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leclairageAlternate Universe! I had a really, really tough time narrowing these down, so here have five! I have a solid four other AU recs that are going up later in the week...
IDW, The Good Place AU, Starscream/Ultra Magnus, Rodimus/Thunderclash, Rodimus/Rung,
Rated T
Rated T
INCOMPLETE - Starscream dies and goes to heaven, but there's been a mix up. They think he was a philanthropist. This story is only two chapters in and just started last month and I'm already obsessed. You'll love it more if you've seen the Good Place (an incredible TV show about the afterlife, basically), but the fic delivers all the details of the premise so it's not required. Starscream is Eleanor and Ultra Magnus is Chidi and uh, it's incredible. The writing is stunning, the way TFs worldbuilding gets intertwined with the concepts of the show is wow. I'm completely sold on the rarepair... Anyway go, run, read this, right now!
Sun Rising by tragakes, ![[archiveofourown.org profile]](https://p2.dreamwidth.org/b164c54b26e4/-/archiveofourown.org/favicon.ico)
lefj
TFP, Zombies Apocalypse AU, MegOP
Rated E
Rated E
Right after the meeting with the council, but before Orion finds the matrix, suddenly, there are zombies. If that premise isn't enough to make you run to read this, well, it contains the absolute best defense, from Megatron, that I have ever read in fanon, of why he feels betrayed and breaks with Orion after what happens at the Council. The romance between them is stunning, but the plot that runs concurrently is full of surprises and twists (like, really twisty twists!), and Jazz and Soundwave are impressive secondary characters throughout. In some ways, also a TFP fix-it fic. I l
Total Eclipse byneveralarch
G1, Culture Clash/Barbarian AU, Megastar
Rated E
The Decepticons herd sheepacron, and Starscream and co are fleeing from the Vosian Army for "completely understandable and non-criminal reasons." The language barrier is steep: until almost the last minute Starscream is convinced that "Megatron" is a title that he can usurp. I had the great privilege of betaing this fic, and I laughed nearly the whole time.
Where Loyalties Lie by tragakes,lefj
TFP-ish, Role Reversal AU, Megatron/Soundwave
Rated M
Okay, so I thought, you shouldn't rec two works by the same person in one day—but I'm sorry I just can't not. This fic is stunning, and brilliant, and as usual for tragakes longer fics, intricately plotted. The twists! I don't want to spoil anything, so here's their summary: Megatron is a fresh, promising recruit into the Decepticon cause — and somehow he finds himself falling for his anonymous handler.
And I Alone Have Escaped to Tell You byastolat
G1, Time Travel and Parallel Universes AU, Cyclonus/Megatron
Rated T
I can't not rec this—it's the fic that got me into Transformers, after all. World-building, a glorious plot, a cast of compelling secondary characters, and a hyper-competent Cyclonus whose passion and poignant emotions are stunning.
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G1, Culture Clash/Barbarian AU, Megastar
Rated E
The Decepticons herd sheepacron, and Starscream and co are fleeing from the Vosian Army for "completely understandable and non-criminal reasons." The language barrier is steep: until almost the last minute Starscream is convinced that "Megatron" is a title that he can usurp. I had the great privilege of betaing this fic, and I laughed nearly the whole time.
Where Loyalties Lie by tragakes,
TFP-ish, Role Reversal AU, Megatron/Soundwave
Rated M
Okay, so I thought, you shouldn't rec two works by the same person in one day—but I'm sorry I just can't not. This fic is stunning, and brilliant, and as usual for tragakes longer fics, intricately plotted. The twists! I don't want to spoil anything, so here's their summary: Megatron is a fresh, promising recruit into the Decepticon cause — and somehow he finds himself falling for his anonymous handler.
And I Alone Have Escaped to Tell You by
G1, Time Travel and Parallel Universes AU, Cyclonus/Megatron
Rated T
I can't not rec this—it's the fic that got me into Transformers, after all. World-building, a glorious plot, a cast of compelling secondary characters, and a hyper-competent Cyclonus whose passion and poignant emotions are stunning.
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