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The Transformers franchise, which has always been more than meets the eye, just introduced its first officially nonbinary character, Nightshade. They make their debut toward the end of the first season of the franchise’s latest TV series, Transformers: EarthSpark, which premiered on the Paramount+ streaming service on Friday.
According to screengrabs shared on Twitter and YouTube, Nightshade is a nonbinary Transformer who uses they/them pronouns. Nigthshade isn’t the first Transformer who’s a member of the alphabet army—it’s been previously established that Anode and Lug, two characters in the IDW Transformers comics, are a transgender couple, and Arcee is transgender—but they are the first canonically nonbinary Transformer.
Transformers: EarthSpark is an animated series available on Paramount Plus that introduces a new generation of Transformers born on Earth, known as Terrans. Nightshade first appears late in the first season, and as seen in screenshots from the episode, is introduced as they/them. “He or she just doesn’t fit who I am,” they say. The Nightshade hashtag on Tumblr is currently full of ecstatic Transformers fans who are happy to finally see themselves represented in the franchise, and a YouTube video titled “NON-BINARY TRANSFORMER!!” lauds the series’ new character.
kotaku.com
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The Transformers just got WOKE!
According to screengrabs shared on Twitter and YouTube, Nightshade is a nonbinary Transformer who uses they/them pronouns. Nigthshade isn’t the first Transformer who’s a member of the alphabet army—it’s been previously established that Anode and Lug, two characters in the IDW Transformers comics, are a transgender couple, and Arcee is transgender—but they are the first canonically nonbinary Transformer.
Transformers: EarthSpark is an animated series available on Paramount Plus that introduces a new generation of Transformers born on Earth, known as Terrans. Nightshade first appears late in the first season, and as seen in screenshots from the episode, is introduced as they/them. “He or she just doesn’t fit who I am,” they say. The Nightshade hashtag on Tumblr is currently full of ecstatic Transformers fans who are happy to finally see themselves represented in the franchise, and a YouTube video titled “NON-BINARY TRANSFORMER!!” lauds the series’ new character.
New Transformers Series Introduces Its First Nonbinary Robot [Update]
Most Transformers: EarthSpark fans are delighted by this seemingly obvious milestone
kotaku.com
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The Transformers just got WOKE!
