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caiusbackup ([personal profile] caiusbackup) wrote2010-09-20 06:35 pm

FIC: Waiting for a World to Rebuild, Transformers G1, Grapple/Hoist

Title: Waiting for a World to Rebuild
Fandom: Transformers G1 cartoon
Characters/Pairings:: Grapple, Grapple/Hoist, Rodimus Prime
Rating: PG
Warnings: References to architecture and interface.
Summary: Grapple's been waiting, and designing, and redesigning. When will he have a chance to build?
Notes: Written Saturday for [livejournal.com profile] tf_speedwriting, prompt "Setting the world to rights". About 300 words in about a half an hour; revised today to for repost.

Grapple had almost forgotten what it was like.

Millions of years of: we don't have the resources for that. It's too risky. The Decepticons will attack. The Decepticons actually attacking.

Millions of years of designs never put into practice. There's not enough room for them all in his databanks. There's not enough room enough in Hoist's databanks, either, even if Grapple had demanded that his partner overwrite his own files.

(Which Grapple shouldn't do, wouldn't do, even though the the desire for just a little more space had been so pressing, a time or two or ten, over the vorns, that they'd come out from a design session, from an interface, with some of Hoist's memories or important medical files missing, and a new building in their place.

Only once has Hoist placed a design in Grapple's files that he's never been able to delete: a set of plans for new sentient mech, which, like all the other designs, was never put into practice, though many times revised.)

Grapple himself remembers very little except architecture. He doesn't know who he was before the war, except that he had built things, then; he hardly remembers what he'd built--basic thing, early things, things now destroyed in the physical world and improved upon into oblivion in his databanks.

(The Constructicons remembered. They remembered, and betrayal or not, treason or not, a part of Grapple still treasures the plans they sent him, of buildings long destroyed and buildings not yet created.)

But he remembers enough. He remembers what is important, and he's ready, the day he goes and asks the Prime for permission--asks the new Prime, on a new day, on a Cybertron that is, suddenly, theirs.

Rodimus says yes.

"Come, Hoist! We have a world to rebuild."

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[identity profile] eaten-by-bears.livejournal.com 2010-09-20 11:17 pm (UTC)(link)
This story reminds me of one you wrote about Shockwave. It really communicates how crushing that much time can be.

[identity profile] caiusmajor.livejournal.com 2010-09-21 12:27 am (UTC)(link)
Heh, yeah, the connection hadn't occurred to me, but you've got a point. The whole "four (or nine) million years is a long time" theme kinda fascinates me.

(I've even got a third fic on that theme, with Chromia and Firestar. (http://caia-comica.livejournal.com/108519.html))

[identity profile] fly-buggy-fly.livejournal.com 2010-09-21 12:20 am (UTC)(link)
I don't really know what to say other than I enjoyed this very much! There really isn't enough fic about Grapple or Hoist, so thanks! :D

[identity profile] caiusmajor.livejournal.com 2010-09-21 12:43 am (UTC)(link)
Thank you! And no, there is not.

[identity profile] fierceawakening.livejournal.com 2010-09-21 12:51 am (UTC)(link)
Oh this is awesome.

[identity profile] caiusmajor.livejournal.com 2010-09-21 03:18 am (UTC)(link)
Thank you!

[identity profile] niyazi-a.livejournal.com 2010-09-21 12:52 am (UTC)(link)
This was so powerful even despite its shortness. I love this notion of what they've had to lose in memories and what they retain. Oh, just amazing.

(As always!)

[identity profile] caiusmajor.livejournal.com 2010-09-21 03:20 am (UTC)(link)
Thank you! Memory in Transformers has got to be different than it is for us, and it was fun to play with.

(And aww, thanks! *blushes*)

[identity profile] stunt-muppet.livejournal.com 2010-09-21 02:37 am (UTC)(link)
Gorgeous. I love the idea of them forgetting who they were or what they did in order to preserve their building designs, and the sense of waiting and longing that runs through the fic. Very, very nice.

[identity profile] caiusmajor.livejournal.com 2010-09-21 03:21 am (UTC)(link)
Thank you! And, yeah, Grapple and Hoist have priorities! XD

[identity profile] ultharkitty.livejournal.com 2010-09-21 06:54 am (UTC)(link)
WIN! :D

Yep, I still love this (concept and execution both :D).

Only once has Hoist placed a design in Grapple's files that he's never been able to delete: a set of plans for new sentient mech, which, like all the other designs, was never put into practice, though many times revised. This time around, this bit made me go AWWWWWWWW! I can just imagine them building a new Autobot, and having all kinds of zany adventures trying to be decent creators :D (and the idea of Grapple and Hoist as dads is just too freakin' cute)

*eyes the plot bunny warily, in case it has teeth*

[identity profile] caiusmajor.livejournal.com 2010-09-21 04:12 pm (UTC)(link)
I encourage this! Along with the other Grapple/Hoist stuff you should write. :)

I'm not much for kidfic, as you know, but those two should totally design and build offspring. And *you* should write it 'cause you'll make it a young G1 TF rather than a sparkling.

[identity profile] ultharkitty.livejournal.com 2010-09-21 04:30 pm (UTC)(link)
lol, yep, sparkling fic totally won't be coming from this direction :P (which reminds me, there should be more Technobot genfic, because they're so interesting! I mean, how do they cope with Grimlock giving up his intelligence, and with their creator being a Dinobot, and with being thrown into combat almost as soon as they come online. I have an inordinate fondness for Nosecone :P)

I can just imagine Grapple and Hoist as creators, it'd be hilarious and adorable :D

I'm mulling over the Grapple/Hoist architecture porn, and I have a few ideas brewing. I'll have a go as soon as something solidifies!

[identity profile] caiusmajor.livejournal.com 2010-09-21 04:51 pm (UTC)(link)
(There should be! Sure, they don't have much in the way of canon appearances, or personalities beyond the tech spec/profile level, but it's not like that stops people in this fandom.

I was actually doing some stuff with Nosecone in chat-RP with Boris--Ultra Magnus needed a secretary, and he came to mind...)

And yes! I have a feeling it would be vaguely traumatic, though, as they'd tend to spend a lot of time discussing the poor kid's design, when they were paying attention to it directly at all. XD (And it really, really shouldn't be a sparkling fic--yeah, Hoist's a good deal more responsible, but I still wouldn't want to trust them with anything that would die if it were ignored for a few days!)

Yay architecture porn!
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[personal profile] artemis10002000 2010-09-22 10:39 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, it's so beautiful, both heart-wrenchingly sad and very hopeful towards the end! There is truly a sense of a new beginning. But to think of all the plans lost, the sacrifices made to preserve as many building plans as possible...

[identity profile] caiusmajor.livejournal.com 2010-09-22 02:26 pm (UTC)(link)
Thank you! And, yeah, so very much was lost in all that time, for everyone.