wardencommanderrodimiss:

I don’t like the concept of “Cybertronians immediately can speak English upon first contact with Earth” and I’ve got some thoughts in my G1-based fic universe about the slow-going initial communications between the bots and the Witwickys when they don’t have a common language. Cybertronians adapt quickly though, and by the time the “Season 2” bots arrive, they’ve made a translation guide so that everyone else can get up to speed super quick

but anyway I’m thinking about how I’ve just decided right now that the Cybertronian language doesn’t have contractions. early on they think they’re getting the hang of it

then Spike says “y’all’d’ve” and Prowl starts to cry

our language doesn’t have contractions like that either. prowl is me.