#i got stuck on shockwave soooo long

[cybertron-after-dark]

TFP- Pet Names

Bots and cons, both what they'd call you and what they'd love it if you called them

Gender neutral reader, reader is human but I can do one of these for cybertronian reader too down the line.

If I missed someone you really wanted to see, feel free to ask for them!

Optimus

Calls you: My beloved, my love, my other half. A lot of old fashioned, sweet, sappy nicknames bc he's a sappy old man.

Call him: Sugar, sweetie, honey, baby. Overly saccharine titles just make him blush like nothing else. Even if they're a little silly, they just make him feel so loved.

Ratchet

Calls you: Dear, love, my better half, though more often than not he calls you by your name. He likes how it sounds.

Call him: one would think he despises nicknames from his reaction to wheeljack calling him doc and sunshine, but it's quite the opposite; nicknames are a very special thing to him, but you have to earn the right to call him by them, or it feels overly familiar and that infuriates him. Once you've been together for awhile, if you call him "my love," his spark will soar.

Bulkhead

Calls you: Baby, cutie, honey, lovebug, lovebunny, sweetspark. You're the cutest thing in the world to him and he wants you to know that.

Call him: stud, handsome, or big guy are all great ones if you're looking to fluster him. That said, if you call him muffin or sweet thing, he might actually cry a little because it makes him way too happy.

Bumblebee

Calls you: Babe, hot stuff, cutie pie, babydoll, beautiful, gorgeous, boo. He needs you to know you're too dang pretty!

Call him: honey, honeybee, sweetheart, sweetspark. He's a total sucker for the cheesy stuff.

Arcee

Calls you: babe, dork, partner. That last one means a LOT to her. If she calls you her partner it means she's totally opened up to you, and you're too important to her to lose.

Call her: babe, but only call her partner if she calls you that first. It's not a title to be taken lightly in her eyes.

Wheeljack

Calls you: hottie, hot stuff, sexy, dollface, sunshine, babe, wild thing, he's got a whole arsenal of nicknames, some more annoying than others.

Call him: studmuffin, sexy, big boy, crazy, daddy. Real talk, he loves hearing whatever cursed, over the top bullshit you come up with. The dumber the better, he loves when you can make him laugh.

Megatron

Calls you: human, more often than not. Pet is the best you're getting.

Call him: you're going to call him Lord Megatron, or Master. Anything else is unacceptable, even for his partner.

Starscream

Calls you: Fleshy, pet, wretched organic, gremlin, creature... And, when he's sure nobody's listening, very rarely, he'll call you beloved or my spark.

Call him: master, sir, lord starscream, my heart, my spark. He likes to feel important to you, and he REALLY likes to feel respected and powerful.

Soundwave

Calls you: ... Well he doesn't usually call you much of anything given he doesn't talk, but sometimes he'll use soundbytes of cutesy pet names from old human romance movies that he totally does not watch, shut up.

Call him: he'll honestly appreciate any nickname you give him (though you won't catch him showing it), but things like beautiful, gorgeous, or pretty boy will get him to blush under that screen. Especially if you've seen him with the mask off and still insist he looks good.

Shockwave

Calls you: your name. He feels no need to make up overly saccharine terms of endearment. You are his and he is yours, you both know you love each other, so why bother with such performative trivialities? If you tell him you just like hearing the affirmation every now and then, he won't fully get it, but he will settle on calling you trinket, because you are very small and you fascinate him.

Call him: You're not gonna get a reaction out of him no matter what you call him, but he considers the terms love, dear, or my heart to be acceptable.

Knockout

Calls you: darling, doll, dollface, honey, baby, lover, cutie, sweetspark, lapin, little thing, ma chèrie, mon amour, itty bit, and those are just the usual names.

Call him: gorgeous, pretty boy, hottie, honey, baby, all of it gets him a little flustered, but he REALLY loves whenever you call him speedy. He loves looking pretty and driving fast, and only one of those gets acknowledged all that often.

Breakdown

Calls you: Baby, tiny, lovebug, snugglebunny, sweet thing, honey, gorgeous, pretty little thing, sweetspark, cuddlebear. He can get pretty cutesy with it, he's not ashamed to admit how much he loves you.

Call him: big guy, sexy, big boy, good boy, darling, sweetspark. He likes when you remind him how big and strong he is, but he also likes hearing you get sweet on him.

#tfp #dear god thos took ages #i got stuck on shockwave soooo long #transformers #maccadam #optimus prime #ratchet #bumblebee #bulkhead #arcee #wheeljack #megatron #starscream #soundwave #shockwave #knockout #breakdown #tramsformers prime

[dragonridernoobie]

Hello, hello, hello! I saw your requests were still open and since your one of the few tfp writers that has their requests open(plus your writing is awesome) I’ve returned with another request>:3 I really enjoy seeing headcanons where reader is similar to a character I love soooo, here I am as you did so well last to, could I possibly request some headcanons for TFP Ratchet, TFP Shockwave, TFP Optimus Prime, and if your able to TFP Soundwave(completely optional!) with a S/O who’s very nervous and twitchy, very similar to tweek from South Park(I can’t think of another way to describe it:,))

OR

If you don’t feel like doing that, some scenarios with TFP Bumblebee, Optimus Prine(Bayverse or TFP, your choice:>) with a reader like Eska from The legend of korra, similar to Bolin and Eska’s relationship( here’s a video as an example: https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZPRTUnBXW/) idk why but they are just oddly cute-

Anywayyyyss! Remember to take breaks, and don’t feel forced to write this, I shall eventually return with hopefully more creative ideas! Have fun!

I'm so happy you enjoy my writing! It makes me all giggly seeing people say that. I agree there is not many transformer writers or they take a long time to respond. Also, thank you for telling me to take breaks! Don't worry, I will (meaning I will immediately go grind on a game that will make me mad). I hope this is up to your standards and that you love it! Don't remmber to take breaks yourself. (Sorry this took a bit)

TransformerCharactersXReader

Optimus

When optimus met (Y/N), the first thing he noticed was (Y/N) was twitching and was extremely nervous.

(Don't ask)

He was gonna tell them to stay calm and he ment no harm.

Intel the decepticons appered.

Once he got to a safe place, he faced (Y/N).

He was concerned at first and asked if they were ok.

He learned that they are fine but can't control it.

When (Y/N) was brought to base, leave it to miko to make (Y/N) uncomfortable.

Optimus looked up what was wrong with (Y/N), along with ratchet.

She probably said something like "why do you twitch? Is there something wrong with you're head?" 😑😑😑appeared.

Which caused bulkhead to yell at miko

When he figures out what was wrong. He made sure to help (Y/N) as best as he can.

He loves being with (Y/N) since (Y/N) is very nice when they are calm.

Ratchet

He also made sure to keep little things inside of his subspace for (Y/N) like blankets, fidget toys, snacks, etc.

When ratchet meets (Y/N), it was when optimus brought them to base, after they where almost captured by the decepticons.

Even though he is a grump, he aint a asshole.

He knows something wrong, he might be annoyed at first but he will come around.

I can see ratchet being really protective of (Y/N), since they can hurt themselves from twitching alot.

He will look up ways how to help (Y/N) with their twitching.

Once he figures out, he will act on it immediately.

He will take (Y/N) away from anything that will cause them to twitch or get extremely nervous.

He will also ask the kids to get fidget toys from (Y/N) so they have something to do.

Ratchet now has a friend with him while he works on his Computer.

Soundwave

He will listen to (Y/N) talk, since when they are calm, they have a very nice voice.

He will also listen to (Y/N) when they tell him to take a break or take a drive with them.

He will also be willing to drive them to work/school/home.

Soundwave immediately put (Y/N) in a caps thing (I don't know the name) and watched them

When he met (Y/N), it was when the vitcons kidnapped them, megatron couldn't figure out why they were twitching, so sent then to Soundwave.

Since Shockwave was busy with predaking or he wasn't here at the time.

Obviously (Y/N) would twitch non-stop and Soundwave wrote this down.

Eventually, Soundwave will look up what (Y/N) has and once he figures out, he reports it.

Sorry (Y/N), you are the new pet of the decepticons.

(Y/N) is mostly stuck with Soundwave, so Soundwave gets used to (Y/N) just sitting next to his keyboard.

(Get you're fucking head out of the gutters you sinners! Shame on you!😤😤😤)

Eventually Soundwave would actually start to build a friendship with them.

He would tell lord megatron they will be their "guardian" and protect (Y/N).

Lazerpeak also loves (Y/N) since they pet their head when relaxing.

Soundwave would listen to (Y/N) and is penitent when he waits for (Y/N) to finish their sentence.

I can see him trying to teach (Y/N) how to speak normally while stressed.

Random funny pitcher.

#headcanon #transformers tfp #optimus x reader #soundwave x reader #ratchet x reader #tfp optimus prime #tfp ratchet #tfp soundwave

[intrepidolivia]

Alexandria Country Club part 10

Pairing: NeganXOlivia (OC)

Warnings: cursing, discussion of violence, dirty talk, daddy kink, dom/sub, spanking, power exchange, SMUT

Summary: AU! Olivia wakes up with Negan in her bed. Their relationship takes a bit of a turn.

A/N: So I know I suck and took forever. I’ve been super busy getting ready for a surgery :( The good news is I’ll be off for quite a while due to said surgery so will have time to write. I tried to get these two back into the central mystery but they weren’t ready to get out of bed yet soooo....

Olivia woke up to the unfamiliar sensation of someone pressed against her in bed. She lay still for a long moment, sorting through the memories of the night before. She felt a little sore here and there, but also quite good. She’d slept very well indeed. Once she’d settled next to Negan, she’d drifted off almost immediately.

  She rolled over to face him. Negan was still asleep, one arm tucked under the pillow, the other thrown across her. His breaths came slow and soft. It was interesting to see him so relaxed. There was always a hardness to him when he was awake. A shell, as though he were hiding part of himself behind his toothy grins and affable charm and casual manner. She would never call him vulnerable, but in sleep the shell was gone.

  He sighed, one eye cracking open lazily. “Are you staring at me, darlin’?” he asked, his hand tightening a little on her waist.

  “Well, you’re very handsome. It’s hard not to.” She leaned close, brushing her lips over his.

She should have known he wouldn’t be satisfied with such a gentle kiss. He wrapped both arms around her, pulling her against him, his mouth hungry on hers. His arms were hard and tight, his body taut and warm.

  Olivia grinned as she felt him against her thigh, already hard. She wriggled, making him grunt, surprised at the sensation. “Oh my, what’s this?” she purred.

  Negan pulled back, arching an eyebrow. “Honey, if you forgot since last night you best believe I’m going to give you a refresher.”

  She put on a mock-thoughtful look. “Oh, well, I recall something going on last night…”

  He narrowed his eyes with a dangerous smirk. “Baby, do you really want to be like this first thing in the morning?”

  His expression told her she was playing with fire. She was already sore from the night before, and if she kept up her teasing, she had little doubt he would address it. Even so, she couldn’t seem to stop herself. “What’re you going to do about it?”

  She hadn’t even finished the question before he was on top of her, pinning her to the bed with his body, his hard length trapped between them and pressing into her. He fisted a hand in her hair. “I think I warned you about that fuckin’ mouth of yours last night,” he purred.

  Her breath caught and she leaned her head into his hand. “You might have.”

  Negan chuckled, leaning down to nip sharply at her neck. “I know for damna sure I did. I believe I told you that you’d have to decide if it was worth it to find out what happens when you mouth off to me. Something to that effect…” He trailed off as she licked her lips slowly, his eyes hungry and dangerous. “Fuck, you are just hot as hell, baby.”

  Olivia smirked up at him, grinding her hips up into him, watching his jaw tighten as she rubbed against his cock. “You were saying?” she singsonged.

  He groaned and closed his eyes, biting his lip. “God damn, girl. I’m going to put you across my lap and wear your ass out.”

  The prospect of that almost made her pause in her distraction. A little thrill of excitement and fear curled in her belly and pooled heat low and deep as she imagined him pulling her across his legs, the sting of his hand… She couldn’t deny the appeal of the idea. But they were both too worked up for that just then. She slid her hands up his sides, dragging her nails along his skin. “Mmm, much as we’d both enjoy that, I’m not sure either of us have the self restraint at the moment.”

  As soon as his eyes cracked open she knew she’d made a mistake. His grin had far too many teeth in it. “You think so, darlin?”

  She shrieked as he grabbed her, somehow reversing their positions and situating himself on the edge of the bed. She struggled, giggling as he wrestled her across his lap, catching her legs between his and pinning her against him with one arm. His hard cock pressed against her side, and his hand trailed up and down her ass.

  “Negan!” she squealed. “Let me up! I’ll be good!” She squirmed, delighted at how firmly he had her.

  “Oh, babydoll. You had your chance to be good. And you don’t really want me to let you up, now do you?”

  She bit her lip. “If I said yes, would you?” she asked softly.

  Negan’s grip loosened, and he shifted, tipping her face up to look at him. “Yes,” he said, his voice soft and serious. “Never be afraid to tell me no, sweetheart.” He smirked. “Just make sure I know it’s a ‘no’ and not just teasing.”

  It was the last bit of reassurance she needed. “Okay,” she said softly.

  He stroked a hand over her ass. “So, was that a no?”

  She took a breath, knowing exactly what she was asking for. “No, that was not a no.”

  He chuckled, his grip becoming suddenly hard. “Just making sure,” he purred.

  His hand cracked down on her soft flesh, bringing with it an enormous stinging burn. She shrieked, thrashing. Before she could suck in another breath, his hand fell three more times, hard and fast. Olivia tried to squirm off him, but he had her legs trapped between his, and the arm holding her against him was like a band of iron.

  Negan chuckled, pausing to admire his handiwork. “Damn, you redheads and your pale as hell skin. Makes for some perfect hand prints on your cute little ass.” He smacked down again, even harder it felt like, and she yowled, hands scrabbling on the sheets.

  “So, babydoll, are you gonna be good?” His fingers slid down, finding her sex. She could tell she was already wet from the spanking. His fingertip barely parting her folds was torture.

  “Yes! I’ll be good,” she whined.

  “Really? Are you sure? I seem to remember that was your first response when you knew I was going to punish you.” His fingers stopped, not quite touching her clit. “I’m not sure you’re quite fuckin’ sincere, doll.”

  Olivia whimpered, bucking her hips, trying to urge him closer to where she throbbed with need. “I’m sure.”

  “I don’t know, doll. I think you could be sorrier, don’t you?”

  She sucked in a breath. He was offering a choice. Did she want him to stop there? Certainly she wanted him to touch her more, but she couldn’t deny the hot pleasure the pain brought her. “Maybe.”

  “I did say I was gonna wear your ass out,” he said. He sounded more than pleased.

  She almost recanted as he raised his hand again, but by then it was too late. It was startling how hard his hand could be as he slapped down on her skin, her flesh burning with stinging heat. She shrieked, yelped, and wailed, but at the same time she felt her arousal building so intensely she thought she might come then and there. She had no idea how many smacks fell, but when he stopped her eyes were wet, she was panting, and she wanted nothing so much as for him to fuck her brains out.

  He didn’t tease her with his fingers that time. He lifted her effortlessly, tossing her back onto the bed, and grabbed her thighs, pushing them apart. He looked down at her with dark, hungry eyes. She stared back up, still panting, still reeling and stinging and whimpering.

  She was entirely unprepared when he lowered his head and his tongue found her folds.

  Olivia arched her back, crying out raggedly. She might have squirmed right off the bed if he hadn’t kept such a hard grip on her, his hands shifting to her hips and holding her down. She squeezed her thighs around his shoulders, panting and whimpering, her fingers digging hard into the comforter. Her skin burned where he’d spanked her, adding an entirely other dimension to her pleasure, almost overloading her.

  Negan purred at her taste, his tongue flicking and lapping over her folds before he finally found the sensitive little nub of her clit. He suckled, teasing with his tongue, dark eyes flicking up to watch her as she writhed under him.

  She moaned, her breath coming in gasps as he played his mouth over her, his beard rough on her thighs and mound, his tongue hot and soft on her folds. She managed, somehow, to find her voice. “Negan, oh fuck.... Please if you keep that… if you don’t stop I’m gonna come…”

  His response was a growl, his hands tightening on her hips so hard she was sure it would leave bruises as his tongue assaulted her mercilessly.

  She screamed. Part of her knew they weren’t alone in the house, and that there was a chance she would be heard. Even so, she couldn’t hold back. The pleasure was so intense it was almost too much, particularly with Negan continuing to lick and tease her, determined to ride out her orgasm with his tongue buried in her. Her whole body bowed with her climax, her legs squeezing his shoulders so tightly she was half afraid she’d hurt him. Her hands held the blankets so tightly her fingers ached. She came back to herself only slowly, with shockwaves of pleasure still coursing through her at every touch. Negan kissed the insides of her thighs, and chuckled as she shuddered, giving little moans and whimpers.

  She blinked up at him as he sat up, licking his lips slowly. “Damn, baby. I shoulda spanked that ass last night,” he grinned.

  “Oh my god,” she panted softly. She wasn’t sure she could move anytime soon.

  He laughed. “No need to get all fuckin’ formal, baby. ‘Negan’ will do,” he teased.

  She was much too addled to come up with a reply, and only stuck her tongue out at him. He grinned, gripping her hips, his cock teasing her entrance. “Careful, sweetheart, that mouth of yours already got you one spanking today.” He pushed into her slowly, burying himself inside her. His head tipped back and he groaned. “You are fuckin’ heaven, Livvy.”

  Negan lowered himself on top of her, kissing her deeply.  She wrapped herself around him, and for one long, intimate moment neither of them moved. She held him tight against her, and he held her eyes with his own. Gently, he pushed her hair back, trailing his fingers down her cheek.

  Neither of them spoke. It would have shattered the moment. Finally, he leaned down, catching her lips with his own again before he started to move.

  He started slowly, but soon started gaining speed as he lowered his head, kissing and nipping at her neck. One hand fisted in her hair, pulling her head to the side to let him suckle hard at her throat, almost certainly marking her. Olivia held on to him, digging her nails into his shoulders, wrapping her legs around his waist. As his thrusts became harder and faster, she found herself holding on for dear life, sure that he would knock her right off the bed if she didn’t.

  Negan bit down on her throat, sucking hard. She knew he was going to leave marks but couldn’t bring herself to care very much. She reveled in the feeling of him on her, in her, the scent of his skin, the dark fire burning in his eyes.

  She squeezed around him as his thrusts became more erratic, digging her fingernails into his back. He arched up, holding her gaze until his eyes squeezed shut and he buried himself in her with a deep groan of ecstasy.

  Slowly, Negan relaxed over her, resting his forehead on hers a moment before he kissed her. He was gentle as he pulled away, settling back on the bed and gathering her close. She sighed with pleasure as he nuzzled into her hair.

  “Mmm. That was a nice way to wake up,” she said softly.

  He chuckled. “Except now I want to go back to sleep.”

  Olivia laughed softly, settling her back against his chest. It felt good to be held. “Adair probably heard that.”

  “He’s over eighteen.” Negan nipped at her shoulder. “I can’t help that I’m so good I make you scream.”

  She smiled, closing her eyes. “I suppose you’re right.” She bit her lip. “I’d like to stay like this.”

  “I’m not fuckin’ moving anytime soon, so that’s fine with me.”

  She couldn’t help a soft laugh. “That’s good. But I really mean, you know. I’d like to just stay like this and not have to worry about anything anymore.” She stroked a hand up and down his arm. “The past, and the future, and exes who want to kill me. That sort of thing.”

  He was quiet for so long she was afraid she’d said the wrong thing. Or that he’d already fallen asleep. She was about to speak again when he took her shoulder, pushing her gently.

  “Roll over, baby,” he said, turning her to face him. He pulled her to his chest, looking down at her. Gently, he brushed her hair back from her face. “The past is in the fuckin past. And there ain’t shit to do about it, babydoll. And the future’s gonna fuckin happen no matter how much you fuckin fret about it.” He smiled a little. “I’m not saying they aren’t considerations, but stressing yourself out until you get fucking drunk just to deal with it doesn’t seem to be doing you any favors, baby.” He kissed her again.

  She sighed, resting her chin on his chest. “I know,” she said quietly. “It’s just hard not to think about...things.”

  “I feel you, babydoll. Believe me, I fucking know how that is.”  He took her chin in his fingers, keeping her gaze up at him. “As for the last part…” The dark fire returned to his eyes. “He’s not going to fucking touch you. If he fucking tries I’ll bash his fucking brains in. You know why?”

  Her breath caught in her throat as she looked up at him. She’d seen glimpses of what he could be. Hard. Dangerous. Deadly. For the first time she was confronted with it in full. In her bed, inches from her. She shook her head, unable to speak.

  A little smile played at the corners of his mouth as his thumb feathered over her lips. He leaned down, a breath away from her. “Because no one. No. One. Touches. What’s. Mine. Are you mine, baby?”

 She swallowed, her mouth dry, her heart pounding. There was a gravity in his question. A sense that once answered, she was starting down a path she might not be able to return from. “I’m yours,” she whispered.

 His kiss was hard, possessive, hungry. Full of teeth and tongue, and she surrendered to it as she’d surrendered to him.

 Wholly.

tagging: @noodlecupcakes @glittered-unicorn-lava @genevievedarcygranger@adair-donovan @feistybaby @negans-network @ask-kakashihatake

#negan #au #fanfic #fanfiction #twd #the walking dead #twd negan #jeffrey dean morgan #smut

[autobotministerofscience-blog]

Brains and Sparks and Percy

// Under a cut because I’m rambling and this is going to be long and messy. Basically: Things do not work like they do with humans (at least in tfa) and sparks are super important and brains are, well, pretty important, yeah, but not in the same way.

// So I’m trying to figure this out. The emotions thing with Percy is kinda weird because Cybertronians have both the spark and the brain, and supposedly the spark’s got something big to do with personality and memories and junk, and the brain,,, doesn’t???

If I remember correctly, when Yoketron died, Prowl just grabbed up his spark and stuck it in a fresh protoform, and he woke up. Same guy, no problem. Died right after, because he wanted to, but it can be assumed that that could have worked. 

And then you’ve got Starscream doing stuff with the clones and replacement bodies, but the Allspark bits were involved so that might be different. Also one may assume that Starscream would make clones with brains like his IF that is how it works, which it might NOT be. Unknown as of yet.

But then CNA, which is stored in the spark, is their sourcecode and determines pretty much everything that their being is based on, and it’s also what they use for clones. So????? How important is the brain (processor), really????

Humans are like this: The brain is the all-important thing that stores all of what makes a person that person (only not exactly because the body plays a role and the chemistry is important and there are hormones and stuff and basically if you lop off a limb or remove some organs you not only make the body work less well, but also screw up the balance of Stuff and the brain is affected and the person is actually Not exactly the same, but that’s just what I’ve heard and I don’t even remember where) and the heart is just the thing that makes the rest of the body go. More or less.

Replace the heart and person A is still person A. But the brain, move that thing around and the person goes with it. Mostly. Er, well, we actually don’t do that, for the most part. But basically that’s it. There’s a whole When Are We Not Alive/Not Human/Someone Else/Etc Etc Whatever debate in here but I’m not concerned with that now.

Cybertronians are different. (talking strictly TFA here) The spark holds the personality, memories, CNA, and??? We don’t know what else. Maybe information in general too, because why not, and because Yoketron and Starscream had zero trouble remembering things, despite having no transference of files from processor to processor.

This also kinda explains how Starsceam’s personality was able to take over the simulation in Rise of Safeguard (tfa comic) when they took his CNA and got his decepticon code from it. Soooo idk maybe they got excited and just stuck his CNA in there wholesale instead of splicing it up and taking the useful bits. Ergo, a fully formed Starscream personality within the simulation, wreaking havoc and strong-willed enough to take over the computer until it was weakened in-sim and then they got control over the comp and his program again out-of-sim. Nice going Percy. I wonder if they kept that sim. Probably did. Probably have a diced up version of Starscream’s personality in there, just conscious enough to exist as an entity within the computer, but not enough to resist. Cool. Yeah, or not, whatever--not important; getting off track.

So sparks have a ton of stuff in them. So then what about the brains.

The brains are the interface for the spark, they connect the spark to the body. Yyyeah. The spark in part powers the body, which in turn powers the spark... I guess? maybe not? The...brains...act as an emulator? Eh. The brains interpret the data in the spark and realize it. Yyes? The brains....

Gah, I don’t know. Maybe all brains are essentially the same, and it’s the spark that makes them different. So with a Cybertronian, you could do a brain transplant and be chill; the bodies still have the same personalities and stuff as before, like human with a heart transplant. But change the sparks and you take everything that makes a bot that bot and move it. So frame/body/shell changes aren’t too hard. Only the spark is essential. That would explain Yoketron, Starscream.. even the Jettwins-- Jetfire’s head was gone. Also the Stunticons, Drift maybe... hm. Yeah.

So there are places where we do know stuff about brains, so I might have to disagree with stuff I’ve said above now. Or not! Hopefully not. Arcee’s brain was damaged by the EMP, deleting her memories and rendering her comatose. But that changed. The Omega Sentinels were created with simpler processors. Derek J Wyatt’s wording on Percy was that he deleted his emotions to clear room in his hard drive for more science. I’m thinking this isn’t how computers work, and the wording and specifics were changed anyway so it’s.. mostly moot? It’s moot.

So I’m thinking brains are, for the most part, blanks. Generic. Pretty much all the same. The brains actually go with the body/shell/frame/whatever, and are primed to take care of that body, regardless of what spark it has in it. It’s kind of like the nerves and spinal cord and brain stem and such in that it is integrated into its body and meant to keep that functioning.

Crud, the whole headless thing though. Oh my goodness, how the heck does that work. Crap. Uhhh... A wireless connection? Sure why not. Ok so if the brain and body are in proximity they can still communicate... Spark to brain, brain to body, body to brain, brain to spark, etc. and the bot can still move around comically unless another brain unit hacks in and takes control of the body. Like in the show. Ok. That works.

Blast a bot’s head off, destroy the brain, and the spark can still survive. It might sustain trauma from the loss of the brain, but it’s still alive. For a while anyway. It could fade pretty soon after. Important point is that without the brain, the spark cannot control the body. The brain is what does that. The brain acts as a conduit between the spark and body. Destroy the brain (or completely sever the wireless connection, or block it) and the living spark cannot move the body. It can keep it powered for a time, but can do nothing.

But if you get a new brain in time, things are ok! Like a heart transplant! Connection restored, and things are working again! As long as the brain is compatible with the body type/size and spark size/power output, things are great. So like Arcee couldn’t be a brain donor for an Omega Sentinel, but an Omega Sentinel could be a brain donor for another Omega Sentinel. They’re compatible. They could also probably just. Build more brains. The spark’s the important bit, so there wouldn’t really be a moral issue.

So basically the spark can’t communicate directly with the brainless body. Doesn’t work. Spark is funky energy and data, and needs translation into stuff the body can do. The Brain does that. Spark can give power to body, keep it alive and “on,” but even base functions won’t run without a brain. (Why? because aliens. Because robots. Because whatever. Because if the spark acts like a brain, what point is there in having a brain. None. But they do. So I make up nonsense like this.)

It would be interesting if a bot had multiple processors throughout the body. Backups. Blow their head off and chest brain 2 powers on. Headless but not hopeless indeed. There’s probably a drawback to this, or at least a taboo, but I imagine it could be made to work. Sweet.

Mm and I guess another thing on brains, they are interchangeable to a degree, but CPU speed is another difference that would have to be taken into account, in addition to size and such. The spark-compatible speed may or may not be determined by CNA--so a bot with lower CPU speed wouldn’t do well with a transplant of a higher-speed brain. Probably. I don’t know computers.

Oh, and of course the brain takes in data from the body and processes it and sends it to the spark. When a bot sees something the optics send the data to the brain which sends it to the spark where it becomes part of a memory and other stuff happens too, and the spark sends its reaction to the brain which sends it to the body. ....Sure.

Okay, Now Arcee and the Omega Sentinels. Arcee got blasted with EMP and as a result lost her memory (but it came back later) and went into a coma (but she woke up later). Percy told Ratchet that the damage to her processor was irreparable. Evidently he was wrong or lying. So if we take that at face value, the EMP fried her brain. If I’m right, this means that her spark was fine, and her memories and all were intact there, but that the damage to her processor prevented her from accessing them. And further, the damage incapacitated her--she was still alive, but her brain didn’t work well enough for her to get up and walk around and talk. She was in a coma. 

The scientists and medics did what they could (or did they) and still she didn’t recover. They kept her for some reason; guess they don’t kill/let die coma patients? I image they’re easier to keep alive than human ones. So after she was captured by the Cons she woke up and remembered Ratchet and was able to function a bit.., Shockwave digging around in her head didn’t help--or maybe it did? Maybe the events of her capture jostled something in her brain into the right place and from there she just had to reboot and restore stuff back into her brain from her spark. Took a while, hence the kinda slow recovery of her mind. I think Sari helped? Maybe? Or Bee? I don’t remember.

The Omega Sentinels. Created with, according to Percy, very simple processors, so that they comprehend the repercussions of their actions in the war less, and question orders less. Yeah pretty sure that was it. So okay! A few possibilities. 

Their sparks are normal sparks and the brain is normal, but has (potentially removable) blocks and mental barriers coded into it so that they question orders less.

The sparks are normal but the brains have been directly (and slightly more permanently?) altered so that a bit less communication happens between the spark and brain on specific data channels, resulting in less questioning orders.

The brain is actually pretty normal, entirely normal even, but the spark was messed with so that they question orders less. Percy just said that it was the processor that was altered because... reasons.... I don’t know.

Both brain and spark were altered. Spark was messed with as in 3, and the brain was messed with as in 1 or 2.

I don’t see Percy or the Autobots having much of a problem with any of these tbh. So I’m going to pick the one I like best and say they did that until I get info that supports one over the other. I think for now I’ll go with 1, until I psychoanalyze everyone involved in the decision and figure out that I’m totally wrong. Hey idk maybe I’m right, 1 is the easiest and they are kind of trying to get things done quickly.

Anyway, so that takes care of Arcee and the Omega Sentinels. Aaand it seems like my idea of sparks and brains holds up! Mostly! If you tilt your head and close one eye! Now for smaller and less plot-relevant details that could still unravel my theory.

The Jet twins. Jetfire’s head was blown clean off. Both bodies were reformatted into ones capable of flight. Both had flyer code taken from Starscream added in so that they could fly. It was taken from Starscream’s CNA, so it stands to reason that it was integrated into their CNA--put into their sparks. Jetfire got a new brain, and both bots were fine after everything. Same personalities and memories; the only difference was that they could fly. This goes fine with my theory.

Perceptor. “Deleted personality subroutines” is the canon take on it, though this is in Shockwave’s words, which is maybe relevant. There are a few possibilities:

He deleted standard brain programs that dealt with parts of emotion and personality; his spark was the same, but the personality data that was sent to the brain was not processed, or at least wasn’t processed the same way. Thus freeing brain space for other data and possibly speeding up processing. I have no idea if computers actually work like this and will have to ask someone to confirm or debunk this.

He left the brain alone and messed directly with his spark and CNA so that the coding for personality bits was erased, freeing up spark data space for science. I don’t think sparks work like this.

He created blocks or paths in his brain that redirected emotional/personality data to other parts, away from the CPU, so that he would be less biased when doing science. This one makes sense??

Number 3 but he can turn it on and off. He does science a lot and likes to be unbiased, so the block/redirection is mostly on, but he turns it off when he can’t otherwise come to a decision, or when he knows that he needs emotions to plug into a certain situation. Or when he realizes that it would make an experience or social situation work better. Or when I want him to have emotions. After so long without emotions, they can be terrible and fantastic.

Something else.

I really like 4. Even when redirection is on, his spark would still feel things in reaction, and his em field might even do stuff to show how he feels, depending on how those fields work exactly--emitted by spark and dampened by brain?--and he could even store the emotions he’s not actively feeling alongside memory, so he’d have copies with and without. Yeeah I like this but idk if I’ll actually use it..... .....Yeah I probably will tbh.

Eh, and whatever he did, he messed something up and his voice became flatter. That’s right, it was just a mistake. Ha. Yeah this isn’t certain either I could still change my mind on this or change it

Wow. This is a mess. If anyone actually reads this, I’d love to hear any thoughts you might have!

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