#for the people who really like my soundwave and bee dynamic

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autograph exchange

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Really enjoy your post about Optimus holding onto skewed views of his relationships. I think a lot about how soon he started calling Megatron a friend when they interacted maybe twice and said interactions weren't exactly pleasant. How he undermined Bee and treated him as just another politician while calling him friend. How we don't really see him have much of a personal or pleasant relationship with Prowl and he calls him friend. There's so much distance between Optimus and the people important to him, and we know he knows that, but he doesn't talk as if that distance is there most of the time. By the end of IDW1 it really felt like he didn't have any friends at all even though a lot of characters would probably say otherwise. The character we see have the most significant legitimate friendship with Optimus (in my opinion) is Senator Shockwave. And even he had ulterior motives.

This is EXCELLENT anon, exactly right IMO. A lot of the Megatron-Optimus stuff in particular I think is a peculiar byproduct of phase two writers (lbr, mostly Roberts) attempting to make IDW Megatron-Optimus into something that more strongly resembles the kind of dramatic narrative that exists in other continuities but realistically just does not make sense in IDW at that point; obviously the easy one to point at is TFP, but actually this also is a situation where Marvel G1 and G1 generally actually does also have that vibe, if you take into consideration the lesser-known prose stories for Marvel especially. And it has this fascinating knock-on effect in IDW of creating the dynamic you're highlighting here, which honestly is much more interesting than if Optimus had had those genuinely close relationships, and which I think Barber is able to kind of work with more deliberately in his later work in the comics. He's constantly trying to create these connections retroactively, to fill a gap because the gap exists in the first place. Hell, at one point in the exRiD/OP stuff he calls Soundwave 'old friend', and like. They are not old friends. But Optimus certainly would have known of Soundwave, and you can see how the narrative would get constructed, out of the need to have some kind of interpersonal continuity he would otherwise totally lack. It's like he so lacks strong interpersonal relationships he substitutes symbolic ones by way of the war, almost. It's all he has after a certain point! Those ideological touchstones, in place of actual connections, some of it self imposed, some of it externally forced on him.

A lot of the real tail-end stuff with Optimus in IDW is about constructed narratives and their power and how they can constrict the people trying to live within them, and I think it fits perfectly with this, honestly. IDW Megatron and Optimus weren't ever actually friends, but they both understand how they could have been, and in their own way they both try and create narratives in their post-war lives that allow them to explore that now they've made themselves into people who cannot properly connect to anyone around them. (I really dislike the LL 'Megatron goes off to the functionist universe' stuff for various reasons, but one thing I actually do think is potentially fascinating is the way it allows him to live out a fantasy of actually knowing Orion, just because it highlights how he never did in the way the audience might assume by default.) And even pre-war, the way Orion lived his life- essentially as someone who did not understand his own complicity in the downfall of things and the structures of corrupt power until it was too late- did not create any long-term interpersonal connections. He can mostly only imagine them. He wants them, but he can't find a way to make them, so he tries to turn those imagined connections into reality just by saying them.

And again, it's definitely accidental, but it's weirdly fitting that the one other character he actually does have any canonical basis for an 'old friend' thing with... leaves. Which is Ratchet. It's weirdly fitting I think that Ratchet, who actually knew him in some intimate capacity pre-war, who is his old friend, is the person who is explicitly like 'no, I can't stay here anymore because there's no room for me' and leaves him, not unkindly, but definitively.

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EarthSpark Season 1 Finale Retrospective (from someone who hasn't seen every single TF show)

(I'm not too sure how to format text posts but whatever)

Spoilers for Transformers Earthspark (obviously lol)

I finally had enough time to finish season 1 of Earthspark, and though I loved the finale, there were just a few things I think it could've improved on.

1. The ending was too easily solved, we had that HUGE buildup of the machine that could kill anything with energon in its body, then it's just reversed 2 minutes later? The finale would have generated so much hype and appreciation for the second season if it ended on a cliffhanger.

2. A few of the plot devices didn't make very much sense if you REALLY think about it. For example, once the Autobots arrive at the Malto's home to save them from ghost, why didn't they take off their ghost badges? They clearly do not associate with ghost anymore, why were they still wearing the badges? And even after that, when the Terrans and Bee defeat a mind controlled Elita and OP, why didn't they remove their badges? They saw that the badges are what caused them to power down at first, and it's safe to assume that once Elita and OP awoke from the Terrans defeating them, they'd still be under mind control. (Unless this was specified in the show and I just missed that)

3. This is minor, but where did the cassettes go? Surely Soundwave would've freed them, right? Also where is Tarantulas?

4. When Twitch and Thrash were on the tower fighting Mandroid, they knew that the cybersleeves were powering the energon machine thingy, why didn't Thrash just free the Maltos while Twitch distracted Mandroid? (Unless that's what he was trying to do originally, I may have missed/forgotten that)

Though I do have complaints, the finale had so much good in it

1. I love how Twitch and Nightshade were the main two Terrans, their personalities work so well together.

2. The camerawork and animation is amazing, the blend of 3d and 2d works so well in the finale and it looks phenomenal.

3. The reference to the hanger fight from previous episodes when Twitch propelled herself with her cannon was perfect, I love that she picked that up from Megs.

4. Overall it was an amazing finale, and though I still do prefer Cyberverse and TFP to Earthspark, the second season could steal my heart.

Speaking of season, here's a few things I'd love to see in the 2nd season of Earthspark (Obviously not every single one, that'd be a bit too cluttered for a single season)

1. More characters who (in canon) who changed sides (during the war) such as Jetfire and Drift, I'd love to see the dynamics of a reformed character showing their perspective on the past.

2. Add the DJD, they would be perfect for Earthspark, since in IDW, they hunt down Megs for changing sides, they'd be perfect since Earthspark Megs changed sides. I just want to see Earthspark Megatron be held responsible for his actions during the war, and would love to see Megs explain more of his previous ideals and tactics.

3. Give us more time to address the stuff that happened in the war, since we've seen people talk about it, but we need to SEE it, with characters like Starscream addressing the insane shit that happened within the cons ranks. (Similar to my previous thought, lol)

4. More classic characters being MAIN main characters, like give us more Arcee or Wheeljack. (This could be fixed with spotlight episodes)

5. More character spotlight episodes, we need to explore individual characters, especially the now freed Decepticons. I'd love a Shockwave, Soundwave, or even Skywarp spotlight episode. (Also where did the cassettes go? They should've been freed during the finale)

6. Possibly introduce Quintessons since this show loves Quintus Prime so much, and if they don't do that, introduce some of the other Primes.

7. Because of how progressive the series is with its representation, introduce Knock-Out, finally canonize Breakdown and Knock-Out's relationship in a show (I know it's canon in IDW), instead of just implying it like in TFP.

8. Have the second season focus on developing characters and introducing new ones, have the second season be a set-up for the third, and build up the antagonist through pre-existing characters. For example, using my Tarn/DJD suggestion, have an episode where Megatron reveals the DJD has found his location, and have him explain what the DJD is, and why this is an issue. Or with my Quintesson suggestion, have Quintus Prime give the children a vision of the Quintessons and warn them about their approach, then have the children ask what the Quintessons are.

9. This show could introduce Unicron, but honestly, a plot following the effects of the war would be better, though a Unicron plot is always welcomed.

10. Expand the Terrans more, they all share the same enthusiasm, and just feel a little too similar. I'd love to see Twitch become more pessimistic after all the insane stuff that happened in the finale, show her being affected after nearly being killed, watching her family "die", and having to mature so quickly, show Twitch being weary around Megs after nearly being killed by him under mind control.

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Oh my god yes Starscream is such a dumpster fire trash baby. He’s an absolute disaster. Yeah I haven’t ever seen a continuity where Megatron doesn’t frequently beat the shit (sorry, scrap) out of starscream. It’s kinda just their dynamic but there’s LOTS of fic exploring it and we’re always happy for more lol!

Yeah Soundwave is kinda the cliqué fan favorite but I happily fall under that category because he is that good of a character. Tfp Soundwave is also a favorite of mine. He’s very different from his g1 self but just as badass!

Don’t worry, I shan’t spoil a thing. I shall only recommend! Also the good thing about following a series that’s been around for 40 years is the community is so well established that finding fic is really easy. It’s so nice.

Oh my god, preach! Yeah I’m not a fan of the Bayverse designs XD your descriptions are both hilarious and spot on! And I think you and Peter Cullen would agree that Bayverse Optimus is way out of character. He was actually really upset at some of the lines he had to act in those movies which is heartbreaking when you think about it.

Transformers prime bumblebee looks pretty close to Bayverse bee but he’s COMPLETELY different. Transformers prime actually took a lot of inspiration from transformers animated (which is also a fantastic series!!). I really like their designs. The artist that worked on the designs had such a love for transformers and it really shows. The bots feel very alive and their different personalities shine through so much. It’s definitely grittier but the characterization is so rich. Tfp Optimus is actually my favorite. He’s a lot more reserved but all the heart is there and I think he really captures the meaning of “strong enough to be gentle.”

I haven’t seen the anime style shows except for a few episodes of Armada. I haven’t heard a lot of good things about them tbh but I have heard that Armada Starscream has a lot of potential. So that may be of interest to you! I’d rewatch it if I find it again!

Yeah I’m gonna pass on Transformers One. I do hear that Chris Hemsworth took the role with every respect to Peter Cullen but I’m sick of these directors acting like Peter can’t voice Optimus (with a new take) or a younger Optimus. There’s an arc in transformers prime that blatantly disproves that. The man has range and understands the character enough to be able to play him in different circumstances and in different ways.

Correct me if I’m wrong, but they also didn’t bring back Frank Welker as Megatron and Soundwave. Why the hell would you do that?! He’s one of the most talented voice actors of all time! And if you want funny banter between Optimus and megatron, literally just stick Peter Cullen and Frank Welker in the same room and hit record. They don’t even need a script, they’re just really good friends who bicker in character for fun!! Anyway I’m gonna get off my soapbox.

Yeah watching G1 really does feel like home. I count those characters as family 100%! They’re all very close to my heart and I’m so excited you’re enjoying the series so much!! It typically gets passed up or people don’t want to sit through “the 80s animation” but come on, that’s half the fun!! You can’t get those levels of chaos and wacky plots from a modern show! XD

I still cannot get over the fact that G1 Optimus Prime and Knight Rider's KARR have the same voice actor

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TRANSFORMERS REVIEW SPOILERS INCLUDED

Transformers Netflix Series!!!:

Episode 1:

Interesting take on Bumblebee

Interesting view on people who stay neutral in war

Wheeljack

JETFIRE AND STARSCREAMS DYNAMIC PLHJTPLTH

Love the take on Prime

Prime and Megs have history

RIP Alpha Trion

Elita 1 is once again a badass

Red Alert as a medic

Ultra Magnus and Optimus

ANGRY PRIME

Sideswipe and Chromia cameos!!!

"Love" LOVE? PRIME LOVES SOMEONE??? AND IT SHOWED MAGNUS UMMM YES OR IS IT ELITA

Episode 2:

Prime and Magnus solidarity

No Cliffjumper yet? Sad

SHOCKWAVE

THE PLAN WTF WHAT

Magnus the spy

It's obvious Megatron is still thinking about Optimus when talking about the plan

Jetfire development?

PRIME KEEPS HOLDING ELITA

Cog shut up

SOUNDWAVE

"I know you" WHAT

FOR US WHAT

PRIME HELD HER AGAIN

IMPACTOR OML

Magnus the pacifist

ELITA HAS SUCH A BIG GUN

Oh no uh oh oh crap

WHY DOES ELITAS HIPS SWAY WHEN SHE WALKS

THERE ARE LIKE 3 VERSIONS OF COG RIGHT NOW LOL

NO COG, I DISLIKE YOU, BUT NO

Hound x Sideswipe solidarity

Refraktor copies

WEAPONIZERS IN ACTION EPIC

Hound x Chromia solidarity

Transforming noises

COG IS STILL ALIVE

I love how they challenge Prime's ideas

Bumblebee lol, but wheres Cliffjumper? I want to see him

Magnus and Megatron are bros

HoNoR omg I didn't know Zuko wrote this series

Episode 3:

Ratchet!!!!

Impactor!!!

Prowl!!!

Starscream really out here

I literally dont understand why Starscream talks back to Jetfire, hes literally twice your size

Megatron is about to snap

Mirage

MIRAGES ABILITIES

Transformer acting and art

Caminus Cameo!!!

Ratchet takes care of everyone

No Magnus!!!

Yes Magnus!!!

Oh Magnus

Impactor helping an autobot!!!

Impactor development???

Megatron cant look at Magnus!?

Oh shit

No Ciffjumper yet? I love him, and have his toy where is heeeee!!!!

Jetfire about to have a crisis

Megatron propaganda

ARE THEY REALLY GONNA LET SKYWARP DIE AFTER GIVING HIM HIS OWN TRANSFORMER TOY 3 PACK UMM

Episode 4:

Magnus roasts

Trion Memorial!!!

RIP Magnus, I really liked you

WAIT WHATS GOING ON

WOAH BEE

It's raining because it's sad

Elita mad

Impactor and Mirage solidarity

Omega Supreme????

Till all are one have so many different meanings here

IMPACTOR SAVING RATCHET

Starscream promotion!!!

BUMBLE TRION

JETFIRE

Episode 5:

Shockwave really out here

Autobot virus???

MAGNUS IS STILL SMILING THAT SCARES ME

Jetfire truths

COG IS OK

SEA OF RUST

DREADWING OMG

ELITAS FACE

Wheres sideswipe

Oh there he is

Magnus omg

The Cybertronian police really did that

MOONRACER

SOUNDBLASTER WHAT

ARCEEE

MY GEEK SENSES HAVE BEEN GOING OFF SO MUCH THIS ENTIRE TIME

HOW DID COG PASS THE WEAPONS CHECK, HE IS ONE

MOONRACERS VOICE I LOVE IT

CLIFFJUMPER YESSS

I personally think he is still alive, he has an Earthrise figure

OH SOUNDBLASTERS ORIGINS

Mirage NOOOO

SECTOR SEVEN UMM

I think Cliffjumper is still alive bc Megs is going to get every decepticon on the Arks ass, so cliff wont get killed

ARCEE AND COG DAMN

OH SHIT RUSTED TRANSFORMERS

OH SHIT MOONRACER

Episode 6:

OH SHIT BEE

DAMN ARCEE DRIVE THAT CAR

RIP MOONRACER

OH SHIT CHROMIA

IMPACTOR DEVELOPMENT

RIP alpha trion protocols

JETFIRE DEVELOPMENT

SIDESWIPE and CHROMIA NO

ASTROTRAIN

JETFIRE YES

JETFIRE NO

TELETRANN 1

YEE HA

IMPACTOR NO

NOOOOOOOOOOOOO

CHROMIA NO

BUMBLEBEE YES

OMEGA SUPREME

RED ALERT NO

Elita is making me cry more

The ark has left

OMG THE SUN IS UP

Red Alert is ALIVE

JETFIRE IS ALIVE

Ok ok TECHNICALLY we did not see Cliffjumper die, there was no body, so that means he is technically still alive. Since he did not go into the Ark, that means he could help Elita and her team protect cybertron.

O THE ARK ISNT DEAD

Review:

I really liked this mature, darker take on transformers. Recent media on the transformers were light-hearted and kid-friendly, so this was a refreshing take on them. Lots of nice cameos, I hope we can see more of the cameos as characters with important roles, such as Cliffjumper. The story was easy to follow, but it constantly jumps into new side-stories. The fight scenes were amazing, but there were only a few amount of fights in the series. Theres alot of talking in this. It's fine, but theres like ALOT of talking. The excessive talking may be seen as a flaw to people, but it is not for me.

Onto flaws, several side stories took place at once, it was executed well, and I like how they all ended with each other, but it was alot to pay attention with in a short amount of time. That's just me, personally. Another flaw is the stiffness in the characters. It is great animation, but like in previous series, the characters seem stiff because of the blockiness some of them have. Personally, I dont find the voice acting too bad, I think the actors did well.

I have questions on what happens next. How is it going to take place on earth if some of the main cast are on cybertron? The decepticons are on cybertron, who's going to be the enemy? Is Earthrise not going to happen for another season?

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Transformers Dark Of The Moon

I've finally seen the movie again after these years. Let me warn you, spoilers and I have a lot to say.

Their is really a lot to say about this movie. But I'm glad I finally got my to do list of watching the first three Bayformers now.

Another thing I'll be honest about I was gonna play the Dark Of The Moon game on PS3 but it requires more MB's to clear out but I decided fuck it I don't care. Especially it's a short game but I'm not doing that shit. I just wanna watch this film especially remembering this is a long film.

But back to the movie. I'll be honest and I'm not critic and my opinion may be invalid because lots of people hate Bayformers. We have a new continuity with the Bumblebee movie which I think is the best decision this franchise has done.

To me this movie while I like the first film from 2007.

After watching this and I'm still having some feelings after being it. But I feel this is my favorite out of the Bayformers saga. This is basically where it should of ended and should of let the Bayformers end with dignity. Or at least until a new director came along like Travis Knight or others.

Especially like I remember a movie guy named Cure4 on DeviantArt but he's gone from that shit. I agree with him and I'm thinking this is the sequel the 2007 film should of had.

I'm pissed and I hate that Age Of Extinction was the follow up to this film. Despite how people feel about this film, my God Bay tried to redeem himself after Revenge Of The Fallen a film that is like some sort of weird parody there the video game tie in's I see as the best version especially the PS3/Xbox 360/PC versions and even the Wii/PS2 versions.

Another thing I wanna reveal when I saw this film for the first time in theaters I actually used this.

I seriously wore that and it worked and it was awesome. It was a experience despite I felt nervous. I was young but what the hell it's gonna be 8 years since the movie was released. Especially the 3D was awesome when I saw it in theaters.

But back to the movie again I'm sorry. I'm not gonna make this a full review I don't wanna waste anyone's time.

When I think about it Sam is a lot better in this film. While I do feel some moments could be worked on. He should of apologized to Bee after he meets him I know Sam's angry. Especially this development of Sam wants to matter. This is much better then what we had in Revenge Of The Fallen.

Carly I honestly find more likable then Mikaela. Seriously I do especially that moment where she literally tells Megatron that he will basically be Sentinel's bitch if he doesn't do anything. She basically treats Sam with a bit more respect and well I like the relationship more then what Sam and Mikaela had.

Lennox and Epps were always great. Especially Epps during the scenes in Chicago. Simmons is seriously entertaining in this and Dutch is a blessing.

Let me just talk about Dylan Gould. This guy he's been on my mind. I made two joke posts him deleted the first one of he's been waiting for that betrayal towards Sam.

Patrick Dempsey honestly and his portrayal of Dylan is a performance that left an impression on me. Because I was actually surprised by his reveal of who he actually was. But seriously this man is a dick and in a way I like him. Despite seeing in the film him talking about making tough choices and him being on the winning side. Yet over the course of the film he starts to take it a bit personal.

While I kept thinking before seeing the film he was enjoying it maybe. But my view on it changed. I just think Patrick Dempsey kind of owns the role.

Yes we should talk about the robots and let me be honest. What I love about this film it's basically the Decepticons strike back. They are basically winning in this film. I love the Chicago invasion scene.

I do feel like the entire Bayformers series yes their should of been more Transformers screen time. Especially the Decepticons in this case. While I feel in Revenge Of The Fallen I can tell Starscream feels like he's a little snarky in some parts. While I know he's kissing up to Megatron to cover his ass. I would of liked some what....I don't know more snarky shit or something Starscream would say or do. Maybe even during his confrontation with Sam he mentioning after the Decepticons win that he would overthrow Megatron and become the winner.

I remember when I was young when I saw this for the first time. For Starscream I had hoped he would betray Megatron yet that would be so much for one film. Because that's Starscream from G1, Animated, and other continuities. At least one last hurrah before he dies.

Especially I remember when I was young I wanted Skids and Mudflap, along with Leo to come back....I was young and I enjoyed Revenge Of The Fallen a lot more okay. Wouldn't mind Leo but their seems to be a bit much but what the hell I wanted Dinobots in this film.(well it's said Skids and Mudflap are shown as cars but they were supposed to die....they did die by Sentinel in the movie comic)

I dig Soundwave in this film. Even Laserbeak these guys are douches but would of liked to seen more Soundwave. Especially I like this little dynamic between Dylan and Soundwave I know that's weird of me to say. Would of liked to seen more.

Shockwave in this film seriously I was hyped for him when I was young and playing the prequel game. I feel it's stupid he's not as important. He should of had more lines and more interactions. I even agree with a comment on YouTube he should of been in the Africa scene.

While he is badass it's stupid how he goes out but give him a better send off and a fight with Optimus Prime. I wanted to see more Shockwave and I think it would of been better if he was voiced by Mark Ryan. Frank Welker didn't do a bad job and he actually had two lines spoken in English.

At least his driller creature is cool. But seriously after all the hype and I want to just put some promotional stuff.

Whatever if this one is official or not. It's just in Shockwave's own words......logical. Or my own words fucking logical.

The reason I'm saying Mark Ryan because of his English accent and I want to be reminded of Corey Burton. Sorry for sounding weird.

Let me say I feel Sentinel Prime is probably the best antagonist actually we've had in a Transformers live action film especially in the Bayformers. Characters like Shatter and Dropkick are great. Even Lockdown was nice. But I liked Sentinel. I'll be honest I was actually surprised when I witnessed his betrayal when I was young. I thought the Decepticons were gonna force him to use the Pillars maybe even Shockwave but what we got was something else.

Also I really liked the scenes with Optimus and Sentinel. I do feel we should of gotten more and had them be longer. Especially I like Optimus in this. I do see their was this father and son or brother like relationship that Bay talked about. But would of liked to seen more.

The other Autobots are alright cool. I do feel the whole Que/Wheeljack thing was just seriously stupid. Especially now before Bumblebee a Wheeljack design that was more accurate. Tragic about the way he died.

Looking back at the film theirs not a lot of Cybertronian scenes but they leave an impact.

Also I really wanna talk about the ending with Optimus, Sentinel, and Megatron. We should of gotten more Megatron I agree.

But the scene where leading up to Optimus killing Sentinel seeing it in action after going through the movie. It is awkward in a way.

Yet I'll be honest Sentinel basically deserved it. In fact of the Decepticons, and Dylan fucking deserved what they got. Because after everything they did their to me was not a way shit would end peacefully or something. Including your hearing this from a Steven Universe fan a show that deals with pacifism and other shit.

I do feel and I've talked about this before but I might delete it now because I'm gonna mention it here. But I feel if the scene went like it was Megatron who kills Sentinel or this dark idea of Sentinel killing himself or even himself dying from wounds. Especially giving Megatron and Optimus more of a fight even with Optimus haven't one arm.

Or hell seriously Bay should of gone with the original that was kept in the novel that Megatron teamed up with Optimus to kill Sentinel and Megatron would stop what he's doing. Also hearing that it would of explored Megatron more. That ending would have his look in The Last Knight make sense that he went to Cybertron after Dark Of The Moon and over time he decided to go back leading the Decepticons. Instead they had to kill him off and the whole Galvatron thing. Even though Megatron got what was coming to him.

Gonna be honest the Starscream death while I like the idea of Sam having the courage to take on Starscream and even killing him. But I do feel Starscream should of died a more I guess epic death.

Especially I weirdly wanted Sam to be all Cade Yeager shooting Decepticons and some how killing them. I mean you Sam jumping on cars and even sliding under them.

Gonna say before seeing the movie I kept thinking Dylan in his fight with Sam should of died a more brutal death. Such as Sam telling him to shut up after the messager comment and beating him to death. But Dylan's death is perfect. Seriously he gets hit in the face with some sort of pole thing and dies by the pillar.

Listen I'm sorry for rambling a lot. This became more of some review or reaction. The action was seriously nice and the special effects, score was always excellent.

Gonna be honest while I wasn't emotional much throughout the movie. Did feel emotional over the, "The fight will be your own" scene and felt a little at the, "No Prisoners Only Trophies" scene....that should of had more weight. I'll be honest when I was young I was expecting Sam for some reason come out of hiding yelling no in slow motion, surprising everyone then the Decepticon drop ship gets hijacked.

Gonna say did enjoy Wheelie and Brains I like them. Glad they we're still around in later films.

I think I've talked too much. Basically I think this is the best Bayformers sequel, this is what we should got gotten as a sequel to the 2007 film. It's better then Revenge Of The Fallen, Age Of Extinction, and The Last Knight.

My only weird complaint that isn't towards the movie.....Dinobots could of been in this some how.....during the battle of Chicago. We should of gotten Dinobots vs the Driller. Grimlock voiced by Vin Diesel or whatever I've had that weird casting idea I think for years. Or even Devastator in this because it's a huge open battle with so many opportunities. While I understand Michael Bay didn't wanna go larger like he did with Revenge Of The Fallen. I'm just disappointed that the next film we got after this was Age Of Extinction.

Tags dealt with sorry that got wrong, their was a lot to talk about. Glad I could talk about this and again I finished my to do list of rewatching the original trilogy. Bring on the new cinematic universe in the Knightverse that started out with Travis Knight's Bumblebee I'm ready for more excellent films.

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Munday Meme: 6, 8, 12.

OTP for your muse?

Uuuh, I have several, actually- for Jazz. One of them is Soundwave/Jazz. I love the whole spy vs spy dynamic, and the grudging respect they have for each other since they've been playing this game with the advent of the war. I like to think that they might have known each other before this, perhaps in the same night-club spots, or unknowingly sharing music on the data-net before the war began.

And then as the war progresses, we see their relationship kind of fracture, fall apart, rebuild- and eventually after the war they come to realize that you really do need someone that understands what you went through around you- even if it's just as a friend.

Otherwse include, Jazz/Megatron (for my own personal reasons, and notwithstanding that Jazz would have made a better Con originally from the advent of the war, and because he has a thing for bigger bots than himself- and who better to thirst over than the biggest thirst-trap of them all — Megatron.

Jazz/Bee- though that mainly tends towards either Bayverse or G1- considering there's not as much interaction as I'd like in IDW.

Jazz/Blurr or Jazz/Mirage- or maybe all of them together- an indulgent kink, because I like Spec Ops teams getting together both romantically and platonically.

Jazz/Prowl- but I'm pretty selective on my Prowl preferences, and I tend to like the variations of their relationship where they have to learn how to navigate each other as well as each other's emotions. Prowl's good at analytics, but he's real shit at determining emotional responses- where as Jazz is also good at analytics- but real shit at allowing himself deeper emotional connections. So, their relationship can be a clusterfuck all around, but sometimes that's okay too.

Beyond that- anything with chemistry works. I've had some wild pairings.

What are some similarities between you and your muse/muses?

Both of us are from really poor backgrounds in areas that would be considered both economically and resource depressed. We know how to survive on very little money, and very little food. We've both lived in places that probably should have been condemned, and I've actually lived out of my car more than once. Both of us have made our own family through choice rather than kin, as some of our Kin leave a little to be desired. Both of us have dreams that are bigger than ourselves, but all boil down to the same thing of staying with people we care about and indulging our need for tactile reassurance.

Both of us would have made banger Decepticons, and we're pretty anti-establishment and anti-bullshit. I can't protest because if I do, I'll lose my job- and then I can't help other people, but that doesn't mean I don't donate or find other ways to help.

We're also both pretty manipulative when we want to be, both for the good of someone else and ourselves- and we're also both pretty easy to hurt- if you know how to do it.

Have you any old muses that you’d love to bring back?

Can't really think of any- I've pulled back most of the ones I originally had. Might pull out Ricochet, or maybe an OC. But I can't think of anyone in the TF community that I have abandoned for another muse. I deliberately have Sessionbox alternates so I can flip between accounts to play multiple muses at once. I think the only reason I've resisted a multi-muse account is because it's actually LESS confusing for me to have multiple blogs instead of one big one.

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Cards against Cybertron 437 answers

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1.      Tarn

2.      Functionism

3.      Leakers huffing coolant fumes behind a dumpster in Rodion

4.      A Time Travel Paradox

5.      Death by traitor’s wheel

6.      Chief Justice Tyrest

7.      Nightmare Fuel

8.      Militant Monoform Movement

9.      Eight billion organic corpses rotting in the light of a binary sun

10.  Thunderwing’s pretender shell

11.  A big bag of T-Cogs

12.  Leadership of a Mortilus death cult

13.  Explosions

14.  Interfacing in the exhaust pipe

15.  Police brutality

16.  Ten Ammonite prostitutes

17.  A barrel of diesel-based hooch

18.  A really nasty virus

19.  Lubricant

20.  Four million shanix in ill-gotten gains

21.  A weak energon spritzer

22.  Ten terrabytes of Lithonian porn

23.  Autobot Special Ops

24.  Soundwave fendered out of his mind on circuit boosters

25.  Deep-throating Perceptor’s scope attachment.

26.  Suppressing the memory of Beast Machines

27.  Shockwave’s spectacular rack

28.  Femmes with spikes

29.  Taking lurid photos of suggestively posed Transformers toys

30.  James Roberts’ private swimming pool full of tears

31.  Being physically unable to orgasm without the mentioning of Starscream

32.  A tone-inappropriate Weird Al dance number

33.  Yet another sex virus infection

34.  TFA Jazz’s crotch arrow

35.  Whoever thought Kiss Players was an acceptable idea

36.  Shota Bumblebee

37.  The irresistibly soft, yielding delight of TFA Optimus’s lips

38.  Watching Rescue Bots as trauma therapy

39.  Pharma transforming his hands into dildos

40.  Relentlessly mocking the inferiority of Rodimus

41.  The unstoppable horror that is Michael Bay

42.  Another bunch of shitty recolors

43.  Drift sucking spike for drugs

44.  Getting Star Sabered

45.  Robots in disguise

46.  War without end

47.  Erotically inhaling bees

48.  Peace through tyranny

49.  Backfiring and walking away

50.  Stealing a warworld

51.  Interfacing with a turbofox

52.  Doing the right thing

53.  Going into combat while high as frag

54.  Not giving two scraps about Rodion

55.  Starscream

56.  My collection of high-tech sex toys

57.  Fragging Optimus Prime in exchange for a promotion

58.  Misfire

59.  A thing with three heads that keeps insisting it has no head

60.  Galvatron the Barbarian King

61.  A dead MTO

62.  Land mines

63.  Cannon fodder

64.  K-Con recruitment office

65.  A mission into uncharted space

66.  The Wreckers

67.  Taking volunteers

68.  Chilly interface with a refrigeration unit

69.  The Galactic Council’s stupid hats

70.  A shock baton up my valve

71.  Jacking into a generator

72.  A first-printing edition of Towards Peace

73.  An Autobot insignia

74.  A really, really big gun

75.  Electric shock therapy

76.  Prowl’s sexy, sexy doorwings

77.  The Covenant of Primus

78.  Human germs

79.  A steamy affair with a senator

80.  The Matrix of Leadership

81.  A blowjob from Megatron

82.  Empurata

83.  Primus on a bike

84.  Unicrons severed head

85.  The universal greeting

86.  An issue of Racer Weekly, the Blurr edition (With the full page spread)

87.  Camien make-up

88.  A signed picture of Thunderclash

89.  Rungs eyebrows

90.  The Scavengers

91.  The DJDs grandma

92.  The Magnus armor

93.  A face full of mnemosurgery needles

94.  Cyclonus’ nightstick

95.  Starscreams hooker heels

96.  Bad fanfiction

97.  Whirls boob cannons

98.  Rodimus’ irrational hate for hats

99.  The Rodpod

100.                     A portal to Cyberutopia

101.                     Tailgate crying through his visor

102.                     A vial of innermost energon

103.                     The power of love

104.                     Lockdowns missing hand

105.                     Devestators crotch

106.                     A briefcase

107.                     10.000 Legislators

108.                     Trolling on the Big Conversation

109.                     An undead turbofox

110.                     Sentinel Primes (TFA) massive chin

111.                     Desecrating a corpse

112.                     A chainsaw sword

113.                     Overlords luscious lips

114.                     Flowers made of dead people

115.                     A horde of horny Insecticons

116.                     Mechs with mustaches

117.                     Homemade circuitboosters

118.                     Ratchet‘s complete lack of enthusiasm towards your bullshit

119.                     5 virgin Seekers

120.                     A rendezvous with a tyrant of your choice

121.                     A specific paragraph in the Tyrest Accord

122.                     One of Rung‘s current theories on Lost Light group dynamics

123.                     Tranquilizers for combiners

124.                     The mysterious contents of Optimus Primes trailer

125.                     Prowl flipping tables

126.                     Semi dry pre-war midgrade with a hint of mercury. On the rocks.

127.                     Motor oil

128.                     Religious fanatism

129.                     The fucks James Roberts never gave.

130.                     Exotic little Cybertronian N.A.I.L. colonies

131.                     Overpriced hedonian trinkets

132.                     Shady backstreet medics

133.                     USB slots

134.                     A whole lot of messed up and tangled wires

135.                     Any moner‘s dream

136.                     A one eyed, one horned, flying, purple people-eater

137.                     Boobie headlights

138.                     Squishies

139.                     4 million years of practice

140.                     Not giving a shit about lower castes

141.                     Any senator

142.                     A long and winding rhetorical excuse

143.                     Blip

144.                     Groundbreaking scientific proof

145.                     Perceptor's skope

146.                     Flywheels enormous feet

147.                     Thruster heels

148.                     Sensitive wing syndrome

149.                     Processed energon

150.                     Too much engex

151.                     Their inner demons

152.                     Hippies from Caminus

153.                     Traces of peanuts

154.                     A certain type of tires

155.                     Clogged tubes

156.                     A big fat spike

157.                     Basic hygiene rituals

158.                     A thorough massage

159.                     A third ridiculous and completely made up faction

160.                     A manipulated vote

161.                     Decepticon dictatorship

162.                     A little dancing group of miners

163.                     To be deaf and numb

164.                     A suppressed desire

165.                     A sentinent being

166.                     A non-sentinent being

167.                     Beautiful garbage

168.                     Half of their protoform

169.                     Their first embarrassing paintjob

170.                     Stick on tattoos

171.                     The greatest Autobot of all times

172.                     Cybertronian healthcare

173.                     Blowjobs for everyone

174.                     A reason to celebrate

175.                     The reason for his existence

176.                     A boygroup from Praxus

177.                     A sizekink

178.                     A passionate relationship

179.                     Twisted wires

180.                     Ritualized Iaconian folk dance

181.                     His botbook profile

182.                     A Decepticon spy

183.                     An Autobot spy

184.                     One million Shanix with a rather questionable origin

185.                     One million years dungeon!

186.                     Grinding gears

187.                     The altmode of their dreams

188.                     A field of sparks

189.                     Something unknown but with a peculiar smell

190.                     Chipped paint

191.                     Screeching tires

192.                     A flame paintjob

193.                     Death sentence

194.                     Tumblr

195.                     Drumming on the next best bot's chassis

196.                     More tires

197.                     Overrated upgrades for valves

198.                     Suction cups

199.                     Lonely veterans

200.                     Human clothing kink

201.                     A broken spark

202.                     A simple misunderstanding about paintjob colour that lead to a total shitstorm

203.                     A pile of scrap

204.                     A quick escalation

205.                     Sparklings

206.                     That ass

207.                     Hope

208.                     Poor life choices

209.                     My existential gay crisis

210.                     Unfathomable stupidity

211.                     A windmill full of corpses

212.                     Actually getting shot, for real.

213.                     Teaching robots to love

214.                     A tank full of Sharkticons

215.                     Daring to be stupid

216.                       Cyberforming an entire planet

217.                     Eating a G.I.Joe

 218.                     Vos´ face

219.                     Whatever Tarn is compensating for with his double arm canon

220.                     Loki Maximo

221.                     Decorative spikes

222.                     Bad luck Pipes

223.                     Showing off your step dancing skills and accidentally killing a random bot

224.                     Something that came out of Tarantulas butt

225.                     Botflix

226.                     Untagged porn

227.                     A trigger warning

228.                     Getting overcharged at 8 am

229.                     Witwicky white trash

230.                     Energon-Sushi that has gone bad

231.                     That prick Prowl

232.                     His daddy

233.                     Beauty products by Overlord

234.                     Popular dance hits

235.                     Primus, our lord and savior

236.                     A robot STD

237.                     A super soft padding

238.                     Your monthly oil change

239.                     A sudden and overwhelming hunger for ener-jonnies

240.                     Swapping fuel in public

241.                     Big, big pedes

242.                     Every face mask ever

243.                     Many little sockets on the side of his frame

244.                     A heavy burst of electricity

245.                     Five nights at Swerve´s

246.                     Tyrest´s crown of “spikes”

247.                     Covfefe

248.                     An even smaller version of Minimus Ambus

249.                     Domestication

250.                     A jammed door on the Peaceful Tyranny

251.                     150 Autobots

252.                     The cancellation of “Till all are one”

253.                     Elita-1

254.                     A dead minibot in a box

255.                     Like 1000 caged sparkeaters

256.                     The gentle flap of some doorwings

257.                     A leisure center for retired Autobots

258.                     A good scolding from Nickel

259.                     The lack of oral hygiene

260.                     A bastard trapped in another bastard

261.                     Drift's criminal record

262.                     His nasty ex

263.                     At least three

264.                     Decepticon dance hits vol 1 – XX

265.                     Fancy fizzy drinks named after fierce Decepticons

266.                     More bad Crossovers

267.                     Just a black hole

268.                     An exact version of this in the my little pony universe

269.                     The softness of beastformer fur

270.                     100 twerking seeker butts

271.                     Bad roleplay

272.                     Our hopes and fears

273.                     A nice game of “Dodge the blowtorch”

274.                     A leaking gearstick

275.                     Literal sparkplugs

276.                     The Co-captain

277.                     50 shades of Tailgate

278.                     Wasps in my waste tanks

279.                     You wouldn't understand. It's a Combiner thing

280.                     Thats just another one of Elita's secrets

281.                     None-stop buttsex

282.                     Having a crush on your leader for centuries

283.                     Swindle's dead body

284.                     Gay Constructicons

285.                     A Cybertronian named Lubeguzzler

286.                     Overclocking your CPU out of boredom

287.                     Lesbian Spiders

288.                     Sum fuk

289.                     Tire butts

290.                     Gladiator erotica written by Megatron

291.                     Rejected outlier abilities.

292.                     Turning emblems upside-down

293.                     Your worst childhood's nightmare

294.                     More phase-sixers

295.                     Ambulon's better half

296.                     Onslaught´s bitterness

297.                     Starscream's underfraggedness

298.                     The worst holomatter avatar

299.                     Robot bollocks

300.                     Synthetic spikes hanging from the ceiling

301.                     A tank drainage

302.                     Ejecting their spike

303.                     Horns

304.                     Datapads

305.                     Megatron's fleshli-Cannon

306.                     Shooting your best friend

307.                     Soundwave's highly talented data cables

308.                     Starscreams ego

309.                     Liege Maximo's prison cell inside Carcer

310.                     Rung's candy collection

311.                     Gentle trigger strokes

312.                     Titan spikes

313.                     Unauthorized brain module surgery

314.                     Needle fingers

315.                     Optic Cleanser

316.                     Fleshies

317.                     Heat simulation chips

318.                     The „botfather“

319.                     A Tale of Two Tankors

320.                     An engorged scraplet

321.       ��             Engineering a time machine just to stalk your long dead crush

322.                     Ratchet´s favorite wrench

323.                     Robo boobs

324.                     Ack!

325.                     That time someone thought gelatinous spikes were a good idea.

326.                     He can't deal with this right now

327.                     Spike enlargement surgery

328.                     Optimus getting slapped

329.                     Megatron getting some fiiiine booty

330.                     A weird obsession with humans

331.                     Misfire's secret booze storage

332.                     Spinster's hands

333.                     Gently crushing golden thighs

334.                     Rust

335.                     An enraged pistachio

336.                     The real reason Roddimus hates hats

337.                     Ark-1

338.                     A handful of confetti on Garrus-9

339.                     Galvatron's goddamn sexy thighs

340.                     Storing candy up his gun barrel

341.                     An alt-mode kink

342.                     Party ambulance

343.                     Combiner gang bang

344.                     Predacon glossa

345.                     Sniffing beastformer butt

346.                     The large plug

347.                     Build-a-bear horrors

348.                     Engex

349.                     Knockout's astranged uncle

350.                     Breakdown and Knockout becoming parents

351.                     Fidget spinner spinner alt mode

352.                     That sparkle bot down the street

353.                     A dirty boy

354.                     A thick boy

355.                     Shockwave's bosom

356.                     Sneezing sparklings

357.                     A softly purring engine

358.                     The Cybertronian equivalent to snoring

359.                     Soundwave's perfectly sculpted aft

360.                     Bumblebee's butt screw

361.                     Insecticon infestation

362.                     Incesticons

363.                     Wheeljack's mouth fixation

364.                     Unicrons beard

365.                     Unicron! Not Unicorn!

366.                     A mask covering his ugliness

367.                     Bad dentals

368.                     That bar on Caminus

369.                     Blurr's turbo spike

370.                     What happened back then in the teen-bot summer camp

371.                     Rodimus discovering emojis

372.                     The burning frame of your enemy

373.                     The smell of victory

374.                     Dr. Octogonapus

375.                     Bayformers Optimus' Prime's boobs

376.                     Crosshairs attitude

377.                     The swarm

378.                     One tiny beeping bean

379.                     Weaponless Ironhide

380.                     Your crackship

381.                     Hydraulic twerking

382.                     Five thousand starving scraplets

383.                     Trypticon's Dinospike

384.                     Pre war hypocricy

385.                     Grimlock's happy leg

386.                     That one container of bad engex

387.                     Wheeljack's "Special" experiments

388.                     Eggs

389.                     Popular waxing techniques during the golden age

390.                     Helex´ cooking

391.                     Cyclonus' broken horn

392.                     Violently pelvic thrusting at your neighbor

393.                     Killmasters wand

394.                     Squealing scientists

395.                     The urgent need to align all your pens to the left

396.                     It's a Lost Light thing, you wouldn't understand

397.                     Bulkhead's "Bulkhead"

398.                     Dating boats

399.                     Seeker screaming sessions

400.                     That one time Optimus was actually right.

401.                     Space fashion

402.                     Swerve's stripper pole

403.                     Bunny suits on bots

404.                     40 buckets

405.                     Quintesson poop

406.                     My new line of Pipes shoes

407.                     Prison gayness

408.                     Froid's yaoi arms

409.                     Whirl, making ticking noises

410.                     Bellydancing Drift

411.                     Deadlock, aka Bleplock

412.                     Subsidized aerobic classes for middle sized grounders

413.                     Being too big for the transport shuttle

414.                     Prowl's excess weight

415.                     Actual headcanons

416.                     Rewind's alleged sex tapes

417.                     Incompatible drivers

418.                     Human collateral

419.                     Holding Perceptor's legs so he can shoot things

420.                     Rodimus' magic butt crack

421.                     Seeing Cosmos in space and not saying 'Hello'

422.                     Sleeping baby beans

423.                     tfw2005 fuckboys

424.                     Cannibalistic Insecticons

425.                     A good old EMP blast

426.                     Your motherboard

427.                     Dinobot tranquilizers

428.                     Exactly what you get when you mess with a taser

429.                     Lugnuts P.O.K.E

430.                     A cheesy tune written by tarn in his spare time

431.                     TFP Arcee's secret third wheel

432.                     Waking up next to a beastformer and knowing that nothing will ever be the same again

433.                     G1 physics

434.                     Humansonas

435.                     That awful snarling sound Dinobot keeps on making

436.                     Verity in short shorts

437.                     Bikini day on the Nemesis