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ohhh i see the lil gaggle of children and immediately think of how it could be that y/n is *incredibly* distant to them all at first, especially considering their mindset in the fic-- and how amusing it must be for Sun and Moon to watch them go from "ah yes, the guys' kids." to "If you touch a hair on one of their heads I will splatter your head so hard that the grey matter will reach three countries."

YEAH, knowing a pair of bots take care of kids, Y/n will be distant with them for a while. Feeling like they're not apart of that dynamic or are intruding

Y/n isn't a parent/guardian but will do things here and there until they've basically earned the title lmao (they're going to teach these kids so much violence as a "learning lesson")

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Your sun makes me wanna hug him

Please do

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1. What would chime/belldrop-s relationship with the DAs be like?

2. [Rusted bells au] what if Y/N had a cool robot leg/arm? 👀 how would that be like?

Chime is relatively friendly towards other bots, and having someone similar to his own interest wouldn't be all that bad. Though he would be a bit jealous :)

2. THAT IS SUCH A COOL THOUGHT so I sketched out an arm, I'm not too good with drawing prosthetics and gave an honest try

But given that, Y/n would ABSOLUTELY make it both easy to use and a weapon. Gauntlet-like? Probably brace knuckles too?

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I literally randomly woke up a few minutes ago with a random headcanon...

Soooo I was thinking about TMNT The Last Ronin like:

"Damn that is soooo dark and angsty.... I fucking looooove this!"

Then I thought about one of the scenes with the Ronin having a conversation with his brothers who aren't even there cuz they are dead and survivor's guilt I think (I could be remembering that wrong)

Then I thought about rbfr Sun & Moon...

"There is NO WAY those lads don't have survivor's guilt"

And as I was thinking about it, since Sun & Moon are separated bots from different locations with their other counter parts no longer around...

My headcanon is whenever either one of them are alone/by themselves (or think they are alone), start talking to themselves as if their counter part is right there but in reality they aren't.

Like for example:

-While Sun is trying to prepare the food for the kids in a different room, he hears his Moon counter part talking to him. And Sun is just chatting with him as if it was a normal non post apocalyptic day.

-Or Moon while on guard duty he hears his Sun counter part and just talk to him. But more listening than being chatty.

Imagine if this is how Y/N knows a little bit more about these bots through their one sided conversations to themselves.

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA! MY BRAIN ROT IS SO STRONG! HELP! lol

You're spot on with survivors guilt. And I loveLOVE your headcanons because I can see how they can be possible in the reality of RB&FR.

Sun can slip up expecting an answer from Moon mentally but that line has been cut. You know when you daydream scenarios of conversations with people, and they say something that doesn't fit them? That could be Sun's guilt shining through as that isn't how it goes.

Or Moon staying away from the bright lights unconsciously, since now he can walk out into daylight but not change. (Moon does not have access to his Sundrops mechanics but he can't bring himself to remove the remaining rays on his face)

*slaps roof of car*

These bad boys can fit to much emotional angst

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HELLO ME AGAIN

Drooling over your writing skills AND YOU SAY YOU AREN’T THAT GOOD?? WRONG. INCORRECT. The difference between good and bad writing is usually the ability to visualize the situation or setting that is being described, and I could picture everything PERFECTLY! Also….little things I noticed.

•Sun seemed conflicted! Obviously cautious, since who KNOWS what they’ve been through, buuuttt just something I took note of!

•Since his chassis was so hot once he started to overheat, and since the grass was so burnt, I’m wondering if poor Sun had to DRAG himself over to the rock he was leaning against. It went from footprint-like to simply a large area of crispy grass so I’m guessing he fell or collapsed?

•Half of his faceplate might’ve been torn off (the crescent side, that looks so haphazardly put back)

•Y/N doesn’t quite want to admit that they genuinely CARE about this random robot, instead convincing themself that this could be something new and leaving Sun there would dispel that opportunity.

I noticed a bit more, but it was smaller things that I’m not so sure of! Again, you write very well, and should be very proud of the piece you’ve written :) I loved it SO MUCH, so much angst potential yum

How do I tell you how much I love narrative breakdowns, what-means-what or how things happen!!! I'm rereading this over because I can confirm many of your points, and see where you built your own conclusion

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Do you ever plan on doing more of your apocalypse AU? Maybe somehow incorporating Eclipse into it, too? If not, that’s fine! Just asking.

Oh!! Im not sure when I'll find the motivation to continue RB&FR! Because after finding more inspiration, I can see where I'd like to change the story (World building wise)

it's not a guarantee but im hopeful I will, on eclipse though? I never thought of adding him in but it would be a cool concept to sketch out

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What if instead of dating Sun and Moon I date y/n? What then?

(I'm talking about rbfr y/n)

Well, then that's a mighty fine mirror they've got there, self-care even

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dont wanna sound like a killjoy but is rusted bells au gonna be a more romance au now or will it still be up to interpretation?

I always made RB&FR ambiguous at best, you can ignore the romance and look into more of the aspect of character growth, or world exploration