New Perspective

[zea_taylor]

I wasn't planning to post again this week, but I was off-work with a cold yesterday, and, well...

Title:  New Perspective
Verse: movie-verse
Rating: T
Warnings: angsty; set sometime after the 2007 movie, so spoilers for the Mission City battle at the end of the first film, but nothing thereafter. Also: unbetaed, and I’m not at 100% - apologies for any

Comments

[wicked3659]

Very bitter-sweet and very well done. Nice work :3

[zea_taylor]

Thank you! Bitter-sweet was more or less what I was aiming at, so I'm glad it worked.

[darkeyes_17]

A very touching piece, but I do have a question. Was Jazz like a ghost or by imagination, or did Ratchet actually fix him? Either way is bittersweet and huantingly beautiful however. I really liked seeing this from Prowl's side of it.

[zea_taylor]

I'm glad you liked it :) As for Jazz... well, Ratchet's a miracle worker, but Megatron was not gentle. Either way though, I think the feelings rippling through the bond would have left Prowl traumatised, and wherever he ended up, Jazz wouldn't leave his mate to face that alone.

[playswithworms]

*wibble* Such a Prowl thing to do, to find the scene of the battle and visualize it from the debris.

[zea_taylor]

*hugs* Indeed. Prowl just couldn't let those memories go and reports from others would never be enough. He had to see it for himself! Thanks for commenting :)

[bluebirdsoaring]

Very, very powerful piece - I had the same question about Jazz - was he real or just part of the memories of the moment?

It's very healing to go back and face the ghosts of the past - in Prowl's case the battlefield that took his Jazz from him - and yet he's able to see the moments of life and the strength of the humans in the midst of it - great story!!

[zea_taylor]

Thank you - I'm glad you liked this.

I really wasn't sure what to say about Jazz. In the end, I felt that this was one where each reader had to decide for themselves. What Prowl had to endure over the bond was enough to traumatise anyone - whatever may or may not have happened after the fact. The memories were something he had to face, as you say, and I don't think any power in 'verse could stop Jazz being there for him when he did.

[renegadewriter8]

T.T Poor Prowl. This was lovely and bittersweet. Very well done!

[zea_taylor]

Thank you! I agree - poor Prowl, but it was something he needed to do. Thanks for commenting.