1 - This cannot be answered without spoiling a major detail from another book. I can do so if you'd like, of course.william-james88 wrote:I just read this story and there are a few things I dont get:
1. Where is shockwave? Reading recent Transformers comics, it says that he was the one who provided Megatron his advanced weaponry but it seems to be Soundwave in the actual story. Who supplied Megatron with his Fusion Cannon?
2. Regardless me finding the fact that Cybertron also has a stock market kind of silly, I didnt understand what Senator Ratbat's role was. How was he profitting from Megatron's Chaos?
ScottyP wrote:1 - This cannot be answered without spoiling a major detail from another book. I can do so if you'd like, of course.william-james88 wrote:I just read this story and there are a few things I dont get:
1. Where is shockwave? Reading recent Transformers comics, it says that he was the one who provided Megatron his advanced weaponry but it seems to be Soundwave in the actual story. Who supplied Megatron with his Fusion Cannon?
2. Regardless me finding the fact that Cybertron also has a stock market kind of silly, I didnt understand what Senator Ratbat's role was. How was he profitting from Megatron's Chaos?
2 - I just took him to be a failed opportunist. May be missing a key detail but I remember he seemed motivated enough during my last read of it.
Shockwave is in the Senate. Has a face, bright colors, and even both hands! He's one of the Senators that's against Proteus' faction of Functionists, and later assists Orion Pax in uncovering some of the nasty plans of the more corrupt part of the Senate. Said baddies find this out and Shockwave turns himself in to prevent his allies from being harmed. Then they perform mnemosurgery and empurata on him, and he becomes the emotionless, one-eyed, laser-for-an-arm guy that everyone's familiar with.william-james88 wrote:And yes, spoil away please, thanks for all your replies
ScottyP wrote:Shockwave is in the Senate. Has a face, bright colors, and even both hands! He's one of the Senators that's against Proteus' faction of Functionists, and later assists Orion Pax in uncovering some of the nasty plans of the more corrupt part of the Senate. Said baddies find this out and Shockwave turns himself in to prevent his allies from being harmed. Then they perform mnemosurgery and empurata on him, and he becomes the emotionless, one-eyed, laser-for-an-arm guy that everyone's familiar with.william-james88 wrote:And yes, spoil away please, thanks for all your replies
Kurona wrote:In a vacuum Megatron Origins is... an okay story for a random Transformers backstory, but for the much more interesting narrative IDW has taken on in the last half decade it doesn't fit in
william-james88 wrote:Kurona wrote:In a vacuum Megatron Origins is... an okay story for a random Transformers backstory, but for the much more interesting narrative IDW has taken on in the last half decade it doesn't fit in
Which stories since DOOP show the decepticon cause as being a noble one?
Kurona wrote:william-james88 wrote:Kurona wrote:In a vacuum Megatron Origins is... an okay story for a random Transformers backstory, but for the much more interesting narrative IDW has taken on in the last half decade it doesn't fit in
Which stories since DOOP show the decepticon cause as being a noble one?
Well. Just about all of them.
The entire thing shows that the original intent was about equality and replacing the senate with something better. Hell, ex-RiD even has Soundwave trying to go back to that cause and revive that. It's the centerpiece of the entire character arcs of Megatron, Soundwave, Thundercracker, Ravage and arguably Cosmos. Even side stories outside of ex-RiD and MTMTE like Punishment have guys like Barricade still believing in the original intent of the cause and he in particular indoctrinates Swift into it. You can't get far into post-DOOP without finding this.
william-james88 wrote:Kurona wrote:william-james88 wrote:Kurona wrote:In a vacuum Megatron Origins is... an okay story for a random Transformers backstory, but for the much more interesting narrative IDW has taken on in the last half decade it doesn't fit in
Which stories since DOOP show the decepticon cause as being a noble one?
Well. Just about all of them.
The entire thing shows that the original intent was about equality and replacing the senate with something better. Hell, ex-RiD even has Soundwave trying to go back to that cause and revive that. It's the centerpiece of the entire character arcs of Megatron, Soundwave, Thundercracker, Ravage and arguably Cosmos. Even side stories outside of ex-RiD and MTMTE like Punishment have guys like Barricade still believing in the original intent of the cause and he in particular indoctrinates Swift into it. You can't get far into post-DOOP without finding this.
I read a lot of post DOOP stuff thinking I would get a sense of the noble decepticon cause, but I didnt get it. I read all of MTMTE and Megatron is not fond of his past self and pulls a complete 180 (or so he thinks), giving me hints that he doesnt really like his past all that much. Plus we have the DJD which are the worst of the worst and have the most twisted sense of nobility to the decepticon cause. They remind me more of hannibal lector than opressed rebels. The only part I saw a hint of it was in the Soundwaves issue where Soundwave is glad that Megatron sees Ravage and his buddies as equals. But I didnt see too much of that and was hoping for more.
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