My thought with 8 was something along the lines of human food=bright colours where metal typically is not (unless it was, I dunno, melting by acid or something), and thus scary or bizarre to young sparks. The psychology would be fascinating, I'm sure.


Wheeljack, I think, would make a pretty awesome babysitter. He's got this funny sort of charm to him that a lot of kids would probably love.

... I would have loved to have Jack as babysitter as a child.