THE ANIMATIC(?) IS REAAAAAAAAAAAL!!!! it's amateur as hell but for a first real animation I'M SO PROUD OF MYSELF AHHHHHHHHH
i'm so excited i don't even know how to explain the premise
edit: watching all of the JG1 shows made me realize how cumbersome and deadly the Emperor of Destruction title was... so here is me displaying all of the "emperors" over millions of years!!!
more beneath cut (contains heavy spoilers for tons of shows)
The first Emperor is Megatron, then he get's rebuilt by Unicron to become Galvatron (repping the OG show & movie).
Galvatron dies in The Headmasters, Lord Zarak (Scorponok's head) takes the role. His transtector gets destroyed, removing him from power as he goes into hiding.
Overlord is *not* an Emperor of Destruction in Super-God Masterforce, but they are the face of the Decepticon movement for Devil Z on Earth (until later). They don't get a crown, hence the covered face. Neat detail, right? *pats myself on the back*
Deathsaurus takes the title after Overlord (for a short while) was Emperor. He goes into hiding too, or dies. It's ambiguous.
Violengiguar is created by Dark Nova. They both got close to the title, but I'd say that Dark Nova was closest. The crown get's shattered as the title becomes meaningless... for a while. After this we get into the Beast Era.
Beast Wars Megatron and BWII Galvatron are shown together as they're on equal footing, for the most part. They both die.
Magmatron appears, battling a Unicron-Possessed BW2 Galvatron. This is taken from Beast Wars Neo :) Magmatron doesn't die, so there is no mark over his face. Honestly, he's the most different from the other Emperors, so good for him.
The clock turns back and we are met with RID01's Megatron, or Car Robots' Gigatron. Depends on what version ya watch. Either way, the Beast Era ends and the final part of JG1 begins with that last scene.
Something more detailed this time (with some rushed shading); anyway here's Big Bang and Sky Garry.
Some Lore about Big Bang (my own):
"Big Bang was the first ever Cybertronian to hold the title of Lord High Protector, serving directly under the very first Prime; Prima, and he was the greatest mech to ever hold that title.
Things changed however with Prima's `death´ at the hands of his own brother, Megatronus, and his subsequent infection with Dark Energon. Ashamed of not being able to protect his Prime, Big Bang exiled himself along with his comapnion Halonix Maximus. Living in solitude and defending Cybertron from afar.
Still bots spoke of Big Bang, tales of varying truths, and over the eons he became a legend.
Those tales eventually reached a young med-student, infatuated by the stories and intrigued by the mystery Sky Garry set out to discover the truth."
This time of the 13 Primes (excluding Quintus, Onyx and Amalgamous who don't wear shoes).
Also adding stuff from my AU, i.e. Dark Energon Prima and Adult Zeta, as well as everyone from the second picture being related to the Primes. Which is why the selection is so random.
Mercury is a character from "The Covenant of Primus". Devil Z is from "Transformers Masterforce" Dragonstorm is the massive Dragon from "The Last Knight" Maxima is from "Prime Wars" Cruelty and Chaos are two of the faces from the Cyberverse Quintesson Judge Dark Nova is from "Transformers Battlestars" Dweller is the worm from the third season of the G1-Cartoon
Oracle I already explained in another post.
I added Sideways to this family due to the idea of him being an interdimensional entity.