Transformers: Okay, I do like the franchise enough. Like the Twilight series, the Bay films also make me laugh and mock them; admittedly, they're both my guilty pleasures...well except for the Breaking Dawn films though because it was not fun. As for the Animated series, I do like it. It's fun but it felt incomplete. There is good writing and then there's writing that makes me roll my eyes (the ladies for example). I enjoyed the comedy.
Let's move on quickly to the fanfic in question.
Battlesleep: Megatron escaping from prison was, of course, Sentinel's frag-up. What Optimus didn't count on was being kidnapped by the warlord on his way out. Now halfway across the galaxy, Optimus must discover the reason behind Megatron's reluctance to kill him, and with it a secret of his species' biology that may hold the key to peace between Autobots and Decepticons.
This is both a fic rec and a progress fic review. I wouldn't put on the blog in the first place. I'm already broke when I don't have the time for leisurely read books
Let's start with the easier stuff first. Normally I will put the positives and negatives in separate sections but this piece of fanfiction needed an explanation. Just the complications and the world-building.
The women bots are greatly depicted for what they are and should have been depicted. You would think that a Transformers show in the early 2000s would be more progressive but no. Competent just as their mech counterparts and just as wonderful. It does help that these femme bots are varied in personality too.
I love the buddy cop dynamic between Sari and Sentinel Prime, comedy duo. They are hilarious, playing off each other with their wit and sarcasm. Both are essentially bringing the best out of each other and I love it so much.
The fic also did a job, not ignoring and romanticizing the Decepticons' awful actions. If they want a second chance from their would-be breeders, they would have to earn a second chance. Don't romanticize horrible actions. In a way, the fic rebutted the fandom's sympathy towards the Decepticons. Seriously, this is not Star Wars, guys, where you can actually sympathize with the Sith and/or enemies where the Jedi are exceptionally complacent and self-righteous above good and evil. That was not fun, just watching the prequels and related media regarding the Jedi; if there was one thing that George Lucas and his crew made consistently, it was the hypocrisy and complacency of the Jedi. While Mr. Lucas was a Yoda stan, the other writers made it damn clear that with the exception of a few like Qui-Gon, most of the Jedi are clearly more hypocritical and lacked the understanding of the world they deemed theirs.
The world-building is awesome. Cybertron is usually depicted as some kind of dystopian society but the Decepticon is much worse. Some explanation is down below but certainly, the world-building aspect is one of the best parts.
There's also a nice reference to Steven Universe, implying that it might have the Gems and the Homeworld.
There is a lot of good things to look forward to. I love seeing the Autobots' side, the rescuers, the Sari and Sentinel Prime, and the Decepticons. And that includes the potential romances. Each perspective is awesome to look forward to. While I honestly love the Sari and Sentinel Prime interactions the most, the other sides of the story aren't half-bad either.
Now let's get going to the harder stuff. I would need a lot of good alcohol for this.
They are still alien robots, just to be clear.
Because they are aliens, this fic takes full advantage of its cracky nature and made a semi-serious fic. Like I said, this fic tried to tell how to not ignore horrible actions. I mean it's Decepticons here.
So this fic has mech preg where robots get pregnant. I think it's a Transformers-unique trope because AO3 only has Transformers in that tag.
Here's the gist: Long before the Allspark even came into the possession of these alien robots, the continuation of their species depending on a breeder/seeder society. Cyclonus also stated that injury and death in childbirth were common before he came into existence. When the Allspark made it possible without death and injury to streamline the process of life, the war began.
Now the current generations of Bots have no fucking clue of their ancestry (to the point even the most educated of the Bots have the idea they are not compatible) while those who are on Con space likely knew about that detail. The very old, like so very old Cybertronians knew about this fact; I think that due to the fact the war had gone on for so long, they don't see how the war would be resolved easily.
At this rate, it will become a Romeo and Juliet case with their leaders or former thereof with Megazarak.
Let it be known that the authors have no intention of basing the Cybertronian biology in human biology. It's similar but not really. According to the authors, it's complicated and no parallels are to be made to human reproduction. It's the closest analogy that most readers made but if the authors said it's complicated, then everything had yet to be explained in full detail.
C'mon, they are robots, which in this fic, can reproduce sexually. It meant all the works including childbirth apparently.
Now we don't know which Bot will be the first in years. It could mean Optimus or Minimus. Blurr doesn't seem likely since it's a subplot and Blurr clearly has issues with his former lover trying to kill him.
For right now as of the current update, not much of the biology is explained in too much detail. We got the gist of it when we got the explanation of the gender dimorphism,
And I think that's enough for now because I don't think a review would get enough of what a glorious read the fic is.
Just read it. You would like it or enjoy it.
...This dub is magnificent. It's right up there with the best dubs like FMA and Cowboy Bebop. I am not talking about the kind of quality dub those two anime has; I'm talking about the infamy of this dub that is so amazing.
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