I strangely find Soundwave/Thundercracker appealing. Not because of their chemistry or personalities, but because of the sheer ridiculous levels of riotous chaos with them having a drunken one-night-stand resulting in a newspark.
Perhaps if Soundwave and Thundercracker weren’t close to self-centered, paranoid egomanics/assholes, then they could have dealt with this like responsible adults, but no. They can’t. So they suffer.
Megatron and Starscream are both frothing at the mouth: “OF ALL THE MECHS HERE, THAT ONE?!?”
Like just imagine, Megatron ordering TC into Soundwave’s quarters to limit Starscream’s “obviously painful” attempt to leverage more influence. Starscream and Skywarp retaliate by moving into the TIC’s habsuite as well since there’s no way they’re leaving their poor trinemate in the clutches of a “sparkless drone of a telepathic sycophant under orders to undermine my own domain” (Starscream’s words). Skywarp, on the other hand, has no wish to be by lonesome, nor share a berth with manic-paranoid Starscream.
And, of course, Megatron can’t let Soundwave be hassled in his own rooms with 3:1 odds against the telepath, so he does the reasonable thing…
Breaking down the walls between his and Soundwave’s quarters and joining them to even the odds.
In the combined berth, Starscream and Megatron are hissing death threats to each other while glaring into Soundwave and Thundercracker to “get on with it,” Soundwave has constant migraines, TC can’t sleep, and Skywarp is absolutely living it with the cassettes.
(Meanwhile, the Autobots are enjoying their drama with popcorn. Bets are set: who will break first, who TC will punch first, and whether or not will it end in an orgy.)
