Black Hat wrote:People complaining about Megaempress being a "demeaning depiction of women" need to stop. She's a Decepticon! Of COURSE she's not a gleaming role model! She's supposed to be, you know, bad!
There's a difference. Compare her to, say, Strika from "Beast Machines." Both are supposed to be powerful female warriors who lead a group of "bad guys" against the heroes...while Strika is a commanding presence who balances physical power with tactical skills and natural charisma to present an actual threat, Megaempress is a manipulative vamp whose sole motivation seems to be getting it on with Megatron/Galvatron. One is a villain, the other is a caricature bordering on parody.
...which isn't to say there isn't value in that, since the Megatronia story was told in SUCH an over-the-top fashion that it suggests the team ARE intended as parodies. On one hand, it's kind of a shame that the first all-female team, much less all-female Decepticon team, in Takara canon is such a blatant joke; on the other, it's not like the Torchbearers have ever shown much of any sort of characterization, positive or negative, since they were introduced. I mean, Pyra Magna now has some kind of vague grudge against Optimus, that's more or less been it since the team was introduced. Ultimately, which is better: a team of embarrassing Thunderblast-from-"Cybertron/Galaxy Force" wanna-bes or a team of cardboard standees who spend most of their time as body parts for a Deus Ex Machina?
Either way, I just want the toys. Maybe paint up a black-and-neon counterpart to Rust Dust to serve as Megatronia's bra...call her "Cyclejoker" or something to go with the card theme.
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"I've never seen anything this beautiful in the entire galaxy...all right, give me the bomb." —Ultra Magnus
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