Howdy! So I've already read Stop Me like probably three times already (maybe four since I plan on rereading again) and I just want to say that both Stop Me and Redeem The Stars will always be strangled tightly in my spark. The first time I picked it up I read it EVERY DAY. I even made a Fanfic Friday dedicated to it and every time I even think about it I literally explode into a mixed emotional breakdown (especially when thinking about those last two chapters.)
Anyway, I wanted to ask a few Qs if you don't mind...
Was there anything that inspired/gave you the idea to write Stop Me or Redeem The Stars? If so, what was your inspo?
Who's Starscream's favorite out of Team Prime? Any reason why?
How would Starscream react if Jetfire was in this universe?
Is there any actual explanation why Starscream suddenly discovered his power? Or did he just always have an outlier ability but was just unaware of it?
How close would you say Optimus and Starscream are?
Thank you for taking your time to read this if you do! Absolutely kookoo bananas for your works (I'm trying so hard not to explode right now) and I hope you're doing the bestest of best!!
Howdy back~! I’m honored to hear that both of my Transformers stories hold such high value to you. ^^
1. Frustration. Spite. Knowing that TFP had the opportunity to be so much MORE and seeing it held back by corporate standards instead of encouraged by an artist’s vision. Starscream himself was a wonderfully complicated character that had initially been written out of the show. And when he was forced back in, it was clear that no one knew what to do with him. How he was treated made everything so much more frustrating. Well, if the writers of TFP couldn’t or wouldn’t do it, I guess it’s MY job to fix it.
2. Starscream definitely could never but absolutely could while also not really being hypothetical in his address of this question that maybe, but no, well yes, nah, have a favorite. It’s like choosing a treat. You have favorites for a reason. Maybe you’d prefer something more creamy than chocolatey at one time but the next is something WILD like a fruit roll-up pickle. No judgements. And so it’s not like he could ever truly have a favorite out of all of the bots Optimus. It’s Optimus. Who ELSE?
3. Currently, there is not much I can detail about Skyfire in this particular situation.
4. There is a larger explanation at work but what I can definitively tell you at this time is that Starscream always had this outlier power.
5. Hmmm… Allow me to be poetic in my answer in a way I’ve not been allowed to in my current writings…
Embryonically. Down to the finest wisps of electrical thought and a million words behind quick glances. When one casts a shadow, the other is blinding light. They are the backs and fronts of each other, torn and twisted and broken and still somehow mended despite these things as though they were reflections never fractured. Mirrors. But only of one another.
