Oh, OUCH. This chapter was brutal. (It’s also the best response to a jealousy prompt I’ve ever read.) Fireflight’s a major screw-up, but he gets presents and praise from his gestalt leader; all Drag Strip ever gets is pain and degradation. No wonder he lashed out in the only way he could - Fireflight is getting the one thing Drag Strip craves most from his leader on a regular basis, and he doesn’t even appreciate it. He takes it completely for granted because that’s *normal* to him. I kind of wanted to slap him myself!

This line was particularly gut-wrenching, especially knowing Drag Strip’s history with Motormaster: “It was just a compass! Drag Strip thought furiously. It wasn't your optics, was it? Your tires didn't get wrenched off, did they? I didn't twist your spoiler nearly in half, did I?”

DANG. Only you could write a self-centered jerk with so much pathos.

I love how you filled in the gaps in the cartoon episode. Thanks for sending Dead End for repairs (and Wildrider’s comment about putting in a sunroof, lol). I always felt that what Warpath did to him looked particularly brutal. Likewise Breakdown getting set on fire (although at least Inferno puts him out when he starts to panic.)
Hoist saying “Glad I don’t have to fix ‘em,” always bothered me, too. Considering the Stunticons have only been alive for what, three episodes at this point? You’d think the ‘Bots would go a bit easier on them. They certainly give the Aerialbots plenty of leeway, not to mention just enough rope to hang themselves. I guess the Autobots are just really offended that the humans keep mistaking the Stunticons for them (ruins their good guy image!) That’s probably where they came up with the idea to impersonate them...
In any case, the Autobots deserved to be called hypocrites after beating the crap out of these kids with guns (what DID happen to their force fields anyway?) and then saying, “Join us and you won’t be abused anymore.” Reminding Motormaster of that on top of letting him see all the damage they did to his team didn’t help either.
Final note: Breakdown actually says, “As I preducted,” when he breaks out, which I never noticed until I rewatched the episode recently. It’s adorable.

On to the next chapter!

AUGH! That was not the fun ending I was expecting. Poor Breakdown, all he wanted to do was sit quietly in his room and read his tiny magazine. Now Motormaster’s got him, and if Breakdown thought his gestaltmates were being too pushy, I doubt he’s going to have a fun time with his boss.

I read this chapter last night and this line still had me laughing this morning:
"You haven't mentioned him before so I have no idea who he is, but yes. Exactly."
Still giggling.

Also nice to see Geri again. On to the next chapter!

"Everybody out on bad behavior!" That brings a smile to my face.

You got that right, Stephanie! :P Dead End has a beautiful voice. :P

OMG! Romeo and Juliet would be a PERFECT film between Autobots and Decepticons. Personally I would have chosen Starscream and Skyfire, but this is the Stunties, so... *shrug*

I hope you'll continue updating this! ): Three years is kinda long...

Late review, but just wanted to express what fun it's been reading your stories, especially the Geri - Wildrider ones. They strike me as a kind of Dory and Nemo's dad pair, except with Geri it was the other way around with her dad being kidnapped so it was more of the latter part of the movie where Nemo and Dory are looking for the dad but then again Dory's more bonded to Nemo's dad who keeps her grounded so... well, anyway. It's very sweet and funny, and sad because the way you write it that's always part of anything that has to do with the stunticons.
The other chapters are wonderful as well, thanks for writing fanfics and congratulations on your publication.

WHAT HAPPENED ON CHARR?

Chapter eight made me realize, that as a whole, the stunticons make up one, giant schizophrenic mind set.

Breakdown's paranoia and irrational belief that he's being watched, or even persecuted at times.

Drag Strip's megalomania.

Dead End's catatonic attitude towards life.

Wildrider's self explanatory, really. But let me just take a moment to reflect upon "Cars behind bars," and "Hell in a cell." Clearly, a word salad.

And Motormaster? I'm not even sure, but he's the leader of the team so I guess that makes him crazy too.

I learned (the hard way) that eating/drinking while reading this fic is a very, VERY, bad idea. *wipes vegetables off the screen* Anyhoo, LOL OMG SO FUNNY where do you get your ideas from? Subspace? . All incredibly original and delightful to read. :) moar plz! ;)

*burst into giggles and falls down* Oooh! Wonderful! Just wonderful. I love Wildriders little comic book 3 I bet it was adorable.

Mmm the Seekers are smex, can't blame Wild to want one in his berth.

This is an AWESOME story! I really liked how you wrote the Constructicons clashing about how the set should be done. I also really like Stephanie and Geri. Especially Geri, since she and Wildrider go together so well. I look forward to reading more about Geri and Wildrider! :) Please keep up the great work and update soon!

What an amazing Christmas gift was to find your update!

This was so amusing to read, every one of the text messages, word by word, perfectly accurate to the Stunticons’ personalities. More than excuse to beat the slag out of his subordinates – as if he needed one – Motormaster asks for those reports to have an aproximate idea of what really happened. No wonder why he didn’t ask Wildrider to elaborate one.

I wonder if his comic “sequel” will include some of his Seeker fantasies… hot hot hot, something’s cooking there.

I highly encourage you to listen to your muses concerning Wildrider’s reaction about Geri’s boyfriend. All those ideas you suggest are always so attractive! It never happened to me before, but I consider Geri as if she were a canon character.

Thanks for this gift, honestly. More than laughing, I was so happy during all the read. Merry Christmas :o)

Geez, Dead End should have really thought out giving Wildrider the report. Hopefully, it made someone's day back at base. And I liked the strap-on wings.

Argh, freakin' , not telling me when you've done a new chapter. Poor, poor Long Haul. Being dressed down like that infront of your peers - yowch.