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I’ve only drawn one picture of him before but I decided to make a full ref for my Beast Wars Bumblebee. Info, as always, is under the cut.

Bio:

Waspinator was engaging in his usual mope about life, the universe hates him he just knows it! He hardly gets any respite and respect from his fellow Predacons barely exists! What kind of a life is that? None, he’ll tell ya’!.

It was this that lead him to make a rather blunderous move. He found a stasis pod!
Him!
All by himself!
Surely he’ll get the respect he deserves now! But wait, he’ll have to bring it back to the base, or alert them. He’ll get a “good work” at best then creepy Spider-bot will reprogram and activate the protoform and the credit will be all his, not Waspinators!.

Determined to get the respect he deserves, he decided that surely it couldn’t be that hard to reprogram a protoform! Easy! He’ll have it done in no time and will be praised for all of time! Uh, maybe not that much but he’ll get respect! At least… Probably, maybe…

Gleefully thinking about all the respect and admiration he’s bound to get from his peers Waspinator jabbed buttons, cut off and denied any bit of coding he thought looked Maximal enough (That’s how this works right?), supplied it with a power boost oh yes, that’s definitely the right thing to do! Of course! This was so easy!
The final touch was of course, for the pod to scan a alt mode for the new Predacon-to-be, if creepy Spider-bot could do it, so could he. Waspinator found a entire hive full of little creatures similar to himself and presented them to the pod.

Oh yes, a friend for sure this would make!.
Eventually the pod beeped, fizzled, wobbled, hummed and then decided it was good enough to open.

Sat inside was a very tiny, very fluffy little thing.
Ah.
He’s not going to get any respect for this.
It looked up at him and peeped curiously.
But scrap the lot of them! He did this and it was adorable!

Waspinator gleefully scooped the little thing up and cuddled it’s lovely fuzzy exterior, yes, he could forget the universe with this tiny bundle by his side.

Although now he had to think.
He can’t let the other Predacons see him lest they take him away…

Personality:

Bumblebee is the epitome of “I don’t care I’ll fite u mothertrucker”. He has a lot of determination already in such a young tiny body he’ll face down the biggest of threats with a fearless, angry pout.
Which unfortunately for him looks adorable on his widdle face.
He’s happy, energetic and adores being the centre of attention, though he’s not fussy about losing it, that means he can wander off to do his own things when no one’s looking.

He has a deep attachment to Waspinator and treats him like one would treat a parental unit. The feeling is mutual as Waspinator treats him like his own Sparkling. He’s always ready to throw down on anyone who scares him.
Befriend him and this attitude will extend to you although he’ll put Waspinator first.

Notes/Extra:

  • Probably already obvious but as Waspinator botched everything in waking his protoform up, Bumblebee came out a tiny protoform/sparkling rather than full-grown.
  • He also isn’t a Predacon. He’s still full-blown Maximal. Although thankfully Wasps attempts at meddling in reprogramming him had the effect of making him hard to pick up AS a Maximal, he’s more likely to appear on scans as neither a Pred’ or Maxi’ but a second, or stronger, scan will bring him up as a Maximal.
  • As such he’s often sought out by the Maximals who wrongly believe he’s being kept a prisoner by the Preds.
  • Bee loves to dance, it’s his favourite! He’ll wiggle away for hours on end! He can even communicate via his dancing, if only those around him understood it.
  • Wasp tries to join in and imitate his dancing but often messes it up.
  • He has the beginning of a electric stinger weapon but it is small and only delivers sharp shocks right now.
  • He sometimes makes soft buzzing noises as he dances.
  • He can fly but not for long distances, but he will stubbornly fly at least part of the way before settling on Waspinator’s back.
  • Waspinator often, when forced, left him at the hidden temple with Galvatron to keep him safe and away from prying Predacon optics, not to mention away from Maximals.
  • Galvatron may or may not have taught him how to headbutt people, but his tiny horns don’t do much in the way of damage so it’s more adorable than anything.
  • He is pretty damn soft.

After updating Galvatrons design I thought it was time to give Cyclonus a update too.

Backstory:
The Predacon council selected one of their strongest, most loyal warriors for a mission of importance. A relic of unknown purpose and power to be taken far away from Cybertron and kept out of prying hands.

Cyclonus was selected for this task and given a heavily guarded temple and a transwarp drive set at ‘random’ and sent on his way.

Cyclonus came to Earth a while before Megatron or Primal having already set up a secure base before they crashed.
He stayed away from them, the less they knew about the relic the better.

He was disgruntled when one of the ‘new guys’ continued to try and build a base near his, continually missing his “leave” message whenever he destroyed the shack.
One day he found the perpetrator, a pink Carnotaurus.
Yelling to the thief he transformed and launched an attack on the intruder!.

He was a well-trained warrior, they on the other hand, fought with a brutal, feral rage that cost Cyclonus an arm. However, before Cyclonus could come up with a plan to counter the sheer bruteforce of his enemy, they collapsed, unable to continue.
Scanning them as a Predacon, Cyclonus sighed.
Honor bound him to ensure no Predacon would die a glory-less, honor-less death.
So he collected his arm, and collected this Predacon and left for home.

At the base the Predacon was force-transformed and re-energised.

When they awoke Cyclonus gave them a simple curt introduction.
He was Cyclonus and he was here to protect a relic and he was not welcome to stay for too long and endanger his mission.

Unfortunately for Cyclonus, Galvatron, as he introduced himself, seemed to think that this was now his home even going as far to state as “You owe me a place to stay after destroying mine so many times”, Cyclonus was furious and tried his best to force him out many times. It was not to be as Galvatron always found his way back in and somehow integrated himself as part of the ship’s crew.

Cyclonus gradually found he was reaping some benefit to the new lodger, he knew how to fix things with minimal supplies and didn’t pry too much into his job there.
Yet he came back to the base with injuries 95% of the time and Cyclonus would be lying if he said his curiosity wasn’t raised.

Galvatron ranted for a long time about Megatron and how bad he was, about his abandonment and mistreatment. Cyclonus wasn’t quite prepared for such a info-flood but once more felt compelled to go further into the situation surrounding them.

Investigating the Predacon base he observed their numbers, he recognised them, two at least he’d scared the red flier away once before and they had returned with the purple one claiming to have seen a monster. He’d scared them both away with a threat display but was unaware they were of any significance and still did not see anything of importance with them.

The Maximal base however was a different… He knew that face… He knew that snarl.

Unlike his stealth at the Predacon base Cyclonus let free at the Maximals charging to them with reckless abandon!
“DIIINOOOOBOOOOOOOOT!” He howled, charging the raptor off their somewhat startled feet.

It was a tense confusing few minutes.
For one who valued loyalty and honor so much seeing a friend with Maximals was confusing and upsetting to say the least.
But, as a close friend from way back he gave him the benefit of the doubt.

He heard about the mission here, he heard about Megatron, about how the fool was going strange and rather power-mad.
Galvatron was beginning to make more sense now.

Accepting and honoring his friends choice, Cyclonus promised not to harm his allies even if they came close to his temple, although he denied an offer from Primal to join them.

Cyclonus still made frequent visits to their base however. All to visit Dinobot the two being able to talk about Predacon honor and values easily, sparring and trading insults with Rattrap as they chased the rodent.

With words from a friend ringing true Cyclonus was more open to Galvatron now too, he fully accepted him in his home and let him move about freely (still not to the relic chamber however, honor bound not to). It was surprising for Galvatron, but not unwelcome and his attitude improved a lot at the acceptance.

Life was improving for Cyclonus and his friends! Yet he could feel something bad about to happen, he fretted and feared when a strange object appeared in the sky and found himself genuinely distressed when Galvatron did not return. Unable to leave Cyclonus fearfully hunkered down in his base hoping that Galvatron and his friend Dinobot would be safe.

He was overjoyed when soon after Galvatron returned!
Less so to see he had returned with two others, one being that nuisance of a red flier.

He only allowed them to stay if Galvatron watched them and kept them away from his business.

Skorponok was easy enough to handle, sad at the seeming abandonment from his former crew but glad to be alive.
Terrorsaur was a pain however and despite being fearful of Cyclonus still tried many times to “challenge the monster” and fight him and get the power of his relic.
He lost every time and ever so slowly backed off as Galvatron also fought him into place.

Life continued as it had been before the strange alien weapon appeared. Until it all changed one day.

While on a routine patrol Cyclonus caught sight of something at the Maximal base.
Or more accurately he caught sight of a corpse.

He stared at it.
For a long time.
His processor… Denied it… Refused it…
But it was true.

Rage and pain tore through his Spark and Cyclonus launched himself at the Maximal base, he wasn’t even sure if he said anything, or if it was all screaming rage.
He must’ve said something as they babbled to him as they tried to fight back, to suppress him.
“We didn’t kill him”
“He died saving the future”
“This isn’t the way to remember him!”

Unable to continue facing them Cyclonus fled, still howling to the night, grief-filled pleas to a sky that didn’t budge.

He walked back to the base, full of devastating emotions.
What kind of warrior… no, what kind of friend did not back their friend in a fight?
Energon seeped into his systems and began draining him but he didn’t care.
He didn’t want to care about anything right now.

He collapsed near his base and someone must have found him as when he awoke he was back in his room.

Still didn’t care.

He glared at the wall for days barely moving or consuming fuel until Galvatron angrily confronting him.
Galvatron hadn’t expected Cyclonus to have such a breakdown.

It took days for him to grieve, the knowledge that Dinobot would’ve told him he was being stupid somehow just making him feel worse.
Slowly but surely, he quietly found himself recovering and calming down.

The relic wasn’t the only thing to protect here, if someone he had admired and befriended for so long thought the world was worth it, then he would protect it too.

Still won’t join the Maximals though.

Notes/Extra:

  • Lives in a cave behind a waterfall wit Galvatron, then later Skorponok and Terrorsaur.
  • Knew Dinobot back on Cybertron and was friends with him for a long time there.
  • Wields a staff with a Falx blade on each end.
  • Not sure how he’d react to Dinobot 2 or if he’s met them but would most likely be furious at the ‘insult’ to his friends memory.
  • They were already getting a bit ‘close’ but after sharing more emotions after his friends death that’s what really got Galvatron and Cyclonus together.

so, A) Waspinator is still super-duper adorable.

B) Imagine Waspinator finds a stasis pod and tries to activate it to prove how good he is, but being him he botches it so not only is it still a Maximal it comes out as a sparkling/baby and Waspinator names it after it’s alt mode! And thus, a BW Bumblebee! Waspinator loves his fluffo son.

Now I’m a good portion through Beast Wars I decided to give Pink FuryGalvatron a update and some tweaks to his story so here we go! Info under cut.

Backstory:
Way back on Cybertron, Megatron desired a stasis pod, and yet to concoct his grand disk-stealing scheme he tried out something new, a protege to be exact.

Invading and making security notes on one of the few, if only, places to still retain a protoform stasis pod – a Maximal facility – the Predacons retrieved a fresh pod barely even registered yet, Megatron had Tarantulas decode the device and activate the protoform. Before any of his men could ask what in the Pit he was doing Megatron held the pods scanner down, forcing it to scan him.

Galvatron was created.

Gleefully taking his new protege under his wing Megatron instilled everything he could into the new Predacon, training him and telling him all about the Maximal scourge. For a time things were looking good, Galvatron was adapting well, even getting along with the other Pred’s well, taking a shine to Waspinator and Skorponok’s friendliness and, much to Megatrons endless amusement, to burning the tips of Terrorsaur’s wings in battle simulations. Yes, he’d make a perfect commander while he was away and keep things in check for his triumphant return.

Until his fighting got sloppy, Galvatron started getting into a problem of letting his emotions get the better of him in battle and began getting injured far more.
Furious at the sudden set of failures Megatron took to improving Galvatrons battle rate himself. No matter the injury.
Already getting emotional, now getting beaten up and insulted by the one you looked up to?
Well that was just the perfect set up for a quite ugly relationship.
Anytime the duo were around each other it invariably devolved into bickering, arguments and physical violence until Megatron renounced him as a lost cause and got rid of the thorn in his side somewhere among the streets of Cybertron.

Still clinging on to that anger and need for revenge until the bitter end Galvatron never gave up on chasing down Megatron, to finally beat him and prove he was not worthless trash to be thrown away.

So when Megatron left Cybertron’s atmosphere Galvatron surely followed, riding the transwarp energy to prehistoric Earth along with them, crashing and obtaining a new alt mode too.

Galvatron found the Predacon ship quite easily and as luck would have it, Megatron showed up.
Unimpressed at his “rejected failure of a protege” tailing him all this way another battle ensued, Galvatron was easily beaten as he refused to transform even as he neared stasis lock from the Energon exposure. He was only just spared upon transforming and fleeing with his injuries at 10% power.

And now Galvatron was left to scour the Earth still bitter and always clashing with Megatron whenever they met. The best thing in his favour being his emotional instability worked well with his beast mode allowing it to fight feral-ly and brutally with more savagery then previously managed. Sadly it was still mindless fury and he inevitably got defeated time and time again by better plans.

Galvatron still raided the Decepticon base for supplies whenever he needed however, Skorponok and Waspinator knew he did this but often turned a blind optic. Tarantulas had knowledge of it too, but hey, a potential pawn is always of use so he left the pink Carnotaurus to his business.

Out in the wilds, Galvatron soon figured out he was not alone, his ramshackle shelter near a waterfall was continually destroyed.
Eventually Galvatron caught the perpetrator to this crime in the form of a colossal flying dinosaur. Upon spotting him
“THIEF”
It yelled and swung down on the theropod with cold efficiency revealing it’s true Predacon form.

Tired and lacking energy from spending so long in his beast mode he wheezed and eventually keeled under the stronger warrior’s power, but not before taking an arm off.

Finding many a lucky break but only once he’s in desperate need of saving Galvatron awoke to find himself in a shielded ship finally in robot mode after an age.
The ship was pristine and well looked after, decorated like a temple, but more importantly, hidden and heavily fortified.
His host, the temple’s guardian, leveled himself and his situation to his guest.

He was Cyclonus, he’d been here a while, this place held a old Predacon relic and he was sworn to protect it.
Yet by his code of Predacon honor he could not allow a fellow warrior to die anywhere but battle and allowed Galvatron to live, citing that he surely was no thief, not in his condition. Not with a paint job like that either.

As much as Cyclonus initially detested having a potential leak, betrayal and enemy close to his ward he found the stubborn theropod was usually back by the end of the day anyway, claiming a – now messy beyond repair – room for his own. At least Galvatron was good with repairs and creating workable fixes from the most bizarre of supplies.

Galvatron’s path met with Megatron’s many a time, each time desperate to destroy him, each time returning to his new home with injuries he refused to explain or treat, each time only worrying his host.

He wasn’t sure when Cyclonus had suddenly begun to welcome him back with open servo’s and be less of a loyalist prick when it came to Megatron. Though the lighter attitude was obtained after the flier encountered an old friend who backed up Galvatrons words.
It was just nice to finally be able to talk more, it really made you realise how lonely being a street urchin could really be.

Galvatron was near the Predacon base when the alien weapon had gone off, initially just another run for supplies and to steal things just to annoy Megatron, Galvatron had gotten distracted helping somewhat-friend Waspinator get de-cubified then lost in a cavern.

Shielded from the burning heat of the budding weapon by the base above; Galvatron was nearly taken by a lava flow as several of the super-hot pools around the Predacon base cracked and seeped freely. He was left cowering in an Energon encrusted cavern as the remaining energy-aftershocks shook the place.

Feeling sick and woozy from the energy Galvatron had to follow a new lava stream in order to escape and return home.
In the lava flow Galvatron found a hand, risking the heat he pulled it out, Two bodies almost melded together flopped to the dry earth several miles away from the base.
Pulling at the strange bubbling substance that surrounded them Galvatron discovered the mutation and build up of transmetal had been triggered by the energy released from the alien weapon. The substance had, instead of augmenting the body, collected around the outer-layers in a desperate attempt to survive.
Alive and now unaffected by the transmetal, remaining in their original forms, Galvatron could do nothing but drag Skorponok and Terrorsaur back to his home.
Fearing what the next encounter with Megatron may bring, especially if he had taken on the transmetal power too…

Notes/Extra:

  • Lives in a cave just behind a waterfall with Cyclonus. Now joined by Skorponok and Terrorsaur.
  • Has had encounters with the Maximals but he doesn’t have time for them when Megatron is his target. Though he’s not above giving them indirect help just to spite his former mentor.
  • Will fill any new recruit of Megatron’s processor with anarchist (usually against Megatron) thoughts no matter how small the pred may be.
  • Inferno called him “princess” once (He was made by the royalty? by the queen? so princess right?) but Megatron quickly corrected his soldier about how they “don’t talk to him”. Galvatron was a little upset by that as he liked the name.
  • He’s a sad angsty assholes with abandonment and some anger issues and a point to prove.
  • Why yes, he may or may not have fell pretty hard for his savior in the the temple.
  • Does say “yes” more than he cares to admit, just not as often as Megatron.
  • The tail on his back can come off and become a sword.
  • Headbutts rocks in his beast mode as practice.
  • Goddamn he’s still thinking about that one time he caught Cyclonus working out.
  • Him being pink is based off BWII Galvatron who is also pink. I also plan on watching that after Beast Wars.