#tfa deathsaurus

"What if Rosanna/Flipside was Drifts long lost sister?"

And then I get to,

"What if they have another sibling who was raised by Deathsaurus!?"

(because Deathsaurus is kinda cool in a classic 90s anime way and should be in more shit)

And then THAT turns into

"What if Drift and Rosannas long-long-lost brother was Sixshot l?"

(because Sixshot is also really cool in a 90s anti villain sorta way and he actually has a really interesting character)

And at that point I'm not even sure where I am anymore.

They were all made by Strika in an attempt to create a new generation of decepticons but we're, somehow, the only successes?

(Work in progress. That back stories a work in progress).

Flipside/Rosanna (who incidentally never actually got her own official name. Both of her names are codenames given to her by other people) was literally created as a sleeper agent and shipped off to Cybertron ASAP

Deadlock was initially created as the perfect Decepticon soldier but turned out to have a "glitch" (an em sensitivity) that Strika and others mishandled making him overly aggressive. Strika "handled" this by giving him drugs and just generally being a terrible parent.

Sixshot wound up being given to Deathsaurus in an attempt to establish a political link between Strikas group if Decepticons and Deathsaurus'. (Initially it was supposed to be deadlock (later drift) but the discovery of his "glitch" made her change plans.) He was meant to be given as a servant but Deathsaurus wound up raising him as his son. Notably Sixshots the only one who remembers all of this shit or that he has "siblings". Needless to say he has no love for Strika.

To begin with I imagine hes way older than a lot of the other cons and is kinda old fashioned. He's very rooted in the warrior warframe culture that the decepticons drew a lot of their support and early identity from. So when it comes to certain base decepticon concepts like militarization of the government, a might makes right mentality, and a very cybertronian centric view of the universe; Deathsaurus is very much on the same page as most of the decepticons. However when it comes to where he detracts its interesting that its that very same warframe warrior culture thats the root of the disagreements.

Deathsaurus is your classic honorable villain. The type who'll throw an unarmed hero a sword before the big battle, who'll absolutely use underhanded tactics and manipulate people to get what he wants but tends to keep his word if he gives it (tho look out for the dangers of technical wording'), and will NEVER cheat in a one-on-one duel and will personally kill anyone who tries to do so on his behalf. That kinda guy.

If you're not actively in conflict atm and are on diplomatic terms he might let you go to his castle. Meet his wife and son. Give you the real hospitality treatment. And let you leave no strings attached.

Of course if over the course of that dinner you make it abundantly clear you intend to oppose him and get in his way. Well, he'll still keep his words about no harm coming to you in his castle.... once your OUT of the castle (or battleship or whatever) of course all bets are officially off and you'd better hope you have a very very very fast mode of escape.

Because whatever other redeeming qualities he might have (being pretty good to his men, having a code of honor, genuinely loving his family) he is still an unblinking planet conquering warlord who has, can, and will mow down whole battlefields of troops to get what he wants. He is also insanely patient and will slowly work to undermine his opponents over the course of hundreds if not thousands of years JUST to take them down in the most satisfying way possible.

He's a strong believer in the idea that the cybertronians are destined to wage endless cyclical wars forever and really isn't much of an advocate for concepts like "world peace". He does however believe in stability and can acknowledge when pursuing an already lost conflict is a fools folly. For instance he thinks it's utterly pointless for the decepticons to try and retake Cybertron at this point. They've pretty firmly lost that battle and feels its a way better idea to firmly establish a base of operations elsewhere before attempting any kind of organized action against the autobots.

I'd say that by the time s3 of tfa ends he's pretty done with Megatron and everyones shit and is actively working to find ways to move things in a direction that best works for his own plans. Until then though, he largely plays nice with the rest of the decepticons until he has all the pieces in place to act on his ambitions.