oh my god as of right now i don't give a shit about canon anymore tailgate > galvatron is now canon in my heart
Oh! I did not mean to sort it there, and it's fixed now. It's probably a consequence of posting at like two in the morning :P Also, :DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD I'm honestly incredibly pleased by the way that fic turned out. It might be one of my personal favorites in my whole archive. It's packed with delicious sadness everywhere all over the place, and that was definitely one of my favorite moments. And hey, let's have some extra details! Offscreen, there was a really brief window where Rotorstorm thought that the physical affection might stop the abuse altogether, and he had a short-lived stockholm syndrome-esque crush on Whirl for real. Whirl mentions that pfffff, it's not like there's a school for POLICE OFFICERS or anything, haha. But yeah, there is, and instead the Council sent you off with Kroma without teaching you or prepping you in any meaningful way. Oh, and Whirl's old business with Kroma is meant to parallel what goes down between him and Rotorstorm pretty closely, including how Whirl absorbed his abusive teaching methods and the stockholm syndrome-y crush. When Rotorstorm puts his hands on Whirl's waist for the first time, that was an extension of the joking around he was already doing to try to cope with the situation. The shaky smile that Whirl read as 'omg he likes me' was actually Rotorstorm being sick with nerves and regretting the joke immediately and being 200% sure he's about to get beaten into a pulp. And then little character things that I just built in for myself, without any canon or plot driving them: Whirl really was enjoying the teaching. Even apart from him thinking that he and Rotorstorm had a healthy relationship, and even though he was... probably not the best or kindest teacher, he was quietly starting to love feeling like he had something constructive to offer the world. Whirl didn't only not-do-romance between the thing with Rotorstorm and the award ceremony, he actively dodged it and didn't let himself think about it, because he doesn't trust himself anymore Same goes for Rotorstorm, as far as dodging romance, but more in a ptsd sort of way. Really, just a lot of quiet ptsd for him in general. Whirl switched from four-pronged claws to two-pronged at some point. Change in character design, or extra digit loss as part of his punishment from the Council for ditching his job here? :D Rotorstorm's sense of humor is genuinely kind of shitty, but Whirl also was really genuinely into it. As Rotorstorm got more out of control with the joking and such he did to cope, he got quieter and quieter on his own. Classic depression-type stuff, where you have to keep up your public face so nobody knows, but when you're alone, you're just numb and exhausted and just end up sitting on your bed and staring at the walls. I really want to draw him that way. I didn't worldbuild this far, but imagine him having some kind of harmless little personal hobby that he eventually dropped, the same way Whirl has stopped making watches.
if i had to visually represent my emotions right now i'd make like swirly glitter sparkles. But sad. Sad glitter sparkles
@spockandawe I started with the Whirl fic and now I'm reading through the kink drabbles for pairs I'm interested in and... god. You've got me reading robot porn.
aaaaaaaaAAAAAGRGHGHGHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! *SCREECHES AND DRAGS HANDS DOWN FACE* what gives you the goddamn right
Ahh, robot porn! The noblest of all fandom pursuits :D But I'm really glad you're enjoying my stuff!!!
Yesssss, they're too precious for words, and each of the already-excellent sub-ships is just enhanced by the addition of the third party! They all bounce off each other in all the best ways. This is definitely a case where I'm too greedy to pick just one otp, I need all of these nerds together.
Have you ever written anything with them getting together? Well, we can figure out how Cy and Tailgate get together well enough, but... letting Whirl know that doesn't mean they're leaving him out?
Let's be real - with Whirl's issues, he's probably going to think he's just some awkward hanger-on that the two of them (or at least Tailgate) are taking pity on unless they have some damn good communication going into it. Bonus points if he perceives himself as something to be used, because being a tool is all he's been for ages (to the Senate, in the Wreckers, to Getaway) but at least Tailgate and Cyclonus are using him for something that involves the illusion of affection and regular, non-violent physical contact, so he brazens his way through it and covers up the underlying issues with jokes and aggression when one of the other two notices something wrong. What does he care about the two of them having some special emotional connection that he's not included in? He's unvincible!
I haven't written it yet, but only because the scope intimidates me! And also because it would need to be a Whirl POV, and I only recently sorted out a voice for him. I definitely want to write something along those lines, though! Whenever I get around to writing the oral fixation fic, that one will cover some similar ground, but a getting-together fic has a lot of delicious issues of its own to be addressed. It is definitely something I want to do! Maybe I can let ideas percolate today while I do wok things and have loads of time to kill :DDD
Spoiler: Maximum Dinobots "It is the culmination of a plan conceived long ago and far away. On a planet called Nebulos, if you're interested." "I'm not." BUT I AM, GODDAMN IT HOTROD SOME OF US WANT THAT SWEET SWEET DETAIL.
Spoiler: maximum dinobots Man, seeing Grimlock in his actual prime, with like, words and intelligence and tactics and leadership.... it really makes it sad just how fucked up his head got. I hope that there ends up being a storyline with the Scavengers and him getting some of his brainpower back, because we've gotten hints of that anyhow and I'd love to see this guy being himself again. And also because I love the Scavengers.
so. i got to issue 8 of mtmte and then stuff happened and i got distracted, and there was all these robots i couldnt keep apart. and @IvyLB wants me to liveblog it, so, uhm, here i go? Spoiler: issue 1 daaamn rodimus those are some fine legs really tho why is he looking like a bishonen why does he have a humanoid form at all why do cybertronians have humanoid forms and a lot of them have human faces? (were the humans shaped in the image of a cybertronian. is that what happened.) rigor morphis. really. looks like someone's calculation of who's on which list was wrong. also, ratchet, stop moping about your hands and that a patient died under your scalpel. i'm told it happens (note: i am not a doctor, and i don't have the brains to study medicine, but... it's a trope. and i know storytelling.) also, ratchet, from what you've said, repairs are possible. just get the damn wires or whatever is mucking up in your hands replaced fuckdamnit wait, ivy said the bot with the cane is bumblebee. the same bumblebee that op wanted as leader of the cybertronians, and ratchet wants him as chief medical officer as well? poor dude cant catch a break or a simpler job did he give you all that scrap. really. looks like someone's calculations of who's on which list was wrong again. prowl, you're not shaping up to be a good judge of anything, really. also "i'm disappointed" - "you'll get over it" snaaaaark rewind the archivist. meaningful name much. TABLEFLIP TAILGATE rungian analysis. really. well that's a few bodies stuffed in a locker there. or hallway, rather. the snark is strong in this series its wonderful oh come on rung it was obvious that would happen. that's what you call tempting fate, and you've been tempting her for four million years rodimus you dork. what are you, 17? well someone here has dirt on everyone. who has dirt on you, ultra magnus? (also, who pissed in your breakfast cereal) ultra magnus how can you keep a straight face with those points on the scale whirl, that's an awful lot of excuses you're fielding at someone who has repeatedly professed he doesnt give a fuck sounds like youre afraid chromedome youre like twice as tall and twice as broad as rewind, just let him piggypack on your altmode whirl you fucking liar ratchet is sensible, at least lost light: *launches* bumblebee: i thought you had a plan lost light: *explodes* welp "no one dies on my watch. not this time" do i smell tragic backstory also loyalty to troops ;;_;; mysterious message from the future juuuust a tiny bit too late to prevent the plot, to an unmanned communications centre, check don't open the coffin don't let them take skids don't go to delphi don't look into the basement don't do the following thing which will doom our race -transmission lost- hmm, i think we've got five things here which they will do / will happen.
MOOOOOORE LIVEBLOGGING!!!!!!! >:3c (ps ratchet doesn't want bee to be CMO, he just wants Someone Who Is Not Ratchet to be CMO!)
