Aquarius (SG)
| This article is about the Shattered Glass Quintesson. For the Beast Wars Neo planet, see Aquarius (planet). |
- Aquarius is a Quintesson from the Shattered Glass continuity family.
(Face of Joy pictured)
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?
| “ | You don't need to be such a downer, man. | ” |
—Aquarius keeps the positive flowing, "Reunification: Part 3" | ||
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Satisfaction
Fiction
Shattered Glass
Activating a pocket of "slow time" so he could act without external interference, Aquarius approached Landquake, Topspin and Breakaway to reiterate what the three robots had been hearing a lot lately: that they had "big responsibilities" on Cybertron. Aquarius claimed it was he, rather than Alpha Trion, who had brought them back to the planet, and proceeded to inform the trio of 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 came smashing into the building. 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 Buddha, while the other faces are easier to determine; "Compassion" is Martin Luther King, Jr, "Peace" is Gandhi, "Love" is Beatles singer John Lennon (who professed that it was "all you need"), and "Satisfaction" is... sort of the odd one out, as it's Grateful Dead singer Jerry Garcia, and is named for the band's song, "Satisfaction". It is unknown if the Shattered Glass version of these people are anything like the ones of our earth, and given what is known about this universe, they are probably the opposite.
- 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.
