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Arts from Thor & Hercules: Encyclopaedia Mythologica (2009)

A wasted potential honestly. Carol could have had her own Sinister Six, that could be later featured as secondary antagonists in other cosmic projects instead of one and done background characters. Not to mention, how dull they look compared to the comic version of the team. A guy with techno-organic suit (Korath), a space Iron Man (Shatterax), a giant android, controlled by Supreme Intelligence (Supremor), a superpowered duo of mad scientist and veteran soldier (Minerva and Atlas) and the last surviving Kree Eternal (Ultimus) sounds way more interesting than just a few unremarkable Krees in identical outfits.

Starforce could have been so much cooler in the MCU.

I know the idea of autobots being a public figures was already done in Animated, Rescue Bots and even G1, but in a hypothetic alternate universe I would have loved to see original Protectobots specifically playing this role. So hear me out on this.

While most autobots either don't show up in public, guarding their outposts and strongholds, or keep low profile around regular people, Protectobots are specifically tasked with defending the residents of whatever city they are stationed in without any disguise. They fight crime, respond to emergencies, spend more time on the streets in their robot forms in broad daylight and interact with the mass media with additional task of creating more positive image of autobots in the eyes of the public. You can have some interesting scenarios like Hot Spot struggling to simultaniously appear non-threatening to humans and imposing to his team and generaly being a bit too serious for casual interactions, Streetwise getting too full of himself as a celebrity and deliberately spreading slight misinfomation to mess with other autobots and decepticons spies, Blades supressing his violent urges and annoyance with humans to fit into the friendly image of the team, First Aid being targeted by less tolerant people due to his timid nature and Groove finding new friends, who don't look down on him, like some autobots do.

What do you think about this concept?

Edit: I know it sounds a lot like Rescue Bots. I'm just saying that similar approach would work well with Protectobots in another setting.

You know how some Spider-Man fans complain about Scorpion being wasted as Spider-Man's rival? I have the same thoughts about Tiger Shark. He's usually treated as a third-rate crowd filler villain, even though he's supposed to be a physical rival for Namor, a relentless aquatic hunter and a terrifying, vicious powerhouse that can go toe-to-toe with some of the Marvel strongest heavy-hitters. His backstory is simple, but fairly interesting: former Olympic swimmer who lost his swimming ability after rescuing a drowning person during the cruise and, in hopes of healing, subjected himself to experimental treatment, eventually becoming a human-shark-atlantian hybrid.

There's a lot of potential for developing his character. You can explore his more sympathetic aspects before transformation. You can give him more personal connections to Namor beyond recieving his DNA. You can highlight his competitive spirit, his feeling of inferiority to Namor, his estrangement from both surface and underwater worlds. He can easily be complex and even tragic character who slowly turns into monster, comparable to the likes of Sabretooth or Bullseye.

For me Tiger Shark is yet another Marvel villain who has a good foundation for future development and interesting implications worth exploring, but is forsaken due to writers lack of creativity. And also the fact that as an antagonist of Namor he's just naturally not popular enough for people to care.