LINKDING

<blockquote>Ratchet shrugged tolerantly when Optimus asked his opinion. "I think it’s more a lark than anything, but we can all use a lark, now and then."</blockquote> ➤ the transformers find a use for more human-style sexual contact between robots

<blockquote>It also didn’t help that the average glyph message was only three characters long, used no articles or prepositions, and usually had no verbs. What was the proper response to:: Curiosity; Sensation of great speed? Was it a question? A comparison?  Why, after a brief visit by National Security Director Mearing, did four different ‘Bots send:: Emphasis; overlapping? Why was a particularly bad joke by Bulkhead derided as ::Undercharged when there were actual glyphs for Not funny and Humor fail? How did any of that work?</blockquote> ➤ an ethnographer embedded with the Transformers on Earth; the two cultures try to understand each other. I'm so into alien cultural interactions! ➤ There's sequels but it got to be a bit much, I'm happy with just the first fic

<blockquote>“I never went down,” Ratchet said.</blockquote> ➤ every single transformers fic Astolat has written so far is basically: given different base assumptions about how the universe works, how to end the war. And I love all of it, omg, both the different choices of worldbuilding in each fic and also the commitment to ending the war. ➤ (look, yeah, I know that I know nothing about transformers and don't care about this fandom at all, sometimes it's just really soothing to read well-constructed fic about characters I don't have any emotional investment in)

<blockquote>“Well, uh, congratulations,” Ultra Magnus said, blankly. Cyclonus paused and said sincerely, “Thank you, Magnus,” looking touched, and then punched him in the head.</blockquote>

<blockquote>If it was anybody’s fault, it was that loser Starscream.</blockquote> ➤ in which the war is stopped via dance parties

<blockquote>“This is like some kinda bad dream,” Ironhide said aloud. “No,” Cyclonus said, low and harsh. “But it will be.”</blockquote>