What breed/species of cat would he be in a furry/anthro/etc AU?
What animal would you choose for him if your hc isn't a feline?
Optimus flicks his tail. Puffing out his chest," As an Automorph I'm a proud lineage of Autolions. My sire Magnus and their sire before them are all autolions. I hope to prove myself as a noble bearer of my heritage."
Mane fluffing out as he preens.
/long ago I discussed a bio punk au with a friend of mine where autobit and decepticobs were alien furroes with fucked up gene splicing and altering to allow mechanical augmentation.
Optimus isn't just a lion type but he's got latent flight coding he unlocks after tussling with Megatron who can tell he's holding back something. Subconsciously or not. So he ends up closer to a cross between a lion and a bat.
A very desirable carrier trait indeed.