#conelore

HMMmmm... a tricky subject, I agree. They've got some very unique names, these coneheaded fellas :/

I guess I'd want to clarify if we're talking about nicknames they use for each other affectionately, or nicknames other decepticons/friends/frenemies might use for each of them that might be more mocking? If I'm writing them I tend to lean towards casual abbreviations, or silly call sign adjacent joke names for fighter pilots since they are planes :^)

Ramjet's a bit easier in my mind since his name's a compound word I can shorten or use rhyming words to riff off of, like RJ, Ram, Rams, Ramjam, Ramjammer, 'Jet, Whamjet, Slamjet, Slammer... etc. I guess once on Earth he could get a headbutting ram/sheep related nickname like Bighorn? or a car related one like Dodge Ram, Dodger?😂 (Important sidenote- would Blitzwing make him watch American football, and would he cheer for the LA Rams??)

Dirge + Thrust are a bit harder for nicknames to me because they're such specific words.

I guess for Dirge I would only really use a casual shortening to "D/Dee" as a name related nickname, other than that I feel like his loner-ish swag who get him called mocking or sarcastic call sign joke names like Gloomy, Gloom, Ghost, Peppy, Little Sunshine, etc. (Worlds' Largest Violin?🤔)

Thrust I feel would also get the mocking nickname treatment since he's so loud and abrasive, so maybe something like Brash, All Bark/Barker, Big Talk/Talker, Chatty, Hush, Silent Mode?

For nicknames that dunk on the three of them together, I feel like you could kind of make it work in a rhyming set like Toasty, Boasty, and Ghosty?? sort of? since Ramjet likes toast? (I'll keep workshopping that one...)

OR, Dirge + Thrust as a duo could be called the Noisemakers. And I do like the idea of them as the Noisemakers-plus-Ramjet, I do think that's funny for him to be ruining the themed set a bit.