I love the AU of hot rod as the Ratchlock child. I know it’s probably going to be bitter sweet when it ends but also I think it would be funny if none of the former ‘cons on the lost light knew who hot rods parents are much later down the road.
Rung having to do hella family therapy for the three of them too.
Sorry for the super late reply, but… wow! I never actually thought that far ahead! Or even about the Lost Light part of this AU, to be honest 😅 I didn’t even have a clear ending planned after the parts I’ve already posted — and thinking that far into the future just wasn’t on my radar at all. But now I can’t stop thinking about it — I love this idea 🤩
And yeah, now that I think about it, it wouldn’t just be the ex-‘cons who had no clue about Rodimus’ family — most of the crew probably wouldn’t know either 🤔 Ultra Magnus definitely would. Rung too, but he’d never show that he knew anything. Maybe a couple of bots who were stationed at the same base where little Roddy grew up — like Hound and Mirage. Though in their case, they’d probably only know that Ratchet was Rodimus’ sire. The Drift part? Totally off their radar 😏
And honestly, the funniest part would be if it all came out after Megatron had already become co-captain on the Lost Light. Imagine the chaos of him finding out that one of his officers ended up carrying a sparkling mid-war — and that this sparkling grew up to be their fiery, impulsive captain 😳😅
