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1. Bumblebee's Story: At Another's Expense by I_identify_as_a_bitch

   Fandoms: Transformers Animated (2007), Transformers - All Media Types  

   • Not Rated
   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Gen
   • Work in Progress

   23 Aug 2025

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Bumblebee (Transformers) & Everyone
   • Bulkhead & Bumblebee (Transformers)
   • Bumblebee & Ratchet (Transformers)
   • Bumblebee & Original Cybertronian Character(s)
   • Bumblebee & Optimus Prime
   • Bumblebee & Shockwave (Transformers)
   • Bumblebee & Wasp (Transformers)
   • Bumblebee (Transformers)
   • Original Cybertronian Character(s)
   • Bulkhead (Transformers)
   • Wasp (Transformers)
   • Ironhide (Transformers)
   • Shockwave (Transformers)
   • Ratchet (Transformers)
   • Optimus Prime
   • Prowl (Transformers)
   • Perceptor (Transformers)
   • Chase (Transformers)
   • Wheeljack (Transformers)
   • Heatwave (Transformers)
   • Blades (Transformers)
   • Boulder (Transformers)
   • Airazor (Transformers)
   • Rust Dust (Transformers)
   • Afterburner (Transformers)
   • Cheetor (Transformers)
   • Sideswipe (Transformers)
   • Gears (Transformers)
   • Smokescreen (Transformers)
   • Blaster (Transformers)
   • Violence
   • Energon (Transformers)
   • Cannibalism
   • Gore
   • Body Modification
   • Paranoia
   • Murder
   • POV Alternating
   • Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
   • Self-Harm
   • Experimentation
   • Science Experiments
   • Unethical Experimentation
   • Dissection
   • Starvation
   • Bumblebee-centric (Transformers)
   • Bumblebee Has PTSD (Transformers)
   • (not in the way you might think though with this franchise)
   • Flashbacks
   • (first chapter is basically a flashback)
   • Mania
   • Survival
   • Emotions
   • Perceptor is Bad at Emotions
   • Rescue Missions
   • Trauma
   • Disasters
   • Sabotage
   • Attempted Sexual Assault
   • Coercion
   • Assault
   • Medical Assault
   • Accents
   • Racism
   • (cybertronian equivalent obviously)
   • Cybertronian Culture (Transformers)
   • Bigotry & Prejudice
   • Functionism (Transformers)
   • Morally Ambiguous Character
   • Secrets

   Summary

   Bumblebee has been through a lot since he was a sparkling: the final vestiges of the Great War’s end, cruelty, anger, and much more. He was told, alongside his batch mates, that they were the start of something grand, revolutionary in a way that others weren’t; they were special. The stellar cycles have gone by, some feeling like a crawl and others like a black hole had sucked them up entirely, and Bumblebee wished he wasn’t special.

   Series

   • Part 5 of Their Stories

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