Monster bunny that has been chopped into seven bite-sized pieces.

[sanjuno.livejournal.com]

Hey all, figured that since I found a few stray bunnies here that I should add to the population. Just so as not to harm the delicate balance of nature, eh.

Bunny is thus:

Canon vs. Fanon. I'm sure we've all had this argument at one point or another. Canon has no sparklings, while in Fanon many Bots and Seekers are either being turned into them or suddenly responsible for them. What if there was a reason for that? I's like to take this opportunity to name this bunny-litter "Justify my fandom kink".

1. What if Megatron kept sparklings away from the War because Seekers go berserk when one is threatened and he didn't want to lose complete control of his Air Force?

2. Your plot-device of choice Wheeljack turns a significant number of mechs (minus the Seekers) from each side into sparklings. Megatron decides, should he remain unshrunk (if he is shrunk, you get bonus points. Pick your least favorite Con) to get rid of the bitty Bots. Cue dismemberment via furious, screeching Seekers.

Skyfire: *pleased as he watches Megatron point fusion cannon at sparkling* Huh. Looks like I'm going to win the pool.
??: What do you mean?
Skyfire: *points* Watch.
Megatron: Die Auto... Huh *looks up. is torn apart by Starscream and Seekers*
Cons: O.O!
Bots: O.O!
Skyfire: *is in the money!* Ha! And people said I was crazy to bet on Starscream ending the war! Who's crazy now suckers?

3.Transformers don't have sparklings at all. They have always come online fully adult (if not mature) but with the destruction of Vector Sigma/the Allspark, they need to figure out another method of reproduction. Humans decide to help. Megatron reads a theological study on the union of souls finds fandom-esque speculations on how Cybertronians could repopulate. Megatron orders Starscream (the traitor) and Thundercracker (fleshy sympathizer) to test the methods out. Screamer and TC want to refuse, but will be denied rations until they comply. They agree that death by bad sex, while embarrassing, is at least faster than death by starvation.

Starscream: *blissful smile, covered in blue paint streaks* What a wonderful day it is mighty leader! Here is the data on the experiment. Now if you'll excuse us... TC?
Thundercracker: *also blissed out, also covered in streaks of wrong color blue* C'mon Warp, we wanna show you something.
Skywarp: ... Eek! *is dragged out of control room by the wings*
Cons: *weirded out*
??: Well... that was creepy.

So Starscream, Thundercracker and Skywarp have a new favorite-thing-to-do-that-isn't-flying, the other Cons are avoiding them but are starting to wonder if maybe they shouldn't try this 'sex' thing out for themselves. The inevitable occurs and sparklings happen. Mass confusion and the war is called off on account of half the Decepticon army being pregnant and suffering moods swings. Bonus points for anyone who gets Soundwave jumped by the Seekers!

4. The real reason the Seekers joined the Cons is because the Council kept stealing their sparklings to experiment on since Seekers have a higher percentage of special abilities than other build types. The Council also spread rumors that Seekers couldn't take care of their sparklings properly due to a coding glitch. The Autobots continued to remove sparklings after war starts, not knowing that it just makes the Seekers worse.

Skyfire: *gaping* Do you mean to tell me that Starscream hasn't seen a sparkling since the war started?
??: Of course! Who would leave a defenseless sparkling with a pack of killers like that? Seekers don't have what it takes to care about sparklings anyway. Everyone knows that!
Skyfire: *horrified* Dear Primus, we're doomed.
Random sparkling that will soon be Seeker magnet: *chirps?*
Starsream/Seekers: *stare at sparkling* Eee! *snatch coo snuggles sparkling*

5. Unstable minds in Seekers are the result of Robosmasher-esque reprogramming. (Honestly, think of human fighter pilots. Now do you really think any canon Seeker could survive in a human airforce?) But Seekers are war-builds and have codes meant to combat and repair that kind of damage.

5A. Repairs manage to complete themselves after a spectacular explosion that finds its origins in Wheeljack, Megatrons Giant-Gun-Of-The-Week, and a mouse with a taste for red wires. Seekers revolt.

5B. Sparklings happen. Seekers redundant protective programming takes over, negates reprogramming damage, and Seekers revolt.

6. One of the cassettes brings back news that makes Megatron very unhappy. he decides to shoot the messenger. Note: Either Soundwave isn't around or Megatron is getting more unstable. Cassette makes a noise typically only used by distressed sparklings/has spark chamber exposed (not a drone!) with something special that identifies it as being a "baby" and Seekers dogpile Megatron. Bonus points for serious blunt-force damage being done by datapad!

7. Random Matrix/Allspark SNAFU causes all the mechs who lost the chance to have a childhood to/are horribly traumatized by the war become sparklings.
Autobots: Hot Rod, Arcee, Blurr(optional), Springer, Bluestreak, Sideswipe, Sunstreaker, and Aerialbots.
Decepticons: Runabout, Runamuck, Stunticons, Combaticons
(I figure the SNAFU happens thanks to Megatron going "If I can't have it no one will! *shoots at Prime*") Request that the Dinobots and cassettes not shrink as they are childish enough. Lambo twins get taken in by Ratchet and Wheeljack (they like the explosions) and the Dinobots are the best big brothers ever. Blue is being raised by Prowl. Skyfire and Omega Supreme got stuck with the Aerialbots and are freaking out over how the pit they're supposed to take care of things that small. Prime and Elita are having a blast playing happy families with Hot Rod and Arcee. Wreckers are confused as to how they're supposed to handle this, since technically Springer still outranks them and if he doesn't wanna take a bath... Megatron has to call a ceasefire on account of it being the Combaticons naptime. The Seekers have descended into sparkling induced bliss and are happily nesting with Stunticons and Battlechargers.

7A. No one on either side knows how to deal with the sparklings... except for Skyfire and the Seekers. And Skyfire only knows as much as Starscream taught him.

Skyfire: *calm* You said I could do whatever it took to get the sparklings under control.
??: But... Starscream?
Skyfire: He knows more than me about sparklings. Everything I know comes from a short trip I took to Vos with Starscream a few orns after we graduated. Seekers adore Sparklings.
??: Whu? But... *stares at Skyfire, turns and watches Starscream coo at sparklings piled on his lap, stares some more* ... my head hurts.

Wow. Takes up more space than I thought... Now here's to hoping a few of these get adopted...

XP

Comments

[wachey.livejournal.com]

Dammit!! I want to adopt so many of these bunnies, but I'm still working on my other fic X3

I'll try to find a way!!

[sanjuno.livejournal.com]

Do eeeeet! *the power of the cute compels you!*

[mimi-sardinia.livejournal.com]

I hope they get adopted too (sorry, can't take any myself - don't write), the idea of Seekers being sparkling-crazy is adorable.


Wreckers are confused as to how they're supposed to handle this, since technically Springer still outranks them and if he doesn't wanna take a bath...

I think, in this case, tthat because Springer is currently unable to command, either Prime or Ratchet (because CMOs can order even their superior officers onto leave, if they need it) could give the next ranking Wrecker temporary command. Still, it's fun to see such a tough team trying to cope with a sparkling.

[sanjuno.livejournal.com]

It is adorable! Too adorable no to share!

And yeah, I figured that. But he'll still have his rank even though he won't have command. And it's a funny image.

RB: C'mon Springer, get in the bath please?
Sparkling!Springer: Don' wanna! Pummie down! Assol on s'perior o'icer.
RB: ... Prowl's not allowed to babysit anymore.

[mmouse15.livejournal.com]

Wreckers are confused as to how they're supposed to handle this, since technically Springer still outranks them and if he doesn't wanna take a bath...

idiosyn has a great story (http://idiosyn.livejournal.com/tag/wreckers) about sparkling!Springer and the Wreckers. Have you read it? It's really awesome...

[sanjuno.livejournal.com]

I've read that one! And it is indeed awesome. XD

[ryukotaicho.livejournal.com]

Dear Primus I want to steal number one or two... *nibbles on fingernails in indecision*

[sanjuno.livejournal.com]

*nudges bunnies closer* Chirp? *wide bumblepuppy optics*

You know you don't want to deny the cute. How can you resist those optics? X3

[ksiezniczka11.livejournal.com]

Numbers 2 and 3 would both be so intriguing (and kinda really cracky) if done right!

And I think the concept of sparklings came from the Lithonians in TF:TM as well as Wheelie. I'm fairly sure they're the first instances of canon robo-children.

[sanjuno.livejournal.com]

I'll eventually the fic spawned from the original monster!bunny I dissected to get these. But I want to see moar! in the meantime.

Yeah, I know that robo-kids are canon. But not sparklings, nor their manner of creation. Eh, y'now what I mean?

[lady_katana4544]

*is feeling compelled to write from one of the bunnies* >_> Bunny number one proves interesting... oh heck they are all INTERESTING!!!! *is somewhat mobbed by bunnies*

[sanjuno.livejournal.com]

*the power of the bunnies compels you!* Go! Write! Win! XP

*encourages bunnies to bite* You know you waaaaaant toooo~!

[umalia.livejournal.com]

I've always like the idea of Seekers being obsessive of sparklings. It brings up the possibility that, in seeker society, seekers bond at a relatively young age and have large families. Families could also be "matriarchal" in the sense that the spark-bearer/mother in a bonded couple would be the head of the family instead of the sire/father.

[sanjuno.livejournal.com]

Ooo~ la la! A verra interestin' take!

I tend to take the view that since they bond in three's, and flying can be a dangerous function, and they are war-builds, that Seekers are hardwired to protect the future of their race. At least, if you go by the belief that when one bondmate dies the other/others soon follow. Since in that case when one dies you lose at least two others.

And my other take is that since they very rarely have/get to keep their sparklings, Seekers are overprotective mother-hens. For very good reasons too!

[espionata.livejournal.com]

*Eyes the sixth one* That one is really attracting me. Curse my love for seekers and cassettes that are actually sparklings in that bunny. I can also bet that Soundwave won't be to thrilled with Megatron either for threatening one of his kids. I don't know if I should try to write that or not but I could give it a shot I watched G1 anyway and I'm watching it again >.> But if it does get written I'm using the original trine because I know them better than the coneheads.

[sanjuno.livejournal.com]

Oh please please please write it! *begs shamelessly.* I watched G1 as a kid fell in love with the Seekersn and please? I love sparklings!cassettes too and I wanna seeeeeee it! *makes eyes at you*

Original trine is win!

[magni-zeal.livejournal.com]

Number 4 kinda got twisted into unrecognizably here: http://magni-zeal.livejournal.com/4425.html it's not clear there, but it WILL show up! I think... -_-;

[sanjuno.livejournal.com]

I've read the ficbit, and I think it's clear. Mostly in the way Skywarp freaks out over Sounders kidnapping the bitlet. But still. The Seekers go "Not being abused. Give it back to the Creators." XD *loves MZ for being wonderful*

Primus help me...

[katsuko]

...but I'm likely to go play with prompt #6 at some point in the near future.

Re: Primus help me...

[sanjuno.livejournal.com]

Do it. Doooo eeeeeeeeet. Consider it my... birthday present. XD Or, you know, whatever. I'll even let you keep control of our shared!brain until it's done. XP

[lady_katana4544]

Bunny #1 has its second part up on my journal. ^^

[sanjuno.livejournal.com]

I have read it. And it is win. XD

[lugianna.livejournal.com]

Okay, I've got to write something round the basic premise of "Protecting sparklings at all costs and overriding all other concerns" in seeker programming.... Watch out for "Protectors Of The Young" hitting my FF.net account VERY soon....

Lugianna

[sanjuno.livejournal.com]

How soon is soon? *wibbles* I wanna read it! *makes grabby motions at seeker/sparkling fics*

I'm looking forward to reading it. ^_^

[madwriter223.livejournal.com]

You mind if I adopt number six? It calls to me the most.
Though number three is a possibility too, I think. ^__^

[sanjuno.livejournal.com]

Mind? Not at all! I'm a very greedy person when it comes to fics (this is pretty obvious I should think. XP) Mostly because seeing other people being productive makes me be productive. I, ah, tend to waste a lot of time looking for fics to read. XP So please! Go ahead and write as many of my bunnies as you like! I'll love you for it long time. XD