Mermay!

Mermay!

I’m working on my Mermay story from last year!  It’s one I’ve always meant to continue and I JUST realized that it’s May again!

Plot summary:  Prowl is sent to a small seaside village to recover from a difficult case. He eventually makes a bet that leads him to a new world under the Glass Sea.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/26352646/chapters/77505506

Fluffy Baby Nonsense

How exactly do you find sensitivity readers for a fanfic?

“Hello, I need to know how well I’m portraying this trans African American character.  The story is about alien robots in love who find each other across time and space.”

Optimus and First Aid go on a shopping trip. Optimus struggles with how he views himself now that he's a sparkling.

Jazz talks to a sleeping sparkling!Optimus after a long day:

Jazz stroked over Optimus’s helm.

“Sometimes, little bit, ya get too attached to ya pain.  It shaped ya - and ya start to let it define ya.  We did impossible things and carried impossible burdens.  It’s hard to set those things down and just be normal.  ‘Specially ‘round the neutrals.  We ain’t better.  They ain’t better.  But sometimes it feels like we are, like we deserve it more because we sacrificed more.  Makes some bots angry ta see the neutrals happy - because they haven’t earned it - or sad - because they don’t deserve to be sad when they didn’t go through what we did.”

“We want ta be happy in this new peace ‘a ours.  Want ta be happy ‘n normal.  But we know in our sparks tha’ we’re different an’ pretendin’ we ain’t feels like lying.  Or like we’re tryin’ ta forget the war and we can’t do that.  ‘m not sure what I think ‘bout it all.  I jus’ wanna see ya happy, bitlet.  Love ya.” 

2,600 words and counting...

Me: I know!  I’ll use this idea to fill a spot on the Bingo!  Great!  Quick little insta-lust with feelings and a funny joke.  1,500 words, done in an evening!

Brain: Complicated backstory.  Alternate Universe.

Me: 2,000 words and some cute confessions of attraction

Brain: Fun exciting chase scene in the middle.  Explosions.  Characters clashing.

Me: Insta-lust with awkward Prowl and two funny jokes.  Final offer.

Brain: Slow burn.  3 parts.  Character arc.