#human error

BUMBLEBEE heavily inspired by cyber/y2k revival, as well as the way lots of boys in my middle and high schools would dress. - used layers to try and mimic his kibble - hair beads match optic colors - jacket hood has horns - matching friendship bracelets with sari and bulkhead (each bracelet has their color scheme)

PROWL since his alt is a police bike despite not being an enforcer in this continuity (draft-dodging princess <3), he's inspired instead by queer biker and leather culture. I wanted to reference subcultures that draw from military and police aesthetics in an anti-authoritarian, self-expressive way.

RATCHET I wanted to go for an "emt off-duty look;" he's comfortable but ready to jump back in at the first sign of trouble. he also has the most visible injuries since he tends to get worse beatdowns than the rest of the group. - broken chevron translates to facial scarring - missing emf array is instead scarring from an encounter with lockdown. idk what happens when he gets his array back but he's still going to have that scar. - right arm is a prosthesis from the elbow down from when it was torn off by blitzwing

OPTIMUS honestly not a huge change from the original. I just played up his military aesthetics and silhouette to emphasize his role as an academy graduate who's never seen active duty.