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Some Colour Theory headcanons I think its fun to think about.

I love love love the idea of Deadlock being more of an attitude than anything physical, combined with Drift canonically being shorter than Ratchet. So even with that extra armor it fits poorly and makes him look a little half put together at all times. Give him longer finials, digitigrade legs, and pink irises to go with his red optics and make that motherfucker hare-coded. Trying so so hard to be the predator but everything about him that he uses as his most dangerous assets (speed, lower body strength, hearing, etc) is associated with a prey animal

Meanwhile- give Ratchet more owl imagery. He’s already got his chevron to make him look a bit like a horned owl. Make his facial features more severe, more layered plating over his arms and back like feathers- meant to keep him and his patients safe during transport. Eerily sharp eyes that can catch even the smallest bits of shrapnel in a wound, sharp digits in his servos that transform into a full suite of diagnostic tools, and the ability to move silently through a ward despite his bulk so as not to disturb his patients. He can smell spilt energon from klicks away and will hone in on the injured like a bird of prey to a wounded animal, but only so he can help them.

Like there is an entire section dedicated to pointing out that no, when the characters are doing an ad break and calling out you, or the packaging addresses you in some way, they are actually addressing the audience and you as an individual specifically, and you are very indirectly interacting and influencing the universes you are watching and or reading and don't realize it, just as they can influence you very indirectly, and also it doesn't seem like they can pinpoint a singular individual or choose who they're talking to.

So for example, if you buy a toy or call while a comic or show is running, or interact with the franchise or fandom in any way, the only thing it influences is what the author chooses to depict, and because the multiverse exists it basically means that depiction is inevitably accurate, and it also influences how much of that universe's events we get to see.

But it also means that unless it's a story where the outcome is directly determined by the audience or a choose your own adventure, the only extent where the viewer is indirectly or directly interacting with the universe is through buying the toys that directly address you specifically.

Like, it's canon that someone accidentally blew up Sideways' head via a very stupid question in an ask column, indirectly aiding in saving Vector Prime from being kidnapped, so yes it's possible that Shockwave could get in touch with our universe, and it's entirely possible that our influence extends that far, however, it's only canon if Hasbro makes it so, and someone doesn't retcon it.

So it's a yesn't situation where Shockwave will eventually have to acknowledge that the only way our universe's choices could significantly affect a character in any continuity, is if A.) the author allowed it, B.) Vector Prime or any other characters aware of Quadwal allowed it, or C.) popularity or demand for a certain outcome over others in Quadwal was recognized, D.) a mixture of all the above. And then Hasbro has to make it canon.

Essentially if he wanted to get a victory, or even mild help through Quadwal in any way, Shockwave would have to be meta arguing with both corporate, the author, and the audience, all while fending off other characters trying to sabotage his attempts.

Shockwave is just losing his absolute mind trying to get- what are essentially fourth dimension gods to him, to listen to logical reason while they are just going mental in the background.

The internet is like Fairyland. It is a wondrous place, a place of many marvels and many opportunities.

It is also a dangerous place, with strange rules that often seem arbitrary — to navigate it, you have to learn its fairy-logic, and learn to speak its language.

It is a place of tests and trials — the folk can be cruel, pointlessly so, just because it amuses them. It's often not personal, even if it seems like it is. The worst are the Trolls, but they will lose power if you don't engage with them.

It is a place of illusion and lies. Everyone wears a mask, and not all the masked people are actually people. Don't believe everything you see or hear, for illusions are everywhere.

Time moves differently there. Entire days can go by, seemingly in an instant.