#transformers thoughts

Example, the name "Concept of movement in speed and direction" may be only a couple seconds of clicks and buzzes to get across but its a mouthful in english, so her name is Velocity. A nickname for it might be "little change in speed and movement" as a diminutive, but again that translates weird, so her friends (Nautica) would call her Lotty.

"Slow calculated pursuit (of a target)" would translate to just Prowl. Prowl would be the closest translation and not, say, "Hunter" because "One who pursues and hunts" is probably an entirely different name in Neocybex. "Little one who packs a big punch"? Bumblebee. "Humble tool who makes adjustments and stabilizes"? Ratchet. "The howling noise of the cosmos" Starscream. "Air sharp enough to cut" Windblade. And so on, and so on.

At first thought, it seems like a fairly obvious answer: it keeps it on hand for access in the worst scenarios, but is near impossible for an enemy to remove without killing the Prime.

But thinking of certain designs, it’s only removable in highly specific cases. It can’t simply be removed at will.

It feels like a trap, in a way. A burden more than a gift. Bear this weight, Prime. Feel it envelop your very spark. Be reminded of it of every time you move, every time you breathe. See it when you pass your reflection. See it and know you will never be rid of it. No matter how much you claw at it, how much you tear yourself apart, how much you beg and plead, you will bear this weight. Carry its pain with you wherever you go and remember what your duty is, a duty you may have never asked for.

So, shockwave is emotionless, can’t really feel them. But what if he could vicariously.

Lemme explain

What if instead of all emotion being cut off, it’s just essentially only stopped his ability to produce these emotions. So he can still, technically, feel, they just can’t be produced.

So let’s say shockwave is spark bonded with another bot, and that bot is really upset and crying. The sad bot sends shockwave the emotion through the bond and- BOOM!

In the Starscream clones introduction scene, his interaction with Slipstream seems quite… different, in the french version.

Original version :

« Star : Which part of me do you come from

Slip : Don’t ask…

Star : Uhg, I think this gonna be a looonng day …. »

French version (traduced) :

« Star : Which part of my personnality do you represent ?

Slip : Guess !

Star : Umm, if it is what I think it is, it was a long time ago and it doesn’t count ! »

Are they:

Circle of Darkness (hello Mr Lucifer*) or

Circle of Light (but creepy)?

I like the second option, because it’s more of a puzzle!

It’s not something I want to write, just a fun thing to think about. What would Wing be like? What kind of Drift/Deadlock would we get from those guys?

Oh hell, lol, I just made myself so sad. Lol! But I have Flame Toys’ Furai SG Drift and he’s red. Just makes me wonder.

There are a lot of varied interpretations on if/how transformers would eat “human food.” And I think I finally came to my own revelation on the matter.

So, yk how we can technically eat inedible things? Like take gum for example, it’s generally made with rubber, which isn’t a food to us. However, we can eat it and still be fine. It’s only a problem if we eat too much of it.

I think it’s sort of the same for transformers, like they can eat human food. But if they eat too much of it, it’ll fuck up their tanks.

Additionally, I wonder if humans could eat energon? I don’t know how definitive of a substance it is, other than it’s generally an ore than can be mined and refined. Though there are too versions that come from other energy sources. (Like in G1 when the Decepticons steal energy from power plants and stuff.)

I may have to consider that one more, but I think it might kill them. Or just cause some really bad tummy aches.