Ameban's World

As usual, in this Kirkman's stage, there are many complains. Actually, I only have one, and a very remarkable one.

Let's start...

Flagg is acting like the only person in charge about "everything" about human/earthlings whereabouts after Cybertronians' activities.

It's like "Chicago" is the only place around the world that only matters here. I'm not surprised; it isually happens in US media... But, c'mon! Besides, the guy is lecturing Optimus like a severe father to his son. It's like: does Optimus just accept him like that?

On the other hand...

I still loving Jason Howard's art. He's really good about landscapes and doing "soft" TF faces.

Here, TC just looks goergious in his regular Seeker face, and a calmer expression. And his interaction with the Aerialbots is just cute, but too rushed.

But, for me, the best part of this issue is....

Rick Sánchez!

No, wait, I mean this other mad elder doctor....

Honestly, the introduction of Henry Arkeville is kind of stupid. Who an old man would dare to attack a trained and far younger soldier like this? And why? There aren't enough explanations /yet, as usual.

Anyway, I'm glad to see a classic character like him back in action in some comics. It's nice to see somebody else besides the Witwicky Clan, even if it's in the trope-role of "mad doctor".

I'm quite sure this guy will be end up working with the Dcons.

Now, my bigger complain about this issue...

The Combaticons just popped from nowhere in front of CliffJumper and Shredhead sudendly... Because whatever.

And Clff is not the one to jump in front of them, but Shredhead.

After a-very-convenent battle, Shredhead seems to be dead, along Ounghslaugh.

Just... WHERE the heck is this issue available to read online???

I thought if you don't mind I'd invite you to play this game :D <3

So: I'll give you a chance to choose who you want to answer about (you can answer about all of them, I don't mind!!!).

So, Starscream/Ulchtar, Skyfire, Windblade or Wheeljack - and here are the questions:

1. Why do you like or dislike this character?

5. What's the first song that comes to mind when you think about them?

10. Could you be best friends with this character?

12. What's a headcanon you have for this character?

20. Which other character is the ideal best friend for this character, the amount of screentime they share doesn't matter?

21. If you're a fic writer and have written for this character, what's your favorite thing to do when you're writing for this character? What's something you don't like?

25. What was your first impression of this character? How about now?

26. What's something the character has done you can't get over? Be it something funny, bad, good, serious, whatever?

The questions come from here!

Well, those are interesting questions... Let's go ahead with all of them.

1- I like all of them. Ulchtar-Starscream, Wheeljack, Windblade and Skyfire. At least, in certain incarnations of them.

I like Starscream when he isn't "Flanderized" by Hasbro. In Skybound continuity, I see him as some short of Mr. Hyde version of the original Ulchtar. I love Ulchtar. He's a cinnamon roll, in spite of his cockyness and vanity. I like Wheeljack in most of his incarnations. I dislike him deeply in TFP. Same thing with Windblade. I love her in IDW comics. Nor care or it's indiferent in Cyberverse and CombineWars and RiD. I find her cute in the Go-go manga, somehow oddly related with G1 continuity.

Skyfire is another favorite of mine in several continuitie but I ignore him in others. War for Cybertron is a good sample of that. He's a tragic character in some, but he's a monger in others.

5-Not much. Perhaps "Everyone leaves" by Mortiis. It's somehow what Skyfire would think about Starscream in G1 (and other several) continuties.

10-Starscream would kill me for sure, (or perhaps he would spare me bc I'm an artist, as he did with Private Martin). But about the others? Yeah, surely we'll get along quite nicely.

12-For Starscream: he secretely hates what he become into because of the war. That's why he self-sabotage every attempt to take over the Dcons. Ulchtar's brothers and his clan are the other seekers.

Windblade admits (in IDW continuity) that Cybertronians had a sick society before the war, but in spite all his flaws, Starscream, as Lord of Cybertron, wants the best for Cybertron and its people. All those deeds made her to grow up a lot.

Wheeljack is a quite capable warrior, but he rather want to hang up with his creations than getting involved in a war. He also is pretty easy going and can conect with others.

20-It's different in every continuity.

G1: Starscream was quite popular among lower seekers ranks because he archive such high position in spite of being a generic seeker. He hasn't any remarkable friend, but he get along fine enough with Octane. Ulchtar was friend of Genvo and Skyfire, but he also could have get along with Beachcomber and Perceptor, even Metalhawk

Skyfire was Starscream's friends, but they also had more friends in common. However, I find his rivality with Sky-Byte quite interesting.

Windblade is kind of shy. She can hang up with people, but she isn't a social butterfly. She rather gets along select friends groups. Chromia is her amica endura, but she could get along with Moonracer, Nautica, Slyfire, Bee, and Ulchtar's clan brothers. But not in a closer level.

Wheeljack is, in spite of his nerd profile, really sociable and he can make friends easily. But he has morals and he needs "proofs" to be sure he can trusth on somebody.

21-I've written about all of them. And basically I've portrayed them with everything from above.

I cannot deny "Starscream" isn't a good person, so I don't hide that fact in my writtings. However, I put his deeds under the angle of somebody that actually is too wrecked inside that he acts like that because he cannot help.

25-Except for Windblade, who I met her in IDW comics, I met them for the first time in the G1 cartoon. Wheeljack took me a bit longer, but I loved the others at first sigh. I loved Ulchtar when I learned who's the real Starscream in Skybound/G1 cartoon.

26-Yes, in Cyberverse series. All of them are Flanderized, and I don't like them in that continuity because of that. Starscream is a nepo-baby in that series. /No Ulchtar in these series. Windblade is way too perfect till the point of being annoying. Skyfire is somehow, Buzzlight Year. No words about Wheeljack. Well, those are my two cents about every of those.

The G1 cartoon has many inconsistences, but one of the most interesting topics is the Combaticons' origen in the "Starscream's bridgade" episodie.

There, we can see the original Combaticons "personal components" (AKA, their sparks and brain processors) were enclosed in a so-called Decepticon-Retention Center, under Shockwave' supervision, meaning they were some kind of Decepticons' renegades or something, which is the reason becasuse Starscream wanted to use them as their personal army against Megatron.

It brings up an interesting scenario.

Soooo... What if Megaempress and her ladys team (who basically are the famale version of the DJD), where the ones that actually captured and enclosed the Combaticons?

It would fit their role in the Dcon army, and also would explain why Megaempress (and Lunaclub) are so closer to the Dcons upper ranks.