Hi everyone!
Just some further thoughts of mine on Transformers, Generation one,
Beast Wars, and Beast Machines.
Specifically, on how the female of the species has developed, and
/when/. Given that I finally got to see some of the post-movie episodes
of Gen1 chars . . . specifically, a time-travel episode involving the
rebellion against the Quintessons, as well as the one involving the
development of Optimus Prime from Orion Pax, I now have enough
information to theorize a little further in this section of Transformer
physiology/sociology.
The first question I'll try to cover is . . . when did the curvy female
form develop?
As those two episodes showed, a fully developed, curvy human-like
female
was not an unusual sight, even way back in the days of the Quintesson
rule. So, it would be reasonable to suggest two things . . one, that
the
curvy female developed /before/ the Quintesson's rule of Cybertron, or
that the curvy female was developed /by/ the Quintessons, which covers
both when and why.
First, let's touch upon the less likely of the two, that the curvy
female developed before the Quintessons arrived at Cybertron. While
yes, it is entirely possible, why /would/ they have done so? The only
reason why is that the evolution of the female's ability to develop new
sparks dictated a change in frame in order to support the physical
components . . . but that doesn't match the sensible side of things.
After all, why change a design that works that drastically? Not only
is
there an issue of specialized forms, but of figuring out the logistics
of transformation /not/ based solely on 'blocks', a lower center of
balance, and likely drastically different materials requirement.
Now for the second, that the curvy female form was developed by the
Quintessons. We can assume that, upon their conquering Cybertron, that
the Quintessons were several levels above the Cybertronians in
technological development. It is also reasonable to assume, that upon
finding these Cybertronians who do /not/ need the factories to
reproduce, these females would be viewed as either inconvenient for
their plans or even a danger. As long as the Quintessons controlled at
least the factories, they could control the entire race of
Cybertronians.
But what should they do about these . . breeders, ones they cannot
manipulate with the threat of rendering the entire race extinct? Ones
they cannot break the spirit of with that threat, even if they break
the body with their superior weaponry and torture techniques? The
simple fact that these ones exist would do much to give the males
something to strive for, knowledge that even if they die, their race
won't. And before I hear any protest that this isn't the Decepticon way
of thinking . . . do keep in mind that I am going by the conclusion
that Decepticons don't exist yet, not as a faction. Everyone is still
technically an Autobot, and even further, the Autobot insignia is
viewed as a mark of being a /slave/.
The most logical way to deal with the breeders, if one doesn't wish to
loose a factor of control over the slaves as well as a significant, if
small, number of slaves . . is to make them recognizable on sight. Not
only can these breeders no longer hide in the vastly larger male
population, it also serves them to be easily singled out for extra
measures. What extra measures? Whatever the individual Quintesson
deems necessary to control them, from keeping them
perpetually 'pregnant' to using them as examples or an edge over a
large group of males.
And if this is inded at least the roughest idea of why and when, it
makes sense that one of the two central leaders of the Quintession
Rebellion was female. Past that point, it would be easy for the
structural difference to remain, as the females would pass on the
difference to her daughters, even as a part of her son's design, or as
a latent part to her son's design.
This concludes what I wished to discuss.
~Silent Steel
Just some further thoughts of mine on Transformers, Generation one,
Beast Wars, and Beast Machines.
Specifically, on how the female of the species has developed, and
/when/. Given that I finally got to see some of the post-movie episodes
of Gen1 chars . . . specifically, a time-travel episode involving the
rebellion against the Quintessons, as well as the one involving the
development of Optimus Prime from Orion Pax, I now have enough
information to theorize a little further in this section of Transformer
physiology/sociology.
The first question I'll try to cover is . . . when did the curvy female
form develop?
As those two episodes showed, a fully developed, curvy human-like
female
was not an unusual sight, even way back in the days of the Quintesson
rule. So, it would be reasonable to suggest two things . . one, that
the
curvy female developed /before/ the Quintesson's rule of Cybertron, or
that the curvy female was developed /by/ the Quintessons, which covers
both when and why.
First, let's touch upon the less likely of the two, that the curvy
female developed before the Quintessons arrived at Cybertron. While
yes, it is entirely possible, why /would/ they have done so? The only
reason why is that the evolution of the female's ability to develop new
sparks dictated a change in frame in order to support the physical
components . . . but that doesn't match the sensible side of things.
After all, why change a design that works that drastically? Not only
is
there an issue of specialized forms, but of figuring out the logistics
of transformation /not/ based solely on 'blocks', a lower center of
balance, and likely drastically different materials requirement.
Now for the second, that the curvy female form was developed by the
Quintessons. We can assume that, upon their conquering Cybertron, that
the Quintessons were several levels above the Cybertronians in
technological development. It is also reasonable to assume, that upon
finding these Cybertronians who do /not/ need the factories to
reproduce, these females would be viewed as either inconvenient for
their plans or even a danger. As long as the Quintessons controlled at
least the factories, they could control the entire race of
Cybertronians.
But what should they do about these . . breeders, ones they cannot
manipulate with the threat of rendering the entire race extinct? Ones
they cannot break the spirit of with that threat, even if they break
the body with their superior weaponry and torture techniques? The
simple fact that these ones exist would do much to give the males
something to strive for, knowledge that even if they die, their race
won't. And before I hear any protest that this isn't the Decepticon way
of thinking . . . do keep in mind that I am going by the conclusion
that Decepticons don't exist yet, not as a faction. Everyone is still
technically an Autobot, and even further, the Autobot insignia is
viewed as a mark of being a /slave/.
The most logical way to deal with the breeders, if one doesn't wish to
loose a factor of control over the slaves as well as a significant, if
small, number of slaves . . is to make them recognizable on sight. Not
only can these breeders no longer hide in the vastly larger male
population, it also serves them to be easily singled out for extra
measures. What extra measures? Whatever the individual Quintesson
deems necessary to control them, from keeping them
perpetually 'pregnant' to using them as examples or an edge over a
large group of males.
And if this is inded at least the roughest idea of why and when, it
makes sense that one of the two central leaders of the Quintession
Rebellion was female. Past that point, it would be easy for the
structural difference to remain, as the females would pass on the
difference to her daughters, even as a part of her son's design, or as
a latent part to her son's design.
This concludes what I wished to discuss.
~Silent Steel