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[silvane91.livejournal.com]

Something about late nights makes my brain go weird. It came up with this:
Transformers are sparks, yes? The body isn't truly 'alive' until the spark is added. So, basically, transformers are unstable energy beings,  possessing robot shells. Sorta like the ascended, in Stargate (Or demons, possessing humans in Supernatural). That said, if you set them in a universe where exorcisms work, could your exorcise a transformer? And if you could, what would happen to the spark? could it reenter the body? Or would it 'evaporate' outside the body?

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[norielit.livejournal.com]

That's... a very good point. Only, the question is, do the sparks remember anything themselves? Or are all their memories and personality stored in the 'shell'? Ohhh, maybe they'd go possess real cars. Ya know, the non-transforming kind.

[silvane91.livejournal.com]

I dunno. On one hand, you have Starscream, who definitely remembers who he is when dead, but on the other, you have Huffer and Red Alert, who showed us that personality can be altered by altering the body. I'd say a little of both, personally.
And yes, points for the possessing of real cars. or jets. Can you see starscream, stuck in a distinctly non-transforming, voiceless jet, trying to communicate, "It's me you idiots!" to his wingmates?

[mimi-sardinia.livejournal.com]

I have a pain-in-the-aft plotbunny about Final Fantasy VIII, that ended up crossing over with Transformers G1. One of the latest things that came up was several of the FF8 Guardian Forces going to Cybertron to help an up-coming interplanetary war, and being given mech bodies to do so, because basically they (the GFs) are spirit beings who are based on a special form of energon and a way is found to support them in mech bodies the way sparks are supported.

Some day I'll print up a picture of Griever and try to draw him as a mech.

[kirin-saga.livejournal.com]

You know, if someone managed to exorcised a Transformer, it might explain all the stories of Ghost Lights.

I think whether or not it would evaporate would depend on if it can find a source of energy. It could possibly re-enter it's own body (if the exorcism didn't cause some kind of protective shielding to form to prevent repossessions) or possess another mechanical one.

Or, if it could enter a body, it's possible it absorbed energy from the environment. Ley Lines, for example, are believed to resonate energy and having these 'Ghost Lights' take up residence would support the belief that that energy is mystical in nature.

Of course, there is an ethical concern regarding exorcising a Transformer from it's own body. It could be compared to Demons stealing the souls of humans. The human performing the exorcism might believe the Transformer is simply a spirit possessing an Earth vehicle, so they'd mean well. But how would they feel when they realize what they have actually done? They'd possibly see themselves as no better than the monsters they hunt.

It'd be very interesting to see this done.

[silvane91.livejournal.com]

I hadn't thought of it like that! My thoughts on this was more offensive use. That is, humans /purposefully/ excising a transformer, in a battle or ambush.
The lay lines idea is fun. If Cybertron didn't have them, maybe Sparks on their way back to the matrix could get 'stuck' on them...
Frag. More bunnies.