An AU where he made the other choice would be interesting. I wonder if, after graduating, he would choose to switch to a femme body (if that was possible, and if there were no practical problems associated with that)?
Personally, I was seeing him as having a preference for being a mech. Like a girl who'd rather flannel and jeans over lacy dresses.
The 'pinnacle of technology' bit makes me wonder if Optimus (in an AU situation) or Megatron - or some of their top officers at least - were former femmes.
Femme!Megatron appeals to me.
As for the 'expensive' and 'fashion' part: what about mechs like Mirage, Tracks, and Sunstreaker? They're all either formerly-affluent or very concerned with their physical image; they might be downgraded femmes (Tracks' and Sunstreaker's obsession with appearance actually being more like a self-conscious embarrassment at the 'downgrade'), or they're wannabes who wanted to be built as femmes but weren't for some reason.
Is it /wrong/ for me to admit that I've seen Sunstreaker as being the Cybertronian equivalent of a drag queen?
Hmmm, what if some of the Autobots' human friends (I'm thinking Sparkplug; as a parent, he'd be pretty shocked and disgusted to find out that some of the soldiers were, relatively speaking, younger than Spike) campaigned against the Autobots?
Point. Then again, we are talking about the guy who had brought his teenage son along with him to an oil rig and glad let's Spike go adventuring with his giant robot buddies. And Sparkplug at least is close enough to the Autobots that he might have picked up some basic ideas of Cybertronian life. In other words, Sparkplug could go either way in my opinion. A big idea behind this bunny was the culture clash and some of the inherent jingoism in America.
Well, the 'Cons did the 'child soldier' thing too with the Stunticons, yes? This ficlet would be a nice opportunity to do a 'humans show the Cybertronians what they're really capable of when they're pissed enough to unite and have a motive/excuse to attack' kind of thing...
Cue the giant mecha! Seriously want to see this now.
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Date: 2008-10-02 06:18 pm (UTC)Personally, I was seeing him as having a preference for being a mech. Like a girl who'd rather flannel and jeans over lacy dresses.
Femme!Megatron appeals to me.
Is it /wrong/ for me to admit that I've seen Sunstreaker as being the Cybertronian equivalent of a drag queen?
Point. Then again, we are talking about the guy who had brought his teenage son along with him to an oil rig and glad let's Spike go adventuring with his giant robot buddies. And Sparkplug at least is close enough to the Autobots that he might have picked up some basic ideas of Cybertronian life. In other words, Sparkplug could go either way in my opinion. A big idea behind this bunny was the culture clash and some of the inherent jingoism in America.
Cue the giant mecha! Seriously want to see this now.