Three little bunnies (Stunties, Aerialbots, Seekers and peacetalks)
[One little bunny from my pal Doomstalker].
G1. PG-13 or higher. Motomaster/Silverbolt. Every Aerialbot was created by Vector Sigma to counteract a certain Stunticon, accordingly. The problem is, they're too similar, alike, and complementary... to really hate each other.
[an AU plot-bunny from Deska]
What if there are places in universe where 'Cons and 'Bots can be at peace and their struggle is no more? Not a one-sided victory, not an armistice, but all-Cybertronian peace when all stand united as one people, in fusion and unison, one race once again.
This opens possibilities for many plot twists.
a) Say, several transformers from such a united peaceful world by some chance wind up on Earth where Autobots&Decepticons are still at war (not the way when 'cons or bots get to a new weird world, this was done to death). And then they discover that either their peace came at a too high price or, seeing others warring, the newcomers remember their old grudges and start fighting among themselves, too.
b) But, it could be far more interesting to see a depiction of a Transformers world in peacetime. Either on an isolated planet and|or in far future, veering off from the well-known cannon. There could be lots of new situations aside from the neverending fight between two sides. Albeit done in such a way so we could recognize that those are indeed Transformers not some random characters, with their "transformeryness" kept intact. Smth like that "Defiance" comic: a peaceful friendly Cybertronian expedition finds some artefact or an ancient shipwreck, which reminds them of the old Civil war pre-dating their (ancestors') armistice or they can stumble upon a frozen Megatron who ignites a new revolt upon reawakening.
c) A way to play with your readers. Write your story mentioning some recognizable details, events, things etc. then - woop! get some double-take! Those things you have just read about are all transpired a very long time ago.
[And my own "teeny-weeny" bunny. :D]
Autobots stationed on Earth come into contact with natives, and their armies. For Cybertronians, local sentients being organic and basically two-arms, two-legs, no-alt creatures, are all look-alikes basically. And Earth soldiers even more so. Indeed, there is not much self-expression diversity in the army, as one unit usually has more or less uniform looking soldiers, mostly men in their mid-years, not too young, not too old, and even their haircut tends to be "standardized". And Autobots cannot rely on just reading Spark-signatures as humans don't have any, even if they wouldn't have dampened their personal signals like Decepticons do. So, our fresh-from-Cybertron (or other offworld place) Autobot or Autobots has|have to interact with humans and these uniformed humans on a daily basis, and have|has to learn and recognize them all correctly under all circumstances. Can get tricky, hilarious even, what with clothes change, smell variances, mud covering faces etc., change in rank and tabs or a more drastic change in appearance and whatnot. But, superior Cybertronian software manages to adapt finally inventing a trait-discerning algorithm, reliable enough not to mistake John Doe for Richard Roe.
After that, thusly updated and improved group of Autobots are being redeployed back to Cybertron or some other outpost where they encounter not a motley crew of Earth Decepticons (which still have some lookalike types of soldiers though) but more numerous Seeker troops or some other type of "Shockwave's drones". In TFPrime-verse, those Autobots with "new-vision" software can get to see quirks and differences in Eradicons and Vehicons which they're fighting with right there on Earth. What if this new angle of view leads to doubting a popular notion that those lack all individual traits as well as personalities and Sparks.
G1. PG-13 or higher. Motomaster/Silverbolt. Every Aerialbot was created by Vector Sigma to counteract a certain Stunticon, accordingly. The problem is, they're too similar, alike, and complementary... to really hate each other.
[an AU plot-bunny from Deska]
What if there are places in universe where 'Cons and 'Bots can be at peace and their struggle is no more? Not a one-sided victory, not an armistice, but all-Cybertronian peace when all stand united as one people, in fusion and unison, one race once again.
This opens possibilities for many plot twists.
a) Say, several transformers from such a united peaceful world by some chance wind up on Earth where Autobots&Decepticons are still at war (not the way when 'cons or bots get to a new weird world, this was done to death). And then they discover that either their peace came at a too high price or, seeing others warring, the newcomers remember their old grudges and start fighting among themselves, too.
b) But, it could be far more interesting to see a depiction of a Transformers world in peacetime. Either on an isolated planet and|or in far future, veering off from the well-known cannon. There could be lots of new situations aside from the neverending fight between two sides. Albeit done in such a way so we could recognize that those are indeed Transformers not some random characters, with their "transformeryness" kept intact. Smth like that "Defiance" comic: a peaceful friendly Cybertronian expedition finds some artefact or an ancient shipwreck, which reminds them of the old Civil war pre-dating their (ancestors') armistice or they can stumble upon a frozen Megatron who ignites a new revolt upon reawakening.
c) A way to play with your readers. Write your story mentioning some recognizable details, events, things etc. then - woop! get some double-take! Those things you have just read about are all transpired a very long time ago.
[And my own "teeny-weeny" bunny. :D]
Autobots stationed on Earth come into contact with natives, and their armies. For Cybertronians, local sentients being organic and basically two-arms, two-legs, no-alt creatures, are all look-alikes basically. And Earth soldiers even more so. Indeed, there is not much self-expression diversity in the army, as one unit usually has more or less uniform looking soldiers, mostly men in their mid-years, not too young, not too old, and even their haircut tends to be "standardized". And Autobots cannot rely on just reading Spark-signatures as humans don't have any, even if they wouldn't have dampened their personal signals like Decepticons do. So, our fresh-from-Cybertron (or other offworld place) Autobot or Autobots has|have to interact with humans and these uniformed humans on a daily basis, and have|has to learn and recognize them all correctly under all circumstances. Can get tricky, hilarious even, what with clothes change, smell variances, mud covering faces etc., change in rank and tabs or a more drastic change in appearance and whatnot. But, superior Cybertronian software manages to adapt finally inventing a trait-discerning algorithm, reliable enough not to mistake John Doe for Richard Roe.
After that, thusly updated and improved group of Autobots are being redeployed back to Cybertron or some other outpost where they encounter not a motley crew of Earth Decepticons (which still have some lookalike types of soldiers though) but more numerous Seeker troops or some other type of "Shockwave's drones". In TFPrime-verse, those Autobots with "new-vision" software can get to see quirks and differences in Eradicons and Vehicons which they're fighting with right there on Earth. What if this new angle of view leads to doubting a popular notion that those lack all individual traits as well as personalities and Sparks.