The original concept was VERY El Dorado, like Megatron was Chel, Starscream was Tulio, Skywarp was Miguel, and Thundercracker was the horse. But I was writing it in the car and the last time I saw RED was at least 10 years ago, so it diverged pretty quickly.

I'm glad that the Crash and Carry summary is better than I think it is! I try hard with summaries but they're a mysterious alchemy.