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[Va'al]

Ok, my thoughts on Anode: she's not meant to be likeable.

That's it, really. There's more to her than we know, obviously, this issue makes it clear. There's something else going on behind her ties to the rest of the cast (and the Camiens in particular). And she's probably compensating/covering a lot of that with arrogance and snark (bordering on smartarseness). She's not that dissimilar from Rodimus, really - at all, actually. He's not likeable. At all.

And then you have the direct parallel with the Rodimus-Megatron interaction 'we meaning me'. What was that all about? Where do the parallels stop?

Y'know, this probably explains why I'm the only one that likes her. I absolutely adore Rodimus and other characters like him; I can't help but fall for terrible people with crippling self-defeating problems. I relate to a depressingly large degree.

That would also explain why she's now your avatar.

Nah, that's just avatrolling D-Max.

I think Anode is working because you're all spending entirely too long talking about a character that's distracting you from the massive amount of pieces that got moved around the chessboard during this issue while you were busy worrying about Anode for god-knows-what reason.

Did Rewind get the cycle wrong or was that actually a mistake in scripting and/or lettering? Look at Rodimus' face. Why is Shock's name so high up on Censere's wall when he would've only disappeared mysteriously to someone like Censere (melted into an engine block) a few years prior? What's up with Terminus playing coy when the AVL are getting demolished in a fight only to watch Megatron break free and pull that slight smirk? What'd Drift say about a fleet going missing in the Dark Nebula, didn't Crankcase mention Megatron steering clear of there because of the Dire Wraiths? Speaking of Drift, what triggered his vision that led them to go to Necroworld, or did I forget and need to re-read Empire of Stone? And "Trapped Light", "Threadbare Space", "Morality Lock", look I'm not Mr. Robot, I need sleep but just the concept of trapping light gets you into all kinds of crazy quantum physics. You know, quantum. Like the ship's engines. Oh, and then there's getting to finally find out about Rung next time? Plus maybe some thing about a Lighthouse, ok, I'll give anode that.

Wait a minute. Primal Sacrament? 12 council members? Messed up time? Multiple universes?

Balls.

Swerve was right, and we're over here worried about freaking Anode and our feelings and crying about Milne not drawing even though Lawrence is doing just fine.

Scotty coming in with the saaaave! Lemme munch on those.

[ScottyP]

Something I forgot in that last post - there's all this consternation about The Quest not going anywhere, and then Clicker's all "oh hey let's go to Cyberutopia, y'all comin?"

I feel like an appropriate ending to The Quest, for this crew, would absolutely be to finish it on accident. Skids already did once anyway, maybe.

[WreckerJack]

I like Rodimus but I think some of the things he says and does are immature. He wants to be a good person and have people admire him but he is just too impulsive. I think he will come around in due time. I couldn't stand Whirl at first but he proved me wrong later on.

[Va'al]

Something I forgot in that last post - there's all this consternation about The Quest not going anywhere, and then Clicker's all "oh hey let's go to Cyberutopia, y'all comin?"

I feel like an appropriate ending to The Quest, for this crew, would absolutely be to finish it on accident. Skids already did once anyway, maybe.

Maybe the Quest were the horrifying horrors we horrored along the way?

[ScottyP]

Maybe the Quest were the horrifying horrors we horrored along the way?

Swearth?

[Va'al]

Maybe the Quest were the horrifying horrors we horrored along the way?

Swearth?

How dare you. We got hot daddy long Megs out of it.

[Ironhidensh]

I think Anode is working because you're all spending entirely too long talking about a character that's distracting you from the massive amount of pieces that got moved around the chessboard during this issue while you were busy worrying about Anode for god-knows-what reason.

Did Rewind get the cycle wrong or was that actually a mistake in scripting and/or lettering? Look at Rodimus' face. Why is Shock's name so high up on Censere's wall when he would've only disappeared mysteriously to someone like Censere (melted into an engine block) a few years prior? What's up with Terminus playing coy when the AVL are getting demolished in a fight only to watch Megatron break free and pull that slight smirk? What'd Drift say about a fleet going missing in the Dark Nebula, didn't Crankcase mention Megatron steering clear of there because of the Dire Wraiths? Speaking of Drift, what triggered his vision that led them to go to Necroworld, or did I forget and need to re-read Empire of Stone? And "Trapped Light", "Threadbare Space", "Morality Lock", look I'm not Mr. Robot, I need sleep but just the concept of trapping light gets you into all kinds of crazy quantum physics. You know, quantum. Like the ship's engines. Oh, and then there's getting to finally find out about Rung next time? Plus maybe some thing about a Lighthouse, ok, I'll give anode that.

Wait a minute. Primal Sacrament? 12 council members? Messed up time? Multiple universes?

Balls.

Swerve was right, and we're over here worried about freaking Anode and our feelings and crying about Milne not drawing even though Lawrence is doing just fine.

Damn you.


I'm supposed to give a response to the Doc of Italy, but now I feel the need to go re-read the whole series. Again.

[Rodimus Prime]

If someone new to the IDW comics were to start with issue 1 of Lost Light, would that reader need to go back and read at least MTMTE to understand what's going on?

[Va'al]

If someone new to the IDW comics were to start with issue 1 of Lost Light, would that reader need to go back and read at least MTMTE to understand what's going on?

Short answer? Yes. There are some arcs specifically that feed directly into this not-new title, but because it's not a new title, just a different name for the same thing, yes.

[ScottyP]

If someone new to the IDW comics were to start with issue 1 of Lost Light, would that reader need to go back and read at least MTMTE to understand what's going on?

Bare minimum: Dying of the Light

Probably ok: MTMTE "Season 2" (28-57)

Recommended: Last Stand of the Wreckers and all of MTMTE

You'll probably hate me for destroying your free time, especially during the bad parts, but it's rewarding: Last Stand of the Wreckers, Chaos Theory (Transformers (2010-2011) issues 22 and 23), Pax Cybertronia (Transformers (2010-2011) issue 31), and all of IDW "Phase 2"

[Kurona]

If someone new to the IDW comics were to start with issue 1 of Lost Light, would that reader need to go back and read at least MTMTE to understand what's going on?

Bare minimum: Dying of the Light

Probably ok: MTMTE "Season 2" (28-57)

Recommended: Last Stand of the Wreckers and all of MTMTE

You'll probably hate me for destroying your free time, especially during the bad parts, but it's rewarding: Last Stand of the Wreckers, Chaos Theory (Transformers (2010-2011) issues 22 and 23), Pax Cybertronia (Transformers (2010-2011) issue 31), and all of IDW "Phase 2"

I understand everything else, but... why Pax Cybertronia? What's that got to do with anything?

[ScottyP]

If someone new to the IDW comics were to start with issue 1 of Lost Light, would that reader need to go back and read at least MTMTE to understand what's going on?

Bare minimum: Dying of the Light

Probably ok: MTMTE "Season 2" (28-57)

Recommended: Last Stand of the Wreckers and all of MTMTE

You'll probably hate me for destroying your free time, especially during the bad parts, but it's rewarding: Last Stand of the Wreckers, Chaos Theory (Transformers (2010-2011) issues 22 and 23), Pax Cybertronia (Transformers (2010-2011) issue 31), and all of IDW "Phase 2"

I understand everything else, but... why Pax Cybertronia? What's that got to do with anything?

Everything!

Besides that, it's also a really quick (really, really quick) summary of the entire IDW run up to that point

Come to think of it, Spotlight: Wheelie would be good to add to this since that is one of the other major (though likely soon to be solved) unsolved mysteries in the IDW-verse.

[Kurona]

If someone new to the IDW comics were to start with issue 1 of Lost Light, would that reader need to go back and read at least MTMTE to understand what's going on?

Bare minimum: Dying of the Light

Probably ok: MTMTE "Season 2" (28-57)

Recommended: Last Stand of the Wreckers and all of MTMTE

You'll probably hate me for destroying your free time, especially during the bad parts, but it's rewarding: Last Stand of the Wreckers, Chaos Theory (Transformers (2010-2011) issues 22 and 23), Pax Cybertronia (Transformers (2010-2011) issue 31), and all of IDW "Phase 2"

I understand everything else, but... why Pax Cybertronia? What's that got to do with anything?

Everything!

Besides that, it's also a really quick (really, really quick) summary of the entire IDW run up to that point

Come to think of it, Spotlight: Wheelie would be good to add to this since that is one of the other major (though likely soon to be solved) unsolved mysteries in the IDW-verse.

It would probably help if Wheelie and Garnak didn't just vanish into thin air halfway through Dark Cybertron...

[Sigma Magnus]

Amazon is now listing a Lost Light Vol 1 paperback collection! It will include issues 1-6, each written by James Roberts and illustrated by Jack Lawrence, and is up for preorder for $13.49, expected to be released on October 24th, 2017.

Five years ago, Rodimus and a collection of traumatised, lovelorn and/or sarcastic Autobots set off on a quest to find Cyberutopia. So far, they've made a right hash of it. They've misplaced their map. They've lost their ship, the Lost Light, to a mutinous escapologist. Oh, and they're dead. Collects issues #1–6.

Product Details

Series: Transformers
Paperback: 144 pages
Publisher: IDW Publishing (October 24, 2017)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1631409921
ISBN-13: 978-1631409929

Will you take this opportunity to start reading the series? Let us know in the Energon Pub!

[D-Maximal_Primal]

Via iTunes we bring to you one of 3 sneak peaks for the night in the form of Lost Light #3! Lost Light #3 picks up where 2 left off, with Whirl getting bored, Nightbeat and Brainstorm throwing some snark, and Team Cybertron still in trouble. Oh and Brainstorm can scream in delight, did you know?

Check out the preview below, and let us know what you think in the comments section below.

[Kurona]

Yeeeesss more of Nightbeat! If we can just get a bit more focus on Nautica that's my four favourites getting attention~

I think this is the one part the art style's not quite doing it for me in a significant way, though - something about Whirl's head just looks... off. I'm not sure how to describe it it just doesn't feel quite right.

Bets on what the hell just came out that pod? I'd be hoping for Sixshot personally but the shape and green energy easily puts that possibility out of the question. ... it'd be perfect, though. A great way to bring a great character back, an answer to why the hell we haven't seen him in the past near-decade despite his last appearance showing he's still alive... and considering this issue is centered around Whirl? Guys. Guys. Whirl vs. Sixshot.

[D-Maximal_Primal]

Ok, hear me out: Whirl lied about killing Killmaster (the one with the wand) and Necrobot saved him, and that is his wand that he is picking up.

also, the art is still really hurting me

[Hydrargyrus]

Is that you, Unknown Evil?

seriously, correct me if not.

[Optimus Prime13th]

The shadow rising from the Pod kind of looks like the shape of a head. My Guess would be Star Saber. Granted he only disappeared recently but still. We already got hints that Necrobot did not go in order of saving people on the list of dissapeared so he may have saved Star Saber. In issue #21 he just dissapeared in thin air, mid battle with cyclonus and no one even questioned this. Maybe the pod was locked up because Necrobot realized how insane Saber had become and just didn't have time to get rid of him because the D.J.D killed him. This could also be a thing to lead up to power of the primes. Maybe in the comics Star Saber is already slated in the script as becoming a Prime regardless of who wins the contest, or if not he could become a new member for team Rodimus. He could become Cyclonus or whirls new rival on the team. Personally I would like to just see Star Saber redeem himself after he killed Dai Atlas.

[Kurona]

Ok, hear me out: Whirl lied about killing Killmaster (the one with the wand) and Necrobot saved him, and that is his wand that he is picking up.

Y'know, I think you've hit the nail on the head. The shape does look like a wand... or a unicorn horn. So it's between Killmaster and Battle Unicorn

[Nexus Knight]

Ok, hear me out: Whirl lied about killing Killmaster (the one with the wand) and Necrobot saved him, and that is his wand that he is picking up.

Y'know, I think you've hit the nail on the head. The shape does look like a wand... or a unicorn horn. So it's between Killmaster and Battle Unicorn

Or maybe it's that My Little Pony/Transformers crossover no wants! *tries to be serious saying this aloud*

[ScottyP]

Is that you, Unknown Evil?

seriously, correct me if not.

From the PotP vote thing? No, that's Deathsaurus and his whereabouts are (very generally) known in this comic.

Ok, hear me out: Whirl lied about killing Killmaster (the one with the wand) and Necrobot saved him, and that is his wand that he is picking up.

Y'know, I think you've hit the nail on the head. The shape does look like a wand... or a unicorn horn. So it's between Killmaster and Battle Unicorn

"Yeah, sort of."

[VanOscuro]

So, who did they find? Not another OP decepticon I hope. We already have enough of those running around.

[Va'al]

The shadow rising from the Pod kind of looks like the shape of a head. My Guess would be Star Saber. Granted he only disappeared recently but still. We already got hints that Necrobot did not go in order of saving people on the list of dissapeared so he may have saved Star Saber. In issue #21 he just dissapeared in thin air, mid battle with cyclonus and no one even questioned this. Maybe the pod was locked up because Necrobot realized how insane Saber had become and just didn't have time to get rid of him because the D.J.D killed him. This could also be a thing to lead up to power of the primes. Maybe in the comics Star Saber is already slated in the script as becoming a Prime regardless of who wins the contest, or if not he could become a new member for team Rodimus. He could become Cyclonus or whirls new rival on the team. Personally I would like to just see Star Saber redeem himself after he killed Dai Atlas.

As much as I'm not sure about the entire comment, Star Saber was indeed my first reaction too.

[ScottyP]

It can't be Star Saber. Primus loves Whirl.

Tbh, Whirl is a dead man walking to me. He's had a death get walked back during scripting once, maybe twice? I'm just going to enjoy BB "Whirl" Rodriguez while I can.