Hey yall remember that one stupid doodle I made where I said maybe I'd give context?
Here's the context
Guilt ate at Brook as she made her way to the ruins. What was she doing? She knew better than to even attempt something this stupid! And yet...
Omega had disappeared; X had proven far too much for the crimson Cyber Elf, forcing him to retreat in order to avoid a true death. Brook was hovering over Volnutt; there wasn't much she could do. (Dang, even in death, she was still a weak link.) But after revealing herself, Omega had been... reluctant, almost, to get too close to her. She had used that to her advantage to help Volnutt avoid the worst of his blows, but even then. The poor boy had barely survived the ordeal.
Luckily, she had managed to use some of her energy in order to send a distress signal over Volnutt's communication device. The one that was linked directly to their father; hence his (very pissed off) presence. X turned to his children, a panicked look growing on his face as he noticed that Volnutt was unconscious. "He's okay," Brook assured him. "Just... wasn't... prepared for that." X let out a long sigh of relief as he looked to the ceiling of the ruins before fixing her with a hard look. "You knew," he accused. "That’s why you tried to talk him out of it." Brook looked away. What was she supposed to say at that? She couldn't deny it, but...
X let out a disappointed sigh, leaning down to gently pick up his youngest. "We will discuss this later," he told her, that hard look taking on an edge of anger. Brook had messed up in the past, but this? This was by far the worst one. What had she been thinking? As X turned to leave the ruins, Brook slowly began to float after him. However, the sudden appearance of a familiar presence behind her made Brook freeze. Fear forced her to look straight ahead. She almost called out to X, but before she could, Omega whispered in her ear. "Meet me tonight,"
And in all her infinite wisdom, she had nodded.
So here she was, after having just gone through an hour long lecture about exactly how dumb she had been for keeping Omega's existence a secret, going out to meet him in the middle of the night.
What.
Was wrong.
With her?
She had been trying desperately to talk herself out of it, but it wasn't working. What if it's a trap? Then... it wouldn't make sense for him to let her go in that instance if he wanted a hostage. What if he just wants to kill her? Again, it didn't make sense for him to let her go when he did. X would have had no time to notice, let alone stop it if that's what Omega had wanted. So it wasn't even a matter of avoiding another fight.
There just... wasn't any way to figure out what it was that he wanted other than to speak to him face to face. Which left Brook a mess. The last time they had spoken like this, it had ended in a fight. Omega far too sure that Weil had humanity's best interest at heart, while Brook had been adamant that he was just using Omega for his own gain. (She wishes she had been wrong.)
Upon reaching the entrance of the ruins, Brook took in a deep breath she did not need. Being a Cyber Elf was weird. There was no need for air, but Brook found it comforting to make the movements anyway; reminded her of her humanity. Something she refused to lose even now. In any case, the time for musing was not now. She had a psychopath to meet.
Floating her way through the ruins, Brook yet again chose to keep herself hidden. She still wasn't sure how effective it was, as Omega's full attention had been on Volnutt the last time she had tried it. But hey, anything was better than nothing. She still didn't have a backup plan in the offhand chance things went wrong. (Why was she so sure it wouldn't?)
The sudden feeling of arms wrapping around her middle made Brook give out a shriek. As she attempted to fight them off, a familiar chuckle was heard from behind. "Seems that I've caught a fish," Omega said in a smug tone; and despite the 'heart attack' Brook just suffered, she couldn't help the winded laugh that escaped her lips. Well, there was the answer to that question.
"Fuckin' asshole," Brook breathlessly grinned. "Let me go." The former reploid seemed to hesitate for a moment, before loosening the grip he had around her. Brook quickly stepped out of his grasp and turned to look at him. While she had, of course, seen him as he had been beating down her poor baby brother (and when X was handing the red clad Cyber Elf's ass to him); the amount of changes he had gone through still... suprised her, to say the least.
He didn't look as... human as he used to. No, the only thing Brook could compare him to was a dragon. Even as they were closed, Brook could tell his wings were massive. They were made of the same cybernetic fibers her own were, but linked in such a way as to remind her of a bat. He was still clad in the same crimson armor she remembered; but it was seemingly fused with what she remembered of Weil's Omega Armor. Especially in his helmet, she realized with a shudder. God, that brought up some unpleasant nightmares.
She hated not being able to fully see his face.
Omega knew she was appraising his appearance; seemed to be preening at it even. (Asshole.) "Like what you see?" he teased. Brook gave him an exaggerated scoff. "Not really," she snarked. "Can you take off that stupid helmet?" Omega cocked his head at the request, a smirk making it's way onto his face. "Oh?" he mused, stepping towards her. "Now why would you want that? Is there something you're missing?" Brook fought to keep the blush off her face; it was strictly because she did not like being reminded of her near death experience, thank you very much! She did not miss anything about him!
Brook gave the draconian Cyber Elf a half-hearted glare. "As if," she muttered, taking a step back. "Just, not a big fan of the stupid thing." Omega regarded her for a minute before letting out a chuckle as he reached up,
And slowly removed the white helm.
It surprised Brook how much seeing his blood-red eyes set her at ease. (Damn, she didn't think she was that unnerved at the reminder of Weil.) They looked exactly as they had all those years ago, just now accompanied by lizard-like pupils. "There," the former reploid said, an amused glint in his gaze. "Better now?"
Brook gave him a glare. "No," she lied. "I've changed my mind. Put it back on." Omega gave her a bewildered look, causing her facade to crack. As she began snickering, the red clad cyber elf gave her his own glare. "I had forgotten how indecisive human females are," he grumbled.
"Pretty sure that's just me," Brook grinned. "Given that I'm not... you know... human anymore."
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LITERALLY THO like i hate how tfa bumblebee is reduced to a “so random! 😝🤪” only silly idiot prankster kinda guy when like. He’s smart! He’s caring! Yes he can be silly and yes he can be a bit reckless but he loves his friends and he can figure out how to care for them (like where he and bulk are comforting sari 🥺) and also figure out the best strategy to defeat whatever villain of the week is there! TFA bee means so much to me and i am also so excited for earthspark. Continuities where bumblebee is not the kid appeal character my beloves
LICHERALLY !!!! Like I love Bumblebees silly fun nature thats why he's one of my favorites ever, BUT IT DOESNT MEAN he can't be more than that.
Tfa in particular bothers me bc like. It's my fav bumblebee bc he has more bite and spunk (due to being based more on hot shot), but then. They never. Truly take him as seriously as other characters (except maybe bulk but that's bc hes also not taken seriously,)
which is so absurd bc he has some Legit shit going on with him that should fuck him up!! His whole career, his dreams, got flushed down the toilet bc he was unfortunate to have an instructor that doesn't like him and doesn't give him a chance (except when he did 1 singular time and then he immediately sent him to space repair duty for doing the noble thing and taking the fall for bulkhead)
And he doesn't get over this. He is still depressed about it when he says to Longarm "at least one of us achieved their dreams" in like the saddest tone ever (I think it's literally the saddest line delivery bee gives in the entire show) and he talks abt how no one believed he would amount to anything in the trial of megs script reading.
I'd argue his general behavior reflects this too (though idk how intentional it was), bc hes always like attention seeking- approval seeking. He wants to appear to Earth like he's a hero so he can feel successful (and that still went down the drain bc the humans started hating the autobots later)
But do they ever take time to address this issue and sympathize with him? No <3 instead they act like bee has no issues at all, to the point it's like "wasp is suffering so much, bumblebee wtf is wrong with you. YOU CANNOT RELATE TO LOSING EVERYTHING you just can't. nothing bad has ever happened to you. Go play videogames you stupid motherfucker" not that wasp isn't suffering but cmon. don't act like bee didnt have his entire career fucked over like it's not a serious thing
Not to mention as you said he has multitudes to him, he's caring and compassionate! He's quick witted and has lots of skill! He's not just a bumbling fool- Sentinel is wrong about that! (His assessment of ppl is not rlly accurate at all btw, he called bulkhead "bulk and no brains" when that guy is literally the leading expert on space bridge tech)
I am rlly excited to see earthspark bee bc its like. I think he's going to have the same kind of wise-cracking spunk tfa bee has BUT he is in a mentor role now. So there's a good chance he won't be reduced to being a silly jokester, bc he has to have some seriousness to teach (and thus the writers will treat him more seriously) also there's already those earth bots that are probably going to fill up that kid appeal role anyway
tldr: I love tfa bee's personality but I think his writing is lacking bc it doesn't take him as seriously as other characters, and I hope earthspark bee takes what's good abt tfa bee but gets better treatment from the writers
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