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[ctrlFrequency]

I have been mulling over this issue for a few days now. I still don't know what to think.

Though I'm kind if tired of the romance thing, especially given the situation of the Lost Light (war's over, close quarters, crazy adventures), it makes sense, and I don't object to it, and quite frankly Cyclonus and Tailgate HAD to be adressed, I just wish they had done it at a different time.

Roberts is free to indulge the love stories all he wants, just space it, add in some more action, it's more fun that way(action , action, action... awww romance! ) I feel like we've been in holding patterns too long. We all know something big is building, but the building is not as much fun as I would like

It was an emotional roller-coaster issue, I will give that. I actually like that they'really revisiting the whole animosity towards Megatron thing. It is expected that there would be such strong emotion towards him... and the crew seems a little too accepting of him. If I had gone through their war... despite my attempts, I could not get over my hatred towards the person who encouraged the killing of my family, friends, and planet, and did so with sadistic ferver, no matter how repentant he seemed.

All in all, I think, the romance aspect was good story, bad timing, but logically placed as a catalyst. Thus making me mixed in emotions about it.

Darn mixed emotions.

[DeadCaL]

I really liked the art and colouring on this one. I also liked that half the 'shipping was an elaborate ruse

[D-Maximal_Primal]

Ok, time for some honestly spoiler-free thoughts from the reviewer here:

1) Primus, that happened! I was not expecting any of this to happen! this was MTMTE's version of the transformers 45, all hell broke loose in ways we could not have seen coming!

2) GETAWAY IS AN ASS!! Primus this issue made me hate him so much. I can understand it, but Primus I just can't like him or Atomizer after this.

3) I think that Tailgate, being stuck on Cybertron for 6 million years, has some sort of godly gift given to him (or given from Cyclonus during he rebirth), and it begins to show when he panics, hence the eyes. In this case, he is just so overcome with emotion that he releases this energy as a wave, which will revive Cyclonus (who to me did die) as well as Trailcutter, as the next comic has a dead friend returning, and Trailcutter is dead and on board, so that is what I think of that.

4) Cyclonus is a badass! He just knocked Megs and Ravage out in like 4 panels!! This guy does not mess around and really does care for others. The lines of our classic good and bad are soooooooo blurred here it isn't funny.

Those are my thoughts. Now we just gotta wait for the next one impatiently.

[Susha]

...and now frankly, as much as I enjoy this series, I have had enough of the romance angle.

I feel like we have moved from rock opera to soap opera.

Maybe it's just me.

Or in the spirit of what I'm saying, "It isn't you, it's me."

It's not just you.

It's especially grating if you don't buy into the romance angle that season 2 seems to be actively courting.

Then again, I REALLY don't like Tailgate's capering for attention post-Dark Cybertron, so most of the storylines involving him feel forced, if only to appeal to the "OMG so cute" fans.

yes I am utterly shocked... I must be reading the wrong comic, unless I'm the only fan that thinks that cyclonus had a place in this comic and tailgate, should have sent his cv to something more like Dr House or whatever.... Cyclonus had so much to say as a character whicle tailgate is just a cut and paste of cat/panda motivationals cliches

but honestly, aside from the romance which I asume is subjective, I agree with most who say that it would be unrealistic to have such a plot (maybe less inplausible after last month.. ) to me it feels in place in a highschool context, but nobody who survived beyond their 20th birthday is so naive. Further justifying this bad plot is just sand castles, why would a young bot (much less involved in the consequences of war than the bots that hate megatron) take such a task with such little preoccupations for his own health and future. The only way thats a good plot line is if u already had 3 bottles of JD and the light is off so u cant read...

Not to meantion the fact that the plan involves KILLING and that is totally OK for Tailgate, who until now hasn't killed anyone (tyrest?).. which totally contradicts his nature (as depicted so far), which is the central point of this issues plot...

I think for once i'll take UM advice, cos; 'I can't deal with this now....'



just pfff

[D-Maximal_Primal]

...and now frankly, as much as I enjoy this series, I have had enough of the romance angle.

I feel like we have moved from rock opera to soap opera.

Maybe it's just me.

Or in the spirit of what I'm saying, "It isn't you, it's me."

It's not just you.

It's especially grating if you don't buy into the romance angle that season 2 seems to be actively courting.

Then again, I REALLY don't like Tailgate's capering for attention post-Dark Cybertron, so most of the storylines involving him feel forced, if only to appeal to the "OMG so cute" fans.

yes I am utterly shocked... I must be reading the wrong comic, unless I'm the only fan that thinks that cyclonus had a place in this comic and tailgate, should have sent his cv to something more like Dr House or whatever.... Cyclonus had so much to say as a character whicle tailgate is just a cut and paste of cat/panda motivationals cliches

but honestly, aside from the romance which I asume is subjective, I agree with most who say that it would be unrealistic to have such a plot (maybe less inplausible after last month.. ) to me it feels in place in a highschool context, but nobody who survived beyond their 20th birthday is so naive. Further justifying this bad plot is just sand castles, why would a young bot (much less involved in the consequences of war than the bots that hate megatron) take such a task with such little preoccupations for his own health and future. The only way thats a good plot line is if u already had 3 bottles of JD and the light is off so u cant read...

Not to meantion the fact that the plan involves KILLING is totally OK for Tailgate, who until now hasn't killed anyone (tyrest?)..

just pfff

I think you may have misread somethings. Tailgate wasn't going to kill Megs, and he has been educated enough on the war to Realize just how bad he is (issue 4 I believe is his history lesson). He thought he was changing his memory via mnemosurgery, and Ravage was not supposed to be there and Megs wasn't supposed to wake up since he was recharging. It can make sense, especially considering Tailgate is naive and really no one knew a thing and regretted it until Whirl did

[Susha]

ops, yep, forgot about the memory thing,...

i dunno, it kinda feels more like a plot twist pertinet to Brenda's and Donna's character from Beverlly Hills 92010 rather than something from Apocalypse now or.. tfs...

[D-Maximal_Primal]

ops, yep, forgot about the memory thing,...

i dunno, it kinda feels more like a plot twist pertinet to Brenda's and Donna's character from Beverlly Hills 92010 rather than something from Apocalypse now or.. tfs...

At the same time though, this whole book is supposed to be different. And this is more of consequences of war rather than all out war, so things are more slimey, less understandable and more shady

[Susha]

bah I'm just being @~?£ about this I suppose.

Cyclonus has been a favorite for me since his argument with whirl, and Roberts is the man.

I suppose we've already been graced when cyclonus didn't push whirl in the smelting pool, so it was a long time coming anyway. Still it seemed to me that cyclonus still had something interesting to say for the series (intending their character/story was still evolving), while other characters, like whirl or skids, have become more static and just repeat their usual gags. Having to kill someone off it made more sense (to my eyes) to kill off someone who can't add much more to the story being told.
namely, cyclonus narrative still neatly fits in the wider story of the 'robot apartheid' and his motives for being an autobot are still at 'honor and duty'

even so, of late i've been more intrigued and surprised by Barber than Roberts, which at first had me suspect some1 was ghostwriting for Barber, but now... i'm just confused.. which is usually when I remember cyclonus is off the list.

[D-Maximal_Primal]

At the same time, I would try not to be that upset over cyclonus. Future covers show him alive, and given that next issue is about a dead friend coming back, I would think Tailgate's thing on the last page somehow revives him

[ctrlFrequency]

No one ever stays dead on the TF fiction. ... EVER!

[D-Maximal_Primal]

He's right. Anyone can die at anytime and then come back to life at any time

[Susha]

No one ever stays dead on the TF fiction. ... EVER!

well, for one Cy-kill (megatron origin) sure looks out of pheonix down's pots.

[ctrlFrequency]

He's right. Anyone can die at anytime and then come back to life at any time

He's a she

well, for one Cy-kill (megatron origin) sure looks out of pheonix down's pots.

Give them time, someone at some point will bring him back.

[D-Maximal_Primal]

He's right. Anyone can die at anytime and then come back to life at any time

He's a she

Sorry! Force of habit.

[ctrlFrequency]

He's right. Anyone can die at anytime and then come back to life at any time

He's a she

Sorry! Force of habit.

I know, I know... not that my avatar helps the matter!