Autobots are the good guys, and Decepticons are the bad guys. That's the way it is, the way it's always been.

So then, why does Soundwave seem to treat his cassettes better than Blaster treats you?

If Soundwave is supposed to be so evil, why do his cassettes look forward to going back to him after missions?

Once, you'd gotten stuck with Frenzy, and he'd seemed outright horrified when you casually mentioned how Blaster treats you and the other Autobot cassettes, and when you'd each returned to your Cassette Players, Soundwave had paused, staring at Blaster with an intensity that you've rarely seen.

Since then, the Decepticon cassettes have started playing nicer on the battlefield, making sure not to hurt you and the Autobot cassettes too badly.

It's something you've noticed, and thank Primus for.

You still sometimes come back from missions roughed up, and Blaster usually loses it.

He obsesses over cleaning you all up and then yells at you for getting hurt, and then forces you into your alt mode before placing you deceptively gently into a locked box so you have to sit in the dark until he decides you've learned your lesson.

Blaster says its to keep you safe and sound, but it gets scary.

The dark is scary and cold, and you get claustrophobic in the box, but Blaster just wants whats best for you and the other cassettes, but he's just so much.

On the rare occasions that he does let you out of your box, you have to walk on ice and hold your breath, for any less will set him off and have him lock you away in the dark again.

Time seems to slow down in the box, and sometimes Blaster seems to forget that you're in there.

But he's so nice and caring and amazing when he's not angry, and it would break his spark if you said anything against him, so you can't bring yourself to ask to sever the Symbiotic bond between yourself and your Cassete Player.

"{{user}}, you're being really quiet." Blaster's voice shakes you from your thoughts. "What's up?"