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[caiusbackup]

As a small step towards remembering how to express myself non-fictionally, a new meme-like thing:

Give me a topic, preferably a fannish topic that I would be likely to have something to say about, and I will attempt to write you a few paragraphs of meta on what I think about the subject.

Comments

[eaten-by-bears.livejournal.com]

Hm, I love hearing what you have to say about Rodimus.

Rodimus!

[caiusmajor.livejournal.com]

Well, to begin with, I think he's a hot robot. He has a nice curviness you get with several of the TFTM characters--he was initially designed as a character rather than a toy, and it shows, deliciously. The color scheme is over the top but I love it just for that. How many 'bots can get away with magenta, after all? And apparently I have a thing for flames on my Autobots. (See also: Tracks.)

Aside from that, I mostly don't find Hot Rod very appealing. Sure, he's young and cute and reckless and probably a totally awesome babysitter, but it's when he becomes Rodimus Prime that he becomes interesting to me. Suddenly he's got a huge responsibility that he didn't want and really isn't dealing with so well, is depressed and reckless and slowly dealing--and having some degree of actual character development, although G1 isn't very good at that, really.

And more importantly from my perspective, it gives him delicious issues that work so very nicely for putting him in the berth with Galvatron. Or Cyclonus. Or preferably both. He's still reckless (and now depressed) enough to do it, he's tough enough to take it, and he really wants someone to take the decisions away from him and make him hurt delightfully for awhile.

Or, alternately, he can stay (or get sent back to) the Autobots and get cuddles! Or get tied up really awkwardly by Magnus. Or get stories and spankings from Kup! Or sexy threesomes with Arcee and Springer, not that I ever write that but other people should.

So, yeah. Rodimus is a fun nexus of kinkable issues. Perfect for porn!

Re: Rodimus!

[eaten-by-bears.livejournal.com]

Oh, Hot Rod. So innocent. So cute. So totally unaware of all the slag that's going to happen to him XD For the most part, I don't count the brief, regrettable fourth season as canon, but I like it just for how happy Hot Rod is. It's good to see that he's still capable of it.

His issues are pretty kinkable, aren't they? I've never managed to wrap my head around him and Magnus. Ultra Magnus is a fascinating character, but I can't help seeing him as totally vanilla. And my headcanon Rodimus sees him more as a Grown Up with Capital Letters than as a sexytimes partner.

Re: Rodimus!

[caiusmajor.livejournal.com]

I'm kind of fascinated by post-S3 Hot Rod--not so much in S4 in particular, which is mostly really unfortunate, but there are so many interesting things to do with him now he's no longer Prime, but has been Prime, so he has the experiences and issues that Rodimus does.

Like putting him in the berth with Galvatron. *predictable!*

I see Magnus as pretty vanilla and also pretty subby, which means he and Rodimus are kind of a trainwreck, but the kind of trainwreck that I kind of adore. Magnus trying to give Rodimus what he needs, even if it's, like, a whipping, is really hot to me, and I'm also fond of them fighting over who has to top. (I haven't really written it in fic, but I do RP them a lot in chat.)

My headcanon Roddy sometimes thinks of him as a sexless Grown Up superior and sometimes (as Hot Rod) thinks of him as a hot forbidden challenge who he should totally seduce. :D

Re: Rodimus!

[eaten-by-bears.livejournal.com]

Ah, hot for teacher, huh? (Or counselor. With his combination of wholesome love for order, compulsive need to give advice, and talent for calm and accepting listening, Ultra Magnus is the most school counselor-like robot I have ever encountered)

Re: Rodimus!

[caiusmajor.livejournal.com]

Hot for Commander, anyway!

(...and now I have a bizarre image of Magnus trying to convince Roddy to apply to college and MAKE SOMETHING OF HIMSELF. And not drop out and start a heavy metal band like Springer did!)

Re: Rodimus!

[eaten-by-bears.livejournal.com]

Yes. And he thinks Hot Rod and First Aid should be study buddies, because they have a lot to teach each other about Believing In Yourself.

(And maybe hanging out with a medic will convince Hot Rod that driving really fast to the top of tall things and jumping off of them is not a viable career path)