I love the way you view Feral Optimus, and so I decided to share some of my brain candy with you. (It's not Friday, but it's close enough). So, imagine Optimus has been turned into a sparkling (by way of ???) and teamed Prime is expecting him to be this quiet, polite little thing. Except he is decidedly Not That. He hides in dark corners, hisses, bites, looks at the kids like they're prey, and he even looks off. His limbs are awkward and gangly, he has fangs and claws, uses his finals and field to emote -along with a range of animalistic sounds- and even the center of his optics are slit like a cat's pupils. However, he's still a cute little thing, and after he finally gets used to everyone, he can be found snuggled up in unsuspecting laps, taking naps on shoulders, purring to show happiness, and even protecting the humans from a mountain lion on one particularly notable occasion. Sure, he tried to eat it afterwards, but Ratchet stopped him in time. Overall, everyone is just confused as to why their dignified leader is such a feral little sparkling. Even Ratchet, who knew Orion after his integration to society didn't know what was happening. He had demonstrated slightly feral behavior throughout their friendship, but the medic had never even considered the reason being anything like this. Needless to say, Optimus had some explaining to do after he turned back, both to the team and the humans.
Hope you enjoyed a little sample of my brain rot and I hope to see more of your work!
Omg I know I’m super late to this but tysm your kind words mean so much
I love how Orion has essentially just become a feral cat. I am so here for it
I’m just imagining team prime/ratchet carrying Orion around wearing the cybertronian equivalent of animal handling gloves. Tiny feral child my beloved
editing challenge vs. @goodsriddance
❀ favorite song from we are the tigers
'Cause you're the score you got on SATs
A number on a scale
You are birth control
And alcohol
And every test you failed
You are all the teams you never made
And all the games you never played
Parents you mistreated
And every time you were defeated...