An Archive of Our Own, a project of the
Organization for Transformative Works
"Raoul couldn't recall a time he knew exactly where his bed would be, but that problem took a more literal turn this last year."
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It is nearly 2 AM. I will be sleeping now.
I started this last year for a Hearts and Sparks prompt. The prompt became a much fluffier fic, and this other version had been put on the back burner. There are no violent or sexual themes (This may change if I ever do come back to it), but it does pertain to homelessness and some of the struggles that come with it.
How it went down, and the basics on how cyberforming works.
It happened out of no were, a loud boom and them a second later piercing burning white light, no warning no time to prepare, shit is now officially fuck and now everyones gotta adapt, if they want any chance surving let alone at stopping this from getting any worse. Because even if the first big change is over, whatever caused this is not gone and is still slowly shifting and warping things.
Read more about what's going on with the city here
I'm not going to say how yet because I still plan on writing that fic, so I won't spoil the mystery yet, but you all are free to speculate. :]
To be successfully cyberformed and not become a metal statue or some kind of mechanical beast requires two things: a mechanical or electronic something that can serve as a frame, and so, so much luck. The human body is used to create the spark, and the process of transforming flesh into a spark often goes awry, sometimes for an identifiable reason, and sometimes for what seems like no reason at all. That's why you need that luck.
Full Cybertronian
Aka a successful spark conversion, the lucky few who get to at least keep their minds after cyberforming, where the body, essence, and life force are successfully converted into a spark.
What makes a successful or failed spark conversion is unknown to most; it seems completely random, but no human who has spent a significant amount of time exposed to Cybertronian has had a failed spark conversion. The reason for this is still unknown to the characters. However, for those who had a successful spark conversion and didn't interact with cybertonians before, there doesn't seem to be any clear connections as to why they didn't lose themselves.
Cyber beast
Failed spark conversion, most who get cyberformed end up like this, a lot of things can go wrong when converting fleshy meat into a semi eternal burning life force so over 98% of spark conversion fail
Any potential frame material being touched by more than one person will always end in a failed spark conversion, as trying to make a stable spark out of 2 or more separate beings almost always fails
Statue
Becoming a statue is the fate to befall anyone not in contact with something that could become a frame. No frame materials mean, well, instead of your body becoming a spark, it just becomes metal.
No amount of cybertronian friendship points can save you from this fate,
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ya, this AU is old. The art with Raoul Tracks and Sparkplug is new, but the stuff with that random guy is from 2023 but was never posted wtf lol
Anyways, fun fact about the Raoul and tracks drawing, I started drawing the Raoul was fixing, looked up the ref of the engine, realized it had a mid-rear engine, not a front engine, so had to flip the car and redraw it lol
40th anniversary of their first episode today together so drew 2025 version of them.
Idk exactly when they get married and how giant alien robots would effect gay marriage or crosspecies marriage but like to think they do it anyways even if its not legally recognized.
An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works
Chapters: 2/?
Fandom: Transformers - All Media Types, Transformers Generation One, The Transformers (Cartoon Generation One)
Rating: Mature
Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Major Character Death
Raoul had finally settled into a new life much better than the one he’d left behind. Unfortunately, dying dredges much of it and then some to the surface when he onlines inside a Cybertronian frame — something he never knew to be possible.
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