for Suffer With Me12/2/2018 c5 
98MadnessJones
This was an amazing story! You did the nearly impossible, you managed to make a fic that made Mudflap and Skids interesting and likable characters...AND kept their personalities! Just, I, HOW!? Seriously though, this was a great story. Your explanations about how the war and the various battles they have been in damaged their bodies and psyches actually makes a lot of sense, and explains why they both look like transforming gremlins. The ending was pretty funny too, with poor Leo's car getting stolen. LOL! I do understand writing for an unpopular character and not getting much attention for a fic. That's happened to me a few times. Still, I'm glad you stuck with it and wrote a great story for these not-so-great characters :)
98MadnessJonesThis was an amazing story! You did the nearly impossible, you managed to make a fic that made Mudflap and Skids interesting and likable characters...AND kept their personalities! Just, I, HOW!? Seriously though, this was a great story. Your explanations about how the war and the various battles they have been in damaged their bodies and psyches actually makes a lot of sense, and explains why they both look like transforming gremlins. The ending was pretty funny too, with poor Leo's car getting stolen. LOL! I do understand writing for an unpopular character and not getting much attention for a fic. That's happened to me a few times. Still, I'm glad you stuck with it and wrote a great story for these not-so-great characters :)
3/19/2017 c4 3Gavoot the Scoot
Wow, it definitely has been quite a while, hasn't it? A year and a half-counting from when I reviewed last-is a long time for things to change, and from what I read in the A/N, you've certainly had your ups and downs. Speaking of your creative dates-if you don't mind, feel free to ignore this part-would you mind giving me a few general ideas of what they were, I'm looking for ideas that aren't that common, for when I meet my girlfriend (two months and counting, I'll be able to fly up to her this summer :) If you aren't comfortable with that, though, I don't mind! It was worth a shop, ehe -
You and your boyfriend sound adorable together, to be honest, I hope you both have a long and healthy relationship!
Going off the story now, that's definitely another twist, throughout the last part of the story, I didn't see coming. Maybe I should have, with Mixmaster talking about how Skids and Mudflap's Carrier was a Decepticon, and a good one at that. Still, assuming Skids and Mudflap refused-seeing as they're still Autobots, unless they accepted to live and made their escape sometime later-how did they get themselves out? Would they be able to get Tap-Out to safety, too, or is the poor thing not going to make it? I'm genuinely interested in seeing how you pull this off! :)
I'm also glad Mona addressed the twins showing up, revealing themselves, and talking about their past to Leo with her hanging around, that girl has common sense. It's good that she's compassionate, too.
I'm also starting to get a headcannon that Ratchet just about adopts every Youngling or Sparkling that shows up in front of the Autobots or something-maybe even Ironhide, since I think it's pretty much fanon that Ironhide adopts Bumblebee, or Optimus. I always switch back and forth, hehe. I like the thought of huge Optimus Prime holding a tiny Bumblebee in his hands and going 'Yes, this tiny thing is my son now', but I also like the thought of Ironhide, a big, scary mech with war cannons on his arms holding Bumblebee and practically melting when the small thing grabs onto one of his digits with all the strength he can muster (not much, but still a lot for a Sparkling).
It's not as long as my last review, ehe (sorry not sorry), but I think this might be a good length. I have been really busy these last few months, what with graduation coming up in a couple months and all, thank goodness I got a small break today.
Either way, don't push yourself to where this becomes a chore rather than a fun past time, but keep up the wonderful work! I know there's stuff I missed, but I've been up for almost a full twenty-four hours, I'm probably going to knock out after this.
Keep up the wonderfully wonderful work!
~Gavoot must now Scoot (Sleep)
3Gavoot the ScootWow, it definitely has been quite a while, hasn't it? A year and a half-counting from when I reviewed last-is a long time for things to change, and from what I read in the A/N, you've certainly had your ups and downs. Speaking of your creative dates-if you don't mind, feel free to ignore this part-would you mind giving me a few general ideas of what they were, I'm looking for ideas that aren't that common, for when I meet my girlfriend (two months and counting, I'll be able to fly up to her this summer :) If you aren't comfortable with that, though, I don't mind! It was worth a shop, ehe -
You and your boyfriend sound adorable together, to be honest, I hope you both have a long and healthy relationship!
Going off the story now, that's definitely another twist, throughout the last part of the story, I didn't see coming. Maybe I should have, with Mixmaster talking about how Skids and Mudflap's Carrier was a Decepticon, and a good one at that. Still, assuming Skids and Mudflap refused-seeing as they're still Autobots, unless they accepted to live and made their escape sometime later-how did they get themselves out? Would they be able to get Tap-Out to safety, too, or is the poor thing not going to make it? I'm genuinely interested in seeing how you pull this off! :)
I'm also glad Mona addressed the twins showing up, revealing themselves, and talking about their past to Leo with her hanging around, that girl has common sense. It's good that she's compassionate, too.
I'm also starting to get a headcannon that Ratchet just about adopts every Youngling or Sparkling that shows up in front of the Autobots or something-maybe even Ironhide, since I think it's pretty much fanon that Ironhide adopts Bumblebee, or Optimus. I always switch back and forth, hehe. I like the thought of huge Optimus Prime holding a tiny Bumblebee in his hands and going 'Yes, this tiny thing is my son now', but I also like the thought of Ironhide, a big, scary mech with war cannons on his arms holding Bumblebee and practically melting when the small thing grabs onto one of his digits with all the strength he can muster (not much, but still a lot for a Sparkling).
It's not as long as my last review, ehe (sorry not sorry), but I think this might be a good length. I have been really busy these last few months, what with graduation coming up in a couple months and all, thank goodness I got a small break today.
Either way, don't push yourself to where this becomes a chore rather than a fun past time, but keep up the wonderful work! I know there's stuff I missed, but I've been up for almost a full twenty-four hours, I'm probably going to knock out after this.
Keep up the wonderfully wonderful work!
~Gavoot must now Scoot (Sleep)
10/30/2015 c3 Gavoot the Scoot
Oh, wow. To be honest, I'm fighting sleep right now somewhere between late at night and early in the morning, so this might come out a bit, uh, I can't think of the word, something disorderly? Abrupt, disorderly, something to that effect. But yeah.
I've actually never read any type of fanfiction that had Skids and Mudflap portrayed as anything more than background bickering siblings that beat each other up for comical relief, much less the main characters giving up their backstory, so that in itself caught my interest-especially at night, where I'm the pickiest about reading stories. And honestly (I feel like I'm typing that word too much), I burn on the inside when I see grammar problems (I can't ever decide if I burn more when I spot bad grammar in my own stories or others' stories) but so far I've seen nothing of the sort. And me being half asleep, I must be putting a whole bunch of bad grammar into this review. I feel like typing out Skids and Mudflap's accents are a pain, aren't they?
Plus, I've been meaning to write a small story with Skids and Mudflap as more than comic relief, and after reading what you've got so far, I might just go ahead and take the plunge. Not sure whether I'd publish it on this site, though, too many commitments in the aching real world (cue sad sigh here).
I would comment something about working on length, but the last few stories I read the chapters were /seriously/ long, but you've got a good length going. And the cliffhangers, that's one heck of a cliffhanger right there. Those twins falling into the smelting pool.
I kind of feel sorry for them.
Oh, right! In the beginning, your OC, Mona, she's with Leo. Would the twins really not care about her being there when they reveal their dark past to take their 'guardianship' further (not to mention just transforming right in front of a stranger who didn't know for sure about them just to be able to talk to Leo)? I mean, the movies (which is all I've seen them in, sadly) show they aren't really picky about anything, but I feel even they (what with who their Sire being...I certainly didn't see that coming!) would kind of have a little restraint on that aspect.
Meh. That might just be my sleep-deprived self looking for stuff to type about. This is honestly (there's the word again!) the longest review I've written for anyone, really. Feel free to reply to this, too, but you don't have to if you don't want to, but I'd really like to hear your input and stuff.
But really, even though your AN said you'd like to keep the compliments on the down-low, this is truly one of the best fanfictions I've read-especially one that doesn't really follow the movie plot-line, because I feel that the stories that take their own spin and twist and veer off the path of the script usually produce the best results. It takes some pretty good talent to write a story like this, especially one with a good, long length.
I think this may be the end of my review (because I can hardly keep my eyes open at this point, I'm relying solely on what I learned about typing properly in computer class way back when), but I would love to hear from you (be it through PM or chapter). Hopefully this won't be the last you'll hear from me.
'Till All Are One
(And keep up the great work)
-The Fandom Jumper
P.S. Might I recommend a couple stories? I don't know if you'd take an interest to them (I noticed on one of your ANs that you like tackling the characters that receive less attention than they probably deserve), but I feel they'd be a good read nonetheless - a lovely story of what Prowl's past could be, Turning Points by Alathea2 and another wonderful story for Ironhide, The Catalyst by ProjectKITT.
Thank you for your time and I bid you a good day, or night, or whatever happens to be the time you read this review.
Oh, wow. To be honest, I'm fighting sleep right now somewhere between late at night and early in the morning, so this might come out a bit, uh, I can't think of the word, something disorderly? Abrupt, disorderly, something to that effect. But yeah.
I've actually never read any type of fanfiction that had Skids and Mudflap portrayed as anything more than background bickering siblings that beat each other up for comical relief, much less the main characters giving up their backstory, so that in itself caught my interest-especially at night, where I'm the pickiest about reading stories. And honestly (I feel like I'm typing that word too much), I burn on the inside when I see grammar problems (I can't ever decide if I burn more when I spot bad grammar in my own stories or others' stories) but so far I've seen nothing of the sort. And me being half asleep, I must be putting a whole bunch of bad grammar into this review. I feel like typing out Skids and Mudflap's accents are a pain, aren't they?
Plus, I've been meaning to write a small story with Skids and Mudflap as more than comic relief, and after reading what you've got so far, I might just go ahead and take the plunge. Not sure whether I'd publish it on this site, though, too many commitments in the aching real world (cue sad sigh here).
I would comment something about working on length, but the last few stories I read the chapters were /seriously/ long, but you've got a good length going. And the cliffhangers, that's one heck of a cliffhanger right there. Those twins falling into the smelting pool.
I kind of feel sorry for them.
Oh, right! In the beginning, your OC, Mona, she's with Leo. Would the twins really not care about her being there when they reveal their dark past to take their 'guardianship' further (not to mention just transforming right in front of a stranger who didn't know for sure about them just to be able to talk to Leo)? I mean, the movies (which is all I've seen them in, sadly) show they aren't really picky about anything, but I feel even they (what with who their Sire being...I certainly didn't see that coming!) would kind of have a little restraint on that aspect.
Meh. That might just be my sleep-deprived self looking for stuff to type about. This is honestly (there's the word again!) the longest review I've written for anyone, really. Feel free to reply to this, too, but you don't have to if you don't want to, but I'd really like to hear your input and stuff.
But really, even though your AN said you'd like to keep the compliments on the down-low, this is truly one of the best fanfictions I've read-especially one that doesn't really follow the movie plot-line, because I feel that the stories that take their own spin and twist and veer off the path of the script usually produce the best results. It takes some pretty good talent to write a story like this, especially one with a good, long length.
I think this may be the end of my review (because I can hardly keep my eyes open at this point, I'm relying solely on what I learned about typing properly in computer class way back when), but I would love to hear from you (be it through PM or chapter). Hopefully this won't be the last you'll hear from me.
'Till All Are One
(And keep up the great work)
-The Fandom Jumper
P.S. Might I recommend a couple stories? I don't know if you'd take an interest to them (I noticed on one of your ANs that you like tackling the characters that receive less attention than they probably deserve), but I feel they'd be a good read nonetheless - a lovely story of what Prowl's past could be, Turning Points by Alathea2 and another wonderful story for Ironhide, The Catalyst by ProjectKITT.
Thank you for your time and I bid you a good day, or night, or whatever happens to be the time you read this review.