Bunny bunch #2...
The rains have started again. And I can't tell what's growing faster in the garden, the bunnies or the weeds. @_@
1) Supposedly, it’s good luck to touch a unicorn’s horn. Sideswipe wants to know if the same holds true for Ratchet’s chevron.
And for what it’s worth, you can pin this one entirely on The Starhorse. >_<;
a) bonus if it’s there’s a similar Cybertronian myth that being touched by a healer’s chevron is a blessing (perhaps there’s a forehead-to-forehead greeting ritual among medics/those with chevrons? And if ever a medic tips their head towards you, it’s seen as a rare gesture of respect…)
b) a plus if Wheeljack catches Sideswipe making moves and either gets in a huff (that’s HIS medic dangit!) or helps (for science! or simply the amusement of seeing Ratchet riled up). Perhaps even all three. ^_^
c) extra kudos if someone can throw in even more along the mythological lines of the unicorn (ie purity issues, being able to withstand/neutralize poisons, being attracted to a certain demographic, etc….and if someone can throw in a line about the supposed ‘aphrodisiac’ effects of the horn I’ll laugh forever.)
2) An Autobot’s touch can heal. (Either as a one-bot case or a universal trait.) Some accident or another reveals this curious fact to the public, and soon they’re swamped with requests/demands/pleas for help…
a) this could possibly go with #1
b) they do it via a conscious manipulation of electromagneticfields (ie Reiki practitioners)
c) or perhaps all Cybertronians casually shed nanites into the environment, and someone discovers they can remotely activate their own self-repair mechanism to heal organics (lol healing dandruff!)
d) some freakjobs kidnap one of the bots, thinking they can bleed them out/cut them up for parts and make a fortune on the black market...which won’t work, because both a and b require the active direction/presence of spark energy.
3) Too many fics have femmes being either extinct/rare/victimized. What if in reality, there were actually more femmes in existence? They’re just smart enough to hide themselves, either disguised or off in secret colonies of their own and only grabbing a mech once in a while for breeding.
In other words: Where the hell is the Cybertronian Amazon society? And when does it descend upon Earth to chuck the plans of mechs and men completely out the airlock? :P
4) Working on junk cars = training on medical dummies/cadavers. Ratchet becomes a regular at a local auction to find test subjects for his new surgical intern, First Aid.
a) or if you like the fanon, Swoop
b) jokes start floating around every time Ratch drags in a fresh ‘victim’
c) Ratchet retaliates by searching out and coming home with the alt-modes of whomever’s annoyed him that week
d) needless to say, some of the local car clubs become quite annoyed with his snatching all the parts cars
e) someone (read: Twins) tweaks one of the ‘dummies’ to buzz like that Operation game every time the surgeon makes a mistake
f) and Ratchet hits it buzzer more than either of his students
g) in the end, reselling the end product becomes a profitable little side-business with Sparkplug’s help…
i) or Bobby Boliva, if you want to throw in for the 2007 movieverse
5) If a mature spark doesn’t overload regularly, strange things begin to happen…
They begin to build up a charge. The longer they go without, the more their energy fields begin to accumulate an excess…
…to the point where even self-medicating can’t get rid of it…
…and they start glowing. First to sensors; and then literally…
…and this ‘sex aura’ eventually makes them completely irresistible to other mechs.
Y’know what? Just call it the Cybertronian version of beer goggles… ;P
Anyways, I’m pretty sure this one spawned out of 21 and 55 here.
6) And on the heels of #5: All Cybertronians were once the size of minibots. Until someone got the bright idea of upgrading their size as a form of you-know-what envy...
a) ‘frame envy’ was an insult the minibots originally came up with. Unfortunately, it got twisted back at them once they were in the minority
b) even funnier if kilo for kilo, the minibots are still (proportionally speaking) very well equipped...
7) What do Cybertronians collect for souvenirs? Something universal, resistant to rough handling, and that lasts as long as they do. And everyone’s getting fed up with Beachcomber ganking their favorite samples.
(In other words, the Ark’s resident geologist is unashamedly stealing from everyone’s rock collections.)
8) Cousin bunny to 7: Beachcomber finds that one of his collection likes ‘waking up’ to to torment him at the most inopportune of moments. Everyone else just thinks he’s nuts.
(Rock Lords crossover. One universe and two series removed, sure, but just maaaaybeee...)
9) The Autobots are invited to a local auto meet and after some ribbing, Wheeljack is conned into joining the stunt rally to demonstrate his supposedly ‘impressive’ skills.
a) and his stunt driving = dirty dancing. Dirty, dirty dancing.
b) and of course, he’s clueless
c) everyone else isn’t
d) cue mass drooling, with everyone wondering just what it would take to slip past Ratchet for a go
e) which might be easier than everyone thinks, because the doc’s too busy staring at a muddy, happy, clueless engineer to care about anything else
(Don’t see attraction written both ways very often. Consider this a goad. ^_^;)
10) Powerglide, aka ‘PG’ has the alt mode of an A-10 Warthog. Someone finally gets around to calling him ‘Pig’. :P
a) bonus if he’s hanging around with Air Raid and Slingshot at the time and someone makes a crack about the Three Little Pigs.
b) extra extra bonus if it’s Cosmos/Beachcomber, and they retaliate by calling him Frisbee/Beachball.
11) One of the minibots is a dad.
And the REST of them - yes, all of them - are his kids.
12) Astrotrain isn’t an Enterprise-class space shuttle. He’s a Buran. Cause we all know the Decepticons are the ebil commies, hey?