Well, to begin with, I think he's a hot robot. He has a nice curviness you get with several of the TFTM characters--he was initially designed as a character rather than a toy, and it shows, deliciously. The color scheme is over the top but I love it just for that. How many 'bots can get away with magenta, after all? And apparently I have a thing for flames on my Autobots. (See also: Tracks.)
Aside from that, I mostly don't find Hot Rod very appealing. Sure, he's young and cute and reckless and probably a totally awesome babysitter, but it's when he becomes Rodimus Prime that he becomes interesting to me. Suddenly he's got a huge responsibility that he didn't want and really isn't dealing with so well, is depressed and reckless and slowly dealing--and having some degree of actual character development, although G1 isn't very good at that, really.
And more importantly from my perspective, it gives him delicious issues that work so very nicely for putting him in the berth with Galvatron. Or Cyclonus. Or preferably both. He's still reckless (and now depressed) enough to do it, he's tough enough to take it, and he really wants someone to take the decisions away from him and make him hurt delightfully for awhile.
Or, alternately, he can stay (or get sent back to) the Autobots and get cuddles! Or get tied up really awkwardly by Magnus. Or get stories and spankings from Kup! Or sexy threesomes with Arcee and Springer, not that I ever write that but other people should.
So, yeah. Rodimus is a fun nexus of kinkable issues. Perfect for porn!
Rodimus!
Aside from that, I mostly don't find Hot Rod very appealing. Sure, he's young and cute and reckless and probably a totally awesome babysitter, but it's when he becomes Rodimus Prime that he becomes interesting to me. Suddenly he's got a huge responsibility that he didn't want and really isn't dealing with so well, is depressed and reckless and slowly dealing--and having some degree of actual character development, although G1 isn't very good at that, really.
And more importantly from my perspective, it gives him delicious issues that work so very nicely for putting him in the berth with Galvatron. Or Cyclonus. Or preferably both. He's still reckless (and now depressed) enough to do it, he's tough enough to take it, and he really wants someone to take the decisions away from him and make him hurt delightfully for awhile.
Or, alternately, he can stay (or get sent back to) the Autobots and get cuddles! Or get tied up really awkwardly by Magnus. Or get stories and spankings from Kup! Or sexy threesomes with Arcee and Springer, not that I ever write that but other people should.
So, yeah. Rodimus is a fun nexus of kinkable issues. Perfect for porn!