Aquarius (SG)

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{{disambig2|the Shattered Glass Quintesson|the ''Beast Wars Neo'' planet|Aquarius (planet)}}
:''Aquarius is a [[Quintesson]] from the [[Shattered Glass (franchise)|Shattered Glass]] [[continuity family]].
[[Image:Quintesson_aquarius.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Like, taste the rainbow, man.<br><small>(Face of Joy pictured)</small>]]
Like, '''Aquarius''' isn't the same as his fellow Quintessons, man. While the rest of his race harp on great care in dealing with other races, Aquarius moves to the beat of a different drum, you dig? He loves to explore other races and cultures; the years of study and meticulous guidance of a planet's culture and spirituality that normal Quintesson protocol insists upon just isn't his bag. Aquarius wants to share enlightenment with other species through righteous hands-on interaction, and he's gotta do what his heart wants, even if ''the Man'' ain't copacetic with it.

Aquarius is a strange kinda cat, possessing a consciousness that's been split into five distinct and independent, yet highly co-operative personalities: Joy, Compassion, Peace, Love and Satisfaction. He's got some pretty far-out powers to go along with them, too, including teleportation, the projection of trippy telepathic visions and illusions, and the ability to groove on the language of 98% of all known species. To uses his powers to the fullest, though, he's gotta be feelin' good vibrations; bad karma can seriously harsh his mellow, y'know?

{{bigquote|You don't need to be such a downer, man.|Aquarius keeps the positive flowing|"[[Reunification: Part 3]]"}}

<gallery perrow="4">
Image:Aquarius_compassion.jpg|'''Compassion'''
Image:Aquarius_love.jpg|'''Love'''
Image:Aquarius_peace.jpg|'''Peace'''
Image:Aquarius_satisfaction.jpg|'''Satisfaction'''
</gallery>

==Fiction==
===Shattered Glass===
Activating a pocket of "[[Slow Time]]" so he could act without external interference, Aquarius approached [[Landquake (Timelines)|Landquake]], [[Topspin (Classics)|Topspin]] and [[Breakaway (Classics)|Breakaway]] to reiterate what the three robots had been hearing a lot lately: that they had "big responsibilities" on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. Aquarius claimed it was he, rather than [[Alpha Trion (SG)|Alpha Trion]], who had brought them back to the planet, and proceeded to inform the trio of [[Optimus Prime (SG)|Optimus Prime]]'s latest and deadliest project: the creation of [[Omega Doom]]. To stop Omega Doom, Aquarius told them they would need to find the fifth member of their group, [[Heatwave]], but before he could give them any further information, his Slow Time bubble expired, and [[Computron (SG)|Computron]] came smashing into the building. {{storylink|Reunification: Part 3}}

==Notes==
*Aquarius's faces are based on those of real-life individuals particularly famous for the values the visages represent. The face of "Joy" appears to be the based on the face of [[wikipedia:Gautama Buddha|Buddha]], while the other faces are easier to determine; "Compassion" is [[wikipedia:Martin Luther King, Jr.|Martin Luther King, Jr]], "Peace" is [[wikipedia:Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi|Gandhi]], "Love" is [[Wikipedia:Beatles|Beatles]] singer [[wikipedia:John Lennon|John Lennon]] (who professed that it was "all you need"), and "Satisfaction" is... sort of the odd one out, as it's [[wikipedia:Grateful Dead|Grateful Dead]] singer [[wikipedia:Jerry Garcia|Jerry Garcia]], and is named for the band's ''song'', "Satisfaction".
* Aquarius's name derives from the "Age of Aquarius", the hippie era of the 1960s, as well as the song named after it. The ''Shattered Glass'' Quintessons are designed entirely around the hippie culture, from their pursuit of peace, love and enlightenment to their abandonment of the concept of property and ownership to their rainbow-colored energy beams; all of which is, course, a complete inversion of the traditional greedy, materialistic Quintessons. Even Aquarius's psychedelic holograms could be based on the heavy drug use associated with the time. Dude, that's like, totally far out.

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