We haven't even started yet, and i'm already having too much fun with this. Is it okay if i share some more character ideas, even though i already have my character? (Maybe somebody will be inspired to join in using one of my neat-o ideas...) i'll even start with a James Bond Easter Egg character for you, even though i'm not much of a Bond fan myself. (Ooh, a fancy car tricked out with gadgets and weapons. Please. i prefer fancy cars tricked out with gadgets, weapons, and robot modes.)
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Evil Decepticon
MOONRAKER ((Shattered Plastic Sunstreaker))
"If you can't beat 'em, join 'em!" ((G1 Sunstreaker: "They can't beat the best."))
Body shaped like G1 Sunstreaker, colored like G2 Sideswipe (or maybe BT/Alt Dead End) except for having neon green forearms ((the color of G2 Sideswipe's missile launcher)), neon blue fists and missiles ((the color of G2 Sideswipe's missiles)), and the racing number "007" on his doors ((where G2 Sideswipe has "SS" decals)) and spoiler ((where G2 Sideswipe has decals that say "SIDE" and "SWIPE")).
A friendly Decepticon who doesn't understand why everyone can't just get along. Fights because he lacks the self-confidence to speak his mind about the senselessness of violence. Jealous of his brother Tigertracks because Moonraker thinks Tigertracks has a more attractive vehicle mode.
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Evil Decepticon
TIGERTRACKS ((Shattered Plastic Tracks))
"Looking bad@$$ is what life is all about!" ((G1 Tracks: "Looking good is what life is all about."))
Body inspired by the yellow BT/Alt Tracks, although i'm not sure what his "third mode" would look like...
Believes that he is the most beautiful of all the Transformers, and couldn't care less about it. In fact, wishes he looked more fearsome in all modes; thinks that frightening the enemy with an intimidating appearance can be as useful as strength or firepower when it comes to winning a battle. Ironically, considering how little he cares about his appearance, he is completely impervious to cosmetic damage; even if subjected to a blow that shatters his internal components, his outermost hull plating will remain undented, his paint unscratched. Possesses a third mode capable of burrowing underground. Completely ignores Moonraker, not really believing that they're brothers.
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Heroic? Autobot
Shattered Plastic SHOCKWAVE
"Dare to be stupid!"
Body shaped like BT/Alt Shockblast, except with a gun barrel instead of a right hand (in addition to already having a gun barrel instead of a left hand).
Completely illogical. Makes tactical decisions based on a combination of horoscopes (often outdated), astrological signs (usually misinterpreted), and his own highly-questionable gut instincts ((machines don't have guts!)) and guesswork. Believes (due to a horoscope predicting a promotion at work) he is destined to become leader of the Autobots, a prospect which terrifies him. Sometimes confuses himself with various others, real and imagined, with names such as "Laserwave", "Shockblast", "Cyclops", "Sureshock", "Fistfight", "Wave Crusher", "Shackwave", and "Soundwave"; occasionally even tries to transform into their alternate modes. Carries a dozen or so non-transforming audio cassettes of Earthling manufacture in a knockoff Prada handbag; deploys them on the battlefield, where they appear to have no effect, although Shockwave insists they keep the elephants away. Also armed with two electromagnetic spectro-guns, which he has in place of hands. Often transforms (or tries to, depending on what he thinks his alternate mode is at any given moment) while shouting things like "Maximize!", "Terrorize!", "Accessorize!", and "Jazzercise!" ((remember, he's a retool of BT/Alt Jazz-Meister)); also yells "I am transformed!" as a battle cry, as well as at other random intervals (although never while transforming, immediately before transforming, or right after transforming). Highly emotional; especially vulnerable to sad movies--even mentioning the sad scenes to him can cause him to start leaking windshield washer fluid around his optic sensor.
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Heroic Autobot
Shattered Plastic SOUNDWAVE
Transforms into a portable CD player inspired by
http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:Cosmoslegendsuniverse.jpg in G1 Blaster's colors. (The lid of the CD player becomes a shield mounted on his left arm; the CD he carries becomes a circular saw--a buzzsaw, you might say--mounted on his right arm. In CD player mode, he has no headphones or speakers, although he does have a functional input where headphones or speakers can be plugged in.)
Because Soundwave does not increase or decrease in size when he transforms, he built several Transtectors for himself, which have since been instilled with their own independent Sparks, making them Transformers in their own right in addition to serving as means of transportation (and battle "armor") for Soundwave. Now Soundwave rides into battle carried by Laserbeak (G1 Divebomb redeco), Ravage (G1 Rampage redeco), Rumble (G1 Headstrong redeco in G1 Rumble's cartoon colors), Frenzy (G1 Tantrum redeco in G1 Frenzy's toy colors), Overkill (G1 Razorclaw redeco), or all five in their combined form, Squawkbox.
OVERKILL
"Hello, darkness, my old friend."
LASERBEAK
"I've come to talk with you again."
RAVAGE
"A vision, softly creeping, left its seeds while I was sleeping."
FRENZY
"The vision that was planted in my brain still remains."
RUMBLE
"In restless dreams, I walked alone."
SOUNDWAVE
"Beneath the halo of a streetlamp, I turned my shoulder on the cold and damned."
SQUAWKBOX
"My eyes were stabbed by the flash of a neon light that split the night and touched the sound of silence."
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((i haven't
really developed the personalities of Soundwave's minions, but i have some preliminary thoughts, sometimes based on their mottos.))
OVERKILL
"Hello, darkness, my old friend."
Overkill, as an Autobot, struggles to control the darkness inside him that makes him--in his own estimation--overly agressive both on and off the battlefield. He recognizes similar darkness in his Decepticon foes, and hopes by his example to teach them also to control themselves, and persuade them to join the Autobot ranks.
LASERBEAK
"I've come to talk with you again."
((G1 Squawktalk's personality? and maybe G1 Squawktalk's deco, despite being named Laserbeak?))
RAVAGE
"A vision, softly creeping, left its seeds while I was sleeping."
((Dunno about Shattered Plastic Ravage, but G1 Ravage was good at softly creeping while his enemies were sleeping, or at least off guard.))
FRENZY
"The vision that was planted in my brain still remains."
Something of a scholar ((instead of a street punk like G1 Frenzy)). Unflappably calm at all times.
RUMBLE
"In restless dreams, I walked alone."
Able to temporarily still anything he touches; can even prevent earthquakes.
SOUNDWAVE
"Beneath the halo of a streetlamp, I turned my shoulder on the cold and damned."
((Perhaps a former Decepticon, until he turned his shoulder on them for being so cold? And let them be damned!))
SQUAWKBOX
"My eyes were stabbed by the flash of a neon light that split the night and touched the sound of silence."
((sort of like the kind of Human who would say "I have seen the light!"))
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Is Animated Black Arachnia (Autobot-turned-Decepticon) the opposite of BW Black Arachnia (Predacon-turned-Maximal)?
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Is IDW Arcee the opposite of G1 Arcee? (although as i recall, both of them had their heads removed--G1 when she and Daniel became Headmasters, IDW when she became a prisoner of Fortress Maximus/Garrus-9/The Rig/The Last Resort. Hmm, wonder if that's an Easter Egg or just a coincidence, IDW Fort Max taking off IDW Arcee's head, when both of their G1 counterparts were Headmasters...)
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Okay, i'm done with the character ideas... for now. ;-)
May i humbly suggest that when we actually start playing, we do so in a separate thread (since this one fades in and out of character so much)? or, if Shattered Plastic takes place in multiple threads (like the normal game), we mention Shattered Plastic in the title of the thread, so they don't get mixed up with normal game threads?
TT said we're waiting for "more
Peeps" (like
who?), with the implication that we should wait for Blackjack in particular.
Well, i don't know how many or who else TT had in mind, but Blackjack says ready, so i'm going to hope i'm not overstepping my bounds and
start. If TT still says to wait (or my attempt just plain sucks), please accept my apologies and go ahead and lock/delete
the thread i'm about to start.