#ask cork

HEYYY dw I do this all the time... my tiktok is gone too!!

Whenever I start to phase out of a fandom I get rid of that fandom account because if I don't it'll just be vacant and saddd and I'll feel like I'm disappointing the people who follow me... I'll also probably just take a break from soc media for a while anyway because I was so active on here for months at a time and I feel so drained >.<

WHAAT OMG YEAH so I thought of the whole au because I really wanted to draw young human sides and sunny… I love them lots

So my thoughts were, they’re orphans with zero family anywhere and they end up going to the daycare daily because they’ve got nowhere else to go and sunstreaker doesn’t want to risk them getting separated by the system. They’re basically avoiding the authorities…

I’m still thinking about their origins, maybe they end up on the streets because they were abandoned when young, maybe they had foster parents and ran away.

Prowl is an important part of their story, though! He’s a local police officer and he knows 1) that they’ve been caught shoplifting before and 2) they don’t have an official place of residence or guardians. They usually hide out in the daycare whenever they see him on the “prowl” ehehe… Jazz is their accomplice because he finds out that they don’t have guardians first. He usually says hi to the cute officer and is like noo nooo I haven’t seen those kids ‘round here ^^

Ratchet eventually realizes they aren’t going back to any sort of home after the daycare closes each day and becomes their legal guardian.

Not sure what you had in mind but here’s what I got! Here’s Sideswipe outgrowing his brother! The way I see it, though Sunstreaker can spend lots of time on his own and be fine, being distant in connection terms is odd to him (if not sad and upsetting, since he feels connections differently) because Sideswipe has always been the only person in his life, for as long as he can remember. But, as Sideswipe grows socially, Sunstreaker remains stagnant. He isn’t interested in building relationships, and he’s grown distant from the one person he already cares about. So he’s often alone. Make no mistake, Sideswipe makes time for him, he just finds himself wrapped up in actually having friends for once.

Sunstreaker doesn’t necessarily care that he might be a sociopath, but he considers that he might make things harder for Sideswipe.

About the kids in the daycare! The daycare is mostly for young kids. However, there are a good number of older kids who'll stop by after school until their parents finish working so that they won't have to be home alone. Bumblebee is one of these kids, but his legal guardian is actually Optimus so he helps his dad at the daycare until it's time to close up. Sideswipe, as an older kid himself, often talks to Bumblebee. Sunstreaker, as an antisocial sociopath, does not.

The kids in the last panel of the first drawing with Sideswipe are Blurr and Bumblebee.

Ahhh extra things -

Bumblebee is younger than Sideswipe and Sunstreaker, but the twins look younger than their age from all the years of not getting enough nourishment.

Blurr is!! The most energetic kid at the daycare!!! High strung and always in motion! The attendants have trouble keeping him under control, but they manage. :) I’ll probably redesign him, I’m known to be indecisive… this look is temporary for now. Placeholder!

During the week, the days aren’t too busy. Sideswipe plays with the younger kids, and Sunstreaker tries to stay away from everyone he finds annoying (everyone, as they are young children).

The daycare is open for any of the local kids because it’s seen as a safe place to hang out, supervised, when their parents are not around.

yes!! It's just doodles... 😢 I hope it's okay bcs I literally only draw kazuma n ryunosuke...

everyone can be friends 🥺

I didn't know what to do I hope this is good!!