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[lossofface.livejournal.com]

Will SOMEONE please explain to my lead-brained, rust-ridden, overclocked low priority glitch of an excuse for a wingmate that HUMANS NEED TO EAT?!

I am NOT towing you if you go into stasis-lock again, understand? Doing it in zero-g was bad enough, but this is just STUPID.

- Blitzwing

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[scarletspeedstr.livejournal.com]

Wait, you mean you guys can't? At all? Then... how do you know what I'm talking about? Your buddy sure doesn't.

[lossofface.livejournal.com]

YES, that is precisely what I mean. We're an asexual metallic race, for Allspark's sake; we're built in factories! The only reason we even have GENDERS is because someone at some point in our history thought it'd be a good idea. Thank goodness it's only an aesthetic choice that's being phased out anyway. And

(some scratched out false starts)

It's not like I was LOOKING for it or anything, okay? I was bored and just wanted to watch some music videos, and suddenly I was learning far more about human anatomy than I'd ever WANTED to. Slagging Internet.

[scarletspeedstr.livejournal.com]

...and that's why you need good internet filters, people.

So basically you're a race of robots who can pick what gender they are? ...huh. Well, that doesn't exactly stop emotions, from the way you act anyway, so what makes you think you can't fall in love and want to do... other things?

[lossofface.livejournal.com]

Yes, so I learned.

Can't believe I'm talking about this with a human...Yeah, we feel emotions. We are SENTIENT, after all. But did it ever occur to your sloppy organic mind that our cultural attitudes towards such things might be even the smallest bit different from yours? How do you know we even have this thing you call love?

[strayfag]

It sometimes happens in conjunction with this thing we call a boner.

[scarletspeedstr.livejournal.com]

Hey, I don't think these guys are ready for those kinds of advanced lessons just yet...

[scarletspeedstr.livejournal.com]

Well you must have something close, or else how do you know what I'm talking about? Look, you at least have something similar that you can, uh, compare? to the feeling, right? So... do you feel that way about this other guy?

...and how come your writing keeps changing like that?

(struck parts illegible)

[lossofface.livejournal.com]

I'm psychotic.

Look, I think you're reading WAY too much into all this arguing Luggy Lugnut and I have been doing. We've served together in the Decepticon army for over two and a half million years; of COURSE we're going to have some kind of bond. But frankly, all this talk about my FEELINGS is making me feel sick. Decepticons just aren't like that, understand?

[anonymous]

[deadlyjuliet.livejournal.com]

Psychotic?

...well, at least you're upfront and honest about it.

[lossofface.livejournal.com]

I've had three million years to get used to it, and it's not like it's easy to hide. So why bother?

[anonymous]

[deadlyjuliet.livejournal.com]

So long as you're happy, I suppose.

[lossofface.livejournal.com]

I'd be HAPPY if I were back in my own body and in the process of reducing this place and everyone inside to ash!

This is more like a dull rage.

[anonymous]

[deadlyjuliet.livejournal.com]

...Right.

Have fun with that then.

[lossofface.livejournal.com]

When the time comes, I fully intend to.

[anonymous]

[deadlyjuliet.livejournal.com]

Lovely. When you start, let me know, hm? I'll have a lot of paperwork to fill out to account for the dead.

[lossofface.livejournal.com]

(a few squiggly lines. Confused Blitzwing is confused.)

What's that supposed to mean?

[anonymous]

[deadlyjuliet.livejournal.com]

Simply that my work is never done. I'm glad I only take care of mortal human lives. I'm busy enough as it is without having to worry about all the insignificant creatures the lot of you slaughter every night.

[scarletspeedstr.livejournal.com]

...wait, I'm arguing with a psycho? I gotta remember to stop doing that

But you just said you had feelings, so you can't blame me for talking about them in that case. And maybe I'm reading too much into your relationship, but maybe also there's more there than you want to admit?

[lossofface.livejournal.com]

I believe the closest term, in English, would be "dissociative."

I have multiple personalities! I used to have a separate face for each one, but humans aren't built that way. It's great that I have different handwriting though, otherwise how would I tell myself apart?

And didn't I just say Decepticons aren't like that? We don't go in for this mushy affection stuff like you humans and the Autobots do. We're not WEAK enough.

[scarletspeedstr.livejournal.com]

Great, multiple personalities. Just my luck.

Dude, emotions aren't a sign of weakness, and neither is caring for someone. I mean, how would you feel if your, uh, 'wingmate' got badly hurt or something?

[lossofface.livejournal.com]

Personally I think I got off rather lightly. In retrospect, of course.

I never said emotions were a sign of weakness, human. Rage, for example, has many practical benefits in the right context. But this gooey LOVE thing...Near as I can tell, the only thing it's good for is making Autobots act like idiots.

And if Lugnut were damaged, I would see him repaired, then kick his aft for putting me through all that trouble. We're partners on the battlefield; he's useless to me if he can't function properly.

[scarletspeedstr.livejournal.com]

'Got off rather lightly' for what?

Love doesn't need a reason, it's love. And personally, I wouldn't have anything else.

Besides, that you would help him at all must mean you care somehow, right? Otherwise why not just leave him there?

[lossofface.livejournal.com]

For getting a rebar slammed straight through my optic sensor and deep into my central processor, actually.

Yeah, that's just the sort of slag I'd expect to hear from an Autobot. No wonder they get along so well with your species.

(an arrow has been drawn pointing to one of the above posts, with the phrase "two and a half million years" circled and underlined twice)

I suppose, in that time, I may have grown used to him, in some senses. Certainly I can't imagine attaining the same degree of rapport with any other mechanism. However, our partnership largely remains one of convenience; our fighting styles naturally complement, and our personalities, current situation to the contrary, tend to clash less frequently than when we are forced to work with other Decepticons. But if it came down to a matter of his survival or mine, I would not hesitate to make the proper choice. Actually, a large part of the reason I'm working so hard to convince him to start eating is because, in this sort of situation, my survival is quite strongly linked to his. It will be infinitely easier to fight my way out of here with him by my side.

[scarletspeedstr.livejournal.com]

Well if you want to tell yourself that it's just because of that... But honestly? There's nothing wrong with caring for someone.

[lossofface.livejournal.com]

There is if it makes you sentimental and complacent. I've yet to see someone in love come to a good end.