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Some of their names are stupid. I'm gonna change them when I have free time. Namely these three.
This is the first one I designed, and if I drew her now she'd probably look quite different. She is named after her beast mode's species, a creature from "The Future is Wild" with guiding feathers on its legs, effectively creating an extra pair of stabilizing wings. Well, something about the name bugs me now. Thinking of changing it to "Slipstream." Yes, I know Slipstream is a Decepticon in other series, but hey Inferno was an Autobot and they named a Predacon after him. Reusing G1ish names for BW characters is nothing new. You know when a car drives by so fast it lifts up leaves and scraps in its wake? That's a slipstream. I can imagine this girl swooping in low and knocking over some oblivious Pred with the gust she creates.
Another one inspired by The Future is Wild, this guy's beast mode is a "Slick Ribbon'" a future aquatic centipede with a protruding jaw. I felt obligated to include "slick" in his name, so I went with Slickback. Of course, people proceeded to make references to A Pimp Named Slickback from The Boondocks. Anyhow I'm changing his name too. How's "Undertow" sound? An undertow is a sudden rip current that yanks you around. Sounds an awful lot like the suction modern sea creatures create when they open their own stretchy mouths to pull prey in. All right, "Undertow" it is. Also probably gonna change his face to be less.... demonic, at least his mouth.
Last but not least, this one is not from TFiW. I just wanted to create a yeti. At the time, I was trying too hard to make the Predacons' names sinister and edgy, "Rupture" conjuring images of what it'd be like to watch her transform, just huge chunks of her mass basically exploding as she changes. Does it say anything about her CHARACTER, though? Not really, not the way ones like "Scamper" or Prism or Blindside do. So I'm changing this one to "Avalanche." How's that sound? It implies she lives in cold environments (probably unstable ones), makes her sound incredibly powerful, and it even sounds slightly more feminine I think.
Might also change Raboon's name, though probably not. I'm more content with that one.
So waddya' BW fans think of these name changes?
Some of their names are stupid. I'm gonna change them when I have free time. Namely these three.
This is the first one I designed, and if I drew her now she'd probably look quite different. She is named after her beast mode's species, a creature from "The Future is Wild" with guiding feathers on its legs, effectively creating an extra pair of stabilizing wings. Well, something about the name bugs me now. Thinking of changing it to "Slipstream." Yes, I know Slipstream is a Decepticon in other series, but hey Inferno was an Autobot and they named a Predacon after him. Reusing G1ish names for BW characters is nothing new. You know when a car drives by so fast it lifts up leaves and scraps in its wake? That's a slipstream. I can imagine this girl swooping in low and knocking over some oblivious Pred with the gust she creates. Another one inspired by The Future is Wild, this guy's beast mode is a "Slick Ribbon'" a future aquatic centipede with a protruding jaw. I felt obligated to include "slick" in his name, so I went with Slickback. Of course, people proceeded to make references to A Pimp Named Slickback from The Boondocks. Anyhow I'm changing his name too. How's "Undertow" sound? An undertow is a sudden rip current that yanks you around. Sounds an awful lot like the suction modern sea creatures create when they open their own stretchy mouths to pull prey in. All right, "Undertow" it is. Also probably gonna change his face to be less.... demonic, at least his mouth. Last but not least, this one is not from TFiW. I just wanted to create a yeti. At the time, I was trying too hard to make the Predacons' names sinister and edgy, "Rupture" conjuring images of what it'd be like to watch her transform, just huge chunks of her mass basically exploding as she changes. Does it say anything about her CHARACTER, though? Not really, not the way ones like "Scamper" or Prism or Blindside do. So I'm changing this one to "Avalanche." How's that sound? It implies she lives in cold environments (probably unstable ones), makes her sound incredibly powerful, and it even sounds slightly more feminine I think.Might also change Raboon's name, though probably not. I'm more content with that one.
So waddya' BW fans think of these name changes?
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Ah yes, OC name changes, something I myself have become familiar with, XD.
1) I still like the name Windrunner to be honest, it seems fitting given her beast mode's winged legs. Slipstream works too of course, but I like Windrunner better. That being said, you're not off base regarding certain names working for either preds/cons or bots/maxis, not like Slipstream is an inherently evil sounding name after all.
2) Undertow is a nice alternative to Slickback, solid name for a sea based predacon who may pull his victims beneath the waves. I'd keep the more monstrous, demonic face however, its a cool look, and I dislike how in recent transformer shows both bots and cons mostly seem to have the same basic humanoid face, unlike in the past when there was more variety, like transformers with faceplates instead of mouths or visors instead of eyes, etc.
3) While I like the name Rupture since it sounds grisly and brutal, I admit Avalanche is a good alternative if you want to play up an ice theme for her, and it is a powerful, ominous sounding name for a predacon.
Hope that helps :3
1) I still like the name Windrunner to be honest, it seems fitting given her beast mode's winged legs. Slipstream works too of course, but I like Windrunner better. That being said, you're not off base regarding certain names working for either preds/cons or bots/maxis, not like Slipstream is an inherently evil sounding name after all.
2) Undertow is a nice alternative to Slickback, solid name for a sea based predacon who may pull his victims beneath the waves. I'd keep the more monstrous, demonic face however, its a cool look, and I dislike how in recent transformer shows both bots and cons mostly seem to have the same basic humanoid face, unlike in the past when there was more variety, like transformers with faceplates instead of mouths or visors instead of eyes, etc.
3) While I like the name Rupture since it sounds grisly and brutal, I admit Avalanche is a good alternative if you want to play up an ice theme for her, and it is a powerful, ominous sounding name for a predacon.
Hope that helps :3