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The third stasis pod was assumed destroyed in the experiment that created the Arachnid Sisters. Instead, badly damaged and malfunctioning, its makeshift DNA scanner struggling to fill in its fractured code, the pod gave birth to an entirely new breed of Transformer: the Maximal Botanica! Inheriting what remained of Blackarachnia’s former identity as Elita-1 and gifted with a technorganic form perfect for disappearing into the jungles of the the primitive planet, Botanica began a one femme guerrilla war of sabotage against the Predacon forces, becoming a literal thorn in the side of her creator.

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So! Botanica. Personally, I really think she’s the gem of the entire collection. Her torso, head and hands came from Blackarachnia originally, while her arms came from Waspinator and from the waist down she’s the stem of a plastic wine glass (thanks to venon for that idea ). I definitely wanted her arms to be able to split in half, as a nod to her Beast Machines model. Of course, there’s a considerable amount of putty and styrene at work as well, which allows for her transformation into a technorganic venus fly trap.

The four sections of her fly trap ‘mouth’ are attached to what used to be Blackarachnia’s four front legs, allowing the ‘mouth’ to open and close, then separate and fold into a sort of petticoat in robot mode. This accounts for my biggest departure from Wyatt’s design , but I’m quite pleased with it; it gives Botanica a sort of elegant, aristocratic air. I see her as akin to a resistance fighter in occupied Paris, attending formal events by day and committing acts of sabotage by night. In my head she’s got a bit of a French accent, but that’s neither here nor there.

As a minor point of interest, in my version, her trademark electrical powers come from the prongs on the back of her wrists, which function something like tasers. Shooting chain lightning from one’s hips always seemed a bit silly to me.

Description
The third stasis pod was assumed destroyed in the experiment that created the Arachnid Sisters. Instead, badly damaged and malfunctioning, its makeshift DNA scanner struggling to fill in its fractured code, the pod gave birth to an entirely new breed of Transformer: the Maximal Botanica! Inheriting what remained of Blackarachnia’s former identity as Elita-1 and gifted with a technorganic form perfect for disappearing into the jungles of the the primitive planet, Botanica began a one femme guerrilla war of sabotage against the Predacon forces, becoming a literal thorn in the side of her creator.

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So! Botanica. Personally, I really think she’s the gem of the entire collection. Her torso, head and hands came from Blackarachnia originally, while her arms came from Waspinator and from the waist down she’s the stem of a plastic wine glass (thanks to venon for that idea ). I definitely wanted her arms to be able to split in half, as a nod to her Beast Machines model. Of course, there’s a considerable amount of putty and styrene at work as well, which allows for her transformation into a technorganic venus fly trap.

The four sections of her fly trap ‘mouth’ are attached to what used to be Blackarachnia’s four front legs, allowing the ‘mouth’ to open and close, then separate and fold into a sort of petticoat in robot mode. This accounts for my biggest departure from Wyatt’s design , but I’m quite pleased with it; it gives Botanica a sort of elegant, aristocratic air. I see her as akin to a resistance fighter in occupied Paris, attending formal events by day and committing acts of sabotage by night. In my head she’s got a bit of a French accent, but that’s neither here nor there.

As a minor point of interest, in my version, her trademark electrical powers come from the prongs on the back of her wrists, which function something like tasers. Shooting chain lightning from one’s hips always seemed a bit silly to me.