Outtake

Saving this quick exchange before I dump it from the current "Friendship is Deceptive" draft:

Sweat began beading off Skywarp’s brow. “I was watchin’ human entertainment once,” he muttered. “They got this thing called the Fifth Amendment-“

“Do I look like a constitutional monarch to you?” Megatron roared. “TALK!”

Comments

[Venerable Ro]

Love it.

[FanOfMostEverything]

The only constitution involved here is Skywarp's, and trying to invoke others isn't good for it.

[The Voice in the Water]

Got a genuine, full belly laugh out of me. Good on ya.

[Moproblems Moharmoney]

Skywarp, buddy, pal.

He's a dictator. He dictates, you answer.

Or Else...

[ShadowLDrago]

Fucking amazing.

[Kris Overstreet]

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Thanks, all. I really hated to lose it, but the frame-story setup it was part of just wasn't working worth a damn, so it got the chop. About the only other part I slightly regret losing from the cut material was Buzzsaw talking about how he admires Pinkie Pie's artistry... and how he hopes to demonstrate his own on her one day, by surgically excising her smile and then literally sewing a new smile on. It was a very Hannibal Lecter moment, and it amused me to have the other Deceps have a "that's too evil for me, bro" moment, but there wasn't anyplace else to put it, and the Skywarp gag above was much the better moment IMO.

(Don't ask for me to post the Buzzsaw bit- it's deleted beyond recall now, and possibly that's for the best.)