Red Dave Prime wrote:4 - Arcee Face - Sort this one out because it just looks like some weird transvestite.
But she is! Although I agree that she looks terrible.
I wasn't impressed with this one, honestly. Like Bumblebee last issue, Silverbolt's freakout came right out of nowhere. In fact, it's even worse since to the best of my knowledge he hasn't even had any lines since 2008 or so. And using his War For Cybertron design didn't help since it meant I had no idea who he was until he was addressed by name. In general I think the Aerialbots are an odd choice to "walk away" over having to work with the Decepticons, because one of the few bits of characterization they've gotten in older works has show them to be among the most accepting Autobots when it comes to the 'Cons (in the cartoon when the idolized them, and in G2 when fighting alongside them merited little more than lighthearted "Rescued by 'Cons? We'll never live it down!" jokes). And while I could see Air Raid going along with Silverbolt unquestioningly, Skydive, Fireflight and especially Slingshot don't seem the type so it's a shame that we didn't get to see the team discussing the situation amongst themselves at all.
I agree that Dirge comes off as a dumbass. "You Autobots left me to die at the hands of the Swarm for no reason
other than me trying to leave you to die at the hands of the Swarm. You bastards!" Moron.
Wheeljack's obvious contempt for "King Bee" was refreshing, though, and it was nice to see him solve a problem with his brain instead of resorting to brutalizing Decepticons and/or NAILs to make things better. It's nice to see that not all of the Autobots with their head on straight left on the
Lost Light.
inflatable dalek wrote:Did the whole suicide thing remind anyone else of the election episode of Blackadder the Third? "Senator Ratbat died in a tragic accident where he accidentally stabbed himself in the chest and ripped a wing off whilst shaving".
Yeah. That was a bit shameless, even for Prowl. Couldn't he have at least tried to blame it on Decepticon infighting or something else vaguely plausible?
inflatable dalek wrote:Did anyone else want Dirge to respond to the "How many of us died during those weeks?" with "Errr.... one. And he got better later. In terms of long term casualties Megatron's cunning Autobot ambush only successfully killed one Decepticon".
Well, to be fair the Decepticons
did successfully kill a lot of Autobots during the attack on Garrus 9, and apparently elsewhere around the galaxy. Though notably those successes only happened on worlds where Megatron
wasn't in direct command.