I Want to Be a Decepticon

by Robotech_Master

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I wanted to be a Decepticon.

Most people now don’t even remember Decepticons. They were from my Grandma’s time, back in the late 20th, early 21st centuries. For some reason, transforming robots fell out of vogue after that.

But I watched all my Grandma’s old discs of the G1 show—the last one that was any good, she said. I wasn’t sure I completely agreed, but at least it was a way to connect with her. I didn’t much care for the snakes and reptiles that were the other big part of her life.

I did agree with her that the Decepticons tended to be the cooler faction—at least when they weren’t written as morons. They had no compunctions about taking what they wanted, and the leaders were tested by survival of the fittest. And they cared about each other. Except for Starscream, of course.

It must have been my posts on the Decepticon fan bulletin board that led the Marauders to me. A chance to be a “real” Decepticon? It sounded too good to be true.

By the time I learned that it actually was, it was too late.

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Comments

Average Reader Rating: 5.0 stars out of 5

  1. I Want to Be a Decepticon

    Robotech_Master's Buddy Icon Robotech_Master

    Posted 6 months ago

    NOTE : Although this story is based on the general idea of a_ girl in Decepticon facepaint, it should _not be taken to be based in any way on the real person in the photo, who I do not know anything about other than that she did an awesome job with that facepaint and she set the photo’s Creative Commons properties such that I could base this ficlet on it.

  2. I Want to Be a Decepticon

    SJHundak/S.J.Willing's Buddy Icon SJHundak/S.J.Willing

    Posted 6 months ago

    Nice piece, alas I know nothing about the decepticons. I think I must be getting old

    LOL

    S.J.

  3. I Want to Be a Decepticon

    John Perkins' Buddy Icon John Perkins

    Posted 3 months ago

    5.0 out of 5 stars

    Cool. The last line really sets up the story nicely. Pulls the reader in.

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