#overbee

With the way Bumblebee keeps attracting 'Cons, there is no way no one else on the Autobot faction, or fuck it, on Cybertron in general, doesn't fucking notice such a thing happening. Like, I want there to be a scenario where someone close to him, maybe someone from his team (cause, like usual, we are talking about tf rid15), pulls him aside and just. Asks what the fuck is up with that. Because this has happened waaaayy to often to be a coincidence.

No, seriously , how come this happens so often. First time it's an accident, second it's a quinsedense, third it's a pattern. And it has happened a Lot more than three times, so I don't know what is happening.

Obviously, I ain't complaining,I love ships with Bumblebee, he's one of my favourite characters. It's just peculiar.

Like in Rid15 for example (oh God not again). You can pair him up with almost ANY of the villains and it would be fucking delightful. You wouldn't even have to try that hard to justify it (which you don't have to do) because the material is there, goddamnit

Steeljaw? Toxic yaoi. Look at those obsessed motherfuckers. After some point even their threats cross the line between "Fighting" and "Flirting". They are not the same person, but you bet your ass they were made from the same damn fabric. They are some of the few individuals that would understand the other to a concerningly deep level. No matter how many wounds and scars they leave on one another, they always come back for more. They would be both the healthiest and most problematic choice of a partner for each other. They aren't together in any other universes, but they are in this one and they don't plan on becoming one more of those previously stated universes. I hate them. I love them.

How about Thunderhoof? Ex cop and current mafia boss (?) that was previously disinterested in Bee's existence, now has a reason not to be. Fuck that, he can't. They wouldn't have the same obsessive tendensies that steelbee do, but I can sense a bitch with abandonment issues that grows attached way to quickly and that bitch is Bee (and Sideswipe). At the start, they would most likely have the "That way I can get them on my side" mentality, but it would quickly evaporate once actual feelings get involved. The drama! Having to keep a relationship with someone you love hidden, due to not being on the same side, even though the damn war is over. Also, it would piss Steeljaw off and that's all the motivation I need!

Overload....Past aquiantances, with a LOT of betrayal sprinkled in. The heartbreak of someone you trusted or knew before causing you damage that even if it gets "repaired", it doesn't truly leave. It haunts, like the gentle touches they once gave, the memories that you can't help but recognise them in. And the worst part about all of this? The other individual forgot everything. They forgot the moments you spent, the happiness and secrets you shared, not even the day they drastically altered your life cannot be recalled. And yet you seem to have the opposite issue. You can't help but yearn for the other person's touch. Forgetting would be a blessing. But also..✨Angst✨

Saberbee. Those motherfuckers had so little screen time together and yet this insect twunk (I don't know what he is), that speaks like he comes from the time Shakespeare fucking premiered apparently is acting like this is some enemies-to-lovers fanfiction on Ao3 (a beautifully written one, but still). They had very few scenes where they existed at the same space and time, and yet they manage to make those scenes very, VERY, homoerotic. Surprisingly, this ship wouldn't be as unhealthy as other cross factional ships in the fandom, despite them being the way they are. How can you two be fighting, beating each other's asses to the ground and STILL find the opportunity to flirt goddamnit??!?? So sad that Saberhorn is dead (I think)

Do I really need to say anything about Soundbee?!?Look at them!!! Those are two people who are ridiculously loyal to their factions beliefs (and Soundwave in particular to the previous leader of the faction he is a part of), two people who lost so much, who sacrificed so much to the people they looked up to (Optimus and Megatron), people that are loyal to this very day, even though they have been through so much because of both factions. Also, a point could be made about the way the Cybetronian government and the way it works. Do I know how exactly? Not yet. But I am sure it can happen! I just want these two to bond over all the shit they've been through and have a moment of quiet understanding and peace.

Happy 11th anniversary Rid15!!!! You were the first experience I had with the franchise and the reason Bumblebee is one of my favourite characters! For all the pleasant memories you give us even to this day we thank you !!!!!!✨🕷️🫀🕷️✨

I have been thinking of the most common powers and weaknesses vampires have (usually) in fiction. Yknow, the usual, weakness to silver, garlic, sunlight, not being able to pass running water by ones self, walking on walls etc. But anyway. One weakness in particular, that I believe is mentioned in Brahm Stoker's "Dracula", is that a vampire, despite all their strength and immortality and abilities, cannot lift up roses.(Correct me if I am wrong) And that piqued my interest, as you may have guessed.

Think about it!!! Vampires already are seen as inherently romantic beings due to the way they feed, the whole rose tinted view of the Victorian era, Stephanie Meyer being a pain in the ass of any vampyr nerd, especially in pop culture. AND MOST OF THOSE ROMANTICIZED VERSIONS OF VAMPIRES DON'T EVEN ADD THE THING WITH THE ROSES!!! But anyway, let's not get off track. As we were saying, this piqued my interest and got me thinking (they lying to you, they haven't had a thought a day in their life). What if we add this to the vampbee lore? And can we add this to the vampbee lore? If so, how? How will that affect his relationships with people (why yes this is my excuse to talk about ships, shut up)

Okayyyy...So first, let's say we added it. Now on the how. Cause we can say that normal, human roses work, but that just wouldn't be making sense (you are talking as if vampire robots make sense). If it could happen with normal, earthen roses, that would mean that Bee would have been turned by a human vampire, which doesn't make sense since the vampire would have absolutely NO gain from biting a giant alien robot since human vampires, as we all know, don't feed on innermost energon. Replacing the innermost energon in a bot with vampire blood would just kill them I believe. So👏I think it is safe to assume he was turned by a Cybetronian version of a vampire, or something close to the human definition of one at least (and no, sparkeaters don't count, I explained this on a previous post). By extension, wouldn't it be logical to assume that that weakness would work only with the Cybetronian equivalent of a rose?

Anyway, now onto relationships! You might think that I will go into ships head first, but nope! You've been tricked!

I imagine his relationship with the team here can be described with the following lyrics of a song I don't remember the name of:

"I'd be the voice that urged Orpheus when her body was found" When Bee was first turned, I imagine they would wish to find a way to cure him. And wouldn't anyone? You see one of the most important people in your life suffer. Wouldn't you want to help?Sure, life will continue, but vampyrism isn't something that just goes away with little impact.

"I'd be the choiceless hope in grief that drove him underground" Pretty much the same as the previous one, but with a bit more blind optimism.

"I'd be the dreadful need in the devotee that made him turn around"Sometimes the suspected solution brings about more problems. Sometimes trying to help causes more harm than good. In the way that desperation may have created a solution that doesn't help. (Also, I am very aware that the story of Orpheus and Euridice doesn't go like that and that the song doesn't mean that, but shhhhhh)

"And I'd be the immediate forgiveness in Euridice" Just Bee's possible stance in this whole debacle.

"Imagine being loved by me" the vampirism and what it means. It's in equal parts violence and love. Adoration and the macabre, both on the inflicted individual and everyone around them. All of those things can be seen in the abilities vampirism gives too, as seen with the rose thing and numerous other examples.

Now👏 Onto the stuff y'all have been waiting for. S H I P S

Also before we begin, how do we feel if we change the name of the au from "vampbee" and "vampire Bee" to "vulture Bee"? For anyone that doesn't know, vulture bees are a species of bee that produces the nectar not out of pollen, but out of meat. Pretty cool stuff.

Now, I won't talk about Steelbee or Hoofbee here, due to the fact I've made separate posts for the "vulture Bee" au for both of those ships. I would like to talk about ships I haven't mentioned in this au. Yes, I still love those pairings. So👏 Welcome to the stage:

Saberbee: look at them. No seriously, LOOK!!! The homoerotic tension between them would multiply, both due to Bee's transformation and the abilities he gained from it and Saberhorn's enjoyment of a good opponent. Plus, I know what a gay who was very unhealthily obsessed with vampires as a youngin looks like, I can sniff it from a mile away. AND THAT HOE IS SABERHORN. You can't convince me otherwise!! Also,on a more serious note, I think that Saberhorn's probable enthusiasm and curiousness with Bee's vampirism would do Bee some good. Like yes, this is a terrible situation, but how can that person I love not only not see me as a monster, but be enamored and curious about it. Fusaeayeursyrssayrruxuffxgkf

Fixbee: A new ship here on the blog, thank you @grace-to-ace! I think that due to the sudden vampirism that not one member of the team are equipped to handle, for a long period of time Bee would spend a great majority with Fixit (at least at the start), since he is the closest thing they have to a doctor. I think they would bond over a lot of stuff, mainly being created to harm (Fixit having the coding of a brutal prison warden somewhere in his helm and Bee being both a veteran and a recently turned vampire). Plus, like Saberhorn, I believe Fixit would be very interested in the way vampirism works. Man, I just want them to be able to share domestic bliss together, like..Dude!They would be some of the healthiest choices for partners for eachother!!! Plus, plus I saw an animation somewhere with a little robotic dude, from a fandom whose name I don't know, with the character singing a part from "Space Age Bachelor Man", from Ride the Cyclone and I think that Fixit would appreciate this song (DISCLAIMER: Here we don't support the ableism of a lot of famous people and parts from Ride the Cyclone)

Fracturebee (can you tell he is uncreative with ship names):Freaks (both affectionate and derogatory). Both are basically two single fathers. Also, fulfilling both traditions of shipping Bee with Decepticons and shipping Bee with a bounty hunter (see:Drift). I know they would have the best gossip, I just know it in my heart of hearts. Is this not enough info? Yes, but I will most likely write more when I learn more.

Overbee (what did you expect): Listen, before you say that it shouldn't be here due to the rule above about Steelbee and Hoofbee, I would like to remind the audience that I am one of the few people who talks about them now and then. We here created the tag! So, let me make an exception here. Anyway. Oohhhhhhhh, the angst that could be created here. It would be insane. Like, imagine if IMMEDIATELY after Bee gets bitten and turned, Overload finds him. He originally should have taken him to the Decepticon base, to use as ransom, or for Steeljaw to try and recruit him for the third time this week or something, but that just wasn't that appealing! It would not only look sketchy as hell, but also it would not match his role in this story! Listen, he is all for complex characters, but that just wouldn't make sense (dude, you LITERALLY are one of the antagonists). All that thought process goes out the window though, when Bee -who had passed out due to blood loss during the vampire turning process- arose. But it wasn't the Lieutenant Overload had clashed with in the past. No, that one was in the past, as he looked at the strangely familiar mech, a hunger in his optics. The creature's reactions were so different than what Overload has seen of Lieutenant Bumblebee. The usual hurt and anger and betrayal has melted and in their place was raw, ravenous desire.

I need you to help me choose something.

I have been thinking of writing some fanfics for a handfull of rare pairs in this fandom (not anything crazy, but when I tell you that there is barely any content of those ships ANYWHERE, you bet your ass I mean it)

I have a few ideas!The problem is.....I don't know which one to do first... That's where you come in!!I will make a poll, that I will check after a random amount of time and whichever is the most popular choice, I will do first!!

Sooo... Let's see🔥

The people spoke and I would be a fool if I didn't listen! Thank you to all the people who voted or interacted with it (Hi Charlie!!!!!!🫀) ! I am sorry if you didn't get to vote because of the time limit, I promise to improve my skills with polls in the future so that the risk of that happening again is limited.

BUT NOW!!!On to the good part!!!

I will write them in chronological turn from the one with the most votes, to the one with the least amount of them. So *cracks hands* Let's a go

First, the mystery ship!!Or not mystery, if you read the tags, bUT ANYWAY GIVE IT UP FOR OVERBEE (Overload x Bumblebee from Transformers Rid15) (I tricked ya, it ain't only tfa, I am a liar 😊)

NEXT UP ON THE ROSTER, WE HAVE OUR CLOSE SECOND, TFA SWINBEE (Swindle x Bumblebee)

BUT WE AIN'T DONE, MY DARLING FRIENDS, ENEMIES AND THOSE YET TO BE CLASSIFIED, FOR WE GET ONE MORE MORALLY DUBIOUS GAY PAIRING,IN 👏THE FORM 👏OF 👏NON OTHER THAN 👏LOCKOP 👏(Lockdown x Optimus)

And last, BUT MOST DEFINITELY NOT LEAST, (YOU ALL ARE FOOLS IF YOU THINK YOU CAN GET RID OF ME JUST LIKE THAT) A nice palette cleanser, filled with hurt/comfort, EVERYONE, PROWLNUT (Prowl x Lugnut) (wow that feels wrong to say out loud, but eeeh, who am I to judge)

Listen. As a fan of rid15 as a series, I can understand that a lot of people have complaints about the show, a lot of most likely reasonable complaints, in the same way that my own opinion is biased when talking about it. I mostly don't have any issues with the aforementioned series. Mostly.

The only issue I have is the way they established a very interesting dynamic between Overload and Bumblebee and then did nothing with it. Like, I get why he would be more of a "Optimus' antagonist" since he has wanted to defeat Optimus for a while now, but still. The impact he had on Optimus and the impact he had on Bee are two veeeery different things. Cause for Optimus, it was " one very strong opponent that tried to kill Oppy boy over here and was later imprisoned for such an act", which is like the dynamic he had with Megsy, but light and for Bumblebee it was "This individual did irreparable damage to me that drastically altered the trajectory of my life for years and yet remembers N O N E of it, not even my face". For Op, it was an enemy sure, but for Bee that was a C A T A L Y S T. A tragedy! ESPECIALLY if we take into account that I think they knew eachother from before, but I am not really sure, I'm going to look into it further, but just imagine. Imagine the feelings.

Also the fact that, since the series tends to hold the format of having "main villains" and "villains who appear for an episode to spice things up and sell more toys (yay capitalism...)and scarcely appear outside of one or two episodes" (which, nothing wrong with that, JttW did a similar thing), it doesn't really bring back some of them to explain more about them, how they work , because they establish what they want us, the audience, to know about them in their debut episode (is that the correct word, idk). Sadly, this sometimes leaves out interesting information. Like, why doesn't Overload remember Bee? Disinterest? Something happened to his brain module during the war, or perhaps, during his imprisonment? Did the war affect his processor in such a way, that now he has suppressed memories due to trauma (it IS a war afterall)? Is he doing that to anger his opponent? Or did he really have no guilt for what he had done?

Hm...I've been too much of a Negative Nancy here. I don't like it. So let's talk about Overbee!

Can you imagine a scene, where, just for a single moment , Overload recognises Bee? Ouuuh, the FEELINGS! How do you think it would be? Would he be neutral? Would he care? Or would he think it as a necessary sacrifice for the Cause™? Cause at the end of the day, everyone committed atrocities during the war, that's known fact, no one's hands stay untainted in that scenario. Still though, I believe a lot of individuals would harbor guilt. Do you feel guilt after you prioritize your side over a person's life? Do you regret when you intentionally caused them to suffer, just to win? An empty victory in a pointless, bloody and violent war?Does the memory linger in your thoughts, the brutal, harrowing images haunting your psyche? Or do you chalk it up to a necessary evil and try to forget? Doing it all for unclear results?

And years down the line, when everything is over, when your side has lost but you don't know it cause you've been imprisoned for a great amount of time, and you witness the betrayal in the eyes of the person you hurt, that survived... How do you react? How do you feel? How should you feel? And you two now stand in front of eachother, two monsters alike, two relics of a destroyed world.

When did you both lose yourselves in the violence? When was the innocence of a vane, up and coming actor and a delivery bot, both of whom must have had similar ideologies*, ripped to shreds? Was it worth it all? I mean, sure, now you don't have the council that enforced insane policies on the lower castes just to keep them down, but was the war worth it?

Was it?

*since Optimus and Megatron started the movement, I imagine it would be pretty difficult for pre war Cybetronians to form two opposing sides just yet.

Huh. Damn that felt nice.