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caiusbackupName a character and I'll tell you four facts about them from my own personal headcanon. Addendum: You can ask me in general for a certain continuity or you can ask specifically about a certain fic verse I've written. Limit 4 characters per comment. (You may ask for more after I've answered your first 4.)
(I may tell you that I don't have a headcanon for that character. I may also make something up on the spot.)
(I may tell you that I don't have a headcanon for that character. I may also make something up on the spot.)
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Date: 2010-07-14 06:41 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-07-14 01:41 pm (UTC)2. When he's not actually in pain (which is a fair amount of the time) he has more of a capacity for enjoying life than Megatron did.
3. The plasma bath damage slowly gets better over the course of season three, but he's always going to have terrible headaches, and he's never going to be what he was as Megatron. His experiences in TFTM (and not just the reformat) changed him more than the plasma bath did.
4. His tolerance for traitors is extremely limited, but he's willing to turn something of a blind eye to Scourge. Scourge is his--"brother" isn't quite the right word, but something like that--and it wasn't really his fault. (Though there are a lot of things about Ghost in the Machine that neither Galvatron nor Cyclonus ever found out about.)
(More on Galvatron here (http://caia.dreamwidth.org/108647.html?thread=1051751#cmt1051751).)
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Date: 2010-07-14 07:44 pm (UTC)I love how two of us independently chose Galvatron :P
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Date: 2010-07-14 07:23 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-07-14 01:56 pm (UTC)Shockwave:
1. At some point during the four million years, he started making little transforming toys to entertain himself. First Megatron (Shockwave can make one that actually sizeshifts), and then himself and Optimus Prime and Soundwave and...it sort of exploded from there. But he had to stop making them or playing with them long before he made recontact, because of declining energy reserves.
2. He's dedicated to Megatron, and believes both in his cause and that he's the most logical leader for it, but ultimately he likes him much better at a distance. Losing him for four million years was way too much distance, but he's much happier ruling a planet (or two! or more!) for him, getting regular shipments of energon in exchange for technology and troops, and having him show up maybe a couple times a year to express his appreciation, than he would be working directly under him. This is only partly because living with Megatron usually also means living with Starscream.
3. Only sometimes true in my headcanon: Cyclonus killed him during a Decepticon power struggle just after the battle with Unicron.
4. He spent four million years designing things that, for the most part, he didn't have the energy resources to build, and there wasn't nearly enough time in the twenty years pre-Unicron to put them into practice. Post-Unicron, Soundwave has some of the blueprints, and the Constructicons have others, but a lot of them were simply lost and quite a bit of what was left is written in a compressed form that only Shockwave could really interpret.
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Date: 2010-07-14 09:08 pm (UTC)1. That is kind of creepy, kind of cute, and kind of sad. So bored, poor Shockwave.
2. That makes sense. It seems like he's usually loyal (ignoring the continuities where he's Starscream-level traitorous), but almost no canon has them around each other, even if it's not strictly cybertron and earth.
3. Well he did disappear after the movie, so it makes sense something happened to him.
4. That's really interesting, I think it'd make a good villain plot if they WERE readable.
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Date: 2010-07-14 09:33 pm (UTC)He's loyal in the cartoons and treacherous in the comics. Actually I think G1 cartoon Shockwave might have been way more like Marvel Shockwave if (like Marvel Shockwave) Megatron had taken him on the Nemesis with him rather than entrusting him with Cybertron.
(Explanation does not apply to Dreamwave or IDW Shockwave.)
Well he did disappear after the movie, so it makes sense something happened to him.
Usually I assume "something" = "Unicron, or some random Autobot", but I think there's an interesting fic in "Cyclonus kills Shockwave." But I'm nowhere near figuring out what happened between TFTM and FF0D.
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Date: 2010-07-14 02:29 pm (UTC)1. Even without the dire energy situation, Megatron would have gotten bored ruling Cybertron in a year or so, taken off to conquer something else, and left Shockwave in charge. He's very glad he has a Shockwave to do this with.
2. He's ruled the Decepticons almost continuously for nine million years (well, five, really, although even during his time in stasis Shockwave was ruling in his name). Whatever else is going on there, he can afford to keep Starscream (and the triple changers, and the Combaticons, and whoever else) online because he doesn't feel seriously threatened by them.
3. He is probably interfacing with Soundwave as well as Starscream and (when he's around) Shockwave. (What can I say? I like Decepticon High Command Orgies. Although this one isn't an orgy so much, since having Starscream in the same berth with either of the other two is usually more trouble than it's worth. Soundwave and Shockwave work well together, however.)
4. He's the Constructicons' creation, although none of them mentions this very often. Partly because this just doesn't mean as much to Transformers as it would to us, and partly because the relationship has frequently been strained over the past > 9 million years.
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Date: 2010-07-14 09:21 pm (UTC)2. It'd be boring if he only had loyal followers. Though it does make the few who ARE loyal stick out, lol.
3. That is actually my no.1 OT3 ;D Actually, it's not really fair, but I consider it more like Megatron practicing polygamy than all three being involved simultaneously. And he's trying to woo SS (with violence and anger, because they're cons), who's having none of that. SS would never want to be just one of his 'wives'.
4.Could also relate to the fact G1 had the Constructicons make Megatron, who later made the Constructicons. Awwwkwwarrd.
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Date: 2010-07-14 09:30 pm (UTC)Yeah, pretty much. I'm perfectly willing to believe that Shockwave and Soundwave are interfacing together on their own, too, but they tend to be thinking about Megatron when they're doing it.
SS would never want to be just one of his 'wives'.
What, not even the First Wife who gets to lord over the rest? XD I can definitely see this; my headcanon TFs tend to default to polyamory, but Starscream wouldn't want to share (no matter how many other lovers *he* had).
Could also relate to the fact G1 had the Constructicons make Megatron, who later made the Constructicons. Awwwkwwarrd.
Yeah, and sometime in between, Megatron brainwashed them. Ahh, Transformers family dynamics...
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Date: 2010-07-14 09:02 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-07-14 02:14 pm (UTC)(Hot Rod did get himself tied up in the berth sometimes, but he did it because it was fun and a little dangerous, not because of any deep burning need for it.)
2. Rodimus inherited Roller with the trailer. He doesn't want to get rid of the little drone the way he does the matrix, and occasionally he can be found petting it in his office, but at least as frequently he doesn't want anything to do with it.
3. Rodimus was just starting to get used to being Prime when Optimus came back. It didn't make him any less happy to hand the responsibility over.
4. It's not anywhere near up there with the rest of it, but one of the deeply annoying things about being Prime is that he's not as fast and maneuverable as he used to be, and his vehicle mood is just ridiculous looking.
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Date: 2010-07-14 03:25 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-07-14 08:01 pm (UTC)and it wasn't a need he had as Hot Rod, so he doesn't quite realize he's got it.
UNF. I love this. The burden of leadership has unexpected results :D And yesss, I love that you addressed the subtle but important difference of getting tied down for sexy funtimes, and getting tied down because he needs to not be in control.
Awww, Roller ;_;
p.s. since I still haven't even seen Hot Rod in action yet, I have a feeling all of this is going to be semi-canon for me now XD
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Date: 2010-07-14 09:18 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-07-14 09:21 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-07-14 11:08 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-07-14 02:47 pm (UTC)2. One of his favorite things about Namor, deep down, is that they weaken each other. He's more than a little afraid of himself and his powers.
3. He thought Namor would probably prefer Captain America, too. (Namor certainly wouldn't have turned him down, but his Firebug is more fun.)
4. He's rather embarrassed that he killed Hitler by accident.
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Date: 2010-07-15 12:11 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-07-14 11:16 am (UTC)And one of the Decepticon Triplechangers, *is in a triplechanger mood*.
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Date: 2010-07-14 03:14 pm (UTC)1. No, he wasn't wearing anything under that tunic. It's just as well no one was underneath when Scorponok was dangling him by his cape.
2. He doesn't miss his planet or his daughter nearly as much as he thought he would, and he's glad of that--otherwise he might be tempted to go back.
3. Being Scorponok's head is more comfortable than he thought it would be. He's not much aware of his 'own' body at all, though: it's much weirder when they're separate.
4. He tops, and Scorponok loves it.
Octane:
1. He will interface with--or otherwise hang around/make friends/be temporary allies with--almost anyone or anything.
2. He's not sure he wants to be Leader of the Decepticons, but it seemed like a good thing to be claiming he was trying to do at the time.
3. Before recontact with the Ark and Nemesis, he played a long, complicated game of energon-scavenging and energon-skimming with Shockwave. It passed the time, but he was so glad to be able to get off-planet.
4. Yes, he will function as a living energon dispenser, and yes, he will get off on it, but if you try it without permission--and frequently even with permission--you will pay.
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Date: 2010-07-14 12:30 pm (UTC)(Also, we totally need to hang out before I move, I miss you! And I need to give you a present!)
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Date: 2010-07-14 03:29 pm (UTC)And--hmm. Head canon facts about Sam, trying for ones that we haven't already discussed extensively:
1. If his parents had survived, he probably would have gone to school to study biology rather than social work.
2. He first met and fell in love with Steve when he was wearing the Red Skull's body, rather than his usual physically perfect one. It doesn't make it any easier not to feel inferior to him, but it does give him a slightly different perspective on him than most people who met him post-super soldier serum.
3. He's not quite sure what to make of Steve's post-resurrection line of work. He can understand that Steve wants to stay out of the suit for a bit, and it's certainly better than Tony Stark or Norman Osborn, but he worries. (He worries about Bucky, too.)
4. He's not a mutant, but Redwing certainly is.
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Date: 2010-07-15 06:30 pm (UTC)2.) That's a great point! Huh. I may have to ponder this in the future.
4.) I'd love to see Redwing as a student at Xavier's. It would be hilarious.
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Date: 2010-07-14 01:53 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-07-14 04:11 pm (UTC)1. He's a very ordinary low-level Decepticon in a lot of ways--cowardly, petty, likes power but only if it's not too much effort or danger, likes hurting Autobots and occasionally other 'cons, but generally isn't going to bother unless there's a good opportunity or a good reason.
This makes him a huge contrast to Galvatron and Cyclonus.
2. He's loyal to Galvatron, and perhaps more loyal to Cyclonus, who's less likely to shoot him for no good reason. This is partly out of affection and respect, and partly because the rest of the world associates the three of them anyway, so he knows he's likely fucked if the other two fall.
He will, nonetheless, periodically forget this when you hand him something shiny or threaten his life convincingly.
3. He's usually the one who has to deal with Cyclonus after Cyclonus has just had a bad day with Galvatron. It's usually worth putting up with this for the protection Cyclonus provides him on other occasions, and the clear advantages of having a saner and less-stressed 2IC. Plus, he does like Cyclonus, as crazy as he is. It doesn't always seem worth it at the time, however.
4. He buds the Sweeps. It's difficult and messy and embarrassing and he doesn't talk about it at all. The only one who knows is Cyclonus, who helps out, when he's not helping Galvatron get them destroyed.
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Date: 2010-07-14 11:23 pm (UTC)1. He doesn't tend to care very much about the universe outside of Galvatron, Scourge, Ultra Magnus (post-Killing Jar), and to some extent Rodimus Prime.
2. Except for a very few parts of his body--face, neck, antennae to a certain extent--he can barely feel light touches. You almost have to beat him up to get a reaction anywhere else that's not psychosomatic.
3. He can't imagine serving a Lord that he's not in love with, and he has a tendency to overestimate the extent to which the other Decepticons like Galvatron.
4. He has a deeply personal loathing for Starscream. On his behalf, almost as much as on Galvatron's, which is pretty rare for him.
(More on Cyclonus here (http://caia.dreamwidth.org/108647.html?thread=1053287#cmt1053287).)
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Date: 2010-07-14 02:42 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-07-14 05:59 pm (UTC)2. He's a sadist. Sexually, and otherwise.
3. Like the other Stunticons, he's extremely young and therefore naive in a lot of ways, and he's in a position where it's even harder for him to admit ignorance or ask for help. So there are a lot of weird gaps in his knowledge.
4. He's a bully, yes, but he also spends a lot of time his first year or so being bullied by the rest of the 'Cons.
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Date: 2010-07-14 07:19 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-07-14 09:18 pm (UTC)*feeds!* *carefully, because they are DANGEROUS*
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Date: 2010-07-14 09:25 pm (UTC)Stunticonbunnies: *are fed* *go out to find a shiny prettything to molest*
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Date: 2010-07-14 10:21 pm (UTC)Marvel Shockwave, because he's quite a bit different from his cartoon-self.
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Date: 2010-07-15 03:31 pm (UTC)1. He was loyal to Megatron prior to the crash on earth.
2. He's much less rational on the subject of Megatron than the thinks he is.
3. He likes Ratbat, even if his obsession with energon efficiency approaches illogical at times.
4. It offends his logic circuits that the Decepticons allow themselves to be led by a gunformer who can't even fire himself.
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Date: 2010-08-20 04:11 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-08-20 07:51 pm (UTC)1. He's always been evil, but pre-war it wasn't advantageous to express this via violence, so he didn't. But having been able to freely express himself as a Decepticon, he'd never be able to go back.
2. He truly loved, and to some extent still loves, Skyfire, and there's no contradiction between this and #1.
3. Even without Galvatron and Unicron's intervention, he would not have lasted more than a few weeks as Leader of the Decepticons.
4. He's both entirely serious about wanting to kill Megatron and completely unprepared for what he'll do if he succeeds. (Well, except for the bit with the cape and crown. He'd had those carefully kept away for years, and occasionally took them out for maintenance and dress-up.)
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Date: 2010-08-21 02:10 am (UTC)And that's completely true about the parenthetical aside in number four. I hadn't even thought about that before, but now that I heard it I know you're absolutely right.
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Date: 2010-08-21 03:06 am (UTC)I dunno what it says, really, that I've spent time thinking about Starscream's morality, but I have to turn my head and squint to consider his sanity one way or the other. *shrugs* He's not exactly one of my favorites.
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Date: 2010-08-21 06:20 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-08-21 06:25 pm (UTC)(That and a lot of people write Starscream better than I do!)
And thank you. :)