K9’s Ramblings #1: The Thirteen Primes

Here’s a little theory I came up with. So we know that the Thirteen Primes represent an aspect or archetype of the Transformers franchise. (Solus Prime = Female Cybertronians, Micronus Prime = Mini-Cons, Nexus Prime = Combiners, Onyx Prime = Beast-Form Cybertronians, etc.)

Now we know that Amalgamous Prime was the not only the first shifter (a more powerful shape-shifter by transformer standards), but the first Cybertronian with the ability to transform in the first place.

Now, If Hasbro/Takara ever decides to make new toys of the thirteen to sell, each of them would have a gimmick showing off the archetype they represent. So what better way to represent Amalgamous Prime’s shape-shifting prowess than to make him a Triple Changer?

Since he’s the first Cybertronian to have a transformation cog, I wouldn’t be surprised if he was so good at transforming himself that he would’ve figured out how to gain two or more alt-modes with relative ease.

And speaking of which, almost every member of the aligned thirteen have a common element with a G1 character or two. Such as:

1. Prima: Warrior of light who wields the Matrix of Leadership (Pretty much every leader of the Autobots to have ever worn the matrix to begin with.)

2. Vector Prime: The guardian of time and space.

3. Alpha Trion: The chronicler of Cybertronian history.

4. Solus Prime: Female Cybertronian (Arcee, Elita-1, etc.)

5. Micronus Prime: Mini-Con (The mini-cassettes that both Soundwave and Blaster use.)

6. Alchemist Prime: Co-founder of Cybertronian civilization with Alpha Trion.

7. Nexus Prime: Combiner (Constructicons, Aerialbots, etc.)

8. Onyx Prime: Beast Mode (The Dinobots and Insecticons.)

9. Amalgamous Prime: Triple Changers (If my theory/fanon becomes a reality that is.)

10. Quintus Prime: Creator of the Quintessons.

11. Liege Maximo: The manipulator.

12. Magatronus a.k.a. “The Fallen”: Warrior of darkness who is the opposite number to Prima. (Megatron/any Decepticon leader incarnate.)

13. ????????????: Not a big fan of Optimus being a member of the Thirteen in the Aligned Continuity to be honest. Not sure what the fandom’s consensus is on that thing, but I’m pretty sure that people either like it or hate it. No one is entirely right or wrong about this, it’s just a matter of what you prefer is all.

tl;dr I hope that Amalgamous Prime is a triple changer. I’m not sure if anybody else came up with this theory, but I wouldn’t be surprised if other people thought about this possibility and shared it way before I made this post.