#tfp fic rec

[sprkysheep414]

SOUNDWAVE LOVERS OF THE WORLD: DO YOU WANT A NOVEL-LENGTH CHARACTER EXPLORATION FIC THAT DOES TFP SOUNDWAVE JUSTICE? DO YOU DESIRE... PERHAPS... A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT SEASON 3 REWRITE OF TFP? DO YOU WANT TO SEE THE MOST 10/10 BAMF LASERBEAK CHARACTERIZATION EVER? (And an exploration of other less important and beloved characters such as Knock Out, Starscream, and Airachnid)

I PRESENT TO YOU... MY WIP "ASYMPTOTE" ON AO3:

Archive summary:

"The echoes of Megatron’s laughter still play back in his processor, again and again, mental feedback distorting the sound until it is nothing but a dull screech. What is he supposed to do, at this point? After he has wasted— millions of years, all on a pipe dream? A sunk cost? Perhaps THE sunk cost, the largest and grandest in Cybertronian history?"

This is a complete S3 rewrite with ENORMOUS canon divergence starting from the season 2 finale of Transformers: Prime, focusing on Soundwave's slow disillusionment with the Decepticon cause. Starscream + Knockout are also featured heavily, though the narrative is solely written from Soundwave's perspective. The first few chapters, following the catalyst of change, will take the reader through previous seasons' events in a "missing scenes" style narrative.

[cyber-skeletons]

In the beginning, it seemed so simple. The Senate had informed him immediately upon his awakening exactly who and what his enemy was, and he had not questioned them. Why would he have? The evidence was plain all around him. He arose as Optimus Prime, and immediately set out to war against Megatron; Megatronus, in those days, and his Descepticons. Orion Pax had been weak in those early days, his spark still under shock of taking the Matrix of Leadership, capable of little other than tracking Megatron on the battlefield, the spark always settling in whichever nook of his spark chamber was closest to Megatron.  Another harsh stab of fury filled his processors. The Matrix… Optimus could feel Orion's hatred and fear of it. He couldn't understand it. The Matrix of Leadership was a gift to be bestowed only on those worthy of a Prime. Orion Pax should be grateful towards the Matrix. For millennia… he didn't understand. 

Please go read "4 Million Years" by @spreadwardiard if you like angst <3

[crystaltrainwrecks]

OptiRatch TFP fic suggestions 🥰

ALRIGHT OPTIRATCH SHIPPERS!

I've got writers block so I've come to you today presenting some of my favorite fics and writers for our gay old mechs :D These writers are AMAZING and deserve all the kudos in the world, so if your dying for more Ratchet X Optimus fics (or just more TFP reads in general) make sure to check them out!

Note: All of these can be found on A03! Ill be including both the writers account names and a links to their work <3 Otherwise i also have every one of these saved in my A03 collection!

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First up we've got 'MerlinFromBerlin' and 'CyberApid' who've got me in a choke hold over Optimus and Ratchet being adorable dads to Bumblebee. Angst and Fluff galore!

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Then we've got some short stories!

'AlphabetN2 (AlphabetWriter)' wrote an ADORABLE 'morning after' fic and its so sweet ;-;

And we've got 'Ralith' with a Bayverse and TfP crossover. Short, fluffy, and funny!

Annnnnnnd 'Margo_sunn' in a fic that has Ratchet SNORING and that's enough to make my heart absolutely explode omg

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For those who love the popular trope of 'Ratchet won't go to fucking sleep and Optimus steps in to make it happen', here are two reads you'll LOVE!

'Ratchet_Lover4eva' has this lovingly sweet oneshot of Optimus offering to sleep alongside Ratchet to help keep away the medics awful nightmares. 😭

Then 'Name_Void2422' featuring Optimus being a supportive husband and absolutely melting my heart ;-;

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Now listen. If you are dying for A TON of Ratchet X Optimus fics all in one place, this is the writer for you. Almost the entirety of their works are dedicated to our favorite gay old bots (all of which are AMAZINGLY written by the way) in a range of genres! Check out 'TheEnchantedQuill' !

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Drum roll please for last, but not least, one of my favorite Ratchet X Optimus longfics on A03 written by 'ros3bud009' !

Have you ever wondered what might have happened if Optimus, after reclaiming the Matrix of Leadership, DIDNT get his memories back ? Well this fic explores that through Ratchet's POV, alongside all the fluff and loving heartache in-between!

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And there you have it! Make sure to give these writers all the love and kudos they deserve cause every one of their works is AMAZING!!!!!

Happy reading!

[playedcrowd5610]

Starscream runs into a human on a mission and can’t seem to get rid of this pest no matter how hard he tries. He shoots him, throws him, and blows him up. Yet he keeps coming back! Now the brat has decided that harassing Starscream is his new passion project. And maybe the Decepticon air commander doesn’t mind it as much as he lets on.

Or Danny accidentally comes across a huge alien mech trying to steal from an observatory and decides that he has nothing better to do than haunt this guy and all his alien friends back on his warship. Danny needed a place to crash anyway.

[eliasisasexhaver]

Repost bc I messed up on of the layers lmao Finally made fanart for the best fic I have read so far, The echogarden by @altraviolet on ao3. Go read it!!

[phecdasolar]

Hey does anyone have any fics where the Matrix of Lesdership is like. Basically a parasite? I rotate this concept in my head constantly and I swear I’ve read at least one fic with this idea before

[lovinglonerhybrid]

Hey!

I wrote a fic inspired by your post about Optimus Prime being a highway ghost, hope that's okay!

It's Nox Populi on ao3

Oh I absolutely love this! It’s such a good fic!

Here’s a link:

[witchofthesouls]

Relating to this post:

I definitely see the point y'all are going with and I raise you the aftermath of the Quintesson Invasion. All the imbalances and weaknesses left by the Divine Family Drama™️ and Prima's unchallenged vision were exploited. And things were made so much worse after they left because the attitudes and divisions the Quintessons encouraged were still there after they were gone.

It had to act as an intensifier and catalyst for all the issues raised by Prima's unchalanged supremacy and vision. That's patern for colonial powers and it's how things shake out when colonial powers leave. Which were interestingly enough Ratchet's formative years. I doubt it's coincidence.

If you follow pre Quintesson Invasion Warlord Soundwave as a theory he may well be one of the only mechanisms still alive who actually remember what life was like before. That he follows Megatron so absolutely through horrific personal pain says a lot in that context. It speaks not just about friendship, toxic personally loyalty, and potential fear of Megatron's wrath. It screams to the heaven below and the hell above that Prima's prideful vision unable to be chalanged and contested by the full contingent of his Siblings has damned their species.

It's implied in places that Orion Pax and through him Optimus Prime for all his staggering naivety was the first Prime to try to work on fixing things from within and not become a shity corupt individual. Who saw the status quo as something in need of fixing inspite of being given the Matrix. It was too little to late but he strove earnestly for it. In TFP he's literally the reincarnation of the Thirteenth Prime. Maybe Optimus' moral code and reformer bent is from the echos of his Divine Self, clashing with Prima's Matrix. Maybe just maybe Optimus gives us a vision of what cybertron could have Prima's vision counterbalanced by his sibling's insights and not steamrolled over them.

Sorry, I don't think I've heard of that Soundwave theory. I'm way too in love with Soundwave growing up in the Pits of Kaon to part with it.

Due to a lot of other influence from fanfics (oriflamme's "the triumph of time" series, Therrae's "Xenoethnography" series, and ss-shitstorm's works, just name a few and all on Ao3), I built up my own extensive lore, particularly for Aligned/TFP. When it comes down it, Cybertron had broken down on a fundamental level that can be traced back to the first Cybertronian Civil War from the Thirteen Primes.

I truly believe that there was something way deeper to the tragedy between Solus and Megatronus, as in she wasn't a doomed figure but the main architect to a long game.

Solus and Prima share fire motifs between the sun and the forge, so it wouldn't be a surprise if they had other similarities that Megatronus (Prima's own twin, formed from his very shadow) had recognized and reacted to. Meaning he understood her at a fundamental level, and she leveraged that. She convinced him, and he followed through it because that was his own nature.

As Prima rules from above, Megatronus rules from below.

Together, all are one.

Prima and Megatronus were supposed to be a reflection of a functional Primus and Unicron as they both mimic two beings from one entity. They were always meant to function as a binary.

When Megatronus chose self-exile and never returned, it broke something critical inside Prima, and there was no one left to stop him. The Quintessons essentially took advantage of the damages left by policies from Prima himself as he essentially attacked the very things that tied Megatronus to him in a vain attempt to bring back his shadow. That's why the Wilders and Predacons refer the Guiding Hand as the Forceful Hand. That's why the myths are so contradicting. That's why his siblings' touches had been stripped away. That's why Cybertron's once lush biomes and ecosystems had been ripped from the very roots. Prima had a narrow outlook on how things should be, and it reflected in the society he had built and how the modern Cybertronians perceived Primes because Prima's Champions were the only ones left. So, it became easy for malicious or manipulative forces to fake the Primacy or utilize the Matrix as a 'legitimacy' test as there were no other acknowledged lineages. (At least by the city-states.)

Optimus as the reincarnation of the Thirteenth Prime is a fascinating concept, but the execution flopped unless the ultimate point was supposed to be Optimus' sacrifice to kickstart the Well as Thirteen and some of his siblings had done. It would emphasize how the past echos into the future, but it also leaves so much room to rebuild all the patterns that led to that catastrophic damage. History repeats.

That's why I tend to give Alpha Trion such a side-eye since 1) he fucking stepped aside and allowed shit to spiral out of control, and 2) he basically interfered with Thirteen's (re)ascension by tying him directly to Prima via the Matrix. Prima's Domains and Aspects differed from Thirteen's, who's more centered on connectivity with mortals and Primes rather than absolute, divine might.

Personally, I wish there were more fics that explored that mech from the Wastelands into a city-state as a blank slate and his journey into Thirteen again. The Matrix's reformation of Primes is a callback to how Prima was the God-king and undisputed ruler of Cybertron, so it basically turns mortals into Escanors (which is fucking hilarious and fitting as Escanor is the Lion Sin of Pride in the anime Seven Deadly Sins and wields a godly weapon that leverages the power of the sun) to reflect the zenith of Prima's authority, the Prime of Light and Eldest Sun. Because Thirteen didn't have a Primal Artifact, his own apotheosis would be absolutely far more spiritual journey. Something like a quiet, slow build revelation instead of intensive fanfare. Maybe a ghost story as he's fated to find and reconnect with his siblings.

[transingthoseformers]

To continue my robots in clothes thoughts i think it would be really cool if fabric was rare and traditional and was special for certain events (i think i once read an optiratch smutty fic by the legendary kemmasandi that had ritual/religious themes and there were fabrics!! it was called cross the hills tonight or something)

Even sfw it could be weddings, getting a name, history celebrations or even caste things. optimus deserves a chiffon veil, a cloudy cloak and a little tiara

I think we've discussed the idea of fabric/clothing having been relatively rare on Cybertron pre-war before, and I still agree with it!

I'll check the fic out at some point!

I'm imagining it's definitely a thing in ceremonies involved in ascending to Prime, and various prime needed events

[anony-man]

Of all mechs, Starscream found himself dreading any and all interactions with Optimus the most.

Much like Soundwave, the Prime had a way of slipping past his defenses, peeling away at the many layers Starscream put up. Optimus was much gentler compared to the communications officer, however, and knew when and where to draw the line. But given his authority, his role as a Prime, the inherit role model for their planet, Starscream couldn’t deny the resentment he felt.

For a mech with such unlimited power and access to the laws of their land, Optimus should have been taking advantage of it all. He should have sucked their world dry of freedom and rights just like all of Cybertron’s former rulers. He should have struck fear into the hearts of everyone beneath him, taken what now belonged to him, made a show of humbling the rest of his kind.

Had Optimus done any of this, Starscream would have felt justified in his hatred of the mech. As it stood, he was merely another victim of war, desperately searching for meaning in the ruins that had become his day-to-day life.

Optimus—such a kind-hearted mech, too kind for his own good—seemed to catch onto Starscream’s inner dilemma. Unlike Megatron, who would have beaten the truth out of him by now, Optimus remained quiet and non-threatening.

“Ratchet has been a close friend of mine for a very long time now,” he began, scooting his chair closer ever so slightly. “But he sometimes becomes blinded by his own experiences in this war. You can believe me when I tell you, Starscream, that while you reside here in this base, you are safe.”

“Safe,” Starscream echoed, his lips curling into a sneer. “I’m afraid I don’t know the meaning of the word, Prime.”

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This is just a small snippet from my story, Your Memory Lives On. If you’re interested in reading more, you can find me on Ao3 under Earth_2_Cinnamon_Roll, or on Quotev under Timberheart. I’ve got lots of Starscream angst to share if anyone’s interested. Making Star suffer is basically my hobby.

[sprkysheep414]

OH YEAH !!!!!

[jonkwatson]

FIC REC OF THE WEEK!

There will be danger and death, and blood, hopefully of others but very probably both of theirs’ as well. It may be a very long time before they are safe again, before they can come home. But right now, in this moment, none of it matters. They are alive, they are together, and there is only dancing.

Shelter - liriodendron

Read it on AO3!

[mysticfoxdesigns]

Hey i was hoping to asks this in dm's but I'm not a mutual, but do you have any transformers fic recommendations, i'm loving yours at the moment and i'm hoping for more like it.

I'm so glad you're loving my Cyberaligned universe so far! I do have several fics that I very much enjoy, some are completed, some aren't. I'll be glad to share them with you and everyone else!

Make sure to read the tags before you read any fic I recommend

Fic list

Miko Nakadai Entity AU

Miko is a water entity who shares with Jack and Raf her secret. The trio unknowingly just got assigned a destiny.

De Spatio Inter Astra

(READ THE TAGS) M.E.C.H. and Dr. Morocco work together to kidnap the Prime Trio and Cody to experiment on them using a Cybertronian artifact they found.

With a Side of Rust

Knockout wants extravagant alt mode for the future of Cybertron. The only way he can get that, is roadtripping with the Prime Trio.

Neon Down the Water Table

Crash Down

Both of these fics are fun alternatives to the beginning and pre-Prime series. The bots are using their holoform to blend in, and Jack and June meet them as their holoforms.

Come Home to Roost

Buzzsaw crashes onto Griffin Rock after being presumed dead and left behind by the Decepticons. He gains a new family.

Of Moments in Life

Dreadwing survives Megatron's attempted assassination and crash lands on Griffin Rock. Blades finds him and patches him up, and he is granted a new start and a new home.

One Road Forever

(Sad Fic) Kade dies, and Heatwave is learning to cope.

Growing Up Different

Cody's road of self discovery and acceptance of being AroAce.

Road Bombs and Beer make the Burns Question Their Life Choices

(Crack Fic) The war is brought to Griffin Rock and chaos happens.

Echos

Blade's past with the Protectobots keeps haunting him.

And I'll likely add on once I find more fics I like/go through ALL of my bookmarks. I tried for this list to find general fics with no romantic ships as the main focus, but please tell me if you want ship fics!

[fuckyeahtransformersfanfic]

TFP FICS

Some of my favorites that take place in Transformers: Prime!

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Primacy (yelling all the way down) Series by towards_morning (@decepti-thots), harperuth, stiction

Ratchet follows his naive friend Orion into his and Megatronus' attempt to reason with the council. It ends poorly, at least by his measure.

Dratchte, Megatron/Orion Pax/Starscream, Deathsaurus/Tarn, Multiple With A Side of Everyone is Hot for Prime Ratchet | TFP | G-E | Ongoing | 70k+ | 16 Works

Contact by auri_mynonys

Orion Pax knows there's a word for what Megatronus means to him. He just can't quite put his finger on what it is.

Which is probably how he missed the moment where he asked Megatronus to marry him.

MegOP | TFP | E | Complete | 98k | 11/11

I'm All Full Up on Yesterdays, Don't Sing Me No More Blues by DesdemonaKaylose (@desdemonafictional)

Jazz turned in his seat, cube at his lips, just in time to spot the white pursuit vehicle steaming and panting in the doorway. “Jazz of Staniz,” the enforcer shouted, “surrender the matrix and come quietly!”

Jazz knocked back his drink. “Well!” he said to the open-mouthed bartender, “time to split!”

JazzProwl, MegOP | TFP | M | Complete | 40k+ | 8/8

Come in, Roswell by cassette (@cassettemoon)

They said that the aliens hadn’t hit Roswell.

They said that the aliens had hit Jasper.

(There's something different about Jasper, and Jack Darby ends up right in the middle of it)

KOBD, June Darby/Arcee | TFP | G | Complete | 18k+ | 1/1

Life in Glass Houses by blueskyscribe (@blueskyscribeupdates)

No one would have thought Bumblebee and Knock Out were capable of getting along, but when they're stuck in a strange new world and their only hope of survival is cooperation . . . Yeah, they're probably doomed.

KOBD | TFP, TFP: Shattered Glass | T | Ongoing | 119k+ | 33/?

If I Could Just Know What You Wanted by dropout_ninja (@dropout-ninja)

Knock Out wanted to give his old partner another chance. If only he felt (he first came to realize when he was already looking over Autobot Outpost Omega One and the glares of its inhabitants) more confident that this was what Breakdown would have wanted. AU after S2 Episode: Crossfire.

In which Knock Out tries his best to listen, Breakdown tries to enjoy neutrality, Bulkhead tries his best to adjust, Dreadwing tries to be the officer the vehicons deserve, a vehicon with a grudge fills Knock Out's old role, the decepticons fall into chaos, the autobot base gets far too crowded, and a few forgotten enemies rear their ugly heads.

Or: it’s all Brainstorm’s fault for encouraging this madness, but what else is new?

KOBD, RatchJack, MegOP (Past) | TFP | T | Complete | 390k+ | 107/107

[tachocracy]

Quick fic rec: Routine (by Marfacat) is one of those fics that reminds me why I’ve stayed in this fandom. Absolutely spot-on KO and Starscream voice.

[witchofthesouls]

Since earth is Unicron imagine if moon. Is Unicron's some sort of minicon or something

Like Unicron went out cold for so long and it juet kind of stayed by just chilling and then Earth fully formed and gained form of communication with Moon etcetera

Moon when Cron wakes up: Finally you're awake. Take care of your kid now

Unicron: what

Earth: :D

I honestly love the concept of sentient cities and planets. Like they interact with each other in their own ways that humans don't really comprehend or understand. Beasts on their own scale.

(Blame blood and bone by DragonflyxParodies, The Desert Storm series by BlueSunshine, and silverpard's London Incarnate series and a mirror, darkly. All of them on Ao3.)

Especially with a possible theory that the moon came from a very young/proto-Earth after a massive collision with an object, so-

Unicron made 1.5 kids or a child/sister with her weirder cat that likes a particular schedule with seasons, tides, and light.