Weekly fanwork recs #8

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Brace yourselves, the time of winter fanworks exchanges has come and fic is plentiful!

By My Love, By My Passion by perictione. TFP, Megatron/Optimus Prime, Rated T, No Warnings Apply, ~6k.

Starting off with an entry to Secret Solenoid, we have a pining Optimus who thinks his love is unrequited finding out that Megatron does indeed love him and wants to marry him. Of course they only do so in the middle of the marriage. Sweet fluff with some tasty angst hints and Megatron is exceedingly romantic and tender in this. Just goo, it’s wonderful.

Day 9: Telepathy by fascinationex. G1, Megatron/Starscream, Rated E, No Warnings Apply, Consent Issues with Unwanted Exhibitionism, ~3k.

Megatron without a panel gets everyone hot. And then he gets hot for Starscream, publically. Soundwave has to suffer through this abyssimal working environment.

Someone to Trust by FourthFloorWrites. G1, Jazz/Prowl, Rated T, No Warnings Apply, ~15k.

First of all, this has delicious ex-Decepticon Jazz content and that’s always hot. Both Prowl and Jazz are trying to find a data leak and are pursuing it both with their own methods. It all comes down to Prowl and Jazz trusting in the end, wrapped up nicely.

Money Moves by DisorientedOwl. MTMTE, Drift/Ratchet, Rated E, No Warnings Apply, Findom, ~1k.

I have never read findom before, but this content for this pairing is delicious. The author makes clear that it’s about control and that makes me grok what the kink is about much better. Wrapped up into it is Drift’s guilt and how he looks to Ratchet for moral guidance, getting a lot of mileage for little writing.

the dark side of cybertron by ohdeariemegoodness. G1, Megatron/Optimus Prime, Rated M, No Warnings Apply, ~7.5k.

Is this technically Canadian Shack? Yes. But this fic comes with wonderful dark tropes: Nuclear winter, genocide of the “disposables” and from G1 canon Decepticons as differently build from Autobots, most importantly in the neutral category. MegOp have to hardline at some point and the cultural clash comes to an unexpected good ending. Very dark and very cute, with some hope for everyone.

In Good Conscience by wallflowers. TF IDW, Drift/Ratchet, Rated T, No Warnings Apply, ~4k.

Ratchet is struggling with his conscience on whether to join the Cons or effect change from his position. Excellent look at the early phases of the conflict are here and some extra Flatline arguing with him.

Cold Weather Conundrum by DecorDilemma. TF, Jazz/Prowl, Rated G, No Warnings Apply, ~4k.

Transformers Knitting Fic!!!!

Autobot-Human G24 Summit 1987 Security Proposal Submitted by Autobot Commander Jazz of Polyhex by rileyriley. G1, Jazz/Prowl, Rated T, No Warnings Apply, ~3k.

Jazz makes an actual effort at his job and Prowl plus the readers get to enjoy competence kink and bureaucracy porn. Yay for us!

Incompatible by neveralarch. G1, Megatron/Starscream, Starscream/Other, Rated E, No Warnings Apply, Pre-negotiated Heat Breeding, Bondage, ~3.5k.

Guh. Guuuuuuh. Breeding Kink, in the best way? Starscream is in heat and is going to be bred. Not by Megatron, however, because they are not producing much more than a standard Eradicons between the two of them, but by Blitzwing and Astrotrain to make triple-changer shuttles. So far, so good, except Megatron has to supervise, he says, lying to himself. Soundwave is judging the disaster all the way through and of course Megatron can’t stop himself in the end. No triple-changing shuttles will ever be had here, mark my words, but sub Starscream begs oh so charmingly to get bred by Megatron

Elegy for Actaeon of the Hounds by DesdemonaKaylose. TF IDW, Megatron/Rung, Rated E, No Warnings Apply, Humanformers, Forced Transformation, ~16k.

Desdemona does not miss, damn. We get atheist-ish hunter Megatron encountering forest god/satyr Rung who turns him into a deer by day to teach him a lesson. By night, Megatron jumps to entirely new conclusions and interprets help as having to suck dick. Megatron may not be as upset as he wants to be about this, deep down. As communication is worked out we get hot sex, an insight into Megatron’s past, an understanding and finally a truce on how to be together even with the inherent power difference of god and human. This fic is amazing and heartbreaking at both times.

Blossoming Passion by EdgeClaws. Overwatch, R76, Rated E, No Warnings Apply, tentacle porn, ~5k.

Also, ahem, bearing fruit: The R76 Secret Santa exchange! I haven’t had time to read many, but Claws wrote wonderful tentacle porn with a witchy Gabe and dryad!Jack. They also come to an accord after a game of chase which gets Gabe fucking railed. It is delicious.