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With This Ring (Young Justice SI) (Thread Fourteen)

Discussion in 'Creative Writing' started by Mr Zoat, Jan 27, 2019.

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  1. Mr Zoat

    Mr Zoat Dedicated ragequitter

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    I'm not sure that he would. Vehicons aren't all that bright -I think we only see them talk once, and that was to backchat crazy-mode Ratchet- and it probably wouldn't occur to someone like Megatron that it could even be an issue.
    The problem there is that 1) there isn't an economy and 2) Transformers have been at war for so long that there's no market anyway.
     
  2. Windona

    Windona Beetle Queen of Crackshipping

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    "An instructional guide on how to make things work with a giant robot gf" is amazing. And hey, maybe Knockout wi get Ideas.

    And hey, Jack wants to date a robot who tends to be painted the color of energon- which uh. With the blood analogy that might be interesting
     
  3. Istaran

    Istaran Know what you're doing yet?

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    Really the big thing is that the world has been increasing the denominator so quickly. More porn exists on the internet now than ever before, but even more other stuff does as well. I expect the porn won't stop growing but new flavors of other stuff will keep coming into existence and only so many of them will have reasonable ways to combine with porn.
     
  4. Radiant Knight

    Radiant Knight Phoenix Fire

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    Knockout reaction was on point. This is the Decepticon that sneaks out of the base to go attend demolition derbies and watch movies at the drive-in. He's always protesting a little too much about getting dirty too.
     
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  5. BrotherofaStudio

    BrotherofaStudio Know what you're doing yet?

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    Poor Knock Out, the Autobots must have assigned him to carry Paul and Jack as a form of punishment for being a Decepticon knowing how the conversation was going to go. And while he will probably never admit it, he seems to be a little interested in what they are saying. This alternate universe is great.
     
  6. Assblaster5000

    Assblaster5000 I trust you know where the happy button is?

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    That sign can't stop me because I can't read.
     
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  7. Doccer

    Doccer I trust you know where the happy button is?

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    Best part is I heard Knockout's voice in the Knockout parts.

    This too.
    How long is a corn?
    Did he turn evil or something?
     
  8. Darko

    Darko Connoisseur.

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    Megatron: Soundwave, have you finished reviewing the cultural databases of this small organic species? We will need to understand them to better deal with any problems they may bring us.

    ...

    When no answer came, Megatron became tense.

    Soundwave was one of his most loyal and competent underlings, so if he did not respond to him then there was a small chance that he may have been harmed by infiltrators.

    Preparing himself for battle, Megatron slowly surveyed Soundwave's empty quarters.

    He was relieved when he noticed Soundwave was simply behind a column and unharmed, but he still seemed distressed.

    He was sitting on the floor with both of his hands clutched around his knees and slowly shaking.

    Megatron carefully approached him.

    Megatron: Soundwave, what has happened? Why are you in this state.

    Soundwave slowly looked up to him and his blank face lit up showing various events and activities from Earth.

    Megatron: Is this your analysis of human cultural activities? Why would this distress you?

    Then the image settled on some recording.

    Megatron: It appears to be two women with a cup. Why would this distre-? Wait...what are...? No! What is this?! What are they doing?!
     
  9. Vaermina

    Vaermina Well worn.

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    So here's a question...

    Why doesn't he just suggest the two bots upgrade themselves with a cybertronian tech fleshlight?
     
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  10. Ganurath

    Ganurath Apologizes For Nothing

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    Do they even have tongues, though?
     
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  11. Mr Zoat

    Mr Zoat Dedicated ragequitter

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    About six inches.
    Amusing, but it probably wouldn't disturb them, as they don't really have a reference point for excrement.
    Given how thick their lips are and considering the length of the average penis, it probably doesn't matter.
     
  12. Doccer

    Doccer I trust you know where the happy button is?

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    You know that's autocorrect to blame.
    How long is a Vorn.
    If he builds the salon, they will come.
     
  13. Mr Zoat

    Mr Zoat Dedicated ragequitter

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    83 years.
     
  14. Chojin Patriarch

    Chojin Patriarch Veteran Lurker

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    As Mr Zoat linked, 83 years (Also as I noted using a mouse-over code trick...) Transformer timekeeping is weird (though surprisingly consistent. Their smaller time unit, the breem, works out to ~500 seconds...)
    Not as such, but in the American cartoon's 4th 'season', he became the headmaster for a giant 'female' robot. That's... Gonna have an interesting effect on a growing boy's psyche...
     
  15. SotF

    SotF And Away We Go!

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    Airachnid, I believe has one in Prime...though that might be part of whatever the hell happened with the vampiric WTF! stuff before she gets yeeted to one of the moons of cybertron...

    Of course, you have some oddities if you include Go! in the aligned continuity, but that's basically anything with that series
     
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  16. jasonh23761

    jasonh23761 Not too sore, are you?

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    Welp, I see Paul has gone back to being the older brother figure for teens with absent parental figures.
     
  17. Threadmarks: Transformed (part 7)
    Mr Zoat

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    25th October 2013
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    "So what did you do before the war?"

    Knock Out glances down at the human standing near his feet. Ratchet was overseeing the process of pumping energon into the mechanisms around the 'Last Autobot', and there wasn't anything for him to do. Slipstream was back on the surface since bringing a Seeker down these corridors would be ridiculous and Jack was needed to act as a living authentication system.

    "Why do you want to know?" He smiles sarcastically. "Planning on adding me to your transformer harem?"

    "Harem?"

    "I know you've only got one so far, but I suppose you have to start somewhere. And I am a fine piece of machinery."

    "No. You said 'harem'. A transformer would usually say 'team' or 'squad'." Scrap. "Transformers don't have a concept of a harem because-."

    "Yeees, we don't reproduce like that. I've been on Earth long enough to learn English. Don't read too much into it."

    The human looks up at his f-. He's not considering it, is he? Best… Head that off.

    "I was an engineer. I came to Cybertron from Velocitron with a magna-wrench in my hand and a dream in my brain module. I wanted to make my business the number one place for bodywork and performance-enhancing tune-ups in all of Cybertron." The irritation he used to feel about what actually happened is still there, though the vorns have left it somewhat muted. "What actually happened is that I got stuck in Uraya doing fuel system rebuilds for idiots who didn't watch their fuel additive intake. Between rationing and the start of the uprising there wasn't much demand for anything else."

    "So how did you end up with the Decepticons?"

    "They were the best clients. Sure, they weren't interested in speed, but they were more willing to be… Experimental with their upgrades. I started working in the underground gladiator circuits, fell into medicine for the extra energon, and…Joining the Decepticons just felt like a natural move."

    "No great ideological commitment?"

    "Heh, you've come to the wrong 'con if you're looking for that. No, it was always a matter of convenience." He waves his right arm. "And then the War dragged on-"

    "Yeah."

    "-and spare parts became harder to come by, and I got used to cannibalising dead 'bots-"

    "Um."

    "-for parts. And the fuel efficiency drives! Oh, don't get me started on the fuel efficiency drives. There's more to life than miles-per-gallon!"

    "So why are you here?"

    "Where else would I go? Ratchet's busy running the show, so they need someone who knows his way around a hyperspanner."

    "But what's in it for you?"

    "Hm, steady supply of energon… Components… Subj-ah, patients... Eventually, they might even get around to restoring some of Cybertron's road networks."

    "Earth has complete road networks. And race tracks. We have energon, and several world governments are gathering and stockpiling it. Earth also has the wrecks of every vehicon who died during your fights with the Autobots-."

    "Eeeeeeehhhh. I'll pass. There's only so many times I can stare at a vehicon's internal systems before it all blurs together."

    "Vehicons were a product of rationing, weren't they? Megatron needed warriors in the field and workers in the mines, but he didn't have enough energon to suppose a larger population of regular transformers…"

    "That was part of it, certainly. Standard parts allows for standard production, which made it easier to keep them in the field."

    "Do you think they'd want to be upgraded?"

    "I'm not sure they have wants." But that is an interesting idea, isn't it? Replacing bland and boring components with something with a little character. "Out of… Curiosity, where are those vehicon bodies being kept?"

    "If you want test cadavers, I'm sure that we can come to terms. Human governments want transformers willing to explain transformer technology to them."

    "Is that what Slipstream's been doing?"

    "No, she doesn't have the knowledge required. We've just been introducing more mundane technology from other worlds. You'd be in demand. You could probably name your price."

    And isn't that an interesting proposition. No more road races for him. No, he could own his own racetrack, a proper course designed to test the participants to their limits. But the only other Decepticon would be Slipstream, and she wouldn't be changing to a ground-based altmode any time soon. Unless he could dig them up from somewhere like Skyquake-. No, that wasn't going to happen.

    "And I was thinking that while the war might be over… What exactly is the draw of Cybertron? Energon? Ratchet will share that design, and that's only an issue in the long term."

    "Mining energon isn't easy."

    "It is when you can pay humans to throw manpower at it. Sure, one human is never going to match a vehicon, but hundreds with the right equipment will match the peak output the Decepticons managed." Hm. Could be true. "But what about inviting other transformers?"

    "Like who?"

    "Anyone who doesn't want to live on Cybertron. Team Prime are going to be putting this place back together for a very long time. Sure, I can see some transformers being interested in that, but Decepticons… Well, most Decepticons are used to living violent lives, and we've got Unicron's internal systems to pacify. If it's company you want then I doubt you'll have trouble finding takers."

    "What's in it for you?"

    "I get to have a medic around in case something happens to Slipstream. Don't worry: your sculpted aft is entirely safe from my clutches."

    Hm… Worth thinking about. Definitely worth thinking about. But it's probably best to change the topic now before the human talks him into anything.

    "What exactly got the Autobots so excited about this..? 'Last Autobot'?"

    "The Last Autobot was created as a failsafe in case transformers were ever near extinction and Unicron woke up with no one left to fight him. Among other things, he is supposed to have the ability to raise transformers from the dead."

    Knock Out frowns. "How?"

    "I don't understand the mechanism. Supposedly, he raises his hands, wrecks self-repair and their spark reinstalls itself. He needs massive amounts of energon, but that's not really a problem any more."

    Knock Out watches as Bulkhead hauls away one empty tanker and replace it with a full one. The human is correct. Actually, that might mean that refuelling Metroplex might be possible once they build a big enough production facility. He wasn't exactly fast, but working on a titan, that would be interesting.

    Wait.

    "And he can resurrect anyone?"

    "Any transformer. Actually, he might be able to resurrect any Primus-derived species, Vector Sigma wasn't clear."

    "And there aren't any..? Oh I don’t know, restrictions..?"

    "He pre-dates the War, so he's not going to care whether or not they were a Decepticon. The only.. issue would be if they were contaminated with dark energon. Because the whole-"

    No.

    "-point is to fight-."

    "I-." Knock Out takes a half-step away from the human, uncertain of the stability of his own legs. "I need a moment."

    "Knock Out? Are-?"

    Horror and disgust war for dominance in his spark. He barely hears the human.

    "Not now. Just-. Not now."
     
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  18. Darko

    Darko Connoisseur.

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    You are an attractive specimen.

    Yes.

    "looks up"

    You offered.

    The harem thing?

    "once they"

    Okay what is this?
     
  19. Joelseph14

    Joelseph14 Know what you're doing yet?

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    I assume Megatron used Dark Energon at some point
     
  20. cthulhu fartagn

    cthulhu fartagn Desires comments far more than likes.

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    No is a link.

    His bro got turned into a zombie iirc. I don't think it's related to Dark Energon, but I could be wrong.
     
  21. Joelseph14

    Joelseph14 Know what you're doing yet?

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    Mate your Human fetish is showing
     
  22. BR549

    BR549 This is filth! FILTH!!

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    ...and by the time "Cylas" was offlined, Breakdown's desecrated corpse was well and truly contaminated with Dark Energon.

    Ouch.

    ---

    Edited in second post's content to avoid double-posting:

    After "Cylas" (Silas in Breakdown's chassis) was sent to Knock Out's dissection table for experimentation on just what MECH had done to his former partner, they were experimenting with how the hybrid being reacted to Synthetic Energon, which was 'not well' - he burned through it rapidly and the mental effects of Synth-En were increasing with every administation.

    Starscream had the bright idea of mixing Dark Energon into the Synth-En, so that Megatron (having an affinity with the substance due to his own use) could perhaps control the increasingly deranged beast.

    Knock Out protested, but in the end agreed to go through with the process.

    ...it was then discovered that the mixture of Dark Energon and Synthetic Energon resulted in a zombie apocalypse, with Cylas as Paitent Zero...


    So Knock Out just realised that no, there is no hope for resurrecting Breakdown - and it's his own personal fault.




    Also y'know, isn't Airachnid, who wound up as an "energon harpy" as a result of said zombie apocalypse, still on that moon of Cybertron with her horde of now-zombified Insecticons...?
     
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  23. Mr Zoat

    Mr Zoat Dedicated ragequitter

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    Thank you, corrected.
     
  24. BR549

    BR549 This is filth! FILTH!!

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    Also, having missed Chojin's commentary from yesterday, a comment:

    They were actually partners in the IDW2019 continuity (the rebooted pre-war series that prematurely ended when IDW lost the license). Note 'were'. The partnership lasted until Swindle started making deals with Autobots as well as Decepticons, and Trickdiamond, observing that playing both sides only works if you can make a profit from both sides, called in the Decepticon authorities on her boss...
     
  25. Doccer

    Doccer I trust you know where the happy button is?

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    Tap the first black colored no. It's linked to a particular page about a particular experiment done by Starscream and Knockout on Breakdown's corpse.

    Point is Knockout willingly contaminated his buddy's body with dark energon and so knock out who's just giving hope they might see his best partner again I want to find out that his friend might be well and truly gone forever by his own hands.
     
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  26. ZzzSlothzzZ

    ZzzSlothzzZ Dystopian Hugs

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    Stupid sexy humans.
     
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    Not a lot of flying room in the deep tunnels under the planet, no. I see they had no difficulty in finding the place, at least. Not surprising given they basically found a detailed map from Vector Sigma. I would have expected some defences, though...

    And I can just hear that proud sneer. If he was a femme, he'd totally be the alpha-bitch of the organisation. Sadly, that was Starscream's job.

    Ah, Pull knows Transformers too well to fool, eh? He's got you, Knockout.

    I mean, Cybertronians are something of a social species. They tend to go a little batty if they're alone for long periods... And I doubt Slipstream is getting that kind of spark-buzz from humanity.

    Ah, I can just imagine his frustration at an endless parade of racing dude-bros with 'Customer States...'-worthy ailments.

    Yeah, I can just picture the pit-bosses jonesing for proper medics to patch up their investments.

    Let's not forget a certain handsome soldier-bot with a fabulously top-heavy build...

    ...Well, they don't really need the parts anymore, I suppose? Not that different to organ donation amongst humans.

    Like the quality of your paint-job, and the sheen of your latest waxing?

    Though I bet Ratchet would give it up in a spark-pulse if he could...

    That's probably a few vorns off, though. Surely you can find something else to do for that time?

    And he's probably seen a few, given how effective the Autobots were.

    No doubt the parts aren't suitable for proper transformers, though? I remember the consternation when Bumblebee lost his Transformation Cog...

    I mean, they do have some personality quirks. Presumably the oldest vehicons have the most differentiation. The challenge being getting there as a disposable mook.

    Pfft, as if. Slipstream's not a scientist. She's a soldier.

    I'm sure plenty of human racers would pay well for such a challenging track.

    Given the number of times we saw deposits explode, usually as the result of fighting? Yeah.

    Oh, I'm sure you have a little black book of names somewhere, 'hot rod'.

    Gee, plentiful energon, locals happy to see you and the promise of a good scrap now and again? How could any bot resist?

    Something he's very good at, you'll notice.

    ...Yeah, that'll get Knockout's attention.

    Assuming Synthetic is as effective as the real thing in that particular use.

    And yes, that would take a lot of Energon. Metroplex is no small bot.

    Which covers quite a few species seen in various continuities...

    Ah... Yeah, bad news for you, then, unless you pray really hard at him?

    That episode... was not fun for anyone involved in the story, really.

    And with this, you really start to feel for the bot, no matter how much you might dislike him...

    Bot's got some spark-searching to do, I think.

    Man, I can just hear Knockout's voice in his lines. A pity he gets such a punch in the fuel-tank. Then again, he might get lucky, and earn himself a miracle... We can but hope so, anyway. At least this sub-plot is coming to a head, and soon, the hand of the Creator will be up and about. The worry is whether he'll approve of the current state of things or not.
     
  28. Darko

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    Ha!

    Though Knock Out comes at a close second an d has the benefit of being likeable.
     
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    Khornelius Overlord of the Underworld

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    Honestly I always likened them to Vampires more than Zombies. Though I guess we could go down the middle and call them Jiangshi.
     
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    Old Knife Not too sore, are you?

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    .. Some thing personal has happened. The demands are going to come fast and hard.
     
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