#he's very open about his loyalty to team rocket and why which could easily be a exploited

[a-tale-of-legends]

Cliff states that Team Rocket saved his life at one point, which is probably what made him to loyal to them

Yes, I am aware! I remember finding that interesting when reading about on Bulbapedia when trying to understand the Go-verse. Not sure if they would expand on it or not in pokemon Go, but it's certainly an interesting backstory.

I will admit, I was pretty disappointed with Cliff's personality. Before really reading into his quotes, I got the impression that he was the "I don't want to hurt you, but I'm loyal to team rocket so I'm gonna" and I thought that would be interesting cause I don't think we've gotten that type of team rocket member before? The only one that I remember is that random npc that battles you in radio tower I think that basically goes " what? A kid?! I don't want to hurt a kid, but I if I must....". Like that underlining kindness( kinda) despite doing something very wrong. But then I read Cliff's quotes and was proven wrong lol. He's just a Giovanni simp/j. In hindsight, I should have just expected that, and my disappointment is kinda silly all things considered. I got my hopes up based on nothing lol.

Anyway, I know Cliff's loyalty towards Team Rocket is due to them saving him in the past. It's really interesting and I hope that they expand on it more!

[immaturityofthomasastruc]

As you said your considering watching "Star Twinkle Pretty Cure" loke with Heartcatch plan too do reviews??

I just finished Episode 16 a few days ago, so I’m about a third of the way into the series. I’ll give my thoughts on it so far.

While I still prefer Tsubomi for her character development, I think Hikaru/Cure Star is a very likable lead with all of the energy she brings to the table. I like how she’s a shameless sci-fi nerd with her love for all things space, mainly constellations and aliens as shown in the first episode. She’s just so full of optimism and eagerness, she fills the role of leader well with how she can easily rally the other Cures. A good example of this was in one episode where Hikaru drew up a redesign for the team’s damaged rocket ship (which I’ll get to later) that the other Cures like so much, they manage to get the repairs done much quicker despite spending some time adding on accessories because of how motivated they are. This is a kind of character trait I really like seeing for leaders, being able to motivate the others to do things outside of the battlefield. Hikaru is just a really fun character so far, and is currently my favorite this season.

Lala/Cure Milky is also a really interesting character so far. Being an alien, most of her episodes deal with her getting to know the human race and its cultures, mainly through her friendship with Hikaru. She starts off more apprehensive to her situation on Earth, but does become more open to learning more. At the same time, this does lead to a flaw where she tends to blindly focus on pure logic and hates failure, much like a certain other alien primarily dressed in blue. There’s an episode where Lala transfers to Hikaru’s middle school and has a pretty bad first day with how little she understands the social protocol, and the next day, she relies on her AI to help her blend in more and understand to the point where she forces herself to stop using her verbal tic “-lun” at the end of her sentences. It shows how much she hates failure, and it says a lot about her character. She still manages to grow past this flaw a little, and I’m looking forward to seeing how else she develops in the series.

Elena/Cure Soleil is basically the big sister of the team kind of like Yuri from Heartcatch, though without the added baggage the latter had for most of her series. She’s referred to as “The Sun of Mihoshi Middle School” by the other characters. Really subtle there, writers. Granted, it’s referring to her friendly attitude towards her fellow students mixed with her athletic skills, which naturally draws a lot of students to admire and look up to her, even Hikaru. Unlike Itsuki, she’s much more relaxed around others and even asks Hikaru to stop referring to her as her sempai, especially since Hikaru has seniority over Elena as a Precure. She’s generally the more level-headed one of the team, and tends to rely on diplomacy more often, like when she diffuses an argument between Hikaru and Lala early on, and later helps to convince some aliens to hand over one of the MacGuffins/toy tie-ins, the Princess Star Color Pens peacefully after helping to defend their planet. From what I’ve heard, Elena and the fourth Cure were added to the show last-minute thanks to executives, but I think Elena fits in with the cast pretty well so far.

Likewise, Madoka/Cure Selene is referred to as “The Moon of Mihoshi Middle School” because she’s... high-class? Fancy? Rich? She’s basically meant to be a foil to Elena in some regards. While Elena is more lax and friendly, Madoka is more stoic and a bit of a perfectionist. While Elena has a happy relationship with her family, Madoka has a much more tense relationship with her father who hates aliens for no reason, and will take any chance he gets to remind the audience how much of an asshole he is. I think he’s running for the Worst Father in Animation Award after hearing Gabriel Agreste won it three years in a row. Madoka generally has the hardest time as a Precure because of how she has to keep it a secret from her xenophobic father, and seems to be struggling with her loyalty. This is mainly because I’m so sick of family drama from Miraculous, but Madoka’s character arc revolving around her relationship with her dad is honestly why she’s my least favorite out of the four.

Fuwa is nothing more than a plot device/cute thing to look at. I mean, at least the fairies in Heartcatch could actually speak in complete sentences, and not say their names like a Pokemon. Prunce is honestly a much more memorable character with his dialogue and plays the role as comic relief well.

I really like the villains so far. They’re all aliens based off Yokai and have their own approaches to the monster of the week formula. Kappard (a Kappa), is a vain warrior who tends to use the imaginations of others to create new weapons to use against the team. Tenjo (a Tengu), views her troops as pawns and uses the the imaginations of others to turn them into giant versions of the show’s grunts, the Nottorei. Aiwarn (a Hitotsume-kozo), is a trickster who uses corrupted Princess Star Color Pens to create the true monsters of the week, the Nottoriga, using the imagination of others. There’s also an Oni-themed alien who’s their boss, but he hasn’t really done much yet. Overall, these villains have some really creative motifs that I really want to see more of. It kind of reminds me of the movie Treasure Planet which did something similar by combining fantasy with sci-fi.

Another thing I really like about this show is how it generally plays with certain sci-fi tropes. The very first time the team goes out into space to search for one of the Princess Star Color Pens, they get into trouble with the locals, who see it as a sacred artifact, and even before that, look down on the Cures for not having fur like they do. It’s a pretty realistic depiction of making first contact with an alien race like that. Another interesting episode is in the aforementioned episode where Lala goes to school for the first time. You’d think that since her kind work are automatically educated by artificial intelligence, she’d be really smart, right? Actually, because of how much she’s relied on an AI to help her do everything, she’s so inept that she can’t even calculate double digits in class like 15+10, and generally struggles on her first day of school.

Generally, I’m really enjoying the show so far, and I’m looking forward to continuing it.

[turquoisedragonmaster]

Here have a bunch of my Transformers OC’s. If you wanna draw them feel free I guess. Just credit me.

NAme: Inkjet

Gender: Mech

Species: Cybertronian

Altmode: Black 2017 Mazda MX-5 Miata

Faction: Autobots

Appearance: Inkjet is a smaller, somewhat round bot, with a completely black frame. He has blue optics and his headlights are yellow and function as his way of speaking. His neck is scarred and mangled, as he was tortured by the Decepticons, which caused him to lose his voice.

Personality: Inkjet is not much of a fighter, and he prefers to let others fight.  He is emotionally connected to a human named Ruth, and will protect her at all costs. Curious about human culture, he enjoys listening to the radio and communicates through morse code or his radio.

Special Features: Mangled neck, Autobot symbol on left shoulder

Weapons: Tattoo needles, Pulse Cannon

Other:

-I was really worried he’d be too much like Bumblebee but he’s not

-Soft boy

-He’s a sweetheart

-He still believes there's good in Decepticons despite what they did to him

-He’s a member of Team Screenshot (Which consists of him, Feedback, Teal, Turquoise, Spectrum and Slickshift)

-Too pure for this world

-Help him

-Amazing tattoo artist, he was in very high demand

-His morse code is normally slow but when he gets scared or excited it goes really fast and nobody understands it except for Ruth (She has like… Cybertronian enhancements that allow her to understand it)

-His favorite Earth animal is the Snapping Turtle (WHY)

NAme: Feedback

Gender: Mech

Species: Cybertronian

Altmode: Orange Lamborghini Gallardo LP560-4

Faction: Former Decepticon, Currently an Autobot

Appearance: A broad shouldered, rather tall mech, his orange plating is bright against gray undertones, along with doorwings. Numerous scrapes and scars. His optics are purple.

Personality: Feedback is nervous around others, his past makes him think he’ll hurt anyone. Massively overprotective, he fights with little control, and has psychological issues. A lot of them.

Special Features: Autobot symbol is clearly overlaid over the Decepticon one of his left doorwing.

Weapons: Dual pulse blasters, stasis dagger

Other: GAYYYYY

-Kinda an asshole

-He trusts nothing except Team Screenshot

-Which is like trusting a mamba

-His nervousness makes him trigger happy and that makes Teal nervous

-Cannot be trusted around explosives

NAme: Turquoise

Gender: Femme

Species: Cybertronian

Altmode: Turquoise Carrera GT

Faction: Autobot

Appearance: Turquoise is not an extremely big femme, nor is she small. SHe is actually reasonably sized, and you probably wouldn’t notice her if she wasn’t BRIGHT TURQUOISE. She had doorwings, which move constantly. Her optics are dark blue.

Personality: Derp master extreme. Accidental badass, who is super smart but talks/acts without thinking. Her underlying aggressiveness is undermined by her insane loyalty.

Special Features: Autobot symbol on chest

Weapons: Sword, double mini blasters

Other: Smokequoise. Turqstorm. Jazzquoise. SHIPS

-Has a huge dumb crush on Jazz in every universe ever

-Smokescreen and her are more platonic than anything

-Teal and her are extremely close (TOUCH HIM AND I'LL MURDER YOU)

-She’s an okay person

-Loves Earth music and Animals

-She likes using the groundbridge to go places and see different animals.

-Ratchet thinks she’s crazy

-Has ADHD

-Her front left tire falls off hen hit just right. She keeps saying she’ll get that fixed but she never does.

-She fishes in her spare time.

-She caught a shark once (In Australia)

-She has an alligator she keeps in the garage’s basement. His name is Godzilla.

-She has a dog too, his name is Smokey

-She tries to flirt with Jazz but he’s oblivious.

-Whenever Jazz comes around she blushes super hard and tries to keep calm and fails

-OMFG REPTILES

-She loves reptiles with a passion and protects them

-She’s a cryptid among poachers it’s just like this giant blue robot comes out and kicks their butts and takes the animals

-Nobody believes them b/c she has an EMP generator so they can’t get pictures ;3

Name: Teal

GEnder: Mech

Species: Cybertronian

Faction: Autobot

Altmode: Teal 2007 GMC Topkick 4x4 Pickup

Appearance: Teal is FREAKING HUGE, rivalling Optimus in size. He is quite bulky, looking very fierce despite the fact he’s not a fighter. He. like Turquoise, had doorwings and blue optics.

Personality: Teal, like his spark-twin Turquoise, is easily distracted. He is quite powerful, but prefers to leave the fighting to others. He is insanely loyal, and very aggressive when those he cares about are threatened

Special Features: Autobot symbol on chest

Weapons: Twin pulse cannons, Warhammer

Other:

-loves birds

-So much. Birds are the greatest

-Birds love him too. At any given time there's at least three birds hiding in his plating

-Sometimes he opens his doors in alt mode and sparrows fly out and Ratchet screams

-A big soft man

-Highly protective of his little sister (Even though she’s the older one)

-Makes weird squeaky noises

-Loves tractor pulls and cows and just being in rural areas

-He’s so gentle it’s amazing

-Ratchet came out to the back of the garage to see him in recharge in a field surrounded by cows with birds perched all along his shoulders and was like ‘Teal why are you like this’

-Teal regrets everything he did as a warrior but the birds make him feel better about himself.

- ‘Turquoise what the fUck’

The twins make fun of Ultra Magnus constantly like the giant children they are

Name: Spectrum

GEnder: Mech

Species: Cybertronian

Faction: Autobots

Altmode: Turquoise and white F1 racecar

Appearance: In build, Spectrum is a lot like Turquoise, small, with aerodynamic plating and the family doorwings. He is white with turquoise racing stripes and biolights on his doorwings edges. His optics are bright green.

Personality: Literally the stereotypical ‘cool dude’. He says things like ‘totes rad’ and ‘YOLO’ and fingerguns a lot. He annoys everyone.

Special Features: Autobot symbol on his lower abdomen (Like Bumblebee)

Weapons: Twin laser pistols.

Other:The Bluetwin’s cousin. Do Cybertronians have cousins?

-Legendary weirdo

-What the fuck

-I love his design tho

Name: Bonebiter

GEnder: Mech

Species: Cybertronian(?)

Faction: Decepticons

Altmode: Off Road vehicle of unknown make

Appearance: Bone takes the form of a hyena, with spines creating a bushy mane on his back and large, powerful fangs. He is silver with darker grey accents and red optics.

Personality: Bonebiter is the literally epitome of being a jerk. He’s mean, crude, teases both friend and foe, and is rude and sarcastic, even to those who he KNOWS could beat the shit out of him. He makes horrible snide comments about EVERYTHING, and he’s unbearable.

Special Features: No robot mode, Decepticon symbol on right side (In hyena and vehicle modes)

Weapons: Extremely strong jaws, claws

Other:

Name: Blizzardburst

GEnder: mech

Species: Cybertronian

Faction: Decepticons

Altmode: F-16 fighter jet

Appearance: Blizzard is white with pale blue accents on his torso and wings. A rather lithe seeker, he had red optics with orange speckled in them.

Personality: Cold, harsh and brutally effective, he has no qualms with killing, or changes in leadership. In fact, all the otehr Decepticons are afraid of him, with the exceptions of Soundwave and Megatron. Even Bluebolt gives him a hasty respect.

Special Features: Decepticon symbol on wings

Weapons: Rocket launchers, ice missiles (Like TFA Blitzwing)

Other

Name: Slickshift

GEnder: Mech

Species: Cybertronian

Faction: Autobot

Altmode: Diesel Truck. A Blue one. With sparkles.

Appearance: Slick is around the size of Ultra Magnus, so is by no standards small. He’s a big buff dude, with kind green optics.

Personality: Cinnamon roll. He’s a sweetheart,and all of Team Screenshot will MURDER you if you so much as look at him wrong. He’s not much of a fighter, and is actually a bit of a crybaby

Special Features: TALL BOY, Autobot symbol on chest

Weapons: Mace

Other: Poor baby

Name: Fasttrack

GEnder: Mech

Species: Cybertronian (Former Stunticon)

Faction: Decepticon

Altmode: Green F1 Race Car

Appearance: He’s a skinny lime green asshole with bright fucking red optics.

Personality: He’s a jerk. That’s it. He is rude to everyone, literally gives nobody respect, not even MEgatron, and its remarkable he follows orders.

Special Features: Weird fin things on his arms, Decepticon logo on chest

Weapons: Twin energon blades

Other: he’s totally crushing on blizzard but blizzard gives no fucks

Name: Cobalt

Gender: Femme

Species: Cybertronian

Faction: Autobot (Former Decepticon)

Altmode: f-22 Fighter Jet and Dodge Viper

Appearance: Cobalt is dark blue (Although not navy, just normal blue) with wings and pedes not unlike seekers. She is set like a sports model, although some Seeker traits do shine through, most notably in her wings, pedes and helm.

Personality: Cobalt can be quiet when around strangers, although when she is comfortable she is loud and energetic. She is very very smart, and creative, although she does have problems with anger.

Special Features: Autobot logo on chest (Cockpit/hood)

Weapons: Katana and throwing stars (She’s a fucking ninja)

Other: Transformsona (Besides the twins)

Name: Replicator

Gender: Mech

Species: Cybertronian

Faction: Autobot technically (His methods are…. questionable)

Altmode: DNA Extractor (OR CNA)

Appearance: Replicator, through some serious work on his own frame and weird circumstance, looks eerily like Perceptor. Although he has blue instead of red, and lacks the signature microscope features, the resemblance is uncanny.

Personality: Replicator will do anything in the sake of his research, although he does have a conscious and morals, so he hasn’t done anything too horrendous. Yet. He tends to be a total jackass to everyone, whines constantly, and is a complete coward. So yeah. Annoying.

Special Features: He can extract and replicate CNA, Autobot symbol on shoulders

Weapons: None (he’s a useless sonofabitch)

Other:

Name: Carboncopy

GEnder: Mech

Species: Dinobot

Faction: Autobot (Reluctantly)

Altmode: Allosaurus (NOT A T REX DAMMIT)

Appearance: He looks like Grimlock. That's it, he looks like Grimlock. He has tattoos on his tail, courtesy of Ink. (They’re dinosaur bones)

Personality: An angry, bratty giant child, he complains that ‘I AM NOT GRIMLOCK’ so often it’s probably burned into his processor. He blames Replicator for all his problems.

Special Features: Autobot symbol on chest

Weapons: Jaws, tail, grabby hands of DEATH

Other: