History Characters / TheTransformersMoreThanMeetsTheEyeDecepticonJusticeDivision

* {{Foil}}: A cross-title one to Soundwave. Both mechs were persecuted under the Senate / Functionist regime, took wholeheartedly to Megatron's manifesto, and felt utterly betrayed by his becoming an Autobot. The difference is that Soundwave doesn't use TheCause as an excuse to mutilate and kill everyone in his path, followed by weak justifications. Where Tarn responds to Megatron's change of heart with suicidal despondency followed by a drive to murder Megatron just to get back at him, Soundwave continues to dedicate himself to the original goals of Decepticonism. Where Tarn is perfectly willing to murder his supposed friends for minor slights or offenses, Soundwave is genuinely loyal to his cassettes. Their respective powersets take this even further, as while revolve around noise, Soundwave's are based primarily in "listening", whereas Tarn's are based in "speaking".

* * {{Foil}}: A cross-title one to Soundwave. Both mechs were persecuted under the Senate / Functionist regime, and took wholeheartedly to Megatron's manifesto, and felt utterly betrayed by his becoming an Autobot. The difference is that Soundwave doesn't use The Cause as an excuse to mutilate and kill everyone in his path, followed by weak justifications. Where Tarn responds to Megatron's change of heart with suicidal despondency followed by a drive to murder Megatron just to get back at him, Soundwave continues to dedicate himself to the original goals of Decepticonism. Where Tarn is perfectly willing to murder his supposed friends for minor slights or offenses, Soundwave is genuinely loyal to his cassettes. Their respective powersets take this even further. Soundwave's abilities are based primarily in listening, where Tarn's are based in speaking.

* TortureTechnician

* MadeOfIron

* NightmareFace

* TortureTechnician

%% * AssholeVictim: [[spoiler:His KarmicDeath in issue 52 is well deserved.]]
%% * AxCrazy
%% * BlackEyesOfEvil

%% * EvilGenius: Maintains the list of the DJD's targets.
%% * EyelessFace: It's not clear ''why'', though.

%% * PsychoElectro

%% * ShockAndAwe
%% * SlasherSmile: Upon killing [[spoiler:Trailcutter.]]

%% * TortureTechnician

%% * WhenHeSmiles: ''[[http://media.tumblr.com/bf2ff1316af9de8e9f1660177b27ead9/tumblr_inline_n0tez5NWw11r3qjju.png Look at this.]]''

* DeadpanSnarker

* TortureTechnician

* FauxAffablyEvil

%%* XMarksTheHero: Inverted, as he's a villain.

%%* RightHandAttackDog: Kaon's.

* TheChick: Given that she appears to be non-action type character.

* AsskickingEqualsAuthority: The leader of a gang / cult of sadistic killing machines, who keeps the rest of them in line through the power of...bureaucracy. [[spoiler:And the occasional decapitation.]]

* HazyFeelTurn: [[spoiler:She never actually regrets her time as the DJD, even considering them a collective TheLostLenore despite everything. It's more accurate to say that she just got dragged along with the Scavengers and grew attached to them, so that when they joined The Lost Light, she joined too. It ''does'' help that, outside of wounding Chromedome's arm and destroying Megatron's fusion cannon, none of the crew has any personal grudge against Nickel, making it a lot easier to [[EasilyForgiven let bygones be bygones]].]]

* TeamMom: As 'Tarn' says, she just really worries about her team when they're on the field. When Tarn is on the verge of suicide, she's in tears.

* OnlySaneMan: Upon ending up with the Scavengers, she grabs their SanityBall and starts wearing it around her neck. [[spoiler:Almost literally; that's where she wars the Magnificence.]]

* BitchInSheepsClothing: She's just as monstrous as the rest of the DJD, facilitating their murdering and torturing and is "cute" only in terms of her design.

** [[With Tarn, at some points.]]

* KillEmAll: [[spoiler:Their attempt to kill Megatron and the Lost Lighters ends ''very'' badly for them; Kaon gets killed by Tarn for loving the Pet/Dominus, the Pet's mind gets collapsed by a failed mnemosurgury, and the rest of the team gets horrifically ripped apart by Megatron's anti-matter attack. Only Nickel lives and she only does so by going AWOL mid-battle.]]

* EvenEvilHasStandards: Subverted. In ''Return Of The DJD'', [[spoiler:Tarn claims to be disgusted by the torture that the DJD inflicts and has great difficulty watching it., and that he wears his mask partly to hide the fact that he closes his eyes, every time the rest of the team indulge in their bloodlust.]] In the same issue, he berates himself for mocking a dying victim who was struggling to speak, noting in his internal monologue that it was petty and beneath him. But while Tarn may have standards, but they don't actually stop him from ''doing'' anything, or force him to modify his behavior in any way - they just force him to justify it to himself, usually with some variation on the phrase "Decepticon cause". He may have refused to sacrifice the rest of the DJD to buy Deathsaurus's loyalty, but he still [[spoiler:ripped off Kaon's head for caring for the Pet too much]], and while he might not ''like'' the torture, he makes no effort to actually ''stop'' it.

** [[spoiler:Just before dying, he breaks down and pleads with Megatron to "be reasonable"]]

* Yandere: Implied. [[spoiler:He's oddly attached to The Pet aka Dominus, who was a spy. Dominus was lobotomized and reduced to an animalistic state, instead of being outright killed. Makes you think if Kaon had anything to do with it. His attachment to The Pet wound up getting him killed.]]

* TheNarcissist: Of the "living vicariously through something to compensate for a lack of true self underneath" variety. Tarn defines his entire existence around Decepticonism. Without it he has nothing. He ''is'' nothing.

* DramaticUnmask: Deliberately subverted. [[spoiler:There's no dramatic WhamShot of his face after his mask gets torn off because we never saw Tarn's real face. We only ever saw the face he had after his Empurata, so you wouldn't recognize him anyways.]]

** [[spoiler: tearing Ravage in half, whose comparatively far tinier and frailer, thus never stood a chance, is one of his most needlessly cruel acts.]]

** Horribly subverted; [[spoiler:they were going to spare the alternate Lost Light crew and only kill Overlord, but because they had just taken a bunch of Nuke, they lost control when they saw Drift and started a fight, leading to them slaughtering the crew.]]

* ToylessToylineCharacter: All 7 were created for the comic, and Hasbro confirmed at Botcon 2015 that there were no plans for DJD figures. Subverted with Tarn went on to get an official, non-transformering figure produced by Flame Toys.

[[folder:Tarn]]

* {{Ambiguously Bi}} /{{Ambiguously Gay}} : Tarn certainly loves to get very touchy-feely toward people, whether they are male or female, something that WordOfGod joked about. Beside this, he never showed any attraction to anyone or anything else beside the Decepticon cause. He clearly display a mad and obsessive worship to Megatron though whether it is attraction or not is unknown. He also shared some ShipTease vibes with Nickel that might be or not beyond friendship. However, his true sexuality is unknown.

[[folder:"Tarn"/[[spoiler: Damus/ Glitch]]]]

[[folder:"Vos II"/Forestock]]

[[folder:"Kaon"/Amp]]

* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler:His KarmicDeath in issue 52 is well deserved.]]
* AxCrazy
* BlackEyesOfEvil

* EvilGenius: Maintains the list of the DJD's targets.
* EyelessFace: It's not clear ''why'', though.

* PsychoElectro

* ShockAndAwe
* SlasherSmile: Upon killing [[spoiler:Trailcutter.]]

* TortureTechnician

* WhenHeSmiles: ''[[http://media.tumblr.com/bf2ff1316af9de8e9f1660177b27ead9/tumblr_inline_n0tez5NWw11r3qjju.png Look at this.]]''

[[folder:"Helex"/Crucible]]

[[folder:"Tesarus"/Scissorsaw]]

* MouthyKid: Not really a kid, but comes across this given her size and looks, and that she puts all of the DJD in place with just a few words.

[[folder:"The Pet"/[[spoiler:Dominus Ambus]]]]

* YouHaveFailedMe: [[spoiler:His emotional investment in the safety of the pet leads to Tarn carying our this.]]

** In one way, with Tarn at some points.]]