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Transformers: Multiverse #1 - “Cy-Gon”

Originally posted on September 15th, 2012

Story - Rob Queen Art - Paul Vromen Colours - Eman B. Zubia Letters - HdE

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wada sez: Did you think I was done? My torments never end: I’m doing all of Transformers: Multiverse too! A direct continuation of Mosaic spearheaded by a few contributors, Multiverse is literally just more of the same. Indeed, this first strip was originally created for publication as a Mosaic; you can see the version with the original branding below. Right off the bat, we’re hit with a blisteringly collar-tugging story which appropriates a brief one-panel cameo in Last Stand of the Wreckers of Marvel UK character Flame during the Aequitas trials to provide thinly-veiled allegory on the Vietnam War. The title of this strip, a location invented for this story, is a bastardised reference to Saigon, the capital of South Vietnam. Look, I’ll admit that I know next to nothing about the Vietnam War, so I’ll leave justifying this strip to the original author, Rob Queen, who posted a lengthy commentary on deviantART explaining the inspiration, which I’ve now mirrored below. Queen implies he asked Nick Roche to draw this strip for him, but was turned down. Notice the cameos for Vector Prime and Alpha Trion on the board! Multiverse mastermind Brandy Dixon did her own take on the colors for this strip, which you can find below.

I still think Tyrest stol Ultra Magnus' Armour and gave them to Minimus Ambus

What we already know from the comics is that Tyrest is the creator of all cold-constructed bots. In a way he is a patriarch or matriarch for them all. It makes one wonder how the shift in his attitude towards his creatures came to be - could he have done experimentation on them to strengthen his caste ideology and eugenics assumptions, similar to those of Wehrmacht Germany?

Imagine Prowl was once a guinea pig at Tyrest’s lab, tortured, abused, but also significantly enhanced in terms of computing power. Tyrest saw great potential in him, yet still constantly denied and condescended him due to Prowl’s “characteristic flaws”. A narcissistic and manipulative parent like Tyrest would often compare Prowl with Ultra Magnus, his perfect creation and his favorite protege, just to show little Prowl how he is not enough. As a result, Prowl became fixated on proving his worth to Tyrest in the fear of being rendered useless by him.

Some of Prowl’s later-life behaviors might thus be better explained given this toxic childhood:

Prowl abandoned Fortress Maximus on Garrus-9, partially because Fort Max was the Duly Appointed Enforcer of the Tyrest Accord. Fort Max bearing this title was like a walking humiliation to Prowl, one that he could not stand. He could not think of the possibility that Tyrest picked Fort Max instead of him.

Aequitas could be an olive branch that Prowl held out to Tyrest, an attempt to fix their relationship and to impress his creator and mentor. In the comics it was ambiguous as to who invented Aequitas - in MTMTE it was Tyrest, and in Wreckers trilogy Prowl and Tarantulas - but what if they worked on the project together?

Prowl’s obsession in creating artificial life might have derived from his past with Tyrest as well. Creation is a means for Prowl to stand in Tyrest’s shoes, so that he could see things his way or even become like him.

I had to...

MORPH TELLING WOLVERINE "I LOVE YOU LOGAN, STAY WITH ME" WHILE LOOKING LIKE JEAN, THEY CAN SAY IT BECAUSE THEY FEEL IT.

Translation of my recent favorite. Death Stranding hit Cybertronians pretty hard, but some of them found a way out of it - perhaps an even better way than what could have been without it. 

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Transformers - All Media Types, The Transformers (IDW Generation One) Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Drift | Deadlock/Rodimus | Rodimus Prime, Megatron/Rodimus | Rodimus Prime/Ultra Magnus, Drift | Deadlock/Ratchet, Drift | Deadlock & Rodimus | Rodimus Prime Characters: Drift | Deadlock, Rodimus | Rodimus Prime, Minimus Ambus (Transformers) Additional Tags: Death Standing AU, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Post-Transformers: Lost Light 25, Fluffy but not that fluffy, Somehow I managed a relatively happy ending Summary:

One of the questions from the host was “Any adaptations that drifted/deviated too far from the facts?” Drift mentioned there was technically no such concept of “angels” in spectralism. Introducing the word “angel” to the film was part of the screenwriter’s plan to facilitate understanding among the vast organic audience, and of course to build a more solid conversation at the climax. And then Drift begun to elaborate on the minute differences between Cybertronian religions, before he was cut off by an impatient Rodimus, saying “you know this is not something they wanna hear about”. Rodimus’ answer to this question was: Drift didn’t act as bossy as he was depicted in the movie when they first reunited. As a matter of fact, he appeared much cooler and gentler than Rodimus had expected. “Frankly, I was pretty mad at you for a while,” Drift commented, “it’s just I’m better that mood management.”

Before long the host asked another question like “Was there really a contract to sell Rodimus’ soul?” Drift denied it with absolute certainty, claiming there’s no slavery in modern, civilized Cybertron. “However,” he said as he grinned, “Rodimus did promise that in case he ever hurts me or vexes me again, he’d issue an Indulgence to me each time he does that. So this Indulgence thing is like a voucher, a chance for me to do whatever I want with him.” The host sensed something intriguing to follow up and asked, “How many of those vouchers have you got so far?” It was Rodimus who answered, with some inexplicable eagerness, “two - and neither of them has been used.” Drift cast an esoteric glance at Rodimus: “I do have some plans for them, one of which is the trip that we’ve been pushing off for too long, and the other… We’ll, I’d better not spoil the surprise too soon.” Rodimus, seeing the smile on Drift’s faceplate, sputtered nervously: “Is it… is it going to be the kind of surprise that I love?” Drift shook his head, still smiling, “Sorry, Roddy, probably not.”