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Dominic wrote:Every official source with anything to say on the subject says that Sonar is female. So, that makes Sonar female.

Seeing as I'm basing my story on the toyline's canon, by that logic, you must admit that Buzzsaw isn't male. But hey, you might say, Buzzsaw isn't definitely female, either. So surely it's the writer's prerogative to choose a gender, considering BW is a series in which the characters have genders? And why shouldn't I choose female? You don't strike me as sexist, so your problem must be the idea that I'd only be making Buzzsaw female for "affirmative action"; solely in order to increase the number of female BW characters.

Well, here's a shocker: You'd be right!

Dominic wrote: Dom
-remembers Inferno calling Megatron "queen". Oh ho! Clever.

I liked it.

Hey, remember when you did that to our boss?

Good times.

Dominic wrote:
Either way, there is a difference between scanning an alternate mode and absorbing all of its functionality. Why would Inferno be blind when he has functioning scanners?

I dunno, it seems to work out well for the ants. Plus, the idea of a dude going around with a flamethrower and not being able to see a damn thing is kind of appealing, and actually kind of suits Inferno's show characterization.

I'm gonna have to side with Scourge on this one...

(S)He'd only be blind in ant mode, though, wouldn't (s)he? (Wo)Man, I'm confused.

Using your Buzzsaw logic, the character is specifically androgenous.

And, not being Hasbro or a licensed party, you arguably do not have the right to change their characters.


Dom
-remembers a song about pain and sodomy, and a frightened manager hiding in their office.......its all coming back to me now....

Gomess wrote:I'm gonna have to side with Scourge on this one...

(S)He'd only be blind in ant mode, though, wouldn't (s)he? (Wo)Man, I'm confused.

Unless there's some carryover between bug and robot modes. Waspinator's got some wasp-lookin' bits in robot mode, after all.

Dominic wrote:Using your Buzzsaw logic, the character is specifically androgenous.

Nah, the tech spec uses the pronoun "it" which implies nothing more than the writer of the tech spec being unclear as to Buzzsaw's gender. And, that's what true androgyny *is*. I suspect you meant to say "asexual". Which could be true, also. Would that make you happier? =3

Dominic wrote:And, not being Hasbro or a licensed party, you arguably do not have the right to change their characters.

Oh, lawl. You can't even slightly mean that. Pretty sure I've said numerous times that I'm *changing* nothing with regard to their canonical toyline genders. If you saw a giant silicon-based wasp flying at your ass, you might be tempted to refer to it as "it" rather than check to see if it has balls in humanoid mode.

Scourge, Gomess' official ideas developer wrote:Unless there's some carryover between bug and robot modes. Waspinator's got some wasp-lookin' bits in robot mode, after all.

Quite right... That reminds me, I'd make use of the mutant heads, too. Still unsure how, though. Any ideas? I'm swaying between "organic battle armour", "lycanthropy" (hey, B-movies and that), or "later evolved forms" (they start out with their robot heads, and all gradually change to their mutant heads over time, which are then permanent, to represent the organic materials taking over their bodies).

138 Scourge wrote:I dunno, it seems to work out well for the ants. Plus, the idea of a dude going around with a flamethrower and not being able to see a damn thing is kind of appealing, and actually kind of suits Inferno's show characterization.

That is one of the most terrifying ideas I have ever heard.

Ursus mellifera wrote:

138 Scourge wrote:I dunno, it seems to work out well for the ants. Plus, the idea of a dude going around with a flamethrower and not being able to see a damn thing is kind of appealing, and actually kind of suits Inferno's show characterization.

That is one of the most terrifying ideas I have ever heard.

I believe that proves it's a winner.

Dominic wrote: Dom
-remembers a song about pain and sodomy, and a frightened manager hiding in their office.......its all coming back to me now....

I enjoyed the weather machine.