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The princess treatment is what the little gremlin gets.

#transformers #maccadam #transformer comic panels #transformers timelines #fun publications #hot rod #hot rod comic panels

"timeless" cdrw!!⏳

that one comic where rewind died and chromedome was hallucinating him still there throughout the thing... they are so doomed in every story lmao. i like their designs in this one. pretty badass. also loved seeing rewind just be absolutely obsessed with his job ❤️‍🩹

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I love IDW's Transformers run, really and truly I do however... I don't really care for their take on SG, just don't. A few of the designs are good and the skystar stuff is cute (its the most skystar in years lol) but like... I don't particularly care for the story nor half the character designs and character as a whole, especially when comparing it to the whole Timelines comics by Fun publishing.

Take the SG design both versions have for Megatron (left IDW right Fun publishing)

There is a difference in designs, it feels IDW kept true to Megatron's G1 design and just inverted his colors, meanwhile Fun publishing gave Megatron a new-ish design with them combining a few parts from previous designs to make this deign with them inverting his color pallet. It feels as though Fun publishing took the time to give SG Megatron a unique design so he may stand out when compared to other versions of Megatron.

Another thing is Fun publishing actually gave Optimus two different designs, one from his time as Orion pax and another when he's Optimus Prime, something IDW did not do. (left is Orion right is Optimus)

While it is a tiny detail and you know Optimus doesn't need two designs to show the difference of when he was Orion Pax it still is something that should be commented on. Fun publishing only had one issue to focus on the SG universe (yes they had another issue with SG but it wasn't set in SG nor did it focus on SG's concept or storyline) and they still put the effort to give Orion and Optimus separate designs and this is something IDW didn't do as said previously.

Now this isn't to say IDW didn't do good with SG, as said I do love IDW and enjoy some aspects from their SG run. They have some pretty good designs for SG characters ex; SG Drift and Shockwave, both are good designs and I love them.

However at the same time they have designs like these;

While not the worst... they aren't exactly the best and much like many of IDW's designs feels as though they just took the G1 design and either inverted the colors or tossed random ones on to the characters.

Now this isn't to say Fun publishing didn't have some awkward designs like IDW did, their SG Wheeljack being one such example. However even than he still has a unique design that isn't fully based off his G1 design.

Another thing is IDW did use Fun publishing's designs as inspiration you can see that with a few of the characters color pallets (Blurr, Goldbug, Starscream, Megatron, Optimus Prime) and that isn't bad, it's just something I noticed. With one character in particular being a stand out when it comes to how similar they are; SG Ultra Magnus.

(IDW to the left Fun publishing to the right)

(Once more this isn't a bad thing it's just something I noticed)

All in all I think Fun publishing did the better job giving a glimpse into the SG universe then IDW did, and Fun publishing only had one comic focusing exclusively on the SG universe. Yes there was another timelines comic that featured SG characters but it didn't focus on the universe, it was just about a few SG Autobots trying to take over a normal universe so I don't count it as one exploring SG which is what this yap is about. I love IDW and its take on SG has good elements but for me the bad out weighs the good and at times feels like a let down, a good chunk of things that are about the plot never get shown, only being explained which sucks given how there were some interesting things regarding the plot.

Another factor is the story itself, yes exploring the universe where SG Autobots win is fascinating but at times for me it to feels like a let down. The story is meant to have you sympathize and root for the SG Decepticons however that is hard to do given how we don't really know them as readers. Yes we 'know' them but its more so in the realm of here is what this character is about and why they're good etc.

This can work however for me it just doesn't, when developing a story its best to develop each character even if its in a small way especially if they're apart of the main cast we the reader should cheer for (SG soundwave *cough cough*). By diving into the character it allows you to you know... develop said character which allows the reader to feel and grow to care for a character. IDW did this in the mainstream comic runs, yes the depictions varied and some times weren't the best but each character got some focus and allowed you to become close with them (the spotlight run).

Now one can argue that IDW only had nine issues to tell their SG story (four from arc 1 and five from arc 2) but that argument can fall short when comparing it to other comic runs which were either 4 or 5 issues long. A good example would be Drift's mini series, it only had 4 issues to tell its story and it did an excellent job, many of the characts in that comic run have become beloved by fans.

One such character is Wing who hasn't ever appeared in any other TF related media since but is still beloved by many fans (he has 581 fic on ao3 he is loved lol). When you compare the Drift mini series which had only 4 issues to SG Transformers which had 9 in total one feels more developed (in my eyes at least) and the characters hold more of a place in people hearts.

Now as I've said many times I am not hating on SG nor saying you shouldn't like it, I do love some parts of it and it has a good take on skystar and many other things. I'm just saying why it holds up poorly to me when I compare it to Fun publishing, I hold no nostalgia for either comics so I'm not being basis I'm just saying the SG story IDW gave us while a great concept to play with but falls short due to the lack of development for some characters and points in the story that could have been expanded on further.

Once more these are my opinions and observations everyone has different perspectives and feelings when it comes to certain things which is amazing. We love everyone having their own perspective as its always great to compare perspectives. So do be nice if you disagree, this isn't meant to be rude its just me yapping about something and how I see it.

#transformers #maccadam #idw transformers #fun publications #transformers idw #transformers timelines #transformers shattered glass #sg transformers #god this got out of hand I never meant for the post to become this lol #was just gonna make a post about panels of sg Megatron and that led me to this whole yap #been thinking of sg due to a fic I'm planning out so here we are #I adore timelines first sg comic and see it as the definitive sg in my head and is what I lean towards when thinking about sg #still gotta read the tfa sg comics... I read issue one but have yet to read the others... gotta do that #certain panels of megs definitely have him looking more like his G1 counterpart and not his own character but might be just me #all of this might be just me lol but oh well I've been meaning to get this off my chest as I keep thinking about it alongside megarod #soo be free my opinion so I may resume megarod fanfic work #rodi blabs

“how would it work if Cybertronians had disabilities” “What if there were disabled Cybertronians”

THERE ARE

loosing my mind at how some things that are So good can be So niche why can’t we just be a hivemind

Just one example, my favorite example, is:

Shattered Glass Soundwave!!!

He’s gone through Multiple reformats varying between with his consent and,,, not. The latest of which took place when they didn’t have many materials

So they used half earth metals half Cybertronian ones

As it turns out? Those two things don’t mix very well. His joints are Horrible. They lock up randomly, the worst of which being the door to his tape deck.

He physically isn’t able to dock his cassettes reliably because they might get stuck in there.

What does he do to fix this? So glad you asked!! He has his own assistive aids, in this case: a portable external carrying case

It was made and personalized to work specifically for him and his situation

I love him

#SG soundwave #transformers #tf shattered glass #maccadam #soundwave #fun publications #Cybertronian.. biology? biology #cybertronian biology #been wanting to make this posts for Months but took ages trying to find the damn chracter sheet that actually delved into the details #I can’t have people disregarding my boy like this #obviously there’s a Wide variety of ways we all know mental health and disabilities can translate into transformers #but everyone acts like the PHYSICAL disabilities are something that don’t exist canonically #that we have to either invent ways for the rep to exist or that the rep shouldn’t exist at all #soundwave ISNT the only one either! he’s just my favorite!#Cybertronian disability

Shattered glass rodimus (and rodimus unicronus) head studies

#did i mention i can draw?#sg rodimus #ooc post #shattered glass #transformers shattered glass #fun publications #rodimus unicronus

I had to let this thought out of my mind from checking Fun Pub's Transformers Shattered Glass, so far I just finished reading Do Over

#transformers #transformers shattered glass #tf shattered glass #sideswipe #sg sideswipe #megatron #sg megatron #starscream #sg starscream #cliffjumper #fun publications #tf sg #original comic by shencomix

Maybe it’s a me thing but my pet peeve in Shattered glass fan stuff is how a lot of people forget that Soundwave is canonically disabled. Perhaps they don’t know because Fun publications is like, the slightly lesser known version of shattered glass compared to IDW and it’s in a character sheet, but I’d like more people talking about it