If you had to ship Sentinel with anyone (outside of Optimus) who would you ship him with?
Is it cheating if I say sentioprachnia /j
But. Hmmmmm. I do multi-ship him around a lot (tho sentiop is my main because *gestures incomprehensibly*), but if we had to go with like. What Iād have as my big main instead of Sentiop? It would probably be Sentijazz or Locknel/sentilock.
Sentijazz has some very obvious draws and thereās a really fun dynamic there that can go however youād like, truly. Healthy sweetness? Sentinel trusts Jazz and is willing to listen to his judgments so heād likely be willing to do better to be a good partner and person. Jazz is also just, a sweetie and definitely seem to listen to what Sentinel is talking about (Sari spitting acid lol). Theyād be an elite guard power couple. Toxic yaoi? They have it too! Jazz mentions he tunes out half of what Sentinel says and Sentinel was probably pissed as hell about Jazz running off to Earth -> perfect combo to imagine them developing into some weird codependent mess that never solves their problems, just kicks em down the line. Truly some good stuff.
Locknel is really fun if you want to explore a Sentinel corruption arc or disillusionment arc. Personally I like the idea of Lockers picking him up on some colony bar after his demotion from Magnus and manipulating him into joining him in mercenary work because clearly the Autobots arenāt seeing what theyāre tossing out. Are they the healthiest thing ever? Definitely not, but Lockdown makes Sentinel feel appreciated and Sentinelās protective over those he cares for. They likely butt helms regarding morality (While Sentinelās code is bent, itās not broken) but still stay together. (Swindle is their weird third who comes and goes that took Sentinel a bit to come around to.)
Iāll give Starscream x Sentinel and Megatron x Sentinel honorable mentions here as theyāre lovely but they mostly just float around my brain as arranged marriage AUs (Thereās a really good Megasent arranged marriage fic I ping around in my brain from time to time, its concept is so fun and evil to Sentinel aaaaaaa) and being lowkey kind of mean to my boy :3










