#at LAST I can talk about her and Arachnicons in good conscience

[tf-isolation]

cog for blackarachnia?

Cog: show a design or personality detail about x character that you really like!

ok I can finally answer this one for you, Anon

The key thing with Blackarachnia, at least early on, that I was keen to explore was the idea of growth cycles for Cybertronians, especially one like her that happens to be an Arachnicon. For context, Arachnicons are a rare and revered sub-species of Cybertronian with, among other defining features like four optics, claws and web generation, are natural triple changers. 

See, the little “legs” on Blackarachnia and the blades growing out of her arms are “placeholders” for what would become spare spider legs, not matter what alt mode she chooses to scan in the future. If an Arachnicon scans something, their body will automatically figure out how to make a spider mode out of it. Hence why Arcee has car kibble and still has spider-parts sticking out of her.

So that’s something I was interested in with Blackarachnia, showing off the final growth stage of a Cybertronian before they reach adulthood AND how that applies to a more unique specimen like an Arachnicon, where there’s yet another metamorphosis past that growth stage for her to look forward to. And I do mean metamorphosis. THAT stage can get a little gross