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THEY ARE SO CUTEEEEEEEEE GRAAAH I LOVE G1 ITS SO SILLY

I can't help it, im sharing a teeny snippet of green or else I will explode

Everytime I see studio wit usopp I get incredibly angry. HE LOOKS SO BAD. They took his melanin and made his lips so red he hurts to look at.. Putting aside my issues with the colour scheme, I am also not a fan of him having muscles. PRE TIMESKIP USOPP IS SUPPOSED TO BE HIM BEFORE HES DONE TRAINING, HE IS JUST SOME GUY... They're not very big muscles atleast, I just think the character design is better without visible muscles.

And then lego (live action) Usopp absolutely blows that design out of the water. HES SO MUCH COOLER MAN...

If Wit One Piece is good im gonna feel so bad about the Usopp thing cus like... It sucks knowing a potentially good show has such downgraded designs and people will be enjoying that show and get accustomed to these designs. If they're trying to be """manga accurate""" everyone is gonna be the same shade of blinding white and its gonna suck to look at.

Ok finally caught up on new Dispatch episodes and I loooved it! Not gonna post spoilers since not everyone has seen it, but I do just wanna say the Coupe slander is bugging me a little.

I love Sonar and Coup, actually I'll admit I personally would pick Sonar but I love em both (i wish I didn't have to pick though.) HOWEVER CAN WE PLEASE STOP SAYING HE'S THE BETTER OPTION? Ik people saying this are usually Charlie fans, and I get it... But the point isn't that there's a right option, the point is both are valid.

You can have an opinion, but it kinda crosses a line for me when I see people saying Coupe thanking Robert for keeping her on the team and that she'd take anyone out for him ISN'T GENUINE but Sonar is genuine. Both of them appreciate it, COME ON.. Also Coupe is a cool and interesting character I love her so much I hate to see her being treated like a bad option...

Ok but actually don't gamble guys im just kidding <3<3 PLEASE DON'T WASTE YOUR HARD EARNED CASH, YOU CAN JUST BUY THEM ON EBAY AND YOU GET THE CHARACTER YOU WANT!!

Anyway here is the finished build, he glows if you shake him

Thinking about how Robert began repeating what his dad said to him when he ran out of ways to save Visi

Alright sooo I read it. I thought I'd like this one more coming into it, but ehhhh. I didn't hate it, but I think they could've handled some stuff better!!! I'll kinda talk about some criticisms at the end tho cus id rather this post go through positives/general thoughts first >:)

LIGHT BULB SHOCKWAVE IM CRYINGGG we finally get a good look at him AND HE'S JUST A FLOATING EYEBALL

Also he got hit by a car this issue and I think that's beautiful

Poor Bee :( but also THANK GOD. Absolutely nothing against Bee, but I think him staying dead is far more impactful than reviving him (or atleast if we do revive him it'd be at the end of the story.. Death in Skybound SHOULD be permament imo) same with Ratchet!

Friend told me Lugnut looked a little odd but I actually really like how Lugnut was drawn throughout the issue! (Im a Clobber fan, but their designs are basically identical since shes pretty much a gender bend aside from face so I like Lugnuts design too)

Gay? 👀

BULKHEAD IS BALD???

Quick note, I thought Breakdown died here and was going to originally complain that Skybound did burying your gays TWICE (astrotrain) BUT after reread I realized Breakdown is seen alive in the last panel, so yeah its chill now, SKYBOUND FINALLY HAS AN ALIVE GAY COUPLE!! (Unless they're not a couple and KO just called his pal Breakdown my dear) Im not even a KOBD shipper since Im not that far into Prime, but I'm happy to see it!

Last thing before I ramble... After reading I can confirm NO CLIFFJUMPER. WHAT IS LITTLE BRO DOING ON THE COVER... It's like they know I only buy Cliffjumper covers and so they intentionally added him just so id buy it 🙄🙄🙄 absolutely amazing cover though, I dont regret getting it :P

OK RAMBLE TIME. (Its a long one, so skip it if you want!)

I didn't really like how they handled introducing all of the Decepticons. It felt kinda... Fanservicey?? Fanservice is fine, but it felt like we prioritized hype moments and aura over like introducing them more seamlessly. They all felt really crammed into this issue (like 7 new characters all at once) and only so people would have something to point excitedly about.

This is hypocritical of me to complain about since I pointed excitedly when they added Bulkhead (because I love TFA Bulkhead) but atleast he was introduced with Mirage so it was easier to digest if that makes sense? I felt overwhelmed with the amount of people introduced here.

I also just dont think adding like 7 people all at once is good BECAUSE SKYBOUND ALREADY HAS TOO MANY CHARACTERS IMO. The autobots were so bloated we SPLIT THEM UP to make them more manageable. Now the Decepticons have the same issue, but on Earth AND Cybertron. Maybe they'll handle it ok, but I'm not too optimistic since I dont think they handled the amount of Autobots well (in my opinion)

Not fully a criticism, but it also feels like they just added a bunch of heavily requested characters/characters that appeal to popular niches in the fandom (TFA, TFP) potentially to get more new readers. I hope it works because I'd love to see more people reading Skybound even if its just to see their fav TFA/TFP character, but I'm here as a Skybound fan and it felt like this issue was more for fans of those series at times.. Im saying this as a TFA fan, but I am biased in the fact that my #1 fav series is Skybound. Basically I think it's fine that they appealed to those fans! I just hope the fanservice is mostly contained to this issue :)

Admittedly idk if they had enough Decepticons on Cybertron to make this issue work (big fight deep in decepticon territory), so maybe they needed to add a bunch of new characters and im just complaining to complan haha

I think to make this a little less jarring I wouldve introduced more of these characters in the background (i.e., during Cliffjumpers mission) to ease people into meeting them, but I guess if we did that we wouldnt have hype moments agfhfjkskd

The issues i have with skybound rn funnily enough are issues i have with the current season of invincible (too many characters, hype being prioritized to a detrimental degree, characters miraculously surviving shit they shouldn't) so maybe its a Kirkman thing lolol. I do love both series regardless though 😭

RAMBLE TIME DONE!!

TF GOGO CLIFF I JUST MET YOU 5 MINUTES AGO BUT I WOULD DIE FOR YOU

Sorry for the image spam I'm just so excited to see cliffjumper anywhere <3 I think I'm gonna go check out the rest of this comic... I had no idea it existed until my friend informed me ASJKDJKASKHSDAHJ