#ribfir

[kenniteh]

Firrib? Rirfib???

[tronmike82]

A dubious little creature.

[highlandjei]

The boys are finally together!!

[technoganicspy]

RIRFIB this.

RIBFIR that.

I think the menaces just switch up paint every so often to mess with people.

[solardrink]

Fandom-specific terminology is sooo interesting . Little pockets of internet subculture making their own fucking codes and nomenclature and shorthand ..

[katofthestars]

energon lollipops :D

(ignore quality had to edit it on my phone)

[transformers-mosaic]

Transformers: Mosaic #598 - "Daydream Believers"

Originally posted on May 5th, 2011

Story - Liz Calkins Art - Pietre A. Valbuena

deviantART | Seibertron | TFW2005

wada sez: Skids’ most notable story was the Marvel Comics issue “Showdown!”, where he formed a bond (a romance?!) with the human cashier Charlene; they’re ultimately forced to part ways and return to their separate lives. Here, Charlene imagines herself in a wild west saloon; Skids imagines a Cybertronian equivalent, and they ultimately share the same fantasy of life together—the dreamlike thought-bubble effect surrounding most of these panels fades away for the final two, which I think is meant to imply that Charlene really does reunite with Skids! Rumble and Frenzy are seen arguing over whether FIBRIR or RIBFIR. A full list of songs quoted in this piece is given at the bottom of the strip, but it’s kind of small, so check below for a full list of lyricist credits and links, along with clean inks and colors.

“Let’s Get Away From It All” - Tom Adair (listen)

“Eve of Destruction” - P. F. Sloan (listen)

“Somewhere” (from West Side Story) - Stephen Sondheim (listen)

“The Yellow Rose of Texas” - traditional (listen)

“Down on the Corner” - John Fogerty (listen)

“Feelin’ Good Again” - Robert Earl Keen (listen)

“Consider Yourself” (from Oliver!) - Lionel Bart (listen)

[autistic-fool-with-ideas]

We must settle it

[74rn]

I love how tweeting about Transformers actively again immediately had twitter put RIRFIB/RIBFIR discourse on my for you page. Never change, guys.

[elfdragon12]

Skybound is going RIBFIR!

Here are the Transformers Daniel Warren Johnson will use in the new Skybound series

See the Autobots and Decepticons who will throw down in the new series.

[radetzkymarch]

[tronmike82]

[geabool]

I DON’T KNOW WHAT I’M DOING

More Than Meets The Pod made me ship it! Please, we need more content of this crack D:

[oneheadedcerberus]

so it seems the recent transformers crossover comics have taken a RIRFIB stance which is..... a choice.

[cryoverkiltmilk]

Sometimes i love the petty bullshit in this fandom

So.

A whole mess of new official reveals dropped in the Transformers fandom today, courtesy of the ongoing news releases out of Toy Fair, and there’s one little thing in an announcement on TFW2005 that just speaks to me.

These little dudes, these absolute block-shaped little bastards, are part of the upcoming line of releases for the “Earthrise” portion of War For Cybertron.

Skar, Knok, [REDACTED, we’ll get to him in a bit], and Wingthing. The first two are a bit of a deviation from their roots, but a perfectly reasonable way to implement them into the current toyline, and the last was already traditionally a Ratbat repaint, so all is well.

Then there’s this f*cker.

You will note, he is BLUE.

For those not familiar, one of the longest running wars in the TF fandom (likely only losing to ‘trukk not munky’ and other G1 purisms) is over what are the ‘proper’ colors for Decepticons Rumble and Frenzy. The way in which people handle this ranges from intentionally exaggerated seriousness with a wink and a nod, all the way to torches being brandished as the opponents dig themselves into their foxholes.

So when the news of this release, and the toy being labeled as Rumble, hits, one of the most prominent TF news sites felt the need to put a disclaimer in the announcement.

Rumble (that’s what the description says)

The person posting this news basically put the TF equivalent of “don’t @ me” as an asterisk on this.

I love what a self-aware pile of pettiness and drama this fandom and the subsequent lore are at times.