The Diego Diaries: Informational :D
I got a great note so I thought I'd tell you about some of the background stuff that I'm writing into the story. One of the things that I thought was amazing is that in every single universe of TF's, the bots have relationships with kids and they have them around no matter what's going on including battle. G1 was sort of notorious for setting this trend. Kids were in battles, kids were captured, they fought with the bots, and that was considered normal. That continued all along the path to Bey verse. Prime smacks down Simmons for taking 'the children' in the first TF movie, then tells Sam later on to put the cube in his chest if he lost which meant Sam would have to go into the personal combat of two behemoths and get close enough to shove the AllSpark into Prime's chest. On one hand, understanding of their age and frailty was clear and on the other, a view of them as warriors who could handle it.
There are also very young bots with the different universes. Kids like Jolt and Wheelie, then Sideswipe and Strongarm in TF: RID are kids and Bee calls the last two 'teenagers'. All of them are young and that includes Smokey from TF: Prime.
The bots don't know much about the humans and their frailties and their inclusions of kids in all manner of events show that over and over. Who can forget when Raf got hurt and Prime was so apologetic even when hurt. There are many times when someone got hurt and Prime pauses to stare at them in horror and shock, like it just occurred to him what and who they were. I don't think they're that clued in to age given their own semi-immortality, so they have a different opinion about including humans on their adventures. Even in the movies and books, this is so.
The soldiers of N.E.S.T. like to come along and some of the civilians in this story, one as a professional watching professionals and the rest, curious or self motivated individuals. Some of them are just friends who like their company. They've lived together a long time, the bots and family humans and most of the locals have gotten over their fear of space and living dangerously. They would come along to watch and Harris invites himself because he has ulterior motives in all he does. The others come because they want to see, too. They just don't get it yet what this can mean, some of them, going into battle. Their curiosity overrules their common sense.
Never underestimate the curiosity of humans.
As for Jessie … she's adapting to two styles of military life. One is the regimented life she leads on duty with the human garrison and one is the easy-going, mellow path with the bots, most of whom have been friends of the human soldiers from the start. There's respect for Prime that permeates every universe and it comes from the bots in a friendship sort of way. Some call him sensei and others admire him so much that no matter what he asks of them they will do it. They know he will lead fearlessly. They call him by his first name and he, them. There is very little formal structure in their army but they obey him and the general command because that's how their army runs. It also runs on the sense of pride and respect that Optimus commands. Smokey when he met Prime showed that.
Jessie likes the informality. She fits it and when she called Sunstreaker it was because she was nosy about the mission and wanted to see if the phones worked. She's formal in her own army and relaxed and casual in theirs. She becomes what each army is by her demeanor. She in her own way is this story's Miko, someone who loves them without reservation and finds their company fulfilling. It mutes her natural fear.
Humans going along is business as usual for the bots. Being casual together is also normal. The humans have adapted to that format and enjoy it in this story. I like this idea because its something that has persisted in TF and is hilarious some of the time. Where else would a kid like Miko be genuinely considered a Wrecker and equal among the big mechs so she ends up in battles than here in TF's? I'm adding this atmosphere into Mars to allow the humans to interact with the bots the way the shows do. :D
I wouldn't go with the fleet myself but some of the humans do and personally, I think they're nuts. But even so, they're canon. I do remember the kids dividing up with bots to find relics. G1 Bee and the kids. All of it is canon. :D
:D:D:D Love the notes.
-0-Me, tip tapping the segment for today edited 7-3-18