Origin of name: Kaleidoscope was created roughly 10 years ago, now. ^^; She was part of a sub-group, all with that 'mood camo paint', classified "chameleon". I delved into the thesaurus to find various words related to "change" and similar words, and thought Kaleidoscope seemed to fit the sketch I had of this one femme.
Random facts on creation: Kali started as a sketch. I was watching a program on ballroom dancing, and I enojoyed watching the flow of the dance, as well as the pretty dresses. ^^; So I wondered what it would be like to have a TF dancer, and did a quick sketch of one. I later decided that she would be of a high-class background, due to the dominant blue-and-white colour scheme I gave her (mechs that either are, or appear to be, of more 'high class backgrounds' [eg: Mirage, Tracks, Highbrow] all seem to be dominantly blue (and white) in their coloration).
Random facts on backstory: I remembered the one shot we saw, in Roddy's Matrix-Vision during Five Faces of Darkness, of some Cybertronian dancers. I decided that Kaleidoscope would have been a part of a dance-troupe like that, before the start of the war. She's from a high-class background; used to being among those of manners and refinement. When the war started, she went into hiding for a long time, when it became clear that being a neutral was no longer possible. As she finds fighting, especially the long-range, bombing, guns-and-all fighting brutish, she opted to enter into areas that wouldn't take her anywhere near the front lines if she could help it. Her upbringing in the Grand Acadamy was a rather secluded life, and that, coupled with her preconcieved notions of the 'commoners' and her inherint shyness, made her rather a loner, keeping to her quarters most of the time on Cybertron.
Forestory: I don't really have much of an idea on where her story will take her. She's definately been an evolving character for me. Being on Earth, the "front line" so to speak, and unable to 'hide' any more, really, with the Ark crew, has really helped to bring her out of her shell. She'll start training with First Aid, Wheeljack and the others, to be a medical assistant -- she'll never become particularly skilled in that, but she does like being helpful.
Various answers for #7: Her 'secret' love isn't very secret at all *lol* (for those that don't know, it's Tracks). For myself, I feel it's a constant challenge to me, to keep her from being accused of being a Mary Sue. When she's 'asleep'/knocked out, she looses control of her pigmentation, and her entire body, save her optics, defaults to base grey metal.
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Random facts on creation: Kali started as a sketch. I was watching a program on ballroom dancing, and I enojoyed watching the flow of the dance, as well as the pretty dresses. ^^; So I wondered what it would be like to have a TF dancer, and did a quick sketch of one. I later decided that she would be of a high-class background, due to the dominant blue-and-white colour scheme I gave her (mechs that either are, or appear to be, of more 'high class backgrounds' [eg: Mirage, Tracks, Highbrow] all seem to be dominantly blue (and white) in their coloration).
Random facts on backstory: I remembered the one shot we saw, in Roddy's Matrix-Vision during Five Faces of Darkness, of some Cybertronian dancers. I decided that Kaleidoscope would have been a part of a dance-troupe like that, before the start of the war. She's from a high-class background; used to being among those of manners and refinement. When the war started, she went into hiding for a long time, when it became clear that being a neutral was no longer possible. As she finds fighting, especially the long-range, bombing, guns-and-all fighting brutish, she opted to enter into areas that wouldn't take her anywhere near the front lines if she could help it. Her upbringing in the Grand Acadamy was a rather secluded life, and that, coupled with her preconcieved notions of the 'commoners' and her inherint shyness, made her rather a loner, keeping to her quarters most of the time on Cybertron.
Forestory: I don't really have much of an idea on where her story will take her. She's definately been an evolving character for me. Being on Earth, the "front line" so to speak, and unable to 'hide' any more, really, with the Ark crew, has really helped to bring her out of her shell. She'll start training with First Aid, Wheeljack and the others, to be a medical assistant -- she'll never become particularly skilled in that, but she does like being helpful.
Various answers for #7: Her 'secret' love isn't very secret at all *lol* (for those that don't know, it's Tracks). For myself, I feel it's a constant challenge to me, to keep her from being accused of being a Mary Sue. When she's 'asleep'/knocked out, she looses control of her pigmentation, and her entire body, save her optics, defaults to base grey metal.
~*~ Feel free to claim the 10 questions at any point ~*~