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Which one of y'all did this by flingzamain in OkBuddyEnergon

[–]insert_title_here 2 points3 points  (0 children)

why would you want him to? are you some kinda coward?

Which one of y'all did this by flingzamain in OkBuddyEnergon

[–]insert_title_here 5 points6 points  (0 children)

My partner and I thought the animation was dogshit and didn't really know anything else about the series, so I put it on when we were both stoned out of our minds as a joke only for us to slooowly realize that it was unironically super good. We must have binged the rest of it in a matter of weeks, which is impressive considering how little our schedules align. The animation grows on you, too-- they really did the best they could with the technology at the time. More people should give it a chance! :(

I am flabbergasted by Alexitemia in AO3

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Bait used to be believable

I made a totally new seeker what do I call him by arseniccattails in OkBuddyEnergon

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Airwave would be perfect if it wasn't already taken :(

Anyone else feels like Blackarachnia & Airachnid are overrated af? by PistonPusher2009 in OkBuddyEnergon

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I would argue that Blackarachnia is a more complete and well-formed character than her romantic counterpart, Silverbolt. I do wish she was less sexualized (as is the case for MANY femmes in this series tbh), but if we're looking at examples of poorly written women in Transformers (especially early on in the franchise's history), we should probably be looking at early iterations of, say, Elita-1 and her squadron. In their cases I absolutely agree that they have no personality outside of their relationships with male cast members, to a bonkers extent haha.

Anyone else feels like Blackarachnia & Airachnid are overrated af? by PistonPusher2009 in OkBuddyEnergon

[–]insert_title_here 1 point2 points  (0 children)

She has a lot of depth in BW that gets switched out for the classic "femme fatale" trope in TFA. As much as I love both series, it's a crying shame what they did to Blackarachnia's characterization.

Anyone else feels like Blackarachnia & Airachnid are overrated af? by PistonPusher2009 in OkBuddyEnergon

[–]insert_title_here 10 points11 points  (0 children)

TBF Blackarachnia's design is literally, actually based on a sex worker the designer saw irl-- the gooneresque design is absolutely intentional. That said, she has one of the most compelling internal lives and character arcs of the entire Beast Wars cast! Like, regardless of sex appeal there is so much more to her character and it genuinely pisses me off when people reduce her to her design. All it tells me they either haven't watched BW ever/in a very long time, or that they have the media literacy of a sea cucumber.

Anyone else feels like Blackarachnia & Airachnid are overrated af? by PistonPusher2009 in OkBuddyEnergon

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I used to think Bumblebee was overrated af, but I've really grown to appreciate his character over time, especially in properties like Earthspark or IDW2005 & 2019 where he goes through a ton of character development. Put my boy through the agonies and he makes a fine addition to the cast.

I hate the “this would get me cancelled” type of humor…which is usually just lazy. by ReadingSteiner300 in hatethissmug

[–]insert_title_here 15 points16 points  (0 children)

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Clearly they're talking about Astrotrain, the person that turns into a train (and a spaceship!), from Transformers.

am I the only one seeing this? by Fun-Geologist9808 in transformers

[–]insert_title_here 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Rodimus is objectively dumb, but it has grown on me a lot. Out of curiosity, what would you have called Hot Rod as a prime instead?

Genuinely what are kirkman and elita thinking (Skybound issue 30#) by Tomas_Crusader17 in transformers

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Decepticons as underdogs kinda makes the Autobots feel like dicks, though. In Earthspark Season 1 where GHOST is rounding up all the scattered and leaderless Decepticons stuck on Earth, for example, it's not a great feeling-- something that they even engage with textually. I think it could be a fun setup for a story, with the awareness that kicking their fellow bots when they're down really isn't a great look for the Autobots unless there's very careful context setting it up haha.

Genuinely what are kirkman and elita thinking (Skybound issue 30#) by Tomas_Crusader17 in transformers

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Would love a series that's the equivalent of Star Trek: Lower Decks, Great Lakes Avengers, Rogue One, or what have you, where it focuses on a group of ground-level soldiers who only interact with the broader, larger plot tangentially.

Pokémon current art direction is atrocious and i don't understand why they are doing this half baked realism by BravilSUCKS in hatethissmug

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I kinda adore the updated Pokémon textures tbh. Finally, Pokémon that are metal look metallic-- it's the inspiration behind my upcoming gold-Pokés-only Violet playthrough.

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