"His silence was an affirmation of consent all on its own, although he was perfectly capable of indicating anything by his silences, up to and including a craving for steamed broccoli."

OH. MY. GOD. That is the greatest quote in the history of history even including history that hasn't happened yet. *dies on the floor*

*laughs ass off at Jolts and Nightbeat's nature commenatry*

You are 1 FUNNY girl. Or guy.

Disillusioned Sideswipe the Nature Boy... technically-more-senior Hot Shot the Walking Noisemaker... sarcastic, grousing Minicons... Tidal Wave... barnacles... it's hilarious.

...barnacles...

...*giggles*

*snorts*

*falls out of chair*

Barnacles... dear Lord... *cracks up again* Finally, an investigation into the more practical disadvantages of being a submarine. Unable to think of an intelligent comment, will try harder next time.

...barnacles... *cackles*

As always your stories are well written. :) Parts I liked:“Silent as the moving funfair, stealthy as the loaded muck-spreader, swift as the rampaging combine harvester, he creeps towards his unsuspecting prey…

Normally I’d answer your reviews (thanks again!) in the sequel, but since this is a one-shot I’ve opted for this method. So, in no particular order:

Moxie: thanks –my sister and I were talking about boats a while back, and of course Tidal Wave was mentioned, and somewhere along the line barnacles came into it, and after that it all seemed rather inevitable… I do wonder, though, how much the other boat-formers suffer from it.

KatDrama, ckret, thanks again: the Autobot Minicons were originally going to get a few lines and an appearance, but the little blighters came back to haunt me, so most of their commentary was actually the last part to be written.

Alayea, I doubt you are – possibly I am, though. As I said, it’s a one-shot, so it’s on its own. To summarise: the patrolling Autobots, being confused by the fact that idal Wave isn’t being terribly evil or nasty, try to find out what’s going on, and eventually give up. After they’ve gone, we discover that he’s sitting in the lake waiting for his recently acquired barnacle infestation to drop off, but it’s taking too long and his hull is having to be scraped clean, courtesy of the Sea Team (but not Ramjet, the little skiver:)).

Final Genesis, thank you, you’re welcome, and I’ll try to catch up on that fic. I know I left it around here somewhere. Alas, I am not in possession of the MTMTE books, merely an inclination to drool at the thought of them. (Why?)

Anyhow, thanks all, and I will try to update/complete the fics I’m supposed to be working on…

It really is - or ought to be - a potential worry for the TFs with boat altmodes... I think the mundanity and realism of Tidal Wave's little problem is a big factor in what makes it and the fic so funny (at least for anyone who's owned a boat or had to listen to a boat owner complain), though certainly Nightbeat and Jolt have their moments with their commentary bits.

Interesting on how we see confused Autobots, and including the Sea Team and Ramjet... and even the Jolt and Nightbeat with their spy mission commentary. Anyways, I wonder what's going to surface? I wish I could be as good as you, and thank you for reviewing the first chapter on my fic! And one more thing: Did you happen to get the MTMTE (More Than Meets The Eye) profile books on Transformers Armada?

Ah, poor confused Autobots... Jolt and Nightbeat in an insult contest. Hah! When you've got the HUMDINGERS on your bad side, your dead meat. Sorry, Hot Shot. _ Good fic, and write s'more stuff soon!

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Okay... The individual scenes were funny, but the overall story didn't make much sense to me (even after going through it a few more times). Does one need to read a previous story in order to understand this? (Or am I just humor-impaired?)

* Alayea *

"Silent as the moving funfair, stealthy as the loaded muck-spreader, swift as the rampaging combine harvester, he creeps towards his unsuspecting prey…"

how do you think of these things? _ I nearly died of sufocation laughing. _ that was just too hilarious _ man, you do such great work _ the Autobots always suspect that the Decepticons are up to something when they're just doing a sill task. Remeber when Prime thought Megs was plotting something 'cause he hadn't seen him for days when in reality Megs was hunting a wild sausage in his base? _ man, stuff like that is classic. much hilarium, Pivot. Will you be updating you other stories soon? toodles! _