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wonderwomanpleasesteponme · 9 months

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Coswave shippers i feel y'all are sleeping on this pic of Cosmos carrying Soundwave in boombox form in the official my little pony crossover comic.

#coswave #transformers #maccadam #tf soundwave #tf cosmos #the magic of cybertron

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mat2modblog · 1 year

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Soundwave, I platonically love ya man but that was a massive mistake you just made there.

I’ll give you points for recognizing Vinyl as “the cool one” though.

#soundwave #vinyl scratch #student six #young six #Ocellus #Smolder #sandbar #mlp Gallus #Gallus #mlp/transformers #the magic of cybertron #mlpfim #mlp idw #idw mlp #my little pony #my little pony friendship is magic #idw transformers #transformers

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azazel-dreams · 3 months

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Transformers & My Little Pony: The Magic of Cybertron (Graphic Novel)

Rating: ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

#Transformers #My Little Pony #mlp #The Magic of Cybertron #graphic novel #books #book reviews #book recommendations #Transformers & My Little Pony: The Magic of Cybertron

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foundry-fabrications · 1 month

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Hey folks! Been sitting on this one for two weeks, done and ready, not wanting to release so close to the Behemoths and just reveling in the fact that for once I have a small stockpile of brews that are done/close to done. It's nice to take a break and not worry about what's next.

Anyway, this is a complete rework of my Transformation Cog item I did a few years back. For those not familiar with the source material or just need a refresher, the Transformation Cog, or T-Cog, is from Transformers and is the organ that allows a Cybertronian to transform into (and scan in later continuities) an alternate mode.

The original version was a reworked version of the Druid's Wildshape feature, with a focus on beast forms rather than vehicular ones. This time, I've gone the other direction and made various types of vehicular alt mode, each for a different purpose and giving you related benefits. A focus of this new version was, as with most of my reworks, refinement of the old idea and simplifying its mechanics to be easier to use. I think I've accomplished that goal, but we'll see how she plays.

I pulled a lot from the Shifter race from Ebberon, as well as the official Transformers RPG by Renegade Games, which is a pretty robust RPG in its own right, though a touch complicated for my tastes (maybe worth a System Spotlight in the future). Eventually, I would love to use this new version as a base for a beast mode T-Cog, and make a Cybertronian lineage that incorporates perhaps an even more simplified version of what I have now. Something to think about.

Anyway, that's it from me, hope y'all like the update! Stay safe, don't forget to love each other, and I'll see you next time.

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sonicasura · 10 months

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Whenever I think about Transformers' holoforms, I can't help but imagine a scenario where they bump into someone also disguising as a human. Like other extraterrestrials who have alternate ways to hide their true nature and magic folk such as yokai who use a glamour spell.

Out of everyone bot in the cast, I see Optimus Prime being the most likely victim to such shenanigans. Even the somber iteration as a practical demigod can't avoid getting dragged into something whacky. Plus boss bot might not really notice it sooner like Soundwave. He'd also have issues adjusting since this would happen to someone like Bumblebee or Bulkhead, not him.

It's hard to expect the unexpected when you aren't the universe's favorite target for otherworldly insanity. Funnily enough, I got a few ideas how this would happen and a few OCs to provide such examples. Those will be for a different post since I want to go over some shared headcanons from a conversation with @cf8wrk4u-us about the thing.

It involves around glamour and Cybertronian scans. For those who don't know, glamour is a type of magical shapeshifting. It's usually used to hide one's true appearance so they can blend in with others like humans. Although some use glamour for more predatory means since human flesh is often on the table.

Huge example being Journey To The West as various yaoguai (Chinese Spirits/Demons) disguise themselves as people in distress or wandering folk to eat the Tang Monk Tripitaka. (It doesn't work on everyone in the group since the Monkey King Sun Wukong can see through such illusions with his magical all seeing eyes or "Eyes of Truth".)

To the normal eye and physical touch, no one would think the person running a bakery is actually a demon or their office coworker being a dragon. Some glamour spells allow the individual to use their physical strength and even powers while some restrictions. Fewer can conceal their true size since some mythological beings are much bigger.

If I have to give an example, the closet would be Saiyuki Journey West's iteration of Sun Wukong. The trickster god's true form here being a giant Great Ape probably around 20 ft in size. The Monkey King is capable of disguising himself as a human although some features are notable like his monkey ears.

Now normal technology can't see through such a facade. Cybertronians are a bit different. If they do a scan such as heat or X-Ray on a glamour disguised individual there's gonna be...errors. Some would be blurry, some too bright and even things out of place like missing bones to extra limbs. Basically a scrambled mess that is guarantee to make your eyes' sore.

Every scan will be different with each retake so it's never the same. Medical oriented bots such as Ratchet or Seekers like Starscream have a better time at seeing through some of the glamour. Since Energon is Primus' life blood, whose a god, it felt natural that a Cybertronian can see through a magical disguise since the substance would have some magic properties.

What do you guys think? I can see all sorts of shenanigans occurring when two disguised parties bump into each other. Can't forget the worldbuilding either!

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primus-why · 1 year

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Fated Marks

After an alliance is forged and their shared enemy is defeated, the Autobots and Decepticons are still left with a dying planet.

Desperate for a solution, in an attempt to strengthen their truce, both Megatron and Optimus venture into the core of Cybertron to speak with Primus. Perhaps they will stir long enough for a conversation while in the presence of the Matrix; perhaps a certain warlord is determined to will them into awakening just to give them a piece of his processor...

Well, whatever the reason, Primus does speak at them. That is to say, both mechs are pretty sure they're not following the same thread of conversation, but they managed to get their point across. Cybertron is dying, their people have been at war, and everyone wants to come home. Primus understands. They're clearly happy that the Cybertronians have returned-- and they want to help!

After a show of rumbling and shaking and some flashes of light, Primus goes silent once more. Confused, Optimus and Megatron return from the core to find traces of natural resources being replenished!

For the next few days, scientists from both sides study the progress of the planet's healing. Ecosystems are being revitalized, within weeks fuel has become abundant, and soon everyone gets to work repairing the cities and towns in order to settle in.

But one day, everyone starts to notice these weird marks on their bodies. Some have it on their arms or wrist, others have them in more hard-to-reach places, which is partly why they hadn't been noticed right away. The marks appeared at some point, and continued to get darker over time, like a developing ink, and nobody knew what they were! Where did they come from? It seemed like each one was different!

But later it's discovered that's not the case-- each mark matches at least one other Cybertronian's mark. But what could it possibly mean?? Well, after careful scientific research, it was concluded that these marks...

... were pairing you with your ideal conjux.

Turns out, one of Primus' gifts that gave their people a fresh start was meant to encourage happy, healthy bonds-- essentially letting love grow!

But to Megatron, that's utter nonsense. Despite Soundwave's additional efforts, he hasn't spotted a match to his mark, so it's become a rather irritating blemish that refuses to be buffed away...

Optimus doesn't even think he has a mark-- not one he can see after a quick inspection, anyway. He concludes that it's part of his duty as Prime; maybe he's not meant to have a conjux, and instead should focus his attention on serving all of Cybertron and their people. Resigned as he is to his role, he can't help but feel a bit envious of everyone else finding their partners...

(But maybe he should look a bit harder for his mark... or have someone look for him... 👀)

#megop #i want megs to be envious of OP not having a mark... refusing to believe it to be true.#how dare he get special treatment even now?? how dare he not bear the same curse as himself and the rest of Cybertron???#so Megs does a thorough check........ and discovers the mark that matches his own.#BUT THEN HE LIES. He lies to OP. Confirms there is no mark. BECAUSE HE PANICKED.#so OP is over here totally oblivious to the fact that Megs is secretly obsessing over him (more than usual)#all while Megatron falls more and more in love and in conflict with those feelings!#because. okay. so they have matching marks! so what!! HE will be the one to decide his own fate!!#not some magical ink!#(but too bad for megs cuz op is effortlessly making him fall in love just by being himself ahdhdhdj)#Optimus of course is also catching feels but he holds himself back because he thinks that's part of his job hahdjsjdj

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breakdowns-spare-tire · 9 months

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Expect this to become my entire personality form now on

This unholy crossover nr 2 is now in my possession, I have read 5 pages and there are tears in my eyes

#transformers the magic of cybertron #transformers x mlp #transformers

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thenamesblurrito · 2 years

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"now there are leylines and pools of energon above and below ground in various places around the planet" Leylines eh?

lines and seams of energized energon and other sources of energy, like natural electrical grids, sentio metallico vents, volcanic spouts, and thermal-conductive blocs. Cybertron is a mechanical planet, its internals are full of supersized wiring and circuitry, or rather part of its geography is wiring and circuitry, and a leyline is an active power source crisscrossing through the planet carrying energy that runs Cybertron and that flora, fauna, and people tap into. Iacon is on top of a particularly dense knot of leylines. they aren't necessary for a city, and people can thrive in areas without strong or accessible leylines, but they make things easier

this map has leylines and other layer structures represented by bright blue lines. it was posted along with other maps here too

#worldbuilding #cybertron #energon #map #you could think of it as magic leylines if only bc cybertron is a magic planet with a sci fi skin

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mat2modblog · 1 year

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Why do I hear The Night Begins to Shine? I mean really, that’s a violin, not a guitar, it’s weird.

#octavia melody #vinyl scratch #soundwave #ravage #laserbeak #mlp/transformers #the magic of cybertron #mlpfim #mlp idw #idw mlp #my little pony #my little pony friendship is magic #transformers #idw transformers #idw comics

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afterspark-podcast · 2 years

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Transformers/My Little Pony - Magic of Cybertron, Part 2 Transcript

[This can also be found on AO3!]

[Intro Music]

O: Welcome back to the second half of the My Little Pony/Transformers crossover- of the second My Little Pony/Transformers crossover.

S: Last we left, a villain from Equestria, King Sombra, has taken over Cybertron and mind controlled a large amount of Cybertronians and ponies.

O: Including, but most concernedly, Megatron, Twilight Sparkle, Fluttershy, and Pinkie Pie.

S: Issue three begins with Sick Beats. We open with two ponies: Vinyl Scratch and Octavia.

O: These are both background characters that are very popular with- kind of, the fandom, to my understanding? I, despite liking My Little Pony, have not really been involved with the fan community, so I'm still not entirely sure. But um, I do see them in fan art a lot. They are both music oriented which is really the only thing that's relevant to like, this particular section.

S: Octavia is a classical musician. While Vinyl Scratch is a DJ. The two of them run into several of Twilight’s students who have also been teleported to Cybertron.

O: Uh, so we have Yona the yak, Smolder to the dragon, Gallus [Gay-les] the griffin, or Gale-en- Gallus [Gal-us]? Gallus [Gal-us]. Um, Sandbar the pony, Silverstream the hippogriff, and Ocellus the changeling. If you'll remember, in the previous crossover, Queen Chrysalis was also a changeling, but Ocellus looks a lot different because at some point there was a split, essentially of Queen Chrysalis and the rest of the changelings. So, they're no longer under Chrysalis’ control. I only bring this up because I find it very odd that Soundwave actually calls her a changeling later and I'm like, how do you know that? [laughs]

S: The group argues a bit, but Octavia, who is also a teacher at Twilight’s school takes the lead as she is the adult. She is the fucking adult here.

O: Unfortunately, for them as soon as that decision was made, Soundwave made himself known and attacks them.

S: Said attack results in a structural collapse, trapping all of them (including Soundwave) in a cavern under the rubble.

O: Soundwave insists that they are all his captives, despite all of them being equally trapped and arguably him maybe more trapped because he's so big he's having a hard time moving around.

S: Yup. He calls Gallus a buffalo.

O: I would have expected Soundwave out of most of the mechs to be a bit better at ident- identifying that a griffin is not a buffalo.

S: Yona is insulted when Gallus says that Yona is in fact, the buffalo.

O: “Yona is yak! That Yona's whole thing!”

S: Octavia attempts to keep some peace and Soundwave uses a sonic blast to try and break them all out.

O: This fails, and Vinyl Scratch also makes an attempt as well.

S: After Soundwave ah, fails again (after being assisted by Ravage and Laserbeak) Vinyl Scratch suggests a giant robot and pony collab.

O: All without speaking of course, as she is traditionally a non-speaking character.

S: Soundwave agrees to a truce when Ocellus suggests that they just give him some magic instead of him taking it.

O: And through the magical powers of a giant boombox robot, two of his children, a pony DJ, and a classical musician pony, the group is able to escape.

S: Soundwave reports, or attempts to report to Megatron, only receiving an, “All hail King Sombra!” in return. And then he insinuates that he will continue to work with the ponies to you know, free his master.

O: Then we have volume three, part two, which is The Beauty of Cybertron.

S: We see Ratchet and Rarity spying on a group of brainwashed Cybertronians who are dumpster diving.

O: These two are attempting to find a cure to Sombra's brainwashing. Which honestly seems a hell of a lot more like, constructive than Applejack wandering in the freaking desert!?

S: Applejack is channeling her cowboy mentality.

O: [laughs] Evidently.

S: So, Ratchet and Rarity capture a test subject. Said test subject is however, not mind controlled at all and was instead just trying to get some designer racing tires!

O: It will shock no one when I tell you that this is, in fact, Knockout.

S: My first thought was that he was using Jonathan's strategy from The Mummy when he blends in with the crowd by chanting, “Imhotep. Imhotep.”

O: Totally same vibes. Meanwhile, the other dumpster divers scurry away before Rarity and Ratchet can grab any of them.

S: Ratchet volun-tells Knockout that he's helping them now by threatening his paint job and presumably, physical um-

O: The rest of him! [laughs]

S: Yes! By attaching a detonator or something to his shoulder.

O: Knockout does agree, but he insists that he's setting their travel itinerary because he wants to show Rarity some pretty shit. She's only gotten to see war-torn Cybertron!

S: Yep. There's so many fun destinations here. They're all very pretty, with the last one being the natural energon springs, which ends up being exceptionally relevant to their goal when they find more “test subjects”.

O: [laughs]

S: One of which is Breakdown.

O: If you are unaware in Transformers Prime, where both of these versions of Knockout and Breakdown originate from, they are heavily implied through subtext to be in a relationship. This was eventually made text in IDW1 uh, where they are actually married that continuity. So they are also in a relationship here.

S: Mm-hm, the three spring into action with Ratchet saying, “Medical breakthroughs are trial and error. The plan is to try things and hope we survive long enough to learn from the errors!”

O: Ratchet then sarcastically apologizes to Rarity for not having discovered a way to conduct pure friendship energy or whatever the ponies normally do when their initial attempt to snap the Cybertronians out of the mind control fails.

S: Rarity confesses that this was indeed how they defeated Sombra last time.

O: Ratchet then throws a contraption together and puts part of it on Rarity's head.

S: Silly brainwave hat time!

O: This allows Rarity and Knockout to focus on freeing Breakdown with the contraption channeling Rarity's magic.

S: Knockout gives a heartfelt speech to Breakdown.

O: Which ultimately works, um, but Rarity gets to rib him about it because he actually didn't need to say anything to break- well, to break Breakdown out of the mind control.

S: Yup, all he needed was the emotions.

O: [laughs]

S: Breakdown also calls him sweet.

O: Which is- it was, it was actually quite good!

S: Mm-hm.

O: Elsewhere, King Sombra watches these events and comes up with a terrible, awful, no-good plan of his own to channel his power through Cybertronian technology.

S: Now on to volume four, part one, The Mightiest Dinobot.

O: Our cast for this segment being the Dinobots, Spike, and Smolder.

S: And our surprise antagonists, who will be revealed shortly!

O: Grimlock introduces Spike to the other Dinobots. Uh, if you'll remember from the previous uh, crossover, we only got to see Grimlock, uh, because Grimlock for some reason, was basically the only one left in the Ark.

S: Mm-hm.

O: And Spike was the only one that got teleported over there, but anyway! He introduces him to the rest of the Dinobots, trying to talk him up to make him seem cool enough to hang out with them.

S: A situation that's not going in Spike's favor. Uh, with Smolder looking like the much cooler dragon out of the two of them, when who walks out from behind some buildings but Superion!

O: If you have trouble with names like moi, ah, this is the Aerialbot combiner that actually just popped up in episode 56.

S: This is the combiner made entirely out of planes.

O: The Dinobots attempt to fight Superion, but it is not going well for them with them getting tossed around and slammed into the floor, the walls, each other, etc.

S: Spike, having done research since his last outing with Grimlock, comes up with a plan to separate Superion into his component parts. Which, would hopefully break the mind control.

O: He does so by taunting each of the five Aerialbots in turn with some tailored comments.

S: This does work, and Superion falls to pieces.

O: And Silverbolt maybe- he doesn't know what the fuck just happened, but he does at least seem to be himself again, as do the rest of them.

S: We get some super cute Dinobot faces here, but the cutest is Sludge.

O: And Spike is made an honorary Dinobot, while the other Dinobots all cheer him on.

S: The Aerialbots watch this scene slightly confused, but you know, it's like, okay, this is happening, let's- it’s applaud time now?

B: [laugh]

O: And now for issue four, part two, Finale.

S: Optimus and a small group of Autobots have finally caught up to King Sombra who seems to be unearthing something with some mind controlled help.

O: Our group with Optimus consists of: Trailbreaker, Mirage, Bumblebee, Cliffjumper, and Elita-1.

S: Optimus calls for backup, but unfortunately, it's not going to reach them soon enough, so they all jump into the fray.

O: Elita realizes that King Sombra is attempting to dig up the titan, Scorponok.

S: King Sombra has combined with Scorponok to form King Sombranok.

O: Which is a terrible name, really.

S: It is. Then the reinforcements arrive including: Starscream, Cosmos, Soundwave, Octavia, the Wonderbolts, and the non-mind-controlled members of the Mane 6.

O: Cute things about this scene!

S: Rainbow Dash and Starscream are good-naturedly bickering and making bets with one another.

O: Cosmos is in fact, carrying Soundwave in boombox mode. My Little Pony said Coswave rights, and so do I!

S: And then there are some organic exo suits that have been adapted for the ponies, giving them the ability to transform into weapons. Harkening back to the Targetmasters but with a much wider weapon and just, tool variety.

O: Shockwave removes Sombra's control from Fluttershy and Pinkie Pie.

S: Rarity transforms into a shield and pairs with Shockwave.

O: Applejack transforms into a hammer and pairs with Arcee.

S: Rainbow Dash transforms into an axe and pairs up with Starscream.

O: Spike transforms into a gun and pairs up with Bumblebee. So, I actually really like this idea. It's really, really fun um, but I'm a little disappointed that aside from Rainbow Dash all the ponies don't get paired up with Transformers they had some kind of relationship [with]. Like, um… Arcee very easily could have paired up with Rarity um, since they were- they met in the initial you know, crossover. But also, like, Grimlock's got a gun y'all! This wouldn't have been hard, you could have very easily paired Spike up with Grimlock.

S: Mm-hm. Using the power of friendship and bonking people on the head they are able to free Twilight, Megatron, and the others.

O: Starscream taking point to smack Megatron… around for obvious reasons. [laughs]

S: The last three ponies also get exo suits and are paired off with a Cybertronian each.

O: Twilight predictably transforms into a sword and is paired off with Optimus.

S: Fluttershy (we think) is transformed into some kind of shield and paired up with Ratchet, but we never really get a close-up and she doesn't have a role in the fight.

O: And please see my previous comment of like, why wasn't Rarity paired up with- with Ratchet if Ratchet was gonna be one of the people involved in this fight but…

S: Mm-hm. And then lastly, Pinkie Pie transforms into a cannon, or a gun, or something, that is paired up with Megatron.

O: It is as magical as you're imagining.

S: Megatron was not ready for this.

O: No one was ready for the Pinkie Pie.

S: Mm-hm. This means that Megatron is running around the last battle shooting rubber chickens and cupcakes out of a pink cannon.

O: I love it! [laughs]

S: At one point Pinkie Pie when she- before she transforms goes, “Party cannon!?”

O: Well, she has a party cannon so, I just basically insinuated that she turned into a party cannon. That's- I'm entirely convinced she transformed into a party cannon. I don't know if that's actually how like, the writers would say it, but fuck it- she transformed into a party cannon!

S: It fits her. They beat King Sombra and the day is saved.

O: Megatron is agreeable to a truce, at least for the moment, after beating King Sombra but he's still going to blast Starstream god damn it!

S: Evidently, using the pony weapons channeled Starscream's thoughts, and his hope that he'd accidentally kill Megatron in ah, his attempt to free him.

O: And back at the gate to Equestria.

S: Twilight gives Megatron a stern talking to, but suggests that instead of the accidental meetups that perhaps they should you know, plan something next time.

O: Megatron's not interested, but it doesn't seem like he's gonna stand in the way of anybody else that is?

S: Rumble is super down for this including holding up the book he was reading at the beginning of our story. And then as our story ends… a Quintesson is looking at a screen, at the ponies and Cybertronians, at their celebration with menace.

O: As you know, Quintessons are ought to do.

S: Sadly, we doubt there will be a continuation given that IDW has lost the rights to the Hasbro properties.

O: Which is really a pity, because I thoroughly enjoyed this and I'm also very sad we like, aren't getting any figures from this crossover. Like, I- I would actually love some transforming pony weapons. [laughs]

S: Mmm.

O: Then I could- I- I would like to give my- my Megatron a party cannon. [laughs] So, um, what were your thoughts of this crossover, Specs?

S: All of the issues and various stories had cute bits. I mean, I really enjoyed how resourcefully Lofty and Holiday dealt with Killmaster. Thundercracker's interaction with Rainbow Dash at the end of the Seekers chapter was cute. He was just holding her up, it reminded me a lot of him and Buster in IDW1. Soundwave’s insistence that the Equestrians were his captives where- while they were all trapped was funny and there was one bit where- just the lighting was very menacing.

O: It was. Like, everything was red- like, the only light was coming from- from Soundwave, basically.

S: Yeah. Then there were also a really nice job with the prep montages in that section as well. How Vinyl Scratch- it showed Vinyl Scratch setting all of her stuff up. Their stuff? I’m not actually sure.

O: She does it twice, I think. She- she does one where she sets up her own stuff and tries to get out and then there's the part where like, she teams up with Soundwave and Octavia to try to get them all out.

S: Yeah. Ah, and then the mind controlled people dumpster diving stealing things that was just weirdly funny to me because it was just… the part where they all just kind of scampered off when they were interrupted.

O: [laughs]

S: And also the bit where it’s just like, Ratchet's face’s getting batted by-

O: [laughs] By people!

S: Yeah. While they're trying to uh, un-mind control Breakdown. And then it was ha- it was nice that Ratchet got to be a main character too for one story, and then the party cannon. The party cannon was just… hilarious.

O: The party cannon was amazing, I have no notes, change nothing. Except, honestly, I wish it’d been in there a bit longer because um, pairing Megatron up with Pinkie Pie is not a thing I would have considered doing but it was hysterical.

S: There are agents of chaos together.

O: Uh, yeah! Very different kinds of chaos, but chaos nonetheless. Um, so, personally, my favorite chapter was the one with Rarity, Ratchet, and Knockout. Um, I am just really happy to see the Prime characters in other things. Including, while this Ratchet didn't look like the one from Prime, he acted a lot like the one from Prime. Um, and I think all those characters are great and Breakdown died, so…

S: He's alive here.

O: It was nice!

S: Always a plus!

O: I didn't like Soundwave’s bit nearly as much in this one, and I was really disappointed he didn't get to interact with Fluttershy at all. Like, they were really cute in that first part and I feel like Fluttershy is a nice pony she'd want to check in with him and all the cassettes. And I'm kind of- overall, if I had one complaint about this, is that I wish there had been more carryover from some of the stuff that happened in the first part. Because like, again, Rarity had paired up with Arcee [in the first crossover but here] they didn't talk at all, and for some reason Rarity paired up with Shockwave. I… just don't know why that was the decision made because again there's nothing- there's nothing narratively satisfying about it, I guess is the best way to put it.

S: That makes sense.

O: And that's- whereas Rainbow Dash getting paired up with Starscream is narratively satisfying because it shows they at least have reached some modicum of trust, or at least as much trust as you're normally gonna get from Starstream.

S: Yeah.

O: Um, you know, over the course of the story and I- I wish for more of that and again like, I'm- I'm- I'm uh, very biased. I liked that scene- the section with Shockwave- or not Shockwave-

S: Soundwave.

O: I liked that section with Soundwave and I wanted more of it and it was very cute and we didn't get to see his cassettes hardly at all. Except Rumble at the beginning and the end had some speaking lines. Which were funny, don't get me wrong! I love the idea of him like, loving Equestrian literature, it's great. But um, some art thoughts. Overall, I'd say that the art was better compared to the first crossover, at least overall.

S: The Rarity faces in some parts were very funny because she just- she didn't look quite the way she normally does.

O: Yeah, but it didn't look like, off model or anything it just looks like her making very funny faces.

S: Yeah.

O: So like, 10 out of 10.

S: Mm-hm, and then Knockout. Knockout's face just kind of looked like it lacked structure a fair amount of the time in this issue, and there was a lot of lip biting. So much lip biting.

O: Which is- it- ironically Ratchet looked fine through it so, you know, whatever. I also found that Soundwave looked a little funky in his section as well. Like, he didn't- you know what I mean when I saw he didn't seem as like, sharp? Like, structurally sharp? Like, he had less sharp edges than I feel like he should but due to the-

S: Marshmallowy.

O: Yeah, he was kind of marshmallowy. But because he doesn't have facial expressions, it's not nearly as noticeable with him so like, it was a good section to have that problem with, I guess? Overall though, the colors were good, the art was good, and it was nice to look at. I don't have any like, massive complaints or anything, and there were legitimately parts that cracked me up.

S: Yep, overall we recommend this if it sounds like fun to you.

O: Like, if you enjoy My Little Pony and Transformers you'll probably enjoy this.

S: Mm-hm. Also, maybe go buy it before IDW completely loses the damn license and the things aren't available for-

O: Purchase anymore.

S: Yeah.

O: It's again, very frustrating because it's like, it's going to make buying those things way harder.

S: Yeah, so join us next time for episode 57, Masquerade.

O: And yes, I know we said that at the end of episode 56. I'm very sorry, our schedule has been super wonky. I had to move a few months ago, and I'm still unpacking stuff, so everything has been kind of all over the place for me.

S: Life is weird guys, we're just rolling with it.

O: [laughs]

S: And that just about wraps it up for us today. Remember to check us out on Tumblr or Pillowfort as Afterspark Podcast for any additional information, show notes, or links we may have mentioned. You can also find us on Facebook and Twitter @Aftersparkpod (all one word), and in various other locations by searching for Afterspark Podcast, such as AO3, iTunes, Spotify, and Youtube, just to name a few. And feel free to send us questions on Tumblr, Youtube, or AO3. Until next time, I'm Specs.

O: And I’m Owls.

S: Toodles.

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lord-squiggletits · 4 months

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One of my favorite parts of phase 2 (and indeed one of the few moments I resonated with IDW Prowl) was when the neutrals were coming back to Cybertron and Prowl said that he refused to let Autobots be pushed aside and overruled after they were the ones who fought for freedom for 4 million years (the exact wording escapes me atm).

And I mean, that resentment still holds true even once the colonists come on bc like. As much as it's true that Cybertron's culture is fucked up, and as funny as it can be to paint Cybertronians as a bunch of weirdos who consider trying to kill someone as a common greeting not important enough to hold a grudge over.... The colonists POV kind of pissed me off a lot of times, as did the narrative tone/implications that Cybertronians are forever warlike and doomed to die by their own hands bc it just strikes me as an extremely judgemental and unsympathetic way to deal with a huge group of people with massive war PTSD and political/social tensions that were rampant even before the war?

Like, imagine living in a society rife with bigotry and discrimination where you get locked into certain occupations and social strata based on how you were born. The political tension is so bad there's a string of assassinations of politicians and leaders. The whole planet erupts into an outright war that leads (even unintentionally) to famine and chemical/biological warfare that destroys your planet. Both sides of the war are so entrenched in their pre-war sides and resentment for each other that this war lasts 4 million years and you don't even have a home planet any more. Then your home planet gets restored and a bunch of sheltered fucks come home and go "ewww why are you so violent?? You're a bunch of freaks just go live in the wilderness so that our home can belong to The Pure People Who Weren't Stupid And Evil Enough To Be Trapped In War" and then a bunch of colonists from places that know nothing about your history go "lol you people are so weird?? 🤣🤣 I don't get why y'all are fighting can't you just like, stop??? Oh okay you people are just fucked up and evil and stupid then" ((their planets are based on colonialism where their Primes wiped out the native populations btw whereas the Autobots and OP in particular fought to save organics. But that never gets brought up as a point in their favor)) as if the damage of a lifetime of war and a society that was broken even before the war can just magically go away now that the war is over.

Prowl fucking sucks but he was basically the only person that pointed out the injustice of that.

And then from then on out most of the characters from other colonies like Caminus and wherever else are going "i fucking hate you and your conflicts" w/ people like literal-nobody Slide and various Camiens getting to just sit there lecturing Optimus about how Cybertronians are too violent for their own good and how their conflicts are stupid, with only brief sympathetic moments where the Cybertronians get to be recognized as their own ppl who deserve sympathy before going right back to being lambasted.

Like I literally struggled to enjoy the story at multiple points because there was only so much I could take of the characters I knew and loved being raked over coals constantly while barely getting to defend themselves or be defended by the narrative so like. It was just fucking depressing and a little infuriating to read exRID/OP

#squiggposting #and like dont get me wrong barber wasnt trying to make cybertronians the bad guys or whatever #it's just a problem with his writing where like. he has A Message he wants to send #and so he uses the entire story literally just for The Message even if it involves bullshit plotlines #or familiar characters ppl were reading about for the past decade being shit on by OCs made up to fill a new roster #like barber's writing tends to lean way too much on a sort of lecturing tone #without giving proper care towards including moments where characters get to like. fucking express themselves and share their side #sort of like how barber couldnt be bothered to write pyra magna and optimus actually talking to each other during exrid #and instead during OP ongoing pyra is suddenly screaming about how OP is unteachable #even tho she never even tried to teach him bc she and OP never interacted bc i guess barber couldnt be bothered #he just needed someone to lecture OP so fuck making the story make sense or like letting OP get to say anything in defense #this is the infuriating part of barber's writing bc i think he has incredible IDEAS and was in charge of the lore i was most interested in #but most of the time his execution sucks and he's basically just mid with a few brilliant moments occasionally #or like he has a message about the cycle of violence he wants to convey #but his narrative choices trying to convey that theme made his story come off as super unsympathetic to the ppl who suffered #to the point where barber actively kneecapped some scenes that couldve been super fucking intense and emotional #in favor of the characters lecturing each other or some stupid plot to criticize OP #that time in unicron where windblade screamed about how this is their fault and then arcee replied that her planet is build on coloniation #shouldve happened more often than literally the last series of the ocntinuity. like goddamn stfu about your moral superiority #when your own sins are right fhere lol

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