blueminuet | TF Summer Exchange Dear Creator Letter

Hi! Thank you for creating something for me for me! I’m not a very picky person, so anything you decide to make for me will probably be just fine. Below are some general ideas for you to go off of, but don’t feel like you have to take any of it as required. Feel free to create and have fun and I’m sure I’ll love it. I don't really have any NOTPs, so feel free to just write whatever if my listed ships don't speak to you.

I worry that a lot of my prompts can be more writer-centric, so I apologize in advance. I’d be super excited to get art for any of the pairings below (especially my miscellaneous rarepair below)!

Also real quick spoiler warning stuff, I’ve finished TFP, RB, and the RID cartoon, but I’m not current with the IDW comics. I’m up to Combiner Wars-ish there (specifically RID #41 and MTMTE #44). I’ve been reading them pretty fast, so I might be a little farther along once the exchange is done, but if you could try to avoid major spoilers past that point, I’d be grateful (even if only because I might not understand what you’re talking about, haha).

Okay, now for my general likes: I love comedy and awkward situations, but drama is also fine. I love exploring the spaces that canon glosses over or doesn’t really explore. (As you’ll see, a lot of my prompts reference specific scenes or events in canon that I would like to see explored more. But don’t feel like you have to stick to expanding that SPECIFIC scene, it’s just to explain where I’m coming from.) As far as romance, I'm always a sucker for a good get-together fic, but established relationships can be just as fun.

I like fluff, especially in fandoms like TF where the characters get put through a lot. As far as AUs go, I’m definitely open to them if you have a good idea. Human AUs can be a bit hit or miss (if you know me well and we’ve talked about a human AU, that’s totes fine) since after all, clearly I like robots. BUT, I also like interspecies stuff, SO… if you want to turn one half of a ship mentioned below into a human, I would be so charmed!

As far as kink stuff, sticky is fine, so is plug and play. No expansion or watersports/scat. Otherwise go nuts.

For things I like in art, I just love big strong bots! I love tender shippy looks. Biolights are A+++.

Okay, this is too long, click below for the specific canons:
Transformers Prime, RID 2015, Rescue Bots, IDW Comics (MTMTE), Miscellaneous

Transformers Prime:

Optimus/Ratchet: The ultimate husbands. Honestly, after everything they've been through in canon, I just want to see them happy. Fluff is preferred. Smut is also A Okay. Give me something with them taking the load off of each other. Helping each other relax. Maybe a spa day. Maybe a low-stakes adventure. I just want them to be happy.

Knock Out & Ratchet: I really love seeing a mentor relationship between these two. Would love to see something set post-canon during the rebuilding of Cybertron. Could be Knock Out struggling to fit in with the autobots, and having Ratchet to lean on. Ratchet also definitely needs a friend by his side during that time, so I'd love to see them leaning on each other. To borrow a bit from Ratchet’s character arc in the comics, he may still be looking to give up the CMO title, and may want to groom Knock Out to take over. Can be angsty or fluff, either is fine.

Ratchet /& Wheeljack: Okay, you know what's really great about Wheeljack? I truly and firmly believe that TFP Wheeljack is as much of a scientist as all the other versions of Wheeljack are. With that in mind... What I'd really, really like is a dumb college AU type thing where they knew each other before the war. Maybe Ratchet just didn't recognize the rough and tumble sword-mech he meets in the show as the nerdy little physicist he met at Iacon U. Maybe Wheeljack never would have thought that grumpy, jaded medic could have ever been the infamous Party Ambulance. You could set this either as a pre-war fic, or as the in the canon timeline realizing who the other is.

Knock Out/Wheeljack: ~~This is Rae's crack ship and I swear to god...~~ Anyway, this is a weird ship, but in a post-canon setting where Knock Out is desperately in need of friends, I could see these two getting closer. Knock Out is kind of the outsider among the Autobots, and Wheeljack hardly stuck around enough to be "part of the gang." Another plus for Wheeljack is that Knock Out doesn't have any expectations of him; the Autobots probably either expect him to run off at the first sign of resistance, or be a miracle worker (see: IDW Wheeljack plight). Around Knock Out he can basically do whatever... and "whatever" might turn out to be a lot of joyrides outside the city where no one is scrutinizing them. (Go nuts!)

RID 2015:

Windblade/Strongarm: Give me the lesbians being cute, okay? I’d love the two of them training together, or just having a nice relaxing day with each other. Maybe Strongarm needing some prodding to relax? (“Relax? That’s not a word. I’d have heard of it.”)

Team as Family: I just really love the dynamic of the Bee team. Give me fluff with them relaxing and exploring Earth. Maybe missing Cybertron. Maybe bringing a little of Cybertron to Earth. Just generally being there for each other and supporting each other. Feel free to use any of the characters I listed or more, I'm open to anything!

Optimus/Ratchet: Okay, real talk, I just put these guys again to get a higher chance of matching on it... Everything from above still applies, but I love them a lot in this one because they get to be out of the war and back together again. I'd love to see something about their trip back to Cybertron, maybe getting to take (dare I say) a bit of a vacation before going back fully? I think it would be extra cute.

Rescue Bots:

Heatwave/Kade: Listen, I love interspecies relationships. I'd love to see hijinks with these two. Maybe some cultural misunderstandings, possibly to do with flirting. Maybe just their rivalry bubbling over to the point they have to admit there's sometime else. Maybe just being forced to show how much they care.

Chase & Chief: Honestly, probably the most balanced partners on the show. I'd love just fluff. Maybe a case fic where they get to have some fun without the rest of the team. Maybe just watching cop flicks and bonding.

Blades/Bumblebee:You have to admit this ship is cute. I'd love to see Blades coming to terms with the fact that he has to cut out the hero worship, and with that out of the way it can let their friendship get deeper, and maybe turn into other things.

Team as Family: Rescue Bots is good and pure, and honestly you could probably throw me anything. I'd be very happy with anything that has the team becoming more of a family to each other, the bots making the island their home, the humans showing how important the bots are to them, etc.

IDW Comics (MTMTE and RID):

Percy/Brainstorm:Groundhog’s Day AU. Okay, it doesn’t literally have to follow the plot of the movie (maybe better if it doesn’t) but you know what I’m saying, right? While doing a test run of the time machine, Brainstorm gets caught in a time loop. Has to convince Perceptor to believe him. Maybe he goes a bit stir crazy in the middle realizing he can do anything with no consequences. Maybe he makes a pass at a microscope, knowing that if he gets shot down there’s no consequences. What if he makes out with the microscope A LOT?

Ratchet & Rung:I think these two have the potential for a really great friendship. Because, honestly, these two both need someone they can vent to. Imagine both of them giving each other the “looking into the camera like on The Office” stare during staff meetings. Imagine them both having the mosting damning gossip, but they literally can’t tell anyone else because of privacy laws. I just want old bots having a secret catty friendship that no one expects.

Rodimus/Ultra Magnus (Rodimus/Minimus Ambus): I love the dynamic between these two as far as being fairly opposite to each other in command style and just in general approach to life. I feel like they both push each other out of their comfort zones, but in a way that pushes them to be better. I’d love to see something with Rodimus coming to terms with the existence of Minimus. For example, just expanding on his freak out in the prison cell on Luna 1. If you go with an established relationship prior to that, maybe expand on how they need to reacquaint. Or maybe this was the thing holding Magnus back from really getting into a romance. I'd prefer these concepts played for laughs, but anything is fine.

Rung/Red Alert:This is maybe a weird ship, but I like it. Rung is one of the only people Red truly trusts, and I'd like to see that explored. I’d love to see Red trying to show that he’s improved enough to stop going to counseling (and therefore open the door to dating his therapist). Or just in general being sweet to Rung, and trying to thank him for being there. I've had this vague scenario in mind of an AU of the shore leave (where Red is actually awake to enjoy it) where Red tries to woo Rung. If that speaks to you, go for it, but if not, any cute fluff will be appreciated.

Ratchet /& Minimus Ambus (and/or Ratchet /& Ultra Magnus): In the epilogue to the Luna 1 arc, Ratchet reveals that he always knew about the Magnus armor, and that even though he knew all of the previous Magnuses (including the original) he felt like Minimus Ambus was “the real” Ultra Magnus. That’s just such a sweet moment, the reveal that Ratchet had not only kept his secret so long but also believed in, not just Magnus, but Minimus. I’d love to see this concept played with a bit more. Possibly Minimus questioning Ratchet on that more (after all, he has so many identity issues, why wouldn’t he want to investigate that further?). Or you could take it in the direction of Ratchet interacting with the other Magnuses, maybe learning about the armor for the first time, and/or past Magnuses finding out he knows and realizing they can trust and confide in him. You can make it shippy if you want, either with Ratchet and Minimus specifically, or with Ratchet and various incarnations of Magnus through time. But ultimately I just want that sweet support/friendship between them.

Miscellaneous:

Ultra Magnus(TFP)/Chase(RB): Okay, this is my aligned continuity crackship. TFP Ultra Magnus and RB Chase. They’re really cute, okay? I have this crack scenario where Ultra Magnus gets sent to Griffon Rock, either to recover from (one of his many) injuries, or for some other reason. Imagine Ultra Magnus on Griffon Rock, completely out of his element with all these humans. Chase would have to step in and teach him how to lighten up around the humans and be a part of the team with them. Obviously, of all the Rescue Bots, Chase would be the only one Ultra Magnus can really relate to, but he’d still be a bit baffled about how he can deal with all these human shenanigans. If you wanna make something light-hearted and cute with these two, it would be great.

Ultra Magnus(TFP)/Chase(RB) & Strongarm (RID): I also have this crack scenario where Strongarm from RID is their daughter. Anything with fluffy family feels would be cute.

OC Shenanigans: Honestly? Here's a list of OCs. Go nuts. Here's some ideas though:

Buckshot/Codex: The tragic "canon" ship of my OCs. I suggest we just gloss over the tragedy of a cross-factional romance and go with this: There's a period of time between the two of them deserting their factions and things subsequently going south where they're mostly just planet hopping, and Codex is having the time of his life learning the languages of organic lifeforms. I'd suggest something cute and fun surrounding that.

Synecdoche/Any Medic: Synecdoche plays both sides, and has a tendency to be manipulative. Even if someone is rebuilding her chassis, she's not going to turn that off. Preference would be to see Synecdoche trying to get under Pharma's skin (potentially a Pharma that's already starting to lose it a little) but you could easily use another medic such as TFP Knock Out.