Actually yknow what would be fun to see in Earthspark?
Wheeljack and Ratchets classic friendship combined Drift and Ratchets relationship from IDW.
I mean imagine Wheeljack making it back to Cybertron, meeting up with his old buddy Ratchet, and spending a lot of time catching up on all kinds of things. Wheeljack even finds out Ratchets been conjunxed! Wow!
He's super happy for his old friend and is eager to meet the lucky bot who won the old medic over. Though Ratchet proves resistent to tell him who it is until Wheeljack "adjusts" to the changes on Cybertron and he can explain some stuff.
Wheeljack is a bit weirded out, but figures Ratchets just being shy.
After a bit of time who should Wheeljack run into?
That fragging Decepticon killer DEADLOCK. He might have a new painjob and have swords now but its definitely him!
After trying, and failing, to drive him off or otherwise capture him Ratchet of all bots winds up intervening and nearly gets hit!
What the heck Ratchet!
Wait... Is that Ratchet helping Deadlock up??? Whats going on?!
Its at that point that Wheeljack gets the laborious explanation about Drift (formerly Deadlock) having swapped sides while he was gone. He wound up working with Ratchet a lot, and after an inital bit of arguing one thing led to another and... well...
Needless to say Wheeljack is shooketh. He WANTS to be supportive but.. Deadlock?! SERIOUSLY?!