This story has a much different feel than your usual fare of Megatron/Starscream, and that's certainly not a bad things as the dynamics between these two are very different, indeed. The reader can certainly tell Optimus is outside his comfort zone in dealing with this scheming mech, and perhaps his naivety in dealing with the other faction on a more person level gets the best of him in this story. I can certainly see Starscream's up to no good, but poor Optimus gets the wool pulled over his eyes!
I also really like Starscream's reactions in this, particularly this comparison:
"Starscream squealed, the sort of sound that Optimus had heard immature humans make when they got something they wanted."
$10 Megatron knew quite exactly what Starscream was up to!
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This story has a much different feel than your usual fare of Megatron/Starscream, and that's certainly not a bad things as the dynamics between these two are very different, indeed. The reader can certainly tell Optimus is outside his comfort zone in dealing with this scheming mech, and perhaps his naivety in dealing with the other faction on a more person level gets the best of him in this story. I can certainly see Starscream's up to no good, but poor Optimus gets the wool pulled over his eyes!
I also really like Starscream's reactions in this, particularly this comparison:
"Starscream squealed, the sort of sound that Optimus had heard immature humans make when they got something they wanted."
$10 Megatron knew quite exactly what Starscream was up to!