#rbblades

It was initially an ask, but I felt like this required a true post...

So on top of my previous post about their cold tolerance, there are some other things that I've noticed that set Sigma 17 specifically apart from other bots within the continuity/world they reside in.

HIGHER PAIN TOLERANCE

Cybertronians have been seen to be able to take serious punishment and hits and still get back up, but these guys take it to an extreme-

Chase skis behind a runaway car, his feet are literally smoking and red-hot when they finally stop, and all he does is complain about how there has to be another way to stop runaway vehicles.

In the same episode, Blades' feet are charred by a lightning strike, which can pass through the air at 50,000 degrees Fahrenheit, and he's still able to stand directly after (until other system failures later on paralyzed him)

Cece flung Heatwave and he flipped over multiple times and was able to walk it off... You get the idea.

HIGHER DURABILITY

While in Prime we see both Autobots and Decepticons alike taking scratches, dents, and the like-

-Sigma Seventeen never seems to have that problem. Their paint stays fresh, and dings and dents are barely referenced, even after they've been through the wringer and back. I mean, guys-

-There's nothing from a dinobot standing on your hood?

MULTI-CHANGE

It's established by Optimus Primue in the series that multi-changing is not a common thing achieved by cybertronians, and even those that can rarely are able to do so on their first attempt to access this power. He is even impressed by Heatwave's success on his first try. However, the fact that all four of them were able to do so on their first try-

-That's gotta be something unique. (Optimus going dino is exempt because- well, he's Optimus Prime.)

Also, it's established in Rescue Bots Academy that in order for some bots to achieve multi-change, they have to have access to the Multi-Cog...

...Which is a unique artifact in itself and isn't easily obtained by just anyone. (it's implied in the first season that there is only the one that is lent to Hotshot, and the others were found later and that their discovery was a major one for cybertronian history)

Heatwave might actually hold the record for most forms held by one bot and NOT losing their mind from it, so add "Stronger Psyche" to his attributes.

As we see in TFP's "Sick Mind," cybertronians' mindscapes can take on many different forms (Megatron's had him constantly combating Autobots without end on a derelict Cybertron until Bumblebee's presence made him self-aware)

So here's my idea of some other bots' mindscapes (at least in my AU and in the context of someone invading their mind for intel)

Chase's is a seemingly endless corridor of bookshelves, every shelf filled to the brim with books and only he knows where in all of these shelves and books is the information someone might want. Most books have police code, laws from all across the galaxies, and the like, but his personal information is hidden within the books and they look the same as all the others from the outside.

Blades' is filled with screens. TV shows, replays of conversations he's had with others, scrolling information on repeat- and it is all at full blast. Anyone who might enter his mindscape would be bombarded with sound and bright light from the screens, and they're everywhere, keeping what's important well hidden.

Boulder's is a massive garden/greenhouse/indoor forest. There are plants, animals, and sculptures all over, with winding paths between them that seem to lead to nowhere. Any important info has been placed in secret compartments of statues, tied to the legs of animals, or buried in the roots of plants- but not all of them, and some is hidden in cryptic notes written on diagrams of inventions and buildings that are plastered to the walls. He holds the key to the many locked doors that only lead deeper into the greenhouse.

Heatwave's is an almost exact replica of Griffin Rock (formerly it was Cybertron). He's formulated his mindscape specifically for ease of access for him, but lack of ease for any invaders. Important information is carried by civilians, but its like encountering an NPC, you have to know the right things to ask to get that information. He also has his own defensive walls that manifest as the island's rogue tech, and finding him specifically in the mindscape is hard, as he has made the tunnels under the island his personal way of traveling, and their true entrances don't match that of the real tunnels in the physical world.

Heatwave

Receiving: Words of Affirmation (Struggles with Kade so much because Kade does not often give him the praise that he unknowingly craves)(he will fight you if you tell him this is his language "No! It's physical touch! I'll wrestle you to prove it!")

Giving: Acts of Service (though he'll do it without them knowing)

Boulder

Receiving: Quality Time (Likes to go on hikes or adventures with other people)

Giving: Acts of Service (Helping others out with tasks or assignments)

Chase

Receiving: Words of Affirmation (Gets a lot of it from Chief)

Giving: Gifts (The giant chess set from "Switcharoo" is a good example)

Blades

Receiving: Quality Time (TV time with Dani and Cody)

I just wanna know what you guys think (for research...!)

-Cuz he basically spends hours out of the day planking-

"Blades used to want to fly? The only version I've known is the one afraid of heights!"

"I wasn't always that way... I used to think my spark was made for the air... When I was little..."

"What happened?"

"...You know the earth story of Icarus?"

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