He chose to die at home, far away from the all the medics and the nurses and the machinery that had kept him alive all these last stellar cycles. His frame was old now and his Spark was fading with age. It was the natural course of life, he made no effort to fight it. There was nothing else to be done now.
Autumn had been bittersweet for him, but Winter had been worth living for. They had lived a happy life together, he had enjoyed a full life indeed. Only Blurr had been allowed to wait by his side as the solar cycle drew to a close.
I’ve had this idea for a few days (in conjunction with another idea but that’s something for another post)
but basically the idea is that in Brave Shall Heed the Call-verse, post-fic events, Shockwave and Perceptor start working together – because hey, they’re both science-y types, they could pool their efforts for the good of all Cybertronian kind! and blow shit up! and in meeting Perceptor in person, Shockwave finds out the hearsay that the Autobot deleted all his personality and emotive files to make room in his processor is true, and finds the results… lackluster. really, Perceptor – you could have been smarter about it.
so Shockwave starts something of a pet project: seeing if he can get Perceptor to develop a personality again. it’d be nothing short of a miracle, but between their two intellects (as well as Ratchet’s research into processor damage) there’s just a possibility that it just might work. and eventually Shockwave takes to recording it every time Perceptor does something that could be construed as an emotional reaction – to compile the data, see if he can find any patterns… and also, hopefully, to drag some bit of annoyance out of that barren stare. You’ve got to start somewhere, no?
and maybe eventually, it works through the gaps. Perceptor’s voice doesn’t return to normal; he’s still clinical and calculating in every single interaction. but sometimes he’ll synthesize something that could be sarcastic, and Shockwave will dutifully note it down: “Seventh Cycle 228; Perceptor is giving me a marked amount of what Blurr refers to as ‘sass’ today. I do not appreciate it.”
….I should have thought about these two characters more because this is an awesome idea.
Also Shockwave checking with Blurr about whether his emotional interpretations are correct is the best idea ever.
Perceptor request from @narwhalcookies and another person but i lost the name i’m sorry i accidentally deleted the post when i was trying to edit it (๑•́ㅿ•̀๑)
The High Council in Animated is made up of representatives from each of the guilds that govern civilian life on Cybertron. Perceptor is head of the science guild, Cliffjumper is head of the intelligence guild (taking the place of Longarm after he got outed as Shockwave), and other known guilds include transportation, entertainment, maintenance, and commerce; we don’t know who their heads are, but we do know Botanica is also on the council. Alpha Trion is the collective head of all these “domestic” guilds, and the acting Magnus serves as council chairman. The council is in charge of the military – not the other way ‘round, despite what Sentinel Prime would like!
This is the only continuity that this particular form of government has been seen in. Animated is a rather unique case, of course, since it represents a post-war Cybertron where the Autobots comfortably and safely rule the planet, and society ISN’T dominated by the need to fight Decepticons.
Cybertronian Database 