Rodimus Prime wrote:Do you have a character in the TF universe that you look at or think of and you immediately feel better? Perhaps when you are a little bummed about something, but then you catch a glimpse of that certain figure on the shelf and you just smile? I thought about putting this in the toy forum, but then I realized it doesn't necessarily have to be a toy that does that, it can simply be an iteration of a figure in a continuity or even just a story.
I first encountered Optimus while scanning afternoon cartoons on the four local channels on our television. It was the mid-1980s and cable was a luxury that few in my neighborhood could afford. I easily dismissed My Little Pony, Care Bears, and G.I. Joe—the standard menu for after-school programming then—once I came upon futuristic robots that shapeshifted on will. There was so much about the idea of being someone other than the person everyone saw that appealed to my nascent sense of wonder.
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I imagined Optimus Prime reaching out to me, reminding me that I carried the All Spark inside me as I faced off against older junior-high-school boys who pressured me; when I sat through puzzling standardized tests that asked indecipherable questions; when a high-school guidance counselor told me I wasn’t good enough to attend a prestigious college after I’d been accepted. During those times, and countless more, believing I possessed some of the strength and power of Optimus helped me persevere when the odds seemed insurmountable.
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