okay but now i wanna defend the Megatron part of it Spoiler: explanations, also maybe spoilers for MTMTE issue 50 onwards what mostly gave me feels there is this part of the first stanza And I might have thought that we were one Wanted to fight this war without weapons which yeah, okay hi, young Megatron the Miner and Philosopher. And then we have the second part of it which I feel fits the recent-most developements very well And I wanted it, I wanted it bad But there were so many red flags Now another one bites the dust Yeah, let's be clear, I'll trust no one You did not break me I'm still fighting for peace and then we have that line towards the end that fits nicely with how the decepticon as a whole are kidn of reeling and lost without him as a leader Then another one bites the dust It's hard to lose a chosen one Buuuuuut I can see that it fits very well for rodimus and I'm a bit confused at myself that I didn't notice this immediately and latched onto Megatron?
Spoiler Yeah I think he'd keep it Tailgate. Fuck the rules, he's a Prime! Cyclonus is his bodyguard slash husband.
Spoiler My favorite part about theoretical Tailgate Prime is that he has options if someone gets snooty and tries to talk down at him for being the miniest Prime. He could have Cyclonus pick him up to stand on his shoulders, use the Primal Hoverboards to hover right above them, or he could just use his super strength to punt them into the next galaxy all on his own! The world is his oyster
Spoiler: spoilers Cyclonus is his Lord Protector /Husband. He mostly makes sure Tailgate doesn't keep telling people to 'fight him' and then kicking their afts. It sends the wrong impression. XD
One other character mentored having possible matrix compatibility was Springer, in the text stories that went with LSOTW. I'd definitely be curious to see the writers play with anything there, since he was an upstanding young fellow who got entrenched in a culture of ultraviolence, then slapped in the face with a bunch of ethical dilemmas. It's kind of Optimus-y on a much more intense/concentrated scale, but I find him much, much more interesting. Slash, just generally speaking, I think it would be fascinating to have multiple Primes running around the place. Even if there's nominally a singular matrix, there's still the business like Optimus and Rodimus have been doing, plus the transformers creation myth involves what seem to have been 13 simultaneous primes. Considering the way all these series have a running theme of leadership and what happens when too much power is concentrated in one person's hands, it would be a really cool way for the story to go. Especially since things seem to keep coming back to how having everything focused in a singular leader isn't just bad for the people, but it wrecks that leader in the process. I feel like the odds are phenomenally low the writers will try to cover something that sweeping, but I really wish they would :C also, soundwave prime
offtopic but one of my fav Rodimus songs: Spoiler: lyrics "Everything Louder Than Everything Else" I know that I will never be politically correct And I don't give a damn about my lack of etiquette As far as I'm concerned the world could still be flat And if the thrill is gone, then it's time to take it back! If the thrill is gone, then it's time to take it back! Who am I? Why am I here? Forget the questions! Someone gimme another beer! What's the meaning of life? What's the meaning of it all? You gotta learn to dance before you learn to crawl! You gotta learn to dance before you learn to crawl! So sign up all you raw recruits Throw away those designer suits You got your weapons cocked and your targets in your sight There's a party raging somewhere in the world You gotta serve your country, gotta service your girl You're all enlisted in the armies of the night And I ain't in it for the power, and I ain't in it for my health I ain't in it for the glory of anything at all, and I sure ain't in it for the wealth But I'm in it 'till it's over and I just can't stop If you wanna get it done, you gotta do it yourself, and I like my music like I like my life Everything louder than everything else! Everything louder than everything else! Everything louder than - everything else! Everything louder than everything else! Everything louder than everything else! Everything louder than - everything else! (wasted youth - wasted youth, ah) (wasted youth - wasted youth, ah) They got a file on me and it's a mile long and they say that they got all of the proof, that I'm just another case of arrested development and just another wasted youth They say that I'm in need of some radical discipline, they say I gotta face the truth, that I'm just another case of arrested development and just another wasted youth They say I'm wild and I'm reckless I should be acting my age I'm an impressionable child in a tumultuous world, and they say I'm at a difficult stage But it seems to me to the contrary, of all the crap they're going to put on the page, that a wasted youth is better by far than a wise and productive old age! A wasted youth is better by far than a wise and productive old age! A wasted youth is better by far than a wise and productive old age! A wasted youth is better by far than a wise and productive old age! A wasted youth is better by far than a wise and productive old age! (louder, louder, louder, louder, louder!) If you want my views of hist'ry, then there's something you should know; the three men I admire most are Curly, Larry and Moe! If you don't worry about the future, sooner or later it's the past And if they say the thrill is gone, then it's time to take it back If the thrill is gone, then it's time to take it back! So sign up all you raw recruits Throw away those two-bit suits You got your weapons cocked and your targets in your sight There's a party raging somewhere in the world You gotta serve your country, gotta service your girl You're all inducted in the armies of the night And I ain't in it for the power, and I ain't in it for my health I ain't in it for the glory of anything at all, and I sure ain't in it for the wealth But I'm in it 'till it's over and I just can't stop If you wanna get it done, you gotta fight for yourself, and I like my music like I like my life Everything louder than everything else! Everything louder than everything else! Everything louder than - everything else!
whoops, I just had an energy drink even though I was already hopped up on caffeine and it's definitely too late to be pulling this nonsense. LET'S SEE HOW MANY FICS I CAN WRITE. Can I write four? I'm going to totally see if I can write four. Dratchet/Needlenose/Sunstreaker/Soundwave, LET'S DO THIS
I'm glad you liked it!! :DDD I've been dying to write that dynamic, and I had the thought about the mid-sex prayer, so it was like welp, better write the thing before I lose the moment.
I found a Texts From More Than Meets The Eye blog, and I put some of my favorite ones under the spoiler. Spoiler: Spoilers up to issue 51
Chromedome? Spoiler: Lyrics Where is the middle, is the middle of your mind Is it the place where you stop, where you just stop trying? Call out the dogs and let them have a sniff They might catch a little scent before you just forget it Losing your head is such a common theme All your brains are falling out, falling out the open seams Where is the heart, is the heart of the matter I must empty out my skull of all this useless chatter I want an empty head, I want to go to bed For a long long long time I want to fall behind I want to get in line For a long long long time What's in the name if it's a name you can't remember? You thought you had it down, but then you ran back to the center What's in a word if that word has lost its meaning? If you say it all the time a dirty word will get its cleaning Where is the end, is the edge of understanding? I might think its overrated or can't take the mind expanding Give me a push a little push in one direction I might need a little help with my own interconnection I want an empty head, I want to go to bed For a long long long time I want to fall behind I want to get in line For a long long long time I want an empty head, I want to go to bed For a long long long time I want to fall behind I want to get in line For a long long long time I want an empty head, I want to go to bed For a long long long time I want to fall behind I want to get in line For a long long long time
