#lore au

So! No, indeed, they cannot say that. The war was never mentioned for the Sparklings, so other reasons for meeting must be found. For couples, it's not really complicated, most of them were formed before the war.

It's just that, for example, Starscream and Skyfire never told Northlight that they were separated for thousands of years, and that Sky found himself trapped in ice.

As for Arcee and Springer, they told Trash that they met at work, since they now work as police officers.

Dreadwing and Wheeljack told Twitch that Seekers and Wreckers often have missions in common (which in itself is not a lie, even if it's not how they met).

Soundwave works in the Senate, and Starscream is the Winglord. Although Northlight doesn't know that her CreaStar is the Winglord, she knows that sometimes he goes to the Senate. So they told him that they met like that.

For KnockOut and Starscream, the Seeker joked that KO hit on him heavily at a bar, and then they ended up getting along as friends (which isn't far from reality, because KnockOut practically flirted with all the Decepticons. He calmed down over time, much to Breakdown's relief).

Then the other relationships were supposedly made little by little. Arcee and Starscream pretended to get along while they waited for their Sparklings outside the school.

Also, Northlight thinks that Optimus and Ratchet are the Creators of Starscream (which is not false in itself, but the adoption happened very late, contrary to what she thinks). She thinks that they are the ones who raised him (that's not wrong either, but hey).

Thundercraker and Skywarp are the Spark's brothers of Starscream, she understood that they had no real connection, but they still loved each other like brothers.

For the Predacons, the Sparklings are unaware that they were artificially created, just like the Vehicons and Insecticons. They just think it's other species that inhabit Cybertron. Steve and Predaking also have positions in the Senate, so they pretend that they meet like that. And, the children met through the parents.

The only thing the Sparklings really know is that there were other planets in the past, but they "fell ill" and were therefore unlivable. They also know that there are the Caminus and the Velocitronians, but that they just don't have a planet anymore, and that the All-Spark caused them to be born on Cybertron instead.

On the other hand, they are unaware of Cold Constructions, even their existence. Soundwave, Starscream, and Blurr didn't really know how to explain their situation to the kids. It was far too complicated, and above all, far too difficult to tell them about their genocide, especially at such a young age.

In addition, some of the Cybertronians participated more or less indirectly, and most are Creators. So it was the Spark heavy that the Cold Constructions decided to keep their pain to themselves, even though Optimus is still looking for a way to share their story.