#iicr in tfp we see him talk in the last few episodes of s3 and we see him talk in RID15 (the wiki refers to it as a vow of silence?)

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In Transformers: Surge, Soundwave is the chief of the Cobalt Sentries, Decepticon alliance's secret police that handles both internal matters and espionage. Respected and feared. Howlback is his deputy, and the Reflector trio is propably also there and transforms into a spy satellite.

Soundwave is cobalt blue with yellow optics and visor, and looks like something between TFP and G1 Soundwaves i guess, with the tentacles. His altmode is some sort of a surveillance plane that deploys different types of drones (ground, flying, underwater, etc) that are his cassettes' altmodes. He was a spy before the war, working for whatever citystate he's from and operatinng in a citystate that would later join the Autobot alliance, where he had a liaison with the singer Blaster.

He orders/tolerates terrible things, but unlike Shockwave who admits to himself what he's doing is evil but thinks ends justify the means, Soundwave is convinced he's doing the right thing and won't let go of that idea because he really needs to believe he isn't evil. The war and the things it forces everybody do are bad enough already. When the war ends in a truce, Soundwave doesn't like the results and how Megatron or whoever took his place just gave up, and starts conspiring with Shockwave despite the guy being a traitor because they're agreeing.

Soundwave is also autistic, because i think he, Shockwave, and G1 Starscream come off as autistic. I've also considered making TFS Soundwave an aac user because he couldn't/wouldn't speak in TFP, but i'm concerned would that possibly be bad rep? I'm autistic and have this thing that's propably selective mutism, but i'm not nonverbal or an aac user...

Surge Soundwave is intriguing as all hell, his altmode sounds cool, and his role in the decepticons has to lead to quite the interesting situations (especially post truce, if his alliance with Shockwave is any indication)

#maccadam #transformers #i cannot answer the aac question as i too am not nonverbal or an aac user #iicr in tfp we see him talk in the last few episodes of s3 and we see him talk in RID15 (the wiki refers to it as a vow of silence?) #so for him it was definitely a wouldn't talk situation in canon #but in a lot of the fics I've read where he honest to god couldn't talk were interesting as hell and i find it an interesting take #Soundwave #transformers: surge #Shockwave #megatron #blaster