once upon a time my 13 year old self was embarrassed to find anime characters attractive....... if only i'd known how much farther i would fall
Once you clear Dark Cybertron, there is significantly less political intrigue to deal with! Admittedly, some of that is replaced with politically-flavored military shenanigans instead, which isn't nearly as interesting as the intergalactic roadtrip, but they do some genuinely new and excting things with human/robot dynamics. Plus you get Thundercracker! He's the impossibly pure, dog-loving light of my life :')
Spoiler: MTMTE 40 Rereading 40 to get a look at Brainstorm's face, and suddenly: that's a big drink, Nautica. Either it's really weak, she has high tolerance, or she's going to get hammered.
The holiday special definitely had her getting smashed with Whirl, but they were pounding through the good shit, so I'd assume that a) she knows her engex and b) she has the tolerance of the gods.
But consider this: drunk Nautica. Adorable as she always is, but without the "this is a bad idea" filter.
babe knows her drinks, i can appreciate a woman who can drink others under the table which brings me to the fact that the lost light is absolutely a ship full of enough bots making bad life choices that I'd be very interested in a drink-off fic which ends up with everyone giving up when the final face off is Nautica versus Tailgate Spoiler: spoilery reasoning (who is now indestructable which I choose to interprete as he's got a fucking wolverine healing factor so he can't get drunk easily anymore) Cyclonus who did not participate is awed and a little intimidated. Skids did participate and is awed and intimidated while also being hammered as fuck. I don't even care how the contest ends.
Spoiler: hearts of steel 1 Why do I like bee better when he's not a main character? BEE WITH A COWCATCHER! :D ...where did he pull that one from, how do transformation cogs even work? Wasn't "specifically modding to get a new alt form" a plot/character point somewhere else? ...or is the little yellow engine that could not bee. Hmmmhmhmhm. GOD FUCKING DAMMIT SHOCKWAVE STOP SHOWING UP TO RUIN EVERYTHING edit: [continues screaming about HoS] Spoiler: 2 Starscream what are those fins you ridiculous doofus Awwww, bee's cowcatcher is part of his back (wing??). I still wanna see Giant Cowcatcher Breastplate on someone, ridiculously outlandish armor is my jam
Because I'm overcome by Soundwave love today, here, have a link to this picture (nsfw, xeno, oviposition, soundwave being surprisingly hot even without his faceplate)
@spockandawe idea that occured to me one the drive home. depending on the fic if you want a oh fuck factor: Skywarp. Considering. I like wavehusbands but they don't really work for IDW.
I think I'm going with Cosmos! I've still got to imply a lot offscreen, like a really tricky amount of stuff, but I think he's the best option. He's got experience with the involuntary isolation side of things, and Soundwave has experience with the involuntary cannot-find-isolation side, which is a good thematic setup for this story. Finding a voice for him is still going to be hard, especially since I've never written either of them before, and I've got minimal source material with either of them bouncing off other people in an open, friendly way, but I think he's my safest choice. I like Skywarp, but I've definitely got even less voice for him than for Cosmos, so I'm trying to push things through before I nerve myself out of it. (I'm totally planning to write Soundwave/Optimus Prime in the near future, but I need them in close physical proximity so they can really metaphorically dig into each other, and I can play with the mind reading. That'll be a long tricky one, though, so hopefully this fic helps me feel out a Soundwave voice)
Soundwave/Cosmos sexytimes is a go And I got to write a pesterlog fic for the first time in forever. I kind of wish I'd gone for the full pesterlog experience, but that would have been tricky, soooo ehhhhhhhhh, but I'm still really pleased with how this turned out. (also while I'm at it, I wrote Brainstorm/Perceptor fucking machine shenanigans, and I always forget how frigging much I just adore writing Brainstorm (which is good because word crashed and autosave completely failed me). I need to write him more often, it's always the best experience. Him and Whirl, man, they just flow so fast and easy.) So the megarod anonymity fic should be forthcoming tomorrow, now that I've spaced ships out enough that I won't feel like a redundant hack, because my brain is a team player, and fully supports me in all my creative endeavors. But I'm excited!
Okay I'm laughing because when i clicked on the Soundwave/Cosmos link this song came up on the radio Spoiler: Revolverheld - Lass uns Gehen (German lyrics) Hallo, hallo Bist du auch so gelangweilt, Genervt und gestresst von der Enge der Stadt Bist du nicht auch längst schon müde der Straßen, der Menschen, der Massen Hast du das nicht satt? Ich kann nicht mehr atmen Seh kaum noch den Himmel Die Hochhäuser haben meine Seele verbaut Bin immer erreichbar und erreiche doch gar nichts Ich halte es hier nicht mehr aus Lass uns hier raus Hinter Hamburg, Berlin oder Köln Hört der Regen auf Straßen zu füllen Hör'n wir endlich mal wieder Das Meer und die Wellen Lass uns gehen, lass uns gehen, lass uns gehen Hinter Hamburg, Berlin oder Köln Hör'n die Menschen auf Fragen zu stellen Hör'n wir endlich mal wieder Das Meer und die Wellen Lass uns gehen, lass uns gehen, lass uns gehen Die Stadt frisst die Ruhe Mit flackernden Lichtern Schluckt Tage und Nächte in sich hinein Gehetzte Gesichter in der drängelnden Masse Jeder muss überall schnell sein Zwischen den Zeilen hab ich gelesen Dass wir beide weg von hier wollen Wir stecken hier fest Verschüttet im Regen Und träumen vom Sommer in Schweden Lass uns hier raus Hinter Hamburg, Berlin oder Köln Hört der Regen auf Straßen zu füllen Hör'n wir endlich mal wieder Das Meer und die Wellen Lass uns gehen, lass uns gehen, lass uns gehen Hinter Hamburg, Berlin oder Köln Hör'n die Menschen auf Fragen zu stellen Hör'n wir endlich mal wieder Das Meer und die Wellen Lass uns gehen, lass uns gehen, lass uns gehen Ooooooh... Lass uns hier raus Hinter Hamburg, Berlin oder Köln Hört der Regen auf Straßen zu füllen Können wir endlich mal wieder Entscheidungen fällen Lass uns hier raus Hinter Hamburg, Berlin oder Köln Hör'n der Regen auf Straßen zu füllen Hör'n wir endlich mal wieder Das Meer und die Wellen Lass uns gehen, lass uns gehen, lass uns gehen Hinter Hamburg, Berlin oder Köln Hör'n die Menschen auf Fragen zu stellen Hörn' wir endlich mal wieder Das Meer und die Wellen Lass uns gehen, lass uns gehen, lass uns gehen Spoiler: hastily translated english lyrics Hello, hello Are you also as bored, annoyed and stressed at the narrowness of the City Aren't you already tired as well of streets and people and masses Don't you have too much? I can't breathe Can barely see the sky The skyscrapers built over my soul Always on call but never achieving much I can't deal with this place anymore. Let us get out Behind Hamburg, Berlin or Köln [TN: german cities.] The rain stops filling the streets And we can finally hear again The sound of the sea and the waves Let us go, let us go, let us go Behind Hamburg, Berlin or Köln People stop asking questions And we can finally hear again The sound of the sea and the waves Let us go, let us go, let us go The town feeds on quiet with flickering lights Eats Days and nights in itself Hurried faces in a shoving crowd Everyone must be everywhere quickly Between the lines I read That we both want to be away from here We're stuck here Drowning in rain And dream of Summer in Sweden Let us get out Behind Hamburg, Berlin or Köln The rain stops filling the streets And we can finally hear again The sound of the sea and the waves Let us go, let us go, let us go Behind Hamburg, Berlin or Köln People stop asking questions And we can finally hear again The sound of the sea and the waves Let us go, let us go, let us go Ooooooh... Let us get out Behind Hamburg, Berlin or Köln The rain stops filling the streets We can finally again Make real decisions Let us get out. Behind Hamburg, Berlin or Köln The rain stops filling the streets And we can finally hear again The sound of the sea and the waves Let us go, let us go, let us go Behind Hamburg, Berlin or Köln People stop asking questions And we can finally hear again The sound of the sea and the waves Let us go, let us go, let us go
