#eugenesis

[wifecreature]

GUILTY OR INNOCENT

[mitochondrial-exosymbiont]

So I am fully aware that Eugenesis is dark, and I know how Soundwave’s five-minute parenting arc ends. That said, my brain gave me the idea for a sitcom where Soundwave raises the eldritch horror Quintesson baby.

Because this is Marvel Soundwave, mind you. The one who’s known for having all the information and using it as blackmail. The one whose cassettes are disliked as much as he is, but the other Decepticons don’t mess with them because they’re scared of getting on Soundwave’s bad side. The one who likes to hear people screaming.

Imagine what he could do at a PTA meeting.

[vaddiadraws]

I've been making little tf art cards to either sell or trade a TFcon and of course I had to do some sneaky little Eugen ones

[daffodil--daze]

So I’m never not into Transformers but since i started rereading mtmte I’ve been wanting to take another crack at eugenesis. Since I’ve never read it i had to close my eyes and hope for the best while typesetting it. But I’m still really proud of how it turned out!

[polyhexian]

Reblog with results

[quetzalpapalotl]

hi im new to the transformers fandom. i watched half of season 1 of tfa and all of earthspark and Thats It. do u think im qualified to read eugenesis??? or unqualified? or whatever will be more fun?

I mean, I can't tell you whether you're qualified or not to read a fanfic, but I can give you some context so you can decide if you want to:

Eugenesis is a fanfic written by James Roberts (JRo) who would later go to write the fan-favorite comic More Than Meets the Eye in 2012, which is set in the IDW1/IDW 2005 continuity (more info on that here).

Eugenesis was published in 2001 (being a remix of an earlier, incomplete fanfic also by Roberts) when JRo was part of Transmasters UK (TMUK). A group of fans that would distribute zines, organize cons and collectively write their own fanfic continuity based on the Marvel UK comics (the UK version being different from the US version of the comics, more info on that here)

So, ideally, to read Eugenesis with full context, one would need to have read Marvel UK and the previous TMUK stories. You can find the first online, but a great part of the later has been lost to time. @polyhexian is currently working on an archive of TMUK stuff. Luckily, you can make do without any of these (like I did at the time), because Eugenesis comes with a helpful continuity notes guide whihc you can download here, along with the main text.

I would greatly advice to anyone to read that first, even if you have read Marvel UK, because it also covers TMUK stuff. Eugenesis is still going to be a tad confusing at times, but it'll make things so much easier to understand.

As for my personal recommendation, is Eugenesis good? Is it bad? Well, it is an experience, for sure, I'm obsessed with it. I adore how depressing it is, how it has some of the most touching lines I've read followed by the weirdest description choices and oh boy, does the prose drag at times. It's an amateur work in a way that makes it very raw and I love it, it truly is born out of love.

It has value as a piece of fandom history and as a fan of Robert's later work in Transformers. A lot of concepts that JRo introduces in his comics first appear here, and it's interesting to see his influences and the way his prose has evolved.

Now, this is very important, the way the fandom talks about Eugenesis it's as something very silly, JRo writing a fic for his mechpreg kink. And yeah, I also do that because a lot of the stuff in this is premium material for shitposting. But this is NOT something that's worth reading just for the lolz.

Eugenesis is a very depressing read with a lot of potentially triggering material. Including lots of robot body horror and death, some detailed, some just mentioned in passing. Also suicide, suicidal ideation and suicide attempts. One part goes into detail about a character's mental state before taking their own life, including allucinations, but no one here is ina good mental place. There are also death camps, with torture depersonalization and detailed inhumane treatment. This is holocaust with robots. One chapter is literally titled "The Anti Holocaust". It does throw you bones at the end, but at it's core is a book about futility.

Depending on what you can stomatch, it may not actually be that bad, some even wish it was worse. But I don't know you, so I want to give you a fair warning, and I repeat, it is not worth reading just for a laugh.

Sorry for all that infodump. You may do whatever you want with this information. I hope it helps and feel free to ask any more questions!

[eugenesisproject]

Hello, everyone! My name is Nate, known professionally as Draikinator, though you may be familiar with me in fandom spaces as Polyhexian. I am a Youtuber with 125,000+ subscribers and while my primary focus is animation and furry content, I occasionally post Transformers content as it’s a major passion of mine. I am also a proud owner of a signed physical copy of Eugenesis.

This project will include a full narration of the 2004 digital release of Eugenesis supplemented by voice actors performing all of the dialogue, music, and sound effects. It will also have limited visuals and be compiled using the Ren’py free game engine in the format of a visual novel. The end product will be viewable as a Youtube video, downloadable in audio-only format, and available as mobile and desktop .exe game files. This will hopefully be the most accessible version of Eugenesis ever made!

I am looking for volunteer contributors including voice actors, artists, and audio editors. All participants, of any contribution level, will be named in the end credits of the project under whatever name they would like. I will do whatever I can to make this a good portfolio project for participants.

 I am a 29 year old independent animator and artist primarily known on YouTube. I have hosted 33 completed multi-animator projects, four completed Kickstarters raising an approximate total of $10,000 USD including two zines and one multi-contributer tarot card deck. I have plenty of experience in producing large projects with many contributors, and when I begin a project, I don’t abandon it. I hope that you can join me in this production!

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[stickyshift]

I have finally at my ripe old age of 28 sat down to read Eugenesis by James Roberts. I'm frankly just impressed I got the thing on my kindle.