OH MY GOD Spoiler: shadowplay spoilers the senator shockwave reveal was AMAZING omg especially because of the whole 'I'M TOO PASSIONATE' thing he had going on, i love that arc so much and yes. yes shockwave is tragic :(
"Shadowplay - A totally epic story based on real events that definitly happened" that... okay. I'll just accept this subtitle as a thing that is there. Spoiler: issue 9 REWIND WHAT THE FUK IS WRONG WITH YOU also unhand my darling rung immediately!! Holy shit. You're gonna do neurosurgery on a bot in a dirty bar. I fucking hate all of you IF YOU FUCK THSI UP RATCHET I SWEAR TO GOD Chromedome is so done. Whirl NO IT'S NOT COOL WHIRL STOP. ... okay I am marginally reliefed that they aren't actually gonna operate on Rung's brain in a bar. Story-telling in bars is a-ok. That's what they're for. Rewind you are geeking out about this. I bet this is much more complicated than it needs to be because you got your geeky fingers on a project and couldn't stop. Robo-Cops! Robo-Cops!! Chromedome continues to be really cute. I-is... is the table bolted to the floor in expectation of people trying to throw them? Was rewind's prowl impersonation just foiled by the fact that someone was foresighted enough to bolt the tables to the floor? Omg i love these nerds. I smell Rodimus/Drift vibes. Is that a thing? Or is everyone on this ship just incredibly shippable? Tailgate my darling it's because you have a tendency to do slightly inadvisable shit. That's why he disclaimers Drift's tragic backstory WELL LOOK AT THAT THE BIG DAMN HERO ORION FUCKING PAX IS HERE wait does that mean Tailgate gets to learn about that now? :D okay sign me the fuck up for Drift/Ratchet tho. Especially with the making fun of Ratchet over religion shit it's cute as shit omg I AM SQUEALING THEY ARE SO FUCKING CUTE? "I'm thinking about it often enough!" "Me too, kid." I CAN'T STOP AHHHH I SHIP IT This story is probably doing the thing i'm assuming it's doing. If so then wow well played.
I always assumed he couldn't flip the table because it was too heavy for his tiny minibot arms but bolting it down makes sense too
... i didn't even consider that but considering I probably couldn't flip a proportionately scaled metal table either? that might be another way to read that, yeah.
Spoiler: the rest of issue 9 Okay Orion Pax is a lot more hardcore than I thought he was basically. This espionage secret contact bullshit is almost cool. why is "if we had decent alt modes we wouldn't have to..." said so often. Guys YOU ARE TRASFORMING ROBOTS THAT'S COOL AS SHIT WHY THE FUCK ARE YOU COMPLAINING THAT THE COOL SHIT YOU ARE TRANSFORMING INTO ISN'T COOL ENOUGH????????!!!!! what the fuck is the institute and how do i get a subscription for all the conspiracy theories regarding it? well. that one's dead. Why the fuck do giant robots fall from the sky so often? ... I DOUBT CYCLONUS DID THIS I'M NOT LISTENING LALALALALAAL unless he did? ... ROOOOOODIMUS EXPLAIN YOUR ACCUSATIONS! (also FUCK now drift is making sad eyes D:) (I gotta stop though i can't liveblog the issues thoroughly AND watch a stream AND rp you guys lol)
i have so many favs..... top #1 no contest is whirl, he's my child, my son, my darling, my dear second fav is brainstorm, the awful light of my life then in no particular order the other favs are nautica, rodimus, chromedome, tailgate, drift.... and those are just the primary favs... i also have a list of secondary favs and Bad Favs. i love these robots with such intensity i still need to read the windblade comics!! the art looks super nice. i should start those next
okAY BREAK FOR ME I got up to the start of dark cybertron and just. takes a deep breath why did you guys have to make me wanna read it it's so good but i'm still not over this morning at all. ; ; and so far Cyclonus is my fav, then Tailgate and Rewind.
Spoiler: issue 51 wait. wait, Drift has an Autobot symbol again. I just checked the end of EoS, and he didn't have one there. probably he got it back when he got redesigned, but it just feels weird, I guess? that he'd have another one instead of getting back his original one
Hello hello, for anyone who's hit issue 34 and has seen Trepan in action, I have an exciting piece of canon divergence featuring some (nonsexual) nonconsensual brain shenanigans that I'm silly-proud of, so I figured I'd throw a link over here for anyone who's curious. (This link is sfw, other chapters in the ao3 document are not) http://archiveofourown.org/works/6320311/chapters/14702956
Spoiler: issue 10 "Cyclonus is PRACTICALLY a decepticon" i hate you sometimes rodimus. Rodimus and Magnus are absolutely, definitly, without a doubt the mom and the dad of the ship. I think, actually Magnus might be the mom. Thank you, First Aid. "Pax is so COOL!" ilu tailgate okay the whole body-gloving is slightly terrifying implications wise. Wow whirl don't be mean. Aw Tailgate honey, no he wasn't a miner. "It was Pax fault I was in prison!" "Rubbish, it was your fault you were in prison! Pax was the one who arrested you." i'm sorry i'm laughing, whirl but that's so cliche :') Wow that's what i call juicy gossip. So some people, not naming names think whirl beating up Megatron might be the reason Megs snapped? pfff "Whirl? Who did this to you?" "Don't worry captain, I'm keeping a list." ouch my heart D: "I want my hands back." IT'S RAINING ON MY FACE Swerve, please. Swerve, no. Rewind the way you stand there it looks like you're about to kiss Rung and honestly at this point i'm like yeah, go ahead. Kiss that therapist. "What you think i should've let loose with my lethal trainee theoretician moves?" ilu ratchet Trepan is distressingly pretty for someone ominous and probably terrible. chromedome you lil shit <3 SO THIS IS THE INSTITUTE? PLEASE IMAGINE ME LISTENING TO ALL THINGS SAID ABOUT BRAINWASHING WITH THIS FACE: :3c Orion pax continues to be surprisingly badass
Spoiler: issue 11 orion pax is arrangin some ocean's eleven bullshit heist on a dead body and i am SO on board with this. Glitch's power thing sounds coooooool! (Also the Academy is 34567890% "Xavier's school for gifted youngsters, robot edition" i'm laughing so hard) ohhhh skids is a super genius :D it's the cutest thing that chromedome can't say "Pffft". Why si that so cute. ahhhhh tailgate is taking notes omg :') Whirl please don't play with the comatose guy's eyebrows. that chromedome pretended to be interested in Ironfist's obsessionn because everyone else was making fun of him warms my shriveled heart. Now i'm feeling bad for Rodimus :( It's not your fault, rod. if you get rung back up and running i'm sure he'll help fix this. This story has a TERRIBLE ending D: awww Tailgate darling :D BLESS SKIDS MY BABY IS BACK :'D well. I am vaguely familiar with the name shockwave D: shadowplay is terrifying (and hot)
EEEEE!!! also did you notice rewind getting jealous that CD and prowl had a thing because. that is my favourite thing....... and YES WHIRL....!!!!! My child
Ah man, issue 10 was the first time that Whirl broke my heart, and it just doesn't stop from happening :') And oh my god, IRONFIST. You should totally read Last Stand of the Wreckers if you want more Ironfist. He is my FAVORITE favorite favorite. That's a lie, I have too many favorites, and Whirl is probably over him on the favorites hierarchy, but Ironfist is way up there.
rewind is such a pissy little shit about it it's hilarious especially bc chromedome is like 'nope. not doing that. we're not talking about that right now.' whirl continues to hold my heart hostage. how dare. he is so cute and so tragic. and does so many self-destructive things.
my reading experience for the vast majority of the comic is just me clutching my face and saying "whirl....." with different intonations depending on the issue. i love..... this bird robot....
Also also for additional whirl feelings: Spoiler: #10 "Five minutes. Ten if I hear him screaming." FUCK OFFFFFFFF D:
i love him but i love so many of these terrible trainwrecks. It is becoming a problem. the cover of 12 is tailgate and tbh i did not notice his hip to waist ratio but damn. These robots have curves, holy shit. Spoiler: issue 12 Rodimus continues to be the most dignified captain ever. To be fair daddy-bot's crew is a bunch of overgrown children that cannot contain their enthusiasm. Who let these frat boys into a space ship? Magnus i know it's the wrong word, but pls shut up. "Ultra Magnus informs me that running through the Lost Light shouting "WHO'S UP FOR A FIGHT?" doesn't Technically qualify as a briefing..." Whoever let rodimus have any authority ever made a grave mistake. okay i am mildly peeved. boys. the war is OVER. why are you so eager to get into a fight with a decepticon group? Also that is totally a cover story about red alert. uh oh rewind and chromedome are having a fight. *popcorn.gif* whirl you magnificient eye searing pile of barely contained destruction. I love you. HOLY SHIT? THIS IS SUDDENLY TERRIBLE drift. drift why are you always so stabby oh god CD looks so broken WHY IS EVERYTHING TERRIBLE OH GOD TAILGATE DID YOU DRAG CYCLONUS THERE ALL BY YOURSELF? OH MY GOD D: oh my fucking god swerve you absolute idiot oh noooo CD D: fuckkkkkkk my feelings thank you whirl thank fuck. WOW CYCLONUS THAT WAS TERRIBLE AND RUDE AND ABSOLUTELY UNCALLED FOR oh CY OH TAILGATE WHY ARE YOU SO CUTE HOLY SHIT WHIRL WHAT THE FUCK I WRONG WITH YOU
