One of the most fun things I've discovered about creating a Transformers OC is figuring out how they would fit into different continuities:
I know the only female Autobots in G1 (before Arcee's introduction) were Elita One's squadron who stayed behind on Cybertron to continue the fight. But I'd have Whiplash and Dustoff be part of Optimus Prime's team that arrived on Earth, most likely appearing in Season 2 (like all the other new Autobots introduced out of nowhere LOL). Maybe have them go to a lesbian bar. They'd also survive the movie because I don't do Bury Your Gays here.
Been a loooong time since I've watched Animated, but I feel Whiplash and Dustoff would both be members of the Elite Guard who come to Earth with Ultra Magnus, Jazz and Sentinel Prime. Dustoff is one of the very few flying Autobots but rarely uses her vehicle mode for combat. As a result, Sentinel tends to make disparaging comments about her 'cowardice' which she rolls her eyes at and Whiplash butts heads with him over. Sari learns they're a couple and recommends to Whiplash some of the most popular romantic spots for a date during their stay in Detroit... which keeps getting interrupted by Decepticons. Whiplash: (pummelling Blitzwing so hard, his face spins around) Let... me... have... a... quiet... Earth... date... with... my... sparkmate!
The two of them would join Team Prime midway through Season 1 of Prime, with Dustoff becoming an understudy for Ratchet and getting hand-to-hand combat lessons from Whiplash, who learns to be less reckless in turn. Dustoff stays behind with Fowler when Autobot Base comes under attack, getting captured but managing to escape with Wheeljack. They split up so she can find Whiplash, both removing the tracking devices Starscream planted on them. To avoid detection, Dustoff becomes a Triple Changer by scanning a Humvee and instead finds Ratchet, talking him into joining Raf and Bumblebee at the Harbinger while Whiplash meets up with Bulkhead, Miko and Wheeljack.
In One, Whiplash is one of the miners while Dustoff works in Iacon as a medic. Relationships between cogless and transforming bots are legal but still frowned upon by some, not that that stops them from meeting up regularly for a drink at Maccadam’s Old Oil House. Dustoff later gets Whiplash and other bots to safety when they get injured by falling rubble from Megatron's destruction of Iacon, leading to her eventual position as the Autobot medevac officer.
