Anyway what started as a joke has now turned into a "Hey what if it's actully true?"

The idea is that the reason Hot Rod ended up with the Matrix and became Rodimus Prime is because he was actully next in line to have the Matrix as the son of Optimus Prime.
The joke was that the real reason Optimus left Cybertron was because he found out Elita-One was pregnant. Then for 5 million years she left him mood swinged answer machine messages with one threatening to terminate the pregnancy. So then Optimus thought "OK no baby" Later everyone finds out Hot Rod is the bastard son of Optimus and Elita.
Not really funny the way I just said that but it was when I typed it the first time. To give a little sample of the original funny version.
Elita-One:


Pluse the idea of a robot being pregnant and haveing mood swings at all is kinda funny by itself. Robots don't have hormones.
Anyway, maybe she didn't exactly get pregnant but she possibly could have built Hot Rod while Optimus was on Earth. Not sure how exactly that would make Optimus the father unless Hot Rod was made from left over Orian Pax and Arieal parts that Alpha Trion couldn't use.