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Meet Darklore aka Son of Unicron.

At birth Primus took him from Unicron since he thought “Hey you’d be a horrible father” while Unicron objects but in the end Primus won and raised Darklore as a knight (I have this headcanon that knights were forged to train/protect their selected prime’s) and since we don’t know everything about way back then I just thought I’d put my own lil twist on it. But if you don’t like that then you can think of him as a Prime really because either way everyone hated this poor mech except Megatronus Prime and my oc Zephyr (me realizing that almost everyone has an oc names Zephyr but oh well). Reasons why Darklore isn’t in the Iacon Database is because he’s the spawn of chaos itself and that doesn’t shine a good light on Primes so they yeeted his aft from history as a whole. Megatronus was bad enough for them but Unicron is just pure evil. Well anyways Darklore and Megatronus were basically friends and what not but after the fall Darklore went Boop and got stuck in a capsule. Due to the dark energon that fuels him he never died, he just stayed in a limbo stayed and vibes for eternity until my other oc Chippek discovers his frame on Cybertron (before the war). Owning her own ship has its perks until Lord Megatron says “Hippity Hoppity you’re now my property”. So now we’re going into my version where Megatron captures Chippek (whos a scienctist/historian) and Darklore. He needed Chippek to revive him because Shockwave wasn’t there to wake this ho and wanted Darklore because this ho is strong asf. But what they didn’t know is that they needed dark energon to fuel him but hey that gets figured out later— anywho thanks for reading my ted talk, very much appreciated. After this boi gets woke, Megatron and Chippek taught him and when they tried to brand him the heat of their lasers could barely Mark him. One thing led to another Chippek said “F CONS” and escaped with Darklore (they became close friends overtime). They escaped with the power of friendship and took their ship back then became rogues. Chippek found it difficult to hide the behemoth but hey, it works.

Also they DO NOT have a romantic relationship. Chippek and Darklore are just friends.

Also fun fact: Darklore wields a double bladed sword that merged into one! I’ll be sure to add it when I finish!!

Ps: Darklore is an oc of mine who is currently going through a massive redesign, but yes he’s the spawn of Unicron (directly from his spark)

What if Optimus Prime wasn’t really a prime but was a subject to a form of shadowplay but not only just messing with his personality, his mind too. Orion Pax was depicted to be a more peaceful happy go lucky type of mech while Optimus is a stoic leader type. I got this idea when I was creating an oc and just thought, “hey what if the Matrix of Leadership was actually a faux story to control ‘out of control’ mechs.” What I mean is, they (the counsel probably) could have used the Matrix in replace for Megatronus’s life (when in reality they were tricking him into becoming a weapon to use against Megatronus’s forces) If Orion agreed to become “a prime” then they would spare Megatronus’s life. (I’m sure you can tell I read too many MegOp fanfics) the Matrix in TFP seemed pretty good at wiping Optimus memory when he got the so called Matrix’s power back.

(My headcanon was: my oc- Sino Prime was Orion’s sire because through my little research I never found who Orion’s real sire or carrier were- or he didn’t have one idfk.)

In my mind Orion Pax was already a prime or becoming one in age (aka a young prime that didn’t know his full ability) when he met Megatronus (and we all know they became friends and whatnot) so when the decepticons began to form the counsel noticed and needed to find a way to stop this from happening so they developed a different shadowplay that could completely wipe someone’s processor to a clean slate, making them forgot who they were and what they stood for. They knew how close the two were (because they make it pretty obvious). Sino who found out about their plans a little later (on the day Megatronus and Orion came to convince the counsel they’re wrong) which made him grow weary of what was to come next. This part I actually got from a fanfic (forgot the name but I’ll try to find it) where the counsel purposely pissed off Megatron so Orion then took over. The counsel only listened to Orion and gave him a offer to help save Megatronus’s life (I don’t think that part was in it but I’m trying). Orion being the loyal bean agreed thinking he was helping out the cause only to be tricked. When Sino found them he tried to stop them but the counselors had already done the deed (ps I didn’t want to make Sino disrupt the story too bad so I kept him lowkey- he’s still a prime and strong but yeah... I know how some peeps are when some make their oc too important when the story isn’t about them- anywho). The counselors had completely wiped his mind, the once happy archivist was now a stoic machine ready to battle. (Since the Matrix I believe changes frames so ye) The counsel renamed him and made new Optimus Prime try and offline Sino. Instead of offlining him they put him in stasis (because I’m also one of those people who hate to kill off their faves) for the rest of his life. Then the rest is history and we all knew how that went. All in all Optimus Prime is a weaponnn. The Matrix of Leadership is a cap to block the real spark from their own frame and replaced with a hollow shell.

Edit: ok remember when I said hollow, yeah so I thought something up. After a long while of war I can imagine he begins gaining his own personality as Optimus since he begins to care a little for those around him (ex: not being able to offline Megatron when he was at his mercy). Or once something causes the program to start running a little more hardcore along with the older he gets; the weaker and more outdated the program becomes making it easier for Orion to try and come through.