Robot-fleshling romance

Sapient alien robots and humans can be friends, once they are able to communicate with each other. There is no reason this should not be, if we are to assume the existence of sapient alien robots; beings with the ability to reflect on "life, the universe, and everything" would have a lot in common.

One definite lack of commonality, however, is the ability to reproduce. Metal robots and flesh creatures just can't have babies, no matter how hard they try. The physiology is simply not compatible. Since the urge to engage in sex is often a major contributor to romantic interest, it may seem unusual for this attraction to exist between a robot and a fleshling -- and yet, throughout Transformers fiction, such examples do exist.

To write them off as silly plot contrivances is easy. It is, however, also easy to write off large sections of the fiction as silly contrivances, which leads us down a dangerous path. Therefore we must assume that, impractical and absurd as it may be, these incompatible species must be similar enough mentally to make romantic attraction, even in the absence of sexual compatibility, possible.

A list of notable Transformer-fleshling pairs is given below.


 * Arcee and Daniel Witwicky.
 * Bumblebee and Scarlett
 * Cloudburst and the First One of Femax.
 * Powerglide and Astoria Carlton-Ritz.
 * Seaspray and Alana.
 * Skids and Charlene
 * Sludge and Joy Meadows

The 2006 Takara radio-drama/toyline Kiss-Play introduced a whole line of Transformer/human pairings.


 * Autrooper and Atari Hitotonari.
 * Hot Rod and Xiao-Xiao.
 * Optimus Prime and Marissa Faireborne.