You've ask me about my favourite characters Now ima gonna pull an uno- reverse
Tell me about YOUR favourite and why you like them
The longer the better, I love reading long ahh rambles >:)
To no one's surprise nowdays, it's Hook...
Which...
So I started in this fandom in 2016 through to 2017 before taking a hiatus until last year around April.
My first introduction to combiners was on accident by researching Breakdown (from TFP) but not knowing there was a distinction between him and the Breakdown's article I clicked (G1). This led to me learning about the Stunticons and wanting to see clips of them.
Cue me looking up "Menasor" on YouTube, and being recommended this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQCs_xkxJkg&ab_channel=SeanC and... well. It was all over.
The Constructicons were a passive affection for me, but even then I loved Hook and Scrapper a lot. But then last year, around September, I started chatting about Hook in the matter of an AU with one of my friends and....
Well.
Very very quickly I became obsessed with him.
I love his ego, and how, unlike Starscream or most other egotistical characters, he has a reason for it. Hook is genuinely exceptionally intelligent, exceptionally skilled, and his bragging comes from a place that isn't insecurity or him wanting to make others thing he's something he's not.
He's not vain, unlike Sunstreaker, but he does care for how others perceive him.
I adore his perfectionism, how much you know he will NEVER allow himself to be wrong or make a mistake. It gives you a lot to explore on why he's a perfectionist and how much he might take being a perfectionist too seriously. His bio mentions how pain staking he is with his repair work, and I love that.
I love the dedication he has to his work, and that he's the Decepticon Chief Medical Officer in G1? I love a man who goes beyond his build and is amazing at his job. Even if he's a grump and struggles with good bedside manner, you know you will be feeling better than before your injury when you go to him.
Of course, then a huge part of my love for him is a tiny, insignificant seeming little line from his bio... that the only person he respects is Scrapper.
Modest, humble Scrapper and Hook, the Con with one of the biggest egos ever, respects him?
There's so much to unpack there alone...
Also he's got a handsome ruggedness to him. Love the angularness he can be drawn with, and his kibble is perfection.
I've always enjoyed untraditional medic characters, and Hook is as non traditional as you can get when you compare to the other G1 medics introduced. There's ambulances and a tow truck, but a crane?
Especially imagining how he became a medic?
He just tickles all the right spots in my brain...
I also love how he has constant resting bitch face. He's always grumpy and irritated and in a bad mood, and tired of everyone's shit.
Love me a grumpy old crane who, if he went on vacation, the entire faction would fall apart lol