Comments | lstarrunner: Something About You, another Astrotrain-centric fic

lstarrunner

Something About You, another Astrotrain-centric fic

Jan 21, 2008 21:37

Universe: loosely G1 cartoon. Sequel to Anything You Like. Also follows the events of Skimming the Surface and Break from Habit.

Rated: NC-17 for detailed physical intimacy between mechanical beings, including plug-n-play, and a graphic description of what amounts to child abuse, past. GRAPHIC.

Pairing: Astrotrain/Cobweb.
( I was finally allowed Cobweb's POV... )

astrotrain, starrunner, cobweb, fanfiction

Comments 18

sosogomi January 22 2008, 05:00:31 UTC

I like this. Also yay for more mini femmes!

Poor Cobweb.

lstarrunner January 25 2008, 04:39:53 UTC

sosogomi January 25 2008, 06:02:12 UTC

My icon speaks of relevance?

ravynstoneabbey January 22 2008, 05:38:07 UTC

This was wonderful. Astrotrain's discovery made me about fall out of my chair in surprise. No wonder why Cobweb is so secretive. *goes back for another read*

lstarrunner January 25 2008, 04:40:47 UTC

Cobweb shocked me, on a couple of scores, and I'm goddess of this 'verse!

__wilderness__ January 22 2008, 10:29:16 UTC

Guh wow...
I never thought I would say the following words... Astrotrain is being so sweet...

It's so interesting to find out about Cobweb's past!

lstarrunner January 25 2008, 04:44:24 UTC

Now that you type it, I have to agree: 'Astrotrain' and 'sweet' in the same sentence together seems strange. But it there are extenuating circumstances, his own curiosity first and the problem of emotions getting involved when the spark is touched... He didn't really stand a chance.

I would have sworn I'd never write such a thing, but Cobweb needed to have it told.

jessara40k January 22 2008, 16:24:45 UTC

Even if such a measure were entertained, the only way to bring most males' ratios up high enough is to give them bodies several tens (or hundreds) of times less massive: turn an Omega Supreme into an Ironhide, or a Skyfire into a Cosmos. And that only if their spark-energies were high for mechs their sizes in the first place.

But I didn't get the impression Cobweb/Comettracker's size change was that extreme. And couldn't the autobots go to Vector Sigma and ask for femme sparks since Alpha Trion joined with it?

lstarrunner January 25 2008, 04:58:48 UTC

Huh. I tried to make it clear: Cobweb makes a few references to imply the size difference. It'll come out later, I'm sure. It's not about volume, but mass, and Cobweb's mass is even lighter than most mechs that size because her form uses no subspace. Comettracker was large, closer to Skyfire than to Starscream ( ... )

jessara40k January 25 2008, 08:30:03 UTC

Cobweb makes a few references to imply the size difference.

They must have been too subtle for me to recognise them then, or at least to recognise how great it was.

Cobweb's mass is even lighter than most mechs that size because her form uses no subspace. Comettracker was large, closer to Skyfire than to Starscream.

I thought about the subspace thing after I posted my comment, but it didn't come across very clearly that Comettracker was close to Skyfire's size.

I'm not very clear on the timeline of the series, but again, I realised the Aerialbots might not exist yet in your timeline after posting my comment. And I'm looking forward to seeing Ratchet get a chance to talk to Cobweb.

mmouse15 January 22 2008, 16:52:08 UTC

Wow. Thank you, Cobweb, for letting your voice be heard.

Astrotrain, you are wonderful. Thank you for caring.

and lstarrunner? Thanks for being the conduit.

All in all, a very moving story.

lstarrunner January 25 2008, 05:02:08 UTC

Good. You're welcome. It was my pleasure. *Cobweb nods. Astrotrain looks uncomfortable.*

Would you believe I started telling Starrunner's story last March in order to introduce Cobweb? Cobweb's a behind-the-scenes sort of bot, so I couldn't just plunge in...

mmouse15 January 25 2008, 05:21:32 UTC

Then you have done a wonderful job of plotting and writing to have started almost a year ago in order to get to this point. *nods* yes, you are awesome and made of win, and you are a writer, by the gods.

lstarrunner January 25 2008, 05:30:29 UTC

LOL! Oh, I can't take that much credit! *shy smile* I _knew_ Cobweb first but she didn't talk to me for a very long time, just mysterious looks and non-verbal communication. She thought it enough to let Starrunner introduce her. But then, by about his third chapter, I realized he didn't know very much about her. Astrotrain spoke up in November and started to figure out more than she wanted known, making assumptions like Prowl and Jazz. She finally spoke up. Don't imagine I knew where this was all going (or even is all going!) beforehand.

I swear, these aren't my stories, I just write them down!

But I am a writer: head-charas consume my life! Who needs sleep, right? ;-)