Cruel_Destiny

Wanted to design Bumblebee for Little Tyrant AU.

Main inspo for him was the design for Bumble Prime in TFA, but there's some ES and my fave of his IDW looks in there too.

Bumblebee is the leader of the Autobots, and has been since Optimus retired after the defeat of Unicron. The change in leadership was one sorely needed going into peacetime, though even after all this time Bumblebee isn't sure if he's the mech for the job.

Jazz seems to think so! And so do the rest of the Autobots. Even Soundwave, a Decepticon to this day, works with the Autobots on occasion, finding him more trustworthy than the old management.

Bee and his faction are based in Iacon, where the Autobots still enjoy a great deal of popularity for their role in Unicron's final defeat. Cybertron as a whole is lead by High Chancellor Windblade, who calls Bee a friend but maintains neutrality in the name of her commitment to all mecha and humans who call Cybertron home. The planet's population is a mix of former Autobots and Decepticons that have set aside their past allegiances, and the large Neutral population that returned after the war. There are a minority of humans who have moved permanently to Cybertron since a series of permanent space bridge routes were established between the allied planets.

Bumblebee had the option of getting his knee replaced, but he's elected to keep the cane and leave the joint as it is. Bee's cane's as much a part of him as his servos and tires are. Plus, it's really fun to taze people with it.

Starscream's sacrifice during the defeat of Unicron wasn't the end of his and Bumblebee's friendship, but as the years went on, Starscream's 'ghost's' grip on their reality dissipated more and more, until one day he vanished entirely. Bumblebee grieved privately as one of the few who had a mostly-positive view of Cybertron's most infamous and divisive leader to date, but hoped Starscream's spark had finally found its way back to the Well.

That was until Jazz and Soundwave brought Bumblebee news of a very familiar sparkling picked up on the edge of the galaxy.