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For whatever reason I can’t get TFA Optimus and his little rebel music loving self out of my head and was wondering about after the final battle and losing Prowl.
Now he’s in Cybertron getting stressed out and angry as he’s trying to make changes as acting Magnus/leader and a good many of the old bots on the council are just not budging!
Of course his making waves gets him some more politically minded enemies. Ones to get intelligence/spy bots to bug either his quarters or office.
So one day he’s just f’d off at the autobot council and to let off some steam and de-stress he sings some of his political rebellious songs and his modified American Idiot song made to fit Cybertron(he was venting and having a little creative fun), songs to voice his frustration, and some upbeat ones to make him feel a bit better not knowing he’s being recorded.
Or that whatever council member is giddy at the treasonous songs their new acting leader was singing and thinks to have it handed over by Sentinel Prime as a way to have pull when they try to get the easily manipulated mech back into power or something.
Anyway they didn’t expect it to get leaked to the public.
Wheeljack finds out a little too late but not late enough to protect TFA Optimus from the Autobot council and for them to find that Cybertron love TFA Optimus even more and he’s gotten more support from them.
Wheeljack eventually figures out is was Sentinel who leaked it and he comes up with some BS reason but he’s not meeting wheeljacks eyes and looks a little embarrassed.
I don’t know if sentinel had some personal growth while Wheeljack wasn’t looking or if being an aft just back fired spectacularly.
All I know is TFA being kind of mortified as well as equally mystified and surprised over the whole thing and Cybertron’s acceptance of a little hidden piece of him self.
Hey! :)
TFA Optimus: Dad, help.
TFP Wheeljack: Why, what’s wrong???
TFA Optimus: Cybertron loves me.
TFP Wheeljack: Wait, then why-?
TFA Optimus: They want me to start a band, and I have stage fright. Please, pick me up.
TFP Wheeljack: I was gone for a day???
Sorry. That was the first thing that popped into my head. 😂
Optimus’s rebellious streak accidentally winning over the favor of the masses if a funny and pretty interesting concept.
Sentinel, in the middle of dragging himself into a redemption arc kicking and screaming, realizing this is also funny and interesting—mostly since I see it as a sibling move.
I mean, come on: when they’re younger, every sibling wants to be the one that the parents put in charge because it feels nice. However, the older you get and the more you realize that being the responsible one is actually a shitty gig, the less you want that to happen.
Sentinel will probably realize over the course of S4 that what he wanted is not what he wanted. It sucks to be the one who has to be accountable and holds all of the responsibility. He likes to take credit when something good happens, but he shies away or chooses a scapegoat when things go wrong. With the spotlight on him and all of the pressure from a council whose members each have their own agendas, that’s not easy—at the end of the day, it’s all on him.
So, while he may be a little bitter when Optimus steps into that leading role, he’ll actually be very relieved—and impressed, since Optimus is better at handling himself under pressure and finding creative workarounds. However, having served alongside TFA Ultra Magnus personally for years and having even been the acting Magnus and experienced what it was like to be battered at all sides by pressure and various conspiracies, Sentinel’s going to notice the little things—like how frustrated certain council members are when Optimus won’t bend to their will.
Sentinel sees that Optimus, while doing what’s best for Cybertron, is making enemies out of the more greedy and power-hungry members of the old guard with all of the changes and updates he’s making to the system. They don’t like that this Prime can’t be flattered or bribed.
Sentinel doesn’t know that, behind the scenes, his older classmate is one pointless meeting full of repetitive arguing away with burning the council chambers to the ground.
Not literally, because that would probably be bad—but he’s about to lose his cool.
He’s maintained composure for a while now, but this is too much. He wants to quit as soon as he can, but he needs to stabilize Cybertron first and that’s taking forever.
Especially since certain council members keep trying to sabotage his every move!
Optimus is beyond frustrated, and he wants to just space-bridge to an empty planet and scream for the pure catharsis.
Since he can’t, as someone would most-likely see him go and make up stories, he resolves to sit in his sound-proof office and blast his music as he stares at the ceiling.
Then, since Wreck-Gar taught him the fine art of parody-making, he starts altering the words to fit his situation better.
And he gets some lyric-free copies of the music, and he sings.
It helps a little bit.
So, Sentinel discreetly decides to keep an optic on some of these people—for security reasons and the good of Cybertron, of course. If they notice, they let him because they assume he’s interested in regaining his “power”—and this Prime, they know they can manipulate.
They don’t realize that Sentinel’s learned.
When one of the spies returns to the fold with audio recordings, Sentinel’s surprised to discover a new side of his old classmate—but then he gets down to business, because this will get out and he can’t let these people be able to out their own spin on it and create trouble for Optimus when it does. It has to get out in a better way…
So, he steals a copy of the recordings and leaks them himself—no context, just as they are. He hopes that this was the right move.
Even if it isn’t, he reasons that it’s better than having them released in articles emblazoned with the word “treason”.
That, and—even if no one cares—Sentinel’s still a little shit and wants to see the mortified look on Optimus’s face when he realizes that the recordings are out there.
It’s sibling energy, okay? Wanting to help, but also wanting to laugh.
Turns out, the populace of Cybertron loves it. They love that their leader possesses all of the qualities their older ones didn’t: the energy, the willingness to call attention to the issues in their society, and even just little humanizing qualities like private hobbies and talents.
Optimus, naturally, panics—because he suddenly has most of Cybertron behind him and the whole council is in an uproar, so he calls his dad for extra backup and Wheeljack bridges in.
The Wrecker finds this whole thing hilarious, but he keeps that in check and focuses on helping Optimus calm the waters. If he has to call in his Optimus and Ultra Magnus in, he does—but it all gets settled down eventually, and some of the council members resign and new faces take their place. Things get a little easier.
But while TFA Optimus is relieved and reeling a bit at the overwhelming positive response to his rebellious songs and voice, Wheeljack is left wondering who leaked the recordings in the first place and does some digging. He traces it back to Sentinel’s home monitor.
The next day, Wheeljack takes Sentinel aside and tells him that he knows what he did. The young Prime doesn’t make any optic-contact with the Wrecker as he comes up with a slew of excuses, citing just about everything from wanting to humiliate Optimus to being an active participant in the treason—anything but the truth.
Sentinel eventually realizes that he’s just been allowed to ramble, and he looks up to see that Wheeljack’s actually smiling at him.
Usually, Wheeljack just grins or smirks his way when he’s not angry or disappointed—but this is a real smile, something Sentinel usually only sees pointed in the direction of his team or friends. It’s weird for Sentinel to see it pointed at him.
Then, Wheeljack reaches up and pats the younger mech twice on the shoulder before he just walks away. He never mentions it to anyone, never brings it up again—he just leaves it there.
And Sentinel’s just confused.
Why did that feel good?
He hates Wheeljack. He does, really!
Why was it nice to get his approval?
Sentinel shakes it off and moves on, and he tries to forget about it as he returns to his duties. He still has to make sure that no one overthrows Optimus, after all—and that the older and shy Prime isn’t carried off by a horde of fans.
If he downloads some music the next time he’s on Earth and gives it a listen, that’s his business.
And if he starts to compare Wheeljack’s behavior towards him with what he saw in the Wrecker’s early days with Jazz and the Jettwins, he brushes it off as a weird coincidence or accident.
I created this series to specifically inspire some more-creative crossover ideas.
If you’ve been inspired to write your own creative, unique crossover, I’ve succeeded.
However, there’s a difference between writing your own, new, and completely unique story because you were inspired by someone else and taking something that another person has written and paraphrasing it—that is, taking something someone else has written and putting it into your own words with few or no changes.
The latter practice is oftentimes considered to be an often-overlooked form of plagiarism.
Plagiarism is not illegal in most situations, but it is considered wrong in most circles.
If I did something like that at my college, it would be grounds for failure or expulsion.
If you are truly taking inspiration and making your own story, you need not ask for permission. I look forward to seeing what character(s) you choose and how you will choose to uniquely incorporate them into whatever universe you intend to use as the site of your crossover story.
As a side-note, check out @xx-kachi-xx ‘s new story with TFA Blurr! I’ve been following along, and it’s very cool! :)
If you are just paraphrasing, that’s not the same as taking inspiration. That’s just taking, and I’m afraid my permission is denied.
This is my work.
I cannot stop you if you choose to ignore my stance on this, but I do not condone it—and if I see it, I will be compelled to report it.
And I don’t like blocking people, but I will resort to that if I feel I must in order to protect my work.
I apologize if I am taking this response further than needed. Given what you’ve asked me in the past regarding this story, I find healthy caution to be best in addressing this matter.
I know and I'm sorry for that. I'm gonna make my own version. So you won't worry about plagiarism. Anyway. Can't wait for the next chapter of your story. You're making great progress and I can't wait for Wheeljack to go home. I swear I'm gonna cry out of happiness. I give this story 10 stars for creativity, awesomeness
For whatever reason I can’t get TFA Optimus and his little rebel music loving self out of my head and was wondering about after the final battle and losing Prowl.
Now he’s in Cybertron getting stressed out and angry as he’s trying to make changes as acting Magnus/leader and a good many of the old bots on the council are just not budging!
Of course his making waves gets him some more politically minded enemies. Ones to get intelligence/spy bots to bug either his quarters or office.
So one day he’s just f’d off at the autobot council and to let off some steam and de-stress he sings some of his political rebellious songs and his modified American Idiot song made to fit Cybertron(he was venting and having a little creative fun), songs to voice his frustration, and some upbeat ones to make him feel a bit better not knowing he’s being recorded.
Or that whatever council member is giddy at the treasonous songs their new acting leader was singing and thinks to have it handed over by Sentinel Prime as a way to have pull when they try to get the easily manipulated mech back into power or something.
Anyway they didn’t expect it to get leaked to the public.
Wheeljack finds out a little too late but not late enough to protect TFA Optimus from the Autobot council and for them to find that Cybertron love TFA Optimus even more and he’s gotten more support from them.
Wheeljack eventually figures out is was Sentinel who leaked it and he comes up with some BS reason but he’s not meeting wheeljacks eyes and looks a little embarrassed.
I don’t know if sentinel had some personal growth while Wheeljack wasn’t looking or if being an aft just back fired spectacularly.
All I know is TFA being kind of mortified as well as equally mystified and surprised over the whole thing and Cybertron’s acceptance of a little hidden piece of him self.
Hey! :)
TFA Optimus: Dad, help.
TFP Wheeljack: Why, what’s wrong???
TFA Optimus: Cybertron loves me.
TFP Wheeljack: Wait, then why-?
TFA Optimus: They want me to start a band, and I have stage fright. Please, pick me up.
TFP Wheeljack: I was gone for a day???
Sorry. That was the first thing that popped into my head. 😂
Optimus’s rebellious streak accidentally winning over the favor of the masses if a funny and pretty interesting concept.
Sentinel, in the middle of dragging himself into a redemption arc kicking and screaming, realizing this is also funny and interesting—mostly since I see it as a sibling move.
I mean, come on: when they’re younger, every sibling wants to be the one that the parents put in charge because it feels nice. However, the older you get and the more you realize that being the responsible one is actually a shitty gig, the less you want that to happen.
Sentinel will probably realize over the course of S4 that what he wanted is not what he wanted. It sucks to be the one who has to be accountable and holds all of the responsibility. He likes to take credit when something good happens, but he shies away or chooses a scapegoat when things go wrong. With the spotlight on him and all of the pressure from a council whose members each have their own agendas, that’s not easy—at the end of the day, it’s all on him.
So, while he may be a little bitter when Optimus steps into that leading role, he’ll actually be very relieved—and impressed, since Optimus is better at handling himself under pressure and finding creative workarounds. However, having served alongside TFA Ultra Magnus personally for years and having even been the acting Magnus and experienced what it was like to be battered at all sides by pressure and various conspiracies, Sentinel’s going to notice the little things—like how frustrated certain council members are when Optimus won’t bend to their will.
Sentinel sees that Optimus, while doing what’s best for Cybertron, is making enemies out of the more greedy and power-hungry members of the old guard with all of the changes and updates he’s making to the system. They don’t like that this Prime can’t be flattered or bribed.
Sentinel doesn’t know that, behind the scenes, his older classmate is one pointless meeting full of repetitive arguing away with burning the council chambers to the ground.
Not literally, because that would probably be bad—but he’s about to lose his cool.
He’s maintained composure for a while now, but this is too much. He wants to quit as soon as he can, but he needs to stabilize Cybertron first and that’s taking forever.
Especially since certain council members keep trying to sabotage his every move!
Optimus is beyond frustrated, and he wants to just space-bridge to an empty planet and scream for the pure catharsis.
Since he can’t, as someone would most-likely see him go and make up stories, he resolves to sit in his sound-proof office and blast his music as he stares at the ceiling.
Then, since Wreck-Gar taught him the fine art of parody-making, he starts altering the words to fit his situation better.
And he gets some lyric-free copies of the music, and he sings.
It helps a little bit.
So, Sentinel discreetly decides to keep an optic on some of these people—for security reasons and the good of Cybertron, of course. If they notice, they let him because they assume he’s interested in regaining his “power”—and this Prime, they know they can manipulate.
They don’t realize that Sentinel’s learned.
When one of the spies returns to the fold with audio recordings, Sentinel’s surprised to discover a new side of his old classmate—but then he gets down to business, because this will get out and he can’t let these people be able to out their own spin on it and create trouble for Optimus when it does. It has to get out in a better way…
So, he steals a copy of the recordings and leaks them himself—no context, just as they are. He hopes that this was the right move.
Even if it isn’t, he reasons that it’s better than having them released in articles emblazoned with the word “treason”.
That, and—even if no one cares—Sentinel’s still a little shit and wants to see the mortified look on Optimus’s face when he realizes that the recordings are out there.
It’s sibling energy, okay? Wanting to help, but also wanting to laugh.
Turns out, the populace of Cybertron loves it. They love that their leader possesses all of the qualities their older ones didn’t: the energy, the willingness to call attention to the issues in their society, and even just little humanizing qualities like private hobbies and talents.
Optimus, naturally, panics—because he suddenly has most of Cybertron behind him and the whole council is in an uproar, so he calls his dad for extra backup and Wheeljack bridges in.
The Wrecker finds this whole thing hilarious, but he keeps that in check and focuses on helping Optimus calm the waters. If he has to call in his Optimus and Ultra Magnus in, he does—but it all gets settled down eventually, and some of the council members resign and new faces take their place. Things get a little easier.
But while TFA Optimus is relieved and reeling a bit at the overwhelming positive response to his rebellious songs and voice, Wheeljack is left wondering who leaked the recordings in the first place and does some digging. He traces it back to Sentinel’s home monitor.
The next day, Wheeljack takes Sentinel aside and tells him that he knows what he did. The young Prime doesn’t make any optic-contact with the Wrecker as he comes up with a slew of excuses, citing just about everything from wanting to humiliate Optimus to being an active participant in the treason—anything but the truth.
Sentinel eventually realizes that he’s just been allowed to ramble, and he looks up to see that Wheeljack’s actually smiling at him.
Usually, Wheeljack just grins or smirks his way when he’s not angry or disappointed—but this is a real smile, something Sentinel usually only sees pointed in the direction of his team or friends. It’s weird for Sentinel to see it pointed at him.
Then, Wheeljack reaches up and pats the younger mech twice on the shoulder before he just walks away. He never mentions it to anyone, never brings it up again—he just leaves it there.
And Sentinel’s just confused.
Why did that feel good?
He hates Wheeljack. He does, really!
Why was it nice to get his approval?
Sentinel shakes it off and moves on, and he tries to forget about it as he returns to his duties. He still has to make sure that no one overthrows Optimus, after all—and that the older and shy Prime isn’t carried off by a horde of fans.
If he downloads some music the next time he’s on Earth and gives it a listen, that’s his business.
And if he starts to compare Wheeljack’s behavior towards him with what he saw in the Wrecker’s early days with Jazz and the Jettwins, he brushes it off as a weird coincidence or accident.
Ok! Enough angst. Happy prompt time. After they find Wheeljack's home universe, the TFA bots, the TFP bots, and the kids work together to throw Wheeljack a surprise birthday party. Jackie loves it.
Hey! :)
Okay, this genuinely made me laugh. I think I’ve been writing too many angst-filled responses. 😅
Hm. A birthday party for Wheeljack, huh?
This is definitely Sari and Miko’s brainchild.
They decide that their shared Wrecker Dad has been working too hard lately, and that he needs reminded that he’s allowed to let loose.
What better thing to do than have a party?
TFP Wheeljack, introvert: *looking up from his desk* Why do I feel like I’m in danger?
Their first step is to pick a day.
Miko wants it to be February 25th, because that’s when Wheeljack arrived on Earth.
Sari wants it to be May 27th, because that’s when he arrived on her reality’s Earth.
They go back and forth, and they finally settle on the anniversary of the day Wheeljack got it all right and cracked open the multiverse. That day was special for the whole family, and they know it’ll mean a lot to him.
When they actually get the others in on it, TFP Ultra Magnus brings up Wheeljack’s file and calculates when Wheeljack’s actual birthday is… but he doesn’t tell them. He’s typically one for accuracy—but he thinks Wheeljack will like this better, so he lets it go.
The next step is to decide who all has to be there. Wheeljack somehow ended up with two families and lots of friends across the multiverse, after all—so it’s a big list!
You’ve got:
TFP: Team Prime, the kids, June and Fowler, Knockout, maybe a few Vehicons he’s friendly with, any surviving Wreckers who might have finally found their way back to Cybertron-
TFA: the team and the Sumdacs, Arcee, the Jettwins, maybe Sentinel if he agrees to not start a multiverse war, the inhabitants of Dinobot Island, Fanzone if he sends in his RSVP, Blurr, Omega Supreme, maybe even the other Wheeljack if he’s in, Wreck-Gar-
Writing up all of those invites just made the TFP Cast realize that most of Wheeljack’s ties are now in TFA. That was a sobering moment.
But now, they have to decide on who’s going to be doing what to get this party ready.
Wreck-Gar, Miko, and Sari call dibs on the entertainment. Miko drags TFA Optimus in, because they’re band buddies. Raf gets a list of songs ready on his laptop just in case, and Jazz helps him out with the selections. Sari sees them do this and gets a karaoke station ready, which promises ridiculousness.
Professor Sumdac offers to handle catering for the humans. He doesn’t cook much, but that’s what he designs robots for. He gifts one such robot to June when she gets curious, and they instantly become best friends.
TFA Bulkhead hand-makes a lot of the decorations. TFA Bumblebee helps like he did when they were preparing for the art show, since some projects require small servos.
Blurr decorates. Miko and Sari barely finish explaining to him what they want things to look like, and it’s just done and he’s just glad to be thanked for his work. TFP Ratchet and Knockout want him to stay forever.
TFP’s Bulkhead tells everyone about certain Wrecker traditions for celebrations. He’s still getting used to all of the changes in his relationship with Wheeljack, but he hopes that a few little things will be okay.
TFA’s Arcee does some research on Earth’s birthday traditions and does some deep dives to offer some traditions from TFA Cybertron’s past. TFP Optimus adds some traditions he was able to pull up from Iacon’s archives. They would have turned in their combined research sooner, but they got lost in their own conversation for almost five hours.
Smokescreen clears a dance floor. He doesn’t know how big to make it because Omega Supreme is there, so he just makes sure that it is fraggin’ BIG.
Jack tapes-off a large section of the venue and calls it the “Introvert Corner”. Miko makes a glittery sign with a drained battery on it and writes “let us recharge, please!”. The thought is appreciated.
TFA Ratchet gets his first aid kit ready because there’s no fucking way that everyone is coming out of this chaos unscathed.
Fowler gets a migraine at the logistics of this inter-dimensional robot birthday party for the resident loose cannon. Fanzone just pulls a bag of pain-relief pills from his pocket and asks which kind the stressed agent needs. They instantly become best friends.
Sentinel is told that there is an active piñata ban and that piñatas and Wheeljack have a dark history involving serious injury. Now, Sentinel has no fucking idea what a piñata is, but he’ll handle security detail. No piñatas are going to get past him, no sir.
The Jettwins are trying to teach the Dinobots how to dance. Grimlock broke a table. Don’t worry, Scrapper is fixing it.
How many Vehicons do you think it takes to A) try and figure out how to suspend a disco ball in an open space and B) complete the project? The answer may surprise you. Steve is carrying this team.
TFA Wheeljack is distilling the oil and high-grade. TFP’s Arcee is watching him carefully.
Everyone gets presents. Just little things, either handmade because they know that that’s what Wheeljack does or silly things from stores that reminded them of him. They know he appreciates that kind of thing.
TFP Bumblebee and Ultra Magnus are running distraction. They thought that they could use a patrol, but then they wondered if that would give them enough time so they just found something important and hit it with the Forge of Solus Prime. Ultra Magnus is not proud of this diversion, but he believes it was in the Wrecker spirit.
Wheeljack’s not mad, he just wants to know… How the FRAG do you “accidentally” hit the engine of your own starship with the Forge of Solus Prime? WHAT DO YOU MEAN, YOU GRABBED THE WRONG HAMMER?! YOU DON’T USE A HAMMER ON A DELICATE ENGINE! AND YOU COULDN’T FEEL THE DIFFERENCE?! MAGNUS, I HAD FAITH-
In the end, the party’s ready. The guests are all together. It looks great.
Sari and Miko looked up a cake recipe online and hand-made it. They know Wheeljack can’t eat it, but the thought is there.
Finally, they signal TFP Bumblebee and Ultra Magnus to bring Wheeljack in. The three of them enter together, and Wheeljack’s too busy still chewing Ultra Magnus out about proper starship care to notice at first.
When he does, he blinks before his optics go wide—and a few of the party guests have to yell their “SURPRISE!” through laughter. The look on his face is priceless.
Wheeljack’s likely never celebrated the day he was protoformed—or, at least, he hasn’t since he was very young. He’s been on his own for most of his life, alone or on the street or in school before going to the lab, then he was at war. He was too focused on staying alive and keeping others alive to look back to where it all started, so this may be a new experience.
He’s been around for eons, and this may be one of the few rare times anyone ever celebrated the fact that he was simply there. The only other ones he can think of right away were the day his new mentors welcomed him to Kimia and the day he came to Earth, and that second celebration was a little awkward because the real welcome party had gone to a ‘Con.
And when he sees Miko and Sari grinning up at him with their messy cake and sparkler candles, he just starts laughing.
The others worry they’ve done something wrong when he wipes his optics, but then he looks up and he’s just beaming.
It’s not wrong.
He’s just at a loss for words.
Cue a lot of hugs because the Wrecker Dad might just start crying.
The party gets started, and the planners did a great job. It goes off without a hitch, especially since the Introvert Corner exists and Wheeljack can get his space when he has to because this is a little overwhelming.
He’s not the only one who needs that corner. TFP Optimus, the Ratchets, Fowler, Fanzone, and Ultra Magnus are there for most of the night, just hanging out in peace.
Everyone has a blast.
They almost have a real blast, but Arcee catches TFA Wheeljack before he can enact his plan. She suddenly appreciates her own version of the wild engineer a lot more.
At one point, Smokescreen and TFA Bumblebee both get buzzed enough on high-grade and oil to belt out Bohemian Rhapsody together at the karaoke station. It’s a perfect rendition, which still has everyone impressed.
Wheeljack finally has mercy and lets Sentinel off-duty when he realizes why the young Prime seems to be so on-edge.
TFP Wheeljack: What are you doing?
Sentinel: *lance and shield ready, dead serious* I’m here to fight the piñatas.
TFP Wheeljack: *w h e e z e*
It’s just a good night.
And from this point on, Wheeljack has a birthday.
And Ultra Magnus still never mentions when the legal one technically is. This one is real.
Blitzy’s ref sheet has a weird red dot smack down the center of the shirt???? Just like tfa Longarm, who has that weird red dot smackdown the center of their forehead????
👀 centered red dots usually mean Shockwave in disguise….
✨only one way to find out fo sho✨
Heya Blitzyyyyy! So how do you feel about the decepticon cause? Do you happen to find Megatrons efforts… logical?
Of course I know the Decepticons need to be apprehended… for their crimes… Megatron’s cause is… dangerous
Also glad I am not the only one shipping Magnus with Jackie. Also...did you ever stop to think that Strongarm might be Wheeljack and Magnus' sparkling? she kinda looks like them both while having her own look, loves rules but not as strict as Magnus. But that is my personal headcanon so you can just ignore it if you don't agree. everyone should have their own thoughts. But the point of this is, if this is true...then that means Jackie didn't know about her until he came back...XD fanfiction...the rules are...whatever we want. But like I said, you can just ignore this if you like.
Hey! :)
Huh. I think I remember seeing a few theories like that before—but I never really got into RiD, so-
… Hold on-
The big problem with this theory is that RiD only takes place three years after Prime.
Strongarm is clearly a young ‘bot, but there’s no way she’s only three—that is a young adult—and that’s assuming that her supposed parents would get together right after the war, despite them being the most awkward of introverts who were arguing constantly months before.
Strongarm is clearly a young ‘bot, but there’s no way she’s only three—that is a young adult—and that’s assuming that her supposed parents would get together right after the war, despite them being the most awkward of introverts who were arguing constantly months before.
But… you can’t look at these designs and tell me that not one person in the room, having likely watched the entirety of Prime to prep for this, was like “Hey… I’m drawing some lines here. I’m seeing some dots connecting. Y’all think that maybe—just maybe—?”
Because COME ON, it’s right there! And I did some research for her personality description, and it just-
This ‘bot follows rules to the letter, but she uses that quality to get around orders? She can be very reckless as she pursues enemies in order to bring them to justice? She gets into fights with others over their lack of respect towards authority, but she’ll also find creative ways to defy authority and do her thing?
Someone literally just took TFP’s Wheeljack and Ultra Magnus and fused them together on this one, folks. They weren’t even subtle about it, it’s in the design.
Was there an UltraJack shipper in the RiD design team? Even if there wasn’t, this is still ridiculously funny to see.
If the show was a while after TFP, set in the future, yeah: there would definitely be some serious plausibility. If we ignore RiD’s canon timeline, as I often tend to, then yeah: I would probably agree.
If UltraJack ever had a kid, Strongarm would be the likely result.
Which I think would be pretty cute.
Girl-Dad Wheeljack lighting up because she looks like him yet being a little worried when he realizes what she inherited personality-wise because it’s his kid and he can be a hypocrite when it’s dangerous.
Strongarm and Ultra Magnus both scolding Wheeljack when he does something which is against some sort of rule.
Wheeljack teaching Strongarm how to use rules to defy authority just to annoy Ultra Magnus, and it backfiring entirely because this girl is too powerful.
The list goes on.
All in all, I like the idea—timing issues aside.
And I think it would be funny if the TFA ‘bots ran into Strongarm and drew the lines before running back to a very confused Wheeljack. 😂
once a girl reported me to an administrator at school bc i was breaking dresscode and she didnt like me. so i pushed her down the stairs. i just kept walking and i dont think she saw me and i never got caught. i know she got very seriously injured and they had to call an ambulance and she transferred schools bc she knew SOMEONE pushed her and she didnt feel safe. ive never regretted it. its been years since i graduated and im on mood stabilizers now, but sometimes when someone is testing my patience i calm myself down by thinking about how good it felt to snap once and how i cant do that again bc i would go to prison probably
I was thinking more of a panda but that fits him as well. Cause the snapping turtle is green and all but you need to be specific on the snapping turtle. Common snapping turtle? Alligator snapping turtle?
I can’t stop thinking of when I referred to Wheeljack as Dad-Jack and Dad-bot in my last ask and an embarrassing situation when I was 10/11.
My 4th grade teacher had asked me to do something and I said “Sure, Mom. (Embarrassed panic and trying to correct myself) Grandma! (Complete fail).”
My teacher was flattered I thought of her so highly and we all laughed it off. (It was in front of other students too but I didn’t get bullied or teased)
At first I’m like this is something Bumblebee might do after the whole Christmas Soundwave debacle and telling the team how he sees Wheeljack as a Dad. He’ll be surprised no doubt and slightly embarrassed but like a pleased embarrassed and wouldn’t make a too big a deal of it.
Then I thought what if Optimus did this during one of his visits to TFP in front of TFP crew? Cue Optimus panicking but only blurting out different variations of ‘Dad’ before slumping in defeat. The TFP crew would laugh good naturedly after Wheeljack chuckles and tells OP it’s okay, but quickly turns on them and tells them
“Hey! No one laughs at my son but me!” *Turns to OP* “Be warned, Sari and Miko have been teaching me Dad jokes. Also don’t worry about adoption papers, I’ll work something out with my Ultra Magnus.” *turns to Ultra Magnus who looks more tired than he was two minutes ago* “I’ll need two sets of inter dimensional adoption papers, sir. Another one has acknowledge me at their caregiver.”
OP: “who else are you adopting?” *doesn’t bother denying the adoption*
TFA Bumblebee walks in: Hey Dad-Jack. *sees Optimus and Wheeljack talking adoptions* Guess we’re going to be brothers boss-bot!! Hey Dad-Jack!! Don’t forget to adopt Bulkhead too!!”
Enjoy the good feels!!
Hey! :)
All of this is excellent, but I immediately laughed at the idea of TFP Ultra Magnus trying to work out the logic of his soldier adopting several grown adults from another dimension just because they found-family-ed their way into being his kids. 😂
But yeah: behind the scenes, there’s absolutely a running bet on who will be the first to slip-up and call Wheeljack “dad” to his face.
It started out with pretty much everyone thinking it would be Sari, since she already has someone she calls “dad” and they figure that—since “dad” is a human phrase—it’s natural.
Now, they’re not so sure.
They’ve been on Earth for a while, and the young ‘bots and Sari have all fallen victim to the classic Wrecker Adoption Instinct—and they don’t even mind! They realize, over time, that they’ve started to see Wheeljack how Sari sees her father. He’s become their dad, plain and simple.
But a bet’s a bet, and no one wants to be the one to lose and let everyone know how Wheeljack will react to being called that. It’s scary!
So, they make conscious efforts.
But hey, no one’s perfect. Slip-up’s happen.
One day, Wheeljack throws Bumblebee a canister of Energon and the young ‘bot absentmindedly calls over “thanks, Dad!”. He’s halfway through the canister before he notices the stares.
Of course, Bumblebee’s embarrassed—and mad that he lost the bet—but Wheeljack just chuckles and rubs the top of his head. The Wrecker totally doesn’t cry the second he’s alone. Nope!
But seeing how Wheeljack reacted to Bumblebee emboldens the others: Bulkhead, Sari, even Jazz eventually. They pick out their favorite variant of “father” and run with it, usually sticking with Wheeljack but not shying away from calling the Wrecker what he is. And yes, there is the lightly teasing “Dad-Jack” or “Wheel-Dad” thrown around every once in a while.
The Dinobots still like to use ‘Jackie-‘Bot, but Optimus taught them “caregiver”.
The Jettwins might even pick up the habit eventually, for both Wheeljacks.
If Sentinel ever slips-up because all of his teammates are doing it, he will wordlessly walk off of a dock and let himself fall into Lake Erie.
Call Ratchet.
The big holdout is Optimus.
He’s good at helping others but every bad when it comes to his own feelings, okay?
He sees Wheeljack as a dad. He accepts that fact about himself. But he’s too nervous to actually call it for what it is, so he doesn’t.
No one ever pushes him to. They all just carry on, with the relationships being what they are in all but name. They’re family, no matter what.
But then, as he always would have, Optimus slips.
And just his luck, he does it in the alternate reality—in front of everyone, even his alternate self.
Poor TFA Optimus freezes on the spot and stammers out attempts at recovery that go nowhere as the Wrecker just looks at him in surprise, then he sees Wheeljack smile.
“Heh. It’s okay, kid.”
It took a lot for them to get there, for Wheeljack to finally start calling him ‘kid’ again. Somehow, it tells the young Prime that it’s really alright.
Still, Optimus is a little embarrassed and it’s all over his face. A few of the TFP ‘bots notice and snicker, and Wheeljack’s quick to defend his kid.
And yeah, it’s official after this point—this Wrecker is a dad who managed to adopt most of the protagonists of an entire alternate reality.
But he’s not fighting it anymore. He’s just embracing it, because why not?
They’re his family.
So, poor TFP Ultra Magnus gets a wicked processor-ache—because who wouldn’t at the idea of inter-dimensional paperwork?
But he still does it, because he’s A) a stickler for protocol and B) an absolute sweetheart.
Hey, just want you to know I really love this crossover so much that it topped the TFP/TFA crossover from Wattpad. This story is something that I wanna treasure so much and read it again
Hey! :)
I’m glad that you’re still enjoying the story!
A testament to something being good, in my opinion, is the reader’s willingness to go back and read it again—so that is a huge compliment.
I hope to keep producing content that my readers enjoy as I continue with this growing project.
How do think the TFA crew would react to the war in the Primeverse and that TFP Optimus sacrificed himself for everyone only to come back during Wheeljack's TFA Adventures?
Hey! :)
The TFA ‘bots have already learned a lot about the war through Wheeljack: they’ve heard him allude to it, and they’ve seen how it affects him.
Due to Wheeljack’s caution, I’m not sure if they will ever get all of the details—but they will likely learn how long it was, and maybe get a few more brief explanations for the things he’s mentioned.
When they learn what happened to TFP Optimus, they’re going to be astounded. They know that Wheeljack has bad memories surrounding his Optimus and the Allspark, but hearing that will make them understand why he’s so against letting TFA Optimus anywhere near their version of the Allspark. They get why he looked so sad during those first few weeks, whenever he looked at the lively young Prime—and they’ll realize that he was mourning a lost friend during that time.
When they get to the Prime!verse’s and see this guy walking around alive, it’ll throw them through a loop. Wheeljack said there was no Key in his reality, and that TFP Optimus’s whole body had been consumed by the spark of Primus!
How is he back?!
And Wheeljack will be surprised at first, but then he’ll shrug his shoulders and carry on as usual because “this just happens sometimes”.
TFA Crew: It does?!
TFP Wheeljack: Mostly with him. And Megatron. And Bumblebee, once.
TFP Bumblebee: *joking* You know you’ve become a main character when you have your first resurrection.
TFA Cast: 0_0
They’re just gonna be glad that TFP Optimus is enjoying his retirement during this next chance at life. Poor guy deserves it.
Let's go for a not-evil ask. Hopefully something fun and fluffy. Bumblebee, Bumblebee, and Smokescreen racing, with cheering sections (Miko, Raf, and Sari mostly) and suddenly they're overtaken by a a pair of jets- the Jet twins, who keep arguing that they won. Pranks ensue- but nothing mean, just silly pranks. Wheeljack somehow wins the prank war. And he wasn't even participating!
Hey! :)
My one correction is that there’s no way that Knockout would not also be participating in this race. His pride would not allow for it. 😂
It’s a laid-back day, and they’re taking advantage of the peace. Knockout, the two Bumblebees, and Smokescreen go for a race while their teams, their humans, and one techno-organic cheer them on.
Wheeljack claims that he’s a neutral party.
He’s cheering for TFA Bumblebee.
What Wheeljack forgets is that this is one of the days where he’s agreed to look after the Jettwins, and the race looked like far too much fun.
They blast over the racers and across the finish-line, and—while TFP Bee is chill—the others are not so forgiving and the bickering starts.
During the argument, Jetfire jokingly leans on Knockout and then slips, scratching the finish.
And it is suddenly on.
The Iacon Hall of Records becomes a war-zone, minus the Energon-shed, as six mechs battle it out. It’s not even about speed anymore—this is a test of cunning, cleverness, and sheer will.
Highlights:
Knockout rigs the building’s automatic fire-extinguishers to blast Jetfire whenever he speaks.
The Bumblebees team-up because TFA Bee decides that TFP Bee isn’t petty enough for this and TFP Bee is going along with it to minimize damages.
Smokescreen somehow gets ahold of four cows… labels them 1, 2, 3, and 5… and sets them loose during TFP Bumblebee’s watch. Chaos ensues.
Jetstorm gets Knockout with the old ‘whipped-cream in your hand and tickle your nose while you sleep’ trick, and is promptly chased by a medic with a saw.
Dr. Greene’s entire supply of floatium is used-up.
In a shocking betrayal, TFP Bumblebee tells his TFA counterpart that if he says ‘gullible’ really slowly, it sounds like ‘orange’.
Jetfire proceeds to get TFP Bumblebee by shouting ‘oh, who wrote gullible on the ceiling?!’.
Knockout installs tasers in anything. Not everything, but anything. So, nothing is safe.
And it goes on!
Those who are not participating in the prank war watch in amusement or get frustrated because this is interrupting day-to-day activities.
Wheeljack’s just letting it happen, because he has other things to worry about—like fixing some of Cybertron’s old expedition rovers now that the war’s over and he can ✨science✨ again.
Miko convinces him to program all of them with the ability to hum the ‘Happy Birthday’ song to themselves, for some reason.
She also tells him that they can’t go anywhere alone and that he either better be prepared to go pick them up or get them home another way if their power gets low.
She’s adamant about this.
The other kids back her up.
Anyway, as he’s working on these rovers, he makes more than a few upgrades. One decision he makes is to give them AI, because he figures it would come in handy on a mission.
Now, these rovers come in all shapes and sizes in order to suit them for diverse terrain. But they don’t have weapons, and Wheeljack’s learned not to just send things out into the universe without any sort of defense—so, he installs some defense systems complete with blades and blasters and other assorted goodies for violence.
And he does this without consulting TFP Ratchet or Knockout, who are technically overseeing all of the sciences right now even though Wheeljack is a damn good engineer. He doesn’t tell Knockout because of the prank war and he doesn’t tell TFP Ratchet because he’d say “no”.
So, he has a bunch of rovers with new AI and self-defense systems tucked away in his lab. And when I say ‘tucked away’, I don’t mean ‘boxed on a shelf’—Wheeljack doesn’t have the spark for that, once they think for themselves. He probably has one of those corral things you use for little pets in living rooms or outside, and they’re just zooming along and beeping in there.
If Wheeljack was human, he wouldn’t just be the guy who has a problem adopting kids—he’d have a problem not taking in every stray animal he saw, and that is an absolute fact.
So, one day—the final day of the prank war, but no one knew that yet—the rovers get loose.
And Wheeljack realizes this, but he’s not worried—so he doesn’t raise the alarm. The rovers have defense systems and he needs to educate them just a little bit more so that they know friend from foe, but the safety’s on. It’s totally fine!
Then, the screaming starts.
And Wheeljack panics for a second, wondering if he was wrong and hadn’t left the safety on!
But then, annoyed ‘bots start showing up covered in all colors of paint. And the Wrecker wheezes.
He, of course, goes out and collects all of his little rover friends and gets them back into his lab—but not before they manage to tag everyone in the Iacon Hall of Records except himself. Even TFP’s Optimus and Ultra Magnus aren’t spared.
Everyone’s either laughing because it’s funny to watch Wheeljack trying to collect all of these excited little paint-spitting rovers or just annoyed because of all the cleaning to be done, but a lot of harder faces soften when one last little rover trails after Wheeljack willingly while happily beeping out the notes from ‘Happy Birthday’.
The prank war ends that day.
And Wheeljack, for getting everyone in one go, is declared the winner… even though he was never actually participating and this was an accident.
Everyone is just relieved that it’s over.
And for starting all of this in the first place, the original six ‘bots have to clean up all of the paint.
Hi, Blitzy, this question is out of asks but I need to know. How's the next chapter doing cause I'm seriously and anxiously waiting for the next chapter. Sorry! I really just gotta ask.
It's slowly coming along, but now that I finished playing Halo with my bro I might get a new chapter out soon maybe??
And thanks for letting me know people are actually looking forward to my fic!!! 🤩🤩
Your welcome. I'm always looking forward to new updates and chapters. I'm a bookworm and a story fanatic. And I can't wait! So excited to see who will be the next familiar characters that Blitzwing will meet! Also love how Alastor and Blitzwing met. I laugh.
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