#because these F/Os are like!!! sweet girl!!! we've got you!!! and i'm like yeah you sure do now don't ever let me go

[frecklystars]

since you're having a bummer day, here's an excuse to talk about your AU! (if you want to 😊)

seriously, tell me all about it, I wanna hear about the things that make you happy!

I also think it makes your f/os feel really special, to know that you would craft a story just for them ❤️

THIS IS SO SWEET 🥺🥺 ANON thank you for indulging me!!!!

I'll pick something small that I don't think I've talked about before: Starscream's hired mercenaries!!!

In canon he hires a bunch of bounty hunters to track down mini-cons that he'd lost track of. I've done a LOT of research on them for my AU and I absolutely adore them!!

From left to right we've got: RoughEdge, Razorhorn, and Shadelock!!

RoughEdge is a former Autobot (his insignias are scratched out on his shoulders, and one of the showrunners said it's not bc of a political statement, but bc the long years of war scuffed them up a bit, and I think that is SO COOL). He also has a "vocal condition" which is never explained or touched on literally at all, so he doesn't speak (save for the occasional grunt/yell during combat), but 🥺🥺 I'm always soft for characters who have vocal and/or hearing conditions just like meee. He also has pretty yellow optics under his visor <3

Razorhorn is an Insecticon!! He doesn't have any lines... and his name was never mentioned in the show until one of the showrunners revealed it on his website... and that's... really all the info I have about him. I love him. I love his scary teef.

Shadelock is my favorite of the bounty hunters!! He used to be a Vehicon, but took charge of his own life after the war, AND I THINK THAT IS SO AWESOME. He does the most communication w/ Starscream since the other two mercenaries don't often speak. He's described as someone who is "completely fine with atrocious acts" (like murdering on sight ig) but he doesn't take pleasure in it like you'd expect, he just sees it as a job that he's gonna get paid for. He's really cool-headed and I loooove his design.

For my AU, Starscream hires them not just to find the mini-cons but also to find "a human with long hair and many spots on her skin" and he gives them one of the missing posters for them to look at. And they're just like... yeah ok the former SiC of the Decepticons is gonna pay us more than plenty to find mini-cons and some random human that happened to stop the war for two years and somehow capture the spark of literally everybody in their own faction, including the fucking leader of the Decepticons. Hm. That's fine. We love getting paid. Whatever he wants to do with mini-cons and one very specific human is none of our business.

And they keep bringing back humans who might look similar to Keri but they're obviously not her. One after another every few hours for several months they bring back a girl w/ long brown hair and he's like "this one doesn't have spots" and they try again and he hisses "this one doesn't have brown optics, are you not paying attention to my very clear instructions??"

(Plus I'm very weak for the idea of Starscream, at first, when being told "we found her!" getting all hopeful, walking forward with his hands out as a nonthreatening gesture, softening his voice and saying "Keri, darling, it's me, it's Starscream, your Starlight! you must recognize my voice, surely? I know I look different, but I promise I'm still--" but once he gets closer and studies her face and finds out that he isn't talking to Keri but just some girl who looks a little bit like her, then he immediately shouts "WAIT THIS ISN'T EVEN HER HOW CAN YOU MESS UP THIS BADLY. YOU, PATHETIC HUMAN, FORGET EVERYTHING I TOLD YOU -- NO I DON'T CARE WHAT YOU DO WITH THE FLESHY JUST GET IT OUT OF MY SIGHT")

And the mercenaries are just CONFUSED CONSTANTLY, because HEY BOSS you told us to find a little human with brown hair, brown optics, spots all over her flesh, THIS IS WHO WE FOUND. WHY DO YOU NEED SOMEONE SO SPECIFIC, ALL HUMANS ARE THE SAME ANYWAYS, THEY'RE GROSS AND FLESHY AND EASY TO SQUISH

At one point Shadelock makes a comment, not to be malicious but just as a general statement "you can have any old human as your Conjunx if you want one so bad, I don't think the one you're searching for is alive anymore, or even worth anyone's time at this point" and STSC does That Thing™:

BECAUSE I'M OBSESSED WITH THAT ^^^^^^^^^

Anyway.

After the right human is found they're just staring at her across the vessel while Starscream is hugging and sobbing her name and Shadelock is just... staring her down. Not in a menacing way, but just... studying her.

And she's confused because she doesn't remember half of her relationship w/ Starscream or any other bots for that matter, plus she doesn't know why he's so emotional and hugging her so tightly, what he could possibly mean by "I'm so glad I found you" -- where the hell has she been, exactly? And she can't understand why he looks so different. So not only is she like "I don't understand what's going on" but she's kind of unsettled now because there's this big bad evil scary robot eyeing her across the vessel, too.

And later when they're in Starscream's command center of his ship he is still just staring at her. Saying nothing. And all of the other mercenaries are just STARING at her. At one point Shadelock is about to approach her, kneel down to her level and ask her a question, but by that point she's lightly tugging on Starscream's claws, going completely nonverbal and shutting off, and he notes her discomfort bc he knows his girl by heart, so he says something along the lines of "okay ALL OF YOU need to leave us alone now or I'll offline you, thanks for the help you literally did not give me. all of you are disappointments. go find the mini-cons, if you can actually handle that, and if you do, I'll pay you and we can finally get on with our lives. also if you disturb me and my Conjunx in ANY WAY, if walk in on us without knocking, if you so much as BREATHE in our direction, I will not hesitate to fire my missiles, bitch"

ANON, thank you again for indulging me, this was very sweet of you to let me ramble about these guys!!! I feel bad for talking so much but slfkjsdlffs I'm so proud of the things I've created and I'm really happy that I get to write about the mercenaries in my story!!! Thank you for letting me gush ;u; I hope you have a wonderful day, thank you for cheering me up <3

#anonymous #asks #keepsake #self insert asks #Saving Starlight AU #Saving Starlight AU asks #shadelock #razorhorn #roughedge #i wanted to talk a little more about a scene regarding roughedge but #my answer is already so long fkdhfgfkdh #💕 Everything I did to get to you 🌟🌸 #long post