neutral Cybertronians welcoming warbuilds with open arms, providing shelter and helping them adjust to life where they aren’t in constant fear of dying
neutral Cybertronians going out of their way to help their kind, being trained specifically in safe recovery from mental and physical trauma and creating safe spaces for anyone who might need them, even if they later choose to return to whatever side they left or decide join the other
neutral Cybertronians offering the de-integration of unwanted inbuilt weapons
neutral Cybertronians not demanding any frame changes if the defector doesn’t want them b/c it doesn’t matter if they’ve got an onboard rocket launcher as long as they don’t use it inappropriately
neutral Cybertronians protecting warbuilds from their factions who demand they return to the war because it might be their duty and it might be their function but it’s also bullshit
neutral Cybertronians hiding defected Decepticons and fortifying their cities against the DJD and putting up such a fight that they leave to deal with other targets first and no one ever knows about those victories because they’re far enough removed from the warfronts that no one from the colony has anyone to tell and the DJD certainly isn’t going to mention it
neutral Cybertronians burying Autobots trying to get their defected soldiers back in so much legalese that it’s simply not worth the trouble to pursue them
neutral Cybertronians protecting their warborn kin
I really like the idea of the outer planets, regardless of what continuity, have really diverse and strange cultures too. We know the Autobot Commonwealth exists in some fashion in most universes as a fact (Unicron Tril, TFA, TFP) and like, just the ideas of what they bring to the table when the planets come together. Velocitronians loving physical prowess as a show of both strength and intelligence, coming from a desert planet and getting used to living in wetter and lusher worlds, being surprised at how separated the city states of Cybertron are because they are used to one planet wide ruler. Animatron natives coming from their largely organic world and separate tribes and learning about the intellectual sides of the power balance, being rough and rowdy on a whole and having a predisposition for big parties. Gigantion mechs towering over everyone else, a huge inventor culture with a somewhat anarchistic form of community learning to integrate with the smaller and more wild bots from the other worlds, wondering why they update their old buildings instead of simply building up, creating massive structures in mere days. GIVE ME MORE.
YES THIS.
I headcanon cultural diversity in the outer colonies SO HARD.
IDW Skyfire/Jetfire had to have been so fierce to have the guts to become a scientist in a time when he was highly sought after for military or transport service instead.
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