I saw the new Longarm figure that will be coming out soon and I really liked it. In talking with a friend of mine, we discussed what kind of personality he would have based on his bio over at TFormers:
http://tformers.com/transformers_databa ... eluxe.html
This was my opinion:
I see him as an eager warrior, happy to help because he knows it helps his fellow Autobots, but naïve as to the true nature of his enemy. He doesn't understand them, the anger, the cruelty.
This turned into me doing my first bit of TF fan fiction. Really my first fan fiction ever. Let me know what you guys think.
Part 1
A naturally gifted fighter, Longarm has avoided the nicks and pain of constant combat. Huffer always was a worrier though. He knew something would go wrong. He was right, so right. One minute Longarm was watching Huffer through the scope of his long distance rifle as he flanked Starscream, unknown to the cocky leader of the Seekers. Then Skywarp suddenly appeared, teleported, firing his lasers, striking Huffer in the back, taking him down, but not out. Starscream whirled around at the sound of the blast, quickly realizing what happened. Standing over the little Autobot he laughed gleefully as he placed single shots at vital junctions, watching Huffer suffer and scream.
By this time, Longarm was on the way, as fast as he could, desperate to save his comrade. Screaming in from above, Thundercracker crushed him to the ground, pinning him. Starscream turned and walked towards him. "You really thought you could defeat me? Starscream?! Hahahaha!" He laughed maniacally as he watched Longarm struggle to get free. Starscream looked back to Huffer, now barely twitching on the ground, circuits thoroughly obliterated, then turned back to Longarm. "Useless" he said, then aimed his null ray, and fired.
Thundercracker shot into the air just in time to avoid the blast and leapt back into the battle. The blast struck the Autobot in the back and nearly tore him in two. Skywarp cried out "Autobots!" as Prowl and Ratchet came thundering towards them. "Retreat!" yelled Starscream, and the jets took flight and were far out of range within seconds.
Longarm's screams of agony rang through the battlefield as Ratchet worked his hardest to preserve the spark of his friend. Mercifully, he shut down the neural processor to put Longarm into a suspended mode so he could get him back to the Ark.
"Is he gonna make it?" asked Prowl.
"He should pull through. There was a lot of damage, but nothing I can't fix. Huffer on the other hand. Huffer is gone. Seeing something like that can change a robot forever. Longarm will never be the same…"