66 bunnies. 7 pages in MS Word. Have fun!
1. Antlers!
2. Art. Springer as a Tigger. Because Tiggers’ bottoms are made out of springs, you know…
3. The Autobots and the Decepticons as delinquent-but-mostly-harmless gangs of kids in a peaceful Cybertronian city. I bet their graffiti would be amazing.
4. (Disclaimer: I don’t want to offend anyone. I’m not poking fun here. I just got this idea…)
“The Autobots told us that if we drank of the energon, we would surely die.”
“You will not die! If you drink of the energon that was forbidden to you, your optics will be opened, and you will become like the Autobots, knowing all the traditions of Cybertron.”
5. Optimus & Megatron start acting like the Weasley Twins.
6. Art. Someone with a Mohawk.
7. Everyone on the Ark and/or in the ‘Con base is an orphan. Until that day, none of them had known that the others had also lost their creators at early ages.
8. Blaster is in the ‘Con base for some reason and is horrified that the Decepticons thought of playing constant music over the P.A. system before he did.
9. ???: You know, life just isn’t fair sometimes.
???: You’ve just figured this out *now*?
10. Do Cybertronians have intuition? What's their theory on where it comes from?
11. Red Alert’s horns spark blue, right? What would happen if they sparked other colors? What would that mean? What about a little rainbow arcing between them?
12. “When he turned off his optics, I could pretend they were the same color as mine.”
13. Someone secretly films footage of scenes on Earth, planning to edit it after the war is over and bring the ‘foreign film’ genre to Cybertron.
14. A variation on the mind-switch theme: a normal mech swaps bodies with a gestalt team’s combined form.
15. One of the supposedly ‘non-flight-capable’ ‘Bots has a secret…
16. Soundwave can’t really fly; he uses telekinetics (or whatever ‘moving stuff with cool mental powers’ is called) to float himself and his cassettes around. But when he gets distracted…
17. There’s actually a music festival called Soundwave.
18. The Autobots’ humans find some of
these.
A. There’s a hoodie
here with an Autobrand that has red optics!
19. Usually, I have a really tough time accepting OCs (even non-Mary-Sues; sometimes it seems like they’re making too much of an effort to not be perfect. There should be a sub-category of Sues for “I would be a Mary-Sue but I’ve got all these obvious-but-important-to-the-plot flaws, so of course I’m not!” characters. But I’d be curious to see these:
A. A femme tapedeck.
B. A ‘wait-where-the-Pit-did-you-come-from’ relative/bondmate of a mech who’s generally ignored by the fandom anyway.
C. A TF who turns into one of those suitcases with wheels.
D. A TF who turns into a shopping cart. (Not sure this is even possible…)
E. Someone who isn’t a mech OR a femme OR some brain-breaking combination of both.
F. Human OCs who show up in one chapter, serve their purpose, and then are never seen again.
No, really. What are the odds that every single human the TFs meet becomes an enemy/important plot point/hostage/best buddy forever?
20. Every once in a while, the Decepticons will get the chance to take the moral high ground. They actually love doing this, because there’s no way for the Autobots to counter that strategy and it’s fun to see their baffled, ‘should we be mad or happy about this?’ faces.
21. As Air Commander, Starscream is expected to periodically come up with new or improved flight-combat maneuvers. He’s been busy recently and when Megatron demands a report on his progress, he decides to steal ideas from bird flight patterns and human-created formations.
22. Kind of a bunny-writing bunny: First person to write a bunny-list that uses all the tags currently listed (or close), I’ll write them a fic with their pick of 1-3 bunnies. Because that would be a HUGE tag-cloud. More like a tag-storm. *is expecting this one to hit the bunny-graveyard quickly*
23. A few human customs are slowly trickling their way into Cybertronian (war or post-war) culture. Primus somehow hears about the human tradition of burying the dead and… well, how would he react to an idea like that?
24. As the Ark gets used to the Lambo Twins’ antics, Sideswipe’s pranks get more and more elaborate. Wheeljack and Prowl both realize that the red Twin has a hidden gift, and quickly seek to claim him as an apprentice. So on one hand, poor Sides has got Wheeljack earnestly imploring him to consider studying engineering with him; and on the other, Prowl is offering reduced misbehavior-punishments for him and Sunstreaker if Sideswipe will train to become a junior tactical officer.
25. (A variation on a previous bunny.) Before he joined the Autobots, Sunstreaker gave art lessons as a last-ditch attempt to earn a living without risking his neck on the battlefields or the gladiatorial arenas.
26. One of the Autobots worked with the government’s welfare system in Kaon before the war. Many of the Decepticons, and even a few Autobots, resent this mech because he reminds them of when they were too poor not to accept ‘charity’; they also (unjustly) blame him for the severe cutbacks on the welfare budget that made the government stop funding Kaon welfare entirely.
27. The Decepticons finally realize something: Megatron is old. Really old. And he’s always been old. And a lot of them are fiery young rebellious types (or at least they were when they joined up).
28. Optimus and Megatron (and maybe also ____________) vs. everyone else.
29. *whines* “Megatron, Starscream is know-it-alling again.”
30. When Soundwave read Chip’s mind to get that one formula, he saw something else in there that he found quite interesting/amusing. Blueprints? Formulas? Theories on Cybertronian psychology?
31. Seekers are designed to live at high altitudes in an already-thin atmosphere for the majority of their lives. Being on Earth is slowly damaging their health.
32. There’s never only one option for the next Prime. The potential ability to carry the Matrix isn’t determined by leadership ability, but by unusual spark strength, a certain arrangement of energon tubing in the chassis, etc. Thus, several possible ‘Primes’ are unknowingly scattered through the ranks of both factions.
33. What if a gestalt or a cassette was chosen by the Matrix to be Prime?
34. Multiple ‘Primes’ always exist; however, the Prime traditionally stayed distant from the common mechs and only met with government officials or close friends, and so the belief arose that there is only one Prime at any given time. When a current Prime who carries a Matrix meets an un-Matrixed potential Prime, the first Prime’s Matrix divides like an amoeba and spits out a second Matrix.
35. Why exactly does Soundwave look so funny when he runs? *is reminded of the song “Walkie Talkie Man”*
36. The Aerialbots and some flying Decepticons do a Cybertronian flight-dance number at an air show benefiting Air Force veterans.
37. Art. A Mary Sue ‘former (e.g., an exact duplicate of a female human model, except big and metal) standing alone, with a hurt “y dont u LUV mee?? :’(” look on her face, as various often-paired TFs cringe in horror at what is actually, to Cybertronians, a remarkably ugly femme.
38. Constructicons: *hovering behind an annoyed Starscream in the Decepticons’ public lab*
Hook: And you’re doing that wrong too! I thought you were supposed to be a scientist!
Starscream: Let me give you a little tip, Hook. I don’t know if you realize this, but I don’t react well to criticism even when it’s useful, and your whining is not constructive criticism!
Scrapper: Of course it’s ‘constructive’ criticism, idiot. Everything we do is ‘constructive’. *preens*
39. Why does the Autobrand look so angry?
40. “It’s all falling… Everything… Everything is falling apart!”
41. Art. Inspired by the Optimus Prime = Eeyore I’ve seen… Decepticons as Heffalumps and Woozles!
42. “Elita-1, she’s the prom queen / Prowl & Shockwave, captains of the chess team / Sideswipe, the clown / Blitzwing, the quarterback / Seen it all before / I want my money back!” ~Altered lyrics from Bowling for Soup’s
High School Never Ends 43. Art. Megatron with long black horns (dragon-y would be nice).
44. Art. Lion!Optimus with cat-like versions of his ear-antennae-thingies.
45. Why don’t Cybertronians have tails? They’re quite useful appendages (especially prehensile ones, like monkey tails that act as an extra hand), since I’m sure all sorts of fun Cyber-tech could be put in them…
46. Perceptor’s optics get destroyed in a freak scientific accident. Back at the Ark, Ratchet does the necessary repairs to seal energon leaks and prevent infection, but warns Perceptor that he’ll have to wait for replacement parts from Cybertron. Then, a rapid string of Decepticon attacks nearly empties the base and a desperate call comes in for more backup. Forgetting his injury, Perceptor makes his way to the lab, grabs some stuff, and goes to help.
47. The Aerialbots were spotted and tailed (and I just realized the other way that could be interpreted XD) when they went back in time to Cybertron. The agents who followed them reported back to the head of the CIA (Cybertronian Intelligence Agency), who realized he had a group of time-travelers on his hands. Further observation led to the conclusion that the Aerials had been on Earth at some point, so the CIA sent top-secret agents Starscream and Skyfire to investigate the Earth in their time.
48. Skyfire gets frustrated with the Autobots and goes to hang out back in the ice and think a bit.
49. G1 Optimus ‘jet-judos’ G1 Megatron (although he’d be in mech form, of course).
50. Red Alert is paranoid as a result of a little ‘experimentation’ with drugs he did when he was younger.
51. Cybertronian sparklings don’t get a choice as to which basic alt-form type they’ve given. Most of them just accept the type assigned by their creators; a few would make minor modifications (e.g. a cargo-plane jet type wanting to be a Seeker), and a few want a complete overhaul. However, only the very rich can afford the delicate surgery required; rich mechs flaunt their wealth by switching alt modes frequently. Of course, if you’re in an army and you can convince your unit’s medic that your current alt-form impedes your effectiveness in battle…
52.When _________ looks at someone, he/she can sense the number of lies that person has told.
53. When _________ looks at someone, he/she can sense the number of people that person has killed… and who the people were… and if they’re still hanging around, and have anything to say…
54. Megatron: *thinking* Shockwave’s seemed worried about the Autobot femmes’ strategies getting more… aggressive. Perhaps I should check up on him… *opens video comm line to Cybertron* Megatron to Shockwave!
Elita-1: *sitting in Shockwave’s chair* *smiles sweetly at the screen* Shockwave is unavailable and probably suffering massive amounts of pain right now. Can I take a message?
Megatron: *quickly closes comm line*
55. (Movieverse) The All-Spark was the source of all Cybertronian life - its continuous source. When Sam destroyed it, he destroyed not only the Transformers’ means of reproduction, but their very means of existence. Thanks to him, the Autobots and Decepticons are all slowly dying… and their best medics predict that every Cybertronian now has the rough equivalent of a human lifespan before they shut down.
56. As a sparkling, Soundwave often didn’t realize that the thoughts he picked up through telepathy weren’t always supposed to be shared.
(AU snippet: Near the end of an educational visit to little Soundwave’s classroom by Optimus, the Prime-in-Waiting, and Megatron, the future Lord):
Student: *loud whisper* Why is teacher-femme being so nice to them? She’s always mean to us.
Li’l Soundwave: If she does not show proper respect to the princes, she will be fired.
Students: *cheer and hope for signs of disrespect*
Li’l Soundwave: *LOUDLY* And she likes their physical forms and thinks if she is nice then they will want to bond with her.
Students: *giggle*
Teacher-femme: *glares at her students while blushing*
Optimus: *also blushes and fidgets*
Megatron: *smirks*
Or maybe Megatron fidgets and Optimus smirks. Who knows.
57. Teletraan-1, being an Autobot computer, made a few extra modifications when it gave the Decepticons Earth alt-forms. Post-wakeup, each Decepticon who landed on Earth possesses a small sliver of Autobot programming.
58. The G1 Cybertronians didn’t have the dubious benefit of the Internet for learning Earth languages. Their voice patterns are each copied from Teletraan’s speech recordings from specific humans; thus the different accents, etc. What if one of these unknowing ‘voice actors’ met his counterpart or heard a giant robot on TV speaking with his voice?
59. Art. G1 TFs with metal catlike-horselike-goatlike legs (you know, that backwards-looking knee thing, with hooves or claws for feet. *fails at describing*).
60. A group of TFs (a faction, a gestalt team, or a random group) is transfigured into humans/animals/drones/inanimate objects by _________. Out of that group, only one or two escape the transformation and must work to convince or trick _________ into changing the others back. (Inspired by Odysseus and his adventure with Circe. Whose name rhymes with Perce. And by the way, thanks to kirin_saga I now automatically use a 9-letter, P-e-r-c-e-p-t-o-r sized space for fill-in-the-blank TF names. I have to admit, it’s a convenient size.)
61. A TF with (retractable?)
Octavius/‘Doc Ock’-style arms.
62. Transformers playing Calvinball! (from Calvin & Hobbes)
63. [Lovingly quoted from Calvin & Hobbes]
Starscream: Okay, Skyfire, press the button and duplicate me!
Skyfire : Are you sure this is a good idea?
Starscream: Brother! You Doubting Thomases get in the way of more scientific advances with your stupid ethical questions! This is a brilliant idea! Hit the button, will ya?
Skyfire: I’d hate to be accused of inhibiting scientific progress… Here you go.
*BOINK*
Skyfire: Scientific progress goes “boink”?
Starscream 1: It worked! It worked! I’m a genius!
Starscream 2: No you’re not, you liar! I invented this!
64. A scene I’ve always wanted to see in a TF fic: Air Commander Starscream flying at the head of an ENORMOUS (at least fifty or so) group of Seekers. Taking his loyal squadron and flying away from the Decepticons forever? Swooping dramatically in to rescue Skyfire/Megatron in the nick of time? Doing ridiculously complicated aerial tricks just for fun?
65. For whatever reason, both factions’ weapons have run out of charge/ammo/energy. Doesn’t keep them from fighting though!
Optimus: *scratch*
Megatron: *bite*
Optimus: *b!tchslap!*
Megatron: *spinning kick!*
Optimus: *KAMEHAMEHA!*
Megatron: *bizarre WWF maneuver*
Optimus: *headbutt/folding chair combo, roll Strength and Agility -3 for damage*
Megatron: *Death-from-above attack, roll 1 d20, 12+ for success...*
Soundwave: *PSYCHIC POWERZ!*
Perceptor: *MOAR PSYCHIC POWERZ!*
(actually just sitting quietly across from each other, frowning in concentration)
Jazz, Blaster, Ramjet, and Skywarp: Guitar Hero/DDR/Rockband Ultimate Faceoff!!
Wheeljack: Got any threes?
Blitzwing: Nope. Go catch an aquatic organic, slagger.
Grapple: *throws Legos*
Hoist: *throws Linkin Logs*
Devastator: *throws Tinkertoys*
Eject: TAG! You’re it!
Frenzy: *#*&$!
Superion & Menasor: *staring contest*
And so on…
66. Mech and Mech B switch bodies. Mech A (in Mech B's body) acts a little different, but Mech B (in Mech A's body) suddenly starts acting exactly like Mech A usually does. Further investigation reveals that Mech A has a processor glitch which alters personality programming. (Original idea was that Sideswipe and Sunstreaker switched, and Sides in Sunny's body started acting like Sunny's usual not-so-sunny self.)