[quote=@mattmanganon]
[@DocTachyon] I mean, obviously if MB says no, that's the end of it. But I disagree with your analysis. The entire point of Transformers is their interactions with Humans. I mean, it was either Bob Budianski or Simon Firman (Can never remember which) always said "The Transformers came to Earth and took the disguise of our vehicles. What's the point of setting it on Earth if not to interact with humans." Plus, in recent media, a considerable chunk of Transformers Stories has been "How do they interact with Humanity?" IDWs comics were all about that, Rise of the Beasts and Bumblebee movies, as is the current Earthspark cartoon. Hell, the first season of Transformers Animated was about the Autobots fighting Human supervillains.[/quote]

The problem is the one you've outlined within your own explanation, though. It's about Transformers interacting with humans. This is a world where the main crux is going to be superheroes and their clashes/saves interacting with humans aswell. And once you get into that, you get into all the sub-sections of character types associated with that archetype. Humanoid aliens, mutants, Atlanteans, cyborgs. It's just one step too far out of the zone of what the focus is, and having them in here would convolute things. I'm gonna go ahead and say no to the Transformers formally and encourage applying for something closer to home. There are plenty of Transformers-[i]like[/i] stories to tell with the available character types.