Writing meme, snitched from Tumblr and run with.

[raisedbymoogles]

Namely from scifigrl47, but who's counting.

Pick any passage of 500 words or less from any fanfic I’ve written, and stick that selection in my ask/fan mail comment section. I will then give you the equivalent of a DVD commentary on that snippet: what I was thinking when I wrote it, why I wrote it in the first place, what’s going on in the character’s heads, why I chose certain words, what this moment means in the context of the rest of the fic, lots of awful puns, and anything else that you’d expect to find on a DVD commentary track.

Everything I've ever written is on this journal, more or less. This is also a gauge to see if there's any remaining interest in those sad abandoned dust-gathering projects of mine, soooo... have at. :D

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[white_aster]

Oooh! This, this! http://archiveofourown.org/works/762791 :D

“He was never meant to last this long,” First Aid murmured.

He felt rather than saw the other occupant of the medbay stiffen, but Cyclonus was generally more even-tempered than his commander and didn’t lash out as Galvatron would have done. He even kept his tone even as he spoke. “What do you mean?”

First Aid blew air through his vents, trying to navigate his words between Cyclonus’s worry on behalf of his leader and his needle-sharp pride on behalf of same. It spoke to exactly how worried the mech was that he’d brought Galvatron here, not only to Autobot-controlled Cybertron but into the very heart of their stronghold. Galvatron lay unconscious on First Aid’s biggest repair table, hooked up to a dozen readouts, his face finally wiped clean of the rage and pain that dogged his every step since his activation, the twisted agony he’d worn when he’d been brought in Cyclonus’s arms, his lieutenant roaring help him, now! with his fearsome battleground command-voice cracking at the end.

What else could First Aid do? He’d prepped his medbay.

“Unicron created him with a single mission: to find and destroy the Matrix,” First Aid explained in a quiet voice, and paused to see how Cyclonus would take the mention of his creator. Cyclonus only listened, gaze steady, so First Aid went on. “So he built him - or rather, reformatted him - with nothing but raw power in mind, but he didn’t bother to make his components strong enough to withstand all that power for long because he was never supposed to exist past the completion of his mission.”

Cyclonus’s optics dimmed. “So this - lack of foresight is bearing fruit now,” he said slowly. “My lord is suffering multiple hardware failures because his power is too much even for his own body.” The spacejet drifted closer, optics on Galvatron’s face, fingers hovering just shy of touching Galvatron’s hand.

“I can replace the components that are burned out,” First Aid told him. “I may even be able to modulate things to slow the progression of the hardware failures. But - ultimately the only cure is a complete retrofit.”

Cyclonus snapped a glare at him. ”Retrofit!? Rebuild Lord Galvatron?” First Aid remained calm, secure in his diagnosis, and at length Cyclonus’s shoulders slumped. “Replace the burnt-out parts, Autobot. My lord and I will discuss the rest.”

“All right.” Hiding his worry, First Aid began removing Galvatron’s chest plating to expose the straining components within.

[raisedbymoogles]

So... planned obsolescence. That's a thing. Most likely a thing Unicron would approve of.

This originated in one of those two-sentence-fic memes from a long time ago, and the original focused on Galvatron's reaction. He was... affronted, shall we say, by the concept of death-by-hardware-failure. It's not something he can just power through, you know? This time I took on Cyclonus's reactions to the same concept, which as you can see is a bit more panicked. Not that I would say that in his hearing. *cough*

First Aid was the natural choice for Cyclonus's foil. He's got the power of pacifist-fu. ;)

[white_aster]

*wiggle wiggles* I like this idea so much. And it makes so much sense. I mean, embodiment of chaos somehow just manages to make a perfect killing machine? It just...I'd expect them all to be like this, powerful but OH MY GOD says any medic that gets a scan of them HOW DO YOU LIVE?

And I fully support the deployment of First Aid here. He makes a great foil for Cyclonus, and I, for one, would love to see more of this. :D