#tfw computer explodes

[quietbluejay]

Spotlight: Shockwave (1/2)

yeah we're sticking in the spotlights

tldr he forgets to consider the chaos factor

"…and launched into space"

"distant planets with a specific geological profile are targeted"

then...

it cut to Shockwave observing this landscape at night, in a thunderstorm. all the plants are dead

"Much later...I turn proactive"

"Ultimately I serve only one master..."

"...pure logic"

he sets a device down on the ground, which explodes

you know compared to the other characters he doesn't feel as wildly off like he got more depth as time went on but he's still the same shocky

hehe

IIITS THE DYNOBOTS

Grimlock: I smell payback

one of them looks up from the controls

Slag: not so fast, Grimlock. Those energon readings are off the scale!

Slag: we go down there without some kind of protection...

Slag: we'll be in stasis-lock in nano-klicks

Grimlock: Don't give me problems, Slag…just solutions. We owe that one-eyed freak.

"And Prime, he said to forget it, but I can't..."

there's a shot of Optimus and Grimlock arguing, and Optimus poking him in the chest

"Won't"

so Grimlock says, find a way, because he's going to end this, whatever it takes

i mean, he is right that grimlock should forget it instead of going off on revenge quest but it kind of sounds like optimus can't deal well with grimlock then again, who can

friend: Misfire me: oh man pre-brain injury grimlock and misfire working together me: against Shockwave friend: jfdasdskla;;fdj peggy sue grimlock and misfire friend: "thats my emotional support decepticon" me: the dinobots are so confused me: Misfire is also confused

"Evolution cannot keep pace with the transitional phases of the biosphere"

blah blah they face certain extinction

so do we

"we either evolve..."

"...or die"

there's a shot of a dehydrated mammoth collapsing in the desert

"The global dampers will regulate the ongoing geological reaction. In due course, the new ore seams will settle, become inert. All I need....

....is time

im…pretty sure the mammoths didn't just collapse like that from heatstroke at the end of the ice age

tldr this is the only way if they want to move fast

Grimlock: look again. Find me something with some…bite. Unless the plan is to make Shockwave die laughing.

he manages to find some dinosaur bones and shows a hologram of a T-Rex

Snarl: well?

Grimlock: perfect!

tfw your car keys aren't working

he figures it's either broken or not there

there i just summarized like 50 words

ohhh I don't like that

"...explodes!"

he tries to fight the dinobots

he was expecting Megatron or something

No one expects the Dinobot Inquisition!

instead, it's these guys

the fight is on!

"I attempt to apply rationality curves, logic filters. And fail.

while he's bluescreening, he hears bits of what the Dinobots are saying

he made them a laughingstock, it took forever to heal, etc etc

he puts it together that they're mad at him

Shockwave is the woman doing math meme right now

"and then it hits me"

skdfjhsldkfhj he's literally "does not computer return to cucumber error"

he shuts down his higher brain functions and activates rage.exe

the Dinobots stare, slack-jawed, as he is surrounded by flames

the dynobots are teaching him how to feel again uwu

I made a meme but I'll make a separate post

incredible

what an alt-mode

the dynobots are…making me feel so many things how do i deal with these emotions

the battle's clearly over, he thinks as he looks over the supine forms of the Dinobots

but some people don't know how to quit, he thinks, as Grimlock gets up

but all the grit and tenacity in the world can't beat the laws of the universe

he freezes Grimlock

and thinks about chaos

heh

back in the present, Shockwave decides to steal their ride

there's a shot of him speeding off in the ship

Shockwave: all I need...

grimlock: all according to keikaku

the volcano erupts!

and now...

wait, Cybertron? thought it was uninhabitable well this is a while ago so i guess thunderwing was fairly late stage

from his high throne, Megatron tells someone to conduct a full investigation into all of Shockwave's current and archives projects

"Do you understand?"

megatron, no why would you give that to bludgeon

I'm going to make a separate post for the stinger

[trappersresolve]