Kurona wrote:Well, the trope of 'overly violent rogue that eventually joins the main team and learns to turn it down a notch' has been used a few times in the franchise. Off the top of my head I'm pretty sure RiD 2001 Ultra Magnus and Armada Blurr fit that mold somewhat. And then there's some that never learned the lesson and were just flat out horrible; Marvel Flame and IDW Skyfall for instance.
I do like the idea, especially when you're attempting to show the two sides as not just ultimate good and ultimate evil. Throw in a bit of gray not just by making the Decepticons a bit more sympathetic, but also by making some Autobots genuinely bad and violent. I always thought the Monsterbots would work especially well for this...
I'm thinking of a character that is a combination of the two descriptions your saying on missions he is completely blood thirsty never learns except for maybe near the end of the show while off missions he is chill and respectable but still obviously off his rocker so pretty much IDW Whirl is who i'm describing.
A good rounded Autobot cast for a new show would be something like this in my opinion: The wise (Optimus), learning (Rid Bumblebee) or confident leader (Mtmte Rodimus but actually competent) followed by The calm and collected second in commands (Prowls or Jazzes), rookie that becomes experienced by the end (Bees,Hottytooshotty,Smokeys), a kind medic or a cranky medic who learns to let go (Ratchets in general), a serious (Cyb Jetfire) or quippy (Airraids) flyer, the big guy in any personality (Ironhides, Bulkheads, Grimlocks), a super cool badass sports car(Sideswipes,Jazzes), a rogue type (Crosshairs,Ratttraps), a quirky engineer (Wheeljack, Brainstorm, Nautica) finally a few sixth rangers and/or a Combiner team that join the cast afterwards.
As well as a murderous guy in there somewhere.
If there had to be females make sure their not the token female as in there is only one of them per show (Most Arcees) I enjoy Rid Windblade for this very reason since much rather there be no females at all then just one but then again I don't really care for defined genders in robots.
Pretty sure that was the intent of the Monsterbots to be monstrous characters completely unlikable except for the fact that their unlikable.