Comment on on the drive home

  1. squireofgeekdom Tue 18 Dec 2018 05:34AM UTC

    I saw 'grad student au' and was immediately interested like. relatable. and then:

    "Rodimus went over to the fridge and got out the cheese, and then grabbed the bread from the freezer. He’d started keeping it there after letting two loaves go bad because he forgot to eat through them in time." I DO EXACTLY THIS except I defrost it in the toaster, not the microwave. RELATABLE.

    I like the translation of Rodimus's backstory ("But I’m starting to think that he never believed I could succeed" was a gut punch), and the Decepticons and Drift.

    These two making grilled cheese was *adorable*. I'm also making a mental note about the mayonaise because I've never tried that before...

    "Rodimus had spent too much time assuming that Megatron appeared in the world to make poetically worded speeches about social injustice and punch cops and then disappeared into the ether." I don't know why this is funny to me but it is.

    These two and the gym was great. I like how you write these two - clicking, I guess is the word - such that they can trust each other with a lot, really well. And this was so Rodimus: "Rodimus could already tell that his arms were going to ache like crazy tomorrow, but it was worth it for the times Drift put his hands on Rodimus to correct his posture."

    The end of the dinner with Optimus and co is such a gut punch, and really well set up

    g o s h I love how you write these two's mutual support, it's so so good. my HEART. Drift's "I believe in you." Rodimus's speech about overreacting - which is very on-point - and "You have me," just. ahhhh!! so good.

    And Rodimus worrying about Drift! Going to the student office to check for him! NEVER EVEN CONSIDERING DRIFT MIGHT ACTUALLY LIKE HIM UNTIL PROMPTED g o s h this is SO Rodimus. (And your Rung is delightful!)

    Drift and Rodimus's conversation in the hospital is so good. "You refuse to let yourself be happy," is a really good description, and Drift's explanation, and all of this... ahhh.

    Drift getting a new apartment! (with Ratchet, I'm guessing??) holding hands! good smooch! and just ... ahhh, "Then... be happy." is such a closing line, it's so good.

    I absolutely love this fic, and if you write more in this verse I will be here for it!! Like I said, I really like the way you've translated the characters and backstory, and as always I really enjoy your Rodimus and Drift - your characterization and relationship writing is great, these two just ring *so* true and I love how you write their relationship. Wonderful stuff, thank you for sharing it!!

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    1. choomchoom Thu 20 Dec 2018 04:24PM UTC

      nautica MTMTE43

      haha i also defrost bread in the toaster UNLESS i'm making grilled cheese or french toast :D. i had fun slipping some silly ordinary life things into this one when i'm usually writing alien robots in space which is...less conducive to that.

      i'm so glad you liked those interactions! I love writing these two leaning on and supporting each other, approaching solvable problems as a unit.

      writing from Rodimus's POV is a blast. sometimes he's very aware of things and steamrolls his way through awkward situations, and sometimes he's totally oblivious.

      This was my first time writing an AU this different from canon (the idea just kind of...happened to me, and demanded to be written), I'm glad it worked for you! Thank you so much for the lovely comment, glad you liked it!!

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