Ariel Prime

A TF character I tweaked using a redeco of Classics Optimus, for a fanfic I'm trying to get off the ground.

Even though she clearly resembles Elita-1 from the G1 cartoon, the character is in fact an older version of Arcee from the Armada/Energon/Cybertron continuity who has inherited the Matrix of Leadership and become leader of the Autobots about three hundred years after "Cybertron" ends. That she resembles Elita-1 acknowledges a nod to "Energon" Arcee's Japanese roots in "Superlink", where she is called Ariel instead of Arcee - this name, and indeed her cranial casing suggested the G1 character Ariel, who was later rebuilt by Alpha Trion into Elita-1.

The other reason I had for changing the name of the character (outside of inheriting the Matrix and becoming a Prime, let alone the fact that this isn't even the G1 continuity) is because the Minicon character Leader-1 is supposed to figure prominently in the story, and I couldn't have a character named Leader-1 and another named Elita-1 as there's too much similarity there.

With any luck, I hope to actually FINISH the story - haven't been able to do much writing at all the last couple years.