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whatudottu · 2 years ago

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Okay, BETC!Blitzwing having introjects based on Astrotrain and Octane is an absolutely galaxy brained idea, but did you mean it in the sense of two of pre-existing alters (most likely Hothead and Random) being based on them to serve as their “replacements” (perhaps for added angst, Blitzwing having done so unconsciously due to a mixture of the Triple Changer procedure messing with his memories and dissociative amnesia) or Blitzwing having other alters besides the three he usually displays that are repressed and/or can’t properly express themselves due to lacking their own faceplates? Both of them are equally good, I’m just curious to see if you were referring to a specific one,

It's an either or situation because as soon as that idea propped up I went to look into the personalities of Astrotrain and Octane to see if they matched any of the face alts, not that the original G1 personalities dictate anything about TFA characteristics considering how many characters (including Optimus himself) has a different twist to their personality. Of course, not every alter in a system fronts (or is even active) so having fellow triple changer headmates that might speak or observe through one of the fronting faces of Blitzwing is still rotating in my mind, if they haven't gone dormant.

If Blitzwing has exomemories from Astrotrain and Octane then his earlier Autobot experiment days would be muddled (more than they already were) by proxy of the fact these introjects may have taken some of his own direct trauma and hold it under their own names, like 'dealing with base frame abuse' from Blitzwing's pre-existing warframe being allocated to Octane with his flight frame or 'being turned into a tool for war' onto Astrotrain's frame alteration into galactic soldier transport vehicle. If they ever were to front maybe they'd borrow a face they prefer or can use to present themselves more accurately.

#ask #anonymous #blitzwing #tfa blitzwing #transformers #tfa #BETCs #bot experiment triple changers #maccadam #the blitzwing we see now isn't quite the same blitzwing that was fresh of the experiment table #depending on the logic of the experiment the faces may be built in or as an unintended bonus #the latter seems more likely because the autobot scientists pride themselves on efficiency #(whether you like their methods and ideologies or not)#so they may consider giving extra faces a weird thing to do especially for their custom war machines #but what does it mean to have extra faces as a triple changer? is it limited to the number of alts you have?#are the faces self-built to fit the vehicles and act as root mode?#i know in the almanac which implies ba as behind the operation to have given blitz the extra faces #were they in fact locked to one face until they had gotten someone to give them the three?#three for the alters that wanted to front? more for the active alts? at request of the front alters that wanted a face?#who knows beyond a cool character design feature that becomes subject to human representation #because by cybertronian standards blitz may be the only system to have it like they do #a DID based on the experiment to give the original jet blitzwing a third mode and secondary alt #even if the bots went to their own significantly less warframe civ mecha that's still at most 4 (living) with this DID #astrotrain and octane may not both fronting because they are already in a frame not their own

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