Image shows a screenshot of an anonymous ask. The ask reads: “I recently started reading the IDW comics and thought I’d give it a go. My request for you if you’re ok with it, is the DJD picking up an unknown signal. It turned out to be from an unaligned fembot who had been in stasis for a very long time. When woken up by the DJD and Nickel, she’s not afraid of them as she has no idea who they are. She calmly asks them what Autobots and Decepticons are. And who is Megatron? She’s kind and respectful but has no idea a war took place”
im saving the ask in my inbox bc i really wanna write a drabble or something for it. just headcanons for now but this is a great idea
the headcanons kind of turned more into guidelines for me for when i decide to write an actual story lmfao
DJD finding an unaligned fembot
When they first pick up the signal, they don’t think much of it.
The whole reason they go is because the next bot on the list is far away, and they’re bored as shit
They eventually get to an old (like Vos kind of old) ship and determine that as the source of the signal, but no one is inside
Everyone kind of goes their own ways to find the force of the blip but keeps in contact with one another to avoid an ambush
Tes eventually finds you. You’re hooked up to a stasis pod, and calls the others over.
Tes wakes you up totally by accident. He got bored and starting fiddling with shit and pressing buttons
Then you fall out of the pod and scare the shit out of him
I’m absolutely STUCK to the headcanon that tes has a really high pitched scream and gets mocked relentlessly by the others about it
Anyway, the DJD get there just in time to hear that lovely sound /sar
Most of them just kind of stare as you slowly come to, groaning while you pick yourself up
They whisper amongst themselves as you do so, and stop as soon as you ask who they are
Like you can’t be serious
Tarn stutters as he introduces himself and his team, purely out of shock that you don’t know who they are.
He doesn’t yet mention what they do, he understands enough to tread carefully from here on out
Helex (being Helex) attempts to intimidate you (or starts) before being reprimanded by Nickel
Nickel insists they get you to the Peaceful Tyranny. You’re clearly woozy, you can barely stand, now’s not the time to interrogate the poor thing
Tarn and Nickel try to be at least decent. Tarn is a firm believer that respect and kindness should always be shown as a good first impression.
This applies even towards Autobots. The only time this doesn’t apply is towards traitors, though the rest of the DJD are reluctant in following these methods
Anyway, Tarn demands the rest of the DJD to at least try to show some hospitality toward you while he and Nickel figure out wtf is going on
The DJD are listening in while Tarn and Nickel converse with you
Buttering you up with simple questions like what’s your designation, where are you from, do you know where you are, stuff like that
Before finally asking your faction
The silence is almost deafening when you ask what an autobot or deception is.
The process of explaining the war to you is very delicate.
They all understand if you’re told everything that happened all at once, you’ll run screaming from them.
So they explain it in a way similar to how Cyclonus explained it to Tailgate, though Nickel ensures it stays at least somewhat neutral
As neutral it’s gonna get when being explained by a bunch of bots who literally worship Megatron like a god
When you ask what their role is, the best you’re gonna get is “punishing traitors”. They can’t tell you everything just yet
But just that gives you the gist of what they do, leaving you to imagine what they aren’t telling you