#es spitfire

Day 06: Soul Bond

Nearly there with finishing up my cross-posting of Febuwhump Week 1!

Requested by @arceespinkgun here's another really great prompt for the Chaos Terrans! This ended up being much, much lighter in terms of angst (more inline with teen angst than whump LOL) but that's only because I really loved exploring Spitfire & Aftermath's dynamic. Thank you again for another stellar prompt! ❤️

You can read it here on AO3!

Was I born with a hole in my heart?/ A fatal fault at the start

(Lyrics from Scars by The Crane Wives)

(my first hc post) I'm always thinking about them, anon... Literally always. These ones are less canon compliant than last time <3

Jazz would be a really good adult figure for them. She's got godlike patience and empathy, is legitimately cool, and she can introduce them to edgy music!! (Tangentially related but I also think es Jazz is a trans woman)

Spitfire is immunocompromised- its firewalls are weak, and it has fewer nanites than average. If she was human, she'd have Crohn's disease- mostly because I have Crohn's and I like her a lot.

Aftermath is a young shuttle (as in, big transformer who can carry average sized transformers around a la Skyfire or Astrotrain), which is why he's so big

The first Pokemon movie would be LIFE CHANGING for them, but especially Spitfire

They share a favorite Revolutionary Girl Utena character in Kozue Kaoru, which I'm sure speaks to the healthiness of their relationship and individual psyches. "We don't need parents, we're wild animals" is their motto. Also you should watch Revolutionary Girl Utena. It's on YouTube.

Quintus Prime hates them personally. They are God's least favorite toddlers. TBH he was probably "subtly" working to convince the Maltos to fuck the kids over. I want to blow that old fuck up.

Spitfire perches on Aftermath a lot!! "This is so stupid, you can fly" "hush now brother, I'm searching" sorta deal

Aftermath is a very nervous person, et's worrying almost constantly about etas and Spitfire's safety. This fear presents as anger a lot, because Aftermath is very proactive, so et often comes off as aggressive and violent for no reason.

I also find it quite frankly criminal that these two only got to interact with one maltobot each so here's some thoughts on their dynamics with the other terrans

Thrash and Aftermath get up to mischief together (breaking and entering, some defacing of public property ie: graffiti, just doing stupid fucking stunts that might get them both crushed like tin cans), it's sort of a frenemies thing

Spitfire and Nightshade don't exactly get each other. It thinks they're a weirdo for caring so much about human genders while actively defying that system- a cool weirdo, but still a weirdo. It also thinks Nightshade's quieter demeanor is inconsistent with their "rebellious" gender. Nightshade mostly just thinks Spitfire is sad and concerning. Also it bites them a lot.

Hashtag and Spitfire are, as I've mentioned before, unknowingly Tumblr mutuals. IRL they hiss at each other like cats. Hashtag has thrown Spitfire into a tree before and felt bad about it after. Spitfire just thought that was fun.