#mtmte 17

congratulations Rodimus, you super-fertile bot, you. 

...and then I died.

I rarely have such a strong emotional reaction to fictional relationships (I have a heart of stone) but this killed me. Chromedome and Rewind are two broken individuals trying very hard to fix one another - and themselves - and part of the appeal of their relationship, for me, is how real it feels. They’re not perfect, as individuals or as a couple. They bicker and fight and behave badly. They say and do things they go on to regret. But they are trying.

And Chromedome, who has never had the strength to face his pain head-on and learn how to deal with it, changes his mind when he realises how much Rewind cared about him. Enough so that, even though Rewind was hurt and angry with Chromedome, his last act was to compile a message with the sole intention of telling Chromedome to be strong, that he’s a better person now, and that he loved him.

And yes, I think Rewind is completely aware of what Chromedome does to himself when he loses someone he loves, and I think this is a little nudge from him - a way of keeping him strong and reminding him that what they had matters too much to throw away. That all the pain and sorrow that will follow is worth it, because he will always have the memories they shared. For an archivist, that seems like something very important.