#tfp prisma

[avidrawsthings]

are the crystals around prisma the different energon types she ended up creating? :0 what are the properties of each one?

Yep! Info will be under the cut since it’s a tad lengthy.

Wanted to start this off by quickly explaining a few things:

-The green one isn't Synth-En and the purple one isn't Dark Energon. However, the red one is the same Red Energon from the show. It'll get elaborated further below. I did try differentiating their respective colors to prevent confusion, but eh lol

-To prevent a mix-up, Prisma stores all of her Energon in containers different than that of Team Prime and the Decepticons.

-I originally planned to have the Energon sparkle to make them stand out, but felt it would be a tad much so I left it out in the end.

-There were a few more types but I couldn't find my old notes. Always keep backups, folks. One granted telepathy, another telekinesis, one for size shifting, and another for teleportation.

-In addition to being additional fuel sources, each Energon type would grant a different ability for a certain amount of time. These abilities were meant for more practical and mundane uses rather than the war efforts, especially since Prisma didn't even know a war was coming. In the present, she makes it clear she'd rather have the Energon be used for everyday life rather than any form of conflict.

-When captured and put in stasis, some of her captors injected Prisma with each Energon type to see what would happen as a sick joke, as she was meant to be executed soon anyway. As she remained in stasis for millions of years after that, all of that Energon permanently altered her systems, which also permanently gave her the current abilities she has. She can be sustained on a small amount of regular Energon, as it replenishes the other types in her systems.

The Alternative Energon

Lum-En (White)

Creates hard light.

When as fuel, it allows one to create hard-light constructs Green Lantern style.

Its intended use is to mainly act as an alternative light source as well.

Prisma views it as Energon in its most purified form. When combined with regular Energon, it can cleanse all of the Dark Energon in one's systems.

When spilled, it takes on a pastel rainbow color.

Frost-En (Pale Blue)

Creates ice.

When used as fuel, it can give ice properties to a bot's weapons, allowing their blasters to produce ice, for example.

Its intended use is to help bots to avoid or are in danger of overheating.

Prisma can create snow by producing small clouds.

Splash-En (Cyan)

Creates water.

When used as fuel, it allows bots to synthesize water. Larger doses grants the ability to even create rain clouds when more water is needed.

Its intended use is to aid in putting out fires.

When combined with Flame-En, it creates mist.

When combined with a small dose of Frost-En, it creates fog.

Flor-En (Lime Green)

Creates and maintains plants.

As it was created by complete accident, it doesn't have much in the way of practical use, at least for Cybertronians.

Still perfectly fine for consumption, though.

Safe for organic beings like humans, Flor-En can also help make almost any land fertile.

After learning about Earth's flowers, Prisma enjoys creating them for fun. You'd definitely be seeing giant roses and sunflowers around, for example.

Zap-En (Yellow)

Creates electricity.

When used as fuel, it grants one electricity-based abilities, such as stunning and shocking. Those that already have such abilities would instead get a boost in power.

Its intended use is to help power machines such as non-sentient vehicles and ships.

Rock-En (Pale Orange)

Creates rocks and stones.

When used as fuel, it grants one the ability to create and manipulate the earth (much like an Earthbender).

Much like Flor-En, Rock-En was created by complete accident. It has more practical use on the battlefield depending on where the fights are taking place.

Aero-En (Light Grey)

Creates air and winds.

When used as fuel, it can grant one wind-based abilities for either offensive or defensive purposes, including blasts that can knock opponents away.

Its intended purpose is to help ease the turbulence encountered by ships and other aircrafts.

When combined with Frost-En, it can create icy winds.

Magn-En (Dark Grey)

Causes magnetism and can manipulate magnetic fields.

When used as fuel, it grants one the power over magnetism, and can give similar properties to various weapons.

Its intended use is for every day needs such as repairs, and the operation of certain vehicles.

Grav-En (Dark Purple)

Can manipulate gravitational fields.

When used as fuel, it can boost one's weapons to create a stronger impact. In higher doses, they can manipulate the gravity around them.

Its intended use is primarily for vehicles, and to provide stability to various structures like towers, bridges and even floating cities.

When combined with Aero-En, it can grant flight. This is how Prisma herself is able to fly without an alt-mode.

Gem-En (Pink)

Creates crystals.

When used as fuel, the bot can create crystals from energy, and can shape them however they wish. Can be combined with explosives for rather devastating results.

Its intended use ranges from medical to construction. The crystals can be shaped into temporary prosthetics, various tools and are incredibly useful when it comes to repairs. The crystals are as durable as needed, but can still be shattered with enough damage.

Prisma herself uses Gem En a lot when working in her lab, using it to give herself extra limbs to increase productivity.

Burst-En (Red)

The perfected version of the Red Energon that appears on Transformers Prime.

It grants super speed and enhanced strength.

The original intent was to increase energy and productivity, essentially the Cybertronian equivalent of an energy drink. It turned out to be much stronger than expected.

Prisma herself uses it in very small doses when working.

Flame-En (Orange)

Creates fire.

It grants the bot the equivalent of pyrokinesis, giving them all manner of control over fire. They can even temporarily redirect the oncoming flames from a Predacon, at least long enough to buy time to escape.

The original intent was to help with welding and forging.

When combined with Zap-En, it can create combustion.

[avidrawsthings]

Please enjoy this cute and colorful chibi pic of my Transformers oc Prisma. I suddenly missed her and felt like drawing her again, since last time I drew her was summer 2019...lol

Sketched and lined on Clip Studio on the iPad, then brought over to Clip Studio on my PC for coloring and final touches. Took longer than expected mostly because I get distracted easily XD The crystals were made with a special brush from Clip’s catalogue.

More HPHM stuff in the works! Coming whenever LMAO

[avidrawsthings]

I had no idea you were into Transformers lol Can you tell more about your oc? :0

Sure! 

Long post ahead!

I removed the 'Keep Reading' since for some reason it kept causing the pictures to vanish when I added it in. Using the Beta editor btw.

Her name is Prisma and I first made her as an OC for Transformers Prime, all the way back when the show was around the start of its second season. I've had her first as a set of ideas but didn't finalize her until summer 2019. As of right now I still haven't decided if she'd have a land vehicle or an aircraft as her alt mode.

Imagine if you're abducted, forced into a coma and wake up years later, only to find that the Earth has been rendered lifeless and uninhabitable, all your friends and loved ones have long since died, and the last of humanity has been engaging in a massive civil war for years. That's Prisma's story in a nutshell.

For her backstory, I wanted to explore the idea of how the Cybertronian war would impact someone that never saw a single day of it, but was now in the middle of it and not by choice. While the Autobots and Decepticons eventually adjusted to this new life, Prisma didn't have that chance. She was placed in stasis (against her will) before there were any signs of a war, and in the case of Transformers Prime, was awakened right near the end of it.

From her perspective, it's only been days since she was last on Cybertron, when it was bustling and thriving. Past friends have either long since died, or are no longer the people she once knew them as, such is the case with both Optimus and Megatron, as she was a mutual friend of theirs. Part of Prisma's journey is trying to find her place and adjust in this new, chaotic present.

At first I couldn't decide whether she'd be found by the Autobots or the Decepticons, but in the end I chose the latter since I felt it'd make things a bit more interesting. Megatron sees a lot of value in her Energon research, and is quite curious by the abilities they ended up granting her. On her end, Prisma is well aware her old friend isn't the same person he used to be, but does her best to adapt to her new surroundings. Luckily, she's always able to avoid getting on his bad side.

Appearance

I was inspired by Airachnid's design (above), and tried giving it a more friendly touch to reflect on Prisma's kind nature. Her paint colors changing based on her emotions was all done for fun. It's part of why her base color is iridescent white. There were others like other that used this ability for camouflage during the war, at least in regards to her backstory and not in canon as far as I know.

Skills

Regarding her skillset and abilities, Prisma isn't a fighter, but rather a highly intelligent researcher and inventor. As I liked the idea of the different types of Energon that appeared throughout Transformers Prime, I made it so that Prisma researched and created other types of Energon herself.

Abilities

All of that experimental Energon was forcefully injected into her as a sick joke by her captors, and when she was left in stasis for the next couple million years, it integrated with and altered her systems. This resulted in giving her the abilities of teleportation, elemental manipulation, size-shifting and flight without the need of having a flight-based alt mode. Visually, at least regarding her elemental manipulation, it would look quite similar to the depiction of the Maidens from the RWBY series. I'd provide a GIF or two as examples but I don't wish to potentially spoil anyone.

Personality

Prisma is one of the nicest and kindest beings you'll ever meet. Always polite and professional, she's also pretty damn honest. She's not afraid to admit her faults and that she messed up, preferring to avoid making excuses for herself. She'd be the friend that tells it to you like it is, but in a nice way.

She's intellectual and very observant of her surroundings, unless she's buried into her work. She will get startled when you try to get her attention at this point, but quickly recovers from that. Prisma can also be playful at times and even get into a little bit of mischief every now and then.

Misc.

Adapted to human culture pretty quickly.

Took an instant liking to the Fantasy genre, and her personal favorite is stuff about all things magic.

Created a mount that resembles a futuristic witch's broom.

All of her Energon is stored in containers that look like potion bottles.

Often works from her personal spaceship, which is way bigger on the inside.

[avidrawsthings]

what faction would prisma join if given the chance?

Thing is, because she practically missed the entirety of the war, she doesn’t believe that she’d belong with the Autobots or the Decepticons. She’s a civilian who was thrown into a terrifyingly different environment. Regardless of faction, those insignias were earned. She opts to remain factionless. 

[avidrawsthings]

More of my Transformers oc Prisma, this time in her normal colors. Her color is meant to be iridescent white. The gold/yellow accents double as lights, and they change into white whenever her colors change.

As part of her backstory, I liked the idea of her being part of the higher castes during Cybertron’s Golden Age (in the Aligned/Prime continuity anyway). Higher caste meant better quality of just about anything, from home, to the best energon supply and even paint jobs exclusive to them, which could include iridescent colors.

Though Prisma enjoyed a life of luxury and comfort, it was through watching the gladiatorial fights that she began to understand everything that was wrong with the caste system. Seeing others fighting for the right to even have the most basic necessities deeply rubbed her the wrong way, but she was glad to have her eyes opened to the fact that things are not as perfect and pristine as they seemed.

This genuine desire to help earned her the friendship with another gladiator Empyrea (not yet drawn), and in turn led to her befriending Megatronus, Orion Pax and Soundwave. Her helpful and kind nature left a good enough impression on them that they would’ve wondered what became of her once the war took off, only to believe she was one of the early casualties, unaware that Empyrea put Prisma in stasis and sent her to Earth.

The Decepticons would be the ones that find her on present day Earth millions of years later.