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in1-nutshell · 5 months

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Concept, mtmte Megatron accidentally adopts young human buddy.

Like there's basically just a teenager on the lost light, and because teenagers have no fear of death, they go out of their way to interact with the ex-warlord.

Time goes on, and eventually, when Megatron realizes the dynamic he has, he goes into a typical angsty brooding session. Bonus points if it has Brooklyn 99 energy of Peralta accidently calling holt 'dad' energy.

I really do enjoy your blog because a lot of the stuff is either platonic or familial, and that's my favorite shit. Hope you have a good day and drink water.

Thank you for the compliment! I have been drinking water and been having a pretty decent day. Now, Human Buddy who knows no fear is about to strike the fear of their well being upon others! Megatron is their prime target...

Hope you enjoy!

Megatron 'accidentally' adopting human Buddy who fears nothing

SFW, familial, platonic, mentions of injuries but nothing graphic or in details, Human reader

MTMTE/LL

Oh, Buddy starts off as the bane of his existence.

Buddy joins the lost light before the events of Delphi happen. Meaning they have been dealing with everyone’s problems since a little over day one.

Let’s give Buddy some context.

By sheer luck, Buddy managed to enter the Cybertronain/ Human Liaison program and was now the proud representative in the Lost Light.

Many bots on the Lost Light thought that this would be a little liaison and would be a bit fearful of the hulking giants around them or some sleazy politician. Some were just curious as they had never seen a human until that moment.

Rodimus is preparing for a Prowl like or Magnus like person to board the bridge. That’s usually who they send when it comes to relations, except Marrisa Fairborn, she was an exception.

At first Buddy did come off as someone overly polite… that was soon going to change.

“Welcome Buddy aboard the Lost Light.”—Ultra Magnus

“Thank you, Ultra Magnus sir.”--Buddy

“And I will be your Captain! The names Rodimus Prime.”--Rodimus

“Well, I’m just Buddy. Sorry but I should be entering my room now before take-off. Thank you again for the introduction sirs. I hope to find you soon?”--Buddy

“Absolutely, we will start the meeting in an hour in the meeting room down your hall.”—Ultra Magnus

“Thank you.”--Buddy

“…Great another stick in the mud…”--Rodimus

“Oh, hush they seem like a nice human.”—Ultra Magnus

A week later

“Hey Rodimus, I bet you can throw me into that mattress over there.”--Buddy

“Oh? You’re on!”--Buddy

“I have the reports ready—OH SWEET PRIMUS! BUDDY!”—Ultra Magnus

Timeskip

“So let me get this straight… You bet Rodimus, one of the most impulsive and childish bots on bourd—”--Ratchet

“Hey!”--Rodimus

“To THROW you across the room to a small mattress and it didn’t occur to you that you could bounce off the mattress!?”--Ratchet

“Well at least all the blood is internal right? That’s were the blood is supposed to be?”--Buddy

“…”--Ratchet

“Oh Primus…”—Ultra Magnus

“Oh, Primus indeed.”--Rodimus

Buddy does not know what ‘self-preservation’ is. Its not in their vocabulary. Ratchet has lost count of the amount of times that Buddy has come in the med bay with an injury that was caused by some atrociously dumb plan.

“Alright… what’s the damage today? Whirl brought you in this time so it must be bad.”—Ratchet

“Rude.”—Buddy and Whirl

“Well, I’m waiting. What happened?”--Ratchet

“Well… I was trying to follow Skids trails through the vents, which is so cool to visit—”--Buddy

“Kid.”--Ratchet

“Right. Well, I thought I could jump across the vent opening and kind a didn’t…”--buddy

“What?”--Ratchet

“Good thing Whirl was there to break my fall! Sorry again Whirl for the glass.”--Buddy

“Next time you bust my glass at least do a flip next time you fall on your back.”--Whirl

“What you fell on your back?! You have glass imbedded in it!”--Ratchet

“Huh? That explains why my back hurts so much.”--Buddy

“…”--Ratchet

Rodimus takes it back he loves this little human. Buddy is his best human friend. Whirl wins this though, he already asked Buddy to be his Amica Endura, and they accepted!

“Hey Ratchet—”--Drift

“Shh!”--Ratchet

“Rude—”--Drift

“No. It’s quiet… to quiet…”--Ratchet

“What do you think we are going to get attack?”--Drift

“…No, it’s something much worse.”--Ratchet

“What could be worse—”--Drift

“Its Whirl and Buddy! They haven’t made noise in about 10 minutes!”--Ratchet

“Ratchet I think that them not making noise—”--Drift

BAM!

“Eat floor Cyclonus!”--Whirl

“Whirl! Run! He’s gaining on us!”--Buddy

“I stand corrected.”--Drift

They make friends with a lot of bots on board. Many are happy to meet an individual such as Buddy. But this also comes at a cost. Many bots have to watch for Buddy in case something bad happens to them. They are so small and they keep getting into dangerous situations!

Rung has a line of bots that express the same worry for Buddy one day doing something dumb and not being able to come back from it.

Buddy knows no fear.

How does the crew know this?

Buddy made it their life job to make Megatron uncomfortable when they found out he was going to be the Co-Captain.

“Hey! MegaDork!”--Buddy

“Hmm?”--Megatron

Bucket of oil falls from door.

“Theres more were that came from Bucket Head! That’s for Earth!”--Buddy

Megatron can’t do anything about it. He hates organics and he can’t kill this one, not without causing another war. When Ravage shows up, he thinks that Buddy might back down a bit. I mean what human in their right of mind would try and continue to prank him when ravage is around? Buddy takes this as a challenge that needs to be beaten. If anything, Ravage helps a bit.

“He slipped on the paint! Go! Go! Go!”--Buddy

“Ravage!?”--Megatron

“All is fair in music tapes and war Megatron.”—Ravage

Buddy has the ring tone of Megs comm to “Be Prepared” from the Lion King. Swerve helped them put in the music. He laughed nonstop when it first worked.

They are petty.

Everyone is on edge whenever those two are in the same room.

Half ready to shoot Megatron down the other half to get Buddy to safety once they manage to trigger Megatron.

Is there any chance that Megatron will get a break?

Yes, yes, he does.

He managed to finally get a place holder for a poetry night in one of the classrooms. Not to his surprise no bot shows up. He is about to leave when he hears the quick little sets of footsteps coming in.

“Wait! Wait! Hold the door! I’m here! I’m here!”--Buddy

“Buddy?”--Megatron

“I’m not late, am I? I just saw the flyer from Swerve. And—hold on—sprinted from my room back here.”--Buddy

“Oh, umm, no one came…”--Megatron

“Oh, okay then its just us two them Big Guy?”--Buddy

“Wait—”--Megatron

“Call dibs on the chair on the left.”--Buddy

Megatron never pegged Buddy to be into poetry. He is also floored with Buddy actually talking to him and giving pointers on how to improve his own pieces of work. Even referring to other poets’ works so he could get some inspiration!

He nearly misses the shy look Buddy gives when he compliments their work.

He thinks that this is a onetime thing.

He is deeply mistaken.

“Hey Megs! You ready for today’s meeting?”--Buddy

“Oh, yes I am.”--Megatron

“Good! I have a bunch of works that need to be peer reviewed and I can’t trust Rodimus to look over these; and Whirl sadly isn’t an option for these either.”--Buddy

“Why don’t you ask Magnus? Surely, he could also help?”--Megatron

“And have him explain to me the importance of an Oxford comma when I forgot to put one in my writing? Yeah no, I need your optics for this.”--Buddy

“…Me?”--Megatron

Buddy no longer causes too much trouble for the Ex-warlord. Still trouble but not as much as last time. They always come to the poetry club and even managed to snag a couple of their friends to come with.

He is not going to admit to anyone, well maybe Ravage, that he started growing a soft spot for them.

“Ravage… I think I might be growing fond of Buddy…”--Megatron

“Congratulations! You’re officially the last one to know.”--Ravage

These little interactions begin happening more and more, Megatron is just happy that things are finally going well.

Then it happened.

It was at Swerve’s.

He was sitting at the bar looking over Buddy’s latest writing with Buddy, themselves sitting patiently. He gives a compliment and gives them back the writing.

“You’ve improved Buddy. These are getting better with more time.”--Megatron

“Thanks Dad.”--Buddy

“…”--Everyone

“Why is everyone so quiet?”--Buddy

“You just called Megatron here, ‘Dad’.”--Whirl

“What’s a ‘Dad’?”--Tailgate

“No! I didn’t say ‘Dad’! I just said, ‘Thanks Man!’”--Buddy

“I don’t know Buddy. It sounded a lot like ‘Dad’ to me.”--Whirl

“Seriously, what’s a ‘Dad’?”--Tailgate

“Well, you heard wrong Whirl!”--Buddy

“Do you see me as a father figure Buddy?”--Megatron

“No! I see you as a bother figure if anything.”--Buddy

“Hey respect your Dad!”--Ratchet

“Is no one going to tell me what a ‘Dad’ is?”--Tailgate

After that interaction, Buddy begins to avoid Megatron after the confrontation and nearly shuts down when someone brings up the event. Megatron really wants to talk to buddy about the incident but decides not to. Maybe it was a mistake.

He broods over it for a while.

He finds Buddy again at Swerve’s where a rather drunk bot was making fun of Buddy for their little ‘slip up’.

“Wow Fleshy. You messed be so messed up in the processor to call Megatron your Dad.”—Drunk Bot

“Hey drop it.”--Buddy

“Oh, look at me! I’m so scared of a human how I could flick across the room if I wanted to.”—Drunk Bot

“Oh, please I know that barely existing processor of yours isn’t that dumb. But even then, I hope Natural selection takes you if you follow through that threat.”—Buddy

It was getting to the point where it was becoming insensitive.

Bots around were getting uneasy at the conversation and some looked like they were going to come over and do something.

Megatron is quicker.

As he strides over, he is met with the infamous brick of parenthood. Should he really take up such a mantle?

He takes that mantle by the horns and makes it his.

“My child, is something wrong?”--Megatron

Voice crack “Nope. Just Peachy.”--Buddy

Everyone looks over.

Buddy is just beaming.

Megatron has no regrets saying what he said, he lets Buddy know this.

No, Buddy isn’t crying. You’re the one crying.

#transformers #transformers x reader #more than meets the eye #mtmte x reader #mtmte rodimus #mtmte megatron #mtmte ultra magnus #mtmte ratchet #mtmte whirl #mtmte drift #maccadam #human buddy

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rawmeknockout · 20 days

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Oh please more Whirl! Maybe with Seeker reader, I feel like even if his partner is more level headed he'd be able to convince them to do batshit things like screwing in the air or being his alibi for things. But also he's so fucking damaged and I want to hold him to my chest and kiss him.

It was just a passing question, one you didn't think about too much at first. Rodimus had asked you how things were going between you and Whirl, a polite question as he leaned too far back in the Captain's chair. It was dangerously close to dumping him out on the floor. And it was... Normal. Everything was normal between you two. It wasn't until you were walking down the corridor after your shift that you began to think about what normal was now. You hadn't even thought about the implication that it was "You and Whirl". The two of you never really established that there was a combination of your lives, although that didn't mean that wasn't what others picked up.

And perhaps there didn't need to be any clarification. Clearly others saw you two as a package deal, and, when you thought about it, that was how your situation had developed, right? You two were never truly separated, even when you were assigned separate tasks. Even when you spent hours, even days, apart, the end was the same. You went back to the same habsuite, the same routine, as usual. One that involved you and Whirl: intimately, familiarly.

How were things going? It's good. It's stable. It's you and Whirl. Things you wouldn't have attributed to the frenzied mech before. Everything used to be so different, back when you didn't have an inkling of a life where Whirl took part. He has pulled you into crazy shit, has driven you insane more times than you can count, has had you screaming at him until you felt light-headed over the careless way he'll throw himself into danger. Even coaxed you into flight-frame interface (which does not feel nearly as scandalous as it used to). At the same time, he's clearly mellowed out. Shown you how a mech like him can settle down, has shown you how you could settle down. He still throws himself into the heat of battle, longs for any chance he can get to feel the crunch of metal under his claws, but he doesn't aimlessly act out anymore. Doesn't pick fights where it's not warranted. Doesn't say the first thing that he knows will get a rise out of someone.

Where you used to dream of adventure, of the next chance you could hop on a ship headed for nowhere, of any chance where you could get away from your nuisance of a roommate, now you can only think of getting off work and returning to the comfort of your habsuite. You had once wanted to hold Cybertron in the palm of your hand, as many Seekers do, lead your own platoon of battle-hungry Autobots. That person feels unrecognizable to you.

You're stopped at your door before you even know it, having spent the whole walk lost in thoughts of yesterday, and the passcode is nothing but a secondary thought. As familiar as the back of your hands. Whirl is hunched over his desk, tinkering with an Earth toy that jingles with a broken music-box. His love of fiddling with clocks has led him to seeking out any odd piece of Earth tech he can get his claws on, the tiny mechanics so alike to the inner workings of what he was already familiar with. It took just one brush with some half broken contraption an alien vendor was hawking to spur a new hobby for Whirl. He's good at it. Bringing human technology back to life as if it were a beloved treasure. Even out in the deepest parts of space, there is the jingling of human music that Whirl is able to expertly lift from the brink of being lost.

These broken mechanisms shouldn't sell for as much as some of the vendors think they should, but you can never say no to Whirl's desires.

You can't imagine living any other way.

You lean over him, arms winding around his thin neck, to place a soft kiss on the top of his glowing optic. You feel the scrunched brow plates unfurl under your touch. Your wings flicker with your laughter.

Life with Whirl is good.

#asks #txt #transformers #reader insert #reader imagine #transformers idw #tf idw #transformers mtmte #tf mtmte #whirl #tf whirl #mtmte whirl #idw whirl

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mychlapci · 4 months

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Horny Dratchrod shipper here to share thoughts.

One idea I've always had about Rodimus is that his reputation as a slut was entirely made up. Like he was friendly and fond of physical contact, so people see him cuddling up against Blurr or perching in Blaster's lap and assumptions get made. Thing is Hot Rod wanted to fit in so when he got brought into those interface talks and people telling what he did and people kind gave him a once over saying they were sure he was experienced he made shit up. Absolutely wild stuff he picked up from Kup's stories or porn.

And everyone believed it. It kind of shocked him because he was convinced people would call him out on it. Eventually it gets built up so much he's too nervous to take someone to bed because he doesn't know shit. He finally hooks up with someone, Doubledealer, who starts talking about how excited he is and Hot Rod distracts him with a blow job which is sloppy and inexperienced but he quickly becomes good at as a way to keep people from pushing. The lie is too big to confess so except for an occasional hot and heavy session of making out and masturbation and a handful of blowjobs Rodimus captains the Lost Light a virgin.

Something he wants to stop being but couldn't trust anyone to keep it to themselves. He was working up to telling Drift and getting him to help but then things went down. So finally post universe jump he nervously approaches Drift about if he and Ratchet would do him a big favor and confesses the whole virginity thing and being sealed and asks if they'd be willing to take them.

Dratchrod has not happened yet but Drift has been wanting to hunt Rodimus for sport since they met and Ratchet is not opposed to rocking his world. They don't do it right away though, Ratchet explains since he went so long his seal is going to be harder to pop and since Rodimus wants it done “naturally” rather than a quick hook and pull in the medbay then they'll have to soften them.

Cue a week of edging to get lubricant built up behind it and Drift and Ratchet dragging Rodimus into private meetings to apply lotion via shallow fingering to soften this side and sucking and licking his valve and spike housing, a magnet lock keeping his spike from extending and breaking that seal while the just lick and finger it teasing the tip of his spike mercilessly and making all the nodes at the edge of his valve sensitive and his valve lips swell up and inflamed against his panel making even just sitting hard but not letting him come. It gets to the point that Rodimus's seal is stretching and he's in a near constant state of one edge arousal which Ratchet declares him good enough and puts in time off for all three as they drag him panting, pretty, and begging to their bed to make a very pretty sandwich feeling.

Drift says Ratchet can get the valve and he'll take the spike. Ratchet is manhandling him and giving him gruff assurance he's doing good for them while Drift is being mean in between cooing. Rodimus is having the best night of his life and spends three days in between them in every position conceivable and just never leaves.

You know, I don't truly believe in the “Rodimus is a slut” thing (i only indulge in it for porn reasons) so the thought that Rodimus does have a reputation as a slut, but it's only made up and mildly perpetuated by some blowjobs and handjobs he's delivered over the years… it's perfect.

The rumour ends up spreading faster than he thought it would and lasts so long that it slowly becomes more and more embarrassing to admit it, as over time Rodimus has basically become the cybertronian equivalent of an adult virgin. But he trusts Drift with his secret, and to be honest, the thought of being coached by an older couple is very hot to him, which is precisely why he's not at all opposed to having both Drift and Ratchet help him out. It was kind of a spur of the moment decision (re: he's been wanting to ask for it for a while but held off until it just burst out of him one day) and Rodimus is a little surprised that they agreed so eagerly to take his seals…

Softening the seal is probably the most torturous, and longest week of his life. The seal needs to soak in lubricants to make it an easier to break, but by day 4 he's regretting not taking Ratchet up on his offer to just quickly remove it in the med-bay. He's so horny it's unreal and they keep teasing him. Maybe one day Rodimus asks what's the purpose of not letting him overload and they gladly admit that that part… is just for their own enjoyment. Rodimus is kept on the edge of arousal for an entire week and some change, and he can't even bring himself to touch himself when alone because there's already too many fluids pooled behind his seal and the pressure is getting so intense he doesn't think he can handle any more.

Rodimus dragged into their bedroom, valve wet and swollen behind his panels, with a week's worth of build up of lubricants behind the now protruding seal, and his spike is more than ready to extend past the confines of its sheath… Drift coaxing out Rodimus' spike with minimal effort, letting Ratchet take the valve because he's the doctor here and will know if anything goes wrong. Roddy squirming so much when a hand wraps around his spike while another pushes into his valve that he has to be held down. He's at his most sensitive and vulnerable but while Drift is being mean, teasing him for his squeaky little whines and the way his spike is leaking like he's already cumming, his grip on Rodimus' hips is gentle, and Ratchet's prodding at his seal is soft and careful. He can feel an exchange pass between Ratchet's and Drift's EM fields, but before he can register what it means, Drift is lowering himself on his spike and Ratchet is pushing his in…

Rodimus shouting out when his seal snaps open and lubricants pour out, his valve dripping a puddle onto the sheets below, and in his haze he apologizes for ruining their shared berth. It's almost adorable… Roddy overloading fast and hard, bucking his hips against Drift and Ratchet while his vents gasp and wheeze, but they keep going even as his inexperienced valve sparks with endless pleasure and his spike just won't stop throbbing. It’s so intense in such a good way that he gets why everyone was so obsessed with interfacing, and he can't believe he didn’t bite the bullet sooner… but, the night is still young. Hell, the week is still young, and Rodimus is still young, and he has plenty of time to get his world rocked by Drift and Ratchet over, and over, and over again

#valveplug #virginity kink #hrghhh sorry dratchrod with dratchet being a hot older couple teaming up on Rodimus is my fav thing #so many italics where did the italics come from #texty #dratchrod

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searchingforatrail · 6 months

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It might be an unpopular opinion, but I think Megatron was needed to add structure on the Lost Light. I also believe that Megatron's role on the Lost Light was necessary for Rodimus to give a fuck about his crew. And I'll give some examples below.

While Magnus worked beside Rodimus on the Lost Light, Rodimus disrespected him left and right, downplayed his numerous issues, and acted like he wasn't a serious person. And while that's funny to the readers, Magnus worked like hell to be where he was and to be constantly disrespected by the captain is really awful.

Rodimus constantly downplayed the danger his crew was in, or involved them in plans that could get them killed against their consent (ie: Rung being a human shield).

We know that when shit hits the fan, Rodimus's initial thoughts aren't about the safety of his crew, but about how cool or awesome it is.

Only when Megatron arrives does he consistently start having to consider that he's running an actual crew and not a party bus. Megatron challenges all of his behavior that needlessly endangers people. Megatron ordered an evacuation before Rodimus did, he constantly validates and actually listens to Magnus (which is why Magnus actually appreciates him)., he takes the menial tasks on the ship seriously and consequently Rodimus had to do the same thing.

Most people tend to flock around Megatron on the Lost Light and not Rodimus because they finally have someone who'll take them seriously. And when the ex-Warlord is preferred over the actual Prime, than that's an issue with Rodimus.

He has thrown his crew members under the bus, dismissed their concerns, threatened them for speaking the truth, and much more. This all changes when Megatron comes on board because he forces Rodimus to actually take his job seriously.

And don't mistake it, Megatron does not care fully about these people. At least not initially. But his tendency to want to do good by them comes from the fact that he's a captain and because his survival depends on theirs.

Most people see the change in Rodimus and the crew's move to accept Megatron as a negative thing. But in reality Rodimus constantly disrespected them. Of course they are going to open their arms to the one person who actually appreciates them.

I will write more in-depth one day about just how badly Rodimus treats his crew, but for the safety of his crew, I think Megatron was needed

#rodimus prime #megatron #mtmte #the lost light

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holographic-mars · 28 days

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What au has been running around your brain the most lately?

GLAD YOU ASKED YOURE GONNA REGRET IT.

I call it The au that I made up but have no creativity to make anything with it: subjecting soundwave to the horrors of the Lost Light; a coswave au

So basically I’m insane right? So what if I put Soundwave (and co) along with cosmos on the lost light (against their will) and force them to endure the tortures of captain rodimus prime and co-captain megatron absolutely fucking shit up in the universe (also ravage is still alive bc fuck you IDW give her back).

Soundwave and Cosmos get stuck on the Lost Light during a stop at the Sanctuary Station and now Rodimus and crew have to figure out how to get them back home (weird-science-dimension-hopping-probably-brainstorms-fault-shit idk just go with it). Soundwave hates this very much bc 1) he didn’t ask to be on this torture bus to hell, 2) now his station is left sorta unattended (hold down fort sky-byte!), and most importantly, 3) that bitch megatron >:((.

It’s not all THAT bad tho bc cosmos is here and he gets to be reunited with Ravage again (he misses ravage. So much). But still. Let me out let me OOUTTT

ANYWAYS. So thus the adventure begins—Cosmos is handling this like a champ bc he’s been on the LL before so he knows the drill. Cosmos and Soundwave get to share a hab, Cosmos actually get to meet Ravage in person (gets called an idiot multiple times), and Soundwave gets to learn how to socialize with other mechs properly (it goes just as well as you’d expect). Cosmos and Tailgate bond very fast bc they’re very similar and minibots gotta stick together ykno? while Soundwave is struggling bc everyone here is weird and loud and so… friendly (it’s actually Cyclonus who manages to break down Soundwave’s very carefully put up barriers first. Antisocial losers stick together 4ever).

Megatron is also struggling bc he feels guilty for how he left things with Soundwave, but Soundwave is very adamant on hating his stupid guts.

Gradually, our favorite fellas learn about Cosmos and Soundwave yearning for eachother but being stupidly oblivious to the other’s feelings, and are now determined to get them together (led by yours truly, the minibot gang).

Shenanigans ensue, Soundwave figures out how to express himself and his feelings, Cosmos learns to dance, Megatron gets engex thrown at his face, and Ravage is so exasperated she might start scruffing these idiots like newsparks since they wanna act immature.

I’m actually super insane about this patchwork au I came up with I think about it near constantly. THANK YOU FOR THE ASK HEHEEHEEE I LOVE RAMBLING ABOUT MY HALF BAKED THOUGHTS EEHEEHEH❤️❤️🛸🛸🛸🛸

#soundwave and cyclonus bond over sitting in silence and hating galvatron (and megatron)#they get along quite well you wouldn’t believe #and ofc cosmos and tailgate are having the times of their lives #I just like the idea of cygate helping coswave figure themselves out ykno #I’m sick I’m sick #also ravage reunite with soundwave is very emotional bc soundwave misses his cassette so much #ravage cuddles up with soundwave the very first night and Soundwave gets a little emotional #bc he missed feeling the purr of her engine against his plating #and cosmos comes in after soundwave falls asleep and he almost screams cause ravage scared the piss outta him #GOD. GOD. IM INSANE #okay anyways #coswave #mtmte #idw transformers #soundwave #cosmos #transformers

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morsartis · 1 year

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Rodimus x Professional!Reader Pt. 1

The first part is from Reader's POV and the second will be from Rodimus' POV.

Parts:

Part 2- https://www.tumblr.com/morsartis/712534482204377088/rodimus-x-professionalreader-pt-2?source=share

Part 3- https://www.tumblr.com/morsartis/712534804211662848/rodimus-x-professionalreader-pt-3?source=share

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Hot water beat down on your back as you rested your head on the shower wall. Everything ached. From your toes to your scalp you felt like one massive bruise. It wasn’t uncommon for you to get back to your quarters feeling drained and tired. Ever since the Lost Light had taken on human crew members your hands had been full, especially following your commander's death. A day that still weighed something fierce on your heart. You’d had to step up- despite the fact that you hadn’t been next in line to lead at all. There had been too much panic, too much grief, and you had done what you had always done in the face of terrible personal tragedy and chaos. You’d buckled down and taken over. Somehow that had led to you being promoted as the human liaison to the captain of the Lost Light. It was an honor certainly but it was something you struggled with. All that responsibility on your shoulders, Commander Jameson had grown livid when the promotion had passed over him and went to you instead. His contempt and judgment was yet another thing that weighed you down. He made it clear that he had little to no respect for you or your new position. It had led to endless fights over the tiniest things that shouldn’t have been fights in the first place.

Sighing heavily you blinked past the water running down your face. The need for actual running water on the Lost Light had been Commander Hennis’ first petition when you’d come aboard and after her death it had only been right for you to continue that petition. You were grateful for it. Slicking your hair back you took another moment to simply breathe. One deep breath in and then the slow exhale. Shutting off the spray you blindly reached for your towel. Wrapping the soft fluffy thing around yourself you relished its warmth as you stepped out of the tub and into the slightly cooler room. You cursed when you realized you’d left your sleep clothes on your bed. Stepping into the main portion of your room you froze, the blood draining from your face so quickly you almost felt light headed. Clutching the towel tightly to yourself you straightened up immediately. Shit, you were way too underdressed, your hair was still wet and tangled, you were wearing a towel.

“Captain!” You resisted the urge to salute if only because you feared losing your towel. Rodimus froze, optics wide as he glanced down at you. Jesus, you could die of mortification.

“I-,” His voicebox made an odd sound you could only describe as a radio dial, “I didn’t realize you were here.”

“I thought to get an early night, Sir.” Oh you just wanted to curl into a ball and die. This was so unprofessional. God, you even planned your own pajamas to be professional in case of an emergency. Why did he have to walk in now? Why did you forget your clothes on your bed? You glanced at your folded clothes and felt a new mortification rising when you realized you’d done like you usually did and placed your underwear on top. Your very nice, lacey, underwear that you rarely got the chance to wear and only decided to wear tonight to make yourself feel nice. As a secret little pick-me-up that only you would know about. The red stood out starkly against your grey sweats and space program t-shirt, the clothes far too professional to even consider what you might be wearing underneath. Even the sports bra you’d chosen was cute with its little lacey front and tiny decorative bow. As if sensing your mortification you could only observe in horror as Rodimus followed your gaze to the clothes you’d plainly laid out. If it were even possible it was as if he froze and locked up more than previously.

Was- was he blushing?!

Your face was officially on fire you were simply going to kill yourself. Anything to escape the mortification. Your co-captain, your liaison partner, knew what you were going to wear to bed and he’d been around human culture long enough to understand exactly why you might have been embarrassed. Grasping at straws like it was all you could do, you tried to regain control of the situation.

“Ahem,” You cleared your throat drawing his attention back to you, “Was there a particular reason you were coming into my quarters Captain?”

Rodimus straightened up quickly his grip on his holopad tightening.

“Ah- yes. There was- well… Ahem. To be honest-,” He was stammering, god you were never going to live down the embarrassment, “I wanted your opinion on a transfer I’ve been considering.”

“A transfer?”

“Yes. One of the humans here.”

That wiped the embarrassment straight from your system. Technically Rodimus could transfer whoever he wished at any point so long as Megatron signed off on said transfer. It had been an unspoken rule since Commander Hennis’ and since your own tenure that all human transfers were to be decided by the human liaison. For Rodimus to even consider transferring a human without giving the full reigns to you must have been serious.

“May I ask the reason for transfer?”

“Insubordination.” The way he said it left little room to question. His voice was grave and serious in a way you rarely heard from your usually compassionate companion. Clearly this was not a decision he had made lightly.

“And the crewmember?” You asked after a moment when it became clear he was not going to elaborate.

“Commander Jameson.”

“What?” You asked the question slipping out before you could help it. To say you were shocked was an understatement. You had thought that Commander Jameson had been wise enough to keep his displeasure and insubordination pointed towards you and you only.

“I think it would be best for both the crew and for Commander Jameson himself if he were placed with a different vessel.”

“My apologies then Captain, I had thought that Commander Jameson had merely been targeting me due to the promotional passover that occurred following Commander Hennis’ passing. I hadn’t a clue that he’d been lashing out towards other higher-ups. Please allow me to talk to him and discuss these matters, I shall ensure he keeps his issues with the chain of command solely with me.”

“That’s the problem!” Rodimus shouted, waving his arm through the air. You jumped. “He shouldn’t be treating you that way in the first place! You received the promotion because you earned it. Your crew would have been killed if you hadn’t made the calls you did and kept a level head. While Commander Jameson was too busy trying to prove himself you were putting in the actual work. You brought your crew together, you led them into action, you pulled them through that dark time. Not him! I am tired of hearing his baseless complaints about your leadership. You’ve gone above and beyond what was expected of you for the sake of your human crew and your cybertronian companions!”

You could feel the flush traveling from your cheeks all the way to your shoulders the flattery soothing a sore spot you had been nursing for a while now. But still, despite Jameson’s clear dislike of you, you had a duty to him as his superior.

“I understand that Rodimus and I thank you for your conviction of my skills,” You replied soothingly, adjusting your hold on your towel, “However, I have a duty to my crew. Commander Jameson’s grievances are with me and me alone. Outside of that he has followed all his orders from other officers to a perfect T. Unless there are incidents I haven’t been informed of..?” You trailed off waiting for a reply.

“... No. He’s followed orders from other crew members well enough.” Rodimus admitted begrudgingly. You offered him a sincerely sympathetic smile.

“Then I owe him the chance to discuss options with me first before the call is made for him. If he wishes to transfer then I will be happy to have him transferred, but if he wishes to stay then that decision should be respected as well.”

That was clearly not what he wanted to hear. Rodimus’ expression turned stony, every bit the captain he had to be instead of the mech you had gotten to know.

“Please let him know that if he fails to follow your direct orders again he will be transferred regardless.” His voice was cold, a sort of anger that sent chills down your spine. You’d never heard anything like it. From Megatron you might have been able to keep the surprise off your face but from Rodimus? The change was too intense not to show your shock. “I’ve transferred the documents to you for review. Good night.”

Just like that he was gone leaving you standing there shivering from the cold in your towel wondering what had gotten into the normally sunny optimistic mech. Swallowing nervously you shuffled towards your pajamas and got dressed. Everything would have to wait until the morning but already anxiety was beginning to set in. What would you do about this? What could be done to fix it? If you didn’t know him so well by now you would have thought Rodimus was angry with you, but you knew that despite what had happened his anger was directed towards Jameson. With a deep breath you sat on your bed and tried to relax. You’d get this sorted out just like you always did. It would be fine. And then you could talk with Rodimus about why it had upset him the way it did.

#rodimus x reader #mtmte rodimus #transformers #this is a two part fic #But I'm gonna have to wait til tomorrow to post the part 2 #sorry guys #reader insert #Honestly I could be persuaded into making this a series if someone wants #but we'll see how well this part and the second part go lol #First transformers fic #I hope people enjoy it as much as I did #honestly I love transformers and should write more for them #there are so few fics it seems like #we should fix that lol #feel free to request stuff from me!#It takes me a while but I do work on them #No fancy title for this one sorry guys that might change if anyone has ideas

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I’m on a cross-country road trip atm with my sister @horrorcon and my dog and today I had very long conversations (kind of. me ranting mostly, I think, lol) about chromedome and his relationship with prowl and with rewind and with everyone on the lost light that he trusted (excepting rewind) poised to take advantage of him the moment he was weak (when rewind was nearly killed in the bomb explosion): rodimus, drift, BRAINSTORM*, prowl behind it all... and at the same time only BEING on the LL on paper for RW to help with decoding the matrix map etc but REALLY to look for his conjunx’s ex-conjunx with the expectation that if they did find Dominus that CD would be left in the dust. because those idiots never properly talked about the “after” of finding Dom.

so actually RW is simultaneously holding CD to such high expectations of bettering himself/overcoming his addiction to injecting (when its the one thing he does that makes him feel useful and that the others See and Know him for and how he can contribute uniquely to their cause/needs... just look how confident and poised he was when talking to Overlord before it all went to shit) while simultaneously selfishly making him be surrounded by the temptation to do so/ people who expect him to inject**. oh my god i’m emo.

and yes I know that despite RW being selfish here, CD could stand up for himself, he could face that conversation about their relationship after finding Dominus head-on without assuming things, but he literally does not have the self-worth to even consider that there could even BE an “after” for him with RW once RW finds Dominus. He said as much when Tailgate was questioning him about it.

So CD is on the LL, estranged, manipulated by those he is meant to be able to trust and who are meant to support him (his captain, the nominal-third-in-command, his purported best friend), struggling to make friends on his own without RW† (Tailgate tries to be his friend but ends up poking at one of his deepest miseries in the most ham-fisted way, cyclonus raided kimia so CD’s not ready to be chummy w him it seems, etc etc... idk it just seems that CD is NEVER socializing without RW, and even stays behind when RW is out socializing a lot of the time (e.g., some(?) movie nights, Hedonia)), is devastated he cannot jump-start RW’s spark himself because he’s not medically/physiologically sound enough to do so (with the implication that it is from injecting, right? I dont think Ratchet says it outright but it seems to be what CD takes away from the conversation, anyway, fueling his self-loathing), (and AGAIN CD is only there on the LL in the first place to find the person he thinks he is a stand-in for in RW’s life....), takes the life-line he thinks Drift is offering him to feel useful and capable and worthy– when in actuality Drift is orchestrating a multi-player, carefully-articulated and long-in-play PLOT to manipulate CD into doing mnemosurgery on Overlord for Prowl’s dumb project, and then RW DIES and it is definitely partially CD’s very own fault, especially for interfacing with Overlord without supervision. And CD watches RW die knowing that RW “will never be able to forgive [him] for this.”

I’m not even coherent in this post but I am just thinking thinking thinking about how this all plays out like a horrible Shakespearean tragedy and it’s not even the surface-level plot, really. CD’s life is probably one of the most compellingly tragic stories in the entirety of MTME/LL. And thank fuck it doesn’t end there.

*Ofc, Brainstorm (in my eyes at least) does redeem himself and take more care in/of their friendship in Elegant Chaos arc, focusing on CD, his depression, and his achievement of not erasing his memories of RW and breaking that awful cycle. Brainstorm devotes a lot to CD in this section of the story. HOWEVER, that does not change the fact that he played a direct hand in manipulating his best friend, which led to his best friend’s conjunx endura getting killed (among others on the ship!)!!! Idk, I LOVE BS but I do think that a lot of the fanon I’ve seen glosses over the fact that BS was complicit in the Overlord plot. And I find his involvement extra-inexcusable considering his more-informed stance on all of CD’s issues, his history with mnemosurgery, etc.

**And Rodimus literally PREYS on this, whether that is conscious on his part or not. He knows CD wants to be useful, wants to be helpful, and above all wants to do GOOD because he feels he has not done enough good in this world/feels so guilty about his past re: shadowplay. It’s like the perfect storm. Canonically it is noted several times that although Rodimus plays the fool, he is incredibly astute and perspicacious when it comes to reading those around him, particularly in regard to how he can subtly manipulate them into playing into his schemes (see: using incorrect grammatical constructions in order to distract Minimus/Ultra Magnus during key decision-making moments in which he thinks Magnus will protest his decisions). Actually this also evokes how Roddy uses Drift and his insecurities and eagerness to please to absolve himself of his Decepticon past in the eyes of his now-fellow Autobots.... hmmmm Rodimus. Girl.

† We see him hanging out one-on-one with Skids, and they get along very well and seem to care for each other, but their relationship becomes about Chromedome’s ability to help Skids recover from his amnesia, and, unfortunately, from that moment onward, Mnemosurgery becomes the focal point of their relationship. And, in the end, it ultimately leads to... well. the end of it. :(

#cdrw #really emo #im processing........................#insert anime crazy eyes emoji #insert gif of girl talking to herself pacing circles in her room #rodimus #chromedome #rewind #skids #brainstorm #drift #ultra magnus #minimus ambus #james roberts youve bewitched me body and soul and mind and emotions and creative juices #tf #tf idw #tf mtmte #mtmte #megapwnus musings

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jazz-miester · 2 years

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Hello ✌🏼✨

I was seeing that you write for MTMTE. I have something in mind and would like to request it, if that's okay. A human who helps Rodimus' crew and she was fascinated by Megatron's Holoform when they first met, and one day she discovers that he has been writing very hot poems about her. I'd like to see how far this goes! Megatron's Holoform is so hot!!

Thank you for the request! I hope it's alright that I decided to do head canons of this instead! And i'm going purely off of the images i'm looking at on google right now lol. I haven't gotten that far into the comics yet. I hope you enjoy it lol. I have a migraine right now but also didn't want to ignore this! But I hope you enjoy! And that this is what you meant.

So most likely you're going to be a liaison between the Autobots and the rest of earth.

Mostly just a peacekeeper between the two. To help both the bots and humans understand each other culturally. In the best way that you can do.

When you first go to meet the Captain's of the Lost Light, they, mostly being Ultra Magnus, thought it would be easier on you if they used their holo matter avatars rather than the giant titans they are.

And it was. To a point.

I mean. You've always been into older men.

A couple centuries older than you former warlord was no different.

Right?

The more you interacted with him the more the feelings of attraction grew. More than just. Oh wow he's hot. To. Holy shit do I actually care about him?

At first it was the way he carried himself both in and out of his Holo Matter form.

Straight and tall. Broad shoulders thrown back. Tall and languid. Moving almost like water when he walked.

Those eyes spoke of something ancient and knowing. Filled with some sort of regret.

He looked strong. Capable. So sure of what he was and were he was going.

You and Megatron interacted a lot. More so than yourself and Rodimus who would rather put the work on you and Megatron. It wasn't that he didn't care. But, surprisingly, Rodimus was the first to notice the influence you had on Megatron. And the way you practically looked like you wanted to eat him every time you saw him.

Megatron would grow to care for you as well.

When he first saw you all he could think about was what he had done. To your kind. What if you had been one of the many humans to fall by his hand?

He would have never met you.

Never would have gotten to know of your humility. Your kindness that you give to him time and time again.

He would have never gotten to see you. The most beautiful thing he has ever laid his optics on.

And that scares him.

So. In the spirit of being Megatron. He never told you. Rather used you as the muse in his poetry. The only thing he could turn to without worry.

He just never expected you to find it.

You didn't either. You know of his poetry. He's told you. Just. Not the bits about you. So, when you find it in a stack of data pads given to you.

Well. You're both flustered and honored at the same time. For him to think such things about you.

And when he came running in. Flustered and embarrassed. The sight of you holding the data pad in hand.

He was too big to fit in your room normally. So holo matter it was.

And he spoke to you. Told you of his feelings. No point in hiding them now. Especially since you're literally holding them.

And you tell him of your own feelings. Of the love you hold for them.

"You'll have me. Truthfully? Even after all i've done."

"I know what you have done. But I also know what you are doing now. I won't forget the past. But it doesn't mean i'll disregard the present. Not if it's you."

#macadam #mtmte megatron #megatron x reader #anon

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yes-i-write-fanfiction · 2 years

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Yandere Thunderclash for Rodimus, we saw all the creepy stalking now do we get to the kidnapping n shit?

Takes place in the bad ending timeline (where Rodimus starts working on Thunderclash’ ship).

It’s not an outright kidnapping, Thunderclash doesn’t need to do that. After all, Rodimus is a member of his crew and it’s all too easy for him to manipulate things to turn out the way he wants.

It starts with him sabotaging Rodimus’ habsuite. It’s already close to his own but it’s not enough for poor Thunderclash. He needs the former Prime to be even closer. When Rodimus then brings up that his habsuite is malfunctioning, well, it’s only out of the kindness of his spark that Thunderclash offers to let him stay with him until the problem is fixed. Rodimus might try and refuse but Thunderclash knows that no one else really cares about Rodimus and his opinions so in the end he has no other choice but to relent.

Now that Rodimus is sharing his habsuite with him Thunderclash starts the slow process of moving all of his possessions over to his new room. As the captain he has access to all rooms on the ship and so he sometimes sneaks into Rodimus’. former habsuite to grab his stuff. When Rodimus notices this he once again tries to complain but once again no one listens. Can’t he see that Thunderclash is just being considerate and trying to make him feel comfortable? Don’t be so ungrateful Rodimus. Thunderclash knows his crew trusts him, adores him in fact, and while he would normally never even dream of abusing that trust, well, these are special circumstances.

The repairs to Rodimus habsuite goes slowly, all because of Thunderclash of course, and what was supposed to be perhaps a week of living together turns into months. When it seems like the repairs are nearly finished, that Rodimus is going to be able to move back in again, another incident happens where it gets damaged again. Oh no, what a shame. Well, Rodimus is lucky that he’s already living with Thunderclash, right? And since he’s got all his stuff already there they might as well live together permanently. Plus, Thunderclash seems much happier now that he has a roommate. Yeah, it sounds like a splendid idea, doesn’t it?

#transformers imagine #MTMTE #lost light #thunderclash #rodimus #yandere

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lord-squiggletits · 2 years

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I'm still thinking about how they did Getaway so dirty lmao. And how like he easily had potential as a morally gray anti-hero who had manipulative methods but he ultimately had a point about Megatron and was COMPLETELY RIGHT ABOUT RODIMUS BEING A BAD CAPTAIN. But instead (be it JRO's intentional writing or time constraints) he got railroaded into being such a horrific villain that everyone is like "noooo Rodimus we don't support him any more we didn't know how evil he was" and the entire question of Rodimus being a shit captain is completely swept under the rug.

Also Getaway gets one (1) panel that actually acknowledges his thirst for leadership as being a consequence of him being an MTO pretty much made to die. Before a few pages later he gets killed in one of the most gruesome ways literally any character is ever killed in the whole series.

We could've had a really good story that called Rodimus' entire being into suggestion and forced him to set aside his ego and admit Getaway was right but instead we just got... canon lol. And also people just suddenly being okay with Megatron and acting like he's a perfectly normal member of their """found family""" with THAT whole situation left unresolved too.

#i think the last bit about megatron was mostly due to time #getaway they did completely dirty and rodimus just never had to deal with that #squiggposting

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quetzalpapalotl · 2 years

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BARBIE TELL ME ABOUT WHIRLOP please

OH WELL IF YOU INSIST

My boys, my faves, my train wrecks. I have talked about Whirlop before so I'm probably just gonna repeat myself but since you missed it

We don't actually get to see Optimus and Whirl's dynamic in present day but man, it must be so complicated. This got a bit long so

Whirl was under Orion's responsability as captain, OP must feel so guilty for letting that beat up that resulted in war happen. Still he personally invites Whirl to the Autobots, "compassion as a weapon of war" Whirl calls it, which is such a microcosm of Optimus character. He meants good by that, he's trying to go for forgiveness, and yet it ignores Whirl's circumstances.

OP admist he knew Whirl had to have history with the Senate given his empurata, yet he buys the story that Whirl's reason to beat Megatron and then getting away was that he had friends in power and drags Whirl to the Senate whithout much thought. While the Senate callout is one of his highlights as a character, he made a show of Whirl, which led to him being even more hated and beaten up in prison, which only added to his mountain of trauma. When he joins the Autbots, what other choice does he have?

Who knows if OP ever learned Whirl's full story, probably not. Whirl doesn't want to be known. He learned about the beating, the senate's role and Whirl tipped him about the bomb. Whirl claims is only for Revenge's Sake, but Orion seems to want to believe there's some good in him, which probably leads to the offer to join the Autobots.

OP probably hoped to make an example of Whirl, but Whirl doesn't exactly get better. He ends up joining the Wreckers which is far from an ideal place for rehabilitation. Whirl probably reminds Optimus of his failings. And you know how it goes for Optimus, his hatred of teh world gets mixed with his hatred of himself which he doesn't know how to deal with.

As for what Whirl feels for OP, well, he probably hates him, he's good at keeping grudges. Must think that Optimus compassion is empty. But Whirl is also secretly soft for those who are nice to him, and despite everything OP treated him nicer tham most. As a captain he was a good boss despite the Empurata and despite probably knowing Whirl was a plant set by the senate because they didn't like the way Orion was doing things (I'm stealing this headcanon from @polyhexian). He tried to give him a place when Whirl didn't have anywere to go. He hates Whirl, but well, everyone does and at least Optimus tries to hide it, and kept acting like it could be better. A part of him probably still wishes for Optimus approval.

So as far as a romantic relationship goes they would be a disaster. They are both desperately seeking one form of validation, Optimus to be right about thee goodness of people and how they can change. Whirl to prove that he's worth something, to not dissapoint someone who always had faith in him superficial as it is. They are both emotionally stunneda and very alone, don't talk about their needs, just keep pushing trying to drag something out of the other person that they don't even name.

And Whirl is someone who actively tries to make himself unpleasant to sabotage his own relationships, which Optimus would try to bear with a patience he lacks until he snaps, which feeds into his guilt. But he can't give up. So they're stuck ina cycle until this thing explodes.

But you know, there could be a lot of growth for both of them if they actually talked to each other, in a way they are what each other needs to smooth their fatal flaws, which is what keeps them there. So either they get their shit together or this train crashes and everyone else suffers from it.

On another note, Whirl is so supremely dislikes Rodimus was the one Megatron in a sea on Whirls in "dress up as someone you hate" night as Swerver's. Can you imagine the bragging rights if he hooked up with Optimus? Whom all the Autobots admire and want to fuck or want as their dad. Whirl would absolutely rub it in their faces lmao. Megatron may also go insane.

Also, Nate has a Whirl & OP fic, not shippy, but with an amazing Optimus voice, if you're interested

#whirlop #thanks for you interest ruin i love these two so fucking much #quetzal rambles tf

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thanksjro · 3 years

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More Than Meets the Eye #33: In Which I Write the Word ‘Quantum‘ 19 Times

Dang, I forgot what happened at the end of the last issue. It was pretty important, too, but I don’t have time to reread. Maybe the establishing shot can help me out?

Oh, that’s right, Rewind happened!

Everyone’s pretty jazzed that Rewind is here, non-exploded, and supposedly alive. Megatron carries this ridiculously small man over to a table, while Skids is busy admonishing Nightbeat for trying to put the pieces of this mystery together.

That’s one of the two first canonically, openly gay Transformers, Megatron. You bet your ass he’s important.

Nightbeat’s dragged Nautica over to look at that poster for Crosscut’s play they saw last issue. Together, they discover something interesting, and it’s not that Nightbeat’s chin has elongated to the point of absurdity. On this future ship, the play was completed and produced a mere few weeks after the initial launch of the Lost Light.

While this is going on, Rewind wakes up and asks Skids what the hell is going on. Skids, likely not wanting to poke at farm-fresh trauma, glosses over the fact that everyone on this ship was violently murdered, and that they found Rewind blacked out inside the hollowed torso of his brother-in-law.

…This is a dark story line.

You see, the joke here is that “Dark Cybertron” sucked major chrome.

Megatron reminds everyone that they’re still in grave danger every moment they stay aboard this ship, but Skids is more concerned with Rewind’s mental health. Which is sweet, but maybe not the thing to prioritize in such a precarious situation.

Rewind takes the fact that Megatron is an Autobot now pretty friggin’ well, as well as the introduction of gender into his species. That is, until Nightbeat, the king of social graces, saunters up to the scene to ask Rewind what the hell happened to the ship. He does get his answers, despite Rewind being horrified to the point of speechlessness.

Over at the hole in the wall, Nautica and Riptide are taking a gander at the quantum drums, which house the quantum foam for the quantum engines so quantum jumps can happen.

As Nautica explains the process by which quantum travel works, she realizes that the answer to what happened to everyone who disappeared was right in front of them this whole time.

Quantum, quantum, quantum- doesn’t even sound like a word anymore, does it?

The data slug Rewind made corroborates this theory, showing a series of events that definitely didn’t happen to the Lost Light we’ve been following throughout this story so far. The data slug contains this Rewind’s version of dead Rewind’s “Little Victories”, the travelogue that was never completed, where the question “are you happy?” revealed just how emotionally unhealthy most of the crew is. I’d like to imagine this Rewind’s film is called “Small Achievements”, or perhaps “Dear Fucking Lord, We’ve Been on this Trip for Three Hours and the Captain Has Been Killed by a Goddamned Soul-Vampire”, or maybe even “Where the FUCK is Our Therapist”.

The DJD came into the equation by way of someone having led them to the Lost Light. We get a flashback panel of the gorefest, in which Tarn appears to have learned how to fly, given the angle he’s coming from.

Because Rewind’s big thing in this series is being the guy who records stuff, the DJD take the opportunity to make some movies of their visit to the space yacht.

James, why do you keep getting Rewind involved with snuff films? I’m starting to get concerned.

Now, the thing about Rewind is that he’s almost always accompanied by his other half. Where is Chromedome, anyway?

He’s dead, that’s where.

Turns out, when you tell the DJD that you won’t do the thing they want you to do, they have a habit of doing nasty things in retaliation. Chromedome got stabbed in the friggin’ visor with his own finger needles, because Vos enjoys ironic deaths, I suppose. There’s some other stuff that’s implied to have happened, but we’ll get to that once we learn a little more about the DJD themselves.

While Rewind recounts the grisly tale of his husband’s demise, Riptide notes that the quantum foam has begun to spread at a remarkable rate. This is a bad thing, because that shit can and will explode, given half the chance, and this wreck is floating right above a potentially-inhabited planet.

Though I could have sworn we established that this planet was a Smartplanet, and therefore very much populated by students and staff. I don’t know. Maybe we conveniently forgot that, so we could make this a learning moment for Megatron.

Jiminy Christmas, Megs, do you even listen to yourself?

Skids, who has had a very long day of finding corpses and learning about quantum theory, snaps at Megatron, telling him that in order to actually be an Autobot, you have to have a little frickin’ compassion for those outside of your peer group.

Which is sort of contradictory to the Aequitas trials, the Killswitch debacle, the POW situation back on Cybertron, and whatever the fuck Prowl’s whole deal is, but maybe Skids is speaking about his own, personal relationship with being an Autobot. Hopefully so, otherwise he needs a class on critical thinking, STAT.

Never mind all of that though, because the problem just got a lot worse- the quantum foam has expanded to a point where any holes in the stuff are too small for the Rod Pod to get through. We’re going to have to get creative if we want to save the day.

Luckily, we’ve got a quantum duplicate of just about the tiniest little dude in the franchise here to do the job. Now we just need another, equally tiny little man, so the quantum drums can be shut off at the same time. Nautica commits more microaggressions, and this gives Getaway inspiration for a witty quip, which in turn gives Skids a brilliant idea.

The gang heads down to Brainstorm’s lab, to look for the mass displacement gun that was used for treating Ultra Magnus’s nanocon infestation back in the 2012 Annual. While they search, Nautica explains just why the hell the Lost Light disappeared in the first place. You see, quantum duplication acts on the Cain Instinct— it’s fine, as long as the duplicates don’t perceive each other. However, the moment contact is made, it says “oh man, guess I’m gonna have to end you” to one of the duplicates. The contact in this case happened when the Coffin Rodimus was brought aboard the ship.

Anything that wasn’t aboard the Lost Light at the point of the takeoff/explosion was never duplicated, and thus wasn’t erased from reality once shit started going to hell. This is why the Rod Pod is still around, and why the remaining cast are— well, the remaining cast.

While this conversation is going on, Nautica and Nightbeat uncover yet another dead body; it’s Brainstorm, and he’s a little underdressed.

…Someone run a paternity test, I think Cyclonus might be the father.

Also, Brainstorm’s a double agent.

Fucked up.

Getaway is furious that a Decepticon has been living on the same ship as him for the last six months, right under his proverbial nose. Even Megatron’s surprised, stating that Brainstorm isn’t usually who the recruiters aim for.

So, no mass displacement gun, and now they’re aware of the fact that there’s a traitor on the ship who’s had access to a LOT of weapon tech. It’s at this point that Megatron decides to stop lying by omission and tells everyone that he can mass-displace, since he used to turn into a handgun.

Smashcut to Megatron and Rewind floating out in space, the former now not much taller than the latter, as they traverse the web of quantum foam to get to the drums. Nautica instructs them from the Rod Pod. If this works, anything produced or connected to the quantum engine will be neutralized, and maybe we’ll even get the other Lost Light back! YAAAAAY!!!

Y’all really let this man go out there to fuckin’ kill himself for the greater good, didn’t you?

Rewind is honestly pretty chill with ceasing to be, seeing as he watched 200/+ people die today, including his long-time spouse.

Jesus. I’d say get him a therapist, but in order to do that, we’re going to have to wipe him off the map anyway.

Rewind asks Megatron if the Chromedome that isn’t his and his duplicate are still together. And I mean…

Luckily, Megatron has the good sense to lie.

With that, they flip the switches, and deactivate the drums.

And that’s a series wrap on Rewind! Congrats to Mr. James Roberts for the esteemed honor of burying the same gay twice!

Later on, everyone is back inside the Rod Pod, as their disappeared shipmates return from being nonexistent. Chromedome pops back in, and Skids is on him like a shark, telling him to go on the roof. Skids doesn’t even try to explain why. Which, fair. How the hell do you explain to someone that their dead husband’s quantum duplicate survived both a terrorist splinter cell attack, and the laws of quantum sci-fi bullshit crashing down on his tiny, tiny body, and that he’s right there on the roof waiting for them?

Welp, there goes the Chromedome/Dominus endgame. Shame, that.

Looks like Chromedome finally hit the threshold for having earned Roberts’ pity, and won’t be directly targeted by the plot for a little while. This isn’t something you see very often, so let’s really soak this in.

…Someone had to have told Rewind what happened to the other Rewind, right? I wonder what that conversation was like.

Back inside the ship, Blaster gets word that the Lost Light has reappeared. As they navigate towards it, Megatron requests that an encrypted call be made to Rodimus, to discuss the Brainstorm problem.

In the interim, Ravage is offered the opportunity to be a part of the crew, so he doesn’t have to keep skulking around in the shadows. We don’t get an answer from him, as our focus shifts over to Nightbeat and Nautica.

Nightbeaaaaaaaaaat, stop stating the themes of the comic verbatim! People are going to start thinking you’re a shonen anime protagonist!

Nightbeat’s somehow managed to keep ahold of the briefcase that they found on the other Lost Light. Unless Brainstorm’s boyfriend is in there, I don’t think this one was the work of Huey Lewis and the News’ hit single from the Back to the Future soundtrack.

Over on the Lost Light, specifically in Swerve’s, Brainstorm’s making his way through the crowd, briefcase held gentle like hamburger as he goes. He makes it to the bar, where Atomizer tells him he can’t have his briefcase in here. Brainstorm has what most would accept to be a healthy response to being told “no.”

It’s what I would do.

#transformers #jro #MTMTE #slaughterhouse #issue 33 #maccadam #Hannzreads #text post #long post #comic script writing

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needs-to-stop-looking-at-valves · 3 years

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can i request rodimus being (consensualy) publicly humiliated in front of the crew of the lost light by megatron and/or magnus (obv nsfw)

Ugh this is literally MY kink, I'm in.

Rodimus talked a big game. Of course he did, he's the captain! Strong, wise, and incredibly sexy, Rodimus could handle anything Magnus could throw at him. Magnus usually nodded his head and mumbled an agreement, but today Rodimus was getting especially on his nerves. It was almost condescending, hearing him praise himself and boast that he was immune to punishments. That was when Magnus had decided enough was enough.

"Alright Captain, care to put a wager on that?"

Rodimus was clearly surprised to be called out like this, but he scoffed, hands on his hips.

"Alright Magnus, betting bot! What did you have in mind?"

Magnus knelt down to his level.

"I have the rest of today to humiliate you. If I manage to get you to tap out before the day is done, I win. If you take what I give you, YOU win."

Rodimus chuckled. He poked his chest, as if it was flirting.

"Alright. If I win, then you have to sport my paint job for the whole day."

"And if I win, we get to alphabetize all your things."

Rodimus gasped, as if offended.

"So die from humiliation, or die from boredom?!"

"If you can't handle it, Captain-"

"You know what, no. I'm not letting you win. It's a deal."

Once he shook his hand, his fate was sealed.

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"You look so cute, Rodimus!"

"Shut up, Thunderclash."

"Rodimus, attitude. Be a good boy."

"For fucks-thank you, Thunderclash."

Rodimus was forced to parade about the ship in cute bras and panties. That wasn't too bad, if it weren't the fact that his panels were forced open. His valve and spike pressed against the thin fabric, which wouldn't have been so bad. If Ultra Magnus's big, firm hand wasn't constantly kneading and grabbing his aft. It made his spike twitch and his valve leak. Ultra Magnus chuckled as he pulled the fabric, giving Rodimus a wicked wedgie. Ultra Magnus gave a soft chuckle.

"We're still working on his attitude. He'll be a good boy."

"Is...uh...that thing on his chest?"

"Real? Absolutely."

Ultra Magnus had written 'touch me ❤' across his chest, and there had been quite a few takers. Tailgate poked his valve, Drift slapped his aft (that was normal actually), and even Skids pinched at his cherry red node. Thunderclash hesitated, clearly nervous, before he opened Rodimus’s mouth, gliding his thumb across his glossa. Rodimus scoffed, pulling away in disgust.

"Hey hey, don't get carried away now-"

"Feeling embarrassed already?"

Ultra Magnus had that look in his optics. Fuck him, he was gling to win. Rodimus grumbled, only for Magnus to pat his cheek.

"Proper apology. Now."

"I'm...sorry. I'll be a good boy."

Ultra Magnus had already trained him on what to say and do, and Rodimus was already sick of it. Thunderclash looked on with such a sick face of longing. He wanted to fuck him so badly, he looked stupid. That was when Whirl walked into the scene. Fucking Whirl. He was the one mech that took shit to the extreme. Before he knew it, Whirl had grabbed his helm and shoved his face right against his exposed spike. Rodimus swore, embarrassed at the fact that Whirl was LITERALLY smacking his spike against his cheek.

"Ha! Fucking knew you were a slut, Captain!"

"Whirl, should've known this was something you would find enjoyment in."

"Duh! Making guys like this feel like losers is my shit!"

Ultra Magnus smacked him on his aft, bringing him to attention.

"Rodimus, don't be rude, he's giving you a gift."

Rodimus could tap out at any time. He knew he could, THEY knew he could. But he was stubborn, and HATED losing. So he opened his mouth, feeling Whirl force his slender spike into his mouth. Ultra Magnus patted his helm, as if to praise him.

"There we go, Captain. Would you like to quit?"

Whirl let him breathe for a moment, giving him enough time to glare at Magnus.

"Never."

"Fair enough."

If only Rodimus knew that Whirl getting head from him, was the more tame things Magnus would have him do that night.

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"I f-fucking hate you."

Ultra Magnus shrugged. Rodimus’s final test for the night. Sitting at Swerve's bar, and keeping his legs up for all to see. Currently he was getting Cyclonus's spike inside of him, smearing overload onto the counter (it might have been Swerve's fluids, maybe it was Riptide's) with his thrusts. All while Magnus was forcing him to suckle on his big servos. Cyclonus overloaded, but not in his valve, choosing to instead pull himself out, and dump his load onto his chest. Rodimus groaned, tempted to bite the finger in his mouth.

"I JUST fucking waxed. Great."

"Ah ah ah, attitude."

Rodimus muttered a swear, before his voice to sound helpless, baby ish even.

"Thank you, Cyclonus. For….primus don't make me say it."

"Then say I win."

Rodimus took a deep breath.

"Thank you, Cyclonus for...your cummies."

Cyclonus walked away, and Rodimus wished he had the same power to do so. Rodimus looked like he was going to speak, before Magnus shoved his soiled panties into his mouth. When Rodimus won, Magnus was going to look so stupid in his paint job. At least, that's what he was telling himself as Rewind took his turn in his already stuffed valve.

#asks #lemon #rodimus #ultra magnus

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The main reason I honestly made this side blog is because I have some very intense ~feelings~ about M+gatron (censoring so negativity doesn’t pop up in his tag) and his treatment of certain characters. At first I was very uneasy when reading MTMTE and I never understood why. I mean, everyone else was chirping about the ex con turned bot, as well as the fun shenanigans/dynamics of the crew, but something shook me. I ended up shoving it aside to thoroughly enjoy the fan circles I participated in (something I still do to be frank) and keep from upsetting others given the topic sensitivity.

Reading back I realize what bothered me so much the first time: M eg@tron. His treatment of Rodimus, how that reflects his past treatment of Starscream. Seeing Starscream petrified at the trial, seeing Rodimus get constantly berated, loomed over, his accomplishments squashed or simply taken credit for by the ex warlord in question. This never stops. Throughout the entire comic series once the warlord is on the ship he goes out of his way to actively mock/vilify Rodimus to his crew. Constantly. It has its impact. The captain, now “co-captain”, after thoroughly dealing with being treated like shit by C0ptimus Prime, is dragged through the ringer even further and isolated from people. Something I never really picked up on the first read through despite the uneasiness I felt at the familiar situation.

Of course, I wouldn’t have expected an instant redemption type deal, but what messed with me the most is that this is never pointed out as anything bad. Many readers, and even the crew too, take M€g@tron’s words for truth, take his depiction of Rodimus as the truth. They even have “inside jokes” about it. “Ultra Magnus” is one of the first to seemingly take the warlord’s side on these things, being in full agreement. Not once do we see anyone side with Rodimus. He gets openly berated for being in a state of shock over seeing his own corpse (something the berater in question punches Perceptor in the face for the second it seems like he may be facing a similar dilemma, yet Rodimus is called weak/pathetic/etc for being mortified at the sight of his own body. This sort of hypocrisy from the ex con repeats in many scenarios when he is going after our fiery bot actually.) Optics are rolled at him, no one speaks in his defense. This isn’t the first nor last time he is spoken down to over simply having emotions. And in fact, later we see him openly mocked by two crew members over a traumatic experience of having his own body turned inside out. Something that happened because he was risking his life to save the prisoners aboard the ship. And he got mocked for it. Yet he hardly lashes out,often times he somewhat caves on himself, becoming resigned to deal with the treatment.

If I ever were to sketch out a “proper” redemption, him continually repeating this horrific old behaviors wouldn’t be something accepted by the others. It sickens me that that is how it went. Bots found amusement in it, they bonded with him over him… being more so like his old self with the aggressive body language, the shouting, the condescension, trying to shove bots into “their place” as clearly he is “the leader/more superior”. As it stands I’m very disgusted by the route things went. I’m disgusted by how fans praise what I recognize as abusive behavior I personally have been put through. It’s always justified by people saying “well, Rodimus IS a petulant selfish child” when M€gs is right there throwing a tantrum. Not to mention, Rodimus is a flawed character, yes, but he does his best when being held up to IMPOSSIBLE standards. Everyone, including himself and 0ptimus, expect him to be like the other Prime in question. He takes a different stance to try and help his crew, he messes up just like the leaders before him, and he does his best to learn from it even when he has doubts or moments of stubbornness. He is desperate to be good, to help people, he goes out of his way to attempt this and does not flinch away from the idea of self sacrifice. (See: Killswitch scene, Sunder scene, etc.) sure, he’s impulsive, hot headed, but are we really going to ignore all of the good he’s done too? He’s a flawed character, all of the transformers are actually, that doesn’t mean he deserved the treatment we saw in MTMTE/LL and I stand by that.

If you disagree then simply ignore this post. This is primarily an explanation on my feelings, and this blog. I do not necessarily hate M*gs but I am severely critical of his actions and behaviors even on his road to “pacifism/redemption”. This is just my space where I can speak on that

#Roddy #Tw abuse mention

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mtmte liveblog issue 28

catch me completely ignoring dark cybertron lmao

yeahhhh so I'm just gonna skip dark cybertron bc no thanks. I did read the tf wiki articles for the issues tho, which is more than I did in the past, so at least now I kinda know what happened, though I had to suffer thru reading about dark cybertron to learn stuff about it. yikes. reading ABOUT dark cybertron further enforced my decision to not actually read thru it

anyways. the best part of dark cybertron was when chromedome threw prowl off that cliff. that was baller lmfao

a 1 page recap of dark cybertron is about all I can handle. thank you

ooh, the 6 months later smash-cut, I fucking love itttt

nautica’s here!!!!!!!!!!! I'm so happy I love her. also brainstorm, and I love their friendship sm

hvbjdkhfbshdfj god I love them. they have such a fun dynamic

everyone eavesdropping on a therapy session vhbhdjkhafbhkjsdf. hipaa laws mean nothing as usual

the casual reveal of captain megatron, oh god

the title fucking slaps, as usual. this is one of my favorites - ‘world, shut your mouth.’ great stuff, and a song title/reference to boot! and this being part 1: towards peace...chefs kiss

and then we flash back to 6 months earlier...yknow now that I'm rereading this, mtmte has a LOT of framing devices used - there's story-within-a-story, flashback/flash-forwards, storytelling with narration, etc...I love it

god hbvhjakdfbshjkdf rodimus saying ‘magic’ and then the little *magic = science rodimus doesn't understand HBGKJHSDBFKHJSDF my idiot boy ily

rodimus roasting prowl is my fav hbfjdkafshsbjkf ‘maybe the knights can help us find a cure for your personality’ ily sm

and then prowl agreeing w/rodimus a few panels later about megatron’s guilt...

optimus...don't you think that making yourself chief of justice is...maybe a bad idea...like, maybe there's a conflict of interests here...just a little bit of bias...a bit too much history, perhaps...

the fact that all the big roles in the trial were given to high-ranking autobots who were heavily involved in the war...I see that cybertrons justice system is as much of a farce as their medical ethics and patient confidentiality laws

the ‘you BROKE the MATRIX’ panel is so good bjhkdhfbajskhdf

rodimus: LISTEN dad I just wanna resume my space cruise with my frat bro ship I have no interest in politics

psychiatrists HATE him! local former warlord refuses to recognize the validity of psychological analyzation of people’s actions

ravage casually breaking hipaa laws and chilling in megatron’s therapy session like >:3

I love rung...he’s so good at like, passive-aggressively cutting right to the heart of someone’s issues, and he’s so generally mild that you can’t even really get mad at him

the sudden inclusion of megatron as a major character in mtmte is kinda jarring at first - mostly, for me at least, due in part because I didn't read dark cybertron so this is like, megatron’s introduction as a relevant character in general - but I feel like jro does a great job laying a lot of intrigue down from the very beginning w/his character - like, I already want to know more about what his whole deal is, even though we have, ostensibly, seen pretty much all of his story play out already

rung name-dropping froid...i remember that made me lose my shit bc cmon. FROID....jesus christ

rung and megatron: holy shit! we’re suddenly being drawn in a 90s-esque sci-fi tron-looking retro-futuristic style!

interesting that megatron sought rung out, and not the other way around

RIPTIDE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! my favorite sharkboy is HERE

CREWDITIONS...YES....

‘we’re not allowed to take anyone who might remind rodimus of prowl’ vhbhjdkshfbhaskfd brutal

I love nautica so so much. a perfect autistic scientist after my own heart

I adore that nautica brought chromia along for moral support

hgvbjdakhfbhsj and then swerve saying that rodimus hates ‘trisyllabic names’ and nautica is like....but....‘rodimus’.....

and then nightbeat busts in to get all bbc sherlock on they asses hgbfhjadkfbjaskdf

WHY was perceptor at the crewditions if he was already part of the crew lmao

ooof, and then we have megatron flipping out when chromedome, a mnemosurgeon, shows up

also damn the autobots were rlly like okay so we wanna speed this trial up so lets just like, probe megatrons brain, that seems completely ethical, especially when you consider the history of shadowplay and stuff that our previous government had

I know important stuff is happening but megatron is holding a CUBE and I love CUBES so I'm distracted by that. C U B E

and then right after a scene where we see chromedome willing to perform mnemosurgery again - despite rewind’s like, dying wish for him not to - we hear that he’s been locked up in his room rewatching rewinds goodbye message over and over again :( I'm fucking depressed

I love nightbeat, he’s so funny and kind of an asshole

and then you see more missing letters behind them next panel...clearly nightbeat is right and there’s a mystery afoot...OR somebody is fucking with the ship’s lettering as a prank, which is a plot point I would absolutely buy

yeahhhh skids is right, chromedome is clearly Not dealing

the dramatic graffiti on megatrons door...I wanna know who spray-painted ‘die’ everywhere like they're reaper overwatch

oh god. whirl vs megatron

really cool red lighting tho

GOD its so brutal, all the stuff megatron said about how he told the cons not to kill whirl...and doesn't that end up being false anyways? so he was just saying it to dig at whirl, which is awful

also I'm never over the fact that literally everyone - including megatron and whirl - blames whirl for ‘turning megatron violent,’ as if the entire Point isn't that whirl was a tool for a corrupt system, and if it wasn't whirl it would've just been someone else, and megatron turning away from pacifism was inevitable given the circumstances, AND also a choice on his part, so he really only has himself to blame for his OWN ACTIONS

bye bye whirls right arm, see you in lost light

‘people never stop changing’ that IS something I say all the time...damn you warlord grandpa! how can you steal my philosophies?!

ohhh man and then rewind’s goodbye message being different....oooh

AUGH the fact that whirl was basically trying to goad megatron into killing him, just like he did in issue 1 w/cyclonus...It Hurts Man

also I do love the hint at who he’s talking to w/whirl shooting megatron with the bow and arrow earlier, and we know that atomizer is a fan of those

ok, but here’s where my philosophy diverges - megatron talks about throwing away his past and starting new, but I think that you have to learn from and build on your past...either way, megatron’s arc is one that I enjoy greatly from a character writing standpoint, and I'm excited to get it underway, especially w/how controversial it is lmao

big ole double-page spread...I like how you can pick out individual characters in the background crowd, which is crazy cause that's a LOT of people. also how come cosmos is so HUGE

phewwww 4.6 billion cybertronians died in the war, that’s INSANE. that's like, an incomprehensibly huge number. is there an estimate for their current population? I bet its not a lot. no wonder jro leaned into reproductive themes so much in mtmte/ll - of course the continuation of your species would be a concern for many if your numbers have been that greatly reduced

optimus w/his fancy tyrest-lookin crown

oughdajbfsbdf and the fact that megatron ALSO murdered 100 BILLION non-cybertronians...bruh. I feel like they maybe should've dialed those numbers back a little to allow his ‘redemption arc’ to run a little smoother lmao. but also I admire the commitment either way

and then we end w/megatron doing captain stuff, and seeing The Coffin...and we never did see rodimus in any of the flash-forward parts of this issue, did we???? I love how concerning that is. where's my BOY

also of course we gotta remember the warning from way back at the beginning of mtmte: ‘don't open the coffin’....

and so begins mtmte s2! man I love s2. I love mtmte in general lmao. s2 takes on the impossible w/the whole ‘megatron redemption arc’ thing, and I know that’s like, a divisive plot point and stuff, but from a writing standpoint I enjoyed it a lot...I think it was pretty much as well done as it could've been given the enormity of the task, and I thought it was a really interesting direction for the story to go in

also espec if it’s true that hasbro was like ‘hey jro put megatron in your story and give him a redemption arc’ rather than jro like, planning/asking to do it

anyways. I doubt ill talk much abt the disc horse(tm) here bc this is just for fun and also my own personal opinions and whatever, but I for one am excited to reexperience this stuff

so yeah s2 off to a strong start with some wild shit already happening! cant wait to read more!

#lj rereads mtmte

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