Hear Me Out.

Am au where rodimus isn't actually hot rod, but a manifestation that the matrix created of an entirely new mach.

But the problem is that he (rodimus) is literally a sparkling.

All of his knowledge is from the matrix. But the matrix (and primus) were stupid and only gave him the most basic knowledge, like how to speak, read, write, transform, and other basic stuff.

But they (the matrix and primus) forgot to give him the mind and mentality of an adult mach. So it's literally a Shazam situation with a child (sparkling) in a grown up body. The only difference is, this sparkling can never change out of the adult body into the one he was supposed to have, and his stuck acting like something and someone who isn't him.

I know the sort of common consensus is IDW Hot Rod/Rodimus being with the Wreckers (probably mainly because of AHM), or just a reserve Wrecker, but I would like to present another potential option:

SpecOps agent Hot Rod/Rodimus.

So, I am currently watching tf cyberverse (got to season 3) and I really like the "bee as no memories" thing that they did the first season.

And that made me think

What if bumblebee woke up just a few thousand years after the meteor that killed the dinosaurs and put grim on shut down.

What if he still didn't remember anything and wondered around earth looking for answers and something to do?

What if while walking around he heard the Allspark calling for him and started following it?

What if while following in it's direction he met cheetor (I don't know how to write his name)?

What if when cheetor found out that bee can hear the Allspark he brought him to it? What if the Allspark chose bee to not also protect it but also to be cheetors friend?

What if bee became a triple changer with a beast form so he could also move around without being spotted?

What if him and cheetor spent millions of years together, becoming eachothers family and learning about the world they are in together?

What will happen in the show? Will windblade atill find grim? Or teletran X? What about the seekers problem? It did only start because she stopped to talk with bee.

There are so many possibilities to how things could happen and it's really interesting to think about it.

My mom just said one of the funniest things I have ever heard she said "the bigger the conspiracy theory, the stupider/ dumber the person." And I couldn't stop laughing for like five minutes. I fu*ing love my mom

So, I finished cyberverse.

And I got more ideas for my lest cyberverse post. ( I'm making it my AU, it has no name yet but I will figure one out later)

SO, Cheetor found bumblebee's pod about two thousand years after humans first evolved ( the show didn't tell us when cheetor was created, so in this au he was created after humans evolved enough to be somewhat sentient). He took bee's pod to the Allspark and their the pod opened and bee woke up.

The Allspark spoke to bee and cheetor and so bee became a second keeper for the Allspark. (He still has no memories)

Bee and Cheetor became best friends (brothers) and protected the Allspark together.

Bee likes exploring the planet and he enjoys learning about the different beings in it. (still a scout at spark)

Cheetor helped bee choose anoter form for going around. (I still have no idea what animal it will be)

Thats everything I came up with, I will update when I have more

A little more on that idea-

The reason he acts so childish is because he died as the cybertronian equivalent of a teenager Or early twenties.

When Megatron finds out that he basically killed a teenager, and doomed that teenager to a life and a role that he didn't want. He is horrified with himself (I believe in Megatron having morals and not believing in killing sparkling or younglings during the war).

No one sees him for two weeks.

Also, after brainstorm finds out he starts working on a way for Rodimus to start aging again. Rodimus is very thankful for that, bit sadly no one lets brainstorm use what he invented for fear of it killing Rodimus.

Brainstorm came up with seven different ways, and made seven different machines for those ways, in two months. Three of those inventions can fix the problem, two of them will just make Rodimus a baby (no actual way of fixing that), one of them will actually kill Rodimus, and the last one will turn Rodimus invisible (not sure how that works).

I heard a sound on tik tok where a character said they are the same age forever, and that got my brain puting rodimus in there.

SO, rodimus who's stuck the same age he was as when he died, both physically and mentally.

The matrix revived him, but he just, stopped aging. He doesn't even realize it until someone points it out to him.

I imagine he doesn't tell the crew cause he doesn't want pity. But then one time he's very drunk and out of it and just starts talking and making everyone concerned.

More for this au (my brain really likes it):

Hot rod told Rodimus stories about his time in the wreckers and his life before the war and during. He also told him about nyon and its history and culture. And Rodimus, wanting to give respect to hot rod and make sure he's also happy, decides to take on the culture of nyon as his own.

He tells the wreckers that he isn't hot rod. He believes that it won't be fair for them to not know, nor will it be fair for him to try and act like someone he is not.

They don't believe him. And Rodimus doesn't blame them for not believing (he's aware that what he told them is insane, and also that they don't want to believe that a mech who was their friend died and the matrix just made an entirely new mach to possess his dead body).

The problem is that even after the war and at the lost light nobody believes that he isn't hot rod. And Rodimus does get annoyed by that, but he also doesn't want to hurt them, so he doesn't say anything.

Hot rod is pretty pissed though. He understands why Rodimus doesn't say anything, but he also knows how much it annoys him that no one believes what he says. (Hot rod tried on multiple occasions to communicate with the wreckers and other machs through their dreams just to be able to yell at them and explain that Rodimus isn't laying, and actually isn't hot rod).

Am au where rodimus isn't actually hot rod, but a manifestation that the matrix created of an entirely new mach.

But the problem is that he (rodimus) is literally a sparkling.

All of his knowledge is from the matrix. But the matrix (and primus) were stupid and only gave him the most basic knowledge, like how to speak, read, write, transform, and other basic stuff.

But they (the matrix and primus) forgot to give him the mind and mentality of an adult mach. So it's literally a Shazam situation with a child (sparkling) in a grown up body. The only difference is, this sparkling can never change out of the adult body into the one he was supposed to have, and his stuck acting like something and someone who isn't him.

Some fluff for this au cause my brain was nice to me (it loves coming up with angst but not fluff).

when hot rod died he was somewhere in his twenties. And when the matrix made Rodimus to possess his body, it "accidentally" brought back hot rod as a sort of voice or ghost that only Rodimus can hear/see.

Hot rod (instead of being mad at having someone possess his body) becomes some sort of mentor- parental figure- for Rodimus cause he realises that he's only a sparkling.

He helps Rodimus by telling him about mechs he meets or are important, Explains about the war and its history, teaches him about Cybertron and its history. And just doing all of the things that the matrix and primus didn't do.

Hot rod is also Rodimus's voice of reason (Rodimus only listens to him). And lets just say that without hot rod, Rodimus (and everyone else) would have been dead fifty times over.

Am au where rodimus isn't actually hot rod, but a manifestation that the matrix created of an entirely new mach.

But the problem is that he (rodimus) is literally a sparkling.

All of his knowledge is from the matrix. But the matrix (and primus) were stupid and only gave him the most basic knowledge, like how to speak, read, write, transform, and other basic stuff.

But they (the matrix and primus) forgot to give him the mind and mentality of an adult mach. So it's literally a Shazam situation with a child (sparkling) in a grown up body. The only difference is, this sparkling can never change out of the adult body into the one he was supposed to have, and his stuck acting like something and someone who isn't him.

No one asked for it (and probably no one ever will), but here is a list of the kinds of characters that I like (it is very weird):

1. Emotionally stunt/ compromised with a LOT of trauma.

2. Lives in a world with magic or other tipe of power system, and either can't or doesn't want to use that system, and just uses their hands and feet to fight. Like ONLY brute strength (and maybe a gun or a big a$$ sword with it).

3. Probably as ADHD or autism or other kind of mental disability that isn't confirmed but ALL of the signs are there and everyone knows they have it.

4. Anger issues.

5. Short and have anger issues.

6. Probably apart of the aro or ace or aroace community just not confirmed.

7. Women who can kill me.

8. Really smart but also very tired all the time. They just don't have the energy to actually try. (It's a good thing, they could take over the world if they tried).

9. No gender.

10. LGBTQ+

11. Animal.

12. Tired mentors.

13. Any kind of disability.

14. Clinically insane.

15. Dumbass.

16. Really likes violence and fighting.

And that is everything that a character can have to automatically make it my favourite.

I won't elaborate more so don't ask.