#so like. idw. please

[yellowvixen]

i think shadow "overloading" on chaos energy from the fake emeralds may be uh. similar to one of sonic's forms ;)

#as soon as tails mentioned fake chaos emeralds i was like 👁👁 #so like. idw. please #sth #sonic #sonic idw #idw sonic #idw sonic spoilers #idw sonic issue 59 #sonic the hedgehog #shadow the hedgehog #dark sonic #dark shadow #?? idk man #sonic art #sonic fanart #art #fanart #digital art #vixenart

[rechicken-and-waffles]

I think they should let them team up ngl

#sonic the hedgehog #idw sonic #lanolin the sheep #espio the chameleon #fanart #my art #like they're both the most serious and disciplined people in their teams and they need a break from them every once in a while #they would get along so well fr #PLEASE TELL ME YOU SEE THE VISION TOO SDFGHJKJHGFGHJHG

[robiinurheart33]

CHAPTER 22 SPOILERS FOR THE NEON VOID‼️‼️

Haha wdym no I didn’t read the chapter almost one month after it came out wdym that’s crazy haha

ANYWAYS NEON VOID BRAINROT ANYONE?? As usual a magnificent read what can I say @sugarpasteltmnt is SO SO talented after I read this chapter I stared off into space for like a solid minute before laughing hysterically like Leo because MY GOD the adrenaline rush is so real. What compliment can I say that hasn’t been said about this fic. It gives me such goosebumps and the action sequences are just. Muah. Breathtaking. I cannot wait to read the next chapter and keep up the good work!! /lh /all pos

#my art #PLEASE TAKE UR TIME W THE NEXT CHAPTER #idw you to get burned out or anything #ur heath is the most important! #sorry this isn’t a full fledged drawing #I just read the newest chapter and completely blanked out #suddenly it’s 2am and the excited jitters in my brain finally calmed down #ur writing is like eating sour candy with a sweet aftertaste #SO GOOD #also is it weird that I have headcanons about ur fic?? #hope it isn’t #but I like to imagine when Leo gets spastic his Krang eye goes haywire and shoots all over the place #same goes for his krang parts like it squirms and wriggles underneath the skin #Or when Leo is bored the sharp end of his tail will poke the ground rhythmically #HOPE YOU LIKE THE ART #rise of the teenage mutant ninja turtles #rotten #save rise of the teenage mutant ninja turtles #The Neon Void #The Neon Void TMNT #TNV TMNT

[lymooniee]

Bracardi Curry please teach me your ways I LOVE LOVE HIS ART AND IN THE IDW COMICS MUAH-- just had to post about these. The way his art also screams vibes like jet set radio or bomb rush cyberfunk like I'm literally melting...

#art gods please lend me art powers #i really love thar like cool black and red and gray swirlie infusion for kit and surge #idfk how to do that #buT I HAVE AN IDEA AND ILL TRY #HAJDHAHA #its like an ink splash #man #i just #UGH #art is so pretty #bracardi curry #sth #sonic idw #please #and his little mini comic called Deep Trouble in the idw sonic comics. #so good. #I CANT #gonna have to really take inspo from this and archie art styles #like so pretty #gah ok i shall stop gushing now

[shirubae]

Issue 64 highlights:

*immediately drops everything to comfort him*

Sonic sees it too

Silver regaining his sass; one of the few people to make Blaze let out a laugh

JOKING AND TOUCHING

A JOURNEY OF SELF-DISCOVERY WITH THE BAE clearly setting up a side-story starring Blaze and Silver unlocking their memories of Sonic 06, of course (jk i wish)

My guess is this date trip is meant to keep Silver and Blaze busy while the comic focuses on other things. Then whenever they return, they'll be much closer.

#LOOKS LIKE SILVAZE IS BACK ON THE MENU BOYS #fr tho loved all the 06 callbacks like Silver picking up chairs and tables #and them going to Soleanna! #plus they look so aesthetically pleasing together ugh it's wonderful #silvaze #idw sonic #silver the hedgehog #blaze the cat

[novafire-is-thinking]

Cyclonus is basically every TF fan talking about their favorite war criminals blorbos

#me @ ppl who start discourse about my favs #they’re so pleased with themselves because they think they have the moral high ground by pointing out blorbo’s flaws #but then I’m like: Don’t you see? Idc so much if they’re good or evil. #I care about whether or not they’re interesting #and those ‘horrible’ flaws make blorbo ✨interesting✨ #(to me) #idw transformers #maccadam #tf idw #idw1 #tf idw memes #(sort of) #MTMTE #idw cyclonus

[astralzeraphias]

#megawarp #megatron #skywarp #maccadam #transformers #writing my megawarp dissertation like . please someone ….. think abt them with me… #these are not intended to all be set in idw btw i just thought it was funny #imagine if i drew tfs consistently. lmao. what if #weird colors and 30 million filters bc . im gonna be honest #after working on this for like 3 weeks i am now bored with it & need to do something else #however if i do something else i Know i will never get this oke done #so weird color time #one of those cases where i prefer the sketch over the finished vers. oh well! #also the bottom left comic is based on that one time he out skywarp in charge over both thunder & screamer #bc thunder & screamer were both being annoying

[sonicfastboi]

big fan of when sonic looks like a devious lil guy in the comics

they should do it more

#sonic #sth #sonic the hedgehog #idw sonic #i love when he looks so devious they should do it more #in the first panel you ever think how scary it must be when your opponent has super speed #like he could be staring up at you and immediately the next second hes in your face #sonic would be a scary ass villian!! #if anyone has anymore silly devious sonics please add onto this im always collecting

[ijusthavesomanyblorbos]

SG Starbee?

ok so im pretty sure ur referring to the ship starscream x bumblebee? if there's a character named starbee that idk about im gonna feel silly... but i'm just gonna assume u mean the ship.

as far as characterizations, i really leaned into the whole "child solider" age thing w bumblebee. (as i'm writing this, i am realizing i have basically NEVER TALKED ABOUT STARSCREAM??? so i need to do that immediately someone please remind me cause i will forget.) anyways, for that reason i don't know if i would place him into a ship with anyone.

plus, post war (which is where i think most starbee ships take place), bee is maybe... probably... in prison??? so not in any place where he would meet starscream.

ok so that's my offical statement on the lore. BUT i'm assuming you only sent this ask in because you like the ship and wanna hear about it!! so, hypothetically, if starbee WAS a part of this universe:

starscream is basically the complete opposite of bee.

bee is a manipulative, traumatized, slightly crazed people pleaser that's been exploited since birth for the sake of an apathetic overlord that only cares for him as a tool. he has no friends. he's never had friends- and really, he doesn't even understand why.

meanwhile, starscream is every bit as annoying as he is in canon. he is disobedient and loud and RUDE, and everything bee has ever been punished for. he is very clearly Doing It Wrong, and yet somehow...... he's happy? he's cared for!

it's not fair. it's just not fair.

(what bee doesn't see is this- starscream, despite his many eccentricities, is genuinely caring, and protective of the people around him. he's loyal, and determined, and idealistic to a fault. and those traits, after 4 million years of war, have endeared him to a truly staggering amount of people.)

(bee also doesn't see this: starscream is about to endear himself to one more.)

post war- bee has been allowed to rejoin society, on the condition that he makes as big of a show of it as possible. he is to serve as an example for the autobots on how to reintegrate. (relegated to poster boy once again.)

starscream is assigned to be his "diplomatic partner" in a "unity promotion campaign" between the remaining leaders of the deception and autobot armies. (starscream is assigned to be his babysitter, to make sure he doesn't fly off the rails, and to take care of him if he does.)

now, the expectation here is that hopefully, starscream and bumblebee will manage to put aside their animosity long enough that people settle and reconstruction can begin. eventually, society will become stable enough that "unity promotion" is no longer necessary, and they can go their separate ways.

that is not what happens. starscream, shepard of the lost he is, takes one look at this lonely, angry, hurting soul and goes oh! guess he's mine now :)

over the course of the next few years, starscream teaches bee how to advocate for himself. (how to be more than someone's puppet.)

starscream shows him how to really live. (how to be more than just a soldier.)

starscream helps him understand that there's more to life then fighting, that you can make a place for yourself in the world without clawing your way up and carving it out by force. (how to rest.)

and how can bee not love him after that? in some ways, he's still not... normal. in some ways, he is just as obsessed and devoted to starscream as he was the autobot cause. really, bee has just traded one idol of worship for another.

but for the first time in bee's life, that devotion isn't going to be abused. he's given his obedience to someone who will never, ever use it. and that's what love is, i think.

so, starscream gets a scary ass guard dog (that is really just a lap dog in disguise)

and bumblebee gets what he always, always wanted.

bumblebee gets to be loved.

#hey i really hope you like this!! #i haven't ever consumed any starbee content #so i have no idea what their dynamics are usually like #but i feel like this fits ok!! #anyways if starbee is actually a character.... #i'm just gonna delete my blog out of shame <3 #ALSO??? #THIS WAS SO FUN #GUYS SENT ME MORE SHIP ASKS PLEASE #IT'S SO FUN TO WRITE ABOUT!!! #hbrambles #maccadams #transformers #maccadam #mtmte #idw transformers #hbdrabbles #shattered glass #hbsg #starbee #sg!starbee #sg!starscream #idw starscream #idw bumblebee #sg!bumblebee #tf

[lord-squiggletits]

I wish to love and appreciate idw optimus more too. But I also don’t want to read through the entirety of IDW 1.0. Can you please recommend me any specific issues/parts?

My best friend and fellow IDW Optimus lover made a post compiling all the comics with major story beats involving Optimus. Her list has a lot of the same things mine does, but also a lot more specific issues because she actually knows which specific issues of which series you can read specifically for ones focused on IDW Optimus. We don't agree on everything (I love some comics she dislikes and vice versa), but I would recommend her list simply because it's the most well-documented and thorough. Link I also have a lot of far less coherent but still genuine posts about IDW OP on my #idw op love tag.

As for specific parts I would recommend... since you don't want to read through all of IDW1, I'll go ahead and recommend you things based on in-universe chronological order rather than story release order, but if anything here interests you then I would recommend reading IDW1 in release order so that you get a better grasp of the story's context and how new lore was given out over time:

Chaos Theory and Police Action by James Roberts (The Transformers 2009 issues 22-23): I love love LOVE the way JRO writes Optimus talking to Megatron during the present day, it's very IDW-Optimus flavored because of how blunt, abrasive, and snappy Optimus is. There's a part in the comic where Megatron claims that he "knows [Optimus] better than anyone else," and he's right, but it's also true that Optimus knows Megatron well enough to see that he's bullshitting and it's very entertaining watching Optimus slowly lose his patience with him. I love the dialogue especially, no one (canon or fandom) has ever quite written the same IDW OP who's in this set of comics. It's also the most MegOP comic of all time because the sexual tension and the subliminal imagery of them doing BDSM together is unreal, plus it really captures their dynamic of two old soldiers who snap together with chemistry despite (or perhaps because of) being such long-time enemies. They just UNDERSTAND each other so well. Also, as a bonus point, Chaos Theory is where the pre-war lore for IDW1 began being published, so if you read Chaos Theory then the context for future pre-war lore makes a little more sense.

Shadowplay by James Roberts (More Than Meets the Eye issues 10-11): More pre-war lore that picks up where Chaos Theory/Police action left off. Important because it establishes a lot of IDW OP's character relationships, especially with "the Senator," Roller, and to a degree Ratchet and some minor side characters. I don't really know what to say about this besides it's just really fucking fun to read and features IDW OP getting to do cool shit like fight bad guys, investigate conspiracies, and do heists while also establishing one of his key character traits: being disastrously gay for suspicious men that he places entirely too much trust in to tell him what the right thing to do is.

Spotlight: Orion Pax by James Roberts: Okay, I'm really sorry for recommending JRO's stuff because it feels like favoritism and I don't even think JRO does the best version of IDW OP, it's just going in in-universe chronological order means that a lot of JRO stuff ends up first on the list. This one doesn't really have much of consequence in it and is honestly one of the weaker Spotlight issues, but like Shadowplay, it involves Orion Pax doing fun action shit and having way too much trust in a suspicious man (a new one from the suspicious man in Shadowplay).

The Autocracy Trilogy (Autocracy, Monstrosity, Primacy) by Chris Metzen: Oh my fucking god this is THE IDW Optimus to me, this trilogy is literally what made my ears perk up to even start liking IDW OP because it's what took me from "Optimus Prime, that's the guy who's the super awesome leader that everyone likes and is a paragron to everyone, yeah I know him" to "Oh.... holy shit this is such a good plot/worldbuilding, Optimus has so much CONFLICT and DRAMA with other people." It covers one of my favorite periods of the general Transformers formula, namely pre-war and early war plot events as conflicts come to a boiling point, there's political conflicts and personal conflicts, the planet is falling to shit and everyone is trying to escape and things are as depressing and scary as you would expect for a war that's literally about to consume a whole planet. I found the general plotlines to be gripping and intense (Autocracy is the weakest in this regard, but the writing gets better with each book) and I really like seeing how Optimus grapples with leadership. Especially the negative parts where people hate/fear him because of his association with Zeta's regime (the previous Prime, who Orion worked for), call his judgment into question, refuse his calls to action or waver in their faith in him, and so forth. I found it to be a really nuanced yet sympathetic view of IDW Optimus that made me fall in love with him. Because really, the thing that humanizes a character the most is making them flawed, and Autocracy trilogy Optimus is so incredibly flawed and conflicted. And also it shows him being shit on by other characters in a way that's well written in a plot that makes sense and doesn't feel like the entire plot is conspiring to shit all over him.

The Death of Optimus Prime by James Roberts and John Barber: This comic is basically the transition from phase 1 to phase 2, it establishes the branching plotlines of MTMTE and exRID, so this is another one of those comics that will help you understand IDW1 better if you want to read for more than just Optimus. Anyways, DoOP is great because it has a similar vibe to the Autocracy trilogy in that society is chaos and full of people who fucking hate Optimus' guts for the role he played in the war. You can also compare/contrast the way OP was before the war and early in the war versus the way he is after the war and see how much the war changed him (Chaos Theory also kind of is like this but it more shows bitchy Optimus specifically in his dynamic with Megatron). It also features a fair amount of Optimus Heroic Moments, Optimus Brooding, and Optimus being so fucking depressed he's literally sad when he wakes up and realizes he's not dead dude get some fucking therapy please I'm begging you--

Punishment by John Barber: This skips ahead quite a bit in the story but I think stands decently well on its own without having to understand the wider context. It's one of Barber's best-written stories and one of the only ones I've come back to reread for its own sake. It features Optimus trying to solve the murder-mystery of a bunch of Decepticons, featuring really cool plot conflicts like Optimus trying to navigate post-war society and the tensions that still linger from the Autobot-Decepticon war. I really like this one because it has that whole "not everyone loves OP and a lot of people hate him for justified reasons" thing that makes IDW OP a much more 3D character, PLUS it has some politics with the way Decepticons are treated post war. And I think it does really interesting things with Optimus in terms of showing how he DOES have this idealistic, merciful side that wants people to choose peace and letting go of vengeance, but of course it's not so easy to expect that of people after a 4 million year war. So when people inevitably choose violence, Optimus gets frustrated and angry and lashes out in a way that feels very real and understandable. It's a really good example of a comic that shows IDW OP in a nuanced way, showcasing both his virtues and flaws in a complicated situation that shows that there's no easy solution to these problems and no way for Optimus to escape without getting his hands dirty. Unlike future comics which involve OP being in complicated situations but instead the plot is super contrived and seems to overwhelmingly shit on OP without ever mentioning the very obvious ways that he could be defended, creating a story that's conceptually fascinating but incredibly mediocre in execution.

If I had to recommend any single one of these to read, I would recommend the Autocracy trilogy the most because it's literally the story that made me love IDW Optimus and made me realize "whoa, this guy is super nuanced and not what I expected of him." That's not to say that no other Optimi have depth and nuance, but I think the Autocracy trilogy was great for me personally as one of the first IDW1 comics I read. It struck a really good balance between "uh Optimus was part of some bad things that warrant being shit on" and "Optimus is struggling to overcome those bad associations he did, succeeding with some people and failing with others" and "Optimus is an optimist who has faith in others even when they don't have faith in themselves." Also, as a bonus, the Autocracy trilogy also features cunty murder-husband Megatron, an interesting character arc for Hot Rod, and the Dinobots as really interesting supporting characters (including their leader, Grimlock, having a cute veteran-rookie dynamic with Hot Rod that I wish we got more of).

#squiggle answers #idw op love #also the blog of that post i linked has a lot of meta posts on idw op. they're really good analyses #and also explain lore and connect dots in ways that i don't do as well because i don't have as fine of a grasp of the lore #also like. just as an aside. i would recommend reading the transformers 2009 because that also features a good idw op #featuring him being an action hero but also tired and frustrated and very human #another note: JRO is a good fun writer but i find his IDW OP is a bit too...whitewashed in a way? #he's very interesting and fleshed out and sympathetic but JRO clearly puts OP on a pedestal and doesn't fully get into the bad parts #barber imo is the opposite where he's more critical of OP in both good and bad ways but his writing uh #barber's writing isn't uh. i think it's very hit or miss tbh #and metzen i just adore because i knew his writing from being an old world of warcraft fan #and he was responsible for the period of lore that fans generally consider to be the core of the franchise #but also keep in mind there are ppl with completely different opinions from me #i've found that even among idw op fans people have slightly different takes on him and interpret his character in different ways #where like. we all came to the conclusion of loving idw op but with different reasonings and favorite story moments #so YMMV but IDW OPTIMUS IS AN INCREDIBLY SLEPT ON OPTIMUS PLEASE TALK TO ME MORE ABOUT HIM

[theamazingian]

this is how you make a damn comic, my goodness

#spoilers #spoilers sonic idw #spoilers sonic #surge #sonic idw #sth #sonic #the only problem I had with this arc was seeing surge genuinely terrified #I wish she stayed vengeful and angry the whole time #but that’s like #so small #please read imposter syndrome then issue 50 of sonic idw #I still gotta check out scrapnik #I’m a fake fan

[fowlaroundtown]

Just finished reading the IDW 2023 Annual and. I am an okay and functioning human person. 100000% totally normal and fine.

#I haven’t fully caught up on IDW yet but I saw the annual in my local comic book shop #and fucking had to pick it up #I’m such a sucker for time traveling turtles I’m sorry #AND HOLY SHIT???? THIS ONE???? #I’m loosing my mind #LITTERALLY begging on my hands and knees if any of you out there are TMNT IDW Fans #please scream to me about it sometime #I am STARVING out here #oh my god it was so good tho #I’m putting Raph in my pile of Grandpa Turtles I need to draw #im pretty sure if I’m doing my math right this officially jumps Raph into being the turtle that’s been peepawed the second most often #first is obvs Mikey the dudes been peepawed in like five different adaptations #but Raph’s got 2012. 03. 87 (from what I’ve heard) AND IDW under his belt #so damn good for him #anyway I’m screaming #your screaming #we’re all screaming #tmnt #tmnt IDW #pat rambles #tmnt idw Out of Time

[turrondeluxe]

So far the game is nice graphic wise, but uhh splinter is captured by the foot. Mikeys voice threw me off, well all of them did(raph sounds like 03 casey???)

They have dragon upgrades and get instantly teleported back to the lair if knocked out

U can switch between the brothers (unless playing multiplayer)

Mikeys attacks r very fluid and fast and so is leos. Raph and donnie r both heavy hitters(or supposed to be?) april is there she has her yellow jumpsuit but a rlly weirdly cut bob(its givin mental breakdown hair cut) haven’t seen casey yet, i dont even kno if hes in it :(

-honie🐝

OH THANK YOU SM FOR THE INFO!!!

I HAD NO IDEA THEY HAD DRAGON UPGRADES??? LIKE 2003!! THATS SO COOL!!!!!

#EATING THIS INFO UP LIKE AN STARVED MAN #truly turtle hades i see #ooh i actually love their voices #specially mikeys :'] #they remind me a lot of the 2003 turtles in general!! tho ive been told it also has some idw inspo? mmm so cool #IF YOU GET. TO THE. THE . 'MY PRECIOUS SON PART' PLEASE DO TELL IF MIKEY SAYS SOMETHING ELSE AFTER THAT COMBO ;__; #that conversation with splinter destroys me each time #ask #fer talks #AH THIS REMINDED ME TO BUY THE COMIC OF THE GAME #ueueue i gotta remember auugh

[mobofficial]

ohhh one of these days . I must queue up some anemone talk posts about kenjaku + yuji (now that the manga has sort of split itself off from them completely) / prowl (SO many thoughts. big shoutout to ollie for the meteor that killed the dinosaurs with this guy) / the constructicons (I AM MAKING THEM MINE) / DELPHI ARC. SPECIFICALLY FIRST AID. AND PHARMA

#IF I HAVE TIME I WILL ALSO SPEAK ABOUT ORION PAX AND OPTIMUS PRIME. HES ONE OF THE GUYS THAT DRIVE ME NUTS #specifically idw optimus... we love a flawed leader who is one stress away from blowing a blood vessel and disappearing to the moon #on kenjaku and yuji. please prepare for anemone's long-winded yap session about why yuji shouldve been the one to kill kenjaku . #AND my usual mourning on how little theyve been expanded upon in canon... the main protag and his mother . #like oh god i know there was this one fan comics that meant it jokingly BUT #the thought of kenjaku picking out a special kogane for yuji as a crude motherly gift. for the CULLING GAMES. #kenjaku in general drives me mad. their mentality is so divorced from anything we've ever seen #and an amazing exploration on the whole. psychological effects of immortality #BUT stopping myself before i get too crazy.

[nianderful]

ok i’m sorry i don’t normally do tangents like this (anymore) but anyone who shares a similar sentiment to those tags needs to know:

idw sonic would not exist without archie sonic. sonic frontiers' story, characters, anything people enjoyed about it writing wise would not have existed without archie sonic. anything the likes of ian flynn and evan stanley have contributed to sonic-wise? you owe that to archie sonic.

that comic was where they all started working on the franchise professionally. ian flynn spent years building archie sonic's reputation up and cleaning up the mess left by bollers and penders. he didn't even quit even after that lawsuit ripped everything he created for that universe apart. and his contributions to the comics played a role in him being brought on to write for frontiers. even before that, he was writing the spin off comics for sonic forces. that wouldn't have happened if it weren't for archie sonic. and not only that. archie sonic is the main reason the freedom fighters lasted as long as they did. that comic carried on their legacy, and the legacy of satam, making that show's characters almost as iconic as sonic himself. even penders, as much as we all love to hate him, created memorable, iconic characters who are still being missed and remembered today. evan stanley's art was featured in an archie sonic comic, leading to her becoming an official artist for it and idw. and that's probably the case for so so many others i can't name right now but the point is: there would be no idw sonic without archie sonic. archie sonic paved the way for everyone from tangle and whisper to surge and kit to belle and lanolin.

you can hate ken penders all you want, but put some respect on archie sonic's name

#nia loves sonic the hedgehog #archie sonic specifically #sorry but i just saw those tags and got mad like i LOVE idw #but archie sonic planted the seed for everything we're seeing today. i will not accept archie sonic slander just because of one guy #who ruined everything #also i wrote this on a whim so please correct me if i get something wrong ;;

[sonknuxadow]

apparently the anti idw sonic crowd have found more stupid things to lose their shit over and its *checks notes* the characters making funny/exaggerated expressions sometimes and amy being strong. can you guys just read another comic or something this is getting ridiculous

#again theres nothing wrong with not liking idw sonic or having criticisms of it #but i dont get why people who hate it so much keep reading it and keep yelling over the tiniest things that dont matter #and having dedicated anti idw sonic and anti ian flynn tags on their blog #like. please just calm down . read something else. you are so clearly not having fun #you know you dont have to consume all sonic media ever released to be a sonic fan right. you can just sit this one out #also i dont get why amy being physically strong is suddenly a problem shes always been strong?? how else could she carry that giant hammer?