Thread:Shado supreme/@comment-25600892-20180308232135/@comment-26059868-20180423141653


 * Sooo... something like, "Power belongs to those who take it"? You want it to be something that makes an impression on her mind. She should see the Decepticons as the good guys, for best effect.


 * You could have her change because she recognizes the Autobots have the moral highground, but that would be a bit generic. It would create a deeper character if you had her do it simply for her own reasons.


 * Uuuhhh... ok? That sounds a bit mushy. You don't want to base entire episodes around that. Have kinda a slow buildup over multiple episodes, either in interactions, or subplots. You don't want to have a love story just for love story's sake.


 * I meant as a character. Age and... class (like, size class?) don't mean anything. If you have two characters who act the same, it doesn't matter how different they look, they're the same character.

Heres how I would make Arcee in my Stories of Steel series, which, since I probably won't complete, you can feel free to use:

As a spawned sparkling (a sparkling spawned from the allspark), her guardians were killed because their altmodes were deemed redundant by the Functionists, forcing her to spend her life on the streets. Here, she honed her fighting skills, and came to the conclusion that "might makes right". Years later, when Megatron showed up and started speaking out against the Functionists, Arcee rallied to his cause, seeing in him the same pain the Functionists had wrought against her. After Megatron and Optimus Prime founded the Decepticons, Arcee joined, and was assigned to recon duties, gaining a partner in Cliffjumper, and occasionally working with Bumblebee, who had been appointed head Recon Officer. During one mission, Cliffjumper is KIA by Zeta Prime. Arcee grieves, having come to the realization that she and Cliffjumper were more than friends. Bumblebee comforts her, and the two gradually form a bond over the season, but in the final showdown at Zeta's fortress, Optimus and Megatron come to blows over whether or not to kill Zeta. Arcee, wanting revenge, is among those who want Zeta dead, while Bumblebee sides with Optimus. When the Autobot vs Decepticon war breaks out, Arcee sides with the Decepticons, encountering Bumblebee again and again as the war goes on, and finally at Tyger Pax, where Bumblebee is in charge of an Autobot force to delay Megatron. As Bee and Cee duel, Megatron cuts through Bumblebee's soldiers, demoralizing him. Arcee sees yet again the pain of loss she once felt herself, and realizes Megatron has become the thing he hates. Megatron, desiring revenge against Optimus, orders Arcee to kill Bumblebee, who is taunting Megatron over the fact that the Allspark was fired into space. Arcee refuses, frustrating Megatron further, and he rips out Bee's voice box, then tosses him over a cliff. He reprimands Arcee, and then proceeds to Tyger Pax to kill Optimus. As the battle continues, Arcee finds Bumblebee, wounded, but not quite dead, and takes him back to the Autobots.

Fell free to use that, but if you don't want to, I'd still recomend writing a backstory paragraph to help with character profiling.