What if…

dwobbit-under-the-mountain:

I know we all love the usual story of TF. It’s a great story, and it holds up through the test of time because it’s something we’ve seen in our own history time and time again. The slow decline of the Golden Age into a period of terrible fascism and oppression, the political climate becoming a breeding ground for rebellion and the subsequent rise of Megatron and Orion Pax as the next great speakers representing the people, then the sharp turn into war and the destruction of the world they all fought so damn hard for. Then of course, the seemingly endless wandering until finally, they come to Earth for whatever reason the continuity gives them.

But, I’ve been thinking. Wouldn’t it be interesting to see things flipped? What if we get to that period after the fateful meeting with the High Council, and the buildup to war is a lot slower? What if during that time, humans found their way into space and established themselves in the universe? I know, shush, hear me out. Usually in tf canon, the universe is a collection of well-established societies with the people in charge being descended from old Cybertronian colonies. It’s also usually canon that the universe has long, long since lost contact with Cybertron, when the Great Decline began and all the space bridges got shut off because Cybertronian society began turning inward.

So like, what if humans turn up and suddenly start shaking up the status quo. We know in a lot of tf canon, organic life is treated as second-class by non-organic life. Organics are generally viewed as slow, messy, stupid creatures. Now, I’d imagine if we got to space and people were racist arseholes to us, we’d have something to say about that. We’d probably have a lot to say about that, now that I think about it. So lets imagine we get ourselves a reputation much like Megatron and Orion did back on Cybertron (I’ll get to that in a sec). We’re these strange people who just showed up out of nowhere, flipped the bird to the established rules, and fucked shit up because we said what needed to be said. We argue and argue against what we view as unfair and oppressive rule, and all that arguing ends up putting us in good stead with all the other organic races and more open-minded of non-organics. We get noticed for other reasons too, like all the stuff you see in those awesome ‘humans are space orcs’ or ‘earth is space australia’ posts. I love those, and I want to see more self-love in scifi. Humans are pretty amazing when we put our minds to something. Because of this combination, we’re rapidly gaining power in a system with no place for us, and it’s tipping the balance. Lets then imagine we start asking questions too, because that’s what we do. Argue and question.

Lets imagine all that questioning leads to us finding out about the great, long lost planet that all these non-organics are descended from. A planet of crystal cities and everlasting light, a planet so ancient it can’t be dated, a planet that’s also an actual living person at its core. Don’t pretend we wouldn’t immediately decide that’s our new adventure, because fuck me that’s just awesome. 

What if back on Cybertron, the same thing is happening. Megatron and Orion are still fighting the good fight, just trying to fix a stupidly broken system while also keeping their tenuous friendship intact by the end of it. What if suddenly these ridiculously tiny organic creatures turn up, having somehow tracked the planet down, and join in with said good fight when they realise they’ve seen this shit all before and they’re not having any of it. Because you see, Cybertron might be an old myth to some, but if we can find it and make friends with the locals, then the rest of the universe will follow suit. 

Idk, it’s just an idea swimming about in my head. I think it’d be cool to see how things changed, how the war either still happened or didn’t happen, how the cultures would clash and mingle, how friendships and relationships would develop. That sort of thing.

I’m rambling, but I know what I’m trying to say. I just really love those rare occasions when tf fics and canon go into the similarities and differences between our species and re-imagine stuff.