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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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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?

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.

'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?

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.

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

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

Not surprising if you guys look down on it so much. You'd probably never see anyone in love at all. You should try it sometime, it doesn't bite... unless you like that kind of thing.

Heh. And who do you suggest I try this love thing out on, human? You? You certainly seem to be the willing type.

~~Oh geez, not this again~~

Your wingmate seems like the most obvious choice, I mean, you already seem to care about each other a lot, and you've known each other a while...

You're not grasping this two and a half million years thing, are you? Lugnut and I have been partners for longer than your species has EXISTED. And in all that time, neither of us have ever felt the urge to downgrade our relationship into LOVE. Why in the Pit's name would we start NOW?

Riiight, two and a half million years. Well, maybe it felt that long... And besides, most people see love as and upgrade, not a downgrade. But either way, it's not exactly something you can force really, it just kinda happens.

And seeing as you're human now, you might not have much of a say in the matter. Though if you're worried, you can always practice the, uh, physical side of it...

No, it was literally two and a half million years. I'm SEVEN million years old, if it makes you feel better.

Anyway, isn't the root of this argument our differing views on love? Who was it who said we're products of our culture? Or programming, in my case. I wonder if there's a significant difference? Anyway, look. You keep talking about how love's this great wonderful thing, right? So prove it! Show me some way love actually makes you stronger, despite all the various times I've seen it get people killed. Put your money where your mouth is, as they say on Broadway!

Or wait, is it Broadway where they say that? Maybe it's Toronto. I can't remember!

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