#chibiveneficus

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Optimus/Elita-1 in G1/Cyberworld. Cute by virtue of "hey that guy and girl sure are standing next to each other and work together!" They're friends, isn't that nice for them. But there's no spice to me.

Also the same vibe for Nautica/Skids.

🔪- Character you would Kill if you could.

🤍- Fav Neutral or Obscure Character?

🤖- What got you into TF?

Me: *after seeing and enjoying the 2007 movie because I was a dumb fourteen year old, and then seeing a commercial for TFA on cartoon network months later*: "pfttt, I can't believe they took the COOL transformers from that movie and make it into some goofy cartoon for kids!" <-idiot who knows NOTHING and is about to get her world fucking rocked.

🔪- Character you would Kill if you could.

As a story telling choice I completely understand why the outcome of Megatron's trial is left ambiguous, and narratively within the confines of the Lost Light book it works. But also? That guy is fuckin dead. In-story I'd fuckin kill that guy.

Also honorary mention because they already actually got killed but. The way Kaon got killed was sooooo satisfying to me. Not only because Revenge for what he did to Trailbreaker. Because also of how some people in the fandom were boohooing about their imagined DJD found family that was now ruined since Tarn killed him. I want to relive what those fans crying did for my skin, and if I could I'd kill him all over again.

🤍- Fav Neutral or Obscure Character?

I'm trying to scale my definition of obscure here. I feel like real hardcore tf fans are naming some repaint only released in 2009 or some comic book character only from Dreamwave. Meanwhile I'm like. Well does Heatwave from Rescue Bots count? What about Vector Prime, is that Obscure enough? The only neutral I can think of off the top of my head is Metalhawk, and he was like, fine I guess. I remember his thing with Starscream as interesting...

Thou Which Art But Air for Q/Jean-Luc Picard oh my goddddd.

in the Star Trek Next Gen theyre just kind of haha. a little funny. Q, this chaotic neutral god-like being, purposefully being annoying and flirting (to be even more annoying) all to get a rise out of the more even-tempered Jean-luc. haha isnt it funny. and I don't even mean this in a "oh they were queerbaiting haha knife emoji" way. Like it was genuinely funny dynamic. enjoyable to watch. nothing serious there to me.

AND THIS FIC IS LIKE. SURPRISE BITCH. WHAT IF THAT, BUT SUBTLY ALTERED TO WHERE IT IS HEARTRENDERING. what if there is (to quote the author) "realism and angst, but a satisfying ending"

tbh i'm spending all my money on ambulon commissions so.

Oh you sniped the easy answer lol

Here’s one that I think is pretty up there: I don’t really like Ratchet? Across pretty much all continuities. I don’t even know exactly how this happened… he’s basically Robot McCoy, and McCoy is a great character.

I think because it’s a combo of his archetype (curmudgeonly medic) being pretty played out (see McCoy comparison above) and there being some continuities where he does things that are beyond that archetype that I didn’t really like. Like after my first real experience with a Ratchet (tfa Ratchet, my favorite Ratchet to this day) I was like, thanks, had my fill of that. And then other continuities had the things I didn’t like, mainly… being shipped with Optimus in tfp and with Drift in mtmte lol. Sorry Ratchet, you’re the triangle leg I don’t prefer. The mtmte one especially sits with me because of how Rodimus got shafted in characterization, even though that has nothing really to do with Ratchet. Again, sorry Ratchet.