#i dont care for transformers on a story level i watched one of the cartoons with my dad and fell in love with shockwave

[poicyss]

Guys how important is Shockwave to Transformers do you think there is a good chance of him getting a bishojou figure

[pagesofkenna]

ok friendo this one is just for me cause i gotta know, Hootie

ok so the thing you have to understand is that the way i feel about hootie is a lot like izzy but, like, in reverse

so, most kids cartoons you watch (not all) have this gimmick that I like to call 'the gross friend', which is like one ally character who hangs out with the protagonists but is gross, or annoying, usually for comedic value, and usually i dont like them (think the ape from GenRex, sorry ape). Hootie fully occupies the roll of 'gross friend' for Owl House but he's not gross to the levels I'm used to in other cartoons - he's more annoying than truly gross, and annoying is forgivable if the character is otherwise enjoyable

and the thing is Hootie kind of doesn't do a lot narratively and yet... he is The Owl House?? like the role that The Owl House plays in the first season of The Owl House is weirdly minor, and similar to Kikimora it makes me feel like his role is going to get punched up a LOT in the final episodes, and I'm mostly incredibly curious and fascinated to see what that is??

so like. a lot of Hootie's annoying-ness isn't really that funny to me personally, but there's just a spark of something interesting going on with this character that I'm intrigued by him anyways?? I wanna see what the story is gonna do with him??

also also, Hootie is like genuinely a nice person/demon and the way he's used as the emotional punching bag in season one frustrates me. Lilith befriending Hootie and them becoming weird besties ride-or-die was SUCH a good character choice for both of them because, like, after a whole season of Hootie just being nice but a little gross and pretty annoying suddenly he got a friend who legitimately cares for his wellbeing and happiness? and after a season of being literally the villain Lilith picks the one character we're most ready to see receiving sympathy and says 'this one, he's my best friend now'?? like, bam, instantly we love Lilith, instantly we see Hootie as a desirable friend and companion, it was so freaking good

and Hootie's been such a good catalyst for events happening - a deus ex machina to delay King getting that letter, actively causing Edith's transformation and Luz/Amity to get together, etc. like as a narrative device he's very useful, and as a character he's very interesting. but sometimes he rips himself out of his door and its gross ew

[girlwiththegreenhat]

Hello I am back again, mostly because I'm curious and you seem to have more infomation about the newer series of transformers while I am in the dark ages. By dark ages, I mean I got through Gen 1 and beast wars and then never finished. What are recommendations about the newer Transformer series, as a place to start?

Hello again :3 Now I haven’t seen every modern TF cartoon but i’ve seen a handful, and I’m definitely not biased in recommending Transformers Animated to start xD The characters are cute and charming and all get some awesome development through the show, the style might take some getting used to for some but you grow to love it, the writing is amazing, the world building is absolutely nuts and so in-depth and all its stories are really interesting and entertaining. it spins a lot of TF concepts on their heads (prime is a rookie rather than some well-known leader, cybertron’s fine and under autobot control rather than Dead Completely, the war is long over but threatening to start up again…) It’s also got LOADS of characters (so you’ll probably have at least one favorite, or end up like me wiTH SEVERAL–) and throwbacks to earlier series that don’t feel forced or out of place. The only problems I have with the series is the fact that it got cancelled (not its fault) so when you finish it you’re left with a whole lotta salt at hasbro and cartoon network, and the human villains are kinda annoying but IMO they’re not the worst thing ever xD They don’t even appear that often. It can be really lighthearted and silly but it has its darker moments and episodes, and it gets more serious in season three. It’s got lots of what i think is called “fridge horror” too so that’s fun. It’s also neat because of how it doesn’t just blatantly paint the bots as Good Guys and the cons as Bad Guys, I mean the cons are definitely still horrible but they’re not just Evil For The Hell Of It, and the autobots do a lot of… really questionable things. Things are more gray than usual. If you watch and like it pls go email hasbro asking for season four lsjkdfjkldf

Then there’s Transformers Prime, which came after Animated - It was made for older audiences (teens iirc) and def gets pretty… dark. But the animation is really nice and the characters are too, especially the decepticons. Actually, the cons are more entertaining than the autobots half the time xD the human characters start out annoying (… okay, mainly Miko) but get some nice development over the course of the show (ironically again Miko gets the most development, she’s awesome by the end). Its my second favorite series I’ve seen and it does have a few boring episodes (there are literally… TWO recap episodes in the second season. because i guess the budget was dead or they were just too lazy to put effort into writing to progress the plot idfk, worst part is you can’t even skip them (unless you’d rather go read what happens Up To You) because the 5% that isn’t recap is necessary plot progression aaAAA) and the characters aren’t as fleshed out as they are in animated but it’s still absolutely worth a watch.

there’s a few more cartoons that have come out that i haven’t seen fully or at all. rescue bots lost me cuz its aimed at toddlers, i don’t like the direction they took with prime’s continuation Robots In Disguise but I wont tell you not to watch it just because i personally dont like it, research it on your own if you like Prime and maybe watch some episodes, come to your own conclusion, aaand i’ve seen the first ten episodes or so of Cyberverse which is the newest one? It’s not bad, but the voice acting is my biggest problem which is mediocre at best (not the voice talents, the voices are good for the most part!! but the way everyone delivers their lines just sounds,,, so bad. most of the time. its like it was fan-made, folks are trying their best but still not quite hitting the mark. and that’s fine if it WERE fan-made, but it’s… official… .. i heard it got better but i haven’t picked it back up yet to find out) and since the episodes are only 11 minutes long each it’s a good show to watch idly when you feel like it. it’s also,,, really silly. like almost G1 levels of silly at some points. and the character designs are nice, not my faves but they’re solid. IMO Bee is the best thing in the whole series, he’s just… such a good bean. If silly, simple, and a little throwback-y with a side of kinda-crap voicework that you can overlook is your thing I’d check it out, like I said for me it’s a good idle watch - something you can just, checkout whenever you have the time.

I also forgot to mention there’s the Unicron trilogy from the early to mid 2000s, I didn’t see the first two shows (Armada and Energon) but I did see Cybertron as a kid. It’s okay from what I remember¯\_(ツ)_/¯Been meaning to rewatch it and see if it’s still any good. From what I hear the first two are Trash and Cybertron is the only good show among them, and I remember enjoying Cybertron, so do with that info what you will.

This got reeeeally long and I’m not the best at reviewing shows so TLDR, in order of “PLEASE WATCH” to “meh”:

Animated is Cute and Very Well-Written, a Must Watch

Prime is Dark but More Or Less Solid, good for if you want a more serious tone for your giant robots. Highly Recommended.

Cyberverse is fun but the voiceacting is kinda weird, but still can be fun to watch every now and then if you can ignore it. I say watch a few episodes and see how you feel after that.

RiD2015 I didn’t care for but you should research it on your own and see if it’s up your alley.