Ganking a meme from eaten_by_bears

[casusfere]

Pick a character and I will give and explain the top five
ideas/concepts/etc I keep in mind while writing that character that I
believe are essential to accurately depicting them. Any and all characters
welcome (including ones I haven't written but might know about...)

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Motormaster!

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1. Empathy is not his strong point. In fact, empathy isn't a point at all. It doesn't even make the list of potential points. He doesn't understand others' feelings, and doesn't care to. He does, however, enjoy hitting them. He's perfectly aware that his team hates him, and doesn't care as long as they stay dependent on him.

2. He does not have complete control over his team. Individually, violence is a good incentive, but if they were to all decide to move against him, he couldn't stop them, and he knows it. When he needs to, he can and will reason with them to get them to agree to what he wants.

3. Loyalty - he has it, but it's not his driving force. He will protect his team from outsiders and he will side with Megatron, but if comes down to his life or someone else's, he will dump them out of the shuttle every time. He will take the blame for his team, but he'll also take it out on them soon as they're in private.

4. Lack of ambition. He's as high on the ladder as he wants to go. He thoroughly enjoys controlling the lives of his team, but he doesn't care to put up with any more slaggin' subordinates. These ones are more than enough of a headache.

5. He's more social than he lets on. He enjoys controlling his team, but he also enjoys spending time with them. If he can combine spending time with his team with his love for breaking things, he's a very happy truck. Stunticon demolition derbies take precedence over petty trifles such as rescuing Megatron from Starscream and his new combiner minions.