raisedbymoogles | Because Caia and Katarik asked.

My Galvatron/Rodimus ship manifesto, rambled out for your wtfing pleasure! :D This is a little incoherent 'cause I'm tired, but on the other hand I've been playing with this pairing for several years. It's kind of my pet ship. ^_^;;;;

So here's my take on the Galvatron/Rodimus thing.

So, here's Rodimus: he of the World's Fastest Field Promotion. From low-ranking soldier to leader of an entire race and general in an interstellar war, all in an instant. It's no secret he's terribly overwhelmed, and his predecessor is such a legend that (in his own mind, at least) he could never measure up. He's desperate for someone to look up to, someone to lead him and teach him how to be a leader worth following. And because he's afraid of losing their faith in him, he cannot confide in any Autobot about these feelings.

Enter Galvatron. Blindingly strong, forceful, charismatic, wild and free: everything Rodimus thinks he isn't. He recognizes how dangerous Galvatron is, of course, but can't help feeling a certain amount of respect and even awe for him. And because he is young, and feels so very deeply, respect and awe become a raging, inescapable crush.

On Galvatron's side... well, it's never explicitly stated how much Megatron is still in Galvatron, but remember that Galvatron himself began his existence as a slave. Unicron hurt him to make him do things. He tried to free himself using the Matrix, but in the end his savior was the aforementioned soldier-turned-leader - which is enough reason to spark a love/hate complex towards him all on its own. Then plasma damage happened, and any self-restraint Galvatron may have had was destroyed.

I see Galvatron as essentially a control freak: his greatest fear is that someone will be able to control him again, so he lashes out at the universe and tries to conquer everything in sight, etc. etc. to make damn sure that won't ever happen. (Well, that's part of the reason, anyway. He are Decepticon, doin what Decepticon do.) And Rodimus, at least in my mind, is a bit of a submissive. So if Rodimus Prime, one of the few beings in the universe who has the strength to match him and the mech who freed him from bondage, actually cares for him and is able to submit selflessly to him, this will go a long way toward beguiling and reassuring him. Thus their desires mesh: Rodimus's need to feel worthy and Galvatron's need to conquer and possess; Rodimus's strong and selfless spark and Galvatron's mad torment seeking stability.

The essential dynamic doesn't really change when Rodimus becomes Hot Rod again at the end of S3: Hot Rod can't take quite as much damage, obviously, but he's still the same spark and I'd like to think that Galvatron can see that.

I like to play with this pairing as 'fluff with Lots Of Kink:' there's pain and bondage and power exchange and a bit of brokenness on both sides, but Galvatron never does anything Rodimus doesn't want. However, I am well aware of all the ways this pairing can go horribly, horribly wrong. ...I kind of like those ways too.

....Of course, add in Cyclonus and Scourge, and things get complicated. XD

Because Caia and Katarik asked.

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