I saw this post and headcanon that each Transformers-kind sub race have certain traits.
Cybertronians:
They have the most basic traits yet have the most variety in size, frame type and alt mode.
Camiens:
Based on the art in the link, they have "hair" made of razor thin strings/wires/cables resembling Solus Prime. They either styled them by hardening them like Windblade or cover them by wearing a helm like Chromia, and Nautica. In Velocity's case, she does both.
Velocitronians:
Like in IDW comics, they are mostly wheeled speedsters who are horrendously uptight with timing. Anybot who can't break Mach-1 speed are deemed crippled by society.
Eukarians:
Metal inside, flesh outside. Despite looking techno-organic, they are more robotic and energon are their main source of energy and freshwater as secondary. Their main alt modes are animals, not vehicles or machines. This is based more on RotB movie.
Terratronia a.k.a Terrans (Terrans are a general term for Earth creatures so this term is to not confuse the group with everyone else):
Flesh inside, metal outside. They are more organic despite having more metallic bodies. Their energy source is freshwater meanwhile energon acts like mere energy bars to them. They have the privilage to choose their alt mode and if they want one at all.
hey y'all! we just finished a voice dub of one of our favorite issues of IDW1 especially for Arcee's (trans) narrative and arcs, and also it just has a really good plot of 'post-war' intrigue, and is the issue that introduced Aileron to the continuity, and Arcee's initial feelings towards her and newly arrived Camiens (after Windblade, Nautica, and Chromia, though her perspective probably applies to them too especially after the idealism she saw in Combiner Hunters), here you go :3 :
In this issue of Transformers' IDW1/IDW2005, "The Transgressors" (written by John Barber, edited by Carlos Guzman, Art by Andrew Griffith, colors by Josh Perez, letters by Tom B. Long), turmoil is afoot on Cybertron. The estranged brotherhood of Tracks & Needlenose is put to the test once more while Needlenose & the Decepticons allied with Galvatron vie for support from the ones in Iacon, tensely crossing paths with Way of Flame proselytizing Camiens Aileron, Sterling, & Swift who (currently) believe Optimus Prime to be a living god. Second in command of Autobots on Earth, Arcee, who provides the interior narration of this issue, continues her visit to Cybertron (after the Combiner Hunters one-shot) & is not particularly pleased with the current events, seeing the unrest & unhappiness of Decepticons whose dreams of conquest are easy to rekindle & the deification of her commander. She worries for the lost colony newcomers while struggling with taking a look back at her past from a tense exchange with Tracks, & the tumult that follows brings her to the governing halls of High Chancellor Starscream, elected leader of Cybertron who seems to be having a one-sided conversation with someone no one but he can see… & she pushes him to face the fact his authoritarianism will be his & Cybertron's undoing by bringing her conflict with one of the secret police to his doorstep. In the aftermath, wrangling wtih personal loss in the past & the bright hope she saw on the faces of the visiting Camiens, she resolves to make sure they never end up with the same pile of trouble & old wounds Cybertronians carry on average, much less herself…
Can't believe we're one of the first to voice dub Aileron! XD more than one of us definitely got a kick out of that.
"The Transformers" is an exclusive property of Hasbro. This video and the system who put together (us) & uploaded it make no claim therein to "The Transformers", (hence, the removal of nearly all of the dialogue from comic bubbles), & thus release this non-commercially with no monetary gain to be had (also some sounds from freesound.org credited at the end are only available on a non-commerical license).
This was video was just done to bring to life with sound a comic issue from the IDW1/IDW2005 run if for no other reason than for people who have struggled to read comics as text to be able to experience the story another way.CW Limb loss, minor robogore, occasional loud sound effects for typical transformer violence.
This dub for the sake of visual impact to the reader during Arcee's final pages of narration in this issue, draws on one panel each from The Transformers: Robots in Disguise #Annual 2012, "Primus: All Good Things", The Transformers: More than Meets the Eye #26, "No Exit: Dark Cybertron Chapter 6", & The Transformers: Lost Light #1, "Dissolution Part 1: Some Other Cybertron" to show people from Arcee's past she was close to she knows or thinks are dead. Hardhead & Anode (& of course, Lug is present even though it's not established in The Transformers: Optimus Prime #25, "Post" if Arcee knew her, it was just easier to show the situation where Arcee thought Anode died by including her, & to be honest given how close the two transfem Conjunx Endura treasure hunters are we struggle to believe that Anode wouldn't have at least mentioned her to Arcee at all), & two people who betrayed her long ago, Jhiaxus (among other things by not listening to her desires for her gender affirming surgery & putting her through unnecessary procedures to conform to rigid ideals & then abandoning her including to the side effects, with a frame she sought help from Anode with & has since iterated away from across reformats of her own parameters) & Galvatron, who became estranged from her in his love of hierarchy and pursuit of power, getting deeply involved in the cause of imperial progress of the differing schemes of Nova Prime, Jhiaxus, & Shockwave before fully going his own way as a warrior ruler seeking to conquer after Dark Cybertron.
While Arcee was not actually present for the 'death' of Anode nor the death of Lug in 1516 CE (don't worry she gets resurrected by her wife & Kaput) & Hardhead in 2014 CE (no such luck), she was aware of both events, and while her friendship with & medical trust for Anode was not intended when this was written (Anode had yet to even appear in canon, MTMTE was still going), "Transgressors" is easily read in that context, as you just heard. It's all in the reasons & emotions you ascribe to Arcee's words from your knowledge and understanding of her story when you read it.
Endless thanks to the people who keep freesound.org alive & well, & a special thank you to our (as in our system's) friends & loved ones who supported the endeavour of doing this dub, & to everyone else who loves EXRID / Robots in Disguise 2012 + Dark Cybertron + Transformers (2014) + Transformers: Optimus Prime + Transformers: Unicron & trans gal (or parallel assemblage) alien robots be they transformers or other dear mechanoids!
1. Windblade - As I said in my response about my top five Autobots, I enjoy the dynamic she has with Starscream as his foil; she has a heroic motivation to bring about unity that I appreciate; she goes on trippy Titan skullfucking adventures, and she’s hella pretty (ﾉ´ヮ´)ﾉ*:･ﾟ✧
2. Nautica - One of the things I really appreciate about Nautica is that when they established her character in More Than Meets the Eye, it was done in a context that allowed her to list off her interests, all of which I found very endearing. Something that often frustrates me about sci-fi/fantasty/adventure/etc (the main kinda fiction I’m into), is that the characters tend to be mainly defined by their reactions to whatever crazy shit is happening this time, while we often get scant details about their interests. To me, what music moves you emotionally, or what literature you find fascinating, is a big part of one’s identity, so not getting these kind of details about characters makes me feel like a big part of their characterisation is missing (it may not be essential to their role in the story, but I still want it). So I really liked that we got these details about Nautica; they indicated to me that she has an interesting inner world.
3. Mistress of Flame - She intrigues me. I can’t tell to what extent she is a genuine fanatical believer in the religion she leads and to what extent she is a political pragmatist manipulating the beliefs of others. If she’s handled well she could continue to develop into a fascinating, ambiguous, and perhaps quite complex character. Also Kei Zama needs to draw her more.
4. Strafe - I quite enjoyed the Mad Max-y Redemption one-shot and the relationship she developed with Slug therein. Then she became a two-headed mutant Dinobot so that’s even better.
5. Swift - I like the idea of a naive newbie Decepticon who joined for love and is slowly starting to realise what exactly she signed up for. Plus I kinda dig her design.
