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I’m having fun with the Transformers: Robots in Disguise app/game. I mean it’s free, looks good, the gameplay is fun, and it has a lot of characters to unlock.

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But as soon as you unlock the strongest versions of Optimus Prime or Megatronus,

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there’s no real incentive to play as any other character nor to gather Energon to unlock more of them.

It’s such a shame that there’s no option to upgrade characters to make them viable at higher levels.

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Alas, poor Strongarm, I love you but Megatronus has better chances of survival.

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proxyjammer:

things Orion does in the books pre-war:
– goes on multiple starlit walks to think about megatron
– goes to a bar to hang out with Jazz (his best bro) multiple times and cannot shut up about megatron at all
– risks his job to illegally contact Megatron, spends nearly a whole shift thinking about what to say, then once he sends it he spends the rest of the shift F5’ing the page to see if he got a response
– says Megatron brought his Spark to its full brightness
– says Megatron gave voice to a “longing previously unknown”
– Ignores several messages and warnings from Alpha Trion (his dad) and Jazz (best bro) to hang with Megatron
– daydreams about leading a revolution alongside Megatron

– goes on a big field trip by himself just to visit Megatron in person

– “Orion what are you gonna do if this becomes a violent war” “I’ll be there to counterbalance anything Megatron does, then. Together”

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help this poor lil gay boy

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wiredandrewired:

From the ‘Covenant of Primus’ book; Solus’ main entry (note transcribed with some errors here) and image.

I find it interesting that even though they try so very hard to stress that it’s just a processing difference you guys, it doesn’t really mean gender there are no genders they still made Solus so very distinctly female, and feminine, in appearance in so many ways…while none of the others are at all.  Especially the more ‘form fluid’ individuals, who you would think would have room for that without making anyone uncomfortable, are all big and burly and either emphatically masculine in design or emphatically alien-beyond-identification (cough Amalgamous and his ‘explosion of parts’ portrait cough).  I mean goddamn.

Similarly, I’m not thrilled that her story in The Covenant terminates in such a typically ‘token female, token romance’ kind of way.

What I ALSO find interesting though–and in a much more positive way–is the way she isn’t just ‘a’ creator or a part of the creation process but she is THE CREATOR, and she and her tools make for the totality of that process, both ‘masculine’ and ‘feminine’.  Seed and womb and all the other gendered imagery that tends to make its way into creation entities is neatly tied off in her little blurb up there and it pleases me.  And let no one ever forget that Solus was the one who took point charging into battle against Unicron.  Because yeah, we revisited that.

 She builds shit!  She breaks shit!  She does not take shit.  Her MYTHOLOGY, her place in the mythology, is so much better than the ‘after the legend’ bits she got it’s kind of staggering.  

On which note, though,

I think we’re allowed to declare The Wreckers a Girl’s Club now.

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I have mixed feelings about character redesigns between TFP and RiD2015 (though I love most of them) and I don’t mind spoilers so… are Starscream’s wings still as expressive? Please don‘t let Seekers have stiff and unmoving wings, it’s such a nice detail in TFP and I kind of want it to be canon throughout this continuity.

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koroa:

I finally had the chance to read ‘Transformers: Exodus’ and I stumbled across this quote:

“Megatron drew himself up to his full height. He was larger than most Cybertronians, and the diffuse light of the Council Chamber made his combat scars seem silvery, almost luminous”

and inspiration struck me… TP Megatron cause I love this series designs 😀

I’m not sure if adding the metal texture was a good idea though, but it is rather subtle. Also there are awesome people here who can make this perfect transitions between colors and shadows, but I’m sadly not one of them (yet!). Learning is so hard sometimes…

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(I just wanted to share this little Megatron vs. Starscream interaction from the TF: Exodus novel here. Chapter seventeen, no actual spoilers about the plot.)

Megatron seized Starscream around the throat and hoisted him up into the air. “I could break the head from your shoulders, and then you wouldn’t have these difficult command decisions to make,” he said. “Or you could pledge to me that you are understanding the errors you have made, and swear that you will not make them again.”

“There’s another possibility,” Starscream said.

Megatron waited. Starscream dangled at the end of his arm, no fear on his face. Never had Megatron wanted to kill another bot so badly. But he couldn’t risk losing the Seekers.

“You could quit showing off for the audience and let me do what I can do to win this war,” Starscream said. “This isn’t a gladiator pit. No one is going to give you — or me — a thumbs up or down. You want to win the war? If you do, you’re going to need me. And I’m too far in on the Decepticon side to switch now. You think you don’t trust me? Imagine how the librarian feels.”

“So because you’re not trustworthy enough for my enemies, you’re saying, you are trustworthy enough for me. Do I have that right?” Megatron asked.

Starscream couldn’t nod the way Megatron was holding him, but he tried. “Yes.”

“I can win this war without you, Starscream. Make no mistake about that,” Megatron said, and dropped him. He landed on his feet. “But I would rather not undertake the additional complications that would require.(…)“

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Starscream in TF: Exodus when he first meets Megatron in person:

  • “You cannot threaten me, Megatron,” Starscream said.

and a few moments later:

  • Megatron faced up to Starscream. They locked optics, neither backing down, but Starscream knew this was pure bravado on Megatron’s part. Still, he played along with the necessary charade.

Starscream in TFP = Mr Flinchy the Flinching Robot