#Masterforce Overlord

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Overlord | Super-God Masterforce

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Design for Overlord tera and dreadnaut (real name Megan Guiglione)

She's the daughter of Giga and Mega, the original overlord, and inherited Giga's godmaster powers. resentful of her parent's love of humanity, she became a politician and fell in with her uncle zarak, who loves to spoil her endlessly

Overlord tera is the combined form of four vehicles that can be united using dreadnaut's godmaster abilities to merge with and upgrade technology, dive-1 (back and head) crusher-2 (right arm and ripcage) flame-3 (lower legs) and tornado-4 (chest, upper legs and left arm) the dark energon running through her systems grants her the same corruptive touch of other high ranking members of the six clan able to claim anything she touches under tarantulas' control while slowing reducing her victims to dust.

The vehicles and the dark energon were provided to her by her uncle and the six clan, but it is her power that controls them, in the absence of zarak's own child she has been pampered and spoiled ever since she got here likely due to her literal super powers making her stand out against her less fortunate step brother, having known about her powers since an early age she's way more experienced with them than Ginrai and every time they clash, Ginrai needs the kids' help in order to stand a chance, but while soup grows in skill, Megan's overconfidence has caused her to plateau and eventually ends up resorting to words and seduction to gain an edge in battle

When megan is disconnected from her personal squadron she takes on the name Dreadnaut cus she thinks it sounds cool (it does) unlike ginrai and the rest of the new generation of godmasters Megan didn't grow up under the impression she was ever human, mega and giga taught of her true nature when she was 5. And it grew in her a sense of superiority and the belief she should govern rather than being governed,

one would say her parents didn't see it coming but the union of their power is in fact called "overlord" so honestly thats on them. And that's how Megan see's it as well, she belives things are going exactly as they should and maintaining that status quo thats so comfortable for her is her number 1 priority, anything that challenges it no matter how big or small has to be destroyed, which makes her an effective weapon for lord zarak and the six clan,

She believes she can be more than a weapon for them and is just a matter of time till her uncle kicks the bucket so she can take over and that first half might be true but the six clan as she knows it does not last long enough for her rise to take place, leaving her as a weapon for the deceptions instead making her realize she's a just a big fish in a small pond.

[theneptuneflytrap]

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stares at u with my moe ginrai eyes

[elfdragon12]

Have some Super God Masterforce screenshots!

Man, I wanna be their third.

It's nice to get to see more of Phoenix's personality. He's been the least present of the four Pretenders.

I think this was from Overlord's first actual appearance in the show.

I just love that they have the little rain guy hanging from their umbrella.

I found this an interesting sentiment from Overlord. It does make me wonder about a more direct translation from this scene?

Metalhawk can be a real good big brother/surrogate father figure! 😭 Look at the way Minerva is hugging him and he has a hand on her to reassure her!

Honestly, Nick Roche giving Overlord the most kissable lips is really just following the spirit of the original.

This is perhaps one of the most terrifying images of Overlord to exist. (And there's BlackZarak.)

[trading-card-abomination]

I've seen enough “Overlord being a super-violent-for-the-sake-of-it Megatron fangirl” bring back “Overlord who is caring and parental but is still an unequivocally evil living WMD”

[taciturnraccoon]

HE REALLY LIKES STEPPING ON BOTS, DOESNT HE

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My Transformers writing metas of characters who a lot could be done with continues with a character that actually did get a lot of attention in the previous comic run with IDW, but did so as essentially an original character, since IDW, as we've previously established, did not like human characters or Japanese concepts. That being said, there's probably a lot you can do with the character in the new Energon Universe.

Overlord in Transformers Masterforce is the ultimate weapon of the two leaders of the Decepticons on Earth, the humans Giga and Mega. A Double Godmaster (namely a Godmaster that requires two Godmaster engines to function) Overlord beat Ginrai to within an inch of his life the first time they fought, forcing the Autobots to create the God Ginrai powerups to actually have any hope of fighting him on equal footing. It's actually interesting because a human mastermind (or two in this case, the husband and wife team) stepping onto the field with a Decepticon that made Megatron look lightly armed was a turning point for the conflict in the series.

For what it's worth, while it's not outright said, the Overlord in the Earth Wars gatcha game is implied to be this version, not the IDW version.

IDW chose to dismiss the human connections in favor of a Cybertronian who was a combat-loving warlord without any Godmaster/Powermaster abilities or human control. He's essentially a Caligula figure, happy to kill people for sport in his arenas and proclaim his own glory without any care for the people he hurts or the other Decepticons who are shown to barely stand the guy. Overlord's portrayal in the IDW series is often considered a highlight to show the cruelty that the Decepticon ranks create.

There's also his appearance in Power of the Primes, but that was widely considered a dumpster fire of a production with the writers, Machinima, having gone out of business years ago. I'm sensing a pattern with the writers Hasbro hires for their adult animation takes on the franchise.

Anyway, with a character that has had two very distinct portrayals, with more recent work trying to get away from the latter portrayal, there's definitely a lot Skybound could do with him, although much of it may not be feasible till a few years down the road -

Overlord, Decepticon Powermaster looking for a vestigal empire:

If the writers are a fan of the IDW portrayal but don't want to completely abandon the Powermaster/Godmaster concept, the best idea may be to have Overlord be someone seeking human or even alien aid to increase his own power. Cybertron has been shown to be in a pretty sorry state, but there's nothing to say that he couldn't have started his own empire somewhere else. This keeps Overlord as his own bot, and allows him to still have the Powermaster trappings of human partners while still keeping the Caligula trappings of IDW of someone who could have ran Cybertron instead of Shockwave, but was more concerned with personal power and fighting strong opponents than any sort of formal authority. This also leaves a lot of ideas for new characters that could bounce off of him.

2. Overlord: Transector of SKAR:

Now that the Energon Universe has somehow, against all odds, gotten people excited about Cobra-La of all things, it may not be long before in an attempt to further differentiate itself from Larry Hama's original GI Joe comics, begin digging for other ideas that have been declared unusable. And when it comes to GI Joe ideas that aren't looked upon fondly, even more so than Cobra-La, there's SKAR, the main villains of...GI Joe Extreme.

Yes, this was real. Season 3 was even going to connect it to the original series with SKAR being revealed as a front for Cobra, with Iron Klaw set to butt heads with Cobra Commander before the show got canceled.

If you were going to go the "Overlord is a Transector" route, rather than have Giga and Mega on their own, considering that the Decepticons will still be around, it may be worth it to mine the existing characters they have and adapt them to the concept. So in this case, the function of Giga and Mega as masterminds overseeing a conflict until Overlord allows them to go directly into battle could easily be filled by SKAR's two leaders, Iron Klaw/Count Von Raimi, and his second in command, Steel Raven.

Funny enough, they seem like they could take the roles of Giga and Mega quite easily from a visual standpoint.

So I think the ultimate question concerning Overlord and how he gets portrayed boils down to one question. Is he his own character or is he a proxy for others? Either one could be used here while heavily involving human characters in a way IDW didn't. But this is just my looking at a concept in the Powermasters I feel deserves a chance to shine.

[cherrytimemachine]

Character breakdown; Overlord

Character Breakdown:

How I feel about this character: I love his mocking attitude in IDW, but I also love how serious and commanding he is in Super God Masterforce. If you haven't seen it, I highly recommend it, but I'd start with the Headmasters cartoon since it came first.

All the people I ship romantically with this character: Himself. I'm a fan of the Masterforce iteration where he's a duocon made up of a husband and wife team. He gives me Garnet vibes but as an evil human combiner duo trying to help an evil orb take over the planet. I even made designs for their individual transtectors in mech form once, which I'll probably redo at some point on my art blog. If that's something you're interested in, just give me a holler.

My non-romantic OTP for this character: I don't think he has many friends since he's an asshole and all his close connections were cut off for a mirad of reasons, but in my AU he was friends with Double Punch while they were in the gladiatorial arena in Kaon together. They were both top champions for a long while.

My unpopular opinion about this character: He should be two people more often. I think it adds an interesting element to his character, and I would be interested in seeing him be revealed to be a combiner duo later on after being introduced to his character. It would explain a lot of things about him, like why he was so hard to beat, and why he's such a mysterious powerhouse to others.

One thing I wish would happen / had happened with this character in canon: I wanted to see more of his gladiator days. It's supposedly where he got his hatred for failure in IDW1, because Megatron kicked his ass and he's had a fear of losing ever since. I think seeing what kind of a person he was before Megatron would give a better sense of how he changed over time. We know he was forged on Luna 2, but other than that, what was his function? What job did he have? How did he end up in the arena? I have a whole backstory written for him if anyone's interested.

[thelastgherkin]

LEGACY EVOLUTION Voyager Metalhawk

You too use the Masterforce to transform!

More like this:

Titans Return Siege on Cybertron Metalhawk

Power of the Primes Prime Master Class Vector Prime

Generations Selects Cyclonus & Nightstick

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Why does Weiss from Dirge of Cerberus/Intergrade reminded me of Overlord from Transformers when Talking about Stuff like "Garroted and Impaled"??

(i'd like to read the wreckers comic again)

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sniles so sneetly

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The Trigger collab animation came out and it’s the best thing Transformers has done in the current decade.

Truly a love letter to Transformers from G1 to EarthSpark, it squeezes in everything it possibly can from most media. However the catch is that it’s only animated media and the live action movies, the comics (any assorted manga, Marvel, Dreamwave, IDW & Skybound) aren’t referenced, while some Japanese exclusive stuff gets a lil’ bit more attention (understandable since it’s, y’know, Japanese fans being nostalgic about the anime they grew up with).

Transformers Go, Q-Transformers, and the Beast Wars anime got particular attention.

This shot of Liger Megatron and Green Lion Lio Convoy is especially cool.

I think initially I was expecting a Trigger animated greatest hits from select moments from each show, and while they still technically do that in spots…

It’s mostly a mega crossover with different characters interacting otherwise.

And it’s all the better for it.

I mean where else are you gonna find TFA Optimus about to smash Masterforce Overlord’s face in?

There’s no real narrative, it’s just random cool shots though the closest thing to a framing device is the PV opening with Vector Prime looking down on Cybertron across all time lines.

Regarding EarthSpark’s contributions to the short, they’re minimal. The Terrans and Mandroid don’t appear at all, which is a little bizarre.

ES Megatron appears among the other Decepticon leaders instead of being with ES Optimus on the Autobot leader side.

You’d think Mandroid would be there next to BWII Galvatron instead, but I guess not. Sadly they omitted RiD15 Steeljaw too, instead using RiD15 Megatronus Prime’s floating head.

SatAM Robotnik voice: Ah well, life is not perfect.

The main ES rep are the Maltos.

This just reinforces ES needed to be 2D, because they actually look good. Roche’s style doesn’t work in 3D.

Anyway the human cast they chose for this final shot amuses me.

Love seeing my favorite Clays being included. The lack of RiD Steeljaw (G1 Steeljaw did appear with Lio Junior and RiD15 Aerobolt though) is forgiven.

Anyhow, the specific use of the Clays, the (S3) Witwickys, the Maltos and the Onishis (this is especially funny since Koji’s mom never met her universe’s Optimus) is somehow very random, but also kinda appropriate. Like I get Spike and Dot’s families, since it serves as bookends, but the Clays and Onishis still feel a bit random. Still, including both Robots in Disguise families is a nice touch in my book!

The short ends with a different bookend as mentioned.

What starts out as G1 Prime & Megs transitions to ES Prime & Megs shaking hands. The old with the current series. It works~! I admit I’m surprised they didn’t include TFONE somehow. I know it’s technically not out yet, but there’s enough material to have had Orion and D-16 have some kind of tussle. It would’ve been an interesting way to tie it into the above scene and this one:

When it comes to general rep, the stuff that gets the most focus is G1, Beast Wars, Animated, & Galaxy Force. Cyberverse doesn’t really get anything beyond the leader shot, but there is this awesome but very random shot of Croaton over looking Holi’s Rescue Patrol walking on a beach littered with the dead bodies of the generic Decepticons from “War Dawn”.

Sucks to be you guys.

It also occurs to me the Rescue Bots cartoons appear to be omitted along with BotBots, but that might partly be due to them not having Japanese releases? I’m not sure, but it’s funny how Q-Transformers is acknowledged of all things, but not Heatwave or Burgertron. Maaaaybe that’s for the best on the later…

Still the PV is a blast and is pry the most earnest passion project that GETS Transformers vs what we’ve been getting post Aligned cartoon wise.

I still hope this leads to a proper TF anime series made by Trigger, like what happened with Gridman. We need a return to good 2D animated TF shows and not more CGI slop like WFC or S2 ES. That Beast Wars and Machines are still superior despite being retro by today’s standards says something…

The catch however is the original video is region locked…

but some fans have ripped it and posted it on their YT:

So go check it out while you can! It’s pure Energon-y goodness!

[theneptuneflytrap]

SHES GORGEOUS 10/10 Design no notes.

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On my quest of consuming all Transformers media... or most lol. I have binged "Transformers: The Headmasters"! It's a great continuation of the original show. I enjoyed how they focused on a core cast for this one, but still hopped around sometimes.

I had forgotten that Fortress Maximus and Scorponok were rivals/equals! It's so interesting considering how Max is in IDW compared to Scorponok. Gives me lots to think about when doing my design of him 🤔 How will Cerebros mix in? I dunno haha.

Speaking of Cerebros! I really liked him!!! He was actually a good leader and tried to figure things out or stop things and was actually concerned for others. I was so shook when they said "you're the leader of the Autobots now" and Rodimus flew into space never to be seen again 🤣 Classic G1 Rodimus (outside the OG movie)

Also!!! Poor Chromedome 😭 this bot cannot escape his loved ones being killed off by a phase sixer 💀 Sixshot is so capable lmao. Magnus was done dirty OTL

Besides that, Chromedome is great! He gives me Hotrod vibes, kinda brash, has something to prove, young bot. He always wants to protect everyone and it's so cute 🥺

As for the other Headmasters, Hardhead is so fun and so is Highbrow!! He's a little enabler to Daniel haha. Brainstorm was probably my least fav out of them, but i just think I'm just so used to mtmte him. He was the mature one here.

The Trainbots are cool, wish we got to know them more 😔 also love the Decepticon Headmasters, they are so dorky 💜

Anyway, it was a fun watch and after reading quite a bit of the comics it was cool being like "Ah! That's where you're from!" Or "I know that guy!" Haha.

I just started "Transformers Super-God Masterforce" in hopes of seeing Overlord's first appearance 👍 much more anime vibes in this one.

Also! If you have a TF comic or show recommendation or one that's obscure! Pls share! :3

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Thoughts on Animated Optimus whacking Overlord with his hammer in the Trigger animation?

So that’s masterforce overlord who I have less of a problem with because he’s the best one, but that being said TFA op deserves to kick his ass!!! GO KING GO