Transformers Cryptids
This is me ranting about Cybertronian biology in this AU only bringing up cultural things here and there I'll make a separate post for their culture!
No art again sorry! also this is a lot of talking about my au and how it works, problem is I have severe Dyslexia and rely on speech to text so I hope everything comes across properly and it didn't miss hear me at all.
So my Cybertronians are kind of weird I wanted to make them a little bit more anthropomorphic creature than just mental humans, although they are giant robots they're also alien giant robots and I wanted to pull out the alien a bit more! My main design goal is to kind of give them the vibe I get off of wild animals example, lions are actually pretty cute until there's one right in front of you then suddenly you're scared I want to do something like that with cybertronians! they're actually kind of cute until you make one angry suddenly you stop thinking they're cute.
They're not going to be straight up animals that transform into vehicles as like I said their anthropomorphic (I furried your robots) so anthropomorphic robots with amalistic traits that transform.
Traits they always have with some variation
Typically a cat like muzzle but the shape can vary from individual (so more dog like bird like blah blah blah they have a muzzle!)
Sharp teeth
Retractable claws
Tails that also can vary in shape and length
Traits they might sometimes have
Animalistic Ears (size and shape can vary)
More or less than two eyes (not including Empurata)
Plantigrade, Digitigrade, Ungulates, maybe they go to snake route or something a bit more alien
Weirder body proportions
About their diet
So you may have noticed sharp teeth, claws and front facing eyes that's predator traits, yep their predators, they're diet is metal and energon and they can get both of those things by hunting and eating Cyberanimals, and Cyberanimals can get their nutrition by eating Cyberplants or other Cyberanimals! (depending on the diet of the Pacific animal of course) Just like most carnivores cybertronians aren't 100% carnivorous as they do also eat Cyberplants but it's not as nutritious for them. Also if them being carnivores make you feel all sorts of weird and maybe scared don't worry they cannot eat organics! But if you were in this universe, Decepticons don't like organics and would probably kill you anyway so hope you meet a Autobot!
Food Preparation
Now they could and oftentimes will just kill the animal and eat it right there with no preparation needed, same thing with cyber plants simply just pick a fruit off a tree and start eating, but they like to spice up their food sometimes and make drinks, dishes, snacks or even emergency food storage like energon cubes. Fun fact drinks are made with Cyberplants, leaves for tea fruit for many drinks you get it! But if you process fruit in a special way that's how you can get highgrade Energon!
Cybertronians ancestors
Draconictronians (my rename for primes predacons) in this universe they were the very first to exist and eventually evolve into Cybertronians over time, Draconictronians can't really scan alt modes and are just stuck with the one they have which always is a Draconic like creature. there is still Draconictronians around but they're quite rare now and is considered endangered. Be polite too your local Draconictronians it's not fun to know your species is endangered.
Cybertronian Subspecies
Junkions have evolved the ability to be able to put themselves back together quite easily and painlessly as long as the joints themselves are not damaged, they also can thrive better in more hostile environments compared to typical Cybertronians. They have a natural desire to collect material scraps and reuse them that also has extended to things like garbage which has caused them to developed a culture evolving around collecting garbage and recycling it. They can have alt modes that don't just relate to garbage collection and scan alt modes but no matter Cybertronian alt mode or even getting a Earth alt mode it always become a more rugged and apocalypse like version of what they got, seems their biology is always ready for a hostile environment.
Minicons evolved to be much smaller than the average Cervatronian and have the ability to stick with them like the remora as they have the ability to become magnetic at will to Pacific Cybertronian of their choosing, they typically tend to have alt modes that complement fellow Minicons or other Cybertronian, but they can also have other kind of alt modes and scan alt modes but unlike how in some cases (typically among multi-changers) Cybertronians that are larger can have smaller alt modes Minicons can only go for small alt modes. They also have a symbiotic relationship with other Cybertronians as they can give an energy boost but also their diet consists of pest or parasites (aka they eat things like Scraplets and Energy leeches) due to how they get their nutrients they've evolve to form very strong bonds with other Cybertronians and will choose a Cybertronian to stick by their side, because of this they can be very loyal friends or partners, but their people if you wrong them you can lose their trust and they can leave! Minicons can also be other subspecies or the ancestor species, so you can have a Draconictronian Minicon or a Junkion Minicon.
Fan gen name fun fact
The name of my fan generation actually came from me thinking about how Cybertronians will probably become cryptids so quickly and maybe even be mistaken for already existing cryptids!
(Bigfoot posing Ratchet)
Even make me think that maybe our main human cast are in a cryptid hunting club! Which eventually causes them to meet their Robot alien friends!