And this is one of the more intriguing parts of it.
Totally different would be... probably a matter of personal choice, and I don't know how often that'd happen-- but it doesn't seem impossible, certainly. Someone getting just that sick of their appearance...
As for what might be attractive, well, that probably varies wildly, even more so than in humans. Overall vertical symmetry is probably a decent general attractor, because it's not always easy to engineer... but certain off-center elements could be considered striking, as well. (Just that such elements might be the business arm of a backhoe rather than a beauty mark.) Color probably invariably goes through trends, being one of the easiest sorts of things to change... but with basics like one bold color combined with black or a metallic shade never really going out of fashion. Maybe some people like alt-mode kibble, some like clean lines, some like sleek lines, some like a boxier shape, some like to be able to spot what someone's alt-mode is even in robot mode while others would rather the two modes be as different as possible, some like a hint of the organic while others prefer a purely tech look...
And considering human standards of beauty shift noticably in the course of a decade, what Optimus Prime finds stunning is probably not what Optimus Primal would be at all interested in.
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Date: 2007-03-30 03:05 am (UTC)Totally different would be... probably a matter of personal choice, and I don't know how often that'd happen-- but it doesn't seem impossible, certainly. Someone getting just that sick of their appearance...
As for what might be attractive, well, that probably varies wildly, even more so than in humans. Overall vertical symmetry is probably a decent general attractor, because it's not always easy to engineer... but certain off-center elements could be considered striking, as well. (Just that such elements might be the business arm of a backhoe rather than a beauty mark.) Color probably invariably goes through trends, being one of the easiest sorts of things to change... but with basics like one bold color combined with black or a metallic shade never really going out of fashion. Maybe some people like alt-mode kibble, some like clean lines, some like sleek lines, some like a boxier shape, some like to be able to spot what someone's alt-mode is even in robot mode while others would rather the two modes be as different as possible, some like a hint of the organic while others prefer a purely tech look...
And considering human standards of beauty shift noticably in the course of a decade, what Optimus Prime finds stunning is probably not what Optimus Primal would be at all interested in.