Everyone thinks that it is just a sea tale, a message of hope for when sailors are stuck in storms. Come on, a giant robot that takes ships back to shore? That's science fiction.

But what if it wasn't a story.

The series is really silly and Elita is sometimes silly with it, but you can tell she also just wants to leave so fucking badly. In her first introduction in the series, she literally screams at OP and Bee for messing her up, and then it's a running gag in the series that Bee and her tend to fight about random things. Idk. I just like characters that come off as rude or abrasive because they care more than they let on. Really hope we learn more about her team and how she lost them (plz involve Firestar and/or Nautica I wanna see Firestar and/or Nautica so fcking badly 🙏🙏🙏🙏. I LITERALLY JUST WANT NAUTICA IN *ONE* ANIMATED SERIES!!! THAT'S ALL I ASK OF!!!)

Wait ommggggg imagine if her team were all aquatic themed (ignore Wheeljack. He can just stand in the corner and play with a rubix cube for a minute). Team of Nautica, High Tide. Riptide, or Thunderblast or smthn. That'd be cool.

BOAT ALT MODE???? I like the accommodations that come with it and her having to use the others like a skateboard to get around quicker. Also, the design just looks cool. I like the things on the side of her head looking like targets bcuz she's a sniper. I like her having a more bulkier bukd compared to her previous counterparts. I'm also incredibly biased bcuz she's pink and, if a character is pink or blue, my chances of liking them raise by 50%. My thoughts still stand though. Also, does her mid section look like a sword to you? It does to me. Idk if that was on purpose, but it's neat. Could be a reference to how she seems to be the most aggressive on the team (I yap about that later)

I like that she's revenge-pilled. Tactical advantage of getting rid of Skye Byte? He'd stop bothering her for one. But also it's because it's she's mad he killed the rest of her team. Sometimes, a girl just needs to kill a guy and just let it be. Also, it's an interesting contrast to OP, who doesn't think revenge is the best option. Sadly, I'm on Elita's side here. I like revenge

I don't think that it's ever confirmed she was the leader of her team, but I think she was. She makes a lot of the decisions and plans when talking with the team and is very sure of herself when it comes to it, and she'll get frustrated when others argue back or don't listen (*cough* Bee *cough*). It makes me think that 1). She was leader of her team and 2). Her team trusted her and her decisions a lot and now she's not used to having people push against her (*cough* Bee again *cough*)

Character dynamic thing I realized is that Elita tends to choose the more aggressive option. Optimus tries to defuse the situation, Bee will make a snarky comment or joke, Wheeljack will try to analyze, and Elita starts accusing or being aggressive. I just think it's neat

Back to the boat alt mode thing. Since she can't escape quickly like the others can, her fighting style seems to be distance related (she has a massive fucking sniper) and she's the most agile on their team (aura farming by doing backflips and running fast). I just think it's a cool attention to detail that the only one who can't drive has to have a more agile fighting style

I honestly assumed everyone went into Cyberworld at the same time bcuz I'm bad at paying attention and annalyzing things, but she mentions she's been there for cycles, and she assumes everything is a threat, which is why her first answer to a problem is aggression. I don't think she was always like that since OP says that that's not like her when they first met. How long has she been in Cyberworld compared to the other characters? And how badly did it fuck her up if she now goes into most situations with aggression?

I think out of everyone, she misses her home the most. She obviously dislikes Cyberworld, but while other characters seem to have more curiosity for it while also wanting to leave, Elita seems sick of it and just wants to go back to Cybertron. DON'T THINK I DIDN'T SEE THE CAMERA LINGER ON HER AND HER FREEZE WHEN OP SAID THEY DON'T EVEN KNIW IF THERE IS A CYBERTRON TO RETURN TO IN EPISODE 28 (or maybe I'm just delusional and she only stopped and didn't say anything bcuz she was focused, but shhhh 🤫🤫🤫). She also shuts down OP whenever he tries to figure out *why* Cyberworld is a thing. She's been here for cycles and you know how the longer you're in a situation you don't like, the more short-tempered you become and less curious you become? I think that's her. "Idc that we're stuck here, I just care that we LEAVE here", or smthn like that. Wonder that, I'd they stick to this, how far it will go? Watching her slowly lose it as time goes on would be cool. I don't think they're gonna do that, but it's nice to think about

I think Elita also has really black and white thinking, or at least holds onto beliefs that she doesn't think of changing. She thinks that Cyberworld is Megatron's fault and, when Bee brings it up that OP doesn't thinks Starscream was convinced it wasn't Megs, she incredulously said, "So we trust Starscream now?!" Wheeljack, despite trusting him, doesn't believe him when he says that, since they don't know anything, anyone here could've been the cause of Cyberworld. It could also be that she trusts her team enough to know that she won't hurt them, which is sweet

Sadly, that's not enough for me. She isn't considering any possibilities. "Megatron probably got us all trapped here to defeat us", and she won't listen to o anything else, which shows that she has beliefs she sticks to and isn't willing to change. While bad for her bcuz it means she is unwilling to edit her beliefs which could later harm her if more evidence keeps coming up, I'm rubbing my hands together at the potential. If it really is OP, how eiuld she react? How much of what she knows would she have to question or change?

Right now, all she knows is that the bots she knows and trusts are alive. But, if she can't trust one of them now, will that make her not want to trust any of them? I can really see it as, something happens where she can't trust her team, and then she leaves and tries to leave Cyberworld at any means nesecary, which could make her go through really unhealthy habits and thinking/coping mechanisms to just try and *leave* so things can go back to normal.

Lightfoot. Lightfoot plz. Plz give us something. It's been 28 episodes and we only have some minimal character stuff and explanation on Cyberworld. Lightfoot, plz. Listen to me. Plz. Ik you probably won't bcuz this is a kid's series but kids deserve cool things to. Plz. Pleeeessssee

hehehe rescue bots!!! i love rescue bots !! i haven’t drawn these dudes since i first got into transformers!! it’s been so long