One of Us.

Mostly Transformers. Pouring the bottle of uncorked Sideswipe and Sunstreaker angst AUs down my throat.

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Air Commander Sideswipe

Autobot version, the reference, and without text version.

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We Don't Feel Regret

A continuation of Sideswipe's Secret Vacation Spot AU

currently at 3 chapters out of 11.

If you want Sunstreaker/Prowl with Sunstreaker developing a dangerously intense interest in Prowl (as a hybrid of his relationship with Megatron and Sideswipe) and being extremely manipulative because he thinks it's weak to simply ask Prowl for what he wants. And a side of jealous, rabidly disapproving Sideswipe who has finally got to spend quality time with his twin and now his territory of Sunstreaker's emotions are being invaded. Featuring Sunstreaker's nesting doll of past warcrimes within warcrimes as a Decepticon tactician, then you should have some fun.

Rated Explicit: because Sunstreaker's art 'collaboration' with Prowl shall not be censored.

Summary:

While working on this, I once described this story to a friend as:

Aggressive anti-social sub with impossibly high standards and power-exchange kinks, a shocking lack of limits, and a hidden powder keg of trauma menaces a professional ethical dom by breaking into his house and psychologically tormenting him — displaying his intense interest by modeling a manipulative mutant hybrid replica of his toxic abusive relationship with his creator, and his overly-emotionally-invested-in-his-private-life, starved-for-casual-gentle-intimacy from him, jealous twin brother. All while his poorly trained, territorial, pit-fighting rescue Rottweiler is eating the couch.

Tags: Implied/Referenced Cannibalism, Past Rape/Non-con, Power Exchange, Brat Taming, Objectification, War Crimes, Transformers Spark Bonds, Sticky Sexual Interfacing, Psychological Warfare, Angst and Humor

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Sideswipe Surrounded.

Let it be known I tried to angle the couch to the meme reference pic to match.

[acidtheater]

Most annoying online emotion is "I have a funny personal anacdote to add to this but it doxxes like all of my personal information"

[mythosphere]

[with barely concealed lust] what the fuck is wrong with him

[princesswidget]

Pros of rereading your own fics: Holy shit this is amazing

Cons of rereading your own fics: How is there always a typo I missed every single time I read this

[luna-azzurra]

If you're a new writer and you're asking yourself "is this too personal, is this too much, will people think this is weird" that feeling is the exact location of your actual voice. The stuff that makes you want to close the laptop is the stuff nobody else could write. The safe version is always worse. Always. I have never once read something and thought "this would have been better if it was a little less honest." go further. It's always go further.

[chibiveneficus]

i love it when a fic grabs my brain and shakes it until art comes out

We Don't Feel Regret by BalloonArcade

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ART!!!! (and your tags are killing me)

I'm still dying at how you captured Prowl's emotional ride so clear as a silhouette. He is haunted. and a maybe a tad operationally envious

Sunstreaker's war crimes have war crimes. He is a living nesting doll of war crimes. All done on a shoe-string budget for his weaponized spectacle of gladiatorial irony.

Delighted you included the cocktail umbrella on Sunstreaker's audial fin as he casually admits his crimes in public with only Prowl understanding what he's really saying, and the tape on the datapad hiding he's sitting there reading Prowl's private thoughts!

Sunstreaker's so invasive. When Sunstreaker threat-flirts about making unspeakable horrors to achieve victory, he really threat-flirts.

And manipulates the field to his advantage.

[bluering8]

listen to me, this is so so important: you've gotta get used to really giving it your 60% as a default. like don't half-ass it necessarily but try not to go over 70% or so of an ass. you'll feel better and live a happier more fulfilled life, and on the rare occasions where you do need to lock the fuck in you'll be able to pull off bullshit that the sad miserable wretches giving it their 100% can never dream of, because they're busy draining themselves dry and you have energy reserves to spare.

[elliespectacular]

"you wouldn't want that in real life" yeah i know it's called playing pretend, try to keep up

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"Do give some consideration to my request," Tarn said, as if Sideswipe had any choice at all. "And I will do all in my power to keep Sunstreaker's spark stable for you."

As if there was anyone else who could.

[radioactive-earthshine]

You've heard of multi-shipper now get ready for multi-headcanoner: where multiple interpretations of the same character coexist in your head and they are all great.

[jarofloosescrews]

Patreon sketch requests during a Discord stream last Friday and Saturday.

I started with Jazz, 'cause I'm hella rusty with anything not TFA style.

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"So you want to know about sex with a Transformer... "

Optimus Prime had never been more grateful for his blast mask than this moment. The humans leaned forward in their seats, and he stared determinedly at a scratch in a wall -- while contacting all of Autobot Command over comms.

"Did no one check all the human outreach vids before public release?"

[venerable-thief]

"history will absolve me" as the e-mail signature

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Autobots receive: a ransom video of Sunstreaker chained next to Megatron's throne.

*One week later*

DJD receive: a ransom video from Sideswipe chain dancing to Gangnam Style with lots of pelvic thrusting.

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Sideswipe is pretty cocky about his catch.

f/25, iso64, 2.5 sec macro lens 105mm focus stack of 4 photos background is my laptop screen