Quickslinger (Cybertron)
- Quickslinger is an Autobot in the Cybertron portion of the Unicron Trilogy continuity.
Yes, Quickslinger is a girl. She hates the way girls are stereotyped so much that she forces herself to act as non-girly as possible. You could probably say she's a self-hating girl, but without the self-awareness that term usually implies.
Of course, she secretly wishes she could act girly, but she apparently can't be an empowered female if she actually acts like a female. That's some self-defeating logic, there. Somebody never made it through gender studies.
Fiction
Fun Publications Cybertron comics
Balancing Act, Part 5 Quickslinger was walking alone on the abandoned surface of Cybertron when she noticed she had a splinter in her finger. She wondered, being a robot, how that was even possible. Before she could contemplate further, she was knocked aside as the battle between Vector Prime and Ramjet exploded out of the ground beneath her.
(In her only appearance, she is miscolored and unnamed. She was only identified as Quickslinger after-the-fact, mentioned as part of the how-to-make-Quickslinger article in the following issue.)
Toys
Quickslinger has no official toy. Sh began as a kitbashed fan character published in the Fun Publications fan club magazine. Basically, she's Cybertron Ransack with the opaque red plastic dyed purple. Also, she has a profile that makes the blue states cringe.
