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I feel like I need more content of TF One Megatron being unequivocally the youngest member of the Decepticons

Sure yes, in the angst/serious department because I eat that stuff up, but in this instance I mean more like in the funny department. Like, he’s casually making everyone else feel old and barely trying

Like talking about how a holofilm they remember going out to see was made before he was born, or he thinks they’re talking about a remake they didn’t even know existed. Or talking about video games and the High Guard not realizing how far the technology advanced, and so what they considered cutting edge mechanics is archaic to him. Or how their lingo or whatever you call it is painfully outdated and they have no clue what he’s even saying when he uses his. He’s defeating everyone here with the power of being from the youngest generation

I just think it’s really funny and I want to see more of it

Though also not just him making everyone else feel old, but also him just doing young person things in general. He’s <50 years old, he should be allowed to act like it

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So YouTube recommended me some old MCU reviews, with me first watching one on Falcon and the Winter Soldier, and then Loki Season 1, and I gotta say, it’s kind of wild watching these with the context of how people view the MCU now

Like these were the 2nd and 3rd shows, so long before people started getting sick of them or thought they were bloating the MCU catalogue. And Loki was the very first instance of the multiverse storyline cropping up, and our first look at who was going to be our main villain. So at this point, people were actually still interested and excited for the multiverse stuff, because we didn’t know where it was going and we thought it was actually going to progress, unlike now where it sounds like the movies still haven’t gotten that far with exploring the multiverse at all further than like, Multiverse of Madness

It’s weird watching these 2020/2021 reviews and seeing people still so hopeful about the MCU, because at this rate from what I’ve seen (I like to watch MCU video essays every now and then, have been for a good while now), there’s very little hope about this franchise anymore, outside of Fantastic Four: First Steps and maybe Doomsday, though more info is still needed on the latter. And I’m not even that sure where First Steps fits into the larger timeline, because I actually kind of checked out of the MCU a few years ago. I mean with the shows, it was because I was starting college and couldn’t watch them with my dad anymore, but by this point I just don’t care much about the MCU at all outside of maybe a few things, which seems to be the case for most people at this rate from what I can tell

It’s just so weird compared to the general pessimism I see with the franchise now. And it’s only been a few years, did things really get this bad?

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I probably need to design the Decepticons in my AU at some point, I’m realizing I never got around to that outside of those initial sketches

But I also never figured out how to make them work either, so hmm

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So some more sketches from my AU, from yesterday and this morning

On the left, we have Elita and my constant struggle with her, as always. You know the drill. I had to write "stop it" so I'd give up this endeavor for now and move on. I think that's when I switched over to drawing the Megatron ref yesterday

I wonder if maybe giving her a full body design would help me? Because I mean, Optimus and Megatron started out with those, even if I only use the top half. And I'm convinced I draw her proportions wrong anyways

But other than that, you can see I'm thinking of moving her cones to her top horns instead of her side. I like them on the side, but I think they're part of the thing holding me back, along with potentially her glasses

I spent my shift on Monday drawing various Elita head designs I found to see if I could find anything that could stick. I'm too lazy to take a picture of it right this second, but it's probably why I was trying to give her another shot in her design

But moving on, I also tried drawing Blackarachnia, since I was reminded recently that Sentinel is supposed to be associated with the spider ladies, and because a thing I gave one of my Elita designs I thought would look good on a spider character, namely the side triangle things

I kind of like the design I gave her, but I do also wonder if I'm just sticking to the first thing I thought of. I don't think it's bad though. I would like her head to be more trapezoid though

But her colors on the other hand definitely need some work, because I was not sure what to do with them. I knew I wanted to incorporate black and gold, mostly because I love her Beast Wars design the most, at least color wise, but I also thought it'd be good to incorporate the purples and reds too. And then I was just trying to move colors around until I got something that actually looked cohesive together. But I don't know if I like it this way. I think one thing I want is for her to have gold eyes and a darker "skin" tone, but I didn't know how to incorporate it

She's probably going to need more time to cook

As for her role in the story? I really don't know, other than being connected to Sentinel

When I made this, my mental thought was that she was Sentinel's complicated love interest. But that wasn't my initial idea, and she's supposed to have some connection with his old partner. I don't know if I want to keep the TFA idea of BA having once been his partner, thought dead but is actually still alive, but I also don't want to keep the initial idea that she ate his old partner, because why would he ever be interested in her after that?

And there was also me thinking on what Airachnid and Blackarachnia should be in this story, particularly with their differences between each other, like how Airachnid is a fully techno bot that just looks spider-like in her robot form, while Blackarachnia is a techno-organic who turns into a full-on spider. So I feel like if I were to make both connected to Sentinel's lost partner, Airachnid would make more sense as the one eaten, and Blackarachnia the one who ate her, since she's the more animalistic one. But that doesn't really jive with how Airachnid is usually the eviler of the two

I'm really not sure what I want to do with the spider ladies, I think they need more time in the oven lore wise as well. And I need to figure out if I want both or not. And who Sentinel's dead partner was, because I also had the idea of them being built alongside Sentinel, being more like a sibling, but dying soon after, possibly due to malfunctions in their systems. But I'm not sure about that, leaves little room for the spiders

But moving on from them, we also have Kiloton, who honestly I half feel like slightly altering the name of. Like my brain sometimes corrects it to Kilotron, which I like a bit more but I'm also aware is even closer to Megatron's name

I tried to give him a design here, and I don't think it's horrible, though maybe it needs a bit more work. Granted, I am working with very little when it comes to his design, given how basic the original Kiloton is, but oh well

I was going to give him his silver/grey, but it didn't look right with all his other colors, so I changed it to that sort of brassy color. I think I like it a lot more

But it was with him that I realized I probably need to adhere a bit closer to the Mega Man style, because I am simplifying it more than I need to, at least anatomy wise, and it could look a lot better if I did

Will I change? I don't really know, because I'm lazy and I like how I'm drawing them now. But maybe I should practice Mega Man characters too to get a feel for this style I'm trying to evoke. Well, I say style, I more mean the designs and robot things rather than things like how the face is drawn or stuff like that

But anyways, I do have more on Kiloton than I do Blackarachnia, but I don't really have all his essential details down

What I do know is that he and Megatron used to be a thing, though unfortunately Kiloton ended up dying. Details later

But they first met around the time Megatron first got infected. At that point, after whatever event caused him to get infected, he ended up wandering around the wastes of Cybertron, mangled from whatever battles he had been in, and with his processor on the fritz from the virus, until he eventually collapsed. Kiloton ended up finding him and nursing him back to health, as he only saw a damaged bot in need of help

I'm also thinking maybe Kiloton was the one to give Megatron his purple gem, or that when he had found him, his initial gem was broken, or whatever was in that place before it

Kiloton was the first bot Megatron met while infected, and so he never really felt the need to do violence onto this bot, which surprised him at the time. His time with Kiloton and the time after he had recovered was the start of his new life with a clear mind not clouded by violent thoughts, and it gave Kiloton a special significance to Megatron, even if Kiloton wasn't aware of this

It's the time after this that I don't really have the details on. I want to say that while Kiloton helps fight Decepticons, he's not necessarily part of the Autobot force, possibly some other independent party from them. And he's also a support bot as opposed to a field bot. I also don't know when he and Megatron went their separate ways or even if they did, and when their relationship turned romantic

And while I also don't know the circumstances, I do know that eventually, Kiloton died, and Megatron was the one who had to kill him. I'm not sure Kiloton got infected with the virus, he might have fought Megatron on his own terms, after something Megatron did despite his protests. I'm not sure, but Megatron was forced to kill him, and it weighs heavily on him

I also think that at this point in time, Optimus had feelings for Megatron, but didn't act on them because of his relationship with Kiloton, and it was only sometime after that they got together. Optimus was probably also the person to help Megatron deal with the death of Kiloton, as he took the event pretty hard, but I don't want to say Optimus used this as an opportunity to come in with his own romantic feelings, as I don't imagine Optimus would ever be that selfish. Megatron was his friend in need first, even if he had feelings for him at the time. I also don't know how long afterwards that they got together

I also think now with the addition of Kiloton, I may need to slightly tweak Optimus and Megatron's dynamic, because now Megatron had someone before Optimus. Also maybe Optimus needs some tragedy, because Megatron and Sentinel both have some while he doesn't really have any at this point

But yeah, those are the current updates to this AU. Not much solid, but some new things

Though if I'm being honest, I'm debating now how much people care for this AU. Maybe I'm being egotistical, but I don't know, I was kind of sad that my last two reference drawings for them have basically gotten no attention, and same with other more recent posts about it

It's making me think people are sick of this, particularly since AU ideas tend to die out with me, but like, this time I'm actually holding onto an idea, and I don't want it to die like all the rest. Do I just need to give it time and eventually people will come around, or are people genuinely sick of this and sick of me trying to do anything here, particularly with my bad looking designs and me butting in on things I have no real knowledge of? Or am I just being egotistical and annoyed that I'm not getting as much attention as I want, despite there not actually being a problem?

I don't know, I just wish someone would tell me what I'm doing wrong

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So Alpha Trion says that the miners had their cogs removed before they came online. But like, what does that mean?

Like okay, we know from context and such that the miners’ cogs were removed basically right after being born, and I think it’s a fair guess to assume they were created from the planet in some way by Primus, given that’s been the general backstory, and if other bots were creating them, someone would have noticed their cogs going missing, or Sentinel would just order they aren’t made

Though I’m not sure where specifically they come from, since the Well of All Sparks seems to be basically a bottomless pit to the core of the planet, and the place didn’t seem particularly protected or decorated for where new bots would come straight out. Also it’s too public for no one to notice Sentinel removing the new bots’ cogs

But moving on from that, we know it happens right after they’re born, but also none of them remember it, and D-16 says as long as he remembers, his port’s always been empty. As far as we’re aware, these bots don’t really have developmental cycles, despite what we like to think, so theoretically they don’t have a case of baby memory where they just can’t remember. Again, they say it’s before they came online, so presumably it was within the time frame of being born from the AllSpark, and coming online

But like, why is there that time gap where you can conceivably remove a bot’s T-cog? Are they born unconscious? Do they take a day for all their systems to come online? Why? What’s going on here?

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Fanfics and art are telling me that the whole Megatron nearly killing Twitch when under Mandroid’s control thing in the Season 1 finale would have been a really interesting thing to explore after the fact. I mean, in the storyboards at least, Megatron was crying during that scene, it’s prime angst material

It’s really disappointing then that they didn’t do anything with this plot point. And worse, there was a 1 year timeskip between Seasons 1 and 2, so there’s barely any reason to bring it up other than it happening, nothing about their feelings on the matter

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Okay so why is it that sometimes I see people with their versions of characters shipping Arcee and Wheeljack?

It’s not that they can’t, I just keep wondering why I see it. Were they a thing in a certain continuity or something that I just haven’t seen yet? Because I know that happens plenty in this fandom, a ship from one carrying over to another continuity or fan AUs (skystar as the prime example). Or was it something someone decided would be cool and everyone latched onto, like blitzbee?

I don’t know, I just feel like I’ve seen it around enough times to think that there’s some sort of source to it

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I had a thought yesterday with my AU about how Megatron vaguely corresponds to Zero from the X games, and so maybe I could have Kiloton semi-correspond to Iris from X4. Basically just so that Megs can recreate the funny "WHAT AM I FIGHTING FOR?!" scene from X4

Though also, I do kind of like the idea of Kiloton and Megatron having been a thing in this AU, before Kiloton's tragic demise (I also like the idea of Megatron being the one to kill him like the original, so there's at least a little more to Kilo's fridging). But also I already have megop here, so it's like, damnit, how do I make this work?

Best solution I can come up with right now is kilomegs having been a thing during Megatron's earlier days in the Autobots, when him and Optimus either haven't met, or haven't yet gotten to a romantic level/ But I don't know

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So I ended up making the Transformers X reference for Megatron today

I wasn’t planning on doing it this soon, but I tried drawing Elita again and it was not going well, as usual, and the rest of what I was drawing wasn’t working out either, so I went “screw it, let’s do Megatron’s ref because I can actually draw him”

It’s now that I’m really noticing how plain the background is. I mean I already knew that, but since Megatron doesn’t need a weapon ref, it really is just him and the title text on a white background. I need to find some better look for it

But anyways, outside of the new colors and some additions to his lower half, the main new thing is his Autobot symbol. I do admit his gem might be superfluous at this rate, especially as it’s the only purple on his design (well, proper purple at least), but I like how it looks, and I don’t want to get rid of it. So I instead put his symbol on his shoulder, though opposite of Optimus’. I also colored the lines instead of the symbol because that’s how Optimus has it. I know that’s because he and the symbol are the same color, but might as well keep that up here, with me deciding to make the lines another color on the body; purple here so there’s another use for that gem color. Maybe I’ll change it later, but for now that’s how I’m having it

Overall I think I’m pretty content with this design though. My only real gripe at the moment is that his left arm looks a bit stiff, but oh well

And I suppose while we’re here, might as well give the basic recap on him like I did Optimus

Megatron is another high ranking member of the Autobots, known for his incredible power, recognizable in his large cannon that makes up his right arm (even it means he doesn’t have a right hand). While he can be rather violent on the battlefield, and has an amount of intensity and aggression off it, he’s overall a very dependable bot, especially to his battle partner, Optimus Prime

He’s also notable for his immunity to the virus that plagues Cybertron, same as Optimus. Although unlike Optimus, who gets his immunity from the Matrix of Leadership, it is unknown what causes his. Though it is also by others that he differs from many bots in his inner workings (such as his non retractable cannon and his solar panel recharging system), and truth be told, no one truly knows where he comes from or who built him, including himself. So it’s assumed he simply is immune due to differing systems

However, while he is truthful about his unknown origins, he lies about his immunity to the virus. But it did not affect him the way it does any other bot, and he doesn’t know why. And in truth, he doesn’t want to know, because he’s afraid of what it means about himself. And he’s afraid of ever being cured, because while he doesn’t remember his origins, he does remember his days before the virus and never wants to return to them

He knows that withholding this information could be blocking the path to finding a cure, and he knows he’ll be punished if the truth ever comes out, but he doesn’t want to be out in a cage to be studied, and he doesn’t want to lose the Autobots, the only people he has. Especially not Optimus, the most important person in his life. So for now, he’ll keep up the lie, and hopefully, he will never be found out

While he was never a Decepticon, he’s far more tied to them than he or anyone else realizes, all except the mysterious Decepticon leader himself, who’s very interested in turning Megatron to their side. But for what purpose?

And yeah, I think that about wraps it up here

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Okay, so I may or may not have been spurred on to make this due to Comodin Cam asking for Optimus Prime designs on Twitter yesterday and me wanting to show off my own, but regardless, it made me finally go and try to make a more official reference for my the Transformers X Optimus Prime

I wanted to do something more with the background, but I don’t know what to do with backgrounds and trying to choose a color was confusing my head, so we’re still stuck with white. Sorry, I’ll try to be better at this, but I don’t know when I’ll change to having better backgrounds

But I did at least import a Mega Man X text font here, which I used on the words, since my own handwriting is kind of plain looking. I colored it too to give it some extra pop

But anyways yeah, here’s this

I think the proportions are better than the first reference, but I really do still need to work on my proportions and anatomy. Maybe it’d help if I drew a proper human body as my skeleton reference first, since of right now, I do it by making the squares and other shapes first, and then the connecting lines. And I don’t draw the bottom halves ever. I also need to work on posture

I also changed up the colors a bit since I was still borrowing from my g1 colors, though only now am I noticing they aren’t the most saturated. They looked more saturated on Procreate. But whatever. Most of the colors come from either the Animated or Cyberverse color palettes I have saved on there, with some color shifts alongside it. The eye color blue is the only one that stayed the same

But I like these colors, they just might need more tweaking to be a bit more saturated, but other than that, they’ll probably stay

I also added in the Autobot symbol now, since he is one here. I’m not sure how I’m gonna do it on everyone else though, particularly Megatron, but I’ll cross that bridge when I get there

I changed the axe, and I think I like it better this way honestly. I just need to learn how to to draw people with axes more

Honestly I think the legs are the only thing most prone to change at this rate, other than general proportion things. I just sort of slapped details on there without thinking about if I want to keep them. Oh well

Oh yeah, and since we’re here, I don’t think I ever said but there’s some things in his face I wanted to point out. Just that I gave him the flat-ish nose I give One Optimus, and thick eyebrows like Prime

Do I have anything real important to say in this description other than design things? I don’t really think so honestly. Maybe I should just reiterate basic stuff about him in this AU, for people who don’t know? Might as well. Assuming they’re still reading at this point

So a virus has broken out on Cybertron, which makes bots’ processors malfunction and become incredibly violent. Many of these bots have come together to form a faction called the Decepticons, to wreak havoc on Cybertron. In response, the force known as the Autobots was formed to combat and contain these Decepticons, until a cure for the virus can be found

Optimus Prime is one of the Autobots, and a rather high ranking one as well, fighting the Decepticons whenever they cause trouble. He was the second creation of Alpha Trion, and he was given the Matrix of Leadership by him, which has made him immune to the virus, one of the reasons he’s so high ranking outside of simply his skill. He also has a partner in the field in the form of Megatron, a bot with incredible power and a seeming immunity to the virus just like Optimus, though no one quite knows the reason for his. They both also have field support in the form of Jazz, giving them all intel on the battlefields and enemies they face

Optimus isn’t the most thrilled with all of the violence that comes with his role, but he also knows that it’s necessary to stop the Decepticons from their path of destruction, and if he were to stop, so many more innocent bots would be put in harm’s way. So he keeps on fighting for them, with the hope that one day a cure will be found, and peace will return to Cybertron and he can lay down his weapons

And I think that’s about it for now, I’m not sure I have else to say. So yeah, take this new, proper ref for Optimus. I don’t know when I’ll get to the next one, but I think Megatron will probably be next. And ideally Elita after him, but I’ve already made clear my struggles on designing her

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Okay if Transformers One ends up never getting a sequel, I say we all agree the canon end of the story is that after everyone gets time to settle down and process the events of the movie, they realize their mistakes, Optimus and Megatron decide to make up and everyone gets to live in Iacon in peace, war never breaking out. Oh and they defeat the Quintessons and nothing bad happened as a result

If they choose to not give us the best timeline, we should at least give the characters the best timeline. Well, within the confines of the first movie still being canon

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Actually wait, hold on, what if you had sparklings able to transform, but they can’t transform into like, a full on vehicle or anything, just small gadgets and appliances. Only once they become bigger are they able to become vehicles

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Okay I know this is gonna sound weird, but screw it it’s a random brain thought while bored at work

I need to read a fic where both Megatron and Optimus end up carrying at the same time. Pretty much just for the bombastic side eye from the Autobots and Decepticons, especially when they realize it’s both of them. And they become horrified at the thought of what kind of night they could have had that ended up with them both getting sparked up

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So I know D-16’s yellow eyes and black helmet were supposed to be a reference to Megatron’s original design in the comics and beta designs for the g1 cartoon

But like, Optimus had yellow eyes originally too, in the comics and I think some concepts, and in his toy as well. So why can’t Orion get yellow eyes too?

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Oh yeah, I was planning on saying “hey for Valentine’s Day, can someone draw Orion Pax and D-16 but with the vibes of this?”

Since for some reason this combo and picture gave me similar vibes to that pair

But Valentine’s is basically over now, so oh well. My bad. Should have posted the suggestion sooner

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So I ended up making that character that’s a reference to some game, because I don’t know why

I probably won’t use her, but she exists now and I mean I like how her design turned out

So uh, yeah, this is Stinger

I have decided I won’t tell you the name of the game she’s a reference to because I want people to guess. But honestly, I don’t know how easy it’ll be to guess the game

But I mean, I think I was relatively blatant in the reference. If you want another hint, half of it is her name, and the other is part of her design. I really don’t think it’s that difficult, but you also have to know the game exists, which I’m not sure how many people do

But anyways, design things

A lot of her design takes inspiration from one of the characters in the game, and so I can’t tell you that aspect, but I also referenced Transformers characters as well, mostly Animated characters. Arcee in her body type (I may or may not have traced the initial body from her because I couldn’t get my proportions right), Drift for her top head thing and the things on her sides, and then Shockwave for her hands and alt mode

I gave her claw hands to reference the fact that her name’s Stinger; she needs something to sting people with

But also outside of them, another primary influence was Beast Machines Jetstorm, since he’s very slender like what I wanted

I didn’t actually know how to design her alt mode, all I knew is that it was supposed to look vaguely like a dinosaur and also terrifying. But I don’t know how to draw that, so that over there is my best attempt

Probably need to get better at it if I want to convey a terrifying Airachnid and/or Blackarachnia in my AU like my brain envisions, but oh well, a problem for later

Edit: I’m realizing now, she probably doesn’t look at all like a dinosaur. I don’t actually know how to draw them, and my lazy ass didn’t look up references because it was going to be sketch only. She probably looks closer to a kaiju or the Balrog or something than a dinosaur. My bad

And sure, her normal and alt mode don't really look like they're the same person, like you can't really see where the dino stuff comes from on her, but spoiler alert, she's almost definitely not actually Cybertronian, just taking the form of one, so it's fine I guess

But anyways, on to any sort of character stuff, it's mostly what's said above

The main idea I had outside of that is that in a story where she hypothetically exists, she had once mentored one of the main characters, though she seems to have mysteriously disappeared, presumed dead. Then one day, presumably back on Cybertron, the group encounters this absolutely terrifying dinosaur looking thing that eats people and eventually realize that this is what Stinger has become. They think that this was like, the product of a forced experimentation, like how the Dinobots come to be in some continuities, but the twist here is that this beastly form is completely intentional on her part, and she is fully sapient like this. This is more what she actually is (though probably not fully). She might have had a different alt mode in the past, but this is what she looks like now

Her motivations are also completely unknown to anyone but her, and due to her true otherworldly nature, pretty much don't have anything to do with the war between Cybertron, and probably involve its destruction? But not because she's evil, because of some higher, but also more base purpose

I don't know, I figured her true motivation after taking a small break from writing this description, and coming back now, I realize that the description I gave her on the art made her sound too normal, too mortal. I mean I guess you can say it was an act, or maybe she just had amnesia and forgot her true purpose, but I don't know, sounds a bit cheap

So, for now, let's take out her true motivations because they're too big, but she can keep secretly being a terrifying, somewhat eldritch entity

Not sure I have anything else to say, so yeah, take this thing I made that I don't even know why

She probably didn't even have to be a Transformer, but I must insert my new fixation into everything (dead serious by the way, I do this with most other things I see and think are neat and I think it's becoming a nuisance to other people tbh), so she is

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Well I’ve at least made some new stuff for my AU today, though it’s really not much

Half of the page is me trying to figure out Elita, because as I’ve stated in previous pages, I can’t figure out her design. I thought I had it down the first time, but each time again I try to make her, she never turns out right

I think part of the reason I can’t get her down is that I don’t know what specifically I want to base her design on, whether it be a previous design of hers, a Mega Man character, or something else entirely. And also, I don’t want to get rid of the original design elements I gave her, like her sunglasses or side cones, despite the fact that they’re probably hindering me in terms of fixing her design

But I am considering now moving her cones to the top of her head, where her top antennae are, and putting something else where they were. Metal Sonic has become a bit of an inspiration in that regard. But I’m not sure if it looks good, or if I should try something else

Maybe I just need to bench her for a bit so I can try again with fresh eyes

But moving on, I decided to try my hand at designing Arcee here, and I think she looks pretty good. Her design is based predominantly on her Rise of the Beasts design, because I honestly really like it, my only problem is she doesn’t turn into a car. But oh well, regardless I think she turned out well here

I’m not really sure what more to elaborate on her design? I will say, I gave her wheels on her belt, but I don’t actually remember why, I might just take that out. Also her arms need more detail, which I will give at some point

I also drew that sketch of her in the corner, semi trying to look more like some of the Mega Man concept art I was looking at, at least in the eyes. I’m debating whether or not to make the art look more like Mega Man. But I think the sketch itself looks kind of cute though

But as for Arcee’s role in the AU? Honestly, I have no idea. I know she’s probably fighting Decepticons, but I don’t know if I want her working with Elita or Optimus. Like Elita would be cool but it’s also putting all the female characters together in their own group in the corner, especially considering Elita’s supposed to be more of a recurring side character than a proper main one, even if she is important

For some reason, when I look at her I think “pizza delivery”, but I don’t know why. She’s probably not doing that, unless it’s a weird side gig of hers

I don’t know, maybe I should wait until I get to Season 3 of g1, where she’s actually a prominent character. I still feel like I don’t know her well in a general sense. I know Prime Arcee, but I’m also under the impression she’s like Animated Prowl and a unique take on the character rather than her norm. Not really sure where else to look on her though honestly

But yeah, I suppose moving on to our last guy, we have Sentinel Prime. I know I mentioned considering putting him here before, but I don’t remember what of his lore I told you, so I’m just gonna reiterate. But first, design things

Okay so honestly, I’m not the most satisfied with his design. I was planning on having his design take inspiration from One, even if his personality is closer to Animated, but I also used some design elements from Animated and one thing from Bayverse (that being the triangle windows), and I think in the process I wasn’t sure what to do with all of it. He became a sort of mishmash that I don’t think looks the best

Unlike Arcee, he’s gonna need a proper revamp in his looks. Maybe settling on just one design would make things easier

I don’t know, I think Sentinel runs into the issue of not having a single, general design, or design elements that generally tend to show up, like Arcee’s buns. His three most prominent appearances all vary wildly, the only real overall design element being his color scheme of blue with yellow/orange, and even then, he’s red and grey in Bayverse

But yeah, I don’t know about Sentinel, I may have to look at other designs more. I do want him to keep wings in his design though

But he is more defined in his character than Arcee, even if admittedly not the most defined either

So as I may have stated before, this Sentinel Prime was made as a response to Optimus Prime, by someone who had some sort of petty grudge against Alpha Trion or something, though I don’t know who. He was basically made to be Optimus but Better, and that mentality is pretty apparent in how he acts, and the fact that basically his main goal in life is to be better than Optimus

He’s low-key obsessed with being the “better Prime”, but unfortunately for him, Optimus generally ends up still being better than him at the end of the day. Sentinel is a very skilled fighter, he’s definitely not someone to take for granted, but Optimus is just a bit better, and the real difference tends to come in his character, and how Optimus is just generally a bot of better morals, unlike Sentinel who’s incredibly egotistical and can be a bit of a coward

To make matter worse for Sentinel, this rivalry he has with Optimus is pretty one sided. Optimus barely knows who this guy is, other than that weirdo who keeps inconveniencing him in weird ways and showing up to say he’s better than him. I’m not entirely sure he knows his name. Sentinel’s convinced himself that Optimus is just mocking him, but no, Optimus doesn’t really know this guy other than his status and that weird guy

Sentinel I think runs his own team of Autobots, separate from Ultra Magnus and Optimus’ group, though I don’t know who’s on UM’s level in that regard. I also don’t know who’s in this other group, other than me liking the idea of Jetfire and Jetstorm being here. I know Skyfire already exists here, but screw it, I like the idea of Sentinel having two basically minions who are loyal to him, but unintentionally humiliate him and get him into trouble. I don’t know, it’s fun

But there is more to him outside of being a petty guy who thinks he’s better than Optimus. As mentioned, he’s a skilled fighter, probably having his double sided sword from One because I think it looks cool. But he also is supposed to have actual good qualities to him, even if I haven’t defined what they are yet. While he does fight Decepticons for the general glory of it, and to be the better Prime than Optimus, there is a part of him that does it out of a genuine want to protect people. And there are times where he can drop his bravado and show genuine empathy towards others, particularly his teammates. The main issue is that while he does have these good traits, and if he really worked on them he might actually become a Prime on the same level or even better than Optimus, he’s convinced that they are not the right traits to make him better, and thus he will bury them in favor of his usual schtick. If someone is trying to help him be a better person, this would be one of the most frustrating aspects of him

I’m also thinking that while he has this petty hatred of Optimus, he’s weirdly courteous when it comes to his partner Megatron, never having an ounce of hatred towards him unless he’s actually inconveniencing him in some way. The pair are not sure why he does this. I’m thinking that he once lost his own partner in pretty horrific circumstances, though he never talks about it, and with his own self comparison to Optimus, Megatron fills a similar role in his mind, even if he’s not that similar to his old partner at all. So he can’t bring himself to hate Megatron for being Optimus’ partner

I also don’t know who this partner is, though I am considering having Blackarachnia and/or Airachnid be connected to the situation. Though I haven’t figured out if one of them was his partner, because my brain was like “okay but what it they were both here?” but then that came with the problem of how do I make them similar, but also different enough that they’re their own separate characters? I really haven’t sorted it out. The best I’ve come up with so far is that Airachnid ate Sentinel’s old partner, and he actually had to witness this happen, and it’s also why he’s got a weird aversion to spiders and/or watching people eat, but I really don’t know if I want to keep it. I don’t know what purpose it serves. But one of both of the spiders is probably connected to him, and none of the main characters are really aware of whatever he’s been through

But yeah, I think that wraps up all I have on Sentinel, and probably all I have for this page in general. Outside of the Sentinel lore, half of which I think I may have already spoken on, not really much new, but you know, it’s stuff. I am still trying to work on this AU, even if I’m slow on it