>>86999393I don't think there's a definitive favourite, and my knowledge is still haphazard as I'm making my way through the comics and cartoons (and the differences in characterizations make the pool only bigger, as TFA Prowl and TFP Arcee are way different than their comic counterparts).
But I think comics-wise Starscream is definitively up there, as I enjoy him trying to worm his way up and then things going wrong for him. Shockwave for the tragedy he presents, Bee for trying his best and failing. OP when he acknowledges his own short-comings without sounding like a textbook goody-two shoes. Metalhawk as a neutral voice is also good, and Sky Bite is a shark poet.
MTMTE's more personal struggles are a good counterpart and I can enjoy the cast as a whole, though it does gets sometimes a bit confusing with the similar looks (the early bit where Ratchet finds Pharma, Ambulon and Red Alert and a plague? I had troubles differentiating who speaks to who, and later it was similar when Pharma and Ratchet met again.) Also, sometimes characters die and it mostly feels pointless as I didn't connect to them, but that might be me binging it and being a fast reader. I still don't quite get how Cyclonus and Tailgate got close, as the former only clung to the ladder as a known element and the latter just was abrasive to him to get him off his chassis.
