History Trivia / BlackCrayons

* IKnewIt: [[spoiler:More than a few readers anticipated that Ironhide would be SparedByTheAdaptation when Creator/BookwormGal rewrote ''DOTM''.]]

* OutOfOrder: Most of the series was published on Fanfiction.Net in AnachronicOrder. The series in chronological order can be found on the main page, the author's profile on Fanfiction.Net, and as a series on Archive Of Our Own.

* TalkingToHimself:
** Wheelie and Skids both have Creator/TomKenny as their VA.
** Ironhide and Barricade also share a voice actor in Creator/JessHarnell. They converse with each other in ''My First Decepticon''.

** When writing ''A Child's Innocence'', the author decided between bending the events of the ''Black Crayons'' series to match with ''Dark of the Moon'' or bending the events of the film to match the series. She went with the latter option, a choice which [[BetterThanCanon ended up being well-received by readers]].

** Characters being annoyed with Skids and Mudflap's behavior and Ironhide telling them that their accents could be considered offensive matches up quite nicely with what the audience thought of [[EthnicScrappy them]] in ''Film/TransformersRevengeOfTheFallen''.

** The author decided on whether or not [[spoiler:[[SparedByTheAdaptation to spare Soundwave from the events of the third movie]] before deciding to go through with the former.]]

* IKnewIt:
** [[spoiler:More than a few readers anticipated that Ironhide would be SparedByTheAdaptation when Creator/BookwormGal rewrote ''DOTM''.]]

** In ''A Child's Innocence'', [[spoiler:Laserbeak disguises himself as a smaller, pink version of Bumblebee and visits Annabelle at her house. The author has stated when she first saw ''Film/TransformersDarkOfTheMoon'', she thought the little girl that Laserbeak visited while eliminating the Decepticon's human collaborators was supposed to be an older Annabelle Lennox.]]

** When writing ''A Child's Innocence'', the author decided between bending the events of the ''Black Crayons'' series to match with ''Dark of the Moon'' or bending the events of the film to match the series. She went with the latter option.

* ActorAllusion:
** Sarah Lennox is a MamaBear who will stand up to anyone, regardless of who they are. Her actress Samantha Smith also played [[Series/{{Supernatural}} Mary Winchester]] who is also a very badass MamaBear.
** In ''A Child's Innocence'', Dutch says [[{{Film/Serenity}} "I am a leaf on the wind. Watch how I soar."]]

* ActorAllusion: In ''A Child's Innocence'', Dutch says [[{{Film/Serenity}} "I am a leaf on the wind. Watch how I soar."]]

** Characters being annoyed with Skids and Mudflaps' behavior and Ironhide telling them that their accents could be considered offensive matches up quite nicely with what the audience thought of [[EthnicScrappy them]] in ''Film/TransformersRevengeOfTheFallen''.

* SequelGap: ''A Child's Innocence'' was uploaded on Website/FanFictionDotNet on July 11, 2011 and completed on April 2, 2012. The complete story was uploaded on Website/ArchiveOfOurOwn on June 20, 2014. The next installment in the series ''Not According to Plan'' was uploaded on Fanfiction.net and [=AO3=] on June 26, 2017.

** In ''A Child's Innocence'', [[spoiler:Laserbeak disguises himself as a smaller, pink version of Bumblebee and visits Annabelle at her house. The author has stated when she first saw ''Film/TransformersDarkOfTheMoon'', she thought the little girl that Laserbeak visited while eliminating the Decepticon's human collaborators was supposed to be an older Annabelle Lennox.]]

* RealitySubtext: Characters being annoyed with Skids and Mudflaps' behavior and Ironhide telling them that their accents could be considered offensive matches up quite nicely with what the audience thought of [[EthnicScrappy them]] in ''Film/TransformersRevengeOfTheFallen''.