Bunny for adoption
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tf_bunny_farmSome of you might have read my oneshot Inevitable a few weeks ago. I would suggest reading the story, before reading the bunny, if one wants to be surprised, as the Oneshot IS the bunny. ;)
This bunny plays mainly in the Bayverse, but can happen in most other verses as well.
The idea was, that there is a core programming in every Transformer which is an integral part of their personality. And which they can't ignore. Part of this core programming was, to guarantee a stable society, to obey the Prime, or in the case of the military inclined mechs to obey the Lord Protector.
A war forced the Cybertronians to make nearly all newsparks into military inclined mechs, aka soldiers, and to sent them off-world to fight against an alien race. They won, but when they came back, the population spike (and the unproductivity of the soldiers, because really they weren't factory mechs) led to a famine.
Prime didn't to anything. His core programming was to protect the peace of the society as a whole. Megatron, though, as the Lord Protector had as his highest commands to obey the Prime and to protect society, to protect the population. Said population was starving and dying and Megatron literally couldn't watch. He had to protect them - and he chose to defy Optimus Prime.
The consequence of ignoring such an integral part of ones own programming was madness. So Megatron went mad.
But - all the military mech followed him, because they hated the mechs that led them starve and because of their own programming. The same was true for Optimus Prime.
The civil war started. But a Prime wasn't made for fighting. A Prime is made to keep his population happy and peaceful. Being forced to fight meant - ignoring his own core programming. Optimus managed to stave of madness, until coming to Earth. There he met his breaking point and his core programming "adopted" humanity - abandoning the Cybertronians.
The comments to Inevitable made me realise, that this bunny has a lot more potential than just this one Oneshot. What about all the other Cybertronians in the war? Did they go mad, too? Can they be saved? Is there hope after Inevitable or only madness and destruction?
Ratchet: Might have gone made, between the orders to obey Prime and to heal - and the reality of being forced to fight, of war. I eman, throwing wrenches isn't a good sign in a medic which core programming is "healing".
Wheeljack: Maybe he was something else than an engineer and his explosions are a sign of suicidal thoughts?
Soundwave: Maybe he went quietly mad, because he felt all the madness around him -and erased all of is core programming but the need to obey Megatron?
Starscream: Well, I touched upon his case in the oneshot, between the orders to protect the skies and Cybertron - and to obey Megatron who became a danger to said skies and Cybertron.
And so on. Sadly, at the moment I really don't have the time (or the ideas) to write more about it.
I would love to read other ideas, how they might have all been forced to go against their own core programming with various outcomes. No holds barred. If someone has an idea about Prowl and Jazz, or Megatron or Optimus, I would love to read it as well. :)
~silber
This bunny plays mainly in the Bayverse, but can happen in most other verses as well.
The idea was, that there is a core programming in every Transformer which is an integral part of their personality. And which they can't ignore. Part of this core programming was, to guarantee a stable society, to obey the Prime, or in the case of the military inclined mechs to obey the Lord Protector.
A war forced the Cybertronians to make nearly all newsparks into military inclined mechs, aka soldiers, and to sent them off-world to fight against an alien race. They won, but when they came back, the population spike (and the unproductivity of the soldiers, because really they weren't factory mechs) led to a famine.
Prime didn't to anything. His core programming was to protect the peace of the society as a whole. Megatron, though, as the Lord Protector had as his highest commands to obey the Prime and to protect society, to protect the population. Said population was starving and dying and Megatron literally couldn't watch. He had to protect them - and he chose to defy Optimus Prime.
The consequence of ignoring such an integral part of ones own programming was madness. So Megatron went mad.
But - all the military mech followed him, because they hated the mechs that led them starve and because of their own programming. The same was true for Optimus Prime.
The civil war started. But a Prime wasn't made for fighting. A Prime is made to keep his population happy and peaceful. Being forced to fight meant - ignoring his own core programming. Optimus managed to stave of madness, until coming to Earth. There he met his breaking point and his core programming "adopted" humanity - abandoning the Cybertronians.
The comments to Inevitable made me realise, that this bunny has a lot more potential than just this one Oneshot. What about all the other Cybertronians in the war? Did they go mad, too? Can they be saved? Is there hope after Inevitable or only madness and destruction?
Ratchet: Might have gone made, between the orders to obey Prime and to heal - and the reality of being forced to fight, of war. I eman, throwing wrenches isn't a good sign in a medic which core programming is "healing".
Wheeljack: Maybe he was something else than an engineer and his explosions are a sign of suicidal thoughts?
Soundwave: Maybe he went quietly mad, because he felt all the madness around him -and erased all of is core programming but the need to obey Megatron?
Starscream: Well, I touched upon his case in the oneshot, between the orders to protect the skies and Cybertron - and to obey Megatron who became a danger to said skies and Cybertron.
And so on. Sadly, at the moment I really don't have the time (or the ideas) to write more about it.
I would love to read other ideas, how they might have all been forced to go against their own core programming with various outcomes. No holds barred. If someone has an idea about Prowl and Jazz, or Megatron or Optimus, I would love to read it as well. :)
~silber
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Reading suggestion
Date: 2012-12-18 11:58 am (UTC)It sort of partakes in your bunny, it features both Megatron and Optimus Prime.
Re: Reading suggestion
Date: 2012-12-18 01:44 pm (UTC)This is a wonderful work you have here, it's really a recap of history ... and a sad one too. I like the musings if Chip at the end. ^^
I write you a good review later. At the moment I'm in a lecture. ;)
Thanks for linking it!!
Re: Reading suggestion
Date: 2012-12-18 04:20 pm (UTC)Thank you very much, and I want to say don't worry about it but you already left an awesome review and all ^^;
Normally I don't like to mess with the TF humans, but I felt the story needed an outside view and who else to turn to but a human who had worked closely with the Cybertronians?
I hope the lecture was an interesting one ;)
Re: Reading suggestion
Date: 2012-12-18 04:28 pm (UTC)I like reviewing. I never manage to write something short and nice. ^^"
Same here. Normally I say humans are not needed in TF verse, but in some stories they are a necessary view form the outside.
Weeell, yes, it was interesting, but a bit dry. But we can't have everything, right?
Re: Reading suggestion
Date: 2012-12-18 04:44 pm (UTC)D: I would love to be able to write something long and nice just once in a while. Maybe we should switch brains for a few hours every day?
The humans are there to give kids something to relate to >.> I get that, I really do, but sometimes I wish they would make an animated verse for 'us adults' *makes a grimaces* where we could be without the overly exaggerated dream stand ins that the canon humans are./rants ^^;
There is that X.x lectures are lectures after all, though I do not get why education can't also be entertainment. ;)
Re: Reading suggestion
Date: 2012-12-18 06:52 pm (UTC)But in a normal review I just start at the beginning of the text at mention what was very good, funny, sad, etc. for me.
Well, maybe not my brain... but what about my muse? *offers it bound and in chains* She gives me dozen ideas a week and on average I have time to write less then 5 per cent. Worse, she gives me ideas for everything I read. <.< (which really drives me mad when I read in a fanfic: abadoned because I have no ideas anymore...)
Yep, funny thing is: I know none human child that relates to the humans in a TF series. They relate to Optimus Prime, Starscream, Hound... but rarely the humans.
I wish they would make a animated series for adults, too. But hey, at least now we have IDW comics. ^^
Oh, there is entertaiment sometimes. My statistic professor can't stop labeling everything with numbers... so: "I'm 99 per cent sure that this will not be part of the exam." "Only in 70 per cent of all exams this was asked." And my favourite: "Well, theoretically you can use this praxis." - right.
Re: Reading suggestion
Date: 2012-12-18 07:16 pm (UTC)lol! I have muses and bunnies aplenty myself, but if you adopt some of mine I can take yours off your hand for a few hours I suppose ;)
yeah >.> dead bunnies are the worst thing, but usually they don't happen because of a lack of ideas.
I know, >.> most kids I know find the kids about as annoying as the average adults.
lol I had a professor who kept referring to himself in third person XD gods he was funny!
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