Theory about Blitzwing...
... inspired by exactly that picture of him. O_o''
The actual trigger of my theory came with the collage Mr. Wyatt put up on his blog. Among the many items shown there was also Blitzwing's (knocked off?) helmet about which a poster made the comment "...we'll see all three faces at once. I sense Epic Nightmare Fuel" (so do I o_o).
We all know that Blitzwing character as a whole is mad, that's a fact. But honestly, I was really creeped out at first when I saw this picture of him in the comic - as until then, I (and probably many other fans) had thought the crazy part of his character was neatly separated in "Random's" Jack-o'-Lantern face. Now I'm not so sure anymore.
This spawned the idea that this Blitzwing shown in the icon is the "real thing". No, not another face or just this time Icy being a bit disturbed - I mean him totally as himself with his probable disorder showing. But then why switch his faces all other times when his feelings are either more aggressive or random?
Because the Decepticons needed him to get under control.
I imagine that once Blitzwing has been totally psychotic, more than in the present time of the show, feared even among the Decepticons because of his unpredic- table change of moods and his strength. The reason for this extreme behaviour is the above mentioned disorder. It causes his CPU to be extremely unstable, violent and having a sick idea of "fun", its most characteristic trait is to act its illogical thoughts on impulse. That, along the ruthlessness and aggressive which are also typical of Blitzwing, have made a very dangerous mixture potential deadly for either Autobots and Decepticons.
If you have been only shortly around, he would appear just as the calm, cold personality we know as the face "Icy". But if you dared to anger him, it could have been he tried to rip your spark faster out than you can say "Primus!". Or sometimes, he even has attacked others just "for the fun of it".
With that *points to the icon* expression on his face.
The Decepticons have been in a dilemma. Blitzwing presents a real danger to them because he can't be controlled, but offlining seems out of option as this would mean loosing a strong fighter. Then, a scientist comes to the solution: Stopping the different CPU parts from exchanging communication, which causes the insta- bility, by reducing their connection to the most minor level so Blitzwing doesn't get a shattered, mindless drone.
They also decide to bind these three basic emotional components - cold-logical ruthlessness, hot aggression and distorted insanity, the most dangerous - to different "faces" and even alt-modes; another control mechanism as he first has to switch between the different bodies to act out the respective emotions. Additionally is a programme installed which makes the calm face dominant, followed by the aggressive one while the insane is heavily guarded. It doesn't even get an own alt-mode.
Okay, you will probably say this sounds all good and neat, but the last part presents logical mistake. "Random" has maybe not an own alt-mode, yet he is able to use both his other's faces' ones, so how does this come together? Well, as the reformatting made Blitzwing really controllable, the Decepticons stopped monitoring him from a certain point because no problems came up. They didn't count in how much part the disorder and the connected insanity is part of him, however, having seeped his CPU wholly, which why Random can control the different alt-modes while the other faces can't.
And as it is, it seems it still breaks through in certain moments. So, what do we get when Random breaks through, taking the violence of "Hot" along, mixing with Icy's ruthlessness and adding his own kind of sick-fun-loving insanity?
A glitching, creepy, terrifying roboter who scares even Megatron, and is more dangerous than a Space Bridge exploding.
The actual trigger of my theory came with the collage Mr. Wyatt put up on his blog. Among the many items shown there was also Blitzwing's (knocked off?) helmet about which a poster made the comment "...we'll see all three faces at once. I sense Epic Nightmare Fuel" (so do I o_o).
We all know that Blitzwing character as a whole is mad, that's a fact. But honestly, I was really creeped out at first when I saw this picture of him in the comic - as until then, I (and probably many other fans) had thought the crazy part of his character was neatly separated in "Random's" Jack-o'-Lantern face. Now I'm not so sure anymore.
This spawned the idea that this Blitzwing shown in the icon is the "real thing". No, not another face or just this time Icy being a bit disturbed - I mean him totally as himself with his probable disorder showing. But then why switch his faces all other times when his feelings are either more aggressive or random?
Because the Decepticons needed him to get under control.
I imagine that once Blitzwing has been totally psychotic, more than in the present time of the show, feared even among the Decepticons because of his unpredic- table change of moods and his strength. The reason for this extreme behaviour is the above mentioned disorder. It causes his CPU to be extremely unstable, violent and having a sick idea of "fun", its most characteristic trait is to act its illogical thoughts on impulse. That, along the ruthlessness and aggressive which are also typical of Blitzwing, have made a very dangerous mixture potential deadly for either Autobots and Decepticons.
If you have been only shortly around, he would appear just as the calm, cold personality we know as the face "Icy". But if you dared to anger him, it could have been he tried to rip your spark faster out than you can say "Primus!". Or sometimes, he even has attacked others just "for the fun of it".
With that *points to the icon* expression on his face.
The Decepticons have been in a dilemma. Blitzwing presents a real danger to them because he can't be controlled, but offlining seems out of option as this would mean loosing a strong fighter. Then, a scientist comes to the solution: Stopping the different CPU parts from exchanging communication, which causes the insta- bility, by reducing their connection to the most minor level so Blitzwing doesn't get a shattered, mindless drone.
They also decide to bind these three basic emotional components - cold-logical ruthlessness, hot aggression and distorted insanity, the most dangerous - to different "faces" and even alt-modes; another control mechanism as he first has to switch between the different bodies to act out the respective emotions. Additionally is a programme installed which makes the calm face dominant, followed by the aggressive one while the insane is heavily guarded. It doesn't even get an own alt-mode.
Okay, you will probably say this sounds all good and neat, but the last part presents logical mistake. "Random" has maybe not an own alt-mode, yet he is able to use both his other's faces' ones, so how does this come together? Well, as the reformatting made Blitzwing really controllable, the Decepticons stopped monitoring him from a certain point because no problems came up. They didn't count in how much part the disorder and the connected insanity is part of him, however, having seeped his CPU wholly, which why Random can control the different alt-modes while the other faces can't.
And as it is, it seems it still breaks through in certain moments. So, what do we get when Random breaks through, taking the violence of "Hot" along, mixing with Icy's ruthlessness and adding his own kind of sick-fun-loving insanity?
A glitching, creepy, terrifying roboter who scares even Megatron, and is more dangerous than a Space Bridge exploding.