#peznutbutter

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I need to know how everyone feels about the photo.

Optimus: get that cat some wet food.

Elita: *on a chair with an electric fly swatter and a spray bottle* BAD KITTY, BAD KITTY-

Megatron: Jesus Christ, what did you do to piss him off so you could get such a picture?

Arcee: NO CATS. NONE OF THAT DEMON SHIT IN MY HOUSE.

Bumblebee: dear god that is nightmare fuel-

Breakdown: aha, just a spicy kitty. *also thinks it’s nightmare fuel*

Wheeljack: 1. how is it in my lab? 2. bad kitty? >:(

Tarantulas: no. thank you for the offer. but no.

Hashtag: Mmmnnnn… yeeeaaahhhh, nooooo, I’m gonna pass here.

Thrash: CHRIST IN A BUCKET, THE HELL IS THAT—

Jawbreaker: those teeth are really sharp… I think I’ll stay here for now.

Twitch: <:(

Twitch: The kitty we met before when we saw the cassettes is angry now, so we can’t pet it?

Nightshade: clearly very agitated. What could’ve possibly provoked this kind of reaction? And when it calms down can I pet it?

Thrash: THAT’S YOU TWO’S CONCERN?! IT’S GONNA BITE YOUR GODDAMN HANDS OFF!

Twitch: Cute kitty!

Nightshade: if not friend, why friend-shaped?

Thrash: I-

Thrash: *facepalm + sigh*

Thrash: why do I even try.

Bonus from it spreading around from the main cast:

Springer: That’s what we in the business call a ‘nope’, in it’s natural habitat known as ‘wherever the hell that is, I certainly ain’t goin’ nowhere near there.’, thanks for the offer though.

Magnus: I do believe I’ll keep the demon creature away from me. The only cat I want anywhere near me is Roller’s.

-from the background- “Same! Soundwave’s cat is freaky as fuck.”

Magnus: Thank you, Sixshot. (/s)

“No problem baby! ;)”

Mags: *optic roll*

Ratchet: keep it away from me, and out of my medbay, unless it’s dying.

Jetwave: [Oh, Ravage. He’s normally so calm, I wonder what got him so riled up and angry. Or why sire decided to sic him on someone.]

Silver: Ooh! Ravage! Heee~rre kitty kitty!~

Rhythmwing: Pspspspsps~

JW: […You two really have no sense of self preservation regarding sire’s cassettes, do you?]

RW: no lol

Motormaster: it’s one of Soundwave’s creatures.

Dead End: angry, don’t you think?

Wildrider: KITTY!

Dragstrip: KITTY CAT, KITTY CAT! :D

MM: *optic roll*

[…]

Maybe control him a little better. Or is that actually Ravage?

[It is.]

Oh, Rav! He get a little worked up?

Probably.

Can I pet Ravage?

[If he’s alright with it, then yes.]

*purr*

Ravage is a big cat.

[He’s based on our version of what humans would call a ‘mainecoon’.]

Hehe, beeg kitty. With beeg beans.

Mroww.

Rodimus: oh. Ravage. He seems a little worked up.

Drift: that jaw of his can fit so much spaghetti.

Rodimus: really letting those impulsive thoughts win today, huh?

Drift: yep.

. . .

Rodimus: …can pet? give scritches?

Drift:

Drift: damn Roddy you really did look at him and decide he was friend shaped.

Rodimus: Ravage doesn’t scare me. Fort Max doesn’t scare me, and you think a cat can?

Drift: oh the benefits of being raised the way you were.

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Hashtag said fuck, Bumblebee allows it??? Not mentioning their own parents and tarantulas!

Hashtag: c’mere, we’ll let you in on an itsy bitsy secret:

Hashtag: We’re careful to not swear around them, and it’s a fairly low amount.

Nightshade: indeed! It lowers the intelligence of the conversation, Tarantulas says.

Hashtag: the only reason I do it is for memes 95% of the time, which are fairly stupid by default, and meant for humor.

Jawbreaker: Mom also lets us in very certain situations.

Twitch: like doing something similar to Robby or Mo hurting their foot against the table really bad. I think mom called it stubbing a toe.

Nightshade: yes, she also let me say it once when talking about poachers. She approved very highly of my usage then.

Twitch: it’s more like, there are some reasonable exceptions, but overall we don’t for no reason.

Jawbreaker: Bumblebee doesn’t really like it when we do, so we’ll get in trouble with him. Megatron and Elita are a lot more lenient, and Optimus doesn’t really care for some reason, just like Breakdown.

Nightshade: Tarantulas prefers less swearing, but sometimes he does, and he doesn’t mind me doing it, if it’s very occasional and within reason.

Hashtag: Yknow, Thrash has been really quiet.

Twitch: Yeah. I’ll go check on hi- oh.

Twitch: He’s glaring at Nightshade with like that squinted eyes look, judging super hard, yknow??

Nightshade: ?

Thrash: Nightshade you are capping so hard. I know - we all do, actually - you and Tarantulas swear your afts off when you mess something up with your science.

Nightshade: .^.'

Twitch: shhhshshshshshhhh, we don’t talk about that. uwu

Hashtag: yes, but it’s okay. they get a science pass.

Thrash:

Thrash: I’m keeping this conversation recorded for when mom eventually finds out and interrogates us.

«—-–-—»

Swears Most to Least: Hashtag, Nightshade, Thrash, Twitch, Jawbreaker

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How do the Terrans feel about MTMTE Swerve? Have they ever met him? Or, in general, have they ever heard about him?

Twitch: *gasp*

Twitch: I HAVE, I HAVE! I’VE HEARD OF SWERVE!

Twitch: He’s the little minibot on the Lost Light from the comics who ran the bar ‘Swerve’s’, and he almost died because he had a word count bomb in his head, and then he had a whole arc too- I’m not there yet, I just know all this because I’ve heard/read on the wiki what happens.

Twitch: He’s such a fun little guy!

Twitch: He talks so much, and makes awesome drinks, and, and-

Thrash: someone stop her before she explodes from the excitement, I’d like to have my twin alive, thanks.

Nightshade: you really do seem to like those comics a lot, hm? Your own new special interest?

Twitch: YES. :DD

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Hm, for all Terrans,

out of all of you, who do you think needs therapy the most? Including all bots you’ve meant.

Nightshade: Tarantulas, to be honest. He’s been through a lot, especially with how he was shunned, and now how much disdain he holds for most other Cybertronians as a result from it.* So far his only exceptions have been us, and the others, since he’s began living here in the bunker with us.

Tarantulas: thank you for the thought, little spark. but you will have to drag my dead carcass into it. apologies.

«—»

Twitch: Megatron. He’s been through a lot too, and with how much weight he’s been carrying on his shoulders… it’s not easy.

Jawbreaker: I’d say Megatron too, for the same reasons as Twitch. And that’s forgetting what happened with his former friend at the memorial! That couldn’t have been easy.

Megatron: I’d say otherwise, but it is your personal opinion.

«—»

Hashtag: hi, yes, i’d like some therapy. is that a valid answer?

«—»

Thrash: Twitch. I know it’s probably not as dramatic as everyone else, and everything, especially when we’ve only been alive for less than a year. But she takes so much upon herself as the ‘eldest’ of us, even when there’s everyone else in the family. She takes it as a personal failure sometimes when she can’t do something for us, and is almost unnecessarily overprotective and paranoid at times. She’s been like this since the race Bumblebee didn’t come home from, even if she’s good at keeping it hidden. Honestly, I want Twitch to be the way she was back before we even knew of Schloder. She was happiest then. I want her to be that happy again.

«—-–-—»

* — reference material: Ch.3 of “every good intention (is interpolation)”

HCs here:

- Hashtag 100% has some PTSD. She just voluntarily chooses not to talk about it often. Part of it is she doesn’t really know how, and she doesn’t want to make it all about her.

- Twitch has some mental health issues that have developed over time. Thrash isn’t always really aware, but not quite super oblivious either.

And Tarantulas is now available to be asked as well! :)

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SAVE THRASH FROM THE TALK!!!

*gentle laughing*

Nightshade: I’m afraid we can’t save him now.

Nightshade: He’s surrendered himself to that fate.

Nightshade: And besides, it’s just a minor scolding for using so many swears.

Nightshade: He’ll be okay. :)

Thrash: ^

Thrash: what they said.

Thrash: thx for concern.

Nightshade: *chuckle*

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I want to give them all a cat sticker based on their colors of their plating, specifically a black cat for Nightshade and an orange cat for Twitch

(Nightshade - Black Cat, yellow eyes «—» Twitch - Orange Tuxedo, green eyes «—» Hashtag - Grey Tabby, amber eyes «—» Thrash - White, blue eyes «—» Jawbreaker - Ginger, yellow eyes)

Poof!

Swoosh-swish-woosh…

Nightshade: Oh, thank you! And I love the cute white grey and purple roses on it’s head. It’s very cute! I’m sure I’ll find somewhere to put it. :)

Hashtag: Yo, sweet. I’m gonna put this on my tumbler. Well, presuming they’re at least kinda waterproof, if not I’ll put it on my tablet. B)

Jawbreaker: Aww, thank you! I don’t know where I’ll put it, but I’ll try to find somewhere good! ^^

Thrash: hehe, murder mittens. >:3

Twitch: oooh~ thank you! It’s so cute! And it has little cake bits on it’s mouth! I’ll put it on something, to keep with me! Thank you!

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❤️ - does Bumblebee and Tarantulas feel worthy of romantic love?

Tarantulas - Yes, he knows he’s worthy of romantic love. However, he’s honestly just not interested. He’s quite satisfied with his life as is, and frankly doesn’t really desire a romantic partner. He’d rather simply have strong platonic relationships like he has with Nightshade. (I HC Tarantulas as Aromantic.)

Bumblebee - He knows, and feels he is worthy of romantic love, but the problem is that he only wants that from Breakdown. And after E14, having seen Breakdown sacrifice himself for them, and knowing the only way he got out rather than being taken to GHOST HQ was entirely because Motormaster was there to set him off free, he knows full well MM knows what happened, and that his own family- his baby brother and himself specifically, were at incredibly high risk. And it’s all Bee’s fault, if he hadn’t been so reckless himself. He’s well aware that after that stunt, the other Stunticons probably don’t think of them too highly. He knows he is worthy of romantic love, he’s just not so sure he’s worthy of Breakdown’s, after what happened, and what he feels is their own fault. (Bumblebee’s feelings are very complex, and partially entwines with being Demiaroace.)

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AAAAA NO WHAT IF IT WAS POISON, TWITCH NOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Tarantulas: Precisely my thoughts…

Tarantulas: 💢

Jawbreaker: …that’s an intrusive thought…

Nightshade: hmm… true, we should have tested it first…

Twitch: It turned out alright though! <:D

Thrash: … yeah no, you’re not allowed to do things anymore.

Hashtag: Hey, let’s be thankful it was safe!

Nightshade: indeed. From here on, we’ll be taking precautionary measures with such things!