#crowbar!!!

So, currently, in my brain, she (oh ya Mag uses she/they) starts as a Predacon but becomes a Maximal. The defect happens a little bit after Count Raven joins the Predacons.

Because all she really knows of Count Raven is that he keeps having mental breakdowns and is an asshole (as a coping mechanism. A really bad one, but still), Mag doesn’t really know what is happening between Crowbar and Count Raven.

So this leads to every time the bird exes meet and have their whole ordeal, Mag is treating it like a sit com. Initially, it’s like “so…is this normal?” To “ooooooooo the birds are fighting!!! Froggy, quick, grab the popcorn!” Meanwhile Froggy is most definitely going into the freeze response of fight/flight and Mag is not helping at all :)

NAHHHHHHHHHHH BRUH THIS IS SO FUCKING FUNNY AND SAD

Froggy watching Count and Crowbar having their 30th fight that week (it's Monday)

vs

Mag Pyre watching Count and Crowbar having their 30th fight that week (it's Monday) (Maggy has made a BINGO board for repetitive fight moves and phrases spoken) (she's winning)

Aaaaaawwww tyyyy❤️❤️❤️

Alt ending where Frog Legs is able to convince Count Raven to rejoin the Maximals, albeit more secluded and less engaged since… yeah. The Count and Crowbar butt heads, and most of the other Maximals are uncomfortable, but Froggy’s on his Tf One B-127 arc (tm) and he’s trying to make it work (but he’s still so sad and traumatized).

One night, Froggy finds Count Raven standing are edge of their base, and Count confesses that he feels he doesn’t belong anywhere anymore, not after all he’s done— after all he’s done to Froggy and Crowbar. Frog Legs tries to convince Count to stay, to think otherwise, but deep down inside Froggy knows Count Raven was probably right.

Quietly, the Maximals watch as Count Raven takes flight off into the sky to never be seen again. Froggy can’t tell if he still hates Raven— but Crowbar? They’re standing in the corner, fists clenched, hating how much they care and despise the Count for leaving again.

hell yeah here we go

Cnt. Raven is, uh, well he exists now. I'll develop him more later, but he's created as Crowbar's (@too-many-beloveds) archrival.

They used to be friends when they first woke up on Earth, but after a while and with their differing beliefs and conflicts of interest (*cough cough* he tried to bring Froggy-boy to the dark side), they broke up and parted ways.

Cnt. Raven joins the Predacons while Crowbar (+ Frog Legs) becomes a Mercenary. He misses being friends with Frog Legs and Crowbar, but he can't bring himself to admit it.

rip i guess--

I read way too much Maximum Ride when I was 13, I can give human Crowbar wings

I wrote a Countbar one shot

I am tired :D also no beta we die like Count Raven

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He doesn't die here I swear-

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It had been too long of a day. Too many fights, too many close calls, just...too much. By the end of it, Crowbar was exhausted. Not to mention, their face felt off.

Once Primal had given them the okay to go into recharge, instead of going to their own room, they followed Count Raven to his own room. They tried not to trudge their feet, not to look completely exhausted. Count Raven looked back a couple of times, but said nothing.

He opened the bedroom door, and let Crowbar in. They stood in the middle of the tiny room and felt themselves sway slightly. The Count locked the door behind him and stood behind Crowbar.

"Are you-" The Count started before Crowbar fell backwards, falling against his chest. Count Raven immediately wrapped his arms around Crowbar, holding them up. He leaned closer to their audial, "Let's go to the bed." Crowbar merely sighed as Count Raven moved them both to the bed.

Count Raven settled them on the bed, sitting against the wall as Crowbar laid across his chest. The Count brought his hand to Crowbar's mask, stroking it gently. "Does your face hurt?"

It felt like the scars were still burning, the stitching still fresh. It was years ago, though, they knew that it was all in their memory.

Their thoughts were interrupted by a clicking noise on their mask and Count Raven carefully taking it off. Crowbar turned their face directly to Count Raven's chest.

Count Raven's claw curled and came up to the big scar on their cheek, stroking it affectionately. The burning tingles were soon replaced by the Count's careful strokes. It was so considerate, a far cry from the surgery before, so desperate to keep their face intact.

A rumbling noise came from under them and soon, humming. Crowbar could never place what song Count Raven hummed. Must've been from long ago. It didn't really matter, it was always soothing.

The Count removed an arm to start rubbing along Crowbar's back, lulling them into sleep. Before either of them could fall asleep, Crowbar leaned up and gave a small kiss on his mask.

"Thanks," Crowbar muttered before falling asleep.

This is so tender and sweet… aaaaaaaa why am I giggling over OC BIRDS—

Okay so there's one episode of Beast Wars where the Predacons take a part of the Maximap ship, the part that protects the ship from the radiation outside that forces everyone into their beast modes.

During the episode, pretty all the Maximals (with the exception of Airazor and Tigatron), in their beast modes, start losing their shit and start acting like the animals they transform into, eventually running into the woods before Tigatron finds them and helps them out.

Idea- during this particular episode, Crow and Count are stuck as birds and when everyone runs out, they fly off somewhere and just start acting like bird mates. Like grooming each other, etc. Froggy, who is one of the bots who isn't affected by the insanity, goes off to find Count and Crow anddddd

"Ah. Bird things. Of course. ...no how to make them stop...."

Oh also, crows and ravens tend to mate for life. Do with that as you will for these two idiots.

I just had mental image of a C Plot in that episode where it’s just… Froggy trying to drag the Count and Crowbar back home.. like the entire point of their little plotline is NOT to get them to stop being mates, but instead Frog Legs is trying to leash them or somethin—

Froggy is like “STAHP KISSING AND LET ME GETCHA—“ and frantically hopping everywhere.

Because how tf do you stop the two birbs.

You don’t, that’s how. It takes him a minute to figure that out.

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