#hotwave

Travis Artz (voice actor for Hot Rod from Transformers Cyberverse) asked people on Twitter to redraw that shot from the Barbie trailer, so I made this!

I know your views on SoundRavage <3... but I wanna hear your thoughts on CV Hot Rot/Soundwave this time.

OK! First of all Ravage is not in Cyberverse and if s/he were she would probably be an actual tamed wild cat, just like CV Laserbeak is an actual wild bird that Soundwave tamed, so she would absolutely not be a suitable romantic partner for Soundwave or anyone else in CV-land! Therefore, the RavWave OTP does not apply to Cyberverse.

What made me ship CV Hot Rod/Soundwave: the entire Quintesson arc. Where they find themselves going from being annoyed with each other constantly, to respecting each other's points of view (or at least agreeing to go along with them) about certain things, like not running out half-cocked into the field instead of sending a troop, or not torturing Quintessons, and then finally, to admiring and appreciating each other, and giving each other those looks. So hot.

My favourite things about the ship: Soundwave is, in CV as in every universe, overworked, underpaid, and probably undermedicated and not given enough accomodations for the way his brain works. He is super freaking grim when the show starts. Nihilistic, even. Hot Rod gives him a sense of adventure, a sense of joy, makes him feel young and alive again, and gives him incentive to play hookey and actually try to achieve some sort of work-life balance. On the other hand, Hot Rod is a hothead, he jumps into things without thinking about it, he forgets he's in charge and can delegate responsibilities, and he gets really emotional about everything, and Soundwave gives him some grounding and a little teensy bit of mentorship and a whole lot of pragmatism that Hot Rod needs in his life. Soundwave also is a caretaker and Hot Rod needs that a LOT. And the way the charge leaps on screen when they look into each other's optics, you know the banging is absolutely loud and absolutely hot and absolutely unrestrained.

An unpopular opinion about the ship: I don't know if I have any unpopular opinions. I do disagree with Mae Catt that Soundwave would be a terrible BF because he obviously doesn't neglect everything around him or LB wouldn't love him so much, plus Hot Rod would not allow himself to be forgot about or ignore. He would drag Soundwave into the present and make him go back to that life where he danced at Maccadam's. He would be the perfect mate for Soundwave in that he would just not let him neglect him any more than LB does. Soundwave is not a terrible boyfriend.

He's just like me. Nobody should ever let me have plants or fish. I do really well with cats because they tell me when they need attention!