sort of fanart on one of the most perfect fics I ever read, even if you are not the fan of the pairing – pls check it out, it’s wonderfully written, with intense plot and great world-building. All the while I’m going to set myself on fire while sobbing over how great that first kiss scene was
Tag: tbshtc
brrrrrrrrrroop doop doop doop
so remember when I read that 80 chapter fic in one day??? I’ve been rereading it a lot and I’m finally drawing stuff from it! the fic in question is called The Brave Shall Heed the Call – a story detailing what could happen after Season 3 of TFA, starting with Optimus getting forced out of the Magnus position and terrible things happening in Sentinel Magnus’ government on Cybertron. DEFINITELY read the warnings thoroughly, because there’s a lot of serious stuff involved in the story…. but goooooosh, it’s a really compelling and interesting read. >O<
anyways! tiny scenes from the earlier chapters. chapter numbers are in the captions if you wanna know. and no, Optimus isn’t beheaded, he’s just strapped to a medical berth and in forced stasis. >_>
…should I tag spoilers??? i should probably tag spoilers. I’ll tag them as #bshtc spoilers. whoops.
aaaaaaaaaaah aaaaaaaaaah aaaaah oh my GOD this is AMAZING holy shit I’m gonna sit here and squee :DDDDDD
(the whole bit with Megatron swearing revenge breaks my heart all over again)
THANK YOU SO MUCH
more Brave Shall Heed the Call doodles! chapters are noted in the captions. these aren’t consecutive scenes in any case, tho, I’m just trying to keep stuff organized. >O<
omfg *hysterical screaming*
I love this. I love all of this. Megatron’s expressions. The whole thing with Optimus watching the recording. Just… AWESOME.
Poor Megatron. He has his pride. The idea that he’s been defeated by the cream of the Autobot Academy was painful enough. That he got his butt whupped by an academy flunkout and a bunch of civilians is just too much.
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.
Cybertronian Database 