Volume 22, Issue #638

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The Cybertronian

Fiction Edition
12-18 Nov, 2011

Editor's Note

We were blessed with some wonderful stories this week – some funny, some witty, some pronzy, and some insightful. I hope you enjoy the gatherings of this week.

As always, if I forgot a link, messed up a link or in some way didn't do something right, please let me know so I can fix it. Onward to the stories!

Fanfiction

K Fics (G)

birdiebot Dungeons and Dragons [Sideswipe, Sunstreaker, Ratchet, G1]
hopeofdawn Ch. 5 Giants of the Earth [Optimus Prime, Ratchet, Prowl, Jazz, ensemble, post-DotM, AU]
ladydragon76 Restitution [Sunstreaker, Prowl, Sideswipe, G1]
taralynden Let's do it again! [Prowl, Jazz, G1]

K+ Fics (PG)

bluebuickr Ch. 4 Persuasion [Starscream, Ratchet, Breakdown, TFP-ish]
darkeyes_17 Reason [Thundercracker, G1, mention of a war torn landscape]
fierceawakening Pandora [Arachnid, Megatron, Orion Pax, TFPrime, spoilers for the season finale]
kamiraptor Gotta Get Away [Breakdown, Knock Out, TFPrime, fluff]
ladydragon76 Zoom Zoom [Orion Pax, Blurr, IDW]
merfilly Ch. 12: Machinations, Ch. 13: The Hidden Enemy To Build a Future [Ratchet, Starscream, Ravage, Soundwave, movie]

Uncomfortable [Hot Rod, Arcee, Daniel Witwicky, Springer, G1]
Trade Goods [Swindle, Vortex, G1/Pitch Black xover]

mmouse15 Four Times Perceptor Met Starscream and One Time He Didn't [Perceptor, Starscream, Wheeljack, pre-war G1, mentions of explosion damage, robotic gore, violence]
taralynden First Love [Prowl, Jazz, G1 pre-history]
zuzeca All the Sparks of Nature [Megatron, unnamed OC, TFPrime, spoilers for season finale, self-mutilation]

T Fics (PG-13)

anon_decepticon Ch. 42: Impound Lot Crash Course [Breakdown, Dead End, ensemble, G1, human!TFs, smut]
antepathy Observer Effect [Perceptor, Jetfire, IDW post LSOTW, pretentious science]
casusfere Ch. 1: Entering Freemark The Freemark Conspiracy [Onslaught, Vortex, Swindle, G1, implied sexual situations, implications of unconditional surrender to Decepticons]
chimeradark Part 3, Ch. 4 The Curse [Sunstreaker, Ratchet, Sideswipe, Hound, G1, cross-dressing, cussing, insane bots]
darkeyes_17 Ch. 6 Inspired by Maroon 5 [Prowl, Jazz, G1, slash]
dellessa Incidental [Jazz, Thundercracker, G1 AU, pre-war, slash, kissing]

Severing [Prowl, Skywarp, SG AU, slash, kissing]
Watching [Soundwave, Arcee, TFPrime, minor violence, stalking]

d_lueth Needed Matchmaking [Ratchet, Teletraan, G1 AU, pre-Earth, drinking, implied naughtiness]
femme4jack and merfilly Ch. 2: Obliviate Fidelius [Ratchet, Ironhide, Optimus Prime, movie AU, unnamed character death, innuendo, non-explicit spark merge, genocide of unnamed alien species, mild violence and gore]
femme4jack Femme [Mikaela Banes, Ratchet, Jazz, Wheeljack, movie, innuendo, flirting, minor fields and tactile intimacy, xeno]
Goldcrown1994 The Torture of Forever [Megatron, TFPrime, sparkling]
ladydragon76 Rule Number One [Thundercracker, Skywarp, Megatron, G1, minor violence]
lady_katana4544 Five Firsts [Arcee, Elita One, ensemble, IDW AU, multiple relationships, femslash, het, language, intimacy, slash]
merfilly Distracting Desires [Perceptor, Skyfire, G1]
mmouse15 Mellow Yellow [Ratchet, Sunstreaker, Sideswipe, G1, mentions of former noncon, violence]
nan00kwrites Ch. 13 Fallout: Apocalypse [Jazz, Thundercracker, ensemble, movie AU]
P.A.W.07 Ch. 9 Orphans [Rumble, Blaster, G1, character death]
pjlover666 Broken [Prowl, Jazz, G1 AU, family themes, mentions of violence]*

Ch. 3 Numquam Desistas [Prowl, Jazz, movie]

prowlerprime Ch. 1 Family [Sideswipe, Sunstreaker, Prowl, ensemble, G1, language]
zatnik Ch. 1, Ch. 2 It's Been A While [Thundercracker, AU, OC]

M Fics (R)

antepathy The Wonder of the World [Springarm, Wing, IDW Liberation AU, tactile]
femme4jack [LiveJournal] and merfilly [LiveJournal] Ch. 3: Rennervate Fidelius [Ratchet, Ironhide, movie, explicit intimacy, PnP, tactile, fields, spark, size kink]
jujukittychick [LiveJournal] New Modes of Relaxation [Sam, Bumblebee, movie, slash]
ladydragon76 [LiveJournal] Psychedelic [Beachcomber, SG, drug use, crack]
lugianna [LiveJournal] Ch. 10 Lifesource [Sam, Starscream, movie,]
mmouse15 [LiveJournal] There Are No Words [Perceptor, Ultra Magnus, G1, dubcon, sticky]
P.A.W.07 Ch. 23: It's a Long Story Promise Not to Tell [Bumblebee, ensemble, movie]
renegadewriter8 [LiveJournal] Ch. 1, Ch. 2, Ch. 3 Draconta [Prowl, Jazz, Ratchet, Optimus, Ironhide, AU, dragon!bots] Individual sections have their own warnings.
taralynden [LiveJournal] Part 18 Story of a Lifetime [Prowl, Jazz, ensemble, G1-AU, tissue warning]

MA Fics (NC-17)

antepathy [LiveJournal] Ch. 3 Meridian [Deadlock, Wing, Megatron, IDW AU, sticky, dubcon, violent sex]

Culpability [Drift, Wing, IDW, sticky]

caiusmajor [LiveJournal] Turnabout [Rodimus Prime, Ultra Magnus, G1, tentacles, botsex, sticky, Matrixporn]

Melting Point [Galvatron, Cyclonus, G1, PnP, tentacles, sticky, damage to sensitive hardware]

femme4jack [LiveJournal] Self Love [Perceptor, Beachcomber, Red Alert, G1, masturbation, detachable interface equipment (sticky), oral, voyeurism, tentacle-like cables, PnP, spiritual themes. Non-explicit dubcon reference in Ch. 1]
keelywolfe [LiveJournal] A Road That You Travel On [Bumblebee, Sam, Optimus Prime, movie AU, threesome, holoforms]

Show Another Me [Optimus, Ratchet, TFPrime, sticky]

ladydragon76 [LiveJournal] Better Than You! [Megatron, Soundwave, Starscream, G1, noncon]

Day 72 Crackalackalicious [Starscream, ensemble, post-07 movie, human!bots, slash, AU, sticky]
Blizzard [Sunstreaker, Prowl, Sideswipe, G1, light dubcon, PnP, PWP]
For Science! But Because of Boredom [Sideswipe, Perceptor, IDW, sticky, cracky, slightly OOC]

merfilly [LiveJournal] Self-Service Seduction [Mikaela Banes, Jazz, movie, toys]
miki_nyan [LiveJournal] Ch. 1 Transformers Beautiful Mess [Sam, Bumblebee, Optimus Prime, movie, slash, language]
thalanee [LiveJournal] Tattoo [Jazz, Prowl, Ratchet, ensemble, language, don't eat or drink while reading this fic!]
ultharkitty [LiveJournal] Ch. 9 The Wages of Compassion [Vortex, First Aid, ensemble, G1 AU, spark bonding, robotic gore, implied combat violence, sexual themes, explicit consensual and non-consensual sticky and non-sticky sex, tentacles, coercion, dark]

Plotbunnies & Challenges

tf_rare_pairing [LiveJournal] has posted its weekly challenge prompts; check them out! Also, if you get an idea for a prompt for a rare pairing, please send them to tfrare.pair@gmail.com!
twins_x_ratch [LiveJournal] has started a weekly challenge, the wrench of inspiration. They'll post weekly prompts, feel free to head over and check them out! Here's the prompts for week two.
beastwars_100 [LiveJournal]'s challenge this week is Villain. Have fun with it, but only in 100 words!
competition_fun [LiveJournal] has a new contest for you to check out! You only have until the 30th of November!
flesh_and_steel [LiveJournal] has a new challenge for you, Cheesy Pickup Lines!
Here's the stats post for last week's tf_speedwriting [LiveJournal] prompts; be sure to check the comm tomorrow (Saturday) for the new prompts!

tfiwts {Transformers Fanfic I want to see}

Looking for a specific Optimus/Starscream fic.
Looking for Ironhide/Ratchet and Lambo Brothers.

Fic Recs

None this week!

Beta requests

seven_ace [LiveJournal] offered to be a beta.
lady_bs_mew [LiveJournal] needs a beta (or more than one!) for a complex Starscream story. Details are here.
kyliesvillain [LiveJournal] needs a beta from a native English speaker for a TFA fic. Details are here.

Misc.

For those of you interested in Yuletide, there is one TF fandom, TF: Energon, nominated; here's a list of the fandoms. For all the latest info on Yuletide, check yuletide_admin [LiveJournal]. Sign-up information is now up, and so is the pinch-hit list. Most links go to entries on the yuletide_admin comm so you can read all the information, not just the brief blurb I give.
Update on the Transfancentral music section. Oops! There appears to be a problem.
twins_x_ratch [LiveJournal] has posted a set of criteria for rating fics posted to their comm.
Reminder! tf_prime [LiveJournal] wants to remind you that the November Prompt Revival is still going on; prompt list is here. ALSO, the Winter Wishlist is open until next Friday; concept post here and submission/request post here.

competition_fun [LiveJournal] entries
Weeee! [Skywarp, Thundercracker, Starscream, G1, humor, crack]
Crimson and Gold [Sideswipe, Sunstreaker, G1, fluff]

* indicates a fic unrated by the author, so I guessed.