also: whole thread is open for questions about backstory and assistance in robot-spotting, spock even made a guide for the robot-spotting
Spoiler: kit liveblog Okay, so it's really strange that they have wheels attached to... odd anatomy places. Like, just from the cover of #1. Wheeled hips do not seem efficient.
Doing it here is totally fine!! We love livebloggers :D Also, MTMTE is the beginning of IDW's phase two for their transformers run. It's definitely a good jumping on point, and I knew approximately as much as you do when I started it and did fine. But if you want, I can definitely give you a quick rundown of the things that happened in phase one! I think the only character it's really important for is cyclonus, but it gives you extra tidbits on like, rodimus and drift and such.
Spoiler: kit liveblog I can tell bright red dude is going to be a Drama Llama from his first appearance. Like, just the art. And then I start reading his words.
I'm gonna need so much help. They all just look like robots? Backstory tidbits could be helpful, I think! I like backstory, anyway.
Right! A robot spotting guide! I made that thing. Here you go! I was extremely awful at identifying characters at first, but it does get easier with time.
TYVM! Spoiler: kit liveblog Also: "You've earned the right to see the universe without a gun in your hand." DAMN.
Spoiler: kit liveblog ...ooookay, people have a LOT of feelings about this war. Also, transforming yourself to death sounds like it would suck.
Spoiler: kit liveblog "I've been waiting for the right moment to tell you. The massively awkward silence suggests that probably wasn't it..." I have a feeling I'm going to like you, buddy.
ALSO potential ideas for sparklings, courtesy of the Dramatis Transformae OOC IRC Spoiler: lots of text, pregnancies, amateur theology, terrible robot sex ed 23:23 Mirrors i suppose it would kind of maybe depend on how much sparklings and internal pregnancy are... 'natural' for lack of a better term 23:25 IvyLB i wonder if it's like a built in feature that only gets used when population density is low and hotspots aren't around 23:25 IvyLB so it's just been rare so far 23:26 IvyLB or rather undocumented 23:26 Mirrors like. activated programming? 23:26 IvyLB pretty much 23:26 Mirrors cybertronian crisis mode 23:26 Mirrors gotta repopulate the place SOMEHOW better rejig all the internals to make babies 23:26 IvyLB .... like okay I'mma be honest thematically it would make SENSE if primus was played as a more straight analogy for the abrahamic god 23:27 IvyLB cybertron is garden eden, but the transformers fucked up bad 23:27 IvyLB so now they don't get magic dirt babies anymore and 23:27 Mirrors omg 23:27 Mirrors they have to make their own 23:28 IvyLB well part of eve's punishment was that periods suck and children had to be done the painful sucky way 23:28 IvyLB that is like straight biblical canon 23:28 Mirrors yeah i know it's amazing 23:29 IvyLB so primus now hates his robot creation and has decided "well if you want more you better make them yourself" 23:29 Mirrors but would it happen to the whole species or just specifically people-from-cybertron? the colonies still have their hotspots apparently? but then i suppose robot god might be more unilateral in his decision-making 23:30 IvyLB maybe it like starts with cybertronians and then the active subroutines "infect" colonials? 23:30 IvyLB literal baby malware 23:30 Mirrors omfg 23:30 Mirrors baby malware 23:30 Mirrors i fucking 23:30 IvyLB "frag I caught the pregnancy virus" 23:30 Mirrors this is my favourite thing and i LOVE YOU 23:31 IvyLB i am laughing so hard 23:31 Mirrors virus scans only pick it up in the early stages because then the frame recognises it as Legit From Primus and is just like OKAY REJIG ME TO YOUR WILL 23:32 IvyLB but can you imagine 23:32 IvyLB half the population starts quarantine protocols 23:32 IvyLB the other half tries to infect others on purpose 23:33 Mirrors omfg perfect 23:33 Mirrors there's a patient zero somewhere 23:33 IvyLB it's liek the fucking death curse epidemic in WoW 23:33 Mirrors i hope it's prowl 23:33 IvyLB prowl is the biggest asshole around and i bet if primus had to decide on which mech to fuck over in particular it would be prowl 23:34 Mirrors prowl is patient zero it is decided 23:34 IvyLB and 23:34 IvyLB like 23:34 IvyLB you could be a carrier of the virus without realizing if you didn't get knocked up 23:35 Mirrors you'd just had a touch of the robo-flu, it wore off! 23:35 IvyLB and now I am not sure which is funnier that Prowl actually gets enough action that he notices immediately or that he is literally that much of an ass that they trace the infection back to him 23:36 IvyLB and he STILL was like the only one around without an accidental baby 23:36 Mirrors i like the second one 23:36 Mirrors how is the malware spread is it like an STD 23:36 IvyLB i was thinking liek internal comms virus 23:37 IvyLB you can't MESSAGE people anymore it makes them have babies 23:37 Mirrors HOLY SHIT 23:37 IvyLB TEXTING CAN CAUSE PREGNANCY 23:38 Mirrors OH GOD IT'S A CELIBACY CAMPAIGNER'S WET DREAM AND NIGHTMARE SIMULTANEOUSLY 23:38 IvyLB it IS
Spoiler: kit liveblog ...okay, so it took me a second to realize that the purple plane thing was the person narrating. This is going to take some getting used to.
Okay, Purple Jet Guy is talking about being ejected from a chamber, and there's an asterisk referring me to another volume... is that one of the backstory things? Spoiler: panel in question
Spoiler: kit liveblog Um... wars being over IS stopping fighting, angry red eyebrows. You've... got issues.
Spoiler: kit liveblog ...that robot literally just flipped a table. And then planned to sabotage his friends' ship WTF MAN YOU NEED THERAPY
