Shattered Glass

(I don’t know too much about SG except the inverted morality—Autobots bad, Decepticons good—different personalities, and different color schemes)

Pre-war, the Senate has grown desperate in their search for a new Matrix holder. So desperate in fact that they’re actively looking for a bot to be their next puppet prime. Senator Shockwave happens to meet the young rookie cop Orion Pax who’s gotten into trouble for trying to bust a corrupt cop. Shockwave gets Orion out of trouble and the two strike up an odd friendship. Somehow, they find common ground in wishing for a better Cybertron, despite Orion’s nihilism.

Eventually, the Senate catches wind up of Shockwave’s meetings with Orion and act swiftly. They threaten to execute Shockwave which Orion stops, offering up himself. Because as corrupt as Cybertron is, the Senator is the one bright spot he can’t live without. Proteus intervenes then, congratulating Shockwave on finding their new recruit. Orion is stunned and betrayed as he’s dragged off while Shockwave is yelling at them to let Orion go.

Annoyed, Proteus orders Shockwave undergoes Empurata as punishment. Shockwave’s spark broken about Orion until Proteus introduces before the senate the new prime: Optimus. Shockwave can’t believe it, Orion survived! Deep down he hoped he would, Orion was a good mech, surely if anyone could become the next prime it would be him. Shockwave tries to talk to Optimus but is coldly rebuffed and told their relationship died with Orion Pax.

Even so, Shockwave still receives an anonymous message telling him to avoid the Senate chambers. He did listen to those warnings and it’s lucky he did because Optimus went and slaughtered every Senator who just wanted a puppet prime.

That day, Optimus asserts himself as the new leader of Cybertron and promises to burn away the corruption. In reality, Optimus wants to burn it all down, having come to the conclusion that a society that practiced Shadowplay, Empurata, would lead innocent bots like him to the slaughter, didn’t deserve to exist.

Honestly you don't need to know *TOO* much about shattered glass except that first premise, because shattered glass technically isn't just one continuity but a group of them

But

OO?

Proteus gets accused of being a secret reversionist (functionist-repressed religion whose core belief is that everybody has a fragment of Primus' divine spark in them and should be equal)

Momus gets accused of being a traitor despite being locked up in there with them

Dai Atlas gets accused of being completely deranged

Contrail gets called out for his cowardice because while he claims he never agreed with the funtionists he never dared to do anything, etc.

Proteus begs the guard to let him speak to Ratbat*, hoping he can avoid death. I never decided how it ends, or if Proteus is going to die or not.

Basically it would be about the senators after the Autobot-Decepticon revolution (they were originally allied), locked up in a room or a few and awaiting execution. They turn each other, accusations fly, and almost everybody tries to pin their crimes on somebody else. Among other things Proteus gets accused of being a secret reversionist (functionist-repressed religion whose core belief is that everybody has a fragment of Primus' divine spark in them and should be equal), Momus gets accused of being a traitor despite being locked up in there with them, Dai Atlas gets accused of being completely deranged, Contrail gets called out for his cowardice because while he claims he never agreed with the funtionists he never dared to do anything, etc. Proteus begs the guard to let him speak to Ratbat*, hoping he can avoid dead.

I never decided how it ends, or if Proteus is going to die or not.

(*Ratbat was a beastformer senator, but mostly as a figurehead so the functionists could claim that they don't oppress or discriminate against "good" beastformers. Eventually they tried to have him killed for talking too much, but Soundwave and Ravage save him and he joins the proto-Decepticons. Ratbat later dies in the Autobot-Decepticon war before it leaves Cybertron)

Oh awww yes