Brainstorming Post

[tfmegaratchmod]

By popular demand, we are opening up a brainstorming post for the community to better facilitate discussion and the flow of ideas for users.

This post will be one of the two pinned posts on the community in order to keep it easy to find.

All users are welcome to use the comments of this post to brainstorm MegaRatch-related ideas.

Please be respectful of each other and the community rules still apply.

Comments

[yvannairie]

Verbal slapfights as a love language.

Those two definitely get lonely when there isn't someone nearby to constantly backtalk. They can be occupied for hours with just the backtalk.

I'm especially thinking about how interesting this would be in the context of Animated where Ratchet usually keeps his actual intelligence close to his vest and lets people underestimate him as just a cranky old heap of cogs, while TFA!Megatron is one of the most slippery and verbally manipulative of them all. It would be a fun clash of personalities, I think.

[dustbunny105]

I was thinking recently about a broadly G1, crack-treated-seriously scenario where the 'bots and 'cons have a temporary ceasefire and towards the end of it, Ratchet finally has enough of Megatron's blustering and hauls off and punches him in the face and Megatron catches feelings from it. Then when the status quo is reestablished, Megatron keeps targeting Ratchet during confrontations and interprets Ratchet's refusal to take the bait as playing hard to get and probably thinks Optimus stepping in to defend Ratchet is just jealousy. The Decepticons treat this development as a very messy affair/bad breakup-- Starscream probably tries to declare himself leader of the Decepticons on the basis of Megatron "cheating" on Optimus due to a midlife crisis or something-- and the Autobots are all just bewildered. Ratchet is pissed off and intimidated but also flattered despite himself. Idk where I'd go with this exactly but the idea is fun.