Idiosynthesize

Man, where do I even start with this? I had aimed to do another horror thing in the same vein as What Waits in the Dark and, while trying to decide what exactly I should do, remembered the Inquisitor from Red Dwarf while at the same time having one of my favorite Clive Barker stories, Dread, in the back of my mind and decided to mix the two together. It was going to be short, simple and fun to write.

Almost a year and over 23k words later, I've finally bullied out the last of it. It is such a relief to kick this out of my WIP folder. Now complete, I'm linking to my AO3 for ease of reading.

Also this is very likely going to be my last playing around in Destruction-verse. I love these characters dearly and I'm not normally concerned with not adhering to canon (especially in this fandom), but I think I've told all the stories I can with them. I'm sure I'll do more Transformers stuff and Wreckers are never far from my giant alien robot thoughts but for now: after all the torture I've done them, I think they deserve a rest.

Title: The Mind-Killer
Fandom: Transformers
Rating: PG-13 if not higher
Word Count: 23438
Characters: Springer, Roadbuster, Whirl, Broadside, Sandstorm, Topspin, Twin Twist, Scoop, Xantium
Warnings: PTSD, emotional trauma, mind manipulation, violence, past abuse, some violence/death
Summary: Separated, alone, and unarmed, the Wreckers are each faced with their worst fears. And not all of them will make it out on their own.

The Mind-Killer

Title: You and I Collide: Denial Calling
Fandom: Transformers
Rating: PG
Word Count: 986
Characters: Sandstorm, other Wreckers, Fireflight at the tail end
Summary: I-don't-remember-if-this-is-a-repost. There's obliviousness and then there's just plain obstinate.

( When was the last time Sandstorm ever gave you guys anything? )

Here we are, the last chapter. I want to thank everyone that's been reading, I hope you've enjoyed watching these characters grew through one of their hardest moments. And I hope you get as much feeling of relief and satisfaction upon reading it that I felt after finishing it.

Title: No Survivors 10
Fandom: Transformers IDW
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 3471
Characters: Wreckers, Fireflight, Grimlock
Summary: Death is not the greatest pain in life. The greatest pain belongs to those left alive. Note: While this draws elements from my (sprawling) drabble series What’s Wrong with a Little Destruction?, it’s not necessary to read it to understand the fic, only to get the full effect. Special thanks to Vaeru, Cafei and Meallanmouse for being my betas

Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
Part 5
Part 6
Part 7
Part 8
Part 9

( That’s what family is for, right? To help each other get over their personal demons. )

PS: Not meaning to sound callous, I'm glad people are commenting about crying or feeling heartbreak because I don't consider myself an emotional person (emphatic, yes, emotional, not really) but parts of this story physically hurt to write, so I'm very glad to know others can feel that same heartbreak.

Title: No Survivors 3
Fandom: Transformers IDW
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 3814
Characters: Wreckers, Aerialbots, Blaster, Ratchet, Hot Rod, Optimus Prime
Summary: Character death. Death is not the greatest pain in life. The greatest pain belongs to those left alive. Note: While this draws elements from my (sprawling) drabble series What’s Wrong with a Little Destruction?, it’s not necessary to read it to understand the fic, only to get the full effect. Special thanks to Vaeru, Cafei and Meallanmouse for being my betas

Part 1
Part 2

( Fireflight’s spark hammered wildly, and all he could clearly think about was ‘Sandstorm, you idiot’. )

So I've been sitting on this for a long, long time. I mean like this was originally for the 100th chapter of What's Wrong with a Little Destruction long time ago. Which, if you looked through that meme I did near a month ago, you'd know that already so I'll go ahead and stop.

This was not an easy thing to write and, somehow, it's even harder to post. But, since interest was generated, up it goes. It's 50 pages all together and I'll be putting them up in 5 or so page increments for ease of reading, one chapter a day. Please enjoy and let me know what you think.

Title: No Survivors 1
Fandom: Transformers IDW
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 2196
Characters: Wreckers
Summary: Character death. Death is not the greatest pain in life. The greatest pain belongs to those left alive.

Note: While this draws elements from my (sprawling) drabble series What’s Wrong with a Little Destruction?, it’s not necessary to read it to understand the fic, only to get the full effect. Special thanks to Vaeru, Cafei and Meallanmouse for being my betas

( If he said the words it would make everything real and he just couldn’t deal with that right now. )

Almost two months. I had bits of this written out in December and it's taken be almost two months to finally get to working on it now. I'm so sorry for the huge delay. And yeah, I'm gonna stop pretending I know when this thing is gonna end now...

Title: It Takes a Family 08
Fandom: Transformers IDW
Rating: PG
Word Count: 3576
Characters: Wreckers, minor appearances by Optimus Prime, Prowl and Ratchet at the end
In Response to: kirin_saga’s plot bunny (number 10)
Summary: Just when the Wreckers thought they could handle anything… Springer gets turned into a sparkling. In which a decision is made.

Prologue
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7

( You can’t go in half-clocked like that, not when we need you the most. )

Ugh, a whole month, I'm sorry >< I've been having problems getting any sort of creative flow going for more than a few minutes at a time. Special thanks to meallanmouse for beta-ing my half-coherent writing and double-checking my voodoo technobabble *hugs*

Just a little half-note: the code Omega-13 is kind of an inside joke I had with some buddies a while back. We said the code would be used only in the most dire of circumstances.

Title: It Takes a Family 06
Fandom: Transformers IDW
Rating: PG
Word Count: 2821
Characters: Wreckers
In Response to: kirin_saga’s plot bunny (number 10)
Summary: Just when the Wreckers thought they could handle anything… Springer gets turned into a sparkling. In which the trap is sprung

Prologue
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5

( Something is definitely wrong and we’re just playing right into it. )

I'm... not even going to attempt to explain the lateness or assume I can apologize. I'm not even going to hope the next chapter will be out sooner because I seem to jinx myself whenever I do. Therefore, I just hope people are still interested in reading and haven't all bailed out on someone a little more consistent with their updates ><;;

Also I did a couple quick sketches of how sparkling!Springer may look. Check it out!

Title: It Takes a Family 04
Fandom: Transformers IDW
Rating: PG
Word Count: 1618
Characters: Wreckers
In Response to: kirin_saga’s plot bunny (number 10)
Summary: Just when the Wreckers thought they could handle anything… Springer gets turned into a sparkling. In which a mission comes in.

Prologue
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3

( I hope we didn’t catch you in the middle of anything important. )

So I had most of this chapter written out about two days ago. Then I hit a wall in the scene linking the middle with the end. Sorry for the delay. Hopefully the next chapter won't take too long, either, but no promises. Also it's starting to look like this may end up being eleven chapters and an epilogue, but we'll see how that goes (i'm sure many of you are broken up by that news. and by broken up, i mean ecstatic.)

Title: It Takes a Family 02
Fandom: Transformers IDW
Rating: PG
Word Count: 1623
Characters: Wreckers
In Response to: kirin_saga’s plot bunny (number 10)
Summary: Just when the Wreckers thought they could handle anything… Springer gets turned into a sparkling. In which tempers flare

Prologue
Chapter 1

( To put it bluntly, all this is nothing but a big steaming pile. )

I’ve learned two things tonight. 1) when I’m stuck on another fic, prowling the Bunny Farm is not the smart thing to do and 2) when I need a break from writing Wreckers, I obviously need to write more Wreckers.

Title: It Takes a Family ~Prologue~
Fandom: Transformers IDW
Rating: PG
Word Count: 470
Characters: Wreckers
In Response to: kirin_saga’s plot bunny (number 10)
Summary: Just when the Wreckers thought they could handle anything… Springer gets turned into a sparkling.

( I don’t know I don’t know I don’t know- )