#transformers franchise

[demiisdead]

i love them sm.

(Chat i just realized the both have the zame VA 😭)

[deepseadork]

Sometimes I forget just how big Transformers is as a franchise, so whenever it gets mentioned by a show/movie/streamer/youtuber I'm watching I perk up like a startled prairie dog

[florafandoms]

Is Transformers: Earthspark worth watching?

So for context, I'm a newer Transformers fan that started Transformers Prime as my first introduction to the franchise around last month; at the moment, I've just finished Prime, and I'm now moving onto watching Transformers: Animated. My plan afterwards was to watch Earthspark.

...Now I'm at a crisis, though.

For context, week or two prior to finishing Prime, I checked the Transformers SubReddit to see general opinions about the show - from what I saw, it was a decent show that just so happened to aim for a more family-friendly and childish audience.

But when I finished Prime's penultimate episode, I checked the Subreddit again...and now I'm finding out it gets bad during and after Season 2 - and its not even an unpopular opinion either, even people who like Earthspark could agree that beyond Season 1 is when the series plummeted in quality in pretty much...well, everything.

So to those who have finished or are at least almost finished with the series, is Transformers Earthspark STILL worth watching despite the alleged quality drop, or do you suggest another show to watch?

[yourfaveisintersex]

Bumblebee from the Transformers franchise is intersex!

Requested by @eyesoftheavatar

[yourfave-isqueer]

Every transformer from Transformers is nonbinary!

(Requested by @wiggle-wiggle-waggle)

[ck-17rambles]

We need new kinds of Transformers stories

Transformers is about war. It's not surprising that there's a lot of focus on the events before, during, and after the Civil War, especially all of the tragedies, despair, and losses. And not to mention the main tragedy of Transformers- that the destruction of Cybertronian civilization was preventable and could have been stopped at any time. Death and tragedy are deeply entrenched in this franchise.

But I'd give anything to see a Transformers story that takes place nowhere near the war physically or chronologically.

Show me the original Primes exploring Cybertron for the first time. Describe to us their awe and excitement for the new world soon to be teeming with life.

Show me the first Cybertronian explorers wandering throughout the cosmos. Tell us about their travels through undiscovered galaxies- how they laid their eyes on new stars and dying planets.

Show me a world where the war is nothing more than a distant memory, where the Autobots and Decepticons and their battles are legendary figures and myths. Share with us how these stories inspire the next generation of Cybertronians- or even discourage them from performing specific actions-

As much as the stories about the Great War are essential to the franchise, stories of a Cybertron untouched by the war would enrich it even more…

[sonicasura]

Every time I remember an Autobot or Decepticon bitch about being stuck on Earth, Animated and Prime are the most frequent, it makes me laugh thinking how easy they got it. Imagine any iteration ending up on a version that is much more chaotic than the norm. Especially if the dangers are hidden or completely normal to humans.

We got JoJo's Bizarre Adventure where you literally can't trust even a simple POWER OUTLET. From stone masks that could turn people into eldritch vampire, pieces of Jesus Christ could give people powers, and martial arts which either turn the circulatory system into a sunlight generator (Hamon) or using the Golden Ratio to shred even dimensions (Spin).

I'm not forgetting about Stand Users either. Every sentient creature could become a Stand User, someone who can project a psychic manifestation of their fighting spirits that could look like anything with abilities that range from giving positive encouragement to stopping time. That weird individual on the street could dissect Megatron into pieces with fucking zippers through their Stand.

How about Resident Evil where the constant threat is viral infections? I'm not talking about the standard zombie virus either. We got mutant undead creating ones, parasitic worms/insects, to fucking hivemind mold. All guaranteed to least spawn mutants like giant man eating salamanders, evolving fanged blobs and even an eldritch dinosaur.

They have to constantly decontaminate base than just troops as a simple small strain could turn a rat into a dog sized menace. Plus all those zombies guts and blood they have to clean up if an infected did get inside. I'm pretty damn sure humans are no longer the gross squishies compared to that.

Last best addition to add is the 'Kaiju Series' i.e Kaiju No. 8, Godzilla/King Kong Monsterverse, and Pacific Rim. Normal Earth fauna doesn't cause much compared to this as kaiju practically made themselves home here. The bots aren't exactly prepared for megafauna being a constant presence and frequent threat.

Kaiju are territorial so their respective ships will get attacked if spotted too close to the creatures' home. Some may also feed on metal and think either faction are potential food. The humans here could potentially kick their afts like Kaiju No 8's Defense Force or Pacific Rim's Jaeger Pilots.

Never take what you have for granted. In the Autobots and Decepticons cases, that is a normal simple Earth. The other possibilities could be much worse.