#scatterspike

[liaswritesrobots]

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[transformers-the-hunted]

Scatterspike is a Decepticon bounty hunter, currently she is hunting down a decepticon defector. she's highly self-reliant, rarely working with others with the exception of her old mentee Sawtooth.

She thinks ahead, she's always ready with a way out, for if things go wrong. Though for all her planing, she still fights like a wild animal, all teeth and claws. Letting violent instinct take control, over her usual calm and collected personality.

She is very small (at least by decepticon standards)

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[blueikeproductions]

So an unexpected lore drop for the Robots in Disguise 2015 cast cropped up.

The Transformers series has an RPG game, though I have no idea if many actually play of it or even know if it.

There’s three books so far.

The third one being the most recent, and a particular surprise that it’s heavily based on Beast Wars, Beast Machines and other series that have included beast characters like both RiDs.

One thing I find funny is the named Maximals are surprisingly small: Optimus Primal, Dinobot, Cheetor, Rattrap, Botanica, Silverbolt and BlackArachnia. The Predacons and Vehicons are much more robust, with Skold from IDW Beast Wars specifically mentioned as a Predacon. Maximal Nyx, as far as I can tell, isn’t mentioned, which is funny because she was treated as IDW BW’s mascot, but was pry the most forgettable character from it. Forgettable to the point she doesn’t appear to be acknowledged here.

What’s most surprising is Beast Machines in general being acknowledged since the struggles between the Maximals and Vehicons aren’t a popular idea to return to. Acknowledging a techno organic Cybertron is almost considered apocryphal to some, but with how increasingly Earth like Cybertron has become in modern stories, perhaps Hasbro is just more accepting of Cybertron’s inevitable evolution into a pseudo organic state.

The book starts out with Cheetor, post Beast Machines, speaking to a human colony on New Earth about the history of the Beast Wars he fought in and other Beast Wars he is aware of such as the events of RotB and RiD01.

Nightshade is listed as a lesser known beast Transformer, and going by the growing apathy towards EarthSpark and it continuing to be a rallying point in grifter spaces, I think that’s gonna remain that way unfortunately. Curiously, as Cheetor is the one that name drops Nightshade, I’m unsure if this is supposed to be the EarthSpark version, or retroactively this is a post BM Maximal version. Going by other chapters that seem to identify characters as belonging to G1/Beast Wars canon, it seems likely this Nightshade is a Maximal rather than a Terran.

Maximal and Predacon biology has never been definitively nailed down before, but this guidebook specifically declares that Maximals and Predacons evolved from Pretender technology and Micromaster technology, something ancillary media suggested before but never set it as hard fact.

The next story features Simacore as part of a Decepticon think tank led by Shockwave, as they discuss what seems to be the modern versions of “Beast Mode” technologies.

Of particular note is what the animal Decepticons in RiD15 are retroactively labeled as: Hybridizors. Hybridizors are apparently a breed of Transformer that has an animal like Robot Mode that converts into a Vehicle Mode. It seems this evokes Fuzors from Beast Wars: Maximals and Predacons who transform into hybrid mutant animals like Silverbolt’s wolf with eagle wings and claws.

Mechanimals are also referenced, a term that’s cropped up in ancillary media that refers to Cybertron’s native fauna: the difference is it now specifically refers to fauna and Transformers who convert from humanoid Robot Modes to robotic Beast Modes like the Dinobots.

With this in mind, we now have two distinct races that make up the RiD15 Decepticons:

Hybridizors: Guys like Steeljaw, Clampdown, Ped, Bisk, Quilfire, Underbite, Scatterspike, Groundpounder, Simacore, RageByte & Springload. While not specified, presumably this also includes Cyclone & Torpedo Mini-Cons.

Mechanimals: Guys like Scowl, Grimlock, Nightstrike, Chop Shop, Filch, Saberhorn, Glowstrike, Scorponok, Scuzzard, Shadow Raker & Zizza.

The crash of the Alchemore is also an event that occurred in this G1/Beast Wars version of events, further solidifying these characters into the general mythos as accounted by Thunderhowl, based on the Cyberverse version funny enough. Thunderhowl does retroactively fit nicely as an RiD15 character, but his defining role in CV is serving Onyx Prime and getting trapped in alien crystals until the end of the Great War. He’s frankly an odd pick as the narrator of the third part of the book, when he’s not a remarkable character and to better fit with the Beast Machines theme, he could’ve been BM Nightscream or TFP Predaking looking at old data trax about Cybertronian history. Just a thought.

What makes the Hybridizor idea most interesting is the writers of the RPG book consulted with RiD15 staff writers to have Steeljaw and company fit in the RPG gameplay. I’m personally excited, since RiD is my favorite series, and getting new lore related to it by the staff is so cool. My only complaint is I kinda wish they thought of this name back then, as it probably would’ve saved a lot of headaches as to what the RiD15 Decepticons are supposed to be. Despite the show making it clear all the animal dudes are naturally occurring species on Cybertron, a lot of fans tended to view them as augmented experiments of Shockwave’s, similar to the Insecticons and Predacons. This does include the Dinobots, but because RiD also states Dinobots are a common reoccurring mechanimal on Cybertron, with RiD Grimlock, Scowl, Velocirazor and Tricerashot examples of this, it makes FoC Grimlock’s Dinobots retroactively bizarre, as why would Shockwave rebuild Grimlock’s unit into Earth Dinosaurs, when Earth Dinosaurs exist on Cybertron anyway? Works if you squint, my actuator.

Still the specific mention of Beast Mode tech does lean pretty heavily into the fan theory Steeljaw and co could’ve been experiments of Shockwave’s, so it’s now officially plausible even though I’m not personally a fan of that idea. Not everything needs to be Shockwave’s fault, I think we learned that the hard way in IDW.

This retroactive labeling is also interesting as the animal Decepticons came about by Hasbro kinda stumbling on it. They didn’t have a clear idea on what RiD’s theme would be so in play testing, they found kids liked to have the Autobot toys fight monster Decepticon looking toys, so that became the defining characteristic.

If you were to go back and rework it to have these Decepticons be a new breed of savage beast and turbo revving machine, equipped with a gimmick like the Energon Ignitors from Bumblebee or the Activator Mini-Cons RiD did use, I think that might’ve helped smooth things over better.

[needs-to-stop-looking-at-valves]

Top 10 fems (con or bot) who would be perfect for an s/o with a mommy kink?

I usually put a cut under these, but my laptop is acting up, so you guys are getting my full pages of disaster. Let's fucking go.

Tfp Airachnid. Pretty, strong, soothing voice, she's a total mommy through and through.

Beast Wars Airrazor. Idk, she just seems like that kinda firm, yet kind mom, with her gorgeous hubby. A real heavy handed mommy, tbh.

Tfa Strika. Big, ströng lady who feeds her babies big, healthy portions and kicks asses foe them. Scary looking mama, up until you try her chicken kotlet , shit is delicious. Plus. Well. Fat titties if you're into being smothered.

Tfa Arcee. A school teacher gone information courier, girl is not only sweet, but she's terribly smart. She's kinda like, the innocent (ish) mommy. Her and Airachnid are more toy user than others on the list though.

MTMTE Nickel. I've never read the comics, but from the bits ive seen of her, i can tell you she's totally into that shit. Though she's more of a bossy mommy than most on the list.

G1 Megaempress. From what I've read, she's a totally affectionate mommy. Granted, a bit more on the 'worship me' side, but she's totally up for being a mommy. Plus, she comes with her squad, so it's definitely not a bad deal.

Mtmte Lugnut & Anode. From what I've seen of them, they're fucking precious ladies, but they do give off kinda kinky vibes to me, sooo I can see it with them.

Rid2015 Zizza. I uh. This one is just one I really see. She big. AND comes with a paddle. Idk i just wanna BEE in them titties.

Rid2015 Scatterspike. She's. Big. Buff. Southern. You look at that and tell me she doesn't feed you a good meal before just wrecking that ass. I love her tbh.

Prime wars Windblade. Look. Look. I just see it. Idk maybe its because she can and WILL lift any fuck in this show. @baebeyza pls confirm with me here.

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[alucardy2000]

Decepticons appreciation post!

[supernova1us]

Part 11-Scatterspike edition

[vexwing]

I really meant to do this sooner since it was a relatively easy follow-up to my previous Quillfire, but finding Scatterspike's cardback to scan for a better image of her head was finally the push I needed to finish it.

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agree/disagree

[transformers-the-hunted]

Have some scatterspike sketches showing off her sawblade teeth.

[ask-the-toy-box]

Miss Cybertron Pageant

[zeenovosdrawings]

A drawing of Scatterspike for the second femme zine!

Commissions - Artist Tip Jar

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Reasons I like RID2015 #421:

Oh I'm getting

MAJOR lesbian flags here

[blueikeproductions]

Was looking at TJOmega’s post about defacto female Decepticons, and how his suggestion for the Arcee counterpart should be Go-Bots Crasher. Felt like blogging my own thoughts since I’ve thought about this too.

Certainly not against Crasher, though depending on how “pure“ you want to be, I always figured you could get away with having her be a RiD Strongarm retool since the bodytype feels right.

Personally speaking I feel under other circumstances, BlackArachnia would likely have become the defacto Decepticon gal given her popularity and strong personality and abilities. Perhaps the only real draw back is her beast mode in a sea of jets and assorted military adjacent vehicles, which is why I tend to think Airachnid was created to sort of bridge the gap by being a spider that contorts into a helicopter. So to me, these two, or at least some combination there of, would make sense as the defacto lady-con….

But because of ever increasing G1 flexing and retroactivity, it’s pretty clear Nightbird is the token girl of the Decepticons as far as Hasbro is concerned. Especially with her having a staring role in Rise of the Beasts (albeit as a Terrorcon, but still a ‘Con all the same). I do think however Strika, Slipstream and Shadow Striker have been climbing the ranks more to potentially be leading Ladies themselves with increasing presence in comics and cartoons. I think Shadow Striker in particular, being pretty popular thanks to Cyberverse, could easily be the defacto leading lady going forward. I think it depends post Cyberverse and IDW2 how that goes down with the next major comic series and EarthSpark if she appears there front and center.

I think RiD15 and Cyberverse got the ball rolling to “normalize“ having more Ladycons in modern media and certainly in the former I’d love to see new takes on Glowstrike, Filch (less beast mode instinct driven and more master jewel thief obviously), Scatterspike, and (while not a Decepticon she’s still a villain) Nightra in future media in leading roles where possible.

If it were up to me, BlackArachnia, Airachnid, Shadow Striker, Strika and Shatter would be the main leading ladies in the Decepticons for various projects. They have the best potential in my eyes and all fit nicely for core Decepticons.

I’m perfectly fine though with Nightbird, but I kinda wish she had more … personality I guess outside of G1. Shes mostly there as an Easter egg than anything else and I hope RotB gives her a memorable take that can be used going forward.

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Decepticons appreciation post!