now on.

In this world, everyone was a circle and Men You Ping was the only eternal straight line. We were strung on this straight line like Buddhist prayer beads, heading for the other side that Buddha could see. It was just that the other side was an infinite time and space.

34. Notes in Rain Village: Courtyard Chapter 4 | Chapter 9 (MereBear)

At about 9 o'clock, I was looking at the yard from the window and saw Men You Ping tidying up the moss in the yard alone. I leaned on the windowsill, he sorted it out for more than two hours, and I watched him for more than two hours.

I didn't know if he liked my plan or not, but I thought if Pangzi liked it very much, he might like it a little.

35. Notes in Rain Village: Travel Chapter (Physical Book Version)

That night I had a dream. I dreamed that all the happiness here turned into little elves, flying around people. There was also one behind Deren. His face was constantly changing, but the elf was still shining.

"Don't worry, it's okay." In the dream, Men You Ping said to me. The elf behind him hid in his hair and looked at me shyly.

36. Notes in Rain Village: Travel Chapter 43

It just happened to be the last moment of sunset, and the sunset glow on the sea turned colorful. We parked the car and unloaded the poultry and livestock. Pangzi went in to prepare dinner with his friends, and Men You Ping and I sat on the embankment by the sea.

Source: Here

37. Notes in Rain Village: Pastoral Chapter 8

Then I saw a very magical place: there was a place far away in the starry sky, where the stars were very dense, and those stars were like waterfalls sliding down from the sky, rushing all the way to the clouds below the train.

"The stars are falling," I said to Men You Ping, sounding like a nonsensical child. "Falling, falling down."

38. Notes in Rain Village: Pastoral Chapter 33

When I was halfway up, even though I was wearing a raincoat, I was completely soaked and looked very miserable. I knew I would not give up, but I still felt a little desperate. As if I had sensed something, I suddenly stopped and looked back.

Men You Ping was standing behind me.

I didn't know when he came, but it was just like ten thousand times before.

39. Looking for the Dead in the Sea of Lights Chapter 24

As soon as I walked out of the circle of light from the bonfire, Men You Ping rushed out from the darkness on the other side of the camp, in the opposite direction from me. He jumped on his horse, leaped over the bonfire, rushed behind me, and lifted me onto the horse with one hand. Then, two men and one horse rushed towards Pangzi.

40. Queen Mother's Ghost Banquet Chapter 82

"I, I, I..." I tried to describe it, but I couldn't see clearly with my eyes squinting. I murmured, "I need Xiaoge. I really need him this time."

That's it. Obviously, it's not all of them, but I'm spent haha. People in the Chinese fandom often said that PingXie is a Chinese-style cp and pure love “纯爱” type of ship, which I think it's indeed true. Their heartfelt moments are often hidden between allusions and metaphors, and the strong bond between them mostly relies on the emotional attachment rather than just physical touches or skinships. To me, it makes them so unique and interesting. What's more the taste of pure love that people often associate with this cp/ship is actually pretty rare itself. In the end, they did care for each other regardless of what people used to define their relationship (⁠人⁠*⁠´⁠∀⁠｀⁠)⁠｡⁠*+♡

𝐇𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐲 𝟖𝟏𝟕!ヾ⁠(⁠･⁠ω⁠･⁠*⁠)⁠ﾉ

[earthstellar]

what are some other nice moments from Rescue bots?

This show is loaded with them!!! :)

Here we go, some nice moments in Rescue Bots!!

I'm going to write this with the assumption that some people reading this may not have ever seen Rescue Bots or might only be somewhat familiar, as I realise the target audience skews much younger than most Transformers media does, so I'm not 100% sure how popular it was outside of that demographic in total.

Off the top of my head:

-There is an in-universe VR game called Element Quest that has a couple really good episodes, the design is cute and there are tons of meme references. Blades, at one point, goes "I used to like video games. Then I took an arrow to the knee." LOL

-I think it's cool how they actually do tie in their continuity with TFP's continuity. For example, "What Rises Above" (RB) canonically comes before "Nemesis Prime" (TFP), and this is directly referenced in the dialogue in TFP when Optimus says that he is late arriving to the base as he was exploring an underground energon deposit-- This is the deposit he explores with the Rescue Bots.

-THERE IS A MUSICAL EPISODE. IT IS EXTREMELY GOOD

-Woodrow Burns, the Chief's brother, is kind of an idiot asshole, although he's not actively malicious. But he is great with the kids and for whatever reason the only thing I can ever remember about this character is when he goes up to Cody after it's been a long time since he saw him last and says "You've grown a whole foot since the last time I saw you-- Now you'll need three socks!" IDK I just think that's a real cute dad joke thing to say to a little kid lol :')

-There is an episode where they explore the local folklore of Griffin Rock, and TL;DR the local lore is that their island is where literal griffins used to nest seasonally. So throughout the episode, there's this kind of vibe of "OK are these electrical magnetic pulses or whatever like a science problem or a magic problem" and it's actually a very cute and fun vibe, especially since Cody is talking about the lore in the first place as part of his work towards a Scouts badge and Blades is very cute in this episode, the bots are all like "okay magic isn't real but uhhh what if magic's real?" for a minute and it's great :')

-Doc Greene/Green creates a ton of fun science devices throughout the show, but the names of some are just so doofy and fun. I love the "Torna-Don't", which is a thing designed to dispel tornados. Of course. lmao

-All the weird small town local events are also very silly and cute, and weirdly realistic for those of us who are familiar with this kind of local event thing, lmao. One of my favourite concepts is one of what seems to be several crawdad-related festivals, in which there is apparently a televised crawdad race. It's a bunch of shrimps put on a tiny racetrack, like Olympic runners. LOL

-At one point, Blurr shows up, and when the Rescue Bots are trying to acclimate him to working with humans, Chase is like "Humans seem to have two genders, which are defined by how many cooties they have." This implies that as far as the Rescue Bots are aware, 1) cooties are real and 2) human gender is defined solely by how many cooties a person has, and not by anything else, thus leaving their understanding of human gender fairly open (and it is also clear they have solely learned about gender from young kids in a small town which is likely why they state there are two genders but then make it clear that gender is a cooties thing and not an inherently physical thing, which makes sense in context and is kind of great because it gives more leeway for gender diversity than I expected) and I love this a lot. What is human gender? Cooties. That's all. So someone with a particularly high number of cooties could be another gender altogether, because why not?

-There is a body swap episode, which treats us to Blades in Dani's body trying on dresses in her room. He picks an orange and white one, which matches his paint job. I also love this a lot.

-Heatwave is gruff as hell especially at the start of the series and constantly starts shit or perpetuates shit with Kade, which is super funny. Just this centuries old Cybertronian fucking with this doofus boy who keeps leaving donuts in his cab. God dammit Kade, lmao.

-There is an episode where Cody is aged up via Science Device, and we get to see an older Cody, who more closely resembles his father than his older brother does. It's cute that he'll look like his dad when he's older. :')

During this episode, he assists in a rescue, and the girl his brother has a crush on tries to hit on him, but he clearly doesn't get what's happening and thinks it's icky because of course he does, he's a kid. I just think this scene is handled well and it's cute that his reaction to being hit on is still "ewww girls" but his brother is still absolutely pissed off about it anyway LMAO like jesus Kade, relax

-Kade's mostly an asshole but he's shown to be a really good rescuer who genuinely cares about people, and he has moments where he really comes through for his family and realises on his own that he should shut up and back down on his bullshit, thus making him a better developed and more realistic asshole brother character than 99% of asshole brother characters in most shows. I think this is pretty solid because it does lead to effective character development here and there, and it makes his positive moments with his family and the bots that much nicer. :)

-Cody is such a good kid. He is often willing to give people or ideas a chance when nobody else will, and even though he's too young to actively participate in most missions, he stays involved by helping at their dispatch centre. He's a smart little dude, who has a lot of heart and a ton of potential. One of the few child characters in anything that I actually like, because I think they write him extremely well: He is young, but he is not stupid. He is not treated like an accessory or like the property of his family, he's his own person with a distinct personality within his family, with a reasonable amount of autonomy. And he's a person who is still learning and has valuable contributions while also needing guidance or support at times. 10/10

-Dani gradually gets better at helping Blades deal with his flight anxiety (and sticks up for him when the others might mock him a little for it), and this is not only inherently very nice and cute, but it also makes a lot of sense as she is a first responder/medic and we see her offer the same reassurances towards the people she helps to rescue.

-The writing for the Burns Family in general is some of the best family group character writing in anything tbh, they handle the family dynamic so well in this show, and it's extra cute as the Rescue Bots all learn a lot from observing how the family takes care of one another and the townspeople they rescue. :')

-Blades has anxiety. I also have anxiety, so I am biased and clearly love this dude, lmao. He's so fucking relatable and even though sometimes the others rip on him, it is clear that they're also very proud of him for trying his best to deal with a situation which for him is particularly difficult (he was forced to take a flight capable alt-mode when this is something he is explicitly not comfortable with) and his team mates do support him, even though Heatwave is a douche sometimes (although it is clear this is usually due to stress or something else and that the actual problem isn't Blades). Over the course of the series, Blades does develop a little more confidence, and it's very cute and nice to see him puffing himself up a little more. :)

-The overall attitudes the bots have towards humans in this show is sweet. It's clear they don't really understand humanity or humans as a whole, but it also doesn't really matter because they are so specifically oriented to their local population on the island and their focus is a relatively small community of humans. They take their duties seriously and will protect this population, even if they don't really understand the people outright. They gradually start to respect the locals (and the Burns Family) more and more as they work with them, and get acclimated to Earth. They love their dumbass weird little humans :')

This leads to a lot of fun shenanigans with the bots not understanding things, or only understanding things as they have been explained by the children, which is hilarious.

-There is an episode where local thieves steal Chase, and inspired by Cody's school drama project, he decides to go undercover after watching a bunch of old detective movies. This includes him narrating things to himself, which he is called on when Dani enters the garage and asks him "Why are the lights off? Are you talking to yourself?" lmao

-Although it isn't explicitly canonical, it's easy to interpret both Chase and Blades as being neurodivergent. Both of them display various behaviours and traits which can potentially be understood in this way, and I'm just glad that there's a show for kids where two of the main characters, who are rescue workers, are shown to be competent and skilled at their jobs and accepted by the community for who they are while also being neurodivergent. <3 It's such a good vibe when the other characters support or defend these two in particular, especially when Chase or Blades might be confused or upset about something. Chief Burns is especially great working with Chase.

-Any episode where Optimus shows up in Rescue Bots usually has some gems of cuteness/silliness. The Elvis line still takes me out, LMAO. "You're bigger than Elvis!" "I have not met this Elvis, and I am unaware of his size." 10/10 writing, I fucking love Rescue Bots

-The bots constantly call out a bunch of details that are entirely appropriate for robots from space to notice and recognise as somewhat weird, whereas a lot of the human characters are so used to 1) being human and 2) living on this incredibly weird little technologically advanced island that nothing really phases them anymore. So we can actually identify more with the bots at time, despite the fact that they are also providing an outsider point of view, which is really clever! :)

-The theme song is a fucking banger. It's so good. I love this song so much. I wish we got a full version of it, but this is the best extended version of it that I've been able to find. Enjoy!!!

-There's a lot of fairly adult stuff in the show, more than I think people realise! The tone can never get too dark outright as it is intended for young kids as the primary demographic, but there's a lot of situations, conversations, etc. that are genuinely engaging and interesting from an adult perspective, which is a large part of what makes it a great watch for all ages.

Some situational examples include scenarios where children are imperilled in natural disasters, accidents, even kidnapping at one point.

Non-kid related situations include risks and threat to civilians from AI development and the dangers that uncontrolled or poorly thought out technology can cause or exacerbate, which is significant in context and also interesting to think about given our current relationship IRL with rapid tech development and concerns around how that technology is being made and applied, either in reality or in theory.

Some dialogue examples include scenes where the bots mention their grief over being unable to save Cybertron, a sense of guilt that they were in stasis for so long even though this was beyond their control, awareness that they may be the last Rescue Bots team in operation on Earth or anywhere else in the universe (a sense of loneliness and a responsibility as the last upholders of their specific creed), struggles with their sense of duty and concerns around their ability to fulfil their expectations for themselves and meet the expectations of others while rising to the demands of their unique situation, and so on.

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this is already pretty long lmao, there's a ton of stuff I really like about Rescue Bots, but I hope this might encourage others to check out the show if you haven't before, it's well worth a watch! :)

[abbyunderground]

Rescue bots Aus 😋(except it’s based around Cody cause he’s more important)

OKAY #1

Percy Jackson AU 😎

I mentally created this au around the time reread the PJO books bc I love Percy Jackson and I thought it could be a cool way to explain why Cody is so “different” from his siblings. I personally think Cody’s godly parent would be his mom (lowkey kinda obvious bc he doesn’t have a mom in the show) BUT ANYWAY! I think his godly mother/parent whatever would be Athena cause it’s mentioned in the books that her kids are kinda all blonde with gray eyes and Cody is blonde, also Chief and Graham have the same hair color (chiefs hair is shown in a picture of Dani when she was little, I don’t remember what episode). Kade is ginger which is a recessive gene, and I think Dani got her hair from their mom or she’s dyes her hair. Anyway it could also explain Cody’s age gap with his siblings since Athena just kinda picks someone and poofs a kid out of her head and is like “Here! Have it! Raise this kid just so it can die before 25!” (Real good parenting Athena 🙄😒) but I think Cody’s mythical weapon thing would be like a dagger that can extend into a sword, that or he’d probably mesh a mythical weapon with some tech. That’s basically it, I don’t have like a plot or anything 😭 i just like rb and PJO

#2‼️‼️

Magic powers AU

He’s basically god 😭 basically it’s like this shimmery gold looking glitter mist and he can like, control it?? He can like destroy anything and it just crumbles into the mist/can create anything from it, and I mean ANYTHING. Bro can quite literally create fully functional human beings from nothing for fun. That’s basically it, I honestly have this power thing in most of the AUs if I get bored

#3/the last major one 😙

Deadly weapon Au

OKAY I ACTUALLY HAVE LIKE A PLOT AND A MAIN STORY FOR THIS ONE

Basically Cody’s mom (and his siblings mom but that irrelevant) was like raised as a assassin and she was super cool and stuff and people called her Medusa (not rlly relevant but I think it’s Skibidi 😎 also Cody would be called Chrysaor, which is the son of Medusa and Poseidon if ykyk ) ANYWAY she gets in a fight or smth with her dad idk and leaves their like league of asssains (did I mention this is kinda inspired by Damien Wayne? No? Okay well it is) shes in her like 20s and already has 1 kid (half sibling) and he’s like 3yrs old and getting trained to be a assassin (also the moms name is Maria) so Maria doesn’t gaf and runaway to griffin rock and meets Chief burns and they have kids or whatever (she like froze some of her eggs so while she was gone the league made her more kids idk) anyway so a few years pass and she has Cody yadda yadda yadda, she almost dies while giving birth but the league has been stalking her so they kidnapped her and Cody from the hospital and save her and they raise Cody as a assassin, and Maria is the president of the league or whatever, also her other kids are chill with her just abandoning them?? But Cody is like super cool and a weapon of mass destruction, he’s like Batman mixed with Jinx so 🤷‍♀️ he’s also emo teenager angry all the time. And obviously they can’t just disappear without a trace because OBVIOUSLY everyone needs to be soooo overdramatic 🙄 so maria and her 4 kids (including Cody) are famous and they’re like models and movie actors and business ppl idk kinda like Bruce Wayne and his posse of children. I like to think griffin rock is isolated from everyone else (maybe not on purpose, but shits crazy there so idk) so Chief doesn’t realize that his wife and missing child are famous and constantly getting followed by paparazzi 🤦‍♀️. That’s mainly it for this one, I might have forgotten some stuff but feel free to ask questions 😋😋

@oldeubagel

@ashlovesrescuebots

[noffy96]

Eclipse X Servant Sun

So i have seen @brekwrites and @storytellingbadger talk at length of this ship, and i loved it so much. Like a awful lot. So i took my own stab at writing a story for these two. Hope you all enjoy

And thank you two, for giving me a another ship to add to my multiship pile XD

Suspicions, Books and Realisations

Chapter 1

Word count: 5,194

Status: complete

Summary:

He narrowed his eyes in thought. The whole day, the sun animatronic had been off. It had started in the morning. Where he thought he saw him clean his face in the bathroom. He thought he had seen dark streaks of oil. He had brushed it off as a trick of the light.

All the other signs were more subtle, The way his eyes moved a little too quickly. Standing a little too straight. Jumping almost when he called for him.

or

Eclipse notices that his roommate is acting more off than normal. And he is gonna figure out why. Is he prepared to be a soothing presence if need be?

Or read below !

He stood in the doorframe eyes following the golden animatronic as he cleaned the space that had become a sort of living room. Feather duster was left behind on the couch as he was scrubbing the table for the second time that day.

He narrowed his eyes in thought. The whole day, the sun animatronic had been off. It had started in the morning. Where he thought he saw him clean his face in the bathroom. He thought he had seen dark streaks of oil. He had brushed it off as a trick of the light.

All the other signs were more subtle, The way his eyes moved a little too quickly. Standing a little too straight. Jumping almost when he called for him.

It wasn’t as bad as the first few weeks when he had been here. When he had rescued the Servant Sun from his dimension. The animatronic had been locked in a cell, and lay collapsed on the ground,  no light burning behind those optics. Likely a punishment from his lord.

It was pure coincidence that he had been in the right place, at the right time. Having heard that Old Moon got a visit from the god-like Eclipse he had just opened a small portal to check it out. It had opened in the dungeons, the less likely place for the egotistical lord to be. He had intended to step through and explore. Only to see the Sun model in one of the cells.

He could have walked away. Even now he wasn’t really sure why he didn’t. But as he felt a big explosion. He didn’t think. He had run to the sun model, picked him up and taken him through his portal.

He hadn't intended for the sunny animatronic to stick around. No…he had intended to open up a second portal and for either Earth or Sun to find him.

Anyone was better than Old Moon in his opinion.

But as soon as he had set the old animatronic down. He had sprung to live. Whatever had been in that cell had kept the bot from moving but not unaware.

The bot had fallen to his knees and more or less begged to stay. He hadn't liked it. He hadn't liked it all actually

Especially when he was kept being called lord or master. It made something in his system crawl in a way he didn't expect.

He wanted respect, not blind obedience. In those first few weeks. The sun animatronic followed him around like a lost puppy. Trying to care for his every need. He wondered if that was something he had to do for his lord.

It had been irritating and grating to have someone hover so close over his shoulder constantly. Until he had blown up at him to leave him the fuck alone.

He had been able to find some peace and quiet after that. It hadn't lasted long when he had gone out of his lab to grab something from storage. He had found the golden animatronic standing still in a corner.

After some probing short questions, he found out that he had intended to stay as still as he could until called upon.

Like he was a tool to be used and not a living animatronic. Something about that felt disgusting. This was supposed to be a Sun animatronics.

You couldn't miss them in any universe no matter how hard you tried. They could be beaten, and made to feel the worst. But they brought a light to someone.

Be it the kids of the daycare, or a Moon trying to keep its sanity even if more often than not that failed.

This Sun had lost all his spark. Whatever the lord Eclipse had done to his servant. It had left him with someone who had eroded his own personality so far away. That the only thing he could think of doing was serve another

But there was still something there. In the trembles, he tried to hide. In the thanks he had been given for saving him.

Something inside him hates it. He had been in Sun’s head. He had seen countless of them across universes. None of them ended like this. They were their namesake. Firey and explosive, or warm and gentle. It's not all they were but it was their core.

This bot needed healing, not something he was sure he could give. He wasn't equipped to deal with that. But the thought of dismantling the last of that arrogant lord Eclipse's influence.

Well, he would love to try and do that.

It was easier said than done. When he did a check-up on the animatronic. It turned it that he was old. Like….really old. Like hundreds of years old.

He didn't seem to have memories of everything….but a lot of it. But it also explained why he was so different. The learning AI had to adapt to living with the Lord.

To serve his every wish and desire. That it basically had Thorwn away most of his old programming to keep up. He had been moulded Into that server role for so long, going to break those chains was gonna be harder than he thought.

He did try. One of the first things he did was the refusal to acknowledge the name of lord or master. Didn’t stop the golden bot from being terrified of using his actual name.

So they settled in ‘sir’ for now. It still didn't sit really right with him. But he had to keep telling himself that this was a slow progress.

Slowly he steered his newly required roommate into doing things for himself. Taking breaks for himself. Wich turned into, making sure he wasn’t just standing around dong nothing. But actually relaxing.

It started small. Breaks of barely five minutes. But he did take them if just to please him. He couldn't help but feel proud the first time he took a six-minute break. He had a feeling the golden animatronic had been warring with himself the entire time. But he had done it.

Then Old Moon found out that the Sun animatronic was with him. He assumed the worst and at the end of their scuffle, the golden bot had been taken.

He had been enraged, but he knew going after them would just confirm Old Moon's assumptions. The risk of taking him for himself like he was property might also just undo all the progress they had built. So with great effort, he let go. Hoping that Sun and Earth would step up.

Now that he was alone again. He noticed how used he had gotten to have the other around.

The servant had kept their bunker more organised than just the cleaning he habitally did. When he was working his coffee was now empty instead of likely being silently refilled.

Files weren't in their proper place, he just left them when he last used them and then stuffed them back without rhyme or reason.

No one checked up if he needed a break, an oil change, or maybe even a bath as he ended up stiff because he was overworking. It was just so very silent, not that the Sun was loud. He was in fact the most silent of all the sun’s he had come across.

But he missed the quiet of him moving about their shared space. He stared at the mug he used far more often than he was willing to admit. Or expected to find him on the couch with a small sewing project.

He fucking missed him and it gnawed at him that he did. He had thought about checking the camera to see if he was okay. But then Old Moon could track him to his location and he had a feeling that could be worse.

So he did the next best thing and watched the YouTube channel. He was relieved to see that Earth and Sun were indeed trying to break through his old roommate's programming like he had been doing.

Old Moon was more wary of him. Seemingly worried about him using the servant to spy on them as he had been able to take him so easily.

He gave the screen a middle finger. What surprised him even more was that the servant Sun defended him. The glow on his face had burned and he shut the episode down.

Because he wasn't as nice as he had said he was. Not a good person. He just didn’t want the servant to be a slave to his programming. But he realised he was happy to see him stand up for himself even if there was a pang of not seeing him again. He was at least getting better.

So imagine his surprise to find him in front of the bunker a week later. He had stared at the camera feed for several seconds. Thinking he was dreaming. But no.

It was him all right. The body more gold than yellow. Still wearing an ironed shirt with a waistcoat even if they seemed new.

He should open the voice command, should check if it was really him. Instead, he pressed the button that opened the heavy door and raced towards the entrance.

Relief had come over him when he finally saw him. The Sun animatronic. Waved at him anxiously and they stared at each other for a long moment.

He had many questions but in the end, he had only asked one. Why come back? The sun animatronic had jittered nervously.  Wringing his hands together, looking everywhere and anywhere but his face.

Rambling on about talks he had with Sun and Earth, How his voice sounded like his former lord felt like it helped with breaking his programming better. How loud the daycare and the others were.

He had even covered his audials at just the reminder, mumbling that he just wished everything could be quieter. He had snorted at the statement. If there was one thing the celestial family was not, it was quiet

But then he the other dropped his hands, clenched his fist, and stared him straight in the eyes. Something he couldn’t remember him doing before that day. and the words he said next were what truly stunned him.

“The truth is Ec- ecli-  sir,  You’ve said countless times that I can choose things for myself now, And not….And not follow the rules set by my lord…or anyone else. So this is me choosing what I want…And I WANT to stay here…where I can work on these things…at my own pace”

Something warm bloomed behind his chest. Something he didn’t have a name for…he didn’t hate the feeling. But there was a second different feeling. One that he could name and that was pride. Pride at the sunny animatronic for getting this far. He saw the determination dim again, and fear slowly set in. So quickly he answered

“Very well then, “

Then turned around and walked back to the living room. Asking if he was coming along when he didn’t hear him coming. The squeak of a yes that followed along with his hurried footsteps, was as familiar as it was strange. the smile on his face felt a little more genuine than it had in a long while.

They fell back into the quiet piece they had before. But this time he was more mindful of the little things the former servant was doing. Making sure to thank him when he refilled his coffee, reminding him to go drink something himself. Checking if he actually did so as well.

Asking him if had seen the files he needed, instead of expecting them to be where they should be. The first few times the other had answered him nervously, seemingly thinking it was a trick of some kind. But now he smiled happily whenever he got asked and looked so damm proud when he could point out where exactly in the bunker they’d be.

He had seen him stare at the bookcase more often than not, so one morning he had grabbed a random one from the shelf, and put it next to his plate with a loud bang. Telling him

“If you wanna read, this or any of them you don’t have to ask.”

Gently bonking his head when he checked up on him throughout the day, the book had still laid on the table for most of it. But he did see the sunny bot trail his fingers over the front a couple of times.

Until he got absorbed in his work and when he walked into the living room late at night wondering why hadn’t been called for something to eat. The sunny animatronic was curled into a corner of the couch with the book on his lap. Looking up surprised and then flushing as he realised he had completely forgotten about dinner.

It had made him laugh out loud, and he told him he got it, and made some simple soup for the both of them.

Which then let to a little over a week ago.  Where the former servant had been acting off just like he was doing now. Not in the same way. Now it was like he was covering up. Then it was clear anxiousness that he was trying to suppress.

It had been hard to ignore the amount of times he had seen the other appear in his doorway clearly wanting to ask something, but then stepping away. Until finally when they were doing the dishes the question was blurted out.

“I think I want to change my name”

He stopped his drying for half a second before he continued unbothered.

“What brought this on?”

The golden animatronic head was looking at the water.

“A lot of things, trying to distance myself from my lord, not wanting to get confused with the Sun from this dimension. Feeling far removed from the name as well. “

He paused for a second, and he glanced towards him to look over his tense frame.

“I ain’t telling you what to do, but if you have a name picked out let me know, “

The other shoulders relaxed but he still saw him bite his lip

“A-actually…I was hoping you could help me come up with some ideas?”

He eyed him for a long moment, trying to see if he was genuine or using this as a way for him to make a decision for him. Deciding to test the waters

“Have you any ideas of what you want?”

The sun animatronic nodded his head.

“Yeah! Yeah, I have, at first I was trying to go for another sun-themed name. But…none of them felt right. So I tried some star names…and those..those feel a little better. Like stars are still suns…just…a bit farther away. Which is how I feel towards the whole…sun Daycare animatronic..thing… As something far away. Still connected. But.. you know”

He shrugged helplessly

“So I tried a few star names, like Sirius, Polaris, Ursa. You know..but still not feeling it”

He hummed.

“You can just say fuck it, and go for a moon-themed name”

His roommate  burst out laughing

“No thank you,”

“Just Star, ain’t bad either”

The other waved him off and shook his head.

“Feels like I am trying to aspire to something great…I am not..I just…I just want something quiet”

He paused in his drying for a moment, something came to him.

“What about Cygni”

The other paused and whispered.

“Isn’t that…the dimmest star we can see?”

He had sounded…sad which made his fans start to spike up lightly, and spoke frankly

“It is, you said it yourself, that you are different from other Sun’s. Less active, more quiet. So I think it suits you. But you are working on bettering yourself. Not by becoming like those other suns But more what makes you, you. In some ways you are a duckling trying to grow-

“- into a swan…it’s part of the swan constellation”

His glow had clicked on, briefly and he busied himself by putting away the plates. As he heard the other mutter the name under his breath a couple of times. He saw a small smile forming on the other's faceplate. Before the sunny animatronic turned to meet his gaze.

“S-sir…could you please…try and call me that…I want to hear how it sounds.”

There was another long moment of silence

“Cygni”

The other nodded and whispered.

“I like that…I like that a lot…I think I’ll be trying a few others over the week. But so far it is my favourite. Thanks, sir eclipse”

“...yeah….you’re welcome…”

He muttered under his breath. He kept to his word he did try others but Cygni was the one that he settled on in the end. it had left the golden animatronic in the happiest mood he had seen of him so far.

He was humming songs while cleaning, talking excitingly about his latest text messages with Sun, and the plans he had to meet up with the other animatronic. Not afraid of his reactions. Like a weight had been lifted from his shoulders.

Which was why the current state of him was so worrying. Cygni had relaxed, but not fully. Not completely. So to see this version of him back. Hiding his reactions because he was afraid of a punishment. Not meeting his eyes. It was stark and worrisome

There was something in those white eyes today. Like something had come back to haunt him. There were no cameras in their sleeping quarters but there were in the rest of the bunker. He had spent the morning looking over those to see if there could have been anything the night before that could have scared his roommate so much.  

He had found nothing. Could it have been something he had read? Or had he said something? But as Cygni started to move the vase on the table, Trying to get it perfectly in the centre down to the millimetre he knew he could no longer just watch and had to step in.

“You are keeping busy”

The sunny animatronic almost knocked over the vase as he jumped up. It would have been funny if he didn’t look a mix between guilty and afraid before schooling his expression to the neutral grin of the daycare attendant.  

“Sir…just…cleaning up. I had spilled my drink…earlier.”

“So you cleaned the whole table?”

“Just…thought I should if I was cleaning…anyway. Was there anything you needed, sir?”

He knew he had to be careful with answering here. Because if he worded it wrong. The former servant would find another task, and there be no stopping him without him growing even more afraid.

“Been hearing you move around all day, So I wondered if you took a break at all”

He got a nod

“Of course sir, if that’s all, I gotta con-”

“That was not all”

The other had half turned away from him and he froze, standing as still as a board.

“Cygni,” he sighed “when did you take your break?”

“Oh, well, that is…um, what I mean to say”

That told him all he needed to know for now,

“Break time it is then, “

He placed his hands on the other's shoulders and steered him towards the couch. When he sat his eyes were wide and fearful looking up, something sharp shot through his chest at seeing it.

“You are not to get up, for at least fifteen minutes. I get you some tea”

There was a nod and when he stood by the kettle warming some water he sighed. Glancing back towards the couch to see the other sit ramrod straight. He should have worded that differently. He knew better than to give demands. The other would follow them mindlessly when like this.

He would have to figure out something else then. When he returned to the couch he walked by the bookshelves, and grabbed some of the books he had seen his roommate started reading putting them with the cup.

When he looked over Cygni had his head down.

“Thank you my lor-, I mean sir!”

Hands clenched tightly in his pants. He frowned at the sight, he hadn’t been called lord by mistake in ages. For now, he was going to ignore the mistake, correcting him now wouldn’t do any good. But he had to get a better understanding of the situation.  

He quickly dipped into his lab to grab his notebook and pen, then settled on the other side of the couch.

Noting down everything he had been seeing, cross-referencing it with the last few times this had happened. As well as keeping a more careful eye on his roommate. Five minutes passed without the sunny animatronic moving

Another miscalculation on his part and it was taking everything to not let out an annoyed grunt.

“You’re tea is growing cold”

Hoping it was a neutral enough statement. He heard some soft clicks like the other was unlocking his joints. To grab the cup and hold it on his hands.

The cup was shaking slightly. Clinging softly against his hands. He stared, that was not normal. Despite the other fear and wringing of hands when nervous, he was remarkably steady-handed. Likely wasn't afforded to be anything else.

He had only seen this once before and then had missed all the signs until Cygni had passed out from exhaustion.

He looked him over once more and he felt stupid for not noticing before. Cygni had a very particular way of dressing. Not a hair out of place. Even his comfy clothes he wore only in sets that matched perfectly.

But now. One of the buttons in the waistcoat was undone. The collar had been folded, but not straightened. Tie crooked in a way that he tugged at it to much. All the signs pointed clear and bright and he felt like a idiot for not realising sooner

“Did you sleep at all?”

Cygn made a little choking noise and quickly put the cup out of his hands.

“Yes! I mean! - of course! Why are you asking!?”

The answers were too quick, too loud and with way too many hand movements to try and placate him.

His eyes narrowed at the obvious lie. Cygni’s eyes shrank, but before he could stutter out more apologies.

“Did you have a nightmare?”

Cygni froze once more, then slowly nodded. Eyes closed like they were waiting for him to yell, or be angry, or a million other things that the lord could have done.

He remembered this morning when he thought he saw him clean his face. Had he been right in streaks of oil?

Had the other's nightmare frightened him to the point of crying? But then stayed quiet? How long had he sat in the dark like that, for those feelings to fester like poison?

Hesitantly, slowly and awkwardly he raised his hands and as gently as he could manage wrapped them around Cygni's wrist lowering his hands back down. Stroking his thumb against the inside of the wrist he was holding not looking at the other's likely wide-eyed stare.

He wasn't sure how to approach this. If he asked what happened in the dream even with reassurance that he didn't have to tell if he didn't want to. He was sure Cygni would feel obligated to share.

But he did nothing, the fear would only fester itself. Maybe try a different tactic and see what could calm him down. Figure out the why later.

“I see, and what do you normally do to calm down. after you get one”.

The room was filled with quiet clicks as he turned his face back up. To be met with a bewildered stare. It was one he had grown quite familiar with. Always there when the other expected punishment but there be none.

“...I... I don't…normally I just. did my daily chores. “

“But they were already mostly completed”

“Y-yes”

He gently squeezed Cygni's wrist again.

“T-the..tea helped.. a bit sir.”

Something sparked in his chest. Okay, maybe he could build on that and be hummed His eyes scanned the living room while digging through his code about things that were soothing. His gaze landed on the book he had placed.

“I could read to you if that would help.”

His glow clicked on for a brief second because that was something you did for a child. Not a grown animatronic. His mind was racing to find a good excuse as to why he said that.

Only to be met with excited eyes, like Cygni liked the idea of him reading him a story. So acting like this was no big deal, he grabbed the book.

His chest felt a little lighter at just seeing something else than fear in those eyes today and he opened the book.

“I hope you don't mind me starting from the beginning”

The other shook his head, eyes still wide.

“Don't expect me to voices through”

There was a quiet chuckle and even more wires, that he didn't know tensed up, unspooled slowly from his back.

He found quickly why the other had laughed. As this was not one of Cygni's storybooks. But it was a study book, one that taught basic maintenance on animatronics.

It was pretty dry stuff. But he read on anyway, surprised Cygni wanted to learn about this stuff. Didn't seem like the kind of thing he'd be into.

Sometimes he saw his roommate look confused so he he asked careful questions to see what he didn't understand and explained it differently than the book did. Until he could see what could be described as a lightbulb flicking on moment, in his eyes when he understood.

Slowly Cygni started asking their own questions. Small once at first, asking for clarification,  but they got more in-depth the longer they went on. They had drifted from both ends of the couch to the centre. The feather duster was put there hours before was moved to the couch. The Book spread across their legs as he helped draw a diagram of what he had meant.

“I’m sorry”

He stopped in his explanation to look at his roommate for further explanation. The sunny animatronic was tugging at one of the by now many discarded paper notes around them.

“For what?”

He asked suspiciously.

“Not telling you…about the nightmare”

“You are allowed your secrets Cygni, you don't have to share anything you don't want to. “

It was quiet for a long moment after. In which he kept sketching out the diagram even though it was already done.

Then Cygni's head hit his shoulders.

“I dreamed I was back with my lord again…and this was all a dream…that it never happened.“

Without much thought, he wrapped an arm around his roommate shoulders hugging him against his side.

“It did happen. You are here and I will always be willing to prove that. Understand”

The other nodded.

“I do…I might forget it sometimes…but I do”

He felt his rays tap against Cygni’s as he tilted his head to the side. Squeezing him softly.  

“Good.”

There was a moment of silence, and he used his free hand to draw the book closer again when he felt not one, but both of Cygni’s arms warp around him. Making him freeze up. The sun animatronic wasn’t looking at his face glancing down at the book.

“Thank you for being patient with me.”

He let out a hum, awkwardly returning the hug with the arm he had already around him. His other hand reached out a couple of times before planting it beside himself. After a minute or two had passed it became clear to him that he likely wasn’t gonna be let go. So he cleared his throat

“So…what made you wanna read this book in the first place?”

“Oh…it’s a bit of taking back control I suppose. My lord was the one always fixing my body…so if I can do it myself that would be great. That way I also won’t have to annoy you every single time something shifts out of place.”

He sighed softly

“Very understandable, once you are better rested, I’ll teach you the basic care. But just so we were clear, it’s never a bother to fix you up”

There was some gentle shuffling as Cygni pulled his legs onto the couch laying more against him.

“So you’ve said….hard to shake off,  but that is not the only reason. Want to be able to help you as well if you ever need repairs”

Cygni turned his face up to meet him, and there was nothing there but plain honesty.  It made his glow click on briefly.  

“Let’s hope you’ll never need it”

He could feel the laugh the other let out through his entire frame.

“Yes…that be ideal”

“Was there a specific part of this book you wanted to look at?”

With that, they continued on their little discussion of the book. Drawing out more diagrams as needed, but mostly he just continued the dry explanations of animatronic care.

That was until a half hour or so had passed. Cygni had been silent for several minutes and the weight against him had gotten heavier.

He glanced down, to see that his eyes were closed and his artificial breathing had slowed down. He kept reading slowly for another three minutes. Just to be sure that Cygni had fully entered rest mode.

Before twisting his body as much as he could in the hold Cygni still had on him. He managed to grab the emergency charging cable and plug him in.  For several seconds he stared at the sun animatronic.

“I’m so fucking screwed. How have I become so wrapped around your little finger without even realising it”

Because he wanted to protect him, and see him grow better. He wanted to stay by his side and witness it all.

He let himself fall gently sideways, pulling the other along with him until they were both laying on the couch with Cygni on top of him.  

“E…clip..se”

He froze as he heard his name past the sunny animatronic lips. It was normally always attached with the ‘sir’ title. Never just on its own. And his fans quicked. Lightly a fluke…a sleepy mumble where the first part had been cut off. He told himself as he held Cygni a little tighter

For a brief passing moment though about pressing his mouth against the top of the other's rays before cursing at himself for even thinking of it.

His feelings for this one sun animatronic here are complex enough without thoughts like that.

But as he entered rest mode as well to conserve energy…or so he told himself.

He couldn’t help but let his mind drift to more of the same thoughts.

Fuck he really was screwed.

[whatwooshkai]

Fav number 15 since it is May for the smoke and mirrors ask!

"What are we looking for, again?" Heatwave asks for what must be the hundredth time.

Quickshadow takes a deep vent and adjusts her sunglasses. "Plates, cups, napkins. Then we can go home."

"Seriously, why do we need any of this?" Heatwave continues, running a hand through his hair. "It's not like we'll be using any of it!"

"I know," Quickshadow snaps through gritted dentae. "Boulder and Graham are handling the ones for us. And I know you know that, so shut your mouth-"

"I'll shut your mouth-" Heatwave snarls and lunges forward, but there's an unmistakable beat of excitement that escapes through his field.

So he wants a spar. In the middle of a Party City.

"Not happening," Quickshadow says, attempting to push him away from her, just for Heatwave to shut his tangibility off and make her stumble through him. "Don't do that in public!" she snaps. "What if someone saw you?"

Heatwave doesn't answer, just sticks out his glossa at her.

"You're such a sparkling," she mutters, turning back to the shelf.

"And you're a bitch," Heatwave snaps back. Great. Now he's using human words.

Quickshadow takes another deep vent and tries to ignore him.

Of course they stuck her with him. Heatwave, on a good day, is a great sparring partner and makes good conversation. But on a bad day, especially when he's bored, he's about as mature as a newforge.

The other rescue bots must've planned this. Even Kade jumped at the assignment to distract Blades while the rest of them split up to go shopping for his forge-day surprise party. She should've known something was up.

Alas, there is nothing she can do now but deal with it.

"You really shouldn't talk to your mother like that," a shrill voice chides, and Quickshadow's battle protocols nearly click on.

She needs to remove both of them from this situation right now before Heatwave causes a scene and gets them both kicked out.

The offending voice comes from a human woman, with silvery blond hair tied up what she assumes is uncomfortably tight in a bun, with her stature just as taut as her hairdo.

Heatwave opens his mouth, and before Quickshadow can stop him, he blurts, "That's my dad."

Oh, Primus. The worst part is is that he seems genuine. Like he thinks that's the actual term that should be in use here.

Quickshadow swoops in behind him, placing both hands on his shoulders and steering him towards the other end of the aisle. "Go find the orange napkins, will you?" she asks sweetly, but sends urgency pulsing through her field. "I'll handle this."

By some divine act of Primus, Heatwave doesn't fight her, instead walking off in the direction she's pointed him in with only a shrug.

"I'm sorry about that," Quickshadow says to the woman, who's giving her a suspicious look. Oh Primus, how do I fix this... "He's adopted," she starts, wracking her processor for a believable way to continue this story. "He had a really bad home life, you know, and a lot of trauma with his mom... it's just easier for him to call me Dad, and he tends to get a little defensive about it. You know how teens can be," she says, drawing upon all her knowledge of human terms and things she's seen in Blades' favorite soap operas.

And it works. The woman's glare drops immediately and she holds her hands out placatingly. "Oh, I'm so sorry!" she says quickly, waving her hands a little. "I didn't- I shouldn't have assumed, I'm sorry. Have a wonderful day, you two." And with that, she's rushing out of the aisle.

Quickshadow heaves a full body sigh, dragging her hands down her face. "The things I do for you," she mumbles, before turning back to Heatwave, who seems to still be attempting to figure out what a napkin is. "What were you even thinking?"

"Parental figures on Earth are 'dads'," Heatwave says matter-of-factly, making an educated guess and guessing wrong, but they are plates, so Quickshadow doesn't correct him. "I was just correcting her for our story."

"Only male ones are 'dads'," Quickshadow tells him. She pulls the napkins off the shelf and the cups, knocking them into the cart. "Female ones are 'moms'. You should know that."

Heatwave rolls his optics. "There are no female creators on Earth. That's only in movies and stuff."

Quickshadow takes a second to process the information given, before suddenly it clicks. Neither the Chief or Doc Greene have wives. No wonder he'd think that. "Well, there are. So next time someone says it, just going along with it. Or better yet, let me do the talking."

Heatwave grumbles something unintelligible, something about Kade being a liar, then fixes his optics back on her. "Are we done yet? Blades is blowing up my comm, he knows something's happening behind his back."

Quickshadow sighs again. "Yes, we're done."

[seersnake]

A Bird Amongst Griffins Part 1

This is my first time actually fully writing out an AU and I thank the lovely people over on the Rescue Bots Server for encouraging me to post this. It's not Beta read, but enjoy.

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The wind and waves whipped about the small houseboat, rocking it dangerously far to either side. Though the Captain and sole occupant of the boat was excellent at navigating the waters in any weather, this storm was something else. He clung to the wheel of the boat as best he could, trying to steer it away from the rocky shores of the nearby island. He could not let this happen, he could not let what little remained of his life be dashed upon the rocks. After everything he had survived and gone through a bit of wind and water could not be what killed him. His hands, one flesh and one steel, clenched tighter to the wheel in a desperate, yet vain, attempt to keep the boat steady.

The Captain's hopes drained away though as he looked out the side of the boat, and towards an oncoming wave. The wave was taller than his boat was long. There was no way he could get the struggling boat turned towards it in time. Even if he could, the top of the wave had started to curl forward already, leaving no room for escape. The young man sighed, not letting go of the wheel as all hope of survival left his body and a strange sense of calm acceptance washed over him.

The next morning, The Captain of the boat awoke to sounds of voices coming nearer to him. Slowly he sat up and looked about, seeing his home in pieces, the seas and sky both calm and blue. He had no time to mourn though, as there were voices coming closer, calling out to him from beyond where he could see. The Captain knew not if they were friend or foe, so he scrambled for the large boulders that had been flung out of the sea by the horrid storm. He hardly managed to get up the small hill and hide behind one of the boulders near the woods when 4 massive figures walked onto the beach, followed by 5 much smaller ones.

Behind his mask, The Captain’s eyes widened at the sight of the giant robots, each at least two stories tall. Those were never a good sign in his profession. Well, former profession. He shook his head, needing to focus on the Now and not the Past. Now there were four giant robots, one blue, one red, one orange, and one green, looking around his crash site and 5 humans, a policeman, a firefighter, a pilot, someone in a green hardhat, and a small child. Other than the child, the four humans stayed each with a robot as they called out, looking for any survivors. They were likely the robot’s handlers if The Captain had to guess.

They called, asking if anyone was there, if anyone needed help. He didn’t need any help! He didn’t even seem to have any broken bones from the crash, thank you very much! His remaining wrist seemed to be sprained though and there were dents in his metal arm, but neither of those things had ever stopped him before. 

However, The Child managed to find his foot prints, pointing to them and The Captain felt cold dread in his stomach as he pulled his dark red, UHMWPE tighter around himself as though it would hide him. He needed to go, now. While the other 8 were coming to see what the child had found, he took his chance and bolted into the woods, knowing that the four massive robots would not be able to get through the dense foliage to follow him and their handlers likely wouldn’t be willing to leave them behind. The Child though… He shook his head, out running The Child would be easy, even in his exhausted state.

So The Captain ran, deeper and deeper into the woods of Griffin Rock, knowing that none would follow him and it would give him time to recover and discover where on Earth the storm had carried him.

[ultracreativelywritten]

Prompt distress call

With weary steps through snowy winds, Starscream scanned the area for Skyfire. Nothing but static came back. The seeker couldn’t give up, he would rather reach the well of allsparks before letting Skyfire parish on some icy planet. With a huff, Starscream checked to see if the emergency signal was still going through. Thankfully, the signal could make it through the storm. Hopefully someone got it soon, and sent a rescue team for them. Even if it was to prove that they couldn’t handle being explorers.

It hurt, knowing their first mission would be considered a failure. That it was going to be used in propaganda for the functionalists. But at least they would be alive, and fighting for a second chance. Maybe they could try again, and go to a better planet, an older planet. They could prove that they could be scientists and explorers, with a fair chance.

Starscream shook his helm, he couldn’t focus on what if’s at the moment. He needed to find Skyfire, then he could worry. With a huff, Starscream did the only thing he could think of to find his partner, “Skyfire! If you’re out there, say something!”

“Star?” Skyfire yelled back, that was good. Skyfire was still conscious. That ment he could get him to a save spot while they waited for a rescue team.

“Sky! Keep yelling!” Starscream yelled as he trudged forward. The seeker thought he heard the shuttle right in front of him.

“Star! You need to get out of here!” Skyfire yelled, sounding louder. That was a good sign, that ment that Starscream was on the right track, “Get back to Cybertron!”

“Not without you!” Starscream yelled, “We’re going to get back to Cybertron, together!”

“I think it’s too late for me,” Skyfire sounded softer. Panic gripped the seeker’s spark, was he going the wrong way? Was Skyfire buried under too much snow and ice? Was he too late to save his partner?”

“It’s not too late!” Starscream yelled, panic lacing his voice, “we can still make it out of here! I sent out a distress signal! We just have to wait for them to come for us!”

“Star, I’m stuck!” The shuttle yelled out. In the distance, Starscream could see specks of red. Skyfire was so close.

“I’ll get you out!” Starscream yelled, now sprinting forward. He had to get Skyfire, he had to save him.

“Star, you need to go before the ice freezes you to the ground,” Skyfire said once Starscream got to his side. Ice had fully inclosed one of the shuttle’s peds, and was starting to freeze the other stabilizer. “I don’t know what’s going to happen if both of us get stranded here.”

“The rescue bots will come for us,” Starscream said as he tried to break the ice with his claws. It seemed as soon as he got a chunk of ice off, more was starting to form. The seeker could feel his wing joints start to freeze. “The distress signal is still going strong and being received by Cybertron!”

“Please,” Skyfire said softly as he held Starscream’s servo, “save yourself, come back after the storm.”

With the ice forming around his thrusters, and his wings stiff in place, Starscream gave Skyfire a soft smile, “it’s too late for that.”

“Star, I’m-“ Skyfire started to say.

“Make it up to me after we’re back on Cybertron,” Starscream interrupted, a soft smile on his faceplates. “Someone will come for us.” The ice was in casing them both, and warnings were popping up. It wouldn’t be long before stasis protocols were activated. The seeker could only hope the rescue team got there soon, before the distress call ran out of power.

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In the remains of a destroyed building, a light blinked on a still in tact hardware. With the monitor destroyed, any data was unreadable.

“We’re lucky this is still in tact, “Wheeljack said as he pushed away some rubble, “after that awful attack.”

“So Megatron built enough following to start a war,” Perceptor said solemnly, “and Alpha Trion passed on the matrix of leadership.”

“Let’s hope this war isn’t long,” Wheeljack grumbled as he started to take apart the station, “A fragile Cybertron could destroy itself.”

“Right,” Perceptor said, “let’s get this back to the base as soon as possible, any resource is a good resource.”

[moonbeam-dragon]

More Rescue Bots Incorrect Quotes (Yes it's mostly the Burns siblings)

Salvage: ...I'm pretty sure that place is fire-proof, or something.

Blurr, grenade in hand: Alright, but is it explosion-proof?

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Blades: Hello HighTide, made anyone cry today?

HighTide: Sadly, no. But it’s only 4:30.

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Blurr: I think it's time to start fucking some shit up.

Heatwave: Oh no.

Blurr: More like "oh yes!"

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(What I imagine their first meeting looked like)

Quickshadow: State your name, rank, and intention.

Blurr: Blurr, Blurr, fun.

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Graham, singing to the tune of I Kissed a Girl: I killed a guy, and I liked it-

Cody, whispering: Should we call the exorcist?

Dani, also singing: The taste of his cherry chapstick.

Kade, appalled: Call the exorcist.

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*Everyone is playing a board game together*

Cody: I will put 'A' down to make 'A'.

Kade: I will add onto your 'A' to make 'AT'.

Dani: I will add onto your 'AT' to make 'RAT'.

Graham: I will add onto your 'RAT' to make 'BIOSTRATAGRAPHIC'.

Dani: *flips the board*

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Chase: Hey Blades.

Blades: *punches Chase in the stomach*

Chase: What the fuck?!

Blades: You are one of my very best friends. And I cannot stand by and watch you throw away your life like this. You're too young....YOU'RE TOO BEAUTIFUL!

Chase: What the fuck are you talking about?

Blades: I'm talking about the baby that's growing inside of your belly right now.

Boulder: See ya! *leaves*

Chase: I'm not pregnant!

Blades: Well, not after that punch you're not. I've been taking muay thai classes.

Chase: I was never pregnant, Blades!

Blades: Are... you sure?

Chase: Yes I'm fucking sure!

Heatwave: I'm sorry, but why the fuck is everybody yelling over here?

Blades: Oh, I found this positive pregnancy test and—

Heatwave: *punches Chase in the stomach*

Chase: AW, MOTHERFU--

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Graham: I’ll be famous one day, but for now I’m stuck in this house with a bunch of morons.

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Kade: Ask me anything. Go ahead, I'll give you a straight answer.

Dani: Why are we so fucking awesome?

Kade: That's the best fucking question anybody's ever asked.

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Kade: Are you ever going to listen to me?

Graham: Yes. Absolutely.

Kade: When?

Graham: When you're right.

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Cody: Slash gamemode creative.

Graham: Bro, this isn't Minecra-

Cody: *starts levitating*

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Graham: I regret getting dragged into your heterosexual tomfoolery.

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Cody: I don't know, it's not my cup of tea.

Kade: Well then whose is it?

Cody, staring at a cup of tea: I don't know!

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Graham: You're violent.

Dani: Yeah but I'm also short and that's adorable.

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Heatwave: Die.

Boulder: Please don't die!

Heatwave: DIE!

Heatwave: PLEASE DON'T DIE!

Graham, confused: Why are they yelling at a plant?

Kade, watching while eating popcorn: They bought it together and Boulder wants Heatwave to accept it as their kid.

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Dani: Make no mistake. Not only am I party rocking, but I am also in the house tonight.

Cody: But are you shuffling?

Dani: Everyday.

Graham: What language are you two speaking??

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Graham, watching Kade and Dani fight: Are you sure they should be fighting? What if they get hurt?

Cody, not bothered by the chaos: It’s fine. They’re too evenly matched to hurt each other.

Graham: Then... who’s the strongest out of you three?

Kade: Cody.

Dani: Cody.

Cody: Me.

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Charlie: Cody, can I speak to you for a minute? In private.

Cody: Ooh, someone's in trouble.

Kade, Dani, and Graham: ...

Cody: It's me. I don't know why I did that.

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Dani: When will Ted himself...finally show up to the talk?

Kade: The final boss.

Graham: You guys know TEDtalks stands for technology, entertainment, and design talks, right

Dani: I will not let Ted hide behind these lies any longer!

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Kade: Some people say that I have a god complex. I’d like to think that I’m a complex god.

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Cody: We need to distract these guys.

Kade: Leave it to me.

Kade: Centaurs have six limbs and are therefore insects. Discuss.

Dani & Graham: *immediately begin arguing*

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Dani: Which country has the most birds?

Dani: Portu-geese!

Kade: That's a language.

Dani: Portu-gull?

Kade: Good recovery.

Cody: I think you mean good re-dovery.

Graham, taking off his glasses to rub his face: TURKEY. HOW DID WE MISS TURKEY?

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Graham: Everyone synchronise your watches.

Dani: I don't know how to do that.

Kade: I don't wear a watch.

Cody, staring at his pocket watch: Time is a construct.

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Dani: It’s time to turn this into a real business.

Cody: What do you mean? Like, carry a briefcase, and wear a tie, and pay taxes?

Kade: Wait, have you not been paying your taxes?

Graham: I handle our accounting.

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Cody: Like, no offense to myself and all, but what the fuck am I actually doing?

[yume-writes]

HIII YUME!!! its me "OP and Blue bond" anon here. For simplicity sake, call me Shrimp! 🦐 ill leave my asks with the shrimp emoji hahaha, the whole title felt to long. But I'm back for you!

(im supposed to be developing my own TF continuity but here I am)

more MCB x TFP yay!!!

I saw your Cardbot x MECH post and like damm... good Blue Cop angst (thank you for feeding me)

More in-depth for the angst. Silas and his team captures blue cop and straps him down to large berth/table. Id say they take his are as Blue cop's weapon is a big gauntlet and they take it apart to see if by using their own mechanics, they can replicas on how the weapon appears. They would take him apart and put him back to gather while he still alive and aware, feeling all that pain. They'd do it over and over again. Silas would realises that Blue run on energy and pump him full of energy to either stun, temp paralyse or keep him charged up. And it messes with Blues systems, overdosing and making him feel light headed and fuzzy. Makes him super docile and everything. Silas would still want to use Blue so he does something like pacific rim and connects himself to Blue, smth similar to what the metal breath can do. They are mentally linked. Blue hates that someone else is in his head. The team would rescue him eventually but Blue would suffer from Glitches (overcharged), Phantom pains, charging disorder? scared to fuel anymore. A lot more pain for the after er math and everything but I can't really think much about it for now. Breakdown and Blue Cop would find solace in each other after their own incident. Thats it for now!! Shrimp out -🦐

MCB x TFP crossover

Hello Shrimp!!! It's always a pleasure to see you again!!

And once again Blue Cop is next on the chopping block, poor guy

But just think about the amount of terror Blue Cop would be feeling. Whenever the cons hold one of them hostage they just have to find the Nemesis, which is difficult but it's still a giant alien ship. But MECH is a different story. This is their world, they know the best places to hide, places where it would take the bots months to find them. And they know how to hide their tracks, they aren't as strong as the cons so they're more cautious, they have multiple hideouts and bases

On top of that, they aren't taking any chances with Blue Cop, they don't want a repeat of the Breakdown situation. Anything they think the bots can use to track Blue Cop has been destroyed or blocked. Blue Cop is chained down to the table extremely well, he can't even move a digit. And in order to make Blue Cop cooperate, they threaten Jun. They don't have him, but they tell in detail what they can do to him if Blue Cop doesn't do what they ask. This is how they get Blue Cop to reveal his gauntlet

The gauntlet is ripped from his servo and they get to work taking it apart and seeing how it works. Blue Cop, at first, thinks that's all they wanted. He's never had to face humans like MECH before so he doesn't know what's in store for him. When they turn their attention to Blue Cop, he realizes what's going to happen and starts to struggle. Of course, this is useless

If I remember correctly, MECH could, for some reason, turn off Breakdown's pain receptors. This was done so he wouldn't struggle, but they can't do that with Blue Cop. They do try, but eventually give up and get to work. As they take him apart Blue Cop can feel everything. They saw open his chest, and start to tear out his organs. They want to see how he works, they take care of seeing what every organ is and what it could do. They're also looking for similarities between cybertronians and cardbots

He can feel them moving inside him, he hates it. He screams the whole while, struggling and struggling, begging that the bots come. They keep taking out and putting the organs back in, it's torture to the highest degree. Eventually during this they figure out he can take any form of energy. So they drug him, overcharging him with electricity, maybe even energon. His head hurts, it feels like he's trying to wake up, but is so drowsy he can't cross that point. He has stopped screaming by this point, just making small noise here and there

MECH does eventually put Blue Cop back together, and this is when Silas wants to control Blue Cop. He has seen how powerful he is and he wants that power. When they manage to do a mental link between the two, horror fills Blue Cop. A mental link to him is something that gives him strength from his friends, it allows him to get going knowing he isn't alone

This, this is the complete opposite. It's disgusting, a violate. Blue Cop can't even do anything thanks to being overcharged. But this is how the bots find him. Due to the mental link it causes the Metal Breath to freak out, alerting Jun to where Blue Cop is. They get there and stop the mental link, but the damage is done

Blue Cop seems more like a shell of himself now. He mostly stays to himself, refusing anyone to touch him. He doesn't even want to recharge anymore, sometimes it gets so bad Mega Ambler and Ratchet have to force him to unless he starves himself. Sometimes Blue Cop thinks he hears Silas still in his mind, he can't tell if it's true or just paranoia. And one of the worst things is the fact he flinched away from Jun, from any human for that matter

The first time it happened everyone stopped in shock, Jun had a look of hurt on his face and Blue Cop left quickly afterwards. Wild Guardy is the one that stays with Jun for most of the time now, taking Blue Cop's place at least until he's better. Wild Guardy always wanted to be better than Blue Cop, but not like this, never like this. Blue Cop spends a lot of time with Optimus, Mega Ambler, and Ratchet during this time, going through the healing process isn't easy, but one day he'll get there

The next time Blue Cop is out in the field he encounters Breakdown. They're fighting normally before Breakdown asks what's up? Even he can tell Blue Cop is off his game today. Blue Cop, who has been having a terrible day, the memories and phantom pain are haunting more than usual, just breakdowns (hah) Breakdown is extremely confused, but awkwardly goes over to Blue Cop and asks what's wrong. Blue Cop just spills out of everything, he wouldn't do this normally (especially to an enemy) but the day has been too much

Breakdown listens, a bit shocked that Blue Cop went through something similar, and does tell a bit of his own experience. Blue Cop is shocked as well, and the two talk for a bit. Both of them feel a bit better after the talk, knowing that someone knows what they went through. They do go back to their respective teams, but don't really fight each other anymore

Woah, this is dark but I blame MECH for that, you saw what they did to Breakdown's corpse

Anyway! Thank you Shrimp for the amazing ask! I hope you have a wonderful day and I wish you luck on your TF continuity!!

[story-weavr]

The Lion’s Sin

In the twilight of Cybertron’s Fundamentalist age, two mechs met. After a time, they bonded on Conjux Endurae. Their names were Sideways and Prowl.

Sideways was a covert operative; the closest word in English was “cyber ninja”. His assigned task was fulfilling the orders of the Cybertronian government on a grand scale, both domestic and foreign, by whatever means necessary.

Prowl was an Enforcer, or cop, whose task was to maintain and enforce peace and order among the general population according to the law. Something that was considerably difficult due to the rumbles of opposition against the oft times oppressive Fundamentalist regime.

It did not help that there were different types of political opposition: one of a more civil nature & the other calling for more violent means.

(Prowl was thankful he had a friend in his fellow officer Orion Pax, a rare function re-assignment from a dock worker.)

It eventually got to the point where the violent Decepticons earned the label of terrorists.

Prowl, Orion, Ironhide, & a number of the more civilized Autobots worked in conjunction with the higher ups to combat the Decepticon threat.

One day, however, Sideways was declared missing presumed dead. Prowl was both devastated and furious that his Conjux’s superiors would not go looking for him after they sent him off-world.

Determined, Prowl snuck into his husband’s office in Cyberninja headquarters in order to find where Sideways was sent. However, he discovered something that broke his world.

Hidden in such a way that only someone who knows him as well as Prowl did, was undeniable proof.

Sideways was double-agent and Decepticon spy.

It completely blindsided Prowl… but it also made a terrible kind of sense. Sideways always resented his function: being controlled by others who view him as a tool that should be grateful for an assigned purpose in life.

Sideways had to fight tooth and nail to keep his identity, much less love Prowl and have a family together.

Sideways wanted power and revenge.

Spark-broken by his husband’s betrayal, Prowl gave up looking for him. Out of love for Sideways and fear of retribution on their son and unborn child, Prowl destroyed the evidence.

The only one he told the truth to was Orion.

As civil unrest became war, the Autobots became the officially recognized Cybertronian authority against the tyranny of the Decepticons.

As he climbed up the Autobot ranks, Prowl made a decision that was the only one he could make.

The former Enforcer, now officer, opted to give his children to bots he could trust to be both caregivers and mentors.

Ostaros, still a baby, was given to Kup, an experienced veteran of Cybertron’s last great war. To protect & hide him from any future retribution from Prowl’s enemies, he was renamed Springer by Kup.

The newly born Side Burn, who existence his carrier carefully hid, was given to X, a relative of Prowl’s who also had served in the military.

Giving up his children was the final piece of Prowl’s metamorphosis. Once upon a time, Prowl was a skilled young cop who believed in Justice and Serving the People. A mech who dreamed of a Cybertron that would allow he and his family to travel to other worlds.

Now, Prowl was the right-hand man of Optimus Prime, the military strategist of the Autobots, and a stickler for the rules and regulations of their military.

The warm-hearted mech with a wild streak was buried under the drone-like logic and patience for which he became known. It was not until many years later, during a mission with Ironhide and Silverbolt to rescue and support the Maximals, that his other side was seen.

Little did Prowl know, Sideways had survived his disastrous mission. If by survive, his body was completely ruined and his memories utterly vanished. He was eventually found by a Decepticon scout ship that returned with the barely alive mech to their masters.

The mech with no name eventually rebuilt himself - as Tarantulas, the mad scientist of the Predacons. At times, should his Supreme Lord Megatron require it, Tarantulas dons the identity of Double Face, a con artist and associate of the Decepticons.

Tarantulas never really cared about his missing past. His life is one he made. His only regrets?

The failures from achieving his evil goals. Namely:

- destruction of the Maximals & Autobots

- Decepticon Supremacy

- doing his unethical experiments in peace

- taking over a planet with a consort (preferably Black Arachnia)

During one of their battles with the Maximals, the winning Predacons were surprised by enemy reinforcements. That blasted “hero” Silverbolt came swooping in with two strangers: a Lion-shifter and an Elephant-mech.

After being soundly beaten and driven off by MagnaBoss, the Predacons licked their wounds and swore revenge!

For Tarantulas, however, something tickled at the back of his mind. Something he couldn’t put a claw on…

It wasn’t until reviewing hacked Maximal footage that he realized the “tickling” came from that Lion-shifter, Prowl!

The relaxed way he talked, the wildness just beneath the surface of a logical, patient mind… Prowl was a confident predator whose strategy and ferocity go hand in hand.

Tarantulas, never one to release something that had his attention (whether experiment or prey), dove into his newest project.

The result - the return of his memories.

And a desperate hunger to reclaim what was HIS.

Sometime later, Prowl led a small team to investigate a possible abandoned Decepticon refinery. Their communications were jammed as soon as they entered.

What followed, as described by Sideswipe (one of the few team members who would actually talk about it), was the equivalent of a Halloween horror movie

where the least terrifying part was Prowl as a DAMSEL IN DISTRESS.

Suffice to say, Prowl’s subordinates, coworkers, allies, & few friends were concerned.

The cop car’s Amica on the other hand… well… a furious Ironhide was always scary.

But no one, and I mean absolutely no one, ever wants to exist around an enraged Optimus Prime.