#skybound beachcomber

Thundercracker, my guy, sorry for asking again, but how the FUCK did you end up with the Decepticons???? The 'cons never really seem to hide their war crimes, so how the hell did Thundercracker never found out about what kind of crowd he's in? Fuck it, I now headcanon that Starscream, despite being the one who talked Thundercracker into joining the Decepticons, sheltered him from the faction's atrocities. Maybe Starscream is just being protective of his more gentle sibling. Maybe he just wants the companionship of someone else who also wholehearted believes that they're the good guys, even if Thundercracker is being tricked into believing so. Either way, Thundercracker ends up never knowing surface level things like Shockwave's love for torture and Megatron executing prisoners of war. I bet that Skywarp was complicit in this too. Although, Thundercracker is totally not some innocent cinnamon role, since he's cool with the Decepticons' overall "might makes right" thing (but with honour) and Soundwave killing Starscream during the rite of succession.

This made me realise that one of the few good traits about Starscream is that he never focuses on how many times he failed. Like, sure, he'll whine like a bitch whenever he fails, but he'll easily bounce off that failure to try again. It could because he's too dumb to reflect on his series of failures and learn from them, but if Starscream was here, he would probably say that Soundwave's frustration over his schemes being taken apart multiple times is a skill issue.

This further cements that Soundwave is not cruel at his core, but he can be utterly cold towards others outside of the Decepticons. He does think that exterminating innocent lives is unpleasant, but if it results in the Decepticons being able to rebuild their resource supply, and lure the Autobots into a vulnerable position on the battlefield, then he'll raze as many cities in his path for the sake of the Decepticons. Soundwave is truly *｡･+single mom core+･｡*

In a previous issue, I made a big hoopla about Elita possibly bonding with Cliffjumper about how they both got ditched by Optimus, in a similar way to how a divorced parent try to pit their kid against the other parent. Now, I realised that Elita may not have even remembered that Cliffjumper was in the room when she saw Optimus killing Shockwave. Damn, imagine being a child of divorce, and your parents forgot to discuss who is supposed to have custody over you, which caused both of them to leave you. I wouldn't wish such a fate on even my worse enemy.

Is "Bluestreak" gonna rename himself as Prowl later on, or is this a different character that I'm just too newbie to recognise? Because when I first joined this fandom, I thought Prowl and Ratchet look similar because of their horn things, but then I noticed that their colour schemes are totally different. Since energon is blue, then Bluestreak basically means Redstreak, like a streak of blood left behind after a murder.

Also I don't even really know who Warpath is, but I got a sneaking feeling that his name is a misnomer, and he's actually a chill and caring guy

Optimus, even with his forgetfulness, is still much a better dad to Arcee than Ultra Magnus is. That bitch gave her the silent treatment even after she apologises for thinking that he genuinely died. I get that Magnus has some leeway to sulk because of the centuries of torture he went through, but Optimus still forgave Arcee even after his plan that would've gotten rid of the Decepticons on Earth for good was ruined.

Buddy, pal, Bitch-comber, the ship has already sailed the moment that the Decepticons figured out that they can harvest energon from this planet, which was literally only a day after they woke up. I'm cool with his stance on the Autobots, since it's likely that he knows the dark side of this faction that we don't, which is why he is refusing to return to their side and wants them to leave the planet too. I'm calling him a bitch because pacifism shouldn't equate to ignoring the problem (-_-#) As I've said before, I would've respected the guy if he fails at something like talk-no-jutsu, because it would mean that he at least tried to do something. Coming to the rescue at the last minute barely counts as a contribution to deal with the ongoing war, to me anyways.

Pri-fucking-mus, the Matrix got completely drained after repairing Optimus back in issue 6? Holy fuck that thing has a power capacity smaller than gaming laptop, and it literally received a blood sacrifice too (ToT) Dear Primus (I'm not using this term to express an emotion anymore, I'm asking the big guy directly) is the Matrix of Leadership seriously supposed to be what the Cybertronian civilisation hinges on? Because you gave it such a shitty build quality, man. Does it experience the same thing as lithium ion batteries where its lifespan gets shorter every time it's recharged? Did you honestly didn't expect for the species that you birthed to live this long?

...the Autobots seriously need their own PR person/team. You'd thought that someone would've posted Optimus saving the hospital online and it went viral at this point, but because this is set in modern times, maybe the footage of incident at Spike's town got chalked up to AI or something. (Some people may jokingly consider the Transformers as AI, but the thing is, they're not artificial, so they're not actually AI. Their sparks are pretty much souls) You know what, Beachcomber has explored Earth the longest out of any of the Transformers, he totally could've been their PR guy. In fact, having a PR guy that lowkeys hates the company he's working for is untapped comedy gold. AAAAAAARRGGGGGHHHHHH

Totally valid and reasonable crash out, even without the mixture of Megatron's and Sparky's corruption. Also, if Optimus is that mad because the humans keep hurting him, imagine how scary his vegan ass will be if he finds out about the entire industries built upon the exploitation and killings of animals (I know vegetarian might be more appropriate here, since he has shown himself to be against the use of energon made by killing animals, but has not yet presented his stance on animal-derived materials like milk and eggs. However, calling Optimus Prime a vegan is funnier imo) (Funny scene idea: Later down the line, way later than it should've been, Spike learns that Optimus never knew that most humans eat meat. Spike was about to gently explain Earth's food chain to the big guy, like how a grown up awkwardly explains the birds and the bees to a child, before Optimus says that he knows what an ecosystem is, he's just not cool with visitors like him disturbing it. Although, Optimus then says something that made Spike internally go "Optimus must never know about industrial meat farms (・・;)")

Sorry, but the Autobots leaving the city shortly after they entered it, after barely doing anything in there, is actually really funny XD

FAMILY

FAMILY

FAMILY

SOUNDWAVE DO CONSIDER HIS RECORDICONS AS HIS KIDS

I KNEW IT, HE'S NOT JUST THE MOM FRIEND, HE'S CANONICALLY A SINGLE PARENT ((o(^∇^)o))

Although, considering that Optimus once asked what a family is and none of Transformers know what a dad is, where did Soundwave learn the word "family" from? Like, did he saw the news coverage of his attacks and learnt the word from the stories on the human families he have torn apart? If so, dang, that is simultaenously chilling and heartwarming.

THE BAD BITCH HAS RETURNED ＼(^o^)／ Also, gurl, if you told Optimus that the Autobots had already resorted to cannibalism, maybe Optimus wouldn't have so easily blown up the energon that Shockwave extracted from Earth. His veganism and your fragile integrity aside, your communication issues is the big reason he left you.

Wheeljack has the patience of a saint considering how many time he has to put up with the dam(n) energon generator getting blown up. If Ratchet was here, he would've been supportively enraged for his boyfriend (*_*) My visions just told me that Rachet is the character who goes "He asked for no pickles >:(" for Wheeljack in this meme v v v

I know I'm new to comic book culture, but how tf did anyone put up with these click-bait ass covers?? Actually, this shit predates click-bait by decades. Idgaf if it makes the comics sell better, I just don't like being fucking lied to. They look cool, and I respect the effort put into them, but there's gotta be better way to tease what's inside. Some covers do this respsctfully, some absolutely don't. Is it really a subversion of expectations if they straight up lie to you? I feel so bad for whoever got this cover: