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I still haven't decided on whether the contest entries should be anonymous. I want entries to be judged on how well they're written, not on who wrote them. But I don't really want them to be anonymous. If they're not anonymous, do you think voters can be trusted to vote for the best fic, not who wrote it?
Also, text size has been acting up for me. If anything looks too small or too large, that's why.
1. Optimus: "Why are Wheeljack and Perceptor sitting in the corner?"
Ratchet: *growls* "Guess."
2. Beachcomber notices hidden messages in Perceptor's research notes.
3. Not even Megatron can resist Perceptor's puppy eyes.
4. "I knew Red Alert when we were sparklings. I always had to get after him for being too trusting."
"... Are we speaking about the same Red Alert?"
5. He never ordered Perceptor to do anything. He 'strongly suggested'.
6. Perceptor's taste in music is a little darker than Blaster expected. Inspired by the band Kamelot.
7. Someone mentioned My Little Pony!Perceptor. I just watched an old episode of My Little Pony and realized something... One of the ponies (Windwhistler) had a vocabulary similar to Perceptor... These two need to have a conversation.
8. Springer and Perceptor grew up together on the streets. Inspired by the song Children of the Night by Richard Marx.
9. Porn Star!Perceptor. Can go with #21 from this post.
10. "I lost myself and became them."
11. Soundwave finds Frenzy's and Rumble's hidden stash of porn.
12. I've said before that Perceptor can see things others cannot; that he can see deeper into reality. Well, what if he got trapped in these visions? Would anyone realize what actually happened? Or would they simply assume he had a psychotic break?
13. Motormaster/Perceptor. Motormaster can be surprisingly sweet when he puts his mind to it. He'll never be gentle or kind; not really. But he can be sweet in his own gruff and violent way.
14. The war is over and all those that put off having a family no longer have anything to fear. It's Cybertron's very own baby boom!
15. It was a pre-programmed response, and he could not fight it.
16. The Decepticon symbols on the Seekers' wings are inverted. On Earth, when something is inverted, it occasionally means the opposite of what it usually would.
17. The early days of Soundwave's Cassettes.
18. The Twins get lost and are too embarrassed to ask for directions.
19. While Tracks and Raoul are away from an Ark, they are attacked by Decepticons. Tracks manages to fight them off, but he is badly injured (the most serious is a severe head injury). Unable to contact the Ark, and without the supplies needed for repairs, Raoul must try to lead an injured, disoriented, and confused Tracks to safety.
20. It's Halloween and Rumble, Frenzy, Eject, and Rewind pretend to be human children in costumes so they can go trick or treating.
21. One of Wheeljack's and Perceptor's devices explodes (big surprise) during a battle and everyone becomes a sparkling. This leaves various humans to take care of them.
22. Starscream, Skywarp, and Thundercracker were sparklings when they stowed away aboard the Nemesis. Inspired by this comic page 2 page 3 page 4 page 5.
23. Art. Springer and Perceptor sitting on a couch. Springer has his arm wrapped around Perceptor's shoulders and is whispering (naughty things, perhaps?) to him. Perceptor is smiling faintly and has his head tilted towards Springer (the better to hear the naughty things).
24. Perceptor is obsessed with Wheeljack. Wheeljack doesn't realize this until he (Wheeljack) falls in love with Ratchet.
25. Trailbreaker/Sunstreaker. Because TeiyaRenee drew a cute pick of what their sparkling would look like. A picture which I just realized was taken down so I can't link to it. *pouts*
26. Wheeljack and Perceptor have a son who takes after them in all the worst ways.
27. "So which is the bomb? The one that looks like one, or the one that doesn't?"
"Well, Wheeljack made them, so..."
"Both?"
"Both."
28. Rumble and Frenzy get into the high grade. Soundwave finds out.
29. Soundwave goes to therapy.
30. Frenzy is killed. Rumble, understandably, takes it rather hard and Soundwave worries that he'll lose him too.
31. Someone keeps getting new Cassettes. His leader is annoyed. "You're. Getting. Fixed."
32. "Stop hitting me!"
"No!"
"Why are you hitting me?!"
"You made him cry!"
33. Skywarp saves Rumble's life. Rumble wants to thank him but doesn't know how.
34. Perceptor doesn't really understand that not everyone is as intelligent as he is.
35. Art. Skyfire holding Perceptor. They're in the air. Skyfire is smiling at Perceptor, who is staring nervously towards the ground.
36. When Ron Witwicky was in high school, his mother bought him a red microscope. That microscope became the best friend he ever had.
37. Everyone has seriously misunderstood Inferno's and Red Alert's relationship. "What do you mean Red Alert's your sparkling?!"
38. Motormaster has a secret. He plays with dolls and has pretend tea-parties.
39. Crossover with Cats. Ravage and Steeljaw somehow stumble upon the Jellicle Ball.
40. Pre-war. Perceptor is annoyed when his lover learns he's underage.
41. The humans that are in a relationship with Autobots are told that their relationships are wrong and are forced to attend therapy in hopes they will be 'cured' of their mechaphilia.
42. Perceptor, Blaster, Rumble, and Frenzy get somehow sent to another world. And have to work together to get back to Earth.
43. Perceptor's creators are minibots. I was thinking Brawn and Beachcomber, but anyone would do.
44. Beachcomber/Huffer.
45. "What are you doing?"
"Killing you!"
46. Perceptor is captured by an unknown race. Time moves differently where he is so that while he has spent years at the mercy of his captors, he's really only been missing for a handful of days.
47. Art. Springer holding a Springer Spaniel. Springer has a What am I supposed to do with this? expression.
48. Art. Grimlock holding a sleeping Swoop.
49. A Decepticon pet store.
50. Perceptor and Wheeljack are addicted to explosions. Optimus orders them to attend rehab.
51. Skywarp and Hook are turned human and get stranded far from the base.
52. Perceptor is stolen. "You mean kidnapped." "No. Stolen."
53. Crossover with Harry Potter. Wizarding cars fly. Tracks can fly. Can anyone say Misunderstanding?
54. Too bad he didn't see the Oh look what I found/Ooohhhh, what's this? look on Perceptor's face.
55. Perceptor's creators had to get creative to stop Perceptor from taking everything apart to see how it worked.
56. Art. Perceptor with a I'll teach you to ignore me expression.
57. The Decepticons plant a bomb in the Ark; Perceptor and Wheeljack are blamed for the resulting explosion. Which is just what the Decepticons planned.
58. Music Vid. Song for the Lonely by Cher.
59. The Quintessons made the Decepticons but the Autobots are from somewhere else entirely. Though they have forgotten this.
60. Perceptor is 'with sparkling'. And the entire Ark trembles in fear. Actually, it's not just the Ark's crew that's afraid. "Did he just glare that Decepticon into submission?" Note: Anyone who reads the comments on various posts will know what inspired this.
61. ?: "I can't believe your scared of a little thing like that!"
Perceptor: "It's not funny!
62. "What happened to Brawn?"
"I think he finally pushed Perceptor too far."
63. When Perceptor was a sparkling, he got lost in one of the worst neighborhoods on Cybertron. Luckily, a strange mech showed him the way home. As time went on, he began seeing this mech in various places; a school outing, a trip to the store... he even showed up in Perceptor's own home once when Perceptor was upset at his creators for forgetting him again. And the strange thing is... no one else can see this mech.
64. Brawn goes too far one day with his insults and begins regretting the things he said when he realizes how upset he made Perceptor.
65. Skywarp's smart, brilliant even. But he's been called stupid so many times even he has begun to believe it.
66. "I wonder..."
"What?"
"I wonder who looked after Perceptor on Cybertron."
67. The first thing Springer and Perceptor saw when they were first brought online was each other. OR simply, Springer and Perceptor have known each other a lot longer than others think.
68. "We can ban him from there as much as we like, but that won't keep Red Alert out of the Security Office."
69. Optimus: "Perceptor?"
Perceptor: "Yes, Optimus?"
Optimus: "... Care to explain why your lab looks as if a painter high on hallucinogens decided to spread the insanity?"
Perceptor: "Uh... no, sir."
70. Art. An Autobot pushing a sparkling!Perceptor in a stroller. Inspired by the fact that, in all the sparkling fics I've seen, I can't remember anyone ever using a stroller.