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My writing has really taken a back seat to my burlesque and modelling for over a year now, but being a big fan of “Steven Universe“, I’ve been toying with the idea of doing some sort of crossover fiction with the Crystal Gems for some time, and having considered and rejected various other fandoms to marry with their universe (“Doctor Who”, “Visionaries”, “Sapphire and Steel”, among others) I finally settled on the old 1980s “Transformers” cartoon. Cue several weeks of Eurythmics and Siouxsie and the Banshees playing on my phone to get me in the mood, and an ageing Optimus Prime perched by my desk to motivate me with his benevolent, if slightly judgemental plastic stare.
In some ways, in spite of some conveniently shared science-fiction themes between the two fandoms, this is a very awkward mix. While I have huge affection for that old series and its larger-than-life, campy characters (particularly its triple act of iconic villains – the sociopathic Megatron, snivelling traitor Starscream, and enigmatic straight man Soundwave), its simplistic good versus evil ethos was always far better suited for selling a toyline – which was, of course, exactly what it was for – than for character development, in which field “Steven Universe” excels. Thus, this is a rather free-and-easy take on the G1 Transformers lore (though since, as I discovered in writing this, the lore is already riddled with internal continuity errors, I don’t think it’s too hideous a mangling).
8 chapters long. Comments and reviews welcome, if anyone feels this might be their sort of weirdness …
SYNOPSIS
1986 – Gail Adler, a disillusioned human eco-terrorist, makes a rash deal with the Decepticons, inadvertently leading them to an ancient Gem ruin and changing her own life irrevocably. The Crystal Gems and the Autobots must now join forces to prevent a sinister Homeworld experiment from being revived, at grave risk to all organic life.
