Own Transformers? Me? My only chance of that is if Hasbro decides to sell, and I doubt that will happen. They own Transformers, Kup, Hot Rod/Rodimus Prime, Arcee, and all the money it all makes. I'm just writing a drabble here.


"Hand of Sorrow"
By J.T. Magnus, "Turbo"


I always knew he had potential and he proved me right. Now, I wish he hadn't. Most of the other Autobots think Rodimus Prime is Hot Rod remade. I know better. For Rodimus Prime to live, Hot Rod had to die. Rodimus may look like Roddy, but there's little left of the irreverent, brash young cavalier in the new Autobot leader.

What makes it worse is that two of his best friends are killing what remains of Hot Rod bit by bit each day. He's torn between his honor and the true love of his life; he prayed for both but was denied. Was it worth the ones we loved and had to leave behind? Arcee thinks she's doing him a favor, removing a personal factor from Rodimus' leadership, giving him a chance to follow in Optimus' path. What Arcee doesn't realize is that Optimus would never have made it down that path without Elita's help, or that Rodimus won't without her own. The curse of his powers tormented his life, obeying the crown was a sinister price... His soul was tortured by love and by pain, he surely would flee but the oath made him stay, suffering more every day...

And what really bothers me whenever I see Rodimus is that I know Hot Rod's not the only one this war has killed the soul of. So many dreams were broken and so much we sacrificed... So many years have past, who are the noble and the wise? Will all our sins be justified? Will any of them be? Will this one be?