“You’ve got the touch!”
So, if I were a Transformer, I think my name would be “Windbreaker”. Not because I’m especially flatulent or anything. It’s just that it’s a “Transformer-y” kind of name. It’s one of those names that, when the Transformers came to Earth, they overheard the word and didn’t realize the connotations it might have on their adopted homeworld. Instead, they would’ve thought that it sounded noble. “He who breaks the path of the wind”. That’s some mighty majestic shit when you think about it. Doesn’t even make ya think of the flimsy jacket or the fart that it SHOULD remind ya of.
This must’ve happened a lot. Take Bumblebee, for instance. Yes, he was a Yellow VW Bug, but if he’d known more about Earth, do you think he’d really have settled on Bumblebee? He would’ve at least chosen “Yellowjacket” or maybe even something like “Stingback”.
For those of you who don’t remember, the Transformers didn’t come to Earth in their car/beast forms. They came as robots, but needed disguises. Once on Earth, they performed a scan to get an idea of how they’d best fit in. In the original series, they mostly became cars and trucks. In the spin-offs, they became animals. Mainly, their disguises were based on the era in which they arrived on Earth. But what if they’d come in the 60s? Would we have “Segregator”, “Boycott”, and “Backofthebusatron”?
The world may never know.
Windbreaker, signing off.
