I know, right? And tbh, I think she only gets better with time. Her in the combiner hunters one-shot was just LE SWOON (eta: also the art gets better with time. you still occasionally get that one artist, and it never gets as good as mtmte, but those early issues are really overlined compared to later ex-rid art)
motherfuckin ramondelli....... i felt like such an asshole when i went to his tfwiki page, because i was ready, i was full of hate, and then... fuck off!!! he looks so happy and proud of himself and. his art is so, so bad..... and i feel like an asshole, look at him...
I think Ramondelli's art was okay for, like, Autocracy. That period was supposed to be god-awful ugly in terms of the situation, everything was fucked-up and tragic and I think Ramondelli's art kind of works for it. But yeah, in general his art is not my favorite for exRiD.
oh shit, now I feel like an asshole too D: He's so happy. But it's... it's just so ugly (well, it's not terrible on big set pieces like he's holding there, but there's no life or joy when it comes to his sequential storytelling in the comics :C ) ngl, I'm thinking of trying some panel redraws for ex-rid 22, a la homestuck. Because those are pretty simple bits for the telepath husband's past, that usually come one or two pages at a time and where the chunks stand decently on their own. It'll be good for me, if I ever get around to it :P
I do appreciate what the comic seemed to be aiming for in Autocracy and Dark Cybertron for the dead universe portions (and what they were going for in ex-rid 22 too, I assume) But I just wish that everything could have been like... punched up, just a little bit. Everyone's dead in the face and the poses are super static, and sometimes the proportions are just really awful. I'm generally a fan of super dark, murky coloring styles, and I could even get past the gritty lineart if there was just a little more energy in all of it
As for songs. This one's for the Wreckers. Spoiler: Lyrics [Hook:Cecil Otter] We got cracks in our armor, got cracks in the ceiling And this axe that we're wielding Will react when we're feeling that Crack, attack, attack, and we're on on you like like a Mack Truck Your honor, we are that fucking filthy [Verse 1: Sims] It's 2000 and self destruct and everybody's yelling that shit is all fucked Yuck, I never liked the construct of that square wheel, like "money ain't real" Wait, but that ain't real. Oh, now I get it We could take it all and split it, give it to the village Doomtree villains out for the killing, no kidding Good man but I went a bit bitter when they took a little bit of the dinner off my plate High stakes, okay, I'll play, but it ain't your game And it ain't your rules and it ain't your world, and I brought my crew We some dirty lip fuck your rules living ugly goons It's no kings, no way, You're so vain, you probably think it's about you Well it is and it ain't, and it ain't but it is I go so fucking nasty no restraint Well I get props and I play it off, I see them hot and I fade them all Hello world it's L.O.P. B.T.Z., keep your ring Move out of my way, let me do my thing Let me do my thing, I'mma do my thing [Verse 2: Mike Mictlan] Friction lock rivet Goonish as all fuck, prudent to all stunts Proving the laws of logarithm like the wag of a dog's tail Bark back, woof! Light the rag on your cocktail Spark that, champ on that slang chop Chump on that chomp rap, probably a stomp sack Man, give me my prop back Hold your tooth to my non dap, I ain't no Diddy boy That Beni know we go scrimp dance Dougie, don't stop that! Senor Frreal Z three R zero None other, who's cooler, hula-hooping through bank zeroes Hewlett packing, loogie yacking on Don Hero's Bomb appearance, nights in Paris, raw dogging cross limos Toss demos, snot rockets blow up the sub-labels Long tables, calling shots on a crowd potato The slang mongrel with fanged tonsils We slay goblins gangly gang violent Wrangling fake monsters [Hook] [Verse 3: P.O.S.] What's up? No kings, no love for your made up things In the paint but it ain't no game on the wall with a little complaint Leave that stain, weave through cities dodging rain No thing but an open door, it's yours No lie but you've got to get dirty man fix your pride We some preach them real, reach them, steal them from low ideals type dudes With a stepped up set of skills and an ick style so kill that wills update daily No frills or pilled up babies No posture phony just rock solid un-fuck-with-able dropped knowledge No love for the bull horns give them Thorns get them in, swarm, let me make friends with a storm Buddy get up close to the war Insides out, no love for the boring Naw, bored, and I bet the hearts off beating Under hardwood flooring, poor man's Poe [Hook] Most relevant lyrics are the hook. We got cracks in our armor, got cracks in the ceiling And this axe that we're wielding Will react when we're feeling that Crack, attack, attack, and we're on on you like like a Mack Truck Your honor, we are that fucking filthy
Oh, also I've got a random question: does anyone know who the fandom ships Sunstreaker and/or Mirage with? The only real connection I'm spotting in canon is Sideswipe/Sunstreaker, but their relationship seemed pretty strained when it was getting screen time. I'll totally make it happen if that's what I've got, damn the robot incest torpedoes, full steam ahead, and all that. But I'm just trying to sort out what my options might be. And Mirage is just ???????????? All my favorite characters are impossible to ship (that's a lie, it's just these two dorks and soundwave who are the problem children, but still)
Oh Sunsteaker and Sideswipe are also often shipped with Ratchet. I've also seen some good Wheeljack/twins from one author.
... I have more songs *whistles innocently* Rodimus about OP Spoiler: lyrics "Giving Me A Chance" You know I never want to let you down It cuts me up to see you sad And I wish that I could undo what I've done Give back the faith in me you had Oh yeah Oh yeah You know I love you more than anyone But I get a little wrapped up in myself But you know I never want to do you wrong Bring into question what we have Oh yeah I know I let you down I know I let you down But you're giving me a chance Oh yeah I know I let you down I know I let you down But you're giving me a chance
The end of the decepticon/autobot war Spoiler: lyrics "Eyes Wide Open" With our eyes wide open, we... With our eyes wide open, we... So this is the end of the story, Everything we had, everything we did, Is buried in dust, And this dust is all that's left of us. But only a few ever worried. Well the signs were clear, they had no idea. You just get used to living in fear, Or give up when you can't even picture your future. We walk the plank with our eyes wide open. We walk the plank with our eyes wide open, we... (Walk the plank with our eyes wide open, we...) Yeah, we walk the plank with our eyes wide open, we... (Walk the plank with our eyes wide open.) Some people offered up answers. We made out like we heard, they were only words. They didn't add up to a change in the way we were living, And the saddest thing is all of it could have been avoided. But it was like to stop consuming's to stop being human, And why would I make a change if you won't? We're all in the same boat, staying afloat for the moment. We walk the plank with our eyes wide open, we... (Walk the plank with our eyes wide open, we...) Yeah we walk the plank with our eyes wide open, we... (Walk the plank with our eyes wide open.) We walk the plank with our eyes wide open, We walk the plank with our eyes wide open, We walk the plank with our eyes wide open, we... With our eyes wide open, we walk the plank, we walk the plank. With our eyes wide open, we walk the plank, we walk the plank, we walk the plank. With our eyes wide open, we walk the plank, we walk the plank. That was the end of the story.
oh my god.... last night some people finally found that rude "as a concerned health care professional" post i made forever ago and spread it around..... is it bad if some ESPECIALLY rude part of me wants the op to see it.....
One last song, for the bird son, because I finally got around to listening to Sia and I've been looping this song for the last hour Spoiler Alive I was born in a thunderstorm I grew up overnight I played alone I'm playing on my own I survived Hey I wanted everything I never had Like the love that comes with light I wore envy and I hated that But I survived I had a one-way ticket to a place where all the demons go Where the wind don't change And nothing in the ground can ever grow No hope, just lies And you're taught to cry in your pillow But I'll survive I'm still breathing I'm alive I found solace in the strangest place Way in the back of my mind I saw my life in a stranger's face And it was mine I had a one-way ticket to a place where all the demons go Where the wind don't change And nothing in the ground can ever grow No hope, just lies And you're taught to cry in your pillow But I survived I'm still breathing I'm alive You took it all, but I'm still breathing I had made every single mistake That you could ever possibly make I took and I took and I took what you gave But you never noticed that I was in pain I knew what I wanted; I went in and got it Did all the things that you said that I wouldn't I told you that I would never be forgotten I know that's part of you And I'm still breathing I'm still breathing I'm still breathing I'm still breathing I'm alive (You took it out, but I'm still breathing) (You took it out, but I'm still breathing) I'm alive (You took it out, but I'm still breathing) (You took it out, but I'm still breathing) I'm alive (You took it out, but I'm still breathing) (You took it out, but I'm still breathing) I'm alive I'm alive
Spoiler: 52, I think. this is probably too small to see, but is he biting Ratchet's hand, like, those are plot-important hands! you can't just do that! or am I looking at it wrong
Spoiler: 52 i interpreted it as ratchet shooting a blaster into his mouth, because that makes me happy :')
