I have. No idea if I can keep up with a proper roleplay at the moment. Besides anything else, I've been sticking to one-on-ones for so long I'm hopelessly out of practice with group. But I gotta admit I'm tempted Especially if his alt-mode is something kind of stupid-looking but it's water-related so he rarely has any cause to use it on a spaceship so when he joins the gang he lies and tells them it's, well, a jet-ski. When really it's like. Idk. Something like this. ...probably not actually that but y'know. xP
His name can ABSOLUTELY be jetski, what are you talking about :P Also yaaaaaasss come join Team Mostly-Useless Altmodes, our resident laserpointer and microphone will be glad to have company I'm sure (I will join the search for Appropriately Useless Water Thing when I'm not on mobile =P)
the laserpointer protests that UM she is a BOMB now thanks a lot. (not that the bomb is actually more useful, y'know)
I suspect he calls himself Jetski. ;P What his original name was I actually have no idea. EDIT: what is this
That slideshow is a delight The plane that got turned into a boat sends my brain off down the Really Actually Depressing backstory route so I should maybe avoid that one. xP EDIT: ...Taking the pedalboat idea to its logical extreme...
Omg, @Mendacity, I am so on board with this waspinator defense squad business. He's such a precious sweetheart and it's completely unfair how adorable he is.
RIGHT? Tbh I've been a big lover of him since I watched the old Beast Wars cartoon as a kid. He was one of my favs because Everything Bad Ever Always Happens to Waspinator and it's terribly relatable.
Is throwing character songs up still a thing? Because after rereading 11 I am having Feelings About Shockwave, help me Spoiler: Lyrics I've deceived the lonely And in the dark I've grown I now clench the fists of hands To limbs that aren't my own You have conquered cities And torched the mighty sea You may keep yourself afloat But you cannot outswim me You play with the wolves But you sleep with the bones of the rabbit I was only a child, oh It makes no sense We've conceived the only True bond we'll ever know Learned to shake the limbs of trees To trunks that never grow You have conquered cities And torched the mighty sea You may keep yourself afloat But you will not outswim me You play with the wolves, But you sleep with the bones of the rabbit I was only a child It makes no sense Spoiler: screaming about Shockwave I went into Dark Cybertron having completely forgotten that Shockwave was the name of OP's senator friend. (Probably because the revelation at the end of 11 meant nothing to me, besides "huh, I feel like I'm supposed to know that name, he was probably important in one of the comics I didn't read.") I thought he was a cool villain; having actually competent antagonists is kind of nice, and while I didn't necessarily agree with his methods his motivation was pretty straightforward! He was also tons of fun to read, in a 'magnificent bastard' sort of way. But on reread-- oh, baby. Seeing him be silly, be passionate-- oh. It's... a real punch in the gut this time through to see him get shadowplay'd and basically wiped of all personality. Overlord proves to us that shadowplay and mnemosurgery aren't perfect, and between that evidence and Shockwave himself being at least interested in emotions (he logs his experiences under his rage-simulating subroutine for "further study")... I'd be interested in a fic where he starts regaining his 'original' personality (and memories?), and is alternately disgusted at his moments of irrationality/emotional-driven actions and horrified by the things he did in the name of "logic" and "results".
Spoiler: exRiD 6 "I left Cybertron and my role as Optimus Prime behind." see, OP, here's the thing I fucking HATE it when Politicians do that. The whole abandoning their seat at the slightest mis-step instead of fixing their mistakes thing. And while I can understand the argument of "I'm a war leader, you guys need a peace-time leader now" it still JUST RUBS ME THE WRONG WAY. Oh Shockwave. Shockwave no. This is supposed to be confusing and weird isn't it? Also i'm not very happy with people just ignoring Pax's stated preference for his old name. Like even knowing he goes back to Optimus Prime at some point just. dude you can't just go "Nope i'll forever call you Prime" when he's uncomfortable with that? The painterly coloring style is kind of pretty-ish but the faces are pretty mehhhhhh Jhiaxus has subzero chill and is ALSO making no goddamn sense. tho the thirteen are probably referring to the original primes Okay so I still don't get what Jhiaxus' rambling has to do with all this? I like that apparently blowing a giant hole into the chest is somehow Shockwave's signature modus operandi. "Yeah I got a rundown on anybody's who's anywhere" isn't that a tad excessive...? I know the transformer population is greatly diminished but... dude. That's still gotta be an impossible amount of information to remember. holy shit pax that's kind of flippant. Like of course Roddy isn't actually dead, but this is not the reaction I'd have expected from you about someone you like being presumed dead? Wtf Pax... um. That's a big thingie with a 'con badge on it. ohhhh a combiner experiment, that is creepy. welp that's a huge angry guy HOLY SHIT I LIKE WHEELIE. THE STABBING IS DISCONCERTING. "Jhiaxus, the only first that matters... is first blood." Orion Pax: not the righteous, peaceful guys people think he is. It kind of takes balls to start a fight with Optimus Prime/Orion Pax as a distraction. OUCH THAT IS NOT GOOD "With Rodimus missing and Bublebee occupied, Responsibility falls to me." haha and you thought you could take a break :'D aw poor Wheelie D: "You know we're walking into a trap." "Doubtlessly. But I am tired of walking away." says the guy who's walked away from his position as leader when Cybertron needs a strong leader most. #salty Does thsi conclude adventures with Orion Pax or do I have to wait longer until I get back to Starscream's shenanigans?
